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IIkal . h of Loxnoji during the Wbek . —In the week ending last Saturday , the deaths registered in the London districts were 858 , a result which , compariHvery , must be considered as a favourable indication of tiie state of the public health . In the same week of 1 S 46 , there were 863 deaths ; in that oflS _ 7 . 1 , 16 . ; in 18 _ 3 , 1 , 033 ; and in the same week of 1 S 49 were 1 , 981 . The average of ten corresponding weeks , corrected for increase of population , is 1 , 105 ; and the present return shows a decrease of 247 on the estimated weekly mortality . In last week seven deaths were registered from small pes , and four of the sufferers wereps ^ ons of twemy-fi re years and upwards . Measles was fatal to 10 childrenscarlatina to § 0 , and
, horning cough to 29 . Of these three complaints the two farmer exhibit less than the average mortality . Typhus was fatal to 38 persons ; intermittent fever , remittent fever , infantile fever , and rheumatic fever , were each fatal in one case . In the corresponding weeks of four years ( 1816-9 ) the deaths from typhus were respectively Si , 111 . 58 , and 73 . Diarrhoea and dysantry continue to decline ; in the last four weeks the numbers have been successively 123 , 85 , So , and { in last week ) 61 . Cholera is returned ia two cases . Last week 112 persons died of phthsis or e . nsumption , which approaches very near the weekly average numuer . From other diseases of the respiratory organs
the deaths were SS , about the usual amount . The widow of a law clerk died in the Metropolitan Almshouses , Ball ' s Pond , at the advanced _ ge of 100 years and 11 months . The births daring the week were 1 , 374 in number . —Atthe Royal Observatory , Greenwic _ , the mean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 in . on Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday ; the _ oe _ n of the whole week was 29 ' 851 in . The daily temperature varied little daring the week ; it rose tow :-__ s the end ; the mean was 5 S '_ deg ., which differs not much from the average of corresponding weeks of seven years . The wind blewfrom thenorth ean on the first four days ; afterwards generally from the south-east .
Fatai AcciDEXT . ~ Between nine and ten o'clock on Saturday morning last a lofty scaffolding , erected in front of the house No . 23 , Comma cepla . e , BrMon-road , occupied by Mr . Alvey , stationer , came down with a terrific crash . There were two bricklayers and a labourer on the upper platform , ail of whom fell on the footway pavement . The labourer , who escaped with some slight bruises , was taken to his own home , but the bricklayers received such serious contusions that they were immediately removed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where one of them , nimed Cooper , died in " the course of the day . The other man , whose skull is fractured , is considered in a very precarious state .
Suicide through J _ a _ o 0 ST . —On Saturday last an inquest was held bv Mr . Carter , at the Europa Tavern , Church-street , Battersea , upon the body of Catherine Keteher , aged forty-two , who committed snic-He by hanging herself with a piece of whipcord . Mr . John Keteher , the hushandof the deceased , who seemed to be about twenty-five years of age , said ha was a working chemist ; that on the 19 th inst . a daughter of the deceased by a former husband came to hint from their lodgings , and told him Ms wife had got some salts of lemon , with which she intended to de-Troy herself . Witness told her not to make herself uneasv about it , as salts of lemon would only
make her sick . Shortly afterwards he was informed that bis wife had destroyed herself ; he immediately ran home and found the deceased hanging by a thin cord to a brass hook in her room . She had often threatened to commit suicide , but he had no idea that she was in earnest . She was of an exceedingly jealous disposition , and he believed this had driven her mad , although there was not the least ground for her suspicions . The witness , while giving his evidence , was greatly affected . The daughter of the deceased having given similar testimony , the jury returned for their verdict that the deceased committed suicide while in a state of temporary mental derangement .
Death of a Female bt Takixg Savine . —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Baker , at the Crown , Mary-street , Kingsland-road , upon the body of a married woman named Harriett Cole , aged thirty-four , who had been deserted by her husband , and had died from the effects of a medicine called saviae , which she had taken for the purpose of procuring abortion . Mr . J . Nicholls , surgeon , Queen ' sroad , Dalston , stated that the deceased , during the last three weeks , had daily called upon him with one of her children who was unwell . Deceased herself made no complaint . On the night of the 18 th inst . his attention was called to her . He found her in bed at her lodgings . She was suffering severely from internal pains . He heard from a female in the house
that she was in the family way , and that it was supposed she had taken a decoction of savine to procure an abortion . She was fast sinking . He save her some medicine , and she rallied a little . Shcdied the followiug morning . He had made a post mortem examination of the body , and found the stomach in a state of inflammation , which was sufSeient to cause death . The uterus contained a jcelus about three months old . The inflammation of the stomach might have been caused by a decoction of savine . In many cases life has been sacrificed by a person taking it to procure abortion . Mr . Finer , parish surgeon of Shoreditch , stated that a few weeks ago the deceased called upon him to request that he would give her something to destroy the child with which she • as
pregnant . She rffered him any money if he would , but he refused . Eliza C . ' everly , a single young woman , stated that on the 17 th inst . she accompanied deceased to a herbalist ' s at the corner of William-street , Shoreditch , where she bought twopennyworth of savine . She boiled it in some water , and on the following afternoon she drank it . Soon after she was taken very ill , when witness went for a d . ctor . Verdict , " Thai the decea-ed died from an milairmalion of the bowels , caused by taking a decoction of s ? . \ ' 5 _ e , and the jary cannot separate withont expressing a strong opinion that gre . t blame is attached to herbalists and othersiudi-criminately vending such articles . Psath _ S 05 £ Chokixg . —On Monday Mr . Carter held an inquest at the Marlborough Arms public house , C __ - _ ern . il , on the body of William Bar ' on ,
aged sixty-seven , wao died under the follov . ins circumstances : —The deceased was an inmate of Camberwellworkhou . e , and on the JSthinsr ., while in the Infirm-ward , the nurse brought in a quantity of boiled beef and potatoes to supply twelve men . The de ceased went to the table , and while the nurse was at the other end ofthe ward he took ap a piece of meat and endeavoured to swallow ic , bnt became black in the face and fell down insensible . Mr . King , thhouse surgeon , was called in . and made every effort ' - ¦> dislodge the meat , which had become firmly iixed in the windpipe . The deceassd died in abor . t five minutes , and _ hen the medical gentleman removed the piece of meat he fou :: d it to be three i : ;__ es in length < md one and a half wide . The jurv returned a verdict of '' Accidental death . "
Robbery and attempt to Murder . —A desperate attempt was made on Saturday last upon the life of Mr . Cureton , who holds an official situation in the British Museum , as purchaser of coins , medals , and other antiquities , residing at No . SI , Aldersgate-street . It appears that three men , very fashionably attired , called at the house , and inquired of Mr . Wilson , a tailor , who resides in the iower part of the house , whether Mr . Cureton was at home . Mr . Wilson told them they would find Mr . Curctoa in the second floor . The three men immediately went upstairs , and in about a quarter of an hour they were seen by a woman in the _ cu : e coolly walking downstairs . Some few minutes afterwards Mrs . Wilson went upstairs with thsmiik for Mr .
