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      Tub late Dhkadful Firk in Guiuord Street Russkll Square . — The subjoined statement of the liscovery of the fire is given by Mrs . Farey , the lady ) f the unfortunate occupier .. She states that Mr Farey was engaged in his study up to half-past two )' clock on that morning before he retired to rest , the > roniises 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 , lie had no sooner got out of the room on to the staircase before the smoke extinguished the

      light . However , he made Iu 3 way down stairs to the apartment where he had been at study , —still he could not detect from whence it arose ; and , perceiving the very great danger he was in , he reti * aced his Steps , and securing her , made his way on to the roef , by the trap-door . By that time she had aroused the cook , who , alarming the rest of the servants , as also her son , most of them made \ their way through the trap-door on to the roof . AsN 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 thev had not time to save the least clothing but what they had on at the time , their nightclothes . The lad Hall had informed her that he had

      made tyhree distinct attempts to save Robinson , and said that had it not been for the presence of mind of Mr . Farey 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 bod y 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 , 'the building in which the fire originated is totally destroyed , with the entire of the splendid furniture , books , pictures , drawings , jewellery , instruments , &c . Mr . Farev is insured in the Sun tirc-olh ' ce for

      £ 1 , 500 , which it is not expected will near cover his loss . The building is stated to be the property of a Isuly named llampson , residing in lierkleysquare , and is * believed to be insured for £ 2 , 000 , but in what oftico is not known , Mrs , llampson being at Present at Brighton . No b'G , on the west side , and To . ( 58 , on the east , are both damaged by lire , water , and removal . Birkmyer and Wright ( the two policemen ) are both single men , and about twenty-three or Iwenty-four years of age * Oil 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 Pauticit . ars . — On Sunday morning an attempt was 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 fact that four , if not more , individuals have lost their lived by this sad occurrence . Monday . —Shortly l > efore eleven o'clock Mi-. Lloyd , secretary of the Atlas Insurance Company , made a minute survey of the front and back walls of the

      premises lett standing , and issued orders to the Fire iirigade to continue their search fur the bodies of the policeman Wright , and Charles Jenkins , the occasional groom . The operations were at once undertaken by twelve of tho police-constables of the K division , five labourers employed by Mr . Lloyd , and four of the Fire Brigade ; and , although the burnt rafters ami furniture were above twelve feet in height , by half-past four o ' clock yesterday the several parties employed in removing it had reached within afoot and a half of the south-eastern portion of the ponderous mass . Among the articles discovered arc three gold 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 . o 5 , Guilford-street . A valuable

      model .- for mnk . irur wirn ropp « f » r railways , has nlao beeu found , and the two iron chests , weighing twelve cwt . each ; but it is thought inexpedient to remove the latter ,: lest the standing walls should be sliaken thereby . Seven of the firemen narrowly escaped with their livcsduring the conflagration . Morris , engineer , By , or llolborn station , with Tiinuus , Flcmining , Carter , and llowell , were in the front parlour , directing the branch ho far as to effectually bear upon the flames , when they heard a cracking' above , and instantly made for the street door , winch they had scarcely passed when the whole of the upper stories fell in . with a tremendous crash . Mr . Buryc ^ s , 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 bov ( Robinson , the clerk ) .

      fuz h < jrEiT on tile LJoints . —On Tuesday afternoon , at three o ' clock , Mr . Waklcy , M . l' ., the coroner For the western division of Middlesex , and a most respectable jury , assembled at the Angel-inn , Highstreet , ^ adjoining the church of St . ( jile . vin-the-lields , toinquire into the deaths of William Robinson , aged lo ; Robert Uirkmyre , aged IV *; John Wright , aged 27 ; and Charles Jenkins , the aullcrcrs by the late calamitous fire in (¦! uilford-street , Russell-square . The bodies of two of the deceased wero Ionia ! on Monday afternoon—namely , those of Robinson and liirkmyre . On Tuesday the sea roll was resumed among the vast mass of rubbish , and the workmen laboured with great vigour , in their progress they found Mr . Farev ' s two fire-proof iron safes , which are of

      immense weight , and which , indeed , materially contributed to the failing of the floors ami the consequent loss of lift "; 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 , tfcc , were also got out , which are stated to In ; of extreme value , and were conveyed to tiie . new residence of Mr . Farey , in Regent-square . Many of these productions have an important bearing upon science , and could not have been replaced it lost ; Some of them were the result of forty years ' research , experiment , and labour . At halt-past two o ' clock' the bodies of Wright , the policeman , and Jenkins , the groom , were dug out from the kitchen ,

      irom 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 SU Giles ' s workhouse ,: to view the sufferers ' remains . Tl . ey were placed in shells , in an outhouse . in the yard . They , presented a most melancholy spectacl \ All were more or less burnt and mutilatca , and of the poor boy Robinson there was nothing left but the trunk , and that was burnt to a cinder . In the same outhouse was the body of J . W . Saundenn , of Newgate-street , who was found 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 IVit ' kt , No . 7 S , fireman of the London

