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IHeai"FJiui . th of Losdos Dcrisg the Week . —The titurn turn for the week ending last Saturdar , shows i :-. i :-. t tkit the deaths registered in the Metropolitan disicicts lets were 892 , a number which is less by 270 iiian flan the weekly average of five previous autumns . kised ; ised according to probable increase of population . i is sa is satisfactory to observe that , as compared with icie ane average , namely 1 , 162 , the mortality has exhit ted : ted a considerable decrease during a period of ;\; ven ; ven weeks ; from the beginning or the present itiontbonth the total deaths in each week have been less man tan 900 . In the class of zymotic or epidemic hiseasiseases 178 deaths are enumerated , whilst the vvera . Terage is 307 ; from diseases of the respiratory rrganrgans 170 ( being an increase of 36 on the preceding ¦ < -eek ) eek ) , whilst the average is 214 . Phthisis , which
11 nob not included in the latter class , was fatal to 104 eersoiersons , or rather less than the usual number ; nncurucumonia , or inflammation of the lungs ( which cow iow increases rapidly , ) to 82 , nearly all cliildrcn , e nd bnd bronchitis to 60 . From typhus there were only i 4 del deaths , a smaller number than has been recorded )) r or a long period ; from scarlatina , 35 ; from measleasles , 30 ; from hooping-cough only 12 ; from i lfluafluenza , £ . The mortality from small-pox , which i as ras recently boon low , suddenly rose from 6-deaths 11 tho the previous week to 17 in the last . Fortunately hhe me deaths from diarrhoea , which were only 16 , are ( ow low 7 below the average . Only two deaths from Iholcholera were registered in the week ; a man who niad ad lived in Shilton-court , Bedfordbury , died in 2 JhaiJharing-cross Hospital , of " consecutive fever after
: ] : hol < holera ( three weeks illness ); and a child after liiigmighteea hours * illness In Blandford-mews , in the 1 lectlectory , Marylehone . A woman of forty-six years , i- in wn whom an inquest was held , died in the Regent'si lark-ark sub- listrict , of " exhaustion from want of h insufficient food , " according to the verdict of the i nryury . —Annexed to the present return are tables of I L 8 , 118 , lCCdeaths from cholera and diarrhoea in London , 1 Usilisiinguisning sex , and showing the different ages i it nt which they occurred , and also the annual rate of [ inomortality derived from the deaths and population at ; saceach age . Amongst other facts , it is shown that the i momortality from the epidemic was uniformly greater ; anianion <; males than females up to the age of thirty i or or ; : uiiy-five ; that between thirty-five and forty * fivfive years , women suffered more ; that in the
decenmamal period following , the rate of mortality was neaiearly equal to both sexes , and that up to 85 it was grigreater among women , at which age the proportion tntfnros in their favour . It also appear * that from twtwenty-five years tho rate of mortality constantly indncreased up to extreme age , though generally diarrhahcea was the milder form which the epidemic as-Busumed in the case of octogenarians . —The first tablo manay be read thus : —Of 18 , 166 persons who died fnfrom cholera and diarrhoea in the fifty-five weeks ( fi ( from October 7 , 184 S , to Octobeer 20 , 1840 ) , 2 , 336 wrote boys , and 2 , 048 girls , under five years of age ; anand 1 , 108 of the boys and 99 Sof the girls died of chcholera ; 1 , 228 of the boys and 1 , 110 of the girls didied of diarrhoea , at all ages , 'were—males 847 , fefemales 102 ; from cholera , alone , females 154 ; or
totoal deaths from cholera and diarhcea , at all ages , ththere were 118 males living ; and from cholera alalone 149 males living ; from diarrhoea alone 586 mmales living to 1 death annually . The mean reading olofthe barometer was about 30 inches on Tuesday ; tithe mean of the week was 29 . 753 . The mean tempperature was belo-v the average of the same days uin seven years , during the last five days , except on I Friday , when it was slightly higher . The mean of i the week was 43 . 3- ; on Thursday it was only 3 S . 3 ( J deg ., but rose 6 deg . on the day following . Suspicious Death on Board a Vessel . —On Sat turday last Mr . W . Payne received information res-I pecting the death of a girl named Elizabeth Pledge , i aged sixteen years , who wa * found dead under susl picious circumstances on board the Pauline Hall , of
J Holland , Captain Carruthers . Mr . Meed , the sumimoning officer of St . Olive's parish , Tooley-street , i in whose district the deceased was discovered , in-1 formed the coroner that the body had been removed 1 to the workhouse , where it awaited an inquest , but I it would be useless to call an inquiry without first l making a post raort « m examination of the body , as - there did not seem to him to be any external vio' lence likely to account for death . From what he f ( the officer ) could learn since the police had had the case in hand , it would be ascertained that the deceased had died from taking an immense quantity of hoUands . Tho coroner agreed with the officer , and at once gave an order for an examination , which " was subsequently placed in the hands of Mr . Pettigrew , surgeon , of Tooley-street , Southwark .
Suicide by ax Omnibus Conductor . —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . H . M . Wakley , at the Robinson Crusoe , Earl-street , Edgeware road , on Andrew William Walker , an omnibus conductor , aged thirty-nine , Late in the employ of Mrs . Gaywood . About nine months ago deceased was compelled to leave his usual avocation from a nervous attack and general bad health , which greatly affected his spirits , and produced despondency . A few months since he attempted to cut his throat , ¦ when Uis wife prevented him . On Friday ho went to his bedroom , and securing the door , hung himself by a small cord from the rail of his bed . Although he was soon cut down and prompt surgical lelp was secured , all efforts to restore life proved unavailing . Verdict , " Insanity . " Deceased has left a widow and two orphans to lament his premature death .
Death fboh Immoderate Drixklvg . —An inquest was held by Mr . T ¥ . Baker , at the London Hospital , touching the death of James Brabant , aged fiftythree , a wine cooper , in the employ of the London Dock Company . It appeared from the evidence of the witnesses that on the 21 st ult . the deceased was directed to fill fifty "bottles , each containing three gills , with brandy which had just arrived , and was considered over proof . In about an hour afterwards the deceased was discovered lying on the West-quay in an insensible state , from the effects of liquor ; and subsequently upwards ot twenty-five of the Dottles were found more or less empty . Deceased was seen by Mr . Jenkins , a surgeon , who directed him to be sent to the London Hospital , where , on Ms" arrival , life was found to be extinct . "Verdict , " "Natural death , accelerated by drinking a quantity of brandy over proof . "
Suspicious Death off Limehouse Reach , —On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . Carter , at the Duke of York , Swan-lane , Iioiherhithe , on the body of Thomas Wallis , aged 30 years . The deceased was a labourer . On the 17 th inst . he met the captain of a trading barge ( from Herefordshire ) at a publichouse in Limehouse , where they got in conversation and had a quantity of liquor . Late the same night the deceased , the captain , and a female left together , and proceeded to a boat , which they engaged at Duke-stairs , Limehouse , giving directions to the waterman to convey them to the barge . The waterman accordingly rowed them off and put them safe on board . The deceased ultimately commenced quarreling with the captain , and shortly afterwards a cry -was heard of " A man overboard . " Several boats put off immediately , but the deceased was not found , although every search was made for him .
