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      •^^^^™^^ " ^^•^^^¦^•^^•^¦¦^^¦^^^^¦^^¦¦^¦^¦^^¦^^^¦^^^¦^¦^ B ^^ P ^^^^^ stri ^ opouf . Health of Iiosdos dobikg the Week .- —The morjaUtyin London is still increasing . The deaths reflstered ia the Ia 3 t week were 997 , while the S ^ A . i n til ¦ precedinS ^ eeks -wore 781 , 883 , a , ^ 5 S crase *» tlie time exceeds 200 a w& . The deaths an * , however , below the average Of tua cotteHxmding weeks of 1840 9 ; after correcting ur population , and excluding the corresponding fit * *«* ° f 1819 , when the deaths were 1 , 909 , anu * 2 d persons died of cholera . The corrected average is 1 , 019 , while the actual deaths were 997 . Smi ; a- pox ma fatal last week to 15 persons , measles 1 ° ~ - 3 « arlati |» a to 21 , hooping-cough to 25 , typhus TO o 5 , and erysipelas to i . Nine deaths from child Dir ; u were registered . The deaths from diarrhosa "Were 1-52—namely , 124 children , under theageof 15 , 9 adults between the age of 15 and 60 , and 19 per-SOi : s cf ages orer CO . Of cholera 12 children and 3 ad . ; i « " died . Tie somber exceeds the deaths from

      Cholera in the corresponding weeks of 1 S 40-5 , but is Jess than tkose in the corresponping weeks of 1 S 4 G-9 , ¦ when 37 . 16 , 19 , and 823 deaths were ascribed to ¦ that malady . There is nothing to indicate the presence of an epidemic either in the number of deaths from cholera , or in the character of the casos recorded ; but the mortality from diarrhoea is an untoward symptom , which deserves the attention , of those who hare the power to adopt precautionary measures . The barometer at the Royal Obser-• vatory , Greenwich , was low daring the week ; the corrected average reading was 29-G 51 inches . The aneas temperature of the air in the shade was Gi-2 deg . ; or 2 * 7 deg . above the average temperature of tee week . The temperature of the Thames ranged Bora o-j dejr . to GS deg . The air was dry , Bhowed iitiie electricity , and passed over the Observatory at the average rate of 120 miles a day .

      FSICUTFCI . OCCDHEESCE OH THE SOOTH EASTERN Bm » ' 4 T . —On Saturday last au investigation was gan ? into before Mr . TT . Carter , at the Railway Jjkxttu , l » ew-cross on the body of John Burns , aged thirty . The deceased was in the employ of the Souih Eastern Railway , aud was , with others , at w , i at the house attached to the Cold Blow Statics : , near New-cross , Deptford , when he suddenly ci-oased the line of the railway , for the pnrpos 2 as was supposed , of going to a shed on the oppc-sit . -j side for some tools . As he did not return for i '^ me time a search was made for himand he

      , Was : cdnd lying doabled up between the rails , a shon . distance from the Cold blow Station .- —The left arm was cut off , and lying by his side ; one of tis mti was also nearly separated from the leg , and the vvdy and head altogether so crushed and mutilate- - ; that those who went to look for him ouly knew him by his clothes . The jury returned a verdict if . Accidental Death . It appeared that the poor fi-iSew crossed the line at the moment when the Croydon up-train was just below , and the Tunbriusre express train approaching Jfew-cross . e

      S- !« t > h of a SraoEos . —On Saturday last Mr . Wini Laker , jun ., held an inquest at the White Bar :. Turner-street , Commercial-road , relative to the ient a of Mr . William Wheatley , aged fortyfive . . ' surgeon , who committed self-destruction by shor ., t ; ~ himself with a pair of small holster pistols thrc-sguthe heart , at No . 13 , Turner-street ; Dr . iho-. Vi ? Robertson , Mile-end-road , surgeon , stated that Ue « w deceased a few minutesafter the melancholy c-L-currence . He found two perforations near each aher , under the left nipple . The shot had not passed rjrongh his bod y . He felt one of them close to t ; i-: spine . He had known deceased intimately for i i . o last twenty years . Be was for many years in fc :

      . He had been a medical officer on board the knie , which had taken some emigrants to Sidn-vv . forwarded there by government . A charge wast . iea preferred against him for neglect of duty that lie allowed the men to go into the berths of the single - -voraen . An ip ^ esiisation took place at Sid-Bey , ue effect of which was , that he lost a gratuity he wc-u . i have had of £ 6 % and he was prevented iron : i-ne again having a government appointment M tla : capacity . —By the Coroner : Deceased profestc ? . ' his innocence of the charge , and said that it Tras ' .- . lien the women -orere unable to come on deck for water , owing to the weather , he alio wed the men to fc ^ e water to them . That was no charge against lus moral character . Had no doubt but the imppbi . cn on his character affected his mind . Ver dict , ¦ ' Temporary Insanity . "

      Scr . 33 . V DfiATH Ef THE VTE 3 T 1 UXSIER SwiMiilSG BAT :-: i . _ - On Sunday afternoon the bathers in the uesii-iiaster Swimming Baihs were thrown into a state : : f the greatest consternation by the occurrence of tLo following melancholy event : —Between ^ two and . Tsvee o ' clock , a youns man , a master tailor , an habiizic of these swimming baths , entered the place . Just brfore entering the water he had been heard toKBH ! k that he had better wait a little , as he had Dut ^ st dined . Bein ? unable to swim ha generally entered the wale ? step by step instead of Dluntrhur

      in . ha was at length observed to stand upon the second step of the ladder leading into the water , and iLen all in a moment to fall in with a loud splash . His friends waited for a few seconds , expecting to see him rise , but , having waited for some fifteta seconds and not seeing him appear , they jent Vi the spot , and , to their horror , saw the unfortunate man lying atthe bottom . An alarm was insta-ii : ? raised , and every assistance given . The body vas taken out and a medical man sent for , but on his ft . Tiral he pronounced life quite extmct , and attributed the cause to a fit of apoplcxv .

      Shockikc Death op a Young Ladv . — -An inquest was held on the 9 t ! i inst ., on the body of Miss Sopma tteard , aged thirty . The deceased was on a visit with the family of Mr . Ganthorpe , a retired medical practitioner , nf Kawin ^ ton-place , Ken-Slngtcn . She slept in a back room , on the first floor . On Thursday morning she was found dead in her r . ig ' ct dre 3 S oh the stone pavement of the garden , under her window , which was open . Her Bkull was fractured by the fall from the window Mr . Ganthorpe ' s opinion was that she had sot thrown herself oat , bat that leaning too far forwr . rdfo attend to some creeping plant , she had Men oat head-foremost . Verdict , " Accidental death . ''

      ve . r : rmr Starvation to avoio Tba \ spo « tanos . ~ 0 a Tuesday Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquest h the House of Correction . Cohlbath-fields , Clerk-awell , on George Smith , a * ed 21 , a notorious char « a ? r , who had been sentenced to ten years transportation . In consequence , of an industriousl y but falsely spread report , that deceased had been starved to deatb by the prison authorities , the inquiry excited great . lakrest . The coroner and jury having viewed ihebi-dj . which is a mere skc ! elon , several witness were examined , from wh pss statements it appeared that tae . deceased M <] be ? n committed lo urison a great number of times for various offences , and while undergoing punishment bad always behaved inoffensively until subsequentl y to the last sentence passed

