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S 3 * gfetropoff ? . Health of Ltaroosr During thb Week . —The health of the inhabitants of London continues as good as it usually is . The deaths last week were 905 , which is more by 31 thau were registered in th previous week , but less than the average , after excludinz the corresponding week of 1849 In that week 2 . 456 persons died in London , 240 of diarrhoea , and 1 , 272 of cholera . The deaths from cholera last week w-re five , from diarrahoea 118 ; of the latter somber 105 were children under the age of 15 , 4 adults under 60 , and 9 old persons past the age of 60 . Thedeiths from cholera in the five preceding weeks , iucluding the last , were 13 , 11 , 15 , 8 , and 5 , so that the disease in the form it usually vis'ted London in Ausust is declining . The deaths from dsrr !; rjea in the same weeks were 104 , 136 . ios , idJ ,
and US . Although the mortality of London is now belo * the average , tbat averag e isit < elf high . And It appears scarcely to bs a natural sMe of things tba £ in ordinary times 905 pawns whose career terminates in tbe week , only 1 ^ pass the age of 60 ; that three hundred a . d eighteen end their course in the middle of life , and four hundred and thirty-two die in iheir way through childhood to youth let the return gives this result . One hundred and twen ty-nine of the deaths occurred in pubiic institutions , namely 79 m workhouses , 4 in military and naval asvlums , 39 in hospital . 4 in lunatic asyionB . 2 in military and naval hospitals , and 1 in prison . The proportion of deaths in public icstit ! i ! w ) its - s less than it has been : for from an eari' ^ r i- turn it was shown that about 1 in ten of the inhabitants of London died in the workhouses . 1 in
21 in the hospitals 1 in aal in prisons , 1 in 102 in Inn-lie asylums ; and that 1 in 5 or 6 of the people die in a pnblic institution of some kind or other . By ihe Greenwich observations the barometer was low last week ; the wind was west or south-west ; rain fell on Wednesday ; on Saturday there was a thunderstorm ; the mean temperature of the air was 57 de ? . through the week , or 3 * 5 deg . below the average . The mean temperature of the Thames was 62 * 5 deg . The air wa 3 dry , the dew point having teen 48 des .
Drinking Brasdt for a Wager . —On Monday morning , about five , a young man on the establish ment of Mr . Korcke , marble dealer , ot King William-street , Charing-cross , died , under the following circumstances : —It appears that the deceased on Sunday night agreed with some conn anioRS , for a trifling wager , to "drink a pint- > of brandy and then walk to London-bridge . It is believed that he accomplished the wager , and was then conveyed home , where he remained in a state of stupor till the hour above-mentioned when he died . On Tuesday an inquest was held on the body , by Mr . Langliani , in the board mom of the St . Martin's Workhouse , when the following verdict was returned : — "Death from apoplexy by drinking an enormous quaatity of brandy ; " and the coroner reprimanded Dry , hoping the death oV his friend would be a caution to him in fntnre .
Death is a Police Station . —On Monday an inquest was held by Mr . W . Payne , at the Crown Tavern Kedcross-street , Cripptegate , on the body of Ambrose Burrows , aged thirty-six , an undertaker , who - 'ied m the Moor-lane police-station . The deceased , on Saturday last , was locked up in the Bisnopsgate police station , on a charge of stealing a piece of mnhogauy from the { . -remises of Mr . Windsor , Bishnppgaie-street , where he worked . He was taken to'Mo-ir-lane station in the cotirseof the evening , where Vie became very unwell , and he died on Sunday about-eleven o ' clock . Mr . Simpson , surgeon , said be hid no doubt the deceased died from natural causes but the precise cause he could nut undertake to s'at- without an-examination of the body . After hearing the police , wii ^ se conduct was exemplary , tte jury ' ^ -turned a verdict of " Natural death . "
Intehpekakck asd Suicide . —On Sunday afternoon , between five and six o ' clock , a party of labouring men and their wives , all more or less intoxicated , were returning from Battersea , where they had been spending the afrerno n , when , off the Houses of Parliament , a Mrs . Shadbrook , residing ?* No . 10 , Queen ' s Heid-passace . Charles ^ street , Druiy-lane , who bad conceived that an improper intimacy had taken place between a female of the party and her husband , in a frenzy of jealousy suddenly threw herself overboard Mr . Sbadbrook , though unable to swim , leap' d in to save his wife ; the unfortunate woman , however , wh- < was very drunk , was not seen to rise a ^ ain , and her husband was with difficulty dragged into the boat . The body was not recovered .
. 'Suicide of a Patibst in ths London Hospital . —; Oii Tuesday an i ; . quest was held at the London Hospital , before Mr . W . Baker , jun ., on the body of Thomas Beekley . aged thirty-nine . The deceased was ailmit'ed an in-patient of the above institution on the 20 th inst ., <; n account of dyspepia , and he laboured under a delusion thatiie ' was about to die . On Friday , while the patients in the ward were having th ^ r dinners , th > - deceased to k the opportunity occasioned bv 'he momentary absence of the nurse .
to get not , of bed and inflicted an extensive wound in his throat with a common table knife . An alarm was instantly given , and one of the patients succeeded in wresting the knife ont of his hands , on which the unfortunate man made an attempt to tear the wound open with both his hands , but he was prevented accompli shing his purpose by the timely arrival of the BUtse . who threw him on the bed and held his hands until the arrival of he surgeon . The wound was , how- ver , so serious that he died from its effects on the f llowirg day . Verdict , "Temporary insanitv . "
Supposed Death of a Miser fbosi Starvation . —On Tuesday afternoon Mr W . Baker , jun . held an inquest at the Swan Tavern , Upper Clapton , on the body of Benjamin Augustus Wallis , aged fifty , a gentleman of independent property , residing at Stamford-rove , Upper C apton , who was supposed to have died from starvation . The deceased , who was a single gentleman , and of very eccentric habits , had resided by himself at No . 4 , Stamford-grove , for upward * of twenty years , and although he was possessed of a aple means , he kept no servant , and never allow d any one to enter his house , which was splendidly furnished He was remarkable for his parsimonious habits , and sooner than give a fair price for food , he has be-n known to go without any for days together . He had not been seen about since last Friday week , a = d the parties in the adjoining house becoming alarmed at not hearing or seeing anyihing
of him f > r upwards of a week , on Satnrday evening last an entrance was effected into the house , by forcing an upper window . On entering they discovered the d- ceased on the bed , quite dead The only food found in the honse was a small quantity of pudding , and a dried crust , tied up in a handkerchief . The jury returned a verdict of * Natural death . " Fatal Accidest . —On Tuesday morning an accident occurred in High street , Marylebone , by which a young man , named Soames , a blind maker , residing in Butterfield-street , Pimlico , lost his life . He was engaged in taking down an old sun blind over the shop window of Mr . Fenn , cheesemonger , when Ms foot slipped , and he fell backwards , his head comin g in contact with the kerbstone , which fractured th « top of his skull . His death was instantaneous , and- the body was taken to Marylebone Workhouse , where it awaits an inquest .
