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      Hbauch o ? Losdos Duetto run Week . —This return ; in connexion with the two previous ' , indicates a continuous increase in the mortality of the "metropolitan districts . The deaths which ia the two preceding weeks were successivel y 781 , 865 , rose Jast week to 898 . In the _corresoondine weeks of P , « . _E 'M 184 fl " ) tbe lowest ' number occurred ia i _, _L' h , I wa 37 _* vthe highest in 1848 , when it was 1 , 201 ; but last year in the same week , the _meatus rose to 1 , 931 , when pestilence rapidly multiplied its victims . The average ofthe corresponding weeks of ten years ( 1840 9 ) _is . 1 , 022 , whicb , with a correction for increase Of population , becomes 3 , 115 .- TheS 93 deaths of last week , therefore , show i

      a decrease on the latter number , amounting to 217 ; hut . it will be observed that the average is in part founded on the aggravated mortality of last year . Tee deaths from pthisis or consumption are still less numerous than usual , having last week been 121 ;• in corresponding weeks tbey fluctuated Between 120 and 156 . In the class which comprises oiher diseases , of the respiratory organs , the deaths , amounting to Tt . also fall below the average . The zymotic or epidemic class numbers 272 _deaths ; aud thoBgh this mortality is not yet _excessive as compared with that of the same week in somo previous years , it shows a tendency to increase as tie autumnal season approaches . Small-pox nifiaska , scarlatina hooping-cough , _andtvobus !

      thaw less than the usual fatality or differ little from the average ; but diarrhoea exhibits a rapid increase on ihe previous weeks , and has now risen above the average- The _numhers from _diarrhosa in the last far weeks have been successively 40 . 37 , 51 , and 104 . Of tbe lOi persons who died of it last week , 8 £ were infants under 1 year ; 14 were 1 year old and under 60 , and 6 were 60 years of age and upwards . Last week 13 deaths were ascribed to efcdera , showing an increase , when compared with those of the _previous returns ; but aninvesti gation of . the cases as detailed in the registers proves that- in a certain proportion of them it was the commoa English form ofthe complaint . Inthe Rectory sub-district Maryleboneon the 24 th of July

      , , at 11 , Orchard-place , the son of a labourer , aged 3 years , " cholera ( 24 hours . ) " "This" ( says Mr . Josephs ) "is a small house in . the rear of a densely-crowded place , well known in Marvlebone , ¦ which , though in a much better condition than formerly , is still imperfectly cleansed and ventilated . " Also in the Rectory sub-district , at 2 , Paradise-row , on 23 rd July , the son of a smith , 3 years , " cholera ( 3 days . ) " " The child had diarrhoea for a week previous . Its parents lived in a small front parlour , with five other children . The locality is _crowded . * ' In St . John's , Marylebone , at 14 , _Bonry-street , on the 25 th July , the son of a _Bheemaker , aged 1 year , " English cholera 4 o days . ) In the same _suh-rlicttmot . « t in

      _Tc-TDshend-cottages _, on the 24 th Julv , the son of a labourer , aged three months . ' " eholera . In . Islington East , at 48 , _King-street-terrace , on the Mm ot July , a working woman , spinster , aged 33 _yep-rs " cholera ( 12 hours , ) had diarrhoea 2 lays . " In West _Hwkney _, at 13 , Tottenham-square , on Jp tb July , the son ofa contractor , aged 3 months , " _i-sgltsh cholera ( 3 days . ) " In thi same _neighborhood , at 11 , Tottenham-road , on the 2 oth July , tho danghter of a draper , aged 1 year . " English chplsra ( _adays , ) _convul 3 ons ( 12 honrs . y * _Inlftirth Bt , Gues _- _B-m-thB-Eelds , at 12 , Great White Lion-Street , on 23 rd July , the daughter ofa printer , _aged 7 iac ! _iths , " EngUsh cholera ( 7 days . ) "

      LiPentonv _* U : _s » t » , _wnton-grove , on 23 rd , July , the son of a ponce constable , aged 6 months , "infantile cholera . In Whitechapel-chnrch sub-district , at 17 , Coicnester-atreet _, on 24 th July , the daughter of a sh o emaker , aged 4 months , "Asiatic cholera ( 2 days . ) Mr . Hems , the registrar , states that "the ch-JI was suckled by the mother for a fortnight , was afterwards brought up by hand , and never thnyed . It was attacked with violent vomiting an _^ pnrging on Sunday , recovered , and grew worse on Monday , when the medical attendant first saw the case , and pronounced it hopeless . The house is well aired . " In Lambeth , at 39 ,-Wdtton-street , on 24 ib . July , the wife ofa printer , aged 25 , years , " cholera ( 2 days , ) peritonitis ( 3 weeks . ) " Mr .

      _Jflears states that" the _houseis clean and tolerably any . It has a cesspool . " Also in Lambeth , at 8 , Vins-terrace , Waterloo-road , on 21 st July , the wife Of . * stonemason , aged 24 years , " cholera ( IO hours . ) " " This person ( says Mr . Daws ) had been in _dehcate health for some months , and had only come the cay before from Somersetshire . " The medical attendant adds on his certificate that there " was no purging , all the other symptoms were urgent , ihe secretion of urine suspended , the catheter was passed , but no urine in the bladder . " The hoes ; is in an jury situation and well drained . In Lambeth , at 7 , High-street , on the 19 th July , a carpenter , aged 36 , " Asiatic cholera ( 44 hours . )" Mr . _Earwood states that" the deceased retired to rest about eleven o ' clock in his usual state of health , but in . abont two hours awoke with violent

      cramp , which was followed by sickness and diarrhoea ; these continued till death . " In comparison "with the above 13 deaths from _cholera , registered last week , it is proper to mention that in the corresponding week of 1846 there were 26 from the same disease ; also 26 in that of 1848 ; and in that Of 1846 , the deaths from cholera rose to 783 . —At the Seyal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean heigth ofthe barometer in tho week was 29-691 inches . The-mean temperature was 63 * 4 deg . about 2 d eg . above the average of the same week for seven years . On Monday and Tuesday , when the tem-Srature was highest , the mean were respectively deg . and 72 deg . and were from 8 to 11 degrees shove the average of the same " days . The temperature then declined , and onthe last three days the mean was below the average .

      __ Child Drowned by _rra Brother . —An _adjournsd inquest was held on Saturday night last , on the body of S . Bates , aged fourteen months , who was fonnd on Thursday right in the river Leen . under circur _. stsnces which rendered it almost certain that be had been thrown there by his brother John , ten years old , whowas entrusted with him-to nurse . — Dr . Massey said he had made a pott mortem _examioatkri of the deceased infant , and finding - that . the _ _tarl-3 about its head might have been caused since death , and that the body was in every respect in a health ? state , he bad come to the conclusion that death had been entirely caused by drowning , — -T Bates , the . father ofthe two . children , deposed to Bending the hoy out withthe child on Wednesday

      • _mortiag , to his not returning , and to fafc being found without the child in the evening of Thursday . He bid no reason to suspect that the prisoner would draws his little brother wilfully , as they had always been apparently , much attached to each other . Bat he m- _"st say that at times the boy ' s conduct was so peculiar as to lead to the conclusion that he . was not always right in his mind . —Wilkinson , the police officer , stated that he had . heard of a boy affirming that he had seen the deceased thrown into tbe water fry hie brother , when alive ; and the jury , deeming it desirable ( hat the truth of this statement should be _inquired into , directed the officer to investigate

      it _immediately . Wilkinson set . off , found , the boy , and asked him to point out the place where the _circumsiesce happened . The lad , who was extremely form ? , pointed out a place in the canal , a considerable _cStance from the spot in the Leen . where the body - ¦ - _« fonnd . The _eeaseqnence was , that the lad ' s tc-fimonywasnot received . The coroner reviewc-i ihe evidence in the case , remarking npon its _ragufftess in every respect . The jury decided upon the Mowing finding : — _" * That the deceased , S . Batei , wa 3 fonnd drowned inthe river Leen , bnt how the b _:-5 y came into the water there . is no sufficient _evidence to prove . " The prisoner was discharged , ids father being enjoined to take care of him .

