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IsAWn of Losdos . —The official report says : — Che mortality of the metropolitan districts , which the nreceiing week had d eclined to 1 , 036 , has en to a much larger amount than is usual at this riod—the deaths reg istered in the week ending it Saturday having been 1 , 213 . Taking the ten rrespondiug weeks in the years 1841—50 , the only ample of a greater mortality occurred in 1 S 47 , icn the deaths for the week were 1 , 253 ; whilst e average of the ten weeks was 1 / K 57 . Correcting is arotaae according to the snpposed rate of inease inthe population , it becomes 1 , 164 , comreJ with which' the present return shows an cess of 49 . This increase , beth on the previous
wk aud on the average , runs through different riods of life , but is most considerable amongst rsons of advanced age . Complaints of the rcspitory organs have been more than usually active ; d in this class bronchitis , which carries off the : ed . numbers 119 / persons ; of whom 25 were ildren , 40 were persons between 15 and 60 , and : had turned GO years of age . Besides these ; rynaitis and laryngismus striuulus were fatal to 7 li ' ldren and an ' adult ; pleurisy to 8 persons ; icumor . ia ( or inflammation of the lungs ) to 93 , of tiom 77 were children ; asthma to 32 ; and Other scases of the lungs , exclusive of phthisis , to 12 . he tubercuhr class of diseases , which comprises rofuia . tabes mesenterica , phthisis ( or
consuropan ) , and hydrocephatas , also exhibits a slight icrease on the previous week ; the deaths in this itnrn attributed to these diseases being in the jsregate 190 , of which 137 were caused by conlniption alone . By far the largest proportion of ic victims of this destructive malady were of liddle age . 116 out of the 137 having died between ; years and go . Amongst those diseases ot a ibercular character which are mostly confined to liildren , tabes mesenterica was fatal in 13 cases , nd hydrocephalus ( or water on the head ) to 32 . 'he average number of deaths simply described s arising from "fits" or " convulsions" is 50 ; nd . th \ s week ' s table shows nearly the same mount . At this period of the year the zymotic or
pidemic class of diseases on an average causes bout , 200 , or nearly a fifth part of the total number if deaths ; and in the present return it contributes 108 , which is near the usual number , though the > roportion it bears to the total mortality is consiierably less . It is satisfactory to observe that > mall-pox now shows a tendency to become less " atal . Twenty-six persons died from it in the prerious week ; but tbnt Rumber has now fallen to 18 . Vaccination appears to have been performed in only two of these cases . Two children , aged respectively 5 months and 11 months , died on the 17 th of February in the Smal ! -pox Hospital of confluent smallpox , itoth after 7 days' illness , and " unprotected . " Hooping-cough has increased , and now
predomiintes among epidemics , 65 children having died row it in the week , which is considerably more han the average . Twenty-nine died of measles , inly 9 of scarlatina , and S of croup . Typhus was atal in 35 cases , of which 20 occurred in the middle teriod of life . During the week 130 deaths were 'egistervd which had occurred in workhouses , 13 in nUitary and naval asylums , 4 . 0 in general hospia ! s , . 3 in military and naval hospitals , and 9 in lulatic asylums . The births of 792 boys and 775 orls , in all 1 , 567 children , were registered in the reek . The average in six corresponding weeks of
& 45-50 was 1 , 420 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 in . on Sunday and Monday ; the mean of the week was 29 870 in . The mean daily temperature wasbelowtheavervige of corresponding days in ten years , on Sunday and Monday ; on Tuesday it rose nearly 10 degrees above it , continued at the same height on Wednesday , and then fell gra Juaily to the average on Saturday . It was 43 deg . -9 on Tuesday and Wednesday , and 38 deg . * 8 on Saturday ; and the mean of the week was 43 deg . -5 . Ti : c wind was generally in the SQutu-wcst , except on Friday , when H blew from the
northeast . Melancholy Scicide in the Borough . —On Sunday morning , during divina service , a female servant , aged twenty , in the family of Messrs . Jones , Brothers , curriers , Uigh-street , Borough , committed suicide by nearly severing her bead from her body with a carving knife , from which death occurred almost instantaneously . Medical aid was immediately procured , but the wound was of such a fearful description , that it was beyond the power of hunvin aid to save her . It appears that for some time past the deceased has been labouring under a slight mental and nervous excitement , supposed to have been occasioned by some peculiar religious scruples , which so preyed upon her mind , and produced such a change in her conduct and demeanour , that Messrs . Jones had deemed it advisable to send for her family , amitwa > arranged for her s ster to come to town for the purpose of removing her from lier situation .
SoiciriE of a Coiseb . —On Saturday last an in-QUiry was taken by Mr . Baker , at the Northumberland Arms , Fashion-street , Spitalfieids , on view of the body of FHzibeth Ev-riugton , aged twenty-one , an utterer of base coin , who poisoned herself with a solution of silver . Edward Conner , Xo . 2 , Wilsonplace Spitalfieids , said he was an utterer of counterfeit coin . De had cohabited with the deceased , who was a tingle woman , and who had passed bad money about seven years . On the 7 th of October last she came ont of prison , where she was placed
for having a quantity of base coin in her possession . On Thursday se ' unight he aad the deceased returned from Essex , where they had been in the pursuit of their avocation . On the following Tuesday they went out together to pass bad nuney , and had some diink . On their return home , deceased , who was intoxicated , took a bottle from the cupboard , in which was a quantity of solution of silver , which she drank iff . Mr . Hart , surgeon , wascalied in a few hours before she died . —By ihe coroner : The solution is used by utterers tf base coin . Verdict , " Tempcrary insanity . "
Pois < i . mxg as IsFAXi bt Grx . —In our second edition last week we stated that Hannah Maria Evanhad been brought up at the Marylebone Police Court charged with having , while in a state of intoxication , given a quantity of pin to Elizabeth Ramsey , a child under sevea years of ace , and who , in consequence thereof , was removed , while perfectly insensible , to the Western General Dispensary , New-road . On Friday morning the child died . Mr . Wakley , the coroner , was communicated with , and on Saturday last , he lrnld an inquest on the body , at the Western Disp-nsarv , Xew- road . The surgeon of the institution said that the deceased was brought there , and , finding her insensible , he applied the stomach-pump , and extracted from her stomach fully a quart of lightish liquor . Finding that the child still continued ill , he opened the jugular vein , hut all his efforts proved ineffectual , and the child died on
. Friday morning . lie was certain that the liquor was the cause of death . The jury returned a verdict of ' Manslaughter " against Hannah Maria Evans , and tfeenroner made out his warrant of committal Poisoxixg ur Beetle Wafers . —Mr . Wakley , jun , held an inquest on Monday at the King ' s . Head , on the body of a child nineyeats of aue . The deeeasei was playing in the streets with other boys , wbeu , seeing some bright red wafers lying before the door of an oil-shop , tUej tasted them , and subsequently ate some . All the lads were taken ill , and decea-ed , who had ea ? e « more lhan the others , died . The wafers contained red lead , and the symptoms of the boy ' s illness were tbnse which ordinarily follow poisoning by thatme-al . The jury returned a verdict of accidental death , with an admonition to the tradesman from whose shop the wafers had been incautiously 8 wept .
