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Heait . t of Loxdox during the "Week . —Tlie number of deaths registered in the week was 1 , 070 ; the weekly average for the summer quarter ( which commences with the present month ) of five previous years , is 1 , 008 ; this return , therefore , shows an excess of G 2 . The whole mortality is also rather high as compared with the numbers returned from week to week during the last two months . There is an obvious increase in deaths caused by zymotic or epidemic diseases , with a decrease , though not to an equal extent , in those produced by affections of the respiratory organs . In the former class , during ihe last three weeks , the deaths have been progressively 277319 and 393 ; in the latter , th <; numbers
, , in the same weeks were respectively 119 , 105 , and 87 . Hooping cough numbers 47 , or double the usual amount of fatal cases . Diarrhoea increases a little ; hut the deaths from it , which List week were 40 , have not reached the average of the seasou , -which is 76 ; for in previous years , chiefly in a more advanced part of the quarter , this complaint has carried off many children of tender ago . In the corresponding-week-of 1846 the deaths from diarrhoea "Were 70 . Two cases are reported of children who died , one of diarrhoea , another of hydrocephalus , at Xo . 3 , Liuney-court , Museum-street , where the back of the house has no windows , and the smell from drains and other nuisances in front is
extremely offensive . The average at this season from cholera is onl y 8 ; its recent progress is shown by the deaths in the last six weeks , -which were successively 0 , 22 , 42 , 49 , 124 , and in last week 152—viz ., 94 of males and 58 of females . Of the 152 victims of this disease , 19 -were under 5 years of age ; 30 at 5 and under 15 years of age ; 8 S between 15 and CO ; and 13 at 60 and upwards . The ages of two are not returned ! It is worthy of observation , that not more than 14 deaths from cholera last week occurred in the west and northern districts , though the population which they comprise is about a third of the whole . On the south side of the Thames there were 93 , and in this region the districts of Jtotherhithe , Lambeth , and Eermondsey are fatally distniguishea . Other epidemics differ , at present .
not much from the average . A young man died of " want" in Camden Town , and an infant of " exposure to the ni ght air , and purpura hamiorrhagica " in the Borough-road sub-district . Aman of 43 died of " paralysis from working in a lead factory , - after an illness of 13 weeks . " Mr . Butterfield , the registrar of Islington East , Las recorded what he describes as " a curious fact , " but without stating his authority , that women employed in ibis manufacture last much longer than men . The mean hei ght of the barometer in the week was 29 . 799 . On Saturday , when the temperature was highest , ihe thermometer reached 82 deg- 1 min . in the shade , and 103 deg . 5 min . in the sun . The mean temperature , "Which for the week was 62 deg . 7 min ., was higher than the average on five days , and on Saturday exceeded the average by 9 deg . 2 min .
Attempted MtJBJ > ER .- * -On Friday week , ahout six o ' clock , a diabolical attempt was made to destroy the life or lives of two ladies , the daughters of Dr . Stokes , of Portland-place , Islington . They were sitting in the drawing-room , when they were fired at by some ruffian residing in Iforthampton-strcet , which is at the back of jtfr . Stokes ' s grounds . Police officers Collins and "Withers , of the X division , who were on the spot watching some thieves , were instantly called into the doctor ' s house , and after the alarm had somewhat subsided , they found a bullet embedded in the wall , it having passed over the ladies" heads and then through a carved cornice . Every effort was immediately made to detect tlie dastardly scoundrel , but up to Saturday afternoon no clue had been obtained of Mm .
Destructive Fibe iv Lambeth . —On Sunday between ten and eleven o ' clock , a fire of a very alarming character broke out in a long range of premises belonging to Messrs . Baker and Sons , the builders , ' Of Palace Xew-road , Lambeth , in that portion of the Vorks termed the "fitting shop . " Several engines of the London establishment were promptly in attendance , but tbe firemen were unable to get the flames extinguished until the fitting and blacksmith ' s shops were almost consumed and the store . loom burnt . The total loss is very considerable , and -unfortunately Messrs . Baker were uninsured . Prom the examination made there is no doubt hut that the fire was caused hy the spontaneous ignition of some old rope stowed away in the basement floor of the building .
Pike is a ItiuxwAY Tbaix . —A serious accident happened In the parliamentary train , which left the "Waterloo-bridge station on Saturday morning , at twenty minutes past eight . It appears that one of the explosive signals which the guard had with lim in the passengers' luggage van caught fire , ex ploded , and caused the other signals to explode . Ihe luggage was set fire to , and a considerable portion of it was completely destroyed . Fortunately , the train was near the Andover-road station , and as soon as it reached assistance was procured , and the fire was extinguished .
Disastrous Fire is Lkmkexii . —On Wednesday morning , ahout five o ' clock , afire , attended with nearly fatal results to the inmates , broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr . C . Cochrane , a corn and seed merchant , in the 2 fcw . Cut , Lambeth . The inmates , on being aroused , found the flames ascending' the staircase so fiercely as to prevent their descending , and they weie at length obliged to jump upon a leaden roof over one of the stores filled with hay and straw . Two police officers having got a short ladder , they held it out at arm s length in the form of a bridge , over which the parties passed into the house adj oining . The fire was not extinguished until the whole of Mi * . Cochrane ' s furniture and stock-in-trade were destroyed , and the premises nearly gutted . '
Destucciixe Fire at Betiin'ai > Geees . —On Wednesday evening , about five o ' clock , a fire broke out npon tlie premises , in Anne-street , Bethnal Greenroad , hi the joint occupation of Mr . Silvertou , a fancy cabinet-maker , and Mr . Taylor , a trimming manufacturer . Several engines promptly attended , but the aw was not got under-until property roughly estimated at £ 500 had been destroyed . TJxwih'Lespsik Meat ts Xewcate Market . —At the London -Sessions , on Saturday last , Thomas Hobbs , of Newmarket , was sentenced to pay a fine of five pounds for sending for sale in Newgate Market a beast that had died , aud was unfit for human food , being putrid inside . The defendant ' s statement was , that the beast was " blown , " by overfeeding on turnips , and was killed , and sent up to London . Sehiocs Accidem ox board a Kamscate Steamer . — -On Friday morning week , as the Little "Western
steam-packet , now running between Bamsgate and London , was rounding the Uess Buoy , the foremast , with the ?« iis set , snapped clean asunder , the yard falling on deck , killing a woman of the name of Lavetehmdl . belonging to Bethel Asylum , Camberwell , fracturing the head of a young girl , of the name of G .-sli , living in Augusta-terrac-j , Bamsgate , besides -v < . m ; idln «* several other passengers . The "Western immediately bore up for Margate , where medical assistance was immediately procured . The body © f ihe unfortunate woman , Lavetchnell , was taken ashore , and the young girl , under the care of Drs . Huntvr and Thornton , was conveyed back to her friends at llamsgatc . The other passengers who had received injury preferred remaining on hoard to proceeding Uoinc , having medical assistance on i-tctrd . It appears that a sudden breeze catching die foresail on rounding the land was the entire c-m ^ e of the accident .