Shockixg Death from Machikert . —An investigation took place on Wednesday before Mr . Payne , the City coroner , at Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of "William King , aged seventeen , who died of lockjaw under the following melancholy circumstances . The deceased was in the employ of Messrs . Miller , the extensive horse hah- and flock manufacturers , in Laut-street , Borough . On Thursday week he was engaged in Tolling some horse hair , but having put too much into the machine , some portion of it got over the cog wheel , which the deceased went to get
between the cogs of the wheel . Having called out loudly , the engine was stopped , and the three fingers were apparently hanging to the hand by a bit of skin . He was attended by a surgeon until hist Saturday , when it was thought desirable to remove him to the hospital . On Sunday , however , tetanus , or lock jaw , set in , of which he died the same night ' Since the sad occurrence Messrs . Miller have had . the cog wheel covered over to prevent future accidents . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
" Death from Lock Jaw . —On Wednesday night Mr . Langham , deputy coroner , held an inquest at "the Plough Tavern , Carey-street , Lincoln ' s-inn-Selds , on the body of Richard Wilmot , aged thirtyseven , a stableman living at 19 , Shire-lane , who died from lock jaw . About a week since the deceased , who was hi a good state of health , received a puncture hi one of his toes , through a rusty -nail penetrating his shoe . The wound festered , and a few days afterwards he went to Kiag ' a College Hospital , where he had it lanced ; the wound healed , but on Monday he was seized with symptoms « f lock jaw , and on the following day he was removed to the hospital , where he expired . Ver dict , " Died from tetanus , produced 6 y a puncture from a , tasty nail . "
FiRKS . On Sunday a fire broke out . at aquarter past ax o clock , in the patent desiccatine works 10 Osbornfrstrest , Whitechapel . When ^ SerK t fe wood casfcj ; in the bol& £ departmenffS tteroof , werefoundinflamj . T ^ e engl ^ Ttte Londoni Brigade promptly attended , and the fire was extinguished , but not until considerable « We to * done . — -The second fire occurred in tie oil colour , and Italiafl warehouse , belongine toM > a H . l ather , 229 , HkJwtreet , Shsdwellf Froa ' lfae lactof Ihe premises being stored wi& oils , turoeiw tme , gunpowder , and other imflamnuhle articlesa serioui conflagration wag expected . The engines ' o the London brigade and West of England . Comnanv were remarkably early in arming , and &g soon as the flames were somewhat got under , the powder was removed into the street , and the fire ihortly ¦ towards waa extinguished , but ereafc damara w / a
aone to the stocs la trade and premise * . r ti !^ . ^ H 0 BSB ' -9 n Wednesday morning , "out six o ' oloek , a Tery alarming fire broke out on & prowses belonging to time , Gray and Son ,
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hydraulic engineers and p lumbers , in . Markwithterrace , Commercial-road , -Iiimehouse . The moment the discovery was made messengers were sent for the engines , but they were unable to obtain the mastery over the flames until . the plumbers' and engineers' workshops and stores were burned out , and some damage done to the counting house . The total loss will amount to some hundred pounds , but the firm was insured . The cause of the disa ster could not be traced . ROHBERIKS AT THE EOSION TeBMINUB OF TnE LoNnox asd North-Western Railway . —On Tuesday , previous to , and during the time occupied in her Majesty ' s departure , the swell mob were busily engaged in levying contributions on those persons who had assembled to witnes 3 the departure of the
royal party . The principal scene of their avocations was on the outside of the gates , where several complained to the police of being-minus their purses and handkerchiefs ; and a poor woman who was going to pay an instalment into the County Court had her pocket entirely cut off , with its contents , amounting to two and twenty shillings ; and three gentlemen lost their watches * . But outside the gate was not the only place where these depredations were committed , for , notwithstanding the precautions taken by the railway officials , some of the gang appeaw to have been extremely active even in immediate proximity with royalty , as one of the clerks belonging to the secretary ' s office was deprived of a gold watch and chain in the station yard . Two of the gang were captured by the police , who found on one of them a purse containing eleven or twelve sovereigns . .
New Ragged School at Hollowat . — On Wednesday the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new Ragged School at Holloway was performed by Mr . H . Pownall , the chairman of the Middlesex magistrate ? , in the presence of a large number of spectators . The site fixed for the school is in Holloway-lane , Hornsey-road . in the centre of a poor and wretched population . City of Lokdon Registration of Voters . — Mr . Thomas Young M'ChrL-tie , the revising barrister , has appointed Mondry , the 16 th of September , on which to commence his registration of voters for members to serve in parliament for the City of London • Extensive Embbzzlemest . —The clearing clerk of an eminent banking-house absented himself from business in Lombard-street on Saturday morning last , when , on examination , his previous day ' s clearing was found to be- £ 5 , 000 deficient . ¦ >• •
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Worcester and Cheltenham together , and came to Woucester on the 9 th inst . They remained there until tnday , when they agreed to go to Bristol together .- They set out for this purpose at twelve o clock at noon , and had proceeded with their do * - cart about two miles on the road out of Gloucester , when the deceased and : her husband quarrelled , on account of the latter refusing to carry a basket . Sheran walked on , and says that he heard nothing ' but that Miller walked back towards his wife , who was loitering behind , and with an oath said he would " hit her a clout on the bead . ' ? In a minute or two after he { Sheran ) heard Miller call out to him " Edward , Edward . " and running back he found him stooping over his wife , who was lying in the road apparently in a fit . Some men who saw the transaction ran up , and pronounced the woman dead , but Miller could not believe it , and appeared much
distressed . The men procured a hnndbarrow , and placing the woman upon it , carried her to the ' Railway Tavern . It was sonn perceptible that she was quite dead , and the husband wasthereupon taken into custody . _ Sheran said he had always observed Miller and his wife to be upon good and even affectionate terms with each other . At the station-house Miller said he should not have hit his wife but that she struck at him with one of the chairs , 'i he inquest was afterwards adjourned in order to allow time for making a post mortem examination of the body , ^ n in ques' . was held on Tuesday last , when Mr ! Hicks surgeon , who had made apoet mortem examination of the body , proved that death had been caused b y disease nf the heart , acted upon by the blow inflicted by the prisoner , or by some strong excitement . The jury accordingly returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against John Miller . "
Poisoning at Paolkrsbury , —Last week Ann Pell waB examined before the county bench at Towcestor , on the charge of poisoning two of her children , Sarah Ann and Frederick Pell , and committed for trial . Death from palling from a Cliff . —A few days since Mrs . Thomas * widow , residing at Marcross , near Bridgend , South Wales , was walking along the edge of the cliff , when she accidentally fell over and . was killed on the spot . The body , when found , presented a dreadfully mangled appearance .
