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      * - * w » .- " >* -- — —— ... - ' Health ov . Lohdos DuaiKa . "Webbu—Jn . the weekending last Saturday , th « deaths re «|^ d . in the metropolitan districts were 1 , 034 , and exhibit a decrease ofI 22 on those of the previous week . A eomparison of the same weeksi of former years shows that the m ortality , has not been so low as at the present time since 1846 ; m the e ^ ly part of the years 1847-9 the deaths ranged weekly from 1 , 200 to about 1450 The average of corresponding weeks in ten previous years ( 1840-9 ) is 1 , 039 , or , if a correctionThe made for increase of population , 1 , 183 , compared with which the present return shows a decrease of 49 deaths . The deaths from

      consumption were 12 S , or rather less than the average , . amongst other fatal diseases , bronchitis is now predominant , and last week carried off 121 person ' s , a number which , though , less than in the week before , exceeds by 51 the corrected average of ten corresponding weeks of former years . It is worthy of remark that this complaint , which has exceedingly increased during the last six years , . has , since 1844 , produced at this season a weekly mortality more than fourfold its former amount . Pneumonia was fatal to only 73 persons last week ( a great majority of whom were children ) , whilst the corrected average often corres ponding weeks is 109 ; this disease , though it has fluctuated in its " weekly numbers from 64- to 156 , has not shown the same disposition as bronchitis to increase during later years . The

      deaths of 7 nonagenarians were registered last week ; of these , a woman at the age of 96 years , and' a man at 99 . The deaths of 105 persons were registered in . workhouses ; -57 in hospitals ; and 13 in the two royal hospitals , amongst whom were . 7 pensioners at Greenwich , who died between the 18 th and 24 th of January , at various ages , from 37 to 84 . Tbe mortality fr om epidemics continues to be comparatively low , though measles and diarrhoea ( from the former there having been 23 deaths , and from the-latter 14 ) , are about the average : 11 children died of croup . The mean daily reading of the barometer at Greenwich was above 30 in . on the first fire days of the week ; the mean of the ireek was SQ-050 . The mean daily temperature rose from 29 deg . on . Sunday to 45 deg . on Friday ; the mean rather less

      of the week was 35 deg . 5 min ., which is than the average of the same week in seven years . The mean temperature was 9 deg . - below the average of the same day , on Monday ; on Friday it was 8 deg . above it . The West London Union again . —On the 24 th nit , Mr . Pavne , the city coroner , held an inquest at the West London Union Workhouse ^ Smithfield , upon the body of Jane Canton , aged sixty " . From the evidence of Ann Desmond , of No . 10 , Fox-and-I & bfc " » ur ^ West-Smttnfield , it appeared that-the deceased , a widow , had been for the last four months residing with her brother , at No . 17 , in thejsame court The deceased ' s brother had a wife and five children , and during that period been out of work , t ^ feaily had had nothing for their support save 2 s . ( kL from the . above workhouse , and two loaves

      weekly . The deceased had had allowed her a 2 lb . loaf weekly and 61 ., which was all she had to keep ierfiom starvation , but this allowance was refused to-the deceased the week preceding her death . The deceased informed witness that Mr . Miller , the relieving officer , told her she should have nothing from that house , and to he off about her business . This was communicated to " witness by the deceased eathe previous Saturday , and witness saw no more of her till the following Wednesday , when a little ffd , the daughter of deceased ' s brother , came to witness to ask for a drink of water fer her father and Biather , who were dying , upon which witness went to the attic of No . 17 , where she found the father , ( Charles Devlin ) , his wife , and four of the children stretched on the hare boards , and quite insensible .

      and , as witness thought , dead , they were so chalky in the face . Witness ran off to the workhouse , and when she returned with the assistance she had procored found that the deceased was quite dead and add . —Mr . Harris ( assistant surgeon to Mr . Hutdunson ) said , he was applied to by the brother of the deceased to visit his wife and family on the Saturday preceding death , and when he saw them he was shocked at their emaciated appearance , and at once perceived that the case was one of starvation . lie asked the wife of Devlin how she felt , and she replied Si a feeble tone , "I ' m hungry-hungry I" He put the same question : to the deceased , and she answered , " I ' ve a pain in the stomach , from hunger . " There was neither fire , bed , nor anything else t » keep out cold , save the few wretched rags upon

      their bodies . Witness , by the direction . of Mr . Hutchinson , gave the man Devlin Is ., and an order upon Mr . Miller , the relieving officer , for immediate re'ief of the whole family .. The amount given by the officer was Is . 6 d ., which , with the Is . given by witness , made half-a-crown , and oat of that Devlin had to pay 2 s . 3 d . rent the same evening . Witness saw no aaiore of the family , as they required nothing but food , which ought to have been supplied . From that evening , however , the family had but three pennyworth of bread between them up to the Wednesday , when the death of the woman Canton was discovered . They were obliged to pay the rent out of the halfcrown , or they would have been turned out of doors the same night How they survived till the Wednesday he could not imagine . —The jury thought the esse a most inhuman one , and they hoped Mr . Miller was present to explain his conduct-. —Mr . Thompson ,

      master of the workhouse , replied that Mr . Miller had left his situation in the Union , and he could not say -where he was to be found . —Dr . Hutchinson , of Farringdon-street , was of opinion that the deceased died of chronic affection of the chest , no doubt hastened "by want of food . —The man-Devlin and his wife were examined , but it was too painfully apparent that their minds had undergone an unfavourable change from the privations they had endured ; the cadaverous looks of both caused a shudder among the jury . The coroner having informed the jury that , with tbe surgeon ' s opinion , the verdict must be natural death , for that , however reprehensib'e the-conduct of the officer sight be ; that opinion exculpated him in law , the jury , after a long deliberation , returned the following verdict : — " That the deceased died from chronic affection of the chest , and that death was greatly accelerated hy want of the common necessaries of

      -Death or A Miser . —On Saturday Mr . H . W . "W akley held an inquest at the Rose of Normandy , High-street , Marylebone , on Sampson Scares , aged sixty-three . The deceased , who had lived for twenty-three years in the garret of the Rose of "Normandy , was allowed hy the Servants' Royal Oak Club 3 s . 6 i- a week . Although possessed of £ 1 , 800 , in the funds he scarcely allowed himself the necessaries of life , and his _ room , as well as his body , presented revolting evidence of voluntary starvation . T wo years ago a relative gave him two flannel shirts , which at his death remained untouched in his box . The coroner . expressed . it to be his opinion that deceased had . starved himself to death . — "Verdict " "Natural Death . "

      Msmncholt Affair . —On the 25 th . ult , Mr . W . Carter went into a long inquiry at the Smith ' s Anns , New Park-s-treet , Southwark , respecting the death of Mary Ann Weed , age twenty-two years , who came bv her death in the : following extraordinary Banner ; The deceased was the . wife of a lighterman residing at No . 5 , Emerson-place Bankside . ( hi New Year ' sreve the deceased was confined with ^ daughter , and progressed very well until the night of tbe 5 th nit . when symptoms of delirium came on . Deceased was frequently seen hy Mr . Caudle , the surgeon , of Great Gnilford-street , who gave the nurse particular orders not to leave the deceased a moment , nor to Jet her go from her sight . The deceased became so much worse that a relation went for Mr . Caudle , who attended , and found the deceased was so alarmingly altered , and in such a dangerous condition , that he questioned the nurse as to what she

      had been giving her , when she admitted that she had allowed the deceased to drink a glass of beer . Mr . Candle having , remonstrated , with thenurse , left the room , and shortly after his departure the deceased got out of bed and asked the nurse to let her go "below to see her . husband , -who . was asleep in the parlour , which was acceded to . Deceased had not been gone more than two minutes , when the nurse -went in search , of her and , to her astonishment found the street-door open , and the deceased mi sing with only her night-dress on . An alarm was raised , and every search made for her , and although every passible effort was made , the deceased was not discovered until the 23 rd ult when she was found in the liver , . off the . centre arch of London-bridge , by a waterman ,- The jury , in strong terms , condemned the conduct of the nurse , and ultimately a verdict of ^ Temporary Insanity *' was recorded .