Henrry Parrier , tho waterman , who conveyed the deceased on board the -vessel , stated that before he rowed away he distinctly heard the deceased and the captain quarreling . Witness heard some one say " You won ' t do it , " and soon afterwards a splash was heard in the water . William Beacon , the captain of the barge , was called , and cautioned by the corozer : He said the deceased came on board , and whilst assisting in bringing the vessel up , he missed his footing and fell overboard . They had some words , but he never did the deceased any injurv . Other evidence having been offered , the jnrv wished the attendance of the ft-in--ile who went on " board , but Mr . Gardener , the officer , assured the coroner that he had made every effort to find her , but without effect . The coroner subsequently summed up the evidence , and reprimanded the captain for his conduct in the affair , after which the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
Suspicious De-VTH . —On Monday Mr . Bedford , the coroner for "Westminister , resumed an inquiry which had been commenced some days since into the circamatances attendant upon the death of Mr . T . "Wildiaan , who was found upon the pavement opposite Colliver ' s coffee house , in Holywell-strcct , having apparently fallen from one of the windows . At the commencement of the inquiry the evidence showed that the deceased had entered the coffee-house about 11 at night , and had retired to bed . A young gentleman , a friend of his . slept with him , and bath were apparency quite sober . At two in the morning ihe landlady heard a noise on the pavement , and afterwards a moan . Almost immediately the young man who slept with the deceased ran down stairs , exclaiming that his friend had thrown himself out of
window . He then returned , dressed himself , and went away , and nothing more was seen of him . At the assembling of the jury on Monday , k was Stated that no trace had been found of the friend of deceased . —Joseph Hawkes , a mariner , came forward , and stated that three or four years since he slept in Colliver ' s coffer-house on the same floor , lie was tipsy when he went in , and Mr , and Mrs . Colliver asked him to take wine . He took two glasses , for which they refused payment , and then he went to bed . lie was found about 3 o ' clock in the moruiug lying on the pavement , very seriously hurt , llis watch and chain were afterwards returned to him , and some silver , hut he believed that some gold
which he had in is pocket was not given to him . ilr . Wildmao , the brother of the decased , said that there was no reason to believe that his brother ' s affairs were disorded . He had been ra : her excited lately and had lived freely . When witness questioned him at the hospital as to how became t » the coffee-bouse in Holywell-streer , he was to ill to answer . —William Robinson , a fire-escape conductor , who was on the spot soon after tlie deceased fell , stated that he ran to fetch a cab ; between the rime of his departure and return there was uo time for any person to have dressed and runaway . Deceased was dressed . He looked at the bed afterwards , aad saw footmarks on the counterpane as if some
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persons had lain down with his boots on outside the bed . The servants of Mrs . Colliver , the proprietress of the estab'ishment , were called , but no additional fact was collected fro » a them . The jury , who apparently entered warmly into the case , were for a long time undecided as to whether they should adjourn the case , or return an open verdict . The coronw repeatedly assured them that no additional testimony could be procured , as the evidence of the friend of the deceased was open to so much suspicion that it would be of little value . Several jurors expressed strong opinions en the matter , but ultimately a verdict was agreed to , "That the deceased died from injuries sustained by a fall from a window , but how he came by that fall there was no evidence to show . " Suicide of a Publican . —On Mondav morning a
publican named G . Moade , who kept tho Boot public-house , in Wells-street , Oxford-street , committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor . The deceased had occasion to go into his cellar about seven o ' clock on the morning in question , and shortly afterwards a female domestic discovered him sitting on a small beer barrel , with his throat cut from car to ear . A surgeon was immediately fetched , but life was found to be quite extinct . An inquest was held by Mr . "Wakley , at the above-mentioned publichou ^ e , on Tuesday evening , and the evidence elicited showed that the deceased had been in a desponding state of mind for some months past , but that he had never before attempted to destroy himself . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . "
Fire at Notttsg-Hul . —Saturday morning last shortly after one o ' clock , information was received at the West of England Engine-station , in the Waterlooroad , of a serious fire having broke out at Jottinghill , near Shepherd ' s-bush . Upon the engines reaching the spot it was found that the fire had originated in one of the spacious buildings in Union-terrace , in the occupation of Mr . Muggeridge , a perfumer , & c , Ho . 6 , in that thoroughfare , and that a most serious destruction of property had taken place . Poiice-constable Thteadbold , Ho . 66 T , in passing along his beat perceiving an unusual glare of light in the front shop ^ sprang his rattle , and succeeded after some time in making the numerous inmates aware of their danger . In the course of a few minutes a number of females made their appearance at the private door in
their night clothes , screaming and begging of the police to save them . Other assistance having arrived the poor creatures were carried on the backs of the police and neighbours to the opposite tavern , which had scarcely been accomplished when a loud noise was heard to proceed from the shop similar to tbe discharge of fire-arms . This it is believed was caused by the explosion of the gas meter , for in an instant afterwards the flames entered every floor in the lofty building , penetrating tbe roof , and rushing out of the various windows with tbe greatest impetuosity . On the western side of the blazing property were the premises of Mr . Wotton , tea-dealer and Italian warehouseman , in which a most costly stock in trade was deposited . On the other side stood the stores of Mr . Hill , corn-chandler , in which articles of the most
inflammable character , including many loads of hay and straw , were stacked . The moment the front of the premises belonging to the last named party became ignited , the neighbours commenced removing the property of Mr . Wotton , Mr . Hill , Mr . Hume , stationer , and Mr . Robinson , fishmonger . Some dozen loaves of sngar , boxes of fruit , and chests of tea , with counters , pianofortes , and quantities of stationery were carried out into the street . Four brigade engines , were at once set to work , but notwithstanding that the firemen mounted the roofs of the contiguous houses , and laboured most incessantly . It was nearly four o ' clock ere the fire was entirely extinguished . The total loss by this disastrous event must be very considerable , andnot the least information could be obtained as to the probable cause of the misfortune .
