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      H Health Of London.—Tbe Official Report ...

      H Health of London . —Tbe official report says : — I ¦« The mortality of the metropolitan districts , which it in thenreceding week had declined to 1 , 036 , has isc risen to a much larger amount than is usual at this ei period—the deaths registered in the week ending is ! List Saturday having been 1 , 213 . Taking the ten or corresponding weeks in the years 18 il—50 , the only Xi example of a greater mortality occurred in 1847 , rh -when the deaths for . the week were 1 , 253 ; whilst h < the average of the ten weeks was 1 , 067 . Correcting hi this average according to the supposed rate of inar » crease in the population , it Becomes 1 , 104 , comia pared with which the present return shows an

      IX excess Of 49 . Thia increase , both on the prenona « iseek and on . the average , runs through different > e periods of life , but is most considerable amongst ic persons of advanced age . Complaints of the rcspira ratory organs have been more than usually active ; u and ia . this class bronchitis , which carries off the H aged , numbers 119 persons , of whom 25 ' were cl children , 40 were persons between 15 and CO , and 5 54 had turned 60 years of age . Besides these , I : larynsitis and laryngismus stridulus were fatal to 7 c children and an ' adult ; pleurisy to 8 persons ; I pneumonia ( or inflammation of the lungs ) to as , ot to 32 and other

      v whom 77 were children ; asthma ; d diseases of the lungs , exclusive of phthisis , to 12 . ! The tubercular class of diseases , which comprises e scrofula , tabes mesehterica , phthisis ( or consurapi tion ) , and hydrocephalus , also exhibits a slight i increase on the previou week ; the deaths in this 3 return attributed to these diseases being in the : ag < regate 19 % of which 137 were caused by coni sumption alone . By far tho largest proportion of the victims of this destructive malady were of : middle age . 116 out of the 137 having died between 15 Years and ( 50 . Amongst those diseases of a tubercular character which are mostly confined to

      children , tabes mesenterial was fatal in 13 cases , and , hydrocephalus ( or water on the bead ) to 32 . The average number of deaths simply described as ar ising from "fits" or " convulsions" is 50 ; and this week ' s table shows nearly the same amount . . At this period of the year the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases on an average causes about 200 , or nearly a fifth part of the total number of deaths ; and in the present return it contributes 208 , which is near the usual number , though the proportion it bears to the total mortality is considerably less . It is satisfactory to observe that smnll-pox now shows , a tendency to become less fatal . . Twenty-six persons died from it in the pre-r vious . week ; but that number has now fallen to 18 .

      Vaccination appears to have been performed in only two of these cases . Two children , aged respectively 6 months and 11 months , / lied on the 17 th of February iu tbe Small-pox Hospital of confluent smallpox , both after . 7 days' illness , and " unprotected . '' Hooping-cough has increased , and how predominates among epidemics , 65 children having died from it in the week , which is considerably more than the average . Twenty-nine died of measles , only 0 of scarlatina , jinO . 8 of croup . Typhus was fatal in 35 cases , of which 20 occurred in the middle period of life . During ; the week 130 deaths were registered which had occurred in workhouses , 13 in military and naval . asylums , 40 in general hospitals , 3 in military and naval hospitals , and 9 in

      lunatic , asylums . The births of 792 boys and 775 girls , in all 1 , 567 children , were registered in tha week . . The average in six corresponding weeks of lS 45-56 ; : wa 3 1 , 426 .:, At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 in . on Sunday and Monday ; the mean of the week was 29870 in . The mean daily temperature was below theaverage of corresponding days in- ten years , on Sunday and Monday ; on Tuesday it rose nearly 10 decrees above it , continued . at the same height on Wednesday , and then fell graiua'ly to the average on Saturday . It was 43 teg .-. D on Tuesday and Wednesday , and 38 deg . : S on Saturday ; and . the mean of the week was 42 deg . * 5 . The wind was generally in the southwest , except on Friday , when it blew from the

      northeast . . : . , Melancholy Suicide vs the Bokough . —On Sunday morning , during divine service , a female servant , aged twenty , in die family of Messrs . Jones , Brothers , curriers , High-street , Borough , committed suicide by nearly severing her head from her body with a earring knife , from which death occurred almost r instantaneously . Medical aid was immediately procured , bot . tne wound was of such a fearful description , that it . was beyond the power of human aid to save her . . It appears that for some time past the deceased has been labouring under a slight mental and nervous excitement , supposed to have been , occasioned by some peculiar religious scruples , which , so preyed upon her mind , aud produced such a change in her conduct and demeanour , that Messrs . Jones had deemed it advisable to send for her family , an-i it was arranged for her s i ster to come to , town fpr tbe purpose of removing her from her situation , a

      . Suicide of a Coiner , —On Saturday last an inquiry was taken by Mr . Baker , at the Northumberland Arms , Fashion-street , Spitalfields , on view of the body of Flizabeth Evi-rington , aged twenty-one , an utterer of base . coin , who poisoned herself with a solution of silver . Edward Conner , No . 2 , Wilson * place , Spitalfields , said be was an utterer of counterfeit cain .- He bad cohabited with the deceased , who was a ; HDgle , woman , and who bad passed bad money about seven years . On the 7 th of October last she came out of prison , where she was placed

      for . having a . quantity of base coin in her possession . On Thursday se ' unight he and the deceased returned from-Essex , where they had been in the pursuit of their avocation . On the following ., Tuesday tbey went out . together to pass bad money , and had some drink . On their return home , deceased , who was intoxicated , took a bottle from the cupboard , in which was a quantity of solution of silver , which she drank < ff . Mr . Hart , surgeon , was called in a few hours before she died . —By the coroner : The solution is used by . utterers of base coin . Verdict , * . ' . Temporary insanity . "

      - ; Poisii . m . ng as Infant bt Gis . —In our second edition last week we stated tbat' Hannah Maria Evans had been brouehtupat the Marylebone Police Court charged with having , while in a state of intoxication , given a quantity of £ iu to Elizabeth Ramsey , a child under seven years of aze , and who , in consequence thereof , was removed , wWle perfectly insensible , to the Western , General Dispensary , New-road . On Pciday morning the , child died . Mr . Wakley , tbe coroner , was communicated with , and on Saturday last he held an inquest on' the body , at the Western Dispensary , New- road . The surgeon of the institution said that the . deceased ; was brought there , and , finding her insensible , lie applied the sUHnrab-vatnp , and extracted from ber stomach fully a ouart of

