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Health of London during the . Week . —The deaths registered in the-metropolitan districts in tiie week end ing last Saturday were 922 . Excluding last year , in which the rate of mortality was excessive " from a violent -epidemic , the deaths at present do not differ much from the average of the corresponding weeks in previous years . Last-week there ¦ w ere 7 fatal cases of small pox , one of which occurred to a-woman who'had turned 25 vcars ; of measles there were 15 ; of scarlatina 33 ; of hooping cough 20 , and of croup 7 . None of these complaints seem to prevail to an unusual extent at the present time . But typhus numbers 47 persons as its victims , and this " disease now exhibits a slight
increase The registrar ef Hoxlon Old Town observes that it has increased considerably in his district during the last month . The-deaths from diarrhoea diminish as is usu *» I in this month , and last week they numbered 78 . There were only i deaths from cholera ; two of these happened to young persons , and t wo men of somewhat advanced life . The births in tbe week were 1 , 409 . Atthe Royal Observatorv _, Greenwich , the main reading Of the barometer was above 30 m . on every day of the week ; it was highest on _Sunday and _^ Monday ; the mean of tho week was 30 * 171 in . The mean _temD-rcitare of the week was 55-3 , and less than the _average of the same week in 7 years by _ 4 , The meantemper ature was less than the average during the wlio * e week .
_BonOERIES FROM A _SoBSCEIPTIOX-BoX TO THE ¦ ExnmiTiox of 1851 . —For some weeks past several mysterious robberies have been committed from a subscription-box belonging to the Marylebone committee appointed-to collect funds iu aid of the Grand Industrial Exhibition in 1 S 51 , wliich stands in thc ball of the Polytechnic Institution . Although the directors attempted " to detect the delinquent liy various contrivances their efforts were unavailing , until one night during last week , whilst Murphy , the front entrance porter was about retiring to rest , he perceived a diminutive lad , named John Birch , employed as an attendant on the printing machine at work on the premises , stealthily approach the box , whichfluid been removed into his
room for security , and attempt the lock . Ou arresting him , after some equivocation he admitted that he had been in the constant habit of sleeping in a small waste-paper cupboard near the machine ; on examining which , different valuable articles wero found ready packed for immediate removal . The simple demeanour of the urchin ( being only 12 _yeaiy old ) had diverted suspicion from him , but on searching his residence numerous implements de-• vised for tampering with locks were found , as also penny numbers of the lives of Jack _Shep-wrd and other notorious characters . Tha _amount abstracted from the box must have been considerable . Rescus _ritosi _JJrowxixg . _: —A few days ago a bov / ell overboard from a barge lyin _? ia the Grand
Surrey Docks , near the premises of Moore , one of the men employed by the company . The moment the alarm was given Moore started out from his house , plunged into the water , and brought up the boy from under the barge in a state of complete insensibility . Moore ' s wife was washing at the time , and a tub of hot water being ready , sbe placed tbe poor child in it , and , before professional assistance could be procured , had the satisfaction to restore him in a few minutes to consciousness , and took him home to bis parents next morning in perfect health . Thc life of the . boy was the fifth human life saved by Moore in the Surrey Decks , and the eighth he has saved during his own life by his intrepidity and coolness . The dock company presented him with
a small gratuity , and instructed their secretary to communicate the particulars of the accident to " the Royal Ilumarie Society . ConilAOEOCS CoSBCCI Oi * - » _FllESCH GEXTI . EMA 3 r . —A Captain of thu Xaiion . il Guard at St . Pierre les Calais , named Millicu , now on a visit to this country , bas been instrumental in saving the lives of two children , who would inevitably have been lost but for his timely and _humane conduct . On Saturday morning , about half-past eleven o ' clock , M . Millien was passing over thc Kiagsland-bridge , and hearing cries for help , hastened to the direction ¦ when ce they proceeded . Finding that some one was at the bottom of the canal lie immediately plunged in and ht the of child
brougnp body a , and hearing that there was another , he made another plunge , and another was saved , in the presence of a great nnmber of spectators , amongst whom was Dr . Lodwick Bnrchcll , of 1 ; Kingsland-road , whose exertions soon restored the unfortunate little ones to consciousness and life . It has been the good fortune of M . Millien to have saved twenty-two persons under similar circumstances , and to have been rewarded with the gold and silver medals of the institutions of his country as the reward of _courage and humanity . The children are of the ages of nine and four years , named Ilenry and Amelia Poole , of 5 , Orchavd-piace , White Bear-gardens , Shoreditch . ¦ -
_^ _Tusiekocs - Sudden Deaths . —During last week several sadden deaths occurred iu tbe parishes of Marylebone and St . Pancras . David Xorton , while walking with his father , a news-agent , in Earlstreer , Marylebone , was seized with a fit , and died before _metfieal aid conld arrive . A stranger walking up _Mnikftestev-styeGt suddenly dropped dead . "Another sf ranger , apparently a coachman , dropped dead while eating a pie in _Tottenham-court-road . A young wom _* m named "Harriet _Hogjr , was found dea i on the floor of her bed-room , 9 _f , _Shouldhamstresr : and Alary Clarke was found by her husband _den-. l in her chair . - I
A'Deuxeex Midwife . —On Saturday last aa inquest was held at the Crown and Sceptre , Cumberland-market , on the body of Ann Donnelly , aged 27 . _Baing _seized with the _p-iins of labour at one o ' clock in the morning , Mrs . Stillwell , her midwife , wm sent for , and insisted on having some gin or brandy . Mrs . Donnelly spent her last sixpence to prosure some . The inidwiie soon went , away , alter stating deceased had a month to go yet , complaining of having been disturbed in thc night . The
_deceased was delivered of a still-born child at nine o ' clock next morning by a surgeon , and was going on well till eleven o ' clock when thc midwife called , and this appeared to powerfully affect deceased . She _became pale , turned on her side , and expired in a short time . ' 'Mrs . Stillwell denied the allegations against her , and , after a long investigation , the jury returned a verd'et of "Natural Death , " but censured thc improper behaviour of Mrs . Sailwell , and desired their opinion be conveyed to the charities that employed her . '¦ : '' ¦' .