Fire at Hobsltdown . —On Monday morning a fire broke out iu the crucible manufactory of Mr . Cleghorn , "Weavers-lane , Horslydown , and in spite of tbe most strenuous exertions , the flames could not be conquered until the factory in which the disaster commenced was nearly destroyed . The escape of the adjacent premises may be ascribed wholly to the indefatigable exertions of the firemen . Suspected Incendiarism at Ismxmon . —Shortly before midnight on Monday an alarm was given that the premises belonging to Mr . Frederick Pizzey , a furniture broker and general dealer , Xo . 17 a , Lower-road , Islington , were on fire . Mr . Raddeloy , the inspector of the Boyal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire , quickly attended
with tho escape , and having entered the premises from one of the upper windows , he made his way to the front cellar , where he found a heap of hay and some rags burning on the floor , over which were piled in a slanting direction four loose boards . The parish engineer and Mr . Baddeley succeeded in extinguishing the fire before any considerable damage was done . Mr . Pizzey was not at home when the alarm was g iven , and from the fact of some of the shutters being covered with canvass to prevent the light shining through , there is ground for supposing that during his absence some person entered the premises and set them on fire . Mr . Braidwood ' s official report describes the cause of the fire as "Doubtful . "
Fire and Loss of Life . —On Wednesday even , ing , shortly before five o'clock , a fire , involving a considerable destruction of property , and the loss of one , if not more , lives , broke out in the premises in the occupancy of Mr . Sullivan , a lodging-house keeper , & c ., carrying on business iu Great Wildstreet , between Orange and Lincoln courts . The premises in question were of considerable extent , and were bounded on either side by the houses in the two courts above mentioned . In spite of the most strenuous exertions of the firemen , floor after floor fell in rapid succession a prey to the fury of the flames , and it was not until past nine o ' clock that the fire could be extinguished , and not until the whole upper part of Mr . Sullivan ' s premises was completely destroyed . As soon as the place was sufficiently cooled for the firemen to enter , they
ascended by means of the scaling-ladders to the upper part of the house destroyed , and after searching for some time they found the lifeless body of a poor man who was said to he missing , though every effort had been made to arouse him . He was lying on his face on the second floor , and from the contortion of the features it was quite clear that he had died from suffocation . His name , it is understood , was James Oliver ; and it is stated that he was a pensioner in the Royal Navy . A shell was immediately procured , and the b" > dy was placed therein , and removed to the workhouse , where it awaits a coroner's inquest . A prevailing opinion is , that the poor fellow who has ihus been prematurely hurried into eternity , was the the cause of the misfortune , through smoking tobacco in his bed-room . The loss , which is rather extensive , is covered by insurances in several of the London fire-offices .
Sudden Deaths of Mr . TtmauAND and Mr . Sergeast Lawes . —We regret to have to record the sudden deaths of two highly-esteemed officials of the Court lot Bankruptcy in Basinghall-street . About eleven in tbe morning of Wednesday , Mr . Turquand arrived by an omnibus in King William-street , City , from his residence at Norwood . Having alighted , he entered the shop of Mr , Dakin , chemist , and staggering and evincing symptoms of illness , asked for a littlesal volatile . His requestwas immediately complied with ; but Mr . Dakin , observing that he was speechless and incapable of swallowing , immediately despatched a messenger for Mr . Anderson , surgeon , himself and an assistant in the meantime administering all the restoratives in their power . After the lapse of a vcrj few minutes , however , it
was found that life was ex met . Mr . Macey , a clerk in the court of which Mr . Turquand w as official assignee , happening to be passing Mr . Dakin | s almost immediately after the painful occurrence , his attention became attracted to the spot , and the sorrowful intelligence was communicated to Mr . Turquand . jun-, and other members of the family . The painful event created a very strong and general feeling of sympathy on its becoming known at the Bankruptcy Court , where Mr . Turquand was highly esteemed for the courteous manner in which be discharged his official duties . The death of Mr . Sergeant Lawes , tbe chief registrar of the court , was not of quite so sudden a character , Although he was able to attend the court so recently as Monday last , and his death at his residence became known on Wednesday morning , the learned gentleman had been previously indisposed . By a recent regulation , the appointment of official assignee will not be filled up . The other valuable
appointment ; is in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor . AcciDExrs Dvnisc the Foe . —Throughout Saturday and Sunday the metropolis and environs was visited at intervals by a dense fog . Between eight and ten o ' clock on Saturday , an alarming collision between two omnibuses took place in Oxford-street , by which two persons were seriously injured , in consequence of being thrown off the roof seat . Mr . Lankister , of No . 71 , Clarendon-grove , Somcrs Town , sustained a concussion of the brain and severe spinal injury , aud Mr . Carter , of the Old King John ' s Head , Alton Stores , 19 , Grape-street , Paddington , a compound fracture of both legs . Between ei s lit and nine on Sunday morning a man named Williams fell overboard from the brig Two Friends , Blaney master , lying in Bugsby ' s Hole ; the densencss of the fog prevented effectual assistance , and the poor fellow was drowned . A great many accidents were attended to at the different hospitals .
DisTKinnm-c Brixs wrin . Letters . —One of the London letter carriers has recently been dismissed for delivering bills against Sunday Post-office labour with his letters . When the Post-office Directory was compiled in the General Post office the complaint of tlie letter carriers was that they were compelled to deliver Directory notices with their letters . When the Directory was completed by other means an order w . -is issued that nothing should be delivered with the letters and newspapers . It was owing to a disobedience of this order that the letter carrier was dismissed . Smithfield Cattle Show . —On Saturday last the preparations for the forthcoming show com-
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menced at the Bazaar , Baker-street , Portmansquare . H . R . H . Prince Albert has already made several entries . All stock must bo sent in by the 8 th inst . ; the committee having determmedthat the exhibition shall terminate on the . Friday inste ad of the Saturday as heretofore . His Grace the Duke of Richmond is expected to . preside at tho anniversary dinner on the 14 th . The Islington Cattle Market ( says a contemporary ) is now most decidedl y on tho ascendant . SmitrJfield is not only doomed , but the removal of the great metropolitan cattle market to Islington will take place sooner than its warmest friends had ever anticipated .
Sculptures for the British Museum . — The vessel Urania , arrived in the St . Katharine's Docks , from Bussorah , has brought , several packages of marble , as a portion of her cargo . These marbles are a further portion of the Assyrian sculptures brought to this country for the purpose Of being deposited in the British Museum ; aud the Lords Commissioners of hey Majesty ' s Treasury have issued the necessary directions to the proper authorities for their removal from the Docks to tho Museum , for the purpose of being placed in that national establishment .
Throwing Stones at the TRAINS OV THE Sooth Westbbn and Windsor Line . —On Saturday last George Fletcher , William Stuckley , and Henry Harris , varying in age from twelve to fourteen years , were brought before the magistrates at Twickenham , charged with throwing stones at a train on the South Western and Windsor Railway , and thereby injuring William Dear , the fireman of the " Charon ' engine . The offence was proved by the evidenceof several witnesses , and it appeared that the practice was one of frequent occurrence . A young gentleman was at present an inniate at the Ophthalmic Hospital , at Charing-cross , who had been struck in the eye by a stone whilst travelling on this line , and it was
feared he would lose the use of that organ . Tho prisoners made no denial of the charge . The magistrates observed that under the General Railway Act they had the power to commit the prisoners for trial , for the misdemeanour , which rendered them liable to two years' imprisonment with hard labour , and were it not for their youth they would have been committed , for this was a most dangerous nuisance , and if not suppressed , people would become so alarmed as to cease travelling by the railways . In this instance the prisoners were committed to the' Westminster Bridewell for one month each , with hard labour , but in all future cases they would put the extremity of the law in force .