      Bpon&in . On the 5 th instant he began to : ; ct in an ontoi-eous and extravagant way , and it was fraud necessary to use a strai ght waiEtcoat , in order to prevent Li . n from hurting Umseif or others . Ha obstinatel * persisted in refusing to swall -w any solid f -od , and he expired suddenly on the 10 th instant . Mr . Wakt-ikld , house surgeon , said he watched the case closely and with curiosity , for he was of opinion that deceased ' s insanity « & % assnmed , to escape punishment . He refused all kind of solid food , which had to be j ; rced down , and then he would throw it back . He c : ; : ir >! ained of nodisea « e . The day preceding his death , witness , in the presence of another medical man , < rt'ered the removal of his strait-waistcoat , when tt asruck right and left at them , so that he had

      again to oe put under restraint . They had not the slighter idea of deceased ' s approaching death . Witnessed performed a post mortem examination . The tody vas emaciated , but he could not discover internally or externall y the cause of death . All the organs vr&re healthy . la his opinion' deceased voluntarily starved himself to tleatb . EveTy possible effort ¦ was miH-2 to s * ve hi * life . Tlie jury retnrn d the following verdict : — "Deceased died from the effects of excitement and exhaustioa , from the ^ ant of proper nouri- ^ Lment : which exhaustion was produced by deceatej ' s refusing to take tile food and nourislinu-nt proviiiff : for him . " To . wWcli the jury added their approVinon of tae ki p d Ireatment which deceased experienced in the prison .

      Wilful Destruction of the Ojsdnaxcb Maps of tbs Metbopoutan Coumissios of Skwers . — A most fragrant act of wilful destitution ' -i a < Ntnsiderable portion of the Ordnance maps of th . ^ Meir a . polis , hss recently come to the knowledge of tite Me * tropolitau Commissioners of Sewers . Aher the necessary l .. reU and other information had !» een ; a !> en by the oflit-rs of Use Ordnance , they were r ^ ufcriv deposited at the District Sewers Office , in Hi . ttr . uGarden , u-. ! derthe snperintendeneeof Mr . Joseph Smith , ^ HOha . 1 oeen talcen as a serjeant from tho ccrus of Sapper- ; and Miners , for that purpose . J-Vm » i the inforwauon bo SStalned . Mr . Smuh ordered Uir maps to oe » . rawn preparatori' to their beir . g ^ xc \ aud several cf { hem for the morecrowdeu ffistHcu of £ melrapahs were complete , and sent to uie ch ^ ef office m Greek-street . Onlaiday the ma ^^ S removed , several of the officers of tlie estalfoKmcnt

      - ¦ saw tfcn , placed m drawers ' wl { h great care , -X " u tlw eseep « 5 i !» of sorae tbst were already in lar ^ n tin cases . There being some occasion shortly aHi-wards to reft ! ' to them , On opening the drawers ' tli « y fviinii tils greater part of them saturated with sntn ^ ' tiAwcrful liqu'il , so much | so , that a good deal of \\ k Worjt ' was csanletely illegible . An immediate Jssvcsi ig ? tion xras then made of those in thetin cassf , ' smi u-ese appjau'd tohavebseninjuresl . iii a sbiiiar asrnner . The appaintment of Serjeant Smith to t ' 5 : ' . s siUv . tion appeared to have given great offence to one or two parties , which had manifested itself -oh mmy occasions , by a disinclination to obey his instructions . , The eolnmBsioners , therefore , with the vir-. v to a thorough investigation of the facts , placed the matter in the hands of Mr . Field , of the deiectiw . ; . f . ! ice . « earlj ' twenty of the o ffi cers have b ? en strictly exf *?* I * ° *? circumstances , and the rv » : ' ! t iends to nx t hecomaission of the act upon two parties who

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      had been previously suspected . An analyBation o th 3 liquid used has been made by Mr . Parry , of the Polytechnic InstitutioB , who declared it to be pjtrate of 8 ilver . : Fatal Saokto Boat 4 P «—On Tuesday evening , between wx . and seven o ' clock , the Gabriel , a sailing boat of six tons , belonging to Robert Owen , Esfl ., of Maida :, House , New Cross , Greenwich , was beating up the reach , from Woolwich , having a party of six gentlemen on board , when , in tackingfrom the north to the south shores , a sudden gust of wind laid the vessel on her beam ends . The water poured into the main hatch , almost instantly turning the yacht keel upwards , and immersing the entire party . The crew of a' barge which was at

      hand succeeded m rescuing those who were clinging to the bowsprit and the keel , but unhappily two of the party , sons of Mr . Robert Greenaway , of Kennington-road , were drowned . L . WNCII AT GREENWICH . —On Saturday afternoon last , a new iron steam-ship , built for the Commer cial Steam Navigation Company , " and intended to ply with passengers and goods between London and Boulogne , was launched from the premises of Messra . "William Joyce and Co ., of the Greenwich iron -works . It is worthy of remark that this is the first iron steamer ever built at Greenwich ; and as it is considered the precursor of similar works , creating a new and important branch of industry in that town , a large assemblage of the inhabitants

      were admitted by tickets to the yard of the builders to witness the interesting ceremony . Crowds also collected outside on every spot commanding a favourable view . The day was beautifull y fine ; flags flaunted gaily from the Messrs . Joyce ' s iron works whilst the launch itself from stem to stern , shone resplendent with fluttering bunting . The usual preparations being all effected by . three o ' clock , the noble vessel ( which had just before been christened "the City of Paris , " in due form by Mrs . Ilopkinson , the wife of one of the owners ) , glided centlv and smoothly into the river amidst the pealing of cannon , and the enthusiastic huzzas of the spectators . The " City of Paris" is constructed from the design of Mr . Oliver Lang , and the opinion of competent judges is , that she will prove herself an admirable specimen of the skill of that

      distinguished naval architect . She is to receive her engines at the works of the Messrs . Joyce . They are to bo on the direct action principle , and of the collective power of 120 horses . The burden of the vessel is 425 tons ; her length between the perpendiculars is 165 feet ; her . breadth of beam , 23 feet ; depth of hold , Ufeet ; and . her draught of water , 0 feet 6 inches . After the ceremony -was concluded an excellent luncheon was given by the builders to a select circle of their friends , when the health of the designer and builders having been drank , '' Success to the City of Paris" was receired with the greatest cordiality . Tub Cesibal Gas Consumers' Company have offered a reward of £ 50 for the apprehension of a miscreant who had removed some of the bolts of the principal rafcere of the Iron roof of the works On the night of the 7 th inst .

      DEATII OF THE "VlCK-CHANCELLOn OP EXOUSD . — The Right Hon . Sir Lancelot Shadwell , Yice-Chancellor of England , expired on Sunday morning , at his residence , tho B . irn Elms , Putney . The event was hourly expected from Friday afternoon , when the symptoms of the paralytic attack , under which he laboured for the last month , became painfully alarming . Tho death of so good and able a man will be greatly lamented . He presided over a branch of the Court of Chancery since the year 1 S 27 , and secured the entire respect of the profession by the general soundness and invariable impartiality of his judgment , by . the regularity of his attendance in bis court , and his untiring assiduity in the disposal of his business . Sir Lancelot Shadwell was the son of a barrister well known in his day in the courts of law . He was born in 1779 , and was educated at St . John ' s College , Cambridge , at which University he took a humb . ' e defree ° as

      seventh wrangler and iunior medallist . lie subsequently obtained a fellowship , and in 1803 was called to the bar at Lincoln ' sinn . In 1821 he was appointed a King ' s counsel , and in 1826 he obtained a seat in Parliament for the borough of Ripon . As already stated , Sir Lancelot was niado Vice-Chancellor in 1827 . In 1835 he became one of th Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal , and he again held that office in the present year . He died in the 71 st year of his age , leaving several children . Under the act 5 th Victoria , chap . 5 , the successor of the Vice-Chancellor of England will receive a diminished salary ; it being enacted by the 37 th clausp that no such officer should henceforward receive more than £ 5 , 000 a year , or a retiring pension of larger amount than £ 3 , 500 a-year . Mr . Page Wood is mentioned as likely to succeed the late Sir Lancelot Shadwell , it being understood that the Attorney-General will not accept the office .

