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the Slamannan, and the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven
Railway Bills to the same committee,—be discharged, in
so far as relates to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Bill, and that the committee on the said bill have leave to
sit and proceed on Wednesday next, without further no-
tice.
On a division, the numbers were—For the motion 65;
against it 66 ; majority 1.
A petition was presented by Mr. WYSE, from the mem-
bers of the Repeal Association of Ireland, signed by
821,000 persons, praying for inquiry into the late state
prosecutions. The hon. member gave notice that he would
call the attention of the house to the allegations of the
petition on an early day.
Mr. EWART brought forward his motion respecting the
repeal of duties on the raw material of manufactures, and
the reduction of those duties which press on articles of
interchange in return for our manufactures ; but while
the hon. gentleman was yet speaking the house was
counted out.

13.630 of the Ma.

LOCAL.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BOLD-STREET.
THREE PERSONS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

On Wednesday morning, about a quarter to five
o'clock, a fire was discovered in the back part of the
house occupied by Mr. Robert Clay, chemist and drug-
gist, situated at the upper end of Bold-street, on the
right-hand side, contiguous to Colquitt-street. There
were only three persons sleeping on the premises, namely,
Mr. Keane, Mr. Smith, an assistant in the shop, and a
servant maid. Mr. Clay resides at Everton, and knew
nothing of the catastrophe .for an hour or two after it had
taken place. The discovery of the fire seems to have
been made by Mr. Keane, Mr. Smith, and the servant
almost at the same time ; for Mr. Keane, hearing a noise
and finding his bed-room filled with smoke, rushed down
stairs and found Mr. Smith on the staircase endeavouring
to effect his escape. The lower part of the premises was
so densely filled with smoke and flame that Mr. Keane
became dreadfully alarmed, and returned up stairs to the
two-pair front room, where he was speedily joined by the
servant maid. Just at this time some gentlemen, who
lodged in a house nearly opposite, were taking some re-
freshment after having returned from a ball, and hearing
the alarm they ran into the street, as did also a young
man in the employ of Mrs. Brown, a milliner, next door.
While they were standing opposite Mr. Clay's premises,
Mr. Keane and the servant were observed at the window,
Mr. Keane endeavouring to prevent her from jumping
out. She succeeded, after a struggle, in releasing her-
self, and, the moment she was free, she jumped into the
street, a height of between 30 and 40 feet. One of the
gentlemen opposite, a Mr. Todd, seeing the frightful
descent, endeavoured to catch her, and succeeded in lay-
ing hold of her arm, by which means he broke her fall,
otherwise her brains would, in all probability, have been
dashed out. Her arm was found to be severely burned,
and she was otherwise so seriously injured, that at first
her life was despaired of. She was immediately removed
to the house in which Mr. Todd lodges, where she lay
for several hours in a delirious state, but at the expira-
tion of that time she rallied considerably, and was taken
to the Infirmary, where she remains at present. Mr.
Keane, almost immediately, followed her rash example,
by jumping out of the window upon the cluster of gen-
