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Health of London dcrixg the "Week . —It is one of the characters of epidemic diseases that in some years their fatality is inconsiderable , in other years excessive . Since 1832 and 1 S 33 cases of cholera have appeared iu the tables : but , the deaths in the second week of August during the past live years have , fluctuated from I to 23 . In the week ending Saturday , AurastlSth , the deaths in London ¦ were 2 , 230 , of whiciri , 23 i > were by cholera , 1 S 3 by diari-ha-a . The deaths from all causes in the last «? ven weeks were ] , » 7 ' % 1 , 369 . 1 , 7 * 1 , ^ V-J ' -wA ' 3 , A !»;> and 2 , 230 : the dm : lis from cholera , 132 , 03 J , C 7 S , 1 SJ , « 2 fi , 62 } , and 1 , 2-30 . . The deaths from cholera excerd diusc in the previous week by 401 but iu that week the mortality declined , ihe population is about 2 2 y 0 'J 00 , so that nearly 1 hi 1 , 0110
,, of the inhabitants now die weekly . The deaths from all diseases , except cholera , arc 1 , 000 , which is ihe avenge number ofthc svason , and 533 were at ages under 15 , 256 at ihe ages lo - GO , 205 at tho age of CO and upwards . Of the 1 , 200 persons -who died from cholera , 318 were under the ago of 15 ; 721 were 15 — 00 , and 191 were < XJ ami upwards ; it currcs off an excessive proportion of people in the prime of life . 597 males and 633 females died of the disease last week ; at an earlier period of the epidemic the deaths of males exceeded those of females . Of 6 , 11 * 1 persons -who have died of cholera in London since September , ISIS , 3 , 524 died on tlie south side of the Thames . It has now crossed the river . The mortality last week increased in the districts of St .
George Soutbwark , Xewington , and Lambeth : it broke out with extraordinary violence in Greenwich ; and on the north side of the Thames in . Stepney , Shore-ditch , and Seihiial Green , 55 , 9 S , aud 12- " . deaths were reg istered . The deaths from cholera in the last two weeks were 35 and 125 in Ucthual Green , 21 and 98 in Short-ditch , 24 and 55 in Stepney , 42 and 76 in the districts of the east , -west , and city of London , comprehending the juris diction of the City properly so called , 7 and 24 in 3 Iarylebone , 17 and 34 in Westminster district , 5 and * 20 in Chelsea . This excessive mortality must be viewed with great regret . Looking io the authentic reports ofthe effects ofgeiser . il sanitary measures , and of efficient medical relief placed within the reach or carried to the homes of the
people , it is quite evident that the measures now in operation are unequal to the emergency . The classes which have the greatest claim for public succour are not idle habitual pauper * , but the hardworking artisan ; tcc it i s spited that in some parishes the arrangements are such that medical relief is not procurable directly from the midi- -. il officers , who arc , to tho utmost extent of their powers , disch : u'"iu < r their painful duties with praiseworthy diligence and humanity . In a disease which so often attacks in the night , and is fatal in twentyfour hours , the poor have to procure orders before they can be treated . Unless some change be made ia these simple administrative arrangements , the mortality from cholera may be higher than it has yd been in Loudon .
Attempt by a Hcsnxxn to Murder his Wife . — Suicide of the HusBAxn . —On Saturday an inquest -was held before Mr . II . M . Wakley , iu the University College Hospital , on George Morton , a painter and glazier , late of Melton-crescent , aged 52 . The jury having been sworn , proceeded to view the body , and upon their return a juror said it was disgraceful to allow them to witness the hideously disgusting spectacle which the body presented , aud which was one srore of blood . —Another juror : The dissectingroom was like a ilamjliter-house . Xothing but the trunk lav on the tabic— . A third juror : The spectacle has quite sickened we . —Several jurors : We never before witnessed so revolting a spectacle . Xotliin ? would induce us to view it again . —The Coroner : Gentlemen , I deeply regret that your
feelings should have been outraged . I assure you that had 1 been aware of the condition of the body I should not have allowed yon to see it in that state . The following wituesses were then examined : — W . II . Hawkins , hospital porter , stated that at half past ten the previous morning deceased was brought in a cab to the hospital in an insensible state , and -vomiting , lie was carried to the casualty ward , -where he was attended by Mr . Plover , the housesurgeon , and died at a quarter before eleven the same morning . —Mrs . Anne Brooke , landlady of 29 , ilclton-crcscent , deposed that deceased lodged with Lcr two mouths . lie came to her house as a single man . Shortly after lie brought Lome his daughter , aged ten . On Thursday nig ht his wife , for the first timevisited her . That evening witness , hearing
, them quarrel , went up and knocked at his door . He said lie would not admit her . She listened at the door , and hearing him say to his wife that he would destroy both her and himself , she exclaimed , " AVhat are yon about ? " lie replied , " Go down , and you will Lear no more about it . " Witness went down , and during the night she heard no more noise . About ten o ' clock the following morning sbc heard the report of a pistol , but took no notice of it , as she did not think it was in the house . Soon afterwards sbc heard a scream , the report of another pistol ; and , on looking towards the hall-door , saw deceased firing at his wife as she rushed into the street , he following her . After pursuing her a hundred yards , he returned , savin * " Where is she ? " and asked nennissiou to
go up tohisroom . Witness held him , and would not let him go . A Mr . Rose then searched his pocket , and took from it a pistol ; after which deceased darted up stairs , and , patting his hand inside a cupboard , he drank a tumbler of poison , g athering the particles at the bottom with his fingers , and putting them into his month , lie almost instantly fell to the ground insensible . —By the Coroner : ' Witness never observed anything peculiar in deceased ' s conduct . lie was exceedingly sober and quiet . The shot took effect in the wife's shoulder . The slugs penetrated her dress . The night previous she heard his wife exclaim , " Look at what he lias in his hand ; lie attempted to shoot me . " Jealously was the cause of their quarrels . Deceased worked for Mr . Cubitt and Mr .
