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      Health Of London During The "Week—It Is ...

      Health of London During the "Week—It is satisfactory to observe that the __ public health , as compared with that of former periods , is in a favourable slate . Last week the mortality in London continued to decline , and the deaths were only 938 , showing a decrease of 16 on tliose of the former week , and of 159 on the weekly average of last January . In the corresponding weeks of ten previous years ( 1810-9 ) the average was 1 , 041 , which , if corrected for increase of population , becomes , 1 , 130 ; the present decrease of mortality , as compared with former years , is therefore 19 S . In the epidemic or zymotic class of diseases , the deaths last week were 144 ; inthe corresponding weeks of the vears 1 S 40-G they fluctuated between 128 and 333 ; the corrected

      _average is 209 . From , phthisis ( or consumption ) the deaths last week were 113 : at the same period of previous years they ranged from llo to 170 , From other diseases ihat _effect the respiratory organs ( exclusive of hooping-cough ) tbe deaths were _lg 9 j in _pravioug years , at this time , they ranged from llo to 330 . To take particular diseases * small-pox was fatal to 6 persons , less than one-third < if its former mortality ; scarlatina to 13 , while the average is 34 ; _hoopins-cougb . to SI , the average being 46 ; typhus to 29 the average being 38 . The deaths from measles were 21 , a mortality which is about the usual amount . From asthma and bronchitis there were 110 deaths , theaverage is 100 ; from pneumonia there were 76 , whilst 96 forms the average . Diarrhoea was fatal to IS persons , which exceeds the average by 7 , though the number who died of this complaint wife of

      in the same week of last year was 27 . The a journeyman lamp maker , aged 60 . died ia St . John the Evangelist , Westminister , of debility , which waa the result of an attack of Asiatic cholera six months before . Four nonagenarians died during the week , of whom three were women ; the man died in tfae Goswell-street sub-district , at the advanced age of 89 years . The births during the week numbered 1 _. 47 G . The mean height of the barometer at the "Royal Observatory , Greeawich , during the week was 26 * 754 in . The mean temperature was 42 deg . 8 min . and exceeded _^ the average of the same week in seven years by 6 deg . 9 min . ; on Snnday it was 9 deg .. and on Fr iday , 14 deg . 9 min . above the average . On Wednesday , when the mean temperature was 35 deg . 1 min ., it was slightly below the average of thatday . __

      Fire at GaAVESEND . —The Ship and Lobster Tavern , kept by Mr . Penryn , on the Sea Wall , was totally _censumed by fire on the night of the loth inst . The house aud adjoining buildings being constructed chiefly of wood , the flames spread very rapidly , so that none of the property in the house could be saved , the inmates having barely time to escape . The fire was discovered by the landlord's son abont ten o ' clock , bnt its cause was unknown . The landlord is said to be insured . A New Bridge fob Westminster . —It is stated that it has been determined to take down the present bridge at Westminster , and that a new one is to be erected some four hundred yards further from the Houses of Parliament , in order to heighten the effect of those elaborate specimens of British architecture . The new structure is to be low and straight ,

      supported by gothic arches . Plans for the erection of first-class detached , or semi detached houses , forming aline of streets up to Buckingham Palace , have , it is also said , been approved of . Munificent Foundation of a Ragged School . —Some short time back the friends of a Ragged School , who had fitted up one of the arches ol the South-western Railway , near Lambeth-walk , as a place of instruction for poor ragged children , applied to Mr . Beaufoy , the eminent distiller , of South Lambeth , to _subscribe _to-s-ards a fund to erect a suitable edifice . Mr . Beaufoy so far complied with their request that , at his sole expense , he has erected , in "Doughty-street , Lambeth , at a cost of upwards of - £ 3 . 000 . a magnificent building , covering an area of 1 , 230 square yards , calculated to afford ample room for the instruction of 1 , 000 children .

      A Furious Bullock . —On Monday a bullock broke away from tbe herd to which it belonged , near Greenwich , and proceeded at a furioti 3 rate toward * the metropolis , knocking down every body who attempted to impede its progress . Near the New Cross turnpike , Mrs . Annan , of Peekham , was thrown down and dreadfully injured . In the New Kent-road a row of _sta'ls , seven in number , were levelled and their contents destroyed , the owners being much injured . In the Old Kent-road , a Mr . Armstrong , of No . 11 , Harlingen Terrace , was attacked by the animal , and was conveyed home with a fractured skull . On reaching the Bricklayers ' Arms the beast seemed to pause , but the immense crowd of men , boys , and doss that had followed _so- > n

      came up , and it resumed its career towards the Borough . "Between the Bricklayers' Arms and the Town-hall no fewer than four persons were knocked down , and received such injuries that tlieir immediate removal to Guy ' s and St . Thomas' Hospital was considered necessary . OnLopdon-bridge the crowds of omnibuses and vehicles in the road forced the -animal on the footway , and numbers unable to escape were knocked down . On reaching King William-street , the animal passed down Arthur-street , iljto Upper Thames-street , and Dyers' Hall Wharf , being open , _r"i" 5 hed in , and was at length secured . It is not known to whom the beast belongs , and foan the damage done it is supposed that it will not be claimed .

      The lite Fire in Lambeth . —Ths great distress into which nearly 100 young women in the employ of Messrs . "Nickels and Co ., India-rubber web manufacturers , have _bsen plunged by this sa < " calamity has been mentioned in this journal . A subscription in aid of a fund for affording them some temporary assistance until Messrs . Nickels' premises are rebuilt ha ? since been opened , and contributions have been solicited in var ious quartets . The appeal has been only partially responded to , and the amount in hand

      will hardly suffice to keep want from the _threshhold of many deserving families during the next fortnight . An application was made among others to Mr' Sidney Herbert , and that gentleman in reply at once consented to place a certain number of the yonoger females on the list of emigrants , to be immediately de-patched to the colonies , nnder the auspicies ofthe society of which he is the fonnder . It is a magnificent fact , however , tbat on the question being put to the workwomen by a member of Messrs . Nickels ' firm not one of the whole number would consent

      to leaveEngland . A Common- im Flames , —On Monday evening _lietween five and six o ' clock information was received almost simultaneously at the various fire engine stations in town , that a tremendous fire was raging in the direction of Nine Elms , Vauxhall . The engines of the West of England and London Brigade were immediately ordered out , but whilst they were being horsed several persons _arrived from the various bridges , describing the scene of conflagration as lying towards Battersea . The firemen having arrived at the Wandsworth-road they found the distant country

      illuminated to such an extent that they believed a tremendous fire was raging , bnt the exact locality completely puzzled them . Hundreds of men , on foot and on horseback , were also hurrying towards the "fire , " when , on getting almost as far -as Wandsworth , they were met by an express , bringing the intelligeace that the cause ofso much alarm was owing to the furze on the common having been set on fire . The firemen having learned that no house was near returned with their engines to their stations . The person who brought tbe news informed the firemen that upwards of three quarters of a mile in extent of the furze wasin flames .

