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      Health of London Dosing the "WEEK-r-It is sati sfactory to observe that the public health , as compared with , that of former periods , is m ft favourable * slate . Last Week the mortality in London continued to decline , " and the deaths were only 938 , shewing a decrease " of 16 on those of tbe former week , and of 159 on tbe weekly average of last January . In the corresponding weeks of ten previous ye * rs flSiO-9 ) the average was 1 , 041 , which , if corrected for increase of population , becomes , 1 , 136 ; the present decrease of mortality , as compared with former yea's , is therefore 193 . In the epidemic Or zymotic class of diseases , the deaths last week were 144 ; in the corresponding weeks of the years 1840-6

      they fluctuated between 126 and 333 ; the corrected average is 209 . From phthisis ( or consumption ) the deaths last week were 113 : at the same period of previous years they ranged from 115 to 170 , From other ^ diseases that effect tbe respiratory organs ( ex : lu * ive of hooping-cough ) the deaths were lfl 9 ; in prv vions years , at this time , they ranged frmn 115 to 320 . To take particular diseases : small-pox was fatal to 6 persons , less than one-third of its former mortality ; scarlatina to 13 , while tbe average is 34 ; boopraj-cough to 31 , the average biing 46 ; typhus to 29 . tbe average being 38 . The deaths from measles were 21 , a mortality which is about the usual amount . From asthma and bronchitis there were 110 deaths , the average is 100 ; from pneumonia there were 76 , whilst 9 S forms the average . Diarrhoea was fatal to 18 nersons . which exceeds the average

      by 7 , though the number who died of this complaint in the same week of last year was 27 . The wife of a journey man lamp maker , aged 60 . died in St . John the Evangelist , Westminister , of debility , which was the result of an attack of Asiatic cholera six months before . Four nonagenarians died during the week , of whom three were women ; the man died in the Gosweli-street sub-district , at the advanced age of 9 p years . The births during tbe week numbered 1 , 476 . The mean height of the barometer at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , during the week was 26 " 754 in . The mean temperature was 42 deg . 8 min . and exceededjjhe average of the same week in seven years by" 6 deg . 9 min . ; on Sunday it was 9 deg .. and on Friday , 14 deg . 9 min . above the average . On "Wednesday , when the mean temperature was 35 deg . 1 min ., it was slightly below the average of that day .

      Fibb at Gravesend . —The Ship and Lobster Tavern , kept by Mr . Peuryu , on the Sea Wall , was totally consumed by fire on tbe night of tbe loth inst . The house and adjoining buildings being constructed chiefly of wood , the flames spread very rapidly , so that none of the property in the house could be saved , the inmates having barely time to escape . The fire was discovered by the landlord's son about ten o ' clock , but its cause was unknown . The landlord is said to be insured . A New Bridge for "Westminster . —It is stated that it has been determined to take down the present bridge at Westminster , and that a new one is to be erected some four hundred yards further from the Houses of Parliament , in order to heighten the effect of those elaborate specimens of Britis ) architecture . The new structure is to be low and straight ,

      supported by gothic arches . Flans for the erection of first-class detached , or semi detached houses , forming a line of streets up to Buckingham Palace , have , it is als't said , bsen approved of . Munificent Foundation of a Ragged School . —Some short time back tbe friends of a Ragged School , who had fitted up one of the arches of the South-Western Railway , near Lambeth-walk , as a place of instruction for poor ragged children , applied to V . r . Beaufoy , the eminent distiller , of South Lambeth , to subscribe towards a fund to erect a suitable edifies . Sir . Beaufoy so far complied with their request that , at his sole expense , he has erected , in DouBhty-street , Lambeth , at a cost of upwards of £ 3 , 0 : 10 . a magnificent building , covering an area of 1 , 230 square yards , calculated to afford ample room for the instruction of 1 , 000 children .

      A Furious Bollock . —On Monday a bullock broke away from tbe herd to which it belonged , near Greenwich , and proceeded at a furious rate towards the metropolis , knocking down every body who attempted to impede its progress . Near the New Cross turnpike , Mrs . Annan of Peckham , was thrown down and dreadfully injured . In the New Kent-road a row of stalls , seven in number , were levelled and their contents destroyed , the owners being much injured . In the Old Kent-road , a Mr . Armstrong , of No . 11 , Hariraien Terrace , was attacked by the animal , and was conveyed home with a fractured skull . On reaching tbe Bricklayers ' Arms the beast seemed to pause , but the immense crowd of men , boys , and dogs that had followed sow

      came up , aid it resumed its career towards the Borough . Between the Bricklayers' Arms and the Town-hall no fewer than four persons were knocked down , and received snch injuries that their immediate removal to Guy ' s and St . Thomas' Hospital was considered necessary . On London-bridge the crowds of omnibuses and vehicles in tbe road forced the animal on tbe footway , and' numbers unable to escape were knocked down . On reaching King William-street , the animal passed down Arthur-street into Upper Thames-street , and Dyers' Hall Wharf , being open , rushed in , and was at length secured . It is not knswn to whom the beast belongs , and from the damage done it is supposed that it will sot be claimed .

      The late Fire tn Lambeth . —The great distress into which nearly 100 young woman iu the employ of Messrs . Nickels and Co ., India-rubber web manufacturers , have bsen plunged by this sad calamity has been mentioned in this journal . A subscription in aid of a fund for affording them some temporary assistance until Messrs . Nickels' premises are rebuilt T »«» since been opened , and contributions have been solicited in various quarters . The ai-peal has been only partially responded to , and the amount in hand wi'iiiardly suffice to keep want from the threshhold

      of many deserving famines during the next fortnight . An application was made among others to Mr . Sidney Herbert , and that gentleman in reply at once consented to place a certain number of the younger females on the list of emigrants , to be immediately de-patched tooths colonies , under the auspicu-s of tbe society of which be is the founder . It is a magnificent fact , however , that on the question being pat to tbe workwomen by a member of Messrs . Nickels ' firm not-one cf the whole number would consent to leaveEngland .

      A Common is Flames , —On Monday evening between five and six o ' clockinformatioa was received almost simultaneously at the various fire engine stations in town , that a tremendous fire was raging in the direction of Nine Elms , Vauxha ' . l . The engines of the West of England and London Brigade were immediately ordered ont , but whilst they w « re being horsed several persons arrived from the various bridges , describing the scene of conflagration as lying towards Battersea . The firemen having arrived-at the Wandswortb-road they found the distant country illuminated to sueh an extent that they believed a

      tremendous fire was raging , but tbe exact locality completely puzzled them . Hundreds of men , on foot and on horseback , were also hurrying towards the fire , when , on getting almost as far as Wandsworth , they were met by an express , bringing the intelligence that the cause of so much alarm was owing to the furze on the common having been set on fire . The firemen having learned that no house was near returned with their engines to their stations . The person who brought the news informed the firemen that upwards of three quarters of a mile in extent of the furze " wasin flames .