Showoright-.--Arethusa Morton , daughter of deceased , aired ten , said her father had been married to her stepmother two months , and soon after their marriage tlicv quarrelled and separated . On Thursday nisht lier father met her stepmother accidentally , and induced her to go home with him . After she -vras tliere some time she wanted to go asvay ; he -would not let her , dragged her about , and threatened to destroy both himself and Lei * if she did not remain . He said , "I'll shoot you and poison myself if you go out . " They went to bed peaceably and got up peaceably the following morning . Shortl y after breakfast her father sent- her out into a passage . On her return she found that he had shot her stepmother and poisoned himself . — Mrs . Morton , the widow , a pretty looking and rather fashionably dressed woman , njred twenty-seven ,
stated that she married deceased on the 7 th of May , and lclt home 3 une 13 th , in consequence of his -violent temper , which put her in bodily fear . She -visited him on Thursday in consequence of a letter lie wrote to her . ( The letter was produced , it was ¦ well written , covered four sides , and expressed the strongest desire for a reconciliation . ) The shot struck her shoulder , passing through her dress , and slightly touched her left ear . Deceased was a sober man , hut smoked to a frightful extent . The slugs did not enter her arm . —X . r . Hover , house physician , opened the body and found sufficient oxalic acid in the stomach to cause death . All the organs , excepting the brain , which was a little softened , -were healthy . On deceased ' s person he found the ¦ powder and * large swan drop produced , together -with some documents . The jury , after a brief deliberation , returned a -verdict of "Insanity . "
Death of a Mother and Child . — Before Mr . Bedford , at the Swan , Mount-street , Grosvcnorsquare , on the body of Hannah Withers , aged 40 , a confidential servant in the employ of William Dcerin < % Esq , one of the county magistrates for Berkshire . The deceased had ' complained of pains in the head for some time , and it was suspected by some of the other servants that she was in the family-way , hut this she denied . On Monday week her mother , who is said to live at Paddingtongreen , called to see the deceased , and sue was heard to say , " The sooner you get out of the house the "better . " On the Tuesday they went away together , when the deceased said she was going to have a hath , which the doctor had recommended . On ihe same day she called on Mr . . Webb , of
Wardourstreet , a surgeon , and told him that her name was Williams , that she was in service , aud her husband in the country , and she feared she was in the family -way , which must not be known at Mr . Dec-ring ' s , lie told her she appeared to be in labour then , and advised her to get lodgings directly , or go home . In the evening a woman named Lee called on him , aud said she could not get lodgings anywhere , and Mr . Webb then said a gentleman who lived in his house had gone out of town , and she could have the apartment ,-which was agreed to . During the same night deceased was confined , and TJr . Steggle "was called in , and it became necessary to open the child ' s lead to save the mother ' s life , hut in the opinion of Jfr . Webb the child was dead at the time . On Tuesdav she told Mr , Webb she should
fo home the next day , and he expostulated with er , and said it would te instant death . She would go to Mr . Deering ' s , and then , seeing she was so ill , Mr . rarratt , of Mount-street , surgeon , was sent for , but he had no hopes of her recovery . There - was discovered great effusion on the brain " which he had no doubt -was caused by excitement and neg lect . It seems that even on Saturday she went to Mr . Webb in a cab , and Tie tdldlicr cither to let him know where she was , and no one would be told -what had happened , or else get advice from some ojc else . She would do neither . —The jurv returned the following special verdict , « That th * e deceased dia J of disease of the bain , caused by great mental anxiety before , and total neglect of herself after Owvery . *
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policeman on duty in Argylc-sti-eet , Oxford-street , discovered that a house had been broken into . He instantly procured assistance , when he commenced a search for the burglars . He found that the whole of the plate had been removed , and feeling satisfied that the thieves were in the house , he ascended to the upper part ,. and saw two men climbing up the ladder , leading to the roof . He caught hold of one of them and handed him over to the custody of another constable , while he followed the other thief , and in his attempting to get away , he fell from the roof and was instantly killed . The name of the man in custody is F . Teal or Peal , and tho deceased is well known to the police , but his name has not been ascertained . lie is about twenty years of age , five feet seven inches high , dark complexion , and dressed
in a , bUck . coat , striped waistcoat and trowsers . in his pocket was found a duplicate for a handkerchief pledged at Mr . Wells , Broad-street , Bloomsbury , in the name of If . Lumley . On Monday evening Mr . Bedford held an inquest at St . James's worlchcuse on the body . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased resided at tlie house of a man named Greaves , in Blackfriars-road . This Greaves was a verv bad character , and it seemed probable had led the deceased astray . At about t wo o ciocit on Sunday morning Mr . J . Rallies , residing at 3 d-, Oxford-street , was awakened by his servant , vno said that some men were breaking , in . He went down stairs , and on opening a landing window he heard a groan from the area beneath , or the bMKwent to the flOllt
vard . lie "arc an alarm , and then of the house , and called for the police , who arrived soon afterwards . There was a pane of glass hrohen in one ofthc third story back windows , and a part of the frame had been cut away with some sharp instrument . The noise of the falling glass had awakened the servant . On going down stairs into the hack yard he found the body of a man , quite dead , and bleeding profusely from the head . Prom a subsequent examination , it appeared that the deceased , accompanied by another man , secreted himself in the yard of the Argyle Arms public-house . Thence they contrived to ascend to the leads at the hack of the " house . They had removed the top of a conservatorv on those leads , and , having entered it , had commenced cuttins away the third floor
window , in order to enter the house . Hearing an alarm jfiven , the deceased attempted to escape , and in doinir so fell to the ground , from a height of thirty feet , literally dashing out his brains . His accomplice also jumped or fell , and was so much injured that the police captured him and conveyed him to the hospital , where lie still remains . The Coroner summed up these facts to the jury , observing that the cause of death was all that it was necessary for them to decide . It . would not be of any service that they should enter on the question of how the deceased got on the leads , but they would use their own discretion as to dealing with it . The jury returned a verdict" That the deceased was killed by a racture ofthe skull , caused hy a fall from the leads of a house , while attempting to commit a burglary . "
Munncn of a Wife by uer Husband . —On Friday week last , at a late hour , a man named ltobert Ward , a twine spinner , of 11 , James-street , Stepney , while quarrelling with his wife and daughter , took a red hot poker out of the fire and struck his wife a tremendous blow on the head with the weapon . Her skull was fractured by the blow , and she became insensible , in which state she remained until Saturday night , when she died in the London Hospital . Ward left his home after he inflicted the injury , and upon his return some hours afterwards he was taken into custody hy the police , who found in the house a poker with some hair adhering to it . The deceased ' s cap was also taken possession of by the police . The top of it was burnt , and the ribands by which it was fastened to her neck were
clotted with Mood . The prisoner was brought before Mr . Tardlcy , at the Thames Police-court , on Saturday morning , and remanded on the charge of feloniousl y wounding until Wednesday , when ho will be arraigned on a charge of wilful murder . It appears that Ward and his wife had been frequently quarrelling , and that the man was in a very excited state when lie struck the blow which caused the death of his wife . On Wednesday an inquest was held before Mr . Baker , at the London Hospital , on view of the body of Sarah Ward , aged 41 . The facts ofthe case having been fully elicited , the jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against the prisoner , who was committed from the Thames police-court on a charge of " Wilful Murder . " Suspected Child Murder at Bermoxdsev . —
On Wednesday Mr . Carter concluded an inquiry at the Cooper's Arms Tavern , Russell-street , touching the death of a newly-born male child found dead in a market-gardener ' s field , Blue Anchor-lane , Bermondsey . A verdict of "Found Dead" was recorded . DAmxG BunGiAnv . —About nine o ' clock on Saturday evening last the premises of Mr . George Simmons , cut g lass , chandelier , and lustre manufacturer , 531 , Jfcw Oxford-street , were broken open and robbed of a large amount of richly cut glass , consisting of decanters , lustres , salt-cellars , and smelling-bottles with silver tops , amounting in value of from £ 40 to £ 30 . The outer-door in Oxford-street was supposed to have been entered by false keys , hut the inner-door bv a crowbar , which the thieves
left behind . A man about 5 feet 4 inches in height , of a sallow complexion , and shabbily dressed , was seen with a basket-load of glass , about a dozen doors from the scene of the burglary , by a policeman in the E division , and some of the articles falling out of the basket were broken , several pieces of which were picked up , and hare been since identified . Attempted Robbery . —On Sunday evening a thief secreted himself on the premises of Mr . Clayton , news agent , 320 , Strand , and during the night broke open the desks , but did not succeed in finding anything of value . The lock of the till resisted all the efforts employed on the occasion . The thief succeeded in carrying off a quantity of postage stamps and several volumes of the Purlour librarv .
