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      TtelXTH of Loxbos . —The official table says : — The state of the public health , as indicated by a constant increase of mortality , is far from being favoura * ' !' - - at the present tinie . During four weeks of Nuvenib-r , the deaths registered in the London flisMJc-t * increased in the fo ! io « - > n < r progression : () S 9 , l , " -3 , 1 , 132 , 1 , 279 , ; and iu the week ending last Sa ' iuriJ -y they rose to 1 , 310 . During : the same five neeks the deaths among old persons of 00 Tears an-1 upwards have numbered successively , ul m -

      203 , 207 . 243 . 277 , and 305 . It w- \) be seen from a review of t »» n previous years ( 1841-50 ) that in the wei-k of 1 S 47 corresponding to last week , influenza raised the deaths to 2 , 454 ; but with the oxcejituw of that year they did not in any corresponding week exceed 1 , 140 , and were generally jn-ich le-s . The average of the ten weeks was 3 , 123 , and if corrected " for increase of population 3 , 235 , compared with which the deaths of last week exhibit an excess of SI . It is lnrdly necessary to * mark that if the unusual mortality of 1 S 47 ¦ were exclude *) from the comt > ari < on . the result trrald be still more unfavourable ' " or ! a ? t w « ek . list week the moit'lUy attributed to diseases of the zymotic or epidemic class was nearly of the

      same amount as in the previwu return , namely , 249 deai ha . Small-pax carried off 24 cnil 'ren and 3 adult- *; measles , " 17 children ; scarlatina , 43 ; hooping eou ^ h , 31 : croup , 6 ; thrush , 2 ; diarrhoei , 26 persuns ; oysentery , 2 ; cholera , 1 ; influenza , 7 ; purpura . 3 ; ague , 1 ; remittent nnd infantile fever , 4 ; typhus , 61 ; rheumatic fever , 3 ; puerj eral fever , 5 ( besides 5 other cases of women dying after childbirth ); erysipelas , 7 ; and syphilis , 1 Child , aid 2 adults . It appeal s that fever has in . creased to a small extent in the preceding week . List week the births of 7 SS boys and 740 girls , in all 1 , 523 children , wero registered . Tiie average

      of six corresponding weeks in 1 S 45-50 was 1 . 374 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the menn dailyrealing of the barometer was above 30 in . on every

      The Late Fatat , Accident at Ivbnsixgtojt . — On Monday nkht Mr . Wakley resumed and coneluded an investigation into the cause of the death of llobert Wodlen , ssfd twenty-eight , a p ! a « . terer , v ? h » was killed on the 29 cb nit . by the falling of a large portion of a pile of buildings in the course of erection , in the Gloucester-road , Kensington . —The jury returned the following verdict : — " We find that Robert Wodlen was accidentally killed by the falling of the cornice of the parapet of certain houses , the property of Mr . John Inderwick , situated in Gloucester-road , Kensington , npon the 29 th November , 1851 ; and we further find , that the cause of the accident was by reason of the bad materials famished by Mr . Inderwick ; we also find that Mr . Sean , the surveyor , was to blame for having permitted ihe work to proceed under such circumstances . "

      Alleged JrevmiciDE . —On Tuesday , an inquiry was held on the body of a male child , the illegitimate tffsprin « oJ Agnes Tyler , of 3 S , Carey . 8 treet , Xincoln ' s-inn-fields . Mr . James Stevens * stated that he was a surgeon , and resided at 26 , Bloomshury-square . On the morning of Thursday last , soon after midnight , he "was called to see the mother , who is " a single woman , at 33 , Careystreet . He found her in bed , and the child had teen born half an hour . E& found it was a seven months child , and put it into a warm bath , and used every means to preserve life , but all were of bo avail , and it died after a few gasps . The next day he saw the mother again . He Asked her who the father was , and she told him , and also where he

      lived . She then went on to state that be took her to a house in St . Mnrtin's-street , near the Great Globe , and that she went in while he stayed at the door . She saw an old woman wai a medical man , as she supposed . Upon asking if any thing had been given to her , she told witness not . but an instrument was used which hurt her very much , and she was to have gone again the next night , but as she was afraid of being killed she did not . She also said that before this the father of the child had taken her to his house , and introduced her to a friend of his , a French doctor , who used an instrument much against her will . Mr . Stevens continned , and said he was induced to go to the bouse described in St . Marfcin ' s-street , and raw the old ¦ woman , who admitted " the doctor" attended and Operated , and that the young ladies generally stayed about a week , and then went away . He went iu and saw that everything was prepared for

      such a purpose . He on Monday ovule a . }> ost mortem examination of the body of the chid . The Jungs were filled with dark blood , and had not been inflated with air , so that they sank in water , while inflated lungs wouM not only float but support the heart . —The Coroner : The inflation and tho floating of the lungs is usually a test that the child had breathed , bub he bad known cases wlicre it tav not so . Mr . Stevens observed that the test ira ? wrong in this case , for be saw the leg of the child move . He added tint the brain and scalp were eongesteJ . —To the Coroner : There was no wound of any kind on the body . —The Coroner : What wil ) yoa fay is the cause of death ? Mr . Stevens replied that if he had been there when the child was horn he could have saved its life . It died from its ¦ weak state in being prematurely horn . It appearing that Miss Tyler , the mother , is now exceedingly ill , and would not be able to give her evidence for some time , the inquiry was adjoured .

      Reprieve op the Oosvici Smith . —This wretched man , who was convicted at the last sessions of the Central Criminal Court , of ibe murder of an infant child of a woman with whom he cohabited , and who was sentenced to be hanged , has had his sentence commuted to transportation for life . The Victoria Fran . —Her Majesty the queen has most kindly signified her intention of founding anewchirity , for the relief of the poor patients who have been liberated from the county of Middlesex Lunatic Asylum at Cobey Hatch ; and it is to be carried on in a similar manner to the Royal Adelaide Fund at the llunwell Lunatic Asylum . Her majesty has already forwarded £ 100 for the promotion of the charity .

      EXTRAORDISART . ADJIBEH OP FlRES IS OsE XlGHT . —Thefire-engine 3 were kept in constant operation from ten o ' clock on Monday night until past three on Tuesday morning , there being during that period not fewer than nine calls received at the different stations . One fire happened on the premises of Mrs . E . Watkinson , a coffee shop keeper , No . 43 , High-street , Slmdwell , Several of the adjoining houses were either burned or seriously damaged . Another fire broke out in the lower floor of Eaglestreet Chapel , Eagle-street , Red Lion-square . Considerable damage was done . A Sre took place in

      the premises belonging to Messrs , M * Evans and Zearston , pichire-franie makers , No . 28 , Tottenham-street , Tottenlwra-court-road . That portion of the building ia which it commenced was burned out , and the remainder of tho building seriously injured . A second fire took place in High-street , Shadwell , during the night , but the damage done ¦ was inconsiderable . Another firo broke out al Mr . Balbrom ' s . lueifer-match maker , No . 1 , Springterrace , Vauxhall-walk . The other fires were in Pitzroy-place , Xew-road ; Charlotte-street , Fitzroyequare ; and the Borough , but the damage done at each wag verv trifling .

