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... Health . of . Losdo ' s dbbino the Week . —The deaths registered in the metropolitan districts in the week ending last Saturday-were 022 . Excluding last year , in which the rate of mortality was excessive from a violent epidemic , the deaths at present do not differ much from the average of the corresponding weeks in previous years . Last week there were 7 fetal cases of small pox , one of'which occurred to a woman who had turned 25 years ; of measles there were 15 ; of scarlatina 33 ; of hooping cough 20 , and of croup 7 . None of t hese complaints seem to prevail to an unusual extent at the present time . But tvphus numbers ± 7 persons as its victims , and this disease now exhibits a slight b
increase . The registrar of Hoxton Old Town oserves that it has increased considerably _ in . nis district during the last month . The deaths from diarrhea diminish as is usual in this month , and last week they numbered 73 . There were only 4 deaths from cholera ; two of these happened to Toung persons , and two men of somewhat advanced life . The births in the week were 1 , 409 . At the Eoval Observatory , Greenwich , the mam reading Of the barometer was above o 0 in . on every day of the week ; it was hig hest on Sunday and Monday ; the mean of the week was StHil in . The mean temp ° rature of the week was 55-3 , and less than the average of the same week in 7 years by 4 ' 4 . The mean temperature was less than the average during the whole week .
Robberies frou a Subscripiiox-Bos to the Exhtbiiios of 1 S 5 L—For some weeks past several mysterious robberies have been committed from a subscription-box belonging to tho Marylebone committee appointed to collect funds in aid of the Grand Industrial Exhibition in 1851 , which stands in the hall of the Polytechnic Institution . Although the directors attempted to detect the delinquent hy various contrivances their efforts were unavailing , until one night during last week , whilst Mat phy , the front entrance portetwas about retiring to rest , he perceived a diminutive lad , named John Birch , employed as an attendant on the printing machine at work on the premises , stealthily approach the bos , which had been removed into his room for security , and attempt the lock . On
arresting him , after some equivocation he admitted that he had been in the constant habit of sleeping in a small waste-paper cupboard near the machine ; on examining which , different valuable articles were found ready packed for immediate removal . The simple demeanour of the urchin ( being only 12 years old ) had diverted suspicion from him , but on searching his residence numerous implements devised for tampering with locks were found , as also penny numbers of the lives of Jack Sheppard and other notorious characters . The amount abstracted from the box must have been considerable . Rescue frou JJbowsisg . —A few days ago a boy fell overboard from a barge lying in the Grand Surrey Docks , near the premises of . Moore , one of the men employed by the company . The moment the
alirm was given Moore started out from his house , plunged into the water , and brought up the boy from under the barge in a state of complete insensibility . Moore ' s wife was washing at the time , and a tub of hot water being ready , she placed the poor child in it , and , before professional assistance could be procured , had the satisfaction to restore him in a few minutes to consciousness , and took him home to bis parents next morning in perfect health . The life of the boy was the fifth human life saved by Jloore in the Surrey Docks , and the eighth he has saved during his own life by his intrepidity and coolness . The dock company presented him with a small gratuity , and instructed their secretary to communicate the particulars of the accident to tho Royal Humane Society .
Cocbaoeous Conduct of a French Gentleman . —A Captain . of the Jfational Guard at St . Kerreies Calais , named Millien , now on a visit to this country , has been instrumental in saving tho lives of two children , who would inevitably have been lost hut for his timely and humane conduct . On Saturday morning , about half-past eleven o ' clock , M . Millien was passing over the Kingsland-bridge , and hearing cries for help , hastened to the direction ¦ whence they proceeded . Finding that some one was at the bottom of the canal he immediately plunged in and brought up the body of a child , and hearing that there was another , he made another plunge
, and another was saved , in the presence of a great number of spectators , amongst whom was Dr . Lodwiek Burchell , of 1 , Eingeland-road , whose exertions soon restored the unfortunate little ones to consciousness and life . It has been the good fortune of M . Millien to have saved twenty-two persons under similar circumstances , and to have been rewarded with the gold and silver medals of the institutions of his country as the reward of courage and humanity . The children aro of the ages of nine , and four . years , named Henry and Amelia Poole , of 5 , Orchard-place , White Bear-gardens , Shoreditch .
Numerous Suddes Deaths . —During last week several sudden deaths occurred in the parishes of JIarylebone and St . Pancras . David Norton , while walking with . his father , a news-agent , in Earlstreet , Marylebone , was seized-with a fit , and died before medical aid could arrive . A stranger walking up Manchester-street suddenly dropped dead . Another stranger , apparently a coachman , dropped dead while eating a pie in Tottenham-conrt-road . A young woman named Harriet Hogg , was found dead on the floor oi her bed-room , 9 , Shouldhamstreefc ; and Mary Clarke was found by her husband dead in her chair . .
A Drunken Midwife . —On Saturday last an inquest was held at the Crown and Sceptre , Cumberland-market , on the body of Ann Donnelly , aged 27 . Being seized with the pains of labour at one o ' clock in the morning , Mrs . Stillwell , her midwife , was sent for , and insisted on having some gin or brandy . Mrs . Donnelly spent her last sixpence to procure some . The midwife soon went away , after stating deceased had a month to go yet , complaining of having been disturbed in the night . The deceased was delivered of a still-born child at nine o ' clock next morning by a surgeon , and was going on well till eleven o ' clock when the midwife called , and this appeared to powerfully affect deceased . She became pale , turned on her side , and expired in a short time . Mrs . Stillwell denied the allegations against her , and , after a long investigation , the jury returned a verdict of "Natural Death , " but censured the improper behaviour of Mrs . Stillwell , and desired their opinion be conveyed to the charities that employed her .