      Mysterious Death of a Cabin-boy oh ths ] _Eivsa . —On Mondaymorning Mr Baker , the deputy Conner , resumed an inquiry at the Ship Inn , _Highatreetj Stepney , respecting the death of Henry Hop , Idas , aged fifteen years , a cabin boy , who was found in jh & river , with his headshaved and covered with tar , and his person otherwise disfigured . Tne evidence _adduced went to prove _^ that the deceased was _apprenticed from the Marine Society to a Mr . Smith , the owner ofa brig called the Atlantic , trading _between Loudon and Shields . On the 15 th ult , thefr _: i > taiu went on shore to transact . some _business ahd when he _retarn _^ d the crew were all in confusion , as the deceased was missing f rom the vessel . No one could account for h * 3 sudden disappearance , and

      the cVntain proceeded to tbe _deceased s parents to _ascertain if the lad had been home , but he had not been seen there . ' . Every search was made for _ him , but _niuhine was heard about the deceased until the _fbllowhig Tuesday , when the body was discovered off _Stone-j _^ airg , Ratcliff , in a most shoek ng condition . The hair of his head had been shaved or cut off , and Ills head covered with tar . His feet were like wise lesmered with the _^ same composition , and -his shoes were firmly adhering to them . The body , was place- ! in a shell , and conveyed to-the dead-house of _Stepaey Church ,, where it was viewed by the . jury . Its _appearance was most _distressing ' , and tbe relatives _cauld with difficulty identify the poor lad . Mr . Pembi ? , beadle , stated thathehad seen the owner of the _vessel , and he informed him that tha Atlantic would not be in the pool before the 3 rd of August ,

      when Ihe whole of the crew would be forthcoming to give evidence in the case . The parents were of opinion that the deceased had been _subjected to some ill _treatment , and by those means had either jump' d of fallen overboard in his endeavours to escape . The _iwrorier said the case was one of a very . my-te ious nature and required the most _searchina inquiry . He should adjourn the case until the vessel reached the river , aid give the officer directions to summon the wSols of the persons . employed on boarf the brig . ; The jury were then bound over to appear _pir the adjournment day to proceed with the investigation . _Sodpe" ? Deai _ —On Saturday Mr . M . " WakUy held an iuquest at the George and Dragon , Cleveland _^ street , Etzroy-sgnare , on the body of James Jones , aged twenty-one . The deceased , a Fr ench polisher , had lately been discharged from . _Middlesex Hospital ,

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      where he had lately been an , inmate * fe ™& from fever , with strict injunctions , lo . avoid excitement . On the previous night be visited _awncert room adjoining bis dwelling , which _j -on a . certain song being announced , heabruptly quitted and left the house . He returned after a _lajse of a few minutes , and was resuming his seat , when , placing his hands at the back of hishead , and giving fl . violent . _Shriek , ha fell to the floor insensible . Being immediately puked hd he was carried home and a surgeon sent for , notwithstanding whose exertions he was never restored ' to a state of consciousness , and shortly expired , tbe presumed cause of death being overflow of blood to tbe brain , the result of excitement . Verdict , " Natnraldeath . "

      Snicmis . —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Langham , at the Prince Albert Tavern , Upper St . Martin ' _s-lane , as to the death of Mrs . Emma Pease , aged _thirty-one . The deceased was . the wife of a dyer , living at 10 , Licbfield-street , Soho , and for the last ten months has suffered intensly from some inward complaint . - It was arranged that she - should go on Wednesday morning with hor father to his residence at Oxford , to Bee if a change of air wonld be of any service to her . On that morning she asked

      him to get readv , but not to leave the room , or she should throw herself ont of the _window . A few minutes afterwards she requested ' them to go out ofthe room for a moment , which they did , and she instantly rushed to the door and locked it . The father was much alarmed , and begged of her to open the door , when she said he should come in directly ; a fall was then heard , and tbe door being kicked in sbe was fonnd lying on the floor weltering in her blood , with a razor in her right hand , with which she had inflicted a terrific wound on the left side of her neck .

      She never spoke , and died almost instantly . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . " A Bride ' s Death . —On Sunday afternoon the residents at Thames-bank , - _Vauxhall-bridge-roadj were alarmed by loud shrieks and cries for help issuing from the river ; several boats put off , and five persons who had become immersed were rescued . On the party recovering from their fright it was found that a miss Ashton , who had been , married' that morning to Mr . Harper , of 19 , Little Dean-street , . 'Southwark Bridge-road , and whose wedding excursion it was , had been drowned , and though search was made for her body it was not recovered . The accident arose from the unskilfulness of the parties in the management of the boat .

      Suicide of a Foeeioneh . —On "Wednesday _afteW noon the _promenaders of St . James ' s Park on the paths adjacent .- and surrounding the ornamental water were suddently alarmed ; by the immersion of a person who now lies unclaimed in the _"Weatminster Hospital . The deceased was . observed by Mr . Chapman , chief clerk to Mr . Rumsey , solicitor Warwick-court , Holborn , to leap head-foremost a distance of some feet in the water opposite the boat house . On being rescued he was immediately conveyed to the above institution , where all attempts at resuscitation proved abortive . The body awaits an inquest The only property found on the person ofthe deceased consisted of 6 s . 6 d . in silver and some halfpence _.

      < Ship Run Down in the Kivbb . —The Royal William , Dublin steamer , on her-way up the river on Saturday morning , _abbutdaylight , ran down the brig Union , in ballast , bound , to the north , about half a mile below Gray ' s pier , ' where her wreck now lies sunk . One of the crew of the Union was thrown from her topgallant yard , by . the collision , upon the deck of ther Royal William , and killed . Election of Sheriff . —On Monday this contest was brought to a close . At four o ' clock , Mr . Under-Sheriff _Milard , accompanied by the committee and friends of the candidates , attended the hustings , and the numbers were announced as follows : —Hodgkinson , . 519 ; Batler , 99 . Majority , for Hodgkinson 420 . "

      Decay of Blackfriaks-bbidgk . —On Monday a large quantity of shingle was thrown into the bed of the Thames to support the abutments of the centre arch cf Blacifriars-bridge , which have sunk so much that the . stones at the crown ' . of the arch . have loosened , and-the breast work has cracked . For some weeks divers have been employed inthe bed of the river , whb have ascertained that the foundations are affected . Arrival of Parisian Excursionists is London . —On Saturday evening last a . large number of holiday Parisians started , by the Northern of France Railway , for Calais , where tbey passed the night ,

      and on Sunday morning 740 of them embarked for Dover in the South-Easte _ and Continental Company ' s steamers , Prince Ernest and Lord' Warden , the greater portion of whom came by special train to London , where they arrived about seven o ' clock in the evening . The London-bridge terminus of . the South Eastern Railway was crowded by friends and relatives of the visitors , who were greeted in the most enthusiastic manner ; die scene was most enlivening . This is the first of a series of such visits contemplated , during the present season . The excursion fares on the French lines are remarkably low . Return visits are , we believe , in course of

      arrangement . Novel Baza as in aid of a Raggeb School . — On Tuesday a sale of useful and ornamental articles took place under the arches of the South ; -Eastern Railway , Ncckinger-road , Bermondsey , in aid of the debt incurred in fitting up the arch 114 , as a ragged school for the education of the poor children of the locality . The novelty of the place selected attracted a numerous company . The place was tastefully arranged , and the ladies who presided over the stalls had their benevolence rewarded by the receipt ofa considerable sum in aid of the object in view . A Buffalo Hunt is London . —Oh Monday morning last abont nine o ' clock , two young buffaloes

      were being driven from the terminus of the' Great Western Railway , at Paddington ; when in the Edgware-rpad some sweeps shaking a soot bag alarmed them , and they started at a terrific pace in the direction of Lisson-grove . Their career was so rapid that several persons , unable to get biit of the way , were knocked down and seriously injured , and a Mrs . Ls Blanc , . of Alpha . Cottages , had her ribs fractured , and sustained other injuries . All efforts to stop _them-w ' ere fruitless ; they dashed through Regeht ' s-park into _Primrbse-hillpark with increased impetuosity , leaping ] fences with the greatest ease . The beasts were not- secured till ten o clock at night ; seven persons were seriously infured by them . . ..

