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£$ ejBetrwii * . TIeat . tii of LoxdxtI—The total number of deaths registei ed in tbc metropolitan districis during the treble ending last Saturday was 977 . In the corresponding wee&s of te , u years , 1841-50 , the number was not so great as that of last week , except iit two instances , namely , in 1843 and 1 S 4 S , when it rose , above 1 , 100 ; while the average was 929 . But Jf this average , for the sake of better comparison , be rahed in proportion to the increased population of the present time , it -will become 1 , 022 , and last week ' s return will show a decrease of 4 » ou the estiniaUd amount . —There is a considerable increase in cases arising from epidemics : the number in this cla » s of diseases Laving risen from 242 and 229 , _ the numbers reiurned respectively in the two previous
-weeks , to 2 as in the last . The two epidemics whicn attract notice in the table are scarlatina and tvpnus , the fatality from both being evidently on the incrcase , audthefo . mer having 67 deaths , assigned to it , the latter 79 .-Small-pox was fatBl last ««* » 22 persons , of whom all , with only tiro exceptions , Were children under tea years . In onlytwo cases , those of a boy of 5 year--, and a girl of 10 , it is sUted that vaccination had been previous- ? performed . —Diarrhoea exhibits a furtner decline , and numbers onlr 30 in the present return . —Other epidemics , besides those already mentioned , present toothing ot u- usual character . —The births of S 76 boys an « 797 gir / s , in all 1 , 673 children , were registered in the week . The average number of six
corresponding neeksin 1845-50 was 1 , 327 . —At the Koyal Observatory , Greenwich , the barometer was high ; the mean daily reading on Thursday last was 30 deg . 131 in ., on the foltowinj day 30 deg . 25 S in ., ani < n th- Saturday 30 deg . 256 in . The mean of the we ; k waa 30 deg . 042 in . The mean'daily tempers ute was also high , and on every day of the week excee ded the average of the corresponding days of 10 yea ' s . On the Sunday and Monday the mean t < mperatnre was about 53 deg ., and exceeded the average by about 10 deg . On tue Tuesday it fell to S&'i de ;; ., and was then ab < -ut 9 deg . above the average . On the Wednesday it fell to 51 -7 deg ., and on the Saturday to 50 deg .. but- on all the last four days it still exceeded the average by an amount varying
from 3 to 7 degrees . The mean temperature of the Week was Bi ' o deg ., and showed an excess above the average of 7 degrees . The wind was in the southtrestin the beginning of the week , calm in the middle , and in the north-east on the last two days . Mb . Chaeles Mathews xoh > his Orchestsia . — On Saturday last at the Westminster County Court , the case of Mr . Mathew 3 and his creditors was again discussed . It appears that th » plaintiffs , who formed part of the orchestra at the Lyceum Theatre , had brought actions against Mr . Mathews for their salaries , and the judge of the County Court had granted warrants fWr the committal of Air . ilathews , who , upon the termination of the season at the theatre , took the benefit of tbe bankrupt laws . The plaintiffs then contended that their judgments superseded the " protection , " and applied to the County Court judge to enforce bis
orders . His honour said that upon tne arguments at the previous hearing , he was disposed to hold that the defendant having petitioned the Bankruptcy Court and tested all his property in the bands of a trustee , for the benefit of his creditors , amongst whom were the present plaintiffs , he was entitled to the favourable consideration of this court ; but , upon consideration , he thought that tlu * orders of commitment having been actually made by him before the alleged protection , and the money in the various actions having been paid into court by the defendant under protest that money belonged not to the defendant , but to tbe plaintiffs ; and consequently , should direct it to be paid , in pursuance of the orders of commitment , to the se-Teral plaintiffs . This decision was at once acted up to , and the defendant will now have to pay the numerous creditors who have judgments against him .
Tdk Metropolitan Omnibus Drivers . — On Monday evening a meeting was held at the Schoolroom , Liverpool-road , Islington , preliminary to calling an aggregate meeting at Exeter Hall , to consider the best mode of improving the condition of tbe omnibus drivers and conductors of London , and affording them some relaxation nnd opportunity of attending public worship . It appeared , from a sfcatemeut that was made , that there are at present 3 , 000 omnibuses plying on tbe streets , the cost of which had been £ 300 , 000 . Each of their had ten horseB attached , tbe value of which in the gross was also £ 300 , 000 . The harnesses wenworth £ 60 , 000 ; nnd , sundries being taken at £ 2 , 000 , the total of capital invested amounted to
£ 962 , 000 . The number of drivers and conductors employed was 6 , 000 ; of horse-keepers , 3 , 000 ; and " odd men , " that is persons occasionally employed , was 2 ( WO ; making a total of 11 , 000 persons daily employed in the omnibus traffic of London . The number of persons conveyed by each omnibus per day was calculated to be 300 , or 2 , 000 per week , ¦ which would give , as the total number of persona conveyed in all the omnibuses running , no less a number than sis millions a week , and about three hundred millions a year . It was urged that something ought to be done for tbe men who were in fact the active servants of these numerous passengers , who for sixteen hours a day drove between Bixty and seventy miles , so as to enable them to
obtain some of tbe comforts of social and family life . A very strong description of tbe hardships arising from , continuous labour and perpetual absence from their homes was given by Mr . Scully , a working man . lie also stated numerous cases of confirmed constitutional illness in this class of men , produced by the hardships they went through . He urged the utter impossibility of these men being able to make any provision for themselves in sickness , or for their families after their deaths . He placed before the meeting tbe claims Of an institution which had been established called the " Metropolitan Omnibus Servants Society , " and expressed a hope tbat a school for the children of omnibus conductors and drivers would ob established .