Poole Savings Bank . —Circumstances attendant on the decease of the late actuary having excited suspicions of a defalcation in his accounts , the trustees and managers have , instituted a ri gorous examination , into the state of the affairs generally , during the progress of which inquiry the business of the hank is of course suspended . This has naturally produced a considerable panic , particularly among the depositors ; but we have reason to hope that such alarm , although not without foundation , may prove to have greatly magnified the actual evil . — Poole Herald .
Charge of Forgery against a Solicitor . — On Monday Mr , H . Blackhurst , solicitor , of Preston , who was remanded on the 21 st inst . upon a charge of having forged a codicil to the will of his late wife , was brought up at the Town-hall , Preston , for further examination . —John Thompson , of Hoghton Lane , near Blackburn , deposed to having had a conversation with : rs . Blaokhurst a short time previous to her death , when she told him that she had left the interest of her landed estate to her husband ; £ 30 a ear to her sister , Mrs . Webster ; and 10 s . a week to Mary Thompson . She also added , that after the payment nf a few legacies , her personal estate would goto Glasgow . —Mary Ann Kerr Miller , of Glasgow , said she had been introduced to Mrs . Blackhurst a
few weeks previous to her death . Mrs . Blackhurst told her that she had inherited her property through her late husband , who was a Glasgow merchant , and that she intended it to go again to Glasgow , to . endow a school . She said she ba < i made a will to that effect leaving Mr . Blackhurst £ 2 , 000 . Mrs . Blackhurst wished witness to call upon the Lord Provost of Glasgow and inform him that her ( Mrs . Blackhurst ' s ) will was not altered , and requesting him to write to Mr . Noble , her solicitor in Preston , respecting the property in case of her death . Witness saw Mr . Forbes , the town clerk of Glasgow , and stated to him
all that she bad been requested to state by Mrs-Blackhurst . This was the whole of the evidence for the prosecution . —Mr . Seg-r , barrister , addressed the court for the defence , contending that the case was not got up for the purpose of promoting the ends of justice , but to defeat the cnd'cil . —The bench then retired , and afjer a consultation of about half-an-hour they returned into cnutt , when the mayor stated that the magistrates bad decided upon sending the case for trial at the assizes . —Mr . Segar applied for the prisoner to be allowed to be at large upon bail , but the bench refused the application , and he was committed for trial at th- Liverpool winter assizes .
The Swinscoe Murder . —Since the conviction of William Chadwick for the murder of Tunnicliff , additional evidence has been procured of a nature to confirm his statement , that his wife was the active party in the murder , and that Ann Tunnicliff , her mother , was accessory to it On the 22 nd inst . Ann Chadwick and Ann Tunnicliff were again apprehended at the house of Tunnicliff ' s husband , riear Burslem . They were taken before B . P , Broade , Esq ., at Stoke police coixtt , the following day , when Mr . Sweeting , chief police superintendent of the Pottery disirict , applied for a remand . Bail was refused , and the further investigation of the affair will take place at Stafford In the Berkshire County Court , last week , a milliner , named Chapman , obtained a verdict against Mr . Stanford , M . P ., lor £ 17 11 s . 10 d ., for " bows " and " rosettes" used during the election for Reading .
Curious Cask affecting a Member of a Benefit Socibtt .-At a receut meeting of the Ilford Petty Sessions , an information was heard at the instance of a ners n named William Muniford , against the stewards of a Friendly Society at Dagenham , for having unlawfully expelled him from such society . It appeared that the complainant had been a member of the club fifteen years , but having at tho lust annual least been seen to secret a portion of the eatables on his person , he was , at a meeting held on the following quarterly uight , expelled . It was urged , on behalf of the complainant , thai the club was not justified by the rule in expelling him , as it was only in the case of embezzlement of the property of the society that that power was eiven ; and although the
complainant might have acted improperly , it did not amount to embezzlement , as the exeense of the feast was not defrayed out of the funds of the society , but by the individual subscriptions of the members On the other hand , for the defendants , it was contended that the articles provided for the entertainment must be looked upon as belonging to the society , and as it was not denied that the complainant had abstracted a portion of them , he had , within the meaning of the rule , embezzled the property of the club , and they were therefore justified in expelling him . The decision of the magistrates was , they did not consider the complainant had , in point of law , been guilty of embezzlement , and must therefore order the defendants to reinstate him .
The Mannings and their Victim . —At a sitting of the Giavesend bench of magistrates last week , Mr . Essex , pawnbroker of _ the town , applied to them for advice under the following circumstances . Mr . Essex stated that a short time before the murder of Patrick O'Connor by the Mannings , a man who yave the name ot Brown , pledged to him a gold watch for £ 2 . Some months after the conviction of the Mannings for the murder , he ( Mr . Essex ) received a letter from a solicitor in London claiming the watch so pledged , as the property of the murdered man . Mr . Essex declined giving it up until he should be paid the deposit upon it and interest thereon , at the same time that he admitted that the person pledging it fully answered the description of Manning Mr . Essex then proceeded to state that he had that morning received a letter from the same solicitor
demanding , on the part of the administrator to the effects of the late Mr . Patrick O'Connor , an immediate delivery of the article in question , on the payment to him of the £ 2 and the interest . A gentleman present said that the Rev . Mr . O'Connor , brother to the murdered man , had administered as next of kin , and that the solicitor alluded to by Mr . Essex was . as he believed , law agent in the transaction . The macistrates advised Mr . Essex to give up the watch , on being well assured that the party demanding it was duly authorised by the administrator to the late Patrick O Connor to receive it . In reply to the bench Mr . Essex said that the value of the watch might be about £ J , and , from what he now knew , he had no doubt tbatth . ' . man who pledged it in his 8 hop was Manning . Mr . Essex , being repaid his deposit and interest ^ subsequently gave the article up to the solicitor claiming it for the administrator .
