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      - " SUICIDES AKD BttjfiSST *^ DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A ilBTGUIST . On Monday evening Mr . F . jnelW * » "f * ** ! Thomas ' s Hospital , on view of the bodyof Edward Franklin K « r , a » ed seventy , a translator of languages , who cLt tted suicide by sallowing a lar * e quantity oj oxalic add . A i » oti « of thU melancholy aff « r appeared in onr last number . The evidence of the witnesses brought forward additional particulars . —Mr . Wm . Speechly , proprietor of ihe Swan Tavern , Dorrr-road , s * d that he knew the deceased , who had frequently engaged apartments at bis home . lie had lodged with him since February last , when he came f rom France . He was then in destitute nirimmstancfs . Witness has lent him money , and had

      allowed him to remain up te Friday last . On that morning , about eleven o ' clock , witness was informed by tbe housestud that she thought dec-ased was taking some powder . Witness went to his bedroom , and told deceased that U WM time lie should be down stairs . Soof after he walked down stain with witness , and went into the parlour , where he was left hy witness for a fe * minutes . Witness was informed hy his waiter that deceased was v « y unwell He w « at to the deceased , who runa ked " It ' s all over now . " Witness ' s waiter observed a paper in the hand «¦ the deceased , who had reclined on the seat . Witness took possession of it , when , observing that the word " po < snn " was written on it , he asktd him if he had taken poison ?

      Deceased replif d that he had . Witness instantly sent for a surgeon , and deceased was subsequently removed in a cab to St . Thomas ' s Huspiiai . Deceased bad b ? en in a low desponding state fur several days , and be remarked to wit . ness on one occasion , if you only knew ray stale of mind . " A few days ago he sta'cd to witness , who made a remark in reference to his c ' ircumnances , " that hs bad some hnn < s n France , but from the chante of affair * that had taken ace he had no more hopes . "— -Police Atkins < m , 190 M , who took deceased to the hospital , produced a carpei . hau , wbteh contained a manuscript of ( he Constitutional Charter or Ff&nee , the Civil Code of Fraic , a document dated Ottenrr , i 850 , from whicu it appeared that he had bad an instalment of £ 50 . a Will of bis brother , who died at

      Liwishiin about iwn jears sgn , &c . —Mr . Perkins , housesurgeon , said tbe deceased was dead on his adraissiim . He made aposl mortem examination of the bodv , and on an analysis of iLe contents of the stom : ch , discovered that he had taken a very large quantity of oxalic acid . Verdict — ' Temporary Insanity . "

      - MYSTERIOUS AND DETERMINED SUICIDE . On Mwdty information was conveyed to Mr . WakW , M . P .. c-roner , of the fallowing deliittrate and determined act of snicide liy a fine young man named George Westbrnok , holding flsitnalioa in the establishment of Messrs . Gnmble ! distiller ? , Albany-slreet , Regent ' s-patk . The deceased resided on the premises of the above fira , and was last seen alive on Saturday night , about eleven o ' clock , before retiring to rest , by one of the clerks , when he seemed in his usnal health and spirits . On Snnday morning , not making his appear , attce as usual at the breakfast hour , he was snught for a ?*)

      pot being in his room further search was made for him , when in a loft attached to the distillery he was discovered , hang ing by a rope round his neck , and fastened to a beam in the ceiling , his feet and legs through an o pening in the flooring , to which there was a trap door , and on which , no doubt , he had stcod , and unfastened it bv kicking the boU baik . He ins immediately cut down , and Mr . Mott , surgeon , seat for , who pronounced life to have been for * orae hours exikct ' He had taken greit pains to arrange his clothes and property . On the drawers inhia room was laid a paper , on which was the following writing : —

      My last will ana testament—April 2 l » h , 1832—To my friend Em , all my apparatus ( au electrifying maehiue ) , and box , and took ? , eseeptmjEucjcloioeaia . Ms wa'ch to poor Lmy and the goto Studs , but the white and gold ones for Tim . Everything else to l : er who ought to hare received them bj less terrible means . Mj kind wishes and regards to my late lriends and companions , and hoi « s of reformation to my enemies . Geokce We&ibbook . There was also found in a table drawer , the key of which he had put in an envelope and placed on a shelf , a letter addressed to a young woman , with whom he k pt company , a copy of which is annexed : — ,. .. _ April 24 , 1852 . Albany-street

      Dear Lizzy , —Ere yon read this T shall baout of this writ ] , but hope , tilth all my uukind treatment of jou , yon will give me jour bind remembrance , JI . v conduct to you has been perfectly unpardonable , but I have , I trust , sinned more from ignorance than bad intention . I do hope you will forgive me . You know Ul troubles besetayoangman , and once I thought I wag not a had oae , butlfonad I w * s only one of those who pave hell with their good , but if they will give me a . better cbance in a better world , no taw shall complaiu of roe . Give my kind love to father . Kate and isancy , as likewise to anntaua cousins , aofl , with kind love to you . Iremain jours mostaffeciionately , Geobcs Westbmok . The deceased , who was tt . irty . two years of age , was of steady , sober habit ? , and much esteemed by his employer ? , to whom the cause of hia committing the suicidal act is a myatery .

      Suspicious Death et thk Thames . —On Saturday nqjbt , Mr . Payne held an inquest at the Horselydown , Fairstreer , St . John ' s , Horselydown , on the body of a man Unknown , about fifty years of age , which was found that morning floating in the Thames off Horselydown . Deceased was above six feet in height , and had apparently been in the water above a fortni ght . He bad on a plaid short coat , with pockets ontside , two shirts , corduroy trowsers , blucher boots , &c , but there were no initials on any of his apparel , nor any papers leading to his identification . There was an extensive wound on the right side of the face , but the surgeon who made an examina'ion observed that he could not say whetfeer this was caused before or after death . The inquiry * as adjourned .

      Suicide -On Tuesday trowing a man named Francis buepherd , hiitlrr , in the service of a gentleman residing in treat Comberland-street , Bryanstone-square , committed « dMnbw £ « n , the cause of which is at present unknown . Information has been forwarded to the coroner , and the body awaits an inquest .

