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      Tafi Tafi Plymou th Public Free School has been reported by Mr r Mi Madgih , the Inspector of Schools for the British and Foreign tieWeW Society , as fit for a model schooLfor the West of England . Dai Dangers op-Churchyards . —Some workmen ( in Paris ) employed „ con , constructing a tomb "at Pere-Ia-Chaise , on going to their work one omtming , found it fall of water . They immediatel y began to empty t but but the noxious gas emanating from it was so powerful that three if ( W them who had descended were overcome by it , and perished . Two if tkf the keepers of the cemetery then went down to see if it were possible ible to afford relief , but they became senseless , and if they had not ieenieen P » H U P immediately would probably have died . Ned Painter

      Di Death of a Pugilist . — , an old pugilist , died lately it Nit Norwich , aged sixty-nine . He fought Shaw , the Life Guardsman , m 1 % 1815 , in which encounter he received ten knock-down blows in iuc & nccession . Painter was at that time a debtor in the Fleet , and ob - tainted a day rule to go and fight ! A A New Planet . —In the night of the 20 th ult . M . Charconnac , a miPfliipii at the Observatory at Marseilles , discovered a new planet in theithe . constellation of Pisces . I Loan Panmure at Arbroath . —Oh Thursday week the Town CoiCouncil of Arbroath conferred the freedom of the burgh on the Right Ho Hon . Lord Panmure . The ceremony was performed in the Trades - hal hall which was crowded , there being above 1 , 000 persons present .

      , ' The Misers' Militia . —An address has just been issued to the mi miners of Cornwall and Devon by Mr . Pendarves , M . P ., Lieutenant-Cf Colonel Commandant . It states that her Majesty having been advis vised to call out the militia of the several counties , " she looks also to to the ' old Cornish miners' to take their share of military duty in pi pro tecting the shores of Great Britain . " The address goes on to a ] appeal to the active and intelligent miners of the two counties at oi once , by voluntary enlistment , instead of waiting for the more comp palsory measure of the ballot , to c nter the ranks of the regiment , v which , under the name of the Cornwall and Devon Miners , did

      t themselves so much credit during the last war , and -which was { always one of the best disciplined and the best conducted regiments i in the service . At that time , the Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant i remarks , they were trained to the duty of light infantry ; now , by the direction cf the Lord Warden of the Stannaries , they are selected for a higher service—they are to be formed into a corps of artillery , and to be trained to the great guns . This service is most peculiarly adapted to the Cornish miner , who from his youth is acquainted with the use and power of gunpowder . Besides the rank and standing of the Artillery , the pay is something more than that of other forces , and the service has at all times been considered of a

      superior character . A large proportion of the agents of the several mines in the counties have undertaken to promote the enlistment of men working in mines under their direction . The terms are a service of five years , for which a bounty of £ 6 is given ; but the length of permanent dnty in ordinary cases will be only twenty-one days—a period so short that men working in " a pitch " would run no risk of " losing their take . '' Emigration to Australia . —Emigrants are now proceeding direct to Australia from the north of Scotland . On Friday the Jean Geary brig left Aberdeen for Port Philip , with seventy passengers , all from the city and county of Aberdeen . Another vessel sailed lately from Banff , and a third is now taking in passengers in the Aberdeen docks for the land of gold .

      The Militia akd the Peace Society . —At the Newport Pagnell Petty Sessions William Brewer was charged with committing a misdemeanour , by circulating and publishing at Little Brickhill a seditions libel , headed "Flogging in the New Militia . " The prisoner admitted the circulation of the bills in question , and stated that he was the crier and billsticker of Woburn , Beds , and was employed to do so by Thomas Carter , shopman to Mr . Heighington , grocer , of Woburn , who paid him . He was bound over in recognisances , himself in £ 20 , and two sureties in £ 20 each , to appear and take his trial for the offence at the next assizes .

      Bury . St . Edmund ' s Election . —Mr . Hardcastle has concluded his canvass , which we understand is highly satisfactory . The Oerbyite candidate is a Mr . H . P . Oakes , eldest son of the banker of that name . Duplicity of Trampers . —A scene of confusion almost amounting to riot took place at the workhouse door , Gray * s-inn * lane , on Friday evening , through the conduct of a well-known Irish pauper , named Catherine Burke , who , with a child in her arms , applied for admission to the casual ward . The shrieks of the poor child attracted the notice of the passers by , and several of the guardians

      happening to be present , Mr . Aldred , the master of the workhouse , together with the medical attendant , had the child stripped and examined , when it was found to be covered with bruises , and freshly made punctures , very evidently produced by a common pin . The poor child was humanely taken into the infirmary , and the mother , insisting that she was totally destitute , was allowed to pass into the casual ward , where from some observations of defiance made by herself , it was thought proper to search her person , and Mrs , Smith

      performed that office . Every vestige of rag was examined , but to no avail , when upon examining her head , which bore a somewhat luxuriant crop , there was found , carefully tied up in a bag , the sum « fbk 4 | d . ¦ Reaction is Malta . —The correspondent of the Daily News says : — " The only matter of interest since my last is an act of high Police exercised by the Governor , supposed to have acted in this ^ stance under the influence of the . Austrian and Naples consuls :

