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      ^ l— » l _;_ M . « g 3——¦ II 0 J 1 IMI I I I III I IIIIIIIM « sfjs gtetvopoli * . Health o ? Loxdox dvrixg the "Week . —The present return exhibits a serious increase in the mortality of London . The deaths , which in the pre-¦ vious week Trere 1 , 070 , Lave in the last mounted to 1 , 369 . and give an excess above the average of SOL * This unfavourable result is produced by cholera and diarrhoea . -The deaths from cholera were 339—more than double the mortality of the preceding week ; those from diarrhoea and dysentery , which in the former week were 54 , have rapidly increased to ltk > , which is more than in any corresponding week of fire previous years . The total in the week from the three diseases is therefore ^ ^—— ^^^

      4-j !» , and makes an excess of 347 on the average of former years . The mortality from all other zymotic or epidemic diseases is 101 , the average being 210 ; that from all sporadic diseases is 6515 , the average Mng GTO . The progress of cholera in London is traced in the returns of the last six weeks , in which tlie numlwrii were successively 22 , 42 , 49 , 124 , 152 , aid 330 ; the progress of diarrhoea and dysentery in the same periods is shown as follows : —25 , 38 , 19 , 33 , 54 , and 160 . During these six weeks cholera was fatal to 425 males , and 303 females , of whom SS 7 died on the south side of the river , only 101 ii the treat and northern districts . Considerably more than one-half of deaths from diarrhoea last

      "week occurred under two years of age ; whereas of the 339 deaths from cholera / 102 occurred between the ages of 15 and CO . last week 49 persons died of cholera in the district of Lambeth , 37 in Rotherhithe , and 23 in Uermondsey ; but the epidemic now increases generally over the metropolitan districts . Hoopingcougb , pneumonia , and phthisis are at present fatal to more than the usual number ; the second , as well the first , almost entirely to young persons . Typhns , measles , scarlatina , and smallpox arc about the average , or fall considerably under it . Two men died ofinteinperance . The

      barometer has been high during the week . It reached 39 . 252 in . on Wednesday , and the daily mean was above 30 in . throughout the week , with the exception of Sunday , The mean of the week was 30 . 129 in . The temperature of the air was highest on Sunday , when it reached 84 deg . 1 min . in the shade , and 109 deg . in the sun at Greenwich . The mean of the week was 66 dcg . 8 min ., considerably higher than in previous weeks . It was throughout liigher than the average of the same week in seven years , and the mean on Sunday exceeded the average by 9 deg . 5 min .

      1 XQ . CESTS . JlELAXcnoLT Accident . —On Saturday Mr . Payne held an inquest at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , on the liody of— Sniallfield , Esq ., who came by his death in the following manner : —It appeared that deceased was in St . Swithin's-lanc on Thursday , the 12 th inst ., between four and five o ' clock , for the purpose of taking a parcel to a friend , and while on iis journey up the lano he was met by a gentleman who remained in conversation some moments with lim . During the time they were conversing , one of 3 Iessrs . Travers ' s , tea dealers , carts cauie up , the driver leading it at the horse ' s head . He bad not , however , proceeded far when he heard a shriek , and some one calling «• stop ; " he immediately halted , and on turning round observed the deceased under

      the cart , the wheel upon the right breast . He was at once released from his perilous position , and Laving been placed in a cab was taken to the above hospital , where he expired in about a quarter of an hour after his admission . The driver , who had leen in custody since the accident , states , on his oath , he could not account for it . Two gentlemen , sons of the deceased , attended , and asked numerous questions about the person who was with their father before the accident occurred , but he bad not been heard of . The jury after some consultation as to whether or not it would be advisable to postpone the case , to endeavour to find out this person , agreed upon returning an open verdict , ¦ which was , "Death caused by injuries received . " ' ExTRAomusxnr Scicide of A Surveyor is a

      Public Batii . —On Saturday , an inquest was held beforeMr . W . Baker , at the Black Horse publiclouse , Kingsland-road , on the body of Mr Henry Johnstonc , aged fifty-one years , a surveyor , who destroyed himself under the following circumstances : —William Pamplin , of Xo . 28 , James-street , City-road , said he was a waiter at the Metropolitan Baths , Asldey-creacent , Shorpditch , which had been established for the last fourteen years . The deceased was surveyor to the baths , and was also the Ori g inator of the plans for building them . On Friday week he entered tie bath , looked at witness , without speaking , and then walked up the path towards the door leading into the private bath . The deceased possessed a key , with which he opened the door , and went in . The door was closed , and

      witness took no further notice , as he was in the habit of leaving the baths by the back door . Shortly after four o ' clock witness was informed by one of the bathers that a man was being drowned in the private bath . Witness ran to the spot , andsaw the deceased floating in the water , apparently deai He was got out as quick as possible , and laid down upon the stone pavement . He was partially undressed , only having on his shirt , drawers , and stockings . The remainder of his clothes were in the bath box . There was a surveyor ' s measuring tape fastened tightly round bis neck , and the other end of the tape was curiously twisted round his rig ht foot and ankle , so that , when he moved his

      foot , the tape would increase in tightness round his neck , and , when in the water , the tape would become wet , which would prevent it unloosing itself . Mr . G . Isdell , a surgeon , was called in , who pronounced life to be extinct . —Mr . Geo . Frazier , of Holloway-place , Holloway , a civil engineer , said he iad known the deceased for the last sixteen years . He frequently complained of pains in his head , and , during the last fortnight , witness had observed a change in him ; he appeared at times very dull and moody . "Witness could not account for the act , for the deceased was a truly religious and pious man , and devoted to his family , —Tlie jury , after some conversation , returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

      Sgicjde of Major Tehitt . —On Saturday , before Mr . H . JI . Wakley , at 2 vo . 21 , Xorth-terrace , Thur-Joe-squaro , Brompton , on the bod y of Major J . L . Verity , aged 72 , late of the 02 d Highlanders , who destroyed . " himself under distressing circumstances . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had T ) een suffering for some years from disease of the urethra , and been attended by Mr . Cahill , and latterly by Mr . Ferguson , surgeon to the Queen . On "Wednesday week " he was exceedingly ill , and complained of excruciating pain , which continued to increase ; but on the following day Mr . Ferguson performed an operation , and he seemed much * relieved , but towards evening the pain returned , and he walked np and down the room in great agony . Mr . Cahill was sent for and attended , but while he was

      gone for some medicine , deceased , bein » very anxious for his return , repeatedly asked if he had come back . Atlength , between four and five o ' clock on Friday morning , the deceased left the room to lookout of the drawing-rooni window to see if Mr . Cahill was coming ; in a minute or two afterwards the family was alarmed by a discharge of fire-arms , and deceased was found in the back drawing-room , on the floor , on his back , quite dead , with a duelling pistol in his right hand , having shattered his head to pieces , the pistol Living been discharged in his mouth . Deceased had been very eccentric in his manners , and of a very excitable temperament . He had suffered from a sun stroke in the East Indies , and a second one two years ago while at work in his garden . Verdict , " Temporary Insanity . "