      PesT-OFFicK Monet Obdebs . — The . Gazette of Tuesday contains a . direction of the Postmaster : General in conformity with the powers vested in him regulating the payment - of money ' orders , by which it is directed that all money orders heretofore or hereafter issued , payable at any . post-office which has or may become , vacant , shall , he made payable at any other post-office fer ; that purpose appointed ; that every money order , ' after the expiration of twelve calendar months after the expiration of the month in which it shall be issued , shall be absolutely void and of no effect ; that all money . orders shall be paid at the post-office , upon whioh they have . been drawn , within two months next after the month in which tbey have been issued ; but , by consent of the postmaster-General .

      new orders for the same . ' amount shall be issued less poundage payable thereon ; and that when , any money order shall have been paid all liability on the part of ¦ the Post-office revenue , [& ., whether such payment shall have been made by or through forgery , fraud , or misrepresentation , or mistake , or otherwise , shall cease and determine . Exhibition or 1851 . —Commencement of ' the Building . — The commissioners of Woods and Forests on Tuesday , delivered over to the executive committee the ' ground to be appropriated to the building for the reception of the articles sent for the exhibition in 1851 . Messrs . Foz and Henderson , the contractors for the building ,. immediately commenced their labours by staking out the ground . _., „' ¦ . '

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      . Ths Fatal Siram-boat E _? m > Sion at . Bbistol . . —Bristol , Satubdat , July 27 _iH . _T-This morning mother body , viz . that of Miss Venn , of . Mary-h > Pool-street was found in . the Floating Harbour ; and of the wounded sufferers in tbe Infirmary four are row lying in so precarious a state as to leave hardly any hopes of . their , recovery . At , the adjourned inquest , held at the Infirmary , . the jury returned a verdict that the deceased . died from injuries inflicted onthe various parts of their bodies , resiiltiDg from an accidental explosion bri board the Red 'Rover steamer in the Floating Harbour , aad that thejury are of opinion that the . owner , of . the said steamer

      ought not to have used tbe said boiler . An inquest has since been held on the body bf Miss Yerih vyith a similar result . Since the ' accident the three other river steamers plying at the time , viz ., the Expert , the Flying Fish , and the "Witch , have been stopped plying , and taken to the . Grove for the purpose of being ° carefull . v . 6 urveyed . under the direction ofthe Board bf _Tradei with the view to their . being registered under a recent act ' of Parliament passed in order to the better provision ; for the _puKic safety , and this afternoon they have undergone a most rigid scrutiny , the inspections ofthe hulls having been entrusted to Mr . Patterson , the eminent shipbuilder , one of Llovd ' s surveyors , and Mr . _Sirhmons _, _jalsba well-known ship'uilder ; the engines , boilers ,. arid

      machinery to Messrs . M'Lean , engineering surveyors ' to the Board of Trade , the entire survey and regis-: tratina being placed _undcr . the direction of Mr . C . A . Davis , ofthe Customs . ' Tha survey was in . allre _^ _spects a satisfactory one , the engines and , boUei 8 being pronounced as not only very strong , but well finished . The surveyors have , however , directed steam-tight bulk heads , & c , to . be placed in certain parts of each vessel , with the view to still further add to the publio security . The , boats will riot be permitted to ply again ur . ' _til this is done . The funerals of several of the » inbappy > _persons killed by this calamitous accidep _; took place at Bristol on Sunday , and at one p , f them so large a concourse had assembled , the ' e a lamentable accident very

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      inWy _^ occurred . ; ' . The , deceased , person ' _^ _Wjyjam _iCbbperVw _^ _husually _. wen . _khoVn in .. the city ' as the proprietor _^ _raf-dancibg es tablishm _' ent _' _f artd the ' conductor of a _^ _bahd'bf muBic , an'df as _having-usuall y ' bccupied a prominent position at public gala festivals _land other occasions of ibe kind , ; and as many as from ! 18 , 000 , to 20 , 000 person _^ assembled :. to , watch , ( he . melancholy cortege asjf , moved j _^ romi the deceased person ' s residence in \ _Bfoad-street to . the churchvard of St ; James , wh ' efetfie interment _' tbok place _, . _^ he churchyard and the , avenues leading to it were " i 6 odensely crowdedi _. that _; great difficulty : was ' experienoed in getting the corpse , ; into :, thejgraveyardi , Upon the opfningof . tbe iron gates for . that purpose , the crowd on the churchyard : parade , fid ' ' its

      eagerness to get near to the grave / made a . terrific , rush , with such impetuosity' ; that some of 'the _partiesfin front were thrown down and trampled on , and ' would probably have been killed or seriously . injured had it not been that Inspector , Bell ) _x _^ ith a strong body /' of police , forced back the ' populace , and arrested their p fogreg 8 until the persons thrown down were dragged out with their clothes torn and their persons bruised , _although happily not seriously . There are . several of the surviving _sufferers , _, wbo continue ; to , lie . iri a very precarious state . _; Mr . John Langdon is con- ; _sidered in peril , _asarbflikewUe the . captain o ' f tho boat , Wm . Puddy- and the little girl j'Eliza _Fulfbrdi A melancholy change took place oii Sunday morning in the state of another of the parties named Bailey .

      The poor , fellow had had his le ? amputated , ; and appeared to be going , on well till Sunday morning , when he was seized with ' sudden delirium ,. jumped out of bed , uttering dreadful shrieks , arid was' with difficulty returned to bed ; On inquiry at the Infirmary , Bailey was much better , he having passed a quiet night . ... ' , ' _.-.-.. ,.. ;•? : ;¦ . _; .:, The hate _Stbau-Vesskl Explosion ATr _^ _DsyoN _: port . —On the . 25 th , itlt . the adjourned inquest ,. oii the body cf _Thomns Lane , the' stoker of the uiifortuiiate steamer ; the Queen , and ! who lost his life through the explosion of the boiler on the morning of the 10 th . took pb'ce at the . . Crown , and Column public house , before A . B . Bone , _Esq ., coroner , and a highly respectable and intelligent jury . The jury afterwards inquired as to the death , of , D . Mitchell , the engineer , who being on board the Queen . when the boiler exploded . was frightfully scalded , and hurled into the air . fell into the water , from whence

      he was recovered in a _senseie ? 8 ( state , and conveyed to . tbe Steam-packet Inn , _. _Cornwallrslreet , .. where he lingered on until the 25 th ult ., when ; he sunk under the _effect of so many wounds . The verdict on both was , ' - ' that they , had died from the . effect of injuries received at the explosion bf the Queen , but that as to the cause of that explosion the . ju ' ry hadnbt sufficient _oyidenceto _! _dec _^! _e _. _' _^ : . _,.. ; ' , ; DEATHSTanCK bN _HOBSBBAOK last a melancholy circumstance occurred fin the family of the Rev' J . Swires , ' vicar of Mantield , fne ' ar Darlington , Durham . , His . third . daughter _^ Miss Emma Swires , was riding on horseback in company with her brother , and when near the village of Melsonby he observed his sister sitting unsteadily upon the saddle ; and ultimately fall off the horse . Assistance was at hand , biit she died almost immediately . It has beeri ascertained tbat death resulted from a

      fit or spasms of theheart . She ; was . only seventeen years of age . ' ¦¦¦ ' <" . :: '¦'•' _y--p ' > ' . y . 'J _,- •; : Birmingham , Monday . —Forgery on thb ' _Ausr TRALiiN Government . —This afternbon a man , who gave bis name as James Hill , was ' apprehended at one of the inoat respectable hotels in this , town by Mr ; Stephens , the Chief Superintendent of Police , and upon searching him , forged notes to the amount of £ 16 , 000 were found upon him .. -He . is , a native of England , . but resides : in Vienna . . - Various other foreign notes were also found ' upon- him . He has been under the surveillance of the police for tbe last fourteen days . Tbe notes forged ; ( which : are upon the Australian government ) - are so well imitated that it is scarcely possible to distinguish them from the originals , _i-r-.. ... - ; .. ' ¦ _^ ¦ .: : ' ¦ _,- _.-, * ¦ - .: _- _.-

      Bwwiko . up or -the Cuff - at ' _Seavobd . — Lieutenant Ward and twenty-one Royal Sappers and Miners arrived here last week from Newhayen , for the purpose of making the necessary , arrangements forthe intended grand explosion bv gunpower of the cliff at Seaford heights . The fall of cliff is considered requisite for preserving the bank of . beach in the bay , ' and for making . a natural groyne , as the shingle between _Newiiaven piers and Seaford-head is found to . drift considerable to the _ea-tward ;; towards Beachy-head .. The works have been for some time in contemplation . The explosion , ' if is expected , will take place in two or three months , and will , no doubt , attract . an immense number , of spectators , and . many scientific men . -The Sappers and Miners have ,, pitched , their , tents ; in the .

