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Health of Losoon during the Week . —• The health of London is now better than it usually is at this season of the year . 822 deaths were registered ; the arerag « of the ten corresponding weeks ( 1840-9 ) is 1 . 07 S ; or , corrected for the increase of population , 1 , 176 . If t | ie week of 1819 ia omitted—when 2 , 796 died—the corrected average i 3 90 S ; and the deaths last week nre less by 86 than this number . In the last week of August ) 1849 , the cholera carried 1 , 663 , diarrhoea , 234 lives "; in the corresponding week of this year the deaths from cholera were 4 , from diarrhon , 118 ; and at the present time there is no trace of Asiatts cholera in London . Acostermonger , with di eased kidneys , died of'English cholera in of cholera
Walworth , on August ? lst ; three cases infantum were also recistered m the week , in audition to diarrhea ., the two zymotic disease * . that deserve attention nre typhus and scarlatina . ; typhus was fatal to U children , in 23 adults between ^ the ages of 15 and CO , and to 3 unpeop le , in all to 40 p lraons ; scarlatina and putrid sore throat to 23 children under the age of lo , to 4 adults , -and to 1 person in advanced life . Scarlatina , which is so fetal to youn ? persons , has been advancing slowly the last 39 wccks ; it was fatal in the three series of 10 weeks iu 140 , 185 , and 212 cases . It will be observed in the registrar ' s notes , that , as is usually the case , the iHOaase has prevailed with severity in particular localities . The prevalence of intolerable foetid exhalations from the sewers during the week appears to have attracted attention . What would be thought of the arrangements of a city in which
smoke was poured from the street level ? Yet it is known that smoke is less noxious than the poisonous vapours that are still suffered to exhale from the gullyholes into the streets and houses of the metropolis . If an epd * mic of scarlatina is impending , the removal of this nuisance should be immediately considered , asintaug tends more to make scarlatina a putrid disease than stinking putrescent vapours . —By the Greenwich observations the mean reading of the barometer was 29979 inches , or much higher than in the previous we- 'ka . The mean temperature ofthe Thames was 61 deg ., of the air 56 " 9 deg ., which is 35 deg . below the average . The wind was south-west and north-west , and often stagnant ; travelling at the rate of 230 or 325 miles a day for three d = ys , and from 40 to 85 miles daily during the last four days of the week . Rain fell on Monday and Wednesday , but'it was not the oneseventh part of an inch .
Dkath FROM THE AniHNISTHATrOJr OF QUACK Memcine . —Oa Saturday last Mr . William Baker held an inquest at the King of Prussia . Dean-street , ShadwtU . on view of the body of Ge ^ ree Tmgley , aged forty-two , a H ^ 'iterman , who w-= s alleged to bare died from the improper administration nf a quack medicine . — Elizabeth TVogley , deceased ' * ¦ widow , No . 20 , Dean-sireer , said that her husband had for a long 'irae suffered from rheumatism . On Tuesday week he « as confined to his bed , in consequence of a severe attack from that complaint . Mr . Arth-ir , surgeon , attended him nine . * eeks ago , but from that time he had no * been visited by any medial sen ieniah . On Saturday las a neighbour of the same of Ha * s said to witness , * ' Why do you not try
that woman over ( hs way ; she > s a very cfever woman ? " - meaning a woman named Wheeler , a vendor of quack medicines . ' Witness , by her husband ' * desire , * ' ent for her , who told her husband that she was sure she could do him good . She said that the m-dicirie she should supply would cost fifteen pence . She received the money , and s » on after returned with a pint jag in her hand , which contained a liquid of a deep ' red colour . ll > -r husband dra = k it elfin the presence of Mrs . Wheeler . In an hour after he observed that he was dying , and Mr . Arthur was sent for . Deceased died shortly af er the attendance of that gentleman—Mrs . Wheeler was called In , and stated that all she gave ifap deceased was half a pint of old ale , in which she mixed about as much cochineal as would go on a shilling , and which xrould cost about a penny . She knew that cochineal would hot poison him , and she thought the ale would do him good . —Mr . Arthur , High-street , Shadwell ,
deposed tint when he saw decea-ed he was in a dying sta ' e . He prescribed for him but without effect . He made apost mortem examination of the body , and found tbekdnies , liver , and lungs of a deep violet eoluur , such as cochineal might produce . Deceased died of an attack of apoplexy . Witness never heard of cochineal being used as a medicine , and is not aware of Us medicinal properties . It is used in the arts . It- mightcause sickness and hasten an attack of apoplexy . 115 gave the contents of the stomach to Dr . Lrtheby , professor of chemistry , for analysjtion . —Dr . Letheby said that he found no poison in the contents of the stomach . Be con tinted Mr Arthur ' s evidence , observing he could hardly suppose that cochineal could be taken without producing some effect on the system . —Verdict , "Natural death , " and at the req'ie « t of the jury Mrs . Wheeler was severely reprimanded by the coroner , for prescribing , without a qualification .
Frightful Accident . —An accident , which will probably be attended with fatal consequences , occurred on Sunday night , about half-past nine o ' clock , in front of St . G ? orge ' s Hospital . A large quantity of . gravel has been lying before that edifice for some -days , and form hillocks of several feet in height , bat which , from their position , easily eseaGft the eye of a person driving along the road . A chaise cart , containing , with oihcr ocupants , a female with a child , . was , before the driver could arrest the horse , hurried iSpon one of these hillocks and overturned , aud the Tfho ' e pa ^ ty was violently flung out . One ofthe men , apparently sensejess ,. was conveyed- to . the -adjacent hospital , and both the poor woman ' s arms . were broken , and the child severely iniuied , if not killed .
The horse hurried on the vehicle at a terrific pace , dashed it against a lamp postjsome distance down the hill , where , by breaking both * shafts , he disengaged himself , and again madly galloped on until he brought himself to the ground by coming wildly in contact with ' another lamp post just beyond the Albert-gate , where he liy struggling and grunting and groaning . Providentially . no otherperaons were hurt , in spite of the crow Jed state of the suburb , una Sunday night , The blame of the catastrophe rests with-those who neglected fr > place a light upon the gravel heaps , and against whosi employers ' an obvious remedy exists for the sufferersi of which they will , - of course , avail themselves . A phae-on , which almo-t -immediately followed the chaise cart , narrowly escaped' a similar
fate , but" the . gentleman driving . had fortunately a strong hold upon his horse , ' anePal- hough the vehicle was for a moment ortwp ~ in-frightful jeopardy , and all hut cverturned . it ' was" saved from accident . """ InDiscKixrisATE Sale ' . 'oF . ^ Pofsoss . r—On " -Tuesday Mr . H . V / akley concluded ; at the ^ thumherland Arms , ' Wells-streeti Oxhjrd . si-reefc , an- . adjourned inquest on tbe body of E : - "Williams , ai shoemaker , aged ibytj-seven . —Elizabeth Smith stated , at this first inquiry that deceased's wife destroyed herself last March , with oxalic acid : " Since then deceased had been 16 w-spirited ,: drank much , and ? threatened to destroy himself . "Witness had been his housekeeper for the last six weeks . Monday , week she accompanied him to the shop of Mr . Corking ,
druggist -Mortimer-street , which he entered , leaving herouside . When became out he told her to go home . About four the same day' he returned , and sent her for gin . When she brought it she found him lying insensible on the bed , and near' him a phial and glass which smelt of the essential oil of almonds . She instantly went to Mr . Corking , who told her that be gave deceased essential oil of almonds , but that it would not injure him . He prescribed medicine for deceased , which he was unable to take . She then called in Mr . Tucker , who did all in his power to save deceased , but in vain , as he Mpired soon after Mr . Tucker ' s arrival . —[ Since this witness gave evidence last week , she attempted suicide by taking oxalic acidi and is now suffering Middlesex