      Sodden Death of the Recorder or the Cits of London—Intelligence was received at the Mansionhouse on Tuesday morning , of the death of the Right Hon . Charles Ewan Law , Q . C ., Recorder of the city of London , which took place rather suddenly , at hi 3 residence at Eaton-place . The hon . gentleman had been ailing for some few days , but his illness was not of that character to cause alarm to his family . He was tie second son of the first Lord Ellcnborongh , and was about fifty-eight years of ago . ne served the office of Common Sergeant from 1830 to 1832 , when he was elected Recorder . By his death a vacancy occurs in the representation of Cambridge University , in Parliament . Mr . Russell Gurney , Judge of the City Sheriff ' s Court , is spoken of in the City as a likely candidate for the vacant Recorder .-Oiip .

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      fal . *« , «**« & $ ? heJwy , aocompanied their verdict A « th' £ recommendation tliat ' tfie Board of irade should ' be requested to institute a searchiue inquiry into matters connected with theculpability of the owner . and captain ,. for not having ; , the : nectary appliances on board to save the lives of the passenaers in case my accident . occurred .. Jt . was , also recom ^ mended that tho same board should consider the propriety of buoying the new channel leading to Sbuthport Roads . I'he ' coroner having promised that tlie recommendations ot the jury should be attended to ' the inquiry terminated . . ' n IATB APPBKHENSION OF . SMUGGLERS AT BmsT 0 i ,.-0 n Saturday . last , Thomas , John ? the master of the barque Wave , of Aberthan , andBen-^' , ^ ., " Emr Oo * the - proprietorof b

      wwnuwLxwo ,.: in the rlotwell-road . Bristol , were proceeded with before our magistrates .. by the Custom House authorities for having-been engaged , so long ago as the 2 nd of May , in some smSng transactions which the late seizures iu ( he Ssh channel have brought to light . Mv . HenST Palmer appeared to conduct the prosecution , which seenied to excite a : good deal ofinterest ; and Mr . > . Jshort attended as legal adviBer of the defendants Cook . The information against them contained two counts . In the first , tbo defendants were chareed S tt Ving ' il ? % ? nd ° ^ J llegalIy u " 8 hiPPed 8 , 0001 b . weight of tooacco packed m illegal packages ; and upon which the duty had . not first been paid The second count charged them withhaving carried ! conveyed , and concealed , and assisted in carrying conveying , and concealing , the same quantity' of tobacco . Mr . Palmer said he had deemed it advisable to charge the prisoners under the tworminta

      which he had read , in order that the whole of them might be brought within the penalties of the statute ; but it was not his intention , as the tobacco referred to in both counts was the same , in the event of a conviction on one count to pressfor a further penalty unto the other . The defendants-ubori' being called upon to plead-all pleaded Guilty , and the magistrates fined them severally £ 100 each , and ordered them to be imprisoned till it was paid . Mr . 1 aimer said had the parties adopted another course , s {> as t ° have permitted him to call his evidence , he should have exposed a system of frauds" on the

      revenue more extensive than i he magistrates had any ' conceptibn of , and one too implicating mamr parties ; —At the Bristol Police-court on . Monday Jean Louis Belin , the captain , and Andre Adolphe Mallard , L . T . D Fromont , and Louis N . Brittel , three of the crew of the French vessel Henri , of Cherbourg , captured on the 7 th instant by the revenue officers 6 f the port of Bristol , under circumstances which have been already detailed , were brought before the magistrates m custody , upon information laid by order OF the Commissioners of ¦ Customs . .. Mr . H . A . Palmer appeared on tli 3 part of the crown to conduct the proceedings , which appeared to have exeited ' much interest , the court being crowded in every part . The first case proceeded with was that of thecaDtaiti . Jean

      Louis Belin , who was charged with having boeh found on the high seas , on the 7 th of August last , on board a vessel wbich was liable to forfeiture , because she , being a foreign vessel , was found within one league of the coast of this kingdom having then on board a large quantity , to wit 6 , 5001 bs . weight of tobacco , ' s » chi tobacco not being in packages containing each 3001 bs . weight ; for which offence he wa * liable to be imprisoned in the house of correction and kept to hard labour for a period of not less than six nor more than nine calendar months . The accused pleaded guilty , and , notwithstanding it was represented to Mm that his bo doing would not affect the nature of the sentence to be imposed on hi ;! , he persisted in his plea . The other men were then severally arraigned , and all admitted the offence , but ureed that

      they were merely men on board the vessel / having been engaged for the voyage .- ^ -Mr . Palmer said the crovrn had no desire to press for the imposition of any greater tlm ' n the minimum amount of punishment prescribed by the act of parliament , but he felt it his duty to state to the bench , that the vessel on board of which the prisoners were captured , was a regular French clipper , arid had evidently been engaged inthe smuggling trade , as 9 n board of her were found stone sinkers ready to sink the bales" of tobacco in tha event of a chase . Indeed , to the experienced eyes of the revenue officers she presented every appearance of having been regularly employed in the prosecution of a contraband trade . The magistrates then gen teheed all the parties to ? ix months' imprisonment , with'hard labour . . ¦¦ ¦¦ - ¦ .

      Mordkrat Stourbridoe , —A man named . Grorge Clarke , and Ann Curtis , his niece , have been twice examined , on a charge of murder , before the Magistrates at Stourbridge . ' The murdvr is alleged to have taken place on the 22 nd of June , under the . following revolting circumstances : —The murdered man is the husband of Ann Curtis , with whpm he ' had lived very unhappily , the wife Laving in fact deserted him and gone to live with her uncle , the prisoner Clarke , with whom she cohabited . Clarke , however , was some months ago committed to prison for souie offence , and duiing his incarceration the woman went to live with her lawful husband . On Clarke ' s release , however , she again went , to , live with him . The principal witness examined before the magistrates was John Martin , who met tlie prisoners and the deceased , John Curtis , on the night in question near a ceal-pit by the roadside at Biierly Hill . A fourth party named Cowell was nresent .

      They were quarrelling with the deceased , and the witness saw Cowell knock , him down .. Curtis afterwarda got up , when his wife knocked him down with something which she had in her . hand . Cowell and Clarke then seized him and carried him to . a pit or ] ackey hole , a small reservoir for the reception of superfluous water , and thrust Curtis ' s legs through a hole . His body did not easily follow , and the prisoner Cjarke then jamjed upon him until he had forced the body into the , pit ; . Martin was beaten savagely by Cowell for interfering . Another witness , named Morris , corroborated the statement , and spoke of the finding of the deceased in the pit . He was suspended by a honk which had caught in the waistband of his trowsers , and his head w . 13 flownwards , the body being half immersed in water . When extricated he breathed once or twice and expired . A surgeon deposed that deceased had died from suffocation . His ribs were broken .