      Destructive Fire at Wapping . —On Monday night , shortly after eight o ' clock , a fire broke out in the premises of Messrs . Brewer and Co ., the ship chandlers and sail makers , carrying on business at 310 , _Wapping High-street . The building , which was exceedingly lofty , was of proportionate width _, -and extended from the front street as far as the water side . The place being filled with ship stores , some of a most combustible character , great fears at one -period were entertained for the safety of the contiguous houses . With all possible expedition about nine land engines belonging to the London brigade , and that of the West of England Company attended . An abundant supply of water was soon obtaiced from tbe

      "East London mains , from which several engines were set to work , under the direction of Mr . Braidwood . The fire by that time had gained a fearful ascendancy , it having penetrated the flooring over the shop , and rushed np the staircase in one complete sheet ot flame , doing some damage to every room in the spacious building . The firemen , by conveying the hose of three or four engines into the front warehouse , and two or three into the private entrance , were enabled to cut off the further progress of tbe flames ; but nearly three hours elapsed before the fire was wholly _extinguished . The damage done is very considerable , bnt fortunately the firm was insured . How the fire began could not be ascertained .

      13 b .. Achilli . —At the Episcopal Chapel , West street . St . Giles ' s , en Sunday last , before reading the Gectral Thanksgiving , the officiating minshr made the following unusual announcement : — " A person desire _* to return thanks to Almighty God for deliverance from captivity in the dungeons of the Inquisition at Rome . " It was at once known that -. Dr . Achiiii , who had arrived in England the night before , was in the chapel . Dr . _Achiixi attended a meeting ofa newly-formed t Bible society in the parish of St . George , Bloomsbury , which was held on Tuesday evening at the Music Hall , S _> ore-street , Bedford-square . He pro-. . . posed a resolution , which was carried unanimously , , afiirming that inconsequence of the energy and j ; activity of the Roma / i Catholic church , it was desirable to send copies of the scriptures to all parts of the X _^&^^ _fS _^ d' m oruer tlla t the people of each nation might _^ " * fe _***^ _-bejejDaWed _^ to read in their native language . _-: _ _-JJj _^ _SgsS-sS'Ji ' - r- _""tr _******* - ¦

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      Horrible Diath.—-G-Eat Consternation Was...

      Horrible Diath . — _-G-eat consternation was created at the county gaol at Taunton last week owing to a frightful case of suicide , committed by a lad sixteen years of age , named W . Hounsell , who it appears , had been committed for two months imprisonment for abscondiug from the Chard Union . On the 14 th inst , he threw himself headlong under the wheel of the treadmill , which was then being worked by 18 men . Every means were adoptedI to check the motion of the wheel , which , however , was unavailing until the lad was mutilated most teartuiiy , and on being extracted life was quite extinct , Committal op Threb Men for Manslaughter . -A revol'ing case of manslaughter has occurred recently atTong . a village near Bradford , _loiksh'ie . The deceased is a married fema ' e named Manjaret _Daugan , aged abmt fortyt and the mother of three i she hadI fre

      children . From habits of dissipation - quently become amenable to the laws , at Bradford , where she resided , but apart from her family . Her last period of imprisonmentfordrunkenessterminated a few days ago , and when on her way home she called at a public-house at Tong , where in the company of several men , she indulged to excess in her former habit , left the house in company with some of the party at a late hour , and her dead body ( still warm ) was next morning found in an adjacent field . She had been brutally ill-treated , and perished from cold during the night . Three of the men , named John Coates , George Coates , and Richard Farrar , who reside in thc locality , were , afterwards apprehended , and brought before the magistrates at Bradford on a _charge of murder , but the medical testimony ascribing death , not to the external marks of violence , but to exposure to the cold , they were committed to York assizes for manslaughter .

      St . Helen s Savings Bank . —The amount realised at the three days , sale ofthe furniture , carriage , stock , « fec , of Air . John Johnson , is within £ 36 of the valuation put upon them prior to tlie sale—about - £ 760 was realised . There are about 30 pass-books yet to be _brought in for examination . It is said tliat upwards of £ 13 , 200 is now proved to be deficient There is no business going on at the bank , nor is it likely to be open for some time . The report as to Mr . Johnson ' s death at Kirkdale is not true . The Aylesbury Savings Bank . —The secretary to the bank , Mr . J . Jones , by whom Stratton was employed as his clerk , lws deposited iu the hands of the treasurer the sum of - £ 500 to meet any c _' aims which may be made upon him , and to which he may be legally liable in consequence of the dishonesty of his clerk . The trustees have just concluded their investigation into the affairs or the bank , and they

      have ascertained , after a cai'eful examination of the _,, depositors' books , and comparing them with the bank ' ledgers , that the gross amount extracted by Strattou , by means of forging the names of the depositors to _receipt , by direct appropriation of the moneys en . trusted to him , and by filling up blank cheques , after they were signed , to double and treble the amount required by the depositors , is £ 1 , 0 G 8 . It is fully expected _, although not one fraction may be hoped for from Stratton . who has arrived in New York with his wife and family , that the whole amount of his _defalcation will be made up by Mr . Jones and the trustees and _manag-rs of the bank , so that no loss will ultimately accrue to the poor people whom he has so basely plundered . The money , which was standing in the name of Stratton at the bank , has been claimed by his mother , and the claim appearing clear and strigbtforward . the amount has been handed over to her by the managers .

      Thb Rent or La >* d . —A small farm at Bathley , near Newark , belonging to one of the Newark charities ( Lilly ' s ) was let on the 31 st ult , at a higher rent by £ 4 A a year than was previously paid for it ? This farm consists 63 a . lr . 14 p . of land ( and more than two-thirds of it arable , ) and was let for fourteen years from lady-day next , for £ 185 per annum ; whereas , fourteen years ago , it was let for the same term , at only -6141 per annum , and that was considered a good rent . —Herts _Alercury . Fonehai , Ecoxomt . — We noticed last week the

      plain and somewhak eccentric funeral of thc Rev . J . Ford , at Navestock . The object ofthe plainness , we find , was , that the money thus saved should be distributed amongst the poor in sheets and blankets ; and accordingly on Saturday last , the sum of £ 50 was thus given away at the vestry , in sums of 10 s . each , to one hundred of the most deserving in the parish ; and , says our correspondent , "I think it will be agreed , that the money has been far better expended that in useless funeral show . "—ChemUford Clironicle .

