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      Health of Lasso * dcbixg iee Week — The SfihWr * ^ "e week ending S £ oJt ' ^ , ' 796 5 of which 1 , 688 were by itl % ' tyterrhax . The mortality exceeds toat of any previous week . The greatest number ever registered hefore in any week since 1810 , was ^ 434 deaths , in the week ending December 4 , 1847 , wheu the las £ epidemic of influenza prevailed . In ^ f ™ » ePKtemic of l 832 , Parish clerks , in the Old bills of mortality , returned 1 , 021 burials for the week ending August 28 ; which , allowing for the defects in their returns , and for increase of population , are equivalent to 2 , 450 deaths at the present time . The burials after that week in 1832 declined . The mortality is nearlv three times the average of

      the season , and is sensibly felt all over the metropolis ; but the inhabitants of tho north and west districts , and people in the distance , can yet scarcely form a notion of the suffering on tbe south side of the Thames , and since the middle of August , in the east districts . "The 12 th , 13 th , and 14 th of August , " says one of the registrars of Bethnalgrecfi , " will long he remembered in the neighbourhood , the outbreak of this fatal disease being without . adequate preparation ; surgeons were wanted in many places at once ; the hurried passing and repassing of messengers , and the wailing of relatives filled the streets with confusion and woe , and impressed on all a deep sense of an awful calamity . ' Cholera has already destroyed in this

      -epidemic , nine thousand one hundred and twenty nine lives ia London . As it is one of the purposes <> f the Registration Act to ascertain the " causes of death , and of the weekly tables , not to gratify idle curiosity , but to pomt these out to the public , the registrars have been requested to give all the inforration ttey canrespectingthe state of every part of their districts This masy of them have taken considerable pams to do , andtheirnotes wUl . it is hoped , be found serviceable to the guardians and medical inspectors now andat future times . For it is important to hear in mind that cholera only brings into a strong light the localities which elaborate

      calculations in the annual reports prove are at all times fetal to the health and life of the inhabitants . After the perils of this terrible week we seem to see land ; but as many thousands of lives may be lost in an epidemic by negligence , so , many thousands may be saved by skill , vigilance , and energy—by more ample supplies of water , by the rapid removal of -nuisances from the houses and streets by the prompt administration of medical appliances and ether comforts , by the active co-operation of the medical profession , of the board of guardians , of employers , of every householder , of every individual , with the board of health and health , officers .

      ExiKXsrre Robberies . —On Saturday last information was received by the police that the George and Vulture Hotel , Cornhill , had been entered by thieves and plundered of £ 400 worth of foreign gold and silver coin ; the residence of Count Latour , 79 Great ; Tichfield-street , of a quantity of gold plate and jewels , value £ 350 ; the Hon . Mrs . Holmes , j ^ p stw-todge , Tulse Hill , of silver plate , valued at £ 380 ; and E . Morris , Esq ., Argle-lodge , Clapham , of suver plate , valued at £ 80 ,. and forty sovereigns . Fire is CuauOT ' s Ere . —On Sunday morning , Shortly after two o ' clock , a fire , which was nearly attended with a melancholy loss of life , occurred upon the premises of Mr . W . Taylor , 12 , Clement ' sinn-passage , Strand . The flames were first discov ered by police constable If o . 96 F ., at which period they were raging apparently in the first or ground Soor The smoke , at the same time , was rushin " forth from every window in the buildm ? . Tie con- i

      stable raised an instant alarm , and after repeatedly Knocking at the door he succeeded in arousing the occupant of the first floor , a gentleman of tbe name pi Foster , who , having got to the front window , was just in the act of throwing himself out , when he recollected that a man and his wife were sleepin g -on the floor above . To that part of the house Mr . poster made , when he awoke the persons who were there sleeping , and having dragged them to the first floor window be lowered them down , and afterwards jumped out himself . Several engines soon attended , and the firemen were enabled to get the conflagration extinguished by five o ' clock , but not until the premises m whichit began were destroyed , and those adjoining on either side extensively damaged . One of the parties who was assisting to get the fire out fell from a high wall , and was so severely injured as to be obliged to bo taken to the hospital . The origin of the disaster is unkaown . The sufferers were uninsured .

      Aiahsiixg Fire axd Robbery at Waiworth . — On Monday night between the hours of nine and ten o cock , a fire which caused great alarm and did considerable dsmage , broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr . Woods , a wholesale furnishing ironmonger , carrying on business at No . 6 , Mount-place , Walworth-road , within a short distance of Camber-• well-gate . The flames when first perceived were raging ia the front shop , and , although an instant alarm was given , and assistance promptly attended , the Ore speedily gained complete possession of the "vwer part of the premises , and -the names were rush-. . . half-way across the road . The fire assuming such ~ . m ^ ™™ Ej * spect great fears were entertained for £ Q « . <^ ty of a woman who had been confined a few lours pi . ' 6 ™ ^* Some of the inhabitants entered tfe- pfoce . tSut l £ was witi &&*& difficulty that they cos' *? arerent Jhepoor creature from rushing into

      the street with . fl erinrsnt . What makes the case more distressing is , that the woman lost her husband with cholera a few days since . The engines quickly attended , and as soon as water could be procured , they were set to work , but the fire could not be extinguished until the lower portion of the premises was completely destroyed , and the upper part much damaged by fire and water . The origin of the fire is unknown . It appears that Mr . and Mrs- Woods went to the Flora-Gardens , leaving the sbopboy to close , and shortly after putting up the shutters , the jire was seen by some one passing the shop . "While the fire was burning two persons were detected by Sergvaut Mlien , iu the act of removing soma of the property from tie premises . He succeeded in cantaring one of the parsons , who was locked up in the station-house . Fortunately , the sufferer was insured .

      Scese at a Borui .. —On Sunday afternoon a scene of somewhat singular and novel character took placs at tbe burial ground of the district church of St , Peter ' s , off the Walworth-road . It appears that in the early part of last week , a maa named Gathard , who had for many years carried on the business of a green-grocer , in East-lane , Walworth , was seized with Solera , and after a short but eevere illness was carried off by that frightful epidemic . The deceased had been remarkable for the care and attention bestowed upon a favourite donkey , purchased by him twenty-six years ago . Such was his affection for his " Moak , " as he called him , that it was his practice on every Christmas day to give him the first cut of the plumb-pudding , a treat which the animal seemed

      to enjoy , as he eat the p'ummy delicacy with the greatestavidity , and washed it duwn with a pint of strong ale . Even on his death-bed Gothard did not forget his favourite , for in his will he directed that the donkey should follow him to his grave as chief mourner . This extraordinary request soon got wind iu the neighbourhood , and at the time appointed for the funeral some thousands of persons assembled in the cimrcbyard . The authorities connected with the eburth . determined that sneb an unseemly exhibition Should not he allowed . The friends in consequence determined only to lead the donkey as far as the end of East-lane . During this portion of tbe mournful procession the animal walked at the head of fourteen couple of mournerswith crape tied round its ears .

