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    . Health of _Losops _DOBiKo iitE Week- —The mortality of "London exhibits a _^ smitt increase . The death ' s registered in the two -previous Weeks were 794 , ? cT ; those iri the week ending last Saturday were 863 . To compare the corresponding weeks of 1810-8 , the lowest number occurred in that of 1842 , and was 741 * the highest in-that of 1 S 48 , when it - was 1 , 096 : out ia the -fear following the deaths of the corresponding _' week rose to l , 7 il , when cholera _, had extended its ravages . The average of the ten weeks of 1840-9 is 874 , ahd raised in the ratio of increase of population 1 , 063 ; compared with which latter standard , the return of last week shows a decrease of 200 . In the last three weeks , the mortality from zymotic or epidemic diseases has maniin

    fested a slight tendency to increase ; the deatns this class have been successively 159 , 161 , and 17 « - But five ofthe diseases wMch aremostimporfan tia the category of epidemics remain nearly at tneir former amount ; or hsve percep aWy declined ; for last week only 3 children died of smaUpox , l o _^ _rsods of scarlatina , 16 of measles , 22 of _hooping cough , and 31 _o'typhus / _all these complamte being kaftUlfbia _nsnU , _especially the first ; twoThe increase , however , ' is ap parent _^ inthe Wm among children , _which « oe _« mliartothw per od of the _yiar . Its progress , not very formidable is shown in the _numbers of _tte two previous _weekly whichwere 40 . 37 , and that ofthe last week which was 51 Inthe twenty-ninth or corresponding week of 1846 * there were 124 from the same cause ; in last

    1848 there _werefti : and , year , 131 . Oftheol last week ; 33 occurred under one year of age ; 8 at 1 , and under 10 : and the rest at more advanced ages . Five deaths were ascribed last week to cholera ; 20 were registered in the same week of 1846 , 21 in that of 1848 , and 678 in that of 1 S 49 . The following are the particulars of last week ' s cases : —At 60 , Por _ehester-terrace , St . John , Paddington _. on July 18 , a gentleman , aged 63 years , died of " malignant cholera ( IS hours ) . " Mr . ' Holloway _, the registrar , makes die following state- ! ment : — "It appears from the information of the person who was present at the death , that the stench from the drains was very great , and that the deceased had often complained of it . The houses in the terrace are near Kensington Gardens , and ap- _^

    pear to be very healthy , being large , unattached , and provided with gardens . " At 3 , Litchfield-terrace , < " _» ueen * _s-road , Holloway , on the 18 th July , the daughter of » domestic servant , aged 8 months , died of "diarrhaja and sickness ( 4 days ) cholera Anglica . " Mr . Butterfieldadds , that " cholera was most virulent in the immediate neighbourhood at ffie last visitation . " At 31 , Margaret-street , Hag-Berstone East , the daughter ofa labourer , aged 5 years died of "cholers ( 13 hours ) . " Mr . Ditchman , the registrar , states that he "inspected the premises immediately , and found that they consisted _^ of four small rooms , of which the two lower were inhabited by a man , his wife , and five children ; while tiie two upper were occupied by a man with his wife and three children . The three children , of

    whom the deceased was one , had hardly recovered from a severe form of scarlatina . Near the spot is the open sewer which was so often complained of last year , as the source ot cholera and all kinds of disease ; and at present it is in a most filthy _Btatc . " Also at 10 , Albert-street , in the same sub-district , on the 14 th July , the son of a shoemaker , aged 1 year , died of " cholera ( 4 days ) . " " This house is well drained , and remarkably clean . " At 8 , St . PeterVplace _, Walworth Common , on 15 th July , the daughter of a cab proprietor , aged 7 months , died of "dentition , cholera . Anglica ( 5 days ) . " —The births during the week numbered 1 , 193 . —The mean reading of the barometer for the week at the Royal Observatory Greenwich , was 29 * 814 inches . The mean temperature was 65-6 deg ., which is 1 degree above the average of tbe same week in seven

    years . On Monday , Tuesday , and "Wednesday , it xanged between 8 deg . and 12 deg . higher than the average of the same days . The temperature was highest on Tuesday ; and on that day the highest in the shade was 87 deg ., and the highest in the sun 105 deg . Thb Wr _ . of ihe late Duke op Cambmdge . — The property is stated to be divided into three portions amongst his three children , viz . —the present duke and his two sisters . In addition to other property , the sum of £ 5 , 000 goes to the duchess . The executors are tbe Dole of Sutherland , Sir James Reynett , and Sir Henry Wheatley . The guardians of the Princess Mary are the duchess , the present duke , and the executors already named . The Princess Mary is but sixteen . By the grant of parliament she will have £ 3 , 000 per annum , as well as one-third of the personal estate by will .

    Accident ok the South Westers Railway . — An immense number of persons left the Waterloo station on Sunday morning in the excursion trains to Southampton . One of the trains left a quarter of an hour before another , and was overtaken by the latter some distance down the line . As there appeared scarcely sufficient power in the engine of the first train to keep it ahead of the second , the latter assisted in propelling the former alorg . When near Basingstoke the first train shot ahead a little of the second , but wa 3 again overtaken by the latter , and although the concussion of their coming in contact was very slight , it was _smncient to throw a man out who was improperly sitting on the onter rail of an open third class _carriage , without any roof , which

    was the fourth from the last carriage of the first train . The man fell across the rail , and the whole of the four last carriages of the first train went over his Bead and arm . His head was cut to pieces , and his brains scattered over the line . He was of course killed by the first wheel which went over him . He moaned after he fell out of the carriage . He was respectably dressed , and it was stated that he resided somewhere in the neighbourhood of Ludgate-hill . It is said that no blame was attributable to the driver of the _engine of the second train , because the _concur _, sum of coming in contact with the first train would aot have done any damage , if the unfortunate man who met with the fatal accident had not been sitting where be bad no business to sit

    Tub Outrage os Her Majestt . —Robert Pate , who committed the dastardly assault on her Majesty , lias , since bis removal to the Millbank Penitentiary . Been an inmate of the infirmary ofthe prison . In consequence of the medical and other evidence adduced at his trial , Sir George , Grey was induced to direct a medical examination of the prisoner , and the result has been the recommendation for his confinement in the infirmary . Pate is stated to be in a very delicate state of health . He employs his time by writing letters in _different languages . _Shocsikg Accident fboh Fire-Arms . —On Sunday morning the butler of H . Cooper , Esq ., of Manor-house , Brixton , who had been ont shooting

    the birds which destroyed the wall fruit , left his loaded fowling-piece on the hall table whilst answering bis master ' s bell . Mr . Henry Cooper , aged sixteen , entered tbe hall , and taking up the weapon presented it at his sister who was along with him . Mrs . Evans , the houskeeper , who bad followed them , was in the act of remonstrating with him on tbe foolishness of his conduct , when tiie piece exploded , and both females fell with a hud shriek . Miss Cooper received the contents , of the charge ( No . 6 shot ) in her neck and face , and should she recover will be _dkfiored for life . The housekeeper is so dangerously injured that no' hopes are entertained of her recovery . The occurrence was purely accidental .

    . Thi Naiiokai . Peel Testimosial . —On Saturday last a very numerous and influential meeting of _tte committee ofthe National Peel Testimonial was held at the Mansion-house , the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor in the chair . The committee was attended by the chairman and deputy chairman of the East India Company , Sir Peter Laurie , Mr . Masterman , M . P ., Mr . J . Home , M . P _., Mr . Bennoch , Mr . Phillips , Mr . Tite , Sir E . N . Buxton , Mr . Sheriff Nicholl , and several other gentlemen . Resolutions were past appointing sob-committees , and after various letters from country towns offering to . get np subscriptions in sod of the object had been read , and other _bndness had been transacted , it wai resolved that the general committee should re-assemble on the 20 th of August , to receive a report as to the amount of the subscriptions , and to determine on the nature of the testimonial .

