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      & %$ IBetwpoit * . IIr » lth op Loxnox . —The Official R eport says : — T-: k- present state of public h ' . alth iu the metropolis is fir from bsing satisfactoir- In the pre " ceihic week , though there still appeared an excess aboxj the average , the mortality had decline ! to 994 fcaths ; but it will be seen that the number m tho week ending last Saturday has again risen to 1 , 041 . TaUinq corresponding weeks of tfift ten yeur-t 18 il-5 lCitis founa that the lowest number Ol .- « ths was 7 C 1 ; and that the mortality , which or . lv ; n one instance exceeded 1 , 000 , averaged 870 . Th s average , if raised according to supposed rate of iwr c . Win the population , bscoraes 049 ; compare ! with which the 1 , 041 deaths of hst week _ . _

      slot ? : iu increase of 92 . The increase is not coafin > i ; o any particular locality , but extends generally < -ver the metropolitan districts . Jn the west dW-ktstlie deaths registered last week are 1 CS , w 3 . ! i-.- !! ie average ( without correction for increase of population ) is 134 ; in the northern the number Is •_ ; . £ , the average beiwr 107 ; in the central it is 181 . ' . he average being 157 ; in the eastern . 21 C , in * - . tverage being 181 ; and in the south it is 274 , "wliik- tlie average 13 232 . The pre 3 eat return , as wjiwn-i with taat of the previous week , shows an inmea-e chiefly in thezjmotic or epidemic class of diseases . Measles numbered 81 fatal cases in the yanfk •• nding- > 5 ay 3 rd , Jast week it counted 41 ; Looj-iiis-eouL'h again becomes more severe , and has

      risen in the two weeks from 57 deaths to 72 ; diarrhoM -ind dysentery have increased from 9 to 25 ; fj ] " 5 ; iH froin 25 to 43 . Oa the other hand , smallpox . ¦ > hicU destroyed 14 persons in the previous wtk . vras fatal to 10 in the last ; and influenza has decided from 11 to 6 . Seven deaths , 4 of which sm nnon » infants , are ascribed in this return to sy ; -- iiiiicdisease . Tie total number of deaths incli . ee-1 in the zymotic class of diseases is 233 , while th < : ^ -irrected' average is ITS . The cases CtlUIdQrat' -l under the head of "diseases of the respiratory < r ^ ans , " amount to 157 , whilo thfi corrected aver-OT id 143 . Butthe six diseases which constitttiw ; he latter class sc&tcaly exceed m their aggregau- ; . nali ty the amount caused by phthisis afone

      for - . i-i s complaint destroyed 143 lives , a number ^ li'rf :, thongh not more than the usual amount , is f . -j- greater tban the highest found under other lea I- in the list of fatal causes . A great increase 13 ohv ^ rvablc iu the deaths registered last week of yoj ; - ; : persons ; for the number of children who did onilpr the age of 15 years rose from 443 in the previous week to 511 in the last , while the corrected average is 425 . A smaller increase is observed gener * i ! y amrnig . pereqns in various stages oi life . In the t ** t week , the births of 791 boys , and 731 girls , in aiS 1 , 572 children were registered . The average of jis corresponding weeks in the yean 1 S 45-50 ¦ was i . 311 . At the Itoval Observatory , Greenwich ,

      the p . -. m reading of the barometer was 29 . 608 in . Tiio : i-. in daily temperature was below the average ta . s . ^ torday ; but it rose gradually from 40 deg . 2 msn . i-u Sunday to 5 C deg . 3 min , on Saturday , and the <; i -jn of the week was 47 deg . 4 min . The exte : ¦ * o which the daily mean temperature was lo * f than the average ( derived from 10 years ) of tho : -ei-a ! days is shown by the following decreasing j ^ mbersi—ll deg . 2 min ., 10 deg . 5 min ., 7 dej . i min ., 4 deg . 5 nsio .. 2 deg . 8 min ., 0 deg . 6 mi-..: on Saturday it exceeded the average by 3 dc ~ »» nun . The wind was in the north and no ; b-west on the first three days , then changed to so-: * ' -test , and on the last two days was generally in f ¦ •¦ south-east .

      y a-noF . R ik Si . Paxcras . —Last Saturday evening v : . H . M . Wakley held an inquest in the Elephant and Castle , Caraden Town , on the body of a tteii . i <• infant that was found in the parlonr of Kb . 1 , •••• nuridge-street , a deserted house . Tfae body was -xr lppedia calico cloth and coarse sacking . Mr . Roi'i := s > in , house surgeoa to the workhouse , stated the 0 -. . ea <* dwa 8 born alive and lived sometime . Th * ¦ was oji the neck an indentation inflicted by a fin ^ v-iiail , and there was also two severe braises on i ¦ ¦ ¦ left parietal bone , which caused concession of thr- ' ¦ ¦ ja anfl death . He had no doubt of deceased iavj .- . c been " murdered . Yerdict— " Wul Murder 8 gai . - ; -t some person or persons unknown . "

      11 . ' iSL AcCIDKXr OS THE NoHTH KENT RAILWAY —Cii . Vondaynight an inquest was held by Mr . Pav :: ? . Use coroner , at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , on the n . % of Robert English , aged twenly-two , who vax- xi \* death from injuries received on tfcc SbrJh K . ' . i ? Railway on Saturday last . The deceased , yik- - * s w a third-class carriage coming to London sax Ob the rsulat the back of the carriage . Some peu . ji-s advised him to come down , but ho took no non ¦; . The . train had been a short time in motion , whtii he fell backwaid on the railway , aad duappe ?' . in a moment . The person who was with him , by . - ¦ nb-ng over the other carriages , after some mia ; v- succeeded in attractingobservatlOU , and the trai . i « as stopped , and ou going back the line

      up flu- - 'u-eased was found with one of his hands sevrM-4 from his arm . The deceased was taken to the hsspitaH when it was found that not only vat- iiis left hand severed from his arm , but thr ' •' ii-r hand was merely hanging by a ' bit of skin . Th « tj . ' . ues if the left arm were very txtcnsivelv ftBc : ar ? i , cs well as several bones of the face . He wa ? - tilivs when brought to the hospital , but Hed the nexr « ay . Oa admission his left arm was amputates at « he shoulder joint , and the othei was araputatPti « rlow the fore-arm . ^ He was quite sensible , anc sjV . 1 be had been drinking , and he was evideutly ttnd' -r ! hc inSuencc of liqutr when brought to the how ; a :. The jury returned a verdict cf "Aeadaxr .: Death . "

      Ii- » r > K £ N-NE 8 s asd Death . —Among . -t the night char , ; .- aiih * eMarylebone P « -i : r 3-court osi Monday , broittu ? up from the Aibaay-itreet police-station ( S <> i-. ; rion , )" was one against a middle aged womau , natct-d Barter , who , on Saturday night last , was taker * insensibly drank to tbe station , wlienee « he was c-. ; . veved to the London XJiaversity College Hg * - > k * 1 . in which institution she , as stated by Sergeant King , expired at seven o ' clock oa Monday morning . The Mobber of me Pouckjias is Yauxhall WAIK .-On Monday evening the inquiry into the Circums'aocea connected with thk horrible murier , was tun . her adjonmed to Monday next .

