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regulation by which criminals sente . rail .4ar,,iii,„„, l•-• 4:".)
not informed of. the day on which the . -,7": M". tit- 3
about an hour before the time fixed on . - -tliti4t clf7. ---/. The criminal,,lulled by a false hope of bitiiipeitE to A6l :4 1..
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- superior court being successful, or of his'petition to the
King for mercy being listened to, refuses to attend to the
pious exhortations of the chaplain, thinking that he will
have no necessity for repentance, and passes his time,im
_ a state of brute carelessness, in which he is encouraged
'by his fellow-prisoners, who flatter him with the idea ' that at most be will get off with travaux forces, hard
labour for life. This continues till some morning he is
suddenly informed that in an hour (sometimes even less) he-ia-te-ascend the steps of the guillotine. At first,
stunned by this information, he shows no exterior signs of emotion ; the chaplain attempts to pour consolation,
into ears yet deafened by the sounds Of death, and ere
the miserable man can be made to understand that :hat
is his last opportunity for making his peace with an
offended Deity, he is given up to the executioner, the
axe falls, and his soul is in the presence of its Judge.
Even the English system, bad as it is, is better than
this. A lamentable instance of the effect produced
by this regulation latt-ly occurred at lilezjeres (Ar-
dennes). Jacques Lona.), , had been condemned in
Janinry last to death for assassination, against which
sentence he had appealed, and confidently expected
that it would be mitigated to hard labour for life. On
the sth of March his appeal was rejected, a fact of which
he was left in ignorance until the 9th instEnt, the day
fixed for his execution, which was to take place in the
Place St. Julian, at nine o'clock. At half-past seven,
Lonay, who had been present at mass with the other
prisoneri, was detained by the chanlain, the Abbe Garot,
for the purpose of communicating to him the fatal news; -
the- Abbe, however, overcome with emotion at the •
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corpse, he had not courage to announce to him the sad
truth. The clerk then read to him the ,decree of the
Court of Cassation rejecting his appeal; and, as he
seemed not to comprehend the purport of the decree, it
was at last explained to him that he must no longer
count on the mercy of man. Lonay then protested his
innocence, walked up and down the oratory, clasping his
hands and groaning piteously. He was then left to the
exhortations of the priest, to which he only replied by
groans and protestations of innocence. This scene lasted .
till the arrival of the executioners. On their attempting
to bind his arms, lie stiffened them against his side, say-
ing he could walk well enough without being pinioned.
He refused to drink a glass of wine offered him by the
turnkey, and walked without assistance to the exterior
door of the prison, where, on beholding the crowd, he
uttered a plaintive cry and turned to the priest, who
was by his side. After he had ascended the scaffold he
confessed his guilt, and in a few minutes all was over..

THE LATE COLLIERY ACCIDENT.
BILSTON, FRIDAY.—Last evening an inquest was held on
the bodies of the five men who lost their lives in consequence
of the accident which took place on Wednesday.
The first witness was a nr'n named Morgan, who stated
that he was standing at the top of the pit when the men who
have lost their lives were being let down the shaft ; that
they were all cautioned not to go into the works until the
" doggie " came down : that the skip had just been lowered
down the shaft with a second party, but before they had pro-
ceeded many yards the explosion took place, by which they
were all blown many yards into the air. Four were picked
ukdead immediately afterwards, and William Jones was also
found dead at the bottom of the mine, his death having been
caused from suffocation. The remainder of the men and boys
in the mine were got up, having sustained injuries more or
less extensive. Cox, the " doggie," is suffering from severe
contusion of the brain. The witness further stated that the
mine was well ventilated completely through its workings,
and that it was not usual for the men to go into the pit until
the "doggie" had tried it by means of the safety-lamp ;
that this trial not unfrequently takes place three or four
times a day, when there is any apprehension of a collection
of sulphur.
The remainder of the evidence was corroborative of the
statements which have already appeared in The Sun, and
showed the reckless manner in which Jones had rushed upon
death; one fact, however, was elicited in the course of the
inquiry, which is worthy of especial notice; it was, that the
" doggie" did not always go down the mine in the morning
in the first skip.
The CORONER remarked on this circumstance, and observed
that it ought to be imperative for him to do so. Had such
been the case (he said) en this occasion, the lives of five
human beings would, hi all probability, have been saved.
The jury returned a verdict to the effect that Wm. Jones
died of suffocation, occasioned by an explosion of sulphuric
acid gas, and that Abraham Atkiss, John Evans, Enoch Bet-
tray, and Thomas Vinsome, died from wounds and bruises
accidentally received in consequence of the explosion.
The remain der of those who are injured are going on
favourably.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.
A very large meeting of the members of this Association
was held last night at the Hanover-square Rooms; Mr. R.
R. Pennington presiding on the occasion.
A very lengthened report having been read by the Secre-
taries, setting forth the past operations and future plans of
the association, several resolutions were carried, embodying
the suggestions it contained, and of which the following are
copies :
" I. That the indefinite postponement of the settlement
of the medical question in Parliament, and the consequent
unsucce=sful issue of the exertions cf the committee to obtain
a charter of incorporation for the general practitioners, is
chiefly to be attributed to the existing colleges having un-
duly exercised their influence, and thrown unwarrantable
qbstacles in the way of the Secretary of State for the Home
Department; that in consequence an absolute necessity exists
for the general practitioners to maintain a permanent col-
lective (n-ganization, with an authoritative council to protect
their interest. It is therefore, the opinion of this meeting,
that the recommendation of the committee, in the report '
which has just been read, that the National Association
shr uld be established on a more permanent basis, be forth-
with adopted, and that the members of the association, and
of the profession generally, be canvassed as to their willing-
ness to co-operate in the formation of a National Institute of
Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, on the plan recommended
in the report.