      , So sreat was the crowd about the church that tbe aid of the police was obliged to be called in to _ prevent some thousands from forcing their way into the churchandehurohvard , after the corpse . Orderwas with some difficulty preserved , and the burial service was performed by the Utv . Mr . O'RUey , one of tie curates . « ,..,, « . - t Fatai . AcciDtsr . —On Saturday last an inquest was Held before Sir . "Waaler , jnu ., at the Middlesex jlos ^ ital , on tbe body of John Smith , aged fiftythree . The deceased was connected with various xacin * ' and betting-houses in Westminster , and residciilu St . Ann ' s-coait , Sobo-Fouare . He was of

      Terv intemperate habit ? , awl , when in a state of intoxication , ho would challenge any person to run or jump with him for a wager . On the previous Wednesdav evening , whilst in a state of drunkenness , he ran a race of 200 yards with a youth named Smith * . in Swan-alley , Wardour-street , aud , when within fire yards of the end of the contest their Shoulders accidentally touched , the force of which caused the deceased to fall sideways on the pavement . His head struck the ground with great force , and , when picked up , he was found in an insensible condition . He was removed to the above hospital , ¦ where-he died the next day , from a fracture of the Bknll and injury to the brain .

      CsuEtTr to a Cmtn . —At an inquest held on Monday by Mr . J . W . Payne , deputy-coroner for the City , at the Goldsmiths' Arms , Southwark , on the body of an infant , aged two years , alleged to liavc died of cholera , the following gross case of cruelty was detailed : —The mother of the infant was a street-walker , and she rented the half of a lack kitchen in a house in Rodney-street , and in this miserable place—not large enough to admit a iedstead—she lived with a man with whom she Cohabited , and with her infant child . She was con-Btantly out , as was also her companion , and the

      Child used to be left locked in this den without any one to care for it for many hours together . Ou Saturday last ,. when the mother was out , a woman residing ' in the same house entered the room through ihe window . The child appeared to be dead , as it was lying quite motionless upon a chair cushion . She took it up , and whilst she was looking at it the companion of the mother entered the place . He was told that the child was in a dying state , and he replied , that it was all d—i stuff , the child was very well . He put a sheet over it , and went out . The mother returned at four in the morning , and as

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      soon as she could she procured some medicine and administered it . A medical gentleman who came to see another child in the house saw this infant , and he directed that it should he wrapped in blankets , and some beef-tea given to it . The mother paid no attention to these directions , and went out as usual , leaving the child alone . Mr . Kendall , a surgeon , saw the child on Thursday , and gave the mother an order for some beef , which she obtained , and after boning it for a short time she ate it herself , giving the liquor to the child . The child was also to be placed in a warm bath , which the mother also neglected . The mother used to beat the noor infant in a shameful manner , and

      often wished it dead . "When it died on Friday she said , "Thank God , my hands are free at last . " [ This witness was severely reprimanded by the coroner for not informing the police of the conduct and expressions of the mother , ] Mr . Itendell , a surgeon , proved that the child died of diarrhoea ; of course , the neglect it had experienced would be prejudicial to it , but the noxious influences of the locality were such that he could not venture to state that the treatment the child had received from its savage mother had caused death . The coroner having adverted to these facts and to the opinion given by Mr . Rendell , the jury returned a verdict of" Natural Death . "

      SOICIDB OP A SKROEASr IX THE GUARDS . —On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . Wakley , jun ., at the Canteen , in St . John ' s Wood Barracks , on the body of David Smith , aged 43 years , late a quartermaster-sergeantof the 1 st battalion of Coldstream Guards . —Fvobcrt Martin , a private in the same regiment said , about ten minutes past six o'clock on Saturday morning witness saw , through the window of the store-room , the deceasedhanging near the wall . Witness instantly gave an alarm , and on entering the store-room with Sergeant Shceden they found the deceased suspended by a cord which was fastened to a wooden peg in the wall . There was a noose in the rope which was round his neck , and the other end of the cord the deceased held firmly in his hand . The deceased was instantly cut down , but life was found to be quite extinct .

      Witness had seen the deceased about ten minutes before the discovery , when the deceased came out of his quarters which adjoins the store-room , with only his shirt aud drawers on , and after looking about for the space of a half minute , he went in , and witness did not see him again alive . The deceased had been very desponding for some time past , and on Friday last be appeared as if he was not in his right senses . —Sergeant-major Harrold stated that the deceased bad been twenty-three years ia the regiment , and about three years since , in consequence of his good conduct and behaviour , he was raised to the rank of quartermaster-sergeant . He was a married man , and had four children . He had been very low spirited for several days past , on account of his wife ' s illness . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

      Crueity io ax Inioi . —On Monday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Anchor public-house , Goldenlane , St . Luke ' s , touching the death of Samuel Cook , an idiot , aged 47 years . The deceased was a very harmless person , but was constantly being followed by a crowd of boys in Golden-lane , who were in the habit of annoying him , beating and kicking him , and knocking him upon the head . A short time since he was hooted by upwards of twenty boys , who kicked him most severely upon the legs , and worried him for upwards of an hour . He afterwards complained of pains in his stomach , and had never been well since that time . He died on Thursday week . —Mr . Powell , surgeon , had made a post mortem examination of the body , and attributed

      death to water on thebram . He was of opinion that death had been accelerated by fright . —The Coroner said this case was a most difficult one , as it was impossible to know who had been engaged in beating and frightening the deceased . —The jury consulted , and after a long deliberation , returned a verdict of "Natural death , but his death may have been accelerated by excitement and fright . " MelakchoitD ^ ath of as Artist . —An inquest was held on Tuesday , before Mr . Langham , at the Plough public-house , on view of the body of Mr . George Lytler , aged 62 years , an artist , and author of the "Pictorial Alphabet , " as used by the Royal Family . It appeared from the evidence of Mr . D . G . Lain * , of Xo . 2 , Tillers-street . Strand .

