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H Health of London During thk Week . —The _> _£ ii ? _i : ih of the inhabitants of London continues as : • : _ - "• = - _-i as it usually is . The deaths last week were So , _SOo , which is more by 31 than were registered in i th previous week , but less than the average , after : r ? excluding the corresponding week of 1849 _. In tbat r-e -peek 2 . 456 persons diei in London , 240 of diarrbtea , id and . 1 , 2 / 2 of cholera . The deaths from cholera last ras _* _e-s . k w re five , from diarrahcea 118 ; of the latter at ; _auuiber 105 were children under the age of la , 4 _h radii ! is under 60 , and 9 old persons past the age of ' . 60 . The _deaths from cholera in the fire preceding c « WceVs , including the last , were 13 , 11 . Ij » . » i _«•« * * > 80 that the disease in the form it usually vis-ted o _Losdon in _August is declining . T «; deaths from is disrrhtea in the same weeks were 104 , 1 SJJW . U » . and USAlthough the _mm-tahty . _fLm _* . » m * 3
» . _ ***> * the average . that * f ** ge ¦ _»^ i _^__ _J it -Meats _«* areelv to be a natural st . te ot tDicgs br _ttatroS ' times 9 K P-g- _«*» _*» _J - ¦ : fcrmiaates in the week , only If pass _u «« e of 0 60 : chat three hundred ad e _.-hteen . end their o cot- ' ™ iu the middle of life , and four hundred and _!« i tbi * : v-two die in their way through childhood to o With . Yet the retarn gives tin * result- _Ouehunr dred and _twentv-nine of the deaths occurred m u pubi _' c institutions , namely 79 iu workhouses , 4 ii < ii _nrish-uy and naval asylums , 39 in hospitals , 4 m n lunatic asylums , 2 in military and naval hospitals , n and 1 in prison . The _propirtion of deaths in public i- _insulations is less thaa it baa _been-, for from a _* ii ear' * - ** ' « tum it waa shown that about 1 in ten ofthe
_i' bi _' _isHitdnts of London died in the workhouses , 1 in I 21 in the hospital- * , 1 ia 551 in pmons , 1 in 102 in i Jen iicasylums ; and that ] in 5 or 6 _^ of the people [ ' di < - in a pnblic institution of some kind or other . i Bv he Greenwich observations the barometer was i lo ' _^ *? -st week ; the wind was west or south-west ; > - _»»•» fell on Wednesday ; on Saturday there was a _i _ftnv _.-dentftrm ; themeantem _' _-eratureoftheair was i 5 ? * i . ?„ through the week , or 3 * 5 deg . below the i _averse . The mean temperature of the Thames i w _*;*? _&' o deg . Tbe air was dry , the dew point having be- ;* 48 des .
Dm suing Braxdt _roa a Wagkb . —On Monday morning , about five , a young man on the establishment nf Mr . Norcke , marble _dealer , of _KingWil-Tunisireet , Cbaring-cross , died , under the following cir-rjinstances : —It appears that the deceased on _Su-. _dsy night agreed with some curananioas , for a _triflmsf wager , to drink a pint < » f brandy and then ¦ Wtoi _^ London-bridge . It is believed that _heaccom-.-iished the wager , and was the < i conveyed home , Where he remained in a state of stupor till the hour _dirvp-mentioned when be died . On Tuesday an _mtros'i " -as held on the body , by Mr . Langham , in the Board r-. om ofthe St . Martin s Workhnnse , when th- ; f ' - 'lowing verdict was returned ;— " Death from apopiasy by drinking an enormous quantity of _hvanuy : " and tbe coroner reprimanded Dry , hoping ths _drttth of his friend would be a caution to him in future .
_P-s & th is a Police Statios . —On Monday an _ino-. v _-t was held by Mr . W . Payne , at the Crown Ts . rr !> " . edcross-streer , Crippiegate , on the body of _Arel-Mse Burrows , aged thirty-six , an undertaker , vibi < _ied in the Moor-lane police-station . The dece ~ -i _>* i , on Saturday last , was locked up in the Bisi _.-tpstate police station , on a charge of stealing a pit ce nf mahogany from the _x remises of Mr . Windsor . Bishop * _, gate-street , where he worked He was taken _'ioMe' _-r-lme station in the course of the evening , wh ?' v '< e became very unwell , and he died on Sunday ab _^ i _t-leven o ' clock . Mr . Simpson , surgeon , said lei--. ' ? no doabt tbe deceased died from natural _CS'Jif s but the precise canse lie could not undertake bo * a '' without an examination of the body . After hearing the police , wh _= se conduct was exemplary , th ? _i-irv ¦ _rttmmed a verdict of " Natural death . "
I _> : r _? MPEKA 3 fcK axd Swcide . —On Sunday afterno-:-., between five and six o ' clock , a party of labourite 3 * 00 aud _timr wives , all more _, or less intoxicated , were _returning from Battersea , where they had been _sprr- _*? hig the _af-erno n , when , off the Houses of _Parliament , a Mrs . Shadbrook , T _*» iding at No . 10 , Queen ' s Head-passage , _Charles-street ; Drury-lane , _ffhr * bad conceived tliat an improper intimacy had taken place between a female of the party and her Bns ' r _.-ind , in a frenzy of _jsalonsy suddenly threw her-Belf _overboard Mr . Shadbrook , though nnable to _swiir ,. ie ' apfd in to save his wife ; the unfortunate woa-ji'i _, however , wh <« was very drunk , was not seen to r'ss _a- _* ain , and her husband was with , difficulty dr ? . C 7 _*? d into the boat . The hody was not _recovered .
Sv ; croE OF a Patiest ix the Lo . vnos Hospital . —0 _* j Tuesday an i _oni _* st was h _** ld at the _London _Hosr-iral , before Mr . W . Baker , jun ., on the body of _Thomas Beckley , aged thirty-nine . The deceased wa _? =. itnited an in-patient of the above institution on ' Sir _3 flth inst ., « , n account of dyspepia , and he lafc ' -n-td under a delusion that he was about to die . 0 _^ Friday , while the patients iu the ward were fcavinr ti > - r dinners , th- deceased tck the opportunity _ocesioued by 'he momentary absence of the nurse , to est < ut of bed and inflicted an extensive vouud in MsihsvMt with a common table knife . An alarm was insT = _* _--f . iy given , and one ofthe pati- nts succeeded in wrc' 5 i _? . _ig the knife out of his hands , on % vhich theunfor : _*; i _.-4 teman _madean attempt to tear the wound
Open with both bis hand-, but he was prevented _accomp _' _-ihing his _purpose hy the timely arrival of the an- - *? f . _who threw him on the be _* J and held his hands unvl the arrival of he _surgeon . The wound was , E _ow- > _T-er . so serous that be died from its effec s on the f _' - _' Iowipg day . Verdict , "Temporaryinsanity . " . S' -= pose » Death of a Miser fhom Starvation . —Op Tuesday _afternonn Mr . W . Baker , jun held an inq-j _?* t at the Swan Tavern , TJpiwr Clapton , on the bone of Benjamin Augustus Wallis , aged fifty , a _senfleniaii of independent property , residing at _Stamford-drove , Upper Cap'on , who . was supposed to _havf- 'died from starvation . The deceased , « ho was _aN _2 gie gentleman , and of very eccentric habits , had _resi- _^ d by himself at No . 4 , Stamford-grove , f _<* r
upward * of twenty years , and although he was possessed of a * , pis means , he kep _: no servant , and never alt' » , v- d any one to nter his house , -vhich was splendiol- furnished He was remarkable for his parsimoaioas habits , aud s » oner than uive a fair price for fbud , - : e has be- n knowu to go without any for days together . He had not been seen about since last Friday ? .- £ fk , ad the parties in 'he adjoining house betT . ; 3-ng alarmed at not hearing or seeing any-hing of hire f > r upwards ofa week , on Saturday evening last _:-n _entrance was effected into the house , by forcing a 3 upper window . On entering they discovered the ; r ceased on the bed , qu ' ne dead The only food fouui in the house was a small quautity of pudding , ana - iried crust , tied up in a handkerchief . The jury _?« _orned a verdict of " Natural death . "
I _n - » T . Accidesi . —Oa Tuesday morning an acciden-. * : _*« curred in High street , Marylebone , by which 3 _yo-ung man , named Soames , a blind maker , residing " : a _Butterfield-str-eet , Pimlico , lost his life . He wa-engaged in taking down an old sun-blind over the _shop window of Mr . Fenn , cheesemonger , when ins _foot slipped , and he fell backwards , his head _coiiiirig in contact with the kerbBtone , which fracture ! ih *? top of his skulL His death was instantaneous , and the body was taken to Marylebone Workhouse , where it awaits an inquest .
