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HEALTn of Loxdox Bosixg the "Week . —The Sudden increase in t ' _deaths of London , whieh was announced iu the _ir , _sj , bill of mortality , bas been followed by a mr remnrkahlo decrease . The following number _^ , show thc fluctuations in the _returns ¦ during thc fc _ur weeks of November : —921 , 90 S , 1 , 016 , awl in ihe week ending last Saturday , 861 . The avcrar e of the ten weeks corresponding to last in the years 1340-49 , was 1 , 0 G 7 , which , if corrected for lv . ere . ise of population , is 1 , 104 ; the S 61 deaths K g _isicrea List week are , therefore , _J _* _SSS than We _Corrected average by 303 . The _aggregate Of _laWl cases bv epidemics was in the preceding week ~ IM , in the last 190 - whereas in affections of the respiratory _organs , thc number , which rose to _ ui , has now fallen io M * . Con sumption , which scands in
the tubercular cla _* s , was 111 , and in thefoJowmg _irook dcclinel to % . Convul sions , which earned Off in the previous -reck « cWWrcn , _ww recorded last week Ls thc cause of death to oo ; and while 4 _^ persons died of " use" only 24 ca . es tins , » eeka re _nHced _un-lcr this head . Between the 2 i _* t ami 2 & in Of Suiter , S pe n . ici . ers died in the Koval _Uosmtal at Gre nwich , in most cases of paralysis , or apo-Vlexv List week thc deaths from small-pox amounted to 14 , all _amongst children ; and , though it is still below the _avera-re , the disease appears lo he makinir progress in thc metropolis . In _ Marylelione , in different houses of _asiuglesub-districr , that < tf Christeliurch _, no fewer than G deaths occurred from "variola , natural" in ihe week ; and the registrars repeatedly mention facts to prove that the children of the workinc classes , in many cases ,
are not protected against the disease , owing to _prejudice entertained against vaccination . _Mensle . _* * - carried off 25 children , and ii ; is stated lo have _fcroken out in the Pancras Workhouse { Cani . ientown sub-district ) : scarlatina carried oft * 30 ; and ¦ 17 persons of -various asm died of typhus . Diarrhoea has now declined to 13 : and no case of cholera was registered . Intemperance was fatal to three persons ; in one case by producing disease , in another by an embrocation taken internally by a man when in a state of intoxication . In the third case , that of a woman who died suddenly without modie . il attendant , it is stated that " she had frefluentlv been kuown to drink . a pint and half of raw sniritsin a dav ; a dar or tvo before her death she
drank seven quarterns of rum ; whilst she cm not consume a _shillinu ' s worth of food in the week . " The birth of 773 b _« vs and 7 _' ' 0 girls , in all 1 , 462 children , were _rc-ristered in the week . Tlie average cf five _carrespondinn _we _* ks in 1 S 45-49 is 1 . 2 S 0 . At th « _Rfvr . l _Obscrratorv _, Grce : iwich , the mean _dailv _readim ? cf the barometer or . Sunday was onl y J > $ -937 inches . Ir . < r _»* adu _* illy rose till Thursday , when it was 30 * 117 , " and it was above 30 inches on the two fo'lowing days . The mean of the week was 23 595 inches . The mean temperature , which was 51 degrees on Snnd . iy , continued to fall during the week , and on Saturday was only 33 deg . 8 , when it was about ten degrees below the average . The mean cf the wtek was 40 deg . 5 . The mean
temperature was below the average of the same days in seven years , on every day except Sunday and . Monday . " On the last four days , the wind ¦ was generally in the north or north-east . Thc horizontal movement of the air on Sunday was 420 miles , aud on the same day the greatest pressure OB the square foot was 191 _bs . Two CniLURZX Killed with God ? bet ' s Cordiat ,. —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Carter , at the " Rose public-house , Camberwell , to inquire into the deaths of two infants , thc children ofa man and woman named Buckley , who resided in Edmund-street . Camberwell . The father was a
journeyman carpenter . A few days since , the children _bcins very restless , the mother sent for a pennyworth of Godfrey ' s Cordial , and administered about a third ofa teaspoonful to each . They soon fell into a deep sleep , ana remained so until the mother became alarmed and sent for Mr . Flowers , a _surireon , who stated that they were suffering _fronTthe effects of a narcotic . He administered the usual antidotes , but notwithstanding every effort the children expired . The jury returned a -verdict , " Tbat the children died from the effects of Godfrey ' s Cordial , administered by the mother inadvertently . " They also strongly condemned the use of this medicine .
_Ixquest . —Mr . lt . X . Wakley hela an inquest on Monday evening on the body of Alice Fisher , a milliner , aged thirty-six . Deceased was found by a policeman early on Saturday morning , in the area in _Uarc-ctreet , Bloomsbury , speechless , and with her neck broken . She was taken to a hospital and died in a few hours . "No evidence being producible as to the cause of death , the jury returned an open verdict . The Plate Robbery is the Straxd . —The prisoners charged with burglary and robbery in the iouseof 3 Iessrs . Clapham and Williams , jewellers and silversmiths , 13 and 14 , Strand , were brought ¦ up for further examination . The man " ChaTk-y , " implicated by the additional confession made b y Clinton on Saturday week , had not beea anprehendeJ . The only additional evidence was given "by two women , who proved an intimacy between Gardiner and the woman Cheruneau . The prisoners were again remanded until Saturday next .
