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      Q The Northern Star. January 11, I§5?

      q THE NORTHERN STAR . January 11 , i § 5 ?

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      Er .. u . Tji or Losms pcawo the Week . —In the week cndi »! f last Sstnrday , ihe deaths ^ toredI in tin- metropolitan di . trieisamoai . tcd to 1 , 409 . faking ten . orresVndiiv- *«** . namely , the , iwtmcm . Ii Of -he last ten y * . rs ( l $ il-3 ©> , it will le seen tkit the urwent return shows a greater number than in » v tcm eseci-t !?« , when the deatls rose to 1 , 457 : and l & T . - ben they were J / , 10 during a ¦ wt-i-X ftf low u-iii ] - erauirc ( ihe mean reading ot tne thtra ometor bavin 2 scarcely exceeded 2 'J 'leg . } . I » 1 S 4 ? , tbe < ieai ! . s of the week auionnkd to l , 3 bi , whvn the mortality was aggravated by _ influenza , which had not 'iisaj ' p . iivd , " biit was rapidly on the € eiy . uv . The avej ; iiC of ihe ten weeks was 1 , 1 |> 7 , wbieh , if corrected for increase of population ,

      becomes 1 , 273 . Tin- zymotic or epidemic rinssot tatai diseases , which in ihe present return numbers-39 eai & s .-xhib ' ru little difference when compared with the wcvions week ; but the class comprssn . ^ affectioni ofthe respiratorv organs shows a cunsiuerable advai . ee . the deaths therein emim-raled having risen from 261 ; to 321 , a result probably dm- to ihe unseasonable warmth :. « 4 moisture ot the weather , it ¦ ml ! be observed , * rA a menu dai . y temperature which bas b en ttafBj 5 lw . it the wck much higher thai , is usual at tiri * sra < m , having ranged from a to 34 dc Tees above tic- . wrase , tnat whereas bronchitis " pneumonia , asd phthisis ( or consumption ) ¦ were fatal in li *" , « ' \ and 121 cases respectively in ihe previous w * -: k , tliey have now risen to Diseases of the of

      152 , 1 <» 1 and 147 . organs respiration , exclusive of hooping-cough and phthisis wero fatal in tbe aggregate . " la ^ t week , to 321 per-ons , whilst the " corrected average is only 257 . Amongst epidemics , small pox carried off 24 childna , und 4 men who had turned twenty years of age ; measles 29 children , scarlatina 14 , hooping COiuii 53 , and croup 9 . Typhus dcsir-iytd 43 persons of various ages ( rather more than the average ); iunueiizi , 5 ; < T \ sine ? .-.-s , 11 ; diurvheoa . 10 . A case of cholera , des-.-ril . ed as Asisiie , is recorded , Of which the pwticuta * - * are JT » ve » -- us follows : —On tueS'ith of December , ; . } tlie Mile-End Workhouse , a chemist , » sed « S " . y-six veins , " Cholera Asiatic ( 24 hours ) . " " He ct » from 8 ! -adwc 3 J to tin- worktnrcc

      house , of which he mm hr-en nn inmate years ; he wis paralytic , : ' " 'i < i -- » as sudden !? seized on So . vlav . —Hut " the sum oi mortality , ei . trrcd on the registt " r hooks last wci-k , is , as before , considerably awtlled by more than tin- , fair contingent of cases on which inquests have been held , many at earlier date * , and a great awj ' -rty of which fail under the several descriptions of yoison , impropi-r medicine , bums and scalds , baling and suffocation , drown-Inff . fractures , contusions , and other injury . -Six persons died from iwsoii , amoi-g whom was an infant , on thc ? fith ult ., to which the Mir-= e had given Dover ' s powder { conu . in-iig opium ) hy mistake , the medicine having been inu-nded for the moth . T . Of 27 jiersons who mi-t dent h from burns or scalds 21 were children , and in 16 ci e . « tlie accident occurred from the clothes takuur Sire . Sx :- ? en deaths occurred from drownimr . and 4 S from fractures , wounds ,

      & c , of which H > wciv . by f :-lls <•« ' -be streets , or from windows , stairs , an < i s-nifoM *; 3 by falls on board ship , 10 bv l »«»* s av . d cai-rmscs , 4 by machinery . A man was suffocated on a lime kiln , and 3 children in the brd oh . tbes . Xine children died from want of br « ist-ini ! k ; a man from privation besides a child of seven months " from disease of the head and scanty supply of food . " Two men were the victims of intvaspcrance , besides two who received fatal injnvv when in a state of intoxication . The births of S 3 hoys and 703 girls , in all 1 , 502 children , were re . ; . irf « : veA in iV v <* k . The average number in correspoii'iins w « -ks nf six years ( 1 S 15-50 ) , was 1 , 469 . At th < - Hoyal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of i « e barometer was above 50 in . on Sunday ; the io « .-.-iu of tb « week was 29-751 iu . The mean daily temjn-rature fluctuatdi between 44 des . and 52 d «* ir .

      Discovert of a Xe ? t or Thieves n > ' » En a Bailyttx Ar . cn . —On Sunday morning two policemen discovered a subtenancm Am of thieves under the terminus of the London ami Fouth-Wcstcrn Kailway , in the York-rotd , Lunlet b , which led to the capture of five cf tlie d .-liinju .-nts . It appeared that some time since a l . id w » apprehended on suspicion of stealing sonic brc *>* , and when ho returned home to his parents , from iiitcrrnganons put to him by his mother , it turned o ; u . that lie had become connected with a gang , i- ' uiii * rring « hout tsttnty or twonfy-two , who Wf re knnun to ach other as "the twenty thieves . " Th * y obr ? ii' «' ii - liviiig by prowling about the Xew-cnt , Wateil ^ o-road , and the

      terminus of the r . » il » v . -ij- and v . ' iinjr whatever they could lay their hinds uvon . The lad also informed his mother that on ' > : ie < ccasion they cooked a leg of mutton in their cmv » , which iras wider one ofthe are ' ies ofthe rail * r » y , ' . bat to get to it they were forced t <> crav . -l ihrom . 'h ~ -: ; nl ! V . r-h in the brickwork . V 7 be « aw tiorcin . h ( -y . vt < : perfectly free from oh ^ ervatj ^ n , avl , ft om the ; = i vcautions his companion :-: ltr « i taken , it was i ... ;;; .=-sible that their hidii : g place «» u ! d ever he found out . Indeed , he could i :- »! find i :. hinisolf , unless he was taken to it by = = ome of i h « outers . The mother , on finding the sort of company hi > r ' -hill had fallen into , immediately repaired t" t ! n- T « -w- i-str"M TJolice-station , and informetl Jlr . I «> upt-t ' . sf «; " «¦ ::. ' .