      Improvements is the Cur . —Workmen have been engaged for some time past in removing the houses lying between Queen-street , St Thomas the Apostle , Cloak-lane , and Budge row . These operations are preparatory to the formation of a broad and continuous thoroughfare , extending from Earl-street , Blaekfriars , to London-bridge . The formation of this line of street will materially relieve Cheapsidc , liudgate-hill , and St . Paul ' s-churchyard from their present inconvenient amount of traffic . Defeat of a Nest of Gamblers . —A short time since , a young scion of the aristocracy , scarcely of age , the nephew of an officer holding a high appointment in her Maije 3 ty * s household , "was entrapped into play at one of the West-end clubs by a set of welldressed sharpers , who , by some means or other , had

      got access to the place . The result was that be was plundered of all lie then possessed , and hills of exchange , to the amount of several hundreds , were extorted from him . These were considered "as good as the Bank , " from the fear of the exposure of She young gentleman ' s relatives , particularly his ancle above alluded to . Owing to a dispute amon" - the members of tlie gang , as to the division of the plunder , one of them disclosed to the loser the conspiraey by which he had been defrauded . The young gentleman wasoutheeveoftakingnp some of the bills -when this disclosure was made to him . He then had the good sense , like the profligate son , to acknowledge his sins and transgressions to his friends , who have forgiven him , and the transaction being proved of the basest description , they now set the swindlers at defiance , the bills proving to them as waste paper . F-BIGHTFCL UCCUEBEXCE AT WfllTECHAPEL . —On

      Sunday , about eleven o ' clock , the house , 2 fo . 17 , Galsfcon-sireei , Whitechapel , fell in with a tremendous crash , smashing every portion of furniture to pieces . A person named Brown , who lived on the second floor , on feeling the house' shake , sent his wife and child down stairs , " and whilst he -was attempting to remove some of his furniture the walk parted asunder , and to escape being buried alive he jumped out of the window , when the interior of the next house also fell . As soon as the dust ffl ^ t ?*? = }? "" » cleared away , a pitiable scene presented itself , for on the ground floor , embedded S , ™ SS ** - * ? *^ ** ™™ and her injured . -Another of the lod ^ era mmo . iT . ^ - ! i her child were alsa hurt bv the faS of ^^ i apon Om . -The shoekhaji ten ^ ubrifif Zf * t was found that the whole of &rtSn £ i £ S

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      that side of the street were in an equally dangerous condition . The occupants were , tkere . ore ordered to leave immediately , and were not even allowed to remove their furniture . The accident , it was supposed , was occasioned by the existence of a cesspool under some of the houses , the walls of which , in all probability , had g iven way and weakened the foundations of the houses . Sometime back another house , at the extreme end of the present clump , fell down , on which ocoasion several persons nearly lost their lives . Fibe at Messrs . Cat-ell ' sDismlleih :. —On Saturday morning last an alarming fire broke out on the and the

      premises belonging to Messrs . Capell Co ., distillers , of Poplar . The stock in trade being of so combustible a nature , the flames spread in a very few minutes to * an immense extent . Several engines were on the spot in a very short time , and the large float engine from theDeptford Dockyard was also brought to bear upon the premises , but in spite of the exertions of the firemen , the flames could not be extinguished until the contents of two immense oil and tar tanks had been destroyed , and the valuable steam machinery considerably damaged . The fire was caused by some of the men warming a tap to make the pitch run . Messrs . Capell , it is believed , were not insured . riELDS

      Destructive Fjbe is li . vcoLs's-m- .-j-un Wednesday morning , shortly before ten o clock , a fire of a very destructive character broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . J . Stone , a carpenter and undertaker , situate in King ' s Head-yard , Lincoln s-Inn-fields . The flames were discovered by a person living in the next house , who , on entering the building for the purpose of rendering assistance , became encircled with fire . In order to es cape-the jaitj was obliged to jump from the first floor into the street . The stock-in-trade being of such an easily ignitible character , but few minutes elapsed ere the flames had extended to the premises of Mr . 1 ascoe , * general dealer , No . 18 , Little Wild-street , and also to the roofs and back fronts of three other houses in the same street . The conflagration assuming such

      an alarming aspect , the inhabitants of the surrounding districts commenced removing their furniture to a more distant part for protection . Several engines promptly attended , but the fire was not extinguished until half-past eleven o ' clock , and not until Mi . Stone ' s premises were totally destroyed , the stabling of Mr . Barford , extensively damaged , and several houses in little Wild-street severely burned . The total damage must be very considerable . Election of a Sheriff . —On Monday a Common Hall was held before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen for the election of a sheriff in the room of S . Peto , Esq ., M . P ., who had refused to take upon himself the above office . The interest which was in the first instance connected with this was swallowed up in the more important one for the representation of the City , and but few individuals wero present after

      the usual forms had been gone through , when Mr . Alderman Lawrence was declared to be elected , and the proceedings terminated . "D eath of James Patiisox , Esq ., M . P . —Mr . Pattison , one of the representatives of the City , died at Molesey Grove , near Hampton Court , on Saturday last . The deceased gentleman , who was bora in 11 SG , belonged to a family that has for generations held a very high commercial rank , and he himself was a Director of the Bank of England at his death , and had filled the honourable post of Governor . He represented the city of London in the Parliaments of 1835 and 1837 , but was unsuccessful at the general election in 1841 . He was , however , re-elected in 1843 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sir Matthew Wood , and again retained his position at the last general election in 1847 .

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      ously naturally caused much , alarm and . anxiety , but no other conclusion could bo come to than that they were act of a vile incendiary or of a maniac . On the following day , as Air . Nixon was standing at his shop at mid-day , he was fired at deliberately bv a miscreant armed with a fowling-piece , the extents of which consisted of large sized shot , which entered Mr . Kixon ' s neck .. Stwmgo to-say , tb . ifc whilst the wounded man was being attended to , the attempted murderer entered the diop and strove to set fire to the contents , but was seized in the net and after considerable resistance was secured .