Suicide in the Serpentine . —On Sunday morning , about six o ' clock , Griffiths , one of the Royal Humane Society men was rowing at the east end of the Serpentine , when he observed a small reticule basket under the wall which supports the iron railings put after the death of Lord Rivers at this part of tho water , and soon after he succeeded in taking out the body of a young lady , not above 18 years of age , near the north shore , which he immediately conveyed to the Humane Society ' s house . All efforts to restore animation were futile , and it is supposed she committed suicide during the night . She is about five feet high , with brown hair and grey eyes . Bound her neck she had a silk watch guard , to which was attached a small silver Geneva watch with no . maker ? S' name , but
numbered 1 , 080 . There are three small scars on the forehead , and Mr . Woolley is of opinion that when a child she had dislocated her hi p , as the heel of the left leg was shortened some inches . A memorandum book was in her reticule , with some scraps of poetry in a lady ' s hand , and a pen and ink sketch of a gentleman . " Miss Harriet Pigeon , Lradlev-street , " was written on one of the leaves . The body of the young lady has been identified . She was the daughter of a respectable merchant in Bristol , named Pigeon , and was on a visit to a cousin in Brompton-road . An assure de cosur is said to have been the cause of the fash act . An inquest was taken by Mr . Langham , at the Eising Sun , Charles-street , Grosvenor-square , on the body of Harriet Pigeon , aged 22 . The deceased was a dressmaker , and came from Clifton , near Bristol , last year , and resided at 46 , Brindley-street ,
Hanover road , with her cousin , where she had been about a week . As she had an engagement in the Edgeware-road , she said on Saturday morning , when she went out , that she should take lodgings so as to be near there , but she was expected home that night She was usually in good spirits , and nothing was known that could at all have affected her mind . She went as usual to Miss Whiting ' s , 22 , Edgware-road , on Saturday , and left soon after nine in the evening until Monday , but on Sunday morning her body was found in the Serpentine , near the east end , by Knight , one of the Humane Society ' s men , and she appeared to have been dead some hours . None of the witnesses were aware of any attachment she had formed , but she had written some verses in her pocket-book which were in a Tery . desponding tone . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . " -
Fatal Accident . —On Monday Mr . W . Baker , < coroner , held an inquest at the London Hospital < on the body , of George Jaggerd , aged 33 , a brick-1 layer , living in Agar-street , Globe-fields , who met i -withhia death under the following cirumstances : — 3 In April last the deceased , and a man named Gaddy , t were at . work on a scaffold springing an arch , in f brickwork , under the platform of the Eastern < Counties Railway at Shoreditch , when a piece of t timber forming one of the supports to the scaffold s suddenly broke . Tho whole of the scaffolding fell ,
c carrving deceased and Gaddy with it to the ground , a about eighteen feet . Deceased received a fracture o of the rioht leg , and subsequently the limb wasamp putated . lbnt he never recovered the shock , and died fi from exhaustionon Saturday last . Verdict , "Acc cidental Death . " Supposed Mubdeb in Pnaico . —On Saturday ii morning-last , about four o ' clock , a respectably « l arassed ° midule-aged man was found by a policeman o : on duty in the neighbourhood , in a state of insenai aibility , at the foot of Pimlico-bridge . JHe was imm mediately carried to St . George ' s Hospital , when it w was dticoreted that he bad sustained several inju-
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ries about the head , apparently the . result of yio lence , and he diedin a few hours . No property was foundupon him , nor any thing to denote his name or residence . It is . conjectured that he waswayhud and assaulted by somej iesperate characters . The name Of thO deceased has not yet been discovered . On Tuesday afternoon , Mr . Langham , deputy coroner held an inquest at St . George s Hospital , on the body , of George Lindon , aged 45 , who was supposed to have died from violence . The deceased bad been many years a clerk in the firm of Grindlay and Co ., East India army agents , of Bishopsgatcstreet , and was a man of very regular habits . About seven , o ' clock on the evening of the 11 th inst . he left the office in his usual health and spirits , to return to his residence No . 4 . Prospect-place , Old Brbmpton ; and was not again heard of or seen until about half-past one o ' clock on the following
morning , when he was discovered by police-constable 143 B , lying on his face in the carriage road , at the foot of Eccleston-bridge , Pimlico ,. in a state of insensibility , and bleeding from a wound over the right temple . He was conveyed to the police-station in Cottage-road , where he was carefully examined by Inspector dimming , who , judging from the symptoms he exhibited , that he was only labouring under the effects of intoxication , had him removed to one of the cells and carefully watched . He vomited frequently , but at six o ' clock not having showed any . symptoms of consciousness he was placed in a cab and taken to the hospital . He was immediately seen by My . Ranee , the house surgeon , who pronounced him labouring under pressure on the brain . Everything was done to save him , but he never rallied , and died on Friday night . Verdict , '' Natural Death from Apoplexy . "
Supposed Suicide of a Police-Constahlb in the Serpentine . —On Wednesday morning , a few minutes after five o ' clock , as Charles Winnett , one of the boatmen of the Royal Humane Society , was passing along the north bank of the Serpentine River , to go to his duty , he discovered a man ' s hat lying on the bank , close to the bridge , with the name of John Bennett written on the ii . side . ; He procured the drags from the Receiving-house , and searched the spot , and he succeeded in finding the body of a man , about 40 years of age , in eight feet of water , about eight yards from the shore . In takingthe body out of the water a woollen scarf was found twisted tightly several times round the neck ,
and evidently with the intention of causing strangulation , as he . was quite black in the face . The annexed copy of a letter , was found in his coat pocket , addressed to John Bennett , 39 , Eastbourne-terrace , Hyde-park : — " My dear sister—1 write this to you , for I am distracted , mad . I have been treated with cruelty , and cannot support it any longer . God bless you all is the last wish I have . ( Signed ) E . Wilcox . " On inquiring at the above address , it was ascertained that deceased , who is the brother of Mrs . Bennett , was a police-constable in the N , or Islington Division . He was a married man , but his conduct towards his family of late had been so bad tbat his relations had discarded him .
Fatal Accident . —On Wednesday Mr . William Payne , the coroner , held an inquest at Guy ' s Hospitalonttie body of Alexander Duprez Denning , aged 16 , a son of the drill master belonging to the Royal Ordnance School , Carshalton , who was run over by one of the fire engines belonging to the London Establishment whilst proceeding to render assistance at the disastrous explosion which occurred on Monday : last at Spitalfields . A great number of witnesses were examined by the coroner , from whose evidence it appeared that whilst the
engine from Watling-street station was proceeding along the Poultry towards the scene of the late explosion , tho deceased , whilst in the act of crossing the road towards the Mansion-house , ran against the pole of the engine , and before the driver could pull the horses up the wheels of the heavy machine passed over him . He was immediately placed in a cab and removed to the above hospital , where he died from the injuries received . It was clearly proved that neither the driver of the engincnor any of the firemen were to blame , and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . >'
Westminster Freehold Land Society . —On Monday the members of this society took possession of their newly-acquired estate at Kent Town , East Moulsey , in the western division © f the county of Surrey . A special train conveyed the members to the Hampton-court station of the South-Western Railway , whence they walked in procession to Kent Town , about a mile distant , preceded by a band . The estate consists of thirty acres , which is to be divided into 230 allotments , each of which , it is expected , will realise between £ 2 and £ 3 per annum in the shape of ground rent . Each allotment will cost the purchaser between £ 25 and £ 30 . After inspecting their newly acquired property the members sat down to dinner in a marquee ; Mr . G . Thompson , M . P ., presiding . The chairmanafter
, disposing of the loyal toasts , said he was anxious to propose the health of Mr . James Taylor , the founder of freehold land societies , and in doing so took occasion to enter somewhat at length into the merits of the scheme . Mr . Taylor , in acknowledging the compliment , dwelt upon the social benefits of freehold land societies , and of their great national importance . —Mr . Norton , late chief justice of Newfoundland , Mr . G . Huggett ; Mr . Geesin , and other gentlemen having addressed the meeting , Mr . Thompson and Mr . Taylor proceeded to Uxbridge for the purpose of assisting at the ceremony of taking possession of another estate which the society has recently purchased near that town . The remainder of the company returned to town by special train .
