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      s £ § £ JHfJnjtfeit * . Health or Losdox . —The official report says :--«• ' Though tlie r ^ te of mortality in Luiidou is etui fei- - } j , tlie present returns bear witness to a considerable improvement . The deaths , which , alter a period of continuous increase ultimately ro * e to 1 , 318 , deciineiJ under the influence of milder temperaiure , and in the week ending last S ituroay the cumber was l , 19 i . The weekly " mem temperature , which daring tbe earlier part of November fell to ¦ 46 degrees , or 12 degrees lower than it had been curing the previous mouth , and afterwards suffered a further reduction to 35 degrees ( which is about S degrees less than the average of the period ) , a ^ uiu rose in the week , ending 6 th December to 388 degrees , and last week to 44-8 degrees , or about 3

      degrees above the average . Taking for comparison l ^ e corresponding weeks of 1841-50 , with the excoption Of that part of tlie series which belongs to 13 i 7 . when influenza swelled the mortality of the week to 2 , 416 , it appears that the average number of deaths was 1 , 031 , or with a correction for increase of population . 1130 . The return of last week ahows an increase of 60 on the corrected average . D . seases Of the rcspintory organs , which rose to 333 in the prowons weak , have fallen to 284 , and phthisis , xrhlch in the table forms part of the tubercular cl ^ ss , lias declined from 180 to 142 . The nuinuer of ^ atal cases ascribed to bronchitis Ia 3 t week was i-jo , and to pneumonia or inflammation of the lungs 105 , of which 83 were > mongchildren . Theincrease of Liwiciiitis above theaverage is worthy of remark , —

      Last week the births of 802 boya and 7-35 girls , in all 1 . 587 children , were registered . The average of sfsx corresponding weeks in the years 18 io—1850 v : » a 1 , 342 . —At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , tiie mean daily height of the barometer in the week was above 30 in . on Sunday , Tuesday , Thursday , Fridav , and Saturday ; the mean of the week was 30-140 in . The mean temperature of the week v * . s 44-8 degrees . The daily mean was . highest on TV . dnesday , when it was 51 * 5 degrees , and lowest on Friday , when it was S 3 degrees . On the former dav it was about 10 degrees above the average of corresponding days , on the latter it was about 9 degrees below it . The mean temperature was above the avorage during the week , except on the last two days . The wind was generally in the

      southwest . EXTRAOBDISABY PbOCEBOISGS IS A CHDBCH . —On Sunday the Lord Bishop of Oxford , pursuant to public announcement , attended St . John ' s Church , Waterloo-road , and preached a sermon in aid of the fund now raising for the restoration of Lambeth Cuurcn . At tha conclusion of his lordship ' s appeal much confusion was created amongst the congregation by the extraordinary conduct of a respectably dressed female , who persisted in addressing them on various religious topios until taken into custody l > v the police . She is supposed to be suffering from ni : iital aberration , and was not detained . Rkpbssbktatios op Gbbbjjwich . —On Monday llr . Montagu Chambers , Q . C ., addressed a

      numerous body of the liberal electors at the Lecture Hall , Greenwich , upon the principles on which he proposes to ask their suffrages at the expected elect-on consequent upon the acceptance by Admiral Duntias of the command of the Mediterranean fleet . II-. ? was for abolition of property qualifications of zneruoers , the equalisation of electoral district ? , household suffrage , the baliot , and short parliaments . The meeting resolved that Mr . Chambers was a proper person for election to parliament . FaiaiAccidbst . —An inquest was held on Monday on the body of Amy Lowe , a widow , who was killed by being run over by a cab in tbe Vauxbail-bridgeroad . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Da-Ath . "

      Fatal Accidssts occasioned by Bots , — On Tvresd iy Mr . BaKer held two inquests at the London Hospital , on the bodies of females wbo had been pushed down in the street by children . The first ease was relative to the death of Mary Wilson , aged eighty-four years , lately residing at Ho . 8 , J .-i ! ue 3 ' s-place , Ratcliife . The deceased , on the 27 th of August last , was proceeding along the Commercial-road , when two buys ran against her iitid pushed her down on thw pavement , whereby s >> e sustained a compound fracture of ihe right fog . Sha was taken to the hospital , where she died . The

      officer said that the boys referred to could not be found . —The second inquiry was on the body of Sarah Ilughbanks , air «« i ^ Jghty , whose death occurred nnder similar circumstanced . Tbe deceased was very feeble , and white oa her way to Spita ! - fiel'Js Murket ou the morning o ; the 22 ud ult . she w . is pushed down with gn . ii violence uy two boys waile they were racing . T « e ih-ceased was taken to tlie hospital , and iin « -ir < : tl until Monday , when she died from the injuries . The carousr remarked on the singularity oi the two cases , when the jury returned open verdicts for the want o / positive testimony .

      EsVLOSiOK iX THE MiLuBS POWDER illlXS . —Ofl Monday night , at haif-pist twelve o ' clock , the inhabitants of Maiden and Kingston were awoke from their sleeji by two loud explosions at short intervals at Mr Taylor's gunpowder mills , situate near tbe Plough Tavern , at Maiden . It does not appear th . » t any personal injury was sustained , but two orthree corning mills were totilly destroyed , and it was very providential that the disaster occurred at a tim ' e wJien no one was at work in the niijls . There have been several explosions at these mills , tlie last being about a twelvemonth or eighteen months since .

      The George Spephexsos Testimoxial , — A meeting of - ^ he committee < .-f cfic George Siepnenson Teat'oionial has just taken yiace— . £ 3 , 000 has been raised . It has been dw-i-Jed that the statue shall be erected in the conriynrd of Euston statioii This is said to be the pla . ; -: » iosi consonant fo t « i « feaiin » £ of Mr . llobert S : <> p ij . .::.-Eon . CoNCkHT AT Ha > 'OT £ K SQUAK 2 IX AID OP THE Rbxgauiax Cause . —On Tuesday slight a concert was given by Miss Kate flick ^ on , at tUe Queeu ' s

      Concert-rooms , Hanover-square , in aid of tlie funds of the Hungarian committee and of the Literary Association of the Friend * of Poland . The concert was held under the patronage of Lord Dtwley Stuart , M . P . It is satisfactory to be able to state that the concert was extremely well attended ; there being scarcely a single scut in the large room left unoccupied . The Misses Pyne , Miss Allan , and Miss Poole , and tbe other artistes , were well received , and the numerous audience retired highly gratified .