The statements of Mr . Scully were corroborated by a timekeeper of one of the City omnibuses . After several other addresses , it was arranged tbat another meeting should take place next week at Mr . Hamilton ' s school-room , in order to make arrangements for a general meeting on the subject . Lamentable Case of Drowmxg . — On Saturday night last , about nine o'clock , a distressing case of drowning took place in the Surrey Canal , near Buck-bridge , Peck bam . About the hour aisove named Mr . W . R . Blacksby , of Smyran-grove , Pcckharn , who had been for many yejirs engaged as traveller to tbe well-known house of John Reay , Sons , and Co ., importers of wines and spirits , 64 , Mark-lai . e , City , while on his way home , walked
into tbe Surrey Canal , which at that place is in a dangerous , and unprotected state . The unfortanate gentleman called out lustily for assistance , end was heard by Mr . George Mnnday , a baker in tLe Coburg-road , who gave an instant alarm . The drags were procured without delay , and the body taken on shore in about eight minutes . It was conveyed to tbe Surrey Canal Tavern , close by , and Mr . Leonard , a surgeon in Surrey-place , Old Kentroad , was promptly in attendance . Every means tbat medical skill could suggest wa 3 resorted to to restore animation , but without effect—the vital spark had fled . The body of the deceased remains at the Canal Tavern , to await tbe coroner's inquest . Frightful Occuruexce ojj Paul ' s
Cray-common . —On Monday evening Mr- \ V . PaynelielJan inquest at St . Thomas's Hospital on the body of "William Henderson , aged thirty-eight years , who lost hi 3 life under the Tollowiug circumstnnces : — The deceased was a waggoner , and on the previous Tuesday night was in " charge of his team passing across Paul ' s Cray-common , Kent , wheu a dogcart , containing two gentlemen , came at a rapid speed in the opposite direction towards London , The night being very dark , and the roadway narrow , the m-ar wheels of the cart came in contact with the waggon , when the deceased in trying to climb up the bank slipped and the wheels of bis own carriage passed over his right thigh , which sustained a compound fracture and severe lacerations . He ¦ was carried to the Bull Inn , where he was seen by a surgeon , who advised his removal to the hospital ,
where it was found necessary to amputate the limb . He went on favourably at first , but died on Friday from the effeets of the injuries and shock to the system . The two persons in the cart were thrown out , and received most extensive injury , and are not expected to survire . The accident was solely attributable to the narrowness of the roadway . The coroner said that formerly tbe sheriff of every county used to bold a oourt to hear complaints respecting any nuisances , out at the present time there was no tribunal to apply to . In the borough of Southwark a jury met several times yearly at the Towa-hall for tbe purpose referred to , but , be was sorry to say , the system in many places had got into disuse . A witness sail that tbe road was oetng widened through the interference of Lord o ydiiey . The jury , after eome discussion , returned a verdict of " Accidental death "
an inn ^ - ^ - -On Monday Mr . W . Payne held S » U ? Tp ? Ta ° Was ' 8 Hospital , respecting the So lo r . '? a Deane ' a * Bd 21 - ! atel * « 8 idi "B Ttede ^ f ^ ° ~ stteet ' trough-road , Southwark . dJan no ^ e ? fo ™ i aaac ^ , ' ««» wife of a commereadine in twdLul 7- for SOIUe tlrae she sat SouSen ' o'S ? he ' a 1 iT | f \ " » ^ and on eoinsr to thn ™ landlad y heard screams , fhtfr * was extinguishlH ^ X JSSFP " * most fearfully burned . Shef was taken toSe IT ? where shs died on Sunday night TfoK . J averdictof-AccidentalDeath" he ) Ur * returned
Parish of St . AJfXE , Blackfriahs . —The dispute between the Lord Chancellor and the united parishes < t f St . Anne . Blackfnars . iand St . -Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe , respecting the successor lo the l { i » ht -KiT . Dr . Harding , liisLop uf Uombay , is likely " to
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be forth with " settied . It appears that the Lord p bancellor , who claimed th ' e right of presentation in consequence of the late incumbent beine promoted to a bishopric , has some doubt himself whether thelaiv applies to colonial bishoprics the same as to English . It has been submitted to his'lordship that it does not , and he has therefore handed ^ case over to the law officers of the Crown , in whose bands all the papers relating to the matter , have been placed , and their decision is expected to be given in the course of the week . ul
B » ir « MW «« A « Y *« j »»* f * -Mr . Langham the deputy coroner for Westminster , held . an inouerton Tuesday morning at the Feathers , Deanstreet , Westminster , on the body of Mary Elizabeth Reynolds , a child seventeen months old , who was brutally murdered on the night of the 23 rd ult ,, in Douglas-street . A notice of this shocking case-appeared in our second edition last week . The jurv having viewed the body of tbe poor infant , tbe witnesses examined beforethe magistrates repeated their evidence , and the following testimony , was added —Mr . G . Pearse , of Regent-street , Westminster , sur aeon , in addition to his former evidence , said—On the caU of the left leg I noticed a bruise with indentations as if bitten with teeth , and
corresponding marks . on the instep , and I ft und an old fracture of the collar-bone . After describing the internal appearances of the body , which were healthy , M >• . Pearse said : On removing the scalp I found a large clot of extravasated blood , corresponding with the external brirses on the right side of the bead , ex tending over tbe whole of the right side . On opening the head I found large clots of extravasated blood on tbe right hemisphere of the brain . —Mr . Langham : What was the immediate cause of death ? Mr . Pearse : Extravasation of blood on tbe brain . —V . r . Langham : What would produce that ? Mr . Pearse : The severe external injury I have described .
—Mr . Lingham : What portion of the external in * jury ? Mr . Pearse : That on the head . I should remark tbat the leg which is broken is not bruised ; and I should imagine , from the appearances , that the child bad heen seized by the leg and dashed violently on some flat surface . —Mr . Langbam ; A mere fall would not be likely to produce such injuries ? Mr . Pearse : Not sueh injuries as these Mr . Laogbam summed up at great length , in the course of which he observed it was quite clear a most brutal and barbarous murder bad been committed . The jury immediately returned a veidict of " Wilful murder against William Smith , alias Glenisen . ' '
Caption to ' Railway Travelers . —On Tuesday Mr , Baker held an inquest at- the London Hospiial relative to the death of William Powel , aged sixteen , a messenger in the service of the East and West India Dock Company , who met with an accident by getting out of a railway train while it was in motion . It appeared tbat on the previous Friday morning the deceased was a second class passenger by the Blackwall railway train which left Poplar at 6 a . m . for Fencburch-street ; before reaching the terminus the deceased opened the door and got on the step , the train being in motion , when be lost hie hold , and was dragged ten or twelve yards by the side of the platform . He was instantly conveyed to the hospital in a cab , where he was examined by Mr . Johnson , houso surgeon , who found both legs dislocated from tbe sockets and fractured . He died the following day . Verdict , " Accidental death . " The coroner siid he hoped the accident would operate as a caution to others .
Extraordinary Bloomkk Ball . —A ball took place on Wednesday evening at the Hanoversquare Rocnis , at which the female portion of the audience were by tbe ; inuouncement restricted to the Bloomer co--tume . Long before the opening of the doors immense crowds assenibled in Hanover-square , and in the streets leading to the ballroom . In spite Of the presence of a large body of police it was with great difficulty that cabs could set down their contents at the door ; each vehicle as it approached being subjected to the forcible scrutiny of the mob . At balf-pa 9 t ten , the time at which dancing was to commence , but one solitary Bloomer had avrived , and she could hardly be prevailed upon singly to enter the room . Tbe
male portion of the audience at the time numbered about fifty ; but it went on increasing until by twelve o ' clock the room was densely thronged ; indeed at one period there could not have been fewer than six or seven hundred persons . About eleven a bevy of a half-a-dozen Bloomers arrived ; but this number by no means satisfied tbe anxiety of the males . It was ultimately increased to between twenty and thirty : and each new arrival , especially if marked by anything particularly novel in the stylo of dress , was hailed with shouts of laughter . The dancing , which was of tbe usual description , displayed of course all the peculiarities of Bloomer costume . The dresses comprised a ludicrous variety of decoration and stole . Bine mB tbe predominating
colour of the jackets , and in two or three cases the petticoat was of the same colour . There were several red eatin } acket 8 , and one Bloomer was attired in this material in a style fantastically oriental . There were several hats of large proportions , and one or two of very ludicrous fashion . There were not more than three or four females at most who were dressed with anything like even Bloomer taste . As the evening advanced , the loudest dissatisfaction was expressed at the paucity of Bloomers , and there was a disposition apparent to make up for this by uproarious merriment . The criticisms on the dress were generally unfavourable . Numbers pronounced it frightful , and it was generally condemned as concealing the ankle and disguising the lees .