      of what her son had re ' ated t . i b-r . 1 ";; i . ;?• . . r immediately gave orders for a searv ! i fo i < e ::.-i . ! e , with a viewofascertainii . c whcrhei * t ' lere w-is . ••; : }• truth in the lad ' s statinicii ' , and , ii th-io v . as ,, to adopt measures to apprehi ud as mai . y of the gang as might bo found . Accordingly , abuut two o ' clock on Sunday morning , two sergeants set out on their voy . igc of discovery . They examined all the arches in Granby street , but without finding any trace of either the thieves or their cave . About half-past three o ' clock , however , whilst examining the arches

      nearest the vacant piece of ground in the Yorkroad , they perceived the marks of footsteps which appeared to lead to a small hole , more like what would be occasioned by ilie water drawing iJ > an the entrance to any sort of habitation . The two sergeants were , however , detenumed not v > b-avo a ftone unturned , but examine every pace having tbe least mark of suspicion . Accordingly they descended through this opening , when they found a . den filled op in the manner the lad had stated , and in it fivo persons , two of whom were well-known thieves , and there is no doubt but the other three will be

      identified as being equally notorious characters . They were all apprehended and removed to the policestation . The cave , which had a portable fire-place in it , was most ingeniously fitted up , having a cooking apparatus and nearly everthing necessary for domestic use . A place to keep the victnals in wai sunk in the ground and secured from dirt by a lid similar to the iron grating over tbe area coal ranlts usual in public streets . By fastening boards and canvas up to tbe cave they succeeded in keeping out the weather , whilst a quantity of straw served the gang for a bed . How it was possible for any one to live in the place seems incredible , for neither ofthe officers were able to stand upright in the cave , and to enter it they were obliged to force their way backwards , the opening being too small to admit of their going in in the regular way . The eges of the parties did not exceed , on an average , fifteen or sixteen years .

      Fatai . Occurrence at tiik Tesmixcs , Iuxg ' b Cross . —On Saturday afternoon an accident took plaw at the present temporary terminus of the Great Northern Railway , by which one unfortunate man has lost his life , and three other persons have been seriously injured . The Great Northern Company , in addition to their extensive con ! depots at their present temporary terminus in Maiden-lano , are constructing an immense granary . This building is situate on the southern side * of the station , abutting on a spacious dock , constructed ou the northern side of the Kegent ' s Canal , and immediately facing the dock and works belonging to the Imperial Gas Company . From this dock there exist two cuttings or creeks running into the

      granary , constructed for the purpose of enabling barges to run in and receive tne grain under cover ofthe building itself , and to facilitate the loading and unloading of goods . In this building a large number of workmen in the employ ot" Mr . Jay , the contractor , were at work in Various departments , and in the creek on the eastern side of the granary , into which the water has already been admitted , were employed a number of carpenters , sawyers , 4 c . the latter , it is stated , working on a kind of floating saw-pit . At the time above mentioned , some workmen were employed in raising an iron g irder to one of the upper floors , by means of what is called on board of ship and dockyards , " sheers . " This girder , it is stated , was in weight from five to

      six tons , and tho men had raised it to the fourth story , when suddenly one of the " sheer legs " moke , and theponderons mass fell with a frightful crasa , crushing everything in its progress downward to the creek described . Some idea may be formed of the immense weight which fell , when it is gated that two large loga of timber placed across the creek as a protection to the saw-pit were completely snapped asunder . On reaching tbe creek several poor follows were seen floating Ibout in the muddy water below . clinging to the masses of floating timber which bad been carried into it From the difficulty to get at them , upwards of a " quarter of an noor elapsed before any one could be rescued and when

      they were cot out it was found by Mr Thompson , surgeon , of lork-row , Maiden-lano who was at once sent for , that two of tbe men , named Green and Rolfe , were so seriously injured , that immediate removal to University College Hospital was necessary . They were without delay conveyed to the hospital on shuttera , where it was ascertained that the poor fellow Green had both his ancles broken , and his companion bad sustained rerv severe internal injuries . A third was conveyed to his own residence . Some time having elapsed , it was deemed advisable by the foreman of the works to call a muster of tbe men , and a young man , named James Kendal , a carpenter , was found to be missing Drags were procured , and after dragging for about an hour the body ofthe young man in question was found embedded in the mud ; and on being got out

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      it was discovered he had a frightful lacerated wound over the left eye and temple ; and as the poor fellow Kendal was a carpenter , and was known to have been working on one ofthe upper floors of the granary , it is believed that he must cither have been standing on some of the planks which tho girder struck lit the time it fell , or that the girder itself must have struck him in its descent . On Tuesday Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquiry at tho City of York Tavern , Maiden-lane , to inquire into tho circumstances attending the death of James liendal , aged 20 . —Stephen Richardson , foreman of works under the Messrs . Jay , the contractors , stated that ou Saturday last the men were engaged I in hoisting iron girders , to tbe tops of columns

      which were intended to support tho roof of the granary . One of these massive girders had just been got into its place on the head of a column , and orders had been given to the men to lower at the crank , when the " guy " broke , and the girder was precipitated to the bottom of tbc building from its position on the fifth story . The deceased was about three feet below the girder , upon a scaffold , on a level with the " sheer legs , " supporting the girdav . The girdcv tell upon the edge of tho scaffold , aw ! tipped it up , so that deceased fell with the scaffold and gilder into the dock beneath , which had at the time a depth of seven feet six inches of water in it . Did not see anything strike the deceased , und eould not account for the frightful fracture of

      tire skull existing . —James Ashenden corroborated the evidence of the previous witness , and in answer to the question , what he should suggest in order to prevent the recurrence of a similar accident , observed , that an additional preventive " guy" to the " sheer legs" might he found a great safeguard , as if one " guy" slipped the other might remain . — The Coroner remarked that , in this case , it did not appear that blame attached to any person . —The jury then returned a verdict of "Accidental death . " Suicide bv a Coaciimas . —On Saturday evening last Mr . II . M . Wakley held an inquest . it the Prince of Wales , Exeter-street , Sloane-square , on Peter Duffy , used forty-seven , late coachman to Sir Harry Campbell . John Lane , butler to Sir Harry

      Campbell , S , Lowndes-square , deposed that deceased had been latterly Tory low spirited and eccentric in Ids manner . lie would indulge in bursts of laughter , quarrel with the servants , and fling knives and forks at them . In consequence of such conduct , Maj » r Campbell , at his father ' s desire , told deceased that unless he acted properly ho would bo discharged . That caution had a temporary effect upon him , but ho soon relapsed into his former habits . On the previous Monday he drove Mrs . . Major Campbell and Miss Campbell out and home , and after leaving Miss Campbell atLonndcssquare , was ordered to drive Mrs . Major Campbell to her residence , Chester-street . Instead of doing so , he allowed the horses to wander to

      Grosvenocsquare , until Mrs . Campbell called bis attention to the mistake . The next day he apologised to Mrs . Campbell , who forgave him , and the mistake was thought no more of , He was then desired to have the carriage at Lowndes-squaro at nine o ' clock on Wednesday morning , to bring Miss Campbell to the Euston-square station . As he did not attend at that hour a messenger was despatched to S , Williams ' s-mews , where the carriage was kept , when tbe stable door had to be forced open , and deceased was found dead in his bed , with a deep gash in his throat , inflicted by a razor which lay at his side . The horses were harnessed and the carriage prepared for the morning's drive . In his desk were found £ 72 in cash and £ 400 iu Exchequer bills . Verdict " Insanitv . "

      Sudde . v Deatu . —Mr . George Drammond , the banker , of Charing-cross , attended divine service on Sunday at Beltfiave Chapel , and received the sacrament , apparently in good health . Immediately on his return home , he was seized with sudden illness , and died before medical attendance could be procured . On Tuesday night an inquest was held at th 3 Turk ' s Head Tavern , Motcombe-street , Belgrave-square , to inquire as to the cause of death . Ijeut . E . Atheley Drummond , E . N ., of 2 . Bryanston-square , stated that the deceased was his cousin , and in his forty-eighth year . On Saturday he saw him at the banking-house at Charing-cross , when be appeared in his usual health and spirits . On Snnjav he called on him at two o ' clock , at 11 ,