      Sebious Fires and Loss of Life—On Tuesday morning , a tire broke out ia tbe premises belonging to Mr . James Eady , a shipping hntcher , in Emmetstreet , Poplar . The shop was burnt out . The origin of the fire could not be ascertained . Fortunately , Air . Eady was insured in the Sun Fire Office . —About an hour after , another fire broke out in Swan-yard , Long Acre , in the premises of Messrs . G . and W . Almond , army contractors . They succeeded in ex « tingaiahiog the fire , but not until the roof was partially destroyed , and the lower floors extensively damaged by water . The firm was insured . The origin of this fire is likewise unknown . —At a late hour the previous night a very alarming fire , and , unfortunately attended with , a loss of life , took place at 3 Jo . 4 , Ball-court , High-street , "Whitechapel , running into

      Osborn-atreet . Strenuous exertions were made to subdue the flames and rescue the unfortunate occupant ( Mr . Lacy ) , who cried oat , "Oh save , for God's sake , save me . "_ The conductor of the escape and Turner , the engineer , did all they possibly could to rescue the man , but without effect ; and the latter in his endeavours to get the poor fellow out , was badly burnedover the hands and face . Finding that it was useless to make any farther attempts 10 save the life of Mr . Lacy , that portion of the building where lie was Known to be lying was well scoured with water . The flames were at length got so far under as to allow the brigade-men to enter in search of Mr . Lacy ; they soon beheld his lifeless body , which was l y ing on the floor of the workshop burned in 8 shocking manner . We understand that the deceased was Upwards of seventy years of age .

      Great Kuxnikg Match . — This unprecedented effort came off on Tuesday at Copenhagengrounds : more than . 2 , 000 spectators wove present . Mankij made his start at apparently a very easy pace to himself , going tbe first mile in five minutes fifcy-si ^ seoonds , and completing his ten mi ' e 3 in fifty six minutes fift ? -slx se . onda . At the "commencement to the twentieth or last mile Manks had just six minnte 3 and three seconds to go over it to win the match , or to perform twenty miles in less time than Maxfield did the same distance on the Staines tarapike-road in 1844 . This Manka succeeded in accomplishing , having just forty-two seconds to snare . At the fiaish Manks ran or rather fell into the arms of his backer , evidently considerably exhausted from . Ms doing this great and never-equalled feat . Betting before starting was six to four on Old Father Time ; considerable sums were taken at those odds .

      A Cow in a PAsrarcooi ' a . —On Wednesday much alarm was created in the vicinity of Middlesex Hospital by the following misehierous career of * « ow belonging to Mr . Shaw , of Wells-street , who * n U S a man ^ hoTlt > cart to his farm at Hendon to fetch tip the animal , which beine young and very lively , he gave directions should bl brought by a halter to its neek and fastened to the I ?? ^ ' 5 lua v was d 0 « e , and the cow having behaved quietly throughout the journey , the rope was unt . edon reaching tho cow-sbed door in WelhV street , when , finding ne head loose , it immediately scampered off the same way it had come , butting at evt-ry one who attempted to stnn it TW . nf

      inocksd down a boy and a man , who werethrown some yard 3 , it went along Mortimer-street at the same speed , till coming to Great Prailand-sfcreat wtoraed sb . WpIy therein . A lady and gentleman iSrao were on the pavement a yard or two off ' nought shelter ia the shop of Mr . James pastrv ' «> . e . No . 13 . The auimttl boi . ed in after them £ * « th eycoaW make good their retreat , the eountor-flap , being down , baited each so violently m « £ , ™ ' c ^ ! ^ - ease 310 riban < 8 . besides inflicting mucu personal injury . In its plunging ii broke

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      d wn . the counter , destroying the pastry and glass dishes , when it suddenly slipped down ,-falling . on its suie . Some rnpus wero then thrown over its head , and b-in < : fastened , t . ie . i to one of the hind lejrs , in wliieii position , by the aid of several persons , it was dragged into * the street and taken to thu shed . JItsteiuous Deat « of a Foreigner , — On Monday morning ibe dt-. ad body of a well-attired gentle ., an , apparently about thirty-five years ol a « e , and supposed i > y his features and appeirancss

      t be a foreigner , was found in the Morningtau-road i Hatupstead-roHd , quite cold . He . was of a very sal « low complexion , bad dark brown hair , and no whiskers ; was dres .- ed in a Wack dress coat , black satin vest , dark mixture tniwsers , dark overcoat wif h velvet collar , Wellington boots , and black hat , with niaker ' s name , " Pretious . Piccadilly . " On searching him some silvtr money and a clasp pocketknife were found ; the deceased ' s linen was marked " C . Kuowbea " T « e body was immediately removed to the district dead-house for the inquest and identification .

      Sbhiobs Railway Accident . —On Saturday evening last , when the train from Waterloo-road to Twickenham arrived at 5 . 15 , Mr . Alexander Campbell , the Secretary of the Canadian Land and Railway Association , who was a passenger , stepped on the platform , when the train at that moment moved " a turn ahead , ' ' and the door of the carriage wheeled him round and threw him close by the buffers—his legs were caught between the footboard and the platform , and in this manner he was dragged forward a few yards- Mr . Campbell , after great exertion , extricated himself , but not before his left thigh-bone was broken a little above the knee , and several other severe contusions sustained . Fatal Accident in Losg-acrk . —On Wednesday

      Air . Bedford held an inquest , at the Gharmgcross Hospital , on the body of Aaron Ross , a carpenter , aged forty , whose death was caused by his falling through the scaffolding from the roof of tlie factory of Measra . Borne , Long-acre . Thn deceased was fixing the purlins for the rafters of thereof on Saturday week , when he stepped on a thin piece of plank * , which snapped asunder , and in consequence fell through the scaffolding to the ground , Iroin a height of about thirty feet , fracturing his spine . He was immediately taken to the above hospital , where he lingered till Monday last , when he expired , leaving a widow and three children to lament hiB loss . Verdict— " Accidental deathi "

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      Wedxesbury . —On Saturday an inquest wa 3 held at the Railway Inn , in this " town , - on the body of a shoemaker ,-named Henry Jones , whoso death was occasioned by his incautiously attempting to < r « t into a train at the South Staffordshire Railway station in this town while it was in motion . Verdict— " Accidental death . " The accident on thb Soura Coast Railway . — We rocrefc to say that Mi \ Groves , a clothier , and one of " the passengers by the train from London to Portsmouth which came into collision with a goods train on the South Coast Railway , near the Aruudel station , on the night of the 27 th of Koveinber , died on Sunday , at his residence , near the

      Dockyard-gates , Portsea , " Fatal Boiieb . Explosion near Bp . istoi .. —On the 12 th inst . a boiler explosion occurred at the Soundwell Coalworks , near Kingswood , Woucestersh re by which a " banksman' named Thomas Waller was killed and three other persons severelv injured . The building occupied by the engine to which the boiler was attached was shattered to pieces . Garotte Robbery at Manchester . — A case came before the magistrates on Monday , in which two girls named Mary Ann Walker and Mary O'Brian , aboot fifteen or sixteen years old , had accomplished a robbery by this novel , but apparently not difficult process . A girl about fifteen years old , said

      named Mary Ann Much , on Sunday evening the prisoners « nd another girl came to her in Maystreet , and the prisoner Mary O'Brian put her arm round witness ' s neck , and pressed her throat till she could not speak , while the two other girls stole two shillings and three halfpence from her pocket . The evidence of-Much was corroborated by that of two other girls who witnessed the robbery . The prisoners were committed for trial at the sessions . GanoiTB Robbery at Leeds . — Three men mere committed by the magistrates on Monday for th < 5 following robbery . On Friday night , Dec . 12 th , Mr . Jameg Mann , a bQerhouse-keeper , was attacked by three men , one of whom suddenly seized him by the neck , which he squeezed so severely as to cause a flow of blood from his mouth , and for a moment