      | and others , that the deceased had travelled a good deal , and was well known to the literati in London and abroad . He formerly held the appointment of a draughtsman to the late Duke of Gloucester . From his childhood he had exhibited much eccentricity of manner , and he always abhorred the idea of any person entering his apartments , and it was only by stratagem that his room was ever cleansed . Some time since he met with a pecuniary misfortune , and ever since he had been indolent , and was very slothful in his appearance . For the last two years he had occupied , unknown to his family , who are highly respectable , residing in Edinburgh , a small back room , at Xo . 32 , Clement's-lane , for which he paid four shillings per week . He was in

      very indigent arenmstances , and about twelve months ago an appeal was made to the profession and persons whom he had known in his prosperity , by which an annuity of £ 20 per annum was raised for his support for the remainder of his life , which he got from Mr . Laingin instalments weekly . He was last seen alive on Thursday week , and he then appeared in his usuaMiealth . On Monday evening last a most dreadful stench was experienced in the house by the lodgers , who found it to proceed from the deceased's room . The door was subsequently broken open , and the effluvium that escaped from the room was so great , that the police constables

      and Mr . Lovet , the surgeon , were compelled to return down stairs , and were afterwards attacked with violent sickness . Mr . lovet obtained a quantity of chloride of lime , and returned again to the room . After using the lime very freely , he was enabled to enter the room , and found the deceased lying by the side of the bed , as if he had fallen from it by accident . The body was most shockingly decomposed , and tho deceased appeared to have been dead some days . The room , which had never been cleansed since he had lived there , presented a most disgusting and filthy sight . Mr . "Walker , surgeon , attr ibuted death to apoplexy , and the jury returned a verdict to that effect .

      Alleged Poisoning in the Cur . —An inquest was held on Tuesday before Mr . Payne , at the Ward School-rooms , Philip-lane , on the body of Martha Gilham , aged 59 , whose death took place on Sundav last . The deceased resided in Cock-court , Philippine , and she had for the last eighteen years lived with a man named Holmes . On Sunday afternoon some children at play in the court happened to look in at the window of the deceased ' s room , when they saw her lyhur upon the table quite dead , and the body disposed " in the usual manner . An alarm was given , and much excitement having arisen , the door of the room was forced . It was generally known that the deceased belonged to a burial clubthat the man Holmes was expected to

      , recive the money as her representative , and it was rumoured that ' her death was caused by poison . Further inquiry showed that the deceased had been very ill with diarrhoea and vomiting on Friday . She refused to see any medical man , and died on Sunday morning . Holmes immediately went and informed her sister , who came and laid her out , and tbey then went away , locking tbe room after them , and without stating anything of tbe death . Holmes was afterwards seen with the card relating to the burial club , and he stated that he was entitled to £ 14 . The Coroner desired that Holmes should be sent for , but it appeared that he was quite

      intoxicated , and incapable of giving coherent replies to questions addressed to him . One of the committee of the burial club , however , stated that the money would not be paid to Holmes , but to the sister of the woman , who was her only legal representative . The sum claimed was £ 11 10 s . ~ 3 £ r . Sparkes , of Finsbury-place , a surgeon , stated that he examined the body at the request of Mr . Maclellan , a churchwarden , and Mr . Hooper , the registrar . There was no reason to suspect any violence ; the death in his opinion arose from cholera . The jury , after a lengthened consultation , found that the deceased had " Died of Asiatic Cholera . "

      SnOCKlXO ACCIDEXT AT MESSRS . CUBITl ' s " WORKS . —An inquest was held on Wednesday before Mr . H . L . Langbam , at the "Westminster Hospital , on the body of Thomas Mead , aged fifty-one . Deceased was engineer at the mill works of Messrs . Cubitt , Thames Bank , and was at hisusual occupation , that of arranging the shafts and straps of the mechanism of the engine , on Monday morning about nine o ' clock , when the accident happened . The engine was going at a very rapid , though usual pace , turning its drum sixty times in the course of a minute ,

      and the deceased was engaged in connecting the straps of the saws with those of the engine . This was done by means of the screws , and while holding one of the straps , forgetting to let go the other , he was dragged round the cylinder and thrown on the floor , his arm having been completely severed from the body . Assistance was immediately procured , and he was at once taken to the above hospital , where he expired four hours after his entrance . In answer to a juror witness observed that a similar accident has not occurred in the works for upwards of ten years . Verdict , " Accidental Death . ''

      Female Model Lodoixo-house . —The Society for improving the condition of the labouring classes have Just opened a model lodging-house in Hattongarden , for unmarried females of good character . The premises are done up in a style of comfort which is surprising , considering the moderate charge—2 s . 4 d . a week—payable m advance , for which the accommodation is provided . There is accommodationfor about sixty females , each having a separate bed in a separate compartment , and li g ht , nre washing , and the uso of culinary utensils ; everything , in short , which could be had in a private house , except their food , which each inmate provides for herself . There is also a general sitting-voom , and a library containing various instructive volumes , all characterised by their moral tendency .

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      Capture op an EscAPEn Convict . —Information was receiv ed at Woolwich on Saturday last that Wood— " the celebrated Wood "—so cleverly detected by Mr . FieWi one of the inspectors of the Metropolitan Detective Police , during his recent visit to Paris in search of Manning , is the convict belonging to the Warrior convict ship who escaped from Woolwich Dockyard in the daytime about five weeks ago . Although the stolen watch was found in "Wood ' s boot , the authorities of Paris have expressed their readiness to hand him over to the authorities in this country . Wood , who is known by a number of d burlar

      names , was a most aring g , aud a bootmaker 6 y trade . A Reward of £ 100 has been ordered to be offered for the apprehension of Daniel Devonport , who fired two pistol shots out of a revolver at James Reed , a constable of Warwickshire , who was escorting him to prison . What makes the crime of the culprit worse is , the fact that Reed had allowed him the indulgence of calling at his own house to procure some things on his way to prison , which enabled him to obtain the pistol with which he perpetrated the cowar dly and unprovoked attack . The constable lies in a dangerous state from the two wounds inflicted upon Km . —Observer .

      Incendiarism . —At Rochester , on Monday , the 3 rd inst ., William Collins , aged 42 years , was placed before the Rev . George Davis and Captain Thomas Baker , county magistrates , charged with wilfully setting fire to a wheat stack , value £ 50 , the property of William Joseph Heath , a butcher , at Strood , near Rochester , and who occupies some land near to Strood-hill . Upon that land Mr . Heath has several wheat stacks placed separately , and at a distance from each other . During midnight of Friday the 30 th ult ., one of the stacks , containing about twentyfive quarters of very excellent wheat , was discovered on fire , and by two o'clock in the morning it was totally consumed . William Farshaw , police-constable , No . 9 , was on duty the night of tho fire , and

      whilst he was ttandingby Strood turnpike , about one o'clock , he observed the prisoner walking hastily towards him from the direction of the fire , and observing that bis shoes were very dusty , he stopped him , and after putting several questions , the prisoner confessed to the setting fire to the stack with a Jucifer match ; he said he belonged to Yalding , and had been trying to get relief , which had been refused him . He went up the bill and along the lane towards the Crutches , and seeing the stack which was not thatched , he set fire to the loose straw round it . The policeman searched the prisoner and found on him forty-three lucifer matches loose in his pockets . The

      prisoner , in answer to the charge , said he had already given a statement to the superintendent , and refused to say anything more . He was then committed for trial at the next Maidstone assizes . Thomas Abrey a young man , was then charged with setting fire to a wheat stack on the night of the 30 th of August last , the property of Mr . Nathaniel Stronghall , of Lee Green Farm , Cliff , which is about four miles from Rochister ; the stack was of the value of £ 100 . The stack stood on the land , about forty rods from tbe high road , and it was totally consumed . The prisoner was seen to come from the stack when the fire broke out . The prisoner also was committed to the assizes for trial .

