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      ¦ ^ MMj Mf ^^^ M ^—^^™^^^ £ fje ffittropoM . Health of London durtsg thk Week . —In the "week-ending last Saturday , the deaths registered in the metropolitan districs were 866 , a number which , it a satisfactory to find , is still below the average corrected for increase of population , though it almost exacfy coincides with the average if taken without such correction . During the corresponding weeks of ten previous yean , 1840-0 , the deaths rose by nearly constant progression from 795 , in the first year , t-i t » 79 inl 848 ; the average , with an addition for present population is 944 , compared with which the number retained last week shows a decrease of 78 . The deaths included in the zymotic or epidemic class amount in the present return to 156 : the corrected ' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¦

      average is 196 . Of special epidemics , small pox was fatal to six children and two adults ; scarlatina to 13 , both diseases , but particularl y the latter , showing a less mortality than usual . Measles destroyed 23 children , and a man of thirty-fireyears , who , according to medical certiorate , died of " measles ( 7 days ) typhus ( o days ); " hooping-cough 5 children ; these diseases at present do not vary much from the average . 11 persons died of diarrrcBa . In a house io Chandos-street , visited by Mr . Leonard , the refuse of fish is kept till the smell is intolerable , and the air is so vitiated that some of the inmate 3 have diarrhoea , and have suffered during the last two months from the complaint 32 persons died of typhus , which is still less than the average , but exhibits a slight tendency to increase :

      a young boy died of intermittent fever : 12 women died in child-bearing , to six of whom death is ascribed to puerperal fever . Diseases of the respiratory org ^ ns , exclusive of consumption , numbered in the last -w ? ek 138 , being more than have occurred usual l y at this season of the year ; the average is 112- Consumption carried off 125 persons ; it fluctuated in the corresponding weeks of 18 i ( M ) , between 103 deaths and 163 . In the case of a lime-porter who died at the age of 50 , thi 3 disease was produced by the irritation of lime dust , to which he was exposed in his occupation . The deaths of two women are recorded as the direct result of intemperance ; and besides these a blacksmith hanged himself , in a state of unsound mind caused by intemperance ; and a clerk ,

      aged 24 years , drowned himself "in temporary in * sanity brought on by excessive drinking . " The classification of deaths in public institutions show that 66 deaths were registered as having occurred in workbouses ; 50 in hospitals ; 6 in lunatic asylums ; and 4 in the Royal Hospital , Greenwich . —The mean daily reading of the barometer in the week was 29 * 486 in . The mean temperature was 55 deg . 5 min ., and 'was rather higher than the average of the same week in seven years . On Tuesday the mean temperature was 6 cleg , above the average of the same day ; on Wednesday , * Friday , and Saturday , it was more than 1 deg . below it . Love asd Suicide . —On Saturday evening last an inquest was held by Mr . Carter , at the Old Mitre Tavern , Broad-wall , respecting the death of Thomas

      Hunt Cooper , aged 29 , lately residing at No . 5 , Knightrider-conrt , Doctors Commons . Elizabeth Straker stated that she had known the deceased for many years , and she had frequently been annoyed by him , particularly during the last fourteen weeks . He had frequently asked witness if she would have him . She always begged him to go away , and upon one occasion she was eo much interrupted by him that she threatened to apply to a magistrate . On Saturday last deceased called at her house , and when fine opened the door to him he held a pistol at her , and said he would blow her brains out . Upon this she ran up- stairs , and called the landlord of the louse . They immediately afterwards heard the report of a pistol , and upon going down into the parlour , discovered the deceased lying on the floor a corpse . The upper part of his head appeared to be blown to piece ? , and a pistol was lying by his side .

      The police were called in , and the following letter , addressed to his father , in the handwriting of the deceased , was found in his pocket : — " Dear Father —When yon receive ^ this I shall be no more , for I have made up my mind to live no lonser without Jfiss Straker . Her shadow is always following me , and my thoughts are constantly with her . —Your affectionate son , Thomas Cooper . " Mr . Tebbits , a surgeon , proved the nature of the wound , and the father of the deceased having been examined , together with other witnesses , the jury unanimously agreed to a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . " As Isqtjest was held on Saturday evening last fey Mr . T . Higp , coroner , at the Lyceum Tavern , Strand , on tha body of William Upfold , aged 34 , a carpenter , employed aboard the Chinese Junk Keying . The evidence of the witnesses proved tfcat the deceased accidentally fell into the water and wa 3 browned . —Verdict accordingly .

      Alarming Fioe and Explosion . —On Sunday afternoon , between the hours of four and fire , confusion was caused in the immediate neighbourhood of the Adelphi Theatre owing to the sudden outbreak of avery alarming fire , succeeded by a terrific explosion of combustibles , in the premises belonging to Messrs . Freeman , Roe , and Hansom , hydraulic and gas engineers , 70 , Strand , facing the entrance to the above place of amusement The disaster originated in the third floor front from the following cause : — A number of railway signal lights had been deposited in that part of the building ou account of its being considered the most secure from fire ; the sun ,

      however , having set upon the windows , its rays were concentrated upon one of the tin packages containing a variety of the signal lights , and the consequence was that it became so hot as to cause the contents to explode . The engines attended , and the firemen set to work . Whilst they were so employed another explosion took place . The firemen eventually succeeded in confining the fire to the top part of the premises , which was burnt out , and the whole of the lower floors severely damaged by water . Messrs . Simpkins printing-office , and the Society of Arts exhibition , at the rear , fortunately received not the least injury .

      . A Balloon of a skw fobm was inflated at the gas works , Kennington-oval , on the 24 th ult ., and afterwards ascended with its inventor , a Mr . Bell , from that place , on the evening of the same day . The appearance of a balloon of a singular form traversing the metropolis occasioned some speculation as to whether the frail car , from its osculating gyrations , contained an animate or inanimate aeronaut . The occupant of the car was the gentleman abovementioned , who manoeuvred his bark through the realms of air with a dexterity that puts all his contemporaries in lie shade . Without endeavouring minutely to describe this new balloon , it may be briefly stated that it is of an elliptic shape , somewhat resembling in form the Spanish melon or vegetable marrow , manufactured ot the finest silk , with netting of cordage ,

      and with a spring . valve constructed on an entirely new principle . It was estimated that the balloon would contain about 15 , 000 cubic feet of gas , its dimensions being fifty feet in length and twenty-two feet in diameter . It reached the earth again safely at High Laver , in Essex , but in its descent a man named Frederick Clark , -who was attempting to render assistance , was killed by the grapnel . Launch of the Wasp Steam-vessel . —The announcement that the launch of the Wasp steamvessel was to take place on Tuesday from the Deptford dock-yard attracted a vast crowd of spectators . The vessel has been for some considerable time on the-stocks . After the usual ceremonies had been gone through , the vessel drifted out , amidst the 'Cheers of the multitude , the band playing " Rule Britannia . " ' *

      The Central Gas Company . —On Tuesday several witnesses were examined by the committee . Mr . Tite , the architect , was of opinion that the estimate for the construction of the new company ' s works was sufficient , and Mr . Radford , C . E ., deposed that the mains might be laid down in the thoroughfares without difficulty and within four months .