_ScicinE ix the _Serpexiixf . . — -On Sunday _mornin- _* : _, ' about six o ' clock , Griffiths , one of the Itoyal Humane Society men was rowing at the cast end of the _Serpentine , when he observed a small reticule basket under the wall whieh supports the iron _railings put after tbe death of Lord Rivers at this part of ihe water , and soon after he succeeded in taking cut the body of a young lady , not above IS years of age , near the north shore which he immediately conveyed tu the Humane Society ' s house . Ali efforts to restore animation were futile , and it is supposed she committed suicide during the ni ght . She is about five feet high , with brown ' hair and grey eyes . Bound her neck she had a silk watch
guard , to which was attached a small silver Geneva watch with no maker ' s name , but numbered 1 , 080 . There are three small scars on the forehead , and Mr , Woolley is of opinion that when a child she had dislocated ber hip , as the heel of the left leg was shortened somo inches . A memorandum book was in her reticule , with some scraps of poetry in a lady ' s hand , and a pen and ink sketch of a gentleman . " Miss Harriet Pigeon , Bradley-street , " was written on one of thc leaves . The body of the young lady has been identified . She was the daughter of a respectable merchant in Bristol , named Pigeon , and was on a visit to a cousin in Brompton-road . An affaire de cocur is said to have been tho cause of the rash net . An inquest was taken by Mr . Langham , at the Rising Sun , Charles-street , Grosvenor-square , on
the body of Harriet Pigeon , aged 22 . The deceased was a dressmaker , and came from Clifton , near Bristol , last year , and resided at 46 , _BrinJley-street , Hanover road , with her cousin , where she had been about a week . As she had an engagement in the Edgeware-road , she said on Saturday morning , when she went out , that she should take lodgings so as to be near there , but she was expected home that night . Sbe was usually in good spirits , and nothing was known that could at all have affected her mind . She went as usual to Miss Whiting ' s , 22 , _E-Jgware-road , on Saturday , and left soon after nine in the evening until Monday , but on Sunday morning her body was found iu tho Serpentine , _rie-ir the east end , by Knight , one of the Humane Society ' s men , and she appeared to have been dead some hours , _^ fone of the witnesses were aware of
any attachment she had formed , but she had written some verses in her pocket-book which were in a very desponding tone . The jury returned a verdict of " _Temporary insanity . " Fatal Accident . —On Monday Mr . W . Baker , coroner , held an inquest at the London Hospital on the body of George Jaggerd , aged 33 , a bricklayer , hviug in A gar-street , Globe-fields , who met with his death under the following _cirumstances : — In April last tbe deceased , and a man named Gaddv , were at work on a scaffold springing an arch in brickwork , under the platform of tho Eastern Counties Railway at Shoreditch , when a piece of
timber forming one of the supports to the scaffold suddenly broke . The whole of the scaffolding fell , carrying deceased and Gaddy with it to the around , about eig hteen feet . _Deccised received a fracture pf the right leg , and subsequently the limb was amputated , but he never recovered the shock , aud died from exhaustion on Saturday last . Verdict , "Accidental Death / ' . _SUPPOSED _Mitbdeb in Pmuco . —On Saturday _morain" last , about four ' o ' clock , a respectably dre 3 sed ° middle _ ged man . was found by a policeman on duty in the neig hbourhood , in a state of insensibility , " at the foot of Pirolico-bridge . He was immediately carried to St . George ' s Hospital , when it waa discovered that he had sustained -several- inju-
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ries about the head , apparently . _** _"SE _^ _' ™ lence , and he died in a few hours . - - _> o . property was found upon him , nor anything to denotehni name or residence .: It is conjec tured that he , wasway ]* id and assaulted by some desperate characters . Tl * name of the deceased has not yet been discovered . On Tuesday afternoon , Mr - Langham , _^ _deputy coroner , held an inquest at St : George s Hospital , on the body of George Lindon ; . aged 45 , who was supposed to have died from violence . The deceased had been many years a clerk in the firm of Grindlay and Co ., East India army agents , of Bishopsgate-street , and was a man of very regular habits . About seven o ' clock on the evening ofthe llth inst . he left the office in his usual health and " spirits , to return to his residence 2 Jo . 4 . Prospect-place , Old Brompton ; and was not again heard of or seen until about half-past one o ' clock on the following
morning , when he was discovered by police-constable 143 B , lying on his face in the carriage road , at the foot of Eccleston-bridge , Pimlico , in a state of insensibility , and bleeding from a wound over the right temple . He was conveyed tothe police-station in Cottage-road , where he was carefully examined by Inspector dimming , who , judging from the symptoms he exhibited , that he was only labouring under the effects of intoxication , had him removed to one of tbe cells and carefully watched . He vomited : frequentl . v , but at six o ' clock not having showed any symptoms of consciousness he was placed in a cab and taken to the hospital . He was immediately seen by My . Ranee , the house surgeon , who pronounced him labouring under pressure on the brain . Everything was done to save him , but he never rallied , and died on Friday night . Yerdict , »« Natural Death from Apoplexy . "
Supposed Suicide op a Police-Constable is the Sebpestine . —On _"Wednesday morning , a few minutes after five o ' clock , as Charles Winnett , one of the boatmen of the Royal Humane Society ; was passing along the north bank of the Serf entine River , to go to his duty , he discovered a man ' s hat lying on the bank , close to the bridge , with the name of John Bennett written on ihe _i-. siJe .. He procured the drags , from . the . Receiving-house ,-and searched the spot , and he succeeded in finding the body of a man , about 40 years of age , in eight feet of water , about eight yards from the _shores In _taking . the body out of the water a woollen _sc & if was found twisted tightly several times round the neck ,
and evidently with the intention of , causing _stransu- _* lation , as he was quite black in the face . The annexed copy of a letter was found in his coat pocket , addressed to John Bennett , 39 , Eastbourne-terrace , Hyde-park :: —" . My dear sister—1 write this lo you , for I am distracted , mad . I have been treated with cruelty , and cannot support it any longer . ;; God bless youal _) isthe last wish I have ., ( Signed ) , E . "Wilcox . " On inquiring at the above address , it was ascertained that deceased , who is the brother of Mrs . Bennett , was a police-constable in thefN , or Islington _Divi- * _sion . lie was a married man , but his conduct towards his family of late had been so bad that his relations had discarded him .
Fatal Accident . —On Wednesday Mr . William Payne ,, the coroner , held an inquest at Guy ' s Hospital on the body of Alexander Duprez Denning , aged 16 , a son of the drill master belonging to thc Royal Ordnance School , Cavshalton , who was , run over by one of the fire engines .. belonging to . , the London Establishment whilst proceeding to render assistance at the , disastrous explosion which occurred on Monday last at Spitalfields . A great number of witnesses wereexamined by the coroner , from whose evidence it appeared that whilst the
engine from . Watling-street station was proceeding along the Poultry towards the scene of the late explosion , the deceased ; whilst in the act of , crossing the road towards , the Mansion-house , ' ran against the pole of the engine , and before the driver could pull the horses up the wheels of the heavy machine passed over bim . lie was immediately placed , in a cab and removed to the above hospital , where he died from the injuries received . It was clearly proved that neither the driver of the engine nor any of the firemen were to blame , and _^ he jury returned a verdict of . '• Accidental death . " ¦ ¦ .
Westminster FnEEnoLD Land Society . — On Monday the members of this society took possession oftheir newly-acquired estate at Kent Town , East Moulsey , in the western division of- the ; county of Surrey . A special train conveyed the members to tha Hampton-court station of the South-Western Railway , whence , they walked in procession to Kent Town , about ; a mile distant , preceded by a band . The estate consists of thirty acres , which is to be _divided into 200 allotments , each of which , it is expected , will realise between £ 2 and £ 3 per annum in the shape of ground rent . Each allotment will cost the purchaser between £ 25 and 7 _E 30 . After inspecting their newly acquired property the members sat down to dinner ina marquee ; Mr . G . Thompson , M . P ., presiding . The chairman , after
disposing ofthe _lojal toasts , said he was anxious to propose the health of Mr . James Taylor , the founder of freehold land societies , and in _doing so took occasion to enter somewhat at length into the merits of the scheme .. Mi ' .-Taylor , in acknowledging the compliment , dwelt upon the social benefits of freehold land societies , and of their great national importance . —Mr . Norton , late chief justice of Newfoundland , - Mr . G . Mnggett ,. Alr . . Gee" sin , and other gentlemen having addressed the meeting , Mr . Thompson and Mr . Taylor proceeded to Uxbridge forthe purpose of assisting at the ceremony of taking possession of another estate which the society has recently purchased near that town . The remainder of the company returned to town by special train . . . . ,
Removal of the Old Telegraph at the _Ad-MiniLTr . —The electric telegraph having completely superseded the eld machinery used for effecting a speedy transition of intelligence , the building on the south-west corner of the Admiralty , together with the Semaphore , has been taken down . The various stations have been abandoned , and the officer- ! in charge of them paid off . Tiros near _TnE'BnicKLAYERs' Arms Station * . —On Tuesday night , at afew _ minutes before eleven o ' clock , a fire broke out in a spacious brick and timber building belonging to Mr . Thacker , a dry cooper , in Page ' s walk , Swan-street , near the Bricklayers' Arms Railwa y Terminus , Old Kentroad . Several engines were soon on the spot , and the fire was prevented from spreading , but it was not extinguished until the premises in which it commenced were nearly gutted . The origin ofthe misfortune could not be learned during the excitement which prevailed .
