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IlEAwti of Losdox . —The official report say 3 : Tho rate of mortality that now prevails in London shows that scarcely any improvement in tlie health of the population has taken place during the last Seven weeks ; and it continues higher than is nsually observed in the middle of Slay . In the ¦ w eekending last Saturday the number * of deaths registered was 1 , 0 ( 8 ; in the ten corresponding weeks of 1841-50 it w . js generally under 900 ; ia the three instances in which it exceeded that nuniier it was 978 , 969 , and 1 , 033 . and the average was only 881 . This avirage , when corrected for increase of population , i < 901 ; compared with which the present return exhibits an excess of 41 . A
comparison of the last two weeks-will show that there is still an unusual mortality amongst persons Of tender years , and that ih < m « h " zymotic or epidemic diseases have declined in their aggregate fatality from 233 deaths to HtG , yet in the same period the clasa which comprises the several uisc-ases of the respiratory organs , rxclusive of puihisis an . ! hoopiti « ' -cGU » b * has risen from lol to 1 < O . Pneumonia remains at the fame position as in the prerku-. week ; bronchitis has increased from 60 to 72 ; a « thma from 5 to 12 ; while phthisis in the tubercular class exhibits little variation , having risen from 143 in the previous week to 153 in the last , and it does not appear to be influenced by aggravating causes to the same ester-t as other complaints which have become more fatal under their operation . Affections of the respiratory organs generally at present show a
mortality considerable above the average . Two deaths were recorded last woek , of which intemperance is stated to have been the cause ; besides another case in which fatal disease seems to have leen the fruit of habitual drinking . Lust week the births of 752 boys , and 715 girls , in all 1 , 407 children , were registered . The avenge of G corresponding weeks in 1815 50 was 1 , 360 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of the barometer was above SO in . on Tuesday , Wednesday , -and Thursday , and the mean of lho week wa 3 29 . 952 in . After Sunday the mean daily temperature was below the average on every day of the week , and on Tuesday and Wednesday it was respectively 5 deg . and 7 ceg . below the average of the same days derived from 10 years . The temperature continued to fall during the first Jour days , and on Wednesday was 4 C . 2 deg ., after which it rose above 50 de « r . The mean of the week
• was 5 . 9 deg . The wind was generally in the northeast . Captain Somerset is the House of Correction . —Since Captain Somerset ' s committal for assaulting a police-constable in tiie park , he has been Tisited , per favour of the Middlesex magistrates , by a great many of the nobility and gentry , and by his lady , Mr 3 . Somerset . Among the visitors oil the first day was the Duke of Buccleuch , the Marquis of Stafford , Lord Mulgrave , and several officers of the regiment to which Captain Somerset belongs . Strenuous efforts have been made by the friends of Captain Somerset to obtain a remission of the punishment , and a petition was forwarded to the liome Office en his behalf ; in fact every
¦ possible influence was used to relieve the prisoner from incarceration in a gaol . Captain Somerset , who had hoped from the powerful influence of his titled friends that his imprisonment would be commuted into a money fine , was very downcast on hewing the decision that the punishment could not be modified . On Thursday , Friday , and Saturday the visitors were very numerous , and comprised peers , M . P . ' s , colonels , and others of wealth and station . There were six carriages at one time outside the House of Correction , with visitors for Captain Somerset . All the visiting orders were marked upon the corner " special , " and were issued by Mr . Wiskin , one of the visiting justices . By the regulations of the gaol , no person under sentence of imprisonment can be visited by anv
mend or relative , until he has been incarcerated for three months , except by a special order from a magistrate , and they are very rarely issued , and only in cases of great emergency , such as the illness of a prisoner or the death of a relative without the walls . Captain Somerset ' s visitors during four days amounted to upwards of 100 . He wears the prison clothes and subsists on the prison diet , and so fares in that respect the same as any other inmate of the gaol . On Wednesday morning the prisoner having completed the term of his sentence of imprisonment , wa 3 discharged from the House of Correction , Coldhath-fields . A great number of persons assembled at the usual hour for the discharge of prisoners to witness his departure , but they were doomed to be disappointed , for he had left the prison about an hour before that time .
Recovery of the Body , of Mb . Tobd , the Bar . bisteb . —On the 17 « h inst . an inquest wag held at the Red Bog , High Hnlson , before Mr . Hills , deputy coroner for West Kent , on view of the body of Mr . Todd , a barrister , who was accidentally drowned on Easter Sunday , whilst cruising with some friends in the Thames , below Gravesend . Edward Thomas Davis , a waterman of Grave ^ emi , stated that on the 20 th of April he took some gentlemen from Waite ' s Hotel , for a sail iu the Lady Melville , a boat belonging to Marshall , a waterman at this
place . They beat about off Gravesend for about two hours when the tide slacked , and they went down the river below Yantlett . On their return Mr . Todd and another gentleman , were standing on the starboard deck , and there being little wind caused the mainsail to come over and knocked them both overboard ; one saved himself by catching hold of the sail , but Mr . Todd went down , and he saw him no more . Witness identified the body as that of Mr . Todd . The jury returned a verdict that the deceased was " accidentally drowned . "
The Murder of A Policeman at Yadxhaix . — Ob Monday evening the jury empannellcd to investigate this disastrous occurrence re-assembled , and at the close of their labours returned a verdict— "Wilful murder against Richard Cawn and John Hickey . " Fhiohtfcl Accident . —On Saturday morning last , shortly aften ten o ' clock , as a light chaise can belonging to Mr . Richard Poole , of Orpington , Kent , was being driven along the Blackfrara-road , and
whilst crossing by Rowland Hill ' s Chapel , and endeavouring to pa 8 B a brewer ' s dray , a little boy named Daniel Donovan , eight years old , who was playing with others by the side of the ioad , was knocVed down and one of the wheels of the cart passed completely over his head . The poor little sufferer was picked up immediately asd taken to a surgeon ' s , but in consequence of the serious nature of his injuries it was deemed advisable that he should be instantly removed to Gay ' s Hospital , where he lies in a hopeless state .