      lightish liquor . Finding that the child still continued ill , he opened the , jugular vein , but all his efforts proved ineffectual , and the child died on Friday morning . Ue was certain that the liquor was the cause ef . deafhV The jury returned a verdict of ' « Manslaughter " , against Hannah Maria Evans , and the coroner made out his warrant of committal . Toisosisg j Bt Beetle" ^ Wafers . —Mr . Wakley , jun , held an ' ioquest on Monday at the King ' s Head , on the body of a child nine years of age . The decease ! wa * playing in the streets with other . boys , when , seeing some bright red wafers lying before tbe door of an oil-shop , the ; tasted them , and subsequentlvatesome . AU . the lads were taken ill , and deceased , who had eafen more than the others , died . The wafers contained red lead , and the symptoms of the boy ' s lib-ess were those which ordinarily follow poisoning by that metal .. ' The jury returned a

      rerjdict of accidental death , with an admonition to the tradesman from whose shop the wafers had been in-. cautiouslyswept ., ' , ' . . ' Death j bt the Hand of a Wife . —On Monday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Princess Roval . Paul-street , Finsbury , on the body of Wm . Dear , a plasterer , aged twenty-two ^ . It appeared that on the night of Saturday week last the deceased was sitting at supper with his wife , who was holding an infant . of five months old in her lap . ' The child cried , when . deceased . slapped its ' head . The mother seised the . first object that came to hand , which happened to be a fork , and . either threw or thrust it at him , penetrating the back of his hand . The wound swelled , an abscess formed , and fever , supervened , of which the man died . The ; jury returned a verdict of . «« Manslaughter against the wife , " who was tkerenpori coomiited . , . ' -Fbightfci . AccmEST at . " the Watebloo-road

      Station . —On Monday moraing , between nine and ten o ' clock . , a most serious accident took p ' ace at the . Waterloo-road terminus , of the South Western Railway . Richard Bangs , a porter in the emphy of the railway company , . while engaged in some portion of duties at the platform , endeavoured to cross the line to the other side of the station , and in so doing the engine and" tender , by some means , cau > ed the carriages to meet each other where they bad been disconnected , and before ' le could get out of the way he

      was jammed between the buffers . His screams brought several of , the' other servants to his aseistance . when he was released from his fearful position , having been completely crashed flat about ™ 5 t Bt *? £ ***?•„ The PW fellow was re-*™ L ° Jt' V T * AJP & a ' "d onhisadmission was seen b y Mr . M'Murdo , tbe senior surgeon , and hu asastant , who ascertained that tbe interna injuries were of a most serious character and com-\ tcolSr : PeS "e entert «» ed <* *»

      « Jw ? ° ? ^ ond 8 y moni ? ng «*» following accidents occurred almost simultaneously : Thomas Kyan , aged forty-five years , a labourer emph . jed at l « tw nd ° ! L f works Vauxball , was engaged , iai theupperpart of a newly-erected ba . ld . ng , » hen JhV ^ nd , ^^ feU W - Uh eeat vioknee to the ground , sustaining extensive fractures of the spme . . He was removed to Guy ' s Hospital , " here le expired in great agony shortly after his admission oAttbe London Docks it was discovered , at an early 'hoar , that one of the night watchmen was missin * . After diligent search with drags bis body was discovered in the Wapping basin , near the swing bridge .

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      A Man found Drowned , —About nine o ' clock on Tuesday morning , as Sergeant Roberts , 28 M , was passing through a bye place , culled Jamaica Level , in Rotherhithe , he observed the body of a man immersed in a ditch containing water and mud , about two feet deep . The deceased was lying on his face , with his right hand extending downwards , in a straight direction , as if in the act of endeavouring to save himself when falling in . He appears to have been about twenty years of age , fresh complexion , and darkbair , dressed in a blue cloth cap , with peak , and corduroy jacket , vest , and trousers , striped neckerchief , and had on two odd shoes . On his person was found a portion of a letter , addressed " R . Turner , Mr . Hinks , 69 , Fetter-lane , London ; " and dated from Sheep-market-end , Bicester , 11 th of Fcbmaay , 1851 ' . The body , which has not been identified , was taken to the bone house at Rotherhithe , where it awaits a coroner ' s inquest .

      Accidental Death of Mb . Booth , Railway Contractor . —On Wednesday , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the Morton Arms . Hawley-road , Kentish Town , on the late Mr . John Booth , subcontractor on the Birmingham Junction of the East and West India Dock Railway , aged forty-nine . The body presented an appalling spectacle , the skull having been literally driven in . —James Stutter said that be was working the crano at the viaduct by which they were hoisting a stone of five cwt ., when , in consequence of the chain being foul , the stone came in contact with the side of the viaduct and its progress was stopped . Deceased , who was standing on the parapet , leaned all his weight against the chain to drive it from the wall , when

      the chain swerved , and deceased , losing his balance , fell amidst bricks and rubbish to the road below . In his fall he called out " Hold off , hold off , " and tried to grasp the scaffolding as he fell . —Richard Whittaker , the foreman carpenter , substantiated the above evidence . —Several other witnesses were examined , and the coroner summed up , commenting upon the frightful nature of the fatal occurrence . The jury , after a brief deliberation , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " Deceased , who was beloved by the workmen , has left a widow and child to deplore his untimely end . Wholesale Transfer of Irish Poor to London . —On Wednesday Mr . William Carter held an inquest at the Jolly Sailor Tavern , Lower-road ,

      Rotherhithe , concerning the death of a male infant , aged four weeks , the illegitimate offspring of Ann Connell , who died from cold and exposure to the weather , on board the Pelican steamboat , whilst on the way from Ireland . to London . —Ann Connell said that on Thursday morning last at seven o ' clock she paid 2 s . as passage money for herself and babe , on board the Pelican steamer , which left the harbour that morning for London . They were on deck the whole journey ; and , without any covering but the air , three days and nights , exposed to the wind and weather . —The Coroner : How many passengers were there on the deck ?—Witness : 750 sir , men , women , and children , all huddled together . We were so closely packed that we could scarcely

      move . The deceased appeared very well when witness went on board . The rain came down sevenl times , and the passengers were unable to get ' under any covering . The women on the deck said tbe deceased had been suffocated by the crowd of persons on board . Witness was unable to keep the child warm at night , but received a little warmth from a pipe or flue which came from the engineroom , or from one of the cabins . Witness could not change the child ' s clothes , owing to the overcrowded state of the vessel ; The deck was also wet and dirty , and it was washed oh Saturday whilst , they were packed together . Witness had not sufficient clothing for the child , and she was of opinion tbat tbe deceased had died from tbecold

      and exposure to the weather . Tbe passengers were three days and nights on board , some of them with scarcely any food . There were cattle on the deck , — The Coroner observed that it was a wonder Government did not interfere to put a stop to such a shameful system . The poor creatures were treated worse than swine . —Witness added that she found the child dead shortly before they were landed . She pawned some articles of clothing to pay her passage money . —Coroner ; I fully believe , from information I received some time ago , that , these people are Supplied with money to carry them to London by the parochial authorities of Ireland , so that tbey may be relieved frem the expense or burthen of keeping them . —The whole of the jury were of the rarae opinion . —Mr . Henry Gardner , the summoning officer , said he had known as many as 1 , 000 being brought at one time from Ireland , at the rate of

      Js . Od . or 2 s . per head . —Mary Ritchfield , the nurse to the infirmary , proved receiving the child , which was quite dead and cold . There were np marks , of violence on its person , which was plump and well formed . —Other evidence having been adduced , the Coroner summed up the . testimony , and remarked on the serious nature of the case , which he said was one of a very important character . There was no doubt that tbe child had died from exposure to the weather , aud it was only surprising tbat more deaths had not occurred under the circumstances . He did not believe they could make the steam-boat company responsible for the death , but really it was distressing , and government ought to have their attention called to the subject to prevent such a disgraceful system . The jury , after a short consultation , unanimously returned a verdict in accordance with this opinion .

