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Health op Losdds . —The total number of deaths registered in the metropolitan districis during the week ending last Saturday was 97 " . In the corresponding weeks of ten years , 1841-50 , the number was not so great as that of last week , except in two instances , namely , in 1 S 43 and 1 S 4 S , when it rose above 1 , 100 ; while the average was 929 . But if this average , for the sake of better comparison , be raised in proportion to the increased population of the present time , it will become 1 , 022 , and last week ' s return will show a decrease of 45 on the estimated amount . —There is a considerable increase in cases arising from epidemics : the number in this class of diseases having risen from 242 and 229 , th < cumbers returned respectively iu the two previous
weeks , to 2 bSio the last . The two epidemics writcn attract i-otice in the table are scarlatina and typhus , the fatality from both being evidently on the increase , and the former having 67 deaths assu » ed to it , the latter 79 . —Small-pox was fatal last week to 22 persons , of whom all , with only two exceptions , were children under ten years- In only two case ., those of a buy of 5 year * , and a girl of 10 , it is « u ted that vaccination had been previous * performe-i . -Diarrhoea exhibits a further decline , and numbers only 30 in the present retnrn .-Other epidemics , besidts those already mentioned , present toothing of ni . nsnal character . —The births of 8 < b boys air 797 girls , in ' all 1 , 673 children , were registered in
the week . The average number of su corresponding weeks in 1845-50 was 1 , 327 . —At tie Koyal Obeervatory , Greenwich , the barometer was high ; thsniean daily reading on Thursday lest was 30 deg . 134 in ., onthefottowuazd & y 3 Qdeg . 25 Sin ., ani * n the Saturday 30 deg . 256 in . The mean of the week was 30 deg . 0 i 2 in . The mean Jdaily temperance was also high , and on every day of the week exceeded the average of the corresponding days of 10 yea-s . On the Sunday and Monday the mean ttmperature wag about 58 deg ., and exceeded the arerage by about 10 deg . On tbe Tuesday it fell to 66 * 4 deg ., and was then ab « ut 9 deg . above the average . On the ^ Wednesday it fell to 517 deg ., and on the Saturday to 30 dee ., but on all the last four days
it still exceeded the average by an amount varying from 3 to 7 degrees . The mean temperature of the week was biro deg ., and showed an excess above the average of 7 degrees . The wind was in the southwest in the Leginning of the week , calm in the middle , and in the north-east on tbe last two days . Mr . Chables Mathews asd his Orchestra . — On Saturday last at ihe Westminster County Court , the case of Mr . Mathews aud his creditors was again discussed . It appears that tb plaintiff * , who formed part of the orchestra at the . Lyceum Theatre , had brought actions against Mr . Mathews for their salaries , and the judge of the County Court had granted warrants fur the committal of Mr . Mathews , who , npon the termination of the season at tbe theatre , took the benefit of the bankrupt laws . The plaintiffs then contended that tbeir judgments superseded the " protection , " and applied to the County Court judge to enforce his
orders . His honour said that upon the arguments at the previous hearing , he was disposed to hold that tbe defendant having petitioned the Bankruptcy Court and vested all his property in the bands of a trustee , for tbe benefit of his creditors , amongst whom were the present plaintiffs , he was entitled to the favourable consideration of this conrt ; but , upon consideration , he thought tbat the orders of commitment having been actually made by him before the alleged protection , and the money in the various actions having been paid into court by the defendant under protest that money belonged not to the defendant , but to the plaintiffs ; and consequentl y , should direct it to be paid , in pursuance of the orders of commitment , to the several plaintiffs . This decision was at once acted up to , and the defendant will now have to pay the numerous creditors who hare judgments against him .
Tub Metropolitan Omxibus Dbivebs . —On Monday evening a meeting was held at tbe Schoolroom , Liverpool-road , Islington , preliminary to calling an aggregate meeting at Exeter Hall , to consider the best mode of improving the condition of the omnibus drivers and conductors of London , and affording them some relaxation and opportunity of attending public worship . It appeared , from a statement tbat was made , tbat there are at present 3 , 000 omnibuses plying on the streets , tbe cost of which had been £ 300 , 000 . Each of then ; bad ten hordes attached , the value of which in the gross was also £ 300 , 000 . The harnesses were worth £ 60 , 000 ; and , sundries being taken at £ 2 , 000 , tbe total of capital invested amounted to £ 962 . 000 . The number of drivers and conductors
employed was 6 . 000 ; of horse-keepers , 3 , 000 ; and " odd men , " that is persons occasionally employed , was 2 . 000 ; making a total of 11 , 000 persons daily employed in the omnibus traffic of London . The number of persons conveyed by each omnibus per day was calculated to be 300 , or 2 , 000 per week , which would give , as the total number of persons conveyed in all tbe omnibuses running , no less a number than six millions a week , and about three hundred millions a year . It was urged that something ought to be done for the men who were in fact the active servants of these numerous passengers , who for sixteen hours a day drove between f lixty and seventy miles , so as to enable them to obtain some of tbe comforts of social and family life . A very strong description of the hardships arising from continuous labour and perpetual
absence from their homes was given by Mr . Scully , a working man . Ho also stated numerous cases of confirmed constitutional illness in this class of men , produced by tbe hardships they went through . Be urged the utter impossibility of these men being able to make any provision for themselves in sickness , or for tbeir families after their deaths . He placed before the meeting the claims of an institution which bad been established called the " Metropolitan Omnibus Servants Society , " and expressed a hope that a school for the children of omnibus conductors and drivers would be established . Tbe statements of Mr . Scully were corroborated by a timekeeper of one of the City omnibuses . After several other addresses , it was arranged that another meeting should take place next week at Mr . Hamilton ' s schoolroom , in order to make arrangements for a general meeting on the subject .