      On ' Wednestlay week he was removed by Mr . Henderson , superintendent of the local police , for examination before the bench of magistrates at Newport Pa < niell , where he gave the name of James Arnold . A certificate t hat Mr . -Nixon was in too dangerous a state to attend to give evidence being produced , the prisoner was remanded until the following Friday , when he was taken before the magistrates of this town , and again remanded on account of the dangerous illness of Mr . Nixon . It has been ascertained that the prisoner is related to that individual by marriage , and for some time past has exhibited much animosity against him without any known

      motive . Attempted Aesassixatiox . —On Friday , information wa s received by the police , that as Mr . 0 . Greenham , of Lydney , Gloucestershire , was passing a lonely part of the Forest of Dean , on the old Tonan-road , near Blackpool-bridge , several men with fire-arras , bludgeons , and their faces masked , rushed at him from behind a hedge , where they had been concealed . One threw a bludgeon at hiva , which passed near his head , two of the guns being discharged at the same moment , and Mr . Grcenhara felt the balls whiz past him . He immediately put spurs to his horse and succeeded in reaching Conderford , the villains pursuing as far as Blackley-hill . £ 50 is offered for their discovery . DESTRUCTION OF A RAILWAY BRIDGE BY FlBE . —

      Much excitement was caused in Boston on Sunday morning last , in consequence of intelligence being conveyed by Mr , Critchlow , clerk in charge at Spalding , thai one of the railway bridges on the Great Northern Railway was on fire . In a short space of time , an immense concourse of people hadassembled ; and not withstanding every exertion was made to arrest-tho progress of the flames , the construction of the bridge was of so inflammable a nature , that in an incrediblv brief period it was entirely

      demolished . It is generally known as Peakirk bridge , is situated about two miles from that place , and a similar distance from Littleworth . The loss sustained by the catastrophe is estimated at between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 . The train which was due on Sunday at fifty-seven min . past one , did not arrive until nearly three o ' clock , the delay being occasioned by the above occurrence . A temporary bridge for passengers and light goods was quickly erected , and a train placed in readiness on the other side of the river to convey them to their respective destinations . The cause of the accident is not yet

      ascertained . Mine Explosion . —A most calamitous accident occurred on Wednesday week , at the Minerva Colliery of Mr . Burton , near Wrexham , by which eight persons were killed , and two others dreadfully inlured , one of whom is since dead . It appears to have been the practice of some of the colliers to use an unprotected light in the pit , although there are plenty of safety lamps at hand , and such a light having been carried on this occasion , the fire-damp in one part of the pit exploded , and seven men and a boy were killed on the spot . Two others were frightfully mutilated , of the death of one of whom we have since heard . A horse was killed by the explosion , and a large quantity of machinery considerably damaged . —Chester Courant . Destructive Conflagration near Epsom . —Late on Tuesday evening a fire , which continued to burn

      throughout the whole of the night , broke out in West-street ; Ewell , about one mile from the town of Epsom . The flames when first discovered were rising from a large barn , filled with wheat , the property of Mr . Stone , corn and coal merchant . The fire was tooi extinguished until property of some hundred pounds In value was rendered worthless , Mi . Stone having lost the whole of the corn in the barn , together with the building , the stables , coach and cart houses , provender stores , and three ricks of hay ; and nearly the whole of the roof running over Mr . Pegdon ' s malt-houses and drying-rooms is either burnt off , or cut away to prevent the fire from spreading . How the fire originated is enveloped in mystery , its progress being so rapid that it is extremely difficult to tell the precise spot where it began . Both parties were understood to bo insured .

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      ~ v h i variety of details ; and from several other Sos which we have not specified , we have learned fi processions took . place without producing any Jl \\ I effects Unhappily , we are obliged to make one verSious and melancholy exception to these remarks . The calamitous ; riotings at Crossgar , on Jh ? 17 th of March , and the spirit which was known t S heon awatoed in consequence , excited iRSSFBBiS S ^^ r ^ rtfiCi of anting mmmmm •^ ^

      ftaS ^^ w ^ SSSra Rev 1 L S ! Of Dromwe , who drove to the scene StorSving been attracted by the firm * which he heard ! What he ascertained , and stated to us is in substance as follows : , , ., h e When the Orangemen marched through the aoove named place in the morning they were taunted by a number of Ribbonmen there assembled ; but they passed on , no collision taking place A force of military and constabulary was present . On then return they found a body of the liibbon party drawn up , in a crescent form , armed with muskets , pikes , &c . It is stated that the orders of the Orange leaders to their men , who were also pretty well o ,. , l w ™> thai thev should not be the

      aggressors , but should proceed quietly unless attacked . Two shots were fired upon them , whereupon they instantly returned the fire , pushed on against their assailants , and drove them before them , capturing a fla" and » drum as trophies . This , however , they did not do with impunity , as four of their party were wounded , one of them so badly that he has since died . They then turned to wreak their vengeance on some Catholic houses . Out of one of these—a public-house belonging to a man named Ward—it is said that a shot was fired which struck one of the four sufferers . That house and the house of a priest , named Kelly , were wrecked . Other houses , eight or nine in number , were set on

      fire , whether in the conflict or deliberately—most probably the latter—is not evident ; but , when Mr . Boyd came within view of the scene , the picture of so many houses in flames , amid tho green fields , was most melancholy . What loss had been sustained by the Ribbon party was not known ; but as they ^ had been driven over the hills , under the fire of the Orangemen , it was probably considerable . The people in the neighbourhood of both parties were in a state of the greatest excitement and terror . What the military and constabulary were about during this combat , wo have not yet learned ; and more precise details will , no doubt , throw much light upon the whole occurrence ; but the general facts , stated as they have been to us , may be taken as

      correct . . It is scarcely necessary to remark with what lamentable force this dreadful event proves the propriety and wisdom of the calls which were made , unfortunately in vain , upon ihe government to renew the Anti-Processions Act . The loss of life was confidently and but too truly , foretold ; and yet the government declined to interfere , as the case evidently required . If their neglect of duty was from their own misguided judgment alone , we do not envy them this bloody record of their mistake but if they were obstructed by any difficulties thrown in their way they would do well to state so , and therefore try to wash off the stain which most assuredly at present rests upon them . Yesterday , according to old custom , sham figkts took place in the neig hbourhoods of Portadown and Tandragee , but , according to the report of a gentleman who passed those places in the afternoon , there was no appearance of interruption or

      disturbance . At the moment of putting to press , we ( Naxury Telegraph ) have received the following intelligence : — " The Orangemen , on their return from Tollyniore-p . irk , through ihe pass of Dolly ' Brae , were fired on by a dense mob of Ribbonmen , who had lined the pass on either side . The great body of the lodges had passed through the defile , when the Ribbonmen opened their five on the men around the last flag , and on the constabulary and military who were bringing up the rear . Balls were whizzing on all sides . Some of the Orangemen were struck down , but the body at once opened a warm fire in return , and , with the police , broke into skirmishing order up the mountain , and dislodged their cowardly

