The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-11-06 00:00:00

Thartelltdidkeillis iipe,'and converted with' teasing ease pot pugilistic subjects. - Admit other anecdotes which he res ate , / e( himself. were4he two following :—" Ile was In the iithbourhood of . some time ego with a noted !loner, indarime.of t isitants sod Inhabitants made a match •hetwein tire roes. sad considerable bets were pending.— Thoth.li erode bets to the amount of 906/. upon one of the colohatents, sod it was arranged that his hexing friend should awes geeend to the other man, but do all he could to snake him lose, while Theriot' was to hold the watch, end of course keep time. as it suited their purpose. In spite of the efforts of the boxer to make his man lose. he fought so well as to oisable the other several times ; and had soy other men but Thurtell held the watch.the battle woifld have been won bythe men against whom bemired his money. As it eras. Theron had it all his own way ; he made his man "come to thee, " and he filially won it. He (Tburtell) was la the army, a nd served is die Peninsula war. Ile was at the stervaleg of St. debacles's, and Wben the British troops had effette4 their entrasce into the town. to met with a Polish allow Le dielPreech settle,. leaning against a wall ha a state of exhaustion from wounds and Wiens. " I thought," said Thertell (to give It in his own words), "by this look of him, that he was a man of rank, and must have some Went about ;_ so 1 jest stuck my sword into his ribs, and settled him, ant I found 110 doubloons intim h—'s pocket; a d—d good booty, was'nt it Joe?" (turning to Hunt.) These stories were related with self evideet rostisfection. thattell, Probert, and Heat, ate still kept in IN irate apartments in Hertford gaol: they are heavily ironed bat not confined in tells. They have good apartments, the *se of an airy space of the prison to move in, and each has two attendants, one of whom never quits him. The pri soners are neither allowed to see or communicate with each other: they have permission to write and receive letters, subject, of course to examination. Probert heard from his wife on Monday, and expressed great satisfaction npon,the occasion : he was yesterday quite ignorant of her haring been brought befiwe tbe usagistrilles. None of ' Thortell's friends have hitherto comasunicated with him, directly or inditertly. 'fhe desneanour of these prisoners, respectively, Is calcolete* if not to throw a light upon their shore of guilt, at least to illustrate their tempers and character. - Hunt maintains his usual confidence, Which may he calculated upon, which he expects to escape from pettish meat by being. admitted evidence for the Crown. Upon the subject of Woods' statement, he at first denied all koo*- ledge of inch a person; but with a subsequent conside. ratios of the necessity of maintaining a character, In which truth is so efsentially receseary,and to which detection of falsehood would he so fatally destructive, be related the following account :—The house in Manchester Buildings Was uVuritished and unoccupied, except by Thurtell, who conceiving Woods to have said something to Miss Noyes tending to prejudice him in her opinion, requested Hunt to get him into the house. The latter accordingly became the ready pander f his vengeful and inhuman associate— imposed upon Woods' credulity by a false tile; and per. *smiled him to accompany him * hack to the house in Man cheater Buildings. The door was opened by Thorn.% no other person being in the house, but he kept behind the door. Woods, on perceiving the passage and staircase rotirrly destitute of furniture, suspected Lull play, and rats. Hunt immediately informed Thurtell of the circumstance, and he pursued. hut could not overtake the intended victim. Jinni adds, that no intention to murder existed, but that Thurtell meant to call Woods to an account for the lan ) (nage he had used. Thurtell, when questioned on the s one subject, admits a knowledge of Woods, but denies every other port of Hunt's statement. Ile atys he took toe house o• a speculation which did not answer, because I:. was unable to furnish it. Probert appears in the deepest and mat unaffected distress at tl e ruin of his family, which he ascribes to his unfortunate connexion with Thurtell ; but he emphatically rersists in declaring his innocence of any previous know ledge or concurrence in the murder, or even the slightest acquaintance with Mr. Weare. He admits that he bad invited Thurtell to his cottage, but did not expect be would have been accompanied by any other person. Hunt is equally earnest in his asseveration of innocence of the crime, and together with Probert denies any knowledge of the dreadful occurrence until apprised of the murder by Thurtell himself, when (as has been already stated) he solicited permission to conceal the dead body in the pond of the cottage. Probert is most anxious to talk upon the sttbject• and repeats over and over again the statement he has already disclosed with every entreaty to receive credence for his asseveration; he admits the receipt of the . 