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« - I - ¦ I !¦ L ^___^^—_^ - - ¦ 3 | e JKetropoliff , Heimh of Lohbojt Dranta thb Week;—TMe return , in connexion with the two previous , indicates a continuous increase in the mortality of the metropolitan districts : The deatbs which in the two preceding weeks were successively 781 , 8 G 5 , rose last week to 898 . In the correspondine weeks oi nine years ( 18 iO-8 ) the lowest " number occurred in 1843 and was 749 ; the hi ghest in 1848 , when it was 1 , 201 ; but last year in the same week the deatbs rose to 1 , 931 , when pestilence rapidly multiplied its victims . The average of the corresponding weeks of ten years ( 1840 9 ) is 1 , 022 , which , with a correction for increase of population , becomes 1 . 115 . The 898 deaths of last week , therefore , show
a decrease on the latter number , amounting to 217 ; oat it will be observed that the average is in part founded on the aggravated mortality of last year . The deaths from pthisis or consumption are still less numerous than usual , having last week been 121 ; in corresponding weeks they fluctuated between 120 and 156 . In . the class which comprises other diseases of the respiratory organs , the deaths , amoantiag to 74 , also fall below the average . The zymotic or epidemic class numbers 272 deaths ; and though this mortality is not yet excessive as compared with that of the same week in « rare previous years , it shows a tendency to increase as the autumnal season approaches . Small-pox measles , scarlatina hooping-cough , " and tynhus '
ahow less than the usual fatality or differ little ' from -de aTerage ; but diarrhsa exhibits a rapid increase en the prswon 3 weeks , and has now risen above the average . The numbers from diarrhoa in the last four weeks have been successivel y 40 , 37 , 51 and 104 . Of the 104 persons who died of it last week , 8 * were infants under 1 year , U were 1 year old and under 60 , and 6 were 60 years of age and upwards . Last week 13 deaths were ascribed to cholera , showing an increase , when compared with those of the previous returns ; hut au investigation 4 > f the cases as detailed in the registers proves that in a certain proportion of them it was the common English form of the complaint . In the Beetory sub-district Maryleboneon the 24 th of July
, , at 11 , Orchard-place , the son of a labourer , 3 <* ed 3 years , " cholera ( 24 hours . ) " " This" ( says Mr . Josephs ) "is a small house in the rear of a densely-crowded place ,-well known in Marylebone , jrhieh , though in a much better condition than formerly , is still imperfectl y cleansed and ventilated . " Also in the Bectory sub-district , at 2 Para dise-row , on 23 rd July , the son of a smith , 8 years , " cholera ( 3 days . ) " " The child had diarrhoja for a week previous . Its parents lived in a smallfixmt parlour , with fire other children . The locality Is crowded . " In St . John ' * , Marylebon ^ at 14 Henry-street , on the 25 th July , the son of ashoemaker , aged 1 year , " English cholera ( 5 days . ) " la the same sub-district , at . ifi
Townshend-cottages , on the 24 th Jul y , the son o ' f a labourer , aged three months , " cholera . " In Winston East , at 48 , ffing-street-terrace , on the JOtbcf July , a working woman , spinster , a ed 3 S jesrs" cholera ( 12 hours , ) had diarrhoea 2 days . " £ ¦ 1 ^ , ?* ^ » # » Tottenham-square ; on 35 A July , the Bon of a contractor , aged 3 months , « Engl , shcholera ( 3 days . r In thl same neW tourhftod at 11 , Tottenham-road , on the 25 th July , thedaughter of a draper , aged 1 year . « English « nwera ( 5 days . ) convnlsons ( 12 hours . ) " In fforth 8 t GlIes ' s-in-the-Keld * . at 12 , Great Wte r . onstreet . on 33 rd July , the daughter of a printer , aged 7 mor . ths , « Englishcholera ( 7 days . ) " InPenton-TiHe at 9 , Penton-grore , on 23 rd , July , the son of a police constable , aged 6 months , "infantile
cholera , in Whitechapel-ehurch sub-district , at 17 Colchester-street , on 24 th July , the daughter of a shoemaker , agsd i months , "Asiatic cholera ( 2 iK ! i * ' 5 , ems tbe « E » 8 tauy statesthat "the ehrid was snejdedbythe mother for a fortnight , Was afterwards bronght up by hand , and never thrived . It was attacked with violent vomiting and purging on Sunday , recovered , and grew worse on Monday , when the medical attendant first saw tae case , and pronounced it hopeless . The house is < u £ T ?\ i . ** W ?^ » . Wotton-street , on 24 th July the wife of a printer , aged 25 , years , " cholera ( 2 days , ) peritonitis ( 3 leeks . )" Mr ! Mews states that « the house is clean and tolerably any It has acesspool . " Also ia fembeth , at 8 , Vine-terrace Waterloo-road on 21 st July the wife
, , , iLti" ? . ^ 8011 ' ** $ , yeat 3 « " Solera ( 10 hours . ) "This person ( says Mr . Daws ) had been in zZ * health for some months , and had only come the day before from Somersetshire . " The medieal attendant adds on his certificate that there was no pnrgmjr , all the other symptoms were urgent , the secretion of urine suspended , the catheter was passed , irat no urine in the bladder " The iouie is in an airy situation and well drained In lamhetb , at 7 , High-street , on the 19 th July a carpenter , aged 36 , » Asiatic cholera ( 44 hours )" Mr . Uarwood states that" the deceased retired to rest about eleven o ' clock in his usual state of Health , bnt in about two hours awoke with violent aramp , which was followed by sickness and
diar-• T i f contrane ° *> " death . " In comparison wth the above 13 deaths from cholera , registered Jast week , it 13 proper to mention that in the corresponding week of 1846 there were 26 from the rfSi ^ i ^^ ? fcof im ' andin that of l » tt » , the deaths from cholera rose to 783—At the Koyal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean heigth of the barometer in the week was 29-691 inches The mean temperature was 63-4 deg . about 2 d e <» ' above the average of the same week for seven years . On Monday and Tuesday , when the temperature was hi ghest , the mean were respectively 89 deg . and 72 deg . and were from 8 to 11 degrees above the average of the same days . The temperature then declined , and on the last three davs the mean was below the average .
. A LHttD UanwsEOav its Broth ** . —An sd jouracd inquest was held on Saturday night last , on ? Y £ ? ' ¥ **• ^ f 0 OTteen >™ . ** " » «» found on Thursday night in the river Leen . under « rcamstances which rendered it almost certain that he had been thrown there or his brother John , ten years old , who was entrusted with him to nurse . — w ^ *{? t- ^ T ^ ?^ andfindl ' "K that the SStf iS JeaJ might have been caused since healthy state , he had come to the conclusion that deain bad been entirely caused by drowning—T .
* a tes , the father of the two children , deposed to sending the boy out with the child on Wednesday mormng , to his not returning , and to his being Joan * withont the child in the evening of Thursday , He nad no nauon to suspect thai theprisoner would drotfu his little brother wilfully , as they had always wee apparently much attached to each other . But oe must say that at times the boy ' s conduct was so peculiar as to lead to the conclusion that he was not ateays right ra Ms mind—Wilkinson , the police Officer , stated that he had heard of a boy affirming ttat he had seen the deceased thrown into the water by his brother , wben alive- , and the jury , deeming « t durable that the truth of this statement should
be inquired into , directed the officer to investigate it immediately . Wilkinson set off , found the boy , and asked Mm to point out the place where the circumstance happened . The lad , who was extremely your ? , pointed out a place in the canal , a * considerable < 5 ist | nce from the spot in the Leen . where the tody was found . The consequence was , that the lids testimony was not received . The coroner reviewed the evidence ia the cass , remarking upon its -ragudness in every respect . The jury decided upon the following finding : ¦— " That the deceased , S . Bates , was found drowned in the river Leen , but how the body came into the water there is no sufficient evidence to prove . " The prisoner was discharged , his father being enjoined to take care of him .
