A serious riot has taken place at Sheffield, which has
ended in-the total destruction of the Eyre Street Medical School. The facts of the case are as follow. The man and woman who had the care of the esta- blishment, it appears, were in the habit of frequently getting drunk ; and on Sunday forenoon, both being inebriated, began to quarrel. They were shortly afterwards joined by an Irishman, who had not been there loug before he and the husband turned the woman oat of doors, upon which she set up a cry of murder. The Police having arrived, and been infOrmed by the woman that two men in the house intended to murder her, they were taken into custody, and carried -off to prism. A crowd soon assembled round the premises; the doors were broken open, and a number of people entered, bringing away with them foolish accounts of what they saw, calculated to inflame the minds of the popu- lace ; further violence was, however, prevented by a strong Police force, and the crowd had entirely dispersed by the evening. -On robe following mornit.g, however, the premises were again taken possesaion of by a nu tuber of riotous youths, who immediately commenced the work of destruction: the window•franies were in a few mamma-ell broken out, and tables, chairs, and stools, books, papers, and every thing that they could lay their hands upon, were thrown into the street and set fire to. The building was soon completely gutted, and oven the staircase and floorings were torn up and committed to the throes. The engines soon arrived, and the firemen attempted to use them an extinguishuig the fire ; but were so pelted with stones and shaess that it became iinpossiule to work the engines. Two Magistrates were then seat for, and messengers were despatched to the barracks for military aid. A detachment of the Sixth Inaiskillen Dragoons shortly after arrived, and put great numbers of the mob to flight. Comparative order having been restored, the military returned to the barracks ; but about half-past one in the day, the work of destruction was again begun. The soldiers were brought out a second time with success similar to that which attended their first arrival ; though the populace continued for many hours in a very excited state, and made an attack on the windows of the Medical Hall, in Surry Street ; which did not, however, sustain much injury. The military remained on duty when the last accounts were despatched.—Abridged from the Sheffield Iris.
The cotton factory belonging to Mr. John Butterworth, of Rochdale,. was destroyed by fire on Wednesday week.
On Tuesday sennight, two lads, in descending the shaft of a coal- pit, near Coleford, were thrown from their seats, and precipitated to the bottom of the pit ; where they were found by the men literally dashed to pieces.—Gloucestershire Journal.
• In a schooner at Wallasey Pool, with three men on board, on Tues- day sennigbt, the weather being severe, the men put on a charcoal fire, closed the scuttle, and retired to rest. One of the men was found dead in his berth the next morning ; the others are in such a state of ex- haustion that their lives are considered in danger.—Liverpool Advertiser.
Last week, the infant son of Mr. Passmore, sadler, of Truro, died in consequence of having been bitten by a rat. The poor babe, which lay asleep in a cradle in an adjoining room was heard by his father to cry ; and on his going to look after it, a large rat escaped from the cradle. On examination, it was found that the rat had se- verely bitten two of the fingers.
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