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      & \) t M etropolis , Health of London . —In the week ending last Saturday the number of deaths registered in the metropolitan districts was 1 , 297 ; ia the corresponding weeks of the ten years ( 1841-50 ) the aTerage number was 1 , 185 , which , if raised u proportion to the greater amount of population now existing , will ba 1 , 304 . Hence it appears that the deaths of lastweek nearly coincide in amount with the corrected average . At this period deaths on which coronen have held inquests , and which consist in large proportion of thoae caused by fractures , poison , burns , and other injury , swell the return by considerably more than the fair contribution of a week-Many of such cases that are now returned occurred in previous weeks , and have been accumulating till the end of the quarter , when their re gistration was completed . There apascribed to 13 to

      pear in the list 6 deaths poison , burns and scalds , 24 to suffocation , among which are 7 cases of suicide by hanpne ( all male s ) , and U cases of children suffocated by the bedclothes or overlaid , 26 deaths caused by drowning , and 34 by fractures , contusions , and wounds . Amongst the last are twelve cases of deaths b y falling , and 5 of injury by horses and carriages . Of the burns 4 cases arose from the c'othes taking fire . The following is an analysis of the 1 , 297 ca ses registered last week : — The cause of death was certified by written statement of a qualified medical practitioner in .. 1 , 050 cases Inquests were held and verdicts entered in the register boots in 195 cases The cause of death was not certified because deceased had no medical attendant and no inquestheldin 18 cases The cause of death not certified , or only by oral statements , or by unqualified informants , in 34 cases

      Total ... l , 297 cases From the above it appears that the cases in which the cause of death was regularly certified form a proportion of 81 per cent , and , added to those in which inquests were held , a proportion of 96 per eent . of the whole number . Last week the births of 905 boyB and 869 girls , in all 1 , 774 children , were registered in London . The average number in seven corresponding weeks of 1845-51 was 1 , 486 At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 in . on the first four days of the week . The mean reading of the week was 30 * 00 , The mean temperature of the week was 36 degrees , which differs little from the average of corresponding weeks in the last ten years . With the exception of Sunday , when the temperature was slightly above the average , the daily mean was below the average on every ' day till Saturday , when it rose to 40 4 degrees , or 4 degrees above it . On the last three days the wind blew from the south-west .

      Fin of Two Houses a Clbrkehwell . —On Monday afternoon considerable alarm prevailed in the neighbourhood of Coldbath-square , Clerkenwell , in consequence of the fall of two houses , situated in Bath-row , adjoining , as it was known at the time that several men were engaged in their demolition . It appeared that the houses , which were three stories in height , had been condemned in conse > - quence of their dilapidated state , and the tenants had left . Scaffolding was erected , and the men had taken down the fronts of each , with the roof of one of them , the tiles and a portion of the bricks having been placed on the roof of the other honse . There were seven men at work under the ground-floor of one , when a bricklayer in the other building thought ha observed Bymptoms of collapsing of the party wall . He went and informed Woodward , who instantly

      directed his men to make their escape . This was promptly done , and while making their exit a quantity of bricks and mortar came down . They were scarcely clear of the scaffolding when both shells of the houses fell down with a tremendous crash . The whole mass , fortunately , fell perpendicularly . 2 Jo personal injury was received by any one . Suicide in Newgate . —At an early hour on Monday morning a person of the name of Flanagan , who was , on the 27 th ult .. committed for trial from the Clerkenwell Police-office for having , under pretence of being clerk to Mr . Horry , the barrister , obtained from a Mrs . White £ 1 3 s . 6 d . for the purpose of defending her son at the Middlesex Sessions , committed suicide . The unfortunate man , who was a tonter at the Old Bailey , and other courts , committed the desperate act by keeping his head in a pailful of water ,

      wnicn was brought to him by one of the gaolers of Xewgate , that he might wash himself . On Tuesday an inquest was held in Newgate on the body . It appeared from the evidence of Devonshire and Humphreys , turnkeys of the prison , that about seven o ' clock on Monday morning the deceased was seen crossing the yard and entering hi 3 cell , previous to which a pail of water had been placed in his cell at hi 3 request , for the purpose of washing himself . A few minutes afterwards Humphreys had occasion to visit the cell , but finding some obstruction to his entrance , forced opm the door , when he discovered the deceased on his knees , bending over , with his head emersed in a pail of water . A handkerchief was tied round his neek , but not so tightl y as to cau ? e strangulation . Witness gave the alarm , and the deceased was " instantly

      conveyed to a warm iiath , being then to all appearance quite dead . Medical aid was sent for , and on the arrival of Mr . Wilder , of Hatton-garden , that gentleman , after attemptin" ineffectually to bleed him , pronounced life extinct . The wife awl son of the unfortunate man were also examined , and both ascribed the commission of the act to a feeling of depression caused b y the desertion of his friends , who had not visited ! iim once in tbe prison since his confinement , which seemed to be felt by him the more severely on account of his having been previously addicted to drinking habits . He had also expressed a fear that he should not be defended on his trial , beinsj unacquainted with the fact thatMr . Swau , solicitor , of Gray ' s-inn-place , had taken the means to secure the aid of counsel . Letters , which had

      been found in she hat of the deceased when discovered , as stated , in tbe cell , were read , one of which , addressed to his wife , was as follows :- " My dearest Eliza , —I am no more , after thirty-three years being happy together . My love and blessings to all my familv . Farewell , for ever my dearest love . If you will write to the Duke of Richmond , Lord Brougham , an < i the Msrauis ef Anslesea , who were intimately acquainted with my brother , they will put you w the way to do somethiug to get our property in Ireland . It M 111 both Journals of the Houses of Parliament . If you will write to the l ! ou . Mr . Ellis , my friend , he will help you . I should like Mr . Hayden and all my friends to follow me to the grave . Bury me with Henry . The Lord have mercy on my soul . Don ' t fret , we shall meet in ¦ iwo