    New Experiments ih Aerostation . —On Monday evening the Yauxhall Gardens were _densely crowded , in consequene of an announcement that Mr . Bell _; a medical gentleman , ' wonld ascend from thence in a . balloon of new construction , and carrying machinery capable of propelling it in any direction wished by the occupant of the car . At half-past seven the machine was liberated from its fastenings , said it rose slowly to the altitude of about 1 , 000 feet . The rapid _motiomjf the fan could be distinctly perceived , . and presented a very curious appearance . The effect on the balloon wasevident _. aathe machine wasf repeatedly turned , and slightly propelled in various directions . It did not appear , however , that they succeeded m moving it against the wind . The fineness of the evening was such that the balloon remained in sight for some time , apparently never ascendingto any considerable altitude . ExmiKEJiTS with Shall Abms . —A committee

    on small arms is at present Bitting at Woolwich to test several descriptions of muskets , the experiments being made at the butt in the Royal Arsenal . The experiments , have been . carried on for some time by artillerymen , and have now commenced with line * fc £ iments . Election ior Sheriff of-London . —On Monday , at one o ' clock , a common'hall of the Livery of London , was held at the _Gu'ldbali , for the purpose of nominating a fit and proper person to serve the office of one of the sheriffs of Londbnand Middlesex ,

    m _conjunction with Alderman Carden , ' for the year ensniiig , in the room of Andrew-Caldecott , -Esq ., that gentleman having been elected on _Midsummer-, day , endsinee refused to serve , and paid the fine . The Right _ sto . the '_ 6 foVMajor presided , supported _fevAldermen-Sir -Chapman"Marshall , MuBgrOve , _Ifanteiy-SiivP-cter Laurie , Carden , sheriff elect ; "the ifeiiffgi'Aldainan Lawrtnce and Nicholl ; under-

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    sheriffs , and other civic functionaries . The following _SnXavwtumed hythela _^ _LordMayo _^ were _SrverallyTntin nomination :-Messrs J . _Goodheart , grocer ; Thomas Wright _LawforJ jun draper _george Meek , cloth worker ; John Hubbert , _^ Girdler ; Jama Hartley , spectacle maker _^ _lhomas Scambler OS , _inuholaerl _^^ i _& _fefe _^ Mr . _Deputy'Haffuon then nominated Mr . George Ed _^ _ndHWin _^ _'P _*** _^ hl _* _*^ _*" _v _£ Sure _thatTeentleman would fill the office with credit to himself , and hononr to the city ; he was a partner with Sir J- Pme , as shipowner and broker . Mr . Thomas Daken seconded the nomination , y Mr . Thomas Low said the person nominated was _comparately unknown . (" No , no . " ) __ He said that there W 8 S nothing like a little opposition , and he was disposed to test the value of the livery , and proposed Charles Salisbury Butler , citizen and horner- Mr . _Wylie seconded the nomination , and complained that

    the office had too Ion ; been suffered to go _abexging . On a show of hands being taken for the several candidates , George Edmand Hodgkinson was , declared duly elected . Mr . James Low then demanded a poll oh the part of Mr . Butler , which granted by the sheriffs , and the court broke up . On Wednesday at the Court of Common Hall , at the conclusion of the proceedings for the day at three o ' clock , the numbers for sheriff were declared as being for Mr Hodgkinson , 314 ; for Mr . Butler 90 . Mr Secondary James , with Mr . Millard , the under-sheriff , were upon the hustings during the whole of the afternoon . ' The proceedings with reference to the election having closed , Mr . Low , who had nominated Mr . Butler , read a letter , which appeared in the Times _thatmornrag , which stated that he had not given his consent to become a candidate , Mr . Low acquitted himEeif of all blame , and the proceedings terminated . . ' . ¦ ¦ -

    _Otsters . —An . immense quantity of oysters' a thing unprecedented at this season of the year , arrived at Billingsgate on Monday , in six large vessels , and at Hungerford in one , forwarded by the various companies , which , together with the u ? ual supply per rail , which _, is considerable ,-from Shoreham , Kamsgate , and Brightlingsea , met with a gond aud ready sale . Thb American Ships . in the Thames , and the Docks , on Monday , had their colours at half-mast , out of respect to the memory of the late venerable President , General Taylor .. Death of Mb . _Muntabd , the Comedian . — Among the gaps which death bas caused in the Theatrical circhs , tho blank _which " littleMunyard" has left at tbe Adelphi Theatre , will not be readily filled . On Monday night , the 15 th inst ., not more than an hour before the time the veteran actress , Mrs . Glover breathed her last , this clever comedian expired , after a tedious and painful illness .

    Important Inquiry . —An inquest , was held on Saturday last at the Black Swan publio house , School House Lane , Ratcliff , on the body of-John Walsh , aged fifteen years , the son of poor . parents , residing at No . 12 , _HarrisVcourt , Brook-street . From the _evident of . the Eurgeon , Mr . Tomlin , it appeared that the immediate cause of death was ulceration of the bowels . The result , witness _sdded , might have been averted if the deceased had been seen some days earlier . The jury returned a verdict "That tbe deceased , John Walsh , died from ulceration of the bowels , neglected in the earlier stage . " According to a statement made by the parents , it appeared that the order for medical aid was not attended to for a

    period of five hours after it was delivered , and that when Mr . Tomlin arrived , the deceased had breathed his last . Mr . Tomlin excused himself hy stating that his duties as parish surgeon were so severe that he could not give that attention to patients he could wish . He had hoped to have the assistance of another medical gentleman , hut no one had been appointed by the guardians , and he had sent in his resignation . In excuse for not attending to the patient , Mr . Tomlin said he did not return home till three , o ' clock in the afternoon , when he was wet through , and had to change bis clothes . Moreover , the word " urgent " was not written on the order , if it had been , his servant would have sought him instantly , and he would have visited the patient without delay .

    Fire . —On Saturday morning last , between one and two o ' clock , an alarming fire broke out on the premises of Mr . William Simpson , engineer , Belgrave-road , Pimlico . The policeman on duty , in going his rounds , perceived _sparksoffireissuingfrom tiie roof , and immediately raised an alarm , hut such hold had the fire obtained , that before the arrival of the engines the whole of the shops were destroyed . The fire ia supposed to have originated from spontaneous combustion in the pattern and model room . The fire was extinguished , but not until considerable damage was done . Anothib Ikcehdiart Fibe at _Hekdo . y . — On