Lamentable Cask op Dbowaixo . — On Saturday night last , about nine o ' clock , a distressing case of drowning took place in the Surrey Canal , near Buck-bridge , Peckbam . About the hour above named Mr . W . R . BlacUsby , of Smyran-grove , Peckbam , who bad been for many years engaged as traveller to the well-known house of John Reay , Sons , and Co ., importers of wines and spirits , 64 , Mark-late , City , while on his way home , walked into tbe Surrey Canal , which at that place is in a dangerous , and unprotected state . The unfortunate gentleman called out lustily for assistance , and was heard by Mr . George Monday , a baker in the Coburg « road , who gave an instant alarm . The drags were procured without delay , and the body
taken on shore in about eight minutes . It was conveyed to the Surrey Canal Tavern , close by , and Mr . Leonard , a surgeon in Surrey-place , < $ [& Rent " Nadi was promptly in attendance . Every means tbat medical skill could suggest was resorted tb to restore animation , but without effect—tbe vital spark had fled . The body of the deceased remains at the Canal Tavern , tO await tho coroner ' s inquest . PaiGHXFCL OCCCHREXCE O . V PaOl ' s CkAT-COMMOS . —On Monday evening Mr . W . Payne heli an inquest at St . Thomas ' s Hospital on the body of "W illiam Henderson , aged thirty-eight years , who lost Ms life under the following circumstances : — Tbe deceased was a waggoner , and on the previous Tuesday night was in charge of his team passing
across Paul ' s Cray-common , Kent , when a dogcart , containing two gentlemen , came at a rapid speed in the opposite direction towards London , The night being very dark , and xne roadway narrow , the near wheels Of the Cart tune ia contact , with the waggon , when the deceased in trying to climb up the bank slipped and the wheels of his own carriage passed over his right thigh , which sustained a compound fracture and severe iftGCratiOufL He wai earried i * ihe Bali inn , where he was seen by a surgeon , who advised ais removal to the hospital , where it was found necessary to amputate the lknb . He weat on favourably at first s but died on Friday from the effects of the injuries and shock to the
system . The two persons in the cart were tbrown out , and received most extensive injury , and are not expected to survive . The accident was solely attributable to the narrowness of tbe roadway The coroner said that formerly the sheriff of every county used to bold a court to bear complaints respecting any nuisances , but at the present time there was no tribunal to apply to . la the borough Of Sonthwark a jury met several times yearly at the Town-hall for tbe purpose referred to , but , be was sorry to say , the system in many places had got mto disuse . A witness sat * tbat the read was » emg widened through the interference of Lord "Jdney . The jury , after some discussion , returned a verdict of "Accidental death . "
Dbath ot riHB . _ O Monday Mr . W . Payne held TeXVv ° St- Ti ""»* 8 ' Hospital , respecting the S ? 10 §? Deane ' ' *&* 21 « , a * 'y Residing at Tbe decWsenafnlfl * ^ ^ toai , SomhwarL dian now Pt ( Zu \ XT' ± adwik 5 a commenight she nSeltllftltf * "' ° ? S ^ urday readme in bed ~; , £ 7- ?} ( or some t , me she sat and on going to the rooml ^ reX T" ** , enveloped in flames . . Assisten ^ w P otSHnd thifire was extingushed , but „ ot untU she was most fearfully burned . She was taken tothVwu ? where she dird on Sunday « ight . The iUrv SS a verdict of "Accidental Death » J 5 tAmaeA
Parish op St . Asse , Blackfrubs . —The dispnte between the Lord Chancellor and tbe united narishfie < £ St . Anue , Blackfiiars , iand Si . -4 nJrew-by-i . ne" ' ardr abe , resptciin , ' the successor io the Itight •»; V . Dr . Harding , Bishop of Bombay , is likely to
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be forclmth settled . It appears that the Lord Chancellor , who claimed the right of presentation inconsequence of the la ' e incumbent beine promoted to a bishopric , has some doubt himself whether tbe law applies to colonial bishoprics the same as to E-ghVn . It has been submitted to his lordship that it does not , and h- has therefore handed the case over to the law officers of ihe Crown , in whose hands all the papers relating to tbe matter have been placed , and their decision is expected to be giveu in the course of the week . *
Brutal Murder at WnSTMiNSTER .-Mr . Langbam the deputy coroner for Westminster , held an inqu ' ost on Tuesday mornirg at the Feathers , Deanstreet , Westminster , on the body of Mary Elizabeth Reynolds , a child seventeen months old , who was brutally murdered on the night of the 23 rd ult ., in Doaglas-street . A notice of this shocking case appeared in our second edition last week . The jury having viewed the body of the poor infant , the witnesses examined before the niagi-trales repeated their evidence , and the following testimony , was added : —Mr . G . Pearse , of Regent-street , W « stminsler , sur . aeon , io addition to his former evidence , said—On the calf of the left leg I noticed a bruise with indentations as if bitten with tetth , and
corresponding marks on the instep , and I f una an old fracture of the collar-bone . After describing the internal appearances of the body , which were healthy , Mr . Pf arse said ; On removing the scalp I found a large clot <» f extravasated bluod , corresponding with the external bruises on tbe right side ol the bead , extend ng over the whole of the right side . On opening the head I found large clots of extravasated blood on the right hemisphere of the brain . —Mr . Langham : What was the immediate cause of death ? Mr . Pearse : Extravasatl n of blood on the brain . —Mr . Lantbam .- What would produce that ? Mr . Pear-e : The severe external injury 1 have
described-—Mr . Lingfaam : What portion of the external injury ? Mr . Pearse : That on tbe head . I should remark tbat the leg which is broken is not bruised ; and I should imagine , from the appearances , that ¦ be child had heeu seized by tbe leg and dashed violently on some flat surface . —Mr . Langham : A mere fall would not be likely to produce such injuries ? Mr . Pearse : Not such injuries as these . Mr . Langham summed up at great length , in the course of which be observed it was quite clear « most brutal and barbarous murder had been committed . The jury immediately returned a veidict of " Wilful murder against William Smith , alias Glenisen . "
( 7 aotios to Railway Travellers . —Oh Tuesday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital relative to tbe death of William Powel , aged sixteen , a nussenger in the service of the East and West India Dock Company , who met with an accident by getting out of a railway train while it was in motion . It appeared tbat on the previous Friday morning the deceased was a second class passenger by the Blackwall railway train which left Poplar at 6 am . for Fenchurch-street ; before reaching the terminus the deceased opened the door and got on the step , the train being in motion , when be lost bis hold , and was dragged ten or twelve yards by the side of the platform . He was instantly conveyed to the hospital in a cab , where he was examined by Mr . Johnson , bouse surgeon , who found both legs dislocated from the sockets and fractured . He died the following day . Verdict , " Accidental death . " The coroner Biid he hoped the accident would operate as a cantion to others .
