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® &e Metropolis , Health o ? toDos otrikg the Week . _ In the week ending last Saturday , 1 , 002 deaths w ere re g istered in the metropolitan districts ; the weekly arerage of the season corrected for increase of populate being 1 , 102 , the present decreSTthc estimated mortality amounts to ICO deaths . The numbers returned in the last four weeks have iieen consecutkely 882 , 991 , 1 . 053 , and lStheTncrease of mortality was preceded knd accompanied hv a H ^? Va ****«»? ( tbe meau having faLn about lb degrees m three weeks ) , and a rise of temperature is now followed by a slight decrease in the total number of deaths . The deaths from phthisis in the last four weeks were 104 , 134 , 133 , and 108 . But under , other diseases of the respiratory organs the increase is generally maintained ; the deaths from bronchitis were CO , tiO , SG , and S 9 ; those from pneumonia ( inflammation of the lun » s chiefly in young persons ) were 82 . 94 . S 3 . an ; and
Irom asthma , 12 , 21 , 16 , 2 G . In the zymotic or epidemic class , scarlatina and typhus have declined respectively from 32 and 51 fatal cases in the previous week to 19 and 33 in the last , and are both below tft average ; vthllst measles , winch numbered 29 in the former week , was fatal in 40 cases in the last Last week the deaths from diarrhoea were only 14 ; only one death from cholera occurred in tke same period . The deceased in this case was a child of four years , who had lived in Horace-street , . Marylebone . Mr . Burrows , the registrar of Gos-Trcll-strcet , sub-district , reports that within twn
weess he has registered the deaths of three persons , at 9 , Charles-street , Northampton-square , where the family had recently lodged-first , avoune woman of nineteen , who died of erysiptlas h days * duration ) and oedema of the glottis ( 12 hours ) next week her parents , who were forty-eight and forty-seven years of age respectively , and died within 491 hours of each other , the father , also of < Edema of the glottis ( 48 hours ) , congestion of the lungs ( 24 hours ); and the mother , of congestion of the brain , after 43 hours * illness . The cause of death is certified in each case by the medical attendant . Amongst other deaths registered last week was that of a child of three years , who died of inflammation of the larynx , from inhaling the steam of boiling water . Vaccination was attended in two
cases b y fatal results . An old man died from exposure to cold in a field . Three deathB are ascribed to intemperance . In the 1 , 002 deaths , the cause of death was certified by the written statements of medical attendants in SSS cases ; in 12 cases , there was no medical attendant ; in 15 cases , the patients may have had medical aid , but the diseases of which thv > y died are not . certified ; of the remaining 87 cases , 84 were the subjects of inquests , and returned by coroners . A table is appended to the present return , which shows the annual mortality of London at various ages , as compared with that of the South-Eastern Division of England , and also a part of Northumberland . Takfng boys under fire years , it appears that while 29 out of 1 , 000 die in three Northumbrian districts . 53 die in the South-east pi vision of England , and 93 in London ; and that this rate of 93 which prevails in London in ordinary time 3 was raised by a few weeks' prevalence of influent * in 1 S 47-Sto VMJand by cholera
, , M 1849 to 107 . Influenza was almost as fatal to children as the more terrible epidemic by which it was followed ; and to aged men and women who lad turned seventy-five years , the mortality of cholera was even less . The annual mortality of men between forty-five and fift y-five years , which is ia parts of Northumberland 12 out of every 1 , 000 living , and in the South-Eastern division 15 , is in London 27 in average years ; and hero it was raised from 27 to 28 by influenza , and to 35 by cholera The dail y mean hei ght of the barometer at Greenwich Observatory was above 30 in . on Monday the mean height of the week was 29-S 52 . The daily mean temperature , which was 37 * on Sunday , fell to 32 ' on Thursday , and rose on the next two days to 49 and 53 . The mean temperature of the -week was 40 ° , about the average of the same week of seven years ; on Thursday the daily mean was 8 below the average , and on the following days successively 9 ° and 13 ° above it .
Shocking Accidext . — On Saturday last an inqnestwashoMenatthe Hah ! Moon Tavern , in the Lower-road , Islington , to inquire touching the death , of Sarah fr lding ; aged sixty-three . The facts of the melancholy case are these : — On the previous Wednesday afternoon , Mr . Pearce , one of the medical meu connected with the above parish , was visiting , in his professional capacity , the husband of the deceased : while the deceased was conducting that gentleman np stairs to the apartment of her affliceil husband , she slipped through the staircase , which had become rotten in consequence of improper drainage , an . l fractured her leg in two places . Every at tent-on requisite was immediately paid to the poor sufferer , but death speedly ensued . —A verdict of "Accidental death '" was recorded .
Accidest at the Martleboxe Theatre . — Last week the season closed at this theatre , and on Wednesday Mr . Watts , the manager , invited his corps dramatiqut to a ball and supper at the theatre . Ths stage was most tastefully fitted up for the occasion , and a large and happy party met with the exhilarating expectation of spending a delightful eveniig . All went well until three o ' clock , when suddenly appalling shrieks , and the cry of "Fire" resounded through the theatre . Tue next moment a fema e was seen rushing franticly about , enveloped in names The scene that ensued was an awful
contrast fc > the gaiety of the previous scene . Miss Susan Roberts , a member of the corps dc ballet , whilst walking near the footlights , suddenly turned to speak to some one passii g her ; in the act , a portion of her dress swung round , and , spreading over some of the lamps , it instantly caught fire . Every assistance was immediately rendered , but bo fierce and rapid was the appalliug element in its progress , that before if could be subdued the poor girl was so severely hurnt , that her life is despaired of . Mr . Watts ordered no expense to be spared in procuring surgical aid . and a subscription has been set on foat .
Smuggling— Her Majesty ' s revenue cutter Vigilant , Captain Richard Gowllaud . captured on the night of ihe UtU inst , in Sea Reach in the Thames , aspritsail burse , about sixty tons harden , having on hoard a crew of five persons , and a contraband car » o , consisting of 280 bales of t < bacco , about 501 bs . each , concealed under straw stacked on her deck . The barge was proceeding up the river in the usual manner as a coaster with straw for the London market ; and had the smugglers been successful hi escaping the protective force , between six and seven t / ms oi tobacco would have been ran . We believe this to be the largest seizure of tobacco that has been made in the Thames f > r the past thirty years .
