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® & e IRstropotta . ' TlTEM-TK OF lOXDOS DBRISG THE VT « EK . — The Registrar-General ' s report states that the deaths in London during the week ending Saturday , August 11 th , were 1 / J 09 . The . mortality is somewhat less than it was in the previous week * . The deaths from all causes in the six last weeks were 1 , 070 . 1 , 369 , 3 , 741 , 1 , 931 , 1 , 967 , and 1 , 909 ; of which 303 , 030 , 1 , 002 , 1 , 173 , 1 , 308 , and 1 , 1 $ } , were by diseases of the zymotic class . Small-pox , scarlatina , and hooping-cough are comparatively quiescent ; typhus is more fatal than it was . The excess of 901 deaths over the average is due to diarrluca and cholera , -which were fatal to 173 and 823 persons . The deaths from cholera durinsr the last six weeks were 1-5230 ft 078 . 733926 . and 823 . The decrease is
, , , wratifyinsr : but it is right to observe that the improvement is chiefly confined to West London , Pop r Jar , St . Georsc , - S'butliwark , Xewington , Cnmber-¦ well and Lambeth . The deaths from cholera in the two ' last weeks were 29 and 43 in IVandswoi-ih ; 0 and 21 in Eancras ; ± and 14 in Islington ; 3 and 10 in London City ; 16 and 3 D in Kethnal-grecn ; 15 and 35 In St . Giles . The deaths from all eauses on the north side the Thames ( 1 , 11 ?) WWJ § 9 more than the de . it ? is ( 1 , 020 ) of the previous week . The parishes which have not yet been visited must be on their guard . Those in which the epidemic has partially subsided should redouble their precautions . The epidemic of 1 SJ 2 broke out in three successive eruptions ; the first , commencing in February , was
at its'inaximnm in April and subsided ; the second rose rapidly from June to July , and sank again down to the second week of August ; Its course was very much like that pursued by the present epidemic . The deaths returned by the parish clerks in the three weeks from . July 17 to August 7 . in 1 S 32 , were 96 S , 793 . 661 ; which , allowing for the defects in their returns , and for increase of population , are equivalent to 2 . 323 , 1 , 903 , 1 , 586 , or 5 , 812 deaths in 1849 , when the deaths registered in the corresponding weeks were 1 , 931 , 1 , 907 , 1 , 909 , or 5 , 807 in the three weeks July 21 to August 11 . A third eruption in 1633 broke out at the end of August , and extended to the first weeks of September . A fourth in 1833 . It is satisfactorv to find that the deaths of
SID out of the 82-3 persona who died last week of cholera arc certified . They-were seen \> y qualified medical attendants . But it is to be feared that the advice was not obtained in time . The accounts of the sudden stoppage of the epidemic by prompt medical treatment , and the house-to-hoasc -visitation , are perhaps over-coloured . But a inortalily as high now as in 1 . 332 should not take place ; it may be prevented by improvements in the treatment , by arresting the premonitory symptoms , by still earlier attention to the general Lealth . Medical men are called when the people are dying , but it is then too late . If the families of the middle and higher classes were seen at intervals during the epidemic bv their medical attendants , and a corps of mediealofficers employed bv the guardians to visit
the poor at short intervals , tbe present epidemic might very probably be cut short , and a third eruption be averted . The precise locality in which almost every victim of cholera lived is given in the present return under each district : would it not be practicable for the authorities to have all these and the neighbouring localities inspected ? If this were done , and proper precautions token , the tragedies of AHikm-tcrra . ce , Wandswortlwroad , where seventeen persons died in two weeks In ten houses , could scarcely recur . Another case appears this week in the note under Ilampstcad . In the house , 3 fo . 0 , Albion-terrace , five deaths had been registered—a "Wcsleyan minister ' s wife , asred 59 : his mother . 80 :
a widow , 49 ; and two old servants . This is all we learn from the Ciapbam registrar . The registrar of Ilampstcad adds , that during the week , an aged man came with a friend to llampstead for change of air—breakfasted , dined , went to London to transact business at the Bank of England , and after his re turn seemed "pretty well . " " At six o ' clock the next morning he felt ill , and had medical advice , but died in eight hours . The old minister was apparently the last of bis family , for he had seen his mother , wife , and servants die before him in Albion-terrace , and could , not fly from the poison which he carried in Iii 3 breast . Such scenes of desolation could scarcely happen without great negligence on the part of the people themselves and on the part of the authorities .
Disthesskc Death op a Cmu > . —On Saturday an inquest was held before Mr- H . M . Wakley , at the Drapers' Arms Tavern , Upper Barnsbury-sti-eet , Islington , on the body of Thomas William Mcsser , aged tvro years , who met with his death under the following circumstances . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was the son of a master bricklayer residing In Ilcnry-street . At the rear of the house there was afish-pond , containing gold and silver fish . The deceased and other children were accustomed to play in the . garden , and on Wednesday
¦ week the deceased was missing for some minutes , when , on instituting a search , the father found him lying at the bottom of the fish-pond , which contained about eighteen inches of . water , apparently lifeless . Mr . Scott , a surgeon , \ ras called in immediately , and he adopted the usual means to resuscitate the body , but without avail , as life wa 3 quite extinct . There is no daulit tke poor little fellow fell in by accident , and the father stated that it was his intention to fill up the pond , to prevent a similar occurrence . —Verdict , " Accidental death . "
Scsriciocs Death op a Female . — On Saturdav 3 rr . Payne held an inquest at the Testry Hall , St . John ' s , Horsclydown , on view of the body of a female unknown , between forty and forty-five years of age , who was found drowned that inorning off Horsclydown , with marks of violence on her hands and arm . Jlr . Wallet , summoning officer , said that the deceased had the appearance of having been in the water three or four days . There were no shoes on her feet She had on black stockings , the usual under-dress , and a dark gown with blue spots . There was a wedding-rins : on the second finder of
her left hand ; but there was nothing in her pockets to lead to her identity . There were two severe trounds across the back of both her hands . Mr . Phillips , surgeon , Free School-street , stated that the wounds across the hands "were inflicted during life . They were probably caused by some blunt instrument , for the purpose of compelling her to leave go of something she had hold of . The right arm ¦ was also bruised , lie could not say whether the skull was fractured . The coroner directed a post mortan examination of the Lody , and the inquiry ¦ was adjourned .