Death bi the Haxo of a Wife . —On Monday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Princess Roval Paul-street , Finsbury , on the body of Wm . Dear a plasterer , aged twenty-two . It appeared that on the night of Saturday week last the deceased was sitting at supper with his wife , *> ho was holding an infant of five months old in her lap . The child cried , when deceased slapped its head . The mother seized the first object that came to hand , which happened to be a fork , and either threw or throst it at him , penetrating the back of his band . The wound swelled an abscess formed , and fever supervened , of which the man died . The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against the wife , " who was thereupon cotcmltted . FmcniFci , Accidest at tiib "Watebloo-boad
Siatiox . —On Monday morning , between nine and ten » 'cl « ck , a most serious accident took p ace at the Waterloo-road terminus of the South' Western Railway . Richard Bangs , a porter in the emplny of r j " - iway com P « Wuile engaged in some portion ol duties at the platform , endeavoured to cross the line to the other side of the station , and in so doing tne engine and tender , by some means , caused the EH ^ -1 ^ 1 " - ^ - gsa-ti , *^ 6 istance , wlien he was released from his fearfnl rosra ^ fcrffl-jsaK *? io
moveu or . inomas ' s H'snital ™ , i i .- j - son was seen by Mr . M-MurKtC ° - D hlS admls * and U . assistant who nS&SiSZ HS injuries were of a most serious character ., 5 » & £ . """•• * " - »™« sas ^ E Ryan , aged forty-five yaors , a SSSSLSK tbeJiewLondon Gas works . Yauxhall 7 . pujea a * in thenpperpart of a m * 42 £ ff £ S £ *! f £ he missed his footing and fell with great ri « P ! the ground , sustaiufug *** £ g %£ F £ spine . He was removed to Guy ' s Hospital , where leexpired in great agony shortl y after his admiJS ? At the London Docks it was discovered , at an £ Sl hour that one of the night watchmen was missh Atier diugent search with drags his body was dis covered iu the Wapping basin . near the sir ing bridge !
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. A Man found Drowned . —About nine o ' clock on . Tuesday rooming , as Sergeant Roberts , 28 M , w passing through a bye place . xslled Jamaica Lev * , ) , in Rotherhiihe , he observed the-boiiyofamanimvnersed in a ditch containing water ' and mud , about ' two feet deep . The decease ? was lying on his face , with' his . right band extending downwards ' , in a straight direction , as if in the act of endeavouring to save himself when falling in . He appears to _ have been about twenty years of age , fresh complexion , and dark hair , dressed in a blue cloth cap , with peak , and corduroy jacket , vest , and trousers , striped neckerchief , ' and had on two odd shoes . ' On bis person was found a portion of a letter , addressed ' * R . Turnejy Mr . Hinks , . 69 , Fetter-lane , London ;" . and dated'from Sheep-market-end , Bicester , 11 th of Fobruaay , 1851 , The body , which has not . been identified , was taken to the bone house at Rotherhithe , where it awaits a coroner ' s inquest . : ¦ ..- < - , ;
. Accidestai , Death of . Mb . Booth , Railway CoJiTB&cTOR . —On Wednesday , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an ir . quest at the Morton Arms . Hawley-road , Kentish Town , on the late Mr-.. John Booth ;' subcontractor on the Birmingham Junction of the East and West India Dock Ksiilway , " aged forty-nine . The body presented an appalling spectacle ; the skull having been literally driven in . —James Stutter said that he was working the crane at the viaduct by which they were hoisting a stone of five cwt ., when , in consequence of the chain being foul , the stone came in contact with the side of the ' viaduct and its progress was stopped . Deceased , who was standing on the parapet , leaned all his weight against , the chain to drive it from the wall . wh > n
the chain swerved , and deceased , losing his balance , fell amidst bricks an « i rubbish to the road below . In his fall ho called ont "Hold off , hold off , " and tried to grasp the scaffolding as he fell . —Richard Whittaker , the foreman carpenter , substantiated the above evidence . —Several other witnesses were examined , and the coroner summed up , commenting upon the frightful nature of the , fatal occurrence . The jury , after a brief deliberation , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " Deceased , who was beloved by the workmen , has left a widow and child to deplore his untimely end . ' - ¦• • "Wholesale Transfer of Irish Poor to London , —On Wednesday Mr . William Carter held an inquest at the Jolly Sailor Tavern , Lo « er-road
Rotherhithe , concerning the death of a male infant , aged four weeks , the illegitimate offspring of Ann Connell , who died from cold and exposure to the weather , on board the Pelican steamboat , whilst on . the way from Ireland to London . —Ann Connell said that on Thursday morning last at seven o ' clock she paid 2 s . as passage money for herself and babe , on board the Pelican steamer , which left the harbour that morning for London . They were on deck the whole journey ; and , without any covering but the air , three days and nights , exposed to the wind and weather . —The Coroner : How many passengers were there on the deck : ?—Witness : 750 sir , men , women , and children , all huddled together . We were so closely packed that we could scarcely
move . The deceased appeared very well when witness went on board .. The rain came down seven 1 times , and the passengers were unable to get under any covering .-.--The women on the deck raid the deceased had been suffocated by the crowd of persons on board . Witness was unable to keep the child warm at night , but received a little warmth from a pipe or flue which came from the engineroom , or from one of the cabins . Witness could not change the child ' s clothes , owing to the overcrowded state of the vessel ; The deck was also wet and' dirty , and it was washed on Saturday whilst they were packed together . Witness had not sufficient clothing for the child , and she was of opinion that the deceased had died from the cold
and exposure to the weather . The passongers were three days and nights on board , some of them with scarcely any food . There were cattle on the deck , — The Coroner observed that it was a wonder Government did not interfere to put a stop to . such a shameful system . The poor creatures were treated worse than swine . —Witness added that she found the child dead shortly before they were landed . She pawned some articles of clothing to pay her passage money . —Coroner : I fully believe , from information I received some time ago ; that these people are supplied with money to carry them to London by the parochial authorities of Ireland , so that they may be relieved from the expense or burthen of keeping them . —The whole of the jury were of the same opinion . —Mr . Henry Gardner , the summoning officer , said he had known as many as 1 , 000 being brought at one time from Ireland , at the rate of
Js . 6 d . or 2 s . per head . —Mary Ritchfield , the nurse to the infirmary , proved receiving the child , which was quite dead and cold . There were no marks of violence on its person , which was plump and well formed . —Other evidence having baen adduced , the Coroner summed up the testimony , and remarked on the serious nature of the case , which he said was one of a very important character . There was no doubt that the child had died from exposure to the weather , aud it was only surprising that more deaths had not occurred under the circumstances . Ho did not believe they could make the steam-boat company responsible for the death , but really it was distressing , and government ought to have their attention called to the subject to prevent such a disgraceful system . The jury , after a short consultation , unanimously returned a verdict in accordance with this opinion .