      A Fauilt of Thieves . — -Liverpool . —On the 15 th inst . a boy eight years of age , was charged with robbing the till of Mr . M'Donald , of Greenland-street . The case was fully proved . This is the sisth time the pr isoner has been in custody . His brother , aged nine _ye-irs old , bas been eight times in custody . Another brother , fourteen years <> f age , has been seventeen time 3 in custody and twelve times committed . His father was tried at the October sessions and committed for three months ; and an aunt has also been in custody . The only resource of the family appears tobe that of thieving . Mr . Rushton scarcely knew what to do with the prisoner , and desired to be furnised with the facte relative to this " familv compact" from the bridewell authorities . .

      This Mackerel Fishery . — Pltiiouth . — The season hitherto has proved very unprofitable . There are above 100 east country and 130 west country boats on the Plymouth station , and not one of these , unfortunately , has yet taken sufficient fish to pay for the cost of provisions only for the season , say £ 160 These boats , with the nets and gear , are worth on an average , from £ 850 to - £ 400 , and carry some seven _, eight , nine , and ten hands each : so that the total value of the boats approaches £ 80 , 000 , and total number of men employed 3 , 000 . By this time last

      year they had cleared all thc season expenses , and had secured handsome balances ; which were subsequently greatly increased . One boat , in 1848 , in one night , caught above two lasts , of 20 , 000 each , which realised £ 140 . The tempestuous * jinter has been sadly against the poor fishermen , but , irrespective of this , the fish have not" struck" upon the coast , arid have been what is termed " spotted , " or in patches only , and those wide apart . Several of the east country boats are going up the channel , to the l 8 le of Wight , Worthing , & c , where there are more mackerel .

      Representation of South Essex . — Mr . John Laurie , who formerly filled the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex , has _recently put forth an address to the electors of South Essex , in which he offers himself as a candidate for their suffrages , whenever a vacancy occurs . Mr . Laurie sums up his political principles as follows : — " Whilst parties are struggling to carry out their views of Freetrade and Protection , it becomes the well-wisher of his country to avoid extremes , and hy careful investigation support the mercantile and manufacturing interests unfettered , wbich are the great source of our national wealth ; at the same time we are hound to relieve the agriculturist from the great burdens that now so heavily press upon the land , and with greater facilities afforded by the landlords the farmer need not then fear competition with all the world . I have ever been a firm

      supporter of the Established Church , which I wish to see maintained in all its primitive puritiy , but I advocate free toleration to all religious bodies who conscientiously differ , who are nevertheless in the welfare of our common country , As an independent Conservative , if called to Parliament , you will find me easy of access , residing amonst you , attentive to tbe interests of all my constituents , but the slave of no party ; my chief aim will be the reduction of the burdens upon the whole body of the people , which require immediate retrenchment ; and whilst the public service must be maintained in its efficiency , yet the resources of this great country , if well directed , must enable US to reduce the number of our poor , employ our surplus population , and thereby render us a happy , a prosperous , and a powerful nation , "

      The Fire at Exeter . —On Saturday last Mr . Foote was committed for trial at the next assizes in March , on a charge of having set fire to the premises in _Queen-street , lately occupied by him ; and it was intimated to him that the magistrates would decline to accept bail . KiDDERinssTKR Election . —Petitions from the electors of the borough of Kidderminster against the return of Mr . John Best , on the ground of bribery and corruption , are under the consideration of the committee on controverted elections .

      Rahsgate . —A seaman named John Hunter was landed at this port , last week , by a fishing smack , having been picked np in the North Sea , floating on a small piece of wreck , and from his statement it appears thathe belonged to the brig Anne _^ Maria , of and from South Shields , for London , with coals , and that his vessel was run foul of by the barque Ben "Sevis _, off Yarmouth , during a gale of wind in the night . The brig having received much damage , the crew with difficulty could only succeed in keeping her afloat until the middle of next day , when she foundered , and the whole of her crew ( excepting himself ) , together with two of tho crew . of the barque who had got on board during the collision , were unfortunately drowned . Makixg a _Cnuacii Rate . —Extraordinary

      Prockedixgs at Tivertos . —On Monday last , a vestry meeting was held at the . Old Church , for the purpose of making a church rate , but on several of the inhabitants proceeding to the vestry to discuss the pros and cons of the subject , they . were astonished to find the meeting a very small , but " very select " one ; in fact , a hole and corner meeting , composed of the select vestry only , with the churchwarden in the chair , who very coolly informed the said inhabitants that there was no necessity'for consulting them on the subject , but that , by , virtue of the powers conferred them , _they—i . e ., the select vestry —should make a church rate themselves , " arid collect it , too . A remonstrance on behalf of the ratepayers—whose money was thus being voted away in so novel a matter , without their concurrencewas cut short by the vestry , who declared themselves well-advised in the step they were taking )

      Horrible Diath.—-G-Eat Consternation Was...

      I and prepared to abide the consequences . —Western ' Times . '"' _¦ ' .. „ ¦ - « , ' •• -. _„ The Truck System in South Wales . —A correspondent , under tho signature of "A Welsh Collier , " who writes to the following effect . —" This abominable system has been to a groat extent adopted in these districts , especially in ihe counties of Monmouth and Glamorgan , With some honourable exceptions , the iron masters and companies will only pay their workmen at shops , where the cashier , who pays their _wagos , immediately receives back the greater part ofthe amount for goods of an inferior quality and exorbitant price , which can i

      only be refused at the risk of discharge . It would be better for the workman to have fifteen shillings a week at his own disposal , than a pound under tliese restrictions . Frequently these shops are so crowded , that the workmen's wives , with infants in tlieir arms—perhaps after having been obliged to leave homo without breakfast—fainting with exhaustion and fatigue—have to wait for hours to be served , and to submit to the insults of tho shopkeepers . Care is taken to keep just beyond the operation of tho Anti-Truck Act , in these oppressive usages , alike unfair to the honest tradesmon of the district , and unjust to the workmen . "

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      First Sale By The Encumbered Estates Com...

