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      "Health of London _buring the Week . —The SOS deaths registered in the week exhibit a satisfactory decrease- t-f 63 on the weekly average of five springs . The mortality from the zymotic or epidemic class of _disi-ases continues to fall , the deaths in last ¦ week having been " 209—those in the preceding week 333 ; the . average isl 9 S . Scarlatina has now declined rather below the average , and numbers 29 fatal '" cares . Typhus , -which during the previous 13 - weeks ranged ' from 33 to 46 , was fatal in the list week to only 23 , an unusually small number for this disease , and * hardly exceeding one-half of the average . _tMlMll-pox , also , is fatal to few at the present tune : tlie weeklv numbers durin g last month were

      Tespectivelv 12 / 6 , 8 , 6 whilst the average is M . The -.- _. riaiity from hooping-cough declines , though it is still above the average . Measles appears on tie increase , and bas last week nearly doubled the average , which is 21 deaths . The deaths from diarrlTiea and dvsentery -were 19 ; the average of the season is JO . * Cholera is slightly increasing , for fiiough one death forms the weekly average , of former springs , the fatal cases registered during the list four weeks have been 3 , 1 , 5 , 9 . Of the last nine cases , five occured in public institutions , namely , two in tbe Dreadnought Bospital , one in the Holborn union , one in the Chelsea , and another in the Battersea workhouse . Both bronchifo and pneumonia grow less fatal , though the former is still above the average , while thc latter is below it . A woman , in the . Leather-market ,

      subdistriet , Bei— . _ondsey , died at 54 years of age of " bowel complaint and debility , hastened by want of sufficient nourishment , no _application having been made to the parish authorities . " A boy of two months , at Somers Town was "found dead in "b ed _^ siinocated from inhaling impure ah ' . " A woman of 52 years died from " vomiting blood , caused by excitement . " Inquests were neld on the above three eases . A man of 36 years died " suddenly after illness , probably from intemperance , but the cause of death is not attested either by coroner or medical man . The mean reading of the barometer was above 30 in . on Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday . The mean of the week was 29 . 973 . The _thernujineter was highest on Thursday , when it reached 74 deg . 9 min . ; the mean of tbe same day was 64 detr . 3 mm . Tbe mean of the week was

      69 deg . * _I min . On Thursday the mean temperature was . high ™ -than the average of the same day in seven years by 7 deg . 4 min ., though it was below it on the first two days ofthe week . The mean of the week exceeded the average by 1 deg . 3 min . ACCIDEST OS THE BlVEK LEA . —TWO llVES LOST . —On _Simdayfivening an accident occurred on the liver Lea ; near Clapton , by which two young men lost their lives . It appears that six young men all of whom are employed at Perry's Gazette O & ce , in the city , engaged a small boat at the Jolly Anglers ,

      _anjoimnw the river lea , for the purpose of fishing . They had not proceeded far , when by some accident , which is at present unexplained , the boat upset , and they were all immersed into the water . Two of them _succeeded in clinging totbeboatnntilassis tance was rendered , two were "drowned , and tlie other two swam to the shore . The names of the unfortunate youths who lost their' lives are , Benjamin Oliver , of Murray-street / Hoxton , and Charles Sanderson , residing in the neighbourhood of Bali ' s-pond .

      _Mtster-ous Death of a Young Female . —An inquest was held on Wednesday before Mr . Wakley jun ., —bv adjournment—at the Lord Hill publiclouse Paddington , on the body ef Margaret FitzgeralA , aged twenty-four years , who died from injuries she received under the following circumstances . —On the first meeting of the jury it was stated that , the deceased was a milliner , and resided inliisson-grove . On Friday evening , the 25 th ult ., she left _Jiomefor the purpose ot visiting some friends in Paddington , and on the following morning she was seen by a police-constable in Maida-hill disputing ¦ with a cabman about his fare , and directly afterwards she was lying npon the ground in a state of insensiVilHy . She was removed to the surgery of Mr . Gurwood , where she died in a few hours

      afterwards . The inquest was adjourned , to enable the police to produce the cabman ; and on the jury reassembling- on Wednesday , John Cantluig was examined _, lie said that on Saturday morning , the 26 th ult ., he took up the deceased in the Haymariet ; _s-he appeared as if she had been drinking , and desired him to drive her to Oxford-street . On arriviiig there she said she wanted to go to ihe Edgware-road , and he accordingly drove her to that place . Sho then directed him to drive to one street and t b _' _.-i : to another , refusing to give thc number of the house where she lived . He stopped near Maidalill , and again asked her where she lived , hut she refused to tell him . Hc drove on , for the purpose

      ef taking her to the station-house , when he felt a jerkin _Fiie cab , and on turning round saw the cab door open , and the deceased lying upon the road . She was ¦ uiic insensible , and he assisted in removing her to Mr . Gurwood ' s , where he left her . —Mr . Stevenson , surgeon at Mr . Gurwood ' s , said the deceased bad a bruise on tbe left knee , and also under Hie left ear . She was brought in soon after ten o ' clock , and she died about half-past three the same afternoon , lie bad made a post mortem examination ofthe body , and discovered a simple fracture ofthe skull , which had caused death . —Yerdict : "That the _demised diqplofa fracture from the skull , hut whether she jumped from the cab , or fell , there was no evidence io prove . "

      Fatal Steam-boat Accident . —An inquest was lield at St . Martin ' s Workhouse , on Wednesday , before Mr . Bedford , on the body of C . Chipps _. _' aged forty-six , who was drownedatthe Hungcrford Steamboat Pier . William Moody , the piennan , said that on Tuesday , the 29 th nit ., the Sunflower , river _steamc-r . _<^ _i ; ae alongside the pier for the purpose of disembarking passengers . Be put the stage across from tlie _x'icr to the boat for the passengers to get out safety , but as usual a great many jumped from _the'buiit on to the pier . Amongst these was the _deceasfc '* , who in jumping fell backwards into the water , and immediately sank . His body was not found nnri ! Saturday last . It was a very _dangeroui , bra yet a very common practice for the passenger ? - to leap ashore , even before the boat _stoppd , and it was wonderful that many more accidents did not happen . Verdict : — " Accidental death . " - "

      Steam-Boat _Extlosiox off the Ccstom-house . — On Wednesday morning , at a quarter past ten o ' clock , tbo Waterman steamer , So . S , left the pier , at Fishmonger ' s nail , for Woolwich , with a good freight of passengers , and immediately afterwards an explosion took place , followed by volumes of smoke , sicain , and dust , from the gangway of the engine-room . The engineer and stoker rushed on deck , and im ? greatest alarm prevailed amongst the passengers and crew . The vessel was making great way at- fat- time . The engine-room proved to be on

      are , aau as tue engines continued to operate , the -vessel was steered to the north shore , and run aground off the Custom-house pier . Boats put off fi-om the stairs , and the Dr- ad , Woolwich steamer , imme . ii . -ue .-r went alongside Waterman S , and the -passeii _^ _.-i _» -vere landed without injury , but the eng ineer and stoker were much sealded , ' and they were _conveyed io St . Thomas ' s Hospital . The explosion , it is _stated , arose from some defect in the boiler . The fire -vas extinguished almost immediately after the ve 3 > rl ran ashnre .