      " is no less than the ordering Mr . A . Lemny , late secretary to Kossuth , to leave the island within fifteen days . The Governor has refused to give any reason , so that beyond a surmise that it is owing to Lemny having published a book , in which he has been reviewing Jl'e state of the continent as regards revolution in Europe , nothing is Known . " Proposed Great Docks in the Avon . —The survey of the mouth Q f the Avon , with a view to ascertain its eligibility as the site of docks capable of accommodating the largest class of ocean steamers is

      now going on under ihe direction of Mr . Itendel and Mr . Blackwell . The Monster Blast at Furness . —The monster blast of gun-Powder at Furness Granite Quarry took place on Wednesday afternoon , with complete success . The charge consisted of no less than " » ree tons of gunpowder , and was deposited in two chambers—one a a half tons in each . The shaft was sixty feet in depth , and the ^ ambers in which the powder was placed were seventeen feet long . ] charge was ignited by a galvanic battery , and lifted an immense n | ass of rock , computed to have been between 7 , 000 and 8 , 000 tons , fhe flames belched out on the seaward side , and were -well seen by a

      jr ge concourse of spectators from Inverary , the watering places on the Clyde , and a party of excursionists from Glasgow , on board the Mary Jane . The report was not loud , but deep and hoarse , and the ^ oun a in a very wide circle was strongly agitated . —Glasgow Constiu & otial . Family Colonisation . — A group meeting of intending emigrants «* A ustralia , under the popular plan suggested by Mrs . Chisholm , ^ as hey on ' Tuesday at the Boy ' s Parochial School , Clapbam-comm £ - The Reeling was yery numerously attended by working men au < \ women , comprising intending colonists , their friends , and others fixums t ( > hear Mrs . Chisholm address them on a subject with which *<* name is identified . " '

      Tafi Tafi Plymou Th Public Free School H...

      New Gas-works at Rickmansworth . —New gas-works have been erected at this place by T . Aitkins , Esq ., C . E ., of Oxford , and on Thursday week the town was lit up for the first time . The opening was celebrated by a grand display of fireworks at the Swan Iron-field , after which the directors sat down to a sumptuous dinner , prepared by Mr . Cudwortb . Snakes Caught in a Welsh River . — Our northern contemporary , the Carnarvon Herald , reports that « as Mr . Evan Evans , Llanidloes , was ground-fishing in the Twymyn river , near Wynnstay Arms , he , to his great surprise , hooked and handed two large snakes , one of them measuring four feet in length . He has had extensive experience in fishing , but hitherto never met with such an unwelcome prize . "

      Progress of the Cotton Manufacture at Darwen . —There is scarcely a town in the Manchester district which has increased in its manufacturing power to a proportionate extent with Darwen During the last two years , no less than eight mills have been built , some of them of gigantic size and great architectural pretensions . Wives at a Premium . —An Oregon correspondent of the Com * menial Advertiser , in speaking of the famous Oregon land law , which gives a mile square of land to every actual settler married before a certain date , says that it set the whole country astir , and everybody got married that could . The scarcity of marriageable women was such , that in some instances girls of fourteen , thirteen , twelve , and even eleven years of age , were married , in order to secure the land perquisites 1

      Emigration froji Liverpool . —The number of ships despatched by . the Government officials during the month was 62 , containing in all 23 , 280 passengers , including 1 , 770 emigrants , principally Scotch , from the depot at Birkenhead , all of whom are bound for Australia . The Church of St . Mary-le-Bow , Cheapside , was re-opened for divine service on Sunday morning , after having been closed for repairs and renovations . This beautiful temple one of the finest productions of Sir Christopher Wren—its steeple considered his masterpiece—presented a very gratifying appearance after its restoration , which has been effected with much taste .

