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Health or _Losnox _Dcrixgt-te Wee _*^— In the "week ending lost Saturday , 1 , 023 deaths were registered in the districts ofthe metropolis . In the corresponding wecksof the ten years ( 1841-50 ) , the average w . _is _" l , 162 ; compared with which the present return exhibits a favourable result And if ifc conld be safely assumed , notwithstanding the effects of th- * various epidemics , that the population has increased yearly at the rate of loo per cent , ( the annual rate of increase _observed in London between
tbe two censuses of 1331 and 1 S 41 ) and the above _sverasc were proportionally augmented , the _comparison would show the public health of the week in a still m « rc satisfactory point of view . But it will b' * _foirn 1 on examination that , in five out of ten cirresp _< nding weeks , the returns differ little from thitof last week , or fall mnch below it , whilst an excessive mortality presses on other parts of the series , the deaths rising to 1 , 450 , at one period , when _influenza was in the " -ranc , at another , when choicra had broken out ia _Drsiuet ' s institution , and
Inns swelling the account suave wtat an average Stat *; of health would produce . The last week exhibits a marked improvement on the first week of the -ear , chiefly in the decline of fever and the epidemic- ? to which children are subject , but also in the ? _diiuiuisl-cil effects of diseases of the respiratory organs . Iu the previous week the deaths from epidemics in the aggregate were 239 , in the last they were 173 ; and to take particular maladies in this clas =, there were in the former week , from smallpox , measles , scarlatina , ami hooping cough , 28 , 29 , 14 , and 5 S , _respectively ; in the last week there were 10 , 21 , 16 , 43 ; scarlatina alone , wliich , however , is now l _<* ss fatal than _U 3 iial , not showinsr a decrease . Typhus has declined in the two weeks
from 4 S to 35 ; erysipelas from 14 to 2 . _Amongst _complaints which assume an epidemic character , infiuenza alone shows any tendency to increase ; it has _carni-d off 9 persons in the week , though it usually reaches less than half that number . In connection , with three cases of typhus , which proved fatal in three different parts of the metropolis , the _Registrars call _atu-ntion in their notes to the circumstances in -which these events occurred , here " a filthy and overcrowded court , " whicb had been repeatedly complained of as the nursery of - iseasc ; at another placo , " miserable huts , " which had been constructed without regard to comfort or decency ; and in the third case , a small back-room is described , where six persons bad been
• sleeping , and into which air could not penetrate either by means of the chimney or other channel . F . _-u-ii cases arising from affections of the respiratory organs ( _exclnsiveof hooping cough and phthisis ) are _diminished from 321 iu the former week , to 275 in the last : and _unmu _* . « t these , laryngitis from 11 to 4 , bronchitis from 152 to 130 , pneumonia from 101 to % , ami asthma from 37 to 27 . In the same _pa-iod , _phthisis exhibits a decrease from 147 to 123 . On the 7 th of January , in St . Gi ! es-in-thc-Fields . at tbe Union Workhouse , a woman who had been a servant , died , as mentioned in tbe medical certificate , from " old age and decay , " after _having reached the extraordinary age of 105 years . MrT Faulkner , the Registrar , adds , that " this woman retained full possession of all her faculties till within a fortnight of ber death . " Ifc is not stated , as is desirable in such cases , whether so singular a fact rests on the antbority of a parish
_reg ister or oth r sufficient evidence . The b _' rth of 792 _hovs and "S 3 girls , in all 1 , 580 children , were registered -in the " week . The _average of six _corresponding weeks in 1 S _45-00 was 1 , 350 . At the Royal _Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily reading ofthe barometer , which had fluctuated on the first four days of the week , fell to 29 . 385 in . on Wednesday , and then rose gradually to 29 . 998 in . on Saturday . The mean _' of the week was 29 . 035 in . The mean daily temperature was lowest on Monday and Thursday , * when it was about 33 deg . 3 min . It was hi ghest on Saturday , when it rose to 48 deg . 2 min . The mean ofthe week was 42 deg . 2 min . On every day the temperature was higher than the _average of the same day in ten years . On Tuesday and _"Wc-lfce-iday the mean was about 7 deg . above the averaee ; on Friday 8 deg . 5 min ., and on Saturday nearly 12 deg . The wind was S ., and on tbe last four davs was in the S . W .
VEnniCT op _MaSslatjohteb against the Trustees of _ Road . —On Monday Mr . Payne concluded tbe inquest on the body of William Brent , who met Lis death by _an'accident alleged to have arisen from the disgraceful state of the road at _dewing ton Causeway . After boarinsr the evidence , the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Mr . Pocock . Chairman , and the five trustees of the South District Board of St . George , Southwark . " The Coroner took the recognisance of £ 50 from Mr Pocock . for his appearance at the Central Criminal Court , and stated that he would accept the
recognisances ofthe other trustees in a similar amount . Suspected _Ciiiin Murder . —On Monday morning the hody of . i male child was discovered in the drain running from the house of a penon named _Donovan , _residing in Seven Dials . The closft was stoppelnp and Donovan was opening the drain with a pitchfork , when to his horror he discovered be lad stuck it into the neck of an infant . The police were called in , and the body conveyed to the St Giles ' s Workhouse , when Mr . Bennett , the surgeon , gave his opinion that the infant was four or five davs old .
Murder of _ Wife _bt deb _Hcsbact . —On Tuesday evening Mr . _H . il . Wakley held an inquest at the Prince of " Wales , Sudelej-street _, Islington , ou Sarah , aged sixty-tbree , the wife of Thomas Johnson _, an old soldier , who lately followed the trade of sbcemnking . The evidence was that of Elizabeth Battv . a schoolmistress , occupying the apartment adjoining the deceased ' s , who deposed that about iwe ' re o ' clock oh Saturday night , she heard a dreadful noise in her room , but ef which she took no notice , as deceased and her husband were always quarrelliner . The noise resembled that created by ihe upsetting of cups and saucer- and ol the fonjirure . She heard deceased ' s husband exclaim , " You old ¦ I'll do for vou . " After which sbe
heard a kevry fall on the floor . All was then silent . In Ihe morning witness was awoke by the police _, who asked herlf she knew anything of tbe murder ? She replied in tbe negative , and then went to see deceased . —Sarah Harris stated that she had frequently heard deceased and her husband quarrelling , and they both were addicted to drunkenness . —The jury deliberated a short time , and returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against tbe * husband , whose committal to Newgate the coroner handed to the police . —Deceased and her husband bad been _mairied forty-three years , and lived in the neighbourhood upwards of twenty years , during which time the husband rendered himself notorious for his brutal treatment of deceased .