Penance at Wakbfield -On Sunday the town of Wakefield was the scene of the utmost excitement , in consequence of tbat being the day fixed by the Ecel £ 3 ia 9 t . cal Courtof Richmond , for the perforaancTof penance in the pansh church of Wakefield , bv Mr Joseph Homer , senior , com merchant and miller » highly esteemed inhabitant of that town . Some months since Miss Fernandes , whose brotlipria W < m of the Wakefield Stoke Mills , was ° SS g th ^ ™ . dresses of a respectable merchant of the town , but the match was rather abruptly broken off . and Miss Fernandes went to a distance to reside for a time . SlanderouB reports speedily followed upon the announcement of the match being broken off . and amongst others who repeated these rumours was Mr . Homer Upon being called upon for his authority he could not or' won d not . give it . Consequently , a suit wn » in
stituted against him n the Richmond Ecclesiastical Court , and the judgment was , that he shouldon Sunday , August 25 h , perform penance in the vestrv of Wakefield P ^ h church , and there read a recantation of the slander , in terms to be dictated by MKS Fer nandes proctor . Mr . Homer being hi ghly respected in the locality a very large concourie of pSns assembled round Mr . Homer ' s residence , and , forming in a procession , walked to the church , wi h Mr Homer at their head . At the door of th ? nwii . of Mr . Horner'a 8 on 9 begged the 8 ™ ltrl ° »
cheenug , dapping of hands , and « aivingof hats had been unbounded , to retire , out of resDert tl 11 a Notwithsteoding that rain was f 2 gt * to \ tl sands who had assembled remainpd T 4 tho ,
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as required by the court , after which they re-formed in procession , and returned to Mr . HornerVresidence . Hew a p aper was read from a window adjoining his boiise-i detailing the facts , after which many cheers were given , and at the earnest request of Mr . Horner ' s family the crowd dispersed . There was , a large body of police in attendance to keep order , but no disturbance took place . Systematic Metiiod of Robbing Merchants . — An extensive and systematic method of warehousemen plundering tho importers of grain , &o ., has iust come to light' through the instrumentality of tho Liverpool police . The plan is , that on the corn beinir delivered from the ship , a plus weight is cou-PPa ' ed in the sack placed in the weighing scale as a is
counterweight to the sack in which tne gram contained Thus an overweight is obtained in each sick of merchandise weighed , and thus , when the p ' rain is thrown into bulk , the dishonest warehouseman iB enabled " to abstract by calculation , a given number of sacks , leaving the merchant to whom it wis warehoused his full weight of commodity , but , of course , robbing the shipper to the amount abstracted During the week two warehousemen , in the service of Covasarid Co ., were brought before the magistrates for this dishonest practice , and also a man named blaokburn , who keops a warehouse in Frederick-street , which * it has transpired , has been a depot" for merchandise obtained by this and other dishonest methods ; ' '
Dbeadful OcourniENOE . —On Sunday night two young men , named William and Nathaniel Brown , who reside in Gloucester , having spent the day at Stroud , were returning home in the evening in a light spring cart , ¦ accompanied by their mother , stepfather , and a female friend , when Nathaniel , ' wishing to take the reins from his brother , who was driving , a struggle ensued between them , and tho horse stumbling , both of them jumped out of the cart . The struggle was then renewed—blows were struck—both of the brothers fell to the ground , and on their rising William rushed on Nathaniel with an open knife and inflicted upon him three dreadful wounds , one of which , in the abdomen , is pronounced to be mortal . With the assistance of
the stepfather the poor fellow was removed to the next toll-houae , and surgical aid was speedily procurred , but the case was found to be hopeless . The unfortunate brother who had inflicted the blows wan immediately taken into custody . A magistrate afterwards attended to take the deposition of the dying man , but there appears to be great doubt by whidh of the brothers the first blow w-as struck . Destructive FiBB . —On Monday afternoon , about three o clock , an extensive and alarming fire broke out at the end of St . John ' s Farmyard , adjoining the town of Wallingford , BerkR ; and as there was a strong westerly wind blowing at the tirao , the whole of the farm buildings aha ricks were in an incredibly short time in a blaze . The place . was soon approached by crowds of the inhabitants , who
gazed with consternation on the sad scene , while the flames were raging furiously . By the prompt assistance of three engines the progress of the destructive element was to some extent arrested ; but not till the whole of the farm-buildings and several ricks of corn and hay were entirely , consumed , When the conflagration was extinguished nothing remained in the farmyard but a heap of ruins , ' while the rickyavd presented a bare spectacle . St . John ' s-cottage adjoining , the residence of Mr . William' Shaw Clarko , also caught fire several times , and it was not extinguished until the dwelling had sustained considerable damage . The greenhouse and valuable collection of plants and flowers were destroyed . The cause of the fire , which is
attributed by some to be the act of an incendiary , has not yet been satisfactorily ascertained . The property destvojed is of a heavy amount , but , fortunately , most of it was insured . . A Provident Society Defaulter . — James Rickard , late collector to the Maldon branch of the Essex Provident Society , who absconded from that town on the 20 th May , owing to a deficiency in his accounts , has given himself up to the authorities , and is now safely lodged in gaol . He appears to have gone to France , and lived at Boulogne , until his resources became exhausted , when he resolved to return to this country and deliver himself up . He accordingly came over in a packet on Sunday night week , and on the following morning he gave himself into the custody of the police , stating that he had defrauded tho parish of Maldon He was
. conveyed thence the same ni ght , and on Tuesday moning a telegraphic message was sent to Mr . Hassingwhite , clerk to the Prov ident Society at Chelmsford , requesting his attendance at the examination of the accused . Riokard was taken before George May , Esq ., one of the borough magistrates , charged with embezzlement , and was remanded . Fatal Accident . —An accident of a shocking character occurred on Tuesday in the neighbourhood of Bristol . A man had been engaged to do some work at a hayrick , at Bedminster , and arriving at the place earlier than the appointed hour , he laid himself down on a limekiln to sleep . A policeman , who found him , aroused him and warned him of his danger , hut the poor fellow , on getting up , becoming giddy , fell back into the pit and received injuries of which he died .
Discovert op the Bodies op the Two Bots browsed at Eastiiam . —The two brothers , John and Thomas Gerard , who were drowned on Sunday week , near Eastham , by the upsetting of a pleasure boat , particulars of which accident appeared in our columns at the time , have been found at last . A man named Parr , chief mate of the Rival , Liyprpool and Runcorn craft , discovered a body floating off Rock Ferry , while on board his vessel , on Satuvday last . The body , which proved to be that of one of the unfortunate lads Gerard , was taken on board , and ultimately deposited iu the deadhouse . On the
following day ( Sunday ) the same man picked up the body of tho other brother opposite the snuff mills , Garston . An inquest was held on the bodies on Monday , at which William Cooper , a seaman , who was on board the boat when she capsized , was present . It appeared that he had not the management of the boat , and , further , that he was not hired , but had embarked , as all on board seem to have done , purely for pleasure , consequently there was no ground for investigating the question of the competence of tho man to act as boatman . A verdict of " Accidentally drowned " was recorded .