VRiKtonsKB Suicide . —On Tuesday , shortly after one o ' clock , as the Liverpool day-mail was coming down the incline from the Camden station , of the Horth-Western Bailway , an elderly gentleman crossed from the up-line and deliberately laid his neck across the down rail , on which the in-coming tram was approaching . In another second the train passed , and his head was rolling in the centre of the line , under the carriages . The occurrence took place about a quarter of a mile from the Euston station , and was distinctly visible to the guards , out the warning was too short to make the application of breaks of the least use for arresting or delaying its progress . The unfortunate deceased ¦ was Mr . James Young , of 35 , Augustus-Street , Bfigent s-park , a gentleman of fortune , and possesB Mga large amount of house property in the neighbourhood . He left home about eleven o ' clock in the moraine for a walk , and it anneara called on
Mr . Murphy , the collector , and paid his poor ' s rates , and must have proceeded immediately to commit the rash act . Rbb . —On Tuesday morning , shortly after three o clock , the premises of the Rev . C . O'Donoghue , 9 , Albert-grove , Stoke Xewington , were consumed by a fire which originated in the bedroom , one of the family having approached too near the bed curtaini -with a lighted candle ; The poor creature made a most vigorous attempt to subdue the flames by tearing the blaring materials down . In so doing she caused her dress to take fire , and before the same could be subdued , she was fearfully burned in both hands . It was with great difficulty that the other inmates were enabled to effect a safe retreat ; as it was they were nearly suffocated . The parish and brigade engines were soon on the spot , but the fire bad gained too much strength to be extinguished before the house was destroyed .
Ems d ? Shok-lakb . —On Wednesday night , at a quarter before tea o ' clock , a . very extensive fire broke out in the premises of Messrs . Pontifex , Wood , and Co ., coppersmiths and brass founders , in Shoe-lane , near Holborn . The flamei burst forth TOia great violence , and is a few moments illuminated St . Andrew ' s church and the entire neigh-2 hSJ °°% J n « brigade engines from Farringdon-««« andttKsofter stations were speedily in atten-Srf ^ v ^ d although a plentiful supply of water was t £ F \ the flames continued tomaL great pro-E ' rvitn *" * ¥ *¦ ths fire commenced in a SSsen ? SpJ . tth 6 pr ? mi 8 e ' ' bnfc itsori S " SSK 1 » considerable doubt , as the HSKa 3 KS ? premise 8 foraconsider-» u « penoa . me flames at one tim » ? h ~ ,. f < m « j *»»
, SSaSSSSraK them from any mS { SS ^ ri Pf * 5 ™ " ? rff »^ s $ 33 ! att& ~ ESag * « E , YA ! f . ? 8 * scE--On Wednesday Mr Bed ford hejdaninqnestin the board room of St Mat tin ' s \ Yorkhouse , on the body of Richard Nicholson , agedsixty-Aree j Whoforabovetwenty yearsbadS a frnit stalladjoining St . Martin ' s Church . Samuel -Newman , cabman , No . 14 , Stockwell Terrace , said that about two o ' clock in the afternoon of the 2 nd mar ., he was in a taxed cart drawn by one hor e . lacU wag prooeediDgdowaSt . MattinVlane . When
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Daxqsrobs Attack ok the Rev . Mb . Pollock st Liverpool . —Last evening a remarkable attack was made in St . Mark ' s Church on the Rev Mr . Pollock under the following circumstances : —On the commencement of the service two men entered the church and took seats . For an hour the service proceeded quietly , but at the expiration of that time the individuals in question became apparently restless and wandered up and down the aisle . Mr . Boyd , the clerk , in order to preserve decorum , ordered them either to sit down quietly or leave the church . Instantly one of the men rushed to the pulpit , and , opening the door , with a stick in his
hand , struck Air . Pollock twice on the back . Mr . Pollock on observing the man ascending the pulpit stairs inquired who he was ? The prisoner exclaimed with violence , that he was "God Almighty . " Great excitement instantly pervaded the edifice . Gentlemen rose to their feet and ladies screamed , and Beldora , perhaps , has a scene so remarkable been witnessed in any edifice devoted to sacred purposes , Jlr . Pollock received instant Essistance from the gentlemen and officials of the congregation , and , after a violent struggle , the madman was carried forcibly from the pulpit and conveyed to the exterior of the building , Mr . I ' ol ' ock resuming his sermon with perfect calmness and composure . A police officer shortly arrived , and the assailant was pinioned and conducted in custody to thstation in
e High-street , followed by a large concourse of spectators . On arriving at the station , measures of strong repression were found necessary to restrain tbe prisoner from violence , and handcuffs were placed ronnd his wrists and ropes round his feet Subsequently Mr . Gibbon and Mr . Talbot , from the dispensary , visited the prisoner ; and although at first insanity was suspected , it is now believed that the act of violence may be traced to brain fever . After some time had elapsed the prisoner , who stated that his name is Daniel Roburgh , residing at 123 , ( iraftonstreet , master shipwri ght , was conveyed to the dispensary . A message was sent to acquaint his wife with his position . His companion , whose movements were at least of a suspicious character , gave his name , but it was not thought necessary to detain him .
Fatai , Railway Accidbst at Manchester . — On Saturday afternoon last an accident occurred to a train entering Manchester from Bolton , on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , by which one man lost his life . The train was proceeding slowly along a curve between Windsor Bridge and Oldfield-lane , when the engine suddenly left the rails , and almost immediately turned over on one side , the luggage van ( which followed the engine and tender ) being jerked on to the top of it . The remainder of the train immediately stopped , and all the passengers escaed
p without injury . Richard Asbmoagb , " the" fireman , in jumping off the engine , was caught between it and the luggage van , and was killed instantaneously . The engine driver was thrown off , but escaped without serious injury . The cause of the accident is not known , as the rails were found on examination to be quite perfect at the point where the engine went off . It ; is conjectured that a stone or some other substance might have been thrown against one of the rails from a neighbouring street , causing the wheels of the engine to rise and pass over the rails . '
Railway Accident . —On Saturday morning , between eleven and twelve o ' clock , when a- train on the London and North Western Railway was coming to Manchester , a man was seen lying across the mis , about a mile from the station at Cheadle . The speed at which the traiu was going rendered it impossible to stop it before an accident occurred , and the whole of the carriages went over the body , mutilating it in a most frightful manner . When taken up the unfortunate-man was quite dead . He was a plate layer , named William Shelmerdine , and has left a wife and four children .
Exhumation of a Fjemaie Corpse at Lbkds . — Suspected Poisosisg . —The corpse of a female named Elizabeth Rawson , formerly living with her husband in Charley-street , New Road-end , has been disinterred by order of the coroner of the borough of Leeds . Rumours had been in circulation that the woman , who died in July , 1850 , had been poisoned , and these rumours pointed to the deceased ' s husband and a woman he has since marned as the parties implicated in the foul crime of murder . Since the disinterment of the body a pott mortem examination has taken place , and certain parts of it , with the contents of the stomach have been handed over to Mr . Wm . West , theche ^ mist , for the purpose of being tested as to whether they contain poison . The coroner's inquest , after having been formally constituted , adjourned its sittings until Wedensday afternoon , when the proceedings were again adjourned , owing to the absence of Mr . West in London .