61'. on the night of the murder, hat declares it to be in pay ment of a lore to John Thurtell, M. of which he borrowed arthe tinte and for the pnrpose from the landlord of the Coach and Horses. Probert's spirits are entirely bri.:zen, arid yesterday they hail evidently affected his bodily health. Thurtell, on the contrary, maintains in general unshaken firmness ' • his health and appetite continue good ; his mo vers are decorous, and he eats, drinks, smokes his pipe, and sleeps, with the apparent enjoyment of comfort. There is r sthing in him tactile bravo. He talks of his situation like a man n Its is perfectly sensible of the peril in which be stands ; he has only once asserted his innocence, and that was in a conversation three days ago with the cbaplaia of the prison, who very properly checked him for the asser tion, and entreated him to weigh well the importance of fete) , declaration which he made in Isis present awful situation, and its possible effect upon his future condition. Tbe Chaplain is unwearied in his attendance upon the prisoners: he has, we understand, furnished them with hooks suited to their unhappy situation, and they have expressed themselves grateful fur his attention. The hook* which Thurtell possesses are the Bible, a Church of England prayer book, and " Sherlock on Death." He lass expressed a wish for some law books, which he says he has in London, to prepare himself fur his defence, as he is aware of his privilege to address the Court. He reads the hooks which hare been presented to him to compose his mind to a sense of his awful situation with grave and decorous attention ; but the great difference be tween his manner and that of the two other prisoners, is, • Olt he evinces the utmost repugnance to converse upon the horrible nature of the crime kill to his charg e . He declares that in proper time he will establishes his innocence; hut viten the particular conversation is introduced, be becomes evidently dejected, his features assume an agitated expres sion, his eyes become half closed find sunk, be vainly en deavours to suppress a heaving sigh, and seizes the first in stant, still without coarse abruptness, of changing the sub ject; and then, as if a weight were removed from his heart, his constitutional spirits anti firmness of nerve return, and Le will converse figently and with seeming satisfactiou upon ivy other subject to which be can recur; he, however, talks of his trial with calmness, and when asked yesterday whether he had not better hasten to avail himself of the assistance of counsel, his reply was—" I shall certainly do co in doe time, but if I write now, they are all too busy to give speedy attention, for to-morrow will be the first oar of Term." He expressed a great anxiety within the last tiro days to refresh his memory upon the facts deposed in eviiithwe against him. and more particu larly regarding thefltestimony of Woo, giving as the motive foriiits anxiety the very natural reason, that upon these be tenet gloomd his tlefetwe. lie was yesterday so intent upon making these prrliwinary arrangements, that be wroto a later to the cona , er, rmocating either a copy of tl on t's deposition, or that the coroner would do hum tie kindness of repairing to the prison, and trailing over tie notes of litint's examination. ilithongis upon the sebject of his imputed Guilt in site Isle horrid murder, Le continues inct tttttt innicetive, lie is yet loquacious upon all the other events of his life, and eager 10 disclose the source of his misfortunes, am! pernicious character of his associates. The dreadful spirit of gaming lie avows, and names the arroci:.lP% with whom he practised it, as well as rite -w bribes twit (rinds %skit ishieh they coninicted their toschinations— ultra:y . l with the too common butt intolerable p..piarally from , delft:ion of trying to disconni•it him?! the atrocious acts of their fellowshir, willing, niters' enough, though contrity to the apparent stamp of his charlctet, to' be considered more as tlie delis of dieir processes, • than the participator of their daises and profits. No unnecessary severity is practised upon the prisoners; they are safely, but not' closely Confined ; they' are fairly sad properly allowed that self-pos . session.free from iatrusiee or affected by . severity. which their own ease at the present I moment requires. The magistrates occasionally visit them, the chaplain daily—not, as we bare heard; Intruding into the judicial topics which are the peculiar province of the former, but assiduous and ready to offer the consolations of his office, whenever the parties, or any of them, shall voluntarily call for their application. Some persons yester day, upon looking with too eager ioquisitiveneks Into the place where Thurtell was walking for exercise, attracted theprisoner's attention, and elicited this remark—" These people (said he) think, because I am walking here in this manner, that I am insensible or indifferent to my situation : if they knew my feelingli, they would find, that so far from having or encouraging such inseasibility, my whole thoughts are absorbed In that situation, and engaged in the arrangements for my defence." PREROGATIVE COURT. --WamtasDAY. -•••••••".