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      3 $ e Vnrofncw .-The Levesok-stheet Muhders . —The circumstances attending the Leveson-street murders have been painfully brought to mind . the ship Duncan of which Captain Heurichson was master , left Liverpool on a-voyage to Calcutta , under tha command of Parry , fermerly chief mate . On the outward voyage the son of Mary Parr , ( the semnt of Mrs . Ilenriclison , and who shared her melanchol y fate ) , who was an apprentice in the vessel , fell overboard and was drowned . Another - serious casualty occcurred-Captain Parry , who hadbeen married only five davs before leaving Liverpool , fell from the poop rail , and was killed .

      Fatal Accident to a Cl ergyman . Eastboubxe , Saturday .-A melancholy sensation has pervaded this neighourhood by an acciden t of a frightful character , happening on that prominent headland so well known to mariners passing up and down Channel , viz ., Beachy Head , which is a 3 many may be aware , some 200 or 300 feet in hei ght from low water mark . In the coarse of Saturday after" aoon the Rev . Henry James , the respected vicar of Willingdon , accompanied by his daughter and the . Sev . Henry Watson , of Levipston , went for a stroll along the coast , and ia their ramble proceeded to descend the rocks . They got a short way down , whes Mr . Watson urged the unfortunate gentleman not to proceed any further in consequence of the

      extreme danger attending the descent . He , unfortunately , persisted in descending , and Mr . Watson , requested his daughter to remain with him on the top of the cliff . Finding the cliff very steep , he agreed to leave Ms daughter behind , and he then descended alone , and soon got out of sight . After some'timeTar . Watsonriu consequence of not seeing the deceased on the beach below , called out to him . iie answered , but what he said could noS be heard . Jar . Watson , fearing him to bs in danger , descended •¦ B ^ J l ! My&S » n ^ but could not see him . He SS ^ lwFw knic 7 ont » " For God ' s sake don ' t K 4 ™ i ?? ^ tfve ^ muou - " Mr . Watson 2 rwntrTl ^ l > aBt l : B 2 ard ' *** ^ Mr . James ' s mmmsss

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      body was shockingly bruised , and evidently life hid been extinct some time , considerable delay having transpired in getting from the summit of the cliff to where the unfortunate' gentleman lay . An inquest Has been held on the remains of the deceased , and a verdict of " Accidental death " recorded , it appearing satisfactorily that he had fallen from the " Head , " while in the act of descending . He was in his thirtyeighth year . Bkewbry Accidbht . —Three Mbk Scalded to L » ea th . —An accident of a frightful nature occurred ast week at the brewery . of Messrs . Lyon and Greenalls , Wilderspool , Warrington . It appears that far of the men emp loyed as brewers at this establishment , named Charles Bate , two Johnsons

      ( father and son ) , and a man named Cartwright , had been assisting to brew , and afterwards to empty grains , the liquor having been run out of ' the copper iaio the hop-beck . The operation of emptying grains being a warm one , the men left their job , and proceeded to a small apartment , in one corner of the bniliing , and not far from the copper pan , for the purpose of getting some refreshment , when , painful to relate , in a few minutes afterwards a loud crash was heard , which was followed by the falling and bursting of the hop-beck , which had only a short time previously been filled with boiling liquor , computed at about eighty barrels . The vessel in question was supported at a height of twelve feet from the floor by three huge beams , which rested upon a bricked archway . . The beams were completely snapped asunder , causing the vessel to come in

      contact with the bricked arch underneath . The consequence was , the bottom of the hop-beck was knocked cut , and , to the horror of the unfortunate men , the roiling liquid rushed , in streams , to all parts of the budding , and more particularly into that place where they were sitting , the poor fellows being literally inundated , being up to their breasts in it , and without the least chance of escape . As soon as it m 31 found practicable , every assistance was rendered o the sufferers , who were got out with all Possible laste . Batewa 3 conveyed home , quite insensible , being dreadfully scalded ; the two Johnsons and Cartwnghtwerealsoina similar state . Messrs . Iferdy and Hunt , surgeons , were prompt in their exertions lo render every aid , but , we are sorry to say they are to little purpose . The unfortunate man , Bate , together wiih the Johnsons , expired during Wednesday night , and Cartwright is not expected to

      recover . Murder of a Child by its Mother . —An inquest was held on Saturday last at the Union-house , Fareham , before C . B . Longcroft , Esq ., coroner , on the body of a female child , found in a wheat field , near Fareham , on the 23 rd ult , and which had been destroyed by its mother immediately after birth . The woman who is about twenty-three years of age , is daughter of labouring people employed at Tangier Farm , Copnor , near Portsmouth , and had been in the employ of Mrs . Evans , at Droxford , but left about three months since . She returned again , and was taxed by a witness , another servant of Mrs iivans , with being near her confinement . She denied it , but from the suspicions entertained she left to

      reurn home . She was brought from Droxford by lichard Bennett , a carrier , and she got down at the Old Vine , abonk two miles from Fareham . She was soon afterwards spoken to b y a labouring man who saw her sitting by the road-side , and heard the faint cry of a child , which was in her lap and covered by her gown . He walked on , but soon returned to the place , and he was induced to make a search , which resulted in the discovery of a child , which was then alive , in a wheat field near the spot where the woman had been sitting . The infant was taken to the Union-house , where it died a quarter of an hour after it was brought in . —W . Case , surgeon , of Newtown , deposed to going to the Union-house to see a

      cnild . It was . a full-grown female child , breathing faintly . There were severe bruises in the face and right temple , a cut across the Hose , and another on the right temple ; the left temple was bruised and cut also . Found a large quantity of blood diffused over the whole skull ; , between that and the scalp . There was a fracture of the skull extending from the right ear upwards over the top of the head and half way down on tho left side . The cause of death wa 3 injuries the brain had received from tha fractures and bruises . Went to examine the young woman at the police station , and she admitted sha had had a child . — The jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder against Ann Goodall . " .

      Dsath of Miss Jane Porter . — The death of this celebrated authoress , whose writings , " Thaddeus of Warsaw , " " The Scottish Chiefs , " "PastorsFireside , " &c , must be well known to our readers , took place at the residence of her brother , Dr . W . O . Porter , of Bristol , on the 23 rd ult . Miss Porter s disease was a second attack of pulmonary apoplexy . She was in her seventv-fourth year , and maintained the vigour of her intellect and her habitual cheerfulness of disposition till the close of her life .