Fire at Camberwell . —On Tuesday morning , shortly after two o ' clock , a fire , nearly attended with l' » ssoflif « , broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . W . Allen , carpenter , Suuthampton-street ,- . Camherwell . The flames ori ginated from some unknown cause in the workshop , on the ground floor , ' . immediately under the sleeping apartments of the fami ' y . A police constable who first discovered the fire , HICceeded in arousing the residents , but such waa the ' mtensity of the heat that the several parties were nearl y suffocated . An elderly female who was sleeping in the first floor ! was carried out of her room in a state of insensibility , but owing to the restoratives applied she eventually recovered . The engines quickly attended , and owing to thn combined exertlms of the police and firemen , the flames were subdued , but not until the workshop , together with its stock-in-trade , t » o | s , and other effects , were destroyed , and the re-UVttiuder Of the premises extensively damaged .
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Shocking Tragedy . —A few day ago , a M . D" ~—went to a lamer , living at St . Claude , near Blois , and demanded the payment of a considerable sum of money which bad long been due to him . The farmer sent away hia wife , and invited his creditor into an inner chamber to write arcceipt . As he entered , the farmer discharged a gun at him , and wounded him severely , after which he cut his throat . He then placed the body in a cart , conveyed it to about a mile and a half from the village , and buried it in a field . His wife became aware of the murder , and reproached him in bitter terms . Fearing . that Bhe would inform tho police of hi 3 crime , he left his homo and came to Paris . A description of his person was sent up , and , shortly after , his dead body was discovered at the Morgue ; he had committed suicide by throwing himself into the Sena . —Gatignane 3 Messenger
, Don i Believe it unless Yon Like . —It baa been rumoured that Messrs . Pickford ami Co ., tho great carriers , have been desired to send in a tender lor the carrying of all tho government measures during the present session . It is expected tlie saving of time and expense will be prodigious , if the arrangement can be effected ; fov it is found that there _ is nothing so dear , slow , and uncertain ,-in carrying the government measures , as the present parliamentary train . —2 V » d .
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&f ) e grommes . Failure of the Flax Experiments at Rochdale . —We regret to learn that Chevalier Claussen has abandoned the idea of spinning flax on the ordinary cotton machinery , and that his experiments , which have for some time been carried on at the works of Messrs . Bright , are at end . The common system of carding cotton is found not to be at all applicable to the flax fibre , and that a more expensive and tedious process will have to be adopted . Weunderstand that a Bradford manufacturer has purchased a share in the patent , and intends making some further experiments which , it is to be hoped , may result in the successful amalgamation of flax with worsted goods . Notwithstanding this failure in the attempt to produce flax yarn by cotton machinery , we trust it IS only temporary ,-and that we shall yet see sufficient skill brought to bear upon the subject , as to insure final success . —Minchestet Examiner .
Abstraction of Fdnds bt a District Secretary . —No little consternation has been created amongst the members of the Ancient Order of Foresters , in Southampton , by the discovery that their district secretary , John William Gale , plumber , of Southampton , has decamped , with a considerable portion of the funds of the order . We have been informed , in answer to inquiries we have made , that he has been absent about a fortnight , that his wife and family are gone also ; and it is believed he has about £ 130 belonging to the district in his possession . No due , we understand , has ytbeen obtained as to his whereabouts , or what direction he has taken . —Hampshire Independent .
Robbing a Pcblic Hodsb . —On the 24 th ult . one of those public house robberies which have become somewhat common of late , and which , from the dexterous manner in which they are perpetrated , leave no doubt that they are the work of accomplished thieves , was committed at the Royal Oak , situate on the turnpikei road leading from Bristol to Gloucester . The landlord had been in the habit , for the' sake of better security , of depositins Ms money and plate in bis own bed room ; and it is presumed that the -perpetrators of the robbery must have , by some means obtained knowledge of this fact
a . On the evening in question there were some parties drinking in the house , of whom no suspicions were entertained , but sometime after their leaving it was discovered that one or more of them had contrived to make their way upstairs , obtain entrance into the bed room , opened tbe landlord s drawer , possessed themselves of and carried off a lot of silver spoons , &c ., and all the money m the drawer . Information of the robbery was immediately carried to the police , who at once Fet on foot a diligent inquiry , bnt as yet have not succeeded in discovering the thieves .
Munificent Doxatioh is Support of Roman Catholicism . —The inhabitants of the village of Oldcoates , near Blythe , and also of tbe surrounding neighbourhood , have been astounde d by Edward Chaloner , Esq ., of Goldthorpe , giving upwards of an acre and a half of ground in a field south of Oldcoates , whereon to erect a Roman Catholic church , a house for the priest , a school , and a burial ground . That gentleman has ako , we hear , in vested £ 4 , 000 towards its completion . —Nottingham Guardian . Partial Suffocation bt . the Fumes of a Lime-Kiiu . —A remarkable case of partial suffocation by ihe fumes of lime occurred on Sunday to aman and his wile , in the neighbourhood of Bristol . On the side of the high road from Bristol to the North of England is a large l ? me-kiln , kept by a nerson named
uogers . who , in order to keep a watch over his property , and to do the business of a small farm , which he unites with his lime making business , has erected m ^ A l ° SV ° " if ° - £ ' which is habited by a man and his wife , who milk the cows &c On Sunday morning it was observed that t £ , ' notX « pto milk the cWM uM . StEfiSS
teniion being called to ihe fact , he-went tolhe cottage to arouse them .,-, Ashhe . could get . ho answer to bis knocking , heat once ; broke into the house ; ' and lucky it was for its unfortunate . inmaies that he' did so , 'for he . fpund ,. them , both nearly , iJead ' . from the fumes of the hme , wUich . had penetrated the cottage - ineaged couple , whose names are John ' and Elizabeth Cnle ,. vere at once removed to the Bristol Royallnfirmary ,, where thjsy lie . in . a ' very doubtful sta eas regards . their . ultimate recovery ' - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ , % c ^? _ T ^; -ltappears . the - recentrelaxation of the . Dock and Railway Companies | n their charges , . hag , induced-the French egg and poultry merchants to asasn try , this port , for the" importation of their merchandise , . Should ic be found thai the expenses are not greater here than atj Shoreham a large trade maybe expected , but principally for the London , markets . —Southampton Independent '
Piece , of ; Needlework-iThere is a piece of needlework , which has been prepared for the Exhibition of . 1 S 51 . by , some : of' tlie ladies of the Moravian establishment at Fulneck . noW ready for transmis » iou to London . ] The design is unique . ' and the execution exquisite . The centre of the inscription ( tf we may use the term ) consists of the names . Victoria and Albert , and round that centre the names of the royal children , with their respective birthdays . Then the worda " Moravian Establishment , Fu . neck , Leeds , " on . a medallion-shaped ground ol carnation satin . As a whole , it does great credit to the head that devised t he design , as ' well as to the very delicate manipulation of . the fair fingers that carried out the plan . '
Ihb Labour Market . —The emigration of many of tbe best labourers from the fen villages and towns is now going on in one continuous stream . How far it maybe wise to attempt to reduce wages Yo a sum at which the labourers cannot honestly live is a matter for . employers to reflect upnn . That there will shortly be a great scarcity of the better class of labourers , is beyond a doubt . This was seriously felt last summer , and probably will be more seriously experienced during the coming summer months ' . During the present re-arrangements of rents and things in general , it would , be well if the labourers '
expenditure was a little more considered : in lain dreds of instances men are payinu £ 5 a year for cot tages the building of <> ne of which would not cost the owner £ 20 . It was truly an affecting sight on Saturday last , to witness the departure from Spalding station of about fifty pers < 'ns for America tn £ ' Liverpool , most of whom were from the neighbourhood of Uolbeach , It wasstated that these will be sj eedily fo ) lo « ed by other parties from the same locality . For some time before the departure of the train , the ceremony of bidding adieu by relations and friendswho were probably being separated for ever—was of a p » inful character .