A Smithfield Ox . —On Monday , Giltspnr-streer , leading to Smithfield , was kept in a state of alarm as usual the whole day . In the morning an ox , _beloneine to Mr . Barnard , jun ., of Epsom , driven with 0 thiers 7 about half-past-ten o ! clock , from Smithfield , suddenly turned into Ball-court , opposite the east end of Si . Sepulchre ' s Church , and entered the house 2 fo . Tin tbe court , occupied by a Mrs . _Harhottle and several other persons , a 6 chool for children being held on the basement floor . The terror and dismav of the children and inmates may easily ae conceived at the sight of the huge animal making its way towards the kitchen stairs , which , owing to the enormous _weight ofthe ox , suddenly gave way , the animal ro ! ling into an outer kitchen , in the room
leading to which Mrs . Harbottle was sitting at the time . " The little children belonging to the school were also in a closet , against the door of which the ox was lying . Their screams soon brought several persons to their assistance , by whom they were speedily rescued . Mrs . Harbottle also effected her escape , and every effort was then made to remove the ox , which lay extended in the very narrow kitchen . This was found , after great labour , to be entirely ineffectual . Fortunately a . door-way led from the kitchen or p assage to the area in front of the house , and a bricklayer being sent for , he said that the onlv means by which the ox could be
extricated was by taking up the iron work of the area , ¦ with the stone-work of the court , and excavating for several feet across the court . A number of men ¦ were accordingly set to work , and about four o ' clock they had made such an _opening by pulling down the brickwork as to enable them to place a number of planks in an inclined position and by winding a number of ropes round tbe ox and by means of a pulley fixed against the opposite wall , and the assistance ofa number of men , after about an hour ' s labour , they succeeded in getting it up apparently put very little injured , amidst the cheers ofa crowd of bystanders . _^
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_Shockkg Attempt at Murder . —At an inquest held on the 29 th ult ., before W . J . Ellis , Lsq , at Dr . Fox ' s lunatic asylum , Nortbw * od , Gloucestershire , a melancholy tragedy was disclosed . Itappeared that a gentleman named Thomas Waters , a resident at Bedminster , near Bristol , had been staying with his lady at the residence of her father at Wriogton , Somerset , where they were paying a family Tisit . For gome time Mr . Waters had been in a highly nervous and excited state ; indeed at intervals his malady was so severe as to border closely on positive insanity . Ou Saturday , tbe 23 rd ult ., he was -Attacked by mania of the most violent kind . _^ Having it delibe
armed himself with a knife , and sharpened - rately on a stone , he went np-stairs to a room in _srhich Mrs . Waters was sitting . He then fastened the door , and having aisured himself that it could not be opened from the outside , he commenced a most murderous assault upon her . He seized hold of her with one arm , aad having made some observations about her cap , he , withthe other , made a desperate attempt to cut her throat . The onfortunate lady resisted as far as she could , and having the presence of mind to thrust her chin down into her bosom , she happily saved her life , but did not escape until she waa frightfully mutilated , her bosom being deeply woundedher hands shockingly cut , and the top of
, one of her fingers cut off . The unhappy lady 8 screams alarmed the family , and her father and brother bunt open the door and s ecured her assailant , who was found to be quite mad , and was immediately removed to Dr . Fox ' s asylum , but although every possible kindness and attention was there shown him , he obstinately refused to take any kind of nourishment , and in a few days sunk from the effects , as Dr . Fox stated , of exhaustion , resulting from the intensely excited state in which he bad been . The jury returned a verdict to the effect that he died from natural causes . Mrs . Waters is still ill from the injuries she has received , but she is not considered to he in dancer .
MOBDIR xiak Brentwood . —On Saturday night , Nov . 30 th , * inquest was held at the Horseshoe Ian , Biltericar , on the body of Robert Bamborough , a ooliceman , who had died from the effects of injuries received bj bin 1 from a prisoner of the name of Wm . Wnod a notorious poacher . Wood had been _conrictedthatday by the BUlencay bench ofmagistrates , _^ . _^^^ j" _*?^^ _J ! _fc
Wood , wbo is In custody in _uneinwora _««»• — _« - * _bSS _^ S _Paoc **> iNGS .-Ifc wiU be : reecd . _feSSS about a fortnight sines , a person named £££ _*** of f ' _~ f « _% * _^ n ° at ? he derland , was brought before Mr . _Rushton , at ine ¦ _poOwrcourt , Liverpool , on a _charg * of having forged
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an acceptance in the name of Mr . Bell , the owner of the vessel , for JE 51 18 s . 6 d _., and which had been tendered in navment for goods to Messrs . _Hutson and Ward ship-chandlers , Canning-place . That charge not having been substantiated , the captain wa 3 liberated from custody . It will also be recollected that the vessel , which was on tbe eve of its departure for California , was prevented from sailing by some of the creditors , after she was forcibly taken out of dock into the river . The creditors had supplied stores to the vessel , on the order , itis said , of Captain Robson and his father . The Trio , after lying in the river for a short time , was taken into the _Kind ' s Dock , where she remained until the 27 th ult . In the meantime , it is stated , Bell ( the owner or part owner of the
vessel ) and Robson , by deed of sail , assigned the Trio over for the benefit of the creditors , subject to a mortgagee and tlie charter , and the vessel was only detained from proceeding on her v * yagc in expectation of the morrgagce , Mr . Thomson , of Sunderland , arrived iut' . wn , toaTanse with die , creditors respecting her _sii'ing . Tbe charterers are Messrs . Kelso and Dovvic , brukerc , < f Liverpool . Since the vessel was taken into dock , the creditors have had a man or two or . beard as _gu-ird , aud forthe purpose of preventing iicr again b . ing taken _airay . About four o ' clock on the _" 27 th ult . a gentleman ' went on board the Trio , and asked the man in charge whether he was there on behalf ofthe mortgagee , because , if so , he had a note of clearance from that individual . The man _rpnlieil that he was there on behalf of the
creditors , upon wlrch he was seized by four men , gagged , and forcibly put under hatches . A ftesh captain and crew were then put on board , and the vessel was hauled out of dock , and towed by a steamer as far as Port Lynas , where the old crew and the men who had been in charge " of the vessel , were put on board the tug boat , and sent back to Liverpool . Thc whole affair appears involved in mystery . " The Earl of Durham has / it is stated , given directions that all necessary relief shall be given to the families who have lost members in the lnte esplusiou at New-bottle Colliery , and that he will bear ihe charge himself , instead of this being done by public subscription , a- ? usual on such occasions .
Boiler , Explosion at Halifax . — On Friday afternoon , tbe 29 th ult ., one of the most shocking occurrences that has taken place in Halifax for several years arose from the _bursting of a boiler in Messrs . Firth and Sons' mill , Lily-lane . Just at three o ' _cicck , the inhabitants in the vicinity of the mill were astounded by a loud report , and the flying about of materials from the _building soon convinced them that some eatastrophe had happened . Of the three boilers at the mill the _cenire one was that whieh was affected by the producing cause of the accident , and it shot through the floors of the building , and through tbe roof , and then the boiler deposited itself against the arches of the Lancashire and _Yorkshire Railway , apart of whose line passes close hv the mill . All the hands in Messrs . Friths '
employ were busy at work , and a part of them at that end of the mill which was erected over the boilers was buried in the ruins , which exhibited a he ? p of broken beams , machinery , stones , and other materials , from whence proceeded the groans of the sufferers lying beneath . The part of the mill in which the hulk of the hands was employed , was , of course , speedily emptied of all its contents , and the report of the accident being noised through the town , vast crowds of _people soon assembled and thronged the vicinity of the scene . An efficient detachment ofpolice rendered assistance where required , and John Waterhouse , Esq ., being early on the ground , sent for the military to aid in clearing the yard , so that those assisting to move the piles cf rubbish ,
under which the missing workpeople were buried , might the better perform their work . Several influential gentlemen , and some ofthe medical faculty , were ready to assist wherever their services were wanted , and a number of working men strained every nerve to clear away the ruins . As soon as the Mayor had intelligence ofthe sad affair , he hastened on _horsebacfc to the spot , and gave such instructions as were requisite for securing order , and enabling the parties employed to proceed with every despatch . One body after another wa * brought out , and it was stated that persons were killed . Two or three more lay at the Infirmary , in an almost hopeless state , and it was said that three others were amongst the missing . About _eicht o ' clock it became necessary to send for a second fire engine , as the fire under the
ruins was breaking out so as to threaten the portion of the mill standing . It was soun partially got under , but we fear ihere is little hope of any in the ruins being taken out alive . A girl was recovered about eight o ' clock , who had been talking for some time , and was not much hurt , but could not be got to earlier . She was fast in the lumber , by which " [ she was surrounded . —The Halifax Guardian , in a second edition , published on Saturday afternoon last , gives the following particulars;— "The total number of persons whose lives have been sacrificed by this terrible accident _nosv amounts to ten . Seven of the bodies are lying at the _Biueher Inn , and three at the Infirmary . It is rumoured that a _lutiegirl , whose parents reside in Caddy-field , is missing ; but it is firmly believed that no more bodies are buried in the _rnins . "
Importation op Crucifixes , & c . —On Monday a _considerable number of crosses and other Romish figures and images , were landed at the Custom Honse at Portsmouth , for the use of the Romanists of _Souih Hants . They came from a Paris house , and are consigned to a Hebrew firm at Portsmouth . They appear to have been sent over in the belief that as Hampshire is a part of Cardinal Wiseman ' s own diocese of Southwark , the tide of conversion must necessarily have sat in very strongly . The Late Charge aoaixst a Clergyman at Brestw . iod . —Apprkhessiom of the Prosecutrix FO _« PebjuRy . —Brentwood , _Monday Afternoon . —It will be remembered , that in the alleged assault preferred against the Rev . W . Johnson , the Rector of
Ingraye , Essex , by his servant girl , Mary Ann Doe , at toe last examination of the defendant , the girl completely denied all that she had deposed to on the first occasion , admitting that the whole ofthe charge as first made was false , in consequence of which the defendant was at once discharged . On Friday , the 2 SK 1 _I ult ., Mr . Superintendent Coulson went to the girl ' s residence at Ingrave , and took her into _custody on the charge of perjury . A special meeting of the magistrates of the district was held at Brentwood the same day for the purpose of investigating the charge . The magistrates were divided in opinion , and ultimately decided not to proceed with the present information . The prisoner was then _discharged .