_^ rocsaaDEAja _raou _Machlvesv . —An _investigation took place on Wednesday before Mr . Payne , thc City coroner , at Guy ' s Hospital , on the bod v of Wi ' . _ihm King , aged seventeen , who died of lock jaw -un ;; r the following melancholy circumstances . The _^ ei-: _jsed was in the employ of Messrs . Miller , the extensive horse hair and flock manufacturers , in Liur-.--treet , Borough . On Thursday week he was _eni'ft _^ ed in rolling some horse hair , but having put toe 'ituch into the machine , some portion of it got ovo- * the cog wheel , which tho deceased went to get back , when three of bis fingers were pulled in
be * ween the cog 3 ofthe wheel . Having called out lou . _jiy , the engine waJs stopped , and the three fingen were apparently hanging to the hand by a bit _-oftr . in . He was attended by a surgeon until last _Saturday , when it was thought desirable to remove hii _ to the hospital . On Sunday , however , tetanus , or _ir-ck jaw , sec in , of which he died the same night . Since the sad occurrence Messrs . Miller have had the cog wheel covered over to prevent fntnre aeci-• _nenl-s . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental _deria . "
_DsATH fbom Lock Jaw . —On Wednesday night Hr . Langham , deputy coroner , held an inquest at the Plough Tavern , Carey-street , Lincoln ' s-innfields , on the body of Richard Wamot , aged _thirtyseven , a stableman , living at 19 , Shire-lane , who died from lock jaw . About a week since the _dew-ased , who was in a good state of health , receired a puncture in one o ? his toes , through a rusty nail _--enetrating his shoe . The wound festered , and a few days afterwards he went to King ' s College Hospital , where he had it lanced ; the wound healed , but on Monday he was , seized with symptoms of lock jaw , and on the following day he was -removed to the hospital , where he expired . Terdict , " Died from tetanus , produced by a puncture ftosi a rusty nail . "
FiKKS _. —On Sunday a fire broke out , at a quarter past six o ' clock , in the patent desiccating works , 10 , _Os torne-street , Whitechapel . When discovered , the wood casing in the bolting department-, as well as thereof , were found in flames . The engines ofthe London Brigade promptly attended , and thc fire w _ eitingnuhed , but not until considerable damage was done . The second fire occurred in the oil , _colour , and Italian warehouse , belonging to Mr . A . fi . Leather , 229 , High-street , Shadwell . From the feet of the premises being stored with oils , turpentine , gunpowder , and other imflammable articles , a _eericus conflagratioa was expected . The engines of tiie London brigade and West of England Company were remarkably early in arriving , and as soon as the flames were somewhat got under , the powder -was removed into the street , and the fire shortly afterwards msa extinguished , but great damage was done to the stock in trade and premises .
Fas _ixlaaaovsB . —On Wednesday morning ' , about six o ' clock , a very alarming fire broke out on io premises belonging to Messrs . Gray and Son ,
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hydraulic engineers and p lumbers , in Markwithterrace _, _Commercial-road , Limehouse .. . The _momentthe discoverywas made messengers were sent for the engines , but tbey were unablo to obtain the mastery over the flames until the plumbers and eneineers' work shops and stores wero burned out , and some damage done to the counting house . The total loss will amount to somo hundred pounds , but the firm was insured . The cause of the disaster _cou'd not be traced . Robberies at tub Eosios Termisos of the London asd North-Western Railway . —On Tuesday , previous to , and during the time occupied in her Majesty ' s departure , the swell mob were busily engaged in levying contributions on those persons
who had assembled to witness the departure of the royal party . The principal scene of their avocations was on the outside of the gates , where several complained to the police of being minus their purses and handkerchiefs ; and a poor woman who was going to pay an instalment into the County ' . Court had her pocket entirely cut off , with its contents , amounting to two and twenty shillings ; and three _gentlemen lost their watches . But outside the gate was not the only place where these depredations were committed , for , notwithstanding the . precautious taken by tho railway officials , some of the gang appears to have been extremely active even in
immediate proximity with royalty , as one of the clerks belonging to the secretary ' s ofiice was deprived ofa gold watch and chain in the station yard . Two of the gang were captured by the police , who found on one of them a purse containing eleven or twelve sovereigns . New Ragged School at _Houowav . — On _Wednesday the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new Ragged School at Holloway was performed 6 y Mr . H . Pownali . the chairman of the Middlesex magistrates , in the presence of a large number of spectators . The site fixed for the school is in Holloway-lane , Hornsey-road , in the centre of a poor and wretched population .
City of London Registration , of Voters . — Mr . Thomas Young _M'Chrbtie , the revising barrister , has appointed Mondry , _thelfirh of September , on which to commence his _resistration of voters for members to _servein parliament for the City of London . ' _" Extensive _Embbzziemest . —The clearing clerk ofan eminent banking-house absented , himself from busiiess in Lombard-street on _Siiturday morning last when , on examination , his previous day's clearing was found to be £ 5 , 000 deficient .
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SUPEBSTITIOK IN THB NlNBTBESTH CENTURY . — A case came on forbearing last week before the magistrates at the Town-hall , Axbridge , which disclosed the existence ofa superstition which in _these'days is really marvellous . A woman named Hester Cooper summoned Ann Jefferies , the wife of a small larmer , tor assaul _- ingher ; and it appeared from the evidence , " that the complainant having in the neighbourhood ! he reputation of being an old witch , the defendant , who was under the delusion that she hadbeen . bewitched by her , forced ber way into her house , threw her down , severely maltreated her , and with a sharp instrument punctured her hand till the blood fiVwed with sufficient copiousness to enable her to sprinkle her hody with it , as a means of dispelling the charm .
