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      MscaLLAHKOCS . Ukalth op thb Metbopoios . —Tlie deaths registered in the last week were : —Males . 431 . ; female * . « 0 ; . total , 921 . iBirtas : mteMOT ; females . 679 ; total , 1 , 355 . Return of meteorological observation taken at the Royal Observatory ,- Greenwich , in the weekendine Saturday , June 26 : —Barometer , meao . height , 29 . 620 ; thermometer , bighe&t , <> 9 : 8 ; lowest , 46 . 0 ; meaa , SJ . 8 ; ajean direction of tne wind , S . S . W ., with a maximum pressure of S . SIbs . to the foot ; mean offeorkantal movement of the air . 1270 miles ; mean amount of cloud , 7 . 9 ; mean of rain , 0 . 25 . MxTRcroin&s Ihfbovihbnts . —A plan has been exhibited at the Man-ion House tor the formation o !

      a new street from Victoria-street , through Kmsfttreet . into WestSmithfield , obviating the necessity for Vehicles descending the dangerous -declivity of Jlolb-irn Hill , and opening a direct line of communi . catirn irom New Oxford-street to the Eastern Counties Railway . Fxtkbisthe MsTEftpous —Dr A Tweedie , phy . ¦ ician to the London Fever Hospital , has published a letter in reference to the report offerer in the meaopolis ; in «* ich he says- " a statement has t * en lately extena « ly emulated by the newspapers , that an epidemiefever , accompaaied with syipVotns that T ^^ . deemed to be distinct ™ of plngne , is . extensivel y prevalent in LnnrtAn ot rti «

      * " « " ! ° - S »* a report has most naturally crated the greatest aferm . It is , therefore the « &"A 5 assa ± r ^ sa ^ sstetsi ^ B jttSZSiSSSZ ever u not at the present time alarmingly pW m . il ^"' " , ' thatin itscharacter it beara no SB 2 S « ?? | lhgU 6 J atldS ' that th * whabitante J / rtf ^ Jte * P" ? can 8 ° oftnai > kfulnes 3 that as yet the metropolis has been visited with amuch ess Proportionate ^ amount of epidemic fever than any otter « ty in the kingdom . "

      _ , FIRE 3 . . ^ "As ^ sThkatbb .-On Saturday night , snortly after the conclusion of the performance , a report ^ was raised in the WestminBter-road that Astiey s Amphitheatre was on fire , and messengers we » dBpatehedf « the fire-engines . Inthespaceof a few minutes the West of England and brigade engraes arr ; ved , and after some time . the firemen were admitted , when they found a deal of smoke in the taeatie , and the workmen running about in great COHfasion , and complainingof the miserably defective state of the hose attached to their fire-extinetUBhing ppwatna . Fortunately the hands ef the theatre lad succeeded in subduing the flames in their in-» ncy . or the consequences might have been most

      oisasmras . Upon making inquiries , Mr W . Batty , the proprietor of the house , stated that at the close of the theatre , as was usual , the men were engaged langmgsome rolls of calico over the medallions in front of the boxes , and havingl eft the side chandeliers baraingi the cotton fell into the light and soon became ignited , and before the flames could be got out one of the gas > pipe » was melted by the heat The damage done is thus reported by Mr Braidwood :-borne calico covering and drapery of the Queen ' s box burned front of gallery slightly scorched , and gas-pipe melted . " ft ia bnt right to mention , that when the engines arrived , a most abundant supply of waten was ready , famished by the Lambeth Company , but fortunately it was not required .

      BKSTRnonre Fmg p HoasBMosoBB-iASE . ~ A rapidly destructive fire has broken ont in the carpenters workshops , belonging to Messrs Walker and boper , situate at No . 1 , Union square , Horsemonger-Iane . The flames when first perceived were ^ SLr ^ JST" ? floor ^ ongst a large quantity of cut timber . Ine foreman , the only person on the spot , made an attempt to subdue the fire by pourine buckets of water oh it , bnt snch a powerful ascendancy had the destrnclive element alread y obtained that it defied hu utmost exertions , and in the space of a fewminotes the building became fired from tottorn to top , the flames from which speedily commamcated to the timber-yard at the back . The Brigade and West of England engines promptly attended , and no time being lost in setting them to work , the firemen laboured without intermission until half-part six o dock , when they at length got the fire entirely

      eranguisued . By flat period the building wi gutted , and the valuable stock of timber in the vard was partially consumed . The total damage is considerable , for at the time of the outbreak there was a £ 2 000 contract on the premises , and eleven workmen have lost thewhole of theirtools . Messrs Walker and Soper were insured in the Phoanix Fire Office .

      ¦ ACCIDEST 8 AKD OFFENCE 3 . Fatal Accidkkt . —On Wednesday a painful sen-¦ abon was created at the London terminus of the iJlackwall Railway ln Fenehureh-atreet , by the death S * yonn »»» **?<* Freeman , a porter , who was &lled nnder tkefollowing melancholy cireuiaatances . - By the side ot the railway , about fifty yards from its commencement is a platform , on which the bogsleadsof s-ugar and other goods are landed from the trucks as they ' arrire with the passenger carriages in each train from the West India Dock . The hogsheads of su-ar are thenlowered into a warehouse level inth Hart-street , Crutchedfriare , by means of powerful machinery , which , ftom its peculiar construction , is worked with the greatest ease . Two hogsheads of sugar were placed on a stage to be lowered , and the machinery having been set in motion , they descended mto the warehouse below in the usual manner , and the whole of the ponderous weieht fell nnnn tt « tm .

      fortunate Porter Freeman , who at that moment was looking for ashilhng he had dropped on the ground , and did Dot see the hogsheads of sugar coming down . He was crashed beneath the weight , and his death was instantaneous . His mutilated remains were collected immediatel y , and removed to the deadflonseofthe adjoining church of St Olave , Hartstreet , to await the coroner ' s inquest . FaisHtPot Umsibus Accideht . —An accident of a most frightful character , which , besides involving the Me of one poor child , has inflicted such severe injuries on two othera as to render their ultimate recovery extremely dubious , has occurred in Trafalgar-square , under the circumstances subjoined . It

      seems that a railway omnibus was proceeding from iae Great Western station along the southern side of the square , next Charing-cross , driven by the conductor , in the absence of the regular coachman , when three children , named James Pottinger , aged seven years , John Pottinger , aged six , and Charles Wilkinson , aged nine , were playing in the toad , and although the driver , who was proceeding at a moderate pace , cried out , none of the unfortunate lads were able to retreat before the horses came upon them , audthe deceased James , brother to John Pottinger , being the first knocked down , the wheels gassed over him , and he waskilledon the spot . John Jiving with his parents , in Kewnort-market . wm

      imewisc senouslyinjured , having sustained a broken leg , acd a dislocation of the collar-bone , besides otter exfenriveinjuries . Wilkinson was also severely Dnnsed m Beveral parts , and sustained a compound comminuted fracture of the left arm , with an occipital injury . Theiittle sufferers were all taken to the Channg-cross Hospital . ExrRAOHpwAHrEspiosiosAT Caudbk-iowr . —An explosion of a most extraordinary character , nearly attended withfatalconsequences , happened on Monday evening , upon the premisea , belonging to Mr Augustus Brockenbury , manufacturer of ice by steam machinery , situate at the rear of 10 § , Stanhopertreet , Camden-town . It appears that whilst Mr Brockenbury was at work in a building nearly fifty feet from tlia dwelling , an explosioE