      Charge of Forgery at Leeds . —Mr . Augustus Holman , and his son , Mr . Joseph Holman , of Silver Royd Hill , Wortley , and of Farnley , - both in the borough of Leeds , woollen-cloth manufacturer . ' , were apprehended on the 24 th ult , by Mr . Reed , the chief constable of that borough , ' on a warrant , charging them with having forged and uttered two acceptances , one fur the payment of £ 390 , and the other for the payment of £ 330133 . 6 d . The former , purported to have been signed bv Messrs . Rodger , Best , and Co ., of Liverpool , and the fatter by Messrs . Miller , Mackay , and Co ., also of Liverpool . Both these acceptances had been pa d into the bank of Mes-rs . Beckett and Co ., of Leeds , upon the oath of one of the partners in which firm the warrant for the apprehension of the prisoners was issued . After the prisoners had undergone a brief examination before Mr . D . Lupton and Mr . J . Wilkinsontwo of the

      , Leeds magistrates , they were remanded . The elder prisoner is forty-two years of age , and , as a manufacturer , he employed from 100 to 200 persons , by whom , and the public generally he was much respected . His son is only twenty years of age . The apprehension of father and son on such serious charges has excited considerable surprise amongst the manufacturers and merchants of the West Riding . On Wednesday Augustus Holman and his son , Joseph Holman , were brought before the Leeds magistrates , charged with having forged bills of exchange , to a large amount , upon several shipping firms in Liverpool . The whole of the evidence having been read over , the prisoners were asked i they had anything to say in reply to the charges made against them , when they replied in the negative ; and were both committed to York Castle for trial at the next assizes .

      Thk storm of the 23 rd ult . was felt with extraordinary violence at Stoke , Staffordshire . In the railway station , in consequence of the excess of electricity in the atmosphere , the needles of the telegraphic office would not act , and about four o ' clock a loud explosion was heard , and smoke seen issuing from the instrument connected with the Derby line . Instantaneously the whole apartment seemed to be filled with flame , and a sulphureous smell was perceived . On examination it was discovered that there had been a fusion of the wires of two of the lightning conductors used under the instruments to prevent the demagnetising of the needles through

      meteorological changes , and to transmit to the earth the superfluous electricity . . r A Soldier rolled to Death . — On Monday morning about seven o ' clock a party of . soldiers belonging to the 28 th Rest ., at Portsmouth , having been on fatigue on South Sea Common , were returning to quarters , drawing after them a very large iron roller charged with iron shot , when , in descending the road to the centre of the glacis at a rapid pace to escape the rain at the time falling , one of the men fell , and in an instant the ponderous machine passed over the unfortunate fellow , whose head and body were so fearfully crushed that instantaneous death resulted .

      Charge of Ill-trbating Emigrants . —The second mate of the ship Jamestown , a coloured American , was charged under the following circumstances : —At Liverpool , on Thursday , upwards of sixty emigrants were conveyed by the steward of Mr . Sabel ' s establishment , in Moorfields , on board the above ship , preparatory to sailing for New York the same evening . During the time the steward was in the steerage talking to some of the emigrants , he found that his pocket had been picked and a boy being seized as the delinquent , some disturbance arose . Then ( as sworn to by a number of the emigrants , who appeared with their heads bandaged , and showed other symptoms of having been seriously iniured ) , the second mate came down the hatchway ,

      topkthe boy from them , and commenced an indiscriminate attack upon those present , without the least provocation . Many were knocked down , and others cut and bruised , the mate striking in all directions , with his fist and an open knife . This evidence was positively denied by the mate , and anumber of witnesses were called who threw quite a different aspect on the affair . They swore that the boy was taken away to be given into custody , upon which the mate was struck in the face by one of the emigrants ; that , on his resisting this usage by returning the Wow , he was attacked by all who could get near him . brandishing knives , and . one a dagger ; and , that if w £ " HI ^ Prom ptly been rendered , he would have been killed . The wounds must have been re-SSt wiK" " ** as al 1 the witnessesdistinctlv were the only parties with

      & S ^ U ^ 'I ^ S ^ JFteSi lab 0 Uredunde * misapprehenson that the mate ^ was rescuing the boy , and were the aggressors , andtherefore dismissed the case Two £ 40 Bask . Notes Stolm . -Ou the 17 th ult ; a letter enclosing two Bank of England no ' es for £ 40 each was posted in London , addressed 1 to Mr Ambrose bmitb , sharebroker , in Leeds , but neither the letter nor the cash came into Mr . Smith ' s hands On Mr . Josiah Bates , of London , who had remitted the . money , being applied to , he stated that the notes sent were numbered 95 , 020 and 95 , 021 , and notice that they were missing was forthwith given to bankers and others . It was at first thought that the postroffice was not clear of blame but it now turns out that an . errand boy ia the office of , ' Mr , Smith h

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      the guilty party , - he having taken the letter and money into his own possession . Tito boy ' s name is Abraham Haigh ; he is onl y 16 years of age , and had been in Mr . Smith s service about three months . ' On Tuesday he was brought up before the Leeds justices on the charge . - It seems that on Saturday ' , the 18 th inst , he called at a grocer ' s shop , kept by Mr . Illingwortb , in West-street , and obtained change for one £ 40 note , pretending that he had been sent by Messrs . Hebblewaito ; brothers , wine merchants ; whose clerk he professed to be . On this becoming known , further inquiry was made , and the boy Was taken into custody by the superintenden t of police , who at once charged him with ; the robbery . The lad denied the robbery , but admitted havins changed

      a £ 40 note at Mr . Ilhngsworth ' a shop , and said the money was secreted at his motherV house , not far from the mantel-ghelf . The superintendent of police ( Mr . James ) on going there , found inside the fire-place a parcel wrapped up in brown paper , and on opening it found that it contained one of the stolen notes for £ 40 , numbered 95 , 020 , and five other £ 5 notes . On telling the prisoner that he had found one of the stolen notes , the prisoner said lie would tell them all about it . The letter had been opened by one of the clerks , who took out the money , and gave it him to get change . On searching the prisoner ' s person there was found upon him £ 2 . 10 s . lOd . in money , a new silver watch , and , in his box at home , a musical box , and a silver pencil

      case , belonging to his master . When asked by the magistrates what ho had to say , he simply repeated what he had before alleged , that one of the clerks had given him the money to get changed . The justices committed him for trial . A Blacksmitii ' s Weddino , and a Fatal Result . —An accident of a ) fatal and most Jextraordinary nature , arising out of the celebration of a wedding , took place at Bradfield on the 24 th ult ., and through which a master blacksmith at that place lost his life . It appears it is the custom in some locations , as it is at Bradfield , for the blacksmiths of the place when one of their craft marries , to fire a rejoicing salute by what they call " blowiDg up the anvil . A wedding of the kind was fixed for Friday , and Mr .

