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Health of London during the Week . —The official report says the mortality of London has been greater than nsual during the four weeks of May . Iu the first tbre > . > returns of the month the deaths nnmbend respectively 1 , 041 . 1 , 002 , 1 , 000 ; in the week eniliug J ^ sl . Saturday a decrease occurred , hut not of consideriibleamounf , the number having fallen to 990 . Ttking tl e weeks corresponding to last week of the ten years 1811-50 , it will be seen that the mortality , which in one instance fell 80 low aa 7 SC ( namely in the il ! l ° ( Maylast ^ ar ) , did nntinany case exceed 980 , and that the average was 855 . Tf this ^^ :.. ___ __ 5 T « . — * v »« 4 .. ^ . «—Wi-
, average be raised in proportion to the supposed rate of increase va . the population , it will amount to 933 : compared with which the 990 deaths of last week exhibit an increase of 57 . The zymotic or epidemic Clas * of disease * produce- ! last week 220 fatal case 3 , and of tU « se 169 occurred amongst children under 15 years . Small pox had fatal termination to 23 persons , 6 of whom were twenty yrars of age and upwards ; measles carried off 39 children ; scarlatina 10 ; hooping cough Gl ; and croup 5 . Of these complaints , almost exclusively confined to young persons , hooping conjjb much exceeds the usual contingent , and scarlatina ' fails nill more below it . To diarrhoea 16 deaths
ate ascribed ; to dysentery 6 ; to erysipelas 11 ; and under tyhus , which shows about the usual amount of fatality for the present time , 32 are enumerated . The above class of di seases exhibits an increase on the preceding week ; but th"se which affect the organs of respiration show a diminution . Laryngitis numbers 5 cases , bronchitis 51 , pleurisy 6 , pneumonia 64 , and asthma 7 ; thesa , with other uudefined diseasesof the longs , numbering in the aggregate 136 deaths , which is rather more than the corrected average of corresponding weeks . Four ' diseases are comprised in the tubercular da « s : —< crofula from which 5 deaths are enumerated lastwee ' - < , Ubesme ? entericawbich counts 10 . nydrocephalBs 35 , and phthisis , or consumptio n , 150 . In the ten corresponding weeks of 1841-50 , the lowest number ascribed to consumption is 103 , and
the highest 166 The births of 764 boys , and 769 girls , in all 1 . 533 children , were registered last week . The average number of six corn-spo ' nding weeks in 1845-50 was 1366 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the main daily reading of the barometer was 30114 in . ; on Wednesday , and on the following days it rose continuously , and was 30 351 in . on Saturday . The , mean of the week was 30097 in . The mean daily reading of the thermometer wag on Sunday 2 * 6 degree " above the average of the same day in ten year , s , but on all the following days , except Friday , was belowit . The mean temperature of the week Was 55 ' 6 deg ., which is about 2 deg . below the average . The wind generally blew from the north in the beginning of the week , and towards the end was in the south-east and north-east .
Loss or hues bt Firb . —Shortly before ten o ' clock on Saturday night last , violent screams were beard proceeding from the premises of Mr . George Caplin , a master carman , at No . 1 , " Bridlelane , Golden-square . On entering the rooms over the stable , the unfortunate wife of the proprietor was discovered lying in the midst of a raging fire . The fire was eventually extinguished , when it was feuod that nearly all the furniture in the room was seriously injured , and a medical man was immediately sent for , who pronounced life to be quite ex * tinct . The husband of the poor woman had left the room only three minutes before the fire occurred ; at that time she was striking a light with a lucifer-match to light a candle . The deceased was a very " sober woman , and only thirty-three years of age .
Mtsiehiobs Affair . —An inquest was held on Saturday last at Guy ' s Hospital , before Mr . W . Payne and a jury , as to the de Uh ef Charles Palmer , aged forty-three , a cab-p-opriejor and driver , who died from the effects of injuries received on the Derby night under circumstances of a very mysterious character . It appeared that the deceased recently resided in the O'd Kent-road , and on the Derby day was engaged with his cab in conveying persons to and from various points on the road , whereby , it was stated , he had received about £ 4 . At a " late hour the deceased , stopped at a publichouse' near Cheam , where he was engaged by Jemmy Welsh , Barnash . and other well-known pugilists to eonvey them to London , at a half-a-crovrn each .
They gave deceased some meat , bread , &c , and then proceeded on their way home , when the deceased rees ' ived some injury by falling from the box of the Cab , or by other means , at present unknown to the police . Be was taken to Guy ' s Hospital , where he expired on the 23 th ult from severe injury to the spine , fracture of the leg , and other violence , no doubt caused by a fall . The sister of the deceased stated that before her brother expired he iaforreed her that he bad been hocussed and robbed by some persons who had been in his cab , by whom also he was brutally ill-treated by being pushed off the cab . The coroner was informed that several persons engaged in the case were absent , hut if time was allowed they , no do'ibt , would be forthcoming . The
coroner , thereupon consented to adjourn the proceedings for a few days , aid the inquiry was accordingly adjourned . —On Tuesday nigiit the adjourned inquest was held by Mr . Payne , when T , Barnash , pugilist , of 3 , Little Marylebone-streetV was examined , and stated that he and Jem Welsh , also belonging to the ^ ring , " had been to the Derby , and when they had got back as far as Ewell the deceased hailed them , and they agreed to give him 2 a , 6 . 1 . a piece-to convey them to London , and they got inside , having first purchased a bottle of ale , of which the deceased drank . Be bad before been drinking , and was now alleged to be tipsy . Wnen they got to the turnpike at Cheam the deceased ran against it and broke the shaft . When this was tied op they
vent on , and witness got on the box lest any other accident should occur . He had not got far when he droveagainstthe bank , was pitched off the seat , which lie held on to ,, and was dragged along the ground . Witness was also thrown on the horse ' s back ..- Deceased was put into the fly and driven to the Lord Kelson Inn , at Cheam , and he complained that his shoulder was hurt . They obtained coffee for him , and he went to sleep in the cab . As he did not appear better at three , it was thought advisable to take him to the hospital . Witness himself drank some of the ale , as did Welsh . The deceased ' s brother here repeated that his relatire had £ 4 or
