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      The late Dreadful Fire in Guilford Street , Russem , Squabk . — The subjoined statement of the < liscovery of the fire is given by Mrs . Farey , the lady of the unfortunate occupier . She states that Mr . Farey was engaged in his study up to half-past two o ' clock on that morning before he retired to rest , the premises appearing perfectly safe from fire . The servants had gone to bed at a much earlier period . In the course of about two hours afterwards she was awoke by her apartment being filled with smoke . She instantly awoke her husband , and gave him a light for the purpose of ascertaining from whence it proceeded . He nad no sooner got out of the room on to the staircase before the smoke extinguished the light . However , he made his way down stairs to the

      apartment where he had been at study , —still he could not detect front whence it arose ; and , perceiving the very great danger he was in , he retraced his steps ,-and securing her , made his way on to the roof , by the trap-door . By that time she had aroused tho cook , who , tilarnring the rest of the servants , as also her son , most of them made \ their way through the trap-door on to the roof . As ^ regards the unfortunate page , or footman , John Robinson , he slept with another footman , named Hall , in the upper part of the'house . So hasty an escape were they obliged to make : that they had not time to save the least clothing but what they had on at the time , then * nightclothes . The lad Hall had informed her that he had made three distinct attempts to save Robinson , and

      said that had it not been tor the presence of mind of Mr . Farcy in pulling him through the trap , he would have been lost . Her son attempted , when they were escaping , to catch hold of Robinson through the attic window , but being met by a strong body of smoke , and seeing no possible chance of saving him , he with the rest of them ^ ot on the roof of an adjoining house , where they remained for nearly a quarter of an hour in the piercing cold , ere they were removed . r J £ he building in which the fire originated is totally destroyed , with the entire of the splendid furniture , books , pictures , drawings , jewellery , instruments , &c . Mr . Farey is insured in tho Sun fire-office for £ 1 , 600 , which it is not expected will near cover

      his loss . The building is stated to be the property of a lady named Hanipson , residing in Berkley - square , and is believed to be insured for £ 2 , 000 , but in what office is not known , Mrs . llanipsou being at present at Brighton . No 66 , on the west side , and Nov 68 , on the east , arc both damaged by fire , water , and removal . Birkmyer and Wright ( the two poncemen ) : are both single men , and about twenty-three or twentv-four years of age . On Saturday evening , the mutilated remains of a body , without arms , legs , or head , the flesh being so burned off that it was impossible to identify it , was found . The shocking spectacle was first discovered by the firemen while walking over the premises .

      Additional Particulars . — On Sunday-morning an attempt waa made by the firemen to recover the bodies of the policeman Wright and the page , but unsuccessful , on account of the extreme heat of the ruins . Water in copious streams was thrown in during the next four or five hours , and in the afternoon renewed attempts were made to obtain the missing bodies . Some progress was made between three and four o'clock in digging away the ruins ; but they were still hot , and further search was consequently again deferred . No doubt now exists of the tact that four , if not more , individuals have lost their lives by this sad occurrence .

      Monday . —Shortly before eleven o ' clock Mr .. Lloyd , secretary of the Atlas Insurance Company , made a minute survey of the front and back walls of the premises left standing , and issued orders to the Fire Brigade to continue their search for the bodies of the policeman Wright , and Charles Jenkins , the occasional groom . The operations were at once undertaken by twelve of the police-constables of the E division , five labourers employed by Air . Lloyd , and four of the Fire Brigade ; and , although the burnt rafters and furniture were above twelve feet in height , by half-past four o ' clock yesterday the several parties emnloyflfcl in removing it had reached within a foot and a half of the south-eastern portion of the ponderous mass . Among the articles discovered are three golij and two silver-gilt watches , a number of brass engineering models and valuable scientific works , and a Dresden time-piece , which have been removed to