Fatal Accident at the Abtesian Weixs , lv Okaxge-strhet . —On Tuesday , before Mr . Bedford , an Inquest was held at St . Martin ' s Workhouse , on the body of Joseph Densor , aged 10 years , who was drowned in one of the Artesian Wells , at the premises belonging to the engineers , Messrs . Easton and Amos , Orange-street , under the following circumsranccs . The deceased was the son of the engineer in charge of the works , and resided on the premises . On Monday night , shortly before six o ' clock , the deceased was playing with another boy named Prcsted , in the engimvhouso , against the regulations of Messrs . Easton and Amos , when the
deceased said , ' The foreman is coming , and we lad better hide until he is gone . " lie Stepped backwards and fell down the -well , a distance of about 200 feet . There was sixty feet of water in the well at the time . An alarm was immediately raised , but the body of the unfortunate lad was not recovered until two hours afterwards in consequence of the difficulty to reach the water . The father of the deceased said the men had been inspecting the eng ine during that day , and had withdrawn the stage from off the well , and left it open . Witness had frequently eautionsd the deceased not to go in the engine-house , and he went there without his knowledge . Terdict , "Accidental Death . "
A Max Killed nr a Tall from a Scaffold . — On Tuesday , before Mr . Wakley , an inquest was held at the Cock public-house , at Highbury , on the body of George Moon , a bricklayer , aged 27 years . It appeared that the deceased was In the employ of the new Birmingham and We 3 t India Dock Kail-Tray Company , On Monday morning the deceased ¦ was at work on a temporary scaffold , when , suddenly about two tons weight of earth gave way , and fell upon the deceased , and be was buried breast high "between the earth and the wall . The earth was quickly removed , and the deceased was found to be in a dying state . Ife expired on the road to the above house . —A brother of the deceased attributed great blame to the superintendent of the works , in causing the bricklayers to work too earl y after the struts had been removed which upheld the earth . Mr . RowbotHam ( the superintendent ) said the struts -were removed on Saturday last , and before they -were so the earth was carefully examined , to see If It was safe . —Verdict , "Accidental Death . "
Child Murder and Suicide of the Mother . — A painful sensation prevailed throughout toe neighbourhood of Peckham Bye , in consequence of a report being circulated that a female had murdered 3 ier Infant child and also "destroyed her own life . The following particulars connected with the sad affair were obtained . For some short time a female , named Ann Herbert , has been residing in Peckham Rye ; and about six or seven weeks since she "are uirtb ^ to a female child . The young woman was not married , but she lived under the protection of a man . Tbe man and woman , it seems , were In the constant practice of quarrelling ; and on more than one occasion the latter has been heard to say that die would
before long make a hole in the water . On Sunday night last she quarrelled with the man , « nd during the temporary absence of the parties from the honse , she took her child out with only its night-gown ou ; and on a search being made for the lsfcat and its mother , not the least tidings of either aU t ^ r ^™^ Tte next mornm | , however , SSSScSSss SiBp P at « . This convincedfSXt ZlT theto ™? in tb « water , and in the couSe T ? f 00 ""^ be near the r hce where the bonne ? was l 5 LT UteB ' ceived the body of a child floa ^^ S , Jffi
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IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF FARM PROPERTY BY FIRE . On Sunday night , shortly after eight o ' clock , a fearful conflagration , which continued to rage throughout the whole of the night , occurred upon the estate of Sir Thomas Lennard , situate at Wennington , near Rainhafli , in Essex , about eighteen miles ftQVH London . TJie property in which the
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disaster commenced was termed Scrips and Others Farm and was tenanted by Charles Richard Webb , Esq ., ' of Belmont Castle , Grays . The flames when first ' discovered wer « raging in a-wheat-rick in the south-east corner of the stack-yard . An immediate alarm was given , and an attempt was made to extinguish the flames ; but such a hold had they obtained that they defied the utmost exertions of all present and very speedily they extended to the barns a long range of premises , filled with wheat , from whence the work of destruction communicated to the bullock-sheds and cow-houses . Mr . Parratt , the a"cnt to Sir Thomas Lennard , with a great number of villagers , hastened to the scene , and tried by every possible means , to got the fire under , but without " effect , and in tho course of a few
minutes the fire had seized upon a number of ricks of wheat , hay , and straw , so that there was property covering upwards of half an aero in a general blaze . The flames at the same time mounted so high into the air , as not merely to light up the surrounding country , but they were distinctl y visible from every part of the metropolis . Lieutenant Sinclair and Mr Grecnsill , with a , stvcmg body of tbo artillery and several engines , instantly started from Purflcet Barracks to the scene , and wore called into operation , but , notwithstanding the great body of water scattered over the flames " , they continued to prosress , and the light being seen in London caused the engine of the Brigade in Waltlinsr-streot . and
also that of the West of England Company , in the IVaterloo-road , to start in search of . the . fire . For same considerable time ho direct information cou ^ d be obtained as to where the fire was raging , and the firemen were guided to tho spot only by the glare in the atmosphere . The London engines at length reached the spot , when a fearful scene presented itself , for tho whole of the property except the dwelling-house , and the granary was enveloped in an immense sheet of flame . The whole of the engines were kept at work during the night , but at nine o ' clock on Monday morning there still remained a great body of fire , although all danger of its further extension was at an end .
Xo doubt seems to be entertained that the fire was the work of an incendiary . The present is the fourth fire that has been raised in the neighbourhood during the week . Two attempts have been made on the premises of Mr . Vince , a farmer at Ilornchurch , upon the Marquis of Salisbury's estate , about two miles from Romford . The first of these was extinguished , when shortly -afterwards the second was discovered , which burned down a great number of ricks , barns , sheds , cow-houses , &c . The authorities are determined to have a most searching investigation into the cause of these , fires , and a handsome reward will be offered for the apprehension of the guilty parties . Fortunately , Mr . Webb's property was partially insured . During tbe whole of Monday morning tho London firemen , with a body of the royal Sappers and Miners , and their engines , were kept at constant work : but at six o ' clock in the evening the firo
was far from being extinguished . The property destroyed by this disastrous event is very considerable , and had it not been for the exertions of Mr Parvatt , Sh' Thomas Lennard ' s steward , and the military , there is no doubt that the whole of the cattle in the premises would have perished . Owing to the great number of fires that have been wilfully caused during the past few days , Mr . Superintcndant Coulson and Mr . Inspector Bridges , of the Essex constabulary , have been engaged in trying to find out the culprits , and from certain information which they received whilst this latter five was raging , they apprehended a young man on suspicion . The wheat destroyed was the produce of eighteen acres , and was all this year ' s growth . Besides which there were three buildings , each about 150 fceb long , entirely burned to the ground . A spacious storehouse , filled with wheat , was reduced to ashes , and several ricks of wheat , clover , peas , &c , were also destroyed .