      Melancholy Suicide . —On the 25 th " . ult , Mr . Robert Souse , of Walham Green , surgeon , who had . "been in practice nearly thirty-years , destroyed himself hy swallowing prtissic acid . The deceased had two assistants—Mr . Roland , a visiting assistant , and Mr . Spike , a dispensing assistant This latter gentlemen was in the habit ' of rising early , and going into the garden at the rear of the house , to shoot small birds . On Friday morning between eight and sine o ' clock Mr . Spike was in the act of reloading his gun whilst at full cock when it went off , arid the ramrod entered the wrist of the leffearm ,-passing up . wards ,. and . obtruding above th " e ielbow-joint . Mr . Boland succeeded by the application of ' great force in extracting the ram-rod , an'd : as .-Mr . Rouse had not yet made his appearance , went up to his bed-room

      tocalUlum , that he might-iave his .: opinion as to ? te & , further should "be done . Mr . "Roland having kno ^ dseveraltimes and received no answer hecam tj alarmed , and , burst ^ peri . the . door , when he dtscoveredMr . R puseJyinginbedto * 1 appearance dead . ; . On a smalltabley within the ' reach * of the deceased , was a two ; onnceAotUe ,. ' whichhad recently S ^' -S' - !? - ' " * ^^^ ( Seheeleaistrength *) , -and ttewholeof the ' powerful poison had evidently ,. hem -drank i y . the'deceased ; who aad ied era , heconldrelay . his . head . ' upon the p d ^ w . ^ Thedeceased ^ Aody wag coldjand W . had * pjaren _ dy . ceased . to ^ eiisfc ; some ioU's .:-No papers Tsereifonnd dBridala £ 4 h ^ oariie <& . theWelaneholy act , aad deemed / hid goae to bed at . twelve o ' clock &;¦ :. '« , ¦? trsji "" t ^^^ iz ^ c " . * " iu < ., « . ~ iv j ^ i . ; - ' " - * ' . . - ; >* / .. - . " " =,. - . ¦ .. . <

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      on the previous night , in an apparently comfortable . 8 tate .... ^ . Of l jL te „ he ^ ad . fuffered . severely from illness , and was constantly saying hsTSust come ' : tif " the workhouse . * During the prevalence of : the . . cholera deceased : exerted himself ,. very . v . much , -and mvits subsid & ncd wrote a very / intelligent report on ; the sanitary state of Fulham Parlslu * " * On Saturday evening last a highly respectable jury' were ' em ; panelled btfore Mr . M . Wakley , at the George Inn ; Walham-green , to inquire into the . circumstances , and a verdict of . " Temporary , insanity" was returned .

      The Suicide of Mr . Hi Artbkia . —On Monday morning ah inquest was held beiore MW Bedford , at No . 33 , George-street , Hanover-square , as to the death of Mr . H . Arteria , an account of which appeared in the ' JSortliern : Star of Saturday last . The jury having viewed the body , -Mr . A- C Hayter , artist , ef 14 , Berners-street , " Oxford-street , deposed ; that the deceased H . Arteria , was related to him . About fifteen months ago deceased ,: had a ssvere fit of brain fever , and since that ; he heen in a very desponding state of mind . He thought that his circumstances were much more unfavourable than they-, really were . His business was that of a picture dealer , and though it had not been as profitable lately as some years since , it was anything but

      unfavourable . Witness could only ascribe , tho act to h ' s depression of ' spirits . . Witness had not seen the deceased for a fortnig ht before death .-J .,, Newman , of 3 , Arundel-stre ' et . Haymarket , deposed that , he was servant to the deceased , at his exhibition gallery , in George-street . Last saw the . deceased alive on Thursday , the 24 th ult ., when he asked witness Ito get him some charcoal , and to be sure to bring large lumps , as he . wanted to air the ¦ rooms . Witness brought the charcoal , and at one o ' clock he left the deceased to go to dinner , and intended returning at two o ' clock , but was told by Ms roaster that he need not come back that day as there was nothing doing . Thevritness knew of his master having borrowed a brazier , and about three weeks ago he asked witness to get him one , but he failed to . get . it .- " On ' the Fri day morning witness came to the gallery at nine o ' clock , and finding the door open , his master ' s hat

      gloves , and keys on the table , he imagined that he had arrived from his house at Kensington earlier than usual . After a short time witness went up to a . little lumber room , and finding the door fastened' looked through the window , and saw his master lyiiigon the floor . —Mr . J . C . Chappell , surgeon , deposed that he was called in , and saw the deceased lying on his face at full length on-the floor , ; with his . arms , crossed under his breast . He was quite . dead and cold , and death must have taken place about six hours before he was discovered . Witness saw the brazier close by deceased ' s head ; it was cold , and contained nothing but the ashes of charcoal ; He at once gave his opinion , that death had been caused by the fumes of . charcoal . The room was prepared so that no air could be admitted . —The jury returned a verdict , "That the deceased committed suicde by inhaling carbonic acid gas , while in a state of temporary insanity . " ' ¦ " . '¦ ' ¦

      . Death of a Wealthy asd Eccentric Lady . — On Tuesday evening Mr . H . M . Wakley held at the York , New-road , Marylebone , a . protracted inquiry touching the death of Martha Joachim , an unmarried lady , late of 27 , York-buildings , aged sixtytwo . The jury proceeded to view the body , but had to beat a sudden retreat until a bull dog belonging to deceased , arid-which savagely attacked them , was secured . It was shown in evidence that on the 1 st of June , 1808 , deceased ' s . father , an officer in the Life Guards , was murdered and fobbed iri the Regent ' s-park . A reward of £ 300 was offered ; for the murderer , who was apprehended with the property upon him , and executed . In 1825 a suitor of deceased , whom her mother rejected , shot himself

      whilst sitting on a sofa with- deceased , who was covered with his brains . From that instant she lost her reason . Since her mother ' s death ; - eighteen years ago , she . had led the life of a recluse , dressed in white , and never going out , A charwoman occasionally brought her what supplied her wants . Her only companions were the . bull-dog , which she nursed like a child , and two cats . Her house was filled with images of soldiers in lead , which she called her "body-guards . " When the collectors called for their taxes , they had to cross the gardenwall to gain admission . Last week , a man named Long , who said he was her cousin , virited her . daily , and left at night . On Thursday week he refused to leave , as she appeared dangerously ill . She however

      insisted ; upon locking him ma room , from which he disengaged himself the following morning , and went iri search of deceased , whom he found dead on adirly bed in the parlour . Mr . Norton surgeon , was instantly called in , who said that she had died bf bronchitis , and would probably have recovered had she had proper medical aid . The jury returned a verdict in accordance with Mr . Norton ' s opinion ., After the inquest , the jury , accompanied by deceased ' s relatives , examnied the house , every window and door of which was bolted and well secured . That precaution she adopted in consequence of thieves having broken into and robbed the house a year back . Her mother ' s room , which had not been opened since her death , was forced open , arid in it

      was found a strong box , containing bank stock to the value of £ 2 , 900 , 62 shares of the Hope Assurrance , of £ 50 each , deeds , leases of property , and life assurrance policies . The room and furniture were in the same state as they were at her mother ' s death . Suicide of a Cut Trapesman , —On Wednesday night Mr . Wm . Payne held an inquest at the "White Hart , Abchurch-lane , on the body of Mr . Joseph Ivon Winstanley , aged fifty-eight , an outfitter , of "No . 54 , "King William-street , London Bridge , who committed suicide . Mr . W . Buckle , chemist , of Leadenhall-strcet , said that , on Monday last ; the deceased called at his shop and purchased sixpennyworth of the essential oil of almonds , which , he wanted , to scent pomatum with . It was of the greatest strength , and consisted of thirty drops . — Mr . R . Wass , of 51 , King William-street , said that he saw deceased about three days before his death . On Tuesday afternoon he was called into deceased's

      house , when he heard that he was dead , and that a bottle , labelled with the essential oil of almonds , had been found in his pocket . He had suffered much in mind lately , on account of his business not prospering . A verdict was-returned of " Temporary Insanity . " Audit of Sayings Banks . —At a special general meeting of the trustees and managers of the Provident Institution , St . Martin ' s-place ,.. -it was resolved that , in accordance with the suggestion of his Royal Highness Prince Albert ( the president of this institution , ) the Governor of the Bank of England , Mr . Masterrcau , Baron Lionel Rothschild , and Sir Edmund Antro . bus , or other three or more gentlemen , be requested to appoint an accountant , who shall institute such inquiry into , andiexamination of , the system and accounts of the institution as shall be to them satisfactory .