      First Sale by the Encumbered Estates Commissioners . — The Freeman ' s Journal states that '' The first sale aud . conveyance of lauded property in Ireland , under the operation of the act of last session , took place on the 14 th inst ., at the buildings in which the sittings of the court are held , at Ho . 14 , Henrietta-street , before the Right lion . Baron Richards , Chief Commissioner , and Dr . Longfield and Mr- Hargrove , his colleagues . It being v . i , the discretion of the commissioners to dispose ol' lands either by private contract or public auction , as they might deem _advisable , and it being considered that full prices would be obtained in the present instance , ( he sale took place by private contract . The property for sale was part of the fee-simple estate of Mr . D'Aicy _, in the county of Westineath , and was sold in two lots . Lot No . 1 . —The lands ot Rathbrack , containing twenty-four acres Irish plantation

      measure , in the possession of Mr . Purdon , at a yearly rent of £ 3914 s . lOd ., being about £ 115 s . per acre , The sum of £ 1 , 000 having been offered by Mr .-. Purdon , the occupying tenant he was declared the purchaser ; aud thus , from being the annual tenant , has become tbe fee-simple proprietor , with a parliamentary title to his estate , valid against the world . The sum paid for the lot was fuliy twenty-five years ' purchase . Lot No . 2 . —The lands of _Coi'ballis , containing forty-eight acres , one rood , and thirty per dies , in the possession of Mr . Edward Hoove , * dt a yearly rent of £ 37 Is . 6 d ., being about 18 s . per acre . In this case also , as in the preceding one , tho purchaser was the tenant in _possession , Mr . Moore , a respectable frieze-coated working farmer , who has now also become owner ot the fee simple o : his holding . The sum he paid was . £ 1 , 000 , being over twenty-seven years' purchase . "

      Thrkatened Embutk in Limerick . — 'The civil and military authorities of the city of Limerick have been kept on the qui vine by the apprehension of an outbreak on the part of the unemployed labourers , who had made several demonstrations with the object , as they stated , of procuring work or bread . On thc 13 th inst . a baker ' s shop was attacked , and plundered of about £ 3 worth of bread and a sum of £ 4 in money . A patrol of police were promptly on the spot , but the crowd had all disappeared . From toe manifestations of turbulence which the people evinced in other quarters of the city the mayor thought it necessary to call out the military ; and a party of the 2 nd _Dragoon Guards , and about forty of the 74 th Highlanders , with several large police patrols under Sub-Inspector Williams , contiuued to parade the street up to au advanced hour . On the folio-ving to

      day about eighty or ninety persons proceeded _Messrs . Shaw and"Ouffield ' s extensive bakery inthe Cork-road , but the men apprehending their intentions closed the doors , and a party of police coming up a few . moments afterwards the crowd _^ dispersed . Patrols of police continued to parade the city all day ; they made some arrests , but we have heard none of the parties arrested were found in the act of plunder . M'Carthy . the man arrested by constable Nash for robbing Mr . Honan ' _s shop in Broad-street , was brought up at the Police-court and fined £ 5 or three months' confinement . The disturbances were renewed in the evening in the Irislitown _, and notwithstanding the vigilance of the police several shops were broken into and plundered of a portion of their contents . On several gates nnd doorways the words " blood or bread" were written in large characters in cbalk . which the police assiduously effaced .

      Evictions . — A correspondent of the Limerick Reporter , writing from Birr , Feb . 12 th , gives the following particulars of some recent extermination in the King ' s County : — " On the 11 th of last month ( January , ) Mr . Cuff , sub-sheriff for the King ' s County , proceeded to the lauds of Cullawn , Bulliiiree , and Killyon ( three towns on Mr . Robert _Cassidy ' s estate , ) being accompanied by a large constabulary force under Sub-Inspector Coe , of the Frankford district , and being met there by Mr . Cassidy and a large gang of bailiffs _^ proceeded to evict . In

      less than six . hours 125 human beings were driven from the homes where they and their fathers dwelt for ages past . Of these seventy-nine were , I understand , ejected out for good and all , the remainder being let in as caretakers at one penny per week . Amongst the seventy-nine were a family of the name of Williams , three females and one male , who was lying in a bed of fever . Such was the commiseration felt for poor Williams , that all the bystanders wept bitterly . Mr . Coe ( the police officer—a humane man ) was moved to pity , he extended tho hand of charity to the poor , sufferers . "

      The following account of an incident in an extermination scene is also given by a correspondent of the Limerick Reporter : — Borrisolkioh , Fkb . 14 , 1850 . —Tuesday , two special _bailiffs , under the warrants of th <* sub-sheriff , with four others , entered the lands of Rathlcasty , the property of Mr . Thomas Fogarty Cabill , to eject and take possession of the houses and six acres of land , held by the Widow Connors and three children . The poor widow seeing the messengers of woe enter her once happy home , give all sorts of resistance in the shape of throwing fire , boiling water , & c , on them ; and , after a desperate struggle , she received a severe wound in the head , which , I am informed , laid her senseless on the ground , but she was ultimately evicted , and is now under the care of Dr . W . Pinchin . "

      Threatening Notices . —We regret to state that , in addition to the crime of incendiarism , which has lately manifested itself in this hitherto . peaceable county , we have to add that , of serving threatening notices . A case of this kind has just been reported to us ; and the following are the particulars in reference to it :-Some time since , an old man , named George Douglas , who resided in the town land of _Ballylisbreden , parish of Dundonald , had two acres of land , the tenant-right , or " good-will , " of which he wished to sell . One or two parties entered into treaty with him . for the purchase of it ; but , eventually , he sold it to one James Craig , wh > i lives in the townland above-named , who gave . Douglas £ 5 for his '* good-will" of the land , at the same time clearing off the arrears of rent , and conditioning to support

      the old man for tbe remainder of his life . Craig got possession of the two acres on the 26 th December last , and shortly after a threatening notice , of which the following is a copy , was left at his door -. — "For James Craig—Dear Sir : I would wish to inform you , that if you do not throw that small bit of land up again , the first plough you put in it , you may abide the consequences , for if it was at four years , we will be revenged for your doing so . Mr . Woodside ' B may be a pattern for you . 'Your coffin . '"—( A coffin here . ) " Nothing followed from this threat , until . last Sunday morning , when an outhouse containing farm implements , and convenient to Craig ' s dwelling house , was discovered by the servant-boy , to be on fire , between three and four o ' clock in tlie morning . He raised an alarm immediately ,

      butand we regret to be obliged to state it , for it is the worst feature in the case—not one of his neighbours came forward to assist , him in extinguishing the flames . The police stationed at Dundonald were sent for ; and , in a very short time , constable Hicks and the party under his command arrived on the spot ; but , although they used every exertion , the outhouse and the implements it contained were all consumed . They succeeded , however , in preventing the flames spreading , as it was at one time feared they would do , to the dwelling-house . On Monday morning , Craig swore informations on the matter , . before R . A . Gordon , E _? q „ J . P ., of Dundonald , who issued a warrant _frr the apprehension of two men , named Hugh and Thomas Corry , farmers who were arrested on suspicion of being , the guilty parties . Tliey lodged bail for their appearance this dav at the

      Holywood Petty Sessions . Since their arrest a second threatening . notice has been received by Craig through the Post-office . It bears the Belfast , Newtownards , and Dundonald post-marks ; and the following is a copy of it -. — ' * Sir , —We give ourselves the trouble of writing you tliese few lines to warn you to give up that small farm of land , or , if you do not , we will burn you to hell . Do not think we are jesting ; for , as true as God is in heaven _, we will make an example of you . ( Representation of a coffin here . ) You areblaming men that knows nothing of your affairs . You may let your brother , Francis Wafcon , know that he will soon be either in heaven or hell . He may just as well think to escape Christ's judgment day as to escape fiom us . He need not look for any mercy to be given to him . No more at present . Your * , truly , the Terryalts . " ( Another coffin here . ) Several circumstances , it ? _nnmn-vinn

      with this unfortunate affair , in addition to those we have detailed , have come to our lcnnwled <> e but in justice to the parties who have bren arrested on ' suspicion , we forbear mentioning them . —Northern Whig ' ¦ ' Thb Carlmv Sentinel states that the cholera has broken out in the Workhouse at Gorey , and already swept away a large number of the inmates . It is also stated that the disease had appeared in tbe tew , and proved fatal to _seyeval , * v

