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Sfje fftmopoii ** HBiMH of London dobisg the WiBK . —The pre-6 e 1 return h ppily show * a o rotinusnce of that low rate uf mortality wh'cfa has now been obs rved for many wi-eks . and which must be considered as favon-able , when compared with what hsB p'evailed in Losdon at the sinie sea > on in former years . The de ths endiui last Saturday did not exceed 775 Taking corresponding weeks of ten previous yeas , * he mortality was nevr so low , except in 1 S 41 and 1842 . and it rose in 1 S 47 and 1 P 49 to nearly 1 , 000 d eaths ; the average is 864 . or raised in tbe rati -f supposed increase of population , 943 ; the dea hs last week were , therefore less t »» an the latter number by 168 . The deaths from --iseasi s that ar inc n led in the zymotic or epidemic class numbered
last week 1 G 1 ; itie correeti > d ac « Mg » , » 206 Smallpox proved fa ^ ul in 16 eases ( of which 4 occurred anwnust persons between 20 and 60 years of aje . ) sh-wins an increase in this disease , which his now risen to the average ; they have litely raueed on ' y from 6 to 9 . Measles was fatal also in 16 cases , while the average is 28 . Scarlatina destroyed 19 parsons , which is only about half the average ; but this - « vera « e is raised considerably by the excessive m » rtnity from scarlatina in 1848 , when the deaths of tbe corresponding week were 107 . Hoopingcough was fatal to 23 children , being rather le « s than the average . Tyohus slightly exceeds the average ; the dea'hs from it in the last four weeks have ba > n 26 . 39 . 43 . 40 . There were IS fatal oses
ot'diarrliffii , which i-i nearly the same as in the c > rreii . nndi-g week of laityear , and less than in those of 1816 . 1847 , and 1 S 4 S . The deaths registered as cans- d by consumption were only 103 , tfiey were nev « T so low ia corresponding weeks of the last ten years , hairing been 107 in 1 S 4 S . and 167 in 1841 , and having been generally 136 With regard to other disoase-ttf the respiratorv organs , the cases fatally resulting from them were 106 . * hich scarcely exceeds the usual number . 23 persons died of cancer , of whom 17 « ere women ; the whole number of eases occurred above 40 years of age . A ca-e of intemperance , in a woman o * ' 37 years , is receded in the following terms " Paraplexi » ( 5 weeks , )
deltnum a potu . The births during the week numbered 1 . 430 . At the Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daik reading of he bar meter was abr > ve 30 n . on the last five davs of the week ; the mean « -f tbe wee *? was 30 . 052 in . The mean temperature , which was 53 dess . on Sunday , rise gradually t » 63 degs . on Satnrday , on which dav the highest in the sun was 96 de ? s . The mean temperature of the week was 62 degs . 1 rain . On Sunday and Monday the mean was 8 de ; s ., and 5 degs lo ^ er than the average of the same days in seven y-ars : it then rose higher than the avera . e , and on Friday and Saturday was about 8 deg « ahnve it
Uomero 0 s Fihbs . — The vinous engines of the London Brigade and West of England Insurance Comptnv , were kept in continued movement during the whole of Friday night and Saturday mornins last , their services being requi red at not fewer than five fires in the metropolitan distric * . One was nearly at ended with the los « of five persons . It happened in the premises of Messrs . Scrivener and Boiler , the extensive vellum binders , in Great St . Thomas Apostle , Garlick-hill , Cit » . When discovered the workshops on the eround floor were in flames , and a female , with 'our children , in the upper part of the house Three of the latter attempted tr . escape by the d ^ or , hot could only reach the middle of the stairs , when thev became exhausted and
drooped down . The female , unable to set near her children , made her escape o ^ er the roof with an infant in her arms , and reached th- street insafett . The state of the poor creature , on finding th > t the three children were on the stairs , and unabl * to escape , can be easily imagined . The easines from the different stations having come up , Wilkinson , the head engineer , of Watling-street , broke open the front door , when , at the peril of losing his life , fair rushed through the flames , and brought out two of the children , -hilst Sergeant Leonard , of the City Police , forced his way through the fire , and brought out the 'hird .- Although nearly stiff > cated , they all shortly recovered . By great exertion , the firemen got the flimes extinguished , * ut not hrfiveagreat destruction of property had occurred . ——Shortly after this fire was subdued another , and far more serion * oi : e , broke out at No . 8 , Red Lion-street , near
the ton-ion Docks . The building was in the tenure of Mr . Macphese , Mr . Naggs , Mr . Taylor , and Mr Dalrymple . each party having several children . The moment the discovery was made the residents , who were in their beds , were aroused , and , after some trouble , they succeeded in effecting a safe retreat but not until they were nearly s'ifled with smoke . The sofivren were all taken to a hiose opposite , where they were provided for during th" night . The brigade , parish , and West of England engines , with th- Royal Society ' s fire-escapes , attended , but the flames , in spite ot the firemen , con-inued to rage for hours , 2 nd they were not extinguished until the buildins was destroyed , and those adjoining much damaged . The other fires were at Wapping , Tabernacle-square , and Lisson-grove , but , fortunately the damage done at each was not considerable .
A Fire broke out on Monday evening , at about twenty-minute * past nine o ' clock , at the S-iyer Coffe < -hon « e , 110 , Chai cery-lare , in the vicinase of the L ^ w Institution . Fortunately fr > un the early period of the evening the engines of the parish , the London , and the West of England were early on the spot . All the inhabitants were quickly got out of the house , and no persons were injured . The upper part of the premises were totally destroyed , but the bottom of the burding was comparative ' uninjured . According to the account of the police on duly , it appeared that the Sre bad been caused by a lodger in a state of intoxication having ignited his bed clothes .
Fatal Accident os the North Kent Rail-¦* - « . —On tbe arrival of the 2 . 30 p . m . train trom Woolwich on Monday , and while the tra n was at the ticket platform of the London station , the engine having been detached , and being in the act of moving to the rear of the train to pro :-el it into ashed one of the ticke « c Hectors ( a new hand ) imprudently attempted to cross the line , when he was knocked down by the engine . The ponr fellow was immediately conveyed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where be shortly expired from the severe injury he had rpceivB : ! .
Fatal Leap From Southwabk-bridgb —On Sunday m urning , shortly after daybreak , a respectably-drfssed man . 1-etween 30 and 40 years of age , paid the usual toll to the man on duty at Southwarkbridge , and then passed on to it , apparently for the pnrposi- of crossing . He , however , proceeded to the centre « -f the bridge , when some other persons who were also crossing saw him jump on to one of the pier-heads and plunge headforemost into tbe nver . In n > s descent the unfortunate man ' s head struck violently against one of the abutments , and there is no doubt that his ekull must have been completely battered in by the fon > e of the fall . An alarm was instantly given , and Bacon , one of the firemen , who was on duty at the A floating-engine , put off in the small boat , and rendered all the assistance in his power to rescue the man , but without success , as he h id disappeared . Who the unfortnate man was , or what induced him to do destroy his life , is at present unknown .