      Wilton-crescent , to luncheon , and found him seated in Iiis aim chair . After a few words of ordinary conversation about witnesss' sister , who was also expected to lunch , the deceased suddenly put his hand to his head , and exclaimed , " Oh , dear ! ob , Je . ii-1 " His wad then fell on one side , his eyes becamed fixed , and he breathed with a heavy snore for two minutes , when he appeared to expire . He bad not partaken of any luncheon . He frequently complained of pain in his side . —Dr . Synnott , of 10 , Eaton-terrace , said he was the medical attendant of the family , hut he had not scon the deceased pridWsionairy for some months , but called on him ni ; ii . 2 2 nd instant , at Charing-cross , when he was

      . or . v cheerful . Witness had always thought somethifiii was wrong with the heart , and anticipated the sudden result , the deceased often wished his death might be sudder ., aud said he should prefer it to no so . On witness ' s arrival at the house on Sunday he was quite dead . A post morttm examination of the body hi < since been made , and the viscera w--ie found to be generally healthy , but loaded with fc :. The heart was also loaded with fat , very pale and iVihby , and the blood in a fluid state . The « :. !«« : tif death was fatiy degeneration of the heart , the muscular part being worn to the thinness of a sheet of paper . The death might occur at any moment . The jury returned a verdict of" Natural death from disease of ihe heart . "

      Death of a Luxatic at PECKHAM-norsE Atslum . —On Monday last an inquest was held before Mr . W . Carter , at Peebham , on the body of James Barm * , aged thirty-four years , an iniii : it' .-oiPeckhuin House Lunatic Asylum . George Barnes , cousin of the deceased , identified the body , which presented a most attenuated appearance . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased ¦ vas an inmate nf tho asylum . On the Friday after Christmas Day he was taken into the Infirmary , and only survived his arrival there a few days . He was afflicted with fits and paralysis ; his right arm was severely injured . A rigid inquiry was

      instituted to ascertain in what way bis arm became injured , and to explain the attenuated appearance of tho body . A person of the name of Hill had had the care of him , which person is now in Horsemonger-lane Gaol on remand . From the evidence of Mr . J . T . Burton , surgeon and apothecary in the asylum , it appeared that his attention was called to the state of ihe arm on the 27 th of December by Hill , when he found it fractured , and sent for Sir . Fidler , tbe visiting surgeon , who applied the proper treatment . The man became gradually worse , and died on the morning of tho 2 d inst . It further appeared from tbc evidence of the medical officers that the fracture of tbe arm could

      hardly have been occasioned by a fall , but must have resulted ftom the violence of some other person . His attenuated condition most probably arose from his disinclination to take food , and that the cause of his death was from exhaustion consequent on injury of a few days' standing . He was never violent , but always desponding . The investigation was ultimately adjourned . Fatal AccnrexT ox the "West India Dock and Bjlackwaia Ju . vctiox Railwat . —An accident of a very dreadful and fatal character took place on the lino ofthe East and West India Dock and Blackwall Junction Railway , on Monday night , near the viaduct crossing the Great Northern Railway at Maiden-lane . It appears that a poor fellow named Henry Harris , aged thirty-five , residing in Alpha Cottages , Maiden-lane , was employed on the line as watchman ; about half-past ten o ' clock he left his post for the purpose of going home to get his supper ,

      which had been prepared for him . Whilst proceed ing along the line , which at this spot is a considerable incline , he was knocked down by a pilot engine , which passed over his body and mutilated it in a . frightful manner . Tho skull was dreadfully fractured , and death must have been instantaneous . The night was rather foggy , and from tho circumstance ofthe pilot engine being without carriages attached to it , and the spot being an incline , it is believed that it made so little noise , that the unfortunate man was not at all aware that the engine was in such close proximity to him , and that his back was towards it when he was struck . The deceased bas left a widow and four young children , and the poor widow is in a frantic state at her sad bereavement . Mr . Wakley , the coroner , held an inquest on the body at the Fortune of War , Maidenlane , on Tuesday afternoon , and a verdict of " Accidental death" was recorded .

      Shockixc Accidext at Messrs . JJoare ' s Brewert . —On Saturday last , an inquest was taken by Mr . Baker , at the London Hospital , on the body of James Walker , aged fifty , who died in consequence of an injury received at the brewery of Messrs . Hoare aud Co ., East Smithfield . It appeared that the occupation of the deceased was to attend to the well from which the brewery was supplied with water . On the 18 th of December he was engaged at the well , the works of which are put in motion by a steam-engine . He was about to adjust the wheels , which were two feet below the edge of the

      well , while doing which the heel of his left leg was caught in the cog-wheel , and it was instantly separated from his foot . He was caught by one of the men as he was falling down the well , and in it were at the time three men at work , who would have been precipitated into the water , a depth oi eighty teet . He was taken to tho London Hospital , where amputation of the leg was performed the same day , while under the influence of chloroform . He sank irom exhaustion and died on the previous Wednosul \ J ! - e ^ attached to any one . Deceased fiad been thirty-nine years in the service of the firm . \ erdict— " Accidental death . "

      Scene Between a Junr axd a Memo * Witness . -On Tuesday oyenmg Mr . Wakley held an inquest at the lord Nelson , Mary-street Hampstead-road , St . Pancras , on Mary Turner , a widow , aged 50 . The Jury were horrified at the appearance of the

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      filthy hovel in which the body lay . The place had not a stick of furniture , and ' the ' miserable corpse , covered with filth and vermin , hy in a corner on a bundle of rags and filth . —Mary Ward said the deceased supported herseifby begging , in addition to a small weekly parochial allowance" She was exceedingly filthy , never washed her person or her room ; always slept in a chair , and was covered with vermin , which crawled over and from her person . She went out between six and seven in the morning to beg , and returned at 12 o ' clock at night . She was taken ill on Wednesday , got worse on " Thursday , when Mr . Todd , tlie parislTsurgeou , was culled in , and she died between five and six o ' clock on Friday morning . —Mr . Todd , district

      parochial surgeon , stated that he visited deceased on Thursday evening , when she was dying . Her wliole body and the rags that covered her , were full of vermin , which were so thick upon her that at first he took them for dirt . He never before witnessed such a . spectacle . He prescribed nothing , for . "he was too far gone . He could not say of what she died , for he had not examined the bbdy internally or externally . —Foreman : If it were your brother and he was even as filthy as deceased , would you not prescribe for him ?—Mr . Todd : I deemed it an hopeless case . —Coroner : You ought to have applied mustard poultices and prescribed , even if it were only to please and satisfy tbe public . You should remember that while there is life there is

      hope . —Mr . Todd : I am not to be dictated to by ignorant people . —Foreman : that is a great insult to us , the jurors . We have a right to ask questions , and you aro bound to answer them . —Coroner : I hope that Mr , Todd did not apply the word ignorant to the jurors . —Mr . Todd : I am not here to be spoken to by parties who know nothing of medical science . —Coroner : If the jury havo any complaint against Mr . Todd , they bad better forward it to tlie board of Guardians . —Foreman : In tbc name of my brother jurors , I call upon Mr . Todd to withdraw the offensive expression . —Mr , Todd not having apologised , the jury declared that they would not sit again on an inquest at which Mr . Todd was a medical witness . —Verdict , " Natural death . "