    Wednesday morning about six , the parish of Hendon was thrown into a state of considerable confusion in consequence of another fire breaking out , making the third that has occurred in the same district within a week . The flames originated in the rick-yard of the premises belonging to Mr . Samuel _Nicoll , known as Hyde-farm , and when discovered were raging furiously in a stack of hay containing fifty or sixty loads . The farm servants and labourers ofthe district , numbering nearly sixty , set to work and eventually succeeded in extinguishing the flames , but not until one-third of the rick was destroyed . From the part in which the fire commenced , not the least doubt is entertained but tbat it was tiie work of an incendiary . Mr . ' N \ cp \\ was insured in tbe Royal Exchange Fire-office .. Fire in the Cut . —Between three and four

    o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon a destructive fire broke out on the premises belonging to Mr . Segar , pianoforte manufacturer , _So . 1 , Liverpool-street , _Bishopsgate-street Within . It originated in the workshops in the upper part of the premises , and it was not finally arrested until the workshops were gutted , and considerable damage done to the remainder ot the building by water , io . The precise cause ofthe fire could not be explained . A Girl Killed bv her Sisters . —On Tuesday an investigation took place before Mr . Bedford , the Westminster coroner , in the board-room of St . James ' s Workhouse , respecting the death of Elizabeth Coleman , aged thirteen years , who died from the effects of violent ill-usage inflicted by two sisters

    of deceased , Margaret Robinson , aged twenty , and Johanna Coleman , aged eighteen , who are in custody , and remanded by Mr . Hardwick , at the Marlborough Police-court , to await the result of the present inquiry . It appeared from the evidence of two respectable females , named Mitchell and Doherty , living in Hopkins-street , Golden-square , that onthe afternoon of Saturday , the 29 th of June , the deceased was met in Hopkins-street , by her Bister Margaret Robinson , the wife of . a sweep , who charged deceased with having , stolen one of her dresses . Deceased stoutly denied it , when Robinson seized hold of deceased by the hair ofher head , and , after striking her repeatedly about the face with her fist , she dashed her head with great violence against the wall , and whilst she lay onthe ground in a senseless state she kicked her over the left ear , which instantly became swollen . The bystanders rescued the deceased from her sister ' s

    illtreatment ; and in about ten minutes afterwards , whilst she was sitting on the step of a door . crying bitterly , Johanna -Coleman , the other sister , came np , and without any provocation she struck the deceased a tremendous blow with her closed fist in the eye , which completely blackened it . Deceased continued to complain of that part of her head where her sister had kicked her , until the following Wed . nesday , when she became so much worse that Mr . French , the parish surgeon , was called to her , and ho had her removed to the Infirmary , where she died on the 22 nd"inst . Two abscesses had formed , one over the left temporal muscle , and the other in the middle lobe of the brain , which was the cause of death , and in the opinion of the surgeon was produced by the violence above described . The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against ' Margaret Robinson , and Johanna Coleman , ' and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute .

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    Incendiaeisu at Willbsden . —On Sunday a most daring attempt was made to destroy , the extensive farm premises belonging to Mr . Tattersall , known as the Paddocks , at Willesden , about eight or nine miles from London . . It appears that , on one of the grooms passing ay-, thestack yard he found thata rick of hay , containing . probably about fifty or sixty loads , had been fired by _gomescoundrel atthe southwestern ride . Contiguous to this _stackstood ' a number of others equally as large , as well as numerous farm buildings , so that a most fearful conflagration appeared inevitable . The whole of the grooms and others at work . on the estate were instantly summoned to render assistance _/ and at the same time a mounted express was despatched to London for the engines , bnt the workmen succeeded ih extmenhmirigtheflames . 6

    Fatax _^ Accident at _Shkkrniss . —On the 19 th _&«« _" _& _" * _T _^ _-Mr _- _*^ ? - e _Fonnteb Hotel , Sheerness , before Mr J . Hmde , coroner for West Kent , on the body of Mr . James Anthony Hieho . _LoS _^* ° W _?« _° T 8 _atwt _^ with out London , who was accidentally drowned on the preffft _^ V The _- _^ f ! _'J . »* appeared , _accompanied by his wife and chdd , arrived by the Emerald 2 _» i - _^ _S _^ thepier abont five o ' clock , accompamed b two friends _,, proceeded along the nathL _^ _i ! l _^ _^ fo _^ : the _P"pole of bathing Unfortunately , however , he went into a

    creeK where the water is of great depth , and before assistance conld . be rendered Io 8 t his life . Edward _Sr-Sffl ' _^ ° « . _wJt P essed _^ e occur-, _Si ? n ° _^ i _? P off in hisbbat .: and succeeded _££ hS f _\ ebod r ?' t McI ' _&* taken totheFouu-* r « J ? k !' , v * - r « _'ne was quickly in _attente'S lf Was e * tmct ' opinion being that death _ had been _ciused from fright . ' : Mrs , ' Hkho , Ji _^ ol _^ f _^*^* - * _w s P"sent during theinquiry , arid , as may be imagined / was greafly distressed in _inind . lhejoryreturned a verdict . "That deceased was _aceidenwiy drowned while bathing , " aceompaniea

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    by a recommendation _io'U 8-ftuthoritiek' % er „ ti , railingat the spot to prohibit - personsrfrom bathing there , and in which the coroner , expressed ., his con-, currehce . ; ' Mr . ' Highbi was _^ tiiirty-s , e _^ enyeara of age , ; aad has left a young . family . ;' ,,. . .- f ' _X'Vf f "ZZ , ' . ' _;< ' ¦[ ' . _CHAReKUuA _^' st ' AfPoiiCB-prricER at Livbkt pool * —Animportantinquirjr wai-held . ontheWth initi , " before the 'borough , coroner , '; 'in !' Lord-street , Liverpool , touching the death of James . Ellis , a prisoner in the Borough-gaol , who died ' on , the previous Wednesday , from injuries supposed to have been in * flicted by Patrick Walsh , f a police-officer . The _de- _^ ceasedj . _James Ellis ,. and his wife ,, _presided at No . 8 / Marylebone . ' , With them lodged ' a' man and his wife named Coulter- ; and ; on the . previous Saturday all _.. _,,., ,, _., .. ' v _.

    these parties were from home . Coulter returned about eleven o ' clock , and inquired , of f the , ierrant where his . wife was . The girl said she did not know , when'he , immediately struck lier . ' Directly after , deceased and his wife enme home ,. both . partly intoxicated . . Mrs . Ellis ,, seeing the servant crying , inquired the cause , and complained to Coulter of his conduct . After some recrimination , Coulter also struck Mrs . Ellis . The deceased at thistime was lying on the sofa in the house ' , and . did not interfere in the quarrel ., Mrs . Ellis then ordered Coulter out of the house . She brought his clothes , and he went away quietly . In about a quarter of aa hour he returned ; and wished to be admitted , . but was refused by Mrs . Ellis , A crowd now . being collected , about

    the d oor , Walsh and another officer dispersed them ' , and advised Mrs . Ellis to go into , her house . She did so : but directly afterwards . went out , and was proceeding down the steps to the cellar underneath her house , when Walsh came to her and laid hold of her by the back of the neck saying , "I have been watching for you ; _yaupust . come with me now , '' and she saw him raise his . stick ai if to strike her ; She said she would go quietly with him , and they pro ' ceeded towards the Bridewell . Some one , in the meantime , had- informed , the husband of what had occurred , and he immediately followed them : He asked the officer what he was going to book his wife for , and _jnst as they got to the corner of _Vauxhall-road , they all three fell to the ground together .

    The woman then got clear ,-, but the officer caught hold of deceased , and , on risin ? , struck him on the back , bnt he got away from him . -The officer pursued deceased , and struck'him on the back of his head , when he fell on his face with great force , and lay as if he was dead . _^ He was then-conveyed ' into the Bridewell , and thence to the Main Bridewell , ' where , becoming very Hlon the Sunday , he was removed in a car to the Northern Hospitah' On Monday morning , deceased and his wife were taken before Mr . Ru 8 hton , when the former was fined 10 s . ; for assaulting the police , and his -wife 5 s . for being drank and disorderly . The fine inflicted on the de- ceased not being paid , he was -sent to gaol , and-on ' arriving there he became worse , and was placed in the hospital of the prison . He soon after became

    insensible and violently delirious , requiring three men to hold him in bed ; and although he received every attention from ; the medical officers of the prison he died in this state on Wednesday night . On Thursday a post _moittm examination ofthe body was made by Mr . W _^ B . Wall , house surgeon of the Northern Hospital , and Mr . F . Osborne . From the evidence _, of these gentlemen it appeared that they detected an external fracture of the skull underneath a , wound near tho right eye . There was also a _, contusion behind the right ear . On removing the " skull cap , the brain was found very much congested , and there was also an extensive fracture at the base . of the skull . Congestion ofthe brain , set up by a fracture produced from external violence , was the cause of death . The jury returned a verdict of " Excusable homicide . "