EXTRAORDINARY BlOOMBR BALL . —A ball took place on Wednesday evening at the Hanoversquare Rooms , at which the female portion of the audience were by the announcement restricted to the Bloomer costume . Long before the opening of the doors immense crowds assembled in Hanover-square , and in the streets leading to the ballroom . In spite of the presence of a large body ol police it was with great difficulty that cabs could set down their contents at the door ; each vehicle as it approached being subjected to the forcible scrutiny of the mob . At half-past ten , the time at which dancing was to commence , but one soli * tary Bloomer had arrived , and she could hardly be prevailed upon singly to enter the room . Tbe
male portion of the audience at the time numbered about fiftyjbut it went on increasing until by twelve o ' clock the room was densely thronged ; indeed at one period there could not have been fewer than six or seven hundred persons . About eleven a bevy of a half-a-dozen Bloomers arrived ; but this number by no means satisfied tbe anxiety of the males . It was ultimately increased to between twenty and thirty : and each new arrival , especially if marked by any thing particularly novel in tbe stylo of dress , was hailed with shouts of laughter . The dancing , which was of the usual description , displayed of course all the peculiarities of Bloomer costume . The dresses comprised a ludicrous variety of decoration and style . Blue was the predominating
colour of the jackets , and in two or three cases the petticoat was of the same colour . There were several red satin jackets , and one Bloomer was attired io this material in a style fantastically oriental . There were several hats of large proportions , and one or two of very ludicrous fashion . There were not more than three or four females at most who were dressed with anything like even Bloomer taste . As the evening advanced , tbe loudest dissatisfaction was expressed at tbe paucity of Bloomers , and there was a disposition apparent to make up for this by uproarious merriment . The criticisms on the dress were generally unfavourable . Numbers pronounced it frightful , and it was generally condemned as concealing the ankle
and disguising the legs . Fatal AccmBST . —On Tuesday afternoon Mr . W . Baker held an inquest at the Artichoke T . -ivern , High-street , Blackwall , on the body of John Wall is Shores , aged sixty-five . The deceased was a superintendent over the men in the dockyard of Mr . Pitcher , Blackwall . On Friday last the deceased and several men were engaged in weighing a largo quantity of chain . The scales were fixed to the " shears , " and while the men were in the act of removing about six cwt . of the chain , one of the planks slipped away , and the shears fell with great violence , striking deceased on the right side of tbe head . He was carried to the surgery of Mr . Grey , but he died shortly afterwards . The'jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
Extraordinary High Tides . —During Tuesday and Wednesday , the tide of tho river Thames has risen toa'greater height than at any period this season . The area in front of Lambeth Palace , up to nearly the gate of the parish church , was on these occasions covered with water , and a similar state of things has prevailed along the southern shore , from Battersea to Greenwich , many of tbe cellars being overflowed . Dbtebmijsed Amwpr at Suicide . —On Tuesday morning a most determined attempt at suicide was made by George Godson , a coachman in the service of Count Zorab , Rosslyn Lodge , Hampstead . It appears that orders were given that the carriage
should be ready by nine o clock , to take some part of the family out , and that shortly before the period alluded to the groom entered tbe coachhouse , when On looking into the vehicle , the door which was open , he beheld his fellow eefYaut ( the OOaChmah ) lyihgf upon one of the seats with a frightful gash in his throat ; a razor , with which he bad inflicted the dreadful wound , was discovered by his side , and the cushion and the bottom of the carriage were deluged in blood . After the unfortunate man had been attended to by Mr . Perry , a surgeon , be was removed upon a stretcher to the North London Hospital . We understand that there is but little chance of hisrecoverv .
Freehold Land Movement . —On Monday evening an influential public meeting of the inhabitants of Marylebone was held at 79 . Great Portland street , for the purpose of forming a Freehold Lund Society for this important parish , Dr . Pritcbard in tbe chair . The meeting was addressed by several gentlemen , and after some discussion , upon the motion Of Mr . Deeks , seconded by Mr . M'Dowall , a committee was appointed to draw up rules , and to organise the proposed society . 1 mphis 6 . vmb . vt fob T ) Bbt . —At the present time there ate very few persons confined in the Queen ' s Prison and waitecrosB-Btreet Prison for debt . In
tbe former only 140 , whereas some years back the number exceeded 700 ; and in Wbitecross-street Prison the number is equally low . Recently a question of some importance connected with this prison was decided by Mr . Baron Martin at chambers . A person was committed by one of the metropolitan eounty courts , and a short time before bis imprisonment expired a detainer from a county conrt was lodged . The question was whether a detainer could be lodged by a county court , and , further , t & at the prison was in the City of London . The learned judge decided that the detainer was valid , and the party was kept in prison .
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t WAKKFIKLD . —CflOD MURDER . —Tfa « tOWH COMcil have taken steps to induce ib * Home Secretary to oSer a reward for the discovery of the inhuman perpetrators of the murder which we hope will have the effect of leading to their apprehension . The town council bave offered a reward of £ 28 for the apprehension of the parties concerned in the barbarous affair , which we hope will have the effect of a'taining the object for which the reward has been offered .
Tbakspobtawos of a Forttjnb-Tblibb . — A woman , named Charlotte Morris , aged thirty-nine years , was indicted at the Southampton quarter session last week for having , on the 18 th of July last , feloniously and nnlawfully received 5 s ., the property of Isaac Blandford , well knowing the same tobave been feloniously stolen ; and , further , with inciting Mary Anne Blandford , to commit the ' same felony .. It appeared that tho woman had been what » commonly called a fortune-teller , and some time in the course of tho year a girl , of the name i f ^ ne Blandford , was most imprudently taken to tht & u e of taii woman , and subsequently was
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in the habit of . going to have . her . fortune . told About the middle of July the girl ' was talking to the woman about the Exhibition , when she expressed her desire io see it . The woman asked her if she or her father had any money ? . and she answered that her father had some . She eventually went to her father ' s house , and took from his bardearned savings between £ 5 and £ 6 . She went back to the prisoner ' s house , and asked her advice respecting . her visit to London , and put down 5 s . on the table whilst the prisoner turned her face to the wall , as she said she would neither see nor touch any money , whether it was a sovereign or a shilling , until the girl had gone out of the house , and then she could say with a clear conscience tbat she had never taken anything from her : but it was
proved sufficiently for the ends of justice that she had received tbe money , as she gently moved the money away . The woman asked her if any one had seen her enter the house , and she answered that she thought not . When she was let out she went home for the money she had left behind , but on her way she was met by her father , who took her up-stairs , and she told a woman named Elcoek the whole circumstances of the case . When they returned to the fortune-teller ' s house the money was found to have been pushed further along the table under a piece of needlework It appeared that the girl bad been watched , and her little sister having discovered tbe money which her elder sister had left upon tho bed , had told her father of it , and thus the plot was stopped ; and they , on going to
the house of the prisoner , found the 5 s . she was now charged with stealing . —The jury found the prisoner Guilty . —The Recorder said the offence was one of such a very serious character , that ho should consider it his duty to inflict the highest penalty tbe law allowed . The sentence ot the Court was , that she be transported beyond the seas for the space of fourteen years . The prisoner , on receiving her sentence , immediately fainted . Charge , against a Clergtman . —Mar * Helli . WELL Y . THB Rev . S . MaTHKWS , — DbWSBDRT , October 27 . —After an inquiry before a commission appointed by the Bishop of ltipon , which has extended over seven days , the commissioners have come to the decision that there is sufficient prima facie ground for instituting further proceedings .
