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V & % t £ &tuapeii * . Health at Losdox—Tho total number , of deaths re 'istered in the metropolitan districts in the week endin" last Saturday was 9 S 1 . They exhibit a smal ^ inerease on those of the preceding week , when the amount was 953 . Taking for comparison corresponding weeks of the ten yearsl 8 il-5 U , it appears that the average was 906 ; but it this average ¦ a raised in proportion to the _ increase of persons now living in London , ic becomes 99 T , wuich differs , <> t much from . last week's mortality . —Last week 425 children died under 15 years of age , 307 persons -. < ho had reached 15 years , but not attained to CO , and 184 who were of 60 years and upwards . —The table of fatal causes shows that 229 persons , 138 of -vfcom were children , were carried off by one or other of the 2 l disaasesthat are classed as "
epidemic . " These diseases ia the aggregate do not a present produce a mortality equal to the average > of i- ^ responding weeks ; but under particular ;; eads—namely , typhus , and diarrfceea , the uwtisiers exceed the uau \\ amount at this sea ^ n . Typhus waB fatal in 07 cases last weeK ( tne average being 53 ) , and this disease appears to be on l £ increise . In the Cfurch sub-district of Betl-; . !™ n three deaths from typhus occurred on the lkb ! 12 th . and 15 th of October , at the respective ¦ L . csof kl 6 , and 23 year * , tbe first in Ouuil ..-r'alid-plaee , the second in Sorth-street , and tie Jhird in Trafalgar-place . Mr . « riggs the" registrar reports that the occupiers in these localities < omplain of the bad state of the drains . Scarhmua 43 while the corrected
in this return numbers cases , average of corresponding weeks is 58 . Though the jno : tality , aB collected over the whole metropolis . i < aotreniark ible , th » complaint Las fallen severely on particular famiLes . Fifteen deaths , only one of which was that of an adult , were registered last Tvsek as caused by small-pox . Two oases , in which it is stated that vaccination bad been previously f . r / neil , occurred to a child of 7 months and a man uzea 30 years . With reference to a case which proved foal in Camden Town , in which vaccination had i . en performed with-. ufc effect , Mr . lioll states that two other children had been successfully vacciuated pud escaped the contagion . An infant is also registered "this week , who died of chicken-pox . Diarrhoea , which numbers 42 deaths , continues to
decline , though n is still rather more fatal than usual for this late period of the year . Phthisis or consumption has been rather fatal during the week , tbe deaths resulting from it amounting to 138 . This 1 b a greater number than in any correspondin" week of .-even previous years . The births ot 773 hoys , " and 670 nirls , in all 1 , 443 children , were registered in the w < -ek . In the six corresponding ¦ w .-i-te of the years 1845-50 the average number was 1 . 313 . At the Royal Obserratory , Greenwich , the ni « n rea-iing of the barometer in the week was 29 . 729 in . On Sunday the mean daily reading was 30 144 in . The mean temperature of the week was 52 $ deg . The mean daily temperature was above tiic iverage of corrresponding days in ten years on every day except Thursday and Friday . It was G 0 . 4 ots . on Sunday , or nearly 10 degrees above the average ; after ¦ which it gradually fell to 45 . 9 deg . ou Friday . Tie wind was generally in the South
west . As Exhibition Piece of Machinbrt . Dkstboted . Ou Siturday afternoon last , as a waggon belonging to Messrs . Chaplin and Home , drawn by three houses , was proceeding down Wellington-street , Strand , the leader stumbled , and the other two Jior-ses immediately losing their footing down the incline , the waggon came with such force upon the shafts to the ground , as to throw upon the pavement a valuable piece of machinery , which has been on view at tiie Crystal Palace . The machine ( for dressing cotton ) , for which a prize had been awarded , had been purchased by a French manufacturer , and was consigned to the care of Chaplin and Home , ' to be taken to Woolwich Dockyard , where it was to remain until arrangements should be made / or shipment ; and the driver states thai the aooi-ient was occasioned by the greasy condition of the street at the moment , the rain having just set in . The machine is said to have been worth
. £ 700 , but the concussion was so great as to reduce i ; to fragments , more especi illy tuose portions composed of cast metal . The shafts of the waggon were broken short off , and the wheel horse was severely cut on the right shoulder . Extensive Conflagration . —About eleven o ' clock on Saturday forenoon last a fire took place near Lime-house Church , commencing on the property of Mr . W . Cfaacman . it originate i in the factory , and such was the progress of the flames , that ere tue arrival of the Brigade engines , all 3 Ir . Chapman ' s premises and stock were destroyed . The tire then communicated to the cooperage of Mr . 31 'Craw , adjoining , and also reached the building of Mr . Kobson , a ship chandler , and caused much d-iinage ; but the firemen fortunately preserved tbu two latter firms from that complete destruction which it , was feared would befal them . By half-past one the fire was subdued . The property was uninsured .
Explosion op Gas . —On the evening of the 17 vh ii st . an explosion , attended by almost fatal results , occurred at the works of the . Phoenix Gas Company , Bankside , Soutii wark . It appears that about that time the various retorts , as usual , were being turned into the hydraulic mains , when by some rucans one of the mains became surcharged , the consequence of which was that the seat of it was broken , and ' ihc consequent escape of gas coming in contact with' the light in the engine-house prodir .---d the explo-iion . The engine-house wasconsid <; raiily injured , the walls scorched , windows and duurs blown out , and some damage doue to the ni . chuiery , not sufficient , however , to prevent till ' com / iany from pursuing their business as usual . Tiie engineer , 2 U . Inues . was Dreadfully scorched
a out the face and bands ; and three other men wc-sv considerabl y injured , two of them to such an ex » -rit that they were immediately removed to St . Tiiouias ' a and Guy ' s hospitals . Fatal Fbacas . —On Saturday last a man , named J « -im Thomas Taylor , a bricklayer , and his emplyf r , Thomas Scaddan , were seen having a dispute a ™ <» t money matters . Scaddan was heard to say , " 1 ' ayJor , if you say that again I will give you suiicUiing that will do for you . " Taylor , it is supposed , repeated the remarks , for Scaddan was iusuutly seen to strike him a violent blow , which caused him to reel and fall . Two gentlemen who
were passing immediately picked him up , and finding he was insensible , conveyed him to a doctor's close by , but he died before-they could get him there . During the confusion Scaddan escaped . The dectvisedaasleftdeatituteawifeandlargefamiiy . On Tuesday Mr . Baker held an inquest upon the body , at the Green Gate , City-road . Mr . Powell and Mr . Conrtenay , medical officers of the parish were sworn , when the effect of their evidence , showing that the brain exhibited appearances such as would be likely to result from the injury he received , the jury returned a verdict of" Manslaughter" against Scadden , and the ) witnesses were bound over to prosecute .