Axixcro Infanticide . —On Tuesday Mr . Wenbttry T ? : ikit-y hi'ld an inquest at the Elephant and Castle , KiiigVroad , St . Pancras , on view of the body of a siew-born female child , whose death is alleged to lwve taken place in consequence of violence on : he part of Elizabeth "Wardle , lier mother , aged li > a sin » le woman . It appeared from the evidence that the- mother of the deceased was in the service of Mrs . Griffin , of 24 , Churchway , Drummond-sneot . List Wednesday she was accused by her raif-iress cf being in tbe family way . She denied that she was , and said that people only wanted something to talk about . The same evening , between saves ' -and eight o'clock , she went into the 5 ard la ? in > ' previously been suffering from severe pains . She was followed into the yard by her
mistress , who observed the pavemeni in a state that induced her iu remark that she had given birth to an infant . The ' water-closet was searched , when the deceased Intuit was observed lying on the soil . The motlii'i" was g iven into tho custody of policecenstable Doiiovan , S 297 , and the infant was promptly taken out of the soil . It was then alive , and having been washed , was removed to the workhouse , where the mother was also taken . Every care was bestowed on the child by the nurses of the workhouse , and Mr . Bobinson , tne parish surgeon , tut it gradually sank and died en Friday . Mr . Uobinsoii « aid that deceased was full grown . There
• were swerai bruises about tbe body , and npon a post nunic . it examination he found an indentation and fracture of the parietal bone . There were also effusion into the cavities of the chest and congestion of the . Ius ; gs . " Death arose from congestion of the lungs ami ii .-i injury to the brain by the fracture of fbepariiftiil hmiv , which he had no doubt was the effeetof a fall either on the pavement of the yard or the transit of the body down the closet . Evidence was given that the accused had made preparation o \ r . <> i » re babv linen , which was at her mother ' s . Wmiwt : "That the deceased died from tucefim « f ouigestion of the brain and lungs , hut there was nV-. t sufficient evidence to show how the
rnjuric ? wore caused . ?! .- - ---. - Si : o- ' ; r >! -. li- _ Tr . ! : sn of FonTUXE . —An inquest was lieia - ' -..-. ; ,:, - Mr . Ualton , at the Jvorthumberland Head , F-iri-sii-i-cr . ou view of the body of IVnliam "Wanmshsw , aged 49 years , \» h 0 destroved Mmself by swalio ^ i . g a quantity of laudanum ' under the foUowi : _ : yfery shocking circumstances . It appeared fronr ite "videuec that the deceased was a tailor , and forri i > rly carried on very extensive business at the Wesi-eau , but he became embarrassed in his afiairs , and « as reduced to verv great distress . In « 0 nsequeac 2 of the loss of his business and fortune
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r / jwv- ' ****—* f *^ mn . *~ * u . jif ' ve .- ^ a ^ . r . > .. « - »* « swca ^' aL ^» the - deceased and his wife repeatedly said tho « siiouUi be compelled to enter a workhouse , the circuiusi- -luce of which so operated upon the mind of Mrs . WarmMam that , about three years since , she destivycsl herself by hanging . Since thence the deceased had been in a desponding state , and a few month ? since he attempted his life by swallowing a q uantity of laudanum . He was closely watched since , and on Thursday week he was discovered lying upon the floor in his room in a state of insensibility . Mr . Hodgson , a surgeon , was called in , and pronounced him to be suffering under the influence of laudanum . He applied the usual remedies , but the deceased died shortly afterwards . The clothes of the deceased were searched , and nine buttles , which had all contained laudanum , were
found in his different pockets . "Verdict , " Temporary Insanity . " Abolition of "Kin g Enwinn ' s Stairs . "—Saturday last a special session was held in the Courthouse , Osborne-strcet , "Whitechapel , pursuant to a notice issued by Mr . Thomas Reynolds , the high constable of the Tower Hamlets , " for the purpose of considering the propriety of discontinuing and stopping up a certain court , alley , or place called King Edward ' s Stairs , on the south side of Wapping High-street , leading out of a certain highway called Wapping High-street into a certain highway called the River Thames , and being whollv situate within the said parish of St . John ' s , "Wapping . " After some consultation , the magistrates being satisfied that the stairs were a nuisance , ordered them to be stopped .
Arrival . of Ledru Bollix axd several of his Compatriots . — Ledru llollin , Martin Bernard , Etienne Arago , Sergeant Boichot , Colonel Hesp and family , Colonel Slack and family , were among the passengers that landed on Wednesday afternoon at the St . Katherine ' s Wharf , from the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Sir Edward Banks , which left Ostend the same morning . ^^/^/ . ^ .. ^^/ . / .. M ^ iV .
rntje & vb » ttirc * . The Explosion at Dudley Pom Colliery " . — The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate persons killed . by this accident , took place at Dudley on Friday the 6 th inst . —Mr . John Yardley mine surveyor of the Moat Colliery , deposed that he had examined the working condition of tho pit in question that ( Friday ) morning . The air . was then thrown into three different ways or directions , as before the explosion . Witness examined the spout and dam where the explosion took place , and supposing the dam to be properly stopped , the air-way was sufficient for the safe working of the pit ; but in case the dam was not properly stopped , gas mi g ht have accumulated and exploded , on the other side
of the dam , in the workings . If the last length of air-way had been wider , and the dam not sufficiently stopped , it would not have prevented the gas from accumulating , even if the air-way bad been three times wider than it was . He was of opinion after a minute examination of all the works , that tho pit was in a proper , state for working . The air-ways were properly driven to carry off the gas . It was tlie boy ' s duty to see that the dams of the spouts were properly stopped , and when they discovered any gas in the workings not to let the men commence work until it was cleaved . He ought not to have used a naked lig ht . There were two perlect safety-lamps in the pit on the morning of the explosion . Witness had seen a safety-lamp which had been found in the
pit that morning , with the top off ; and from the appearance of it , being covered with dust and dirt , the lamp must have been unscrewed before the explosion took place . On unscrewing a lighted safetylamp , a candle may be lighted by it ; but it is at all limes improper to unscrew the ' safety-himp where there is the least appearance of gas . " Mr . Yardley minutely explained the working of the pit , and his replies to questions as to its working condition were satisfactory . — -Mr . Henry Johnson , mine surveyor , of Dudley , was next called . He stated that he had examined the pit , and made a pLin of it . The air-way was , in his opinion , sufficient to carry off any quantity of gas ; in other respects his evidence was corroborative of that given by Mr . Yardlev . The lamp ( he said ) had evidently been
unscrewed by hand , and not blown on . —After one or two other witnesses had been called , the Coroner summed up , and the jury returned the following verdict : — " That the explosion was caused by the want of proper precaution on the part of tho doggy , Pritehard . "—Edward Brighton , another of the sufferers , died on Tuesday , and the others are not expected to survive . Axothee Mete Explosion-. —On Wednesday , the 4 th inst ., another of these fearful occurrences took place at acolliery belonging to the British Iron Company , known as ,: The Black Waggon , " and situated at Old Hill , in the parish of Rowley Regis . A quantity of inflammable gas was ignited by the exposure bf a lamp or candle , when an explosion occurred which seriously scorched four men , slightly injured another , and , we are informed , killed a sixth . -
Air Ixcormgible Offender . — At the Dorset Quarter Sessions , a few days ago , a woman named Caroline Burden was found guilty of stealing a quantity of oak bark , the property of John Kendall , at Sixpenny Bandlcy . This woman had earned for herself the unenviable reputation of being an old and incorrigible offender , for it appeared from the records of the gaol that on the 2 nd of May , 1842 , she was sentenced to six weeks' hard labouy , for leaving her family chargeable to the parish ; on February 5 th , 1846 , to twenty-one days hard labour , for misbehaviour in the union workhouse : on August 20 th , 1 S 47 , to one calendarrmonth ' s hard labour , for stealing peas ; on December 14 th , in the same year , to twenty-one days' bard labour , for stealing a fence ; and on December 22 nd , 1848 " , to one calendar month ' s hard labour . She was now sentenced to one month's hard labour .