Mvsnsiocs Death of" a Cabin-boy 05 th « BtTeb . —On Monday morning Mr . Baker , the deputy cororer , resumed an inquiry at the Ship Inn , Highatreet , Stepney , respecting the death of Henry Hop , ¦ Idas , aged fifteen years , a cabin boy , who was found ia tbe river , with his head shaved and covered with tar , and hi 3 person otherwise disfigured . Tbe evidence adduced went to prove that the deceased was apprenticed from the Marine Society to a Mr . Smith , ths owner of a brig called the Atlantic , trading between London and Shields . On the 15 th ult , the captain went on shore to transact some business , and when he retained the crew were all in confusion , as the deceased was missing from the vessel . No one cuuld account for his sudden disappearance , and
the captain proceeded to the decetsed ' s parents to ascertain if the lad had been home , bnt he had not been seen there . Every search was made for him , but nothing was heard about the deceased until the following Tuesday , when the body was discovered off Stone-stairs , RatcM , in a most shock-ng condition . The hair of his head had been shaved or cut off , and his head covered with tar . His feet were like wise besmsred with ths same composition , and { his Ehoes were firmly adhering to them . The body was placed in a shell , and conreyed to the dead-house of Stepney Church , where it was viewed by the jury . -Its avpeamuw ^ aamost distressing , ana the relafaves could with difficulty identif y the poor lad . Mr . Pemhk , beadle , stated thathehad seen the owner of -thevessel , and he informed him that the Atlantic fwouldnotbeintha pool brfore . the 3 rd of August , when the whole of the
• crew would be fortheomin" to give evidence in the case . . The parents were of opinion that the deceased had been subjected , togome ill treatment , and by those means had either jumped or fallen iverboard in his endeavours to escape . The coroner said the cass was one of a very mysterious nature , and required the most searching inquiry . He should adjourn the case until the vessel reached the river , and give the officer direction * to summon the whole of tne persons employed on board the brig . The juiy were then bound over to appear on the adjournment day to proceed with the investigation . Suddek Death . —On Saturday Mr . M . Wakby ' held an inquest at the George and Dragon , Cleveland ^ street , Kteoy-square , on the body of James Jones , ^^ ged twenty-one . The deceased , a Frenoh polisher , ; isdlatelyjeea discharged from MMsJlssez ; Hospital ,
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where he had lately been an inmate suffering from fever , with strict injunctions , to ayq 4 . excitem . ent . On the previous night he visited a concert room adjoining his dwelling , which , on a certain gong being announced , he abruptly 1 ™}™ and left thehousa . He returned after s la ? se of a few minutes , and was rerainini Ms seat , when , placing his hands at the back of his head , and giving a violent shriek , he fell to the floor insensible . Being immediately picked up he was carried home and a surgeon sent for , notwithstanding whose exertions he . was never restored to a state of consciousness , and shortly expired , the presumed cause of death being overflow of blood to the brain , tbe result of excitement . Yerdict , •* Natural death . " .
Suicide . —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Langham , at the Prince Albert Tavern , Upper St . Martitfs-lane , as to the death of Mrs . Emma Pease , aged thirty-one . The deceased was the wife of a dyer , living at 10 , Licbfield-street , Soho , and for the last ten months has suffered intensly from some inward complaint , It was arranged that she should go on Wednesday morning with her father to his residence at Oxford , to see if a change of air would be ofany service to her . On that morning she asked him to set readv . bnt not to leave the room , or she
should throw herself out of the window . A few aiinutes afterwards she requested them to go out of the room for a moment , which they did , and she instantly rushed to the door and locked it . The father was much alarmed , and begged of her to open the door , when she said he should come in directly ; a fall was then heard , and the door being kicked in She was found lying on the floor weltering in her blood , with a razor k her right hand , with which she had inflicted a terrific wound on the left side of her neck . She never spoke , and died almost instantly . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . " '
A Bride ' s Deatit . — -On Sunday afternoon the residents at Thames-bank , Vauxhall-bridge-toad , were alarmed by loud shrieks and cries for help issuing from the river ; several boats put off , and fire persons who had become immersed were rescued . On the party recovering from their fright it was found that a miss Ashton , who had been married that morning to Mr . Harper , of 19 , Little Dean-street , Southwark Bridge-road , and whose wedding excursion it was , had been drowned , and though search was made for her body it was not recovered . The accident aroso from the unskilfulness of the parties in the management of the boat .
Suicide of a Forbioneb . —On Wednesday afternoon the promeaaaers of St . James ' s Park on the paths adjacent and surrounding the ornamental water were Buddentl y alarmed by the immersion of a person who now lies unclaimed in the Westminster Hospital . The deceased was observed b y Mr . Chapman , chief clerk to Mr . Bumsey , solicitor , Warwick-court , Holborn , to leap head-foremost a distance of some feet in the water opposite the boat house . On being rescued he was immediatel y conveyed to the above institution , where all attempts at resuscitation proved abortive . The body awaits an inquest The only property found on the person of the deceased consisted of 5 s . 6 d " . in silver ahd some halfpence . "
Ship Run Down in tub River . —The Royal William , Dublin steamer , on her way up the river oe Saturday morning , about daylight , ran down the brig Union , in ballast , bound to the north , about half a mile below Gray ' s pier , where her wreck now lies sunk . One of the crew of the Union was thrown from her topgallant yard , by the collision , upon the deck of the Royal William , and killed . Eleciion of Sheriff . —On Monday thii contest was brought to a dose . At four o ' clock , Mr . TJnder-Sheriff Milard , accompanied by the committee and friends of the candidates , attended tb 9 hustinp , and the numbers were announced as follows : —Hodgftinson , 619 ; Butler , 99 . Majority for Hodgkinson 420 . . .
Decay of Blackpbiars-brmge . —On Mondays largeqaantity of shingle was thrown into the bed of the Thames to support the abutments of the centre arch of Blackfriars-bridge , which have sunk so much that the stones at the crown of the arch have loosened , and the breast work has cracked-. For some weeks divers have been employed in the bed of the river , who have ascertained that the foundations are affected . Abbivai . of Parisian Excubsionists m London . —On Saturday evening last a large number of holiday Parisians started , by the Northern of France Railway , for Calais , where they ; passed the nieht ,
and on Sunday morning 740 of them embarked for Dover in the South-Easten and Continental Company ' s steamers , Prince Ernest and Lord Warden , the greater portion of whom came by special train to London , where they arrived about seven o ' clock in the evening . The London-bridge terminus of the South Eastern Railway wa 3 crowded by friends and relatives of the visitors , who were greeted in the most enthusiastic manner ; the scene was most enlivening . This fs the first of a series of such visits contemplated during the present season . The excursion fares on the French lines are remarkably low . Return visits are , we believe , in course of
arrangement . Novel Bazaab in aid of a Ragged School . — On Tuesday a sale of useful and ornamental articles took place under the arches of the South Eastern Railway , Neckinger-road , Bermondsey , in aid of the debt incurred in fitting up the arch 114 , as a ragged school for the education of tbe poor children of the locality . The novelty of the place selected attracted a numerous company . The place was tastefully arranged . and the ladies who presided over the stalls had their benevolence rewarded by the receipt of a considerable sum hi aid of the object in view .