      ofamostterri-Mted off thereof , and then set the place on fire . Mr JJrocktnbury was very severely injured by the force of the explosion , and on Tuesday lafternoon was lying in a state of great suffering . The damage-was not confined to os . e building , but the electricity , or whatever else it was-for no one has been able yet to leam-passeddown a sewer , and after travelling a distance of forty-five feet blew up the flooring of the basement story of the house . The noise occasioned by the explosion was most terrific , and for some time thegrcatest confusion prevailed in the neighboarlood . numerous engines of the London brigade and the pansh quickly attended , and the firemen , with the assistance , of the police and inhabitants , succeeded m getting the flames extinguished , but Independent of the damage before stated , the enntpntanf

      the back premises were much burned Dakiko RoBBKBiES .-On Monday * the police received information of the following robberies :-On the 2 fch instant , from a bedroom , in the Green Man public-house , Bond ^ treet , above £ 50 in gold and $ F i- $ ? $ * 5 day > - from 139 « Curtain-road , Shoreduch , fsurteen sovereigns , two half-sovereigns , & . in silver , and a valuable set of drawing instrumenra . On the 25 th , from 36 , Baker-street , a silver mustard-pot , gadroon edjes , a silver milk-jue both marked K . A . S ., " sUver milk-jug , fluted , a desert and table fork . On the 25 th , from the residence of Edward Horsaian , Esq ., M . P .. a purse

      containing tnree sovereigns and three gold rings , one eagraved a horse ' s head , and fonr Bramah rin ^ g On the 24 th , from 7 , Woodland ' s-plaee , St JohnWood tteproperts of Major Lynch , four silver tea-apoons ! crest a wolf rampant , with a heart in the paws , two Biter table and a desert spoon , crest a stag at ' bay and a silver cruet-stand . ' Sdicide . —On Wednesday the Waterman steamer Ao . 4 , JfJt WoDlwicb , bstween nine and ten o ' clock with a number of passengers on board for UnW nhen o-taoyte the Breadaought Hospital-ship , stationed off Greenwkli , one ? of the persons deliberately committed suicide by throwing himself into the river . Analarm was sDr ' antly given , aud the steamer wa 3 stop { .-ad , intlie hone of rescuing theindividual ftoma watery grave ; bat ail efforts were useless as he never rose more . His hat was picked nn , and left rothecare of the autorities at Greenwich , which may perhaps lead to liia identification . uqukstS . u v'ie AccmENT og "WESiMnffliEE-BniD OE . —Before Mr Bsdford , at the Red Lion , Princes-street , West-

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      minstec ;< on the body of Charles Burnett , aged 63 , ft clerk to a wine merchant . The evidence went to show that about nine o clock on Friday morning last , a cart laden with timber and drawn by one horse , belonging to Mr Chamberlain , of the Belvedere-road , Lambeti , was crossing over Westminster Bridge , when in passing a distiller ' s waggon the horse became restive , in consequence of a loud rattliBg ef tins on the vehicle . The driver , who had hold , of the anU mars bridle , did all in his power to stop and quiet it , without effect , and , at length overpowered , he let go

      his hold « f the animal , which ran on to the footpath on the left hand side of the bridge . The decsaeed , who was walking along , was knocked down by the shaft , and the off wheel passed over both his legs . He wag conveyed to the Westminster Hospital , having received a compound fracture of the left thigh : lie sank and died on Saturday evening from th-3 Shock arising fiOtn the accident . Ii was stated that this was the > ec < -nd person who had been killed by the same horse , but there was nothing to show that the animal was anywise viciously inclined . Verdict , "Accidental Death . "

      The Fatal Accidkst at Bebuokdsbt . — In this case , reported in the Star of last week , the jury returned a verdict—• ' That the deceased parties , Frederick Messenger and Mary Thistleton , were accidentally killed , and that the jury are desirous of expressing to the proper authorities their sense of the incautious manner in which the boy in their employ has acted , and their desire to recommend to the con * tractdrs of such works to apply to the- local commissioners for leave to stop up any public way over which an arch may be t . rned . more particularly on the striking of the centres , so as to prevent any such accident as this in future . " The inquiry was then concluded , after a sitting , upon this occasion , of more than six hours .

      Db&th frovi Damp . —On Wednesday , before Mr T . Wakley , M . P ., coroner , and a jury , at the Bedford Arms Tavern . HLjh-street , Camden Town , concerning the death of Daniel Hunter , % youth of colour , aged 18 , in the employ of Mr Pindar , ohemiit , Camden Town . The coroner and jury viewed the body , and the place where the deceased , had been in the habit of sleeping up to the day previous to hi * death . It was a perfectly dark opening under the shop , about four feet and a half high , between the joists supporting theshop flooring , the only ventilation being afew holes in the steps entering the shop above . In it wasa stump bedstead , and at the head of the bed some bricks , which were so damp , that whenTiffin , the summoning officer , placed his fineer

      between them and withdrew it , he found his finger covered with wet . The boards were rotted through , and the place was filled with straw and all kinds of refuse . Evidence having , been given , the jury returned a verdict— "That the deceased died from a disease of the lungs , from exposure to wet and cold , " and appended the following : — " That having viewed the place where the deceased was kept while labouring under the disease from which he died , the jury consider that place to have been a very improper one as a sleeping place , not only fora person affected with disease of the lungs , but even for a person in good health , and earnestly recommend to Mr Pindar not to require any servant of his for the future to occupy that place at night . "

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      COLLIERY EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE , AT KiaKLESS HALL COLLIERY , SEAR WIGAN .

      On Tuesday , about one o ' clock , an explosion of fire-damp , fatal in its consequences , wo tear , to a number of penons , took place at the colliery , knotrn sometimes as the Higher Parricroft Colliery , but more properly as the Kirkless Hall Colliery , near the boundary line of the townships of Inceand Aipull , on the banks of the Leeds and Liverpool canal , about two miles from Wigan . The reuult of the accident , as far as we could learn , up to five o ' clock on Monday afternoon , was the death of two penons , the very serious injury of eight or ten others , and the injury , more or ten . of at least a doien more . From information hastily collected on the sjtot , it appeared that the cause of the explosion arose from the

      blowine up of a quasiity of coal by one of the men , which set it on fire ; and before the fire could be blocked up or extinguished , theaccident occurred . We muBt here state , on the best authority , that the firing of coal by the miners , which is doubtless practised to save their own labour , is against the rule laid down by the proprietors of the colliery , and on Urn occasion was practised without their knowledge or consent . About half-past eleven in the morning , one of the men had been having a " blow up , " and the consequence was the setting on fire the coal in that part of the mine , which we are told is of a highly bituminous and inflammable nature . The nnderlooker , George Evans , on the first alarm being given , direoted all his efforts to extinguish the fire , collected

      his best men for the purpose , and sent several out of the pit for safety . The reports in the neighbourhood being much exaggerated as to the number of persons in the pit when the explosion occurred , it may be well to state that the pit is divided into sections , one of which only felt the effects of the accident . In this section , wo believe , thirty-two persons were the full complement employed , or sent down in the morning . 01 these ^ six or eight were sent up , and had given in their lamps , and the remaining portion were at the place of theweptosion . After an ineffectual attempt to put out the fire , all the efforts of the men appear to have been directed to the closing or building up that part where the fire was burning ; and the confinement of the air , and consequent stepping of the usual current in that ditection , is supposed to have caused the explosion ; but the underlooker beuag severely injured , and i he other men on the spot knowing little of it , or being

      incapaoie ot supplying any information , no positive facts can be at present stated . Immediately after the accident , the eff rts of all were directed to the getting oub of the injured parties , and up to five o ' clock , twenty-three had been brought to the top of the pit ; of these , two or three belonged to the other section of the mine . It was found , however , impracticable to prosecute the search with safetv until the fire had been effectually blocked np ; but at five o ' clock one man only was said to be missing . The following is , we believe , a correct listof all those brought up after the explosion , none of whom , it is said , escaped unhurt : —John Cartwright—dead ; Joseph Wilkinson , aboy—said to have died on his way home ; Robert Wilkinson , father of the above—seriously injured ; John Berry—very badly burnt , with no hope of recovery . VkbtBadlt Burst . —John Rhodes , George Evans , underlooker ; Henry hawson , John Riley , —Ashmore , a boy ; Samuel Evans .