Gordon s tea , when , upon entering his room , she found the unfortunate man lying on the floor quite black in the face , and perfectly speechless . There was a considerable pool of blood at his fcer , and the blood was also running down his face from a wound in the head . Mrs . Wilson at first thought he had been seized with an apoplectic fit , and immediately sent for Mr . Jirand , a surgeon . That gentleman promptly attended , when he found Mr . Curctoa insensible . He forthwith applied rea-edics , but it was upwards of seven hours before Mr . Cureton could be restored to consciousness . He then said that the three men who had called upon him having inquired whether he had by him a crownpiece of William and Mary , and being answered in the affirmative , he
asked them to teke a seat , and whilst in the act of handing a chair to one ofthe men the other two went behind him and placed a portable instrument round his neck , which pressed as tightly as a vice . They then g _ ve him a violent blow over the right eye , atd from that time he had no recollection of what happened . The fellows , finding that Mr . Cureton was insensible , no doubt imagined that they had deprived him of life . They then removed tho instrument from his neck , and after stripping the place of coins , medals , <_ c , of the value of .- £ 300 , they decamped . Mr . Cureton perfectly recollected seeing the instrument as the men wore passing it towards his neck ; aud seizing a small box , he made an attempt to throw it through the window , hoping in liiat way to raise an alarm , hut before he could do so he was deprived of all power . Oa Sunday sight Mr . Cureton , was much better , and was able to give a more clear account of the manner in whuh he was treated , and
the amount of property taken away by the thieves . I He states that two of the thr ee men appeared deeo ' v engaged together , and after minutel y examining the coin which they Jiad inquired about , " they desired to be shown a half-crown of the same rei gn . At that moment Mr . Curetou noticed that one of the men did not enter beyond the step of the dcor . There is now no doubt that that pa . ty was watching to see whether any one came up or went -cown the stairs . Mr . Cureton , thinking that probably he was a friend of the other ., and not interested in the purchase of antiquities , asked him to be seated , and at the s > m .-time he turned round to hand him the chair he had be * n sitting on a few minutes previously The instrument was at that juncture passed round his neck . It was formed by lashing two life-preservers together . The property taken away was deposited in sundry cabinets , and consisted of crown andMteo ^ pieces of OliVer Cromwell , King Alfred , and numerous Anglo-Saxon , coins , as well as a diamond pm ,
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a stiver capped and jewelled watch , and a box of cigars . A reward of £ 50 was on Sunday offered for the apprehension of the villains . Should the parties offer the coins for sale , there is no doubt that they will be apprehended ; and although the property is worth from £ 300 to £ 400 to Mr . Cureton , yet , should it be transferred to the melting pot / it will probably not realise as many shillings for o'd silver . The police belonging te the City and metropolitan divisions were actively engaged during Monday in endeavouring to trace out the guilty parties , but up to nine o ' clock at night no tidings of them could be obtained . Mr . Careton is perfectl y convalescent . The three men who committed the robbery and attempted the murder can be easily identified by numerous persons in the house , should the police he fortunate
enough to apprehend them . Asother Fire at the Mark Lane Express Office . —On Monday night about twenty minutes to nine o ' clock a second fire broke out at the Mark Lane Express Office , in Norfolk-street , Strand . ; Since the occurrence ofthe fire that took place lately in the same office a strict survey of the premises has taken place . Previous to closing on Monday night , on proceeding to examine a back room on the second ; floor , used as a waste paper depot , a cupboard was discovered to be in flames . 4 n immediate alarm was given and the parish engine being almost immediately in attendance the fire was confined to the place in which it broke out , a large amount of paper being consumed . The room in which the fire occurred is immediately over the spot in which the former outbreak took place .
The JF-RB in Mabk-wne . —Since the occurrence of this destructive fire the surveyors of the various insurance offices jhave adopted precautionary measures for preventing the fall of the portions of the large warehouses left standing . The huge and tinsupported walls hulged during Friday , and large poles , such as are used in the formation of scaffolding , were placed against them , to prevent them from toppUngdown . On Saturday last , however , notwithstanding the precautions used , one of these walls , which was upwards of 100 feat high , ab __ t 10 . feet long , and two feet thick , fell with a tremendous crash against and into the body of the Corn Exchange . A portion ofthe roof of the Exchange was carried down , and immense beams of timber , nearly
as thick as a man ' s body , were broken hy the weight that fell upon them as easily as if they had been no thicker than common matches . A great number of men were immediately set to work in' clearing the Exchange of the mass of brickwork which had fallen into it . Large printed posters , have been stuck up over tho walls and stone pillars , as far as the centre of the building , with the word "Dangerous" upon them . A strong muster of police are kept on duty , to prevent personsfrom running into danger . During the whale of Sunday a large body of men were employed in pulling down the upper portion of one of the walls of Messrs . llayter and Howell's large premises on the south side of the Corn Exchange . This portion of the warehouse was considered so insecure
that it was feared the corn merchants would be afraid to transact their business in the Exchange on Monday . Up to nine o clock on Sunday night some thonsand tons weight of bricks had been removed , and there is now . no fear of any additional mischief to the Exchange . A wooden boarding has . been placed across the further end of the building , and canvass sheets have been laid over those portions of the roof which have been destroyed , so that in those portions ofthe Exchange not injured the market can be carried on as usual . Up to a late hour on Sunday night a large body of fire remained unextinguished in the ruins , although enormous quantities of water have been continually poured on them by the firemen . On Sunday the flames had obtained possession of a
quantity of soldiers clothing , and it is still supposed that some days must elapse before they are completely extinguished . The subjoined returns will convey an idea of the tremendous character of this fire . ' They are the actual amount of insurances on the buildings and warehouses consumed , and also on the contents , which had been warehoused by numerous merchants in the City . The three warehouses belonging to Mr . Joseph . Barber , in Seething-lane , burned down , were insured by Mr . Barber for £ 10 , 000 in the Phoenix office ( a sum inadequate to rebuild the premises ) . They cost the East India Company £ 23 , 000 to erect , and for solidity there were few buildings in the metropolis to equal them . Mr . Barber was further insured to the extent of
£ 2 ,-500 in the Alliance office on goods stored b y him in the front warehouse , which he occupied , and there appear to bo other insurances of parties to whom property belonged , amounting in the whole to £ S , 000 . The whole of these sums are considered by the office a total loss , making in all £ 20 , 000 . The two back warehouses of Mr . Barber , which were rented by Messrs . Smith and Co ., warehousekeepers , and contained an immense stock of merchandize . It was dirided among the undermentioned merchants , who were insured to tho extent severally detailed : —Messrs . Gold and Itigg , merchant ? , " - . lark-lane ; insured in tho PhceiiL . and Alliance offices , for £ 30 , 000 . Messrs . II . S . Samuel and Co ., of Fenchnrcli-street , in the . Alliance office ,
for £ 7 , 000 . Messrs . Taylor and Sons , ot Crossstrcct , Finsburv , in the Alliance , £ 3 , 000 ; Imperial , £ 2 , 500 ; Church of England , £ 2 , 500 ; and Monarch offices , £ 2 , 000 . Mr . Holsto , merchant , of Finsburysquare , in the Alliance office , for £ 3 , 000 . Mr . Samuel Simon , of Old Broad-street , in the Alliance oflice , for £ 600 . Messrs . T . P . Lloyd , of Abchurchlane , insured in the Alliance , £ 13 , 000 ; and Guardian office , £ 8 , 000 . Messrs . Storey and Co ., Cruichedfriars , in the Phoenix office , £ 17 , 000 . Messrs . Cos , ITcgh , and Co ., of America-square , in the Union , £ 5 , 000 ; and Guardian , £ 5 , 000 . Messrs . Jones , Mnrk-lanc , in the Phounix , £ 3 , 300 . Messrs . Hailbirt and Co ., in the Phoenix , £ 2 , 000 . Messrs . Adler and Co ., in the " Phoenix , £ 1 , 000 .
