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%% t # tttr « poU $ * Health ot Losdos . —The mortality of London continues to bo of greater amount than from past experience in the first week of June might have l » een anticipated . In the ten weeks of 1841-50 , which correspond to the week ending last Saturday , the average number of deaths was 804 , and ¦ with one exception the mortality did not in any case exceed 941 ; hut the present return shows that 901 deaths were registered last week , making an excess of 97 above the actual average , and of IS above the average corrected for increase of population . —As compared with the results of the preceding week ( ending May 31 ) the present return shows a small decrease ia the total number of cases produced by
epidemic diseases , but an increase id those arising from affections of the respiratory organs . In the former class the principal complaints are measles , ¦ which carried off 39 children m the week ; hooping < sou » b which was fatal in 47 cases ; scarlatina in 15 an ' d typha 3 in 46 . These epidemics show rather more than the usual amount of fatality , with the exception of scarlatina , which does not see m to lave been prevailing much of late . The number of deaths assigned to small pox ia 16 , nearly all of these having occurred under three years of age . This is not more than the average mortality from email pox in the metropolis generally ; but ' it will be seen that Mr . Hems , a registrar of Whitechapel , reports that the disease ia exceedingly prevalent
and fatal in Charlotte-court , situated in his sub district—that " five children have died their during the last three weeks , and many others are now suffering . " The registrars also mention cases of tvphnsand scarlet fever that have occurred during the week in various localities where overcrowding , inadequate drainage , and noxious smells are complained of . —Iu the previous week the number of fatal case 3 arising from diseases of the organs of respiration was 136 , in the last week 161 , the latter number being considerably in excess of the corrected average , which is 100 . This class comprises laryngitis and larjngismns stridulus , which number seven cases ; bronchitis , which was fatal to sixty-four persons , pleurisy to six ,
pneumonia to seventy-one , and asthma to nine . From phthisis , or consumption , there were US deathsan amount of mortality which much preponderates relatively to that produced by other causes , but is not greater than is usually observed in the weekly account to arise from this disease . —This week the deaths of two centenarians are returned , the particulars ia cither case are registered as follows : — At 103 , Ileat-street , Mile-end , * Old Town , on the 4 th June , a superannuated officer of the Customs , died of " old age , " at the age of 103 years . —At "Weavers" Almshouses , Old-street-road , Shoreditch , on 1 st June , the widow of a salesman died of " natural decay , " at the age of 100 years . —Tho births oi 735 boys and 711 girls , in all 1446 children were
registered in the week . The average number in the six corresponding weeks of 1845-50 was 1345 . — At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of tho barometer was 30 . 168 in . on Sunday ; the ' mean of the week was 29 . 840 in . The mean daily temperature on every day except Monday and Tuesday , when it rose to 5 S deg . 5 tnin . and CO deg . Smin ., was under the average of the fame day as derived from the results of ten years . On Wednesday and Thursday it was respectively eleven arid eight degs . below the average . The mean temperature of the week was fifty-five deg . two min ., which is three deg . below the average . Ihe wind was generally in the north-east and north on Sunday and Monday , and afterwards was for the sno 3 t part in the south-west .
Suicide at "Westminster BniDGE .--On Saturday last Mr . William Cark-r held an inqucstatthe Hero of Waterloo , Lambeth , on the body of G . Powell , aged twenty-three , a confectioner . —Emma Read , of Castle-lane , Pimlieo , deposed that on Thursday ¦ week she and a young man , with another female , were returning from the Surry Theatre , and whilst crossiag Westminster Bridge she saw the deceased leap over the parapet into the water . In falling she heard his head strike one of the buttresses . His hat fell on the foot pavement ; in it was written , " Take this to 25 , Sloane-square , Chelsea . " A lad , named Mansfield , proved finding the body in the River Thames , and assisting in getting it ashore . —Eliza Clark , of 29 , MorpethrStreet .
Bethnal-green , identified the body as being that of her brother . For nearly three months he had been out of employment , and had been during that period living with the different membars of hiB family . Oi \ Thursday week he went out with a parcel to book at the Eastern Counties Railway , but he had not . done so , and no one knew what had become of tbe parcel . She was of opiaion thas he either lost it or had been Tobbed , and that event had driven him to desperation . —Verdict , " Temporary Insanity . " Extessivb Fire . —Shortly after twelve o ' clock pn Saturday night a fire broke out in the manufactory of Messrs . Crosse and Blackwell , the great Italian warehouse and pickle merchants in
Sohosquare . The premises are very exteusive , and run down to Suttoa-street , contiguous to the large shop and house in the square ; but owing to a wise regulation in the construction of these premises , the doors which enter them from the house are large iron ones , which are closed at the termination of business , thus cutting off all communication by fire to the other portion of the buildings . The fire was entirely confined to the warehouse in which the pickle is manufactured and . stored . The premises are insured in two or three fire-offices , and the damage done is supposed to amount to about £ 2 , 000 , there having been a large shipping order completed of the choicest preserves .