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      - ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES . iJm ^ ? f T Accidests . ~ As the four o ' clock train of the Manchester and Altnoeham Railway was on its war mS » 3 < & - ^ 0 ChesUr ou Saturda y « ftS 5 the J 5 tL f i ^ t ^ down a P'ssenger who had just booked at theTimperly station , and severll of tnewhed . passed over him . The name of the unfortunate man £ Wiljam Garner , and he resided at Broadheath . ThSuffer of the engine gave him a ali ght push in tbe right side the raiU , so that the wbeeb of tin second carriage passed over them nearly severing them / torn his body . Hevm earnedI into a Waiting-room , where he died in about an hour afterwards . A surgeon had been spntW » J 1 ™

      possible assistance had been rendered hy the Wan of the London and North Western Company , who aretano way accountable for the accident . Mr " Garner was a who ™ sale milk dealer . He leaves a widow and three children The same evening a working man was killed at the ilS SST / f ft ^ **™ »« " > Yo ^ hire Railway S had booked at Oldhan , and , rus hing to the train among a heap of passengers before it had stopped , got crushed to death between tbe foot-boards and landing stage ffiSiS Walker a servant of the same company , was kHled the same rife-noon at the Miles Platting station , near Man-- Chester . Soddbs Death jt a Railway . STATiox . —On Tuesd-w in formation was received at the various police-stations in the ipetropohs of the sudden death of a gentleman « Y £ * £ WAy station , Richmond , Surrey . He is desrrihprl oo « w "

      five years of age light brown hair mixed with grey , dressed in a new black frock coat , black waistcoat , ribbed Sin trow ^ rs , Albert boots , black silk hat ; in his possession was found a letter , relating to the shi p " TteK ^ ad " dressed from R . chmond . S-reet , signed Samuel Shipton SSSSS hxa made * bttt M » zb ™^ ft ; Fatal Boiues Explosiok .-Ou Monday last T C Mivnardfcq ., coroner for Easington Ward , in the county of Dnrham , opsned an inquest at the Colliery Hotel , Helton Tfllase , near Houghton-le-Spring , on the bodies of James Walker aged twenty-thrce , and W , n . Atkinson and John iiTi . ' o i ed by th 0 plosion of a boiler S ^ SLS ? 1 ° . Sat ° u rday la 8 t - IS a P- " » t when tte explosion took place the deceased were all enpaeedin their respective duties at the boiler . Walker was firimarj !^*! £ rob «*«! Jtt ? *« fo * ne him in sunplvine the fire

      drihtfeeTbv ^ nrr 11 " ' Wbich is alar ^ *™** o ™ , SSS ™ %£ ffi ? % X £ **> ' l *[ ° : hi with bniVina w , t » , j A ? filenian was overwhelmed dnSftS ^^ Sa ^^ t . ! . ™* boys " S by a porin of the boilerfffcarried %£ T I ** ° ^ rearly a hundred yards . The JSS and u > l a dl 8 ^ ° thrownal , a « to the air , oXK SS ^ SSS ? SX ? ine-hou < e , and deposited upon the coal hln i iundred yarJs from the place where iwas iSN £ ? fc fragment cangbt the bankman , who iSSStfl taS ing to eseape , and wounded him severel y in he lee So much bo as to render amputation necessary to « ave hif life Several other persons were at work on the pit-hea p and narrowly escaped injury . After the jury had viewed the bodies , the inquest was adjourned to Wednesday . Isicbolaa j

      Hooa , ssq ., ana partners , are tue owners of the eolliery MlLASCHOLT OCCDBBESCE . —LOSS OP ElOHI LlVES—A correspondent of the "Dublin Catholic Telegraph , " s ' ends tie following melancholy particulars of the loss of eieht brave men , tnsaged in the gallant endeavour to render asaisiance to their felow creatures in danger : — "Dungarvon April 2 S , 1852 . —On Saturday evening , about five o'dcob ! ^• " ^^ appe'ring off Helvick Head in distress with Sntto ^ r \ , \ ' J ,. brave felIo * 8 of this town ™ ri- ^ , f awhale boat to her assistance , the breakers ySX * ***"" * hlgh on the bar - Ia consequence of the wuM oiowine south east , rieht into tV . ha ^ hn ,, ^ h ^ « cn , u « n

      fcKnJ & wa , s ? Pset » at the «• " »» being about a mile « d ? bv ^ , 9 « e of these , Patrick M'Xamaw , saved bim-^ te rf ^ " ! ^ ? ^ e oars-beingtwo hours in the hearins of the ? - „ one of the men d'ed immediately on drown-d . -viz ., nanS ^ " ^ giTe the Dames of the persons ban , Thomas MNamL ^ 108 Dug « aD . Laureace Lenne PatnckPfaeiaa ^^ Tho Crauffort , JohnMaher , 108 Mttlcah 7 . and Michael Raher . "

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      FIRES . TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION IN HOLME FEN , A HUNTS . On Friday last the farm labourers working tot William « clls , Esq :, of Holme Woodhouse , set fire to » quantity of rough " sledge" ( a sort of strong grass , or reed , which grows in these fenny districts , ) for the purpose of clearing the land . During the day the flames were observed to spread , burning tbe ground in its rapid progress , till at night the 6 CCB 6 became truly alarming—familie » Mattered about , flying from the scene of terror , hastening to the towns and villages to obtain assistance to put out tbe fire ; but all their efforts proved unavailing . On Saturday the flames : _

      extended nearly six miles , destroying thousands of acres of growing wheat , oats , potatoes , and other spring sown corn , besides hundreds of thousands of "turf , " which were piled for fuel , and intended for sale in the metropolis and various parts of the country . Sunday carae , still the ravsging desiroyer was not stayed , although thousands of men were seen in various directions fetching water ( now very scarce ) from the ditches and drains to pour over the ignited mass . At length those praiseworthy eff .-rts were partly successful . On Tuesday morning the 6 re was finally got under , and farther danger put a stop to .

      The loss it ib at present impossible to estimate accurately , but of great amount it is certain , some computing it at more than £ 20 , 000 for the destroyed growing crops alone . ^ The cause of the flames spreading with such frig htful rapidity is said to have ari&en through the fontinwd dry weather ; the fenny soil is of so lig ht a nature , that on it beinij once on fire , it must burn with tremendous rapidity . Hursley Hodsb , the residence of Sir Wm . Heathoote , Bart ., had a narrow escape from destruction by fire on Saturday . Some rafters in connexion wi ' . b a chimney had , it appears , become ignited , and gained a considerable ascendancy before it was discovered . The damage will not , it is said , exceed £ 500 or £ 600 ; but had not extraordinary exertions been used , the whole mansion must have fallen a prey to the flames . The building ib a noble structure , and was formerly the residence of Richard , son of Oliver Cromwell .