      to render him insensible . Mr . Mann was then thrown upon the ground , and robbed of 3 s . or 4 s . in silver . As soon as Mr ¦ Mann could speak , he called out " Murder , " and police officer Kay came to bis assistance just as the three men were running away . In the course of Saturday , three men were apprehended on suspicion of having committed this robber }' . They gave their names as John Bill , George Williams , and John Cherry New , but these name , are suppos ? d to be fictitious , Kay , the police officers states that he saw the three prisoners near the place where Mr . Mann was robbed only a few tnUrateB be fore he was attacked , and he believes they are the same as he saw running away . Mr . Mann says he believes the prisoner Williams ia one of the three men who attacked him , and the trowsers of Hill

      whf n he was taken were found to be torn on one knee , and dirty , as if done in a stru ggle on the ground . They were all committed for trial at the present Yorkshire asmes . m . ¦ , Proposed Church at Balsali-iieatii- — The site for this church has been purchased from Thomas Simcox , Esq ., on equitable terms ; and vre are glad to say that no has in a most liberal and handsome manner communicated . through tho honorary se cretary to the committee , that he will increase his donation from £ 25 to £ 250 . We are glad to bear testimony to this , another instance of liberality from t he legal profession , who throughout the progress of the subscription lists we observe have been most generous in their donations . We are glad also to see that the Dean and Chapter of Worcester have contributed £ 50 towards the funds . — -Birmingham Journal .

      BlDEFOBD . —REMAHKABI . E PfSESENTniKNT , — One Of the most extraordinary cases ef this kind took place at the 13 ideford union house , a short time since . A very aged female , named Thomazin Champion , has for some time past been an inmat e of tho house ; she has always been considored' healthy , and no signs whatever indicated that she would so soon become a prey to the universal destroyer—doath . It appears , however , that in the morning she arose , to all appearance , as well as usual , and nothing whatever transpired to lead any person to conclude that she was so near her end , gave the assurance she expressed that she should certainly die that day . She would hear or talk of nothing else . Every attention was paid to her by tbe governor and his wife , who endeavoured to persuade her that it was only a whim she had taken into her head . If such was the case , it was a fatal one . Her repeated declaration that the day of her death whs

      oome induced the governor to send for the medical man i Upon his arrival no pronounced her ae well as he had ever seen her , and thought it was only a notion she had taken into her head . Slio seemed , however , in the full possession of her lessoning faculties , tttid having in the presence of all thanked her friends ( especially naming the Rev . J . fl . Gossetand James Gould , Esq ., of Northam , ) she proceeded to deliver to the governor the cevtih ' oute of her birth and baptism , telling him at the same time to put i \ breaat-piate ou her coffin . Having completed the last act of her life , namely , the unbosoming of her grateful heart , by blessing the memory of her benefactors , she removed to another part of the room to lay down her head , and upon the medical gentleman going to arouse her he found her a corpse . It . is certainly one of the most remarkable cases of presentiment of death on record . —Western Firing Post .

      Rohbery by Means op CiiMnoFonM —Two men , of very blackguard appearance , named Gatenby and Parneli , were last week broughtupatthe Manchester Borough Court ou the following serious charge : —A tall , puwerfallooking , middle-aged man , named William Walton , who said he was a joiner , from Coliie , deposed that he was passing along Oldham-street looking for a spirit-vault in that street kepi ; by a Mrs . Turner , and being a stranger in the town , lie aiked the prisoners , whom he by chance met , to dijeethvmto the p ' ace . They iM bo , and lie invited them to take « glass each , paying for 2 s . worth o ( ram , which they had among them , and While

      drinking with them , he all at once became insensible , his sight and the use of his limbs utterly failing him . A waiter in the vaults deposed to the facts sworn to by the last witness , and described him as having been seized with sudden giddiness alt in a moment . The two prisoners then began to pull and haul him about , when witness , knowing that he had money in his possession , said he would take it from him far safety , on which the prisoners at ouce run off . He then examined the prosecutor ' s pocket and found that he had been robbed of £ 4 lGs . He knew the money he ought to have had , because he had given him change for a £ 5 note . The prosecutor remained in a stata « of unconsciousness until about six o'clock

      in the evening , and witness was quite certain that it was not from the drink lm hud taken . A police officer Stated he had apprehended the two prisouers from information and a description furnished by a waiter of the vaults ; and he produced three sovereigns which he found in their possession . The prisoners , who were positively sworn to by the proseeufcor and the waiter at the vau'ts , were committed for trial at the assizes . It is supposed from the symptoms of the prosecutor ' s sudden attack , that the prisoners must have put chloroform in the liquour he drank . Alleged Murder , —William Thompson , a mechanic , about thirty years of age , was charged at the Borough Police Court , Manchester , on Monday , with the murder of hig wife . The prisoner and deceased resided at a cottage in Pownal-strcet , Hultne , Manchester . The prisoner waa remanded .

      Singular Discovery . —On Sunday morning last a somewhat curious discovery of silver plate was made in the back yard of the Two Dogs publichouse , Newton-row , Birmingham . It appears that during the absence of Mr . Reynolds , the landlord , at church , one of his aon 3 and another lad resolved on making a search for one or two vats which had escaped from a trap in which they had been caught . For this purpose they began digging near the dustliole , when the spade suddenly came in contact with something hard . In a moment after was brought to light a number of silver forks , four plated egg-cups , and other articles of a similar kind . A peraon named Iliekman also had a tUl'I )

      at the " diggings , " and brought to light six or eight spoons , four ladles , some forks , and saltspoohg . Mr . Reynolds , on his return , was made acquainted with the circumstance , and immediately placed tlie articles in possession of Inspector Oloasop , for identification . The circumstances under which the plate found its way to the Bpot are not known ; but it is conjectured that as the Two Dogs at one time was frequented by rather indifferent character ? , under a former landlord , some of them who had been successful in a robbery , and had beon hardly pressed , had hidden the property in the yard , nnd had either forgotten it or had come under the grasp of the law , and been imprisoned or transported .

      Dabixg Street Robbkrt . —On Monday night , a gentleman connected with a respectable firm in Manchester turned out of Market-street into Corporation-street in order to go to a stable to fetch bis horse and ride home . lie had not , however , proceeded further than the corner of Oomfordcourt when a fellow , decently dressed , crossed before him , at the same time striking him a smart blow on tho breast with the back of his . hand , and exclaiming " IlaUo ! old boy ! " The gontloman carried a stick ; and having learned from the

      newspapers the frequency with which daring attacks were now made upon pereons , he struck the fellow with thestck across fcbs face , causing him to Stagger . Seeing a disposition on tbe part of the assailant to renew the attack , the gentleman was about to iollow up the advantage he had gained , when two women ( evidently accomplices of the man ) rushed upon him , one on each side , and in ; m instant his purse , containing nve sovereigns ami some silver , was extracted from his trowsers pocket . The thieves instantly ran off and havo not yet be-ea traced .