The defendant insisted that the complainant had " overpowered " and " hag-ridden " her , and that she was justified in the course she took to relieve herself of the " hag-spell . " The _magistrates told her if she did not compromise the matter , they would send her to gaol , and an arrangement was come to . ' Execution of _Patbick Forbes at _Newcastle . —Patrick Forbes , who was convicted at the last assizes at _Newcastle for the brutal murder of his wife , " was executed on Saturday morning last . The drop was erected outside the north wall of the gaol , facing Carlisle-street , as'there was a greater space there than in frout of the prison . It was market-day , and ah immense concourse was assembled . A few minutes after eight the mournful procession was seen
emerging from the gaol . Forbes seemed to be suffering great agony , and as he ascended the drop a thrill ot horror ran through the crowd . Howard , the York hangman , officiated . The convict was allowed a few minutes in prayer . The authorities then withdrew , and the signal being given , the drop fell . After banging the usual time the body was cut down , and buried within the walls of the gaol . His statement as to the facts preceding the murder was to the effect that he had been many weeks out of employment , but had got a situation in which he had been one week , and earned 10 d . 6 d . ; tbat he received that amount ; and an additional shilling , which he borrowed from his employer ; that he gave 9 s . to his wife to lay out in provisions forthe family , and kept 2 s 6 d ., with
which be proposed buying leather to _repat the children ' s shoes . The wife , he stated , went oiu on the morning of the day the murder was committed to lay ont the money , a-id some time in the afternoon Mrs . Dees , who , it will be remembered , was au important witness on the trial , came to his house , aud said a person wanted him at a public-house in the nei ghbourh'iod . lie at first refused to go , but ultimately did go , and there he found his wife and a Mrs . Wheatley _drinking together , Dees being _;* lso one of the party ; that the money which he had worked for , and intended for his family , was thus consumed , and that he himself partook of liquor ( rum ) to such an extent as to deprive bim of all knowledge of what tuok place after he got home till be awoke about one
o ' clock in the morning and found his wife dead , when he awoke his son , and gave an alarm , A- illustrating his character , it may be stated that a day or two ago he confessed to a brutal act committed against his daughter . She had been , he said , at a dance at a _pabiic-house , where he had gone to seek lu-r at a late hour , and found her in disreputable company ; he seized her by the neck and shoulders aid dragged her home , and on getting her into the house he threw her down upon the floor and jumped upon her , with the intention of breaking her legs . She was so much injured by his violence as to be laid up in the infirmary for several weeks . She now walks with a halt in consequence of those iujuiks . — _Fubthek _Pabhccxabs . —About live on Saturday
morning the drop and scaffold were fully prepared , the blackness of their hue adding to the gloom of the spectacle . From this time the throng visibly increased , and began take np their positio * s against the railings which surrounded the scaffold . Several applications were made tothe authorities for the office of hangman . Murdock , of Glasgow , the executioner of Mark Sherwood on the Town Moor , of Welch and Mathews at Morpeth , and of Bennison at Edinburgh , about a fortnight ago , being amongst the number , but the remembrance of _ilurdock ' s ; professional incapacity at Morpeth , wisely induced the authorities to reject his offered services ; _hp has been several days in this neighbourhood , and only _disappeared on Howard , of York , being retained for
the occasion . The hangman several times in - ¦ de his appearance on the plat ' orm ; and was received with shouts of derision or di > approbation . This individual is about 74 years of age . The throng thickened very fast after half-past six , and in the course of an hour from that time a vast mass of human beings had congregated . Males seemed to preponderate considerably over females , but we were unable to judge with exactness in what proportion . Jokes , jostling , and loud laughter abounded ; the majority seemed in good humour and high animal spirits , as if they were out for a holiday and a little cheap excitement , which they were determined to enjoy as much as possible . . As eig _^ t o ' clock drew nigh the noise , excitement , and --. houtiug greatlv increased :
As the clock struck eight , shouts aud whistling ar « se , with cries of " Hats off , " succeeded by a hush of expectation , _wbii-b , after a minute or two ; had elapsed , again rose into clamour . Silence was then partially restored by the entrance of R . Dodds , Esq ., sheriff ; R . P . _Phiiopson , Esq ., under sheriff ; and the gaoler . These were immediately _followed by the two clergymen , after which came Patrick Forbes . On reaching the gallows , the hangman was abont to take off the culprit ' s shoes , when the wretched man exclaimed , very emphatically , " You shall 'have nothi g belonging to me . " lie was supported ' np to the _K-affuld . and he was evidently unable to stand _irrhout assistance . Bis hands were clasped—his lips were moving iu prayer . Mr . Betham read the
formularies ot tne ttoimsh church , concluding bj the benediction , and signing the cross ever the culprit . His feet ware then shackled , his handkerchief taken off , and he was lifted upon the drop . The hangman then adjusted the rope , Forbes _apparentl y praying aU the time . Upon the signal being given , the bolt was withdrawn , and a thrill of horror and a suppressed scream ran through the crowd ; bnt , unfortunately _, from some cause or other , Forbes fell parti ) upon , ahd partly under the scaffold . At this , the crowd , who bad not been entirel y quiet during the whole of the awful ceremony , uttered a furious and almost unanimous yell of execration .. He was then again let down-with a jerk , and hastily drawn up , and after a minute , the body of the unfortunate man was lifeless . It remained suspended fpr the usual time , many of the multitude remaining upon the ground , but the greater portion of them appeared to leave immediately that life became extinct ; The
_awkwardmnnner in which the last penally of tiie law was carried out , appears to be accounted for by the great age of the haugnian , combined with a fit of _Hervousness with which he was suddenly seized .. A Woman Killed bt hub Hcsban ' jj . —Mr . Pruin , coroner for the upper division of Gloucestershire , held an inquest on Saturday last on the body of Margaret MihVr , who was killed b y her huBbahd , John Miller on Friday the 23 rd inst , near Gloucester , by a violent blow inflicted bv him upon the woman s breast , over the region _' of the heart ; * The jury first viewed the body , which presented _noiex-SSr T }* . _, [ , vio ! eil <* _« cept over tho breast , where the fatal blow was struck . Theprinci _' n _ wit- ' ness was a young man named Edward Sheran ; who was living with Miller and his wife at the time ofthe fatal qnarreh b haan is a fancy basket and carie _cnairmaker by trade , and had entered ibto an _eDBssfr ment of partnership with % m , They had been at
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Worcester and Cheltenham together , and came to Gloucester oh . the 9 th iust . They remained there nntil Friday , when they agreed to go to Bristol together . They set out for this _pmpose at twelve o ' clock at noon , and . had proceeded with their dogcart about two miles on the road out of Gloucester , when the deceased . and her husband quarrelled , on account of the latter refusing ' to carry a basket . Slteran walked on , and says Mat he heard nothing , but ihat Miller walked back towards his wife , who was loitering behind , and with an oath said he would ' hit her a clout on the head . ' ? In a minute or two after he ( Sheran ) heard Miller oil out to him , " Edward , Edward , " and _running back he found bim stooping over his wife , who was lyina , in the road apparently in a fit .. ' Some men who saw the transaction ran up , and pronounced the woman dead * but Miller could not believe it , arid appeared much
distressed . The men procured a _hundbarrow , and placing the woman upon it , carried her to the Railway Tavern . It was soon _i-erccptible that she was qube dead , and the husband _wasthereupon taken into custody . Sheran said he had always observed Miller -ind his wife tobe upon good and even _affectionate eras with each other . At the station-house Miller sai _' f ' he should hot have hit his wife but that she struck at him with one . of the chairs . The inquest was afterwards adjourned in order to allow time for making a post mortem examination of the body _, _^ ninques * was held on Tuesday last , when Mr . flicks surgeon , who had made apost mortem ' examination ofthe body , proved that death had been caused by disease « f tho heart , acted upon by the blow inflicted by the prisoner , or by some strong excitement . The jury accordingly returned a verdict of ¦ ' Man-8 laushter against-John Miller . "
Poisoning at Padlersbury , —Last week Ann Pell was examined before the county bench at Towcestor , on the _charge of poisoning two of her children , Sarah Ann and Frederick Pell , and committed for trial . Death from falling from a Cliff . —A few days since Mrs . Thoma _*" , a widow , residing at Marcross _, near Bridgend , South Wales , was walking along the edge ofthe cliff , when she accidentally fell oyer and was killed on the spot . The body , when found , presented , a dreadfully mangled appearance .