      Great Fire . —A most extensive fire occurred in the vicinity of Shepton Mallet , Somersetshire , the latter end of last week . The large silk factory of Messrs . Hardisty , silk throwsters , with the well-known Ship Inn , and five adjoining houses , were burned to the ground . Sever 4 buildings were pulled down to stay the progress of the destructive dement . Many of the men employed at the mill were injured by the falling of the floors . The loss is very large . Egham , Surrey . —On Sunday morning , about eleven

      o ' clock , a fire broke out at the back of Mr . Mill ' s , a builder of this town , amongst some stacks of faggot-wood , the property of Mr . Oide ? , which soon fell a prey to tbe devouring element ; and it was greatly feared that the whole range of workshops , and stock of timber contiguous to the dwellinghouse of Mr . Mills , would have been sacrificed . Shortly after the fire broke out the parish engines of E g hans , Staines , and Gbertspy , were on the spot ; but it was several hours before the flames were subdued . It is supposed that the fire was the work of an incendiary .

      A Cotton Mill on Fibk . —On Saturday morning the extensive spinning mill of Mr . W . Speakman , in Brownstreet , Sal ' ord , took fire from a spark thrown eff by the friction of some shafting , and which fell upon a stack of catton , whilst many hundreds of work people were on the premises . The building is fireproof , and the damage is limited to a few hundred pounds only , amply covered by insurances . Incendiary Fire in Berkshire . —On Saturday evening a very destructive fire occurred in the populous village of Harwell , by which a considerable number of cottages , dwelling-houses , and farm-houses , and a large quantity of agricultural produce , were utterly destroyed . The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary .

      Fire in Holbqrn , —Qa Tuwd&y motning , about gix o ' clock , an extensive fire took place at Tom's Coffee-house , High Holbom opposite Day and Martin ' a blacking factory . It originated in a sleeping-room on the upper floor , and was occasioned by a lighted candle having been leit burning near the bed by a lodger , who had left for the railway . Fortunately the Landon brigade station was but three doors off , and in a few seconds two engines were brought into operation , whea the adjoining and lower rooms , containing nearly £ 200 in gold and other property , were saved—but otherwise serjons damage was done to stock and building .

      Paislkt . —Destructive Fire . —On Friday afternoon , the farm-bouse of Btowoside Farm , about two miles south , east from Paisley , occupied by Mr . William Hamilton , farmer , took fire , and a considerable amount of property , and , what is still more lamentable , fifteen cows and a fine bull , perished in the flames ; One horse has been sli ghtly burned , and another so severely , that if it survives it will be rendered almost useless . It is said that a spark from the boiler-chimney fell on the thatch of one of the houses and ignited it , and the day being dry . ajld iprMty strong breeze of wind , in a short time all the houses on the farm steadings , with a trifling exception , were consumed .

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      PRESERVATION OF THE CHRYSTAL PALACE . On Tnesday a great meeting of the friends of this movement was held in Exeter Hall . The Earl of Shaftesbory-in the Chair . Among the gentlemen who were on the platform were the Duke of Argyll , Earl of Harrowhy , Sir Joseph Paxton , Mr . Aghonhy . M . P ., Mr . Hume , M . P ., Right Hon . C T D'Eyncourt , M . P ., W . Williams , Esq ., M . P ., the Rev . T ) r . Cumming , Admiral Sir George Sartorious , Colonel Sykes , H . Maudslay , E ^ T Wakley , Esq ., M . P ., - Geach M . P ., — Hey wood , M . P ., Doug . ' as Jerrold , E « q ., &c

      The Chairman , on rising , read a letter from a " working man , " enclosing a cheque for £ 20 toward tbeir fund ? . He wished that every working man had not only the will but the means , to contribute to so good an object . He ' confessed he had had his doubts as to the purpose which the Crystal Palace might be U 3 ed for , but the circular of the Committee had set him at rest on that head . The Earl of Harrowby proceeded to move the first resc lution , as follows : _ « Tbat the frequent contemplation of works in Ihe fine arts , of historical and literary monuments , and objects of natural history , is eminently conducive to the instruction , refinement , and rational amusement Of the people ; and this meeting views with satisfaction the

      increased facilities lately given to the public to view the collections contaiued in the British Museum and the National Gallery , whilst Ite decorous conduct of the people visiting those collections prove that they fully appreciate every opportunity of rationartecreation ; and this meeting , taking into consideration the successfol progress of the Great Exhibition of 1851 , are of opinion that the Crystal Palace should be preserved on its present site for the instruction and recreation of the oeople . "

      Mr . Joseph Hume , M . P ., in seconding the resolution , said , it had been his good fortune for many years to remove from England the sti gma that we , in England , with all the means to edif y and instruct , were excrasivly the country where all valuable coll ections were kept solely for parties who were able to collect themselves . ( Cheers . ) Tbe admission of the public to the British Museum was at first , warmly opposed b y the late Earl of Derby , on th ground that the works of art , fa ,, would beYhereb y damaged ; but that noble earl subsequently declared hi » ?/ S 5 « ° f M / £ ound that 3 l 50 ° w were admitted on May-day , and that nothing to the value of sixpence was injured . Now tbe park did not belong "S anyb dv it belonged to the public . ( Vociferous cbefrs ) So with Pnmrose-hill and Victoria Park . Those who soS to retain the Crystal Palace , asked this- « ive uT a lease as you have done in the instances of the Zoological and the Botanu al Gardens , in the Regent ' s Park .

      The other speakers were the Dnkp nf Arn .. n \ t Wak ^ y M P . D , Cummin ,, Mr ^ ywtd ^ P S Sir JosephPaxton , who gave the following inwr " t £ »! f italics . In May the number of visitors to the Cm l ^ Pahce was , 734 , 782 ; in June , 110 * llV ti 1 , 314 , 176 , in Augu , t , - 1 . 023 , 436 f'Vn ' j ^ fi ' 1 , 155 , 240 ; and up to the 11 th of October 841 107 Or ! the 7 th of October 92 , 000 persons were in ' the bunL at two o clock , and during the day 109 , 915 On thTfi { October 28 , 853 entered the building in ' one hour . ' £ * now at the police returns . There were in all twentv-fiV offences committed within the bmlding . nine Kkinl at the stallsThese — «¦»«

      . were all the nffi . no « nsited it ; of these the largest number w »« onn ( M , k . Christ ' s Hospital C The return SdeS nVZ tw » ty-7 S Sons stJ ^ lUral l 8 boure ' ' « S& 7 , / 58 persona sent by private benevolence . ( Cheers ^ Til" 5 era - ° S " ance ' 8 realMt 5 s - ^ ™ SSH Ocfone ' r j 4 845 i ? ? S le 8 t * ' ' ** «» H * of Oe obe ' £ 5 m \ ? . greate 8 t ls « da * ' the «* ° * SSBffiS . ^ ** " * t 0 Ul lot * " » ^ y . of . jtt'at ^ aL * -- * - * . -