Removal of the - Old Telegraph at the Admiralty . —The electric telegraph having completely superseded the old machinery used for effecting a speedy transition of intelligence , the building on the south-west corner of the Admiralty , together with the Semaphore , has been taken-down . The various stations have been abandoned , and the officers in charge of them paid off . Fire xeab the Bricklayers' Arms Station . —On Tuesday night , at a few minutes before eleven o ' clock , a fire broke out in a spacious brick and timber building belonging to Mr . Thackcr , a dry cooper , in Page ' s walk , Swaa-street , near the Bricklayers' Arms Railway Terminus , Old Kentroad . Several engines were soon on the spot , and the firo was prevented from spreading , but it was not extinguished until the premises in which it commenced were nearly gutted . The origin of the misfortune could not bo learned during the excitement which prevailed .
Explosios in the Citt , and Great Destruction of PnoPEBTT . —One of the most fri ghtful explosions of fire-works that has occurred in the metropolis for many years happened on Monday , at a few minutes before twelve o ' clock at noon , which speedily laid in ruins a vast amount of property , besides seriously , if not fatally , injuring the proprietor of the manufactory and one of his men ; independent of which a great many other persons , some living many hundred yards from the immediate scene of the catastrophe , were badly hurt , and wo regret to state that a lad who was passing during . the progress of tho engines to render assistance , was knocked down by one of the ponderous vehicles , the wheels of which passed over his neck
and head , and caused his almost instantaneous death . The scene of this disaster was Weaverstreet , Spitalfields . The premises were in the tenure of Mr . John Clitheroe ,. an artist in fireworks , who carried on an extensive shipping and wholesale business at No . 13 in the last named street . The first explosion happened in what is termed the mixing house , at which time only Mr . Clitheroe and one of his men were at work therein . It is supposed that whilst , engaged at their dangerous calling some of the rockets must have fallen to the ground , and that the force of the blow caused them to explode , for in an instant a series of explosions followed . Some hundred rockets shot through the roof and ascended many feet above the
housetops ; whilst two men , who have since been ascertained to be Mr . Clitheroe , and one of his workmen , were blown out of the building into the open yard . Another explosion soon followed , and some scores of fireballs and maroons discharged their contents in every direction . Houses nearly a quarter of a mile distant suffered severely , whilst the buildings nearer were partially riddled ,- the furniture . destroyed , and the occupants thrown into an indescribable state of alarm . The noise occasioned by the second explosion had scarcely subsided , when the contents of the s tore room became ignited . This part of the factory was in a line with the back , fronts of the houses in Weaver-street ; whilst Buxton-street bounded it on the other side . ¦
New Church-court , and another alley termed Weaver's-court , ran between the factory and the houses further off . Unfortunately , although those buildings so . closely surrounded the manufactory , they proved of little avail in preventing the work of ,, destruction from being carried a still greater distance . When the third explosion , which is described to have beenin the magazine as . i well as the store , occurred the houses in Weaver-street , Spicerstreet , Buxton-street , and New Church-court , were shaken to their very , foundations ;; window frames were forced from their hearings , the roofs broken in , and the furniture thrown into terrible disorder , or broken into many fragments . Nearly every window in All Saints National Schools were forced in , and the glass sent flying amongst the children .
In the lower school room there were no fewer than 113 infants in the gallery ,, and a great many were forced down , but with the exception of a few sli ght cuts occasioned by the shower of broken glass they escaped unhurt . Mrs . Campbell , one : of the teachers ,. who was sitting in the kitchen of the school house at the time , was thrown down , and a . heavy door which was forced off its hinges fell upon and injured her- shoulder . The . church of All Saints had also most ef its windows demolished , and heavy piecesof timber were flung upon the roof . The property destroyed hy this disastrous accident was , we regret to state , greater than was at first anticipated . ; windows , and . furniture ! as far off as a quarter of a mile have suffered , and more persons than originally supposed have been severely injured .
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Mrs . Slater and her daughter , who resided at No . 15 , Weaver-streeti immediately ; at the rear of the factory , were thrown . down by tho shock , and one of them was much injured . ; A woman mamed Potter , living , at No . 14 in that place , alarmed by the first explosion , threw one . of . her children out of the window , and endeavoured to jump out with an infant in her arms , but , her . clothes being caught by a nail , she was suspended some feet from the ground while the two other explosions followed . Mr . Clitheroe received his principal injuries through his staying to pull his servant out of the house ; both were terribly burned , but they are progressing favourably . The number . of houses damaged by the
explosion has been ascertained to be ono hundred and twenty . The dwellings of tho weavers have suffered tho most ,, and the unfortunate creatures have been thrown into the greatest distress , having lost , their looms , silk , and indeed in some instances their all . A subscription is about being started , with a view of alleviating their sufferings . It bavin " transpired that the re-building of tho factory for the same dangerous work had been determined on ; the trustees of All Saints Church and National Schools immediately communicated with tho parochial authorities , with a view of putting a stop to it . The church and schools have , sustained more damage than was anticipated , and they are not insured .