Thb Bishop of Exetkr and Mr . Gokham . —Although the Bishop of Exeter does not intend taking immediate proceedings against Mr . Gorham , in the Arches Cnurt , it is pretty certain that , before many weeks shall have elapsed , the contest between the two great theological champions will be revived The Bishop has urged upon the churchwardens of Brampford Speke , the necessity of informing him of any statement that may be made by Mr . Gorham on the subject of baptism : but as the testimony of village churchwardens might not be of a very weighty character in a court of law , a shorthand writer in London has been engaged to attend at Brampford Speke church , with a view to suppl y a verbatim report of Mr . Gorham s sermons ; especially those preached by the rev . gentleman on reading himself into the benefice , a ceremony which is exoected to take place on the last Sunday in October . "
Accident to the Hon . W . O . Stanlei , M . P . — A serious accident occurred on the 23 rd inst . to the Hon . W . O . Stanley . As his carriage-containing Lady Sarah Hay Williams , of Bodelwyddan , another lady , and the hon . gentleman—was proceeding down Su mer-hill , the horses suddenly became restive and the pole broke , so that they became unmanageable , and ran with great force against the gable end of a house at the foot of the hill . Mr . Stanley was thrown out with great violence , and was severely injured by the fall . One of the horses was killed on the spot , and the carriage received much damage . The ladies were both hurt and frightened by the severe shock . _ Medical aid was at once procured for Stanley , who it is now hoped will progress favourably towards recovery .
Conspiracy to Defraud an Insurance Com-PANY . TrGeorge Smith and Mark Casson , who were remanded by the Liverpool bench on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the Royal Insurance Company , have been committed fur trial . Smith , who carried on busings as a tailor and draper , at 169 , Scotlandroad , had insured for £ 800 . A fire occurred , and in the declaration which ht . left at the insurance office he stated the goods destroyed to have been worth £ 1 , 500 . Mr . Thornely and ( mother master tailor examined the stock ( the tire having been speedily extinguished ) , and estimated its value at only £ 96 16 s Casson , the other prisoner , was involved in the charge of the removal of a box of valuable cloth just previous to the fire .
Confession op a Convict . — On the 23 d inst ., an inquest was held at Woolwich , on view of the bodies of two convicts , named Jeremiah Collins and Alexander Worrall , who died at the convict establishment , the former from consumption , and the latter from inflammation of the lungs . Collins was transported for seven years at the Central Criminal Court , but in consequence of his continued illness had received a free pardon ; his friends were com ! municated with , but replied that they were unable to receive him , and he was therefore suffered to rS " atih 5 £ •* # »«* ° mll , » * annamed Jacksonand two other
, men , were smZoAl transportation at the Liverpool StaTSTTta ? glary ; Jackson was removed to the Hebe hulk and during the illness of Warrall on hniL ? £ ' hospital ship , he was asked by Mr Blv \ h ft geon . if he would like Jackson to Sa th ur Worrall replied he should Hketo see h ? m ° \ S ' had acted the part of a villain t ™ ~ i l- ' de « a . ed mil tims , ^ S , ™» d a 2 w " KTrrt- siMflr aF ^ -grf-SgSsas a S 5 SS ? h * SSaSE wSKhXfi ^ l " the ° ther men he comm S TT \ V ° stated tba * af' « pe committed the burelar ? he wenf . ;»*» a „ ,, «!»
nouse , where he saw Jackson and the other men & « . onverBatM > n took place respecting the robuery » and the men D&ted they flhould like to hare a
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share of the stolen property ; this assertion ' was heard by a person present . who was a witness against them-at , the assizes . Tho deceased solemnly asserted thajk these men were entirely innocent . A representation of the case will be immediately forwarded to the proper authorities . —Rochester Gazette . . ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; . , ; ' The Gunpowder Magazines at Waliasey . —The commissioners at WaUasey , in their memorial to Sir G . Grey , have made out a strong case for the removal of the gunpowder magazines to Hilbre Island , or some other more remote or isolated district . It appears that the amount of powder kept in deposits by the various lessees is . about- ' 16 , 000 barrels , or between 700 and 800 tons ; and that on an average the receipts and deliveries are about 2 , 000 barrels weekly . Traffic in so explosive a commodity has been too long permitted on the shores of the Mersey , and in the immediate vicinity of a large number of
the residences and of the summer resort of the morfthanta of Liverpool and their families . If we may judge from the melancholy results of recorded explosions of gunpowder , few persons from Seacombe to the Rock Perch would survive a single accident to the magazines at Wallasey ; whilst it is more than probable that the shipping . and property on the Liverpool side would suffer materially . We trust , therefore , that after the representations which have been made to government , no delay will take place in the removal of this dangerous store from tho banks of the river Mersey . Since writing the above , we have ascertained from the best authority that the memorial has been forwarded by Sir G . Grey to the Board of Ordnance , who have ordered a colonel of engineers to proceed to Liverpool , in order to report on tho construction of the buildings , and on the probability of danger from storing there large quantities of gunpowder .
Another Gas Explosion . —A few nights since a young man in the employ of Messrs . Whettley and Roberts , woollendrapers , of Eastgate-row , Chester , on going into the parlour at the tack of the shop , discovered that there was an escape of gas in the place . He procured a light , and found tho taps were turned off ; but being anxious to know irom whence it escaped , he mounted a table and tried ; undin moving the light along the Bliding pendant of the candelier , the gas ignited and blew him off the table . As soon as he could recover himsoly he ran into the cellar , and turned the gaa off at the meter . All the injury he received , was in having the skin 'burnt off one side of his face and part of
his b ( iir . By the force of the explosion the back and one of tho side walls of the house are separated about two inohes from the building , and the parlour windows shivered to atoms . ' As accidents of this description are of common occurrence , persons should observe the caution , where there is an escape of gas , of not , under any circumstances , taking a light lor tho purpose of ascertaining from whence it proceeds . The only safe course is to turn the gas off at the main , and throw open the windows and doors , so as to create a through current of air , until the gas becomes so diluted as to be harmless . Coal ' gas , mixed with twelve portions of atmosp heric air only , is one of the most explosive agents known .
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f ° ™ j ' ? .- been « Ifc is 8 ta ^ ' ^ t the blight is extending , although slowly , and as yet to no senous amount amongst the tubers and apprehensions are expressed that the diseasa might become formidable with any © SntinSSS oi cold anddampweather . There are SSSSS accounts amongst the reports received to-dav but even still I can see no ground whatever for annre hension as to the safety of the bulk of the crop . Ifc is a very good sign that Indian corn is not much looked after in the markets . The potatoes now in consumption are as fine in quality as in any yew within my recollection .