AOVBl EXPLOBIOX . —SbRKHJS ACCIDENT . —An 6 Xplosion of a novel character took place on Sunday last , m the house of Mr . Edward Andrews , grocer at Ward-temce , Hendon-road , Sunderland , which has been attended with , dangerous consequences Some of the family occasionally had a ' bottle of hot water placed at their feet in bed , and for that purpose a stone bottle , filled with water and tightly corked , was placed in an oven adjoining the kitchen fire on Saturday evening . The bottle was not required , and was forgot by the servant , consequently it remained in the oven . While the family were at church on Sunday afternoon , the water having expanded with the heat , exploded with a
tremendous noise . The bottle burat and broke open the iron door of the oven , destroying various articles of furniture and crockery , together with several squares of glass in the kitchen window . The servant , who happened to be sitting nearly opposite to the oven , was struck on her head , rendered insensible , and was unable to speak for several days she was removed to the infirmary ; where she remains in a dangerous state . 'A child of Mr . Andrews , sitting upon the servant ' s" knee at'the time , was thrown by the force of the explosion under the kitchen grate , but miraculously escaped unhurt . -.... ¦ .
« , o f ™!* »» « / 7 > MBB « i .-0 n Wednesday the . Protectionists - of Aylesbury met to entertain their defeated candidate , Mr . W . B . Ferrand , at a public dinner . The dinner took place at the George Hotel ; about 800 persons were presentand Mr . W . Lawndes occupied the chair . After the usual toasts , the chairman proposed the health of their guest . Mr . Ferrand thereupon made a speech remarkable for its tameness down to hear its close when he broke but into his more peculiar strain •—" Who feared a rebellion ? God would defend the right . ( Great cheering . ) Let the Free Traders
hoist their standard of rebellion to-morrow ' the spirit of England would destroy them in a month Bright would be hanged at Manchester , Cobdeh at Leeds , and Sir James Graham at Carlisle . ( Laukhter and cheer *) Then , too , a new reform bill was talked of , but he warned the' government that the reiorm bill which swept away the Protectionists would sweep the Duke of Bedford out of Wotiurn Abbey ; would , m all probability , sweep the crown from her Majesty ' s head ; and . would , if he were ' nbt cautious , sweep Lord John Russell ' s head from his shoulders . "
The Representation of Rochdaib . -A public meeting was held on Tuesday night in the publichall , Rochdale , to hear Mr . E . Miall , editor of the Nonconformist , deliver his sentiments upon political affairs , with a view to test his fitness to succeed Mr . Snarman Crawford in the representation of the borough . Mr . Miall made a clear and impressive speech ; he was supported in an address from 3 . Bright , Esq ., M . P ., who moved "That this meeting recommends the committee appointed at
a previous meeting to prepare a requisition to Mr . Miall , and by a . careful canvass of the borough to procure Hie signatures of as many of the electors as may be disposed to Bign it , with a view to wstthe opinions of the constituency , to ascertain lZtt V * l a ? iaU would b ° acceptable to the e eetors of the borough as a cacdidate at the next was oonosPd h « w r " eeonded tbis resolution . It on 8 ESLViL' ? V f 8 ey ' * h&ier > D 0 t aSSSiSS
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candidates bid been considered would be prema-T , a } ™ > ?? the understanding that no steps should he t .-. ken m pursuance of the resolution until after Whlt . ua .. ** , . hen Mr . Sharman cZ ford would have been among the electors , it was passed unanimously . ' * Fire and Lose of LiFE .-On Sunday moraine between ' one and two o ' clock , a wheat stack on the farm of Mr . George Potter , of WonhS fla was discovered by the policeman to be on fire Fortunately the wind blew away from a range of stacks adjacent , and the fire was confined to the one in which it commenced , containing about fifty coombs of corn . The Diss engine having been sent tor . thefire brigade set off with great alacrity : but m entering the gates of the farm , by some misunderstanding of the boy who rode the leader ; the wheel came in contact with the gatepost , and all the men were thrown off andmore or less hurt most severely , lhe former , sustained a compound fracture of the leg , and fracture of the ih \ J anA
» dislocation of the shoulder ; and having been carried back to Diss in a cart . MoS 8 rs . Ward and Amyofc found amputation of the leg necessary , but he died shortly after the operation . He was a Very steady and respectable man , about fifty . five yeara or age . The post-lad from the King ' g iieaQ - j nn had his head frightfully cut , and was covered with blood . Notwithstanding their injuries , however , the brigade would not flinch from their duty ( the younger Hayward , in spite of his hurt , directing the branch pipe , ) till the fire was completely subdued , in which their services wero most valuable .
There has been some dissatisfaction in thia parish , in consequence of several of the farmers having reduced the two hours * rest . ( from twelve o'clock till two ) which it is a peculiar practice of this locality to allow , to one hour . Tde Stipendiary . Magistrate .-. We understand that Mr . Mansfield , who was formerly attached to this circuit , has accepted the office rendered vacant by the death of Mr . Rushton , at a salary of £ 1 , 000 per annum . It ia the intention to have two courts , one of which will be presided over by the honorary magistracy . Mr . Mansfield is said to have been warmly recommended by Barons Parke and Alderson , and several of the other judges . —Liverpool Courier .
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Mi of Mr . Mai tin Burke , to answer a charge of libel , contained in the letter to Lord Shrewsbury , admitted by his friends to be the production of his Excellency . Reprbsbntatios of Xewrt . — Mr . . Haitiwall , an English gentleman , and proprietor of the Newry gas-works , is canvassing , the electors of that town , lie professes to be a friend to native agriculture . & [ r . Dargan , the extensive railroad contractor , is also spoken of as a Free Trade candidate for Newry . Mr . F . S . Crawford , fourth son of the hon . member for Rochdale , died at Crawford ' s Burn on Saturday last , of an attack of inflammation . Mr . Crawford was thirty-six years of age , was a most benevolent and extensive employer , and is deeply regretted in the locality . :
Incendiarism is Antrim . —The northern papers report another case of incendiarism which was committed at Glenavm , a few nights ago , when a large stack of oats was consumed . The tenant-leaguers are charged with having instigated the deed . Tho Dowdstown national school , in the county of Louth , was maliciously set on firo and destroyed on Sunday night . Typhus fever similar to that which usually results from had and insufficient food is becoming very prevalent iii Cork . A hundred patients are at present in the fever hospital there .