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Boiixr Explosion , near Rochdale . —Destruction of A Mitt , and Loss of Life . — An alarming accident occurred on the evening of the 20 th ult , at the mill of Mr . James Tweedale , near Spoth Bottoms colliery , in the town of Castleton . The building is known as the Roach corn mill , and is situated near the banks of the river , about a mile from Rochdale . The accident was the bursting of a large boiler . It appears that for some time past the mill has been at work night and day ; a man named John Matthews was the engineer during the day , and a young man named Robert Hollows officiated at night . About half-past nine o ' clock in the
evening , the people at work in tho mill were alarmed by a terrific explosion , which shook tbe building to its foundation , and immediately afterwards a , fearful crash was heard , occasioned , as it was found by the falling of tho adjoining warehouse . Having recovered from the state of alarm into which they were momentarily thrown , a number of the workmen proceeded to the boiler house , which it was not difficult to conjecture was the scene of the accident . There a frightful state of things was discovered . The end of the waggon boiler had been completely torn off and thrown against the offices in front ; bricks and rubbish were strewed about in all directions . A few yards from the boiler bouse lay the body of the engineer amongst the ruins . It was
not until daybreak , however , that the lull severity of the calamity was discovered . It was then seen that the boiler had exploded with such violence as to force one end through the strong wall of the warehouse into the mill stream , and a considerable portion of the foundation being thus carried away almost the whole of the building fell in ruins . The floors were lifted to a considerable height , and then fell in with a terrible crash , carrying with them large quantities of grain , with which tbe rooms were stored . A portion of the wall came down with great force upon the gas meter and smashed it to such an extent as to render it entirely uslcss . The engine house was also thrown down , and considerable damage was done to the machinery .
Fortunately the mill escaped uninjured , but the spacious warehouse is a complete wreck . One end of the boiler , much shattered , was found lying outside the offices in front of the warehouse , and the outer wall of the offices is considerably damaged by the violence of the shock which it sustained . Matthews left work at seven o ' clock . At that time the boilers were in proper working condition , well supplied with water , and he had fed the fires a short time previously . Both of the boilers were at work , and they were used together . The pressure was about 8 lbs . to the square inch , which was quite as much as the old boiler was calculated to bear ; and , in fact the engineers had been cautioned against working at a greater pressure . The amount of
steam was indicated by a spring valve , and safety valves were fixed on the top of both the boilers . A short time before tho accident , one of the young men employed in the mill was in the engine house , and having observed the spring valve , or having other reasons to suppose that the steam was being too rapidly generated , he said to the engineer , " Bob , 1 thinK your steam ' s too high ; " to which the unfortunate man replied , in a careless manner , "Yes , I know ; I could have the boiler in th' goit ( the mill stream ) in twenty minutes from now if I had a mind I" Scarcely had that timo elapsed when the explosion took place , part of the boiler actually was in the stream , and the engineer ' s life fell a sacrifice to his carelessness . Fortunately
no other lives were lost . Shortly after the young man alluded to left the engine house , he heard the engineer letting off the steam , and saw him go down to the fire hole to open the doors , but his precaution came too late . —An inquest was held on the body of the unfortunate deceased , on the 22 nd ult ., before Mr . Dearden , at tho Windmill publichouse , Castleton . —Stephen Matthews , one of the engineers who was then examined , stated that tho deceased had been employed at the mill about eighteen months . He considered the boiler to be in a good condition , and safe , if it was not worked beyond 8 lb . to the inch . Ho never worked it more than that . There was plenty of water in the boilers on the night of the accident ; . the pumps were in good order , and tho safety valves were in working condition . He considered that Hollows had raised too much steam , and that he had weighted the valves , so that it could not escape . It was
not necessary that he should obtain a very high pressure ; because the goit was full , and the connecting wheels were at work , so that less steam than usual was required . Yarious other witnesses were examined , all of whom agreed in ascribing the accident to the carelessness of the deceased engineer , The inquiry was ultimately adjourned , and Mr . Robert Howarth , boiler-maker of Rochdale , was appointed to inspect the engine and boiler , and report thereupon to the jury . Tho boiler was made by Mr . 1 ' ctrie , of Rochdale . It was well stayed in all parts . About two years ago it was repaired ; it leaked , and it was patched near the firing ; but there arc no fractures in the boiler near the spot where it was mended . Shortly after the accident a fire broke out amongst the rubbish , which was with difficulty extinguished . Tho loss of Mr . Tweedale will be very serious , not less , it is said , than £ 2 , 000 .
Morose , at Manchester on Suxday . — A murder of a very cold-blooded description took place at Manchester on Sunday , in the open street and in daylight . A . bricklayer ' s labourer , named Bernard Sheridan , living in a cellar in John-street , under the St . Joan ' s Tavern , was quarrelling with his wife , and amongst other neighbours who came to make peace was a young man , named John Hayes . Sheridan and his wife were outside the house in the street at the time , and on Hayes approaching them , Sheridan ran at him with a chisel , and plunged it into his breast . The unfortunate man was curried to the Royal Infirmary , where he died about four o ' clock the same afternoon . The deceased was a small-ware weaver , and has left a wife and three children . Deceased was twenty-four years of age . An inquest was held on the body of Hayes , at the Royal liifirmary , Manchester , on Monday afternoon , when the following evidence was given : - William Tootal , 24
upholsterer , , Turner-street , said on Sunday morning about twenty minutes after the morning service time ( ten minutes to one o ' clock ) he went into the John-street , Tavern , a beerhouse , near St . Paul ' s Church , Turner-street , Manchester . About ten minutes afterwards deceased and his brother came in and a person named Richard Grindle : soon afterwards I heard a cry of murder from the cellar underneath ; it was by a woman ' s voice . I heard her cry out something else , but could not tell what she said . The woman came into the street . Two or three minutes elapsed before any one went out , and Grindle then got up to go to his dinner , lie watched Grindle half way across John-street , and then he turned round to the prisoner , who was in the street and asked him whit was the use of abusing his wife n that way ? I could see from the window o ' e beer-house to nearly the bottom of tlie cellar steos where the prisoner lived , and I saw the nrisoner
stanumg mere . Alter unnilte had asked the prisoner what he ill-used his wife in that way for f he prisoner ran towards Grindle . I had seen the ' w ' ife come up the steps and show a wound upon her head which she said her husband had inflicted . The nil soner , when he ran at Grindle , had a chisel in hs Kdl ^ J ^^ ^ and soon aftcrward / l saw ? he pri ^ tg ffi
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with the chisel . I did not see the prisoner s body nor face at the time , but I saw his arm strike the blow . The deceased did not fall , but stood leaning against the railing of the cellar steps . ' 1 he prisoner stood on the cellar steps . Immediately I saw the stab I ran out of the house to deceased , and pulled open bis shirt and waistcoat . The blood was gushing out , and I asked him to come to the infirmary . He said , "No ; he was not hurt . " I put my left hand to the wound , to stop the blood , and my right hand to his back , and got him to run with me towards the infirmary . When we arrived at St . Paul s Church , at the top of Turner-street , he fell from faintness and loss of blood , and I asked some people in the street to place him on my back , and they did
so . I ran with liim towards the infirmary , and with assistance of somo other persons I succeeded in ( jetting him there . When at the infirmary I assisted to wash the blood from his wound , which was a little below the breast , rather nearer to theleft breast . than to the ritfht . After I saw the prisoner threaten Grindle with a chisel , I did no not see bis face again till after he had struck Hayes . I saw only on arm , but the chisel was one with a ragged handle , and was the same I had seen in the prisoner ' s band when he threatened Grindle . I believe it was the one produced though at first 1 thought the blade xider . —The prisoner on being , asked if he had any question to put to this witness , said , " Did you not see deceased strike me before I stabbed him ?"—Witness : No , I did not . —Some further evidence having
been given , the coroner asked the prisoner whether he had any witnesses to call , to show that he had received provocation from the deceased . —Tlie prisoner replied that he had spoken of a female to the police officer , but could show that he had received great provocation , but she was not in attendance . —The coroner addressed the jury on the point of law distinguishing manslaughter from murder , the latter turned round , and , after a few minutes consultation , returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder" against Bernard Sheridan , the prisoner . — The wi'e of Sheridan had received a stab from him behind the head , it was stated , and she was not present , nor did she seek to be present at the inquest . —The prisoner was subsequently committed for trial on the coroner ' s warrant , at the forthcoming South Lancashire winter assizes at Liverpool .