Fires is WiniEciurEt . —The inhabitants of Christian-street , Whitechapel , were greatly alarmed on two occasions on Saturday last , owing to the sudden outbreak of an equal number of fires upon the extensive premises belonging to Mr . Anthony Scott , master carman and wheelwright ! ' The first fire broke out about six o ' clock in the morning in the stabling . The flames were after much trouble extinguished . About four hours afterwards a tody of flame was seen to issue from the roof of Mr . Scott ' s private residence , and upwards of three hours elapsed before tbe firemen could get the mastery over the fire , and not until the premises ¦ were partially destroyed . The origin of either fire is enveloped in obscurity .
Fatal Accident . —Between eight and nine o ' clock < m Monday evening , a boat , returning with a party of seven persons from Greenwich , in making for ItotherMthe-stairs to land , got athwart the causeway and capsiaed , immersing the entire party . One , a female , named Emma Somcrville , of Water , loo-road , Walworth , in her struggles , got . out into deep water and was drowned . Sotposed Mgkder . —The mutilated body of an infant was found in an unfinished house in Percv-. fiquare , Clerkenwell , on Saturday last . An inquest wa 3 holden at the workhouse of the parish , before Mr . Wakley , M .. P ., when the district Burgeon , Mr . Taylor , stated that the body was so decomposed that he could not account for its death , and an open verdict to that effect was returned , leaving the further investigation to the police .
Caution to Omxibus Proprietors . —On Saturday last at the Inland Revenue Court , Messrs . Carpenter , proprietors of a Paddington omnibus , were fined £ 20 for going off their licensed line of road , namely , having driven one of their carriages from it on the Xew-road to the Northern line of railway P police-constable said the defendants had been frequently plying for hire at the terminus , without any tight whatever . —The court informed the defendants that It would enforce the penalty unless they showed in a petition some circumstances in mitigation , as it was nccesary to enforce the law respecting such vehicles .
Extexsve RomiER **—The police have received information of the stealing of a large and valuable fiuite of jewellery from the Albion Tavern . Caledonian-road , Islington , the property of Mr . Burnman , consisting of a gold chain with split ring , gold pencil-case and trinkets attached , a mosaic broooh ( subject , a butterfly ) , three diamond rings , a turquoise ditto , a Lair ditto , a gold dittfco , set with a stone ; a diamond snake ditto , a single stone turquoise ditto , . a pebble ditto , a gold brooch , set with amethysts and pearls ; a jet ditto , with hair ; a cornelian ditto ; a pebble ditto , with amethyst in centre ; a snake gold brooch , set with hair ; a gold pnzzle ring , a hair bracelet , with gold clasp ; a gold bracelet , two opera glasses , and other articles .
Opposition to me Metropolis Water Bill . — At the meeting of the St . Pancras Reform Association , or the Committee-room , Derby street , King ' sw ~ 7 ^ : a Concaanen , Esq ., in the chair—Mr . Worrell brought forward a resolution calling the H 2 , * « tfae vestry to the bill now in progress SSth e ™ T o £ Commons > f 0 P the 8 uPPiyof SKUSyUffiSft «»* « P «** *» art estaolishmmt « f lts 1 Dfl ° ence to prevent the Jrove inSus *« T opoly whica cannot fail to JontLdeffiifUtt ^ ^ - Mr ' Worre 11 people , U «? Si& 5 Sa » - 2 P ° nthe . water . WhyshouldtteS , ° nm hePriceof chased ? Therew « nothing con > pames be pur-¦« r the bake / fro m comSS l hebut « her trade , and why-iffiSLS ^ 5 "? <>? ** bn
a monopoly ? The water ™ ™ - c ouia oe ally , in dividends ? S oooTh ? KCeived ani ™ - the proposed bill , ^ ffAWff * by companies dividends vafyine fiSm wnnSf 8011 £ 240 , 000 . Only £ 2 uO < K toT r , ° 0 , 000 . to whUe £ 40 , 000 a % aristogoforotej- fiKt ' meats , but when all these Zn SSZTT ^ for , and the expenses . diminbhe Mtoff fi . mnagement . the shareholders were to Se then £ 340 , 000 , inmas aa unspecified discount on all K ^^ tts swSS
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as carried . —Mr . Edwin James , Mr . Phinn , and Mr . Ellis have been retained to conduct the inquiry in support of the bill on behalf of the government before the select committ- e . A Novel Mode or Sparrow Shooting . —On Saturday afternoon last , two men of colour , apparently Hindoos , and exceedingly well attired , were observed "tilling time" by amusing themselves in «« k illing sparrows , " which acts they achieved in tho following singular manner;—Ilaving taken up their position in Cumberland Hay-market , near the Regent ' s Park , where the above birds are pretty numerous , they waited until the game settled on some spot within the reach of their projectile range , when , by applying a bamboo cane to their
mouths , they dismissed a shot at the object of their aim , which , in five instances out of six , was sure to be attended with fatal effects . The pellets they made use of for the above purpose consisted of bard clay , resembling greatly boy ' s marbles ; and it was truly astonishing to notice with what accuracy and precision these expert fowlers struck the birds at which they levelled their deadly tubes . When within fifteen paces of the object their aim proved unerring , and during the short interval of time they continued to exercise their sportive pursuit they managed to secure nearl y two dozen sparrows , which they consigned to a small basket , and walked out of the market , apparently highly gratified with the result of their remunerative adventure