      The Labour Test . —Mr . II . M . Wakley held an inquest on Wedneslay in tbe Uiher .-dty College Hospital on the body of James Pennington , aged thirty-five . Deceased ' s brother-in-law stated tbe deceased had been for years subject to epileptic attacks , and consequently nni \ ble t « i work . He had been an inmate of St . Paucras workhouse , but was turned out for disobeying its rules . On the 14 th ult . he applied for readmission , which was refused ; but he was given a ticket for work on tlie roads and outdoor relief . In witness ' s opinion deceased's conviction that he was unable to work on the ro . ids drove him to the commission of suicide , which he perpetrated on t ' ne 2 nd inst . by cutting bis throat with a razor . He survived until Saturday last ,

      when he died in the hospital . Mr . Fitzgerald , house surgeon , gave it as his opinion that deceased ' s death resulted from the combined effects of the wound and depressed spirits . —Mr . Churchwarden Frazer said that he would have the case inquired into . —Verdict , " Temporary insanity . " Fatal Effects of Jealousy . — Mr . H . W . Wakley , held an inquest on Wednesday in University College Hospital , on Elizabeth Poole , aged forty-four . Several witnesses , including deceased s husband , were examined , from whose evidence it appeared the deceased and her husband , who bad been twenty-one years married , were mutually jealous of each other , and that during those jealous ebullitions deceased frequently threatened suicide . Last Saturday one of those love quarrels between

      them took place , during which the husband struck deceased . Soon afterwards she went to a female friend named Hancock , to whom she related the circumstance of tho quarrel , gave her £ 1 7 s . Gd . to hand to her husband , and told her that when she was next seen it would be a corpse in an hospital , The same evening she was found insensible and dying on the steps of a gentleman's house in Seymour-street , Euston-square , whence she was convoyed to the hospital , where , after the application of the stomach-pump , she somewhat rallied , and was enabled to state fiat she took a pennyworth of oxalic acid mixed in gin . In her pocket there were found the paper that contained the poison , and the cup in which she had mixed it . She died the following day . Verdict , " Insnnit-.. "

      Searching for Mrs . Sloaxb . —The addition of £ 30 hy tho government to the reward originally ofi ' ered by the guardians , has stirred up the activity ofthe police . On Tuesday evening , information was received at the station where tbc warrant is deposited , that Sirs . Sloane was to be found residing in the neighbourhood of Chelsea . Accordingly two detective officers ofthe City police force wcrede spatched , in company with a clerk from tbe Temple , who brought tbe information , and they proceeded direct to Ranelagh-street , Chelsea . On arriving there the clerk pointed out tho house in which be believed Mrs . Sloane was concealed , and the officers stepped forward and knocked boldly at tho front door . It was opened , and they were immediately

      after ushered into the drawing room , where they found a lady apparently about forty-five years of age , and exactly anbwering , in every particular , the description of Mrs . Sloane , as setfortb in the placards offering the reward for her apprehension . Tbe clerk from the Temple felt- perfectly satisfied that she was the right party . The fady protested that the officers were mistaken , and was indignant at tlie insult offered to her . It became necessary to send for Jane Wilbred , who set all doubts at rest , and satisfied even the Templar that he had made a blunder . Apologies followed , and the officers left , it is understood , upon good terms with tbe molested lady , who , it is stated , was once before so unfortunate as to be mistaken for Mrs . Manning .

      Representation of Finsbuky . —Mr . Wakley , at a meeting held at Islington on Tuesday last , said , "In the last session , when the question ofthe window tax was moved , his hon . colleague , Mr . Dnncombe , was almost , it might be said , on his death bed ; and he was now so ill that ho ( Mr . Wakley ) did not like to refer to it , and would only say that every man must deplore his state ; hut it must be hoped that they would see him appear again in health and spirits . For himself , he ( Mr . W . ) had only to say that size was not strength . Once , indeed , he had got strength , but continuous labour for many years had struck his nervous sys tem , and rendered him incapable of performing his duty ; and he had already intimated that if in the coming session he found himself still incapable of attending to his duties in parliament , ho should resign his seat . He was hound in honour to take that course , and did not shrink from the avowal of it . "

      The New Bridge at Batteiisea . —During the last few days from twenty to thirty men have been busily employed in sawing timber and preparing piles to sink in the river , preparatory to beginning operations for the erection of the proposed and long-talked-of suspension bridge between Chelsea and Battersea . Tho bridge , which is to bo constructed for carriage as well as passenger traffic , is to be commenced on the north side , about 300 yards below the gardens in front of Chelsea Hospital , and is to cross the river in a direct line in front to the old Battersea Red House , so long known to and frequented by Cockney sportsmen . The Red House is to be pulled down entirely , and an elegant approach is to be made on the site of it and the gardens attached , to the southern end of the bridge . On the north the bridge is to be approached by a road to be constructed running in a direct lino from tho now notorious chapel of St . Barnabas .

      Destructive Conflagration at Bermondsey . — On Tuesday morning , about a quarter past one o'clock , the neighbourhood of the Grange-road , Bermondsey , was again thrown into a state of confusion in consequence of the outbreak of another destructive fire . The disaster commenced in a spacious two-story building , from sixty to eighty feet long , occupied conjointly by Mr . Warren , a parchment manufacturer , and Mr . Thacker , a cooper , situate in Little- George-street South , Grange-road , Bermondsey . Tiie progress of tho fire

      , however , was such , that before sufficient time had elapsed to despatch the necessary intelligence to the engine station , flames in immense bodies shot through the building . Plenty of water having fortunately been procured from the mains in tbe district , tho firemen set their engines to work , but in spite of their most strenuous exertions tbe flames continued to travel , and it was not Until half-pist two o ' c l ock that their further progress could be arrested , when all danger of their further extension was at an end . It is understood that the property destroyed was insured .

      Accident at the Exhibition , HYDE-mut . —On Monday an accident occurred at the building for the Exhibition in Hyde-park to two of the glaziers , named J . Butt , and W , Greenlaw . Tbe men were engaged at work on the machine , or swinging stage ; they were pitched our , and fell with the scaffolding to the ground . They were conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital , where it was ascertained that they had received most extensive injuries , having struck and bounded from girder to girder in the fall . They now lie in a very dangerous state .

      Arrival of Cardinal Wiseman s Pallium , & c . —The Rattler , from Genoa , arrived at Liverpool a lew days since , having , amongst other cargo , a complete suit of sacerdotal habits for his eminence Cardinal Wiseman . Tho case containing tliosc novel imports is at present lying in the " transit shed at the Nelson Dock until his eminence shall have certified that the vestments are required solely for the purposes of the celebration of divine worship ; otherwise , a duty will have to be paid on the materials of the habiliments , being foreign manufactured silk . Besides the pallium , the red stockings , and various richly embroidered vestments , the case contains a mitre , and the hat of more than quaker dimensions of brim . There are also several suits of liveries for his eminence ' s official attendants .

      Suspected Murder . —On Sunday morning tlie body of a man , respectably attired in a blue paletot , black satin waistcoat , and darktrowsers , was found

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      Iving partly on the towing path , with the head in the canal , near the Old' Ford Bridge , Bethnalgreen . The body of the unfortunate man bore marks of violence . Nothing of value was found on his person , and it is strongly suspected that he has boon robbed and murdered .

