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      TJsAiin of Losbo 5 . —Iu the week , ending last Saturday 1 , 014 deaths were registered in the metro * politan districts . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years IS 41-50 the average number was 980 , but if the population in which this mortality occurred had been equal to the present number of inhabitants , the average would probably have been 1 , 078 . In the previous week , ending September 27 , the deaths were only 958 , compared with which the last week has apparently produced an increase . It must he observed , however , that the present return has been unduly augmented by coroners' cases , many Of which properly belong to antecedent periods , but have been accumulating till the end of

      tbe quarter , when their registration was ultimately completed . By far tbe larger proportion of deaths on which coroners hold inquests are produced by violent means , and fall under the general denomination " violence" in the table of fatal causes . In last week 70 cases of this descrip tion are enumerated , and of these 3 were the result of poison , 6 Of barns and scalds , 10 of hanging and suffocation , 22 of drowning and immersion , 24 of fractures and contusions , 5 of wounds and other injury . Five children were suffocated , one by food , and three by overlaying , or otherwise , in bed . A brickmaker died of tetanus produced by burns which he received when lying on a brick-kiln . The following analysis is presented of the 1 , 014 deaths returned

      last week . The cause of death was : Certified by written statement of qualified practitioners in 808 cases ; returned by coroner ' s jury in 124 cases ; not certified , because the deceased person had no medical attendance , in 11 cases ; not certified , and only reported by informant of the death in 21 cases ; total , 1 , 014 cases . Of the 1 , 014 persons in this return , 260 , or about a fourth of the whole , were the -victims of epidemic diseases ; 61 died of typhus , 70 of diarrhoea , disentery , and cholera , 21 of hooping oougb , 48 of scarlatina , 17 of measles , and 18 of small pox . The wife of a gardener , who lived in Uew-street , Deptford , died on the 28 th September of small pox , at tbe « -ige of 30 . She had been vaccinated , but two children , who are now lying very \\\

      with the same complaint , have not been protected hy vaccination . Air . Paine , tbe registrar , adds , that the house consists of four rooms , and has a family in each , in all about 16 persons , and that a fatal case of small pox without vaccination ia now registered , which occurred in tho house adjoining . Four deaths from cholera were registered in the ¦ wee k . Of these ti . e following are the particulars : In Belgrave sub-district , at 12 J Commercial-road , on Sept . 29 , the wife of a carpenter , aged 34 years , died of " epidemic cholera . " In Islington , west iub-district , at 5 , Hulfmoon-crescent , on September 2 S , the son of a porter , aged 5 months , " cholera infantum ( S days ) . " In Batcliff sub-district , at 15 , Alfred-terrace , Bath-street , on Sept . 29 , the

      daughter of a clerk in tbe London Docks , aged 4 months , " cholera infantum ( 18 hours ) convulsions ( 2 hoars ) . " In Wandsworth , at the Surrey County lunatic Asylum , a female , aged 57 years , " bilious cholera ( 28 hours . " tfexfc in number to the epidemic class is the tubercular , which numbers 167 cases , of which 6 are ascribed to scrofula , 21 to tabes mesenteric * , 21 to hydrocephalus , and 119 to phthisis or consumption . Diseases of the brain and nervous system follow in the order of fatality in the pre ent table , and comprises lid case ? , of which 33 are due to apoplexy , and 4 . 0 to convulsions , Bronchitis , pneumonia , and other affections of respiratory organs number only 93 at this season . —

      The birth of 729 boys and 700 girls , in all 1 , 429 children , were registered in the week . Theayerage number in six corresponding weeks of 1845-50 was 1 , 319 . —At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29-3 S 9 in . The mean temperature was 53 * 2 deg ., which is slightly below the average of corresponding weeks in ten years . On Friday and Saturday ihe mesa daily temperatures were 56 deg . and 57 deg ., which are respectively 3 and 4 degrees above the average of each day . Tbe wind blew generally from the south ; and the amount of horizontal movement of the air in the seven days was 855 mile ? - .

      The Fatal Accidekt e » thb Stband . — Mr . Langham held an inquest on Saturday last at the Castle Tavern , Portugal-street , Lincoln ' s-inn Fields , touching the death of James Carter , aged six years . On the previous Thursday evening , about half-past six , a coal waggon was turning into Wychstreet , Strand , when a cheesemonger ' s cart tried to get into the street first . The poor child was , it is supposed , crossing the road at the time , and was knocked down by one of tbe two vehicles , and before he could be picked up the wheels of the coal waggon passed over his head and body . Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      The Closing of tbe NkwRoab . —Inconsequence of the confusion and danger to the public , arising from tbe diversion of the immense traffic of the New Road , by the closing of the thoroughfare for the purpose of lapsing whb . granite , from St . Pancras Church to King ' s Cross , the Metropolitan Police Commissioners on Saturday issued placards , which were posted at convenient places in the district , of which the following is a copy : — " Metropolitan Police Office , Whitehall . —Regulations . —To prevent obstructions by carriages during the repairs of the

      pavement in the New Road , between St . Pancras Church and King ' s Cross : Route to be observed-Carriages going westward will turn into the St . Pancras Road at King ' s Cross , and proceed along the St . Pancras Road to Aldenham-street , along Aldenhara-Btreet and Grenville-street , and down Seymour-Btreetinto the New Road . Carriages going eastward will turn into Seymour-street , and proceed up Grenville-streef , along GrenviUe-street , and Aldenhamstreet , to St . Pancras Road , and out at King ' s Cross . —f Signed ) Richard Mayne , Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis . "

      __ Robbery of Gold asd Bank NOTES , —Informa tion was received by the Commissioners of Police on Saturday last , of a robbery which had been perpetrated on the previous day at Braydon , Wilts , where the dwelling house of a farmer was broken open during the night , and amongst other property the following money was stolen : —112 five pound bank ( Gloucester ) notes , thirty-three old guineas , seven pounds ten shillings in gold , five pounds in silver , five pounds' worth of old silver coins , a large number of promissory notes , a fifty ' pound note of the North Wilts Bank , a large quantity of copper money , and five shillings' worth of farthings . A . detective officer has been sent down to investigate the affair .