Pools Savings Bank . —Circumstances attendant on . the decease of the late actuary having xcited suspicions of a defalcation in his accounts , the trustees and managers have instituted _ajrigqrous examination into the state of'tbe affairs generally , during the progress of which inquiry tiie' business of the _» ank is of , course suspended . _ThfrVhas naturally produced a considerable panic , particularly among the depositors ; but we have reason to hope that such alarm , although lint without foundation , may prove io have greatly magnified the actual evil , — Poole Herald . '
Charge of Forgery aoainst a Solicitor . — Oh Monday Mr . II . Blackhurst , solicitor , of Preston , _who . was remanded on the 21 stinst . upon a charge of having f * rged a codicil to the will ot his late wife , was brought up at the Town-hall , Preston , for further examination . —John Thompson , of Hoghton Lane , near Blackburn , deposed to having had a conversation with rs . Blaokhurst a short time _previous to her de _*> th , when she told him that she had left the interest of her landed estate to her husband ; £ 30 " a eai \ td her sister , Mrs . Webster ; and 10 a . a week tq Mary Thompson . She also ' added , that after the payment of a few legacies , her personal estate would goto Glasgow . —Mary Ann Kerr Miller , of Glasgow , said she had been introduced to Mrs . Blackhurst a
few weeks previous to her death . Mrs . Blackhurst told her that she had inherited her property through h « r late husband , who was a Glasgow ' . merchant , and ihat she intended it to go again to Glasgow , to endow a school . She said she ha * * made a will to tbat effect leaving Mr . Blackhmst £ 2 , 000 . Mrs . Blackhurst wished witness to call upon ihe Lord Provost of Glasgow and inform him that her ( Mrs . Blackhurst ' s ) will wa 3 not altered , and requesting him to write to Mr . Noble , her solicitor in Preston , respecting the property in case <> f her death . Witness saw Mr . Forbes , the town clerk of Glasgow , and stated to him all that she bad been _n-quested to state by Mrs . Blackhurst . This wan the whole ' of tbe evidence'for the prosecution . —Mr . Seg « r , barrister , addressed the court f > r the defence , contending that the case was not got up for the purpose of promoting the ends of justice , but . to defeat the cud cil . —The bench then retired , and after a consultation bf about half-an-hour
they returned into c-u * t , when the mayor stated that the magistrates had decided upon sending the case for trial at the assizes . —Mr . Segar applied for the prisoner to be allowed to be at large upon bail , but tbe bench refused the application , and he was committed for . _t'ial at thi * Liverpoolwlnter assizes . The Swinscoe Murder . —Since the conviction of William Chadwick for the murder of Tunnicliff , additional evidence lias been procured of a nature to confirm his statement , that bis wife was the active party in the murder , and that Ann Tunnicliff , her mother , was accessory to it On the 22 nd inst . Ann Chadwick and Ann Tunnicliff were ' again apprehended at the house of Tunnicliff ' s husband , near Burslem . They were taken before B . P . Broade , Esq ., at Stoke police court , the following day , when Mr . _Sheeting , chief police superintendent of tbe Pottery dis rict , applied for a remand . Bail was refused _, and the further investigation ofthe affair will take place at Stafford
In the Berkshire County Court , last ; week , a milliner , nam _^ d Chapman , obtained a verdict against Mr . Stanford , M . P ., for £ 17 lis . 10 d ., for " bows " and " rosettes" used during the election for Reading . _Curk'US Cask affecting A Member of a Benefit _Socikty . A * , a recent meeting of the Iliord Petty Sessions , an information was h aro at the instance of a pers n named William Mumfoid , against the stewards of a Friendly Society at Dagenham , for bavins ' unlawfully expelled him from such society . It appeared ihat the complainant had been a member of thi * club fifteen years , but having at the last annual east beeu seen . to secret a portion of the eatables on his person , he was , at a meeting held on the following
quarterly night , expelled . It was urged , on behalf of the complainant , tha _< the club was not justified by the rule in expelling him , as it was only in the ease of embezzlement of the property of the society tbat that power was given ; and although the complainant might have acted improperly , it did not amount to embezzlement , as the _expense of the feast was not defrayed out of the funds of the society , but by the individual subscriptions of the members . On the other hand , for the defendants , it was contended that the articles provided for the entertainment must be looked upn as belonging to the society , and as it was not denied that the complainant had abstracted a portion of them , he had , within the meaning of the rule , embezzled the property of the club , and they
were therefore justified in expelling him . The decision of the _magistrates was , they did not consider the complainant had , in point of law , been guilty of embezzlement , and must therefore order the defendants to reinstate him . ' . The Mannings and their Victim . —At a sitting of the Gravesend bench of magistrates last week , Mr . Essex , pawnbroker of the town , applied to them for advice under the following circumstances . Mr . Essex stated that a short time before the murder of _Patri' _-k O'Connor by the Mannings , a man who gave the name of Brown , pledged to him a gold watch for £ 2 . Some months after the conviction of the Mannings for the murder , he ( Mr . Essex _J received a letter from a solicitor in London claiming the watdh so
pledged , as the property of the murdered man . Mr . Essex declined giving it up until he should be paid the deposit upon it and interest thereon , at the same time that he admitted that the person pledging it fully , _answered the description of Manning . Mr . £ „ ex then proceeded to state that hehad that morning received a letter from the same solicitor demanding , ou the pat of the administrator to the effects of the late Mr . Patrick O'Connor , ah immediate delivery of the article in question , on the payment to him ofthe £ 2 and the interest . A gentleman present said that the Rev . Mr . O ' Connor , brother to the murdered man , bad admiriia | ered as next of kin , and that the solicitor alluded to by Mr . Essex was , as he believed , law agent in the transaction . The
magistrates advised Mr . Essex to give up the watch , on being weU assured that the party demanding It was duly authorised by the administrator to the late Patrick O'Connor to receive it . In reply to the bench , Mr , Essex said that the value of the watch might be about £ l , and , from what he now knew , he had no doubt that the man who pledged it in his shop was Manning . Mr . Essex , being repaid his deposit and interest , subsequently cave ' the article up to the solicitor claiming it for the administrator . Pbnasob at Wakefield . —On Sunday the town of Wakefield was the scene of the utmost excitement , in consequence of that being the day fixed by the Ecclesiastical Court of Richmond , for ; the performance of penance in the parish church of Wakefield , bv Mr
Joseph JLiorner , senior , corn merchant and miller , a highly esteemed inhabitant of that town . Some months since Miss Femandes , whose brother is lesee ofthe Wakefield Stoke Mills , was receiving the addresses of a respectable merchant of the town , biit the match was rather abruptly broken off , and _MissFernandes went to a distance to reside for a time . Slanderous reports speedily followed upon the announcement of the match being broken off , and amongst others who repeated these rumours whs Mr Horner Upon being called upon for his authority he ' could not or , would not , give it . Consequentl y , a suit was instituted against him in the Richmond . Ecclesiastical Court