      Murder of Three Children aud Suicide bi their Father . —On Monday morning last , about half-past eleven , a most fearful tragedy took place at East-street , Ipswich , when a man named Grayson murdered three of his male children , of the respective ages of four years , three years , and eight months' old , by cutting their throats with a razor , and afterwards cutting his own throat with the same instrument . An inquest was held upon the bodies in the afternoon at the Dove Inn , when it appeared , by the testimony adduced , that the father was a painter by trade , about thirty-three years old , and bad been married nearly ten years—the fruit of his marriage being seven children . He was always kind to his wife , fond of his children , and of

      particularly temperate habits . During tbe last five or six weeks , however , his appetite failed him , and he frequently exhibited a strong tendency to despon dency , arising from the cares of his large family , whom he seemed to apprehend he should not be able properly to bring up . Latterly , he suffered from acute pains in the head , producing lowness of spirits , and he sometimes was heard to say , "I shall never live to get through my troubles . " On Sunday evening he retired to bed , and appeared to sleep as usual ; but after breakfast on Monday complained to his wife that he felt very languid and faint . Shortly after eleven o ' clock Mrs . Grayson * went shopping into the town , leaving her husband and children in the house ; but she had not been absent more than half an hour , when she heard the awful tidings of

      what had occurred . As soon as she returned the shocking spectacle presented itself of the four bodies lying on the ground in the front room ,, with their throats cut , all dead-a razor lying between her husband ' s legs . It appears that no sooner bad his wife left tbe bouse than the unfortunate man- said to the three deceased children , who were at the time in the back room , " Come to me here and play in the front room , and I will give you a < halfpenny each . " This observation was made by his daughter Emma , aged eight , who was washing up plates in the adjoining kitchen , and she , in consequence , left

      the kitchen aud stood at the back door ,, where she saw her father take the Babe in his arms and carry him into tbe front room ,. the other two cauuren following . She then returned to the washhouse > but in a few minutes went into the inner room , when she beheld her father and three brothers lying dead on the carpet . An alarm , was given ,, and surgical assistance instantly procured , but , of course , it was ineffectual . After a lengthened examination of several witnesses , the jury returned a verdict . "That Grayson had cut the threats of Arthur ,. Walter , Frederick , and his own , while in a state of temporary derangement . "

      Wilecl Murder at Kingston . —On Tuesday , Mr . \ V . Carter concluded an inquiry , at the lam Inn , Kingston , concerning the death of a labourer , named ' 1 homas Phillips , aged 21 , who died from the effects of a blow on the head , inflicted with an . iron pin by a drayman of the name of William Trigg . On the afternoon of Saturday week , the deceased entered into a squabble with the prisoner Trigg , on the road from Kingston to Thames Ditton , and pulled offhis jacket to fight . The prisoner suddenly nulled an iron pin from the dray , and struck the

      deceased a fearful blow on tho head . He uttered a scream and fell to the ground . Medical assistance being procured , he was removed home , and lingered till Thursday evening , when he died . Mr . Ellis , the surgeon who attended him , spoke to the blow on the head having produced death . The coroner having summed up , the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder against William Trigg , " who since the unfortunate event has been in custody of the police . The accused was examined before the magistrate on Saturday , and remanded till the result of the coroner ' s inquiry was known .

      Kidderminster Election . —The nomination of a candidate for the representation of this borough , in the room of the late Mr . Godson , took place in a field adjacent to the town on Tuesday morning . —The banners and various devices displayed upon them were pretty nearly equal , and it may be said in perfect fairness that at the nomination there was little if any predomination observable between them . —The returning officer ( the mayor ) having called upon any elector to name a candidate , Mr . Boycot , sen ., proposed John Best , Esq . ( Conservative ) , as a fit representative for the borough in parliament . He had known his young friend from his youth . He admired his principles : his birth , parentage , and education , constituted a sufficient gurantee lor his

      future conduct . —Mr . Chelliugworth seconded the nomination . The proposition was received with mingled groans and hisses . —Mr . J . Holmes , in proposing Mr . Gisborne , described the honourable candidate as a gentleman of progressive principles . He was in favour of the principles , in virtue of which they had obtained the elective franchise , and his conduct in Parliament was a surety for the future . —Mr . Brinton , in seconding the nomination of Mr . Gisborne , stated that it was not upon personal acquaintance , nor from early intimacy , for he had known Mr . Best from his infancy , that he advocated the cause of Mr . Gisborne ; it was upon principle . — The Mayor having asked whether the electors had any other candidate to propose , and no reply being given , Mr . Bestaddressed the assembly . He complained of some personal insult which had been offered to himself and friends , declared himself an

      advocate of old Conservative and Tory measures , and expressed his belief to be that the opinions he entertained were those of the electors of Kidderminster . [ The honourable gentleman was loudly cheered by his friends . ]—Mr . Gisborne next addressed the electors . He appeared extremely ill , and stated that in all probability that was the last occasion upon which he should appear before a parliamentary constituency , ( Loud cheers . ) He advocated the doctrines of free trade , and expressed the gKatest confidence as to the result of the present election . —Upon a show of hands the numbers were declared to be in favour of Mr . Gisborne , but it was a very scanty majority . —A vote of thanks was returned to the mayor . —Wednesday . —The polling commenced at eight o ' clock this mornins . Shortly after four o ' clock in the afternoon , Mr . Best ' s committee announced the fiual close as follows ;—Best , 217 : Gisborne , 200 . Majority for Best , 17 .

      The Convict Wilson . —Manr-cc Wilson , or Glees > m Wilson , the prisoner in Kirkdale Gaol , convicted forthe murder of Mrs . Henrichsonand family , continues to manifest the same indifference to his fate . He still , strange to say , protests his innocence and , like Rush , appears offended if the turnkeys , or others with whom he comes in contact , expreis a doubt of the correctness of his assertion . The prisoner , is a Roman Catholic , and is spiritually attended by the Rev . Mr . Duggan , of St . Joseph ' s , who will accompany him to the scaffold . Tho executioner ( Calcraft ) has received notice from the sheriff that his services will bo required on the 15 th inst .