      Bestructivb I * ire at Wappixg . —On Monday night , shortly after eight o ' clock , afire broke out in the premises of Messrs . Brewer and Co ., the ship chandlers and sail makers , carrying on business at 310 , Wapping High-street . The building , which was exceedingly lofty , -was of proportionate width , and extended from the front street as far as the water side . The place being filled with ship stores , some of a most combustible character , great fears at one period were entertained for the safety of tbe contiguous houses . With all possible expedition about nine land engines belonging to the London brigade , and that of the West of England Company attended . An abundant supply of water was soon obtained from the

      East London main ? , from which several engines were set to -work , under the direction of Mr . Braidwood . The fire by tbattime had gained a fearful ascendancy " , It h aving penetrated the flooring over the shop , and rushed tip the staircase in one complete sheet ot flame , doing some damage to every room in the spacious building . The firemen , by conveying the hose of three or four engines into the front warehouse , and two or three into tie private entrance , were enabled to cat off the further progress of the flames ; but nearly th ree hours elapsed before the fire was wholly extinguished . The damage done is very considerable , but fortunately . the firm was insured . How the fire began could not be ascertained . . .

      Dr . A chilli . —At the Episcopal . Chapel , West street , St . Giles ' s , f n Sunday last , before reading the General Thanksgiving , the officiating . minster made tbe following unusual announcement : — ' A person desires to return thanks to Almighty , God for deliverance from captivity in the dungeons of the Inqwskkm at Rome ; " It was at once known that Dr . AchiUi , who had arrived in -England the night before , was in the chapel ; : Dr . Achhju attended a meeting ofa newly-formed Bible society in the parish of St . George , Blooms-Dury , which was held otfTaesday evening at tbe Music Hall , S ore-street r Bedford-square . He proposed ^ resolution , which , " was carried unanimously , affirming that inconsequence " of the energy arid activity of the Roman ^ Catholic * church , it was desirable to send copies trf the scriptures to all parts of the world ^ iftfirdec . &^ e - p ^ Q -bfewh ^ a tibn migbt le enabled to teafin their native language .

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      Horbihle Death . —Great consternation was created at the county gaol at Taunton last week owing to a fri ghtful case of suicide , committed by a lad sixteen years of age , named W . Hounsell , who it appears , had been committed for two months' imprisonment for absconding from the Chard Union . On the 14 th . inst , he threw himself headlong under the wheel of the treadmill , which was then being worked by 18 men . Every means were adopted to check the motion of the wheel , which , however , was unavailing until the lad was mutilated most fearfully , and on being extracted life was quite extinct . Committal o ? Three Men for Manslaughter . —A revol'ing case of manslaughter has occurred recently atTong . a village near Bradford , Yorkshire . The deceased is a married fema ' e named Margaret Daegan , aged ab . rot forty , and the mother of three fre

      children . From habits of dissipation shehad [ - quently become amenable to the law . * , at Bradford , where she resided , but apart from her family . _ Her last period of imprisonment for drunkeness terminated a few days ago , and when on her way home she called at a public-house at Tong , where in the company of several men , she indulged to excess in her former habit , left the house in company with some of the party at a late hour , and her dead body { still warm ) was next morning found in an adjacent field . She bad been brutally ill-treated , and perished from cold during the night . Three of the men , named John Coaies , George Coates , and Richard Farrar , who reside in the locality , were afterwards apprehended , and brought before the magistrates at Bradford on a charge of murder , but the medical testimony ascribing death , not to the external marks of violence , bnt to exposure to the cold , they were committed to York assizes for manslaughter .

      St . Helen ' s Savings Bank .-The amount realised at tbe three days , sale of the furniture , carriage , stock , < fcc ., of Mr . John Johnson , is within £ 36 of the valuation put upon them prior to the sale—about £ 760 was realised . There are about 30 pass-books yet to be brouuht in for examination . It is said that upwards of £ 13 , 200 is now proved to be deficient There is no business going on at the bank , nor is it likely to be open for sime time . The report as to Mr . Johnson ' s death at Kirkdale is not true . The Aylesbury Savings Bank . —The secretary to the bank , Mr . J . Jones , by whom Stratton was employed as bis clerk , has deposited in the hands of the treasurer the sum of £ 500 to meet any c l aims which may be made upon him , and to which he may be legally liable in consequence of the dishonesty of his clerk . The trustees have just concluded their investigation into the affairs ot the bank , and they

      have ascertained , after a careful examination of the depositors' books , and comparing them with the bank ledgers , that the gross amount extracted by Stratton , by means of forging the names of the depositors to receipts , by direct appropriation of the moneys entrusted to him , and by filling up blank cheques , after they were signed , to double and treble the amount required by the depositors , is £ 1 , 068 . It is fully expected , although not one fraction may be hoped for from Stratton , who has arrived in New York with his wife and family , that tbe whole amount of his defalcation will be made up by Mr . Jones and the trustees and managers of the bank , so that no loss will ultimately accrue to the poor people whom he has so basely plundered . The money , which was Standing in the name of Stratton at the bank , has been claimed by his mother , and the claim appearing clear and strightforward , the amount has been banded over to her by the managers .

      Thb Rent of Land . —A small farm at Bathloy , near Newark , belonging to one of the Newark charities ( Lilly ' s ) was let on the 31 st ult , at a higher rent by £ 44 a year than was previously paid for it ? This farm consists 63 a . lr . 14 p . of land ( and more than two-thirds of it arable , ) and was let for fourteen years from lady-day next , for £ 185 per annum ; whereas , fourteen years ago , it was let for the same term , at only £ 141 per annum , and fiat was considered a eood rent . —Herts Mercury . Funeral Economt . — We noticed last week the

      plain and somewhat eccentric funeral of tbe Rev . " J . Ford , at Navestoek . The object of the plainness , we find , was , that the money thus saved should be distributed amongst the poor in sheets and blankets : and accordingly on Saturday last , the 8 am of £ 50 was thus given away at the vestry , iu sums of 10 s . each , to one hundred of the most deserving in the parish ; and , says our correspondent , "I think it will be agreed , that the money has been far better expended that in useless funeral show . ' '—Chemlsford Chronicle .

      A Fauvlt o ? Thieves . —Liverpool . —On the 15 th inst . a boy eight years of age , was charged with robbing the till of Mr . M'Donald , of Greenland-street . The case was fully proved . This is the sixth time the prisoner bas been in custody . His brother , aged nine yeirs old , has been eight times in custody . Another brother , fourteen years of age , has been seventeen times in custody and twelve times committed . His father was tried at the October sessions and committed for three months ; and an aunt has also been in custody . The only resource of the family appears to be that of thieving . Mr . Rushton scarcely knew what to do with the prisoner , and desired to be furnised with the facts relative to this " family compact" from the bridewell authorities .