£ 5 when * he left Epsom , and that Welsh had knocked turn down . Mr . Carter , the landlord of the Lord Nelson , at Cheam , stated that at the request of thepartieathodeceased was searched , and had © nly 16 & , in his pocket . Mr . Swinhoe , the bouselurgeoB , who had made a post mortem examination of the body , stated there was a mark of a hrnise on the left leg , and another on the neck , which had dislocated the vertebra and caused the death . The injury was more likely to have been caused by a fell than a blow . There were also fractures of the leg and arm . The coroner having read over the whole of the evidence , the jury ratunioda verdict of "Accidental death . "
Fatal Accidkst ax Scotland-tabs . —On Monday Mr . Bedford held an inquest at JheCharingcrojB Hospital , on the body of John M'Carty , fortyfite , labourer , who on the previous Thursday suddenly tnet . hu death in a sewer . The evidence ¦ howed _ that deceased was engaged on the above day as bricklayer , in unking some repairs in a drain at Scotland-yard . About nine in the forenoon he was seen by a fellow-workman to ascend from the drain witf l a hod of bncks , and attempt to step on to a plank placed about eighteen inches from him ; but instead of attaining a safe position he swerved with
bis load , ' and . fell back into the excavation , the depth of ; tfhich was eight feet . A fellow-worknuan direct !; ran to him , and found his face buried in the day ( lie having fallisn on his bead . With assistance he waitalcen after a lapse of five minutes , to Cbanng-crb 83 Hospital , but was found to be quite detd .: No . external injury was discovered , and the suigeoafomnipnwaj that death was caused by suffocation . ; : The Jury , Nag of opinion that the acadent was occasioned by deoeasedY taring avoided theordraary means of walking from the sewer , returned a verdict of" Accidental Death . " - -
The -Stjspected Case of Pobohiss ja St . Gsqbgs f JW Eisr . ~ An foonest was held on Monday »« ihe London Hospital before Mr . Baker , sen ., on tow of the body , of Marj Ann Jackson , a woman who cohabited with a inan named Brown with several other oUatu , and through whnse agency It-is supposed she came by her death . The jury , under the direction of the coroner , feeling that the case Wbe « et with great difficulty ^ and wishing to leave it open to the farther inveitigation of the police , returned' on open verdict to the effect that the deceased died from imbibing poiion . bnt how taken or . administered there was no evidence to show . ' : - ' ¦• : ¦
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Sfw ^ T I ? ' ^ L dem 5 fied the teutilated reraain ' ol his unfortunate brother . a ? t ^ TB Fatal Firb » thk Cnr—IsdUBST .-On Monday evening Mr ; \ V . Payne , the City coroner and a respectable jury , held the adjourned inquest upon the bodies of -Rio-hard Harvey , Elizabeth Gray , George Eyno , and Abraham Clark , who met their deaths by fire , which occurred at , the Ease and Orown Inn , Love-lane , Lower Thamesstreet , on the morning of Sunday , 18 th ult . It will be remembered that the inquiry was adjourned on the previous inquest , which was held a fortnight ago , for the attendance of the servant girl , named Elizabeth Chambers , who escaped with her life by throwing herself- from the window of the burning _ .
premises , by which she was so dreadfully injured that she was conveyed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where she had remained in a precarious state ever since . —Elizabeth Chambers having arrived ' in-a . cab , gave tho following evidence : —My name is Elizabeth Chambers . 1 was servant at the Hose and Crown . I had been there nearly three months . On the night of the fire there slept in the house Jin Harvey , Mrs . Gray , the potman , 'the logger , and myself . I slept in the back room on the s ^ me floor with my master—the second floor . On the night of the fire the potman and the lodger went to bed first , and I went next . It was past twelve when I went to bed . Mr . Clark , a relation of the ledger ' s , was at the house on the night of the fire , but he
went away before I went to bed . Just as I was getting into bed , I heard my master and Mrs . Gray going to bed . On the ground floor , there was a bar parlour , nnd a tap room adjoining the bar parlour at the back . I was awoke out of my sleep by a stifling sensation . I jumped out of bed , opened my room door , and went to the top of the stairs . I heard Mrs . Gray calling out" Richard ! Richard !" which was my master ' s name . I then went bacK to my room and jumped out of window . I saw smoke every way I looked . My master was in the habit of turning the gas off in the bar , and the potman in the tap room ; sometimes my master and sometimes myself in the dining room . I turned the gas off in the dining room on the night of the fire . The
gas in the bar and bar parlour was not turned off when I went to bed . I saw no flames till I went up the White Hart stairs . They were then all over the houBe . I never saw my master turn the gas off at the main . ' There were no fires in the house but one in the kitchen , and that was out before I went to bed . 1 did not hear any noise at the front door . 3 fo . ringing or knocking . ' There were two bells attached to the one pulley , and they would make a considerable noise if rung . One of the bells was pear the potman ' s head , and he must have heard it if it bad been pulled . It was . no more than eighteen inches from his head . —Elizabeth Smith , servant at the Cock ; opposite the Rose and Crown
publichouse , said she was awakened by screams from the Rose and Crown . She heard no knocking or ringing at the front door .. She heard a man's voice in the house crying " Help ! for God ' s sake help . Will no one help us ? We cannot get out . " She aiterwards heard a moaning cry of " Oh J oh 1 oh ! " as if proceeding from some one in great agony . That was about three minutes before the arrival of the fire escapes . —The Firemen' and Police said it was impossible to have rendered any assistance , as the flames were rushing out at every window in the house . —Ultimately the jury returned a verdict to the effect— " That the fire by which the four persons lost their lives occurred accidentally , but by what means it was impossible to say . "
Extensive Robbeiubs . —On Saturday last infermation was given that Count Reveotlow , of : No 2 , Wilton-terrace , Belgrave-sqnare , had been robbed of a number of valuable articles , amongst which were a Danish order , of silver , in the form of a star , with a heart in the centre , and blue enamelled cross on the top . A silver gilt metal , having on one-side a map , in Roman costume ; and on the reverse an in- scription , commemorative of Conrad , Comes de Reventlow , " horn in 1604 , and who died inl ? 08 . Also , three gold studs , with chain . Information was also given that a man absconded on Friday with £ 43 , stolen from his employers . Messrs . Knight and Co ., soap boilers , in Old Gravel lane . . He is described of fair complexion , about forty years old , stout , and bow legged , and wore a . white smockfrock .