from its effects in the Hospital]—Messrs . Williams ( brother ) and Patterfit ( brother-in-law ) of deceased corroborated the previous witness . Mr . Tucker examined the body , and found that death had arisen from , taking the essential oil of almonds . He subsequently called on Mr . Corking , who said that he gave deceased two drachms of tbe poison , Or about sixty drops , " for twopence . —By the Coroner : Seventeen drops would kill a man . —Mr . T . Corking remembered selling deceased two penny worth ofthe essential oil of almonds . He said he required it for Spanish leather boots . He cautioned the deceased about it , and told him it was poison . Deceased , who was known to him from having bought medicine at the shop for his wife , said that he understood its nature . —The coroner summed rip
at great length , commenting on the dangerous practice of indiscriminately selling poison . —The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity , " and appended to it an expression of their opinion that druggists should abstain from selling poisons to persons who were not accompanied by some one who could vouch for the necessity of the purchase . -. Jaial Accident . os thk River . —On Tuesday afternoon , about four o ' clock , as the Jessie- Blossom brigT Barker , master , was coming up the Pool voder sail , a boat , containing four persons , shot out frotn behind a tier of ships . The boat was struck amidships , arid the "entire party thrown into ! the water ; - one cluog to the fore chains ,, and was got out ; ' another was saved by the crew of the brig , but two others , John Bailey and Alfred Webber , unhappily sank and were drowned . reat Western
Accident on thb G ^ Railway . —On Tsesdav afternoon Mr- J- Langham held an inquest at St ' George ' s * Hospital , on the body of . James AUister . agelthirty-four , late . fireman in the sertfw of th ? Great . Western Bail way ,, whose death was occasioned-by . the following shocking obenrjJSce ! TapjLred from the evidence that on | he afternoon of the 15 th ult ., the ; deceased . who-was employed on the paragon engine , arrive d with a Bridelwatertraimat . Paddingtpn . and . wheEnear the , Banclagh Bridge , where it ; was p ?« Vg ™ * * W &« £ mite bridge , be was . throw , onhu : lwk , iom % fa ! hng under him , and the other ( tne left ) Deiriffcompletely crushed by the wheels of the rmeinepas § riFover it . He was immediately con-^^ to ttieabsvahosp-tal , where on his adnussion
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under the influence of chloroform ^ amputation of the mutilated member wa »^ rformed ^ He subsequently progressed favourably for several days , till faflammation of the lungs , consequent on the injury , supervened , and gradually sinking he died on Sunday last . Verdict , « Accidental death . " . ¦ Mrianchom SuicinK . —On Tuesday afternoon Mr H . M . Wakley , deputy-coroner , held at inquest at the Red Cap , High-street , Camden-town , on the body of Mrs . Georgiana Mary Fender , aged twentyseven , the wife of a gentleman of independent for . tune , who committed suicide by hanging herself . The deceased lady had only been married rathei more than a month , and for the last fortnight she had been stopping at the house of her aunt , No . 11 ,
Hamilton-street , Brecknock-road , on a visit , during which time she always appeared in a low and me « lancholy state , the cause of which could not be clearly ascertained . On Saturday afternoon last the deceased took a walk in the Regent ' s Park , and on her return , about five o ' clock , she complained of pain in her chest , at the same , time placing her hand on the part affected . She , then left for the purpose of changing her attire ; fpr dinner ; but being an unusually long time abaerit , a female , named Hooper , was seat upstairs to her bed-room to ascertain the cause . She was missing from her room ; but on looking into her aunt ' s
dressing-room , the door of which was ajar , she discovered the deceased suspended to the handle of a high chest of drawers by a piece of rope fastened around her neck in a slip knot . An alarm was given , and the deceased was quickly cut down . Mr . Blackstoue and Mr . Powell , the nearest surgeons , were promptly iri attendance , and opened a vein in her arm , but no blood flowed , life being quite extinct . It is stated that on a previous occasion the unfortunate deceased had taken a quantity of laudanum with the intention of destroying herself , but by timely aid she recovered ^ Tbe jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . " Accident upon the Eastern Counties Kaii >
way . —An accident took place at the Barking-road station , on the Woolwich branch of the . Eastern Counties Railway , which caused the death of a person named Griffiths , a sawyer , belonging to Stratford . The 2 . 15 p . m . up-train from Woolwich having arrived at the Barking-road station ,, the above-named person ( Griffiths ) crossed over the upline , behind the Woolwich train , for the purpose ( as is supposed ) of taking a ticket for Stratford , when at the same time an engine , Ho . 143 , from Stratford for Blackwall ,.-passed " the station with a . train of empty coal waggons , and struck the deceased on the shoulder , arid killed him on the spot . Seizure of an Extensive Illicit Distillery . — On Monday a seizure of an illicit distillery on a
large scale was effected by Messrs . Frederick Pargeter and Benjamin Elmy , officers of Excise .-From information received the officers proceeded to No . 7 , Carlisle-street , BethnaJ-green , but were unable to gain admission by repeated knocking at the front door . Mr . Pargeter then made his way to the back , leaving Air . Elmy to . keep , watch at the front . : ' , A new and unexpected difficulty in the way of gaining an entrance at the back , however , presented itself , for on Mr . Pargeter going towards it , " he found a ferocions dog chained outside , so as to have a complete range of the back door , and there was another of a similar description inside the house . The one on the outside was soon disposed of , an entrance
was made by breaking open the door , and , by stratagem , the other dog was secured . Mr . Pargeter then passed through the house , and opened the front door to Mr . Elmyl They , then made a search of the . house , but found no person within . It was evident , from theappearanee of the honse , however , that , tbe owners of it had been alarmed , and anticipated the visit of the officers , as the still had been taken from the brickwork , but in such a way that it could easily be replaced when an opportunity served , as a quantity of molasses fermented wash was prepared to commence " opera tions . The still , with the fittings aridapparitiis , was " then conveyed to the excise warehouses in Broad-street .
An Alarming Fire broke out on Saturday morning , between two and three o'clock , in the premises of Mr . Todd , rabinetmaker , Glouc-ster-street , Hoxton . When the fl mes burst forth from the roof of the workshop the policemari on duty gave the alarm , arid the engines from WatJing-sfreet and Wbitecrossstreet , under the direction of Mr . Braid wood and MrJ Fngo , were promptly on the spot , bht did not sueceed in subduing the fire till the whole of the workshop was destroyed , and tbe fire , had communicated ; to the adjoining premises , a private house , occupied by a lady named Moggeridge . The inmates fortunately escaped unhurt . Fire at Kennixgton . —On Tuesday morning at an early ho r , an alarming fire broke nut iri the '
premises belonging to Mrs . Mehery , No . 17 , Lower ; Kenn ' mgton-lane , Lambeth . The fire commenced i'i a blind manufactory , nnd but a few minutes clasped ere the lower portisn of the building , together with the staircase , became enveloped in . flames . At that period Mrs . Mehery and two children were in their beds asleep , and it was with crest difficulty they could be made sensible of their danger . They happily succeeded in escaping out of the . back w ' n . dows . The firemen were unable to get the James extinguished until the whole of the stock in trade was destroyed , the lower part of the prem ' ses burned out , and the upper floors seriously damaged . The origin of the fire could not be
ascertained . Death of the Right Hon . C . W . W . Wyxn , M . P . —We have to announce tlie death of the Right Hon . Charles Watkin Williams Wynn , M . P . for Montgomeryshire , which melancho'y event took place on Tuesday , at half-past four , at his residence in Graf tori-street . He was the oldest member of the House of Commons , having sat for Montgomeryshire since 1797 , and forabout a year previously for Old Sarum . He held the offices of Secretary at War ( in the . Grey administration ! and Chancellor of the DuchyVef Lancaster from December , 1834 , to April , 1 S 35 . The right hori . gentleman was iri his 75 th year . V