The Potato Crop . —It is stated that a greater quantity of potatoes , in proportion to the population , is now sown in tho west of Ireland than ever before . The Tumn Herald aays : — " Wo are informed by a gentleman who frequently travels through this province , that at French-park , in the county of Roscommoi ) , there is a field of 105 Irish acres all sown with potatoes , which are already over ground , and have every appearance of being a most healthy and valuable crop ; the land is let to conacre tenants at from . £ 4 to £ 6 per acre .
G . Knox , Esq ., R . M ., received an injury from the muzzle of a policeman ' s carbine , while quelling a riot last week at tho fair of Ballymoate . TnE Pbesbttsuian Church . —The Rev . Jas . Brown , of Donacloney , in the county Down , died on Thursday last . He left £ 2 , 000 for the Home Mission , and £ 2 , 000 for the schools in Connaught . Lord O'tfuui / a Estates . —Lord O'Neill has directed the following abatements to be made on the rents of his estates , viz .: —On the half year due November , 18 iO , ten per cent ., if paid in June ; on the half-year due May , 1850 , fifteen per cent , if paid in June ; on the half-year due November , 1850 , twenty per cent , if paid in June . These abatements are not to extend to tenants holding under old or valuable leases , or to such aa have sub-let .
Sale of Encumbered Estates . —Six estates were , with the exception of a few lots , sold on Tuesday by the commissioners . The fee of the lands of Dartry , in the county Monaghan , the property of Henry Mitchell , Esq ., sold for £ 4 , 330 , or fourteen and a half years' purchase . Another lot Of tho same estate brought but £ 1 , 260 , or only thirteen years' purchase . —The Magh Estate , in the county Kerry , tbe property of Wiliiam Samuel Sealy , fetched £ 6 , 600 . This was considered a great bargain by the parties interested in ' the sale . —The estate of Richard Leyne , in the county Kerry , sold for £ 3 , 800 . They are valued at £ 397 a year . —The general tone of the market was heavy ; prices ruled lower than they have been latterly .
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SHOCKING MURDER AND ROBBERY IN LANCASHIRE . The neighbourhood of the quiet and retired little hamlet , called Marsland-green , near Leigh , and about twelve miles west of Manchester , has been the scene of a brutal and most revolting murder . Marslandgreen is situate on lhe borders of an enclosed common , culled Lately-common ; and it was in a field on this common , about half a mile beyond the beerhouse , kept by John Green , at Marsland-green , that the murder is supposed to have been committed . The unfortunate victim is George Green , aged fifty-four a day labourer and market-jobber , residing in Burylane . about two miles further than the spot where he was murdered . On the 14 th inst . he had been to Manohester to attend the Salford cattle market , and had sold five calves . He had received 23 s . or 24 s .
for the calves , and this trifling amount of money—for the unfortunate man was of an extremely mild and gentle disposition , and had no quarrel with any one -is supposed to have been the only incentive to the murder ; A man named Massey , who conveyed his calves to market , returned with him as far back as Astle y , and they both rode in Massey ' s cart . He left Massey soon after nine at night , near to Mars * l » nd-j ; reen , and went to the house of his son-in-law , Jacob Thomasson , at that place , and remained with him , smoking a pipe of tobacco , nearly an hour . A little after ten o ' clock he called at John Green ' s beer-house for a gill of ale , but Mrs . Green says she refused him it on the ground that the hour was too late . After that he was seen for the last time in the
lane with John Green , the boer-housekeeper The body was discovered on Friday morning , the 16 th inst ., in an old marl pit , full of water . On the further side of the pond the road bears some slight appearance of having been the scene of a struggle , and on the green sward close by its side is a patch of blood . His head was frightfully fractured with repeated blows from some heavy stick or bludgeon , his pocketswere turned inside out , and his money was gone . There is every reason to believe that some one acquainted with the place was the murderer , from the fact that the deepest part of the pond had been chosen for the concealment of the body , and not the nearest side to the road , which is only twelve or sixteen inches deep , and which part of tbe pond , judging from the green weeds which cover it , has not been disturbed for a long time . The body had been weighted so as to sink it to the bottom of the pond , to aid
ana concealment , large boughs of trees had been thrown on the surface of the pond . The white straw Hat of the unfortunate man was found at the bottom of the pond . In order to sink it , a large green sod from the clayey bank of the pond had been cut and put inside of it , the brim of the hat being brought together , and pinned , so that the sod might remain there . In the same pond also a thick staff , about eighteen or twenty inches long , was discovered . It is bent , and something like in form , and of equal thickness , to a scythe handle . Some large willow trees have lately been hewn down in the field , and it is probable part of the branches of these . The bark remains on it , and the ends show the newly cut wood , chopped transversely , as if with one blow of the axe . At the thicker end of the staff is aatain of blood , and some short grey human hair . So far the murder remains enveloped in mystery . The deceased had been married three times , leavine a erown-un familv hv his
hrst wife , and by the last ( whom he had only been married to twelve months ) an infant child only .-An inquest was held on the body at . Bedford , near Leigh , on Saturday afternoon , when several persons were examined , who gave in evidence the principal facts connected with the case , as stated in the foregoing summary .-Mr . J . Brideoake , surgeon of Leigh , who had examined the bod y ; said the wounds upon the head were certainly tho cause of death . I think the wounds were not caused by an iron or sharp instrument ; if they had been there would have been
more contusion underneath them , A heavy Stick might have caused the wounds . I think the wounds ° jf ' ft 0 "' of the head were given from beforeand as all the wounds have a triangular form , I have no doubt that they were caused by the same instrument ; The wounds in the front of the head pointed downward s ; on the side of the head they rKW ^ hu . no doubt tha * » 8 t ™> at the thick end of the stick produoed is cauaed by blood . There is also , a grey hair attached to the hSi aI ? . thvLie- ^« s of an inch from the blood . AH tbe wounds on the head of the deceased might have been caused by this stick .-. There jourfed 0 fUrther eVidence > the inque 8 fc was ad "
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HERTFORDSHIRE SESSIONS . ^ mSZ ? 2 ! y ^ TRAH ! THB 6 bb ^ WORTHBRK lUlLWAY .-. At these sessions on Monday Km ' " ^ > and : Thomas SudeR ' St ti rm > , esidin S Hatfield , were ind oted for placing a stake or piece of wood on the line and thereby creating a dangerous obstructionXhomas Robbms , of Hatfield , gamekeeper to the MarSof Salisbury , proved that on the 29 th of Apr ? lS he was watching in . Limekiln-field , near X Ha field B ^ lway staffon , between nine and ten o'clock n « P "Se iSTth ? T ? ' " onerfcome « p . mere ib at the spot to which he referred n S ^ te ^^ S ^^ P ^
crossing at tho place , and after walking somrdis ^ S ^ sftm ^^ mm ^ M praoner , M not observed He 4 , , tm to Jen up IMbMD . Went the samodayand gavetofoSS it Uie rn . lTO ; t , tloi , . _ Tta ( tofmii , EJK * . °
moa up me e . itaice , the jury , after a ttifiSZ raj ™ , mimed » verdict it ' Gnilty ag , in ,, | £ f but acquitted Smith . —The Court smiting I c j ! to twolvo month , ' imprisonmSt wStSlSS ?