tlemen who were standing round the girl at the time.
He fell upon one of them—the young man from Mrs.
Brown's establishment, whom he pressed to the ground,
and who was considerably contused, though not to any
very serious extent, by the fall and pressure. Mr. Keane
himself was dreadfully injured, to such an extent indeed,
that his life at first was considered in great jeopardy:
He was also removed to Mr. Todd's lodgings, where he
was placed in a separate bed, and where he continued
for some hours in such an excited state that it was deemed
advisable not to ask him any questions, or to allow any
others but the medical men near him. As the day ad-
vanced he became calmer, and, to all appearance, out
of danger. The greatest possible care was taken of the
patients by the inmates of the house. They were, in the
first instance, visited, but only for a short time, by Mr.
Bickersteth, surgeon, who happened to be passing in his
carriage ; and subsequently by Mr. Archer, surgeon of
the Borough Gaol, who fortunately resided in Renshaw-
street, in the immediate neighbourhood, and who was
unceasing in his exertions to administer relief. With
respect to the fire, we have only to say that its ravages
were wholly confined to the manufacturing part of the
premises, to the staircase, and also to the front and rear
of the second or upper floor, and that neither the drawing-
room nor the shop (which is one of the handsomest
druggists' shops in the town) has been burned. Three
engines from the Fire Station, with the large tank and
several water-carts, were upon the spot in the course of
a quarter of an hour after the alarm had been given.
They were accompanied by Mr. Hewitt, and very shortly
after were followed by Mr. Commissioner Dowling, Mr.
Maxwell, inspector of salvage, and Mr. Alderman Law-
rence, the chairman of the Watch Committee. For the
first half-hour the engines were supplied with water from
the tank and water-carts, and at the expiration of that
time, but not before, a plentiful supply was obtained
from the street. The flames continued for about two
hours to burst forth with great fury, but in about an
hour after the engines had arrived, the roof fell in with
a tremendous crash, and from that time the fire might
be said to have been mastered. The joists of the house
next door, Mrs. Hodgkins, the brushmaker's, caught fire
at one period, but, by judicious management, it was pre-
vented from extending. How the fire originated is in-
volved in mystery. Damage to house and property to
the extent of £l,OOO or £1,2.00 was effected ; but we
are happy to learn that no pecuniary loss will fall upon
Mr. Clay, as he was insured to the amount of £2,000 in
the Liverpool Office. There was a steam-engine of five-
horse power on the premises, upon which the flames took
little or no effect. It was supposed for a long while that
Smith had been buried in the ruins ; and when the smoke
had in some degree been cleared away, Mr. Dowling
ordered some of the men to ascend the staircase for the
purpose of ascertaining his fate. While they were en-
gaged in this manner, tidings were brought that the
young man had effected his escape at an early period of
the conflagration, and that he had lied to the house of
his uncle in Preeson's-row, in a state of alarm scarcely
to be imagined. It was said that he had got out of the
premises by the front door ; but, whether this were so or
not, he was, at all events, uninjured. About eight o'clock
the fire was completely subdued.—Gore's Advertiser.