      DESTacciira Fibe at thb Great Gmbe Exin-Bmos or Ma . \ fm > , M . P . ~ 0 n Tuesday morning , at an early hour , the greatest confusion was caused in tbe immediate vicinity of Leicester-square , owing to a body of flame shooting up , apparently from the newlyrereoted building for the exhibition of ihe monster " globe belonging to Sir . "Wyld . ' The cause of so uiuOtt alarm was owing to a fire breaking ouv in a wooden building , within the enclosure of Leicester-square , used as a storehouse and temporary pay office , but detached from the building for the exhibition . The whole of the men on work OB the premises , to the number of 100 , instantlvrepaired to tbe ' spot , aa well as Mr . "W yld ; but that gentleman , we are sorry to eay , in his exertions to rescue the property , ricked his back , which has since caused" him some considerable nain . The

      flames were not extinguished until the building in irhich they commenced was burned down . Fortunately , not the least injury was done to the main bnildiDg . From inquiries since made there seems no doubt bufrifc was owing to the watchman making too great a fire in the grate to warm the buildim ? " Prince o ? Wius'g Bazaas . —A new baraar . thus designated , has just been opened in Regentstreet , en th . e premises recently occupied as the Cosmurania . / The place has been very tastefully decomed ; add , though small in comparison with the ran : heoo ; , tbe Sono Bazaar , and other establishments oi a similar nature , it will doubtless be esteemed a . i agfeable promenade by those ladies who do not i . mnk that the displays in tne neighbouHne anop-KHidowg offer them a sufficient temptation for parting with their money .

      Kzy GARDWs .--By the / gracious permission of her -V . 8 je 8 ty . -th 8 Royal pleasure grounds atKew WUi be opened to the public on every dayia the weeK , ^« eea . u » hours of ans « nd six . from Mondayt » 9 Kth of May , to Friday , the 12 th of Sepfemher . during tie present year . The access to these grounds , will be in the Kewand Richmondrpail , by die / 1 . Lion snd Unicorn Gates" respecfarely ; and , on the rirer side of the grounds , by the gate adjoinine to the Brentford-ferry ; the entrance gate to the Botanic Gardens on Keir-green being open as heretofore . Communications will at the same time be . opened between the Botanic Gardens and the pleasure grounds , by gates in the wire fence which separates the two . It is requested that visitors will abstain from carrying baskets or refreshraeutam to thegrounds ; andamoKngin the Botanic * rtrdens is not permitted . —3 y order of the Com-S ^ EitgffiVT ^ '" . -me

      nw ? L ? u ? 5 ?? S r ****** ^ OBfflousi ! .-The HZ . rf Sf > mreffi ? enoet 0 & * " <»»* abandon-S ^^ SI Sy ^ a ^ SS

      v- » ^^ onginateo , upon what view it was f « vln op , aa :-. certain extent carried Ll ^ ^ SSfJi » S'J £ if-3 « 5 S theolcrk to directed to ^ ward # Hfc tMm ^* - boar . , , }| , y , f theevidenStTS Sd eve ^ fc lnfbr ^ uioi : r € quired .-On -ffed nwdar at ? t ^» rou ^ k :, n , ied . meetin ff 0 f nstnSat'iL T *' wr » h , hM in the Vestry SS S ^ SST C = * hn-toxn , Mr . Churcfiwarden a £ r m ° S ? uir ' - "ffS * - ?" ' 9 *** t « at a freV £ , fif ; , T ^™ % . »«» tlM whole evidence laid

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      ® jp 9 voinnm .. Serious Accident and Loss of Lifb through a Bollock . —An accident of a fiUhtful aud melancholy nature occurred at tbe pnrisifof Ayle ^ bury , 00 . Saturday afiernoon last , b y which a family ot nine children hare been deprived of a mother , and two of them seriously injured . It appears that the deceased woman , Sophia Goss , of Waddrsdon , a small village about , three miles distant'from the iown , was in the act of crossing a path in the front of the Rfd Lion Inn , accompanied by her two daughters , Phoebe and Sarah Goss , aged respectively eighteen and fourteen years , when a bull belonging to Mr . A . Hill , o > Tbame , Oxon , suddenly rushed forward and tossed the deceased , at the same time knocking the dau ^ h ters down , and while ihe woman luy on the ground the buU , cf above a ton wei « bt , stepped up'm her side . Ihe eldest girl was much injured aoom the lower part of her pergon , and the youngest received several contusions

      on the forehead . The poor woman was immediately taken into the Red Li .. n publichouse and medical aid obtained , but she died in less than five miuutes after its arrival . The beast then ran into a j-tabie , anil was ul : imately secured . An inquest was held on the body , before Joseph Parro't , Esq ., enroner for this district , and a re peciable jury , at the George Inn , the same evening . The evidence adduced proved that the beast bad at the time , of the accident evinced no symptoms of ferocity , bnt was on the contrary , very quiet . Mr . James CpcIv . the medical gentliman , stated the nature and exi ' ent of the injuries received by the unfortunate deceased . Three of the upper ribs were fractured and were dmen in upon the lungs , and three or four of the lower nbs were also broken . Tbe skull did not appear to have beeu fractured . The coroner bri > fly sumesed up . and the jury at once relumed a verdict of 'Accidental death , " accompanying their verdict with a wish that some means should be taken to ure « rent an occurrence of a similar nature in the town

      avail ) . Dabisg Digitway Robbery . — On Saturday inf ormation was received at the chief police-station s in London of a most daring highway robbe . y , attended with brutal violence , having been committed on ihe Hitchen turnpike-road , about four « . iles from Bedford , on WediHaday last , on ihe person of Mr . Peacock , of Wilshamstead . The robbery was perpetrated soon after nine o ' clock at night , by four ruffians , who , at a secluded part of the road , rushed out and laid hold flf the horse ' s head . He attempted to urge the animal on ; but they succeeded iu turning the gig into a ditch alongside the road , where it turned over , and Mr . Peacock was thrown oil to his head on the ground , when they sprang upon him , and while one of them placed his knee upon Mr . Peacock ' s neck , the others rifled his pockets . The propertv stolen consisted of £ 70 in Bank bills , a purse

      containing ten sovereigns and sixteen shillings , a gold deneva watch and guard , and many valuable articles . Attempted Save of a Wipe . —On the 10 th inst .. a large concourse of people assembled opposite the Angel Inn , Stockpnr , , composed principally of parties from Droylesden , to witness the discraceful exhibition of a man sellinjrhis wife by public auction to the highest bidder . The individuals immediately concerned were Joseph Orme and his wife , Rachael , both factory operatives . They had been married about three years ; but , in consequence of his intemperate habits arid violent conduct , they agreed to separate , he retiring to Stockport and she continuing to workat a null at Droyleaden . Since then the man had contracted an illicit acquaintance with a woman who wa 3 then living with him as his wife It appears that the wife ' s brother resided in Stockport , and as the mill at Droylesden had ceased work , she accepted an invitation to spend the fair at his honse .