Fatal Accidest . —On Tuesday afternoon Mr . Vf . Baker held an inquest at the Artichoke Tavern , Hi ^ b-sfcreet , Blackwall , on the body of John WMlis Shores , aged sixty-five . The deceased was a superintendent over the men in the dockyard of Mr . Pitcher , Blackball . On Friday last the deceased and several men were eugaged in weighing a large quantity of chain . The scales were fixed to the " shears , " and while the men were in the act of removing abont six cwt . of the chain , one of tUc planks slipped away , and the shears fell with great violence , striking deceased on tbe right : side of the brad . He was carried to the surgery of Mr . Grey , but he died shortly afterwards . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
ExTRAORniNARY . Hige Tides . - During Tuesiiay and Wednesday , tho tide of the river Thame * has risen to a greater height than at any period this season . The area in front of Lambeth Palace , up to nearly the gate of the parish church , was on theae occasions covered with water , and a similar state of things has prevailed along the southern shore , from Battersea to Greenwich , many of tbe cellars being overflowed , DETERMiNEn Attemfi at SoiciM . —On Tuesday morning a most determined attempt at suicide was made by George Godson , a coachman in the service of Count Zorab , Rosslyn Lodge , Hnmpstead . It appears thac orders were given that the carriage
should be ready by nine o ' clock , to take some part of the family out , and that shortly before the period alluded to the groom entered the coachhouse , when on looking into the vehicle , tho door which was open , he beheld his fellow servant ( the coachman ) lying upon one of tbe seats with a frightful gash in his throat ; a razor , with which he had inflicted the dreadful wound , was discovered by his side , and the cushion and the bottom of the carriage were deluged in blood . After the unfortunate man had been attended to by Mr . Perry , a Burgeon , he was removed upon a stretcher to the North London Hospital . We understand that there is but little chance of his recovery .
Frehhold Lasd Movement . —On Monday evening an influential public meeting of the inhabitants of Marylebono was held at 79 , Great Portland street , for the purpose of forming a Freehold Land Society for this important parish , Dr . Pritchnrd in the chair . The meeting was addressed by several gentlemen , and after some discussion , upon the motion of Mr . Deeks , seconded by Mr . M'Dowall , a committee was appointed to draw up rules , and to organise the proposed society . lMPBisoxME . vr fob Bebt . —At the present time there are very few persons confined in the Queen ' s Prison and Whitecross-street Prison for debt . In
the former only HO , whereas some years back the number exceeded 700 ; and in Whitecross-street Prison the cumber is equally low . Recently a question of some importance connected with this prison was decided by Mr . Baron Martin at chambers . A person wag committed by one of the metropolitan county courts , and a short time before his imprisonment expired a detainer from a county court was lodged . The question was whether a detainer could be lodged by a county court , and , further , that the prison was in the City of London . The learned judge decided that the detainer was valid , and tbe party was kept in prison .
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the following brief ' statement will convey to the reader all the essential particulars . In August last the prisoner Wilkins , who was related to and lodged With the Seviers , w » s apprehended by the polTce , who went to his lodgings for the purpose of examining- bis box . They were refused admittance by Mrs . Sevier , upon which they , procured a search warrant , and upon searching the house they discovered tbat it was a literal depot for stolen prouertv . The drawers , cupboards , - and , ill fact , every ' part of the house were crowded with new hatsr caps , silks . scarfs , handkerchiefs , gloves , books , and various miscellaneous articles , a large store being also found under tho boarding of the staircase . At the houses of two neighbours also
r , be p olice discovered bundles of articles Yfhicb Mrs . Sevier had left there between the first and second visit of the police . Edward Sevier was errand boy to Messrs . Withers , and to them a large portion of the property was found to belong . Other tradesmen identified other articles , which led to the apprehension of the several prisoners above named , and who were in their employ . From the evidence of a lad named Sheldon , an accomplice , it appeared that the robberies at Messrs . Withers ' s were committed between eight and nine o'clock in the evening , when the shutters were being put up . Edward Sevier was accustomed to remain in the area below , and attach tbe boxes and parcels to a string , by which another pulled them up through an open grating , whilst others kept
watch to see that they were not observed , and the property was afterwards taken to theelder Serier ' s house . The whole of the prisoners , excepting Coles and Kingston , were convicted . The learned recorder remarked that they had been found guilty of being connected with a system of robbery of < jvent aggravation and wickedness , and sentenced the lads to terms of imprisonment varying from six to eight months with hard labour . As tofche elder Seviers , he observed , there cauld be no Joutit what their fate should be—a more disgraceful nnd shameful mode of bringing up a number of lads , and one more dangerous to society at large , iie hail never known—they were therefore sentenced to b 6 transported beyond the seas for the term of ten years .