, and the judgment was , that b e shouldon Sunday , August 25 _* h , perform penance , in the vestry of Wakefield parish church , andtheve read a recantation of the slander , m terms to be _Stated by Mi > s _Fer-{^ if & L' _Mr-H P : rbein B B _myrespected _m-. _thBrlocality a very lar ge concourse of persons assembled round Mr . Horfler ' residence , and _; forming ma procession , wa _^ _a t 0 the cnurCD ¦ hh M «•»*• . ?«»«» ?* » s begged the sympathisers , whose cheenag _, clapi « u 0 f bands , aridw ' aiviijgof hits , had been unbounded . , t 0 re £ ire ( out 0 f respect to the dav _Notwthsten _ _v that rain was falling heavily ! t ££ sands who > aad _assembled remained _oSe Sp church oft after _thepenaace _wftJSXSl
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_required by thecourt , after which-they _re-fovm' _-d in procession , - aiid returned to Mr . Ilorner s resi - dence . Here a paper was read from a window adjoining his house , _detailing the facts , after which _ matiy cheers were given , and at the earnest _request of Mr . Horner ' s family the crowd dispersed . There was a large bndy of police in attendance to keep order , but no disturbance took place . _SrsTfiiuno Method of Robbing _MbijOiiants . — An extensive and systematic method of warehousemen p lundering tho i importers of grain , ' _djo ., has iust come , to light . through tho instrumen tality ot tin * Liverpool police . Tlie plan is ,. that on-tho corn being delivered froin the ship , a plus weig ht is _concea Od in . the sack placed in tho weighing scale as a _.- _«
oounterweightto the sack ih which the grain ; is contained . ' Thus an overweight is obtained m oacli sack of merchandise ... weighed , and thus , when the _grain is thrown into . bulk , the dishonest warehouseni _* in is' enabled to iibstrkct by calculation , a given number , of sacks , leaving the merchant to whom it was warehoused hia full weig ht of commodity , but , of course / robbing the shipper to ' tho amount abstracted . During the week two warehousemen , . in the service , of Coyas arid Co ., wero brought before the magistrates for this dishonest practice , and also a maii named 'blackburn , who keeps a _warehotise in Fredonck-streot , which , it lias transpired , has been a depot for merchandise obtained by this and other dishonest methods .
_DnEADFoi _Occubhencjj . —On Sunday night two young men , named William and Nathaniel Brown , who reside in ' Gloucester , having spent the day at Stroud , word returning home , ia the evening in a lig ht spring ' cart , accompanied' by thoir mother , stepfather , ' aftd . a , female triend , when Nathaniel , wishing to take the reins from his brother , who was driving , a struggle ensued between them , and the horse stumbling , . ' both ' of them jumped ou . tof the cart . The struggle was thon renewed—blows were struck—both of the ' brothers fell to the ground , and oh , their , vising Willian rushed oh Nathaniel with art open . knife and inflicted upon him three dreadful wounds , one of which , in the abdomen , is pronounced tobe mortal . Withthe assistance of
the stepfather the poor fellow was removed to the nexttoll-jiouse , abu surgical aid was speedily _proeurredi btit _. the . case was found to be hopeless . Tho unfortunate brother who had inflicted the blows was immediately , taken into ' custody ., ' A magistrate afterwards . ' attended : to . take the deposition _, 6 f the dying man , but there appears to bo greatf doubt by which of the brothers the firstblow was struck . DestructivefFmE . —On Monday afternoon , about three o clock , ah extensive and alarming fire broke out at the end of St . John ' .- * Farmyard , adjoining the town of . W : illingfoi _* d , Berks ; and as there was a strong westerly wind blowing at the time , the whole ' of the farm buildings and ricks were in an incredibly short timo in a : blaze . Tho place was nAnH ' nn ' nMn _. A'liajl l \ _Y » m _* l _\ txr # la n , tn _/\ _inhnliilnfltn ml * a _OUim i // _lUrtV / Jlou _WIlHUlMlinB / l
_** J _* UJ _yiU'TMO VI VIIV , _IV' * gazed _^ wjth /' consternation on tho sad scene , while tho flames were raging furiously . By the prompt assistance : of three engines the progress of the destructive element was to some extent arrested ; but hot till the whole of . the farm-buildings and several fricks of _, ' obrn and hay wero entirely consumed ; -When the conflagration was extinguished _nothing . remained in the farmyard but ' a heap of ruin ? , while the rickyard presented a bare spectacle . St . Jonn ' s ' -cottage adjoining , the residence of Mr . William ' , . Shaw . Clarke , also cau ght fire several times , aiid it Was not . extinguished until the dwelling had sustained considerable _damage . The greenhouse and _valu ' able collection of plant 3 and flowers were destroyed . The cause of tho fire , which is
attributed by some to bo tho act of an incendiary , has . not yet been satisfactorily ascertained . The property _destrbied is of a heavy amount , but , fortunately , most of it was insured . A , _Pkovideni Society Defaulter . — James ttickard , ' late collector to the Maldon branch of the Essex Provident Society , who absconded from that town on the 20 th May , owing to a deficiency in his accounts , has g iven himself up to tho authorities , and is now ' safely lodged in gaol . He appears tn havo gone to France , and lived at Boulogne , until his resources became exhausted , when he resolved to return to this eountry and deliver himsolf up . He accordingly came over in a packet on Sunday night week , and on tho following morning he gave himself into the custody of the police , stating that ho'had defrauded the parish of Muldon . He was
conveyed thence the same night , and on Tuesday _raoning a telegraphic message wns sent to Mr . _Bassingwhite , clerk to tho Provident Society at Chelmsford , requesting his attendance , at the examination of tho accused . Itickard was taken before George May , Esq ., one ofthe borough magistrates , charged with embezzlement , and was remanded . Fatal _AcciDBiNT . —An accident of a shocking character occurred on Tuesday in thc neighbourhood of Bristol . A man had been ' engaged to do some work at a hayrick , atBedroinstor , and arriving at the place earlier than the appointed hour , he laid himself down on a limekiln to sleep . A policeman , " who found him , aroused him and warned him of his danger , but the poor fellow , on getting up , becoming g iddy , foil back into the pit and received injuries of which he died .
Discovery oi ? the Bodies of im Two Dots browked at Eastium . —The two brothers , John and Thomas Gerard , who wore drowned on _Sundny week , near Eastham , b y the upsetting of a pleasure boat , particulars of which accident appeared in our columns at tho time , havo been found at last . A man named Parr , chief mate of thc Rival , _Liverpool and Biincorn crait , discovered a body floating off Rock Ferry , while on board his vessel , ' on Saturday last . . Thjj body , which proved to he that of one of the unfortunate lads Gerard , was taken on hoard , and ultimately deposited in the de . idhouse . On the
following day ( Sunday ) the same man picked up the body of tho other brother opposite the snuff mills , _Garston . An inquest was held on the bodies on Monday , at which William Cooper , a seaman , who was on board the boat when she capsized _^ was present . It appeared that he had not the management of the boat , and , further , that ho was not hired , but had embarked , as all on board seem to have done , purely for pleasure , consequently there was no ground for investigating the question of the competence of the man to act as boatman . A verdict of "Accidentally drowned" was recorded .