BiiuiAL Attack upon as Auctioneer . —At the county sessions , Manchester , last veek , John Hutchinson , a collier , residing no Kersley , was brought-npon a charge of maliciously wounding Mr . George Greenhalgh , auctioneer , of this town . It appeared that on Monday week , about noon , Mr . Greenhalgh went to the prisoner ' s house with a warrant of distress from the landlady , and after speaking with him in the lane the prisoner went into his house , and , seizing a poker , came out and struck him six or seven savage blows about the head and arms , inflicting deep wounds . Ho was conveyed to the police station , where he was attended by Mr . Sharp , surgeon , and every attention paid to him . Though able to attend the court he
was not considered out of danger . A policeman was an eye-witness to the affair , but the man was so savage and outrageous that he dared not interfere with him until he had procured another officer to assist . The prisoner ' s conduct was very unseemly in court , and , after a reproof from the bench , he was committed for trial to the assizes . Daring Smuggling A ^ ifMpi . —On Friday week , three men belonging to the Royal Artillery , stationed at Fort Moncton , observed a boat , having a skiff in tow , approach the shore westward of the fort ? nd land three men , each of whom carried a half anker of spirits . The soldiers went up and captured the spirits , but did not detain the men . The boats were on Sunday seized by the
Coast-Guard , and , with the spirits , delivered over to the Custom-House . The boats belonged to a publican residing in the High-street , Gosport ; the three men arc not yet in custody . Dakixg Burglarx at BKACKExriELn . — -One night last week the house of Mr . John Newton , Brackenfield , near Alfreton , was broken into . Mr . Xowton , who is an infirm old man , hearing a noise , got out of bed , when three men walked up stairs , disguised with a piece of oil-case over their faces , one of whom he knocked down with a knobstick , cutting a piece out of his head and tearing his mask . The man retreated down stab's along with another of the villains , leaving one to keep the old man at bay . AftcrwasMnghisheadinapancheon of milk , and adjusting his mask , they again ascended the stairs , and tied the old roan ' s legs and arms , also his wife ' s
and his daughter s , ' and ransacked the house , taking £ 1 6 s . in silver , two silver tablespoons , five silver teaspoons , and several other articles , with which they decamped , leaving behind them a white night cap , and a black mask . In consequence of information received at the police - office , Superintendent Baynor and Inspector Wilkinson have succeeded in apprehending three notorious burglars , named William Pinder , of Radford , who was in bed when taken into custody , a large knife was found laying by his side , and a loaded pistol in his pocket ; William Davis , Union-street , Nottingham , ( a returned convict , ) and a man from Bristol , who had been lodging for several weeks past in Beck-street . They were taken before the magistrates , and after undergoing a private examination , were removed in the custody of the police to Alfreton for further
examination . A Deserter . —Last week a man , thirty-three years of age , named Joseph Pennington , was placed before J . Brook , and O . Armitage , Esqs ., at the Guildhall , Halifax . He had voluntarily surrendered himself as a deserter , and said he enlisted into the 31 st regiment of foot on the 2 nd of January , 1839 , that he was in the whole of the Sikh war in India , had been in seventeen battles , was wounded in the leg at the battle of Sobraon on the Sutlej , and . that he deserted from the regiment about eighteen months since at ' Deal , in Kent . He had received two silver medals . The magistrates said they . were extremely sorry for him , but their power being only ministerial theycoiiid not help him , and . were compelled to commit him to Wakefield , there to await orders from the War Office . He is a native of Halifax .
Serious Accident at Ipswich . —On Saturday last , a serious accident occured on the Stoke-road " , Ipswich , between the railway brid ge and the station It appears that Mr . ' \ Ashford , jun . ( son of Mr . Ashford , of Sproughton ;) with . " bis sister , was , at about six o ' clock in the evening , driving towards Ipswiek in a phaeton , drawn by a powerful but generally quiet horse . When some little way past the
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Ostiich bridge , they were met by one of those large brush carts , which on the road look like travelling shops . This object- the horse refused to pass , when Mr . Ashford stepped out of the phaeton , giving his sister tho reins , and endeavoured to lead the horse by . The animal p lunged a good deal , and at leng th , making a sudden dash , released himself from Mr . Ashford ' s grasp , and started off towards Ipswic h at a sharp canter . Miss Ashford , who is accustome d to driving , avoided several vehicles on the road , ana had nearly succeeded in stopping tho horse , when some persons shouted at the top of tlieir voices and threw their hats at the animal with the view ot checking his progress . The horse started off anew , and had proceeded past the railway bridge without doing any mischief ,, when several vehicles were seen to be approaching . The first one , a gig , was satcly passed , but behind this was a van , and as the
phaeton approached it a doff cart suddenly , passed the van , and the driver seeing the danger , an d unable to avoid it , instantly pulled , up . As neither side of the road was clear , Miss Ashford endeavoured to pass the dog-cart on one side and the van on the other but in doing so the fore part and wheel of the p haeton came into voilent collision with the wheel of the dog-cart , the shock being so great as to throw Miss Ashford from her seat with considerable voilence . Providentially this lady was riot seriously injured , although she sustained several abrasions , and for a few seconds was insensible . The horse , which did not fall , dashed off with the phaeton in the direction of the town , but was stopped without doing any further mischief . . The phaeton sustained considerable damage , the springs of the fore wheels being broken , the steps bent , and the dashboard carried away . It seems * miraculous that no sacrifice of life occurred .
SniciDB of a Bribe near Leeds . —A sad event occurred at Ilolbeck , near Leeds , on Monday afternoon , at the house of Mr . William Walley , of Holbeek , near Leeds . Mr . Walley , who is a woolstapler in Leeds , was married on the 21 st ult ., at tho church of St . Mary the Virgin , London , to Sarah Ann , the daughter of Mr . Joshua Haldren , of Boston , the lady being about twenty-seven years of age . Up to Monday last nothing had occurred to create any dissatisfaction between Mr . Walley and his bride ,
and on the day named he was about to receive company . When Mr . Walley left home in the morning , his lady appeared in her usual health and spirits , and in the course of the day retired io her dressmgrbom , for the purpose of changing her dress and preparing her toilet , previous to the arrival of her friends ; nut as she did not return , the servant proceeded to her room , where the unhappy lady was found quite dead . She had committed suicide . bydividing tho jugular vein of the neck . On Tuesday an inquest was held on the body , and adjourned .