Excise Seizure . —On Saturday morning last , Alessre . ' Elmy and a party of Excise officers effected an entrance to the house No . 10 , Maidstone-place , Bethnal-green , and found an upper room fitted up as a distillery , with a still then in full operation , and in the place about : thirty gallons of : molasses wash , quantities of spirits , and all the appurtenances'for illicit distillation , the whole of which the officers seized , and subsequently conveyed to the Excise celhrs . A man named John Henry Wilson , who was attending to the still , was taken before the magistrates at Worship-street , and committed to the House of Correction for three months , in default of payment of the £ 30 penalty . It was the third conviction of the kind that had taken place at the
same police court in the course of the week . ' . ExTESSiVE Fira . —A very extensive fire broke out on Tuesday , at the coal depOtof the Birmingham and Blackwall Railway , at the Caledonian-road supposed to be owing to a spark or a piece of coke from the locomotive engine falling upon the extensive timber coal shutes just finished . The flames not only threatened to stop the traffic of the line , but also the destruction of the adjoining building belonging to Mr . Cubitt ' 8 brick-yard . The engine belonging to the Model Prison was immediately brought out , and in a few minutes was fc full activity , obtaining a supply of water from ' a well on Mr . Cubitt ' s premises . This timely assistance , by great personal exertion , quelled the fire , " but not
until great damage had been done . Three Fat&i . ' Accibbhts oh ihk Rivbb Thames . —On Tuesday Captain Artus , of the brig Melbourne , lying in Bugsby ' s Bole , in attempting to ascend the side , missed bis hold and fell into the water , sunk , and was drowned . Almost at the same time , twelve o ' clock , Captain D 6 wnie , of the ship Mentor , lying off Stone Stairs , Wapping , fell overboard , and perished . About three o ' blook , a boat , containing two men and one woman ; was swamped near Alderman Stairs . The men : were saved , bnt the female , Mrs . Cogblan , residing in Old 6 ravel-lane ,. was drowned . : Mii 4 tabt Mdsicai . Festival and Bazaar . —In the gardens of the Royal Hospital , Chelsea , will be
lieM , on the 17 th and 18 th June , for the benefit of the Hospital for Consumption , Brompton , anunusnal fete , embraoing a bazaar combined with a concert np ' on a scale hitherto unknown in this country , and consisting of the bands of the ' six household Regiments and of the Royal Artillery , which for the first time will be formed into one corp 3 | ana perform together . The arrangements are under the management and control of , a 60 m . mittee of general and ' field officers . ' The pro * gramme of the music comprises selections from the works of the great masters and the most popular composers , native and foreign , and it 13 believed this unprecedented combination of military musical talent will form one of the most prominent
attractions at this important and interesting period . Thk Master or St . Pancbas Wobkbouse . —At a meeting of the Boa'd of Directors of this parish held on Tuesday at the Vestry-room , King ' s-road Mr . Pierce , churchwarden , in the chair ; a letter rom the Poor Law Board was read , relating to the late charge against Mr . Baton , the master of the workhouse , stating , that after a careful and deliberate consideration of the minutes taken before the directors , as also of the evidence given before the magistrate , the board are of opinion that it ia not necessarj to institute any new inquiry into the Thr New PatbrtRrtirin 6 CABBUGE .-Thfl cunosity ^ of the public was greatly excited on Monday by the appearance in Oheapside and other parta of the metropolis of a novel descri ption of perambn «
» w'g venire denominated a patent retiring carnage . The form and dimensions of this ingenious contrivance resemble generally ' those of an omnibus , wuh very low wheels ; 'The interior is arrangedin cbsecompartmentsiwhich are flttednpformnalsV rhe exterior of the vehicle presents sntfatesof highly polished panellings of cerulean blue j together HI r H heVho"y . f * " ' . ¦ ° W"r > k several doors the following considerate inscri ption meets the ' e y e : zViSfSg *'" " ^'" «™ # n Ths Fatm , RinwAT AccrnitKt at . WoownCH . - ^ On Wednesday an inquest wag held at Woolwich on the body of Mr . William Buck , of Hanover Chambers , Adelphi , who was killed by the pauun of a tram on Snriday night on the North Kent Hallway . The jury , having heard the evidence of several eye witnessess / returned a verdict of " Aci oidental death . " <
NOHIKATIOH OF S . HEBIFF 3 HI THE LOTO Matob . —At the ' Courtof Aldermen on Tuesday / the taxi Mayor , according- to ancient " custom ,: nominated the following freemen of "London to be ' publicly put in nomination for the office ! of sheriff on Midsummer-day ; John Thomas Norris , Esq .,- spectacle-maker ; Thomas Cotterell ; Em ., cordwainer ; Thomas Sheppersbn , EBq . ' ,. Bpectacle-maker ; and Joseph Turnh y , Esq ., merchant tailor . ' .
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Tm United . States frigate ' St . Lawrence left Southampton Water on Tuesday for . Lisbon : \ sbe had on board the Uori . Mr . Shaddock , who has been appointed American Charge d'Affaires at the Pbrtu ^ ueae oonrt . ' The hon . gentleman' is empowered toarrangethe disputes between theAmerican and Fortugue « e governments . The affair of General Armstrong is to be settled by arbitration . Mr . bhaddock was formerly professor of moral philoao-Fa ^ i ?* j ne of the Amowcan universities . " Previous mandp , ? S » » f the St . Iiawrelnce , the com-CitL ^ i Sands - 6 are an entertainment on pffinalVW tot 5 Major , corporation , and K Sl S ?^ ^ / - ^» % B « P . ton , in return for ^^ ^^^ — ^^ A&SSSt ^
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^^ ZZZ ~^ Z ~ -Z-Z^— . - ^ mmmmmm € tje ^ tomncw » The Isle of Wight Election . —RyDE . —The coroner ' s inquest on the body of Mr . Thomas Fred Cole , solicitor and parliamentary agent to Captain Uammond , one of the candidates at the recent election for the Isle of Wight , was resumed on Saturday last , at the Town-hall , and lasted to within two hours of midnight . During the proceedings the greatest excitement prevailed among all present . — Thomas Jones , a . waiter at Royal Yiotoria Yachl Clubhouse , said , that on Monday last , while going home to dinner , and when near St . Thomas ' s Church , he saw a large mob running after the deceased , whe was coming out of Spencer-street . ,-Another large — — , —r ,
number of persons at that time , came up and closed upon the deceased . The two mobs numbered from 400 to 500 . Oneof the men knocked deceased ' s hat off and another ^ one grasp d him by the hair of bis bead ; rJHe , . however , managed to release himself , and rani away through the Terrace gates . Previous to running away he uttered a deep moan , ag if he was severely , injured ..- Elizabeth Poison , of ; No . l ,. Terrace , said , that she saw the mob chasing deceased and calling him . "Rat . " She also saw deceased ' s hat fall and deceased bold up his hands to protect his h' -ad . —Elizabeth Biddlecombe , lady ' s-maid to Mis 3 Christian ; of N » . 2 " , Terrace , said that on Monday last she beard a sound of voices on the Terrace , and afterwards heard the area door close . She then saw
Mr . Cole endeavouring to fasten the door . She immediately hastened to his assistance , but he passed her in the kitchen . She went up into , the hall for aid , and when she returned found him lying flat on his face in the passage . A man named French turned him over , when she saw blood oozing from his nose and mouth . She got a basin of water and bathed his temples , and sent fur a surgeon . —Mr . R , W . Bloxham , a surgeon , was sent for on Monday last ,. and attended directly afterwards ., He then found him quite dead . Blood was oozing from one nostril and from a cut above ; Up' n making a post mortem examination he found an effusion of blood on . the brain , which might have been caused by pulling hishair in the manner : described , ; That would probably strain the scalp and rupture some of the minute blood vessels . Sorae of the internal organs were diseased , but he thought deceased would not have died had it not been for the violence he had received . —