      Fall of a Building in Casnon-street . —On Sunday morning considerable alarm -was occasioned in Cannon-street , City , in consequence of the falling down of one of the new buUdin ° t just erected . They were of shallow depth , but of considerable frontage , and nearly opposite the cburch . of St . Swi hia , the congregation of which church , frightened -by the noise of the falling floors , Sprang from their seats , and great confusion ensued . Death from Destitution . —An inquest was held on the 5 th inst ., by Mr . Baker , on the body of Eliza Greenaway , aged twenty-four , who died ia the infirmary of Shoreditch workhouse , under verv

      distressing circumstances . The deceased had told Mr . Clarke , the medical officer , that she had been apprenticed by the parish authorities of St . Luke ' s to a wax image maker , and was an orphan . She had been seduced by her master , and was some months advanced in pregnancy by him , from whom she had received continued ill-treatraent , which in ' duced her to run away from the house , and wander the public streets in a state of starvation until relieved by the poice officer . —Verdict , "That the deceased had certain injuries on her head , but how or by what means her death was caused they had no evidence to prove . "

      The New Houses op Parlmmbnt —Considerable p rogress teuton made * hh ' , Bthe fa ^ fe w 3 ? d £ jmiscr , nave oeen removed nn « i thr . — -. »• i Las been laid open servXterialfJ *«? * imposing appearance offfiShouses" from the west . The unsightly timber erect £ n «? , u entrance to WertmiLte ^ S w U b ^ nf /• * wX , I . * pUbh t aUCtiOn on Monday * ffi Workahops ^ ave now been erected on a . temJZZZ

      ™ - adJ ? " » "g Westminster-brid ^ , in ordeYtnkt the space u&ew Palace-yard may , prior to the opening of Parliament , be rendered as clear as POs . srble . The alterations which have been made dannothaifeessinthe Aew Douse of Commons , to \ o not only Reded to the beauty of its internal appearance , but have , it is hoped , contributed in a i&& £££ P * tbe buiidin s a more cora-

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      Loss op Life by Fire . —Mr . Payne he ) d an in - quest on Monday night , at the ho-pUal of St . Bartho ' lomew , on the body ofEiiza Simpson , aired seven , who died from injuries received by her clothes taking fire . Verdict , '' Accidental Death . " pESTRUCTlON' OV UNION IIALL BY FlRE , —This edifice , situate on the souh side of Union-street , Borough , was , Jateoti Saturday last , totally destroyed by fire . Frightful Case op Bcirkixg . —About the same time another fire took place at No . 7 , Midfordplace , Tottenliam-court-road . It seems that a young female , eleven years of age , daughter of Mr . Hall , residing iu the above-named house , in removing a lighted candle set fire to a quantity of wearing apparel , and she became encircled in flame . Her piercing cries having brought assistance the names were subdued , but not until the unfortunate girl was burned almost as black as a cole . No hopes are entertained of her recovery .

      Supeustition and Sbicide . —On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held on the body of Clia ? . L- » ws , aged twenty-five , coachman to tbo Rev . Charles Fryer , of Well Hall , vicar of Eltham , found drowned in the river near Yauxhall-bridge . Deceased had been in the service of tbe rev ., vicar of Eltham for about six months . During the last week the deceased had repeatedly laid that he had seen three win ling-sheets in the candle , and he wa § sure that some one either in his own or his master ' s family would die soon . When last seen alive ho appeared very well , There was no positive evidence as to how deceased came into the water , and the jury therefore returned a verdict of " Found drowned . "

      West Londox Reform Association , —The West London Reform Association beld their anniversary meeting on Wednesday evening , at the Commercial Hall , King ' s-roau , Chelsea . After tbe routine business , which consisted of the re-election of officers , adoption of a report , and enrollment of members , and which occupied a very considerable time , the meeting was addressed by Mr . Searle , Mr . Hartley Kennedy , and other gentlemen , Pjhe m tub Stbasd . —Oa Wednesday morning , about four o ' clock , a fire broke out in the lower part of tbe house No . 129 , in the Strand , occupied by Messrs . Ayckbourn and Co ., patent float manufacturers , and Mr . Edward Jones , a surgeon dentist . The inmates were rescued and kindly aided by their neighbours , by whose means they were safely brought over the roofs of the adjoining houses .. Within the house which has been burnt

      not a vestige remains—tbe premises have been thoroughly gutted , and from the slender materials which support the front there is great danger of its coming down . The premises were insured , but considerable loss will be occasioned to the occupiers of the house . The London ^ Necropolis and Uationaii MaosOLEusr CoJirA . M . —A deputation , consisting of tbe following gentlemen : —Sir Jame 3 Duke , Bart ., M . P ., W . J . Voules , deputy chairman ; C . R . Thompson , Esq ., John Gardiner , Esq ., directors ; W . A . Coombe , Esq ., solicitor to the company ; H . R . Abraham , E .-q ., architect ; and Mr . Richard Churchill , secretary ; had the honour of an interview with Lord Sejmour , at the Office of Works ,

      on Wednesday morning , when the deputy chairman and surveyor mutually explained the proceedings and plans of the company , particularly in reference to ihe great saving effected by the adoption of their tariff—the cost of pauper funerals , only 15 s ., with liberty to send one or two attendants to Woking and back—tbat of the class immediately above the poor—tho proposed compensation to the incumbents of parishes from which bodies are removed . The deputy-chairman , in reply to Lord Seymour ' s inquiries , said that the < -OJnpany proposed to appropriate portions of their site to the different parishes , who could , th . ua nave ttlu control over their separate grounds , and bavo their

      own clergy to officiate , if desired , and at tho 8 * me time " to able toavail themselves of the in expei li-e mode of transit and the ample staff provided by the company ; and that th « notices of application to parliament had been duly given , and the petition for the bill be presented at the earliest possible period . The foregoing points were particularly urged upon Lord Seymour , who received the deputation very courteously ; and , in conclusion , the deputy-chairman said he trusted his lordship would recognise in the arrangements of the company the solution of the difficulty of providing for immediate extramural interment without calling upon parliament or the parishes for the advance of one fraction of the public money .