Fatal Collision ox the Eastern Counties Railwat .- —An inquiry of three days' duration was concluded on Tuesday last at tbe Bailway Inn . adjacent to the Ponoers-end station ofthe Eastern Counties Railway , before Mr . Higgs , the coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster , concerning the death of ViDcerci Xadwick , a nig ht ; inspector at tbe station , who was killed on the 8 th last , by a special train coming in contact with a goods truck , which * e was removing into a siding . Mr . Hawley , from the ofiice of the solicitors to the company , was present to watch tbe evidence , and Mr . G . Richardson , the superintendent of the line , and other officials attended to afford every information . It may be at once mentioned that the special train was conveying a gentleman named Haviland , from London to Cambridge , to see his
father , who was dangerously ill , and who is since deceased . In hi 3 summing up , the coroner told the jury tbat the deceased was doing bis best in getting a truck over the line ; and as it had been statethat it would Tequire twenty minutes to run and place tbe fog signal six hundred yards beyond the obstruction and to get back , it was obvious that he could not have done it . Then , with reference to the special train , did they consider that tbe driver of tbe engine observed that caution which was expected from bim when running under such peculiar circumstances ? They had evidence-as to the rate he was going ; they would judge whether he was going at a reckless speed . If they were satisfied that he was , and that he did not exercise that precaution which he ought under tbe circumstances , tban tbeir verdict would
be one that would criminally affect him . —The room was then cleared of strangers , and after three hours ' deliberation , the Foreman announced tbat they had agree- * upon a verdict of manslaughter against Ronald Baxter , the driver of the engine of the special train . They also handed in thefollowing as an addenda to their verdict : — " Tbe jury cannot sepa rate without expressing tbeir unanimous opinion tbat the duties assigned to the deceased , who was hilled during their proper performance , were more multifarious tban a person in bis station of life and
with his emolutions could reasonabl y be expected to perform , and that greater precautionary measures , By mean- ofthe electric telegraph , might have been adopted . They think it right also toadd , that the regulations of the Eastern Counties Railway Company appear to require modification , and that punctuality should be more strictly enforced . "—The Coroner then made out the warrant for the commitment of the engine-driver , Baxter , to _Xewgate , to await his trial at tbe next sitting of the Central Criminal Court . In the course of tbe everin «* he was conveyed in custody fo the Old Bailer . °
Fatal Accident at the Traveller ' s Club House . —On Wednesday , an inquest was taken b y Mr . Bedford , attheCharing-croBs Hospital , on tbe body of Michael Flanagan , aged twenty-two . The deceased had been at the works now going on in the Traveller ' s Club House , Pall-mall , and on Friday afternoon he and four others were going on __ 3 usual , when the foreman observing tbey bad been drinking desired them to go home . The deceased bad got to the tup of tbe building and was going down a very h'g h ladder , but the foreman suggested a better way by which he had come up by a ladder only twenty feet high . The deceased assented to this , - and was missed among the scaf-
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folding , but was soon found lying on the stone flooring m an insensible state , and _bleeding profusely from ihe ears , rie was taken to the Charingcross Hospital and died the nextni ght , never having been able to speak . On a post mortem examination of the body it was found that the skull " was fractured from ear to car , and there was laceration of the brain by the bone . The . foreman thought if tbe deceased was incapable of work he ought to have been assisted down the ladder . The jury then returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " Sotposed Child Murders . — On Wednesday Mr . M . Wakley , the deputy coroner , held two inquests atthe Fountain public-house , King-street , Seven Dials , on the bodies of two male infauts , supposed
to have been murdered . The first case was on the body of the male child of Julia Maloncy , who was charged on Wednesday at Bow-street , ' for concealing the birth . The body was found in the drain of Mr . Donovan ' s house in Queen-street , at which place Maloney had been a servant . She denied all knowledge of the child at the police-court , but it was found that she had recently been delivered of an infant . —Mr . B _.-nn _-t , _suvgeouiuhc workhouse of St . Giles ' s , said he was of opinion that the child had been born some eight or nine days . He had made the (• simulation , " and believes that the child
had breathed . He believes that if the child had been properly attended to it would have lived . The witness added that the woman bad made a confession that the child belonged to her , and tbat it had been in the watercloset for some days . The jury , in the absence of any _positive evidence , returned au open verdict , ' ' That the child was found in a privy , but whether born alive or not there is no evidence to show . " The second case wa 9 on the body of a male child found in a drain in Churchlane . Mr . Bennet said a portion of the head was knocked in and he attributed death to violence . The jury returned a similar verdict in the second
case . The _ConoTS-- _* _- . von Middlesex _asb in * s Guardians of St . Paxcras . —A full attendance of the guardians of St . Pancras was held at tbe Courtbouse on Tuesday to consider the allegations against the Deputy-Coroner . "Mr . Fraser , the senior churchwarden , presided , and opened the business of the meeting by saying be had just received a letter from Mr . James Clarke , who wag unable to attend , and who requested that some other gentleman would take the matter up . He ( the chairman ) since their last meeting bad seen Mr . Wakley , jun ., who had stated to him that his feelings had been much hurt and irritated at different times by remarks which had been made by members of tbe board . He had
no personal feeling of hostility against the board ; the ebsenations that escaped bim bad been made in ths heat of the moment ; and he had authorised him ( the chairman ) most fully to retract what he had said npon tbat occasion . Mr . "Wakley , sen ., having also said he had no ill feeling towards the board , he trusted tbey would agree with him that it would be injudicious to proceed further with the discussion . Mr . Wakley , jun ., denied having sent communications to tbe Dispatch newspaper ; and , with _TCBpect to holding unnecessary inquests , declared that ths fault lay with the beadles and not with him . Mr . Churchwarden Baker thought after what had been said the board would be satisfied . Mr . Healy concurred . Mr . Wakley , M . P ., then said , his son had
authorised him to state that he was labouring under feelings of irritation on the occasion alluded to , and if any one felt annoyed he was willing to recall the expressions . He ( Mr . Wakley } regretted there had been any misunderstanding between the board and the coroner ; there was the greatest difficulty in giving satisfaction to all parties . If there was a desire to heal the wounds that had been laid open , he ( Mr . Wakley ) should be most anxious to apply the most soothing emollient . ( Hear . ) Mr . Baker then proposed that , after the explanation and apology offered , the board should proceed to the next business of tbe day . This motion was seconded and carried unanimously . Mr . Wakley then' said that ,
in regard to the charge made against the reporter , be had felt it his duty to make inquiries concerning that gentleman , and he found that , with respect to what arose at tbe inquest on tbe late Lieutenant Colonel Fawcett , the reporter had no connexion with certain articles which were offensive to his ( Mr . Wakley ' s ) feelings . He hoped thenceforward there would be peace between them . ( Hear . ) The reporter having expressed his acknowledgments to Mr . Wakley , tbe business terminated ; after which Mr . Wakley , at the invitation of the directors , made an inspection of the house and expressed bis satisfaction atthe improvements made in it since he went over it some years ago .