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IWurder axd Mutilation of a Child . —Aninquest was gone into at Colchester , on Friday week ; before Mr . Churchill , the borough coroner , on the mutilated remains of an infant , found the previous day in the water closet of the residence of Mr . Winter . To such an extent had the body been cut up that it was almost impossible to tell its sex ( a eirl . ) It appeared- in evidence that Mr . Winter ' s coolc , named Jane Simmonds , . was suspected of being in the family way for some time , and on the previous Wednesday it is supposed , from her appearance , that she had given birth to a child . The surgeon who was esamined could not swear whether the child was born alive , and an open verdict was , therefore , returned ; but the mother was handed over to the magistrates , to take her trial for-concealing the birth .
Defalcation of a Corporation Servast at Oxford . —The defalcation of Joseph Liddell , who for many years held the situation of Mayor's-Serjjeant , and also collected the borough-rate , cicy quit-rents , water-rate , and other taxes in that city , is supposed to amount to between £ 300 and £ 400 , and not £ 1 , 300 and £ 1 , 400 , as has been reported . No clue has been obtained as to where he is gone . He has left a wife and six children behind him . The Execution op Mary Ann Geering . —A number of contradictory . announcements h . avo been m . ide on the subject of the execution of this murderess , but we believe the real facts of the case are as follows . The learned judge who tried the case
intended to consult with Baron Alderson , Baron Parke , Baron Platt , and Baron Rolfo , or such of their lordships as might bo immediately accessible on his return to town , and should there appear any doubt on the olvJDOtion to a part of the evidence taken by Mr . Iliirst , then the question will be referred to the court lately empowered to deal with appeals on legal points of this sort in criminal cases . Should their lordships , however , be unanimously of opinion that the evidence in question was properly admitted , the law will take its course without further inquiry . The 21 st inst ., the day named , rests on the authority of the usual practice on these occasions . —Essex Standard .
Fatal Boatixg Party . —On Friday , August 10 th , between the hours of three and four o ' clock , as Captain Badcock , of Lymington , was out in the Solent in his sailing boat , accompanied by his brother , by Mr . Clayton , and I 113 two sons , aged respectively ten and twelve years , they accidentally came in contact with a yacht , by which the boat was upset . Captain Badeoek ' s twosons were unhappily drowned , and that gentleman himself escaped with much difficulty , and is at present very ill from the effects of the calamity .
The Murderer Pullet . —A few days since a man named Ilowse , in cleaning a Pool at Broughton , belonging to Mr . Checketts , found embedded in the mud the moleskin breeches which the murderer wore at the time , and m » dc away with after the commission of the murder . They wero tightly rolled up , and contained a brick and a stone . There was a blue and white handkerchief , well known to belong to Pulley , fastened round them . Owing to their advanced state of decay , it is now impossible to discover any stains of Wood upon them .- * This affords the only link that was required to complete the proof of hi * guilt . The pool m which they were found is situate about half a mile from the barn where Pulley was discovered by Superintendent
Harris . —Worcester Herald . Execution of Mart Ball at Coventry . —The prisoner made a confession of her guilt to Mr . Stanley , the governor of the gaol , on Sunday week . Sne said : " I put the arsenic on the shelf , and told him ( her husband ) there were some salts on the shelf ; he mi ght take them , they would do him good , though I knew at the time it was not salts ; DUt I thought if he took it himself , I should not get into any scrape about it , for the people would think he took it in mistake . My husband was in the habit of going with other women , and using me so ill ; no one knows what I have suffered ; but had I have known as much as I do now , I would not have done ft , for I would rather have left him and went to the workhouse ; but I hope God will forgive me . " The murderess maintained her self-possession and
firmness in a remarkable degree to the last . Immediately after ten o ' clock on Thursday morning the 9 th inst ., the officers of the prison appeared on tho platform in front , and the prisoner was led forth , accompanied by the governor , under-sheriff and his officer , and the Rev . Mr . Sandberg , reading the service for the occasion . She proceeded up the steps with little assistance , and , as far as we could observe , uttered no word while thus awaiting her end , but , with closed eyes and saddened countenance , stood motionless whilst the rope was placed round her neck . In ah instant afterwards the drop fell , and she passed from this life in the presence of from eighteen to twenty thousand persons . . A subdued thrill of horror appeared , to pass over this immense multitude as the fatal bolt was drawn but
otherwise there was no manifestation of feelin" . The victim in this dreadful scene appeared to d ? e without any perceptible struggles or distortions . It is eighteen years since the last execution at Coventry—that of Mary Ann Higgins . Charge of forging a Will . —The magistrates of Croydon , on Saturday last were engaged for a considerable time in investigating a charge against the reputed wife of Jacob King , a man who died at Addiscombe , on the 25 th of July last , of cholera . It seemed that Mr . King , some hours before his death , asked for his cash box ; but the key could not be found , and the brother of the deceased broke it open . One of Mr . King ' s labourers , Amos Gower ,
was in the room at the time rubbing . the unfortunate gentleman with brandy . Deceased asked him whether he could write , and on being answered in the affirmative , Mr . King directed him to sign the will , which was taken out of the cash : box , and he did so , the other witness being " Dick , " his brother . This will could not be found , and it was suspected that the reputed Mrs . King had concealed or destroyed it . On applying at Doctors' Commons it was found that another will , dated . September * 1841 , had been deposited there , the witnesses to it being two persons named' Tomlin and Church , and by wliichthe whole of Mr . King ' s property was bequeathed to Emma Church , the defendant , totlie es-
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¦ ^^^ . ^^^^^ ai ^ M ^^—^ w—e ^ " ^^—elusion of the deceased ' s , daughters . The < magis-S £ « Sd there were sufficient grounds to justify hem in " enianding the defendant , ^ to flowed her to depart on entering up bail , hei self n A . 10 U , t&texfes ^ ? " - ' - Bran ™" u _ The eitbet of tha recent fKteP * t » tifon » d « o » l , and consoq . cnt ro-¦^ ff'& ^ 'C SSL . ? a ?? £ noral turn out has taken p lace amongst the ————^ mmmmmmmm ^^^~— _ _„
mmsmm i ^ ssfrgi account the reduction noff made , their pesont wages would bo about 2 s . 3 d .,- upon winch having in view that they do not iustnow go mowthwi two days' work per week , the ? declared it « U impossible for them to subsist , and the general opinion seemed to be that tho masters have made the present reduction without any just cause for doing so . There is a good deal of ill-feeling on the part ot those who have " struck" against those who have remained at their work , and this has boon vented in so many ways that serious disturbances have been apprehended . At West Bromwich on Tuesday -evening , a collier who had been working in a pit belongin 5 to the Ileathfield Company was attacked by a
mobofsometwoor three hundred persons—these beinc chiefly women and children--and stoned all the way home . The crowd threatened further disturbance at the man ' s house , but dispersed on the appearance of a strong body of police . At Dudley and other places there have been similar , and even more alarming , outrages . Two men were on Saturday brought-before the magistrates at Iiandswovtn , on a charge of lurking in the neighbourhood of a pit at Tipton , in which were . some men who had refused to join the body of men out on strike . Upon beinjr searched , one was found to bo armed with a thick ' -short stick , having an old bayonet attached to it ; and upon the other a loaded pistol . Various suspicious circumstances having come out respectin" those men , they were remanded in custody . There is a good deal of " excitement throughout the district , which . it is to be hoped will pas ? over without disturbance , but at present the men . are very
much discontented . At the collieries of Messrs . Morris , of Horsely Heath , some of the men have resumed their work . The Late Turn-out at Biackbww . —The hands of Messrs . John Sharpies and Co . resumed work on Monday morning , having accepted the five per cent , in fourteen days , and ft promise of better raw material . Those of Messrs . Pilkington resumed work on Saturday , at the masters' terms . The advance of five per cent , has' been generally adopted by the masters . —Preston Chronicle , The Bhitanxia Bridge . — On Saturday last the operations connected with the lifting of this great fabric to its permanent level , 10 Q feet above high watermark , were commenced , under the superintendence of Mr . Stcpheuson ' s band of engineers ; and the great tube is now making its way upwards The raising is going on successfully at the rate of six feet a day , and the machinery is said to act admirably . .