      Fire at Caubebwell . —On Tuesday morning , shortly after two" o ' clock , a fire , nearly attended with loss of life , broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . W . Allen , carpenter , Southampton-street , Camberwell . The flumes originated from some unknown cause in the workshop , on the ground floor , imme'diately under the sleeping apartments of the family . A police constable who first discovered the fire , succeeded in arousing the residents , but such was the intensity of the heat tbat the several parties were nearly suffocated . An elderly female who was sleeping iu the first floor , was carried out of her room in a state of insensibility , bnt owing to the restoratives applied she eventually recovered . The engines quickly attefided , and owing to the combined exertions of the police and firemen , the flames were subdued , but not until the workshop , together with its stock-in-trade , tools , and other effects , 'were destroyed , and the remainder of the premises extensively damaged .

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      Failure of thb Flax Experiments at Rochdale . —We regret to learn that Chevalier Claussen has abandoned the idea of spinning flax on the ordinary cotton machinery , and that his experiments , which have for some time been carried on at the works of Messrs . Bright , are at end .. The common system of carding cotton is found not to be at all applicable to the flax fibre , and that a more expensive and tedious process will have to be adopted . . Weunderstand that a Bradford manufacturer has purchased a share in tbe patent , and intends making some further experiment ? , whicb , it is to be hoped , may result in the successful amalgamation of flax with worsted goods . Notwithstanding this failure in the attempt to produce flax yarn by cotton machinery , we trust it is only temporary , and that we shall yet see sufficient skill brought to bear upon the subject , as to insure final success . —Manchester Examiner .

      Abstraction op Funds bt a District SECRETARY . —No little consternation has been created amongst the members of ¦ the Ancient Order of Foresters , in Southampton , by the discovery that their district secretary , John William Gale , plumber , of Southampton , bas decamped , with a considerable portion of the funds of the order . We have been informed , in answer to inquiries we have made , that he has been absent about a fortnight , that his wife and family are gone also ; and it is believed be has about £ 130 belonging to the district in his possession . No clue , we understand , has vet been obtained as to his whereabouts , or what direction hehas taken . —Hamp shire Independent .

      Robbing a Public Hotjsb . —On the 24 th ult . one of those public house robberies which have become somewhat common of late , and which , from the dexterous manner in which they are perpetrated , leave no doubt that they are the work of accomplished thieves , was committed at the Royal Oak , situate on the turnpike road leading from Bristol to Gloucester . The landlord had been in the habit , for the sake of better security , of depositing his money and plate in his own bed room ; and it is presumed that the perpetrators of the robbery must have , by some means .

      obtained a knowledge of this fact , On the evening in question there were some parties drinking in the house , of whom no suspicions were entertained , but sometime after their leaving it was discovered that one or more of them had contrived to make their way up stairs , obtain entrance into the bed room , opened the landlord ' s drawer , possessed themselves of and carried off a lot of silver spoons , & c , and all the money in the drawer . Information of the robbery was immediately carried to the police , who at once set on foot a diligent inquiry , bat as yet have not succeeded in discovering the thieves .

      Munificent Donation in Support op Roman Catholicism . —The inhabitants of the village of Oldcoates , near Ely tbe , and also of the . surrounding neighbourhood , have been astounded by Edward Chaloner , Esq ., of Gofdthorpe , giving upwards of an acre and a half of ground in a field south of Oldcoates , whereon to erect a Roman Catholic church , a house for the prkst , a school , and a burial ground . That gentleman has also , we hear , invested £ 4 , 000 towards \ ta completion . —Nottingham Guardian . Partial Suffocation bt the Fumes of a

      Limekiln . —A remarkable case of partial suffocation by ihe fumes of lime-occurred on Sunday to a man and his wife , in the neighbourhood of Bristol . On the side of the high road from Bristol to the North of England is a large l ? me-kiln , kept by a person named Rogers , who , in order to keep a watch over his property , and to do the business of a small farffi ,- which he unites with his lime making business , has erected a cottage close to the works , which is inhabited by a man and his wife , who milk the cows , & c . On Sunday morning it was observed that they did not get up to milk the cows as usual , and Mr . Roger ' s at-

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      tention being called to the fact , he went to the cottage to arouse' them . As he could get no answer to his knocking , h » at once broke into the house ; and lucky it was for its unfortunate inmates that he did so , for he found them both nearly dead from the fumes of the lime , which had penetrated the cottage . The aged couple , whose names are John and Elizabeth Cole , were at once removed to the Bristol Royal Infirmary , where they lie in a very doubtful sta-e as regards their ultimate recovery . French Eog Tradb . —It appears the recent relaxation of theDock and Railway Companies in their charges , has induced the French egg and poultry merchants to again try this port forthe importation of their merchandise . Should it be found that the expenses are not greater here than at Shoreham , a large trade may be expected , but principally for the London markets . — Southampton Independent .

      Piece of Needlework . —There is a piece of needlework , which has been prepared for the Exhibition of 1351 , by some of the ladies of the Moravian establishment at Fulneck , now ready for transmission to London . The design is unique , and the execution exquisite . The centre of the inscription ( if wemiy use the term ) consists of the names Victoria and Albert , " and round that centre the names of the royal children , with their respective birthdays . Then the words " Moravian Establishment , Fulneck , Leeds , " on a medallion-shaped ground ot carnation satin . As a whole , it does great credit to the head that devised the design , as well as to the very delicate manipulation of the fair fingers that carried out the plan .