      assailants from behind the stone walls and ditches , where they had taken up position . Mr . Hill , of Rathfriland , constabulary officer ; Mr . Edward Corry , S . I ., Captain Fitzmaurice , R . M ., Francis C . Beers , Esq ., J . P ., and Captain Skinner , J . P ., bravely led the police force , and in the ihickofa very heavy fire dispersed the Ribbon party and took thirty-eight prisoners , most of them armed with pikes , muskets , scythes mounted on poles , and other deadly weapons , who were all convoyed into Rathfriland that night , and were on Friday committed at an investigation which was held by Capt . Fitzmaurice , R . M ., Mr . Tabiteau , R . M ., Captain Skinner , J . I ? ., Thomas Scott , Esq ., J . P ., Francis Beers , Esq ., J . P ., Captain Tighe , J . P . As far as

      we can learn , four of the Orange party are severely wounded , though none killed , and about thirty of the Ribbon party , several of whom were seen lying dead on the roads , in the vicinity and through the mountain , but wore conveyed away during the night . Five men and one woman , severely wounded , were brought into the infirmary at Castlcwellan last night . One of the men has since died , and we understand four persons are lying dead at Magheramayo , awaiting a coroner ' s inquest . It should be mentioned that , from some houses in the neighbourhood of the Pass , shots were fired at the Orangemen . The latter roused beyond endurance , turned upon their assailants , and set fire to six or seven of tho houses . The bravery with which Mr . E . Corry ,

      Sub-Inspector of the constabulary , brother to I . Corry , Esq ., D . L ., rushed into a burning house , and , at the hazard of his own life , saved two poor women from the flames , is the theme of every tongue , no was so nearly suffering for his heroic conduct , that the blazing roof fell in on him as he was carrying out the second female , and so exhausted was he that he fell insensible on the ground . He is quite recovered . A quantity of ammunition was found on the persons of the Ribbon party who were captured ; and it is worthy of remark that a barrel of gunpowder , which a carrier was conveying to a merchant in Castlewcllan , was robbed from his cart on Tuesday night , and distributed among tho Ribbon party . The number of tho attacking Ribbon party was estimated at one thousand . "

      The latest accounts state that the magistrates had been sitting all day , and had remanded the prisoners . It was believed that there could not have been less than twelve shot , and over fifty wounded . MoNDAT . —At half-past , ten o ' clock this morning the district coroner , Dr . Tyrrell , proceeded to take evidence as to how Patrick King , John Sweeny , Anne Traynor , and another person came by their deaths at Maghcramayo , on Thursday last . The depositions were taken in the case of Patrick King , but the coroner intimated that the evidence would embrace a general investigation into the character and circumstances of tho whole case . After the close of the evidence , the coroner proceeded

      to charge the jury . After having recapitulated the evidence as to the facts , he continued thus—It had been told to the jury that Orange processions were illegal on that day , and that all who joined in them were to be considered as participators in the outrages that were committed . He ( the coroner ) differed with Mr . Murland on that point , and he believed that he would be borne out in his opinion by many of the magistrates who sat upon the bench . It appeared to him that to constitute an illegal assembly a number of persons should be assembled together with tho understanding that they contemplated grievous bodily harm , or the putting in fear her Majesty's subjects . It would be for the jury to say whether they considered the procession

      an illegal assemblage or not . There was a time , not long since , when the government had passed an act of parliament to put down these processions , and many persons had suffered punishment for joining them . But the government had suffered that act to die a natural death , and for some years these processions had , passed on without any interference from tho constituted authorities against the Orangemen in celebrating the 12 th of July . The government did not issue any address either to the public or to the magistrates prohibiting their procession , or directing them to be put down . Another fact also presented itself , that the government so far countenanced these processions' that they sentan armed force to protect not only the Orange processionists but to protect the peace of the country and prevent the contending parties from coming into collision . It was for the jury to consider what their feeling was respectine these wnnsnainno ¦ if

      they believed that they were illegal—and his own opinions was that they were not—but if they ( the jury ); believed that th ey were so , those who took part m them should be made amenable for the loss of lives that took place . It was perfectly true that the Queen s troop 3 were justified in firing when it waa necessary for tha preservation of their lives and those under their protection who were also fired ah . Under all the circumstances he had only to say that the jury might find that these persons had died rom gun-shot wounds or injuries from persons unmown , or if not , that they had come to their deaths by justifiable homicide . —The jury then retired , and after an absence of an hour returned the followiiff verdict j-. " . Tlie deceased ; Hugh King , 'died on tH morning of Fnday , ; the i 3 th of July Instanti ' iri ^ town oiCasilewellan , in the county of Down ' from ' li $ ' K 0 UDd ¥ 0 I V ' ^ » Persons ??^ l " ° fa ll ^ ty procession ; in the townland of Kagljcfamayo , m < ja : 4 county , " © a Thursday ,- ^ c

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      «[ S 12 th inst . The deceased , Patrick King , S John Sweeney , and Anno Traynor , died on Thursday ^ 12 th day of July instant , in theitownknd of Magheramayo , in this county , by certain violent injuries , inflicted on the aforesaid day , by some persons > un-& ^ s pro ^ s ^ s ?( Sr " ; 2 S ^ v , s ,-t c ^ Tiou .-After a stormy discussion carried on duiing three protracted meetings , the immaculate Corporation of Dublin agreed yesterday to the form ot an address to be presented io r her Majesty on her arrival in the Irish metropolis . The report of the committee recommended that £ 500 be advanced out ot ^^^ fe ^ i ^^^ si

      the borough fund for the purpose of making provision for the reception of the Queen , £ 300 to De ^ applied to the repairs of the Mansion-house , and * iW to bo placed at the disposal of the Lord Mayor m aid of such general and public demonstration as may be agreed upon and adopted by the citizens . At the conclusion of the proceedings , Mr . Loughnan handed in the following notice of motion : — " That whilst we have approached your Majesty with feelings of the greatest respect and affection , we deem it out fair and just towards your Majesty to state that this country , in every branch of trade , is in a most deplorable condition ; that the people of every class arc suffering many privations ; and that more especially tlie humblest of your Majesty ' s subjects

      here are dying daily or want of food in the midst oi abundance that surrounds them . We deem it also but just towards your Majesty to state that our country flourished under an independent parliament , and that it has been daily retrograding since the Act of Union was carried ; that we still feel the only hoDO left for it is in a parliament that will bo local , anS thereby acquainted with the wants of your Majesty's loyal Irish subjects . And m thus stating our opinions calmly to your Majesty we most solemnly protest that we do not seek for a separation between the two countries , but we still cling y with anxious hope to you our beloved Queen and Sovereign . _ Wednesday . —The Harvest . —Tub Potato . —The

      county of Clare Agricultural Report estimates the potato crop throughout that county as not more than eight per . cent of the breadth of potato cultivated before the failure ; but it is stated that the present crop was put down early in well-manured and well-prepared land , and Had been since carefully attended to . The wheat crop is also much smaller than heretofore in Clare ; but there are immense crops of barley and oats—and turnips , beans , and other green crops are sown to a considerable extent . The Banner of Ulster states that from Wednesday to Saturday last 301 loads of perfectly sound potatoes were brought into the Belfast market , which sold from 4 d . to 9 d . per stone . ¦ :