Attempt to Poison . —The parishioners of Trevalga , Cornwall , have been in a state of great excitement for several days , in consequence of the life of their vicar , the Rev . J . T . Symons , having been greatly endangered by poison . It appears that he took some calves' foot broth in the evenin" of the 2 nd inst ., and was afterwards suddenly taken ill . It subsequently transpired that his servant , a lad about fourteen years of age , had put a quantity of arsenic , which he had before purchased , into the basin containing the broth . Report states that the lad ' s intention was not to poison his master , but he had premeditated the destruction of his mistress , by whom he supposed the broth would be eaten . The rev . gentleman is going on favourably , and it is hoped will recover . The perpetrator of the crime has absconded . —Cornwall Gazette . The Bisiior of Exeter ' s Butler charged with
Stealing a Portmanteau . —At . the Devon county sessions , last week , George Evans , butler to the Bishop of Exeter , was indicted on a charge of stealing a portmanteau containing clothes . The indictment contained eight counts—thefirst four charging the prisoner with stealing , and the last four with feloniously receiving . The property was laid in tho several counts as belonging respectively to the Great Western Railway Company , the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company , the South Devon , Railway Company , arid Master Francis Du Pre Montagu . The prosecution was instituted by the Great Western Railway Company . —It appeared that in May , 1848 , Master Montagu lost his portmanteau on a journey from Bristol to Newton , and nothing was
heard ol it until the month of June last , when tho police received information which induced them to search the prisoner ' s apartment in the bishop ' s residence at Bishopstowe . They there found a quantity of articles marked " F . D . Montagu . " Having taken possession of these things , they charged the prisoner with stealing tho portmanteau , and he replied that he had brought a portmanteau from London by mistake , and he supposed the things were in ifc . He was then taken into custody , and it appeared at the trial that in May , 1848 , the bishop travelled by railway from London to Torquay , giving his
luggage m charge to tho prisoner . A probability was therefore raised that the portmanteau might by accident have been placed amongst the things belonging to the bishop . This being the defence set up by the prisoner , the Chairman of tho Sessions left it to the jury to say whether they : believed his account , or whether they thought he had stolen the portmanteau . The jury returned a verdict of "Hot Guilty . " In the course of the trial several witnesses testified to the good character of the prisoner , and the Bishop of Exeter said that if he should be acquitted , he would take him into his service again with unimpaired confidence .
An Unnatural Father . —At the Police Court , Hull , on Monday , a . labouring man , named Thomas Jarvis , was charged with the violation of two of his own daughters , the elder seventeen and the younger thirteen years of age .. The offence complained of by the younger was committed three weeks ago . The elder girl said that she was . made a victim of her fathers brutality three years ago at York . They had always been afraid to speak of it before , as their father bad beaten them and threatened " to cut them into mince moat . " -. A female named Wood gave evidence , as to tho brutal character which the man held in the neghbourhood where he lived . —Mr . Dossor , surgeon , stated that he bad examined the younger girl , and that there was ample
evidence of her recent violation . —Tlie prisoner when called upon for his defence said his daughters had told nothing but lies . —The superintendent of police stated that tbe prisoner had been before the hench on a previous occasion for an indecent assault upon a female . —The magistrates thought the evidence was not of a nature to warrant a conviction ror rape , though there could be no moral doubt of the fact . They therefore fined the prisoner £ 5 for a common assault , or two months imprisonment , : md ordered him to find two sureties of £ 20 each to keep the peace for twelve months . —The prisoner
being unable cither to pay the . fine or find thesureties , was sent to gaol . The Glove Trade at Leicester , —The g love hands in Leicester are again on strike , and have been perambulating the town , in a body , preceded by the beating of a drum . Their object , as alleged , is more to equalise prices than to obtain any general advance—some houses giving considerably less than others . They also state that the fine silk glove bunds are in Leicester very much under-paid to what the same branches arc in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire , and that they intend to raise the pi ice here to th .-it given in those counties .
Dover . —Discovery of an * Ancient -Relic .- —In making an excavation at the back of the premises lately occupied by Mr . Martin , in the market-place , near the Antwerp Hotel , a considerable quantity of human remains have been found ; and at a depth of several feet below the surface of the garden a chalk coffin was dug up . It is of the rudest formation , and evidently one of the earliest construction used for interment . Its age-is probably from 800 to 1 , 000 years . The bones which it contained—those of au infant—are many of them perfect .
Sreiano * Dublix , Friday . —Tiif . State Prisoners . —The Cork Reporter says : — " Wc have just seen a letter to a friend from one of the state prisoners , received in town , this morning , in which he states that they had learned the Swift was to arrive in Kingstown on Saturday or Sunday next , and they expected to be sent on board a few hours after her arrival . " The Mouxtstewart Elphinstone Convict Ship . —The Evening Post says : — " We have scon a letter from an ' officer on board this vessel dated Thursday
, last , . subsequent to her departure from Covo , in which he says , « Wc are all quite healthy on board . ' " Messrs . John Martin and Kevin Izod O'Doherty have been sent out to Australia by this ship . The Assizes . —So far the Judges of Assize have given ' very gratifying accounts of the state of the country , as exhibited by the calendars . At the Clare Assizes , on Wednesday , Mr . Justice Ball congratulated the grand jury on the small amount of crime , notwithstanding the deplorable condition ofthe peasantry .