It will be remembered from what has previouslj appeared in the " Northern Star" that the charge against the reverend defendant was tbat of being father to the illegitimate child of Mary Helliwell , a young female , who bad acted as a monitor in a school ' under his superintendence . WflOLBSAtK CmxD Murdkr Near Wottinghaji . — Tbe greatest excitement pervaded the district ol Nottingham on Monday last in consequence of the discovery on Sunday afternoon of two more children in the river Trent , a mile and a half from this town . A brutal murder of a child took place last week , the body of which was found in the river Trent ; and this circumstance , coupled with the
present appalling case , has created an excitement rarely exhibited . Two youths were walking on the margin of tbe river Trent , near Wilford , on Sunday afternoon , when they discovered the bodies of two children in the water . An alarm was immediately given , and they were conveyed to "Wilford church , there toawait the coroner ' s investigation . Various bruises were found upon the bodies . It is a shocking fact that within twelve months no less than eight children have been found in and about that vicinity , This state of things has caused the authorities to institute a searching investigation , for the purpose of discovering the authors of these wholesale murders . We are sorry to state tbat hitherto no success has attended the efforts of the
police . Suicide at Devonport . —On Saturday afternoon last the wife of a shipwright was detected in steal ing a piece of dressed meat from Mr . Frost , publican , in King-street . She was taken to the town prison and locked up , where she immediately hung herself by her necktie . Only a few minutes elapsed after she was placed in the cell before she was found a corpse . Daring BiraoLAnv in HuNTiKonoNsniRE . — A brutal attack was made on Friday , the 24 th ult ., at the residence of a very respectable couple , Mr . Fairley . and his wife , natives of Scotland . Mr , Fairley has been a farming bailiff in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for many years , and has lately had the management of large farms , the
property of R , II . Hussey , Esq ., and lives at the flolbom Farm , situate about a mile from Upwood , and about the same distance from Weston and Great Ravely . About eleven o ' clock on the night of Friday , the 24 th ult ., Mr . Fairley heard footsteps near his house ; he immediately seized his fire-arms ( a horse pistol and a revolver ) , and told the robber * , whom he saw through bis bedroom window , that he would shoot them if they attempted to enter . Tho robbers immediately smashed the shutters and glass of the parlour window , and also the back door . Mr . Fairley stationed himself at his bedroom door , at the top of the stairs , and waited the approach of the robbers , who had now got lights , and seemed very cautious . Mr . Fairley aimed at one with bis horse-pistol ,
which unfortunately missed fire . He then took his revolver , and , whenever he got sight of any of the robbers , fired at them , and they in return tired at him . Mr . Fairley fought the rentiers fer upwards of an hour , his wife encouraging him by telling him repeatedly to "take steady aim ; " the robbers being foiled in their attempt to get up stairs , procured a quantity of straw and articles of furniture , which they laid in the passage at the bottom of the stairs , to which they set fire , shutting the side doors so as to force the smoke up tbe stairs . Mrs . Fairley now opened the windows of the bed-room tO allow the smoke to escape , and when doing so received a violent blow on the head from a stone . When nearly suffocated , Mr . and Mrs . Fairley surrendered . There were five robbers in the house ,
and others were heard outside ; they were all masked , and were armed with four guns and three horse-pistols . After Mr . and Mrs . Fairley surrendered they received several violent blows . The robders ransacked the house , broke open drawers and boxes , scattered about linen and wearing ap » parel , and destroyed furniture , glass , earthernware , eatables , and drinkables . They afterwards regaled themselves with bread and meat and cheese . Mr . Fairley told them where to find a bottle of good Scotch whisky , and invited them to partake-freely of other spirits ; they left about three o'clock in the morning , when Mr . Fairley gave the alarm at
Upwood , and farmers and others were soon scouring the country in all directions . Kear daylight two of the farm labourers discovered two of the robbers asleep in a ditch about half a mile from the house , with three guns by their side and some of Mr . Fairley ' s wearing apparel upon them . They were drunk , and smelt strongly of whisky . They were taken off to St . Ives lock-up-house for examination . The missing articles are two watches , silver plate , consisting of table , dessert , and teaspoons , 4 c ., marked T . F ., and nearly £ 5 in cash . The windows and doors of the house are a complete wreck , and'the plaster on the walls riddled with shot and bullets .
Wonka » EsritorED nr FlRB AT MANCHESTER . —On Saturday last the works of Mrs . Schofield , fustain shearer , stiffner , and dyer , Cornbrook , Hulme , were discovered to be on fire about 130 p . m ., and the fl & mesburBt forth amidst , the combustible materials in the store , and burnt with much fierceness . A body of the 16 th Lancers went to' the scene of the fire with a small but excellent engine from the barracks , and did much to prevent the extension of the fire , and soon afterwards Mr . Rose arrived with six or seven engines belonging to the town . Two of the buildings were saved , but one was entirely destroyed , and ' the loss , which is covered by insurance in the West of England office , will probably be between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 . The origin of the fire is unknown , AuOUG half * past nine o'clock on Sunday morning a three-story
building , forming part of the machine manufactory of Messrs . Wren and Ilopkinson , Altrinchamstreet , Manchester , was discovered to be on fire . An alarm was giyeil , and 80 P 611 engines from the police yard were taken 10 the spot by Mr . Rose , who was successful in preventing the remaining buildings from getting on fire , but that in which the fire originated , and which contained a great number of wood patterns , the accumulation of thirty years' business , was entirely destroyed . The cause of the fire is quite a mystery , the works having been closed at half-past twelve o ' clock on the previous night . The loss will be between £ 3 , 000 and £ 4 , 000 , covered by insurances in the Sun , Legal and Commercial , Atlas , and three other fire offices , SO that it will fall very lightly upon each .