Capture of a MunDEnuit . —It will be in the recollection of the public that in tho month of December , 1 S 47 , a person of the name of Thomas Kay was most barbarously murdered on the line of railway , then in the course of construction in the parish of South Aston , in the county of York , the particulars of which at the time appeared in nearly all , the newspapers in the country . William Watson , the person who committed the murder , made his escape ; dthough he was advertised in the Ifne and Cry , and every oilier possible means resorted to for his discovery , yet he succeeded in evading the hands of justice till Saturday last , when ho was appreliDndod
by Mr . Martindale Scott , the active high constable of Penrith , in the county of Cumberland , who found him working in a lime-stone quarry , near the secluded village of Arkleby , in a lonely and remote district in the western division of Cumberland . On Mr . Scott charging him with being the perpetrator of the murder he appeared confounded , and onJiis being lodged in tho lock-up at Penrith , on Saturday evening last , after groat mental suffering , he burst into tears , and wept bitterly for a considerable time , but refrained from saying anything whereby to criminate himself . On Sunday Watson was removed to York , where ho awaits his trial .
Fatal Accident on the South IvEXt Railway . A shocking accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon on this line of railway at Woolwich , by which one man was crushed to death under a passenger train . About three o ' clock one of the contractor ' s men , named Michael Barry , wag observed walking tip the line towards the Woolwich station , apparently examining the condition of the permanent way . Arriving near the entrance of tho tunnel , he saw the 2 . 30 down-train emerging : from it , and stopped immediately on the up-lme , without looking back to see if it was clear , which unhappily was not the case , for the 2 . 0 up-train from Oravesend was also coming up . The engine driver blew the alarm whistle as loud as it was possible , but no notice was
taken by the man , who continued between the rails with his eyes fixed on the approaching down-train . In a few moments the poor fellow was struck down and the entire train passed over his body . When picked up life was found to bo quite extinct , both legs were severed from the body , which was otherwise shockingly disfigured . The deceased has loft a wife and lavge family destitute . Fire at Manchester . —About twelve o ' clock on Saturday night information was received at the police-yard , Manchester , that the oil-cloth manufactory attached to the goods . station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company , in Oldhamroad was on fire . Three engines and firemen were speedily on the spot . It was found that the buildto whch
ing , i , fortunately , the fire was confined , was only twenty-one yards long by twelve , situated at the extreme end of the Hallway Company's yard . The flames were raging furiously when the engines arrived ; the roof had Fallen in , and very combustible materials which filled the building , consisting chiefly of oil-cloths in various stages of completion , some laid upon stretchers for drying , &c , together with a quantity of oil , caused the fire to blaze most furiously foi some time . The efforts of the firemen were directed to prevent the spread of the fire to the neighbouring buildings . Two engines were stationed at a reservoir at one end of the yard , and a jet was attached from the water main , and'in about an hour the flames were extinguished , so that all uouiiiii Aiie
was rauvuiy siu « . wini loss is Cowmated at £ 350 . Strange Scene at a Christening , —At Huddei'Slield , on Sunday last , between the conclusion of the morning service and the commencement of the service in the afternoon , there were , as is frequently the case , numbers of persons , of both sexes congregated round the baptismal font at the parish church , for the purpose of admitting within the pale of Christianity their juvenile offspring . Among others there was one party consisting of father ana mother , with their brothers and a sister , all of them apparently decent people , with them a brother of the mother , and consequently uncle to the neophyte about to be admitted into the church by the sacramental rite of baptism . The rev . clergyman
proceeded through the service till he came to put the usual question to the sponsors— " Name this child . " To the astonishment of all present , the uncle ( a rough sailor ) , taking the child , a boy , from the arms of the mother , and placing him in those of the clergyman , distinctly gave the astounding appellation of " Bung your Eye . " The clergyman started , the clerk stared in astonishment , while some score or two of other parties smiled and tittered ; many endeavoured in vain to smother their laughter , but to no purpose . Again , the rev . gentleman ( thinking that the question had been misunderstood ) asked , " Name this child . " "Bung your Eye , " was again the answer . This was too much for human gravity , and loud laughter
followed the reply , when the rev . gentleman was forced to turn round to conceal his risible emotions , and recover his suaviter hi niodo . Turning again to the nautical sponsor , he asked , " Is it your wish that tho child should be baptised in this name ?" With the most imperturablo gravity the seaman replied with an affirmative bow . " Young man , " said the minister , "I wish , you would be a little more solemn on this occasion . " The reply was , " How can I be more solemnV The minister then turning to the mother , inquired if she was willing for her child to be so baptised ? She replied with much simplicity , " Yes , if it is a right name ; I suppose it must be so . " Thei clerk thon stepped forward , and inquired if the child had been registered , and in what name ? "Yes ; named James William . " On this the clergyman was about to baptise it in the latter name , but the young tar positively interdicted it , and the minister retuvnin ° the child to its mother
very properly refused to baptise it under so strange and unusual a name , and the christening party left tho church amid the laughter of the congregation at the font , the clerk advising them to return oh the following Wednesday , and have the rite performed in a becomin" ' manner . It was understood that tho infant was baptised at another church in the district the same afternoon in tho name registered . Fires in Cambridgeskirb , —About midnight on Monday test , the extensive farm premises of Mr . Simeon hell , of Bassmgbourn , were discovered to bo on fire , nearly tho whole of which were soon levelled to the ground ; fortunately there was no grain of any kind m the barns . The horses and other cattle were gotoDtiatimeto be saved , with the exception of a caJf , which was burnt to a einder .-On Tuesday thP extensive premises of Mr . S . Bl tt , c ^ am and SS merchant of that place , wer , found to b \ Oufi ? e ^ d ftertudeof them , excepting the h « £