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      Unprotected Coal-pits . — 'On' Saturday Jasfc an inquost wr . s held at TVolvoiimmpton on the body of William Davis , a wtinov , whose death was consequent upon the inhuman and shameful practice of leaving worked out pits , or pits where the working is suRpendod , in an . unprotected state . Tho deceased was going to work , when ha fell into iv « unprotected coal pit . Tho poor follow bad just left a woman named Harris , to whom lie said "lam on the cart road ; good morning , Polly ; mind tho bottom coal pit , " when he fell into the pit against which he had kindly warned his companion . The pit , it was stated , was worked by Messrs . Yaraley , Turner , and Morvev , three or four months ago . It

      was also stated to be sixty yards deep , and it was ad < Sed , " there is a cart road witbin a yard or two of the pit mouth , and a foot road within eight or ton yards . There was no protection at all round tlia p it mouth ; but since this has happened it has been banked round . These roads are used regularly , night and morning , by people going to their woi'k . " The jury returned a verdict to the effect" That the deceased was found dead at thft bottom of an old coal pit shaft , romarking upon the unprotected state in which old coal pits were left , and regretting that there was no powev to compel the proprietors or those who worked them to put up some protection , and wished a remark of this nature to appear in the public papars . "

      Piuzb Fight . —DiSGBAOBFVi RlOT AND ASSAULT at Derby . —On Tuesdaj one of those disgusting exhibitions , named prize fights , took place in a field near the Cross-o'th ' -IIands public-house , Mupginton . Tho fight was between two men of some notoriety in tho annals of the priz 9 ring—the one was named Paddock , of Redditch , the other Poulson , from Nottingham . The abominable spec tacle lasted for an hour and three quarters , and cousisted of eighty-eight rounds ; the contest terminating in favour of Paddock . Intimation of the savage tvan ? action having been conveyed to John and Jedediah Strutt , Esqr ? ., together with Captain Hopkins , of Irefcon Wood , those gentlemen , along ' with Wm . Wragg , superintendent constable , of Belper , proceeded to the scone of action , where

      they found a numerous and riotous assemblage , chiefly from Nottingham and other distant places , who refused to disperse on being summoned to do so by the justices . Finding remonstrances in vain , Mr . Jedediah Strutt proceeded to read the Riot Act , after which Wrajg entered the ring , and endeavoured to stop the ' fight , and to arrest the combatants . On his attempting to do so , he was set upon by the mob in a most outrageous manner , knocked down , and so severely boaten , that his skull is reported to have been fractured , and he now lies in a vevy dangerous condition . Captain Ilopkins proceeded to the police station at Derby , where he procured warrants for the apprehension of Paddock and Poulson , who were soon afterwards arrester ) .

      Destructive Firk is Liverpool , —Oa Wednesday a fife was discovered in the extensive warehouse of Messrs . Verdun and Cullen , general merchants , St . James ' s-street , Liverpool , and before any assistance could be rendered the whole of the buildings with their contents , and a considerable portion of the adjacent property , were enveloped in flames Messrs . V . and C . are also extensive oattle salesmen and corn merchants ; and the previous night no less than 1 , 000 barrels of flour were taken into the npper warehouse . The premises and merchandise were only partly insured .

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      -4 » tfrriflHiJ . The Murder of Mr . Batbson . —Two men have boen Revested against whom there is strong evidence of thoir being principals in the late horrible murder of Mr . Bateson . " This arrest , " Bays the " Newry Telegraph , " " has taken place in consequence of svidence having been laid hefore tho authorities of a very criminatory character . One of the officials of the executivo derived information ,, which Jed him to bring himself into contact with a young lad living in , or convenient to , Oastlcblaney . This boy's statements led to the examination of another jroufch , ihe revelations of both corresponding in all essential points . Thehoys subsequently identified the prisoners as being two of the three persons whom they ( the deponents ) saw in company with Mr .

      Bftteson convenient to the spot where lie was murdered , one being on either hand , and the other close behind him , and whom they saw in deadly conflict with him a few momenta afterwards . —An Armagh paper gives the following particulars with reference to the arrest and identification of two persons charged with the murder of Mr . Bateson : —" The names of the prisoners are Owen Kelly , of Lurtranboy , and Francis Kelly , of Tullinasrove , both in the county of Monsighnn . Two witnesses , named Mills and Casey , were also M' - reated . When the constables arrived at the bouse of the prisoners , they were engaged packing up , ns

      preliminary to their departure for America on the next day . The men f eemed terrified at the approach of the police , and their mother fainted . Mills and Casey are two of the four young men who passed in a cart Rfr . Batescn and his alleged murderers . Mills and Casey have identified one of the prisoners , and on 9 of their companions has sworn to the other . The prisoners have been fully committed to Monaghan gsiol , on the charge of ' wilfal murder . ' The police ore , it is stated , close on the track of the third man suspected of this foul murder . A large body of additional constabul . irly has been despatched from the Phoenix-park to Cnstleblaney . "

      An additional constabulary force ha 3 been dispatched to Tnam to preserve the peace there , which the late religious excitement had disturbed . Mn . Wiiitk ' s Murder . —Patrick Maher , Richard Langfcon , Richard Grant , William M'Carthy , and Edward Wheland , stand fully committed for trial at the next assizes for Maryborough , charged with conspiracy to murder Mr . E'lward White , afc ltaheenabrogue , in the Queen ' s county ; Patrick Bergari , Patrick Corcoran , and Michael Maher , stand out on bail , also charged with being concerned in the murder .

      Toe Burning of Downhill IT . ou . -e . —Application was made last vroek for tho sum of £ 12 , 000 for compensation for the malicious burning of Downhill House . An objection was made to the presentment on the ground that the notice had not been lodged ten days before the sitting of the sessions , as required by the act . After some discussion , the votes of Hie magistrates were taken , when a majority were for dismissing the case , on hearing which the cheering in the court was immense , The application was refused . Convlacimtioiv- in Watebford . —Mr , CarKon ' s store in Waterfowl , containing some hundred tons of flux , was burned last week .

      j iik Dkcreks of the StN'or * . —At some of the Roman Catholic churches in Dublin on Sunday a portion of the statutes of tho Synod of Thurles was read from ti ; e altars . Jt related merely to nutters of church discipline , the purport being * that from tko 1 st of'January next no mass should bo celebrated after midday , and that all the sacraments should bo administered within the church , save only extreme unction . Tub Exodus . —Tho " mtinia " has , it appears , extended to " the model county" of Wcxford . Fifty emigrants of the better class of farmers , sailed from tho port of Wexford on Friday for Liverpool , there to take shipping for Rio Grande , South America . Altogether 400 industrious and substantial farmers have left tbia part of the province of Leinster during the year fast drawing to a . close .