      The _Mfsider of the Policeman at Biustoj - . . — We _uudersi . md that the Home Secretary has issued an order io the Commander-in-Chief , directing , for the ends of justice , the recall from Ceylon ofthe two men of ihe loth ltcgiment , MTarlane and Daly , against whom a verdict of wilful murder was returned at the inquest recently held on the body of John J * -f-B , a police constable of this city . —Bristol Mirror . Tut . Charge of Housebreaking at Leeds . — -On Monday , _\ _uilinm Burns , Benjamin Wooller , and Mary _Luvas , the three persons who had been a * _pr

      preneiu & d ca the 27 th of May , charged with having stolen . *¦ _.-iH-j . _-jtity of silver plate and gold coin from the house of Mrs . Musgrave , in Park-square , Leeds , during the hours of divine service in the forenoon ofthat da r . were again brought up for examination . Somei _evidence was given which went far towards identifying tha two men as the parties who were seen on the premises at the time of the robbery , and also to prove that the woman was the wife of the man who _txdled himself Kaye , who was last week eommitted for a burglary in the house of Mr . B . Gill stonemason , of Leeds , on the 26 th May . After several witnesses had been examined , the prisoners "were further remanded .

      _Bcbg- _^ _hy . —Mr . Munyard ' s house , Terry ' s Lodge , Ash , was broken into on thc night of the 1 st inst ., by Jive men . Mr . and Mrs . _Munyard were awakened about eleven o ' clock by bearing the glass o f their window rattling in their room . They got up , and found the burglars were attempting to enter their hedrooKi by means of a ladder . Mr . ' Munyard , Being a powerful man , collared two of the thieves , and struck a third , but the others overpowered and seriously injured hini . They made Mrs . Munyard , " ffho is far advanced in _pregnane v , accompany them over the house , and point out ' tlie articles of value . i _?^ lI _* - > ' were Ultne house two hours , and , in addition to £ 12 in cash , they stole all the plate .

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      his fare , the coachman , "William Evans , endeavoured toget him off by a pretty free use of the whip . Evcntuallv , when near tbe old turnpike gate , the man < roto »; and commenced running after the coach , catching hold of it behind . The coachman went down to make him let go his hold , which having succeeded _indoin-Jie again took his seat on the box , whipped the horses so as to get away from the . man , and then looked back . This occured as the coach was <* _-oing down a steep hill , and while- the _COWbman was looking back the coach ran up against a wall at the side of the road , and WAsupset . The outside passengers were all thrown off , but were not materially injured . Mr . Jenkins , who , as it has been stated , ' was inside , cried out for assistance ,

      and as soon as the outside passengers got up , the coachman and another man proceeded to extricate him , but could not until the coach was righted , and this having been done , he was taken out and placed with his back against the hedge , hut it was found he was dead . An inquest was held , and the jury returned the following special verdict : "That the deceased , Morgan Jenkins , being a person subject to fits , accidentally died in consequence of the overturning of the Cardigan mail , and that the evidence does not satisfy the jury that the coachman was in a fit state to be entrusted with the lives of persons , and that there was a great want of care in not using the drag on the Mil on which the : accident occurred . "

      Death of a PoAcnEB . —On the evening of the 1 st inst , a party of three persons , whom a fourth joined on the road , left Welshpool for the purpose of netting in the river Terniew , a rapid and dangerous one , near the village of Meifod . Shortly after midnight , while pursuing then' illegal amusement , one of the party , named Robert Davies , aged twentyfour , whose parents reside iu Welshpool , was suddenly missed by his * companions , the first intimation of his fate being the floating of his hat down the stream . The immediate cause of the catastrophe is not known , for hot a sound was heard by his fellowpoachers . The body was found some hours afterwards _.

      The Britannia Bridge . —On or about the 20 th of June is the period spoken of asa probable time when the floating ofthe tube may be expected to come off . A party of Jack tars from the Sailors ' Home , Liverpool , have reached the locality , and are barracked on the banks ofthe Menai , and these will be under the direction of Captain Claxton , to whom the arduous task of floating the tubes has been confided . The scientific world looks forward to this grand operation with much interest , not unmixed with anxiety , but yet " with confidence j and it is expected that numbers will personally satisfy them selves ofthe success of this certainly Herculean task . North _WatesTChronicle . '

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      non-payment of rent , but the industrious under-tenants allowed to remain . Moxday , June 4 . —Cholera . —The correspondent of tbe Daily News states that tho cholera has been in Dublin for several days , and very bad cases of it have occurred . The fact has been kept concealed from the public , in order to prevent needless alarm a policy which is ofa very dubious utility . It has appeared on both sides of the river , and has been worst in the low situations , as has always been remarked of it . There is much alarm felt about it , in consequence of so many respectable persons having fallen victims to it at Limerick and elsewhere . In Kevry . it has been very bad . The parish priest of Dingle and several of his best parishioners

      have died by it . On going through a long list of respectable names of persons dead from cholera , : I find that , with scarcely an exception , they were either old or very young persons . Poor-law Ratiko . — The very unequal rating in different electoral districts of _theisame union is now become very remarkable , according as employment is g iven or withheld on drainage , land improvement , and farm labour . In the union bf Limerick , Cappermore has ' a ten shilling rate , whilst Doon has but two and Patrick's Well three shillings in the pound . In the Nenagh union the rates varies from sixpence to five shillings / < The Land . —The Limerick . Chronicle asserts that

      - in the county of Clare 10 , 000 acres of land , arable and pasture , may be had for only the payment of the poor-rate from one to five years . " The . Clearance Svstem . —At the meeting of the Limerick board of guardians , on Saturday , a latter was read from the Poor-law Commissioners relative to the eviction of seventy-five persons at Donouglimore , contrary to the act , no notice having been served on the relieving officer . An immediate inquiry was ordered , with a view to a prosecution for felony , if it should bo found that legal notice had not heen given . TnE Irish Banks . —The last return of the circulation of the Irish hanks show a further contraction of £ 89 . 000 .