      The Mackerel Fishery . — Plymouth . — The season hitherto has proved very unprofitable . There are above 100 east crantry and 130 west country boats on tbe Plymouth station , and not one of these , unfortunately , has yet taken sufficient fish to pay for the cost of provisions only for the reason , say £ 160 . These boats , with the nets and gear , are worth on . an average , from £ 350 to £ 400 , and carry some seven , eight , nine , and ten hands each : so that the total value o'" the boats approaches £ 80 , 000 , and total number of men employed 3 , 000 . By this time last

      year they bad cleared all the season expenses , and had secured handsome balances , which were subsequently greatly increased . One boat , in 1848 , in one night , caught above two lasts , of 20 , 000 each , which realised £ 140 . The tempestuous winter . has been sadly against the poor fishermen , but , irrespective of t-iis , the fish have not" struck" upon the coast , and have been what is termed . " spotted , " or in patches only , and those wide apart . Several of the east countiy boats are going up the channel , to the Isle of Wight , Worthing , & c , where there are more mackerel .

      Representation of South Essex . — Mr . John Laurie , who formerly filled the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex , has recently put forth an address to the electors of South Essex , in which he offers himself as a candidate for their suffrages , whenever a vacancy occurs . Mr . Laurie sums up his political principles as follows : — " whilst parties are struggling to carry out their views of Freetrade and Protection , it becomes the well-wisher of his country to avoid extremes , and by careful investigation support the mercantile and manufacturing interests unfettered , which are the great source of onr national wealth ; at the same tune we are bound to relieve the agriculturist from the great burdens that now so heavily press upon the land , and with greater facilities afforded by the landlords the farmer need not then fear

      competition with all tbe world . I nave ever been a firm supporter of the Established Church , which I wish to see maintained in all its primitive puritiy , but I advocate free toleration to all religious bodies who conscientiously differ , who are nevertheless in the welfare of our common country . As an independent Conservative , if called to Parliament , you will find me easy of access , residing amonst you , attentive to the interests of all my constituents , but the slave of no party ; my chief aim will be the reduction of the burdens upon the whole body of the people , which require immediate retrenchment ; and whilst the public service must be maintained in its efficiency , yet the resources of this great country , if well directed , must enable us to reduce the number of our poor , employ our surplus population , and thereby render us a happy , a prosperous , and a powerful nation . "

      The Fire at Exeter . —On Saturday last Mr . Foote was committed for trial at the next assizes in March , on a charge of having set fire to the premises in Queen-street , lately occupied by him ; arid it was intimated to him that the magistrates would decline to accept bail . KroDERMissTER Eleciion . —Petitions from the electors of the borough of Kidderminster against the return of Mr . John Best , on the ground of bribery and corruption , are under the consideration of the committee on controverted elections .

      Ramsgatb , —A seaman named John Hunter was landed at this port j last week , by a fishing smack , having . been picked up in the North Sea , floating on a small piece of wreck , and from his statement it appears that he belonged to the brig Anne Maria , of and from South Shields , for London , with coals , and that his vessel was run foul of by the barque Ben Nevis , off . Yarmouth , during a gale of wind in the night . The brig having received much damage , the crew with difficulty could only succeed in keeping her afloat until the middle of next day , when she foundered , and the whole of ber crew ( excepting himself ) , together with two of the crew of the barque who had got on board during the collision , were unfortunately drowned .

      Making a Church Rate . —Extraordinary Proceedings at Tiverton , —On Monday last , a Vestry meeting was held at the Old Church , for the purpose of making a church rate , but on several otthe inhabitants proceeding to the vestry to discuss tho pros and cons of the subject-, ^ they were astonished to find the meeting a very small , but " veiy select " one ; in fact , a hole and corner meeting , composed of the select vestry only , with the ' churchwarden in the chair , who very coolly informed the said inhabitants rthat there was no necessity for consulting them on the subject , but that ; by virtue , of the powers conferred them , they—i . e ., the select vestry —should make a church rate themselves , and . collect it , too . A remonstrance oh behalf of the rate ; payers—whose money " was thus being -voted away in- so novel a matter , without then * concurrence--- ; was cut short by the vestry , who . declared themselves well-advised in the step they were taking ,

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      ' n ' nd ' pWa ^ dlo ^ Times . ¦' -- " * ' . ) .. >! ' } : >' ¦ . ?( '' - - * : > :- ! i , t ¦ .., v \ V . i J--Tni TbWk Stsibm- 'In Souifl Wales . —a correspondent , under the . signature ; of . " . A -Welsh Col- ; lier , ' ' wno writes to the following effect : —V This abominable system has been to a great extent adopted in theso ; distriots , especially in the counties of Monmouth and . Glamorgan , With some honourable exceptions , the iron masters . and companies will only pay their workmen at shops , where tho cashier , who pays ' their wages , immediatel y receives back the greater part of the ' amount for goods ' of an inferior quality and exorbitant price , which can

      only be refused at the risk of discharge . It would be better for the workman to have fifteen shillings a week at his own disposal , than a pound . under these restrictions . Frequently these shops are so crowded , that the workmenY wives , with infants in their arms—perhaps after ' having been obliged to leave homo without breakfast—fainting with exhaustion and fatigue—have ; to wajt for hours to bo served , and to submit to the insults of tho shopkeepers . Care is taken to keep just beyond the operation of tho Anti-Truck Act , in these oppressive usages , alike unfair to the honest tradesmen of the district , and unjust to the workmen . "

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      Fissr Sale Bt The Encumbered Estates Com...

      Fissr Sale bt the Encumbered Estates Commissioners . — The Freeman s . Journal states that "The first sale and , conveyance of landed property in Ireland , under the operation of the act of last session , took place on the 14 th inst ., at the buildings in which the sittings of the court are held , at No . 14 , Henrietta-street , before the Right Hon . Baron Richards , Chief Commissioner , and Dr . Long h ' eld and Mr . Hargrave , his colleagues . It being at the discretion of the commissioners to dispose of lands either by private contract or public auction , as they might deem advisable , and it being considered that full prices would be obtained in the present instance , ( be sale took place by private contract . The property for sale was part of the fee-simple estate of Mr . D'Arcy , in the cbuhly of Westmeath , and was sold in two lots . Lot No . 1 . —The lands ot

      Rathbrack , containing twenty-four acres Irish , plantation measure , in the possession of Mr .. Furdon ) at a yearly rent of £ 3914 s . lOd ., being abou ' t ' £ 115 s . per acre . The sum of £ 1 , 000 having been offered by Mr , Purdon , the occupying tenant , he was declared the purchaser ; and thus , from beingthe annual-tenant , has become the fee-simple proprietor , with a parliamentary title to his estate , valid against the world . The sum paid for the lot was fully twenty-five years ' purchase . Lot No . 2 . —The lands of Corballis , containing forty-eight acres , one rood , and thirty per ches , in the possession of Mr . Edward Moore , at a yearly rent of £ 37 Is . 6 d ., being about 18 s . per acre . In this case also , as in the preceding one , the purchaser was the tenant in possession , Mr . Moore , a respectable frieze-coated working farmer , who has now also become owner of tbe fee simple oi bis holding . The sum he paid was £ 1 , 000 , being over twenty-seven years' purchase . ''