- LIOACT AGENT: IN RR JOSETII ADMT. Soon after the sitting of the Court this morning, the REGISTRAR stated that a petition bad been put into his hand with a view of its being read to the Court. Sir Jam Nicuott said the petition in question bad been sent under cover to him, .as stet which was in itself very irregular, and which he was much disposed to repre hend. He wished it to be understood; that the proper mode would have been to ieaveeit with the Registrar of the Court. He desired that the petition might be then read. The Rsairraan then stated that it was the petition of Joseph Adey, one of tlie people called Quaker., who de scribed himself as a hatter, residing in Houndsditch. That having applied to a Proctor of this Court for letters of administration to the effects of one Mary Field, deceased, petitioner vas answered that his application could not be complied with, as die Court had made an order that no letters should be granted to him until after he had made application for die same in open Court. Petitioner was at a .loss to account for this refusal, otherwise than that prejudice had been raised against him by some pro reedings before the Lord Mayor connected with the case in question, which proceedings had been since quashed. For tome time, he went on to ray; be had applied himself to finding out the ownets of unclaimed ditridends, by ascertaining who wait the party best entitled to them, or the next of kin theieof. That in so doing, be had inebtred the of the clerks of the Bank, who had formed a conspiracy against him; end bad prevailed upon one Bridget Hough to swear that be bad defrauded her by making her - believe she was best entitled to the effects of the said Mary Field, deceased, a fact in itself false; fur he (the deponent) did believe, sod still believed, that she and her uncle, Philip Bough, were entitled to the administration of the said effects. That, in confirmation of this belief, he had advanced 1101. to the party making the claim; but that the South Sea Comp my, in whose hands the property wee,' had refused to band it over. Another circumstance which he believed weighed against rim ea., he bad charged M. for managing a property of 420/., which was said to be extortion. but which deponent alleged did not exceed the usual charges, as the cost of the administration was known to he 171., and that of a ponce of Attorney :If. That the probability of the party claiming being the best entitled, arose from the circumstance of all the claimants being cousins of the deceased, which proved that there were no nearer relations living, or they would have put in their claims also. He admitted that he lied taken oat 35 'administrations, all of which he paid off and discharged. The conclusion contained evidence to the petitioner's character; he alleged that lie could produce persons to hls character for a number of years; that lie had resided in the same house for twenty years, and he prayed the Court to grant the administration in question upon Wednesday next, when he would attend for the purpose. Sir JOHN NICHOL asked if the petitioner who was present, bad any thing to add to his petition. Mr. Adey replied in the negative. Sir J. NICHOLL.—It has been correctly stated, that the Court ordered that no letters of administration should be granted to Mr. Adey until they had been moved for in Court, or a special application made to tbe Court for that purpose. But it is not true that such an order was founded upon, sir had reference .to any proceedings against the petitioner before the Lord Mayor ; but was in consequence of a complaint from a person in the North of Ireland, who stated that Hr. Adey had taken out administration to pro perty, in which that person was concerned, but of which be had since beard no further account. The Court had felt itself called upon to institute an enquiry, in conse quence of the complaint, and the result has been, that they found Mr. Adey had been taking out several admi nistrations, and besides the evidence officially before them. bad information to the same effect from other quarters.