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      « ^ £ fle Uroiumm Another IkcrRdury Firs in SuasEv . —On Wednesday morning another conflagration was discovered raging ia a rick , of between fifty and sixty loads of hay , at Woodland Farm , in Wandsworthmeadows , on the opposite side of the road where a tire broke out last week ; and had it not . been for tbe prompt assistance afforded , the whole of the cow-houses , stables , piggeries , < fcc , must have been destroyed . One half of the rick was consumed . A man , it appears , was placed to watch the premise * , but having fallen asleep some one came and fired the rick , and he knew nothing of it until he was awoke by the intense heat , Mr . WQQdlaad tho proprietor , fortunately , was insured .

      Assaulting- Railway Officers . —Lancashire . — Just as the half-past eight p . nu train was leaving the Clifton Junction Station on Sunday evening , for Bury , four young men rushed into the station , demanding tickets . Although the train was actually in motion , one of them , George Turner , jumped upon the foot-board of a carriage and held by tbe handle of the door . The guard seeing this came towards him in order to dislodge him from his dangerous position before the train bad attained its full speed , llo pulled Turner off , but not without a violent resistance , and being several times struck by Turner , whom he gave into tho custody of the porter , and then overtook the train . John Turner a brother of the other , also assaulted Mr .

      Boardman , the station-clerk , and all the four wero very insolent . Mr . Boardman was struck by John Turner , and ordered the porter to lock him up , upon which George Turner furiously attacked him , and in the struggle they both came to the ground . The whole party were ultimately locked up and given into custody . They were brought up befove Mr . Trafford , at the Uew Bailey , on Monday morning ; George and John Turner were fined 20 s . and costs ( 9 d . each ); failing payment to be imprisoned twenty-one days . The other two wore discharged . TnB Murder is Somersetshire . —Tho prisoners , Eliza Flower , in whose house the deceased lodged ; Jacob Windmill , her son-in-law ; Harriet , his wife ; and a young man named Stephen Box , who stand charged upon suspicion of being concerned in

      the shocking murder of George Bush , at Pmton , near Bath , the particulars of which appeared in this journal last week , were brought up for re-exaininadon on Monday at tho county magistrates' office . The prisoner ' s brother , George Windmill , Nehemiah Rogers , a coal miner , and Sarah Dagger , wife of a coal merchant , having been examined , the statements made by the prisoners to the police officers were produced , and the prisoners were again remanded . A reward of £ 100 has heen offered— £ 50 by the Secretary of State , and £ 50 by the churchwardens of Timsbury—for such information as shall lead to the conviction of the perpetrators of the shocking crime ; a free pardon is also offered to any accomplice who did not actually commit tbe dead .

      Extraobdisabt DiscovERv . —We are informed that , while preparing a vault in the south isle of the cathedral the other day , the workmen , though fortunate enough to come jusb between two others , yet made a remarkable discovery . At one end , without any vestige of a coffin , laid an aimoBt perfect human skeleton , which , when exposed to the atmosphere , immediately crumbled to dust ; while at the other end an entire coffin of the roof shape , made of deal , was found to contain nothing but wood 8 havings . — Carlisle Patriot . Gas Explosio . v at Livbrpool . —On Sunday morning a gas explosion took place in the house of Mr . Thomas Smith , in Clarence-street . Tho family had previously been annoyed by the offensive smell of gas , and had applied a light to the pipe in their bedroom , hut no aperture bad been discovered . However as soon as the son of Mr . Smith entered

      the front room of the house with a candle , at eight o ' clock in the morning , he observed a blue flame arise , and was then knocked down , fortunately receiving but slight injury beyond the scorching and discolouration of his hair and eyebrows . The gas , being thus suddenly ignited , exploded . Fortunately no lives were lost , but the whole of the frost and back parts of the house , which is three stories high , were driven outwards , the floors of the rooms separated from the wall ? , and the walls , windows , and doors of the email kitchen , which is in the rear of the premises forced against the back entrance , so as to prevent the possibility of ingress or egress . The house ia propped up , both freak and rear , to keep it from falling , until h can be taken down aid rebuilt .

      Cotton Mill Destroyed bv Fire . —On Monday morning the Ashton Old Mill , situated between the As ' bton Canal and the river Tame , at Ashton under-Lyne , the property of Mr . Peter Leigh , was discovered to be on fire , and before daybreak was almost totally destroyed , The mill contained from 10 , 000 to 11 , 000 spindles , partly turned by steam and partly by water power , and its destruction will throw about 200 people out of work . The premises are jointly insured in the Manchester and West of England Fire Offices for about £ 6 , 000 , which will about cover the loss . The cause of the fire is not known .

      rp * N « of the New Bock at Scutbamrkw . — f . A ? cR of ten acres in extent , was opened tor ousmesB on Saturday afternoon last . The cererh ? n ^ - , efiected « the most quiet manner , everyhit nnf ?? w ° f P !» "eingcarefully avoided , spiotatore bad assembled to witness if .

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      Explosion at a Papbu Manufactory . — On tho 5 th inst . a serious accident occurred at the papermilK Footsc-ray , Keat , the property of Mr . Henry VFoodfull , from tbo bursting of the principal boilei , carrying away upwards of twenty feet of the frontage of the mill , and damaging considerably tlie outbuildings . A double tube , weighing three tons , was Mown more than 100 feofc up the stream ; and a piece of timber , exceeding one cwt ., was blown GOO feet . About 100 persons were in the mill at the time , and the whole of them escaped personal iniwy . The da-magi * exceeds £ 1 , 000 .

      Absco . vdi . vg of a Collkctob of Pooh Rates at Newport —Mr . W . Jenkins , assistant overseer of the pavish of St . Woolos , has disappeared , and there seems to be no doubt that be has gone off to South Australia , having , according to his own aecount of himself , got into embarrassment ? , as the result of an acquaintance he had formed with a young woman from the city of Bath . Another collector of rates , Mr . Dumayne , ha 3 also absconded . A new rate will have to bo made , but it is Btated that the overseers have in both instances undoubtedly solvent sureties to amounts which , will cover the default . Extensive Robbery at Bristol . —Isaac Powell , the son of a retired tradesman , was committed for trial on Saturday Jasc , for having robbed his employers , Messrs . Candy and Org&r . silk mercers , of property to the value of £ 50 .

      Frightful Colukry Explosion . — Tho colliery district round Sheffield was the scone of another 8 Rd calamity on Saturday last . Three persons have perished in the Woodthorpe colliery , two miles and a half south of Shemeld , worked by Mr . John Rhodes , the lessee . The three colliers are Charles Stones , of Gleadless , aged 23 , unmarried ; Samuel Bacon and William Ramaden , youths of about eighteen years of age , both of llannsworth Woodhouse . Thev were killed by a tremendous

      explosion from fire damp , which took place at half past three o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , an hour or so after all but six or eight hands had left the pit . There was one avenue in the pit tJwt was aurcharged with inflammable gas , into which Ramsden , who is a stranger , went with a naked candle . Ramsden's body was consumed to ashes ; Stones and Bacon , who were respectively fifteen and forty yards nearer the shaft , were kilted by the concussion . The pit is ventilated by only one shaft instead of two .