Mr . T . B . Home , clerk to the magistrates , deposed to seeiug the mob pelt at Mr . Cole with rotten eggs and turf . Lie called upon sorae policemen to protect him , but they refused . —George Oakley . a railway carrier , said that he saw two men make a rush at the deceased , and strike him on the bead and shoulder . One man was dressed in a frook and cap . He had a thin face and slight figure . No one offered to defend deceased , who appeared exceedingly aiarmed . —Tbe police referred to denied havin g refused to assist deceased , but as they were yoing towards him they met the ; mob returning . —Inspector : 1 Martin informed the jury . that he had apprehended three persons on suspicion of taking part in the riot . —The coroner having summed np , he left the case in the hands of the jury , to decide whether deceased had died a natural or violent death . —After consulting , they returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against divers persons unknown . " -,, ! . . ¦ •¦ . * ' . • ¦<
Thb Mdbdeb . at Leigh . —Ob Saturday last-Information from the Secretary of State ' s office was circulated , offering , on the part of her Majesty ' s government , a reward of £ 100 for the discovery of the murderers of George Green , a labourer , at Oulepth , near Leigh , In addition to the £ 100 reward , a promise h held out of her . Majesty ' s pardon to any accomplice ( excepting , of course , the actual perpetrator ) who will give such information as may lead to the apprehension of the murderers . Another information circulated by order of government offers £ 100 reward for the discovery and apprehension of the perpetrators of a , murder , near Barnard Castle , in the county of Durham , where the body of a man named Charles White , was found on the 11 th ult ., in the . river Tees , with the hands tied close together with a silk handkerchief , and upon the forehead a number of inched wounds and other marks of violence . ; ;
Thb Bishop of Exeter ' s Synod . —A meeting of influential gentlemen and tradesmen of the diocese of Exeter , members of the Church of England , wasbeld . on Saturday last , at the Athemsum , to protest against the Synod , proposed to be held by fie Bishop of Exeter , on the 25 th insf . ; Sir John Kenneway , Bartr , presided . A form of protest was unanimously adopted , and a committee was appointed to procure signatures and take necessary steps for its publication . Firb at Torpoint , Devon . —Od Saturday last a fire broke out at Torpoint , in a small ^ carpenter ' s shop , the property of a poor industrious man , named Treliving . Assistance was immediately giveri- from the St . George , 120 , and ships in ordinary . ; The fire was confined to the shop only by the assistance- ' ren >
dered , which was burnt down , together with ' some valuable materials . The orig in- of the fire seems a mystery .:- : - . ¦ •• . •¦ ¦ - ¦ > : < j-BiRKENHBAn Rioters . —At the last Chester , Assizes , Thomas Smith , J . Feehan , James Haggarty , and Matthew Griffin , with another prisoner , since discharged , were convicted of a riot at Birkenhead , and sentenced to twelve months' isapri 8 onment . "A petition praying for a mitigation of the sentence received 17 , 000 signatures in one day . It was-presented to Sir George Grey by J . A . ' Roebuck . Esq ., Sir George Stephen , / arid the Earl of'Aruridel and Surrey . Upon consideration of the whole facts of the case | her Majesty the Queen ordered the immediate discharge of the prisoners , and they arrived at Birkenhead on Friday evening . —Liverpool ifereurv . '
Thb Crops in Somersetshire .-With the ' . fine weather we have recently enjoyed , there is every present appearance of ' a large crop of wheat . Winter be » ns are looking extremely well ., as are spring ones , but a little rain is now very desirable for the latter . Both barley and oats are looking well ; a good deal of the former has gone in late , but there is quite an average crop expected . A good deal of attention has recently been paid to tbe sowing of flak , upon such lands as are calculated for the experiment . Potatoes are late , and if anything there is a less growth than in former years . A few warm Showers' iust now would have a beneficial effect upon the Hay harvest . The prospect of a good crop of apples and pears is very promising . ¦ ¦ . •¦ - . ¦ : ¦ .... ¦¦ .
Starvation of a Girl by her Father and Step-Mother at Bristol . —Robert and Louisa Carpenter who have been for some weeks in custody at Bristol , upon a charge of cruelly illtreating Christiana Carpenter , a girl , . sixteen years old , by locking bet iip in a room , half starving her . and beating her , underwent a further examination before the magistrates of Bristol on Saturday last . In consequence of the immense crowds which thronged the streets ' upon the occasion of the former remands , and of the threatening and violent aspeot which'the populace at those times assumed towards the prisoners , thewagistrates deemed it prudent to keep' the time of the present examination a secret , and their intention to proceed with if was only known to the press and to the parties
actually engaged in the conduct of the case . It will be remembered that when she ! was brought up about three weeks since , the poor girl was a complete stete : ton , only weighing ' 59 lbs . - in her clothes ; her appearance on Saturday was greatly improved . Mr . Bfice , the clerk to the justice , ' stated-that in that short period ahe has gained 19 H > . As soon as the prisoners ) were placed at the bar , the girl was accommodated with a > 8 eat in the witness box . and having ' been sworn , ; she stated the case ; but whilst under exami-M t oor became exhausted and excited , andMr- 'Bernirdj ; the awgeon in attendance upon her , expressing hig opinion that she was not in a fit state to be questioned any further ; the pnsonersweVe again remanded , the magistrates exnr esRinfr tholr
readihe 88 totake responsible suretieslbr their re-appearance . No bail being forthcoming , they were removed ' m custody , and - the ' poor girl was driven back to the station house ; ' ¦ ¦ ¦ The Rev . R . ; Whiston ' 8 CxsE .-The Court of Jgueen s Bench having referred Mr . WhUton to' the » 8 hob ; o | Rochester , relative to his- dismissal from the Head fifesterahipofthe Cathedrar ; Grammar School , the ' rer , gentleman has addressed the bishoi ) in appearagafnst the decision , arid 'Yeqttestinjf his lordship Jto name ; the time and place for hearing the Visit ' or Prince Aibebt to IpswibH . -TKe EtttxHeraUl states that it is now fully decided that Prmce Albert # 11 vhitl p 8 wicb on' the ' 3 rd oS ^ " ^ Jte ^ g / . to . BritiBa . Association , " nd sleep at : Shrubland-park .: . * ' * -
: FATO ' OCCDBRBNCBAT HBAVltREE . -An inqMest was held last week at the Ship Inn , Heivitree , on a lad , named William Job Eveleigh . who had b ' w » n shot through the , h « ad by his companion , George Henry Ghannon . They went out together to Sk rabhte' meat ma field occupied by Mr . Dennis near thepath fields , leading from the BarrackSe ! in the direction of Wonford . Shortl y after they had left he village . , Channon , ran ; back and told Gofsjorthy thathis companion was dead . On he boy being brougU . brfote the jwy , he ; said- " I didn ' t went with the deceased Jo pck . Mmilkv : d « Bhel 8 /' deceased
The said he knew , where there was a bird ' s nest with nine eggs in it ; in the . thatch of thelinhaV Hegotnpto ooV . for it , and then said , . « "& fonnda ^ un . " He go down from the planks , and ran after . Channen wUh the gnn > his ^ hand , ' who succeeded , after a while , m taking it away ffbrn him Seeing a ; sparrow in the hedge , he , pointed the gun at it , ana deceased ran close before the muzzle iust as he pulled the trigger , ' It went 6 ff , and killed Eveleigh . Then he ran away to call Mr . Golsworthv . In answer to a question from a juror , the boy declared thafneither , of them was angry , and that he didn t know the gun was loaded ., The jury returned a verdict of'Accidental Death , " attributing blame tplJennis for allowing the gun . to remain in the linhay . . .