Sisgblab Death from Lock-jaw . —An inquest was held on Wednesday , by Mr . W . Carter , the coroner at the Rising Sun , Old Kent-road , as to the death of James Bagley , aged forty-four , who died from lock-jaw . The evidence went to prove that the deceased was proceeding to a friend ' s house , when he slipped and fell to the ground with great violence , whereby he sustained a slight injury of the nose . lie was placed under the care of a surgeon , but notwithstanding every attention symptoms of lock-jaw intervened . He gradually sank , and died from tetanus , resulting from the injury to the nose , which no medical skill could eheck . The deceased was a shoemaker , but had been greatly reduced in his circumstances . Verdict— " Died from tetanus , or lock-jaw , caused by an accidental fall . "
Soicide at STRASD-ojf-inE-GnEEs . —On Wednesday night an injuest was held at Mr . Gough ' s , the Steam ~ packefc Tavern , Strand-on-the-Green , Chiswick , before Mr . II . M . Wakley , upon the body of Mr . Samuel Thorrington , aged fifty-eight , a coalmerchant and barge-master , lately residing at Uillcottage . Tho catastrophe has excited much sensation in the locality , the deceased being comparatively a stranger , but well-known at Windsor , as carrying on business there many years . The general report was that he was living apart from his wife , and had done so for some years , allowing her < v separate maintenance . She came to his house during his temporary absence at Bri ghton , and on his return he took no notice of her , and wandered
about the neighbourhood for several days , declining to go home , where he had a very aged mother , and he had previously said that if ever h | s wife came to him he would destroy himself . The first witness called was Sophia Thorrington , the deceased ' s widow , who stated she came home on Monday evening , but the deceased and herself were the only persons in the house . About eight o ' clock she want iuto a room occupied solely by the deceased , and in which he transacted business , and asked him for an envelop to enclose a letter she had been writing to one of her daughters who is living at Windsor , and he said " I won ' t give you one , " ant went into an adjoining bed-room , and the witness went back to her roouiand satdown . In afewminutes he walked in , holding a pistol in his right hand , and exclaimed , "Now , old girl , the time has come . "
She fearing that he was about to murder her , rushed towards him , caught hold of the pistol with one hand , whilst with the other she opened the front door and ran into the garden and called out "Murder—police . " A policeman was passing at the time , and as he was entering the garden the report of a pistol was heard b y both of them , and she returned to her husband ' s room with the policeman , and found deceased lying on the sofa weltering in his blood , and the pistofgrasped in his right hand . He was then struggling in the agonies of death . Dr . Boldness , of Windsor had attended him for fifteen years ; had said he was decidedl y insano , and ought to be under confinement . He appeared always anxious for business , and closely attended to it . After hearing some other evidence the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . "
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that this will not be the full extent of the catastrophe , as there is not the slightest probability that John Burchell , the elder , who was the engineer of the works , can survive the dreadful in juries under which he is now suffering . The names of tho men at present dead are : Francis Bryant , aged sixty . four , who was dreadfully scalded and received twe extensive cuts on the head from portions of the masonry W . Burchell and John Burchell , junior , sons of the engineer ; Daniel Mountain ( who was so shockingly scalded all over his person that portions of his flesh came off with his clothes ); James Ricketts , Joseph Long , the bailiff of the pit , and Samuel Bryant With one exception they aro all married men and have left families . The inquest on five of the seven
bodies was commenced on Monday at the Rose and Grown Tavern , St . George ' s , before W . Joyner Ellis , Esq . The coroner , after the jury had been sworn , said that by a recent act of parliament coroners were prohibited from proceeding with inquests on the bodies of persons killed in connexion with the working of collieries , until they had given two days ' notice of the same to one of her Majesty ' s principal Secretaries of State . As soon as the occurrence of the explosion was communicated to him , he at once addressed a letter to Sir George Grey , who , he doubted not , would send down a government inspector to attend the inquiry . Pending the arrival of that officer or the expiry of the notice allowed by law , he could not take any evidence , and their proceedings that day would be limited to viewing the bodies , and making a minute and careful
examination of the boiler and the scene of the accident . That duty discharged , he should adjourn so as to afford time for the attendance of the inspector . The jui'y then proceeded to view the bodies of the sufferers and the works , one glance at which sufficed to show the terrible violence of the explosion . The engine house was reduced to a heap of ruins , the boiler torn to pieces , and fragments of the masonry and ironwork scattered in all directions . Thirteen men connected with the working of the colliery had a very narrow escape of their lives , as when the explosion took place they were just on the point of entering the bucket to be drawn UP the shaft of the pit . Had the explosion occurred as they were being hauled up they must have been precipitated to the botton of the pit , and had they been landed they would have doubtless shared the fate of their unhappy fellow workmen .