      Discovery op Lbad Orb at Dinmorb Tunnkl . — . A rumour ( on the authority of eye witnesses ) isrifo that in excavating at the tunnel of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway , a " find " of lead ore was made last week . We have , on the eve of publication , no immediate opportunity of verifying the report , but give it as we have received it , on the statement of some of the workmen employed on the line . — Hereford Journal . Destruction of a Flour Mill by Fibb , and Srrious Loss of Lips . —On Monday morning a flour mill at Fiskerton , near SouthwelJ , a few miles from Newark , ignited by friction . "Whilst Carrying bags and grain of flour from the storeroom , four of the men engaged in this arduous duty were unhappily buried in the ruins of a large porthe

      tion of the building , which fell whilst y were engaged within its precincts , Two of the bodies had l een found , and search was being made for the ottiers . By later intelligence , we learn that five instead of feur have been lost . The mill destroyed was five stories high . In tbe evening of tho same day , Mr . Falkner , the coroner , held an inquest on the bodies . They were found to be William Sumson , aged SQ , labourer , of Rollestone ; John Reynolds , aged 21 . labourer , employed in the mill ; Frederick Lloyd , aged 22 , butcher , of Rollestone ; William Mayfield , aged 2 S , waggoner , employed at the mill ; and Jame « Robinson , 30 , foreman and engineer at the mill . Robinson was the only ono who was married , and he , unfortunately , has left a wife and five small children . A verdict of "Accidentally killed" was returned .

      , Svieir > B on A Railway . —On Monday morning the body of a young man named John Charlton was found dead on the line of railway which runs from Nottingham to Mansfield . He is the nephew of Richard Charlton , a gamekeeper and publican , who was accidentally shot and killed by the explosion of a gun barrel in his pocket at Radford , last Friday . This seems to have affected the young man ' s mind so much as to induce him to commit suicide by laying himself on the rails , near Bar ford workhouse , ) U 9 t as the last train was approaching from Mansfield on Sunday night . At a coroner ' s inouest a verdict to the effect that deceased committed BU'cide while in an unsound state of mind was

      returned . Explosion in a Coal Vessel . —On Monday morn * ing the bavqua Forfcunatu . " , of Stettin , Captit Lange , bound to Bremen , witn a cargo of coals sbe bad taken in at Cardiff , was brought into Ramsgate Harbour a complete wrecKi A terrible explosion took place on board this vessel on Sunday evening , which drove in all tho bulknoads of tbe cabin , and blew the skylight off . On deck all the beams from the break of the cabin deck to the windlass forward are broken , and the deck torn up into small pieces ; boats , caboose , and everything that was on deck shattered , and all now lies a confused ma 88 down on the coals . Two men were killed , aud one badly wounded out of four who were on the deck at the time : The captain and remainder of the crew , who were below , were not much hurt . A Deal boat brought the vessel safely into harbour .

      The Colliers' Turk-out at Bolton . —The miners of this district have nearly all returned to their work on the terms proposed by their mas , ws , which , we understand , will make an increase of wages to the extent of 3 s . or is . per week . —Manchester Guardian . EXTKAORDINART CONDUCT OF A MERCHANT Captain . —A case of somewhat singular nature was gone into on Tuesday before the Bristol bench of magistrates , It appears that about a fortnight or so ago the ship Elizabeth , of Liverpool , was by stress of weather driven into the port of Bristol , and at the time she had upwards of six feet of water in the hold . She was bound to Africa , and had on board a cargo of 6 alt , by which one ot the pumps had got choked . Complaint was made by the shipping master and tide surveyor of Bristol , that , although

      five of the men were ill , the captain would not allow of their going ashore , and he kept them on bread and water for fifteen days , the vessel also not being seaworthy . It was not considered right by the authorities that the vessel should put to sea ( which it was stated tbe captain was ready to do with her crew in the state they were . ) The magistrates directed Inspector Alexander to go on board the Elizabeth , and inquire into the matter . On Tuesday he attended , and confirmed the statement as to the men having been kept on bread and water , two of them were ill , and three refused to work , The captain had stated that he did not wish to prefer a complaint against tbe men , and after a long interview it was ultimately mutually agreed upon that the matter should be left to the arbitration of Captain Emerson , the shipping master of the port of Bristol .

      TnB Coixikrt Explosion at Bakbslby . —On Monday an inquest was held on the bodies of the poor unfortunate men who lost their lives on tbe occasion of this lamentable occurrence , wheD tho jury found , " Tbat the death of the deceased was the result of accident . " The jury expressed their disapproval of the custom of blowing open lamps to be taken' beyond ' the first level , ftnd in favour of a furnace to aid the ventilation . Mr . Hibbert , the manager , was called in and strongly advised of the necessity of these suggestions being adopted , the jury contending that , from the nature of tho workings ia this pit , there must be , without the furnace , constant accumulations of the inflammable gas .

      Violations op the Factory Act . —On Sunday last a meeting of delegates from the factory districts was held at tbe Cotton-tree public-house . Manchester , with a view to adopting the course alluded to by the Earl of Sharftesbury on his recent visit , of enforcing a more strict compliance with the Ten Hours' Act . Mr . Ilargreaves , late chairman of the Short Time Committee , took the chair , and there was a meeting of about twenty or thirty delegates , who presented reports of systematic

      breaches of the Factory Act by employers in Ashton , Old ham , Glosaop , and Mossley . It appeared from their statements , that , with the exception of these districts , on the whole , the act was very well carried out . The meeting determined upon the formation of an association , and appointed a committee to raise funds , and concentrate their forces « e as to enable them to do their best in putting down these breaches of the law . Resolutions bearing on these points were adopted . The meeting lasted nearly the Yihole of Sunday .

      Representation op East Kerfx . —It is rumoured ( 9 ay 8 the l ( Rochester Gazette" ) that J . P . Plumptre , Esq ., M . P ., intends retiring from public life at or before the next general eWtion t and that , one of two boa . baronets , exceedingly popular in their respective neighbourhoods , will be invited to come forward—Sir E . C . Dering , Bart ., and Sir Brook W , Bridges , Bart .

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      mm sreiano . The Chancellorship of Dublin University , vacant by the death of the King of Hanover , has been conferred on his Grace Lord John George Beresford , the Primate of all Ireland . Atrocious MimnER . —The murder of Mr . Bateson , near Castleblaney , has created a great deal of painful sensation , It appears that the unfortunate gentleman wag returning from the inspection of a model farm , where a large number of labourers and tradesmen are employed , when he was waylaid by several persons armed with fire-arms and bludgeons .