Attempt at Scici . de at London-bridge . — On Monday morning , between seven and ei-ht o ' cloek , an elderly person named Thomas llaylock , a livery stable keeper , of Ked Lion-street . " Whikchapel . attempted to commit snicide , by throwing himself into the Thames , from one of the recesses of London Bridge . The tide at the time was lunning down Tery strona , and as he passed under the- arch , one of the men who were navigating a bar e threw out a marling-pike , and succeeded ia dragging him on board . He was subsequently conveyed to St . Tuomas ' s Hospital , where he remains ia a nrecari ous condition .
SoiciDE— On Saturday morninj last a remarkaMe case of suicide occurred at the loom works of Messrs . Hamberger and Rogers , gold lace manufacturers , at hint-street , Covent-garden . The partienkrs are as follows : —The weavers of the gold lace have keys to enter the loom room in order t « i commence their work early in the morning , aud amongst those engaged was a man named William Austin , of Cumberland-street , who left the establishment at the usual hour of ceasing work oil Friday evening ; instead of going home he remained out till twelve or one o ' clock on Saturday morning ,
and then returned to the manufactory , lie subsequently wens int # the loom room smd fastened a piece of string to the rails at one of the loum ? , and to keep the knot from sli pping he fixed a piece of iron to the frame , and ihen placing it round his neck suspended himself by it . He was not discovered until life was quite extinct —An inquest was held on the body on Monday , at the Unicorn public-hou'e , Corent-garden , by Mr . Bedford , when the above facts wvre spoken to by the witnesses , and it also appeared that deceased had been addicted to drinking to great excess lately . The jury returned a radict of " Temporary insanity . "
The Late Extkssive Fibe at Newingtox Cacsewat . — On Monday evening Mr . W . Payne brought to a conclusion the adjourned inquiry respecting the circumstances attending tbe fire which destroyed the premises of Mr . Hooper , a linen and Jace warehouseman , carrying on business at No . 19 , Alfred-place , in the sar ae ~ parish , and the jury returned the following special verdict , " That there was no evidence as to the origin of the fire , but the jury think the circumstances attending it are suspicions . " THE LilE EXTBAORDI . VART AFFAIR AT KeXSALI Green Ceuetert . —On Saturday last a communication was made to Mr . M . II . Wakley , respecting the late exhumation of the body of a gentleman , named James Hendrj , husband of the Countess de
Tourville , of ! No . 13 , Cambridge Terrace , Uydepark-square , in Kensall-green Cemetery , on the * 4 th mst ., for the purpose of ascertaining whether he intended to hold a coroner ' s inquest on the remains of that gentleman , which were exhumed in order to make a search for a will , which was supposed to havo been placed in the cofliu previous to intermeut . The scrutiny was made , but the will was not d scovered , aud the deputy-coroner determined on ordering a postmortem examination , and analysis of the' stomach , which was entrusted to Dr . Garrod one of the physicians of University College W T . ital . Dr . Garrod sent in his report , in which Jie stated , that in his opmion the deceased had died from natural causes . Mr . Wakley , on the rcceint of thfe report commumcatcd with the friendsi ofX deceased and decided that an inquest was Lece * sary . ThecrfL ,, containing tfcWinj $££
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ceased gentleman , which hid been kept above ground , in case a jury should hive to view the body , was on Saturday again lowered into the grave . Dockyard B , EDtcnoxs . — Twenty-fire of the workmen in the steam-engine factory of Woolwich Dockyard having received notice that their services would not be required after last Saturday , and it fj midersto 0 ( i that a similar number of men would be discharged every week until the total reduction exceeded 300 . meetincs of the workmen , andalso of the inhabitants orWooiwich , have been nelu ,, and it has been determined to memorialize the Admiralty , representing the froat dearth of nm .
p . oymentin the engine trade at present , and the prospect of many families becoming destitute if the reduction should be made now , and at this inclement season of the year , and accordingly soliciting th ? oh . ? , ay iIr- Bal ^ rd ' an operative 3 , who was in the chair at the meeting of the workmen , put the matter as a question of humanity . The Itcv . Dr . Carlisle took the chair at the meeting of the innauitants , and a deputation was appointed to wait upon the Lords of the Admiralty . A number of the operatives attended this latre ' r meeting , and empowered the deputation to state that the workmen were willing to work at reduced wages , or a less number of days in the week , rather than their fellow workmen should be thrown out of employment
as proposed . False Weights and Meascres . —At a special { noting of magistrates on Sainrday , at the Holland Arms , Kensington , of which " Robert Tubbs , Lsq was chairman , the following tradesmen were introduced ( o Mr . Keeve , the inspector of weights and measures . —Mr . Benjamin Franks , a butcher , in June-street , Chelsea , was complained of for having his beam and scales inaccurate to the extent of half an ounce , for which offence he was fined 10 s and costs . —Jeremiah Underwood , butcher , of So . 1 , bills-street , Chelsea , was ordered to pay a like penalty for a deficient balance of ten drachms . — John Leete , k cheesemonger , of 143 , Slsan-street , Chelsea , was summoned for two false balances , one to the extent