Accident on the East Lancashire Railway . —The following are the particulars of a melancholy accident which happened on the C : h inst . on the above line : —It appears that a few miles from Ormskirk a number of men have beon for some time past employed on some earth works of the company , but in charge of the contractor . In order to remove the earth away a great number of trucks are obliged to be used . On that afternoon a train , consisting of several trucks , was proceeding along the line at an exceedingly moderate pace , and when between Burscougii and Rufford several of the ballast waggons were literally dashed to atoms , and the parties whft were iu charge of the train were all more or less hurt . . A man named Richard Kirby was forced out
of one of tho trucks , and falling between that and the next was fearfully cut and mangled . When he was extricated 5 ife was found to be quite extinct . Another man , supposed to be named George Franklin , who was in the same truck as the unfortunate deceased , was also terribly cut and wounded . A number of other men , although much hurt , are , it is expected , not fatally injured . After some time the trucks were got off the line , when an examination was made with a view of ascertaining the cause of the casuality . Very few minutes were required to learn that , for on inspecting the axle of the truck in which the poor fellow was who has been killed , it was found to have broken near the centre . When that took place the truck was doubtless thrown upon its side over the rails ; and the speed with whiuh the
tram was proceeding , although moderate , was sufficient to cause the weight of the waggons behind to smash those in front . A fracture of some considerable extent must have been in the axle for some time , which is clearly perceptible from the rusty state it was in . That it should have lasted so long without parting is a matter of astonishment to all who have seen it j and the officials of the line are of opiuion that those in charge of the ballast trains had not properly examined the axle , otherwise they must have detected the imperfection . The axle is now doubled up similar to a piece of common lead , pipe when subjected to a little pressure . The mutilated remains of the deceased were taken to the Railway Inn . The unfortunate man has left a widow and three or four children totally unprovided for .
The Gold Dust Robbery . —Winchester . —On Monday , Mr . Charles Seagrim ( the mayor ) and a number of the city magistrates met at Winchester Guol , to conclude the formal reading and the completion of the evidence of several witnesses who were not present at the last examination . Mr . Field , the inspector of the detective police , was first examined , and then Mr . Jennings , the cheeking clerk in the Southampton Dock Company ' s employ . Mr . Barber ' s evidence with respect to the piece of black cloth found on the prisoner was read , and the evidence of two warders who had discovered it , and had not been previously examined , was taken ; after which the prisoner was finally committed . The witness Jennings proved the extraordinary fact that the box found had never received the Customhouse seal .
Whitsuntide . —An ancient ceremonial , which for a long course of years has fallen into desuetude , was on Monday . revived in Lichfield . Many centuries ago , there was held annually , in the city close , on Whit-Monday , a " Court of Array , or View of Men at Arms , " which , ended in a frolicsome pageant ,. consisting of athletic games , feasting , and other festive amusement . "With the increased facilities for approaching the city , consequent on the opening of the Trent Valley and North and South Staffordshire railways , the authorities determined to revive this time honoured festivity . Accordingly , on Monday , the mayor , assisted by the civic dignitaries , left the Guildhall in grand state , at eleven o ' clock , followed by au imposing procession , consisting of knights on . horseback , clad iu " complete armour " with their attendant esquires and pages , bands of music , morris
dancers , town fool , and Maid Marian , together with several thousand of the populace , who had flocked in by trains from all parts of tho district . The procession finally halted at the " Green-hill Bower , " where a handsome collation was served up , presided over by the mayor , Mr . John Mott . Thereafter the public were admitted to the " Hill , " which presented a scene of great gaiety and merriment , with which the proceedings of the day terminated . Opening of the Vale of Neatii Railway . — The 18 th of the present month , the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo , has been fixed on as tho period for the opening of this line . This anniversary has likewise been chosen as the opening day of the South Wales line from Gloucester to Chepstow , so that the juuetion between the former city and Swansea will then be completed .