      A boy , who witnessed the savage attack , states that one of them fired , and then three of them rushed forward and beat him dreadfully with pistols and sticks , the unfortunate gentleman struggling hard , and rising on his legs three times during the conflict ; that he was found in a state of insensibility on the road , shockingly mangled , a portion of the brain protruding from a fracture . He was removed to Rule ' s Hotel , at Castleblaney , but never became consciotts before his death , which took place on Friday evening . —An inquest wns held on Saturday last at CaEtleblaney , and Beveral witnenses having spoken to the facts connected with the fr ' ghtful occurrence , a verdict of" Wilful murder a « ainut three or more men , unknown , " was returned .

      Railway Dam ages . —In the Exchequer Nisi Pnua Court , Dublin , on Saturday , a widow named Mason obtained £ 150 damages againBt the South * Western Railway Company for the death of her husband , who was killed on the opening of the Kilkenny and Bagnalstown portion of the line on ihe I 3 th of last month , owinu to the negligence of the company ' s servants in leaving a truck upon the line , with which the train came ia contact and Caused the fatal accident . Proci . ama . twn . —At a privy council held on Mondajr the district of tho county of Mnnaghan , in which the murder of Mr . Thomas D . Bateson was

      perpetrated , was proclaimed under the Crime and Outrage Act . The district embraces the parishes of Clontibret and Muckno , in tbe barony of Oremorne . On the same occaaion , the parighes of Derrynoose sad Keady , iu ttve tauronteB of Tiranny and Armagh , county of Armagh , were proclaimed , tbat locality being one of those in which the Ribbon conspiracy is known to be most rife . The Lord-Lieutenant pre * sided at the Council .

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      COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH ( IRELAND . ) ACTION AGAINST THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND . Jambs Birch , Proprietor op the " World " Newspaper , v . Sir William U . SomeryilIiB , Bart . This extraordinary case , which for some time past has excited the utmost curiosity in Dublin , dame on for trial on Friday , ttlQ O ~ ttl ln&t . The jury having been sworn , Mr . O'Dmcoll opened tbe pleadings . It was an action of assumpsit to recover the sum of £ 7 , 000 , and contained the usual counts for goods sold and delivered , work and labour supplied , < fcc . The defendant pleaded

      the general issue . Mr . Jambs Biroii , tho plaintiff , was examined , and deposed to his interview with the Earl of Clarendon , who referred him to Sir William Somerville . He detailed the various interviews he had had with Sir William Somer » ille , and his secretary , Mr . Meredith , in London ; and spoke ot the receipt of Bums of money from Mr . Meredith , Mr . Connellan , a ^» d Sir William Somerville , amounting in all to about £ 000 . Ho bad continued rendering services to the go ? ernment in his paper from 1848 up to the 18 th January , 1851 . He believed the sum of £ 6 , 500 was due to him by the defendant .

      Cross-examined by Mv . Brewster ; Upon my cath , as an honest man , I think that sum is due to me by Sir William Somerville ; I do not charge by the article , or by the week ; but rather by the year . I think that for the support of such a government a very large remuneration should bo expected . —Did you think there was any baseness or corruption in supporting that government ? \ Vibne 8 S : I did not . —Did you ever write an article which you did not approve of in your own couscience ? Witness : I never sanctioned an article

      which I did not approve of m my conscience . — Now , tell us how much a year you were to get for what you did ? Witness : I have not ascertained the exact amount . —Upon your oatb , bow much a year ought you to get for jour services ? Witness ( after some deliberation ); I think £ o , 000 a year would not be too rnuoh . ( Lmghter . )—Will you swear that you ever circulated 1 , 500 copies of tbe " World " newspaper at any one time ? Witness : I will not . What is the price of your paper ? Witness : 6 d . for one copy . —1 , 500 sixpences and £ 5 , 000 a year . ( Laughter . ) During the time these arrangements were going on with the government , you acted , I presume , on the sole responsibility of Sir "William Somerville ? Witness : I carried it

      on for the government . —Did you consider Sir William Somerville as your sole debtor , and the person whom you would be entitled to sue , when you entered into the new arrangement , in June , 1848 . Witness i Yes . I consider that I had a claim on Lord Clarendon also . Did you ask to be appointed Collector-General of Taxes ? Witness ; I did not , but if I did 1 think I ought to get it for my services . ( Laughter . ) I received £ 2 , 000 from Lord Clarendon , and he said that I never gave him any value for it . —Did you ever receire any other payments from his Excellency ? Witness : He gave me £ 350 . —How much did you receive altogether from Lord Glarendoa and Sfr William Somerville , inducing the £ 2 , 000 ? Witness : I can ' t exactly remember the Total ot the whole . —Did you not receive £ 1 , 700 in addition to the £ 2 . 000 you had from his Excellency ?

      Witness ; I did . —And now you swear that you are entitled to £ 6 . 500 more . ( Laughter . ) Witness : I think I am . —Do you know an attorney named Symes ? Witness : Not to my knowledge . —Did you ever threaten any man that if ho did not give you money you would puhliBh things in your newspaper to his disparagement ? I never did . —Do you swear you never did so , directly nor indirectly ? Witness ( after some hesitation ) : I don ' t think I ever did . —Were you ever taken up and put into gaol for making suoh a threat ? I was , but most unjustly . —Do you know Mr . Hartley ? He was a subscriber to my paper for a short time . —Did you not demand money from hirnt On my oath I do not recollect that I ever did . Will you 8 wear that you never did . Can you forgot going to a gentleman in Mr Hartley ' s position , and demanding money from him , at the peril of publication ? Witness : I don ' t remember it .