      Thb LiBooR Market . —The emigration of many of the best labourers from the fen villages and towns is now going on in one continuous stream . How far it may be wise to attempt to reduce wa ? es to a sum at which the labourers cannot honestly live , is a matter for employers to reflect upon . That there will shortly be a great scarcity of the better class of labourers , is beyond a doubt . This was seriously felt last summer , and probably will be more seriously experienced during the coming summer months . During the present re-arrangements of rents and things in general , it would be well if tbe labourers ' expenditure was a little more considered : in hundreds of instances men are paying £ 5 a year for cot tages the building of one of which would not cost the owner £ 20 . It was truly an affecting sight on

      Saturday last , to witness the departure from Spalding station of about fifty persons for America vi & Liverpool , most of whom were from the neighbourhood of lldlbeacb . It was stated that these will be s [ eedily followed by other pa > ties from the same locality . For some time before the departure of the train , the ceremony of bidding adieu by relations and friendswho ' were probably being separated for ever—was of a painful character . Refresbntation of Bedfordshire . —On Monday the High Sheriff attended at the Shire-hall , to declare the state of the poll , and he announced the numbers as follows : —tor Col . Gilpin , 1 . 562 ; for Mr . Houghton , 558 . He thereupon declared Richard Thomas Gilpin ; Esq ., duly elected ; arid the two candidates hwiing briefly addressed the electors , the proceedings terminated . ' f

      Thb Railway Accident at AtDERLEr . —The inquest on the . body of Joseph Chadwick , engine driver , who was killed on the Manchester division of the London end North Western Railway , near Alderley , on the 18 th ult ., was . held on Monday , before Mr . Roscoe , of Knutsford , Cheshire . —William Watfcinson , fireman of the eneine to the train i was the first witness , and said they left Crew at seventeen minutes past fire . They left the last station , at Chel-> ord , at six , and on arriving within half a mile of Alderley . the train went off the line . The first thing he heard was a crack on one- side of the engine . He could not see anything , because it was getting dark , and tbe cut > ing made it more gloomy .. The engineer ( deceased ) said , "What ' s that ? . " Witness did not answer , because he did not know what it was .

      Chadwick reversed the engine , and said , " Ob , Bill , then ran behind witness on to the tender ., Witness tried to get hold , of , the break , but the engine reared on her fore-end , swung round , and he was thrown across the up-line . He afterwards found himself lying in a water course , with the tender over him , and Chadwick was lying ac > oss his legs . He extricated himself , but it was twenty minutes before Chadwick could be ) iberated , because the tank of the tender rested on his body , and he was then quite ' dead . The train was much shattered . —Mr . John Ramsbottom , locomotive superintendent of the line , said he had examined tbe broken wheel , and was of opinion that the tiro had broken in consequence of an i ward , or concealed flaw , at the weld . The jury found a verdict of "Accidental death . "

      Rumoured Distdrbaxcb at Cosfobd Union House . —An order reached the Ipswich Barracks on Friday afternoon , the 21 st ult ., from the magistrates at Hadleigh , requesting Ca tain Peel , the officer in command of the 11 th Hussars , now stationed at the barracks , ''to have the mili-ary in readiness , as symptoms of insubordination had been manifested among the paupers in the ab . nre Union House ; " which is situate about twelve miles from Ipswich , and two from Hadleigh : The soldiers were , accordingly confined within barracks , ready to march at a moment's notice . On Saturday last the troops still continued under orders , but upon inquiring at the Union House it was found that tbe ground" for apprehending a riot were very slight . The paupers in the house , it

      appeared , have been treated indulgently by the governor , and about a week since when they made a complaint respecting the allowance of bread , he permitted them to appoint a deputation to meet the Guardians on the subject , who have transmitted to the Poor La « Board the particulars of the men ' s complaint . On Sunday afternoon as the chaplain ( the Rev . Mr . Wallis ) was reading one of > he lessons for the day , and on the words "Whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder , " having been uttered , a suppressed murmur arose from the paupers , but nothing further took place at that time . After the conclusion of divine service , the porter informed the governor that the men would not leave the hall to go to their several apartments , and that they had ordered him to

      tell the governor they wished to speak to him . The governor at once proceeded to the hall , when he ascertained that the favour f » r which the men were anxious « as , that tbey may be permitted half an hour in conversation with their wives . The request was granted , and at the expiration of the half-hour the men returned to their side of the building in the most orderly manner . On Thursday , the 20 th ult . the magistrates caused summonses to be issued , calling upon upwards of fifty of the principal inhabitants of Hadleigh to attend at the W hite Lion Inn , at Hadleigh , for the purpose of being sworn in as special constables , to act in case their services should be necessary within the Hundred . All appeared in answer to the S'immohs , except four or five / and we are informed that , with scarcely an exception , the

      greatest opposiiion was shown asainst such a course beingtikenby the magistrales . A Mr . Jolly , on being requested to take the oath , refused ; and he was ordered by the magistrates to pay a fine of £ 5 , which sum , we are informed , will be paid for him by a subscription which was immediately set on foot ; the Rev . Mr . Calvert remarking at the time he fined Jolly , " That successfully to guard against war , they ought to be prepared to meet it should it come upon them . " Constables staves were brought into the room , but nearly all refused to take them ; some , however , did take Jtbem . observing , " that they would do for fire wood . " The course the magistrates have taken seems to be higbly disapproved of , and has caused a great sensaMon in the town' and neighbourhood . Cosford Union House , we are told , is capable of holding between 500 and 600 persons .

      The BuacLAHY a \ d Attempt to Murder at Windsor . —On Monday morning Thomas Ash , who is in custody on the charge of being concerned in the perpetration . of the murderous outrage at Mr . Tucker ' s was brought up Jor examination before the magistrates at the Town-hall , Windsor . Neither Mr . Tucker nor . Mrs Whittaker were present , and it was stated ' in court that they are as yet unable to leave their beds . —Police .-8 uperintendent F . Eager produced a black cloak stained with blood , which was handed to him in Mr . Tucker ' s house , and also a handkerchief with the corner torn off , which is of precisely the same pattern as one belonging to Mr . Tucker . —George Biagley , a gardener , who was at work in the plantation near Clarence Crescent en the

      morning of the 19 th ult ., stated that he found there a bottle of wine , and a chisel , or "jemmy , " which he identified—Ci . arles Prince ; : I reside at 18 , Oxfordroad . The prisoner Thomas Ash has lodged with me four er five months . The prisoner borrowed the chisel now produced of me on . Tuesday tbe 18 ib , and said he wanted to take it to be ground , as he had got to do some business at the barracks . He left my house between two and three on Tutsday afternoon . I did not see him again until ten minutes after two o ' clock in the morning of the 19 th ., ( It will be remembered the burgjary was committed between one and two that morning } . When 1 let him in he told me that he had desired the other lodger not to have the door fastened , as he .-hou / d be home in two . or three hours . The chisel belongs to a logger of mine , named James Philbey . —James . Philbey , bricklayer , sworn . . Have lodged with prisoner some time , at Mr . Prince ' s . The brick chisel now produced is mv nronertv Tt

      has been fresh ground since , I last used it . Mr . Prince , having told me he dad lent the chisel to the prisoner , about eigh' o ' clock lastnight I saidUanted it . The prisoner replied , "I will bring it home at dinner time to-morrow , or one in the place of it . " About four or five days since I was in a room down stairs with the prisoner , when he said , "I know where is some money and how 1 can get it , and I will be a rogue for once . " I gave information at the station house when 1 heard of the robbery . —Superintendent Eager inspected the premises , and found the house had been entered by tliievesj who gained access by breaking a square of glass in the kitchen window and forcing the fastenings with a chisel . The chisel he received from Mr . Bedobrough be bad compared with the wine bin . and it exactly fitted the marks on it . Apprehended the prisoner , and showed him the chisel , when he said he knew it , and that it had been in his basket some time . I compared the prisoner ' s shoes with the footmarks on sonic fresh dug ground