      u was nere that her husband proposed to neutralise the marriage contract by offering his wife for public sale in the market , a process which , it is vulgarly believed , has all the legal efficacy , without the cost of a divorce . The wife at once consented ; and the brother as readily acquieBced . Accordingly the disgusting exhibition took place in the presence of an immense crowd . Shs was neatly attired , and was a moderately good-looking young woman . The police : however , interfered , and the parties were obliged to decamp . Many of the women , who reallv believed that the sale oi a wife was strictl y legal , complained of the interference of the police , and the hardships of a wife being prevented relievine herself from a

      worthless husband . Orme , the depraved husband , has not since been seen in public A Mas Killed by Three Jbishmrn at Stamford . —On Saturday evening last about half-past six o clock , a man name *! George Large was murdered at the Horse-shoe Inn , Red Lion-aquare . It appears that seven or eight men and the deceased had been drinking together for some time , and in the course of the afternoon a few words took place between Large and an Irishman named Patrick M'Glen They afterwardB agreed and staid together for some time , when Large was standing by a table , and on remarking that he would leave the Irish comoanv . he w :, «

      struck by M ' Glen on the left temple . Deceased immediately fell on the floor , and then M'Glen , together with two other Irishmen , named Michael Barnet and John Farrell , set to kicking Mm about the body , the other parties ( with the exception of a man named Wilson , who was half-drunk ) having left the house . The poor fellow evidently died from the first blow , although the savage attacks were continued for some time . Policeman Mitchell succeeded in apprehending M'Glen and Barnet at a lodging-house , as they were about leaving the town Farrell , a lodging-housskeeper , was shortly after teken , nto custody . Deceased was unmarried , and thirty-two years oi age . ' Howdes as » PbbctMaix CouiEBiEs .-The final abandonment of those once lucrative mines , Uowden and Percy Main Collieries , has led to

      ereatnrivatwn amongst the large number of persons who were employed in those extensivecoal-works . Theminers are gradually drafting themselves from thelocality to other colhenea . Thb Fatal Railway Collision in Chbshier . —The inquest was resumed on Monday , and after the examination of spme more of the Railway Company s servants , the jury returned the following verdict— " Accidental death , with great blame tS the Executive Committee , and charge of imprudence and indiscretion against the officers . There was deficiency of locomotive power , and the management was so imperfect as to endanger the safetvoftfi *

      public . The jury added a recommendation of signals at each end of the tunnel , and that Iiahts should be placed in the carriage . " [ The foreman nere handed the observations accompanying the Terdiet to the coroner . ] The Corone r read them as follows :- Although the jury have not felt justified in recording any other verdictthan thatof * Accidental death , ' they feel bound to state their unanimous opmioa that great blame attaches to the executive committee of the Birkenhead , Lancashire , and Cheshire Junction Railway Company ; and there was a

      want of prudence and discretion generally in the conduct of the officers and servants of the company , along the line from Chester to Manchesteron the day when the melancholy occurrence took place , which resulted in the death of the patties as to which the jury have been inquiring . With respect to the locomotive power of the company , it appears that no increase whatever was made for the greatly increased traffic along the line from Chester to Manchester during the Chester race week , and that there was no authorised superintendent of the traffic department along that line appointed , and no t » r «» n » 5 nn «« r ...

      rangements adopted for the safety of the public in reference to the Sutton Tunnel , where the collision took place , on the day above mentioned . The jury ana that during the day there was the greatest irregularity In the dispatch aud arrival of the trains from ManchestertoChe 8 hire , and the advertisement issued by the Company to the effect that the trains would return from Chester after the races , commencing at a «« p . m ., and continue ruuning , so soon as filled , to 9 p . m ., was in the highest degree objectionable and calculated to lead to confusion and danger : The « SrTf / ctoZi > a ; iy ll locolnoa ¥ e "Pwtotontat . himself hM staled , in the course of his evidence , that he does not consider the stock of engines belonging to the company sufficient for their ordinary tramp ; and yet , as the jury have already noticed . noincrease was

      maoe wr tnegreaUy increased traffic during the Chester races : and to this deficiency of locomotive power is to be mainly attributed the lamentable catastrophe £ ^?/ eM The jury are decidedly of opinion , that the management of the railway in ques-! wlli 7 resen - tISeis imperfect and inemcient , thereby endangering the safety of thepublic . Incon ' elusion , the jury recommend that , in order to guard against the recurrence of a aimilar accident , there should be an authorised servant of the company stationed at each end of the Sutton Tunnel , 80 as to Bienal tothetrains . and thereby prevent two trainsfrom being in the tunnel on the same line at one tike , lfaey couMder also , that the carriages of the Railway tompany . having to pass through a tunnel of meh *

      length as the Sutton Tunnel , should be furnished with lights ; and they desire also to call attention to the ^ shortness of the interval allowed for trains following eacnotneron tbesamellne , from the terminus and the intermediate stations , which appears to them to be attended with risk , and that the interval should therefore bewcreased . " The Coroner having thanked the jury for their care and attention during the inquiry , the proceedings / which . had occupied seven days , were brought to a close a few miuutes before eleven odock . : n ^ p | HIRKjrjSCTIOKRAM . WATAcciDBNT . — ^ fiflftW ' " 1 uP ° aaother of the snf - tt «• ate fri 8 atf « l colli « ° n < " » ae Cheshire Inn TW ^ ra ^ Tas heId atta 6 Hor 8 e ™* Jucke ' fe ?™ ? ^ lUows > bef 01 e J ^* Heye » . Esq . ' , of the Drl ° f - be d Utri 6 t - Tbe ^ fortunate subject and snSif ™ V was Mp - « Wilson , wine te ! n £ wimerchM ^ * ho was a passenger by the SS The W ™? ^ «*«*«« ^ the acei-* .: .. ? J 7 returned a vt > rA ;» , nr < i «« .: j __; . i

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      Town Hall . After' hearing some additional evidence , the jury . returned the following verdict — " We find a yerdict of Wilful Murder agalnBt Wrn Battersby , as principal , » ndt alao against EliEa Wilkinson , as aceesHory . present , aiding , and as aisting in the murder of John Wilkinson . The iurv alter three days' examination into the case , cannot separate without expressing their great dissatisfaction at the oonduct of one of the magistrates ( Mr Overeml . ) in not allowing the . accused parties to be brought before them , according to the usual oub . torn . " The coroner at once made out his warrant tor the prisoners' committal to York Castle Shockiso Accidbkt bt Machisbrt . ~ A shockine accident occurred on Monday afteraoou at the circular

      stone saw mills in Cannon ' s Marsh , Bristol A poor fellow , whose name is William Faulkner was engaged in attending the machinery , when t > y aome means his clothes were Caught by one of the cogs , and he was dragged in anion / r the wheels , and received some frightful injuries . ¦ His ri ght leg was to f rn ° f 2 , out half wa J "P the thigh , and the hones « f his left leg were crushed in a shocking manner As soon as he could be extricated he was conveyed to the Bristol Royal Infirmary , where both limhg were immediately amputated . ALL 80 KD MnHDER NEAR MANCnB 8 IKR . ~ A man named Joseph Allison was brought up at the New Bailey , Manchester , on Monday last , having been apprehended by Mr . Chief Superintenden t Beswick