Destructive Fire at WooLWicn . —On Tuesday morning a fire , involving a _serious-Ioss of property broke out iu the _pn-mises belonging to Mrs . Burcb , known as the Roebuck Tavern , situate at No . 43 , Church-street , Woolwich . The discovery was made by a police-sergeant , who perceived smoke issuing from the window shutters . At that time the whole of the residents were in their beds , but the officer managed to make them sensible of their danger , and they escaped , although nearly stifled with smoke . The flames travelled with surprising rapidity , and very speedily enveloped the whole of the spacious building . The engines were soon on
tlie spot , and eventually succeeded in extinguishing the conflagration , but not until the tavern anil its contents were reduced to ashes , and the pre mises on either side considerably injured by water . Destructive Fire . —Shortly before one on Wednesday morning a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . J . Murray , tallow chandler and oilman , 49 , Bridge House-place , Xcwinglon-canseway . . The inmates were fortunately assisted to make their escape by the window , but the fire could not be stayed until all the back rooms , the shop front and warehouse , and several of the front rooms were burned out .
Dinner at tub Mansion-house . —Tbe _"_ iord Mayor , pursuant to ancient custom , gave on Plough Monday an _elegant entertainment to the various City officers , including the governors of the City prisons , and several of his private friends . Accidest ox tub River . —On Saturday afternoon _lasta most unfortunate and fatal accident happened at Grays Thurrock . A boat containing nine persons—viz ., two watermen , two women , and five children , was being rowed over tbe river . A coal bri g going down , the river ran thcra down , - and tbe whole party met a watery grave . Tbe names are at present unknown . It is supposed to have happened in consequence of the weather having been so foggy that the btig was npon them before tbey had tbe chance of getting out of tbe way . '
Blackfriars Bridge . —On Monday the Corporation Committee appointed to _inquire into the most efficient means for securing Blackfriars Bridge against further subsidence paid an official visit to that structure . It was found that the sinking had been checked by the works lately carried on at tbe piers , and no further damage is anticipated . The model of an iron stay , which it is proposed to apply to the arches , was inspected and approved . It is expected that the necessary repairs on the road of the bridge may be completed without closing the bridge .
Repeal of the Wixdow Tax . —On Monday evening a crowded meeting ofthe ratepayers of Maryle bone , composed of gentlemen of all shades of political opinion , was held by permission of the vestry , in the spacious court-bouse , for the purpose ot organising final measures with a view to the total and immediate repeal of tbe window tax . Resolutions deprecatory of the window tax were carried unanimously , and a considerable subscription to carry on the agitation having taken place , thanks were voted to the chairman and the meeting separated . Bdrglart at tub Lambeth Money Order
Office . —On Monday morning tbe premises ot Messrs . Buck and Wootons , of the money order ofiice , 33 , Mount-street , Westminster Bridge-road , were entered by burglars , who remained unperceived on the premises long enough to pack np considerable property for removal . About half-past three tbe shopmen were alarmed by an unusual noise , and proceeding to ascertain the cause , disturbed tbe burglars , who fled over the backs of the houses at the rear of the premises , and effected their escape with about £ 10 value . This is the second time that these premises bave been burglariously invaded within these few months .
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Reduction of the Dorr ox Tea . —Reports have reached Newcastle that the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer is willing to reduce the tea duty "threepence per pound on the 5 th of April next , and threepence each year for the ensuing three years . " The duty on tea is now 2 s . 2 d . per _pouni , so that by this plan it would be reduced to Is . 2 d . per pound in and after ISM . Some such reduction as this has long been called for , and will no doubt soon be carried into effect ; but we think the duties might safely be lowered at a more rapid rate . Threepence a pound might favourably affect the retailer ,
but certainly not the small consumer . And " ( re do not believe that a much larger reduction would operate injuriously upon the revenue . On the contrary , it would so stimulate the consumption of tea , tbat tbe annual amount of tax paid by it into the Exchequer would be increased rather tban diminished . This is not a question of surplus or no surplus , for , at any time , Sir Charles Wood may be assured tbat the revenue will not suffer , although tbe country will be most materially benefited , if he p lucks up the courage to make a bold _exjeiiaient with tea .
As Abscess d * the Breast cubed by Uoixowai ' s Oikt . sent _ sd _Puxs . —About three years since , Mrs . OTIaherfry , of Hill-street , Cork , accidentally bruised her breast . For months afterwards the pain increased , and the part became _fearfiuly swollen : various applications were tried without giriug the least relief ; ultimately an abscess _fonneiJ , discharging a great quantity of humour , which debilitated her constitution to an alarming extent ; at this stage , a lady strongly rt commended her to try Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills , having witnessed their good effects on former occasions , which advice she followed , and these fine medicines answered mostsatisfactorily , for the wound was soon healed , and her health is now quite renovated .
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Cruelty to a _Servaht . —A case having some- ; thing of the features of that of . the unfortunate Jans Wilbred has just been brought before a bench of "Worcestershire magistrates . In this case the ill-used domestic was a young girl named Hannah Hinton , aged sixteen years , who at Michaelmas last was hired at a statute fair by Mr . John Lee , a farmer , of Kempsey , near Worcester , who engaged her as nursemaid to his children at the wages of £ 2 per year . The girl was never healthy or strong , but has become much emaciated since her entry upon her new service . On her appearance before the magistrate she appeared much emaciated , and her features appeared pinched and careworn , her _general appearance being that of a person much older . She deposed to frequent castigations inflicted by her master and mistress , but especially the latter . Her master had struck her over the head with a pair of _iec-anes , because she had not got the fire lighted
at seven o ' clock in the morning ; and just before Christmas Mrs . Lee called her a " nasty hussey , " and picking her up by the arms threw her down stairs . She added— "I was hurt badly all up my side , and my arms were bruised and as sore as could be . My master and mistress were in the habit ot cursing and swearing at me . " She also represented that the food which was given to her was scanty , and when she had meat , or dripping upon her bread , itwas 6 tale and offensive to the nose and palate . —Mrs . Powell , a neighbour to the Lee ' s , deposed to the ill-treatment of the girl . On a Sunday evening witness heard a great noise as of something falling down stairs , and great cursing and _sweariug from Mr . and Mrs , Lee , and the girl Hinton was crying . Next morning the girl told witness tbat her mistress bad pushed her down stairs from top to the bottom , and had hurt her _thijih . Witness saw a large bruise on her thigh , about the size of ber hand . Had often heard Mrs . Lee threaten to kill the
girl , knock her brains out , & c . She ( the girl ' looked very bad six weeks ago , but looked worse now . She had come to witness many times and begged for a bit of victuals— " a bit of bread or a cup of coffee . " Last Sunday she sent witness ' s little girl to her to ask her for a potato . The potatoes were not quite cooked , and she sent her a bit of pudding . The girl had told witness many times that she had not half enough to eat—Matilda Munn , a dressmaker , living in tbe same village of Kempsey , deposed to acts of cruelty exercised by Mrs . Lee towards the girl , who had often complained to witness that she was kept short of fond , beaten , and ill-used .