    ' Comisby , Accident . —A serious accident happened to Edward Boyd , Esq ., of Urpeth _. _atHaawell Colliery last week . Mr . Boyd was in the pit giving directions , and was in the act of walking along one ofthe passages with some other gentlemen , when a portion of the roof became detached and fell upon him , almost entirely burying him beneath it . When extricated , Mr . Boyd was found to be very seriously injured . He was removed to a house inthe neighbourhood , where he still lies in a condition which leaves hope of his ultimate recovery , though only after a Jong illness and protracted suffering . _—itorflatti Advertiser . ; - ' The Liverpool Burglar ( Match ) who escaped from prison was re _^ apprehended last week at Bradford by one of the Liverpool detectives . <

    Chbstbr Election ;—The nomination took place on Saturday last , when Mr . C . E . Egerton was pro * posed by Mr . John Williams , the mayor of Chester , and seconded by Mr ; Dixon ; and Mr . H . Brown proposed , and Mr . Robert Turner seconded , the Hon . Owen Stanley . Mr . Egerton said he wanted a modification of tbe Income-tax , and a repeal ofthe window-duty . To meet the deficiency . caused by the reduction , he would withdraw the African squadron , and save the £ 700 , 000 expended on its maintenance . He should also vote for a safeguard to be placed on all foreign goods imported , by way of protective taxation . If this were not done artisans and their families would be ruined .. . The Hon . W . O . Stanley referred to his former parliamentary career , and said

    he was satisfied the working-man would never allow the re-imposition of a penny of duty on his food . In the very last and : memorable speech of that noble man , Sir Robert Peel , and noble he truly was—not by that nobility which was the gift of a monarch , but by that which the people conferred in acknowledgment of services rendered and benefits enjoyed—he stated that the system he had introduced had acted as he expected , and that his 'faith in its benefits was unimpaired . Mr . Stanley then reminded the electors that this election for Chester was the first contested one since the death of that lamented statesman and benefactor of his kind ; would they do anything to reverse what might be called' his last benediction _, and his dyinz belief ? The Sheriff announced tbat

    the show of hands was in favour of the Hon . W . 0 Stanley . The anticipations that Mr . Stanley would be returned have not been disappointed . The confidence of Mr . Egercon ' _s party was soon shaken , and at an early hour in the morning it was evident that Mr . Stanley was to be the representative of Chester , in conjunction with Earl Grosvenor . As a matter cf coarse considerable excitement prevailed throughout the city ; the shops were closed , business entirely suspended , and flags and banners were seen floating in every direction . The polling commenced at eight o ' clock and closed at four . The result was a large and overwhelming majority , considerably exceeding 300 , for the Hon . W . O . Stanley , the Liberal candidate .

    Two Childbed supposed to havb sues Foibokbd bt their Pabehts . —On Saturday last , at Northampton , . _two'personB _,, named William Pell , a labourer , and Sarah , his wife , were brought un for examination on a charge of having poisoned tneir two children , aged two and four years , with arsenic . It appears that abont a fortnight ago the youngest child died , and was buried on Saturday , ; the 13 th . The other child was taken _ill , and , although two medical gentlemen attended , it died the following day . The symptoms having attracted the suspicions of the medical men , the body was examined , and the result was the discovery of a . quantity of arsenic in . the stomach . The other child , was then exhumed . by the direction of the coroner , and on examination the body

    was found to contain arsenic ; also . Other circumstances of suspicion againBtthe prisoners afterwards transpired , and they were both apprehended . After the proceedings , which were _< conducted in private , had terminated , the prisoners were remanded . t A Hard Cabb . — At _, the Bradford Borough Court on the 19 th inst , Holmes Smith was brought up under the following . circumstances ; It appears that the defendant was apprenticed to Messrs ; _Margerison and Sutcliffe as a wool sorter . A short ago be became a member ofthe 2 nd West York Yeomanry Cavalry , and on Wednesday , there being a field day of the regiment at Halifax , he asked the consent of his masters tobe absent from his work on that day , at the same time expressing his willingness to have reduction made , in his wages . ' His masters , however , refused to allow bim to go ,-and he having gone

    without their consent a warrant was taken out for his apprehension for having violated his indentures . When brought before the < bench - Mr . _Margerison , one of the partners in the firm , pressed strongly upon their worships for a committal to ' -Wakefield , and this young man was committed accordingly to the -House of Correction for the space of fourteen days . - _> <' Discovert of a _Silvxr Minb at 'Ttthebington , Gloucestershire ; _^ The inhabitants ofthe parish of Tytherington , near _Thornbury , Gloucester * _t-hire , are in a state of high glee , in consequence' of the discovery of a silver mine in that locnlity , which is said to promise a considerable yield of the _preoious metals . A surveyor has made a minute examination , and it is stated that oh the strength of his recommendation some capitalists from the metropolis prb _< pose working the mine . _•' ¦¦ • ; ' ; ' '• _- - 1 '

    _MoNOMEHTi at Lebds to SiB / R . Pbel ; — The requisition to the Mayor of Leeds for a publio meeting on this subject has received between 210 and 250 signatures ,- including _thfae of many of the principal firms in the town . ' ' '• ; ' '' - _'' ¦ " - - ' .: . ¦ Cruelty to a _Cuilb by lis M 0 THER .--A'case of this description , but accompanied by circumstances of unusual atrocity , was brought before the Manchester Borough Court , on the 19 th inst . ' by Inspector Eeenan , from the Oldham-road police station . ' From his statement it appeared , that on the previous day some person residing in that - locality had irifdrmed himthatan Irishwoman ,-named Elisabeth Butterfield ; had been inflicting some severe torture uponher

    daughter , a little girl -seven years of age . On pror ceedirig to , the woman ' s house they found the report correct , and immediately took ' _^ he girl arid her mother to the Town'hall , and fetched Mr . Walker _Golland , surgeon , to examine the ext ' entof the injuries which the child had received . Mr . Gotland was then _calledi ' arid stated that he found that the girl had' received four cuts upon each buttock , which had been made with a knife , or other _sharpj instrument . The _wounda were not very deep ;' We wereinformed by another person who _had-seen-them , that they were about two _inches and a half in , length j and one Of th ' em / wheh the plaister , was _; removed , was open a quarter of an inch ., T _^ he prisoner , whp hela an infant

    Incendiaeisu At Willbsden.—On Sunday A M...

    hb [ hit _armftmqfj ? MMAi ?< _mXmBu _^ md _SoS _-coT _« _amb _^^ _remo _M _ev _•^^ husband stated Cthe _oausewKyhis wife had _reaortedtachjim-, ' proner treatment was , that theigirl'was in 'the -habjt of neeleoting : to go fo _sohool ; when "> sent from _^ nome The nuni sbment had been inflicted ; - in _> . his absence _,, _oatheipreceding Friday * when his wife ? had made the _dwcoveVy that . the child had been -playing RlHthe week _. and had spent the school wages ; She was generally kind to , the : chUdrenrcau 8 ed ; themtosay _^ e > r prayers every night / and also sent them ; to { he Sun-, _K _school . ' Aftermakingthe ' _euts _,-wnich-had _^ been done with a common table knife , she had rubbed the _woundawithsalt . Mr . Harding , ' who a ppeared for the prisoner , said she was not ; of course , 'warranted n what she had done , but she did t with be view of punishing _theohildandTeformingits b _^ habitiafer LvinE ' m any times tried in . vain , the ; effect _, of _whip-^ - > - ..-.... _..--. _. _ _.. ... a

    ping : _biitthat-wasaplan . _whicnoniy : wuu « _v _;« _v \ v _Sucehardnessilfneoesfiaryi hecoaldcallejeral _^ it . _nessestoshowthat thewoman _wasgenerallyhumana and did not intend to hurt the _ch-ld beyond the pain she might give : it at the time . , , Mr , Maude said the olnce was one of such an atrocious and unusual description that it was diffioultto conceive how it could have entered into the heart of : a mother , to , commit it ? The'Behch had been in some doubt whether they ought not toserid her to the assizes _rbut , in . the hope that it was unnecessary to do so forthesakeof examnle to others ' , and being inclined to believe that it had been done only for , tho sake of punishment , they shoulddealwith her in . a summary manner . . The prisoner was then ordered to pay a penalty of £ b ; or be committed io prison for two months . . - -: ;