Explosion in the Crrr , and Great Destruction of _Pkopertt . —One of the ' most frightful explosions of fire-works that has occurred in the metropolis for many years happened on Monday , at a few minutes before twelve o clock at noon , which speedily laid in ruins a vast amount , of property , besides seriously , if not fatally , injuring the proprietor of thc manufactory and' one of his men--independent of which a great many other persons ) some living many hundred yards from the immediate scene of the catastrophe , were badly hurt , and we regret to state that a lad who was passing during the progress ofthe engines fo render assistance , was knocked down by one of the ponderous vehicles , the wheels of which passed over his neck
and head , and caused his almost instantaneous death . The scene of this disaster was Weaverstreet , Spitalfields . The premises were in the tenure of Mrf John Clitheroe , an artist in fireworks , who carried on an extensive shipping and wholesale business at No . 13 iri the last named street . The first explosion happened in what is termed the mixing house , at which time onl y Mr . Clitheroe and one of his men were at work therein ! It ia , supposed that whilst engaged at their dangerous calling some of the rockets must have fallen to the ground , and that the force of the blow caused them to explode , for in an instant a series of explosions followed . Some hundred rockets shot through the roof and ascended many feet above the housetops ; whilst two men , who have since been
ascertained to be Mr . Clitheroe , and one of his workmen , were blown out of tho building into the open yard . Another explosion soon followed , and some scores of fireballs and maroons discharged their contents in every direction . . Houses nearly a quarter ofa mile distant suffered severely , whilst the buildings nearer were partially riddled , the furniture destroyed , and the occupants thrown into an indescribable state of alarm . The noise occasioned by the second explosion had scarcely subsided , when the contents of the-store room became ignited . This part of the factory was in a line with the back fronts of the houses in Weaver-street , whilst Buxton-street bounded it on tbe otber side . New Church-court , and another alley termed
Weaver _s-court , ran between the factory and the houses further off . Unfortunately , although those buildings so closely surrounded tho manufactory , they proved of little avail in preventing the work of destruction from being carried a still greater distance . When the third explosion , which is described to have been in the magazine as well as the store , occurred the houses in Weaver-street , Spicerstreefc , Buxton-strect , and New Church-court , were shaken to their very foundations ; window frames were forced from their bearings , the roofs broken in , and the furniture thrown into terrible disorder , or broken into many fragments . Nearly every window in All Saints National Schools were forced in , and the glass sent flying amongst the children .
In the lower school room there were no fewer than 113 infants inthe gallery , and a great many were forced down , but with the exception of a few slight cuts occasioned by the shower of broken glass tney escaped unhurt . ' Mrs . Campbell , one of the teachers , who was sitting in the kitchen of the school house at the time , was thrown down , and a heavy door which was forced off its hinges fell upon and injured her shoulder . The church of All Saints had also most ofits windows demolished , and heavy pieces of timber were flung upon the roof . The property , destroyed by this disastrous accident was , we regret to state , greater , than was at first anticipated ; windows , arid furhituref as far off as a quarter of a mile have' suffered ; _anU more-persons than originally supposed have b ' _seh severely ' injured .
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Mrs . Slater < and her . daughter , ; . _who-resided at No . 15 , Weaver-street , impiediately at the rear of the factory , were thrown down by . the . shock , and one of them was much injured . _, fAfwbman , named-Potter , living . atfNo . 14 . m tha _^ place ,-, _alarmedhjih first explosion , threw . one of / her children out of : the window , and endeavoured to jumpjbut , with an infant in her arms , ; but , her . clothes being caught by a nail , she was suspended some feet from thegrbund while the two other explosions followed . Mr . Clitheroe received his principal injuries through , his staying to pull his servant out of the house ; both were terribly burned , but they are progressing favourably ! . The number of houses damaged by the
explosion has been ascertained tp be one hundred and twenty . The dwellings _, of the weavers , have suffered the most , and . the -unfortunate creatures have , been thrown into the " greatest distress * - having lost their looms , silk ,-and indeed in some instances their : all . A subscription is about being started , with a view of alleviating tbeir _sufferings ., It having transpired thatthe re-building of -the factory for tho same dangerous . work had been determined on , tlie trustees , of All Saints . Church and National Schools immediately , communicated with tbo parochial authorities , with a view of putting a stop to it . The church and schools have sustained more damage than was anticipated , aiid they are not insured ,
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Destruction of Agricultural Produce by Fire . —A serious conflagration occurred at Comberton , Cambridgeshire , ' on Saturday last , on the premises of Mr ; William Bonnctt , one of the largest holders iii the district ; The homestead immediately adjoins the church , and the labourers had left for dinner at the usual hour ; on the return of two of'them , " about one o ' clock , a pea-stack was discovered to be in flames , and these latter spread so rapidly ; that in spite of the most energetic exertions , ' and the speedy arrival of the ' engines from- Cambridge ( about six miles distant , ) the mnjor part'of the homestead fell , a prey . Five wheat cobs ( with nearl y all the rest of this year ' s growth , ) and the produce of forty acres ; a barley rick , fifty acres ;
two bean stacks , eighteen acres ; and another of about ' six acres ; a mixed stack ( barley and beans , ) four acre s ; clover stacks , ten acres ; hay ,- twelve acres ; a large barn full _ofbai'ley , _alargri barn , full of wheat , thrashed , and sacked ; several carts ' and a quantity of implements were consumed . ' -Four large barns , -cart-lodges , ' stables ' , and other offices _j _» 1 _so were burned , and it was only by pulling down some of the offices and cutting off the connexion , that Mr . - Bohnett ' s house and ¦ _ ' barn containing nearly one' thousand pounds worthfof ' wont were saved . Thecrops had been insured by Mr . Bonriett , in the Norwich Union office , find the buildings ( the property of Sir James Stephen ) were insured ifl the Sun . The total loss is estimated at about £ 1 ; 500 ; Great fears were at one time entertained ior the
safety of the church , and ; a number of cottages in contingency were injured by the removal of ' the thatch . ; There appeared to be no doubt thatthe fire , was the act of an incendiary , though the motive appears wanting . —On the night of Sunday some more stacks were fired in the samevillage , but the _damage" was but slight , p lenty of assistance being fortunately at hand . —On Saturday night the f arm homestead of the Rev . Thomas Brereton ; at Steeple Morden , was fired and all destroyed' except the newly-erected brick house . —Damage , ' £ 3 , 000 .- Premises and crops insured . On Sunday evening , the homestead of Mr . Bird , of _"Wrestlirigwortbi _^ met a similar fate . The house was saved . —Damage , £ 3 , 000 . ¦' - _-- _;¦' ¦ . '¦ " _- - ¦ _••¦ _:- ¦¦ ' ¦>< ¦ •¦" . - •• ;
' ¦ Burglary at the Castle Hotel , Richmond . — On ' Sunday morning ; at-a" very early' hour , the Castle Hotel , Hill-street , the proprietor of which is Mr . Bull , was forcibly broken into ; and an extensive robbery perpetrated . At half-past twelve On Saturday night his entire establishment had' retired to rest , including the head porter , who slept on _a-sofahedstead in a room immediately adjoining tho ' _principal entrance'to the hotel : No noise was heard during the nig ht but on the succeeding morning , about half-past five o ' clock , the porter On rising discovered the spirit " -room and the private parlour of Mi * . Bull , were ih the utmost state of disorder , and had been ransacked of whatever portable articles of value could be carried ; the buffet had
