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_ ,- raqmBis . Xaxal Acotokst is ihb South Wkstebh Railway Tkhhtsus . —Before Mr W . Payne , at St Thomas ' s Hospital , on the body ofCharlea Knight , aged nineteen , employed on the South Western Railway . George Carpenter said that on Satnrday afternoon last , ha was at work with the deceased at the South Western Railway Terminus , Nine Elms , shifting the bodies of some carriages . The body of a second-class carriage was upon tressels , but was not sufficiently high to get a little machine under it with
which it waste be removed . The deceased got under it to raise it by means of a " wrewjack , " when the tressels or supporters gave way , and the carriage , with almost its whole weight , fell on hislheadasd shoulders . He was immediately carried to the hospital , where the surgeon said that the deceased died about half an hour after his admission , ftom fracture of the skull and laceration of the brain . Several other witnesses were examined , but none of them could tell from what cause the tressels gave way . Verdict , " Accidentaldeath . "
Suicide is ihs Miulbakk . Prisos . —On Tuesday by Mr Bedford , at the Millbank prison , on the body of T . Parry , aged 24 , a prisoner therein , who committed siilf-destruction . The deceased , who was by trade a plasterer , was convicted at the Liverpool Sessions , on the 15 th of March last , of stealing a aheet . and sentenced to seven sears ' transportation He was received into the above prison on the 6 th instam \ and placed in separate confinement , during which time he appeared in good health , but excessively dulland desponding . He was seen as usual toy toe warder , on retirimjto rest , at nine o ' clock on Sunday night last , and on hfe unlocking the cell at twenty minutes past sis o ' clock On Monday morning , ha discovered the deceased suspended by jhis pocket and neckerchief tied together , and fastened to the gaspipei between the cell door . He was cut down immediately , and Mr Davey , the resident surgeon jas promptly in attendance , who pronounced life to have been extinct more than two hours . Verdict "Temporary insanity . " '
MbusdholtDbmh isaBaih . —On Tuesday , by Mr jr . Payne , at the Queen ' s Arms Tavern St Martin ' s-legrand , on the body of James Unwin , a « ed twenty . an apprentice to Mr Child , surgeon , of Forestreet , Finsbury . The deceased not being able to iwim , and having been [ advised to learn that art , went aboutthree o ' clock on Monday afternoon last to the baths in Bath-street , Newgate-street Oa being shown the cold plunging bath heinquired the depth ! and was told five feet ten inches in the centre , and lie stated he should commence a quarter ' s aubscrin . lion . He was left alone , and in about twelve minutes afterwards , on the assistant returning to the bath he could notsee the deceased , but observed foam on the water at the end of the bath ; being an unusual thing he went to the spot , aud saw the deceased lying his back at the bottom
on of the bath . An alarm was raised , and the body was got out immediately Medical aid was sent for and quickly attended , and Bsedthevvions methods to restore animation but without effect , life being quite extinct . It was the opinion of the medical man that he died of apoplexy induced by the coldness of the bath , and not from drowning . Verdict , "Died from apoplexy , induced by cold bathing , " and thejnry recommended thatfor the future when a singla person is bathing the assistant remain in view of ths bath . Fatal Acctdbst os the Nobih-Westebk Rao-WAT .-On Tuesday by Mr Mills , at the University Hospital , on the body of Henry Harman , aged thirty , a servant in the employ of the North Weaten ^ Railway Company . The deceasedon
Sa-, turday morning last , was in the act of taking the tand lamp off a train that had just arrived from JSugby at Euston-square , bat instead of standing en the 3 teps of the carriage to unhitch the lamp he ventured upon the line , when another train , from Aylesoury , backed in , and before the deceased could get ontof the way , he was crushed by the buffers of each train pressing against hisback and stomach , lie was extricated as soon as possible , and removed to the above hospital , where he shortly afterwards expired from the effects of the injuries received . The deceased had been in the employ of the company only a few months , and one of the witnesses stated that he was so thoughtless that he had had two or three norrow escapes before losing his life
. Verdict , " Accidental deattt . " " As Uhjaidbu . Mother . —Before Mr Wakley , at the Middleton Arms , Canonbury-square , Islington , On the body of Emma Gobey . Sarah Stone said , that abont five weeks since the mother of the child , whom she did not know , called oa witneis and left the deceased with her , agreeingat the time that she would give da . per week for bringing it up . The mother called twice tosee the child after she left it , but had not been to witness ' s for nearly a month . She did all she could for deceased , but on Thursday morning it was taken ill , and died at four o ' clock the same I v J internal delations . Witness had two otter children to nurse , one was her own daughter ' s Child . Verdict , "Naturaldeath . "
Dsibhjoxbd Solemn . —On Wednesday . information was received at the CoronerVoffice , Westminster , of the death of Mr William Kendrick , aged 46 , residing at No . 4 , Upper Rauelagh-street , Belgrave-square . £ ha deceased was a married man , and well known in the sporting circles , but having lost largely at the Newmarket Spring Meetiug , which he had been unable to settb , he had been in a very low and deeponding state for several days past , and on Wednesday morning after taking breakfast , he went into his bed-room to dress , and shortly afterwards his wife Bearing a heavy fallin his room went te ascertain the cause , and on entering discovered the deceased lying on the floor with his head nearly severed from his » pdy , and a rasor covered with blood lying by bis fiu 6 *
Supposed Suicide erom a Bsivscn Dbead of Fire . —On Wednesday Mr W . Payne held an adjourned inquest at the Newcastle Tavern , St Maryat-hill , on the body of Mra Charlotte Conor , aged 54 , widow , lately residing at No . 2 , Redcros 3-street , . Borough , who is supposed to have committed suicide under the following circumstances . The evidence proved that the deceased , who was in the receipt of asrnaU annuity , had for some time past exhibited a wit of wandering in her mind , and laboured under file delusion that her neighbours would destroy her bj gunpowder , besides whichshe had a most insnrmr .
able dread of fire . She would frequently go and wander the streets inorder to avoid the parties whom the fancied contemplated her destruction ; yet , on the contrary , she experienced the utmost kindness from all the neighboun , and , in fact , every one who Knew ner . On Monday week she went out in the evening , and netting more was heard of her until the following morning , abont five o ' clock , when she was found floating in the water , at thefootofBillingsgate ^ taira , the supposition being that she had either alien or in a paroxysm of excitement rushed into the water , bnt , in the absence of more conclusive testimony , a verdict of "Found drowned" was recorded .