      Suicide at Blackfriars-Bridgb . —Shortly after twelve o clock on Sunday , a female , apparently about fifty years of age , who was very meanly attired , entered the first recess on the western side of Blackfriars-bridge , and before any person could reach her , she took off her bonnet and cap , throwing them down on the stone work , and then deliberately leaped into the river .. An alarm was raised , and two : watermen rowed to the spot where she had fallen , but the deceased never rose to the surface . -. ;¦ The drags were used for some time , but the deceased could not be found . The bonnet and cap were taken to the policestation in Fleet-street , to be identified .

      Fire hear thb Post-office . — About seven o ' clock on Saturday evening last a fire-broke out at a printer ' s aud engraver ' s , situate in St . Ann ' s-place , at the back of the Post-ofii . ce . _ It appears that while Mr . Dix , the proprietor , was in one of the rooms he perceived , a great quantity of smoke ascending the staircase . He immediately ran across the road , and called the beadle and engine keeper . When he returned he found the whole staircase on fire . . Mrs ; Dix with her children , together with several other persons , were at the . time in the top rooms , and the flames prevented them from descending . - : They , however , managed to get upon theroof . snd they were immediately afterwards rescued . The various engines quickly arrived , but the fire was not " entirely extinguished till about nine o ' clock .. The loss will fall upon the Law Fire-office .

      Fire . amo Loss of Lira in the Borough . —On Saturday morning last , between eight and nine o clock , some persons passing along Princes-street , Union-street , Southwark , observed a quantity / of smoke issuing out of the house No . 5 , Princes-street . They knocked at the door , and found that the person living on the ground floor was not aware of any casualty having occurred on the premises , but-on reaching the : front attic and opening the door the room was found to be enveloped in one sheet of flame . Several-persons , at-the risk of . their own lives , rushed into the room , and found an old man , named Askew . about seventy-fiye years of age , surrounded with fire . He was in , his night-dress ,. which ; was blazing , together with , tbe bed and the furniture in the room . B y a vigorous effort he was dragged out of the room , carried into another apartment . and a

      , surgeon sent for , but before one arrived he : , had expired . The fire was confined to the floor on which it occurred . From a partially smoked pipe being afterwards found at the bedside , it is supposed that the deceased had teen smoking in bed , ! and by that means caused the terrible disaster . - ; : , ' . Sm > * Housebreaking . —Early ? on Saturday -morning last the premises of Mr . F .-Keeve Jones , a solicitor , residing at Woodfield-terrace , -Harrow-road , ; near the ; Paddington workhouse , were broken ; into , and various articles , consisting of plate , wearing apparel , < fcc ., stolen therefrom .. A servant , who slept in a room just above where the . ent rance .. was effected ; heard a noise in the lower part of the house ,- ! but aU tributing it to the wind , which , was very highJat the time , accompanied" by- raini she tools ; - < np . further notice of it . A ' reward . has been offered . by . Mr ... Jones

      for the discovery of tbe . culprits ' s '•' - ''• ' -- : ::- - ;• • Takixg thb Veiii . —Miss . flawkwood was on Mon : day formally received as one of the sistersiin the Convent . of . Mercy ,: Berm ' ondseyi ! ( The ; ceremony , . which was conducted by Dr . WiseinM ^ aidedhKihe clergymen of the coiyentand others . from . metrop ' ohtan T-i + i ' ; i ;' ' ,: ; 3 v : uoil . " : i ' s : o ';; -i'f ' . ; i-i b . ;* , ? . ' ¦] . [?;!¦ , , - * Zt l' & itZii via ! , /* ' : " . % .- ' . i .- ' . r . i ' . p . ' i ^ J ' --, i .-J ' . 'iJi'C . jivIi

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      di stricts , took pla * in \ the ; churchy-adfoiningJ'ttfe convent , andwas jffitnejseda . ndJpinfidju / by ^ sevMal of Tne lady'si- 'friends . - -An appropriate sermonwas breached by Drft Wiseman ;^; ? uy -sol ^ knji : ; i 5 ;; . . iff . . ' High " Tins in : TflKy ' . THUtts . - { Qti . T . uesday , ; the tide rose sb extraordinarily high , as / to overflow . the ' walls of the riyer arid inundate tho varibu * s * thorougli fares' along either shpre . ' > 'So ^ . unexpected ^ w ' as the high tide , : thatno one had madeiany preparfl'tiori'to preserve their property , ? andiihe , consequence'was that mischief to . anincalculahlo . amount , was done . The tide on the preyions day . was lower than ; it has been kriown for . sOmo considerable time past , " whilst that of Tuesday rose ' two feet one inch hi gher thai ) that it did in October , ' 1844 , when so muchpropertywasdestroyed ; Thevariouswharvesalongtho river presented immense sheets of water , timber , and other articles being forced about . with the strength of the tide , whilst . the sma ll craft lying on the shores of tho Thames were either filled with water or forced into the open streets . In Lambeth and the two adjoining parishes property worth many thousand pounds was destroyed . In the

      Commercial , Belvidere , and YorKrroads ,,, a , vast deal of damage was done . ' Iri the ; Crescent of Beividereroad the houses -haive sustained great injury , arid the furniture is destroyed . ' : As late as eight o ' clock in the evening the whole of . College-street was under ' water about four feet , the lower floors of the houses being full of water ,, while the residents . were anxiously looking froni' the upper windows for the water to recede . Even at that period , the residents were obliged to be taken to and from their residences by means of horses arid carts ; The furniture belonging to nearly fifty- persons in this street is either destroyed or extensively damaged by the visitation . So deep did the water rise m the Com mercial-roal that boats wei-e employed during the

      day in conveying , people along . Fore-street * Lambeth , Bishop ' s-walk , as well as the . several wharves on the opposite side of the river at Millbank , were all under water . Along Vauxhall , the Lammas ' lands at Fulhain arid Battersea , the open country , presented broad sheets of water , in riiany place being several feet deep . At Bankside , BermondseyVand Rotherhithe a vast amount or damage "has been do ' ne . It would be impossible to give a list of the { whole of the premises injured , as scarcely a , building on either , side of the river . escaped , and the furniture destroyed must amount to many thousand pourids . The tide completely overflowed the Temple Gardens , and the various piers both up and down the river have sustained much , damage , j . Had .