Represkntation of Bedfoudsiiire . —On Monday the High Sherff attended at the SWre-hall , to declare the state of the poll , and he announced the numbers as follows : —ior Col . Gilpin ; 1 . 562 ; for MrMloughton , 558 . . He thereupon declared Richard Thomas Gilpin , Esq ., duly elected ; and the two candidate ' s having briefly addressed the electors , the proceedings terminated . ; Thb Railwat Accident at Alderlev . —The inquest on the body of Joseph Chadwick , engine driver , who was killed on the Manchester division of the London and North Western Railway , near Alderley , on the 18 th ult ., was ! held on Mondayi before Mr . Roscoe , of Knutsford , Ch-shire —William Watkinson , fireman of the eneine to the train , was the
6 rst witness , and said they left Crew at seventeen minutes past five . They left the last station / at Chel-• ord , at six , and on arriving within half a mile of Alderley . the train went off the line . The first thing he heard was a crack on one side of ihe engine He could not see anything , because it was ; getting dark , and the cut'ing made it more gloomy . The eneineer ( deceased ) said , "What ' sthat ? " ' Witnessdid riot answer , because he did not know what it was . Chadwick reversed the engine , and said , " O » i Bill , " then ran behind witness on to ihe tender . 'Witness triert to get hold of the break , but the engine reared on her
fore-end , swung round , and he was thrown across the up-Hne . He afterwards found himself lying in a water course , with the tender over him , and Cbadwick was lying across his legs . He extricated himself , but it was twenty minutes before Chadwick could be Jibe rated , because the tank of the tender rested on his body , and lie was then quite dead . ' The , train was much shattered . —Mr . iJohn Ramsbpttom , locomotive superintendent of the line , said he had examined the broken wheel , and was of opinion that the tire had broken in consequence of an it ward , or concealed flaw , at the weld . The jury found a verdict of "Accidental death . "
Rumouksd Disturbance at Cosford U . vion llousB . —An order reached the Ipswich Barracks on Friday afternoon , the 21 st ult ., from the magistrates at Hadleigb . requesting Captain Peel , the officer in command of the 11 th Hussars , now stationed at the barracks . " to have the military in readiness , as symptoms of insubordination had been manifested among the paupers in the abt-ve Union House ; " which is situate about twelve miles from Ipswich , and two from Hadleigh . The soldiers were , accordingly con fined within barracks , ready to march at ' a moment ' s notice . On Saturday last the troops still continued under orders , but upon inquiring at the Union House it was found that the grounds for apprehending a riut were very slight . The paupers in the house , it , appeared , have been treated indul gently by the goverand about
nor , a week since when they made a complaint respecting . theallowanoe of bread , he permitted them to appoint a deputation to meet the Guardians on the subject ,. who have transmitted to the Poor , Law Board the particulars of the men ' s complaint . On Sunday afternoon as the chaplain ( the Rev . Mr . Waliis ) was reading one of the lessons for the day , and on the . words " . Whom Gnd hath joined together let no man put asunder , " having been uttered , a suppressed murmur arose from the paupers , but nothing further took place at that time . After the conclusion of divine service , the porter informed the governor that the men would not leave the hall to go to their several apartments , and that they had ordered him to tell the governor they wished to speak to him . The governor at once proceeded to the hall , when he ascertained that the favour for which the men were
anxious « as , that theymaybe permitted half an hour in conversation ' with their wives . The request was granted , and at the expiration of the half-hour the men returned to their side of the building in the most orderly manner . On Thursday , the 20 th ult . the magistrates caused summonses to be issued , calling upon upwards of fifty of the principal inhabitants of Hadieigh to attend at the White Lion Inn , at Had-Jcigh , for the purpose of being sworn in as special constables , to act in case their services should be necessary within the Hundred . All appeared in auswer to the s » mmons . except four or five , and we are informed that , with scarcely ah exception , the greatest opposition was shown aeainst such a course
oeing tafcen by the magistrates . A Mr . Jolly , on being requested to take the oath , refused ; andhe was ordered by the magistrates to pay a fine of 45 , which sum , we are informed , will be paid for him by a subscription which was immediately set on foot ; the r iT . ?™ Calvert . •• emarking at the time he fined Jolly , That successfully to guard against war , they ought to be prepared to meet it should it come upon them . Constables staves were brought into the room , but nearly all refused to take them ; some , howcver . did take them , observing , " that they would do for fire wood . " The course the magistrates have taken seema to be highly disapproved of and has causedagreatsensation in the town and neighboure I , a- -IT 1 Uni ° n House , we are told , is capable of holding between 500 and 600 persons
Thb Burglary and Attempt to Murder at Windsor . —On Monday morning Thomas Ash , who is in custody on the charge of being concerned in the perpetration of the murderous outrage at Mr . lucker s was brought up for examination before the magistrates , at the Town-hall , Windsor . Neither Mr . Tucker nor Mrs Whittaker were present , and it was stated in court that they are as yet unable to leave their beds . -Police-superintendent F . Eager produced a black cloak stained with blood , which was handed to him m Mr . Tucker ' s house , and also a handkerchief with the corner torn off , which is of precisely the same pattern as one belonging to Mr . Tucker .-George ; Btagley . a eardener . Iho
wort m the plantation near Clarence Crescent en the moraine : of the 19 th ult ., 8 ta , j that he found ffirea bottle Of wme , and a chiBel or " jemmy , " wh eh he identified -Charles Prince : I reside at ' 18 Oxfordroad , The prisoner Thomas Ash has lodged with me four or five months . The prisoner borrow ! d thechS now produced of me on Tuesday the 18 th , andI 5 he wanted totake it to be ground , as he hadgot todo some business at the barracks . He left my house between two and three on Tuesday afternoon ! I did not see him again until ten minutes after two o'clock in the morning of the 10 th . ( It will be remembered the burglary was committed between one and two that morning ) . When I let him in he told meThat he had desired the other lodger not to have thedoX fastened , as heshould be home in two or ¦ hree hours I he chisel belongs to a lodger of mine , named Jamei Philbey .- ^ amesPhilbev , bricklayer / sworn . Have odged with prisoner some time , at Mr . w ; nM ' .