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Destruction of Agricultural Produce by Fire . —A serious conflagration occurred at Comberton , Cambridgeshire , on Saturday last , on the premises of Mr . William Bonnett , one of the largest holders in the district . The homestead immediately adjoins the church , and the labourers had left for dinner at the usual hour ; on the return of two of them , about one o'clock , a pea-stack was discovered to be in flames , and these latter spread so rapidly , that in spite of the most energetic exertions , and the speedy arrival of the engines from Cambridge ( about six miles distant , ) the major part of the homestead fell , a . prey . Five wheat cobs ( with nearly all the rest of this . year ' s growth , ) and the
produce of forty acres ; a barley rick , fifty acres ; two bean stacks , eighteen acres ; and : another of about six acres ; . a mixed stack ( barley arid beans . i ) four acres ; clover stacks , ten acres ; hay , twelve acres ; a large barn full of barley , a large barn full of wheat , thrashed , and sacked ; several carts and a quantity of implements were consumed . Four large , barns ; cart-lodges , " stables , and other offices & lso were burned , arid it was only by pulling down some of the offices and cutting off the connexion , that Mr . Bennett ' s house and a ~ barn containing nearly one thousand pounds worth of wool were saved . The crops had been insured by Mr . Bonnett , in the Norwich Union office , and the buildings ( the property of Sir James Stephen ) were insured in the
Sun . The total loss is estimated at . about £ 1 , 500 . Great fears were at one time entertained for the safety of the church , and a number of cottages in contingency were injured by the ' .. removal of the thatch . There appeared to be no doubt that the fire was the act of an incendiary , though the motive appears wanting .-r-On the night of Sunday some more stacks were fired in the same village , but the damage was but slight , plenty of assistance being fortunately at hand . —On Saturday night the farm homestead of the Rev . Thomas Brereton , at . Steeple Morden , was fired and all destroyed except tho newly-erected brick house . —Damage , £ 3 , 000 . Promises and crops insured . On Sunday evening , the homestead of Mr . Bird , of Wrestlingworth , met a similar fate . The houae was saved .---Damage ,
£ 3 , 000 . Burglary at the Castle Hotel , Richmond . — On Sunday morning , , at a very early hour , the Castle Hotel ,, Hill-street , the proprietor , of which is Mr . Bull , was forcibly , broken into , and an extensive robbery perpetrated . At half-past twelve on Saturday night his entire establishment had . retired to rest , including tho head porter , who . slept on . a sofabedstead in a room immediately adjoining the principal entrance to the hotel . No noise was heard during the night but on the succeeding morning , about half-past five o ' clock , the porter on rising discovered the spirit" -room and the private parlour of Mr . Bull , were in the utmost state of disorder , and had been ransacked of whatever portable articles of value could be curled ; the buffet had
its contents strewed on the ground ; a box belonging to the " Church Missionary Society" was broken open , and its contents , about £ 30 ( as supposed , ) stolen . The children ' s money-box shared thesame fate .. An oval-shaped silver castor-stand . was torn from its setting , and the necks of the six glass castors were broken off to obtain the silver handles . Several silver spoons which had not been put away in the plate chest , were stolen ; and Mr . and Miss Bull's desks were broken open , and the papers strewed about ; £ 310 s . was taken from Mr . Bull ' s desk ,, but no attempt was made by the thieves to break into the bar , in which were placed the plate chests . It was quite " evident that the guilty party or parties were well acquainted with the locale , and there is no clue to the suspected parties .
Mblanchoi-t Accident at Folkestone . —Since Saturday last the family of Mr . Sadler , who resides at No . 9 , Hi g bgate Rise , and who is extensively connected with the Irish linen trade , carrying on business in IronmongerJane , in the City , has been plunged into great grief in consequence of the death of his sons , S . Sadler , aged thirteen , and J . Sadler , aged eleven years , who were drowned off Folkestone , on the previous Friday afternoon , under the following distressing circumstances : —They hud gone out in a skiff , and for their better protection they were accompanied by two sailors . After the vessel had proceeded a snort distance , and when within sig ht of the shore , it was observed suddenly in a squall to turn over , when the whole were seen struggling with each other . Upon tho occurrence being noticed from the shore , boats . put off to their assistance ; but none of them were saved . The body of the eldest son was found and taken to Folkestone .
New Practice Range at Woolwich Marshes , — The , inconvenience experienced and the repeated stoppages of practice in the present state of tho artillery practice ground at Woolwich , owing to tho constant passage of vessels on the river , has induced the authorities to . decide , on having a new practice ground on the Woolwich and Plunistead Marshes , which will not be liable to interruption . Tho direction of the new range will bo to the eastward , and will extend , to about three miles in length , with an average breadth of half a mile , enclosed so as to prevent the chances of accidents during the
practice . It is also intended to construct a mound at 1 , 500 yards range , against which . objects will be placed when making experiments , and for the usual targate practice of the Royal Artillery . Violation op the Ten Hours Bill . —The Preston Chronicle says there are about half a dozen mills in that town working beyond ten and a half hours daily , adults alone being employed after the completion of that time . The Preston Short Time Committee have memorialised the employers against the practice . , The factory operatives ef Preston have established a permanent committee to watch the operation of the new act .
Deficiency in the Cider Crops . — So great is the deficiency in the orchard produce that one farmer within two miles of Barnstaple , who last year made 150 hogsheads of eider , will not this year make more than ten . We are informed , too , that the deficiency , if not so great , is general throughout the north of Devon . ¦ , The Iron Ddke and the Postilion . —On the return of Lord Warden to Walmer Castle , after attending the Harbour Sessions at Dover , an accident befel his grace immediately after passing the "Lone Tree" Hill . On one side of the road an
itinerant ballad seller was standing with a large placard of his " wares . " In passing this , one of the horses attached to his grace ' s carriage suddenly " shied , " and plunged with such violence on the other side of the-road as to cause i ' s fall , throwing the postilion . With the exception of slight damage to the harness there was no- other injury . Ilia grace inquired of the postilion if his fall had been attended with personal injury , and was informed that it was not . " Then , " said his grace , " You had better go on . "
Colliery Accidents in Staffordshire . —We find by the Staffordshire papers that a series 6 f fatal accidents occurred in the collieries of that county in the ccurse of last week . At Bilston , on Saturday , a collier got into the ski p for the purpose of descending a pit , to repair the pump , but the engine being out of gear at the time , his weight caused the skip to descend the shaft with' him , at a fearful velocity , and the whole length of the chain ( 200 yards ) fell upon him . As a matter of course , he was instantly killed . The same day an inquest was held at the Duke of York , Darlaston , on the body of William Hughes , about forty . ' eight years of age , who was killed on the previous night , " by a fall of coal , in one of Mr . Bagnall ' s pits , at Mbxley . A verdict of accidental death was returned . ' : Also oh the same day a collier , named John'Lawrence , twenty-four year ' s of age , was . ' so' seriously injured by the fall of a piece of clod in Mr . Williams ' s pit ,
