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® t ) & ittetropoli * . HeAiin oy Lokdon duhisg thb Week . —The ijeaUU Of London is now better than it usually is at this season of the year . S 22 deaths were registered ; the average of the ten corresponding weeks ( 18 * 0-9 Is 1 073 or , correctedfor the increase of population , 1 , 176 . If the week of 1 S 49 is omitted—when 2 , 796 died-Ltlie corrected average is 868 : and the deaths last week are less by 86 than this numher . In the last week of August , 18 * 9 , the cholera carried 1 , < W » , diarrhma , 234 lives ; in the corresponding week of this year the deaths from cholera . were 4 , from diarraffii , 118 ; and at the present time there is no ttace of Asiatic cholera in London . A costermonger , witudi eased kidueys , died of Eng lish eboler ^ in Walworth ? lstthree c ^ of cholera iou iri - '
on August ; tiaiworiu , uu Jiuguaiz- , "v ~ - — , infamum were also reg istered in the week In - * ndition to diarrhoea , the two zymotic peases that deserve attention aretypbus and"wJ ^ gfSJ - » is fetal to 14 children , to 23 adults between ^ tne ages of 15 and 60 , and to 3 old people , » f £ g BS&s »» . vK 4 Ease , the dwl-. se has prevailed with severity in particular localities . The prevalence of intolerable fetid exhalations from the sewers during the week appears to have attracted attention . What would oe thought of the arrangements of a city in which smoke was poured from the street level ? Tet it is known that smoke is less noxious than the poisonous
vapours that are still suffered to exhale from the gallyhole 3 iuto the streets and houses of the metropolis . If an epd-raic of scarlatina is _ impending , the removal of this nuisance should be immediately considered , as netting tends more to make scarlatina a putrid disea-e than stinking putrescent vapours . By the Greenwich observations the mean reading of the barometer was 29 979 inches , or much higher than in the previous we-.-ks . The mean temperature of the Thames was Gl deg ., of the air 56 ; 9 deg ., which is 35 deg . below the average . The ¦ wind was south-west and north-west , and often stagnant ; travelling at the rate of 230 or 325 miles a day for three < i « ys , and from 40 to 85 miles daily during the last four days of the week . Rain fell on Monday and Wednesday , but it was not the oneseventh part of an inch .
Dkath from the Administbatios of Uoack Medicine . —On Samrday last Mr . William Baker held an inquest at the King of Prussia . Dean-street , Shadwell , on view of the body of Gcme Trogley , aged forty-two , a lighterman , who was alleged to Lave died from the improper administration of a quack medicine . — Elizabeth T . ogley , deceased '* widow , No . 20 , Dean-s'reet , said that her husband had for a long 'ime suffered from rheumatism . On Tuesday week he « as confined to his bed . in consequence of a severe attack from that complaint . Mr . Arthir , sureeon , attended him nine « eeks ago , but from that time he had not been visited by any medical sen leman . On Saturday las a neighbour of the name of Hav < s said to witness , ' Why do you not try
that woman over the way ; she is a very clsver woman ?" - meaning a woman named Wheeler , a vendor of quack medicines . Witn-ss , by her husband's desire , sent for her , who told her husband that she was sure she could do him good . She said that the mvdicine she should supply would cost fifteen pence . She received the money , and soon after returned with a pint jug in her hand , which contained a liquid of a deep red colour . Her husband dra k it off in the presence of Mrs . "Wheeler . In an hour after he observed hat he was dying , and Mr . Arthur was sent for . Deceased died shorily af er the attendance ofthat gentleman . —Mrs . Wheeler wag called in , and stated that all she gave « he deceased washalF a pint of old ale , in which she mixed about as much cochineal as would go on a shilling , and which would cost about a penny . She knew that cochineal would not poison him , and she thought the ale would do him good . —Mr . Arthur , High-street , Shadwell ,
deposed th-it when he saw deceased he was in a dying state . He prescribed for him but without effect . He made a post mortem examination of the body , and found the kidniea , liver , and lungs of a deep violet colour , such as cochineal might produce . Deceased died of an attack of . apoplexy . Witness never heard of cochineal being used as a medicine , and is not aware of its medicinal properties . It is used in the arts . It migbtcause sickness and hasten an attacU of apoplexy , lie gave the contents of the stomach to Dr . Lstheby , professor of chemistry , for analysation . —Dr- Letbeby said that he found no poison in the eoiitents of the stomach . He confirmed Mr Arthur ' s evidence , observing he couW hardly suppose that cochineal could be taken without producing some effect on the syatem . —Verdict , "Natural death , " and at the reque-t of the jury Mrs . Wheeler was severely reprimanded by the coroner , for prescribing without a qualification .
Frightkji . Accident . —An accident , which will probably be attended with fatal consequences , occurred on Sunday night , about half-past nine o ' clock , in front of St . George ' s Hospital . A large quantify of gravel has been lying before that edifice for some days , and form hillocks of several feet in height , bat which , from their position , easily escane the eye of a person driving along the road . A chaise cart , containing , with o'her ocuDants , a female with a child , was , before the driver could arrest the borne , hurried upon one of these hillocks and overturned , and the who e pa « ty was violently flung out . One of the men , apparently senseless , was conveyed to the adjacent hospital , and both the poor woman ' s arms were broken , and the child severely injured , if not killed . The horse hurried on the vehicle at a terrific pace , dashed it against a lamp post some distance down 'he
Bill , where , by breaking both shafts , he disengaged himself , and again madly galloped on until he brought himself to the ground by coming wildly in con'act with another lamp post just beyond the Albert-gate , -where he lay straggling and granting and groaning . Providentially no other persons were hart , in spite of the crow-led state of the suburb , on a Sunday night , The blame of the catastrophe rests with those who neglected to place a light upon the gravel heaps , and against whose em : loyers an obvious remedy exists for the sufferers , of wb : ch they will , of course , avail themselves . A phae on , widen almost immediately followed the chaise cart , narrowly escaped a similar fate , but the gentleman driving had fortunately a strong hold upon his horse , and al hough the vehicle was for a moment or two in frightful jeopardy , and all but overturned , it was saved from accident .