Reven'ge . —On Monday , a case which caused great excitement , came before the Manchester magistrates , in which a young man named Charles Gooch , butler in the family of A . J . Wolff , Esq ., merchant , Greenheys , was charged with administering some poisonous or deleterious drug to six of his fellow servants , 'in revenge for supposed injuries which he had charged them with doing him , and which has led to his discharge from service . The prisoner had come into Mr . Wolff s service as butler , about a month ago , havingpreviously held a similar situation in the family of a lady at Peterborough ; he did not give satisfaction to his master j and it was intimated to him , at the beginning of last week , that he would have to have at the end of the month . He then
became very violent towards the other servants , kccusing tliem of being the cause of his discharge , and declaring that he would have revenge . On Wednesday Mr . Wolff paid him hiswages , and , bavins ; heard of his conduct , desired him at once to leave the house . The prisoner complied with this request , and left in the course of the evening . At a late hour on Wednesday night , when the servants had retired for some hours to rest , the family were alarmed by the intelligence that nearly the whole of the servants had been taken ill , and that they were seized with violent pains in the stomach , accompanied with purging and sickness . The lady ' s maid and the cook were suffering in a serious manner , and Mr . Wolff directed that medical men should be sent for . Dr . Mellor , of
Burlington-street , Greenheys , visited them , and made inquiry as to the food the servants had taken during the previous day , but there was nothing in that which could possibly account for their sufferings . Mr . Mellor administered such relief as he could , and visited the servants twice on Thursday , and twice on Friday , before they were sufficiently recovered to render it safe to discontinue his attendance . On Friday , Robert Han-op , tbe footman , was in Oxford street , Manchester , when he met the prisoner , and they went to a public-house , where Harrop , told the latter how ill all the family had been , and he informed Harrop that he had given them something which was the cause , and there were two other of the servants which he yet intended " to
do for . '' The prisoner went and loitered about Mr . Wolffs grounds , on Friday night and Saturday , and on the latter day the statement of tbe prisoner to to Harrop having been communicated to Mr . Superintendent Taylor of thepolioe , he was taken into custody . The servants described the conduct of the accused as being violent , and stated a belief that he had caused their illness by some drug . Mr . Hodgson , the magistrate , at first ordered the case to be taken to the sessions , but afterwards disposed of the case summarily , for want of direct evidence against the prisoner , by callin ? upon him to find two sureties of £ 10 each to keep the peace for three months . In default of bondsmen the prisoner was locked up . Stabbixo . —A case of stabbing occurred in
Sheffield on the 23 rd ult , The sufterer is an old man , named Bartholomew Spink , residing in a yard near tho bottom of Bread-lane ; and the offender , Charles Armitage , of Edward-street , joiner . A son of Armitage , who has been apprenticed to Spink , was lately brought before the magistrate on tho charge of stealing files from Spink's fellow-workmen . Spink did not take any part in the prosecution , the case being proved by two of his fellow-workmen whose files had been stolen . .. The result was , that the lad was committed to Wakefield for a month . Armitage appears to have laboured under an impression that Spink had been the means of sending his son to prison . On the day in question ho wont to Spink ' s house , which is in a yard leading from
Broad-land into Gardon-street , and made use of very violent and abusive language , Spink wont to the door , with the intention of ejecting him from the yard , lie had no sooner laid his hand upon him , than Armitage stabbed him in the left arm with a pocket-knife , inilcting a wound of a very serious nature . Spink , who is many years the senior of his cowardly assailant , endeavoured to get out of the ruffian ' s roach , but before ho could do so , he received another stab in the abdomen . Having inflicted these injuries , Armitage ran through the court into Broad-lane ; but he was pursued by some persons who had been brought to the spot by Spink ' s cries , and was apprehended near the bottom of Towiihcad-streefc . He was so violent , however ,
that it required the assistance of several parties to detain him until the arrival of a policeman . The officer endeavoured to make him walk to the Townhall , but he refused , and struggled with such force , that it was found necessary to secure him in a cart , in \ vh \ eb . he was conveyed to the lock up . Spink was attended by Mr . Skinner , surgeon ; and though the injuries arc of a serious nature , there is no doubt of his recovery . Smuggling . —On Saturday last an important seizure of spirits was made near Yarmouth , Isle of Wight , on the shore , where 130 half ankers were found , having been thrown overboard the previous evening . The ankers contained above 400 gallons of spirits , considerably overproof . Another seizure was made off Bembridge , on the 22 nd ult , and consisted of 27 half ankers , containing about 70 gallons of contraband spirits of groat strength . Antiquarian Discoveries at CinnvciisiEn . —It
appears that Cirencester , which has lately attracted so much attention by tho discovery of Homan pavement of such extent and beauty , is likely now to be the scene of further discoveries of another kind , and relating to another period . Not far from the amphitheatre , and on the northern side , there is a ridge which has always been looked upon with suspicion by the arcboiologists of the town , and as a systematic course of investigation has now been adopted , all these suspicions will be either verified or for ever sot at rest . last week a section was made through this ridge , and tbe result was the discovery of a skeleton laid , as is usual in these tumuli , with the feet towards the east , and the head to the west .. It was about a foot below the surface , which will probabl y account for its beinnin bad preservation . As it lay undisturbed the torm was perfect , but on the slightest touch it broke to pieces ,
SEniOUS ChAHOE ACAIX 3 T A NoX-PnOFESSIOXAL Accoucheur . —During the last week , an inquiry has been conducted in Birmingham , having reference to the decease of a young female named Harriet Johnson , whoso death was said to have been occasioned by want of proper medical attendance during her accouchment , and wilful neglect on the part of a person who professed to be competent to the duty From the evidence of the poor girl ' s father , who is a respectable tradesman , residing in Digbeth , it appeared that the deceased , who was twonty-three years of age , and worked as a SteelimuuTior iur