    * Thb Britannia BRinGE . —The third tube at the Britannia Bridge is now raised to its place and permanently fixed . . ¦ The arrangements for floating , the fourth and last tube have been completed under the directionsi ' of , Mr . EdwinClark , J he resident engineer ] The"Bridge will be entirely completed by , the month bf November . ; ¦ .. _-. . ¦ , _= ..... .-. ¦ . ; . . _--Z ' _-. _Corroif' _SwEtrih'OB . -rAt the-Liverpool police : court on Monday Frederick Johnson , the chief mate bf the-WHHam Wirt ; John Healing , a sort of dealer in old stores ; and . John Taibot > a ; porter , In the employ of Mr . _Jjickson , the consignee , of the cargo of . " the William Wirt , were charged with ' having stolen about eight hundred weight of cotton , part ofthe cargo referred to . The cotton was taken

    out of the gates of tbe Waterloo Dock on Saturday afternoon in aenrt , . the owner of wbich professed ignorance as to the person who called him froni the ' stand . ' The prisoner Talbot , however , acknowledged ; to clearing the cotton . The mate , ' who was charged ; with having received £ 5 for the cotton , _Istated that | tlie consignees had ' cleared out the whole cargo , and subsequently the custom-house officers had inspected , the vessel . ' , ; He was therefore . under , the impression that nothing remained on board in : the way of cargo : he " _flias ' therefore . surprised when a : man who had asked for permission to look for swepings offered him £ 3 for the loose cotton . Not to appear ignorant of the matter he demanded £ 6 ; , and ultimately the man

    Healing gave him £ 5 . —Mr . Rushton said it was not for him to say how the jerquers : could visit a vessel and hot' see eight . hundred weight of cotton . ' With respect to the mate ' s alleged innocence , all'he could say was , to . point to the -practice of porters engaged in discharging vessels concealing quantities of such cargo as cotton , and then informing , dealers ( of the circumstance . He was determined tbat the present case should , _not-pass without investigation , and he would commit all parties charged for trial . ' Talbot , who had been employed to superintend the discharging of the cargo , and who had been the means of getting the suspected cotton passed 'through the gates , pretended . ignorance as . to the -amount of the . cotton , which he also represented as _valuless

    sweepings . . .. -.- . ,. ; _Suicpu _^ op a ,. Convict . —John _Bldwer , froni Barking in Essex , was convicted at the . Portsmouth sessions on Monday , of stealing a watch from a gentleman named Cooper . The recorder , in passing sentence , said . that if he consulted his _own feelings , he should sentence him to corporeal punishment , but as public sentiment appeared against such a mode of punishment he bowed to that decision , but he was determined to make a severe example of all persons convicted , like the - prisoner , ¦ of preying on the industry of others , and he sentenced him to seven years' transportation . The _prisener was immediately . taken from the dock to a place under where the court was held .. In a few moments some shrieks and exclamations were heard in the court / land it was ascertained that the prisoner had ; the moment he went below , seized a razor which was kept for the prisoners to shave themselves , and cut his throat from ear to ear .

    Singular 'Blunder . —At the Buckinghamshire assizes just concluded , the grand jury ignored a bill against Jame _* RidgwayofWadde 8 _don , for rape . When this announcement was made in court , by some unaccountable misunderstanding tbe sheriff set at large another prisoner named George Lee , charged with stealing _trowsere from a Bhop , instead of the man with committing the rape .. The discharged prisoner , no doubt congratulating himself upon his lucky escape , quickly made his way but of the town ; and , had it

    not been that the blunder was almost immediately discovered , he would most probably have' got clear off . , When the discovery was made , Sergeant Cornaby _' s services wereimmediatel y called into requisition , who quickly got upon the man ' s track , and eventually overtook him at Wingrave . Ih reply to ! the sergeant ' s explanations , the fellow at first pretended that he had been rightfully ' discharged , and refused to return ; but eventually' Cbirnaby sueceeded in inducing him to come back ; and he was tried and sentenced to six months' imprisonment . '

    The Lancashire Peel Monument . —It has been determined by the inhabitants of Tollihgton and its neighbourhood to erect a ; column on the summit of the above hill to the memory of the late Sir' Robert Peel . The view from the top of the column , which will be accessible by means ofa staircase , will command , a panoramio scene of 200 miles in circumference , embracing a Bight ' of Yorkshire , over _BJackstone Edge ' ; the Derbyshire hills , overlooking Buxton ; the Staffordshire range of hills , Cheshire , the Irish Channel , the Cumberland hills , and the watering places ' on the Lancashire coast . Holcombe-biH is within a few miles of the birthplace of the late Sir Robert Peel . The Pbbl Monument at Burt , Lancashibb . —

    On Monday _evening , at a meeting of the finance committee connected with theahove object , at Bury , it was ascertained that the total amount of the subscriptions for the intended monument at Bury , " was £ 2 , 692 ; 2 s . 10 d }; ' ' ! * . ; Charm- against a Sea Captain . —The magis . trates of Falmouth assembled on Monday evening atthe Guildhall , to hear the complaint of Robert Dunipaoo , the mate of the 1 Esther Francis , against William Michael ; the master ,. ' for attempting to poison Wm . Shaw , a passenger by that vessel I from Havannah . , Mr .: 8 haw said that he joined the Esther Frances at Havannah , oh May 17 , for . Faimouth , iThe captaih of the vessel was the . prisoner . Shesailed , onMay 22 , and for the following six days the prisoner was always intoxidat ' ed .

    Witness lived in tne cabin with the master and first and second mates . '';_ water jug was kept . ih the cabin _^ On _iTune 13 , and forieveraldayB ' _previousi , themaa _« ter had been drinkiiig very freely , but ! could walk ; about three o ' clock ' in the alterhooh witness asked the cabin-boy to'bring down some clean water ; he did so , and witness drank some ; at five also he drank some ; it was , then perfectly oleanr About half . _past five they had tea , which the- captain -refused to drink . ,- In the evening , while ' witness was on his bed , he saw the captain go to the medicine chest , and taking the water jug ,: pour something into it . He then went . into the steward ' s pantry About eight o ' clock witness had some soup , whioh instantly , made him ill , and i . was then found that

    what the master had . put into the water was extract of lead . The mate next morning came down into the cabin with all the crew to put irons on the master , when he accusod him of attempting to poison alUhose who lived in the cabin . Witness accused him of the attempt to poison him on the following day , when prisoner replied , ) " Well ,-Mr . 8 haw ,, ifi did , . 1 must have been crary at the time , " and added further , "let all be forgotten and forgiven , and all will be comfortable . ' - —Robert _Dimiipace _^ _as then examined ; but his evidence- was to the sameeffeot , entirely , and threw no further light -on ithe affair _.-rThe bench was of opinion that there existed _fromthe evidence a degree of eusptoion , but riot suffloient proof . ; : The ' case was accordingly dismissed ., ' - ¦ ¦ n . _-y : _¦ : _¦; ;• ' - ' ¦ ' '