      « u suspicion of being concerned in the murder of a man named John Hunt . The deceased and the prisoner were carters in the employment Of a COOpei named Goodwin . On- Wednesday , the 30 th ult . they were commissioned by their employer to go to Ashton-under-Lyne , with their carts , to purchase some tubs . He had sent them on the same errand before , and gave deceased £ 7 to pay for the tubs . The prisoner and the deceased called at the Snipe Inn , Opeushaw , oh the road from Ashton to Manchester , between seven and eight o ' clock the same evening , and had two pints of beer . They then appeared to he on very good termsj aud drunk out of the same cup . They had their carts- with them , loaded with tubs . Whilst they were at this

      publichouse the two men began to talk of the respective merits of each other ' s horses . Deceased offered to bet the , prisoner £ 1 to Is . tbafrhis horse was the host . The men were rather advanced- in liquor . Allison begged the deceased not to leave him , as he said his ( the ; prisoner ' s ) horse was bent upon mischief ,, and he was afraid he should have some trouble with it , The men left the publichouse about half past eight , 'and went towards Manchester . A fchort time afterwards the two men were seen walking " together with their -carts ' at Fairfield , a little further on the road , by a boy returning from school , who ; noticed that" they were quarrelling and abusing one another . The boy remained playing with some school fellows for above an

      hour afterwards , and soon lost sight of the men ; The prisoner was seen Borne time the same evening at a public house in Ardwick . Deceased ' s wife was there also , and upbraided the prisoner , " who was intoxicated , with having left her husband on the road . Allison replied that he did not care if Hunt broke his neck . It appears that deceased ' s wife had had a strong presentiment on her mind that her husband would not return safe , and had set out to meet . him . She went about two miles further along the road , and met the horse and cart returning , unattended . Hunt ' s body was found early the next morning by a carter named James Hadfield , lying on his side against the footpath . There were ; no marks of injury about him , except a wound in the nose , from which Wood was issuing . An inquest was held on the body on'Friday week , but very .. little evidence could , their be obtained , and a surgeon who cavo evidence . stiit , in <» thiit tho

      deceased was ati-apopltjtio suWeet ; tho jury returned a verdict of " Found dead . " It had since been ascertained that an apron belonging to a man in the same employment with' the prisoner , which had been Tuissingsitsce the day the men went to Ashton , was accidentall y found in a ca ' ak in Mr . Goodwin ' s yard , ' with . - ' mat-k 8 of- 'blb 6 d-uipon ' it . -A nnmber ' of bills were found upon him , being receipts for the casks he had bought at Ashton . Thev amounted ; to U 12 s ., which ' with 3 s . 8 d . allowed for expenses , left a babnee due to Mr . Goodwin of £ 2 . 4 s . 4 d . - Only a shillling and a halfpenny ! however were found upon deceased . The prisoner was then , remanded till Friday ; A poll mortem exami . nation of tho bod y was made on Monday by Mr Brown , surgeon , of Gorton , and Dr . J . G . Harrison of . Manchester ; who found' that death had been caused , by , the fracture of four ribs , ' and the consequent rupture of oue lung and the live * . ¦

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      srewnn . The Nation of Saturday last published a letter from Mr . W . Smith O'Brien , being the first public 9 pietle written / by him since his transportation . It is dated " >' ew Norfolk , Tan Diemen ' s Land , Jan , 4 , " and is almost wholly occupied with a statement of the circumstances under which Messrs . M'Manus , O'Doherty , and O'Donohue were removed to probationary settlements for having broken the conditions of their tickets of leave . In conclusion he says : „ " Respecting myself I have little to say . You have of course heard an account , probably much exaggerated , of my unsuccessful attempt to escape from Maria Island , and of my subsequent imprisonment at Port Arthur . Though I received an

      official notification , spontaneously sent by the povernor , by which I was informed ' that he w : > s not disposed to lake any special notice of my recent attempt to escape , ' but that if I made a second » ttempt I should be treated aa an ordinary convict working in gang , I was subjected , during twelve weeks , . to solitary confinement of so rigorous a kind that even tho doctor of- the station and the clergyman ,, who are specially appointed and paid for the purpose of attending to the bodily and mental welfare of the prisoners , were forbidden to visit me . The clergyman of the station assured me , after niy release , that he had been mostanxiousto have visited me , but thathe was not permitted by the authorities to do what he felt to be his duty on

      the occasion . Fortunately my health did not fail , though I was much depressed in mind , in conscquenceof finding that my attempt-to escape had led to results very , injurious to others—if not .. to myself , amongst which I may mention the loss of hiB situation to Mr . Lapham , the superintendent ^ from whom 1 had experienced much kindness whilst under his charge at Maria Island . At length . to my great surprise , I received / an address , signed by many hundred persons resident in this coiony , by whiclil was urgently entreated to accept a ticket of leave on the terms offered by the government . Aa such also was the earnest wish of my friends at home , and as I had abandoned all idea of escaping , I thought that I should subject ) myself to deserved

      charges of wilfulness and of wayward obstinacy if I were to resist any longor what- appeared to be the universal desire of my friends ; but I set no value whatever upon the sort of liberty which I now enjoy , and would return to my cell to-morrow without feeling that 1 had made any sacrifice in surrendering the boasted , indulgences which are paraded to tho world as illustrative of British clemency and magnanimity . / Whilst separated from my family and my oountry , and whilst subject to the malicious caprice of such men as Dr . Hampton ( Oomptroller . Gonevalof Convicts ) , and Sir William Benison , itis a matter ' of indifference to me whether . I am imprisoned within the confines of a rural district of a walled inclosure . I do not like

      to close this letter without saying something respeetin ^ . our beloved country , but 80 many thoughts ana leeimgg claim expressiop from icy pen when it begins to trace tho name of Ireland , that I cannot now venture to allow if to touch this topic except for the purpose of assuring ypu ' that my attachment to my native land continues unaltered and unalterable . —Believe mo , my dear Duffy , mo 3 t sincerely ¦ ¦ fheii \ ation thus comments upon the factsstated by Mr . O'Brien : — "Public opinion in the colony has , indeed , revolted against these atrocities ; And tho colonial

      press with ready courage and bold words , has de- nounced the excesses of the executive . "But is that enough ? ¦ ¦ ' . "Where are these men now ? lias any one Of them outlived tho torture a *» d agony of his Bentunce ? In whom of them has human fortitude aur- ' vived the burning horror of this fate ? In whom of them has tho spirit of the gentleman—aye , or the resignation of the Christian—sublimel y triumphed over the despair and ignominy of association and contact with the rejoicing fiends whom humanity and society navo condemned -to perpetual outlawry for crime unpardonable , for depravity that appals ? " While we ¦ write , the term of gang punishment has expired ; but who of bur gallant brothers has survived ?