Cosviction of A Gang op Thieves and Recbivebb . —A wholesale system of robbery of tradesmen by tbeir errand boys and porters having been discovered by the Bath police , the parties im plicated were tried at the quarter sessions for that city , just concluded , before D . Jardine , Esq ., recorder . There were no less than ten of the gang indicted together . Their names were William Sevier , forty-six , and Jane Sevier . forty-seven . his wife , who were charged as receivers , and the following for stealing the articles named in the several in » dicttnenta ;—William Sevier , twenty , Edward Sevier , sixteen , James Wilkins , nineteen , Herbert Coppleetone , eighteen , George Kingston , sixteen , Jacob Anhard , eighteen , Thomas Reynolds ,
eighteen , and William Coles , seventeen . The whole of the prisoners charged with stealing were porters or errand boys in the service of several of the leading tradesmen of the city ; and the elder Sevier was a carpenter , who , to the time of his apprehension , Was considered a highly respectable and moral man ^ and h . 's attendance at church was regular in the , extreme- So numerous were the stolen articles discovered at bis house b y the police that the table of ihe co uf i would not contain all those produced . The pr "isoners were all tried upon an indictment , in which ^ Messrs . Withers , hoisera , were the prosecutors , and goods to the value of £ 30 , belonging to that firm alone , were produced , The case occupied tbe court . for several hours , but
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the-following brief statement will convey to the reader-all the essential particulars . In August last the- prisoner Wilkins , who was related to and lodged with the Seviers , was apprehended by the notice , who went to his lodgings for the purpose of examining his bos . They were refused admittance by Mrs . Sevier , upon which they procured a search warrant , and upon searching the house they discovered that it was a literal depot for stolen property . The drawers , cupboards , and , in fact , every ' part of the house were crowded with new hats , caps , silks , scarfs , handkerchiefs , gloves , book ' s and various miscellaneous articles , a large store being also found under the boarding of tue staircase . At the houses of two neighbours also
the police discovered bundles of articles Which Mrs . Sevier had left there between , the first and < econd visit of the police . Edward Sevier was errand boy to Messrs Withers , and to them alarge portion of the property was found to belong . Other tradesmen , identified other articles , which led to the apprehension of the several prisoners above named , and who were in their employ . From the evidence of a lad named Sheldon , an accomplice , it appeared that the robberies at Messrs . Withers ' s were committed between eight and nine o'clock in the . evening , when the shutters were being put up . Edward Sevier was accustomed to remain in tbe area below , and attach the boxes and parcels to a string , by which another pulled them mi through dn open grating , whilst others kept
-vatch to see tbat they were not observed , and . the property was afterwards taken to the elder Sevier ' s nouse . The whole of tbo prisoners , excepting Coles and Kingston , were convicted . The learned recorder remarked that they bad been found guilty of being connected with a system of robbery of freat aggravation and wickedness , and sentenced the lads to terms of imprisonment varying from six to eight months with hard labour , As to the elder Seviers , he observed , there cauld be no doubt what their fate should be—a more disgraceful and shameful mode of bringing up a number of lads , and one more dangerous to society at large , he had never known—they were therefore sentenced to be transported beyond the seas for the term of ten years ,
LAMBNTABtB ACCIDENT FB 0 M GUNPOWDEB NEAR Manchester . — On Friday evening , the 25 th ult ., a collier walked into a small shop at Pendlebury , near Manchester , to purchase some gunpowder , which he wanted for blasting . Tho shop was kept by a person named Musgrove , for the sale of drugs grocery , & c . Mrs . Musgrove waited upon tbe man : md gave him six pounds of gunpowder out of a ' cask . He had scarcely left the shop , when the remainder of the powder exploded , from what cause is not known . The explosion was followed almost immediately by that of two othea casks of powder in different parts of the house . Tbe force of the explosions was so great as to entirely destroy the house and shop , Mrs . Musgrove and her two
children being buried in the ruins , where they were found soon afterwards by tbe neighbours , who had been greatly alarmed by the succession of reports , and were soon attracted to the spot . Mrs . Musgrove was rescued , and carried to the Royal Oak , a public-house opposite the scene of the catastrophe , where she still lies in a very dangerous state , and is not expected to recover . The two children—a girl aged seven years , and one still younger—were both more or less burnt and bruised . The accident occurred at halt-past six o'clock in the evening , and as Mrs . Musgrove had a candle in her hand at the time , it was probably caused by a spark falling from it into the cask . Mr . Muaorove was at Manchester when the
explosion occurred . An inquest was held on Tuesday at the Royal Oak Inn on the body of Sarah Musgrove , who died on Monday afternoon from the injuries she received . Several witnesses deposed to hearing the explosion , some of whom found the deceased buried in the ruins behind the counter : in getting her out the skin peeled off her arms . She waa taken to the house of John Cropper .-John Musgrove , shopkeeper , said : The deceased , who was my wife , was thirty-two years of age . One of the children is between three and four , and the other between seven and eight years of age . At the time the accident happened I should be about Windsor Bridge , on the road to Manchester . 1 arrived at home about eight o ' clock . I immediately went to see my . wife . I said to her , " Sarah ,
however has this happened ? " She replied , " John , I don't know . " I asked her if she had been weighing , gunpowder , and she said tbat she had not at the time , and that there was no customer in the shop . She has not told mo how it happened , but has several times said that she did not know . 1 kept gunpowder . The unopened casks were kept in the store-room , over the shop , where I never went with a light . The cask from which wo were selling was always kept on a shelf in the shop . There was in the shop at the time of the explosion about 161 b . or 171 b . I had two other unopened casks , neither of which exploded , About 21 b of the powder in the shop was in a cask , another portion in a large jar with a lid , both of them being upon a high shelf . The remainder of the powder was in a glass bottle with a patent cork , and that
was kept on ' a shelf near the window . We used gas in tbe shop . I had no other explosive matters in my shop . 1 had some spirits of turpentine and oii in the cellar ; but that is all safe . Dr . Davenport has attended the deceased . The deceased was over venturesome , and rather headstrong in dealing with the powder , and I have often blamed her myself . About twelve months since she told me that she bad dropped the candle into a cask of powder and took it out again without the occurrence of an accident . The Coroner having briefly summed up , the jury , after very little consideration , returned a verdict of " Accidental death from the explosion of gunpowder . " The two children Of the deceased aro still lying at the Royal Oak Inn , in a very precarious condition , and hut slight hopes are entertained of their recovery .
Mketing for Pabliamrhtary . Refokm at Bury . — Ameeting of Parliamentary Reformers was held at the ' /' own Hall , Bury , Lancashire , on the 21 th ult ., at which Mr . W . J . Fox , M . P ., and Mr . Tindal Atkinson were present , by invitation as a deputation from the National Parliamentary and Financial Association . The hall was well filled , and some influential men of the middle class and some ladies were also present . —Mr . J . Grundy , of Oufcwood-lodge , presided . —Resolutions in accordance with the objects of the association were adopted . The Frome MuRnKB . —Monday was appointed for the examination of Robert Hurd , William Sparrow , and William Maggs , the three persons charged with the violation and murder of Sarah Watts , at
Woodlands , near Frome , on the 2 ith of September last . —Sergeant Smith ( the London detective officer ) stated to the bench that he had . that morning apprehended the other person suspected of being concerned with the prisoners in the- murder ; his name was William Sergeant . —The four prisoners were then placed in the dock . —The first witness examined was Sophia Cornish , whose husband keeps a beer shop near the 806110 Of the MWhJer , and who deposed that on the morning of the tragedy she saw the four prisoners together near West Woodlands . —Mary Francis deposed : My husband keeps the Horse and Groom public-house , at West Woodlands . I recollect the murder being committed on September 24 th . On the afternoon of September
13 th the prisoner Sparrow was in my house . He stayed there between tWO and three hours . He had an old dirty silk handkerchief with him . On the 20 th he came again . On that day I also saw tbe handkerchief in his possession , lie had it in his hand . I was very close to him , and could see that it had some slits in it . He went out and left it on the settle ; and whilst he was gone I examined it . I observed it well . 1 also saw it well when it was spread ou over his fenCOi I believe I should know the handkerchief again . [ The handkerchief was here produced . It agreed exactly with what witness had said , being ragged at the corners , and having two or three slits in it , ] WitnOHa C 0 n » tinued . I am confident ; this is the same
handher-VJhief I saw in Sparrow's handon the 13 th and 20 th of September . I was talking to him , and therefore I had a good opportunity of seeing it , and I an ) sure this is the same handkerchief . —James Hoddinott , constable of Frome : I produce the handkerchief . I found it on the table at the house where Sarah Watts was murdered—John Butcher , saddler of Frome , proved finding a bundle of clothes in a field , about two minutes' walk from Butt ' s-square , on the Tuesday after the murder , as he was going across the field , about six o ' clock in the morning . The clothes could not have been thrown where they were from the road , but some one must have got over the hedge and placed them there . —These
clothes were produced , and identified by Mr , Watts as his property . He said they , were stolen on the day his child was murdered . —Thomas Desey , residing in . Butt's-square , said ho knew alltheprisoners . . Sargoant lived four doors from him . On the morning of the 30 th of September , tbe , morning on which the clothes were found , about half-past two o ' clock , he beard some onepass his house , and come back again in half an hour . There was no thoroughfare up the square , only to the houses in it . The magistrates then remanded the prisoners until the 8 th of November , when the . depositions will be completed , and they will be fully committed .