      Relief for the Small Fahmers . —The General CentralRelief Committee , of which the Marquis of Kildare is chairman , have issued , through the Evening Post , the following renewed appeal to the public : — " This committee have now completely exhausted their fund 3 , having distributed £ 4 , 7 C 4 > principally in small sums of £ 10 , to the care of the Protestant arid Roman Catholic clergymen , and this moment there are lying oh their tame two hundred applications for . relief from various parts of the south and west , all representing that the harvest prospects are most promising—that hundreds of persons in eaeh locality have made the most strenuous efforts to labour , and till and sow their groundthat their crops are growing luxuriantly—but that the industrious , hard-working , and independent men , who have struggled , at thosacrifice of present food and every necessary for decent life , to sow

      their crops , can never live to see them reaped , unless their fellow-Christians now help them through the next month or six weeks , by sharing ( if necessary ) some of their food with them . A clergyman stated to the committee that 2 s . 6 d . would keepi alive a family of five , by enabling them to mix a little meal with the cabbage or other vegetables that they gather and feed on . Imagine what . a" state of misery ? And can those who are indulging themselves in every comfort—nay , luxury—answer to their God and Father , that they would not spare this trifling sum from their superfluities to save the lives of five fellow Christians . Should any desire to inform themselves of the accuracy of these statements , the office of No . 3 , College-green is open daily , and free access will be afforded to those who may desire to search the sad histories contained in the application papers . —D . C . Latouche , Thomas Huiion , Edwarb SI'Donnell , Hon . Secretaries . " The Queen ' s Visit . —The good people of Cork are engaged in all sorts of preparations for the loyal and hospitable reception of her Majesty .

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      PROGRESS OF THE CHOLERA . The cholera cases in the metropolis on which inquests have been held , arc as follows : — MiLiBANK . Prison . —Removal of the Convicts . — On Monday Mr . Lan g ham , the deputy coroner for Westminster , held six inquests m the Millbank Prison , on the bodies of an equal number of convicts who died therein . Four of the deaths were occasioned from Asiatic cholera . The coroner , on making inquiries as to the state of the prison , was informed by Di \ Raly , that the smell from the bonehouses on the other side of the river had been worse during the last three weeks than before , Moreover , there were a number of othev factories , the chimneys of which were so exceeding low as to be prejudicial to the health of tho inhabitants . The smell

      caused by emptying the gas works of the surplus water was also highly prejudicial , not merely to the health of the prisoners , but also to the public generally . He was of opinion that the chimneys of the factories ought to be carried up considerably higher than the house-tops , so that tho noisome smoke might be blown away . He had reported the state of the prison to the Home-office , and had recommended that one-half of the prisoners should be removed to a more healthy place ; hut a great difficulty arose On that head , on account of the cholera raging at Woolwich , Pcntonville , and other places . The government have , however , found a barrack in an isolated part of the country , to which place in a day ov two 500 of the convicts will be removed .

      Chelsea . —At the Workhouse , before Mr . H . M . Wakley , on the body of Henry Eddiqar , aged ten years , The father , a labouring man , lived with tho deceased and his six other children , in Steer ' s-buildings , Queen-street . It was stated by the witnesses that he behaved with great brutality to them all , particularly'to the deceased , whom he not only beat most unmercifull y , but also kept without food . The neighbours sometimes , seeing the boy in a starving state , wandering about the streets and afraid to go

      home to his lather , called him in and gave him food , which he ate in a ravenous manner . ' On Saturday week the hoy , who for several nights previously had been sleeping in outhouses , was seized with cholera in its worst form . He died on Friday last . Mr . Oakley , the surgeon , attributed the attack of cholera solely to the privntiofis the boy had undergone . The jury , expressing their indignation at the cruelty of the father , returned a verdict , " That the deceased died from Asiatic cholera , brought on by want and exposure . "

      On Tuesday , an inquest was held before Mr . S . F . Langham , deputy-coroner , at the Millbank prison , on the bodies of Thomas Morcon , aged 52 , and James Kinman , aged 21 , convicts , who died in the above prison from cholera . —Mr . M'Intyre , the clerk to the prison , said , the first-named deceased was received into the prison on the 1 st of February last , under a sentence of seven years' transportation , for stealing a fowl , and was in good health . Ho remained so until six o ' clock that morning , when he was taken with cramps , purging , and afl the usual symptoms of cholera . He rapidly sank , and expired shortly afterwards . Kinman was a soldier in the 36 th Regiment of Foot , and was admitted to the prison on the 2 nd of May last from the island rrf

      Corfu , under sentence of transportation for life , for striking his superior officer . He was in good health , and continued so till the 10 th inst ., when he had an attack of dysentery , from the effects of which he was recovering , when he \ ms attacked with cholera on Sunday last , and died on the following evening . —Dr . Baly said , in answer to questions by the coroner ,. thai he could say nothing . further as to the predisposing cause of , the attack of cholera , but he begged to state , for the satisfaction of himself and the prison authorities , that he had made an experiment of a certain treatment for cholera cases which had been recommended in the Times He wrapped the patients in wet sheets and blantets , but he regretted to say . that it was followed t y , ; 11 ? ' g ° ? a result . —The Coroner inquired if

      anytning had been done to remove the prisoners during the prevalence of the epidemic in theprisbh?—Dr . Baly said , . the governor of the prisonhad been sent down by the Home-office to inspect a spot which had been . selectedby the government authorities on the sea-coast of Sussex . , It was considered well adapted for the reception of about 500 ' prisoners , until the cholera had subsided . The governor sent in a favourablo report of the place ,: and arrangements were being made to transport that number of prisoners to that locality . Dr . Baly . added , there were now eight ' cases of cholera in the prison , one of which was exceedingly dangerous . Since the outbreak of the cholera every prisoner had been supplied with a half-pint of Barclay and Perkins' beer ? > ly . ~ The jury returned a verdict , in ; each case , " Deathfrom Asiatic cholera . " '