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      in Mr . Tucker ' s garden , about three yards from the window , and they exactly corresponded . Thwe were also footmarks of another person . —The prisoner wis remanded until Monday next . North Staffordshire Election .-Saturday last having been appointed for the election of a member to represent the northern division of the county in parliament , in theplaceof Viscount Brackley , who retires from ill health , a ' vast number of , persons were assembled at . the Town Hall . Large bodies of Free Traders and Protectionists 1 paraded the town , but no disturbance was created . —At ten o ' clock , J . Parker , Esq , the high sheriff , opened the proceedings in the usual manner . —The Hon . and Rev . A , 0 Talbot : then came forward and ' proposed Smith

      Child , Esq ., of Rownalj , as a proper person to represent the county in parliaments ¦ : The rev . gentleman said his nominee was possessed of great aptitude for business , and was a good Conservative . ( Cheers and hisses . )—The Hon . Mr . Jervis seconded the nomination . —There being no other candidate , Mr . Smith Child was declared duly ' elected . —Mr . Child then addressed the meeting , and said , he had avoided giving any , pledges , because he thought that a man was most useful in parliament when his judgment was free . He did ; not wish it to be understood that he had no principles , but he held himself free to act on principle . He was an advocate for Conservative principles , which were hereditary in-his family . (" More shame for you . " } He would maintain the

      Protestant faith against all innovations . He thought that the agricultural interests were in a state of great depression , and he would do all in his power to relieve them from their difficulties . He objected to the income tax , and would strive for its repeal . — The honourable gentlemen then underwent the ancient ceremony of chairing , and during his progress through the town threw from his seat sixpenny and fourpenny pieces to the amount of £ 30 . This circumstance put all tides into a good humour , and prevented any disturbance . Robbery by- means of Chloroform . —Two women , named Ann Weir and Sarah Kavannagh , were committed for trial by the magistrates for

      robbing James Nowlands , of his watch and guard , a handkerchief , and 19 s . The prosecutor who is a boiler maker , residing in Charter-street , met the last-named prisoner on Monday morning , about three o'clock , and went to . a house in Grenville-street , kept by Weir . Whilst there the first-named prisoner passed a rough hankerchief over his mouth , and the other woman held his head . The handkerchief contained chloroform , and he became insensible . On his recovery he found his property to be missing , and upon demanding it , he was pushed into the street by Weir and her husband , the other prisoner having made her escape . She was subsequently , taken into custody . —Liverpool Courier ,

      Burglary . —At an early hour on Saturday morning last the dwelling house of Mr . I . S . Shewell , silkmercer and linendraper ,. situated in ; High-street , Deptford , was broken open and robbed of a quantity of plate , consisting of gravy spoons , table spoons , desert spoons , tea and salt spoons , a silver cruet stand , and other articles , value about £ 30 . The thieves entered at the back kitchen door , by cutting a piece out the size of a small plate , with a centre-bit . The property mentioned ; had accidentally been left in the front kitchen ; the previous , night , when the servants went to bed . fortunately , the communication between the kitcheh ' and the upper part of the premises is separated bya ' strong dooratthe top Of the kitchen stairs , which ) no doubtj saved a large stock-in-trade and other property from being stolen . The robbers must have made their entrance from some unoccupied houses in an adjoining street , in tbe rear of Mr . Shewell ' s premises ^

      Explosion OF Naptha . —On Tuesday afternoon a singular accident occurred at the shop of Mr . Raneome , chemist , Northgate-street . One of the assistants was employed in the counting-room making naptha varnisn , and had placed the bottle containing the preparation in a vessel of water upon the fire . In a short time the expansion of the vapour in the bottle became so great that the cOrk was forced out , and the escaped gas coming in contact with the flames , an explosion instantly ensued . Mr , Griffiths was knocked down , and much burned about the face ; another person , who was present , was forced across the room , and burnt in the hand ; three panes of glass were shattered in the window looking into Carrstreet ; and a large square of plate glass in the door

      communicating with the shop was blown out . Mr . Griffiths , with great presence of mind , upon regaining his feet , seized the vessels and carried them into the street , and thus prevented any further damage being done , which the inflammable nature of naptha rendered more than probable . He has been confined to his bed ever since from the effects of the accident . Harwick Election ' . —Mr . Crawford is a candidate for the representation of this borough , vacant by the election to the peerage of Sir John Cam Hobhouse . Mr .. H . T . Prinsep has also offered himself . Poisonino at Sodbury . —An unusual degree of anxiety and alarm has been excited among the inhabitants of Chipping Sodbury , Gloucestershire , in consequence of the sudden death from poison . of a

      young . woman named Jane Ilathway ; and the CX < citemenfc has since been greatly increased'by the apprehension of her husband , Daniel Hathway , and a girl named Caroline Carey , formerly his servant , upon a ' charge of having been concerned in her death . The county coroner , W . J . Ellis , Esq ., upon being apprised of the death , commenced an inquest-at the Grapes Inn , at which a mass of evidence was adduced . The prisoners were present , in custody , and the inquest-room was crowded , as was . the street in front of the inn . —Mary Shipp , a neighbour of deceased , saw her on Friday , when she said she . had been very sick . She said she had a nasty taste in her mouth , and that she had bought some lozenges for it . She said she was taken sick

      after eating ' some onion broth , and complained of great pain in her stomach . The following morning her husband ' called witness in to see her . She said that she was so ill and bad , that she could not tell what to do . She said that her husband had made her a cup of tea which she had taken . She also said that she had brandy and gruel . She said tbat she had a sore mouth . Witness afterwards advised that a doctor should be . called , as she had jumped out of . bed , and appeared dying . Mr . Leman was sent for , but she died before he camo . Never hoard her complain of unkindness by her husband , but she was unhappy about some females that came to thchouse . Had seeii bruises on her person , but she always made an excuse for them , and denied

      tbat her husband gave : them to her . —Jemima Ford stated that about three months ago deceased complained to her of a pain in the stomach . Witness said , " You ought to take something for it . " She replied that she was taking some pills , which her husband ha \ l made up for her . She said that they did her no good , as they made her . stomach heat and burn so . Witness asked , " Then why do you take them V' and added , " I would not take anything of his making up , as he do go on so . ' She replied , " He ddmako me . " She afterwards said , " Jemima , don't : say anything about it , as lam afraid the . ' set he is connected with will murder

      me . " She seemed unhappy , and complained of a girl her husband kept ; She also said , that when they were alone fee beat and kicked her . —Eliza Turner , a dressmaker , deposed that ' some time ago she made up three bonnets for Carey , her sister , and a girl named Field . Made them out of a silk dross . Afterwards showed a part of it to deceased , who said that it belonged to a dress that had been carried out from her house . —Mr . Herapath deposed to finding arsenic in tbe stomach ' of the deceased in sufficient quantity to ' cause death . —The inquiry was adjourned for the production of further evidence . .