      Threatened Emeutr is Limerick . —The civil and military authorities of the city of Limerick have been kept on tlie qui vive by the apprehension of an outbreak on the part of the unemployed labourers , who had made several demonstrations with the object , as they stated , of procuring work or bread . On the 13 th inst . a baker ' s shop was attacked , and plundered of about £ 3 worth of bread and a sum of £ 4 in money . A patrol of police were promptly on the spot , but the crowd had all disappeared . From tbe manifestations of turbulence which the people evinced in other quarters of the city the mayor thought it necessary to call out tbe military ; and a party of the 2 nd Dragoon Guards , and about forty of the 74 th Highlanders , with seveial large police patrols under

      Sub-Inspector Williams , continued to parade the street up to an advanced hour .. On the following day about eighty or ninety persons proceeded to Messrs . Shaw and Duffield ' s extensive bakery in the Cork-road , bnt the men apprehending their intentions closed the doors , and a party of police coming up a few moments afterwards the crowd dispersed . Patrols of police continued to parade the city all day ; they made some arrests , but we have heard none of the parties arrested were found in the act of plunder . M'Cartny , the man arrested by constable Nash for robbing Mr . Honan ' s shop in Broad-street , was brought up at the Police-court and fined £ 5 or three months' confinement . The disturbances were renewed in the evening in the Ivifthtown , and

      noUithsianding the . vigilance of the police several shops were broken into and plundered of a portion of their contents . 0 h several gates and doorways the words * ' blood or bread" were written in large characters in chalk , which the police assiduously effaced . Evictions . — A correspondent of the Limerick Reporter , writing from Birr , Feb . 12 th , gives the following particulars of some recent extermination in the King ' s County : — " On the 11 th of last month ( January , ) Mr . Cuff , sub-sheriff for the King ' s County , proceeded to the lands of Cullawn , Ballinree , and Killyon ( three towns on Mr . Robert Cassidy ' s estate , ) being accompanied by a large constabulary force under Sub-Inspector Coe , of the Frank

      ford district , and being met there by Mr . Cassidy and a large gang of bailiffs , proceeded toevjet . In lesi than six hours 125 human beings were driven from the homes where they and their fathers dwelt for ages past . Of these seventy-nine were , I understand , ejected . out for good and all , the remainder being let in as caretakers at one penny per week . Amongst the seventy-nine were a family of the name of Williams , three females and one male , who was lying in a bed of fever . Such" was the commiseration felt for poor Williams , that all the bystanders wept bitterly . Mr . Coe ( tbe police officer—a humine man ) was moved to pity , he extended the hand of charity to tbe poor sufferers . "

      The following account of an incident in an exterruination scene is also Riven by a correspondent of the Limerick Reporter : — " Bobrisoleigh , Feb . 14 , 1850 . —Tuesday , two special bailiffs , under the warrants of tho sub-sheriff , with four others , entered the lands of Rathlcasty , the property of Mr . Thomas Fogarty Cahill , to eject and take possession of the bouses and six acres of land , held by the Widow Connors and three children . The poor widow seeing the messengers of woe enter her once happy home , gave all sorts of resistance in the shape of throwing fire , boiling water , ( Sic , on them ; and , after a desperate struggle , she received a severe wound in the head , which , I am informed , laid her senseless on the ground , but she was ultimately ; evicted , and is now under the care of Dr . W . Pinchin . "

      Threatening Notices . —We regret to state that , in addition to the crime of incendiarism , Which has lately manifested itself in this hitherto peaceable county , we have to add that of serving threatening notices . A case of this kind has just been reported to us ; and the following are the particulars in reference to it :-Some time since , an old man , named George Douglas , who resided in the town land of Ballylisbreden , parish of Dundonald , had two acres of land , the tenant-right , or " good-will , " of which he wished to sell . One or two parties entered into treaty with him for the purchase of it ; but , eventually , he sold it to one James Craig , who lives in the townland above-named , who gave Douglas £ 5 for his "good-will" of the land , at the ' same time clearing

      off the arrears of rent , and conditioning to support the old man for the remainder of his life . Craig got possession of the two acres on the 26 th December last , and shortly after a threatening notice , of which the following is a copy , was left at his door : — " For James Craig—Dear Sir : I would wish to inform you , that if you do not throw that small bit of land up again , the first plough you put in it , you may abide the consequences , for if it was at four years , we will be revenged for your doing so . Mr . Woodside ' s may be a pattern for you . 'Your coffin . '"—( A coffin here . ) Nothing followed from this threat , until last Sunday morning , when an outhouse containing farm implements , . and convenient to Craig ' s dwelling house , was discovered by the servant-boy ,

      to be on fire , between three arid four o ' clock in tlie morning . ' He raised an alarm immediately , butand we regret to be obliged to state it , for it , is the worst feature in tbe case— -not one of his neighbours came forward to assist him in extinguishing the flames . The police stationed at Dundonald were sent for ; and , in a very short time , constable Hicks and the party under his command arrived on the spot ; but , although they used every exertion , the outhouse and the implements it contained were all consumed . They succeeded , however , in preventing the flames spreading , as it was at one time feared they would do , to the dwelling-house . Oh Monday morning , Craig swore informations on the matter , before & A . Gordon , Esq ., J . Pi , of Dundonald . who

      issued a warrant fur the apprehension of two men , named flngh and Thomas Cony , tarmers , who were arrested on suspicion of being the guilty parties . They lodged bail for their appearance this day at the Holy wood Petty Sessions . Since their arrest a second threatening notice has been received by Craig , through the Post-office , It bears the Belfast , Newtownards , and Dundonald post-marks ; and the following is a copy of it ;— " Sir , —We give ourselves the trouble of writing you these few lines to warn you to give up that small farm of land , or , if you do not , we will burn yon to hell . Do not think we are jesting ; for , as true as God is in heaven , we will ' make an example of you . ( Representation of a coffin here . ) You are blaming men that knows nothing of

      your affairs . You may let your brother , Francis Watson , know that he will soon be cither in heaven or hell . He may just as well think to escape Christ ' s judgment day as to escape from us . He need riot look for any mercy to be given tohim ; No more at present . \ Yours , truly , the Terryalts . " ' ( Another coffin here . ) Several circumstances ; in' connexion ; with this , unfortunate affair , in addition to those we have detailed , ' have come ' to our khowledgej' but , in justice to the parties who have been arrested on ' suspicion ) we forbear mentionihgthem . ^ iVbrtftcm' Whig ; Thb Carloui Sentinel states . that the cholera"has broken out in the Workhouse ' at'Gorey , and already sweptaway a large number of the inmates . It is also- stated that the disease had ' appeared in the towii | aadprotedfi » taito several