Death by Deowsisg ijt the Serpextine . — On Sunday morning a fe * minutes past fix o ' clock , a yerang gentleman named John Billowin , whose father is an extensive nlanter and merchant at Trinidad , and who was residing with some friends at No . 39 , Charlotte-street , Fitzroy-square , was drowned in the Serpentine . He went there , accompanied by a friend and a servant , for the purpose of bathing . They were all good swimmers , and took the north ride of the Serpentine , about 150 yards above the receiving house . They had gone out between forty and fifty yards , when deceased got into a boat ,
which , with two more , was- moored off there . In a . few minutes he again plnnged into tbe water , shortly after wbJch . he called the servant to his assistance . Griffiths and Cox , boatmen , in the employment of the Royal Humane Society , proceeded in a boat to his rescue , hut before they reached him he disappeared . In about six minutes he was found , when he was conveyed to tbe receiving home , where he was instantly put into a warm bath . The usual remedies to restore the vital functions were continued upwards of two hours , but without avail . This is the second loss of life this season at the north side of the Serpentine .
- Fatai Accidest at the Philanthropic Sociktv . —On Tuesday a workshop on the premises lately occupied by the Philanthropic Society , in St . George ' s Fields , London-road , suddenly fell with a tremendous crash . There were several workmen ( Freehpolishers ) in the shed at tbe time , one of whom , a man named Wilson , was crushed to death , and two others were so mnch bruised that it was found necessary to remove them to the hosp ital ^ Melanch -lt Suicide . —On Tuesday evening a distressing suicide occurred at the lodging house of Mr . Abbot , No . 25 , Jennyn-street . Mr . Lloyd , of the firm of Lloyd , France , and Co ., Pope ' s Head alley , who had been residing there for the last eight
weeks , has lately been labouring under slight mental derangement . The delusinn under which he laboured induced him several times in the course of Tuesday to send to the house opposite to inqnire if his brother wasnot stationed at fie window . This was , of course , merely a mental hallucination ; but so convinced was he that his idea waa correct , that he himself left the house ehortlv before tbe me ' ancholy act was committed , in order to ascertain the truth of the matter . A few minu'es after he lad reascended to his apartznen ? s , he p ecipitated himself from the second floor wind ) w , and in his fall must have turned a somersault , and dashed his feet through the drawing room windows . On being removed to the Charing-eross Hospitallife was found to be extinct .
, Westminster 1 ' EiffOBARTrBridpe . — 'The committee . r f the Honse of Commons have . decided that the standing orders may he disnenssd . with in favour ef this measure ; " which isTtO enab ! e . tbe coin ' nisr
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Bioners of Westminster-bridge to build a temporary structure from Bridge-street to the opposite shore , to maintain it during the repairs of Wegtminster-b-idge , and to authorise the commissioners to mortgage the bridge estates . The bill is to be hrought in by L < rd R bert Grosvenov , Sir Charles Burrell , and Mr . F wen Citt Sewers Comuissiok . —On Tuesday a meeting of the commis ^ onera of sewers , for the city of London , « asheld at the Guildhall ; Mr . Deputy Peacock presided . The ordinary routine business having been transacted , several personal applications were attended to , : md tbe reports of the inspectors read and considered . The smnk « nuisance : Mr . G . Walker then br -uab t forward a memorial from
gentlemen connected -with the ward of Farrmgdon Without , which * as as follows : — " To the worshipful the commissioners nf sewers of the city of L » ndon : We , the undersi gned inhabitants of the- ward of Farringdon Without , in the city of London , respectfully and earnestly request that you will petition the House of Common " , that the bill , now under consideration , for the prevention of smoke arising from the furnaces of steam engines , &c , should be passed into a law , bjcause the health and o mifort of the inhabitant } so greatly depend upon the removal of nil nuisances , particularly in dvn ^ Jj populated neighbourhoods ; and the more so . because the recent investigations ot science have clearly demonstrated that machines may be made to consume their own smoke ,
both to the benefit of the manufacturers , and the health and welfare of the citizens at large . —( Signed ) Fr ans . Bullen , M . R . C . S , 20 , Famngdon-street ; John Lowe , 63 , Fleet-street . " Deputy Obbard presented a petition to the same effect from Dr . Hutchinson of Bridge-street , and others which having been received—Deputy Holt would move that the petition be referred to the general purposes committee for their examination and report . —Mr . Thomas Hall warmly seconded the motion . —Deputy Lottalsu supported the reference —Mr . Walter thought the court should petition Parli-tracnt upon the subject , and in support of the bill , without delay ; as did also Mr . W . Barber . The motion was carried unanimously . Some business of minor importance was then ransacted , and the court adjourned .
Mrs . Glover ' s Brkefit . —The claims of 'his lady uonn tbe consideration of the play-goinc public have been thus set forth by the committee who are arranjzin » the forthcoming benefit : — " Mrs . Glover has tor sixtv-four years l > een a member of the theatrical pressi'n ; of that timi * fifty-three years have been dewed to the Londn stage . Throughout her whole Cireer the h-s occupied a distinguished place in the foremost ranks of genius . She has devoted her earnings to the sunuort of fivb generation-: her grandfather , her parents , her husband , her children , and grandchildren have successively been mainly dependent upon her exertions . The object of the proposed benefit is , in the first place , to offer a testimony of public respect to merit so rare ; and , in the second place , to secure the means of rendering comfortaMe the remaining years of a life worn by long toil , and already beginning to sink under the effects of natural decay . "
Election of Sheriffs . —On Monday a Common H * ll was held for the election of sheriffs and other officers f « r the year ensuing . The Recorder having briefly stated the nature of the duties of the shrievalty , the livery proceeded to the election , and in a fVw minutes the Common Sergeant announced that Alderman Carden and Mr . Caldecott were chosen sheriffs f . r the ensuing year . Consecration of thk New Church of St . Barnabas . South Lambeth . —Monday having been tixed f r the ceremony of consecrating the abovtohiirch , shortly afrereeven o ' cock the Lord Bishop of Winchester , attended by his ch . aulain , regi&tm . &e ., < tc , arrived , and was received at the doors o ! the sacred edifice by the Venerable the Archdeacon of Surrey ; the Rev . C . B . Dalton , rural dean and restor of Lambeth ; the Rev . W . Harker , the new
mcamt » nt , and atmnt twelve of the district- clergy . The ceremony was performed in the usual fo > m and after d vine service by the rev . incumbent , the risht rev . prtlite delivered a di- course to a crowdtd congregation . Consecration of Miss Bureett Couits ' Chukch , Westminster . —Monday being appointed f Ttheconsecra'ion , by the Bishop of London , of the new church in Rochester-row , Westminister , -rected throu h the liberality of Miss Burdett Coutts , a gratifying demonstration was made by the inhabitants of the district , whose houses were very energy dec . rated either with flags , festoons ot flowers , or laurels . The school attached to the church are adapted for the reception of 210 boys ami 200 ( jirls . The Bishop <> f London , attended by the Rev . Mr . Humphreys , performed the ceremony , after which the company partook of the dejeune prepared for them .