      His Excellency . the Earl of Clarendon took the usual declaration made by a peer previoua to giving testimony , and in reply to Mr . Meagher said—I was viceroy of Ireland in 1848 ; Mr . Corry Connellan was then my private secretary —( letter of July 17 , 1848 , produced ); this letter was written under » ny instructions . Mr Meaqher : You say in that letter that you would writo one to Sir William Somerville ; was that letter written accordingly ? Wn » Ms : It w « , —tfnve you got any copy or abstract of it ? None whatever . —Are you now able to Btate the substance of that letter to Sir William Somerville ?—Yea : ; I wrote to Sir William Somerville , saying that it Mr , Birch , the editor of the " World " should call upon him , that ho had written iu

      defence of law and order , and that if any Lerson 9 referred to him in England , to inquire whether that waB tbe case he might say that it was 30 .-Is that the entire substance of the letter ? I likewise told him that he might give him some money , thKLr" ? II ™ E ? . cell Ty if you can recollect that that is the entire of that communication in relation to this matter ? I believe that is the whole of it ; I don't recollect anything more Tt was a letter I wrote myself , of which n 0 cony wJa kept .-May I ask your Excellency if you ascertained from Sir W . Somerville whether Mr £ h C niii n-l Te \ hedid C « H on Sir William Somervi e .-Did you learn from Sir William Soraerville whether any arrangement was made ™ m ; I am not aware tbat any arrangement wan made with him . Sir William SonieSS him some money ; no other a rrangement I Sink was

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      made with him . —No other arrangempiit ? No , except to give him some money . —Was Mr . Birch , to your Excellency ' s knowledge , supporting tho government before for any considerable time ? Supporting the government ; no , I should say not . 1 sent for Mr . Birch in consequence of his offers to mo to support law and order . He had repeatedly offered to do to during the year IS' 17 . and had sent nift hia pnpersan'l written me various letters which were simply acknowledged , lie subsequently , in February , offered to support the cause of iaw and order , which was certainly then in somedntigcr . I then saw Mr . Birch . I then thouaht I should have , H that time , in respect to tho public iiftYii's , have failed in mv duty if I did not accent tho offices of ' ' __ JLg

      any person in support of law and order . I then saw iMr . Birch , and he offered to write in that sense . I told him that he might do so . although I certainly did not expect much to result from hi ? labours . I told him at the Bame time I wished for no support to the government , and that , as far as I myself waa concerned , be might abuse me ns much as he liked , as it was perfectly indifferent to me . ( Laughter . ) Am I to understaud th » t your Excellency would accept his services on that occasion ? —Yes , to write in defence of law and order . Did you Bee articles in support of law and order in his newspaper afterwards ?—Yes , I did , occasionally . Is it not a fact that up to January , 1851 , he continued to publish those articles in defence of Uiw

      and order ?—Yes , I am not aware that law Jind order wanted aoy defence up to 1851 . ( Laughter . ) Well ! in defence of the general policy of the government ? 1 cannot say that he did , but , in fact , I never read his paper at all . Did your Excellency make any payment to Mr . Birch for his services in defence of law and order ; and might I ask you what sums ?— Ho received sums at various times ; I could not exactly name the amount which I paid him ; the first time I saw him he asked me for money ; I told him there were no funds applicable to such purposes . He then said he did not ask me for it for his own remuneration , but because be should he otherwise unable to procure a « ents to extend the circulation of his paper . I

      then offered him * 100 , if he remembered rightly , for it did . not make any great impression on me at the time . Ho said tbat that would not be sufficient for hia purpose , and I think it was then extended to aboiu . £ 350 . This was in the beginning of February , 1848 , if I remember correctly . —Did your Excellency know that any further sums of money were paid to Mr . Birch in London ? Yes . — Is your Excellancy aware from what fund it came ? From a fund placed at the disposal of Sir William Someville , at my request . — Out of the public funds , was it ? I could not say it came out of the public funds . I said it was a fund placed at the disposal of Sir W . Somerville at my request . — Allow me to ask your Excellency whether they

      wero or were not public funds ? Part of what Mr , Birch received was from money applicable to special services , and part was out of my own private pocket . The part which was from the money applicable to special services was advanced at my request , and on my own responsibility , and was repaid by myself very long ago . Cross-examined by Mr . Bbettster;—Is your Excelleacy aware that altogether Mr . Biroh got £ 3 , 700 ? I am . —Was every farthing of that money from you ? Every farthing , and none from Sir William Somerville ; the money which he gave wai advanced to him by mo , or at my request , and I was responsible for it ; although Sir William Somerville acted simply a ? taj agent , and solely

      by my instructions . The court was adjourned until Saturday morning , when Mr . Brewster proceeded to address the jury at great length on behalf of the defendant . He read a lengthy correspondence between Sir W . Somerville and the plaintiff , in which the latter urged his claims and solicited assistance in money , and also sought to obtain a place for his toother . Sir "W . Somereille , in his letters , denied that the plaintiff had any claims upon him—told him to state what his wishes or requirements were , and it would be submitted to consideration . Several Of tho plaintiff ' s letters also contained threats of exposure , if his demands were not complied with . Mr . Brewster also produced a release

      executed by the plaintiff to Lord Clarendon , on receiving the sum of £ 2 , 000 , making in all £ 3 , 700 received by him from his Excellency for services rendered " in suppressing the rebellion of 1848 . " A letter from the plaintiff to Lord John Russel ^ was also read by counsel , and in it , after enumerating his claims on the government , he thus addresses his lordship : — " One thing , if the truth be told , cannot be denied , that'you gw& i » e , during a lenathewed period , various Bums , amounting to ¦ £ 3 , 700 ; that by the letter of the Irish Secretary I might still have been a stipendiary advocate of the government ; and that , having refused that proposal , every effort is now being made to ruin me . "

      Mr . Keogh , Q . O ., then replied , on behalf of the plaintiff . > % The CniEP Justice briefly charged the jury , who returned a verdict for defendant , with 6 d . costs .

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      REFORM OP THE CUSTOMS . DEPUTATION TO THE PREMIER . On Tuesday a numerous and highly-respectable deputation , appointed by a public meeting held on the 3 rd inst ., for the purpose of effecting a reform of the Board of Customs , bad an interview with Lord J . Russell at the Treasury . At one o'clock the deputation assembled at the Treasury , and wero received by Lord J . Russell and Earl Granville . Mr . Mastbrman , addressing the noble lords , observed , that the present interview had been sought for in consequence of certain resolutions adopted at ft public meeting held in the City of London in tbe course of last week . He had bad the honour

      to preside over that meeting , and he thought he had never -witnessed a more numerous or a more respectable assembly . Nothing like political feeling intermingled in tho proceedings ; the gentlemen present had long considered the great grievances suffered by merchants through the course pursued by the Customs' Board , and had long wished for an alteration in someway , but the recent proceedings against the dock companies haa rendered that feeling more intense ; for , when public bodies could be so attacked , it made individuals fear that attacks WOUld be made on them .

      Mr . Trovers , the chairman of the deputation , then read the report which was adopted at the meeting . It strikes at the main evils of the existing system—tbo defective organisation and improperly selected personnel of the Board of Customs and its officers ; the irresponsibility and power of oppressing it enjoys in consequence ; the power of legislation indirectly confided to it ; the exemption of the Crown from costs in th « courts of law ; and the habitual negligence which these causes have led it to indulge in , conjoined with the vindictive spirit it displays towards all in whom its own neglect of duty has fostered similar irregular habits .