      Mkltisg Dows Old Iro>\—Last week a singular accident occurred at the Iron foundry of Messrs . Knight and Cumming , Maidstone . A bombskelUiad been purchased amongst the old iron , which exploded in one of tlie furnaces , blowing down aJjout two feet of the lining in the vicinity of the blast pipe . Tlie exalosion apoeaw to have resulted from Ihe' expansion of the inclosed air ,, the bomb being- plunged . Hid it been lor . ded with tlie usual explosive material it would probably have destroyed the building . ; Si . vgui . ar Adve . viurks'is Quest of a Tiiikf . — Early in the spring of the present year , Mr . Saynor , superintendent of the C division of' the Manchester police , was made aware of the arrival iu Manchester of a man named Mark Booth ( well

      known to the police , ) who , it was reportedi had just returned from America , enriched with the proceeds of a robbery which he had there committed . Mr . Saynor . wrote , to tlie authorities in the United States to ascertain particulars ; but before his letter could be replied to , Mr . Beswick , chief superintendent of ' our police , received a letter from a Mr , Stephen Cropper , a gunsmith , late of Birmingham , who had recently voyaged to the . United States , and had settled in Philadelphia as a giinm ' akbr '; In this letter Mr . Cropper stated that soon . after his landing he had met with a man named Mark Booth , who had just arrived from Manchester , Enpland , arid whom he had taken into his service . Booth and ho were thus in frequent communication

      with each other , and this gave the former an opportunity of learning that Cropp 8 r kept his money in a carpet-bag , deposited in tho bedroom at his lodgings . To this' room Booth ; - on some pretence , - during the absence of . Cropper ,,. obtained access , aud , cutting tho bag open , possessed hiaiself of the sum of £ 480 , and forthwith absconded . The datoof this transaction w . is the 22 nd of February " but it was . not till the 29 th of April that Cropper ' s letter reached Mr ; Beswick , ia Manchester . It subsequently turned out that Cropper , after ' settling in Philadelphia , had sent for ins wifo and five children , whose avrival in America , however , happened to occur just tffo days after the robberv : so that Cropper at that time ' was penniless ' and but

      for the assistance of persons in that nei ghbourhood the family inust have starved . Z « reply , to Cropper ' s letter , Mr . Beswick-wrote-to say that . Mark Booth ( wlioso identity was fully " confirmed * bv ' a Talbotypo portrait sent from I'Uiladbl pHia ) iwaV in Manchester , and had set up a beerlipuso ; and that if the necessary warrants were forwarded ' , tlio maw could bo apprehended . Soon ¦ . hflcfwards' a warrant came over , signed by Joel Jones , mayor of Philadelphia , and William Peter , Esq . consul , certifying thata . rolihery-hnd . been . committed , ' and requesting that its--perpetrator- mi ght be . arrested ' Owing , however to some informalities in the document , it could not bo acted upon ; : \ nd wnvd was sent to Cropjier ; by Mr . Beswick to thiit effect . ' A fortnight ago , Mi . Cropper himself arri ybd iii Manchester , 'bringing with him a certificate ' ' si » hbil by Alie consul ., and n . second one signed bv tlie cllicl

      justice of Philadolphia ; certif ying tho genuineness of the warrant ? , 'and . was" at once referred by Mr . Beswick to Lord . Palnierstbn , as it was raqtiisite ! o obtain from tlio ' Foreign Secretary a , certificate which would enable a justice in tho metropolis -to issue a wan-ant upon which Booth could be : arrested . Tliis certificate was ; at last obtained , nnd t-lic chief magistrate at Bow-slveet Was applied to for a wavrant ; bill unfortunatel y , on examination it turned out" that , the ' warrant broii » lit gut by Cropper irom ' tb ' c States charged Boot hAvith i committing a larceny ; whereas , no such term was used in Lord Ashburti ' n ' s international i treaty which only spoke of robbery . ; The inngistrato ' oil tins technical , objection , refused to grant tho ' nva . cess which Mr . X ' ropper had applied for and M ? Maude , when Cropper returned tn m . L" ' followed the example and ^ iStt ^ SS ^ 1 gaUy to apprehend the man who fij vShhi «« uftcnvarts returned to Mancho ^ t - ft

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      meanwhile , Mr . Wood , hatter , of the Market-place , having ( hea"rd of Cropper ' s arrival in this country , called to mind that tna ' t ' gentleman had left a large bill , which was still in his ( Mr . Wood ' s ) books , unpaid ; and he therefore obtained a judge ' s order , proceeded to tho Blackamoor ' s [ load , and put bis debtor undev arrest . Mr . Cropper , theroforo , ! now lies at Lancaster gaol , in the enjoyment of abundant leisure , to reflect upon his remarkable adventuresJn search of stolen property . —Manchester JExaminer . , Dabiuoor . —Government agents ,, are ' at length , busily employed in preparing tho prisons of war at ¦ PrinoeiTown for the reception ot convicts . It'is expepted that the first -amvnl of prisoners will , be in ; about two months , if the place can be got ready for them so soon . Mr . 6 . JPowler , who ^ bad done

      so much to roolaim the moor , and to give an impetus to cultivation there , long . since expressed ah opinion of the desirableness of the experiment now about to be made by the Government . He is strongly impressed with the belief that if the cultivation ,, of tho moor is carried on by convicts ' under judicious management , tho . prison may bo made , in five years , a self-supporting establishment . The moor certainly presents a vast field for enterprise . We may remark that the crops on Mr . Fowler ' s farm at Prince Hall are promising beyond all reasonable calculation , Good judges have said that he may challenge the whole country for oats , turnips , and grass . ..: The potatoes are much hotter than of ; late years , "though they are not free ' frofti diease . 'Western Times : - - . ¦ ••¦ . ;' . ., ; .

      • TnB Potato Disease , we aweovry ' .. to--say- ; has made its appearance again in this district . . , In , many ; instances , where the tubers are not apparently , affected at all , the potatoes are all diseased , arid in other instances it is vice versa . It prevails toa greater extent than last year , and not less than two bushels pat of four are affected by it ; it is not confined to one locality or class of potatoes , not to one description of culture , but those set under the most favourable circumstances and attention , equally with those more exposed ,, have felt its influenoft . Tho corn crops are beginning to partake of the yellow hue , indicating the coming harvest , and look well . Pease in many instances are a failure . — : Oxford Chronicled . .-. ; - . ' . .

      : Esoape and . Recapture op Convicts . ~ Two conyicts ,, one , named John Purvis and the other James Blamir ,. between two and three o ' clock on Monday afternoon , succeeded in climbing over the walls of the yard and the wooden fence of Commodore II . Eden ' s garden into George-street , "Woolwich . T . woi police constables from the dockyard gate immediately gave chase , and they were both captured hear tho . Marine Barracks , and within twenty minutes were-returned on board the Warrior convict hulk , The-Mills' of Messrs . Fielden , of Todmorden , which have for a lengthened period been running short time ( about forty hours per week ) either have or are immediately about tOgO on full time again . — Liverpool Mercury .