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panied him , next drove to the Royal College of Siirgijons , Stephen ' S'green . The Prince was received at the en trance of the college by the president ; , : yicepresident , Sir Philip Crampton , « fcc .. and . conducted to the board-room , where he ; . remained some , time ia conversation with several members of the college . The party having been conducted td the museum , the Prince was occupied for some time in an inspection of the different : collectious and . specimens it contains ; he then returned to the board-room , and previous to h s departure expressed himself much pleased with bis visit . This being the day appointed for the presentation of an address to the Prince by the members of the . Roval Dublin Society , the board-room of the societv . i I , ; -. Mavf Jfftvfl frt fllf > RnVQl-nnilnrrn ' riP Ciif *_
was filled before three o clock with a distinguished company , several ladies having occupied seats there from eight o ' clock in tho morning . At half-past four precisely his Royal Hidi > -ess arrived in the private carriage of the Lord-Lieutenant . Mr . L . E . Foot , the honorary secretary read the addrese . Prince Albert , in reply , said ;— " I thank you sin * cerelv for your congratulations upon the arrival of the Queen and myself in Irsland . I have always felt a great interrst in the proceedings f this smiiety . and have been anxious forits prosperity , because I was convinced that in applying the most recent discoveries in science and the most fully-tested mechanical improvements , to the naturally fertile soil , you would not only raise the productive powers of this
country , and increase its wealth , but likewise give remunerative employment to its labouring population , and encourage habits of industry . It is impossible not to feel deeply the marks of enthusiastic attachment which have been displayed to the Queen and myself by the warm-hearted inhabitants of this beautiful island ; and I most sincerely hope that the promise of a plentiful harvest , of which your fields be ; r such hopeful evidence , may be the haHinger of a termination to those sufferings under which tbe people have so lamentably , and yet with such exemplary patience , laboured . " ; _ Visit to the Cattle Show . —After leaving the board-room of the society-house the Prince , \ accompanied by the same distinguished personages who
had arrived with Iiim * then proceeded to examine t&o show yards , and from Mr . Archbold , the late member for the county Kildare , ami others of the council , mnde minute inquiries as to the stock , &c , his Royal Highness being , as is well known , an excellent judge of such matters . , v In tbe evening a drawing-room wa ? held for the first time in . Ireland by the Q , ueen . So early asseveu o ' clock the carnages began to set down at the Castle , and the populace in the streets interested themselves by looking into the equipages , and observing the brilliant costumes of the several visitors . The police arrangements were excellent , and the carriages .. all
eoing through Parliament street afterwards took * up their company in Dame-street , near the lower Castle gate . The scene presented to the eye of the spectator was one of a peculiar brilliancy . Hour after hour the long lines of equipages suercded each qWvv . It literally appeared as if there would be _ no termination to the arrivals , and the blaze of light from the Castle , the Royal Exchange , and other buildings , which were illuminated on thh auspicious occasion , made every object appear almost as discernible as if it were clear day . " There ' s a good time coming" was heralded forth in-brilliant gas at Andrews and Co . ' s , Dame-street . It formed a lead-¦
in « r point . ' , ¦'' « At twelve minutes after nine o ' clock the Queen and Prince Albert , the Lord-L eute-ant and Countess of Clarendon , entered the Castle gates , the three sta'e carriages being preceded and f-Ho wed by a squadron of the 6 th or InnisUilling Drngnons . Cheers , long , fervent , and earnest , burst forth on every side , and those who occupied tlie carriages-on the line which was formed by the royal cortege joined in the ' luudits , one common feeling of loyalty actuating all classes . Shortly afterwards her Majesty , accompanied by
his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the officers of state , entered the presence chair . ber . Her Majesty was attired in a superb pink popl'n dress , elaborately figured with gold shamrocks ; ornaments , diamonds of the most splendid brilliancy . Her Majesty most condescendingly delayed her departure more than an hour , in order to meet the wishes of her lo-al Irish female subjects to obtain the high honour of presentation—the number present altogether exceeded seventeen hundred . . : ; The fine bands of the 2 nd Regiment and the COtht Rifles performed a variety of splendid music d , urin the evening .- , s
At a few minutes after twelve o . ' clock her Majesty and the royal suite took their departure , and the cheers were loud and long-continued as they proceeded to the Viceregal Lodge . The people were more than usually peaceable , and the streets orderly in a remarkable degree , despite the dense masses which thronged every available space that couW be occupied . ¦' - . ¦ ' - > The Queen , after lunching at Carton with the Duke of Leinster , left the Viceregal Lodge , at five o ' clock on Friday , for the ternvnus of the rail , "Wetland-row , and proceeded to Kingstown , where' her Miijesty and suite embarked for . [ Belfast . :
The voyage from Kingstown to Belfast was a stormy one . At two o'clock on Saturday , the Fairy , into which the royal visitors had been transferred , arrived at the landing place and were received by the nobility and local authorities . The usual addresses and ceremonies took place , and the-Queen , having knighted Mr . Johnson , the Mayor , proceeded on a tour through the town , and also to visit its leading public institutions and notabilities . Among them was an exhibition of the manufacture of linen , the s'aple product of the town , in all its stages , with
which the Q , ueen and Prince Consort were much intere > ted . The royal party returned at six o ' clock to the pavilion where they landed , having occupied about two hours and a half in the visit , and immediately afterwards proceeded on board the Albert and Victoria , the night however was s ' . ormy , and tho royal squadron did not leave Belfast until Sunday afternoon on its way to Scotland , and , after a very rouuh and stormy passage across the Mull of Galloway , put into Loch Ryun , on the Scotch coast , afc a quarter past five in the evening , where they anchored for the night .
