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      ijrfHrtrRpoiwr Health of Loxdox bubixo the Week . —The aggravated rate of mortality in London , which marked the first two weeks of the current month , has prevailed without abatement in the period embraced by the present returns . The deaths , which increased io 1 , 247 in the beginning of March , and subsequent ly rose to 1 , 401 , amounted , in the week ending last Saturday , to 1 , 412 . Taking for comparison the ten corresponding weeks of 1841—50 , it appears . that the highest number was 1 , 197 , and ocenrred in 1 S 45 ( in a week when the mean temperature had fallen about ten decrees lower than ~ . __

      usual ) , and that the average mortality was 907 . The average , if corrected according to the supposed rate of increase in the population , amounts to 3 , 083 ; and the increase above it exhibited in last weeK ' p return is 32 L The sickness which now pre-\ aAl& in caramon , as already shown , to all periods of life ; but it deserves notice , that whereas the total mortality returned in either of the last two weeks is nearly the same , the deaths of younc persons under 1 * 5 vaars shows a decrease from 593 ( m the - * eek ending 15 th March ) to 5 GG last week , while those which occurred in the middie period of life

      rose from 423 to 456 , and those in the still more advanced stage { or above CO years ) rose from 3 C 5 to 390 . In last week the deaths attributed to iufluenta—simply , or . in conjunction with bronchitis , inflammation of the lanes / disease of the heart , or cttier malady—are C 5 ; in the previous week they ¦ were 39 ; whilst the average of corresponding ¦ weeks does not exceed 8 . The cases classed under bronchitis have decreased from 171 to 156 , and are still at least double the average ; those from pneumonia or inflammation of the lungs remain about 125 , whilst the average doe 3 not exceed 87 . The cases ascribed in the table to

      asthma are 39 , which is . also more than nsual ; phthisis or consumption numbers ICC in both weeks , ¦ while the average , though corrected for increased population , is less than 150 . Hooping-cough car-Tied off SI children , while the average number in corresponding weeks is 48 ; and croup 12 . Amongst the epidemics , besides hooping-cough that are incident to childhood , measles shows some disposition lo prevail ; but it is satisfactoiy to observe that small-pox is Ies 3 fatal than it was a few weeks ago , and hns declined to 16 deaths . It will be seen in -the note ? , however , that instances of the neglect of vaccination , or of determined opposition to it , are still subject of complaint on the part of those whose professional aid is required in the treatment © f the disease . On the 26 th February , at 14 , Speedy-place , Gray ' s-inn-lane , a printcutter , aged

      73 years , died of " want of the common necessaries of life ;"—no medical attendant . A man , who had been a general dealer , 'died on the 17 th March , of " senility . " at 2 , Thoma 3-street , "Whitecbapel , at the age of 100 years . Last week the births of 824 boys and 75 G eirls , in all 1 . 5 S 0 children , were registered . The average of six corresponding weeks in 1845—50 , was 1431 . At the Royal Observatory , Clrcoewieh , the mean daily reading of the' barometer decreased to 23-842 in . on Saturday . The mean of the week was 29 * 351 . The mean daily temperature was generally above the average , and on Thursday and Friday exceeded it by about 6 degrees . The mean of the week was 44 deg . 9 min . The wind was generally in the south-west . Bain fell in the week to the depth of 1 * 13 inches .

      Fall of a House in Mile-esd New Town . — On Monday morning , at seven o ' clock , the inhabitants of Mile-end New . Town , were much alarmed , in consequence of a lond report , which , on inquiry , vras found to have proceeded from High-street ; by the sudden fall of a house , which was in the occupation of a female of the name of Mills . Several persons ran to the spot , when the premises were discovered to be a complete mass of ruins . At the time , the voices were heard of some females . A iody of men promptly set to work to extricate the sufferers . In a few minutes Mrs . Mills was extricated , npon which it was . ascertained that there were two more females in the rains , a Mrs . Michael and her daughter , who were got outanlmrt . Mrs . Mills was found to have received a fracture of the right thigh , and other severe injuries . She was immediately taken to the London Hospital . The other females were ascertained to be butsligbtly hurt . The house is supposed to have been built ab ' oiit 100

      years . Alleged Murder asd Eihtmatioi * of the Bodt . —Last August , Elizabeth Catherine Richards , ' aged ¦ fif teen , livinp as nursemaid with a private family at Swan-walk , Pimlico , after partaking of some beer was suddenly seized with violent pains in her . stomach , vomUing , and other symptoms of poisoning . Her illness increasing , she was removed to her father ' s house , Battersea , where she died a few hours after her arrival . Before her death , she told her father ftat a certain party had put a white powder into the beer that she drank . Whereupon the father went to that party and inquired concerning the white powder , about which the accused gave different versions . The deceased ' s statement gave rise to the most unfavourable rumours , which were greatly

      increased by the fact that deceased and her fellow-servants were not on good terms- Her father , after various strong representations to Mr . Wakley , M . P ., the coroner for the western district of Middlesex , induced that gentleman to issue his warrant for the exhumation of the body , in order that it should be subjected to an autopsy and an inquest . The : body was accordingly disinterred last week in St . Luke ' s churchyard , Chelsea , in the presence of Mr : H . M . Wakley . the deputy coroner , Drs . Rogers and Waldron , the father , and several other relatives of deceased . The lid of the ccfiin having been removed and the body identified , it was conveyed to the ¦ w orkhouse , where a . post mortem examination will be performed , and an analysis of the stomach made , preparatory to the holding of the inquest .

      Tremexdocs Fihes . —A Mas and ms Wife Burked to Death . —The metropolis was on Wednesday morning visited by the outbreak of two ¦ fires , which unfortunatel y destroyed the lives of two human beings , a man and his wife . —One fire broke out at a few minutes before four o ' clock , in 31 . Jqun-gtreet , Harper-Street , New Kent-road , in the joint occupation of Mr . H . Richardson , ' a typefounder , and Mr . Samuel Potts . , The former party , with bis wife , slept in the front parlour , whilst Mr . and Mrs . Potts occupied the first-floor . A police constable kept the door of the premises closed , until assistance came up , when he started for the fireengines . The engines and firemen of the Southwark-bridge-rond and Waterloo-road stations , with

      those of the West of England office were soon on the spot , and plenty of water being procured , the engines were set to work , but the flames had previously penetrated the roof , and were rising so high as to illuminate the whole nei ghbourhood . The firemen , however , soon got the flames extinguished , when they entered the premises for the purpose of looking after the two persons who were known to be in the building . On approaching the front-room ? window a shocking spectacle presented itself , for lying on the floor , were the lifeless bodieBof Mr . and Mrs . Potts , burned almost as black as a coal , every ar ticle of furniture in the place beintr

      consumed , and not so much as even the trace of a bedstead being left . The other fire broke out in the Grand Junction Canal Company ' s dockyard , No . 18 , Wharf-road , City-road , and although the fir * men had been actively engaged for six hours , the flames were not entirely extinguished at seven on Wednesday morning . The misfortune happened in the upper floor of a spacious building , used as the stores , in which considerable property was deposited . The stores were burned out , and the adjoining buildings are also muck injured by fire , and ¦ water , and breakage . The heat from the furnace floe was the cause of the outbreak . :

      Navicatios of the Thames . —The opinion is very prevalent that the intricacy of the navigation at the month of the Thames renders it perfectly secure against the approach of any foreign ships unprovided with pilots . For the purpose of undeceiving those personswho entertain this opinion , it may be mentioned that the Governolo ( Sardinian man-of-war steamer of 1 , 400 tons , and mounting twelve long sixty-eight-poimders , lately arrived at Woolwich ) found her way from Spithead , through the Downs , and up the river to Woolwich without

      a pilot , though not a man or officer on board had ever been np the river before . St . Bahsabas , Piinaco . —On Sanday Mr . Bennett took his farewell of the congregation of this church in two discourses , delivered in the morning and evening of the day . A crowded audience assembled in the expectation of hearing some statement indicative of Mr . * Bennett's intentions , but no such declaration was made . The preacher said it seemed as if they ( he and the congregation } had bad their day : their niEht was now commeneW .