      Batteryyard . . ¦ _:. " - ,. ;; _¦; ; . . . _-. : _; . , ''• . it : ' . ' . Deaths frou _iscautiods . c * . eansing of Steam Engine Flues . —An inquest wag held on , the 26 th ult , on three men , named . Mellor , _MfGinnies , and Shaw , who lost their lives by _> the incautious introduction of water among , the ashes before the flues , ' which they ; were cleaning , had baen ; sufficiently 'cooled . The accident took place at the cotton factory of Messrs . . Johnson ; and Sons , Staleybridge . From the evidence given it appeared that no , blame was attributable to any person . A verdict was , therefore , returned "That the deceased had come by their deaths by accident ; and the jury recommended that the place should be emptied at shorter intervals . " Shaw and Mellor have left three , children , and M'Ginnes two children ; and another of the sufferers , John Moor , lies in . a very dangerou . ' state . . [[ ,. [ ...

      NOVIL _PrOCHBI-ING AGAINST A CLERGTMAN . _—On the 26 th ult ., in the Ecclesiastical Court , -York , lour suits instituted against the . Rev . T . _Ibbotson , vicar of Garton , and perpetual curate of _Riiston Parva , Skerne , and Lowthorpe , for non-residence without license , were heard . . It appeared that the rev . defendant had on a'f ormer . occasion been condemned in the forfeiture bf three-fourths of his ' revenue for the year 1817 , and . the _. _costsof thesuit , _Thefour , suits thenbefore the court we ' re commenced for a like forfeiture for 1848 f The defendant admitted the truth of the charge ,, and judgment passed against him ' for three-fourths of his income for . that year , and costs ; , ThefourUying 6 are _» _elutnedat £ 31 L ' '" ' ' [

      : ATTBMPrKoMuBDKR—A . man named Richard Whiting was brought before the bench of magistrates at To ' _wcfsfer _. 'bn the 26 thult , j charged with attempting to murder his wife , by ' cutting her throat in the public . highway . . On the previous Wednesday the prisoner went to London ,, and ; returned home next day . He the _^ asked his wife ; to take ' , a walk with him , and after being out someI time , he . said lie felt rather , fatigued , and wanted his . wife ' tosit down _^ 'He then took a knife out of his pocket , and laying hold ofher head , pulled it back , ' and inflicted a wound on her throat . She screamed for assistance _^' and on the prisoner . seeirig . f _. a hjari ' , approacbin " gr . ' h " ef threw , ; the knife bvera hedge ) , or _hedoubtlesB woiild'have . ' mur _[( deredhe r . , He waai ' fiiHy . committed for , trial . . .

      j Gbbat Firk . at . PdoLK ; _^ Lette ¥ 8 . were receiyed p h Monday morniug by the leading insurance companies in the City announcing a terrible " fire , at Poole , on Friday , " the 26 th ult . ' , by ' which it , ap peaf 8 several bonded w arehouses , stores , and several houses situate on the . quay were totally consumed , ; together , with theit contents , , . ' The firei _^ asdiscbvered ' _sliortlya . ffer three o ' _clbckjn the mbrning , raging , in the lower part pf the premises belonging to [ the Steam Flbur . ' _Company , known as the ' _Miilsj thelargest building in the town _. _situate fronting the . quay . The town engines were instantly brbiigbt to Qie . _spot , buVbefdre tbey could be got into play the whole ofthe ihferibr of the . building , with ; the contents , consisting of valuable machinery , 500 quarters of wheat' 500 sacksi ' of meal ,

      and 300 sacks of flour were encompassed by the flames . Within a short time the fire crossed af passage and ignited a warehouse used as corn stores , belonging to Mr . Oakley , which quickly became . with the hulls in a general blaze , . The flames ascended an _, enprmousheight , lighting up the town . and . adjacent country for miles ' . The stores ; in . question of Mr . i Oakley were . exceedingly valuableV they contained upwards of a ! 1 , 000 quarters _, of corn ; and _^ bfitween 500 and 600 sicks of flour . From these the cbr . fliigration . extended . to the oil stores bfMr . Slade ; these \ _werp _. also _; sopn levelled , with-, the ground '; the ' oil _; flowed . throug h ' . , the , . , lanes and alloyaf iri ' a . _flaming stream , firing the dwellings of the poorfin all

      directions . 1 he excitment among the inhabitants became intense , as , the whole town appeared to be destined to destructiop . All tiie engines that could be obtained from _theineighbouring villages were-brought into requisition , but the ravages made b y , the fire seemed _almost _toparalyse them . ;! A _. change . of win'd . happiiy had the effect of staymg the conflagration in _' the _. direction of tbe town , but it , was some hours before it wa g Anally checked . In : addition to the premises destroyed as before stated , some ten or eleven' houses were partially _gutted . f Thefire continued . burning up to Sunday , but no further damage was expectbi ) . ' Suspicions were . entertained that it , was caused by an incendiary .: : The total loss is reported to bo near ¦ ¦ ¦

      £ 40 , 000 . . , ; _-.,: . : _ _,, , ; _-, . _.,, ; ,:. ; , ' . „ ' . ' f Sunday Letter Carriers . —Some ofthe passengers , when they arrived at Southampton on Sunday last , by the excursion trains , from London , immediately set off two carrier pigeons , with notes announcing their arrival safe from , railway- accidents . . Thtpigeons , as soon as they . were let go , ' ascended' oyer the town of Southampton ,. and for . , a few . moments they kept darting towards all points of the , compass , aad revelling apparently in the suubeamsf that were ! playing on Southampton Water . In a very short ' time , however , " true to an . unerring instinct , tbeyj flew off rapidly ih _anor'h-easterly direction towards the metropolis . ' ¦

      _;• Singwlab _FtofilmbnTuOP ; _AiDrkam . _ttOn ihe ;' 26 thlilt . ayoungman , named , Joseph ; Pixton , aged twenty-two , was bathingin the river Collin , near to A 8 bley njill , when . he was unhapiiiiy , drowned . It appears that thedeceased had been working in a hay field throughout the day , annl being hot , determined to . bathe- although _pariieuVariy cautioned not to do so by hia relations at tha mill , with whom he lived . Their reason for so _cautionin g : him was , that on the three previous nights , he had dreamed that he was drowning m the . river .- Each morning he had related _tw _C _™ 2 f W' and in _^ oke fold 'hem who _iSHff _hiMlQm _& _& _" •¦ _, _? It _happened , _ai _, d TO _5 _WWB 9 _* ' man who was to have his

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      watch : '' 6 h _thehigHtlnquestibii'he'had . be'bn _slwirar ; mingdown the rifer . _" He left _' the _. waterj and tbld the _^ . parties : who'fwere withhim thathe wonld have a diy ? f ih . ade ' epfpaiftbftheriver . So ' _stiyitigKeTah _' onI the bank , sprang iu headforemost , and never was seen afterwards .. An alarm was given , and Mr . ' Davenport , who is upwards of sixty years of age , but an excellent ; swimmer , ' jumped into the river ,, dived ' several'timesi ' and tried all he could to ' find him , but _Without success . It was an hoar'and a half before Piston ' s body could be found , —Manchester . Guardian : ~ — " _*«* - _' ; Naval Flooging AND , DB 8 RRTiosi--Seven boys and two seamen , ' late ofthe EilyJ- Gbthmarider _Bedforl , have arrived at _PortsmoUthfrom Sierra Leone , having been left there without clothes , or hay . and after having been flogged on board the Lily . _Tbe'case'is before the , admiral ,. and will , most : likely ,: lead to . _tia

      _yeryserious-inquiry . . ; , . _,.. ; . . -. ; _(• , _, ; . _- . _;> ¦' . ¦ _ua-y . ' ; , ; :, ; ! ' Dissbnters' _-Marruges . _^ A _, scene is said to have occurred _hst week iii the WesleyanChapel , at'Wci ; lington , Oxon , ' The minister ' refnsed to _^ grant- the Wishes of acoupleito . be united by other than a regu- larly a _ppointedfWesleyan . minister . _. . The ; registrar claimed a' right by law to s ay ,, who the cerempny should be performed by , irrespective ofthe . uiinister , the chapel having been - gazetted'as' a * licensed marriage house" * - '* The _ministerpersisledin'his 'refusal ; andplacedan additional padlock on the _^ obr ; this was broken . and the . -cerempny : performed , the regular , minister protesting and threatening an action for trespass . ' ' .,. ; ' . -y , ' _,: ¦• • :. , . _' , ¦¦ ; 1 _MrjRDBit ' _AifNoTiraoJiAM;—A murder , was committed oh Sunday evening last ; upon . a mah named