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      ^ French fagSX ^? e ° d rr ?? ^ ^ - ° tached to Chehea HoSl V , £ P # T i , V he cha P el at " who had secreted hiEf £ *? £ ^" bll ^ -T ^?" many surmises of the inmates the prS" ! ' A"OnJL was the intention of the thief tn «« I s one Is that lt Pfpnch eagles for a iSaiS mrn ^ ^ " ^ M tho inMayne ^ t ; ht tftS J& ^ XIS !^^ aoFore . gneratall , but a London burSS" w £ hK Z Mto the popular error of the ea <» le inolV ! i dfal wised of precions metal , becau " Sw 2 JS rtl ( ? * ? 8 °° " "tie golden eagle" » lw » y > pouted out as

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      EXECUTION . HORHIBLITRiGEDT AT KILKENNY . The " Kilkenny Moderator '" publishes the following account of a most-revolting exhibition in that city on the occasion of John Walsh being strangled in ' front of tho county gaol , after failing in an attempt at Belf-destruction . On Thursday last John Walsh ajtas Shaun-na-Shioge ( John the Fairyman ) , underwent the last sentence of the law , for the murder of Thomas Ball , on the new gallows in front of our county prison . The spectacle , at all times most shocking , was rendered more appalling on the present occasion fio . n the appearance of the wretched oulprit on tbe drop with the white cap , which usually covers the face of the person about to be executed , all stained with blood , oaused by an ineffectual attempt at suicide , which ho had made shortly before the arrival of the hour fixed for his boing led to the place of execution .

      It appears that the Roman Catholic chaplain was in attendance oh the culprit at an early hour of the morning , nod at breakfast time left him apparently in a tranquil state of mind . The usual breakfast of stirabout and milk was supplied to him ; however , he only ate a few spoonsful of the former , but drank off the milk . Ha was th « n l « ft alow in bis cell for some time , till the chaplain arrived again . The clergyman and turnkey upon entering the cell found him upon his knees , but ttioy were shocked at observing a stream of blood gushing from either ear , and upon questioning him , he appeared too weak to supply any information as to the cause . He was immediately carried to the adjoining day-room , and having been placed upon abed , the attendance of Dr . Lalor , the rhodical officer of the priBon , waB procured . Three small pieces of stick , men .

      sarinK respectively about three inches , two inches , and an inch and a half in length , and not thicker than a pipestopper , were found lying in a pool of blood on tho floor , and he appeared to ' have torn off a portion of his shirt , which be plaited into a Kind , of cord . The object of the latter was riot very apparent , but there can be no doubt that he had endeavoured to force the pieces of wood into his cars , probably under the impression that he could thus penrirate to the brain . From the nature of the wound which he had succeeded In making in either ear , and the large quantity of blood whioh proceeded therefrom , the doctor considered that after be had insinuated tbe stick into the orifice of the ear , he must have endeavoured to drive it in by forcibly striking it , with his head , against his bed or the wall , and the pain which he endured must have been very great . When fully restored , and questioned on

      the matter , he pofntwely denied having made any attempt upon his life , alleging that he ! had accidentally fallen off hisbed , and that the violence with which his head had struck the floor , caused the blood to gush from his ear " . The pieoes of wood , he said , had fallen upon the floor previously out of the window sash , upon his opening it , and the blood had dropped upon them . Dr . Lalor , however , stated that thj 8 8 tory could not possibly be true , as fchera wns not the slightest mark of contusion on his head , which tliare must necessarily have been had he fallen upon it with such violence ; nor was the bed high enough to permit of such an accident having taken place . It would seem , too , that this was not the first attempt of the kind which the wretched mm had made ; for a day or two before the assizes he had hurt his ear , by introducing some similar instrument into it , probabl y with tho hope of postponing his trial , if . not with the view of putting an end to his

      existence . Tbe Sheriff ,-E . Byrne , Esq ., having arrived at one o clock ; it became necessary to preoare for the execution . Walsh was Btill in a very weak state , but fully able to speak , and to walk with assistance . The Rev . Messrs , Maher and Ilanlpn being in attendance upon him , bofore leaving the day-room , tho former asked him to state before those ' present whether he was or was hot guilty of the crime for which he was about to suffer . The wretched man distinctly replied that he was innocent . lie was about to add some observation , but tho priest desired him to say nothing further , and ho remained silent . Having been carried between two persons to the press room , he was pinioned and made read y for execution . The culprit was able to walk out of the press-room to the platform over tho prison gate , upon which the new gallows has been just

      put up , and he stood , although evidently very weak from loss of blood , whilst the rope waa . being adjusted round his neck . Having the white cap placed over iiis face ho was put in tho proper position on the drop , from which be shrunk bacs , and the executioner was obliged to push him forward . Here he made use of a few confused words , all that was intelligible to those near him being , " Bovs , I ' m sorry for my sins ; " but even these words were inaudible to the people below . He was then immediatel y launched into eternity , struggling a little for a few momenta after he received the fall , before lile became extinct . After hanging for the usual time , the body was drawn in and out down , and the executioner , who seemed to be a very young person , and wore a black mask , when Shutting up the trap and leaving the platform , was saluted by the hootings of the mob , who previously had remained quiet spectators of the revolting scene .

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      STARVATION OF A CAPTAIN AND CREW . The following melancholy narrative i 8 taken from a private letter written February 25 th . 1852 , at Valparaiso , on board H . M . S . Dido : — " We arrived at Valparaiso on the 10 th prox . ; we should have been here much sooner had wo not delayed so much timelookingafterCapt . Gardiner , a gentleman of fortune , who had . joiued the Patagonian Missionary Society , and had gone to some small barren islands off the Horn to enlighten the inhabitants , wild as they were . We received intelligence from Rio that we were to look after Capfc . Gardiner at the Falkland Islands , where we proceeded , and hearing thero that a vessel had left provision ^ and clothing for him , expecting he would call for them , we resumed our search for him to Staten . a small uninhabited island ; there we found