      Mr- Bennett ' s text contained the key-note of his discourse : that in tne morning was , " And every f l . 7 ^ - tohis - " -a k < m « J ; " that in the evening . Themght cometh when no man can work . " ABOLmos op Street Orgass . —On Saturday , ^ S « T ° > . ftlle - , reCent seri 0 » s accWentwwJh iffAu& ^ 'T ° / * lned ical g » ttanan in ilSS ^ suppression of street organs E " ^ pub . icthoroughfaSofKeSpS 111811 - ' ^ *• " blOrPAGE OF LOSDOS BlUDGB . —On Mon «"« not , ce was issued by the City CommiSoS' ^ szxsssssisaSr sasssla repavinj ; is estimated at about £ 2600

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      also several relations of the latter , have joined the Church of Rome . The Coroner for the Tower . —Mr . W ., Baker , deputy coroner for the enstern division of the county of -Middle-ex , has been appointed the coroner for the Tower liberty . ' ' ,-ir r . r- - ¦ -r r —^ T |^^— ' * - ^^* - " *>» wv

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      Efje Utomme& . The Poisonikgb hear Wibbkch . —On Saturday last Ann Ovcrment , cook to Mr . Dearlove , of Leverinjrton , was brought before the magistrates for the Wisbech division of the Isle of Ely , at Wisbech , charged with the wilful murder of Mrs . John Dearlove . The reasons which have led to the detention and accusation of this girl are these : —After Mrs . Dearlove had made the pudding she went up stairs with the other servant , and the pudding wag left for the accused to tie up and place in , the pot . It was . under her sole charge all the morning , and no one came , into the kitchen , except one of the threshers ' men , for some beer . During dinner she did not cat any potatoes ; these were boiled in the pot with the pudding , and it was her daily practice

      to eat potatoes heartily ( the men who partook of them were made very ill ) . "When a nei ghbour , Mr . Bond , went into the room where Mrs , Dearlove had just died , Ann Overmeant said , " She ' s quite dead ; it is not the first sudden death that has happened , but I suppose I shall get all the blame . " The day before Mrs . Dearlove , died , after she had thrown the cold water over the girls , the accused sulked all . day , would not change her clothes , and in answer to one of the men , she made use of a very coarse expression . ( with an oath ) to the effect that she would phvsie her miatresB . The heads of the

      charge were taken down , and the girl was remanded for further , examination . It appears there has been constant ill-feeling between the master , 'mistress , and servants . A few months since Mr . and Mrs . Dearlove went out one Sunday , and left orders , that the girls were not to leave the house . After dinner they went into the yard to chat with ' some of their neighbour ' s men , and the groom locked the doors , and kept them exposed to the cold from three to ten p . m ., when Mr . and Mrs . Dearlove returned home : the next Saturday Mr . Dearlove took the girls before the magistrates at Wisbech , and thev were fined fia . 6 d each .

      Suicide . —A young roan named Samuel Baker , in the employ of Mrs . Bnckland , of Fore-street-hill , Exeter , was found suspended by a rope , quite dead , in the . back cellar of the house , on Saturday morning last . From the evidence adduced at . the inquest , held by J . Warren , Esq ., coroner , it appeared that the deceased had been deranged from an attack of illness five years ago , ' and has since been weak in his intellect . He was , however , a very honest and trustworthy workman . In consequence of Mrs . Buckland declining business , he waB about to leave his situation , and was observed to be very melancholy during the past week . '

      Representation op Somerset . —Lord Dunparvan has withdrawn himself as & candidate for the representation of Somerset , vacant by the death of Sir A Hood , on the ground of reluctance to take a course in the House of Commons , on the subject of Protection , ' opposite to that adopted by his grandfather , Lord Cork , in the" House of lords . Mr . Gore Langton has since been requested to become a candidate . _ . ., ' Death . of Mr . Sergeaki Ludlow . —We regret to announce that the illness under which Mr . Serjeant ' Ludlow has so long laboured terminated in his death at his residence , Almondsburyi Excessive Distraint for Church Kates . —Some time ago , a church rate to a small amount was

      imposed on the parish of Washingboro , Lincoln , and Mr . John Norton , who , has a residence , there , was peremptorily requested to pay Is . 4 Jd . towards the repairs of the parish church in that village . . Mr . Norton , as an unflinching nonconformist , having refused to comply with this exaction , r . seizure has taken place , under aggravated circumstancqs . The " representative of majesty , " in the'Queen ' s . name , having entered the domicile of Mr . ' Jiorton , for the purpose of a levy ; examined the contents of the kitchen , in which there were tables , chairs , and other articles of value ; and , having , no one to contend with but a female , thrust himself into the dining room , and took possession of the mahogany chairs it contained , so that the family should be minus of a seat in that room . The object ' of the

      fellow ' s mission being evidently one of annoyance as well as that of the execution of the law , of course it was not to be supposed that the kitchen and the dining room contained enough to satisf y this Is . 4 id . demand oh the part of the church , as well as the legal expenses incurred . He therefore officiously obtruded himself upstairs , and . after minutely inspecting the dormitories , returned with a feather-bed , which he placed in the kitchen ; again he went upstairs , and brought down four blankets . After this another invasion into the bedroom took place , and a counterpane was added to the heap of bedding below . The whole of the property was then huddled together , and the raid was completed by the goods being carted away . Coupled with the

      above facts , it may not be altogether uninatructive to mention , that the incumbent of tV ashingboro ' receives from the liviug £ 1 , 554 yearly , from whence is deducted £ 150 per annum for the services of a " working curate . " '•' .-. ¦ . Iscesdiart Fire . —On Saturday night last a fire , which was evidently the work of an incendiary , was discovered ia some out-houses on the farm of Mr . George Dennison , an extensive farmer and feeder of cattle , residing near the village of Fordham , in Cambridgeshire . The flames were promptly extinguished by the exertions of the persons living in tbe neighbourhood , but damage to the extent of about £ 400 was incurred . The police have arrested a labourer to whom strong suspicion attaches .