Fire in- Wappixc . —On Wednesday night , shortly before eleven o clock , as police-constable Robert Payne , 103 H , was passing along his heat , he observed a strong glare of light in the top room of the house in the occupation of Mr . John Watts , 2 , Sansome ' s-gardens , llermitagc-street . Wapping . Having obtained admittance into the house , the constable ran up stairs , p receded b y ihe landlord . IVhen they reached the room they discovered an aged female , who occupied the upper floor , undressed , in a fearful state of fright , and nearly speechless , the clothes she had taken off being in flames upon the drawers , which were also set on fire . The coverlid of the bed was also burning . Happily , by their united exertions , they were enabled to put out the five , which is supposed to have been caused by a spark falling from the candle at the time tho female was about to get into bed .
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Fatal Accident ox tite South Kent Railway . —The half-past ei g ht o ' clock train from London arrived on Sunday evening safely at Woolwich , the station of which place was much crowded on both sides , owing to the London trains being insufficient to convey the passengers . The entrance to the p latform debouches on the down train ; this train had just begun to start for Gravcsend when a fri ghtful scream was heard—a woman had fallen from the platform between the carriages . The last two carriages passed over her chest . For a moment the concourse of people seemed too terrified to pick her up . She was , however , conveyed into the station , but soon died . As the wheels of the carriages went over her the carriages were distinctly seen to rise and fall .
Ax Artilleutmax Shot . —Chatham . —On Friday , the 17 th inst ., the Royal Artillery at this garrison assembled at the usual place at Upnor , for tho practice of musketry ball firing ; they were firing in companies , and it is the custom for the front man to advance from the ranks a few paces , and fire at the target ; as soon as ho has fired , he recovers arms and takes the place of the rear man who advances in front . It appears that gunner William llepper was the front man in the company , who advanced and fired , and the rear man , William M'Donald , whose piece was loaded , brought down his musket in a straight position , and was about placing a cap on the nipple of his piece , when by some cause the gun went off and the ball entered the back of llepper , just as he was recovering his arms . His death was instantaneous . The deceased was a very fine young man , and was attached to 2 fo . 4 Company of the 11 th Battalion . He was removed
to the garrison hospital , to await a coroner's inquest , which was held on Saturday last , by Mr . J . Hinde , one of the county coroners , and a verdict returned that the deceased was accidentally shot . It is reported that M'Donald will be tried by a court-martial . The CoixiEits Strike . —Birmixgham , August 18 . —The partial strike of the Staffordshire colliers , which we noticed last week has since spread throughout the entire district , and there are now more than three thousand men out of employ ; and at most of the collieries from West Bromwieh and Tipton , across the country to Brierly Hill , operations are entirely suspended . Jinny meetings were held last week , at which it was resolved not only to resist tho proposed reduction in the rate of wages , hut even to seek an advance upon those paid previous to the turnout . It is hoped that some amicable arrangement will before long take place .
BAXK FOBGERIES . —MANCHESTER , AX'GUST 20 . — An extensive forgery on the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank has just been discovered . Two men implicated in the felony have been apprehended , and it is supposed that the investigations which are about to be commenced will lead to the discovery of a number of serious forgeries upon the same company . On the 20 th ult ., in consequence of an advertisement which appeared in the Lrocrpool Mercury , a person named Lindley , " applied for a situation , and received an answer appointing a meetin" with tbe writer , a Mr . ltobinson , at the Stock . Hotel , in that town , A further interview
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in consequence , took place at the Com Exchansc in Manchester , at which Robinson gave Lindley a cheque upon the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank for £ 337 15 s ., desiring him to get it cashed . This Lindley did , and returned with six £ 50 notes , the remainder of the amount being in gold . The notes , at Robinson ' s request , were subsequently turned into gold at the Bank of England , and Robinson pocketed the money without taking the ( rouble to count it . . At another interview , a few days afterwards , Robinson offered Lindlcv a situation , but requested him to return to Liverpoolpromising to communicate with him upon the subect , and giving him money to defray Ins expenses . ' On the Tuesday following , Lindley began to suspect from v arious circumstances , that lie had been duped , and having called at the branch bank in Liverpool , he there related the above circumstances
and an investigation having taken place , tlie cheque , which purported to have been drawn by Messrs . Collinson and Simpson , brewers , Manchester , has been pronounced hy Mr . Simpson to bo a forgery . On Friday last , Robmson was apprehended by oiic ofthe Liverpool detective force , in the shop of a man named Macauley . who was supposed to be an accomplice . They were examined before the magistrates on the following ( Saturday ) morning . Roomson was clearly identified , and a young man of the name of M'lntyre related another instance of bavin " been duped by the same individual . We undei ° stand that the above is only ono of a scries of forgeries which have recently boon committed , and from which the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank have been sufferers to a considerable amount , probably not less than from £ 1 , 200 to £ 1 , 500 . The prisoners have been remanded to afford time for instituting further inquiries into the subject .