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_ Public Gisdusidh . —Workmen are busily engaged in placing up poles and other erections for the performanceof gymnasticexercises ona similar plan and scale adopted at many of our barracks , in Victoria Park , on the margin of the ornamented waters near the entrance from Bethnal-green . The two cricketgrounds , which have now been open fur some weeks , are the daily resort of numerous persons for indulgence in that game , by whom the greatest propriety is observed . Viscount Morpetb , M . P ., to whom the public is indebted for these additions to the park , was amongst the visitors last Sunday . Foheiqx Grain . —Thirty-seven vessels arrived in
&e _ river Thames on Monday , from ports in Europe , which , with the exception of one or two that had otter kinds of provisions on board , were entirely laden with grain , the produce of Mecklenburg , Prussia , Denmark , Sweden , Hanover , Oldenburg , Norway , and Russia , respectively . The greater proportion of them _ were from Denmark and the Hanoverian dominions , only one arrival being from Russia . In addition to the above , the American Eagle , packet ship , arrived on the same day from New York , bringing 26 casks , 13 t ierces , and 230 barrels of bean ? , 2 , f 74 bags of corn , 1 , 261 bags , and 9 , 100 bushels of oate , 329 packages of flour , 164 of corn meal 200 of rice , and various otter artioles .
Health op ihs Metropolis . —The number of deaths registered last week was 987 ) namely , males , 4 S 6 ; females , 501 ; being an excess of 73 , or about 11 per cent , over the ordinary Spring averages . This excess , however , is wholly assignable to the class of sporadic diseases , the zymotic ( or epidemic , endemic , and contagious ) class of diseases beins below the average . This is attributable to the loroess of temperature prevailing during the past week , which , while favourable to the development of the former , ia unfavourable to the latter . The number of deaths
by typhus were 3 i—average of five springs , 34 . The number of births registered last week were—males 653 ; females , 607 ; total , 1 , 259 . The Mowingis from toe return of meteorological observations taken attoeRoyal Observatory , Greenwich , for week ending May 8 : —Barometer , mean height , 29 . 584 ; thermometer , highest , 62 . 5 ; lowest , 37 . 7 ; mean , 49 . 1 ; direction of the wind variable , but generally S ., with a maximum pressure of 81 bs . on the Bquare foot ; mean , amount of cloud , 8 . 2 ; Bum of rain , 0 . S 4 inch .
Ths SummBLD Ncbascb . —In consequence of theSmithfield drovers commonly using the streets and thoroughfares of the adjacent parish of St Sepulchre , Middlesex , to separata the nocks that become intermixed in their egress from the market , to the great annoyance of the inhabitants and the serious injury of their trade and property , notices were compelled to be issued warning them that all beasts thus found would for the future be impounded for the penalties incurred .
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Goo » News for the "Bora !"—A vesselhasjust 3 ? < £ n L ° ° n from CWnaj ta ™* on b 0 " " ** JSwAssEA . ~ InSwanseaMr Vivian fe all-powerful . Xhroughout the tributary boroughs the liberal party holds the predominance , so that it would be abaoutely futile to attempt to out Mr Vivian .
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isnglanft , TOBKSHWB . . Bradford-Factort Grcu .-The committee for TO& ^ tt'ttMSSK ine houses . Should ' the trial prove suecp . sfol others ^ fiLS $ epai [ : The h T ouse is « tuated in Timblestreet , Thornton-road . It cmsisfc of four cottages , two in front and two at the back , thrown into one , and thus forming a comfortable and compact dwelling for the purpose intended . The situation is extremely healthy . Mrs Richardson , a widow , has been appwnted to be the matron of the establishment , the terms for lodging are Is . a week . The beds , oedsteads , and clothing , are all new and good . At the worst and dirtiest lodging-houses in the town 13 . 6 d . a week is charged for . lodging these girls , and the committee in thus charring onlv la . a w «* fc fin >
clean , comfortable , and first-rate lodging , are determined to offer a strong inducement to the girls to change their present squalid and immoral abodes . There are already beds fitted up for 20 persons ; the house is capable of lodging 30 eirls . There are three pleasant sitting-rooms , capable of accoraodatmg ten persons each . The house has been read ; about a week , but as yet there is only one lodger , and every endeavour \ a& been used to induce her not to go . It is said that the lowest lodging house keepers are trying every artifice to cause the plan to be unsuccessful , as they well know that if it succeeds their occupation will be gone . The committee intend « hen a sufficient number of lodgers have been oV tained . to find them with sood meat dinners at a OO 9 t not exceeding what the factory girls give for tea and coffee slops , on which they principally live
HUDDEREFIBLD . UratANITT AND THE GrBAT UNPAID . — MeSSlS Bower and Robinson , of Marsden , were summoned by Mr Bates , sub-inspector , tor breaches of the Factories' Regulation Act . The first charge against them was for employing a child under ten years of ase , named William Morsden , from the 19 th to the 22 nd ult ., without having his name entered oh the resistor of workers . This being admitted , the mitigated penalty of 20 s and costs was inflicted . A second charge was bronchi againstthe parties for not baving a surgeon ' s certificate for the same child , which was also admitted and a similar penalty inflicted . A third charge against them was that they had worked the same child both morning and afternoon of the same day . Mr Bates said this was the most glariner and scandalous case he had ever heard in the whole of his thirteen years' experience This child had
been worked full time for twenty-eight consecutive days , having worked at one " billy" in the fore part of the day , and at another in the after part . The magistrates coinciding in opinion with the inspector , convicted the defendants in the full penalty of £ 3 and costs . A fourth charge was for not schooling the same boy , and a fine of 20 s and costs wa 3 Inflicted . The father of the lad , John Marsden , was then brought up for suffering and allowing his child to work both parts of the day . and also for not sending the boy to school ; some doubt arising in the minds of themaeistrates as to the meaning of the wording of the 38 th and 39 th clauses : "Any parent who receives direct benefit from the wages of any young person , &c . " But it being proved that th <* father had ' never received any benefit , —the lad although worked twenty-eight days had never received a penny for wages—the magistrates therefore dismissed the father .
UXCA 8 H 7 BE . Wwan . —Alarming Fire . —Last week an alarming fire broke out on the premises of Mr John Riddlesworth , bobbin-turner , Queen-street which , in the course of an hour , entirely destroyed the enginehouse , rooms for drying timber , and the wboleof the machinery and buildings known as the bobbing-turn ing manufactory . _ The fire originated in the dryingroom , which was immediately over the boiler-house , and it is supposed to have been caused by the flames from a damaged part of one of the flues communicating to the timber above . Liverpool . —Emigration . —Dunne the past week the influx of Irishinto this port has been as follows : — Monday , 1 , 035 ; Tuesday , 677 ; Wednesday , 825 ; Thursday , 1 , 105 ; Friday , 1 , 010 ; Saturday , 667 ; Sunday , 2 , 445 . Total , in seven days , 7 , 764 .