      £ e aven . otner letters were addressed to the Queen , Prince Albert , and the public , in which the deceased strongly protested his innocence , andexpresaed a hope that his wife and family would be taken care of . After the evii £ Z ™« K ™ i ° n ? T ^ ^ oned ^ d been taken , the coroner briefly called the attention of the jury to the melancholy factsof the case , and a verdict of "Temnorarv insanity" was returned .-While the inquest was proceeS ^ S ^ ThtT / H de T ed WaS Called » b y «» direction of ?« Sr wi ? na a n og reSS ' 1 Dg * " * — -ration ,

      Extensive CosraAORAiios -On Saturday evening a fire of a very extensive and destructive character brnlre nnt in the timber-yard of Mr Tipper , of GraveXe , stthwark tte e fi ^ T , 7 % , Dabled *¦* gf ^ t perseverance to Sue the fire mainly to the premises in which it ori-inated — Atml Hazeldine , a tobacconist , and Mr . C ., llin 9 , a bettin office keeper , srtuate at So . 1 , Westminster-bridge ^ S Thfire was not extinguished until the premists were com ~ pletely gutted , and some damage done to the Leopard

      coffee-AUHM OF FlRB AT THE BASK OF EsGLAXD .-AboUt dusk on Saturday evening some excitement was created in the vicinity of the Bam « f England by an unnsual appearance of fire in that establishment , and a general alarm was given at some of the brigade engine stations . Engines from all pam hastened into the Uity , when , on reaching the Bank of England , the firemfti learnt that the director ! were "burnuigthe old banknotes , " hei . ee the reflection in the air . As the flame continued with little intermission for nearly two hours , the number of flimsies consumed must have been immense . They had been returned to the Bank during the last twelve months . The Lhcesieh-sojube Socp KiicuEN .-On Saturday the applicants for relief at the Leicester-square SoupkJcben SrESSJSSS ^ ffinltLe - * & *

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      Secretary Sir George Grey , took place at the Sun and Dove public-house , Cold Harbour-lane , CamberwelL before Mr . W . Carter , coroner , touching the death of Agnes Bliss Gate Cox a child of eight years of age . The fi of the deceased had acquired considerable Notoriety from the fact of rumour attributing it . to other than natural causes and , the mother peremptoril y refusing the medical uauon , and the body having been removed for interment feTunbridge Wells to th ! vaults of the chawl o ? X SKSSSli addltl 0 ' >? l notoriety from the fact of the "Winer of _ the deceased having been taken nn « n * =.. * bench

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      suspicious death . Two professional gentlemen attended to watch the proceedings on behalf of the mother of the deceased , who waa said to be a lady of some property , and it was thought that the investigation would have been protracted to a great length , but the testimony of Dr . Flower and Mr . Odling , and which waB shortly given , so satisfied the jury that they , without hesitation , returned a verdict . The former gentleman lucidly described the existence of extensive disease of the lungs and intestines , produced by deep-rooted pulmonary affection , and abundantly ample to account for death ; and the latter ( Mr . Odling ) said he had most carefully tested the contents of the stomach and intestines of the deceased , and could not detect the slightest trace of any poisonous ingredient , and both gentlemen expressed it to be their positive conviction that the deceased had died from natural causes ^ The jury , on hearing this , at once pronounced a verdiot of " Fataral death . "

      MisiEBiona Death at Dabtfokd . —This town haa been greatly excited by the discovery of the body of a fine young man , with his neck broken , lying in a deep cutting of the railway , about forty yards from a bridge called Fulwich Bridge , which crosses the railway . The name of the deceased is Alexander Reed , of Whitby , a sailor , belonging to a collier called the Lavina , of Stockton , now lying in Long Reach . The deceased was in company with a girl who had been in tfce town about a fortnight , and was living at a lodging-house in the Bull and George lard , in the Highstreet She , it appears , met a young man of the name of Nettlingham , of Dartford , who was returning from the club , about half-past twelve o ' clock on the Sunday morning , in Avery-street , which leads down to the railway , and also to the bridge before-mentioned . She told him that a young

      man whom she had just been with had fallen down a cutting near Fulwich Bridge , and she was afraid he was killed , and asked Nettlingham to go and see about him . He said he would if she would accompany him , which she at first refused to do , but afterwards consenti d . She told \ Nettlingham where she lived . They then proceeded along the line of railway to the spot in question , where they found the body of the unfortunate deceased , apparently dead , lying at the foot of the cutting . Information was given to some police constables , who immediately went for medical assistance . The deceased was lying on tbe left side , his face tuned partially on the ground , with his left arm bent under him , blood oozing from the nostrils , and bis neck broken , and of course life quite extinct . On the medical man

      stating that he was dead , the police proceeded at once to search him , when they found upon him a ginger beer bottle containing some rum , 2 s . 6 d . in silver , and 8 d . in copper , and some tobacco . They also examined his dress , and found that it was not disordered in the least ; after which they proceeded to remove the body to the union house . The police then went to the lodging-house where the girl stated to Nettlingham she was living , hut found she had not been in . They have subsequently made every search for her but she is not to be found in Dartford . She has left behind her , at the lodging-house , a little black and white dog and her wearing apparel . The case is involved in mystery , from the fact of the woman absconding , as that circumstance casts a look of grave suspicion upon the matter .

      DI 8 COVERY OF TWO DEAD CHILDREN IS FLBET-STRKET .--On Tuesday night , at nine o ' clock , as a police constable of the City force , commenced duty , his attention was directed to a large bundle lying in the passage of No . 6 . Pleydellstreet , Fleet-street . On proceeding to the spot , he discovered the bodies of two male children , enclosed in a kind of white sheet ; be at once conveyed them to Dr . Hutchinson , of Faringdon-street , who pronounced both to be full born infants ; life , however , was quite extinot . No clue has been gained of tbe perpetrators of this unnatural crime . Grand Surrey Tidal Docs . —Amongst other measures proposed for the improvement and accommodation of the Thames navigation , a new plan is announced for the construction of a large tidal dock on the Surrey side of the river .