      the tide , risen so high intho night time a fearful destruction of life mus ' t ' have followed . —The -high tide which on Tuesday caused so much damage along the bank of the Thames , produced similar disastrous results on a large portion of the eastern coast . The Medway , like the ^ Thames , was . much swollen—the water overflowed the banks , arid inundated a large space of country . At ' Ipswich , it was the highest tide that had been experienced for many years . At Lynn , the Ude rose to an alarming height , andthe whole of . the lower portion of the town near , the river , was inundated . ] Boston experienced a similar flooding , and a serious damage of property isreported . The Humber had its share of the high tide . - ' It rose to twenty-nine feet seven

      inches by the Humber dock' gates , and before high water the lower part of Hull was inundated . Similar accounts of the disastrous effects of the tide have been received from many other places , on this part of the coast . Death bt Fire . —A fatal and distressing accident occurred on Wednesday evening in Baker ' s-road , Hampstead , to a cripple , aged severity , of the name of Nash , who had been for three years in . such a helpless condition as rendered her incapable of taking care of herself , - and who had been advised to go into the workhouse , which she obstinately refused . While sitting hy the ire in a roorii ( her drily apartment ) , the sleeve of her dress caught in a blaze from her falling against the bars of the grate , and before any assistance arrived she was so frights fully burnt that she expired after a few-hours in the

      most excruciating agonies . It / was most prqviden : tial that the fire was discovered by a neighbour passing at ; the time , who , smelling it , feared it might : proceed from the rooTi of the old woriian , and , after calling assistance ,: and the door being burst open , she was found lying in the fireplace so frightfully burnt as scarcely to be recognised . . Charge or Obtaining Monbv ' bt Tiirbats . —H . Harvey Saville , who has been in custody since Saturday week , oria . charge ; of extorting upwards of £ 20 from Mr . John Bright , a gentleman of considerable property residing at Brixton , who is treasurer to St . Ann ' s Society ' s school at Brixton and other charitable societies , and has been for . some years a guardian of the parish of Lambeth , was finally examined on Wednesday at Lambeth Police-office , and fully committed for trial ; ., .-

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      St . Helen ' s Savings Bank . —The sale of all Mr . John Johnson ' s private property , including his carriage , horses , plate , greenhouse , plants , ' & . C ., is advertised . At the last meeting of the directors , there was found to / be at that time a deficiency , amounting in the whole to the total sum bf £ 13 , 000 , and 150 pass-books to come in . What will be the actual . amount embezzled remains yet to be seen . But it is said that the various friendly societies , which have neglected enrolment are holders oi tlie books which have not yet come in , and that this course has been adopted from a fear that they will , by disclosing the fact of their neglect of the law , render themselves liable to penalties . On this

      account an impression seems to be entertained that the amount already discovered may be increased more largely than the comparatively small number of books now out would at first lead the public to suppose . —The examination of the defaulters , John and William Johnson , was held on Monday before Mr . R . Neilson , chairman , Mr . W . Pilkington , Mr . W . H . Brancker , and Revl L ; R . Evans , magistrates . Mr . -Aspinall , barrister , of Liverpool , appeared on behalf bf the prosecution ; and Mr . Taylor , solicitor , of St . Helen ' s , defended Mr . Johri Johnson ; Mr . Whitby-appearing on behalf of Mr . William Johnson . Three ; informations had been laid against the prisoners j two charging them with embezzlement , and one . with consniracv . Mr .

      Aspinall only proceeded upori one charge , namely , against Mr . John Johnson , for receiving £ 200 from a . friendly society , and not accounting for it ; and against Mr . William Johnson for being an accessory after the fact . SufiBcient ; evidence having been offered , the Chairman said , that in the case of John Johnson , the court had conio to the determination to refer the question of bail on the charge ^ of embezzlement to a higher-tribunal , to the judge of a superior court ; ' and , at the same time , should that judge be disposed to take bail for the embezzlement , the court would immediately entertain any application for bail . 'for ' the : conspiracy y if being committed-on the two counts . With regard to

      William Johnson , the court had determined to require bail to the amount of £ 500 for himself , arid two sureties of £ 250 , for . being accessory after , the fact ;; and . a further bail , himself in £ 500 , and two others in £ 250 each , for the charge of conspiracy . Thecourt had ' next taken into consideration the voluntary assignment made of the whole of the property belonging to the two prisoners—the one in the event of the other notjbeing . sufficient to cover the defalcations ; and the bench therefore felt that the bail mentioned wpuld . be sufficient to mark the course of justice , and allay ariy feeling in the public mind with regard ; to the loss of those who were depositors at the bank . —The proceedings were then at an end . and the court ; rose .

      Incendiarism . - — Chektset .. — Last week John Gosden , labourer , of Chobham , was brought up for re-examiriation at the office of Mr . Grazebrook , before the Right Hon . "Lord Taux arid the Hon . Captain Cavendish , on a charge of having set fire to two ricks of hay and a lewen , the property -of . Mr . James Fladgate , farmer ; Chobham , and fully committed for trial . " .-,... ; f , \ r / Tub Rochdale Savings Bank/— . The unenrollcd friendly societies intend sending a riiemprialto government on : the subject of their claims upon the funds of the savings bank . During the last year , ending 20 th November , 1849 , the interest of each depositor had not been ascertained and added fohis

      principal , as usual . The government have sent an order down for that to be done , ; and the ambunt returned to them . The private Creditors ; of the late Mr . Haworth have lately had a meetingat the Reed Inn , for . the purpose of ascertaining , what , chance they have of obtaining , their share of the assets of the deceased . The ' cry / is for an equitable adjustment amongst what Mr . Tidd Pratt would call legal and illegal - claimants ; and' if this should finally be adopted , ' these creditors will come in for their share . There is . ono creditor ; in ; Manchesteruwho has a claim upon , / , tho . late , Mr . ; Haworth ' s / effdcts . for £ 2 , 000 ;; those in Rochdale " are ; generally for small amounts . . . ''' " ' , - ' - ' . - " ¦ . ' -- ;¦ ' ¦ '' ¦ - ' " ' ¦ ' ¦'

      FaiouTroii Accident . — -An alarming accident . oc < curred oh the 23 rd ult . on a branch line connected with the Monmouthshire and . Newport Railway . The . Braneh line , it appears , ' is the ' property ofthe Ebbw . Irori'Company s ' works . ' Betw ' eeri three and four o'clock in th & afternoon , a rhan'ih theemploy of the , company was ; engaged in shutting , a ' small train of > two ^ trucks , . ; heavily / laden , with iron , * into the main line . of the , branch , , and being unable to irio ' ve ; them / by ^ manual" labour , he / fe 4 uested '¦ an erigmewlriver to remove theiri'forward a little with / a locbriiotive . ^ Theehgines-driver ' did so ; 2 "but urife ' r-

      tunately too great an impetus ! was given to the train ' , and the break ; nofc , acting ; on ' : its J . eacheB'a ' ; deep ) dechne , it started rapidly ; down , 'and gaining speed as it progressed , very , eveii ^ apprehensions ;^ " wero raised as . to what might 'follows / should anything ; be 6 jQ ; tlie other' end / of the line , " 'which-in ; th ' e result really happened . > ' * A ' maii riamed . Williamsj ^ f . jTy'des , ' was i ° ? g" ? g ' . along ; ther tramwayl . with a Aorsej ' and a $° X ?^ ^ S » . co . l'tahimg'sixtyjbarrels of / gunpowder . He . hadreached Llanbelleth , w ^ nie ^ a ^ starUed ' at seeing the \ appr 6 ach ' of thb deseG &* difl ^* thaiji * thundewng albrig / at a fiiribus speed . " % ith ' -g ^ at pre-!!¦• • i- - 'ii ; : u ..-: i . "i :. rt . i M't / dJ . 'ilk y- .- ^ iOh ; : us J * hlllO ? j'iivvsv' ; ' ! iii . Zii ''i / JbC !« , K > 2-vJi' ^^ ' 4 l ! : Vi ^