      "Have they all fainted beneath the burden and the lash ? " Has despair frenzied them ? --" Aro they martyrs , lunatics , suicides ? " Who of , them has had "enduring strength , or defiant courage , to survive thia tremendous doom ? Godknows . " A ' TiEMriBD Assassination . —On the night of the 7 ttt inst . an attempt was made to assassinate Mr . Leopold Keane , son of Sir Thomas' Keane , of Cappoquin ! House , ia t ' he- county of Waterford . Mr , and Mrs . Keano had dined with Major Alcock

      , near Cappoquin , and were returning home in an outside car , about ten o ' clock , ' when a shot waB fired at them from behind a wall . Providentiall y they escaped unhurt . Tho coachman distinctly saw the flash , and heard the whizzing of the bullet . The horse was fresh , and trotting very fast at the time , which may account for the assassin missing his aim , Thia outrage took place within . 100 yarda qf-, the town of Cappoquin , and had any . life , been lost , it must have boen that of Mrs . Keane , as she was sitting at the side from whence the shot had heonfired . <

      Mn .- Billing . —This gentleman is considered ( juite out of danger . Two more of the slugs lodped in his side have been extracted . In addition to the reward of £ 100 offered b y government for the con viction of the miscreants engaged in the attempt to murder Mr . Billing , the gentry of the locality have offered £ 200 . TnK Papal Aggression Agitation . —On Sunday aggregate meetings were held in all the Romish chapels , in Dublin , at which petitions to the legislature againBt the anti-Papal bill vi «» adopted and numerously signed . Some thousands of appeals to the Lords and Commons are expected to be the pro . duce of the day ' s proceedings , as all the country chapels , with but few exceptions , had made their arrangements for meetings some days ago . ¦

      Execbtion op Catherine Connolly . —This unfortunate woman was executed at Cork on Saturday fw the murder of Mary Driseoll . The details of the proceedings on the occasion are of the ordinary revolting character . Reprksentation of King ' s Cotjhty . —Francis Bennett , " Esq ., of Thomastown , a member of the Holy Roman Catholic Church , and an abominator of tbe Whiga , has announced his intention of standmg for the King ' s County at the next election .

      Yerdict of Manslaughter against aRbubvimo Officer . - ^ inquest held on a person who died from destitution at Cuilheg , in the county of Galway , last week , the jury brought a verdict of 'Manslaughter" against Michael Wynne , the relieving ofiicer , for neglect . The Late Murder is Armagh—a body of fifteen extra policemen has been Bent to the neighbourhood of Crossmagher , where Mr . Coulter was murdered , f he district will have to pay the expense of this force . r

      Suicide or Jobs Powsn , Esq ., op Gubtekn . — Accounts have been received in town of the melancholy suicide of John Power , Esu ... of Gurteen , in the county of Waterford , on Sunday night li \ st He was the spnin-law ;_ . of the Right , Don . Richard Wljf . W and some years married ' to ' the dHUgbfer of , Sir John Power , Bart ., of Kilfane , by whom he has had a family of seven or eight children ; all now of tender ages . Mr , lower represented Dungarvan about ten years ago , and subsequently Waterford county .. He was alout thirty-five years of ace The cause assigned for the dreadful act ho committed ia , tt ; at the large fortune .:. which he inherited on coming , to his majority , as well as much of thp

      property acquired subsequently ; was either totally lost or regarded by him as irretrievabl y embarrassed . It is stated that on Sunday afternoon he told his agent , Mr . Bavron , that it was his determinafcion . to destroy himself , aa ho could no lonwr bear hjb , nentul sufferings . Mr , Darren - . reawSd ' with him—showed ,. him that his affairs were hv no means-in" the em barrassed condition he believed them to be-and having taken care to remove , as he thought ,, orery weapon whereby , the unfortunate gontleman could carry out his threat , allowed him to retire , to . h » chamber for the night , being under the impression that ho had effected a lilu arv change in the mind of thp sufferev . After a lapso or some timo , and just as tho ciook struck ' midnight the report , of a pistol was henV . I ' mm th «

      chamber" of Mr . Power , and on his se rvant-mW ehtenng ; he found him alvotyly lifeless , lie hau'disohaHod a . duelling pistol iuto his mouth-the ball with'which it was charged . passed through * tbc cro > n of hia hoad . ' : . ° •¦•¦ , Bo ^ t . " ? I B 0 BK 8 D ,-6 n ' Saturday afternoon-Dowihill House , near Coloraiuo , the rcaidenco ofMi- . lWBruce , Burt ,, was entirely dcsiroyed by tin . A poor man , nomed Anthony GnllaeUw i sweep tell during iho fire through one of til floors into the burning , r , aSS be | Ow , and was soffihtfu [ v burned that he died next ' morning . 11- was I ot known whether tho place was iMu Ja « \ Z * % t

      hr V W ^ liavo «» ri « InaUNl . in- « TOk « koi ^ ap ^ r&sib sptaidul mansion » now reducedto ruins

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      THE GOLD DUST ROBBERY . . A robbery of » most : extraordinary character has been rerpeirated on the London and . South-Western Railway , no less than the abstraction of £ 5 , 000 in gold fr om the luggage train during its transit from Southampton to Loodonon the ni ght of the 8 th inst . It appears that on the night iu question , the 6 pecie brought by the Great Western steara-sllip to Southampton , on the previous Tuesday was furwarded to London in carriages attached to the ordinary luggage train , in charge of four persons deputed by the Royal Mail Company , to whom the property was consigned . These persons rode iuacomposUe carriage , attached to the end of the train , the treasure beinir in three vans immediately preceding

      them . These vans are made in the usual way , high at their sides , with doors in the rear . They have no roof or covering ; but in this instance , and always , in short , when specie is transmitted , a couple of atroag taruaulius are tlirowu over , securely braced wicli the necessary appendages . The train left " the terminus at Southampton about eight o ' clock , and reached its destination at Nine Elms without anything occiriihg to attract the attention of the guard or the person in charge of the money . On checking the puckases , however nest morning , the loss was discovered , and information was immediately dispatched to the directors of the Royal Mail Company , who lost no time in securing the serviciis ' of Inspector Field . This officer , in consequence of one of tbe

      boxes having bt . en found , started by a special train for Winchester , and on investigating the affair it appears that on the 9 th inst ., as a boy was birds ' - nesting in tbe . vicinity of the Winchester station he discovered a small bu < , heavy box at the foot of aa embankment . Finding he could not life it he communicated the circumstance to his father , who went to ihe spot and to-k the box to Mr . Dean , the superintendent . This box , it is asserted , contains about £ 1 , 300 of the stolen property . The presumption seems to be , from combined circumstances , that the act was perpetrated whilst the train was in motion , and that the boxes were thrown off-to some accomplices at different points on the line ; but ¦ how , or by whom , the abstraction was ' made is

      shrouded in impenetrable mystery . This is tho fourth robbery of specie that has . taken p lace at this port within the last twelve months , and it therefore appears reasonab ' e to suppose the robberies are the result of a weil-organised system , defeating even tbe strict watch always set upon . this description «( pvo * perty , from ihe moment of its arrival until it is finally deposited in the bullion office of the Bank of England . A reward of £ 250 has been offered for tbe apprehension and conviction of the person who stole the gold dust on the-South Western Railway last week , and for the recovery of the property .- Inspector Field was sent for last Tuosday . ' from Southampton to London to follow up a clue supposed to have been obtained to the thieves . It is not improbable that