      The Canal Ironworks , Poplar . —The suspension of the old engineering firm of Messrs . Seaward and Capel , of the Canal Ironworks , Poplar , has been announced . Their liabilities are understood to amount to about £ 30 , 000 or £ 40 , 000 , and it is believed that if their plant and works , which have involved a large outlay , should realise anything in proportion to their intrinsic value , tke creditors may ultimately be paid in full . The Jews . —A remarkable conflict is going on at present among the Jews in London , between tbe opposite principles of Superstition and Infidelity , — . between Rabbinism and Rationalism—the traditions of men and the philosophy of

      men . Some are endeavouring to adapt the old maxims of Judaism to the standard of modern civilisation . Many are diligently studying the . Old Testament Scriptures , with a view to the connexion of their religious system , and the improvement of their synagogue worship . Their religious teachers seeia alive to the importance of imparting a more spiritual character to their public services ; and seek to build up their Jewish hearers in their ancient faith by a continual reference to the Old Testament ScriptureB . They are , moreover , publishing the Scriptures with an English trandation of their own , which professes to rectify the errors of our authorised version . —Watchman

      Omsibcs Improvemests . —On Monday the greater portion of tho 3 e omnibus proprietors and conveyance companies whose vehicles ply within a short distance of the metropolis , and who were opposed to any reduction in the fares , not only succumbed to public opinion on the subject , but also placed some new and elegant omnibuses , splendidly fitted and well horsed , on the various Iine 3 of road . The new vehicles have better sitting-room , and are much wider between tbe seats ; in a few there are covered life lines extending along the inside of the roof , for the purpose of passengers steadying themselves , either in seeking a seat , or going to alight , and the ventilation is on a better principle . With re 3 pect to fares , a person may travel throueh nearlv

      the whole of the metropolis , on the north bank of the 1 names , at a halfpenny a mile , and in some instances for less . By taking the proper conveyances from the Edgeware-road to Whitecha pel-road , or vice versa , the distance can be accompli .-hed for fourpence , that is—Tottenhamcourt-road one penny , and thence to Whitechapel-road , threepence . SELF-DE 3 TnocnoN in the Streei . —On Tuesday morning , suortly before twelve o ' clock , a most determined attempt at self-destruction was perpetrated in the public Street , in the presence of a large number of persons , by a man named llichard Haynes , aged thirty-five , a cabman , usually employed on the stand in connexion with the London and . North Western Railway . It appears that some few days ago Haynes had a dispute with his employers in consequence of bringing home no money as earnings for big cab . and on

      we previous evening his master took away his cab . On luesday morning he demanded from a woman with whom he cohabited some duplicates which he had , and which he wanted to make money of . As they were proceeding along the eastern side of Clarendon-square , Somors Town wrangling , the quarrel became so high that Haynes struck and knocked her down , and was still beating her when she implored the assistance of a sweep , who was passing . He was about to interfere , when Haynes drew a large clasp knife from his pocket , and swore that ff he did he woulri

      stab mm . At the same moment he sat down on the step of one of the doors , and with both hands jobbed tbe knife into bis own throat and drew it along , inflicting a frightful wound , ; from which the blood spirted out several feet on to the pavement . The sweep and the woman endeavoured to approach km to stop him in his suicidal act , when he again rose and brandished the weapon , declaring he would do for them ' if they approached . He again with both hands made a second stab in his throat and drew the knife completely across it . Several people collected , and medical aid being procured , the unfortunate man was comveved to

      university Uollege Hospital , where he was attended by . air . Listen , the house-surgeon . Asotuer Dead Child Fodsd in the STREET . -Between eight and nine o ' clock on Wednesday night , as several lads were playing in Little Bridge-street , Blackfriars , their attention was attracted by a large canvas bag lying on the steps at the back of the premises belonging to Messrs Wilkinson , upholsterers , 14 , Ludgate-hill . " Sot suspecting the contents , they were for some time dragging it up and down the street for their amusement . On opening it , however , a fine newly-born female child was found enveloped in a piece of white linen . Police-constable , 369 , at once conveyed the bod y to the station-house , where Dr HutchinsoMs assistant attended , and was of opinion that violence had been used to the child . As in the case given above , the actors in this fearful drama have escaped . Prince Albert ' s Model Lodoisg Houses . —On a plot of barren ground contiguous to the Shadwell station of th ,,

      BiacKwau Kailway , which was formerly occupied by some miserable hovels , a range of dwellings , exactly similar in t ™ a h teetu , ro t 0 P » ° ce Albert ' s model lodging-2 ESLV ? i * park { . £ ave been erect ed - Tney are two stories in height , each floor having three rooms ; and their style of build has a most pleasing effect . At present the range is confined to twelve dwellings , but it is proposed to increase them to as many again

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      J ? S db" - ^» Relled Rifle Carabines for thh Cape . - MO double-barrelled rifle carabines have been shipped in the Birkenhead steam troop-shi p for conveyance to the Cape of Good Hope . These rifle earabines are for the use of the Utn Lancers , and are of the same construction as those with whioh the non-commissioned officer and privates of the 12 th Lancers from the : depot at Maidstone practised at the fc » i rSen f al ^ OOlwiCh ' a 8 hort time a 8 » . » squire a knowledge of their use so as to be able to instruct their & = lfi-2-. z C Hn ^" ' ™ S ^ . £ cfS 5 £ B& ^ W *« = ttfca John Ro t to the Cape , to join their reeiment . Th , v ,. ii .