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      _| Thb Most Rev . Archbishop Slattery , of Oaahel _, has addressed a letter to his flock , urging them not to frequent or encourage the new colleges , onthe ground that they have Deon condemned in the prescripts of the Roman propaganda . The Court of Chancery was occupied on Monday in investigating a charge of a very singular nature , brought against an attorney , named Callaghan , who , it was alleged , had procured the appointment of his own menial servant as a receiver under the court , for the purpose of obtaining the fees himself . It was stated in the charges against him , thathe w . _is in the habit of dressing out hisown servant in his own clothes , when it was necessary to bring him forward in the master ' s office , and that he took a

      small house in the outskirts of Dublin as an ostensible _residenco for tho mock receiver , whom he styled a " gentleman . " The charges were made by a clerk of Mr . Callaghan _' s , named Doyle . In the case of " Guiney v . Malley , " in which the right of the contractor to re-seize and sell over again the furniture of Ballina Workhouse after it had been bought in through the charitable aid of Mr . Guwioy and the Soeiety of Friends , has been tried , terminated on Saturday in the discharge of the jury without agreeing to a verdict , _> Tun _IturuAL Association . — This body met on Monday at Conciliation Hall , Mr . C . Ryan in the chair . Mr . John O'Conneil having £ 8 7 s . received from Wexford , through the Rev . Mr . Sinnott ,

      proceeded to address tho meeting . Ho said the most important measuro before tho Houso of Commons ., for their consideration was that for the relief of th " . poor , and he was happy to see that Lord J . Russell had come down to move for the sum of £ 300 , 000 from the coffers of tho state for the relief of the poor it was not often he said a good word for Lord John Russell , for it wns not often he gave them the opportunity , but he would give the devil his due , and in that case the Prime Minister deserved it . After some further observations , Mr . O'Conneil announced the rent te be £ 20 6 s . 8 d ., and 3 aid that a few weeks ago he feared he would havo to intimate that the association could not go on , but he was agreeably disappointed .

      For the present the attention of all is turned in breathless anxiety to the new landlord and tenant measure of the government , on which so much of the future prosperity andinternal tranquillity of this country must depend ; and there is much reason to fear that even such a measure as will be received as a boon in the rest of Ireland , will go but little way to allay the discontent of the tenant farmers in the north , where old privileges and customs peculiar to thc soil have long heen enjoyed . The question at issue between ' the Marquis of Hertford and liis tenantry has attracted a good deal of attention in Ireland , and the result ofthe deputation which waited recently on hia lordship , has been looked to with interest . His lordship ia his

      formal reply to the deputation states that he will make a reduction of fifteen per cent , on tbo rents due the 1 st of November last , provided they are paid up by the 5 th of April ; and that he will issue to those who may not be able to clear off arrears , tickets for draining :, at the rate of £ 3 or £ 3 , per acre , to the extent of twenty , twenty-five , and , in some cases , thirty per cent ., on the rents due November last . Another inquest has been held in Clare , in a case of starvation , for want of out-door relief . The case took place in the union of Ennistymon _, . and the verdict was " died from starvation , in consequence of being turned out of the workhouse , and getting no out-door relief . " Brutal Murder , —An inquest was held on Saturday last at Mountprospect on the body of a boy named Patrick Hall . The following were the chief

      facts as connected with this case , and elicited at the inqu 8 t;—The deceased and a young man named Boyel lived _n . servants with the Rev . Mr . Henry , P . P . No good feeling appeared at any lime to exist between Boyle and deceased . On Thursday morning deceased was missing , nnd it was at first supposed ho had gone to the county of Sligo , where his family resMes . However , as the feelings of the prisoner towards the deceased were well known , his absence created considerable anxiety- among the family —search was made , and the body was found buried in the garden , one of the hands protruding through the clay . The body presented a dreadful appearance , bearing the marks of eleven pitchfork stabs in different places ; the nose was also much mutilated . The prisoner was fully committed for trial . —Rosscommon Messenger .

      I 'Shipwrecks. Wrecks On The Welsh Coast...

      i ' shipwrecks . Wrecks on the Welsh Coast . —The late galea have been most disastrous to the shipping along the coasts ; and , in addition to the recorded disasters , it is feared , from the portions of wreck whieh have como ashore in various localities , that other shipwrocks have occurred . We regret to state that there is every reason to believe that a large vessel has been wrecked on the Laugharne Sands , as the bow of a fine ship , apparently of about 500 tohs burthen , with a female figurehead , has heen washed

      ashore . The stern of a boat , with the name Mary M'Queeney , of Pool , Isaac Seaman , master , has also come ashore , and it is supposed to belong to the above wreck . The Thetis , from Newport to Limerick , has been wrecked in Cardigan-bay , and only two persons have been saved opt . of a crew of thirteen men . The smack Catherine , of Port Madoc , " David Evans , master , from Newport , for _Mochras , has been lost on the Patches , near Aberystwith , and all hands have perished . Some of tho Bristol and Welsh steamers had upwards of three feet of water in their cabins during the gale of last week .

      Collision at Ska . —A collision of a most alarming character , involving the loss of two valuable vessels , was reported on Monday at Lloyds , as having occurred on the night ofthe 14 th inst ., the circumstances of which render it remarkable that the loss of life was not greater . Both vessels were English traders—one the Floridian , a large barque , 300 tons burthen , belonged to Newcastle , the other was a brigantine , the Helen , belonging to Dumfries , from Lisbon , bound to Leith , both heavily laden . It was between eleven and twelve o ' clock when the accident happened , the spot lat . 45 . 53 , Ion . 8 , west . There was a heavy sea running , the wind was N . W . by N . in violent squalls , and the night exceedingly dark . The Floridian was under closed reefed tonsails , as was also the case with the Helen , and both , it is asserted , had a " good look out , " yet it appears neither of the vessels was seen until the very moment they came in contact . The force they came

      together was truly tremendous . The Helen foundered almost instantly after , her crew having barely time to clamber away from the wreck into the Floridian , which seemed in the same condition . Her hull was cut down to the water ' s edge , and it was not expected she could outlive the night .. One ofthe Helen ' s crew perished in attempting to gain the Floridian . By incessant working at the pumps both crews managed to keep the vessel from sinking , but still the water gained in the hold , and it became evident that there was no chance of saving her , and that in a few hours she would follow the fate of the Helen . Very fortunately on the morning of the 15 th her perilous situation was observed by the schooner Victoria , which bore down to her aid , and the master succeeded in taking off the wreck the crews of both vessels . The Floridian disappeared under water in the course of an hour after . Their loss and cargo is calculated at upwards of £ 17 , 000 .