Charge of Manslajjohter against a Tavbhnkkbper ahd Othbrs . —At the Manchester Borough Court , on Monday , last , ' three men named Miller Harrison , and Prince , were charged , with having caused tbe death of a man named Thomas Hod * -
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kinson . Miller keeps a public-house in Chorltonupon-Medlock , nnd the other two prisoners brew for , him .- Mr . R . B . B : Cobbett , solicitor , appeared for the . prisoners . The : first witness called was Tbomas Wood , a labourer , who went to Miller ' s house for some , beer oa the 9 th ult ; , at half-past eight o ' clock ; in the evening .: Witness saw therethe deceased and the prisoners . There were some otber persons there . Witness went towards the house again about , ten minutes afterwards / and saw deceased lying on ¦ the . foot pavement before the door . He heard Miller sayto the . other , prisoners , " Go into them ,-and , give them a good hiding ! "' The prisoners ^ were kicking deceased ' very : violently ' on
the right side . Witness shortly afterwards went away with : his father . —Cross-examined : Witness h , ad not heard any disturbance when he went to the housekeeper , but had heard Miller offer the other two prisoners a can of beer if they would clear the place . —Re-examined : Witness saw two brick-setteri named Brown fighting with Prince and Harrison , " when he went to the house the second time . He did not see deceased engaged imthe fight . —James Hayes , a weaver , said he was at the public-house about two o ' clock on the evening in question , when he saw Prince , Harrison , the two Browns , and the deceased . There were about twenty persons there . Harrison and the ; deceased were disputing ' , because deceased charged the prisoner with having caused a man to . be discharged , who had been scalded in Miller ' s employment . Deceased was in liauor , and
asked witness to see him home . Witness declined to do so , but got a cab , for him , When the cab came to the door , witness led deceased out by the arm . The' two Browns were coming after them , and were both knocked down by the prisoners . They were both quite drunk . Immediately afterwards , Harrison knocked deceased down . Deceased got up again , and said to the prisoner : "' You have taken advantage of me now I am tips ;; put it off till to-morrow , and then I will fight you . " Harrison immediately knocked him . down again and kicked him . ; WitnesB asked Miller not to allow deceased to be ill-used , but he replied by ordering theother prisoners to " pitch into him , " and witness was immediately knocked down by . Harrison . Witness after ward * took deceased home in a cib . —The two Browns' confirmed the evidence of the last witness .
—David Stopford , a brewer , said he had engaged'deceased to brew for him on thelOth of May last . - He saw him on the previous day , when he was quite well . - . He did not come to his work , however , on the 10 th till eleven o ' clock , and then was unable to remain , as he complained of being unwell . OHedidnrit work for him afterwards . The case was then adjourned for further evidence . till Tuesday , when the prisoner were again brought up . —Catherine Hodgkinion , the widow of deceased , said her husband was a brewer , and was tnirty-seven years of as ; e . He was in very ' good health . when he left home on the 9 th ult ; About eleven o ' clock that evening she was told thather husband was in a public house in Rugby-street , Salford . bhe went there and found her husband . Heappeared to have had some drink , and his face was'bloody ; Next morning be did not go to his work . . He complained of having been severely kicked the . miahi
Detore . Cross-examined : Deceased went out ' after * wards that day ; but was obliged to return ^ ' He took a suck with him . He went out two or three times oetore his death , but never went to work . He took to ins bed on Monday week , and died on Saturday morning last . —Mr . Alexander SomerSi surgeon , said ne had attended deceased since Tuesday last , but had not discovered any marks of violence . He had considered that his illness proceeded fronv inflammation 01 the liver ; He bail made a - post inortem examination , assisted by Mr .: Lythgoe . There was a' gangrene of the right half of the large lobe of the liver , ' and also of the right kidney . This would cause death . Witness thought it proceeded from a kick or ' a fall . lf . it had been caused by natural diseases the whole of the liverwould have been affectedi but'it was ^ not , and all the other organs of the' body were perfectly healthy . Tho prisoners were then committed- for trial » t the next Liverpool assizes . • r - ¦' ¦ "
Liverpool -Town Council . —Appointment or a otipbsdiar * Magistrate . —At the usual monthly meeting of the council on Wednesday , the Mayor in the chair , ' the report on the stipendiary magistracy was discussed , when it' was agreed by ' a majority of torty to ten to recommend J . S ; ' Mansfield , Esq ., to the Secretary of State as a proper person to fill the office vacant by the decease of the late Mr , Rushtp ' n ; andit was agreed to / without a division ; th ' a ' t the salary be £ 1 , 000 a year . The suggestion to cdmbine Mr . Blair ' s and Mr .. Dowling ' s names in the recom ' - ' wendation fell to the ground ; but ' mosi of the speakers regretted that U Bhould have been found necessary to go from the town to select a gentleman , when so many well qualified gentlemen of Liverpool were ready to undertake the duties . It was eventually , however , agreed' that it was better Whavea professional gentleman unknown to all parties .