      Suicide 02 ? thb South-eastern RiiiWAr . —On Saturday afternoon , about one o ' clock , tbe usually quiet locality of Cold Harbour lane , leading from Brixton to Camberwell , was thrown into a state of intense excitement , from the following awful occurrence : —At the time in question a man in the garb ef a painter , carrying some pots of colours and brushes , was observed to proceed down Pollard ' s Grove , a retired spot in the rear of the Green Man public house . Shortly after , the report of a pistol was heard , and on persons proceeding to the spot the man was perceived running away , blood flowing profusely from his head . He had left the paint and brushes behind him , and carried in his hand a large pistol , bat which a gentle * man Who followed succeeded in taking away from

      bim . The alarm drew together several of the police from tbe Brixton station , who joined in pursuit of the wounded man . He nevertheless proceeded , notwithstanding the great loss of blood ( which was tracked the whole distance ) , at a rapid pace in the direction of Forest Hill , and before ho could be overtaken , rushed through the railway station on to the rails , and deliberately threw himself before the 1 . 20 down train , which passed over him , and thus terminated Ms existence . The body , dreadfully mutilated , was picked np and conveyed to the Dartmouth Arms coniignoas , where it awaits the coroner ' s inquest . Tbe name of the deceased , it has been ascertained , was James Harding , by trade a painter aad grainer , and resided at 5 , Elizabeth Place , South-street ,

      Walworth , aad he has left a widow and nine young children to deplore their father ' s unhappy end . —Mr Carter held an inquest at the Dartseouth Arms , Sydenbas , on Monday , on the body of the said William Harmer . The deceased was ia deep poverty , and was frequently in a low and desponding condition , which rendered hies , frequently eccentric and apathetic . The distance he ran after firing the pistol was nearly three miles , aad it would seem that neither tbe engineer , driver * aor guard , sawcnything of the nnforttcnate man prior to the occurrence . After some consultation the jury returned an open verdict , to the effect— " That the deceased was killed by being run over by one of the Soatfe-Eastern Cospany'a trains , but whether by accident or his own wiifal act there waa not evidence to show ,

      Fatal Accidekt in St . Katharine's Bocss . --Air . Baker held an inqnest on Saturday last at the King of Prussia , Cartwright-street , Aldgate \ vithout , on view of the body of Henry Fareo , aged siity , who was drowned in the St , Katharine * * * w * J"r- F ossett ' ° er merchant , Poplar , said mat on the afternoon of the previous Thursday he th ? s ^ S ' - re ? e' ^ ,, ff £ 0 me timber fr « m a brig in fhem tS *™ \ Docks - Deceas * d was handing aaTHuT ^ ' l * > f ^ Ie in the act of lowering * SKrfi a ^ xsy ? m w *> ifc siipped iKmgstrackT y anffi „ » u baek - fa avoid water . Witness nnfc ^ ff ° 5 $ e bar 2 e ato the ¦ s- ^ M ^ sSSa & j **

      The Houses of Pablumbst . —On h , „ * 1 - ^^ rf ^ O- »» drt « nicV & 1 SS & a number of pdes were being driven inw the bed of Denver m the open space lying between the New fenf « toBn * f »» a ^ Westminster-bridge . Tte tops of the pdes are left above high water mirk : on erected , and a number of workshops and sheds built thereon , m order that the whole of the unsightly wooden erections in New Palace-yard and opposite |

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      the east or principal entrance to Westminster-hall may forthwith be removed . The greater portion of the Old House of Commons is already pulled down , and on Saturday last the demolition of tho last remaining portion of the House of Lords , including the entrance thereto , built by George IV ., took place . Death on a Door-step . —Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held au inquest on Saturday last at Marylebone Workhouse , on the body of Charles Cox , aged fiftytwo . —The deceased , who was ia the employ of Mr . Morgan , coach-builder , Homer-street , New-road , was found by police-sergeant Delaney sitting in an insensible state on the door-step of No . 90 , Gloucester-place . Dr . Maclaren , of Barley-street , was passing at the time , and immediately pronounced life extinct . The same gentleman had since made a post mortem examination , and found death to have resulted from disease of the heart . —Verdict , " Natural death . "

      Removisg thb Dying to a Workhouse . —Mr . Wakley held an inquest on Saturday last at tbe Elephant and Castle , Camden-town , on the body of John Chimerick , aged fifty-six . The deceased , a bricklayer ' s labourer , enjoyed good health up to Thursday week , when , on leaving work at dinner time , he complained of sickness and great exhaustion . On Monday evening Mr . Todd , the district parish surgeon , ordered his immediate removal to the infirmary . That , however , was not done by his friends until about twelve o ' clock the next day , when , being unable to stand , be was convoyed thither in a cab . Mr . Robinson , the workhouse infirmary surgeon , stated that , althought every assistance and nourishment was afforded him , he never rallied . On opening the

      body there was extensive inflammation of the lungs , to which alone he could attribute death . Mr . Wakley observed : If when the deceased first complained a medical gentleman had been called in , deceased would probably have been still alive . —Verdict , "Natural death . " Seizure or the Nobth-Western TtAitWAT ron Pooit Rates . —Last week a special session was held in St . Pancras , and a warrant of distress was granted by the magistrate against the property of the London and North-Western Railway , for the amount of a poor rale of upwards of £ 1 , 000 , alleged to be du « from the North-Western Company to the vestry of St . Pancras , for a poor-rate made on the 22 nd of March last . The warrant of distress was held over until Friday afternoon , when Mr . Bedford , one of the parochial brokers , took formal possession of the Euston station . The company immediately renlevied . and the disputed amount was

      deposited in the bands of tbe proper receiver in such cases for the Court of Queen ' s Beech , in which curt it is understood legal proceedings will immediately take place to try the validity of tbe seizure , and tbe whole question at issue between' the St . Pancras vestry and the North-Westem Railway Company . Fatal Fall from a House . —On Saturday last Mr . Baker entered into an inquiry , at the London Hospital , relative to the death of Wm . Denton , aged forty-nine , a carpenter , who fell from tbe roof of a house . On Monday morning deceased was employed in repairing the sky-light of tbe Britannia puhlichouse , Cambridge-heath , when bisfoot slipped , and he fell . He was taken to the above institution , where he died on Thursday , having received a fracture of the bone of the skull , and a laceration of the membranes of the brain—Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      Statce op the Latb Lord G . Bentinck . -- the 3 rd inst ., the works for the foundation of the statue to the memory of the late lamented statesman , Lord George Bentinck , were completed , and in the course of this week it will be placed in its position . Tbe selected site is the south side of Cavendish-square , fronting Hollis-street , facing the statue of William Pitt in Hanover-square , at the other side of Oxford-street , from which thoroughfare , as also Regent-street , Vere-street , & c , a lull view of the statue will be obtained . The pedestal will occupy a space of eighty-one square feet , the entire height of that and the statue being thirty feet .

      John of Toau Preaching in Loxdow . — Dr . HP Hale , the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tnam , has been some days in London , and on Sunday preached at the Roman Catholic Chapel in Rosamon Street , Clerkenwell . Amongst the congregation waa Sheriff Swift , who arrived in his state coach , accompanied by his chaplain , the Rev . Mr . O'Connor . There were also several nuns present , arrayed in their sombre habilments , numerous brothers of the guild , and assistant priests . Previous to the sermon , the Rev . Mr . Kyne , the minister of the chapel , stated that his grace the archbishop had kindly consented to address a few words to them . It was very kind of hie grace ; but as he had only asked his grace but a few minutes since to address them , he requested that allowance would be made for tbe want of preparation .