      John Tuckwbod , _> a butcher , of . Nottingham , near Trumpofc-street , a low part of the town ; _,, It appears that . Tuckwood . was ; in , the ; aboye ; neighbourhood about ten o'clock oh Sunday night , whenfhe . _mit ' three men , bh ' eof whom , ' without uttering a ' word , struck him a terriflb ' blovV ' oh the '' face ; which knocked but several ofhis . teeth ' . _^ The . poor fellow immediately ; . fell , and the ; Other ; : menfcoming up _ikickedhim in different parts of bis body ,, and then ju niped _. upon hini . ' . He _wasf rendered _almostinsensible _/ hiit managed' to' _crawlto _ , lodging-house" in Tfumpet _^ street , where _howas ' taken in , hiS'face presenting a shocking spectacle . Surgical aid was sent for , and tho poor 'fellow ' ¦ ' lingered in great _aeronv until Tuesday _mominir , when he died ; ' _/ . y

      ' : Another Fatal Accidest at _BBisibri . T : On Monday afternoon- an acoident . attended . by fatal consequences tq one poor . fellbw , _aridr . productive of injuries to _sbnie _otners _. 'hccurredat the Sohool of Industry for theBlind at / Bristol , Somo . alterations were going , ori in . the , premises in M the . reari . of the Asylum , _( Wheroian _. afcadeis'beirig . removed - vitha view to the erection of . some _outbuildings upon its site . ' A riumbei * of arches were in course of : being _pulleddowp , when one of ; them suddenly ; fell in and injuredIthreo me _" ri ,, who were at once taken to the iriflrmary . ;\ , One . of them , John Burke , has received a severe wound on- the . head and internal injuries ,, and after , lingering till six . o ' clock on thefollpwing morninghe expired . ; The other men ' s injuries . are

      ofa less . severe character , and are not expeotedto terminate fatally .: , . . f . : _¦> This , ; Nkpaiji . Princes , _—Plymoutb' . Tue « day . — His Excellency , the . Envoy- from Nepaul , with the princes , arid suite , arrived hero from Paddington by express train , at about fivo o ' clock yesterday afternoon ., ' They _^ alighted at several of the stations , but partook _. only _. of water on the journey . A considerable ; number , of official gentlemen , with their familics _. yfaited . ori , . the Plymouth , platform j where the illustrious visitors were officially received by Lieut . F . _barren , flag-lieutenant of Commodore Lord John Hay , , * _7 ho has the honour of . entertaining them during their stay here . Port Admiral Sir W . _Halb Gage and his secretary ,, Mr . Irving , _, wer . e , _aiso at the station , and paid theirrespeots _, to , the Envoy . The party consisted of his Excellency , with-two other

      princes ,. , two superior , officers . and : an interpreter , and _twelve domestics ,, ten of whom were in Oriental and two in ' European costume . Tho former were conveyed in two of _Moorshead ' _s chaises and the latter , in throe flys from the station to the Dockyard , where all the officers ; , of the ., establishment and a military guard : of honourwere ready to _. reoeiye . them The old check ' office , now occupied by Lieutenant Warren , and vacated for , the ; convenience of his Ex « cellcncy and suite , has been prepared for thoir occupation , and sentinels posted at the entrance . It is understood that they will remain several , day sin this neighbourhood , and ; that thoy ' will visit Falmouth ; and , descend ; _some of the Cornish mines .. On leaving the station the prinoes were greeted by . a hearty cheer from the crowd assembled outside .-

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      i TriB _BxPtoaioN _Xv . AiBDRiB . pThe bodies of all _thesriffcrerBby the recent ' sad occurrence at Airdrie HaV 6 ' , ' it is' _believedi '' been ; now ,. recovered ., The J umber -is one less than , was originally * conceived In Thursday forenoon , the , 25 th ult ., the parties engaged in Marching the pitf _caiajs ' , . upon the blackened and disfigured ' remains of trie ' lad _MTJohald , qn ' e ' . bf three brbtbei s , who have perished . ' ) _'BjMr ex _ettiPnawere continued' unremittingly : for _^ _fiv'bfhours Ibriger , in the hope Of , finding , those of _fTzzart , a person ; who wag ascertained ' to be ' . _^' missing , " They were , disappointed'in their . expectations . '' _, For some _tjme this ' want . of success ' confounded _^ them , and waSfelt'by all as ' a painful thing ' . ' At length it was suggested that the body which had' rernained

      unidentified rhightbe ' theone sought for . ' Along with several , of the others which was'brbught up first , t had h ' een buriedin thegraveyatd at New Monkland ; but abtirigon the conjecture" thrown out ,. it was now disinterred and re-examined—the ' . result being to verify the _suggestion wbich led to the _steD . —The number of . victims is thus reduced _toseventeen . j Bioaut , ' Asp ; _Mimn * j R _a-cEdihuobgh . —A man Samed _WilliamBciinisop was tried , before the High _louri ; of Justiciary at Ediriburgh | bn Thursday and Friday wee * last ; for bigamy arid murder . The mots of the case as set forth in the indictment wore , that : Benni « on had married a woman named ' Mary Mullen , at Tavanagh _; near , _Portadown , in Ireland , on the 3 rd of . November . 1838 : that on the 5 th of

      pecember , 1839 V His first , wife being still , alive , he entered into W matrimonial connexion with Jean Hamilton , residing 'in' ! _'Story-streeti Paisley '; arid that on the , 12 th or 13 th . of . April last / in : Steadsplace , Leith-walk , near Edinburgh , he administered tb _Jenn Hamilton a dose of arsenic in some porridge or oatmeal , from thb offebtso'f which , after lingering two or three days , she died . In the . course of the trial it came out that _Beririison was a member of the small Beet of Primitive . Methodists , and had' during his , stay , in Edinburgh made great pretensions to _qanctity . . It was also proved that having deserted _oisffirst " wife , aibabeen absent fromher _Boriietime , he returned to ' her in , Ireland , and induced her to accbmpanyfhim' to Sobtland , where she died suddenly ; at ; : Airdrie ; ' not . without suspicions of foul play . Her . clothes , were hauded over _; byhim to-the second . wife as . those of a deceased sister , and , when

      she , ascertaining - . that no sister of his , had . died , _Questioned him on the subject , hisf reply was , that it " was " a sister in the Lord ' . " The : evidenco in support of tho charge of poisoning , , though circumstantial , r was quite conclusive , and , among other facta educed by the / examination , pf witnesses was the remarkable one that the prisoner ' was a member pf twbor ' tlirb ' e "funeral societies , arid that he had joinedromWof _^ hem ' _1 the-. week prior to Jean Hamilton ' s death : j On ! being , urged to . send for medical _Jassistance , the answer made by the prisoner ! wag , ; " It ' s no use , she ' s going home to glory . " After i an -absence , of twenty . minutes ,, the jury-brought jiritb ' cburt'averdiCt ' of Guilty on ! both ' the charges ¦ libelled . ' In conformity with this finding the lord { Justice Clerk pronounced tho solemn sentence of ithe law , and the prisoner wasremovod from the bar { protesting his innocence , tho execution will take _iptace on Friday , the _l _| Sth of August .

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      j Mato Er , EciioN , - _^ Tbe ' nbniinatiori of candidates took ' place " on Thursday , the 25 th uli _. i wKch Mr . jO' Higgins was _prbposed'by tho 'Hbh ! ' ¥ . Cavendish ; ' and _Becorided by the-Very . Rev . Dean Burke , P . P ., | of _Westport ; Mr . Butt , _was proposed by Col . Knox jGoro , and seconded by Col . M'Alpirie . Sir _. _Rioharil ; O'Dorinell , Bavt . , Capt . _HiggirifC . _ahd- ; Mr . E . Cp ' f * j tcllo . were then respectively put in hqmination _^ Tlie proceedings- of ' - tlie ' nomination did riot terminate ' untilnear seven > o ' oloijk in . the evening , _whenthe ! sheriff adjourned . the court till the following morning , . without haying called for , a show , ef hands . ; The _specohes ' liadbe ' eri going ' on ffrbrii half-past ten in

      tlie ' mofriing _. ' and aU ' piirtie . s were ojuite _exhausted ., It would seerii that , the riature ; ' o 5 the' _cohtest was thoroughly understood'bythe pe _«» _tei : and tbat the , _battib was " ' really . between the , _esterminating land _< lords , and the . tenantry , the ranks- ofthe latter _haVirigj been , reduced * by ,, ' the former , to a state which _iieii-. defs ' them ' ha little capable " _ofstifugglirig with effect aR ' they ccuUlwell be _supposed to be . ' Tbe . IIbn , Mr _Cavehuishj : in proposing Mr . ' Ousley . _Higgirigi . said i— "Ho held in : his ba _ J a list of _twenty-soven villages whichjmd been pulled down and destroy ed _^ They © nee .. contained liappy ' homesteads , but ' now there _wtia hot af vestige-of them to he' 5 bund _^ ( lleaV hear . ) ; _fle could _nariie ' afewoftliem _^ Tho villa ge of Aughadrinagh contained about seventy house ?