      Dheadful Thundehstobm and Loss of Life at Halifax . —On the 8 th inst ., this town was visited by a most awfulstorm of thunder and lightning , accompanied by ' heavy rain . Unfortunately , the storm didi , not , pass over without loss oflife ; a little boy ,. named "WTilliam Lambert , aged twelve years , son of Daniel Lambert , delver , Upper-lane , Northowram , having been struck dead by light * ning . -. i It appears that about a quarter past eight o ' clock in the evening , the mother of tho littlo lad was sitting in the house near the . fire , deceased , being sat in a chair near the ' out wall and thevrall of the adjoining house ; a little girl being sat at a short distance from him and oloso to the chimney . Thedoovofthe house was thrown

      open , and also a ' window up-stairs . , A littlo above the head of tho deceased a pair of tongs were hung upon the wall , as customary in many cottage houses . " The thunder at this time was loud and terrific , and tho vivid flashes of lightning succeeded each other in rapid succession , until at length there came one brighter : than the rest , and which rendered , the mother of the deceased insensible for some moments . Upon consciousness returning the little girl screamed out , " Mother ! "VVilloy's dead !" The distracted mother ran towards her child , who sat motionless in his little chair , with bis head upon his breast and his arms hanging byhis side . She spoke to him , but he answered not ; and calling in her neighbours , the little fellow , who but a moment or two was full of life and vigour , was found to be a corpse . Not a single mark was found . upon

      ms body , except a very slight discolouration of the chest . A few .: yards above where he was sitting the plaster , was knocked off the wall to tho . extent of about twelve inches in length and one in breadth ; and tho middle , nob of the ornamental work at the head of the clock ' , which stood in the opposite corner of the , house ,. was . knocked oftY There was also a rent in the floor above tho clock , and tho posts ' of the bed : were ifound to , be slightly damaged . In the bedroom a small piece . of plaster was also taken out qf tho . wall above the fire-place , but neither the tongs before alluded to nor the fenders or fire-arms had apparently becen moved . . It would appear that tlie lightning had descended the chimney , through ¦ the room floor above tlie clock , and , ! being attracted by tho tongs on the other-corner of the house , expended itself upon the unfortunate child sitting beneath . ' '

      An Infant killed by us Mother . —The excitement ' caused in Gravesend by tho fire of Sunday had scarcely . subsided when a shocking occurrence took ; place , which lias occasioned a most painful sensation , in the , town . A woman named Amelia Geoi-giana Snoswoll , aged twenty years , who resides with'her . mother ' in Pavrock-strcet , destroyed the life of one of her children on Tuesday night last by cutting its throat .:. She wns brought ' np for examination on-Wednesday , at tbo . Town-halU Gravesend . The first ' . witness was Sarah Cooper , . who : said that she , was the wife of Georgo Cooper , and resided in Eden-court , Gravesend . The prisoner at the bar was her sister . La 3 t night ( Tuesday ) she was ona-visit at her house . At that timo she had a child agod 13 months , named Alice , alive . About nine o ' clodc the , child was . put to bod , and shortly afterwards the prisoner went into the bed-room ,

      and when she camo back ' witness sa \ r her with a knife covered with blood in her hand . Witness took a candlo into the room , andfoiind the-infant on , the ibed . with . its throat cut and quite -dead . ' She cried out , " I have killed my . child and made it happy . " , After that she said , " dive me my child . " During the last few days the prisoner has complained of pains in her bead , ar . d has appeared very low-spirited : This statement was corroborated < by other witnesses who expressed a belief that the prisoner : was labouring under mental aberration . ; At . the closo of tho surgeon ' s evidence the . prisoner was duly cautioned by the bench , and ' then naked whether she had anything to say , " when she replied , "Not unless you wish-if , " but she afterwards said , : "I acknowledge that I have killed Alice ;" -j The -prisoner-. was fully committed to ' take her . trial , . at tho next assize 3 for wilful niurdoiyand she \ vas . i \ emoved to Maidstone Gaol . " -

      Fatal Boiler Explosion at Oldham ' . —Oh Monday , the 12 th inst . ; an explosion took place at the ¦ mill of Messrs : Lees and Mills , Waterhead'Mill ' . This explosion has caused the death of . Mr . George Pox , boiler maker , of Newton Moor ; and two other persons have been severely scalded , but hopes are entertained that thoy will recover ; Tho real cause of ttie accident' is as yet unknown , but it is supposed that the ' explosion arose from the giving way of a defective plate in the fluo tube . In the building there wero two boilers , one of which was undergoing some slight repair , and upon this boiler four of Mr . Fox ' s mnti were at work . . In consequence of this boiler , being out of use for tho day , the . looms , throstles , and-dressing ' -frames 'had " been stopped . sothat tlie explosion does not appear to lmvo-arisen from over-pressure . On examination

      there appears to bo a rent , about eighteen inches long , in a tuliel whero . tbo rivet boles have been torn out . When this took place tho water , "which was bi gh ; aroutidiho tube , rushed into tho five , the steam forcing tho massive doors and framework to a distance of twelve feet , and throwing down all the . brickwork-in front , of , tho boiler . At : tho moment Mr .. Fox was passing in front to give sonio instructions to his men , lie encountered tho wholo force of the scalding steam . As soon " as possible he was removed ton neighbouring cottage , and merlieal aid was obtained , but be died about two o ' clock on Tuesday morning : The boiler-house is on ; the ground-floor , . and above it there are thrcp . storeys tijlc'd . with machinery . Had tho boiler ' burst when tiiis machinery-was ut work , it is fenrful to coritemp'lato what the ' efteots might have been . ¦!

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      shall . estimate : the amount . which durin *; the " . famino years would haver been , due , and payable for renfc under a valuation-if ^ uc ^ had . been made according to the prices and circumstances of same years , and also tho amount ' which during the ¦ ¦ same period haa actually been paid for rent' to the landldrdi-shaH award the balance ^ if any , to bethe arrears then due , and that the . amount so awarded for , arrears should be payable by , instalment ? at . such period as sliall be fixed by the valuators , and shall . b . e recover * able iri all resjiebts as if it' were rent . " ' " The motion ; haviDg been seconded , was put from theohain ¦ " <¦' ¦ ¦ - r "• : After som discussion ^ the section was referred fos consideration to the Council of tho League . . There being now no other question . in the report of the revision committee to be considered .

      Tlie Chairman called liponMr . GiRwooD , one of the secretaries , to read over the different items that had been passed , in order that they might be put to the meeting and adopted as a whole . Mr ., Girdwood did ? o accordingly , and it . was adopted unanimously , amid loud and long , continued cheering . The Rev . Mr . Rentoul then said , he rose to give one cheer from the north , which va \ responded to ia a most enthusiastic manner . Mr .- Macguirb gave one from the sooth , and there were then others from the east and from the west , and finally one from all Ireland . , ' . " Mr . P . O'HiGoiNS then moved the warmest and most sincere thanks of the conferencoto the Presbyterian clergy of the north , for their most active and praiseworthy exertions to promote a speedy and . satis * factory adjustment of the tenant question in Ireland ! The motion was carried by acclamation .

      ' . HTJIiBS OP THE LEAGUE . The SBcnBTARY then read the resolutions , and the . conference proceeded to the consideration of them in detail . •; . , The first and second resolutions , which were as follows , were put and carried unanimously : — " 1 . That an association , td , be called the Irish Teuant League , be formed on the principles and subject to the rules hereinafter expressed , and that such league be hereby established accordingly . "• 2 . That the sole objects of the Tenant League are to protect ; the tenant , and to procure a . good landlord-and-tenant Jaw , by the legal cooperation of persons of all classes and of all opinions on other subjects . " The following rules were then read and adopted : —

      " 1 . Every person who adopts the rules of the League , approves the fundamental principles of an improved landlord arid tenant law as adopted by the conference , arid subscribes to the funds of the League not less than Is , shall be competent to be a member of the Tenant League . ., . [ The ' consideration of 2 postponed . ] , . " 3 .- No subject shall be discussed or entertained at any meeting of the League , or of Us council or committees , except such as directly bears on its objects ; and the chairman of any such meeting shall stop and prevent the introduction of any other subject . . Rule 3 was then read by the secretary , as follows " 3 . The affairs of the Tenant League shall be managed by a council , which shall consist of ; '_ ' Fifteen elected members from Dublin and its vicinity . ' ¦ .--..