Had known Mrs . Lee beat her with a walking stick , and heard the girl scream our . And also heard threats used towards her , both by Mr . and Mrs . Lee . The girl had shown to witness the food tbat had heen given to her . It was bread , wiih something like lard upon it , and which " smelt very bad . '' The magistrates , after hearing theevidmce , and receiv " ing from the superintendent of the county police , good character of the male defendant ' s " humanity , ' came to the determination to convict the defendants of a common assault . They were accordingly fined £ 2 each and cos ' s ; and in delivering the judgment of the Court the chairman characterized the case as one of" great and unnecessary cruelty . "
Daring Escape of Three Highwat Robbers from Carlisle Gaol . —Between three and four o ' clock on the morning of Saturday last , J . Thompson , W . Mounsey , and T . Piunick , three men who , along with another man named William-Graham , were committed about six weeks aeo to take their trial for highway robbery and attempted murder j made their escape from Carlis ' e gaol by a well planned stratagem . Three of these fellows have been previously convicted more than once . The circumstances attending tbeir escape are briefly as follow : — Ever since their committal to gaol Graham has been subject to epileptic fits , consequently the surgeon ordered that he should sleep in a cell with two other prisoners , whose duty it was to take charge of him during these attacks . He was at first separated from his fellow offenders , but since the sessions , which were held last week , there were no other untried
prisoners remaining , with _jhe exception of one , therefore the governor , who is prevented by law from placing convicted prisonevs along with those who bave not yet been tried , had no alternative but to place one of his own party with him , in connexion with the untried prisoner already _aliudul to Oo Saturday morning this man objected to remain any longer in the same cell as the two highway robbers , consequently the governor placed another of their companions with tbem , thus making a party of three . Owing to an uproar shortly after two on Saturday morning , the night watchnian ( John James ) went to the governor ' s bed-room window , and stated that there was great shouting and knocking in ward No . 4 , and that he thought Graham had taken another fit . The governor therefore gave him the keys and a light to go into the gallery and ascertain the fact ; he accordingly went to the door of the cell in which the three
rotibers were conhned , looking through the key bole , and seeing the other two prisoners holding Graham , inquired , " Is there anything amiss ? " One of the party replied , " For God ' s sake make haste and open the door , the fellow is dying . " Knowing that Graham was subject to fits , he incautiously opened the door , and introducing his light ( though against his instructions , which were , never wider any circumstances to enter a cell by himself . ) No sooner had he opened the door than he was seized by the throat by Graham ( the dying man ) , thrown upen his back _, and the keys forcibly taken from him . He made every resistance , but ail was of no avail ; moreover , Mounsey civilly said to bim , " If you don ' t be quiet d d sharply it will be the worse for you . " The
three robbers than left tbe cell , having locked the wa cbman up in it , who still shouted , but could not he heard from the governor ' sbed-room . They then liberated their companion , _Pjonick , who was locked up in another cell , and the four immediately proceeded to plan means for effecting their escape . ' They first got a plank , which they fixed upon the spikes of some railings , which border the south wall of the prison ; they next carried off a short ladder , used by the night watchman for lighting the lump ! 1 . This they placed upon the plank , but as their machinery was still defective , they secured a long towel , which proved very _useful . The towel was handed to Graham , who , being the tallest man , mounted first , and with difficulty got upon the wall . The other
prisoners , assisted by Graham with the towel , werethen pulled up one by one , till the whole four were upon the wall . The next business was to descend . They _accordingly drew up the ladder , and let it down on the opposite side of the wall ; the towel was again brought into requisition by Graham , who let the other three down till they reached to the top of the ladder , which they descended with comparative ease . When Mounsey reached the ground he threw down tbe ladder and shouted to Graham ( for whom they all appeared to entertain a great dislike ) , " Stick there , you skylark . " The three nien then made off as quickly as possible along the Caledonian Railway , and according to Graham ' s statement , ran in the
direction of Ravinglass . Graham , not being able to help himself either in one way or another , sat npon the wall for at least an hour , when he called a watchman telling him that all the prisoners were escaping , and that he believed they had murdered tbe night watchman . The governer was instantly aroused . He ran out , half naked , and saw Graham upon the wall . Several watchmen now entered , and Graham was then brought down by a ladder and secured . Every possible means have been resorted to for the _re-ca-ture of the escaped prisoners . Police officers and other parties were instantly despatched in all directions , but up to ten o ' clock on Saturday evening no intelligence of their re-capture had been received . £ 20 reward has been offered for their apprehension .
Fibk _anu Loss of Life . —A fire , which unfortunately resulted in loss of life , broke out on Saturday morning last at No . 7 , Upper North-street , Brighton , 'the house is occupied by a laundress , named Figg . Her husband , it appears , arose at bis usual time , six o ' clock , and _lighted a fire in the front parlour , which is used as an ironing room . He then left home , and soon after be had left , the room was discovered to be on fire . In the back parlour Figg ' a daughter was lying dead in her coffin , her funeral being appointed to take place on Sunday . On the alarm being given , Mrs . Figg rushed down stairs , with her infant granddaughter in her arms , and succeeded in escaping into the street , by forcing her way through the flames , which bad by that time
communicated from the front parlour to the passage . Both grandmother and grandchild were burnt , but not very seriously . A man named Holden with his wife and child occupied the upper floor , and a son of Figg ' s slept in the attic . All these rushed to the top of the house , but the smoke becoming every minute more and more dense and suffocating they determined to attempt an escape by the back attic window . The young man , Figg , succeeded in gaining the roof , passed over to the front of the house , and thence safely descended by means of a ladder into the street . Holden and his wife and child next made the attempt j Holden having an impression tbat the roof was flat . It was quite dark at the time . The roof proved to be slanting , aud they all three rolled off into the back yard . The houses in this part of Upper North-street
were built by the side of an ancient chalk pit , and in consequence , although the front of the houses show only a height of three stories , there are five stories at the back . It was from this height , between thirty and forty feet , that the unfortunate family fell into the yard . Eventually tbe child was found sitting on the mould ofa small flower garden , having sustained only a few slight bruises . Mrs . Holden was greatly injured , one of . her arms being smashed b y the fall some fractured bones have since been removed from the arm , and she is recovering . Her _husbaEd was taken up insensible . He was at once removed to the Sussex County Hospilal , in a fly , where he died on Sunday morning . On the alarm of fi re-being given the neighbours and fireman were quickly in attendance , and the fire was soon subdued .