      Shocking Accident . —On Saturday morning last an accident , which has unfortunately terminated fatally , occurred to a man named Dobson , while at work at the Lambeth Waterworks , Thames Ditton . It appears that the deceased was employed with others in the erection of a tall chimney upon the WOrtS , and Oil Saturday Morning he was engaged in hoisting a large stone , weighing upwatds of two tons by means of a wheel erected upon some poles for the purpose . The deceased sat upon the stone while it was being raised , to prevent it shaking the scaffolding ; when about fifty feet from the ground one of the poles suddenly broke , and the ponderous mass of stone fell to the earth . The deceased was thrown upon the ground with considerable violence , and wheu raised was found to be quite insensible . He was removed to the Fox and Hounds public-house , Seething Wells , Kingston , where he lingered until Monday morning , when death put an end to his sufferings .

      Fire and Loss of Life at Houndsditch . — On Sunday , about eleven o ' clock , considerable C 0 nfusion was caused amongst the inhabitants of Gv & NCl * lane , Uoundsditch , in consequence of violent screams , accompanied with cries of fire , proceeding from the house numbered 26 in that thoroughfare . Several of the neighbours immediately rushed into the premises , when on entering the first floor front they perceived a terrible scene , for in the middle of the room was the unfortunate occupant completely enveloped in flames . The necessary intelligence was promptly forwarded to Jeffrey-square Brigade Station for assistance ; during the tim- j the firemen were arriving the nehjhbours kept pouring backets of water upon the premises , which had the effect ot preventing the building from being destroyed , but before the flames were subdued the unfortunate person was burned almost as black as a coal . Medical aid was

      sent for , and on the arrival of a surgeon he pronounced life quite extinct . The deceased's name was Catherine Wolf , seventy-eight years of age , and stone blind . Pebverbions to Rome . —The " Sisterhood " formerly settled at St , Barnabas , Pimlico , under Mr . Bennett , and latterly resident in Margaret-street , Cavendish Square , were publicly received in a body into the Roman Catholic Church at Islington , on Sunday evening last . BehetOLBRCE OF A PHOSECUTOR . —A rather

      singular instance of benevolence on the part of a prosecutor occurred at the House of Correction , Culdbath Fields , on Friday . A man had been committed fur six months to that prison for some trifling theft from hia master , and his'term of imprisonment expired on tbat day . Great was his surprise , however , when he was about to be discharged , on being presented with a £ 5 note that had been left for him by his master , with a note expressing a wish that his future course of life would be one of honesty and virtue , and to enable him to do so the above amount had been left

      for his use . A Female Fotwn is the River Thames . —A respectably-dressed female , apparently about thirty years of age , was on Saturday night last , at high water , discovered floating on the surface of the water , near the lower Middlesex-side of Waterloo Bridge . By inquiry it was ascertained that the name of the deceased is Warwick , the wife of a tradesman in the neighbourhood of Clare Market , and has been missing from home for several days past . The Hu . vgariaks is London on Monday attended mass in commemoration of the events of the 6 th of October , or as the handbill explained , in memory of the defenders of constitutional liberty in Hungary , who , after the surrender of the Hungarian army to

      the Russians , were put to death by Austrian executioners . Their honoured names are dear to the lovers of liberty founded on law : —Count Louis Batthyanyi , Prime Minister ; Count Ladislaua Csanyi , Minister of Commerce ; Baron Sigismend Perenyi , President of tho House « f Peers "; Baron Jeszenak , Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Nyitra f Baron 5 zat « vay , Member and Secretary of ihe Diet ; Prince Woronyieczky , Prince Czernus , Councillor of State ; Major Murman , Major Abaucourt , — -Prisoners of war , given up by Russia to the Austrian executioners , afid hanged or ebot at Arad , on the £ th October , 1843 ;—General A « lich , Minister of Wars Lieut .-General Ernest Kiss , General Damianico , General jNagy Sandor , General Dessewff y , General . Count Lesningencousin of her Majesty Queen Victoria ; General

      , Count Vecsey , General Torok , General Lahuer , General Baron Poltenberg , GeneraPJCnesieh , General Schveidl , General Count Lazar , Colonel J £ azincy . Pedbsiriasism . — On Monday afternoon a footrace , between Manks and Searles , two noted pedestrians , took place at the Oval , Kennington . The distance was ten miles , or forty times round the ground , and , in addition , 200 hurdles were to be leaped . Manks gave his rival a start of 200 yards , but before half the distance was accompanied the runners were side by side . In this re-M i P 081 tlou tae J remained for five rounds , when Manks shot ahead and speedily gained such a lead tnat Searies , at the 29 fch round , stopped short and » i ? \ . ! f- himse , f beaten . Manks completed the whole distance in one hour and thirteen minutes kuiriucu

      . B « m „ . . """ " » " "" « uuuuujb . fasMSr MRBET ' - " 0 a Tnesday that portion of this q uence 0 f M ! , mise ^ . much crowded in conse-Cl Pubhc announcement made by this arm to the efiect that the new robes for the Mayor ,

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      Aldermen , and Corporation of Manchester would be then on view . These garments present a very rich , yet tasteful , appearance , having been prepared for the above municipal officers in anticipation of the visit of her Majesty to their city . They consist of several made from fine scarlet cloth , lined with silk and sable fur—these are intended for the aldermen j and the brilliancy of the colour thus chosen is relieved by others made of a very rich purple , or mazzarine-coloured silk , also trimmed with fur , such being for the use of the members of tbe council , which , from the quantity of robes displayed on this occasion , would appear to be a ratter numerous body . The one intended for the chief magistrate is , like those for the aldermen , also of ttielnnest scarlet cloth , but is lined with ermine instead of sable , and has , in addition , rich borders of gold embroidery of the oak-leaf pattern . Seweks asd ihe

      Cur Couri or Sibebt Ordbh-LIB 8 . _ 0 n Tuesday a court was held in the Guildhall , Mr . Deputy Peacock in the chair . There was no business of public importance . The Medical Officer of Heaith reported that there were some houses in the neighbourhood of Bishopsgate which were in such a condition as not to be fit to be inhabited , and the court directed that the necessary steps , according to act of parliament , should be taken to remedy the evil immediately . Mr . Daw , the chief clerk of the board , read a communication which he had received from the council superintending the street orderlies . It stated that the council deeply regretted any interruption to the harmony and good feeling which it had been their wish to maintain and cultivate with the court ; that they were willing to admit that it might have resulted from over zeal and suspicions on t heir part , that they nevertheless felt assured

      that the court would put a liberal interpretation upon their motives , and although the court could not be aware of the amount of anxiety and trouble which the lengthened demonstration had entailed , Still the council felt impressed that the court would consider with reference to the past , that that which was not agreeable or profitable it was wise and generous to forget . The letter AlS 0 ( CQQ ? 6 y 6 < l thfl intelligence ihat the street orderlies had withdrawn from the City on the 29 th of September . Some of the members expressed regret that the system had not been tried in winter , when a rational estimate might have been formed of its effectiveness . The letter was ordered to be entered on tbe journals of the court . One of tbe contractors was fined £ 10 for a series of negligences committed by his men in the removal of mud from the streets . The commissioners expressed their determination to inflict the highest penalties in future .