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      A Wife AcciDENrxtLr . Shot nr risa Ucsbasd . — On Saturday evening last an inquest was held at the Wellington Tavern , Commercial Row , Birmingham , on the body of Ann Crook , who was accidentally shot by her husband , on the previous Thursday evening . On the night in question a respectable mechanic named Lockley , residing in Holliday-street , returned home from the garden at the rear of his house , where he had been engaged in shooting small birds ; be placed his loaded gun , muzzle downwards , behind the kitchen door , intending when he again returned home to discharge it . In the meantime , however , a young man named Crook , a nail cutter , and hia wife , to whom he had been married ft fortnight only , and who

      lodged in the bouse , came home from work . Ann Crook , the wife , came in first , and her husband , who almost directlv afterwards followed her , after affectionately saluting her , and requesting her to get him a comfortable cup of tea , was proceeding to wash his hands at a basin behind the kitchen door , when he perceived ihe gun . His wife had cut a piece of'bread , and had knelt down opposite the fire to toast it . Crook , unaware that the weapon was charged , turned round as he took it up , and had scarcely raised the barrel from the ground when it exploded . Mr . Lockley , who was close in the room and knew of its being loaded , was about to inform Crook of the fact the moment it went off . Almost simultaneously the poor votinu woman dropped the bread she was toasting ,

      and sank quietly backwards as though fainting ^ but , in fact , a corpse ; for Mrs . Lockley , who immediately ran to her assistance , clasped her in her arms , and found that she was dead . The charge took effect in her head , and with the exception of a short convulsive twitching of tha mouth , she never moved or ar . ticulated , so instantaneously fatal was the di ? oharge ( The grief and distraction of Hie unhappy husband when ho perceived the effect of his own incaution ' were most heartrending . He tore his hair , awd tun ning into the street , he exclaimed , " I have murdered my wife . " Mrs . Lockley gave a similar alarm , and the intelligence quickly spreading soon reached the ears of Police-constable Edmunds , who was on duty

      in an adjoining street . He at once repaired to tbe spot , took tbe prisoner into custody , and conveyed him to the station . A subsequent examination ofthe gun showed that the lock was defective and out of repair , for the slightest touch of the trigger would produce its discharge . The husband was present during tbe inquest , and exhibited the most abject and ago . uising appearance . As there was no evidence to show that he was aware of the gun being loaded at the time he caught hold of it , or that ho pointed it at his wife , the jury came to the conclusion that the occurrence was entirely accidental , and returned a verdict to that effect . The deceased was about twenty-two years of age .

      Frightful Collision on tue London axdNorth * Western Railway , at Boxmoob . —A collision of a very serious character , by v / hich several ( irst-class and other passengers have sustained considerable injury , took place on Saturday last , on the line of the London and North-Western Railway , at Boxmoor . It appears ( hat shortly before three o ' clock a goods train , in consequence ofthe defective state of its engine , put in to the Boxmoor Station , and remained there whilst the necessary repairs were being effected . At this time the Liverpool express , which oujiht to arrive at Euston-square at four o'clock , was nearly due , and the stoppage signals were hoisted at the station . Shortly after three o ' clock the express train hove in sight , and the driver , Newland , saw

      thestopping signal at from 800 to 1 , 000 yards before reaching the station . The express train does not stop at Boxmoor , but immediately on seeing the signals , it is stated that the driver shut off his steam , and reversed bis engine , whilst the guard put down the brakes ; but as the train when the signals were first seen was going at the rate of about thirty-five miles an hour , it was impossible to stop , and the express train came in collision wi'h the goods train , whilst its was still going at a speed of something like eight or ten miles an hour The driver and stoker of the express train seeing that a collision was inevitable , jumped from their engine . The driver escaped unhurt ; but the stoke , not having completely cleared the engine , was found on the line , and was for some time supposed to

      bs dead , but stimulants having been applied he became better , but has sustained some dreadful injuries to his lees . Medical aid was procured from the town , and the great ; st attention paid to the s-fterers . It is stated th & t twelve or fourteen persons were more or less injured j one gentlemen had the bono of his right eye driven in and broken , a lady had her teeth knocked out , another was severely cut about the face , and others received contusions about the head and limbs , but with tbe exception of the gentleman referred to , no bones were fractured .. No serious injury was done to the goods train , and the passengers having been properly attended to , came to town with the express , which did not reach Euston Grove till seven o ' clock , or three hours after time .

      John Robinson ' s Case—We have given the trial at the recent York Assizes , of John Robinson , master of the Wadsley Bridge station , on a charge of felonious assault , preferred by Miss Eliza Newion , of Foxhili . The case had excited unusual public attention before the trial , and it has been further increased by the circumstance that Mr . Justice Patteson ' s remarks , in passing sentence , were in direct contradiction to the finding of ihe jury , and confirmatoiy of the defence made by the prisoner from the moment of his apprehension . We

      understand ( hat the learned judge , immediately after his return to London on Friday last , despatched a communication to Mr . Noble , the governor of York Castle , remitting that portion of the semencK which imposed hard lab » ur on the prisoner during his two years' confinement . This change in the sentence will probably lead to Robinson underdoing tbe peri * d of his imprisonment in York fj . istle instc-id of the Wakefj' -M House of Correction . It is intended ( o get up a memorial to Sir Georae Grey , Secretary uf State , for a commutation of the

      ence . Jewbl Rockery at LwmroOL— On Monday uioriiingone of the most extensive and extraordinary robberies 'bat has been perpetrated in this town for some time was discovered on the premises of Messrs . Clark and Morris , silversmiths Church-street , at the corner of Tarleton-strcet . The facts ol tbe case are these :-Messrs . Clark and Morris closed their shop about eight o ' clock ou Saturday night , and on Monday morning , shortly after eight o ' clock , the shop was opened by Mr . Clark , who was astonished to find the stock in the utmost confusion . It was at once evident that a humtavy had been committed , » nd that the thieves kd effected their entrance through the adjoining cellar * . It is estimated , that

      gold watches and chains to the value of £ 000 were stolen , aud diamond brooches valued at £ 300 , which were only received last week , having been ordered by a customer , were also missing . Besides these , a variety of studs , bracelets , brooches , and other articles were carried off . Altogether , the loss is estimated by the firm at £ l , 800 . The thieves appear to have been disturbed , for they left behind a case of valuable diamond rings , and sever .. ! other articles , small in bulk , wliich were conspicuously placed . I heir object appears to have been to take only those tilings which were portable , and might be readily concealed about the person . As yet the thieves have not been apprehended , but there is reason to believe that they will soon be in the hands ofthe police .