      Patbsi Pocket Protector *—Mrs . Allison , of Nottingham-place , Stepney , has registered an invention for the protection of pockets from the depredations of thieves . The contrivance , by which this desirable object is proposed to be attained is very simple , consisting merely of an elaBtic ring , placed just within the entrance , to the pocket , which will not admit the hand without such : pressure as . will attract the attention of the wearer ; and which , if the hand , should be inserted , will render its withdrawal a matter of still . greater difficulty . This protector may be inserted in the ' pockets of either ladies or gentlemen ; and , if generally used , would no doubt prevent the commission of many felonies . A Woman Shot at . in Leeds . —A woman named

      Widdup was shot at in Blsckman-lane , Leeds , on the 21 st inst / Police officer Hales repaired' to tEe place , a sort of lodge-house , where he found on a table a brace of new bristols , and on the floor a' man who appeared to be wounded in the side , and in such a state that he deemed it necessary to . bave ( him : forthwith conveyed to the Infirmary . The officer . learned that a little before , the man had fired a pistol loaded with ball at Mrs . Widdop ' , the wife of a gardener , ' who resides inihe lodge-house alluded to . The man ' s name is William Scott , a whitesmith , residing in Reuben Terrace , Little Londqn . Scott ,: who has been for some . time , well acquainted with Mrs . Widdop and her husband , walked into the house of the latter a little after eleven o ' clock , and almost instantly drew from

      his pocket a loaded pistol , which he fired off at'Mrs . Widdop . Fortunately the ball did not penetrate the body , but after , passing through Mrs . tViddop ' s clothes , came in contact either with her stays' bone or her own ribs , and dropped from the inside of her apparel upon the floor . Mr . John Rhodes , ' a riei ° hbour , found Scott upon the floor in a sitting posture ; he asked him what he had been doing , but received no answer . On Scott being taken to the Infirmary he was stripped , when a ball dropped from the inside of his clothes ; blood was oozing from a wound on the left side , just under the heart , the ball having passed through his clothing , and penetrated the flesh to the ribs . In his pockets were found a quantity of gunpowder , some gun caps , a mould for making leaden

      balls , _ and a screw for taking the pistols to pieces , all of which are quite new and have probably been mrchased for the occasion . A surgeon was called to Mrs . Widdop , ' and from ffie examitiation - ' maae 7 * it ~' is thought ; that one or more of her ribshas been broken but she is not otherwise seriouslyiinjured . It is said that Scott has for some time been in a degpondine state of mind , and that he bad committed this rash act from some insane impulse . . ¦ Don-so thb past week Dr . Pnsey . ohe of the patrons of St . Saviour ' s church , Leeds , has been on a visit to that town , with the object of preventing the secession of the clergy of St . Saviour ' s to Rome . In this ,. however , he has been unsuccessful , and some of the clergy , and at least twenty , of the laymen of the church , are about immediately to eo over to the popish church . ' .

      i - ° 0 F High ^ aymek . —On the night of the 21 st W 8 t . .. oce . ot tha county constabularly force , was attacked in Southdown-lane by nine men carrying fire-arms- and bludgeons . He struggled with them and took from one a formidable weapon , formed of a cart prop heavily bound with iron , and a string attached for the wrist . On retreating , they fired after him twice , bnt the shots , fortunately , did not take effect . A couple of the . mounted patrol followed in the direction the gang had taken , but did not come up with them , as they are supposed to have taken to the fields . At a later hour it transpired that about an hour and a half before ' the attack upon the police officer , a number of armed fellows ( the same gang doubtless ) entered the house of Mr . Green , farmer , Allerton . They abused the inmates and stole £ 100 in gold ! . "

      A Child bdrikd autb by its Mothbr;— On the 21 st inst . an inquest was held on the remains of the child which was mprdered by its mother by ourying it alive jn . a field in the parish of Wingfield , ] ! * . Several witnesses were examined , who de-• ailed the horrirjiingcircumstancesunder which the crime ww perpetrated ; and the substance of which appeared -m our columns on Saturday last . The M re ^? d a er < - " * of " Wilful murder against fflaia Clarke , the mother of'the deceased . " . Accident ; io EarlBathtjhst . —The abovenoble earl : iseonfined . j tbhiadiamber-at theDnke-of Rutland s , Belvoir Castle , from ttieeffeets of aaaccidfint

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      whilst hunting . wth . his grace ' s hounds- The noble earl ' s horse fell on him ,-and fractured his knee . TiiEAT 8 iCAi . PBATH .-0 n Saturday last , at Huddersfield , aged ; sixty . seveD , ' . died Mrs . Wild , well known in Yorkshire and Lancashire , for upwards of thirty years as the proprietress of a travelling theatre , bhe was the mother of Mrs . Hughes , wife of Mr . E . Hughes , proprietor of the late Mammoth Equestrian Exhibition , and was followed to the grave by Mr . Hughes ; her son-in-law , all her sons . and : daughters . the whole of Franconi

      ' s Equestrian Company , Mr . andMrs .. W . S . Thome , and an extensive circle of friends , in fifteen private carriages . ' Death of Lord pACRB . —This nobleman died on the 21 st ij > Bt ., at hw . seat , the Hoo , in Hertfordshire . I he late venerable nobleman was in his seventyseventh year , having been born in 1774 . He wa 9 a Whig in general politics , although he never joined litspartyln . supporhngthe , late measures fora free importation . of , foreign corn . On this subject h « leaned towards the doctrines of Protection .

      Colliery Explosion in Chhshirk . —An explosion took place at Poynton on Saturday last , in a coal pit belonging to the Right ; Hon . Lord Vernon , by means of which a number ofthe workmen were dreadfully burnt . One collier , was . taken out of the pit quite dead . . The Grand Jury of Cambrid ge have found a true bill against Mr ; Winteringham , a Btudent of Corpus . Chrisii College , for . having attempted to violate a young girl in the same town . Mr . Winteringham was arraigned , pleaded Not Guilty , and , 'traversed his " trial till the next Assizes . . '

      . Harwich . Election . —The petition against the return of the sitting Member alleges that he was not , at the time of the election , seized of an estate of the clearyeariy value b ( £ 300 over and above all incumbrances , the qualification required under 1 st and 2 nd Victoriac . _ 48 ; that many persons voted who had no right to vote ; and that treating and bribery were practised . / .,, ' ' ¦ •¦ - .. , , Diso > acjfu& Outrage at HosiiKopoM . —Ari ' outrage of a , ! roost dastardly , character was committed in this town a few , evenings since , by a party of undergraduates from Cambrid ge University . A party of young gentlemen from the nei ghbouring university .. rode , into the town on horseback , and after , partaking ' of dinner at one of the principal

      hotels , they proceeded to the Institution , Where the New Zealand chief and his better half wereiengaged in One Of theif entertainments , and as a treat to the poor union children they were , permitted to be . present . free . ofany charge of admission . As soon as the gentlemen had , gained tho hall , they jumped uponthe . seats . andoneof the party blew a shrill blast of a horn , to the dismay of the [ chief and the juvenile . ' potion of the auditoryi They scrambled upon , the platform , and amidst much confusion , proceeded to " bonnet" and , hustle the chief and to inBult . his wife , b ^ r tearing , her head-dress off and other wise damaging her attire . ' The chief , finding that ho wa 8 likely to be ill : treate 3 , drew his tomahawk , and by brandishing it ' about kept bis

      assailants at bay . The alarming character of the scene , however , created a . perfqeii panic , amongst the audience . , The police being alarmed , hastened to the rescue of tlie . cbief and . iiis lady , nnd to effect the ejectment of the rioters . Three of them were safely secured , and bail being procured late at night for them , they were liberated . Oh Friday they appeared before the Bench , and the injured chief and his wife attended , and detailed the treatment they ; had received from the visitors . The Bench convicted one of the defendants , and sentenced him to pay a penalty of £ 10 , his companions getting off scot free . The amount was paid ,.. and the offender 8 . returned to Alma Mater , apparently much rejoiced ' at the satisfactory and reasonable expense of their lark . ' . . ; .,,