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      loncd ofjmind 'heffree ' d tho horse , and jumping on wo-sSraOrdihary , as he had only . leftthe ; . line , a S eS wy ^ thoHraifi itruck tkera ^ jwMi Seridou > fbrcei sriiashin 'i ^ to /^ on ^^ terine the powder'barrels in ' . eyery'direction /• The collision caused some sparks'bf ^ rer ' which ^ falling amongst tho ' matting covering the shattered casks , ouickiy set them in ' a blaze , and instantly an explosion of an awful Character occurred , tearing up the permanent-way , and ' shaking the country for several miles round ; - in facty the shock was so'great that the inhabitants round supposed it to be ; an' earthquake Thetrainof carriages continued . its ' course alon e -the line' some miles further ;^ but without furtner damage being done . ' Fortunately rib habitation was near , the line , or the loss of life might have been most serious . ' -., ' ' Boat ' Upset and Four Persons -Drowned . — On Saturday last a fatal accident occurred at the mouth of the Devohport harbour , by which' four

      persons lost their lives . The cutter ot her'Majesty . s ship Stromboli , Capt . Lord A . Beauclerk , : was proceeding frdmthe vessel in Ply mouth Sound to the harbour , and when ,-at about ten ' minutes past two o ' clocki'she was coming in urider a pressi of cariyass / between St . Nicholas Is ! and and the main , the weather being rather boisterous , with a strorig northeasterly wind , a large quaritity , of waterwas shipped at the lee bow / arid the cutter immediately sunk . The crew , consisting " ot fourteen persons , ' were all immersed . Tlw doctor and two other officers were

      among the . number . Four' persons were drowned , viz , a midshipman arid three sailors . The accident was seen from several quarters ! and'boats froin . her Majesty ' s revenue cutter , and a small boat with Colour-Sergeant Wynne , of the 82 nd Regiment , one man , and a boy , and a garrison boat manned with soldiers of the 82 nd Regiment . from § t . Nicholas Island .. Through the prompt and . united efforts of these parties ten persons were- rescued from'their perilous position , but the midshipman and three of the cutter ' s crew were not . recovered .

      | Death of Sir Fewx Booth * Bart . —An inquest was held at Brighton . on Saturday last , to inquire into the death of Sir Felix Booth . The deceased arrived at the' York Hotel , Brighton } on Thursday afternoon . He went to bed indus : usual health ' at half-past ten . About three o c ! ockin the morning he was attacked with a . fit of coughing , which ; disturbed Mr . . Laurence , a friend of the deceased , who slept . intheadjoinirigroom " . . Mr . / Laurence immediately weriti to the' bedside of the' deceased , who died in about three ' minutes . ' Mr . Gavin Pocock , sureeon ; eave evidence as . to his being . the usual

      medical attendant of the deceased , and expressed his opinion that Sir Felix had died from- disease of the heart . The ' j dry returned a verdict accordingly . Sir Felix was a wealthy distiller , ' arid' served the office of sheriff of London in 1828-9 ; he was also distinguished for his munificence , having presented Sir , James Ross with £ 20 , 000 ,-to-enable ; him to ; fit out his polar expedition .. ? In . 1834 he was created a baronet ; with special remainder , in default bf male issue , to his brother , Mr . William Booth , of Royddn Lodge , Essex .- The deceased baroriet is succeeded by his : nephew , 'John ; Williarii Booth , born : in 1805 .

      Shocking . . Accident --at- Nottingham . ;—r On Sunday afternoon , about half-past one o ' clock , a fire'broke out on the premises of a . Mr . Graham , Harrington str ' eet ; It appears that shortly'before the time above stated , ' Mrs . Graham had gent three of her youngest children up-stahs to play in tbe top room that she mightbe better , enabled to elean the lower apartment . They had ,: however , not . been there long : ere the neighbourhood was . alarmed- by the niost appallingScreams , arid immense bodies of flame andsihoke were seen to issue from the windows of the , top -story . . rTheiwretched mother , being aware of the situation iof her- children , shrieked for

      help ,, and a policeman ,, more courageous . than the rest of the crowd , pushed up stairs , and , notwithstaiiding that the upper , part . ' ot the house was in flaraesj succeeded in rescuing the wretched sufferers from . the burning room ; this , howeverrh © ' did not effect-without considerable : injury to himself . ; The poor children were frightfully burnt , but still alive , although , there did riot appear any hope of their long remaining so . The town fire-engines were immediately sent for , and by the praiseworthy and untiring exertions of the crowd assembled , the fire was ultimately extinguished , after having destroyed only , the upper , story . The children were afterwards comveyed to the ' General Hospital , where they still

      remain . " .. '' ,- •' .-.., AprriEHENsioN for Murder . — ' On ¦ Saturdayweek the chief constable of Bradford ( Mr . Leveratt , ) in company with constable John Shuttleworth , apprehended an Irishman , named Thomas C * nroy , living in a cellar in White Abbey , for shooting Terence Toran" of Kyletalesha , ( iiieen ' s County , on the 2 nd of December 'last ; i The prisoner was immediately taken to Ireland . '" - • ¦ ' *'''"' . ' . " 1 ¦ . Abbrdaee ,. Jan . 24 . — A correspondent writing yesterday says : — " We regret ; to ' say that the strike

      of the collier ' s - in the Aberdare valley , Cardiff , still continues ; This strike has ridw lasted eight weeks , and it is deeply , to be regretted that so serious a difficulty between master and men should remain unsettled . "—A shot was fired through the _ windows of a man named Richards , last week : it passed within-a few inches of the man ' s head , and lodged in the wall . Richards , it appears , had ' remained at work , " and refused to join the malcontents . Three men are in custody on suspicion . of having been concerned iri the outrage . —Swansea Herald .

      Extensive System of Forgery .-An extensive and . serious forgery has been committed on the bank of Messrs . , W . H . / Lambton and Co ., Newcastle . The delinquent is only twenty years of age , respectably connected , and was a clerk in the firm of Messrs . Griffith and Crighton , solicitors , . Arcade . It appears from what has transpired that . for months he has careered in a course of profligacy and folly truly aitonishing , arid that during that period he has squandered between £ 400 and £ 500 which he had drawn at thebank by means of forged cbequesi besides embezzling upwards of £ 50 , the monies of his masters' He has been committed for the assizes .

      Comisioiv and Loss of Lifb . — A veryseribus collision , involving ' the loss of several lives , occurred early on Saturday week , nearly abreast of Aidborough . About five o ' clock ' the brig Ann and Maria , of South ShieJdSj was beating off the coast on her way to London , when she came in contact with the barque Ben Nevis , Mr . Liddel , bound , for . some northern port . The weather being extremely boisterous , the vessels were immediately separated , and the brig foundered at twelve o ' clock the next day . With the exception of one seamen , every-soul on board perished .. The barque , sustained but trifling damage , and proceeded on her voyage .

      Representation op South Essex . —From the address of Mr . Laurie it seems parties are beginning to anticipate an early election Im ovement in this division , either from some change in the representation or a dissolution of parliament . The lion , gentleman declares himself an "Independent Conservative , " but we conclude he is not the recognised' candidate of the conservative party , as wo have always understood that on tlie next election either Mr . Bowyer Smijthor Mr . W . Cotton , willcom ' e forward with Mr . Bramston in that interest . —Essex Ilerald : The Britannia-bridge . —A novel arid very interesting process in connexion with this structure has just-been brought to a successful termination—that of the joining of one of the wroug ht-irOn land tubes to the main of the towerb

      on . span in the recess , y lowering its extremity foui'teen inches on to its ' permanent bed-place , and whereby , its-weight of 650 tons , acting as a counterbalanceover the- tower , had the effect of raising up the centre of the main tube , r of . 1 , GQ 0 tons wei g ht , by upwards of two inches , and of course adding materially to its rigidity and strength . A precisely similar operation has to be performed with the land ; , or terminal , tube onthe' other side , and by which the centres of eaoh of thegrandspans will bo raised'altogether four inches . The preparations for this are nearly completed , the workmen , as usual , being engaged ¦ rii ghtand day .- The rails far the . trains through the tube aro'laidlongitudinal timbers , like those * on the Great WesterriRailway . ;