      Robokrv of Sixty Pounds in the Street , at Sheffield . —On Saturday evening last , as early as six o'clock , James Hilton , in tbe employ ofthe Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire Railway Company , at the Sheffield station , was robbed in the street of a large sum of money , the property of the railway company . A part of his duty was to ' pay wanes . On Saturday last he had the above sum in gold in his possession for that purpose . A number ofthe men whom he had to pay are engaged at the engine shed , which is situated up tlie line nearly half a mile from the Bridge-house station . Hilton lives at the bottom of Harvest-lane , where he keeps a shop . Ik went to his tea , intending to proceed

      thence 10 the cmiine-shed . His way from Harvistlanc was along , dark , and narrow lane , and across a field . When proceeding along the lane , which is unfrequented and not lighted , he was seized irom behind , held in a powerful grasp , and robbed of a leathern purse containing between £ 00 and £ 70 in gidd . U-s mouth was covered to prevent hiscvviu <' out . The robbery , he states , was effected by three or four men , but from the rapidity of the transaction and the position in which he was held he could not obtain such a sit'lit of them as to enable him to describe them . They got clear off with the money before lie could raise an outcry , and no trace of them whatever has yet been found . .

      l ' onoED Bank Notes at Liverpool . — On the 5 tli inst ., a hairdresser , named Thomas J . Burns whose place of business is in Scotland-road , and his assistant , Thomas Natris , were charged with having in their possession several forged one pound bank notes , purporting to be issued by the Northern Banking Company of Ireland . Patrick stated , that , from information l ; o received , lie went on Tuesdav to the shop of Mr . iranklin , bullion-office , Lord-street . While there the prisoner Natris came in , and asked Mr . Franklin to change three note ? , having pre-Vioiibly obtained cash for some similar notes Tlie not-s were proved to be forged , and Patrick took both prisoners into custody . On Saturday the prisoners were again brought up , and several witnesses were examined . It appeared that an atfemnt lutrl

      neenmaiietoeettueuoto changed at the bullionofike of Mr . Datandu , Waterloo-road ; and thirteen of the notes had been changed at Mr . Franklin ' s when that gentleman received some good notes of the same banking company , which enabled him to detect the forgery . The prisoner Burns called a boy , named Thomas Ferris , who was in his employ , who stated that he found the notes in a bag aud piece o

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      oil-cloth , and concealed at the back of the Methodist Chapel , in Wilbraham-street . He gave them to his master . Mr . Davenport , who appeared for the prisoners , applied that they might be admitted to bail , but Mr . Rushton refused to grant the request . The magistrate also objected to sanction the return ofthe money found upon tho prisoners , believing it to be tbe produce of forgeries . The Reckxt Burglary in Nottingham . —The whole ofthe property stolen from tbe premises of Mr . Lamb , Goose-gate , Nottingham , has been discovered entirely through the vigilance of the town police . It was found in a bad , buried in a pool in Loii" -hedge-lane , and three men are now in custody

      on suspicion . _ , . , \ Gano of Railway Thieves . —At the Bristol Quarter Sessions on Tuesday , a young man of respectable appearance and connexions , and of good address , named James Simpson , was sentenced to ten years' transportation . The circumstances of the case are somewhat singular , and the subjoined brief detail may lead to caution on tho part of ladies travelling in first-class carriages , it appears the prisoner was at the head of a gang of thieves who have long infested that portion of the Great Western Railway which lies between Bath and Bristol , and particularly the Bristol terminus . Tho prisoner had be en noticed repeatedly of late to travel between Bristol and Bath , always taking a first-class ticket , and as sereral robberies had

      recently been complained of , suspicion was aroused , but so skilfully wore tho operations of the gang conducted that for some time all efforts for the detection ef the thieves were fruitless . On the 2 nd of November last , however , a lady named Cook went with her servant from Bath to Bristol by the express train , and on their arrival , as the servant was engaged in getting her mistress ' s luggage , the lady noticed the prisoner push against her , and shortly after two other men , standing close by , walked away . On the servant feeling in her pocket sho found that her purse , containing a quantity of silver , was gone . A hue and cry was raised , and the prisoner having been suspected , was stopped hy some of the railway officials . In his possession were found several sums of money , and he was also seen in the act of putting gold into a purse . On the purse being opened there were twelve sovereigns in it . Through the exertions of Mr . Burton ,

      superintendent of the Great Western Railway police , this purse was subsequently identified by a Miss Powell , as her property , which she said , with a good deal of money in it , was stolen from her a day or two before wliilst waiting on the railway platform to see a friend off . Mr . Stone , of the Western Circuit , defended tlie prisoner , and by his advice ho pleaded " guilty . " When sentenced ho endeavoured to excite commiseration by throwing up his hands and pretending to faint , but as he was removed from the dock he was observed to put his tongue out and laugh to some of the gang in the court anxious to hear his fate . Tbc prisoner by his good address and respectable appearance has for some time pursued successfully a systematic plan of thus plundering ladies travelling in first-class carriages . It is hoped his committal and sentence will operate in breaking up the gang .

      AepaauusstQS o ? tiia Ucimv . u > Buuglaus . —Six ofthe burglars havo been apprehended . The apprehension of three of them was accidental , and took place on the evening of the burglary on another charge . The names of these men are John Hamilton , John Smith , and James Smith . They were at a village called Groombririge , where Hamilton gave John Smith into custody on a charge of having taken a sovereign from him . In the mean time the police of tho Tunbridgc-wclls district having received intelligenceof a burglary committed at a Mr . Kenwavd ' s , at Havtficld , and thinking tbe whole party suspicious characters , proceeded to search them , and found upon them a £ 5 note of the

      Lewis bank , a coat , umbrella , and mask . These were tnken to Downlands , and the coat and umbrella were at once recognised by the butler and housekeeper of the Misses Farnsconibe . Two more , named Ilillyer and Morgan , wore ciptured . after a desperate resistance , by the Guildford police in a beer-shop in that town , and several of the articles stolen from tho house at Downlands found upon them . Another man , named Joseph Carter , was taken at Woking , on whose person was also found part of the stolon property , and a pistol loaded with slugs . Morgan has been identified by the butler as the man who knocked him down with tho pistol , and Carter as the man who kept guard over him .

      The Burglary at Furxeaux Pelham . —The three men , Thomas Savill , B . Hutchin , and Thos . Wurman , in custody for the burglaries in the houses of John Law , at Furneaux Pelbam , and of Michael Mcdcalfe , at Albury , were last week examined at Bishop Stortford , and fully committed for trial . The Paper Duties . —At a meeting of the town council of Birmingham held on Tuesday , Mr . Alderman Baldwin , in a long speech full of interesting details , moved the adoption of a petition to parliament praying for a repeal of the duties on paper a « d advertisements , and also the newspaper stamp . Mr . C . Sturgc seconded the motion . Some difference of opinion was expressed as to the proper mode of proceeding , and as to whether such a movement ought not to originate with the merchants and traders of the town . Ultimately , however , Alderman Baldwin ' s petition was carried almost unanimously , and Mr . Scholefield , M . P ., requested to present it to the House of

      Commons . A Heavy Sentence . —At the General Quarter Sessions held at Reading last week , Robert Dace , aged 22 , a well dressed young man , who had been a teacher of music at Abingdon , was indicted for having stolen a gold pencil-case . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that on the 3 rd of August the prisoner visited the house of a Mr . James Morris Davis for the purpose of tuning a pianoforte . He was left alone for some time in tire room where the pencil-case was . He left aa usual , and on the following morning it was missed from the workbox , where it had been deposited . About the middle of the month the prisoner offered it for sale to a Mrs . Beckinsal ) , and sho bought it of him for 10 s .