A Bufpaw Ilrar in Loxdon . —On Monday morning last about nine o ' clock , two young buffaloes were being driven from the terminus of the Great Western Railway , at Paddington ; when in the Edgware-road 6 ome sweeps shaking a soot bag alarmed them , and they started at a terrifio pace in the direction of Lisson-grove . Their career was so rapid that several persons , unable to get out of the way , were knocked down and seriously injured , and a Mrs . La Blanc , of Alpha Cottages , had her ribs fractured , and sustained other injuries . All efforts to stop them were fruitless ; they dashed through Begent ' s-park into Frimrose-liiUpark with increased impetuosity , leaping fences with the greatest ease . The beasts were not secured till ten o ' clock at night ; seven persons were seriously injured by them .
Jrest-OFFiCE Monet Orbsbs . — The Gazette- of Tuesday contains a direction of the Postmaster-General in conformity with the powers vested in him regulating the payment of money orders ,, by which it ia directed that all money orders heretofore or hereafter issued , payable at any post-office which has or may become vacant , shall he made payable at any other post-omco for that purpose appointed ; that every money order , after the , expiration of twelve calendar months after the expiration of the month in which it shall be issued ,, shall be absolutely void and of no effect ; that all money orders shall be paid at the post-offic& upon which they have been drawn , within two months next after the month in which they have been issued ; but , ' by consent of the postraaster-Gfeneral .
new orders for the same amount shall be issued less poundage payable thereon ; and that when any money order shall have been paid all Viability on the part of the Post-office reveaue , & ., whether suet payment shall have been , made by or through forgery , fraud , or misrepreseatation , or mistake , or otherwise , shall cease and determine . Exhibition op 1831 . — Cohmencejunt of ihb BtnLDiNO . — The commissioners of Woods and Forests on Tuesday delivered over to tbe executive committee the ground to be appropriated to the building for the reception of the * articles sent for the exhibition in 1851 . Messrs . S * oz and Henderson , the contractors for the building , immediately commenced their labours by staking out the ground . rj-nr _ r _ i _ fJJ . ^^ -r -r -nrjJ / | l 1 t |
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¦ early rWurted . v Tbe deceased $ rsoV ^ William Cooper wa 8 janmuaUywelUkno > n : in ^ thewtyas the proprietor of a . dancingestablishment andihe conductor of a bai j d of musicj and' ashaving usually occupied a prominent position at publio gala festivals and , other occasions of tbe kind , and as many as from 18 , 000- to 20 , 000 persons assembled te watch ( he melancholy cortege bb it moved ; from the deceased person ' s , residence in Broad-street to the churchyard of St . James , where the interment took place . The churchyard and the avenues leading to it were bo densely , crowded , that great difficulty was exper rienced in setting , the corpse into the graveyard . Upon the opening of the iron gates for that purpose , the crowd on the church yard parade , in its
easerness to get near to the grave , made a terrific nwb ; with such impetuosity , that some of the parties in front were thrown down and trampled on , and would probably have been killed or ( seriously injured had it not been that Inspector Bell , with a strong body of police , forced back the- populace , and arrested their progress until the persons thrown down were dragged out with their clothes torn and their persons bruised , although happily tot seriously . There are several ot the surviving sufferers , who continue to lie in ft very precarious state . Mr . John Langdon is considered in peril , as are likewise the captain ¦ of the boat , Wm . Puddy , < and the little girl , Eliza Fulford . A melancholy change took place on Sunday morning in the state of another of the nJirties named K » il « v .
The poor fellow had had his leg amputated , and appeared to be going on well till Sunday morning , when he was seized with sudden delirium , jumped out of bed , uttering dreadful shrieks , and was with difficulty returned to bed . On inquiry at the Infirmary , Bailey was much better , he having passed a quiet night . THK tATK StBAU VSSSBI . EXPLOSION AT DEVONport . —On the 25 tli ult . the adjourned inquest , on the body of Thomas Lane , the stoker of the unfortunate steamer , the Queen , and who lost his life through the explosion of the boiler on the morning of tlie 10 th , took pluce at the Crown and Column public liouse . before A B . Bone , Esq ., coroner , and a highly respectable and intelligent jury . The jury afterwards inquired as to the death of D . Mitchell ,
the engineer , who being on board the Queen when the boiler exploded was frightfully scalded , and hurled into the air , fell into the water , from wheuce he was recovered in a senseless state , and conveyed to the Steam-packet Inn , Cornwall-street , where he lingered on until the 25 th ult , when he sunk under the effects of so many wounds . The verdict on both » aB , " that they had died from the effect of injuries received at the explosion of the Queen ; but that ai to the cause of that explosion the jury had not sufficient evidence to decide . " :- ' ¦ Deathstruck on Horseback . — On Saturday last a melancholy circumstance occurred in the family of the Rev . J . Swires , vicar of Manfield , near Darlington , Durham . His third daughter , Misa Emma Swires ,. was riding on horseback in company with her brother , and when near the village of Melsonby he observed his sister sitting unsteadily upon
the saddle , and ultimately fall off the horse . Assistance was at band , but she died almost immediately . It has been ascertained that death resulted from a fit or spasms of the heart . She' was only seventeen years of age . . ; . Birmingham , Monday . —Forger * on thb Australian Government . —This afternoon a man , who gave his name as James Hill , was apprehended at one of the most respectable hotels in this town , by Mr . Stephens , the Chief Superintendent of Police , and upon searching him . forged notes to the amount of £ 16 , 000 were found upon him . He is a native of England , bnt resides in Vienna . Various other foreign notes were also found upon him . He has been under tbe surveillance of the police for the last fourteen days . The notes forged ( which are upon the Australian government ) are so well imitated that it is scarcely possible to distinguish them from the originals .
Blowing tjp of tbk Cliff at Sbapobd . — Lieutenant Ward and twenty-one Royal Sappers and Miners arrived here last week from Newhaven , for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements for the intended grand explosion bv gunpower of the cliff at Seaford heights . The fall of cliff is considered requisite for preserving the bank of beach in the bay , and for making a natural groyne , as the shingle between Newhaven piers and Seaford-head is found to drift considerable to the eastward , towards Beachy-head . The works have been for some time in contemplation . The explosion , it is expected , will take place in two or three months , and will , no doubt , attract an immense number of spectators , and many scientific men . The Sappers and Miners have pitched their tents in . the Batteryyard . , ,
Deaths fhou incautious cleansing of Steam Engine Flues . —An inquest was held on the 26 th alt , on three men , named Mellor , M'Ginnies , and Shaw , who lost their lives by the incautious introduction of water among the ashes before the flues , which they were cleaning , had been sufficiently cooled . The accident took place at the cotton factory of Messrs . Johnson and Sons , Staleybridge . From the evidence given it appeared that no blame was attributable to any person . A verdict was , therefore , returned "That tbe deceased had come by their deaths by accident ; and the jury recommended tliat the place should be emptied at shorter intervals . " Shaw and Mellor have left three children , and M'Ginnes two children ; and another of the sufferers , John Moor , lies in a very daneerom state .