      Tue Harvest . —Tho Northern -Wldg states that some cases have occurred in Antrim , Down , and the neighbouring counties ; where potatoes are extensively planted , which "leave little doubt that we are again threatened , to some extent , with a recurrence ofthe disease ; . but the in 9 taiicDS are not very numerous , fortunately , so far . " The Galway Mercury ' builds its hope of revival of the country upon the safety of , the potato crop . ; However , in that western county there is a great breadth of other crops , proving that " the efforts' of the peasantry must have been almost superhuman in putting down , amid all their privations , such extensive : sowings this year . " That journal adds—" For . years past there have not been witnessed finer crops than those now growing throughout < i district of ten miles round Gal war . "

      " NOTES FROM TIIE WEST . " Tuesday . —Under the above head , an intelligent writer in the Ncwry Telegraph continues his sketches ofthe condition ofthe province of Connaught : — < "In my last paper I observed-that a retributive Providence was punishing the parties that had contributed to the poverty and degradation of these countries . The heartless and improvident pro--prietor has to pay up by rack-rates what he formerly took away as rack-rents , and is made to supT port the poor he'helped to impoverish : Tho bigot priest , who lived upon the , superstition ofthe people , feels his system of the dark ages unsuitable for the age of light , and is . frowned upon as the adherent of a . sinking and hopeless cause . As equity

      prevails , the fox-hunting , card-playing aristocrat is made to suffer , and as light prevails the men of beads and crosses , and relies , are , deserted , Both are paying the penalty of former misdeeds , and the spirit of the age will certainly overthrow them . " I fear you will hot believe me when I state a few facts concerning the social state of the country . One union boasts ol a staff of paupers to the amount of 27 , 000 . The Union of Ballina has on out and indoor relief not less at present than 32 , 000 . A gentleman writes me from another place , ' We have 19 , 000 on out-door relief , and 2 , 000 in the work house—21 , 000 in all , and our union £ 15 , 000 in debt , and an execution this moment- in the house for £ 00 . '

      Tbe Hig h Sheriff of the county is- —missing . So is the county treasurer . Society is thoroughly dissolved , and the government , even in the administration of their relief , do not know whom to trust or employ . Strangers have to come in to support the people , and strangers have to administer the support . The righteousness which ' exalts a nation / teaching mutual dependence , and leading to the discharge of respective duties , is wanting . The material with which the government have to build is bad , and no matter how benevolent their designs or careful their construction , thc fabric crumbles again

      and again among their hands . In the midst of this dreary state of things evictions go forward , and if the poor things do not clear off as soon as ordered they arc denied relief . Wherever God has designed they shall live , it is clear the proprietors do net design that they should encumber their property ; so they drive them off in hordes to the fever shed , the workhouse , or America . On the road from Biillycastle to _KUIal'i I counted from one eminenco thirty-seven unroofed houses . The number of these is rapidly increasing . " .

      The Cholera . —Within the last few days there have been several fatal cases in and around the metropolis , the mortality , however , being almost wholly confined fo the lowest classes , thc residents ofthe courts and lanes , which are rarely free from disease of some type or other . It is also reported that the pestilence has again broken out in the Queen ' s Royals , now lying encamped in the _Phosnixpark . The Barracks in Ship-street have been fitted up as a temporary hospital for the reception of military patients .

      _Wedsesdat , June 6 . -The Statu _Phisonebs . —RRrLY or the Lord Lieutenant . —Yesterday , tlie deputation appointed to present the memorial to the Lord-Lieutenant on behalf of the state prisoners waited on his Excellency at the Vice-Regal Lodge , Phoenix Patk . Amongst the gentlemen who formed 'he deputation were the Lord Mayor of Dublin , the _Mayms of Cork , Limerick , and Waterford , ' Sir Colman _O'Loghlen , Bart ., Mr . Butt , Q . C , Mr . W . V . Leslie Foster , & c . His Excellency returned the following reply to the memorial : — " My Lord Mayor and Gkntlemen . — From the moment when the sentence of the law was pronounced upon tbe prisoners on whose behalf you have addressed me , I have felt bound to give the most anxious

      consideration to the unhappy condition in which they were placed , so far as I could pay regard to their condition consistently with'the obligations imposed on me in the exercise of those powers and prerogatives of the Crown with which 1 am ii . vested . ' I have felt deeply concerned for the unfortunate situation ol men whose Jives are forfeited to the offended laws of their couutrv , but an imperative duty compels me to look to the nature and character of the crime of wliich tliey have been convicted—to the circumstances preceding and attending it , and above all , to the consequences wliich might have resulted from its temporary success . I cannot diregard matters unfortunately too notorious : the disturbance of the public peace—the dislocation of society for many weeks

      throughout an extensive district—the armed opposition to the constituted authorities ofthe realm—the serious loss of life among the poor , misguided followers of the prisoners—the Utter havoc which seemed , for a brief time , impending over many parts of the country from their wild and desperate proceedingstheir avowed rebellion aud treason against her Majestv , and her rights to the Crown and sovereignty if Ireland . I fully _appreciate thc motives of humanity which have prompted this appeal , but in reply to it I have at present only to assure you that the government , in the performance of its duty , can have norther desire than that justice should be adminis tered without any severity beyond that which the interest of society demands . "

      The Freeman s Journal of this morning contains the following : — "Yesterday , ' Mr . . Marquis , the governor of Richmond Bridewell , received a notification from the Lord-Lieutenant that the sentence of death which had been passed oh the state prisoners , Messrs . Smith O'Brien , Thomas Praniis Meagher , Terence _Bellew M'Mantis ' , and Pa _' rick O'JDonohoe ; had been commuted to . transportation for life . Up to' a late hour yesterday evening the governor had not received any notice lor the removal of the state- prisoners from the : gaol , although rumours were afloat through t < vwn that they had either been removed , or were about to be removed , to a steamer ; which was said to be in readiness at Kingstown ' "to receive them . " . .

      Increase of Destitution . —Oui-D ; or Belief . _~ The guardians of the Fermoy Union , b y a majority of 13 to 6 , have determined t 6 apply tothe Poo-f law Commissioners for a sealed order , authorising them to grant out-door relief for two months , under the second section of the'Poor Law Act . Already out-door relief is given , in . certain casss , under the fir .-t section ; The number now receiving in-door relief in the workhouse of Fermoy is 4 , 929 ; and those receiving out-door relief amount to . 7 , 59 V ; total , 12 , 520 . It was stated by some of the guardians , that destitution had latterly ii . cieased to such an extent ; _tbi-t four thousand more would require relief , being a total of 16 , 500 out of a population of about 90 , 000 . The Earl of ; Mountcasliel . _vi- ; brously and persevcringr _/ _opposed a further _extension , ' 61

      out-door relief , and moved an amendment that increased workhouse' - accommodation should be provided . His lord-hi p _^ remarked at length upon the abuses ot the but-door relief , system , itiid stated that " the landlords would be compelled , . where they did not get their rents , aiid where the people were all to be indiscriminately supported , to eject the holders of land—to thin down the small farms and make _larie farms of them . If that system wore carried out , he should commence -doing it him elf in sdf-defeuce . They do not ( continued the noble t a _« _.-l ) calcul _» te what the result of that system would he : and he believed that lhe entire of Ireland would be in a very short time , much sooner than tbey imagined , and themselves included , be involved in one general Insolvency , " The amendment of Lord Mountcashel ,

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      however , was rejected by a majority * o / two to one ; and it is remarkable that bis s _<* n , Lord Kilworth _, voted with the majority against him . Lord Mountcashel , however , read a formal protest against out door relief . In accounting for the great mortality in the workhouse , he attributed it to the too go _^ d food given to the paupers , " after destitution outside . The expense of this luxurious feeding , for each pauper , is exactly * sixteen-pence a week . . ' __ . Tiie Cholera . —There havo been since . yesterday several eases of cholera reported in the city and suburbs , one or two of which terminated fatally . A eomnetent medical authority gives lt ' as _illS

      opinion , founded upon considerable experience , tnat the present pestilence is of a much more malignant type than that of 1832 , but that itis scarcely , if at all , epidemic : and that , although the disease has been hovering about the metropolis for a period ot six weeks , tho numbers attacked have been comparatively few . Ifc not taken in time death is in four cases out Of five the inevitable reault , as the collapsed stage immediatel y follows the first symptoms , and the recovery is then all but hopeless . By the adoption of timely precautions , on the contrary , dangerous consequences have been almost invariably averted .

