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KQUH 8 IS . Ditf g op a Bow-siRevT Officer . ~ Before Mr arter , at the George , KincsUm-hill , upon tl ? e body f Frand 3 Howe , fo iieriy a w «> ll-known Bow-streot Bceiyrho has been resiling at Kingston upon a penon grante'l him for his services for a crcat many ears , and who cut his throJt-n the 24 th of May . ! he deceased lived with Iris si 9 ter , Aaron UoweH . nd ore of his grandchildren , in a cottage at Coombs-Farrcn , near Kiuestnn . On the day named he sent is grand-daughter « mt and in her absence inflicted severe wound on hi 3 thwat , and al «> cut the join ? if his left am . 0 <* ine to some injuries dectwsrd tad received in his head in the performance of his Inty . ho wasattim » s very violent , and Or Coxnpv- t xmsidercd him io be perfrctlv saae . The medica > ; en'lemaa farther stated that although the injury nflicted by the deceased nuoa himself might ha * fastened his death , he did not consider it wbs tht ictnal can ? e of his death . —Tiie jury returned » \ er
lict that the deceased died a natural death , which »»<» accelerated by the in&ction of a severe wound upon his neck himself white in a state of temporary nssnity . Fatal Railway Ancroejii os ihb SocthffunBX Railway . - Before Mr Pavne . at St rhomas s Hospital , on view of the body of Andrew BrooKs , aced thirty-five , a porter in thp service of the S outh-Western Railway company . It appeared that on Friday , June 4 ' % , about n on Jfceased . who was oneaged at the Fernborou » h station , upon seemj : the pasRnnger down train approach . W , gave the usual signal by ringiaK the bell , as the train stopned there . It was his duty immediately U go on to the platform , bat instead of doing so he walked along the down Irce near the platform He was knocked down by the buffer of the engine th * wheels of
near which passed over his left hand whish was dreadfn ly mancled , the arm being al * . Drofcen . lie had also a scalp wound . Deceased was instantly forwarded taLrodoT , by the first np-train and conveyed to the above institution , where he died 'W . ni ^ Ai . 1118 admiss 5 oa- ^ ceased had » i ^ Sa& * eTOmpany ' SenriCe ' Verfict X ' l iwceHtER - Before Mr Baker , at Schools-lane Ratcliff , on the body of Ann Ford , a-d 46 years who died on Sunday morning Jast from the effects of injuries received from a man named Henrr J-mes Ilarrison . Allan Cleland . surgeon , sa d h p found the deceased suffering nnder inflammation of the peritoneum . H < - attended fork week , andsho improved nuder his treatment . At the end of'hat time she complained that the pain had returned over the whole region of the abdomen . She got eradnally weaker until .-he expired . On a vost mortem exami .
nation , he ascertained that tlie primary came « f death awe from a rupture of the sail bladder , at . tributed , from the fact of there being a dis'a * e , i « violence , and the effusion , that being the natural effect of the innimu » ation . He had no doubt tha ' death was caused by violence . Darrison came home drnnk on the night of the loth of May , and beat and Sicked her . A quantity of evidence having been pren , the coroner then summed up , and theiurvre tamed a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Henry Jones Harrison . J
FIRES . _ Desircc tiok of Prgpbrtt asd Seppos !* Loss or Ltfe . —A most , destructive fire , and which , it is sup . posed , has been attended with the loss of life , broke out m the residence of a person of the name of Adams , residing at 61 , Theebald ' s-road . Red Lionsquare . Before the fire was extingui shed . tl « interior of the house was reduced to a complete ruin , ¦ while , from the rumours , it would appear that some one of the inmates had fallen a prey to the devouring element The fire was first discovered by policesereeant Fryer , 16 E division , who with some of the constables were passing the house , and whose attention was attracted by a strong glare of light in the shop . This induced them to listen at the door , when the
hearing snapping of wood , instantly they alarmed tne inmates , and in a few minutes several persons , male and female , appeared at the windows in a state of nudity As soon as they were acquainted with their perilous situation , a rush was nwdetothe door which in tne mean timehad been forced open by the police . Tns ( fire which originated in the shop ( a chandler ' s * hon ) from being fed h ythe fire , in an in-Btsnt burst forth with redoubled fary , and hnt for the WO ^ t J ? pol J « l evera ! must have perished . Without suffering the inmates to rosh upon each other they caught hold of those in front and drae ^ d them out into the street . In the meanwhile the fire proceeded to run through the house with astounding rapidity , and by the time the engine from the Hoitorn sta'ion arrived , which was within ten minntes
from the discovery , the flames were to be seen rushing outoF every window , and throneh the roof . In 20 mmut « after the first discovery the Chandos . !^ , ' Wel ' " st «*! - Farrin » don-street , Watlingstreet , County , and We : to : England engines were on tne spot ; and although a plentiful supply of waier was obtained , the united efforts of the firemen could onlj prevent the flames from extending to the adjojamg houses How , or by what means , the fire ongina , * d , no information could be obtainod ; whilo by line of the neighbours it was sta'ed that a child had fallea a victim to the devouring element ; and it was also stated thatneither Mr no ? MR . Adan . s ; the proprietors of tnebon « e , liad been seen , to add to the confusion which invariably attends a fire the whole o . thR carnagj-way was broken un , and thuBi-GiKWrf
it diihcult for ihe engines to get near the place . A large body of the police , of the Dand E divisions weretn the spot and rendered material aid to the fire hngade and mhsduWs . Thkee Peksoss Iv , CEED . _ Thc greatest constertoSL " ^?' ?! - ' ' ¥ «" ' *? of the Surrev Theatre , Blackfnars-road , in consequence of an alarming and destructive fire « n the premises known as the ' « Surrey Coal Hole , " for many yeans the favourite resort of the members of the theatrical pro-SS ? "" A ** T ' w i . e water Attbe timeabove mentioned Mr J . W . Tabernacle , the landlord , with hisfamily , who were in bed . were alarmed bv asuf-; ° fr « f . T ? he 5 te ^ n ^ tIieir tei-roms , and such of tbo building by that time , that they were compelled to make a precipitate retreat bv the wimW .