      DHCMNli OF TUB ForUIjATION . —At tho last meeting of tbo Galway board of guardians , Mi-. James Waive , of Tully , made a rather startling statement with reference to the decline of the population since taking the census in 1 S 41 . Previous to that period , according to this gentlemen ' s words the oumbor of souls in the electoral district of KUenmmin counted over 2 , 000 ; at present it is ouly 4 GI . What has become of the difference . Trinity Colhbok . —Ilia Grace the Lord Primate , has appointed Lovri Chief Justice Blackbourne Vice Ch&nceller of Trinity College , vacant by his grace ' s own elevation to the Chancellorship . The " Would" and tub Castle . —The proprietor of the " World" threatens to bring his case

      for compensation against tho Irish government into Wt'S minster Hall , and that lie will likewise seek satisfaction in the Ilouse of Commons , His action in one and his motion in the other place will be supported by the autograph letters of tho Earl of Clarendon . So says tho " World . " ARRBST OF A pnRCHASRR OF AN EnoI'MUHRED ESTATE . —Captain Colingridge , a gentleman who purchased largely in . the Kingston estates has beon arrested under an attachment issued by Dr . Longfield , and conducted to prison , where he now lies , ho having failed in completing his purchase by the lodgment of the money within fourteen days after the Bale presmbud by the statute under which the commission was instituted .

      The office of Provost of Trinity College , Dublin , is vacated iby the death of the Ilev . ' F . Sadlier , D , D ., which took placo very suddenly on Sunday night . The Gamvay Raiiavat . — Lord Clarendon and the Liuerty of the 1 ' kess . —On Tuesday evening die directors of tlie Midland Great Wesiem Railway entertained the E ^ -l of Clarendon and a distinguished party to celebrate the completion of their line from Dublin to Galway . The proceedings , after tlie removal of the cloth , were marked by a neat speech from his Excellency the Lord Lientenant on tho advantages of raiUavYin General and th . Midhindof Irehuidi .. particular , ia 5 e 0 U 1 " he - Libenyot the Press" was honoured-bu T to vh « lus Excellency did uot repk , although hi sober senooniw . he drank it f ,, VhUhSS

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      nww —™ — i i i i i ~~~~ ~ MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The December -adjourned general session commenced on Monday at Clerkenwell , before Mr . Sergeant Adams . Gross Imposition—Edward White , 20 , was indicted for havinir stolon sixteen , yards of woollen cloth , value £ 413 s ., the property of Henry Barber . —This case was remanded from the last session . The proseentor was a tailor in Goswell-stroet , and the evidence of hi * two sons clearly proved the ease against the prisoner . Ho was st > en to attempt to carry off the cloth , and when he found he w ; ts discovered he threw it at the bead of one of the witnesses . His identity was proved beyond " question , and the learned counsel said he could ni'ikeno answer to the case . —The jury found the prisoner Guilty . —It was proved that ho was an old offender , ami he was sentenced to be transported for seven years , . . ..

      -_ _ .. „ _ , ,, _ _ ...,. Sacrilege . —W . Bentley , 21 , and John "Warden , 18 , were indicted charged with having feloniously broken into and entered the parish ehurch of Fryern-Barnet ,-with intent to steal certain monies from the poor-box . —It appeared that on the afternoon of Sunday , the 30 th ult ., the Rev . Robert Morris , the rector of Fryevn-Bar-net , quitted the . church , after the conclusion of the service , for the purpose of giving instruction to a class of elder boya in the veatryi He locked tho

      door . At this period ( 5 o'clock ) the poor-boxwsis safe in its usual place , screwed to one of the pews , butonthe following morning , it being discovered that the church had been broken into during the night , the poor-box was found to have been forced open , and its contents , if any , had been stolen . Subsequently , in consequence of some information received by the police , the two prisoners were apprehended . —The jury found tbe prisoners Guilty , and they were sentenced each to one year ' s imprisonment with luvvd labour .

      Robbery in a Brothel . —Catharine Willis , 2 / , wasindictod . charged with having stolen a gold watch and a gold chain of the value of £ 10 , the property of Peter Wilkins . —It appeared that this rohbery waa committed on the night of the 26 th . of August last , in a . brothel to which the prosecutor had gone with the prisoner , in Vinegar-yard , St . Lukes . Tho -watch having been put by tho former under his pillow , in the course of tho ni ^ ht tbe prisoner possessed herself of it , and , while her companion was asleep , jumped out of the first-floor window into the street , and made her escape . She evaded apprehension till the 3 rd of the present month . —Terdiet , Guilty . Sentence , transportation for ten years .

      William Atkins , 23 , was convicted of . having eleven yards of baize , the property of Robert Philpa and another . Three former convictions were proved against the prisoner . The deputy Judge sentenced this prisoner to transportation for ten years . Maliciously Wounding . —Emily Green , 83 , was indicted for having unlawfully arid maliciously wounded John Qothard . The prosecutor and the prisoner lodged in the same house in Devonshirestreet , Commercial-road , On tho night of the 7 th inst .. tho prisoner and the landlady had a

      quarrel , in the course of which the prisoner knocked her down by a blow on the breast . Upon this the prosecutor interposed , and laid hold of tha prisoner and desired her to desist , when she seized him by the hand , placed one of his fingers in her mouth , and bit it so severely that the hone protruded , and amputation was rendered necessary . The finger was taken off in tho London Hospital . The jury found the prisoner Gui'ty , and she was sentenced to bo imprisoned for twelve months , and hard labour .

      Malicious Assault . —Edward Buckland , 46 , was indicted for having unlawfully and maliciously assaulted and wounded hia wife , Mary Biiokland , with a knife . The prisoner was a brushmaker , and lived with the proseeutrix , at No . 7 , Norton-street , Somers-town . On Tuesday last they had a quarrel , and while she was standing at the door of their house be rusbod out and knocked . Iier down . He had in hia hand a table knife which had been sharpened to a point , and drawing his hand back , ne declared , in language too disgusting and filthy to be repeated , he would use it . and > would cut her gullet Out . At tbe same time he struck her on the hand with it , and cut open the middle finger of hor left hand . Tho poor woman appeared to have been subjeoted to shocking brutality , both her eyes being frightfully blackened . The jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to one year ' s impri sonment , with hard labour .