Tiie late Gale is tub "West of England —The gale which on the 8 th inst . swept oyer Bristol and ihe Bristol Channel , did a great deal of mischief along the western coast , and particularly at the
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fashionable little town of _Weston-supev Mare , almost every house or building of which was more or less affected by it . At Eihmasual church two pinnacles , weighing over three tons each , were thrown down , arid one of them falling backwards to the church carried in the roof of the nave , smashing the pews beneath and doing injury to a considerable amount . Several vessels off the shore were placed in imminent peril ; a schooner was prevented _j-oing on a rock by the intrep idity of some boatmen who went off to her assistance , and a sloop drove from her anchorage under Bream Down went . in among the fishing nets , doing a great deal of damage both to herself and them . At Clevedon _, Burnham , & c , the gale also raged furiously . At the former place ,
several pieces of wreck aud a small boat have , come ashore , as also a West India sugar hogshead ( supposed to have belonged to some outward bound ship ) with linseed meal and branded M in . a diamond . The gale has not been un attended with accidents oh'the Welsh coast , as we find the Maria , a French vessel , sank' in Penarth Roads when the elements were in their highest fury ; and it is surmised that the crew are lost . She was taking a cargo of coal from Newport to France . The Wreck of the late Emigrant Ship Edmond . —The committee of the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck , have presented respectively to the five Coast-guard , boatmen who so laudably exerted themselves at the late lamentable wreck of the ship Edmond , at Kilkee ,
_onthelOchof November , the silver medal of the institution and an award of £ 2 each . The committee have also offered their best thanks to Mr . Richard Russell , J . P ., of Limerick , for his prompt and very efficient services on that painful occasion , with a request that he will accept the silver medal of the institution , and an award of £ 2 to his butler , who courageously aided the exertions of his master and the Coast guardsmen during that dreadful night . Cask of CniLo Murder at Bristol . —The coroner for Bristol , J . B . Grindon , Esq ., on Tuesday , held an inquest at the Old Cider House . Tavern , Lower Maudlin-street , in that city , on the body of a fine female infant , which had been found dead under circumstances which induced a suspicion that she bad
been murdered soon after birth , by her mother . From the evidence taken the following facts transpired . — -A young woman , named Sarah Rickards , who resided with her grandmother , in apartments at No . 9 , Harford-street _, had been observed by the neighbours to assume an unusual rotundity of person , and suspicions were entertained that she was likely to become a mother . The grandmother , however , with whom she lived , and who slept with her nightly , protests that she . never observed anything to induce her to suspect such a thin" * . On the 8 th inst . tho grandmother , upon the _suggestion of the girl , went out for a walk with some nurse children , and on her return in about two or three hours _afierwards she found the girl , who in her absence made the bed and
put the room in order . Tlie grandmother states lhat even at this time she suspected nothing , although a man who knew ' the young woman and who saw her that day , declares that her appearance was very much altered , as she was lunch paler in the face than he had seen her before , and was not so stout as she had heen . On the following morning the wife of the person who rents the house , discovered that the water closet was stopped up . She informed her husband of it , who in _endeavourinn to ascertain thecause hooked up a cloth , and also disturbed something which he thought was the body of a child . He did not at once remove it , but raised an alarm wliich brought all the inmates of the house down to see it , among those who came and who expressed _suvpvise at the circumstance ,
was the young woman herself . Thepolice werecalled in and the body taken up , and suspicion falling on tbe girl she was apprehended , and submitted to a surgical examination . The medical gentleman , Mr . Bernard , being of opinion that she had been recently confined , a search of her apartment was made , and appearances were discovered which bore out the medical opinion . Mr . Bernard , surgeon to the police force , wasexamined , and gaveitas his decided opinion that the child was born alive , and that its death was occasioned not by natural causes but from suffocation . Tbe jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder " against the mother , Sarah _Rickards who was committed by the coroner to take her trial for the offence .
A Charge of Intimidation against Factory Workers . —Oh Tuesday morning a case which excited a good deal of interest waa Drought before the _Lancashire county magistrates , at the New Bailey Court House , arising out of a strike at the cotton mill of Sir Elkanah Armitage and . Sons , Pendleton . The factory hands of Sir Elkanah Armitage and Sons left their work , in consequence of a dispute about wages , on the 12 th of September Jast . A small portion of them have since returned , but the greater portion are still out of employment , their places having been filled up to a considerable extent by other , workpeople . The new hands have been allowed to pursue their employment up to last week very peaceably , but on Tuesday , as some children
were going from the factory to dinner , they were attacked by a crowd of girls—mere __ children like themselves—were nearly covered with mud , and hence the present proceedings before the magistrates . There were seven defendants altogether appearing to summonses charging them with assaults and intimidation , two girls and a boy being very young—one about eleven years of age , and the others about thirteen years old , and the only adult was an elderly woman who was the mother to one of the other defendants . The court presented a curious appearance , tho galleries being crowded with youn - g irls arid boys , to the number of 700 or 800 , all turnouts . The magistrates—Mr . J . L _.-Trafford , Capt . Whittakcr , Mr . J . Brotherton , M . P ., and Mr . C J , S . Walker—heard the caso with a
good deal of patience , and decided to call upon the woman and two of the oldest of the girls to find sureties to keep the peace for three months . The oilier defendants wore discharged . Fatal Accident to . a Solicitor . — On Monday at Abitigdon , an inquest was held , to inquire into the death of Mr . Thomas Prankum , solicitor , and for many years clerk to the magistrates in that town , It seemed , that on Friday the 20 th ult ., the deceased , with a Mr . Nicholls , went in a dog cart to Lechlade , Gloucestershire , accompanied on the way by Mr . E . Harris , draper , and his servant , who were in another vehicle . When the business which took
the parties to Lecblade was concluded , they dined and drank moderately , and returned from there about seven o ' clock in the evening ., On their way home they stopped at Farringdon , and Pusoy Furze , at both of whicb places they had refreshments , not sufficient however , it was alleged to produce intoxication . It was about ten o ' clock when they loft Pusey Furze , when a race took place between the horses belonging to Mr . Harris and Mr . Nicholls ; and on coming to a part of the road where some heaps of stone were placed at tlie side for repairs , the vehicle of Mr . Nicholl ' s came in contact with them , and threw both him and Mr . Frankum out violently , and it was subsequently found that the thigh of the deceased was fractured by the fall . The coroner ordered apost mortem examination to be made , and the medical evidence showed that the death ensued directly from congestion of the brain . The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . "
The Liverpool Cotton Brokers . —A meeting of the Association of Cotton-brokers in Liverpool , took place on Tuesday , for the purpose of endeavouring to adopt some plan to prevent a repetition of the errors in the amount of stock at the termination of the year , After a very animated discussion regarding the various modes suggested , it was agreed to , upon tho motion of Mr . George Holt , that a committee should be appointed to examine evidence , with a view of ascertaining the practicability of taking the stock more frequently than once a year : and , in the course of their investigations , to discover , if possible , tho cause of the discrepancy , in order to prevent its recurrence .