Sudden Death of a _Clerotman . —On the 29 th ultimo , Mr . Marratt , one of the coroners of Yorkshire , held aa inquest on the body of the Rev . John Thompson , rector of Sykehouse , near Doncaster . It appeared by the evidence that the reverend gentleman went to bed in the enjoyment of his usual good health on the night of the preceding Wednesday , and shortly afterwards was seized with a fit of apoplexy , which terminated his life about one o ' clock on Thursday morning . The deceased had held the living of Sykehouse for a considerable period .
The Destructive and Fatal Boiler Explosion at Bradford , _YoRKSHiR _^—This disastrous event , at the Mills of Messrs . Waud and Co ., ( a brief notice of which appeared in our second edition , last week , ) has resulted in the death of another party , named Margaret O'Donnell , a girl aged seventeen , making three killed , besides the injuries received b y others , and a very large destruction of property . The inquest on the bodies was held before Mr . John Dyson , coroner , on Friday afternoon the 29 th nit .,
and the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the death of the parties named had been caused by the explosion of a steam-engine boiler , such explosion having been produced by the _impnident opening of the stop-valve by the deceased engineman , John Hail , he being ignorant of the consequence of so doing . Thejury exonerated Messrs-. Wand from all blame , and recommended the fixing of a safetyvalve to each boiler , and theadoptionof Mr . Wilson ' s boiler protector , as the best means of preventing similar accidents in future .
" The Loss of the Gazelle prom Sydney . —Recovery or the Mail . —Deal , _Mokdai . —All doubts _respecting tbe fate of the Gazelle , and the unfortunate creatures on board of her , have been set at rest by the discovery of the wreck of the ill-fated ship on the outer edge of the Goodwin Sands . Many casks of tallow were picked up low down tbe channel towards the North Foreland , and on the 29 th ult ., a box containing the _Sydnejfletters and newspapers , which were shipped in the Gazelle , was found floating about by a lugger . The address on the box had been washed off by the surf , but a brief examination showed it to be the unfortunate vessel's mail . It wag landed at Margate , and handed over to the postoffice authorities for transmission to London . The
contents were saturated with water , and some of the directions were obliterated , but the usual care was adopted for the delivery of the letters , if possible , to the parties to whom they had been addressed . A large piece of wreck , apparently part of the quarter of a vessel between 200 and 300 tons , with tallow sticking to its timbers , * was seen floating abont in this end ofthe Queen ' s Channel , and other pieces of wreck , evidently of the same character of ship , being noticed , it was concluded tbat the catastrophe had occurred on the Goodwin Sands . This conjecture proved correct . Thc loggers , which were cruising about for whatever might turn up of her cargo , discovered on nearing the sands the wreck , or
what mig ht be termed the remains of the _wreca . The figurehead was gone , but it was observed _^ that part of the drapery or decoration remained , with a small figure of a Gazelle upon them . ' Part ofher stern frame , with _•*• Gazelle of Liverpool , " painted thereon , was also noticed floating about the spot . Ot the unfortunate creatures who perished with her nothing could be seen , and indeed the heavy sea that waB breaking over the sands rendered any nearer approach to the wreck exceedingly dangerous . The number who were lost has not been correctly ascertained , but it is thought that the crew consisted of between twenty and thirty persons . It is supposed that she _waj driven on the sands e ' uring the terrific gale of Sunday morning , and the formidable breakers
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that immediately dashed over her must have instantly sealed the fate of every soul on board . This is not the only fatal casualty that took place on these much dreaded shoals . The luggers report seeing two other wrecks on the sand- * , and it is much feared that their crews perished . None have reached the coast from wrecks ou Hie _GoodiWn , and several vessels which were known to have been in the Channel in the course of the gale are missing . Part cf a ship ' s stent has been taken into Broadstairs , and a figure-head ( bust of a man , ) and ' two figures with wings . It is thought they are part of the wrecked vessels .
Fight at Diutton _, Norfolk . — On Monday , ft fight took place between two working mm * , at Drayton , and on the same day one of them died in consequence of tbe injuries he received . Tbe names of the parties were Robert Baker and Benjamin Ellis , both fine young men , resident in St . Martin ' s at Oak . As usual in such cases , the fight _originated in a drunken quarrel , and the stake was only < £ l a side . Bach man had bis seconds , and a crowd of people witnessed the brutal conflict , which lasted some time . Ellis had the worst of it , and after being severely punished , he was conveyed home , where he died on the s . _ime night . On _Thursday an inquest was concluded , the jury having returned a verdict of manslaughter against Baker and the four seconds . They have nor , yet been apprehended .