      Morb ob Lbm Isjured . —William Dainty , John Holcroft , John Bolton , James Naylor . Joseph Penman , Eli Monk , William Jackson , Richard Currie , John Webster , James Belshaw , John Mills , Thomas LanrcBson . Samuel Simkin . Robert Southern , the only one said to be missing , and supposed to be dead

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      fSriglanft * NORTHUMBERLAND . Fatal Explosion- —Late on Tuesday niglit there was an explosion of fire-damp in a colliery at Felling , on the Newcastle and Darlington railway , and abuut a mile and & half distant from this town . The report was tremendous , and it was for some time apprehended that the loss of life waB extensive . It has , however , been ascertained that only four miners - three men and a boy—were killed by the melancholy occurrence ; though three or four others were burned , ome of them seriouBly .

      CHESHIRE . Cmbk g of Birkksiikad DooM and Dock Works . —At a meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners a few days since , Mr Mallaby entered into an official statement , from which it appearsthat atthe present time the commissioners have no money . The Woods and Forests were disposed to lend thim £ 50 , 000 ; they could not , however , take the money out of the Exchequer , but they could borrow it on security ot the property . It appears , however , that there is a disputed title . The corporation of Liverpool claims a right to a portion of the Strand ; the lords of the manor the same ; the crown also : and till that is settled , it will be seen , from the following resolution , which was adopted , the commissioners are disposed to suspend all the works until the title is made good ; on the understanding that government will support their bill in the house of Lords : —

      Resolved , —That the Commissioners of Woodi and Forests be applied to for the assent of the crown to tbe new dosk bill , and a pledge be given that the trust do not expend any farther tums on the work * , or for the use of the dock work * , till the title is . secured ; that they proceed to recorer the money due to them ftom all debtors , and . take itepi to ascertain , and settle the title of all claimants .

      LANCASHIRE . Spread of Fevbr in . Manchbbtbb . —This disease seems to be rapidly on the increase here . Notwithstanding theextensive extra accommodation for fever patients , which has been provided by the authorities in the temporary hospitals , in Tile-street , and Longmill-gate , the latter of which affords accommodation for 850 patients , upwards of 100 cases of fever have been refused admission during the week , solely on the ground of want o { room . During the last few days , however , two large factories , now empty , one in Chalton-street , the other in Canal-street , have been taken , and are in the course of being fitted up as fever hospitals . .:. OWUCJSIBBSHIRS ,. .

      Bjusiol . —FaKjHTruL Accident iron she r J » or Maouinkbt . — An accident of the most appalling character occurred at the factory of Messrs Fry , in Union-street , the manufacturers of the well-known " Churchman ' s milk chocolate . " The machinery employed by the Messra Fry in theiri business ii driven by steam , and as a young man , named Robyn , was employed in pouring oil upon some parti of the steam engine his clothes were unfortunately caught Vjy one of the wheels , and his body was drawn in and literally impaled . His screams brought instant

      assistance , and the machinery was stopped and his person extricated , but he had Buffered the most frightful injuries . His abdomen bad been torn open , and the intestines dragged out , and wound , to tht extent of several yards , round the wheels of the en * gine . Information of the horrible occurrence " « a instantly . conveyed to St . Peter's HoBpital , and Dr O'Bryen and several of the medical officers of that house repaired at onoe to the Messrs Fry ' s factory , and furnished all the assistance which it was in their power to bestow , but the injuries are so severe that the unfortunate man is not expected to survive .

      OU 1 DR 1 DOEBH 1 BE . "¦ _ Cambridge . —On Saturday night , just before mid night , the greatest consternation was caused in the picturesque and usually quiet village ofCoton , two miles and a half from this borough , on the road to St Neot ' s , by the outbreak ot a fearful fire upon the extensive premises belonging to and in the occupation ef Messrs Reynolds and Son , farmers . Engines were speedily on the spot . At this moment the appearance of the flames was fearful in the extreme ; a large stack of beans , containing about 126 loads , was on fire throughout . Moat providentially , notwithstanding the great . bulkof the flame , the wind was westernly . and not at all violent , so that the stream oi fire and shower of sparks was blown in the direction ef an open lane , immediately opposite to the burning ricks , but so slightly away from the thatched barns

      that it required all the care and attention the firemen could command to prevent the bulk of the property from being ignited . Other engineers having by thin time arrived , the' utmost efforts were made both by the firemen , the resident gentry , and the neighbour ! to prevent this calamity , and upon personal inspection of the ruins our reporter is able to state that the destruction of property is happily confined to the entire demolition of the stacks in the outer yard , the most valuable of the stock and effects having been ¦ saved . It is with regret , we have to come to the fact that thore can be no' doubt of tbit calamity having happened through the act of some vile incendiary . The parties , it is said , are insured , The affair , has caused greatsensation , it being seventeen , years since the last fire ( an incendiary one ) occurred in the parish .

      XSIkX . Fatal Exjlosioh o * Gun Cotton . —A few days ago an alarming explosion of gun cotton took place at tha congreve rocket manufactory of Mr R . Wade , West Ham , Essex , ; which was attended by the destruction of a large portion of the factory and tht loss of three human lives . The premises , which were divided into several apartments for the manufacture of the explosive gun cotton , are situated ou the marshes between West Ham town and the river Thames . The three deceased men , Michael Geary , Henry Tuft , and Robert Redford , were employed in filling a rocket , 18 inches long and 2 i in diameter , which was made to contain 121 b . ef the material . Lajer 3 of the cotton are pat into the rocket , and are compressed in it by means of a monkey , a piece of wood which is raised by a rope , when , in falling , by pressure , it compresses the cotton in the rocket . Mr

      Brady , the superintendent of the factory , had been in the room just before , and had not left a minute when the explosion took place , and he was almost stunned by the report , which was distinctly heard two Hiiiea off . On recovering himself he found the gable-end of the factory blown away , and the interior in flames . At the same mement he saw Henry Redford coming out of the moat , into which he had been hurled by the force bfyhe concussion , and which is at a distance of nearly- twenty feet from the building , fie walked into a house adjoining , and went to bed . Mr Brady hastened to pnt out the flames , which were making much progress , and , having succeeded , he looked about for the other men , when he discovered Michael Geary , shockingly disfi gured , in the moat , and life quite extinct . The other man , Henry Tuft , was found near the building , also dead . Redford was shortly afterwards removed to the London Hospital , where he died on Friday .