Thb Rev . W . Massell was received on Saturday last into the Roman Catholic Church at the chapel in N panish-p ! ace . Great Rowing Match . —The scullers' race between Cole , of Chelsea , and Chitty , of Richmond , which has for some time past created the most lively interest in the rowing circles , came off . on Tuesday afternoon , and was one of the mt 3 t spirited contests upon record . The competitors are known as the two best new men of last season , whose pretensions as fresh candidates for acquatic fame were then first brought into notice , Cole being the winner of Doggett ' s coat and badge , and Chitty as the successful competitor for the coat , badge , and freedom annually given by Mr . Evan Morris nt
the Thames Regatta . This , as well as the " famous comedian ' s" bequest . , has for years past brought out the best young men of the day , and as a diversity of opinion existed with respect to pre-eminence , both men soon found backers , and the race of Tuesday was theresult . The match was for £ 50 , the distance from Putney-bridge to the ship at Mortlake , and there had been no less than three steamers chartered to accompany it—the Childe Harold , Lulla Rookb , and Citizen K—which conveyed those desirous of witnessing the event . The men went to the stations shortly before three o ' clock—Chitty on the Middlesex side of the centre arch of Putney-bridge , and his opponent at the other . Both appeared in capital condition , Chitty
having an advantage in length and size . They started at the same instant and evenly , but owing to the speed at which the first two or three strokes were taken by Cole he had to pause for a moment while his extremely light boat righted herself . Chitty took a slight lead , but half a dozen dashing strokes of Cole ' s soon brought them together , and then a most determined and Beautiful race followed Off the Star and Garter Cole had the nose of his boat about three feet in advance of the other , in which position , or nearly so , they remained three or four minutes , but on nearing the point Chitt y put a fine spurt and again took a slight lead , but in the next few strokes they were again level , in which position , rowing at a killing pace , they continued ri ght up to the Crab Tree ; Chitty
again made a gallant spurt , but his advantage was but momentary—from this point Cole went steadily by degrees in advance , and ultimately won by seven lengths . The Needlewoman Emigration Society . — A large party—amounting to sixty-one—of the youn <» females being sent out to Australia under the auspices of Mr . Sidney Herbet ' s society , embarked on Wednesday on board the ship Northumberland a teak built Indiaman , forming one of Mr . Green ' s fleet , and bound on the present occasion for Port Phillip . Amongst those who availed themselves of the opportunity of witnessing this interesting scene , where the Marchioness of Drogheda , Lord and Lady Wharncliffe , and the Honourable Mrs . \ 7 ortley , the Honourable A . Kinnaird , Mr . H . Tuffnell . and the
Rev . Messieurs Queckett and Brown . The party consisted almost entirely of young females , who have been earning such a scanty livelihood as the needle can procure in tbis land of taxes and competition . In some respects , however , they were better off than several batches of their predecessors ' . The committee had less than usual in the way of outfit to provide , and a fair proportion of the girls -were characterised by a neatness of taste in , dre 8 S and a quiet grace of demeanour , ' which betoken a certain degree of cultivation and educated sense of feminine propriety . Among tho rest there were three who paid for their passage out , but who proceeded under the care and prestige of the society . The emigrants were placed opposite their berths and their names severally called over , and on each answering to her name a testimonial of character
and a cop ; of the regulations to be observed on board was handed to her . In a few instances , where the parties were unable to read , they were told that they could acquire that advantage during the voyage , as a teacher was on board for tho purpose of instructing them . They were then addressed by the Hon . Mr . Kinnaird and the Rev . Mr . Queckett , and the necessity of observing obedience , mutual kindness , and good conduct while on board strojipl y inculcated / They were informed of the attention which had been paid to their comforts and necessities on the voyage , and most of them appeared deeply grateful and affected . It may be mentioned that one of the expected emigrants , who had pa « d for her own outfit , drew back at the eleventh hour , and refused to undertake the VOyagO . deelanna ( though » Lo ndoner ) that she ™ frightened by the noise of the steamer which conveyed the emigrants to the Northumberland .
Mr . Bonses ' s Safbtt YAcnT . -On Wednesday an additional series of experiments , for the purpose of further testing the soundness of the principle on which this little vessel is constructed , arid of p roving its applicability to life-boats , were conducted in the Serpentine , opposite the Royal Itumine Society ' s House , in the presence of a large concourse of people . In the first place the yacht was half filled with water and then hauled overbeing let go , she immediately righted , and when afterwards filled full . of water , she . sailed and an swered her helm well . Two heavy nipn then sat upon the extreme end . of her counter , stood upon and hungqver her gunwale , and then one stopil on the bowsprit and the other on' the stem Vkhoui capsizingher . . They : then hung b ^ tp the ' raast ) |[ bp toils being set , till they were under water , ' anrfsjih ;
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hands grasped the handkerchief so firmly that it was with some difficulty it was removed . I have iio doubt that death has resulted from incautiously inhaling ohloroform . The jury returned a verdict that the deceased ' s death had resulted from chloroform , inoautkjusly administered by himself . It appeared that from the house being full of relatives to attend the funeral of Mr . Ray , a gentleman slept in the same bed room with deceased , coming up to bed about twenty minutes after him . When the visitor had been in bed about a quarter of an hour . he heard Mr . Smith moan , but as there was no repetition of the noise , he concluded the latter had been dreaming , and , accordingly , composed himself to sleep .
Another Fatal Cask of " Copfinism "—An inqueut was held ' . at Parton , near Wtiitehaven , oh Monday , on the body of a ywing man , named Wm . Hewitt , who died from the effects of a dose of Dr . Coffin ' s preparation , known ns " Lobelia . " The deceased was a founder , and belonged to a benefit club , a man , named William Tait , who was a turner at a foundry , professing to bo his medical adviser . About three or four weeks ago the deceased complained of a pain in his . stomach , which seemed to have continued almost . up to tho period of his death . On Wednesday evening he consulted Tait , whu mixed him up some of the Lobelia and administered it to him , in three doses , lie appeared worse after lie had taken it , and he vomited uuring the whole
night , and on tho following day ( Thursday ) . On the Friday his state became more alarming , and no medical man haying been called in up to this moment the deceased wished one to bo sent for , as he was sure that the Lobelia was fast killing him . Mr . Hilton , surgeon , saw him and found him in a state of great prostration , and that lie had vomited severely . ; He complained of a burning pain in the stbmaoh ; that he had taken soino of Dr . Coffin ' s stuff on Wednesday night , and that he had not been well since , lie was understood io say , that he had taken a teaspoonful and a half of the medicine several times . Deceased was afterwards seen by Mr . Wilson , another medical gentleman , but nocliing
i : ould recover him , and he died on Friday afternoon ' . The post [ nwrtcm examination of the bod y showed 'hat the stomach and bowels were highly inflamed . After the usual tests , Lobelia was found , and the opinion formed was that the deceased had died from inflammation of . Dhe stomach and bowels , brought on by undue administration of Lobelia Inflata . Its poisonous effects having been described , Mr . Tiiit ilpnied its hay ' mg such an influence—too much could not be taken of it . If the deceased had followed his instructions , he might have survived . The jury found , " That the deceased died frem tho effects ot Lobelia Iufluta , administered to him by William Tait . " , The casowill accordingly be tried at the
ensuing assizes . , .. . Fraud by a Parish Officer . —At .. tho county magistrates' office at Rochester , on the 21 st inst . Mr . George Savage , farmer , of . Cobbatn , who had heen for the last twelve years overseer of the poor of that parish , appeared on bail , charged with misdemeanor for having fraudulently obtained £ 76 , 11 s , the amount of a poor ' s rate which he alleged to be < lue from , the Earl of Darnley , but which had beeu previously collected by him ., Several . witnesses were examined ,. from whose evidence- it appeared that on July 23 the accused was paid the * unaof £ 76 Us . by Mr . R . Former , who was , then : ie ; ent to the Earl of Darnley . At Michaelmas . Mr . Forster waa succeeded in the stewardship by Mr .