Extraordinary . Suicide . —On the 6 th instant an inquest waa held at Black Notlcy , by Wm . Codd , Esq coroner , on tho body of William Wynn . a small farmer and constable of that place , wh ' o had committed suicide by cutting his throat . Tho case was attended by circumstances of an awful nature . The wound in the throat was so large that a man ' s douliie fist might , bo placed in it ; but it appears that after inflicting it ou himself he actually walked a distance of seventeen or eighteen rods . The widow of the deceased stated that she first noticed
indications of insanity in . hcr husband on the previous Saturday , and on , Wednesday last the outbreak took place which terminated in his selfdestruction . She recounted the particulars of a long and futile struggle which she had on that day with the madman , for the purpose of : preventing him from getting possession of a box of knives which was m the house .. Finding she was unablo to do so , she ran lor assistance , but before she could obtain any her husband inflicted several dreadful wounds upon his throat-James Card proved that Mrs . Wynn came screaming tn tho
Darn , ami on running to the yard , he found the deceased in a stooping posture , forcing the knife into his . threat with both hands . When witness got close he seized the knife and snatched it from him and going to the door flung it in ; but when he returned to him he found he had got another knife in his hand . This was taken from him , and another labourer coming up , witness ran for the doctor .-Mr . J ,. Dixon , surgeon , of Braintree , said , I found XVSi fn ln a W'S near hia house > and c [ ™ to a pond , from which it was stated he had ' just been taken His throat was cut , and ho was qui e dead . ( Tlie throat was completel y cutthvoueh and at the lower part there were bhJwJXJTeh as £ Jlf h f TTr ? * * f liavc bcen made by himself ; but I believe it to have been imuossible the yard to the pond , where ho was found , the windpipe , { esophagus , iliac arterv . and ; , J , Z
vein being completely divided ; he mus , l" Q who hS i ? r' ^ ° hn Swail ™ . the labourer , who had come to Card ' s assistance , said affpv Oard ran for the doctor , I saw deceacd shining a kmfe upon a piece of tile . I wenttowiidahfm and within three paces of him , but I wal afnidto go near him , and I then beckoned my mate Collard who was m the field , and he came , as also Mrs Adams , but none of us went very ' near him . Ue hen walked fast towards a pond , some rods distance from the house , with a knife in hi * riahr hand , and we all then followed him , buUiSnotS nearer to bun than fifteen or sixteen yards . Wh > he got to the pond hetfung himself in . I then ran for a dung crome and a rake . I got a rake , and on going to the pond , which was five or « iv fm > f . in
depth , we could not Bee him , but soon raked him up . He was quite dead .-The Coroner read over the evidence , commenting upon the circumstances of the case , and the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Mental Derangement . . " The Fukeral of the iate Eisl of Sdaftbb-B Ir"i \ Mondaythe mortal remains of the Earl of Bhaftesbury were remoyod torn St " . Oilsa ' s
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House , Cranbouru , Dorset , for the purpose of interment in the family vault at Cranbourn Church , a short distance from the hall . The funeral was unaccompanied by any ostentatious display , and the mournful ceremony was in every respect conducted simply and solemnly . Isle of Wight Election . —Charge of Manslaughter . —The Ryde Bench of Magistrates have committed a man named Alfred Pressley , to the Winchester assizes for the manslaughter of Mr . Cole on the first day of polling , at the recent election . Open Air Preaching . —A Clergyman Mobbed . A disgraceful and violent attack was made upon the Rev . R . W . Wolseley , Curate of St . John ' s Church , Liverpool , on Sunday evening , whilst that
gentleman was conducting an open air service in Standish-street , leading from Great Crosshall-street . Mr . Wolseley had discoursed for some time from the 5 th chapter of Sfc . Mark , the 22 nd and succeeding verses , ' when Michael Kelly , an Irishman , who appeared to be intoxicated , began to make use of gross and insulting language , and eventually succeeded in inciting a mob of low and disorderly people , who had collected round , to make an attack upon the clergyman . A rush was made to the chair upon which Mr . Wolseley was standing ; it was dragged from under him , and the rev . gentleman would have fallen upon his face had he not
been caught in the arms of Conolly , 4 G 0 , who , with Rimraer , another policeman , came up at the ti ^ e . Fitzpatrick , a second Irishman , behaved with exceeding violence , attempted to strike Mr . Wolseley , and was heard threatening to kill him . He was therefore apprehended on the spot . The officers had some difficulty in conveying Mr . Wolseley safely through the mob , and even when they had deposited him in a neighbouring coffee house , the iniuriated people outside threatened to pull the building down . Ultimately order was restored . Fitzpatrick was fined 40 s . and costs , or twenty-one days ' imprisonment .
Committal of the Daughter of a Naval Officbr for Felohy . —Mrs . Robinson , the wife of a gentleman connected with the mercantile service , at present in command of a large vessel trading to the East Indies , and daughter of Lieut . Vallack , R . N ., residing at 16 , Caroline-Place , Storehouse , was on the 6 th inst . committed for trial on a charge of larceny . It appears that a Mrs . Westlalce resided in the adjoining house , and kept a respectable seminary . From some , cause the domestic servants of the two parties quarrelled , in which their mistresses took part , and for some time past Mrs . Westlake , who is a widow lady , having only her son and servant residing with her , has been subject to the most extraordinary annoyances , the most glaring of which was the
constant breaking of the glass of her kitchen , which had been so frequent , and to such an extent , that in despair she had given up repairing the damage , and the result was that every pane of glass was destroyed . In addition to this injury , she has recently missed several articles from her kitchen without being able to discover by whom they were removed . On Saturday night , the 31 st ultimo , Mrs . Westlake herself assisted the servant in some of the domestic arrangements in the kitchen , and after fastening the window of the apartment , the whole family retired to rest . On the servant entering the kitchen on the following morning , she discovered the window wide open , and many articles which had been left there the preceding night missing—among othersa tea potsu ^ ar basin
, , , a loin of lamb , and half a pound of butter . The extent of this depredation created great consternation . The news soon spread that Mrs . Westlaku ' s house had been robbed , and her neighbours called to condole with her on her loss and annoyance . Among the visitors was Miss Caroline Woolridge , daughter of Captain Woolridge , R . N . While this lady and Mrs . westlake were in conversation , their attention was arrestedby a loud voice in the garden , and on going to the wiudow were surprised to see a saucepan tolling down the steps . . This was followed by a loin of lamb being thrown over the wall which separates the gar den of the prosecutrix from that of Mrs . Robinson ; next came a wooden tray ; then a teapot ; and
subsequently an oil , iar . On this , Mrs . Westlake , by the advice of her friends , applied to the magistrates for a warrant to search the house of her neighbour , ' which bein ? granted , was placed in the hands of Nathan , one of the officers of the police , who , in company with another of the force , visited Mrs . Robinson ' s house early on the following ( Monday ) morning . On searching the house , a sugar basin , the property of Mrs . Westlake was found , and Mrs . Robinson was apprehended . The bench committed the prisoner for trial at the next general quarter sessions for the county , offering , however , to admit her to bail , on providing two sureties for her appearance in £ 50 each .