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      """ The Most . Bey * Archbishop -Slattery , of Cashed has addre & sed ; a letter , tohis flock , urging them not to frequent of encourage the ' new ! colleges , on the iground 'that they have been condemned in ' the ' prescripts ofthe Roman propaganda . - '•' ¦'¦ ' '; Tub Court of Chancery was occupied on Monday in investigating a charge ; of a very singular : hature , brought against-an ' attorney ; . named Callaghan ,: who , it was alleged , had procured the appointment of his own menial servant as a receiver under the court , for the purpose of obtaining the fees himself : It was stated m the charges against him , that he w . is in the habit of dressing out his own servant in his own clothes , when it was necessary to bring him forward in the master ' s office ) arid that he took a , small house in the outskirts of Dublin as an

      ostensible residence for the riiock receiver , whom he styled a , ' , ' gentleman . " ,- The charges were made by a clerk of Mr . Calhighan ' s , named Doyle ; In the case of " Guinoy v . Malley , " in which tho right of the contractor to re-seize arid sell over again the furniture of Ballina Workhouse after . it had been bought in through tho charitable aid of Mr . Cfurn < jy '» nd'the Societydf Friends , has been tried , terminated on Saturday in , the discharge of the jury without agreeing to a verdict . The Repeal Association . — .. This bod y met on Monday at Conciliation" Hall , Mr . C . Ryan in the chair . . Mr . John O'Connellhaving £ 87 s . received from Wexford ,, through the Rev . Mr . Sihnott , ' proceeded to address the meeting , He said tho most important measure before the House of Commons , for their consideration was that for the relief of tbr .

      poor , and he was happy to sec that Lord J . Russell had come down to move for the . sum of £ 300 , 000 from the coffers of the state for the relief of tho poor it . was not often he said a good word for Lord John Russell , for it was not . often he gave them the opportunity , but he would give the devil his due , and in that case the Prime Minister deserved it . After somo further observations , Mr . O'Connell announced the rent te be £ 20 6 s . 8 d ., arid said that a few weeks ago he feared he would have to intimate that the association could not go on , ' but he was agreeably disappointed . For the present the attention of all is turned in breathless anxiety to the new landlord and tenant measure of the . government , on which so much of

      the future prosperity and internal tranquillity of this country must depend ; and there is much reason to fear that even such a measure as will be received as a boon in the rest of Ireland ,, will go but little way to allay the discontent of tbe tenant farmers in tho north , where old privileges and customs peculiar to the soil have long been enjoyed . The question at issue , between the Marquis of Hertford and his tenantry has attracted a good deal of attention in Ireland , and the result ofthe deputation which waited recently on his lordship , has been looked to with interest . His lordship in his formal reply to the deputation states that he will

      make a reduction of fifteen per cent , on the rents due the 1 st of November last , provided they are paid up by the 5 th of April ; and that ho will issue to those who may not be able to clear off arrears , tickets for draining , at the' rate of £ 2 or £ 3 per acre , to the extent of trenty , twenty-five , and , in some cases , thirty per cent ., on the rents due November last . r ... Another inquest has been held in Clare , in a case of starvation , for Want of but-door relief . The case took place in the union of Ennistymon , and the verdict was "died from starvation , in consequence of being turned out of the workhouse , and getting no out-door relief . "

      Brutal Murder , —An inquest , was held on Saturday last at Mountprospect on the body of a boy named Patrick Hall . " The following were the chief facts as connected with this case , and elicited at the iiiqut'st : —The deceased arid a young man named Soyellived a » servants with the Rev . Mr . Henry , P . P . No good feeling appeared at any time to exist between Boyle and deceased . On Thursday morning deceased was missing , and it was at first supposed he had gone to the county of Sligo , where his family resides ? However , as the feelings of the prisoner towards the deceased were well known , his absence created considerable anxiety among the family—search was made , and the body was found buried in the garden , one of the hands protruding through the day . The body presented a dreadful appearance , bearing the marks of eleven pitchfork stabs in different places ; the nose was also much mutilated . The prisoner was fully committed for trial . —Itosscommon Messenger .

      Shipwrecks. Wrecks On The Welsh Coast.—T...

      SHIPWRECKS . Wrecks on the Welsh Coast . —The late gales have been most disastrous to the shipping along the coasts ; and , in addition to the recorded disaster ' s , it is feared , from the portions of wreck which have come ashore in various localities , that other shipwrecks have : occurred . We regret to state that there is every reason to believe that a large vessel has been wrecked on the Laugharne Sands , as the bow of a fine , ship , apparently of about 500 tons burthen , with a female nsjurehead , has been washed ashore . Tho stern ofa boat , with the name Mary

      M'Queeney , of Pool , Isaac Seaman , master , has also come ashore , and it is supposed to belong to the above wreck . The Thetis , from Newport to Liirierick , has been wrecked in , Cardigan-bay , and only two persons have been saved out of a crew of thirteen men . The smack Catherine , of Port Madoc , David Evans ,, master , from Newport , for Mochras , has been lost on the Patches , near Aberystwith , and all hands have perished . Some of the Bristol and Welsh steamers had upwards of three feet of water in their cabins during the gale of last week .

      Collision at Sea . —A collision of a most alarming character , involving the loss of two valuable vessels , was reported on Monday at Lloyds , as having occurred on the night of the 14 th inst ., the circumstances of which render it remarkable that the loss of life was not greater . Both vessels were English traders- —one the Floridian , a large barque , 300 tons burthen , belonged to Newcastle , the ouier was abrigantine , the Helen , belonging to Dumfries , from Lisbon , bound to Leith , both heavily laden . It was between eleven and twelve o ' clock when the accident happened , the spot lat . 45 . 58 , Ion . 8 , west . There was a heavy sea running , tbe wind was N . W . by N . in violent squalls , and the night exceedingly dark . The Floridian was under closed reefed , tonsails , as was also the case with the Helen , and both , it is asserted , bad a " good look out , " yet it appears neither of the vessels was seen until the very moment they came in contact . The force they , came

      together was truly tremendous . The Helen foundered almost instantly after , her crew having barely time to clamber away from the wreck into the Floridian , which seemed in the same condition . Her hull was cut down to the water ' s edge , and it was not expected she could outlive the night . One of tho Helen ' s crew perished ; in attempting ; to gain the Floridian . By incessant working at . the pumns both crews managed to keep the vessel from sinking , but still the water gained in the hold , and it became evident that there was no chance of saving her , and that in a few hours she would follow the fate of the Helen . . Very fortunately on the morning ofthe 15 th her perilous situation was observed by tbe schooner Victoria , which bore down . to her aid , and the master succeeded in taking , off the wreck the crews of both vessels . The Floridian disappeared under water in the course of an hour after . Their loss and cargo is calculated at upwards of £ 17 , 000 .