      Brigade , gavcthe following statement of what had occurred to him in his endeavour to rescue the policeman Birkmyrc . 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 him in the front kitchen , his hat off , with his head towards the door , and large pieces of timber resting upon his body . I went into the back of the house , and heard a * voice calling out , 'Here , here ! Help , help ' . " ¦ I sang dut , ' Where arc you V The voice answered , ' Here , here ! for God ' s sake come and save me ! ' Guided by the sound x > i' the voice , which was about 'ten yards off , 1 crawled under the timber towards the place whence it / proceeded . I got close to

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

      Colueiu' Explosion- xi . ii : . Mokristox . — ( From the Camlk-ian . )—Soon after the workmen entered the fentiefelin Colliery , the . -property of the Swansea Coal Company , situated near Alomston , on Monday , they were alarmed by an explosion of foui ; ur in one of the" headings , ignited by a collier named Thomas James , who was most severely burnt . The workmen immediately- proceeded from all . parts of the pit to the scene of the . lamentable occurrence , where they found the three lifeless bodies of Jolm Hopkin , aged 20 ; Matthew Fisher , aged 20 , both of whom were unmarried ; and Thomas Morgan , a boy , ten years of age , who hatl been most shockingly disfigured---his

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      head having been detached from the body by the vW lent concussion of air consequent upoa the explosion . J . ne coroner s jury jreturncd a verdict of Accidental Death , with an opinion that had the fan been worked during Sunday night , or early on Monday morn ing , 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 fail . j Apprehension of ! a Notorious London Thief at An-ESBURY . —A man named Wm . Evans , alias Charles Hensler , who is supposed to have been concerned in several extensive robberies in London , has been apprehended under singulur circumstances by police-constable Cornaby , at Aylesbury . The prisoner , previously to being taken before the sitting

      magistrates , J . P . Deeringjand W . Rickford , Esqvs ., andthe 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 . Hitchcockj and Rogers , linendrapers , in St . Paul ' s-church-yard . When taken before the magistrates he made the following statement , to which he affixed his jname : — " I broke into a shop at the bottom of Oxford-street , and tied up a quantify of silver teapots , watches , and spoons , in a sheet or table-cloth . After we had tied them up , the police came from behind tlie 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 then took a knife from a shelf and he swore he

      would murder him . i I saw the policeman put his hand over his throat ; he cut his knuckles two or three times . The 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 running down Oxford-street . " The prisoner was remanded , in order that the necessary evidence might be forthcoming . It appeared from the testimony of the policeman Cornaby , that the prisoner applied to him at the station-house , the preceding evening , to procure him a lodging for the night at the workhouse ; ibut from some suspicion on the part of the constablej as to the real character of the applicant , the man \ yas , detained , and he then confessed that he had been engaged in several burglaries in London , and that ilic was anxious to tell the truth and give himself up to justice .

      The late FataiI Steam-boat Accident . — Adjourned Inquest . —r 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 . Carttsir , the coroner of West Kent . Three jinodels were , laid on the table ; one ' of the Onv « fiL * . aiiother of the Sylph , showing the damage done"t , _ ,. ^( j / collisiofi ; and another " plain moflel of the Syipii , iv&thout rlgg-iug . " Thgse t # oi ! e > were all made to ^ jgal Tf- ' -anti ^ ho , ¦ various * wi % ^ . ' elucidated their e \ i ~ jv by a ^ ek'tfiv .- ' . ^ inc models , and also by poiiHing out ^ jb ^ V . ^ c of collision on the river in a portion of ^ ii £ -Vmch was also made for the occasion . On the 'assembling of the jury , Mr . Thomas Hook Mitchell , the surgeon of the parish , who hatl made a post mortem examination of the bodies , was oxamineel as to the actual cause of death . He stated that Sullivan had sustained a severe contusion of the legs , aiid had slight wounds also on the right side of the body , but he died during suffocation

      from drowning . Shepherd had a compound fracture of the right thigh , his right ami was severed from the shoulder , ana hejhad also an extensive fracture of the skull . The injuries were severer than he had ever witnessed , ai : akleath must have been instantaneous from being crushed . A number of witnesses wore examined , whose evidence was in the main only a repetition of the details which have been already given to the public . I The jury withdrew at half-past five " to another room , and returned at ten minutes after six , when the ifbrcman , addressing the coroneV , 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 lie did . With respect to the cause or moving power of the ; death of the deceased , we consider that must be . attributed to the Orwell , but we exonerate the persons on lioard the Unveil from all blame . We consider thev 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 was returned with regard to the other deceased , Shepherd . The Parricide , I Mary Gallop . —This woman , who was recently Convicted at Chester of having poisoned her father , jhas made the following statement and confession to Mr . Penrey , tlie visiting magistrate of the prison , in the presence of the chaplain : —