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FALL OF A BUILDING IN GRACECHUROHSl'REET , ANDLOSS OF FOUR LIVES . An accident of a most disastrous character happened on Saturday morning last , between ten and eleven o'clock , in Gracechurch-street . On the west side of that thoroughfare , and on . the site of the Old Cross Keys ,- Messrs . Bell and Corbet , of Pope's Head-alley , and Adelaide-chambers , King William-streel , were erecting a lofty range of buildings , intended exclusively for chambers and private offices . Some idea of their extent may be formed when it is stated that the number of apartments amounted to 140 . The premises were four
stories in height , and extended some 200 or 300 feet into Ball ' s-court , George-yard , - Lombard-street , the south frontage running the whole length of Allhallow ' s Church-passage . The works had been going on for the last six or eight months , and the firm who owned the premises were their own builders , the workmen and labourers being under the direction of a Mr . Dennett , a kind of superintending foreman . The walls and flooring were built so as to render them fireproof ; the girders were of iron , and the intermediate spaces filled with concrete , and the workmen had just completed the upper floors , preparatory to laying d « wn the roof , when the catastrophe occurred which it is our painful duty to relate .
On Saturday morning the usual complement of men , averaging from seventy to eighty , proceeded with the works . Thirty men were busily engaged , some in the upper portion of the premises , completing the floorB by _ throwing in the concrete ; others were employed in the lower floor , wbile many were busy at the bottom of the building , preparng the mortar for the use of those throughout the premiaeB . The number would have been considerably greater had not all the carpenters—fourteen in number—temporarily left the premises a short time before . About twenty minutes to eleven o ' clock , a sudden snap , something similar to a report of a gun , was heard , and the next moment the men , to their horror , found the building trembling beneath them , and in another second or so tho whole of the south side , which overlooked Allhallows Church , was seen
sinking in one general mass . A momentary glance sufficed to apprise the men of the fearful catastrophe that awaited them . Some of the poor fellows , by an extraordinary and almost superhuman effort , bounded as the floor gradually gave way , on to the roof of the church , while others , in as astounding a manner , contrived to leap on to the adjoining houses . A large number of the workmen , however , fell with the building , and the scene that ensued must be left to the imagination . The crash shook and startled the whole of that part of the City , and for some time the most utter consternation prevailed . Crowds of excited passers-by and neighbours rushed to the scene , and then it was discovered that the whole of the centre of the extensive range of building , from the highest story , had given war , and had fallen to the ground in one shapeless
mass . The labourers who had escaped instantly made their way to the ruins , and with tbe police and other parties proceeded to extricate the unfortunate workmen who were buried in the rubbish . In many instances their piercing cries for help intimated to the searchers the spot where they lay imprisoned beneath huge rafters and masses of brickwork , and in the course of ten minutes or so , some twenty or thirty were got out , and about seventeen were carried to the shop of Mr . Harris , chemist and druggist , on the opposite side of the way , where they were visited by Dr . Smith , of King William-Street , and several medical gentlemen in the neighbourhood . On tbe arrival of a reinforcement of police they were carefully removed in cabs and on stretchers to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where they were at once placed in beds in William ' s ward , and received every possible attention .
As soon as the excitement consequent on the accident had in some degree subsided , the foreman of the works had the men mustered , and their names called over , when , in addition to those taken to the hospital , three men , of the names of Peter Horrigan , Michael Cronin , and Jeremiah Connor , were found missing . ' Owing to the dangerous state of the premises left standing after the crash , it was deemed prudent to suspend farther search until the unsafe walls could be made secure , and the examination could not bo resumed until evening . „ During the afternoon the City surveyors were engaged inquiring into the primary cause of the accident . The statement which tho reporter received from a professional gentleman and which in some points agrees with that of Me ' srs . Bell and Corbett
given below , was that iu the centre of the building was a " well-hole , " intended to form the staircase , and across it ran on every floor or landing iron girders , each weighing nearly two tons . All had been filled and properly secured , and when inspected on Saturday morning , seemed perfectly sound . From some cause or other the uppermost girder suddenly snapped in two ; its excessive weights dragged the wall out of its perpendicular and the girder getting loose , fell and broke the girder below . This instantly brought the Walls down with the floors . Mr . Dennett was close to the girder when it broke , and the opinion he forms of the cause is that there was a flaw in tbe metal of the girder , and that it did not arise from any want of foresight . The walls on which they rested were eighteen inches thick , and were formed of old stock bricks .
In the early part of the evening some forty or fifty labourers were set to work , and were actively engaged in excavatjng the ruins . The Great Central Gas Company promptly directed the gas of the company to be laid on , and , under the direction of Mr . Brittain , the Inspector of the Company , in the course of an hour the whole place was lighted by some fifty or sixty burners , thus enabling the men to carry on their operations in turning over the rubbish .