      At ihe _ east end of \ London the disease is most prevalent . Eighteen cases were reported by the police constables on Sunday , of which' six' proved fatal up to that time . There were seven from'Shadwell , three from Wapping , one from Poplar , one from Limehouse , five from Bromley , and one from Barking . On -Monday the . following additiona cases were reported as occuring on Sunday—thir p ? , ^ i ^ F » '" % B - ffi ) m Bromley , , one from Ratchff , two frouvBow , ' two from Stepney , two from Lunehouse , and one from St . GeorKe-in-the-^ S ^ biting . a ^ teady -, increase . Infalmost * all the . plac ^ wWe themalady has exhibited itself the sewerage is bad , and the air is tainted with noxi 6 us exhafatjons , iBrom ¦ ¦ ^ Quu-edthya . ^ . Vih blc

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      title of the stink pens , from the variety of abomin-S able exhalations in which it abounds . Thirty ^ one cases , of which sixteen proved fatal , were , reported by the police of the . Lambeth district on Sunday , whilst of the additional cases reported to the .-K division , on tho same day , only four proved fatal up to the time of the report . : BE&MONDSEr . —On Monday evening Mr . Payne , the city eovonci , vesumod the inquivy . into the death of Catherine Murphy , a woman who died of cholera , induced , as it was alleged , by the neglected and dirty state of Griffith's-rents , where she resided . It will be remembered that at the last meeting of tlie jury the coroner expressed his conviction that the neglect attributed to the board of guardians was sufficiently proved to render the case one of maneShujog ^ itss ^ s ^

      slaughter , and , not wishing to take Mr . tomitn , tne chairman , and the rest of the guardians by surprise , ho adjourned the inquiry with the view of permitting them to offer any refutation in their power to the evidence given before the jury . The coroner having read over the depositions , and having heard the evidence adduced , said that it was proved that this person was attacked on the 17 th , after some earlier cases had occurred . On the . 14 th a report was made to the guardians , and from that time to the 18 th it did not appear that anything was done to these places . No delay took place on the part oi the board of guardians in sending to the paving commissioners , and the result was that the Mfl > movements were commenced on the 22 d—a period

      of six days , which might , under the circumstances , bo very inconvenient . Tho drains were opened on the 22 d , left open on the 23 d , and the cleansingcommenced on the 25 th . They had these simple facts before them , and he would state that his opinion was still unchanged , that it was the duty of the board of guardians to see that the paving commission carried out the improvements suggested . If they did not do so , and death resulted from it , that death must bo laid at their door . The simple question was , had they boon guilty of a-neglect for which they ought to be made res ponsible ; and he was never better satisfied than when a question ot such a nature was entrosted to twelve of the fellow ; men and neighbours of the parties implicated . Jie tiMistnrl nm ! was riivg that no ffuiltV conduct WOUld

      be passed over ,. and that no condemnation would be pronounced which was not perfectly deserved . --The jury then retired into an inner room , and after an absence of a few minutes , returned a simple verdict of " Died of Cholera ; " expressing at the same time their thanks for the way in which Air . Payne had acted in the matter . . - ' ' , ' SouinwARK . —Mr . Payne also held an inquest at the St . George ' s workhouse , Mint-street . Borough , on the body of Elizabeth Hazlewood , whose death was caused by cholera . This was an inquiry which was adjourned from the 12 th of July m order to give time for a full inquiry into the duties of the Commissioners of Sewers and the Board of Health . The deceased child resided with its parents in

      Staple-street , Kent-street , Borough , and underneath the walls of the house in which she lived ran a very foul ditch , open to all the privies near it . Upon inquiry by the Coroner as to the steps which had been taken in reference to this nuisance , it was stated by Mr . Collison , Chairman of the Board of Guardians , that within the last six months three communications had been addressed to the Commissioners of Sewers , complaining- of this ditch . These letters were acknowledged , and the answer stated that the thing would be attended to in time . Some conversation ensued , from which it appeared that there were some miles of open ditches in this

      vicinity , some of them dreadfully offensive . There were seventy miles of open ditch in the Surrey and Kent district . The jury , after some further discussion i preferred adjourning for a month , to see if any steps were taKen in the matter , to going the length of criminating the commissioners . The inquiry ,, was accordingly adjourned to the 16 th of August . . The Woolwich Coxvict Ships . —On Tuesday morning Mr . Carttar , the coroner for Kent , resumed and concluded an inquiry which was commenced last wwk , at the Royal Mortar Tavern , Woolwich , on the body of John Perkins , a convict , who was attacked with cholera on board of one of the convict ships off Woolwich . After hearing the evidence some details were entered into between the Coroner

      and Captain O'Brien , during which the latter maintained that the situation of the Warrior was not healthy , without , as he stated , attempting to account for the strange fact that she was healthy , whilst the other ships were diseased and unhealthy . —The Coroner said , that it was a very serious matter . In these cases it was impossible to define a direct agency in the creation of disease producing death , as clearly as the cause of death could he traced in a case of violence ; but ; still there was sometimes a criminal responsibility if any neglect appeared . —Captain O'Brien , would leave the consfc deration of that question with the Coroner and the uvy . It was impossible that any persons could be more deeply interested in the health of the convicts "that the authorities at the Home-office and the Admiralty .. He would say also that any removal of the

      ships lower down the river would cause the guards , Ac , to be more confined to them , and much higher up the stream cholera prevailed . ^—The room was then cleared , and after a deliberation of a few minutes the doors were ve-opened , and the Coroner read the following verdict : — "Died from Asiatic cholera . The jury recommend that the convict ships Hebe and Wye , and the convict hospital Unit 6 , be removed without delay from their present positions to their former situation higher up the river , off the dockyard , and as noar as they can conveniently be placed to the most dosirablospofc . " —Captain O'Brien assured the Coroner and jury of the great interest taken by Sir G . Grey and the First Lord of the Treasury in the welfare of the convicts in these hulks . That which had been done had been done with good reason , and only with a view to tho beneit of the men .

      Portsmouth . —The cholera is materially on the increase here . The registrar ' s returns make 117 deaths up to the hour I write ( Monday ) . Those do not include the Gosport district , where several have ( lied lately—two died there last ni ght and one this morning . In tho Royal ] S aval Hospital at Haslar ( Gosport ) the following cases of cholera have been admitted up to this day at ten a . m .: Marines from head-quartors , 11 ; labourer , 1 ; men from her Maesty ' s ships , 5 ; total number of cases , 17 . Deaths ,. 6 , in periods varying from a fe w hours to four days after admission . No cases have commenced within the walls of the hospital , and every precaution is being . uscd to prevent the disease spreading , as well as for the cure of the patients brought in . Plyxioutji . —Up to twelve o ' clock on Sunday , the 15 th , the total number of cases ' in Stonehouso-lane amounts to about 100 , of whom thirty have died . On Saturday night , at ten o ' clock Miss Sellon . with

      two ot the Sisters of Mercy , from the . Orphans ' Home , at Stoke , made a preliminary visit to Stoaelouse-lane , and at twelve at Jtight these devoted ladies returned with a staff of nurses , bringin " nourishing diet and clothing for the sick , whom they have since actively attended , and whose helpess families they have kindl y taken charge of . In consequence-of the intrusivenes 3 of the idle and dissolute around the tents at Ifo-placc , the Commandcr-in-Chief of the Western District , General Murray , has granted a guard of soldiers to protect he field from intrusion . With a view of suppressing the malaria by destroying the offal and stagnant waters , Captain Superintendent . Toup Nicolas has applied to and obtained permission from tho Lords ot the Admiralty to spread as much quick lime on ho ground in and around Stonehouse-lane as may be deemed necessary , The gallant Captain wiU proceed with this measure after he has obtained the concurrence of the Plymouth Board of Health