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      Despehath Highway Robbery at BriuHTON . —On Monday Richard Hervey , Charles Nuttey , and Mary Ann Pullen , three deaperate characters , were brought before Carpenter Soott and Montague Seott , ' Esqrs ., magistrates , at the Town Hall , Brighton , for final examination , charged with committing a most murderous and daring attack on Mr . Charles Witworth Turner , an old gentleman , residing at No : 3 , Howard-street , and robbing him of his coat , watch , and other property . The proaeoutor stated that shortly before seven o ' clock on the evening of Saturday , the 27 th ult ., he waa proceeding along the New Englandroad , near the railway Viaduct , towards hu residence m Haward-streetwhen he saw two men and a female approach

      , him . He was near a gas light , and saw their faces , and he was positive the prisoners were the parties whom he met . He had not proceeded many paces when Hervey came in front of him , and struck him a heavy , blow with , a life-pre- . server , or something similar , on the temple , rendering him insensible . On his recovery he found that his coat had been stripped off his back , and that his watoh and money were gone . Prosecutor stated that he was muoh injured by the violence inflicted upon him , and that he was bo suddenly attacked that it was impossible to give , any alarm , although there were houses on both aides of the street . Evidence having been given that the three prisoners were seen together on the ni ght of the robbery , near the viaduct of the railway , the magistrates fully committed all - the' prisoners for trial at the Lewes assizes in Maroh next , for the

      highway robbery . > The College Robreries in Cambridob . —At the Cambridge Borough SeBBions ( Monday ) Henry Padwiok Butler , medical student , waB charged with stealing two gold watches , a dreBBing-oase , and other articles from . the rooms of members of Magdalen and Emmanuel Colleges . The particulars appeared in this journal at the time the offences were committed . The trial excited intenae interest . There were now three several indiotments ' againBt the prisoner , and he pleaded guilty to the first ,., which charged , him with stealing a gold watch , the property of Mr . B / own , of Emmanuel College . No evidence was offered on the other two , and he was formally acquitted on those charges . The prisoner was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour . The prisoner ' s late father was a surgeon in large practice at Charlton , in Kent ; his mother is- still living , and the whole family have been in the habit of moving in the beRt society . ¦ : A Practised Robber . —A young man named , Thomas

      Read , said to be very respectably connected , has been committed by the ; Gloucester magistrates for trial on three charges ofrobberieB committed at hotels at Gloucester and Worcester . The prisoner assumed the character of a commeroial traveller . On Sunday evening he appeared at the Angel Inn , Worcester , iu that character , engaged a bed , and was shown to his room , where he remained for somo ten minutes . In that brief space of time he contrived to pick two locks , and to abstraot from a box . twelve silver- teaspoons , two pair of tablespoons , and a pair of saltspoons . Proceeding by railway to Gloucester by the first train next morning , lie sold the plate and put up at the Greyhound Commercial Inn , where be dined , and paid his bill . Before leaving , however , he picked the lock ofa drawer and box , and abstracted £ 50 in gold , leaving other money in notes in the box . A third robbery , of a great coat , was committed at another inn whioh he had patronised . He was apprehended at the Gloucester Railway station as he waa proceeding by a first claBS train to Birmingham . . .

      The Last Mas . —The solitary survivor of the wreck of the Royal George is now living at St . George ' s , Gloucestershire . His name is Abel Hibbs , aged ninety-one . Until lately he was a hale old man , but is now bedridden , and his only support is from the poor-rate . Mblancholt Occurrence on a Railway . — On Sunday afternoon a fine little girl , five yearB of age , daughter of Mr . Proctor , one of the , resident officers of the London and North-Western Railway , at Edgehill Station , near Liverpool , was playing about in front of the station , and just as a train waB approaching she endeavoured to run

      across the line , but before Bhe could reach the other side the poor child fell , with a leg and an arm lying ' across the outside rail . The entire train parsed . over her , severing the arm and leg , and after lingering in excruciating agony until Monday morning death happily put a period to the unfortunate suffererfs misery . —Another disaster arose from , the same catastrophe : The ticket collector , J . Normanby , seeing the imminent danger of the little girl , ran to her aid ,, but before he could accomplish his humane purpose the buffer of the engine knocked him down , and he fell completely doubled up against the platform . He thus escaped instant death , although the injuries he has sustained are of a serious

      nature . ' .. . .. .. . Gale at Liverpool . —A violent gale visited Liverpool on Saturday night , arid continued until , late on Sunday afternoon . The accounts from the adjacent coasts report many casualties , but happily we have not heard of any serious wreck . The following vessels put back , with more or less damage : St . George , for New Orleans ; Diamant , for Alexandria ; John Hamilton , for Bombay ; Countess of Eglinton , for Bahia ; and Bertha ., for Smyrna . The schooner Ninua , of and for Cork , was riding at anohor off the Horse Bank , with loss of foremast , and has been towed back to this port by the Victoria tue .

      The Natural Gas on Chat Moss . — The following letter has been received by Mr . Thomas Baines , of Liverpool , accompanied by a specimen of wheat thrashed by an engine , the steam of which whs generated by natural Has , not by coal : — " Barton-grange , 30 th December , 1851—Sir , —Last week I stated to you the oircumstanceB of our finding natural gas , while boring for water , on the farm of Edward Evans and Co ., of Barton MosB-farm , Chat Moss . We have it now conveyed in pipes to the farm buildings , with the intention of turning it to some useful purpose , 8 hou | d the supply continue . The first experiment was with a fortygallon boiler , filled with potatoes , and so powerful was tbe heat that the water was boiling in twenty-five minutes from the time the gas was lighted . I have now applied it to the boiler of the steam-engine , and I herewith send you a sample of the wheat thrashed by it . —YourB , respectfully , Richard Bull . "

      Collision on thb Great Western Railway .-A collision , which mi ght have been attended with very serious consequences occurred on this line of railway at an early hour on Saturday morning , between the Cnippenhiun and Wootton Bassett stations . The mail train , which was thirty-five minutes overdue , ran into a goods train at the foot of the Wootton Bassett incline , about five miles from Chippenham , crushing the guard ' s break and a horse-box , and blocking up the line for Borne distance . The guard of the goods train , perceiving the danger , jumped out of his box , and escaped unhurt . The stoker of the mail train also escaped , but the driver , a man named Ellis , received very severe injuries about the head and face , and it is conisdered doubtful whether he will recover . The effeot on the passengers in the mail train was less serious than might have been anticipated , and several parties who happened to be asleep at the time were not even roused by the collision . The proximate cause of the accident is said to be the delay of the mail on the South Devon Railway .