The brick chisel now produced is my prope ty . It has been fresh ground since I last used it Mr Prince , having told me he had lent the chisel to the prisoner , about eight o ' clock last night I said I wanted tt . Theprisonerreplied , "I will bringT homfaJ dinner time to-morrow , or one in the place of it ' About four or five days since I was in a room down stairs with the prisoner , when he saiu " I know where is some money and how I can get it , and I will be a roguefor once » I gave information at"Sie staturn house when 1 heard of the roobery . -Superinten . dent Lager inspected the premises / and found the house had been entered by thieves , who gained access by breaking a square of glass in the kitchen window and forcing the fastenings with a chisel . The chiaei receivea flir
ne rrom . Bedobrough he bad compared with the wine bin . and it exactly fitted the marfis on it Apprehended the prisoner , and showed him the chisel , when he said he-knew it , and that it had been in bis basket some time . J compared the prisoner's shoes with ihe ifootmariks . aa some fresh dug ground
in Mr . Tucker ' s , gai'den ,, about three yards from the window , and ' they , exactly ' . corresponded .. There were also footmark ' s of ahother . per ' son . —The prisoner was remandediuntil Monday next , ! s North \ StaffoRdshibe ' . ' Election .- Saturday last having been appointed for the election of amember to represent the . pprthern division of the jcpunty in parliament , in theplaceof Viicount Brackley , who retires frpro / ill health , ' a' vast number of persons were assembled at the . Town Hall . Large bodies of Free Traders ,. and Protectionisss paraded , the town } but no . disturbance / was created . —At , ten o ' clock , J . barker , Esq .,,, the , . high sheriff , opened theprqeeedingsin theusual . manner . —The Hon . ' and Rev . ' A . C . falbbt then caiia ' e forward ahd proposed Smith ¦
Child ¦ , Esq ' .,- of . Rownall , ' . as a proper person 'to represent the county in parliament . The , rev .: gentleman fiaid ^ hispnoralnee-waspossessediofgreat . aptitude forb ' usiness , arid was a good . Conservative . ( Cheers and hisses . )—Thellon . Mr . 'Jervis seconded the no- ' initiation . —There being- ho * other candidate , Mr . Smith Child wasideclared duly elected . —Mr . Child then addressed the meeting , and said , he had avoided givitig ' any pledges ) , because he . thought that a . man was most useful" in" parliament when his judgment was free . He did not wish it to be understood that he had no principles , but he held himself free to act on principle . -He was " an advocate for Conservative principles , which rwerc hereditary in his family . ( "More shame for you . ") He would maintain the
Protestant'faip against hn innovations ' , He thought that the agricultural'interests were in a state of grcatdepression , andhe would do all in his power to relieve thera . from their difficulties .- He objected to the income . tax , and would strive for , its-repeal . — The honourable gentlemen then underwent , the ancierit ceremony of chairing , and during his progress through the town threw from his seat M ' xpenny and fourpenny pieces to the'amount of dG 30 . Thi ' scircumstance put ; all sides into a good humour , and prevented any disturbance . ¦ ; ¦ Robbery by imeans of , Chloroform . —Two women ,-named Ann Weir and Sarah Kavahnagli , we ' re committed for trial by the magistrates for
robbing James Nowlands , ' of his watch . and'guard ; a handkerchief , and 19 s . : The , prosecutor who is a boiler maker , residing in . Charter-street , met the last-named prisoner on Monday morning , about three o'clock , and went to . a house in Grenville- ' street , kept by'Weir . Whilst there the first-named prisoner passed a rough hankerchief over his mouth , and'the other woman held , his head . : The handkerchief contained chloroform , and he became insensible .. On his recovery ho found his property to be missing , and upon demanding it , he was pushed into the street by W « r and- her husband , the other prisoner' having made her escape . She was subsequently taken into custody . r ~ Liverpool Courier . ' :
Burglary .- At an early hour on Saturday morning last the dwelling house of Mr . I . S . Shewell , silkmercer and linendrapeiv situated in High-street , DepKord , was broken open and robbed of a quantity of plate ; consisting of gravy spoons , table spoons , desert spoons , tea and salt spoons , a silver cruet stand , and other articles , yalue about £ 30 . The thieves entered at the back kitchen door , by cutting . a piece put the size of a small plate , with a centre-bit . The property mentioned had accidentally been left in the front kitchen the previous night , ' when the servants went to bed . . Fortunately , the communication between the kitcLenand the upper part of the premises is separated by a strong door at the top of the kitchen stairs , which ; no doubt , saved a large stock-in-trade and other property-from being stolen . The robbers must Have made'their entrance from some unoccupied houses iu an adjoining . street , in the rear of Mr . onewelrspremises .- :..-., . ¦
Explosion . of Napiha . —On Tuesday afternoon a singular accident occurred at the shop of Mr . Ransome , chemist , ¦ Northgate-st ' reet . One of the assistants was employed in'the counting-room * making naptha varnish , andhad placed the bottle containing the preparation in a vessel of water upon the fire ; In a short time the expansion of the vapourin the bottle beeame so great that the cork was forced out , and the escaped gas coming in contact with tne flames , an exi-losion instantly ensued- Mr . Griffiths was knocked down , and much burned about the face ; another person , who was present , was forced across the room , and burnt in the hand ; three panes of glass were shattered in the window looking into Carrstreet ; and a large square of plate glass in the door
communicating with the shop was blown out . Mr . Griffiths , with great presence of mind , upon regaining his feet , seized the . vessels and carried them into the street , and thu 6 prevented any further damage being done , which the inflammable nature of naptha rendered more than probable . He has been confined to his bed ever since from the effects of the accident . Harwich Ei / ECtion . —Mr . Crawford is a candidate for the representation of this borough , vacant by the election to the peerage of Sir John Cam Hobhouse . Mr , H . T . Prinsep has also offered himself . Poisoning at . Sddbury . —An unusual . degree of anxiety and nlarm has been excited among the inhabitants of Chipping Sodbury , Gloucestershire , in consequence of the sudden death from poison of a
young woman named Jane Mathway ; and the excitement has since been greatly increased by the iipprehension of her husband , Daniel Hathway and a girl named-Caroline Carey , formerly his servant ; upon a charge of having been concerned in her death . The county coroner , W . J . Ellis , Esq ., upon being , apprised of the death , commenced an mouest at tho Grapes Inn , at which a mass of evidence was adduced . The prisoners were present , ; in custody ,-and the inquest-room was crowded ; as was , the street in front of the inn . —Mary Shipp a neighbour of deceased , saw her on Friday , when she said she had been very sick . She said she had a nasty taste in her mouth , and that she had bought some lozenges for it . She said she was taken sick