Indiscriminate Salb of Poisoss . —On Tuesday Mr . n . Wakley concluded , at the Northumberland Arms , 'Wells-street , Oxford-street , an adjourned Inquest on the body of E / Williams , a shoemaker , aged forty-seven . —Elizabeth Smith stated , at the first inquiry , that deceased ' s wife destroyed herself last March , with oxalic acid . Since then deceased had been low-spirited , drank much , and threatened to destroy himself- Witness had been his housekeeper for the last six weeks . Monday week she accompanied him to the shop of Mr . Corking , druggab , Mortimer-street , which he entered , leaving herouside . When he came out he told her to go Lome . About four the same day-he returned and sent her for gin . When she brought it she found
him lying insensible on the bed , and near him a phial and g loss which smelt of the essential oil of almonds . She instantly went to Mr . Corking , who told her that he gave deceased essential oil of almonds , but that it would not injure him . He prescribed medicine for deceased , which he was unable to take . She then called in Mr . Tucker , who did all in his power to save deceased , but in vain , as he expired soon after Mr . Tucker ' s arrival . —[ Since this witness gave evidence last week , she attempted suicide by taking oxalic acid , and is now suffering from its effects in the Middlesex Hospital . ]—Messrs . Williams ( brother ) and Patterfit ( brother-in-law ) of deceased corroborated the " previous witness . Mr . Tucker examined the body , and found that death
had arisen from taking the essential oil of almonds . He subsequently called on Mr . Corking , who said that he gave deceased two drachms of the poison , or about sixty drops , for twopence . —By the Coroner : Seventeen drops wqnld kill a man . —Mr . T . Corking remembered selling deceased two penny worth of the essential oil of almonds . Be said he required it for Spanish leather boots . He cautioned the deceased about it , and told him it was poison . Deceased , who -was known to him from having bought medicine at the shop for his wife , said that be understood its nature . —The coroner summed up at great length , commenting on the dangerous practice of indiscriminately selling poison .-The fnryrctei-ned a verdict of " Temporary insanity ,
and appended to it an expression of their opinion that drtK'oists should abstain from selling poisons to persons who were not accompanied by some one who conld vouch for the necessity of the purchase . Fatal Acctdbrt oa ths Rivkb . —On Tuesday afternoon , about fonr o ' clock , as the Jessie Blossom brig , Harker , master , was coming up the Pool osder sail , a boat , containing fonr persons , shot out from behind a tier of ships . The boat was struck amidships , and -the entire party thrown into the water ; one chug to the fore chain * , and was got « at ; another was firtved by' the crew of the brig , bsttwo others , iohn Bailey and Alfred Webber , ¦ ohaDDily sunk and arere drowned . - - - Great Western On
Accident oh tsb { Railway . — Tkeeda * afternoon Mr . F . Langham held an inquest at fit George ' s Hospital , on the body of James j jlister , aged thirtj-fosr , late fireman in the ser-^ ce « f 5 he Great Western Hallway , whose death w « cMioned by tto following shocking occur-Sa ^ Kappeared fromtbe fividence that on the mm ' SSttaSBKSgRrSSgS
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under the influence of chloroform , amputation of the mutilated msmber was pe ^ ed ^ H « teauently progressed favourably . for severalaay . Sr-xiii ESaofthe lungs , consequenton the injury , j li . n | . Vnrrtinf . " Accidental < WatU ....-.. : . — ¦* i ^ JSt , JL ^ :- i ^ : ! ' ^ Mr H M Wakley , deputy-coroner , held at inquest at the Bed Cap , Hig h-street ,. Camden-town , on the bodvof Mrs . Georgiana Mary Fender , aged twenty : seven tbe wifo of a gentleman of independent fortune ' who committed suicide by hanging herself . The deceased lady had only been married rather more than a month , and for the last fortnight she had been stopping at the house of her aunt , No . 11 , Hamilton-street , Brecknock-road , on a visit , during which time she always appeared in a low and melancholy state , the cause of which could not bo clearly ascertained . On Saturday afternoon last the deceased took a walk iu the Regent ' s Park , and on her return , about five o ' clock , she
complained of pain in her chest , at the same time placing her band on the part affected . She then left for the purpose of changing her attire for dinner ; but being an unusually long time absent , a female , named Hooper , was sent upstairs to her bed-room to ascertain the cause . She was missing from her room ; but" on looking into _ her aunt ' s dressing-room , the door- of which was ajar , she discovered the deceased suspended to the handle of a high chest of drawers by a piece of ropo fastened around her neck in a slip knot . . An alarm was given , and the deceased . was quickly cut down . Mr . Blackstone and Mr . Powell , the nearest surgeons , were promptly in attendance , and opened a vein in her arm , but no blood flowed , life being quite extinct . It is stated that on a previous occasion the unfortunate deceased had taken a quantity of laudanum with the intention of destroying herself , but by timely aid she recovered . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "
Accident upon the Eastern Counties Railway . —An accident took place at the Barking-road station , on the Woolwich branch of the Eastern Counties Railway , which caused the death of a person named Griffiths , a sawyer , belonging to Stratford . The 2 . 15 p . m . up . train from Woolwich having arrived at the Barking-road station , the above-named person ( Griffiths ) crossed over the upline , behind the Woolwich train , for the purpose ( as is supposed ) of taking a ticket for' Stratford , When at the same time an engine , No . 143 , from Stratford for Black wall , passed the station with a train of empty coal waggons , and struck the deceased on the shoulder , and killed him on the spot . Seizure of an Extensive Illicit Distillery , —
On Monday a seizure of an illicit distillery on a large soale was effected by Messrs . Frederick Pargeter and Benjamin Elmy , officers of Excise . From information received the officers proceeded to No . 7 , Carlisle-street , Bethnal-green , but were unable to gain admission by repeated knocking at the front door . Mr . Pargeter then made his way to the back , leaving Mr . Elmy to keep watch at the front . A new and unexpected difficulty in the way of gaining an entrance at the back , however , presented itself , for on Mr . Pargeter going towards it , he found a ferocious dog chained outside , so as to have a complete range of the back door , and there was another of a similar description inside the house . The one on the outside was soon disposed of , an entrance
was made by breaking open the door , and , by stratagem , the other dog was secured . Mr . Pargeter then passed through the house , and opened the . front door to Mr . Elmy . They then made a search of the house , but found no person within . It was evident , from the appearance of the house , however , that the owners of it had been alarmed , and anticipated the visit of the officers , as the still had been taken from the brickwork , but in such a way that it could easily be replaced when an opportunity served , as a quantity of molasses fermented wash was prepared to commence operations . The still , with the fittings and apparatus , was then conveyed to the excise warehouses in Broad-street . ......
Am Alarming Fire broke out on Saturday morning , between two and three o ' clock , in the premises of Mr . Todd , cabinetmaker , Gloucester-street , Hoxton . When the flimes burst forth from the ' . ' roof of the workshop the policeman on duty gave the alarm , and the engines from Watlin ? -atreet . and Wbitecrosss'reet , under the direction of Mr . Braidwood and Mr . Fogo , were promptly on the spot , but did not succeed in subduing the Gre till the whole of the workshop was destroyed , and the fire bad communicated to the adjoining premises , a private house , occupied by a lady named Moggeridge . The inmates fortunately escaped unhurt .