MANCHESTER . Extraordinary Railwat Accident . —A dreadful accident happened on Wednesday morning , between twelve and one o ' clock , at Patricroft , owing to the insane folly of a passenger . The express train from Preston was at that timeceming in , when one of the second-clas 3 passengers , an Irishman , put his head out of the window , probably with a view to ascertain what point the train had reached . In so doing his hat fell off , and though the train was then going at its ordinary speed , perhaps about thirty miles an hour , the unthinking Irishman immediately opened the door of the carriage and jumped out to * recover his lost head covering . The madness was at once
visible . The man fell , his head came violently in contact with some stones , his skull was dreadfully fractured , and his brains scattered on the ground . The dead body was carried away by James Barlow , police constable , and others ; and according to the officer ' s statement , the head and face of the man were so hideously mangled , that he could not tell whether the unfortunate victim of almost inconceivable rashness was young or old . In the pockets of the deceased there were found 44 2 s . and a silver watch , as well as a piece of paper showing that the watch had been recently repaired at Wigan , from which it is inferred that the man came from that town .
Fire at the Macktosh Waterproof Fabric Manufactory . —About twenty-five minutes to five o ' clock on Sunday morning , the policeman who was on duty in Cambridge-street , discovered a fire proceeding from the lower part of the cellar of Messrs Macintosh and Co . 's waterproof fabric works in that street . Intimation ef this fact was conveyed by him to the station ; and Mr T . Rose , accompanied by his father , the whole of the fire brigade , and four engines , at once proceeded to the works . On arriving there , it was found that the India rubber stored in a vault oommnnicating with the cellar was on fire , and that several of the men in the employ of Messrs
Maokintosh and Co . had attached a pipe to their own forcepump , and were pouring water on the flames ' . Two engines were speedily geared and got into play , and , after three-quarters of an hour ' s exertion , the fire was completely extinguished , without having extended beyond the vault . The damage , it ib supposed , will amount to about £ 150 or £ 200 . The overflow of the Wedlock is said to have been the cause of this fire . The water , having forced its way into the lowest part of the premises , came into contact with some chemical substance or liquid used in the pre . paration of the waterproof fabrics , causing ignition , and the flames spread to the India rubber , of which several tons were in the vault ,
A Serious Flood occurred at Manchester on Sunday last , on the banks of the river Medlock . Owing to heavy falls of raia both the Irwell and the Medlock were much swollen on the morning of that day , bnt not more than they have frequently been without much mischief resulting . Owing to a quantity of timber being floated down the Medlock , however , against some flood gates , they were partially stopped up , and the water overflowed the banks into a part of the town chiefly inhabited by the poor Irish , called Little Ireland . The houses were in a short ; time from four to five feet deep in water . Some boats were taken to the spot by the police , and the inhabitants were all saved , buta good deal of their property was floated off or destroyed . Messrs Birleys' mac * Irintosb . mill was also much damaged . It is said they will suffer to the amount of £ 2 , 000 . In a few hours the timber which blocked up the river being removed the water was drained from the houses , but they are yet in a very unfit state for habitation .
STAFFORDSHIRE . Sxrboglb for Work . —A riot of a most Berious character has taken place at Walsall , which from the numbers and determination of the persons concerned in it , gave rise to serious feara for the safety of the town . The disturbance had its origin in the great numbers of Irishmen who have located there , working , it is alleged , for less wages than the ordinary labourers . The consequence was , that the labourers employed about the numerouscollieriea and railways felt aggrieved , and with them the miners made common cause in an attempt to drive the poor Irishmen , with their wives and families , from the town . Monday is generally kept as a holiday by the miners , and accordingly large bodies of them , to the number of about 900 or 1 , 000 , met in various parts of the town . As the forenoon advanced they armed themselves with bludgeons , and as if by preconcerted
arrangement , proceeded to all the new buildings in I course ef erection , to > fhe collieries , furnaces , brick-1 yards , and railways , driving away every Irishman employed upon them . On returning to tewm they increased to between 1 , 500 and l , 800 , and then passed along the streets threatening violence to all who would oppose them . The police could do nothing , as the force numbered only nine men , under chief constable Rolfe . As night came on affairs were becemingmore threatening , and the mayor and some of the magistrates endeavoured to induce the starving people to disperse , but they were not listened to . There is reason to believe that this is but one of a series of outbreaks contemplated in the mining district of South Staffordshire , as at Wolverhampton a d , at Bilston the last few daja , similar proceedings , although of a less violent aad extensive character , have taken place . Great excitement exists in the whole of the district .
HOTHKOHAMSHIRE . JuS ?" I ? NonHOHut-Tue stagnation in trade ? w Hh p / lce M ? P ™ v }? lon . nave induced a dis . turbed state of public feeling which has not been equaUed for many years past . At half-past four in the alternoon . of Monday , alarge concourse assembled in the market-place , to listen to addresses commenting npon the great distress the -working classes are suffering under . On the meeting separating a number of individuals attached themselves to a . waggon which had served as a platform , and , followed by a Isurge wV , drew \ k % \^ k tagii ( ho strata
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entering every baker ' s shop , provision warehouse , and . respectable tradesman ' s dwelling , soliciting bread , food , and money . Three men were in the waggon , whe , as loaves of bread were given , deposited them in the waggon , till it was more than half filled . Th » vAwtomivery much terrified the shopkeepers and the inhabitants generally . The men did not enforce , but asked for bread , consequently the police did not interfere , but the magistrates assembled at the police-office , and took ore * cautisnary steps in case of any violation of the public peace . Some fears were entertained of an outbreak late in the evening , but , happily , none occurred . . LEICESTERSHIRE .