wou . Mitehe , was a vcrv steadvind-SSSS" !? ' ®* . *? Jtoi beSS 7 ecus omedto take medicinal herbs of various kinds t nil Ult S 1 ^ nevcr , aS 8 i S ned rea «>» - About a ' her dSZ' m 0 U ? er received intelligence that her daughter was enceinte , and the declased herself on being questioned , did not deny the fact Mrs . Johnson became much distressed in consesucd the deceased to leave the house and procure lodgmgs elsewhere , which she . did , well kWnc that her mother would not fail to take oarfofhSf Other witnesses stated that on Monday veck on the recommendation of a fellow . wmCm ^ ameS Jane Deeley , the deceased ; vcnt to thehousoTf a woman named Rusbridge , in Fleot-stZf 15 slgsspiTlannu ^ h ° r » uo * of
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small chemist ' s shop . He promised to come-in about an hour , and did so . lie addressed the deceased when ho saw her in a very friendly and familiar manner . lie then said ho thought he should have time to go to the General Hospital , and left the house , llo came again about ten o ' clock in the evening , saw the deceased , remarked that she would not be confined until the following morning , and then went home . The deceased became evidently worse early on Friday morning , and Parry being sent for , came . However , after being informed of some necessary particulars , he said he could do nothing for her , but would fetch a person " who was clever in those things . " Medical evidence was given showing the state of the
unfortunate girl , and describing the proceedings of Parry and of another person whom he brought with him . The accused , whose name is Wilham Richard FrnyiiD , but . yrhois better known as William Parry , keeping a drug and grocery shop in Suffolk-street , next made a statement , which was intended to clear himself from any blame in the matter . After having prescribed for her , he found it a difficult case , and called in the aid of William White , a druggist of Handsworth . The latter , however , on visiting the deceased , said he would have nothing to do with her , and advised Parry to'do the same , and the poor creature was left to her fate . At tho close of the inquirj the jury returned a verdict of '' Manslaughter" against Parry , who was committed for trial .
Death j . v a Rmnyr Carrugk . —Att inquest was last week held at the Wolverton station , before J . Ager , Esq ., on view of the body of Mr . John Willis , a « cd sixty-four , of Kennington Common , solicitor , who was on the previous day found dead in a railway carriage on the arrival of a down train from London . It appeared deceased , who had been subject to apoplectic fits , left town for Grantham , being at the time in his usual state of health , and that he was found as above by the superintendent of police . Prom th <> medical evidence it appeared that deceased died of apoplexy , and a verdict to that effect was recorded . Burning of a Lucifer Factory . —At twelve o ' clock on the 23 rd ult . the whole of the military quartered at Dover Castle , and on the heights , with
their engines , were called out to a serious fire raging in the town . It br . ke out on the premises of a lucifer match manufacturer , the property of Mr . Thomas Smith , situate in Black Horse-lane , Chailton , which on account of the inflammable materials they contained , were quickly in flames , causing the utmost alarm to the surrounding inhabitants . The workpeople were absent from the prem i ses , it being dinner hour , and from the fact of their having left a pot of sulphur on the fire to simmer , it is pretty evident the accident arose from its boiling over . By the successful operations of the engines , and the energies of the townspeople and the military , the flames were confined to the building where they originated , which was totally consumed . The factory was not
insured . Accident on the Lancashirf . and Yorkshire Railway . —On Monday morning a collison took place between a goods down train of the Lancashire and Yorkshire , and a up passenger train of the East Lancashire Company , at Walton Junction , near Liverpool . Several carriages were smashed , and three or four parties severely hurt . Among them is John Tossen , Esq ., a county magistrate . Dismissal op a High Bailiff of a County Court . —Last week Mr .. W . M . Praed , judge of the Newton Abbott County Court , dismissed the high bailiff of that court fr-. m his office , in consequence of discovering that several sums of money received by
that functionary in various cases , had not been paid over by him to the persons entitled to them . Accident to Sib Norto . v Knatchboll , Bart . — On Saturday last , on the arrival of the 4 . 30 down train at Ashford station , Sir Norton Knatchbull , in attempting to leave the carriage before the train had stopped , lost his balance , and was thrown with such force upon the platform that his collar-bone was dislocated , and his arm broken . He was immediately taken in his own carriage—which was waiting his arrival—to Mr . Whitfield ' s , surgeon , who rendered him everv professional assistance , after which he Jeft
for Mer . 'ham Hatch , where he is now progressing favourably . Land at Bownbss . —Not long ago land was so scarce about Bowness that it was almost an impossibility to get hold of as much as would suffice to build a cottage upon , consequently every one besan to feel anxious to get hold of a piece , almost at any price , which has given rise to speculation in the matter ; and now there may be found , upon inquiry , three individuals who lately bought small patches near the village , who are willing Jp accommodate purchasers of small lots at the rate of £ 1 , 500 per acre . —Westmoreland Gazette .
DllEADFUL FlRB IN NOTTINGHAM . —On Tuesday morning , shortly before four o ' clock , a fire broke out in Nottingham , and in a few minutes afterwards a long range of wooden buildings , in what is called Lee ' s-clo . 'C , were a mass of flame . A hovel , a shed , a hay storehouse , and astable were entirely destroyed , and other places more or less injured . At the time the alarm was first given , about twenty pigs , several cows , two horses , and a pony were fastened within the burning buildings , but all were brought safely out , except the three latter , which were burnt to death . One of the horses was rescued twice ,
butsuch was its great alarm that it both times broke away and ran into the midst of several tons of burning hay , and soon afterwards died in great a ^ ony . The horses and pony were worth something less than £ 60 , the property £ 200 or £ 300 . It appeared the fire had originated thus : —A drunken fellow named Charles Barnes , obtained leave to sleep in one of the buildings ' , be began to smoke , and a spark from his pipe ignited a quantity of litter . Ho was seriously burned , but fortunately escaped with his life . None of the owners of the property were insured , and several who followed the occupation of coal higglers have lost the whole means of their subsistence .