      Committal of a CouiKctor of Taxes to Maidstose Gaol . —On Wednesday Mr . Inspector Levy conveyed Mr . Bowman , the collector of the assessed and property tax for the parishes of Deptford , to Maidstone , as a defaulter to an amount little short of a thousand pounds , Mr . Hills , of High-street , Deptford , tallow-raelter , and Mr . Houldsworth , of Lewisham , farmer and dairyman , are his sureties . Mr . Bowman has held the appointment for many years . Sale of tub Old House or Lords . —The sale of the materials of the old House of Lords , and the buildings immediately connected with it , was commenced on Wednesday morning .

      Fatal Railway AccwBS'c . —Oa Tuesday evening a fatal accident happened on the line of the Eastern Counties Railway to a man named William Lever , under the following circumstances : The deceased was in the service of the Electric Telegraph Company , and was in the act of crossing the railway near the Mile-end platform , when he was jammed between the buffers of two carriages . He was extricated , and carried to a surgeon ' s in the neighbourhood , who found the deceased bad received such serious injuries that he advised his removal to the London Hospital , whither he was conveyed in a cab , but when the vehicle reached the institution the unfortunate man was found to be quite dead , having expired in the cab .

      Death of a Foreign Commission Agent . —On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr . W . Baker , at the Baker and Basket Tavern , Leman-street , Whitechapel , on tho body of Mr . Hiram Seharp , aged 20 , who died very suddenly . The deceased was a native of Holland , and was a commission agent in the service of Messrs . White and Son , Cheapside , He belonged to the Jewish persuasion , and was subject to asthma . The deceased faeted in accordance with his religion from Sunday evening until half-past six o ' clock on Monday night , when he retired to rest . At an early hour on the following day , tbe deceased was discovered lying on his back in bed , foaming at the mouth , and apparently dying . Mr . Liddell , the surgeon , was cat ed in , but tho deceased was then dead . Mr . Liddell was of opinion that the deceased had died from disease of the heart , and the fasting BO long Was calculated to accelerate death . The jury returned a verdict of " Natural death . "

      Singular Accident to Mb . Bativ ' s Clown . — Mr . Flooh , who is well known as the clown at Mr . Batty's Hippodrome , at Kensington , met with aD accident on Tuesday , which might have been attended with very serious consequences . . It appears that after one of the performances he got on an omnibus to take him to his residence , near Islington , and as the vehicle was passing along Oxford-street it got into a ruck in the road , and in the violent collision Mr . Flooh was pitched off into the street . He complained of excessive pain in his arm , and was taken to the Charing-cross Hospital , where he was seen and attended to by Mr . Dalton , the house surgeon , who found one Of his wri-. tB frightfully dislocated by tho fall . All the aid oi surgical skill was applied , and the disjointed bone set ; but it is probable Mr . Flooh will be unable to follow his avocation for some time .

      TBB CAMBERWSXI ) MUHnBtt AND Suicide . —On Wedftewfoy tto ln ^ M « 6 t held by Mr . Carter in this case was resumed at two o ' clock , having been adjourned from Thursday , the 2 nd inst ., principally for the attendance of Mrs , Fawcett , the widow , and her daughter Mary Ann . From their evidence it appeared that Anthony Fawcett had been very low and dull from Saturday night , the time when he removed to the house where the murder W 3 S committed . Before the removal ho was a porter at a confectioner ' s . His object in removing was to do better for his family by entering into business in the general line . On Tuesday before breakfast he was occupied in the shop attending to one or two customers . One young man who came

      into the shop that morning , said , " I'm sorry for you that you ' ve taken the business ; there is no business to be done here , " Ho only shook his head in reply to the young man . Remarks of the same kind as that of the young man were made by other persons on Monday . It also appeared that five months ago he went away and threw himself into the Thames . The jury , after a brief summing up by the Coroner , took an hour and a quarter to consider their verdict . They then declared " that Emily aud Frederick Fawcett were wilfully murdered by Anthony Fawcett , and that Anthony Fawcett destroyed himself while labouring under a fit of temporary insanity . " It may here be stated

      that immediately after . tho discovery of the sad catastrophe , the widow and surviving child , having no home save that which had become , by association at least , too horrible for their further occupation , wero invited by a neighbour , Mr . Lee , a total stranger to them , and who is , it appears , a compositor at Hansard ' s printing-office , to take up their abode under his roof , No . 4 , Wyndham-road ; and from that time up to Wednesday evening , they were receiving , day and night , his humble but generous hospitality and the kindest attention . — During the progress of the inquiry it was rumoured that a subscription was about to be commenced on behalf of Mrs . Fawcett and her child , who appeared to be in a deplorable , if not destitute position .

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      Cnniona Discovers op a Post-office Robbery . — Cibescesteb , October 4 th . —A rather unusual instance of a detection of a robbery , after a lapse of years , has just taken place here , and the party charged as the offender is now in custody , and will , on the completion of the evidence , be committed for trial at the next Gloucester Assizes . The circumstances , as they have transpired before the magistrate here , are as as follow : —The prisoner , James Winslow , is the driver of a mail cart from this town to the Tetbury-road station of the Great Western Railway , and was so in 1847 . In the month of February in that year a £ 20 note was nut in a letter

      and posted in London for a Mrs . Harlook , at South Cerney , Wilts , and would have to pass through the prisoner ' s hands . The letter never reached Its intended destination , and , notwitstanding strict in « quiries , the matter remained in mystery until recently . The note had been stopped payment ( it was a Bank of England note ) , and had never been presented until the end of August . The prisoner was in London on the I 5 th of that month , having obtained leave of tho Post-office authorities to go to town to see the Exhibition . In the evening of that day , in company with another man , he went to tbe ebon of Mr . Bryant , an outfitter of Aldgate , and purchased a waterproof coat and pair of leggings , tendering the £ 20 in paymen t . When asked to sign

      his name at th . ? back , he wrote , " James Wilson , " instead of his own signature , and when questioned subsequently denied at first that he had made any such purchase in London . On Mr . Bryant presenting the note at the" . Bank of England it was stopped . Mr . Bryant when ' . before the magistrates deposed tbatto the best of b'is belief the prisoner was the man who purchased' the articles in his shop , and signed the name Job . i Wilson on the back of the note . The person wh ° accompanied him waa not so stout , and said he w » 3 * farmer . Mr . Squires , the Cirencester postn . 'aster , also expressed his belief that the signature was in Wiuslow's handwriting . Impobtant Decision wm * h RBPEnENca xo CAtsRib —Rbamhg , Mokdat .-. ' Tbis day a most impor-