Messrs . Bruxncr and Co ., of Mincing-lane , same office , £ 2 , 000 . Messrs . Spencer and " Co ., of Penchureh-street , same office , £ 2 , 500 . Messrs . Plimpton , Gracechurch-street , same office , £ 1 , 000 . Mr . Alfred Davis , of Houndsditcb , in the Sun , £ 3 , 000 . Mr . Biggs , of Lawrence Pountney-hill , in the Sun , £ 1 , 000 . Mr . Powell , of Lime-street , in the Sun , for £ 3 , 000 , and General ,. £ _ ,. __ . Messrs . Scott and Bell , of Aldcrman ' s-walk , in the Church of England , £ 3 , 000 . Messrs . Vibers , Crntehcdfriars , in same oSce , £ 300 , Mcsrrs , Phillipps aisd Co ., Finsbu-y-square , in tho Sun , £ 3 , 400 . In Marklime—Messrs . Hayter and Howell , army packers ( whose warehouses were destroyed ) , are insured in the Sun to the extent of £ 21 , 000 . Messrs . Gilbert and Co ., army clothiers , of Northumberland-street , Strand , on goods destroyed in Messrs . Eavtor ' s
premises , in the Union office , £ 1 , 500 . Messrs . Allnntts and Co ., wine merchants , of Mark-lane , premises burned down . Insured in the Atlas , £ 3 . 500 ; Phoenix , £ 5 , 500 . The wine-cellars of the firm escaped injury . Several corn factors and solicitor ? , who tenanted portions of these premises , arc reported to be insured , hut the various amounts have not yet been ascertained . Very little salvage is expected to be cleared from the ruins of Messrs . Barber ' s warehouses . They have been given up to Mr . Top-! i ., sen ., the agent of the several offices interested , who , with another gentleman , has taken tlie most prompt steps to recover all the property supposed to remain buried beneath the immense mass of rubbish ; but as yet their efforts have failed on account of the body of fire that still rages in various parts .
The Ob .-h .-N Children of Freemeu . —The committee appointed by the Court of Common Council for carrying into effect the act of parliament for boarding , cluthing , and educating 100 chi'dren of freemen met on Monday in the Guildhall , and chose Mr . W . S . Hale , whose name has been so prominency attached to the City of London School as one of the most aclive promoters of that great institution , as chairman . The committee agreed to have plans and elevations prepared forthwith for the intended school .
Mysterious Death . —On Wednesday , Mr . H , Wakley held an inquest at tho ilobins ' on Crusoe , Earl-street , Lisson-grovc , on view of the body of Eleanor Divine , aged 57 , a married woman , who was found dead . —Mary White , the wife of a stonemason , living at 48 , Devonshire-street , stated that deceased , whose husband was a carpenter and undertaker , separated from her , and allowed her a certain sum per week , occupied the front kitchen , and lived alone . About half-past seven o ' clock on Monday morning witness had occasion to go down the kitchen stairs , when she saw deceased ' s room door open , and deceased lying on her back on the floor , her bonnet , and shawl on , her hands by her side , and her clothes above her knees . Thinking
her asleep , she shook her , but touching her face , and finding it to be quite cold , she raised an alarm , when a surgeon was sent for , who pronounced her to have been dead some time . Any one might have access to the house at all hours , there . beingno fastening to the street door , which was consequently always open . —Mrs . Mary Keale , a lodger in the parlour , deposed to deceased leaving her to retire to bed at ten o ' clock on Sunday night , when she was ia good health and spirits . On seeing her after being discovered as stated by tho last witness , in the movninsr , she saw that she had a cut over the left eye . —Ann Butler , another lodger , stated , that between ten and eleven o ' clock on Sunday night she heard tho footsteps of a man descend the kitchen stairs , and then a scuffle , and having heard
the footsteps afterwards twice up and down the stairs , all was quiet . —Mr . Gardner , surgeon , Church-street , Portman-market , said that on being cilled to attend deceased he found her to have been dead seven or eight hours . She was lying as a person would be laid out after death . ' There was an al rasion over the left eye , which might have been inflicted by a blow or fall . On opening the body there was great congestion of the brain , and extravasation of blood immediately above the . njury to the eye . The husband of deceased , who w . is present , said he thought his wife had met her death by foul means . —The jury > observed that it was a doubtful and mysterious case ; and returhodah open verdict , '" That deceased dietTof congestion of the brain ; but how ' -such congestion was caused there Lwas no evidence to show . " '
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Loss of Life near ' Liverpool , —On Saturday morning last a sudden gale burst upon the barks outside the Mersey , during the chopping round of the wind from the eastward to the westward . Several river-gigs were out at ; the time , ' and two or more were swamped . One life alone was lost , however , so far as we have yet learned ; and it would appear that great credit is due to the Captain of the Jenny Lind steam-tug , who by his exertions saved several men from a melancholy death .
Fall of a Grinding Mill at Sheffield . —On Saturday morning last , about half-past nine o ' clock , the establishment , of Messrs . Walters and Co :, of Globe Works , Sheffield , was thrown into great confusion and alarm by the sudden fall of a great part of their grinding-mill . ¦ ¦ : The building is three stories high , and the part which fell consists of three rooms , measuring about 'fifty by . twenty-four . On the ground-floor the heavy grinding was conducted ; on the first floor the grinding of a lighter character , ! and on the top floor the light grinding and the buffing . The first floor rested upon four very flat brick arches . Each arch sprung from a strong castiron beam , which crossed the room , and was supported in the centre by a metal pillar . A number
of workmen were engaged at the time on each floor of the building . The men on the ground floor observed a falling of dust from one ofthe archesi immediately followed by a crack and a gradual settling down of the brickwork . The men on tho first floor also heard the . crack , and perceived a sinking of the floor beneath them . Both these sets of men rushed to the other end of the place , and escaped unhurt . The . men on . the top floor also heard a noise , but not supposing it to be anything unusual , took no notice . -till they found the floor sinking and the windows breaking from the giving way of the outer wall . Several of them escaped to one end of the building and slided down the chain of tlie crane to the ground . ; But before , the others could escape two of the arches supporting the first floor broke inj pulling inward the outer wall from the floor to the roof , and the floor of the top story . Several of the men in the top room were involved in the ruins .
They were quickly extricated and conveyed to the infirmary .. It was found : that one' of . them , named John lleathcote , had sustained a compound fracture of the left leg ; another , named William Crownshaw , had received a severe concussion , of the braiii and nervous system , besides various bruises . Two others suffered from contusions of a slighter character . With regard to the cause of the-accident , it ; would appear that the grinding- . stqnes and troughs on the first flnor were ^ of considerable weight , and that water from the troughs kept tlie brickwork of the arches almost constantly in a moist state . It is supposed that the brickwork first gave way , which throwing thoiweight obliquely upon one of the ironbeams , caused it to snap off close to the wall , thus bringing down the arch on each , side of it . Happily , the engine of the mill was stopped as soon as the accident occurred , or the damage must have been much more extensive .