      The Caleb Grimshaw .- —The Liverpool Albion reports the arrival of five of the survivors of this illfated ship , which it will be recollected was destroyed by _liro , and proceeds to state that they have reached Liverpool almost entirely destitute , and are wholly unprovided to meet the necessities of their position . Messrs . Grimshaw , with laudable kindness , have granted to the little band free passage to New York , * but muoh more is required to place them in a fit state to encounter the difficulties of emigration . Wo havo received tho following document , however , and we insert it in the hope of attracting some slight assistance from the public in answer to the appeal which we believe is about to do

      be made to them : "I . the undersigned , hereby certify that tho beaver hereof , James Daley , was sent to this port by John Squire Minchm , Esq ., British Vice-consul at Fayal , as a British subject , saved from tho American ship Caleb Grimshaw , which was destroyed by fire off these islands on her way from Liverpool to New York , and that he has been relieved by me and provided with a passage to _England , under the instructions of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Treasuy . Given under my hand , and at St . Michael ' s , the 21 st of January , 1850 . Thomas C . Hunt , her Majesty's Consul for the Azores . " The names of the individuals are-James Daley , Joshua Hollands , Pat . Bevans , W . Gallalier . I . Gallaher , and P . Rogers .

      SnirwnECK and Loss of Life . —It has . been ascertained that another fatal wreck has r « ulted from the recent disastrous gales . The smack Catherine , of Port Madoc , David Evans , bound from Newport to Honduras , loft Milford Haven on tho 4 th inst ., in company with several other vessels ( all of which , with the exception ofthe Catherine , have since been heard of . ) During the night of the Sth it blew a hurricane , and the Catherine was lost sight of . It is supposed that sho must have drifted on to the Patches , near Aberystwith , as several pieces of wreck , two Welsh bibles , with the captain ' s name inscribed in ono , and a hymn book containing the name ofthe mate , have been washed ashore . The captain has left a _recently-marriod wife ; the mate a wife and five children .

      A Snuo. Berth In Hie Church. —Tho Follow...

      A Snuo . Berth in hie Church . —Tho _following tempting offer , addressed to clergymen of the Established Church , appears hi tho form of an advertisement in the columns oia contemporary : — ' Next presentation to a sinecure provincial rectory producing £ 252 per annum , to bo sold . * _Present incumbent aged seventy-two . No pauper population , no poor s _ratos , no _clnu'oh , no glebe , no duty For terms , apply , " & c , ,

      The Miners Of The North., ' A General, P...

      THE MINERS OF THE NORTH ., ' A general , public meeting of the Miners of Northumberland and Durham took place oii Shadon a Hill , on Saturday last , February 16 th , forthe purpose of adopting a petition to Parliament relative to a system of Government inspection of mines . At the appointed hour Mr . A . Stoves was called upon to preside , and after a few brief remarks he called upon Mr . W . Tmrlwrlh to move the first resolution as follows : —" That events which havelately transpired have given an increased importance to the coal mines of this country , - —our commercial and manufacturing prosperity necessaril y depending thereon . That with this increased importance the spirit of speculation has been invoked , resulting in

      an extensive breadth of coal works . But in thus opening the valuable treasures of the earth little regard has been given to the providing of a sufficiently healthy atmosphere for tho workmen , hence the loss of lifo by accidents in mines have , within late years ,-been much more fatally severe than in any proportionate previous period , and calls aloud for a remedy . " Mr . Thirlwell in a very able and energetic address , called attention to the worth of the miner , and showed that , though as a body of men who had few opportunities of obtaining knowledge , who indeed could not obtain a like amount of intelligence w ; hich the other portion of the working classes of this country could command , esp ecially those who lived in large towns , and who had

      immense facilities for those acquirements which serve to elevate man to his proper position , yet they ( the miners ) were steadily improving , and ho hoped the day was not far distant when the importance of the miner would not be so generally overlooked , and when the Legislature would not hesitate to accord to thorn a measure of protection , providing against the manifest negligence and carelessness of their health and lives by their employers . Mr . R . Archer seconded the resolution , by observing that he was not prepared to address tliem at any length owing to his debility and weakness , but as he had always done whatever lay in his power to help forward the cause of progress among the miners , he was still willing to do so . In the matter

      now before tbem he must say that there did exist an imperative necessity for some remedy for so crying an evil , nnd he trusted the agitation now begun would result in bringing ai measure of . relief commensurate with thc enormous evils , to remove . Mr . Archer , concluded an excellent address by seconding the resolution , which was carried without a dissentient . . Mr . H . Fawcett moved the second resolution as follows : — " That whereas the Legislature have provided inspectors of factories , railways , steamboats , and passenger ships , whereby the owners and managers of the same are made responsible for the safety ofthe lives aud health of those committed to their care , and are now subjected to severe penalties for any neglect or carelessness connected

      therewith . That the governments of Continental Europe have for ii long period of years applied the principle of surveillance to the mines of their respective countries , and which have heen attended witli signal success in the prevention of nccidonts , & c , therefore this meeting resolves to petition the Legislature of this country , entreating it to grant us a similar system of public and responsible inspection on equal , terms with those parties afore mentioned . " Many striking facts illustrative ofthe necessity of some power stepping in between them and their employers , who invariably paid no regard to the _unhealthiness of the places where they had to work , arid consequently the miners were exposed to continual danger , and what was worse , let what

      will happen to a man when following his work he was unable to retreat . If he saw the roof ready to fall , —the gas ready to ignite , —there was no escape ! for behind him always stood a large tub filled with coals , which so completely filled the passage , that however desirous a man might be to retreat when he saw danger he could not do so . Mr . W . Bird seconded this resolution with great pleasure . He appealed to the great body oi men present to certify that such a resolution was not only necessary but just . Had not the Legislature given protection to the factory-workers , to railway travellers , and to parties who wearied with the bonds of oppression in this conntry were about to cross tbe wide ocean , and seek a home in a distant

      land ? Had there not been special acts of parliament to ensure a more healthy atmosphere in large towns ? Then why not descend to the dark caverns of the mine and give protection to those who were so far removed from public investigation , and who were so oppressed and _tyrannised over hy the employers that they dare not complain ? Yes , fellowworkmen , ( exclaimed Mr . Bird . ) it is just , it is imperatively essential that our lives be better protected , and if we persevere and press forward our claims we shall obtain that measure of relief which will at least mitigate our sufferings . Mr . Bird concluded a most brilliant address by seconding the resolution , which was carried by acclamation . Mr . J . Fawcett moved that the following petition ,