DEFAMATION OF A Poor Rate CotCECTOR . —At the Ilford Petty Sessions , on Saturday last , Wil . liana George Beadle , of Barking , the assistant overseer and collector of the poor rates , appeared with his attorney , Mr . Feamley , upon a summons issued against him at the instance of Mr . Banks the auditor of the Romford union , for not paying ^ Lo ^ i ?? m % v ° J , moh ™ iow the sum of £ 1 , 069 103 . W . the balance of an acc 0 unt due ' iw ?« \ . PPW U »» t some years since Mr . Beadle was appointed assistant overseer and collector of the poor rates of the parish of Birking , all atU'S * 'K ' he ™ s e Wd to collS iJC IW titie ! were ; discovered in his accounts , whieh Led to the Poor Law Board
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directing the auditor to hold anextraordinary audit of his accounts , whicti was done on the 21 st nit ., when his accounts were in such a confused state that it became necessary to adjourn tho examination thereof to-several subsequent days . The result was the amount now sought to be recovered was certified by the auditor to be due from him . Mr . Fearnley addressed the bench . He admitted the amount was due from his client , who had used every exertion to liquidate the . debt , but without effect . The son of the defendant had been a candidate to succeed his father in the appointment , and if he had been successful it was his intention to bave allowed a regular yearly sum out of his salary towards paying the amount . Ho believed the parish would not be very great losers , as he understood the guardians of the union held a bond from a guarantee society to the amount of £ 800 . The defendant was now getting into years , and as he
apprehended the bench would deem it their duty to issue a warrant of distress against tbe defendants goods , he bad only to ask that they would admit him to bail until a return was made , Tbe Chairman observed , the defendant waa a defaulter to a very serious amount , and he very much regretted it ; the bench , however , had only one duty to perform , and that was to issue a distress warrant forthwith for the amount ; they could order the defendant to be kept in custody until a return was made to such warrant , but as the defendant ' s attorney had asked to allow bail , the bench would do so . The defendant then entered into a recognisance , himself in £ 200 , and two sureties in £ 100 each , for bis personal appearance before the bench on Saturdayi on which day the warrant ot dktress was made returnable . This case bad excited a great sensation in the neighbourhood as the defendant was considered a respectable and safe man .
Attempted Mubdeb near Burt . —At the Bury Guildhall on Monday last , George . Thring was examined before Wm . Salmon , Esq ., Dr . Probart , and H . Le Grice , Esq ., on the charge of feloniously attempting to discharge a pistol at James Frost . — James Frost deposed : I live at No . 10 , in the Vinefields , and am a labourer ; the prisoner , who is a servant out of place , lives next door to me . On Saturday night in consequence of his improper conduct I ordered the prisoner out of my house ; he refused to go , and used bad language ; I then put him out by force , and shut the door , but he returned again ; I put him out a second time ; I then heard him go upstairs in his own house , and he came in again with a pistol , and asked " Where is the
beggar that turned me out of the house ? " I said , " I am the man that turned you out , " and he then presented the pistol , and pulled the trigger , but it missed fire ; I heard the snap : it was not like the explosion of a cap . I struggled with him , and he struck me on the head with the pistol ; in the struggle he dropped the pistol , which was afterwards picked up . I sent for the police ; before the police came the prisoner went again into his own house , and came back with a stick , which I laid hold of , and Thomas Middleditch drew it away from him . I held the prisoner till policeman Smith came . I asked the prisoner what he went upstairs for ; he said , " I went for the pistol with intent to shoot you . " I said , " You have not shot me ; " he said , " . I will , if ever I have the chance . " He did not appear drunk . —Robert Smith , a supernumerary night policeman , deposed : When I took the prisoner into custody , I examined the pistol in his presence ,
and found it loaded with powder and shot ; it had a cap on . It was loaded nearly up to the muzzle . Tbe prisoner said there was only shot in the pistol , and that he kept it for shooting cats . The magistrates committed the prisoner for trial at the assizes , agreeing to accept bail , two sureties in £ 50 , and himself in £ 100 ' , 48 hours notice to be given . —Bury Post . The . Outrage in Dean Forest . —Last week we reported the circumstances attending a violent outrage which had been committed at Micheldean , in the Forest of Dean , on an inoffensive turnpikekeeper . Five men were apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in the outrage , viz ., William Young , his two sons , Amos and Willian Young , his son-in-law John Williams , and another man named Joseph Probyn . These parties have undergone three . examinations before the magistrates , and the inquiry has just terminated in the committal of two , William and Amos Young , for trial . The others were discharged .
Tub Alleged Case of Poisoning at Bath — On the 22 nd ult . Mr . Preodergaat , Q . C ., instructed by Mr . Hellings , applied to the Lord Chief Baron at Queen ' s-Bquare House , for a summons to show cause why Mr . Crosby should not be admitted to bail . His lordship , upon reading the depositions and hearing Mr . Prenderitast , immediately granted the application , and appointed Tuesday , the 28 th ult ., for cause to be shown before Mr . Baron Martin , upon which day Mr . Prendergast appeared on the part of Mr . Crosby , and Mr . Hedges , as counsel on the part of
tbe prosecution , when Mr . Baron Martin said , " This gentleman is clearly entitled to be discharged upon bail . I have carefully read aver the depositions and cannot see anything wtu ' eh can in any way affect him ; there is something about one of the witnesses hearing , in the earliest part of the alleged poisoning , the female saying to Mr . Crosby , ' shall I , or will you ? ' It is monstrous to suppose that this could have referred to the poisoning / ' An order was then made to admit Mr . Crosby to bail in two sureties in £ 250 each .