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      _, _Ztl _\ A l Ac _« f . _^ . _-Last week an accident attended _iritli loss cf life occurred to the Cardi « an mail coach on its journey from Carmarthen to Cardigan , when ; a short distance bevond _Newcastle _imlyn , at a place called Pomprengwvddon : AVhen toe coach _k-ft for _Newcastle Emlyn / two persons , - ~* , - __ r _^ Jenkins , a respectable draper _residin ' ' at Cardigan , - and Ids daughter were the onlv inside Tassengers . When near the post-office , a drunken man got up _behind , and refusing to go down or pay

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      Ddbi " , Saturday , June 2 . —The Habvest . —Por tato Crop . — " The potato , " says the Leinster Express , "the last sheet-anchor of our struggling hopes , seems determined to retrieve its character . The Newry Telegraph says : — " In this neighbourhood there has not been , so far as we have heard , any appearance of taint on any tubers hitherto examined . " The Dublin Mercantile -Advertiser , as the result of vigilant inquiry , declares that there has been no wefi-ascertamed case of disease , and that " the alarm is yet totally groundless . " The only positive case mentioned is one by the Frceimn ' s Journal , of three new potatoes , taken from among

      some exposed for sale in the Dublin market , the g lace of their growth unknown , but -likely to ave been imported , but which are pronounced to be distinctly affected with thc disease that prevailed in 18 _^ 6 . The following gratifying letter has been addressed to thc editor of the Dublin Evening Post , by Mr . Allman , Professor of Botany : — " 30 , Trinity College , May 31 , 1840 . "Mt dear Sm , —The more careful examination which I have just given to the case of suspected potato disease full y bears out the opinion I formed at first sight in your office , namely , that it is not an example of the disease . The plants are certainly injured , and I feel convinced will never bring

      their tubers to perfection ; but I have no hesitation in considering the specimens examined as free from the peculiar specific affection which has now for many years laid waste our potato crops , and whose repeated recurrence must convince the most sanguine that ' no reliance ought any longer to be placed on a vegetable so eminently precarious . " " Believe me , very faithfully yours , - ¦ ' George J . Aleman . " The State Prisoners . —Decision of the Go-VEKXMEST .--I have learned that a letter has been this day received from Sir Lucius O'Brein , now in London , announcing that the decision of the Cabinet , on the case of the State prisoners , has been officially communicated to him . The sentence

      pronounced at Clonmel , on Messrs . Smith O Brien , Meagher , M'Manus , and O'Donoghue , has been commuted to transportation . for life , and Tan Diemen ' s Land will be their destination . It is Stated that a first-class transport-ship , the Australasia , is now fitting up at Portsmouth , for the cenveyance of convicts to that settlement . She is expected in Kingstown harbour in three or four weeks , to cmbark 300 ordinary convicts from Ireland ; and ifc is understood that the state prisoners will proceed to Van Diemen ' s Land hy this vessel . As directions have been given to fit up five separate cabins , it is considered likely that another State prisoner , probably Mr . John Martin , now under sentence of transportation , will be sent out by the same vessel . —Morning Clironiclc .

      Increase of Destitution . —There are some parts of Ulster in which considerable distress has prevailed all through the famine . In Donegal , wliich more resembles the south or west than the northern counties generally , there is _wrcat destitution . The Battyshannon Herald states that the poor in that locality are in " the most wretched state of starvation , " and that they stand in need of a rate in aid . The Northern Standard gives an account of the increasing destitution in Monaghan , where the gentry are unable to sustain the charitable institutions . The southern and western journals repeat the same melancholy tale of want and misery . The Tipperary Vindicator has fresh accounts of the clearance system , and , on the other hand , of

      the voluntary surrender of land , either for the purpose of emigration , or to qualify small ' holders to obtain out-door relief . During this week fifty families have been evicted in the parish of _Clohrush , county of Tipperary . The state of things in the Ennis union continues as bad as ever . The guardians are in debt to the amount of £ 17 , 500 sterling , and about one half of the population ofthe union are receiving in-door and out-door relief . Such a state of things in an Irish union is truly miserable . The guardians have applied to the poor-law commissioners to help them . They calculate that in this union of 200 , 000 statute acres there has been a depopulation to the extent of 12 , 240 souls .

      Cocvrr op Limerick Ei _& ctiox . — The election for a representative , in the room of Mr . Smith O'Brien , took place yesterday in the Court-house of Limerick . In consecnience ofthe retirement of Mr . Fitzgerald , Mi * . Samuel Dickson was returned without opposition . His policy is , " measures , not men , " Lord _TVallscourt died at Paris on _^ the 27 th ultimo , of Asiatic cholera . Lord Glcngall lias 1 , 500 acres of land in the vicinity of Cahir , for which he formerly received £ 3 an acre . -Jle proposed recently to a Scotchman with capital to take the tract , and he was offered by the Scotchman only 15 s . an acre for it .

      Ms . TOBAi . Tr of Dublin . —Mr .- John _lteynolds , thc M . P . for the city , is a candidate for the mayoralty of Dublin . H appears that some of the liberal . party in the corporation are extremely anxious to elect Alderman Kiuahan , a member of the conservative . party . It is supposed that the Queen will come to Ireland next year , and there would be a chance of the Mayor of Dublin being made a baronet , an honour of which some persons say Mr . lteynolds is most ambitious . There was a long discussion yesterday in the corporation upon the whole subject ; in which . Mr . Reynolds made a . speech , for the

      purpose of damaging Alderman Einahan ' s pretensions . The hon . gentleinau avowed himself a friend to Universal Suffrage , and the repeal of the / union . The contest for the mayoralty is likely to cause much interest . —Daily News . The mail communication with England is to bo cham _/ ed . The eveuinn- mail will be despatched from here two hours later than at present , so that afternoon letters will be sent round to Liverpool with the first delivery of letters the next , morning . The morning mail for Londou . will be despatched as usual . These changes will take place after the 20 th inst . . The Rev . VViilum Hicgin _, Dean of Limerick , and of Ardfert and A gbadoe , is appointed to the bishopric of the united dioceses , vacant by the death ofthe Hon . and Right Rev . Edmund Knox , D . D . _"¦* The Toomevara Evictions . —These evictions have caused a great sensation here . At first the public were , incredulous , because the account in the popular , pruits _/ are-often as overcharged as those in Elie interest of the ascendancy party . But it _appeax _* s that there wasno exaggeration in the , horrible details which were forwarded to you . Itds said , in Jefence of Mi * . Mass ' ey Dawson , - that th % ejected persons were tenants of middlemen , who / did not pay the rents due / to the reverend proprietor . But the Tipperary Vindicator sets forth facts to show that a number of thc tenants driven out by Mr . _Mas-sey Dawson were hard working and industrious persons . Copies of receipts are exhibited in the handwriting of Mr . Tevers Wilson , the agent of the Rev . Massey Dawson , proving the fact that rents had been paid in October last , but the amount paid does uot appear . The _duelling Post , of last night , contrasts the conduct pursued at Toomevara wicli what was done on the estates of Sir Charles Coote , where a portion of the middlemen were ejected , for

      The; Cholera. Keyksnam, Somerset.—A Corr...