      Desirdciitb Fibb in Chelmspohd . —The most destructive conflagration witnessed here for many yeare occurred early on Saturday morning ; but though & large amount of property has fallen a ¦ sacrifice we hare happily not to add the loss of human life to the calamity . The fire ibroke out about two o ' clock , on the premises oi Mr Bancroft , a tinman in Conduit-street . The house being timber-built , as well as those adjacent , in a few minutes , Mr Finch ' s on the left , and Mr Alison ' s on the right , wero also one mass of fire ; the former with his wife escaped In their night-clothes , after throwing out two beds ; and Mr Mison had great difficulty in getting out his five children in safety . The fire had been early observed by a lad named Overty , who slent durine the

      night under a dogcart , opposite his grandfather ' s cottage , in Union-yard ; he states that a few minuteB after two o ' clock he heard a crash of glass falling , when a dog barked , and on going into the yard he saw a blaze issuing from Bancroft's , side window , which is iti Union-yard ; ho cried " Fire ! " and then aroused his grandfather and his neighbours , The cry was quickly taken up and conveyed along the streets , bringing the engines and Tast numbers of the townspeople by degrees to the spot . The flames were then rushing upwards to a great height , and spreading m every direction , and the utmost alarm and consternation prevailed , particularly amongst the densely-populated district of Union-yard . The fire continued its devastating course , and the houaeB

      beyond those we have described—those occupied by Mr Drake , butcher , Mr Bond , musical instrument maker , and Mr Barnes , baker—were soon in flames . In the rear of these houses a workshop occupied by Mr Dowsett , cabinet maker , Misoh ' s bake-onice , and a cottage tenanted to a washerwoman named Baker , were also on tire ; and at the same time Overty ' s cottage on the oppesite side of the yard was in flames which communicating to two warehouses behiud and contiguous to Mrs Sortell ' s in Conduit-street , threatened . annihilation to MrDutton ' s printing-office and aU the . neighbouring property . Though the fire was effectually subdued by six or Beven o ' clock , the engines continued to play for some hours upon the IS" ! : " !" ! " * !?!» W ? ™? ' > rge » , <» , extending in front ahout

      JO feet , and being about 100 feet in depth . The origin of the fire is involved in some obscurit y . Mr Bancroft had erected a small lurnace in his workshop which was othoially inspected , and allowed by the Essex Economic office , but Mr Bancroft states that was not used later than seven o ' clock on the evening previous to the fire , and when he retired to rest early the premises were quite safe . The utmost sympathy has been felt by the inhabitants generally for tho unfortunate sufferers by this heavy calamity—the houses of thenei ghbours have been freely opened to them , and every aid af . forded temporarily to alleviate their .- distress A large number of police were , present , ' and besides

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      MANSION-HOUSE . —RoB » m .-HoBe » Nathan wat charged with having robbed Adam Spailman , bullion , dealer and dealer in watches and plate , Lombardstreet , of a gold chain , worth £ 612 s . MrSpeilman said on the 22 a January last , in the evening ; the prisoner came into my shop , and aikedto look atone of four gold chains lying in a tray in the window . I took out the tray , and whilst I was weighing the chain the prisoner trat looking at the other chains . Suddenly he said , "I'll oall again another day , " and opening the door , ran out . I Instantly mined one of the chains , and ran out aftnr the prisoner , but could not see him , pa Friday last , between three and four o ' clook ia the afternoon , the prisoner came again to my shop , and asked to look at a silver lever watch In the wUdow . I

      immediately saw tb » t be wai tbe thief who had plan , rtered the shop of the gold chain , and 1 whigpered to my partner , and was going round to the pact of the counter at which the prisoner was standing , when perceiving that he was recegniied , he bolted out of the shop . I followed him , crying out , " Stop tblcf , " through Pope ' s Hoad . alley , across Cornhill , to the Bank of England , near which the officer stopped him . I had ( aid nothing calculated to induce the prisoner to make hii sudden exit . He wa » stopped in his career by apoliceman , and brought back to my office , where , upon being » Bked to produce tha chain be had stolen , he mer « lj replied , " For God ' s Mke don't rain me and ay family , and If you will only be quiet you shall have the money . " The Lord

      Mayor-Have you any doubt ai to his identity t Witness . —Hot the least . I knew him the instant I taw him . John Lewis , of the City police , 431 , stated that he was on Friday last on duty at Cornhill , when the complainant gave tbe prisoner into custody for robbery . The prisoner ' s pockets were empty . Mr J . S . Samuel , a Birmingham eweller , said that about the hour stated he went into Mr Speiltnan ' s ( bop , on Friday night , and saw the priioner ia the custody of the policeman . Mr Speiltnan said to ( be priioner , " How could such a respectable young moa ai you do such a thing V to which the prisoner replied , " It ' s done , and 111 endeavour to be honest for the future , If you'll look ovar it . " The prisoner said that the observation he made did not at all amount to an ac .

      koowledgment of the robbery . The Lord Mayor . — WhaV money had tbe prisoner about him upon being ap . prehendedf Policeman . —Not a farthing . The Lord Mayor ( to the prisoner ) . —What could induce you to ask to see tbe watch without being in posseision of tbe money with which to purchase it { " The priioner made no answer . Committed for trial . ' HAMMERSMITH . —A TouBik Squabble . —Mr Ed . ward Tarlton Moore , Gray ' s-terrace , Dover-road , at tended to answer a' summons for having violently as » Hulted Daniel Bates , a toll collector at Kensington turnpike . William Blyford deposed that on the night of Sunday week , the 29 th ult ., be wsB standing at the Kensington turnpike-gate , about ten o ' clock , waiting for an omnibus to go to town , when the defendant and another

      gentleman on horseback came up to the gates . Bates , the collector , called out to them , " Pay here . " ' Defendant said , " I have paid . " Bates said , " Show me your ticket . " Defendant replied , " 111 see you — first . " Bates then called out , " Lynn , Lynn , " for the Excite , ticket tollector , who asked the defendant for the Excise ticket , to which tbe defendant said they were their own horsei . Lynn appeared to doubt that statement , and asked the defendant , for his name and address , upon which defendant got off his hoiee and called Lynn opprobrious names , and threatened to knock him dtwn if he doubted hit word . Defendant had in his hand at tho time a heavy riding whip . Defendant then want into the toll-house with Lynn to give him his name and address , B itts 8 at tbat time was holding tho hones' heads and

      defendant ' s friend was calling out to him to let the horses' heads go . Defendant at that moment came out of the tollhouse and bis friend called out to bimto knock Bates down , which defendant did by striking'him with the riding whip on the head , and followed him up , con- ' tinuing to do so until they got to the side of the road where defendant knocked Bates down , and then himself ran away along the pavement towards Kensington . Defendant ' s friend called after him not to run away but to knock tbe down , on which the defendant returned and knocked Bates down again . Bates got up and ran away followed by defendant , who contiaued itriklnghim on the bead , until be was again knockod down in a lenseleu state . Two persons ran and picked Bates up , and witness assisted them in taking him into tbe toll

      house bleeding from the bead profuBely . Afteralengthened examination of witnesses , Thomas Cox , of No . I , Uibridge-itreet , Notting-hill , and Robert Meadows , who was with him , both swore that Bates' was not holding defendant ' s horae while he was in the toll-hoqae , but that it wai loose until the former held it . Tha ? when Mr Moore came out Bates struck him , and Mr Moore warded the blows eff with his whip , calling " murder and police , " and that Bates was tipsy . 'Mr Paynter here stopped the case , saying it must go to the sessions . It *» 9 impossible that he could decide a case like tbat where the evidence was so conflicting . It was for a jury to decide which side they would believe . Hb should dismiss the summons on both sides , and leave the parties to indict .