— They had, therefore, thought proper to put a stop to these proceedings, for Mr. Adey appeared to be trading in admi nistrations, and that he had set up business avowedly to get money for persons without any, the most distant ) c onnection with, or knowledge of, the effects in litiga tion, or the parties claiming them. It was in fact, a speco lotion to get as much money as he could, and to make out persons who might have claims to it. I f any doubt remained of that fact, it was removed by the petitioner's own ad mission, that be had taken out no less than thirty•five administrations for strange parties. Now it was known that administration by power of Attorney could be granted only where the parties claiming lived out of the province and even then it was necessary by a com mission to ascertain some certain data upon which the Court could proceed. Here the parties lived without the province of Canterbury. but what evidence was there of their existence, or their claims, except the power of at torney executed to the petitioner in this case ? This is not one of those cases of sudden death, in which testamentary evidence might with difficulty be got at, but for any thing that appeared, every fact could be spoken to by proper witnesses. Here then comes a man forward to speak to facts which cannot possibly be within his knowledge! He comes here and swears—or rather affirms, for this person is a Quaker—th4t " A.B. is dead, and C. D.,or some cousin or cousin german, have claims upon his property," but upon what ground any persons ran dare to apply to this Court by swearing to a fact of which lie has no knowledge, I am at a loss to conceive. It is not concealed that the property with which this person has been connecting himself is the unclaimed dividends at the Batik, and the manner io which these claims have been fur some time managed is become a serious public grievame. Ile, or some others—for it appears he lia4 now many competitors—put advertise trolls in the papers inviting persons to call upon them at a ert tain ti lien " they will hear something to their advantage." I can hr.,- tesiiinony lion) my on n experience to the mischiefs which airs syste:ii produces. 1V14 , -n I was in the country, it was stated to me, that several persons had received boos thee, to four letters for which they had i nvar i a bly t o p a y postage, arid the answers to which were to he post phi. Thus I saw myself several poor people ..ho had been tortured in this way, obliged to pay live or six shillings for postage, their hopes wantonly excited, and their minas made a prey of despair. The practice has, in Iran, become a matter of serious public grievance, and cannot be solfered in eohlim4l., Boit I ollg lit to say, that it was not upon this grotind I hod insole the order io gnrs lfon, fur at that time I had not heard the circum.stances. They have, however, confirmed me in the resolution of not granting this administration to 31r. Ailey, mar.- par ticularix when l have ouly his ips, g a.rit that C; ix . had .~_•- - _ .. _ j,~.n ~ ._ ~:-: died in the North of !Maul, and that E. F. was his cousin-german, a and had a claim upon his property." Oi these Cacti be cannot himself have goy knowkdge, and will not take his word that he has. I. must 'have some evidence more than the power of attorney granted to ;him, because, in every vier, a person may be procured to make a power of attorney who may be no relation to the parties, but would not be undisposed to make a claim, and trust to chance for the result. We cannot suffer parties thus to ' speculate in properties—the real owner may be either defrauded ; or if there is no owner, the property belongs to the public, and should properly remain where it is now lodged. Upoo all these grounds and more particularly because the party produces no evidence of facts, but from his own knowledge. which I Aoubt, lam resolved to adhere to the order which has been made. The petition was therefore dismissed, and Mr. Arley, ap. parently pinch disappointed at receiving the admonition, which be did not espect, left the Court. POLICE. 11Lerstost•nouss.—Wm. Hag was finally committed to Newgate, for passing 51. Bank of England forged notes and several witnesses board over to prosecute. MARLIIOROUGH-STRIZT.--. nr. Enerett,one of the toll takers at the turnpike gate at Smalibury Omen, on this vide of Hownslow, appeared at this office yesterday, before Mr. Dyer, the sitting magistrate, to answer to a summons, charging him with having extorted from the coachman of Sir J. Sewell more than the legal toll for the passing of Sir John's carriage and four horses through that gate on Sun. day, the 26th Oct. Vl3 • case being clearly proved, Mr. Dyer read over the clause of the act, which subjects every turnpike toll keeper to a penalty of 40s. for taking either more or less than the legal tollmad thedefendant was accordingly fined that sum and Ss. Gd. costs. The defendant said he Loped Sir John would allow a mitigation of the penalty ; for although he wile net the real offender, all the purdslitnent must fall upon him, and the money came out of his pocket. Sir Joho said, that as be was convinced the present de fendant was not the real guilty person, be would give him up his (Sir John's) h.lf of the penalty. on condition that he would adopt proper means to reform the insolence of the young men who attended the gate. This the defendant