    i Melancholy : Suicides at Manohesteb . —On Tuesday , at , the Eagle . i Inn , Tuer-street , _-Greenheys , Manchester , an inquest was held on the body of Mr . Joseph D ' Antoino , merohant ,: aged forty-one years , who had been lodging with his cousin , Lazarus de Maria , at the houso of Elizabeth Roilly , 30 , Burlingtonrstreet , - _Greonheys ; Deceased had come to England four months ago , ' and had never enjoyed' good health since , - and was much depressed iri spirits . Ori Sunday evening he and his cousin returned froni a _visit-at Altriricnanu- He appeared to be in a very depressed state of mind , and his cousin observed that he looked exceedingly ; wild about the eyes Next morning deceased didnot leave his room , and about eleven o ' clookithe door , 'which was found locked inside , was forced open . Deceased was found

    suspended » y a handkerchief round his neck to one 'of the bedposts ..- His body was quite _-rcold , — -Ori the sariie day an . inquest , wasiheld at the Royal Infirmary , on the body of Sarah Ann Ridway , 'the wife of Richard _rRidway , joiner , living in ' Longworth-8 tfeet . On Saturday _deceaseds husband awoke about four o ' clock in the morning , and found sho had left her bed .,: He made search for her and fouud her in' the joullery , bleeding profusely ' from a _\ yound in her throat , which she had inflicted with' a razor , whioh was found on the kitchen table . She was taken tothe Royal Infirmary , iWhero she died on Monday , morning . She was only just recovering from tho effects of a similar wound she hadmadein her throat . about two months ago . Noreason ' could be given to . account for her conduct , except that she hftif been jn . an / unsettled s * ata of mind < for some time ; past ., iThe jury returned : a verdiot in -both _rcwesoi ' . _'Temuoraryinsanity . ' ? .

    Incendiaeisu At Willbsden.—On Sunday A M...

    _jmA _^ _IPJ » ., I M » 0 * J . 0 BLTnBK ? ODIB AT MaNOHBSMH . _^ -Five cotton- _sptahers ( Hargreaves , Bullis _, Winter , Lowe ;/ and * anoth 6 r ;) : latoly' 1 h ri the '; em ' pl ( ry :, of Mes 8 _rsi ; Richard Birley and _iBrothera _/ ' spinriers and _njj anufacturer (( _j atftMarichester ,- \ _werejon . _Tuesday brought _i bpfore _^ hemagiatrates on a charge of intimidation . Messrs . ' Birley have been ' making „ an experiment with a view to economising labour in their est & blishmenti _'" 'It _^ _has beeri _^ he enstom to ' _. employ . a ; great number- of- spinners ; eaoh spinner hay ing _^^ a . meeer-to . assist hiin , whosei duty it ia i to fpiefle . hroken _. _threads _^ _bpt _, Messrs . Birley having made _. an _^ ex ' perirtieritina . rponiwhere _sevenpiecers ' were-employed ; by ' which they found , tliat these _ALMtmnYioT . _Bvmt nj ? _TnnvrfinTH _atMmjohbstm .

    piecers might be'dispensed ffith ; gavethem notice to leave the establishment . ' ¦ It was understood that the . notice j would ; be , afterwards extended to the whole of the other _pifeeers employed in-the establishment , and the spinners feeling aggrieved at the course which was . taken , ' gave notice also ,, and " turned out" » about Seven'weeks ago ' . ' Me' consequence has been that other men havo been employed who submit to . the : neworder of things , and theprisonew waylaiii these , new , hands as they left the works ! spyeralf nights last weqk ; and entered into a _^ remonstrance with . thein oh the impropriety of " taking the . bread ' out of _^ their mouths ' " ( to use their , own homely . expression ;) - _^ According to one witness the prisoners called the new hands-A'

    knobsticks , " and threatened if , they did , not leave Messrs . Birley ' _s ' employ , [ to .. _! ' kill , " or . " make themso that they could not work ;" . hut this evir dencewasriot borne out by ! the statements of-the other '; witnesses . ¦ Mr . S ; 'Heelis , attorney , conducted the . case for , the-prosecution , and Mr . _, W . P . Roberts addreBs ' ed . the court , for the ' prisoners ; appealing' to _; _tho ' , i _** aceable conduct ofthe turn-outs for seven weeks as evidence that thoy did riot wish to resort to violence ' . ' _^ He did' riot deny that ' the prisoners had ' endeavoured to persuade ' the "knobsticks" from _lowering , _. wages . by takingwork ; at Messrs . ; ' Birley ' s . / The ,, alteration , at-Messrs . Birley ' s ' would have the . ' effect of turning , ; out . of

    _Employ riinety-orie women and children , ' throwing extra labour : upon '> ' the men _detained without increase of salary , and a saving would' be . effected of £ 2 , 000 ; per annum ., It ,-was , not wonderfulif iri such a case a hard word ; or two , fell from some of tho parties aggrievQd , but he thought the fact that no actual violence' had been used' By the old hands towards the ' new ones . ought-to plead very powerfully in _, their favour .,-, ' The ; magistrates , after a long consultation ,, committed the prisoners to hard labour for seven day 8 J , cautioning f them that a much ' heavier punishmentf would follow , any _futureinterference with the hands ' how working for Messrs . Birley . ; . ¦ . _¦¦• ¦ •* ' .- ; - ' ;;• : ••> . - _¦' " ..

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    • Wreck Of ' A Steamer On Lock, Lomond.—...

    • Wreck of ' a Steamer on Lock , Lomond . —An unfortunate accident occurred ori Loch Lomond on the 19 th inst . to the Pilot ,- one ' of the steamers carrying , excur-ion passengers up the Loch . , < While making a trip , she suddenly struck , on a sunken rock within a short distance of the shore , near Ross Point , south of Rowardenman . The shock Wb so violent that many of the passengers ' were upset on deck , and the greatest alarm and excitement prevailed . -The first shock was bo sudden that the machinery was not stopped ; and no sooner had it been felt than _^ nother Succeeded , The Pilot immediately afterwards reached

    deep ' water , arid the captain , ' with . great , presence of mind , steered the vessel direct-for _the'shore , which he succeeded in reaching , without danger ,. bringing the steamer agroundin the ; bay , between Ross Point arid Rowardenman . . No lives . wereJost . . The Pilot is ' the prbperty of Messrs _., Burns , the owners of the ill-fated' Orion , which was lately wrecked on the rocks of'Portpatrick . _;'" ' A _Femaib Navtib . —About six weeks , ago there came to Drumlanrig Tunnel a young man about seventeen . or eighteen years . of age , of the name of Williaih M . _'Dougall , whio . asked for and . obtained work _' as a labourer , arid waB employed in the tunnel at the bottom of one of the shafts ! which is much inundated wiih water , and about 150 feet from the surface of . the ground , . 'While at work his clothes were

    scarcely ever dry , _butnotwithstandingthis he wrought ten hours a day alongside the best navvies onthe snafti and soon became , by his kind and obliging disposition , a great favourite with hiB fellow-workmen . A few days ago , from various-circumstances , suspicions arose in the minds of some of tbe managers that he was other than he appeared to . be ; in short , they suspected him , to belong to , the , _Abetter half ; of creation . " The house in which he lodged was discovered , arid on inquiry of the landlady as to the description of her lodgers , she answered they . were all ' miners except , one labourer named '• Willie ' > _M'Dougall , a quiet ,, bien , well-doing _^ lad , who had a good stock of clothes of bis own , besides some of his sister ' s , which he had brought away from her by mistake ; and as this latter information mcreased preceding suspicion , "Willie" wa 8 ' ia _^ _niediately sent . for and . taken roundly tp task j when' he stoutly denied being other

    tban a man . However , oh being strongly questioned , and seeing she could keep ; her secret no longer , sbe at length acknowledged herself to belong to the fair sex , and gave as reasons for her strange proceedings that she wished to raise , by honest industry , "the needful" to carry her to America . By the kind assistance of ibe lady of brie of the managers , she was soon -attired hi habiliments becoming her sex and position in life . A subscription has been commenced at the works and in the neighbourhood for the purpose of raising a sufficient sum to enable this spirited , enterprising , and dauntless girl to accomplish the object she had in view , and which promises fair , from the spirit in which- her ! "brother '' .-workmen and others are entering into , the scheme , to provide her with ample funds for her laudable object ; We may . add that our heroine is a . native ofthe " sister _isle . " —Dumfries Courier . ¦ _- . _'' ¦