mr labernaele leaped out at the side window , Bcar thestage-door of the theatre , whereby he recei ^ da ^ ctnre of the arm and several contusions . Mrs TaWicle was caught in a sheet by the neighbours , ™ tr ^ f ° ir £ ipj ^ das her husband , although moat dreadfuHy shaken . The female servant fol-They were severally taken into the Surrey Coffeehouse , waere they promptly received medial <«» tance . In the meantime the police and others were ^ J 0 ^ ran ? us engine-stations , and in a few Einutea the from
one Waterloo-road , and that from the Southwark-brid ge-road , attended , followed by the West of England . The whole of the firemen Bet to work m a most courageous manner , under the judicious ; management of Mr Henderson , the foreman of the district , and with an abun < l : mtsupp ! v of water , succeeded in confining the flames to the house of MrTa ' eniacle , but not before the latter was totally destroyed , and the contents of the building whoily consumed . During the raging of the fire a great number of the actors and various officials
connected with the theatre were to be seen mostactively engaged for the beat . The roof of the Surrey Theatre is much damaged , but the interior has sustained little or . no injury . The Equestrian Tavern , on the other side of ^ the theatre , is much injured by water &c but all parties * re , fortunately insnred ; Mr Tabernacle in the Licensed Victuallers ' - vn ^ P ^ V ! 1 * $ ^ estmiaster and Sun- , fiices . 2 ? ¦ ? * "J * " * ' wsaKi - Tie origin of the w at present unknown , but it is generally sup-? osod to have broken out in one ef the upper rOO ma .
miscellaneous . Ajiempi io Cwse ihe Pobuc Walk 3 is Uolw « r ^"" i . 0 rso ? e days Past much interest has teen created throughout the parish of Kensington , by an application made by Lord Holland to the W dual authorities to divert tbe ancient footpath which passes between the lawn and the front of Holland X . ouse and from thence into the high road , on the wst side of Holland Park . His Lordship proposes to substitute instead a new footpath forty feet wide , eighteen feet of which is to be well gravelled , com-Mencingfrom the high read ( Great Western ) oppoeastsidcof the grand entrance to Holland House , fSSm ? 1 " ^ tlc 9 b ad e the a nue noble tees skirting the carriage drive , and to terminate S&nrSSS ^ J * : f - , P « Wic > tpath from » w ^ . ^ x uiTiaes
..., „„ , ,, vu now nis L ^ nlsuip ' s property from the Dowager CountcEs of Bedford . A number of the inhabitants view the application as an attempv to deprive the public of the enjoyment of ono ot th ? beautiful walla round the metropolis and ccnipe 55 ingtl | em instead , in wet weather , to walk endcr the dripping of the trec 3 in order that Lord Holland may enjoy more privacy ; while his Lordship conteEd 3 that the alteration will be a public benefit , inasmuch as the proposed new footpath will open a direct ccmmnnicatiim between Wille » den Kensal Green , Kenaal Nesr Town , and Netting Hill , ^ fith the town of Kensington , aed Earle ' a Court , Brompton , Chclssn , Fulharo , « tc , aud in order to cansider those pointa , and also the necessity for hia Lordship , should the parish consent to the demtu n , to improve the state of the upper portion of tbe footpath by icdnung the height of ihe wooden palings , now from six to eight fret high , in order to giro a Tiew of the grounds , a committee has iiecn appointed to confer wkii J , Ord Holland ' s aurvevor , is .
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Ma ? j of the cotton mills of Rough havo cea ? ed - « O . OQD workmen mthatcity and its neifhbaurliood are unemployed at the present time ? JV x i *^ 'tofime fixed fir the launch of file Great Britain uf { he 30 th instant or the 1 st of JuIf , . J ™ AmeriKmPeacaSoeiCty uas offercdapreminm M 5 C 0 dollars for the boat e ^ y on the Mexican in * ^ . ¦ -
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RICH ASD POOR .
100 K OK THIS FICIOBE Hi * Mi J £ sti' » Tbeatbe . The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the perlormanccs with tbeir prehcucs on Saturday evening . The Rojal pattv were accompanied bj the Duchess ot Kont , Prince Oscar of
AXD OH THIS , StAIVATIOK IN IftBUKD . —So great has been the number of deaths in this city ( Carlt ) sinco the cor . u meucement oflast anti-. mn , that theceme . tery belonging to the Very RW . Theobald Mathew baBTecewedthebo .
Sweats , sad Prince of Leiung <; n . RiwiBDs fob , Merit . — Tne Grand Dake Constantine has Yuited the Hint , •« u > a gold medal was > truck in his presence , bav . iug on its obverse an ad uiirnbe likeness of the Em p . ror Nicholas , and on thi reverse the date of his Im ¦ ¦
dies of over 10 , 800 perions , exclneive of-thos * buried ftovaitlie worknouie within 1 that time . The cemetery is now so completely filled i that the Rev . Mr Mathew has been compelled , in order to prevent the spread of contagion and disease in 5 the vicinity , to give . notice to the Health
Comperial Higbness ' s visit . Tat FoiiewuiG are liu a lew of the doings of thi week ;— . The Duke of D < voiuhire ' a /< Et « to tbe Gram Duke CoBstantine at Cbie -tick . This /«(< was ho ttoured by the pretence o tlie Grand Duke , tbe Here ditary Grand Dake an Grand Duchess of Sax
. mittee that ho cinaot alt low any more burialB to s take place there , and he < . has himself declared that i he will station two or three - men at the end of the lane . leading to the cemetery to f see that this shall not he i . transgressed . He will also d be compelled to have the a whole surface of the burial
Weimar , accompanied b ( his Serene Highness Princ Ed-ard , her Rujal lligli n-s * the Duchess of Gloi cest . r , tbe Duke and Ducr es- of Cambridge , the Hen liiar ; Prince <> f Luce ; Priu c « Georguof Cambridj ( be Prince and Princei L chten » te : n , and a swan ot the aristocracy . Tl arriTal of each of the aboi d stinguished personagi was greeted by the perforn ance of appropriate airs 1
; f ground covered with several e layers of slaked lime and i- fresh earth , in order to 1 . guard against danger to the i . neighbourhood from the 3- effluvia arising from the i , almost putrified ground . ; e It will now be necessary for is the relief committee to pron Tide at least two additional le burial places for tb e city . — re Cork Examiner . ; s Mansioh-Hocse . — Case a- e ? Dismiss . —T . Cunning . > y bara . a person who appeared
ihr band of theRojal Uoko Cuards ( Blue } , which was stationed on the l » wn . At four o ' clock a superb dejeuner was servci to the juesip , tho whole suite of rooms on the ground floor of the villa being arranged in the most beautiiul style fur the accommodation of tun company . The display of plate was magnificent ; and tbe very chi-ice flowers and exotics with which the tables were decorated
to be aboat fifty jean of age , was brought before the Lard Mayor upon the charge of having broken a pane of glass in a house in the Poultry . The prisoner ' s three children were brought into the justice-room at the same time . A policeman stated that he observed the prisoner , who wns standing with the children near tbe window of Mr Paterson ' s house , dash his foot through the
formed a coup d ' ail of the most exquisite character . Tbe apartment filled up expressly in honour of the Emperor of Russia , on the occasion of his visit three years since , presented precisely its original appearauce on that day , Tbe Russian standard floated from its summit , and al ) ihe gorgeous paraphernalia belonging to it was restored
glass deliberately , and heard him say when he was asked why he committed such an outrage , that his object was to save his children from starvation . The Lord Mayor . —Prisoner , who and what are you ? The prisoner—I am here without the means of supporting my children . I have tried every oth-. r way
for the occasion . Iu this room lunch was served to a select circle , who were invited to join the Grand Duke ' s table . Gbans Dinker at Gloucester House . —Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester had a dinner party on Friday , at Gloucester House . Tbe eUte of the aristocracy were present at the sumptuous entertainment .