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was as promptly levied . , ; . A correspondent gives us . the following account of . ' the . ' transition ;—« Oh Tuesday and Wednesday , Mr ; Rbwan . the high constable , accompanied by a collector , ahd ' two subinspectors / and about eighty constables of police , nrqeeeded through the-townlands of Tullvorier Castlewellan , Ballullyraorp , and Corbally to collect the rate of Cd . peraore , laid oh bythe Lord-Lieutenant , for . the support of the extra force of police " now stationed in said proclaimed district froin'the several landholders , who bad refused ' to pay said cess ; several distresses were made of cattle found grazing on the land in the above towlands , but the cess was paid . and the cattle released . The inhabitants of that part of the country are ina
great state of excitement at seeing so large a force of police travelling' through the country with the high constable , to levy a tax-they think unjust and oppressive . '" , . The Irish Tenant League propose to revive their agitation next week , by commencing a series of meetings to be kept up till the next election . Ouihaoenear MuLLiNGAR— The WcslmeathGuardian gives the following particulars of an outrage perpetrated at a place called Fieldtown , about ' five miles from Mullingar . — " A man named Hussey was lately put in possession of a form from which the former tenant was ejected , and on Thursday morning his son when proceeding to look at some land which Hussey was burning , was met by six men
outside the door , who asked his uame , and on hearing it , knocked him down with a pistol . Three of ; them entered the house and attacked another soii of Hussey ' s , ' inflicting seven or eight severe wounds upon him . The father seeing his son attacked drew a pistol and snapped it at the fellows , upon which one of them discharged the ; contents of a blnnderbuss at the , old man , lodging one grain in his cheek and ariumber of slugs in the . wall above his head , whilst at the same time a . bullet entered the breast of a youug man ' rmmed James Carey , who had just arrived on a visit to the family . The dwelling house was burned a few days before Hussey got possession of the land . "
The Crop . —The accounts from the country are in general of a cheering character . It would be impossible to have weather more favourable for . all the purposes of agricultue ; the grain crops , except where there has been sad neglect on ; the part * of the growers , present a luxuriant and promising appearance ; the potato is once more restored to its old position , at least so far as an opinion upon it can be pronounced at this early peviod of the season j and all the
prospects of a bountiful harvest have set in . Samples of excellent potatoes have been exhibited in almost every locality : and the flax crop , " on which so much depends in many parts of the country , is also looking extremely welU : The reports from the fairs which are held in great ^ numbers , at this season are , however , not . so favourable . —In almost every instance'the' stock offered for sale is of an inferior description ; giving evidence of past neglect , or the results of baa seasons , but the prices are good , and should encourage the Irish farmers to fresh efforts and attention . '
, Half the bread manufactured in Limerick is the produce / of Egyptian flour , being a cheaper article than any other flour . ¦ ' A pedlar was murdered about ten days ago near Captain Massy Dawaon ' s , in the glen of Aherloe , and the body was found on Thursday week . SRCTAHIANISM ^—The sectarian excitement in Kilkenny still cohtinu ' os , arid gives rise to a repetition of disgraceful and unpleasant scenes . The KiU kenny Joutnn . 1 , the extreme Roman Catholic organ , says : — " Major General Maedonald has thought fit to / put Kilkenny in a state of siege .. On Wednesday night the Major General and his staff rode into the Tholsel on horseback , left their horses in the open space ! beneath , and ascended ' to the Assembly Room , took possession of it for the purposes of a
council of wav , and laced the city under the surveillance of the military for some hours of the uight . This surveillance is ' still continued—and may be so we know not how long . Thb Lamd Question . — " Through the kindness of the Lord Bishop of Ardagh , " as the Freeman styles Dr . O'Higgins , that journal is permitted to publish a letter addressed by the ex-goyernor of Malta to his spiritual superior aforesaid ; and ex officio returning officer for the county of Longford . It is the first public announcement of Mr . More O'Perrall to his constituents respecting the principles on whicli he conceives ho holds the : seat conferred upon him in his absence by the electors of Longford . As far as the great reliaious Question
now at issue is concerned the right hon .. gentleman isallthat Rome could-de&ire ; but fault is found with the "lame and halting step" with ' which he approaohesthe . settlement of the relations between landlord . and t * nant . His sentiments , say his dis . appointed , friends , could scarcely have been more cold and discouraging on this subject had he been the chosen of the landooracy , instead of the representative of the tenunt electors of that county . The Ecclesiastical Commission . —Dr . Callaird Erck , one of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ireland , died on Monday at his residence in Dublin , after a short illness . "It is supposed that no appointment will be made to the vacant office , and that ' ; tha : 8 alary of £ 1 , 000 yearly will revert to the
already ample funds of the board . ' PaWer Emigration—The Cork Constitution says that thirty-five female paupers from the Kenmare union , and thirty from Listowel ,, arrived here on Wednesday , ' preparatory < o ein . barkati 6 n for Quebec ; The Favourite , Pricknane , master , with emigrants for New York , likewise cleared on Monday with her full complement , ; ; . . ¦ . :. . . ¦; . , Ratb-is-Aid . —In the county of Down , so strong and unanimous is the resistance to the payment of the rate-lh ' -aid of 6 d ., that the collector is going through the county to levy his distresses with two sub-inspectors and ei ghty conatableB of police . The LordLieutenant has made another excursion to the north . On Monday his Excellency and the
countess qt Clarendon ; arrived at Caledon nouse , onavisittothe'Earland Covi&teBs of Caledon ; the vice-regal party travelling with four carriages , and several horses from the viceregal stables . The Irish Tenant , League revived their public meetings on Tuesday night with a gathering in the lecture-hall of the Mechanics' Institute . This was intended to be the first of a series of public meetings to test the state of feeling in Dublin upon the tenant-right question : hut . jud ging from the interest evinced in the proceedings , that feeling stands at avery low ebb indeed ,: at : present . \ Mr . vPatrick Lalorj of j Tinnakil , presided , and the speakers were Mr . Lucas , of the Tablet , the Rev . Mr . Bell , presbyterian ministerof Ballybayand a MrJohnstone
* , , , pJ Wextord . Mr . Lncas gave an account . of the interviews which the deputation of the league had in London with Mr . Sharman Crawford , but which were interrupted by an . afflicting event . in . Mr . Crawford 8 family . , Mr ... Lucas : described the result as highly satisfactory , Mr . Crawford not objecting to the principle of yaluaiion , upon which the league , perseveres in laying particular stress . The following resolution , on the motion of the fyv . Mr .-Bell , was adopted : r- " [ fhat the propositions laid by the deputation before Sir . Crawfordifor the amendment of his bill of last 8 . e 83 ion ,, be approved ] pf , not as a full representation p f the principles of the league , but as a
valuable . instalmeniof its demands , and that Mr .. Crawfor ^ s bill , if amended in accordance with these propositions , mny : be made such as " will enable the council of the league . to secure for it—in Mr . Crawtord 8 hands-the . hearty and earnest , support of the triends and members of the league throughout the country ; at the same time it js our decided convic- ' tio ^ . whicn we feel called upon publicly to declare , Jhat nothing short of the full legal establishment of the great iundamental prinoiplea-of the Irish Tenant League will ever , be found practicallyto maintain the rights , and . effectually to relieve the miseries of the -tenant farmers of Ireland . " ¦< . -.... ••
J . M R , MaRT IN . BuBKB .. AND LORD ClABENDON .-, lnep . l « ntitl ; s , declBration . in . this case was filed on ^ uesday . ; .. There . are five counts in Jt ? one charges the defendant with , having written theiletter ., contaming the libel complained of by , the pjaintiffitb the Earl of / Shrewsbury ; another count charges the defendant , with the . publication of the letter in the raW « t , newgpaper ; and aUhiird with the 1 publication generally . The declaration is signed' by' Mr Butt ¦( Ml .. ; and Sir Colman 0 'Lo « hlenr : . The defendant must plead to the declaration within eicKt davs ¦ ¦
• IHS ifBOCUlMED DlSTBiOTtf OF ' DoWN —The constabiilarly force stationed in Banbridgeha ' s withlniKL "' m !"^ ' H ? ^ ' sed to upwards of lOOmen . . The reason for so large a number ' of the orce in that particular locality is stated to be that ss ^ sfesas ' ^ assssesaai ^^ SS Kinostown . -Two men , in dose custody went across on Tuesday in the ^ LiverpooPsSme ?' IU said they ; areoonnected with the late SSit re r bery on oneof the English railways ; 8 ' fc
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V ! - ¦ - ¦ • : / MIDDLEslx ^ SESSlO ^^" ^^ , The June general session ' of the nn , n , county of Middlesex . co ^ menced on ffia V ° th » Session House , Cle rkenwell-green S-7 i ^ was remarkably light , there feihg but 49 fi en ( li * for twal , the whole oHwhom , With onf ^ v S ° nei" « being ^ bavged withfelony - e * sept ! Ot ) SE . siEscEs .-Thoma 8 Pitzwilliam and wir Gilbert , convicted at the last session of T ' lh from the person , were brought un f ™ - . 5 arceny The Officer of the House o& ^ SSv ? ^ the prisoners had been convicted a Sjffl that timea .-The . learned judge sentenced r ?" "" Of to be transported . te WyeS . ^ ffoiSS ' * * a caution to him from the fate of his cmZ ' ¦ aft ( * be imprisoned for six moths . coni Panion , to John Jones , also convicted at the last b « mckmg pockets , was sentenced to En ° nfor for seven yeays . ¦ ¦ . . . ue trans ron 64 Thomas Johnson , 16 , a resDaot . > w » i youth , was charged ' with having sSSi ?« chief , the property of David WillS 8 h f ndk CN person , at the Exhibition .-The pr& , mhia guiltyto the charge , and was sen enccd t ^ months' imprisonment and hard labour ni 118 l RoBBEHY . -Thomas Smith , 17 , was ^ r ^ _ .