      several persons will be in custody in a few . days . The four wnggons containing the treasure from which the gold dust was stolen left the Southampton Docks at half past three in the afternoon on the diiy of the robbery . Both the dock people and ' the West India Company ' s servants can swear- ^ be property was safe ; then . Leaving the docks at such a time of the day , and kept in such an open place at the Southampton Railway station , guarded by persons belonging to tlie West India Company-all the time , it was impossible that tbo boxen could have been thrown from t'ie : waggons before they started for London . Owing to something being the matter with the luggage train on the night of the robbery , it did not leave Southampton until an hour after its

      proper tune , and it was detained a short timo . after it . ; started before it finally left the outskirts of Southampton , which / caused it . to . reach Winchester ( where probably the robbery was partly effected ) when it was quite dark ' . It appears that a man armed at the Winchester pfcfition on Thursday night an hour or two after the luggage train had passed with a bag containing something heavy , and went to London by the 1 . 30 a . m . train on Friday . Now , two porters at the Winchester station are almost prepared to awear . that the person in custody is that man . From bis own confession since his apprehension , he arrived at Winchester from London-by the 1 p . m . train on Friday , tho day On which he was caught loitering where the box of gold dust was

      found , so that there was a sufficient time for him to take two of the boxes to London , and return . for tho third . There are now many susuiiPious circumstances recollected -during the journey to London which wero not noticed at the time . With the exception of a break / the carriage conveying tho persons belonging to the West India Company was tbe last oarriage of the train , which numbered about seventy waggons and trucks . The four treasure waggons immediately preceded the carriage conveying these persons , who occupied two out of its three compartments ; From the einptv compartment the unusual circumstance of a light was seen hanging for some time on the line . On the arrival of the train in London a policeman on

      duty tbeve noticed that the cord of the tarpaulin of the waggon immediately , preceding the treasure waggons was untied , and he considered it of sufficient importance to make a note of it and report it . The waggon from which the gold was stolen was connected with this waggon , and it is not at all impvobable that tho thief who threw the hoses from the waggon was concealed there , and crawled from the goods waggon into the treasure wa » "on On one part of the line also si . man wa « found making some inquiries as to the way to Basihjrstoke . The whole of these unusual circumstances together , with the stoppages and speed of . the train on its way to London , are undergoing a vi « id investigation . The guard and bmksioan have been also called upon to depose on oath as to what communications passed between them and the persons who had charge of the treasuro . The West India

      Company nre convinced that their servants know nothing of tbe robbery . The gentlemen in charge of the treasure , Messrs . Beer and Beardmore , are of high respectability . During the journey it whs represented to Mr . Beer that ' the rniW people belonging to the train were very obJi ^ ine and hardworking , and out of kindness he ordered them some refreshment at one of the stations The officials declined owing to their being late , but hinted that at another station it would be accoptable . Accordingly Mr . Beer sent them a shilling at another station to { rot 80 meth ing to dirnk Una 13 . what was magnified in Bomeof tho London jounmls into an attempt on the part of the West India Company s servants to make the railway guard and breaksman drunk , in order that the treasure waggon might be more easily robbed Gold and silver will in future be sent up in . adiffe rent kind of waggon , and by day iustead of nigbt .

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      . THE TWO CHILDREN POISONED AT MOTTRAM . ' The proceedings of the coroner ' s inquest in this ease were resumed on Tuesday before Mr . Charles Hudson ; coroner , at the Griffin Inn , Broadbo ttom An inquest was previously held on the body of the infant of which . Mrs . Barcroft was delivered on Good Friday , last , and wtiiell died six hours after ita birth . Tho first witness examined was Makt Woistencroft , a widow , residing at tho Hague , who attended Mrs . Barcroft at her confine ment , as midwife . She said—Mrs . Bavcroft was confined three weeks ago last Friday . I think the child was born prematurely . I remained with thn mother two hours after the child was bovn and tim went away . I left Mrs . Baroroft ' a mo ther with her . I did not see the child again alive . Tho child was interred . on Easter Monday in Mottram

      Mr . T . AtcocK , surgeon , of Hyde , Baid he had made an inspection of the hotly since ita disinter ment . He was satisfied that the child wi , horn prematurely , and therefore incapable of life The Coroner briefly , summed up the evidence and tho jury immediately found a verdict to tha effect that the child was born prematurel y . The inquiry was then resumed into the deaths of Savah Ann-Baroroft , and Ellen Mills , the ohildrea who were poisoned . Jonathan Baroroft and Ruth . Barcroft , tlio parents of one of the deceased wero present in custody . ' ' Mr . 6 . Bowdos examined . —I am registrar of births and deaths for the Glossop district . On re « ferring fco my register of births , I fine a register of a child of Jonathan Barcroft . It was registered on the 24 th of June . 1850 , by the female prisoner . Thn

      place of birth is stated to be Littlemore . That is a placo within my district , but i 3 in tbe parish of Whitfield , in Derby . ( Tho birth was stated to bava taken place on the 8 th , of June . ) On the 29 th ulfc , tho male prisoner came to me between seven and eight o clock at night , and said ho wanted a certificate for the burial of a child . I got out my roister of deaths and prepared to make the entry I asked him whether the child had had a doK , and ho aaidit had not . lie said it had died of chin-cough orohinkmg . COTgh . Iam not sure which . I fi fft'i ^ hfefe ! " ? . » nd where . u 5 said the child died

      that day at LitUemore id said tho child ' s name was Sarah Ann Baroroft . He aaii the age of the ohud ^ as eleven moutta , an « J 38 tbat his name was Jonathan Barcroft , and that ha was a labourer . Ho said he waa not present at tha death . After registering the death I filled up a certificate , and gavo it to him . I know there is a place called the Hague , in tho township of Mottram , but do not know that ever I was ia it . It ia not in . my distriot ;; By tbe Coroner . —The creations I put to the prisoner I made with tho view of filling up those columns of the register of death . I filled up those columns as ho gave the answers . I have no

      doubt I filled them up according to the answers ha gave , except as to the chin-cough . Mr . Litile , special high constable for the Hyda ivieion , was next examined . He said—I received information of the deaths of Sarah Ann BurcrOft and Ellen Mills . . 1 communicated with you . I at * tended ? on the 3 rd of May with two surgeons , Mr . Sidebottam and Mr . Alcock , At the post mortem exanimation . I accompanied them to the houao of Jonathan Barcroft . Ruth Barcroft was there . I saw the rbpdy of a child . ' I had seen the body before .. It was in a room up atairs . I was present wh ' en-the .. surgeons made the examination . The stomach was removed with the greatest portion of its contents . It was put into a small clean jar . I

      wrote "Barcroffc" on tho rag . I removed tho jar to this house . I gavo it to Mr . Sidebottam and Mr . Alcock when I brought it here , tied up as I received it , and without' haying been opened . I saw-a . coffin in Barcroft ' s house , which had printed on it " . Sarah Ann Barcroft . " I saw a coffin at Charlesworth with this name on , when I had it disinterred . I believe it was the same coffin and the same body . I received from Mr . Alcock on tho 8 th inst . a ; small jar tied up . I delivered it the same day to Mr . Daniel Stone , of Oxford-road , Manchester , who is a professor of chemistry . It had