Tub Guestlixg Poisoxixg—Execution of the Murderess . —The execution cf Mary Ann Geering , who was found guilty at the Lewes assizes ofthc murder of Benjamin Geering , her husband , by tlie administration of arsenic , took place at Lewes on Tuesday . —On Thursda y week last the wretched woman confessed to the chaplain that she was guilty of the murder of her husband , and she subsequently , by little and little , stated to him that she had also administered arsenic to her sons James and John , who had died ofthe effects of it , and that she
afterwards attempted to destroy her son Benjamin . by the some means , but he recovered . After these confessions , and the prisoner appearing penitent , the chaplain conceived himself justified in administering to her the sacrament of the Lord's Supper , which he did on Monday evening , and on that night the prisoner slept for several hours soundly . She was not present at the condemned sermon which the chaplain made to tlie prisoners on Tuesday morning , lie conceiving that it would be better for her that she should remain in her cell . After the service he
went to her , and remained with her until her execution . At a quarter to twelve o ' clock , Mr . Gell and Mr . Palmer , the under-sheriffs , accompanied by Calcraft , the executioner , proceeded to tlie condemned coll . The prisoner was sitting at the side ofthe bed , wringing her hands , and appearing to be in great agony of mind . Calcraft placed the halter on the bed , and then proceeded to pinion the culprit , an operation which she submitted to passively , occasionally ejaculating , " Oh , Lord Jesus have mercy on mo ! " This operation performed , she was led to the foot ofthe scaffold , tho chaplain reading the burial service , and the prisoner continuing to utter fervently the prayer , " Lord have mercy on me . " She walked with a pretty firm step , but in ascending the steps of the scaffold she faltered , and
was supported by two turnkeys . Calcraft drew the bolt , and the unfortunate woman was launched into eternity . JSbt a word , not even an exclamation escaped from the crowd but after gazing on tlio appalling spectacle for a few minutes they slowly dispersed . We understand that after her condemnation the unfortunate woman had but one interview with any of her family , and that- was immediately after the trial . Strange as it may seem after her conduct to them , she wrote several letters to them in the most affectionate terms , and in which she stated that she was prepared for the dreadful fate that awaited her . Her maiden name was Plumb . Her father , George Plumb , was an honest hardworking agricultural labourer , living at Westfield in Sussex . She was sent out to service when very young , and lived at Coghurst Farm , then in the possession of Mr . Thomas Wood , but being detected in dealing improperly with the milk and butter money
she was dismissed . She then went to live at another place in Westfield , where Ben , Geering was likewise employed . An intimacy sprung up between them , and she became pregnant when only sixteen years of age . The old bastardy laws were then iu force , and by putting them in operation the parish officers compelled her to marry Geering , which was sorely against her inclination , and she had oven to be carried into church . Ten children were the fruits of this marriage , of whom eight are living , and two have died , as she has cenfessed , of arsenic administered by her . She and her husband had frequent quarrels , and it is stated that she was a gin drinker and a determined opium eater . Of course these habits caused her to be in frequent want of money , and this want was aggravated by a practice she had of pawning the best clothes of her husband and sons every Monday morning and redeeming them on Saturday night .
Extraokdixary Occurrence . —The quiet village of Hornbury , near Wakefield , has been thrown into a state of great excitement by a painful occurrence that lias come to light within the last week . An independent gentleman of the name of Craven lived in the village iu respectable style . He was a bachelor , aud a young lady lived with him as housekeeper who was known as Miss Craven , and was reputed to be his natural daughter . In the middle of last wee !; a report prevailed that this young person had given birth to a child , which had been made away with , and that the body had been found buried in the plantation belonging to the house . Tho report was , of course , not long in coming to the ears of the constables , who instituted proper inquiries , traced the report to a man who had seen the body of tho child ,
and then informed the coroner , who thereupon directed that an inquest should bo held forthwith . Accordingly , on Saturday last , the body ofthe child having been produced , an inquest was held over it at the Fleece Inn , when the following extraordinary facts were elicited in evidence : —Thomas Xeitlefcon said : I live at llorbury , and am a butcher . I was told by Ellen Sykes ( Mr . Craven ' s servant ) that she saw Mr . Craven burying something in the plantation , and in consequence I went to the place . I took some earth up with my hands , and found a bundle wrapped in brown paper . I took it up and opened it , and found anew-born child . I made another hole and buried it again . 1 showed it to Ellen Sykes before I hm-ied it ; It iras : t hoy . This was on Tuesday morning . 1 was called upon by Mr . Roger
Hirst , Mr . Joseph Berry , and Mr . John Gee , on Friday morning . They are constables for Horbury , They asked me to meet them at the Fleece Inn , in Horbury , and to bring the bundle I had found , I went and dug up the bundle and brought it to the Fleece . I laid it on the table in the room , in the presence of the constables and other persons . I left it with them . Ellen Sykes told me not to say anything ; so I did not mention the finding of the child to the constables nor to any one . Ellen Sykes told me she saw Mr . Craven digging something . She told me she suspected something was up . I never denied I know anything about the child , or had had it in my possession . I groom and occasionally- work for Mr . Craven . —Ellen Sykes , upon her oatli , said : I am a single woman . I was servant to Mr . Edward Craven , but was discharged last Thursdav
by Miss Craven . Mr . Craven is a bachelor Miss Craven is about 24 years old , and lives in hte house as his daughter . 1 had been there three years the 1 st of last June . I never told Nettleton I saw Mr . Craven digging or burying in the plantation , but I did tell him 1 saw Mr . Craven graving in the garden ; by " graving" I mean working in tho garden . He was in the habit of doing so . He ( Nettleton ) said he suspected something was up , and said ho supposed I suspected . I laughed and put it off , and a little girl came in , and we said no more at that time . This conversation took place on Tuesday evening . I never told Xcttlct . on not to mention the finding ofthe child to any one . It was last Monday morning , between nine and ten o ' clock , when I saw Mr . Craven working in the garden . Nettlctoh told me I was not to name' it to any one that he found the child . At the time Miss Craven was confined to
her bed I had reason to suppose she was delivered of a child . My reason for supposing so was the difference in her appearance before she was ' confined to her bed and after she came down stairs . She came down stairs about four o ' clock last Monday afternoon . I saw the bed linen was changed and taken away . There were finer sheets on the bed than were put on before . I did not attend her on' Saturday and Sunday . Mr . Craven himself attended to her on those two days , bat I went into her bedroom occasionally . No medical man was sent for to Miss Craven . Mr . Craven on Saturday shut the inner door leading from the kitchen to the room after him , as he often does . It waa betwixt twelve and one o'clock . I also heard him shut the stairs door . I heard Miss Craven crying out , as if in much pain , all Saturday morning , and she was very poorly . On Wednesday night . I . think it was . I went into Miss
Craven ' s bedroom . She was undressed . I saw her applying something to her breasts , but did not notice what it was . I shut tlie door and went away without going into her . It was bedtime , and I had my shoes off . I had not spoken to Nettleton on Wednesday moriiing before he brought the child . I have looked at the piece of cloth the child is now wrapped in . It is a piece of linen cloth ; the child was wrapped in calico that Nettlotonproduced tome on Wednesday morning . —Medical testimony concluded the evidence , and the coroner went over the evidence very minutely , and directed the jury as to the law of the case . The jury returned a verdict of " stillborn . "—Mr . J . Swinger , solicitor , of Horbury , was present on behalf of the authorities , and three other solicitors were also present to watch the inquiry On Monday , Mr . Stringer applied to the magistrate for warrants of apprehension against the . parties