its contents strewed on the ground ; a box belonging to the" Church Missionary Society" was broken open and its ' contents , about £ 30 ( as supposed , ) stolen . The children ' s money-box shared thesame fate . An oval-shaped silver castor stand was torn from its setting , and the necks of tlie ' six- glass castors were broken off to obtain the silver handles . Severalsilvci * spoons which had not been put away in the platcfchest , were stolen ; and Mr , aiid Miss Bull ' s desks ' we re' broken open " ; and the papers strewed about ; £ 310 s . was takehfrom Mr . Bull ' s desk , but no attempt was made by' the thieves to break into the bar , in which were placed the plate chests . It was . _quitef evident tliat the guilty party or parties were well acquainted with the locale ; and ihereis no clue to the suspected parties . ;'
Melancholy Accident at Folkestone . —Since Saturday' last the family of Mr . Sadler , who resides at No . 9 , Highgate Rise , and who is extensively connected with the Irish linen trade , carrying on business . inIronmonger-lane , in the ' "City ; has been phinged into great grief in consequence ofthe death of his sons , S .. Sadlerj aged thirteen , and J . Sadler , aged eleven yeais ; who _wei-e drowned off Folkestone , on the previous Friday afternoon , under the following distressing _cii'cuinstances : —They fliad gone out in _, a skiff , and for their better protection they wore accompanied by two sailors . . After the vessel had proceeded a short distance , and when within sight of the shore , it was observed suddenl y in a squall to turn over , when the whole were seen struggling with each other . Upon the occurrence being noticed from the shore , boats put off to their assistance , but none of them were saved . The body ofthe eldest son was found and taken to
Folkestone . .... New Practice Range at Woolwich Marshes . — The inconvenience _Experienced and the repeated stoppages of practice in the present state ofthe artillery practice ground at Woolwich , owing to the constant passage of vessels on the ' river , has induced the authorities to decide on having a new practice ground on the Woolwich and'PliimsteadMarshes , which will not be liable to interruption . The direction ofthe new range will bo to' the eastward , and will extend to about three miles in length / with an average breadth of half a ' mild , enclosed so as
to prevent tho chances of accidents . during the practice ! ' It is also intended to construct ' a mound at 1 ,-500 yards range , against which objects will be placed when making experiments , and forthe usual targate practice of the Royal Avtillery . : _Yiolatiox of the Ten Hours Bill . —The Preston Chronicle saysf there are about half a dozen mills jn that town working beyond ten and a half hours daily , adults " alone being employed after the completion of : that' time . The Preston Short Time Committee have memorialised theemploye ' _reagainst the practice . " The factory operatives of Preston have established a permanent committee to watch the operation of the new act . '
Deficiency in the Cvder Crops . So great is the deficiency ih the orchard produce that oho farmer within two miles of Barnstaple , who last year made ISO hogsheads of cide ' iy will riot this year make more than ten . We aro informed , too , " that the deficiency , if not so great , is general throughout the north of Devon . The Irox Duke and thb Postilion . —On the returnof Lord "Warden _toWalmer Castle , after attending the Harbour , Sessions at Dover , an accident befel his grace immediately after passing the
"Lone Tree Hill . On one side of the road an itinerant ballad seller was standing with a large placard of his " wares . " , In passing this , one of the horses attached to his grace ' s carriage suddenly " 8 hied , " . and plunged with such violence on the other side of the road as to cause its fall , throwing the postilion . With the exception of slight damage to the harness there , was no other injury , f His grace inquired of the postilion if his fall had been attended with personal . injury , and was informed that it was not . "Then , " said his grace , "You bad better go on . "
Colliery Accidents in _STAFFORDSHiam We find by the Staffordshire papers that a series of fatal accidents occurred in the collieries of that county in the _course of last week . At Bilston , on Saturday , a collier got into the skip for the purpose of descending a pit , to repair the pump , but the engine being out of gear at the time , his weight caused the skip to descend the shaft with him , at a fearful velocity , and the whole length of the chain ( 200 yards ) fell upon him . As a matter of course , he was instantly killed . The same day an inquest was held at the Duke of York , _Darlaston , on the body of William Hughes , about forty-ei ght years of age , who was killed on the previous night , by a fall of coal , in one of Mr . _Bagnall ' _s pits , at Moxley . A verdict of accidental death was returned . . Also on the same day a collier , named John Lawrence , twenty-four years of age , was so seriously injured by the fall of a piece of clod in Mr . Williams ' s pit ,
near Greet _' s-green , that he died in the course of the evening . _Another accident , of a most distressing nature , took place also on Saturday , in a pit at Greet ' s-green , in the same parish , belonging to Mr . Richard Haines . The men had finished for the day , and were assembled at the bottom of the shaft , for the purpose of being drawn up , when a lad named Joseph Burrows caught bold of the hook attached to tbe pit rope , and , began to swing himself upon ; H . Suddenly the engine was set a going , and the pour lad , not having the presence of mind to loose his hold , or being unable to do so ( as he said he could not , in answerto the advice of a miner named Jos . Smith , ) was carried up the _Bhaft fifty or sixty yards , but at last lie fell , and was instantly deprived of life . Wednesbury , was the scene of nn accident , under still" more distressing , circumstances , to at collier , named' Thomas Atkins , thirty-ei ght years of age . He was employed in a pit belonging to
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? Thomas Walker , arid was : at work on Saturday evening , along with-twomen and a boy . Tpey b , ftu been . engaged , in putting up . _gomBdoorsttoybe used for promoting a ' current of air ' _. iri' the . pU , ' sp that the sulphur , which existed'in ' _consitlsrable ' quantities ; nijght be earned Out ; of the workings , * and the deceased persisted in going further along the mtithan Henry _^^ Masdn , a fefioW _^' orki _^ ani _considered ti ) be safe . - ' Mason _accompanied him for some time _^ but the sulp hur became sd _overpowering that he drew back , and advised thedeceased todothe same , f In a moment or two , however / deceased called out , " Henry , I ' m down , " and on Mason trying to
reach him , he also fell , * but managed to " crawl back on his hands and knees . The other man came to the rescue , and was likewise _overpowered > by the sulphur ; but' Mason'went _towards him on all fours , and succeeded in dragging him hearer to the bottom of the shaft , where ' tlie air was corapara tively pure : Assistance was Obtained from the pit bank , arid a man , nained Eli Fletcher , ' having had a rope attached to his waist-byway Of precaution , at length managed to drag _^' out the _body-of the _* unfortunate man '' Atkins . - 'lie ' 1 wits ' ' quite dead . So that , altogether , five . 'lives were sacrificed through accidents of different kinds . ¦ It is observable that none of the unfortunate men perished through
explosions . We understand ; that : in several ' parts of this county many of the farmers have resolved not to pay the income-tax , arid will submit to a seizure rather than pay ' a demand whicli they considerto be ' unjust aiid oppressive ; being prepared to show that their losses amount to . double the sum which they are called on to pay in the shape of income-tax . —Oxford Journal . A meeting was held at _Staplehurst on Saturday last , at which it was resolved 't'd memorialise the govemmentjto postpone ; payment of the , hop duty . The Murder , infEssEx .. — Esther ,. ' Plyle , ; ,.. the ' female charged with the wilful ' murder of , her ; only child ; a girl four years ' of age '; at'Romford , was brought- ' up ' on Monday hist ; -from Ilford Gaol ,