Thb Bishop of Exeter _ano Mr , _Goujjam . —Although the Bishop of Exeter does not intend taking immediate proceedings _sgainst Mr . Gorhnm , in the Arches C _** urt , it is pretty certain that , before many weeks shall have elapsed , the contest between the two great theological champions will be revived . The Bishop has urged upon the churchwardens of Brompl ' ord Speke , the necessity of informing him of any statement that may be made by Mr . Gorham on the subject of baptism , but , as the testimony of village churchwardens might not be of a very weighty character in a court of law , a short-hand writer iu London has been engaged to attend at Brampford Speke church , with a view to supply a verbatim report of Mr . Gorham _' s sermons , especially those preached by the rev . gentleman on reading himself into the benefice , a ceremony which is expected to take place on the last Sunday in October .
Accident to the Hon . W . 0 . Stanley , M , P . *—A serious accident occurred on the 23 rd inst . to the Hon . W . O . Stanley . As his carriage—containing Lady Sarah Hay Williams , of Bodelwyddan , another Udy , and the hon . gentleman—was proceeding down Su- _mer-hill , the horses suddenly became restive , and the pole broke , so that they became unmanageable , aud ran with great force against the gable end of a house at tbe foot of the hill . Mr . Stanley was thrown out with great violence , and was severely injured by tbe fall . One of the _horses was killed on the spot , and the carriage received much damage . The ladies were both hurt and frightened by tie severe shock Medical aid wa _& at once procured for Stanley , who ii is now Hoped will _progress _lavoura' _-lj towards recovery .
_CONSPJKACV TO _DjJFRAUD AN INSURANCE COMPANY . — George Smith and Mark Cusson , who were remanded by the Liverpool bench on a charge of _conspiracy to defraud the Royal Insurance Company , have been committed for trial . Smith , who carried on _busings as a tailor and draper , at 169 , _St-otlandroadi had insured for £ 800 A lire occurred , and in the declaration which hi * left at the insurance office , he stated the goods destroyed to have been worth dEl , 500 . Mr . Thornely and *< nother master tailor examined the stock ( the fire having been speedilv extinguished ) , and estimated its valuo at only £% 16 s Cas 8 i > n _> the other prisoner , was involved in the charge of tho removal of a box of valuable cloth just _previous to the fire . Confession of a Convict . — On tho 23 d inst ., an inquest was held at Woolwich , on view of tlio _bodies Of two convicts , named Jeremiah Collins and Alexander _Worrall , who died at the convict
establishment ; the former from consumption , and the latter from inflammation of the lungs . Collins was transported for seven years atthe Central Criminal Court , but in consequence of his continued illness , had received a free pardon ; his friends were communicated with , but replied that they wero unable to receive him , and he was therefore suffered to remain at the establishment . _WovralJ _, a mau named Jackson , nnd two other men , wero sentenced to transportation at the Liverpool Assizes for a burglary Jackson waa romovod to the Hebo hulk and during the illness of Warrall on board the hospital ship , he was asked b y Mr . Bl ytb , the
_surgeon if ho would like Jackson to attend on him . Worrall replied he should like to seo him as ho had acted the part of a villain towards him ' As tho deceased several times expressed a wish to see Jackson permission was granted , and a _meeting took place m the presence of Mr . Blyth 2 S ° _lS _£ _ft of th ? _esishS ; S 3 other officers . The deceased then made a stato . E _^ _'f ™> taken _*» n in _wiSgAo th werf S _' _ftrfJL * mt Jack son a _« a tl » e other men E 2 T he also 8 _^«* that after tZ _^ _M bur _S 7 ne we _» t into a publio house , where he saw _Jackson and the other men , wnen a conversation took placo respecting tho roh-Dwy , ml th © men stated thoy should like to haye a
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Bhare of the stolen property * , this assertion , w » s heard by a person present , who was a withess against them at the assizes , The deceased solemnly asserted that these men were entirely Innocent . A representation of the case-will be immediately forwarded to tho proper , authorities . —Rochester Gazette . Tne Go . vrowDEB Magazines at _Wahasby . —The commissioners at Wallasey , in their memorial to Sir G . Grey , have made out a strong case for tho removal of'tliegunpowdermagazinesto Ililbre Island , or some other more remote or isolated district . It appears that the amount of powder kept in deposits by tho various lessees is about 16 , 000 - barrels , or between 700 and 800 tons ; and that on an average ___ . __ . _ .. *! a _« _«< na
tho receipts and deliveries are about 2 , 000 barrels weekly . Traffic in so cxplosivo a commodity has been too long permitted on thc shores ofthe Mersey , and in ' the immediate vicinity of a ' large number of tlie residences and of the summer resort of the _mcrcli'ints of Liverpool and their families , If wo may judge from tho melancholy results of recorded explosions of gunpowder , few persons from Seacombe to the Riiei _* . Per . ch would survive a single accident to the _tii'igiizines at Wallasey ; whilst it is more _thiui _pi-nli-iiile that the shipping and property on tie Liverpool side would suffer materially . We trust , therefore , that after the representations which Imvo been made to government , no delay will tako place in the removal ' of this dangerous store from
tbo banks ofthe river Mersey . Sinco writing the ali ' ore , we have ascertained from _thebest authority that the memorial has been forwarded by Sir G . Grey to tho Board of Ordnance , who have ordered a colonel of engineers to proceed to Liverpool , in order to report on the construction of the buildings , and on the probability of danger from storing there large quantities of gunpowder . ANOTnER Gas Explosion . —A few nights since a young man in tho employ of Messrs . Whettloy- and Roberts , woollendrapers _, of Bastgate-row , Chester , on going into the parlour at the back of . the shop , discovered that there was an escape of gas in tho placo . He procured a light , and found the taps were turned off ; hut being anxious to know from whence it escaped , he mounted- a table and tried ; audio moving the light _along tho sliding pendant ofthe _ciwideliev , the gas ignited and blew him-off
tlie table . As soon as ho could recover himsoly he ran into the cellar , andturned the gas off at the meter . All the injury he received , was in having tho skin burnt off one sido of his face and part of his bait * . By the force ofthe explosion the back and one of the side walls of tho house are separated about two inches from tho building , and the parlour windows shivered to atoms . As accidents of this description are ot common occurrence , persons should observe tho caution , . where there is an escape of gas , of not , under any circumstances , taking a light for the purpose of ascertaining from whence it _proceeds . The only safe course is to turn tho gas off at the main , and throw open the windows and doors , so as to create a through current of air , until tho gas becomes so diluted as to be harm lets . Coal gas , mixed with twelve portions of atmosp heric air only , is one ofthe most explosive agents known .