Another Fire at Gravesend . —At about halfpast one o ' clock on . Saturday morning last , " smoke was observed by a police-constable to issue from 25 , Queen-street , Gravesend , ( Occupied , jby Mr . Drayton , linendraper . On looking further he saw flames bursting from the shop window , arid at once gave the alarm . The town engines in a few minutes were brought to the spot , and at that time the houses Nos . 25 and 24—the latter occupied by Mr . Curtis , clothier—were enveloped in flames The inmates had barely time to escape , through the assistance , of some pilots and watermen , who , fortunately , Were celebrating the triumph of the Rosherville Regatta , at the George Tavern , fronting the opening of the Market-plao into ftueen-street .
Mr . Ridge ( ex-Mayor ) and several other gentlemen having arrived , the f' -rnier teeing that it was useless to attempt to save the' burning bouses , di-: rected the firemen to apply themselves to prevent the extension of the fire to the adjoining houses , No . 26 , in the occupation of Mr . Edwards , grocer ; and No . 23 , in that of Mr . Anderson , watchmaker . Accordingly , a large body of water was discharged at these houses , and with good effect . At two o ' clock the roofs of Nos . 21 and 25 fell in , and materially tended to suppress the flames . The loss is estimated at between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 . -All .. the property , is , as we learned , insured . . It appeared that about ten o ' cluck , when the pilots and watermen
arrived at the George Inn ( close to the site of the fire , ) a great quantity of fireworks had been let oil in the street in front of the Inn , and at the end of the market-place , opposite the burnt houses , ' and it ia conjectured , that , - though the shops were shut at the . time , some rocket ov other firework had , by some means . or other , found its way into . Mr . Drayton ' s premises ; where the fire was first observed . On the occasion of the late fire in High-street , the mob collected was so ill-conducted as to call forth the strongest censure of the bench of magistrates . On , this occasion they conducted themselves creditably , and every assistance was . willingly rendered by the men in whatever way it was required .
Coxvictio-T of a Poor Law Of-Icer . —Last Saturday a man named Adam Uriah Bryant , a tin plate worker , with his wife and female child , who were travelling from Manchester to London , entered Newcastle under-Lyne entirely destitutute , and made opplication to Mr . Tihley , ( lie relieving officer , for relief . Assistance being refused , ' the man , who from documents in his possession had been , or was still , a member of a Livery Company in London , and whose appearance indicated that neither he nor his wife belonged to the common class of tramps , applied to Mr . Thomas . Walton Mayer , the mayor , to whom he detailed the particulars of his case . The mayor wrote to . the relieving officer , informing him that he considered ( he parties destitute ' and _ t objects to be relieved . The officer still refusing assistance , the mayor , as a magistrate , and also an e . v oj / k-lo guardian under the poor Law Act , made a formal
order upon him to give relief in food and lodging to the parties . Mr . Tilsley still refusing to ' comply , the man and his family were lodged and provided for at the police station , and a summons was issued against the relieving officer for refusing and neglecting to obey the order . The caie was heard on Monday before the Mayor , ai . d Mr . J . Kickisson , and Mr . W . Button , when Mr . Tilsley ' s deferce was that he had acted upon the order of the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner and the TWrd of Guardians , which was to refuse relief indiscriminately to tramps . The magistrates considering that no order from any body of officials could override the authority of an act of Parliament , fined Mr . Tihley 20 s . anil costs for neglecting and refusing to obey the order sent to him Notice of appeal was given against the conviction . The magistrates gave Bryant pecuniary relief to assist him and his family on the road .
Explosion at the Proof House , Birmingham . —An accident which was well nigh attended with fatal consequences occurred atthe Proof-house , at Birmingham on Monday . Preparations were being made for testing a number of gun barrels , when , from " some caure or the other , an explosk-n took place , the roof of the building was blown off , and two men seriousVy injured . The life of ono ia despaired i . f . The concussion caused the destruction of many windows in the neighbourhood . The Proof House in this respect is sadly damaged , ami the adjoining , premises of Messrs . Peyton and Hicklin , ' working chemists , have suffered to some extent .
The surface , of the Birmingham canal , which runs immediately behind the pro » f house , was strewed with fragments of the roof , and bricks were propelled to the distance of nearly one hundred yards . The magazine in the centre of the Proof House " yard , a massive stone fire-proof building , was uninjured . Uad the stock been sufficient to move this from its foundation , the consequences would have been terrible . The last explo-. iou of the kind took place thirty-two years ago , but on that occasion little personal injury was inflicted . The business of the Proof House ( so commodious aro the premises ) will not be materially checked , so that the gun trade of Birmingham will not ba seriously inconvenienced .
Pooi . El _ c _ ion . —The Nomination ' . —The ceremony of nominating candidates for the representation of this borough took place on Monday in front of the townhall . The candidates were , " Mr . Seymour ( Free-trader , ) ami Mr . Savage ( Protectionist . ) The proceedings were marked by more than usual violence . The first half hour after the arrival of the candidates was spent in vociferations , so that by the time the sheriff appeared the most noisy of the parties were hoarse . The address of Mr . Ledgnrd , banker , in proposing Mr . Savage , was listened to very patiently , but the appearance of Mr . Parrot , to propose Mr . Seymour , simultaneously with the advent of a large banner exhibiting a painted savage guarding a largo loaf , was the signal for the
commencement of a row of the . most discreditable nature to any "free and enlightened" bod y of electors . It began with the hooking down of the banner , which was quickly torn to ribbons , and the flag-poles broken . A second Hag shared a similar fate amidst the loud plaudits of the Protectionists on Uio hust ' m' -s . Mr . Seymour ' s party having retaliated , a few lights ensued , in which hats were lost and heads were broken . The black loaves exhibited by ' tho Blues were broken to pieces and flung at the speakers , aud others on the platform . Then . followcd rotten eggs , stones , potatoes ,, and carrots in suflicient quantityYo
keep a poor family a week ; aisd , lastly , after the countenances and attire of the leaders had been thoroughly smeared with eggs , some one let loose a great - quantity of flour , and gave the carefully attired gentlemen the , appearance of a family of millers . A great many .. suits have been utterly spoilt , and several individuals received personal injury , though we believe Mr . Seymour ' s steward was the only one wno was badly hurt—he , it is fpawd had his ribs broken ... Th / Candida es having severally addressed , tlie meeting , the show of hands tStSirf w $ = «& & SKC warmly denied the insinuation that he was a nominee of Sir John Guest , a ? had been insinuated .