      WESTMINSTER . —A Lawiex . —William Mullim was charged with stealing a taw . Mrs lumber , of West , bourne-atreat , Pimlico , discovered , tbat during her temporary absenoe a saw bad been stolen from her shop . A very intelligent youth proved seeing a pert on dressed like the prisoner leave the shop witb a saw in his hand , and upon being informed immediately afterwards by Mrs Kimber of her loss , he want down the street and there . saw the prisoner running with tbe eaw in his hand , The youth , however , could net swear that the prisoner was the perron he saw leave the shop . The prisoner , after poaitlvely denying tha charge , expresssd a wish to cross-examine the youth . The youth having stepped into tbe witness box , prisoner ' said , " Now , when I came out of theshop , did I walk or run ! " Witness : Oh , thea you are the man that left the shop , are you ! Prisoner ( confusedly ) : I mean—tbat is—when the person you saw left tti « shop , did he walk or ran 1 The witness hating replied " Walked , " tha prisoner wa ' s remanded , '•

      THAMES . —Sbskoted HocrssiHtt . —Extbaoxsihabt Atfais . —A young woman named Sarah Dunning , a weaver , whose parents reside in Baconstreet , Bethnalgreen , was brought before Mr Yardley , oa a charge of attempting to commit self-destruction under cireametiinces of a very singular natuto . It appsatad from the evidence that between tho hours of seven and eight o ' clock on Tuesday morning a labouring man named John Clutterbuckj saw the prisoner mount the parapet of the Ben Jonson-bridge , over the Regent ' s Caoal , at Stepney , and plunged into the water . An alarm was raised immediately , and while some want for the drags to a neigh , bouring public hovtte , othm attempted to recover the prisoner by means of boat-hooks . The wretched female sunk , and nearly five minutes elapsed bsfore she wai

      taken out of the water . She was immediately taken into the Gunmaker * 'Arms in an apparently lifeless state . Every attention was paid to lu-r by the proprietor of the tavemand bit servants . She was stripped and put into a warm bed , and after the most assiduous friction had bocn applied , and mher means to resuscitate the woman had been used , under the direction of a surgeon and hit assistant , she washappilyrestoredtoastateofconscionsness and given inte the cars of a police constable named Collias , 176 K , to whom she stated that she went out upon an orrand on Monday morning , and was accosted on London . Bridge by twa xell-foesseA men , who entereo into conversation with her , and invited hor to drink with them in a public house ; She refused to do jo ; but one of

      thorn'prevailed upon her to remain outside the house while bis companion went in , ami soon afterwards brought out a glass of brandy and water . She tasted a small quantity of it , and afterwards felt very giddy , and became iutoxicated . She had no perfect recollection where she went to afterwards , but had a faint recollection of being taken into another public-house and seme liquor being forced upon her by her vompaiiions , which made her feel worse than she was before , and sh « became quite insensible . At an earl ; hour that morning she came to her tenses and found hemlf in a secluded place in H&gger . stone-fields , near Ilackuey , with hot clothes In disorder , and partially thrown over hor head , She was ashamed to return home , believini ; , from the condition in which

      she fouud hereolf , that an outrage had been committed upon her , and she proceeded to the brid ge over the canal with the determination of terminating her life . The prisoner stated to the policeman that she believed the liquor was drugged , ami that the first mouthful she tasted made her foel very ill . Ann Dunning , tho mothtr of the prisoner , who appeared in a state of great affliction at the lamentable sufferings of her daughter , said her child ' s absence from home had given her great unoaaintss , nnd that she had informed her that her reasons for attempting to commit suicide was , that a young man had taken improper liberties wvtn her , and that » U » was afraid to return home . Her daughter was a very steady , wellconductad girl . The prisoner , who was in an exceed-: ingly weak state , and was accommodatpd with a chair on

      the bench , near the raglstrato , repeated , in a low tone , what she hail stated to the poHcsmau , and stated it to be her belief that some narcotic drug had been mixed , with the liquor offered to her , ' and that , to tho bost of her recollection , one of the men she met on London-brid ge attempted to commit a criminal assault and ill-use her . She described the persons of the two men , and said she should know them ag * in . She was very ill , and felt grateful to the persons who saved her life , for she was very sorry that she had made the attempt to drown herself in tho canal . Mr Yarilley said tho prisonorhad very narrowly eicaped with he ? life , and he directed that Mr Falconer , a surgeon , of the firm of Falconer and HowMi should be sent for , to wumiae tho girl and the clothes she wore at tho ti « ve elio plunged into ttie canal . Some

      time afterwords Mr Fulconor reported that the wet eiothea which Ue had just carefull y examined gave no iudicationa of any outrage having been tUttsmplud , but the Immersion in the wator , and this wringing of the water ont of the garments , might huve destroyed tiny evidence which previously existed . It did not appear that any man had tffacted his purpose with the girl , whatever attompt might have been made , nnd thuro wero no si gns of violence lmving been offered to hor . The young womau was in u high state of fever , twlting from exposure to thu night air , her immersion in the watti , and other causes Prom the symptoms described by the girl it was very probable some noxious drug had been infuse ;! into the liquor sho had drank . Mr Yardloy gavo somo directions to the polico on the subject ef the alleged outrage on the girl , 'aud be delivered her over to the earo of hor mother , who immediately obtftineil assistance , null convoyed her suffer-Ing daughter ' to h ' « r own house . J V . ' v ' I The Police Again . —Patrick Gorman , a police-con-I ' abLo ot the U divlelQU . 98 , avpeawd before M * YardUy

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      _____ . — ' - " T-==: * sk !||! ¦ by ordof of the Commiariouert of Police , to am * .,, J $ f ' obarge m « de against him for ruing obscene and * htot } W ?*~~ language towards Mr « AunBilb , the landed , JJ lM J White Hart , in Penrilngton-itriet , R » tcliff-hi ( i ; hvr » , ^ f §§ *' asiaulting her . It appeared from the Kta-.-n , nt ofu ^ Ml Bills tbat on the night ot Thursday , the IV mult i ? lilL « i tween the hours of eleven and twelve o ' clock , t \^ W « t conversing with her daughter , and Mrs Bond , herneili'l ^ P * bour , outnide the d « or of her dwelling . They f ,, | fp ; ini Handing cIobo under the pent-houte to pwvent the J ^ l $ jj § : droppings falling upon them , when the detendait , J , ''^« wn was on duty , crossed the road from the corner of ( I ' - ^ lHott * itreet . and as he approached them said to Mrs Bn « j "Haw

      it ii , "and he then walked past them but had not i , ' * W ce eded more than four paces from the group when ^ -v $ | III ] quickly returned , and walked between the wi ) u )« . / Iff ? Q separated them , driving one into the roadway » . ? ' ^< i ^ other against the wall , In very rudu manner , jj : # J Bills , her daughter , and friend immediately wmonstraS 'te ' with him , and said he might have wa'lted ou tside , ^ f * Z % * given them the wall . Mrs Bond alto "aid it wag th ' eg f * 5 time the had been insulted by a policeman , and if J ' )*? £ Chs Intpector or terjeant passed they would not 0 . 41 * ° *' been io rudely treated , florman immediotel y ,. '' /<; laal menced abusing them , and threatened to lock up u ^ Bilis if she gave him any of her impudence , ami told u ** ' ¦> ^* Bond to walk iu doors immediately , or he « ould jjj . . wVOwi her to the station-house , Mm Hubble , the willow $ ?* ' l $ ' licensed victualler , and daughter of Mm Bilii . nskwl i , ! * 1 $ P ^ what he meant by such incivility , and U mmi , , * ¦; ] $$ , obscene reply ; and after telling her to go to her niloj ,-l ^ lr in the house , threatened to take her in char . e . n * 5 $$ 5 ' defied him to in « ult her , and he eaH he would take i ^ jII tV of the party in charge next evening if be had io < w T < # ^' them to tbe station-house . Hit offensive cnnilnct »? W