Suicidb mrough Fbab . —An inquest was held on Saturday last , before Mr J . Gregory , coroner for the southern division of Leicestershire , on view of the body of William Moore , who came by his death under the following circumstances . The deceased was a young man , carrying on business at Gilmorton , near Lutterwortb . On Monday a summons was served upon him , requiring him to attend at the Tewn-hall , Lutterworth , on Thursday , and answer to a charge of assault preferred against him by John Cooke . After the service of the summons the deceased became excited , and expressed his determination not to appear , "he would sooner shoot himself first ! " No notice was taken of this observation at the time , but it was afterwards ascertained that the deceased had borrowed a gun at one place , some percussion caps at another , and powder and shot at a third . Having secreted these articles in his sleeping room , the
deceased left home , and passed the principal part of his tirae * t the public-houses , drinking to excess , up to Wednesday night , when he returned home anil went to bed . Abouteiebt o ' clock on Thursday morning be arose , shortly afterwhioh Mrs Moore was alarmed at hearing the report of a gun . She immediately proceeded up stairs , and was there horror-struck at finding her husband extended on the floor , weltering in blood , Medical assistance was obtained as quickly as possible , when it was found that the contents of the gun had entered at the left side and passed out at the right , a little below the shoulder , inflicting two frightfully lacerated and extensive wounda , and exposing the lungs . Notwithstanding these injuries the deceased survived until one o ' clock in the afternoonof the following day . The jury returned a verdict , "That the . deceased destroyed himself whilst labouring under an attack of temporary insanity . "
SUFFOLK . -. . , i . More Poisoning . —A family of the name of Rowse was very nearly poisoned in Bury St Edmund ' s , from partaking of bread which was . afterwards found to contain arsenic . The bread , it appears , was baked in the house , partly by the mother and partly by the daughter , but how the arsenic was introduced has not been ascertained . Luckily a surgeon was called in in time to save the sufferers , who , however , are still labouring under the effects of the poison . Ipswich . —Elizabeth Jager , a [ German minstrel , about fifteen years of age , died on Monday last from the effect of a blow inflicted with a stick by a man named Barker . The unfortunate girl had met him at the Rainbow public-house , at St Matthew ' s . on the in
night question , and . he afterwards accompanied her to her lodgings in a place called St Margaret ' s Ditches . On their way Barker took from her a stick which supported her instrument when being played , and on reaching the lodging she attempted to snatch it from him , when be raised it with the power of both his hapds and dealt a severe blow on the face of the poer girl , from the effects of which she shortly . afterwards expired . He was immediately arrested , and taken before the coroner and jury on the following day , and at the close of the proceedings was removed to the borough gaol . The next day when the jury met , the police intimated to the coroner that the prisoner had made bis escape . Early that morning he bad been taken into what is termed the airing
yard , and directly the turnkey had turned his baek he scaled .. the wall of the yard and dropped info the prison garden . There he obtained a pair of steps which enabled him to reach the top of the outer wall , and then jumped to the ground , a depth of 18 feet . Here he met with a female , at whom he shoefc hia nst , and threatened her injury if she made any alarm —he then made off . The escape of so notorious a character created much indignation amongst- the jury , who expressed an opinion that the gaol authorities had been guilty of the most culpable neglect . The inquest was resumed , and a verdict of wilful murder was recorded against George Barker , and the coroner issued his warrant for the apprehension and commital of Barker to the county gaol . Since the
above was written , it has been satisfactorily ascertained that the prisoner is again in custody . - ESSBX . ' . Murder and Highway Robbbry . — An inquiry has been held at the union-workhouse , Rochford town , before Mr W . Codd , touching the death of a labourer named John Terry , aged 75 , who was brutally attacked and plundered by a highway robber known by the name of James Willsmore . It appeared that the attack was made about eleven o ' clock in the morning of the 30 th ult ., in a bye lane between Rochford and Ganewdon . The deceased was met by aman , who inquired the time of day , he pulled out his watch to tell him , and almost immediately afterwards he received a severe blow on the head , with a
hoe or a bill-hook . He was rendered insensible and remained so till discovered by a passerby , when it was found he had been robbed of his watoh , 4 s . 6 d ., a knife , a key . and a bag . John Patten , a police censtable , said _ that on the apprehension of Willsmore he took him to the union-house where the deceased lay . Deceased was then quite sensible , and on seeing Willsmore , he remarked , "That is the man who was with me when I was robbed . " Deceased identified the watch as being his property , he had it with him when he was accosted by Willsmore . Other corroborative evidence being adduced , the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder , and the prisoner who is stated to be only 18 years of age , was committed for trial on the capital charge .
8 USSEX . Briohton . —Accident by a Runaway Engine on thk Brighton Railway . —Shortly after six o ' clock on Saturday morning last , an extraordinary accident took place at the terminus of the London , Brighton , and South Coast Railway , in this town , by which several carriages were demolished , and considerable damage done to the station . A train of luggage waggons having been backed Into a siding , the engine No . 54 was detached , and the engine driver proceeded with it through the points on to the main down line , on the London side of the company ' s works , about eix hundred yards from the terminus . There , for somerreason as yet unexplained , it was left on the line , while the engine-driver and stoker attended to
trifling business in the engine-house . According to their statement they left the gear of the engine in a proper and secure state , but this seems somewhat improbable , for in a few minutes it was observed in motion , bearing down the line in the direction of the terminus . The engine-driver and stoker ran to overtake it , and many others joined in the chase , but it gained speed every moment , and ruahed into the terminus at the rate of about twelve or fourteen miles an hour . The porters looked aghast at the approaching locomotive , and a collision with the carriages that were slauding at the rails at the end being inevitable , they made a hasty retreat . Immediately afterwards the engine dashed into the carriages with terrific force , and hurled them almost
to pieces , the fragments of which struck the front of the parcels' office , and part of the refreshment room with such , violence aB to shatter them completely in . The engine , however , strange to say , maintained its equilibrium , although it had been thrown off the rails , and , with the exception ef the front buffers , it seems not to have sustained any injury . In all probability , had the carriages not been on the line , it would have swept through the terminus . Had it occurred when the passenger trains were in the station , the consequences would have proved very disastrous . The directors have since ordered the driver to be taken into custody , he having acted contrary to the rules and regulations of the company , which states , that engines must not be left on the line unguarded . . " , .,.. , .
Mystkbious Robbery at the Railway Trbmutob . —A robbery under very mysterious circumstances has been discovered . On opening the safe between £ 200 and £ 300 deposited in it on the previous night wag missed . There were no indications of the office having been broken into . The money stolen was in gold , with the exception of about £ 30 in notes , and the numbers and dates ' of the notes are not kntwn .
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The crime of Bheep stealing has latoly become very prevalent in Somersetshire , and ' the offender are believed to compose a formidably sane , which baa fcteto escaped detection , 8 aDgl mm
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Irrl « ti 9 * ... .. .. 8 TATB OP IHK COUNTBT . , Popdlab Fbklinc—The accounts from the . cou& try represent the progress of popular resistance . In Galway bands of labourers have been parading the town with flags bearing " Bread or Employment . " The procession was harmless . Beyond the Shannon , the proceedings were more violent . At Ballingawy , about twelve miles ' to the southeast of Limerick , the peasantry collected on a lofty hill , with a flag of distress flying . Proceeding through the country , they stopped the men employed on the drainage works , whom they compelled to fall in . They soon mustered 3 , 000 , well armed with guns and cutlases . Tue Roman Catholic curate assuaged them , and
compelled the surrender of 50 head of cattle , which they seized en foray , and were driven before them , like marchmenof the Borders : Carts © f flour and Indian meal—one train , reckoning 20 cars—were taken , nothwithstanding the resistance of the police . The county of Limerick appears to be in a very disorganised condition . Emigration . —The activity of the agricultural and mechanical classes to escape from the scene of deaohtion with which they have been familiar in the provinces is every day on the increase . Durin g the month of March one vessel weekly sailed direct from Dublin for New York or Quebec ; early in April two
vessels sailed weekly , then three—four , and lately down to the present , a first-class sailing packet clearaout everyday from Dublin with emigrants for the United States or the British Colonies . This week the enormous number of 2 , 000 persons sailod from the Customhouse-quay direct to Quebec or New York , and fiexfc week that number is likely to be increased . The great majority of those go on their own account , and take with them lots of money ; the remainder are provided by their landlords on thesame , or similar terms to those awarded by Lord deVesci and Mra Keram ' w . The South Carolina is advertised to sail on the 22 nd of this month .