OS Saturday last Mr . W . Payne held an inquest at the St . Ann's Coffee-house , Shoemaker-row , Doctors ' -cpmmons , on the body of Mary Shinty , aged fifty-six , who committed suicide with oxalic acid . It appeared ia evidence that the deceased was the wife of a labouring man residing at So . 16 , Friar-street , City . She had joined a money club , ¦ where she had token her cash out before it was due , and on the previous Wednesday went to Air . Orridge , the chemist , on juudgate-lril ) , where she purchased twopenny worth of oxalic acid , for cleaning bonnets . She returned home , where she was subsequently discovered suffering great pain in the stomach . She was conveyed . to the hospital , where the stomach-pump was used , and she got better . She , however , got worse , and died on Thursday ! Her husband said he believe ! . the deceased was driven to commit the act by having squandered the money away which he expected . Tne jury , after some discussion , returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . "
Sikgulab Death or a CnttD . —On Saturday last aa inquiry was gone into before Mr . Baker , the coroner , at the Kjng ' a Arms , High-street , Bow , respecting the death , of Alfred Higgs , aged five years , who it was alleged had died from the withholding of medicine which had been , prescribed for him under very remarkable circumstances . The deceased was the son of a cornfactor ' s agent . On Friday fortnight the child was taken ill , and placed under the care of Air . Garman , a surgeon , who found the deceased suffering from scarlet fever and an affection of the brain , The aurgeoa prescribed for the deceased , who appeared to get better under his treatment . ' The father , thinking differently , refused to let the deceased have any more of hia medicine , giving him five of Morrison ' s pills . More
v « egivea . on the Monday and Tuesday , but the child seemed unconscious , when the mother said she would not let himhave any more , and he died ° / ^ ' 1 ^? - ' TJl 4 medicine , beef tea , and wine , Zthl ?» L ™ ' Garm > » * ere al 1 taken awa * ? the K ' lfe *** «¦ " * . Mr . H . T . Garman , ^ sssrss ^ rsss ^ ss ' s ^ ja'Sfasfy ^ arar r plete state 6 t inseu 8 ibil «* ^ A ^' nl ?^ ^ ' Uhleeches , blist ers , wHhcold kfi ^ SJi ' Ac . When witaess returned * S * £ SSffift beeon « ejinconSclon 8 d ^ Urt tad
luesuay neoraerea ^ nourishing food . WtnesB subsequently prescribed wineand beef tea , to atitanktl the heart ' s action . Whm witness s ' a ? SS ? again it was much worse and sinking . The nurse informed him that Ml , Hig ? s , ' « otilunotleb tbechild Have what the doctor ordered and said , «« as the remedies I have prescribed have not keen-pat into -eseeadon lam of no use here . " Witness was decidedly of opinion that if his orders had been obeyed tne < : LiId would ' have bem alive at the present xiirn-. The coroner , having summed up , said the oi . 0 would ,, no doubt , resolve itself into one of cutu ai death , alihougu the conduct of the father
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was highly improper . The jury , -after some deliberation , returned the following verdict :- "That tbe deceased died a natural death , which may have been accelerated by withholding the nutriment ordered by the medical gentleman . " . -,, > : ,. Tj ! Mpeka . \ ck AIovkmkst . —On Monday , night a lecture was delivered in the Great Room , Exeter Hall , by Dr . F . R . Lees , E . S . A .,, of Edinburgh , on the subject of temperance- The room »» £ «» . filled on the occasion by a respectable audien > ro , Mrs . Tracy , an American lady , appeared on the
platform in the Bloomer costume . , me « u ^ -w »» occupied by Laurence Ileywortb , Esq ., M . P . At the close the teo *»«» receivcd the ™* * a P " plause of his . 'audience . , JUVBSItB GlMXASIUM FOK BlJCKINGHAH FAUCf . A juvenile gymnasium has just been erected in Buckingham Palace for the use of the youthful members of the Royal Family . It consists of a neat frame work , nearly square , upon which ail apparatus has been constructed for a great number of bodily exercises . .
Fatal Courage . —Another instance of a philanthropic blind : rushing on its own destruction , while endeavouring to save the lives of fellow creatures , occurred in Sloane-street , Chelsea . On Saturday afternoon as a respectable painter , named Jackson , of College-street , was returning home , along the above named street , accompanied by his wife , lie saw a poor woman with two children attempting to cross tbe road immediately in front of a cab , which was coming along at a furious rate .
Thinking that they must he run over , Jackson with more courage than prudence , tried to stop the horse ; but such was the speed at which he was yoiug , that Jackson was knocked down with great violence , and the wheels of the cab passing over tbe lower part oi his body he was taken up in a state of insensibility . He was forthwith conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital , where ho died shortly afterwards from the ir . juries W bad sustained ; plunging a wife and seven children into the deepest distress at their sudden bereavement . The horse
which was the cause of the calamity bolted , and the driver beirigunablefo control him , jumped from the cab while ic' wa 3 going on , directly after the accident to Jackson , and received several dreadful injuries in various parts of his person by the fall . He .. Iso was taken to St . George ' s Hospital , where the body of Jackson awaits the coroner ' s inquest . Cab Reform . —A correspondent says : — " Cab reform is at last to be carried but . A public company is forming for that purpose , on a principle , entirely different from the present system , and completely putting an end to all extortion and imposition , ' now so loudly and justly complained of . The fare will be reduced' to 4 d . per mile , . liveries are intended to be supplied by the company , and the driver will be under as strict regulations as . the Metropolitan Police force . " . ' : ,
Coroner ' s Ikquesi . —Suicide bi Onb of Messrs . Cixjwes ' s Printers . —Ofl Tuesday forenoon Mr . William : Carter , the Surrey coroner , held an inquest at the Dover Castle , Commercial-road , Lambeth , on the body of Frederick Franklin , aged fifty- ; live , compositor , at Messrs . Clowes and Son ' s , who committed suicide in the following manner : —The deceased resided with his wife at Ho . 6 , John-street . Corawall-road , and of late had mixed himself up Wthjarties taking a prominent stand in politics . This circumstance , added to his haying indulged rather freely ia drink , no doubt affected his miud . On Saturday morning last he got up about halfpast four o ' clock and retired to the yard . He returned soon afterwards , and went to bed again . He , however , left his bed in a short time again , and
soon afterwards anoise > as heard outside the bedroom door , and on his wife going to ascertain the cause , she found her husband suspended to the railings of the staircase'by means of apiece of rope which he had cut front one of the clothes lines whun ne went into the yard . The poor woman raised an alarm , and with the aid of three of the inmates , the man was cut down alive , and Dr , Menziegwus quickly sect for , -who bled him , and applied sundry other remedies . For some time there seemed every probability of the unfortunate man ' s recovery ; he however , continued to sink , and expired at halfpast nine , having lingered five hours in pain . Tiie jury taking all things into consideration , returned a verdict that "deceased destroyed his life whilst in a state of unsound mind . "