At half-past four on Monday morning tie squadron got under weigh , and . proceeded to the Clyde , where they arrived at half-past eight . The royal yachts Fairy and Vivid , went up some miles through the splendid scenery of Loch Long . The Prince proceeded to'Ln ch Lomond , alone , the wet and stormy weather liavin ? prevented the Queen from accompanying him . Embarking at Tarbet , he proceeded down the loch to BaMoch , and then through the vale of Alexandria to Dumbarton , Great preparations had been made for the reception of the sovereign , and her absence caused much disappointmene . The Prince embarked at Dumbarton and omedhis family at " the tail of the bank , " where jlyy spent the night , and on Tuesday proceeded to Lrlasgow , where they arrived at twelve o ' clock , haying been received in their passage up the Clyde with the warmest demonstrations of heartv ( rood feeling . '
The Lord Provost , havir . g presented an address from the corporation , received on board the honour of knighthood . The deputations from the Lora-Lientenant , Deputy-Lieutenant , and magistrates of the county ; from the Presbytery of Glasgow , of the Established Church , and from the Free Kirk of Scotland , were severally introduced and presented addresses to her Majesty , who immediatel y afterwards , in company with Prince Albert and the royal children , proceeded to visit the Cathedral and the College , receiving on her proems through the vast and orderly assemblage the most enthusiastic plaudits . . Shortly after two o'clock the roval nartv himmW <*<¦
tlie terminus of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway where they partook of refreshment , and then started for Balmoral by speeial train « & perth . l-hej arrived at Perth afc halP-past three o ' clock , atter a pleasant-journey , whe = e after •' takib * a hasty drive through the town , they dined and slept , and started for their own quiet homo at Balmoral Ou Wednesday morning .
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Zty EroMucctf , EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF SEVENTY LIVES , ATABERDAItE . On Friday week a dreadful explosion of fire damp , that dread and destructive agent , occurred at Mr . William Thomas ' s colliery , situated at about tivo miles from the Tillage of Aberdare . The shock was felt for miles round . Soon after the fatal event a most melancholy scene took place—mothers hurrying in search of sons , -wives in search of their husbands , their cries rending the air as corpse after corpse , blackened and mutilated , was brought to sight . Soon sixty disfigured corpses were brought from the pit : and then , it hitvins become fatal to
descend the pit , the brave men who had , in such a praiseworthy manner , rescued the few that escaped , gave over , though it was believed that there were a great many others , living or dead . 105 men and boys were in the pit at the tune of the explosion , very few of whom have been brought -oat alive . Seven horses also were killed . It is confidently asserted that the cause of this most awful catastrophe was the negligence of one of the colliers in going to a dangerous heading without a safety lamp . It is scarce three years ago since twenty-eight human lives were destroyed by an explosion of the same nature , and near the same pit .
We have received a communication , furnished by a correspondent at Merthyr Tydvil , by which it appears that the number of lives lost was fifty-four , and not seventy , as stated above . The whole of the unfortunate creatures who were thus suddenly cut off were decently interred on Sunday , at the expense of Mr . Thomas , the proprietor of the works , ia the various burial-places of the neighbourhood . Thousands of spectators were gathered together , and there was scarcely a dry eye present , ' . - ¦ " -
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CAUTIOK TO WORKING-MEN . -A POLITICAL QUACK EXPOSED . vljil ^ [ We take the following' from an excellent ' journal published , m Sow South Wales , entitled the $ w ? £ Advocate . ] *¦ ¦ October 22 d , in answer to a correspondent , says "A labourer with no capital , but stout avms ani » s out heart-not burdened with any ridiculous fears about blacks and bushrangers , cannot do bettex than emigrate If he can get landed in any Ausfralian port-Sydney , for choice , as the London of the colony , he is quitesuve of good wages and plenty of Zt r' ™ - ^ T ? for ehand . wry Utto ' . / or r ^ i !; , _^ t . a delightful prospect ! , but our i wuium
« .. «« u pgrary naa . not stated sufficienteverybod y here knows well enough that sirloins ' of . beef and legs of mutton run after the labourers becging to be eaten ; that sovereigns grow upon everv bus ! . ; th at wood and coal alwayl walk into SJ fft fe ; and light themselves ever ? rao 4 gB he labourer or his wife gets out of bed ; andS Snw ^ K . Sodeh ? htfully warm th' ^ the people can do without any clothes at all . This' is the tlaiJMVT , !? S , ° Pitiful / why labourers get mere son ' > SSW ? ^ ^ ' *** ° ^™ « R meic song lh . e next time our contemporary holds
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rattle , and as soon as assistance could be obtained , the drags were procured , whon , after searching the canal for a few moments , the lifeless body of the mother was also found . They were both taken to the dead-house of St . Giles ' s to * await a coroner ' s inquest . The unfortunate woman was only twentyfour years of age . On Wednesday evening Jlr . Carter held an inquest at the Marlborough-arms , South-street , Camberwell , on the bodies of Maria Lindsay , aged twenty-two , and Charlotte Lindsay , aged seven months , the illegitimate daughter of the former and a person of the name of Ilich , who were found drowned in the basin of the Peckham branch of the Surrey canal , about four o clock Oil the morning of Monday last . The jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against the deceased Maria Lindsay with respect to tho deceased Charlotte Lindsay , and that the deceased destroyed herself in a fit of temporary insanity . " ¦
' The iatk Ixo . uest i \ - Whitechapel . —Deatd OF THE FEMALE a $ B tub Witness . —On Wednesday afternoon , at three o'clock , an investigation was opened at the London Hospital , bef ire Mr . William Bafcer , ; he coroner , touching the respective deaths of Sarah Craig , aged 41 years , and Elizabeth Lewis , a ^ ed 53 years , the former bavins died in Whitechapel Workhou-e , and the latter at the Britannia Coffeehouse , in High-street . Wliitecha :-el . It " will be remembered by our readers that on Friday week l » st an inquest was held at the Grave Maurice publich ' . nse , on the body of Mr . Jnhn Jaree ^ Watts , one . of die parochial surgeons of St . George-iu-the-East , who died in Whitechapel Workhouse from the effects
of p » son . A pout mortem examination was made by Vlr . J . Nash and Dr . Lelhc-by , and it was found that he had died from the effects « f oxalic acid and corrosive sublimate . A packet of powders was found in Mr . Watts ' s clothes , and one of them was marked poison . The deceased , Elizabeth Lewis , gave evidence before the coroner and jury , and appeared in 2 Ood health . Tlie jury returned a verdict of death from poison , but how administered there was no evidence to show . All the witnesses were inclined to beli-ve that Mr . Watts had died from cholera , but Mr . Nash stated positively that he had died from poison . —The Conner proceeded first with the case of Elizabeth Lewis , the wituess at the last inquest , —Sarah MnUvas said she was a servant at the
Britannia Coffee-house , which belonged to the - deceased ' s husband , who was a tHe-waiter . —Mr . Chades Bfockman said , when he was called to Mr . * Lewis he found her suffering from a decided attack of Asiatic cbol- ra , from the effects of which she had died . The huibnnd was now suffering from eholera . —The witness w ' -s then examined in Sarah Craig ' s case . He stated that he was cal ed to the coffeehouse on Wednesday morning . Witness considered that she was suffering from cholera . —Other witnesses hav ' ng given similar evidence , the jurv unanimouslv