      " Forty elected members from the provinces , taking ten from each province . "Clergymen of every denomination , who are members of local tenant associations , if they are also members of the League . ' ¦ '* ' " The secretaries of local tenant associations , i £ they are also members of the League , "And the editors of provincial journals who are members of local tenant associations , if they are also members of the League . '¦ - . '• " And the council so constituted shall have power to add to their numbers - persons so added being subject to the approbation of the next general meeting of the Lea "ue . " » . * . . ; Dr . M'Kniget proposed a 3 an amendment , the omission of the passage referring to . editors of journals ; with a view to avoid the danger of any collision with , or infraction of , the law as recently decided ia this city . •' ¦ . - .

      • The resolution was adopted , with seme alterations considered necessary for the safety of the League . Close of the Cosferekce . —The conference was closed by the first meeting of the Irish Tenant League , which took place on Friday evening , in the Theatre , Lower Abbey-street . There was a full attendance of the Presbyterian and Roman Catholic Clergymen , and the laymen of both denominations who had taken part in the proceedings of the conference , besides a considerable number of citizens . The speakers , chiefly clergymen , delivered speeches much the same in tendency as those usually spoken at the tenant right meetings in the north and south . It was a general topic of congratulation that

      sectarian differences are . forgotten on the neutral ground chosen by the advocates of tenant-right and ari equitable settlement of the land question . The propositions sanctioned by the conference were adopted ia the resolutions of ihe League , which is to agitate unceasingly , by all legal means , to carry out its objects , and a fund , in the shape of a voluntary assessment on the poor-law valuation , is to be raised by the Council of the League , to provide in the first instance a sum of £ 10 , 000 . . .: Cuffe-stkeet Savisgs Bank . —On Wednesday Mr . John Emanuel Huges was brought up in custody before the magistrates of the head police office , charged with having embezzled , in July . 1847 , the suuvof £ T 30 Is . 8 d ., from the savings bank , in Cuffe-street , of which he was a enshier . The

      informations on which a warrant bad been granted under which the prisoner was arrested were read . From these depositions , two of which wero sworn by David Martin , Esq ., and Samuel C . Warren , Esq ., who had been appointed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to investigate the accounts of the savings bank , and the third by Thomas Dodd Smith , Esq ., one ot the trustees of the bank ; . 5 t appeared that the sums received by the prisoner on the date at which the act of embezzlement was laid as having taken place , amounted to £ 1 , 151 3 s ., but as a sum of A 421 Is . 4 d ., for which credit was given by the Bank of Ireland , where deposits were lodged in the name of the trustees of the savings bank , might have formed part of the wliole amount , the sum unaccounted for b y the prisoner was charged as fc 7 ol Is , 8 u , .

      The . King ' s County Chronicle states that two men have been arrested on suspicion for the murder of Mr . Pike , the agent , near Birr . The Roman Catholic Synod . — The Limerick Reporter announces , on the best authority , that the Nations ! Synod ( to be held at Thurles College ) haa beon adjourned from ihe loth to the 22 nd inst . The illness of tho Roman Catholic Primate , or the necessity , of affording further time for communicatio ; s from Rome , might have been the cause of this postponement .

      Committal or a Magistrate . — The Limerick Reporters&ys— "Mr . Smith , J . P ., of Castlefergus , county of Clare , who is accused of having conspired 'o shoot his mother , and who had been liberated after arec .-nt investigation by Mr . Maloney , of Kiltannon , and Mr . O'Brien , R . M ., of Tulla , has been ngain arre-ted , by order , we understand , of government , and lodged in Ennis gaol . The depositions ia the case are voluminous and strange . The rumour is that the arrest has been ordered on the

      information ot an insurance office , in which a policy had been effected on the life of the late Mrs ; Smith . Mr . Smith is a gentleman . about 56 years of age , gj v d sl ^ been generally , if not . always / a resident at Salk of Encumbered Estates . —The O'Connell property , situate in the county of Kerry , was submuted for sale in twenty-four lots , on Thursday last , all ot which were sold but two . The quantity of land held m fee , and on leases for lives renewable for ever , or foralong term of years , was 13 , 123 acres , producing an aggregate yearly rent of £ 2 . 961 . from

      which are to be deducted the two lots adjourned , containing 509 acres , , producing a rent of £ 371 , leaving Jif ^ A ™ . ' 1 . ^ *» W 18 . 614 acres , with a rental of &J , o \)[) which was sold for £ 39 , 395 , at rates of purhase varjing , at every intermediate figure , from , eleven to twentythree years ' purchase , according as the lots seemed desirable for investment . At fust , although the court was crowded , there seemed to be great langour in . tho competition ; but alter the sals ot , a tew lots the bidding proceeded . with much animation allti . rpugh . The average rate of purchase on the whole of the O'Connell property is about hltceu and a half years . The sale was considered a very good one .. Mr . Keogh . tho member for Athlone , was antertjuned at a public . dinner b y his constituent on Thursday last . The . rector of the parish casupied tlie chivu ' , and the narish ni'ii >« t . tlm vi » n _ nu ., u , ftvKi . I / ti ts MbU

      1 ' l 1- ' | * I ---- — « . ^ ' WW Ulll ^ U ^ V- ^ ll * biting no bad instance of the union which ia > i-. 'ipidly estem ing itsolf in this country among paatiis who have lutlievto been separated by sectarian differonce ? . Mr . Keo » h thus pledged liimsolf . on tho important : question of tenant-riffhfc : — " 1 say that Goi and nature intended that the soil sUould grow and increase in culsivation , ' aiid tliat $ ! w ' niiin Who by Lis labour and his capital-increased tho value of tlie soil should have a- 'property in Shat increased , value . That is thoihalicnuhlc ri gk * of the tenani ( Cheers . ) That is teiiant-riftht— ( S » av)—and thah I , unhesitatinsly )> romisoVou I \ t \\\ } ,, bour to obtain for him . lli > on these topics wi > are all united . ( Loud chccru " . ) Let whatovo ^ part v corao into ¦ vS ' o'ra . *»¦* ' «>»••' «*»»» trade tu ^ dthe ^ l ^ £ tbZT ™™ ^^ Cwb ^ bs Statistics abow ' mib . Potato Buoiit-. J ^ ' ^ M'tt o lettm . oxpros , a belief that the ft 1 ms ceased , fw the wwenfat lonsf . strnii ^ £ *

      ~« ttw& ^ . wj pears in the Gdway mllicator : J . fte f ! M wm bought . low top ago J ^ ^ S

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      Ste proDittcf ^ , ISFAKT FOUXO BUHIBD AtlVE IN THE SAND AT Sodihpout . —A report of this case appeared a short time ago in the Northern Star , since which the child has died , and at the inquest the surgeon , who had made a post mortem examination , deposed that the result was occasioned by inanition in consequence of the absence of pr oper nourishment , and by exposure . A verdict of wilfnl murder against Ann Ball , the mo'her , was recorded , she having confessed that on the day of its birth , which took place in an Outhouse , she had taken the child and placed it in the sand where it was found , dreading to take ic home , in consequence of the threats used by her mother . —Committed for trial . . :

      A Good Time Coming for Birkenhead—A general revival of trade is gradually taking place iu Birfcenhe * d , which has been so long suffering uuder a pressure of evils which entailed ruin upon many of Us earliest founders and benefactors . Mr . Wilson ' s ship-yard will soon give constant employment to hundreds of hard-working artisans , whose permanent residences and weekly earnings will much benefit the shopkeepers and owners of small property in the township . During the past week Mr . Wilson ' s men have been busy in excavating a portion of the ground

      bordering on the shore , preparatory to laying down the keel of a large steam-frigate , which event will take place during the present week . The docks already made are full of shipping . The steam coal trade is becoming of considerable importance , in proof of which we may state that Mr . Hamilton Laird is loading six sbips , and the Brymbo Company four . A further dock space is to be opened next October , and the contractor will lose JEl . OOO per month if a great portion of the large float is not ready for mercantile nse by the 1 st of July , 1851 .