George Franks , and about five weeks afterwards Savage called upon the latter , at his . residence at Thong , and made a demand for a similar , sum , alleging that the same was due from his lordship < w a poor ' srato mado on the 19 th of September . Mr . Franks having come there so recently , remarked that he thought it bard that he should call upon him so early , and , told him he would send tiim a cheque for . the amount .: The accused said lie need not do that—he would call again , which he 'lid on the 21 st of December , and Mr . Franks ac'iordingly gave him a cheque for the amount . . Reference to the accounts for several years back , resulted in an application to the magistrates for a warrant against the collector , who called upon Mr . Franks , and said that if he had , rece ' T- 'd the amount of Mr . Forster he was sorry for it , and tsked if any thing could be done if he called upon his lordship . Mr .. J . Stone Cashier at the bank of
Messrs . Pay arid Nicholson , of Rochester , proved payment of the cheque on the 21 st of December , E ^ 5 of which was carried to the . account of the North Aylesford union from . Cobhaui parish , and the remainder was taken in cash . The ' magistrates determined to send the case for trial . Mir . South-^ ' > th , solicitor of Gravesend , who attended on behalf of tho defendant , ask for his own personal convenience that ' the case might be tried at tho assizes and not . the sessions , to which the court assented . Mr . Gross , solicitor to the Earl of D . irnley , said there were several other cases against the accused , which he purposed taking chronologically . The Becond charge was for obtaining the sum of £ 41 3 s . from Mr . Forster , on the 3 rd of May , 1843 , for a rate alleged to be due . from the trustees of his lordship , then in his minority . This charge on investigation ' failed , the accijised was then held , to hail in tho sum of £ 1 , 000 and two sureties of £ 500 eaoh . ' .
Suicide by a Child only Seven Years Old . — An extraordinary case has just occurred at Newark , of a hoy aged onlyseveu years deliberately and wilfully walking in to , the river Trent and drowning liimself . Hewas the ' son of John HanBon , a waterman , a respectable mnri , living at Millgate . The hoy , it appears , had frequently complained to his schoolmaster of his mother beating him , and the day before his death he cried and said she had been flogging him , mid that if she did it again he would drown himself , and unhappily on Saturday last he carried his threat into execution . Hewas not believed to . be weak in ' intellect . An inquest was held over the body on Monday , betore T . F , A . Burnab jv Esq ., coroner for the borough , when George , son of W , Holmes , of Newark , bnekniaker , said : I went to bathe in the Newark Navigation , on
Saturday ; Edward Hanson ( the deceased ) eame and undressed . The deceased walked into the water ; it was up to his knees then ; he kept walking on , and I told him not to do so , as it was dangerous . I then went out of the water , and when I came back he was in the middle of the stream , and I co ild not see his head , hut ho was holding up his hands . I called to him to come out , but the stream carried him away ; he never called out . The deceased did not act in the water like a boy bathing ; he never spoke to . us , but seemed determined to get out of his depth . William , son of John Wilson , of Newark , porter , aged seven , gave similar evidence . —T . Kemp , blacksmith , said ho found the body of the deceased amongst some weeds , about four fieldB below the Bottom-look . —Verdict to the effect that , being an infant , and not having discernment between good and evil , he drowned himself .
Railway Accident at Bury . —On Monday last , about half-past nine o ' clock in tbe morning , ' as Mr . Berry , manager of the foods department at the Bury station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ,, was walking on tho linu near to the station , he met an excursion train from Yorkshire that was proceeding to Liverpool arid Fleetwood . He stood out of the way of the train , when a goods train from Bolton , ptoceedvng m an opposite aivection , came up and struck him on the side , driving him on the slope of the line . He was immediately conveyed home insensible . A surgeon speedily attended , and it was found that Mr . Berry ' s right arm and four of his ribs were broken . The medical men have expressed an opinion that if fever in the head can be kept down lie will probahlv recover .
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Theft by a Soldier in Glasgow . —On Monday morning , a . private of the 21 rf , Regiment , named Alexander , was brought up , » t the Central Police Court , charged with havin / robhod agroom of nine and a-half sovereigns . Tne latter had arrived from Yorkshire shortly previous , and scraped up an acquaintance with the ton of Mars . They repaired together to a drinking shop , when the proposal of the latter to take himself off rather suddenly excited suspicions , whitfh led to the discovery of the theft . He was committed , and sentenced to sixty days ' , iniDrisopment . . ¦ . ___
Serious Riot . at . Dunfermlinb . —For the last few days great excitement has been occasioned in the weBtern district of Fife by certain outrageous proceedings , which have assumed so alarming an aspect as to induce the oivil authorities to apply for t . he aid of the military from this quarter . On Saturday evening , about eleven o ' clock , a band of , ' . ' navvies , " armed with bludgeons and knives , made a , savage and unprovoked attack on some of the inhabitants of Dunfermline , several of whom were severely injured—one , it is feared , fatally—from a stab in the neck and fracture of the skull . The utmost excitement for some time prevailed ; but ultimately . the navvies were overpowered , and eleven of them lodged in gaol . Again , on Sunday
evening , two men were attacked and stabbed in the suburbs of Baldridgeburn . The feelings of tho townspeople had now become much exasperated , and a cert-. au class resolved on summary retaliation . Accordingly , about ten o clock on Monday morning , a mob of about 400 or 500 , principally very younir men and boys , paraded the streets , vowing to sen'l all the Irish out of the town , and , proceeding to the Irishman ' s lodgings , turned them summarily out of doors , giving them time only to , take their clothes with them . . Onlyone man , we believe , resisted , having struck at one of the townsmen with an axe , and cut open his" arm for which lie was severely punished by a dreadful blow from a bludgeon , which kid his scalp open . The mob having proceeded to the works of the Stirling and
Dunfermline Railway , about a dozen . men were marched thence , and che whole paraded through ; the town for the purpose of being sent across the Forth to Queensfrrry . A gentleman who left Dunfermline on Tuesday afternoon saw from forty to fifty at North Queeusferry , where the Sheriff and Fiscal had proceeded , and managed to protect them from any ill-usage . A company of the 13 th Light Dragoons passed through this city at seveno ' clock on Tuesday night to aid the civil authorities , as it waa apprehended that the populace would vise acrainst the Irish weavers and colliers in the district , of whom there are a ijood many . Ifc was also feared that about 300 navvies who are employed on the Comrie section . of the railway , would march in to aid their countrymen . In the afternoon about 300 special constables « ere sworn in .