NOVJEL PROCKEUINfJ AGAINST . A Ct * RGtMMf . —On the 26 th ult ., in the Ecclesiastical Court , York , * four suits instituted against the Rev . T . Ibbotson , vicar of Garton , and perpetual curate of Ruaton Parva , Skerne , and Lowthorpe , for non-residence without license , were heard . It appeared that the rev . defendant had on a former occasion been condemned in the forfeiture of three-fourths of bis revenue for the year 1847 , and the costs of the suit . The four suits then before the court were commenced for-a like forfeiture for 184 S The defendant admitted the truth of the charge , and judgment passed against him for three-fourths of his income for that year , and costs . The four livings are returned at £ 311 .
Attempted Murder . —A man named Richard Whiting was brought before the bench of magistrates at Tnwcester , on the 26 th nit ., charged with attempting to murder his wife , by cutting her throat m the publio highway . On the previous Wednesday the prisoner went to London , and retained home next day . Hethettnsked hia wife to take a walk with him , and after being out some time , he . said he felt rather fatigued , and wanted his wife to sit down . He then took a knife out of his pocket , and laying hold of her head , pulled it back , and , inflicted a wound on her throat . She screamed for assistance , and on the prisoner seeing a man approaching , be threw the knife over a hedge , or he doubtless would have murdered her . He was fully committed for trial .
Great Fire at Poolb . —Letters were received on Monday morning by the leading insurance companies in the City announcing a terrible fire at Poole , on Friday , the 26 th . nit , by which it appears several bonded warehouses , stores , and several sonses situate on the quay were totally consumed , together with their content * . The fire was discovered shortly after three o ' clock in the morning ,, racing iaihe lower part of the premises belonging to the Steam Flour Company , known as the Mills ,, the largest bailding in the town . sUaate fronting the quay . The town engines were instantly brought to the spot , but before the ; could be got into play the whole of the interior of the building , with the contents , consisting of valuable machinery , 500 quarters of wheat . 560 sacks of meal ,
and 300 sacks of fiour were encompassed by the Hamas . . Within a short time the fire crossed a passage- and ignited a warehouse used as corn stores , belonging to Mr . Oakley , which quickly became with the mills in a general blase . The flames ascended an enormous height , lighting up the town and adjacent country for mile 3 . The stores in question of Mi !; Oakley were exceedingly valuable ; they coatained upwards of a 1 , 000 Quarters of corn ; and between 590 and 600 sucks of flour . From these the corns * gration extended to the oil stores of Mr . Slade ; thes » were also soon levelled with the ground ; the oil flowed through the lanes and alleys in a < flaminv stream , firing the dwellings of the poor is all
direetions . The excitment among the inhabitants become I intense , as the whole town appeared to be destined ; tii t destruction . AH the engines thnt couM be obtained ) from the neighbouring villages were brought into , requisition , but the ravages made by the fire seemed ! almost to paralyse them . A change of wind happily had the effect of stay i ng the conflagration ia the direction of the town , but it was some hours before it was finally checked . In addition to the promises destroyed as before stated , some ten or eleien , hoasea were partially gutted . Thefire continuedbornim up to . Sunday , but no further damage was . expiated . Suspicions were entertained that it was . cawed by an incendiary . The total loss is reported to be near I I
Sunday Letter Carbisrs . —Sora&of . the panserigers , when they arrived at ScmthawVvn on Sunday last , by . the excursion trams from . "London , immedi-1 ately set offtvowrie ^ pigeons , . y ^ jj noteg announe . ing their arrival : safe from railway ; , accidents ; ¦< The pigeons , as soon as they were :, let go , ascended over the town of Southampton , ' And for a few moments they kept darting towards - \ l points of the . compass , and revelling apparently \ n the . sunbeams that were playing on Southampton Water , - In a very short , time ,- however , true to an unerring instinct , tuey flew off rapidly in s ^ orsh-easterly . direction towards themetropoliB . . . ; - ; . : ! . I
Singular Fwjpilmbnt of a Drkam . —On'the 26 thult . ayour man , named Joseph Pixton , aged twenty-two , v ^ bathing in the river Collin ; near to I Ashley-mn \ , when he was unhappily drowned ; It ] appears t ' ^ at the deceased had been working in aha ; field throughout the day , and being hot , determined 1 to ba ^ e , although , particularly cautioned not to do so oy bis relations at the mill , with whom he lived . I xheir reason for so cautioninn him was , that on the three previous nights he had . dreamed that he was drowning in the riven , EAch morning he had related his . dream to the famil y , and in joke told them who should have his clQkhfng , Ac , if . it happened , and mentioned a young woman who .. was-to hOTa hia ,
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% atch . On the night in question he had been swimming down " the river . He left the water , and tpuUne parties who were with him that he wbiild have a dive in a deep part of the Kyer . ; So saying be , ran . on tne bank , sprang in headforemost ,, and never w « s . seen , afterwards . " Ah 'alarm was ' given , and Mr , ^ aT en port , who is upwards of sixty years of age , Du - t an excellent swimmer , jumped into the river , dived several times ; and tried all he could to find him , but without success . It was an hour and a halt before Piston ' s body could be found . -J / w ^ Guardian . '¦ ¦ ¦ - . NAVAtFMGGiNG and DKSKRTios . -Sevenbovsand two seamen , late of the Lily , Commander . Bedfor ., have arrived at Portsmouth from Sierra Leone , Having been left there without clothes , or pay . and after having been flogged on board the Lily . The case is before the admiral , and will , most likely , lead to a
very serious inquiry . . .. .. . ., Dissbnters' Marria ges . —A scene is faid . to have occurred last week in the Wesleyan Chapel , at Wcllington . Oxon . The minister refused to grant the wishes of a couple to be united by other than a regularly appointed We 9 leyan minister . The registrar claimed a right by law to say who , the ceremony should be performed by , irrespective of the minister , the chapel having been gazetted as a licensed marriaee house . The minister persisted in his refusal , and placed an additional padlock on the door ; this was broken and the ceremony performed , the regular minister pretesting and threatening an action for trespass . .. ,
Murder at NtfTHNdnAM . —A mnrder was committed on Sunday evening last , upon a roan named John Tuckwood , a butcher , of Nottingham , near Trumpet-street , a low part of the town . It appears that Tuokwood was in the above neighbourhood about ten o ' olook on Sunday night , when he mti three men , one of whom , without uttering a word , struck him a terrifio blow on the facer whioh knocked out several of his teeth . The poor fellow immediately fell , and the other men coming li p kicked him in different parts of his body , and then jumped upon him . He was rendered almost insensible , but managed to crawl to a lodging-house in Trumpet-street , where he was taken in , his face presenting a shooking spectacle . Surcical aid was
sent for , and tho poor fellow lingered in great agony nntil Tuesday morning , when he died . Another Fatal Accident At Bristol . —On Monday afternoon an accident attended by fatal consequences to one poor fellow , and productive of- injuries to some others , occurred at tho School of Industry for the Blind at Bristol . Some alterations wore going on in the premises in the rear of the Asylum , where an arcade is being removed vith a view to the erection of some out-buildings upon its site . A number of arohes were in course of being pulled down , when one of them suddenly fell in ana injured three men , who were at once taken to the infirmary . One of them , John Burke , has received a severe wound on the head and internal immw
and after lingering till six o ' clock on the following morning he expired . The other men ' s injuries are of a less severe character , and are not expected to terminate fatally , . , The Nrpabl Pbinces .- Plymouth , Tuesday . — His Excellency the Envoy from Nepaul , with the princes and suite , arrived here from Paddingtoh by express train at about five o ' clock yesterday afternoon . They alighted at several of . the stations , but partook only of water on the journey . A considerable number of offloial gentlemen , with their families , waited on the Pl ymouth platform , where the illustrious visitors were officiall y received by Lieut . F . Warren , flag-lieutenant of Commodore Lord John Hay , who has the honour of entertaining them during their stay here . Port Admiral Sir W , Hall Gage and his secretary , Mr . Irving , were also at the * & .