      OjlAneii W IiofcBERY . —Esther Wyatfc , a lady respectalily connected , waa indicted charged with having stolen two pieces of soap . It appeared thatthe prosecutor is an oil and colourman , carrying on his business at Hc-xton , and that shortly after twelve- o ' clock on the 22 d ult , the prisoner came into the shop and asked for a small quantity of " blue . " She stood against a tray upon which a nuraher of pieces of sonp had been arranged for the inspection of customers who might come in . The boy in the employ of the prosecutor saw the prisoner take up two of these p eces of soap nnd put them into her pocket . The boy told his master , who at once sent for ** policeman , into whose cus « tody he gave her . The prisoner besged for mercy ,

      urging thnt she had a baby at home . The prosecutor , however , was inexorable , and persisted in pressing the charge , which in due course was brought under the consideration of the magistrate at the police court of the district , by whom she vras committed for trial , but was eventually admitted to bail . These facts having been now given in evidence , Mr , Parry addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner . The lady was the wife of a gentleman of high and indisputable respectability , who was in good circumstances , and therefore it could not have been from want op distress that she had taken the soap . It appeared that in October , about a mouth before , the act , ' she had been confined , and that event , the jury-would hear

      from a niedicnl gentleman whom he should call upon tho present occasion , had vevy considerably affected her minrl . That witness would also prove that the prisoner was a lady of a highly nervous temperament , vevy excitable , and had since her confinement been subject to frequent hallucinations . In this state of matters , then , he should ask of the jury that they "would not acquit the prisoner on the ground of insanity , but that they should find that sho wns in so feeWe yet so excitable a state of mind , the result of extreme nervousness , as that she was not perfectly aware of what she was doing at the time , nnd that she was not at tho particular moment capable of controlling her notions . A medical gentleman was then called , when he stated that not only from his own

      experience , but from the authority of medical records , be Considered it to be . in established fact that some women after childbirth , as well as during the latter stages of pregnancy , oftentimes became the subjects of hallucinations . From what he had heard of thepresent case he considered that U was one falling -within that class of diseases . — The learned Judge said that several cases had come within hia notice of the same kind as this , in reference to women l ) olh before and after childbirth . It was a well-known fact that women , not merely during pregnancy hut after their confinement , were subject to impulses of the most extraordinary character , and yet thoy were utterly nncontroUable . The Swy returned a verdict of Not Guilty .

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      CURIOUS AnRESi . —An arrest was mado one day last week at the Orleans terminus , under rather curious circumstances . A communication by telegraph had made known to the gendarmes at that plflCD Of the probable arrival there of a woman named Rosine , who had fled from Tours aftevflcommitting a robbery . A gendarme on duty at the terminus « iw a rather 8 uspicions-Ionking woman alight from ono of the earringes . He addressed himself to her saying , " "Where do you come from ? " " From near Bloia . " " What is your name ? " " Marie Fauchcux . " She then walked on , l > ut tbe gendnrme following her , in a few minutes called out in a low voice , " Eosine ! " The woman , thrown off her guard , immediately turned round , when the officer said , "Ah ! ah ! It is you I am in search of , " and , arresting her , took her to prison .

      Dksigw foh the Grkat Exhibition at New YotiK . —A design , by Sir Joseph Paxton , for the intended Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations at New York , was on view on Tuesday , in Clargesstreet , Piccadilly . The plan is upon a similar principle to that of the Crystal Palace in Hydepark , nnd tho materials consist of glass " , iron , and Vln f' x j u ngth of the h"ild « ng is intended to he ( . 00 feet and tho breadth 200 feet . There are two entrance .-,, one afc ench end , and the construction ot the door-ways is somewhat similar to that of the

      transept-entrance to the Exhibition in Hyde-park . Tho roof is to bo of slate , in order to resist the n •? j L 9 n towhichitnia y"e ^ Posed in the United States . The structure will be built upon arches , and tho galleries will ho supported bv ofaoketa , which will add materially to the strength o * tne building , and vender it better adapted for permanent use than the < l great original . The design is on th <* whole remarkable for its simplicity ana . practicability , and is another proof of Sir Joseph Paxton ' s great skill in this department of

      IIowowat's Ointment and Pills the best cure for Accesses , Piles , Fistulas , and Ulcerous Sores .-Tlie very satiMactory results arising from the use of this tavataa&to Ointment , in cases where putients have been sufferinfr irom Abscesses ; Ulcevs , Tiles , FhMas , or bearines clown ' , nave induced several of the medical profession , ' eminent for their skill , to introduce it into the hospitals and ttoeir private ym-tice ; and in many instances , where the sufferer was considered incurable , Holloway ' s Ointment , in conjunction with his Pills , has riealod the most dsspevi-. to vioumlB , after every other remedy hail Veen tvioO in vain . Tlicso fine medicines are unequalled in tb . e cure of scrofula , scurvy , and diseases of the sldiu

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      YORK . The commission for the winter gaol floHven . the county of York was opened hem on Stturrla Mr . Justice Maule and Mr , Baron l'iatt ' ueinpif ' judges named in the commission . Tho calendar extremely heavy , there being 113 prisoners in fi ' gaol and sixteen out on bail . ' . Burot . a » y .-Philip Ryan , 21 , waa indicted for burglary at Newburgh , aud stealing from the dwel linjr-house of Sir George Wombwell , Bart , fou « plated drinking cups , a ham , and other articles on the 4 th of June last , —It appeared that on thP mVhf of the 4 th of last June the house of Sir Gcorea Wombwell , Bart ., nt Newburgh , was broken into by catting through the lattice of tho dairy wini-i Off and the servants Hext morning missed four \\ h \ d drinUingeups . a ham , and some other tlunss which

      , had been stolen . A reward of £ 5 was offered for the discovery of the offenders , but nothing vjiw heard further of the property or of tho burglary until the 19 th of June , when tho prisoner' went to the constable , and after some conversation with hinv&boufc the reward , offered to £ hoi 7 whore the property was " planted . " The constable accor * dingly went with himand the prisoner showed him where the ham was hidden in a stahle , nnd in ano- > ther place where the four plated oups were conceded in a bundle on the top of a low bniJding . The con . stable then asked the prisoner where he could see

      him , and if he could find out the burglar ' s . Tho prisoner promised to try and was allowed to go . A week afterwards he was taken into custody on tha charge of being himself the burglar . These facts having been proved and the property identified , tlio prisoner in his defence said he met on the road on the night of the robbery three men , whom ha named , who asked him to share the spoil with thorn He refused f 6 have anything to do with it , but saw them hide ft . He afterwards , when a reward was offered , went and told the constable what ho had seen And what he knew . —The jury found the prisoner Not Guilty .

      Pepjurt , —Sanruel Cooper , 29 , was inflicted for wilful and corrupt perjury at the last York Spring Assizes . —It appeared that a man named Crabtree , living at ; Burley-wood-head , near Binpley , wag indicted under the Worsted Act , for having bad found in his possession a quantity of worsted tops of a suspicious character , for the possession of which he could not properly account . These turned out to h&YO been stolen .. Tho prosecutor , who is a wool-comber , at Bingley , on going to Crabtree ' s house for some wool-eombs went upstairs for them , and saw there seven wool-tops . This he told to an officer , named Choseborojigh , an inspector under the Worsted Act , who said that he had a warrant out ag'tinst Crabtree , and advised Smith to watch

      the house . This Smith did , and he saw the pvi * Boner , Coftper , about two o ' clock on the morning of the 25 th of September last year , < ro to Burleywood-head to Crabtree's house , carrying a bundle larpe enough to contain wool-tops . Crabtrea looked out , and soon after Cooper came out with * out the bundle . Smith then met Cheseborough and constable Sbuttleworth , and they wont to Crabfcree's house and found there a quantity of tops . Afc the trial of Crabtreo the prisoner wag called as hia witness , and swore that on the night in question he took nothing to Crabtvee's house ,

      and wa 9 not there at all . Crabtree was then ac « quitted , and Smith , the present prosecutor , waa in « dieted for perjury . That case , however , broke down , and now the prisoner , Cooper , was indicted for perjury at the first trial . In was given in evidence , as an admission , that after ~ the trial of Smith , the prisoner on the 25 th of November lask said to Mrs . Smith , " God d—n you : I would not have taken a false oath against your Joe if you had not said I stole the wool . " Mrs . Smith said , " You did steal it , and thou knows thou did . "—The Jury found the prisoner Guilty . —He was sentenced to bo transported for seven years .