      THE ; CHOLERA . KEYKsnAM , Somerset . —A correspondent says : — The painful feelings existing at Keynsham , in consequence of tho _breaking out of the cholera in that village ,, havo been greatly increased owing to a dispute which the vicar , the Rev . O . R . Harding , has originated With the board of guardians . _^ It would seem that the reverend gentleman having taken umbrage at what he conceived to be a slight in his name not beinu put upon the sanitary committee , not only refused to bury the corpses ofthe poor peoplo until a peremptory , order for his _doing so was served iipon him by the bishop , but he has since insisted on an inquest being held upon some of the bodies , contending that the guardians had not taken sufficient care to prevent the extension of the

      disease , and that a medical staff had not been provided for that purpose . It would seem that upon the first breaking out of the epidemic a resident . guardian was appointed to act 'in the nature' of a committee , -with power to . associate any other parties with him , and in pursuance ofthat power ho obtained the aid of two physicians _, who were - remunerated for their services , and who joined . with him in making a , perfect examination of the houses in the parish , a proceeding which occupied four days . At the end of this time it was not deemed advisable to . continue the paid assistance of the medical gentleman , and a committteo was formed ,, a member of which was ,-a retired-, surgeon . ' The -yiear .

      subsequently applied to be placed on-this committee , but it being understood that he had imputed to that body a falsification ofthe returns of cases , 'the chairman refused to act with him , and his name was not added , a circumstance which is believed to have given great offence . , The vicar then refused to bury any corpses , and put himself in communication with the _^ oroner , Sir . Uphill , with a view . to induce that officer to hold inquests upon the bodies . A great deal of feeling and alarm was excited by- those proceedings , many of the parishionersconsidering the inquiry wholly un- ; called for , an dall of them regarding the detention ol the choleraic corpses above ground as hi ghly dangerous to the public health . An application was consequently made to the Bishop of Bath and Wells ,

      and his lordship , with great promptitude wrote to the vicar , peremptorily ordering him to : bury the body , and to offer any explanation he might have to make subsequently . In consequence of this interments took p lace on Saturday ni g ht . On Monday , Mr . Uphill , the coroner , arrived , and held an inquest on the body of a young woman , ' named Louisa Long . - It appeared from the evidence adduced , that the deceased was one of about fifty inmates ofthe _KeS'nsham union workhouse , who at the time when the cholera _fii-st broke out in that establishment' became so much alarmed as to leave the house , and place themselves upon the list of outdoor paupers . After quitting the union she went to reside with some poor persons named Godward , who _ri-isirWl in n . small nnd ill-ventilated dwellincr . in a

      portion of tho parish which is known as Swan River . There seemed to be nothing particular the matter with the deceased until the evening of Whit-Sunday , when at about eight o clock she was taken ill with a relaxed state of the bowels , but did not complain of any pain . The woman , of the house , Mrs . Godward , went that night to Mr . Edwards , medical-officer of the union , to inform . hini what was the matter with Long , and that gentleman immediately prescribed a mixture and powder for her relief . Tho medicine was given to _lior , but as , at about half-past five o ' clock , the following morning , the unfortunate young woman hcca ' mo worse , Mrs . Godivard again went to Mr . Edwards to inform him of her condition , and he went down to the house almost

      immediately to . see hor , and found her in a state of collapse . He used the treatment which ho . considered best , and ordered brandy and arrow-root , seeing her himself two or three times in tho course of the day . The disease , however , obtained the mastery , and at about half-past four o ' clock in the afternoon , thc young woman expired . The examinations in reference to thc cause of death , and the treatment pursued , extended to a considerable length ; but Mr . Edwards gave it unhesitatingly as his his belief that the deceased had died from malignant cholera , which he had little doubt had been produced by her leaving the

      workhouse , where she had been living upon full diet , and going to reside in ill-ventilated premises where probably she was half-starved . The jury . ultimately returned a special verdict , " That ' tho deceased , Louisa Long , died from cholera , produced by the visitation of God ; but , at the same time , the jury are of opinion that the state of disease prevailing at Keynsham requires additional medical assistance , and they also recommend the owners ofthe cottages at Swan River to adopt some means to improve the ventilation . " Our correspondent adds , that " as far as the evidence went , themedical officer ofthe parish appeared to have fulfilled his duties with promptness and consideration . "—Daily News .

      Inquests On The Bodies Of Two Seamets. —...

      Inquests on the Bodies of Two _Seamets . — On Tuesday Mr . Baker hold inquests on the bodies of two seamen , who died from the effects of Asiatic cholera on board ship . The first inquest was held at the King of Prussia , Cartwright-street , Smithfield , on the body of William Tyler , aged twentynine years . It appeared that the deceased was cook on board the barque Alterhop , on a voyage from this port to the West Indies and back . The deceased frequently complained of pain in his stomach , and was ill nearly all tho voyage . On the ship returning home , thc crew experienced very bad weather , and the men were lashed to thc pumps to ' prevent their being washed overboard . The deceased was very ill at this time , aiid was compelled to work at the pumps for upwards of forty hours at a time . The cargo was thrown overboard to save the ship , and all the clothes belonging to the crew were washed into the sea . Tho 3 hip after some difficulty arrived

      in Cork , a complete wreck ' , and the men were all paid off . The deceased arid several of tho crew embarked on board another vessel , bound for London . ' On Thursday , the 30 th ult ., the deceased was attacked with all the symptoms of cholera , lie became worse , and died on Saturday night last , when thc ship was near Gravcsend . Mr . Brown , a surgeon , said he had no doubt that the deceased died from Asiatic cholera . Verdict in accordance with this evidence . —The second inquest was held at thc Gannon public-house , Cannon-street , St . George ' sin-the-East , on the body of Joseph Cresay , aged 52 years , a seaman on board the ship Wigram , lying in the London Docks . On Saturday morning last , the deceased was attacked with cramp all over his body , while engaged on board tho ship . He was removed to his- berth , and , when Mr . Brown attended , hc said it : was a decided case of Asiatic cholera . The usual remedies were applied , but the deceased died shortly afterwards . Yerdict— "Death from Asiatic cholera . "

      • :"H T Ew ; League.—The Men Of Manchest...