t Death of a Pauper at Hetwood . —An adjourned inquest was held last week at Heywood , on the body of Edmund Wild , aged 71 , who died in the Bury workhouse . On the Kith ult . deceased fractured , his thigh and was attended by Mr . Hinxman , one of the medical officers of the union . He died the day following . The surgeons who made the post mortem examination gave it as their opinion , that the deceased had died ofa bed sore . Mr . Woodcock , clerk to the board of guardians ! attended , and from a letter he had sent to Mr . Hinxman , it appeared he intended to show " that the deceased died , not for want of a water-bed or
, Hopper b water cushion , but from injudicious treatment of the medical officer . Several skilful surgeons were examined , and it was admitted that a water cushion might have assisted in deceased ' s recovery but it appeared there had been great neglect in not carrying out tho orders of the surgeon The jury returned the following verdict : It " is tho opinion of the jury that Edmund Wild died from bedsores . ; but must accompany that verdict with the consure of the jury upon the guardians for want of proper attention to the deceased , in not forwarding such means as in opinion ofthe medical officer were considered essential for obviating , orendeavmiri _™
to make his _dis-ease less painful or fatal . " Representation of Bedfordshire . -On Saturday last a meeting took place at the George Hotel . Bedford , and it was agreed that Colonel Gilpin should receive the support of all then present . A requisition was prepared , and on Monday mornin-r _ltwas m course of _signature . Colonel Gilpin is the present high sheriff of the county , but , it is expected bo will have completed his term of ofiW before the election takes place . Other candidates are talked of , but no address is out at present North _DimuAM—Lord Seaham , the youthful protectionist member for North Durham , who received severe injuries from a gun accident , which hindered htm from attending the house last session has been visiting his constituents in the _seanort
towns in that division . On the 10 th inst . his lordship and a numerous party of conservatives were entertained at a banquet , given by Mr . Joseph John Wright , the _Maiomg of Londonderry ' s elec-
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tioneering agent , ' in Sunderland . From tho remarks that fell from his-lordship at . the meetings held in those towns it would appear that he and his party are prepared , when tho house meet * , to give the recent Papal aggression their determined opposition . His lordship did not give his shipowner friends even the forlorn hope of a resumption of the navigation laws . - ¦ ' T Dreadful Shipwreck and . Loss oe Life . — Kingston . —The mail steamer , St . Columbia , which arrived from Holyhead on , Monday , states that on Saturday night last ; during a violent gale from the westward , a large American ship , from Boston , ran ' k htand in
ashore to the soutli . of tbo StacLig , a very short time went , to piece , and what is melancholy to state , eleven of her crew met with watery graves . Her cargo , 'a valuable-one , principally tobacco in leaf , is' strewed along the shore m that locality ; . men ; women , and ch ildren supplied themselves plentifully with it . The night was very thick ; ' which mav have been the cause ot their not sighting - the abovo light . The commander ot the Scotia ( since arrived ) states that the name of the shipwrecked vessel was the Francisco . It is stated tiiat her commander and chief mate were lost also-in addition to those already mentioned . She is-700 tons , heavily laden with
cotton and tobacco . " Elections in Bedfordshire' and Nottinghamshire . — Tuesday night ' s Gazette contains the Speaker ' s notice that at tho end ofa fortnight from tho 13 th inst . a writ-will be issued for the election of members of parliament in place of Viscount Alfordand of Robert'Bromley , Esq ., both deceased . Brighton . —Accident to a Smuggler . — At six o ' clock on Monday morning last , a man was found lying on a ledge of the cliff ; about sixty feet abovo tho level ofthe beach , a short distance to the east ofthe Ecclesbouvne' coast guard station . On the ledge were fifteen tubs of spirits , and on the beach below were a quantity more , making fifty-eight in all . Two of the tubs on the ledge were broken , ono
being quite empty , and the other standing upright about half full . The man , whose name is John Tilden , lay helpless ' On the ground , being evidently much injured by failing from tlie cliff above . His head was severely w . ounded , and it was afterwards found that his body was much bruised , especially on one of tho thig hs-. It is supposed that he had laid there from two in the morning . The upper part of his dress was soaked in _' blood , and ho was saturated with wafer from the rain which had fallen _, ne was unable to move , and was benumbed with cold , but not insensible . The horrors of bis situation during the night were aggravated by fears as to the falling of the overhanging cliffs , a fragment of which fell as he Jay and struck bim on tbe stomach . Close by bim was the half tub of brandy , from which he would have refreshed himself , but he was unable to reach it owing to the injuries he had
received . On being discovered ¦ he was removed to the Preventive Station , where he remained a short time , after which he was conveyed to the Hastings Infirmary . On examination if was found that he had broken no bones , though he was severely bruised and shaken . The coast guard knew nothing of the occurrence . Ho was very-reserved , showing no disposition to commit himself . On the morning of the occurrence a boat , containing two men , landed on the beach at Hastings , its occupants stating that they were come ' ashore for beef , Having landed tbey forthwith decamped . The coast guard took possession of the craft , wliich is a French punt without n . ny , name on ber . Humour states that two tub ' s of spirits were " run" over the cliff . The locality selected for this daring enterprise was a most dangerous spot , the cliff rising to a great altitude . Of course the tubs are in safe custody . Neither the spirits nor the boat aro very likely to be claimed .
Discovert of a Depot for Stolen Property . — A beer-house keeper , named George Hirst , bas been taken into custody at Leeds , under circumstances whicli induce the . belief that the prisoner has been in the habit of receiving stolen property . The prisoner keeps the Angel Inn , in Marketstreet , in the centre ' of tho town , and in his house the police found a largo quantity of property , consisting of woollen cloth , silks , new umbrellas , and a variety of articles ; some of which have a ' ready been identified . Heat present stands remanded till next Tuesday , the magistrates refusing bail for his
appearance . Embezzlement . —Henry Fordham , an innkeeper , residing at Brotherton , near Pontefract , is at present in custody at Leeds , on the charge of having embezzled various sums of money belonging to Messrs . Tetley _, common brewers , of Leeds . The prisoner keeps the . Punch bowl Inn at Brotherton , and , while acting as agent to the prosecutors , he appropriated money belonging to his employers . He has not yet been examined by the _maeistvates _, but stands remanded till the latter end ofthe present week . Another Fatal Accident occurred on Tuesday
morning at the railway station , _Ingatestone , whereby John Wilson , an engine driver of tho company , unfortunatelv lost his life . The driver of the goods trains got off his engine , it is supposed , to expedite the passing of the train , when , by some extraordinary oversight be got between the two trains . He was giving some directions to tho driver of tbe passenger train , when the engine of the goods train caught him and jammed bim between the trains , and , unfortunately , crushed him to death .