I could tbinkof , but failed , and what to do I did not know . The Lord Major—What position in life do you hold « . The prisoner—I am th » son of a post-commander of the royal navy . The Lord Major—How long have you been here ? The prisoner —• These 7 years . I have three children to support .
Grand Fet £ at HotDSEkesse House . — Ths Marquis and Harchiouesa of Londonderry gave a magai-Scent entertainment at Huldernesse House in "holi our of his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia . The entertainment iras prefaced by a banquet , nhich was graced by tbe preseace of ail tlie distiuguished foreign princes at present in town , as well as by the leading
The Lord Mayor — And neither means nor friends S The prisoner—None at all , I have written to the Queen , but ineffectually , The Lord Mayor— -I have no alternative but to send you to prison if you do not pay for the glass , and to send your children to the union . The prisoner—I am not in possession of a farthing . My children will not starve in the union .
members of the aristocracy . The banquet was succeeded by anassembly atnl'ich not less than a thousand mem . bers of the fashionable world congregated . The table presented a snperb display of plate and articles of virto , conspicuous among which were the superb Sevres vases presented to the Marquis of Londonderry by tbe Emperor of Austria . The preparations for the fete were on the same scale of
The prisoner was then committed , and the children were sent to the union , Irish Landlobdibh , — Tlie Rev . Richard Boyle Townsend , Vicar of Abbystrewry , and whose exertions on behalf of the starving people of Skibbereen have been so creditable , i gives the following shocking description of tho manner in which tho rights of pro . perty are vindicated in Ireland . Referring to
Skibprofnso liberality invariably marking tbe hospitalities dispensed at Holdcrneste House . Where accessories could add to the beautiful interior they ( cere to be found 3 a prodigal abundance . Tbe vestibule and grand staircase were lined with the choicest flowering shrubs and exotics , and not a decorative ornament nhich the most refined taste could enggest was « antic ; in any part cf the
bereen , and tho fever in that locality , he says : — . « ' A widow and either two or three children , at a farm called Ilighfield , wero in fever in the cabin they had always occupied . The person acting for the landlord —middleman or not I am snre I do not know—but whichever it be , this poor ; creature , so circumstanced , had her hovel pulled down i about h » r ears to eject her . i I believe to drive away
dimansion . The entertainment partaking of a military character , the fine band of the noble marquis ' a rrgiment ( Second Life-Guards ) , attended . The Dpee ahd Dccnesi of Beaotobt , —The Duk < and Duches 3 of Beaufor gave a grand dinner part at Beaufort House * las night to the Prince am Princess Lichtenstein . ¦
; sease from the farm ! The jury or juries broke every i thing she was possessed ot i even to the only bisin 6 he had to hold her drink ! Driven hence , she thrust i herself and . her sick one& i either into some empty ho . t vel , or into tbe offices at f hand of the National t School , which my inform-1 ant knew not , for she was in such misery at her own
The Arsisus Embassy . —His Excellency the Ahsirian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein gave a grand banquet last Tuesday evening at Chandos Hoase , which was honoured icith tbe preaence of their Royal Highnesses tbe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge , and a distinguished circle of the nobility .
son having taken the fever in making a shelter far the poor creature when ejected from this her place of refuge , that she did not well know which it was , but this poor fella w procured a few sticks , and made a covering for the sufferers at the side of a fence on the road side , where he found them , and where the poor , woman was found dead tho next day . "
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BitmE . NimD . —The discovery of a moat atrocious murder has thrown this place into the greatest excitement . An Inquc 3 t has been held at the Dock Hotel , on the body of the unfortunate being who perished , and the following facts were disclosed . His name was Jame 3 Friminghani , a quiet young man , aged nineteen ; and it appears on the night of the 24 th ult . ho had been participating in the annual festival of some club . lie did not return home , and nothing was heard of him until Monday morning , when his body was found in the Morpeth Dock , bearing such appearances as to show that he had evidently been murdered . A black silk handkerchief was stuffed in his mouth , the left side of his face was lacerated , and the left hand trousers pocket was
turned inside out . The police being apprited of the discovery , they were instructed to apprehend a stonemason of the name of Edward Silk , on suspicion of baing concerned in the death of the unfortunate young man . heliaving given very contradictory accounts as to where lie left him on the preceding evening . It also appears that thia party , when he reached his lodging in the night in question , was seen to have blood ou his bauds and pocket-handkerchief . Silk waa then intoxicated , and on being asked where he had left the deceased , he replied that he had been drinking with him , ami that he left him at the corner of Bridgo-sti'eat . Ue added that the deceased had severely cut himself under the eye by falling , and tbat lie ( Silk ) had wiped the blood off bis face with his pocket handkerchief . —Mr Vaughan , a surgeon , who examined the body , said that the handkerchief waa firmly wedged down the deceased's throat to the extent of ten and a half inches .
Suffocation was the cause of death , produced by the handkerchief being stuffed in tho throat . Deceased could not have placid the handkerchief in the throat himself . —The coroner here intimated that he would adjourn the injury , so as to enable the polica to collect more witnesses respecting the murder . A Di ; fai ; ltjxg Magistrate . —The town of Ipswich has bsen thrown into a state of excitement by tho sudden departure of a professional mnn for the continent , leaving liabilities to tho amount of £ 2 /> , 000 unsettled . These embavraEsinenU are reported to hare been caused by railway speculations . A . banking firm in the town is said tobs a creditor totlio extant of £ 10 , 000 , and a sharcbrokor in London well known iu Ipswich , creditor for a " similar sum ' Tlie alleged defaulter , who was a magistrate of the borough , beyond a very lucrative practico , and iios * scssed property , it is said , to the amount of £ 40 000 A newspaper , which is published in New York , is said to bs wholly edited by boys .
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HORTHTOBEMJUO ) , Emii Accident . —An accident , unfortunately attended with loss » f life to one individual and serious injury to two others , occurred at Messrs Hawthorn ' s factory , Newcastle . A man named James Haranv , md , a grinder , was engaged previous to the accidop . ' t with other men in grinding a frame-plate on a grindstone , which was placed in an out-house , and had only bfen put up that morning , the grindstone wag driven by an engine in connection with other tnnchinery , and in order to increase its speed during the operation , Hammond had put on more Bteam . After the work was completed the engine was allowed to go on , thus
giving increased centrifugal force to the $ rindst » ne . The men had retired , except Hammond and other two ; he took an adze and waa in the act of sharpening it , when the stone flew to pieces with tremendous force , and Hammond , together with the seat he sat upon , was thrown upwards against a crossbeam , and his head was literally broken to pieces ; he fell down dead . Another piece of the stone carried away the roof of the building ; and portions of the wood and stone , which were driven in all directions , seriously injured t % man named Joseph Hedley , breaking his arm and lacerating his lep , and inflicting several bruises on the third man . The out-house was nearly destroyed by this accident , giving evidence of the immense force with which the Btone broke .