      A Respite . —William Chadwick , convicted capitally as an accessory before thsfact for the murder by poison of his wife ' s uncle , at the Stafford assizes , before Mr . Justice Williams , has been respited during pleasure—a course of proceeding which is virtuall y tantamount to a commutation of the extreme punishment into transportation for life . There i 3 no instance , we believe , of tho extreme sentence being inflicted after a respite during pleasure . The execution of Chadwick had been fixed for Saturday , the 17 th inst ., but we believe that the case admitted of sufficient doubt to h » ve satisfied the learned judge that a different verdict might possibly have been come to , or , at all events , that there was sufficient doubt to incline to the side of humanity . : ¦ .

      The Fall of a Cotios Mill-at STOCKPOttT . — The inquiry into the cause of this fatal accident has terminated by the jury unanimously returning the following verdict : — "This jury find , after mature considerati- n , that the deceased . Wright Barker and others , came to their deaths accidentally , through the pnrtial falling of the floors of the Brinksway Factory , belonging to . Mr . Cephas Howard , which were supiwtedby a cast iron beam of an imperfect construction , and of an improper calculation , considering the weight it had to bear . " Sextexce of Pesakce . —In the Consistory Gonrt of the diocese of Ripon an action for libel andslander wa < last week brought by Miss C . Mary LuisFernaudes , the second daughierof Mr . J . L . Fernandes , of SaniJa ! , near Wnkefield , against Mr . Joseph Horner the elder , of Wakefield , corn-rniller , and a

      member of the Town Council of that borou . h , for certain slanderous reports which had been circulated by the defendant , tending to prejudice the character and reputation of the plaintiff * , and reflecting upon her virtue . The Chancellor , the Rev . J > ikn liCDdlam , decided that ihe f-efendauV" ought to be duly and cano nically corrected and paoisheS , " and that ' he be compelled "to perform a salutary arid suitable penance , ac'iroing to his demerit , for his excess aforesaid . " The act of penance enjoined is accordingly to be performed by the defendant , in the ijarish-church of Wakefield , on the 23 th of August , immediately after the morning service .

      Cholera at Chatham . —The cholera has appeared in this town , and two deaths have taken place . One otthep-nients died on the Bnok , and the other at the lower part orthe High-street , and near to the Me ,. way Union Wovkhouse . The neighbourhood in wLich these deaths have occurred is not only dirty , but there arc foul ditches mar , which ought to be purified , especially at this seaseh of the year Thb Loss of the . Frince ARTHUR .-The - adjourned inquest < m the two firemen drowned in endeavouring to reach the land from this vessel , was to-

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      W / Z / aA / z /^^ v / ji-. ' ^ wm 1 ; " Fatal Accident in Walf . s . —On Monday morning last , Mr . ' Lonjjboiirn ' e , agent' to Lord Miiford , left his vesiiltinco » t Bonville ' s Court , near Saundcrsfuot , nccompanicd by his servant , in .. a , phaeton , to attend Maencloeho * fair , and after transact i ng his business there , ho returned home ih'the afternoon , . and' in order to shorten tho distance - to the ' extension of about half a mile , he determined to cross tho ¦ ' river Cluddy , by a ford near E ' Twhout about five . miles from Navbertl ) , instead . of . * oine round by way of Longrid ge-bridge . In consequence however , otjb . e Ijenw rams . which foil oA tlio nfoht

      oi auiiuny nmi oil Monday liiorni . g , the' " vivei- w-i . ^?* f , !'' . ;« « a . ¥ ^ . L 6 nRbou « Swal' ¦ W \™ o ^ l ^ J rim inv « l in m . 0 > " having- crosssid Sho ntfeT "" l % ^ ? ^ < ytotl mfair , ho Hero mJnJil x- lS fom'st ) lllt 0 the stvemv .. n « dRfrnn > C > ll ? found tlu » flooirmuok"Lenvier and ZS i th ° horBO ^ : is unabb to mist it , id liavmg bpen oavvied nearly a quarter of a » le , Minmeuced , plunging ,-, in consequence of . vPlneU and the rapidity , of tlio "b urreiit tho , shafts ot tiro volume broke , when Mr . Lbngbourrie , seeing tno imminbnt diuigor- ' which" threatcnod him , . ¦ jumped into tho water with the intention of swim lining aaliovo , whilst , bi g servant clung to t ! i « liovsc

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      andthusigained , the land in safety ; not so ^ however , ms unfqrtunatQ ^ master ,. who , . unable . ^ sten > the ,. torrent , wan . camedVaway . ' by theVstrea ' m ; Mr , Johft Thomas , of Egremont-house ^ a % eighbounng farmer ; and ; another person , ' Sedihg-tKe accident , immediately ran to < the spot ; and , after gomgMa . little way down the stream io a shallow parfc . whichafforded ^ a better , chanceof renderin" - W » W , Wi > hey piok ( Hlup . fi r ;' Lbngb 6 iiirnW-ha" and immediately afterwards liis driving-box ^ containing money' and papersj after which theyisucceoded in rescuing the body of the-unfortunate gentleman , which was taken ashore perfectly ' lifeless . ; It was at once conveyed to the nearest house , and means were promptly adopted to restore animation , but without success '; This melancholy event has created ' considerable excitement in the neighbourhood , and of course has thrown the famil y of the : deceased into tho deepest : grief .

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      Scofianir . ¦ TiiB- ORiON . ~ The trial of the officers of this illated ship has been appointed to take place at Edinburgh on Thursday the 29 th of August . The persons to bo indicted are Henderson the , captain ; Langlands the first mate ; arid William ' s the second mate 1 . *' ' The precognitioh or preliminary inquiry haa been the . largest ever taken in Scotland . ¦ The suryiving passengers were . principally examined befoic leaving Portpatrick , but the precognitipnaa to yrhai Should have been the proper ii > ode of aavigatihg the P'rtji of Clyde , ' under . the circumstances in whieli tlie Orion was placedhas been taken in Glasgow ;

      , Tho Procurator-Fiscal has been engaged , six weeks in . this work ,: duringr which almest all ' the st ^ ambqat captains and mates navigating the Clyde have been examined , . with the :, view of fixing where the blamo wiill y lay . A . beautiful ' model of the Orion has been made in Greenock arid ' will be used at tlie trial , on . which * the most eminent ; men ; on both sides , of the Scottish bar will , b ' e iongaged . ! The officorsrare put on bail . , It . is barely possible the trial may bo delayed a day on ' . account , of Her Majesty ' s expected arrival in Edinburgh on" the i ! 9 th , IUilwav Accident at'Periii ; 7—A ' serious accU dent'happened on the 8 ihinst . to'a ' - ' youhg'gentle men named Naismith , son of Lady . Naismith , who has been ; residing in the townfor soine time . Mr .