      Lord J . Russeli . said , that of course the deputation would not expect , in respect of those grave oharges , which doubtless they had maturely considered , which they had prepared and written down , that he should be at the moment ready to give them any reply one way or the other . The matter itself * as concerned the Board of Customs and tho Treasury , was one which ho admitted to be of the most deepest importance . The government was not insensible of the importance of making alterations with reapecfc to the department whick was charged with the collection of so great a portion of the revenue , a duty which ought to he performed with as little vexatious interference as possible with the lawful pursuits of

      commerce—( hear , )—and with that view his noble friend Lord Granville was appointed , with other official gentle , men , to inquire on the subject . At a later period ft committee was appointed by the House of Commons , and he might hero remark , that though it had been represented that the Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed the appointment of that committee , the fact was , that as far as referred to the general administration of the Customs' department , his right hon . friend did not offer any opposition to the appointment of the committee , but he did state that with respect to questions pending in a court of law , he waa doubtful whether they could be referred to a committee of the house . In that respect the Chancellor of the Exchequer merely repeated what wns stated some twenty or thirty times whenever such

      every season , a question was raised . It was to be observed however , that this Customs ' department , and the laws of the Customs , fuultY as the deputation might find them , »« mttif ft J 5 doubt , of improvement , had been framed by very able men who had presided at the Treasury from tune to time ; and he recollected Mr . Huskis-T'T ? !" u J " ° meanR inc * P * We of understanding the subject , Or unfit to bo entrusted with the flaming of legislative measures connected with teW WIt a bo , a 8 t in the n ° of Commons , reforrnP ° J l h l UPa fr 6 in his hand - th ^ « e had reformed the laws of the Cuaw . Still he ( Lord iiSr ' h L !? Ku et > 7 thafc KreRt ^ Provement might be made with respect to those laws and in m , ^" cfclon ( ff « Uttderatood ) of the department . With respect to the present board , it bo happened that during the five years he had been at the head of the Treasury no annointmenf . nf a rw

      missioner of Customs had been made by him The board now ruling that department was the same as lie found existing when he came into office five nnfforf ? ' ^ £ on ' y K e"tleman ho had appointed to a high office waa Mr . Preadcy , a gentleman well qualified from his knowledge to fill the situation . Therefore , "with respect to this particular Board of Customs , he could Lave no prejudice one way or Other . At tho 6 ame timefon looking at thesegme charges , he was bouBd to act

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      justly , and not to suppose immediatel y that Hi Board of Customs was guilty because it was " cuseJ , but to inquire into tho facts . IVithn ,, ! enforing into minute particulars of the prosecu tfons referred to , ho would say generally tint i > did not follow that because very respectahlo ' men belonged to the Dock Companies in question , therefore frauds had not occurred through the a « - encv of parties in their employment . The Board " of Cu / tows , rightly or wrongly , had a contrary conviction " It was known that of ' late years , with respect to tL office of the Co itrollerihip of the Exchequer n ? A with respect to the department of the Ecclesi ^ ticii Commissioners , there had been parties found jruilfv of frauds without any guilt or blame attaching to tbe persons at the head of those departments t ? could hardl y then bo said , because the Dook Com p . inies wen ; composed of respectable men , that therefore , it was impossible for any irregul ' iriHo '

      to be discovered in reference to the officers undpp their control . The Board of Customs wero Dm . suaded of the existence of frauds to a vevy ] lT l ' extent—it might be wrongly or not—buttliey nndn that representation to the Treasury , and it would have heen a grave responsibility for tho Treasury iind for him , tho representative of tlie Cite Of London , to tafco on themselves to saj , that ttioueh the Bonrd of Customs were persuaded that the revenue was defrauded , and advised proceedinog ;! , a court of law , they , the Treasury , woul . l preven t that proceeding and allow the revenue to be a loser ' and the general body of tbe merchants of London to be wronged . This was his feeling , and tho feel , ing of the Cb . mcellor of the Exchequer , when thev were on a former occasion induced to put a stoo tn

      the proceedings at law , and when they found that the Board of Customs had no doubt on the subject With respect to the Chancellor of the Excheciue * it was stated in the representation " that " Temperate and friendly remonstrance against such unheard of acts has , we regret to sav be a received by the Chancellor oftho Exchequer with disregard , and dismissed with discourtesy . He has persevered in the inflation of wrong until its very enormity Las alarmed its victims into submission . " lie ( Lord J . Russell ] could not admit tbe justice of those complaints . He thought thafc the C / inn . cellor of the Itxchequer was not bound to interfere with the course recommended by tho Board of Customs . Again it was stated that the Chancellor of the Exchequer

      " Has broken tbe conditions on tbe honourable understanding of which technical legal admissions were drawn from the London Dock Company , and rendered further resistance impracticable , ' and , finally , be has concluded the negotiation by a gross representation of the concessions of the company , and by putting a construction upon their words , which ig entirely negatived by the correspondence . " He ( Lord J . Russell ) did not perfectly well know what . 'that alluded to , but there was an allegation that the Dock Companies were ready to pay a £ 5 fine but that it was raised to £ 100 . The

      representation tbat was made to him was , that when something of this kind occurred in 1817 , ind 181 S there was some such small fine paid and all the expenses of tbe Buit , The Chancellor of the-Exchequer said , however , that it would , be betterto get rid of the matter altogether , and , instead of the £ 8 fine and all expenses , which would tend to keep up the subjects of irritation , it would be better to take £ 100 fine at once . Whether the fine were £ 5 or £ 100 , he did not see that it was a matter of importance to the Treasury ; and bo did not think that the Chancellor of the Exche quer was liable to the charge made against him ] With v&spect to the general statement , that the Board of Customs must have been wrong in their original charges , or else they ought not to have agreed to a compromise , the gentlemen present must bs awavD that , with respect to revenue boards , prosecutions were instituted and given up

      over and over again , on the payment of some fine or the making some acknowledgment . "Whether this was according to strict justice was a matter that might be debated , but there were innumerable precedents for such a proceeding . With regard to the very important point of the re-appointment of tbe Select Committee on Customs next session , he was not aware of any Absolute objection to it , —( hear )—but he would not pledge himself to that course at the present moment , for he should first like to communicate with the chairman of thafi committee , and confer with him respecting the ad » vantages of its reappointment . He could assuro the deputation that the whole subject should re * ceive his impartial consideration and any measures which , while securing the revenue , would gird great facilities to tbe Dock Companies and the merchants generally , would meet with hia strenu * oua support . ( Hear . )

      Mr . Alderman Thompson admitted the possibi lity of irregularities occurring in great establishments like the Dock Companies but what those companies complained of was tbat wlien these charges were made against them , and they made application for a joint inquiry , their overture received a decided and discourteous negative from the Board of Customs , ( Hear , hear . ) He then referred to the manner in which the Dock Companies had been treated ^ the numerous informations filed against them , nnd observed that the whole circumstances had created a deep impression and alarm in the city , where it was not thought thafc the Board of Customs had treated British

      merchants as they ought to be treated . ( Hear , hear . ) After some further conversation , the deputation withdrew .