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      tant case was heard before J . B . Parry , Esq ., the County Court judge , which , affects materially all carriers . The plaintiff in the case waa Mr . Parker , general carrier , & o . ; defendants were the Great Western Railway Company , Mr . Parker said that the action was broughtto recover the sum of £ 6 6 s „ and that there was a large number of cases depending upon its decision . The plaintiff's case was that on the 3 rd of September , and on the 10 th of September , he despatched a quantity of meat by the trains which should reach London at two o'clock , whereas the train on each occasion was five and six bours late , causing the meat to spoil , and arriving too late for the market . No doubt the defendants would rest their defence mainly on a notice given ,

      and which he would admit . Tbat notice ran thus : — "That they will not under any cireumataRces be liable for goods should any claim arise from delay , detention , or any other cause . " He contended that tho notice was an illegal one , that meat was paid for at a higher rate than thirty-five other articles , and that circumstance should be a reason in favour of its safe delivery . He concluded by saying that the company should be liable if tbey did not use due diligence in the arrival of the train . —Isaac Machin waa the first witness called , who proved that on the 3 rd of September he received several hampers of meat for butchers in London to sell in the Newgate-market , which he delivered at the com « pany ' s offices by five o'clock in the evening , being in

      good time for the train . On the 11 th of September he also packed off several hampers of meat in good time for the train which should arrive in London at two o ' clock in the morning . —Henry Munday , foreman to Mr . Parker , at the ^ Paddington station , proved that on the days in question tbe trains were respectively five and six hours late , thereby causing the meat to be materially damaged . —Mr . Slocombe , on behalf of the company , called tbe two guards of the respective trains to prove that every diligence was exercised to get the trains to Paddington at the proper time ; but owing to the immense weight they had to convey , it was impossible to arrive at the proper time . —His Honour said he was of opinioQ that if a train was five or six hours late , and

      that by that delay any goods were injured , the company were liable . It was no argument in their favour to say that tbe train was so heavy that it could not proceed quickly . Putting a greater quantity of luggage in the carriages than could bo conveyed , was tantamount to putting clogs on the wheels to prevent the carriages travelling at their usual speed . —Mr . Slocombe said that if the goods had not been attached to the train at the various stations they must have been left behind . —His Honour said tbat in that case they must have more trains , or else reduce the traffic . He should give a verdict for the plaintiff for tbe amount sought . —Mr . Parker intimated that this case was only the forerunner of hundreds of a similar nature .

      Fatal Collision on thb York and NoBin" Midland Railway . — An inquest was held at Burton Salmon on Saturday last , before C . Jewison , Esq , coroner , on the view of the body of Thomas Gow-) and , a guard on tbe above line of railway , who was killed on the previous day , a short distance from Burton . Salmon station , and near to tho spot where the junction of the Great Northern Railway occurs . The deceased ' s death was caused by a collision between a coke and a goods train . The coke train , of whifth . ib * deceased was guard , left York in the morning , and when it had arrived at Burton Salmon , it was overtaken by a short goods train from Milford Junction , which ran into a carriage behind the van of the coke train , in which van the deceased was , and forced it into the van , which was very much

      broken . The deceased fell out of the van on to the line , and was removed to the station , where he died about two hours afterward ; , one of his arms and his body having been dreadfully crushed . Evidence having been given , the coroner , in summing up , told the juvy that he did not think it would justify them in recording a verdict of manslaughter . The jury were of the same opinion , and accordingly returned a verdict of " Accidentally killed . " At the same time , they considered that there had been some negligence on : the part of the driver of the engine of the second train , in not sounding his whistle on approaching the coke train , and they trusted that the melancholy result of this accident would prove a caution to railway officials generally for the future .

      Death of the Eabl or Liverpool—The Earl of Liverpool died on the 3 rd instant at his seat , Buxted-park , Sussex . The deceased peer , Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson , Earl of Liverpool , Baron Hawkegbury , and a baronet , was In hia aixty-sevench year , having been born on the 29 th of May , 1185 . He was the son of the first Earl by his second wife , the daughter of Sir Cecil Bisshopp , and succeeded to the title on the demisejof his half-brother , the second Earl , who was for several years First Lord of the Treasury , and who died in December , 1 S 28 . having some months previously retired from publielifo owing to an attack of apoplexy . The deceased Earl filled the office of Steward of the Household from 1841 to 1846 under Sir Robert Peel ' s government . Hia

      Lordship having died without male issue the title becomes extinct . Robbery at Manchester . —For some days past a German , named Aronia Morjose , has been lodging at Mrs . Seelig ' s , South-parade , Manchester . He went to that town for the purpose of making some large purchases , and had with him consequently a large amount of money . The house where be lodged was frequented by one of tho Hungarian refugees , named Jacob Alter , and the two foreigners soon became very intimate . On Saturday morning last Morjose asked Alter if he could make any purchases for him , as he had plenty of money with him . He showed him £ 1 , 600 in Bank of England notes , cut in halves , which he took from his box . Morjose told Alter that no one could steal his monev , because Ills box could only be unlocked by touching a secret spring . Alter afterwards persuaded Morjose to show him how the

      box was to be opened . Alter and Morjose met at dinner about three o ' clock in tbe afternoon . Some other gentlemen who were lodging in the same house were present . Alter complained of indisposition , and refused to take any dinner . He afterwards left the room , apparently in great pain . About twelve o ' clock that night when Mr . Morjose went to bed , he found his box open , and the money taken away . On inquiry being made , it was found that Alter had left the house while the lodgers were at dinner , Morjose of course suspected that Alter had robbed him , and gave information to the police . Mr . Beswick , chief superintendent of the Manchester police , and Mr . Superintendent Sawley , immediately communicated with the authorities at the different sea ports by telegraphic messages , or by written communications . Little doubt is entertained that Alter will ere long be in custody .

      Mr . Wm . Rickfobd Coiaett . formerly M . P . for Lincolnshire , has been declared a bankrupt . Since he left parliament Mr . Collett has been engaged in several speculations , some of them iu Ireland , which have turned out unsuccessful . Monument to Wordsworth . —A monument to the memory of the poet Wordsworth has been erected in Grasmere church , and it bears the following inscription : — " To the memory of William Wordsworth , a true philosopher and poet , who by the special gift and calling of Almighty God , whether he discoursed on man or nature , failed not to lift up the heart to holy things . Tired not o maintaining the cause of the poor and simple f and so in perilous times was raised up to bo a chief minister , not only of noblest poesy , but of high and sacred truth . The memorial is placed here by his friends and neighbours in testimony of respect , affection , and gratitude . " —Carlisle , Journal .