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Deatw by ¦ fDsowsivo . —P-TsforjTHJr-rMiss Dolling , daug hter of the late-Captain Dolling , R . N ., and sisterof ; Lieutenant Dolling , R . N ., now commanding the l ^ autilus ,. naval apprentices' brig , in '; the . Sound , was on a visit to , Mr .., j .. E . ; Elworthy , "! of Bovisand . On the 20 th ; inst . the young lady went to the beachi which is near the Sound and Breakwater , forthe purpose of bathing a favourite little dog ; and was absent about four ; hours . ' Mr . and Mrs ; Elworthy , on being informed that the dog had returned without its mistress ' , became alarmed , . and on sending to the beach at Bovisand , tlie ljfelesa body oftheunfortunate lady was discovered floating near the rocks , from which it is supposed she must have slipped in reaching to catch the dog . ,
The Moiiders nv ; Poisoning in Essex . —Newtort , Essex , Sept . 21 . —Sarah Chesham , the alleged poisoner , of her husband , Richard CJiesham , and two children , underwent a > final . examination at the gaol of this town this day , before Mr . B . Wolfe , Captain Henry Byhg , and fiolonelChamberlain . , At the close of the investigation ' . the bench . consulted , and announced to . the prisoner their intention of committing her for trial , at the nest , assizes for feloniously administering to the : deceased a certain poison with intent to kill and murder . . ' ¦¦' ,-. ¦¦¦ . ¦¦ '
We have heard it remarked by a gentleman well informed ' on the subject , that it is feared our manufacturers are too exclusively devoting themselves to the production of the finest . qualities of fabrics , and neglecting the lower and middle qualities , which are really of greater importance as articles of ' commercei and in which prizss may be gained as well as in the highest qualities . We believe it . would . be peculiarly desirable for our Yorkshire manufacturers , to striv ? after excellence in the medium qualities , as it is in those that they possess the greatest advantages .- ; - Leeds . Mercury .. ' '¦ ¦¦;" . . ' i The Brougham "Foray ;" - —The recent struggle in the river Eamont continues to be the sole topic of conversation in Penrith . . . Discussions on the meritp
of the case are noRr the order of the day ., , The antljanglers are stubborn , in their . opinion that , the watchers will have to sweat " for their .. ^ attempt . on the netters .: . Complaints for an assault have been laid in the name of old John Robson , ' of Eamont Bridge , against seven of , the watchers ; and five informations have been laid by the other party against the nettersi for netting with a net the mesh of which , was illegal . All tlie men who have been in the habit , of making a living by netting are of course on Lord Brougham ' s side . They drink his health with loud cheers , call him the finest fellow in Europe , and make their boast that he has now , ; become . one of their supporters . They ' are confident tbat his lordship , will annihilate the Angling Association—that he -. will order all the
spiles to he taken up half way across the river , as far as > Mr . Tufton ' s liberties extend ; and already , in perspective , they see' the fr . ee trade principle ' applied to the rivers , and John ; ' de , Penrith , flying over the hills , leaving them : " in calm possession " , of their newly acquired rights . On the other handj the angr lers are equally proud of their position . They have made a bold stroke at high game . The informations are laid . Public opinion is . on their side , and should the complaint against ! them for an assault be made out , the magistrates can but inflict the penalty . They therefore know , the worst ,-and are determined to fight ' the . batilemanfully ; It is a question of right against might , and , the public are anxiously awaiting the result . There has not been such a stir in Penrith since the navvy riot .
Tub Livbrpooi . Cabmen . t-tWc . believe the cab question will be " amicably arranged , " the com ? mittee recommending an increased rate of fares , and certain regulations for the better government of the vehicles and drivers . Robberies at Birkenhead ' asd Trasmere . —On Saturday morning last , about three o ' clock , Mr . Gladstone , of Clifton Park , was alarmed by hearing a noise as if of thieves in the lower part of his house . He immediately arose , and iipoh reaching the top of the stairs perceived « a man whom he struck on the shoulder , and knocked , down stairs . He instantly created an alarm , and three or four men were heard to escape , but in such a hurry that a coat ,, cap , and a pair of shoos , were left in the house or in the
garden . It was found that . all the plate , had ' ' been packed up ready for removal ., The burglars had effected au entrance by forcing : open the scullery window , which they reached , by means . of a step ladder , and they got clear off . Word having been passed to the policeman at theWopdside Perry , the officer on duty observed a young follow , without shoes and hat , coming , for the purpose of proceeding to Liverpool . Ilis trousers were wet up to the knees ; and as he could not give , a very satisfactory account of himself , ho was locked up . The prisoner , who gave his name as Burns , but who is well known to the . Liverpool police by the name of Patrick Plannigan , has been brought up twice , in private , before Sir Edward Oust and Mr . Maddick , when the shoes found at Mr . Gladstone ' s were identified as being his ; and it is also understood that he
was seen tlie previous evening to come from Liverpool , with some other thieves . ——On the same evening , Mr .. Richard Taunton , of Claughton , was knocked down and . robbed somewhere near Taunton-street , whilst on his return home . He was robbed of his gold watch , some silver , and other articles ; and , in addition , was badly hurt about the head . Nothing has been-heard of tho robbers .- On Tuesday night there were no less than three attempts at burglary in Leicester-terrace , Canningstreet , Birkenhead ; but the thieves , it is believed , only gained an entrance into ono house , where they got but trifling booty , and , being disturbed , they decamped . . The entrance was effected by removing the coal grids , which had been carelessly left unfastened .
Robbery of Watches . —About the 23 th of Aug ., Mr . Eraneis Uubden , of Northgate , Halifax , missed several watches from his workshop , but could not exactly tell how they had been taken . Suspicion was directed to a respectable young man , but fearful lest the proof might bo . defectivo , proceedings were deferred until more complete evidence could bo obtained . This week every requisite has been secured , and Detective-officer Rawxon went to the residence of the suspected party , Mr . George Boddy , ; ind took him in bed at nearly twelve o ' clock on
Tuesday night . He had in his possession at the time a Geneva lever watch / silver dial , No . 12 , 225 , and eight other watches were found at -Bradford . Boddy was brought up at tho Town Hall , and fully committed to the sessions for trial , Mr . Hebden having identified the watch found on him- as his property . There was also a second-hand watch produced which Boddy had given to a- person with whom he was acquainted , and which Air . Hebden identified as ono left with him to bo repaired . Boddy made a long rambling cxnlanation in his defence which only served to establish his guilt .
Juvbsilk Crime at Liverpool . — A number of police constables are placed on special duty in the neighbourhood of St . John ' s Market on Saturday nights for the purpose of detecting pickpockets and young thieves ; for the more effectual working of the system they arc attired in plain clothes . On Saturday last they succeeded in making an unusual number of captives . Among others made by Williams was that of a child named George Hannah . This little fellow , whoso head scarcely reached so high as tho top ofthe dock , was taken in the very act of picking the pocket ot a lady named Dixon , who resides sit the Old Swan . Ho had succeeded in abstracting four shillings and a penny from Mrs .
Dixon ' s pocket ; when Williams searched tho lad lio hud eight shillings and three halfpence in his pockets . A woman who represented herself to bo the child ' s mother , stepped forward on his being placed at I be bar , and with much apparent sorrowbegged for his release , as she was not aware that her child was pursuing such a course of life . She was , however , reminded by Mr . Parkinson , that tho boy had been charged a short time ago with having picked pockets . Mr . Ilushton said he feared the prisoner was a profitable child to his mother , and after some deliberation , committed the boy for trial . At the time the above offence was committed , two or three urchins were detected stealing eggs from one of tho stalls .