Dari . vo BoiiBERy at Manchester . —About halfpast eight o ' clock on Monday night , as Mr . John Willock , of the firm of Othwaitc and Willock , leather dealers , Manchester , was on his way homo in company with his son , he was attacked by three men in Moreton-street , Stramroways , Manchester , one of whom seized him by the throat , attempting to strangle him , while another put his hand over the boy ' s mouth and threw him down , and a third snatched from Mr . Willock ' s hand a black leather case , containing £ 175 in cash and a bill for £ 120 3 s ., and knocked him down . All three made their escape before the father ov his son could give an alarm . A reward of £ 20 has been offered for the apprehension of the thieves , of whom no trace has at present been obtained .
Suspected Incendiarism in Manchester . —An empty house was found to be on five on Monday evening about seven o ' clock , in Moss-grove , Mossside , Manchester , supposed to be'the work of an incendiary . The alarm being given at the Policeyard , a fire-engine and a body of men were on the spot as speedily as possible ; but on their arrival , it was found that the fire had been already extinguished by the neighbours . The house is the property of Mr Harper , who resides next door . It
was formerly occupied by Mr . lleighway , nuncrmamifacturer and is let to Mr . John Hampton , draper , Oxford-street , who was to enter at Christmas next . On an examination of the premises it was found there had been five distinct parts of the building on fire at the same time . Quantities of flnK ^ > 4 satm ' ated wlth tu' -pcntine , were found m different apartments , somo of them partally consumed . No clue to tho ori gin of the ihe h fJ . t hem , ^ tamed > b «* it « stated that a row d ° offe 1 ideV VOUW bC 0 if ° f 0 r the « Pl ^ hen ioi of c
BimiiNoiiAM was visited on Tuesday by ono of the voMvf IF , L 7 ItncS 8 c 1 ™ ««* town for several j oais . It commenced about twelve o ' clock , and gradually increased until four , when the whole town became wrapped in the most uncomfortable darkness . Towards six o ' clock in tbe evening ii seen d to be gradually disappearing . ° LLlutu Case of Erasing a Parish RECiSTE n .-On Monday Mr . James Boag , who was remanded last week of
upon a charge erasing the parish register of St Itunwald , was again examined at the Town-hal Co Chester . Defendant had procured the Kl ns sistanceof Mr . Cbarnock as hiS coun S , and tie case was hoard at the Quarter Session Court , which r 4 ^ V' 7 - ineVCry P ^ the cS -ig excited such intense interest . —Mr . J S Barnes wtuoVoW ^ ^ , he 2 G - ° f Ma ? ch last he tolta ! a i * fli regIS erof st- »« H > wald , to obtain a copy of tho marriage between John Forcer and Susanna Burnby . both of tW J- f
- ii naving ascertained that ' marriage ' F S thoseTimi « ties was solemnised at that place . Kent to the church clerks residence , and asked to Srch So register and was shown by the daughter ^ the clerk to the . vestry ; he pointed out JotJrthe entr ! tm So r : t the r f Str ' and 8 he too 2 ho i ttom the vestry and requested him to call a ^ in when she would obtain a certificate ofthoWK m question for him from Mr . Round theTS m ^ reu 1 or h' \ Un , d thilt « ™™^ SfcS ^ ctanXS f * was aware at WTOtSto ^ Sfff ; Jf * " ^ I an affidavit of its accuinr-v ( xv-f havei 0 I «« ke shown the entry in the Sw ^ Tr 7 ^ ¥ piSBttffi » . i atered in the entry . After n £ ' , had been given , Mr . Neck addressed the bii , ' V 1 ( Ience ™ thecase , and Mr . SSS ^ JSm SPv ^ ^ for upwards of an hour for d « S I A } he bench the Magistrates reSd for t ? e hanSSf TMch when , on their return into nnvn * > l ™ an hour . defendant that , from Sinli ' ' 1110 * % <* told evidence , they feltToiind to , nn 'I u ? ature of the the next assizes at rhd ™ . ^ Ti ? for tvial at bail for U ^ S ^ ft ^ K ^ ™* pt sureties in m oih Vu V lm > an ( 1 two the Ancho ^ tVa ^ 7 ^ on , 0 ° f carao his sureties Li \\ Zw ) * i take 1 ' cl ° thier , bolasted four ho , rs ' he , cft th 0 C ° wt .-The case
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lNFAmciDE .-On Sunday last , upon the airval of the steamer Nimrod , from Cork , the particulars were disclosed of a most heartless : « nd extraordinary case oi infanticide . Amongst the deck passengers was a female , named Catherine Leary , who , during the night , had delivered herself of a female child When she came on baard there was nothing in her appearance to excite particular attention . During the whole night she remained on deck , and no incident occurred calculated to excite tbe least suspicion until about four o ' clock in the morning . At tins time the man who was attending the cattle in the lower hold of the vessel , discovered the body of a newly-born child , which was covered with the nltii from the beastsand dreadfully bruised , the cattle
, having trampled upon it . As there could be no doubt that one of the female passengers had delivered herself and thrown the infant down the hatchway , an inquiry was instituted . From her sickly appearance suspicion fell upon Leary . She declared that she had not been delivered ; but having submitted to an examination by some of her female fellow-passengers , and the fact clearly ascertained , she acknoivled |« d that whilst sitting upon deck she had given birth to a child , which she threw down the hold among the cattle . A woman named Mary Sullivan took charge of the baby , washed it , and gave it some nourishment . When the Nimrod came alongside the Seacombe slip , at one o clock on the Sunday
morning , officer No . 540 was sent tor . tie got a car , and took the mother , child , and Sullivan up to tho Northern Hospital , but the case was not admitted . He then drove to the workhouse , where delay of upwards an hour occurred before a shelter could be obtained . The infant lingered till'eight o ' clock in the evening , when it died , the rite of baptism having previously been administered by a clergyman . The mother states that she lived as servant with the father of her child , that he died lately , and that she was coming to Liverpool for the purpose of emigrating to America . She remains at the workhonso in a weakly state , and wii be brought before the coroner as soon as her state of health will permit .
Prkadfui . Fire mo Loss op Lifk . —A coroner s inquiry was opened at Bolton on Monday , before Mr . J . Taylor , concerning on of the most disastrous fires that has occurred in this neighbourhood for many years . Shortly before two o ' clock on Sunday morning , the piemisos of Mr . W . Saunders , tailor and draper , situnte in Deansgate , were discovered on fire . The inmates comprised Mr . Saunders , his wife and sister , four children , and two domestics , * and on the police arousing them as to their perilous position , Mr . Saunders rushed down the stairs and opened the front door , with a view of effecting their immediate escape , but the flames had extended to the staircase head , and prevented all
chance of rescuing those who remained in the premises by the ordinary way . It should be stated that the sister of Mr . Saunders , with two children and a servant , had succeeded in reaching the street before the staircase ignited . When the fire was extinguished the rest of the inmates were found in one of the workrooms , apparently dead from suffocation . They were removed to a neighbouring hotel , wliere Mrs . Saunders and her daughter . Maria , exhibited symptoms of returning animation . Restoratives were persevered in , and they are likely to recover . With the boy and girl , however , life had quite fled . The origin could not be satisfactorily ascertained , and the jnquiiy was adjourned .