      not been untied , or opened while in my possession . 1 was present at the examination of Mill ' s child , on the 3 rd inst . I received two jars from Mr . Al « cock , but I don't know what part of the body they contained . They were tied up . ¦ I carried thorn to Barcroft ' s house , and then delivered one to Mr . Alcook .: ' The other I brought hero . Mr . Alcook and I walked together from the Hague to tbishouse . He carried the ja . r which I had delivered to trim at Barproft ' s house . I placed my two jars on tha mantel-piece , and Mr . Alcock put his with them . They were afterwards taken possession of by Mr , Alcock and Mr . Sidebottain . '

      v Mr . R : Sidbboitam , surgeon at Mottram , made ' an analysis of what was taken from Sarah Ann Barcroft ' s body , on the oth inst . but was unable to flnd any arsenw , _ Mr . Thomas Alcock , surgeon at Hyde , confirmed Mr . Sidebottom ' s evidence with respect to the post mortem examination of the bodies , and the removal and custody of the Rtomnch of Ellen Mills ; He then continued : I made an analysis of the stomaoh of Ellen Milla . on tho 5 th of May , and . of the intestines on the 10 th . Tho . results in each case showed the prosence of arsenic . The quantity of solid arsenic found . in tbe stomach of Ellen Mil ) 8 would not bo more than the bulk of a pin ' s head altogether ; and that extracted from the intestines might possibly weigh two or three grains . I attended the dis interment : of Sarah Ann Barcroft .

      The body disinterred was the same which I had examined on the 3 rdU ) 8 t . land Mr . Sidebottam , in tho presonco of Mr . Little , took out all the contents of the body except the stomach , previously removed . The , whole ¦ was put into a . clean jar , covered and tied , and handed to me . I took . it home , submitted it to tests on the 8 th instant , and discovered . the presence of arsenic . I have no doubt whatever that the tests I applied prove the presence of arsenic in both bodies . In the case of fcarah Ann Barcroft I have not found evidence of a large quantity of arsenic being in the body . I have no doubt , from tho result of . the anal yses and examinations I have made , that Ellen M ' ills and Sarah Ann Barcroft died from the effects of arsenic . I have tested some flour given to me last Wednesday by Mr . Little , and found no traces of arsenic in i t *

      B y Mr . Ellison : I cannot account for Mr . Sidebottam not finding arsenic in Barcroft ' s stomach , except that from the bursting of the stomach the whole of the poison was emptied from it . There must have been more arsenic than I afterwards lound m order to produce the symptoms I saw Mr . D . Stone , , profesaor of chemistry , at Mancheater , Baid .-I received from Mr . Little , ou ihursday night last , ajar covered with leather Mid tied up , and containing a portion of lung , intostines , liver , and kidney . On applying tests the tol owing day I discovered arsenio in the substance ot the liver , and also in the intestines , blood , and uuids . I examined for other metals but found none . . ' ' ' ' '

      Mm Coopeb , who lives next door to Barcroft and was present at the child ' s death , said-Buth * Bavcroft afked me to go for Bess Mills , and I went and fetched her . She afterwards brought her bus . band , Ellen Mills , and two of her lodger ' s children . Untn asked Beas to go for her mother , and she immediately went . John Mills went to his work , and tie three children were left in the' house . I took the lodger b youngest child on my knee , but it began to-scream , Ruth then took it from me , and gave it some porridge out of a cupwhich Bhe . took from tho top of the oven . The child dia not have much oftho porridge before its mother came in I did notBeeany of the other children have porridge . ^? m ° ' u ° u three ° ' clock . « th came 1 flfL wV ? ? P n % e in a pint pot . It was nearl y fall , and she said she bad brought it for my hen ? .. She a way&brought me theoffalmeat mi

      mo nens . xne hens eat it and are all living SS&aa having been ™™* * > the

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      THE LATE MURDER OP A POLICE-CON STABLE IN THE VAUXtlALL-WALK On Wedneaday , Patrick Cane , John Ilickev James M'Ellgath , Denis Harrington , John pS' William Burke , Edward Shanahan , ThoiJ . L > S ' up at Lambeth Police-court for re-pxthiinntiin before Mr . Elliott . charged with killing apo em , " Mr . Bodkin addressing the magistra te Sty police commissioners con ^ ered tie ca % to be o ? such serious importance that they' bad instructed him to attend on their behalf . From the info . S tion he had received ; he felt that the case wasTnt m a state to ustif y the magistrate in dianoS ofit immed yrtdy ; Should the mag istratedt to remand the prisoners for a fewtlavs , ho umbra Oo 3 that some additional evidence of im portSee wSSd be brought forward , - Tho ComLsE X Police he need scarcely -taj , were only anxious tint I S ^ itS linated > ° Jdg ? Z 2 £ t- £

      ^ t .. tAiiBB - said , that on behalf of three of the SSJS h * 5 r ** a " B » rko , Fahey , a dE ! ' ?! & i J * I ad app ) y t 0 th ( f n « Wi « tr » te that mWnw dlsoharged ° w ot custody . These three S ^ r « P «» *"' . the former examinations and here was n .. f a particle : of . evidence oalolated to lraplicale them in this unhappy affair . The evidence . merely went to show that Hie tbren men for « SW ' a ^ W ^" ? n toa "ffle . held at the White Lion public-house , but beyond that there . was nothing to connect them with the outraee SS £ a ?} r "' 118 tances I > etrusted that themal giBtrateand tbo . learned counsel who appeared for the prosecution would-be , . of opinion that there tok ^ WySa SS SfSS n ^ &is&sifistezffir the part irtta h *» , X £ S * « ^^ rm ^ rsiB fe ^ sx tssussHS •? ^ T toyetomctlitagto s , y h ? r « S £ *"" ° *

      immz m ?^ till that ' day . P S lo rcma 111 in cust 0 lly and liokK n ^ - ?* rl' « oirenmstan ^ oner ^ SnSS ° ir disch : ir ^ »''? of theV * - ow * ( ill T i **• • Thtf ' ° »* o would therotbrestand o \ ei ; mi lucsdav next • ¦

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      Measisc-or Lvnchkon . —Our familiar namo of ftwcAewi is domed . from the daily meal of the Spawards ,, at . eleven o ' clock / termed wire m-l ' onee , ( pronounced i ' oncteyJ .-From Few >'» Qathcringsin