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Loss op a Cltde Ship and all _nsn CnKW . —On Thursday , the 22 ud inst ., we received intelligence of a vessel , belonging to the Clyde , having gone to pieces on the west-end of tho ' island of Coll . We havo been unable to learn the vessels name , . but the particulars brought to _tr-wn by . a person from the neighbourhood ojf the shipwreck , may be relied on for their accuracy . Early , on Monday morning last , tho vessel , a barque , was observed by several persons on shore driving under a heavy gale towards land . The greatest fears were entertained for her safety , as it appeared that the ship was perfectly unmanageable in the heavy sea running at the time . She ultimately struck on a small island
or rock which iies off the farm ofCrosspoIl , occupied by Mr . _M'Lean . This rook or island is nearly an acre in extent , and is situated about Bixty yards off the mainland , a Strong current running through the narrow channel between them . It appears tbat the unfortunate barque had got into this current , as she struck on the end of the rock at right angles with tho coast . The moment she struck , her masts all went ovcrbosird with the shock , and the vessel almost instantly went down . Eight seamen were observed to lower , and get into a boat _, but they were instantly swamped , and they all met a watery grave—not a soul of those on board were saved . The vessel soon went to pieces , and a large quantity of her cargo and wreck has . buen washed ashore . Her papers have also come ashore , but our informant could not furnish us with the name of the
vessel , nor that of the firm who owned her . Mr . _M'Lww , on whose lands the vessel has been cast away , has taken charge of whatever has conic ashore . The ship appears to have had on board a large qu « ntiry of Manufactured goods , as several bales . of checked , striped , and plain calicoes have como to hand . Thursday uitiht—no notice of the disaster had reached the underwriter ' s room here . It is believed she was outward bound . —> iVort 7 i British Mail . Tub Wbkck of tub Orion . —Our correspondent at the scene of the late fatal shipwreck ofi Portpatrick sends us the following information : — " A body was found at Barneorkrie Bay , near Portlogan yesteruay , aud was . brought to Portpatrick
early this morning , when it was interred in the churchyard . Tlie body was dressed in dark green and blue tartan trousers , with a pair of moleskin _jrousers underneath , flannel shirt , and stripped
Salmon Fisnisos . —Wc have had the Lammas floods , out they don ' t bring up salmon , for salmon there are few or none to bring . The season has been a most unproductive one to our . tacksmen . From whatever cause , there seems to be a general decay of red fish : in our western Scottish rivers . The _Glasgow Courier says : — " A fow weeks will terminate the present salmon fishing season . On the Clyde—once famous for the extent and richness ofits takes—it has been the most unsuccessful one upon record . Since the month of March , when the fishing begins , wo believe there have not been forty salmon killed betwixt Glasgow and the mouth of the river . " Such a fact as that is quite extraordinary . — Dumfries Herald .
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RFrHESKNTATios _. oF Clare . — According to the Limerick Examiner , Mr . Jotm D . Fitzgerald , _Queeu ' s Counsel , is canvassing the electors of the cuumy of Clare Jn antici pation of the resignation of Aiajor Macnamara . Ssmwoms of Imfrovemknt , —The Ennistymon board of guardians , at _theii last meeting , came 10 a resolution to thc effect that half tne number at present receiving relict _shouiu be struck orf , aud that uut-door renef be _totall ) discontinued . The _Sxuoi ) . —The Freeman of Fridsy morning devotes tour mortal columns of small type to tbe
inaugural _proceedings of the Synod , which went off at Thurles the previous day with great pomp and eclat . There is , however , nothing noticeable in the whole _atfoir ; and it may be assumed from the fact of tue special reporters having returned to their respective quarters that the public will he left in the dark for _sunie time to come with regard to the real business iu hand . Indeed , it is now surmised that not so much as the substance of a single resolution will be suflered to transpire uutil the result of thc deliberations shall be laid beforo the Court of Home for the sanction of . the Holy Father .
Death of Mr . _Commissionur Farbkll . —By the death on Itiursday of Mr . R . Farrell , Q . C ., another lucrative ap , ointment , that of Commissioner Of the Insolvent Court , is placed at the disposal of covemment . The salary is £ 1 , 600 per annum . The deceased wa 8 m his 72 d year , and was most painstaking and impartial in the discharge of his heavy and onerous duties . Mr . Farrell was one of the _benchm ot the Queen a Inns to whicb office he was elected five or six years ago . l _™ The _Mavquig of , Waterford has liberally made a considerable reduction of the rents on his _States ai Kewtuwn Limevady , in Ulster .
line , lBNANi LBAQUE .-The council _oUhe Tenant _Leajjue have published the weekly report of their proceedings , including a public _adfe „ 6 ft tl » 2 ject , organising the movement . Theaddvess alludes tothe caution which the council has Sffi 1 as 2 the legality of their proceedings , _»« _£ that alter mature deliberation , they h _„ resolved to take steps ' . ' tor systematically _extending Z , _orino £ E and influence of the Tenant Lv alue bf Eft sittings _^ the council successively : and \\ _iTslS ? _£ inenasot tenant right m each district annrove it od 1 ; _lace l , WiC C 0 UntS _^ - _^ _« _WE 5 _£ _bJtfrftfi _™; r ? Urj cortaitl and _^ _mable at 1-l »! _J her 1 ? ' a 80 urce of _muohamtiety _, at * a momont when _* much _degeuds even upon a few days of . _sunshi- no . Still , however , there has been no previous _impedimen t to harvest operations . iuiu _uuiuwhb
progress has been , made in tho saving of the crops , v _. _uioh , taken in the aggregate , _mouiue abundance of food . We sTall probSly _l _» ,. ° v !; , / v . eatandflour t 0 some extent , bit we aro likely to havo a very largo surplus of our _solond _. id oat crop for exportation . Our _oworts & _^ "er are now very extensive . The U » t _aSffi of the potato , from the county of E , _^
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favourable as they had been . It is stated thafc the blight is extending , although _Blowly , and 89 yet to no serious amount amongst the tubers ; and apprehensions are expressed that , the disease mig ht become formidable with ariy continuance of cold and damp weather : There tiro some few bad accounts amongst the reports received , to-day ;* but even still I can see no ground whatever for apprehension as to the safety of tho bulk of the crop . _Jfc is a very good sign that Indian coin is not much looked after in tho markets . The potatoes now in _Prt _*« _A . _** . \ _-w <\ _Kto . * _a « 4 V .. * .. ¦ __ - _ 1 ** j _ \ _. _*»
consumption are as fine in quality as in any year within my recollection . _. The Lord Lieutenant .. — 'It is now generally understood that the Lord Lieutenant will-leave Dublin for tho north on Monday the Oth of the ensuing month , for Crom Castle , the seat of the Earl of Erne , when itis expected that he will procced to the Giant ' s Causewny , and to the residence of the Marquis of Londonderry , near Glenarm . His arrival in Belfast is expected to take place on the 12 th .
The Cuffe-street Savings Bask . — On Saturday the Lord Mayor presided at si meeting of the depositors of . tho Cuffee street Savings Bank , when it was resolved that such p _? rties as had speculated on the wants of tire poor depositors , by purchasing their bank books at a low rate , should only be paid in proportion ' to the sums which they had thus given . The Lord Mayor said he knew an instance where a pass-book representing * £ 50 was purchased for £ 2 . ( Bear . ) Now , he would give notice to the purchaser of that paBS-book that till he should receive from the fund would be £ 1 , with legal interest thereon , to be computed from the timo of the purchase : (" Hear , hear , " and cheers . ) The balance would bo given to the original depositor , if alive , or to ¦ his heirs , in tho event of his having ceased to exist _.