      Extraordinary Escape from Death . —A most miraculous instance of preservation from death occurred last week in the case of a man named James Jefferies , a mason , at Bath . He was engaged in repairing a well sixty feet beneath the surface , when shortly before one o ' clock the wall of the well gave way , burying the poor fellow beneath an enormous quantity of stones and earth of several tons' weight . A number of people soon congregated on the spot , and several men immediately set to work to remove the fallen stones , when the excitement soon beoame intense upon the buried man ' s voice being heard through more than twenty feet of rubbish which waB choking up the well above him . Most providentially the draught of air had not been excluded , and the men continued at their labour incessantly , but it was nearly nine o ' clock at night before they succeeded in extricating the unfortunate man , who had thuB been buried for ei ght hours . He was still alive , but , as may be expected , was in a very exhausted state , and , strange to say , he had received no serious bodily injury .

      The Bank Forgeries in Yorkshire !—Mr . Scott , the manager for the Yorkshire Banking Company , has written to the local journals , informing them that it has been ascertained , after muoh caveful investigxtion , that the late forgery of the £ 5 notes of that company has been confinedsolely to those purporting to have been issued from the Doncaster branoh bank . Some of the notes have been paid in Leeds , Bradford , Manchester , Sheffield , and Hull . Jjatal Accident . —An accident took plnce . last week near the village of St . Bees , Cumberland , by whioh a young named John Brindle

      man , the nephew of Mr . Brindle , the proprietor of the Railway Hotel , St . Bees , waa instantane-? U 8 i 4 U de S ' ed of life in a ver y Jarful manner . , It seems tuatthe deceased , who had been stopping with his uncle , went in a gig to the village of Egremont , accompanied by a younu woman named Mary Ann Bowness , and a farm servant employed by Mr . Brindle . On their return to St . Bees in the evening , the party were seen driving at a very rapid pace , and it appears that while the gig was descending a steep hill leading to St . Bees , the horse started oft in a manner to alarm the farm-servant , who iumued out and

      triea to catch tbe reina , but being unsuccessful he fell , and received some severe injuries . The horn , alarmed , ran off down the hill with fearful velocity , and , as the reins gave way , the animal continued its career , the driver being quite unable lo control it . On reaching the foot of the hill ihnn-f !} an , § 'g "M » t with great violence against the ahop window of Mr . Braithwaite , grocer , which was comp letely destroyed and knocked into the road . Suoh was ^ . w lif ° tl * shock t ^ t Mr . Brindle was thrown against the wall with ao much force that his akull was completely shattered to pieces . The young woman waa also 2 ? r a ° Ugh ""' window , but , strange to say , received but very little injury . The horse , whioh was a iKec ' eL ^ jffil ! ° ' ° ° ° " * > and Jt rin \? ' ! f ' ^ ™ , 0 JiED r 0 R BoTINO Stolbn I ' Ropkr tt .-OnMonday Mr . WoolfSabor , a'jeweller and silversmith , Wnr ! T i buSin < f WMtaohapel , Liverpool , was brought before the borough ma ffistrate . bhareed - with having 3

      On WpH g f r ? me > knowin ^ ^ to have beenStolen . Mr 2 S w ay n a lad named Quayle , in the employ of Mr . Qmck , jeweller , of Parker-street , stoleagold pencil-case ; n o n m . hls f P ° y ^ and aoon afterwards tool it to the pri-SasSkid'SfloHrt- ' 0111 , t 0 him ^ four shillings-Mr . ^ , 7 « Be i gold , pencil-case ( which the prisoner coat him i 8 Rfii ttlng , h had ur

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      magistrate , said it appeared olearthat the prisoner had purchased the penoil-oase , knowing that Quayle had improperly got possession of it ; but as there seemed a doubt thrown upon tbe boy ' s evidenoe , they had oonoluded not to pursue the extreme course of sending him for trial , but he must be imprisoned for two monthg . Representation of Exetbr . —Already there are signs of a gtiff contestfor the city representation , at the next general eleotion . The Conservative party , It is fully understood , intend bringing forward Sir Fitzroy Kelly , who has lately been here to reconnoitre the field before entering the lists arainst Mr . Divett . : The announcement has brought out

      the friends of Mr . Divett , ; who have issued an address to the electors to the effect that an it is announced Sir F . Kelly intends to comeforward as a representative , and it havin g beenjindustriously circulated that Mr . Divett does not mean to come forward again , thefriends of that gentle , man are assured that he has no idea of retiring from the seat ; and that the story is an inventionof the . enemy . The electors are cautioned against promising their support to any other party . Sir John Duckworth , Bart ., has alao i « - Bued an -address , in which he states his intention of again coming forward as a candidate for the representation when the time oomes . _ ' ; _ ___

      Suspicious Death at Kinoswood , near Wo tion-undbr-Edge , —An inqueBt waa held on Monday , at the Dog and Badger Tavern , near Wotton-under-edge , on the body of Mrs . Hart , the deceased wife of Mr . Hart , the landlord of the King ' s Arms Inn , whose death occurred some time in October last . The body had been exhumed by order of a warrant issued by the coroner for the lower division of Gloucestershire , W . J . Ellis , Esq . The inquest was not proceeded with to any extent , its object being to adroit of a postmortem examination and analysis of tho contents of the bodv being made . Mrs . Hart was taken ill - in October

      with what was believed to be rehumatism , and during that time was waited on by a Mrs . Daniel . At about the same time Mrs . Daniel ' s ; mother was taken ill , and with similar symptoms , and , although the surgeons apprehended no danger , both females died . Subsequently Mrs . Daniel got married to Mr ; Hart , and these circumstances , ceupled with same other matters communioated to the coroner , led him to hold the inquest . It h » 8 excited great interest , and haa been adjourned , the stomaoh , and its contents having been forwarded to Mr . Herapath , the analytical chemist at Bristol , for his examination .