after eating some onion broth , and complained of great pain m her stomach ; The following morning her husband called witness in to see her . She said that she was so ill and bad , that she could not tell what to do . She said that hor husband had made her a cup of tea which she had taken . ¦ She also said thatshe hadbrandy and gruel . She said that she had a sore mouth . Witness afterwards advised that a doctor shovtd be called , as / 8 ho had jumped out of bed , and appeared dying . Mr . Leman was sent for , but she died before he came . Never heard her complain of uhkindness by her husband but she was unhappy about some females that came to the house . Had seen bruises on her person , hut shea ways made . an excuse for themand denied
, that her husband gave them to her . —Jemima Ford stated that about three months ago deceased complained to her of a pain in the stomach . Witness said , " You ought to take something for it ; . " She replied that she # as taking some pills , which ker husbjnil had made up for her .. She said that they did her no good ,- as they made her stomach heat and burn so ; Witness askedj" Then why do you take them ? " and added , " I would not take anything of his making up , as he do go on so . '" She replied , "He do make me . " She afterwards said , Jemima , don't say anything about it , as I am atraia the set he is connected with will murder
me She seemed unhappy , and complained of a gtrl her . husband kept . She also said , that when they were alone . he beat and kicked her .-Eliza iurner ,, a . dressmaker , deposed that some time ago she made up three bonnets for Carey , her sister , and a girl named Field . Made them out of a silk dress . Afterwards showed a part of it to deceased who said that it belonged to a dress that had been earned out from her house . -Mr . Herapath deposed to finding arsenic in tho stomach of the deceased in sufficient quantity , to cause death .-The inquiry was adjourned for tho production of further evidence . :
EKPRESRNTATroN of Souih Wiws . —We are informed upon authority , that in consequence of his great age and increasing bodily infirmities , Mr John Benett , the representative of the southern division of Wilts , has intimated to some of his political friends his intention to retire from parliament whenever a dissolution should take place . —Salisbury Suspected Murder op a Woman by her Husband . —Mr . H . Underwood , deputy county coroner resumed the inquiry at the Tram House , Much Dewohurcb , touching the death of Sarah Roberts foijnd dead in a small pool of water , three miles from Hereford . The jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against the husband , Isaac Roberts Being in custody he was taken back to tho countv gaol , to await his trial at the March assizes .
The Riot at Bardam House .-TIid weekly meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Bosmere and Claydon Union , was . held at the Barham House oir the 22 nd ult ., the Rev . F . Steward in the chair . Sir John Walsham , Bart ., inspector of this district , was m attendance . The object of Sir'John ' s visit was limited to an inquiry into the dietary of the union , and tho remainder of the time was occupied with the transaction of the ordinary business of attending to applications for relief . Sir John Walsham , it is stated , expressed himself to the effect that the dietary was equal to that of any other union in tho kingdom , but with the view to prevent future complaint it ia in contemplation , we
understand , to increase the allowance of bread to some little extent . Upon this question , the sufficiency of diet , the master and the other officials aver that the dietary is both ample enough and of excellent quality , and in proof of tho assertion , they state that many of the inmates , particularly the children , after having been in tho house a few weeks , not onlj exhibit a decided improvement in personalappearanee , but are in the habit of leavinc a portion of their meals unconsumed . A detach " ment of lix policemen still continuos in possession of tho premises , and the further precaution has been taken of Bwcaring in about fifty special constables .
Fatal Prize Fionr .-Ono of those brutal exhibitions , a prize fighfe , took place . it Leeds on Monday last , andwasattended with fatal consequences to one of the combatants . Two men ' ¦ named Ricbavd Scavfe and : Richard Kelvey , at ? ended lI backers seconders ,- and several hundreds of the Leeds rabble , proceeded to a field near tho Dog and
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Gun : Tavern , York-road , Leeds ' , early on Monday morning , to afightfori a fWpbunds ' as'i dtv ' Having pommelled " eaten- other' for a- considerable time , Scarfe acknowledged himself vanquished , -and Kelvey wa sdeclared entitled to the stakes . Kelvey was so elated at his viotpry that he ranacross the field in which the fight took place , and jumped the enclosure . Immediately ' afterwards he reeled complained of his head ; and-was conveyed to the Dog and . Gun , wcre-medipal aid waa procured ; but
bediedintw . ohoursafterwards . Upon&p 6 atmo > - teflj ' exanilriatjbn byJUri Hill , surgeon ' , it was ' found that ' iri ' lhecour ' so of the . figlitKolveyha'd / reci ' ivcd a biovpupon " the ' temple , by wliioh'as ' mall blo ' odvessel . had been ruptured , causing hemorrhage upon the brain , and ultimately congestion : and death . An inquest was held at ' the Dog and Gun , ' , before Mr ; J . Blackburn , the t-orough coroner , " oh Tuesday , when a verdict of " 'Manslaughter "' iwas returned against Soarfe , who has been committed to York Castlei'for trial at the assizes . - ¦ -
Contemplated Escape ' of Bubolars mom tiib Police Station . —On Monday night last information vrngiven to the . ' chief constable , ' that several of the prisoners who had been committed by tho county magistrates : on charges of burglary , ; &o ,, and those in custody on the charge of . breaking into the houses , in Clarence-place , had entered into an agreement to escape from thecells ' during the night . Tlie plan proposed , it appears , was to remove one of the'benches , ' , and by it to force out the metul frame of tho cell window , and thereby get into the
yard j v with the intentions if successful , ofpro ceeding to Wales . This scheme , however , was frustrated by the timely information given , and tbe whole of tlie prisoners alluied to wero , under the direction of the chief constable , handcuffed to a large chain . One of them more resolute than the others , . expressed his determination to smash his handcuffs ; to pieces . The prisoners were visited by the officers on duty every ten minutes during the night . ' ¦ ' . ' ¦
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; : : WiSLlto . ¦ -. "¦; ; ; Glamouqanshirk Election . —The . election of a mertibur for Glamorganshire , in the room of Earl Dunraven , who has accepted the . Chiltern Hundreds , took place at : Bridgend on Wednesday . At the time when the , vacancy took place it was thought that . a Free-trader would be brought forward , but in consequence of the anticipations which had been formed from ' subsequent , events of a general ; election , the . Free-traders determined upon husbanding their . resources . The oleciion took placeat the County Ilallhere , and the only candidate , Sir G ; Tyler , was conducted to the hustings by a sorry calvacade ; mustering twenty or thirty horsemen and half a dozen carriages . The usual proceedings having been gone through , Sir G . Tyler was declared duly elected , and the new member was afterwards " chaired" round the town . '