      John Scrivener , in compliance with the custom , had made preparations for the blowing ; up , at all times a dangerous , and almost insane proceeding . The process is to turn up the anvil , fill a hole iu it with > owder , and plug it tightly ; in ; this had been done > y Mr . Scrivener , preparatory to firing it , it being his intention to effect this by means of a long iron rod heated for the purpose ; but not having adjusted the plug to his mind he took up a hammer and gave it a blow when the powder exploded , probably from their being a piece of grit between it and the iron , and the handle of the sledge hammer , upon which he was resting , was driven through his body . He fell instantly dead , the weight of the hammerhead pulling the handle from his body as

      he was falling . The deceased was a fine man , twenty-eight years of age , and was married , but had no children . An inquest was held on Saturday last , when a verdict of "Accidental death" was recorded . " The Manning of Emigrant Ships . —At the Plymouth Guildhall , on Saturday , May 25 th , a case of considerable interest in connexion with emigration ships , came on for hearing before the Bitting magistrates , the mayor , ( John Aloore , Esq ., ) and Colonel Dunsterville , H . E . I . C . S ., in which jive seamen belonging to the emigrant ship / William Stevenson , bound from London to Adelaide , New . South Wale ? , and which ship is chartered by Messrs . Woolley and Gull , of London , and who gave their names as

      Edward French , Henry Croger , Peter Graham , William Roberts , and Thomas Knowles , were charged by the captain , Thomas Williams , with having refused to ge to sea . —Mr . Edmonds was engaged for the captain . —The five prisoners , who were cleanlooking and powerful men , and apparently perfect seamen , were severally asked if they were willing to go on board , and they all answered no , as she was not properly manned . —Edward Leach George was then sworn . Ho said : I was on board the vessel William Stevenson last evening and saw the crew . I think she is sufficiently manned . She has the proper complement , and they are a fine set of men . —The prisoners said : " They ' re a fine set of men are they—they are nearly all landsmen . ' '—Witness :

      There are thirty-six in the ship . —Prisoners : Thirty-six may be ou board , but they are not able soamen . —• Edward French : There are only twelve able seamen amongst tho lot . —Witness : I . was seventeen years at sea , and for five years was commander . I should say the vessel was manned in a superior manner . —Tho Mayor said he wished thorn ( the prisoners ) to understand that they would be imprisoned if they persisted in their refusal , and that be had no power to restore their clothes to them . —French said : I still refuse to go , whatever may be the consequence ; if Hose my clothes and go a begging . —The Mayor then sentenced him to be imprisoned in the Borough Gaol for thirty daya . —The other prisoners came forward one by one , and persisted in their refusal . They were all sentenced to a similar term of confinement . As they wore passing towards the prison , they asked that

      their papers and certificates at least mi g ht be restored to them . —The Mayor gave directions that this should be done , and the captain promised to attend to it . —The Mayor then said to the prisoners , "If I had any power to order the restitution of your clothes I would do it . "—Colonel Dunsterville signified that he dissented from the Mayor on that point , and on the ground that they were well awaro of what tho state of the ship was when they engaged . The m en were then removed , —A passenger , who had interrupted the proceedings of the preceding case , was now asked by Mr . Edmonds , what complaint he had to make ?—He said that he and some others of the passengers feared the ship was not properly manned , from the singularity of finding men willing to lose employment and their clothes , and ready to go to prison , rather than go to sea iu the vessel . —The magistrates said they liad nojurisdiction in the matter .

      The Late Honiion Bank . —The affairs of the Honiton Bank have at length been wound up in Bankruptcy . Melancholy Accident and Loss of Life at Morbcaube Bat . — Several families resident in Manchester have been thrown into great distress by the tidings of a most painful and iatal occurrence , at Morecarabe Bay . The whole of the details have not yet reached the relatives of the sufferers , but the following general particulars may be relied upon : —A large party of ladies and gontlemen had left Manchester to spend the Whitsuntide holidays at a watering place in the neighbourhood of Morecambe Bay , and on Friday morning a boating party was formed to cross the water from Silverdalo to

      Grange , consisting of five gentlemen , five ladies , and two men servants . The names of the ladies I have not ascertained ; but the gentlemen were Mr . John Morris , solicitor Manchester ; Mr . North , land and building agent , and Mr . Novtb , jun ., his son ; Mr . Alfred Coates ( son of Mr . Coates , late cotton merchant , and now resident in Plymouthgrove , ) and Mr . Porter , also of Manchester . In the afternoon , Mr . Morris and Mr . North , sen ., returned with the ladies to Silverdale , crossing the sauds at low water in a car , but tho gentlemen determined to wait till the tide served iu the evening , and recross the bay in a boat . It would bo high water at eleven o ' clock , and it is supposed that the gontlemen attempted to cross the water at that time .

      Their friends , however , at Silverdale remained in painful suspense till the following morning , without tidings of them , and at daylight intelligence was brought them of the boat being found capsized on the sands , with the dead bodies of Mr . Coates , Mr . North , jun ., and Mr . Porter lying near it .. It is said there were two other bodies found , but whether they were those of the two men servants , or of other persons , I did not learn . Tho Manchester Examiner supplies the following particulars , and . the result of the inquest : — " Before they had gone far on their journey down the sands , thoy must havo found that the tide was insensibly overtaking them ; and when they neared the boat , they discovered too late that they were surrounded so effectually by the tide , that either to reach the boat or return

      was impossible . The bodies were found the next morning by a person who was fishing on tho spot ; and the position in which' they lay , disclosed how desperate had been tho atruggle for life which they had made . In their death agony each had grasped the other , and they were all cast upon the beaoh in a mass . An inquest was held on Monday evening , at Hest Bank Hotel , before Mr . Gardner ^ coroner when two men named Ashburn and Fisher , confessed that they heard on Friday evening a cry for help from some parties seeminglyin distress , and could even distinguish the words , "Lost , lost , " and yet they neither stirred hand nor foot to obtain assistance , but excused themselves on the ground that it was too late at the time to do so ! The verdict was simply « Accidental death . ' "

      Gallant Conduct . —Portsmou th . —About halfpast two p . m . on Sunday afternoon a marine named Crawford tell overboard by accident , and would have been drowned , had it not been for the praiseworthy conduct of Mr . Henry Neale Scaife , tho clerk of her Majesty s yacht Victoria and Albert , who , hearing a boat called away to pick up the man , immediately rushed ou deck and jumped overboard just in time to save him from a watery grave . This is the third person Mr . Scaife has saved from deathiby his gallantry the last previous case occurred in December last ! about dusk , when one of the ordinary boats belonging to the Belvidera frigate was upset by getting athwart of the Admiral Superintendent ' s yacht : a woman would have been drowned had not Mr . Scaife ( who was going off to the Royal yacht ' 8 hulk in a watermau ' s boat ) pulled towards her and jumped overboard to her rescue . The first case occurred abroad , when he saved a French sailor from drowning .