near Greet s-green ,, that he died in the course of the evening . Another accident , of a most distressing nature , took place njso on Saturday , in a pit at Greet ' s-green , in the same parish , belonging to Mr . Richard llaines . The men had finished for the day , and were assembled at the bottom of the shaft , ' for the ; purpose of being drawn up , when a lad named Joseph Burrows caught hold of the hook attached to the pit rope , and began to swing himself upon It . Suddenly the engine was set a going , and the poor lad , not having the presence of mind to loose his hold , or being unable to do so ( as he said ho could not , in answer to the advice of a miner named Jos , Smith , ) was ¦ carried up the shaft fifty or sixty yards , but at last he fell , and was instantly deprived of life , Wednesbury was tho scene of nn accident , urider still more distressing circumstahoOB , to a collier , named Thomas Atkins , thirty-eight years ef age . He was employed in a pit belonging to
Mr . Thomas . WaHcer , and was at irorlf - pn 3 turS evening , along with two men and a boy . A { j " ? been engaged in putting up some doors . io ° e u " for promoting a ' currerit of air ' in ' the ' pit , so th ' ? sulphur , which existed in considerable' quanh ues , mig ht . be carried out of , the workings , and the . " ceased persisted in . going further along the pit tu & . Henry Mason , a fellow-workman , considered to ^ be safe . . Mason , accompanied him for some time , but the sulphur became so overpowering that , he drew back , and advised the deceased to do the same . In a moment or two , however , deceased called out , "Henry ; I ' m down , " and on Mason trying to reach him , lie also fell , but . managed to crawl back on his hands and knees . = The other man came to ths rescue , and was likewise overpowered by the sulphur , but Mason went towards .. him . on all
fours , and , succeeded in dragging him nearer to the bottom of the shaft , ' , where the air was compara tivelypure . Assistance was . obtained from the pit bank , anda man , named Eli Fletcher , having , had a rope attached to his' waist by way of precaution , at length managed , to ! drag out the bp dy ; of . the unfortunate man Atkins . He was quite dead . So that , altogether , five lives were sacrificed through accidents of different kinds . It is observable that none of tho unfortunate / men perished through explosions .. ,, We understand , that in several parts of this county many of . the farmers have resolved not to pay the income-tax , and will submit to a , seizure rather than pays demand which they consider to be unjust and oppressive , being , prepared to show that their losses amount to double the sum which they are called on to pay in the shape of income-tax . —Oxford Journal . ,
A mektino was held at Staplehurst on Saturday last , at which it was-resolved to memorialise the government to postpone payment of the hop duty . ' The Murdkr in Essex . — Esther Plyle , the female charged with the wilful murder of her only child , a girl , f our years of , age , J at Romford , was brought up on Monday last , . from . Ilford Gaol , before Octavius Mashiter , Esq ., one of the magistrates . for the county , for further examination ' . The prisoner resided at No . 2 , Nelson-place , Barrack-ground , and , whilst in a > state of frenzy and insanity , cut the child's throat under circumstances of a most appalling description ; The boy , Thomas young , who saw , the , deed committed , in : the course of , cross-examination by L Mr . Down . es , contradicted
in several points his previous testimony , He now stated that when he looked through the window the woman had no cap on , and that she never wore one , neither had he ever stated so ., He also said that he did not . see Mrs . Morris , or any one else , neither did he speak to any one about it , , between the time lie saw the prisoner kill the child and the time he went home and . mentioned it . to ^ his mother . He . also swore that he did not , see the other boy , Barlow . —Mr . . Mashiter , in , reference to these discrepancies , said he . was inclined to make allowance for them in the case of ; a boy , which he should , not be willing to do in , a witness ; of more mature years . He then duly cautioned the prisoner , and asked her if she , had anything to state : in
answer to the charge against her ? .. The prisoner , under the adyice of Mr . Downes , declined saying anything . The evidence having been reduced to writing , she was committed to , take her trial on the charge of wilful , murder , at the next assizes at , Chelmsford . There , are , some . circumstances attending this case that give . it . more , than ordinary interest ,, and which have caused : a : good deal of excitement ; , in : the neighbourhood . It will be in the recollection of . pur readers that at Chelmsford March Assizes , 1 S 49 , a woman . was tried for the murder of her two infant children , by cutting their throats , nearly severing .. their heads from their bodies ; whilst a third child ; whom she tried also to muvder . in the same way , got out of the house . and made its escape . 'This took place near West
Thurrock , in the lower part of iisses , about twelve miles from the scene of the present murder . The wohian was acquitted on the ground of insanity , and is now either in Chelmsford Gaol Infirmary , or in a' lunatic asylum . That person is sister to the husband of the present prisoner ! . Haying mentioned the husband , it is orily due - to iiim to say that he bears a good character . ; He has worked for a highly respectable and very extensile firm in Romford for two years , previously , to which ' he lived in one situation for fifteen years . His father , we are informed , was employed oh the same farm for a period of . forty-seven years . The unhappy man seemed greatly affected at the situation in which his wife was . placed . The prisoner was accompanied by her mother and another female friend , between whoni she was seated in the dock . Several
of the neighbours speak of the very great fondness with which she regarded the deceased ; they say she almost idolised her . The unfortunate woman is only about twenty-three years of age , biitwithin these last few days her appearance has much changed , aud looks considerably older ., Death in a Railway Carriage . —On Monday when the down express arrived ! at Masbro ' , at 1 . 30 p . m ., a gentleman was taken out of a first-class carriage by his brother , and on placing him in a chair was discovered to bo quite dead , . The deceased ' s name was Mr . Heath , a retired carrier , from Warwickshire . It appears that Mr . Heath and his brother had travelled from Birmingham to Derby to meet the express tor the North , and on arriving at-the station , the deceased got into the slow train instead
of the , express ,, and . ion being apprised of it by his brother , became greatly-excited , and hurrying to correct his mistake , was seized with ; a palpitation of the heart . His brother wished him to remain till he was better , but the deceased said he should soon bo . well , and would rather go on ; when the express was coming near . Chesterfield , Mr . Heath became frightfully ill , foaming at the mouth , and changing to'livid colour ; . thebrother endeavoured to make the guard hear , to have the train stopped , but was unsuccessful , and on . taking Mr . Heath out at Masbro ! , ho was quite dead . There were an elderly lady and gentleman in the same compartment , who supposed that the hurry at the station , the deceased being a . gentleman of full habit ,. had induced apoplexy , and caused his death .