      The Caleb Grimshaw . —The Liverpool Albion reports the arrival of five of the survivors of ; this illfated ship , which it will be recollected was destroyed by fire , arid proceeds to state that' they have reached Liverpool almost entirely destitute , and are wholly unprovided to meet the necessities of their position . Messrs . Grimshaw , with laudable kindness , have granted to the little band free passage to Now Yerk ; but much more is required to place them in a fit state to encounter the difficulties of emigration . We have received the following document , however , nmL wo insert it in the hope of attracting some slight assistance from the public in answer , to the appeal which we believe is about to be made to them : "I . the undersigned , do hereby

      certify that the bearer hereol , James uaiey , was g ent to this port by John Squire Minohm , Esq ., British Vice-consul at Fayal , as a British subject , saved from tho American ship Caleb Grimshaw , which was destroyed by fire off these islands on her way from Liverpool to New York , and that he has been relieved by me and provided with a passage to England , under the instructions of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Treasuy . Given under my hand , and at St . Michael's , the 21 st of January , 1850 Thomas C . Hunt , her Maj esty s Consul for the Azores . " The names of the individuals are-James Daley , Joshua Hollands , Pat . Bcvaris , W . Gallaher , I . Gallaher , and P . Rogers . . - " Shipwreck and Loss of Life . —It nag been

      ascertained that another fatal wreck has resulted from the recent disastrous gales ., The smack , Catherine , of Port Madoc , David Evans , bound from Newport to Honduras , left Milford Haven on the 4 th inst ., in corhpany with several other vessels ( all of which , with the exception of the Catherine , have since been heard of . ) During the night of the 5 th it . blew a hurricane , and the Catherine was lost sight of . It is supposed that she must have drifted on to the Patches / near Aberystwith , as several pieces of wreck , two Welsh bibles-with the captain ' s name inscribed in one , and a hymn book : containing the name ofthe mate , hayn been washed ashore . The captain , has left ft recently-married wife ; the mate a wife and five children . .. . . - ; ,

      'Assuoberth In The . Church.—The Followi...

      'ASsuoBerth in the . Church . —The following tempting offer , , addressed to clergymen of the Established Church , appears in the'form' of ' an advertisement in the columns ofa contemporary s" ¦ Next presentation to a sinocure . provincial rectory producirig £ 252 , per ; . annum , to be . sold . , Present incumbent aged . sey ' enty « two . , No . pauper popular tion , rid poors rates . 'ho church , no glebe , ho duty . For t # msV apply , " fcc , ; ¦ •' - . v - •¦

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      ' . «' *; '' TBEtoEIlS dP / T ^ HpBTH . ^ .. ,. A ; general public meetings of r the Miners of Northumberland and Durhanrtobk place on Slia . don s Hill , on Saturday last- February 16 th , for the purpose of ^ adopting a pe . titiori ' foParlfaBlerit rela-; tive ; to a systora , of Goverrirnerit inspection of mines . ; : ; At the appointed hour Mr ., A , . Stoves was called upon to preside , and after ; a few- bmf ,. remarks he called upon Mr . W ; Tdiblwell , to move the first resolution as follows : ¦— " That events which have lately transpired have given an increased importance to the coal mines of this country , —our commercial and manufacturing prosperity ineeessavily depending thereon . 'That / with this increased importance the spirit of speculation has been invoked , resultinsr in

      an extensive breadth of coal works . But in thus opening the valuable treasures ofthe earth little regard has been given to the providing of a sufficiently healthy atmosphere for theworkriien , hence the loss of life by accidents in mines have , within late years , been much more fatally severe than in any proportionate previous period , arid calls aloud for a remedy . " Mr . Thirlwell in a very able and energetic address ; called attention to the ' worth of the miner , and showed thati though as a body of men who had few ; opportunities of obtaining knowledge , who indeed . could not obtain a like amount of intelligence which the other portion of the working classes of this country could command , . especially those' who lived in . large' towns , and who had immense facilities for those acquirements which servo to elevate man to his proper position , yet they ( the miners ) were steadily improving , and he hoped the day was not far distant when the importance of the

      miner would hot be so generally overlooked , and when the Legislature would not hesitate to accord to thema measure of protection , providing- against the manifest ; negligence and carelessness of their health and lives by their employers . Mr . R . Archer seconded the resolution , by observing thathe was not prepared ' to address them at any length owing to his debility and weakness , but as ho had always done whatever lay in his power to help forward the cause of progress among the miners , he was still willing to do so . In the matter now before them he must say that , there did exist an imperative necessity for some remed y for so crying an evil , and he trusted the agitation nb . w begun would result in bringing a measure of relief commensurate withithe enormous ; evils to remove . Mr . . 'Archer concluded an excellent address by seconding tl \ o resolution , which , was carried without a dissentient . ' '

      Mr . Hi Fawcrtx moved the second resolution as follows : — " That whereas the Legislature have provided inspectors of factories , railways , steamboats , and passenger ships , whereby the owners and managers ofthe same . are made responsible for the safety of the lives and health of those committed to their care , and are now subjected to severe ' penalties for any neglect or carelessness connected therewith . That tho governments of Continental Europe have for along period of years applied . the principle of surveillance to the mines of their respective countries , and which have been attended with signal success in the prevention of accidents , & c , therefore : this meeting resolves to petition the Legislature ot this country , entreating it-to grant us a similar system of public and responsible

      inspection on equal terms , with those parties afore men . tioned . " Many striking facts illustrative ofthe necessity of some power steppirig'in between them and their employers , who invariably paid- ho regard to the unhealthiness of the places where they had to work , and corisequentlyjhe miners were exposed to continual danger , and what was worse , let what will hapneh'to a man when following his wprk he was unable to retreat . If he saw the roof ready to fall , —the gas ready to ignite , —there was no escape ; for behind him always stood a large tub filled with coals , which . so completely filled the passage , that however desirous a man might be to retreat when he saw danger he could not do . so . -. Mr . W . Bird seconded this resolution with'great

      pleasure . He appealed to the great body of men present to certify that such a resolution was not only necessary but just . Had not the Legislature given protection to the factory-workers , to railway travellers , arid to parties who ¦ wearied with the bonds Of oppression in this Conntry were about to cross the wide ocean , and seek a home in a distant land ? Had there not been special acts of parliament to ensure a more healthy atmosphere in large towns ? Then why not descend to fne dark caverns of the mine and give protection to those who" were so far removed from public investigation , and who were so oppressed and tyrannis id over by the emjployers that they dare not complain ? Yes , fellowworkmen , ( exclaimed Mr , Bird . ) it is just , it is

      imperativel y essential that ourlliyes be better protected , and if we persevere arid press forward our claims we shall obtain that measure of relief which will at least mitigate our sufferings . Mr . Bird ' concluded a most brilliant address by seconding the resolution , which was carried by acclamation . - .::: ' Mr . J . Fawceit moved that the following petition , founded on the foregoing resolutions , be adopted , and forwarded for presentation to both Houses of Parliament . The speaker iriade frequent appeals to the people whether the particular statements in the petition were true , and to which there arose in answer , — " ay , too true . . Mr . Fawcett having donefull justice to the reading and explaining the petition , and by , taking every pains to make each