Cotion Mill on Pike at Manchester . —A cotton mill , in Silver-street , Manchester , built seventy years ago . and one of the oldest in existence , was on Saturday partially destroyed by fire . Tho building was eight storeys high , and the property of Mr . William Hill , isle of Man , but is held on lease by Messrs . E . and II . Tootal , silk manufacturers , who let it off with engine power to about nine or ten sub-tenants . A private watchman first observed the names , and gave notice to the five-police . % v . Thomas Hose took about half a dozen engines to the spot . And though flames were issuing from five ov six windows in front , he succeeded in savin " all except tho two top storeys . Tho firemen took tha hose of , two engines up the stairs of
tho warehouse , and directed the water into tho top storeys , but a wooden hoist near the stairs , which was on . fire from the top of " the mill to tho bottom , rendering it likely that the retreat of these parties mi ght be cut off b y tlie bottom of tlie stairs being burnt from under them thev \ v . xA to bo withdrawn .. However , after extinguishing the hro in tl . o hoist , and cooling the . timber bv copious streams . f water , they worked their wav un again , so as to save the six lower storeys , though the floors were old and dry , and saturated with ol rendering them very combustible . Messrs . HMJ and Aichol ., silk trimming manufacturers , who oc-Kof bou ^ nS ' ^^ 11111 St 0 rc > ' * ' »»» " * * low ot about ± 200 , which was not covered bv
inau anco . Messrs . Whittaker and Pullalove , cotton h i »»; g manufacturers , sufieved to the Amount of ± o 00 ( covered b y insurance in the Yorkshire oflice ); Messrs . Dickenson and Co ., cotton printing cloth manufacturers , suffered to the amount of £ 250 ( covered also b y insurance in the Yorkshire office ); Messrs . Smith and Conolly , having part of the sixth floor , suffered a loss of £ 5 * 00 ( covered also by insurance in tlid Yorkshire- Company : ) 'The loss ' oftlio other tenants varied from £ 10 to £ 50 , and was chiefiy caused by damage from water . . About -. £ 500 worth of damage was done toi trie building , ! which is uninsured . The total damage would : bo about £ 2 , 000 . Had tho sixth or any of the lower floors been much
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burntthe . weight of steam ? looms in thenvwould Jiayb . bVoken ' . thb ' bearingsJ '; and ' the whole , of the property '" must 'have ' been ' . cstrojed . ^ The ' fire' is stipposedfto have originated in tho sixth storey , occupied by . Mr .: William Peroival ; rule manufacturer , whose'losS'does . notexceed ^ SO ^ but the cause ; of thefirecaimotbe . ascerfcame ' d ,, '¦ . ' -. ' . , ; ' , ; . ; Fins ' ' at MABbEN . ' -JOn'Monday night a firo'broke out in a lodge occupied'b y hop pickers ' , ' ' on the farm of Mr .. Joseph Pettett ; of Style Bridge . . ' An old man one of tho hoppers , sleeping in the lodge , was very . severely burnt , and the stable , cow-house , and part , of a haystack . ; destroyed .,-. . The ' , property h \ e longedtothe ' EarlpfJporriwallis ,. '" " \ ; ¦ , \] 'Tub ' Liverpool 'G . iVFowbEn-Magazines . —About
a fortnight ago , government sent down Lieutenant-Colonel Waters , of the Royal Engineers , to exa-. mine and report as to the magazines at -Walla' ey . We have strong reasons for . assuming that Colonel Water ' s , report will confirm the opinions of the inhabitants of Liverpool , that ah explosion may take place , and that destruction' would then be ' spread-far and wide , We therefore hope ; as an act of-parliament stands in the way of the removal ; of these dangerous . neighbours , that government iwill intimate to the proprietors their wish that no more gu npowder be . stored there , arid . also that it is their intention , immediately on the assembling of' parliament , to introduce a bill to prevent so dangerous a traffic from'being carried . on ; in the , present-store-house .-It
is ; no guarantee , because no explosion has occurred for a long period , that . ; none will occur . ' Seethe dreadful catastrophe which' has ' taken place iii'Spitalfields , with a = small - quantity , ' and ' [ think what would be the effects of an ; explosion of sixteen thousand barrels of gunpowder [ - ^ Liverpool . Mercury ., , ABkotheb and . Sister Dbowned . — On Tuesday last an inquest ' . was , held' at . Wetwahg on' tlm bodies of "Ann ' Elizabeth : ' War dell im aged' three years , and R ' obert / 'Wardell , ' aged fifteen'months , ' children of Robert Wardcll , labourer , who had been drowned on tho previous day .: Harriet , Wardell , t ^ e . mother of the children , deposed : On Monday last . I went to glean ' in a field of Mr . Hill ' s , ' . ah'd ' , took my two children with ' me . ' I left them wider a hedge with some other children , arid went off to glean . About one o ' clock they both came over , to the side . of the field
where I was . I gave them some cake ; set them under a . hedge ,, and told , them to wait until I-got another glean ,, and then I would take them home . A pond was near where I left them , but it was fenced off . About a quarter of an ' hour after I went to the place where I ; had left them , and I said , fVHavevI two little bairns here , ' - ; asi , ! , usually did I , was surprised at not . receiving an answer . I then began to look aboiit / andon going to . he pond , I discovered ' the legs of ono ofthe children . projecting out of the-water . - ' - ' I immediately got them out , and called to the people in the field . Mr . Clement , surgeon , was immediately sent for , and used everv endeavour to restore animation , but without effect . In the absence of information as to how the children got into the pond , the jury returned a verdict of "Found Drowned . " '" . -,
Expon . A . iox . 'of AniiSAXs ASD . ; MAcniN _ nv . — Three persons started on Wednesday morning from Barnsley station , on-their way . to Russia , for the purpose of superintending ' the establishment of some extensive manufactories . ' One' of the three has for many years occupied the important post of pattern maker in the extensive firm of Messrs . Taylor and Sons of this M tqwn ; another rhas , been employed as a foreman bleacher ; and , the third is , a yourigmechariic from ' the Old Foundry . ' . The machinery that they are going to erect ' was sent ' off about two months ago , arid had been riiade at Manchester , Leeds , and Barnsley . ; Their engagement is for three years . ¦ ¦ ,. ;
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• At " t _ e weekly meeting of the'board of guardians of the Swansea , Unioh ,. held on Monday , there was not a single application for ' relief from one of the seventeen agricultural" parishes comprised in that union . The onlyapplications . madeiwere by persons residing in the town , and those numbered only . two . Some months ago thei buainess of the board generally engaged the attention of the chairman ' and guardians from tenlo four in the afternoon . For / some weeks past the number of applicants for relief has diminished so much , that the business has not detained them more . than a few hours . Such has been the effect of . . free trade in the Swansea Union . —The Cambrian . , '
Doubee ' Mubd-Rs at Laxghauxe Carjiarthexsiiirb ' . —The coroner s inquest on the body of Rebecca Uphill , housemaid in the the family of J . Severne , Esq ., of Brixton , ; near Langharne , and whose death was supposed to have been occasioned by arsenic , administered to her by the cook in the same family , was resumed on Monday before G . Thomas , sen , -Esq ' ., ' the coroner , and on the same day ; an-inquest ' was commenced on the body of Mary Ann Severne ,, the lady of J . Severne , Esq ., who died after a . very short illness , on the 21 st of July last , , and . whose death was preceded by all the symptoms which follow poisoning by arsenic . The case mainly rested On the testimony-of Mr . Hempath , the analytical chemist . That gentleman
deposed thafcon examining the viscera he found extensive general inflammation all over tho stomach and the intestines , but more particularly at the great curvature of the stomach . Upon . subjecting the contents of the stomach and duodenum to gravu tation he separated a portion of white arsenic . The evidence having been closed at near midnight , the jury returned a verdict that . the . deceased died from the effects of white arsenic wilfullv administered to her by the cook , which was stated to be tantamount to a verdict , of wilful murder against Elizabeth Silby , who will be forthwith sent in the county gaol to await her trial . ' The second inquest on the body of Mrs . Severne commenced . during the day , and "; the body exhumed and' examined by Mr ; Hamilton and Mr . Hughes , of Carmarthen , who found extensive marks of inflammation . ' They
handed over the vessel to Mr . Herapath . ' That gentleman immediately commenced an analysis in the church vestry , audsuceeedod iu discovering the presence . of arsenic , and tho inquest was subsequently adjourned , to give time for a more perfect analysis , and for tho production of the necessary evidence . - The facts which have transpired in reference to the case of the mistress arc these : —On Sunday , the 21 st of July , Mr . Severne went to church , leaving his lady at home in her usual health . On his return , he found her dreadfully ill , suffering from sickness and relaxation , accompanied by violent pain . A surgeon was sent for , who considered her seizure cholera , but . in little more than four'hours after her first seizure , she died . No suspicions were at the time entertained , but it is now remembered that no one was with her durin _ .