      Mtsteriods Deaths at SHEFFiBLD . ^ -On Sunday morning last , a man of the name of George -Hall , and hia wife , Elizabeth Hall , were found dead in their bed-room , under very peculiar circumstances . The man , by trade a razor smith , was "• in ' the employ of Messrs . Rodgers and Son , of Norfolk-street , cutlers , and resided with his wife at Sky Edge , on the eastern side of a portion of Sheffield called the Park . Henry Hall , son of the-deceased , resides with an uncle called William Whiteley , in an adjoining ' house . He ( the son ) went in to see hia parents on Saturday evening , and left about half-past nine o ' olook . Every thing in the house bore its usual aspect at that time , and his parents appeared in their usual health . He was surprised to find their window shutters closed , and all still within the houae so late aB ten o'clock on Sunday morning , and knocked at

      the door . Repeiving no reply he became alarmed and prooured a ladder toget up to the bed-room window . On looking through the window he saw his mothor lying on her back on the floor in her night dress , apparently dead . He immediately descended and communicated what he had seen to hia uncle , who entered the bed-room by the window , and found the man lying on the floor on the opposite side ofthe bed to that on wbioh the woman was lying , but in a similar position . Both were quite dead . The body of the man waa stiff and cold , but there'was a slight degree of warmth remaining in the body of the woman . There were no external marks , of violence on the bodies , and every thing in the'house and bed-room was undisturbed , < with the exception that the bed clothes were somewhat disordered . Tbe cause of death is as yet a profound mystery . Both the

      deceased are about fifty-three years of age . They have been married some thirty years , and have lived very happily together . On Monday a post mortem examination of the bodies was made , but the Burgeons were unable to detect any poisonous substance , nor yet to account for the sudden and somewhat mysterious death of these individuals . Since then , however , circumstances have transpired whioh have served in a considerable degree to elucidate the mystery . An old mattreBS , which had been thrown into the ash-pit of an adjoining privy , had been set on fire by some boys . The smoke which the burning straw emittad being found to affect the breathing of Mrs . Hall ( who was , together with her husband , afflicted with asthma ) , the burning

      rubbish was covered over with dirt and ashes . The fire , however , continued to spread , and in a few day 8 the whole contents of the midden became a burning mass , emitting the most pestilential vapours . Theae found a passage underneath the foundations into the house ocoupied by the Halls , and being badly ventilated , could find no means of escape , ao that in fact the building became a gasometer , surcharged with foul and deleterioua gas , from tbe effects of which they were auffooated . That this waa the case is evident from the fact that , previous to retiring to rest , on Saturday night , Mr . Hall complained of the offensive smell , and endeavoured to detect the cause ; and when the house was entered on the following morning , the stench was so great aa to be almost overpowering .

      Suicide of a Liverpool Merchant . —On Wednesday an inqueat was held before the Coroner for Liverpool on the body of Mr . Joseph Edwards , residing in Prince ' a Park , who had committed suicide on Christmas Day , by taking a dose of prussioaoid . The deceesed waa wealthy , and no pause could be assigned for the rash act . After a long inquiry the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . " A Royal Stkamkr ' . —The Megsera steamer has put into Plymouth in a thoroughly disabled state , unable to . proceed with the 1 st battalion of the Rifle Brigade to the Cape of Good Hope . Suspected Incendiarism at Yarmouth . —About three o ' clock on Saturday morning last afire broke out at the mill belonging to Mr . Parker , and kept by Mrs . Ranaome , upon the North Denes . The mill , which waa of wood , waa speedily completely enveloped in flames , and notwithstanding assistance waa rendered and an engine brought down , the fire continued burning for some hours , until , indeed , everything , including upwards of 300 combs of wheat , waa consumed .

      Capture of a Gang of Burglars and Suicide or me Prosecutor , —Four young men who , from their position , were supposed to be respectable' persons , have , been arrested at Plymouth , charged with having committed several burglaries in that town and neighbourhood ; three of them brothers—sons of Mr . Pearse who keeps a ahop for the aale of cheap publications in Marlborough-atreet , Devonport , and who are apprentices reapectively to a blacksmith , a printer , and a cabinet maker , and one the son of a tailor , also residing in Devonport , named Perry , but who haa not resided with hia parents for some time past , but has lived out in service latterly with some officer living in Stonehouse . The prisoners were examined before the magiatrate 8 on Saturday laBfc , when the evidence taken placed beyond a doubt the fact of their being concerned in several of the burglaries which have been committed in Plymouth and Devonport during the last twelve months . One of the principal witnesses was a Mr . W . H . Row , a jeweller , carrying on busineas in the town , whose premises were broken into a

      short time ago , and a large qnantity of jewellery stolen . He proved that a number of trinkets found in tbe prisoners ' possession had formed part of his stock at the time of the robbery . Mr . Row , however , became much excited in consequence of the prominent part he waB called on to take in the prosecution ,, and a depression of spirits subsequently ensued , under the pressure of whioh he committed suicide on Monday last by shooting himself . A coroner ' s inqueat was held , and a verdict of " Temporary insanity" returned . Boiler Explosion . —Great Bridge , near Dudley . —On Wednesday morning a violent concussion waa heard throughout the neighbourhood of Gold ' a Hill , and for some miles distant around Wednesbury , West Bromwich , and Dudley , the report waa most distinctly heard . Upon inquiry it was ascertained that the works where the explosion took place are ocoupied by Messrs . Davies and Bloomer , and are immediately adjoining those of Gold ' a Hill , worked by Messrs . Bagnall and Brothers . At the time the explosion took place , a man named John Evans , the furnaceman , was at the , boiler . Evans had employed under him

      two assistants , one named AUraan and the other Osborne . Daniel Bradbury was the engineer , and there are some singular circumstances connected with the escape of thia man upon the occasion . Bradbury ' a duties , aa engineer , were in part to superintend the boilers ; and it appeara that thia morning he had not left the boiler which exploded half a minute before the accident occurred . While standing at the boiler-side , the bell rang for the engine to be stopped , in order that the rolls might be changed , whon Bradbury at once repaired to his engine . He did not reach it before the boiler exploded and the mischief waa completed . Evans and , hia two asssiatant 8 were instantly killed ; and a man named James , who was by trade a Bbingler , died from some cause which surgeons cannot satisfactorily explain , as therefore no outward appearances of injury .