      founded on the foregoing resolutions , be adopted , and forwarded for presentation to both Houses of Parliament . The speaker made frequent appeals to the people whether tbe particular statoments in the petition were true , and to which there arose in answer , — " ay , too true . " Mr . Fawcett having done full justice to the reading and explaining the petition , and by taking every pains to make each section ofit well understood , moved its adoption , which being seconded by _H . Fawcett , was put to the meeting and unanimously adopted . The Chairman then introduced Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , Editor of the Political Instructor , d ) _c ., to the meeting , which gave that gentleman a very gratifying reception . Mr . Reynolds said that he hail great pleasure in meeting so large a body of the' industrious

      northoountry miners , and ho must assure them that their kind reception of him that day would not soon be effaced from his memory . With regard to the subject matter on which they had ( at immense sacrifice of tim » and money , ) met that day to talk about , he must inform them that his attention had for a long time been directed to those fearful catastrophies . He had not blinked thequestion , but had published , at various times in the Miscellany , his thoughts and opinions upon tbat question , and he must now repeat that it is a scandal and a disgrace to our Legislature in not attending tu the petitions and complaints ofthe miners upon this subject . He had himself observed the mode of conducting coroners' inquests , and he did not hesitate to say that no redress ' could come from that quarter . The government ( continued Mr . Reynolds ) were the proper parties who ought to take the measure up ,

      and who could , if they chose , give a measure of relief that would be quite as effective as that which was obtained on the Continent , and which was admitted to have exercised a powerful influence in diminishing the number of accidents in the mines of France , Belgium , _« fcc , _« 5 sc . Mr . Reynolds then briefly glaneed at the powerful influence which no doubt would be opposed to the miners in the House of Commons , and urged the necessity of their enfranchisement before justice would be accorded them , concluding an excellent address , which was followed by several rounds of applause , and the most hearty cheers from the assembled multitude . It was then agreed that , in order to carry out the objects embraced in the petition , tbat a committee of not less than five persons ( miners ) , be elected , and that each member contribute one penny per fortnight if necessary , towards bearing , the expense connected with this business ..

      The meeting then recorded their sincere thanks to tho following members of parliament : Mr . T . S . Duncombe , Mr . Aglionby , Mr . Hume , Mr . Wyld , Mr . Bernal , Sir Joshua Walmsley , George Thompson , and all . thoso who have in any way assisted the miners in their attempts to obtain legislative inspection of collieries ; and likewise to Mr . Reynolds , for his kindness in visiting them , after which the proceedings were closed , and each colliery , with their banners unfurled , wended their way to their several homes , evidently delighted with the day ' s proceedings . The miners being desirous to learn more from Mr . Reynolds , a public meeting was convened in the Lecture Room , Nelson-street , Newcastle , at seven

      o'clock in the evening , when that gentleman delivered a most animated and soul-stirring address , on the social condition of the working classes of this country ; and particularl y the hard lot ofthe miner who had to hew out , or to excavate from the bowels ofthe earth , that mineral , which , without a doubt was the mainspring of all our wealth and greatness , and the happiness and comfort enjoyed at our own firesides . Let ( exclaimed Mr . "Reynolds ) but the miner shut up his shop , and see how soon all other shops must be closed . Let but the miners stay the _piek , and soon your mighty steamers , which glides so swiftly _through the waves , will come to a stand ; 0 « r manufactories will be stopped , and tho whole communication by railway cut off . The men who are thus of the greatest importance tothe whole nation , are treated with the greatest amount of contempt and contumely hy their masters and tho government , and denied a protection for their lives , when following such dangerous employment . Mr . Reynolds then alluded to the care and attention

      bestowed upon the mining population of France , Belgium , and other continental governments , and contrasted the results of such care , as exhibited in the continued kindred feeling always prevalent , between the employers and employed in those countries ; and which also had been productive ofa diminished per centage of accidents , although mines had considerably increased iu those countries , with the non-interference of oar government in like matters ; and which resulted in constant bickerings betweon the owners of the p it and the workmen , and thc increased number- and extent of the sacrifice of human lifo in the colUerios of this country . Mr . Reynolds ' then related an historical _aneodote , showing how the colliers , of this district had been saddled with the tax of ono shilling per elwldron , payable to tho Duke of Riohmond , for no other reason , but that the said duko was a natural son of tho " merry monarch " _, Charles II , and who had enjoyed this pension until

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      a recent date , when the matter becoming too notorious , the legislature , had purchased the pension of the duke for a consideration , w . hich relieved the port 1 of Newcastle of this monstrous impost . Mr . Rey . nolds concluded an excellent lecture , with a peroration of a most thrilling nature , which evidentl y . told upon the sympathies -of the audience ; and at its conclusion ; there arose one loud burst of applause ,, which continued to reverberate through the building for several seconds . " _-,-.. Mr . Joseph Fawcett , a miner , then recited the "Miner ' s Dream , " a descriptive poem of the deplorable effects of an explosion ; written expressl y for the miners , by J . P . Hob 3 on . of this town .

      A vote of thanks was then given to Mr . Reynolds , which ended the business of the meeting ; and in which it is but justice to add , thet every ono present manifested the highest delight , and evinced the greatest pleasure at the visit of that gentleman , who had come so great a distance to cheer them on . and add a ray of hope that the miner might look tor ward to a day , when his condition would receive that attention which it so clearly deserved .

      Tue Holytown Miners. The Miners Of Holy ...

      TUE HOLYTOWN MINERS . The miners of Holy town district held their weekly delegate meeting on Saturday , tho 16 th instant which was attended by delegates from Woodhal ]' Cambrao , Motherwell , Legbranick , Chapel-hill ' Stevenson , die . The business was gone through with the same spirit wh _' ch bas characterised the proceedings of the mon in this pan for some years It was announced that the next district delegate meetin- ? would be held in the Masons' Lodgo , Holytown on Saturday , the 23 d inst ., and that a delegate _meetine would be held at William M'Nie ' s _, Park-head , near Glasgow , on the 25 th inst . Tha miners of this part of Scotland have had another proof . of the necessity of union , not only among the miners , but in all other trades . In Lanarkshire , it is generall y considered that thc wages of the miners are regulat ed by the price of iron ; but the price of pig iron ha 3 been up for a long time back , and yet the _maslw _.

      never offered an advance until the miners re-cornmenced their union . The masters , with the exception of two in the Holytown district , havo given sixpence per day advance . Every miner is aware that when an advance is made , it is not the masters but the public who pay it . For instance : the masters are paying the men in this part three _shillings per waggon , not including the dross or small , which the masters get for nothing . Tiie men send out twentysix cwts . of coals to the waggon , and tbe masters sell twenty-four ewts . to the waggon in the market , for which they get nine shillings , never speaking about the overweight . For the sixpence per day whieh the masters have given the men , they have raised the coals in Glasgow market two shillings the waggon ; and it will thus be seen that the masters are getting one shilling and sixpence , while the men arc getting sixpence .