before _Octavius-Mashiter ; Esq .,- one , ot _ithemagis _*; trates for : the , county , . , _for-, _; further , ; examination . The prisoner , resided at No . _j _^ _. ' . _Nelspn-plaije , Barruck-ground , arid , whilst in a " state '' ' of frenzy and insanity , cut the child's throat under circumstances "f a most appalling "description . " The boy , Thomas Young ; who saw the * dee'd co _ rnitted _/ iri the course of cross-examination by Mr .- Downes , contradicted in several points bis previous testimony . : He now stated that when he looked through the window the woman had no cap on ; and- ' that she never wore one , neitherhad he ' ever stated so ;* He'also said thathe _' did riot see -Mrs . Morris or any one else , neither didhe speak to any one : about ; it , between the time lie saw the prisoner ikilithe child * and the
time he went ; home _mnd mentioned "it - to / his mother . -He also swore that he did 'hot sec-the other boy , Barlow . —Mr . Mashiter , in reference to these discrepancies , said he-was inclined to make allowance for them in the case of _* a boy , 'which he should not be willing to do I in a _witness-of more mature years . He . then duly cautioned the prisoner , and asked her if she had anything to state : in answer to the charge ¦ against ? her ? The prisoner , under ; the , advice of Mr . iiDownes , 'declined saying anything . The evidence having 1 been reduced to writing ' , 'she was comiriitted -tottake her trial - -on the charge- of wilful murder , _^ at _^ tho next assizes at Chelmsford , ! There are / soirief circumstances attending this case that give it ' more than ; ordinary
interest ,-and . which - have *; caused a-good Ideal of excitement' in the neighbourhood ! . ; _ t ; will : be iri the recollection of . our readers that * at Chelmsford March Assizes , 1 S 49 , a woman ; vtas tried for the murder of her two infant children , by cutting their throats , -nearly severing ; . their _; 'headsi from their bodies ; whilst a third child , whom she tried also to _marker in the same .. way , got out of . the . . house and ' made fits . escape ! ' This took place near _. _^ West Thurrock , inthe lower part of . _^ Essex , about twelve miles j ' rom the scene . o _^^ thy . pr _^ Bent ' . ' murder . / fThe womun was acquitted on the ' _i '' . ground pi insanity , and is now either iri ,. Chelmsford , Gaol Infirmary , or in , a lunatic asylum . Thatpersori is sister to the husband of thef present prisoner " . ' , _^ _. Havirig . riientioned the , husband , it , is only , due to _, ' . iiira , ' t ° ! say
that he bears a gpod . character . He has worked for a , highly respectable / and . yery . extensive ' firm , in Rom ( oid , for two years , ' . previously ' to _whip _li he lived iri one situation for fifteen years .. _, His father , we , are informed , was employed ' on . _thesame farm for . a . period of . ( forty-seven , years . ( The urihappy man seemed , greatly . affecteu at theffsituatiori in which his wife was pla 6 _^ d ;'' . ' . _^ b . e _^ , p ' _risoherVwaS' ; ac _* compariied by her : mothei'fan"d ! anqtI ] ei _* . fetu betweeii . . . whom % \ x < _t wis . se _^ ed ' _. in the dock _^ f Several of the . neighbours ; speak . _, of the ! Very great . fondness with which she . regarded the ,, deceased ; ' . they ; say she . almostjdolisedher .. The urifoi'turiatewomanis only about twenty-threeyears ' of age , _butwithi-aYjhese last few days her appearance has much change ' _^ _, ' ari . d looks considerably , older .--,,.,. ' ' "'¦ _- . '
Death ina ltAiLWA"i t , CARRiAOE , —OnMonday when the down expre " ss ' arrived' _- _'' _at- _Masbi-o ' _y-at 1 . 30 p . m ., a gentleman was takeirput of a first-class carriage by his brother , and on placing him in a chair was discovered to' be quite deadi _>; The deceased ' s name was Mr . Heath , a retired ; carrier ; from Warwickshire . ' -It * -appears ' ' tbait Mr . iHeath and iu ' _s brother had travelled froin fBirriiirigham to Derby io . meet the express for the North , ! and on arriving at * tho station , the deceased got _into-the _slowitraininstead of the : express , arid on being-apprised of it by his brother , became greatly excited , and hurrying to correct his mistake ,.: was seized ; with a palpitation
of the heart . -His brother : wished _-lum'to-remain till he was better ; but the deceased said he should spoil be-well ,-and would rather go . on ; when the express was coming near Chesterfield , ' Mr . Heath became-fri g htfully-ill , foaming ; , at the mouth , arid changing to livid colour ; tho brother endeavoured to make the guard hear , to have the train-stopped ; biit was unsuccessful ; and on taking Mr . Heath' out at _Masbro ' , he was quite dead . There-were an elderly -lady and gentleman in _: the same compartment , who supposed that the hurry , at the station , the deceased being a gentleman of full : habit , had induced apoplexy , and caused his death . :-.
A _vyoman roTOD Drowned , _—Considferable sensation was created at Borkhampstead , on Saturday last , in consequence of the body of a woman having been found-in the Grand Junction Canal . _. OnMonday an inquest washeld onthe body , when the jury returned the open verdict of" Found drowned ;' " ' _fio evidence being produced to show who she was or how she came there ; but was supposod to , be in the water for twenty-fouv _. hours . Deceased was rather stout , and of masculine appearance , about five feet three or four inches high , _> noso rather prominent , " moiiclr rather large , - hair brown ., She . was dressed in a . twist-edge straw bonnet , trimmed with a straw coloured ribbon , pink flower , and pink lining in the bonnet ; a chocolate-coloured cotton dress , with
white spots and a sprig of ' red ; a black silk visite , watered . satin stripe , ' with three stripes of black velvet round the bottom ; white stockings ; and a pair-of elastic boots ; ' mended at the heels . ; Her linen was marked with the letters J . R ., in blue _marking ink , and her pocket handkerchiefhad J . R . in red silk . She appeared to be about thirty . years of age . Inside of her bonnet a small ticket was sewed , with the name of Birchman ; or Birchmore , eighteen , written on it . Mysterious Case . —The : Halifax Guardian contains an account of a most mysterious tragedy . On Wednesday week a young man , named William _Marsden , twenty-two years of age , son of Mi * . Marsden , of tho Brown Cow Inn Deanhoad , left his
home , taking-with him about £ 50 , for the purpose of attending Long Preston fair , to purchase cattlo . He bought some which he brought safely home , and on Saturday morning last he again left home with the cattlo to attend Halifax market , to sell them if possible . Not meeting with a customer , he had to drivo tho oattlo home again , and not arriving at his usual time , his parents became rather uneasy at his stay , and remained up till two o ' clock in the morning , waiting his coining . They then went to bed , and on getting up in the morning they were horrified at finding their son's coat , waistcoat , and hat ,
laid under their ,-window , ' : saturated with blood . Slight traces of blood wore also observed on the gate loading to the place where the . clothes were found . On examination of the clothes all the residue of the £ 50 were found'in the pockets , amounting to about £ 30 , besides his pocket-book , papers , _ c . One paper found in them , which has since been ascertained . to have been written by him at the Triangle Inn , was inscribed , in a wretched manner far worse than his usual handwriting , besides being badly spelt , and many words ropoatod twice over . It bore the following lines , which appear to have been copied from memory from some tombstone : —
• 'Mourn not for me , my parents deai _* , For here I lie till Christ appear ; This world I ' ve left of toil and pain—I die'in hopes to live again . " Immediately inquiries were set on foot , but nothing whatever could be heard of him . _Tns Poole Election . —PoOle , Sept . 17 , —Tho writ for this election only reached the Under-Sheriff by the day mail on Tuesday afternoon ; * The election will no doubt take place on Monday and Tuesday .