INQUESTS.
(Before P. F. CURRY, Esq., Borough Coroner.)

CASE or MANSLAUGHTER.—An inquest was held on
Tuesday, (and by adjournment on Wednesday,) on view
of the body of Mary Bran-thin, a married woman, aged
26. Owing to the circumstances that transpired on the
preliminary inquiry, the husband of the deceased was
brought up in custody. The deceased and her husband
and family occupied rooms in the house of Wm. M`Lean,
No. 3, Crosby-street. On new year's night last a female
in the house beard the deceased call to her, and on going
to her met her coming out of the kitchen, in a stooping
position, witb.one hand up to her head. Witness took
hold of her, as she appeared to be falling, and then found
a small cut on the left side of deceased's forehead, which
was bleeding. She said her husband, John Bramhill, had
struck her; but did not say when, or whether she had
been knocked down or not. Her husband at the time was
sitting by the fire with the children. He was quite sober ;
but the deceased was in liquor. Witness dressed her
head, and she soon after went out to a public-hour,
where witness went for her and brought her home. Wit-
ness did not complain of anything ailing her until about a
fortnight ago, when she was informed she was ill and con-
fined to her bed. On visiting her, witness found her
insensible. A surgeon attended her from that time, but
she continued in the same state until Sunday evening last,
when she died. Witness had heard that deceased had
fallen down the steps of the coal cellar ; but deceased did
not complain to witness of having hurt herself, though
the witness frequently saw her •, nor did she say she had
fallen down the steps. The landlady of the house heard
that deceased and her husband had been quarrelling on
the night in question, and that he had struck her, and she
had fallen. Witness heard the husband say, that deceased
had better leave him altogether, as she was so much given
to drinking. Next day deceased disposed of all her hus-
band's goods, and left, and was away for a week. Witness
persuaded the husband to take her hack, which he did.
She did not then complain of ailing anything,
wands sent
about her work as usual, up to about three weeks ago,
when she complained of pains in her head. In about a
week she became worse, and insensible, and died as stated.
When in drink she used to aggravate her husband very
much, but was kind to him when she was sober. Mr.
John Ashcroft, surgeon, said he was called to deceased on
the 14th, and found her insensible, and labouring under
symptoms of concussion of the brain. From the remedies
used she partially rallied, but died on Sunday evening. On
a post mortem examination he found a fracture of the skull
on the left side, and a large abscess of the brain, which
was the cause of death. The fracture was the cause of
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Mr. Kelly that he had found his wife drunk ; that she
threw a jug or basin at him ' • and that he had struck her
with his hand, and she fell against the table. The pri-
soner, on being cautioned, declined to say anything in his
defence. The Coroner summed up with great care, and
the jury brought in a verdict amounting to " Manslaugh-
ter." The Coroner remarked that the case was certainly
a slight one of that kind, though the jury could not, be
thought, have arrived at any other finding. He regretted
that the law did not permit him to receive bail, which he
would otherwise certainly do.
CONVULSIONS.—Same day, on Mary Ann Heywood,
aged ten weeks, who, it appeared, died from convulsions.
Verdict accordingly.—Same day, on Moses Lindsay, aged
seven weeks, who died on Sunday morning from convul-
sions. Verdict accordingly.
BODY FOTTND IN THE CANAL.—Same day, on the body
of George Osborne, a dyer, 28 years old, who had been
missing from his house in Highfield-street since the 29th
ult. On Monday, a youth, named Henry Jones, while
raking up some mud in the canal, to stop the water from
coming through the gates of the graving-dock there,
found the body. On the night of the 29th he was seen
in a court in Ray-street, much intoxicated, and bleeding
at the nose. He afterwards turned towards Plumbe-
street. When he left his home he had with him a pocket-
book, containing about forty duplicate pawn-tickets, and
five shillings and tenpence in money. Some of the tickets
were afterwards picked up at the corner of Edmund-street.
The pocket-book has not since been recovered. The jury
returned a verdict of " Found drowned."
DISEASE OF THE HEART, &c.—Same day, on the body
of Michael Carney, aged 64, who resided in Arley-street.
He had for some time laboured under asthma. On Sun-
day night he went to bed in his usual health, but com-
plained of a difficulty of breathing. About five in the i
morning-he was heard to moan, and on his wife attending
to him he could not answer her. A surgeon was called,
but he died before he reached him. Mr. Arnott, surgeon
at the Dispensary, (who had before prescribed for the de-
ceased for bronchitas,) found, on an examination of the
body, that death had been caused by an extensive disease
of the heart. Verdict accordingly.
DEATH FROM A FALL.—On Wednesday, on view of
the body of Elizabeth Lawson, a woman of 80 years old,
who resided in Watkinson-street. A fortnight ago de-
ceased had unloosed her clothes to go up stairs to bed,
and just as she was stepping on the first stair, her clothes
tripped her, and she fell backwards, and struck her head
with great force against the floor, which is flagged. When
picked up she was quite insensible, and so continued until
Saturday night, when she died. The deceased was the
mother, by her first husband, of Mr. James Stevenson,
now residing, out of business, at Birkenhead. Mr. John
Johnson, surgeon, was called to deceased on the 9th inst.,
and found her labouring under concussion of the brain,
which was the cause of death. Verdict, " Accidental
death."

DEATH FROM BuRNING.—Same day, on view of the
body of Mary Leddy, a child six years old, daughter of a
poor pensioner in Shand-street, who keeps a small fruit-
stall in the street. On Tuesday afternoon, the deceased,
who was a cripple, was left in a room sitting by the fire.
On her father returning, he found deceased lying on her
face on the floor, all in flames, which he extinguished.
She was severely burnt all over, and blood flowed from
her mouth. She was unable to speak, and died about
five minutes after being found. Verdict, " Died from the
burning, but how her clothes became ignited there was
no evidence to show."