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7 * . * , « ohnvi-. offence Z : but the magistrates concerned » J " g , ^ ° f produced before takrequircd sonic ^ udonco to oe P ^ ^^ ing this step , and issuett ; su Mv . and Miss cS h ^ SKjr . " one knowing whither th MS" STRIKE AT MAXCI . ESTER . -Th 0 - dvOTS and dSrs * of ScLster and ^ struckon J £ 5 T £ anrS t ^ uSarr ^ ntl ^ SiSSSl ^^^^^^ the wages of their hand-loom wcavers . _ ! ' »< J tolerably significant answer to those pio c c icnis s who declare that the low price of provisions must produce low wages . —Carlisle Journal . , 1 Asotiier Advance of Waoes .-To the Editoi ot the Leicester Mcramj-Sir-kt the request ot some
, ofthc leading manufacturers a deputation has again been appointed , consisting of a number selected from the county , and also a number from the town , to wait upon the manufacturers with the following proposition , viz ., that an advance of 3 d . per dozen should be given upon all wrought hose up to and including those made at 5 s . per dozen , and Od per dozen on all sorts above , Several of the leading manufacturers have agreed to give the above advance , and the others also that have been seen have cordially consented to do the same . The deputation , therefore , is of opinion that all that is wanting at the present time is determination on tlio part of the hands , both in town and county , and the advance will he obtained . —Ed . Xicholson , Sec . ; T . Smith , Sec . Central Committee of , the Southern Division of Leicestershire . —Leicester , August 15 th ,
1849 . ' „ Tun Woolcomrers at Bradford . —For some time back the wooleombers have expressed dissatisfaction at their wages not being advanced now that trade is brisk , and on Saturday evening last those in the employ of two firms who were said to be giving the lowest wages met in the open space in the front of Philadelphia Chapel , Wapping , to devise means to obtain an advance . It was stated at tho meeting that one of the firms had already yielded to their request , so that they had only to contend with the other one , and it was agreed that they should endeavour to obtain work elsewhere . No unkind words were used by the speakers , and we understand that the other firm has since given
the advance sought . *— Leeds Mercury , Melaxgiioia' Deaths . —A few days since , Mr . James Staples , builder , of Leicester , and his son , James , a cierk in the bank of Messrs . Pagets and Kirby , left home for a pleasure trip to France . On Sunday morning , while at Boulogne , the former was seized with cholera , upon which he drank some brandy ; hut finding that this did not afford him relief , he sent for a medical practitioner , who attended him , but unavailingly , for he died on the evening of the day above named . On Monday evening tho corpse , ' enclosed in a cofin , was placed on board a steamer , to be conveyed to this country , under the cave of the son of the deceased , who , however , himself died on Tuesday morning . The body of
Mr . Staples , sen ., was brought on to Folkestone ; and thence convoyed to this town by rail , on Thursday morning . It was buried in St . George ' s churchyard in presence of a largo number of spectators . In the course of Wednesday , a message was forwarded to Boulogne to say that slwuld tho body of the younger Mr . Staples not have been sent away , it was desired that it should be buried in the cemetery there . Tho landlady ofthe house ( the British Hotel , ) where Messrs . Staples were lodging , has also since died ; and it has been closed by the authorities . What adds to the melancholy nature , of these deaths is the fact that Mr . Staples has left a family of seven fatherless children , while in the prime of life and energy , and in the midst of a successful business career . — -Leicester Chronicle .
A Heveuknd Brute . —The Deyii / s Man or all Wouk . —Whilst Mary Ball was lying in her condemned cell at Coventry , the Rev . Richard Chapman , who was chaplain ofthe gaol , burnt her hand with a lighted candle , for the purpose , as he informed her , of g iving her a foretaste of what hell was . The following are the particulars , as given in evidence : On Saturday afternoon , the 4 th of August , the governor of the gaol , Mr . Stanley , had occasion to go to Birmingham ; on returning , shortly after six o ' clock the same evening , he was informed by Miss Winter , tho assistant matron , that during his absence the chaplain had visited tlie prisoner , Mary Ball , then under sentence of death , and by force , in her presence , had held the
condemned woman ' s hand over a lighted candle , thereby burning and blistering it . Mr . Stanley immediately ran to the cell , when tho prisoner showed him her hand , which lie found to be blistered as he had been informed ; the prisoner expressing herself glad that he had come , and complaining of the Rev . Mr . Chapman ' s treatment . —Susannah Winter also informed the magistrates that it was about half-past five o ' clock on the Saturday afternoon that the chaplain visited the prisoner , and immediately on entering the cell he called for a lighted candle , which was brought to him . lie then took the candle in one hand , and with the other laid hold of the hand of the prisoner , Mary Ball , which he held over tho candle , and asked her if she felt it .
After a time she snatched her hand away , having previously endeavoured to withdraw it , saying at the same time that she did feel it . Tho chaplain asked her what that would be compared to the torments of hell , where the whole frame would be burning for a hundred years ? Whilst the chaplain held tlie prisoner ' s Iu . nd over the candle , she tried hard to get it away . Miss Winter gives it as her opinion , to the best of her judgment , that the hand of the prisoner was held over the candle two minutes . The candle was first held at a distance from her hand , and brought nearer to it gradually . She tried hard to . get it away whilst it was being
held . After Mary Ball got her hand away , Mr . Chapman told her not to think he was actuated by any motives of cruelty towards her , and that his design was , to give her some idea of what tlie torr ments of hell were . These statements having been made before the magistrates , in the presence of Mr . Chapman , he admi-. ted that they were substantially correct . He added that he was actuated by the best of motives ; and that what he did was to ' facilitate her notion of pain . Wc are glad to say that tho magistrates have suspended this ignorant savage until the next general quarter sessions , when of course he will be discharged . —Coventry Herald , August 17 .
Extensive Robbery by a Clerk . —On Wednesday information was received by the Metropolitan Police that William Ifolman Branson , clerk to Messrs . Strange , of High-street , Liverpool , had gone off with £ 450 in gold , the property of his employers . He has been traced to London , and is now supposed to be trying to get out to Australia . Important to Victuallers and Confectioners . —At Bath , on Tuesday , an application was made by some of tlie leading confectioners of tho city for licence for tho sale of spirituous liquors , & a . On the day in question the magistrates for the city and borough held their general annual meeting at the Guildhall for the purpose of granting licences to persons keeping inns , alehouses , and victualling houses , to sell excisable liquors by retail to be drunk or consumed on their premises , when , after
the renewal of licences before granted , application was made for licences by Mr . Fisher , confectioner , yorthgate-street , Mr . Fortt , confectioner , Witsonstreet , and Mr . Gihbs , confectioner , Union-street . Tne applicants were supported by Mr . Hellings , solicitor , and opposed by Mr . T . W . Saunders , bar-, rister , on behalf of the wine and spirit trade , and the hotel and innkeepers of the city . After some discussion the magistrates refused to hear legal gentlemen on cither side , and the court was cleared to afford the bench an opportunity to confer together upon the subject . On the doors being reopened , however , his worship , tho mayor , announced that the magistrates had decided that , it would bo inexpedient to commence the practice of granting licences to confectioners , and tlie applications were therefore refused . Tlie decision appeared to give great satisfaction to a great number of victuallers who were present .