      Some days after he had sold it he applied to have it returned , as he feared that "the person from whom he bad had it had come by it dishonestly . " The police then got a knowledge of the affair , and the prisoner was apprehended . —Mr . Williams , alter addressing the jury on behalf of the accused , called a lad named Wheeler , who had been e . nployed at the Railway Hotel , Didcot , and he stated that on the 10 th of August the prisoner came into the smoking room . A strange man , who wore a frock coat and green and black plaid tvowsors , was present , and he inquired if any one in the room wanted to purchase a pencil-case . He pressed the prisoner to buy it , who eventually bought it for 8 s . —Mr . Carrington having alluded to the inconsistencies in Wheeler ' s statementthe chairman ( Lord

      , Barrington ) summed up the evidence , and the jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of guilty . Evidence was then gone into of two previous convictions for felony , upon which the prisoner had been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment . —The Chairman , in passing sentence observed that the defence the prisoner had adopted was a most abominable one , for he feared that tho lad had been induced to state anything but what was true . Tho Court did not think that tho prisoner occupying such a position as ho had , would be likely ( having been previously convicted of felonies ) to reform and become an honest man . They therefore deemed it necessary to inflict a severe sentence , and that was that the prisoner be transported for the term of his natural life . —The

      prisoner seemed astonished at the sentence , and a general feeling of surprise appeared to be felt by the crowd which had assembled in the court . Brutal Assault upon Policemen at Manchester . —About noon on Monday , an officer who was on duty at Great Ancoat-street , saw a group of men loitering round a spirit vault , and as they were obstructing the footpath , he desired them to move on ; but this they refused to do . saying they had been drinking their new year ' s gifts , and had a right to enjoy themselves . About one o ' clock , the same men set upon and beat in a shameful manner , a countryman who happened to be passing ; and when the policeman , immediatelyafterwards , reached thespot , the countryman walked up to him and made

      complaint of the manner in which he had been used Several of the men then attacked tbe countrvman a second time , and . in attempting to defend hi ' m , the officer got several severe blows . The countryman , however , contrived to escape ; and the officer , alter using his staff freely for some time , took one of the men into custody , but he was rescued by the mob . Another officer coming up , the previous prisoner was again secured and removed a short distance , but the mob threw stones and bricks , knocked both the oflicers down and kicked and jumped upon thfin the prisoner being marched off in triumph , bearine the stall of one ot the officers . A . „ ian named Plant was observed to take a very active part in both rescues

      caught hold of and impeded the officers , and energetically appealed to the mob to rescue the prisoner , t latit and Chrimes were apprehended in the course of Monday afternoon , and on Tuesday morning they were brought up at the Borough Court , when the above facts were stated . Both the officers had tke » neaus plast-ved and bandaged , having received severe wounds in the forehead , and they stated that tney could scarcely move in consequence of the injuries they had received , from kicks , & e , in different P i ? rt k ° lhe U 0 U >' ' —Mr . Maude , after commenting on the brutality and cowardice displayed by twenty or thirty men attacking one or twu , who were quietlv

      and properly endeavouring to do their duty as policemen , said that sucli attacks were becoming so frequent ( there having been a disgraceful one at the end of the last week ) , that he was determined severel y to punish nil those against whom such charges were proved . —Plant was committed for trial at the sessions ; and Chrimes , in default of paying a fine of twenty shillings , was committed for a month .

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      Braxoixg by a SunoEos . —For severe i ^ sidcrablc excitement has prevailed in llb . i , Js cV a report that Mr . Itogcrson , . surgeon , h ' "'' v ' a boy ' s forehead with a large letter ij ! , ' . " '' lr i ' k ' ' been written on by caustic . Tor suln ' : Ni ]!; Mr . Rogorson had been considerably , "" ; . ' t boys constantly ringing his bell and nin ' n ' i " ^' 1 On Sunday week , hearing a forcible pull / ' * ' % he immediately ran out and caught , all ^ William Woods , and shut him up f „ the s ' ti *? ' " ' - a short time ; he then got some c . iustip ^ Tfi the boy while he rubbed on his forehead ' , ' ] ' "' V B . The youth stated that previous to tho . ' ° ^ committed Mr . Rogerson asked what sclin ' M ^' been at ; on being told at the Indepei , ^ ., I ti defendant said " Oh , you aro one of th-ii ' ft

      you f then I'll maice an example of vou ' ^ is police office on Monday , before \ V , " £ i > j ] ^ i |;» Mr . Itogewon was charged with tliea |)() vf Esi ! Jfc under the 1 st and 2 nd Vie ., chap . 53 , wj' ^ i & enacted , " That whosoever shall cast ti „ * re "' i " .. ' m or otherwise apply to any person , anv . ft : W fluid or other destructive matter , « i . ; f , f " ^ % burn , maim , disfigure , or disable , or ' t « j ' ; : : M grevious bodily harm , shall be guilty of rV ' ' ^ It was stated that from tbe opinion of .-I '¦& medical men , the mark would never hp ( . | , , f > T ifi tho lad's forehead during his life . —M ,. ' !> H ft contradicted this assertion , and stated tV ?" ^' . ' M pearanccs would be entirely obliterated i , H § twelve months . Dr . Martland was of \\ , ( '"' - B * opinion . The defendant denied the br > v ' .. "; ^ j with respect to-what school he belonged , ji rf . " * ' W said that whether the mark could ' be 1 - H rated or not made no difference , ho should u '< * i the painful necessity of ordering Mr . Iton , ? . ** - M enter into recognisances to appear at the litfr M cashire assizes . Mr . Rogerson , seein » t |)( . ' 1 $

      position in which ne was placed , applied fur . ' - M jouriimeiit , in order to consult a leaal •!?¦ ¦'' ¦ ' $ which was granted , the defendant enterim , ' , ! - &¦ own recognisance to appear when c . iU , ^ ' ^ - j ? The pmiishmenj for the above offence j j ,. " , "to 0 tion for life , and nut less than 15 yeava' \ 3 % 8 ? inont , with or without hard labour , for i | J'f '' ' 'fjjl three years . —Manchester Examiner . *' ' * * Fatal Poaching Affray . —On the . "j ,., } . : . 5 j about noon , throe men named George 11 ; irl ev ' ^ - $ 5 liain Chew , and J . M . Rennison , wereoliWj - 'M the gamekeeper of Sir Thomas D . h « , \ i , ; M to bo engaged in poaching on an estai ? ' n ! f : M Wold , near Scarborough . Theganifkeeper kv S procured the assistance of six other men , V « . ' ¦ jra pursuit , and came up with the poachers 11 L 'f' m in the lordship of Fuxholes . Chew , ,, j , ' j , ' : ' M gun in his hand , presented it at the keeper oV ? ' §§

      him to stand off or ho would fire . The other i , W ever , not daunted , seized bold of the weripo ' p -- ' | | endeavoured to wrest it from the poacher n- H tempt in which ho was seconded by his n $ s \ il M Darleythen came forward with a " large ~ atid - tic tremely sharp knife , and while ho caught hold J : ng muzzle ofthe gun with his left hand , enfevC ffi to cut the men's hands so as to force them to rf £ Jg guish their grasp . He was , however , ^ . 0 from behind by another of the keeper ' s . v ^ l : Jul and just at this moment the gun went ot { , y „> , - $£ the contents in the lower part of Darter ' s Q f of The unhappy man instantly fell back ' inorY- w wounded , exclaiming , " D thee , tlioii h * ffl

      done tor me now 1 nc expired in . 1 few mjnu ,, ;§ j $ afterwards , before any medical or other asi ^ [' $ could bo procured . On Monday last an inqne < t ' it- m held on view of the body of the deceased , \^ ¦ $ Mv . E . D . Conyers , coroner ofthe district , vr fe ¦ : i & the facts above detailed were deposed to by * J- 0 different , witnesses . Neither the keeper nor ; tfi other men engaged in the affray could account ^ m the gun going off , but expressed their belief rVJge : tbe trigger was not intentionally pulled by any oil' tf Tbe jury returned . 1 verdict of ' " ' lloriiiei- ' fe l / T t- ' " ijfy adventure . " Deceased was a labourite- - V : $ young , and unmarried . ° * pri