A Brute . —At the Liverpool police-court , on Monday , Patrick Hartigan , a huge Irishman , was charged with biting off the finger of his sister-inlaw on the previous Wednesday night . The parties reside in Porter-street . On the night stated they were quarrelling , and during the affray the prisoner seized the hand of the woman , thrust one of her fingers into his mouth and bit it off at the lower joint . The prisoner was ordered , to find bail , himself in £ 20 , and two sureties of £ 10 each , or in default to be imprisoned for one month .
Rkmarkahle Escape . —An almost miraculous escape from destruction by a railway train occurred a few evenings since upon the South Yorkshire line , near Dancaster . Mr . Cartioell , a clerk in the employ of the company , was engaged near the Little Moor outgang crossing in assisting the drirerof a coal engine to " shunt" his locomotive into one ol the sidings . The night being quite dark he was beckoning the driver forward in the usual manner with his hand-lamp , and for this purpose was standing upon the main line , when the Bamsley train came upon him unawares , and before he could escape he was struck by the buffer of tbe tender , and his right arm caught the draw bar hook , which fastened itself between the shoulder and the elbow . At
first he was so stunned as to be momentarily unconscious of his dangerous position , but on recovering he found himself suspended in tbe coupling chain , with the train going at the rate of from fifteen to sixteen miles an hour . His cries , drowned by the whistle , were not heard either by the driver or the guard , and in this way , hanging between life and death , and expecting every moment to bedashed to pieces , jje w carried for nearly half a mile . Pcrtunately his voice was heard by Samuel Fortune , the gate keeper at the Cherry-lane junction , which tbe train was then approaching , and believing from the cries that some one had got entangled among the Machinery ^ this individual with great presence of min
d , exhibited the danger signal , and the driver at once reversed the engine and brought the train to a stand . Mr . Cattroell was immediately extricated from his perilous position , and being , with the exception of the shock and an incised wound upon one of his arms , but little the worse of the accident , he was enabled in a day or two to resume his duties . Two fellow clerks , who were with him at the point where he was struck , and who called out to him on the approach of tbe train , picked up his cap and lamp and walked slowly along the line In . search of bins ., expecting every moment to find his mangled . remains . Tbeir surprise and delight on learning the providential escape of their friend may be easily imagined .
Thr Affbay with Poachers at Rufpohd , near Mansfield — A court was held by tbe magistrates at the Town-hall on Tuesday afternoon . - Ten prisoners were- arraigned , who with six others pre « viously di & charged , bad been apprehended on suspicion of participating in the murderous assault upon the Earl of Scarborough's keepers and game watchers , Eight of those wero discharged with an intimation that should evidence of a more satisfactory nature be obtained against them hereafter they would be again apprehended . The only two re * - tained in custody are George . Bowskill , besom maker , Mansfield ,, and George Robinson , framework-knitter of Bulwell , Cliarlesworth , the maimed
keeper , who lies m a precarious state , distinctly swears that Bowskill was the man who struck tbe blow that killed Roberts ; and Robinson was found by the police , two days after tbo affray , concealed m his own cellar , at ' Bulwell , having bruises upon his person , and spots of blood upon tus dress . A third prisoner , Samuel Simms , also a framework-knitter , of Bulwell , is now in the Nottingham , Infirmaryi in charge of a police-officer , who is in constant ' . attendance upon him . He ig suffering from a compound fractureVthe am , and is at present unable to be removed to prison . The case of these three prisoners is adiourned for furtner investigation on Monday next
. « J « a $ ' fk " Bribery Commission has commenced its swings . Mr . J .. Bell , the sitting member , has been twice examined ; but without any direct result . ' Poisoning in SvPFOUC-William Itollinson , an old man , scarcely able to walk , has been committel to Bury gao on the twofold charge of murdering Anne lyornell , a married woman , by administering L " . i a t \ em ? ' ^ tempting to de stroy the Ufeot ais daughter-in-law , Mary Roilinson , by the same means A chemist acknowledged , with much noncnalence , to having sold the prisoner arsenic a dozen or twenty , times ..
• i \ . Nat , 0 '' Parliamentary Association held an influential and crowded meeting , on Monday in Bedford . The deputation consisted , in the absence of Sir Joshua Waimaley and Mr . Fox , of Mr . T . J . Serie and Mr , E , Clarke .
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Execution at Glasgow . —On JVidnv n , the 2-ith ult ., Archibald Hare suffered dL . r ^ H murder of Ronald M'Greeor , t marV ^\ ° 1- ' ^ drunken frenZy or bravado . Although nnt ¦ N existed on the mind of any one as to tC , „ -Wi Hare , the duty of the officials wasromt ^ , lt ° * tionally painful from the determination win , ( i : - he continued to protest his innocence nH twenty-five years of age , short , and strong i . ^ and his manner throughout the period of V '' i prisonment was wonderfully couraceoU ai ? i ' <* possessed . At a little past eight o'clnnV * wretched culprit ascended the scaffold and ft the ing his place on the drop faced the ni ' ubitw ta H «
great firmness . Having sigmSed to the eh , i lb that he was going to addresss the peonle th v ' ° Mr . Smith retired a few steps behind and ii raising his voice to its utmost pitch , in Lf " « i heard , by the crowd , spoke nearly as fnii ! f ^ ' Pellow-men , lam going to die f « r a „? ~ which I am innocent , but I pray God to for - ^ ° * those who have persecuted me . All of yoiAUe a ' * of dram-drinking , and beware of Matth ew m ? * and take warning by me this day to keep out « r ier » company , and to put your confidence in the t for He will never leave you . Ho has shen - * grace this day , and 1 care no more for death a any person going to hig bed this night , for t ! , found favour with Christ Jesus our Lord » ^ rope was then adjusted by the executioner { h 6 a fell , and the wretched man , after a wZr ? struggle , ceased to live . reacted
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The Defenders . —The accession of Mr . t > Peel to the Russell ministry is regarded with fcV ings of no slight satisfaction by the Ronr . Catholic party here . The appointment is lo oked upon as one foreshadowing coming events ; » nS Mr . Peel's acceptance of office under the ca ' bine ? which carried the Ecclesiastical Titles Act is vers naturally considered to be an assurance that that act will not be enforced with any great deo ^ of severity . ° The vacancy created in Kinsale by the transfer Of Mr . Hawes to a new office is alread y gireQ away by the general rumour to Mr . Lucas , of the * "Tablet . " m
The' « Beciinniko of tub End . " . —The "Tuam Herald" pretty plainly intimates . that the two gtZ tlemen who at present represent the county 0 f Galway in parliament may as well prepare them selves for the ease and comfort of private lift when the suitable occasion offers . The policv avowed as the great end of the Defence II sociation is , it seems , to be carried out to the ietter . UB The F . 011 SB Loaxs . —Good & 2 irs . -lt taw \> 0 now stated as a fact , that which was rumoured a few days ago—that the government has decided upon adopting a judicious policy towards the most distressed unions in this country , in reference lo
the consolidated annuities . All that have been charged with a poor rate of 4 s . and upwards during tbe past year are not tO be called upon for their quota of the government debt for another year . If rates to tho amount of is . have not been levied , then the unions so circumstanced will ha called upon for the difference between this amount and that which they shall have had . This ough $ to be received as a satisfactory arrangement , especially as it may be fairly inferred that should the same cause for postponement exist next year , or any subsequent years , the indulgence will be granted .