      The Stonemasons' Strike. To The Editor O...

      THE STONEMASONS' STRIKE . TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE NORTHER ?* STAR . Sir—We , the causeway stone-dressers , of Dancin- * Cairn , near Aberdeen , lately employed by Mr . Manuel , and now on strike , request the favour of your columns , to disabuse the minds of the London paving authorities , and others concerned in the business , as to the cause of our strike , we bavin " good reason for concluding that our case is mis ° represented . We shall briefly state a few facts . The first in order was the formation ofa union , on the part of the employers to reduce wages . Mr . Manuel , our late employer , acted as chairman . A reduction of twenty per cent , was offered , but successfully

      resisted on the part of the workmen , who formed a defensive union , to counteract the reduction tendencies of the employers . Mr . Manuel then inti mated that he would be the first to raise and the last to reduce wages—however , reductions to the extent of twenty per cent , have been made at different periods . This sliding scale of reduction was continued till November last , when the men struck against a further reduction of five per cent , which strike still continuing , we trust that those parties interested will compare notes , and draw conclusions for themselves . We remain , Sir , yours respectfully , The-Causewax _Sione-dressers . Dancing Cairn , near Aberdeen .

      Destruction Of Bishop's Rock Lighthouse ...

      Destruction of Bishop ' s Rock Lighthouse , off _Scilly . —Amongst the various disasters which occurred in the gale of the 5 th inst . we have to record the total destruction of the bishop's Rock Lighthouse , off Scilly , situated about ten miles westward of the Land _' s-end . The lighthouse was in progress of erection by Mr . Douglas for the corporation of Trinity House . On the Tuesday night it was standing , and on the following morning not a trace of its existence was visible . The lightheuse was formed of cast-iron columns , braced and stayed with wrought-iron rods . It would have been upwards of 120 feet high , being twenty feet higher than the Eddystone . —Penzance Gazette .

      Cumous Rbwc—The Duke ol Devonshire on his late visit to his estate in Ireland brought back with him that very curious relic of antiquity , the crozier ofthe ancient Bishops of Waterford and Lismore , which came into his Grace ' s hands , we believe , with tho property ofthe Boyles , Earls of Cork . It is of bronze , ornamented with enamel and beads , and if it do not belong ( as some antiquaries contend it does ) to the eighth or ninth century , it in certainly not of later manufacture than tlie very commencement of the twelfth century , tho reign of Henry I . It has been privately seen by not a few Irish antiquaries , who are of opinion that it is of the workmanship of that country ; and the Duke has kindly consented to its exhibition at the Society of Antiquaries in London , on an early occasion , in order to ascertain the decision of that learned body as to its precise age , and the part ofthe world where it was made . It seems clear that it did not come originally from Italy . —Globe .

      Mail for Madeira . —a notice has been issued at the Post-office , that mails will be made up on the evening of February 23 rd for Madeira , to be conveyed by her Majesty ' s sloop Sphynx , which will sail from Devonport after the arrival of the London post on the morning of Feb . 21 . Letters for Madeira will be liable to a postage of Is . lOd . the half ounce , and so on ; and newspapers to the charge of 2 d . each . All letters and newspapers intended to be sent by this vessel must be specially addressed , " By her Majesty ' s sloop Sphynx . " Tarnow , Gaucia , Jan . 23 . —The Tarnow board of aldermen has proclaimed , with beat of drum , an ordinance wherein every father of a family and householder is obliged , under penalty of twenty-five

      florins , to set down on a list all the males , from eighteen to thirty years old , belonging to his household . In the years 1848 and 1849 , 80 , 000 soldiers were raised in Galicia , and now another strong recruitment is demanded . Since 1846 the population has been greatly wasted by epidemics ; and in 1849 only dwarfed and crippled creatures were hauled in the net of the recruiting sergeant . ENOLisn Enterprise is _iREiAxn . —It is almost with a feeling of mortification that one constantly reads in the Irish journals such statements as follow . Why is it that the vast industrial resources of Ireland are left , it would seem , to the sole developement of strangers to the soil ? Is it that the spirit of honourable enterprise among Irishmen

      is altogether crushed by faction , and that they have for once and all made np their mind 3 to waste their expiring energies in vain and childiih pursuits after shadows , leaving others more fortunate to gather the substance . Mr . Duffy tells us that English and Scotch shopkeepers make rapid fortunes in Dublin , while tho ' ' natives * " can _scaMclf keep body and soul together ; and here is another instance of what may be achieved by industry and perseverance when properly directed : — ' ¦ "Ourin * the last winter ( says the Repeal Limerick Examiner ) one hundred men were employed by Mr . Collett in exploring the lead lodes , near tho Shannon , above Kllaloe ; and above £ 500 was expended in the work . Mr . Collett is the well-Known _enterprising

      Englishman who has been extensively engage ! in mining operations in this country , He h « since trans * ferred his staff to the county of Galway , near Gort _^ where the lead ore is more valuable . He has _recently , we understand , directed the prosecution _eff works in some productive veins of iron ore ( pyrites ) at Penny Well , outside this city , and a contract ha » already been entered into for that purpose . It is supposed that a rich copper deposit will be reaehei and obtained . We should hope that the capitalists of Limerick will co-operate in every way possible . The mining works are not liable to poor-rates , nor will they be for the next seven years . The slate quarries of Killaloe , worked under the superintendence of Mr . _Headcch , who-has a depot In this city ,

      were , we believe , first opened by Mr . Coilett , and for the last ten years have " n themselves furnished proofs ofthe success attending the enterprise with wliich Mr . Coilett has assisted to _deyriape thc resources of this country . " Exgiish Marriages is Paris . —The following consular notice has been issued respecting the alterations recently made in connexion with this subject — •« By thonew regulations itis _required that the parties desirous of having the ceremony performed at the British embassy , as heretofore , shall have dwelt m the district of the British Consulate at

      Pans , during one- calendar month , at least , and that notice be given to tho consul of the intended marriage , such notice to be suspended in the consular office during seven successive days if the marriage is to be solemnised by license , or twenty-one successive _oays if the _mawiageis to be solemnised without license . Tho fees on these marriages ave considerably augmented , being now 10 s . for enterin" and suspending notice ; 10 s . for overy marriage solemnised by , or in the presence of , the consul without license , or 20 s . if by license tho license « also 20 s . Births and deaths will , henceforward , bo registered at the consulate , whm xeq \\ e $ _iw > OR pay ment of 4 s , W , " ' * ' '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 23, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23021850/page/6/