      , , The yoTTiKpHAjiPosT-OFPici ! . —A very remarkable affair is being investigated at the Po 8 t-offico in Nottingham , ' the whole of the particulars of which have not yet transpired . Last week , four . , clerks , named "Crosby' ( twobrothers ) , " and a young ! man of the . name of Barnes , and another clerk , were suspended , and theiv p laces ' fiUed by . four persons from London .: An official , also from , London , arrived in Nottingham , and is now engaged . in investigating the matter . It is said that postage stamps to the amount of £ l j * 0 cannot satisfactorily be acoounted for . Other circumstances , of a most mysterioua character , are connected with the affair , the particulars of which have not yet transpired . . A . Grievous . AcciDKNT happened on the 2 ' lit inst .

      at Ditchingham ,.. near Biingay . Mr . Cuddon , a brewer and maltster , was having & y « iult of cons } - ; derablc extent ' built , with an arched roof rising five feet in the centre , and a considerable quantity of soil had been laid over the sides of the arch , leaving the crown uncovered . Oh the morning in question , three men and two boys were working in the interior , w . henthe whole roof fell in . Four of the persons were killed , and one , Mr Cuddon ' s brewer , was . extricated alive , but with one of 'tils ' thighs broken . There is no reason to believe that the roof was unskilfully constructed , or the work insufficiently performed ; but it seems probable tho unusually heavy rains of the last few days had in some manner undermined the building .

      ifORTOSATE Escape from Pbatii . —On Tuesday a man named Hehdry attempted to commit suicide by throwing himself upon the rails of the railway , at the Lynn station , as a train was approaching . . Hendry wa ^ seehloitering nea r the wooden bridge just above the railway station , and on the engine coming up , to w here he stood he flung himself across the rails . Fortunately , as the train had only just started , it was not difficult to stop it , and the steam was at once shut off and the engine reversed . It could not , however cease running'till it had reached the spot where Heridry lay , and he was pushed a few yards on the rails ; > He was at once taken up and found that he had sustained ho injury . It seems that ' he is somewhat insane , and this is not the first lime that he has

      attempredtocbmmitsuici . de . , ' . ' , ' .. HoRRiBiu Death . —A few days ago an elderly man , named Joseph Shaw , met with a shocking death at the Greenside Mines , near Penrith , Cumberland . Finding the machinery hot to . work properly , he commenced an examination intothecause . Whiledoing BO he unfortunately approached too hear tlie wheeis , ; and his clothes beeomingentangled in them , he was drawn in , and literally torn to pieces in less than a minute . An inquest has . been held on the body , and a verdict of" Accidental death" returned . Soitikoham . —Hosiery . —During the past month i our trade generally has been unusually depressed ' for this season of the year .. This unsatisfactory position still continues , both as regards the home

      mai-Ket and . shipping department ., Manufacturers on all . sides ' are curtailing production , and in some of the branches very little work" is given out . This will tend to keep , prices ' firm , and bring the trade into a more healthy state . The American orders for their ' fall trade are unusually late this ' season . Many large and influential buyers are expected , but ' not before the middle of April . TheiYarn market is , very , dull , and prices greatly . favour the buyer . Pisora ' cefdl Apathy —The / burgesses of , Sheffield have declined to establish a pulilic library and museum under Mr . Ewart ' s Act .. They were polled onthequestion , when outof 10 , ' 98 Gvoter 8 on the burgess roll , only 298 . took the trouble to express an opinion . —Morning Advertiser . ' . . ' : '

      . tATAt . Explosion of a Boilbr at Stowiibath CoixiERTi-pn Monday last T . M . Phillips , Esq ; , held an inquest in Wolverhampton , on the body , of John Hams , who had died at the South Staffordshire Hospital , on the previous Friday , from severe injuries . received by the explosion of a boiler at Stpwheatb . Colliery , on that day . Joseph Hortpn , a machineman , in the employ of MessrB . W . and ¦ J . Sparrow , at the colliery in . question , stated that the deceased , who was sixty-nine years of age , was employed at the time of the explosion as stoker at so . 5 engine at Stowheath Colliery . On Friday afternoon last , about twenty minutes before two o clock ,, he heard a report as though a boiler ' had exploded , and ran outof the machine house , when

      he sawsteam and dust ascending near to No . 5 engine . He ( witness ) proceeded , to , the engine ,, and Wanaihat the ; boiler , had burst ,. and that part of it ha 4 been ; blpwn away " in different directions . ' He did not see , WilliamBott , wh ' o had ' beehworking ' the engine that day He then went , dow , n to the ash-I ¦ % T eh found the deceased buried under the SP& ^ iT i ? rk Of t T h ? ^ oiler ' By theassistance Si Y T- ^ Vans « 3 ? hn Blakomore , and others , found that .. deceased , was . dreadfully burnt , and scaldeduppn . vari . ousparts of his body , and that S 2 ii » = b /^ en . between his knee and ankle . Consider ng . that Hams was in n

      ways qu ^ kl y as . po 88 ible ; remo ^ o thT ^ u h ! £ ! S K U - ^ - ¦ Whe « he ( witness ) went to thoengme-house , there were two men sittuur there eating the . rd , nners : hey were labourers , and ^ didnot understand . engineering or the ; management ofen- £ f He aptjeedthat the plates at the crown or bot- ' torn of the boiler were very much burnt , which ought not to have been the case had there been sufficient water m > e boiler . The engine was St'KSf w henthe explosion took . place . _ Mr W ivans field engineer at the colliery in question stated Et he examined the engine anS evVthuTg connected therewith on Friday morning ; it ' was then in per-¦ % * . working order ; the pumps were all rhrht and l M A ^? » A There wa 8 a id Elfof iiott

      wawr , ancTYvunam had the care ofit ; lie un . d e « t « oithe management of engines ; he did not make apy , complaint of any defect , in any part of he engme , its pumps ,. &c ., or in the supply of water . Hfi ( witnessj was at the , water Sne , about two hundred yards from No , 5 engine , when he exploaion took place . Bott , the encmeer was in , the water engine hovel at the time SoS quently . wasnofattending to his ^ duS . * TheS ness here corroborated the evidence of Horton as to the state in which he found the bottom plates of the hoiler . He added that , the pump , . feedpipes , Ac , were all in perfect working o > der ahd . he . was sure that ; thes explosion , or bursting of the boiler was caused . by ; the engineer ha ? inffVnEB . Wndto

      pump suftcicnt water in the . boiler , before ' he left t ° .: S 9- % -b > 8 dinner , -. Tv iUi ; ,,. B ] akGmore , ^ i ^ > ? P- * : « ? H- <> f the ^ aecease d . ' stated that

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      his father-in-law die d at ihe South Staffordshire IIosp itnl' ( where he received ' every care and atten ^ tion ) abtjut . haif-paat four o ' clock on Friday afternoon , between tyro" and three hour ' s ' after the , fatal explosion . - ^ . The coroner adjourned the injury , to afford time for further investigation , ' !