Attempted Murder and Soicide at Leeds , — On Wednesday William Scott , a whitesmith , was brou » ht before the Leeds magistrates to answer the charge of having shot at a woman named Mary Widdop , with intent to murder her . Tho prisoner was in business for himself in a respectable way , and for some time before the occurrence had been on friendly terms with Mrs . Widdop , who is the wife of a gardener , residing in Blackmnn-lane , Leeds . On the morning of the 21 st March ho went into Widdop ' s house , and after sitting down , as he had often done before , near the fire , he pulled out a pistol , which ho'discharged at Mrs . Widdop , muttering something which she did not hear . The discharge of the pistol wounded Mrs . Widdop , in the side , arid she ran out very much alarmed . On the appearance of a neighbour , Scott , who still
remained in the house , discharged the . contents of another pistol at himself , by which he was seriously wounded , and he has been under medical treatment in tho Leeds Infirmary ever since . Prosecutrix , in her evidence , said that she did not think prisoner intended to shoot her . She had before this affair noticed an alteration in prisoner ' s manners . Both he and his wife had told prosecutrix ubout some pecuniary loss which he had sustained , and he appeared much depressed . Several witnesses wore examined , and many of them spoke of prisoner ' s eccentricities , which they attributed . to loss of money and ill-health . After a protracted heaving the prisoner was remanded for the magistrates ' decision . One or two respectable persons came forward to speak to prisoner ' s previous good character .
The Murder at Warrington . —Bridget Lyons , who was under sentence of death for the murder of Margaret JPahey , at Warringtbn , and whose husband was executed a short time ago , has received a pardon . She is to be transported for life . The late Accident , on the Midland Counties Railway , —On Wednesday a largo reward was offered for the apprehension of Samuel Stretton , of Derby , the engine-driver on the Midland Counties Railway , charged on the verdict of the coroner ' s jury with the manslaughter of John Meynell , Esq ., and Mr . J . Blake . Stretton absconded immediately after tho catastrophe , and is believed to bo trying to get out of the country . '
Singular Ciiarqe against a University Student . —On Saturday last , before the Cambridge County Bench , Mr . Denny , a flyman , charged William Henry Tarte , student of Magdalen Collce , with stealing a horse and clarence . Mr . Denny said that on Wednesday evening a gentleman of the University hired his horse and clarence to go to Hai'ston , and employed his servant , William Clark to drive him . On arriving at llarston , the gentleman culled out" halt , " and , sit the same moment , Mr . lartc sprang on the box , gave Clark os . and a note , saying , "This is my property , hop off . ' Clark replied , " I shall stick to my reins , "
whereupon Mr . Tarte kicked him completely off-the box into the road . Clark hurried back and informed his master , and they both took a pony gig and commenced a pursuit . At Ware they discovered that tho horse and clarence had been sent to London by rail ; but Mr . Tarte was secured by the superintendent of the Ilerts rural police . The defence was , that Mr . Tarte lodged with Mr . Denny , sen ., and wishing to do young Denny a favour , had bought a horse and clarence for the purpose of letting but finding there was no probability of getting the value of them , Mr . Tarte had adopted this novel Sjheme of possessing himself of his own property . —Case dismissed .