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      ¦ Oampmitw * for Hangman ' s Duiy .-Sinee the couSon of the notorious Gleeson W . lson . at SvI poolAssizes , there have been two applications from parties wishful to undertake the situation of ' finisher of the law" in the case of this murderer , who is to be executed on Saturday week One is from a person who will do the > b for ha f the sum uTwlnch Calcraft charges , viz . £ 18 5 and the other 8 mS moremoderate in his request , undertaking nh , rn him offin as " tidy a manner " , as the great ProSnt ! CaKt himselt" and that w thout fee or reward . Calcraft , however , is retained . The Relay System in FACTORiES .-On Friday week Messrs . Abram Whitehead and Co , cotton manufacturers , of Newchurch , w ere summoned at ES aslingden petty sessions , before Mr . Turner andSr GrHargreaves , by Mr . T . Dudley Ryder , SspSor of Factories , for a ^ j £ 2 » £ » A ^ f in Amnlovinevoune persons more than ten hours ,

      that space of time being computed m the mode prescribed in the act of parliament . Mr . J ackson , solicitor , Rochdale , appeared to support thecha-ge , and Mr . A . Whitehead appeared personally m defence . Before the case was gone into , Mr . "Whitehead complained that he had been put to unnecessary expense and trouble in having the case heard at Hashngden instead of Bacup , near which place he resided . I he Bench , however , informed him that it was their duty to hear any case which might be brought before them for an offence committed in the county of Lancaster . Mr Jackson in stating the case , read the various s-ctions of the acts of parliament relating to the time of working of children and young persons in factories , and annrehended that the intention of the Legislature

      in introducin g a measure for the protection of tactory operatives , was to fix a certain hour for commencing work and if one person commenced at a certain hour , then the whole of the bands employed must be considered as having comnwnced at that hour . The same intention applied to the time for finishing work . ' Alice Emmet was then called and examined . She stated that on the 16 th of August last she was employed at Messrs . Whitehead and Co . ' s factory . She went to her employment at half-past eight o'clock in the morning , and worked till half-past twelve at noon . She then left for dinner , and at half-past one o clock resumed work , and continued till half-past seven o ' clock . She was employed as a winder , and was fourteen years of age . The notice posted up in the mill was then put in . It stated that the hour for commencing work was six o'clock in the morning , and the time forkavingbalf-gastfivein tbe afternoon . An additional notice , in writing , had , however , been

      posted near to the notice required by act of parliament , containing the namts of certain operatives who commenced work subsequently to six o ' clock , and i worked till half-past seven o ' clock . The Bench said they had no alternative but to effnvict in this case , and advised Mr . Whitehead , as there were other cases against him , to plead guilty to the whole , and then there would be only the expense of one conviction . Mr , Whitehead , however , refused , and the Bench convicted in four cases , and the penalty of 20 s and costs . Another case was then gone into for a breach of the 03 d section of the Faetory Act , inputting up a false notice . The notice was the one alluded to above , and Mr . Jackson contended that as the notice stated that six o ' clock in the mornmg was the hour for commencing work ., and it had been proved that four of the hands had commenced work at halfpast eight o ' clock , the notice was false , and there must be a conviction . The Bench convicted in the lowest penalty—namely , £ 5 and costs .

      Projosed Advakc * oe Factory hages . — On Monday , a meeting of delegates from the factory operatives , was held at the Mill Stone Tavern , Thomas-street , Manchester , to consider tho propriety of applying to the master spinners and manufacturers for an advance of wages . The meeting was attended by about sixty delegates . —Philip Knight was called upon to preside , and , in opening the proceedings , said it had been for some time thought the period was come when something ought to be done to benefit their condition . It was found that advances had taken place in the wages of operatives in other towns , and it was thought that the operatives of Manchester ought to partake of the same advantages from the revival of trade . It was

      well known that many of the various classes or the factory operatives in this town had laboured for some years under considerable privations . It was satisfactory to kaow those privations had been borne with great fortitude . He should feel great pleasure if this advance could be accomplished without unpleasantness . He was opposed to turnouts , because tho operatives had generally suffered for a considerable time- afterwards , and they had rarely benefitted from , them ; he hoped , therefore , that their object would be accomplished without a ir am-out . lie thought if masters properly considered tho matter , seeing how patiently the people htro had home the depression in trade ,, while tho populations-of continental ' states were driven to

      revolutions by it , they would consent to a reasonable advance- without driving : their workpeople to a strike- He would now call-upon the delegates present who had prepared sesolutions to submit them for consideration . —An operative suggested that it wouMt be desirable that the names of the speakers should not be- given to the- reporters , because it might lead to the persons-named being called into the counting-houses of theiiremployers the morning after publication ' to be dismissed . —AGotton-sphmer then submitted tho following , resolution :. — " Ihat this meeting is of opinion that tho time has arrived when the factory operatives- of Manchester should uso their exertions for obtaining an advance of wages- "—The motion was seconded .. —Several

      artisans addressed the meeting in support of tho resolution , which wasearried almost unanimously .. The following resolution , was then , proposed > - " ¦ That this meeting appoint acommittee of twelve persons to carry into etfeet the objects-of the foregoing resolution .. '" The motion was- carried without discussioni . and the- meeting proceeded to select the members- of the committee . A memorial was subsequently adopted .. Pikk is * Manchester . —About a quarter past two o'clockon-Wednesday morning a-fire was-discovered on tho premises of Mr . Andrew Wil 8 on , packing-ease maker .. The entire building was gutted . An immense quantity of timber is consumed ,. and the total damage , as nearly as can be- ascertained , will be

      about £ 44 . 000 .. Mr .. Yfilson is- insured ,, but by no means to the amount of the loss which he has sustained .. The flames spread to an adjourning shed occupied by Messrs- Roberts ,. Fbtheigall , and Co ,, but they were speedily extinguished by an engine which is kept on the premises .. The-police succeeded in removing Mr . "Wilson ' s books and private papers , and preserving them . The-fire was extinguished at about half-past five . Charge op Defrauding lira Brjqhton axd So-ltth Coasi Railway Comfant .. —On Wednesday Henry Leeks , Charles Cheesman ; . and Stephen Spvingat ' e were charged at the Brighton police court with defrauding the Brighton aud : South Coast Railway Company . It appeared from tho statements of Mr .