      Accident on the London and North-Western Railway . —On Monday night the engine of . the . upr Newcastle mail train , upon the London and North-Western rail way got . off , the line ,, ; in the rbad-cuttings about nine miles south of WOlr . erton , and-fell over on its side , directly across the down line ' . ' The tender wasdragged off the line , and the empty van , which is . usually attached behind' the . tender , mounted upon it , and two or threeof the carriages went off , the line with the shock of the sudden stoppage ,, but fortunately ; norie of tlierii ' were damaged , and' the ' whole of . the passengers escaped'unhurt . The engineer and the fireman , we believe ; ' sustained no other injury than a severe shock . - Of course ,-by this untoward accident , ' both the up and . down lines

      were blocked up ; and when the down mail train to Manchester arid' Liverpool and the north arrived at the spot at eleveri o ' clock , it'couldriot proceed ; The passengers and luggage : wore taken out of-the carriages and conveyed over the boiler of the prostrate engine to another train-which was brought up from Rugby , -in which at last they , proceeded , after a delay of about ' eight hbu rs ^ The ; mails ; instead of reaching Marichester and' Liverpool' at 3 . 39 a . m ; , did not arrive till 11 . 60 in the forenoons < ¦ ¦ ¦ ; - ' - >¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . More Olericai . ; Intoiibrance . —The wife - of ; Mr . G . MUmford , an inhabitant of ; Kemerton , andsmany years a meriiber of the . Wesleyari Society , died about a / fortrilght a ' go / Mi \ Mumford ; and his . family havirig'ia' vaiilt prepared 'at their - experise in the

      parish 1 churcn > oi nomerton , appiication ^ wasmade with refdrence ito ' . the interraen t ; of iMrs . Mumford . Ai'chdeacpn Thorp ; , . , th ' o . roctor / distinctly refused to have tho e hell tolled ori . the /' pc ^' asibn of hejf . death , or / to ' read / the funeral servie ' e ^ at li eViriterment : ' He would allow ' th ' o / ' corpse to bo placed -in ; the / - ' vault ; but would not ' / readJthb seiivice f orthe churchiof Eiigl " and }' -and . : intiriiated . that ofi " course ; none other could ; . be used . The ground of his . refusal , ; ho stated to . he ,. that . , the deceased ,,-not ^ cirig a rnember ofjiis church , in . life ' had -no'frighttO- ' -the religious ' servicij of . 'his : cSui ^ h ; 1 n ' dea tn ?* mi & of'th 6 'SvS haVirig / iiMved ^ it-was 'finally' ' resolved t <)" 'inler ; ihB io Et'il' : u ens i < y < juskiii ^ v . :,, riu-L-n ^ ...,:,- ¦ . .: i ^ VH iy <;& $ * «;« ¥ * . 'ii .. tiii ^ '/ iuU- 'n ^ f-p-

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      body of the deceased in a piece , of ground to be hencefor thused as a jp lace of buriaUfor r mejtnbers of the WesIeyantSbcjety / ah / d / co i . r Capture t ) F . rHiOHwAprasr near ; BBiSTOi " . ^ For . a bonsiderable' tiri 1 e / pas /^ city has heeri / irifested by ' a / riotoribfis' gang of hig h- , waynieriy known to th ^ police / urider / the '' appellation ofthei"Hanham . arid /; Cock-r ' oa < i ;); Gang '; 'V ,: ' . To '' . . ' su ' 3 li ; an ' : ' extent have 'their ; 'depredatidns ; been : { c ' arifiecl , ; more especially in the * ru rardistrictS / of / Brislmftoh arid Keynsham , that rriafi ^ of the farriierSi Were ^ u willing to" attend ; as' usual ^ our corn- ' arid oih ' e ' r markets , ^^ several ^^ outraged . / haying' . ' / recentl y ' .-been committed , atterided with / a /" " great . 'degree of

      persorial violence . A Mr . Thomas White , farmer , ; of Balcoriibe ; was attacked the other / day within a few huhdredyards bfafarm-hbusepn'the Frprrie road , by . two arriied men , # ho demanded his money orhis life ; they dragged him off his horse and commenced rifling his'riockets .. He shouted for assistance ; upon which they stuffed his mouth'full Of dirt , and robbed him of all his loose cash ; his notes , which he had Blaced in a ' private pocket , 'fortunately escaping tlieir notice . Mr . Joseph Wyatt ; farmer , of Wick , was attacked in a similar mannerriear Landsdowne ,. arid robbed of his watch' and all he had about hini ; the hig hwaymen ' also cut / his bridle reins and stirrup s to prevent his pursuing them ; "Mr . Wilkiris ; of the Bell-inn . Chelwood , Sbraerset , was waylaid by

      five riieri atthe bottom of Knowle-hill , who robbed him / arid then made off in the direction of Keyn » sham . About ah hour later thesame evening , Mr . Brirrow , a blacksmith and farrier , who carries on business at Keyrisham ; was stopped and , although he resisted till he ; was nearly throttled ; the blood gushing from : his mouth and nostrils , he was robbed of £ 5 . By the exertibris' . of police-sergeant Hazell Noi 70 , ' fiye' of the gang , named Samuel Bryant , WilliamPowell , William Gunning , Samuel Rogers , and "John IU / gers ; have been apprehended . One of them has turned approver // and some bludgeons have been found by the police at a ' spot indicated by him . v-The ' prisbners " were Vexamined on Saturday , and remanded , arid it is stated that a great number

      of' cases trill be brought home to them . Subsequently , to thoir apprehension another man , named Joseph Brittan , has been taken . ' into " custody , and also the keeper of a beershop in the vicinity of Hanham ,. named Eli Tremletfc , ; at'whose ; house , -the police have received information , the gang used to irieet . ' Great satisfaction was expressed by a host bf farmers ; who were present at the examination , at the capture of these ; desperate villains ' \ Fatai , PcGiriiSTio Encounter . — 4 shocking '' . occurrence happened on Moriday' ni hit at Andoversi ford / : near Cheltenham , which nasi ended in- the violent death-of one riia ' n , and the committal of three othersto Gloucester County Gaol on a charge of manslaughter . ' The / particulars of / the case , as

      summed up from the depositions of theseveral witnesses examined on tho coroner ' s' inquest , may bo briefly stated as follows : —Two' farm servants , riamed William Cook and- Joseph'Franklin , in the employ of Mr . Handy , farmer , quarelled , whiio following their daily work ,: and , after a' good deal of bickering , came to a mutual agreement to "fight it out . ' / ¦ r They foiight'together in the road near their master s farm for-a-short time , the only looker-on being a boy , : named Peirrin , After twb or three rounds ,, in the course of which they fell twice or thrice , aridi kicked each other while ujon' tho ground , a temporary truce was declared , while each combatant sent'fbr a "backer . " Franklin sent for his father , who quickly arrived , and a man

      named George Fletcher came as Cook ' s backer . They then resumed the battle , Franklin , the father , encouraging his son . " Cook knocked Franklin down first ; but in the next" round "iCook was'down , and was picked up by Fletcher . After two ' or three more rounds Cook fell . Fletcher lifted him ' up , and erideavoured to replace ; him on his legs , but Cook could not stand , and appeared insensible , while blood flowed from his ears * . . He was then " put in a / cart , and taken home . Before he was taken away ; however , Franklin went up to him , and asked him "if ho had enough , or whether'he wanted any more ? " Cook did not . reply ; and never spoke agaift ; in fact , there can be little doubt that he was actually dead at that mohient , and his antagonist

      was talking to a corpse ; While the fight was going on Franklin ' s wife came up , and entreated her husband , with tears- in her eyes , to desist . Franklin ' s father , ; however , told her to be Off home , and while themen-were fighting he called upon his son to " put it into him " ( the deceased man ) . A married woman named Agg , who said she went "to see the fight ; " deposed at the inquest that' shesaw Mrs . Franklin endeavour to separate Cook and her husband . The deceased was considered a inatclv for his antagonist , being thirty-nine years " of age ) while the other was twenty-three . The deceased has left a widow and four children nnprovided for . Mr . Gabby surgeon , ! ot Charlton Kings , who made a post mortem examination of tho deceasedshowed