      nothing that could lead to the discovery ; but a large boat moored to a tree , and on the hill was a flag-staff , with a piece of bed-tick for a flag . We cut the name of our vessel on several trees , and got under weigh the next morning . We anchored at GHbert ' s-cove , about two or three days ' sail ; there we sent boats ashore , and cut in a tree was this inscription— Dig deep , undnr this spot you will find a bottle ; ' wo dug , and Bound it , and in'it a note as follows—• Cap * . Gardiner—You will find us at Spanish Harbour , at a distance of about sixty miles from this place . ' We proceeded to that place the next morning , after speaking to two canoes of strange-looking human beings , quite naked ; they were painted , and coloured shells hung round them . There were several other canoes of this description of humanity in its worst form . They caught fish , and ate them raw , and subsisted on wild herbs and roots of trees . How they ' could bear the cold I cannot tell—for len months out of twelve . it is intensely cold . We happened to get there in the summer . We gave them a few articles of clothing ,

      but they would not wear them . We left them , and resumed our search after Capt . Gardiner . We arrived at Spanish Harbour the same evening , and sent boats on shore as soonaa we dropfc anchor , and then I beheld a sight , the which I trust I Bhall never witness again . Strewed in different parts of the beach were Capfc . G , and two of his party . The first we saw was Capt . G . in a state of decomposition . We supposed it to be him , by there beins » a watch hanging to his skeleton form ; and Borne distance from him there was another . We proceeded some distancs to a cave with a lantern ; when we entered there was a deadly smell at the end of the oave , where , we found the -remans of the others . There were furniture and cooking utensil ? , as though they had lived there sometime . The boats ' crews were allowed to have the clothes , &o .. as they found a a g ? u ?^ a containin « books and clothino and oa the lid of it wa nailod his will , stating that Se first ship that -found them should have them . We buried them with the honours of war . And out on the S n ? H l »» » Pt «« 7 Pro 3 eed on the beuoh about a mile-and-a-hn f ; you will find three more : do not dZ f 1

      rt ^ d rr a u ° «» e best of haste , Rnd found them dead It appeared they had been shunned b y tho „»• tives , and had starved to death . We had a rou » h ?» h vopge from It . o to here , as is generally the case £ S £ £

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      Easterly Gale on Saturdat . —Loss of an Emi grantShip . —Asii toaddto the disastrous results of the long continued easterly wind ? , now nearly of two months ' duration , almost locking out of the channel the " homeward bounders , ' and producing much suffering to the crews , many of whom it is feared are in a starving condition , a fearful gale sprang up on Saturday morning from the same quarter , which lasted the whole of that and following day ( Sunday ) and occasioned very Bertous havoc and destruction of property along the north east coast . Off that part

      SHIPWRECKS AN 0 ACCIDENTS AT SEA . ;

      in the immediate vicinity of the momh of the Thames , many unfortunate casualties happened , for within the 6 hort distance of tbe sands in the vicinity of the Foreland and Swin , aome dozen ships were carried away by the force of lUe gale trom their anchor * , with a loss of cable , &c . Near Wbitstable a wreck occurred . Between two and three o ' clock on Saturday morning a large barque named the Charles , Mr . James , master , from Antwerp , bound for Quebec , with a general cargo and some forty or fifty German emigrants , got on to a formidable shoal known as tbe Pan , where she beat fearfully , with a terrific sea lashing her , and sweeping everything off h « decks . The ma&t « , it appears , had not the sli g htest knowledge where the ship

      had got to . Owing to the boats being stove in by the heavy seas sweeping over the ship , the crew and passengers were forced to * eek shelter in Ihe rigging , many were almost in a state of nudity . There they remained in a state of agonising suspense for several hours , expecting every moment tho ship would go to pieces . A large steamer attempted to save them by launching her boats , but the sea was ^ so exceedingly heavy that the boats could not withstand iu fury . At length a lugger , named the Nancy , Bell , master , of Wbititable , arrived , aad by the courageous conduct of the men belonging to it , the whole

      of the unfortunate creatures clinging to the wreck were saved . The Nancy was got alongside , and the crew and passengers were got on board . Many , it should be observed , were in a deplorable plight . Nevertheless , they were put on board of another vessel , the Expedient , where they were hospitably received , and landed in safety at Whitstable . By the last accounts we hear that the barque still remained hard and fast upon the sands , and was expected to become a complete wreck . The fleet of homeward bounders in the chops of the Channel are more windbound than ever ; the greater number had to run out to sea to escape the fury of the sale .

      A barque ( seeminglv Englieh ) was passed by Ihe Clyde , April 21 st , in lat . 40 . 3 N ., Ion . 18 . 21 W ., waterlegged and dismasted , the sea breaking clean over her ; no name visible on her slern . She ' was about 400 tons burden , had been a long time a wreck , and was probably boarded by a vessel , her rigging being all gone . —Southampton , April S 5 th . David Luckie ( barque ) , of and for London , laden with sugar and rum , 372 tons burthen , sailed from Demema , February 27 th last ; was discovered to be on fire at midni ght , February 29 ih ; every exertion to extinguish it proved ineffectual . She was abandoned by the crew at 4 . 15 a . m ., March 1 st , in lat . 9 N . , Ion . 59 . 14 W ., about ninety miles from the mouth of Oronoco river . Her decks being ' blown off she soon after went down . The master ' s name was J . R . Close , - the mate ' s , W . Lacy , a D . D . subject , a passenger on board the Clyde . —Southampton , April 25 th .

      Honor ( brig ) , Tanebill , of London , 150 tons burthen , was blown from her anchors , in a S . E . gale , and lost , while loading mahogany , at the island of St . Domingo , March 3 rd . Niven Donaldson and two others of her crew , are D . B . subjects , passengers in the Clyde . —Southaropton , ' April 25 th . Harleys , Harley , of South Shields , from Corfu to Zante , which was on shore on the Island of Negroponte , in the Bay of Carysto , December 27 ih , has been got off , and has arrived in this port . ; ihe will be hove down for survey . —< Svra April 12 th . '

      Pirate ( s . ) , Ritchie , from Liverpool to Malta , Syra , aud Constantinople , put into Yigo , April 15 th , having discovered in lat . 42 , Ion . 40 , that there was a fire in the hold , the sbalt bavin * ignited the casing . The fire was extinguished , a portion of the cargo landed in a very damaged state , reloader ) , and she proceeded on her voyage in the ninht of the 18 th . —Vigo , April 20 th , ' 8 Ali . ce Haviland , Wilburn , from Demerara , put in here March 20 th , leaky , but sailed on the 22 nd for Cork liarbadoes , March 31 si . Charles , of London , James from Antwerp to Quebec and Montreal , struck on the Pan Sand this morning and filled and as it is blowing bard from the east , it is feared she will g ° ?? n p . i ces ; crew and Passengers saved .-Whitstable , April 24 th . '