Cheap Omnibuses . —On Tuesday several omnibuses commenced running from Tottenham-courtroad to the Edgeware-road , through Oxford-street , for the charge of only one penny each person . The New Omsibos Association . —A large meeting of omnibus proprietors took place on Monday evening , at the Duke of Wellington , Bathhurst-strcet , Argyle-square , to consider the proposals submitted to them , at a preliminary meeting last Monday , by Mr . Crawford , the originator ot the Ilungerfbrd and Caraden-totvn lines , for choosing new routes , and working them by combination , at reduced fares—Mr . O'Brien in the chair—Mr . Crawford having explained the object of the meeting , it was resolved to form a new association for
the purpose of working various omnibus routes at reduced fares . —Several proprietors proffered their assistance with their omnibuses and stock . It was stated that there were in various parts of London from 200 to 300 omnibuses now laid up in ordinary , " each of which , when at work , employed from eight to ten horses daily , and three men . By the proposed plan of the association , any proprietor could put an omnibus on the new route until twenty were running , when another route must be chosen and filled up . The first route proposed to be opened was from Bayswater to Tottenham-couri-road , 2 d ; then to the Bank , 2 d . Second route , from the Great Western to the Great Northern Railway , 3 d . ; and from the Yorkshire Stingo to King ' s Cross , 2 d . It was also stated that the expense of working one
omnibus per day was £ 2 0 s . 9 d ., supposing each omnibus , with its ten horses , travelled sixty miles daily ( fifteen Joannes to and fro per diem , at two inites per journey . ) If they were licensed to carry twenty-four passengers , and obtained one-half , or twelve passengers at 2 d . each per journey , the . profit would . be 19 a . 3 d . per diem ; at "two-thirds fall" the profit was estimated at £ 1 19 s . 3 d . per diem ; at " three-fourths full , " £ 2 9 s . 3 d . ; and at "full , " £ 3 19 b . 3 d . Thus , giving on the first calculation , a profit on the working of 100 omnibuses ,- £ 30 , 035 per annum ; on the second , £ 66 , 435 per annum ; on the third , £ 81 , 635 per annum ; and on the fourth . £ 139 , 235 . A variety of rules for the regulation of the association having been agreed to , the meeting separated .
I ire at Whitechapbi .. —On Monday afternoon , at about a quarter past one o ' clock , a fire broke out in the cigar manufactory of Mr . J , Elkios , 10 , New Road , Whitechapel Road , owing to the over heating ot ' a gas stove used ju the preparation oi tobacco . Tbe fire commenced in the drying room , but soon extended to an adjoining workshop , which , with its contents , were considerably damaged by fire and water . The engines of the London Fire Brigade and West of England Fire Insurance Company , together with that of the parish , soon succeeded in extinguishing the flamea , but not before the-drying room on the basement floor was completely burnt oat and the sorting room aud other portions of the premises very much injured .
Fatau Accibknt at Kiiig ' b Cross . —On Monday afternoon as some masons in the employ of Messrs . Jay , the contractors for building the terminus of the Great Northern Railway , at King's Cross , were raising a piece of stone to the top of the building , some of the tackle gave way , and three men fell to the ground , and the stone , weighing nearly half a ton . fell on a man of the name of Lucas . jbreaking both bis legs , and causing such other injuries that he died in a few hours , leaving a wife and seven children . The other two men escaped with a few bruises . ' On Tuesday morning one of three workmen who met with an accident died from the effects of injuries received at the terminus of the Great Northern Railway at King ' s Cross .
Spontaneous Combustion . —About a quarter to one on Wednesday morning a fire broke out at Bermondsey , in the tan yard of Mr . Wm . Warrick , Willow-walk , owing to the overheating of a rick of tan . Fortunately it was discovered soon after tbe spontaneous combustion by some of the workmen who' were employed all night . The vigilance of the firemen prevented the fire from extending . - Had the wind blown stronger , however , the factory must inevitably have been destroyed . The rick in which the fire originated , containing about fifty loads of t in , was completely consumed . . ¦ . Disastrous Fibb , —Shortly after twelve o ' clock on Wednesday the brigade authorities in the City received a telegraphic message from Enfieldan . nouncitig the outbreak of an extensive fire in that district . An engine , with a strong muster of fire * men , was immediately despatched to the scene ,
which unfortunately proved to be the capacious homestead known as Plumbridge Farm , belonging to Mr . Paris . On inquiry , it was ascertained to have originated through the carelessness of one of the farm labourers , who , neglecting a pot of tar tbat was heating over a temporary fire , it boiled over , and the flames instantly extended to the straw lying about the yard , and thence to the farm buildings . The 3 e ignited with astonishing rapidity , and in leas than half-an-hour the fire swept over the entire property . The scene was truly awful ; with the exception of the farmhouse the whole homestead consisting of three large barns , two granaries , cowhouses , stables , with eight stacks of corn and hay , presented one general blaze . Up to nine o ' clock on Wednesday nigbfc tho fire was still raging fiercely . Th 9 whole of the property was insured in the Sun Fire office ; the loss is calculated at nearl y £ 3 , 000 . '
Os Tuesday evening , on the arrival of tbe quarter past six o ' clock irain at the Highbury station of lr t * ? n West India Junction Railway , tho , reateBt alarm wa 3 excited in conBequenoe of tLe A ^ th 0 boiIer « f the engine , by b ,, t Wn eP ^ IDeBr an fireman were badly scaled , A ^ auStetJ T 0 { tne PMsengers were ' injured . To 5 S Sf T " y "n ™ tom Camden lownto Highbury to effect arrangements for the
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conveyance of the "passengers , " which"was"done by attaching . the . first . train to ., tha ( t ; oi ) the . half paafc ^^ ix trjun , which " tq ok' them , tb . B . C ) w ^ and , afterwards ; to ' the docks station : The . passengers of ; bbeT ' train ' s jyere much ' alarmed , but through the promtitudo and vigilance of the company's officers collision was prevented . ... - ¦ : •* ¦ - . SicNsor Approaching Winter . — -Our first regular winter fog rpade its appearance over the metropolis on Wednesday ,. morning . It : was an exceedingly dense , one , add lasted for three , or four hours . Although a good deal of confusion arose in the principal public . thoroughfares , « ve are glad to say that we have . not heard that any accident of consequence occurred . ; .,,,. . Esib 4 . kk . urnt OF .. thb THMi £ S . ~ 0 n Wednesday last the Chelsea Improvement Commissioners commenced their , operations for the construction of an embankment oh the north side of , the Thames , extending from Battersea-bridge to Cremorne gardens . This improvement will be a great
public boon , and afford _ a delightful promenade and carriage drive to this popular , resort in the summer season The embankment of the . river front of Battersea park is making considerable progress , as also that on the Middlesex side of Vauxhall-bridge . Dbaxh fbou Drinking Boiling WATBB . ~ An inquest was held on Tuesday evening , before Mr . Payne , at Guy ! s Hospital , on the body of George Go ' rningj aged three years , whose parents reside in the Blackfriars-road . It . appeared that the deceased , on Sunday last , was . left for a Bhort time , when he drank some water which . was boiling on the stove . His screams brought several persons to his assistance , and he was taken to the nearest surgeon's , but the injury deoeased had recoiyed to the throat and mouth was . such that it was deemed necessary to convey him to the hospital , where he died on Monday morning . Verdict , "Accidental Death . "