      , upon the inquest that death had been occasioned b y a blow " or blows on the head , which had ruptured a bloodvessel in the brain . ¦ Death was not occasioned by a fall , but a blow . The coroner ' s verdict was , " That Cook came by his death from " the effect of blows received ; whilst fighting with 'Franklin , and that William Franklin ( his father )' ' and George Fletcher were aiding and abetting Joseph Franklin , and were principals in the second degree . " Poaching and Imprisonment . —At the Castle , Colchester , on Saturlay last , a railway labourer , from the parish of Ohapp ' el , named Samuel Naylor , was charged with trespassing upon the lands of Mr . Z . Pettitt , of Fordham , on the 11 th ult ., arid shooting a partridge , he not having a game certificate

      nor leave of the said ¦ Zachariah Pettitt . —James Grant , a . labourer , of West Bergholt , stated that he saw the defendant in prosecutor ' s meadow about ten o ' clock of the 11 th ult ., with a gun , and saw him shoota partridge and put it in his pocket . He was notmore than six rods off at the time , but said nothing to defendant . —Mr . Goody appeared for defendant , and rigidly cross-examlried the witness , and attempted to show that the bird killed was a fieldfare , and not a partridge '; but the witness strictly adhered : to his former ; statement . —Mr . Smythies observed , that as a labouring man the defendant had no business out shooting upon another person ' s land at all . No doubt'he was out of work at the time , and , like many others , went out

      poaching , as . it was unfortunately their practice to do . —Defendant said he had been out of work for six weeks , and had a wife andthree sriiall children to support ; therefore / he hoped the bench would be as favourable to him as they possibly could , as he had no parish to go to for support , —Mr . Ewen told the defendant that' he had riot at all improved his condition by going out shooting game in that way j but owing to the'circumstance of his being out of work , and having a wife and family , the : bench were inclined to impose a much less penalty than it was in their power to inflict , as he had rendered himself liable to a penalty of dOs . and costs ; He was therefore fined 20 s . ; and expenses 10 s . Cd ., to be paid in three . weeks , or be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twenty-one days .

      Escape of Prisoners . —Four convicts , under sentence in , the / 'gaol . it . Newcastle-upon-Tyne , on Tuesday , availed themselves of a ladder , and ropes which had been introduced by some workmen into the prison-yard to effect certain repairs , and thereby succeeded in scaling the lofty wall bv which the . prison , is surrounded , and got clear off . Information , was given to the police , arid in tho course of the day three of them were apprehended and brought back to ; gaol , but the fourth has hitherto eluded detection . One of the captured prisoners , of the naino of . Dunn , was . tried on a charge of murdering a child and acquitted oh the ground , bf insanity .

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      Death of Lord Jeffrey . —Lord Jeffrey , one of the judges of the Court of Session , but better known by his ; shai ; e _ . in-, the . estoblisbqient-of i . the , Edinburgh Rewty , nnih \ a \ ong . connexion with that celebrated publication , died on Saturday evening last . - ; . ¦ The CoNnEMNEp , Murderess EAMhwn . —Ttie official announcement ; that Sir- George Grey . ; had declined to interpose on , behalf of this unfortunate woman has not been accepted as necessarily decisive of her fate .,. Far frpm leading to the abandonment as hopeless of all effort on ; her behalf , it has operated as a stimulus to increased exertion . ! A widespread and lively feeling of commisseration on ' her account exists , together ; with a strong desire to

      rescue her from herimpending doom , and thus save the city from being made the scene of a most revolting exhibition . This feeling is ' participated , in not only by ,-those , r , who , on general-grounds , are averse to capital ,. punishments , but also by many whohaso their opinion on the special circumstances of the case ; as disolosed . in the evidence- ' upon ' . which the culprit / w . ns conyicted . v These were insisted on m the original . memp ; rial , / despatche ^ 1 rovost and the Magistrates , - and have been referred tom . the other petitions . i-iSmcethe . receipt of the communicationfrom : the ! Home-office , "two additional memorials , - craving th ^ exeroise bf the : royal clemency , have been forwarded , . with the request that they may bepresented to herMajesty-one from the shenffs and ; other p fficial- gentlemen conriefcted both with the county and . the municipality . ' -ahdi another

      * ?• ^^^ thesigriatures'bf-abbve 800 of-theladies of observeTt stated fhat . a petition-for the commutation oi the sentence , " subscribed by 7 , 071 'individuals W . ^^ -ap . ' . while similar stbps'have been adopted in-- 'Lanark , : Perth , " Dundee , ' Hawick , and Prestonpans . It is difficult to : ' see'ho ' w . a'U-equest tririA . earnestly , q , rged can be refiised ^ / Ihough conscious of her situation ,. and to , appearance engaged in ; preparatio . n ; . for ( 1 thb 4 fato pronounced . upon . her , sho .-has ubt , iWe : ; learri , ; ,- made , ;/ ariy explicit ' - . arid perfectly open ( declaration as regards sher . ' crime ; but' seems desirous' rather / to shun the •'; subject . — ¦ p &^ : 4 tffc ^;^^ , , ; . ; a ; . ; wpMAN .. " . ^^^^^ woman- named :-Rachel . ; iliiach , . wto ,-livea . in ' . ' . Glen Conglass ,. ' arid gone ;^^ to ;^ Tomantoul oriithe . ; afternbon bv' > r ;' , r .-Mn . -: f ; v / ot ' . - ¦ :. ' . " .. : ¦ .. ; : >» H ; :.. i ; . ( . ^ rj . :- * T' 'j ; . ¦ :-t . ; ; . -. ' .. ^ V % -.. ^ : « j ; -ft i : ' ^ :.: ; , - ^ m ii ' -: i : di ^ it ^' -i-: ^

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      of Saturday , theMh ^ [ fc . ^ ir a ^ Rehouse , Ihdld ' ne ' ciB ' sSarieB : ^ She leftToumantonr : in 7 the twilight , bn ; he ^ way hbm ^ iwhibh ) she ^ hever -reachod . ¦ Theriight was stormyrfthe ? sky was obscured by dense masses of stormy clouds—and the falling snoWj and . frequent gusts of . wind , drifting the snow , addedimuoh to the darkriess of "the night . The hap . less / wf lriian had soon' lost'her . way , " arid wandered for hours among , the . moors and mosses . that inter- ' Verio ^' between .. Toumanfcoul . and , Glen . Conglagg ., Abbrit ' ten o ' clock : ri . rri ' . ' her . cries for help , were heard by two lads ; whb ; it is said , 'followed the calls , but - could ' not discover tho'perishing . ' woman . Thev ^

      gaveno alarm , and the woman was not missed till ' Sabbath , ' afternoon , as . her family thought , from the badness of the night , sho might have ; remained % iri ' Tomanfbiil . ' Not returning with those who had ' gone to attend the places ' of worship in Tomantoul , " alarni for her safety was instantjy raised among the neighbours . ¦ : Search was made iri the village , and the , result : left little doubt / of the unfortunate ' woman ' s fate . / Qri Monday tnbrining , the' body was ,-found frozen arid lifeless , only a few hundred yards from a house .. The bag with the meal , and a pail coritaining •' - ' groceries ; were ' lying ; near her . The deceased was the onl y nurse of an aged and ' bed-ridden father , and has left two orphan children i '

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      I State Of Trade.—The Freeman In Its Com...