Death op Mrs . Egerton . —Mrs . Eserton , a lady not surpafs ^ d by any upon the stage in a particular line of p ' arts—witness her " Meg Merrilies , " and others—died at Brompton last week , at the age of fifty-nine . " The Presiubnct of the Royal AcADEwr--The members < if the Roval Academy will proceed next week to fiH up the of ^ ce of Pre & ideht , vacant by the death of Sir . Martin Archer Shee . There are in the field for the honourable position severable distinguished candidates , including Eastlake ,. Leslie , arid Pickersgill . : ¦ ¦ ¦ The claims of Land seer and Turner have also been freely canvassed , but it is -not - certain that ' either of the latter gifted Academicians Could undertake / if elected : to discharge the da jes of the
Presidentship , so numerous ; and onerous are their professional . ;" engagements" for the . next three yearai' - : ¦ '¦ > ¦ ' - ' - - "" - ¦ = ; ' .-. _ ¦ . .. ,: : ¦ . , ' _ . ' Stosdat" Postal iAkri-ANGEMENTs . — On Sunday there was a general delivery , of letters and newspapers throughout the metropolitan districts , and : the provinces . In the majority of cases , the delivery commenced shortly after nine o'clock , and . terminatc'l at half-past ten in tbe forenoon , and although in some instance * it began ratherlater , in no case was it permitted during the . hours of Divine serviced ; It is generally understood that no future modifications , on points of detail , will affect the existing regulations in the London district ( country ) department , though further orders will be shonly issued with , reference to the Sunday duty in riiany of the more distant post
towns . Arrivals of Foreign Fruit . —On Monday above 12 , d 00 baskets of fruit were landed at the St . Kathar ine ' s . Steam Packet Wharf ; ofthe above . r 4 , 600 baskets , containing plums , ; green gages , ; apples , pears , and walnuts , arrived in the Soho steamer , from Ant-, werp ; and the , remainder in the Priricess Royal steamer from Hamburg , the Venezuela steamer from Rotterdam .- - : ,: ; v :. ' ¦ : : ,:- .. ;' ¦ Bartholomew FAta . —On Tuesday in pursuance of ancient charter ,. the -Lord Mayor and other' civic authorities proceeded to Smithfield , when the . usual proclamation for holding Bartholomew . Fair was made . The ceremony , although h gaily necessary , is now a mere farce . The " Fair " . consisted of only three booths , for the sale of gilt gingerbread , » nd some dozen barrows of itinerant dealers in
apples , nuts , and children s toys . ; St .- James's Park . —Workmen are engaged in forming' new walks in the Green-park , in consequence of the improvements in front of Buckingham-place . A portion of theride , u |) Constitution-hill will be curtailed , and the railings ' carried back into the park . '" One of the wajks ,. forms a mall between some fine trees ,, and seats will be ' on each side . . < JRobberV at the . MAXSioN-HorisE ., — On Tuesday some expert thief effected , an entrance ; into the ' City Marshal ' s Chamber at the Mansion-house , and amongst other , property stole the Marshal ' s holster-pistols . Notwithstanding the number of police in . attendance , the thief ^ ot . clear off ^ h his booty . . ;;' >¦ - ¦ --: ' ¦ i ¦ ¦'"'
, „ , . ^ , Sebious Accidkst . . — On Wednesday afternoon an accident of rather a serious nature occurred in Fleet-street , opposite the / gateway leading to Sergeant ' s Inn . A man . named , Charles Prince , -a isainter , while engaged ' at a . window of the _ Amicable Life Assurance Company ' s offices , lost his bold and fell from a very considerable height np . on the stones close to the gateway , , his head striking ; the ground with great violence ; ,-He was . atVonce taken up and conveyed to Kiiig's College ; Hospital , where , in addition tothe shock to tlie system , " hewasfqiirid to have sustained a . concussion of \ , the . brain , arid some internal injury / although ' no ' bones were broken . He how remairis ' at the'hbspital in a darigerbiis ' state . '" ' ' " - ' ' ¦ ¦ ' ' ' ¦ ' •' ¦ ' " ' ¦<¦ ¦ ' ¦"¦> ^" , ¦' - '• ¦¦
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COAL-PIT AcCinENT AT AsriroN-UNBER-LTNE . —On the 29 th ult ., a dreadful accident , occasioned by fire-damp , occuired at-the works © f Messrs . ' Kenworthys . Heys Colliery , Ashton-undGr-L yue , ' by which three persons canio by their deaths . ' An in quest was held before Mr . Ruttor , at the Swan Inn , when the following evidence was adduced : — The first witness callep was William / Harriot , who said : lam half-cousin to deceased John Harriot , and reside in Ashtori . I am a miner in the etriploy of ; Messrs . : John Kenworthy ' and Brothers . Deceased was twelve years of age . Between eight arid nine o ' clock I was drilling a hole , into an old working to let the sulphur escape therefrom ; I had a bit ' one a half inches .. ' I thought it was nearlv
through when I went to my work . It was intended to let the hole , remain that size , ; in order that it might drive the sulphur out of the old working . I , had been without candle about two . hours . . George ja ' ud Samuel , Saxori ^ wero with hie at the , time ! I ! bored through , and the air , iristead ' of drawing up towards me , drew down the brow with a great forced , and made a noise like tlie roaring of a fur : nace . I then threw some shiall coal , oyer the hole , in order to stop it , as , in consequence of my lamp being knocked over , I did not know which way it Was drawing ., I itnincdiately sent William Finnity to let the miners . below know thatlhad got through , in order that ' they , might keep their tops on the lamps , and he had not been gone above nine or ten
minutes when the explosion took place . On his way Finnity found a lamp with a top off , and the lamp has since been found . . The boy had since told witness that he" met the fire as he was going down the brow , and he . is much burned . There was a naked lamp hanging in the engine brow , aridII believe . it had fired by an open light . William Allen , of Dukirifield , had charge of this lamp , and he is riiueh bruised . I found Harriot at . the . tOp of the . ' turinel , about 120 yards from where the holei was bored ; I also found the other . two ; they we ' re all , lying within a few yards of each other . —By the . Juror : I was directed to : bore the hole by . the underlooker , Benjamin Miller , in order that I might know where I was . The uriderlooker . had given . notice ! to . " , the
men B 0 t to have their lamps uncovered , > nd the underlooker has been more ; particular since the last accident ; indeed , he hasbeen ; very strict .-- Ben jamin Miller , underlooker ,. was then called « ud deposed : I have been ; in the employ of Messrs . Kenworthy about three years and a half ; I have been an uriderfooker about . sixteen years . I gave directions for the hole to be drilled , iri order that the foul air might escape , so as to prevent an accident . I had no apprehension , of . an . accide ' nt hy tlie foul air , for I was there a , few hours previous to the accident . We do not allow , any man to , work with the top off his lamp . .,, It is my opinion that the mine fired in consequence of Fiririity , running ' : down the brow , arid meeting the air which travels up the brow at the . rate , of six or > eyen miles per hour ;
and meeting thehydrogen . gas , Vhieh would ( be travelling at the sanie speed as the . airV : and . he travelling , in . an opposite . direction , it would , increase the velocity to about eleven or twelve miles per , hour , and thereby drive the sulphur through the gauze ofthe lamp , and fire the whole . It could not be fired by the lamp spoken of by the last witness as being in the possession of . Allen , as , the explosion proceeded towards . him , arid ' , ' on "' arriving there it had nearly died away . —The jury were of opinion that James Bowker had died Jfrdm ; the effects of blows received in endeavouring to make his escape , and that William Bell arid ^ ohri liarriot were suffocated ; but there was noeviJence ^ to satisfy them how , and b ' y . what means the . sulphur was ignited .. ,