      July 17 . —From the great exertions which have jeenmade in Stonehouse-lane tho sickness there has been in some measure overcome . The self-devotion of Miss Sellon and the Sisters of Mercy has operated in a highly beneficial manner . On witnessing the fearlessness of those gifted ladies when , persona ly ministering to the wants of the sick and dying , the nurses ancl other attendants have been inspired with confidence , and have thus been enabled to do their duty effectually . CaDtain S . mm-mf * n , W

      Toup Aicholas has furnished , from the Royal Navv Hospital , a large quantity . of chloride of lime forthi purification ot the Stonehouse-lane district The medical report ' . of Mr . Francis Pox gives from Stonehouse-lane , from the 10 th to thelGth of July inclusive , 185 cases—thirty-one deaths ; The reports rom the other thirteen medical districts' into which the town is divided , gave , on the 1 Oth" 1 nSt ., cllblei'a 14 , choleraic diarrhoea 20 , diarrhoea 10—total 53 » ported thus—deaths 2 , sinking 2 , doubtful ! , recovered 3 , recovering 3 , under treatment 42 .

      • Noss , ' Devon . — The Admiralty have "; sent' anl empty vesselof war , the Ringdove , to the entrance ' ? t the \ ealm River , to . receive . on board part of . the inhabitants of Noss , suffering under diarrhoea , « fec ' By this ^ salutary removal of the population to shinl board , they Will breathe the fine and invigorating air from the sea , ¦ whilst their " : houses are beinl cleaned with chloride , of which Sir . W . Burnett , tht Director-General of the Medical Department of tho Navy , has sent gratuitously a very large supply to be used profusefy , under the management of Doctor Bowden one of the assistants of the Royal Naval

      Salisbwy .-Oii Saturday night a poullom- ' s assistant was taken ill , and was . a corpse by auririse Deceased lived in a narrow and dirty thoSfhre ' A butcher . of Castle-street , who bewS ^ the ssisilti 5 S «^ ^ illiams , ofHolLtSeet death ! i , n J "Vr ^ manner - ¦ T ^ number of £ 5 I - u Pta M ^ day was seven : ; . The number bf new cases ^ xceed that of any other day . A fatal SeSSnT ^

      Bristol . —The cholera is : spreading , here witii alarming rapidity , and that not merely inthe pestilential locality called the " Rackhay , " brow )*

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      wvv ^^ rj * + Ao ^^^ w ^///////^! W % e { Jrobutmw Fire at Creditor . —A most alarming fire broke out on the morning of the 13 th inst ., about one o ' clock , at the house of a man named Cross , in Park-street , Crediton .. A great number of people were soon collected together , and the town engines were quickly on the spot ; but unfortunately it happened in a neighbourhood where water is not plentiful ; in consequence , the lire raged with terrific fury , and several houses were on fire before any real effort could be made to arrest its progress . The flames ascended to a most fearful height , and completely illumined the horizon . Several men , at great personal risk , attempted to cut off the communication , and partly succeeded , but this did not

      prevent the houses beyond taking fire . At length water was procured , but not aplentiful supply ; this was poured upon the thatched houses on the opposite side ; had these taken fire it is impossible to say the extent of the mischief . About twelve dwellinghouses , besides outhouses , were destroyed , inhabited mostly by poor people , who must have suffered considerably by the destruction of their goods . Most of the houses burnt were insured in the Norwich Equitable . It is feared that this fire was the work of an incendiary . Extensive Embezzlement by Travellers . —On the 13 th inst . it was discovered that Richard Anderson Clarke , traveller to Messrs . Close , Bourow , and Co ., of Stockton-upon-Tees , wholesale grocers , had gone off with £ 900 , and Walter Telford , traveller to Messrs . Watson and Wood , drapers of the

      same town , with £ 750 , and that Edward John Law , traveller to Messrs . Pease and Co ., druggists of Darlington , tad absconded witn £ 370 . They have all been seen 'together in the metropolis , and are supposed to be . trying to get out to America . £ 130 is offered for their apprehension . Murder of Two Children by their Uncle at Kxottixgley . —A most appalling murder has been committed at Knottingley , in the West Riding of Yorkshire . It appears that on Friday week , Benjamin Ileald , a labourer , about 20 years of age , residing with his parents at Knottinnrley , took two of his brother ' s children into the garden to walk , and when he wanted them to come out they refused . He then took up a bottle , and beat out the brains of the little boy , five years old , and then killed the little arJrl , ihree years old , by beating her over the

      head with a stick . After he had done the deed , he went into the house , and told his mother that he believed he had killed the two children , for he was afraid they would come to want , and should not like to see it . He then left home , and went into the town—his residence being in the outskirts—and inquired for a surgeon . He was soon taken into custody , but seemed little concerned , as at four o ' clock in the afternoon he was sound asleep in bed . The family are particularly steady and industrious people , and are an example to the town . The father of the children lost his wife about six months ago , and had , with his two children , gone to reside with his parents . He even now ( adds our correspondent ) says he can freely forgive his brother for murdering his children , as none of the family have been more kind and indulgent to the children than the

      prisoner . Attempted Suicide by a Coxvict . — About six o ' clock on the 12 th inst ., a man named John Iteeks , under sentence of transportation in the Gloucester County Gaol , was discovered hanging by a sheet to the ventilation of his cell . He was instantly cut down , but though black in the face and insensible , he was , by the proper application of restoratives , brought to a state of consciousness , and is now quite recovered . From the fact that Reeks committed this act after the bell had been rung for assembling the prisoners , it may be suspected that he did not intend to destroy himself , but only to make a sham . Reeks is forty years of age , and was a notorious offender . Some years since he was sentenced to seven years' transportation , but returned