of six drachms , and the othe ' r of three drachms . Mr . Griffiths , the assistant inspector , informed the bench that this was a second offence . The worthy chairman remarked that it was an aggravated case , and sentenced the defendant to pay 20 s ., with costs , or go to the House of Correction for fourteen days . Defendant said he would readily pay the penalty and respectfully decline the alternative : at the same time assuring tho bench that he had erred unintentionally , and would rather give than receive . -Alfred Tubb , cheesemonger of * o . 1 , Lombard-terrace , Chelsea , was adjudged to a similar punishment for two uniust balances . —James Morgan , of So . 1 , Drake-street , Chelsea , cheesemonger , was fined 15 s . for a bat ^ ft ^ f ^ " ^^ *""*
Ularlboroughroad , ctielsea . chandler , was ordered to pay 10 $ for having soap concealed under his scale , whereby a deficiency was caused of two drachms . —Henry Orosby . of 4 , Leader-strcet , cookshop-keeper , was summoned for a light weight . The defendant was not to blame , having been deceived by a "friend " who had let him the shop . He was fined Is ., and a scuffle ensued amongst the magistrates as to who should pay it . Mr . Frere , the esteemed magistrate however , showed first with the coin , and the defendant , with tears in his eyes , left the court — XLim Lloyd 20 College-street , Chelsea , was fined £ 111 s . Gd ., for fivelight weights .- W . Willicoml ) , a chandler , at 31 , First-street , Chelsea , was orderet to pay 10 s ., with costs , for an illegal balance .-
iicnry Uuckwell , dairyman , 1 , Itolt-terrace Chelsea , was summoned for a deficient machine , and called on to pay 10 a ., and Cs . Gd . costs . —William Thompson , chandler , So , New-road , was sentenced to pay ICs ., for a false balance . —George Davis chandler , 28 , Xew-road , was ordered to pay 15 s for three light weights .-William Ashfield , 11 , Ellis street , was fined 15 s ., for three light weights — Ilenry Barber , greengrocer , 25 , Queen ' s-road West , Chelsea , was adjudged to pay 10 s ., for two lirfit weights ; and Thomas Wallis , 55 , Queen ' s-rond West , was called on to pay 5 s . for three deficient weights . Fiee at the Losdos Docks . —On Tuesday evenin" , between six and seven o ' clock , it was observed that one of the large ships , lying in tho eastern basin of
tne iionaon uocts had taken fire . The vessel an empty one , named the Madouden , had been taken out of dry dock , about three days sinoe , and no one was on board when the disaster occurred , but from the factof other vessels being at her head and stern , it was exceedingly fortunate that the discovery was made early . Tho policeman , in passing over the bridge , in Gravel-lane , perceived flames issuing from the vessel . The firemen belonging to the docks immediately brought the floating and other engines alongside of the vessel , when they found the caboose on deck in a mass of flame . By means of buckets of water the firemen got the flames subdued , but not until the caboose was destroyed and some other damage done . The ori gin of the fire is unknown .
Autographs , Letters , and MSS . —Last week , the well-known Winston collection of dramatic MSS . was brougkt to the hammer by Mr . Puttick and Simpson , of Piccadilly . The sale excited much interest in the dramatic world , and there was considerable anxiety to examine , and in some cases to re-purchase , letters long since forgotten by the writers , whose altered circumstances and pesitionat the present day contrasted in many cases verv remarkably with those under which those letters were penned . Karely has there been amassed such an amount of material for petty scandal as in the memoranda and letters composing this collection , and which we are gratified to know in many cases returned to the possession of the individuals to whom
they related , doubtless for immediate destruction . The collection , on the whole , brought good prices . We may mention some letters of Edmund Kean lot 451 , which sold for £ 815 s . ; lot 477 , Vice-Chatnberlam Coke s papers relative to the King ' s Theatre , 1706-15 , which sold for £ 1210 s . ; lot 672 , the original MSS . of the Rejected Addresses , proposed to be spoken at the opening of Drury-lanc Theatre in 1812 , £ 9 ; a collection of engraved dramatic portraits closed the sale , and appeared to produce high prices . On Monday the same auctioneers sold Mr . Mitchell's small but interesting collection of autograph letters . From the catalogue we extract the following as amongst the most interesting lots , with the prices at which they sold—lot 14 , letter of Lord Brougham on parliamentary reform , sold for £ 1 ; lot 21 , letter of Cmq-Mars , sold for £ 1 5 s . ; lot 53 , a short note
of Haydn , sold for £ 19 s . ; lot 75 , a letter of Moses Mendelssohn , sold for £ 1 10 s . ; lot 89 , a letter of Smollett , the historian , sold for £ 3 17 s . Gd . lot 105 , a letter of Voltaire , sold for £ 116 s . Soveral letters of Lady Hamilton , and a curious document , beinjr a bill for her funer . -il expenses , amounting to £ 2 S 10 s ., soid together for £ 8 4 s . ; lot 140 , a le ° ttw of Mrs . Jordan , sold for £ 1 13 s . The sale concluded with fifty letters of David Garrick , which were sold singly , and for the most part were bou"ht by Mr . Colburn , the publisher . In one of these letters , written on the night of his first appearance in London , he says , " my mind has always been inclined to the stage last nisht 1 played Richard III . to the surprise of every body , and as I shall mate very near £ 300 per annum of it , and as it is reall y what I dote upon , lam resolved to pursue it . ' This interesting scries of letters sold at high prices , amounting in the whole to about £ 110 .
Anomiox of OA-cns is Elections of Common Coexcilmen ' . —In the ensuing elections of Common Councilmen for the City of London , a declaration is to be made by voters in lieu of the oath heretofore taken , and in case any person shall refuse or neglect to make the same , the poll or vote of such person * hall be null and void , and as such be rejected or disallowed . The Dismissed Posimax . — It was stated some time since that a letter-carrier had been dismissed from the General Post-office for distributing bills against Sunday labour to the public . We have been desired to say that his offence was , delivering the bills to his colleagues only . —daily News .