      ^ Championship op the Thames . —The boat race for the championship of the Thames and £ 400 is appointed to take place on next Thursday week . The candidates are Thomas Cole , of Chelsea , and B . Cpombes of Mortlake . The Cholera . —The latest reports from the districts of Central Europe where the cholera has prevailed are more favourable than previous ones . In Konigsberg , from the 29 th to the 30 th September , only eight cases are reported , and five deaths . In Bimbaum the disease has abated . In Ostrowa only isolated cases are reported . A similar report is given from Ortelsberg , where the epidemic has been

      particularly severe , one-eighth of the inhabitants having died from it . From Posen no more reports will be made , the disease having so much decreased as to render it in the opinion of the authorities unnecessary . Up to the 30 th September there had been in all 2 , 571 cases and 1 , 356 deaths , exclusive of the fatal cases among the troops , which are returned at 200 more . Posen contains 40 , 000 inhabitants . Barnum and Jenny Lind . —A correspondent of the Neio York Musical World writes to that journal : Not long since , Mr , Barnum

      exhibited to me the account current between himself and Jenny Lind , and a truly marvellous document it is . He ought to publish it entire , for the astonishment and edification of the world generally , and singers particularly . According to the footings up and balances , the parties received the following handsome dividends , after all expenses were paid : —Jenny Lind , 302 , 000 dols . ; P . T . Barnum , 308 , 000 dols . ; total , 610 , 000 dols , I give the even thousands , not remembering the units , tens , and hundreds . They are of little

      consequence . Statue to the Duke of Wellington at Exeter . —It has been suggested that the citizens of Exeter , and the inhabitants of Devon generally , should show their respect for the late Duke of Wellington by placing a statue to his memory in front of the Sessions House on Nortliernhay . Billeting of Soldiers . —Important Decision . —A case was tried at a justice of peace court held in Crieff" on the 9 th ult ., regarding the billeting of soldiers . The person upon whom a soldier was billeted , instead of accommodating the soldier in his own house , offered to provide him with quarters elsewhere , but the soldier refused to avail himself of it , and brought an action for billet money .

      The justices were unable to come to a decision , and they agreed to refer the case to the Secretary-at-War . He was accordingly communicated with on the subject , and the question may now be considered settled whether or not a householder is bound to provide accommodation for soldiers in his own house . The following is the letter from the War-office : — War-office , Sept . 21 , 1852—Sir , —In reply to your letter of the 10 th inst . I am directed to acquaint you that the householder upon whom the soldier was billeted was not bound to receive the soldier into his own house ; and that having offered to provide quarters for him elsewhere , the householder has satisfied the obligation imposed upon him by law . —I am , & c . ( Signed ) B . Hawes . "

      The Refugees in Jersey . —M . Caussidiere has taken up his residence in Jersey . The French refugees there , having become acquainted with the privileges of the island , have refused to furnish the constables with the information necessary for the census of foreigners . Although a man can go from London to Paris by means of a passport issued by a member of the British Government , it appears that no person can go from Jersey to France without a passport from the French authorities in the Channel Islands . In some respects , therefore , the Channel Islands have ceased to belong to Great Britain and have become subject to France .

      Extraordinary Presence of Mind . —As an express tram appreached a level crossing of the Northern Railway of France , at Montataire , the driver saw that the way was blocked by a cart containing a large stone , some six tons in weight . At first he tried to slop the train ; but finding there was no time to avoid a collision , he put on all his ' steam . and drove against the cart with such force that he shivered it and the stone into fragments and still kept on the rails : the locomotive was a good deal damaged . The driver was a Pole . '

      Storm and Floods in the North or England . —r or some days past heavy rains have prevailed in the north of England , and all the streams have been swollen , and many fields laid under water . North of Darlington the country assumed the appearance of an inland sea , and the railway was flooded—trees and hedgerows only rising out of the water . One of the up trains on Wednesday night had to return to Newcastle after reaching Ferry-hilt , the line northwards being then impracticable . At Newcastle the rain has been incessant and remarkably heavy for more than a week .

      ' Cheapness in the Court of Chancery . — Hitherto large sums have been charged for engrossing and copying bills filed in the Court of Chancery , in lieu of which printed bills are to be delivered , and by one of the new rules a considerable reduction is effected . It is ordered that " the payment to be made by the defendant to the p laintiff for printed copies of the bill or claim shall be at the rate of one halfpenny per folio . " Bettin g Lists . —A sporting paper states that the Home Secretary , last week , gave his approval to the draft of a bill , aiming at the suppression of betting-houses . It is remarked that the measure , as approved , ; is calculated to give an impetus to betting , and to create j ' mw class of offices for . its conduct on a larger § cale ,

      Statistics Of The Week

      STATISTICS OF THE WEEK

      Births Asn> Deaths In Thu Metropolis.—La...