tionj and paid their respects to the Envoy . The party consisted of his Excellency , ' with two other princes , two superior offioeraand an interpreter , and twelve domestics , ten of whom were in Oriental and two in European costume . The former were conveyed in two of Moorshead ' s chaises and the latter in three flys from the station to the Dockyard where all the officers of . the establishment and a military guard of honour were read y to receive them The old check office , now occupied by Lieutenant Warren , and vacated ior the convenience of his E » cellenoy and suite , has been preparedfor their occupation , and sentinels : posted at the entrance . It is understood that they will remain several days in this neighbourhood , and that they will visit Falmouth and descend some of the Cornish' mines . On leaving the Btntion the princes were greeted by a hearty cheer from the crowd assembled outside .
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Scotland Thb Explosion at Aibdrie . —The bodies of all the sufferers by the recent sad occurrence at Airdrie have ^ it ; is believed , been now recovered . The number is one less than was-originally conceived On Thursday forenoon , the 25 th ult ., the parties engaged in searching the pit came upon the blackened and disfigured remains of the lad M'Donald , one of three brothers who have perished . Their ex ertions were continued unremittingly for five hours longer , in the hope of finding those of Izzart . a person who was ascertained to be missineThey
. were disappointed in their expectations . For some time this'want of success confounded them , and was felt by ¦ all as a painful thing . At length it was suggested that the body which had remained unidentified migho be the one sought for . Along with several of the others which was brought up first , t had heen buried in the graveyard at New Monkland ; but acting on the conjecture thrown put , it was now disinterred and re-examined—the result being to verify the suvgestion which led to the step . —The number of victims is thus reduced to seventeen .
j * .,, ? ND MuRDKR ai Edinburgh . —A man named wiUiRm Beiiniaon waB tried before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh , on Thursday and Triday week last , for bigamy and murder . The facts of the case as set forth in the indictment were , that Bennuoh had married' a woman named Mary Mullen , at Tavanagh , near Portadown , in Ireland , on the : §* d of November , 1838 that ori the 6 th of December , 1839 , his first wife being still alive , he entered into a matrimonial connexion with Jean Hamilton > residing in Story-street , ' Pai&ey ; and that on the 12 th or 23 th of April last , in Steadspmoe , Iieith-walk ; near Edinburgh , he administered to Jean Hamilton a dose of arsenic in some porridge or oatmeaL from the effects of which , after lineerin <»
two or three daya , she died . In the coarse of the trial it came out that Bonnison wasa member of the small se © t of Primitive Methodists ,, and hild during his stay in Edinburgh made great pretensions tosanctity . It was nlso proved that having deserted his first wife , and been absent from- her some time-,, he returned to her . in Ireland ;/ and * induced her toaccompany him to Scotland , where she died suddenly , at ; AirArie , not without suspieioris of foull play . . Her clothes were handed oven by him to the second wife as those of a deceased sister , and when she ,, aaeertaiaing that no sister- of his had died , questioned him on the subrect , his reply was that it was " a sister in the ILo » d ' .. " She evidence- in
support of the charge of poisoning ,, though circumstantial , was quito coneluaiv . e ^ and among obher . fiicts educed' by the examination , of witnesses wa& the remavkable one that the prisoaer was a member , of two . or-three funeral societies , and that he-had jpined oa » of them the- week , pcior to Jean IlamiU ton ' s death . - . On being unged to > send for medical assistance , the answer made by tho prisonoti was , " It ' s no use , she ' s going home to glory . ' * Aftei ! an absence of twenty minutes , the jury brought into coart a veHict of Guilty , on both the oharges lihetled . In conformity , with , this finding tho-Botd Justtise Clerk pronounbed the solemn seatanoo- of the-lawi and the prisoner was removed frcflttiUiebar ! protesting his inuoefliioe . The execution ,, willi ts&e ; place on Friday , tha-Wth of August . -
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that the tide of popular sentiment had turned in favour of protection ;; it proves that , after so many years of faioinearid pressure ifrom various sources , even in the most landlord-ridden county of Ireland , the popular Bpirit is not entirely crushed ; but it alao proves that extermination has worked with more terrible effect than any one ventured ; to calculate , and that the Irish constituencies are reduced nearer to zero than was supposedin what' were considered even the most exaggerated estimates . Tne . polling booth opened as usual on Monday morning , but up to two o ' clock not a single voter presented himself at either side , the constituency being quite exhausted , although but 232 electors bad registered their votes . At six o ' clock the
election finally closed , when tho hi gh sheriff Mr Mahon , declared Mr . Ouseloy Hi ggms dul y returned Mr . Biitt left Castlebar on Monday . A petition ig talked : of , but not determined upon . Saunter ' s News letter has the following , in a communication dated Castlebar , Sunday : —• "There were several disturbances in the town last night ; On one occasion , about eleven o ' clock , the military bad to bo called out . Mr . Miles Jourdain , one of Mr , Butt ' s agents , was very nearly being murdered in . his bed last night by a man of the namo of Carbine , a letter carrier in the employment of the Post-office . He broke into Mr . Jourdain ' s room , between one and two o ' clock , after he had retired to bed , and nearly sucoeeded in strangling him ; however , he was just able to make a noise , and call up the servant woman , who got over the wall at the rear into the
next house , and brought assistance just in time to save him . Informations were this day sworn against Carbine , the letter-carrier , who made the murderous assault on Mr . Miles Jourdain , and a warrant issued , upon which he w&s arrested—be was afterwards liberated on bail . " - ¦ > ¦ '¦¦ ' . DiwoANNON Election . — The Newry Telegraph contains an address from Lord Northland , announcing his resignation , on the ground of ill-health .: Mr . Henry Alexander , an English barrister , and brother-in-law to the late member , has addressed the electors , but does not pledge himself to any particular . line of politics . The Newry Telegraph says several persons are spoken of as likely to oppose Mr . Alexander , "one of them a distinguished Irish barrister . " The "distinguished . Irish barrister" alluded to is , probably , either Mr . Whiteside , or the recently defeated candidate for Mayo .