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The Late Explosion axd Loss of Life at Abebdake . — ' On Friday week an inquest was held in the Town Hall , Aberdare , on the bodies of the fifty-two persons who were killed b y this explosion . Several witnesses were called , who detailed theparticulars of the accident , but no positive evidence was given as to tho cause ofthe explosion , and the inquest / was eventually adjourned .. The inquest which had been adjourned from Saturday , reconi ' menced on Monday . Mr . Dobson—Lord Clivo ' s mineral agent , examined : Had surveyed the collieries after the accident . Has had experience in the North of England as a mineral acent , in the mines of Northumberland and Durham . From tlie
fact of the doora being blown outwards ,. between number one crossing , ho thought that the explosion had taken place in directions radiating off , and ' from which number one appears the centre ,- -from . 'the timber and coal at this point having been burnt and the circumstance of five men and boys having been found near this place , all led him to the conclusion that the explosion occurred at or near the rise end of Ao . 1 crossing . The rise end of No 1 is 'flip most elevated part of the level , and the gas is more likely m consequence to explode there , and that a consequence o the goaf or rubbish , which isM iwe . cn the levels , it is more likely to accumulate in sessfc & e ? snft- ^ sawswS
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courses or crossings , and then probably was ignited by the lights of the huntiers . The inspector desired witness to state his opinion as regards tlie intake air current , and whether he thoug ht the system adopted hero was sufficient for the purpose oj clearing out the works' ? Witness , in reply , stated that he could not well answer that question , as when he saw the pit it was entirely disordered by the explosion , but believes it was not a safe method . Ho did not think the goaf should have any connexion with the air courses , as it may issue out into them . In Durham it would be usual to . force a portion oi return air over the goaf and make it separate way ,
not communicating with the air-course or lights ; his opinion was , as before stated , that the accident was the result of these causes . —By a Juror : Was he to understand that the principle of ventilation here was not proper or safe ?—The Coroner intimated that the opinion of Mr . Dobson was that a better system could be adopted . —Mr . Dobson , in answer to a remark said , that during his experience he had never seen an explosion occur in the main shaft , as in the present case ; but . that the ventilation of this pit , though perhaps different from others in the north of England , was about as good as any in the valley and district . —The Coroner then intimated that the inquest was adjourned .
Accident at tub Britanxia Buwoe , —Baxgor , August 17 . —A correspondent writes;— " All the fond and desired hopes of a successful realisation of raising the monster tube of this stupendous bridge to its final resting place arc , for the next two months ' at least , suspended . A few minutes before noon of this day , the lower part of tho cylinder of the huge hydraulic press on the Anglnsea side burst with a tremendous explosion , and in its descent on to the tube , a height of about eighty-four feet , fell with a terrific crash . The press was at work at the time , and had raised the tube about three feet during the lift this day ; and had it not been for very urgent and prcacutionary means adopted , by packing and bricking under with cement as the tube was being raised , the most dreadful consequences
were inevitable . One of tho workmen was precipitated from a rope ladder , running from the top of the tube to the recess in which tlie hydraulic machine was fixed ; he was struck by the huge mass of iron in its descent , weighing nearly throe tons , and now lies in a dreadfully crushed state . I greatly fear that ho cannot survive many hours , as the medical attendant on the works considers that , on a close examination of his body , most of his limbs must be fractured , as well as suffering from dreadful internal . contusions . This most disastrous affair is to be attributed entirely to a defective coating of the cylinder , and the raising of the tube will consequently be delayed some time , until the completion , and fixing of the new one in its place . The tube is now raised about twenty-one feet from tlio base . "
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Alleoeo MuHDEn at Glascow . —A man , named Alexander Brock , residing at No . 37 , High-street , committed an assault upon his wife ^ Martha M'Kellaror Brock- , on Saturday afternoon , from the effects of which she died almost instantaneously . Tho circumstances which led to tlio fatal occurrence are stated to bo as follows : —Brock , who is an engineer , and a steady man , had given his wife some money either on Friday night or Saturday morning , for family purposes , but which she hail inis-spent in getting herself intoxicated . On his coming home to dinner on Saturday tho . Ire was out , and the . house emptv . He accordingly went to a
brother-in-law ' s , who resides in New Vennal , in search of his wife , where he found her , to a certain extent the worse of liquor . On leaving the house together a quarrel ensued , which ended in his knocking her down . She rose , however , and followed him down the High-street to the close in which their own house is situated , whore tho quarrel was again renewed , and ho pushed or threw her down upon the stair , and kicked her with so mueli violence that she was killed upon the spot ; at least when Dr . Shaw , who was immediately sent for , avz'ived , life was extinct . The deceased was severely cut about the forehead . Brock was apprehended and lodged in the police-office on a charge of murder . —North British Mail .
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Dublin , Saturday . —Thk Harvest . — -The Potato Cnor . —The deep anxiety of the public was relieved this morning by the cessation of rain , and indications of a favourable change in the weather , which now wears a much more settled appearance , The account from all parts of the coiintry-sevpral of which I subjoin—are much more favourable than could have been expected after the very heavy rains , and the general prevalence of thunder storms . Carlow , Aug . IT . —Some damage has been
sustained m the cereal crops , but we trust not of a serious nature . After the severe lightning which took place on the nights of Thursday and Friday week , some apprehensions were entertained of the safety of ( he potato crop , owing to the appi-arauce of brown spots on the stalks ; but having examined several la'ge folds which exhibited a withered appearance , the tubers were sound and healthy , without the slightest appearance of taint or disease ; and from the matured state of the tuber , no serious injury need be apprehended , as in past vears , particularly if fine weather set in , of which there is
every prospect . Monaghan , Aug . 17 . —Many fields of wheat have been reaped and the here and barley is all in stock . Flax pulling is in progress , and the yield is better than was expected , but tlie greatest anxiety is evinced concerning the potatoes , unmistakeable evidence of disease having appeared in many places . We have seen not only blighted stalks but whole fields perfeeily withered and black . In a few- but very few—casts we have seen diseased tubers , but the rot has yet made little progress in the roots . However there is such a quantity already mature , that by the process of pulling or cutting the stalks and intercepting the atmospheric communication , a large amount of food will be preserved . /
Nenagh , Aug 17 . —The harvest has actually commenced . It is much earlier , and we hope more productive , this year than it was the last or any of the four years preceding . During tlie past week several fields of wheat have fallen beneath tho reapers' sickle , in several parts of this county . As rega-dsthe produce , it is said that the wheat crop will not realise tlie expectations which were formed from its cheering appearance a few weeks ago ; though all combine in stating it will be fully ° an average one . As regards the potato , wo are happy to state that the disease exists—if it exists at all—to
a very small extent in the district iramediatelv surrounding Nenagh . ' Bere is proiwunced to be " generally t / ood . <> atsisa go ' .-d crop , though not very luxu'iant . Turnips have profited much by the humidity of the weath-r lately , and , as well as mangels and other green crops , promise an abundant yield . Taking our harvest prospects on the whole , we have strong hopes that , with the blessing of Fro ^ vidence , the country , in the approaching year , will be exempt from many calamities , which the failure of the crops was one of the many great causes of creating last year .