      Representation of- South Wilts . —Wo are informed upon authority , tbat in consequence of his great age and increasing bodily , infirmities , Mr . John Benett , the , representative of tho southern , division of Wilts , has intimated to some of his political friends his intention to retire from parliament whenever a dissolution should take place , —Salisbury Herald , Suspected Murder of a Woman by her Husband . —Mr . H . Underwood , deputy county coroner resumed the inquiry at tho Tram House , Much Dewchurcb , touching the death of Sarah Roberts found dead in a small pool of water , three miles from Hereford . The jury returned a verdict of Wilful Marder against tha husband , Isaac Roberts

      Being in custody he was taken baek to tho county gaol , to await his trial at the March assizes . ¦ The Riot at Barium House . —The weekly meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Bosmere and Claydon Uniob , , was held at the Barham House on the 22 nd ult ., the Rev . F . Steward in the chair . Sir John Walsharo , Bart ., inspector of this district , was in attendance . Tbe object of Sir John's visit was limited to an inquiry into tho dietary of the union , and the remainder of the time was occupied with the transaction of the ordinary business of attending to applications for relief . Sir John Walsham , it is . stated , expressed himself to the effect that the dietary was equal to that of any other union in the kingdom , but with the view to

      prevent future complaint it is in contemplation , we understand , 'to increase the allowance of bread to some little extent . Upon this question , the sufficiency of diet , the master and tho other officials aver that the dietary is both ample enough and of excellent quality , and in proof of the assertion , they state that many of tho inmates , particularl y the children , after . having been in the house a few weeks , not only exhibit a decided improvement in personal appearance , but are in the habit of leaving a portion of their meals unconsumed . A detachment of six policemen still continues in possession of the premises , and the further precaution has been taken of swearing in about fifty special constables .

      Fatal Pbize Fight . —Ono of those brutal exhibitions , a prize fight , took place at LeM & on Monday last , and was attended with fatal consequences to ono of the combatants . Two men . , named Richard Scarfeand Richard Kelvey , attended by backers , seconders , and several hundreds of the Leeds rabble , proceeded to a field near the W % and

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      Gun Tavern , . York-road , Leeds , early on Monday morning , to alight for a few pounds aside . Having pommelled' each other for a considerable time , Scarfe acknowledged himself vanquished , and Kelvey was declared entitled to the stakes . Kelvey was so elated at his victory that he ran across the field in whicb the fight took place , and jumped the enclosure . Immediately afterwards he reeled , complained of his head , and was conveyed to the Dog and Gun , were medical aid was procured , but he died in two hours afterwards . Upon a ' post mortem examination by Mr . Hill , surgeon , it was found that in the course of the fight Kelvey had rect-ived a blow upon the temple , by which a small bloodvessel had been ruptured , causing hemorrhage upon aeatn

      the bram , and . ultimately congestion ana . An inquest was held at the Dog and Gun , before Mr . J . Blackburn , the borough coroner , on Tuesday , when a verdict of " Manslaughter" was returned against Scarfe , who has been committed to York Castle , for trial at the assizes . Contemplated Escape of Burglars fhom the Police Station . —On Monday night last information was given to the chief constable , that several of the prisoners who had been committed by the county magistrates on charges of burglary , & c „ and those in custody on the charge of breaking into the houses in Clarence-place , had entered into an

      agreement to escape from the cells during the night . The plan proposed , it appears , was to remove one of the benches , and by it to force out the metal frame of the coll window , and thereby get into the yard , with the intention , if successful , of proceeding to Wales . This scheme , however , was frustrated by the timely information given , and the whole of the prisoners alluded to were , under the direction of the chief constable , handcuffed to a large chain . One of thera more resolute than the others , expressed his determination to smash his handcuffs to pieces . The prisoners were visited by the officers on duty every ten minutes during the night .

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      Glamoroanshire Election.— Tho Election O...

      Glamoroanshire Election . — Tho election of a member for Glamorganshire , in the room of Earl Dunraven , who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds , took place at Bridgend on Wednesday . At the time when the vacancy took place it was thought that ' a Free-trader would be brought forward , but in consequence of tbe astioipations which had been formed from subsequent events of a general election , the Free-traders determined upon husbanding their resources . Tho election took place at the County Hall here , and the only candidate , Sir G . Tyler , was conducted to the hustings by a sorry , calviicade , mustering twenty or thiity horsemen and half a dozen carriages . The usual proceedings having been gone through , Sir G . Tyler was declared duly elected , and the new member was afterwards " chaired" round the town .

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      Death Op An Obscure Man Op Talent.—We Ha...

      Death op an Obscure Man op Talent . —We have received from a well-known correspondent , a notice of the demise of a person in London , named R . Macpherson , who , although living in obscurity and indigence , appears to have possessed considerable talent . He was a musician by profession , and a composer of some merit , his latest effort having been setting a tune to some verses by our

      townsman , Mr . A . Park , entitled 'f ALay for the Church . " Mr . Macpherson possessed a good knowledge of literature and languages , but being of a retiring disposition , he never succeeded in making his way in the world . His death took ' p lace on the 7 th ult ., at No . 5 , Ranelagh-street , Pimlico . He was withoutfriends . andonlyoneacquaintancewasfound to follow his remains to the grave .. As he was a native of Edinburgh , and acquainted in Glasgow , this paragraph may have painful interest for some one . —Glasgow Citizen . ' ' '• ' ¦ ¦¦>

      Singular Marriage , — A woman , sixty-eight years old , who is deaf and dumb , was lately married for the fourth time at Jordaston church , Pembrokeshire , her bridegroom being a young man of twenty-ono . —Cambrian . Lord Melgund ' s National Education Bill . — We understand that Lord Melgand is again preparing a bill to be introduced into Parliament for . pro-, viding a system . of national education for Scotland . Its . character , has not as yet transpired ; but we observe it stated that his lordship has agreed to in- corporate into it several suggestions offered by the committee of the National Education Association , bringing it into accordance with the manifesto issued last year . —Edinburgh Witness . Reduction of Rent . —The Marquis of Breadalbane has intimated to his tenantry , in the Nether Lorn part of the estate , that he allows a reduction of 20 per cent , on their rents ; those in the Braes

      of Lorn 15 p ercent . This abatement of rent is granted by bis lordship on , aceount of tbe failure of the potato crop ( which failure is now believed to be permanent . )—Perthshire Advertiser . Mn . Geohoe Thomson , of Edinburgh , died at his house on Leith Links on Tuesday , the 18 th ult ., in his ninety-second . year . ' Ho was distinguished for his attainments in literature , and his taste and accomplishments in muwc and the fine arts . He was the friend and correspondent of Burns ; and it was to his great collection of the national songs of Scotland that'the poet contributed the greatest number of those inimitable lyrics which have rendered his name immortal . For more than half a century Mr . Thomson has held a high place in the literary circles as well as the general society of Edinburgh , where his qualities of mind and heart made him universally Respected and beloved , and where his memory will long be preserved and cherished .