      Mrs . Martineau ' s , No . 55 , Guiiforu-street . A valuable model , for making wire ropes for railways , has also been found , and the two iron chests , weigliingtwelve cwt . each ; but it is thought inexpedient to remove the latter , lest the standing walls should be shaken thereby . Seven of the firemen narrowly . escaped with their hresduring the conflagration . Morris , engineer , B 7 , or Holborn station ; with Timms , Fleniining , Carter , and Howell , were in the front parlour , directing the branch so far as to effectually bear upon the flames , when they heard a cracking * above , and instantly made for the Btreet door , which they had scarcely passed when the whole of the upper stories fell in with a tremendous crash . Mr . Burgess , one of the surgeons of St . Giles's , made an examination this day of the charred trunk found on Saturday afternoon near the top of the ruins , and it proves to be that of a boy ( Itobinson , the clerk ) .

      The Inquest on the Bodies . —On Tuesday afternoon , at three o ' clock , Mi * . Wakley . M . P ., the coroner for the western division of Middlesex , and a most respectablep ' ury , assembled at the Angel-inn , High--street , adjoining the church of St . Giles-in-the-fields , to inquire into the deaths of William Robinson , aged 15 ; Robert Birkmyre , aged 19 ; John Wright , aged 27 ; and Charles Jenkins , the sufferers by the late calamitous fire in Guilford-street , Russell-square . The bodies of two of the deceased were found on Monday afternoon—namely , those of Robinson and Birkniyrb . On Tuesday the search was resumed among the vast mass of rubbish , and the workmen laboured with great vigour . In their progress they found Mr . Farcy ' s two lire-proof iron safes , which are of

      immense weight , and which , indeed , materially contributed to the falling of the floors and the consequent loss of life ; to get them out required the united exertions of twenty men . Their contents , which consisted of valuable plates and drawings , and other property , were found uninjured . An immense quantity-of books , models , < fcc , were also got out , which are stated to be of extreme value , and were conveyed to the new residence of Mr . Farey , in Regent-squai'e . Many of these productions have an important bearing upon science , and could not have been replaced if lost ; some of them were the result of forty years ' research , experiment , and labour . At half-past two o ' clock the bodies of Wright , the policeman , and Jenkins , tho groom , were dug out from the kitchen ,

      from under an immense heap of rubbish . Mr . Wakley was therefore enabled to include the whole in the inquisition . The jury having been sworn , proceeded to St . Giles's workhouse , to view the sufferers ' remains . They were placed in shells , in an outhouse in the yard . They presented a most melancholy spectacle . All wore more or less burjnt and mutilated ; and of the poor boy Robinson ; there was nothing left but the trunk , and that wai burnt to a cinder . In the same outhouse was the body of J . W , Saunders , of . Newgate-street , who was fouiid dead in the corner of his lodging-room . lie is supposed to have died from starvation . During the absence of the jury , whilst viewing the bodies , Frederick Perrier , No . 78 , fireman of the London

      Brigade , gave the following statement of what had occurred to him in his endeavour to rescue the policemaVi Birkmyre . He said : — " I found the deceased dead in the front kitchen at a quarter to seven o ' clock , a . m . The house was ' tcnanted by Mr . Farey . Deceased was about nineteen years of age . I found Inin in the front kitchen , his hat off , with his head towards the door , and large pieces of timl > er resting upon his body . 1 went into the back of the house , and heard a voice calling out , 'Here , here ! Help , help ' . ' I sang 6 at , ' Where are you ?¦ ' The voice answered , ' Here , here ! for God ' s sake come and save me ' . ' Guided by tho sound of the voice , which was about ten yards off , I crawled under the timber towards the place whence it proceeded . I got close to

      the front area door ; it was closed at the time , and 1 called out again , ' Where are you i Is there any one here besides V Deceased ansvvorcd , ' Yes , Jack . ' My companions corainsp up at the tittle tho doorway broken open . Wo found him lying against the dresser , wluch was near the window . A piece of timber , which had fallen through the ceiling , lay across his loins ., He was lying on his right side , and was alive when we first saw him . It took a quarter of an hour before he could be extricated from his position , and by . that time he was quite dead . " On the jury's retiirn from viewing the bodies the coroner suggested the propriety of adjourning the inquest until the premises had been properly examined . The suggestion , aft&r some conversation , was agreed to , and the inquest was adjourned to Monday next .