In Leitrim last week an attack was made on Mr Slaok . of Annadale , as he was passing through the plantations near Driney-house , the residenceof Mr Peyton . Mr Slack was going his accustomed rounds , accompanied by police , when a violent pain and sickness compelled him to halt within aBhort distance of his own residence . He remained for the night in the house where he had alighted , and unfortunately dismissed the policemen ; At an early hour next morning he started again for his own house , and had proceeded as far as Anna Plantation , when , as he r « . lates , six men with blackened faces jumped out on the road , and seized his horse ' s head , firing a pistol at the same time without effect ; they then dragged him down from his seat , and after seizing the bae
containing money to the amount of £ 350 , they were about tod n part , when one of them called out— "You shan't follow us , " and deliberately shot him through the leg ; having previously gagged him by tying his driving-whip in his mouth , twisting the lash round his head . Shipowners are playing profitable tricks on emigrants , notwithstanding the activity of emigration officers . One case , which has just come to light , will show the frauds which are very generally practised though not easily detected . Lieutenant Stark com ' plained of the master of the Sophia before the Sessions Court of Belfast on the following grounds . The vessel cleared out of Liverpool with 29 passengers and if there be not 30 on board the provisions of the
Passenger Act do not apply . As the Sophia ' s complement was below the number , the amount of her sea stores could not be regulated , the whole controlling power being left with the master . While she lay in the Mersey two additional passengers were taken on board , and , being forced into Belfast by stress of weather , the emigration agent discovered the fraud . The captain was fined £ 20 , besides the coats of prosecution . Another case occurred in Limerick in whioh theahipbroker was ordered to pay £ 10 each to several parties for passage subsistence and compensation money . The official , returns ef the number of sWps and passengers which sailed from Limerick since the com-? e A cnt Sf *? ^ 36 vesaels , and 5537
. ^ , , ^^ , passengers ; distributed as follows : 12 to New York with 813 passengers ; 1 to Baltimore , witH 02 * and the remaining ships to the British colonies , chiefly to Quebec , with the remaining passengers . Thepassage money to America from Limerick is ; g 5 per head—in ordinary seasons a prohibition ; but , at present tickets for that amount are held at a premium . ' Galwat — Eyrbcourt . —On Monday all the labourers who had been employed on the public works fora circuit of five miles around this town , and who had been dismissed in obedience to the command of the commissioners , marched through the streets of this town . The number has been variously estimated from eight hundred to five hundred able-bodied men . Having proceeded to the house of Mr Hanlv .
the engineer in charge , they threatened to tear him to pieces , unless they were speedily employed . By far the greatest portion started for the commissariat Btore , which is kept in the court-house . The front door was partly open . and baving forced the remainder , they broke down some temporary fixtures inside , dragged out one bag of meal , all that was in Btore at the time , and divided the spoil , " share and Bhare alike , " in the centre of the square , and quite at theic leisure . After the committee had assured them that they would write immediately to government and urge the necessity of providing furtner employment for them , the unfortunates separated without doing further injury . The men' who have been disemployed are complaining bitterly—they say they must rob before they starve .
Kbbry . — At Killorglin , the labourers , to the amount of several thousands , were calling out for employment or blood . A large police force from Tralee has to attend to preserve the peace . Great popular dissatisfaction has also been exhibited at Listowel , at the stopping of the works . Tralbe . —Apprehensions or disturbances were entertained in Tralee , it having been rumoured that a large body of the disemployed labourers from the country districts were to congregate in the town . Happily , however , the day passed over without violence , and the town has since continued quiet , except that on Thursday a few wretches went into some bakers' shops and helped themselves to as much bread as would satisfy their present hunger .
Cork , —A rumour prevailed in this town to the effect that a serious riot had taken place on Thursday at Castlemartyr , when , if the report was to be credited , a large body of persons went to the Earl of Shannon ' s and demanded food . The police were called out And the Riot Act read . This , it is stated , was followed by the discharge of a shower of stones by the people , when the police fired , and shot four meu . t TrepBRARY . —At Carrick-ori-Suir a atrong disposition to outbreak was manifested there . . The chapel bell at . Carrickbeg waa rung by some mischievous boys , and had the effect of congregating a multitude of people in a very short time . The army and police were immediately on the alert to prevent any attack on the bakers and shopkeepers ; and up to the time that our informant left , though numerous groups of people were to be seen in various parts of the town , no act of outrage was attempted .
Apprehended Riot at Rathkbale . —At this town eighteen miles and a half from Limerick , riots are expected , and , at the requisition of the magistrates the General commanding the district ordered 150 men , accompanied by two guns from Limerick garrison , to proceed thither . Attempt at Murder —MrBarron , S . M ., received word at Limerick , a Bhort time before the starting of vJ 11 ^ 1 for Dublin » that a pay officer of the Board of Works , belonging to the Scariff district , was shot at on Saturday , in open day .
Attempt at Murder . —The Clare Journal centainB the Mowing : — " On Saturday , about the hour of twelve o'clock , while Mr Thomas Harvey , son of Mr John Harvey , of Rathkerry , was engaged ploughing some land from which a tenant had been ejected , four men , each armed with a pistol , entered the field . Two of the party took deliberate aim at the horse , worth , we understand , £ 20 , and baving mortally wounded the animal , the others took equally deliberate aim at Mr Harvey . The ball of one took "foot . ? ' ng gone through his hat at the back part ™ . e he ? d , ' ral 8 ia « the flesh , but going out towards the top of the head , inflioting a serious wound , but , we understand , not a dangerous one . The men werejstrangers , but Mr Harvey considers he will be able to identify them . They were without any disguise whatever . "
FROOnESS OF FEVER . a Cork . —Up to the middle of last week there was no city in the empire in whioh there could be found more poverty , hunger , and disease than in that proverbially charitable city of Cork . Dr Courtenay , of Dublin , the medical inspector for the Middleton and the Cork and Kinsale Unions under the Board of Health , states that in the Middleton Union , comprising an area of twenty-seven square miles , there were , on Wednesday last , 1 , 344 oases of dysentery , and 863 of fever . The number of fever cases in the North Infirmary , Cat Tort Hospital , the Old Barrack , and the Fever Hospital , was 000 , and there are
out of the hospital ? , at least 900 poor ieyer patients , without any ohapce of their being admitted to hos-1 p ital treatment , until such time as fever sheds are milt according to the powers given by the amended fever act , and that act is in full and fair operation . The character of the fever prevailing in Cork is endemio , ratb . er than epidemio , ' and it is much more virulent than in the rural districts ; this being particularly the case when it attacks persons moving in the upper circles . Amongst them in almost two out of tUre , e oasea it has proved fatal . It is having a similar result in Bandon , Bantry , and the western towns .