The Lanarkshtrk Miners . —The miners' strike has virtually terminated—the lapse Of another week having induced a change upon their resolution to decline any compromise . The Glasgow men were the first to agree on the acceptance of modified terms . Those who belonged to the other four districts have since come to the same determination : The conditions to which they have now proolaimed their willingness to accede are 3 s . Cd . of a daily wage , together with weekly payments . Tho first branch of this claim has been offered by many firms , and will we suppose he now accepted . The miners of Ayrshire and Falkirk , who have struck , still hold by theiv original demands . —Batty Mail .
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report of the proceedings of the last m ^ tinTT ^ Castlecomer Society , it will be seen that tr ^ tleman forgets not the duty of property m t 88 iu ship has opened an extensive system Of im ^ ment in drainage and building on his nrnn l > r ° and the comfort which is manifest in their nn , * boar unequivocal evidence of the generous tiSfi , » which they have experienced under his m ? fc b uaii nisu auiie
num , « uu w « mat Lord liiiw gives tho most hearty approval to every aouf i ? agent , which goes to render the tenantry eomfW able and contented . Mr Muggeridge is ««» i agent on Lord Clifden ' s property ; but h . It In " 8 cancelled outstanding and hopeless arrears tfc ? dead weight on the tenants' backa , which S ^ hf much as high rents paralyzes industry and iU , f hope . Then , he mde ' considerabfe ab atS& in the rent , or promised them , which means 3 deal , when the character of a good man is a security that performance is sure to follow profession " The Potato * Ckop .-AU the accounts receive by the provincial papers on Tuesday mornin ^ with one exception from Newcastle , speak in thS ' mJS cheering terms of the state of the potato * cro ? The Limenck Reporter says :- " Such has been tZ largeness of the supply 8 ince Saturday , that th « price of the new potatoes has fallen from mm penny per pound , to elovonnenGe nei < SKwi * ., f «<• ' :
pounds . Potatoes' in almost every part of th ™ counties of Limerick and Tipperary have now at talned to such a hei ght and luxuriance , that the trenches are covered with the outspreading foliar of the plants Pink eyes and the ash leaved species , and kidneys , are all in blossom , and in nianv the fields are being dug for market " ' J Outbreak ira WortKiiousB . -The following an . pears in the Limenck Reporter of Tuesday - — "Such is the ungovernable condition of Mount Kennett Workhouse , that yesterday ( Monday ) , the neighbom-hood was alarmed by another outbreak on the part of the inmates of that auxiliary , the male nor . tion of whom raised a terrible uproar , - breaking down some of the boundary wall , assaulting the officers of the house , and causing annrehensihn fm .
the lives of ' those placed over them . The police under head constable Joyntand Shannon , weie sooa oh the spot , but the pauper youths of the establishment utterly disregarded their 1 presence ' , and commenced to fire a shower of stones at them , by some of which they were struck " abd severely iniured Dr . Gibson was about t / reaiTthe Riot Act . The police charged and wqunde ' dliom ' e of the riotersand it was not till after a long period that anything like regularity was restored . These pauper youths refused to bake their own bread , saying , ho u" d if they would work for any man ; and when
stirabout was ordered for them by Dr . Brodie , the attending physician , they rejected it , and de hred they would not use it . Several . of these boys break bounds every day , and wander into the country , wln-ie they amuse themselves till the dinner hour ; ami it is usual to witness groups of adult paupers walkine through the public' streets with tobacco pi pes in their mouths , and loaves of bread under theirarms laughing at authority and scorning discipline . In the auxiliary workhouses , with the exception of Clare-street , insubordination to some extent continues to prevail . "
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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS . NEWTON V . CHAPLIN . —ACTION TO RECOVER THE AMOUNT PAin FOR RALIWAY SHARES . In this case a rule had been obtained for a new trial on the eround of the' improper reception of evidence . The ' action had been brought to recover a sum of money paid upon certain railway shares . The grounds upon which the plaintiff relied were fraud and want of consideration . At the trial the plaintiff called a witness to produce the bonks of the company . It appeared that this witness had only been served , with a common subpoena , and not a subpoena duets teeum . Upon this the plaintiff applied to give secondary evidence of the contents of the books , and the Chief Justice refined to receive it . The court were of opinion that the Chief Justice was wrong in such refusal , and that the rule f > r a new trial must , therefore , be made absolute . —Rule absolute accordingly . BA . TTY V . MALLILO . —THEATRICAL CONTRACTS
. The declaration in this case stated the action was an action on promises , and that the defendant , and Caroline Malillo , his wife , did from the 17 th of July , 1848 , agree for the period of . three months to perorm as equestrians on the stage and in the ring & . } £ ? ' ? elsewhere , in such manner as the plaintiff should require , at a salary of five guinea- a week ; and that if either party should make default the sum of £ 50 should be paid as liquidated damages . The declaration further stated that the plaintiff requested thedefendant and his wife to go to Peebles , in Scotland ; and although the plaintiff was willing _ to furnish two horses , and although within the period of the said agreement he had given notice to the defendant to go to Peebles to perform there ,
he had refused to do so . The special ground of demurrer to this declaration was , that the defendant and his wife were not asked to perform on the stage ° - 'I j ling at Peeble 8 > and th * t a reasonable time had not eh pBed between giving the notice and the time within which the defendant and his wife were required to perform . The Court now stated ¦ hat they were of opiniou that the declaration was good , and that the breach waa sufficiently stated , and judgment must therefore be for the plaintiff . Judgment for the plaintiff wccordinglj .. ZAG " RY v ' PUR 88 ELL . — COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES . This was an action upon the case to recover compensation in damages for injuries sustained by the parotiff through the negligence of the defendant . —
Mr . Willes and Mr . Pollock were counsel for the plaintiff , and Mr . Sergeant Wilkins for thedefendant . — The plaintiff is a Portuguese trader from Terceira , who comes to this country annuallv to purchase goods . The defendant is a baker and confectioner in Cornhill . In July last the defendant had excavated iu front of his shop , for the purpose of erecting a new oven , and had covered over the excavation with planks , for the accommodation of foot passengers . On the 29 th of that month , as theplaintiff was walking over them , the planks , from some unexplained cause , gave way , and the plaintiff tumbled to the depth of nine feet into the cavitv , a w . as thereby stunned , and had his arm iniured and his head broken . Tho defendant immediately dered
ren all the assistance practicable , and sent for his own medical man , who attended the plaintiff , and so far restored him as to enable him to proceed home in the course of an hour . Arrived at home , the plaintiff sent for his own medical attendant , and subsequently forMt . Btatisb y Cooper , both of whom , attended him for some time . Ten days afterward * the plaintiff was seen walking in Tower-svreet ; but Ins own medical man deposed that he was a very impatient and imprudent person , and that his sufferings had been prolonged for five weeks through his neglecting the medical instructions given to him . No evidence was given to prove that he had been detained longer in this country that usual , nor th . - . t he had suffered any permanent iniury . nor any
evidence given as to what occasioned the accident . On . the other hand , it appeared that the defendant had desired that his own medical attendant should aU tend the plaintiff at the defendant ' s house , and that , he had paid Sim between JE 4 and £ 5 for having done so . —The Lord Chief Justice told the jury that ifaiiacoident oftuiskind occurred , and there was no evidence of any negli gence on the part of the sutterer , it must be » 3 sumed prima facie that there was negligence on the part of the defendant , as , for instance , if a coach broke down , and the passengers were there injured , it must be assumed , unless the contrary were shown , that there was negligence on the part of the coach proprietor . —The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff , with £ 20 damages .