      • : _"h Ew LEAGUE . —The men of Manchester have now set to _woi'k in earnest for the promotion of Parliamentary and Financial Reform . An association on the basis ofthe late League has been formed ; and upwards of 200 of the leading reformers of this and other counties havo given in their adhesion to tlie new movement '; The agitation will be conducted by means of public meetings , the efforts . of the press , and the extensive enfranchisement of' 40 s . freeholders ; and its primary object is the attainment of the points included in Mr . Hume ' s motion for Parliamentary Reform . It is evident ' from the do-nothing disposition of the present government that vigorous measures must be resorted to by the people , for reducing the burdens of taxation , and securing to-those too bear the : greatest portion of that burden a share'in tho control of the national expenditure . If anything were-wanting to prove the necessity for such measures , wo could point to

      two recent instances in parliament for . the purpose . Oh Thursday week Lord John Ru . ssell , with Sir George' Grey and other mim ' steralists , voted against the Ballot _^¦ ¦'• Oni a previous evening , when Mr . D'Eyncourt brought iii his bill for abrid g ing the duration of parliament even to five years , Lord - John Russell opposed the motion in another finality speech , in which he distinctly says : — "My opinion , based upon ni y experience of this House since the passing of the Reform , Bill , is , that ' there is that general attention paid to the wishes' of constituencies which yon would desire—that public opinion has fully as much influence as it ought to have on the votes and transactions of members of this House . " These instances _. coupled with the fact of tho national expenditure , with all its abuses , being obstinatel y kept up to the maximum point , afford a sufficient justification for the peoplo combining to obtain another important _advanOQ upon tUo Reform . Bill , — ' Preston , Guardian .

      ¦ Jjtj ^ R^Mm Ku -U Wtw ^"' ^ ! ^'- *"*"...

      ¦ _jJTj _^ r _^ MM _Ku _-u _wtw _^ _" ' _^ ! _^ ' - * " * " : — _TIllTwEATIIER ASD THE CROPS . Wales . —Tho late favourable change in the weather has materially improved the appearance of tne growing crops . Hay will bo in abundance , and every other agricultural produce , to judge -from present prospects , far beyond an average return . Tipperary . —The country never looked so magnificent . All the crops , owing to the extremely favourable weather that has prevailed , are looking in first-rate condition , and promise , with the blessing of God , an abundant harvest . Seeing that some failure in tho potato was noticed in the papers , we caused a strict inquiry to be made , and we are delighted to say that we have the assurance of experienced agriculturists , and "" gentlemen who , from personal inspection are made aware ofthe fact , that no disease whatever has as yet made its appearance in this neighbourhood . _—Ti _^ _-ocvari ; Free Press . _^^^^^

      South Staffordshire . — The past month has been remarkable for two changes in the weather , and consequently in vegetation . Cold and ungenial , with , severe frosts for the first fortnight , spring did not appear to be coming ; indeed , weliad less grass , seeds , and green crop generally than in April , or even in March ; and now all is changed— -grass and seeds in abundance—the appearance of the country rich and luxuriant in the extreme . The wheat crop , of which we may noW'pronounce an opinion , loofis well , and is most promising on the light soils , espe cially where they are properly cultivated . There are some complaints of want of plant upon the cold and stronger . soils . This may be accounted for when we call to mind the very unsatisfactory

      manner in which the seed was deposited m the ground , and tlie sharp frosts experienced in the . early part of the present month . Still , the improvement of the wheat crop upon all lands is most remarkable ; and , speaking generall y of this district , we may express ourselves well satisfied as to the prospect for abundance in the coining harvest . The spring crops are also looking well , and as the turnip crop was generallj good , we . may expect , especially with the early sown , a good y ield of barley . The winter or Russian beans look well , are now in blossom , and will be ready to cut , in most instances , before any other grain . The present year ' s clip of wool is more than usually heavy , and good in quality—thanks again to the turnip crop and the increasing use of oil cakcand

      corn . Prices . of agricultural produce remain without much change , and so must our opinion of the future , except , that we should just ask the alarmist to consider one or . two facts—that , in spite of the present unsettled and unsatisfactory state of , Europe , and the importation of foreign grain and flour to this extent , in the last three months—wheat 1 , 474 , 422 quarters , flour 1 , 216 , 549 cwt . —we can sell home-grown wheat in our local markets , of average quality , at 50 s .- per imperial quarter . "Prices of other produce , as beef and mutton , are nearly tho same * , if . any change , in favour of the seller . The demand for wool is slack ,: and . prices rather lower . We must not close this report without a remark upon one . particular branch of husbandry in which

      this district is lamentably deficient—we allude to the state of the fallows , the preparation of the land intended for root crops . The rain , which has in such an extraordinary degree promoted vegetation , has also retarded the operations necessary for making clean fallows . Is not this , then , a good reason for the : farmer to seize every opportunity afforded by the weather to work his land intended for fallow , whatever be the time of the year ? If the autumn season be neglected , and the spring prove wet , delay must be the consequence , and may he fatal . The course of husbandry pursued in this district is , generally speaking , the four-course system ; The . foundation of success is the fallow . If this befoul , the prejudicial effect is seen and felt in every crop throughout the course . The remedy is plain : every exertion should be made to work down and elean in the autumn the land intended for

      root-crops . The ridge system , with wide intervals , should be more generally adopted , the advantages being so manifest , viz ., economy in the application of manures , facility for continuing the operation of fallowing the land , and thusremedying the evils of it wet and unpropitious season , and in addition , giving to the growing crop tho _» benefit ( how little understood !) ot inter-cultivation . We will only add , by way of parenthesis , that if considerable exertion be not used in weeding the wheat crop , much loss will be occasioned hy such neglect in tho ensuing harvest . We may appear to have dwelt upon these points in rather a tedious and unreasonable manner ; but we must plead guilty to the conviction that he is the real farmer ' s friend , who , by useful suggestion , enables him to overcome some of the many practical difficulties which beset his path in the daily pursuit ofhis noble occupation . —Staffordshire AdvertiserJune 2 .

      , Yorkshire . —After three or four very sultry days , the weather underwent a very _satisfactory change on Monday night . Shortly after dusk _repeiited peals of thunder , accompanied with lightning , passed over Leeds , and various other parts of thc West Killing , whicli was followed b y heavy rain , that continued at intervals nearly the whole of Tuesday . The rain has fallen very opportunel y for the grain , potato , and turnip crops , and will prove highly serviceable to most other descriptions of produce . Tiie prospects ofa good harvest begin to look very encouraging .