_Anotiiek Burglary in Surrey . — Another daring burglary , accompanied with violence , took place on Saturday evening last , at the house of a Mr . Marshal ! , residing on Prenclian-common _, nearFarnham . The particulars are as follows : —About eight o ' clock on Saturday evening Mr . Marshall , who lives wiih his sister alone , was aroused by a loud knock at his front door . On opening the door lie fonnd a group of seven men s anding round it , and as soon as he presented himself one of their number inquired the road to Guildford . Mr . Marshall was in the act of stepping out to direct them when he was suddenly knocked down , as is supposed by a iife preserver . The men immediately entered the house , when they were at ouce encountered by Miss
Marshall , who , with great presence of mind rushed upstairs to procure a gnu which her brother always kept loaded , calling out at the same time , " I'll fire at them . " The villains caught her upon the staircase , and , presenting pistols at her , _dragued her to the front door , where they pointed out her brother lyiBg in an insensible state on the ground , and cautioned her to be quiet . They then ransacked the house of everything of a valuable character ifc contained , taking off , amongst other property , a number of old guineas . Before leaving they abused Miss Marshall iu good set terms for not having more property in the house . Mr . Marshall remained in an insensible state for nearly two hours , and is still _suttering severely from the injuries he sustained .
The police are in the possession of a description of the men , and are actively engaged in endeavouring ( o trace them . Establishment of a Surrey Rural Police . —The Surrey magistrates met on Monday to reeeive the report of the committeo appointed to consider the propriety and manner of effecting the above object . Aboufc fifty magistrates were present . The committee were unanimous in _considering the present force insufficient to protect that part of the county lying beyond the metropolitan police district . The report reccommends the introduction of the rural police in preference to proceeding under the Parish Constables Act or enlarging the metropolitan police dictricfc to take in all Surrey , which would
require a special act . In complying with the provisions of the act 3 & 4 Vict ., c . 88 , sec . 29 , which requies that every polioe division shall contain 20 , 000 inhabitants , the committee propose the formation of three divisions , the respective capitals of which shall be Chertsey , Dorking , and Godalming 5 the chief constable residing at Dorking . They anticipate an expenditure of £ 3 . 000 in repairing lock-uphouses and erecting sfatioDs , and propose a staff , consisting of a chief constable , chief superintendent , five superintendents , _eigiit inspectors , and serenty _constables . After much discussion , the report was carried , and the election of a chief constable , who will choose the subordinate officers , was fixed for the first day of Epiphany sessions .
The late Hiot at Birkenhead . — -Since the late riot a committee has been formed for the purpose of getting up a meeting to adopt an address to the Queen , against tho Papal encroachments . The magistrates , in the interim , applied to Sir George Grey , soliciting the presence of tho military on the occasion , and received an answer on _Tuesday morning , the purport of which was communicated to the deputation . The _magistrates stated , that from the answer they had received that morning from Sir George Grey , they did not think proper to call the meeting and risk a repetition of the late unprovoked attack upon the authorities . Escape of Three Convicts from Woolwich . — Betwixt six and seven o ' clock on Tuesday morning , shortly after they had taken their breakfast , three convicts managed to let themselves down over the side of the Warrior convict ship , at Woolwich
dockyard , and proceeding along the mud on the banks ofthe river , without being perceived by the sentry or any of the guards on board the Warrior , succeeded in seizing a boat at some distance from the ship , belonging to a waterman named Spurling , and , crossing the river in it , effected their escape through the North Woolwich marshes . The names of the convicts are John Rain , aged 26 years , convicted at the Central Criminal Court on the 9 th of April , 1849 , for housebreaking and larceny ; and having been previously convicted , sentenced to ten years' transportation . Bain was a type castor . Charles Fletcher , aged 23 years , convicted of larceny to the value of £ 5 , and having been previously convicted , sentenced to ten years'tsansportation on September 20 th , 1847 . William Smith , aged 23 years , convicted of felony at Salford , on February 26 th , 1 S 18 , and sentenced to ten years ' transportation .
The Election at St . Alban ' s . —Mr . Jacob Bell , the well known chemist , who has offered himself on the Liberal interest for the borough of St . _Alban's , made his pnblic entry into the town on Tuesday afternoon . He was accompanied by Mr . Wyld , M . P ., Dr . Pereira , and by several prominent electors of Marylebone , and he was received by upwards of 200 of the electors of the borough . Mr . Bell addressed a large assembly from the balcony of the King ' s Arms Inn , after which he proceeded to canvass the town . An attempt has been made to induce Mr . Alderman and Sheriff Carden to offer himself for the borough . The Alderman is , in politics , understood to be a Peelite ; but it is not so much his political feeling as his purse that is likely to recommend him to ' lho
borough of St . Alban ' s . Destruction of Bleach Works by Fire at Manchester . —A fire broke out on Tuesday morning at a very early hour , whieh has almost entirely destroyed one of our largest bleach works , and along with it a great quantity—probably 6 , 000 or 7 , 000 pieces—of cotton goods . The property was known as the Irwell Bleach Works , and stood on the right bank of tho river Irwell , at Douglas Green , Pendleton , about two miles from Manchester . About a quarter past two o ' clock the private watchman on the premises observed flames in the store ( occupying the third , fourth , and fifth storeys ) , and lighted by three tiers of windows , and immediately gavo an alarm . Tho fire appears to
have been almost simultaneously discovered ll'om several more distant points of view , including the higher parts of Pendleton and Broughton , and from Salford . It is supposed that the stove or drying room , had got overheated , and tbe goods in it being dried , would burst into dame almost like tinder . At the time the fire engines arrived the entire ofthe principal building of the bleach works was enveloped in one mass of flames , and part of the roof had fallen in . From the fury with which tho materials burnt , the fire brigades of Manchester and Salford had no chance of Baving the principal building . Floor after floor of the building gave way , and fell with terrific crashes upon the burning pile beneath , sending up terrific volumes of sparks and flame , till the whole interior , including the charred and blackened remains of the cloth , the wood work
of the floors , and the machinery , were one unsightly mass of ruins . A considerable portion of the wall on the south-eastern side of the building fell about five o ' clock , but fortunately that portion over tbe immense water wheel , wbich is of great value , was kept together . Tho flames were not extinguished till about six o ' clock , when the only portions ofthe property fonnd to be saved were the bleaching shed , water wheel , and packing room . The buildings and stock were insured iu the North British Fire Office for £ 1 , 860 , and in the West of England for £ 4 , 000 , and it ia hoped tbat the total , or about £ 6 , 000 , will cover the loss , though rumour had placed it at a much higher figure . The mill was erected by Mr . Douglas , contemporaneously with those of the celebrated Mr . Arkwright , and was used for above half a century in spinning cotton .
Fatal Railwat Accipbst . —A collision took place at Birmingham on Tuesday afternoon . The South Staffordshire train from Walsall , due at 430 in Birmingham , approached Vauxhall at its appointed time , but owing to a coke train •' shunting" over the main line a collision took place . The fireman jumped from the engine , but came in contact with the next carriage and waB instantl y killed . Several persons were slightly injured . The Bi ght Hon . Richard Lalor Sheil and hi * lad y were passengers in the train , but escaped uninjured .