promised to do, and was only called on to pay 20s. and costs. I HAS PREMISES ROBBED OF ONE THOUSAND POUNDS. Queer+ aQuanc—On the night of Friday se'onight, or early on Saturday morning, the premises of the Westmin• ster Gas Company, in Horseferry.road, were burglariously entered, and cash to the amount of 1,0001. was carried off by the burglars. On the Friday night Mr. Rice Williams, the chief clerk to the establishment, was the last person who left the premises, and then all wax safe. About six o'clock on the (allotting morning, do leis going to the ftc. tory, he found the great outer gates closed, apparently as he had left them the preceding night. On proceeding Into the interior. he found that tyro windows coutronnicatior with one of the ware-roo ns bad been attempted) to be forced open, but a strong chain within hail re.itted the effort, although two bolts had been %trenched off. A door leading to a flight of stairs, communicating to the counting house, bad been forced open with a crow bar, and the violence used by the benders nearly shattered it to pieces. Haring gained an entrance to this depository, they began their work of plunder, and broke open an iron safe, from which they stole a tin cash boa, containing 700 sovereigns. A desk was also f weed open, and silver and copper monies to the amount of SiNt. more fell into the possession of the robbers. There was not a room in the spacious building bet was overhauled by the robbers ; and what is most ex traordinary, no person was seen to go in or oat by the watchmen. On the Monday morning information was given to the police, and the officers of this establishment have been upon the look out for the perpetrators night and day ever since. but nothing could be discovered till Tuesday night, when private information was teceived that the perpetrators of the burglary were to be found in the neighbourhood of the office. lo consequence of this camnsunication, George Pople, Cooper, and Goodly, repair. ed to a house in Old Pye Street, Westminster, where they apprehended a notorious individual, who has long been known on the town as an experienced " cracksman," named Charles Cartwright, on the charge of being concerned in the burglary. The house in which he was taken is of ill fame, and has long been the terror of the neighbourhood.— On being taken into custody, he at first attempted to make a resistance, but subsequently submitted Ito be handcuffed, protesting himself innocent of the burglary. The officers having captured him, repaired to the George and Bell, io Orchard Street, where they detected two others, named Henry Bardon and John Roberts, whom they also secured; and all three were brought to the office yesterday, before Mr. Raynsford, the Magistrate, under an escort of officers ; and on being placed at the her, the officers stated upon what charge they had apprehended the prisoners. The Magistrate asked if the persons belonging to the Gas Light Company were present to prefer the charge against them ?—The officers said, that as it would take a few days to arrange the evidence, they had to request that the pri soners might be remanded, to give them an opportunity to procure the attendance of the witnesses.—The prisoners said they could satisfactorily prove to the Magistrates that they were perfectly free from being concerned in the rob bery.—The Magistrate remanded them for farther examina. Lion.—The prisoners were then committed to Tuthill fields prison, to be brought up in a week for further ex , amination. MARTIABONE OFFICC—JUVINILS DEPRAVITT..--YeSter day a young boy, named Richard .111 . qott, was brought from the watch-house, and charged with defrauding his own fathrr. It appeared from the father's statement, that the boy was only 13 years of age, and although so very young, was absolutely an adept in thieving; every means bad been adopted to effect a reformation of his habits, but without avail. He had become linked with a gang of juvenile depredators, and boldly protested to his heart broken parents that he would be "an out and outer." The Magistrate ordered the boy to be detained fur the present. - - - • UNION HALL.—Yesterday a dustman complained to Mr. Cesstaeas, that his employer (Mrs. Ad!am) had refused to give him his " halves" of a 51. note, which he picked np in a dust-hole, at a house in Westminster. Mr. C/IA3IIIRRS inquired if all property found by him in the way described, went to his employer. The complainant. 7—" Oh ! no, Sir ; it is always the custom of the trade to share whatever of value is found— that is, one half to the finder, and the other half to the employer." The Magistrate desired him to state the way in which the 51. not• Irmi come into his possession. Complainant.