      Dbaxh of Lord Stafford . —The venerable Lord Stafford died at Hampton Court on Saturday last , n his 81 st year . George William Stafford Jerningham , the deceased peer , succeeded his father as seventh baronet in 1809 , and succeeded in establishing his right to the ancient barony of Stafford after the reversal , in 1824 , of the attainder of the unfortunate Sir William Howard Yiacount Stafford , beheaded in 1 C ? 8 . His lordship assumed , in 1826 , the additional surname of Stafford . He is succeeded by his eldest son Henry Valentine , now Baron Stafford , who is married to a niece of the Duke of Norfolk .

      Court Martial at Storehouse . —On Saturday , October 4 th , a court martial , of which Colonel Coryton was the president , assembled at the Royal Marine Barracks , Stonehouse , for the trial of firstlieutenant Charles Thomas Forrest Onslow , of the Royal Marines , on a charge of being drunk on guard on September the 25 th ; the proceedings however were stopped in limine in consequence of an error in the christian name of the officer charged in the Admiralty warrant ; the word James having been submitted for Thomas . The court having been formally opened the error was pointed out to tho president by the prisoner , and after the court had been cleared sometime , it was adjourned in order , it was understood , to communicate with the Admiralty on the error . Mr . It . Eiworthy , solicitor , attended as the friend of the prisoner .

      CAUoni at Last . —A few weeks ago we stated that Mr . John Swann , of Milton , bad a number of sheep worried to death by a dog ; we likewise added that those who had the bad taste to keep such animals ought to possess the good sense to secure thorn in such a manner that no injury should occur . The owner of the suspected animal was Cautioned but it seems to no purpose . On Tuesday nteht Phillip Cook the Ditton policeman , saw Heat ' s doc ( of Baitsbite ) , a large ferocious animal , making the best of his way home , as though he had been doin ? something he ought to be ashamed of . The next morning six sheep belonging to tho Rev . Mr JftT ' fiT ? - ° f DJ" ° . n ' were f 0 und worried £ a ditch , five being dead , the other lingering of course suspicion fell upon Thomas Njffd £ , and he was "taken into custody , " tried by a court martial of villageis , and sentenc d to be St £ ™ ^ mediately carried into execution . ' JafirhT ff ° ng L C , rcumtantial evidence in the case but to make -assurance doubly sure of his iS . ** f «»» examination was made , and sure enough , his capacious stomach was filled with

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      mutton , with wool attached . —Cambridge Independant . SuppW o * Water , in thb Provikcbs . —The extensive waterworks for supplying the city of Norwich were last week opened with , considerable ceremony , and the Edinburgh Water Company ' s great reservoir at Castle-hill , for the continuous supply of Edinburgh , has just been completed . Price of Land . — At a recent sale by auction of the narrow strips of land not required by the corporation in making the new street from Cheapside into Market-street , the extraordinary price of £ 17 a yard was obtained . One lot , containing 150 yards , sold for £ 2 , 550 ; and another lot of 141 yards , fetched the sum of £ 2 , 350 . We may add , by way of contrast , that at Great Horton , which is within the borough , and where buildings are much wanted , a quantity of building grounu has been sold this week as low as 8 d . per yard . —Leeds

      Mercury . East Ridlvg of TbHKSHraB Election . —The election of a member for the East Riding of Yorkshire , to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr . Broadley , took place on Tuesday . Tho quiet town of Beverley , the capital of the riding , exhibited but very little more than its ordinaryiappearance . There had been some talk among the liberals of the town and district of the appearance in the field of Lord Mulgrave , the late member for Scarborough , who was refected for that place upon his appointment to a post in the Queen ' s household . Placards issued upon the morning of the election appealed to the electors not to vote for "

      Duncombe and starvation , " but to give their suffrages for ' « Mulgrave and low rents , " " Mulgrave the farmers' friend . " A noisy band paraded the streets , followed by a few representatives of " the liberal interest , " with the radical colour , yellow . Promi nent in the procession was a man bearing a pole with a large and a small loaf suspended thereon , and another bore a dead rabbit ticketed "for sale , " in allusion , we suppose , to tbe game laws . All this , however , was a mere popular effusion ; the leading liberals kept themselves aloof \ the election passed off very quietly , and no mention at all being made of Lord Mulgrave , the Hon . Capt . Buncombe was unanimously elected .

      Thb latb Railwat Coixtsion as Horsset . — The Rev . W . Snell , of Fleet , Lincolnshire , who , it will be remembered , sustained a concussion of the spine , by the reeenfc collision at the Hornsey station , on the Great Northern Railway , still lies at tbe Rail , way Hotel , adjoining the station , in a most precarious condition , having been unable to leave his bed since the unfortunate occurrence . The injury to the spine appears to be proceeding favourably , but up to tho present time the rev . gentleman has not been able to move his lower limbs , which are perfectly destitute of feeling . Stoppage op Two Basks at Newport . — 'The Monmouth and Glamorganshire Joint Stock Bank , and Messrs . Williams ' s Old Bank , both of which

      establishments carried on business in Newport , Monmouthshire , suspended payments on Tuesday , The stoppage of the former concern , which is the chief local bank of the district , ia attributed to the fact that their bills were refused by the London Commercial Bank . In the course of the morning a notice was fixed on the doors and in the windows of the bank , announcing tbat " in consequence of the recent depression in the iron trade , and the withdrawal of support hitherto received , the managers were obliged to suspend payments for a short time , but hoped to resume business in a few days . " There are serious apprehensions entertained in the monetary circles that the " worst is not yet

      known . Many of the shareholders have invested their little all in the bank , and their fears are very great . Many , also , who had credits in small amounts , considerable , however , to them—are under the most anxious apprehensions . Soon after the notice alluded to had been put up at the Monmouth and Glamorgan Bank , the doors of Messrs . Williams ' s old bank in this town were also closed , and a notice affixed to the door , that payments were suspended in consequence of the suspension of the Monmouth and Glamorgan Bank . The third bank in town , the West of England District Bank , is unaffected by the crisis .