uav . ng sioien a suk purse , a £ 5 note , 4 so ? P «; and other monies , and two diamond * twl ^ ' and monies of Mary Bhuffrey , fromhpr ^ peniea William Blackburn ! police cewSK 257 9 " ?^ that , on tho afternoon of totaSv . tie 'W May , at about half-past two o ' clock & In . \ near to Buckingham Palace , $ ere ^ 1 ° " duty great crowd assembled on the ocoa ion c f hn ^ r jestjr going to the drawing-room jl' ^* Queen was going out of the gMehosStww ner put fan hand into the pocket of the pSUffi and . . dyaw . it ont -again Ho was immSS - takon mo custody , and the purse and its content were picked up at the prisoner ' s feet .-Maty Sto rey identified the purse and contents as her pronertt
aomo person spofie to her , and she saw her m& lying on the ground . It was safe in her possession only a short time before . —The prisoner was found Guilty , and sentenced to he imprisoned fov six months , there being no former conviction standing against him . ° Robbery , at a Brothei ,. —Sarah Jones , a sava » looking woman , aged twenty-two , was indicted for having stolen from the person of Richard JutBum £ 3 and upwards in gold and silver monies —The prosecutor , a ' clerk , residing at 64 , Ald ^ u High strcet , deposed that between ono and twn o ' clock on the morning of the 22 nd of May he mof the prisoner in Union-street , Spitalfields . and uhl
a short conversation he proceeded with her to a house of ill-fame in Thrall-street . Though he had been drinking he knew perfectly well what ho iras about , and be knew that when he entered the hoiiaa he had upwards of £ 3 in money about him Ifo went with her into a room on the ground floor and very soon afterwards he found her hand at Ms fob , in which a bag , containing the money \ t « placed . Having put his own hand into the fob hp found that the bag was gone , and he immediately accused her of taking it . She denied that she had taken it , and ran towards the door , but lie nr vented her getting away , upon which shs threatened to beat bis brains ont
with the poker and no sooner had &he made this \\ m d than she ran to the fire-place and took un a piece of iron ( a fire-shovel handle , ) with which she struck him severely across the mouth and hands He had again laid hold of her , but he waB compelled to let go , and she took him by the hair of his head and , after pulling it violently , she released her hold ' and ran to the window . She ¦ threw up the sash ' and called for help , and immediately afterwards two women got into the room through the window They both l « id hold of him , one by the hair ; and whilst he was so held the prisoner jumped out of tha
window , and got away . As soon . 13 ahe was gone th& two women got off through the window , and left him alone in the room . The window looked into a back yard , and oh going to it he saw tbe prisoner , the two women , and three other women standings the yard together , ne got into the street with as little delay as possible , and told a police-officer whd was on duty there what had occurred . The same morning he found the prisoner in the custod y ofthe officer . Whilst he was struggling with the prisoner in the room before the two women got through the window , she dropped on the floor four half-crowns one shilling , and two foufpenny-pieces , which ha
plotted up and gave to the officer . Thoy were , ha thought , a part of the money taken from him .-. Police-constable Samuel Damerel , 140 H , stated that on the , morning in question he saw the prose « cutor go with the prisoner into the house in Thrall , street , of which the prosecutor had now spoken . About an hour afterwards he again saw the prose < cutor in the street , and from a communication made by him , witness afterwards took the prisoner into custody . When the prosecutor spoke to him he vraa bleeding from the . mouth and from the left hand . The prosecutor gave him the piece pf iron produced . The prisoner denied having ever seen the
prosecutor . She was searched , but no-money wnsfovma upon her . The prisoner lived in the house . He received the money produced from the prosecutor -The prosecutor identified the iron handle produced as that with which he was assaulted , He positively identified the prisoner . —The prisoner , ia her defenoe , said the prosecutor was wrong . It was not herjandthe house was an open ono , and full of women . —The learned'iudgo haying summed up , the _ jury found the . prisoner Guilty . —Tha learned judge said it was a very bad case , and sen « tencedtue prisoner to be transported for sevea jears , ¦
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FIRE ON BOARD A . N EMIGRANT SHIP AT CALCUTTA—AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE .
Despatches have been received from Calcutta to the 23 rd of April .. . There has been another case of ship burning . at . Calcutta , attended with a dreadful sa « crifice of human life . The country ship Kurramany , proceeding down the river , bound to Mauritius with upwards of 350 Coolie emigrants on board , was burnt to the water ' s edge
on the night of the 6 th ult ., when off Kedgeree . ; The Captain ( Hogg ) the chief mate , and the pilot , together , with about one-half of the orewyand a few of the emigrants , have alone been saved . Upwards of 300 unfortunate people perished by drowning and in the flames . There seemsto be no doubt that this was the work of incendiaries . The following is Captain Hogg ' s account of this awful catastrophe :-
—To describe the scene of last night in the total destruction of the shi p . Kurramany by fire , below Kedgeree , quite surpasses the power of language . But , it being incumbent on me to make a statcm **' of such facts as I am able to . relate connected with the catastrophe , I lose no time in forwarding them to yoii . Having retired at inn early hour , I was awoke by Mr . Porter ( tho pilot in charge of the vessel ) with the alarm of fire about ten p . m . The alarm was first raised by somo of the emigrants . I hastened on deck , but my way forward was so obstructed by the . unfortunate people that I found it very difficult to force a passage to the fore part of the ship . However , before I cot to tho fore
hatch , the . deofc was so . enveloped with the dense smoke that emerged from the fore scuttle that I oould see nothing before me , and had to grope my way to the forecastle . In vain I sang out lor »" bands ( thelsnip ' s company ) , ' in vain I called out fot Wang and , tindals , in vain for buckets and water , . The . chief offioer was at this time between decs ' i but was at last driven up , and-with Mr . Porter and the ; second officer . of the ship , one tindftl and five or ; 8 ix ; la 8 oar . s ,.. got . forward on the topgallant fo » ; castle , and at this instant the flumes burst out f the fore scuttle and fore hatoh with inconceivable ¦ fury , and ' the ' ship riding head to wind with a m * breeze from tho southward , 'almost as fjaick a '
thought the whole deok , cuddy cabins and all , wera enveloped . in flames .., The emigrants having f mustered on | he poop , they ' in this state of utter confusion , gotinto the quarter-b ' onts , which brote down with the immense wei ght , and it is belief that all who were not precipitated into the sea , ' « this way , jumped overboard , whilo we fcrw «» could do nothing towards tho safety of ourselves o others , but stand and watch the devouring elem »» working its way towards us , masts , riggiHg , an % ' on fire , ; and- as it approached us we retreat ^ on , to the bowsprit and jib-boom , but taju * cut all the . head stays to prevent the lore mast fulling and effecting our immediate o « Struction , . the jib-boom , with several per 3 " ' on it , - broke off . by the bowsprit cap , but » e > & connected to the ship by all therigg ine belonging *" it ; it still hung under the bows ; we who were 01 i
the bowsprit remained : there , till driven off it by " intense heat . - .. wethen-descended into tho sea . w supported ourselves , on tho . broken jib-boom . 0 only hopes of being sav . ed were , throug h tho mew of God and the assistance the steamer mignt « able to afford us . " Hanging on under the bo « 3 J siw the starboard chain , by which the ship ™* riding at the time , fun out in a way which * vinced n ^ o that it must have been unshackled p paratory tothe event . The ' ship then drifte d w some miles , we still hanging on , witnessing to consumptioirof hull , spars , &c ., until the larbo " . anchor dropped . from the bows ( the chain being ^ hot ) , this brought the ship up . By this tune t »» steamers Rattler and Union had anchored close v > the wreck ' , and despatched their boats with -ill P » = sible haste to our assistance , by which nuans 1 y Mr . Porter ( pilot in charge ) , Mr . Turner , ch » i «™ cer , myself , and six la . scars , were rescued from awful situation . Mr . Andrews , second ofiicw ' having let go his hold from utter exhaustion , ue
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EvciauB . . A Kich Padpbr . —a few days ago an old woman , named Mary Cody , who had been known as a professional mendicant of the most wretched cast formany years , died at Black Mil !; and , after her'deceaBe , the sura of * 3015 s . 'was found . in ari old box belonging to her , £ 7 of wKSch she had previously directed should ho laid out on her funera \; : Law Appointment . —The' Sergeantcy , vacant by the resignation of Sergeant Stock , has been conferred on Mr . Christian ; Q . C ., oneof the leading
members of the Irish Chancery bar . : The . Queen ' s Birthday . —On Saturday . a grand review of all the disposable troops in the Dublin garrison was held in thePhosnix-park , iu honour of her Majesty ' s birthday . ; ' ... ¦• . The Kewry eleotion passed oflf on Friday in ' a walkover . for / Mr . Hallowell , the Proteetionistcafr ididate . ' , ? AUKbugh various candidates " were" spoken of on the Liberal aide durins ; the preceding week , there was no show whatever of opposition ' , and ' the election did not create the slight-et intdrest in the ¦¦
town . , ¦ • • ¦¦'¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ " ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' K' ¦ <¦ < ¦•¦"' : J c : ; Thk Ministry . —The disappointment felfc here among the Roman Catholic and Tory patties at tne enormous niajority of the Ministers on the Ceylon question niay be easily concoived , and proportioned to that disappointment k the indi gnation felt ahd expressed against the'Irish Liberal inembers who dared to support the government either directly by their Votes , ov indirectly b y their absence from the division . ' ' ' ' ¦¦ ¦ ' ' •• ¦ - ' ¦ '••' ¦ THE FlBR AT SlB H .- BR » CB ' s .-i-The " Boar
Hunt , " a pictorial-gem of the great Raphael , was burnt at Downhill House , the latd family seatof Sir Hervey Bruce . The magistrates having de'bi ' de d that 'the fire was incendiary , the sum of £ 50 , 000 wil he levied off the barony : of Londonderry next assizes for compensation ; ' ' , ' = '• ! > ¦ > - ¦ : A '' ' CoilSKCRATipN OP TUB RoMlSH' BlSHOP ELECT OF KatALOK .--The bull has arrived from Rome appointing the R i ght Rev . Dr . "Vaughnn Bishop of Killaloe —of course with power ' and authority tb g 6 ' vtrh ' tne subjects of his Holitiess resident * itKiu' that tinytory . :: The consecration is to take ' place oh Sunday next at Neriagh . ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ " •^ - ' - . ;•' - Rbprksentatiok or Limkmck . —A Captain Carleton has announcod his intention of becoming the parliamentary representative- and Chiimpitin of Pope ' and Popery of the city of Limerick in the iiext parliament . Captain Cavleton , according to the Limerick Reporter , is a large landed proprietor of the county , and of ultra Radical princi ples . ¦ -Tub PRDCUiMitD Districts . —Theiforthern ' WMq says : — "The inhabitants of tho proclaimed districts have been made to feel the working ' of the law pretty severely already . ' Ko time has" bebn lost b ' y the aBthprities . The additional force of police drafted to the district , under tho provisions ¦ ' of the act , -weic no sooner comfortably located ' than means were taken to make the-inhabitants pay for the importation . A rate was forthwith struck to cover the expenses of tho additional force and it
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Wiau » . ¦' ¦ Sdicidb bta Sbbobanx op the 82 « d Fooir , —Ar intense sensation of Iiorror was created throughout this town , on the afteYtioon of the SOth ult ' ., by the intelligence that a sergeant of the 82 rid Regiment of Foot had wilfully blbwn ^ 9 uf'hi 8 ' brains with a musket , in the military infirmary or hospital at John ' s Town . The unfortunate man , whose' name was Robert Dodd , had been sent to the infirmary on the 7 th instant , having been for some time past
suffering from delirium tremens , Uo continued in a dreadfully excited state until within two or three days of the commission of the fatal act , when he appeared ; to have improved so considerably as ho longer to require careful watching , The company to which he belonged being about to embark for Pater , it was deemed ' proper that such' of the patients as were able to carry their arms and ammunition to the place of embarkation , should do so ; and accordingly several firelocks and cartouch boxes were transferred from the barracks to the
infirmary , where they were deposited in a small storeroom opening into the passage , which ; was locked , and the key placed on a . shelf above . the door . The deceased was sitting in the kitchen in company with another patient , when he suddenly rose , and without speaking a word went into the passage . His companion almost immediately afterwards heard a rustling or rattling noise , ' as if some one was moving the firelocks , and was proceeding to ascertain the cause , when he heafd ' the discharge of a shot , and on opening the door of the store . 1
room , found the deceased had blown his brains out by introducing tjie muzzle of a musket ( which he himself must nave loaded ) into his mouth , and discharging the trigger with the butt-end 6 f his ramrod . ; The body presented a frightful spectacle , the whole , of the right side of the skull lieitig blown away by : the bullet ^ nnd a portion of tho ' scalp navingbeen severed and attached by the force of " » 8 explosion to the ceiling above . He has left ' a wife ' and child to lament his loss , ' arid ho had only to serve about four months to entitle him to rttirement upon the lull sergeant ' s pension .-WeZsAman .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 7, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1629/page/6/
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