Fire at Xennington . —On Tuesday morning at an early hour , an alarming fire broke nut in the premises belonging to Mrs . Mehery , No . 17 , Lower Kennington-lane , Lambetb . The fire commenced in a blind manufactory , and but a few minutes elasped ere the lower portion of the building , tog ether with the staircase , became enveloped in flames . At that period Mrs , Mehery , and two children were in their beds asleep , and it was with great difficulty they could be made sensible of their danger . They happily succeeded in escaping out
of the back windows . The firemen were unable to get the flames extinguished until the whole of the stock in trade was destroyed , the lower part of the premises burned oat , and the upper floors seriously damaged . The origin of the fire could not be ascertained . Death of the Right Hoy . C . W . W . Wynn , M . P . —We have to announce the death of the Bight Flon . Charles Watkin Williams Wynn , M . P . for Montgomeryshire , which melancholy event took place on Tuesday , at half-past four , at his residence in Gralton-street . He was the oldest member of
the House of Commons , having sat for Montgomeryshire since 1797 , and for about a year previously for Old Sarum . He held the offices of Secretary at War ( in the Grey administration ) and Chancellor of the Duchy ef Lancaster from December , 1834 , to April , 1335 . The right hon . gentleman was in his 75 th year . Death of Mrs . Eoertok . —Mrs . E ^ erton , a lady not surpassed by any upon the stage in a particular line of parts—witness her "Meg Merrilies , " and others—died at Brompton last week , at the age of fifty-nine . The Presidency of thb Royal AaADXiir . —The
members » f the ilova \ Academy will proceed next week to fill up the of > ce of President , vacant by the death of Sir Martin Archer Shee . There are in the field for the honourable position severable distinguished candidates , including Eastlake , Leslie , and PickersgiU . The claims of Landseer and Turner have also been freely canvassed , but it is not certain that either of the latter gifted Academicians could undertake , if elected , to discharge the du ies of the Presidentship , so numerous and onerous are their professional " engagements" for the next three years .
Sunday Postal Arrangements . — On Sunday there was a general delivery of letters and newspapers throughout the metropolitan districts , and the provinces . In the majority of cases the delivery commenced shortly after nine o ' clock , and terminated at half-past ten in the forenoon , and although in some instances it began rather later , in no case was it permitted during the hours of Divine service . It is generally understood that no future modifications , on points of detail , will affect the existing regulations in the London district ( country ) department , though further orders will be shorily issued with reference to the Sunday duty in many of the more distant post
towns . Arrivals of Foreign Fruit . —On Monday above 12 , 000 baskets of fruit were landed at the St . Katharine ' s Steam Packet Wharf ; ofthe above , 4 , 500 baskets , containing plums , green gages , apples , pears , and walnuts , arrived in the Soho steamer , from Antwerp ; and the remaicder in the Princess Royal steamer from Hamburg , the Venezuela steamer from Rotterdam . •; Bartholomew Fair . —On Tuesday in pniiusnce of ancient charter , the Lord Mayor and other civic authorities proceeded to Smithfield , when the usual proclamation for holding Bartholomew : Fair was made . The ceremony , although legally necessary , is now a mere farce . ' The "Fair" consisted of only three booths , for the sale of gilt gingerbread , » nd some , dozen barrows of itinerant dealers in apples , nuts , and children ' s toys .
St . James ' s Pabk . —Workmen are engaged in forming new walks in the Green-park , in consequence of the improvements in front of Buckingham-place . A portion of the ride tip Constitution-hill will be curtailed , and the railings carried back into the park . One of the walks forms a mall between some fine trees , and seats will be on each side . Robbery at ths Mansion-house . — On Tuesday some expert thief effected an entrance into the City Marshal ' s Chamber at the Mansion-bouse , and amongst other property stole the Marshal ' s holster-pistols . Notwithstanding the number of police in attendance , the thief ' got clear off with his booty .
Serious Accident . — On Wednesday afternoon an accident of rather a serious nature occurred in Fleet-street , opposite the gateway leading to Sergeant ' s Inn . A man named Charles Prince , a I aimer , while engaged at a window of the Amicable life Assurance Company ' s offices , lost his hold and fell from a very considerable hei ght upon the stones close to the gateway , bis head striking the ground with great violence . He was at once taken up and conveyed to King ' s College Hospital , where , in addition to the shock to the system , he was found to have sustained a concussion of the brain , and some internal injury , although no bones were broken . He now remains at the hospital in a dangerous state .
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Ax htdbophatic establishment is about to be opened by an English surgeon at Alexandria , on the Graefenburg system . It is expected to derive its main support from invalids arriving from India . Sib Geobos Gbet , it is said , has ; offered Mr . Robert Stephenson the honour = of kuightbood , wiicb , however / Mr . Stephenson declined .
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¦ ki ; - ? E ^ ^ romHWJr Coal-pit Accident , at ¦ Abhton-tjndbR'Lyne . —On the 29 th ult ., a dreadful accident , occasioned by fire-diimp , occurred at the works of MeBsrs , Kenworthy s Heys Colliery , . Auhton-under-Lyno , by which three persons came by their deaths . An inquest was held before Mr . Rutter , at the Swan Inn , when the following evidence was adduced : — The first witness called was William Harriot , 'who said : I am half-cousin to deceased John Harriot , and reside in Asliton . I am a miner in the employ of Messrs . John Ken worthy and brothers . Deceased was twelve years of age .. Between ei ght and nine o ' clock I was drilling a hole into an old working to let the sulphur escape therefrom . I had " " '
a bit one a half inches . I thought it was nearly through when I went to my work . It was intended to let the hole remain that size , in order that it might drive the sulphur out of the old working . I had been without candle about two hours . George and Samuel Saxon were with me at ; the time . I bored through , and the air , instead of drawing up towards me , drew down the brow ¦ with a great force , and made a noise like the roaring of a furnace . I then threw some small coal over the ' hole , in order to stop it , as , in consequence of my lamp being knocked over , I did not i know which way it was drawing . I immediately sent : William Finnity to let the miners belo w know that 1 had got through , in order that they might keep their tops on the lamps , and he had not been gone above nine or ten
minutes when the explosion took place . On his way Finnity found a lamp with a top off , and the lamp has since been found . The boy had since told witness that he met the fire as he was going down the brow , and he is much burned . There was a naked lamp hanging in the engine brow , and I believe it had fired by an open light . William Allen , of Dukinfield , had charge of this lamp , and he is much bruised . ' I found Harriot at the top of the tunnel , about 120 yards from where the hole was bored ; I also found the . other two ; they were all lying within a few yards of each other . —By the Juror : I was directed to bore the hole by the underlooker , Benjamin Miller , in order that I might know where I was . The underlooker had given notice to the
men not to have their lamps uncovered , and tho underlooker has been more . particular since the last accident ; indeed , he has been very striot . ^ -Benjiimin Miller , underlooker , was then called mid "deposed : I have been in the employ' of Me 88 rs . Kenworfchy about three years and a half ; I have been an underlooker about ; sixteen years . I gave directions for the hole to be drilled ; in order that the foul air might escape , so as to prevent an accident . I had no apprehension of an accident by-the foul air , for I wa 3 there a few hours previous to the accident . We do not allow any man to work with the top off his lamp . Id is my opinion that the mine fired in consequence of Einnity running down the brow , and meeting the air which travels up the brow at the rate of six or . seven miles per : hour ;