Several persons in affluent circumstances have I died here within the last four days , and in Great George-street—one of the best streets in the city—a Catholic priest , the Rev Mr Hayes aud his clerk I are now lying dangerously attacked with fever . I have read very ^ bad accounts to-day from Bandon asdI Bantry . The aftuont there are falling freque » t Ii Z lil £ ease that la ^ S * equal vigour w the south , the ce ntre , and t \ e north oflrelanl 1 Money w S 9 mm m ^ ^ » { . „ I
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not be paid , and demands for repayment of capital wivanced are looked upon as perfectly ridiculous . Trade , generally speaking , is paralysed ,, and last week as many beggars as buyers entered the shops . Speculation and business done in corn and meal would be surprising for their extent in ordinary times , but really in Ireland now nothing is looked upon as in any way wonderful . Bad has been , and ia , and people seem to have prepared their minds for much worse . Death op me Rev . S . Nelson , op Petiioo . — The Rev . Simon Nelson , Presbyterian minister of Pettigo , has fallen a victim to fever after a short but severe illness .
" Death of the Vbry Rev . Dr Macoknnis , P . P ., V . G ., Clones -1 'he Very Rev . Dv Macgennis , pa . rish priest of Clones , in the diocese of Clogher , has fallen a victim to typhus fever , caught in the discharge of his sacerdotal duties . He died at his residence on the 5 th instant , after an illness of only a few days . Dr Macgennis was formerl y professor of theology in Maynooth College . Shoo .-The fever hospitals are full , and from fifteen to twenty new applicants are refused daily at the hospitals . In one miserable cabin , upon the mail coach road in this town , sixty persons have died from fever within the last three months . This cabin was a lodginq-house , in _ which strange beggars took ud
tlieir residence . The proprietor and his successor both fell victims to the disease , and , although there is now 110 owner for the house , it continues crowded with miserable objects , in various stages of typhus . In this place a man died seven days ago and his body has not yet been removed . . A coffin was procured from the Board of Health , into which the corpse was placed ; but as no persons have been em . ployed to dig graves , it has been permitted to remain unburied . How ean any hope to escape disease if this awful state of things be permitted to continue ? Fever and the Election . —We have heard it caU culatod that the constituency of this county has been reduced by half through death , emigration , and lapsed qualification .
FAMINE . The reports of the progress of pestilence and famine are quite heartrending , and , notwithstanding all the imports of food , and the immense extent of relief in food and money , great destitution still prevails , and the markets aio advancing . All accounts concur in showing that thomortality is Btill very considerable . According to some calculations , the population has already been diminished to the extent of nearly one million from deaths and emigration . The system of relief is working , if it be s » id to work atall , most unsatisfactorily in the rural districts . n Such is the state of the peuplo in the barony of Corkaguiny that hundreds of them are pulling up the corn sown on potato land , in order to get at any young potatoes whioh may be in progress of vegetation .
The Catholic clergy of this county have beon obliged to suspend their usual monthly conferences in consequence of their inability to attend , owing to the heavy duties that devolve on them in their respective parishes in these times of famine and death Kerry . —The Rev . D . M'Carthy , P . P ., Ballylongford and Tarbert , reports that 780 deaths occurred innig parishes for six months , from Oct . 1 , 1846 to April 1 , 184 T . Over half of those died of the effects of famine . As compared with the mortality of the same period of the preceding year , this list shows an increase of over 300 percent . ! There has bfien no emigration from this district for want of means ; and has
the same cause kept tillage very backward . Indeed , the Rev . Mr M'Carty states that on the 29 th of April , nineteen-twentieths of the usual tillage land will remain untilled among the small farmers From Liselton parish , the Rev . James Walsh , P . P ., reports the number of deaths for the six months alluded to as 180 ; of whom 80 died of starvation . The deaths for the same period of last year amounted to 25 . This gives an increase of little short of 500 percent . Tillage is most backward . The Rev . John Long , P . P ., of Meenhir , reports 180 deaths , exclusive of ierty children , out of a population of 2 , 800 persons . Of the adults , 105 owed their deaths to the effects of famine . During the same period last year the mortality was 40 , showing an increase of 460 per cent .
THE LANDL 0 RD 3 AND THEIR SLAVES . Early in the month of February last a memorial was presented to the Lord-Lieutenant from the parish of Kenneigh and townland of East and West Monagaff , in the barony of West Division of East Carbery , setting forth the destitute condition of its people , and praying for some relief . A few days ago one of the members of the relief committee of that place made an application to his worship the Mayor for such relief as it might be in his power to bestow , as the committee had learned that a vessel , laden with food , had been sent . from America for gratuitous distribution here , and consigned to him , In the application was enclosed a copy of the
memorial alluded to above , and we quote a few of the facts given therein to show how the landlords of that distriot have performed their duty in this hour of need . The memorial states that there are 14 , 880 acres of land in the district , valued at £ 10 , 685 per annum—that it comprises a population of 7 , 000 individuals , 3 , 000 of whom are starving ( this was at the latter end of January )—that the subscriptions for the relief of the poor amounted to £ 130 , of which only £ 41 was subscribed by the landlords , and of this £ 41 , £ 20 was given by the Duke of Devonshire , who has but a small property in that district ; leaving the munificent sum of £ 21 subscribed by tha landlords of Kenneigh and Monagaff for the relief of 7 , 000
persons . Mr James O'Connell threatens to distrain the Tralee workhouse for the ground-rent due last March . HEW ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OP CORK . Father Mathew is likely to be the new Bishop of Cork , in the room of the late Right Rev . Dr Murphy . The Cork Examiner says— " On Wednesday , the election was entered on in the Cathedral , by the prelates of the province , and the parish priests of the diocese of Cork . The Most Rev . Dr Slattery , archbishop of Cashel , presided . The proceedings occupied three hours , when , after a scrutiny of the votes , the three following names were elected as having the largest number of votes : —1 st . on the list—Very Rev . T .-Mathew , Cork ; 2 nd . Very Rev . W . Delany , Bandon ; 3 rd . Very Rev . T . Barry , Bantry . The appointment of one of those three now rests with his Holiness Pius IX . and the Propaganda .