—l was clearing out a dust-hole at a Mr. Sibbines, in Westminster about a fortnight ago, awl in shovelling up the rubbish I saw a rotten goose with a bit of paper wrapped round the tail of it. On opening out the paper, It proved to be a 51. note, which I took home to my mistress and gave her; but from that day to this, she has not given me a halfpenny of it, and refusrs to let me have my share. Mr. CHAMBERS said, that he would take care neither the mistress nor her man shoo! ; share the prize. lie oh s , vved, it would be easy to ascer.,on the owner of the note, hy compelling Mrs. Adlat» to deliver it up, and impottoding it at the office until the necessary steps were taken to inform• the loser of the circumstance. A sunsintots • then granted against Mrs. Atliant, fur the prtyluction oh he note. ..iitr. . . .:::-.v.1 , -='v•-•.•••-• • • FIRES. • .01ww•— About half.past nine o'c -4 lock last night a fire broke oat at a carpenter's shop in Bennet Street, Stamford Street, Bleckfrixrs' Road, %%Lich did considerable damage, hut, did net extend beyond the premiies. The alarm, however. which St occasioned was emit, from the win d blowhsg freshly from the south, and it bring known that Mr. Rue; in one of whose shops the fire appeared, bad a very large quantity of bnilding materials on the premises. Engines speedily arriving, the filmes were, by the exertions of the firemen and site supply of water, so far subdued by eleven o'clock, as to put aside all fears for the safety of the adjs . - cent premises. Our readers may judge of the alarni naturally excited, when we state that the reflection seen miles distant; and so late as half-past ten o'clock persons were seen running in every direction towards Blackfriars' Bridge. which was nearly impassable. Sin deceptive, too, was the appearance of the reflection as ta the place of the tire, that, about the time abovententioned a parish engine was driven down Newcastle Street, into Surrey Street, in the Strand, under the impression that the fire was in that neighbourhood. Further particulars of the Fire in the Parish workhouse of St. George's in the East.—Fross the inquiry instituted by this trustees into the circumstances attendant upon this unfortuna e calanilty, it appears that the fire originated in the oakum room, end it is conjectured that the person whose duty it was to light the fire in that room at five o'clock, previous to the commence ment of the day's labour, might incsutiously have suffered a spark to fall among the highly combustible material which WAS there lodged in considerable quantity. This once kindled. the flames spread wits greet rapidity, communicating from the floor nod wainscoting to the ceiling, sad thence to the ward above. which was occupied by a number of infirm poor. The anxiety felt on the instant for the safety of those who were thus pm. riously situated, It would be impossib:e to describe; and tss utmost exertions that the hurry and confusion of the moment permitted, were made to extricate them from the destreetion with width they were threatened. Many, however. were no sooner got out of the rooms than they insived upon returning. at all hazards, to endeavour to save front the devouring ele ment some little article of property which, in the first moment of alarm, they had forgotten. The overpowering heat and sti fling nature of the smoke which rolled upwards in thick biscdc, volumes from the oakum room below, threatened instant seffo cation to all within its reach, at length compelled the attenc ants to retire; and it was feared that several whose Itnprudenew had induced them to venture toa far into the endangered apart seas, were thus uusvoidattly abandoned to their fate. Ike I pariah and fire entities soon arrived, and a plentiful supply of water being oh' ained, the progress of the flames was checked. I and their ravages confined to the DeWitt" (a sort of out house) In which they first broke out. It is, however, to be I-me deo, that several lives were lost on the occasion, three bodies has !log been found when the fire was completely got under, of persons who appeared to have been suffocated by the smoke; and there Is reason to fear that a fourth has also suffered in a similar manner. •NoTnsf Accot• ?cr. The alarm was givenWil;houtiMW;ichmen to Mr. Fries the master of the Workhouse, but not before the suffocati.tg cloud bed reached to the infirm wards,forming the test wing of the oakum room, in which was contained filet class of its in mates whom Providence hal visited with the direst of a human calamities—the loss of reason—but who, yet actuatel by natural instinct, rushed into the yard watt the wil.lest sad most heart rending cries. In this awful crisis. ft i t but common justice to Mr. Friend, the Master. to say. that at the hazard of his bre he rushed into the clouds of smoke, ■nd succeeded in bringing out five unfortunate-individuals, and when nearly ex hausted by his efforts, ordered the outward wall to be beaten' down, by which prompt effort the general mess was saved.-- The scene may be imagined, but cannot be descrihoo-70t1 persons were tinder the common roof. each striving for indivi dual safely. Every effort that human exertion could mike was brought into action, and, we feel the liveliest sensations ilk announcing, were successful in stemming the progress of de.