Coalpit Explosiok near . BARNsr . BY .-We re . gret to announce that another fearful explosion from fire-damp took place about a mile from Barnsley , on Monday last , at the works called the Ardsley Colliery , belonging to Messrs . Firth , Bailey , anil Co . inis colliery was the scene of the disastrous explosion which took place four years , ago when upwards of severity poor fellows paid the forfeiture of their lives ; and since that period a partial discontinuance of the works hag taken place until recently . Three men only have , however , been working in the pit from time to time ; and on Monday they pursued their occupation as usual until the shift arrived at twelve o ' clock . The three men were being let down the shaft , which is 284 yards deep ; and when about eighty yards from the bottom a terrific explosion suddenly took place , the fire-damp rushed up the shaft with frightful violence , and issued at the top
like the eruption of a volcano . Two of the poor fellows , on being brought to the top , were found to be dreadfully _ burnt , and of course quite dead . Their companion , however , had been thrown from the basket and precipitated to the bottom , from whence there is little hope of his recovery , at all events for some time to come , as the ' water at the bottom is more than twelve feet deep . The unfortunate man ( whose name is Thomas Billington ) was not regularly engaged to work in tho pit , but had gone as a substitute on Monday in lieu of a companion who was attending a club dinner . ? Two of his brothers lost their HveB when the explosion took place in the Ardeley pit , four years since . The other two men are named . Cliarles Riohards and James Bailey , and have left wives and families unprovidedtot There is a very general impression in the district that the occurrence is the result of mismanagement . —Manchester Guardian
Suspected Murder at HiwwnMTw . -Mr Stephen Reed , the coroner for South Northumberland , held an adjourned inquest on the body of Thomas Teasdale , a farmer , at Haltwhistle | on Monday . It was again adjourned to allow the re-
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mains of a former husband of Mrs . Teasdalo ' s to be exhumed . It has been buried between eleven and twelve years . The facts of this mysterious case are these : —Teaadnle was a small yeomen , living at a hamlet called Killoe , near to Pctherstone Castle . He had been a widower , but married Mrs . Teasdale some timo after her first husband ' s death . Teasdale and his wife , had led an unhappy life together , and he had often complained to his relatives of the violence of his wife ' s temper , and that she had threatened to poison or stab him . Teasdale had been poorly during the winter , but was taken seriously ill , with all the symptoms of having taken a mineral poison , in the latter part of April . Mr . Smith , surgeon , of Ilaltwhistle , attended him , and
came to that conclusion , and tvoated him for it . During his illness Teasdale was visited by his relatives and tho vicar of tho parish , to whom he spoke of the peculiar nature of his disorder and complained of a burning heat and violent pulsation across his stomach . He vomited very much during his illness , and what he threw up had a strong unpleasant odour . The only regular female attendant upon Teasdale was kia wife , and the food that he took during his illness was principally milk . Some of the milk Teasdale vomited Mr . Smith procured and forwarded to Dr . Charlton , of Newcastle ; but that gentleman being out of town , it was not sent to Dr . Glover for two or three days , and before the result of that gentleman ' s analysis reached Haltwhistle , Theasdalo was dead . Dr . Glover detected
arsenic m the vomited milk . A post mortem examination of tho body of Teasdale was made , and the stomach and its contents sent to Dr . Glover . That gentleman gave the result of his analysis on Monday , which was that Teasdale had been poisoned by arsenic . Previous to his death , and during his illness , Teasdalo appeared in a collected frame of mind . He made his will , and expressed a desire that another medical mau should be called in to consult with Mr . Smith , which was dono . There is a considerable amount of rumour about tho sudden death of Mrs . Teasdale ' s former husband , who was a person much older than her ; and to allow of a full _ investigation into the case , the jury reserved their verdict until his remains were disinterred and examined .
Attempted Murder at WoLVEnnAMPios , —On Tuesday a navigator , named James Soaes , about thirty-five years of age , was charged with having attempted to murder a feniale of tho name of Caroline Morris , the previous night , by cutting her throat . The woman remaining in a very dangerous state , and but little hopes being entertained of her recovery , an application for a remand was granted . Her depositions have been taken iii the presence of the prisoner , whom she swears as to being the person who committed the deed . The prisoner and his victim have been living together for some time
past at various towns in Staffordshire , but the woman deserted him about three weeks back , and came . to the above town , whither the prisoner came on Monday , and made inquiries at several places to endeavour to find her . In the evening he discovered her at a house of resort for persons of an abandoned character , and called her into a yard at the back of the public house , where , without speaking a word to her , he cut her throat from ear to ear . When taken into custod y he acknowledged that he had committed the crime , and expressed a regret that he had not also destroyed himself .