      continued for some . time . He ipat atthewom * n nJ r Wt a vulgar aelte with hi * mouth , and taunted th ' JJ WiP f grimaces and the most rude behaviour . Eviden « u ? M ? l corroberation having b .- * n given , Mr Taraley Waioj 5 $ ?^ opinion the case nas clearly made out against Oornna 'Mat whoie conduct was rude and improper , an < l he « on ' 'Wm . lidered him quite unfit ' to be in the police fores w , ' * f | lei longer . For the abuiivt language used he shouM' ^ iL f inflict the highest penalty , which wai 40 » . It wai ^ j ' ¦ ! ; ' ?„ . iMtentwr . ^ -MS SOUTHWARK . —ATTEMfTin SwciDi ,--Jamcs p , . ' ! ff * h tisonwai charged witb attempting to commit « ui <* j $ lL , James Alford . a shipwright of No 2 , Broadwall , Bla ^ , fo g friars , statid that on Saturday , between tho houri ^ fjAi seven and eight o ' clock , ho happened to be pausing attt , gta tbe Old Barge-honse , adjacent to the Thames , whea hj , i / . ^] attention was particularly arrested by observing thed ,. : B

      fandant sppproach the water-tide , and commence thro * . ¦ ^ a ing off his coat and bat . Having divested himself oi tb that portion of his druss , he stood close to the eil |( t « of * i ' CC the water , looking latently into tho river , at tho sM (( s | ::- m which he first knelt down , and after a little tine , j ,, : i stretched himtelf at hit fall length , anu then roilndinto ' ? ' "hi the watur . The moment witneis taw this Iik ran tu th » v ' M ¦ pot , Mixed defendant by one leg , and commncej m pulling him back , but tbe more be tried , the more vigour . 4 e ous were the effertt of the defendant to get further into fcl tbe water ; and be would bava succeeded in the attempt V ^ had notanotheijperson ' come to his fisiisUnce , OHii tiHyel ¦ * iT to pull him out . As It wa » , tbe d « fendant was drag ;« j pp almost in a senseless itate ont of tbe river , rroni the e ( . flo

      feott of the immvraian , being under tbe gurftcc for i ; ! ^ d considerable time before he wat got out . He was the « | v * conveyed to the Jimei-ttreet ttation-houte , where hi % t recovered , * f ter the application of reitorative .. lf . ape 6 . ^ b tor Rogers , L division , stated that when the defendant ' % l was brought to the station-house , finding that he wu ^ 1 drenched to the skin from being in the river , he hart him ¦ | ; 8 conveyed to Ohristchurcb wsrkhouse , to have his clothei '¦ % I changed for dry garment ! , to prevent him from takinj fi « cold . On the defendant ' s being brought back to tht J ; 1 station he then informed witness tbat he bad boun in tht % ' navy , and was paid off fro in the San Josef , at PI v mouth , t 4 ^ » n the 16 th ult ., and had formed an !' acaualntunc- ' : <» itli : ' || 1 a female named Jane , with whose surname be tv »* unac % > 1

      quainted , but who lived at tbe Three Crowns Inn , North ¦ ¦ £ ' ' Carnwall-street , Plymouth . He let drop bints to Itad ;| 1 to the Ittppoiition that either Jane hod drowne . i herself , , ^ 1 or had committed the act . He also produced u ticVut of 3 ' his discharge from-tbe San Josef , representing that It I ; wa » at his own detire that he left that slip . Thoinspc . ' ' tor added , that upon further questioning the lirf-nriant , ' he ascertained that be was the son « f a respectable » , . ' ¦ living within a few miles ef Edinburgh . Mr Seeker said he should remand the prisoner until "Wu'lm sdjj , \ and in the meantime inquiry should be institute ) at ; - Plymouth for tbe purpose of ascertaining the real cir . : %

      cvimttancts under v » Wch be had been diachargti ! / rom r'i the San Josef , as well at those relating to the yount wo . £ « man above referred to . jj $ ¦ BOW : sTREET . ~ Amicabw FOK 8 .-. A jonuit mn M named John Gibbs , who deacribad himself as » c ! es k in 3 || the service of Messrs Cox and Greenwood , was pliuvj « | | ^ the bar , charged with making use of abusive ami i ! ii . $ < $ gusting language to Mr Charlea Blunt , civil eocint-r , I with intent to provoke a breach of the pence . The- ton- ft 4 plainant was entering the National Gallery , aao . - . ai . : ^| f panied by a lady , when the defendant aceosteil Uw . 'ia 'f the presence of several respectable persons , ansi siid , |; i 1 you —— , I'll expose you , and will follow t . ; fj into every office you enter , for that purpose . " Wra-ii f ? hftHng left tbe laay inside tbe inllding , and rttjir . hig r | to seek for the defeadant , he found that he had followed | him up the steps to the door , where he repeated ( he sisu I language , upon which the complainant laid his cm I

      pretty sharply across his shoulders and then ki >™ J < im into custody , previous to which he made an Luewp-. to strike him . The defendanthad repeatedlj conduct * d mm . telfinasimilarmanner during thelastsix month * "itlioot any provocation , and it was onl y by threatening to il > j him that he had . induced him to desist . The detti » Jmi » denied that he had used the language imputed to uim , until he was struck by the complaUant , and he hoped an apology would not be refused , as he hn-i givti ! « ccb offence under great provocation . The eomplaimint 'iid he was aware of having taken the law into hU wra hands in a moment of great exciUment , and in eon < U deration of the chastisement he had inflicted , he bcind the court would deem it sufficient , in order to prev . r . - . s repetition of tuch conduct , to hold the defendant to bill in liia own recognisance . The defendant was then twa-id over in the gum of £ 80 to keep the peace and be pi rngg " behaviour for the next » ix months .

      WORSHIP-STREET .-Bwjtai . Onmoa .-ThvaM Smith , a hawker of earthenware , wat charged with having attempted to strangle a yeung woman , nanitd Mi . ty Montgomsry , and also with feloniously cutting ; md i ; wounding her mother , whereby her life was sniously endangered . The yousger complainant , who exhibit ? -i » | x Vivid and extensive discolouration of the throat , stated t that she had been living with tbe prisoner as bis wife ^ for the last eight months , and had suffered the nwsi iru- 1 tal ill-treatment at his hands , during nearly tho w ) ioi ; of that period . On the preceding afternoon he came home , \ and after boating her in an unmerciful manner , suu lit-: daring that be would murder her outright , he fanwd her [ down upon ttiebed , and passing a thick cord muwl her

      neck , compresged it till she wa 6 on the point ot straugu- ¦ lation . On bearing her cries her mother ran intol . ir . ' assistance , but the moment she entered the prisons «•> - claimed with an oath , !• that he wnuld do for her a !*) , " and snatching a knife from the table , rushed towards her and made a desperate Wow at . her head . She it . * tuiitly ; , staggereabackinto the yard bleeding profusely from * ¦ frightful gash above ihe temple , but was eaveo from /• falling by some of the neighbours , who convejtd htrW '• tha house of Mr Wildbore , a surgeon , in Shorctiitcb , where the wound was dressed , and she was aft rwardi ; removed to the hospital . - . Mr Arnold ordered tii « pri- 1 soner to be remanded till the wounded woman was in » i fit state to appear . ' ^