- struetion. Messrs. Deddine and Foulger, Churchwardens, and who are also Trustees of the National Sshool, were on the spot at the earliest possible moment, and with a degree of feeling that reflects credit on humanity, opened the Schwa house, had fires lit and cordials administered to the forlorn sufferers; in this work of trme charity they were aided by tile , Churchwardens, Messrs. Beddlue and Driver, who sent in a. provision of clothing, and from fifty to sixty beds were made up at the time we left—seven o'clock.—Four bodies had been taken out lifeless, a fifth with slight hopes. DURRAM, Nov. 3.—ln consequence of an explosion of foul air in a coal pit, called the Plain Pit, belonging to the Marquess of Londonderry, situate near Rainton, about five miles from this city, a another of unfortunate persons hare lust their lives. f lie accident took place this morning about five o'clock. There are a greet variety of rumours afloat respecting the number of persons employed in the I pit at the time, but from the best information I have been able to acquire, I believe there were between 90 and 1(10; the whole of whom it is supposed have perished. At the time the latest accounts lett the scene of the catlittolAse,. nearly 40 bodies had been brought up corpses. We insertedia paragraph on Friday of an accident that be fel Mr. Edward Helices, of Chatham, from which, alumni* his thigh was broken, be was doing well; we have since learned with much concern that unfavourable symptoms ap peared which terminated in inortilkation, and she urforsonnis leentlemanexpired on Saturday mains last.—(lienlish Citron. Nov. 4.) CARLISILR, October 3:l.—The nine dais of delightful wea ther, accompanied by a sharp easterly wind, which entible4 the farmers in the low grounds of this district to clear thenr fields of every species of grain, terminated on Saturday last, Oa the day following, the wind having veered round front the east to the south-west, the atmosphere assumed that dark and lowering aspect which has been so long, prevalent, and on Monday we bad a number of heavy showers, succeeded es Tuesday by a deluge of constant rain, which continued with little Intermission for two days. This unfortunate change in the woollier has retarded the leading home of whatever corn may yet be unhoused in the higher lands; but there is er ery reason to believe that the quantity is very trifling.—Raising of potatoes is now the principal object of the farmer's atten tion, and great exertion is making to secure that important crop, which it is to be feared was injured by the keen (rat which prevailed on Thursday. Yesterday was a most favour able day for field labour, the sky being unc onded. with a strong piercing wind; a few days more equally propitious would dispel every fear as to the safety of the crops in gene ral. anti enable 'the farmers to pursue those agricultural ope rations which have been obstructed by the lateness of the bar . vest.—(Carlisle Journal.) MARRIED.—At St.:George'a Church, Hanover-square, G. M. Lin , hone of Poole. Duvet, to Marla, (of Betgraee•house, Grosvenor plot.), ynwi-•s daughter of the late William Clarke, El.i. law-bookseller. Portugal-street On Tuesday morning. the 4th instant. at St. Genrce•the-Martvi t s, Que^ll - J, Vissey, Esq. of Exeter to Sarah. widow of the late James Rooker. Esq. of New Bank Buildings. tad of Perelval street, Northampton squaw. Oa Wednesday setinight, it Wickham Market. J. Dnrrua•s. to Marpret Smith. a blooming eunple, the bridegroni aged 69, and his bride 70. alter a protracted courtship 01 36 years. MED.—On Tue-day, the 4th instant. at Pentotiville. after a loot nod painful illness. Mary Anti, wife ot 'finintontli Olson, Esq. of New Boswell. court. Carey,freet. Oil the .Ith instant, at Hampstead. Middlesex, in his Seth year, Mr. Jot. Stephenson. On Thursday last, Mr. Potter, of Soho-square, in the 64th year of his ace. On rot Ist of Not-flintier. near Gravesend, Coi.G. COAL-MARKET, Nov. 5. Ships at Market. Ship.; sold. to} Newcastle II Sop4erland. I I 4os. Od. to 47, 941 D it. E.,01 respecttutly calls toe aUeuuou ut these to his peculiar and effectual method of cure, and although he will not presume to pledge infalliaiihy in every description of ease, yet as far as human aid. assist ell by medical null snreiest experience can be app pr anises a speedy and permanent restoration.--Dr• is consulted daily nt No. 3s, Dean-street, Soho, and I. II dficid - Oreet, Stamford-street, Blacktrinrs and Weterloo-ri,gois, bl patients of both sexes. Country letters, (post paid) r", closing a fee, meet respectable attention by return of sc!w uo oost.—Upper Ground street. Surrey side of Illackfriars Bodo leads directly to I, llntlield street - _ f. radon : Printed and Published at the Office, No. ?97. Stra'A • b;• R. WARDELL, LL.D. Proprietor. et- -~~