      Further Seizures of Smuggled Tobacco at Bristol . —Since the seizure of 5 , 000 lbs . of smuggled tobacco at Bristol last week , the authorities ' at the Custom-house in that city have succeeded in possessing themselves of about 2 , 000 lbs . more of tobacco , packed in bales of a similar character , and none of it entered for duty . In consequence of a key being found on one of the prisoners , which fitted , a stable in

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      the ' fteighbourhoo 'd ¦' of Broadmead ; : that-place"was searbhedj and a . quantity ' : o £ . ! tobaooohfonndV .: . Some other bates were also , discovered in the float , where they had evidently been thrown to avoid , detection , The whole quantity has been Seized , and ano ther man has been taken into custody , upon a charge of being concerned itt the smuggling . - . ' ; , ' : The Portsmouth Statues . —The , statues of : the Duke of Wellington and Lord Viscount Nelson were moved from the railway temvnus . on- . Saturday last , alongside the pedestals on Southsea beach , on . which they will be placed during the course ' of the week , thoughthe inauguration will not take place before the 18 th of June . The Gallic cock , phced . in a degrading position under the foot of the Duke , has been removed—" chipped off" —without "detriment , to the effect of the statue . ' " ' ' ! :

      Mokk secret Poisosings iStEssex . — An inquiry , adjourned by Mr . C . C . Lewis , the coroner , trora the 20 th inBtant , was resumed on Tuesday at Clavering ( asmall village , six miles , distant from Newport , Essex , and the scene / of tho murders of children by poisoning about five years since , ) respecting the death of Richard Cheshara . the father of tho 3 e children , ' and whoit now appears died from the effects of arsenic . The deceased wns the husband of the woman Sarah Chesham , who was tried at the assize 3 for tho murders and was acquitted . On the 4 th of February last he sent to the relieving officer of Clavering parish for an order for medical aid , which was granted , the relieving officer visiting him from time to time until the period of his death ,

      which took place last Thursday fortnight . On the visit of the officer deceased complained of constant vomiting , pains in the chest , and could not bear any weight on his body . ' Subsequently the officer saw him several times ; at times he was better , and seemed tobe recovering , and at others appeared worse through attacks of vomiting and purging . Mr . Hawks , surgeon , at Clavering , deposed to attending on the deceased by order of the relieving officer , and described his illness in similar terms . Since death he had made a postmortem examination of the body . The lungs were full of tubercles . The cause of death he considered to be consumption . In consequence of some suspicious circumstances which came to the knowledge of the coroner and jury , it

      was determined to subject the intestines and stomach to ananalysation , and for that purpose they were forwarded to Mr . Taylor , the professor of chemistry at Guy ' s Hospital . The coroner informed the jury he had received a communication from that gentleman , intimating he had detected arsenic in the remains he had analysed . The inquiry was adjourned , to enable the authorities to obtain further evidence . - . . : Homicide at Sheffield . — -On Monday evening a man named Law was killed in a beer-house at Sheffield , under circumstances of gross atrocity . During the day he had been drinking with a womsnnamed Lydia Robinson . At five in the afternoon they were at a low beer-house in Sim ' s Croft . They

      drank two pints of ale , which Law paid for . He called for a third pint , and , ' after another woman , with whom he waa acquainted , had drunk out of it , he refused to pay for it , saying he had no money . Hereupon an angry altercation " ensued j which was put an end to by the landlady consenting to take back the beer . Four youngmen , who were drinking in the same room , accosted Law with indecent epithets , and called him a Bhabby fellow . Law was very drunk , but he had not previously shown any disposition to quarrel . Exasperated at lengthby their taunts , he sprang up , and darting towards one of the young men , he exclaimed , "At any rate , I am man enough for theo , " at the same time aiming a blow at him . The four men then set upon him and knocked him down upon the hearth . The woman Robinson stepped in front of him , and endeavoured to protect him from further violence . In this she succeeded for some moments ; but one of

      the four young men rushed past her , and in a great rage leapt upon , a table , swearing that he would " jump Law ' s entrails out . " He immediately leaped with all his weight upon Law ' s breast .- The sudden- ^ ness and force of the contusion caused the blood to gush from the prostrate man ' s mouth and nostrils , and he died almost instantly , without uttering a word . Great confusion and alarm succeeded , amidst which the four youngmen made their escape . Their names , and a description of their appearance , were as soon as possible communicated to the police , and officers were despatched in search of them . During the same evening one of them , named Bernard Housley , was apprehended . The other three are well known to the police . They are at largo , but it is expected they will surrender . Housley was taken before the magistrates at the Town-hall on Tuesday and remanded , his compa nions not having been apprehended .

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      is between thirt y and-forty-perches ;^ - ' and it iscvident ^ frQm the position in which his coat and hat we re found , t . hat there must have been a continuous fM . ^ Pj ^ K- Stfuggle between the deceased and the blood-thirsty assassins . Immediately after the two farmers arrived at the scene of murder ; two men , named Bernard Hanratty and John M'Atavey , were seen in a ; field not far from whero the body was found , running across the country in . the direction of Dunualk . , Sub-Constable Benjamin Darlington , who'kad meantime come up , instantl y pursued them , and followed them upwards of three miles , across the . country into the County Louth ; but was notable to overtake them . Being nearly overcome with , fatigue , he went to a police-station

      gave information of the murder , and a descri ption of the two men of whom ho was in pursuit , and the direction in which they were running . 1 Sub-Constables Steward and Farrell then took up the pursuit ; and being fresh , succeeded , in a short time , in overtaking and arresting Hanratty and M'Atavcy , who were dripping with perspiration , and greatly fatigued . Hanratty made a despevatc resistance . Ho caught hold of the constable ' s carbine twice , arid only surrendered when tho constable threatened that , if he did not yield , he would shoot him . His clothes were all covered with blood , which was not dry , and there were two fresh cuts on his head . The deceased ' s stick had been found lying near him . with blood and hair on it , at the handle or heavy end .

      When the prisoners were brought back' to Crossmaglen , and . while tho magisterial investigation was going . on , the stick was laid on one of tho cuts in Hanratty ' s head , and the marks and hair corresponded exactly with the angular handle of the 3 tick , and the hair attached to it . The prisoner , M'Atavey , waB seen loitering about Mr . M'DonnoU ' s hotel * about eleven o ' clock on the morning that deceased left ., At that time ho had on a cap . When he was arrested he had got on Hanratty s hat ; and the latter his cap . They were both fully committed by Mr . Singleton for trial , at tho next Armagh Assizes . The story told by the car-driver , Patrick M'Nally , is utterly unworthy of credit ; and Mr . Singleton remanded him for further

      examination . It is impossible not to believe but that he saw some , at least , of the parties who committed this hellish crime . The cushion on which he sat was spotted with blood , the well of the car was covered with blood , and the cushion on which Mr . Mauleverer sat was spotted with blood . The struggle extended over a space measuring thirty perches . Yet M'Nally says that all this took place , and he saw no one all the time , excepting the deceased ! Traces of the wheels of the car were found to within forty yards of where the body lay , on the rio-hthand side of tho road and then they suddenly struck off to tho left side , as if the horse had « iven a sudden bound . Thero are no fewer than sixteen h ' ousos within a short distance of the spot , where the murder was committed . "

      A serious not took place last week at Raphoe , owing ; to the playing of some party tunes by the Orangemen . The Vica-noYAWy .-. The London correspondent of the Evening Mail gives the following statement : — "There are some grounds for believing that the Duke of Wellington is unfavourable to the project for the abolition of the Irish Vice-royalty . Whether his Grace will actively exhibit his disapprobation is difficult to say ; but I have heard , upon what I believe to be good authority , that he very plainly expressed his disgust at an arrangement which , to use his own words , " would , he supposed , place the commander of the troops under tho orders of the Lord Mayor of Dublin ^ in case of another Ballingarry rebellion . " . The Limerick Examiner states that a copper mine has just been discovered on the property of tho Messrs . Harrold , in the immediate vicinity of Limerick .