Pooie Savings Bank . —The accounts ofthis bank have during the last fortnight been under the investigation of Mr . Wi H . Grey , of No . 48 , Lincoln ' s inn Fields , the accountant recommended by Mr Tidd Pratt , the barrister . It is ovident that the misconduct of the late actuary , J . B . Bloomfield , who was appointed to the office in 1831 , commenced in 1835 and has , consequently , been continued during the ' long period of fifteen years . The system pursued by the actuary appears to have been to appropriate certain deposits „ ¦ his own use , payirig the interest vegulavly out of the funds ofthe bank , and _keopinc a private check book of the sums thus appropriated , which book has been placed in the hands of the officials , who have thus clearly ' ascertained the mode in which tho deficiency has been created ; Had there been a proper inspection of the books at any period , the dishonesty must have been discovered before tho death of the actuary . We understand
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that , the deficiencv «; - ascertained to be about * 6 , 000 Opt ., _M ' . SC _ 6 - £ 36 , 0 * 00 , arid ; that " _-the ' ' depositors ' will ' ea _| ch receive' a" dividend ' of' about 16 si ' 2 di :, : ri the _Sounds in ' cltiding- "interest . ' - ¦ _' - Since the '• ¦ ' expose' -the , arik has _' beeri closed } 'and , weibelieve , ' . tbat atupresent there _isno jnteht . _ifin . entertained of ; reropenin _? _thelnstitutipn . , It . is , hoped thai property , t < _Tthe amoupt ; of _, , about _AOOO may borecovored from ' Bloomfield ' s . estate : ' ' m which case the -dividend _^ n ld _be"increased : ' 7 _''*; r ;' ' _- _; _ _'* : _' u _*» _-i *;| * _«* _,: •¦ . _<)!! :. . * , ' Accident ' " to _f-Tn _ : Hon . _' -AiiiAs _^ _PdinuTT _, -near _ItMissTBR . _^ _i On . ; _Saturday . last * this'young * gentlernan , accompanied by his brother , Viscount Hiriton , wen t for a short shooting excursion , when , haying
enjoyed the sport for some time , he felt ' fatigued , and Viscount Hintdn requestett him' _to _' return'homewardsy which he _' accordingly ' - _" didi _vAa _< h ' ei did not make his appearance ) at : dinner , ! his-father , . Earl Poulett , _despatched ithe ; servants , on horseback in all directions in order to ascertain the cause ofthis _unusua _^ del ay _^ asi it _wasifeared ' an accident had : occurcd _. tpthe honourable ' geri'tlemari . ' TheEarlhimsolf , accompanied by ' others ' , also setyout ; in-search of hini , when , afteivalorig period , the . unfortunate young , gentleman was discovered lying , by the _, . side ofadry : ditch , quite , insensible ,, and ; blood issuing from , his . ' earsand mouth . "' ' ' He was immediately rpriin ' vp . d ! 'nriA _mAsaonHhra ' were deriatohed' 'for 'Mr .
C . H . Miiles , surgeon , ' who attended most 'promptly . ¦ It was then discovered that- both * the . -bones : of the right leg were broken , besides many , other , bruises and injuries ; there , was also concussion of . the brain . A . special messenger started at once- for London'for a ' physician ;* ' who arrived at Taunton b y special train ' on'Sunday -morning ,: and _immedir atelyf set . outfor Hinton _^ Park , the . iseat of Earl Poulett ,, ' The sufferer , stillremains . insensible . from the injuries received , ' which , with , deep . sorrow we announce , ' lire of " a most seribiis character . T _« e iccideiit is' supposed 'to have' been ' occasioned'' by the horse faliing _. ' _throwingf his rider , ; ' arid rolling , ovev h \ m . _—Westmi > Flwng _:-. PQst ::, yy [ , Z _-i . _uui .,
¦ Extbaobdinabx * Case oe" SuiciDE . -An inquest was held _. at Pl ' ymonth ' , before Mr . _fJ . 'Edmonds , on a boy , named John" Deriliairi ' , thirteen years of age , whb ' _committe'd ' _suicide-uri'der the' following _sitiguTav circumstances ; ; at that place , on . Sunday . _f . _'He went home from . the Sundayischool to ,. dinner ,. ? and ; , previous to : the family , sittin « down ,, to table , . _hejsaid grace . Mr . "Nicholson _^ alocal preacher , came , and haying prayed over ' a younger ; sistef who was dangerously ill ; the junior triehibers of the family ' were f ' eri therii ' their dinner . ;; :, Thoma 8 _t- Denham , a rother , - told : the deceased ' s . father-that the deceased had been naughty at schoo _) _, 6 n _„ which the father said if he . behaved badly again . hei should not let him have any dinner . " The deceased held his
kriife . and fork in his' hand , but- the filling of his pla'ieV beiriE .. i _* athcrf . _deWyed _^ and vusheu towardsthe _^ _doOivsaying ; "I will throw myself'over the _quayfor tho cliff . " / . His mother caughthold of him and dragged him in . -He , ( however jumped through the window , into the street ; running In , the'directioh ' of the Hoe . ' He-there met his brother _^ andi'desired him to . hold bis clothes , which he did . f _i _. Dece ased . theii _^ id , ' _) ' * father . would not give me any dinner , and mbtlier wouldn ' t ; now I want . none . " _' With these words he threw himself over therocks , and before any assistance could be rendered | lie ' _-w _' a ' s'drowried . ¦ ' ' ¦ ' _•' - ' Z ' ¦ i : , ' . Unnatural , Q _^ An inquest . was heldorif Wednesday fat the Union .