her illness and that she had partaken of-nothing which was not prepared for her by the cook . As may be supposed , these revelations have thrown the village of Langharne into a state of great excitement and alarm .
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A Destructive Fire occurred at Renfrew on Saturday last . A large shed , used for purposes connoctcd with the branch railway from Paisley , situated immediately adjacent . to the wharf , was ' burned down , together , with a dwelling-house and stable which abutted oh one side , and a stack of hay that stood close on the other . In the stable were seven horses , belonging to Mr . Adair , the lessee of the line . We regret to say it was impossible to rescue any of them , . A Severe Storm visited- Glasgow on Sunday , which lasted more than an hour . " Several accidents resulted from the lightning , in two of which the escape from instant death was most miraculous . A considerable portion of the slating of Bartholomew ' s Mills , near Barrowfield Toll , was torn from thereof and . thrown to the ground . The chimney was also demolished . .
The Mails Northward from- Perth are to be accelerated after the first October , a circumstance likely to produce great convenience to Aberdeen and Inverness . Cm or Glasgow Screw Steamer . —Glasgow . Monday . —This fine ship arrived , from New York , at Greenock at half-past seven last night , and , waiting for the flood tide , reached Glasgow at two o ' clock this morning , making a run of fifteen days and two hours . She brings sixty-threo passengers and a valuable freight . The City of Glas « ow ~ had severe weather for two days after leaving New York , and lost some of her topmasts ; but after clearing the banks of Newfoundland she had a fine run
, across tho Atlantic , with li ght winds , and .-iveraginaa speed of 200 miles per day . The City of Glasgow loft oh the 7 th current , and her news has been anticipated by tho Atlantic and tho America . All the berths for her outward voyage have been engaged three weeks since . Messrs , Tod and Mawjregor , the proprietors of this screw liner , intend lau nching in a few days two fine steamers for the P eninsular aad Oriental Company , to be called respectively tne Singapore and tho Ganges . So soon as they are off tho stocks , another lino iron steamer will be laid down . ' as a consort to the City of Glasgow in the New York trade—a proof that the low lreights and fares have been found remunerative .
' ¦ Mahhmob with a Deceased Wipes ^ ister—A para g raph having appeared m the Scottish Press , to the eft'ect that Mr . Stuart Wortley will not re-introduco into tho Lower House the Bill to Legalise Marriage with the Sister of a Deceased Wife , we are "lad to hear , for the . sake of the many thousands fhtcrested in the subject , that that gentleman has arranged with Lord St . Germans for its earl y iritrodiiction ' in the House Of Lords . As tho Lord Advocate ! Of Scotland has expressed his opinion '' that these marriages are ^ alrcady legal there , we understand the bill of 1851 will , nOt extend to that country . ' No fewer than 170 , 000 persons petitioned last session in' favour of these ' marriages j ar id 1 they are still of ' . constant'' occurrence . - ¦ It ia unreABoria . lO therefore ; to suppose that , after the successful result of two sessions in the Lower House , where 320
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members have in different . stages supported th „ measure , agitation on this' subjecr . can cease unfiffiii tlmact p f 1835 has been ' .. pealed / - ' ¦ ' : ¦ tI , tl 11 " ¦ "•* W- ^ - ^> X- " « i <^^ - 'V * . ^>_ V' ^_ V \
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: Death of : the Bignop ov . JMeath . —Another din o ceso , has fallen into the hands . ' of- the fortunate ^ Whigs . „ Tbo ; Mail ; announces tho death of tu _ i Right'Rev . Dr . . Stop . fdrd , : Eord"Bishop of Meatb h This melancholy event took place suddenly on thgiai 18 th inst ., at Ardb ' raccan , his lordship ' s residence mini the county " Meath .: 'Tho deceased prelate was ele . e „ vated from the archdeaconry of Armagh to the se ^ oi of Meath during the vice-royalty , of Earl de Grey . v ., Dr . Stopford has been long labouring under the ef-ffects of disease ofthe heart ; '"•• ' ¦ '
The Harvest . —It is curious to' observe the al . I .. tered tone ; from despondency to confidence , mani . i .. fested in many of . the reports , from-the . country ^ ,, respecting tho produce of the potato and otliei ? r : cro ]) s . The Banner of Ulster , " 'for' instance , remarksg ! that many ofthe large cultivators who , during theiei past week i " have been raising i the early-planted po « i « tatoes , declare that . ; there : does not . appear to beiei one-fourth of the gross produce affected , by disease , ! , whilst some descriptions are most abundant ahdd , prime iii odality . The . same journal states that oatss
exceed ah'average ,-and that wheat is much superibrr to the very deficient crop of last year .- ;; The Bally . i shannon Herald contains an equulgratifying account fc of the-crops in . the ; county . Donegal .. That journal I says .: ^ - . " . Disease . in the . ' potato is stayed ; thosea which escaped the , blight pdhtinue safe , and thosea but' partiaily " injured are not getting worse . Ail I other crops are excellent . " Tho Waterford iVeivss reports from that county that the farmers are not I ; sending . their potatoes to market " because they area fit to keep , " in consequence of which they have ad--vanced in price from 6 d . per stone up to 8 d . and ! ¦ ; ¦
lOd . ' ' ' - ' The- Irish Lisew Tbade . —The . Banner of Ulster " reports a dullness in the staple trade of the . northern i province , owing ' to the very hi gh price of the raw material in this as well as in the cotton manukc-. tires . The complaints oh this subject are'increas- ing , whilst the most strenuous efforts are made to i augment the . supply of flax by extended cultivation ; in the southern and western counties . . The Tenaxt Leaoue . —The Council of the " Irish Tenant League" have published . the rules which , have been agreed to , and which ' set out by stating ; that the object ofthe Tenant League is . to draw the 1 attention of the Legislature to , tlic present , state of I the lawj as . it affects the relation of landlord and te «
nant , and to ' pray for ah amelioration ' of that law , upon fa ' uch grounds as rhen of reason arid experience may approve . " It then disclaims " all right or pretension : of right to represnt the people , or any number of the , people , '' , and proceeds * . — "The Tenant League professes to be , . and . is an independent association of peacefuf subjects , united by , a common sense of the sufferings under which 'they themselves , in common with the rest of trie industrious people are suffering , and by the operation of which the agricultural population is , fast resolving itself into the three Classes of frighted emigrants , imprisoned paupers , a _ d dismayed inhabitants ; united also ' by a common desire to ' apply their powers and faculties to the discovery of some