      i State of Trade . —The Freeman in its commer-Cial review of the past week , says : — " The improvement noticed last week has not been progressive , matters having been' rather at a stand this week , ' although there has been ' a fair amount of business done . " " '¦ : ;•• :, j iNCBNDiAaiSM in Ulster . —The NorthernWhig reports another case of incendiarism in the county of Antrim , and in tho immediate vicinity of Belfast , evidently of an agrarian character , ft occurred oh a farm from which a tenant ;' ' whose family held it for generations , had- beenejected' after disposing of his crop to pay o . ff arrears , leaving only £ 10 due : the

      farm having been let . to another , tenapt , who was to enter into possession on the day after that on which the fire took place . This is the second incendiary fire of the same character iu that neighbourhood within the week ; the other case being one in which the ejected tenant / was treated with apparently still greater harshness ; but it should be recollected that where any organisation exists , as is but too , likely to be tlie case in these instances , the parties immediately aggrieved by harsh landlord proceedings may be entirely ignorant of the projected outrage . ' ! Crops in Connaugh ' t . —The Limerick and Clare-Examiner states that-not more than 400 acres of land are sown with wheat in the whole county of Clare this season . The same paper mentions that the wages' paid on certain drainage . works carried on

      under the Property Improvement Act in the county of Limerick do not exceed 2 H . per perch , a rate equal to about " 3 d . per day . " This is not , after all , a matter of surprise , bs it ¦ is well known that in parts of Conhaught the-labourer ' s wage has been , in the palmiest days of protection , 3 d . a : day ; and that they have , been compelled to pay the exorbitant rent df their eon-acre by working for their " masters" at that wretched rate of wages . < | Piracy . —The" Limerick Chronicle ^ states that a piratic attack ' was made on Tuesday last , on a small vessel in the Shannon • the , smack , Castlo Troy laden with barley , and butter , from Kiirusb , bavin "

      been boarded and plundered by the crew of a boat off Foyrie ' s . island . ! A large body of people demolished a bridge on tha public road leading to the collieries near Massford in the countyCarlow last week . !; The Galway papers state that their bay is at present teeming with fish , and that the Claddagh fishermen are taking advantage bf the abundance ; ; Mr . -Scully , M . P . for Tipperary , as well as his colleague ; Mr . N . Maher , has declined to vote for the revival of protection , in , any shape , or to resign his seat on the call of a small minority of his constituents ; Mr . Scully , however , describes " the ruinous effects of the , present poor-law upon all classes . "

      Extensive Akmy Reductions . —Three of the regiments now in Ireland—two of infantry and one pf calyairy—are to be removed at oncejiri ' consequerice of the arrangements in progress for a reduction in- the military force . The military establishment at Athlone is to be given upland , considerablereductions arp to he effected in the army medical and other departments . In the estimation for past years the district was under the command of a Major General , who had one Aide-de-Camp and an Assistant Adjutant-General . / . These appointments were kept up at an annual expense of ( 61 , 100 .

      Thus , should this reduction in the staff actually take place , this item of expense will be saved to the public . Encumbered Estates Commission . —Twenty-seven additional petitions for the sale of encumbered estates have been filled during the week from the 16 th to the 23 rd ult . A considerable number of these relate to properties in Corinaught . The most curious feature in this new list is the appearance of Archbishop M'Hale as a petitioner in one case , in which Mr . J . Browne is the inheritor . * Sir Joseph Burke , Bart ., and the Hon . T . French are amongst the inheritors in this list .

      • The Case of Mil . John Reynolds . —The long deferred judgment in the case of" "Wauchob v . Reynolds" was pronounced on . Tuesday at the sitting of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , and there being a difference * 'rif Ippinion , their . Lordships delivered judgment am ' ' m—the Chief Justice and Justice Cramp ? ton and Moore deciding against'Mr . Reynolds and Mr . Justice Perrin taking the contrary view . The town-clerk , who was in attendance , was then Ordered to erase the name of Mr . Reynolds from the municipal burgess , roll , which being done with seemingly great unction , the hori . member for Dublin virtually ceases to be its chief magistrate . The decision came like a thunderclap on all parties , friends and foes alike of the ex-Mayorwho is likely

      , to be a heavy pecuniary sufferer from the Court ' s interpretation of the meaning of a ' clause ia the Irish Muuicpal Reform Act—one , 'by the way , which especially demands such legislative amendment as would render it intelligible to less conipreherisive minds than those ' of the four Judges of the Queen ' s Bench . -Mr . Justice Moore was absent from indisposition ; and upon Judge Perrin , the next junior , devolved the duty of delivering judgment before his seniors . From the whole tenour of his remarks , the bar and the public were led to believe that his absent-brother coincided in -his-views '; and- when his Lordship had concluded a relative of Mr .

      Reynolds despatched a hasty note to that gentleman , who was at the time presiding-at a savings-bank imeeitng imforming him that all was right , as two of the Court had already decided in his favour j nor was the delusion made apparent until the ' very close of the Chief Justice ' s observation ; ' when that high functionary Coolly produced a note from Mr . Justice Moore , regretting his inability-to attend owing to indisposition , adding , however , that lie'had nlready stated his opinidns ' on the case which were altogether in accordance with those entertained by him ( the Chief Justice ) and his brother' Crampton . — Times . . n : ^ : ? . ... '

      • Repeal Association . —A day ' s delay appears to have been favourable to Mr . John O'Connell . The rent on Monday - went ' up to $ 23 ' -15 s . lOd . The Great Free-trade Meeting—The meeting of ' Free-traders was held at the Rotunda on Mondayt : Thc seats were ' cramed to ' suffocation . —A large body of Protectionists , headed' by Mr . Butt and the Rev . Mr . Gregg , were in it tendarice , but their opinions appear to have been outnurnbered in the proportion of two to one . The Lord Mavor took the chair ' at half-past ' one ,- and the proceedings terminatedat a quarter to eighto ' clock .

      Another Landlord Repudiating Protection....

      Another Landlord Repudiating Protection . — Mr . Lloyd Taughan "Watkins . M . P ., has issued an addr . e' * . s to .. his constituents , in which he says ;—" Observing an-advertisement announcing that a county meeting , was to be . convened by the High Sheriff , I , think it my duty , as your . representative , to statemy , reasbri for . not . attending .: Had you , gentlemen ; intimated . a ; wish > that I should be present , I , should jhave . aeemed it hioumbent on me to be , there ; but , frorii a knowledge of the sentiments entertained by a very , large [ majority of , my conr stituents on the subject of ' free trade , ' so perfectly consonant with my own ,. ! have thought it better to absent myself from suoh a meeting . Neither do I think it justifiable in , thus fostering discontent in the minds of the . people , at a tinie / ; too ; when " our

      manufiicturing districts are in a flourishing and improving condition . . We cannot bo blind to the conviction that ; the interests of agriculturist arid manufacturer are'so intimately amal gamated , as to form an indissoluble link ; . and if so , ; surely UVwould be desu-able to allow , sufficint ; time , for -. free trade principles ' . to deyelope thoir advantages . ; .. Notwithstanding the ; ruiaour that has been so freely . promulgated , proclaiming me , a conyert / to ; ' Protectionist : principles , ' I . beg to / assure you , that . iI am decidedly favourable ; to I free , trade-rmbfe ; especially in * , the staple commodity , of ; life ;' . arid : though , when , I before , had thehonour . of representing . youin 1832 , I advocated a-fix «} d duty of 8 s ., il-now . perceive the expediency of . conforming to the ? mrirch' / . of time . ' Be assured the present price of corn ; is not

      attributable to such measures . It ; is well known , asanindisputablefact , that during the , operation of the last sliding scale of duties , corn was lower than at the present moment .-, Ioonfess I could have wished this meeting ipostponed ,- for ¦ a . few weeks , that the country might have been . ' able to have ascertained the measures about to'be proposed hy her Maiesty ' s ministers . - "Without- ' arrogating too ' much ' 'to ' my-Kdf i I am Md to say . them . doe ^ notexistamemberin ¦ . tne ; m ^ ^! rfemn ^' j ^" or ^ i tt ^^ ' dt . " ^ Hs ^ f . yetrenchment m ^ veiy'brahch'b consistent . with / the di gnity / arid ' safet ' y'bfthb ' co untryi . ; than , he ; whp ; issp ' prbud ' oftfie ' houbur'bf rc-KSt ^ rvu ^ l m ^? ures ; . that ; ri 7 ay KaV , a ' tcridency * 9 ^ hefrirtheranw ' ofsuchob ^^ ^^ ; ' ' : /; , s' --iHi ¦^¦ ilv , ^ ii \ i : ^ h ) acia-iii-ia ^ "A ;* i ^ l » : ; . ; . iw ^ ' *

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 2, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02021850/page/6/