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      &cotlantr . Shocking MuRDER .-One of the most brutal cases of ^? £ Jttt ? & zr& £ ^ tetasasTtsarf ? 1 *!? inuauibcu

      g . n appears that- Rtmni ,.. . t / were both drinking on the daj * fa itil n , and Lyl ! home in the evening , when StrachaKX \?" retUrned 8 K 3 Eag §§»? other communication was had AS M » ywtonoe . No twelve o ' clock at night , when he LtIf ! athCT tlU ab ?? aunt ' s , and told them that LylfJW n ^ n ° f ^ aeema , went to Mr . Smith , dXL ! st * 3 kL \ t ° ' ™ ! $ representing the woman as very ni SdSS S ^ ^ accompany him to his house Mr ' Sm 1 ? h the , latt ? that the woman waaqnite dead Tteh n ^ ?* * " ^ woman preaented a moat appalling »!„* % l ^ J ° Wg face of her person—back W » ™ 5 8 Tne whole 8 ur ^ ohe ma ^ ofiivKiouS swelled to almoat twice the natWoi h bead and face that had been ' -inflioted"& £ & $ S IT ^ 71 to show . , that < murder 'had w 8 klll . was n « fc needed ^ when taken intoS y $ * X $ T * t \ 5 ° ' derable amount of c ^ LIXHSL ^^^^ ^^^ stt ^ szs

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      but not dead . He endeavoured : to . raiae her up and pout some whisky down her throat , but finding her insensible ran put and gave the alarm in the manner described . ' A Melancholy accident occurred pn Hogmany ni ght at Eoho Bank / Daikeith-roa ' d , from tne Incautious handling Of firearms . In the house of Mr . tJphn Smith , a publican there , a party were assembled—foremost among whom in mirth and diversion waa Smith himself . Observing a son of his loading a gun , preparatory to some shooting match on the following day . Smith hurriedly pulled it out of his hand when the percusaion cap , from some cause or other , ex ' ploaded , although the head was down on the nipple . The charge lodged in Smith ' s head , blowing a large portion of it completely away , and death was the immediate result .

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      JtolanB . Another Murder . —The following particulars of a m « r . der are from the Leitrim Journal : — " Shortly after ni ght had set in on Wednesday last three men armed entered the dwelling-house ofa poor man named John Curran , residing alCorduff . and having placed him on hia knees one of them diaoharged the contents of a loaded gun through hia heart leaving him a lifeless corpse on his own floor ! They quietly departed , and although there were two of the deceased man | s daughters present at the time , one of whom was a married woman , neither of them as muoh as raised the cry of murder , or endeavoured by any means to obstruct the escape of the assassins . On Friday an inqueat was held on the body of deceased , and a number of witnesses were examined , but nothing transpired to throw light on thQ matter . It appeared from the evidence that deceased , who waa a widower , had for sometime paat been incurring the heavy displeasure of hia children and connexions by keeping the company of a widow in the neighbourhood , with whom

      they believed he was about forming an alliance , and that deceased had been visited frequently and threatened b y armed partiea thatunleaa he broke off hia acquaintance with the widow they would settle the matter themselves , The verdict was to the effect that the deceased John Curran came by his death at the time and place before mentioned . from the effects of a gunshot-wound inflicted on him by aome peraon or persons unknown . " Conspiracy to Murder . —The following is an extract of a letter from Dundalk , published in the " Belfast Whig" of . Saturday morning : — "Thomas ForteBCuehas been officially informed , that a sum of £ 50 has been raised to remunerate the man who will assassinate him : he , in consequence , drove through this town with a man on each side , armed with a double-barrelled gun . " The gentleman here referred to ( says the " Whig" ) ia the proprietor of Ravensdale , and bears the reputation of being one of the beat landlords in Ireland .

      • Tun End op the " Would . "—The unprincipled Dublin journal—the " World "—whose editor and proprietor figured the other day in theca 8 e of Birch v . Sir W . Somerville , announced its own death in its publication of Saturday . Ifc has the candour to admit , in nearly ao many words , that it was hopeless to struggle any longer aeainat outraged publie opinion . The Iris h Tenant League promises a revival of its agitation by the middle of this month . Catholic Defence Association . —The " Tablet" chalks out a formidable programme of labour to be undertaken bytbe Catholic Defence Association , and would lead us to expect extraordinary effortB on the part of that body for the new year . The Proteatant Churoh establishment is to

      be among the firat questions which ore to be pressed upon the attention of parliament ; then precautions are to be taken that the mortmain committee of last session be not followed up with any attempt to deal with the question of charitable trusts , and to touoh the property of the ohurch . The sub-committee . to conaider the question of proaelytigm muat be active ; the state of the workhouses , as regards morality and religion , muBt bo attended to ; the suggestions made by the Synod of Thurles with regard Jo the national eduoation syatem are to be as far a a possible carried out . The condition and treatment of Irish emigrants are to have the attention of the aaaociation ; and finally the land question—the social grievancea of the people—are to form part of the objects of the defenders .