A Woman found Drowned . —Considerable sensation was . created at Borkhampstead i -on Saturday last , in consequence of the body of a woman having been found in the Grand Junction Canal . On Monday an inquest was held on tho body , when the jury returned . tho open verdict of . "Found drowned . " So evidence being produced to show who sho was or how she came there , but was supposed to be in the water for twenty-four hours . Deceased was rather stout , and of masculine . appearance , about five feet throe or four inches hi g h / nose rather'prominent , mouth rather large , hair brown . She was dressed in a twist-edge straw bonnet , trimmed with a straw coloured ribbon , pink flower / and pink lining in the bonnet ; a . chocolate-coloured cotton dress , with
white spots and a sprig of red ; a black silk visite , watered satin stripe , with three stripes of black velvet round the . bottom ; white stockings ; anda pair of elastic boots , mended at the heels . Her linen was marked with the letters J . R , in blue marking ink , and her pocket handkerchief had J . R . in red silk .. She appeared to be about thirty years of age . Inside of her bonnet a small ticket was sewed , with tho name of Birchman , or Birchmore , eighteen , written on it . Mysterious Case . —The Halifax Guardian contains an account of a most mysterious tragedy . On Wednesday ; wcek a young man , named William Marsden , twenty-two years of age , son of , Mr . Mavsden , of the Brown Cow Inn . Deanhead , left his
home , taking with him about £ 50 , for the purpose of attending Long Preston fair , to purchase cattle . He bought some which he brought safel y homo , and on Saturday morning last he again left home with tho cattle to attend . Halifax market j to sell them if possible . Not meeting with a customer , he had to drive the cattle home , again , and not arriving at his usual time , his parents became rather uneasy at his stay , and remained up till two o ' clock in the morning , waitinghis ; coming . They then wont to bed , and on getting up in the morning they were horrified at finding their son ' s coat , waistcoat , and hat
laid- under their window , saturated with blood . Slight traces of blood were also observed on the gate leading to the p lace where tho clothes were found . On examination of the clothes all the residue of tho £ 60 wero found in the pockets , amounting to about £ 30 , besides his pocket-book , papers , & o . One piper found in them , which has since been ascertained to havo been written by him at the Triangle Inn , was inscribed , in a wretched manner far worse than his usual handwriting , . besides being badly spelt , and many words repeated twice over . It bore the following lines , which appear to have been copied from memory froni'some ton . bstone : —
" Mourn not for mo , my parents dear , For hcro'I . l . io till Christ appear ; This world I ' ve left of toil and pain—I die in hopes to live again . " Immediately inquiries were set oh foot , but nothing whatever could be heard of him . . The Poole Election ;—Poole ; Sept . 17 .--The writ for this election only reached the Under-Sheriff j by the day mail on Tuesday afternoon . The election will no doubt takevplace on Monday and 'Tuesday . ' . : Poole Savings Bank . —The accounts of this bank have during the last fortni ght been under the investigation of Mr . W . H . Grey , of No . 48 ' , Lincoln ' s inn Fields , the accountant recommended by Mr . Tidd
Pratt , the barrister . It is evident that tho misconduct . of the late actuary , J . B . Bloomfield , who was appointed to tho office in 1851 , commenced in 1835 and has , consequently , been continued during tho ' long period of fifteen years . Tho system pursued by , thp actuary appears to havo boon to appropriate certain deposits to . his own usoj paying the interest regularly out of tho funds of tho banij , nndkoopiiifr a private chock book of tho sumsthusi appropriated , winch book has been placed in tho hands of the olnoialB , Who havo thus ' cloal-ly ascertained tlie mode n which tho deficiency has been created . Had there boon n proper inspection of tho books at any period , tho dishonesty must have been discovered before tho death of tho actuary , Wo understand
that the deficiency is ascertained to be about £ 0 , 000 out of some £ 36 , 000 , and . that the depositors will each receive a dividend of about IGs . 2 d , in the pound , including interest . Since the' expose the bank has been closed , and , we believe , ; that at present there is no intention entertained of re-opening the institution . It is hoped that property to the amount of about £ 2 , 000 may be recovered from Bloomfield ' s estate , in which case tlie dividend \^ ou ! d be increased . . ' a ccident to the Hon ., Amias Poulmtt , near Ilmik'Steu . —On Saturday last this young gentleman , a cobmpanied by his brother , Viscount Hinton , went fox ' short shooting excursion , when , haying enjoyed ti . ' 1 * P ^ f ° some time , ho felt fatigued , andViscouOt Hinton requested him to return homewards , which : he accordingly did . As he did not make his appearance at , dinner , his father , Earl
Poulett , despatched , the servants . on horseback in all directions in o . der to ascertain the cause of this unusual delay , as it' was feared an accident had occured to the honourable gentleman . The Earl himself , accompanied by others , also set out in search of himj when , after along period , the unfortunate young gentleman was discovered lying by the side of a dry ditch , quite insensible , and blood issuing from his ears and mouth ; Ho was immediately removed , and messengers were depatched for Mr . C . Hv Mules , surgeon , who attended most promptly . It was then discovered that / both the bones of the right leg were broken , besides many other bruises and injuries ; there was also concussion of the brain .. A special messenger started at once for London for a physician , who arrived at Taunton by special train on Sunday morning , and immediately . set out for . Hinton Park , the seat of Earl Poulett . The sufferer still remains insensible from
the injuries received , which , with deep sorrow we announce , are of a most serious character . The accident is supposed to have been occasioned by the horse fallings throwing his rider , and rolling over him . —Western Flying Post . ; : , ;' Extraordinary Cask o * , Suicide . —An inquest was held at Plymouth before Mr . J . Edmonds , on a boyj named John Denhaih , thirteen years of age , who committed suicide under the following singular circumstances , 'at that place , on Sunday . He went home from the Sunday school to dinner , and , previous to the family sitting down to table , be said grace . Mr . Nicholson , a local preacher , came , and having prayed over a younger sister who . was , dangerously-ill , the iunior members of the family ' were
given them their dinner . ! Thomas Denbam , a brother , told the deceased ' s father that the deceased had been naughty at school , on which the father said if he behaved badly again he should not let him have any ' dinner . The deceased held his knife and fork in his band , but the filling of his plate being rather delayed , he throw them , down and rushed towards the door , saying , " I will throw myself over the . quay , or the cliff . " His mother caught hold of him and dragged him in . He , however jumped through the window into the street , running in the direction of the Hoe . He there met his brother , and desired him to hold his . clothes , which he did . Deceased then said , "Father , would not cive me any dinner , and . mother wouldn ' t : now
¦ I want none . " With these words he threw himself over the rocks , and / before any assistance could be rendered he was drowned . ; Unnatural Quausel and Fatal Termination . — An inquest was held on Wednesday at the Union Tavern , Rogers-street , Redbank , Manchester , before Mr . Herford , the borough coroner , touching the death of Robert Brooks ,, ah ostler , aged . fifty , who has left six children . Deceased was of very intemperate habits , and on Friday evening week , about ten o ' clock , he went home intoxicated . He had seated himself by the fire , and was drinking some tea , when Jonathan Brooks , one of his sons , entered . The latter was proceeding-to butter a cake which he had brought in with him , using some
of the , deceased's . butter for that purpose , which excited the old man ' s wrath , and he commenced abusing his son . The young man asked . one of his sisters to fetch him some beer , which he had been ordered by the doctor to take . Deceased , however , forbade her to bring any beer into the house , upon which . his son said he would fetch it himself , and accordingly went out for , that purpose . The , old man then went to the door and held it in his hand , determined , if possible , to prevent his son re-entering with the beer . When' the latter returned deceased took him by the arm , spilled the beer , and cracked the jug . The son was going to get another jug , but the . father seized him by the throat , and they struggled together for several minutes . The cracked jug was still in the son ' s hand / and during the struggle it came in violent contact with the
deceased ' s head , and was smashed to atoms , at the same time inflicting a serious wound . The son then left the house ; and did not return till the next . day . The deceased got his wound dressed , and appeared not ' to have been much injured . He was . again intoxicated on the following night , and on Sunday complained of being very ill . Mr . Overton , assistant to Mr . Holroyd , surgeon , was sent for , and found deceased suffering from erysipelas in the head , caused by a lacerted wound in the back of the scalp . The symptoms gradually- increased until deceased ' s death , which occurred on Monday afternoon . The surgeon said tlie symptoms were much more aggravated than was . usually the case , but this' was probably owing to the deceased ^ intemperate habits .. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
' Protectionist Demonstration at Tiverton . 'A meeting of the friends of protection to British agriculture , industry ; and capital , -was held on Tuesday last , at the Angel Hotel , Tiverton , for the purpose of . forming a branch of ; the Devon and Exeter Protection Association , to comprise the Tiverton polling district . ' The town having been placarded for about a week prior to the day of meeting with bills calling upon the inhabitants generally to come forward and ¦ express their opinions upon the question of protection , the greatest possible interest was attached to , the proceedings of the
day . . The first resolution , was moved by Dr . Brent , who abused Sir Robert Peel for having imposed the income-tax . It was to the" effect that it . was " desirable to form , in connexion with the Devon and Exeter : Protection . Association , a committee com prising the twenty-six parishes of the Tiverton polling district , for the purpose of obtaining full andeffectual protection to every branch' of British industry . " It was carried , after being seconded b y Mr . R . H . Clarke ; and after Speeches had been delivered by Mr . Williams , Mr . Potter , Mr . Kinder , and otherlocal Protectionists , "the meeting , separated . But little was said about Lord Palmerston .