Tub Lord Lieutenant . — It is now generall y understood that the Lord Lieutenant will leave Dublin for the north on Monday the 9 th of the ensuing month , for Crom Castle , the seat of tho Earl of Erne , when it is expected that he will pro . ceod to the Giant ' s Causeway , and to the residence of the Marquis of Londonderry , near Glenarui . His arrival in Belfast is expected to take" place on the 12 th . " ' ' ' Tnu Cuffk-street Savings Bank . — On Saturday the Lord Mayor presided at a meeting of the depositorsof tho Cuffee-street Savings Bank , when
it was resolved that such parties as had speculated on the wants of the poor depositors , by purchasing their bank books at a low rate , should only be paid in proportion to the sums which they had thua given . The Lord Mayor said he knew an instance where a pass-book representing £ 50 was purchased for £ 2 . ( Hear . ) Now , he would give notice to the purchaser of that pass-book that all he should receive from the fund would be £ 1 , with legal interest thereon to be computed from the time of the purchase . ( " Hear , hear , " and cheers . ) The balance would be given to the original depositor , if alive , or to his heirs , in the event of his having ceased to exist .
Another Eviction . —The Nenagh Guardian states that the sub-sheriff proceeded with a party of police ,, on the 15 th inst ., to the lands of Clonoulty , in Tipperary , and evicted forty persons for non-payment of rent . A Barbarous Murder was committed last week in Clare , the victim being the wife of a labouringman of the most wretched class . During her husband ' s absence in search of work she was brutally murdered with a hatchet by a man named Quinbrian , whom she recovered sufficient strength to identify in the presence of several persons before expiring . The Hbhriko Fishery . —The Galway fishermen have been favoured with several abundant takes of herrings of late . On Saturday morning last the boats returned so laden with fish after the night , that the herrings were sold for five shillings a thousand .
Progress of Emigration . —At no period did the tide of emigration run higher than at the present moment . Considering the vast decrease of the population from that and other causes during the last five years , it is really wonderful to see such numbers departing day by day from all parts of the country . Waterford is the chief pon resorted to b y the emigrants from the counties of Waterford , Limerick , Wexford , and Tlpperary . ' The steamers between that city and Liverpool are almost daily crowded , and a considerable portion of the emigrants are of tho better class of farmers from the county of Wexford , where the rural population have been remarkable for their peaceable and industrious habits . From Dublin great numbers are still taking their departure for America , chiefly formers from the midland counties . From King ' s County and Westmeath , many farmers Iiavine abandoned
their holdings and sold off their crops and effects ,, have left the country , in order to avoid eviction or legal proceedings for the enforcement of rent . In the northern counties , also , emigration proceeds upon a large scale . Last week , a vessel , bound lor Philadelphia , sailed from Londonderry , fully freighted with passengors chiefly of the farming class . In that part of the north there are numeroua instances of comfortable farmers disposing of the tenant-right in their holdings and proceeding to America . One remarkable case was . mentioned , where two persons holding a farm on a joiutlease , being allowed by their landlord to sell out to the best advantage obtained £ 350 / or their interest , besides the amount of a fair valuation for their crops . Many of the northern emigrants have determined to settle as farmers in Canada , but the greater portion of the Irish emigrants direct their course to the United States ..
' Crop-plunder in the South . —The Cork Constitution of Saturday thus reports progress : — " The crop-carriers are taking advantage of the legislative license . The first case of tho kind we have as yet heard of in this county occurred on Sunday last near Macroom . The tenant of the lands of Droumharra . took it into his head ( tenants now-a-days are prone to that way of thinking ) that the price of his liny would fit better in his pocket than in that of the man who had unwisely trusted him with his land . Accordingl y he set to , and with the assistance of right ready auxiliaries , who probably worked the harder inasmuch as they might themselves stand in
need of a reciprocation of the favour , cleared the fields of the crop , wheeled it away and sold it . For the ' carrying it off a considerable number of ears were willingly furnished by obliging friends , who , we dare say , were thus learning a lesson which they will put in practice for their own special benefit byand-bye . On the same day on which he carried and sild his hay , he cut some of his oats , which he housed and holds against the landlord . To morrow he proposes , we understand , to cut and house the remainder , A convenient opportunity will of course be seized for turning it into cash as well as the hay . "
The question of rents as compared with usury in money is thus pithly , expounded in the Freeman ' s Journal . Land ( says the Freeman ) is the landlords ' capital , just as bullion , or its representative , is the capital of the " aristocrat" of Lombard-street ; and when the law prohibits the Lombard-street aristocrats from receiving more than a given per centage rent for the use of his bullion lest a higher " rent " would bring social injury on the land aristocrats who hire ir , it certainly is most reasonable to extend that princi ple of law , and say to the land aristocrats , " We have protected you from the usurious gripings of the Lombard-street Jews , and we will protect the lives and fortunes of the occupiers from pury , in turn . " There is , besides , this difference in favour of the interference with land usury—that land usury brings death on thousands and tens of thousands , and misery on millions , while money usury could only bring penury on a few thriftless vagabonds .
Repeal Association . —The usual weekly meeting of this body was held on Monday in Conciliation Hall . Sir . James G . White presided . The attendance was miserably small . Mr . John O'ConnelL announced the rent for the week to by £ 6 6 s . 2 d . Donnybrook Faib . —This celebrated fair commenced on Monday , and on no occasion , for many yeam , did the green of Donnybrook exhibit such a display of tents , standings , and show booths . A most gratifying feature was observable in the show of sheep , which greatly excelled anything of the Kind exhibited at former fairs—the greater part being remarkable for decided improvement in breeding , and cleanliness of condition . Mountain sheep from Wicklow formed the principal portion of the stock . r
The Catholic SYNon .-It is expected that if the aynod now sitting at Thmlos comes to any decision on questions of much general interest , the result " will be intimated to the public . This is , however , by no means certain , and , as yet , conjecture is perfectly silent on the course of the proceedings . yuMoor relief has been discontinued in all the unions of the County of Clare . rhree "flash" members of the London swell mob , calling themselves William Suunders , John tt i ° f ' an d Geor Edwards , have teen committee , tor trial for some depredations committed immediatel y after their arrival here , on the usual au" ? mn excursion to Ireland . The complaint of n want of sufficient labourers to save the harvest , is now becoming very general throughout Ireland . Labourers cannot be procured m some districts of the country for anv wages .