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      sicotiaiai . $ Mela-Vciiolt Boat Accidext a . vd Loss or is 0 —Whilst Peter Allan , blacksmith , and U . ivid It ,,-. - < Jo joiner , both belonging to St . David's , wereproce $ * ing on Monday afternoon , in a boat from tbtp Jja to Cramond with scrap iron , having hauled fe pa the land on the south shore , a sudden squall «;• _ e the boat off Barnbougle , when she immpfe H filled and went down , leaving only the tipof : -Jgjf mast above water . To this the poor fellows : ^ j stantly clung . Allan , however , being an m ;; ; fjg swimmer , shortly relinquished his hold , ami sir : ilffl out for the shove ; but , after having proewfc fl |

      short distance , finding his strength failing , ho-i . fiji buck to his companion , whom lie reached in a <¦ '' 4 $ exhausted state , and was by him manfully su | w : ¦ '; pjfl for a considerable time , till at last all the eta ' . th Inglis to keep his friend ' s head above water jm _ q unavailing , and , on a Newhaven boat renchinstt : lee shortly afterwards , it was found that poor Aii do was quite dead , and Inglis in a very cnfeeiilnit : C ( dition . They were immediately conveyed on sk otl and medical ' aid promptly called in . Alia . ii , lum * . eq was past all recovery ; and we regret to learn , i fai left a widow and six children to lament his uutin .- tic loss . Inglis is in a fair way of recovery , go The latk Distbessixo Accident at CtuMosr- tir

      Up to 1 < nday forenoon the body of Mrs . Caiav W the lady who mot her death fromVallinsr into a it . wl lade on the Almond river on New Year ' s tnorniw' ris had not been recovered , although every cm ; : pe had been made to obtain it . The only truce sail- mi of her has been her husband's overcoat , with vti tb sho had protected her head and shoulders from ; pi ) did and rain on leaving tho b . ill , and which fi Iu was recovered among some bushes near wlwn >• 8 tt lade falls into tho stream . tee Cultivation of Flax k the niGiiu . vai .-T : fl «

      parochial board of Urquhart appointed a eoiiimi : ? bjj for the purpose of considering the expediency e 1 « practicability of introducing the culmvuicn 3 ! ^ 8 manufacture of hemp and flax , and other Mi ^ t dl of industrial employment for the people of C '? - c ^ Urquhart and Glcninoriston . They have rrpi * PP favourably upon tbe subject , statins thaitlif }' " **< saf ' sfi d that the soil and climate of the db-tricii' JV peculiarly well adapted to successful cultivation "' hemp and flax . |™ Tub late Accmv . XT ox tub Emsnritcii *¦ ' ™ Glasgow Railway . —We understand that Am' * the servants of tbe Edinburgh and Ghissow P . ail « ^ Company , and a cuard in ' the employment ofn ^ ¦

      Scottish Central Railway Company , arc huhcii-i ' - '" stand their trial before High Court of Justiciar . ! < "" the lOth . uit ., as having been implicated in the »"* J J accident at Cowlairs , on the Edinburgh and Gla ^ ' \\ Railway , in August last . — Courant . " ,, ArrniiEssiox or a Gaso of Coixkrs at Gu ;® ' ]; —About six o ' clock on Saturday afternoon l . « j j constable , attached to the Calton district of v * was passed , in King-street , by two youths , t * ^ ^ peared anxious to avoid interruption . Tlifir f . . meanour excited the suspicions of the coastal- ' ' ' who , on observing that one of the lads hail * • thing apparently concealed in a handkerchief &'¦ ' the lapel of his coat , hurried after them , vrifij 1 1 view of them ¦

      overhauling . They , however , mW- that they were pursued , fled , one of them , i " anxiety to effect his escape , throwing away a 1 «* : contained in the handkerchief . The constaM ' '; following them , and , after a short run , appvA * - the latter party ; but his companion sneeteiW : : the time being , in making his escape . The com ? - '• of tbe handkerchief was found to consist ofa' -c c her of bad penny pieces , as to which , however , ! Jfollow refused to give any account whatever . ' ¦ \ youth who made bis escape had been seen rum- i . » away by some children , who followed hi ? ^ and haying traced him to a house in East K' ; " ^ street , Chalton , informed the police thereof * *' - they had seen , and where the refugee bad vMf f fuge . Having been conducted to " the house « r ; ; ; : the lad entered , the noliceman demanded »» B ' i ! : "

      tance , but was refused . Tho assistance of a f . f . of constables was soon obtained ; aud at ' . i * : ' » $ again made to get into the domicile ; but t («• ' } ' * * steadily resisted—the parties inside verv coollj ; !?; forming the police , in answer to their oY »"" 1 ' : "'' admittance , that they would be the death of s '' s one that dared to cross the threshold- H ' ' H ' ' threats the inmates endeavoured to irivu a i * : * : by burning on the floor a small qujtntitv of 'fl ; i ' ;; gunpowder . The door was ultimately forxea < Ti cr and the police rushed in , but found the in » ' »; : i » ' » ; :: fully prepared for them , one with an axe , a 1 ^; " with a heavy hammer , and a third with a |* . J' ^;; and tho females ofthe party , of whom theve *< e « ;' two , also weilding lethal weapons . > "<> r were t ' -H ' t ' -JJ threats of resistance idle . No sooner had one ^ 'coiconstables entered the apartment than a ftreW } M ;; aimed at him with tho . avo . which tool : r ? . " r ? . "'

      effect on his forehead , and might hare ii * ;!*';; mortal injury , but that the descending blow «»• ¦ «»• some extent intercepted by a second oHiw ' f /« .,, observed the danger in time . Another of the | - « - ' -e ]¦«•';; was also struck with the hammer ' , Audtl . e ^' ;; auce might have been effectual , had not tneHni ! ^ srnb ' es , drawing their heavy batons , used the "' ' . cm " such vigour , that the coiners were sof' /' powered , though not before one and all of iticn-licn .-been severely punished . A number of the ^ j < " "; , ethctb

      also took part in the struggle , and lent ; .- assistance to tho police . On the house , <• ' „ searched , tlvcvc was found a considerable iniiW ' < spurious penny pieces , fragments of the ntou- ' -ou- ' — sides n large mass of the composition i « eli 1 ' . ' ' ploved in the formation ofthe spurious f 0 ; ' ; ; ' : ' Estimating the pennies that were aotat i ^ - >» ° - . ; ard value , they amounted to £ 1 ' 0 s . l i )[ l ' , ' ¦ '¦' , ' ¦ '' about two shillings' worth aftewards foef "' ''¦ '" , house of one of the female prisoner ? . T 1 " \ , i " \> , parties were then convoyed to the Calton isii J office , escorted by an immense crowd .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11011851/page/6/