New Workhouses in Ireland , —Some new uniorts are about being constructed , as recommended in tlie report . of the boundary . commissioners . The Clare Journa l states that the Poor Law Commissioners arc in . treaty wioh ' Mr . Scott for the purchase bf twelve acres pfland at Kildysart , whereon to erect a new workhouse , and that a temporary building is to be rented , to botised as a work " - house until the contemplated union workhouse is finished . ' . Satucjuy . —T : ie Queen ' s- Visit . —Circulars have
been issued to tho nobility and gentry ; of the city aiid county of Dublin , requesting their attendance at the Maiisipn-hpusc , to make arrangements for a suitable reception of her Majesty , on her arrival in : the Irish metropolis : The Hi g h . Sheriff of the county of Dublin , Mr . John Emus , is about to con-Veno his baiiiwiekto vote a loyal and congratulatory address to her Majesty , and take stops to enable the , inhabitants of the metropolitan county to share in the welcome to their beloved Sovereign . / ' ' Orange Processions . —Id is known that preparations for processions on the 12 th of July have been
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in progress in some parts of the north . Under existing ' circunist-anccs ,- ' anything in tiic shape of a revival of old party feuds-would be peculiarly unfortunate . An admirable and well-timed address has been issued bv Dr . Knox , the Bishop of Down , Connor , and Droihore , to tlie members of the Established Church within tho dioceses of Down , Connor and Dromoro . As a precaution against disturbance on the approaching Orange anniversary , a large police and-military force-will be concentrated in the north . On their route thither some parties of police and soldiery passed through Dundalk during the present week Harvest There few arid
The Prospects . — are a isolated accounts of the re-appearance of- potato disease none of them , however , well authenticated ; but the general reports of tho crops , including potatoes are highly satisfactory , and everywhere there a prospect of abundance . The following communication from Bantry , county of Cork , appears in the Dublin Evening Post . — "Every growing thing presents a most fresh and healthy appearance , and both large and small farmer ' s . agree in anticipating a very abundant cereal produce this year . Notwithstanding the depressing influences of the last few years considerable efforts have been obviously made to'do ' all that man can do with the land , and Providence has blessed the efforts with the most favourable weather . There is some drawback , however , to the satisfaction wc feel so far , and of a grave
nature ; during my progress through the county of Cork I witnessed tens of thousands of acres lying utterly waste—not land that merely required cultivation , but reclaiming , arid the most of it so situated with declines and estuaries , that capital alone is wanted for its redemption . Such patches of those bo"s and marshes as nave been drained , have ; well repaid the labour expended on them—the first year they are drained , the second subsoil p d arid manured , the third y ear they sire ' M for anything , and turn out rich bevond conception . " Revival of the Nation Newspaper . — The publication of a new scries of the Nation ( suppressed during the state prosecutions last year ) is announced for Saturday , the 25 th . of August next , to be " edited by Charles Gavan Duffy , assisted by a corps of efficient contributors . "
R . EPORTEn Death op Mr . R . Penkepatueu . —The Tippera-ru Vindicator says : — " Wc deeply regret to state that a rumour was current yesterday and was generally credited , of the death" of'Richard Penncfather , Esq ., late Under Secretary of State , and high sheriff of the county , at the residence of his venerable father , Baron Pennofather , Knockoveri . Ifc was stated . that Mr . Pennefather was seized with the epidemic on . Wednesday , and that , the attendance of the surgeon-general was ' obtained as speedily as possible ; but that medical aid was unable to resist iho progress of the disease , Mr . Pennefather was married to Lady Emily Butler , Lord Glongall ' s sister . "
The Lush . Lines and Damask Trade . — ' The Banner of Ulster has tho following further report of the prosperous state of trade in the north : — " Our exports of finished linens , to foreign ports and across Channel , for the past week , amounted to 076 packages—invoice value , about £ 05 , 000 .-. The flaxspinners continue brisk , and are increasing their machinery . Their stocks of yarns have not been so low for a long time as at present . Wc feel much gratification in having to notice preparations for the extension in this town of the damask manufacture—that beautiful branch of industrial art in which . Belfast and Lisburn stand unrivalled in the world . "
The ExeuMBEnED Estates Commission . — The Mercantile Advertiser says : —• ' It is stated , that Sir Edtvard Sugden has consented to act as head of the Commission for the Sale and Transfer , of Encumbered Estates in Ireland . We believe that the two other commissioners , and the secretary , have not yet been named . It is stated that a cbmmissicncrship was offered to Mi ' . Jonathan Tleiin , Q . C ,, but that he declined it , on the ground that the duties would interfere with his professional avocations . " Improvement at Limerick . —Floating Docks . — A most gratifying " sign of the times" was exhibited in the city of Limerick yesterday , on the occasion of laying the first stone of the floating docks .. The Limerick Reporter states , " that a
procession consisting of the corporation and - other civic bodies , the military and police , the Protestant and Roman Catholic clergy , and the several guilds of trades , marched from the Town-hall shortly after eleven o ' clock to the intended site for the docks , the military bands and the gay flags and banners floating from the barges alongside the quay adding a most enlivening feature to the proceedings . The first stone was laid by the Mayor . The Queen ' s Visit . —The State Prisoners . — Meeting of the Corporation . —A special meeting of the town council of Dublin was held yesterday in the Royal Exchange , " to take into consideratiori the letter of Sir George Grey , accompanied with a letter from his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant , in
relation to the intended visit of her Majesty to this city , and make the necessary arrangements to receive hor majesty on that most happy occasion . " At a quarter to two o ' clock tho chair was taken by the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor . —Mr . Ferguson proposed that a committee bo appointed to prepare an address , expressive of the satisfaction with which the corporation hailed an event so auspicious as the visit of her Majesty , and make such preparations as might be best calculated to do honour to her Majesty , and also enable all classes to participate in the joy and satisfaction which her visit would diffuse throughout her kingdom of Ireland . ( Hear , hoar . )—Alderman Hudson said it was unnecessary for him to declare that he considered it to bo a hi gh honour to have the privilege of seconding the resolution . He would not upon such an occasion as that refer to the past . Perhaps so joyous an occasion should
not be dimmed by so gloomy a retrospect ; but this he would say , that the substantial grounds for complaint of , and remonstrance against , the misrule of Ireland had frequently been converted by interested parties into an imputation of disloyalty against Irishmen . He believed that such an imputation was a gross libel upon the character of the country , and a gross libel upon the sentiments and feelings of an Irishman ; therefore he rejoiced that their Q . uccn was about coming amongst them , and that an opportunity was at length afforded to the country to express to her Majesty in person the sincerity and depth of its attachment to her . ( Hear , and cheers . )—Mr . Loughnan : Ho would like to see her Majesty well received by every Irishman ; but ho would ' take tho liberty of saying that he hoped her Majesty would not leave the country without ordering the release of Mr . Smith O'Brien and the other
unfortunate persons who were sentenced to undergo the punishment of transportation . —The Lord Mayor called the speaker to order . He felt as much sympathy for the state prisoners as any person in * the council , but at the same time he believed the introduction of this topic tended to do more harm than good to the parties for whose benefit it had been brought- forward . ( Hear , hear . )—Mr . Loughnan observed that no man would be more unwilling to injure the state prisoners than he , 'but ho did not conceive their interests would , in the slightest respect , be damaged by expressing the hope lie entertained that as soon as the Queen came over to Ireland , the corporation would present an addrcss to her Majesty praying for the enlargement of these unfortunate gentlemen . ( Hear , hear . ) The question was not one
of a political character , as was proved by tho fact that the address recently presented in behalf of the state prisoners was numerously signed by men of totally different politics . ( Hear , hear . )—Mr Martin trusted that when her Majesty visited this country the town council would call upon her to exert almost the only prerogative of which her crown had not been denuded— -the prerogative of mercy ; and afford lier an opportunity ot extending an act of grace to all the persons who were concerned in-the political troubles of last year . ( Hear , hear . ) Ho ' had brought a resolution with him . in reference to this subject , but , at the suggestion of some gentlemen , he had consented to postpone it until the opinion of tho prisoners' counsel had . been taken upon the matter . ( Hear . )—A sub-committcc was appointed to prepare the address , and the assembly adjourned .