returned a verdict of " Deathfrom Asiatic Cholera " in each case ^—The friends of Mr . Watts expressed themselves very much dissatisfied at the manner m which the inquiry was terminated , and requested that the contents of the stomach of all the bodies should be analysed that the precise cause of death might be ascertaned . —Mr . J . Nash » the surgeon who was examined at the last inquest , a ? ain asserted that Mr . Watts had died from the effects of poison , and that Sarah Craig had also died from poison , which he could prove if he was allowed to make the necessary
examination . Fire at LnrenoDSF .. —A fire broke out on Saturday afternoon last about three o'clock in the shipbuilding-yard of Mr . John Brodic , near Limehou fl p ier , caused by the overflowing of the pitch pots when boiling . The yard being well stocked with timber in a dry state , and a very fine vessel in the dock , the John Willes , of London , an express was sent for the aid of the floating engine attached to the Deptford Dockyard , and Mr . Morris , masterattendant , was promptly on board to steer the floatr ing engine , which was soon rowed to the spot . On its arrival , however-, the flames were subdued . A considerable quantity of timber has been greatly charred , but fortunately the vessel , which was havr ing her bottom coppered in the dock , was not in the leastiuiured . -
The Ho . y . and Kbv . BArnsT Ifoel preached on Sundaymorningas aBaptist minister , in Mr . Evans ' s chnpcl , John-street , Bedford-row , the same place in which he was baptised on the previous Thursday evening . Effects of Dissipation . —W . Xeil , a farmer , residing at Watford , who visited London on Friday week , bringing with him a sum of £ 300 purely as it would appear for the purpose of indulging his bacchanalian propensities , while labouring under the effects of delirium tremens , fell out of one of the windows of Mr . Sparrow ' s beer-shop , near the Euston Railway Station , and injured himself fri g htfully . Ue was conveyed to the University Hospital , where he iay on Saturday night not expected to survive . <
FonGEu Basts of ExGtAxn Xotes . —A few days ago a man of respectable appearance presented to a respectable tradesman in Fleet-street , a note purporting to be a Bank of England note for £ 10 , in payment for some articles purchased in his shop The note bore so much the appearanee of a genuine one , that had it been presented by a regular cusr tomcr it would have been accepted and changed without the sli ghtest hesitation , but the person g iving it being a . perfect stranger , the receiver was induced to examine it closely . On this examination , and being himself an engraver , he discovered that the signature , " J . Cann , was , as well as the body of the note , an engraving , and this circumstance left no doubt on his mind that it was a forgery . The
person offering it said he could not bring himself to think that a note so well executed could he a forgery , and he therefore thought the shopkeeper must be mistaken . He also said that , having no other money about him , he should go home and procure sufficient to enable him to procure his purchases , and added that ho had no objection to have the note as a guarantee for his return . He then left the shop , but it is almost needless to say that he did not return , and the note is at present in the hands of Mr . G . Lees , of 47 , Fleet-street , one of the common councilman for the ward of Farringdon . The note itself is , in the estimation of all who have seen it , one of the best executed forgeries ever witnessed , and in fact so close is the resemblance to a genuine
note , that not one m twenty would discover the difference , and it is very much feared that a number of them have got into circulation . Its number is V-E . 54065 , and its date October 4 th , 184 S . Another forged note for £ o has been returned within a few days to Mr . Austin , the proprietor of Peel ' s Coffee House , Fleet-street , from his banker ' s with the usual brand of " Forgery" on it front . Tins note purports to be of tlie Manchester branch of the Bank of England , and tlie signature , " II . Hogben , " as in the last case , is produced by an engraving ; but so well was the whole executed , that not one in a thousand would believe it to he a forgery . Indeed
so closely did it resemble a genuine note that the pai'ties taking it , whether Mr . Austin or his servants , did not consider it necessary to subscribe the name of the person they received it from . There is , howCVOP , One certain mode of detecting the forgeries , and that is by examining the reverse side of the note to that where the bunk clerk's signature appears , when it will be found that scarcely a mark of the ink from the engraving will be visible , whereas when the signature is written with a pen , which is always the case on genuine notes , the ink will pass through , and the formation of the letters will be quite apparent . The number of this note is M-L G 5205 , date ICth February , 1846 .
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iveianu . THE QUEEN'S VISIT . On Wednesday a levee was held which presented an array of fashion and wealth not-equalled since the visit of King George the Fourth , and from twelve o ' clock until nearly seven long lines of car riagesoccupied tho leading avenues to-. tho castle . At five minutes before one the deputation from the university proceeded on foot from the college , ana there was a commingling of dresses , from the scarlet robes ofthe fellows and professors to : the more
. sombre hues of the academic that had a very striking effect . , From an early hour crowds filled Cork-hill and the quays near to Parliament-street . Every window had its gaily-dressed occupants . . With her accustomed punctuality , her Majesty , accompanied by Prince Albert and the members of the suite , arrived at the Castle . Her Majesty was attended by a guard of honour of the 7 th Hussars The royal cortege consisted of two carnages , in the first of which were her Majesty , Prince Albert , and the Earl of Clarendon . _ * assembled in StPatrick
The several deputations . s Hall previous to the commencement of the levee . One o ' clock having been fixed upon for the reception of the addresses from the Corporation and the University of Dublin , the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and officers , attended by almost all the aldermen and town councillors , occup ied one portion of the hall . . . ., . , _ , The Lord Primate , wearing the order of bt . Patrick , and the bishops in their robes , formed a conspicuous group . . ¦ '¦' , - ¦ . ,, „ ,. , The Unitarians , headed by Messrs . Hutton , occupied another portion ; and near them were the Eev . Dr . Cooke and the Presbyterian deputation . At the opposite side of tbe hall were the Roman Catholic bishops , wearing purple stockings , headed by the Most Eev . Dr . Murray . : The Society of Friends , who appeared wearing their hats .
The members of the University occupied the dais at the end of the hall . . . The deputations from Belfast , Sligo , and other places were also in attendance . : . Her Majesty entered the throne-room at half-past one , accompanied by H . R . H . Prince Albert , and the officers of state , she was attired in a magnificent green poplin dress , figured wth gold shamrocks , manufactured in Ireland , expressly for the purpose . She wore the riband and star of the order of St ' . Patrick , and a most superb wreath of diamonds on her head » necklace and ear-rings of diamonds , her hair in bands as represented in the' most admired of her portraits .