Discovert of an _ikoekiouslt _coxenuutn ' Smi . —Superintendent Povoy , of Burslem Staffordshire , and Sub-inspectors Fry and Olive , of Hanley , commissioned officers of excise , discovered on Saturday last a very ingeniously concealed illicit still , ina cellar , under a bakehouse attached to the dwellinghouse of a potter , named Levi Calkin , at Shelton . The entrance thereto was so . well concealed by a sliding dooMbat the premises had been thrice previously searched , once ; by the police and twice by the excise , without $ he discovery being made ., When thc door Had been discovered and slid by the / officers who made the search on Saturday , a . ladder was wen leading into t - * Uar > or vault ! , which was
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found to form a complete cabinet distil _wy , contain bg a copper still , at full work , 130 gallons of _** ash _ei _? ht gallons Of whisky , numerous barrels , bottles tuns , tin casks and cases , _tun-diahes _, and a quantity of lead piping , & e . Calken was broug ht before Mr . Rose and Mr ! N . P . Wood , at Burslem , on Tuesday , when he admitted the offence , and also that he had once bofora heen convicted for similar doings , almost as well contrived to elude discovery , at Trent Tale . Being now summonsd for aiding and assist-¦ in / rbe waa fined in the penalty for that oflenoe _£ d 0 _,
, and on his inquirim ? whether , when in prison for default of payment , ho should be liable to be convicted of being the owner of the still , Mr Rose said certainly ; the excise laws _WOl'O , no doubt , OX * tremely severe , but that was necessary . _lJlcit distillation , from the demoralisation it occasioned , was one of thc greatest evils existing m the Potteries . It was also a growing evil , and it would be well tliat it should bo generally known that in all clear cases penalties to the utmost extent would be imposed . — Staffordshire Advertiser . Tho
Serious Affray with Salmon Poachers . — Gateshead Observer remarks : —Tho small streams running into the river Tyne arc at this season of the year visited nightly by parties of men for the purpose of destroying the salmon depositing then * spawn in the shallow water . The commissioners lor protecting the fisheries in this river , havo therefore appointed water-keepers in various districts to prevent these _depredations . On Saturday night last , about ten o ' clock , Joseph Harrison , one of the water-keepers , accompanied by Joseph Young , police constable of By well , 'was proceeding up Stocksficld Burn , when thoy discovered three men in the act of spearing- fish . Ono was armed with a "leister" or fish speartho second with a
, , hook , and the third held a lantern and a sack . The officer **! , after approaching sufficiently near to observe thorn , saw three fish taken , and leaping- over a fence , closed with two of the men . A scuffle ensued , in whi ; h Harrison and his antagonist fell . Young , who had seized his man , succeeded m _freeing Harrison from the grasp of the man who was upon him , and permitted him to regain his feet , when the third man , who had his hook fastened to a long polo about four feet long , made a desperate attack upon Young with this formidable weapon . He struck Young with ihe full force of both his hands across tho face and neck ani the point of the instrument caught him in three different places In
the chili and throat , though fortunately without doing him any serious injury . Young , after parrying two heavy blows with his stick , released his prisoner and closed with his assailant , and Harrison coming to his assistance , the poacher was socured . The other two escaped . The prisoner , whose name is John Pattinson , a pitman from the _Shutley Bridge Iron Works , was brought up before the magistrates afc Hexham , on Tuesday , Mr . Glynn , on behalf of Mr . U . C . Laws , the clerk to the commissioners of the Tyne fisheries , attended to prosecute . The bench sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment , and highly commended the officers for the courageous manner in which they had done thoir duty .
Singular Discovery of a Lunatic—An application was made to thc county magistrates at Rochester , on Monday , by Mr . Scolt , on behalf of the Guardians of thc Medway Union , for an order to remove one of the inmates to the County Lunatic Asylum—a poor fellow whose case excited much commisseration . It appears that he was brought to Chatham b y her Majesty ' s ship Albatross , having been found by a coasting vessel wandering on the sea shore of one of thc uninhabited islands ofthe Archipelago , by whicli vessel he was conveyed to Singapore , where he was placed under the care of the governor , and sent from thence to England , where , on his arrival , he was ordered by the
admiral to be received in Melville Hospital , Oatham ; and , on being declared free from bodily ailment , was subsequently transferred to the care of the officers ofthe Medway Union . At the time of his discovery he was almost in a state of nudity , and , either from mental aberration , privation , or long desuetude , could not be understood , although , from the few sounds or words he uttered , it was evident he was a British subject ; and although , aftor mixing some time with his fellowmen , he recovered the use of his tongue in a great measure , his mental imbecility was such , that no account could be obtained from him as to how he came on the island . Since he has been in the union
he has much improved , having to some extent recovered his memory : but , having exhibited a tendency to violence on several occasions , ifc was deemed advisable to obtain an order for his removal to the lunatic asylum , where , under proper treatment , there might be a possibility of his being restored to society and his friends , should they still exist . The crew named him Isaac Newton " , but from what has been _gleaned from the unconnected remarks and some writing which he has attempted , there is reason to believe his real name to be Walter Jenkins , and that he was broueht uo as a shenherd .
Mr . Scott stated thafc after his admission into the union , the clerk to the guardians wrote t «> the Secretary of State upon the subject , laying all the particulars ofthe case before him , and submitting that , under all the circumstances , it was more a national than a parochial matter , complaining of the hardship inflicted on the union , and asking for him to be admitted into the Navy or Military Asylum , or that an order mi ght be procured for his admission into Bethlehem , ' all of which , however , were refused , and the Medway Union is thus barthened with the responsibility of keeping the unfortunate man , at a cost of some £ 32 or £ 23 a year .
Ship Launch and Accident . —On Tuesday , at high water , a new bargue , of about 300 tons , was launched from the building-yard , west side ofthe Queen ' s Dock , Liverpool . Tlie day was fine , and a considerable concourse had assembled to see the vessel ' s introduction into its " native element ;" but we regret to say that the event was attended with a melancholy casualty , fatal to Robert Miller , a young man about nineteen years of age ( son of Mr . Miller , ofthe firm of Mackie and Miller , shipwrights ) , one of the apprentices employed in the yard . Just as the vessel was leaving the stocks , a coil of rope was thrown , as usual , by those on board over the bow . The unfortunate young man placed hie foot on this when it descended , as the readiest mode of securing it ; bufc unfortunately his foot slipped inside , the rope encircled his leg , and in a
few moments , tothe consternation of all present , he wa 9 dragged into tho river . He was spun round with the action of the rope , now at some height up the vessel ' s side , then struck with force againt the " spur shores " attached to the bottom launch ways , and eventually dragged beneath the water under the bottom of the vessel . The barque was taken in tow , as usual in cases of launch , and was led into the Queen ' s Dock basin , those on board being quite unconscious that any accident had happened . After being submerged for about ten minutes or a quarter ofan hour altogether , the unfortunate sufferer was released and brought on shore without delay . There were still some signs of animation , and he was promptly conveyed to the Southern Hospital , where the usual restoratives were attempted , but he died very Rhortly after admission .