      section of it well understood , moved its adoption , which being seconded by H . Fawceit , was put to the meeting and unanimously adopted . . The Chairman then introduced Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds ,. Editor of the Political Instructor , cbc , fo the meeting , which gave that gentleman a very gratifying reception . Mr . Reynolds said that he had great pleasure in meeting so large a body of the industrious northcountry miners , and he must assure them that their kind reception of him that day would not soon be effaced from his memory . ; With regard to "' the subject matter on which they had ( at immense sacrifice of time and money , ) met'that day to talk about , he must inform them that his attention had for a long time been directed to those fearful

      eatastrophies . He had not blinked the question , but had published , at various times in the Mseellany , his thoughts and opinions upon that question ) arid he must now repeat that it is' a scandal and a disgrace to our Legislature in not attending to tho petitions and complaints ofthe miners upon this subject . He had himself observed the mode of conducting coroners' inquests , and he did not hesitate' to say that no redress could come from that quarter . The government ( continued Mr ; Reynolds ) were' the proper parties who ought to take the . measure up , and who ; could , if they chose , give a measureof relief that would be quite as ; effective as that which was obtained on the . Continent , . andwhich was admitted to have exercised a powerful influence in

      diminishing the number of accidents in the mines , of France , Belgium , ' Ac , & 6 : Mr . Reynolds then briefly glanced at the powerful influence , which ; no doubt would be opposed tothe miners in the House of Commons , and urged the necessity ; of their enfranchisement ; before justice would be accorded them , concluding an excellent address , which was followed by several rounds of applause , " and the most hearty cheers from the assembled multitude . Itwas then agreed that , in order to carry outthe objects embraced in the petition , that a committee of not less than five persons ( miners ) , be elected ) and that each member contribute one penny per , foftr night if necessary , towards bearing tho expense connected with this business .

      The meeting then recorded theirsmcere thanks to the following . members , of parliament ; Mr . T . S . Buncombe , Mr . Aglionby , Mr . Hume ) , Mr . Wyld , Mr ; Bernal , Sir . Joshua Walmsley , George Thompson , and all those who have in any way assisted the miners , in their attempts to obtain legislative inspection of collieries ; and likewise to Mr . Reynolds , for his kindness in visiting them , after which the proceedings were closed , ana each colliery , with their banners unfurled , wended their way to their several homes , evidently delighted with the day ' s proceedings . > » ' - ' - ¦ ¦ ; The miners being desirous to learn more from Mr . Reynolds , a public meeting was convened in : the Lecture Room ) Nelson-street , Newcastle ,, at seven

      o ' clock in the . evening , , when that gentleman delivered a most animated and soul-stirring address ) bri the social condition of the working classes of this country , and particularly the hard lot of the miner , who had to hew out , or to excavate from the bowels ofthe earth , that mineral , whieh , wjthout a doubt , was the mainspring of all our wealth and greatness , and the happiness and comfort enjoyed at our own firesides . Let ( exclaimed Mr . Reynolds ) but the miner shut up his shop , and see how soon all other shops must be closed . - Let'but the miners stay the pick , and soon your mighty steamers , which ; glides so swiftly , through the waves , will come to a stand ; our manufactories will be stopped , and the whole communicationby railway cut off . The men who are

      thus ofthe greatest importance tothe whole nation , are treated with the ! greatest ariionnt of contempt and contumely by their masters and the government , and denied a protection for their lives , when following such dangerous eriiploymeht ; ' Mr . Reynolds then alluded to the cave and attention bestowed upon the mining population of France- * Belgiuihj and other continental governments , sad contrasted the results of such care , as exhibited in the continued kindred feeling always provaloaii , between the employers and emplpseu * in those' countries ' ; and which also had . been' productivei of a diminished per

      centftge of accidents , although ! mines had ( 'considerably increased iri . those , countries , with ; the non-interference . of o ^ governmenti iLlike matters ; and which resulted fnporistarit bickerings between the owners ' of the pit andthe ^ ww-knien , and the increased number and extent ' of the sacrifice of human life in the collieries of this country . * ; Mh Reynolds then related an historical : anecdote , showing- bow ; the ; colliers of . this district ; : had ; been ^ saddlea with the tax of one shilling per chaldron , pay able , to the Duke of Richmond , for no / other reason , but that the . said duke was : a natural son ofthe'" merry monarch " I Charles II / and wh 6 ; hadenjoyed thia p « asio » until

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      a recent'date . ; when ' thV matter becoming ' too , notc « rious , the le ^ slaturVWd-pDrcbased the pension of the duke fora- consideration ; which relieved the ' pbrfj of Newcastle of thhvmongfrous 'impost . !* "Mr . ltey . nolda concluded an excellent lecture / with a pero * ration of a ; most thrilling , . nature , which ' evidentl y told j upon the sympatliies ' of the audience ; and at its conclusion , - there arose one loud bursit of ap . plause , which continued to reverberate through tha building for several seconds .- - Mr . Joseph Fawcett ,-a ; miner , then recited the

      "Miner ' s Dream , " a descriptive poem of . the de . plorable ; effects of an explosion ; written expressly for the miners , ; by J . P . Bobsoh ) of this town , A vote of thanks was ' then given to . Mr . R' -ynolds , which ended the business of the meeting ; and in which it is but justice to add , thet every one present manifested the highest delight , and evinced the greatest pleasure at . the visit of that gentleman , who had come so great a distance to cheer them oh , and add a ray of hope that the miner might look forward to a day , when his condition would re « oeive that attention whichit so clearly deserved .

      The Holytown Miners. The Miners Of Holy ...

      THE HOLYTOWN MINERS . The miners of Holy town district held their weekly delegate meeting on Saturday , the 16 th instant , which was' attended by delegates from WoodhalL Cambrae , Motherwell , Legbranick , . Chapel-hill Stevenson , 4 c . The business was gone through with , the same spirit whi ch has characterisedthe proceedings of the men in this part for some years . It was announced that " the next district delegate meethnr would beheld in the Masons ' Lodge , Holytown on Saturday , the 23 d inst ., and that a delegate meeting would be held at William M'Nie ' s , Park-head , near Glasgow , on the 25 th inst . Tha miners of this part of Scotland have had another proof of the necessity of union , not only among the miners , "but in all otherjtrades . In Lanarkshire , it iVgenerally considered that the wages of the miners are regulated by the price of iron ; but the price of pig iron has been ; un for " a long time back , and yet the masters

      I never offered an advance until the miners re-commenced their union . The masters ,-with the exception of two in the Holytown district , have given sixpencejper day-advance . Every miner is aware that when an advance is made , it is not the masters but the public who pay . it . For instance : the masters are paying the men in this part three shillings perwaggon , not including the dross or small , which the masters get for nothing . The men send out twentysix cwts . of coals to the waggon , and tbe masters sell twenty-four cwts . to the waggon in the market for which they get nine shillings , never speaking about ; the overweight . For the sixpence per day which ; the masters have given the men , they have raisedjthe coals in Glasgow market two shillings the waggon ; and it will thus be seen that the masters are getting one shilling and sixpence , while the men are getting sixpence .