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AfT ' the * same time , however , ' many of •*{ h eni "" expressed an ¦ dpinioa . tbafc . the : deoeaBed had'Gominitied ; suicjdg . . ne-K : v . \ . ' iu i , - v . . ' ! . ¦ ¦ '• ¦ r ' .. 5 - •¦ ¦ •• .. : •• : ¦ > ¦ . ' ;¦¦ ¦ ¦ " ' S hip' Fib * 'at ; . Liverpool . —At about 'eleven o ' clock on Monday-night the patrol of the Customs and the watchman of the geoda of the Genova discovered a tarpaulingl covering the bunker-hatch of the strew , steamer Genova , on fire . They immediately spread the alarm of fire , and on getting on board and withdrawing the tarpauling , which was four-fold over the grating ,, an immense . volume of smoikb issued froih the engine-room—indeed" it wa 3 so dense that it : was impossible to get below . With due -precaution" ; the steward , Mr , M'Arthur , and others present immediately passed the gunpowder , blue-lights , rockets / , and other combustibles , on shore ,, during- -which time , . however , buckets
were freely used to quell the devouring element . At a few minutes before twelve one of the engines arrived , but was not uaed , as the hose was attached direct to the main , and , with the head pressure from the . Green-lane . works , gare a plentiful and powerful supply of water . As the fire was evidently . near the funnel , the outer casing , which is of cast iron , was severed , and a branch brought to'bear below . Another branch was afterwards got further forward , where the . fire was apparently extending . After the lapse of about half an hour the . fire was quelled , but not , We fear , without the destruction by water of a great amount of cargo . The Genova is one of M'Kean and M'Larty's line , of screw steamers , and was to have sailed that morning . It is supposed the fire originated from the spontaneous combustion of some oily cotton waste in the engine-room . — Liverpool Standard ., ,
A FiHTATic—George Deacon , a religious enthusiast , or rather a monomaniac , known in Tarmouth a > " The Prophet , " having created a disturbance by his ravings , jumped into the river in order to escape from the police who wanted to take care , of him . lie declared ( hat he was the chosen one of the Almighty , that the Bible told him to " flee from the ungodly , " and that it was impossible that he could sink ! Ifc was only by great exertions tbat Borne men who were near were able to rescue him . He had with him about £ 20 in gold and silver . He was taken to the station house , and the next day examined by the parish doctors with the view of having him confined , but it seems that he is again at large . '
Sbdolky . —Caution to Miners . —On Monday last an inquest was held by T . M . Phillips , Esq ., coroner , at . the Green Dragon , - Upper Gorna ) , on the body ; of Thomas Oakley , a boy thirteen years of age , employed at a stone pit at the Deepdale colliery , belonging to Mr , B Gibbons , jun . It appeared from the evidence of William Bradley , another boy employed in the same pit , that the deceased had several times taken , hold of- the skip as it was ascending the . shaft , and dropped from it when it was a few yards up , On Thursday last he was at work filling a skip , and when it was drawn up laid hold of it , and continued hanging from it until the skip was within a few yards of the top of the pit ; hethen . lot go , and fell . with great violence to tbe bottom of the pik , about : thirty-seven yards . One of his . tnigb . 8 was broken , and he was othorwhe so much injured that when he was taken up he was dead . Verdict , " Accidental Death . "
Narrow Escapk . —An accident ; which might have been attended with serious loss of life , occurred on . Sunday last . A party of four persons , from Oarwardine , near Madley , arrived in a vehicle at tbo ford at Byford , with the intention of crossing the water at that place . The water being then upon the rise , one of the party called to a person on the opposite side to know if the place was fordable . Mistaking the answer returned , the parties drove on , but when near the bank on the Byford side the of stream turned the horse round , and the whole werecarried down . At some distance below tho vehicle caught upon a " stub , " and the boatman
From Byford havmg brought hia boat to their assistance , the four persons were . rescued . The vehicle became free of its entanglement , when the force - of the stream having turned it round , it floated down the river , drawing the horse with it , and the valuable animal becoming chooked , sank with the vehicle , and was drowned . The Frimlet MwnpER ,--Hamilton , who was admitted as Queen's evidence in the Frimley murder case ; is enjoying the sea breezes , under the surveillance of the Brighton police . It is said he is waiting for a free passage to Australia , which has been promised him .
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stftiairo . Meeting of the Dkfbncb Association . —The Brat public meeting of the Catholic Defence Association washeld on Friday , in tho hall of the Mechanics ' Institute , for tbe purpose of " adopting the rules prepared by the sub-committee for the guidance of thenew organisation , promulgating ' the objects' of the Association , and defining the means by which it is intended to effect the- great end . of the Catholic Confederation . " In the requisition it was stated that the meeting would be held at twelve o'clock , but the attendance was so exceedingly thin at that hour , as to necessitate a short postponement of the proceeding * . At a quarter to one o ' clock , however , their being no likelihood of a larger attendance , the . business of the meeting was proceeded with , although not more than 100 persons werje present , including some twenty ladies , wlio occupied a limited portion of the
gallery . Noheof the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church were in attendance at the commencement of the meeting , and the platform was then , for the most part , filled with members of the Roman Catholic laity . The thinness of the meeting has been accounted for by'the circumstance tbat the advertisement convening it announced tbat none but members of the association were to be admitted , whilst comparatively but very : few persons resident in Dublin had yet secured for themselves that distinction , by much the larger portion of those who had entitled themselves to be called members , by paying in their subscriptions , being scattered over England and the provinces . The demand for a shilling at the door to obtain admission'to the cheapest pwt- of thft room restrained , no doubt , the curiosity of many who might have been led to visit the meeting without any
wish for the honour of membership . Judging , ' therefore , from the attendance , 'the affair might be pronounced a failure . Among those oh the platform , at the early part of the proceedings , were Sergeant Shee ohn Reynolds ,, M . P ., Sir Simoo Bradstreet , J . M Cantwell , Esq ., Rev . ' N . Walsh . P . P ., Rev Mr ' Marshall , R . Kelly , Esq ., Wm . Keogb , Esq ., M . P ., . Sadleir , MPT Reynolds , city marshal , Rev ! ) r-. Spratt , Frederick- Lucas , ¦ Esq . { Tablet ) Hon Thomas Preston , &c .- Viscount : Gorman ston . presided . The organs of the Association allege that the meeting was meant to consist only ofgu S subscribers , and tbat the work of orCTniJaSnr £ going on rapidly . The " Tablet ! " however r « i s at tbe-lay committee to wvm J ° J eS , a 5
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Gibbon , barrister , his : brother / arid'brotheisin-W to ' enfof the rqfal sp ' nftsof the' season ; and on Tuea " day , theUttiinsfs . tbe Chief-Justice- and Solicitor-General proceeded . toamusethemselves in ' coursinff with greyhounds ; while Mr . Gibbon preferred tha amusement of snipe shooting ; and' accordingly pro , ceeded for that purpose to a neighbouring curragh the property of a Mr . Hutton , who resides in Surrey ' in England , which he lately purchased of a Mr Youngfin the Encumbered Estates Court ; but he * imagining that it belonged to a Mr . Webb , a friend of bis , over whose property he had liberty to shoot refused to leave the ground when ordered in a ruda and peremptory manner so to do by the deceased .