Alarming Boiler Explosion at Bilston . —A serious accident happened at Messrs . Baldwin ' s colliery on Tuesday . The boiler belonging to a whimsey in the above colliery , situate between Bilston and Moxley , close to the Birmingham turnpike-road , and which worked four coal pits , burst , and the explosion was terrific . One part of the boiler was forced in the direction of the turnpike road , a distance of 100 yards , and taking with it the corner ofa hovel , descended on the railroad , breaking the rails , and then rebounding , was carried over the hedge , and across the turnpike road , where it fell . A horse and cart and two women were in close proximity , but happily escaped uninjured . The otherpart of the boiler was carried in the opposite direction , towards the Pot
House Bridge , a distance of 200 yards , taking with it a part of the engine , and throwing down the stack and the brickwork to a great distance . The main shaft and fly wheel were broken to pieces , and a small boiler , which was by the side of the large one , was carried a distance of twelve yards ; and the whole of the machinery was scattered in all directions . The engineer , John Johns , wbo is a very steady workman , had just left the side of the boiler as the accident occurred . He is very much scalded , but he is going on favourably . It is said that the accident cannot be accounted for : the boiler was cleaned and repaired the previous day . Seven or eight men and women were working on the pit bank at the time , close to the engine , but they all most providentially eseaped _.
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Thb _Imnghabnb _Ppisomna Case , —The magistrates of Carmarthen were occupied for three days last week in the examination of witnesses against Elizabeth Gibbs , accused of poisoning ; her mistress , Mary Anne Leverne _, and a fellow-servant Rebecca Uphill . The evidence was most _import tant , and militated much against the prisoner * especially important , was that of a female witness in the _jjaol , who deposed to certain admissions of the prisoner as to the purchase of arsenic The pri . soner was committed -for trial on the charge of murder . a
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_OpEniTMN of thk Poor Law . —The inmates of most of the workhouses are increasing , but to a much less extent than had be _^ en apprehended , from the advance of winter . _TheTioor ratei are still heavy in some ofthe western unions ; but the rates are by no means as high as those levied in Clare- In the union of ClanmorriB , county of Mayo , the new rates vary from 3 s , Id . to 6 s . 5 d . The latter rate applies to only one electoral division ; the highest in the other divisions is 3 s . 8 d . m the pound . The _Tknast-righ t MovRMEaT . —The Mdyo _TeleorapABtates , that Mverfcl of the landlords of that _goyntyarecoroperaUng in the Tenant Movement , and that the requisition to the high sheriff , for a
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county meeting in Mayo , was signed by the county representatives , Messrs . G . H . Moore and Ouseley Higgins ; by Messrs . "V . O'Connor Blake , of Towerhill ; Mark Blake , of Ballinafad ; and Mr . E . Bowley , of Belleek . 'Castle . The Charge aoainst Mr . Whitney , first clerk of the Custom-house , Cork , upon which he has been bailed to take his trial at the next assizes , is for alleged embezzlement of £ 30 only ; the receipts amounted to about .- £ 300 , 000 annually , and his public services to thirty-nine years . ____ ¦
The Movement in England . —The tranquillity of Ireland during the present agitation in England , is as gratifying as it ia remarkable . Efforts have been made by some Oiange journals to stimulate a movement , but up to this time they have proved wholly unavailing . The Nation of this day refers to the meeting of the Grand Orange Lod ; e abnut the _Papistical Aggression , " as a device of landlords to turn public attention from the settlement ot the land question . That journal entreats the Koman Catholics to remain quiet , observing- " Some gentlemen , of move enthusiasm than judgment , are going about counselling ' a great Catholic movement' throughout Ireland , in high and haughty defiance of Lord John Kussell . There is too much sense in the country , w » trust , to lend any ear to this weak and frantic nonsense . " - ...
Uf . adjustment of Rknts—In various parts ofthe country landlords are revaluing their estates , with a view to the reduction of their rents . Sir Ed « _-ara Tucker , who has lately become proprietor of an estate in Kilkenny , after a new valuation , has made a general reduction of his rents , in some instances from 42 s . per acre down to 24 s ., at the same time _striking off all arrears . The Earl of Orkney , after a careful investigation of the condition of his estate in the Queen ' s County , has reduced his rents from an average of 22 s . to Via . per acre . The late _Murdeu is Queen ' s County . —The jury at the inquest on Patrick llogan , bailiff of 3 . Hans Hamilton , Esq ., M . P ., who was murdered at Ooolagh , have returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . " The murdered man bad been recently employed in the execution of a habere , when tenants were evicted , some of whom owed four years' rent .
Extensive Emigration . —The ship JohnO Toole , which sailed from Dublin on Saturday last , carries out to New Orleans , nearly four hundred passengers , of whom all are Roman Catholics , withthe exception of one Protestant family . The Roman Catholics are accompanied by a bishop , a priest , and twelve Sisters of Mercy . Encumbered Estates _Coswnssiox . —Fourteen additional petitions were filed up to the 28 th ult ., making the gross total since the commencement of operations 1 , 402 .
Sales at Derrynake Abbey . —The Evening Packet says : — " We regret very much that the distress which has overtaken the landlords of Ireland , has at length found its way to the halls of the Liberator . At a sheriff ' s sale at Derrynane some time since , the whole ofthe splendid furniture and other household goods were sold for the sum of £ 364 _3-i . 8 d ., and were bought in by the National Bank of Ireland , The goods were left there pending some contemplated arrangements , but they were again recently brought to the hammer by the sheriff . The purchase of the furniture by the National Bank has been impeached as fraudulent , and on application to the court , an issue was granted last week to try the fact by a jury . All the rest of the property will be sold as a matter of course . Alas , how are the mighty fallen 1 The prices at which the National Bank bought the furniture may be imagined from the fact that the entire furniture , fee ., of "The Liberator ' s Room , " state bed , & c .. sold for £ 3 8 s . 6 d .
The Repeal Association . —The usual weekly meeting ofthe Association was held on Monday , at Conciliation Hall , Mr . P . _Lafferty in the chair . Mr . John O'Connell read a letter from the Rev . B . Masterman , R . C . C ., Mullingar , enclosing £ 3 for the " Loyal National Catholic Repeal Association , " and in which the writer says : — " The letter of the littleminded Lord John ' Mummery ' has not surprised any honest man ; it is like him . He has belied and insulted one-half of the inhabitants of the globe . He may have reason to regret his insolence . This is our first remittance for the present year ; I promise to you it shall not be our last , " Mr . O'Connell then referred at considerable length to the movement in England , and concluded by proposing a series of resolutions to the effect , "That the present anti-Catholic crusade in England has been stimulated by the
Minister for the unworthy purpose of securing his party in office , at any expense of consistency , fairness , and honourable feeling , and at any and every risk to religious liberty ; " that it is incumbent upon the friends of civil and religious liberty of all denominations , to come together to vindicate their glorious principles ; that a meeting of Irish Members of Parliament , in Dublin , previous to the session is most desirable , to concert measures for defending the _religious rights of tbe nation _, * that until the threatened assault 9 on Catholicity are repelled the Association add the word " Catholic " to its title , and be henceforth styled "The Loyal National Catholic and Repeal Association of Ireland . " The resolutions were adopted amid loud cheering . The rent for the week was £ 9 19 s . Id .