      ; Tbe Stonemasons' Strike. To The Editor...

      ; TBE STONEMASONS' STRIKE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN ST AH . Sin—We , the causeway stone-dressers , of Dancing Cairn , ; near Aberdeen , lately employed by Mr . Manuel , and now on strike , request the favour of youy columns , to disabunc the minds of the London paving authorities , and others concerned in the business , as to the cause of our strike , we having good reason for concluding that bur case is mis * represented . We ^ hall briefl y . state a few facts . ' The first in order was the formation ofa union , on . the part of the employers to reduce wages . Mr . Manuel , our

      late employer , acted as chairman . A reduction of twentyj per cent , was offered , but successfully resisted jon the part " of the workmen , who formed a defensive union , to counteract the reduction tendencies of the employers . Mr . Manuel then inti mated that he would be' tlie first to raise and the last to , reduce wages—however , reductions to the extentpf twenty per cent , have been made at different periods . This sliding scale of reduction was continued till November last , when the men struck against a further reduction of five per cent , which strike kill continuing , we trust that those parties interested will compare notes , and draw conclusions For thehiselves . - ! We remain , Sir , yours respectfully , ' ^ ! . „ . Thb Causeway Sione-dbbssers . Dancing Cairn , near Aberdeen . m .

      Destruction Of Bishop's Rock Lighthouse ...

      Destruction of Bishop ' s Rock Lighthouse , off Scillt . —Amongst the various disasters which occurred in the gale of the 5 th inst . we have to record the total destruction of the bishop ' s Rock Lighthouse , off Scilly , situated about ten miles westward of the Land ' s-end . The li ghthouse was inprogressoferectionbyMr . Douglas for the corporation of Trinity House . On the Tuesday ni ght it was standing , and on the following morning riot a trace of its existence was visible . The lighthouse was formed of cast-iron columns / braced and stayed with wi-ought-iron rods ; It would have been upwards of 120 feet high , being twenty feet higher than the Eddystone . —Penzance Gazette . Curious Relic— The Duke of Devonshire on his late visit to his estate in Ireland brought back with him that very curious relic of antiauitv . the crozier

      ofthe ancient Bishops of Waterford and Lismoro , which came into hia Grace ' s hands , we believe , with the . property ofthe Boyles ) Earls of Cork . It is of bronze ) ornamented with enamel and beads , and if it do not belong ( as somo antiquaries contend it does ) tb the eighth or ninth century , it ij certainly not of later manufacture than the very commencement ofthe twelfth century , the reign of Henry I . It has been privately seen by not a few Irish antiquaries , who are of opinion that it is of the workmanship of that country ; and the Duke has kindly consented to its exhibition at the Society of Antiquaries in London , on an early occasion , in order to ascertain thedecision of that learned body as to its precise age , and the part ofthe world where it was made . : It seems clear that it did not come originally from Italy . —Globe .

      Mail for Madeira . —A notice has been issued at the Post-office , that mails will be made up on the evening of February 23 rd for Madeira , to be conveyed by her Majesty ' s sloop Sphynx , which will sail from Devonport after the arrival of the London post on the morning of Feb . 24 . Letters for Madeira will be liable to a postage of Is . lOd . the half ounce , and so on ; and newspapers to the charge of 2 d . each . All letters and newspapers intended to be sent by this vessel must be specially addressed , " By her Majesty ' s sloop Sphynx . " Tarnow , Galicia , Jav . 28 . —The Tarnow board of aldermen has proclaimed , with beat of drum , an ordinance wherein every father of a family and householder is obliged , under penaltv of twenty-five

      florins , * to set down on a list all the males . from eighteen to thirty years old , belonging to his house * hold . ; In the years 1848 and 1849 , " 80 , 000 soldiers were raised in : Galicia , and now another strong recruitment is demanded . Since 1846 the population has been greatly wasted by epidemics ; and in 1840 only dwarfed and crippled creatures were haulediin the net of the recruiting sergeant . -English Ehterprise in iRELAsn .-i-It is almost with a feeling of mortification that one constantly reads in the Irish journals such statements as follow . Why is it that the vast industrial resources of Ireland are left , it would seem , to the sole developement of strangers to the soil ? Is it that the spirit of honourable enterprise among Irishmen

      is altogether crushed by faction , ancT that they have for once and all made up their minds to waste their expiring energies in vain ' and childish pursuits after shadows , leaving others more fortunate to father the substance . Mr . Duffy tells us that Inglish and Scotch shopkeepers make rapid fortunes in Dublin , while tho "natives" can scarcely keep body and soul together ; and here isanother instance of what may be achieved by industry and perseverance when properl y directed : — " During the last winter ( says the Repeal Limerick Examiner ) one hundred menwere employed by Mr , Colletfc in exploring the lead lodes , near the Shannon , above Kllaloe ; and above £ 500 was expended in the work . Mr . Collett is the well-known enterprising

      Englishman who has been' extensively engaged in . mming operations in this country , He has since transferred his staff to the county of Galway , near Gort , where ; the lead ore is more valuable . He . has re « cently , we understand , directed the prosecution of works in some productive veins of iron ore ( pyrites ) at Penny Well , outside this city , < and a contract has already been entered into ; for that purpose .: It is supposed that a rich copper deposit will be reached and obtained . We should hope-that the capitalists of Limerick will co-operate m every way possible , The mining works are not liable to poor-rates ) nop will they be for the next Seven years . The slate quarries of Killaloe , worked under- the supeririten * [ dence of Mr . Headeeh , who has a depot in this city *

      were , we believe ,, first , opened by Mr , Colletty- an « for the last ten years have in themselves furnished proofs of tbe success attending the enterprise , with , which Mr . Coitett has assisted to . deyelopethO , resources of thiecountry . " V ;• ¦ . ¦ : -. English Marriages in PAnis . —The followmg cornsular notice has been issued respecting the . altera * tions recently made in connexion with this subject : ' By the new regulatioas it is required that the parties , desirous of having the ceremony performed at the British embassy , as heretofore , shall , na , vo dwelt in the district : of the British Consulate at Paris during one calendar month , at least , and that !

      notice be given to . tho consul of ; tbointended , rnar « , riage , such notice to be suspended hv the consular office during seven successive days if . the masriagV is to be aolemnised . by license , or 'twenty-one successive days if the marriage is to-be- solemnised without license , i The fees on ¦ these ¦ marriages are considerably augmented ) being now'lOs . ' forenteri ing and suspending notice jlOsl for every ' marfiagd solemnised by , or in the presence of , " the consul without license , or 20 s . if by license ; the license is also 20 s . Births and deaths will ) henceforward ; be' registered at . the cons ^ e . when requested , OR PWentof , 4 s , Od , " . ,..-..: ¦ :., - ' .. ¦

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 23, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23021850/page/6/