      m _t . _nowiio trace ot it .. remained * and tho land ori ' whioh that . and . oibo _? villages was buiU was now employed fpedmg _Loi-d LuciUl ' s bullooks . _" ' ° _Sfe , ' 0 ° ° _^ ° - _eth _» ragoon 9 „ the head-? i » _w i S , nd _*? companies of the 17 th Foot , and _oH ? _^^^ _W _*'' Foot , ' all urider the - _owfiBiand of . Colonel Stoyte , of the 17 th Regiment ; tue Mayo oleotion- whioh * has excited extrnordiriPry interest , throughout Ireland , proves two or tnreo facts of very considerable Imuortnnco . It proves that it was an ogvegious mis-statement , _wnigji has been repeat * tmd over again of late ,

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      _, tu ' at > tho , tfdo of : p 6 pular _sentiment _ypd turned an favour of protection ; _improves that ,, after , 80 _jrr | any years of faiiiine and pressure from fvarious sources , even in ' the , most lanaIord ? ridden : coiihty' bf Ireland , _i ' tlio'popular ' , spirit is Ymt-entirely 'brushed '; hu [ t it _also'prbves that : _extermination'has ' _. worked with niore ; terrible effect _than-anyoneventured , to calcu _» , jate , : and'thatthe _Irishjconstituencies are , reduced nearer to zero t ' hari _wassupppsed in . whatfvre ' re considered even the most exaggcrated ' estitoates _.- \ ' '" | * Tlie ' pbllirig ' _bbotlTopened' as usual hh Monday morning , _but-up _^ to two o ' clock ' _-noti a _single voter E ' _rdsented himself , at either side ,, the ; constituency ; ein _^ quite exhausted ,, although , but 232 : ejectors had registeredtheir votes . At . six . o ' clock" the

      elec-, , tion finally ' ' closed ; " when the * hi gh sheriff , " Mr . Mahbh , 'declared Mr . Ouseley Hiffgiris duly returned . Mr : Butt left _Castlebar-oh Monday ; A--petition , is _lalkedf of , - but ; iiot _: determined up . 0 P . vf Saunder ' s News Letter has the foi lowing _,, in a , communication dated'Castleb ' ar , Sunday : r— '' . *¦ ' There . wereieveral disturbances in the tbwn _^ iast ni g ht . ' . 'On oneoccasiohi ' about eleven o _' clockj 'the military r had - to be called out . - 'Mr . Miles Jourdain ,: one of Mr : Butt ' s agents , was very . nearly being murdered ; in his bed last night by-a man ofthe name of Carbine ,, a Jetter carrier iri the , empjbymerit of , the ' Ppst-offibe . He broke into Mr . Jourdaih ' s ' roorii ; between brie and two o ' clock , after ho had retired to bed , arid nearly succeeded in strangling him ; however , he wasiust

      able to make a , noi 8 o ,, and . oall _: up the . servant -wo _> nian _, who got oyer the ; wall ; at the rear _Jnto the hext house , and'brpught _assistance jiist _, iii , _^ time , to Save him ' . Iriforraatioiis " were this day sworri against Carbine , the letter-carrier , ' who riiaae the murderbus assault on Mr . Miles Jourdain , and _^ a warrant issued , upon ; whioh he : was arrested—he -was . _afterwarda liboratedfon bail . " , . , ; _, _, . _DiiNoiMOi / ' ELBCTiON . — Tbo' [ Newry [ Telegraph contains aii address from Lord Northland , _announcinghis ' _resignatioh , bri . the ground of ill-he ' althi Mr . Henryf Alexander , ' an' English _i barrister , ; arid brbtherfin-law to the late - , member , ) has addressed the , electors , but' ; does- ; _ndt pledge himself to any particular _jine of . politics . The , Newry Telegraph

      say 8 several persons are spoken of as likely to _opliose' Mr . 'Alexander _^ " one of them a distinguished Irish barrister . " ¦¦ _'< The " _distirignished''Irish barrister" alluded to . is , probably , " either : > Mr . _fWhiteside , or the recently defeated _candidate-forMayo . . 1 Thb Poiato Crop . — The _accbu ' ntB of the ; potato drop continue most favourable , and all alarm ori thb fjub _. _jecii ' of the blight is rapidly , _subsiding . - The following _riiay be taken' as a fair _spfeoimen bf the reports of the provincial _ipapers ;' of / Saturday , morning last _r _^ " So , _manyri-mo . urs of a , failure of this crop having been , circulated , Vfe riiade it _a > particular study , to ascertain the exaot state in . which it it is , ' arid we havef ' th ' e" great '; -gratification . - tb state ' , 'from inquiries of most extensive farmers 'for _^ mnny miles

      round this neighbourhood _^ . as well as . from . _pergonal observation , that the potato crop never presented a-more promising , healthy , or luxurious appearance than it .. noes at present , and that , under the blessings of Providence , ! there _v-as seldom a likelih 6 od _~ of so abundant a yield , Tbisis a cheeringarinouncement , and ono _. thnt may be relied on as , . correct in . every ., particular . . Since die . above was written , a gentleflian _. who within ttie _t last few days has travelled through a great portion ofthe county "Waterford , " , including Dunafv ' an , ; Ca ' ppoquiri ; Toiighal , "_ c ; has called at our office ; ' and the accounts - ¦; ho gives '; iof the- '¦ condition ! i ' of the crops are ; most cheering , and coincides , _jwithjthe statemenfcs > e have previously made with reference

      to the safety of the potato iu the oburityf Waterford . A lettter front Caher , received last' evening , states that there is not the least appearance of a blight in ' thb potato crop in ithat neighbourhood , and ; that all the . other , crops are : vastly r . improved sincethelaterain . "—r _, Tipperary Free , Pres s _^ _. -. ' . Kilkennt , Assizks . rr A . farmer hamed ' Michael Walsh' has been . [ convicted at the Kilkenny assizes for poisoning abailiff nanied Siriibh Power . ' who had been placed in care of his farm : Sentence ofdeathiwas pronounced . ' . Richard . Shirley , , and the other prisoners convicted at the same assizes for tho Burnchurch outrage , have been . sentenced to ' ten years' transportation . ' _¦ ; The _STBAMBR'Vi ' cEKbT . _^ -Th ' e steamship Viceroy

      has been finally' abandoned . _^ The hull was to be sold on the 25 th , at . Yarmouth , _aova Scotia ,, ; ! _O'ConnblijjMoni'Misnt . —The , Oor " i Constitution says : —?' The 7 £ 3 _i 2 subscribed in this city towards the national monument to O'Cbrinell , ' which is was proposed „ erect ; in the ( Jlasnevin Cemetery , lias been diverted'to the fitting up of a Stained window inEa theriMathew ' _snew chapel . _; Thewindow has been , ' put _, up by a tqndon . house . '' ; _' i i Flax has lately , fbecome " a crop of great , ' importance inftliis country , '' on accbunt " orthe trowing prosperity of the * lmen'arid yarn trade ! of UUter . The pro _sent crop presents a flourishing appearanco iri the southern and'western' as well as the northern counties .: The instances . of deficient ; produce are likely to be comparatively few ,. and , _tipon the

      whole , it . is estimated tbat the acreable yield will be one-fourth greater than last year , provided proper steps be . taken for saving the crop in' the south and west , where flax cultivation has been to some degree extended this Benson . . A larger proportion than usual ofthe present crop has heeri planted with homo-saved seed , whioh is turning out remarkably well ; . and 'the farmers are urgentlyrecommended to _saVe the flax-seed of this crop . i Rbiurns ov _Inisn , BAN * i 8 oi ? IssM .-rTlie return , ending _Saturday , the 13 th day . of July , 1850 , shows a decrease in tho amount , of note circulation forthe four weeks of JEO ' 8 , 092 . as compared with the previous return . During the four weeks eriibraced in the return the bullion in the banks decreased to the amount ' of £ 606 . _" ' ' ';