_ .. Departure of , the CANiEnBURt . CoLosisTS . —On Saturday , the ships Cressy , Sir , G ., Seymour , R ; indolph , and Gharlotto Jane , were hauled out of the East India Docks , having 800 emigrants on- board , the first settlers of ; the Canterbury settlement , New Zealand . These vessels carry out house .. and every necessary requisite for domestic comfort on landing , and , singular as it may seem , . every variety of English singing bird , which , on landing , the colonists will release , in order that they may propagate . Oa Monday a leave-taking dinner was given to the emigrants at Gravesend , Lord Lyttleton presiding .,- :, ¦ ¦;¦ . .. " -,., : . ; , ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ,. . r ' v- . ' , ... > TnE . HlOTS BBTWEEN ^ TUE SEAMEN AND THE MILITARY at PoBTS ^ ouTn . —On Friday night upwards of three hundred of ; the above regiment collected
outfide the Lion Gate , and there , waited the arrival of thesailors on their , way to their horiies ; the soldiers , having armed themselves with the legs , frames , < fcc , of their iron . bedsteads , which they had . taken to pieces for Lthe purpose ., Intimation of this hostile assembling having been . coriyeyod to Lord Frederick Fitzclarence , the lieutenant-governor , his lordship immediately proceeded to , it , and promptly , had the whole of the soldiers inarched ; to their barracks , to , which they were closely confined for the rest of the night . On Saturday night his lordship aha kept the soldiers iu barracks , and the port admiral ; Sir B'anen Capel , kept the sailors on board their , respective ships ; thus preventing the possibility of a renewal of the collisions that had
for several previous nights taken place . The l ' ox , frigate , which goes out as the flag ship of the new Commodore Of the East Indian station , Captain Lambert , and the seamen of which were the originators , with the 50 th Regiment , of the rioting , received orders on Sunday morning , to proceed out to Spithead the same afternoon , and from thence at once to go to Plymouth , in order to prevent any further tumult on their account , Tho crew itself is a first-rate one of picked men , of good characters , and it is much regretted that they should have fallen into riotous conduct , although | t is considered that the soldiers of the 50 th are chiefly to blame . One man of the 50 th Regiment has died ofthe iniuries he received in one of the collisions with the broken
sailors , and numbers on both sides have got heads ,: & e . With the . departure of tho . . Fox it is hoped that the disturbances will cease , although from the indiscriminate attacks made , by the soldiery , a strong feeling of enmity exists in the minds * : f nearly all the ; seamen in port against the 50 ih Regiment ; In the afternoon , some very mutinous conduct was displayed on ; board the Sprightly , steam-tender , arising , ' it is thought , from the order for the confinement of the men of all ships m the port of Portsmouth , on board , in consequence of the riOtB that have taken p lace during , the . week . -The second master of the Sprightly had to draw his sword and order the men to hoist the mutiny signal , when a company of marines was sent on board . Three of the meriare now in irons on board the
Victory . flag-ship . > - . , , ,, Vr ¦ The Official Ikwiby into the death , 01 lOUV Irishmen who were drowned in endeavouring to escape across the North Channel from Sunk Island , in the East Riding , trom the pursuit of several English " navvies , " terminated on . Saturday-. last . Thejuryhave sat altogether tendays , have examined no fewer than seventy-nine witnesses , arid have at length' returned a . verdict of ; , '^ Manslaughter againsttwomennamed Bielby . and James Brown , who stand ; committed to York for , trial at the next assizes . From ; the peculiar .: circumstances of the case , the coroner has declined to allow the . publication of the depositions . There is no doubt that a conspiracy existed to raise the : wages of the district , which conspiracy eventually merged into another to drive the Irish from the works .. Four men have been committed for trial at the next ; Beverley sessions on this charge . ... ; -i
, AccinENT at the ; Newcastle ¦ Station . —Mr . Nater , ; the young gentleman who . was stated to have received fatal injuries hy a fall from a platform in the Newcastle station at the moment her Majesty was entering it , is recovering . ¦ : > . _ Mysterious Disappearance . —The disappearance of a Mr . Palmer ;; who has for many years carried on business as a teadealer and grocer , at Clifton , has given rise ; to' a painful- sensation throughout that district . Mr . Palmer , for whose long-continued absence not the slightest reason cau be assigned , has been missing since the 1 st of August . On the morning of the day in question he left home iri his usual health arid spirits for the purpose of going
into Bristol to make purchases ,- He gave directions ; according to his general custom , for his dinner , arid has never since been seen or beard of . It has been ascertained that on the . day of his disappearance he attended a sale at the Horse-bazaar , ' near , Coilegegreen , andm'tdea purchase of a bridle , and that he afterwards partook of refreshirierit- at a tavorn / in the r ieighbourhood ,: which however , he left quite sober . lThe police are engaged in prosecuting ; the mb ' atydiHgentinvestigation of the matter , and a reward has been offered for any information tending to tlirow light 1 on the affair . .. The deceased . was , respectably , dressed , and besides cash had with him a valuable gold watch and appendages : -j ,. ' ; ,.- ,-. .. . \ .. ,,,-, : .. ' ,. , j '"' .
' Match against Time . — A pedestrian from Leeds has commenced ' the task of walking 1 , 000 milesiin 1 , 000 successive hours . -The feat , which will occupy six weeks within a few hours ; is undertaken for . a wager of £ 250 , the stakeholder being ahighly respectable L'entleman on Hhe other side of the water . The grourid selected is a field near 'the Tranmere -Hotel , where a'suifable covering has been erected . The pedestrian will walk amiie at the close ofthe firstfhour ; arid another at the cominencement of the second hour , thus securing for himself ari hour apd a halfVrest between every walk of two miles ;' ; ' '' . ' 'Combination of Coach and Cab Propbietohs at ' LiVERPi ! bb . —Liverpool , Monday , —All the
hackney-coach propriefprs closed their establishments to day in corisequenciB of a dispute with the Town- criur icil relattye to fares This step is calculated to causejtravellersmuchinconyeriience ; " : i - , ' , 7 T ; HB . BBCE ^ T ., C p ^ j ROBB 6 BIKS AT , ' LlVER * OOI « —OriVSaturday ^ last .. ^ v letigthy ' -Jnvestigatiod I took Place ; hefpr ( e , ^| r , W gj | arii ; % thbphe ;; ' relative ' ' t ' o ' the latej - robberi ^ of co . rfl , V , jThe . prisoners' were / Jariies Davis , ' William Thoiripson , Jacob ' Thomas , / Peter Donally , and George Blackburn . The latter , who his carried on business as a damaged corn-dealer in Brunswick-street , was charged as the receiver of the stolen property . There had been no fewer than
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eight distinct cases of felony during the past month ; and the ; amount of grain stolen was very considerable . Diviesand Thompson wereprpved ; to have appropriated , four bags of barley , , belonging to Messrs . Stamaty . and Covas , which they-. were era ployed to deliver from the ship , Gusiave to Messrs , Jump rind : ' . Son . Davies was also concerned in the robbery pf eighteen quarters ; of linseed . ' The prisoners Thomas and Donally were charged with steal ? irig from the warehouse of Messrs . T . and W . Earle eights » cks of corn on the 8 th Aug ., six sacks . on the 16 th , and four ; sacks on the 22 nd ; and- six jsacka of Indian corn belonging to Messrs . Prioa and Co . were stolen about the same time from the warehouse pf Mr . Thomas ,, in . Frederick-street , in which Davies ,
Thimas , and Thompson are supposed to have been concerned . - It was . alleged that Blackburn had bought the linseed for exactly half its value , and he sold it 0 s . a quarter under the market price . A . great part of the missing grain was found upon his premises . ¦ The evidence against all : the , prisoners was quite . coricludvo , and they were committed ; td take their trial at the sessions , v :,..-. ; A : poor , Miner FAi / VEN : Heir to £ 100 , 000 . . — W . B . Walton , a poor miner , living near , Aldstone , was la « t week left ,, by will , heir and executor to the property : and estate : of William Bellj ; Esq ., High Shield ; near Hexham , estimated to be , worth about £ 100 , 000 . ; The fortunate heir of this magnificent property is a decent , ; respectable man , witha large faxnUy .-rMning Journal . . ¦ .. ;;} ,. , :., ¦ :..