      Naistnith is employed in . the engineer ' s office at the works of the Central Railway Company ^ and having be ' eh'at the general terminus , was ' returhirig to the works upon ah iengirie * which was moving slowly down the line . When ho . arrived at'his destination , he leaped from the engine , ; but unfortunately did not clear the wheel , which caught his . leg , and carried him round several times beforp ho ' could bo extricated , which ' . was nof'Hone till screws were got and the wheels of the engine raised . -The sufferer was taken to the infirmar }' , : when the leg was found to be broken , and it was amputated the same ovening a little above the knee , while the patient was under the influence of chloroform . "' By the last accounts he was getting on iiivourablv .

      The' Queen ' s Visit to " Berwick . —Mr . Leeman , of York , was in' Berwick on Monday , with the view of ; making , arrangements for the ceremony of the opening of $ he railway bridge over the Tweed by her Majesty and Prince Albert on tlio , 20 th , and these we understand the directors of the mil way have' resolved shall be : ' on the most magnificent scale . Their desire is that her Majesty , will . accept of luncheon . here ,. and should sho assent to this , a splendid marquee is to be erected on tho site of tho ancient castle . A triumphal arch is to be erected inthe centre of the bridge . Mr . Leeman and the mayor of the borough met Sir . George Grey at Alnwiok on Tuesday , to obtain information respecting the royal intention . —Berwick Advertiser . ¦

      Pmnce Albbrt asd mE FbkemASONS . —We understand that the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Scotland has conae to the resolution that the different lodges cannot walk in procession at the laying of the foundation-stone ¦ on the Mound , on the 30 th , Prince Albert not being one of the craft , and having scruples about being initiated . Thus , one of / the greatest features of the Queen ' s visit of 1850 will be done away with . The brethren , however , are to . dino at their respective , rendezvous on the evening in question . —Edinburgh News .

      Frightful Accident . —On tlie Oth inst . Mr . J . Gillies , the tacksman of Nortbfield quarry , near Denny , Stirlingshire , lost liis life under the " following painful circumstances —lie was engaged in Wasting a piece of whin rock , and as the powder did not immediately ignite , "lie incautiously stooped down to examine the cause . He had no sooner done so , however , than the explosion took place , and be was literally blown to atoms , the limbs and other portions of the hody being scattered about on every side . Mr . Gillies was a young man highly respected m the neighbourhood .

      EXTnAORDINART STEAMBOAT . DISASTER . — On tllC afternoon of Friday , tlie Oth insfc ., the Shan don steamer , ( the property of Messrs . Burns , of Glasgow ) , was on her voyage from , the west end of the . Crinan . Canal to Olian , with the passengers for . the north , and whon navigating the narrow straits which separate Easdale from Seal Island , a " lady ' s dress became entangled with the chain which moves the rudder . From this trifling cause ,, . which partially tore the lady ' s gown from her person , the steamer Was driven out-of * her ' course , and before tlio engines could be reversed sbe struck upon a sunken rock , to tho alarm and horror of all on board . ; Tho passengers were numerous , including Lord Gough , the hero of Goojerat , and many other .

      distinguished persons , who , with their families , were proceeding northwards to their shbotinV \ uat"ters , &e . In spite of every effort to get her off the Sbandon remained fast on the rock by the bow or stem , ; and as there was . a heavy " swell iii this landlocked , passsago , she rolled so violently : from side to side that it was scarcel y possible for the crew or passengers to keep their feet . As the extent of the damage could not be ascertained , the" utmost alarm prevailed , " especially amonsst the ladies , who wore terrified lest the bow would open up , and involve all in . , in a , similar catastrophe'to that of the ill-fated Orion ; Happilv there were several boats within hail ,, which mime " - diatel y . proceeded to the help ' of the steamer , ' and in a-few minutes the ladies ' and children were safely removed . Truth compels us to state that several : ipf tlie gentlemen passengers , some of them valiant-looking men ,, with a laree breadth

      ot moustache , exhibited symptoms of most painful trepidation , and the veteran Lord Gougli distinguished himself by urging , if not commnndirig , these timid gentlemen to give precedence to . tho ladies and children in the boats . Not a few of thorn , however , followed , . jthe ¦ ladies in double quick . time . The . Shnudpn , being thus much lightened , " gradually worked off tlie rocks , and concontrary to expectation , it ' was happily found that sho made very little water . The passengers who Dad been taken off by the boats were recalled , much tothejoyof . alli for the ladies and children thus rejoined , their male , friends who had remained ^ l , teamer She . then went on to Oban , after the- delay of less than two hours , and the passengers-for the north were transferred to the Dolphin . ; The : Shandon was benched at Oban , in order tllllt Ihe trifling injury sho had sustained might be repaired . . Some of tho passengers suffered considerably afterwards from ' the eftects of . their fright' nnd' consternation ' . Tho . officei' 3 of the Shhn'dorr behaved themselves admirablv oh the occasion . ' . . . "

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      Sreiaiio . '; THE TENANT CONFERENCE . ' ¦ ! ¦> A long discussion took place at the Tenant Con-Ferencohold in the City Assembl y House on" Wednesday , * on tho principle of a compulsory valuation The following resolutions "two-affirmed : — ' > ' That-the valuation , when once made , shall' be permanent . ' ¦•¦ . * "' .:: -.. , . " That every seven years there may , on the demand of either landlord or tenant , ' be a readjustment of the rent , payable under the valuation according- to the riso or fallof tho prices of ag ricultural ¦ - * --- "• :=

      ••—produce . " .-: . . A resolution for a compulsory valuation , proposed by a Presbyterian-clergyman , the Rev . Air . Boll at the morning sitting , was , after much discussion withdrawn on the evening sitting , arid the questiop was 'left open . ¦¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ - . -. , .. ; . ¦ " _ The chair on Thursday was' taken by the iw DwKeniijVa Roman Oatholid clergyiiian- arid the report of tlie .. conimittee .. appointed on the Jmious evening having been adopted with somoKt , f £ ration * , afivLuoas of the : Tablet , read tlio tio fSlowing causes of the report of the reSion'eonnutteo as amended , and submitted them lot" tho consideration of tho conference -- t

      " That tho valuation shaltbo made by tribunals winch 'shal unite as far as possible the n * JS » S of impavtmhty , between landlord andi tonlnt Sff 0 « l'Tr i theso advant ! > ge 5 may Leseeiirod to a rea . SiS ? h S ™ ' ?» ° V polnU ! d ' by the landed Wo ° puetovs and tho other by the' tenant farmer of the p « tor law union ; secondl y , by lwving those ¦ ralim . lovsoound to value according to instructions cniupdiod in tho law ; and thirdly by having attaclwd to ' 'each'local tribunal a" l'euisti'ur ov se ^ i-eUry , wliose duty- it shall bo to i registev all tlie procecdings ' of the valuators , and to keep thorn infonucd and remiiuied of tho requirements " of the instructions -undor- 'wbiuh they act . " The resolutions , passed unanimously . '

      Mr . Lucas said that UiO fourih section ll . ivinff been referred to the council of the Loapue , thov now would proceed to consider the fifth section aiiti hay ing read'the first branch of tho resolution follows moved its adoption : ~^ , ; < : ^ V- "AnnunsoF ^ EKr . beJotn ^ sHf llSK ^^^ S » J ? ^?* ° ^ landlo d ' o ¦ S UM imw Wto the anw , of m ^ by ^ Lm

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1587/page/6/