    . Two Brothers Drowned . —On Sunday afternoon about two o ' clock , two brothers of the name of Gibb , were drowned in the Dee , closeby the Inches , Aberdeen . It appears that one of the , lads went in to bathe , while the other took a stroll along the bank ; that having been seized with the . cramp , or being unable to swim , he felt himself ; m danger , and calling for help , his brother went'into the water , but in attempting to save him both sank to rise , no more . A third party , who witnessed the accident , made a _vigQurous effort to save the drowning youths , but , although he had hold of one of them by . the hair of the head , he was obliged , to save his own life , to let go his hold . The youngest was eleven years of age , and the other twelve .:

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    : The Tenant Right Conference In Dublin....

    : The Tenant Right Conference in Dublin . —The period fixed for the approaching tenant right conference being now near at hand , the publio interest being attached'to it is . becomingmore earnest than before . It ., is hoped ; that its proceedings will at least have tho effeot -of organising the sdattered opinions ofthe country upon the subject of a new system of landlord and tenant relations ' for Ireland , and that the result of Us deliberations will be suoh a code or charter of rationatandjust tenant rights as the people may . rally for with unanimity . Notices of meetings to be held immediately . throughout the country to promote the expression of opinion on the tenant right question , and to support the conference in Dublin , appear , in several of the

    provincial papers 5 and there is scarcely a- town of any note , atleastin the province of Ulster , in which those preparations are not going forward . At a meeting of the Strabane Tenant Defence , Association , the . following resolution , waB unanimously adopted : — " That from the general depression of the tenant farmers' interest , we consider that it has become absolutely necessary to claim an immediate ' _reduotion of rents , fdrotherwise it will becomo a . matter of serious consideration , ' whether in equity ,, the'farmer should p ay any sulri : which , the land is incapable of producing with justice to himself , his family , and labourers , and to the general interest of the country , '"'¦ "'

    1 The HArivEST . —Prospects op Improvement . — Under tho influence of fine ripening weather the prospect of an abundant harvest is , daily increasing , and all the accounts state that confidence as to-the . future is gradually , reviving . _, The alarm about the p _dtatob crop has riearlyf ceased , and little is said , about'a blight in wheat . , _All'the provincial a , ccourits * aretothe saine effect , " ffitlJohe remarkable exception in the Limerick . Reporter , which states that the old potato Wight had Bhown itself in a virulent form in some localities in the rich soils of the counties of Limerick and Ti pperary , the odour from the fields already- infeoted- being most offensiveand the leaves of

    , the plant being throughout blaokened . Thatjoumal remarks—" . The disease did not appear to any . extent before the night of Monday ; hut on Tuesday morning , in several parts ofthe country , the . bli ght alarmed ; several who bad hoped for the best previously . . Meantime , we trust the disease is but partial . '' It must be recollected ,: however , that the present ; is one of the most extensive crops grown for , many ; years in Ireland ; and that even if a fourth part woroblighted there would still , be an ; immense _supply _. for food , and a stoppage ofthe drain for _foreign corn , _. whichior-four years past has so groatly , _exhaijsted . the . _resouroes . of the country . _;^ _y- : i _^ - , ¦ „ ¦ ,, ¦ ,.-. . u ;!; _-M _i _; f > .. a- '

    ::-< Donkbt r ! _SlEAUNG . ~ At'thei ; trial of ¦ a" man _^ for _etealingan-ass , ' which tookplacoat the Slieo Assizes last'Week' the following dialogue took place : — Chief Baron ( to the _proseoutor ) : How did -yon know the aas was _^ yours f . _' Witnoss : _; Well , I knew him ; there was no mistaking his legs ; ( Laughter . ) —Chief Baron : IIad you any marks upon- him ? iWitriess ; Faix I hadn't , but he _had-marks upon himself . ( Laughter . ) . He had lumps on his knees and on his back , and one on -his : ' hose . ( Loud laughter ;) _-iClerk of thb Crown : Had you any other reason for knowing ' tho animal was yours ? Witness : Yes , Iiknew his woicc .. ( Loud laughter , )—ChiefB _; _iron : JWhose voice ? _Witnessr'Tho wmce of my ass , my lord . ( Roars of'laughter . ) ' The minute he saw me ; he threw up his- tail and rowed

    : The Tenant Right Conference In Dublin....

    ( Loud laMhter . )—Chief . 'Baron ! - _-Hoafed _Ivjfoo r 0 . r ? . d ? <¦ _v"l tness _:, M y . "ss , ray lord . ; he roared with joy ; 'We were together for the last five years ; he ' knew ; me well ; " arid Iwbuld know his _woioo twenty'miles off . ( Loud laughter , In : _wtiich-the Chief Baron heartily joined ;) The prisoner was ekm vieted .,,... . ' f .. _; ,, \ -. ;• _.-.-,. [ . ; -... . . .., ti •>¦ < _, _fri-ij ' ¦ Thb Rkpbal _Associaiioji . —It would appear that the " ¦ association fa not yet' dead . ' ' The * _ivwrndn _' s Journalef Saturday last _corttains _aMist _of _' _•'' _r _' _e _' _8 _dlu- _tions ofthe Committee of the Loyal National- _Repeal Association of Ireland , " amongst - which is ono callirfga meeting for the fithof ; Augu 8 t , ; "for , th & purpose of finally deciding whether it ' . may not be ( Loud' laUffhtflr _.-W Chief "Barfln - ' Roared ! - __ id

    possible to save Conciliation Hallfrompassing int _^ other hands ; and being lost to fth ' e Repeal partythe party of Ireland . " . Another resolution calls An the friends of the Assooiationto " assist our efforts to prove on the said Monday , the 5 th day of August , I 860 , that ' the , insolent and scornful rejoicings of the enemies of Ireland at home and abroad at the supposed extinction of all constitutional arid rational agitation in this country wero premature . " '[ Themeeting at which these resolutions were passed wa 8 held , on Saturday , and afthe . _sam _' e . _timersub-Spriptions were handed in to the amount of £ 12 10 s . Reprb srhtation op TRALKE . — The reported appointment of . Mr Maurice O _^ Connell to a lucrative Situation _ in . Dublin , and hia consenuont retirement

    from parliament , has " caused considerable excitement , amongst the politicians of this town ! ' Already are twocandidatesmentioned : ; arid we are authorised to state , that in case of a vacancy , _^ caused' by the . retirement of Mr . O'Connell , Sir Thomas Herbert , R . N ., will offer , himself as a candidate for the suffrages of the . electors of Tralee . ' Mr . ' Tho _ i » Fitzgerald , Q ; Ci , is the other candidate named . ' RKrAPPBARANC ** OF THE POTATO _BLIOHr . —Dark arid depressing rumours are abroad about the reappearance ofthe _potatd Wight in amalignant form _» but as yet they have only come from one quarter , namely , the south-west portion of the island . The Freeman ' s Journal of Monday morning ' publishes the following extracts from some letters received on ¦

    this deeply painful subject;— ' < l " . Ballard ,. Tralee ,- 19 th July . —I am extremely sorry to tell you that the potato blight has , within the last three or four days , appeared in a formidable character .- It is a heavy blow to us all . The visitation has run through the _entire-of the north of the country , and I suppose the south also . " ' / Banna , Ardfert , 18 th July . —Unfortunately the potatoes are all gone in this part of the country _» When I came home on Monday they were all looking quite green and well ; but for the last threedays they are woefully changed . ' Air the gardensare now black , and you can smell the rotting stalks all along the roads . I don't know , what will become of the country . "