Lamkntablb Accidest trou Gunpowder near Manchester . —On Friday evening , the 25 th ult ., i collier walked into a small shop at Pendlebury , near Manchester , to purchase some gunpowder , which he wanted for blasting . The shop was kept by a person named Musgrove , for the sale of drugs ( grocery , < fec . ' Mrs . Musgrove waited upon the man ' ind gave him six pounds of gunpowder out of a ' uask . He had scarcely left the shop , when the remainder of the powder exploded , from wbafc cause is not known . The explosion was followed almost immediately' by that of two othea casks of powder in differmt parts of the houte , ^ Ttie force of the explosions was so great as to entirely destroy the hocise and shop , Mrs . Musgrove ai . d her two children being buried in the ruins , where they were found soon aftevwards by the neighbours , who bad been greatly alarmed by tho succession of reports
and were soon attracted to tho spot . Mrs . Musgrove was rescued , and carried , to the Royal Oak , a publiC'fiou ? e opposite the scent ; of the catastrophe , where she still lies in a very dangerous state , and is not expected to recover . The two children—a girl aged seven years , and one still younger—were both more or loss burnt and bruised . The accident occurred at half-past six o'clock in the evening , and as Mrs . Musgrove had a candle in her hand at the time , it was probably caused by a spark falling from it into tho cask . Mi \ Musgrove was at Manchester when the explosion occurred . An inquest was'held on Tuesday at the Royal Oak Inn on the body of Sarah Musgrove , who died on Monday afternoon from the injuries she received . Several witnesses ileposed to hearing the explosion , some of whom found the deceased buried in the ruins behind the counter : in
getting her Out the skin peeled off her arms . She was taken to the Louse of John Cropper .- John Musgrove , shopkeeper , said : The deceased , who was my wife , was tbirty-two years , of age . One of the children ia between three and few , &ndthe other between seven and eight years of age . At the time tbt- accident happened I should be about Windsor Bridge , on the road to Manchester . I arrived at home about eight o ' clock . I immediately went to see my wife . I said to her , " Sarah , however has this happened ? " She replied , '' John , I don't know . " I asked her if she had been weighing gunpowder , and she said that she had not at the time , and that there was no customer in the shop . Site Ikw nottoMmehow \ t happened , but h . is several times said that she did not know . I
kept gunpowder . Tho unopened casks were kept in the store-room , over the shop , where I never went with a light . The cask from which we were soiling was always kept on a shelf in the shop . There was in tho shop at the time of tho explosion about 161 b . or 171 b . I bad two other unopened casks , neither of which exploded . About 21 b of the powder in the shop was in a cask , another portion in a large jar with a lid , both of them being upon a high shelf . The remainder of the powder was in a glass bottle with a patent cork , and tbat was kept on " a shelf near the window . We used gas in the shop . I had no other explosive matters iti my shop . 1 had some spirits of turpentine and oii
in tbe cellar ; but that is all safe . Dr . Davenport has attended the deceased , The deceased was over venturesome , and rather headstrong in dealing with the powder , and I have often blamed her myself . About twelve months since she told me that she had dropped the candle into a cask of powder and took it out again without the occurrence of an accident . The Coroner having briefly summed up , the jury , after very little consideration , returned a verdict of "Accidental death from the explosion of gunpowder . " The two children of the deceased ave still lying at the Royal Oak Inn , in a very precarious condition , and but slight hopes are entertained of their recovery ,
Meeting for PARLUMHSTAav Reform at Buhy . — A meeting of Parliamentary Reformers was held at the Town Hall , Bury , Lancashire , on the 21 th ult ., at which Mr . TV . J . Fox , M . P ., and Mr .-Tindal Atkinson were present , by invitation as a deputation from the National Parliamentary and Financial Association . The hall was well filled , and SOtne influential men of tlie middle class and some Jadies were also present . —Mr . J . Gruudy , of Outwood-lodge , presided . —Resolutions in accordance with the objects of the association were adopted .
The Frome Mtot&er . —Monday was appointed for the examination of Robert Kurd , William Sparrow , and William Maggs , the three persons charged with the violation and murder of Sarah W . itts , at Woodlands , near Frome , on tha 24 th of September last . —Sergeant Smith ( the London detective officer ) stated to the bench that he had that morning apprehended the other person suspected of being concerned with the prisoners in tho murder ; his name was William Sergeant . —The four prisoners were then placed in the dock . —The first witness examined was Sophia Cornish , whose husband keeps a beer shop nuar the scene of tho murder , and who deposed that on tbe morning of the tragedy she saw the four prisoners together neav West Woodlands .
—Mary Francis deposed : My husband keeps the Horse and Groom public-house , at West Woodlands . I recollect the murder being committed on September 2 ith . On the afternoon of September 13 ch the prisoner Sparrow was in my house . He stayed there between two and three hours . Ho had an old dirty silk handkerchief with him . On the 20 th he came again , On that day I also saw the handkerchief in his possession . lie had it in his hand . I was very close to him , and could see that it had some slits in it . He went out and left it on the settle ; and whilst he was gone I examined it . I observed it well , i also saw it well vfUen it was spread ou over his knee . I believe I should know the handkerchief again . [ The handkerchief was here produced . It agreed exactly with what
witness had said , being ragged at the corners , and having two or three slits in it . ] Witness continued . I am confident this is tho same handkerchief I saw in Sparrow ' s hand oh the 13 th and 20 th of September . I was talking to him , and therefore I had a good opportunity of seeing it , and I am sure this is the same handkerchief . —James Hoddinott constable of Frome : I produce tbe handkerchief . ] found it on the table at the house where Sarah Watts was murdered—John Butcher , saddler of Frome , proved findin g a bundle of clothes in a field , about two minutes' walk from Butt ' s-square , on the Tuesday after the murder , as he was going across the held , about six o ' clock in the morning . The clothes could not have been thrown whevo they were from the road , but some one musk have eot
over the hedge and placed them there . —These clothes were produced , and identified by Mr . Watts » 8 h ' . Property . He said they -were . stolen on the day his child was murdered . —Thomas Desey , residmg m Butt ' s-square , said be knew all the prisoners . Sargeant lived four doors from him . On the morning of the 30 th of September , the morning on which the clothes were found , about half-past two o clock , he heard some one pass his house , and come back again in half an hour . There was no thoroughfare up the square , only to the houses in it . iUe magistrates then remanded the prisoners until the 8 th of November , when the depositions mitted COmpleted ' the r * ^ fully
com-HX ? P » °£ ° RiTE COLLECTOB—Afc the » Ilford Petty Session , , on Saturday last , Wit . SSieSfHTrS ^ 1 *** " ** 'he Sstan overseer and collector of the poor rates aDDearort the SiHmr n ?* h !» * ' , ' nstance oC Mr ' » ks . over to tL I Rmfo I ' for not paying £ 1 Offl Vh liy ? ° J such miion the « " » of fromhim rf" ' bal <»> ce of an account due £ X Ifca PP ? ared tfcateome years since Mr . lector of 3 . ° mted aB 8 ietant ° * erseer » ndSll and nLdin t 01 '^ te 8 "f ^ e parish of Burking , ail oSi S Vh * ' ? em P >" tO ' colle « t hKcLnnt ™ t- K ? i aritieswere ^ covered in ms accounts , which led to the Po 6 r * \ aw Board
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directing the auditor to hold an extraordinary audit of his accounts ,, which was done on the 21 st ult ., when his accounts were in such a confused state that ft became necessary to adjourn the examination thereof to several subsequent days . The result was the amount now sought to be recovered was certified by the auditor to be due from him . Mr . Fearnley addressed the bench . He admitted the amount was due from his client , who had used every exertion to liquidate the debt , but without effect . Tbe son of the defendant had been a candidate to succeed , his father in ihe appointment , and if lie had been successful it was his intention to Have allowed a regular yearly sum out of his salary towards paying the amount . He believed' the parish would not bo very great losew , as ho understood the guardians of the union held a bond from a guarantee society to the amount of £ 800 . The defendant waa now getting into years , and as he
apprehended the bench Would deem ib their duty to issue a warrant of distress against the defendant ' s goods , he had only to ask that they would admit him to bail until a return was made . The Chairman observed , the defendant was a defaulter to a very serious amount , and he very much regretted it ; the bench , however , had only one duty to perform , and that was to issue a distress warrant forthwith for the amount ; they could order the defendant to be kept in custody , until a return was made to such warrant , but as the defendant ' s attorney had asked to allow bail , the bench would do so . The defendant then entered into a recognieanee , himself in £ 200 , and two sureties in £ 100 each , for bis personal appearance before the bench on Saturday , on which day the warrant of distress was made returnable . This case had excited a great sensation in the neighbourhood as the defendant was considered a respectable and safe man .