_Ltme . —On the 2 nd inst . about two o ' clock in the morning , during a tremendous galo of wind , with tho wind blowing strongly from the south-west , the coast guard man on duty at Whitlands , about one mile and a half westward of Lyme , observed a vessel in distress near the dangerous reef of rocks in tbat locality , when he fired a pistol , and showed a blue light , which was answered by cbeers from tbe crew of the vessel . The man then hastened for assistance , but on his return found the vessel a total wreck , and the crew drowned . Fragments of
the vessel have since been washed ashore , together with a tin case , with the name "Angelina" marked _, thereon , and that ofthe London agent , Mr . Frederick La Mark . Three of the bodies ( two men and a boy ) have since beon picked up in Lyme Cobb , and . one other body bas been found near the spot of the catastrophe , and various articles of wearing apparel have also been washed ashore . An inquest was held on the bodies found at Lyme on Saturday lost , before Mr . S . Cory , coroner , when a verdict of " Accidentally drowned" was returned .
Another Colliery Explosion in DuRnAM . —On Tuesday morning last an explosion occurred in the Black Boy Colliery , about two miles from Bishop Auckland , which unfortunately resulted in the loss of two lives . About two o ' clock in the _morniig some ofthe men had proceeded to work , when tho overman and a boy entered a drift recently opened ; they had proceeded upwards of a mile with naked candles , when it is supposed they had come in contact with a " blower , " or pent-up quantity of gas , which instantly exploded , and both were instantly killed by the blast . Happily no other men were in the neighbourhood , otherwise the consequences must havo been very disastrous . ' Tho bodies were taken out during the day without further accident . Mr . Dunn , one of the Government Inspectors , visited the colliery last week , and pronouneed Black Boy pit one of the best ventilated mines he had visited .
A _Harrow Escape . —On Saturday last a man named _Exijah Whittaker , when crossing the railway on his way from tho union house to Writtle , at midnight , to procure the attendance ofa surgeon for a sick inmate , observed something which he supposed to be a parcel lying across the rails . On stooping to pick it up he discovered it to be a man asleep . He immediately awoke him from his bed of danger , when he stated his name to be Turner , from R oxwell . But for the timely intimation of his dangerous position his life would , there is little doubt , have been sacrificed , several luggage trains passiDg over the spot during the night .
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dense volume of flame was observed b y a woman residing m the neighbourhood issuing with great violence from one of tbo wiodows on the ground floor . Tho alarm was immediately given , aud four engines were as soon as possible on the spot , but the flames had reached the windows of the second story , in which , from the highly combustible nature of its contents , they were making fearful ravacos It was at once apparent that the total destruction of this portion ofthe building was inevitable , and the firemen therefore directed their efforts to the _presemtion of the rest of tho premises , and the immediately contiguous property , comprising Rov ' s COUrt . _Glffovrl-TCivk A ™ T ., * * , s _* . a .. .. ? " _-, _ . , ¦ t
Destructive Fire at Edinburgh . —On S & tuvday evening one of tbe most destructive fires which has occurred in the city for a considerable period broke out in the printing establishment at Gifford-park of Mr . Thomas Nelson , the well known publisher . The premises , which were only erected three or four years ago , consist ofa handsome range of twostory buildings , tho eastern extremity of which is occupied , the ground floor as an engine-house , and the upper story as a store for printed works , paper , & o . The fire originated in tho engine-house referred to , but what was the immediate cause cannot > t present be ascertained , the men having all left , and the place being shut up some time previously . It was first discovered about nine o ' clockwhen a
... _r i ; * T . » . * - " - "" a uey were nappiiy successful , for , though the fire raged with almost unabatedI intensit y till nearly one a . m ., four hours alter its farst discovery , its destructive effects were cor . fined to the portion ofthe building in which it originated . The damage sustained in goods and property is , as nearly as can be at present estimated , between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 ., there having been probabl y not less than £ 2 , 000 worth of sheets , Ac , ready for publication in the store in question at the time ofthe occurrence . It is reported , however , that Mr . Nelson is insured , in the Norwich Office to an extent which will fully cover all the loss which has been occasioned _.
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Fatal Railway . Accident at _Cowlaiiis —The High Court of Justiciary _jf Scotland sat on tho 10 th inst ., for the trial of James Cardell _, J 0 | ) u Galletly _, John Fult ' nri ; and James Brown , c ' ngino men and guards in the employ of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company . The indictment set out the specific charge against each ofthe traversers respectively , and concluded with _aven-irjnthat by reason of misconduct and culpable neglect of the accused , John Morrison , Jean Lenno . v , j a
net M'Arthur , Walter Lennox , jun ., 'and George Middleton , passengers by said railway train , were mortally injured , arid afterwards died . ' There was a large attendance of witnesses ; most of whom deposed to the facts , with which the public have been made already acquainted by the reports of tho accident , as published in tho newspapers . At tho close of tho evidence , which did not appear sufficiently strong to warrant a verdict of guilty against tho prisoners , tho jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty " in the case of all tho panels , who were thereupon discharged from the bar .
Lord Panmurb . — The Montrose Standard says : — "We avo sorry to state tbat this nobleman is at pre . sent in a very precarious stato of health . He has been almost constantly confined to his bed for a week past , and has taken scarcely any sustenance during that period , having sunk into a state of great weakness , and unable to Eee any ono except his medical attendant . " _WSSVVliS * _Sf' _~^^ _) P _*~ ' * - » ** ***** - *» _' - »*
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The Weather . —Complaints are heard from various parts of the country of the injurious effect of the protracted rainy weather , upon agricultural ope . rations . A Limerick paper says : — " The country ' in a deplorably wretched state from tbe rains which for the last month have swamped the fields , and rendered tbe ground entirely unfit for tillage or farm work of any kind . Ploughing and seed sowing has been , generally speaking , impracticable , and every sort of husbandry is in deep _arrear of the s eason . Farmers appear very despondent , and with gooi cause , for bad weather , free trade , poor rates , county cess , and rents , are enough to baffle the labour and skill of the very best agriculturist in Ireland . "
• Approaching Visit of H er Majesty _. _—Wc are informed , on what we conceive good authority , that it is the intention of her . Majesty to visit Limerick in or about June next . The Lakes of Killarney will , of _course be honoured by the royal notice . —Waterford Mail . Prosperous State of Manufacture sin Ulster , —The Belfast Mercantile Register has the following cheering aeconnt of the condition and prospects of the cotton _. as well as the linen and yarn trade in that part ofthe Northern Province . — "Every haul has full employment . Factories , as by magic , rise on every side . The cotton manufacture in its different branches , particularly the sewed muslin branch , has of late increa'ed to a wonderful extent , but heyondall in importance and above all in utility , the linen
manufacture seems to have chosen Ireland as its favourite seat ; and a ! l we want is peace and confidence at home , to insure its permanent settlement with us ; for whether we consider the superior adaptation of the soil and climate for the erowth of the raw material , the unequalled quality of our water for bleaching purposes , the enormous water power that Ireland affords , or the cheapness of labour , thero is HO country so well adapted to the seat of the linen manufacture . " The Londondcmj Journal mentions , that the imports of flax seed at that port are the largest that , have been known for a great-many years , observing that this increase is explained , by tbe very reasonable expectations that have been _forced ofa large demand for the article , owing to the flax movement throughout the country .