The Cholera .-Al . hcmgh the epidemic has been for some days on the decline generally , the mortillity amongst the upper classes is still considerable . The Belfast News-Lcttcr of yesterday contains the follow-»> E :- « It is with feelingsof regret that we announce the death , m the fitty-sixth vear of his aire Xr a short illness , on Tuesday last , at hii oVn ^ sidence of Gec-vge Suffevn , Esq ., ex-mayor o " BeKf and one ofthe aldermen of the borough . Mr Suffern wu one of the deputation of the town council S pro St ? On 2 ! S fr ^ S * ° niSoii addi-e s to the Queen , and it was while waitimr in th « >
mteciamDf-roi me t & rone-room at Dublin castle , with eTzed witrS " ° ^ W- « ° n . Si 11 e wa H ? 5 n ^ W . jTm t 0 ry S W ° ™ of disease . fatal diseal ^ l ' , l rT \ J ^ "d' under the ratal disease till he died . Mr . Suffern was "reatlv ? Pnn *« i ? 2 h ¦ thM-a « n «« iMeiiiont another , which renders it still more painful . Miss Suffern , the only hkhpSirA ' ? , eex-may ° r ' ° "ever left dav ^ M ? r nshw bro i , 8 illne 8 B . « k 511 the Sh ? J ™ SM dece ?? - and died yesterday morning , m the 50 th year of her age , after nine' hours' suffering . Tho remains of both will be interred thismornmg in Holy wood . " IlUSH RipilESKNTATIVE PEERAGE . —GeOl'gO John ¦ JJanvers , harlof Lanesborough , has been chosen by a majority of vo es to be Peer to sit in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom , in the room of John liarl of Mayo , deceased .
The Battle of Dolly ' s Brae .-Dea th or ofthe Orange Party .- The Newry Telegraph mntains the following : — " Though not a single Protestant was killed in the battle which took place at Magheramayo , on the 12 th of Ju ' y , four were wounded , one of whom , Thomas Tinpten wbn belonged to one of the Rathfriiand Lod gSecfS Tuestky mornvng . lie was wounded in the breast by a ball during the engagement . For some time hopes were entertained of his recovery , but thev were eventually disappointed . On the eveuiSgof ZS flicthe was conveyed to Ballyrohey , where lie remained till his decease . His brother ; Orangemen of the district assembled , on Thursday , to pay their last respect to his remains . The funeral was verv large i * o OrangeBen , besides being dressed in the insignia ' ° . . . order , had Iiat-scarfs on , arid the : officials shoulder-scarfs . There was hat a gun amonV the wiiwe
procession : and the conduct of all was -h ' elilv praiseworthy , ! The body . of : the ¦ deceased : was interredin thexhu . chyard . : A company of the 9 th Kegiment , anil a large number oft dnstabuhvy , unde " their proper officers , went out to Ballvroney in the morning , for tht f purpose of preserving the peace , in case their services should be required ; but we are happy to state tha t the entire proceedings of the dav passed oft without a single breach of the peace , lie conduct of all was such as became the mournful occasion . ' «« vmu
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Diminution ok Destitution . — The followingiff statement is copied from a Trnlee paper : —¦ ' * Lastst month there were 11 , 000 persons in the receipt of ) f out-door relief in this union , besides having theie ; workhouses full . Now the numbes on the relief-flists are reduced to little over 4 . 000 , and there aree over 1 , 000 vacancies in the workhouses . During g tr . e past wetk there were 2 . 693 persons struck off the e relief lists , and £ G 5 5 s . 7 d . saved thereby to thee iiho :. ; and it was further decided yesterday , that t 2 , 000 uui of the 4 , 000 now on the list should bee struck off , thus making an additional saving of ^ 500 per week . From the large extent nf indoor accommo- - dauirn at their disposal , the guardians are warranted 1 in acting in this manner . Indeedso diminished I
, does the pressure of destituti on appear to be , that it t was seriously proposed yesterday to close , pro tern .,, one or two <; f the branch houses , and draught their t inmates into the vacancies in the main house , and 1 thus save the expenses of the ex * ra staff . This s mattn- was postponed only lo see wh -t would be the s iffect of the intended striking of 2 , 000 persons off 1 the relief list this week . It was also proposed , and I carried at yesterday ' s meeting , that steps should be e taken either to lessen the numb r of relieving officers ,, or to rr . duee theiv salari es , in consequence of the 2 greatly diminished duties they have now to per- - form . This matter avus referred to the cooum ' s- - sinners . "
State of Tradk . —The weekly commercial re- - porr ofthe Freeman ' s Journal contains the following » gratifying statements : —*' There has been a steady ,, healthy busimss done in the produce market this 1 week . A large quantity of goods have changed t hands and prices have been well maintained . There is al < o much desire shown by the retail and country ' trade to s ' ock themselves , and every appearance of a i continuance ofthe improvement , unless checked by ' an unfavi urable issue to the harvest . " Reproductive Works . —The Nenagh Guardian \ says : — "A correspondent informs us that in the 1 course of his peregrinations last week he visited the farm of Mr , John Philips , at Glcncolloo , and was shown a field containing ten acres of : oats , which , two yeirs ago , were growing nothing better thaa heath and sedgy grass . The spirited proprietor , Mr » Stafford OBritn of Cratloe , having borrowed a sum of money under the Land Improvement Act , comni > need the reclamation of a tract of the moor land
on this portion of his property , and this Held 13 tho first part which has been cropped , and certainly its appearance far surpasses any expectationsiihat cou'd have been formed at the commencement ofthc work . Mr . Phillips , the occupier of tlie farm , estimates that the produce of this field , being the first crop , will equal 150 ftone per Irish acre , and that next year ' s crop will double this one . The expense ot the reclamation , including laying on lime and thorough draining , amounted to £ 8 per acre—a small sum , surely , when the two first crops will pay above half the expense . I observed about thirty acres more iu , progress of reclamation , which it is expected will be cropped , along with tho ten acres referred to , next
year . It would be well for Ireland and her wretched population , if every landlord wonl-t exert himself as Mr . O'Brien has done , not only in this i-. istance , but , as I learn , in several other parts of his property in Minister , where he has similar works in progress , th-rs-by keepim ; the industrious labourers on his estates in employment , and preventing large numbers from burdening the poor rates i » f the various unions in wilich his properties are placed ; and moreover , when it is considered that such work * are reproductive , and eventually will add largely to the annual income ofthe estates , we cann -t but wonder that so many of our landowners are so careless of their own interests . "