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      BOILBR EXPLOSION ,- AND , NINE LIVES LOST AT , MANCHESTER . - ' Oh Tuesday fjfternbon , another of those ! fearful oatastrophes which have now unfortunately beeome so common , took place at a saw-mill belonging to a person uaraed Williamson , situated in Mayes-street and Riga-street , by which a seriouS i destruction of property has beeti , effected , and by which it is feared that a number , of lives have been sacrificed . It ap poars th < at ' at the hour stated above , the engine was about ; to start after dinner , when < the boiler was seen suddenly toirise , and an explosion instantly topk . place ,, b y which the whole building has been cpmpletely demolished , as if by , some tremendous convulsion of ha ' ture ; and almost all the workpeople were involved in the ruins . A number , however , : were enabled to effect their escapeas the

      , portion of the . building in which the largest number of hands were employed , did not come down for some seconds after , the explosion . The boiler has only been in workabout six monthsj Jind was a hi gh pressure one of about thirty horae power . A part of the boiler was thrown with such foree against an opposite building as completely to demolish it ! Seven of the houses in Mayes street have the windows and doors driven in , and part of the mill gearing was thrown some thirty yards from the spot of their use . The building it seems was let off in different tenements , including an engraver to calicoprinters , . brush-makers ,: woodturners , and . waste

      dealers . The engineer made his escape with but little injury , as did a man named John Sunderland , about sixtyyears of ago , and a ^ boy named Stephen , both of whom weresin the engine-bouse at the . moment of the explosion . From thirty , to : thirty-five persons , were employed on the whole ; but , from the fact of the building being low and somewhat scattered in-its . arrangements ; there cannot probabl y be more than some seven [' -to , ten bodies still in the ruins . ,. The police and , the firemen are j busily engaged in clearing away the ruins . Sixteen bodies have been taken out , all of them apparently dead , but sonie willno doubt recover . ¦

      • FoRraER Particbiars . —Up to "Wednesday evening at five o clock eight dead bodies had been removed from the ruins of the building ( and one person was still missing ) , besides seven persons badly wounded , who had been carried to the Royal Infirmary . —The engine had either not been started after dinner ; or had been stopped for , repairs at three o ' clock , when the ; explosion occurred ( for the accounts as to this point vary ) , and the only intelligible account , of the , circumstances preceding the catastrophe yet given is b y a man named Thomas Lambert , who was in the engine-house when the boiler burst . This man says he had been promised employment by . Mr .- 'WilLiamBon ^ who owned the saw-mill , and , having nothing to do he went into

      tne engine-house shortly before the explosion . There were three other men in the . engine-house , all strangers tolhim , when he went in , and they were all grumbling , as they Had'Wen lifting ' at the wheel m order ' to start the engine , till they were tired ¦ of lifting ; so ' he agreed , to help them Ho with the rest , was" giving a lift" at the fly-wheel , when the explosion . .. knocked him down , and he next found himself in Mayes-street ; but how he got out of the premises he did not know * and although lie has lived twenty-two years in the neighbourhood , when he . first found , himself in the street he was so confused by the shock that he did not know whore he was . He escaped , without the least injury . —IVhen the dust from thefiillin <» hi . iirf .

      ing had subsided , a considerable crowd flocked to the spot , and a number of workpeople were seen making their-way through the window > aperture 8 of the ground floor of the sawrmill , the joists of the floor above them fortunatel y proving strong enough to prevent a p « irt of the superincumbent ruins from coming upon thenv . All the materials of tEe upper floors were thrown down by the explosion , and much , of the shafting and other machinery were lying on the first . floor ; and there was . but too much ^ . ¥ 9 ? t 0 fea ^ at . , some of the work people who were at the time in the upper floors were buried in this mass of ruins . Accordingly a nuniber of men set to work to clear this away ; but from the great weight on the walls of theground floor this , became

      a perilous undertaking , till , some planks were used as stays to , support the walls . The fire police engaged in . this dangerous work , and a number of labourers were employed to assist them The first man got out was William Clegg of 55 * Hudson-streeti who was in the .. employ of . Mr ' Melloy , engraver to calico printers . He was hurt in tne back , and nasqno leg much bruised , At his own request he was ' convoyed home . The next S ™ f boy , ten years of age , who was in the employ of Mr . John Lester , wood turner , and was vewrely injured . About four o ' clock , jJhl ISl Vw ° a ° i ' S out fron » hetweon the floors ,, behmd a heavy tool chest , which it was necessary first , to remove . He was much crushed , and brckhav

      B * '• ' ? i J ing been driven into his stall , A girl , named Mary Ann Dunn , nine years old , was next got out alive , : but she died soon after-S * - Aboutflve o ' clock , a young woman . nametl thzabeth Brennan , twenty-three years of age , was got out . of the cellar of . the three-storey building , next lliga-street , quite dead , but not at all crushed or bruised , having apparently perished from suffocation . ' A currior , from Oldham , who was standing in Mayes-street at the time of the explosion was much hurt , and was conveyed to the infirmary . Mr . Melloy , one of the tenants of the premises , and his brother , were both ' in the third story of the mill when the explosion took place , but escaped with cuts and bruises , . which were not of a serious character ,, though they fell amongst the ruins of

      tne building . John Sunperiiind j a sawyer , omployed by Mr . Williamson ,, in the ground storey had an extraordinary escape . He says he was in the engine-house at the time of the explosion and was hnrledforward with the wall into Mayes-street where he found himself immediatel y afterwards not at all hurt . He states that the hands bad returned from dinner at two o ' clock , and that the engine had not then started . He was with Thorn-is Egerton the engineer , and fireman , in the enginehouse . It had been rumoured that E » erton the engineer , was about to be discharged for intemne ranee A man named Wray had applied for tho situation that afternoon , but was told by . Mr Wil liamson that it was not vacant . . Egerton and Wriv ft ? . ^ L ^ ¦*^ ™*\ Arms , VS tlUhad 80

      SKVPS 7 \™ * - »^*«> gSff They . ltft . that house . together , and when S S ? P ° T latter ffaB somewhaTinS ^ u E A crton - ' went towards the eneine-houaB ? xS £ fi 7 C minutes Awards TVnJtZS ! & A large portion of the ruins haA « nf t , Zrt f five 0 > cl 0 ck « Se ^ St Z the " mmm S'S . V ? i praotlcal men will betaken as to odv Zl-1 K ° l ( ie " Tlle en « ineer is ^ ™ - ac 3 ri » nt l M ™ ln , tox'cated at the time ofthe 2 S S \ t- \ - > known thai a « yevide 5 ! e fhi I gained criminating him ashaving caused the explosion by any neglect , or by ! , S bofc act - connectedwtn ^ man agement of tlie