      MARLBOROUGH STREET . —A Tboublbsome Col tomes . —Mr Henry Morton , of Kuntish Town , summ' -ned George BaiUy , conductor of a Kentish Town omiiibm . before Mr Biughatn , for having refused to ndmit him into his omnibus ; there being room , and there being &o cauae wh y he should be excluded . Mr Morttiu . sp elderly gentleman , who appeared toba of rather excitable temperament , stated tbat though tho pumuitinB only Bpeclfied one complaint , still h « had fow \> Ui « separate charges of complaint against the defendant . The complainant here went into a detail of tbe first Jiffereuce with the defendant , which aroBO out of a misuaderitanding with respect to tbe payment of hiB fare , and concluded by saylig tbat when be last sp ^ ke to lli o defendant , with tho view of takine a place in his omnibus ,

      the defendant told him ho would admit him only on ceDditionthat he gavo a promise not to annoy any of tbe passengers . Thu complainant said he had mver anaoyedanypassenRers , and therefore the defendant was not justified in dictating the terms to him on which ho wa » to have accommodation . On cross-examination by the defendant ' s solicitor the complainant admitted that he had been to stiveral police courts to get summonses , and that on Saturday he had summoned the defoudaot before the Lord Mnyor , and that his lordship , without calling on the defendant for his defence , dismissed the complaint . He denied that he was known to various omuibus conductors as a troublesome personage , ana thathe

      hnd frequently bten refused admittance into omntbuiies ; He had never quarrelled with any other conductor before . Two conductors were here pointed out to the complainant . The complainant recollected having had some words witb one of tbe conductors , but all in a " good-humoured way . " The conductor referred to came forward and SHid tlie complainant made himself so obnoxious to tbo pussongerj in his oumibu& that his conduct had been complained of by the passen ^ eri . The defence wftB , that the complanant « aa really » o troublesome when in tha omnibus that the defendant , in order to protect the passengers from annoyanco , «>• obliged to require a promise of goad behaviour from hin >> Mr liiiiL'liaui snid if tho complaiuant had been a stranger

      it would have been improper tor tho conductor to imu > tfc conditions on him ; Imt : m he was known , and as tbe conductor conceived that tne public .. interest requi « 4 him to obtain a promise to abstain from disturbing tlie other passengers , tho summonB must be dismissed .

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      Incendiarism .--Oh Wednesday information was forwarded to tlie metvonoluaci police , that a ilavtHR ' 'attempt had been imule to set tiro to tbo extensive j premises of Mr Emiumel Whittaker , tiraber-mer chant , situate at North Monrj Olrthaiu , neav M . » r » Chester . £ 50 reward has been effemi byMrWIiitj taker , and a further reward of £ 50 by her Majesty ' s ' Government , bssides her Majesty ' s free pardon to •' . nny accomplice ( not being the nctual perpetrator )) ' on information leading ' . o ft ( OBTJOtion ,

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      Aif Ihphibosmbnt of 23 YB m l-Jeffery Harvey , amiUerof Wedmore , m this county , in Febrnaiy , 1805 , mortgaged his lands for £ 300 , and in 1812 f " ™ " * mortgaged them for « 3 flO to William Barrow of Wedmore , the clear annual value of the property being £ 80 . In 1817 , W . Barrovr took possession and received the rents , and Jefiety H&rray has not had a penny from the property since the death of W . Barrow in 1830 . On the 4 th of September , 1824 J . Harvey was arrested at tho suit of W . Barrow , for £ 700 , for principal and interest alleged to be due on the mortgages , and was lodged in Lohester gaol . The cawe hating been tried atthe Lent Assizes in 1825 a verdict was given against Harvey for £ 826 Ha . ?? i ^ A ^ 7 « nce teen retained a priBoner

      r , although the judgment has never been revived by any of the rcpreseatatives of the deceaied plaintiff . In E ^ ^ , S . Mr Edward 8 benevolently moved the Queen ' s Bench Court for Harvey's dia-? $ f'HTf !? ? t , ' ^ detainingcreditor , and on the 25 th of Alay the rule for hia discharge was made absolute . Thus after 23 years' imprisonment during 19 years of whick he had been a recipient ril f ^ » Uo anc tkKnnfortunate man is now at liberty ! It is alleged that upon a fair account , a considerable balance would beghown to ba due to Harvey from the renrese BtttWes of the mortgagee , and proceedings are to lie adopted accordingly . Before his imprisonment Harvey was alwavs a miller , occuuvine

      a windmill at Wedmore . Durine his imprisonment he acquired the art of making and mending clothes . Mr Uane , with tbat kind feeling , which has ever been his characteristic , allowed the old man to raise a small sum of money for the purpose of procuring his discharge from prisoD , by making county clothes . Mr A . Coombe acted gratuitously upon the occasion , and his agent , Mr John Gilham , of Bartlett ' s-buildingfi , Holborn , did the same . The public officers made no charge for tbe rules , and it is a remarkable feature in this case , that the late Mr Quarntock , when sheriff , issued the warrant for the detention of the old man in prison , and that the son ( the present sheriff ) should have liberated him after such a ver y long-continued imprisonment . —Taunton Courier Tob 8 Bola \ , wnimt ¦ iwrm , the Protectionists at the approaelijng eiection .-i « .

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      A serious accident occurred gome days ago at the extensive ironworks of ihe Neath Abbev Company . The manager of the works , Mr N . Tregallas , had got married on that day , and he being much respected by the workpeople , a number of the men bad assembled to celebrate the event . Among oiher modes of rejoicing , they had erected a small battery , from which they fired salutes at intervals daring the day . One of the cannon having been discharged , a young man began to reload it before a proper time had been given for the heat occasioned by the previous explosion to subside ; the consequence was , that as he was about to ram it , the gunpowder ignited and an explosion ook place . Oae unfortunate man was bo badly hurt , lat his eyesight is lost to him , it is feared , for ever . Fiva more were j likewise burnt , and otherwise severely injured .

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      ireUniT BAir . WA 8 i . 0 K— Military Law . —On Saturday last a trooper named Smith , of the 7 th Hussars , attempted to shoot Sergeant-Major Trout in the barracks at Ballinasloe . On examination the culprit endeavoured to prove that he fired a blank cartridge ; but , in order to do this , it was of course necessary that his pouch should contain the usual number of ball cartridges . It is supposed that a private in the 75 th Regiment , named John Radcliff , supplied a oartridge to make up the number . This becoming known , the Colonel of the 75 th issued the following memorandum , to be read in the presence of the company : " Private Radcliff ' a hair will be cut Quite close to his head , and he will

      be kept in the strictest confinement , and any man seen speaking to him is immediately to be confined and punished for 'disobedience of orders , ' He will also be marched a prisoner on Wednesday next , at five a . m ., to Athlone , handcuffed , and be prepared to take his trial by . a' general' or « district' court-martial ; and most assuredly he will receive the severest punishment that can be inflicted . The Lieutenant-Colonel cannot too strongly express his indignation at the detestable part taken by private Radcliff in the transaction in question , thus bringing the corps in an udiouf light before the public and also his mortification that so worthless a man , so vile a soldier , should belong to the ranks o * the 75 th Regiment . Arrangements must , if possible , be made for sending the wife of

      the prisoner to her friends , as her name will be erased from the books at the end of the month . " In compliance with the order Radcliff ' s hair waacroppedcloBP , and after being paraded he was led back to the guardroom in company with a corporal and two . privates . Immediately on his entering the room he seized a raiot and drew it across Utethmt , \? h \ ch umuedln principal vessels of the neck , and he soon afterwards died . An inquest was held , when the following verdiot was returned : — "We find that the deceased , John Radoliffe , came to his death in consequence of haying inflicted an extensive wound in his thr » at with a razor , whilst labouring nnder temporary derangement , induced by the extreme severity of the order from Colonel Ilallifax , produced in evidence . " A Libbl Cask . —The cause of " Lucan v .