      Death op Joanna Baillib . —We have to announce the decease of Joanna Baillie . She was born in 1762 , in the manse of Bothwell , near Glasgow , of which place her father was minister . The works of Joanna Baillie , which . appeared anonymously at the end of the last century , when a brilliant phalanx of names had begun to excite general attention , created as great a sensation as any production of the period , and the impression which was the result of their first appearance was much heightened . when , contrary to all expectation , they were found to be tho writings of a woman . This , impression was still further increased when it was discovered that the authoress was still young , and had always led a secluded life . Several of her dramas have been acted . John Kemble and his

      sister sustained the chief characters of " De Montfort" upon several occasions , and the elder Kean selected the same tragedy for one of hia benefit nights . Tho " Family Legend" obtained a considerable ruh in Edinburgh , where Sir Walter Scott , the warm friend and great admirer of Joanna Baillie , wrote a prologue to this tragedy , while the author of the " Man . of Feeling" contributed the epilogue . Tho . "Separation" and "Henriquez " have in more modern times been acted , but the writings of Joanna Baillie are rather adapted for reading than the stage . Though her fame tended

      greatly to draw her into society , her life was passed in retirement ., It was pure and moral in tbe highest degree , and was characterised by the most consummate integrity , kindness , and active benevolence . Gentle and unassuming to all , with an unchangeable simplicity of manner and of character , sho counted many of the men most celebrated for talent and genius among her friends , nor were those who resorted to her modest home confined to the natives of this country , but many from various parts of Europe , and especially from America , sought introductions to her .

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      Thb Anti-Papal Bill.— Tho Excitement On ...

      Thb Anti-Papal Bill . — Tho excitement on the Roman Catholic episcopal question is becoming daily more intense . It has been a subject of complaint at all the Roman Catholic meetings that Ireland has been taken by surprise in this matter ; that nobody expected this country , would be included in the ministerial , measure , and that a most inadequate space of time was thus allowed to this country to pronounce any opinion on the subject The appearance of the pastoral of Archbishop Murray in tho columns of the Freeman ' s Journal has been hailed as the most encouraging mark of

      approbation which these proceedings have yet obtained . At all the Roman Catholic meetings sectarian discussion is carefully avoided , and the speakers seem impressed with the importance of preserving the good feelings that have recently sprung up between large masses of tho Protestant and Roman Catholic population . The conduct of the " Irish- vote " is a subject of great enthusiasm here . The most important results are expected from it in the course of the present session ; and at all the meetings that have yet been held , resolutions have been adopted , calling loudly upon the Irish members to act upon the principle adopted by tho " twenty , " to whom votes of thanks are everywhere passed , with

      acclamation . A protest from the Roman Catholic members of the Irish bar was agreed to on Saturday evening , and received nearly ninety signatures in a few hours on Monday morning . Archbishop M'Hale has addressed another epistle to Lord John Russell . He says : —« ' But whether you persevere in your indictment or not against the Catholics of the United Kingdom—I should any against the millions , members of the Catholic

      Vj Invrch , over the world—there is one powerful section of your wonted parliamentary supporters by whom you must bo abandoned . You will not calculate any longer that the Irish Catholic members could be so degraded , and so lost to every feeling of men and Christians , as to support in authority the avowed persecutors of their religion . " The effigy of Lord John Russell was burnt at Tralee last week , amidst noisy demonstrations of shouts and music of the populace . The Kerry Examiner states with regret that windows of some pro-

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      teatants in the town were broken on the ooa ^ T The same journal publishes the name of thTtl ' teen Irish Roman Catholic members who sum . ? ? the ministry on Mr . Disraeli ' s motion , surroK by a mourning border , printing the names of tk two O'Connells in large capitals , and holding th up to execration . . s ' a A requisition is in course of signature jn Dr heda calling on Sir W . Somerville to resign his Z * l for that town . _ . se * t Mr . W . Fagan has written a long letter to th editor of tho Cork Examiner , to excuse himself with his constituents , for not havingjoined his COllea ^ aa of tho" Irish vote . " ° Mr . Ousley Higgins has addressed a letter to th editor of the Freeman ' s Journal to excul pate himwitfor his vote on Mr . Disraeli ' s motion . lt A great open air meeting of the Roman Catholic of Drogheda was held on Saturday in tbat town fn the purpose of petitioning parliament against th new " penal measures . " It was convened bv requisition signed by upwards of two hundred of th * iniirtuiiiMJMi to wie

      , auu , accoraing report in th Freeman , was attended by some 10 , 000 p ersons The Mayor occupied the chair , and among th mover and seconder of tho resolutions were th High Sheriff , Alderman Boylan , Mr . J . Jf . cant well , of Dublin , and several of tho wealthiest of tho local merchants . A petition was adopted m . a entrusted for presentation to Mr . Torrens M'Cul lagh , a vote of thanks to ' whom and to the other Irish liberal members who voted against the mi . nistry was carried with acclamation . A letter from Archbishop Cullen was read at the meeting , excus . ing himself for his absence , and giving his yjeff 0 r tho subject they had met to discuss . On Saturday last there was a large musfer of tha Roman Catholic inhabitants of Limerick , ff { , assembled

      upon a requisition addressed to tho Mayor , "to consider the penal laws proposed by the ministry , and to take measures to defeat any enactment contrary to civil and religious liberty /' The meeting was held in one of the Roman Cathoii 0 chapels , and Bishop Ryan , who , like . Archbishop Murray , bas generally abstained from taking part in political movements , was present with a nume , rous body of his clergy . Tho Mayor occupied the chair . It was remarked that the first meeting held in Ireland to petition for emancipation was held in the same chapel iri Limerick where the , meeting of Saturday last took place . ' The pastoral of Archbishop Murray , calling on the people to pray against the proposed enactment , was read from the altars in all the Roman Catholic chapels of tho archdiocese on Sunday . 1