Thr Potato Crop . —The accounts of the potato orop continue most favourable , and all alarm on the subjeoUf the blight is rapidly , subsiding . The following may be taken as a fair specimen of the reports of the provincial papers of Saturday morning last : — " So many rumours of a failure Of this crop having been circulated , we made it a particular study to ascertain the exact state in which it it is , and we have the great gratification to state , from inquiries of most extensive farmers for many miles round this neighbourhood , as well as from personal observation , that the potato crop never presented , a more promising , healthy , or luxurious appearance than it does at present , and that , under the blessings of Providence , there was seldom a
llKeilDOOd of SO abundant a yield , This is a cheering announcement , and one that may be relied on as correot in every particular . Since the above was written ,. a gentleman who within the last few days has travelled : through a great portion of . the county Waterford , including Dunarvan , Cappoquin , ' Youghal , &c , has balled . at our office , and the acooiints he gives of the ! condition of the crops ara most-cheering , and coincides with the statements we have previously made with reference to the safety of the potato in the county Waterford . . Alettterfrom Caber , received last evening , states that there is not the least appearance of a
blight in tho potato crop in that neighbourhood , and that all the other crops are vastly improved since the late rain . "—Tipptrary Free Press . Kilkenny . Asbizbs . — A farmer named Michael Walsh has been convicted at the Kilkenny assizes for poisoning a bailiff named Simon Power , who had been placed in care of his farm . Sentence of death was pronounced . Bichard Shirley , ' and the other prisoners convioted at the same assizes for the Burnohuroh outrage , have been sentenced to ten years ' , transportation . Thb Stbambr Ticerot . —The steamship Ticeroy has been finally abandoned . The hull was to be sold on the 25 th , at Yarmouth , Sova Scotia .
The O Conmell Monvment . —The < Cork Cotistitulion says : — " The £ 342 subscribed in this city towards the national monument to O'Connell , which is was proposed to erect in the Glasnevin Cemetery , has been diverted to the fitting up of a stained window in Father Mathew ' s new chapel . The window has been put up by a London house . " Flax ha » lately become a cropof great importance in this country , on account of the growing prosperity of the linen and yarn trade of Ulster . The present crop presents a flourishing appearance in the southern and western , as well as the northern counties . The instances of deficient produce are likely to be comparatively few ,, and , upon the whole , it is estimated that the acreable yield will
be one-fourth greater than last year , provided proper steps be taken for saving the crop in the seuth and west , where flax cultivation has been to somo degree extended this season . A larger proportion than usual of the present crop has been planred . with home-saved seed , which is turning out remarkably well ; and the fanners are urgently recommended to save the flax-seed of this crop . : Rbtdrks of ' Irish Banks op IssuB . —The return , ending Saturday , the 13 th day of July , 1850 , shows a decrease in the amount of note circulation for the four weeks of £ 90 , 092 as compared with the previous return . During the four weeks embraced in the return the bullion in the banks decreased to tbe amount of £ 006 .
Bbmoval of Mr . Smith O'Bbikh from MARIA Island . —Mr . Smith O'Brien is to be removed from Maria Island to Port Arthur , where arrangements are now being made for his reception . The stable attached to the former residence of Assistant-Commissary-General Lempiiere , is to- be his dwellingplace . A platform in front is being erected as the post of a military sentinel , and it » understood that intercourse will herestricted ; to theviaiting magistrate , the Buperintendent , officer , and sergeant © f the guard . —Hobart Tmm Courier ,. Maroh 16 ; Thb-Harvkst . — There are no-further authenticated reports of the- potato disease p and the alarm , so generally prevailing is rapidlta abating . Mean .-
time , the weather is more favdur-aWe for harvest operations fand in some parts of Tipperary and ! other southern coanties many fields of oats aad baeley have been eub . Under the-influence of a iwarmfturi , wheat , is-fast ripening , and the grain iseerns improved ; afthough , beyondtdoubt , there- i » ( a partial blight ; i » several djstriota ^ . The yield ? of the-oat crop is described as morathan an avera ge ; and altogether'thereis a fair prospeot of a far more i abundant harvest than has beeni witnessed in thisloountry for'aevetal ^ years . The- accounts fronn all ; pnrte of the country , refer to fche- oheerfulnes ^ of the peasantry , oni account of tlie abundance-and ; oheapness of potatoes ,. and the- oonfidence begin-: ning to prevails as- to the gradual * improvement ! of the-country .
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Frauds ON . BtoeuANTs At- Nfew York . —^ . referred the other , day , in general terras , to the numerous fraude-and impositians ~ ppactised unon > persons arriving ! at this pent from forei gn * pjiwes . Abouta weak , sinceanEngH 6 h , familyarriv 8 d ! Jvti this port , and ncsooner had t ! ie-v « sselroachedlthe Quarantine , thnnshe was boaadod-by a horde of miners and bullies ,, wfco seized pjlibaggago withm siuht by force , andltbus oompelledltjheowners toftllow thom wheroveB- they pleased On being remonstrated with for . their conduct aipanaon representing himself Sherift of Hew Xork / was appealed to , who said tha > outuageoua paooeeding was rich ^ and the runnen » , handed card * totheir victlmsj . on which tbe name&ofrfewo of the Commissioners . of- ^ Emigration were printed , as refer « noes .. One efithe Commis-Bionotvs . tlu&s r ' eferredito , bas been applied to on tie 8 ubjpob , ; nnd said thafe ths use of bis . name in that
manner waa not Duthouit his authority . The result w » s ,, ia the case « ft tth » family , thai * the runners who vialbnUy seized their baggage ,, brought thoa . . to same-forwarding house , where they were changed 3 omathing like-nso- dollars a head more than , they ought to haw . paid . - The Tqnflers , as tkojt are loaW ' edi receiv . o we * large salaries for their sauwces , j 8 O . me of them * as high as thiefey and forty .- djollars iP * r week eookfto services ofthis kind . l | he Com-¦ vnissionew . of Emigration imo made cognisant of | thiroa 8 « s , bui they were , powerless , they said , to give any solfef . This is a speoimen ft& tho frauds that sue . practised upoa persons ar « i » mB afth ' U iport ftom foreign ¦ qoantries . Ta » : aggregate amwuijb oi ; wrong inflioted on these strangers nu » 3 l beinunease in ' ; | | | \ I
asinglto season . O » r stateleeipla-1 tiae-have , from tiro * to time , passed laws for tlteir woteelion ; but , ' ae « ording to » h . ^ an ^ heas-around us , tteyare inopmtive . The- Commi « sionerB of EmigMition owe- their offices , to a re-1 icently passed e » aetmont , but we have yet 4 » hear of kheir conferring any , advantage on the , stranger , or protecting , hisa . from the numerous rwners . who I infest our dooka ' , and board ships arming at this city . In the case we bave related * we see the names of two of thes » commissionMS used as references , with the sanction of on& , and . yet those people wore cheateft ont of fiva dollars each , and COmpDilcd , agaih&t their will , ' to go as the forwardeirsdicta ted / - Now , is there no way in whieh
this Bystem of robbery , and plunder , and abuse can I be put an end to ? If the Commissioners of Emigration cannot , or do not , or will not , protect the stranger , we hope the legislature will abolish tho office , and leave it to tho protective emi grant so-1 ciety , ' or the oonsula of the nations which the ^ emigrants leave , as was formerl y the case . The matter ought to be taken in hand b y the press and the public , and some tetaedy devised that win save strangers seeking our shores from at least some of the impositions practised upon them . In the meantime , strangers should at once go to the British Protective Emi gmt Society , and tho GorlSi grant Society , * here they oan get-informati So 1 adv . Ue free oj expenao .-iVew fe Herald ;
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¦ ' ' , t •¦' sTAPFpiib . ;^ : •" A Scekk is Codht . —By theUo ^ opeKitionofMr . Whateley / Q . C ; , anaMr ; GVeaves- Q : C . who pre « sided in separate courts , one in the grand jury-room , and the other in the judges' dining-room , for tha trial of prisoners , all the crown business , with ths exception of the murder enso , on which the jury were deliberating , and twd indictments for perjury , were disposed of by ten o clock on Friday ni ght . At that hoar the first of the indiotmerits was called on in the Crown Court , before Mr . Justice William * , when Mi * . Huddleston , who was th © leading conn * sel for the prosecution , said , that haying been engaged tho whole of that day in the two cases of
murder , he was physically incapable 01 proceeding with another case that evening ; and as , moreover , tho defendant was not present , ho hoped his lord-• hip would adjourn the court until the next morn * ing . —Mr . Justice Williams said he should be rnosfc glad to do so if the . state of the public businesf would permit him , but there were three civil cases , and two indictments for , perjury still to be tried , and yet to-morrow was tbe commission day afc Shrewsbury . He had no doubt that the counsel was very much fatigued , but he must remember that both himself ( the judge ) and the jury had been working equally hard , and were equally tired . He did not intend that the whole case should be tried that evening , but merely wished to make some t ) ro «
gress m it . The presence ot the defendant was not indispensable , this being a misdemeanour , and it was admitted she would surrender in the morning ; Mr . Huddleston still contended that the presenc * of the defendant was necessary , and as counsel for the prosecution , required that she should surrender before tho trial was proceeded with . Ho also further urged the plea of exhaustion , and added that , from the pressure of business at these assizes * , he had not been able to open his brief in the present case ; and if he were compelled to proceed , must read it at length to the jury , in order that ha might at the same time , inform himself and them of the charge against the defendant . After a Ion ; discussion , Mr . Justice Williams directed the jury
to be sworn , and tho case to be proceeded with . — After the oath had been repeated to the jury , tha Crier said : My lord ,, one of the jurymen refuses to take the oath . —Mr . Justice Williams t How if this ?—Juryman ( producing from the depths of hie fob an enormous watch , and extending it at arm ' f length towards his lordship ) : " Wh ' oy , my loard , it ' s now moar than ten o ' clock , nnd I'om now been sitting here and in t ' other courts moare than thoir * teen hours , and I Want sit no moair this noight it I pan help it . " ( Great laughter , in which the judga joined very good-humouredly . )—Further discussion took place , but it became apparent to every .