Monday . — Tub State Prisoners . —At half-past nine o ' clock this forenoon an official intimation was received by tho state prisoners , Messrs . Smith O'Brien , Meagher , M'Manus , and O ' Donohue , that they would be placed on board her Majesty ' s brig Swift this day , for transportation to Van . Diemen's Land , At ten o ' clock a largo police force , under the orders of Mr . O'Ferrall , one of the commissioners of police , attended at the prison , and a party of cavalry were also in attendance to escort the prisoners . ' ¦' . < ' ~ " ' Last night , as soon as the intelligence of the arrival of the Swift was received ; Mrs .- 'Smith O'Brien and her children visited the prison , where the venerable Lady O'Brien also arrived and took farewell of her son . Tho parting scene between Mr . Smith O' Brien' and his family is described as one deeply affecting .
The Distress . —A memorial was adopted at an influential meeting of the tenantry on the Clothworkers' estate , which , was held at Dunboe on Thursday , for the purpose of memorialising the worshipful company fora reduction of rent . . In reference to the assizes now being held in . the county of Clare , a local paper remarks ' : — " Perhaps on no occasion have the acts of landlords been more painfully illustrated than in the indescribable misery of the number of wretches-who from time to time filled " the dock on this day . There they
presented themselves in rags and' tatters , before i a judge of the land—before tho landlords who formed ' " their . jury ,. and decided without much delay ; The greater number of these , wretches begged for transportation , and for that purpose committed larcenies and housoburnings . " . , -. ¦ ' . ,- ' ' ' . ] . . ? i Tho .-2 ' uani Herald narrates the following shocking tale . ' : — "A young man ' named Mu rphyj who was interred in the churchyard ' of Kilmoylan , near this towni was found half devoured by dogs a few day ' s ago . The poor man was carried to the grave hy his sister , a feeble creature , who was unable to inter [ Mm . properly , covering him , mtii only a few inches
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of earth . It the vice-guardians would prevent tho unmeaning underbidding of carpenters . in-the . price of cofiins , this hi > rridact would not occur . The few slabs of thin boards nailed together , and miscalled coffins , often leave the naked dead body exposed to view . " \ "'" ¦ '" . ¦' .-. • ; A letter from Ballinrobe , published in the same journal ,. contains a similar disgusting narrative : — "On Saturday last the churchyard ' of ' the Neale parish , near this town , presented the awful and revolting spectacle of the remains of a human being " partly devoured by dogs , and the head removed from the body . It appeared that the deceased was a pauper of that district , for whom a coffin was given by the relieving officer , who also ( as I
understand , is the custom in such cases ) sent some of those people oh the out-door relief list to have the remains of the poor man interred ; but those unfeeling wretches did not take the trouble of digging the grave hnlf the depth of the coffin , and merely threw some loose scraw s over it ; in which state it was an easy prey to the dogs of the country . Mr . D . O'Connor , of the Neale , had the remains collected , and re-interred , and reported the circumstance to the proper quarter . " The Q . ueejts Visit . —A considerable body of the well-discip lined constabulary . will be stationed in Dublin during the Royal visit . They arc previous l y to be reviewed at the depot in the Phoenix-park . Four sub-inspectors from the country are to be temporarily attached to the corps in Dublin .
Orange Processioss . —The Downpatrich Recorder states that the following military movements have been ordered , in aid of the civil power for tho coming 12 th : —A troop of the 13 th Light Dragoons has been ordered from Dundalk to each of the following places;—Ballynahinch , Banbridge , and Armagh . The other troop of the 13 th Light Dragoons has been ordered to Newry , where it will bo joined by a troop of the 6 th Dragoons from Dublin , -Dundalk lias been reinforced , to allow of these changes , by three troops of the 6 th Dragoons from Dublin ; one of which arrived there on Thursday . A company , of the 9 th . Foot , from . ; Newry , will arrive in Ballynahinch on Tuesday next , another company at Portadown , a third at Banbridge , anJT a fourth at Rathinland , all on the same day .
The London Companies and their Tenantry . — For some years the good management of the estates of the London companies , and the comparativel y prosperous condition of their tenantry , have been often referred to as a contrast with the mismanagement of southern and western proprietors ; and the praise bestowed upon these compariies has been well merited .. Their tenantry , however , have not escaped the terrible pressure produced by the potato blight ,- the partial-failure of the other crops , and the augmentation of local taxation . The Harvest . —The 'Weather . — The accounts from the south state that rain , ' so anxiously desired by the farmers , has fallen copiously . In the counties of Cork and Limerick the rains were preceded bv freouent peals of thunder , and brilliant flashes
of lightning . During- this summer the absence of thunder has been remarked , in connexion with the general spread of cholera , probably on account of the speculations that have been published , connecting the increase of that epidemic with the deficiency of electricity in the atmosphere . -The last reports of the crops are even more favourable than before , and new potatoes are getting vapidly into consumption amongst those who are able to pay the comparatively high price still charged for them . New potatoes , remarkably good , are now selling in Cork at the reduced price of one jienny per pound . There are no authenticated cases of bli ght ; but there are loose reports of disease , as-usual .
DEPARTURE OF THE STATE PRISONERS . Tuesday .- —The state prisoners were ' yesterday placed on board the Trident steamer , at the Pigeon-house , and conveyed to her Majesty ' s brig Swift , which sailed for Van Diemen ' s Land . The following account of their-departure is given in Saunders ' s News Letter of this morning : — '" " Yesterday morning the governor of Richmond Bridewell received a , communication from Dublin Castle , directing him to have in readiness by eleven o ' clock , to leave the prison , Messrs . O'Brien , Meagher , M'Manus , and O'Donohoe . The luggage belonging to the state prisoners was forwarded to Kingstown to be placed onboard the Swift . The van in whicli it was conveyed to the Dublin aud
Kingstown Railway was guarded by mounted policemen with drawn swords . At eleven o ' clock a . m . another van was driven within the yard of the prison , accompanied by an inspector of police and the governor of Smithficld Penitentiary . The prisoners prepared to depart , took leave of their friends , and at' half-past eleven o ' clock the van left the gaol , escorted by a squadron of dragoons commanded by three officers , and a strong body of mounted police . The van was driven to the Pigeon-house , where the Trident war-steamer , which had come from Kingtown , was in waiting with her .. steam up , ready to proceed back to Kingstown . Two boats brought the prisoners on board the Trident , in one of which wereseatod Mr . O'Brien and Mr . Meagher , in the other Mr . M'Manus and Mr . O'Donohoe . In a few minutes the Trident left for Kingstown , and tho prisoners were given over to the charge of the commander of the Swift , for transportation to Van
Diemen sLand . The proceedings were conducted with such secresy and despatch that but few persons were present , and no public commotion took place . The Trident reached Kingstown shortly after twelve o ' clock , and at five minutes to three o ' clock p . m . she towed the Swift with the state prisoners on board along the coast , and having passed Bray Head , was soon out of sight . . Her crew consisted of thirty-four sailors and ten marines . The brother of Mr . William S . O ' Brien , his sister , and two other ladies , and the Rev . Mr . 'Meagher , relative of T . 'F . Meagher , were permitted on board to take leave of their relations . -A " number of yachts and small boats surrounded the brig , which lay outside the harbour , ' a good deal-of . interest having been feltby those who were in them to see the prisoners depart . In twenty minutes after the vessel had sailed , ladies and gentlemen promenaded the jetty as quietly , and apparently as - little concerned , as if no occurrence of a , particular character had taken place . "
Tho following details as ' to the demeanour of the state prisoners appear in tho . Freeman ' s Journal : " Shortly before eleven o ' clock the prison-van was driven into the yard , escorted by a dozen mounted and twenty foot police , under the command of Inspector Stokes . By that time the prisoners were ready to depart , but the formal order for their removal had not arrived . In the meantime the prisoners walked about the yard conversing with their friends , and were apparently the most linconccrncd of all who were present . Their thoughts were still about the country , and the ' good old cause , ' not what their own destiny or sufferings might be . ' My last words on leaving the country ( said the brilliant and devoted young patriot , Thomas Francis
Meagher ) shall be , Don ' t give up thegood old cause . ' At about half-past- eleven o ' clock , a squadron of tho Carbineers , under "the command of Captain Custanee and Lieutenants Shcrston and Philaniore , arrived at the prison , and shortly afterwards a genticman from the Castle , bearing the order for the deportation of the four state prisoners . The van was then driven up to the door , and the governor called out the names of William Smith O'Brien , Thomas Francis Meagher , Terence Bellow M'Manus , and Patrick O' Donohoe from - the order , " and requested thein to take their places in the vehicle . Mr . O Prion had previously expressed to Inspector Stokes a hope that no detectives would be placed in the van with himself and the fellow-prisoners , to which the inspector replied that there should not .