and meeting the hydrogen gas , which would be travelling at the same speed as the air , and he travelling in an opposite direction , it would iuorea 6 e the velocity to about eleven or twelve miles per hour , and thereby drive the sulphur through the gauze of the lamp , and fire the whole . ; Itcould not be fired by the lamp spoken of by the last witness as being in the possession of Allen , as the explosion proceeded towards him , and on arriving there it had nearly died away . —The jury were of opinion that James Bowker-had died from the effects of blows received in endeavouring to ' make his escape , and that William Bell and John Harriot were suffocated ; but there was no eviJence to satisfy them how and by what means the sulphur was ignited . ¦
« Departure of the Canterbury Colonists . —On Saturday , the ships Creasy , Sir Gv Seymour , Randolph , and Charlotte Jane , were hauled out of the East India Docks , having 800 emigrants on board , the first settlers of the Canterbury settlement . New Zealand . These vessels carry out house and every necessary requisite for domestic comfort on landing , and , singular as it may seem , every variety of English singing bird , which ^ on landing , the colonists will release , in order that they may propagate . On Monday a leave-taking dinner was . given to the emigrants at Gravesend , Lord Lyttleton presiding . , ¦ . ¦¦ - . TnE Riots between the Seamen and the Military at PoBTSMOUTU .-rOn Friday night upwards ol three hundred of the above regiment collected
outside the Lion Gate , and there : waited the . arrival of the sailors on their way to their homes ; the soldiers having armed , themselves with the legs , frames , &c , of their . iron , bedsteads , which they had taken to pieces for the purpose . Intimation of this hostile assembling having been conveyed to Lord Frederick Fitzclarence , the lieutenant-governor , his lordship immediately proceeded to it , and promptly had the whole of the soldiers marched to their barracks , to which they were , closely confined for the rest of the night . On Saturday ; night his lordship also kept the soldiers in barracks , and the port admiral , Sir Blanen Capel , kept the sailors on board their respective ships ; thus preventing the possibility of a renewal of the collisions that had
for several previous nig hts taken place . The Fox , frigate , which goes out as the flag ship of the new commodore Of the Enst Indian station , Captain Lambert , and the seamen of which were the originators , with the 50 th Regiment , of the rioting , received orders on Sunday morning , to proceed out to , Spithead the same afternoon , and from thence at once to go to Plymouth , in order to prevent any furthei' tumult on their account . The crew itself is a first-rate one of picked men ,, of good characters , and it is much regretted that they should have fallen into riotous conduct , although it is considered that the soldiers of the 50 th are chiefly to blamo . One man of the 50 th Regiment has died of the injuries he received in one of the collisions with the broken
sailors , and numbers on both sides have got heads , < fec . With the departure of the Fox it is hoped that the disturbances will cease , although from the indiscriminate attacks made by the sol diery , a strong feeling of enmity exists in the minds « f nearly all the seamen in port against the 50 th Regiment . In the afternoon some very mutinous conduct was displayed on board the Sprightly , steam-tender , arising , it is thought , from the order for the confinement of the men of all ships in the port of Portsmouth , on board , in consequence of the riots that have taken p lace during the week . The second master of the Sprig htly had to draw his sword and order the men to hoist the mutiny signal , when a company of marines was sent on board . Three of the men are now in irons on board the
Victory , flag-ship . . Tiie Official Inquiry into the . death of four Irishmen who were drowned in endeavouring to escape across the North Channel from Sunk Island , in the East Riding , "from the pursuit of several English " navvies , " terminated on Saturday last . Theiuryhave sat altogether ten days , have examined no fewer than seventy-nine witnesses , and have at length returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against two men named Bielby and James Brown , who stand committed to York for trial at the next assizes . From the peculiar circumstances ofthe case , the coroner has declined to allow the publication of the ' depositions . There is no . doubt that _ a conspiracy existed to raise the wages of the district , which conspiracy eventually merged into another to drive the Irish from the works , Four men have been committed for trial at the next Beverley
sessions on this charge . : Accident at the Newcastle Station . —Mr . Nater , the young gentleman who was stated to have received fatal injuries by a fall from a platform in the Newcastle station at the moment her Majesty was entering it , is recovering . ; Mysterious Disappearance . —The disappearance of a Mr . Palmer , who haB for many years carried on business as a teadealer and grocer , at Clifton , has given riaetoa painful sensation throughout that district . Mr . Palmer , for whose long-continned absence not the slightest reason cau be assigned , has been missing since the 1 st of August . On the mornine of the day in question he left home in
his usual health and spirits for the purpose . of going into Bristol to make purchases . He gave directions , according to bis general custom , for his dinner , and has never since been seen or beard of . It has been ascertained that on the day of his disappearance he attended a sale at the Horse-bazaar , near Collegegreen , and made a purchase of a bridle , and that he afterwards partook of refreshment at a tavern in the neighbourhood , which however he left quite sober * the police ate engaged in prosecuting the most diligent investigation ofthe matter , and a reward has been offered for any information tending to throw light on the affair . The deceased was respectably . : dressed , and besides cash had with him a valuable gold watch and appendages . ,
Match against Time . —A pedestrian from Leeds haB commenced the task of walking 1 , 000 miles in 1 , 000 successive hours . The feat , which will occupy six weeks within a few hours , is undertaken for a wager of £ 250 , the stakeholder being a highly res . pectablc gentleman on the other side of the water . The ground selected is a field near the Tranmere Hotel , where a suitable covering haa been erected . The pedestrian will walk a mile at the close ofthe first hour , and another at the commencement of the second hour , thus securing for himself an hour and a half's rest between every walk of two miles . Combination oe . Coach and Cab Pbopbietobs at LiVBRPnoi .. —Liverpool , Monday :.. AH tbe hackney-coach proprietors closed their establishments to day in consequence of a dispute with the' Towncouncil relative to fares ¦ This step is calculated to cause travellers much inconvenience .
The recent Cor »; Robberies at Liverpool . —On Saturday last a lengthy investigation took place before Mr . William ¦ Rathbone , ' relative to the late robberies of corn . The prisoners were Jameg Davis , William Thompson , Jacob Thomas , Peter Donally , and George Blackburn . Thei latter , who has carried on business as a damaged corn-dealer in Brunswick-street , was charged as the receiver of the stolen property . There had been no fewer than
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eight distinct cases of felony during the past month ; and the amount of grain stolen was very considerable . Diyies and Thompson were proved to have appropriated four bags of- barley , bulbnging ' to Messrs . Staniaty and Coyas , which they , were employed to deliver from . the ship Gustave to Messrs , Jump and Son ., Davies was also concerned in the robbery of eighteen quarters of linseed . The prisoners Thomas and Dorially were charged with steal-, ins from the warehouse of Messrs . 'IV and WVEarle eightS'cks of corn on the 8 th Aug ., six sacks on the 16 lh , and four sacks on the 22 nd ; and . six sacks of Indian corn belonging to Mesars . Prioa and Co . were Btolen about the same time ' Irom the warehouse of Mr . Thomas ; in Frederick-street , in which Davies .