, who thereupon , without further parley or ceremony ! rushed at aud seized hold of Mr . G . ' s gun , to force it from him . A tussle then ensued , and both fell to tha ground ; when the piece , which was upon full cock went off , and took effect in the left knee of the deceased ^ shattering it in a dreadful manner , and part of the-charge also tore the trowserg of Mr . 6 ., but wrthout domg much bodilyinjury . A number of tha peasantry were attracted to the scene by the altercation and report of the firelock ; one of whom finding that the deceased had been wounded , tripped up Mr ! G . and threw him into abog hole , when he offered £ 100 to" them to allow him to escape . He was then pulled out of it , but was immediately after arrested
by one of the sons of deceased and detained in cus « tody for some time , but was ultimately rescued and set at liberty by a number of the tenants of the Soli , citor-General ( his brother-in-law ); who shortly after * wards arrived at the scene of action . The Chief-Justice and Solicitor-General did not hear of the transaction until some time after it had occurred , they being at some distance from the scene at the time , a hill intercepting their view of tbe party . Tha deceased , notwithstanding that a medical gentlem&tt was prompt in attendance , languished until the following day ( 15 th ) , when he died . Verdict- " Acci . dental death . " The transaction has created a great sensation in the neighbourhood .
Doings in « hb West or Ireland . —Under this head the following extraordinary statement is given in " Saunders ' s News Letter ' of Thursday , on tha authority of a correspondent residing in tbe village of Rowstone : — " There has been a school established for some time in the above village , under the superintendence of the Rev . Mr . Dallas , assisted by' the Rev . Mr . Aslie , resident curate , in which the children , both Protestant and Roman Catholic , are instructed in reading , writing , &c , and portions of the Scriptures read daily . Tnia has incurred the displeasure of the priest and his coadjutor ; but it has been confined until tbe last few days to altar denunciations , and an occasional assault on tbe children attending the school , in
which the stick has been more than orice brought into requisition . The parents , however , not finding the effects produced commensurate with the cursing —ao withered arm , no death of cattle , &o ., persevered in allowing their children to attend tha school . The priest was determined this state of things , should not last , and thought it necessary to have recourse to more stringent measures ; he accordingly stationed himself in the vicinity of tho school-house to prevent the entrance of the child--ren , and punished some of the younger ones by pulling their ears and otherwise maltreating them , forcing them by such means to give a promise that they would not attend the school in future ] He was very properly expostulated with for this
conduct by one of the teachers , whom he struck . The poor man very naturally made resistance , and ia self-defence gave the priest either a push or a blow in return . The town has been in consequence in a state of great excitement , hooting , shouting , and stoning every person suspected of being a 'jumper , ' nor is this confined to that class alone , as a gentleman totally unconnected with any party , his only offence being a ProteaAau ^ in . fact a total % tr&rige ? , who it is stated has been residing here for the joint purpose of health and amusement , was violently assaulted in the streets in the middle of the day , and would have been seriously injured but for tha interference of a few of the better conducted
inhabitants , with the timely assistance of that very efficient officer , Head-constable , Wilks , who , during a long residence , has done his duty with such impartiality as to call forth the unqualified approbation of all parties . The day but one afterwords the teacher made his appearance in tbe street , when he was assaulted with stones and other missiles , and would , in all human probability , have been murdered but for the intervention of the police . It is but justice to add that the people are naturally quiet and well-disposed , and are determined that their children shall receive that education of which they themselves feel so much want , in despite of tho denunciations of the pr iests . ''
Tenant Right . — The Marquis of Londonderry , having learned that a tenant-right meeting is about to be held on liis property at Newtownards , has adopted the somewhat arbitrary proceeding of issuingtho following notice to his tenantry : — "Memorandum for Office . Tower of Garron , October 13 th , 1851 . — -Understanding there is to be a tenantleague meeting at Kewtonards , I hereby make known to the tenant farmers on my estate , thafi those who think proper to attend , or take part ia such meeting , shall never receive from me hereafter the tenant-right always hitherto enjoyed and granted to them by my ancestors and myself . —Yank Londonderry . " The committee charged with making preparations for the meeting have replied to this notice by tho following resolution : — " That
this committee have heard read with surprise and indignation the foregoing manifesto—that they dare not doubt its authenticity , and cannot but regard it as worthy of Lord Londonderry . At the same time they take leave to consider the issuing of such a circular ns an infringement of the free action and civil rights of bis tennnfc farmers , which they recommend them to resist with spirit , by attending universally the meeting on Tuesday next ; and the committee submit that these proceedings on the part of landlords amount to such an invasion of the liberty of freemen as to call loudly on the government , and the legislature for such » tenant-right meaBure as will put an end , once and for ever , to such aots of attempted despotism . —( Signed ) Wm . Moore , M . D ., Chairman . "
Emigration . —The " Waterford Chronicle" says , " "We have been informed by a highly respectable gentleman who has taken some trouble to ascertain the fact that a certain number of the passengers in the Mars steanier last week for Liverpool { en route for America ) had with them the largo sum of £ 6 , 300 , If we assume thut the remainder of the passengers ( more than one half ) , had half that sum , ifc would amount to £ 10 , 000 , or at the rate of hal £ a million perannum . " The " Tu . im Herald " states that the drain of emigration for the vicinity Of that town , proceeds as extensively as ever , and that money amounting in the aggregate to a considerable sum , is recpivpd from persons in America by each mail , to enable their friends at home to rejoin them beyond the Atlantic .
Incendiary . OuTnAOK . ~ On Saturday night lust , about midnight , a house was observed to be on fire in Windmill-lane . The neighbours wore immediately alarmed , and gave assistance . The fire was quenched by pulling down the thatch roof . There was no water neater than the Boyne , which is more than a quarter of a mile away . The place is very populous , having a great number of houses crowded together , and Mr . Walsh has a lavyo store convenient to . the lane full of inflammatory materials , ami if this building had caught fire the result would have been very calamitous . We believe the property belongs to F . W . Leland , Esq ., who is an indulgent landlord , and does . ' not deserve tho ill-will of any . There is no doubrbut tho outrage was maliciously perpetrated—a circumstance which we deeply regret , as tho contagion of evil example ia sure to spread . This is the third incendiary firo in this locality within a very short period . —Drogheda Conservative .