      II . Faithful , solicitor , who . conducted the prosecution , and the evidence of Mr . Frederick Slight , tho accountant to the company , that the fraud was effected in the following manner : Leeks was a clerk at the London terminus , where he had tho custody of the tickets , and it was also a part of his duty to deliver tickets to passengers . The tickets are numbered consecutively from one to a thousand , and so on , and supposing any ticket was discovered among those collected from passengers which bore a number beyond the total quantity issued for the day , that would cause suspicion and inquiry . On Sunday Mr . Weathcrhead , the station master at the London terminus , having had had his suspicions excited , examined the stock of tickets , and discovered that from thirty to . forty bearing forward numbers were missing . He mentioned this fact on Monday to Mr . Slight , who then examined the tickets himself , and the tickets bearing tho forward numbers

      which were missing the day before were in their places , but on looking at those tickets minutely ho perceived that thoy had been dated , which was only done when they were issued to passengers , but that the date had been erased , not sufficiently so , however , to escape detection . Leeks , on being asked to account for this , at once confessed that ho had issued tho forward numbers which had been collected by Cheesman , the chief collector at the Brighton terminus , and by him transmitted through Springate , who was one of tho guards , back again to him ( Leeks ) , and he then placed them in their order and re-issu ed them in the ordinary courso of traffic . — There being no other evidence against Cheesman and Springate than this confession of Leek , Mr . Housroan objected that it could not be received against them . The bench concurred , and they wero discharged , but Leeks was remanded until Friday .

      S « s ? ected Murder . —The village of Hartfield , Susses , and neighbourhood , have been in a state of great excitement during the last two months in consequence of the mysterious disappearance of John Millyard , an aged farmer , who , it was feared , had been murdered . As long ago as tho 29 th of June , Mr . Millyard left home for the purpose of visiting his daughter , and , on his way to hor residence , ho called at two places for temporary rest and refreshment , but after that day ho was not heard of , notwithstanding that his relatives and tho East Sussex constabulary wero most diligent in their search . Tho partridge season has solved tho mystery . Last Saturday , as Henry Thorpe , a gamekeeper , in tho employ of tho Bon . Mrs . Henniker , was partridge

      shooting on Ashdown-park estate , near Bramblotychouso , tho scene of one of the lato Horace Smith ' s most favourite novels , ho discovered a small bundle , which ho at onco conjectured was the property of tho missing farmer , and prosecuting his search he found a skeleton lying on the back in a thicket , growing near a " gill , " or stream running through the forest . His left arm was raised on his breast , his right was raised towards his head , and the money which ho took with him was in' his pocket . Mr . Wallis , surgeon , examined tho skeleton , and found no markes of violence on it . Tho flesh was cone Tho inference drawn by these parties was , that the old man had strayed into tho wood , -lost his way , and night coming on ho could not find , his way oi '

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      and had died . The jury , which was empannelled beforo Mr . Inigo Gell , deputy coroner , adopted that view of the case , aud returned a verdict of " Found dead . " Death fbom Cholera on a Raixway . —Censure on the Company . —An inquest was held on Saturday last before G . D . Barker , Esq ., at tho Castle Hotel , Castleford , on tho body of an Irish shearer , named William Sandford , whose death may in a great measure be attributed to the neglect in procuring the necessary medical assistance on his arrival at tho Castleford station . The jury returned the following verdict : — " That the deceased has died from diarrhcea ; that tho York and North

      Midland Railway Company , and their servants , are deserving of censure for placing a passenger in the state deceased was then in the train at tho Church Fentou station , especially at a time when a fatal epidomic , under symptoms of which the deceased was suffering , is known to be in the country ; and that they are guilty of great inhumanity in neglecting immediately to procure medical assistance on his removal in a speechless and dying state at the Castleford station , and in allowing liim so to remain upon a bench upon tho plattorm in that station for nearly an hour , arid thus die there without the attendance of a medical man . " The Jury requested tho Coroner to convey a copy of their verdict to the Directors of tho Company in question .

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      Robert Of Letters At Mbhtdvb Trnnx. Post...

      Robert of Letters at Mbhtdvb Trnnx . Post-OFFiCK . —Tho magistrates of this borough have recently been engaged in investigating a wholesale system of robbery which appears to have been going on for some time past at the post-offico connected with the district . An indiscriminate plunder of money and other letters seems to have been practised , and some idea may bo formed of the extent the atrocious system was carried , when it is stated that nearly 1 , 000 letters , a great number of which

      had been opened , and their contents—money and other valuable propcrty ~ abstracted , were found in the possession of the party supposed to be implicated in the robberies . Tho non-delivery of a letter which contained some £ 5 Brecon bank-notes led to an inquiry being instituted by the authorities at the General Post-office , London . Mr . Ramsay , one of the inspectors , was sent down , and the result of the investigation was , that a lad named T . Thomas , who was employed to carry a letter-bag from this town to the post-office at Dowlais , a neighbouring town , was fully committed for trial on several charges of robbery .

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      Gibi . Lost in thu Moors . —We have to notice a most extraordinary case , to which some mystery attaches , and which seems to hare been attended with deplorable consequences . On Wednesday a young woman , about eighteen or nineteen years of age , named Isabella Paton , daughter of Mr . D . Paton , of the Coast Guard , Burghead , left St , Colraes , a village about four miles to the east of Fraserburgh , with the intention of proceeding to Pennan , about seventeen miles distant . It is not known at what time she left St . Colmes , but she did not reach Pennan that evening . On the following day she was met abont a mile

      and a half from Pennan , by the party to whom she was going , and who describes her as being then " quite cheery and happy . " It will be remembered that this was the day on which the heavy fogs of the week commenced ; and whether she had lost her way in consequence , or had gone out of the road on purpose , it is not known ; but it is most probable that the former was the case . It is known that on that day she purchased sixpenny worth of bread from a woman selling it by the way ; but from that time till Monday morning nothing was seen or heard of her . It is conjectured that she had continued walking the whole of Thursday , Friday , and Saturday , during which the fog continued , and on which day ? , owing to the fog and the nature of the

      countrywhich is wild bog and deep glen—it would have been extremely difficult for her to have made her way to any house . But whether she walked or not , it is certain that , houseless and unsheltered , she encountered all the fury of the terrible thunder-stwrm of the Saturday evening—athunder-stoim which from violence has seldom been exceeded , and exposure to which , in the circumstances in which the girl was placed , was not unlikely permanently to injure the intellect , if it was not affected previously . As we hare said she was found on Monday morning . When discovered , she was lying ou the moss at Kinbeam , and was found by some of the servants belonging to the farm of that name , which is- situated on the property of Troup , in the parish of Gamrie . Having been for six nfgSts exposed to wind and weather , and with r so far as known , no food r save the aupennyworth of bread already mentioned , she was-in a most

      dreadfully weak state . Her clothes , which . Kad been drenched , had begun to dry upon her , and her boots were perfectly worn away with wandering in the moss . The parties finding her immediately carried her to tbe farm house of Kinbeaj » ,. where every effort was made to restore her exhausted frame . When first got © ut she was- unable to speak , but , from some documents-in her psssession , her name and residence of her parents-were discovered , who were immediately communicated with . It appears that she is so far recovered as-to be able to speak , but it is evident that her mind is affected . At times she takes fits of raving , and gives utterance to the mast extraordinary statements .. These would seem to indicate that she had met with ill treatment ; but when reminded of thera in her lucid intervals , she refuses all information . The case has given rise toa gooddealof excitmentin the neighbourhood . —Banffshire Journal .