, Thomas , and Thompson are supposed to have been concerned . It was : alleged that Bjackburo Oiad bought the linseed for exactly half its value , and he sold it 6 a . a quarter under the market price . \ A great part Of the missing grain" was found upon his premises . The evidence'against all the prisoners was quite conclusive ,- and they ! were committed to take their trial at the sessions . ; v ; 'Vmnnnn ' ¦ A poor Miner fallen Heir to £ 100 . 000 . — W . B . Walton ' a poor miner , living near Aldstone , was la * t week iefti by will , heir and executor to the property and estate of William Bell , Esq ., High Shield ; near Hexhara ; es'inoated to be worth about £ 100 000 . . The . fortunate ihi'ir of-this magnificent
property is a deoent , respectable man , witualarge family . —Mining Journal . / - .. . .. '¦ . ¦ ,: ' , --Fatal Accident at Coniston . —A / few days since anold man , named Thomas Millican , about sixty years of . ase , while attendant upon the -large 1 waterwheel that serves to pump and draw the work from the deepegfc ; part of the Coniston copper mjnes , Ml into ihe wheel case , or rather . the inside of the ' wheel itself , during the time it was revolving at a most rapid rate . -Hisbody was literally torn to pieces by thearn . 8 of the wheel and the hundreds of screw bolts that project some incheaf through the casing , like so many iron teeth , in the midst and upon which he was hurled for some time .,
Melancholy . Death of Miss Elphinstonb .-t Miss Elphiristone who was the youngest daughter of the late' Hon . Wm . F . Elphinstone , and cousin to the present Lord Elphinstone , died on the 29 * h nit . from the effeots of the severe injuries she met with by being thrown from a carriage , in which she was riding with the Hon . Mr . and Mrs . Owen Stanley , tendays before , whilst making an excursion in the vicinity of Lord Stanley of Alderley ' s seat near . Holyhead ; - , ^ « t t : An absconding Bankrupt . — In the Oourt ot Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . on the 30 th ult , Mr . Hilleary made an application to Mr . Commissioner Fane for a warrant / upon the following statement . He said that proceedings were in _
prpgress for making Richard Gadsden , of Bolton Mills , near Northampton , a bankrupt , but the petition could not be adjudicated upon before tbe following day . He was prepared to submit , affidavits to the court that'Gadsden was about to depart for America with property in his possession . Having been extensivelyengaged as a corri-faitor , and his recent trnsactions , more particularly , having been on a spate ofsome magnitude , there were reasons for supposing that he had property of the value of several thousand pounds in his possession . He asked the court , under these circumstances , to grant a warrant for the apprehension of Giidsden , although the petition of bankruptcy had not ' been'fully adjudicated upon . Mr . Commissioner Fane , after referring to the
BankruDtcy Consolidation Act , decided that be had the required jurisdiction , and issued . bis warrant accordingly . Upon the messenger of the court'arriving at'Liverpool , he ascertained that Gadsden had sailed f » r America about seven days since ^ The creditors are in possession of a > letter in' , the bankrupt ' s hand-writing , as addressed to his son-in-law , which contains the following passage : — ' It is not my intention ever to return to England , but if I can earn anything for my creditors . I shall send same to be divided smongst them . After I have paid our exoense 8 over , and a few other things , I . "hall hot
have- 'en pounds left , but Ism in hopes it will some day be in toy poWer to pay something . ' The envelope that w ' aileged to have contained this letter , is stated on the outside to have been posted on the 26 th of August , although it bears the Northampton post-mark of August 25 . It would appear to have been previously posted in Ireland , and the direction upon the letter is evidently written by another hand than that of the bankrupt ' s . The communication , al though admitting that the bankrupt has absconded , is regarded by the creditors only as a blind , both as to the whereabouts of Gadsden , and the amount of money in his possession .
Failure in Manchester . —We have to announce the failure of a large cotton-spinning firm , in Manchester , that of Messrs . William and David Morris and Co ., of Salford and Chorlton . The . liabilities are variously stated at from £ 40 , 000 to £ 60 , 000 , but we believe : they will be found not to exceed £ 25 , 000 . Mr . William Morris was an alderman in the corporation of Salford , and has sent in his resignation . ' ; i . ' . ¦ The Liverpool Albion says that the' ¦ Ameri can sailor , Frederick Jerome , who behaved so gallantly at the conflagration of the Ocean Monarch , two years sinC '" , was introduced on Saturday last to the committee of the Shipwreck and Humane Society of that port . If was intimated to him that ' the gold medal of the society had been awarded to him . but that the committee would either present him with the medal or its equivalent in money , at his option .
After some little consideration on his part , he stated that he preferred the money to the medal , and twenty-five guineas were paid to him . An Unpleasant Fix —A singular circumstance occurred at Stafford on the 29 th ult . A man named Henry Stokes , in the employ of Mr . Twigg , at the Windmill , ascended to the gallery of the mill for the purpose of applying the break to the sails . Having , as he supposed , effected his purpose , he was proceeding to descend by one of the s 4 ls , but when about half-way down they began to revolve . He firmly grasped the sail upon which he was standing , anil his perilous position having alarmed Mr . Twjgg , who wa ^ in the mill , he proceeded with all speed to apply the break . The sails , however , were not stopped until the poor man had performed nearly forty revolutions . He sustained but little injury .
Convbbsions to Catholicism . —Tue Rev . W H . Anderuon , vicar of St . Margaiet ' s . the largest parish in Leicester , has frequently caused the proteBtants of that town some uneasiness by the revival of practices peculiar to the Rorrish church , and by the exertions he has made to secure the observance of saints' days &c . This uneasiness is now greater than ever , as a young gentleman who has been under his tuition has just joined tho catholic church , and a young woman who taught at a school under bis superintendence has joined one of the religions communities of that church , and entered a convent . From these and other circumstances a strong impression is abroad that the reverend gentleman is about to follow the example of the Rev . Eyre fiathurst ,
rector of Kibworth , in this county , who , a few days since , renounced his benefice , worth upwards of £ 1 , 300 a-year , and embraced the catholic faith . Indeed , it is believed in some quarters that Mr . Anderdon has left home for the above purpose , whilst others of his parishioners are willing to hope that he has simply retired from the neighbourhood until confidence in his orthodoxy is again restored . The latter opinion has been somewhat strengthened by the fact that a clergyman who has hitherto been unsuspected of Pusyism has come to officiate during the vicar 8 absence ; while on the other band tbe newcomer ; being a native of Ireland , and having assumed a style of dress which has been usually worn by catholic priests only , has raised doubts as to his orthodoxy . ;
Accident to Gaswobkeks at Liverpool . —On Saturday evening , a number of men engaged in connecting some eas mains in Richmond-row had a narrow escape by inhaling the nosi us vapour which escaped from the aperture . The men in the trench , and who were making the joints , were completely overpowered , and some time elapsed before they recovered sensibility . The police and woikmenwho removed them were also affected by the * gas , and the greatest consternation prevailed . Mr . Edward * , the superintendent , was present , and under his direction porter and other stimulants wore administered , and after a time the men recovered , without any very
serious consequences * Fire in a Gas-Works . —On Sunday last a slight explosion took place at the Gaythorn -Gas-Btation , Manchester , in one of tho retort-houses , where a quantity of gas had been permitted to escape . Fortunately , it was not of a violent character , and the only damage done was the displacement of some ventilating grids over flues leading from the retorthouse . Soon afterwards a large volume of name was seen issuing from the top of the immense gasometer , which is situated in another part of the
yard ,, and the greatest feare were entertained lest the whole contents should ignite , and a terrific explosion be the result . "Wise precautionary measures were adopted by the masters , of the Btation , and in the course of an hour , by the exertions of the firebrigade ; the flame was extinguished . The hole in the gasometer is supposed to have been made by some heavy ,, hard material , projected from the flue by the previous explosion . The princi pal loss will be in tho waste ot gas , of whioh twenty oi < thirty pounds'worth was consumed .