Refrksentation of Limerick . —A meeting of f he O'Connell committee was held last week at the Limerick Town Hull , "for the purpose of organising a collection to enable Mr . John O'Connell , M . P ., to continue in the representation of the city . " The Rev . John Brahan , P . P ., presided . Several Roman Catholic _clergymen and some members of the corporation attended , and addressed the meeting , after which a subscription list was opened , and contributions amounting to £ 80 were handed in . A committee was appointed to collect further subscriptions , after which tlie meeting adjourned . Mr . J . O'Connell has addressed the following communication to the Secretary ofthe Society of Congregated Trades in Limerick : — "Dublin , January 7 _j 1851 . DearSir » —I beg to acknowledge the copy of the resolutions o £ your body , tbat you have forwarded , calling on mo
to do my duty again .-t Lord John Russell in the approaching Eession . In answer I beg to say that I will earnestly , and to the utmost of my power , labour so to do ; and I am , dear sir , your most obedient servant , John O'Connell . To Mr . Timothy O'SulIivan , Secretary to the Congregated Trades of Limerick . " Competition for Land , and Agrarian Crimej —The Carloui . Sentinel bas an account . of an attack , hy an armed party , on the bouse of a farmer named Laffan , in that county ; they fired shots through the windows and posted a threatening notice , cautioning him , on the penalty of death , against taking a farm in an adjoining townland , from which some _peisons had been ejected four years since . The farm is situate in the barony of St . Mullins , where 400 acres are . untenanted .
Duncan Chisholme . —Mr . O'Connor , _ex-inspector of the detective force , has been sent by government to America , in search of George Mathews , alias Duncan Chisholme , of Dublin Castle . _—leins'er Express . Great Will Case . —The Court of Delegates gave judgment on Saturday evening in the will case of _"Thewlesu . Kellj _, " involving property to the extent of £ 300 , 000 . Judgment was unanimous in favour of the appellant , the Court thus reversing the decision of the Court below , and refusing letters of administration to the will propounded by the respondent , who wasalso condemned to all the costs of the proceedings , amounting to £ 15 , 000 . BoiXRIBLE AND MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A FEMALE—The neighbourhood of _Westland-row was in a state of the greatest excitement on Sunday , arising from the circumstance of the body of a female being
found suspended from the railings in the front , of the Railway Hotel , opposite the terminus of tlie Dublin and Kingstown Railway . Hef head was fixed between two of the spikes , and one side of the face was slightly bruised , and some blood flowed from the back of the body . When discovered she bad od a cotton wrapper , a plain cloak and slippers , but no cap or bonnet . Tbe police had the body removed to Mercer ' s Hospital , but life was totally extinct , and she was then taken to an outer building attached to the hotel to await an inquest . It appears that about six o ' clock on Saturday , evening , a man who gave his name as John Fivey , oi Union Lodge , county Down , about fifty years of age _ with a female , stated to be his wife , and another female , named Margaret Anne Minnis , who is said to be cousin to Fivcy , and a rino boy , aged about nine or ten years , applied ior accommodation at the Railway Hotel , and obtained a double-bedded room with a fire , but had no
refreshment . The parties retired to bed , and nothing was heard of them until the discovery of the ill-fated woman in the morning . The men appeared to bo greatly excited and affected with grief . The police took him and his cousin into custody , where they remain for the present . In the room a sum of upwards of £ 200 in Bank of Ireland and Northern Banking Company ' s Notes were found lying in an open desk , one ofthe articles of furniture belonging to the establishment . It is stated that Fivey and the deceased were living for some years as man and wife , and had several children , but that they had resolved upon being married this day in Monkstown Church , the necessary license for the purpose being lodged with the clerk of the church . . The deceased was
twentveight years of ago , and must have been of prepossessing appearance . The boots of the hotel states he heard a considerable crash about five o ' clock , when preparing to meet the first train from King _* , town , It is stated that they lodged iri a respectable house in Ualkey for some time , and that the deceased had been _Mfiering from illness , and attended by Dr . _Haslar . ihe whole affair is wrapped up in greit mvsterv at present . An inquest was held on Monday which resulted in showing that the unfortunate deceased had committed suicide by throwing herself fr m the window of Gilbert ' s Hotel , while in a state ot insanity .
_^ THE PorE AND THE QUEEN ' S _CoLLUGKS .-ThO Cork Reporter , of Saturday last , haB the following important announcement : — " We are in a position to state , on what we consider perfectly good authority , that the decrees ofthe Thurles Synod will not be confirmed by the Sovereign Pontiff , and will , consequently , not take effect . " The Irish Tenant League were burnt out of their council room by a conflagration , which took place on Monday morning , on tbe premises of Mr . Le Febvre , a hatter , at N <> . 38 , Westmoreland-street . The fire Was discovered soon after midnight , and in a few hours the entire house was _completely gutted . The Tenant League occupied the drawing room .
Retirement of Mr . Henn , Q . C—The Limerick Chronicle says :- ' It is stated that Mr . Jonathan Henn , Q .. C _, will not accept any briefs . His retiring from the bar will be severel y felt bv the public . H _° was the first lawyer on this circuit . " Diocese of Cork . —A numerous meeting of the united dioceses of Cork , Cloyne _, and Ross , convened by the Archdeacon of Cork , Vicar-General , was held at the Cathedral of Cork , on tbe Oth inst ., when it was resolved to present an address to the Queen and hotb Houses of Parliament , on the subject of the late Papal aggression .
Dreadful Catastrophe . —Accounts from Belfastbring the following particulars ofthe falling ofa mill accompanied by a melancholy loss of life : — " An accident , the most melancholy in its consequences that has happened in the neighbourhood of Belfast for many years , occurred on Saturday morning , near Beer ' s-bridge , and within a short distance of this town . We allude to the falling in of a new preparing mill , the property ef Mr . Robert Boyd and the
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