      " 1 . shall l > e 21 ye . nry of age on the 2 nd of next March . I was borii in Warrington , and am the daughter of Richard anil Mary Gallop . My father was a joiner by trade . Hoth my father and mother were Wesley an Methodists . My fatl . er was a very pious good man ; but my mother had fallen off from her religious profession . I recollect him talcing mo 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 I was about nine years old . As-niy 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 m Liverpool . We lived some time a . t Hose-hill . I wont to tlie Sunday school belonging to the Brunswick Chapjl . My father afterwards removed to Mansfield-street , and sent me to a Sunday and day school in Springik-M 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 a < rc 1 think we remained there about seven years . During this time I > vas a teacher in Pleasant-street Weslevan Sunday school , and regularly attended chapel . My half-sister lived with us , and I used to assist her in the wiiek witn the mangle . When we Jived in Manslield-sjrtet , Liverpool , f formed an acquaintance with a young boy , a neighbour , lie was vounger than myself . When we left Liverpool for Windsor he used to come anil see us . We formed an

      attachment . Hoth illy father and mother were averse to liis coming after . me , but particularly my father . Tlie young man wa | then an apprentice , and is not yet out of his time , j We then went to live at Crewe . About three months afterwards I went to Liverpool with my mother for ; i few days . I saw the you ; ij ; man several times .: When 1 returned , we used to write to each other , j I have shown some of his letters to my mother , but ] not to my father . About ten months after we went to live at Crewe my mother destroyed herself in a fit of insanity . When my mother was buried [ I went with my half-sister to Liverpool for some jthuc . I used to see the young man . I returned to Crewe in June last , and " asked my fitther to L o a ^ ain to Liverpool at Christmas . lie

      said he would never give bis consent for me to have anything to do witlijthe young man at Liverpool . I then thought of going into a situation as servant in . Liverpool . . If Iliad 1 should have been very happy now . 1 heard myj half-sister one day talking of a woman who had poisoned her husband with arsenic , which shej had bought under pretence , of poisoning rats . The idea then first entered my mind of poisoning my father , ami I thought I should be at liberty to go where I pleased , and do as 1 pleased . "If 1 could have openedjiny mind to anybody , and had received a little good advice , I am sure " I ' should not have committed the ' , crime . 1 did not think that I should be detected , j 1 considered his death would be attributed to the bowel complaint , with which he had

      been afflicted for several weeks . I bought a pennyworth of arsenic , and , not thinking it would be enough , I bought another 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 jrot 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 cat his . It was put away in the cupboard . The lodger , my halfsister , and self , partoo . k of the others , and were taken ill . i did not put iauy arsenic in them . I bought

      some more _ arsenic ) the next day ( Saturday ) , and , mixed it with some arrowroot . 1 left my father to put the milk to it ; and make it himself . He was taken ill soon afterwards , and died next morning . Maky G ai . lop . " 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 forwardod to the Home-oHice , in order to obtain a commutation of the sentence , to confinement or transportation for life . The petition was signed by the Lord Bishojr , Chancellor Raikcs , and a great body of the clergy and gentry . Other petitions are also in course of signature . —Liverpool Albion .

      Melancholy Catastrophe at Limerick . —It is most painful to record the death by drown in tr of two fellow-creatures , which occurred yesterday afternoon between three and ; four o ' clock . A young woman , named iionora Ryan , late of Killaloe , servant to Mr . Canty , baker , of High-street , went for a tub of water to the public fount at bank-place , where she stood upon the parapet wall over the river , for the purpose of placing a pail upon the head of another girl , but by some awkwardness lost her balance , and unfortunately as she rai-s ' ed the vessel fell back into the water . The title was falling with a strong current at the time ; when the alanu was given , crowds ran to the spot , amongst whom was a resoluto vouug fellow ,

      named Thomas M'Creice , private of the 9 th battalion of Royal Artillery , who , on seeing the poor gir ! struggling in tlie river , instantly threw ott' his cap and belt , ran down- the steps of the slip adjoining , and plunging into ( the water swam to her assistance . She was not at thejtime twenty yards from shore , but as soon as he neared her she suddenly caught him by the breast , and having then entangled him , he lost all power , although he endeavoured to disengage himself from her grasp . Both were drawn down under the side of the arch of the New Bridge by . the current , and a rope was quickly lowered from the battlement , but unfortunately not long enough to reach the water . iThe artilleryman , however , made attempts to catch hold of it , but without effect , and

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      opposite the Custom-house , in the presence of hundreds of agonizing spectators , both sufferers sank exhausted to rise no more . This fatal occurrence caused a considerable sensation , and the loss off the brave soldier who sacrificed his life in the chivalrous attempt to save the life of a fellow creature was the topic of universal regret . What renders 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 exceedingly well-conducted man .- —Limerick Chronicle .