An Agent held liable for a Debt due bt his Principal . —At the district Countv Court held at Aylesbury , on the 29 th ult ; the case of Smith « Bull" waUeard . , This was a claim for 412 ^! 3 d ! for work done and . performed . The plaintiff is a buiHer . and lives at Wendover ; and the defendant is a land agent and relieving officer of the Aylesbury Union , residing at Ashton Clinton . From the ov £ denceadducef it appeared that in the month of September , 1848 , the plaintiff received instructions from the defendant to do certain work , at Church FarnvAshton Clinton , which ; , was performed , and the bill was sent in the following January . Some time afterwards ( April , 1847 ) the bill was returned by post , and on the plaintiff again seeing the de-
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fendant the hi * ter : tbld WmK jnake out the ^ N . £ > the Duke of Buclc . irigham . He did , so , and » P P" «« several times to the duke ' s age . it at Stowe , out without receiving payment ' of the account . ; i ne . plaintiff , when some- cottages - were to ¦ -be sold at Wendpyer , ; went to Mr ., . Bull , and -wished ? to purchase , upon ' condition that . his bill ; was to be plaeea as a set-off , but the defendant refused to accede to that request . For the defence it was contended that , as the p laintiffhad executed the work f . r the Duke ot Buckingham , at WestonTurville ; through Mr . Bu ll , thedefendant , and as , be ; , was quiteraware ofthe latter ' aoting in the capBCity . of . agent / to . the , Dnho of Buckingham , Mr . Bull was therefore not answerable for the present claim .- Mr . Bull was then exa-, ' I nil liiiliU
minedj -when he stated'that at the time he engaged the plaintiff to do the work hetold him it was for the Duke of Buckingham . ^ With respect ta the co ttages , when the plaintiff applied to him ( Mr . . Bull ) ahout them , he told him that he could not allow tho set-off , because the : estates had passed from the Duke of Buckingham'to Lord Chandos ; and he could not pay the . debts of the former out of the produce of ' . the estates pithe , latter . —In Bumming up , his Honour commented in strong-terms on-the conduct of the defendant in the case m allowing it to come before a court of justice . He could not be surprised at any defence that might be ma < le by the humbler classes , when such ah . unjust defence had been set up . by so respectable a person as the defendant . The only , point , too . in the jdefence tended more to cnrifirm the plaintiff s case than to upset it .
It-was with the greatest paiR that he heard a person acting as agent for a noble duke say that when a tradesman app lied to him for settlement of a just debt , it could not be paid out . oi the produce of the estate because it had passed out of the duke ' s into the Marquis ' of Chahdos ' s handsV Upon consideration of the whole matter he must order a judgment to be . entered for the plaintiff for . the debt and costs . —Immediate payment , ordered . , ; : . Attempted SuicidbV- John Blower , whocut his throat immediatel y after he was sentenced to seven years' transportation at the last quarter sessions , on Tuesday ^ morning made another at tempt at selfdestruction . , When the . unhappy man was let out of his sleeping cell to go into the day-room , ho run against the angle of a stone wall , butting hid , head against it with all his force , breaking the scalp from the forehead to the crown . ' ' '
. Disturbance between the 11 th Hussars and Civiliaks . at iPSwicH .-rAbout half-pastr eleven 6 ' clockon Saturday nigbt last , . the inhabitants of St . Matthew ' s ' and Westgate streets , Ipswioh , were disturbed from their tlumberaby several low fellows assaulting two of the privates of the 11 th Hussars , now . stationed in the Ipswioh barracks . The two soldiers were , according to the statements of two or three most respectable persons , brutally treated . It appears that about the . time , mentioned . ahove , the twosoliJiers entered the- shop ' of Mr . Eside , wine arid spirit merchant , where they Raw a fenjalei the wife of one of their comrades , whom a man panied West , a sawyer ,. and another named Rivers , ' a painter , . were insulting . The two soldiers remonstrated
with the men for such unmanly , conduct , but ; the latter still contiriued ^ to ' abuse the ^^ soldiers and the woman , who did alllthey possibly could to prevent any disturbance ; but finding Rivers and West determinedto commit a breach of the peace , ' the soldiers left , and were , proceeding quietly down the street , when ! they perceived that . tbey . ^ wei'e being followed by nearly twenty persons . When the soldiers arrived opposite to the Crown and Anchor both their oaps were knocked off by a mob , who illused . them in a most , cowardly way . After several skirmishes , tbe soldiers got the worst of it , their being about fifty persons present at this time , Bome of whom jumped upon the soldiers , when lying in the road , kicked arid otherwise ill-treated them .