      < 5 otLlERT EXPLOSIC / X XEAR MoRRISTON . — ( From the Cambrian . ^—Soon , after the workmen entered the PentrefeUn Colliery , the property of the Swansea Coal Company , situated near Momston , on Monday , they werefanned by ah explosion of foul air in one of the fadings , ignited by a collier named Thomas James , wjio ; Was most iseyerely burnt . "The wptloineia i ^ jtoeaiately proceeded from allparts « rfih ' e pit tb the scene of the lamentable occurncincfei ^ erethfef fonnd the three lifeless bbdic ^ of John Hopkin , aged 20 ; MattKgW Fisher , aged : 20 , both of whom weteuni married ; and Thomas Morgan , a boy , iien yeSars of agi , who had . been mostshockingly disfigured—his

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      head having been detached from the body by the w lent concussion of air consequent upon the explosion . The coroner's juryj returned a verdict of Accidental Death , with an opinion that had the fan been worked during Sunday night , or early on Monday morning , the explosion would not , have occurred ; that there is blame attached to the overman for not having seen that the pit was properly cleared * and for not having employed a person sufficiently strong to work at . the fan . Apprehension op a . Notorious London Thief at Aylesbury . —A man named Wm . Evans , alias Charles Hensler , who is supposed to have been concerned in several extensive robberies in London-, has been apprehended j under singulur circumstances by police-constable Cornaby , at Aylesbury . The prisoner , previously to being ] taken before the sitting

      magistrates , J . P . Deeririjgand W . Rickford , Esqrs ., and the Rev . J . Harrison , admitted to the constable that he had been a party to three burglaries in the metropolis —one at a silversmith ' s shop , in Oxford-street , another at a watchmaker ' s , in Long-acre , and the third at Messrs . Hitchcock and Rogers , linendrapers , in St . PauTs-churchiyard . When taken before the magistrates he made the following statement , to which he affixed his name : — " I broke into a shop at the bottom of Oxford-street , and tied up a quantity of silver teapots , watches , and spoons , in a sheet or table-cloth . After ] we had tied them up , the police came from behind the screen . One got hold of my companion , and one hold of me . My companion took up a piece of iron , and knocked the policeman down . lie than tnnlc a knife from a shelf and he awnre ha

      would murder him . I saw the policeman put his hand over his throat ; he cut his knuckles two or three times . The j policeman who had hold of me opened the shop door and called out for assistance . I then had a desperate struggle with him , and I made my escape by ruzining down Oxford-street . " The prisoner was remapded , in order that the necessary evidence might be ] forthcoming . It appeared from the testimony of the policeman Cornaby , that the prisoner applied toliim at the station-house , the preceding evening , to procure him a lodging for the night at the workhouse ; i but from some suspicion on the part of the constable as to the real character of the applicant , the manjwas detained , and he then confessed that he had been engaged in several burglaries in London , and that he was anxious to tell the truth and give himself ut » to justice .

      'I ' m ; late Fatal Steam-boat Accident . — Adjourned Inquest . 4—The adjourned inquest on the bodies of Sullivan ] and Shepherd , the unfortunate sufferers from the [ collision between the Sylph and Orwell steam-boats ; was held on Monday at the Eight Bells , Greenwich ,, before Mr . Carttar , the coroner of West Kent . Threq models were laid on the table ; one of the Orwell , another of the Sylph , showing the damage done by the collision ; and another plain model of the Sylph , without rigging . These models were all made to scale , and the various witnesses elucidated their evidence by a reference to the models , and also by pointing out the place of collision on the river in a portion of it , which was also made for the occasion . iOn the assembling of the jury ,