Anotiier Eviction . —Tho Nenagh Guardian states thatthe sub-sheriff proceeded with a party of police , on the 15 th inst ., to the lands of Clououlty , in Tipperary , and evicted forty persons for non-payment of rent . A Barbarous _Muruer was committed last week in Clare , tho victim being the wife of a labouring man of the most wretched class . During her husband ' s _abi-cnce in search of work she was brutally murdered with a hatchet by a man named Quinbrian , whom she recovered sufficient _sticngth-to identify in thc presence of several persons before expiring . The Hkbriko Fishery . —Thc Galway fishermen have been favoured with several alranunnt takes of herrings of late . On Saturday morning last the boats returned so laden with fish after the night , that the herrings were sold for five shillmgs a thousand .
Progress of Emigration . —At no ' period did the tide of emigration run higher than at thc present moment . Considering the vast decrease of the population from that and other causes during the last five years , it is really wonderful to sec such numbers departing day by day from all parts of the country . Waterford is the chief port lesorted to by the emigrant ? from the counties of Waterford , Limerick , Wexford , and Tipperary . The steamers between that ' city and Liverpool arc almost daily crowded , and a considerable portion of the emigrants are of tho better class of farmers from the county of Wexford , where the rural population have been remarkable for their peaceable and industrious habits . From Dublin great numbers are still _taking their departure for . America , chiefly farmers from the midland counties . From King ' s County and Westmeath . many farmers'having ahandoned
their holdings and sold off their crops and effects , have left the country , in order to avoid eviction or legal proceedings for the enforcement of rent . In the northern counties , also , emigration proceeds upon a large scale . Last week , a vessel , bound ior Philadelphia , sailed from Londonderry , fully freighted with passengers chiefly of the farming class ; In that part of thc north there are numerous instances of comfortable farmers disposing of tho tenant-right in their holdings and proceeding to America . One remarkable case was mentioned , where two persons holding a farm on a joint lease , being allowed by their landlord to sell out to the best advantage obtained £ 350 / or their interest , besides the amount of a fair valuation for their crops . Many of the northern emigrants have determined to settle as farmers in Canada , but thc greater portion of the Irish emigrants direct their course to the United States .
_Ciiop-pjxsder i . v the South , —The Cork Constitution of Saturday thus reports progress : — " Tho crop-carriers are taking advantage of tbe legislative license . The first case of tho kind we have as yet heard of in this county occurred on Sunday last near Macroom . The tenant ofthe lands of Droumharra took it into his head ( tenants _now-a-days aro prone to that way of thinking ) that the price of his hay would fit better in his pocket than in that ofthe man who hud unwisely trusted him with his land . Accordingly he set to , and with the assistance of right ready auxiliaries , who probably worked the harder inasmuch as they might themselves stand in
need of a reciprocation ofthe favour , cleared tho fields of the crop , wheeled it away and sold it . For the carrying it off a considerable number of cars wero willingl y furnished by obliging friends , who , we dare say , were thus learning a lesson which they will put in practice for their own special benefit byand-bye . On the same day on which he carried and S"ld . his hay , he cut some of his oats , which he housed and holds against the landlord . To morrow he proposes , we understand , to cut and house tho remainder . A convenient opportunity nil ) of course be seized for turning it into cash as well as the hay . "
The question of rents as compared with usury in money is thus pitbly expounded in the Freeman s Journal . _^ Land ( says thc Freeman ) is the landlords ' capital , just as . bullion , or its representative , is the capital of the " aristocrat" of Lombard-street ; _arld when the law prohibits the Lombard-street aristocrats from receiving more than a given percentage rent for the use of his bullion lest a higher " rent " would bring social injury on the land aristocrats who hire h , it certainl y is most reasonable to extend that principle of law , " and say to the land aristocrats , "We have protected you from the usurious gripings of the Lombard-street Jews , and we will protect thc lives and fortunes of the occupiers _^ from usury , in turn . " There is , besides , this difference in favour ofthe interference with land usury—that land usury brings death on thousands and tens of thousands , and misery on millions , while money usury could only bring penury on a few thriftless vagabonds .
Repeal Association . —The usual weekly meeting of this body was held on Monday in Conciliation Hall . Mr . James G . White presided . The attendance was miserably small . Mr . John O'Connell announced tho rent for the week to by £ 6 Cs . 2 d . Donktorook Fair . —This celebrated fair commenced on Monday , and on no occasion , for many years , did the green of Donnybrook exhibit such a display of tents , standings , and show booths . A most gratifying feature was observable in the show of sheep , which greatly excelled anything of the kind exhibited at former fairs—the greater part being remarkable for decided ' improvement in breeding , and cleanliness of condition . Mountain sheep from Wicklow formed the principal portion of the stock .
The _Catuoiic Synod . —It is expected that if the Synod now sitting at Thurles comes to any decision on questions of much general interest , the result will bo intimated to the public . This is , however , by no means certain , and , as yet , conjecture is perfectly silent on the course of the proceedings . Out-door relief has been discontinued in all the unions of the County of Clare . Three "flash" members of tbe London swell mob , calling themselves William Saunders , John Johnston , and George Edwards , have been committed for trial for somo depredations committed immediately after their , arrival here , on the usual autumn excursion to Ireland . The complaint of a want of sufficient labourers to save the harvest , is now becoming very general throughout Ireland . Labourers cannot be procured in some districts of tho country for any wages .
Dublin , August 28 . —A scene waa enacted on Tuesday at the meeting of the Dublin _Corporation which exceeded in violence and excitement even tho extraordinary exhibitions made by that body a few months ago . It appears ihat one of those * who then took a leading part in the election of a ascudo lord mayor in opposition tftMr . Reynolds was Alderman Rootey , who has since that time oocupied a very unenviable position in poiut of popularity . At some recent ward meetings the Lord Mayor ( Air . Reynolds ) took occasion to comment in severe terms , on the conduct of Alderman Rooncy , on the oooaBion referred to ; and , as far as the public could i judge , the worth y alderman intended by bis _cobiM _** j on Tuesday to show how much ho resented tha ! language directed against him by the Lord Mayor , i In the course of the proceedings he accordingly ad . * ! dressed the chair offensively , and refused to retract i his expressions until he wa ' s entreated to do so by
a junior member in the name of tbo council . _< During tho confusion that took p laco the adjourn * •* mont of the meeting was moved , and tho following i scene then ensued :- Lord Mayor * . I give him _notice t now tbat when I preside next over a meeting « 3 this body 1 shall take good caro to assert my » u * ' thority by all the power that my position can ess 1 erciso _, nnd by throwing myself on the support oj t the council ; and if Alderman Rooney , or any otw t t , member of the council , on my declaring hiai to do . 0 ( in reason ) out of order , shall refuso to submit w it the chair , I shall bo oompelled to havo recourse W it a proceeding which I should much rather avoid , 1 i , never in the course of my lifo received from ?' member ot this council , a more gratuitous , aud . Hj A my judgment , unprovoked insult than I rweive < j _« : to-day . I thank the majority of tho _counww for tot countenancing it , and I trust that for 1 ' % future order will bo preserved here , and ths * the Lord Mayor will not be insulted in his obsu * with impunity . The council la uow dissolved * " _^ - ?
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 31, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_31081850/page/6/
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