      Births Asn > Deaths in thu Metropolis . —Last week the births of 807 boys and 707 givls , in all 1 , 004 children , were registered in London . The average number of seven corresponding weeks in the years 1845-51 was 1 , 335 . ' The official report says : —In the week that ended last Saturday , 1 , 251 deaths were registered in the metropolitan districts . It is necessary to state that the wcreasa which this return exhibits over previous weeks is not the effect of an increased rate of mortality , but is produced by an accumulation of cases , principally violent and sudden deaths , on which inquests have been previously hold , but which hare not been formally registered till the close of the quarter . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1842-51 , the average number of deaths was 1 , 000 , which , with the addition of a tenth for increase of population , and for the sake of com parison wiili iast week ' s return , would be 1 . 100 .

      California Gold . —According to the semi-annual circular of Messrs . Hussey , Bond , and Hale , the entire gold product of California , up to December 81 , 1851 , is 140 , 931 , 103 dollars ; and since then , up to June 30 th in the present year , 88 , 849 , 774 dollars , making a total of 174 , 780 , 877 dollars . Poor Kates . —A return to the House or Commons s tate ' s that the annual value of property assessed to the Poor-rate in Enrland and WaleH was , in 1849 , 02 , 540 , 080 * . ; in 1847 , 27 , 820 , 587 ? . ; and in 1851 , 67 . 700 , 153 * . The amount levitd for the Poor-rates was , in 1842 , 6 , 552 , 890 / . ; in 1847 . 6 , 964 , 825 * . ; in 1851 , 6 , 773 , 9 J 4 f . The value of the property assessed to the Poor-rate in Ireland was , in 1842 , 18 , 354 , 545 * . ; in 1847 , 13 , 194 , 826 * . ; in 1851 , 11 . 5 S 0 . 518 * . The amount levied for the Poor-rates was , in 1842 , 208 , 557 * . ; in 1847 , 645 , 657 * . ; in 1851 . 1 , 030 , 025 * .

      Mortality ra Paris . —The following return * of the deaths in Paris in tlw last month , with their causes , have been made by the Prefect of Police . The number of deaths was 2 , 301—viz ., 1 , 223 males and 1 , 079 females , being 92 less than in July . Of these deaths , 866 were under 3 months old ; from 1 year to G years , 313 ; 6 to 8 years , 28 ; 8 to 15 , 60 ; 15 to 20 , 121 ; 20 to 80 , 257 ; 30 to 40 , 223 ; 40 to 50 , 193 ; 50 to 60 , 197 ; 60 to 70 , 142 ; 70 to 80 , 128 ; 80 to 100 , 47 ; 521 of the deaths were from , pneumonia , pulmonary phthisis , and other ailectious of the lungs , 312 from enteritis , and 81 from cert'bral lever ; the remainder from small-pox , cruup , typhus lever , & c ; 28 of the deaths were from suicideviz ., 2 from 15 to 20 year *; 13 from 20 to 40 ; 9 from 40 to 60 ; and 4 from 60 to 70 .

      Decrease in Pauperism . —Prom a return to the House of Commons , it appears that in out-door anil in-door relief there was a decrease of 222 , 937 persons at the Lady-day quarter of 1851 , compared with the Lady-day quarter of 1850 . In England , at the Lady-day quarter of 1850 , there were 289 , 900 in-door paupers relieved , and 1 , 519 , 348 out-door ; while in the corresponding period of 1851 the numbers were—in-door , 276 , 395 , and out-door , 1 , 818 , 9 ^ . In Wa les , in the first period , there were . 8 , 087 indoor , and 100 , 290 out-door ; and in the second period , 8 , 088 in-door , and 98 , 331 out-door . In England and Wales the number in the receipt of In-door relief at Lady-day quarter of 1850 was 298 , 047 , and at the like period of 1851 , 284 , 483 , being a decrease of 13 , 564 , while in outdoor relief the number was 1 , < U 9 , 628 in the first , and 1 , 410 , 265 in the second period , being a decrease of 209 , 878 , and a total in the two classes in the year of 232 , 987 .