      Cavendish , " which was tried on Friday in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , before the Chief Justice and a special jury , has excited considerable interest . It was a criminal intorraatiou filed by the Earl of Lucan , Lord-Lieutenant of Mayo , against the defendant , tl \ e Hon . F . Cavendish , who is > proprie tor and editor of tho Mayo Telegraph , a . newspaper published in Castlebar . The circumstances arose out of the proceedings taken to administer * relief under the Labour . rate Act : Lord Lucan , having' received instructions to organise committees under the act , exoluded ,, as he had , his lordshiu contended , a right to do , the Roman Cathohc curates from thoBe bodies ; Upon occasion of a meeting in Castlebar two of that body presented themselves . This meeting was the first under-the

      Labour-rate Act , and these gentlemen were members of the former oomraittee , superseded by that statute . Lord Lucan would not allow the proceedings to open until those gentlemen retired . Upon another oocaiionthe noble earl held a meeting of the committee oi the ^ Castlebardistrio ^ and refused to admit thereto , or declined to admit thereto , two gentlemen of the county-one a J . Pi and D . L . of Mayo . « Of this exclusion one of the gentlemen complained in a letter to the Telegraph ; ' Upon occasion of one meeting of these committees , certain resolutions wore , upon Lord Lucan ' s suggestion , adopted , condemning the Relief Act in operation last autumn , and' before the Labour-rate Act had operation , as demoralising ! : and calling upon the government to give the money to

      tho landlords fot ; reproductive " works . All these things were done in a committee from which the press was excluded , and the defendant animadverted upon them in terms charged by the noble prosecutor to bo libellous and criminal ; The defence was the general issue , and that the comment was a fair and bona fide comment outtto acts of a public oflwov . * The juvy , having retired after a brief and perspicacious charge of die Chief Justice , returned in- about , an hour , and asked his lordship whether , if the a ¥ ticleg imputed corrupt motives to Lord Lucan , without proof of actual malice on the part of the defendant , they caiistitntedalibeP ? His lordship replied , inguchcircumstances the law would implymalice . They retired aptn-and aUlatehour - returned a verdiot of Not wuilty . ' ¦ ¦ ¦•¦ ¦•<¦< -, . . ¦

      ' n It is stated ina private letter . from ' . OkmmaUu&t the merchants ef that town who have realised such immense profits by hoarding up their stooks of meal 40 . J- are now obliged' to destroy great quantities of it , through its becoming hdated in their stores . Tho nyerSuir now recphvs in its placid , bosom what would have subsisted mnny who have gone off thiB stage for evev .- ¦ ¦ wJ . vi , ^ v >^ - . ¦; . . ¦ ., .: = -= ;¦ It is stated that there are ac present two millioM oine hundred thousand persons receiving ration ! under the temporary relief Act ,

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      Sbcotlaim . MiaBOROH . Fever is still raging in all parts of Scetland , and in some quarters , under cirenmstances peculiarly painful .- The over-crowding of infirmaries , whith had been tbe couseqiience , cannot be too highly deprecated : the proper method is , to open temporarv hospitals in well-aired localities in the suburbs of towns . TheremigsneBsofthe authorities m Scottn towBd in not availing themselves more generally ot the Sanitary Regulations Act is also raoBt reprehensible . Itexpiresin August next ; and it will be still more criminal if the time is allowed to run without some effort being made to call into operation the

      simple maohinery of the bill . If two medical men certify the unhealthiness of any deposit , the sheriff . rders the removal it the expense of the owner , or , ifho lje poor , at the cost of the parochial board . It town councils , police commissioners , and other officials will not take up the matter , the people should do it themselves . ¦ ¦ The weather has been rainy for ten days past , but with intervals of tArong sunshine . There Viasa ' sq been some thunder , but the crops are looking uncommonly well ; and similai accounts are coming in from all parts of the country . In many placet the ijrain is bursting into ear , and in early soils the pota . toes ' are flowering . In more rare cases the latter natt been lifted , and found perfectly sound .

      The cases in Edinburgh Infirmary are about 600 ; in Glasgow , 150 , and as yet np indication of decrease . The epidemiois a short fever with an almost invariable relapse about the fourteenth day—a circumstance worthy oi particular notice . It is not fatal , except .. in those beyond middle life , but its conta . giousness is undoubted—nurses , medical men , inspectors , and ether functionaries , having been extensively attacked , and in several- instances fatally Scurvy is probably not on the decline , but it has been thrown into the shade by the mwe pressing danger of fever . In the Edinburgh infirmary many scurvy oases have been refused , on account of the crowded state of the wards from fever . Its victims have

      chiefly . been railway labourers . Thecause is believed to be a eaccharo-farinaceous diet , and the cure mainly consists of a due admixture of animal food , particularly of milk . With such diseases ravaging our towns , it is to be regretted that hospital-crowding and other provocatives of virulence should be persisted in . What , for example , could be more absurd than to convert the Glasgow police-office into a temporary receptacle for ever patientt—the ordinary duties going on within the premises at one and 'he same time ? It is also worthy of notice , that in Edinburgh the services of the hospital physicians are gratuitous , and in the new Glasgow Hospital , this liberal system whb attempted , but the surgeons have struck work unless they set fifty guinea * per annum ;

      , LANARKSHIRE . M Fbvbbin Gubqow . —In a fever hospital at the Roval Infirmary there is at present about 147 patients , and within the wooden sheds attached to it , which was only open for the reception of patients on Thursday week , there are no less than 156 . In the temporary house at Rottenrow , there are at least eighty . The tofal number of fever cases at present in the hospitals is thus 383 , and there are constant applications from fresh patients for admission .

      RENFREWSHIRE . Fatal Affbat at Barrhead . —On Saturday night last , being Barrheid fair , a patty of labourers , at present employed on the railway in progress at Barr * head , amounting to about 200 , paraded the streets of the village , between the hours of 11 and 12 o ' clock ; Ihe mob was headed by an Irishmau . named M'Leay , or WLean , who was tipsy at the time , and rather noisy and insulting in his demeanour towards the inhabitants ; when within a few yards of two policemen , and without any previous quarrel or challenge , a man rushed into the crowd and stabbed M'Leay to tbe heart , who instantly fell dead . . In the comrao . tion that ensued James M'Nally , a labourer , and another man naraeil Flanniean , were ( also seriously

      ^ tabbed . The person who committed these acts of violence was so sudden in his movements , and made such a hasty retreat that he was not secured . An ld man , named M ' Kechnie , before whose door the disturbance took place , came out of his own house , and meeting a person in the entry , he asked him what was the matter ? A dangerous wouhdwas the reply . The ruffian forced his way into M'Kechnie ' s house . M'KecbnieV wife , on hearing the people crying ont to secure the murderer , became alarmed , and not knowing that her husband was injured , refused to open" the door . Tue person made his escape by a back window . Another labourer named Con- ' nally . who wsi passing through the crowd atthe

      time , on his way home from his work , was also stabbed , but apparently by another hand than that which inflicted the wounds on the other persons , as his wound does not appear to have been given by the same instrument as the rest . The whole affair occupied no more time than five minutes , and the parties effected their escape without detection . Flannigan and M'llecunie are both seriously injured . Counally , we understand , was able to walk about . On Monday an ' exaraination was made into the case at Barrhead , by Shariff Glaasgow , Mr Rodger , Procurotor-Fisca for Renfrewshire , along with Drs . M'Kinlay and Wylie , of Paisley , and Dr Jaap , of Barrhead . We understand that suspicion rest * on two parties as being guilty of perpetrating the horrid deed .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 3, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1425/page/6/