LANCASHIRE . DnBAOTui . Explosion . —Eight Mhn Killed . —An explosion of fire-damp has taken place at Gerard ' s Bridge Colliery , St Helen ' s , beloneing to Messrs Speataman , Cald well and Co . There was at the time about fifty men employed under the ground , nnd thirteen ponies . Most of them were got out in a few hours , very little injured ; but eight of the number were found dead . The inquest was held at St . Helen ' s , before John Hayes , Esq ., Coroner for the district . The first witness called was Thnman Winn , who said he was employed as a collier in the CowleyhiU Mine , when the accident happened . All the persons who were killed worked in the same mine , but in a higher level to the one in which he was employed . About five o ' clock in the morning he went
down into the mine , but' having a long way to go from the bottom of the shaft it would be six o ' clock before he got to work . It was between seven and eight o ' clock when tho explosion took place , . there being upwards of fifty persons in different parts of the mine at the time . Witness worked in the place where the fire occurred , accompanied by a man named Marsh , who worked a little higher up than hiriwlf . Marsh , who was hacking with his pick againsl the side of the mine , said to witness that he thought he was going through , nr there wasa * ' bit of a slip , pr a shoot . " Witness said to him , if that was the case he must put his candle out . They then put both their candles out , and witness said , " Let ' s be going " Marsh , at the same time , observed , " Ay , Lord , it has fired S" They immediately made their escape .
and sat down in the next opening . They both began to be alarmed , lest they should be suffocated , and witness exclaimed , " Oh , dear me , we are all done . " He then put his hand to tbo mouth of the . upper level , and the strong foul air forced it back again . They then both got into the bottom level , and rnn dowa the main road towards the pit mouth , a distance of 400 or 500 yards from where they had bepn working . Witness kept shouting to the men to pnt their lights out , He never Baw a breath of foul air in the mine before , and could Rot account for it in the present instance . Witness did not ask Marsh to pick through , but said that if he did he must put his light out . After some further evidence , the J ury returned a verdict of " Accidental death , caused by cases arising from tbe combustion of coal , which was set on fire during an explosion . "
cnp . sniRE . Chester Station . —The contract for the erection of the railway station at Chester was let on Monday vteek to Mr Brassey . The total cost will bo about £ 00 , 000 .
YORKSHIRE . The Mirfikld Mqramns . —After a protracted examination the following result has transpired . The prisoners have been remanded , but in so doing , Mr Inghara said - . —Patrick Reid and Michael M'Cabe , you are remanded till this day fortnight ; but I may as well intimate to you that you may consider yourselves committed to take your trials on this charge . The remand is onl y to give time for the connecting links of the . evidence to be supplied . It is well to infonn you of " this , that you may be prepared to act accordingly . The prisoners weYe removed in custody , M'Cabe seemingly not much disconcerted—Reid much more so . Indeed , it was evident that the testimony now adduced had produced > a deep impression .
HEIlTFORDSIIIREi Fatal Accidest on the Eastkrs Counties Railway . —At the Hertford station of the above railway , an engine-driver named Edward Williamson , while engaged in shunting some carriages upon the rail , endeavoured to pass between two of the carriages . Unfortunately in the attempt he was struck by one of- the buffers in the abdomen , and forced against thejnrececling carriage . The poor fellow was tnken up insensibk , and every assistance rendered Lira , but he expired , after lingering three hours in great agony .
SOMERSETSHIRE , Wells ancient city has now resumed its usual tranquillity ; everything is quiet ; and were it not for the appearance of here and there a trooper peeping out at the inns , our recent disturbances weuld be almost forgotten . The worst of it is , we are obliged to live on hot bread . Tho bakers have nowvesumeil their labours , but owing to tho partial stoppage for a day or two , there is not a stale loaf to be got , and many a poor fellow , we regret to Bay , ha 3 since the riot gone to bed supperless with money in his pocket , owing to the scarcity of bread . There is , however , " a good time coming , " and we have not the leas doubt that , in the course of a few days , everything will be all riant again .
CORNWALL . Redruth . —The minera of this district , following the example of those in the east and west of the county ; came into this town in numbors , with their wiveB , exceeding 7 , 000 . The inhabitants became alarmed , the market wa 3 suspended , and the shops and public houses were closed , and business was entirely at a stand-still . Mr Stephen Davey . Mr Magor , and other magistrates and influential gentlemen of the neighbourhood , assembled . These geutleraen addressed tho men on the folly and impropriety of breaking the pence , at the same time assuring them that immediate measures should be adopted for their relief . The men , however , were deaf to the entreaties of thoso who addressed them , and proceeded
to commit many aets of violence , by seizing meat , vegetables , &o . The disturbance became at length so great that the special constables were unable to act against the crowd , and the magistrates called on the military , a detachment of the 5 th Fusiliers and Captain M'Dougatt ' s company of veterans , which had arrived from Falmouth in the morningthe riot act was read , and the most energetic measures adopted to preserve the peace . Fortunately no lives wero sacrificed , but several of the magistrates and constables wero very reughly treated , and received some severe bruises , many of the mob being armed with bludgeons . Helston . —In consequence of the disturbed state of the town during tho last two market days , a company of the 5 tli Fusiliers , consisting of sixty-four men , have landed at lleliord , from Plymouth , and
are hourly expected to march into this town , where they are expected to remain for some time . With all the distress and excitement scarcely a rioter belongs to this part , but to mines several miles distant . Tim town was visited again last week by a great number of miners , and many of the latter entered the corn market in a violent manner , and insisted on tho farmers selling wheat at 303 . and barley at 163 . per bushel , and would not suffer the corn to bo removed unless the farmers complied with the proposals , which in many instances they did . Pool . —A large body of miners called on Mr Blarney , a flour factor , and insisted on his selling flour at 503 . per sack , with which he refused to comply ; they then broke open his stores , and carried away a great quantity of the staff of life .