      The Criminal Statistics for all England , for the year 1851 , are now before the public . Ten years ago the tables returned 30 , 000 offenders ; the report for 1851 , with all the increase of population to be reckoned , returns somethins over 27 , 000 criminals of all grades . In the intervening years , 1841 gives the highest number—above 31 , 000 ; 1845 gives the lowest—a little ovev 24 , 000 . It is remarked that where work has abounded crime has decreased—that is , in the manufacturing districts . In the purely agricultural districts there has also been a , decrease , except in the eastern counties—Essex , Norfolk , Suffolk , and Lincoln Wherever there has been an increase of commitments , it has not been on any particular class of crimes , but lias extended to each . Of ( lie seventy criminals who were last year sentenced to death , only ten were executed . As many used to be hung up for two or three consecutive Monday mornings in London alone . Female offenders generally reckon , with regard to males , as a fraction less than one in four ; but in cases of poisoning , there were last year forty-one females to thirty-three mates . —Church and State Gazette .

      ' HimAittES in tub Uiuted States . —From a « Tabular View of Public Libraries in the United States , " we find that there are , at least , 10 , 199 public libraries , containing 3 , 758 , 004 volumes . These libraries are distributed under the following heads : — Vols . State libraries 89 containing 288 , 987 Social libraries 126 „ 011 , 334 College libraries 126 „ 586 , 912 Students' libraries ? 142 ,, 254 , 039 Libraries of academies and professional schools 227 „ 820 , 909 Libraries of scientific and historical societies 84 „ 188 , 901 Public school libraries 9 , 505 „ 1 , 552 , 832

      Total Libraries 10,199 Total Vols. 3,753...

      Total libraries 10 , 199 Total vols . 3 , 753 , 961 Of the 094 libraries contained in the above list , and not appertaining to public schools , the library of the Havard College is the largest . It contains more than eighty-four thousand volumes . The States of New York , Massachusetts , Michigan , Mississipi and Pennsylvania , stand pre-eminent for the number of their libraries . New York has upwards of 8 , 000 school libraries , and more than 200 other public libraries of various denominations . Massachusetts has 700 schools , and 62 other public libraries . Michigan has 374 of the former , and 7 of the latter . While even the state of Iowa can boast of its 2 , 000 , Wisconsin of its 7 , 103 , and Minnesota of its 3 , 200 volumes of books for public use .

      The Duke's Funeral.—It Is Confidently St...

      The Duke ' s Funeral . —It is confidently stated , in circles likely to be well informed on the subject , that the funeral of the late Duke of Wellington will take place on Saturday , tlio 13 th of November . : Orchestra without Instruments . —There is now performing at the St . James ' s Theatre "The Organophonic Band , " or the German musical performers , who represent a lull orchestra , even to drums and cymbals , by the human voice .

      Jenny Lind . —We are informed by a private correspondent that MJadame Goldschmidt is at present residing at Leipsic , with the relations of her husband . She has purchased a house at Dresden , and intends in future to reside in that city . She does not . intend to sing publicly during the ensuing winter , but she has been heard to say that her next public appearance will bein England . —Manchester Examiner .

      Antiquarantine Movement . —The Chamber of . Commerce , at I . Manchester , has had its attention drawn to the steps taken at White- - hall to prevent by means of quarantine the importation of cholera i into this country once more , and has memorialised the Treasury on u the subject , showing the futility of quarantine regulations . Charge oe Conspiracy against' a Solicitor . —The magistrates * a oi Chesterfield , Derbyshire , were on Tuesday engaged in invent- i ~ gating a twofold charge , brought by a man named Henry Hotherham m

      against a plumber named George Haslam , and Mr . John Cults , soli- licitor . The charge against Haslam was for perjury ; and the informa- ation upon which the proceedings were instituted alleged that he had ad been suborned by Mr . Cutts to commit that offence . After a patient . ; nt inquiry into the circumstances , the bench dismissed the case , being nig unable to credit the most material portions of Rotherham's testimony , ay . Both the parties intimated their intention to carry the question be- before the superior courts .

      Resignation or a . Living by a Bishop . —The Right Kev . Dr . Dr . Eden , who was appointed Bishop of Moray and Ross in the early irly part of last year , has just resigned the rectory of Leigh , Essex , wiucinich up to the present time he has persisted in holding in connexion withvith his bishopric . Advance on Welsh Iron . —The recent improvement in the de-: demand for iron has led , as was . anticipated , to an advance in price , and and the makers have succeeded in establishing a rise of 30 s . per ton . ton . The whole of the iron works are in full employ , and large orders are are on hand , and several of the companies are about to blow more furnaceaaces into blast .

      The Great Exhibition of 1851 . —The prizes to the Londomdoi exhibitors were distributed on the 1 st inst , at " fc he Ivondon Tavsrtwern Baron Rothschild presided . .- ¦¦ ¦'•

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09101852/page/7/