      Libel . — In tho Court of Exchequer , on Tuesday , the case of Captain Wynne against the Marquis of Westmeath , for libel concluded , after a trial of eight days , the jury giving the plaintiff £ 2 , 000 da mages , and 6 d . costs . This is the second time tho case has been tried here by a special jury , the jury in the last instance not having been able to agree to a verdict . The charge was also , it will be rccollected , investigated before the House of Lords , tho libel consisting of charges made against theplaintiff in a petition to that house . from the Carrick-on-Shannon . board of . guardians , of which the noblo defendant was chairman , " and which petition the defendant procured to be published in several Irish papers . The charges against the plaintiff were

      that he had compelled the relieving officer , in spite of his remonstrance , to place upon the lista woman of bad character , with whom he was cohabiting , and that upon the officer ' s refusing to do so , and in . forming'him that she had ground , and was not in need of relief , ho persisted in bringing tho case before the vico-guardians , who ordered her relief ; and this was done upon three several occasions . , A Good Landi ^ dy . —The Kilkenny correspondent to the Cork Examiner states tbat some hundreds of tenants on Lady Headley ' s estates on Castle Is land and Abbeyfeale attended on Wednesday at the

      office of . the sub-agent , Mr . Talbot , to hear the decision arrived at by the arbitrator appointed , with her Ladyship ' s consent , to value their holdings . Those tenants were even previously in much better circumstances than others of their class . The reduction on'the valuation amounted from one-third to one-half the vent . Our correspondent transmits the following as examples : —MartinNolan , rent £ 80 , reduced to . £ 49 4 s . ; Daniel Reidy , £ 85 , reduced to £ 5 S 10 s . ; Patrick Murphy , £ 60 , reduced to £ 36 "; James Hickey , £ 90 , to £ 64 I 8 s . ; — . Shanaban , £ 05 to £ 35 . A similar proportion pro » vailed in the case of the others .

      Tenant Right . —The Right Rev . Dr . Keano , tho newly-created Bishop of Ross , and a sort of personification of Papal aggression in Ireland , has given in his adhesion to the principles of " The Tenant League . " Writing to the promoters of tha . Limerick meeting , "his Lordship" says : —" The rights of the landlord are sacred , and must be respeoted ; his rent must be paid , or . his land must be surrendered ; the property of the tenant should be equally inviolable ; and to him the law should giro equal protection for tbe value which , without bis industry , skill , and capital , would never have ken added to the land . " -

      Mr . Anstey and nis Constituents . —It is very difficult to determine whether the Mr . T . C . Anstey who writes to the Morning Advertiser , that he has no notion of resigning his seat for Youghal , or the Mr . T . C . Anstey , who writes to the Times that" he means to accept the Chiltern Hundreds forthwith , is the real Simon Pure . Representation of Cobk . —The constituency of the county Cork are holding meetings for the purpose of calling on Dr . Power to resign , in consequence of his having voted with Ministers on Mr . Disraeli ' s motion .

      Cultivation of Flax . —The Cork papers publish at length tbe report of tbe proceedings of a meeting of the County Flax Association Committee which came off at tho close of the week . The Duke of Devonshire , the Earl of Shannon , and Sir Robert ; Kane , have assented to tbe request made of them to accept the posts of vice-presidents of the society ; and the movement has also the sanction of the E : irl of Cork and the Marquis of Thomond . So far all was satisfactory and encouraging ; but there was a drawback , and a serious one . The Earl . of Tliomond , writing from Scotland , where he is at present residing , in his letter to the secretary , distinctly states that there , where farming is in general so good , the prejudice against flax , as an exhausting crop , is very great—so much so as to cause the prohibition of its culture in many leases .

      Resignation of Ministers . — The news of tho ministerial resignation was received witb public rejoicings in several parts of the country . The writer of a letter from Limerick says : — " I have just been in the streets , and since the flight of Vcsey Fitzgerald in ' 28 , I have not witnessed anything like the excitement . Bonfires are blazing , bands playing , the people in thousands marching from street to street , and in ringing cheer on cheer , announcing the tidings , Russell's out . ' I met as I went up Goorge ' s-street , a novel cavalcade , composed of some two thousand men ; women , and children , in the midst of whom , on a platform , borno by ten men , blazed an enormous tar-barrel . Such

      shouting , laughing , such downright joy , has not showed its merry face since the ' monster meetings . ' " Tenant Right . —A mooting of the people of Longford was held on Tuesday in support of the principles of the Tenant League . Tho meeting look place in the open air , and attendance is described as having been extremely numerous . The chair was occupied by Mr . Robert Wallace . Letters were read from Mr . Fox , M . P ., Mr , Lucas , the Rev . Mr . Bell , and several other gentlemen , expressive of their regret at being unable to attend . The princi- pal speakers at the meeting were Dean Dawson , Major Blackall , M . P ., A . R . Strich , Esq ., the Rev . , Mr . O'Flanagan , P . P ., the Rev . Mr . Dease , P . P ., , tho Rev . Mr . M'Gaver , P . P ., & c , & c .

      The Anti Papal Bill . —On Tuesday the Roman i Catholic prelates assembled at the presbytery , in a Marlborough-sticet , under the presidency of Frir y mate . Cullen , for the purpose of considering the e course to betaken in relation to the neff " penal d enactment . " Twenty-one out of twenty-eight it bishops were present . The Evening Freeman gives : 8 the following resume of tho bishops' deliberations : i : — " Most perfect unanimity of sentiment prevailed , d . After sitting in deliberation for hours , their lord- dships agreed to the draft of certain documents ts which , when published , as'thcy will be presently , y , will diffuse consolation and impart the utmost con- hfidence to the Catholic people of Ireland , who will ill see in the union and promise of their bishops tho ho strongest pledge for the united and courageous ac- iction of the people in this , crisis must be forfeited or or else won for ever . The documents will consist of of an address to the Queen , another to the Roman mn Catholics of Ireland , and a petition to parliament- " t . "

      Shocking Tragedt .—A Few Day Ago, A M. M...

      Shocking Tragedt . —A few day ago , a M . M . D went to a farmer , living at St . Claude , de , near Blois , and demanded the payment of a consi-isiderable sum of money which had long been due to to him . The farmer sent away his wife , and iavitcaitca his creditor into an inner chamber to write a receipt , ipt . As he entered , the farmer discharged a gun at biro , lira , and wounded him severely , after which be cut his his throat . Heihon placed the body in a cart , con-coB "' veyed it to about a mile and a half from the village , age , i and buried it in a field . His wife became aware of e of i the murder , and reproached him in bitter terms . rms . i Fearing that she would inform the police of his ? hisi crime , he left his home and came to Paris . A de-. description of his person was sent up , and , shortly > rtlyr after , his dead body was discovered at the Morgue ; gue ;; he had committed suicide by throwing himself into into ) the Seine . —Galiqnani ' s Messengen

      , , Don ' t Believe it unless You Like . —It haft hatt been rumoured that Messrs . Pickford and Co ., the , thfls great carriers , have been desired to send in a in ai tender for the carrying of all the government moa-moasuros during the present session . It is expected tli 6 d thee saving of time and expense will be prodigious , ihs , « the arrangement can be effected ; for it is found im t »« 11 there is nothing so dear , slow , and uncertain , Wn , wr carrying the government measures , as t he prcsc » tcsc » v parliamentary train . —Punch .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 1, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01031851/page/6/