Dublin , Tuesday . —Reduction of Rests . — The provincial journals contain several notices of abatements of rent , generally of n temporary nature , and averaging about twenty per cent . Riotous Conduct of " Navvies" ox the Newsy Casal—The Newry Telegraph of this day contains the following : — " A few da \ s a » o , we had occasion to no'ice the alarming demeanour of some of the ' navvies' employed in making the improvements at the canal . Several times since that their conduct-has worn a threatening aspect . The disputes , whatever they were , were , however , confined to themselves . We understand that some of the ill-disposi'd amongst them endeavoured to excite the re-t to ' strike' for higher wages , under pretence of going to England to
mrp the harvest .- It was with the utmost difficulty they were restrained from the commission of outrage ; but , after blackguarding those wlio were in authorityover them , and otherwise misbehaving themselves , they were persuaded to go on wiih their work . Last Friday evening , however , the public peace was seriously endangered by them . It appears that a man , named Morgan , had left the works of his own accord , to go 10 England . According to the rules , any man who leaves in this way must wait till the regular payday , which is once a fortnight , before he can get his wages . Morgan hid worked from Mondav till Wednesday evening , when he left off . The next day , the time-keeper gave him a written ticket , certifying the time he had worked . A man named Carvill , who
had been dismissed for negligence , at the same time got a written ticket . On . Friday they proceeded , with those tickets—another ' navvie . ' called Magainey , going along with them—to Mr . Connor , the checkclerk . As the tickets were not in the usual printed form , Mr . Connor said he would not sign them until he should see the time-keeper ; and that he would go down to the works that evening , and see him . Accordingly , about five o clock he proceeded to the works at r ' atham , when Morgan caught hold of him , and insisted that he should either sign the docket or give it up . Morgan kept him in custody for three-quarters of an hour , the other persons named standing by and abetting him . At last , Head-Constable Whiteley and a party of five police with him , c : mo up , having been sent for , and arrested the three fellows , whom they brought up the Green Bank towards the town . As they came along ,
the navvies , ' who were just leaving tli .-ir work , and were coming up the road on the other side of the canal , shouted over to the police , daring them to handcuff the prisoners , and saving they should never p ass the bridge with them . ' When the police , comin- round by the Ballast Bank , re-iclied the road , at the Dublin-bridge , they found that the navvies , ' to the nurnbe- , perhaps , of 1 , 500 num , armed with shovels , pickaxes * and crowbars , had taken possession of both bridges , and the road between them completely blocking up the way . As so : m as the small body of police had passed through the vap from the bank unto the road , the mob closed iu upon them , and commenced yelling and throwing stones , iiieir demeanour was very th'eatcning , and in all human probability lives would have been lost before t y ^ , ° - ver ' . tlle , y we gettisg so much excited . Just at this moment , however . Mr . Sinsh-fcon . R M
and Mr . Isaac Corry , J . P ., came up with a party of fire policemen , to the assistance of Head Constable Whiteley . ihe stones wvre H ying in all directions-, and the mob were growing furious . Not an instant was to be lost . Mr . Corry read the Riot Act . Mr . binalet-m placing himself at the head of Head Constable Whit-eWs men , charged ihe ruffians at the point ot the blyonet , and drove tlwm over the canal bridge , Mr . Corry , taking the lead of the other party ol police / charged the fellows on the other s ' de , driving them before him down River-street .
file ruffians after some time scattered and wentawav , and the police succeeded in bringing the three prisoners to the barracks , and also iu taking thiee of the others who were engaged in throwing stones . On Monday , Morgan , Carvill , and Magainey were brought before the magistrates , charged with throwmg stones at the police , when the two former were sentenced to a fine of ten shillings each , or a week ' s imprisonment , and Magainey was discharged . Tlie i ^ tlier prisoners were discharged after being cautioned as to their future conduct . "
The death of the Hon . Cornelius O'Callaghan is much regretted in this city , where he had several friends . The Murper of Miss PausuEnGAST—We have been informed that the warrant for the execution of latnck Cormask , convicted , at the last assizes , of the wiltul murder of Miss Prehdertast , at Portumna , in this county , Warrived in town , aud that same directs lum to be executed 011 tlie 2 ath inst . On reference to- the calendar , we find that the judge directed his execution on the 23 th inst , mid that intimation has been given to him to that effect by tlie present warrant ; his execution has been anticipated by three ' days , which forms a ground for a memorial , and the same will be accurdingly for * warded on his hehaXf . —Galwatt Vindicator . Dublin , Wednesday . —All symptoms of rain disappeared since vesterday afternoon , and as there
IS now a cheering prospect of the continuance of fine weather , it is probable that harvesting operations will bo broueht to a conclusion at the close of the present month , i With one exception , the reports of the potato this morning are highly satisfactory , and a gentleman who has travelled thrpiigh ' par ' ts if Ulster and Lcinster , with a view of . personally inspecting the actual condition of the crop ; states that throughout his tour he has not seen one solitary instance of the old disease , and he is further of opinion that already- enough has ten saved to prevent tbe possibility of any scarcity . The ' Nation' -Newspapek .- ^ The arrangements for the re ifflue of Mr . Duffy ' s journal ^ bemrffwiv
completed , the hrst number will not be published as promised , on the 25 th inst . ; Another week ? j £ « ! quired to nerfecfc the machinery , mechanical and literary . , It is stated that the list of subSribSs already amounts to-1 , 000 . ¦ . _ ouuowiuus . n ; lh ^ Cnoi . BBA .-ln ' Dublin the epidemic is dimimshinjr , but there are ' still many fatal cases in the metropolis ami in'the country uhonjs & t - . all classes , ihe - Rev . Dr . Carter ; Deau oFTuam , dud of choleia on Monday at Salthill , near Kingstown . The reverend gentleman , who had readied an advanced age ., was incumbent of Ballymore , in the diocese of A . vmaeh .
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