Her Majesty took her seat on the throne , the splendid band of tho 6 th Carabineers playing the "National Anthem . " H . R . H . Prince Albert stood beside her Majesty on the left . Two ladies in waiting stood on her right hand . Lord Clarendon , Lord Lansdowne , Lord Abercorn , Sir Ofeorge Grey , and the various other high officials stood around the throne . : Previous to the General Levee a court was held for the purpose of receiving the addresses of the Corporation nnd the University . ¦ : The Lord Mayor and the corporation was the first body conducted to the royal presence . His lordship having been introduced , read the address of the corporation . * * ;
The Lord Mayor , kneeling , presented the address to her Majesty , ' who proceeded to read hergracious answer , which she did in a most distinct earnest , and emphatic manner . She expressed her gratification at the reception she had met with from her loyal Irish subjects , trusted that the period of suffering was now about to terminate , owing to the blessings of Divine Providence , and noFED upon hkb ,
NEXT VISIT , WHICH WOULD NOT BE VERY LONG DB 7 FRRRGD , THK COUNTRY . WOULD BE AS PROSPEROUS AS THE PEOPLE COULD DESIRB . During the period of her Majesty ' s reading this answer , and at one of its most interesting portions , the band in the courtyard unexpectedly commenced to play " . God save the Q , ueen , " which rendered her Majesty ' s voice inaudible . Her Majesty paused , ordered the music to be stopped ; and this having been effected , after some minutes had elapsed the Queen again resumed the reading of her answer , and smiled at the momentary embairas caused by the sudden manifestation of leyalty . The Lord Mayor then introduced Alderman Keshan and William Reynolds as tlie proposer and seconder of the address .
The Lord Mayor then handed the address to his Royal Highness Price Albert , which he acknowledge 1 . The Chamherlain requeued that the members of the corporation who constituted the deputation would consider themselves as presented , without going through the usual formalities , and requested the Lord'Mayor to send in a list of those who were then present , ¦ ] The deputation from the University was the next presented , and the address was read by the Lord Prin . ate , as visitor . Her Majesty thanked the deputation , for their loyal address . She said that the university which they represented occupied a distinguished position
amongst the learned institutions upon earth—that its fame was to be found amongst the records of the dead , as well as amongst the works of the learned men of the present generation ; and Bhe trusted that by the ^ manner in which they would continue to administer these high functions , they would promote the course of piety and learning . ¦ The Lwd Lieutenant then signified to the deputation that her Majesty requested that the members of the deputation would consider themselves as presented without going through the formal mode ot presentation . Dr . Wall and Dr . Sinser were then presented by tlie Primate , who kissed her Majesty ' s hanc ?!
The Vico-Provost , addressing Prince Albert , said that the university had conferred upon his royal highness the . degree of doctor of laws , and at the same time handed his Royal Highness theparchmorit conferring it . This was graciously acknowledged by the Prince , and her Majesty smiled approvingly at the compliment thus paid to her illustrious consort . After the presentation of the enormous number of addresses , the reception of which might be considered good work for one day , the regular business of the levee commenced , when upwards of 2 . 500 nobility and gentry were presented , a ceremony that lasted several hourat Shortly after six o ' clock her Majesty left the Castle . There was a considerable crowd assembled outside , who cheered lustily as the royal carriages drove off to Phoenix Park , A private concert was given at the lloyal Lodge , Phoenix Park , in the evening .
On Thursday a grand review took place inPhcenix Park . Soon after dawn the human tide began to flow towards the Park , swelling as every . hour advanced , till the streets were one compact mass of men on horse and foot , and in every description of vehicle . Some carriages had remained all night on the ground to secure good positions . Prom eight to ten o'clock the scene was one which only the most crowded portion of the route to Epsom on a most crowded Derby day could at all equal . Before nine o ' clock the crash of military music
resounded in every street , the gleaming of arms , and the waving of standards , were visible in every great thoroughfare as the troops marched to the ground . At ten o ' clock the royal standard was hoisted , as the Queen left the lodge . Her Majes y was in an open barouche , drawn by four borees , with postilion * and outriders . She was accompanied by the royal children , and attended by the Countess of Clarendon . Prince Albert was mounted on a magnificent dark chesnut charger , and was dressed in the uniform of a field-marshal . He wore a star on the left breast .
The troops having been marched to the front of the royal standard flag-staff , neav vrtrich the '' royal carriage was stationed , Prince Albert took the command with Lieutenant-General Sir Edward . Blakeney . The field at this moment presented ' a brilliant appearance-the extended line of Infantry , . with their serried bayonets blazing in the sun—the dense bodies of Cavalry stationed at the wings—whilst at either end the Artillery was station * d ; Prince Albert and General Blakeney then advanced to the front of the
line ; they were accompanied by a brilliant staff . Fnnce George of Cambridge accompanied them . Hi » Royal Highness was mounted on a beautiful Arab charger . His Royal Highness was dressed in a major-general ' s uniform , and also wore a star on his breast . The Lord Lieutenant wore civilian costume , and kept generally , through the course ol the review near her Majesty's carriage . Shortly after eleven o ' clock , the review commenced . The affair was a brilliant one , and at its conclusion the royal party was loudly cheered .
Shortly attw two o ' clock Prince Albert .- accompanied by the ^ Earl of Clarendon , the Marquis of Lansdowne , Earl Fortescue , and Mr . Corry Connellan , private secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant , drove into tlie city from the Viceregal Lod ge ; for the purpose of visiting some of the public institutions The distinguished party first proceeded to the Royal Irish Academy , a most interesting museum of Irish antiquities , where they were received bv the Rev Dr . Todd , the Rev . T . Graves , and Dr . PetS His myalhighnesswasconductcdthrough the building and he minutely examined the several curious remains of antiquity collected there . The inspection was strictly private , but his Royal Highness spent more than half an hour in the institution , being much interested , and expressed himself highly pleased with allhaaaw .. *** .. " ; liis & : yai Highness , and the noblemen who nccom-
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• stroyed , in addition to . six-fet ho | s' : Abou ^ 00 ; & tersfof seed , and . perhaps as mvjeb ^ com ^ g sacks of , the ^ seed were dressed ready for the . London markefc The girl ' s British school room and some other premises adjacentwerealsodestroyed . . Thismakes the fifth fire within the last few months in the comparatively small village of Bassingbourn . Mr . *»«>« « insured , but considerably below the amount , tnc damage being estimated at £ 3 , 000 . ...,... ¦ . . it -- * - v ' "_ " , nt \/\ ¦ „_
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 18, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1535/page/6/
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