      IIekriscs . —During tho last few days the whole Firth of Forth has been swarming with herrings . The waters- are literally loaded with these treasures of the deep . The take in consequence has been , amazing , fifty and sixty boats coming in daily with full cargoes . Barrels eannot be got for the supply , and in many cases the herrings are being salted in bulk in stoneyards and warehouses . The prices vary from 2 s . to 3 s . per barrel . At the boats' side they are retailing freely at I §; and 12 a penny , yielding in the latter way a profit of 50 per cent . Our shores have not teemed with such abuudance for many years . —Scotsman .

      Togs © bf the Caithness Coast . —Last week was one of almost unbrokea . fog , rendering our fishing so much a hap-hazard that when a crew did get a good shot offish they did not know where to go to tiie same place on the following evening . In several cases ssme of our bests were at sea for more than two nights , being unable to find land .. For one Staxigaboat , rather interiorly manned ,, fears were entertained , not so rnueh from the inefficiency of the boat ,, as from the insafiusient quantity of . food thev had oa board . They turned up after a forty-ei"ht hours'' absence . Another crew lost their reckoning available

      anevau provisions had been devoured and had it not been that they fell in with a vessel ' , from the crew of which they got some biscuits , the consequences might have been serious . " When thus found they were somewhere in the Moray Firth . A small boat left Stroma on Wednesday afternoon for Buneansby , with five men and one-woman on board Losing their way , they continued sailing till Saturl day morning , when they were picked up by a vessel about fifteen miles off Lybster , and were landed at Wick . They had tasted no food for two days and a naif . —Johno Groats Journal .

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      The Harvest—Prom All Quarters The Report...

      The Harvest—Prom all quarters the reports are of the nust cheering character . Even in those districts where apprehensions of a failure in the potato crop were most rife , doubts have been succeeded by an almost certainty of the disease having confined its ravages to tho stalks , so that the prospect ot an abundance of all kinds of food is likely to be realised to the fullest extent . A correspondent writing from Enfield , in the county of Meath , where a few days since unequivocal symptoms of the blight had appeared in some potato fields , makes the following gratifying statement : — " In my last letter I informed you that in this district the potato blight had

      made its appearance-that tbe stalks were in some places completely burned away , and that ^ enerally , the leaves exhibited unmistakeable evidence of the disease . I also expressed a hope that in consequence ot the late appearance of the disease this year , as compared with previous seasons , that a large portion of the crop would be saved ; and I am glad to say that every day 8 experience justifies me in the hope 1 then entertained ; for although the stalks have now been diseased for a considerable period , as yet I have not discovered a single diseased tuber . I have spoken to several farmers iu this district , and in all instances , I am happy to say , the potatoes are still sound . Last year the stalks became withered towards theend ol July , and in afew davs the potatoes exhibited symptoms of disease . This " year , although ine siaiKs

      nave mown symptoms of blight for nearly three weeks , as yet the roots have escaped . I am therefore , I think , warranted in saying that the dial o ise of this season has appeared in a mitigated form . As the natural result of a harvest of more than ordinary plenty , prices are rapidlv tumbling down , and unless some reaction takes place in this reject it would be idle to suppose that the farmer could discharge his liabilities to the landlord with wheat down to 14 d . and 16 d . per stone , oats at a proportionate low figure , and barley , in one instance , so low as 6 d . per stone . There is nothing for it , then , but sweeping concessions to the cultivators of the soil , otherwise the owners will assuredly , before another year passes over , have more land thrown upon their hands than they will find it either profitable or convenient to manage .

      The CtKABANCB System .-Theprovincialiour . nals contain further details of the progress of the clearance system in the four provinces . Even in some parts of Ulster there are evictions on an extensive scale , particularly in the county of Mwagbau .

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      Notices had been served for the eviction of 2 t 5 heads of families on the Shirley estate . Anti-Church Party . —There is a new school springing up amongst some of the Irish consenra , tives . They wish to see the connexion between the church and state sundered in this country , be . lieving that protestantism is injured by this union . Most parties consider that the church is sure to be attacked before long , and intelligent conservatives are most anxious that it should be settled so as that it should cease to be a cause of contention . It ( 3 rumoured that in high quarters there is a great dig . like to a renewal of the agitation of the Church question , as it is supposed that it wilt be a very difficult matter to set bounds to agitation , oiv . e that it is renewed .

      Revival op the "Nation"Newspaper . —The Habeas Corpus Suspension Act expired on Friday night , and on Saturday morning was ushered in by the re-appearance of Mr . Gavan Duffy ' s journal , which was in active circulation before eight o ' clock . The number contains , it may besaid , but one leading article , or , rather , essay , written by Mr . Duffy himself , and extending over nearly six columns of his paper . Mr . Duffy has been making a tour in the provinces , and he seizes the occasion to draw a most harrowing picture of the joint effects of famine and extermination upon the peasantry of the south and west . Here is a sample of his pencilling : — " No words printed in a newspaper or elsewhere will give any man who has not seen it a conception of tha

      fallen condition of the west and the south . Tho famine and the landlords have actually created a new race iu Ireland . I have seen on the streets of Galway crowds of creatures more debased than the Yahoos of Swift—creatures having only a distant and hideous resemblance to human beings . Gray-headed old men , whose idiot faces had hardened into a settled leer of mendicancy , simeous and semi-human ; and womeu filthier and more frightful than the harpies , who , at t « e jingle of a coin on the pavement , swarmed ia myriads from unseen places , struggling , screaming , shrieking for their prey , like some monstrous and unclean animals . In Westport the sight of the priest on the street gathered an entire pauper population ,

      thick as a village market , swarming round him for relief . Beggar children , beggar adults , beggars ia white hairs , girls with faces gray and shrivelled , tha grave stamped upon them in a decree which could not be recalled ; women with the more touching and tragical aspect of lingering shame and self-respect not yet effaced ; and among these terrible realities , imposture shaking in pretended fits to add the last touch of horrible grotcsqneness to the picture . ' I have seen these accursed sights , and they are burnt into my memory fir ever . " —It is to the land question , mainly , that Mr . Duffy means to devote his future energies . As for a renewal of the old plan of agitation , he literally scouts the idea as absurd and impracticable .