    " _Castloialand , July llth . —The potato crop . ie again going fast—the air stinks around the rotting-S _ardenB . I saw , on Monday evening , broad acres _Berning with most luxuriant and rich crops , which yesterday evening had become black arid drooping . mj _* _} _Meei a melancholy prospect— one which ' ?»« . dec . _» de the fate of thousands of human _beings . V f tie Limerick and Clare Examiner _pnblishes a correspondent ' s letter , dated Limerick , July 19 th , in . which the writer says : — " I have gone over a greatdeal ofthe district , and in all oases I have no hesitation whatever in pronouncing the crop irrevocably gone . It had a beautiful appearance up to Tuesday last ; On tbat day there was a most oppressive , unhealthy kind of fog , and next morriine the potatoes

    presented unmistakable symptoms of disease in itsmost virulent forms . The fields looked as if a shower of burning lava , brimstone , or vitriol had fallen during the night . The stench from some of the fields since then is almost intolerable . " Mayo . Eibction . —Last week a troop , of the 5 tb » Dragoons passed through Castlerea for Castlebar ; a company of infantry and forty police also left Roscommon for the same destination , . The Irish Linen and Yarn Trades . —The Belfast report announces a continuance ; of briskness , especially for linen yarns , but prices are unaltered . The export houses are beginning to operate largely for full trade in America , and other foreign markets ; and a very good autumn trade is anticipated .

    General trade continues very active in _Belfast . . The _ViCBBor . Steamer . —The Freeman ' s _Journal says : — " The loss ofthe Viceroy steamer has caused a very general feeling of regret , especially as regards its discouraging effect on the new experiment , although no loss of life has ensued . The owners ( tho Glasgow Steam-Packet Company ) are fullyinsured— £ 17 , 000 at the Underwriters' Association in Dublin , and ; £ 3 , 000 in Glasgow . This is the second loss the Underwriters' Company have sustained this year , the first being the Royal Adelaide , insured for £ 8 , 000 . The Railway Company will also be ' , losers by the non-performance of the voyage , but to a very trifling extent . " The Roman Catholic Synod and the "Queen ' s :

    Coueoes . —No reply has yet been received from Rome to tbe representations made by the Bishopsof Cork and Galway respecting the interdict against any connexion of the Roman Catholic clergy with the Queen ' s Colleges . The recent rescript from the Propaganda strictly prohibits the prelacy and clergy from interfering in any way withthose institutions , and requires them to use all their influence in dissuading the laity from allowing their children to attend as pupils . In consequence of this mandate , the Rev , Dr . O'Toole , vice-president of Galway College , and the Roman Catholic deans of residence in Cork and Galway , merely hold their offices pending the Synod , which commences , its sittings at the Roman Catholic College of ThurleB , on the 16 th of August next . If some arrangement he not adopted at the Synod , or some sanction be not zranted by

    the Holy See , in the meantime , all tho " clergymen now connected with the _Queen ' s Colleges iHe \ Sr send in their resignations . The preparations for the accommodation ofthe biBhops and many otherclergymen , secular and regular , who are to attend the Synod , are now carried on with activity at Thurles , under the superintendence of Dr . Slattery ,. the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel . The proceedings of this Synod—tlie first that has been held in Ireland for centurie ' s-i-are looked to ; by the Roman Catholic public with the deepest solicitude . Evictions in Tipperart . —The Nenagh Guardian , the organ ot the North Tipperary landlords , contains the subjoined communication , dated Roscrea July 19 : — ' ' Yesterday Mr . Picott . aeent to the

    Earl of Portarlington / accompanied by " Mr ; Samuel M . Going , sub-sheriff , and a ¦ party of constabulary under command of Head Constable Shanahan _, proceeded to a street in tbe suburbs of this town , called 'Boheen Glass , ! alias Green-street , and levelled thirt y houses , in which were located at least three hundred human beings , who were in a most abject and impoverished state . It was a truly appalling sight to see those wretched beings erecting sheds and buts against the walls and ditches to try and guard themselves and families against the inclemency of the weather for one night , it being supposed the greater number of them will seek for and-obtain admission to the workhouse this day . No rent has been received from those premises

    forthe last ten or fifteen years ; in fact , they held out in d efiance of alllaw till the last . " ' . ' . / - " The Weatheb . _—Q " n Sunday and Monday there was a constant succession of slight showers ; but in the course of Monday night the rain began to fall in torrents , which continued up to Tuesday evening . The effects of such a superabundance of moisture on the ripening crops may be very serious ; but taking all the circumstances of the weather , and ofthe reports from tbe country into consideration , the general impression seems to he that there is not vet much cause for alarm in our harvest prospects . ' - The Harvest .- " Every , field of potatoes , " says thf Clare Journal of Monday , "Is now almost totally withered and shrivelled nn . nrpsfintin _* « .

    most deplorable view to the spectator ; but though the stalks have been thus consumed ; wo believe the esculent itself has as yet escaped injury , and ' the greater portion of the crop is ; in a very forward state , in consequence of having been planted unusually early this year . The bean crop is also partially affected by the blight . '* ' 'Further south , happily , the prospect is still cheering , and it may be hoped that after all the Mure will be spared in some quarters to , opver the deficiencies elsewhere . Mr . Justico Jackson , in opening the commission for the city of Cork , took occasion to congratulate the Grand Jury on the appearance of the crops , his . Lordship having 1 minutely'examined their condition in the progress of his circuit : f He thought they had a > very fine' _nroBnect- _bfefnra

    tbem ; he thought they hadgreat cause of gratitude to the Giver of all good , and , with regard to the potato , whioh was so important ' an article of consumption'amongst the people ; the prospect was very fine , ' and _,-for the harvest gonerally , ho himself never saw it looking so promising and abundant _, ihe business had been so li ght inthe other counties that they were only five days in Limerick , instead 01 tho usual period of tew b * twelve days -, and in tho ' county of Kerry they 'had scarcely two days work , instead of a week . -With regard to those districts , he certainly : never saw , the harvest look so well , both as regarded the . pptato and groiri : crop » . There was not a symptom of disease in the . potato crop , except . in-orie small region " in the

    neighbourhood of Kenmare , and it was a sourceof verv _' great gratitude—it ought to be a source _oftharikfulnesg _^ . ori the part of all persons , that , with the absence of the potato disease , they had the prospect of being blessed by an abundant _harvost . jf it should be so , he trusted , thoy had seen' the worst' of the severe times' they- had-been passing through , " i Thb Lord Chiof Justice ( Blackburn ) , in nddressing-the county . ; Gran'd Jur y * bore similar testimony : " He should hope that tho prospeot of plenty which was now exhibited , and which-he had ; witnessed during his progress through the' South , would lessen the cause and pretext for the invasion of property , whioh ; he regretted to see , had become so habitual in this and other parts of Ireland . " J - From the North , too _> tho , reports continue satis « factory , and as yet there is no positive instanoe . of the appearance oftho bli ght _threughout tho . whole of Ulster . "• _- < - ' ¦ ¦•

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 27, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27071850/page/6/