. OLD AND YOUNG IRELAND . Alengthy report of a "Conference of Repealers , " which took place a few days since , with a view of " effecting , if possible , a reconciliation , " between Old and Young Ireland , has been published . Mr J . O'ConBell , M . P ., was the leader on one Bide , and Mr Smith . O'Brien , M . P ., on the other . The upshot is , that the parties did not agree upon terms , and mat « ters remained as before . DESTRUCTION OF CUR S 0 OS . One of the relief committees of the union of Mullingar have come to a unanimous resolution not to give gratuitous relief to any poor person keeping a dog ; the consequence is , that all the cur and other dogs in the county are being killed ; by their owners . THE CROPS .
Cork , May 10 . —Several gentlemen who have travelled in the last week from Limeriok to Cork , have conveyed to us the pleasing intelligence that , in their experience , they never saw a greater breadth of land occupied by more apparently flourishing crops than everywhere on the line presented itself . Within the last few days , however , field labour has been suspended , owing to the continued wetness of the weather ; but on return of sunshine and genial warmth , immediately new to be looked for , there can be no doubt that the aspect of affairs will warrant a certainty of a most plenteous and abundant
harvest . The Dublin Evening Post contains the following : — After a winter of extreme severity , followed by a very ungenial spring , we have , at length , indications of summer weather . The change , which took place since Saturday , ha » been most fortunate . Yegetation , whkhhi » been much returded , is now making fair progress , and we may , we hope , calculate upon far better accounts as to the appearance of the young corn props . Indeed , there are already some evidences of improrement , nbiltt the accounts show that the breadth of wheat , oats , and green orops planted is , generally speaking , considerably larger than usual , ' and that the cultivation has been more carefully attended to . The following cheering annouacement appears in the MimUkUlcn ChmMi , received this morning : — ¦ ¦ ¦ ... ¦
"The spring work is nearly completed in this county . The grain crop 3 are nearly double what they usually were . Potatoes have been planted pretty generally , but , of course , not to anything like the extent of former years * The young shoots are very promising , but this cannot ba considered indicative of the plants coming to perfection . The grain crops promise to give aa abundant yield this j season . " There are , vre regret to say , some districts , especially in the western counties , and some parts of the south , where spring sowing is even still very backward . But , in general , the reports are highly favourable . A much i larger quantity of potatoes than could possibly have been expected bas been sown , and we are assured that the ; promise well .
Thb Crops in Sugo . —The crops within the last few days have undergone a deplorable alteration . Wheat has turned out very badly . Mr Wynne , of Uaielwood , sowed a large quantity of this grain , and we understand that it at present presents a wretched appearance . Mr James Wood , of Woodville , has fourteen acres of wheat down , that looks so uapw-1 t prising that he is hesitating whether he will plough I it up , and set barley or not . Mr Vernon , of Fiiuski lm , is about to re-set his wheat land with barley . I Aud the wUeat crop , emy place we have had an opportunity of witnessing it , seems to be butned up ; it is yellow , red , any oolour but green . The disease has re-appeared in the potatoes , I { the failure o £ both the wheat and crops , so apparent about Sligo , should prove general , wo have the sad prospoofc of another , year of famine bofove us . t
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The " Charleston Gazette" Btates that a man waa lately hung at Darlington , in South Carolina , for Uaviug stolen a slave . A calculation has been made , that in England , ona death in gis ia caused by consumption . , i
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL-COU ^^ Embizzlbmbni . — George Emery LanMn clerk , was placed at the blr .-Mr ClarkS /' -, * . was instructed to defend the prisoner J *< charged w , th embezzling several sums of mot ft longirg to his employer . He felt that it » ,, £ *•• sible to offer any defence to the charge 3 S " his advice , the prisoner would retract his nU der "Not Guilty . " He was instructed KftSTt ? court , as matter of extenuation , that tie mSLS * had borne a very high character for integrity hS having been for two years , unfortunatel y out of em ployroent , previous to his being admitted into th ' service of the prosecutor , he became i nvolved a « S this had induced him to commit the offence . ii ' BT heved witnesses were in attendance who would . ft the court information respecting the previous conS of the prisoner , and he trusted that his lordshin would award as lenient a sentence as the justice of the case would warrant—Mr Robinson , who p rose cuted ssidhe thought it right to inform , the court that the prisoner was employed in a confidential capacity by the prosecutorand had been in his servic
, e -nree years . His salary was £ 150 a year , which was increased £ 10 each year . The Recorder inquired the amount of the prisoner ' s defalcations ? -Mr Robinson said they amounted to nearly JE 300 , but the entire extent was not known , because the prisoner ninwelt had not given any information , and the only means they possessed of arriving at the fact , was by continual production of receipts in the prisoner ' s landwriting for suras of money which had never » een accounted for bj him . —Mr CJarkson 8 aid ha had not been made aware that the loss Waa to this extent . —Mr Robinson said he had one account in hia hand , by which it appeared that £ 63 8 s . had been embertled . He had no desire to pre 83 the case via . dictively apainst the Drisener . but he thoueht if
right that the court should be put in possession of tha real facts . Several highly respectable witnesses were called to speak to the conduct and character of tha prisoner in former life , and they all concurred in speaking in the highest terms of hiB integrity .-. Mr CJarkson then proposed to call the brother-in . aw of tho prisoner , to show that he had been for two years out of employment , and that this had > laced him in a position of great pecuniary difficulty , which was the reason of his committing the offence . —The Recorder thought such evidence ought not to be received , because the principle involved would be , that no man in future would be safe . who gave a pood situation to a man who had previously been ia difficulties , it that circumstance was te be made any
excuse for his robbing him to pay his incumbrances . instead of devoting the monies from his income to that purpose . —Mr Lewis Bunger , the prosecutor , was then questioned by the Recorder , and he stated thaUhe prisoner came into his service in 1844 , and the nrst embezzlement appeared to have taken placa about a year afterwards , and continually from that time down to the period of the prisoner ' s apprehension . The amount already discovered to have been , misappropriated by the prisoner was between two and three hundred pounds . —The Recorder , in passroe sentence , told the prisoner that if the court con . suited merely its own private feelings , it would wil . lingly pass a lenient one ; but it was a duty it owed to the public , to take care that where persons wera
cenvicted of so serious an offence as this , that tha infliction of too lenient a punishment did not have the effeet of inducing other persons to commit a lika act , and also that no idea should prevail that persona in the position of life of the prisoner were dealt with differently , or received less punishment , thanothera of a lower class of society . The Secretary of State had the power of reviewing the case , but the court roust do their duty upon the facts as they appeared before them , and they felt that duty required him to pass a sentence of transportation . He then sen . tenced the prisoner to be transported for seven years . RoBBBRT .--John Marsh Edward Stokes ( 28 ) surveyor , was indicted for stealing an engineering implement , called a dumpy level , the property of Ohas .