Attempted Murdbr near Burx — At the Bury Guildhall on Monday last , George , Tbring was examined before Wm . Salmon , Esq ., Dr . Probart , and H . Le Griue , Esq ., on the charge of feloniously attempting to discharge a pistol at James Frost . — James Frost deposed : I live at No . 10 , in the Tinefields , and am a labourer ; the prisoner , who is a servant out of place , lives next door to me . On Saturday night in consequence of his improper conduct I ordered the prisoner out of my house ; he refused to go , and used bad language ; I then put him out by force , and shut the door , but he returned again ; I put him out a second time ; I then heard him go upstairs ui to& o « w housfc , aad fee eatae in again with a pistol , and asked " Where is the
beggar that turned me out of the house V I said , " I am the man that turned you out , " and he then presented the pistol , and pulled the trigger , but it missed fire ; I heard the snap : it was not like the explosion of a cap . I Btruggled with him , and he struck me . on the head with tho pistol ; in the struggle he dropped the pistol , which was afterwards picked up . ' I sent for the police ; before the police came the prisoner went again into his own house , and came back with n Stick , which I laid hold of , and Thomas Middleditca drevf it away from him . I held the prisoner till policeman Smith came . I wsked the prisoner what he went upstairs
for ; he said , I went for the pistol with intent to shoot you . " I said , " You have not shot me ; " he said , " I will , if ever I have the chance . " He did not appear drunk . —Robert Smith , a supernumerary night policeman , deposed : When I took the prisoner into Custody , I examined the pistol in bis presence , and found it loaded with powder and shot ; it had a cap on . It was loaded nearly up to the muzzle . The prisoner said there was only shot in the pistol , and that he kept it for shooting cats . The magistrates committed the prisoner for trial at the assizes , agreeing to accept bail , two sureties in £ 50 , and himself in £ 100 ; 48 hours notice to be given . —Bury Post . The Outrage in Dbax Forest . —Last week we
reported the , circumstances attending a violent outrage which had been committed at Micheldean , in the Forest of Dean , on an inoffensive turnpikekeeper . Five men were apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in the outrage , viz ., William Young , his two sons , A , tnos and Wiliian YOUIlg , his aonin-law John Williams , and another man named Joseph Probyn . These parties have undergone three examinations before the magistrates , and the inquiry has just terminated in the committal of two , William and Amos Young , for trial . The others were discharged .
Tub Alleged Case op Poisoning at Bath . — On the 22 nd ult . Mr . Prendergast , Q . C ., instructed by Mr . Hellings , applied to the Lord Obief Baron at Queeri ' s-pquare House , for a summons to show cause why Mr . Crusby should not be adnnitted to bail . Ilia lordship , upon reading the depositions and hearing Mr . Prenderuast , immediately granted the application , and appointed Tueaday , the 28 th ult ., for cause to be shown before Mr . Baron Martin , upon which day Mr . Prendergsst appeared on the part of Mr . Crosby , and Mr . H « dge 8 , as counsel on the part of
the prosecution , when Mr . Baron Martin said , " This gentleman is clearly entitled to be discharged upon bail . I have carefully read over the depositions and CUB not see anything wlu ' eh can in any way affect hire ; there is something about one of the witnesses hearing , in the earliest part of the alleged poisoning , tbe female saying to Mr . Crosby , * shall I , or will you ? ' It is monstrous to suppose that this could have referred to the poisoning . * ' An order was then made to admit Mr . Crosby to bail in two sureties in £ 250 each .
A Brute . —At the Liverpool police-court , on Monday , Patrick Ilartjgan , a huge Irishman , was charged with biting off the finger of his sister-inlaw on the previous Wednesday night . The parties reside in Porter-street . On the night stated they were quarrelling , and during the affray the prisoner seized the hand ' of the woman , thrust one of her fingers into his mouth and bit it off at the lower joint . The prisoner was ordered to find bail , himself in i £ 20 , and two sureties of £ 10 each , or in default to be imprisoned for one month .
llKMARKAnm Escape . —An almost miraculous eg * cape from destruction by a railway train occurred a few evenings since upon the South Yorkshire line , near Dancaster . Mr . Cartmell , a clerk in the employ of the company , was engaged near the Little Moor outgang crossing in assisting the driver of a coal engine to " shunt" his locomotive into one of the sidings . The night being quite dark , he was beckoning "the driver forward in tbe usual manner with , his hftttd-law / p , amd for this purpose was standing upon the main line , when the Barnsley train came upon him unaware ? , and before he could escape be was struck by the buffer of the tender , and his right arm caugt . t the draw bar hook , which fastened itself between the shoulder and the elbow . At
first he was so stunned as to be momentarily unconscious of his tiangerous position , but on reco-. vering he found himself suspended in the coupling chain , with the train goiug at the rate of from fifteen to sixteen miles an hour . His cries , drowned by the whistle , were not heard either by the driver or the guard , and in this way , hanging between life and death , and expecting every moment to be dashed to pieces , be was carried for nearly- half a mile . Fortunately his voice was beard by Samuel Fortune , the gate keeper at the Cherry-Jane junction , which the train was then approaching , and believing from the cries _ tbat some one had got entangled among the machinery , this individual with great presence
ot mind , exhibited the danger signal , and the driver at once reversed tbe engine and brought the train to a stand . Mr . Cartmell was immediately extricated from his perilous position , and being , with the exception of the shock and an incised wound upon one of his arms , but little the worse of the accident , he was enabled in a day or two to resume his duties . Two fellow clerks , who were with him at tbe point where he was struck , and who called out to him on the approach of the train , picked up lnscap and lamp and walked slowly along the line in search of him , expecting every moment to find his mangled remains . Their surprise and delight on learning the providential escape of their friend may be easily imagined .