SUDDEN DEATFI.—Same day, on view of the body of
Edward Upton, a poor man, aged 58 years. On Monday
morning deceased was found sitting on the steps of the
house of Mrs. Taylor, publican, Williamson-square. He
was carried in and placed on a form, but, becoming worse
and unable to speak, was conveyed to the Workhouse,
where wine and gruel were given to him, but he gradually
sunk, and died in about three hours after. Mr. George
Woods, surgecn, on a post-mortem examination, found
the liver, bowels, and lungs diseased. The disease of the
lungs was the cause of death, and had been of some stand-
ing. Verdict, " Death from natural causes."
APOPLEXY.—Same day, on the body of Wm. Thorpe,
aged 34. He resided in Preston-street, and was taken ill
in the night of Monday, with a pain in his chest, and
vomiting and purging. He was apparently well when he
went to bed. He went out in the morning and got six-
pennyworth of brandy. He soon afterwards fell from
where he was sitting, and was unable to speak. A doctor
was afterwards brought. but he was found to be dead.
Mr. P. Macintyre, surgeon, examined the body, and
found the cause of death to be apoplexy, and, from the
contents of the stomach, and absorption in the head,
probably the result of excessive drinking. Verdict,
" Died from apoplexy."
DISEASE OF THE HEART.—Same day, on view of the
body of Sarah Tomlinson, aged 71. Six or seven months
ago, on a Sunday, deceased was found in Scotland-road,
sitting on the steps of a house, bespattered all over with
mud, and bleeding from two cuts on the head. She said
she had fallen on coming out of chapel. She was taken
to Tenterden-street, where she lived. It appeared she
had been taken with a giddiness when she fell. She had
kept complaining ever since, and got worse until Monday
last, when she died. Mr. George Woods, surgeon, made
a post-mortem examination, and found the cause of death
to have been a rupture of a blood-vessel in the region of
the heart. Verdict accordingly, " Natural causes."

RCH 26, 1844.

will form no obstruction to visitors to either or to both. It
is intended that the trees and shrubs should not be such
as will attain a high stature, but the most likely to thrive
in such proximity to the town, without interrupting the
prospect, but, at the same time, affording sufficient shade
and shelter to the numerous winding walks, and grass and
flower plots that will be interspersed. We learn, too, that
Mr. Zwilchenbart purposes to erect a beautiful fountain
on the ground opposite his house—when the water can
be spared—from the grand reservoir of the corporation,
about to be formed at Edge-hill, under the new act, for
the extinguighment of fires, the watering of the streets,
&c. Mr. Zwilchenbart has already, we learn, in antici-
pation of obtaining water from this source, sent to Lon-
don for approved plans for a jet at his own expense. The
rough wall on the west side of Shaw-street is to be re-
placed by a low wall of hewn stone, to be surmounted by
handsome iron railings to correspond with those enclosing
the ground onapich stands St. Augustine's.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRONT OF THE
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.