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Mertiiyr-Tydvil . —Serious Accident prom tiie Explosion op Gun . Cotton . —Several parties from London and elsewhere , believing gun cotton could be made applicable in reck Wasting , had applied to some of the iron masters near this placo lor permission to test its powers . Accordingly , the trial took place at the lime quarries at Morlais Castle . Sevcralsoieutific gentlemen connected with the worka wero invited to be present , amongst whom wero W . Ncedham Esq . ; Messrs Martins , mineral agents ; Mr Rhys W . Rhys , of Aberdare ; and Messrs Wheeler and Ringer , the gentlemen for whom the trial was to take plrtcc For the purpose a hole of about nine feet in depth had been bored , and everything being ready a chargo of cotton was inserted therein . From some cause or other not explained the charge could not bo sent fur enough , whin an iron rod was employed , thceml of
which was a 9 a precaution covered with cotton . Mr Rnys , of Aberdare , took hold of tho rod to rani it down , Mr Wheeler standing near him , and a workman on tho other side , when an explosion -caused either by compression or a spark from the iron ro < took place , wounding Mr Rhys in the face so very soriously , that it is greatly feared he will lose his fiifHt . > lr Wheeler was also cut on . the face , in three or four places , and the workman seriously hurt . We think viUcvo the powers of thia combustible arc so little known , and where even tho most scientific chemists are as yet unacquainted with its probable strength , persons cannot be too guarded in its application , The recipes for its composition being now well known through ths viwious scientific journals , doubtless many a busy-body will bo experimenting with it , forgetting that Schonbeinand other chemists have said thatin respocfc of readiness for explosion , gunpowder is nothing to be compared with it .
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FRIGHTFUL COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . SEVEN HVE 3 LOST ANdIeVERAL PASSENGERS INJURED . . Wolvrrton , Sunday . Lmnight ( Saturday ) one of the most alarming and fatal occurrences which has ever occurred on any railway took place within a short distance of the Wolverton station of the London and North-Western Railway . The down mail-train for Liverpool consisting of nineteen carriages , of various descriptions , startedat its appointed time , a quarter before nine o ' clock last evening ( Saturday ) , from the Enstonsquare terminus , and was due at Wolverton at fifteen
minutes before eleven . The train was heard approaching the Wolverton station at its proper time , and was properly signaled by police constable Fossey , who was stationed at the bridge between six arid seven hundred yards on the London side of the station . The signal indicating that all was right for the train to enter the station was hoisted at the hitter place , but to the astonishment of the officers at the station , the train turned off into a siding , instead of coming onward down the main line , and in an instant after a fearful crash was beard . On the superintendent of the Wolverton station reaching the spot , a shocking scene presented itself . The mail
train had entered the siding commencing hear the bridge , usually appropriated to ooal and merchandise waggons , and had come into collision with five or six waggons , laden with coal , standing thereon . The fifth and sixth carriages of the mail train were literally smashed to piecos and strewed about the line , together with the pasengersthey had contained , whilst the engine and tender , and all the carriages in frontofthem , which consisted of the Liverpool and Manchester parcel vans and two second class carriages , were , with the exception that the engine had its buffers and plank somewhat broken , comparatively uninjured .
The consternation occasioned by the collision was frightful in the extremis , some of the passengers were observed rushing from the broken carriages with blood streaming from their faces , while ihe groans of those unfortunate individuals who were unable , from the severe injuries they had sustained , to extricate themselves from the fragments by which they were surrounded , were truly appalling . As soon as the consternation created by the first shock had somewhat subsided , all the energies of the company ' s othcersand the more fortunate of the passengers were directed to the assistance of the sufferers , and body after body apparently in a lifeless condition was reraoyed from the line to ono of tha anteroomB of the Wolverton station where they were at by
, once seen Mr Rogers , surgeon of Wolverton , in the employ of the company , and by two other medical gentlemen , who happened to be in the train at the time of the oolhsion . We regret to state that no kss a number than seven persons who were in the sixth second class carriage were found either in a dead or dying condition , scarcely half an hour having elapsed from the time of the occurrence before they had all ceased to exist . The most singular circumstance , however , connected with the deaths of these unfortunate persons is the appearance of their bodies so unusual m cases of railway collision . With the exception of a few slight scratches and bruises , none of the bodies ( which are those of seven male persona of various
ages ) exhibit crushing of bones and other marks of violence . Scarcely , any blood is to be seen about them , and they are all believed to have died frem the same causo , namely , concussion of the brain , resulting from tho suddenness and violence of the shock . Amongst the passengers injured is a gentleman named Turner , residing in Staffordshire , who received several severe cuts about the head and face but who was yesterday reported to be going on favourably . Another gentleman had one or two of his nbs fractured , and six or seven others are stated to be m » re or lees injured , but were enabled to proceed to their destinations as soon as the train was got rea < iy to forward them , after having received proper medical attention
. As soon as possible after the sufferers had been attended to , and the broken carriages removed from the mam line , an investigation was made into the circumstances which had led to so frightful and fatal a calamity , and from what has transpired it is much to be feared that it has rather resulted from design than accident . At the Wolverton station tbe points are always kept straight with the main line , and they require to be altered to allow a train to enter the siding . It appears that tbe constable , Fos « ey , after having given tlie signal for the arrival of the mail train , ran from the bridgo where he was Btationed to the points of the siding , about forty or Sfty yards , and held them back , so that the mail train passed on to the siding instead of passing onward down the main line . This was not discovered by the engine-driver until he had passed the points a considerable
distance , when ,. seeing the danger , he instantly applied the breaks , turned off his steam , and reversed his engine , and then both he and the Grecian jumped off on to the embankment , and thus m aU probability , saved their lives . The train was at this moment going , it is stated , at a rate not exceeding ten miles an hour . On the constable Fossey being interrogated as to the causes which had led him , after signalising the arrival ot the mail train , to run down the line for the purpose of turning it on to the siding , the only explanation which ho afforded was , that he afterwards thought it was not the mail train , but a lugga » e train , and he did bo for the purpose ot securing its safety . This statement , however , bem « very much doubted , the man having been employed by the company at his present duty sis months ^ the superintendent of the Wolverton station felt it his duty immediately to give him into custody .
Immediately after the mail triin , which was detained nearly two hours , bad been despatched on its journey , a special engine was started off to London with the melanoholy news to the directors And other officials connected with the railway ; and Captain Iluish ( the general manager of the line ) , Mr Bruyeres ( tho superintendent ) , and Mr Creed ( the secretary ) , and some of the directors , arrived at Wolverton this morning by the mail train , for the purpose of pursuing an investi gation asd ascertaining who were the sufferers . This was found extremely difficultbut trom
, cards and other evidence discovered on the persons of the deceased parties , their names are supposed to be as follows : —J . B . Rattezay , belonging to an iron foundry at Dundee ; . Miller secretary of a London Ragged School ; James Clifton , supposed to be from Coventry ; T . Makinson a collegian of Cambridge ; T . Shenattand Cooper not known where belonging to ; the seventh is the body ot a respectably attired young man , but who had nothing upon him to lend to identity . All the deceased persons are attired in tho most respectable
manner . The inquest was opened on Monday at 12 o ' clock by the ooroner , in due form , at the Reading Rooms ' , Wolverfon . The coroner addressed the jury on the responsibilities which ' attacked to the inquiry on which they were about to enter , and the jury then proceeded to view the bodies , the scene of the accident , and the broken carriage . On their return the coronersuggested tliattheinquest 8 hould beadjouriied to a future day , to give time for the collection of evideuce , am ! to enable the surgeons to examine the bodies . After a desultory conversation , it was finally decided that the inquest should be adjourned . The following official report ot the occurrence has been tumished by Captain Uuish , the general nunager of the line : —
' OFFICIAL REPORT . "It appears that tho 8 . 45 p . m . down mail train on Saturday , the otii of June , left London at its usual time , and passed safely till within sipht of the Wolverton station . At ihe bridKe , whifih is distant from the entrance to tbe station about 600 yards , a sidin » commences into which coal and merchandise trains are passed . The train arrived precisel y at its proper time ; the steam was shut off " beforo ' reaching the bridge , and tho guards were at their post " The policeman at the bridge gave the usual signal of the arrival of the muil , and tho signal \ ras acknowledged and repeated from the station . At this time the points were right , and everything in proper o rder for the entrance of the train into the station .