The Harvest . — The wheat , oaten , and barley crops , although gathered in housed , or ricked , are considered , on the whole , a fair average . Some late cereal crops , in the stock , nnd some unreaped , in exposed situations , have suffered seriously from the protracted humidity of the weather . The flax crop , particularly in Ulster , is favourably reported . The general failure of the potato crop is set down at one-third . In Ulster it is one half . Tiie Government Anktjitibs . — The agitation against the repaynieni of advances still continues to afford almost tho only item , of news from Ireland . The following ptntomont with respect to the course government mean to adopt in the case of the indebted Irish unions is put prominently
forward in the " Evening Mail" of Monday night . All circumstances considered , the concession intimated goes as far as . could have been expected : —'' We have reason to believe that the Ministry have at length arrived at a determination as to the course they will adopt in reference to the forty yenrs' annuities impost . They will not consent to a general postponement of the " claim ; but they will take into consideration the means and circumstances of the individual'Unions respectively , and in those in which they know an attempt to levy the money would not produce enough'to pay the cost of making it , they will remit altogether a nortion of the sum claimed , Tho details have , we Hndersfcanu , been submitted to tho consideration of Mr . Power , the
^ chief Poor L-iw Commissioner , . and , upon his report , a Treasury minute wilt be framed . " The guardians of the Gort union , headed by their chsiir * man ( Mr . T , Joyce ) , Lord Gort , and ' some of the leading gentry of the district ,. resolutely persist in their . determination not to levy the additional jato towards tho payment of the government annuities —at least until the demand made by Lord Lucan shall have been complied with , namely , that tho guardians ilia . ll first be furnished with a " proper , . business-like'billiof particulars . " The guardians of the celebrated unions of Kilrush—Colonel Vandelcur , cbawmnn—have arrived at a nearly similar conclusion with regard to tho impolicy of complying witit iha . iemaad of tho Treasury .
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g-fje jnomncw , Ah A . TI 0 BHBT CONVICTED 05 FELOSt . —At tbE quarter ' sessions for Hereford , on Saturday last , Mr . John Sparrow Taylor , an attorney , was indicted for stealing two goslings , of the value of five shillings ; at Kingston , in September last . It seems that the two birds were missed from the flock , and they were found in the prisoner ' s possession—one was dead and the other alive . The prisoner denied stealing them , but said that he had a Newfoundland do " , and that the brute killed the bird . His address to tho jury occupied several hours . He was found guilty , and sentenced to be imprisoned for three calendar months , with hard labour . The case excited great interest .
Infanticide . —The town and neighbourhood of Bury St . Edmunds has been thrown into a state of great excitement , - in consequence of a young person , moving- in the better Btation of life , who resided with her uncle , a person of great respectability , at Crawford , near Bury , having been committed for trial for two distinct murders , the vietima being her own illegitimate children . From the facts which transpired before the magistrates and coroner , it appears that the prisoner ( Maria Siewart ) was suspected of having given birth to a child , and a police-eonst&blft apprehended her on a charge of concealing the birth . On her road to the station she confessed that the child was buried behind the lodge at her uncle ' s house . Search
was made , and the body of a female child discovered . Ou being examined by Mr . Image , a surgeon , at Bury , thatgentlemangaveas his opinion that the child had not only beeu born alive , but that it had sucked . "Whilst the prisoner was in the station-house 8 he made a voluntary confession that she was'delivered Of-the child on the 24 th of Sep . tember , that she murdered it on tbe following day , and kept it in her bed till the 6 th inat ,, when she buried it at the lodge , - ' and that site had murdered one ohild before . She then indicated the spot where she had disposed of the body , and , search being made , its remains were found . She was fully committed by the magistrates to take her trial at the next assizes .
Serious Accidbst at a . ' Circus . —Nottisgham . — An accident occurred on the 17 th inst ., at a circus which is in the course of erection on the Derbyroad , Nottingham . It appears that the exterior of the building being nearly finished , a number of slaters were employed covering it—one side was indeed finished—when , about eleven o ' clock , the men were greatly alarmed by perceiving symptoms of the roof giving . way . Before they could extricato themselves from their dangerous position , the whole of the upper portion fell in with ? a tremendous crash , burying the unfortunate men in the
ruins . From the immense height of the erection , the worst fesvrB were manifested for the lives ef the workmen . Assistance was promptly rendered , and the poor fellows extricated frem their deplorable situation . It was discovered that one of the slaters , besides being fearfully bruised , had a leg broken ; another had his arm broken , with other serious injuries ; and those who escaped without any of their limbs being fractured are terribly shaken and bruised . The circus was building for a company of French equestrians , who were to open it in a few days . The damageis estimated at about £ 300 . ¦
The Late Collision on xhe Brighton Railway . ~ At the quarter sessions held at Lewes , last week , Richard Grindley , a guard in the employ of the London and Brighton and South Coast Railway Company ; was indicted : for having negligently omitted , on the 21 st of September last , to apply hia brake to a train he was guard of , vihereby the lives of the said ^ Richard Grindley , and of Joseph Keneley , the driver of the train , and of William Savage , the under » uard on the same line were endangered . The evidence ahpwed that in consequence of tiro neglect of the pvisowsnn viot applying the brakee , damage to the amount of between £ 400 and £ 500 had been sustained by the carriages in the train . He was found guilty , and sentenced to six months' hard labour .
The Poisofli « o Cask ai . Bath . —The coroner s inquest was resumed on the 17 ch inst . Mr . Hellings and Mr . Crosby were again present , taking note 3 of and watching tho proceedings . —Mr . Crosby was not examined on account of his having been in court ' during the whole of the proceedings . The Coroner proceeded to sum up the evidence , and the jury , after a consultation , which lasted for an hour and a half , returned the following verdict : — " V 7 e find that the child died from the effects of poison by arsenic , administered by the mother , and we also find that the father was an accessory to the act . "—Coroner : The law makes an accessory before the act a principal , In such cases the law does not recognise any difference between a
principal and accessory . If he was present administering , or aiding , abett ' iDg , or counselling the administration of the poison ,. he is guilty . Is that what you find ? Foreman : That is what we find . — Coroner : You must name the parties in your verdiet . The foreman said , Catherine Elizabeth Lewis and Thomas Crosby . —Coroner : Then you find a verdict of "Wilful Murder against both . Foreman : We do . I should state that Mr . Sainsbury , Mr . Bennet , and Mr . Hale did not concur in the verdict ' against the father . Mr . Sainsbury and -Mr . Bennett objected to the verdict of murder at all . — Coroner : A verdict of twelve is sufficient . ( The
jury consisted of fifteen . ) Addressing Mr . Crosby , the Coroner said : it-is my painful duty to commit you to await your trial . —Mr . Crosb y : May I be permitted to say a word ? I can say , aa solemnly andsincerely as if I were about to enter into the presence of iny Saviour this moment , I declare that I know nothing about it ; I am innocent . —Inspector Norris then took Mr . ' Crosby into custody . —The Coroner said that the inquisition would take some time drawing up , and he should adjourn , but the case was so important a one that he should bind them in heavy recognisances . The jury were then bound over in the sum of £ 100 each .