      Mr . Thomas Hook Mitchell , the surgeon of the parish , who had jua . de ; a post mortem examination of the bodies , was examined as to the actual cause of death . He stated that Sullivan had sustained a severe con ^ tusion of the legs , and had slight wounds also on the right side of the body , but he died during suffocation from drowning . Shepherd had a compound fracture of tlifc right thigh / Ins right arm was severed from the shoulder , and lie had also an extensive fracture of the skull . The injuries were severer than he had ever witnessed , and death must have been instantaneous from being ^ crushed . A number of witnesses were examined , whose evidence was in the main only a repetition of the ! details wliieh have been already given to the public ! The jury withdrew at half-past

      live to another robm , and returned at ten minutes after six , when the foreman , addressing the coroner , delivered the following verdict : — " We consider that it was an accidental death , but we also consider that the captain of the ! Sylph is highly to blame for going at the speed he did . With respect to the cause or moving power of tlie death of the deceased , we consider that must be ; attributed to the Orwell , but we exonerate the persons on board the Orwell from all blame . We consider they could not avoid the collision , and that they were using due caution . It is the unanimous wish of the jury that the captain of the Sylph be severely reprimanded by you . " A nominal deodand of Is . on | the Orwell was then entered ; and a similar verdict jwas returned with regard to the other deceased , Shepherd .

      The Parricide ' , Mart Gallop . —This woman , who was recently ] convicted at Chester of having poisoned her father , has made the following statement and confession to' Mr . Pcnrey , the visiting magistrate of the prisonj in the presence of the chaplain : — " I shall be 21 years of age on the 2 nd of next March . I waa born in Warrington , and am the daughter of Richard and Mary Gallop . My father was a joiner by trade . Both my father and mother were Wesleyan Methodists . My father was a very pious good man ; but my mother had fallen off" from her religious profession . I recollect him taking me to a Sunday school at Warrington , when I could just walk . He also sent me to a day-school in the same place . I continued to go to these schools till 1 was

      about nine years { old . As my father could not get any work at this time in Warrington , we went to live in Runcorn , where we remained two or three years He sent me to a Sunday and day school during the whole of that time . As his wages were very low , we went to reside in Liverpool . We lived some time at Rose-bill . I went to the Sunday school belonging to the Brunswick Chapel . My father afterwards removed to Mansfield-street , and sent me to a Sunday and day school in Springl > e 1 d street . At this time he ' obtained work ' on the railroad , and we went to live at Windsor near Liverpool . I was then about 12 or 13 years of ago . 1 think we remained there about seven years . During this time I was a teacher in Pleasant-street Wesleyan Sunday school , and regularlv attended

      chapel . My half-sister lived with us , and I used to assist her in the ivcek -with the mamjle . When we lived in Mansfield-street , Liverpool , I formed an acquaintance with aj young ; boy , a neighbour . He was younger than myself . When we left Liverpool for Windsor lie used to come and see us . We formed an attachment . Botji my father and mother were averse to his coming aft er me , but particularly xny father . The young man y / ns then an apprentice , and is not yet out of his time , We then went to live at Crewe . About three months afterwards I went to Liverpool with my mother | for si few days . I saw the young man several times . When I returned , we used to write to each other . I have shown some of Ms letters to < ny mother , but not to my father . About ten

      months after we went to live at Crewe my mother destroyed herself j in a tit of insanity . When my mother was buried I went with my half-sister to Liverpool for sonic time . I used to see the young man . I returned ] to Crewe in Juno last , and asked my father to go again to Liverpool at Christmas . lie said he would never give his consent for me to have anything to do with the young man at Liverpool . I then thought of going into a situation as servant in Liverpool , if I had I should have been Very happy now . I heard my half-sister one day talking of a woman who had poisoned her husband with arsenic , which she had bought under pretence of poisoning rats . Tho idea then first entered my mind of poisoning my father , and 1 thought 1 should be at

      liberty to go where 1 pleased , and do as I pleased . If I could have opened my mind to anybody , and hud received a little good advice , I am sure I should not have committed the crime . I did not think that . I should be detected . 1 considered his death would be attributed to the bowel complaint , with which he had been afflicted for ] several weeks . 1 bought a pennyworth of arsenic , and , not tliinking it would be enough , 1 bought smother pennyworth . 1 made three cakes , one for my father , one for my half-sister-and self , and one for the lodger . I put arsenic in the one for my father . I did not put any in the others . If any got mixed with the flour of which they were made , it was by accident . The cakes were for tea on the Friday night . My father did not eat his . It was