body that no progress would be made in ' the case even if it were proceeded with , and it was adjourned until the morning . Pbujbrv . —Ellen Capewell , aged 45 , was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury , committed at tho last summer assizes . —After the speeches , evidence , and summing up , had occupied nine hours , the jury retired to consult at a few minutes past six , and at ) half-past seven returned with a verdict of Guilty on , two of the most material assignments , acquitting her on tbe charge as to the conversation . She was thereupon—after a very severe reprimand , his lordship intimating that , but for her age , he would bs disposed to punish her more severely—sentenced to a year s imprisonment .
BODMIN . Arson . —William Gibson was indicted for settintf fire to a rick of hay . He pleaded Guilty , and was sentenced to be transported for ten years .. Assault . —Thomas Baker was indicted for having feloniously killed and alain William Coles , at tho parish of Week St . Mary , on the 27 th of May last . In this case it appeared that tho prisoner , ' the deceased , and several others were drinking at z public-house , at Week St . Mary , on the . 27 th of May , it being fair day . The prisoner and the deceased , who were both respectable farmers , wera friends and neighbours , and on the day in question had been drinking very fvecly . Bafeer , however , got very excited and quarrelsome , * and challenged every one he came near to fight , at the same time
boasting what a man he was . He came into a kitchen where Coles was sitting , and said to him , " Farmer Coles , are you a man for me ? If you are stand up . Coles said to him , " Sit down , farmer Tom , and have a g lass of beer . " Baker , however , still kept challenging him to fight , and said , " Shall I strike you ? " The deceased , who was - . sitting down in a chair , said "I don ' t care for you or any Baker in the parish . I never was struck by a Baker yet . " Baker then struck him two blows , one on the cheek , and the other on the neek . The poor man sat for about a minute on the chair , and then , fell off , and on the persons present attempting to raise him up he was found to be quite dead , with blood running from his mouth . —Mr . Takes ,. a surgeon , was called , who in the first instance stated his belief that the deceased had died from apoplexy ,
caused by the blow ; but on cross-examination by Mr . Collier , said that the deceased was a man of an apoplectic habit of body , and that the death might have been produced by apoplexy caused not by tha blow , bnt by the excitement produced by drinking , and to tbia possibility he adhered , although he was constrained to admit that the blows which the deceased bad received were likely to have produced the result whieh had ) ensued . —Mr . Justice Coleridge having summed up , the jury found the prisoner Guilty of a common assault , and he was sentence ! to be imprisoned for three calendar months with hard labour . The prisoner appeared to be muck affected b y the position in whieh he Stood , Rafk . —Robert Hood ,, aged O , was eonvieted of a rape upen a little girl , and was sentenced to twenty years transportation .
BEA ¥ KARIS . Wanx' < % : Baib . — -In the ease of Anne Jane-Browa and Dinah Jones ,, two girls , aged 10 , wh& were detained in prison'for waat of bail ,, the learned : Judga inquired into-the grounds- on which bail was de * manded . The-clerk to the- magistrates , Jfo . Jones , replied that they had been riotous and disorderly and as such- Had been held ; to bail . The Jbdge ,. by further questions elicited ' , the admission that there had been uo'legal'warrant for apprehension , and no specific offinoe- charged * p andi severely reprobated the practice as most illegal ^ , and a palpable breach ofpersonaiiliberty . The-learned Judge spoke with ; detewnined : and lndi gnaufc seal ,. and his r&iwke was most impoessive . : MAIDSTO 5 JE . ;
Psbjdh * w A . Counct- Gobrt . — Charies Allea surrendered to take his trial for a misdemeanour .- — This case- stood over from the last nwixes . The misdemeanour imputed to tho defendant was that upon the- hearing of s . plaint in the- West Kent County ? Go'art at Dartfwd ,. before Mr . Bipiness ? , thejudge oft that court , ha-had commitiadv wilful and corrupt .- perjury . It appeared that in . Decemberlast a plaint was preferred bv a personmamed Evans . again 3 t > a 8 © lioitor naneed Thompson ^ . living at ~ Wilmington near Dartfond ; . to recover a . sum of £ 218 s . . for damage done to a . pony chaise , andiaccording to tho case that was sob up for the pJhictiff upon ' that-, occasion ,, he and a friend , named Staples , were driving on the road between Dartford-i and Wilmington ,
at a slow pace , when ,. at a narrow place , they heard ! the-sound of a vdhiole * coming rapidly behind thara ,. ani ' . pulted on or . a- sida as much ae- was possible . to > gwe-all the room . they could , batithe vehicle , which , tawied . out to baa broughara , bolonging to . Mr ^ Thompson , andlwiioh was drwan-by his coaahinan . ! san against thsirrchaise , broVa . both the shafts ,- and m . Evans and . hi ? friend were , fchrown sut with jgpeat violencfl Kbui , fortunatel y did not roeiwuroT [ serious lnjujy . . It appeared that after Ifcv Wi jand his fr * nihad been ssamitoed , the defendant jwascttlledafca , witness fca- Mr . Thompson ,. Mid ha ithen swoae positivel y thai , the brougham did not itouch thftuony chaue , bat that the Wr Wckei into a raeten-toble , and that this was Hhe mean 9 of breakin
g , the shafts aad , causing tho damage . Tholearned Judge of the County Court ,, after hearing the whole of tho case v . eventually deojiied in favoup of tha . olaim , and it was understood , that it wj »» undwi-M authoritjj ^ at proceedings were suhgequeatto taken aganat the defesdSnt for hX gUeafelse . evidence-upon tho ocaaaion referred to . Thfr principal evi ^ nce in suppose of the chatg . » was Via * given by M » v . Evans and Sfe . StaDles and the » IWMI their fcsmer statemSs Is to tu ^ ann ? in which the acoident took » laee . and it * rs also fflESf . ' bMr : ot of ^ saiKiS forvvard as he ^ dJid was to sojiTOllaynes , theman . who drove the bwagham , and jrevent hia Tom loS « his place by showing thaft he was n ^ toblil thetranaaaHon-Mr . ^ tice Erie living sunS * * Ss 1 L ? fa retUrM 4 lk ' erdicfc 0 f G ^ ty-SeSofl