The Affray with Poaciiers at Rufford , near Mansfikld . —A court was held by tbe magistrates at the Town-hall on Tuesday afternoon . Ten prisoners were arraigned , who with six others previously discharged , had been apprehended on suspicion of participating in the murderous assault upon the Earl of Scarborough ' s keepers and game watchers . Eight of these were discharged with an intimation that should evidence of a more satisfactory nature be obtained against them hereafter they would be again apprehended . The only two retained in custody are George Bowskill , besom maker , Mansfield , and George Robinson , framework-knitter of Bulwell . Charleswortb , the maimed
keeper , who lies in a precarious state , distinctly swears that Bowskill was the man who struck the blow that killed Roberts ; and Robinson was found by the police two days after tho affray , concealed in his own cellar , at Bulwell , having bruises upon his person , and spots of blood upon his dress . A third prisoner , Samuel Simms , also a framework-knitter , of Bulwell , is now in the Nottingham Infirmary , in charge of a police-officer , who is m constant attendance upon him . lie is suttering trom a compound fracture of the arm , and 19 at present unable to be removed to prison . The case of these three prisoners ia adjourned for furtner investigation on Monday next . Ihb St
. Alban ' s Bribery Commission has commenced its sittings . Mr . J . Bell , the sitting member , has been twice examined ; but without any direct result . Poisoning ik SwFOLK .-William Rollinson , an old man , scarcely able to walk , has been committed to Bury gaol on the twofold charge of murdering Anne Cornell , a married woman , by administering to her arsenic , and attempting to destroy the life of his daughter-in-law , Mary Rollinson , by the same mearig A chemist acknowledged , with much noncJialence , to having sold the prisoner arsenic a dozen or twenty times . J ? ational Parliamentary Association held an influential and crowded meeting , on Monday in Bedford . The deputation consisted , in the absence of Sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr . Fox , of Mr . T . J . Serle and Mr , E , Clarke .
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Scotland . ^^ " ^ EXRCI'TION AT G ' LASGOW . —On Vt \ , \ the 24 th ult ., Archibald Hare sufloredidL ? " ** murder of Ronald M'Gregor , wn-S , $ drunken frenzy or bravado . AHllouffh , ? . y % mSt 6 d on the n ^ d of any one ft ' Tt * 4 Hare , the duty of the officials was r <> .,, i mtt of tionally painful from the dcterminatM , ^ ^ he continued to protest his miK ^ i V ' ^ twenty-five years of age , 8 hort and JL , » and his manner throughout the pcriori ! f ? - 'f prisonment was wonderfully courageous , . ini ' possessed . At a little past oieht nv ? , 5 eif . wretched culprit ascended the scaffold ? n ! t k ll >« ing hiB place on the drop faced the m ' ultiH . T ^' great firmness . Having signiSed to ti , i f lvi 'b £ f \ ° J 1 ^ : ? ° rms th ° People ft ' * swim iew
^ mr . reureu a steps behind VJV * raising his voice to its utmost pitch in « ! j K heard by the crowd , spoke nearly ilf >> er to h * " Fellow-men , I am going to die f 9- - : ^ which I am innocent , but 1 pray G 0 / A i llle of those who have persecuted me . ai \ Of £ ' » U of dram-drinking , and beware of Jlatth ° l ) e * T ; ir e and take warning by me this day to keen n ller > company , and to put your confidence in » i of ll ! « J for He will never leave you . Ue has « f Lord » grace this day , and 1 care no more for ( S "io any person going to his bed this ni « ht fnl i L found favour with Christ Jesus our Lord" - ' e rope was then adjusted by the executions h > q fell , and the wretched man , after a 5 » S P struggle , ceased to live . Pro « act < l
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^ ureianu . The Defenders —The accession of Jfr Peel to the Russell ministry is regarded with f i ings of no slight satisfaction by the ROn > Catholic party here . The appointment islo 2 upon as one foreshadowing coming events •• . !!! Mr . Peel's acceptance of office under the cabin * which carried the Ecclesiastical Titles Act is w naturally considered to be an assurance t ! i !? that act will not be enforced with any great iJz of severity . " b EQ The vacancy created in Kinsale by the transfer of Mr . Hawes to a new office is already »!„„ away by the general rumour to Mr . Lucas , of ni " Tablet . " ' l ! ie
The " Bboimkikg of tub End . " . —The "Tu . im Herald" pretty plainly intimates that the two m tlenaen who at present represent the county It Gal way in parliament may as well prepare tiiem selves for the ease and comfort of private Jif when the suitable occasion offers , i-he nni , avowed as the great end of the Defence 1 / sociation is , it seems , to bo carried out to the letter . The Famine Loans .-Good Xews . -U b » L , now stated as a fact , that which \? a 3 mmo " tir 4 a few days ago-that the government haB decided upon adopting a judicious policy towards the me * distressed unions in this country , in refereweb the consolidated annuities . AH * that bare teen
charged with a poor rate of 4 s . and up « i rdq during the past year are not to be called npon for their quota of the government debt for anothpii year . If rates to the amount of 4 a . have not been levied , then the unions so circumstanced will tia called upon for the difference between this amount and that which they shall have had . This ou » V to bo received as a satisfactory arrangement especially as it may be fairly inferred that should the same cause for postponement exist next year or any subsequent years , the indulgence will ^ granted .
" Example fob Landlords . "—Under this head the " Tipperary Free Press" announces that dipt , James Power , who lately became tho purokiw , under the Encumbered Estates Court , of the Ki ! - more property , has , after a careful review oi its Condition , come to the conclusion that the rents were allotted far beyond what the altered CirCUIIli stances of the country rendered it possible to jay , and accordingly he reduced the rent of tenants aiio )) aidi £ 25 s . to £ l 5 s ., and those who held at £ l Ik . to £ 1 per acre , at the same time informing his teur ,. try that Of the year ' s rent due in November ie would only demand one-half . To those who desired to emigrate , ho liberally promised assistance , and in some few instances his offer was accepted .
A wretched woman , an inmate of the Scariff union workhouBO , while employed there a few days since , fell into a cauldron of boiling stirabout , and was literally boiled to death . The scene is described a * having been most frightful ; some of the witnesses at the inquest fainted ; the guardians n-era obliged to leave the room—and the local papers add , ' . ' even the poor law inspector appeared to be moved . " The Exodus . —Upwards of 1 , 000 emigtanU sail from the port of Dublin every day—a huge number at any time , but especially at ibis most uBpropuioss season of the year . From Cork , Limerick , Sligo , Derry , and other ports , the emigration contipiea without the slightest prospect of abatement , until al the severity of winter may check it .