The scene about eleven o ' clock was truly heartrending . A number of respectable females , the wives of many of the sufferers , not finding their husbands return home at the usual hour , presented themselves iu the immediate neighbourhood of the deplorable catastrophe , anxiously inquiring for their husbands ; and , on being made acquainted with the nature of the casualty , evinced feelings bordering upon madness . About one o ' clock the workmen discovered a body lying some twelve feet below the basement in the vaults , which had been forced in by the immense mass . It was shockingly mutilated , and by the clothes the body was identified as that of a labourer , named Horrigan ; It was much crushed , and death' must have been instantaneous . In about an hour later the body of Cronin wa 3 discovered ; and by three o ' clock that of Connor , aso . '
The total , number of persona who have already perished by the misfortune is five , namely—Martin Oronin , James Homgan , Matthew Connor , Joseph Henley , and P . Donoghue . Timothy Sullivan , aged about thirty , both legs fractured , severe contusions on the body and head . Remains in a dangerous condition , m St . Thomas ' s Hospital . W . Ransom , aged twenty-four , right leg fractured , and body much bruised . Supposed to have received many severe internal injuries , w . Whiting , aged thirtv-four , scalp seriously fractured , with divers wounds ' and contu-Th ! l ri v 4 dv Not expected to recover . Jntew f * aged thl , rty \ 8 cal P lacerated > and ribs supposed to be fractured . . In a very dangerous condition . John Cooper , aged thirty-nine , laceration of v ° * f ™ J f several 8 evere contusions on the body , fcxpeeted to recover . George Barham , aged twentymne . fractureof the legs , and severs - Jmv ^ L
scalp . Hopes of recovery . David Foley , aged thirtyone , numerous wounds and bruises over the body , and head much injured . Expected to recover . James tt . irby , aged twenty-eight , head much cut ; and lower part cf the body seriously injured . Recovery doubtful . Henrj Perry , aged tbirty-eight , slightly contused over the body and head . Nothing fatal apprehended . James Jenkins , slightly injured . Tinlothv Sulhvan-in the above list-was in a very precarious state on Monday night , and it was considered he might expire at any moment . Borne of the labourers escaped death under circumstances of * most marvellous character ii one instance a labourer who was in a vault hearing something tumbling above him , stepped a 8 ido 2 a , nook , nd the nextmoment thScrowI ^ f £ vaul wasbumin by . thefallin 2 floor ., n ^ n . i . i
SSL&Efrj-s ^ mm liplfgi txVill ? U 3 ^ al"ed no personal injury . The disnett th " being ^ ly fifty fit Mr . Den-Se of * th a BTn u " of th 0 works ' wa 8 ^ the the wall SLw ?' ltr , , the cnuie - ™ d finding rushTri \ trembll » 2 « I"l bearing the two reports , he he wiffi - / MtaS , ' - Wasitbl 0 ' S otth ™ & aved iisUfe aB ) OlniDfi h 0 USe > ™ then *>'
. The accident , dreadful as it was , appeared to ffi t * tb buildin 2 '' < 1 othersresiding near the slot it was rumoured on Saturday that the district inspector visited the'buitding about a forni-ht 3 jnc e and advised the cessation ° of the works un ti the _ foundation should be strengthened . If ^ his advico must have been neglected , and the catastrophekwo have : recorded would appear tohwe been the consequence . Upon this point we K
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the teBtimony of the unfortunate widows , T ~ vigan , who has fallen , a victim to th Tw , Ior < She said to the reporter , whenconrioHnffS ' '' under her misfortune , " I knew the place w . cr safe . Yesterday I brought my husband ' s dL " ot and he sat down to eat it . 1 saw several cmS ^ tbe wall which has fallen , which they were stn - ' with compost , and I said to him , 'Uorrhran , V ? 8 a bad place to eat your dinner in—it doaenv !' ' * safe . ' He replied , 'So , I know it affu > there'll be a grand smash before long ! ' " e •' tir . ued the poor woman , with tears in her p ' ' It seems to have been a sad smash for liim . p * I can't see anything of him , and they sav Im ' ' " * der the rubbish . " ' * uit .
_ The portion of the wall which fell , carrying * , it several immense iron girders , the raisia ' " which is said to have been the immediate c ™ of the accident , was about fifty feet hi ° h bv t ^ Of feet in length . To show the force that mL i ty struck the sufferers when tho building fe || f * only necessary to state that heavy beams of almost as thick as small trees were snapped ' ° der as easily as if they had been mere timber hn and scarcely two bricks have fallen without hi- ¦' separated , notwithstanding that they had bee . » viously fixed together with strong cement pro <
THE ISQUEST On Tuesday morning Mr . W . Payne , ( W for the City of London and Southward ai ?? highly respectable jury , opened an inquirv ' atV London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street , touching ] T deaths of Wm . Ilindley , Matthew Connor , TimolS Donohue , James Horrigan , and Mar tin Cronin * Mr . R . Bem . said , I am an architect I \\ r Pope ' s Head-alley , Cornhill . The buildin " i , longed to me and Mr . Corbett , who is also a architect . We were about to construct merchant offices on a fire-proof principle . The buil . litl ! r I , proceeding Mrith safety up to Friday nigh t last ^! six o ' olock at which time I went over the wffij tt . I wait on purpose to see if evervthi S 1 ° safe but not a hair-crack was to be Seen H next morning ( Saturday ) I again went to the buSd ng about eleven o ' clock . At that time I found buMn T ? ' ncar the «*>*« of " 8 building , had gone down , and had drawn « - » h ;
» e external walla next thochurch . Icould no S ?¦ SiJS wh se for ^ aocUlent - " 5 ** 8 » n . w . nnett , who was the contractor . I did nof leave until the whole of the bodies vvero found i saw three bodies taken out of tho ruins . Tim cause , I feel sure , was the iron girder cros smg the ataircase from north to south W ing one from east to west resting upon it / civm * way ; and the weight of this , which was abon ? thirty-five cwt ., broke each floor through in its fall All the others were about the samo weight t ' iJ *
Ueve Mr . Ford furnished the iron girders - . he fZ nished the whole of tho ironwork with but one or two slight exceptions . I have generally h oen on tho premises once a day since the commencement It was my duty to sec if the iron was good al * though I did not attend to it as I ought . The " con . tract was to prove the girders before they wero sent to Gracecliurch-street . I proved some of tho smaller girders , but the larger ones could not ha tried , because there is no means . There wero means of discovering the flaw before it was painted over ; but if this girder had been properly proved it must have broken . This girder was to have been proved with six tons on tho centre , but
whether it was dono I have no means of saying , The contractor had to paint tho girder before itwaa sent to our premises . I calculated that the gii dct would have carried thirty-six tons . There were such precautions taken that if these girders bad not broken nothing else could have caused the accident , I am 8 urethe acciden t did not open from . any defect in the brickwork . Before we commence a buildino we give notice to the district surveyor . Wo . slio ? him the drawings before we commence . The sur . veyor was on the premises once during the progress to examine the party walls . " We had no other sur . veyor but ourselves .
Margaret Horrioan , Lyon ' s-building ? , Shore , ditch . —My husband was one of the men who worked on tho building . lie worked there from the first I always took his dinner . He did not say anything to me about the safety of the building . ' [ This wi £ ness'was asked several times whether she had not remarked to her husband that the placo was not safe , and that he replied he was sure there would bo a smash , before long . She hesitated answering for some time , but at last admitted that her husband
had said he thought there would be an accident before long , because he had seen cracks in the wall , ] Michael O'Connob said he came to work at the premises about a month ago . He was close to the iron girder which gave way , on a ladder . Ho was there with Donohue and Connor . He saw tho iron girder snap in halves and fall . Thought it snapped in the middle . He saw the two ends rise up and the middle fall , and then fell to the bottom himself . Was no-judge of tho weight which was upon tha girder , nor of the cause of its breaking .