      put away in th e cupboard . The lodger , my halfsister , and self , partook of the other * , and werc . takcn ill . I did not put any arsenic in them . I bought some inore arsenic the next day ( Saturday ) , and mixed it with so ' me arrowroot . I left niv father to put the milk to it and make it himself . He was taken ill soon afterwards , and died next morning . Mary Gallop . " I As a very strong impression prevails that the young woman is insane , and was so at the time when she deprived her parent of life , a petition has been forwarded to the Home-office , in order to obtain a commutation of the sentence , to confinement or transportation for life . The petition was signed by the Lord Bishop , Chancellor Raikcs , and a great body of the clergy and gentry . Other petitions are also in course of signature . —Liverpool Albion .

      AIela . vcholv jCATASTBorciE at LimEkick . —It is most painful to record the death by drowning of two tellow-ereatures , i which occurred yesterday afternoon between three and four o ' clock . A young woman , named Honora Ryan , late of Killaloe , servant to Mr . Canty , baker , of ] High-street , went for a tub of water to the public fount at Bank-plane , where she stood upon the parapet wall over the river , for the purpose of placing a pailj upon the head of another girl , but by feome awkwardness lost her balance , and . unfortunately as she raised the vessel fell back into the water . The tide was falling with a strong current at the time ; when' the alarm was given , crowds ran to the . spot , amongst whom was a resolute vounsr fellow .

      named Thomts M'Creice , private of the 9 th battalion of Royal Artillery , who , on seeing the poof girl struggling in the river , instantly threw off his cap and belt , ran down the steps of the slip adjoining , and plunging into the water swam to her assistance . Sh s was not at the time twenty yards from shore ; , but as soon as he nearedher she suddenly catfght hjni by the breast , and haying ' then entangled ajxa , he lew i all jpbwer ,, although he enaeavdured to disengage hit lself frcta her grasp . Both w ^ re ' ' dfaytti aown unflerihe ; sidejpr theiarcliof the New '\ firidje ^ . 'ithe currenj ; , ; a ^ a a | Tope was' qtiibM ^ leered frota the battlement , ' but unfortunately tipit Wng ; enough to reach the watetv The artilleryman , , fidwerer , ' maole attempts to catch hold of it , but without- effect . &hd

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      opposite the Custom-house , in the presence of hundreds of agonizing spectators , botn sufferers sank exhausted to rise no more . This fatal occurrence caused a considerable sensation , and the loss of the brave soldier who sacrificed his life in the chivalrous attempt to save the life of a fellow creatnre was the topic of universal regret . What Tenders this sad occurrence more calamitous is , the fact that M'Creice has left a wife ( advanced in pregnancy ) -and three children to deplore his untimely fate . He belonged to Major Rawnsley ' s company , was twelve years in the corps , a native of Armagh , and an iexceedingljr well-conducted man . —Limerick Chronicle .

      The Poaching Affrat at Geoomb . —Worcester , Sunday Night . —The unfortunate gamekeeper who was Drought to the Worcester infirmary on Friday with a fractured skull and other injuries , inflicted on him by a gang of twenty poachers early on that morning in the preserves of the Earl of Coventry , in the parish of Croome , still lies at the hospital in a very precarious condition . TTia name is Thomas Slaite . The two other men who were seriously injured by the poachers are brothers , named Compton . residing

      at Kempsey , between this city and Qroome . They are in a fair way of recovery . I have just heard that one of the poachers , named Turvey , has been captured by the police . A reward of £ 60 has been offered by the Earl of Coventry's steward for the apprehension and conviction of the parties concerned in this outrage ; and in the printed notices issued to this effect it is intimated that an . application will be made to the Secretary of State for a free pardon for any accomplice who may be the means of bringing his confederate to justice .