      Tjibbe Lives Lost at the Wkmon Colubhies , NEAR Midsomer Norton , Somerset . — A painful degree of excitement has been occasioned in the neighbourhood of Midsomer Norton , in consequence of its'becoming [ known that a calamitous and fatal accident had occurred at the coal works known as the Old Welton Colliery , in the neigbourhood of that-village , by which three unhappy people were hurried into eternity . From tbe particulars which have reached us , it would appear that the accident occurred at about four o ' clock on Wednesday , the names ot the unfortunate men killed by it being Dalimore , Hill , and Taylor . Tbe two first named are single men , although Dalimore was upon the point of marriage with a respectable young woman of the neighbourhood . Taylor was a married man , and has left a widow and one or more children , who

      entirely depended upon him for their support , The accident was occasioned by the breaking of a rope , Upon which the three men were being lowered to their work in the mine . The rope was lowered in tbe usual way , being wound off a drum wheel , and nothing unusual occurred till it had been let down to within 100 or 120 feet of the bottom , when without any previous warningthe rope broke , and precipitated the unfortunate fellows to the bottom of the shaft , which descends to a depth of 160 fathoms from the surface . An alarm was instantly given , and means used to get up the bodies at the earliest possible moment . They were frightfully mutilated , owing to the height from which they fell . Two of them were quite dead ; the third exhibited some Signs of life , but expired soon afterwards . Information of the occurrence has been forwarded to the ooroner , and an inquest will be held Oil the bodies .

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      ceived m the darkness a sharp instrument of some description which is vulgarly called a "jack , " and threatens to attack any one who stands in his way or attempts to approach him . It appears that the unfortunate man who fell a victim to his cowardly ferocity had no quarrel with him , and that as soon as he perceived his hostile intentions , he made every effort to retreat from his presence . While running backwards , unarmed , and not even offering to strike , he received two wounds m the abdomen from his murderous assailant , from which he never recovered . This is the first occasion on which Lord Colonsay passed sentence of death , and it was with evident emotion that he performed a ceremony so now to him and so revolting to his feelings . We

      sfOtlanD . Sentence op Death at Glasgow . —On tho 2 nd inst ., Lord Colonsay passed sentence of death on Archibald Hare for the crime of murder , perpetrated oh the person of Ronald M ' Gregor , in the village of Blantyre , in August last . The fatal outrage was committed in circumstances the most brutal and ferocious which it is almost possible to conceive , it was an unprovoked , unmitigated , wanton , reckless , Irish murder . The criminal , intoxicated partly with liquor , partly with bigotry , and a thirst for blood , rushes out at night to the quiet streets of a rural village , carrying

      unperobserve that the day fixed for the execution of Hare falls on the half-yearly fast , but this will probably be altered by an application to the Queen . Cruel Case op Stabbing at Glasgow . —We have to announce the occurrence of a cruel and cowardly case of stabbing , which was perpetrated in the public streets of tho city at a late hour on the nigut of the 3 rd inst . It appears that on the night in question three Irishmen , named M'Clusky , two of them brothers , and one a cousin of the ether two , had been drinking in a public house in Bridgegate , and a little before twelve o ' clock they set out for their lodgings , kept by a Mrs . M'Cartney , in High-street , near the entrance to Biackfriars-street . For the purpose , as they state , of extending their walk , they passed the close in which their lodgings were situated , and moved from

      High-street into Stirling-street , where they met a man and a woman going in the direction of the street which the M'Cluskys had left . The parties jostled each other , which led to a fight between Patrick M'Clusky and the man , when , after a contest of a minute or two , the former got a black eye and was knocked down . M'Clusky , however speedily got up aud resumed the fight , but as the pair got into grips , and the fight was becoming serious , the other two M'Cluskys and the byestanders , a number of whom had by this time collected , separated the combatants . Patrick M'Clusky returned homewards with his relatives ; but immediately after the excitement of the struggle was over he complained of pain in his left thumb , which on examination was found to be almost sevend from the hand by the stroke of a knife , or some sharp instrument . Tho man was no sr ^

      orfon . ^ - g ? ,, ? . he comPlai » ed of a still more serious injury mlus belly , and on beW stripped appearances presented themselves which rendered aK ' tHh ^ v- f 0 r ? f S , al aid « and to give the 2 d ? dntt h he 2 ? - Br - Easton ' immediatelyat-X t £ & 2 f ] oA 8 F > found a large quantity ! , i J ? ' "bich were cut in some places , pro-En T V ° ^ a ^ the centre of the » bnT ! I , d octor rep'aced the bowels , sewed up S ^! , i ? WOUnd » * hich extends about an inch S ™« ^ ^ he belly , and then accompanied tno patient to the infirmany . The magistrates have yery properly offered a reward of thirty guineas for tne apprehension of the assailant . On Saturdav

      last tne wounded man emitted a deposition , in the presence of Bailie M'Douall . The patient is , of course , m a very critical state ; but we learn that no total symptoms of inflammation had as yet deve-! ° Ped themselves . A man has been apprehended m the Bridgegate , on suspicion of being the assailant in the above case . He was taken to the infirmary , but M'Clusky could not identify him . Although the man had a black eye , and his face was scratched , he could prove that he was not in Stirling-street on Friday night , and he has accordingly been liberated , — Glasgow Herald .

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      Suspected Suicidr a t EDiNBUBr ^ n ^ seven and eight o'clock on Friday morni ™ . N * msfc ., some gentlemen passing alom » ^ "I ^ Sm theUnion Canal , near Wthird d ^ L ^^ S 0 their attention attracted by a cap fioatin fie * M looking more minutely they observed a fnd ° a figure standing almost erect in the water I V ^ pletely submerged . In a few minutes a « 3 came forward , and the boatmen drew onMfcV ^ of a middle-aged and respeetably . drea 8 ed „ ?! ty » their hooks . The body was still warm but R lth extinct , and on searching his clothes his w , f „ 7 *** found still going . From a letter found on ^ Wa * oi aeeeaeed

      son his relations were traporl per " was identified as Mr . Alexander Brown "t " dealer , 100 , Rose-street . The unfortunate ^ l ' rit - been m a state of mental depression f 0 i- Z ^ M and , it is supposed , had committed suicide ys » A Repentant SciciDB . —On Tuesday " , ^ named Donald M'Phail , threw himself into th « n n cut near to Inchinnan Bridge . The poor frit tef being immersed in the water seemed iusU . 0 I 1 pus to regain the land as he had firmer / I ^ to throw himself into tho water , as he n , i een peated efforts to obtain a footing on the bant ?* was swept along by the tide , but before assist 9 could reach him he disappeared . Tbe body w ., ;" ? recovered till about six o ' clock the same eveS °