William Wood . It appeared that the prosecutor is an optician , carrying on business in Bishopsgatestreet , and it seemed that the prisoner , who wa 3 stated to be the son of a clergyman , and respectabl y connected , was known to him as having been concerned iu engineeringpursuits , and on 13 th of March he was induced to let him have the level in question , upon his representation that he wanted to show it to a friend . Tne instrument was never restored , and it appeared that the prisoner pledged it almost immediately after it came into his possession . The jury found the prisoner guilty . There wereotaw charges of a similar character against him , and it appeared he had obtained valuable instruments from several tradesmen by similar representations . It was stated
that the pawnbrokers did not feel very desirous to give ; upjthe property . —The Recorder wished to know who made the objection ? -Oneof the pawnbrokers got into the box , and , addressing the learned judge , said , "If your lordshi p wishes it "—The Recerder interrupting him , 1 do not wish it—I order it , and when the property is given up it will be time enough for you to apply for your epxenses . "—The prisoner was then ordered to be transported for seven years . Ringing the Chakoes—Joseph Devine , aged 25 , William Knight , aged 23 , aud George Smith , aged 23 , were indicted for obtaining 10 s . by false oretences from Rebecca Atkinson . The act imputed to the prisoners by this indictment was that which is pretty well known as " ringing the changes . " Tha
prisoners went to the Six Bella public-house at Hammersmith , and called for a pot of half-and-half , ten > dermg in payment a good sovereign . Thettandlady handed back to Knight the change , all in silver , and he then asked her to let him have half-a-sovereign in lieuof that amount of silver , and she gave him one which she knew to be a genuine coin . Knight , the moment he received it , said it was light , and on an offer being made to give him silver , he handed back a counterfeit half-sovereign instead of the genuine coin . The fraud was discovered , and on the prisoners being taxed with-it , Knight placed what appeared to be a half-sovereign in his mouth , and taking a gulp or the beer , swallowed it . The prisoners were taken into custody , and as they were being conveyed
to the police Btation , Devine was seen to swallow another half-weveign , and Smith was observed to place five shillings separately into his mouth , and swallow the whole of them . The prisoners were con . victed , and sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for a year . Bigamy . —George Addison , late in the police , was indicted for bigamy . The evidence showed that , in 1830 , the prisoner was married at the parish church of St John ' s , Bethnal Green , to Harriet Hannah Ives , who was the daughter of his step-father , and with , whom he lived some time ; but they parted ] under & deed of separation , occasioned by the prisoner ' s ill-treatment . On the 22 od July , 1816 , ha was married to Hannah Louisa Forster , with whom he lived about eight months , and he then told her he was married to Harriet Ives , who was living , and
they parted . The prisoner was taken to a policestation on some charge , when the police discovered that he had engaged a passage on board an emigrant ship , and was about to sail for Quebec . The police , it ; was said , instituted the present proceedings , muck against the wish of the two wives and their friends , who evidently were unwilling witnesses . The first wife was now in court . —Mr . Ballantine , for the defence , contended that there was no strict legal proof of the first marriage , as the clerk could notidentily the parties . He ( Mr Ballantine ) complained thas the police should hunt out cases for the sake of costs , and said the interests of society would have bean best consulted if they had let the prisoner procsed quietly to Quebec ; for it was evident neitherofithe wives wished for him , or thought him worth , tho trouble of a prosecution . Verdict , " Guilty . " Sea . tence , sis months' hard labour .
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AssoumD Boards or Health . —The annual meet ing of this Association was held in the Directors '* room of the Stockport Board , St Peter ' 8-aouare , on the 1 st instant . Mr William Crawford in the chair . The chairman briefly opened the proceedings , and Mr James Webb , the corresponding secretary , ( and prinoipal originator of these societies ij » this part o £ the country ) , read tha proceedings of . &e last annual meeting , together wifeb the accounts for the preceding ; twelve months , which were received ! and adopted . After which , the various delegates , gave in a report fnraa eaoh board , showing the great good their w-. ' spectiveboards have effected during the past year » b * which it appeawd , that at Staiybridge board tha number of patients visited at their own homes AnmnZ
j < the twelve mw&ths was 1 , 350-out'patients VWr midwifery cases , 03 . At Ashton-under-Lyae ! tk , home Datientsvisited wereeas-out-patients , 3 * 626 ? and midwifery cases , 8 i . The returns frw Stock ? pott and other places wew > similar to the foregoing . It is now upwards of aevea years since tfe self-sun . & ! T £ W ^ e 8 tl » Wi shed in these localities , and thegreat benefits that havei ^ tedtherefrom in the various towns where they exist are well known . It appears , taat eaoh member contributes one halfpenny per week forraedioine and attendance ,, I ^ vr iucn . includes attendance in all eases of midwifery *) » u < i an averagaof from twopence to threepence par qnarter tor incidental expenses , and the supplyiagoC leeoheB to such as may require them . Thedelegatea assembled on the above occasion expressed a desire that societies of a similar desorintion should be
established in every town and village in the kingdom , and $ Mged themselves to assist , by every means ia their power , any effort that was made in any locality for that purpose , and instructed their corresponding secretary , ( Mr James Webb , of Hyde , ) to communi * Icatewith them immediately should any applicatirn be made , and te' render the applicants all the assist-, anca in his power . A vote of tbanka was awarded to tho officers for the past year , and also to the ohai : * man of the day , after which the meeting separated , ' A Hungarian newspaper states that the market town of Great Szalonta , in the diatriot of Bihar , caught fire on thetftb , of April , and one-liftb , of it waa laid in ashes . The protestant church , tha 1 school , the glebe-house , the town hall , and the dis-1 triot magazine , fell & prey to the flames , and many lives were lost , though , the number ia aa yet ua < 1 feBOTBi
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Scotland GLASGOW . Prevaiencb of Fevkb—Wo are sorry to learn i ^ H yu m Stlllin (! rea 8 in 8 ita ravages in the city . AbouUhe Wynds , we understand , it is spreading tea fearful extent . In one of the eastern districts , we are informed that there are no fewer than 200 cases ; and that in many of the houses in the Wynds six or seven human beings labouring under this scourge are lying on the hard floor , many of them in a dying state . The immense infiux of Irish immigrants tends most materially to perpetuate and increwe the disease . One of -the district surgeons lately died , and several of them , along with the visitors of the parochial board , have caught the infection . We trust that some effective measures will be adopted to stop the ravages of the pestilence , and to secure the health of the city .
Edinburgh—Messrs Greenhill and Roberts , two of the Union Canal Company's officers , presented Mr Murdock , licentiate of the Royal College of surgeons . 54 , Fountain Bridge , with £ 2 12 s ., which was contributed by several of the company ' s servants and a lew of the traders at Port Hopetown , in token of their admiration of the ability Mr Murdock displayed , and for tho laudable exertions made by him n endeavouring to resuscitate John Robertson , luggage boat driver , who was drowned in tho canal or . the siorning of the 25 th April .
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