      The Mubdee in Toxteth Park . —In our last we gave the particulars of a murderous attack which had been made on two policemen on Sunday morning , the 15 th instant , by a man named William Jones . On Monday ^ afternoon poor Fairclough ( officer 78 ) , whose injuries we described as of the most serious nature , died in the Southern Hospital . On Tuesday Jones was examined before Mr . Rushtoh , and remanded till Wednesday , when he was committed to take his trial for murder at the next assizes . On Wednesday , and by adjournment on Thursday , an inquest waa held on view of the body of Fairclough . A verdict of—Wilful Murder was returned against William Jones . Fairclongh was a quiet , unoffending man , and an excellent officer . He has left a wife , far advanced in pregnancy , and three children . — Liverpool Albion .

      Juvenile Depravity . —On Tuesday afternoon a fire was discovered proceeding from a stable in the occupation of an aged widow , named Gaisford , at Bulkington , about five miles from Devizes , and the flames communicating to the dwelling-house adjoining , the whole was consumed in the space of two hours . It may be remembered that some alarm was excited in this place about a year and a half ago , inconsequence of the demolition of nearly the whole of the windows of Mrs . Gaiaford ' s house , and of a great portion of her crockery , apparently without hands . Mrs . Gaisford—good easy woman—and her husband ( who wa 3 living at the time ) could not be persuaded but that it proceeded from some supernatural power—that it was , in fact , the freaks of a ghost . Upon no other

      per-8 oji s mind , however , was there the slightest douht but that it was the act of the grandson of the old people , an artful urchin , then only about nine yeara of age ; and circumstances have transpired to confirm the fact . The boy has since gone by the name of "the Bulkington Ghost . " After the " flames had been quelled on Tuesday ^ suspicions were excited that "the Bulkington Ghost" had been to work again . Superintendent Haines , who had been attracted to the spot from Potterne by the light which the flames produced , discovered , upon inquiry , that the boy had a day or two previously purchased some lucifer matches ; and as the stable communicated with the dwelling-house , and there being no other person in the house at the time than the boy and his grandmother—the boy- having

      been absent about five minutes before the fire was discovered—he felt it his duty to apprehend him . His suspicions were strengthened by theiact that the door of the stable , which fronts the yard , was fastened at the time- —clearly showing that the fire must proceed from spine one in the bouse . The boy , at about twelve at night , was taken to the Wind-house , but he had not been there long before he became greatly alarmed , and entreated to be allowed to go to his grandmother . The constable who had charge of him said he must know something of the fire first . The boy asked whether , if he confessed , he should be let out ? Without any promise being made to him , he afterwards confessed—that he had taken the cows to water , and that on his return he went into the Btable

      from the yard ; that he then fastened the door , applied a match to the straw in the rack , and , seeing it burn , went into the kitchen and sat down by the side of his grandmother , as if nothing had happened ; adding that he did not think of setting the house on fire . A few minutes afterwards , a person seeing smolve issuing from the stable , endeavoured to open the door , but , finding it fastened , broke it open , when theflames broke forth with redoubled fury . On Monday morning the boy was taken before Mr . Ludlovr' Bruges and the Rev . Mr . Crawley , when , in the most hardened manner , he had not only denied committing the act , but also said that he did not even know upon what charge he was taken up . Mr . Superintendent Haines said he had no doubt that the boy had made the confession in the blind-house under the impression that it would be the means of liberating him . From this

      circumstance , and taking into consideration the very tender age of the boy , the magistrates did not feel justified in committing him ; he was therefore set at liberty . He readily acknowledged to the superintendent that it was he who broke all the windows and the croekery in his grandmother ' s house . lie stated , among other freaKs , that his grandmother had put him to bed one . night , and he had kin just long enough for her to suppose that he was asleep , when he jumped out of bed , ran into her room , dashed his hands through the window , and was back into his own room , in bed , and again apparently asleep , before the old woman could come up stairs and see what had happened . A more depraved young rascal we never heard of ; his language is shocking , and although now only a little more than ten years of age , he is the terror of the village . —Devizes Gazette .