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      ireiaiiD . Emigration . —The Celtic exodus continues in u tho marvel of the day . From morning to nfeiS ? from the arrival of the first trains before davbrVfc to tbe last which reach in the evening , notS scarcely is to be seen along the line of splendid quays which adorn Dublin but tho never-ending stream of emigrants flying , as if from a pestilence to seek the means of existence which their own inhospitable land denies to labour , and the mo < w ambition to live and die beyond the glOOfflJ preoinla of tho Irish workhouse . Numbers of these adven . turers are of the better class of farmers , and ap . pear to lack none of the appliances requisite ^ . wards the bettering of their condition at tho other side of the Atlantic—a healthy and more tian

      comeiy progeny , a good supply of the most requi . site articles of furniture and clothing , with soin 0 small capital to commence operations . The main * rity , however , have no such advantage to boast of for a miserable , sickly-looking , and poverty-stricken set of creatures it would be impossible to imaging even , hundreds of them—men , women , and children being unprovided with shoes to their feet , and tha females with no better covering for their heads than tho commonest cotton handkerchiefs in lieu of bonnets , while not one in fifty could lay claim to the luxury of a cloak as a protection against the inclemency of tbe coming winter . All hardships . appear as nothing , so that the one great end ma »

      be achieved—flight from the Irish shores , no matter at what risk , or with what amount of danger and privation in perspective . Day after day vessels leave this port freighted with their human cargoes , without any diminution being perceptible in tha throngs of peasantry which flwarm the streets in the neighbourhood of the quays . Three sailed at tbe close of last week with their full complements on board ; three more have just come into dock , and it is expected that they , too , will clear out before Saturday nest , if not sooner . Judging from present appearances , it is more than probable that the severest months of the season will bavo little or no effect in cheeking the prevailing and altoge < ther unparalleled mania .

      The " rush from the southern ports , too , is rather on the increase than otherwise , and is far and away on a more extensive scale than we in the metropolis have any idea . On Saturday a steamer left Waterford for Liverpool with nearly 400 endgrants on board , whose ultimate destination is tha " free land Of tbe we & t . " The day was intensely severe , but the wind and weather , be they what they may , have no terrors for these voluntary exiles . The average numbers which sail from the port of Waterford alone since the season set in appear to be at the rate of 500 weekly . Respecting tbe progress of emigration in Ulster followin

      the " Western Star " publishes the g extract of a letter received from a gentleman who has been travelling through tbe northern province : —" Having had occasion within the past three weeks to traverse a considerable part of Ulster , I made it my business to inquire , as I went along , into the condition of the small farmers—a race of as industrious a people as are to be found on the habitable globe , Having been heretofore led to believe that they were most favourably circumstanced as regarded their position with the landlords , and from other causes , I must own I was not at all prepared for the almost general feeling of dis » content which exhibited itself . I was much struck

      with the remarks of an intelligent middle-aged Man , the occupier of a farm of about thirty acres , ¦ wh o , after informinjor me that he formed one of a party of seventy persons , comprising a dozea families , who were preparing to emigrate to Australia , thus proceeded , — « Before next spring is over many hundreds of tho people of this province will have quitted it for ever , and many others will follow ; we have always been loyal to England , even in the worst cf times , and although all that is now forgotten , the day may come when the government will regret that they ailewed the interests of the industrious northmen to be sacrificed to such an extent as to force them to leave the homes of their fathers to seek a resting place in a

      foreign land . ' As yet , so far as I have seen , it ia with a feeling of deep regret that those poor people quit their native land . You see nothing of that Satisfaction exhibited by them which is so marked , SO extraordinary a feature as regards the emigrants from the southern and western provinces . " The Mubder of Mb . White . —It is gratifying to be able to announce that all the circumstances connected with the murder of Mr . White , of the Queen ' s County , have been brought to light—and it is believed , that nearly all the persons implicated in that foul crime are in custody , It IS Stated that at the magisterial investigation , which waa brought to a close on Wednesday last , evidence , of the clearest nature , was adduced , fixing the actual

      murder on one of tho prisoners , and the crime 01 aiding and abetting on several others . The wife of the fellow charged with being tbe principal has offered to betray the whole conspiracy , on the condition of his being admitted as approver . The Attorney-General may agree to this proposal , but the local authorities are under the impression there is ample evidence to bring him to justice . Great Seizure bv Revenue Police . — The party of revenue police stationed at Ballaghy , county Derry , under Lieut . Bridgeman , left their quarters on Friday night last , on information received , and proceeded over Toome-bridge to the county Antrim , when they were conducted along the shore of Lough Beg to an island about 120 yards from the nearest point of the shore , where there was a still working After searching for some time , tho party discovered an old boat , into which Lieut . Bridgeman and two off

      of his party stepped , and which they shoved ; but before they reached the island the craft sank } and the officer and his men had to jump up to their waists in water . They then rushed into the stillhouse , and found one man asleep ; another tried to make his escape , but was seized by one of the men . One of the party on tho shore , supposing his officer might meet resistance , threw off his clothes , and with his bayonet in his mouth , plunged mtP tho water , and swam to the island . Ho then toos a boat , and shoved off for the remainder of the party ; but only having a pole , the boat drifted away , and one of the prisoners , named SculHon , jumped into another boat , and went to bis assistance , otherwise he might have lost his life . I ™ party seized two stills , heads and worms , a largo quantity of malt , and about eight gallons oi whisky , besides two prisoners . —Belfast r « P cr '

      The Consolidated Annuities .- ^ TIic Treasury , it seems , have relented in" the case of two unions in Clare ( Ennistymon and Tuila . ) the ewer ioi impounding a portion of the rates towards tne payment of the government loan having »? " 5 ; I seinded . This act of grace has led to the behei : tnai . a similar extension of clemency will be shown to an the other unions in the country . . , Emigration—A letter from Cork , publnnefl "' the " Evening Mail , " remarking upon tho progf e . s of emigration in the south , states that no less tu '' forty tenants of one noble proprietor hare o camped within the last fortniffht . " carrying «"

      the money realised by the sale of their crops ; _ »» > what is worse , placing in possession of their w persons who must be proceeded against oy cje ment . " One agent in the city of Cork has acinw " ledged to the receipt of as much as £ 1 , 000 w , p > day from emigrant passengers in chartered vess-Baixvhaslob Pair , —The reports of tncs awv fair are unusually conflicting this year . Accorfl » to one statement it has been the best for tne - twenty years , while from the subjoined acc < ! pj ie the result appears to be not very satisfactory , i ^ show of stock , considering the scarcity of . ? P . late in Ireland , was much less than was anticip » > being only 4 , 623 . . tt u ;* cro ? The Potato Crop , —A great portion of ti » ! J throughout this neighbourhood is no fhere housed , and from all directions we learn tnat tn is fullv a fourth narfc nerfectlv sound . We ' >» t

      seen a large field dug this week , in which » e was scarcely a diseased potato—as fine a « rj both as to quantity and quality , as could be vris " for . We have seen other fields where the crop «" not worth digging . — Bally shannon Herald .

      According To A Letter From Vienna In The...

      According to a letter from Vienna in the Ge man Journal of Frankfort , " the Austrian go *?" ment to mark its dissatisfaction at the release ot & -, snth and bis companions , has determined to denta " satisfaction from the Ottoman Porte for the P ^ cution of the Christian population of Bosnia ¦« llerzegovine , and has resolved to enforce the mand by assembling a body of troops on the W tiers of Turkish Croatia and fierzegovine .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 11, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11101851/page/6/