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      ANTI-RREWERB' LEAGUE . On Wednesday evening a meeting of the mom « ber 8 of this new association was held . it the Ship Tavern , Long-lane Bermondsey ; Mr . Josiah Taylor in the ohair . Mr . Pridmore , the secretary , said that in 1847 the price of barley was 42 a . per quarter ; and at the present time , it was only 263 ., the difference being thus 16 s . per quarter . Lasfc year the firm of Messrs . Barclay alone consumed 12 G . 932 quarters of malt , which would give a difference of £ 101 , 546 . He always remembered , with pleasure , a toast which he had once heard given by a working man— " The inside of a loaf , the outside of a jraol i a pound of beef-steak , and a pot of good alo , " All thesfi excellent things they had

      now in their power , except the Jast , and that , ho had no doubt , by perseverance , unanimity udu cooperation , they would soon obtain at as chgap a rate as the loaf and beef-steak . Mr . Barkev said it had been stated in a letter which appeared a few days since in the " Morning Chronicle , " that the brewers enjoyed a protective duty of £ l per barrel . Now tlie price of English porter at tho great brewers waa £ 113 s , ; of single stout , £ 2 3 s . ; of double stout , £ 2 13 s . ; and of treble stout , £ 3 3 s . The average price was thus £ 2 11 s ., and the brewers thus enjoyed a protective duty of forty per cent . _ Surely if this was true , and it , had never been denied , it was a monstrous impost upon tho working classes , and ought to be repealed without

      loss of time . —Mr . Hawkins suggested that it a thousand members would subscribe each £ 1 pay » able even in three months—and there were feiv working men who could not raise that sum—they would have a thousand nQund . 84 Thero ivero plenty of small breweries to bo let , and witn the plant illready provided they would find the thousand pounds sufficient capital to commence with . There was no doubt they would be able to furnish families with good beof at Is , per gallon : and as an average : amily would drink a barrel of four and half ga !» ions in a fortnight ( many would do it ia a week . ) they would require 2 , 500 gallons a week , and their income would thus be £ 125 for that period , ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Lloyd wished to offer a suggestion to his fellow-sufferers . There were in and about London at least 400 , 000 working men , whose

      average score would be about is . per week , so * , suppose they would only drink beer to their meals > they might reduce it to 2 s . One shilling of tho saving he recommended them to put into their jsotkets , and the other to subscribe to a fund . K only half of them followed this advice , they would have 200 , 000 shillings , or £ 10 , 000 a week ; and surely with that they would be able very soon to erect a large establishment on each of the four sides of the metropolis ; for he was convinced that they would do no good with small ones . Mr . Barker said that in ease the brewers should consent to reduce their prices ifc was the intention of the league to have the beer supplied by each properly tested , once a month , and to publish the result . —Mr . Gibbs , of Marylebone , assured the meeting of the co-operation of his district , and announced that it waa their intention to send a

      delegate to tho meetings of the Bermondsey League . — The Secretary announced that the affairs of tho league were in a very flourishing condition , aw * stated that a meeting " was to be held on Monday next at Hackney , and that the meetings at BermondBey would ' be repeated every Wednesday evening .

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      New Steam Plough . —Mr . J . Tsher , of Edinburgh , has recently constructed a Jocoaaotive plough , which was tried in a field ahout two miles from the city . The machine is shaped somewhat like a locomotive , and the novelty consists 01 mounting a series of ploughs , in tiie same planesi round an axis , which coming in contact with uie earth act successively , and by their action pr ° P " the vehicles , similar to the peddles of a steam-ooai in the water . They are fixed to the back ot the machine in a cinular form , and are capable i't ra ' " ing the soil from 5 to 9 J inches , at the pleasure or the person in charge . It is 5 tons weig ht , nntl l « horse power . One ton of coal propelled lC " , ° than eight hours , and tlie experiment , for a » rst > was quite successful . t At the recent fair in New York , as improferoe ^ was introduced in dolls ; they are now made to cry "" and the " crying babbies , ' as they are caUeu » » lc in great demand among the juveniles .

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      scotiaiflj . Storm at Edinburgh . —On Sunday evening and Monday morning " Edinburgh was visited by a furious galo of wind , veering from the west to south-west , which was .-ittended by the loss of one life , several casualties , and considerable damage topvopeny . The gale commenced about six or seven o ' clock on Sunday evening , and raged with almost uninterrupted fury till next morning about nine o ' clock , when it gradually subsided , A great number of chimneys , scaffoldings , and other light erections

      were thrown down , and sevi-ral public buildings were slightly injured by the gale . A man named John Harper , while work ng in the Gra 9 smarket , w ; is struck on the head by a stone dislodged from a housetop by the wind , and was killed on the spot . From B » st Lothian we learn that the gnle was severely felt there , and that a great many trees were torn up and wooden structures blown down in various quartere . Much damage was also suffered in Glasgow , and some persons were hurt by falling materials .

      Destructive Firk at Glasgow . —On Monday morning a fire broke out in the premises of Messrs . Fraser , Niven , and Co ., calico-printers , Itutherglenroad . The fire originated in a stove near tbe warehouse , but from the fierceness of the gale , which at that time was at its height , the flames spread so rapidly that notwithstanding the efforts of the fire brigade , the whole oftho works , including the stock of goods in the warehouse , have been destroyed , the most valuable thing that , was saved being the engine . The property is insured with tlie Aberdeen Fire and Life Insurance Company , but not to the full extent of the loss ,

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      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . _____ December 13 , 1851 . aMW ^ BW—BBMW «»——— Mi ll - - j _ ___ , — ¦

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      Wreck and Loss 07 Lipk . —Liverpooi , Monday . Wo have received the melancholy intelligence ) of the wreck of tbe bark Robert Bradford , with a cargo of wine , sugar , and spirits , from the Cape to Liverpool , at Porthafoeh , near Holy head—Captain Gleogs nnd eleven men drowned . The owners fear a greater loss of life than in reported , as they ha ? e received advices of several passengers having embarked on board at the Cape . The disaster is attributable to fog and to the in-shoro current that prevails in Carnarvon Bay .

      A Nodls and Learned Lectubhb—Lord AbJnger , last week , gave " a very interesting lecture on general literature and science " to the members of the Mechanics' Institution at Inverness . After \ m lecture , he presented to the institution a handsome edition of the British Poets , in thirteen large volume ? .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 13, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1656/page/6/