potent remedy for this national affliction ; united by a common belief that this remedy : lie ? in a careful , impai . ial „ and perfectly , honest revision of that code by which ( aided by accidental circumstances ) the tenantry ' have , been unjustly subjected to an unlimited power in the hands of'the landlords , and finally united by a firm determination to expose this evil and all-its concomitants , ; and by every legal and constitutional effort to seek a remedy while the country . retains the power of recovery . * * " * To stop the flight ofthe working swarm from the invaded hive , to unite them and all else that is sound and yirtuous : in the community into one grand . association whose , object is the peaceful , legal , and constitutional exertion of the
undoubted right , of her , Majesty ' s subjects of this realm—to petition her Majesty and both houses of Parliament for the redress " of what ' they feel to be a pernicious public grievance , exercising' this undoubted right with the most scrupulous observance of every existinglaw , and with a sincere determination to propagate peace , harmony , and good will , ia the room of bloodshed , controversy , and rancour . " It is also stated that there is to be * a council of 120 peivons to be nominated , in the first instance , at a general meeting of the League , and means are to be taken by the council to collect tho sum of £ 10 , 000 to carry on the operation ' s of the League . Tho
Nation gives the opinions of Mr . Fit-gibbon , Q . C ., Mr . Thomas " O'Hagan , Q C , and Sir Coleman O'Loghlen , on a case submitted to them , as to the legality of the rules . Carktixg awai' Crops . —The Ifewry Examiner contains , tlie following : — , " Great excitement has prevailed in the neighbourhood of Mellifont and Townley Hall since Monday last , in consequence of a largo quantity . of corn which had been under restraiut having been on the previous night scutched and carried away forcibly , while the bailiffs , two in number , were tied back " to back and p laced in such a position as to be unable either to re . cue the corn
or ' give . an alarm . The corn was seized at the instance of Mr . T . B . Balfour , of Townley Hall , by his agent , _ Ir . Richard G . Henry , of Ita . hneestanhouso , county Louth , on a farm in the occupation of Mr . James ltcagh , situate between Townley Hall and Mellifoiit . " An investigation was held at the petty sessions of Moll , on Wednesday last , when two persons , James Roach , a publican , and Thomas Dyas , a labourer , were bound over to take their trial at the quarter sessions of Ardee . Government Patkoxagi :. —Tho vacancy in the roll of stipendiary magistrates has been filled up by the appointment " to the place of a brother of Mr . Francis Scull y , one of the members of the county of Tipperary , and a general supporter of the present government .
Encumbered Estates . —Twenty-four petitions for the sale of cs : ates have been lodged in the Encumbered Commission Court during the week ending on tho 17 th instant , including one from the trustees of tho late Earl of Blessimjton , making a total of 1 , 229 . Tim Sea Sehfest Caught !—The Cork Examiner contains the following account of the capture of tho sea serpent at Youghal' , which has been furnished ' ' to that journal by MrT William Linehan of the drainage works : — " For the last three years a work of great magnitude has been carried on hero , under the Drainage Commissioners , which had for its object the recovering a large tract of land from the encroachments of tho sea . Hundreds of men , of horses and donkeys have been employed there raisins from
both ends an immense mound which was to meet , and be united at the centre , for the total exclusion of the waters . Latterly this has been drawing to a narrow channel , and the rush of waters through it at each tide was really terrific . Boats going up the river have been whirled into it with a violence that defied all the exertions of the rovers . On Saturday last all was in readiness for tho final closing of the gap—planks , piles , boats , and rafts , laden with heavy stones . As Mr . Larking , the superintending engineer , was standing on ' the extreme mound , ordering the men , a mighty animal was seen moving up the harbour , its head " about ten fecfc erect above tho surface of the water , and its flaming eyes turning quickly in all directions . It was the
famous sea serpent . On reaching that point of the channel opposite the works ( it was then nearly hi « li tide ) the animal seemed to feel and to like the roll ing current , and it glided in on its surface through the gap with a majesty which no words can adequately describe . The men working there were , for some seconds , struck dumb with amazement , and those at the extreme points near the wafer felt the quick influence of an electric shock as the animal glided by . ' Come , boys , ' said tho engineer , after recovering his presence . of mind , 'lotus push on tho work , and the lad is secured . ' Ifight and day , and even Sunday , did they labour incessantly at filling up the gap , while the monster was performing
strange evolutions in the still water inside . Then was tho large sluice opened to let out tho confined lake ; and gradually were left bare the scaly sides Of the serpent . On Monday morning , the animal was dead on the dry slab , and the men ofthe works carried it off in p ieces to Mr . VerlingVestablishment , where it is at this moment being converted into oil . And thus the great sea serpent is no ' more . Should any ono doubt the truth of the above statement , let him but visit this place , and he can convince himself . He will find the gap closed ; the immense strand perfectly dry ; and that part of it ivhoro the serpent died still bearing marks ol Die monster ' s last fearful struggles . " '
It would appear , however , from tho following communication , addressed to . tho Waterford Xews , that there must bo some mistake in the * above circumstantial detail , as on the dav after I ho monster is stated to have'been converted * into oil , ho is seen " sporting his figure " in tho "Waterford river : — " Whatever-doubts may have been hitherto entertained regarding the existence of this strange animal , his sudden aud unmistakcablo appearance in our river places the matter beyond all controversy . He was seen on Tuesday last at tho Slip by a pair of reapers , who , in their anxiety to escape , flung their brogues and wallet into tho water . The poor fellows were terribly alarmed , and I regret to say
that one of them is sun-rim ? acutely from an attacfc of . nervous fever . Their relation of the . occurrence is characteristic of the men , and no naturalist could describe the proportions of this wonderful monster in clearer or more forcible terms than aro employed by those rude children of nature . " The following letter appears in the Cork Examiner of Monday : —• ¦ ' Sir—I understand that ,-i . correspondent of yours has seen the sea serpent ( who was so con descending as to throw oh board' his boat a few shell fish 10 '; bait ) , tind is most anxious to confer with Mr . Roger W . Travers , said to be of this village , whose namo figured ; in the Constitution , on the s » t " V . ^?™ r and _ th September . I beg to assure you twwtneie is no such person as Roger w , Trows VWiamg iu
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 28, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28091850/page/6/
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