COIAIBION ON THE GRBAT KoRTHEBN UllhWAY . — Horncastle . —A collision took place on the 17 th | nst ., at ' the Kirkstead station , on the Great Northern Railway , the nearest stati p n to this town , and distant from London 122 miles , by which a fireman belonging to the Great Northern Company lost his life , from a gross act of negligence on the part of emplo ^ Ss connected with the station . It appears that a down train of empty coal truckB arrived at the station shortly before two o ' clock , when the engine was detached for the purpose of taking in water , the trucks being left upon the main Tine , with a red light , the danger , signal , displayed upon the truck at the end of tho train . Before tho engine returned to tho trucks , however ,
a down passenger tram , a return excursion , known to be due at that hour , dashed into tho trucks with such violence that ten or a dozen of them were scattered in fragments over the line , while the engine of the passenger train itself was bo seriousl y damaged as to be entirely unfitted for future service . The driver , who jumped from the engine , fortunately escaped with '' a few bruises , but the stoker was lifted from the ground horribly crushed and conveyed to an inn in close vicinity to the station . Medical attendance was procured as soon as possible , but'his recovery was at once pronounced to be all but hopeless , and the poor fellow , after lingering for a few hours , died-in the greatest
agonies . Tho passengera who travelled hy the second train were , of course , greatly alarmed , but fortunately escaped all Berioua injury , which is considered almost miraculous in so violent a collision , and when the engine which headed thetvinn , consisting of only five or six carriages , wag so seriously damaged . As soon as the confusion consequent upon the catastrophe had in some degree subsided , an inquiry took place into the circumstances wheh led to its occurrence , when it was discovered that the signal man attached to tho station had absconded , and up to the present moment no traces of hifl whereabout has been heard of . His absence from his post was at once deemed presumpive proof that the accident had arisen
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¦ mainivt if riot e'ntirely , from some culpable ne eli-• jjence ' on hid part , ajnppip . i . Qn :. whifih was ; fully . confirmed by . tbeirarott-. oT ^ e . inquiry , aa : the ' . all ' riffht ' -sisna'l wasfpun . d to be displayed after the occurrence ; It " appeared that . it was shown when the truck train cameyupj and ; it is supposed that the signal man had either left his poat or . fallen asleep , before the ' . p «« mger train , . approached , so thai- the " all right" signal remained . when , the dangersi gna ^ ug htto haye been substituted . An Old : But Succbssfdl , Horsb Trick . —On Saturday morning last , at about eleven o ' clock , a successful horse trick was played upon Captain Robert MuSsell ,, of , Well 3 , whose vessel is now . at this port discharging coals . It seems tbat tho worthy son of Ocean was wondering over the quays at the tiitie stated , when a respectably-dressed no , aftn hinted alongside , and after putting several
ordinary questions , said , " T sent my servant , into the tovrn ' yesterday to buy a horae for me . He Baid he was to give £ 21 . for it , . . I think he is about Sing me ! . ; J have -to . buy it for a gentleman . Holloa , here comes my master now , aiJded he , as another well-dressed man came tap ; as ; d by mere iccident The trio after a time went to the Bull Inn where the second man laid on the table twentyone ' sovereigns , and shoved them over to the farst man who said , " that won't do , 1 must reoeive the money of a Wanger . " He then asked the captain if he had £ 21 ? when he said "No , but I can get it" on which the captain immediately went out and sot £ 21 The three then retired to the Sea Horse Inn , where the captainwas told if he would lend the first man £ 21 for a fair minutes he should , receive £ 32 for it . The captain then went out with the man who had not shown any money , in order
that he might see the horse at the Coach and Horses . When , opposite Alexanders' bank the captain aaid to the man , VI know nothing of horse dealiDff—takeihe £ 21 and get the horse , and I Jl go back to your friend and get the- £ 23 for it . " On his return to the inn the man who ' had displayed the twenty-one sovereigns bad "booked it , " when the captain ran towards the Coaoh anc Horses , but found that the fellow to whom he had entrusted his money had also hoisted all sail and got away . The poor fellow felt that the wind had been taken out ) of his sheets completely , and mournfully made his wayto the station-house , where the facts were revealed . A horse waB ~ found at the Coaoh and Horses Inn , which has been valued at about £ 4 . immediate exertions . were made by Pnlice-Gonstable Robinson to detect the fellows
but notwithstanding the utmost , activity the pirates got away with their spoil . The affair has created the utmost ' merriment amongst the captains on the quay , who are thoroughly rejoiced tbat it was not a Suffolk man who was thus taken in . The poor fellow played most anxiously into the rascal ' s hand in orderi to save , tho sovereign . He exclaimed to the victimise ! -, " Come , make haste , take the £ 21 ; there ' s another gentleman at the inn waiting to pay me £ 22 ; and I shall lose money and horse too if I don't make haste . " An extraordinary desire to obtain the one sovereign blinded his weather eye as to the fate of the . larger sum he had advanced . Having seen the Sea Horse the confiding captain thought it unnecessary to see the land animal ; had he , however , but hinted the matter to the attentive host , Mr . Worby would quickly have saved him from these land sharks . —Ipswich Express . ' ; . Serious Accident on the East Lancashire
Railway .. —On Monday the train due in Manchester at 3 45 p . m . from Colne , Burnley , Accrington ,. and Blackburn , over the East Lancashire Railway , met with a serious accident on approaching the Clifton junctions , about five miles from Manchester . There are two junctions at that part of tbe line , the first , called the Mullyneux junction , is where the London and North-Western Pah-icrbft branch runs off down a r . ithersteep incline to the right ; and the other is abput 300 yards nearer to Manchester , which is where the East Lancashire comes upon the Lancashire and Yorkshire line from Bqlton to . Manchester , and is called the Clifton junction . Tho first of these junctions is not much used , and there is no station , but merely a pair of self-acting points . The train waa about to stop at Glifton junction , where
the tickets are collected , nnd its speed would be slackened to about twelve miles per hour . Strange to say , in passing , the points on the London and North-WeBtern branch , the engine and tender kept the proper pair of rails ( which are . the 'eft , or up , pair ) , whilst the composite and other' carriages passed on to tho branch , and kept those rails for about thirty yards , where tbe impetus given by the breaking of the tackle seemed to have begun to operate , and almost en ry one of the carriages then left the rails and came to a stand in tbe form of a 8 emi-circle , the first carriage having nearly regained the East Lancashire lino , notwithstanding its higher level , caused by an embankment , at that point nearly a yard high . The engine was brought up without getting off the fine , or the driver and
stoker receiving injury . The carriages , however , came in collision at the corners , and the passengers were thrown about and a good deal bruised . The guard , a man named Tyson , from Colne , was found to have received a blow on the head which rendered him insensible , and up to Tuesday morning fears were entertained that he had sustained a concussion of the brain which would prove fatal . There were six : passengers injured , but none fatally . Mrs . Lennox and child , of Manchester , were two , and these , with a third passenger , Mr . Holmes , of Bradford , were removed to tho Brunswick Hotel , Manchester , as soon after the accident as possible ^ under the care of Dr . Harrison , medical , inspector of the line . Mrs . Lennox had received several rather severe contusions , tho most serious of which was one from a blow on the . hip bone . Site was progressing favourably , but is likely to be confined to bed for some days . The child is not much hurl ; . Mr Holmes was bruised by a blow from the
carriage door against one of his thighs , bufc it is not likely to prove serious . The other three passengers injured were Mr . Robinson , publican , Manchester , with a blow upon en j of the riba ; Mr . W . K . Stock , Hulme , with ft blow across the throat ; and Mr . Robert Slack , of Millgato , Manchester , with a blow on one thigh . Dr . Harrison is in attendance also ! : tipon these parties , and they are not likely to suffer much from the accident . The carriages were a good deal broken at the ends and corners , but only one ( the luggage van ) was overturned . A number of the company ' s servants were : got to work , and cleared the lino by six o ' clock , though the accident did not occur until half-paat three . Some of the heavy iron rails were , bent , and the chairs broken , rendering it necessary to make some repairs . The accident is . attributed to the composite carriage wheels coming in contact with the ends of the points belonging to the' Patricioft branch , though the engine had passed them safely , from tneir not acting properly .