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      EXECUTION OF THOMAS ^ w ^ T ^^ SARAH CHE 8 HAMAT CHEl 2 sFor . 1 ) ASD Thomas Drory and Sarah Chesham wi , ¦ whom were convicted at the last Zwi . i ? , ° f this town of murder , and sente nced bj- LoH n itt bell to undergo the extreme penaltv n ? l ° , Pwere ; executed on Tuesday momin ? i « ! . law . Springfield Gaol . Little or no symn ^ V imt ** hfbited on ^ behalf ofeither of . thc cSi K ,, ffas ^ . city of the crimes for which they W *; ' - ° ° - condemned having excited a universal fli— ve rally ecration against them . uve ™» feeling of e / It appears that since Drbry made i M e ¦ his guilt he has on all occasions shW ei - m « f spirit . ; and . though not violent iiihi !« " ? cnkisl regret , haaraove than once tested u > ¦} P m W * of of the gaol ,. Mr . Neile , as aU 0 \ A 8 ? vorn « Hamilton , the chaplain , his de ? J& *"; Jr . murdered Jael Denny , who to iZ h ? at he h ad r , Was ever . kind to me , and i £ ? S ment at . my hands . " . ihe u eS " 2 ^ «' which tb « . train , of circumstSfpSK * ift

      casioned by the dreadful realitv I ? 8 t ¦ ho « l- ocl at once confessed that h s wa sL ? f ^ . ^ the deed accompanyini ? theadmtafaS ^^ lch ^ tions of the groasest oharacf . ^? » -Vi . th wapnta . fortunate victim , declarinTtnat ^ fj 11 * Un " him to marry a youn- woman iSj ^^ ed whom he wasbetro thodrand thonTd GlbJin » ' <> by . holding to her nose , wti e e | le O w mUr ( ic , r her - phial . containing some stuff which ! ln * , f lee P ' a Among other matters Drory adm SL ,. ld ^ 7 ' the father of the child with ?* £ h Si ^ ™» pregnant , that she had rejected hi nff ^ T ^ ' » she would not fix its p rtJS ^ ft ° nf J f she was constantly urging him to marry ' her ft * stitements mads by Drory at various tim T ! lB tained manifest-inconsistencies ; 'S ' h ^ mk ^ is the substance of , . the . more important t ^ communicated to the turnkeys :-Ue s atpA ? t met ; th * . deceased about half-pastfive offif , night of the murder . That he told her he tlTi th talk , to . her then , ' but that he would iet u ? i hour and have a chat . That lie returnedIIZI ^ went into the cellar , where he aSSST which was hanging there , and which had been ? $ m the garden about fourteen days before h ?' . T . h c arae . ' ° » !« y * - «« MP » w . „ He cut oif ' of L *

      rupc aa uiupu a suiteu nis purpose , and threw h , remamderawayin the stable , where itwas fouJd bj the police , subsequently to the murder ? K he put the piece of rope in his bosom and then ««? to meet tho deceased in pursuance of his appointment . And he did so meet her , and that bavint walked and talked for some time ,- they at lenS sat down together on a bank at her suggestion Tha ^ i while they were sittin ff in this position \ Sk out the end of the . rope and passed it round hh Victim ' s neck . That he hkd "di pped'the « before the deceased' perceived the rope TinUn feeling it , she ¦ immediately jumped up , and put 2 her hand , to save . her throat , that she got her r 2 hand between the rope an . l her throat that hi pulled the rope withallhis force andS dece , fell without a struggle , that he twisted the r J round her throat twice , and havin satisfied h J . self that she was dead , he left and went to Brentwood . *

      the rev . chaplain that the money found upon his person when apprehended ( £ 8 . Us . 4 d . ) should 1 ) 6 handed to the mother of the deceased , as part rcsfitutionfor the grievous injury . he had done her , as he desired to did' in peace with all mankind Of Sarah Chesham there is little left to say beyond that : which is stated above . The unhappy woman has continually asserted her innocence from the first , and . persists , in this statement . Iler conduct , it is said , has exhibited signs of much deception , and it is the opinion of the rey . chaplain of the

      gaol . ( who has had constant opportunities of observing her behaviour ) ; that" 3 be has been most justly ^ convicted . It is ri ght , however , to state that tho alleged confession of having murdered her children , which has been piping the round of the local press , and has been'thence transferred to the London daily , papers , is altogether false . The wretched woman , has never , made anything approachmg an . admission , of a guilty knowledge either of the crime of which . she . was found guiltv , or of the double murder for which she ' was tried two years since . - :

      Long before day dawned , tens of thousands of persons were seen wending their , way towards Springaeld gaol . / which is situate about half a mile trom the town , in the midst of a largo open space so that the spectators had full opportunity of moving about . ¦ ¦ ' At five o ' clock tho erection of tho scaffold over t i r trance . & ate *<» the gaol was commenred . At half-past ei ght the first toll from , the bell announced the near approach of the ' termination of tho wretched convicts' earthly career and the most eager anxiet y was manifested by the vast crowd without , and so it continued until nine o clock , tho hour at which it was arranged the

      execution should take place . Before proceeding further it is proper to convey some notion of the effect the sad spectacle had upon the thousands assembled from all parts of the counties of Essex , Norfolk ,-Suffolk ,, and Cambridge , shire , every parish of which burnished their quota of the immense mass of persons present , nor was the metropolis itself behind , for , on account of the proximity of Chelmaford , a ya st number of persons availed themselves of the opportunity of witnessing the sight , " amongst whom-were a number of the swell mob , one of whom , notwithstanding the vigilance of the police and the railway

      officialssuc-, ceeded , between London and Ingatestono , ( tha station last before Chelmsford , ) of easing a femalo Of her purse , containing upwards of £ 5 in gold and silver . On her loss being made known , telegraphic communications were made both to London and Chelmsford of the fact ; but : tho thief could not be found , and thepoor woman , who was proceeding on a visit to some relation ^ was compelled to return home . During the night-the tramp of feet was heard throughout the town of persons anxious to be amongst the first to get a good place , many of them fatigued , and careworn , fromthe distance they had travelled , in some cases upwards of thirty

      miles . At six o ' clock the morning , which had been overcast , suddenly became bright and clear , and ' might bo seen , the -full , effect , of the interest that had been excited , ¦ there being continuous groups of labourers , farm-servants , and females , all dressed and decorated as if for some joyous occnsion , as if Chelmsford were for tho day to be conv rtedinto a scene of gay festivity . Venders of edibles of every description-were there , and plied their -vocation in . a manner , the . most , gross and revolting ; nor was the language of their many customers , boys , women , and men , free from the same charge , but the crowd generally conducted themselves quietly . ¦ ¦ '¦ ' .