_^ Tavern , Rogers-street , . Redbank , ' ,. Marichester ,: before Mr . Herfordi ! the boroug h ; coroner , touching the'death of Robert Brooks ; an ostler , aged-fifty , who has _. left ' six ! . _childreiiy Deceased was-of _jery intemperate habits , arid : on ' _Pi'iday fevehingfweek , about ten o ! clockj he went hbine intoxicated . " He Had seated himself 'by . the _firej ' _ari'd- was drinking some tea ; when _Joriathari _Brooks _, one of his ; sons , entered . ' -Tlie latter -was-proceeding . to ; butter a cake which he hndi brought in with him , using _. sqme of thefdeeeased ' s . butter . for that , purposo , which excitedthe old man ' s wrath ,. arid he commenced abusing his son . The ybiii _ man asked one of his sisters to 1 fetch 1 him some beer ,-which he' _^ iiad been ordered by'the dootor to take ; -Deceased , however ;
forbade her to bringany beer into the ; . hou 8 . e , . upon which _hiS'SQfn said ihe ; would fetch it himself ,. and accordingly . went . . out . for that " \ purpose . ' The old man then wieh ' t to ' tiie ' - cloor arid held it in ; his hand , determihea _. ' if possible , ' to prevent his son _re-entering ' with the beer ' When" the . latter ; returned deceased-took him by the arm , spilled the beer , and cracked the jug ., [ The son was going to get another jug , but the . father seized . him by . . the . throat , " and they struggled together for several _hilhutes ' . ' The cracked jug was still in ihe son ' s hand , arid during tno struggle it _' oairie -in * violent contact with the deceased ' s head , * and was smashed to atoms , ; at the same , time inflicting a ; sei _* ious wound .. . The . spn . then
left the house , and did not return till the next day . The . deceased got his _wound'dressed , arid appeared riot to"have' been _^ ihuch irijuved . _*'" He " was ;' a ' gain intoxicated oii thefolldwingnight , and ; on Sunday complained ' of' being very ill . . _- _-, Mr . ; Overton , assistant _to-Mr _.- ! , HoTroyd ,,. surgeon ,,. was sent for , and found deceased suffering . fr , om , erysipelas in the _beadi , caused by a _. lacerted wound in the back of the scalp . ' '" The " syriiptoms ' gradually ' increased until deceased ' s death , which occurred on Monday * aftern ' obn . - - ' TIie surgeon said the symptoms Were .- much more ; aggravated than : was usually the , , case , ; but this _waSj . probably . . owing to . the deceased ' s _^ _in-, temperate habits . The jury returned a verdict of '' Accidental deaih . " ' ' . 7 ! l
PROTEC . Tio _** nsT _Dbmonstration 'Ai Tiverton . — A-m ' ce tirig of the friends of protection to British agriculture , [ industry , and capital , was ; held on Tuesday last , at the _. Angel Hotel , Tiverton , for the purpose of . forming a bianch of the Devon and Exeter Protection . Association , to comprise the Tiverton . polling'district ; ' The town * having been placarded 'for about' a week : prior . to the day of meeting with bills calling upon the -inhabitants _ge-, nerally to . eomeforward and express their . opinions upon the question of protection , the greatest possible'interest ' was attached to the proceedings of the
day . The first resolution was moved by'Dr . Brent , who abused Sir Robert Peel for having imposed the income-tax . . _- It was to the effect that it was '• ¦ ¦ desirable . to 'form ; in connexion with , the Devon , and Exeter .. . Protection ' . Association , !' a committee com * prising the twenty-six' parishes of tiie Tiverton polling district , for the purpose ' of obtaining' full arid effectual proteotiori ' to every branch of British industryi" - -Itwas carried , after being seconded by Mi * . R ; H . Clarke ; and after speeches , had been delivered by Mr . Williams , Mr . Potter , Mr . Kinder , and other local Protectionists , the meeting separated . But litiil 6 was' said about Lord Palmerston .
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PRksuMED' Case d _* e _PoisoNiNa . — The retired town of Larighariie , iri thecouutyof Oarmarthen _; has been thrown into astate of great -alarm and excitement , in consequence ofa case of suspected poisoning having taken place at the household of J . H . Severn , Esq ., of Brixton . The circumstances are fraught with very great _suspicionjahd there is strong presumptive evidence against the party suspected , who , though not yet in custody , her motions are watched , and she herself under , surveillance . The particulars of this ; , unhappy . cuso are as follows : — La 9 t Tuesday week two of the female . domestics bf Mr Severn were taken suddenly ill , after having
partaken of some broth , one of whorii , Rebecca ' Uphill , the housemaid , died the same evening , and the other'became dreadfully ill . The broth , it appeared , was prepared by the cook ; but , she did not pavtake of any herself . The deceased ate vevy heartily of the broth , but the other servant , after having eaten a spoonful * or two , remarked that although it was nice , it left a dreadful burning sensation in her throat . The remainder of the broth , it appears , was thrown to the pigs , one of which , having nearly _eatenthe whole , immediately died , and four others became ill . While the body of the deceased was laid , out , previously . to its being placed iri the coffin , the party suspected went , it . is reported , in the room , to see the corpse , when she immediately
exclaimed , ** Oh ! this is the devil who tried to get me but of my service . She is gone to heaven , or elsewhere . " In the meantime ,. the whole of these suspicious circumstances coming to the knowledge of Mr . Severn , that gentleman immediately placed himself in communication ( by letter ) with George Thomas ; Esq ., the coroner for the county , and Capt . Scott , the chief of the county constabulary . "We ought hereto state that Mr . Severn in his letter to Mr . Thomas , remarked that there was so much mystery ami suspicion attached to the death , that . he should not permit the funeral to take place until he ascertained whether it was the intention of Mr . Thomas to hold an inquest . It appears that the coroner is not justified in holding an iuquest uuless
he has received a communication from the police , detailing the particulars of the case . Captain Scott the chief constable , was out of town , and i t was not till a day or two afterwards tliat Mr . Superintendent De Coven informed the coroner of the particulars of he death , and the grounds which exi sted for believing that the deceased had come by her death through " foul play . " In the meantime the funeral had taken place . Mr . Thomas instantly save an order for tho exhumation of the body , in order that a post mortem examination might be made . This was performed by . two medical gentlemen , when it appeared thatthe stomach was highly inflamed , and presented every appearance of the deceased having died from poison ; the viscera were sealed up and forwarded to Dr . Herapath , of Bristol , in order to be analysed .
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? _2 _$ _^ _M * _WMwte to carry _, out the experiment _fne-proprietors . 'ha ' v' _6 agreed' to -let the ! ahd at one half the rent they now _receireiforitj in order to give : ey . ery ! chance 1 oC , 8 Ucce 8 srto . _1 the * 'tetiaht 8 . ' . Tbepecuniary . _interest _. taken . in thematter iby , the Perth cpm-.. _^ ittce _j * will-necessarily tend to guard _jhe people frgto unfair treat ' merit : _aridtheplarifijive ' severy _promig e of a perraanerit JraproYement ih' tiieir condition . ' The first result'bf . ' 'if ia _^ " exceedingly f gratify ing . ' * It has stopped the transportation of the Solas tenants , which was threatened some time ago . _^ -NprthjBrf , tish . Mail ,, _: Dr . "Mason ,. ,. who was . so .. severely . wounded by j , ;
wife at _Qatehbuser has been pronounced convalescen t . The unhappy woman is still'in Kirkcudbright prison . ; 1 _A-NA-rioNiii _GAitEBr _ArEbwBVRon _^ An act' of Parliament'Was passed on . the 14 th ulfc ; , to erect-on the _. EarthenMound at _Edinburgha-Nat ? 0 _* _*? 1 GalIer . v for the promotion of the line . arts . . It , was intended to . form other buildings onthe _Mound-i ' It is provided by ' the . actj . that the plans ; of the National Gallery shalrbe approved ' of-by the Treasury . ' 'When the building is completed , it is to be vested- in ithe commissioners _, and trustees of . the town ,. subject to the . approbation of the _. Treasury .. , 7 ; , ; : ; :. ' .. -7
. _^ _" _vyHiKLwiND AffMosxRosB . —The Montrose ' _Standard has an account of a whirlwind thflfvisited that _burgb last Sunday , about 1 noon :- 'All-was still ; but , on a sudden - the dust upon a spot of perhaps about six _^ yards in circumfeiencebegan tobe : agitated .,, la less than an instant' it was seen whirling round , witli great rapidity , and rising in the form of a cylindernot with a spiral motion—but a bilge cylinder of dust hiovirig on a vertical axis . It rose to' the height of at least ten feet , then it seemed to jump from the spot on which it whirled to a distance of about fifty yards , _wjthout breaking , and continued its gyrations as . before . In Jess than a minute tbe column ' vanished , arid , when three or four spectators ran to ' ihe spot , not the least breath of wind couldbe felt . f '
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_Addrbbs- "FROM TffE BTSOD _OF T _ 0 RI . E 8 iotue Roman -Catholics of . Ireland . —At four , o ' clock- on . Saturday , evening , __ a . document in the . shape of a closely-printed , pamphlet of thirty-two pages , _issued froni the press iri ' Dublirij entitled '* ' The Synodical Addfess ' . of the Fathers of the- National Council of Thurles to "their Beloved Flock , ithe Catholics of Ireland , " . ¦ and signed , "Paul , * Archbishop of Armagh , Primate of , all Ireland , and Delegate of the Apostolic See , President . of the , Synod , and John , Bishop ' of _Clonfei-t , Prdmoterof the Synod . " The primary , ' arid almost the sole object of the address is the question of'education and the provincial colle _^ es ; andthe _substance-of it , on _. this point amounts to , this , thatthe Roman Catholic . priests and clergy
of Ireland now bind . themselves ' unanimously to act upon the papal rescripts ori this matter , that have been already before'the public _^ arid : . which have " admonished the archbishops and bishops of Ireland to have ; no part whatever in carry ing _^ out these colleges , "; . recommending aUo , most earnestly _,. the erection of a ,.. Catholic acadefriy in Ireland on ' the model of orie 7 fo ' urided by the Belg ian bishop _^ at Louyairi ; arid moreover ' expressing ' astonishment that any should assert * "that it is lawful for priests touridertake certain offices in said colleges . " ' . The ' , * condemnation " _.-, of , the colleges that . has been sanctioned by tbe synod is , "therefore the same as that already , pronounced at Rome . / ' ; ' ENcuMBERkD' _Estates . — Eight more petitions were lodged in . the Encumbered Commission Court within the week ending on . the . 10 th inst ., making
the entire number , since the , commencement 1 , 214 , A great number oif conditional or absolute orders werepronoiiriced thisweek , in preparation for business after the recess . _" ' ' :- ' : - _- ; . ¦• :- - Crop Lifting ; —Within the last week there has been an ' active revival of icrop plunder in [ some southern districts . ; Tho Kilkenny . Moderator contains the following : —] ' On Sunday last the crpps were , to be seen falling in every direction before the sickle , ' and carried away . A tenant of Sir John Power ' s' ciit' _and--car _r _¦ _ieQ _,, away ; the ¦ produce of nearl y ' ' 100 acre 8 ; frohi . the Kilkearan estate . Two tenants of Mr . i ! W . Lloyd . Flood ,, levanted with the crops ; several of the . tenants of Mr . . Champion Brady , at Templemartiri ,. followed the example , and some _, other proprietors did likewise "in the neighbourhood of _JohnstownV The _poiiee arrested some of the parties engaged in the plunder .