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Presumed Case Of Poisoning. — The Retire...
Presumed Case of Poisoning . — The retired town of Langharne , in the county of Carmarthen , has been thrown into a state of great alarm and excitement , in consequence of a case of suspected poisoning having taken place at the household of J . H . Severn , Esq ., of Brixton . -. The circumstances are fraught with very great suspicion , and there is strong presumptive evidence against the party suspected , who , though not yet in custody , her motions are watched , and she-herself under surveillance . The particulars of this unhappy case are as follows ,: — Last Tuesday week two of the female domestics of
Mr . Severn were . taken suddenly ill , after having partaken' of some broth , one of whom , Rebecca Uphill , the housemaid . 'died the same evening , and the other became dreadfully ill . The broth , it appeared , was prepared by the cook ; but she did not partake of any herself . The deceased . ate very heartily of the broth , but the other servant , after having eaten a spoonful or two ,, remarked that although it was nice , it left a dreadful burning sensation in her throat . The remainder of the broth , it appears , was thrown to' the pigs , one of which , having nearly eaten the whole , immediatel y died , and four others became ill . While the body of the deceased warjaid out , previously to its being placed in the coffin , ' the party suspected went , it is reported
in tlie room , to see the corpse , when she immediately exclaimed , ' , ' . Oh ! this is the devil who tried to get me out of my service . She is gone to heaven , or elsewhere . " In the meantime , the whole of these suspicious circumstances coming to the knowledge of Mr . Severn , that gentleman immediately placed himself in communication ( by . letter ) , with George Thomas , Esq ., the coroner for the' county , and Capt . Scott , the chief of the . county constabulary . We ought here to state that Mr . Severn in his letter to Mr . Thomas , remarked that there was so much mystery and suspicion attached to tho death , that he should not permit the funeral to take place until he ascertained whether if was the intention of Mr . ' Ihoihas to hold an inquest . It appears that the coroner is not justified in holding an iuouest unless
he has received a communication from uhe police , detailing th ( 3 particulars of the case . Captain Scott the chief constable , was out of town , and it was not till a day or twaalterwards that Mr : Superintendent De Coven informed the coroner of the particulars of ihe deafcii , arid tie grounds which existed for believing tliat'tho deceased had come by her death through " . foul play . " In the meantime the funeral had taken placo . Mr . Thomas instantl y pave aw order for tho exhumation of the body , in order that a post inortem examination might be made . This was performed by two medical gentlemen , when it appeared that the stomach was highly inflamed , and presented every appearance of the deceased having died from poisonthe viscera were sealed up and forwarded to Dr . H ° ra ' path , of Bristol ; in order to be analysed .
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_ Distress in the Isle or Skte . —The following is the plan proposed to relieve the distress in Skye , without resorting to emigration : —The crofters are to leave' their present miserable holdings , and take up their abode in a different part of the island , where small farms of twenty acres oh -leases for twenty-one years will be given . ' The Perth committee has raised £ 1 , 0 ( 10 , and the Glasgow sectiou of the relief board
contributes £ 700 moi 73 to carry ont the eaperimpn * The proprietors have , agreed io , letthe land au * half the rent they how receive for'it , ' in order to 3 ? every chance of : success to the tenants . The noil niary interest taken ; in the matter by the Perth com mittee will necessarily tend to guard the people frnS . " unfair treatment , and the plan gives every promis e S a permanent improvement in their condition Tu first result of it is exceedingly gratifying , it t "„ stopped the transportation of the Solas tenants , ; whirl ! was threatened some time ago . —North BritUh Afaii Dr . Mason , who was so severely wounded by hfa wife at Gatehouse , has been pronounced convalescent The unhappy woman is still in Kirkcudbright prison ' A National Gallbrt at Eoinbdrgii . -t-An act of Parliament was passed on the 14 th ult ., to erect ba the Earthen Mound at Edinburgh a National Gallery for the promotion of the line arts . It was intended to form other buildings on the Mound . It is , provided
by the act , that the plans of the National Gallery shall be approved of by the Treasury . When the building is completed , it is to be vested in the commissioners and trustees of the town , subject to the approbation of . the Treasury . . . Whiklwino at Montrose . —The Montrose Stand ard has an account of a whirlwind that , visited that burgh last Sunday , about noon . All was still , but , on a sudden , the dust upon a spot of perhaps about six yards in circumference began to be agitated . In less than an instant it was seen whirling round with great rapidity , and rising , in the form of a cylindernot with a spiral motion—but a huge cylinder of dust moving on a vertical axis . It rose to the height of at least ten feet , then it seemed to jump from the spot on which it whirled to a distance of about fifty yards , without breaking , and continued its gyrations as . before . In less than a minute the column vanished , and , when three or four spectators ran to the spot , not the least breath of wind could be felt .
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Address From The Svxod Op Thurles To The...