" Example for Landlords . "—Under this head the " Tipperary Free Press" announces that Capt , James Power , who lately became the purchaser , under the Encumbered Estates Court , of vhe Kilmore property , has , after a careful review oi its condition , come to the conclusion that the rents were allotted far beyond what the altered circumstances of the country rendered it possible to pay , and accordingly he reduced the rent of tenants who paid £ 2 5 s . to £ 1 5 s ., and those who held at £ 1 16 ? , to £ l per acre , at the same time informing his ter . au try that ot the year ' s rent due in November he would only demand one-half . To those who desired to emigrate , ho liberally promised assistance , and in some few instances his offer was accepted .
A wretched woman , an inmate of the Scariff union workhouse , while employed there a few days since , fell into a cauldron of boiling stirabout , and was literally boiled to death . The scene is described as having been most frightful ; some of the witnesses at the inquest fainted ; the gunrdiaus were obliged to leave tbe room—and the local papota add , " even the poor law inspector appeared to be moved . " The Exodus . —Upwards of 1 , 000 emigrants sail from the port of Dublin every day—a huge number at any time , but especially at this most uspropitions season of the year . From Cork , Limerick , Sligo , Derry , and other ports , the emigration continues without the slightest prospect of abatement , until all the severity of winter may check it .
On "Wednesday last , says the ' Tipperary Free Pre : B , " upwards of 100 persons , comfortable-looking farmers , passed the bridge of Dungarvan for Waterford , to embark for America ,. On Thursday , sc \ ea cars laden with well dressed persons ^ for America , passed the workhouse gate . The Attilone paper of Satur lay States that fifty well-dressed persens started together the preceding day from the railway terminug in that town en route for America . The " Waterford Chronicle" contains the follow ^ ing - . — " We anticipated , months past , that the amount of emigrants would increase . In support of our opinion , we regret to state that the steamers Victorv and William Penn were crowded with neatly 500 Irish , destined to the * free land of the west / The respectability of the emigrants surpassed any we
have seen before , and their anxiety to quit this un « fortuna'eand doomed country was evinced by tho cheering which they gave when leaving our quay . We have seen letters from some of the emigrants who sailed for Cal ' ao , South America , from London , in the fine ship Louisa , at the end of April last . They arrived there on tbe 20 th of July , after a most pleasant voyage . The news they contain is most cheering , and three weeks' experience of the climate has made a most favourable impression on them . One of the letters concludes by saying : — ' We har e nothing to complain of but the absence of our friends aid the ignorance of the language , but we will soon overcome such difficulties . ' This party numbered 180 persons , under the superintendence of Mr . James Grace , of Carlow , late Supervisor of Inland Kerenue , whose entire family accompanied him . "
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Disaster to the Royal Mail Steam-ship Africa . —Liverpool , Monday , Oct . 27 . —At seven , 0 ' ClOCit tWg morning , the British and North American , royal mail steam-ship Africa , which left this port for New York on Saturday last , returned to net berth , having met with an accident , when only a few hours out , by running aground near theCo pelanil Islands , during a dense fog , at about ten o ' clock on Saturday night . —The particulars of this unfortunate occurrence , so far as we have been enabled to ascertain them , in the confusion consequent upon the catastrophe , are as follows : —About two o ' clock is the afternoon , the pilot was discharged , and a dense fog soon after set in—so dense , indeed , that it was impossible to see half the length of the vessel . Cap * tain Ryrie immediately slackened speed , aud pro "
ceeded slowly on his course , but notwithstanding the precautions taken the Africa struck on a reef ot rocks , near tho entrance to Belfast Lough ,- though from the easy rate at which the engines were mof * ing the concussion was but . slight . The engines w « e immediately reversed , but the tide , wlucU was running at a rapid rate , carried her some distance OB the rocks , and rendered the backward mDYemp of the engines fruitless . After every effort being made by Captain Ryrie and his crew to liberate the ship , and the tide ebbing fast , signal guns were fired for assistance , but it was nine o ' clock ne "
morning before any arrival , when two steamers " " rived from Belfast , and shortly { afterwards » tbira made her appearance . At low water , the entire we part of the Africa from amidships was high and dry , but the sea being very smooth at the time she am not strain much , and it was found that she maflfl scarcely . any water . As soon as the tide began flowing preparations were made to get her on ; r »?» were made fast to the three steamers , a"di , . » aided by the engines 6 f the Africa , succeeded in getting her into deep water . After she iiau Dew released , Captain Ryrie resolved on returning w Liverpool , where he arrived this morning at sevea
o ' clock , attended by one bf tbe steamers wtoeu na assisted in getting her off the reef . The AJriW * " > taken into the north graving-dock this afternoon , for the necessary examination and repair . * blame can , it is admitted by the best judges , new tributable to any person , as the occurrence «*• beyond all human forethought . . . ij Municipal Elections . —The following c ' , ^ was issued on Saturday from the Home OWce " Whitehall , Oct , 25 ; 'Sir , —The Queen MWb addt
been pleased with the prayer of an bumble - presented to her Majesty , in pursuance of a * c tion of the House of Commons dated the im » July , for ' a return of the number of munici y electors on the Burgees ; List made out »« . the date of Ibis order in the' several borougns England and Wales which return members w ^ ^ liament and have a municipal corporation , . jj directed by Sir George , Grey to desire that w * prepare a return accordingly , so ht as ie'V . . nsajjt borough for which you are town clerk , and u K sTit the same to mi > with tl » A lpasr nossible delay . '" Lha
Sir , your obedient servant , E . P . Booybi » ' t Town Clerk . N . B .-PIease to mark your «> " on the cover , 'Municipal Electors Return . . tt-. 11 The " Dublin -World" says , that Concihatw *' has been purchased by n Manchester firm , * w v pose erecting on its site a Leviathan uin-F ''"'' a magnificent scale !
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 1, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01111851/page/6/
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