MelascholyScicide . —On the 14 th inst , Mr . Jas . Andrews , a gentleman who has for a great many years filled the office of clerk to the Croydon board of guardians , and also assistant clerk to the bench of magistrates in that town , committed suicide under very melancholy circumstances . The unfortunate gentleman had for some time been observed to be in a very desponding state . At ten o ' clock in the morniug there was to have been a special meeting of the board of guardians , but when the members of the board were assembled they were surprised that Mr . Andrews did not make ms appearance , and a messenger was despatched , when it was ascertained that he hid gone awav from home at nine o ' clock that morning : as it was supposed , tor the inn-nose of rmi ™ t i . j . ^ T
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praved fervently that the desire to hurry myself ( vematuvely to the grave might bo averted . To church again this evening , and again supplicate . " This paper wa 3 dated Sunday last . Several witnesses were examined , whose testimony went to show that the deceased had exhibited great despondency for some time past , and they expressed an opinion that ho was of unsound mind when he committed the act , and the jury , after a very careful inquiry , returned a verdict to that effect . The unfortunate gentleman was fifty-eight years of age : he was a widower , and has left a son and daughter , the latter of whom , it is said , was about shortly to have been married . Suicide from accumulated Misfortunes . — An inquest was held before Mr . II . M . Wakloy , on Tuesday , at the Horse and Groom , John-street , Edgware-road , on Amelia Coxon , aged thirty-nine ,
the wife of a coachmaker . The husband , who during his evidence could scarcely make himself audible , through grief , stated that the deceased ' s parents died of cholera , which greatly affected her . Subsequently the landloVd put in a distress for rent , for which witness Brought an action , and got trilling damages . To enable him to bring tho action , he disposed of his furniture . Theso accumulated troubles preyed upon deceased ' s spirits , and she became quite melancholy . After a short absence from home on Friday , she returned and called to witness , exclaiming , " Fred ., I am dying—don ' t leave me ! " Witness asked what she mennt ; and she pulled from her pocket a bottle , and said , " I have drunk the contents . " Surgical aid was immediately called in , but she died four hours afterwards . Mr . Jepps , surgeon said deceased must have taken six drachms of laudanum , which produced death . Verdict , " Insanity . "
The Explosion op Fihbwobks is Bebmonbsey . — The adjourned inquest upon the bodies of the four persons who lost their lives in consequence of an explosion of fireworks in a dwelling-house occupied by a person named Barlin , was held on Tuesday afternoon at the King John ' s Head , Abbey-street , Bcrmondsey , before Mr . Carter . The inquest was adjsurned from the Oth of Norember last , in order to enable the persons injured by the explosion to recover , and be present to give evidence . —Charles Barlin , son of William Barfin ,, was called and examined . He appeared to have suffered groat injuries on tho head and hands . He said : I am nineteen years of age next January . My father's name is William Barlin ; I lived with him on the 12 th of
October last , at 4 , Brook-street , Bormondsey Nowroad , and on the evening of that day I was engaged rolling cases for a description of fireworks called blue lights , which are sold to children at id . and id . each . There were other persons in the room , and to the best of my recollection they wore all rolling Ohses . I don ' t think my father was there . The explosion took place at half-past eleven , as near as I can say , and there were then in the room my father and mother , my brother William , and George Barlow . Ibeiieye there was a quantity of fire-worke being made up in parcels of a gross each . All I can remember is that my mother asked me to give her a chair in order to sit down to supper . We had then cleared away everythimr . I don ' t know whether
anything was knocked down , but a cracker went off . I have no distinct recollection whether , in the act of giving the chair , something fell ; butaorackerfired off , and a number of others followed . I made my escape , in the first instance , without injury ; but I returned to the house to fetch out my brother . I believe that the fire was occasioned by striking the lamp as I lifted up the chair . —The boy Lurser , who was examined on the last occasion , said , in addition to his former evidence , that he was upstairs at the time of the accident , but from the position of the table when he left the room , he thought tho handing of a chair across the table mi ght knock the lamp and ignite some sulphur and lampblack which was on the table . —Mrs . Bavlin , who had also iust ieii ine
nospnai , said sue asked her son for a chair , and as he was handing it over something fell , and immediatel y afterwards a cracker went off , and oth ers followed . Her husband liad followed the business of making fireworks for many years , but he had been out of employment for a considerable time , and , being in great distress , they had to work early and late . They had a manufactory in the Wcstmmster-road , but a simple thing like blue-Ughts aud crackers they made at home . When the accident happened they were capping the fireworks , i . e ., putting on tho touchpaper with a little damp powder . —The Coroner said it now became the duty of the jury to consider whether any one was liable for the consequences of the explosion . The Recorder of London had already held that a person was decidedly answerable for the deatli of a mi-f . v . nnnasinnprl
by an explosion of fireworks illegally manufactured . It was entirely , however , a matter for their decision . Should they think any onus attached to the father they would return their verdict against him , but if they were of opinion that tho occurrence was purely of an accidental nature he would not be liable for tho consequences of it . —The jury deliberated for some time with closed doors , and on the public being admitted , the Coroner directed that Mr . Barlin , the father , should be brought in , and on his entering the room said that the jury had found a verdict of " Accidents death , " but had thought it right to append the following to it : — " We , the jury , cannot separate without expressing our regret tlmtsulficient steps are not taken by the police authorities to prevent the manufacturing and selling of fireworks , whereby lives and property are greatly endangered . " ° J
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Ifeumn . Protkctiosis t Meeting in CoRK .-The first of he series of protection meetings was held at Cork on 1 ritlay , the Ea / 1 of Bandon presiding . It was an exclusively landlord meeting . Lord " Bernard , Mr Srtw lT , ' C ? > aDd Col 0 nel Ohatterton ; ll r ! l Protectionist member , being th
pnncpa speakers . All advocated tte neVessitv of ve-es abhshmg protective duties on foreign produce amljomedin attributing all the criaraKf the country o the disastrous introduction of , he £ rade pohcy . There is , indeed , one great ev 1 wWeh sSiKS ^ irisiS S ' f ^ artssS forth the evils of free trade were mlm , ^ „_/? ,. _ . »