-Fatal Accibenx at Coniston . —A few-days since an old man , named .. Thomas Millicau ,, about : sixty years of a « e , while attendant upon the large waterwheel that serves to pump ^ nd draw t the . work from the deepest part of the Coniston copper . mines , fell into ihC : Wheel case , or rather the inside of ithe wheel itself , during the lime it was revolving at a moat rapid rate . His body was literally . ; torn to pieces by the arms of the wheel and . the-hundreds ot \ screw bolts that project some , inches . ' through the casing , like so many iron teeth ; in the midst and upon which he . was hurled'for some time .. ! > . ; . 0 ; - : '
Melancholy Dbath-ofMjss Elphinstone . — . Miss Elphinstone-wbo vras theyoungest daughter of the late Hori . Wm . F . ; Elphinstone ,. and cousin to thepresentLord Elphtnstone . diedouthe 29 thult . froiin theeffects of the severe injuries she met with by being thrown from a carriage , in which she was ridicg withthe Hon . Mr . and ; Mrs . Owen ^ Stanley , ten days before , whilst making ari ; excursion . in : the vicinity , of Lord ^ Stanley of Alderley ' a : seat , near Holyhead . •<; - ¦;; " ¦;¦ ' .: ¦ ! -: ¦ ' . ' .-.. ¦ ¦; . ¦ . ' . ¦ An absconding Bankrupt . ;—Inxthei ? Court of Bankruptcy , " Basinghall-street , on . the ISOth-ult . ' , Mr . iltlleary made ran application to ; Mr . ; Commissioner Fane for a warrant , upon the following statemerit . > He said . that . proceedings were in progress for making Richard Gadsden , of Bolton Mills ,
near Northampton ;! a bankrupt ,- but'theipetnion couldnotibe adjudicated upon before the following day . He wasprepared i to submit ( affidavits '! to ^ the courtthat-Gadsden wasabput to depart' for America with property in-his possession ; -Having-been-exr tensively engaged as ; a corn : factor ^ , and ; his recent trnsactions , more particularly , havingbeen on a scale of some magnitude , there were reasons'for supposing that be had property of the value of several thousand pounds in bis : possession . : He asked the court , under 1 these'circumstances , to- grants warrant for the apprehension of Gadsden , ; although the petition of bankruptcy bad not been : fully adjudicated upon . Mr ; Commissioner ; Fane , after refer ririg :. : to the BarikruDtcy Consolidation Act , 'decided that he had the required jurisdiction , and issued his . warrant accordingly . ; . ' "Uponthe messenger of the court : arriving at Liverpool , he ascertained that Gadsdeni had sailed' f «; r America about seven days since . : The
creditors are in possession of a letterin the ^ bankrupt ' s harid-writing , as addressed'to his son-in-lawJ which contains the following passage : — " It is not ' my intention ever to return to England , hut if I can ; earn anything for my creditors ; I shall send same to ' bedividedsmorigst'tbehi . After Ihave paid bur expenses over , and a few other things , I ( 'hall not have t en pounds left , but I am in hopes it will some ; day be in my power to pay something . " The ' enve- ; lope that is ' allegedto ' navecontained this-letter , is ' stated oh the outside to have been posted on the ' 26 th bf August , although it bears the Northampton ! post-mark of August 25 . It' would appear to have ! been previously posted in Ireland , arid the direction upon the letter is evidently written by another handj than that of the bankrupt ' s . The communication , ' al : though ndmittint ! ' that the bankrupt has absconded , ; is regarded by the creditors only as a blind , both as to the whereabouts of Gadsden , and the amount of money in his possession . : ' " v : ! -i
Failure in Manchester . —We have to announce the failuve of- a large j cotton-spinning firm in Manchester , that of Messrs . . William , and David Morrisand'Co ., of Salford and Chorltrin . ' Theliahi-Iities are varioiisly . stated at from £ 40 , 000 to £ 60 , 000 , but we believe : they- will ! be found not to exceed £ 25 , 000 . Mr ; William Morris was an alderman in the corporation of Salford , and has sent in-his resignation .... ! . , . . ' . . . " ., ' ,. •''" ., T-. ' : Thk Liverpool Albion says that , the Ainericari sailor , Frederick Jerome , who behaved so gallantly at the confliigratiori ' of the Ocean Monarch , two years sine ? , was introduced on < Saturday last to the committee of-, the Shipwreck and Huthane , Society of that port . Id w ; is . intirnated . to him that the gold medalof the society had heeri Awarded to him . but that the committee' would either present hini with the medal or its equivalent in money , at his option .
After some little consideration on his part , he stated that lie preferred Jhe money to the medal , and twenty-five guineas were paid to him . i < , ' 'An TJ ^ pleasant'Fix . —A-singular circumstance ocenrred ' rit Stafford on" the 29 th ult . A' man named Henry Stokes , in the employ of Mr . Twigg , at the Windmill , ascended to the gallery of the mill for the purpose of applying the break to the sails . Having , ' as he supposed , ' effected his purpose , -he was procee'diiiK to descend by-one of the-sails , but when about half-way down they began to revolve . He firmly grasped the sail upon which he was standing ; and his'perilous posiiion > having alarmed Mr . Twigg . ^ who wai in the mill , he proceeded : with : all speed to apply ' -the break . -The ' sails , 'however . were hot ' stopped : " until the poor-man had performed nearly forty revolutions . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ He sustained but little injury . i :- ' : '• ¦ ' ¦ :: -: '' ' ¦¦ ' . i :- ' : ' .-. ! . ; . ;<•); - ¦ ¦ - - . ; ;
; Conversions to CATHOHciSM . ~ TheRev . w H . ' Aiiderdori ; vicar of St . Margaret ' s * ' the largest parish in Leicester , has frequently caused , the protestants of that town ' sbnieuiieasiuessby the revival of practices peculiar to the Romish church , and by the exertions he has made to secure the : observance of sainls ' days dsc . This uneasiness'isnow ' greaten than ever ; as a young gentleman who has been under his triitimv has just joined the catholic church , anda young woman who taught-at a'School under hisi superintendencehas joined one of the religious ; c ' oihmunittes bf that- cht-rcli , and entered ! a ' Conyent ^ From these and other circumstar ices' -a ' strong impression is abroad that' the reverend gentleman is . about to follow'the example of the Rev ; -Eyre Bathurst , 1
rectorof Kibworth , iri this county , who , a few days since , renounced his benefice , worth upwards of £ 1 , 300 a-year , arid ' embraCed the catholic faith ; Irir deed ; id ' s believed iri some quarters that Mr . Anderdon has left home for the above purposd whilst others of his parishioners are willing to hope that he hits simply retired from' the neighbourhood until confidence in his orthodoxy is again restored . The latter opinion has been somewhat strengthened-by the fact that a clergyman who has hitherto- been unsuspected of Fusyisui ; has come to officia'e during the vicar ' s absence ; while on the other hand the newcomer , being a native pf Ireland , and having assnnied ; a style of dress which , has been usually worn by ; ' catholic priests only , has raised doubts as to his orthodoxy . ' . / : '' . ' ' i
ACCIOENT TO GaSWORKERS ' AT LIVERPOOL . —Oil Saturday evening , a number ! of men engaged in connecting some fias mains in Richmond-row had a narrow escape by . inhaling . the noxlus vapour . whiph escaped from the aperture . The meh ' iri the trench ; and who were : making : the joints , i were completely overpowered , and . some time elapsed before theyrecovered sensibility . The . police and workmen , who removed them were also affected by the gas , and the greatest consternation prevailed .. Mr . Edwards , the superintend"nt , was present , and under his direction porter arid other stimulants were ^ administered , and aftera ^ time the men recovered , without any very serious consequences . -i .:...:. v ; :