      Liverpool , Monday . — Embezzlement . House * KBEAJUH& . —A man of very respectable appearanoej named Blount , was brought before Mr . Itushton , on , a charge of having embezzled money , the property of his employer , Mr . John Lane , brewer . It appeared that he was employed in the office , and that en one occasion he received a sum of £ 20 from Mr John Hartley , for grains , and that he entered only £ 15 to the credit of his ( Mr . Hartley ' s ) account . Mr . Rushton ordered the prisoner to be remanded . —Two well-known characters , named George Robinson and George Hughes , were brought up at the Police-court on a charge ofhaving broken and entered the premises of Mr . Jonathan Websterof No . 22 Horatio-street ,

      , , with an intention to steal . It appeared that Mr . Webster went out on Sunday afternoon at three o ' clock , and that on his return ' , about nine , he found that the house had been entered by the kitchen window . His housekeepermade a search and found that a brooch , two cornelian ear-drops , a ring , some beads , and an American dollar had been removed from her bed-room and deposited in the attic apartment . Two policemen were then called ; : and after a diligent search , the prisoners were discovered in one of the bed-rooms , secreted between some bedding and a mattress . On the way to Bridewell , Hughes threw away two skeleton keys . The prisoners were committed for trial .

      Horrible Death . —On Sunday evening last , a young Irishman , named John Smith , of Brookhouse , near Lancaster , employed in the ordnance . survey , had been partaking rather freely of liquor at a publichouse in the village , and was accompanied to his lodgings , about ten o ' clock , by the landlord , who , at his request , lighted him a candle , and , having placed it on a table in the middle of the room , was told by Smith that he could do very well , and accordingly bade him good night . Next morninff the oceuDier of

      the house , on rising , saw an unusual light in deceased ' s bed-room , and on going there waa horror-struck at finding him stretched on the bed , quite dead , and with both his feet burnt off . It is conjectured that the unfortunate man had fallen across the bed with the lighted candle in his hand , and thus set fire to the bed clothes , which , from the peculiar nature of the materials of which they were composed , presently filled the room with smoke , and suffocated him , the flame subsequently consuming his lower extremities . —Lancaster Guardian .

      Alarming Fire at a Cotton Factory . —Mouday morning , about half-past seven o ' clock , mformation was brought to the Police Yard , by a police oflicer , that the factory occupied by Messrs . Waterhousc and Co ., cotton spinners , Temple-street , Chorlton-upon-Medlock , was on fire . On the arrival oi' the engines the flames were issuing from the windows of the second and third stories of a building containing the carding and blowing machinery ; the building is four stories high , and nins parallel to a larger erectioa belonging to the same firm . Appearances for some time were very alarming ; , but water having been quickly obtained , and the engines got into play , the names wore soon reduced , and in about an hour completely extinguished . The building , which belong to the firm , is of the fire-pi-oof construction , aiidhaa

      not received anyconsiderabld damage . The principal damage was to the cotton on the premises , a considerable quantity of which was consumed , and , other portions sustained damage from the wafer used in extinguishing the fire . The fire originated throug h 8 ome hard substance coming in-contact With the teeth of a blowing machine in the lower story , and thereby causing the cotton Ho ignitfe , and me flames . afterwards ascended-ithrbugh the ^ Tvelkholes" to the higher stories ; of the building . * No personal injury , we are glad ^ tosay , wa ? received , : . .... Frauds on Tire REVENUEi- ^ -jn consequence of the gr 93 s ftTegularitl& which liave been Recently disco ^ vered in the St , Katharine ' s Docks ; bfor officers connected with ; the Vaulting' and delivery ^^ department have been suspended , and a rigjd-inquiry is going pir which , it is expected ^ will lead tQ . important dificloeures . ' ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ' •¦• • — ¦' ' '¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦' - ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦*¦<¦ - ¦ - ¦ . . r . ' - -, . h .. ¦ ¦

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      2 THE NORTHERN STAR . | December 38 , 1844 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 28, 1844, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct519/page/2/