      Princess Royal , from Liverpool to Glasgow , broke her intermediate shaft , at 8 . 15 last evening , just after rounding tbe point of Ayr . Sail was immediately made on the vessel , and about half . past three , the Camilla Bteamer , from Glasgow to Liverpool , hove in sight , and in answer to a sional boreup for the Princess Royal , took herintow . and brought her into Loch Ryan about 9 . 30 this morning . The captain ol the Princess Royal has proceeded to Stranraer for a steainer . —Cairn Ryan , April 25 th . The following casualties were reported at Chatham on Sunday last : — Early yesterday forenoon the Pythagoras , of Whitby . Manson master , from London , in ballast ( or Shields , put in here with loss of an anchor ana cable , left in the Swin durine the night , °

      The John and Amelia , of Shields , Kirtsup master , from London , for the former port , arrived here , having been compelled to slip from an anchor and cable owin- to the uu . setting of her windlass , and other damage thereiS . The Beeswing , of Whitb y , Russell master , aUo put back from the Swin , having parted from ananchorand cable , which she lost during tbe gale of Fridoy night . The Harmony , Groomrige master , from London , bound to Sunderlano , parted from an anchor and twenty . five fathoms of chain in South West Reach .

      The Pacific , Tate master , from London , tn route to Wark-Sh ' we : tRR a x oraud 8 ixtr 8 even / atboms ° f chain in The Wear packet , Reay master , from London for Shields WestReTch " anChor and &ist y fathoms of ^ hain in South Liverpool .-The Jane Hammond , bnund for this port The 19 t ° ° U T ? "ff'ST'P ' fire 8 l S ~ ' <>» by the same firl ^ " ^ * " ^ ^ *™«* The Countess of Minto , of this port , from Sydnev New South Wale , , , „ search of guano , was totally S Ion srcit ^^^ SfeS ^ ' ^^*^^^ ^

      Dover , April 22 .-The French steamer Bordeaux from fa O ct t H / , ° n ? eaUX ' the Ves 5 Rl »«<*« Sn c 7 s " uh tetd 0 rieUOnOn ^ * g \ ° f A <" < «* *• M- !! J a , nI ° > April 24 - -The George , of Whitby from Middlesborougb for Hamburg , inputting back o iiS yesterday , struck on the North Gale , Md beat up on tie a . ^ S'a ' ^ ' - ^^ o Pulteney Town harbour this morning , a « d H waierlJLI crew saved . There . s a heavy m running , and themse is likel y to become a total wreck . Yarmontb , April 23 .-The Edward , of Tonsberg , bound SKsrr - r * rs £ r s ssusr '" - crt - - -- ¦ - ' t 0

      h n ' J ^ A ° ^ °° " ' S"PP ° sed *» «»« of American : ss 5 ; r ,, " , i'si " - " ¦* - !¦ £ *> - New Y . > rk , April 10 .-A hermaphrodite brie waterlo . DPri and abandoned , foremast and topmast ( tfith rifiinTSJohSS standing , mainmast out of the steu and iniUr - g ? taclied ) ii , but all adrift , bowaprir , vard and anehn 8 > "W" *™ small house on after deck SSVm Si * S T' " ' her . and apparently strin *< l If ii ' \ wa 3 ni » g over the 28 U , 0 f Lrch ! 8 1 r 46 l : lSw ' ™ ^^

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      d « po , i « ion , died on S 8 th Z i \ i ents ™ "miablo what more than a month w t lL of hy ** l ? ooblB . Som * - iw . bringing : 5 bUhimV « t \ l yOan * PPW . " »«* he the mother of thisH ? , 2 WW ^ th ^ left hand' Aa aWj applied oauitic £ ? S ^ ^ M . Vanel immedU wards bit some o ' DeS ° ttBd > ii ^ P Uppy after " Ynnel then applied a . iw " ' ftnd 800 » " after- . lied . If . effects declared Scnietl ? ' * 1 ? \ ° - h i . W 0 UIltl . "O illthat aothing » a , to L 3 \ AU hls frienda felt "" u ^ grew melanohoW ftnrt , ? P endod | bfll the doctor himself ujaiiM ^» i .: _ i _ " IU Always matntainerl t . haf . hvifrnnh ' nlun

      wi v ^ i ^ S" ? ' ° A » 'ght df tWoth uu : agitation and fever ' was seizod with v > "lent fionvul 8 ivesTmDt orn « ae r 0 mpanied from timo to time nith first by Drs . SUettL , 7 ? iltten t' 0 » was paid him , at conjoint y with mm t k Aooarte , and afterwards by them cians . "My Hm ,, ' " ™* \™ r , senior and junior , physiof apony , bit mv minf " 1 th e P atient " are il 11 one muss he added to tfi ., r ^ 'ains intact' Do not fear me >" for I have n / v ™ bZ T ^ "J il 1 not , bite any one > which ho made to 5 rf i * 9 luel ^ wpo ""*"" - " Everv «»» rt gi-est sufterino honli P 1 > oduced convulsions , and , after to tha last l iV i expired , reUining his intelligence ( tive birtn to a ohiM *™ 5 * hInd him a yOun 8 wife ' ab 0 Ut t 0 was adored ni « ii ¦? . a motlier an ( 1 sister , by whom he -fcwrfer ikhZmT b ° deeply felt by U > e P °° r * tOmi '

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      NAVAL AND ^ 1 ^^^^ J The Queen , 116 , Captain , c . wi « " * ' 1 Admiral Sir William Parker flying ' ' » H » k . S Hercules , made her appearance off HB ^^ Pafy » i ? , a Sof . Tuesday , the wind being light aid H > I % S 1 steam-vessel , having her steam up » ' ?¦ K > c » I having spoke the Queen proceeded on tJ ° >? to C ° » . I Sampson was also or . icred down to hei- « j yoiouuvW I oould get up her steam went to her Vk " ^ 89 « ooa . \ 1 after putting Admiral Sir Thomas Bri .. Hli « J A Rodney , went out to the Queen ThX ^ koLS taken the Queen in tow she anchored a tLT ^ J twelvo o ' clock , havin 2 Brevlniuu ... ptN sn . r 5 t »

      Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs , with JeventT ft » C * 1 was returned with a like Smber bythe vt ? 8 Uns . it' I Th « Largest Mm-of-Wab in tiib WnnJ ^ ' ^ % Of tho Admiralty have directed the £ ?**» W ^ battle ship , the Windsor Ca « Ue , "Jo iSl ^» ift W in the world , building in the Royal DocW ^ I to be launched early in the eSufng ' S < £ I mount tbe Urge number of 140 Runs and Mi" , ^» % I a screw-propeller . She is upward . o ? 8 wo UBllh « S I The entrance to tho basin lit Woolwich , ill " < ^ I widened nine feet four-and-a-half on taoKj ^ Hu 1 the Agamemnon , 90 , on that fine vessel be DJ \' to % the aiatof M » next , that day being fixed R ^< l ton at VfooU , cb , subject to the approbation of V ko ? of the Admiralty . Tho 21 st of May falUonafi , ° H was only after considerable discussion thnt A . ^ . im ?

      considered so ominously bad by sailor * to c « Zr »> « to vinderUking , was decided upon , the ohjeotiontn i ** *» vessel on Holy Thursday , the day appinS Sh ^ bounds of the parish , having caused tho nn , tn lltl JtS » the following day . If sailor ! regard Frida ? I ? "'"' k day to commence a voyage , as they did when f ? "SS head left Portsmouth , and the Amazon Southi Bi | W Friday , the 2 nd of January , they must eon ! W * >* unlucky to launch a vessel , and would prefer tl i e W ? the Agamemnon takinj ; place on any other day Utlc Nf The Royal Dockyard battalion of Portsmouth n mence drill for the . summer on the loth of \ r % afternoons of Saturdays . On those davs thn ui ' ^ in h dockyapd will cease at 12 . 30 p . m ., and ona iui " *» the brigade ) will drill from two till four an ?? N division from 130 till G 30 p . m ., the porioii rf HrtS ° ^ taken by the divisions alternately . The , i » ea . j ¦ t 0 | la men have been remoVed from the strength ^ . ? ! " 6 fn and a consi-lerable numhor of young men , ma , !! 1 gai ) e i having served an apprenticeship in the vavii i ttiea l attaohed to the artillery and boat brigade an " * ^ these branches more efficient some additional < 'to ( field guns ) has been supplied . The brig ade iiui ance time consists of 1 . 806 men and office . " m P « en (

      CHiTHAii Garrisos . —Orders have been i'ocei , » A garriaon to prepare harrack . room for the recent ' tachments of infantry , who , in common with Zt ^' Sappers and Miners of the Queen ' s service nni ZI $ of the Hon . East India Company ' s depo : fro ' m W ii Sf " racks , are to be placed under the Engineer depaVtme \ , the purpose of receiving practical instruction frn ' m If ' officers of that corp 3 in the art of constructing fini , for purposes of attack and defence . ° '"^ A draught of eighty-two men from this ga rrison the command of Lieutenant Leet , proceeded to \>! l' ' on the 16 th of April , for embarcation on brardhj \ r ) steam troopship Simoom , for service in Ciank ^ f

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      THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD FIELD S , The following is an extract from a letter , dated «\ u bourne , January 5 th , 1852 " : — 4 % "The first excitement caused here was the discovert r Rold at Ballarat , about fifty miles from Geelonj . Thuhol of the population in Melbourne immediatel y floCk-d tJ and many of them tlid extremely well ; the majority oltbem however , got nothing , and returned to their several occom Uons . These'digitinjts' have been totall y eclipsed hZ new ones discovered at Mount Alexander , ahnut seventh miles from Melbourne and twenty from Mount Macedoathere everybody is doing well , and I could fill a quirt tj paper with instances of success . Men are coming di » daily with pounds weight of the precious mtlaland H

      , , lo-rtla , many of them are throwing their money away nj killing themselves with drink . You cav . not imagine ftj state of thingB here . Men who have been servants all their lives are now , after a few week ' s wotk at the' dicing .. / fa . dependent . Society is completely up « ei , and it is a commas thing to be stopped in the street by drunken diggers ad offered £ 3 a-week to go and work for them at the'digj im ' This is a sad state of things ; but there is no doubt tfaat diggers , at preset , are better off than unfortunate tenters . Men , of course , now are not to be had at any pa less than £ 100 a-year ; in fact , an ablebodied man can easilv get an engagement in town to proceed with a party to At ' digging , ' they finding him in everything and R uaranleeiat

      him an ounce of gold ( which is worth £ 3 here ) a met , In fact , I know a man , who has only just armed in ihe colony , who has started ( or tbe 'diggings' with a party on those terms . I was rather astonished , a < hy otvwwi ; sitting in M . ' s office , who ia a purchaser of gold , rtoHl twenty ragged-looking rascals came in at the . time I « u there , and the average amount of the checks thev got ( or their gold was about £ 300 . M . snowed me one check he gave to a digger for £ 1 , 310 . The great criterion ol ( he nchnes 8 ofthe 8 e 'diggins . ' is , tbat everyone who lias been there is perfectly satisfied , and I have not yet met any tt

      turned diggers who are not going back again . / . V . and T . R \ have been to the « di ggins ; ' they , with their party , consisting of five altogether , have cleared £ 1 , 000 amung them ; they were at Mount Alexander about six weeks , alter having been for seven unsuccessfully digging at Ballarat . To give you an idea of the way in which the gold is picked up it Alexander , a young digger is writing at the same table wilft me—he is , to judge from his appearance , seventeen ot eighteen years of age—he arrived in the colony a few wetfo Bgn , « caught the yellow fever , walked up to ' Ballarat , did nothing there , trudged across to Mount Alexander , wot to work with a tin dish , and washed alone for three weeks .

      averaging half an ounce per day . He then joined a party and went to work with the cradle , anil from that thus he tells me they averaged two ounces a day each man . Heii now having a spell in Melbourne , and intends starling "P again in about a week or t * o . 1 saw a hu'keeper » f oursii a shop yesterday . I saw at once he bad just come from tbe 'diggins . ' so asked whether he was successful . 'Oh ! ' he said , ' I done a good deal better nor when I was with job . I asked him- how much he'd made . Oh ! ' he said , ' « only worked a fortnight or three weeks , and me and my mates cleared £ 50 apiece . ' He started next day back again . A friend whom I met in Geelong told me . that heamfiu party dug twenty-nine holes and only get one and threequarter ounces . They were nearly giving it up in despair when they determined to try anotUer . They accordingly went to work , and after getting down about two ( eel they

      hit upon a . vein of gold which , after washing and passing through the cradle , yielded thirteen pounds weight . A man very tipsy indeed came up to me in th « street a day or W ago , and addressing me in a very familiar way asked ma whether I could sell him a station ? Of course I said' Certainly , but let me have a look at your gold ? ' ' Oii nt said , ' yon don ' t , think I have got any , don ' t you , ' whereupon he pulled out a bag wttb about five pounds ' ^ ' xX ' . fully expect to find my partner shepherding the iA »«'« the thsep on horseback , with not a man on the eslabl ! ment . 1 tried to hire men here to send up to the station , but found it utterl y impossible unless at absolute ') ' ruin " " wag * . There is little or no law , or order in this town m . Tbe police have all resigned their offices , g . ivernment WK being prepared to give them the vag'Sthty asked- ""'' day , and I believe there are only six policemen in t ^ " besides a few horse patrols . "