The last moment previous to departure having arrived , the prisoners ' wereonce more surrounded by tlieir friends—many of them ladies—of whom they took a tender' and affectionate farewell ; Mr . O'Brien ' s lady , his sister , and the Rev . Mr . O'Brien , his brother , were with him from an early hour in the morning . The Rev . Mr . Meagher ; S . J ., uncle to Mr . T . F . Meagher , and several female relations , were present ; as wore the wife , sister , and other relatives of Mr . O'Donohoe , and several ladies and others , relations of Mr . ' M'Manus . ^ ; Wc shall not attempt to describe the most painful scene that presented itself at this moment . ' -Tho friends of the ' convicts , ' as the law calls them , betrayed tho most intense grief ; but their own demeanour was marked
by the manliness and fortitude that distinguished them all through , and even at a time when their enemies menaced them with the ¦« traitor !* ' doom . ' Having taken an affectionate leave of their friends , and cordially shaken hands with several gentlemen who were present , and with the' governor , the deputy-governor , and other officers ol the prison , they entered the van , accompanied by Inspector Hovenden and Mr . Lamb , the governor of Smithfield prison . = On taking his place in the van , Mr . / Meagher said m a firm tone , ' I feel a prouder man leaving the country even thus , than many who remain in it . ' ' And so do I , ' responded Mr . O'Donohoe . The other gentlemen made no observation ; but no man who saw them could doubt that , if it had been ; their fate , they would say ' dulce est pro patriamo ' ri ' . with as much fortitude and resignation as' they now bid farewell to their friends and native land . They
Wei ' 6 dressed ; as Usual—certainl y not with less care , and Mr . Meagher had in his hand' Ossian's Poems , ' as he said , 'to . remind him . of the old country , of which ho still did not despair . ' . All being ready , at a quarter to twelve , o ' clock the order-. ' for departure was given , and tho van was •; driven ; off , preceded by the mounted police and a portion of the Carbineers . The remainder of the . latter rode . beside arid followed it , all carrying loaded carbines in their hands , except the roar guard , who carried their swords drawn . . The ; wholo wore-under , tho command and direction of - Colonel Maunsel . it is a curious fact , that . . . tho : ; samc . hoat in whicli John Mitchel . was . carried ; . to ; , the , - Shearwater , was that which . convcyed Mr . O'Brien and ; his . companions in I exile to the . Trident . .. On this boing-reriiarkedto Mr . Meagher , ho observed ? I promised to follow in the footsteps of John Mitchel . The boat belonged to the Dragon steam-fri gate , commanded by C / m-\ . m Hall . Qwmg to the rapid pace at whio > ahe
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% -an was driven , and -tho ignorance which prevailed as to the point t'o-which it was .-proceeding , but very few persons were . at the'Pigeon-hpnse when it arrived . Of those few were " remarked a young lady , who , though all others wore excluded by the closing of the gates , contrived to be-present at the embarkation , despite of all obstacles . We understand that she was the sister of Mr , M'Manus , who thus , with true feminine devotedncss and affection , strove successfully to accompany her brother to tlie very mo « ment of his departure from tho shores of his native soil . " ¦ ...
-• •' f At twenty minutes after one o ' clock the Trident bore up nearly alongside . the Swift , and the boats of the steamer having been lowered the state prisoners were immediately placed in them , and cc-h ; yeyed on board tho Swift . At this moment a largo number of persons had assembled on the point of the eastern pier , anxious to catch a last < si < rht of tha exiled patriots . A number of boats , containing friends of tlie prisoners , put out from the harbour , and bore up to the Swift where they lay until she got under weigh , eager to catch even a glimpse of the ' devoted' men on board . The only friends ; of the prisoners permitted to be on board the Swift wore the Rev . Henry O'Brien ( brother to Mr . Smith O'Brien ) , his lady , Miss O'Brien , that gentleman ' s sister , and the Rev . Mr Meagher , uncle to Mr . Thomas F . Meagher . The preparations for departure on board the Swift occupied a
considerable time , during which the boats remained as close to her as possible , and the crowds also remained on the pier , all desirous of obtaining a parting view of the prisoners . None of them appeared on deck , however , but Mr . M'Manus , who remained there while the vessel lay at her moorings , arid was occasionally able to exchange ; some words with his friends in the boats . At ten minutes before three o ' clock tho Rov . Mr . Meagher , the Rev . Mr-O'Brien , and the ladies who accompanied them , left the vessel , and in five minutes after ( cables having been attached to the SwhVfrom the steamer ) . the paddles of the steamer began to revolve , and the first motion having been communicated ' to the Swift the exiles commenced their voyage _ to that distant land where they are doomed to expiate the offence of having loved their country ' not wisely but too well . '
• "V / c understand that the accommodation prepared for the prisoners on board the Swift is very good ; that they have a common room , fourteen feet square , and comfortable separate berths . " lUnANDisii ix Armagh . —Two northern papers which reached this morning bring accounts of a riband gathering in the county of Armagh . The following is the version furnished by the Armagh Guardian : — "Afew days ago Hr . Thoiiias Arm * strong , inspector of police at Kewtownliamikon , received information that an assemblage of rlbnndmen was to take place in tho ^ nei g hbourhood of Kendy . Mr . Armstrong , acting on his information repaired to the townland of Carrickabolic , in the parish of Derrynoose , in this county , adjoining the county of
Monagban , and soon discovered the intelligence to be correct , as on every hill for miles around were to be seen torches and bonfires . This officer and his p arty approached one of the bonfires , and were immediately opposed by a large party of upwards of COO men , all well armed with pikes , guns , swords , and bayonets on poles . The instant the police approached they were desired to leave the . ground , or their lives would be taken , and the most violent imprecations were applied to them . Notwithstanding , Mr . Armstrong refused to retreat , and gave orders to his small party to prepare for battle , directing all persons unarmed to retire at once , as he was determined to keep his ground so long as a single policeman remained . This gallant party remained in a most perilous situation from tho evening