      The Roman Catholic Synod . —The four Irish Roman Catholic Archbishops met on the 24 th ult ., when it was arranged that the Synod of the Bishops and superior Clergy should bo held at Thurles , in the county of Tipperary , on the loth of August next . The proceedings ot this Synod will be looked for with the liveliest interest . Representation of Drooheda . —Some of the Irish journals seem to have decided on the immediate elevation of Sir W . Somerville to the House of Peers , and if a Dundalk . paper bo rightly informed , there are good grounds for supposing , that the Irish Secretary ' s promotion is not far distant , inasmuch as it is stated that on the 23 rd ult .-Mr . Meredyth . ofRandelstbwn , county of Meath , and a connexion of Sir William ' s , had commenced a can vass among the Whigs of Drogheda .

      Case of the Loed Mayor . - — In the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Monday there was again a difference amongst tho judges in the long-litigated case of the qualification of the Lord Mayor ( Mr . Reynolds , M . P . ) Three of the Judges , Chief Justice Blackburn , and Judges Crampton and Moore , were for an absolute order for a mandamus to tho corporation of Dublin , requiring the election of a new lord mayor ; and Mr . Justice Perrin alone dissented . The mandamus issues this day ; and the return is to be made within ei ght days . Nevertheless , there may be much more litigation on this extraordinary case . . .. . .

      Dreadful Occurrence . —On Saturday mornin " last between four and . five o ' clock , a fire broke out m the shop of Mr . Kelvin , in the town of Clonmel , and before assistance could be afforded to tho inmates of the house Mrs . Kelvin , her three children , two servant women , and a young woman Who attended the shop , were suffocated . The following particulars are from the Clonmel Clironich : — " A fire broke out in the shop of Mr . James Kelvin , Main-street , early in tho morning , but was not discovered until about four o ' clock a . m ., when Mr . Kelvin was disturbed by the smell ot smoke and burning wood , and upon awakening his wife , they both proceeded towards the shop to ascertain the cause . And immediately upon openine the door

      communicating between tho house and shop an immense volume of flame and smoke issued out against them , showing that the shop was on fire . Mrs . Kelvin then , with true maternal affection , hurried up to the top room where her children slept , and aroused them for the purpose of devising means for thoir preservation ; but the shop which was their only egress , being on fire , prevented any thought being turned in that direction , whilst the banisters and stairs being now on fire , cut off all chance of flight in that quarter . Mr . Kelvin then entered the front room over the shop , and- raising tho window , called for hel p ; but the flames advancing behind him , hemmed him in and prevented any return into the body of tho house , udou which ho . leaned

      through the window and was caught by the people , who broke his fall . The unhappy mother was then discovered , surrounded by her shrieking children , at the upper window , the lower part of which was strongly secured by three stout iron bars , which prevented their escape , as well as rendered it impossible that help could be given them ; ladders were plaoed to the several windows , and one courageous fellow dashed up the ladder through the flames to the top window , where the poor victims were , but , in consequence of the bars abovementioned , could afford no help , and , the flames threatening to burn the ladder , he was compelled to return . Others attempted the same dangerous task , but failed , in consequence of the flames which

      were playing round and through- tho rounds of the ladder ; after the lapse of a few minutes the family wore seen to retire from the window , and from that time all is conjecture ; it is thought that the blaze , which extended from the shop front to tho top window , drove them in from the place of refuge , and the thick smoke inside soon suffocated them . An opening was forced through the partition which divides tho house of Mr . Shehan , and upon entering the room seven dead bodies were discovered in the room in different positions . Amongst the victims wore Mrs . Kelvin and her three children , Mary Ann M'Gawly , the young woman who attended the shop , and two servants—they were suffocated by the smoke .

      Repeal Association . —Thebeggarlycontribution of £ 5 7 s . Cd . towards the repeal exchequer , extorted another ( the fifth or sixth ) threat on Monday from Mr . JohnO'Connellto close tho doors , and let the agitation shift for itself .

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      ITHE EARL OF LlNOOLN'S ^ lv ^^ I i VI ; HOUSE OFfLORDS . ~ ToESDAt ^ ¦ The house ; met at :, three ,. ¦ LOrd T B s Reakej > , ; . consider the second reading pOTObi 1 There wereabout twenty 3 ? ffi I but Lord Brougham and Lord Rodesdal , T St part in the proceedings . " vW Mr .: Robinson attended as counsel t Lincoln , in . support of the bill . x 4 JJ * W Reared for Lady Lincoln ; her solicito ? & I I to tho house that she would noteiveim ) tUB at 5 H to the bill .- ¦ ¦ -: y ° PP ° « H From tho statements of Mr . Robinsom ^ H numerous witnesses whom he afterward * . % H it appeared that the petitioner , tho luSSi

      uenry i ' eham Pelhani C inton , cornmojI > Larl of Lincoln , was married in XovembS % to-the Countess , then the Hon . & $ Catherine Douglas Hamilton , spinster 1 ? S I Duke of Hamilton , at whose S ± « S parish of Hamilton , iu the county Tli ^ i I Sco and , the marriage was duly imS * ¦ B cording tot the forms and law of CBS earl and his said countess lived together S- \ time . of the marriage until the 2 n . fof ll ^ i with the exception of occasional tcmnoraT . ' \ H tions ; and there was issue of the m $ * K sons and ono daughter : another childT' ° 't born m Italy since 1848 . On the 2 nd of i S that vear . the Countess Mt J . nn , Ur . 1 .. 5 TU 3 tin B

      earl ' s knowledge , and unaccompanied bv tk her or his relatives , and has been tL ? W abroad , m different parts of Europe JS ^ h I On her arrival at Baden-Baden , a t £ , ? . her departure - from London , she wrote a sfa ^ ' to the earl , saying she had just arrived $£ **» very tired and ill , but hoped she would w' * I woll upon seeing a doctor . She sent her w " blessing to him and their children T ? ^ M departed from Baden , and travelled n ? °° Switzerland , stopping at Lausamm , < &e > I and thence to Italy , frequently in Vorrn , » ' A'c m H Horatio William Walpoll Si y ^ fi £ I Walpole , eldest son of the Earl of Orfo d I ?* they were on the most intimate terms io , f clear from the evidence . The countess f ^? . * ' and passed by the name ct t ^ uZSif 1 gave birth to a male child at or near Vmni 3 H August or September , 1849 , Ld the childi 1 * I baptised by a Cntholic ' prieat'Cf byth * £ j | I " Horatio Walpolo Lawrence . " ln the montl HI