On Wednesday last , says the ' Tipperary rrw PretS , " upwards nf ] 00 persons , comfortable-lootioj farmers , passed the bridge of Dungarvan for Wate :-ford , to embark for America . On Thursday , eeuj cars laden with well dressed persons * for America , passed the workhouse gate . The Athlone paper of Satut lay states that fifty well-dressed persens starts ! together tbe preceding day from the railway terminus in that town en route for America . The " Waterford Chronicle" contains the folio *" ing : — " We anticipated , months past , that tie amount of emigrants would increase . In support of our opinion , we regret to state that the steamers Victory and Willism Penn were crowded with ntarljr 500 Irish , destined to the ' free land of the ffttV The respectability of the emigrants surpassed anvH
have seen betore , and their anxiety to quit this iffi " fortunate and doomed country was evinced by uA cheering which they gave when leaving our quaj-We have seen letters from some of the emifraoa who sailed for Cal ! ao , South America , from London , in the fine ship Louisa , at the end of April las ! . They arrived there on tbe 20 th of July , after a must pleasant voyage . The news they contain is _ Bi « -t cheering , and three weeks' experience of the climate has made a most favourable impression on tkffi One of the letters concludes by saying ;— ' \ Fe hwB nothing to complain of but the absence of oudrienw ai d the ignorance of the language , but ne will soon overcome such difficulties . ' This party nunibrreu 180 persons , under the superintendence of Mr . »» Grace , of Carlow , late Supervisor oflnland Keventfi whose entire family accompanied him . "
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WiKBFiEtD . —CuitD Mdrder . —The town council have taken steps to induce the Home Secretary to offer a reward for the discovery of the inhuman perpetrators of the murder which we hope will hare the fcffcct of leading to their apprehension . The town council have offered a reward of £ 25 for the apprehension of tbe parties concerned in the barbarous affair , which we hope will have the effect of a' taining the object for which the reward has been
Trakspobtatios of a Fortune-Teller . — A woman , named Charlotte Morris , aged thirty-nine years , was indicted , at the Southampton quarter session last week for having , on the 18 th of July last , feloniously and unlawfully received 5 s ., the property of Isaac Blandfbrd , well knowing the same to have been feloniousl y stolen ; and , further , with inciting Atary Anne Blandford , to commit the same felony . It appeared that the woman had been what is commonly called a fortune-teller , and some time in the course of the year-a girJ , of the name ? 1 tu t B 1 «> dford , was most imprudently taken to th- fa u e of mi * woman , aod subsequently was
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in the : habit -. of . going ; to have her fortune told 1 Aboiit the middle of July tbe ' . girl was talking to the woman about the Exhibition , when she expressed her desire to . see it . The woman iisked her if she or her father bad any money ? ' and she answered that her father bad sonie . She eventually went to-her father ' s house , and took-from his hardearned sayings between £ 5 and £ 6 . She wepli bauli to the prisoner ' s house , and asked tier advice respecting her visit to London , and put down 5 s , on the table whilst the prisoner turned' her face to the wail , as she said she would neither see nor touch any money , whether it was u . sovereign or < v shilling , until the girl had gone out of the house , and then she could say with a clear conscience tbat she
had never taken anything from her ; but it was proved sufficiently for the ends of justice that she had received the money , as she gently moved the money away . The woman asked her if any one had seen her enter the house , and nhe answered that she thought not . When she was let out she went home for the money she had left behind , but on her way she was met by her father , who took her up-stairs , and she told a woman named Elcock the whole circumstances of the ease . When they returned to the fortune-teller's house tlie money was found to have been pushed further along the table under a piece of needlework It appeared
that the uirl had been watched , and her little sister having discovered tbe money which her elder sister had left upon the bed , had told her father of it , and thus the plot was stopped ; and they , on going to the liouae of the prisoner , found tlie 5 s . she m * now charged with stealing . — The jury found tho prisoner Guilty . —The Recorder said the offence was one ot such a very serious character , that h < . should consider it his duty to inflict the highest penalty the law allowed . The sentence ot tlu-Court was , that sh < ' be transported beyond the seas for the space of fourteen yearB , The prisoner , on receiving her sentence , immediately fainted .
Charge against a Clkiigyman . —Mary IIelli . well v . the Rev . S . Mathews . —Dkwsbubv , October 27 . —After an inquiry before a commissioti appointed by the Bishop of Ripon , which has ex tended over seven days , the commissioners have come to the decision that there is sufficient prima fade ground for instituting further proceedings . It will be remembered from what haB previousl ) appeared in the " Northern Star" that the charge against tbe reverend defendant was tbat of being father to the illegitimate child of Mary Helliwell , a young female , who had acted as a monitor in a school under his superintendence .
Wholesale Child Musher Near Nottingham . — The greatest excitement pervaded the district o Nottingham on Monday last in consequence of the discovery on Sundayafternoon of two more children in the river Trent , a mile and a half from this town , A brutal murder of a child took place last week , the body of which wa 8 found in the river Trent ; ana this circumstance , coupled with the present appalling case , has created an . excitement rarely exhibited . Two youths were walking on the margin of the river Trent , near Wilferd , on Sunday
afternoon , when they discovered the bodies of two children in the water . An alarm was immediatelj given , and they were conveyed to Wilford church , there toawaifc the coroner ' s investigation . Various bruises were found upon the bodies . It is a shocking fact that within twelve months no less than eight children have been found in and about that vicinity . This state of thing 9 has caused the authorities to institute a searching investigation , for the purpose of discovering the authors of these wholesale murders . We are sorry to state that hitherto no success has attended the efforts of the
police . Suicide at Devospobt . —On Saturday afternoon last the wife of a shi p wright was detected in stealing a piece of dressed meat from Mr . Frost , publican , in King-street . She was taken to the town prison and locked up , where she immediately hung herself by her necktie . Only a few minutes elapsed after she was placed in the cell before she was found a corpse . Daring . Burolart in HtNTiKGDONSHiRE . — A brutal attack was made on Friday , the 24 th ult ., at the residence of A vel-y respectable couple , Mr . Fairley and his wife , natives of Scotland . Mr . Fairley has been a farming bailiff in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for many years , and has lately had tho management of large farms , the
property of 11 , H . Hussey , Esq ., and lives at the Uolborn Farm , situate about a mile from Upwood , and about the same distance from Weston and Great Ravely . About eleven o ' clock on the night of Friday , the 24 th ult ., Mr . FairJey heard footsteps near his house ; be immediately seized his fire-arms ( a horse pistol and a revolver ) , and told the robbers , whom he saw through his bedroom window , that he would shoot them if they attempted to enter . The robbers immediately smashed the shutters and glass of the parlour Window , and also the back door . Mr . Fairley stationed himself at his bedroom door , at the top of the stairs , and waited the approach of the robbers , who had now got lights , and seemed very cautious .
Mr , Fairley aimed at ono with his horse-pistol , which unfortunately missed fire . He then took bis revolver , and , whenever he got sight of any of the robbers , fired at them , and they in return tired at him . Mr . Fairley fought the robbers for upwards of an hour , his wife encouraging him by telling him repeatedly to " take steady aim ; " the robbers being foiled in their attempt to get up stairs , procured a quantity of straw and articles of furniture , which they laid in the passage at the bottom of the stairs , to which they set fire , shutting the side doors so as to force the smoke up the stairs . Mrs . Fairley now opened the windows of the bed-room to allow the smoke to escape , and when doing so received a violent blow on the head from a stone .