      Anti Rent MovBMBNT . —The resistance to the payment appears to be pretty general . The provincial journals give numerous illustrations . one of which we select from the Cork Examiner . * - " Several persona named Callaghan , sons and daughters to a woman who holds considerable land from Sir George Colt * hurst , appeared before the magistrates at Blarney ou Tuesday , to answer a complaint detailed below . On the 26 th of April 1849 , upon the showing of the plaintiff , there was only £ 7410 s . fid . due , the rent being £ 60 a year ; and on that day they sold , under a dia . tress , two horses , two cows , two sheep , two goats , and a cart . About a month since they seized six acres of hay , which had been cut upon the defendant ' s land , sold tbe entire for 35 s ., and had it conveyed to

      the ground of Sir George Colthurst . 1 tie keepers were again placed on the ground to watch the growing crops and seize them when they were cut ; but , in this instance , the ingenuity of the tenants outwitted the caution of the landlord . About a fortnight or three weeks since the corn was cut down on a Sunday and placed in the barn the same day , to the disappointment of the bailiffs , who vere compelled to remain unwilling spectators of the entire proceeding . The corn remained in the barn until the following Sunday , when men and horses were in early attendance and the entire stock was carted off , conveyed

      to Cork , and sold to the satisfaction of the owner . No other course was then left Sir G . Colthurst but to appeal to an act of parliament very seldom resorted to , which makes it penal to work or labour on a Sunday . "—Owing to a technical informality , the magistrates were compelled to dismiss all the cases ; and so the matter ended . The EncumberkdEstates Commission . —Apartments are in preparation at the Custom-house for the sittings of the Encumbered Estates Commission . One of the first large properties with which the Commissioners will have to deal is , the Devon estate in the county of Limerick .

      Jsilvx or Ergmsh Visitors . —The southern journals notice the continued increase of English visitors to Killarney , and other scenes of attraction . Mr . W . Cotton , Depaty-Gorernor of the Bank of England , has just returned from the Lakes . The Eari of Buckinghamshire is daily expected on a visit to bUs-estates in the covmty of Limerick . Mr . Bright , M . P . still continues his tour in the south and west , visiting the workhouses as he proceeds . Candibates you Thms , —Since the Queen ' s visit corporate honours are coveted more eagerly than before . For the mayoralty of Limerick there are five candidates ; and an active canvass is going on for the mayoralty of Cork . The Cholera . — -The epidemic is again on the increase in Dublin and its vicinity . Several deaths amongst the middle classes have taken place .

      1 KB GjUBEN AND THE NATIONAL SYSTEM OF EDUCATION . —The Evening Post contains an authorised announcement , "That her Majesty and Prince Albei t ha 7 e given their consent that the new Train " ing Establishment for School masters ( to be erected on the groand in the rear of the Model Schools , Mavlborough-street ) , and the Model Farm , Glasnevin , shall bear the title of' "Victoria Training Establishment ,. ' and the ' Albert Agricultural School , ' respectfully , as a memorial ofi their visit to tho Model Schools , aad a mark of the satisfaction which it afforded to hep Majesty and her illustrious Consort . "

      Distress in the Softh axj > West . — The General Relief Committee have issued a report setting forth the operations of the Society during the last four months , stating the numbers who have been , through its means , rescued from starvation , and dilating iu rather gloomy terms upon the pre * sent and future prospects of the couutry . The following is an extract from the report : — " The General Relief Committee , injustiee to the poor ,, and the country , cannot avoid stating that they had to contend with difficulties of the most extraordinary kind . The excess and continuance of misery had begotten deep despair I Many had given up tbe cause ot the suffering , as utterly hopeless . Many had ' steeled their hearts against lhe cry of the starvins : and

      thousands who felt deeply for their terrible distress , on account of their own unexampled pressure , were unable to relieve them . They found the Central Committee , which had previously received £ 71 , 958 , not then in active operation , though it never dissolved ; and even the Committee of the Society of Iriends , which , during preceding yeais had collected and distributed the extraordinary sum of £ 200 , 000 , had not only given up their work of mercy , but all hope of saving tbe people from increasing misery . We are saddened / said they , ' by the conviction that with very few exceptions , no permanent good has been dene . We feel that the condition of our country is not improved , that her prospects are even worse , because her people have loss hope . ' Considering that so far from despairing , it was their sacred duty to save as many lives as they possibly could , this committee commenced with a firm resolve that nothing should induce them to hide the misery of the le

      peop , nor prevent them from making a great and persevering struggle to save them from the horrors of starvation . The result of their labours convinces that even a few true and determined men can work wonders , and that there is nothing to justify the tmible and cruel resolve to allow thousands in the midst of plenty to perish , or to stand unmoved or inactive whilst thelives of men , women , ' and children are ready to be sacrificed . Without claiming undue credit for itself , or taking from the £ «? £ u vX ° fc &* may be 8 aid with truth that ptobably 100 , 000 human beings have been saved from destruction by the timely relief of this committee ; : and the deep and general sympathy it has created for the suffering poor , by printing daily full and authentic accounts of their distress , has been attended with results the moat consolatory and benificent . It has also stimulated other bodies claiming high patronage to come fomard to collect and distnbute £ 10 , 000 or £ 12 , 000 more amongst the most necessitous . "

      After a passing allusion to the result of the deputation ' s mission to London in the course of tha summer , they proceed as follows : — "Without here dwelling on or anticipating the future state of Ireland , or at this Moment proposing remedies for the nmelioration of the poor ( the second great object suggested by the public meeting of the 3 rd of May ) , it may be the duty of your committee to allude to the present condition of the destitute , with a view of preventing tho recurrence of the indescribable misery they have endured for the last four years . Every man asks why is not that done iu the most favoured part of Ireland which is dona is the most barren part of England ? Without

      sneakwig of the strength , talent , genius , and virtues of tho inhautonts , whilst God has done for Ireland ^ much as to the fertility of the soil , salubrity of cUroate , po ( yerofwater , juagnificence ofscenery , - ana convenience of harbours , bayg , and rivers , - whyia versKSnl aremrred by thB ne ^ <* *<*• " Whilst it would be a denial of the goodness of providence to underrate tho value of the present hams yet it u unwise , as it is unjust , lot to ~ ! ? m sei T dl 8 trict 8 > wWc » "ill squire uvgeut attention , and not to adopt tho best means of C ! ir M K , . pro ? uctive ) tu 0 » lessi » gs of the harvest available to the . poor , and to prevent im . f ji ateftil men from marring the gifts of heaveu , or diverting th « n from their proper channel . Ut the baryestbe ever q great , unless there be

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 8, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08091849/page/6/