      under a free pardon about four months before his second sentence , which is for fifteen years . The Murber near Brqokiesbt , —In April last a barbarous murder waa committed on the body of a middle-aged female named Farrow ; she was on her way across some fields leading from Habrough to Keelby , about mid-day , when she was killed by blows on the head with a sharp instrument , supposed to be a furze bill , and robbed of two sovereigns and some silver . The medical men were of opinion that the first blow killed the poor woman , as , although some labourers were working all the morning only a few fields off , they heard no cries of distress . A man named Charles Overton , of bad character , waa suspected of the murder , and was taken into custody . It was proved that he had changed two

      sovereigns in different villages on the afternoon of the murder ; and it is singular that he underwent a mock trial on the day after at a village alehouse , and his drunken companions pretended to find him guilty of the murder . The coroner ' s jury had ne other evidence before them than his ' changing of the sovereigns , and they returned an open verdict ; but the supposed murdererwas detained in custody , and subsequently committed by the magistrates on a charge of stealing a gun , and also on a charge of stealing the furze-bill with which the murder is believed to have been effected . On Friday , at Kirton Lindsay sessions , Overton was found guilty , on these two charges , and was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation . On receiving the sentence , he addressed the bench , saying , " Thank you ; I never thought I had so long to live . " Thbee Men were Dbowneo near the east end of the Breakwater in Plymouth Sound on Saturday lastThe

      . Gipsy , ; one of the vessels under a contract with the government for taking out the stone , under the-direction of William Ellery , the master , whilst making her way out , when near the east end of the Breakwater , was struck with a sudden gust of wind , and before the men onboard succeeded to ease off the sheots , she heeled to and went down , and all on hoard were drowned . AttemM ; to Murder . — Stoney Stratford was during hist week the scene of much excitement . On the night of the 9 th inst ., the premises of Mr . Nixon , a prinjter in the town , was discovered to be in flames . . The assistance of the neighbours was immediately obtained , and by great exertions the fire was .. got out , but not until upwards of £ 100 damage was done . Before the fire " was extinguished , two other fires were found to be raging in the immediate vicinity of the town , and for ' want of tlie necessary assistance in time the premises were destroyed . The fact of three fifes " occurring ; almost £ uaultane-

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      ivcmiy * Dublin , FmnAY ;—Partiso Address of me State Prisoners . —Previous to the departure of the leaders of the late insurrection they placed in the hands of a mutual friend the following address to their fellow countrymen : — " Fellow-Countrymen , —If your efforts to procure a mitigation of the penalties to which we are about to be subjected had been as successful as you desired we could not have offered to you more sincere and grateful acknowledgements than those which we now tender for the sympathy and solicitude which you have displayed in our uehaif . " At this moment , whilst we are bidding our last sad farewell to our native land , the reflection that

      our fellow-countrymen have not witnessed with indifference our removal from amongst them is a sweet source of consolation ; and be assured , that this remembrance will hereafter be a soothing alleviation to whatever sufferings it may be our lot to endure . " Knowing that wo address many who do not concur with us in political opinions , wo do not feel ourselves at liberty to offer any observations upon the policy by which this country is governed—upon the policy which gave occasion to our resistance to British power—upon tho policy which now consigns us to exile . We are compelled to repress even the emotions which we feel in reflecting upon the awful condition in which we leave the land that we have

      deeply loved ; nor is tins a fitting occasion to point out the means by which its disasters may be repaired ; but we cannot refrain from the expression of a hope that you will not despair of your country ; and we maj be permitted to offer to our fellowcountrymen a parting exhortation , that they will Lay aside those unhappy dissensions which have so long paralysed the intrinsic strength of the Irish nation , and henceforth learn to love and confide in each other . " We feel that it is not necessary to say anything to you in vindication of our motives . Even those who most condemn our conduct know that we have not been animated by considerations of a personal nature in hazarding all that was dear to us for the sake of our native land ; but we owe it to our _ feeling 8 to declare that , whatever may be the sacrifices we incur by devotion to its interests , our latest

      aspiration will be a prayer for the prosperity , the honour and independence of Ireland . " William S . O'Brien , " TnoMAS Francis Meagher , " Terence Bellew M'Manus , " Patrick O'Doxouoe . " " Richmond Prison . " Saturday . —Ejectments . —It appears that no less than 236 ejectment decrees were obtained against tenants at the present Quarter Sessions ofNenagh . Among the ejectors were the names of Lord Bloomfield , the Rev . Massy Dawson , Lord Dunally , W . B . Armstrong , R . M . Carden , the Earl of Charleville , Viscount Chabot , R . Gason , B . Hawkshaw , T . H . Harden , A . F . Maxwell , the Earl of Orkney , J . Dwyer , S . O'Brien , T . P . Lloyd , G . Roe , the Hon . O . F . G . Toler , J . Maher , W . H . B . Waller , and J . J . Willington , &o .

      Monday . —The Harvest . —It is really cheering to read the accounts daily received from all parts of the country respecting the progress of the crops , under the influence of the finest and most brilliant weather in tho remembrance of "the oldest inhabitant . " Nothing can exceed the luxuriance of the corn and the green crops ; and new-potatoes of fine Quality ave already becoming so plentiful , with the flavour they possessed before tho blight , that they can be purchased in Cork at Is . per weight of 21 lbs ., and it is likely , before many days , that they will be so much cheaper as to come within the reach of the working classes . There is , no doubt , still a great ount of destitution

      am , especially in the western districts ; but much less is said about it , for hope has come to the aid of the suffering people , and all other : classes are influenced by the prospects of plenty . Death of Richahd PENNEMnEB , Esq . —Mi-. R . Pennefather died from an attack of cholera at four o ' clock on Saturday morning , atNewtown-Anner , near Clonmel ( the residence of Mr . Bernal Osborne , M . P . for Middlesex ) , where he had been on a visit to Lady and Mrs . Osborne . ¦ Judge Perrin retires from the bench on his full salary , after the conclusion of the present circuit . The Attorney-General will succeed his lordship in the Queen ' s Bench . —Limerick Chronicle . -

      , The Qbanoe Demonstrations . Fatal Affray at Castiewbixjuj . —The Orange demonstrations in the north of Ireland , this year , have been accompanied with an unusual quantity of extravagant rhapsodical declamations , in which the various speakers appeared to claimloyalty exclusively for the Orange body . Dr . Drew referred with unction to the character of King William , as painted by Mr . Macaulay in hia " History of England . " What is of more importance than the declamation at their anniversary meetings

      is the lact , according to tne JSei / aet Chronicle , that jnany of the local gentry have recently become identified with the Orange body . We extract the following from the Nonfom Whig : —V In almost every district from which we have received accounts , Thursday last passed over more satisfactorily than we had expected . There appeared to be an anxiety on the part of the Orangemen to . avoid giving needless offence ; and , on the other side , the Catholic partyj generally looked ipon the procession , with goDd huMour , ' We pub

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 21, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1531/page/6/