' Firb in A Gas-WCrks , —On Sunday List a slight explbsiori took place at the ' Gay thorn fias-station , Manchester , in one of the retort-houses , where a quantity of gas had been peririitted to escape ; -Forturiately , it was ( ridt of a , yidlerit character , and the billy damage done was ' , the displacement : of some ven ' dlating grids . over flues leading from tho retorthbuse . Soon afterwards , a large voluiho of ffame was seen issuirigfrom" the top of the immense gasometer , ' which is ' situatedIn ' aiiother : part of the yard , and the ' greatest fears ; were entertained lest
tho whole contents shouuHgnite ; and a' terrific explosiori be the result . 'Wise precautionary measures were adopted by the masters bf ' the s ' tation ^ and in the course of an hour ; by . the ' exertioris of the firebrigade , the flariio ( was extiriguished . " The hole in the gasometer is ; supposed to have'bee " made by some heavy , hard material , projeoted from the ) flue by the previoiis explosion . - The' principal loss ' will be in tho waste pt grisj 1 of which twenty or tliirty pounds' worth was consumed ; ' ! - > - ¦;• - ¦ . ¦ i - : . " ¦ , ' i ! :- , - - . ¦ : ..:... > ..- ^
AN A ' OENT HELD" LIABLE TOXt " a . 'DeBT DUB BY HIS PniNciPAL—Attho : district Coriptv Corirt / held at Aylesbury , on the 29 th ult .,- the caseof " S ' nii ' th v Bull" w ' asiheard . ;/ j This waaa claim'fo ' v ^ i ^ lii 3 d . for work' dprie" and perfp ' rmed . The plaintiff is a huihler , ; aiid . hyesat Wendover '; 'aridiho'deferidaiit is . ii land agent arid relieving omcefiof ;; t , he Aylesbury UriionjresidingatAsh ' ton'Clinton ., ' ^ rdni ' the ' ev' " ^ M > , dd . ^ , o * 'i ^; . ^ of September , 1 ? 4 B , the , plaintiff Received instructions froin the defendant to "do " certain work " at ' Chureh Farm , Ashton Clinton , which was porfornied and the bill was sent in the following January Some time afterwards ( April , 1847 ) the bill was returned by post , and on the plaintiff again seeing the de-
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fendant the latter told , him to makeout the [ bil . l to the ^ Duke of ^ Buckingham . ] . He , did , so , ; and . applied several : time ' s to the' duke ' s , agent . lit' Stovre ,.., but witn ' out , r . eceiviiig " payment ' of the accoarit ' . ; The plaintiff . ' when ' soihe ' cottages were to be - sold at Wendover , " went to ; MrV ; 'Bull ,- 'arid ; wished ) , to-purohase , upon condition . that'his . bill jff . a 8 ; t 0 be placed asa / etroff , butthe ^ defendant refused . tot accede to thatrequest . For -the > defence it ' ' s rioriterided / tha . t , ' as the plairitiff had executed the w' 6 rk f . » r the Duke of BuckinghamV at Weston' Turvillei' through Mr ; Bui 1 J the defendant , and as ' he ' ' wa 8 quite-iaware ; of the latter acting in the capacity of agent to the Duko of Buckingham , | Mr .. Bull was therefore not answerable for the preierit . claiiri .-Mr . Bull was then exa-1
mined , wheri ' . h ' e stated thatat the time'he engaged th ' e plaintiff to do the work he ' told hiiri ' it ' . was for the Duke of Buckingham . With respect fo the cottages , when the .. plaintiff applied , to him ( Mr . Bull ) about them , he told him that he could . not allow the set-off ,, because the ., estates ( . had passed from , the Duke' of \ Buckinghariv '" : to Lord 'Charidos '; , arid he could riot '; pay the debts of the 'former out of the produce of the estates of ftve' latter . —In ^ suin ' ming up , his Honour . commerited'iri : 8 tr . orig- terms on ithe conduct of . the , defendant ; in the ^ case , inaJlowing it to come beforo a ' court of ; justice . "' , He ' cpuid . not be surprised at ariy defence that might be , made by the
humbler classes ^ wTi ' eri sucli' an unjust defence had been set ' up ; by so respectable a person as the defeni . darit .. ! The only p ' oirit , ; too „ Jn the-defence tended more fo > confirm the , glaintiff ' s . case than . tO _ upset . it . It was with the greatest pain that he . heard a person acting's agent ioranobieduke'sfi ^ that ' when a ' tradesrijAri . applied to him'for settlement of a just debt , it could not be paid ' out ot the produce of the estate because , it had passed out of the duke ' s into theifarquieofjChandosfs'hands . Upon .. cons | derationof the whole ' matter " he must order ' a judgment to he entered for tlie . pl ' amViff for ^ theidebtarid ; costs . —Immediate ^ paymentordered . L ' '
Axtemptbd Suicidb . —John Blower , who cut his tbrpat immediatel y after ; he ^ wasisentenced tp ^ seyen years' tratispbrtatioh at"the * Jas ' t' quarter sessions , on Tuesday morning madeanother attempt at selfdestruction 1- ' Wheri the ' unhappy " mah ' was'let out of ; his sleeping ' cell , to go into the day-room , he run against the angle of . a ; stone wall , butting his ; head againBtiit with all his force , breaking , the scal p from thelforeheadtothexrqwri . .. " , '" .. ' _''' " . " ,- ' . , ; Disturbance bbiween ' the ' 11 th ¦ Hcssars and CiviLiANS ' ' at . IpswiCH ?>^ - 'Ab 6 ut ' . half-past i eleven o ' clock on Saturday' nigrit last ;^ t he inhabitants of St . -Matthew's and , Wcstgate ; 8 tr . eets , Ipswich , -were disturbed from , their . elumbera by . several Jow . feiiowsj
assaulting . tjwo . pf . the , privates of the llth Hussars . j how . stittioned / iif the Ipswich barracks . ' The two : ' 8 bldiere ' werVacc 6 rding to the ^ stateriients of two orthree most respectable persons , brutally ! t ' reated ;; It appears that about the ; time mentioned above , the ; two soldiers entered '; the shop ,-of Mr . Eade , winej and spirit merchant , where ' . ; they saw a'female , the ' wife of onepf / their comrades , wh ' om ' a niari namedI Westj ' a'sawyer j arid another riamed ' Rivers ' , a paid- ; tor , wer ' e'inBultwg . ' . TJ £ he two solhiers remonstrated ' with tho , nien . foinsueh ' . unmanlyf . cbnductibut-thei Zatterstill cpntfntied to ; abuse , the ' soldiers and . the wpman " , who . did , all they ^ possibly could to prevent any disturbarice . ;_ but ' . firi ' dirig ' Rivers '/ arid ^ West de- ; termined'tO ' commit a ' breach of tlie ' peace ' , 'the '
soldiers left , and were proceeding quietly down the : street ; when they ., perceived that > theyi were ? being <' followed by nearly twenty -persons ., Vfhen the soldiers arrived opphsite to the . Crown . and , Anchor both their caps were knocked off by amob ' , ' who illused them in a most cowardly way . "After several skirmishes , the soldiers' got : the' wOrstvof it , their beingabout fifty perso ' nspresent at this timei ' some of whom jumped ; uppn ' , the :, sold . iers whenlyingin ; the . road , kicked and ^ otherwisei ill-treated them . ; The sbjiliers then ' beat a . retreat , but they had np ' tj reached beyohd Mr . 'Read ' s ,, watchmaker and jewel-, ler ^ hefdre they were again ' overtaken , " ' After they had again met with ) most brutal , treatment at thei hands of the mobithe ' lsoldiers once more mariaged ;
to get ; away from them , one running up Globe-lane , ; and theptherToiirid Mr . Churchman | s corner , pursued by . their ' assailants ; who were , halloing and making a great noise , much / to the annoyance of the peaceable inhabitants , ' The soldier who ran up Globe-lane fortunately got clear away from his pursuers , but the . other-poor follow was not so fortunate , and finding tliein top close , at his heels to be pleasant , 'he ran into the house occupied by Mr . Rowlsori , ' ' - ' nearly opposite the Temperance Hall , and , begged protection ; -Mr . ' Rowlson- had -rimch difficulty : in : keeping ; some . portion-of the . 'people frqm . entering his . housei . n . Some , of them demanded thiit the soldier . should r b . e . " given ,. up to theni , and even intimated that unless their orders , were