Dublin , August 28 . —A sceno was enacted on 1 uesday at the meeting of the Dublin Corporation which exceeded in violence and excitement even the extraordinary exhibitions made by that body a Jew months ago . It appears that one of those who then took a leading part in tho election of a pseudo lord mayor in opposition to Mr . Reynolds was Alderman Uooney , who haa since that timo occupied a very unenviable position in point of popularity . At , some recent ward meetings the Lord Mayor ( Mr . lleynolds ) took occasion to comment in severe terms , on the conduct of Alderman Rooncv , on the occasion referred to ; and , as far as the public could judge , the worthy alderman intended by his conduct on luesday to show how muoh he resented the
language directed against him by the Lord Mayor , in the course of the proceedings he accordingly adaressed the chair offensively , and refused to retract his expressions until he was entreated to do so by a junior member in the name of tho council , curing the confusion that took place tho adjournment of the meeting was moved , and tke following scene then ensued :- Lord Mayor : I give him notice ! v Y j ' * preside next over a meeting of tins bod y l shall take good cave to assert my authority b y nil the power that my position enn exercise , and by throwing myself on the support of
me council ; and if Alderman Itoonoy , or any other member of the council , on my declaring him to be tin reason ) out of order , shall refuse to submit to tne chair , I shall be compelled to have recourse to a proceeding which I should much rather avoid . I never in the course of my life received from any member of this couneil , a more gratuitous , and , in my Judgment , unprovoked insult than I received to-day . I thank the majority of the council for not countenancing it , and 1 trust that for the future order will be preserved here , and that theXord Mayor will not be insulted in his chair with impunity . Tho council is now dissolved . —
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Superstition in the Nineteenth Century . — A case came on for hearing last week before the magistrates at the Town-hall , Axbridge , which disclosed the existence of a superstition which in these days is really marvellous . A woman named Hester Cooper summoned Ann Jefferies , the wife of a small farmer , forassaul'ingher ; and it appeared from the evidence , that the complainant having in the neighbourhood the reputation of being an old witch , the defendant , who was under the delusion that sLe had been bewitched by her , forced her way into her house , threw her down , severely maltreated her , and » ith a sharp instrument punctured her hand till the blood fl . wed
with sufficient copioujne . ^ to enable her to sprinkle her body with it , as a means of dispelling the charm . The defendant insisted that the complainant had " overpowered " and " hag-ridden " her , and that she was justified in the course she took to relieve herself of the " hag-spell . " The magistrates told her if she did not compromise the matter , they would send her to gaol , and an arrangement was come to . Execution of Vatrick Forbes at Newcastle . —Patrick Forbes , who was convicted at the last assizes at Newcastle for the brutal murder of his wife , was executed on Saturday morning last . The drop was erected outside the north wall of the gaol , facing Carlisle-street , as there was a greater space there than in front of the prison . It was market-day , and
an immense concourse was assembled . A few minutes after eight the mournful procession was seen emerging from the gaol . Forbes seemed to be suffering great agony , and as he ascended (; he drop a thrill ot horror ran through the crowd . Howard , the York hangman , officiated . The convict was allowed a few minutes in prayer . The authorities then withdrew , and the signal being given , the drop fell . After hanging the usual time the body was cut down , and buried within the walls of the gaol . His statement as to the facts preceding the murder was to the effect that he had been many weeks out of employment , but had got a situation in which he had been one week , and earned 10 . * . 6 d . ; that he received that amount , and an additional shilling , which he borrowed frnm
his employer j that he gave 9 s . to his wife to lay out in provisions for the family , and kept 2 s . 6 d ., with which he proposed buying leather to repait the children ' s shoes . The wife , he stated , went oui on the morning of the day the murder was committed to lay out the money , and some time in the afternoon Mrs . Dees , who , it will be remembered , was au important witness on the trial , came to his house , aud said a person wanted him at a public-house in the neighbourhood , lie at first refused to go , but , ultimately did go , and there he found . his wife and a Mrs . Wheatley drinking together , Dees being also one of the party ; that the money which he had worked for , and intended for his family , was thus consumed , and that he himself partook of liquor ( rum ) to such an
extent as to deprive him of all knowledge of what took place after he got home till he awoke about one o ' clock in the morning and found his wife dead , when he awoke his son , and gave an alarm . As illustrating his character , it may be stated tbat a dny or two ago he confessed to a brutal act committed against his daughter . She had been , he said , at a dance at a pubic-house , where he had gone to seek h « r at a late hour , and found her in disreputable company ; he seized her by the neck and shoulders ai : d drag « ed her home , and on getting her into the house be threw her down upon the floor and jumped upon her , with the intention of breaking her legs . She was so much injured by his violence as to be laid up in the infirmary for several weeks . She now walks
with a halt in consequence of those injuues . — Foetheb Pabiiculabs . —About five on Saturday morning the drop and scaffold were full y prepared the blackness of their hue adding to th ' e gloom of the spectacle . From this time the throng visibly ncreased , and began take up their positions "gainst the railings which surrounded the scaffold . Several applications were made to the authorities for the office of hangman . Murdock , of Glasgow , the executioner of Mark Sherwood on the Town Moor of Welch and JIathews at Morpeth , and of Bennison at Edinburgh , about a fortnight ago , being amongst the number , but the remembrance of Murdoch ' s professional incapacity at Morpeth , wisely induced the authorities to reject his offered services ; he has
been several days in this neighbourhood , and only disippeared on Howard , of York , being retained for the occasion . The hangman several times m « de his appearance on the platiorm ; and was received with shouts of derision or disapprobation . This individual is about 74 years of age . The throng thickened very fast after half-past six , and in the course of an lour from that time a vast mass of human beings bad congregated . Males seemed to preponderate considerably over females , but we were unable to udge with exactness in what proportion . Jokes , jostling , and loud laughter abounded ; the majority seemed in good humour and high animal spirits a * if they were out for a holiday and a little cheap excitement , which they were determined to enjoy as
much as possible . As eight o ' clock drew nigh the noise , excitement , and choutiug greatl y increased . As the clock struck eight , shouts an ' d whistling arose , with cries of " Hats off , " succeeded by a hush of expectation , which , after a minute or two hid elapsed , again rose into clamour . Silence was then partially restored by the entrance of R . Dodds , Esq , sheriff ; R . P . PMlopson , Esq ., under sheriff ; and the gaoler . These were immediately follo wed by the two clergymen , after which came Patrick Forbes On reaching the gallows , the hangman was about to take off the culprit ' s shoes , when the wretched man exclaimed very emphatically , You shall have notla g belonging to me . " He waa supported up to the i-caffold , and he was evidently una ble to stand
wuhous assistance . His hands were clasped—his lips were moving in prayer , ifr . Betham read the formularies of the Romish church , concluding bj the benediction , and signing the cross ever the culprit His feet were then shackled , his handkerchief taken off , and he was lifted upon the drop . The hangman then adjusted the rope , Forbes apparently praying all the time . Upon the signal being given , the bolt was withdrawn , and a thrill of horror and a suppressed scream ran through the crowd ; but , unfortunately , from some cause or other , Forbes tell parti } upon , and partly under the scaffold . At this , the crowd , who had not been entirely quiet during the whole of the awful ceremony , uttered a furious and almost unanimous yell of execration . He was
then again let down with a jerk , and hastily drawn up , and after a minute , the body of the unfortunate man was lifeless . It remained suspended for the usual time , many of the multitude remaining upon the ground , but the greater portion of them appeared to lave immediately that life became extinct . Toe awkward manner in which the last penalty of the law was carried out , appears to be accounted for by the great age of the hangman , combined with a fit of nervousness with which he was suddenly seized . A "WOUAS KlLtED BY HER II USB AND . —Mr . Pruin , coroner for the upper division of
Gloucestershire , held an inquest on Saturday last an the body of Margaret Miller , who was killed by her husband , John Miller , on Friday the 23 rd inst , near Gloucester , by a violent blow inflicted by him upon the woman ' s breast , over the region of the heart . The jnrf first viewed the body , which presented no external marks of violence except ever the breast , where toe fatal blow was struck . The principal witness was ft young man named Edward Sheran , whe was Imng with MUler and his wife at the time of the fatal quarrel . Mieran is a fancy basket and cane chairmakerby trade , and hadentered into anengagement ef partnership with them . They had been at
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fiwiaiiD . Representation or Clare . — According to the LimerickMaminer , Mr . John D . Fitzgerald , Queen ' s counsel , is canvassing the electors of the c . uuiy of Clare in anticipation of the resignation of Major Macnuuiara . Svmptojis op Improvement . —The Ennistymon ooard of guardians , at their last meeting , cume ioa resolution to the effect that half the number at present receiving relief should be struck off , and Uiat iUt-door relief be totalh discontinued .