agreed , a county association should be formed 1 J 3 NANT Farmers Anti-Rent Movement - 1 he Ai ^ nj , Jom-m l of tins day containsi an ™ £ repoit of a meeting of tenant fai 4 rS , b 5 eJ bX presence of several Roman Catholic priSJ heldTt Wiudgap , in that county on Sunday last Sl \ which speeches were delivered indicative of a ierv marked determination to carry out the viel of h wm
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= ^ £ ? SS * K 5 « mmmm they should be au hods d to si if , n < m -f ' » t interest to the liichcst wii ? tUci . ' occupancy and of all . just anift ; Sof tie \ S ? ^^ proprietors . " P l » ase money to the Flax Cui / tivatiov A ¦ promote the cultivation of flaxTlW , meelin 8 to ' n the county of Cork , lost week £ » , AIallow » "I influence were present aJdl in W « ntlemea o « the object of k J ^ g $ *« && Jo carry following resolution , ^ ^ *«« ablubd . Th * f i « eiSSSjg t »«« *« of the cultivate flax the ,. £ 2 , ? U - lduce tho famon to tracts of grounir IV' - otller 3 ' lohli ,,,, hZt tje . exampSToy ' ^ W * "• ^ Sl t "g
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xtensive employment that the poor will he able to : otain a livelihood ,, and not he forced to seek a refuge in the poor house to keeD them from starvation . " ' That , though the cultivation of flax is certain of being productive of much good , the manufacture of it in a country where it is grown would be far greater , as itwould give the fiirmera certain market at home for the article , and induce him to sow a much larger quantity , besides tbe vast cmolnviwent it would bw *
to our idle poor ; we therefore earnestly entreat Mr . Dargan , who is so well acquainted wiili the north , to set the bright example of using his influence to estaU lish the first null or manufactory in this part of Ireland , feeling convinced that , if he will be kind enough to make the exertion , that success must follow , thereby raising a monument to himself of more real value than the wealth of the Treasury could accomplish . "
The Report of the Grm ? j > Lodot , . —The Jto - managh Reporter— Orange authority , for it has made no formal recantation of a change in princi ple *—' lectures Ha quondam friends in very pretty set terms , and gives them to understand that their " grand " report , so far from bettering their position , leayeg them but small grounds fur their claim to unconditional and exclusive loyalty . "Wlia * , " asks the Orange censor , "has become of the pure unmingled loyalty to which we thought the Orangeman ' s oath , bound him , when the body show so little respoet to
her Majesty ' s representative , the Vice-Kuig of Ireland ? And , what of Lord Roden ' s civility to a sovernment by which he is paid a pension , and his relatives provided for ? Lord linden is a good man , and an honourable gentleman , but we tlrnk that most people in the receipt of a pension , and having their relatives in government situations , would not raise a row about a barren honour . It is a good doctrino to be governed hy him who governs the purse —be obedient or quit the service . Expediency required that the Orangemen should be encouraged against the Confederates kst year ; and the same
expediency rendered it necessary to discountenance armed processions this year . The government acted on the same principle in both cases , and the Orangemen who availed themselves of it then ought not to have objected now . Of this the Orangemen are nowaware , that neither the government nor the landlords care an old wife ' s curse about them , except when expediency requires , and that they muy keep their loyalty to ' warm their hearts . " PORTARLINGTON Estates . —The Mercantile Advertiser gives the following particulars relative to the largest property that has yet been brought under the Incumbe red Estates Commission : — " The annual
rental of the Portarlington estates in Ireland is £ 32 , 0-10 , consisting chiefly of well-circumstanced head-rents ; and so valuable is the property , that the amount received within one year , 1847 , after the terrible failure of the potato , was nearly £ 20 , 000 . The incumbrances upon the estates amount on the aggregate to £ 617 , 000 , besidesabout £ 3 , <) 00 ayear charged as irredeemable life annuities . Sume years hefore the death of the late earl , the sumi of £ 344 , 000 had been raised by ' contributions , ' which , with a previous mortgage of long standing , £ 56 , 000 , which now stands as the prior incumbrance , amounted to £ 400 , 000 . There were subsequent mortgages to the
amount of £ 130 , 000 , judgment debts , £ 00 , 000 , and gome charges under the will of the late earl , waking in the entire £ 017 , 000—the amount of the incurabrancesatthe period of his decease . The present Earl of Portarlington , with a view of liquidating the incumbrances arising from the ' contributions , ' under which trustees had been appointed , raised a large sum from the Law . Lite Insurance Company , who in this way have become creditors , and thst company has , ; besides , a secondary security for those advances on the English estates of the present Earl . There has been aprotracted suit in the English Court of Chancriy , between Colonel Darner and the Earl of Portarlington , under which a receiver has been ap . pointed ; and the case has aL « o been in the Irish Court of Chancery ; but if an absolute order should
be pronounced by the commissioners , it would practically operate as an estoppel to the suits in . Chancery . " A Gom > Example . —The Northern Standard gives the following account of the way in which the Maxwell property , in the county of Armagh , is managed : — " That portion of this extensive property situated in the county of Armagh , under the superintendence and management of George Ilenry , Esq , of Tassagh , is at present undergoing most important permanent improvements . The representatives of Dr . M axwell are , through Mr . Henry , allowing the tenants sixpence per perch for sinking the drains and filling them in again , and also giving them any quantity of lime they require at half-price . The whole range of that extensive property , even in those dark December days , presents the appearance of the industry and diligence of a bee-hive .
The Hegistehies . — In the year 1835 there were 2 , 300 voters in the Queen ' s County , at present there are 247 . Nor do we believe the Queen ' s County to be a solitary instance of such a decrease in the number of electors . There has also been a &mt falling offinKildare , and we daily see complaints in our contemporaries of the prevalence of such self-disfrauclusenient . —Lciruster Express , The Linen Trade . —Last week the home demand
for yarns was not brisk . At present prices there is . still left a fair profit for the manufacturers . Linens have been bought a shade lower , especially the finer sorts , for which the demand is limited . The demand is now for heavy linens suitable for the home market . The export of yams is improving . During last week it amounted to 84 bales ; linen , 363 boxes , 19 bales . 2 trusses ; muslin , 9 boxes ; thread , 6 boxes ; —Belfast Neivs .