      General Election Preparations . —The " Tuam Herald " states that the Hon . Robert Daly , brother of Lord Dunsandle , and son-in-law of Lord HeyteBbury , haa commenced a canvass of the constituency of the county of Gal way for their auffrages at the next general election . Besides Mr . Daly , there are several other candidates in the field ; among them Lord Dunkellin , with all the influence of his noble father , the Postmaster-General , at hia back , and Mr . W . H . Gregory , of Coole , the ex-member for the city of Dublin . Mr . Frederiok Hughes , of Ely-house has issued an

      address to the electors of the borough of Wexford , soliciting their suffrages , in the event of the retirement of the present member ( Mr . James Devereux ) . Mr . Hushes isi an advocate of general and financial reform , an equitable adiustment of the land question , and every other measure calculated to alleviate the condition of the people . Mr John O'Brien , M . P . for the city of Limerick , means to offer hia services to the electors of the county of Clare , on tenant-ri ght principles . The "Lord Bishop of Killaloe , " Dr . Vaughan , haa , it seems , " promised that he and his clergy will return the hon . gentleman free of expense . ! ' 6

      Decrease of the Population . —The returns of the census for the Shillelagh Union , extending over portions of the counties of Wicklow , Wexford , and Carlow , are remarkable aB showing the decreaae of the population in counties such as Wicklotv where the people , with the exception of the towns , were uaually more thinly scattered , aa containing a lesser quantity of arable land , in proportion to their extent , than any others in the provinoe of Leinster . The total population of the union in 1841 waa 34 , 435 , and in ffi * « ftj declm ? * ° - 878 . Meanwhile the continued flight of the population indicates that the censua of ten years hence will show yet more marvellous results as

      regards toe decline of the Celtic race . The emigration tide from the southern counties pours out without any symptom of cessation , and whole districts on the borders of Tippe"yftfHH * " * ?" Waterford aro said to be left in a state of little better than desert solitude . The official return of the amount of emigration from the port of Limerick from the 1 st January , 1851 , to the 31 st of December in the same year , shows an aggregate of 11 , 783 . Of these , 5 , 037 had become settlers in the United States , and 6 , 746 had continued aub ] eots of the British empire , as-settlers in the Canadaa . Murder of Mr . BATESON .-The " Newry Telegraph " states most positively that a person arrested by the Collon police , charged with the murder of Mr . Bateson , has turned approver , and confessed his complicity not only in that crime , but also in the murder of Mr . Intugart . He was transmuted on Sunday last to Dublin , where he now remains in charge of the police authorities .

      Th » Murder Conspiracy . - The "Dublin Daily Express of f uesday , says :- " The magistrates of the county Louth met on Monday at Dundalk , to consider what steps ought to be adopted to check the spreading conspiracy against landlord , life , and property , in this district . Lord t fellew occupied the chair , and there was a very full attendance of magistrates , not more than three or four being absent . The deliberations of the meeting were strictly private . . Sir J . Emerson Tennent waa on Monday elected member for the borough of Lisburn without opposition . He declared himself a Protectionist . Ministers' Monet . —In the Dublin corporation on Monday , Mr . Reynolds , M . P ,, brought forward his longthreatened motion for the adoption of a petition to

      Parliament praying for an alteration of the law respecting ministers money . A long and warm debate on the subiect ensued , and was ultimately adjourned to Thuraday next several of those who opposed Mr . Reynolds ' s motion bein « equally hostile to the principle of ministers' money , but being unwilling at the same time to make the corporation an arena for the discussion of political questions . torporaDlon 1 he Electric Telegraph . — The "Evening Mail " states that Mr . Jacob Brett , who recently visited Ireland in reterencetothe projected establishment of an electric tele ' graph communication between thia country and England , was honoured on that occasion with an audience by the Lord Lieutenant , and adds :- " We have reason to believe that the result has been highly satisfactory , and that a sufficient degree of encouragement , on the part of the Government , may be relied on . "

      Alarming State op the North , —Another meeting of magistrates haa been held in the province of Ulster-now rendered as notorious for its agrarian crimes as the southern counties , which haye Tipperary for their centre , wero nfZZ e ! ir l *? l- ¦ Almo 8 ' every post brings aome account of human blood being shed—housea malioiously hurned-» m i ! 1 atro ( j lfciea Pp culial < ^ the system of Ribbonism w « ° f M f ° n ? ^ 8 tlli 8 lan d - This Ia 8 t meeting was held at Gosford Castle , within five miles of Arma » b . It was called by the Earl of Goaford , lieutenant of tie » W { . T 8 lder tho be 8 t nieiUls of oheoking the crimes which have become so general in that district . Amon » st S ^^ " ^? - ^ Gpsfordand Caledon fSnel Iult ofli countSir J

      S'Sd ^ i ••/ ^ ^ y * . Slronge stated h fT < fcc . J / ^ was P »™ te ; but it is atated that they adopted an address to the Lor d Lie utenant suggesting further police arrangements , the levy of the ZL ! m 6 Xtf P ?' - Ce aa Jc a distinofc one » t 0 be collected monthly , and certain modifications in the jury system tocether with more stringent legislation for suppressing crime . On Thursday night last , about e ght o ' clock , he was returning from Newry , when seven ruffians fell upon him , and left him tor dead . ] Three of his ribs were actuall y separated rom his spine , and he lives in a most precarious state . The land ord , lone resident , always generous , and imnrnvimr . is

      so disgusted that he ia deliberating whether or not he shall quit the country atained with so much innocent blood . The Ztt M °° A ? Undalk wiU 8 ufferby the late infamous deeds of the Ribbon conspirators . Mr . Fortescue , of Ravensdae , ia about to discharge a large number of the workpeople , n his employment , and Quit the district in which a conspiracy was entered into to assassinate him . Mr . JJortescue is the brother-in-law of the Marquis of Ormond . ihei accounts ot the state of Mr . Eastwood are far fro © aatisfactory ; he haa rallied slightly .

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      if « m Hydrophobi A .-Died at Odell , on the 21 st ult , Mr . T . Wells , late landlord of the Mad Dog public-house at Little Odell ; at' the advanced age of eighty years . The deceased was well known in the locality for being in po » se . ' sion of a prescription for an efficacious cure against the bitt of a mad dog ! Hence the origin of the sign of his puW ' : house . We- have'heard ofUe antidote he prepared having been successfull y administered in several instances to * " !! after having beon bitten by a rabid animal . We know not » he has bequeathed hia valuable secret to any of his wpre * " ' tatives . It has been said that , although in straitened circumstances , he has reiUBed u much as £ 100 for aoopj ot ' prescription .

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      6 THE NORTHERN STAR / ' .... ' . ^^ . X /^/ . ' JmM . , iBlj %

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 10, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1660/page/6/