The soldiers then beat a retreat , but they had not reached beyond Mr . Read ' s , watchmaker and jeweller , before they were again overtaken . After they had again met with most brutal treatment at the hands of the mob , the soldiers once more managed to get away from them , one running up Globe-lane , and the other round Mr . Churchman ' s corner , pursued by their assailants , who were halloing and making a great noise , muChto the annoyance of the peaceable inhabitants . The soldier who ran up Globe-lane fortunately got clear away from his pursuers , but the other poor fellow was not so formnate , and finding them too close at his heels to be pleasant , he ran into the house occupied by Mr . Rowlson , nearly opposite'the Temperance Hall ,
and begged protection . . Mr . Rowlson had much difficulty in keeping some portion of the . people from entering his house . Some of them demanded th » t the soldier should be given up to them , and even , intintated that unless . their orders were attended to they ' would break open Mr . Bowlson ' s house . In the meantime , police constable . Cole , Bloomfield " , and Ponder came up , and they , in a short time , escorted , the soldier to the barracks , followed by a large number of persons shouting and making a great noise . One of the soldiers had his lip cut open , and the other sustained such severe injuries that he was tal ? en to the hospital . , The soldiers a ssaultea ' , we are informed ,. are two of . the bestcoriducted ; men in the regiment . On the
following night ( Sunday ) , a ' party of ten or twelve soldiers belonging to the 11 th Hussars , comrades of the two soldiers who were assaulted by the civilians on the previous night , sallied forth with the evident determination to make an attack upon the parties , some of whom it appears were well known to them . For this , purpose they proceeded to tho Royal William [ Bowling-green , ; where . they found West ( one of the men who had ori g inated the quarrel ) , and , a person named Jordan ; A slight row here took place between them , ' which resulted in West and Jordan being ' rather roughly handled by the soldiers in the public road ; T » ut the former managed to escape from his assailants . : About halfpast eleven o ' clock , ten or twelve soldiers again met
West and Jordon opposite , the Feathers public house , in Weatgate-street , when they made . another attack upon them . The soldiers bad taken off their jackets , 'one of their comrades holding them . ' Some of tfteso / diers were at this time armed with short sticks ,, which ihey used pretty freely upon the heads and persons of West and Jordan , ' so much so , that Jordan ' s head was broken open , and be was taken to Mr . Sampson ' s surgery , where his wounds were bound up . West , after the fray , ' was picked up quite insensible , and conveyed to uis home by two of the police . Information having been given to the guard at the barracks , a picquet was at once sent out in search of the soldiers . —Ipswich Express . Suicide phom Jealousy ^— Oh Sunday , WiUiam
Coates , an innkeeper at Darlington , committed a most determined act of suicide by placing the muzzle of a double-barrelled gun in his mouth , and discharging the contents , causing immediate death . The coroner ' s inquest was held on Monday , when it appeared that the deceased had forsoirie time entertained suspicion of the virtue of ; his- wife , 'sho had lately been addicted to drinking . Some circumstances having occurred , on Monday week to confirm his suspicions , he turned hisvfife out of doors , and remained during the rest of the week in a state of great nervous excfteriient and despondency . On Sunday night he closed his house , and put an end to his existence as described . ; A letter was found m the pocket of deceased , addressed to the coroner . whion
m he stated his intention and the cause of it , and requested that the little propert y he possessed might be divided equally between his two children . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . " .:: ¦; : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Gbkat Conflagration in Huntingdonshire . —On Monday night the village of , Harboys , St . Ives , was thrown into the greatest confusion by the sudden outbreak of afire , which involved inflames and reduced to ashes a large farmhouse , with all its stook of hay and straw , and twenty-one cottages , the inhabitants of ; which are now sheltered in the church ,, which was instantl y opened for their , reception It originated from some children playing with luciter matches near some hay arid straw , which ignited ,, and as quickl y spread its flames , that although the Ramsgate and the St . Ives engines were instantly on the spot and in full play , thev could not check their fury before the above-named
destruction took place . About three years ago . the village of Newingham , not far removed from Har « boys , was burned nown b y a girl , throwing a box of warm cinders on a dust-heap , when a bi « h wind carried them to the adjoining hay-ricks , and the flames caught the cottages , burning them to the , ground . . A collection is being made on behalf o the poor . houseless villagers of Harboys . iv . ? ™ H » was 'toin this city ( Exeter ) on Monday r £ k [• ? i t gained the appointment oV 2 SS '' ? oul ? ° l m 8 , vaoant by the death of the late Mr . Ley . As this would compel the hon . member to give up his seat for the city , which has become very precarious , the liberal electots are on the qui viye , and several gentlemen have oeen named as candidates . The conservatives are also preparing for any event of the kind that may Happen . Wo give the report as we have , heard it , without any authority for its correctneaB . —Western Lwnunqyys , .
The Briok-makrrs at Ashton-dkdbr-Lynk . — On Saturday last F . Morris , T . Barker , T . Fitz . morris , T . Jnokson , James Philips , and William Forrest ,. were charged by . Mr . Newton , chief constable , with conspiracy , and were committed to take their trial at the ensuing arizes _ at Liverpool . They were however , allowed to give bail for . their appearance , themselves in £ 50 each , and two sureties in ' ^ ench .. ' ' ,, ' V ' . ¦"" . ' " .. , , . j Termination of a TuBN-oDT . ^ rThe power-loom weavers and other hands at Messrs . Rothwell and Ctrundy ' s cotton niill , Limefield , ' Bury , who have beeridn the strike about eight weeks , reaunied their work on Tuesday - morning ,-the masters havinir agreed to give the hands theprice they wanted eth
; Rophdale Savings Bank , —The Right Hon Fox Maule , Secretary at War ,. has given , orders that all those pensioners who had deposits in the Rochdale Sh ^ uu a !^ r ^^ ^^^ 1 Rbprksentation op thb TJnivshbiiy op Cam : BRiDOB—Aocording to present a PPeMance 8 & £%
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' ¦ " ; ; ; : i $ reiattb / v : ¦ ;¦; . Dublin . —The : Tenant Leaoub . —From the mi . riutes of the ; week ' s proceedings of the Tenant League , we .. learn that active exertions , have been made in the way of preparations for the provincial meetings recommended in the address of the preceding Week . Arrangements have been made for four county meetings in Leinster , viz . —in Meath , WeStmeat b , Kilkenny , and . Wexford , and it is expected the result will be the complete organisation of these districts . Many of the leading men in each district have been written to , and , as the report states , the mbst encouraging ' assurances have' oeett received from them ' Extracts from several
communications , from the active friends ; of the tenant agitation tbroughout the country , appear in the wQekl y minutes of the League , arid these give ample reason to conclude that the efforts of the League will be most strenuously supported in the provinces . Several of the letters from the south were from Roman Catholic clergymen , who show themselves among the staunchest and most earnest friends of tenant right . , ' The Austrian government having , says the Evening Post , placed . £ 3 , 200 at the'disposal of the Synod for the relief of the distressed poor ot Ireland , the allocation of that sum wa ? made— £ 1 , 200 / for the relief of the province of Munster , £ 1 , 20 * for a similar purpose in Connaught , and £ 800 , we believe , equally between Leinster and Ulster .
EsnoKATioN . - The Nation of Saturday contains the following : — "The Right Rev . Dr . Burns Roman Catholic Bishop of Arkansas , in the United States of America , is at present in Dublin . He will be accompanied back to his diocese immediately by a clergyman arid upwards of 600 subtantial farmers , from one district in the county of Wexford . A number of ladies of the Sisters of Mercy have also signified their intention to accompany bis lordship . The situation fixed upon for this colony lies between Little Hock and Van Burin , and bis lordship describes the land as abounding with fruit and corn . Harvest Prospects . —Out of the -vast . mass of
provincial papers which reached Dublin on Saturday there are not more than half a dozen which make any . allusion to the progress of the harvest ; and of such as do refer to the subject all but one speak favourably of the prospect . From the midland counties , and Donegal and Tyrone in the northern province , the reports are satisfactory ; but in Sligo it is stated that at least one-half of thepotato crop is gone ; and the remainder " in a most grievous state . " For the rest ofthe country silence may be fairly constructed as good news . The weather has been extremely fine for the last three days , and the mercury has been gradually rising to " set fair . "
Sales of Encumbered Estates . —One of the finest properties that has yet come under the operation of the Encumbered Estates Act , is now in the market , and , unless previously disposed , of by private contract , will be offered for public sale in the month of January next . It consists Of the Killymoon estates of Colonel Stewart , situate in the county of Tyrone , and containing 4 , 663 acres , yielding a rental of nearly £ 3 , 800 per annum . Lord Gough , while on a visit to the north of Ireland , was snid to be in treaty for this property , and it is still believed that his Lordship , if he do not become the .-purcbaser of an estate in one of the midland counties , will be a candidate for the ownership of Killymoon . The present proprietor is also the petitioner in this case .