Provision PKOSPECTS .--Tho police have been for some time engaged in making out returns of the quantity of land under corn crop the past season t also the amount of stock . They find the stock or cattle much diminished , even since last year . — Limerick Express . } Awful Loss ofLipb in thb Kutiush Union . —On Wednesday evening last , a large numb r of penon > , most of whom were paupers who had been t £ fc « t door relief , were drowned while crossing the ferry on their return to Moyarta . Captain Kenned y , accompanied by Doctor O'Donnell , proceeded imrodiatel y to the scene of the t agfdy , bringing with them such restoratives as are genS used ln recovering the . drowned : but nona nfrhS
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Etje Utomncw , Daring Robbery . —On the 13 th inst , between three and four o ' clock , the dwelling-house of Mrs . Anna Palmer , in Whitecross-street , Hull , was felonious ' y entered by some daring depredators . Mrs Palmer is an aged and veiy infirm lady , and is nu « t io the present Mayor of Hull . Her establishment consists of two female servants , and a young woman nnmed Sarah Glover , who , for some time past , has acted as a sort of companion to the old lady , and has been in the habit of sleeping with her . She wa < awakrned by the strong glare of a candle flashing across her face , and , upon looking up . was terrified
at seeing a man standing over her , with what she imagined at the lime to be a large knife or part of a scythe , but which ultimately proved to be a plough coulter . She begged for mercy . He said lie did not intend her any harm , but that he must have money . She told him she did not beliovc there was any in the house , excepting what her mistress might have m her purse . She then awoke the old lady , who , after some hesitation , offered the man balf-acrown to go away ; but he swore that he had four mates below , and must have the purse and its contents . The purse was handed over to him ; it only contained some fifteen or eighteen shillings . lie then commenced breaking open the drawers , forced open a jewel case , and took from it five or six gold rings , several gold brooches , and a valuable necklace . He bod previousl y been in the room where the servant girls slept w ' ithout alarming them , but
considering , probably , that they did not possess nther mouey or valuables , he left " witliout molesting them , although , there were , in fact several sovereigns belonging to them in a drawer . Having obtained all that he thought he was likely to get , he decamped , but not without first helping himself to the contents of the larder , together with some gin . brandy , and sherry , which he abstracted fiom the parlour cupboard . He and his companion ( for there c-m be no doubt he had one , if not more ) then left the house , taking with them the street-door key . It is somewhat singular that the man who was in Mrs . Palmer ' s bedroom should have overlooked a gold watch which was hanging at her bedhead , three valuable gold rings which she had taken from her fingers three or four hours before , the plate chest , and fcveral other articles of vrJue . The entrance into the house was effected by the thieves removing a grating and shutter which led to the
cellar , and then forcing open with the ploughcoultor the various doors . Sarah Glover describes the man who entered her mistress ' s bedroom ' as of the middle size , and stout , with florid complexion , and long light hair , dressed like a trump , with smock frock and cap , and without the least attempt at disguise . When she thought the house was cleav of such unwelcome guests , she gave an alarm from the window , and in a short time the superintendent of police came with three of the most active constables belonging to the town , all of whom commenced an immediate pursuit after the thieves , but hitherto their efforts have not been attended with success . The Yarborough association forthe prosecution of felons have offVred a reward often guineas for the apprehension and conviction of the offenders .
Incendiarism in Berrsiiirk . — On Saturday evening last , a fi-e broke out at Lollingdon farm in the parish of Choi ey , near Reading j n the occupation of Mr . George Hewett ; and an extensive barn was totally destroyed , together with a large quantity of thrashed corn . Fortunately , owing to the assistance rendered by the neighbours and the speedy arrival of an engine from Aston , the other farms , and a number of ricks nearly conti guous to the spot , were saved . Mr . Hewett , it is believed , is insured ! The fire was clearly tlie act of an incendiary . — Another fire in the above neighbourhood also bnike nut about half-past six o ' clock in the morning at Drayton , on a farm belonging to Mr . William
Betteridge . The barn in which the fire was discovered was entirely destroyed , together with its contents , which consisted of about seventeen quarters of barley in sacks , twenty ditto thrashed and ready for winnowin ? , and also four ricks standing close to each other near the spot . There is no doubt that the fire was cnuseil bv some inoendiary . Mr . Betterideis fully insured . —A third fire , involvin the destruction of farm property to ii considerable extent , occurred about eight o ' clock in tlie evening at Inholmes farm , situated a few miles from Hungerford , ia the occupation of Mr . Spackmun . The whole of the fa ' na' buildings , including three extensive bams , with their contents ' of oorn ar , da » ricuiUiral implements , tv ! olar S wl'eat ricks , a barley ncK , * ojjetl « r with a coir , and a fat pi g intended fora
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prize exhibition , were totally destroyed . The whole ot the property is insured . This fire also originated , it is believed , in the act of an incendiary . Skrious Chargk aoainsi as Officer of Mabisbs . —On the 13 th inst ., Charles Pyne , second lieut « nant of the Royal marines , stationed at Stonehouse , was brought before the magistrates at Stonehouse , aud committed for trial at tbe next assizes for the county of Devon , under the following circumstances . About two months since * a child of fourteen years of age , named Ellen Barrett , the
daughter of a poor woman residing in-Devonport was invited by a female to come to the Marine Barracks on the . following morning . Tne child followed her directions , and , on arriving at the barracks , she was met hy the female , who took her to the room of the prisoner . Here the three had breakfast together ; and immediately afterwards prisoner locked the door , aud criminally assaulted the girl , On the application of Mr . J . E . Elworthy , the solicitor for the prisoner , the magistrate agreed to accept foil for the appeavatice of the prisoner , himself in £ 200 , and two sureties in € 100 .