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$ l ) e uroinnre * . Another Case of Poisoning . —On the 21 st inst . Wii'iam R usk was hrought before the magistrates of Moselt-y , charged with the willul murder of his wife , by administering arsenic to her . At the coroner s inqu ry , which has been long pending , a woman named Caroline Bottomley said that she saw the deceased a short time before her death , when she told her that her husband had put something into her porridge which bad m- 'de her unwell , Tliat party afeked the husband . what ; he had put in , when he replied , " Oh , -mly a little soda . " The medical evidence proved that the deceased died from the effects of arsenic , and the jury returned a verdict th > t the deceased died from a'senic , but by whom
administered there was no evidence , to prove . The coroner then ordered the husband , who had been t ken into custody , to be disch rged . The superintendent ol police , from information subsequently received , went and again apprehended the husband , and on removinu him to his cell he cut his tr » sers fob out , and louud in it a small portion « f wldte powder , which , upon being chemically examined , proved to be arsenic . The prisoner then said that he n . ight as well tell all about it . On the Thursday before . Whit-Sunday he bought threepenny worth of at senic for Maria Buckley who gave him sixpence to buy it . He returned
the next day and gave Buckley the arsenic , who gave his wife some in treacle , on two mornings . TH . ! remainder of the packet she gave t > the prisoner , who put it in his watch-fob . Buckley and her husband , he added , knew all about the poisoning of bis wife , and thev ought to be taken into custody . He also told the officer where he purchased the ar-enic . Mr . F . C Calvet-t , p-ofessor of chemistry , described the internal appearances of the stomach , and said the ) were generally healthy . He also proved finding arsenic between the ' seams of the prisoner ' s fob . A sreat many addition il witnesses were examined , who in the m iin corroborated tbe above . . >
Fatal Effects of Prize Fighting . r-Early on "tonday morning a prize tight vook place afLon-. Baton , a village eight mil ' s from Nottingham , between two men , named Richard Hall and Jauxia Brown . The brutal exhibition was to have taken place in the meadows near the town , bu the parties were surprised by the police , and were therefore obliged to retreat . T e men fought for an hmr and a quarter at the end of which time Brown was completely exhausted , and lay upon the turf , vomiting blond freely . The backers and seconds had him
immediately conveyed to a railway carriage , but before the train anived at Nottingham he died . Upon hearing the fate of his antagunkt , Hall instantly d .- - camped , along with the seconds and o hers engaged HI the affair . As . . soon as the police were mad ? acquainted with the circumstance they commenced . au active , pursuit , and succeeded in capturing George Clay , one of the seconds , and doubtless the other * , will soon be taken . Hall is" only seventeen years of age , and has >< een engaged in several fights . Brown was twenty-two years old .
Arrival of General Garibaldi in Liverpool . — It will be interesting to our readers to learn that , on Saturday last , General Gari aldi , the celebrated def ender of Rome , arrived in this town by the steamei Queen from Gibraltar , which reached the MevBe * at three o ' clock in the afternoon . The general , who was accompanied by an aide-d-c mp , looked exceedingly well in health , and appeared iu excellent spirits . I - leed , we are told that he was particularly cheerful and agreeable during the voyage . We believe the general will remain in Liverpool for a shon time , and that be contemplates a visit to America . A Paris letter , written some few weeks ago , says , " Garibaldi , ( he well-kimwn leader of the republican system at Rome , is now residing at Tangiers , in . Afri-a and he is very busily engaged in writing memoirs upon ti'e great events in which he t « ok such a large part . ; The manuscript has been sold to a bookseller , of Parie , who will publish it at the same time in the French an < 1 Italian languages . "—Liverpool Albion .
OUTRAGR ON TUB POLICE AT BRISTOL . —A disturbance of a serious nnd alarming kind occurred : t Bristol at an early hour <> n Sunday morning , among < ome IrUh residents of the neiah' > ourh > oi > of Lavhi V Mead , one of the lowest districts of that ciiy . !• appears that at about one o ' clock in the mm niiiLsome men who had been drinkina together P'etty freely' cpnira . need a quarrel in Chrisi mas-street from which they removed to Lavin ' s . M- ad where they commenced a fight , and die inhabitants , hecnm ing alarmed , se » t for the poii e . Police-cons'abe . ^ 71 and 46 has'ened to the spnt , and finding a man on the ground and others maltreating him , the officers interfered They had no soner done so ihtn the men commenced a very savage attack upon th' m , and
a crowd of people soon collected from the adjacent courts and alleys , and urged on the , as sailants of th < - police , calling upon them with oaths and imprecation * to " murder the — . '' Police con table 71 was struck a blow across the head with some heavy i' - strumrnt , which cut through his hat , wounded him severely on the head , and felled him insensibly to the ground , where h * lay for some time , the ' friliiw * around him beating him and kicking him on the hean and various parts of the body Police eatable 46 was attacked with equal violence , and was struck in the face with such force as to knock put one ot hi > back teeth , after which a man fill npnn him with a bar of iron , and placed him in peril of his life . Some
other policemen who came to their assistance h » d re ceived injury , when the neighbours , considering the constables in danger , sent to Hie central station , and a strong detachment being despatched to the spot , the injured men were rescued , and several of the ringleaders in the disturbance arrested and conveyed before the magistrates , by whom they were tent to gaol . Tire Quakers and Chukch Rates . —Brighton . —Several members of this body were summoned la » t week before the magistrates for refusing to pay church rates , which resulted in the issuing of distress warrants againt the defendants . The parties may appeal .