Address from the Svxod op Thurles to the Roman , Catholics of Ireland . —At four o ' clock on Saturday evening , a document in the shape , of a closely-printed pamphlet of thirty-two pages , - issued from the press in Dublin , entitled " The Synodical Address of the Fathers of the National Council of Thurles to their Beloved Flock , the Catholics of Ireland , " , and signed , " Paul , Archbishop of Armagh , Primate of aU Ireland , and Delegate of tha Apostolic See , President of the Synod , and John , Bishop of Clonfert , Promoter of the Synod . " . The primary , and almost the sole object . of the address is the question of education and the provincial colleges , and the substance of it on this point amounts
to this , that the Roman Catholic priests and clergy of Ireland now bind themselves unanimously to act upon the papal rescripts on this matter , that have been already before tho public , and which have " admonished the archbishops and bishops of Ireland to have no part whatever in carrying out these colleges , " recommending also most earnestly the erection of a Catholic academy in Ireland on the model of one founded , by the Belgian bishops at Louvain ; and moreover expressi ng , astonishment that any should assert " that it is lawful for priests to undertake certain offices in said colleges . " The ;• condemnation" of the colleges that has been sanctioned by the synod is therefore the same as tlmtalrendy pronounced at Rome . Encumbered Estates . — Eight move petitions were lodged in the' Encumbered Commission Court within the week ending on the 10 th inst ., making
the entire number since the commencement 1 , 214 . A great number of conditional or absolute orders were pronounced this week , in preparation for business after the recess . Crop Lifting . —Within the last week there has been an active revival of crop plunder in some southern districts ; The Kilkenny Moderator contains tho following — " On Sunday last the crops were to be seen falling in every direction before the sickle , and carried away . A tenant of Sir John Power ' s cut and carried away the produce of nearly 100 acres from the Kilkcaran estate . Two tenants of Mr . W . Lloyd Flood , levanted with the crops ; several of the tenants of Mr . Champion Brady , at Templemartin , followed the example , and some other proprietors did likewise in the neighbourhood of Johnstown . The police arrested some of the parties engaged in the plunder .
Tenant-right Movement . —The Nation has put forward a formidable list of county meetings , promoted by the-Tenant League , which are to be held during the present month . Legal Appointments . —The Dublin News Letter says : — " It is generally believed that Judge Moore will be promoted to the chief justiceship of the Common Pleas , to bo succeeded by the present Attorney-General . Mr . David Lynch , Q . C ., to be the legal adviser to the Castle . " . He-valuation of Lasds . —The Limerick Reporter states that about eleven hundred acres of the estate of Lord Ashbrook , which had been let to a middleman , recently fell into his lordship ' s hands . Instead of being set up for competition , they were re-valued according to present prices , and let to the tenants at from Us . to 23 s , per acre-a reduction of nearl y one-half the old rack-rents . The "Amelioration Society of Irelasd . "—The
Ballinasloe-Star contains the following gratifying account of the practical working of this society : — ' . 'Already a vast amosnt of good has been done at RoWtstown , county Ivildare , where the society has established its first station ; a portion of the country which was wretchedly poor , but now , owing to the employment given by this peat manufacture for the last few months , the people in the neighbourhood are comparatively comfortabe—men , women ,: andeven children , havo full employment ; and not tlie least commendable feature of this industrial movement is , that the society have relieved the Naas Union of nearly ono hundred paupers , who are now employed in the works , providing for their
own subsistence . The station at Kobertstown consists of three buildings of timber , erected on platforms , piled underneath , as the soft nature ot * the bog would not admit of masonry . These buildings are not entirely finished , but in two or three weeks they will be fully completed , when they will present a very pleasing . appearance from the lightness and beauty of the architecture ; together with giving undeniable proof that another step iu the march of civilisation has been made , by making the wild bog and dreary moor return a golden reward , more certain than the alchymisfc ' s most confident dreams . It is calculated that three hundred tons of charcoal
per week will ibe made for exportation when the buildings are finished , which , from the demand at present , will fall far short of the required supply . The company are at present supplying the President of France with a large quantity . About sixty tons are at present on the way to France ; and from England their orders up to the present amount to £ 10 , 000 . " Faction Fights in the South . — The Limerick Examiner says : — " The fiercest faction fight that has taken place in Kerry for some years , occurred in Snecm , on Sunday last . Unfortunately the
parties were after purchasing reaping hooks for cutting their com on the day following ; but they turned them to a very different purpose , for they cut and mangled each other in a shocking manner with the instruments , which they freely used . Several of tho mad and foolish combattants are not expected to recover . There were women , too , engaged in the melee , busily employed in gathering stones for those who were cot possessed of sticks or reaping hooks . The magistrates have committed several of the rioters . There were but two policemen in the village ; and all they could do was to take down the names of the principal rioters . "
State of the Country . —The Sligo Champion has the folio wing remarkable illustration of the altered state of the country : — " John Henderson , Esq ., of Gregg , was lately served with a threatening notice , - to the surprise of those . who know him , for he ahravs bore the character of a good neighbour . Tho country people , to mark their kindly feeling towards him , assembled in great numbers this week and cut down all his oats in a single day . Such was the result which ensued from the threatening notice !"
The Sea Serpent . —The following letters havo been addressed to tho editor of the Cork Southern Reporter : — " Kinsale , 11 th Sep ., 1 S 50 . —Sir , —• Having seen a letter in last Tuesday ' s paper con « corning the Sea Serpent , I was induced by some friends to go to sen , in hopes of meeting with the monster . I had not been long in suspense , when a little to the west of the Old Head the monster appeared , the size of which is beyond all descrip tion , biit the head having tho appearance of a bottloJiose whale . Mr . Shiimick ; one of the party , fired three shots without effect . —I remain , sir , yours , T . Buckley . "— " Queenstown , September Uth , ISoO . —Sir , —On yesterday . evening , about six o ' clock , Queenstown Harbour Lighthouse hearing north about ten miles distant , we observed a sail to tho S . E ., in the horizon ; and on my going aloft in the starboard rigging , to see if she was for the harbour , I saw close
under tho surface of tho water , and on the starboard bow , a dark appearance , and in an instant it ' appeared on'the surface as a hu # e liv "V * Ji showing' the head and over sixty feet of the c entre of the back over water , and on heading the cuttei wo observed tho tail , and close after two other wa of a similar description , but smaller , lho larger ! was fully 150 to 200 feet in length , and the head appeared square , of immense size , with oval won eyes , of fully five feet long each . The entire . booy seemed nearly black , with a lump on the centre u tho back , nnd seemed to be in circumference auou the size of the hull of a vessel of 300 tons . TJ » two small fish were about forty feet long eno \« similar to the largo one . Wo wero so dosoto tn » monsters that we were obliged to put the helm m or we would havo struck it . The crew were aU m state of terror when the head appeared over wtH and though a heavy sea at the time , the w * about this monster appeared like oil . —a "" , ,. Smith , Master of C . and W . D . Seymour and Wpi'W cutte ? Amphitrite , "
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