Diabolical Croeltt . —A Triable hunter , the property of J . S . D . Selby , of Cheawick , was found , one night last week , to have beeen cruelly wounded , one of its eyes having been actually scooped out . An a arm was raised during the night by the servant lad , who slept in a room above the stable , who stated that he had heard a noise bctew , and on g . aiig down had encountered sonre thieves , with whom he had a struggle , in the course of which his hands sustained some injury . The animal at the time was found to be missing , and the harness was observed to be much entangled . It has since been discovered , however , that the servant himself was Ihe author of this cruel outraae , and that the pre tended alarm which he ra sed , and the injuries which he received , were intended qnl y as a ruse , He ha ? , it appears , acknowleged his guilt . — Newcastle Journal *
Lights in the Liverpool Docks . —On Monday a very numerous meeting of captains and others connected with shipping , was held in the cotton salesroom , Liverpool , to adopt a memorial to tlie dock committee , to allow lights and fires to be used on board vessels while in the docks . Several parties addressed the meetin * , and resolutions were unanimously adopted , that the committee should be petitioned . Labge Firb at Bblper . —On Sunday night the town of Belper , in Derbyshire , wan tho scene of a most terrific conflagration , which terminated in the t » tal demolition of the hosiery establishment of Messrs . Ward , & Co . It appears that some of the hands were at work until eleven o'clock on Saturday night . At that hour the premises were closed , and ,
as . ; it is believed , left in complete security . On Sunday morning two men were employed ' in the store-room doing some repairs . About eight o ' clock on Sunday evening the watchman on duty perceived a strong smell of fire , and immediately gave thealaim , At that time the people were leaving the different places of worship , and numbers were soon congregated about the premises . Mr . Taylor , one of the managers , and the other heads of departments were speedily on the spot , and it was found that the lower windows d ' one warehouse were so hot as to render the touch unbearable . The fireengines were soon got into play , but without immediate effect . About nine o ' clock the flames burst forth in terrifie fury , and extended with such rapidity that the whole building was in a general blaze . A very small quantity of goods were removed ; and the remainder , comprising an extensive stock of silk , cotton , and other goodswere totally consumed . At
, five o ' clock on Monday evening last the engines were still playing upon the smouldering ruins , and it was evident that part of the walls must fall ; The stock and buildings were insured in the Norwich » nd other unions to the extent of £ 28 , 500 . The damage by this lamentable catastrophe has been variou-lv estimated at from £ 100 , 000 to £ 150 , 000 . Upwards of 1 , 500 hands are deprived of employment . The firm w one of the largest in the world , and was formerly known as Ward , Brittle , and Waid . Every department of the hosiery trade was carried on here . ljiereaTe also several other establishments connected with the same firm in various parts of the country . The warehouses now appear a . mere shell . The most praiseworth y conduct was evinced by the crowd in assisting the firemen to stay the conflagration . We have not heard to what amount Messrs . Ward are insured . The cause of the fire has not been ascertained .
The South SniELns Pilots . — On Friday , the 14 th mst . a public meeting , convened in compliance with a requisition , was held in the Guildhall , Newcastle , to promote a public subscription for the relief of the widows and orphans of the pilots who perished on the 4 th instant . —The Mayor , Joseph Oiawhall , Esq ., took the chair . —There was a numerous attendance , comprising the most influential inhabitants of the town . —Resolutions were passed , and an expression of sorrow and sympathy was followed up by ths appointment of a committee to raiseasubscnption , at the head of which are the Mayor and the Master of the Trinity House . —Mr . John Rayne , who supported one of the resolutions , made a powerful appeal in behalf of the widows and nmhnns .
and spoke in warm terms of commendation of the spirit manifested at the meeting in South Shields , where , he said . £ 500 had already been subscribed . A snggeg'ion was thrown out that the resolutions of the Newcastle meeting should be sent to the London Coal Exchange ; but an application in that quarter , it was justly observed , would come with more propriety ( if it had not already emanated ) from the South Shields committee . On Sunday collections were made in Hanover-square chapel , Newcastle , tor the relief of the widows , orphans , and other dependent relatives of the brave pilots who perished ontheunfortuna ' e occasion above mentioned . Several other congrfgational collections lnve been made ;
and others are to follow , in various towns , forthwith . — Qateshead Observer . —The Queen has for . warded one hundred guineas towards this fund . ' I he corporation of Newcastle have sent a donation of 100 guineas , and the Master and Brethren of the Trinity House have also contributed 100 guineas to the same deserving object—Mr . Robert Anderson has stated that the life-1 'oit had gone off from South Shields , since 1841 , to ninety-six vessels , and brought on sU"re 4 GG shipwrecked mariners . Forgery and Speedy Apprension . —On the evening of the 14 th inst , information was lodged with the police authorities , that a forgod order for £ 100 had been that day presented at the Union Bank of Edinburgh lor payment . By the instructions of Mr .
Moxey , John Milligan , and Alexander M'Pherson , criminal officers , proceeded to the house of the party whose name had been forged , and who is a le « al practitioner in the New Town , and , after some inquiry , took into custody the female servant , whom they suspected of the forgery . In the course of the evening they also apprehended the party who uttered tlie document , and another person who , it is believed received the forged document from the servant girl . When on her way to the police office the female prisoner attempted to destroy two other orders upon the bank
same , one or both of which are alleged to be forgeries . The accused parties were brought before the police jud ge on Saturday last , on a petition at the instance of Mr . Mosey , and were remitted for examination to the sheriff . Millican andI MTlierson having learned that valuable articles of dress had disappeared some weeks ago from the house of the girl ' s master , made a careful search , ana discovered the missing articles carefully concealed under a bed in the kitchen ; and having continued their search on the Saturday evening ? thev found a chest , containing various books , nnd ntW
articles the property of her master , concealed in a cellar m the front area covered over with rubbi » h —Cakndoman Mercury , . A Cbntksarias at " Osborse .-A correspondent at Cowcs vmtCB thus on the 18 th inst . :- "It having reached the cav of royalty that an aged woman named Read , residing in Cowes , would complete b 5 hundredth year on the 21 st instant , and that S had lost none of her faculties , her Majesty caused a carnage to be sent to convey the old lady to Osborne , whither she went , wonaertaghSt wffir After an interview with the Queen , Prince ffirt the Duchess of Kent , and the royal children « he was sent home , loaded with gifts , and 3 J \ olE grounded persuasion that her few remaining day will bo cheered with plenty .- ^ News S * LANCASIIIRE . -BUUUUUT AT BlCKEJlSTAFFE -Oil o ' clock / - ° liUl inSt - ' bCtWOen ei « SbK o clock , tne or more mon , nvmed with Distnh entered the house of Mr . Stockk y , whcelwri » 1 it and farmer , near this town , and demanded money At the time of their entry four men were in t h * U ,. »