      Removal of Mr . _SMiinsO Bbien from Maria 1 st . AND . —Mr . Smith O'Brien :. is to be removed from Maria Island to Port Arthur _^ . where arrangements are how being , riiade fop _hiVi ' eceptiori . The stable attached to the former residence of Assistant-Cornmi 8 sary-Gerieral Lempriere ,- is to bb his dwellingplace . ¦ ¦ A platform in front is being erected as the post of a military sentinel , and . it is understood that intercou _rse will _Jierestricted ; tb ; iHe visiting ' magistrate , the , superintendent , officer , ' - ' and Bergeant of _theguardt-ZHobdrt Town _ftnin ' er _/ _'March 16 . ; The Harvkbt . —There are no further authenticated reports of the potato disease ; . and the alarm , so generally prevailing ; is rapidly abating . Mean-1

      time , the weatheris more , favourable for harvest operations ; arid iri some parts of T _. ippernry and other southern bounties many fields , of bats . and barley have _I'beencui . i Under the irifluence ofa warm _sun ' , r wheat . is fast . ripening , and the grain _, seems improved . ; although , beyond doubt , there is a partial bli _g ht in . several districts . The yield of the oat crop is described as nibife thari ' ari' average ; and altogether therels a fair prospect of a far riibre abundant harvest than has been witnessed iu this country for several years ; : The accounts from ; all ' parts-of tho ; country-refer to . tho oheorfulness of the _. peaBantry , on , account of the ' abundance , and cheapness , of potatoes , ' and the confidence "beginning to prevail as to the gradual improvement of the country ; ¦; _- . ¦ ¦•

      Frauds On Emiorants' At Nbw York.—Wo Ref...

      Frauds on Emiorants' at Nbw York . —Wo referred the other day , in gerieral . terms , to the . numerous frauds and impositions practised upon , persons arriving at tbia . porf from foreign places . Aboutaweek since an English fariiily arrived at this port , and no sooner had the vessel-reached the Quarantine , than she was boarded by a horde of runners and bullies , who . _seized all baggage within sii > ht , by force , arid thus compelled _theownors to follow them wherever they ploased . On being remonstrated Iwith for their _conduot-a person representing himself Sheriff of New York , was appealed to , who ; 8 aid the _outrageouaf proceeding was right , and the runners handed cards to thoir victims , on which the names bf two of the Commissioners of _Emigratiba

      wero , _pririted , as reforencos . \ One of _j-hoifComniis _^ ; 8 iorier 8 , thus roferred to , has been applied toori . the subject , arid _^ said thatthe use . of . his name iri that mannerfwas not without his authiority . ' f The . _resalt was , in _. tliecase ' of thefamily _. _thattherurinerswho violently Veized , their . baggage-, brought ; them to some forwarding house , whewe they were oharged something like ' nye dollars _> head more _thaa they oughtito have , paid , The ' runners , as they aro called , receive very _largejaliwies for their services , some of them . as hi g h . as , „ irty and . forty , dollars peri weekeaolj _i for . ' services- _» f this kind , : The _Commissioriers of . _'Emi grationi were made cognisant of this case ,, but , they . were' powerless , they " said , to ! give . _Jaay . relief . f ' _Thia isi . a spe o . irrion of the-frauds

      . * W * -fff » : _praotis , ed upQn . ' persons ' _awi « itirig at thislP ! port .. from . foreign . _eovmtries . _Ihe- _ase ' reBatail ; nmouat of wrbng in € ibved bri'thes _*^^ _^ _atranglrs _mijst _?\ _^? _^^^ P _^' _. _^^ '' ' wW ' _'iit _& lein _^ _f 'tuB _© _-, havo , from , tB 3 » , to _ti , me , passeu laws for thafc _jOTotootion ; but , _abeovding ; to ¦ what wo _see _^ S _lausMoners of l _^ ration o _^ eir ' office * o a re ; _eently passed e _a , uotment , ; butwe have yet _^ heav of _fe _«^» y _advhulage on the b _£ S £ 5 _ ; _Jt ' P »; ot ? ptvng hsn , from the numbrous _-juariws _^ who _Sg ' ' _5 _ _S _»^ _>^^ _^^ _nameaatW _^ V _^ _Wd _, Vf 6 % the ' _3-ffl _tbesfr _eommissionefs used as re-feren _???» .. with the _sanation ot oriev and _^ * _ SL ( j I J i

      _combed ,: against their . will , to go as- the ' f _^ - _' war _& ra dictated . , _Kowj is there no way in which ' thia system of "robbery , fand j durider , and abuse can 09 ; put an end to ? f , If , the Commissioners of Emigvatioii crinriot _. f orfdb not , or will not , protect the _singer , wo hope the . legislature will abolish the office , ana leave it to the proteotive emi grant society , ; _, or the , co ' nsul 3 of the . ' nations which the emigrants , leave , as was , formerly the case The matter ought to }> o taken in hand b y the press and the , pubjic , and some remed y dbvised _' thatViU save strangers seeking our shores ; froirifat least some of the impositions practised upon . them . In the moan time , strangers . should at once go to the' British _Profeetive _Imigrant Society , and the German £ grant Society whore thoy can get information 2 d _aavigefroQ of oxpense _,-i \ -w Ybrk Herald

      || Xx^- S I*^^Gwi»Civv.V. .' .;

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      ! Z-- ^Dxx^S^^^'-^Slzriv: A Scene I**-Co...

      ! _Z-- _^ dXX _^ S _^^^' _- _^ _SlZriV _: A Scene i _** _-CouBT . _^ By the-co _- operation of Mr . ' - Wha teley „ . Q . (?; , and Mr . Greaves , _Q ;' C _,,, whb pre * sided in separate courts , one in the grand _jury-tooto , ' arid the _other'Uri _the'juages dinirig _^ _-rbohirfor th _« trial of prisoners , all _Jthe ; crown business , * with thaexceptipn , bf the _mufrder . case , onuwhioh the . jury ; _weredeliberatin / r , and-two _indiotmentsforperjury , ; Wero disposed of b y fen , o ' clock . . on Jri'da jr ' , nififht _^ _Atthatf hbu ' r ' th ' _' first of the indictments was called ;

      on inthe'Gro ' wri'Court ; beforo Mr ? Justice Williams ,. When Mr . Huddlestbh , ; whb was the leading ;/ coun « sel for tbeprosecution , _isaid ,: that ; _havingibeen j en < gaged the ; whole of that . day in , the . two cases ofj murder , he wa _s . pliysically incapable " of . proceeding - with another oasb' that everiing ; and as , moreover , : the defendant whs riot present / ho hoped his lord *' ship would adjourn the court until _ithe _^ next morn * ' - irig . —Mr . Justice , _William ' s said he should he _mosfef , glad to do . so if . . the state of tlie . public ; busines » . . _wouldpermifchirii _^ 'but th ere weve thr _. ee . ciy il cases and two . _iridictments . 'for perjury . still to be tried , ' _, and ybt to-morrow was the - _coirimission ; day at-Shrewsbury . ' _Heuhad rib doubt that the ' _courisel ' was ver y" much ; fatigued , _> but he , must / remember . !

      thatboth , himself ( the judge ) and the juryhad been < working equally . hard ; and were equally tired . Ha , did riot intend that , the whole case should' be tried " that ' evehing , but merely wished to make some pro '« _gress init . _; The- presence of the defendant was not "> indispensable , this ; being : a , misdemeanour , and it ' was admitted , she would ; surrenderjn the morning . ' Mr . _Iluddleston still contended that' tho presence , of the _defendant was necessary , arid as counsel fbir : the prosecution ,-required that she should surrender ' before the ¦ trial 5 was proceeded' with .. He also ' further urged , the plea of , exhaustion , and' added •; that , from the pressure . of _business at _, tneao _assixes , hehad not iJeen _. abib' to open his , brief , in the pre _*^ serit baseZ arid if lie ' were compelled to nrbceed _. f

      mu 8 t . read it at length to the jury _^ iri order that ho mig lit afc the ' same timo ; - inform himself and them Of the charge ! against the defendant . ) After a long ; discussion ,, Mr .. Justice _WilliamB - / . directed the jury to be sworn , arid the case to be ! proceeded with . — After the bath'had ; been , repeateu'to' the jury , the Crier said : My lord , onV of the" jurymen refuses ; to ' takethe oath . — -Mr : Justice -Williams : How is this ?—Juryman' ( prbduoirig from the depths of his fob an enormous -watch , and _extending it _itt arm ' s length _towards his lordship ) : '' f' _^ Whby , my loard , it ' s now moar than ten O ' clock , and Pom ' now beett sitting here and iri _t'bthercoui'trm ' oare than thoir * teen hours , and I wo ant sit no moair this _^ noight if I can help it . "' ( Great laughter , inwhich the iudgO

      joined very good-humouredly . )— -Further ; discussion took , place , , but ; it , _! became apparent ' , ' t'b' everybody that . no progress would be , made'in the case even if it were proceeded with , and it was adjourrie ( I until tho morning . ' ' ' . _- •; _-., . ; . ' , Perjury . —Ellen Capewell , aged 45 j was' indioted for wilful and . , , corrupt-perjury , committed at the last . summer _assizes .-rAfter the speeches , evidence , and summing up , had _| occupied nine hours , the jury retired tb consult at a few minutes ; past six , ' and ah half-past seven returned with a verdict of Guilty bh two of the most material assignments , acquitting her on tho charge as to the . conversation . ' She was thereupon—after a very severe reprimand , his lordship intimating that ,, but for her age , he would be disp ' osed _tofpuiiish . 'her more severely—sentenced to a year ' s imprisonment . ; ,:

      BODMIN . •' Aiiso * "i—William Gibson was indicted for setting ; fire to a rick of hay ; He pleaded'Guilty , arid was sentenced to be transported for ten years . : _¦' . " ¦ ' Assault . —Thomas . Ba . ker . was . indictedfor havin _ feloniously killed and slain William Coles , at tbe parish of Week' St . Mary' on the 27 th bf May last . In this case it appeared that the prisoner , the deceased , and several others were' drinking at a public-house , at Week St . Mary , on the 27 th of May , it being fail day . The prisoner and the deceased ; who were both respectable farmers ,-were friends and neighbours , and on tho day in question had - been drinking very freely . Baker , however , got very excited and quarrelsome , and challenged

      every one he came near to ; fight , at the same time boasting what . a man he ' was . He '' . ' came into a kitchen . whore Coles was sitting , and said to him , "Parmer Coles , are . you a man . for me ? -If youar * stand up . ' ! Coles said to him , " Sit down _. _-farmer Tom , and have a glass oi beer . " -Baker ,, however , still kept , challenging him to flght ; ; _andfflajd , " Shall I strike you ? " Tho deceased , ; who ' . was sitting down in a chair , said "I don ' t care . for you or any Baker in the parish . I never was struck by a Baker yet . " . Baker then struck him two blows , ; one on the cheek , and the otheron " the neck . The . poor man sat for about a minute bri the chair , and . then fell off , and on the persona present " attempting , to _raiso him up he was found . to bo quite , dead , _with blood running from his _iriouth . —Mr . Tukes , _; a

      surgeon , ; was palled , whom the first instance stated his belief that the deceased had . died from apoplexy , caused by the blow - but . on cross-examination by Mr . Collier , said thatthe deceased was a manof an , apoplectib . habitof , body , and that the death might have been produced by apoplexy caused not by the blow , but by . the excitement produced by drinking , and to this possibility lie adhered , although he was constrained to admit that the blows which the deceased had received were , likely to : have produced the result which had ensued . —Mr . Justice Coleridge having summed up , the jury found the prisoner Guilty of a . common assault , and he" was sentenced to be imprisoned for three calendar-months with hard labour .. Tbe prisoner appeared fo be muoh affected by the position in which ho stood .

      1 Rape . —Robert Hood , aged-62 , was convicted of a rape upon a little girl , and was . sentenced to twenty years transportation .

      BEAUMARIS . , ' * ; Want op Bail . —In the case of Anne Jane BrOwn nnd Dinah Jones , ' two girls , aged 19 , who were detained in prison for want of bail , tho learned Judge inquired into the grounds on . which bail-was dev manded . The clerk to the magistrates ; Mr . f Jones ,, replied that they ' had been riotous and disorderly , and as such had' been held to bail . The Judge , by _V further questions elicited- the admission that there : had been no legal warrant for apprehension ' and nospecific offence oharged ; and severely reprobated the practice as most illegal , and a palpable breach of personal liberty . The learned Judge spoke'with determined and indignant zeal , and his rebuke was ' most impressive . ' ' MAIDSTONE . '

      ' Pebjort in , a- _Cotjntt _"Coijrt . — Charles Allen surrendered to take his trial for a misdemeanour . — This case stood over from' the- last ' assises , The 5 . ' misdemeanour imputed to . the defendant ' was"that _" upon the hearing of a plaint in the West Kent County CburtatDartford , before Mr . E 3 pines 8 ej the , judge of that court , he had committed wilful' aiid " corrupt perjury . ' Tt'lippeared "that "in December last a plaint was preferred by a person named Evans against a solicitor named- Thompson , living at Wilmington ,, near Dartford , to recover a sum of £ 218 s . for damage done to a pony chaise , and according to the case that was set up for the : plaintiff upon tjbafc occasion , he and a friend _. inamed Staples , were _drives ing on tlie road between Dartford and Wilmington

      at a slow pace , wben , at a narrow place , they heard the sound ofa vehicle coming rapidly : behind them , and pulled on one Bide as much as- was possible , toi give all the room they could ,, but , the vehicle , whioh , , turned out to bea brougham ,. ; belonging to Mr .-[ Thompson , and whioh was driven , by . hia coachman , iran against their chaise , broke both tha . shafts , an * , 'Mr . Evans and hi ? _friend- . wete thrown out , with * ( great violenceybut , fortunately , did . not receive anyv iserious injury . ; . It appeared , that after Mr . Evans _, and his friend _harj beeri exainined _^ the defendan h , was called a * a witness lhR _* Mr . ' Thompson , _arid'hV then swore positively that thefbnousham dich not touohthe pony chaiBe , _fyi . ' that the . latter , backsi into a _inatei _' _-tablo , and ' that this , was the means-o £ breaking : the shafts aad _causinRth ' e _diiniaPBv 'Shk

      learne . di Judge of . _thbVCounty Gniiirt , after bearing the , whole ot the ca ? e , ' eventually decided ; ii \ _, favout outbe- claim , and it was _undferBtood ' . that it was _undei > . h ' is authority that _ipTOeeouirigs vrqs © _subBe-5 jneatry . taken against tb . _^; defendant for having _givsQ falso evid _ence upon " _itho _tjccaaiori ' iajferred io * [ She principal b _*» dence in support of tha charge _Vas t _^ _atgiyen by 3 gr . _Evansf and Mr _.-Staales , arid the _> ( *» poated th ei * former . _sSoteirierits' i _& to ' tbe manae _^ m which t _^ e accident _tiobk ' place , ted it was also » ugge 8 tcd : | hat the qb _| p « t of the . _doi-eu'dantiricbiaiu ' l forward ag , he did , waij . to serve _. nasries , thehiin who . drovotb _» brpugbft _^ ' and jpreye _^* ihim from , . 'losing _hia pla _^ by BbowiRg that ho , ' Was ' n . _bt'tbi tome in . thetraaaiiction . —Mr . Justice , Ertehaviicijt _summed . up , Ahe jury retusned a _verdici of _GuiUjc-Sentenca waAJ _& ferred . "

      - , Non-Psliv.Srt Ov Ijrx^Srs On : Su5a>...

      - , NoN-psLiv . sRT Ov Ijrx _^ _srs on Su 5 a > AY . — MrZJ . _Irying Scott ; ' the : secretary to - tlie metropolitan movement which has . been organised for-the purpose of _i-estbrih g _ta the- community a delivery oi letters and newspapers in the country on Sunday , _hasf _' _- feceive ' dthofiollowing important letter from Jdr . 'Iocke , M . _R _, who haslaken so prominent and active a part ' against tho absurd Sunday postal re * _striotiohs : _*^* ' Lbndori , 11 , _Adam-streot , _Adelpfl *» July 26 th , 1850 . —Dear Sir , —Tho commission appointed by the crown ' for re-considbring _theiwdffico _questionhasoommencedUs labour ? , anq lam

      _toldL that it is ready , to _. receivo any memorials , or _atatements of f hnrd 8 hip arising , but of the present system , 1 rom any quarter . -I think it -right , therefore , to urge on you to lay before the commission all tho information you can . obtain , and induoo _bthofs in all quarters to do the _samo . The' _secretavy of the commission is Sir Alexander Cordon . I am , dear Sir , yours ! truly ,. Joseph Lockb . ' —»» will be seen by the above how necossary . it is that the opponents of the moasuro _Bhould'lose-rio time in carrying out tho wishes ofthe honourable member for _Honiton

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 3, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03081850/page/6/