atteridbd to they , would'break ' open'Mr . ' Rowlson ' s house . . In'the meantime , police constable Cole , Bloomfield ; ; and . Porider came . upland : they ; in a short time ; ^ escorted ? the soldier to-/ the barracks , followed , by . a . large inumbei ' ' of . persons ,, shouting and making a great iioise . ' ; One of the soldiers had his li p cut ppen , ' arid the other sustained siich severe injuries thai-he Vris taken to ' the hospital . -The soldiersassaulted , ' weare : inforriied , are two of the best conducted men in the regiment . Onthefollbwitig night . ( Sunday ) , a party ' , bf ten or twelve soldiers belonging to the Iltli Hussars , comrades bf the two soldiers who were assaulted by the civiliaris on the preyioiis night ; sallied forth with the evident determination' to . makean attackupon the parties ,
some of whom it appears were Well-known to them . For , this jpurposo they .. proceeded' to . tho Rriyal WiiHamlBpwiiri ' g-green ; , where- they found West ( one ofthe men who had originated'the' quarrel ) and a person ' ' named' Jordan ! A slight row here took place betweenathem ; whichi ' resulted in ' West and ; Jordan being ratheratoughly . . handled by , " . the : soldiers in the public road ; , hut . the former nianaged ' rto ' escape froni his ^ assailarits . "" About halfpast eleyeiro ' clock ' . terior ' twelve soldiers again met West ; and Joraoh opposite' ' the Feathers public house , in'Westgate-street / v when ' they made another , attack upon them .-,,: The . soldiers bad taken off their jackets , one of their comrades holding them . Sonic of the . soldiers were at this time ar ' med ' with short
sticks , which ihey used pretty freely upon the heads and persons ' of West arid Jordan ^ so much so , ' that Jordan's head was broken open , and hel ' wastakeri to Mr .. Sampson ' s ; surgery ,-. . where his wounds were bound up .. West , ! s after . the fray ,. was , 'picked up quite insensible , arid cpriyeyedto his horiie by two of thb police . Inforniatirih having been given to the guard at J the § barf acksy . ' a p i cquet was at once sent out in ' search " of the soldiers : —Ipsivich Express . ¦ ' ; Suicidb : from > Jealousy . —On Sunday , iWilliam Ppates ; ani innkeeper , at . Darlington , coritmitted -a most deterriiined act , of Suicide by . placing the muzzle of ; a double-barrell ^^ discharging the corit ' erits , causing imriiediate death The coroners' inquest was h ' eldon Mondav .-when it
appeared that the deceased had for some time entertained suspicion of tlie virtue . ofI his . wife ,. - » ho had / ^! y'j , ff addicted , to . drinking . . ' SomeVcircumstanqbs having occurred on Mopday Week to confirm his suspicions , ho turned bls wife out ' of doors , and remaine ' d during the rest of theiweok in ; a state of great nervous-excitement ' ' and : despondency . On Sunday night he ; clo . sed : jbis \ house , and put an end to his existence as described . ? A letter . was found in the pocket of deceased , ' addi-essed to the coroner , in which' he stated his intention arid the cause -of iti arid requested that the "'little property he possessed might . he divided-equally between his two children . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . ¦ '' .,., ' . ' ¦ ' -- \
. GiUEAT . CpNPLApRATION . ' lN ' . nUNTINGDONSHiRE . —On Monday night the ' village'bf Harboys , St . JVes , was thrown into the greatest' confusion' by' the sudden outbreak of a fire ; which involved - in flames arid reduced . to . ashes a , large farinhouse , with all itsstockof hayand straw , and twentyrorie . cottages , the . inhabitarits "' of which are now sheltered in the church , which was instantly opened for ' their reception . It originated fromsbme children playing ' witli lucifersmatobeB hear ; some : hay and straw 1 , ' which ignited , ; arid -as , quiekly , - , spread' its , . flames , , that although , the . Ramsgate : and the St ; Ives engines were , instantly on : ' the ;' spotand in full , play tbev cou . W M s check their fur J hefore theabove-named destruction took place . Ahout th ' reVyears aco , the
vi . llagejof-. Newinghatniinot- far removed from H ' arboys , was burned nown .- by . a girl-throwing a box of warm cinders on a dust-heap , when a hi » h wind earned them to the " adjoining hay-ricks , and the flames oa , ught the-cottages , burning them to the - ground . - A collection is ^ beinprm ' ade on behalf 6 the poor houseless' villagers of Hiirboys . A rumour was rife irithis city ( Exeter ) on Monday that Mr . Divett had " obtained the appointment of Clerk to the Hoiise of " Commons , vacant by the death of . the late ; MrlJxy , ; . As thisC , would compel the ; hon . ^ member ; : to gfve up his , seat for the city ; w ^ ioh has , hepome . very . " precarious , Hhe . iiberalelectors are on the gut vive , arid several gentlemen ihave been named as-candidates . ' The conservatives ! are also preparing for any event of the kind that : may happen „ vWe give the report as wo have heard it , without jany authority for its correctness . —Western Luminary , [ ' \\ z-X' ) l \' . l \[ % ' - '' y ' ?• : ¦ ' \ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' - ' The -Brick-makkrs at AsnTON-UNriER-LvNE
On Saturday- last T . Morris , ' cT . Barker , T . Fitz . morfis ; Tr Jackson , James Philips , and William Porrlstj j ferevohnrged hy : Mi ' . NewtenJ chief coristahle . w th corispiriioy , arid were , corrimitted to take their ' tnalatthe ' ensuirigassi fjiriy were , " however , allowed to give bail foivtheir appear-& S ?? i them ? , t « in . ' ^ O . each , and two " suretie ' s- in * 25 each .. , . " , - ; j ' -- . - ¦ " TKriMmTiotroP ^' TO ^ ouTl ^ The ' p ' owW-iooni ^ ^ . m ^ oth ^ r hand ^ a ^^ ^^ Rothwell arid ^ j > r fyVcdttonmill , 'Eim ^ beeri on the 8 trIke abbut ; ei ght , weeks ^ resur ed thli ? 79 a ^ ^ uesaay ^ mfirriing , the masterrSS agrMd'togive < the hri ' nd 8 . thopriee . th- eyivTOntcd RocnuAtE SAviNG , sE ^ £ jlTne Sigh ' t non ' ^ ^ jBB ^ & S ^ Ak KCur ^ Rkpresektation OP TBE UNIVSBSITr OF Cam-BRiDQK . -According to present appearances there is i . '
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every'probability of-a' . contestedr election , and . that between two Conservatives , viz- ';—Miv Walpole anil Mr . Cowling ' . ' " It is alleged by Mr . ' Cowling ' s supi porters ^ that'he . came fbrwatd' only after' Mr . 'WaU pole had beenisolicited to stand without avail ? Ther ^ is as yet : no authentic annouricement . of the intention Of . a candidate in the Liberal , interest . to offer himself . Mr . Macaulay lias positively doolined to stand in the Liberal interest ' . ' ' " ^ - '' - ' - ••• ' : _ ' - - ' n " : -.- .. ' ; :: ' - ; ::,. ; . ' )
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' . Death , by ,. a Fall from a Precipice . —A letter from Glasgow , . written on Friday , informs , us that Mr . Duncan 'Grant ; of Newhalli was Rilled on the 28 th ult . by \ a fall froni Ben Nevis .- He had gofle ori a-iplessare excursion , and . his remains were discoivered . on ; the . vfollowing daytat ; the , foot , of , the pre ; cipice frightfully , mutilated . : . .. u .,, , ' . , Thb North British Mail ' , ' of Monday , mentions that ' forgeries have been committed by an agent in Glasgow upon ah extensive tea firtn- in ^ London , to the ' amount of . nearly £ 1 , 000 . The allegediforger is supposed to have sailed for America . . > r , . ¦? " AcpoiipiNG to the books of the Town iTreasurer of Inyerriessi'ihe . streets ; of that burgh Were first swept tit the public expense , by order of the Duke of Cumberland , ' ' after the * battle ¦ ' of Calloden . ^ Th e fotlowing is the eritry ,.: dated 1746 . —?' j Paid labouring men ; for keeping the streets ^ and kennels clean , by order ofthe magistrates , upon a message , from his Royal Highness , the Duke of Cumberland , from thel 9 th of April to the 23 H ofAugust , £ 47 2 s . ' " ' The Douglass Mill , -belonging to Messrs . Gilroy , at Dundee , was destroyed by fire on Tuesday morrijing . Nothing but the bare walls remain .