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      WrKCK OP . IHR SlEAMBB MaRS IN THE PoBIHOn the night : of the 9 th inst about half Salt fee It ; t ° ** : " »« SSJuSi uuntlee , Peter Low , master , struck on » reef at ] eT 8 n Th m , 1 amile / astof Crail Arbour , and Si ! iJf - 10 Ur Bfter * ards went down . The l : Z la ? £ ltS ? y toD « nJee , with a general vSa' Vil 1 ° - ^ Wl 18 exl'ecting to bo able to Sli / J ' * ? . IMI ^ - -t ! w > Carr Kock , and was Sl !^ 8 if n ho «!' J 8 mootlnvater > »» " » the je « sel struck . On hadiUg she was leaking the mastU » i } T d h \ be P ab 0 « t ^ un lo r-Anslru . H oL w ¦ our H u bein S then onI > ' half "de , and theve bDing no light on Anstruther pier , this could not beaccomplahed , and ho caused her to be brought up in four or five fathoms water , while he aunched tho boat to go for assistance : but nol lomg a We to find tbe . entrance ^ tbe harbour from the davknes 3 ho returned to tho steamer and iusfc ii

      time to save ; those , onboard , for the vessel Wai rapidly , sinking . Ouo young . woman was nnfbrtnnately drowned , and her dead body was picked ui ntatt morning by a Pitteimeen fishing-boat . ¦ -Omso the Ln :.-Tho great affront ot giving thi lie i . rose from l-ho phrase . " Thou liesf , " in the oatl taken by tho defendant in judicial combats befor . edging , when ohargod with any crimo by th pl » intift ; andPrftncwi . of . France , to make cur rent his giving the lie to tho Emperor Charles T hr « BtMiiped it with infamy by saying , in a solem .. wen , Wy , that "ho was no honest man tbat wenl bc » r . theho . "~ A '« rte « a « d Queries

      v ffT ! T Aooordl . S t 0 a vetui > H obtained by Mr Mcffiitt the quantity of spirits exported to th , lCVw ^ oM ?«« . 188 , 988 gallons , andi . pO it was 123 , 774 ; Tho quantity exDortcd t towign countries arid colonieAn 849 S M&B galloiim and in 1850 it waa 185 , 140 . Theaif « reiat SSflW M 4 " tW ° yeaVS Actively wS ? 58

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      • . ; . ' - ' asaaUe . "'* ¦ ¦ A Mas Drowsed in Attemptiko to Rbscub a Cot . —A melanrhol y circumatance haR just occurred near Port Penrhyn , Bangor . Owen Thoraas ,, inate ot the ship Dove , went , accompanied b y . a boy , in a boat to raise the anchor of his vessel . Thfr-enain j iroved too ; heayy for the boat , which capsized . The shore was not far distant , and the man could havejsaved himself , but dived for the boy , and held him up uutil he himself sunk , it ia supposed from cramp and exhaustion . Several boats were speedily pushed off to their rescue : the boy was saved , but the body of Thomas was not recovered until throe hoiirsafcer . j Tue poor feilow has left a wife and family . ! ;

      Emigration from Soirni Wales .-A large number of the best " and most efficient workmen connected , with . tho , mining and iron districts of Rhyraney ,, Blaenarvon , and ¦ Blaina are about to leave the country in the course of a very few weeks , intending to embark as emi grants for tho United States .. Vessels aro continually sailing from the various ports in South Wales with emigrants , and ere long a large body of Lutter-day Sainta will find their way ,, ; n is said , to Bristol , Liverpool / and other outports , for the purpose of emigrating to the great Mormon ouy or settlement on the banks of the Great Salt Water Lake . Many of these Mormonite 8 are employed in the iron districts of Glamorganshire , and comprise some of the best and most experienced workmen .

      DBBADFim BXPMBIOS IS THE CllOWYV QoARRIBS . —On the 8 th inst . an explosion , which has greatly injured four persons , and mighthave besn attended with fataLresults , took place in the Cilgwyn Quarries . Haifa ton of blasting powder was kept in a building appropriated to the purpose , about 100 yards from the works . The foreman , John Willianas , had just been engaged in weighing some powder for a quarryman . when the smith and two boys entered the hut . the former reqaesting leave to weigh two chisels which he had forged only a while before . He placed ihem in the scale , and immediately a terrible explosion followed . The

      men and boys were thrown to the ground with fearful violence on the spot where they / stood , but the roof and walls of tbe hut , the casks of powder , &c ., were blown to a great height and distance . The foreman was the first to recover from the shock he ran a considerable distance with his clothes in flames , so that he was much burnt . The smith also was dreadfully burnt and mutilated- The boys wero contused , but their injuries are less severe . It is thought the chisels must have retained a suflioient heat to ignite some remains of the powder on the scale , and that this , oommunicating with the exposed powder , caused the disaster .

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      Srotiann . . Relief o * Famine in thk Hebrides . —The directors of the R *> yal Patrioiic and Industrial Society of Scotland iran « mitted on the 10 th instant the proceeds of the first receipts _ of their Highland Industrial Relief Fund , received through Messrs Forbes , Forbes , and Co ., King William-street ,-to Portree , Skye , in which beautiful isllMin alone it IB computed that 10 , 000 able-bodied persons , ' nbtentitled to relief , are at this time without work , without food , and without credit . Captain C . Forbes who presibed over the last meeting of the directors ! in his communication to the committee ' of the Hebridean while

      -bnqeh , ^ ^ expressing their anxiety that immediate relief should be afforded , strong urged the employment of the people on parochial farms , modelicrofis , and school spade farms already selected , by the society ' s agent ; the land Having been offered on most liberal termB by proprietors . However limited the operations may be , thedirectors have very properly urged that the commencement be made upon , non-eleemosynary , but kind and industrial principles . - - Fatal . Boat Accident at GRSKNock . —A melancholy accident , by which two men lost their lives , occurred oh ; Saturday evening ' last opposite ths Greenock Steam-boat Quay . The afternoon had Veen yeiy fine , with a pretty fresh breeze of easterly wind , and a number ot . Email sailing-boats darting

      backwards and " forwards , attracted « considerable number pf Spectators to witness their evoiutions . By-aud-byei however , the wind increased to such an extent , with a nasty cross sea , as to j : ke cause for alarm for the safety of . the crews , particularl y that of the largest boat , which was observed to i \\\ p several seas . The men , two in number , were observed to put her about and make for the shore , running with the wind , when all at once , while still at a considerable distance ^ rom the harbour , she was observed to go down head foremost , and was nevev afterwards seen , ' . hough the nia * t was found . Several

      boats at once made for the spot , to render assistance toiUemeu , but without avail , for they , too , hail disappeared ,. and though the search wag proloneed til ! dark , die bo ' . 'ies were not recovered . Tlie unfortunate men , whose names were Charles Ki » £ , foreman . carpenter in MtBsrs . Steele ' s 8 hip-butiding yard , and John M'Gilp , a working carpenter , in the same employ , we re married . King has left a wife and three young children to lament his loss . SI'Gilp who was a native of Rothsey , was mariied on ' y last year , and the hapless widow , we ate informed , ' is in the condition of ahorcly becoming a mother ; 2 tew Barracks at Glasgow . —It is stated that

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      the cavalry barracks m Eglington-street have been disposed of by government , to the Gavan Parochial Board , for a workeonse , for which ¦ - they are well adapted , without incurring any material expenditure for alterations ; and government intend to erect new and extensive barracks in some healthy and suitable situation , which shall embrace quarters for infantry , cavalry , and borse artillery , a squadron of which latter force it is the purpose of the Horse Guards to station permanently ia this city .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 17, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1626/page/6/