Several architects and surveyors , among whom was the City Surveyor , were examined , who . gavo it as their opinion that the accident was caused bv a flaw m the girder . W . Glanfield : Was employed as a labourer on the building , and was about five yards from the part which fell in , on the ground floor . Saw the girders on the first floor snap without any previous warning . Did not see the large girder at the top of the building break . It was his opinion that the small girders on tho first floor broke first , and brought the upper part of the building with them . John Dennett , contractor : Did not know tho cause of the accident , but had always doubted the strength of the staircase girders . Had never mentioned his doubts to any one . Though the "irders too weak for the weight which rested unnn 1 , 1 mm
but was no judge of the strength of iron . Michael SHEEif bad worked at the building about three weeks before the accident . Was « oing up a ladder near the girder when he heard a crack , and on looking round saw several walls shakiV near the staircase . He then threw tho line he was carvying down , and ran away as well as he could . The Coroner having summed up , the iwy retired and after an absence of half an hour , returned , and gave in tho following verdict :- " We hnd that the fivo deceased met their deaths through the falling of a part of the building erected on the site of the late Cross Keys Inn , in Graooclrarcb street , which appears by the evidence to have ' been caused by the breaking of en iron girder . " The jury further desired to express their hi ^ h mviM
- uon oi tne exertions made by theproprietors and all persons connected with the buildin ' . including the City police , in extricating the bodia of the unfortunate men from the ruins " The Coroner announced that the inquest board of Uishopsgate had granted the balance of the sum «!• « f « T r- i ln 5 , ' ' ainountif » g to £ 5 , for the n » of the friends of the sufferers .
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The fbbsbr " Prosperous" State of Urns . ~ lhe mest remarkable and unexpected result of the Great Exhibition has been in the very limited number of visitora to the metropolis Since its OHM-| ng . so fill- from any difficulty being experienced m providing accommodation for tho shoals of strangers who were to have poured into London this month by land and sea , the hotel and lode >' ng < house keepers complain that the establishments Tn t i , a w i T . thi 8 P eriod of tho year , SJffiLkW and the 8 tre <* s running off tia Strand the lod ging bills in the windows of ever ? S ? ? many evidences of their vacant state . uundieds of persons , who have laid out large sums ot money in fitting up ftnu famishing houses for the reception of lodgers , find now that their specula-™! L u 7 t 0 P rove tne averse of profitable . A poison who , we understand . onnnrnJ a . hmiWIine ' . ind
ooging . house capable of accommodating upwards of iuu guests , had one solitary inmate daring the first wei * of the Exhibition . But these accounts ofthe stagnation of business are not confined to the notel and lod gine-houses ; there has been a serious diminution in the passenger trnffie on the railroads , and every branch of trade in the metropolis tot suffered an extraordinary depression . The tradestf Ii * u sh ° Pfceepers at the West-end comp lain loudly of business being at a complete atund-still ; the places of public amusement are even « orse off , ior with very few exceptions , they have been nearly deserted for some weeks past , lti . liculous prognasties , operating in conjunction with the dread of t' ; 8 enormous expense of a visit to London upon
weak and unreasoning minds , no doubt deterred vast numbers from coming to town for tbo opening of the Exhibition . Sow , however , that the experience of three weeks hns assured them they niafi without running any extraordinary risk either m person or pocket , venture to visit London , ** sna 1 probably have them flockin" here in con * rable numbers . We , however , doubt whether these yisiors will do much to give much impetus to trade . People will come wfth the aingle o lgeet * USltingtho Exhibitio n as frequently as they can . The Crystal Palace will be the sole attraction , and like a huge Maelstrom , it will swallow up the tim * money and attention , not only of all strangers , b" \? the great mass of the inhabitants of the m etropoW or months to come . From £ 2 , 000 to £ 3 , 000 !»« ueen daily taken at its Uoora durinsr the past weeti
yet we do not exaggerate when we say that them a « -e millions of the middle and lower classes tf home and abroad , who have deferred visiting the exhibition until the price of admission be reduced to one shilling . Cheap trains will bring up Hums *™* anu thousands of industrious operatives from every part of England ,, but those are not the people who ° « n nftorrt to spend money freely ; their »* penscs will nec essarily be regulated upon the mop economical scale , and their outgoings will scarce / compensate for tho loss which the departure of tw » woalthy and fashionnb ! e visitors will occasion . \™ tne whole , therefore , we cannot but lament H * severe loss -which London must sustain from » event which it was calculated would , direct M creased stream of woalth into the us * al ubaoEels 0 . trade and industry .-Sunday Timta .
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somann . Representation op Arqyleshire . —In the event of the representation of Arsyleshire becoming vacant bythe elevation of the Dean of Faculty to the bench , it is reported in the county that Sir Archibald Campbell of Suecoth will offer himself to the electors , on the Protectionist interest ; and Alex . Campbell , Esq ., of Monzie , and Inverawe , on the Free Trade principles . —Glasgow Herald ..
The dewh of Viscount Straihallen took pkee at his seat of Castle Strathallan , in Perthshire , on the afternoon ofthe Uth inst . His lordship , who had reached the ri pe age of eighty-fiva , began to show tokens of declining strength some time ago ; but his last illness was only of a few days' duration . The Loud Lieutenant op Wigtownshire . — We understand that the Earl of Galloway has placed his resignation of the high office of Lord Lieutenant of the county of Wigtown in the hands of the government ; and that the dignity has been conferred upon John Dalrymple , Esq ., M . P . for that county , nephew of , and heir presumptive to the Earl of Stair . —i ? K » ifries Courier .
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Diplomatic Revelations . —Tho Freeman ' s Journal states tbat a letter has been forwarded to Lord Clarendon , under legal advice , to inquire whether his Excellency admitB the authorship of the letter to Lord Shrewsbury , which has recently , been published in tho newspapers ; this inquiry being a preliminary step to legal proceedings about being taken by Mr . Martin Burke , one ofthe jurors on the trial of Mr . C . Gavau Duffy , and to whom wilful and corrupt penury is attributed' in the document in question . No answer has yet been returned to Mr Burke ' s legal missive .
An ACTION for libel aqainst the proprietors of Saunters' Kevin letter was tried on the 15 th inst . in the Court of Common Pleas , the alleged libel consisting in the publication of the report of a trial in which the plaintiff ' s case was fully stated , and the , statement and evidence for the defence dismissed in a few lines . This was complained of as a garbled report , and the defence was that no intentional injustice was done . Tbo plaintiff iu the action was a Mr . Malcolmson , a farmer and grazier in Carlow , and the original case , the report of which was now complained of , was a suit between father and son , Mr . Malcolmson , sen ., the present plaintiff , having been the defendant , and having obtained a verdict in his favour . The court directed a verdict for the plaintiff , with Is . damages and costs .