When nearly suffocated , Mr . and Mrs . Fairley surrendered . There were five robbers in the house , and others were heard outside ; they were all masked , and were armed with four guns and three horse-piBtols . After Mr . and Mrs . Faii-ley surrendered they received several violent blows . The robbers ransacked the house , broke open drawers and boxes , scattered about linen and wearing apparel , and destroyed furniture , glass , earthcrnware , eatables , and drinkables . They afterwards regaled themselves vritb . bvead and meat anil cheese . Mr . Fairley told them where to find a bottle of good Scotch whisky , and invited them to partake freely of other spirits ; they left about three o'clock in
the morning , when Mr . Fairley gave the alarm at Upwood , and farmers and others were soon scouring the country in all directions . Rear daylight two of the farm labourers discovered two of the robbers asleep in a ditch about half a mile from the bouse , with three guns by their side and some of Mr . Fatoley ' s wearing apparel upon them . They were drunk , and smelt strongly of whisky . They were taken off to St . Ives lock-up-house for examination . The missing articles . ire two watches , silver plate , consisting of table , dessert , ^ and teaspoons , die , marked T . F ., and nearly £ o in cash . The windows and doors of the house are a complete wreck , and tho plaster on tbe walls riddled with shot and bullets .
Works destroyed by Fire at Manchester . —On Saturday last the works of Mrs . Schofield , fustaio shearer , atiffner , and dyer , Gornbrook , Kulnie , were discovered to be on flro about 7 30 p . m ., and the flames burst forth amidst the combustible materials in the stove , and burnt with much fierceness . A body of the 16 th Lancers went to the scene of the fire with a small but excellent engine from the barracks , and did much to prevent the extension of the fire , and soon , afterwards Mr . Rose arrived with six or seven engines belonging to the town . Two of the buildings were saved , but one was entirely destroyed , and the loss , which is covered by insurance in tho West of England oSace , will probably be between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 . The origin of the fire is unknown . About half , past nine o ' clock on Sunday morning a three-story
building , forming part of the machine manufactory of Me .-srs . Wren and Itopkinson , Altrinchamatreet , Manchester , was discovered to be on fire . An alarm was given , and seven engines from the police yard were taken to the spot by Mr . Rose , who was successful in preventing the remaining buildings from getting on fire , but that in which the fire originated , and which contained a great number of wood patterns , the accumulation of thirty years' business , was entirely destroyed . The cause of the fire is quite a mystery , the works having been closed at half-past twelve o ' clock on the previous night . The loss will be between £ 3 , 000 and ' £ 4 , ( 100 , covered by insurances in the Sun , Legal and Commercial , Atlas , and three other fire offices , so that it will fall very lightly upon each .
Conviction of a . Gang of Thieves and Rbckivebs . —A wholesale system of robbery of tradesmen by their errand boys and porters having been discovered by the Buth police , the parties im plicated were tried at the quarter sessions for that city , just concluded , before D . Jardine , Esq .. recorder . There were no less than ten of the gang indicted together . Their names were William Sevier , forty-six , and Jane Seyier , forty-aeven , his wife , who were charged as receivers , and the following for stealing the articles named in the several indictments ;—William Seyier , twenty , Edward Sevier , sixteen , James Wilkins , nineteen , Herbert Copplestone , eighteen , George Kingston , sixteen , Jacob Anhard . eighteen , Thomas Itevuolds .
eighteen , and William Coles , seventeen . The whole of the prisoners charged with stealing were porters or errand boys in the service of several of the leading tradesmen of the city ; and the elder Sevier was a carpenter , who , to the time of his apprehension , was considered a highly respectable and moral man , and bis attendance at church wasregular in the extreme . So numerous were the stolen articles discovered at his house by tho police that the table of the court would not contain all those produced . The prisoners were all tvied unon an indictment , in which Messrs . Withers , hoisers were the prosecutors , and goods to the value of £ 30 , belonging to that firm alone , were produced . The case occupied the court for several houre , but
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«*»; Disaster to the Royal Mail Sieam-sh * Africa . —Livkbpool , Monday , Oct . 27 . — ' vili \ o ' clock this morning , the British and North Adm '; ' can royal mail steam-ship Africa , which left' »' port for New York on Saturday last , returned to w berth , having met with an accident , wlica mil * few hours out , by owning aground near theUpeiaj Islands , during a dense fojr , at about ten ocloft w Saturday night . —The particulars ofthisuntorKi aa * occurrence , so far as we have been enabled to bs ' tain them , in the confusion consequent op » . catastrophe , are as follows - . —About two ° f ' the afternoon , the pilot was discharged , and a " ' - foe goon after set in—so dense , indeed , th » » '' mpossible to see half the length of the vessel . W and
tain Ryrie immediately slackened speed , I ceeded slowly on his courso , but notwithstanding . precautions taken the Africa struck < " ar yL rocks , near the entrance to Belfast Loagi »! " - from the easy rate at which the engines xM ™ e ing the concussion was but slight . The engines immediately reversed , but the tide , which *** cfl niiig at a rapid rate , carried her some distant ¦ the rocks , and rendered the backward nio « . of the engines fruitless . After every eftor u te made by Captain Ryrie and his cretv to « ° the ship , and the tide ebbing fast , signal gun » fired for assistance , but it was nine ocW * morning before any arrival , when two steaw j rived from Belfast , and shortly ^ afterwards •» ftra made her appearance . At low water , tne em ^ part of the Africa from amidships was nig" ¦ 0 hut the sea being very smooth at the »" l '" nlgj 9
not strain much , and it was . fouud v ^ y , ^ gaD scarcely any water . As soon as the tw r ( tpe 8 flowing preparations were made to get ber > j ^ j , were made fast to the three eKamers , a ^ j a aided by the engines of the Africa , snece ^ getting her into deep water . Alter ^" ^ to released , Captain Ryrie resolved on reiu ^ ^ Liverpool , where he arrived this mornl " ° .. hiCb bail o ' clock , attended by one of the steamers h ^ ^ assisted in getting her otf the reef , l w after " ?' taken into the north graving- 'lock tnis , w ^ for tbe necessary examination and w tie &tblame can , it is admitted by the best jnoge ff 8 s tributable to any person , as the oecun * beyond all human forethought . . c \ itm Municipal Ei . KCTioNS .-The fol ° * J'fyfcejwas issued on Saturday from the no" ) iaviP g " Whitehall , Oct . 25 : Sir ,- '" * g a ^ f been pleased with the prayer of an buiuu ^ rftO ] opresented to her Majesty , in P « rsufl " ,, ( 1 the i'r . i tioa of the House of Commons date" c , pa . July , for » a return of the i »« mber I ( , out ^ f . eleotors on the Burgess List ovm ^» , the date of this order . in tl « «« ££ ? £ reii
England and Wales whicli "' " * -:., j on ' » ' ] ] liament and have a munici pal f | P ° 1 ! lt < f ' directed by Sir George Grey to j k-are i ^ . ^ prepare a return accordingly , s 0 r ' / ' ,. nd IK . $ borough for which you are town ^ t ' i ^ - r » the same to me with the least P « f ' , " , ' , uiS' * { Sir , your obedient servant , t . - - " vour r Town Clerk . N . B .-Please to f £ tu V' ,, jl on the cover , ' Municipal Electors g | iall , j J The Dublin World" says , tbatCom ^ oP has been purchased by a Jlanchestei ia . , | jcij . pose erecting on its site a Leviatnan a magnificent scale !
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 1, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1650/page/6/
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