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| ^ Dublin . —The ; Tenant League . —From the minutes- of , the-. week's proceedings of the . Tenant Iiague , ye ; , jearn that active exerdbn g " have been made in the ^ way of preparations fbr . the provincial meetings '^ recorhriiended in the address of the pre " - cedingweek . f Arrangements have'been , made for four county meetings m Leinster , viz . ^ iu Meath , iyFestmeath , " Kilkenny , and :: Wexfordj , arid it is expectedvthe result will , te , the comple . te organisatioil of these districts . Manyof the ; leading men in each district-have , been written . to ; and ; as' the report statesythe most encouraging . assurances-have been received from .- them ; - < - Extracts-from , . several communications from , the active friends of the tenant agitation throughout the Country , appear in thp weekly minutes of the'League , ' and these give ' ample reason to conclude that the efforts of thV'League will be-most strenuously supported in the provinces . Severaliofithevletters . from' the ; sohth . were- from Roman . Catholic : clergymen , who show , tbemselvea among . the staurichest and most earnest friends of tenant right . . . , , ' ' / .. . < ' - . The Austria'ri govern men t-having , says the' ^ enirig Post , placed JS 3 , 200 at-the disposal of the Synod for the relief of the distressed poor ot . Ireland , the allocation of that sum wap-made— £ 1 , 200 for the relief of- the province , of sMunster , £ 1 , 200 for a * siriiilar purpose in' Conhaught , ' and £ 800 , we believe , equally between Leirister arid Ulster . Emigration . —The Nation of Saturday contains the following : — "The Right : Rev . Dr .. . Burns Roman . Catholic Bishop of Arkansas , ; inthe-United , Srotes of America , is at present in Dublin . , He will be accompanied back ; to his diocese irninediately by a clergyman , and up < rards of 600 suhlta ' ritiai farmers , from one district in the county '¦¦ of Wexford . A number of ladies ofthe Sisters of Mercy have also signified their intention ; to accompany ; his lordship . The situation fixed upon for , this c . olony ; lies between Little Rock and , Van . Burin ,. and , '• his . lordship describes the land as aboundirig with fruit and conn - ' HAnvissT Pros pbcts , —Out of the " vast'mass of provincial ' paperswhich . reacbed Dublin on Saturday . there are not more than half . a doien which make any allusion . to the progress of the harvest : ; and . of such . as do refer to the . subject all but one ' speak favourably of the prospect . From the midland 1 counties , arid Donegal and Tyrone in the northern province , the reports are satisfactory j but in Sligo it is stated that at . least-one-half of the potato crop : is gone , and the remainder " in a most grievous state . " For the rest ofthe country silence may be fairly constructed as good news . The weather has been extremely fine for the last three days , and the mercury has been gradually rising to vsetfnir . ' ! .- ' . - ; ; -lf , Sales , or Encumbered . Estates , —One of the finest jproperties that has yet come under the operation of the Encumbered Estates Act , is now in the market ; arid ; unless previously disposed of hy private contract , will be offered for public sale in the month of January next . It consists of tue . Killymoon estates jof Colonel Stewart , - situate in the county of Tyrone , and containing . 4 , 663 acres , yielding , a ferifal of nearly £ 3 , 800 pei- ' annum . Lord Goii ^ h , while on a visit to the north of Ireland , wan said to he in treaty for this property , and it is still believed that his Lordship , if he do riot become the , purchaser , of an estate in one , of the midland counties , will be a candidate for the ownership of Killymoori . The present proprietor is also the petitioner , in this case . ¦ - ' - ' RisnucTioN of Rents , —Lord Cremorne , one of the best landlords in Ireland , has issued a circular to the , tenantry , on his extensive , estates in . the county \ of .. Monaghan , ^ signifying inter alia , his Lordship ' s intention to make an abatement of rent cornmensurate with the present low prices of produce . The merit of this ' timely sacrifice is enhanced by thevwell-kHown fact , that ' in . Vgood times" the lands , were let at a low rate , but that it is only by , making a further , reduction . that the noble owner can carry put the maxim of ' " . Livea ' nd let live . " ' Government ' Patronage . —The law appointments are . deahitively avranped , and the leading prize has fallen tothe share of Mr . Henry Baldwin , who has been appointed one of / the , ; judges of the Insolvent Court . The vacant barristersbip has been confeiTed , upori Mr . Gibson , who some years ago sat / in Parliament" as the' Whig represeri ' tative for the borough of Belfast ; Both appointirients are regarded as quite unexceptionable : ^ " : ; : - : ; ¦ The lucrative officeof Collector-General of Taxes , under the . New Dublin Improvement Bill , which public . report had long ; since given to Mr . Maurice O Connell , the member for Tralee , lias been bestowed on Mr , Alderman Staunton whose name is identified with Irish journalism as the founder and proprietoi" of the Hegister newspaper , which for many years : was ; : the recognised organ , of Jthe late Mr . O . . Connell , and . the record , as it we ' ve , of the proceedings of the once gelcbrnt ' ed Catholic Association . Value of Convent PuoPEBTr in Irelano . —The Anglo Celt , Cavan paper , says ; " The present convent property ' , in ; Ireland is stated to be ; vfo > th upwards . of £ 700 , 000 . " . .,. Serious Affray near Ballinasloe .- ^ Re ' scue or Cattle , —The Western Star contains the following Sfatement . — "Ori Wednesday'last Mr . John Ke ' J Iy , poor-ratocolleetor , proceeded with three assistants , nairiediMurrny , Gavan ; and Kenny , : to distrain for poorri-ates . dueby a man named Tarley—the amount * 11 . 3 s . - Aftergoingonthelandsof Baiwriiaria , and seizing eleven head , of cattle , several people collected and succeeded in rescuing the cattle ; with the exception of one cow . Some blows were given on both sides , when Mr ; Kelly , and ' . his men were attacked . with stones . Murray was-struck by a stone . on the forehead , which . forced . the biond ^ throuoh his Tu- a » d "Ose ; and Mr . Kelley was hit ' oh the back ot his head and sonie other parts of his body . He had a doubled-barrelled pistol in his hand , and when knocked down two or ; three of the ' rescuers' held nun , wrested the pistol from his hand , searched his side pocket for another , pistol , > hich tbev got , and when taking it out also took £ 50 in ' riotes , either through mistake' or design ' . So Mr ; Kelly states . Mr . Kelly and his party , however , got away , and came into town , when Murray , who received such dreadful injuries , was put into the hospital . , He is the only support of a widowed mother . We understand , that the lands on which the seizure . was made were waste , and the cattle found there belonged to a number of poor farmers living in ; the : neighbourhood . " ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : .. ¦ . " , -: ' : ¦ ' :: ¦ : i ; , r ,. . State of the . . Country ;—; On the second day ' s sitting of the , Synod at Thurles , the . parish priest of Ennistymore . entered tho .. corridor , ' arid , having ' 0 T ^ laam » d * li ?<** ' < l thW followiri gappeal :-•• MyLords . -An humble priest frotri . Mwildsof Clare ^ fresh from tho : graves and skeletons of that desolated county , assurries , the ,: liberty otthrowing . out ; most respectfully , . , f w o . bser . viions , not by 7 hiS ISS ^^^^ hirid ' eonsiderationo ' f tr ? S > h 0 Q S' J » na , 'iny lords ; is our countl : if S ? , of our sires '' and the' Md of our nn » mJiL 1 ' j 0 V 6 ly , an < J . 'Messed-by -Heaven iwith of sS ? ' anta 8 «» . ' --Bnt my lords , it ; i 8 la land Si'ffi i ? and ' s > ' Aoombinfltionofcirbuml , « S ? S i 0 P ^ tH 1 , for its ' rriiri . ; ' Its-ohildreri have Sffi ?^ 4 pwn in'th ' ou snnds ; ' arid are' dying still under that lawless power' which' crushed the energiescot a nation ^ androhbed it ofits ' pride and independence . Extermination ;; sanctioned ; ,-by English ^^ y ^ nny ^ uuh . eardj . of in , the , annals . of earliest ^ ° . % lnS ~^ g ? y 8 tems ' > desti ; hed ' . to kill and slay ; our ; 1 countrymeif ^ have . nearly . done " their worst , our poorhpuses a . re crbwded-with the ^ dyirig and the d ?* t ' ou ; * ' * ' Ka « nIet 8 awaViri-. withW , eW yi cttms , ihunted , from theiiv mountains homes ; and tne roads-and , b y-ways are ; strewn with walking ® P < 5 t T - -iW « , Bgroans , and ' sighs . ' drag » pang ftom the most . gallous ^ he ' aver'iOh , my . ' lords , shall not this riiurderous system have ah end ? Will not the combined wisdom s df this-august council , led on by the representative ' s offhe -Holy See ; Influenced by ¦ t he . mighty . eloqu > noe ! of ! the 1 . star ,., of , i ^ uam , cpuntry ' Siprideand hispeopla ' s . trea ' srire ^ ihake an . effprt to , jirrcst our ruiii ^ tThe : Afchbishoi » p f Tuam bhWed'h's ackriowled ^ merit ' siy : pH i this . 'day will forrii ' Sfi erauvth ' e ' ahnals of r tho 5 Catholic * church . My heartswells with delight—my conviction whispers to my mind that you , my lords , will remonstrate with English power—that you will address Royalty itself in behalf of a people that would die
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 7, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07091850/page/6/
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