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      THB FlBBS ON lUl . NSFORTH AND BlCKEBSWFF HSlW —Theso fires , which have been burning for several ay past on the dry heaths of Prescott , BicUerstaff , RMTJ and Ormskirk , aro not even yet totally extinguished , w s traotB of land are kept in these localities as gainopr «? " •; and are in places covered with a kind of moss of " " ! . L ble depth , and which , owing to the long drought , »» come very dry . A farmer at Prescot , having bunjwj rubbish , tbe flames oxtonded to the heath , and tn * ^ breeze fanned the devastating element across » tra « » ral miles in extent , so that all tho efforts 'h : ac ° uenC | Ill AM A ffil * Innntf > Utta l . n ^ l . nn .. .... »! . In anrirt'iV t 0 4 i .

      it , as with every new gust the fire kindles up ^ "f " , nd as an American prairie fire . The screams of H »« . jrabbits , and tho cries of pheasants and partridges , w were being roasted alive , were quite distressing : *" | b l bers of partridges were seen to rise from the b arnin i , | jo ! i ascend a little distance , and then , some from ^ : ^ , and others because of their scorched pinions * JI | 1 ID = „ ., » tumble down into the fire . Tho whole of tf e . &r ? belongs to the Earl of Derby , the loss to whom «» "' oonsiderable-certainl y many thousands of pound * . fB . A Powanpui , Micboscopk . —A German nameil " ** wU icli siding in Cincinnati , has manufactured a microsc ° . L . eS ) " has a magnifying power of GOO . The '' Cinoionat i i' ^ Bpeaking of its extraordinary powers , sa ; s t ial ,: , pre 3 W which , by contact with the win » s of a butterfly . ^ ' , Mie the finger , wa 8 shown to be a number of feathers , r ( 8 little feathers are observed longitudinal i" > tr l ; , heeB lines , but this has been , so far , tho utmost t'f 5 ^ suGn . Thiji now mi * Ai . Aann « A i - uIia «> i thill " . . a ( w wu iinuiUOUUtJ "

      .. ... ^ , UUWUVCt t omv- - , yjU JV each-pair of longitudinal lines there are five or sw ^ scales . liketbose of a fish , and appear to have t' ^' t jeto in all the feathers , diffjring only in size . A dust P » , j , taken from the back of ttie body of a sp hinx , w »' ' ( | , o ! largest of . these feathers shown , measuring 0 "e : „ Lit i ° an men in length , and one-two hundredth of »»" . a ir breadth , had lOi longitudinal lines . Be tween »» ^ f of lines six rows of scales wero visible , making t ' . sca of these little scales , laterally , 624 ; the number «» ^ lonsAtadmaH y , downwards , wouW be 2 . 22 S ; ^^^ entire number of these scales on tliis ] i » le i '«« t ' ! c Ll )() ill )' tO 1 , 400 , 000 , which g ives tho number of W'SK one square inch . Ou a very minute particle o' " ^ thj t the wing of a jimes , measnr . ng only ono feve-W " " ^ an inch in length , and one-thousandth of an j 1 ' ^ slf the number of scales is found to be Si . 000 , wind S $ enormous sum of 42 000 000 , 000 w one . squ are i » ' ¦ m # obse rved , alao , large s-zes of the eat « nd oom » ^ floa , the eye of a &y , and the wing of a small bug- ' , , ^ Presenting the most brilliant colours and teaU" yp p ; ittern we ever beheld , with a magft&ceu * lately ornamented ..

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      BIRTHS AND DEATHS-HEALT H OP THE METROPOLIS . t . ^ rom the Report of the Registrar-General . ) . Last week the births of 789 boys and 819 girls , in all 1 60 S children , were registered in London . The average number of seven corresponding weeks in the years 1845 51 was 1 , 457 wiT ^ vnrmomx is now perceptible in the public hea th , as indicated by a declining rate of mortality The S If . Wu * ' ? ¥ nd 0 n r 08 e each we « k dunng nearly he whole of March above 1 , 200 ; in the last thrfe we £ SSS ^ SBS ^^ SiCiSiS : £ ¦» BKa&TWftl at * ' -- *• 2

      » . v » D «» vunesponaing weens of the years 1842 51 the ^ p ^ rx * ard » s g ^ » u 7 WJ £ 5 fc : s On reference to the table of fatal diseases , an improve um » i on the returns of tbe previous week is nppareSKe numbers ascribed to diseases of the respiratory org , for in that week the deaths in this class were 214 , but the ? have now fallen to 172 . Bronchitis has declined from 02 £ wever X , ^ t 0 5 " , Pl ™ t « * ™ , kind , n « n ' * l i OOntlnue moro fatfll tlian » usu » l at this period ; for the corrected averatre of oorm . nm . din . ««« t !

      is 165 , on which there was an excess last week of 17 . 901 « L ^ class of "i ^ asos exhibit a total number of fi » S / P """* wfra , whilst the average corrected LI a ea 8 e , ° VmWon is 195 . Small-pox maintains its El- ? WUS fatal last week t 0 29 children and 9 5 ixofth « eageS " - - edfroal 5 fcoM « x of the 38 cases it is stated that the sufferers had bee race nated previously . It appears from the observations 0 M ! nBSf " fcM tth 0 dl ? ! M 0 lB , gettln 8 rife flm onesfctho ? R nf hnft- atal T ° 8 , ° f measlea number 10 - of scarla tina Sl , lA 'T COUgh 35 ' and crou P U - There were til fSiu by , ;! . flue P . : ' 1 ^ W »; typhus , ren . Utent

      j- rlT V ' . -w ; rheumatic fever , 1 Six per « ons died of erysipelas . 3 children of syphilis ; 6 women died of P ^ ra >^ er besides 5 others after childbirtr ir ?^ maKaoie that diarrhoea was fatal in only one case thmmh sift ^ sarsjs . r-.- ' - ™ ° S

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 1, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1676/page/6/