      Ciuroe op Robbekt . ~» Richard Reynolds , 25 , and James Calderbank , 35 , were indicted for tho robbery of Jaw . es Harrison , at Leeds , on the 16 th of August last , and stealing from him a cun and a powderflask . —It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor ( who is an old man ) was a fiunmaker at Leeds , and that on the 10 th of last August , he stopped at the Trafalgar public house . There he had some drink , and appeared , according to the evidence of the landlord , to bo " fresh , " When be left the public house , about twelve o ' clock at night , the landlord looked out of the door after him , and saw the two prisoners follow him , and tho Prisoner Reynolds put his arm round his neck . They all appeared " fresh , " and he shouted to ttia prisoners to let the old man alone . lie thought they wero in fun . Afterwards , according to the testimony &f tho prosecutor , ho was pulled back «

      wards , and a gun which ho was carryinar nnd a powderflask were taken from him by the prisoner ? , who ran off . A woman named Gaunt , who appeared not to lie ofvei-y reputable character , wag afterwards spoken to by Caldcrbank , and she ac « companied him down Meadow-lane into Water " lane , and the prisoner there , in the hank of the river , buried a gun which he had with him in tho sand , She was quite sure it was Galderbank , as she knew him as " TVigan Jem . " There the gun was afterwards found , and was identified by the prosecutor . —The Jury found Reynolds Not Guilty , and Calderbank Guilty of concealing th ? gun . —Tho Deputy Clerk of Arraigns : You find tlie prisoner Calderbank guilty ?—Foreman of the Jury : Yes . — His Lordship : Do you mean of concealing tho gun only . —Foreman : Yes . —Hie Lordship : Thnn , that is not guilty of the felony charged . —The prisoners rrere then ordered to be ' discharged .

      Post Office Robbery . —John Gainforth , 30 , was indicted for stealing on the 4 th of November last from a post-letter a banker ' s eW . k for £ 8- " , and sixty-one promissory-notes of £ ~ > each , the property of ihe Yorkshire Banking Company . — The Jury found the prisoner Guilty . ' —The prisoner then charged Mr , Dronk with incitin / r him to sfenl the letter in order to relieve himaelf from hi 3 pecu « niary embarrassments . —His Lordship , in passing sentence , said , the prisoner ' s attempt to cast upon Mr . Bv <> ok Ibe g-nik of having tempted him to cbm « mit this crime would , if true , be no excuse to a man in his position , placed us he was in a situation of trust . It was necessary , for the protection of the puhlio , that the laws should severely punish 8 Uch offences as this , and the sentence of the Court was that he should be transported for tho term of ; en vears .

      Violent Hiohwav Ronnj > . i »? at Lt . kvs . — Adam CfilT , 31 . and George Hawkins , 40 , were charged with having on the Gth of August last , at Leeds , violently assaulted ITenry M'Gregor , and stolen from his person a purse containing about £ 00 . —• The Jury returned n verdict of Guilty against Carr , and Acquitted Hawkins . Q'he latter ' was immediately discharged , and the sentence upon Can was transportation for fifteen vears .

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      Lord Fat . merston and the late IIuxgahias Demonstration . —On Saturday last a deputation from the borouch of Marylebone . waited upon tlvo Right Hon . Lord Palmerston , to prosent to his lordship the resolution passed unanimously at tho great public meeting held at the Prinness ' s Concert Rooms , in favour of the illustrious Kofsuthi Mi \ Nicholay briefly explained the character of tlio meetine , ami presented to his lordship the resolution which had been adopted . Viscount Palmorston received the deputation with tlie greatest courtesy but Siwply ten / lei-ed " his acknowledgments for the Sfood opinion which the borough of Marylebone had been plo . ised to express on his conduct with regard to the late affairs of Hungary . The deputation then retired . The " Natai . Times . " —A weehly newfp < ipcr nnder this name lias been printed in tho tovf" of D'Urban , the port of the colony of Natal . TjiO rapid increase of the town , and the numbers ,

      intelligence , and peculiarly British character of its inhabitants have , it seems , created a desire for a local organ of public opinion , and the "Natal Times" has been established by a proprietary of the leading inhabitants ia the town to Supply tllO demand . Our Natal contemporary has , it seem ? , appointed agents throughout all the important places in the colony , the sovereignty , and tho frontiers , and the " Natal Times" may be found alike useful to the residents in the colony and their friends at home . The advices from New York b y the Africa mention tlie failure oF the house of Cornell and Co ., large dealers in lead .

      Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food is a pleasant and effectual remedy ( without medicine , iueoiwm enee , or expense , as it saves fifty times its value in other means Ol cure ) for nervous , stomachic , intestinal , liver , ; md bilious complaints , however deeply rooted , dyspepsia ( " >" digestion ) , hnbitual constipation , diarrhffia , ai ' i < W » heartburn , flatuiencj , oppression , distension ) P , pitation , eruptions of the skin , siclraess at tlie stomach during pregnancy , at sea , and under all circumstances ; debility in the aged as veil as infants , nj » spasms , cramps , paralysis , rheumatism , Rout , ic * besi food for infants and invalids generally , as it never turns acid on the weaki-st stomach , nor interferes wr" « g « od liberal diet , liut imparts a healthy relish ior limt 1 - and dimifir , and restores the faculty of digestion and n «* V 0 \ H and muscular energy to \ lie mos \ cwfet'Wcd . 1 "{

      only remedy which lias obtained 50 , 000 testimmua' * . ° * cures , from Lord Stuart de Decies , the Venerable Arcndeacon Alexander Stuart , of Itoss ; Afajor-Gencnil llionw * liing . Brs . Utc , Shortland , nndllnrvey , an < l otuerFj ; sons of tho highest respectability . A copious cstrac-50 , 000 cures sent gratis by Du Barry and Co ., !" - ' "V ;' Bond-street , London . Caution , —The name of Jles » - Barry ' s invaluable food , as also that of tlie firs" . « ' been so ciosoly imitated , that invalids cannot too l ' ; U' ! , look at the exact spelling of both , and also Me - ?* '' " l , Barry ' s adams , 127 , New Uond-street , London , «\ T " . to mW be ! n imposed upon by EraleMa , <«»• \ - ham , Lentil Powder , Patent Flour of Lentils . Ai » w Food , Arabian llevalenta , or oilier spurious conn' « ' , , of peas , beans , lentil powder , Indian and oatmeal . " ;> close imitation of the name , which havs nom ^ ri > > t commend them liut the reckless au&acits of lUcir I j > " \ _ and unscrupulous compounded , andwbsch , tuoaj" j ' _ rably adapted forpi » s , would phiv sail havoc wstl' |» hciitc stomach of an invalid or infiittt . -Sce Adverti- " ' in our ( to-day's ) column .