" From some cause yet ta be explained , tbe signal man appears to have gone to the points , a distance of forty or fifty paces , ami to have turned the train into tho siding . On finding himself off the mail line , and going into a siding usually full of goods , the engine man reversed liia engine and worked the wheels backwards . The break of tho tender , which lock all the six wheefe . was applied , and the j-uards used their breaks . The train , which was composed of nineteen carriages of various kinds , after running a considerable distance into the siding , Btruck a waggon of coal , which with four or five others were ataadiug there . The engineman and fireman were unhurt and tuebui or plank of the engine only was damaged , ihe loading carriage was the Liverpool parcel van , and tha second the Manchester parcel van ; both are uninjured . The next was a secondclass carriage , also uninjured , and the passengers « n
fhflrrwT'V " ™ seeo ^ cla 8 s carriage ; the fifth from the engine was a second-class also This carnage appears to have been lightly loaded ' and from the momentum of the train and reaction oi the buffers of theloading carriages , it was life up on its eml ; Tho next carriage was a second class also , being tho sixth from the engine , ' ndon SJj laHtab '* - Ci ? ce , ts ot' ccucussion wXlt a the death o sevoa main persons . The carriage was lound under the one - which was lifted up , and tLT Junes appear to have raulteu entirely from the iron work otthe under framing . The carriage iielf J broken to metes , and although the L .-nding carriages show marks ot the collision , WHU the exception ot tbo parcel vans , tho whole mischief appears to have fallen on the fourth and fifth carriages . " It would bo improper to anticipate tho evidence before it . is ollicially given ; but from all TO CM 1 Icavn ' the accident arises entirely and solel y from tho
pomtraiwi turning the train off tho mjiin lino . It is not an act of omission of duty , because the points are always right for the main line , and rcquiro holding back to euable a train to enter thc siding . The man is in custody .
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CASE OF THE BURG HE AD CORN RIOTERS . GREAT PUBLIC MEETING . A public meeting of the citizens of Glasgow was held on Friday evening , 4 th June , in Nelron-street Chapel , to consider the case of the above unfortunate men , wh < tm our readers will now recollect were lately sentenced to transportation and imprisonment in terms of their indictments . Mr James Clarkso . v was unanimousl y called to the chair , and commenced the proceedings by requesting the secretary , Mr John Wilson , to read such part of the corrcspendence as he thought most important , and necessary to give tho meeting an idea of the committee ' s proceedings . Mr Wilson had written to Rear-Admiral Duff , and Mr Waters , the Free Church minister ; and after three weeks hail elapsed without receiving an answer from either , a communication was sent to the Northern Star , which the editor kmdly inserted and it had the desired effect
, of putting the committee in communication with the parties really interested , and disposed to assist them , in the case . In reference to Mr Waters , he mentioned that that gentleman had actually written an answer to their letter , but it was forwarded to tho care m l * Buchanan , of Ghsgow , and tbe latter suffered it to lie by him without communicating with the committee or taking any other steps in the matter . Mr John Wilson also read several letters from the parents of the fishermen themselves , and also documents proving that at the time the riot took place there was nut a pound of meal on sale in the village of Burghcad , and that the constables were chiefly to blame , inasmuch as they commenoed the attack by striking and severely injuring a defenceless woman . These facts were certiiied by an immense number of testimonials from neutral parties , particularly m reference to there being no meal to bo had for money in tho place at the time .
Mr James A . dam 3 said he did not intend to detain the meeting b v makimr a long speech ; in fact the resolution ho was about to propose did not need suc'i an auxiliary . It was as follows : — That the great nira and object of criminal jurisprudence in every enli ghtened nation ought to be tbe protection of life , liberty , and property , as also the refoitnntion ot offenders , by instructing them in the true principles of human dignity , and not , as is too often tho case iu our country , to terrify them into obedience by the infliction of corporeal punishment . Mr Adam 3 illustrated the above resolution by a few able remarks . ' The resolution was seconded b y Mr Andrew Harlky . and unanimously adopted . W . S . Bkowx moved the second resolution , as follows : —
That tliis nifteti : ) , ; is of opinion , that tho sentence passed on SutlievlauO , Main , Young , Davidson , mid Fnlcouer , even grunting them guilty , is by far too severe , and not founded on those sound principles of criminal jurisprudence , which ought to characterise the adminig . tration of civil law in the nineteenth century . Io said before alluding to the resolution he should like to unburden his mind a little in reference to the apathy displayed by certain parties in the case of tho unfortunate men under consideration . The documents Mr Wijson had read to them showed that three of the prisoners woro members of the " Free " Church , and it appeared a very strange thing to him that none of the ministers of that church Jew mheardtoothat lette r Of
, , a r Q b « S 8 ent to Dr 2 ! R ^ ! C ( 1 ^ AP" 1 , and wl , ieh ° oS leached the committee two or throe days an 0 He KLTtfe !) . C ! ilurac » t ? V '" sc stS S , onl ? fift l lrls , oucrs a »< l their parents would hare w «^^ t ^ rW ™ their real frieadi . in lefeicnce wtho resolution he thought there could not be two opinions about the extreme severity of If h H ' li In ! 13 t havo strilck everv one present tint laws made to protect property accwmdaicc l , out ^ boie no proportion in severity to thoso for the protection of liberty or even life . We must have this pioportion reversed before we can expect things to move smoothly on . Tho present system is somewhat like trying to run a carriage built for tho broad on the narrow guage . One set or other of tho wheels
roust always ha oil the rails , and the passengers get frt ; least dreadfully jolted , if worse does not happen to Mr Goodwin seconded the resolution , and it was agreed to by acclamation . Mr Donald Feuousos proposal U 19 third resolution : — That tiiis meeting rooonl thdr beliof that the true way to prennt the rccum-nce of such misdemeanors R 3 those lor wlilcli these unfortunate men are suffering is tliu restoration of thu social ami political rights of ° l \ e iKopie , as founded on thoiumitit&Me laws of nature . After nfew romnrks this resolution was seconded by . ii gsntleman in the bod y of the meeting , and unanimously adopted . MrWiisos then read a Memorial to Hor Mnjcsty . praying tor a tree paulou , or at least a mitigation of sentence , which after a . few verbal alterations was adopted , and onlorcd to be si gned by tho chairman , m the name of the mooting , and transmitted .