A Good Landlord . —We have great pleasure in recording the fact that Lord Templemore has allowed a reduction of twenty cent , to the tenantry on his Wexford estate , on all rents and arrears due to the 29 * . h of September , through his agent , Maurice Wilson Knox , Esq . This is not the first act of kindness on the part of his lordship , for generous feelings , and anxious consideration for the welfare of his tenantry have endeared him to all parties ou his estate . — Waterford Chronicle . The Flax Movement . —The tenth annual meeting of the Belfast Flax Improvement Society was
held in that city on Friday last . The Earl of Erne presided , and there was present a vast array of the nobility and gentry of the province . The proceedings occupy nearly niue columns of the Northern Whig , three of which are taken iip by " the report " alone . Among the speakers were the Bishop of Down , Lord Dufferin , Mr . _Sharman Crawford ,, M . P ., Sir Robert Bateson , and the Earl of Roden . The latter , who was tbe second chairman , paid a just tribute of respect to the Earl of Clarendon , for his Excellency ' s exertions to promote the objects of the society . «
The Murder of the Rev . Mr . Butson ' s Steward . —The Ballinasloe Star contains the following . *— " We inserted last week the account of an inquest held on the body of Pat . Bourke , a servant in the employment ofthe Rev . Mr . Butson , of _Clonfert , whose death was occasioned by taking some drug used for extracting iron moulds from linen , which he mistook for salts , and which was administered by his wife . This man , on his death-bed , made a full avowal of all the circumstances relating to the murder of Mr . Butson ' s steward , which took place in the month of September , 1845 . The confession made will bring the guilty parties to justice ; there were several engaged in the conspiracy to deprive this man of life , nearly all of whom left this
country for America after the tragedy was completed . " Election of Lord Mayor of the New Corporation . —The new Town Council assembled for the first time on Monday in the City Assembly-house , when Mr . Guinness was declared unanimously elected aB Lord Mayor , amidst enthusiastic applause . Attempted Assassination op a Land Agent . —A correspondent of the Freeman ' s Journal , whose letter is dated , '• Letterkenny , Sunday morning , " gives the following account of an attempt to assassinate a land agent in the county of Donegal : — .
" I hasten to inform you of an attempt at assassination and robbery on the person of Mr . James Johnston , of Woodlands , near Stranorler , agent to Colonel Pratt , of Cabra Castle , who has an estate near this town . The robbers , aware of his receiving his rents yesterday , and that he would go home to-day , lay in wait tor him , and shot his horse under him , and beat him very severely , baving first taken all bis money , & c , from him He is a kind and good agent , and a man of most liberal and generous views with respect to his intentions towards the amelioration ofthis country There » a great sympath y for him amongst ali classes in the community . "
Sales of Encumbered _EsiiTEs . _—The sales in the Encumbered Estates Court on Tuesday , different from those of the last week or two , were of a decidedl y unfavourable character , but it is necessary to remark that the properties offered were of a secondary class , and some of them far from well circumstanced . Tbo properties announced for sale were chiefly in the county of Galway , with leasehold interests in Queen ' s County , and some house property in Dublin . Limerick Election . —Several meetings have been held in the county of Limerick during the past week for the purpose of insuring the return of Mr . Ryan , the Tenant League candidate for the county Limerick . The Limerick Reporter states , that " most of the Catholio clergy , on Sunday last , addressed their congregations from the altars in favour of Mr . Ryan . " A meeting of the " Evangelical Alliance" was
held on Tuesday ni ght , at the Rotunda , for the purpose of . denouncing the '' Popish aggression . " A strong police force was deemed necessary to prevent tho intrusion ofa d _' _wsentienfc mob , but the police were unable to prevent a good deal of confusion and uproar from taking place . The sew corporation have re-elected all the offi . cers ofthe late corporation . On Tuesday there was a contest for the _omoes of assessors and a « S 5 S 3 _A _* officers ¦ _" _— _" _£ _« The trial of Mr . John Emanuel _Hugues on a _E „ t 1 'J 1 . ch he _wasthe treasurer , took _tni'Sl _^ , bt _-DRowmo . -We regret h ? T ? _Sl tba _^ r Sa « _n « _ers , late secretary to _S _sSl * \ nd _Watorford Railway , was drowned _ThSlJ _* . _. ht la 8 t tho harbour of Holy'bead . The unfortunate r _« v _* u . v , WaB a pa 8 Mnger ih the
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Eblana , from Kingstown , and a few seconds before he fell overboard he was observed preparing his luggage to land . The ni ght was very dark , and _j { is supposed he missed his rooting over the gangway —Freeman ' s Journal . Lord John Russell ' s Letter . —A . meeting of thg Limerick corporation was held on Monday , _^ o standing order requiring a week ' s notice ofa motion having been suspended by a large majority , for tho purpose of allowing Town Councillor O'Donnell . _{§ bring forward the fo'lowing resolution on the sub . jeefc of Lord John Russell ' s letter to the Bi 3 hop of Durham : — " That the insolent and audacious let . ter of the English Minister to the Bishop of'Durham is a deliberate and unprovoked insult to the people of Ireland . That wo treat with scorn his threat to re-enact the penal code in theso kingdoms ; and
that we demand irom our representatives a _pledge to use every effort to drive him from a position which he disgraces . " Mr . O'Donnell addressed tho assembly at gre _.-it length in support of the resolu . tion , and expressed his belief that tho whole proceedings on the part of Lord John Russell was adopted for the " purposo of breaking up the good feeling wliich promises to grow up amongst the peoplo of this country . —Mr . Lynch and Mr . Cullen followed-on the same side , in support of the resolution , and in the n ; uno of seven millions of Irish Roman Catholics , flung back at the pigmy Premier the taunt of " mummery and sup erstition . " Mr . Barrington opposed it on the ground that reli gious topics ought not to be discussed in that Council Chamber ; and also because the language ' was too
strong . He , howerer , wished to state thathe did not approve of tho language used by Lord John Russell , with reference to the reli gion professed b y a great number of the people ofthis country . lie thought the words " insolent and audacious" too strong to hfi applied to hira . ( Cries of" Thoy are his own words . " )—The Mayor suggested . 1 modification , so that the council might be unanimous . —Mr . O ' Donnell had only changed " insidious and audacious" in Lord John Russell ' s letter , to " insolent and audacious" in his resolution , and he thought of the two the former was worse ; he would make no change . —Mr . Keays said he did not quarrel with the feelings of any Roman Catholic , but he still thought the expressions applied to the letter too strong . —Alderman Dawson supported the resolution . —Mr . Bouchier : No man in existence has a
greater contempt for the Whigs than I have and always had . ( Cheers . ) I consider them to be a place-hunting , dispicable set , ready to turn party against party , for the purpose of carrying out their own base designs . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) I de _« cidedly and openly stand up to censure that part of Lord John Russell ' s letter in which he presumes to say that the religion of so large a portion of my countrymen is a superstition . No man has a right to judge between his fellow-man and his God , and each has a perfect right to worship his Creator in the way he wishes . It would be a great object if the resolution could be framed so as to meet the unanimous concurrence of all . —Mr . O'Donnell refused to make any alteration whatsoever , and the resolution being put , was declared carried . —On the motion of Mr . Cullen , it was then resolved to send copies of tho resolution to Lord John Russell , to Lord Grey , to the Lord-Lieutenant , and to every corporate body in Ireland .