Death of a Medical Student from me Use of Chloroform . —A . painful case , illustrative of the fatal effects of the incautious use of chloroform , occurred at Sheffield , on Monday , the sufferer being Mr . James Smith , aged 21 , a pupil in the house of the late Mr . James Ray , surgeon , and the third son of Wm . Smith , Esq ., barrister , of the Northern Circuit . The young gentleman not coming down at his usual hour in the morning , one of the domestics went up to the bedroom , and knocked loudly without receiving any ; mswer . She then went to the bedside , and shook Mr . Smith hv the shoulder , but failing to wake him , she run down stairs and gave the alarm . Mr . Jackson , surgeon , whose house adjoins Mr . Ray ' s , was immediately
called in , and he , on entering the room , found Mr . Smith lying upon his right side , Quite dead . In his ' hands he held a pocket handkerchief , which was firmly pressed to his mouth And nostrils . His knees were partially drawn up , and his limbs were in a state of rigid contraction . Mr . Smith , it appears , had for a considerable period , been in the habit of inhaling chloroform , which ha poured upon his handkerchief and applied to the nostrils , for the purpose of allaying a severe pain in the face , to which . he was subject . In order to guard against the possibility of inhaling too large a quantity , he usually called Mi . Ray ' s groom into the surgerytositby him during the process of inhalation , with instructions to arouse him in oase . he
should become insensible . . Be had complained of pain in the face on Sunday , but does not appear to have resorted to his usual remed y until retiring for the night . A bottle which had contained chloroform was found uncorked in the watch-pocket at the head of the bed , and in a private drawer of Mr . Smith ' s there was also found two - ' bottjUw labelled chloroform , one of which was empty , and the other contained half an ounce . —At U > e inquest Mr . Edward Jackson , surgeon , said I found Mr . Smith lying on his right side in hed with his hands , in which ho held a pocket handkerchief , closely pressed to his mouth and nostrils . His knees were partly drawn up , and his limbs and muscles generally ere in a state of ritrid ( ini . tr . in .
tion . There was a purple discoloration on all the lower surface of the body , but chiefly on the side on which he lay . His jaws were pressed together , and a little blood haa oozed " from the mouth in consequence of the tongue having sli ghtly protruded , and been cut with the teeth . From the position in which the bod y was found , there could be no doubt that convulsions preceded death . There was no smell about the handkerchief or in the room to indicate that chloroform had been used The body was not perfeotly cold when I was called in , but was , below the natural temperature of life . I cannot state definitel y ' the length of timt >
ne nau peen dead , but should think at least five hours . It is possible that ho might have inhaled the chloroform immediatel y upon getting into bed , and have died shortly afterwards . In the afternoon I , along w ith my . fathor and Mr . Porter , . 6 WSeon mado a jwi ; mortem examination of the l » odv Ex * tonally there was no marks of violonce TV blood was in a very , fluid state and very dark in ' colour . The lungs , wore perfectl y ' heulthy hut highly congested . Thu . right oavitieVof tffhoar were much distended with blood ; tho loft cavities and tho substance of the heart were hi ft liver , and Uid . uoys wev 6 Bomowhat conkesled Imt quite hea thy in structure , The stomach eon nine , Bomo food underaoini ; dicestion ! nul H „ _ i ,
Snn'ir " f li % roddonod .: There wuTno «??!¦« \ ° i ° " tentH of -too "toinnoh , blood , or any ot the fluids from which . wp could ! ascortain . that pliiorofQi-ij ) lia < J been usod . Thero was nothing in tbe state or the ohost ,, howt , - , or any other organ , io indicate that t ' jc inhalation of , chloroform would he dangarous .. The fact Of -Mr . Smith ' s , lying in a | im' } ZQntal position when : inhaling tho chloroform , anuVhia being unable , from , insensibility , 'to remove thq , handkerolijef , > . ffould cause hisdoatli . ' The
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L - * w » wrv ^ r ^^ i ^^ M ^^^ vY ^ v r + *^^ ww " 9 W sequently she was pressed down till she was bottom upwards . In both cases she' righted immediately upon being let go . The , experiments appeared ^ give great satisfaction to the concourse assembled / to witness them . '; :
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'¦\" . l ' ' ftSale * . Tus South Walks Colliery , Strike—We are sorry to learn that the strikje ot the colliers in Glamorganshire and Monmouthshiro still continues . Our last report names the following colleriea as still suspended in Glamorganshire t—The Church , the Tyr Adam , the Oarngetliin , the Cilvach ,: and the Clander j in Monmouthshire , the Abercarne and Gwythen , the Cwmtilery , the Baroella , the Buttery hatch ,. ; the Reck , the Place , the Waterloo , the Gwrhev , the Argoed , the Mamhole , the Ruepark , ' ; tho Wollinijton , tho Blencoon ,: the Penyven
Hold , the Havod Vein , the Baencuffin , the Penycoed . i , and ; the Trynant . The strike ia doing conaidorabie niisohiof to the ports of Oiii-diff and ' Newport , the ohief outlets for these collieries , numer-•> U 8 , vessels have put in for cargoes having sailed out . empty . A comparison of tho present rate of wages with the price ot coal and the cemparativi ' price of coal and labour some years ago , shows that the colliers have little reason to complain . In April , 1844 , the price of coal was 7 s . Oil . per ton , and up to the end of last year it was raised to 9 s . Od . per ton . On that rise Oil . per ton was added to the miners' wages ; hut tlio coal is now reduced to 7 " . 6 d . per ton again , ami the wages are now reduced 2 d . per ton . —Times of Thursday .
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scoiiairtu Mblanoholy Acoidknt is Edinbuugh . —On Saturday afternoon , between three and four o ' clock , a man named Maogregor went into bathe in Dml-( lingston'L'ich , immediately below the rock at the Windy Goiil . Being ' an expert swimmer , he had vroasud to tho oppoaito aide anil ri'tumod to within a » hovt distance of tho place where be started from , when aman who had accompanied him to tho Loish , observed him suddenly to sink under tho wat . Ki- '
The man . waded in as far as he could with safety hut could not reaoh the drowning man . He th ' n ran to the village of Duddington for assistance , and returned to tho Lo « li with some persons om > ot . whom , ¦ namod Doiiham , a muuhanio , aived and brought tliu body out It wan convoyed with U speelto . Mr Cloghorn ' a In ,, , wlier ^ ovory men ' were adopted to restore animation ' , bu 4 ™ un iS" , W ; f ritlomfill ^ 'O ™ ° presentwero ol ORinioHfithat thoMinfortunato man . Imd died . in . the ^ at « r ; fromivpoplexy , ^ ' . .. ; ,. ; ., .. . . ,
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Sreiano . Dublin—Encumbbred Estates . —Between the 15 th and the 20 th'inst ., thirtwone new petitions fur the sales of estates were longed in the Encumbered Court . Several of the inheritors in this list ar 0 petitioners in theif own cases . Amongst the encumbered prbiinptore is the name " Maria Helena Bariiness Clanmorris . " The total number of petition- is now 978 . At this rate of progress , the commissioner ) , before the end of tbe summer , would have more estates to sell than they conld dispose of in four years . They are , however , preparing for vigorous operations after the recess . ' Within the week ending i he 19 th inst , no less than fifty-two conditional or absolute orders for sales were pronounced .
The Harvest and the Potato Crops . — Still , fortunately , there is no authentic account of the re-appearance , of potato blight , but , on the contrary , the provincial journal * , received on Monday morning , are almost unanimous in describing the healthy ap « pearanceof the ciop , » nd the general prospect of an abundant harvest . The supplies of new potatoes are . steadily increasing in all , the markets , and the pri ces are becoming moderate for this " luxury . " The Cork Reporter declares that nothing like the nresent cheering prospects has , heen witnessed for five years past . Wheat , oats , and barley , are ripening under the influence of the present fine harvest weather . . .