until daylight appeared , expecting every moment to bo attacked ; and during the nignt several shots were fired , to the ' terror of the few Protestants in tlie neighbourhood , who , in all probability , would have been injured had it not been for the spirited conduct of Mr . Armstrong and his party , who at the risk of their lives remained in view , and watched the movements of tlie rebels . There were at least 400 pikes amongst the party , of tho most approved form , and in excellent order . " The Encumbered Estates Commission . —_ The Cork Examiner states , " on reliable authority , " that it is not iriiprobabic that the provisions of the Irish Encumbered Estates Act will be carried into effect by : —Sir Edward Sugden , Chief Commissioner ; Sir Edward Ryan and Mr . Coulson , Commissioners . — " Should Mr . Coulson not obtain a
commissionership , he is liiicly to be the secretary . His services in drawing up the bill were adverted to in flattering terms - ' by Sir John Romilly . Sir Edward Sugden will receive a salary of £ 3 , 000 per annum ; in _ addition to tho pension of £ 4 , 000 pel annum which he enjoys as retired Chancellor . Sir Edward Ryan held for years high judicial offices in in the East Indies . Ho has latterly filled the post of Commissioner of Railways , and in his capacity of Privy Councillor is a constant attendant at the sittings of the Judicial Committee ,, The new court will hold its sittings in the Custom-house ,. which will then be jointly tenanted by the Board of Works , the Poor Law Commission , and the Encumbered Estates Commission . "
The Queen ' s Visit . —The Directors of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway are preparing a splendid stato carriage for the use of her Majesty during her sojourn in the metropolis . The carriage , which will be completed in a week or two , is double tho size of the largest first-class carriages , and will be fitted up in a really magnificent style , with every regard to the comfort and accommodation of the royal party . Death of James Gheex , Esq . —Among tho latest victims to that dread disease , Asiatic cholera , we lament to have to number Mr . James Green , formerly of Keady . Tho lamentable event occurred at his late residence , Laragh-house , Carrickmacross
on Friday . Mr . Green ' s loss will be severely felfc by those to whom his capital and skill -gave remunerative employment . He was a man of ' bland manners iind philanthropic disposition , beloved by the hundreds to whom he gave employment in his extensive flax-spinning ' mills , -w hich he conducted prosperously through the late commercial crisif . He was an Englishman by birth , Irish from -choice , and possessed the prudence of the one with tho ardour of the other . His remains were interred on Sunday , in Kead y churchyard . - His funeral cortege was the most numerous and respectable ever , perhaps , witnessed in the nei ghbourhood . —Ncwry Telegraph .
Wedxesdav . —Commission for the Sale of Encumbered Estates . —It is now stated very confidently that Sir Edward Sugden has declined to act upon tho commission for the sale of encumbered estates . The Roscommon Messenger remarks that " land valued very lately by the poor-law valuators as worth . £ 1 G 0 , has been proved , to tho satisfaction of an intelligent , assistant barrister , to be' now worth only £ 100 , " a decline of sixty per ccrit . Okaxge Procession's . —It appears from a statement in the Banner of Ulster , published in Belfast , that considerable excitement prevails in that town ,
in consequence of apprehended disturbances on the " Twelfth" ( to-morrow . ) Every precaution to preserve the peace has been taken by the authorities . The same paper says that : —' . ' The leaders of the Orangemen have received a communication from the Irish Executive , informing them if any disturbance takes place , and tho Oraiuronion be in any way connected with it , that the officers of the district will bo liable to be apprehended , and will be held responsible for the acts of their party . A meeting of district masters takes place in Ncwry to-dav ( Monday , ) to take the commuaication from the Castle into consideration . "
Lord John Manners And "Our Old Nobility....
Lord John Manners and "Our Old Nobility . " —Lord John is a " poet , a Puseyite , and a young Englander "—a gentleman ignorant of mankind , and ignorant -of the world—unacquainted with public feeling or business—a gentleman who has in public print declared that ho docs not caro though towns and cities , arts and learning , were swept altogether off the face of the earth , provided the ancienf nobility , - to which he belongs , was preserved—a declaration borrowed from the wisdom of an Irish , ffentlo * man , who confessed ' that licdid ^ not care though
there were no such thing as water in the world- as ho could always have his tea in the morning and his punch at night , which was all he wanted . A Mormon Orator , while haranguing a crowd at Montrose , allegedithat the blessings of his creed were so great that- a . truo believer ! mi ght swallowpoison with impunity . The mob took him'at > -his word , or , rather , resolved-to test it ; and < soma prussic acid having been produced ,, he was strongly pressed to swallow a little . A policeman , rescued the . disconcerted'boaster from his persecutors . ' . >
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, ; , Paul ' s Every . Man ' s , Fmend : ( Corii I'laist ' eiO may' bo relied on as a speedy and certain cure for those painful and stubborn annoyances , Corns and Bunions , "' . causing ' lame and afflicted to wai fc with comfort . ¦ ? a - large and' increasing ' demand / having proved ' its efficacy / baa . induced several persons to put up a spurious preparation ,-therefore oe sure to ask for "Paul ' s Every Man ' s Prierifl . tt and- do not be . persuaded to purchase anything else . " A ' single ti-ial will convince you ofits immeasurable superiority- over all otherplaisters , liquids . & c . ' . ; ¦ ' . '< ¦ : ¦ ¦ f-.-r-y :--. * -.- ;" The Tooth-Ache . —This pain seems designed to call ' ou ? attention to the decay gouig on in the teeth , and warns us to see to their preservation . "When teeth aro . partiaUv decayed to touch them with ' food' often : causes' mteiise" pain . Umuasticated substances ars . ' thereVe , pissed Wto the stomach , and-indi gestion aud its ' sittemlant litdns ' scon ensue . By hlhag decayed'teeth wUh '' UBAXDE ' s !*«;« . r .
which hardens shortly : after it has . been placed hi ti « ffiter , ^^' t ^' a-r » «» i ^ less , and nameationbe duly . performed with comfort . JSiSfJrr ' Ve fee 1 . ' PowakVor . think of the small beginnings . of disease which surround and operate upon us " m ™ eiWa «« s and intercourse with the woi-l <\ ' r , A , JT ' o duca * i wll * 'chmustsiibdueatlength , b . ows , wuh ourgrowth , and strengthenswitliouv strength . ' f 4 \ ^ rqpor r . eghnen acting upon a particular liinil of con ¦ "itut 10 ii ,, late hours , both of retiring to rest aud rising ir ¦ « i p . morning , lay the foundation of . intestinal . as well as I & i « n diseases . To all such ' wc rccommcrid . 'first , ' a cluing of system ; and , secondly , as a ' powerful assistant for tl . ( recovery of health , that efficacious Family Medicine li ' iusiPTUN- ' s Pill of Health , wluch has procured the ap probation of persons ia every station iu society .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 14, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14071849/page/6/
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