The Sxhod . — -The Freeman of Friday morning devotes four mortal columns of small type to the inaugural proce . din gs of the Synod , which went off at ,.. m es tiie P l'evious day with great pomp and eclat . -There is , however , nothing noticeable in the whole affair ; aud it may be assumed from the fact ot the special reporters having returned to their respective quarters that the public will he left in the dark tor some time to come with regard to the real business in hand . Indeed , it is now surmised that not so much as the substance of a single resolution wi be rafiensd'to transpire until the result of the deliberations shall be laid before the Court of Rome for the sanction of the Holy Father
Deateof Mr , Commissionkb Farrell .--. Bv the ^ r ^ cstt onerous duties . Mr . Parrell » IL I ? n . I y u d ttSSSSf' ^ ars - 'SSB KS ? rr * 3 ffiftI £
f ^ . ; Ul ' edellberation ' they have resolved to take ! „ ? . tor systematically extending the principles SSn !!? W- of l 1 ?? TeDant Le 8 8 ue ' by holdin K sittings ot the counoil successively and at short intervals ini various parts of the country , and , if tbe tnends of tenant right in each district approve it by holding public county meetings at the same time and place . The Harvest . —The uncertain and unseasonable state of the weather is a source of much anxietv at a moment when so much depends even upon a few days of sunshine . Still , however , there hns been no previous impediment to harvest operations and immense progress has been mad © in tho sav Li of the crops , Wh , ch , taken in the . uJr 5 «
r aise aDunoanco of food . We shalf mM . have to mport wheat and flour to some exLJt bS we are likely to have a very largeTrnh , B « f Ut splendid oat crop for oxportSn E 0 Ur of butter are now yei 7 extlnsiv 7 fee W r 6 Xp ° of the potato , from ' the county of't ^ F ™^ aome other northern dlilr ^ iiSftit *;
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SfOtlanD . Loss op a Cltdk Ship aud . all her Crew . —On Thursday , the 22 nd inst ., we received intelligence of a vessel , belonging to the Clyde , having gone to pieces on the west-end of the island of Coll . We Imve been unable to learn the vessels name , but the particulars brought to town by a person trom tho neighbourhood of the shipwreck , may be relied on for their accuracy . Early on Monday morning last , the vessel , a barque , was observed by several persons on shore driving under a heavy gale towards land . The greatest fears were entertained for her safety , as it appeared that the . ship was perfectly unmanageable in the heavv sea running at
the time . She ultimately struck on a small island or rock which lies off the farm of Crosspoll , occupied by Mr . M'Lean . This rock or island is nearly an acre in extent , and is situated about sixty yards off the mainland , a strong current running through the narrow channel between them . It appears that the unfortunate barque had got into this current , as she struck on the end of the rock at right angles with the coast . The moment she struck , her masts all went overboard with the shock , and the vessel almost instantly went down . Eight seamen were observed to lower , and get into a boat , but they were instantly swampi-d , and they all met a watery grave—not a soul of those on board were
saved . The vessel soon went to pieces , and a large quantity of her cargo and wreck has been washed ashore . Her papers have also come ashore , but our iniormant could not furnish us with the name of the vessel , nor that of the firm who owned her . Mr . M'Lean , on whose lands the vessel has been cast away , has taken charge of whatever has come ashore . The shi p appears to have had on board a large quantity of manufactured goods , as several bales of checked , striped , and plain calicoes have come to hand . Thursday night—nn notice of the disaster had reached the underwriter ' s room here . It is believed she was outward bound . —NorHi British Mail .
The Wreck of inB Orion . —Our correspondent at the scene of tho late fatal shipwreck off Portpatnek sends us the following information : — " A body was found at Barncorkrie Bay , near Portlogan yesteruay , and was brought to Portpatrick early this morning , when , it was interred in the churchyard . The bod y was dressed in dark green and blue tartan trousers , with a pair of moleskin trousers , underneath , flannel shirt , and stripped cotton shirt , supposed to be the carpenter of the Orion . The parties who purchased the Orion am , when the weather permits , busily employed recovering by means of divers as much of her hull , cargo , . ind passengers' luggage as possible , and liave been pretty successtul . The drivers from Portsmouth , who have been at Portpatrick examining the rock on which it is supposed the Orion struck , &c . are still there ; but we understand that their opi-rations have been completed , or nearly so . —August 20 th , I 860 . "—North British Hail .
Salmon Fishings . -We have had the Lammas floods , but they don ' t bring up salmon , for salnmn there are few or none to . bring . The season has been a most unproductive one to our tacksmen . From whatever cause , there seems to be a general nu CIljr ^ , ° red fish '" our western Scottish rhers . Ihe Glasgow Courier says :- "A few weeks will terminate the present salmon fishing season . On the Clyde-once famous for the extent and richness of its takes—it has been tho most unsuccessful one upon record . Since the month of March , when the hshmg begins , we believe there have not been forty salmon killed betwixt Glasgow and tke mouth of the river Such a fact as that is quite extraordinary . — Dumfries Herald .
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« L _ THE NORTHERN STAR . . August 31 , 1850 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 31, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1589/page/6/
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