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urnanD . The Anti-Papal Bill . —The excitement on the Roman Catholic episcopal question is becoming daily more intense . Ic has been a subject of complaint at all the Roman Catholic meetings that Ireland has been taken' by surprise in this matter ; that nobody expected this country would be included in the ministerial measure , and thilt a most inadequate space of time was thus allowed to this country to pronounce any opinion on the subject . The appearance of the pastoral of Archbishop Murray in the columns of the Freeman ' s Journal has been hailed as the most encouraging mark of approbation which these proceedings have yet obtained . At all the Roman Catholic meetings sectarian discussion is carefully avoided , and the speakers seem impressed with the importance of preserving the ? ood feelings that have recently sprung up between large masses of the Protestant and Roman Catholic population . The conduct of the " Irish vote " is a subject of great enthusiasm here . The most important results are expected from it in the course of the present session ; and at all the meetings that have yet been held , resolutions have been adopted calling loudly upon the Irish members to act upon the principle adopted by the " twenty , " to whom votes of thanks are everywhere passed with acclamation . A protest from the Roman Catholic members of the Irish bar waB agreed to on Saturday evening , and received wavly ninety signatures in a few hours on Monday morning . Archbishop M'Hale has addressed another epistle to Lord John Russell , lie says : — " But whether you persevere in your indictment or not against the Uthohcs of the United Kingdom-I should say against the millions , members of the Catholic tnurch , over the world—there is one powerful section of your wonted parliamentary supporters by whom you must bo abandoned . You will not calculate any longer that the Irish Catholic members could be so degraded , and so . lost to every iecling of men , and ChristjanB , as to . support in authority the avowed persecutors of their religion , " Theeffigy of Lord John . Russell was burnt at Tralee last week , amidst noisy . demonstrations of shouts and music of the populace . The limy Exa-/ miner s ^ atea with regrot " thatwindows of some
protestants in the town were broken ^ m ^ uTr ^ The same journal publishes the name of th a 2 « teen Irish Roman Catholic members ' who I n ° the ministry oh ; Mr . Disraeli ' s . motion W ' tc "i byamourniugborder , printing , the m « Z ? ( ied two O'Connefls iu largo caphafs , £ SiZ ° up to execration . - in 8 them A requisition is in ' course of signature in n heda calling on Sir W . Bomerville to resign hi ° *' for , that town . . ¦ :- . . ¦ ° " seat ¦ Mr . W . Eagan'haa ' written ' , i long lettw ?„ « . editor of the Corh Examiner , - to excuse him » l ^ ° onESSt ^ Mr . Ouslo ' y niggiiis has addressed a letter fn « , editor of the Freeman ' s Journal to excubitP \ IL he for his vote on -Mr . 'Disraeli ' s motion . " mscl f A great open airniooting of the Roman C'ltlmr of-Drogheda was held on Saturday in that tolnr * the purpose of petitioning , parliament agaS ^ now ; "penal measures . " It was conveneLl k G . requisition signed by upwards of two hundred ofV inhabitants , and , according to * the rJ ^ " 5 *»
iceman ,, was attended by some 10 , 000 pe ' 7 Ihe Mayor occupied the chair , and amL , i ' mover and seconder of tho resolutions »«? H Hi « h Sheriff , Alderman Boylan , Mr J J ' t "? well , of Dublin , and several of tho wealthiest nAI local merchants . A petition was adonted , S entrusted for presentation ; to ~ Mr . Torrcns \ fo ? lagh , a vote of thanks to whom and to the n ^ Irish liberal members who voted against the m ' nistry was carried with acclamation . A lettoi- fwT Archbishop Cullen was read at the meeting Iv ^ ing himself for his absence , and giving U Vw « f the subject they had met to discuss . * On Saturday la * t there was a large muster of th Roman Catholic inhabitants of Limerick wh ??? "& * L ° A 3 uisition ? ddress c < l to tho
;_ _ . Mayor , "to consider the penal laws proposed bv the ministry , and to take measures to defeat anv enactment contrary to civil and religious liberty' » The meeting was hold in one of the Roman Patholie chapels , and Bishop Ryan , who , like Arcubishoo Murray , has generally abstained' from taking part m political movements , was present" with a ' nume . rous body of his clergy . The Mayor occupied the chair . It was remarked that the first meeting held in Ireland to petition for emancipation was held in the same chapel in Limerick where the meetinn of Saturday last took place . ° The pastoral of Archbishop Murray , calling on . the people to pray against the proposed enactment was read from the altars in all the Roman Catholic chapels of the archdiocese on Sunday .
Libkl , —In the Court Of Exchequer , on Tuesday the case of Captain Wynne against the Marquis of Westmeath , for libel concluded , after a trial of eight days , the jury giving the plaintiff £ 2 , 000 da . mages , and Gd . costs . ¦ This is the second time tho case has been tried here by a special jury , the jury in the last instance not haying been able to agree to a verdict . The charge was also , it will he recollected , investigated before the House of Lords , the libel consisting of charges made against the plaintiff in a petition to . that . house from the Carrick-on . Shannon board of guardians , of which the noble defendant was chairman , and which petition the defendant procured to be published in several Irish
papers . The charges against the plaintiff were that he had compelled the relieving officer , in spite * of his remonstrance , to place upon the list a woman of bad character , with whom he was cohabiting and that upon the officer ' s refusing to do so , and in . forming him that she had ground , and was not in need of relief , ho persisted k bringing the ease before the vice-guardians , who ordered her relief * and this was done upon three several occasions . ' A Good Landlady . —The Kilkenny correspondent to the Cork Examiner states that some hundreds Of tenants on Lady Ileadley ' s estates' on CaBtlc Island and Abbeyfealo attended on Wednesday at tho
office of the sub-agent , Mr . Talbot , to hear the decision arrived at by the arbitrator appointed , with her Ladyship ' s consent , to value their holdings . Those tenants were even previously in much better circumstances than others of their class . The reduction onthe valuation amounted from one-third to one-half the rent . Our correspondent transmits the following as examples : —Martin Nolan , rent £ 80 , reduced to £ 49 4 s . ; Daniel Reidy , £ 85 , reduced to £ 55 10 s . j Patrick Murphy , £ 60 , reduced to £ 35 ; James Ilickey , £ 90 . to £ C 4 18 s . ; Shanahan , £ 65 to £ 35 . A similar proportion prc « vailed in the case of the others .
Tknant Rigm . —The Right Rev . Dr . Keane , the newly-created Bishop of Ross , and ' a sort of personification of Papal aggression in Ireland , has given in his adhesion to the principles of " Tlie Tenant League . " Writing to the promoters of tho Limerick meeting , "his Lordship" says : — "The rights of the landlord are sacred , and must be TO spected ; his rent must be paid , or his land must bo surrendered ; the property of the tenant should bo equally inviolable ; and to him tho law should give equal protection for tbe value which , without his industry , skill , and capital , would never have been added to the land . "
Mh . Anstey and his Constituents . —It is my difficult to determine whether the Mr . T C Anstoy who writes to the Morning Advertiser , that he has no notion of resigning his seat for Youehal or the Mr . T . C . Anstey , who writes to the Time ' s that ho means to accept the Chiltevn Hundreds forthwith , is the real Simon Pnre . Representation of Cork . —The constituency of the county Cork are holding meetings for the purpose of calling on Dr . Power to resign , in consequence of his having voted with Ministers on Mr . Disraeli ' s motion . . .