ana one ot them endeavoured to make a show of resistance . For this purpose he endeavoured to take a Run from the chimney-picoo , when one of the villains aeizod the gun and broke it over his head It appears that whilst tho thieves were « SJ ed in ransacking the house fov money , three other men » n tho service of Mr . Btockloy came in , and an ItS was made on the burglars . Four shots wSe S two Of which took effect on the wall without injuring any person . The burglars mado a str ot search for money but were only able to findM . id with winch they decamped . They also took two double barrelled guns , one of them marked w h the namoof' Names , " and the other with "Green ' The pistol * which the fellows discharged , were is appeared from subsequent examination , loaded with bill LTSi Kkst .-Daiuxg RoiraBinr .-A daring robbery was committed m the village of Aylesfo / d on SundaJ mght , or rather earl y on Monday morning , in tho house of Mr . E . O . Go dinir . snrmon 'ri „ " : I 7
was extremely stormy . About three o ' clock Mr Golding was awoke by somo noise below , and w « preparing to examine the eauso , but heaving nothinl » more he attributed the noise to tho violence of the wind . -On Ins servantjgoing down in -tho moraine however , ho found flat an entrance had beou effected at the buck of the house , and that tho lower rooms had been completel y ransackod . ' Tho thieves appear to two laid their plans very cunningly locking tho door at tlw bottom of tho staircase ' thus Bccuring-tlwniselvos from attack , » nd unlocking the
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scotiautf , Hungarian Rfeuobes .--T 1 io Edinburgh Eventnq courant says that the subscri ption in Edinburgh in behalf of the party of the Hungarian refugees ( thirty-seven m number , ) who have lately been resident in Leith , was closed on Friday week , and the result , though not equal to the sanguine expec tations of some of its promoters , will , we believe with the sums raised in Leith and Glasgow , and tho funds otherwise obtained , provide a free passace forthe party to New York , and leave a surplus in their hands of about £ 150 . The Hungarians left i ^ W' / /? 1 ™ " . ' * route to Glasgow , by the Caledonian Railway , the Directors of that line having , in tho most liberal
manner , agreed to convey thorn to that city free of charge Ihe Mountstuart Elphinstone , with a number of the Hungarian refugees on board , left Glasgow harbour on Monday afternoon , at one o ' clock There was a largo concourse of spectators present who warm y expressed their sympathy with tho exiles as the Tut sel » ot under wei gh . Tub IWs Brab Affair .-A meeiing , convened by placard , was to ha W . been hold on the SS J V \ u m Lyceum Rooms > Kelson-street , Glasgow , for the purpose of denouncing the massacre at Dolly ' s Brae , and calling upon the government to take measures for bringing the guilty parties to punishment j but one of the superln tendenta ! P ^ ™ g apprehensive that the holding of the tJ
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vwd door , over which they had climbed to get in , K to make good their retreat . A eandlo had been lit and they had evidently been carousing miking tree with the spirits and wine , carrying off with tSem ^ lf a dozen of- the latter . A fierce dog chainedSp close to iue . door had been drugged by £ rascals to render him harmless . They broke onen two inner doors , several cupboards , a work box deskaud cash box , the latter fortunatoly
con-, taining only papers , and carried off two great coats , a shooting facket . two valuable eases ; of surgical instruments , some table cloths , two or three silver Seles ( tho . plate basket having prudently been nut out of the way ) and somo steel knives and forks The property stilen is worth altogether ahout' £ 23 Suspicion attaches to certain parties , for whom a sharp look out will be kept , and a reward of £ 5 is offered for the conviction of the
thieves . , . Portland Brkakwatkr . — We learn from the Western Flying Post that the works at Portland were Inst week proceeding with . considerable activity . The storms of last week , however , wpre not to be restrained by the trifling resistance offered by the works but just commenced , the whole of which were swept clean away , and ( jn Tuesday a systematic commencement of the national breakwater works , with permanent materials , by tho convicts , took place . The whole of the convicts were mustered to see its commencement ; , Captain Whitty , the governer of the prisoner , and Mr . Coode , the engineer of tho breakwater works , accompanied the first wasiron to the water ' s edge . ' 800 convicts will
be immediately employed thereon , and kept constantly , at work , so that the laying of the last stone , as well as the first , may . now be anticipated . Fleetwood a Port . —By a Treasury minute rocently issued , Flcotwood will become , after the 6 th of January , next an independent port . It belongs at present to the port of Preston . State op the Hull Docks . —The late easterly winds have brought-up large quantities of slii pping , including some from India , bound to tho continent , but unable io reach their ports on account of ice . Tho samo winds having operated against the departure of vessels , our docks are now inconveniently crowded , and the blue flag , signifying that the docks are full , has been flying some days .
Charob ok Manslaughter agaisst a Dispensary Midwife . —Hannah Cushforth , one of the Midwives of tne Sheffield public dispensary , who was committed ' to York for manslaughter , in causing the death of the infant of Harriet Mappin , through improper treatment during the confinement of its mother , was last week discharged . from custody after an incarceration ' of five months , thero being no evidence that the infant was born alive . Tns Britanhia-Bridgx—fho operation ef raising the second monster tube , of 1 , 800 tons , to its intended elevation of 100 feet above sea-mark , was commenced by the engineers on Tuesday , fourteen
days only having elapsed since tho day on which it was successfully floated- The action of the hydraulic presses was found to be most perfect and prociso , and the stupendous maas was worked steadily six feet upwards . . .: : Shipwreck!—Falmoutii , Dec . 15 . —On Friday , at noon , an account was received here of another shipwreck having occurred in this neighbourhood . Tho brig Venus , of and from Guernsey ; of 123 tons , John Blacter , master ,. in ballast , bound to Newport , to load for Havannah , on the 14 th inst ., at two a . m ., got qji tho Manaole ' Rocks . Immediatel y danger was apprehended , the master , whose " watch " was below , was called up , when ho ordered the
helm to be put hard up , and the brig wore round . He then took the wheel , when she struck forwards and then aft . Through tho concussion the master was thrown over the ship ' s side , and'onl y escaped destruction by catching hold of the gunwale , but his leg was badly hurt . ' After striking the second time , way being kept on the vessel , and both pumps going , eighteen inches of water in her indicated that she was settling down . The boat was got ready and at four a . m ., the master and crew got into it ; ten minutes had scarcely expired before she foundered . She had very recently had a considerable sum exponded on a total refit . The pilot cutter ^ cholas Jenkmg met with the unfortunate people at sea at day-break , not knowing whereabouts to steer for or make a land fall , and brought them in here .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 22, 1849, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1553/page/6/
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