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MIDDLESEX _SESSIONS .. _Aw _Unprotected P £ mals . —Sarah Burke , 19 , Sophia Dilbury , 22 , Jane Finnerty , 18 , and Eliza Jones , 23 , were indicted for robbing Mary Ann Foster Simmons of a msuule , and a purse containing 13 s . 2 d . —The circumstances of this case were of an extraordinary nature . The prosecutrix , a young woman apparently about tiventy years of age , deposed thafc she was a single woman , and the daughter of a person holding a situation on the Midland Counties Railway at Derby . She arrived in London last week on business , and was staying at a boarding-house near the Euston-square station . At about one o clock on Saturday morning last she was proceeding along Tottenham-court-road , when she was accosted by the prisoner Finnerty , who asked her
for a penny . She told her that she had no change upon whicb she asked for some supper . They walked together a short distance , when they were joined by Jones , and , at the request of Finnerty , they went and procured some ham and bread . She then said that she was very late , and oncot * the prisoners suggested that , as she was a stranger in town , they would show her a respectable boarding-house , and , not knowing her way , she said she should be glad if they would do EC They then took her to a house in Church-lane , St . Giles , and conducted her to a room up stairs . All was in darkness , bufc she was aware that other women were present . One of them immediatel y seized her , and threw her upon the bed . She screamed , when one of them knelt upon her
head and chest , holding her hand over her nose and mouth until she was nearly suffocated , whilst the others proceeded to strip her of her clothes and rifle her pockets . She struggled with them , and mado all the noise she possibly could , but she speedily became insensible , the last circumstance she could recollect being that the women threatened to mur _> der her if she continued to resist . On coming to herself she saw women still in the room , and some of them began to express pity for her . She was going down stairs , when the prisoner Dilbury laid hold of her , in order to prevent her following the other prisoners , who had just beforo left the room , but she broke away from her and ran after them . She raised a cry of " stop thief , " and they were
captured by the police officers on duty in the neighbourhood . —Catherine Saunders deposed that she lived at 4 , Upper William-street , Portland-town , and was a widow . On Friday ni ght last , on leaving the Queen ' s Theatre in company with Mary Hersey , a friend of her ' s , she met in Tottenham-court-road the prisoners Burke and Dilbury , who got into conversation with them . Witness asked them if they could get an omnibus to Portland-town . One of them answered that she would not be able to get one that ni ght , and invited her to go home with her . She thought this otfer very kind , and accepted it . She treated them at a public-house , and she and her friend accompanied tbem to a house , where they went to bed . They had not been in bed long before
they heard a great noise on the stairs , and presently some women entered the room * . One of them threw a female upon the bed , and , using a fri ghtful expression , said , " Give up your money or we will murder you . " They ill-treated her , and presently the police came in , and when she ( witness ) proceeded to dress herself , she discovered that her shawl , boots , and other articles of attire had been stolen . —Mary Hersey , single woman of 22 , Cochrane-terrace , St . John ' s Wood , the person who was withthe last witness , corroborated her evidence , and proved that she , too , had been robbed of some shillings she had in her pocket , her shawl , and other articles . She identified a shawl produced as her property . —The evidence of the other witnesses
showed that the prisoners Burke and Dilbury were apprehended immediately after the capture of the other prisoners . On Burke was found Miss Hersey ' s shawl , and Mrs . Saunders ' s was picked up at a spot over which the prisoners passed in endea * votiring to escape . Miss _Simmons's mantle wag found near the house in Church-Jane , and on tho prisoners being searched at the station-house , other of the articles stolen , and portions of the money , were found upon thc prisoners . All the prisoners were found Guilty . There were also indictments against tbem for the robberies on the witnesses Saunders and Hersey . —Tho learned Judgo said lie was sorry that ho was forced to the conclusion that the evidence was not sufficient to convict the
prisoners on the other indictments . Dad it been safcient , the Court would most certainly have sentenced them to transportation ; as it was , the sentence was that they be each imprisoned and kept to hard labour for the apace of one year . Book Steali . no . —Isaac Ballard , 15 , and Georgo Sainsbury , 18 , were indicted for _stealing seven books from the residence of Sir John Romilly , the Attorney-General . The prisoner Ballard had been at work , during some repairs , at the residence of Sir John Romilly , in Gordon square , and he was found in the New-cut , Lambeth , in company with the other prisoner , with seven books in his possession . One of Sir John Itomilly ' s servants identified the books as Sir John ' s property , the majority of them beincr written in by Lady Romilly . Ballard
was found Guilty ; Sainsbury Acquitted . The former was sentenced to three months' hard labour . False Pretences . —Sidney Giles , IC , was indicted for obtaining by false pretences a quantity of articles used in the construction of the piccolo p ianofortes from John Bush , with intent to cheat him thereof . —The prisoner was convicted , and it appeared that in May last he was sentenced to three months' hard labour , for an oifenee similar to tbe present . He was now sentenced to six months ' hard labour . The grand jury found a truo bill against a person named Ritchie , for keeping an unlicensed place of public amusement in Old-street . A bench warrant was applied fov and granted . The bill was preferred by tho parochial authorities of St . Luke .
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Skcrm kindnesses done to mankind are as beautiful as secret injuries are detestable . To be invisibly good ib as godlike as to be invisibly eril is diabolical . . Tub Boston Transcript learns that Mr . Hackett * the American actor , has been invited by the Queen to join the company that are engaged to giveia Beries of _Shakesperian representations at Windsor Castle during the ensuing season . A _Pemos 7 S Yeas * old cured of a Bad Li « bt «« J _lowat' « Ointment asd Fills . —Mrs . Larenden , of _»<>¦ - > Richards _« n _' _s-building-i , Goswell-street , had , ever _wnw giving "birth to twins , thirty-four years ago , u » ered !|' i _drendful wounds In her leg , _and . which _aevoral m «* men both in France and England had been uhuble to cui ¦ > her sufferings were infuse " , and oftentimes ihe was oun _* lontjperiods wholly contiued to her bed . . _E'ti 5 ~ eli _* > g tho advice of lwr friends , - she made a trial of Hollow ** Ointment and Villa-, and these _ce lebrated _«* emeaie « n " healed her wounds , and she can now walk about _ittta *" _irreatse townfcet . <
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07121850/page/6/
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