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. irvinrS" !^ lKTIER « N 6 wi )« . -Mr . J . irviag bcott , the secretary to . the ; nwtropolitau mo . Yement \ Th « fh ) , as been organised fax the ' . purpose of restor ing tetho cassimunity a , delivery o £ letters and u&wspapers in tho country on Surtday , has received the follo « jBg important letter from air . LocU , M ; P ; , who has takon so . prominent and active a fart against tbo absurd Swiiday postal restrictions :- "londo » , 11 , Adam-street , AdeW , July aftth , l 850 .- j ) e ar Sir .-The comro st 5 ap . pointed by the crown for re-eonside tmg the po 8 i SSS ^ F ^ i ? 11 ha 8 , commenc « d Us labour ! and ! aa £ tit f \ J v * - m - oive ™ 1 roemoS , w sttom w-f rashl ? Rnsin 8 outofthe pre ent sj stem , from any quarter . I W it xigU thereoLiin ? r matl ? can oUain . ^ d induce ?« fV * i < uart ers 'to do the same . The secre-\ -tll a ° S ? 1111 " *^ w Sir Alexander Gordon . Imm ™ ? " *• , y ° ur 8 tlul y . osmu LocKB . ' :-It VfUl bcseenby theatovehow necessary itia . thak the opponents of tho ineasuro slnt > uld lose no time in carrying out thq Nyisbes of the honourable member iwrHonitoa
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I . ¦ ¦ ' . '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ Iwianp . . -i I Mato EiiKCTi 8 H , r-Ih 05 nomination « 6 ooadidateB 1 teok place on Uhur-aday , the 25 th xHb ., when Mr . jO ' Higgins wa&pw > p . ofte < lby the HonvBvdUTendish , hand xeconded b yythe X » rj Rev . Deam Biu'kb , P . P ., of Westpprt 1 Mr . IiuDt was proposed ^ Col . Knox ¦ eore . and . sooondDd ! by Col . M'Alpiap ^ Sir Richard L O'Donnell , Bast , e » pt . HigginR , and , &r . e . Coe-H tello were than . resjeotively put in nomination . Thoproceedings . o £ th » nomination did not terminate I until near seven o ' clock in the evening , when Uq I sheriff ndjjpurned the court till the- following monir ing . witteut h&Ying called for a 3 how of hands , lh& I
BpeeoheHihiulheen jroing on frooa half-past te «; ia the . mowing , and all parties weje . quite oxuaustad . It wouldi ^ evai that the mt \ a » of the contest Has thoroB { jhly understood by th * people , and t ^ the I battle was . really lietween ti&e exterminatiBg . isnd-i lord * aa ^ tho tenantry , thosanks of the lattwjhiiV ' . ng beeR ucduceil by tha former to a state itiuehTendors , them ' ns little capable of struggling with , 'effect as 'they ^ could well be' supposed to be ^ . "Shfj Hon , ' I . Mi »'•• Cavendish . - in progaisittg Mr . dusley P ji { BiD » . I said : — m He held in hja han ' a " & list ( 4 twer . tyf aeveti villages which had kfica pulled dovvaaod destroyed They once contniaed happy : horngsbeAdn , but now [ there waH riot a vestigoof them % 9 > b * f& ' and . ( Hoar ' hew . ) He cou \< 4 natye a few of t ^ eirL , , Tho village of Aiighadrinagh contained about SBveniy homes
bnt now no wac& ot it vemawpd j - and the laild Oil which that and other village * ^ ^ it v , now employedieedng Lord Luwn " * hullooks " ' ^ The utamt excitement prevailed , and the anger of the peopb against tbfe exterminators , or " crovj b « p brjgiUteB , as they bav . a Wu tetmcu , wa 8 raised ' to the very highest pitch . «»»» "ou . -: tt addition to a hvgb body of constabulary , there Lwere . ttoee . troopa of the 5 th Dragoons , tho headqui new and five commies of the 17 th Foot , and nn ^ !? ^ of , i iel 4 th Poot , all . ie . the 00 » £ 2 ° ^ Stoyte of the 17 th Begiment . Tne Mayo eleto which lias exoited extraordi-Ucry interest throughout Ireland , SrovStoroor i ° X ° > *™>**« bUi ' irJpoSnce . It SnttK ! , £ h ! t Was ? , « ZVeZ ™* ¦ mis-statement s 1 nm «» 8 Menrepeatedoveitandovevagaia o ^ ate
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£ ? je gromncee . Thk Fatal Stkam-boat Explosion at Bristol —Bristol , Saturday , July 27 th . —This morning mother body , viz .. that of Miss Venn , of Mary-te-Pool-strcet , was found in the Floating Harbour ; md of the wounded sufferers in the Infirmary four are row lying in so precarious a state as to leave hardly any hopes of their recovery . At the adjourned inqnsBt , held at the Infirmary , the jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from injuries inflicted on the various parts of their bodies , resulting from an accidental explosion on board the Red Hover steamer in the Floating Harbour , and that the jury are of opinion that the owner of the said , steamer ought not to bave used tbe said boiler . An inquest
haa since been held on the body of Miss Venn . with a similar result . Since the accident the : three other j river steamers plying at the time , viz ., the Expert , the Flying Fish , and the Witch , have been stopped plying , and taken to the Grove for . the purpose oil being carefully surveyed under the direction of the Board of Trade , with ths view to their being registered under a recent act of Parliament passed in ' or < lcr to the better provision for the pub'ic safety , and this afternoon they have undergone a most rigid scrutiny , the inspections of the hulls having been entrusted to Mr . Patterson , the eminent ' shipbuilder , one of Lloyd ' s surveyors , and Mr . Siinmona , alsa a well-known ship' uilder ; the engin . es , boilers , and
machinery to Messrs . M'Lsan , engineering surveyors to the Board of Trade , the entire surrey and registra'idH being placed under the direction of Mr . C A . I Davis , of the Customs . The . survey was in all re-1 specta a satisfactory one » itfce engines and boilers j jemg pronounced as not ccq } j very strong , but well nn-shed . The . surveyors have , however ,: directed 8 team-t . ght bnlk heads , r tobe placed in certain P ^ H ° ^ ach ^ - ' !' A tie view to still further fuSuafs ^ S « n until this is . done . The i « e ! ! l ^ * . fal or the unhappy persons killed V sSndST ¦ " « accident took ^ place at Bri 5 to \ on had ai ' ad at ° ^ of ttem s 0 Iar S * cQiioonrse !» a ^ embled , that a- lamentable 8 ? sj ^ nt y $ > v
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 3, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1585/page/6/
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