Ienani-RightMovement . —The , Nation has , put forward a formidable list of county meetings , promoted by . the Tenant League , which ' are to be held during the present month . ; ' Legal . ' _App ' oiNTMENTS .- _^ -The' Dublin A ews Letter say ' s ' : — " It is generally believed that Judge Moore willbe promoted to , the chief justiceship ofthe Common . Pleas , to be . succeeded by the present Attorney-General . : MrV David Lynch , Q . C ., to ba the legal adviser to the Castle . " "• Re-valuation of LAXDS .- _^ -Tiie Limerick Reporter _sfiitesHhat about eleven hundred acres ofthe estate of Lord Ashbrook , which had been let to a middleman , recently fell into his ; lprdship ' s hands .. Instead
of being set up for competition , thej * were re-valUed according to present prices , and 'let to the tenants at from lis . to 23 s . per acre-a reduction of nearly prie-half theold rack-rents . ¦ : ¦' . ; The ¦ " AifEutoEATXo . v Socibty OF , lBEEANI ) . '' -r-The Bdllinasloc Star contains the following gratifying account ofthe practical working . of this society : — "Already , a ., vast amount of goon has been done at Robertstowh , ' county _Kildare , ' ' where the society has ' _established its first station , * a portion of tho country' which was -wretchedly .-poor , but now , owing . to : the employment given by . this , peat manufacture for the , last few months , the peop le in ' the neighbourhood are coriiparatively coiriiortahe—men , women , arid even children ,, have full employment ; and riot the least commendable feature of this
industrial movement is , that the society have relieved the _Jfaas Union of nearly one hundred paupers ' j who are now _. _eniployed inthe works , providing for their own subsistence . " Thejstation at Robertstown consists of three ' building ' s _' - ' of timber , erected on _platforirisi piled underneath , as the soft nature of . the bog would-not admit of masonry . ; These buildings are not entirely finished , but in two or three weeks they , will be fully completed , when they will present a very pleasing appearance from the lightness ' and beauty ofthe architecture ; together with giving undeniable proof that another step in the march of civilisation has been made , by making _thewild bog and dreary moor , return a golden reward , more jcertain than tho . alchymist ' s . most confident dreams . It is calculated thutttirce hundred tons of charcoal
per week will be made for exportation when the buildings are finished , which , from the demand at presenti will fall far short of the required supply . The company : are at present supplying the President of France with a largo quantity . About sixty tons are at present on the way to France ; and from England their orders up to the present-amount to £ 10 , 000 . " ' -: - •¦¦ Faction Figiits in - ' the South . — The Limerick Examiner says : — " The fiercest faction fight that has taken place in Kerry for some years , occurred in Sneem , on Sunday last . Unfortunately the . ' parties were after purchasing reaping hooks for cutting
then * corn on tbe day following ; but they turned theiri to a very different purpose , for they cut and mangled each other in a shocking manner with the instruments , which they freely used . Several of the mad and foolish combattants are not expected to recover .. There were women , too , engaged in the melee , busily employed in gathering stones for those who were not possessed of sticks or reaping hooks . The magistrates have committed several of the rioters . There were but two policemen in the village ; and _aUthey . could do was to take down the ; names of the principal rioters . "
State of the _. _Coustrv .-The Sligo Champion has the following remarkable illustration of the altered state of the country : — "John Henderson , Esq ., of Gregg , was lately served with a threatening notice , tothe surprise of those who knew him , for he always bore the character of a good neighbour . The country people , to mark their kindly feeling towards him , assembled in great numbers this week and cut down all liis'Da'ts in a single day . Such waa the result which ensued from the threatening notice !"
The Sea _Seiipb . vt . —The following leltcrs have been addressed to the editor of the Cork Southern Reporter : — " _Kinsalo , llth Sep ., 1850 . —Sir , — Having seen a letter in last Tuesday ' s paper concerning the Sea Serpent , I was induced by some friends to go to sea , in hopes of meeting withthe monster . I had not been long in suspense , when a little to the west of the , Old Head the monster appeared , the size of which is beyond all description , but the head having the appearance of a _bottle-nOBG whale . Mr . Shiniuck , one of the party , fired three shots without effect . —; j . remain , sir ; yours , T . _Uocklbs . " _- _** Queenstowti , September llth , 1850 . -Sir , —On yesterday evening , about six o ' clock , Queen _Btown Harbour Lighthouse bearing north about ten
miles distant , we observed a sail to the S . E ., in the horizon , and on my . going aloft in the starboard rigging , to see if she was for the harbour , I saw oloso "J the surface of the water , and on the starboard bow , a dark appearance , and in an instant it appeared on the surface as a huge living monster , showing the head arid over sixty feet of the centre of the back over water , and on heading the cutter we observed the tail , and close after two other fish of a similar description , but smaller . The largest was fully 150 to 200 feet in length , and the head appeared square , of immense size ,, with oval white
eyes , of full y five feet long each . The entire body seemed nearlv black ' , with a lump on the centre o * the back , and seemed to be in circumference about the size of the hull of -a vessel of 300 tons . The two small fish _swere about forty feet long each , and similar to the largo one . We were so close to _thes _- _* monsters , that we were obliged to put the helm Up j br we woiild have struck it . The crew were all idi _» state of terror when the head appeared over v _atet : , and though a'heavy-soa at tho time , the water about this monster appeared like oil . —EpvfA _iw Smith , Master of C ., and W . D . Seymour and Co . s pilot cutter Amphitrite'" .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 21, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21091850/page/6/
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