      It was twenty minutes past nine o ' clock heforo the male culprit appeared on the scaffold . He had been supported between the . chaplain and a warder of the prison , fi'om his cell tp the drop , and it - was only by tho administration of brandy that his failing limbs acted at all . The process of pinioning was performed as usual in a room below the scaffold . The female convict had expressed an unwillingneES to leave her cell , and it wto only , npon an intimation that if , she refused to walk she would be carvied ; that she was induced to do so . Her progress , supported by two female turnkeys , was very ° slov , m consequence of whioh the male convict remained upon the scaffold nearl y . five . minutes More the woman appeared , an interval of the most painful yet silent excitement among . tho crowd . At twenty

      minutes past . nine , ; Drory appeared onthe scaffold , when cries of " Hats off , " , and " There they come , " were heard m all directions , i Drory , although attended bytwo turnkeys , walked up the steps leading to the jjcaffold . and calmly . looked at the sui-ronnding crowd without exhibiting any particular emotion , ine cap was speedil y placed over his head , and the nooso adjusted and locked within one of the links of tnocnam , which is here used as at . Kewcate . The wretched woman Chesham , followed him ? declaring her innocence to the last . Thesufferings ofboth prisoners were unusually prolonged . The woman ' s frame writhed in ap ? arent agony for nearly seven minutes . Drory died io apoutthree minutes , but muscular action was ob « aer ablc for 8 O me time longer .

      m . The burial service was not read by the chaplain , as usual in most other gaols ; but prayers appropriate ^ for the awful ; occasion were offered up . Drory ' s last words upon the scaffold were a repe tition of the following text : — " This is a ? faithful saying , and worthy of all acceptation , that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners , of whom I am chief . " Tho convict continued to repeat tbe last sentence until the drop fell .

      Alter hangin g the usual time tho body of Drory , in accordance with the sentence of Lord Camp bell , was interred within the precincts of the prison . Not so that of Sarah Cheeham ; the act of parliament under which she was convicted , and the sentence of the learned judge being silent upon the disposition of the body , the govcrner delivered it up to her relatives , by whom it was conveyed for interment to Clavering church-yard . At the moment of execution there could not have been less than 8 , 000 orlO . 000 persons present .

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      ' Aff INCONTESTIBLE PBOOF OF TOE EFFICACY OF IIOLT . OWAY ' 9 1 ILLS FOR THE CUBE OF LlVER COMPLAINTS . —Mr . Kob Pft ElKins , of Campbeltown , New South Wales , had been atnicteii for several months with a severe liver complaint , wmchreilucDdMm tosolowaRtate that he was forced to take to his bed . Finding no relief from the medical aid IiC received , he was advised to give Hollowaj ' s Pilla a tfM , winch he did ; : and this invaluabla medicine ( the instructions given with if being strictly followed ) in the course tf a tew weeks re-established him In the enjoyment of a * good health us ever he possessed in Wsltfe . The proposed CATHunimfor Cardinal Wiseman , at Westminster , cannot be erected , land for the purpose having been refused to be sold .

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      ' , . , .. ; - <^ ¦ acotlanti * ¦ Thb NitshiuColliery Explosion . —Onthe 21 st inst . Mr . Benn . ie , of Mr .. Dixon ' s works at Goornhill , arrived with a party of his raw at' the Victoria pit ,, They immediately proceeded under ground , and after great exertion , and overcoming many difficulties , about three o ' clock in the afternoon they discovered a group of sixteen bodies , all of ! whom" were , shockingly disfigured by the explosion * 'Jt . was koped that the remaining bodie 6 : rsixteen in number—would he found durine the evenine . —The whole of the

      bodies or ' the unfortunate miners have , no , w been recovered ^ ' Ni neteen were brought to the . surface , on Saturday , and eleven on Suhday . butit wasnot tilla late hour in the evening that the melancholy task was completed . Operations were finally brought to a close about nine o clock p . mi , at which time all the men employed under ground had left the pit . With the exception of the bodies recovered . on Sunday , all the others ^ ave been , interred ; . , ; , ' , . . ¦? . FATk'AcciDKNT . r-On Saturday afternoon last a machine filter , named William Provan , was killed on the Oalpdonian R ' ailVay , near the St . Rpllpx station . Deceased was crushed to death between two

      carriages . ' '• • • • . ' ; The Explosion at Johnstose . —The absence of any , public investigation like a coroner ' s inquest in Scotland , precludes our being able , to give any further information respecting the fatal and disastrous boiler explosion at Johnstone ; , but , from all that can be seen , there is little doubt but that the explosion arose simply from the over pressure of steam , and not from any more abtruse or mysterious agency . The fire box or flue was a large one , and hot strong enough to resist the pressure to which the boiler was exposed . It is , we believe , rarely that so simple a case of explosion from over pressure ' oceurs . —iVo * ' ^ British Hail ; . . . ... : ¦ ¦ - \ . \

      \ Extensivb Frauds bt a Cattle Dealer . —William Scoon has been' committed to prison in Jedburghi ' oha warrant issued by thesheriff-si | b 8 tUute of Roxburghshire , on five charges of fraud alleged to have been committed within the county of Roxburgh , by . granting orders in payment of cattle " on banks in which he had no assets ; Scoon had , ' previous to Saturday the 9 ih , obtained about 140 head of cattle and 400 sheep frona various parties in Berwickshire , East Lothian , and Roxburghshire , to whom he gave postdated'bills or drafts , which were refused by the banks oh whom they , were made payable . The cattb and sheep we ' re sent to Iiiverpool on Monday , the 10 th , by the North Br ' . tlsb . Railway from Edinburgh .. They were all , or nearly all , sold in Liverpool , and Scoon returned to Edinburgh on the following day . While the superintendent of the Roxburgghire county police and others were searching for him throughout

      Eneland , he was Bppreliended jn Edinburgh on the 21 st inst . ; and after Mr . , List had proceeded with him to Jedburgh , the officers of the Edinburgh county police traced a small box belonging to Scoon , in which wa 3 found about . £ 2 , 077 in notes , £ 323 in gold , and £ 784 in current bills of exchange-in all £ 3 , 184 , and nearly corresponding to the sum supposed to have been realised from the sales in Liverpool . We learh that some traces of additional money have since been obtained . Thematter is undergoing strict investigation by the authorities of the various counties . —Scotsman . The Weather . —Scarcely a day has passed during tne last week without raina , and they have occasionally been very heavy . ' The river has been in flood for the last four days . The temperature has been cold and raw ; and on one morning the mercury in the barometer stood at the freezing point . Little ^ agricultural work has been done in consequence ; but the appearance of the . country is very promising , especially as regards the young wheat and pastures . I

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      ¦'• ! ' " * ¦ '' '' ^* < - ** ' **'*'"'> ^^ fc ^^ - '—• rfw > i ^ * " a ' "roxaira . " Dunoarvon Election . —The polling commenced on Friday morning at eight o ' clock , and continued , with considerable briskness on both sides up to two oclock , when the numbers stood as follows * : — Ponstraby , 158 ; Maguire , 83 ; Majority , 75 . The booths were kept open till five , but no votes were tendered after two o ' clock .. The official declaration was made oh Saturday morning by the sheriff . [ ¦ Emigration from Watebford . —The emigration from Waterford this year has been unexampled . Three ' other vessels are advertised to sail from that ¦ port direct on an early day . On the 19 th insfiyup- ; wards of five hundred emigrants sailed for Liverpool . from ! where they will proceed to Canada and the United States