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GALLATOWK . AtMiMtNo Railwat Riot . —Serious disturbances have taken place , during the last fow days amongst the labourers on the Edinburgh and Nothern Railway . On Saturday last , being the pay-day on the Gallatowa section , Borne squabbling ensued between the Highlandmen and Irishmen , a « d two or three broken heads were the consequence . The police , however , by apprehending some half-dozen of the ringleaders , succeeded in restoring quietness for the night . The prisoners were lodged in the lock-up house at Pathhead , and on Tuesday morning last were brought , into Cupar , where two of them were sentenced to 40 days ' ., and tw » to 60 days ' , imprigonmem each . The case of the others being of a more serious nature is under investigation . On
Sunday morning , it was evident , from the numbers hanging about the streets , that there was considerable risk of a collision between the Highlanders and the Irishmen . The Irishmen turned out to the number of between 60 and 70 : and having sent off a despatch to the Links of Kirkaldy for a reinforcement from their countrymen there-, about three o ' clock a body of no fewer than 500 marched in regular procession , with railing stobs , rails , shuvels , and pokers , through Kirkaldy , till they joined their comrades , when the crewH , of une sort or other , might amount to more than 1 , 000 . A « ainnt these , about 200 Highlanders , i-ome of whom were armed with knives and dirks , marched up , but , finding their inferiority of numbors , retreated , and hence no collision took place . For a time the town was completely in the possession of these armed men .
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FAMINE ANT ) FEVHU . The provincial papers received this morning , contain very unfavourable accounts in reference to the public health . In the Novth and West fever is still on the increase , particularly in the over-crowded workhouses , many of which contain a third more inmates than the ; were originally intended to accommodate .
Cobk . —Last week two poor wdman were murdered near Mr O'Callaahan ' s , Dunmanus , West Skull , it is supposed . for the . sake of a few pounds of meal which they were taking home to their families , and their bndies thrown in'O a lake . There were on Thursday , 2 nd of June , when the last official accounts were made up , 928 cases of fever in the hospitals and other temporary places of accommodation for patients in thecity and suburbs . In addition to thia fearful amount of disease , hundreds had been refused admission for want of
room . Attack on a Vessel . —The Wellington , bound for Westpnrt from America , was plundered of a large quantity of her carud ( Indian corn meal ) , off the entrance of Bkcksod Bay , on the 2 d inat . The Fearless steamer and the Emerald cutter were both under weigh not far from the plundered vessel at the time . Antrim . —The poverty and disease that stalk through the streets of this town have scarcely ever been equalled during the memory of the oldest inhabitant . In every street , on the footpaths and dnorsteps , are to bo seim groups of miserable-looking creatures sitting or lying , and apparently suffering from the attacks of hunger and sickness . They
stretch themselves in the sun , and for hours sleep in that exposed cmidition , and by this means their physical disorders become more confirmed and increased . F . OUTH . —At a meeting of the poor law guardians ot'Drogheda , held on Thursday last , the state of the houso was reported to be : —AdmjUed during the week , 82 ; remaining from last week , 655 ; discharged , 24 ; died . 15 ; remaining , 698 . In hospital during the week , 8 ? ; discharged , 19 ; died , 14 ; remaining , 54 .. In temporary fever hospital , 27 ; dificharged , 8 , -died . 1 ; remaining , 18 . In children ' s infirmaries ,. 70 ; vaccinated , 0 ; in lunatic wards , 7 . Number of paupers admitted that day , 122 .
Slioo . —The present state of this town is truly awful ; fever is spreading with the rapidity of wildfire , and , as the hot weather has now set in , there is no rational hope nf thc disease being checked . The ReT . Mr Thack-rberry , Methndiat preacher , died of typhus fever on Thursday morning , and Mr Patrick Dunnigan , a respectable merchant also fell a victim to the same malignant disease during the week . Every street is full of infection , and a man would have a better chance of escaping with his life in a battle than in Sligo at present . Every night from ten to fifteen persons far gone in fever are left by their < riev > ds outside the Sever hospital , and they are forced to remain in the open air for want of accommodation ! Upon Thursday night last , at the hour of twelve o ' clock , we counted sixty human creatures lying upon the fhgs in the streets ; we are quite corvinced that one-third of that number was infected with fever . All of them were sickly and faminestricken ,
Six people died on Thursday of typhus fever in a sinsle street in the town . Belfast . —This town with a population one-third less than that of Cork , it is stated that there are 1 , 000 persons lying ill of fever . The judges have decided upon postponing the circuits until October , in consequence of the spread of fever . Enniskiixen . —The state of destitution to which thia parish is reduced is dreadful . The poorhouse , built to contain 1 . 100 persons , at present accomndates 1 , 326 , In the convaleecent ward there avc 41 patients—the dimensions of this temporary buildint > are 7 S feet by 21 , and of one storey high . In ' another thatched house , also but one story high and 39 feet by 33 , there are 55 human victims lying in fever . In
an old buillding measuring 51 feet by 21 , two stories high , there are 139 patients ; its lofts arc not ceiled , and consequently afford free access to the smoke of fires underneath . In a tent formed of blankets there are thirteen patients . We see by tho following census , how rapidly famine and disease have done and are doine thoir work of death . In tho month of December , 1845 , there was but one death ! in January , 1846 , four deaths ; in February , 2 ; iu March , 3 ; in April , 2 ; in May , 4 ; in June , 4 ; in July , 3 ; in August , 6 ; in September , 2 ; in October , 11 ; in November , 16 ; in December , 34 deaths . In January , 1847 , there were 71 deaths ; February , 103 ; March , 144 ; April , 94 ; May , 173 ; making a total for the year 1817 , 585 deaths ; or averaging 117 each month .
Mato . —In some of the remote parts of Mayo , particularly in the barony of Erris . djsease is committing serious havoc . On Monday , in the townland of Inver , in tho barony referred to , there were no less than thirty-two human beings dead-dead of famine —dead of pestilence , produced and propagated by want . MosAonAS . —On Friday an unfortunato breathed Hiis last in tho Diamond of this town ; he was being conveyed to tho poorhouse , and . liad he survived a few minutes longer , he would have helped to increase the bills of mortality of that cstablisment . Cadaverous , emaciated . hideous in tilth and rags , this human being , though an object of pity , was still a greater object of disgust .