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Collision on the Dundee and Pbrtii Railwav . —An accident occurred on this line of railway , on the evening of the 22 nd ult . at Mylnefield Quarry Junction , which was accompanied with fatal consequences . At 6 . 40 p . m . a goods train took its departure from the Union-street Station , and , on its arrival at the Quarry Junction , it was signalised by the foreman to stop , to Uke up four loaded waggons , that were in a siding . It was stopped , and , as the down passenger train from Perth was al . most due , ifc was discussed whether they should wait , or proceed to put on the loaded waggons .
They unfortunately thought there was time , and sent off one of the men with a signal-lamp , so as to stop the train should it come up . It appears that the company's regulations require that a person with a signal-lamp should proceed GOO yards from tho offset , but before the person who was dispatched could have got half that distance one of the waggons had been got off the siding on to the down line , on its way to tho up lino , when the passenger train was heard approaching at a fast speed , the men pushed the waggon back again , but were able only to get it half on to tho siding , when the engine of the passenger train dashed into it with fearful force . Tho waggon was shivered to atoms , and the massive stones were , with the fragments of tho
carriage , hurled a considerable distance , some up the line , and the remainder into the quarry . Melancholy to observe , tho signal man , Craig , " who was also foreman of tho quarry , was killed on the spot , his body was found on tho line dreadfully mutilated . The guard of the goods train , Charles Balfour , was discovered lying at the bottom of the quarry , where he had been tiirown by the force of the collision . Some of the stones were lying on him , as also one of the heavy wheels of the waggon , llis leg was found broken , and ho was very much injured about different parts of the body . He was immediately placed on an engine , and brought on to Dundee Infirmary , where he lies in a hopeless condition . The passengers in tho down train felt the shock , but , fortunately , none of them sustained injury .
Fatai , Accident is Kiaso . —On Sunday las * , as the carriage of the Duke of Roxburgh was leaving the churchyard of Kelso , in turning tlie corner out of the gate , two children started suddenly from behind another vehicle , and iu endeavouvina to get oat of the way of the duke ' s carnage , one of them , named John Conlan , aged four years , son of John Conlan , railway labourer , ran against the . wheel and fell , and the wheel passed over his chest and neck , the poor little fellow was killed on the spot . No blame is attached to the coachman .
Lanarkshire .-Fires . —About one o ' clock on Monday morning , afire was discovered in the shop of Mr . M'Gilvray , tobacconist , Giassford-street , Glasgow . The alarm was immediately given , and the lire brigade , under the superintendance of Mr . Turner , t i along with the West of England engine , were soon in |! attendance . The fl . mies were speedily extinguished , I ' but not until the shop was completely gutted Tho \ premises are not insured . On Saturday , at noon , \ i \ a nre broke out in the cotton-mill of Mr . M'JS auuh- ; ; tan , Main-street , Anderston , occasioned , so far as yet known , by spontaneous combustion . Little damage has been sustained . —11 eekly llegistcr . , , Suicide . —On Sunday morning , a man named \ \ A r n ^' Paterson , a servant in the employment of jj \ Mr . M'Nmlay , horse-dealer , Glasgow , was found ' 1 dead in his bed in the stable ; and from subsequent \\ inquiry , it appears that he had committed suicide ! 1 by swallowing a phial of laudanum . —Weeklu Renister . ;
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Fiiksii Clearances . —The clearance svstem con- tmues inactive operation . Another wholesale evic- ¦ tion m Clare is described by a correspondent of the $ Limerick Examiner who , ' writing from Kilmurry r Kv \ kw , ft , on the 22 inl u't ., states that the under r sheriff was at that moment engaged in evictiim fiftv- - two families or more on the townland of Tiomofa a V , est . «« Of these families , " adds the correspondent t forty-six are pauperised , and as ragged and wretched d as could be found in any corner of this island . Tlie e others had their renis , rntes , & e „ paid up ; but « n- ifortunately for them , not to the landlord , . Air . W " . ' . Usey , but to a middleman who fell heavily into to arrears . "
Land Agitation . —The land question for the he moment occupies the attention of every one ; and at at the same time that we find requisitions circulating , ng among the farmers to get up "tenant protectiveive associations , " wc learn that the landlords are busv isv agitatmg some mode of protecting themselves . The flic landlord conclave , which has been sitting for some me timei at Limerick , was attended on Saturday last by . by tw ? i tP P' £ i ' Monteagle , and Massv , Sir Sir David Roche , Mr . Monsell , M . P ., Mr . Herbeit . ' M . lM . P . ZrhVll v other Jn »« ential proprietors of the the i ' J'i ° f the ! P ^ eedings have as yet yet , ttanspned , but there can be no doubt that thev are are ; collecting information which they will not fail to ' tunituni i tfriZ r - - i ^ c Woa <* ingsession . Accorded--ing to the Limerick Examiner it was undcratoi d that that I the
report of a sub-committee which was receivedatedat t tne meeting on Saturday showed that the a < "rep * fS » K amount of local taxation in the shape of po £ raWat «> grand jury cess , & c , exceeded nine shillings initoitlm P'mnd in the south-western districts . ¦ WM n M- BLESS I « GTON ESTATES . -Tll-Thl sale o the Dublin portion of these estates was m cou j tinueilon Saturday last , in Master Litton ' s otHc < oUic < < and seemed to excite as much interest as on Ihe prte p «< ceding day . The Master at the outset , aimouncc , uucc c tnat it any person desired a particular lot to be set i ! set 11 it Mould be dote for the convenience of purcbaseibnsei i Accordingl y certain lots were called for , and in eve » eye t uistancethe minimum price at which it was avrai . ctrai . ci ? asniemightbe made was exceeded , so tiiat no a no as journment took place . The gross rental sold n > ld «*
' S « f ?» . ' . P ° duced £ 14 , 350 , beingupwaiipwtfit S . mn . S ars l ) uvcha se . There were mimcicuncroo competitors for the various lots , who bid with with Ii much animation as in the best davs of protcctbicctwi borne persons , desirous of getting bargains , al ' m , al ' u ' . v . to the swamping poor rate , but apparently with ' with'" ' causing any wntavourable impression when thc i tnci i * as made known that in the present vear there there ; oeen m the north union but one rate of a shillii * i ! li «! 'i ! the pound , including the sixpence rate in aid . U . " purchasers of the lots sold were Messrs . Bond ( oiul It U ; h Uumness , W . E ; Bolton , Daniel ThorpCiiori > e . p . hmdlater , and W . Vance .
Oraxge Outrage .-A correspondent from L < bm Lw states that a few Orangemen , frustrated in a gin a gigi niiihtly muster at Hilitown ou the night of the If the 11 entered the house of an innkeeper , named Mnfl Mum
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