The " Catholic University . "—The money continues to flow in from all quarters . The Right Rev . tbe Lord Bishop of Clonfert forwards a letter of credit for £ 248 14 s ., collected in that miserable diocess , as convincing " proof of the deep religious interest" felt in the success of this question . "With at least one-third ofthe population ( adds the ' Bishop , ' ) dead or in exile , and more than onehalf ofthe survivors either in the workhou 9 es or in the most abject state of poverty , no other appeal could have met with the response cheerfully given to that made on behalf of the Catholic University . The efforts we are obliged to make in order to provide for the safe education of the humbler olasses , exposed as they are to the most malignant proselytising agencies , have made all herefamiliar with the dangers incident to any system of education , not under the guidance of the church . "
Decline of the Population . —The Oalway Vindicator gives a melancholy account of the decline of the population in a district of that county between the year in 1841 and the taking of the present censUB : — " Through the kindness of Mr . Clancy , of Lough George , we have just been informed that the decrease of population in the parish of Annadown , as evinced bythe returns of the present oen-8 us , is frightful in the extreme . In the year ' 41 tho population of that rural parish amounted to 7 . 108 ; in ' 51 it is reduced to 3 , 603 , being a decrease of 3 , 445 souls—so that one-half of the good people of Annadown , minus 109 , are now among the killed wounded , and missing . In ' 41 there were 864 families Jiving in Aanadown , in ' 51 there are only 454 . It will , therefore , be seen that the branches were not alone lopped off , but the axe of extermination has been most effectually laid to tbe very roots of the tree itself . "
Another Galway journey ( the Mercury ) , referring to the decline of the population , throws some of the blame on the ineffective working of the Poor Law . Taking the poorhouse of Galway , one of the best kept in the province , as an instance : — " The hospital is so inconveniently filled that additional accommodation for the aick has been just provided . The number of deaths weekly averages from twenty to twenty-five ; so that between 1 , 000 and 1 , 200 persons ; at the lowest computation , die yearly . We believe there are ten unions in this county , in all of which we presume the bills of mortality are equally large . Ten or twelve thousand persons dying annually in tho poorhoiises of a single county , added to the emigration , must quickly leave it destitute of lnhabitaats . "
The Bmcommm Journal states , that in one day last week the enormous number of 1 , 563 paupers applied for admissioa into ona of the union workhouses in that county . Importation op Shbct . —Owing to the scarcity of 8 heep , as evidenced in the short supplies at all the recent country fairs , large importations from the sister country are taking place to supply the deficiency , On Saturday last a flock of between 700 and 800 arrived in Dublin by one of tho Liverpool steamers , for transmission to the county of Wicklow Large droves have also been imported to the west of Ireland from Scotland and tho north of England . Thk Burning o * Dowmnu , Hotbe . —The Londonfe % ?* # 5 i l I ** % probable loss
sus-, tamed by S « H . H . Bruce ,, in tho destruction of Downhill House , will be about £ 50 , 000 . An investigation » to tbe-ftob . connected with the cala-, K a 8 eld b 7 ft 6 dlst"ctmagistrate 8 last week , and they cama to the conclusion that the -fire was the work of an incendiary . The above-mentioned journal » not disposed to adopt the decision of the local magistrate . The following mysterious affaii is related by the iyA ' u ' 1 iD C ? , T l * the burning of Downhill House :- "On Sunday morning , the 11 th mst ., a man , dressed in the stylo of a gentlemen , was found suspended : by a strong cord from the branch of a tree m the domain of Charles O' Hara , Biq ., of O Harabrook . A gold watch and 2 s . in
silver were found on hia person . Life was extinct . An inquest was held on the body , but no facts elicited beyond that he was found hanged—no papers to lead to his identification or whereabouts . He . had called at a farmhouse near Ballymoney on Saturday , at three o ' clock , p . m ., told them tbat he was ^ Scotchman , and that he had to announce the alarming intelligence that ? Downhill was inflames . ' Ihis person , whoever he was , could announce the awful fact fourteen miles from Downhill , in one hour after it was known in Coleraine , although the servant who gave the alarm in Coleraine could not accomplish the distance thither on horseback in less than fifteen minutes . "
Rom Agricultural . Socim .- « The stated half yearly meeting of this society was held on Friday I ; Th e Du of Leinster presided . The report gave a favourable description of the position of the society . The next great cattle show is to be held in Dublin on the 11 th of August . Sanguine expectations are entertaiied of the success of the movement iu the south and west in favour of % llE Psoncmum op Lord Clarendon—H is Excellency is now amenable to the Court of Queen's Bench , having been duly served with " wriS the
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near St . Martin ' s Church he passed a huge advertising van , at the sight of which the animal shied and began to plunge and kick . He pulled the animal in , but while doine so the shafts broke at the step iron , and he was thrown out under the horse's hind legs . The animal went off at afuriou ? rate and knochedtUe deceased down , who was taken with his siall several feet along the street . He was picked up and carried to King ' s College Hospital . —Mr . C . Lewis , visiting surgeon at the hospital , said , deceased , after bein" a few days at the institution , left of his own accord . Witness attended him at his lodgings . He died on Sunday last . Deceased had two ribs broken , which had penetrated the lungs , and produced effu-M » n on the pleura , which caused death . —The Foreraan remarked that advertising vans were a complete nuisance . —Mr . Kewman said his howe always shied at advertising vans . —The Coroner observed that the vans were made with such glaring figures , that horses
were apt to start . It would be a mercy if they were altogether prohibited . —Verdict , " Accidental death , caused by an advertising van . " The Late Hocb Ststeh . —An able sermon on tbe spiritual and other evils arising from protracted labour in houses of business , was preached on Sunday evening at St . Olave ' s church , Southwark , by the Rev . L . M . Humbert , curate of the pariah . The text was taken from the first chapter of Exo ' dus , and the eighth to the fourteenth verse . He reminded his congregation that for all of us " the time is short " - "They that buy will soon be as though they possessed not , and they that sell as though they profited not , for the fashion of this world passeth away . " St . Stephen ' s , Walbhook . —This beautiful edifice is , by orderof the parochial authorities , thrown open for the inspection of the public free of cost with an especial view to tbe gratification of strangers visiting our metropolis this year .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 24, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1627/page/6/
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