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Stt1imary Of Jews Foe Apml.

tunately , the accidents , for extent of injury , have been more numerous than usual . ; '' - ' On the 24 th of March , a clergyman slipped off the coping at the corner of Liquorpond-street , when the wheel of an omnibus that was going by passed over his skull and killed him .

On the 30 th appeared in the London newspapers an account of a fearful accident which took place in Canada by the breaking down of a lattice-bridge while a passenger train was passing over it . The greater number of the passengers were killed , and among them our distinguished transatlantic Brother M . Zimmerman , the great railway contractor . On the 31 st , an accident took place on the railway near Cockermouth , by reason of the train getting off the rails . It has been said that some miscreant placed an obstruction on the line for the purpose of destroying a body of voters on their return from polling for a political opponent of his .

On the 1 st of April , two children died at Ellenshall , in Staffordshire , from the effects of laudanum incautiously administered to them by their mothers to put thena to sleep . The same day a boy was shot by another boy with whom he was at play in a field nea-r Cheveley . On the 6 th , in consequence of the heavy rains , the river Don overflowed its hanks , doing great injury to property in the neighbourhood of Doncaster . On the

same day a collier took fire in Hartlepool harbour , by reason of the explosion of a quantity of coal-gas , generated by the coal with which she was freighted . On the same day , an invalid lady , the wife of a clergyman , was burned to death at Chippenham . The same day , at Liverpool , a butcher named Gibbons , in a fit of insanity cut the throat of his child , and endeavoured to treat his wife and other children in the same manner .

On that evening , a garotte robbery was committed at Hove , near Brighton , and a card-sharper was arrested in one of the South-Western trains . On the 7 th , a discharged pensioner , residing in one of the streets of the Caledonian-road , murdered his landlord , by stabbing him with a sword . The same day , the Transit , with troops on board , set out from Portsmouth for China , but had to put back next day with nine feet of water in the hold , in consequence of having at night fouled on the fluke of her own anchor .

On the 8 th , a dwarf female pedlar , named Hannah Hanson , was charged at the Lambeth Police Court with stealing a boy ' s coat . On being searched , there was found on her person the sum of £ 90 . She went to prison rather than pay a fine of £ 5 . On the 9 th , three men were killed by the explosion of fire-damp in the Corse Colliery , Glamorganshire . On the same evening , a girl named Elizabeth Jones , was murdered on board a barge at Maidstone .

On the 10 th , two men were killed by the falling in of two houses in Russellcourt , Bow-street . They were employed in taking them down . The same night , a destructive fire broke out in Featherstone-street , City-road , On the 11 th , two women were killed by a boiler explosion at Lee Brook . On the same day , several men were killed by a colliery explosion at Stockport . On the 12 th , Easter Sunday , two convicts succeeded in effecting their escape from the borough gaol , Colchester .

On the 21 st , the convict Nation was executed at Taunton ., for the Wiveliscombe murder . On the 22 nd , a frightful boiler explosion took place at Wolverhampton , by which several people were killed , and several houses in the neighbourhood of the accident more or less shattered . On the 23 rd , the revenue cruiser Curlew , while anchored at the 1 ST ore , was run down by an Ostend steamer , when , with one exception , all on board perished .

MISCELLANEOUS , The general election commenced on the 26 th of March , by the retura of Sir De Lacy Evans and Sir John Shelley for Westminster , and terminated on tli 3 24 th

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THE VISIBLE SYMBOLISM OF FREEMASONRY. Article 1
STANZAS. Article 6
HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE. Article 7
SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN. Article 12
MEMORIAL TABLET IN RICHMOND CHURCH. Article 14
MUSIC. Article 15
MASONIC PLEDGES OF A TRUE HAROD. Article 16
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 17
DEATH OF BRO. KANE. Article 21
THE MASONIC MIRROR Article 22
METROPOLITAN Article 23
PROVINCIAL Article 40
ROYAL ARCH. Article 55
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE. Article 56
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Article 57
MARK MASONRY Article 59
COLONIAL. Article 60
INDIA. Article 61
WEST INDIES. Article 62
CHINA. Article 64
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR APRIL. Article 65
Obituary. Article 68
NOTICE Article 69
GRAND LODGE. Article 70
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Stt1imary Of Jews Foe Apml.

tunately , the accidents , for extent of injury , have been more numerous than usual . ; '' - ' On the 24 th of March , a clergyman slipped off the coping at the corner of Liquorpond-street , when the wheel of an omnibus that was going by passed over his skull and killed him .

On the 30 th appeared in the London newspapers an account of a fearful accident which took place in Canada by the breaking down of a lattice-bridge while a passenger train was passing over it . The greater number of the passengers were killed , and among them our distinguished transatlantic Brother M . Zimmerman , the great railway contractor . On the 31 st , an accident took place on the railway near Cockermouth , by reason of the train getting off the rails . It has been said that some miscreant placed an obstruction on the line for the purpose of destroying a body of voters on their return from polling for a political opponent of his .

On the 1 st of April , two children died at Ellenshall , in Staffordshire , from the effects of laudanum incautiously administered to them by their mothers to put thena to sleep . The same day a boy was shot by another boy with whom he was at play in a field nea-r Cheveley . On the 6 th , in consequence of the heavy rains , the river Don overflowed its hanks , doing great injury to property in the neighbourhood of Doncaster . On the

same day a collier took fire in Hartlepool harbour , by reason of the explosion of a quantity of coal-gas , generated by the coal with which she was freighted . On the same day , an invalid lady , the wife of a clergyman , was burned to death at Chippenham . The same day , at Liverpool , a butcher named Gibbons , in a fit of insanity cut the throat of his child , and endeavoured to treat his wife and other children in the same manner .

On that evening , a garotte robbery was committed at Hove , near Brighton , and a card-sharper was arrested in one of the South-Western trains . On the 7 th , a discharged pensioner , residing in one of the streets of the Caledonian-road , murdered his landlord , by stabbing him with a sword . The same day , the Transit , with troops on board , set out from Portsmouth for China , but had to put back next day with nine feet of water in the hold , in consequence of having at night fouled on the fluke of her own anchor .

On the 8 th , a dwarf female pedlar , named Hannah Hanson , was charged at the Lambeth Police Court with stealing a boy ' s coat . On being searched , there was found on her person the sum of £ 90 . She went to prison rather than pay a fine of £ 5 . On the 9 th , three men were killed by the explosion of fire-damp in the Corse Colliery , Glamorganshire . On the same evening , a girl named Elizabeth Jones , was murdered on board a barge at Maidstone .

On the 10 th , two men were killed by the falling in of two houses in Russellcourt , Bow-street . They were employed in taking them down . The same night , a destructive fire broke out in Featherstone-street , City-road , On the 11 th , two women were killed by a boiler explosion at Lee Brook . On the same day , several men were killed by a colliery explosion at Stockport . On the 12 th , Easter Sunday , two convicts succeeded in effecting their escape from the borough gaol , Colchester .

On the 21 st , the convict Nation was executed at Taunton ., for the Wiveliscombe murder . On the 22 nd , a frightful boiler explosion took place at Wolverhampton , by which several people were killed , and several houses in the neighbourhood of the accident more or less shattered . On the 23 rd , the revenue cruiser Curlew , while anchored at the 1 ST ore , was run down by an Ostend steamer , when , with one exception , all on board perished .

MISCELLANEOUS , The general election commenced on the 26 th of March , by the retura of Sir De Lacy Evans and Sir John Shelley for Westminster , and terminated on tli 3 24 th

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