In common with many of our townsmen we have all
along had to regret, that from some oversight, or from
the want of sufficient land behind, that noble pile, " The
Collegiate Ins'i u t ion," was placed with a frontage lineable
1. with Shaw-street, in place of being thrown back, or re-
icessed,—so that if that street be completed on the original
plan, (with a straight line of houses on the west side, op-
posite to the building,) the large and magnificent front
elevation can be but inadequately embraced by the eye of
the passenger even from the most distant point in that
,thoroughfare. Various plans have naturally arisen in the
,minds of many individuals well affected to the institution,
as not only admirable in its object, but ornamental to the
town, to obviate, as far as that can be now accomplished,
this obvious defect,—all of them having reference to the
appropriation of a portion of the yet almost entirely vacant
ground on the opposite side of the street. Some have sug-
gested a square, or quadrangle, built on three sides, which
would certainly be the most effective ; but the great ex-
pense, at a period when the funds of the institution are
unfortunately very limited to meet even the educational
expenditure, presents, we fear, an insuperable bar to the
project so extensive. Others have proposed that a crescent
should be formed immediately opposite, leaving the space
between in street. We ourselves suggested this to some
private friends upwards of twelve months ago, and it has
since, we learn, occurred to others ; but on rather too
small and inadequate a scale—the convex line of houses
being proposed to extend between the two sectional points
of the street formed by lines drawn across from the north
and south sides of the building—which, unless the seg-
meat approached to a semicircle, causing considerable di-
version of line of street, would cause a waste of ground, as
little or none of it would be available for ornamental pur-
poses. Others have proposed the opposite line of Shaw-
street to be built straight as originally intended, but to
form a good street, running east and west, immediately in
front of the grand entrance. This street, however, what-
ever width it might be, would afford only a partial view
of the centre of the structure.

Having recently learned that a large breadth of the land
on the east side of Shaw-street, north of the institution
and St. Augustine's Church, is in progress (as described
in another column) of being converted into pleasure
grounds as far as Everton-brow,—which will greatly im-
prove the neighbourhood of the college on that side,—our
attention has been more fully drawn to the consequently
still greater necessity, as a matter of taste, of justice being
done, ere it be too late, to that pleasing specimen of the
Tudor style of architecture, which it were a pity should
be comparatively hid from public view by the proximity
of houses erected opposite to it in a straight line. After
some little consideration we have come to the conclusion
that, considering all the circumstances, the most:feasible
plan would be to form a crescent of a gentle curve, greater
in extent between its extreme points than the full length
of the building, and which would admit of an ornamental
shrubbery within a segment of a large circle described
from the same point, and immediately in front of the
building.
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On the left is represented a plan of the frontage of the
Itistitution at its ground level, with its projecting wings,
grand entrance in the centre, and buttresses. Close to
this we propose a broad flagged or asphalturn foot-path,
extending in width about nine feet beyond the wings, and
with a small gate at each end. Lineable with this is a
carriage-way of sufficient width to admit of vehicles, (on
high days and holydays,) setting down or taking up with
the horses heads one way respectively. This is approached
by an iron gate at each end. Opposite the grand entrance
this road forms a small segment, which will allow a wider
landing place on the foot-path, here also forming a cor-
responding segment. Directly opposite, and extending
from its points, is a segmental space with its chord, enclosed
within railings, and a central gate leading into it from op-
posite the grand entrance—which may he planted with
shrubs, evergreens, holyhocks, flowers, and other pro-
ductions of the shrubbery, of low stature, so as not to
interrupt the view or the circulation of air north and south.
Beyond this, within parallel curves, and a foot-walk on
each side, is Shaw-street—here bounded on the west by
the crescent of new houses, within railings, continued from
those now in the street, and about 110 yards from point
to point. The depth of the shrubbery would be about 57
or 58 feet in the middle, and its length from point to point
precisely that of the front of the building, or 92 yards.
Taking this space as so much gained—at least for adorn-
ment—very little land, if any, would be sacrificed ; the
street, from the great span of the crescent, would be but
little diverted from its original line, and being about 26
yards wide on the west foot-walk, opposite the grand
entrance, would be about 45 yards from the building, and
would show it to advantage. Both shrubbery and street
would form an open space or area of their united width,
which would form a pleasing prospect from the windows;
and by free circulation of air, as well as better admitting
the rays of the sun from thew est, would conduce to the
health and cheerfulness of the teachers and pupils. A
street may also be formed through the centre of the
crescent, (atter the manner of Lord-street, in St. George's
Crescent;) but if this would be attended with much ad-
ditional expense, it need not be attempted, especially as
the crescent would be more perfect without such inter-
section. There is an isolated house on the south side
already built, (marked Ain the plan,) part of which would
have to be removed, as it abutts on the crescent, and partly
I faces the south wing of the Institution ; but the front of

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