      Representation of , Clare . —Sir . ' O'Connell ) a Clare , attorney , has announced that ' Major ilacnatnara is about to reBign his seat in Parliament , but that a good man and true will come forward as his

      successor . A Ship on Fire off IIOLTnEAD . —Kisostown , March . 23 . —The steam-packet Cambria , when on her passage from here yesterday morning , and when nearing the South Stack light at the entrance of tho bay of Hplyhead , came in view of a vessel , schooner rigged , at a considerable distance off , apparently rounding the Skerries ., The attention of the captain and crew of the ' Cambria was called to the ' appearance of the ' vessel , which was evidently on fire . The Cambriahaving run into Holyhead harbour , and landed her passengers , put to sea at once again , having on board the marine superintendant ( Railway . Company ) ,, who accompanied the Cambria ' s commander , Captain Hirste , to , the scene of the disaster . On approaching the burning vessel . they found her taken in tow bv another vessel . Sail had

      also been got upon her with the view of making the harbour . The commander of the Cambria hailed her and tendered his assistance gratuitously , but the master of the burning schooner refused the aid thus offered in the most uncouth terms , although the fire seemed rapidly gaining ground , and , as it was afterwards . ascertained , the HveB of all on board the schooner at the time were in fearful peril Her name was found to be the "Don Juan , " of about 300 tons burden , bound from Liverpool' to Newfoundland , with a cargo of saltj and an additional freight of twenty-five casks of gunpowder . The fire appearing to increase , it waB found necessary to , beach . the ; vessel an . soon as possible . She was then scuttled ,. and her qargo submerged . She no fir lies in this . condition , ' burned down to the water ' s edge , at the mouth of the harbour . —Freeman ' s Journal . ' " '

      _ The Clothworkers' Company of London , of which the Lord Mayor is a member , has offered to give fifteen acres of building land , near the town of Colerame , as a Bite for the erection of the proposed "Magee College , " and also a donation of £ 3 , 000 in aid of the fund forbuilding and , e , nd . QWm . ent ; . Pijoclamation Rbvoksd . —The Lord Lieutenant Pres ! ded _ on Saturday last , at , a Privy Council , in Dublin CaBtle , when the proclamations issued under the Act 11 th Vici , in July and August , 1848 , for tho better prevention of crime and outrage in certain parts of Ireland , &o . ; as against the county of tbe city of Waterford , the county of the town of Drogheda , the counties of Carlow , Kildare , Wexford and Wicklow , were revoked . ... ...

      Representa tion of Youghal . —The Cork Constitution says it is understood that Isaac Butt ., Esq Q . C ., is about to be invited by the Conservatives of Youghal to offer himself as a candidate for the representation on the first opportunity . Encumbrrbo Estates CocnT .-The fee simple estate of Mr . Charles Henry Smith , of the county of Meath , was fold on Tuesday , in tbe Encumbered Estates Court . Tho first , lot , producing £ 297 a year , subject to tithe rent charge and a life annuity of £ 16 ,. was sold for £ 4 , 100 , equal to fourteen and a half years' purchase ; the , second lot ., of the net annual value of £ 98 , was . sold for , £ 1 , 150 ; and the third lot , a tithe rent ; chargo of £ 18 ' perannum 7 V ™ * £ " f * A ° K ™ - ' ®^ <> f Mr . Th omas Hemsworth , of Abbeyville , m the county of Tinperary was next put up , and was sold in lots at rates varying at about , nine , ten ; and twelve years ' purchase on the present letting and estimated wMi

      value . * — « - » » reu Outrage -Accounts reached Dublin on Monday , B -at / - % Z ? ^ . P rt 5 V 10 U . Thursday , Mr . Tatlow t ' . ya ¦ ' T , one Pol * cen » aD , and the sheriff ' s bailiff , proceeded to some lands near Bambridce , in the county of Down , for the purpose of serving a writ on a tenant who owed four years' rent . Upon entering the estate they perceived the people in alLdirections , leaving . their houses and running together , summoned by .: tho sound of horns , upon which the sheriff and Mr . Tatlow , jun ., went towards a house to inquire into the cause of the movement , Mr . Tatlow , senior , walking up the road to make the same mquiries ' of the people . He had not , however proceeded 200 yards when three shots ' were discharged at him by some men ' esconced behind a ditch , one of which struck his hat and the other grazed his skin . U pon hearing the reports ,. the sheriff and young Mr . iTatlow ; bv whom hn «»

      joined , perqeiyed the rising ground to the ri ght and left occupied by 200 people , who commenced firing deliberately at the sberiffand his son , the policeman and sheriffs bailiff at the first firing having cot Upon a car and left the' grounds . ' The firing was not in a volley , but one Shot followed another to the number of fifty or upwards / but providentially without fatal effect .. After the geriernl ' firing one manrushed . outfrom Magill ' shouse ,- with gun in hand prepared : to fire . He was met by young Mr Tatlow ,: who very gallantly ran , up to . closewith him , which , the men perceived , and rapidly retreated without haying fired , and . escaped . From this fearful position the gentlemen res . olved to retreat , which they did slowly and deliberately reaching Barnbridge by a . circuitous , route in the evening . Official accounts of the outrage' have reached the government ; .: A proclamation will be' forth . XhcS ^

      chapels on theSunday previous , threatening . all sorts of pains ; ind penalties on the bodies and . souls of such fathers and mothers as wosiinbt withdraw their offspring from all ' schools in connexion with the'National Board , those institutions ,. ' as well as the . Government colleges , having ( been solemnly declared to be " dangerous to the faith and morals " of the rising generation of EpnianiBts . A later communication from the west announces that' the ranks of the pupils have been since diminished by additional desertions to the amount of twenty-eight ,-and , as no school at which tVe , number of scholars , is less than thirty is ' entitled to the government grant for the payment of the teacher , Dr . M'lfale " will probably soon have the satisfaction of sealing the . doors of one . of the obnoxious schools . :

      ' ' The'Decrees op titb Stnod . —DK M'Hale , it would appear , is determined to carry miitters with a high : hand , ' and is resolved , so far as . lies in his power , that the . decree ^ of , the . fathers of Thurles shallndt prove a nullity , or become a dead letter oh the eccleBiastical' statute-book ; In the course of last " week it transpired , through- more than ' one communication , that in a certain national school in thei diocese of Tuam , which was attended , up to a recent period , ; by ninety poor Roman Catholic children , the number of pupils had on Sunday week suddenly dwindled down to just one-third . Inquiries were instantly set on foot , and it was ascertained from some'of the parents that orders from head-quarters lad been ; promulgated from , the

      AttheAensgh Assizes ^ n Saturday , last , a man named yVilljam Kenna was convicted for being engaged in one of the worst cases of agrarian murder which disgraced the county of Tipperary last year . The victim was a maninamedThomasMartiti , who . with his brother , had got into possession of some land , the property of . Mrs . Lidwell , from which tenants of . the name of Joyce had been evicted . Two parties of men entering the houges bf . ihe two brothers , at the' dawn . of day , ' in October last , and while one of the brothers escaped with ' some broken bones , the other was dragged out of bed and murdered in . a . most brutal manner , on thefloor .. The prisoner , Who was not disguised , in any way , stood sentinel at the door while the murder was going on ; but thejury , itt'finding him guilty , added a recommendation to' mercy on the ' grbund that when he went to the house'the' attention was only to beat tho man without , murdering him . ; . . . ¦ . '¦ ¦

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      . Short Speeches in Parliament . —Among tbe new rules which have been established for the conthict of tiie pusiness of . the Ifew , J 3 run 3 \ vick Houso o . i . ABsemblT ,, is one , which limits , the duration of each member ' s speeoh , on any particular question tobalf-anhour . '; "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 29, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1619/page/6/