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      ¦ ¦ ?— ' &t ) r . pvomnces * Atfrk \? ritt Poachers . —k serious affray with poachers took place on the Bavensworth estate a tew nights since . Two gamekeepers , named Edward Liddell and John Grieves , in the service , of Lord Ravensworth , while traversing the grounds , observed three men , each armed with a gun enter ihe premises ; one of tbe men went and began taking up a rabbit whiqh was snared , when Liddell Went up and secured him . The two ofher poachers , however , rushed upon Liddell and beat him in a savage manner about the head , by which means they rescued tbeir companions ; who wade off and himself

      was followed by Grieves . On finding alone , Liddell ran away , but was pursued by the other two men , who threatened to shoot him , on which Liddell turned suddenly round and fired upon them with a pistol , which it is thought took effect , as they were deterred from further pursuit . None of the party have yet been apprehended . Poaching in Nori'olk . —On Saturday night last % patrol , under the command of Superintendent Parker , encountered in the neighbourhood of East Sereham a party of nine poaohers , whom they attempted to apprehend . In the affray two of the police were severely wounded by BUOts , but they succeeded in capturing seven of tho gang . The poachers had just made an outrageous attack ou the house of Wiiu «> vv , tUeLetton Hall gamekeeper .

      Akother Desperate Affray with Poachers . — A terrible encounter took place on Monday morning at Nottingham , between the gamekeepers of Major-Gnneral Sir Arthur Clifton , of Barton Loiige , six miles irom this town , and a large parcy « f poachora ( numbering it is supposed at least forty . ) The keepers were completely overpowered , the poachera leaving them in a dreadfully mutilated state . Rhprksentation op South Durham . —Mr . R . D . Sh . » fto , one of the Members for tho northern division of the county of Durham , having intimated Jjis intention to retire from parliament whenever a dissolution takes placo . a requisition has been presented to G . H . Itussell , Esq ., that he will allow himself to be put in nomination . Mr . Russell is son of the Hon . Hamilton Itussell , of Braneepetb , near Durham , and ia a Libm-al in politics .

      Strike of Pitjikx . —The miners employed at Black Boy Colliery made an unexpected strike last week , A few * of tUcm . had waited on Mr . FoKtev , tlie viewer , demanding an iiicvease of ffages , which w .-i 3 refused , and accordingly they ceased work . The agent , however , obtained vwrants against eight men , for leaving their service bufon .- giving the usual notice , and issued hnnd-!) ilis giving the men notice that they would be ejected from their houses . 5 o sooner , however , did LUe police appear than they agreed to go to work . They complain of not having their wages irio * : ase since co .-ils were selling at lid ., and now they aro 10 s . —Newcastle Journal ,

      Diabolical Muhdkr . —Recently some person , ot persons cut the rope of a pit called Will Vaughan ' a pit , at lied Lake , Ketley , .-md when the overlookers n-ere going down , with a boy , just after they were let doin a little way the rope ( which hail been cut ) broke , aiid they were precipitated to the bottom . One of them , " named Thomas Hayward , was killed almost instantaneously . Tbo other man , John Pritclmrd , was t . ken out of the pit alive , but died almost directly after . The poor boy , named Thomas

      Bigby , was taken home alive , but lingered in pain till night , when death put an end to hia sufferings . The unfortunate men have left wives aad families , and were well respected in the neighbourhood . An inquest has been held to inquire into tbe case , and adjourned . The rope was cut about eleven yards from the end , and the depth of the pit being fiftythree yards , the unfortunate men were precipitated to a depth of forty-two yards . The perpetrators of this diabolical act have not yet been traced . Miners' and Seamen ' s Conference at Htjli , —

      A meeting of seamen was held recently at . Hull , to hear the statement of delegates from the northera ports , and the mining districts . Captain Oliver , who presided , opened the meeting by some strictures on tho Mercantile Marine Act , and characterised the Board of Trade and the local marine boards aa shipowners' associations established especially for the injury of the poor sailor . Mr Alexander Hamilton , delegate from Newcastle , illustrated the advantages resulting to the general body of seamen from the adoption of the associative principle , by instances which had occurred during the late strike in the port of the men employed in the northern ports . Be moved the following resolution : — "That this meeting , viewing with feelings

      of regret the recent attempts of the president of the Board of Trade to deceive the seamen of this kingdom , by his promise of introducing a bill to amend the Mercantile Marine Act of 1850 , which bill has only tended to make the measure move offensive and oppressive , hereby pledges itself to more vigorous exertions to obtain a total repeal of the before recited act . " Mr . J . T . Luchett , a delegate from Hartlepool , seconded the resolution , and dwelt on the iniquitous system of levying money under the muster roll , to support what were called charitable institutions such as sailors ' homes , A petition to the Houso of Commons was tUen carried , praying for the total repeal of the act complained of . Mr . Eraser , of Aberdeen , roved , aniilr . M'Ksnzie from Middlesborough and Stockton seconded a resolution , pledging the meeting to endeavour to obtain parliamentary support ; and this , in common with the preceding motions .

      having been carried unanimously , the meeting adjourned . Proposed Dinner to the Hos , Mr . Walker , at SouTHAsinos . —Tbe following requisition to the Mayor of Southampton is in course of signature in that town : — "We , tne undersigned merchants , traders , and others connected with the port oi Southampton , hereby request the favour of your inviting the Hon . Robert J . Walker , late Secretary of the United States Treasury , to a publio jlinner on such day as may suit his convenience . We do this , in Order to show our appreciation of the advantages which have accrued to the port of Southampton by the establishment of a line of American steamers between this port and New York , and which was in a great measure brought about by the support given by tbe cabinet at Washington , of which Mr . Walker was a valuable and influential member ; as well as further to evince our most cordial feelings of kindness towards that great ; nation of which he is so distinguished a citizen . "

      Aiabuvxo . Gas Explosion . —Bristol , Dec . 17 . — This morning the inhabitants of Temple-street , in this city , were much alarmed by a loud explosion , which , sounded like the report of a cannon . The shop windows of Mr . William Hitchman , grocer , were blown into the street , aa well as some of the windows of Mr . King , boot and shoemaker , two doors above . In addition to these two premises , the adjoining houses were much shaken . Such was the force of tho explosion that the whole of the flooring in the parlour waa torn up , and the door forcibly rent from its heavy iron hinges . The houso was

      so much shaken that Mr . Hitchman was afraid it would have fallen in on him . A portion of the chimnoypiece waa knocked off and projected nearly through the ceiling . The windows , and a great deal of the flooring of Mr . King ' s house , were also blown up . There is a lane immediately above , called Water-lano , and the immediate cause of the explosion ia supposed to be the leakage of a gas pipe in that lane . The gas had penetrated into the drain which runs under the premises . and mingling with the foul air of the drain , formed an explosive mixture .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 20, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1657/page/6/