      The Orchards . —The Hereford Journal says : — " We do not remember a season when the apple blossom yvas more abundant ; indeed the orchards and gardens present remarkable luxuriance in this respect / but we cannot give so very favourable an account of the pear trees . Wall fruit , too , has suffered severely from the ungenial season . What is of most importance , the rains have advanced both the grain and green crops , and potatoes are coming on very kindly . Appearances here are as favourable as wc ever recollect , and this is the _n-. orc gratifying , as the cold and the excessive damp in the substratum ofthe ground had caused an apprehension iu the minds of some country peoplo that the plant would not make its appearance at all . From the Taunton and Devonshire papers we gather that the above description applies pretty accurately to those districts . "

      Destructive irAiii-STonM . —At an early hour on Monday , Brighton was visited by one of the most furious and destructive hail-storms which has occured in this vicinity for some time . It began about a quarter past six o ' clock , and lasted half an hour ; but the mischief that it did in that short time was very great . The hailstones were many of them tho size of a walnut ; thoy were very hardpieces of hard ice , in fact , witli " jagged sharp edges . Acvedible person told tho writer that two which he picked up , covered the palm of ¦ his hand . It is fortunate that the storm occurred so early in the morning , before many persons were out , ' for the shower was like a furious pelting with shingle , and ifc would liave been dangerous ior man . or beast to

      have been out in it . The hail was preceded by thunder and li ghtning . In tho western part of the town the storm was furious indeed , and , as might be expected from the large size of the stones , great damage was done to windows , especially skylights and conservatories . The conservatories and greenhouses belonging to Baron Goldsmid at tho Wick were broken almost to pieces , some thousands of panes of glass being smashed . The conservatories and green-houses of his neighbour , Bright Smith , Esq ., were likewise much injured ; about 400 pieces of glass being broken . Six thousand were broken in'the _greenhouses opposite Montpellier-crcscent . Tlie green-house at Mrs . Steer ' s Sihvood-house , had about 3 , 000 panes of glass broken . Mr . Dobie ; Western Cottages , had about _; 4 , 000 panes in all

      destroyed in his conservatories . In one : of these a quantity of grapes were growing in marketable condition . About _SOOlbs . of these were spoiled . Tho selling price was 7 s . orSs . per lb : The . property belongs to Sir David Scott ; it was not insured . The roof of the conservatory at Hampton Lodge , the residence of Sir Ral ph Darling , was at least one half of it destroyed , as was also the skvlight at the top of the house . We shall not attempt to give a list of the persons who sustained damage to a lesser and comparatively small amount , suffice it to say that skyli hts innumerable were smashed , and such was the violence of the storm that in many cases the hailstones after lighting on the windowsills rebounded against , and cracked or broke the lower panes of the' windows . —Briqhtdn Guardian .

      London . —Miraculous Escape . —During Tuesday morning the weather - " was intensely hot , _= the thermometer / rising to upwards of eighty in the shade , with clear bright sunshine , up to half-past two p . m ., when suddenly , the . sky became overcast , and the metropolis was visited by a heavy / shower of bail .. Some of the hailstones wore of an * immense size . A ' few claps of thunder were heard at the ' same time , followed by a slight shower of rain , whenthe weather cleared up ,, and the day became again perfectly fine . In proof of the violence of the storm , the , following fact may he stated ' : —As the prison van was about to start from the yard to the Thames policecourt , the-man who was opening the gate was suddenly struck down ; the vast plank ' age , to the extent of two feet ; in diameter- and more than twelve feet- in hei ght , with bolts and bars attached , / was torn _?? pieces , and the van , with its inmates _^ had a most miraculous escape . The roof was slightly injured . :.: ; ¦ :: .... . ¦' _,-: ¦ -. ' _.- . -, " , . '

      ; The Dover Hirhbur.Oj Refuge Works —The...

      ; The Dover _HiRhbuR . oj Refuge Works —These works having progressed far enough . ' to cover _theontrance of the karbour , the commissioners have decided en .- deepening the entrance ; so / that the packets . may bo . enabled to land passengers at all times of the tide , and also that shelter may be aflorded to steamers in stormy , wither , instead of their being compelled to retreat to the Downs _, l his undertaking , so important to tho interests of ¦ Hover , was commenced on the 1 st inst . It is said that the Hungarian loader Kossuth , has appointed ins sister general superintendent of the military hospitals , and that she has published an address , calling on all ladies , to ioin hov & hes work of charity .

      ; The Dover Hirhbur.Oj Refuge Works —The...

      DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . Southwark . —On Monday morning , about eight o ' clock , a fire broke out on thc premises belonging to Mr . Cropper , a _nv-ttress-manufacturoi _' , in Johnstreet , Southwark . The hve originated from some unknown cause in the lower floor of the workshop , and very few minutes elapsed before every portion of the building became enveloped in flames . The eng ines were quickly on the spot , and a plentiful supp ly of water was procured , but it was not untu Mi ' . Cropper ' s premises were burned out and their contents censumed , that the fire could be subdued . Unfortunately , Mi . Croppoi' was not insured . Newinoto . v . —A fire broke out on Monday mornin < _r _unon thc premises belonging to Mr . W . Pates , DESTItUCTIVE _' FIliES .

      a builder , & c ., at No . 1 , Monmouth-place , JNcwingto p . _1 The flames originated in one of the workshops , and before assistance could arrive the flames had extended to thc stock-in-trade ' in the open yard , and afterwards to another workshop belongin" to the same party . The engines were 30 on at tho spot , but the flames continued to rage until the whole of Mr . Pates ' s workshops and stock-in-trade were destroyed . The total loss is very considerable , but-Mr . Pates was insured in the Phoenix-fireoffice . . ' _. Bermondsey . — - On Wednesday morning a nre broke out on thc premises belonging to Mr . Claggott , an oil and Italian warehouseman , at 152 , _Bermondsey-strcet . The'flames were fir-it discovered

      by Miss Claggett , who whilst lying in bed was nearly suffocated with smoke . She aroused the other inmates , Mr . Charles Claggett , her brother , and the shop boy . A fire-escape was taken to the house , _; and having been raised to the second floor , Miss Claggett was placed in the canvass bagging , when the carriage of the escape shot outwards and tho top ladder struck the front wall with such force as to break the machine , and thc unfortunate lady fell upon tho ground a distance of nearly thirty feet . Tanner , the escape man , to save his own life was obliged to jump from the second floor , and he was severely hurt in consequence . Mr . Thomas Claggett succeeded in getting out of one of the back windows , and in so doing he was fri g htfully

      cut over the body . The conductor agaiu raised his escape , and he succeeded in saving the lives of Mr . Charles Claggett and the shop boy . The . engines quickly attended , but thc parish engineer had barely entered the shop when a fearful explosion of gunpowder took place , which blew the front of the shop out . The fire was extinguished in time to prevent its extending beyond the shop . Miss Claggett was removed to Guy ' s Hospital , where she remains without the slightest prospect of recovery . How the disaster occurred has not been ascertained . Mr . Claggett , it seems , passed through the shop at twelve o clock at night , when everything appeared perfectly safe and free from fire . Loss op Life . —On Thursday morning , between