      ¦ Tniv nf thnt vonr in nnni > nn < iAH .. . /• . « ^ Of HmI July of that year , in consequence of the rol that reached this country respecting the Counted HI conduct abroad , some persons giving the charaZ H of indiscretion only to her acts , while otb H thought they bore a more immoral character \ r . B W . E . Gladstone , M . P ., who had been for £ HI years on the most friendly terms wi th the M HI and Countess of Lincoln , went with the Earr ! HI sanction to try . to ascertain what was the reii HI character of her acts . She had left Naples befora HI he arrived there , but he traced her to Milan Z HI found her , or a lady whom he supposed to be her H passing as a Mrs . Lawrence , near the Lake of Como . He sent in his card , and also wrote a nob H to the lady , but both card and note were returned

      HI With 51 VA 1 * l \* l 1 tnABnitnn * . l > ni . «*» l . JH —_ ^ l I ^ HQ with a verbal message that no lady was kiiom ! H there as Lady Lincoln or Mrs . Lawrence . lie saw a B travelling carriage at the door , and observed fta H figure of a lady in the house whom h ' e believed to H be the Countess of Lincoln . As he was » oin » H away , the same carriage drove by him in tl > H direction of Terona , and then he saw it was Ladv H Lincoln . He did not see any gentleman with h * er H but from all he discovered he had no doubt of the H criminal character of her proceedings . On his B return to England , a -Mr . Raphael , a solicitor M 3 H sent to Italy in company with a person who hid H been servant in the family and krew Lad y Lincoln H well . From their discoveries it was most apparent H

      that her ladyship and Lord Walpole had been H living together in a state of adultery from Ainwt H 1848 to September 1849 . Although Lord Lincola H had thus obtained sufficient evidence to sustain an H action for criminal conversation with the counte-s H against Lord Walpole , no such action has been H brought because Lord Walpole has tver since kept H out of the jurisdiction of our courts . Proceedings H for a divorce , a mensa et thoro , were taken in Match H last , in the Ecclesiastical Court , against the H countess for adultery with Lord Walpole , and a H definitive sentence of divorce has been pronounced H without any opposition having been given thereto H by her . These proceedings and finni decree were ¦ laid on the table of the house in compliance withths ¦

      standing orders . Their lordships had on a former H day dispensed with the signature of Lord Lincola I to the petition for this bill , accepting in lieu ¦ thereof the signatures of his solicitor and proctor , H on account of his lordship ' s absence abroad . Tho ¦ house was for the same reason now required to I dispense with another of their standing orders , I ; H which the petitioner for a divorce is required to be . ¦ present at the second reading of his bill , in order H to answer any questions which their lordships should ¦ pub to him respecting any collusion between him- I self and his wife for the purpose of a divorce . After the formal proofs of the marriarc , it , ' , Noel Pavoick , a native of Illyria , who had entered

      into the service of Lord Walpole in July , 1818 , said he had travelled with his lordship to Emms , io Germany , where he remained till the 7 th of October , 1848 . Lady Lincoln came there after Lord Waipole ' s arrival , and she stayed there while he staved . They were at separate hotels , but he visited her very often , and they were almost constantly together . They travelled in tho same carriage alone , from Emms to Wisbaden , thence to Ltu $ anne , in Switzerland , and to Geneva , from which place they went to Italy , and stopped at ' Turin , Genoa , and other places . They used the same apartments . On one occasion witness was desired by his lordship to fetch him a certain newspaper , which witness rat

      for and took up to the sitting-room , and entering without tapping at the door , he saw the lady and Lord Walpole on the sefa . [ The witness ' s description of their position , if true , left no doubt of tto nature of the intercourse . ] This happened m Genoa , in November , 1 S 48 . They went thence to Civita Yecchia and to Rome , where they remained from November , 1843 , to April , 1849 . The lady ( the Countess of Lincoln ) was then much stouter , and witness was directed by Lord Wal pole to to apartments for her at Frescati , where his lordship used to visit her frequently Witness was discharged in Hay , 1 S 40 . Thelady ' s courier had been discharged before that time . Ho used to see

      portmanteaus and other things in her room , with w name of " Mrs . Lawrence " on them . The Right Hon . W . E . Gladstone , M . P .. examined—Said he was well acquainted with the wri and Countess of Lincoln , and he and Mrs . W » j " stone were for many years on terms of the m on intimate friendship with them , allowing for the aw rence of their ranks . The Countess was always ™ delicate health , and especially in Paris . Recollcc tea her leaving this country on the 2 nd of Aupw . 1848 , since which time she has not been , as Uf * believed , in this country . He had been in cons tant communication with Lord Lincoln from that tim i and knew he was not out of Eneland from iw 1848 to August 1849 In July 1810 witness , '

      , . , , consequence of the construction put by repotiw the conduct of Lady Lincoln , supposing , tneM her conduct might bear the construction of mow tion , though her acts were capable of a con « w tion of a criminal character—went abroad in p «^ of her , in order to try to put her in a pos » security , if her acts were only acts of mdiscreiw He went after her by the desire of Lord Linc ^ i and his instructions were to bring her home « could . Ho went to Naples , but not findvng " there , he proceeded to Milan , whither be w formod at Naples she was gone . She had leu i ^ also , saying that she was going to the Itotn ComoHe traced her Mrs Lawrence to i

      . as . Villa Manohina . He tried to find access to W . Mrs . Lawrence , and also as Lady Lincoln ; no * his card and wrote a note to her as Lady u ^' under cover to Mrs . Lawrence . The card ana t were returned to him with a verbal message , no such person was known there . He saw » i riage standing at the door as if for travelling , * ho saw the figure of a lady in tho house ,- an < j r ^ ing to the carriage , which with the lady in " " gj after passed him on the road towards Verona- . thought the lady was Lady Lincoln . He then *

      To questions put by Lord Brobgium , * ' > % said he did not see any gentleman in the ho « - ^ carriage , nor could ho observe that the lw big with child . ., „ $ To questions put by Lord Redesdale , «' ^ said he believed Lady Lincoln left London on i 2 nd of August , 1 S 4 S , and without the Uno « lc ° » t . Lord Lincoln . Her reason for doing so , «•> B . y derstood , was , that the state of her hewj tn , » 3 Jt j thought , absolutely required her going a " * J , e jt she , knowing that Lord Lincoln would ° "f ' .. $ without his knowledge , not liking to have » ' ^ cussion with him . He did not know wll ° ^ dC . her with money for her departure , ov for » ' jn a t-Mr . Parkinson , Lord Lincoln ' s solicitoi , bJl j swer to Lord Brougham , said Lady w j " , | tl « - £ 600 a-vear for Din monev by her niaiw "

      ment . She had a fortune of £ 30 , 000 ; . „ JosEPn OsMosiy a witness , vsho v ^ v ^ tM Lord and Lady Lincoln for several years , »• jt . had five children before 1848 , namely , we' j / d able Henry Arthur Alexander Polham , ? " "' , Vf Clinton ; Edward William Pelham Clm »'• j * Charlotte Catherine Pclham Clinton , Art " ' m ham Clinton , and Albert Pclham C 1 '"^ " ! youngest , who was about five years or a <> Tj n ( # | them are living . Witness was with Lo *« £ jjjftl his roaster , from August , 1848 , to Sep tW jj ^ arid knew he was not out of Eng land a ll tu < p . In September , 1849 , witness went ™» ' gi& oi phael to Verona , where they arrived on i' o iti that month . They went in search of Lauy ? , jji and on tho 18 th of that month , and" * ' j * 20 th , they saw her first coming out on . pi and going into . a carriage and return"jk ^ fl'l hours after , ana tb ? same on the 8 W « l I