SurrosEp Suiciuk and Inquest at Boxley . —On the 17 th inst . an inquest was held before J . N . Dudlowj Esq ., county coroner , at the Gibraltar Inn , Boxley , on the body of a young woman , named Elizabeth Neeson , aged twenty-one years , who was found drowned in the river Med way , on the previous day . - This was < a most painful inquiry , and from the evidence adduced there appears but too reason-. able grounds for believing the deceased to have committed suicide . She was the daughter of ¦ Jane Ilarman , who is an inhabitant of Muidstone , and who had been in service . She was ; according to her mother ' s account , of very good character , her principal failing being an irritable temper , which frequently induced her to answer her mother in a manner unbecoming her as a daughter . She had
been out oi service ten weeks , during which time she had been living with her mother . On Tuesday the 7 th instant ; . ' she had beard of-a place at East Farleighyand had intended to go to that plnce and try ' for it . She hadi unfortunately become acquainted with an old Irishwoman , who lived in . the neighbourhood , an acquaintance which , for many reasons which need not be stated , was disapproved of by her mother . Frequently words had passed between the'deceased'and Wet mother ; both on account ' of this acquaintance , and the irritable manner in which she was - at times accustomed' to address the younger branches of ; her family . On that day . she asked the old Irishwoman to accompany her to Farleigh , of which : Mrs . Harman expressed her disapproval . The two , however ,
afterwards went out , and ; on their return , the mother of the deceased upbraided her daughter for her conduct , i Words of an unpleasant nature ensued , in the midst , of which Mrs . Ilarman desired her daughter not to . answer her again , or she would strike her . Deceased again made answer , when the mother , taking up a cup of tea , threw its contents in her face . 'Deceased wiped her face and got up , opened tbe door , and went out . , For some time she continued walking in front of her mother's house , and those of her neighbours , in a most'irritable and excited state . repeating the answers to her mother , who threatened if the deceased ' . continvicd to do so she would come out to her . At length the deceased came to her mother ' s door and said , " You will suffer for . this , ' . ' and theu went away in the same state as when she quitted the . house .. This was about six o'clock in the evening . She was afterwards seun by a boy going iWough Bone's
Alley , and this , was the last time she was ever seen alive . Nothing more could be ascertained respecting her till between seven and eight o ' clock on < the 16 th nstant , when her body , waa seen floating down tho river near tfie Gibraltar Inc . It was taken out about nine o ' clock by Mr . Pearcp , the latvdlovd of that house , assisted by other persons ; it was then in a very decomposed state , and ' had apparently been in the river several days . -In the pocket of her dres 3 was found a sixpence , a purse containing a halfpenny , a knife , and . a handkerchief . . She had no bonnet or shawl on . ' During tho whole of the examination the mother appeared much distressed and afflicted , evidently suffering most severelyfrom the circumstances ot her daughter ' s death . At the conclusion of the case , the jury , at : the suggestion of the coroner , returned an open verdict— "Found drowned , but how or by . what means tho deceased came into the wafer , there isno evidence to shot " "
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scoiiann . Strange Case of CniLD Murder . —On tbe 16 th inst . a man who has since been ascertained to hold a respectable situation in Glasgow called upon an undertaker in Main-street , Gorbals , and purchased a child ' s coffin , desiring at the same time that ground for tho interment should be prepared in tbe Old Gorbals burying ground . On the following night he called at the same place , carrying the coflin , which was then screwed down , and stating that he would return alone on Saturday evening and bring the body . As the circumstance looked auspicious , the undertaker gave information to tbe police , by whom the coffin was taken to the
station . When opened it was found to contain the body of a full-grown male child , presenting , however , black marks upon the lips . A post mortem examination was ma'le by Dra . Easton and Andsrson , which leaves no doubt that death was the result of suffocation , and from the marks upon the lips there is little doubt that death has been caused by tho process named burking . The man was apprehended when he returned for tho interment , and states that the body was sent to him in a railway parcel by his niece , a young woman in Perthshire , and of the truth of this statement there is no doubt . ' Information has accordingly been sent to the Perthshire authorities , and measures will be taken for the eirl's apprehension .
Potato Disease . —The potato disease , we are sorry to learn , is spreading to a serious extent in this neighbourhood . Several instances have come to our knowledge in which not above a sixtb , and in others not above a tenth , of the crop will be saved . The ravages of the disease appear to be almost equally severe whether the potatoes are stored in pits or kept on floors exposed to the air . Should the same state of things prevail in other parts of the country , the poor must suffer much from the scarcity during the approaching winter , — Berwick Warde . r .
Failure . —A further failure m the north hnabeen announced , the house being that of Messrs . Robert Anderson and Sons , of Leith . They were connected with tho Baltic trade , cind had a large business and good credit . ' The event is understood to have been caused by tho recent stoppage of Messrs , Boyd and Other Glasgow firms . -. ; .
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