Cultivation , op Flax . —The Cork papers publish at length the report of the proceedings of a meeting of the County Flax Association Committee which , came off at the close of the week . The Duke of Devonshire , the Earl of Shannon , and Sir Robert Kane , have assented to the request made of them to accept the posts of vice-presidents of the society ; and the movement has also the sanction of the Earl of Cork and the Marquis of Thomond . go far all was satisfactory and encouraging ; but there wns a drawback , and a serious one . The E : \ rl of Thomond , writing from Scotland , where he is at present residing , in his letter to the secretary , distinctly states that there , where farming is in general so good , the prejudice against flax , as an exhausting crop , is very great—so much so as t 6 cause the prohibition of its culture in many leases .
Resignation of Ministers . —The news of the ministerial resignation was received with public rejoicings in several parts of the country . The write * of a letter from Limeriok says : — " I have just been in the streets , and since the flight of Veicy Fitzgerald in ' 28 , I have not witnessed anything like tho . excitement . ' Bonfires are blazing , bands playing , the people in thousands marching from street to street , and in ringing cheer on cheer , announcing the tidings , 'Russell ' s out . ' I met as I went up GoorgeVstrept ' , a novel , cavalcade , composed of some two thousand mon , women , and children , in the midst of-whom , on a phtform , borne by ten men , blazed an enormous tar-barrel . Such
shouting , laughing , such downright joy , has not showed its merry face since the ' monster meetings . ' " Tenant Right . —A meeting of the people of Longford was held on Tuesday in support of the principles of the Tenant Lengue . The meeting took place in the open air , and attendance is described as having been extremely numerous . The chair waa occupied by Mr . Robert Wallace . Letters wero reart from Mr . Pox , M . P ., Mr . Lucas , the Rev . Mr . Bell , and several other gentlemen , expressive of their regret at being unable to attend . The principal speakers at the meeting were Dean Dawson , Major BkokalL M . P ., A . R . Strich , Esq ., the Rev . Mr . O Flanagan , P . P ., the Rev . Mr . Dew , P . P ., the Rev . Mr . M'Gaver , P . P ., « fcc ., < fcc . \
The Anti Papal Bat . —On Tuesday the Roman Catholic prelates assembled at the presbytery , in Marlborough-strcet , under the presidency of Primate Cullen , fur the purpose of considering the course to be taken in relation to the sew " penal enactment . " Twenty-one out of twenty-eight bishops were present . The Evening Freeman gives the following resume of tho bishops' deliberations ; — " Most perfect unanimity ol sentiment prevailed . After sitting in deliberation for houra , their lordships agreed to the draft of certain documents which , when published , as they will be presently , will diffuse consolation and impart the utmost confidence to the Catholic people of Ireland , who will seo in the union and promise of their bishops the strongest pledge for the united and nour .-Mw . nua
notion of the people in this crisis must be forfeited or else won for over . The documents will consist of an address to the Queen , another to the Roman tatnohes of Ireland , and a petition to parliament . "
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''^/////// m ^^^/^/^^ i ^ Mi ' Scotianu . Drath of an Obscure Man of Talent . —We have received from a well-known correspondent , a notice of the demise of a person in London , named R . Macpherson , who , although living in obscurity and indigence ,, appears to have possessed considerable "talent ; He was a musician ; by profession , and a composer of some merit , hia latest effort having been setting a tuue to-some verses by . on
townsman Mr . A , Park , , entitled " A Lay for the Church . " Mr . Macpheraon possessed a pood knowledge of-literature and languages , but being of a retiring disposition , he never succeeded in making his way in the world . His death took place on the 7 th ult ., at No . 5 , Ranelagh-streot , Pimlico . lie was wUhoutfriemis . and only oheaequaintance was found to follow his remains to the grave . As he was a native of Edinburgh ^ and acquainted in Glasgow , this paragraph may have painful interest for some one . —Glasgow Citizen . . . .- ; .-: •¦• :
Singular . ; Marriage . — A . woman , sixty-eight years old , who is deaf and , dumb , was lately ' married for the fourth time at ' Joi'daston church , Pembrokeshire , her bridegroom being a young man of twenty-one . — Cambriani •"• "¦ ¦'"¦'' .. Lord Melgund ' s ¦ National Education Bill . — We understand that Lord Melgund is again preparing a billto be introduced into Parliament for providing a system of national education' for Scotland . Its character has not as yet transpired ; but we observe it stated that his lonlship has agreed'to in : corporate" into it several suggestions offered by the committee of the ; National Education Association , bringing , it into accordance with the manifesto issued last year . —Edinburgh Witness .
• Reduction of Rent . —The ' Marquis of Breadalbane has intimated to his tenantry , in the 'Nether Lorn part of the estate , that he allows a reduction of 20 per cent , on their rents j those in the Braes of Lorn 15 per cent . V This abatement of rent is granted by his lordship on account of the ' failure of tho potato crop ( which failure is now believed to be permanent . )—Perthshire Advertiser ; " ' ' ¦ Mr .. 6 eoroe Tiiomson , of Edinburgh , died at his house on Leith Links on Tuesday , the 18 th ult ., in his ninety-second year . He . was distinguished for his attainments in literature , and his taste and
accomplishments in music and the fine arts . He was tho friend and correspondent of Burns ; and it was to his great collection of the national songs of Scotland that the .. poet contributed the greatest number , of those inimitable lyrics which have rendered his name immortal . For more than half a century Mr . Thomson has held a high place in" the literary circles as well as the general society of Edinburgh , where his qualities of mind and heart made him universally " . respected and beloved , and where his memory will long be preserved and cherished .
Death , of Joansa Baillie . —We have to announce the decease of Joanna Baillio . She was born in 1702 , in the manse of Bothweil , near Glasgow , of which place , her father was minister . The works of Joanna Baillie , which appeared anonymously , it tho end of . the last century , when a brilliant phalanx of names had begun to excite general attention , created as great a sensation as any production of the period , and the impression which was the result of their first appearance was much heightened when , contrary to all expectation , they were found to be the writings of a woman . This impression was still further increased when it waa discovered that the authoress was still young , and had always led a secluded life . Several of her
dramas have been acted . John Kemble and his sister sustained the chief characters of " De Montfort" upon several occasions , and the elder Kean selected the same tragedy for one of his benefit nights . The " Family Legend" obtained a considerable run in Edinburgh , where Sir Walter Scott , the warm friend and great admirer of Joanna Baillie , wrote a prologue to this tragedy , while the author of the . " Man of Feeling " contributed tbe epilogue . The " Separation" and "Henriquez " have in more modern times been acted , but the writings of Joanna Baillie are rather adapted for
reading than the stage . Though her fame tended greatly to draw her into society , her life was passed in retirement . It was pure and moral in the highest degree , and was characterised by the most consummate integrity , kindness , and aotive benevolence . Gentle and unassuming to all , with an unchangeable simplicity of manner and of character , she counted many of the men most celebrated for talent and genius among her friends , nor were those who resorted to her modest home confined to the natives of this country , but many from various parts of Europe , and . especially from America , sought introductions to her .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 1, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1615/page/6/
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