"2. That it is expedient in the meantime that the
National Association should maintain its present position,
that it may be prepared to act in any emergency that may
arise, and be ready to avail itself of every suitable occasion to
urge upon the Legislature the pressing necessity, on public
grounds, of a revision of the laws affecting the medical pro-
fession, and also, ‘as a numerous and important collective
body, that it may exercise all the means at its disposal to
produce a satisfactory settlement of the complicated question
of medical reform.

" 3. That the committee of the National Association be
requested to continue their functions as a provisional com-
mittee, and with power to add to their numbers, for the pur-
pose of carrying out the two last resolutions; and that future
public meetings be called as soon as the committee may be
prepared to receive a report from the committee of their pro-
ceedings, and of the opinions of the profession on the forma-
tion of a National Institute cf Medicine, Surgery, and Mid-
wifery."

A rote of thanks was carried to the Apothecaries' Society,
for their enlightened policy in raising the qualifications of the
general practitioners, and in the part which they had taken
in the late questions affecting the medical profession.
A great number of speakers addressed the meeting, amongst
whom were Mr. Bird, Mr. Purcel, Dr. Cooper, dlr. Bedding-
field, Mr. F. A. Bonney, Mr. G. Daniel, Mr. Rogerson, Mr.
J. Woolridge, and Mr. M. Beale. Great indignation was ex-
pressed during the evening at the terms in which the Hun-
terian oration had spoken of the general practitioners, and
generally at the conduct of the council of the College of Sur-
geons. Hopes were also expressed by Mr. Sparkes, Mr.
Cooper, and members of the committee, that the differences
which had hitherto existed among the body of general prac-
titioners might yet be adjusted.
After a vote of thanks to the chairman and secretaries the
meeting broke up.

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BRANDLEkM

JuricrzoN RAILWAY.—The inquest on the body of Sarah
Rippon, whose death was occasioned by the accident on this
railway on Sunday last, was resumed at South Shields, on
Thursday, before J. M. Favell, Esq., coroner for the district.
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E. Harrison, engineer to the Newcastle and Darlington Rail-
way Company, and others connected with the line, were
examined at length, but they failed satisfactorily to exll lai
the exact cause of the accident. The jury, therefore,
agreeld
to the following verdict :—" That the decased, Sarah Rip-
pon, came to her death from being scalded by the boiler of
the engine No. 9, belonging to the Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction Railway Company ; but that there is no evi-
dence to show the jury in what way the engine was thrown: off the line, or that any blame can be attached to any of the
company's servivanntEit
s."
CA.UGHT..--011r readers will, many
of Atheßmk, TrecAcollect a noted rat-catcher who exhibited in our
market, a few weeks since, a cage full of vermin,
over which
he seemed to have obtained a sort of mesmeric influence, in-
asmuch as they did just what he permitted them to do, and
no more. On Saturday last this same individual exhibited
his stock at Bedford; and while holding a rat in each hand,
irritating them to fight each other, one of them fastened on
his hand, and before he could release himself from that, the
other rat fastened on his other hand, and both of them lace-.
rated him severely. Ilse was unable to make them loose their
hold until he strangled them off with his teeth, and spat
them dead upon the ground. Misfortunes, we are told, go in
• pairs; the same evening he was again caught, and locked up
in Bedford gaol, on a charge of stealing a watch.—Banbury
Guardian.
Ibrahim Pacha left the baths of Vernet on the 12th
instant for Paris, with his health completely re-established.
He is accompanied by the Marquis de Lavalette, who was
sent to him by the King, Saimaa and Sanci Pashas,
Scander Boy, son of Soliman, Major-General Ibrahim Be},
Dr. Lallemant, Colonel Bonfart, It ustapha Effendi, an Aide-
de-Camp of his Highness, M. Nubard, and Outri.,dragoomfeaenrs:
the secretary of the Marquis do Lavalette, and a train
vents. The private physician of his Highneig, M. Wag*
none, and Mehemet Effendi, a superior officer, left Verner
obtained
three days before Ibrahim Pacha; the first
ihavingn boni
his a
leave to visit his family in Piedmont, and tiiineesscs,cgo
gave
noble
return to Egypt. While at Verret his Highness
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TUE BRICKLAYERS' STRIKE -AT BIRMTN6HAM.—
FRIDAY EVENING.—The strike among the men employed in
the building trade in this town still continues, and without
any prospect of a satisfactory settlement.
CONSECRATION OF A NEW BURIAL-GROUND AT ETON
COLLEGE.—A. new burial-ground, in cotmaxion with the
college, extending over about an acre of land on the Eton-
wick road, and within five hundred yards of the college
chapel, was consecrated on Thursday morning by the Bishop
of Lil4ol/1.