Reduction * v Rents . —Lord Cremorne , one of the best landlords in Ireland , has issued a circular to the tenantry on his extensive estates in the county of Monaghan , signifying inter alia , bis Lordship s intention to make an abatement of rent commensurate with the present low prices of produce . The merit of this timely sacrifice is enhanced by the : well-ksown fact , that in " good times" the lands , were let . dt a low rate , but that it is only by making a further reduction ' that the noble owner can carry . out the maxim of " Live and let live . " : Government Patronage . —The law appointments are definitively arranged , and the leading prize has fallen to the share of Mr . Henry Baldwin , who has been appointed , one of the iudees of the Insolvent
Lourt . l he vacant barristersbi /? has been conferred upon Mr . Gibson , who some years ago satin Parliament as the Whi g representative for the borough of Belfast . Both appointments are regarded aB quite unexceptionable . ' ' : The lucrative officeof Collector-General of Taxes , uhdev the New Dublin Improvement Bill , which public report had long since given to Mr . Maurice V Connell , the member for Tralee , has been bestowed on Mr . Alderman Staunton , whose name is identified with Irish journalism as the founder and proprietor of the Register newspaper , w nieh for many years was the recognised organ of tho late Mr . O Connell . and the record , as it were of the proceedings of the once celebrated Catholic Association .
Value op Convent PnoPEKTy in Ireland . —The Anglo Celt ,, Ca , van paper , saye , "The present convent property in Ireland is stated to be worth upwards of € 700 , 000 . " ; . . Sehious Affray near Ballinaslob . —Rescue of Cattle . —The Western Star contains the following statement .- " On Wednesday last Mr . John Kelly , poor-rate collector , proceeded , with three assistants ,, named Murray , Gavan , and Kenny , to distrain for poor-rates due by a man named Tarley—the amount All 3 s . After going on the lands of B . ill ymana , and seizing eleven head of cattle , several people colected and succeeded in rescuing the cattle , with the exception of one cow . Some blows were given on both sides , when Mr . Kelly and his men were attacked with stones . Murray was struck hva stone
on tne torehead , which forced the blohd through bis ears and nose and Mr . Eelley was hit on the back ot his head-and some other parts of hia body . Ho a doubled-barrelled pistol in hia hand , and when mocked down two or three of the ' rescuers' held him , wrested the pistol from hia hand , searched his Side pocket for another pistol , which they got , and When taking it out also took £ 50 in notes ; either ; hrough mistake or design . So Mr . Kelly states . Mr . Kelly and his party , however , got away , and came into town , when Murray , who received such dreadful injuries , was put into the hospital . He is the on'y support of a widowed mother . We understand that the lands on which the seizure was made were waste , and the cattle found there belonged toa number of poor farmers living in the neighbourhood . "
State op the Country . —On the second day ' s sitting of the Synod at Thurles , the parish priest of Enriistymore entered the corridor , and , having made his salaam , delivered the following appeal : — "My Lords , ~ An humble priest from the wilds of Clare , fresh from the graves and skeletons of that desolated county , assumes the liberty of throwing out most respectfull y a few observations , not by way of dictation , but for the kind consideration of this great council . Ireland , my lords , is our coun-, ry ; it is the home of our sires and the land of onr ove , It is a . lovely landi blessed by Heaven with I ! f Sff . / ^ ' - «» 7 lords , it is a land . tinSh » f * P fiowow . Acombination ofcircumhSfr ! £ ™ IaT V&ie - L r it 8 ruin - Its children have ,, nKh fi 0 Wn ln thousands , and are dying still 1 ?™ J f wte 8 " ,-P 0 w which crushed the energies , of a nation and robbed it of its pride and indelendence . . Extermina tion , sanctioned by English law ~~? yran ? j r unheard of in the , annals of earliest
» unenng-whig systems , destined to kill and slay our countrymen—have , nearly done their worst . ourpoorhouses are crowded with the dying and the dead ; our towns and hamlets swarm with hopeless victims , hunted . from their mountain homes ; and « SLv 8 ? nd by : eways are strewn with walking ? R , fA 88 gr S an 8 ai "l sighs drag a pang from fhfa ^ / all 0 U 8 ^ arfc ' Oh . «> F'lords , ' shfll not this murderous system have an ^ nd ? Will not tho combined wisdom of this august : council , led on by he representatives ofthe Holy See , influence the mighty eloquence of ; the star , of Tuam , his country s pride and his people ' s treasure , make an ( fforti to arrest our ruiri ? ( The Archbishop of Tuam ) pwed . his acknowledgments . ) Oh this day will orm an era in the annalB of the Catholic church . My , heatt awells . with dolight—my , conviction , whispers to my mind that , you , my Iof , d 8 , will remonstrate with English power ^ -that you will address Royalty itself in behalf of a people that would die
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, , ' -f '\ t ^^ - : 7 :: 7 lbcbtiatfli ^ .: - "; - "•• . Dbath by a Fai-i . from a . Psscipicb . —A letter from Glasgow , Written on "Friday , informs us that Mr . Duncan Grant , of Newhall ,, was killed on the 28 th ult . by a fall froni Ben Nevis . He bad gone on a . pleasure lexciirsion , and bis remains were discovered on the following d » y at the foot of the precipice frightfully mutilated ; y .-, ; .. The North British 3 Ml ? oi' Jfonday , mentions that forgeries have been commi'ted by an " agent in Glasgow upon ah eit ^ ngive tea firm in ' - 'London ,-to the amount of nearly £ 1 , 000 . The alleged forger i » supposed to have sailed W America . . ¦ . :
AccohDiNG to the buoks of the Town Treasurer of Inverness , thei streets o { that burgh were first swept at the public expanse , by order of the Duke of Cumberland , after the battle of Culloden . The following is the entry , dated 1746 . — ' Paid labouring men for keeping the streets and kennels clean ; byorder of the magistrates , upon a message from bis Royal Highness , the Duke of Cumberland , from the 19 th of April to the 23 d of August , ^ 47 2 s " The Douoiiss Miix , belonging . to Messrs . Gilroyj , at Dundee , was destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning . Nothing but the bare walls remain .. .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 7, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1590/page/6/
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