STATE OF THK COUNTRY . In almost every barony armed men are to be seenf day and night , traversing the country with impunity , withour iear of detection or recognition by those whose dwellings are beset and plundered of ceived by parties to whom they apply for information , On Monday men with their face 3 blackened appeared property , while the police are in most instances dein arms at Bruree , and searched the country from four until six o ' clock in the morning . The police were despatched in pursuit , but 'were unable to come up with them . In thc neighbourhood of Clarina plunder took place to a fearful extent , stftryatisn forcing men to thip mean 3 of mutilating HFc . Galway . —There are at present OS cases of fever , and 107 cases of dyscntry , in the Galway workhouse .
KiLKENNY . —During the last week , from Sunday , the 23 rd ultimo , to Monday , tho 3 lst , 159 patients in fever , wore admitted into the workhouse . Of these , 35 found an asylum there during Sunday and Monday last . Limerick—In consequence of the great spread of fever in 'Limerick ( there being 350 patients in John ' s Hospital , ) tho relief committee of tho uuion havo , under the fever act , appointed throe doctors at 5 s . a day each , to attend at Harrington ' s hospital , a portion of which building , including tho late Montede-Piete , in now being fitted up for the reception of fever cases . Couofin . —Thomas Blood , Ksq ., of lloxton , has died of typhus faver , caught-ifhile in attendance at the relief depot of his district ' , Mallow . —Mr Richard Barnott Barry , chairman of the town commissioners of Mallow , died on Saturday night , of typhus fever , in the 32 nd year of his
age . ESnORATIOS "FIIOM THE TORT OF CORK TO TIIE 31 ST MAY , 22 Shins have left Cork for Canada with 0 , 731 souls . J 7 St John ' s . N . B . I , 75 S ... 2 Halifax , N . S . 337 ... 32 United States 3 , 323 ... Making a total of 12 , 149 souls . The greater pavfc have been agricultural ' labourers aud small farmtra . Thus is ^ thestrcngth being drained out of the country .
Fhai'ds on Ukuki ? ' lawns . —A circular has been issued from the relicf-ollice to the several insncctiii " officers which indicates the cxisteuyo of Mintvpfiii frauds . The relief commissioners state that v a rious abuses exist , " some involving a most unjustifiable expenditure ot tho relief lund , amounting to fraud •• and others to " an abstraction of the food provided as tho resource of tamili C 3 that aro cntiroiy destitute . I ho inspectors are recommended to ' endeavour to iixtho culpability on individuals , that they may bo punished or cxposed . te prevent an opinion gaining ground that such practices acquire an impunity from being common in thc country .
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SMALL FARMS ANDJPADE HUsS ^ ( From Part XVII . of the P ^ v ^^ M ' Saxmundharo , April 18 , 18 # .-Sir-f fa ? pleasure m forwarding yon the nromim ., 1 7 &Ht fwmMrJohnSniett 5 KeIaall , 8 ^ Shil > l he pursues in cultivating his two acres of \ Z 11 M necessary , for the guidance of those who iSL *^ method , to state that he keeps his Vows ? S ^ very productive ) housed all the year , and ffi , sand , with a drain to carry the moisture aw ? , £ 0 Q tank which is outside the cow-house The nm ' » ' from the hogs is also conveyed by a drain \ Z > S * same reservoir The liquid thus obtained i 8 ZaT manure , which he ha 3 found of infinite servin •' producing unprecedented crops . I might further « ? that the land is manured every crop , and dim JnT three pronged fork 13 inches in length . tt Mr Sillott has divided his land into four nnrf ;« . three ef 60 rods , and one of 120 , which is en ., '' servine 20 rods for beds for raising plants for tw planting and has given a statement of the proiCh each . which are aa follows : — v ^ «
No . 1 . Waaplantedin October with spring eabba » to in rows two feet apart , and one foot three inches far each other ; between each row of cabbages hedibffi a double row of wheat . In February he pCS between each cabbage early pot 'toes . The oabbuS came off about the middle of May , and the potato ^ m June . He then prepared the land for awed ! turnips , which he had raised upon beds ; he tran , planted the turnips the latter end of June the sama distance from eanh other as the cabbaees atond which gave them a sufficient quantity of air to grow nn tii the wheat came off , which was the beWnnfoff nf August . The turnips had then all the air that ww necessary to bring them to maturity , and in the do . tober following they were as laree as the turnips grown in the ordinary way . The following is the produce - 19 bu ? hels wheat , 7 , 900 cabbages , 7 , 000 turnips 90 bushels potatoes .
No . 2 . WaR appropriated to the growth of beet . U April the seed was dibbled in ridges two feet apart and a foot from each other ; b . v this method the beet became very fine , and were admired by all who saw them for their size and quality ; the quantity thus erown amounted to 720 bushels , which was followed by a crop of spring tares , which are now growing for fond t < ir the cows . No . 2 . Was plan'ed with drumhead cnbhases in rowsi three feet apart , and two feet from each other , and between fach row of cabbages was dibbled a double row of beans and peas . The cabbages amounted to 3 , 000 , and weighed on an average 18 lbs . The beans and peas produced 12 bushels : No . 4 . Grass manured with liquid manure ; 40 rods were out trreen for cattle , and the residue produced 2 tons of hay , which is at the rate of 4 tons per acre . « tal e th P ' uce afc a low calculation , supposing all to have been sold ( which waa not the caseY it would have realised the following sums -.
No . l . £ s > fl > 19 bushels of wheat at 93 per bushel ... 8 11 0 * 7 , 900 cabbages at Old ench ... , ] . ] 6 9 J 7 , 900 turnips , nllowinjr 50 to the bushel , " which would make 158 bushels , at 6 d per bnshel 3 19 o 90 bushels of potatoes , at 4 s porbashel " . 18 0 0 No . 2 . 720 bushels of beet , at Cd per bushel ... 18 0 0 No . 3 . 8 , 000 cabbages , at Id each 1210 0 12 bushels of beans and peas , at 4 s per bushnl 3 8 0 No . i .
3 tons of hay ( allowing the grass cut to produce the same on average as that cut for hay ) , at £ 5 per ton 15 n 0
£ 95 17 3 I am supposing everything to have been sold , excepting the spring tares , but as they are not produced within the year I have omitted to give nn item of their value . In this calculation I have not set the produce at its real value , as it is not my wish to overrate the advantages to be derived by the spade over the plough . The statements here civen are simply facts as to theproduce , and theiryalue if sold atthe price stated , - and as I have shown in my former letter the profit realised by Mr Sillctt from two cowr . I shall leave others to make their calculations as to the prohable advantages to be derived by the system of cow keeping
over the one I haye stated ; suffice it to say that the statements here given can be borne oat by Mr Sillett , who states that before he commenced he did not even know the various Heeds , and now that he has made himself acquainted wi ! h the system , and has Urns far been successful , he feels fully confident he shall be able to make his land produce by spade cultivation double what it has done . This , therefore , is farther evidence , tending materially to provo tbat the land is capable of maintaining in comfort all those that are willing to bestow that labour and attention that it required for the proper development of the capabilities of the soil . Yours truly , Tuos . NEwiujf .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1422/page/6/
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