Thk Charge . against Mrs , Blpazbt . — ' The assizes f » r Armagh commence on the lOih of July next There afe not many cases on the criminal calendar In allusion to the charge against Mrs . Bleazby , the Newry Examiner says j — " From what has transpired thus far it is almost certai-i thatth > - prosecution in the Bleazb y case will be abandoned by the government , 69 all the evidence adduced at the protracted inquest is utterly irrelevant to the perpetration Of the crime of murder charged in the indictment , or raiher in the verdict of the coroner ' s jury Again , the immediate relatives of the late Mr . Bleazby , namely , his three brothers , and also hi »
uncle Major Bernard , are so firmly iuai ressed with a conviciii . n of Mrs . Bleazby ' s innocence , that they whuli be among th . ' last to instigate a prosecution . Moeovt-r , there is as yet no intelligence whatever regarding Arine Elliott , the girl who waRsentto America j and even if her return to this countrv before the period of the assizes could be calculated on , it is questionable enough if any evidence criminatory of Mrs . Bkazby could be elicited from her . To meet any contingency , the following able counsel are still retained for both Mrs Bleazby and the steward , Gordon , namely . Metsrs . Napier , Whiteside , Tomb , and O'Hagan , all Queen ' s Counsel , and also Mr . Join PeiTiu .
'I he result of the experiment made by the Viceroy in her first trip from Galway to America , is thus , apparently v * -ry I airly , stated by the Freeman ' s Journal : — I he Canada , 2 , 000 tons burden , with engines of 850 liorse-power , left Liverpool at ten o ' clock on Saturday movning , tie 1 st of June ; at the same hnur , on the same day , ; the Viceroy , a boat built for the channel trade , crowded with coals above her L-unwale , of 350 horse-power , sailed from Galway . Wagers were laid in Liverpool that the Canada would overtake and pass the Viceroy on the fifth day . The weather must have been tempestuous at sea , for the Canada was nearly two days more than her usual time on her voyage to Halifax . This fact told terribly auainst the little cockle . "hell ' s speed , yet what
« s the result—the Cansda arrived in Halifax on the 11 th of June at nine o ' clock in the morning ; the Viceroy arrived in eight hours after ! Let us put the reverse of the present ca « e of sailing . Let the Canada sail from Galway and the Viceroy from Liverpool , the Viceroy would have been at least thirteen dav * inking ihepassHge , while the chances are that the Canada would have done the voyage in eight , but certainly at . farthest nine days—thus showing a clear aamof from four to five days in favour of Galway or eqtul boats being on both stations , of two day s in favour of Galway !" Thb Potato Crop . —So far there are , provider tially . no apparent grounds for the rumours which prevailed in the earlier part of the week respecting the alleged appearance of the bliaht in the potato-crop
, The Iri 8 tiicc 6 unts from Limerick bring on confirmation of the reported failure in that district , while in the north , where itwa « confidently asserted that unmistakable symptoms of disease had shown themselves , it seems that the plant is healthy and luxuriant , and that there is * reasonable prospect of a crop of more than otdinary abundance . Two Ulster papers are quite explicit on this point : — " In consequenoe of certain rumours '" says the Newry Telepraph . " which have been prevalent respecting the conditv n of this important crop , we have made such inquirit g and received such replies as sati .-fy us that , with hardly an expectation , the potato crop in this district
is most healthy and flourishing . Some few weeks hack , indeed , the tops of the early potatoes in this neighbourhood were , from the effects of the frost blackened and curled up , as if entirely blighted but the late rains have quite resuscitated even these ' Mirts , which now present strong and vigorous plants We have a similar good account of the potato from a neighbouring district . Our correspondent in Armagh , writing on Monday , on the subjectsays;— I oan observe no case of the reported blight among the potatoes in this vicinity , although some farmers say . hey have seen it . Others are confident that it is omy t ,. e effect of the one or two stormy days that occurred ab ut a week . "
ago toiGRATioN . -LiMBwcK .-Since the 1 st of Jan 0 mX ' mjffl ' itt ha ? 8 ( liled frora Ms Port to u , ' aT ^ ' 118 . soulB ' ^ enty-five sailed for the United States , with 3 , 330 souls-making in \\\ tta ^ r ' i . ? ? ?"'"* ^ e em ration Canada and the states to be nearl y equal . The total number « 'f emigrant , for the year . 1849 to the States " no Canada were 11 , 654 . ^ This gives a striking illus- ' ration of the preference of our countrymen to the government of the States . ! 1 Knoush Landlords is KaoNNY—The Kilkenny Journal ( extreme Liberal ) brines the names of t . hrn »
parties Moro the public "as Identified with acts which are not less honourable to themselves than "enefioial to their tenants : " - " First-Lord Teaux Uiis English nobleman , a Catholio peor of tho veiiim , hiis > , as wo have already intimated , been iitnyinj . Uv some lime at Ballyconra-housc , and has oeBii engajred iii ' a personal supervision of tho state otlus property in tbis country . When we mado the aniioiinceinent of : Lord Veaux ' s arrival ^ we sta ted tjur ¦ iinpre ^ ion that from his character as an English lutullbi'd , liis-visit to this country would , b ' oiit-{ onded with much benefit to his toimnts . Prom the
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EXCHEQUE R CHAMBER . inn QUEKN V . WATTS . Hie Court gave judgment in this case . ¦ The prisoner , it will fee remembered , was the lessee of the Olympic , and the Marylebone Theatres , and also a clerK in the Globe Insurance-office , lie was tried and convicted at the last sessions of the Central Criminal Court for stealing a piece of paper ( a ret 1 n v W r he ( l ?)» tUc property of the directors ot the Uobe Insurance Company . Two points were reserved for the opinion of the judges constituting this court by Mr . Justice Cresswell , who tried the case ; first , whether , as the paper was delivered to tho messenger of the company by him to be g Wm to the prisoner , whose duty was , not to hand it over to the directors or to place it for them in any depository , but to h"ld it himself as a voucher to be pic ^ luced when called forit was felony in hici to take
, or destroy it , or to put the point more simply , whether it had become in law the property of tho directors ; and secondly , whether the prisoner , being himself a shareholder , could , though a servant of the directors , be guilty of stealing that paper in which he had a joint property . —The Lord Chief Justico now read tlie following judgment of the Court : We have considered this case and we arc all of opinion that tho counts in the indictment which cliarae tlio- stealing of a piece of paper , the property of the masters of tlio nvisotiei ' , we sui » ported , by the evidence . From the case stated to y , » , appears that Goldsmith and others are the elected directors of tho Globe Insurance Company , and that by the constitution of that company they uaw vested in them , tlio power . of appointing and dismissing its servants , and thaf they fix . and pay cue salaries of the clerks employed in thoir office-
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6 THE NORTHERN STAR . / Jpne 29 , mp
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 29, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1580/page/6/
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