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      ivmiiu . Awful Murder . —Great excitement was created in Dublin by an account announcing the murder of Mr . Robert Lindsay Mauleverer , a magistrate of the county of Londonderry , and an agent over extensive estates in the north of Ireland . The Ulster papers of Saturday bring full confirmation of the dreadful event , which seems to have created a deep sensation throughout the whole province . The most detailed version of tho horrible affair is furnished by the Neivry Examiner , and is as follows : — " It has become our melancholy duty to record this day as atrocious a murder as ever was committed in blood-stained Tipperary itself . The victim is Mr .

      R . Mauleverer . He was land ngent on the Tipping and Hamilton estates , in the barony of Upper Fews , in the county of Armagh . From the letter of a correspondent we glean the following particulars : — At the time the savage deed was perpetrated the unfortunato gentleman was on his way to meet the down train on the Dundalk and Enniskillen Rail- < way , on Thursday last , about one o clock . Ho was travelling on an outside-oar , when he was shot through the head , and killed on the spot . The driver states that when'the fatal shot was fired his horse took fright and galloped a considerable distance before he could restrain him . On returning to where the murdered gentleman lay , after being absent some time , ho found him weltering in his

      blood , and presenting a truly fearful spectacle . The placo where the murder was committed was well selected by the assassin with a view to his escape . It is a lonely valley a considerable distance from any dwelling-house , sheltered by rocks on either side of tho road . Various causes are assigned , none of them materially differing from those out of which agrarian outrages have usually arisen , for the perpetration of this terrible tragedy . It is certain robbery was not the object of the assassin , as Mr . Mauleverer had on his person a cold watch and chain , as also a sum of money , all of which were left untouched . The ill-fated gentleman had been engaged of late in serving ejectment notices on a vory extensive scale , to the number , it is said , of

      some hundreds , on the properties for which he was agent , as also in seizing for rents and arrears . At tho Crossmaglen petty sessions on Saturday last several men and women were proceeded against at his instance for rescuing cattle seized by a number of his bailiffs . Informations were ordered against the parties ; but it afterwards appearing that tho notices for distraint were illegally served , the prosecution failed . Two persons have been arrested on suspicion of having been concerned in the murder . They were seen in iho locality before the murder ; they were subsequently arrested coming in tho direction of this county , with blood upon their clothes . Tho decensed was about forty-five years of age , 'and resided in Maghera , couHty of Derry .

      He was a justice of the peace , and son to the late rector of Tynan , in the county of Armagh . His mother still resides in Armagh . " It is stated that a police party will be at once located in the townland where the murdor was committed , the expense of their maintenance to be borne by the ratepayers , until the discovery of the perpetrators . Crossmaglen is described as one of the worst districts in tho northern province . It is stated by tho Northern Whig that "the country people , instead of seizing the assassin , showed their diabolical feeling by striking the body with their spades . " The same journal adds , that some ejectments wore to have been effected on the day the murder occurred . The verdict at tho inquest on the remains of this unfortunate gentlemen was " wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . " Tho latest particulars connected with this most atrocious murder are given in the following remarkable statement

      which we take from the Newry Telegrapliol luesday : "Immediately-. after , tho inquest had concluded , Mr . Singleton commenced a senrching inquiry , in his magisterial capacity , and was engaged in it until a lato hour ou Saturday night . He received a groat many informations , tho substance of . which maybe presented in a short compass . Two farmers returning to . their homes , from Crossmaglen , along the Cullovillo-road , immediately , after : the murder , wero the first persons who camo up to the deceased ... They first found the deceased * ? great coat lying on the , road . Proceeding a short distance onward , they found his hat ; arid on advancing four or five perches further , they found his body lying ori the road-side , the blood oozing from his head , and his brains dashed out on the ma He was breathing . His walking-stick was-near him , aU covered with blopa and some hair at the heavy ? ° a ? hi . T ; tno P la 0 O u Whei ' e ttia great coat was found to the spot , where the body w tho distance

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      Srotlanlj . Suicide in > ihe Cavalry Barracks , Gusgow . — On Sunday morning a most determined case of selfdestruction occurred in the cavalry barracks on the south side of the river . A private , named Josepl Seston , in the regiment at present stationed herethe 13 th Light Dragoons—while in his ward , about the time in question , deliberately tbok down his carbine and shot himself through the head . The report brought some people immediately to his assistance , but death was found to have been all but instantaneous . No reason can be assigned for the suicide .

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      Foreign Grais . —An importation having taken p lace in a Norwegian ship from Borregaard , of » parcel of oatmeal in casks , which is subject to tho import duty of four and a half per cent ., but which was in this instance intended for immediate exportation to Hudson ' s Bay , application was made to the Customs au thorities—with reference to tho recent alteration in the corn laws , which enacts that grain and grain flour must pay duty immediatel y on importation into this country , and is not , as iormcrly , now allowed to be warehoused

      m bond-for permission for tho oatmeal to be constructively warehoused only for immediate shipment , and that , as the oatmeal was not intended to be . landed , it might be allowed to bo so transhipped to its destination without the duty heiacr required to be paid thereon , and the matter having been taken into consideration by the authorities of the revenue , the oatmeal has been allowed to bo transhipped to its destination without tho duty being first required to be paid here , as desired by the parties . '

      Ihk n eser Gazette has the following from Vienna : — A lew days ago a young Hungarian nobleman , Quartered in the barracks of Grumpendorf with the Uonveds , having gone to a cafe after having been refused leave of absenco by his captain , was , on his return , ordered , to receive corporeal punishment . All the corporals of the Honveds having refused to inflict this punishment , tho captain sent to a neighbouring barracks for a corporal , who inflicted it . After a few lashes the young Hungarian fell to the ground . Tho Honveda instantly rushed upon the captain and killed him . Tho entire , corps was dissolved the same day . "

      Humility . —Sir Peter Laurio blandly requesting tho omnibus ! conductor to " put him down ., "AthcA ' i " . ,

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      ' 6 1 ; , THE , NPRTHER ^ STAR . ' . 'Ij mt . t iu * I — i , . ^^ Ui I

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 1, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1576/page/6/