      The Poaching Affray at Cjsoome . —Worcester Sunday Night—The unfortunate gamekeeper who was brought 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 j still lies at the hospital in a very precarious condition , His name is Thomas Slaite . The two other men who were seriously injured by the poachers are brothers , named Compton , residi ne

      at Ivempsey , between this city and Croonie . They are in a fair way of recovery . I have j ust heard that one of the poachers , named Turvey , has been captured by the police . A reward of £ 50 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 Murder is 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 . Rushton , 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 was held on view of the body of Fairclough . A- verdict of—Wilful Murder was returned against William Jones . Fairclough 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 live miles from Devizes , and the flames communicating to tlie dwelling-house adjoining , the whole w ^ consumed in the space of two hours . Jt $ . _ •^' iV - "" % i 2 Jjlthat some al , ai $ awasexeitedin . jliiis place , about A year and - 5 iiSlf ago .. in coi ; quence of the demolition of *> - ' y' the whoa of tiae " windows of Mrs . GaffiforciY . ** toU 5 e , and of a great portion of her crockery , apparently without hands . Mrs . Gaisford—good easy woman—and her husband ( who was living at the time ) could not be persuaded but that it proceeded from some supernatural power—that it was , iti fact , the freaks of a ghost . Upon no other person ' s mind , however , was there the slightest doubt

      but that it was the act of the grandson of the old people , an artful urchin , then only about nine years 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 > fth e 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 l > cing ho other person in the house at the time than the boy and his grandmother—the bov havinff

      been absent about five minutes before the fire was discovered—he felt it his duty to apprehend him . His suspicions were strengthened by the fact that the door of the stable , which fronts the yard , was fastened at the time—clearly showing that the fire must proceed from some one in the house . The boy , at about twelve at night , was taken to the blind-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 stable

      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 min utes afterwards , a person seeing smo ke issuing from the stable , endeavoured to open the door , but , finding it fastened , broke it open , when the flames broke forth with redoubled fury . On Monday morning the boy was taken before Mr . Ludlow 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 crockery in his grandmother ' s house . He stated , among other freaks , that his grandmother had put him to bed one night , and he had lain 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 . —Dtvizes Gazette .

      Liverpool , Moxdat . — EMBEZZLEMENT . — HOUSE * wreaking . —A man of very respectable appearance ^ named Blount , was brought before Mr . Rushton , on a charge of having embezzled money , the property of Ills employer , Mr . John Lane , brewer . It appeared that he was employed in the office , and that en one occasion lie received a sum of £ 20 from Mr . John Hartley , for grains , and that he entered onlv £ 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 of having broken and entered the premises of Mr . Jonathan Webster , of No . 22 , Horatio-street .

      with an intention to steal . It appeared that Mr . Webster went out on Sunday atternoon at three o ' clock , and that on his return , about nine , he found that the house had been entered by the kitchen window . H is housekeeper made 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 tlie way to Bridewell , Hughes threw away two skeleton keys . The prisoners were committed for trial .

      HonniRLE 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 hia 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 morning the occupier of

      the house , on rising , saw an unusual light in deceased's bed-room , and on going there was horror-struck at finding hini 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 caudle in his hand , and thus set lire 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 Cottox Factory . — . Moudsiy morning , about half-past seven o ' clock , information was brought to the Police Yard , by a police officer , that the factory occupied by Messrs . Watcrhouse and Co ., cotton spinners , Temple-street , Chorlton-upon-Medlock , was on fire . On the arrival of 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 runs parallel to a ' larger erection belonging to the same hrni . Appearances for some time were very alarming ; but water having been quickly obtained , and the engines got into plav , the

      names were soon reduced , and in about an hour completely extinguished . The building , which belongs to the firm , is of the fire-proof construction , and has not received any considerable 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 water used in extinguishing ti : e fire . The fire originated through some hard substance coming in contactwith the teeth of a blowing machine in the lower story , and thereby causing the cotton to ignite , and the flames afterwards ascended through the "well-holes" to the higher stories of the building . No personal injury , we are glad to say , was received .

      Frauds on the JJeyekue . —In consequence of the gross it-regularities which have been ¦ -recently discovered in the St . Katharine ' s Docks , four officers connected with the vaulting and . delivery department have been suspended , and a rigid inquiry is going on which , it is expected , will lead to important dis-i . closures . - ¦

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      2 THE NORTHERN STAR . | , j December 28 , 1844 .

      5otice To Emigrants.

      5 OTICE TO EMIGRANTS .

  • 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-ncseproduct839/page/2/