      twelvo and one o ' clock , the metropolis was visited with two dreadful fires . The first happened at No . 7 , St . James ' s-place , Hackney-road , in the occupation of Mr . Duncan , a solicitor . The flames , when first perceived , were raging in the first floor back , used as a bedroom , and in which a child of Mr . Duncan s was in bed asleep . The mother ofthe infant , on going to the apartment , found the whole of the bed _ffirniture in a general blaze , and so fiercely did the fire progress that she could not enter tho room to rescue the child . The flames spread with such swiftness , that before the inmates of the upper rooms became sensible ofthe outbreak , the fire had extended to tho stairs . By dint of great exertion they , however , succeeded in gaining the road . When

      the firemen arrived there , they found the whole building , from the base to the roof , enveloped in the flames . The fire continued its ravages until every room in the premises was burned out , the costly furniture , and wearing apparel of tho owners and servants , reduced to ashesl The total loss must be considerable , and , unfortunately , Mr . Duncan was not insured . The body of Mi-. "Duncan's child has not boon discovered , but from the state of the premises , tliere is no doubt that it has . been burned to a cinder . —Whilst the above fire was raging , an alarm was given that another had occurred near thc Britannia Saloon , Hoxton Old Town . The firemen

      there found the premises of Mr , Summers , boot manufacturer , in the High-street , in . flames . The constable who was on duty succeeded in alarming the residents . _Tlcnty of water having been pro-Cured , the engines were set to work , and the houses on either side were saved from devastation . The premises of Mr . Summers continued to burn with the greatest vehemence until past two o clock , and it waa not until almost every part of the building was destroyed , the stock-in-trade reduced to ruins , and the furniture of the various occupiers burned , that tho conflagration could be extinguished . Mr . Summers was partially insured in the Sun Fire Office .

      Incendiary Fire near Nottingham . — A fire of a most disastrous nature was discovered on the 1 st instant , in the King ' s Meadows , near Nottingham . The property destroyed consisted of a stack of hay , containing about fifty tons , the property ofa highly respectable firm , the Messrs . Fothorgill , slaters and bone merchants . The fire was discovered at three o ' clock in the afternoon by some persons who were passing at the time . Assistance was speedily procured , and the -Nottingham fire-engines sent for . After the most indefatigable exertions the flames were extinguished , but not before the great mass of the property was destroyed . There appears not the least doubt that the fire was caused by an incendiary .

      _Incendiarv Fire near _Sueerness . — At halfpast ten o ' clock on Friday night , the 1 st instant , two stacks of straw were discovered on fire in the farm-ynrd _. of Borstall-hall _, near Minster , in the occupation of . Mr . J . Farrcll . A stack of wheat had been threshed out on the previous day by a threshing machine . Several labourers had been engaged on thc farm during some days previous to the fire , but at present the incendiary has not been discovered . The farm labourers , assisted by Lieutenant Gale , R . N ., and his icon , from the coast-guard station at East-end , with other neighbours , succeeded ( by using blankets , sacks , Ac , well wetted ) in preventing the thatched roofs of the barns , outhouses , Ac , from beingiarnited . Mr . Farrcl _* _. iun ..

      came to the Royal Dockyard for assistance , and the _Captain-SuperintendentyD . Trice , ordered two fire engines to be sent up immediately , with all the available force of the police then on duty . There was no other property than the straw destroyed . A strong feeiins was shown against the -threshingmachines , and the labourers were very reluctant to save them from the fire . This was , however , effected , much to the discomfiture of a few of the labourers , who were quietly looking on . ¦ A Fire Occured at Shawdox Halt ,, the seat of W . Pawson , Esq ., on Sunday hist . About ten o ' clock , a light was soon in the stables , which immediately burst throuirh the windows , and ascended

      to the floor above , on which were several combustible materials . Thc keys not being found , the groom broke through the doors , and at-great risk to himself succeeded in bringing out the horses . By this time the alarm bell was rung , and the ' neighbouring tenantry and villagers of Glanton quicldy assembled and rendered assistance . Thc conchhouse doors were broken open and the carriages drawn out . An express was sent off to Alnwick for the fire engines , but before it arrived the fire had in a great measure been got under . The fire is believed to have originated , from a drunken servant smoking in the stable , the _ashe 3 of his pipe having ignited the hay . . * ° °

      Ioultos , near Fletwood . —An inquest was- held at this place on Wednesday , oh view of the bodies of four women , who lost their lives under the following shocking circumstances . A widow , named _lurkhiim , with four daughters and two nieces , occupied a shop in Church-street , near the marketplace . Between two and three o ' clock on _Tucaday morning one of the daughters ( Agnes ) perceiving * . _™? JiJ 9 ? burning , went down stairs to ascertain the cause , when she found that flames were issuing from an unoccupied room on the second storv . She immediately alarmed , the family , and some of the neighbours were attracted tto the spot by her cries . Before a ladder could , be raised to the house , she throw herself

      from the window on the third storv , and being caught by a man below , happily escaped with but little injury ; The premises were entered witn as little delay as possible / when one of the daughters and two nieces were found dead , having t » cen suffocated whilst endeavouring to escape from the flames . Another daughter expired in the course of the day . Mrs .- Kirk-nan . lies in an : insensible state , and fears are _entertained that she will not long survive ... It . would appear that the sufferers , on being aroused , stayed , to dress themselves , and thus perished . ; The _^ _oames of the- deceased are as X _trt ! zabeth ' _Mtarnifaged 47 ; Sarah _Kkk-S l P 30 ; , F eiino i' Bal 1 * u J aa 4 Margaret Ball , _££ _?„!• Th _*? « _"rfc '« rf the firo . B at present _eavelopedsa mystery ;

      The . ..Imb - Re^S-Admirai, Sir -Nisiie^...

      The . .. imb - Re _^ s-Admirai , Sir _-Nisiie _^ J . _Wil-WTC ! mY , K . C ; - a . —This officer : was a singular instauee of an individual escaping the most imminent dangers .. He was thrice shipwrecked ; _onie upset ina boat-and kept himself- afloat " on an oav for nineteen . hours . .. He was two . years , in . slaverv at Tripoli , and _eseaped by . beating out the- brains of two _Mooivand _Bwimmmg ' on board- a , French ship m the bay _, lying two _xailes from the share . He entered the harbour of thelsltf ' o'f Franco with _asingla frigate , _ass _^^ cut put two rich ships , though oyposad _;' _-ysixtypicccf * of cannon .-He was ' eleven times

      wounaca with balls ,-three with splinters , - and was cut in every part , of his body with sabres and _tomahawks ; Ins face was disfigured by explosions of _gunpowitei- , and he lost an eye and had part ofhis neck fi . - _)? _'t aw ! l - _*'* _^ vllon ' unomplc-vod ho joined tho Hussiau army under Kutuzoff , and was made a colonel ; he was thrice wounded , and at Leipzig had his right arm shattered by a cannon shot . He had pensions from the Russian government . Anion : * sailors in his day he was called " Tho Immortal ;" at any mto , ho seems to have possessed more lives than a eat , with aU the , courage of a British lion .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 9, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_09061849/page/6/