Shootiso at a Police Officer at Leeds . — James Morton , a cotton weaver , from Ince , near Wigan , Lancashire , wa 3 on Wednesday committed for trial at York assizes , for shooting at Mirfield , one of the police officers of Leeds . ExiRAonDiNAHY Escape . —On Wednesday evening as a train was proceeding between Nuneaton and Atherstone , the engine-driver observed an elderly man cross the line within a distance of a few yards from the engine . The Uain , which was running at a rapid speed , almost instantly passed over him , and proceeded a distance of 400 yards before it could be stopped . -The engine-driver , fearing the man was
cut in pieces , immediately ran back to the spot , where he was seen lying between the rails , but before he reached the place the man rose from the ground and walked into an adjoining field . On ' being questioned , be said he wag a farmer ' s labourer , and was returning from work , and that thinking he could cross the line before the train arrived , he attempted to do so . It appears , however , that he owes l « is wonderful escape to the fact of liis feet catching the outer rail , which threw him between the two rails ; and although a bundle of sticks he was carrying wa 3 broken to pieces , he did not sustain the slightest injury , ,,
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Reformation in DoBUN .-On Whit-Sun dTv r ~ persons renounced and abjured the errors nTV ° Ur under the spiritual direction of the Rev T ? pery Scott , and received the Holy Communion ? OI ?! " » Thomas ' s Church . One of the convert " R , " p St Andrew Hopkins , late parish priest of Ki | mori r * North , diocese of Iullala .-ZMZm //«•( , / " re ' " 6 Representation OF ' KiNSALB .-FathoJ . \ r , the pariih priest of Kinsale , referrin to i f . y , from that town , says :- " We are still misreii ltio 11 by Mr . Benjamin Hawes , allhou Sh we have £ "" W called upon him to surrender the trust of « i ^ % has proved himself so eminently unwortl . v ' high privileged uses , by his votes , to if Tl » 3 press , and injure those who conferred o'V ° PShould he , despite the indignant remonst-in ™ » ' ?• electors and inhabitants of Kinsale , ron l , . dishonourable course of conduct , the d ' , "li lhl 3 Parliament-wbich cannot be far distant !! 1 » £ ° * them the means of ample redress . Keith ? ., n o . lator of the most solemn pledges , nor -i ,,. vio " of the perfidious minister whom ho bSeh " ' ) P 0 r let gll erar more obtain a footing in theToJ ^ The ilionwAT to the West—H j , ,.. that the arrangements are completed ? , » ., ? ? '"" ** Midland Great Western RaiWS G , L' "' the istofAugust . ThoEarlof Claindonfe . ^
reaumess auenu inaugural cerenW u . Official ArpoiNTMEN Ts .-Tho C » -, h , day night officially notifies the appoint ' r If " Howley as first sergeant-at-law , Mr Sn ? Mr and Mr . Christian third sergeant in Ire £ ' Sei : ( md > Mr . Henry Gratian Curran is appoint ;> " veoi . 1 . t magistrate to take charge of the district of Strnk town , county Roscommon , in the room of Mr n mingham , deceased . . er Gam ox Sundav . —BELPASr .-Serions fears « entertained that the shipping off the west coastsT i Ireland and Scotland have suffered severely from ti gale that raged all Sunday . Two brigs were ofe . i to take refuge from its fury in the Bay of Ban » at two o ' clock . The Sir Colin Campbell , whichu the quays on Saturday , with 270 emigrants for 4 \ e £ York , and whiehanchored in the Lough , dragged \ 1 anchor for a considerable distance , but suffered nn injury ; and a report prevails rather generally ; town , that a brig off the entrance of the Loucli irao dismasted . " "
Fire at Belfast . —The starch mill o f Mcs , r , M'Cullogh was destroyed by fire on SuntlaV w ' The property destroyed was of considerable value h was insured . ' *' Homicide by an Artilleryman at Cork - _ 'i ' men belonging to No . 1 company 8 th battalion |{ mai Artillery , stationed at Ballincollig , drove into Co if in the afreruoon of Sunday last , one of tlifcm aw ., panied by his wife , and the other , named bell ( Jy young woman belonging to the village of lialiincollii ? to which it was said he was about to apply for of his commanding p ffioer to get married . ' On tlip ' return to Ballincollig in the evening , they overtook on the road another man of the same company na med
, Bnggs , who , it is said , was attached to Bell ' s in . tended wife . Brings was invited to take a seat on the car , which he accepted , and all drove together to th « barracks . On arriving there Bell and iiri' ^ s retired to their room , Bell carrying a shawl belongs ; to bJa female friend . Some words arose between" them when Briggs took from his pocket a penknife and ' opening it attempted to cut the shawl . Bell sduUt to prevent him , and a scuffle ensued , in which Bell received a deep wound from the penknife U ! , ikr his arm , from which the blood spouted . Alarm was instantly given , and the commanding officer went off for surgical aid . Dr . Parker was shortl y in atten dance , but failed in taking up the artery . ' The my .
master sergeant was then despatched to Cork , and took out with him Dr . Tanner , but on his arrival the sufferer had sunk too far from loss of blood io admit of an operation to stop the heraorrage ; and the un . fortunate man expired at half-past two on Monday morning . Immediately after the occurrence Brinos was put under arrest , and will remain a military pri souer until after the inquest . Bell was a sober wellconducted young man . of about twenty-three years of age . He was an Englishman , and had served fire years in the Royal Artillery . Briggs , wlio also bore a good character , is about twenty-four years of a » e , Briggs was born in England . 3
Cosskcbatios op Dn . Vavghan , Rom . vs Catholic Bishop of Killalok . —The discourse delivered by the Rev . Dr . Leahy , on the occis / on of the consecration of the Right Rev . Dr . VuuiKan , at Nenagh , on Sunday last , was to some extent oi a poluicnl character . Towards the close of Ins observations he said- " If our rulers be insane enou » h to try open persecution again , then with God ' s blessing wo arc strong enough to vamj « Uh it again . We are not afraid . Are you afraid , mv lords ? ( addressing the bishops present . ) You who worthily fill tho places of those men who , though it cost some of them their lives , have handed down to
you without a stnin the mitres which you now wear upon your heads . Are you afraid ? Are you afraid , my reverend brethren ; you who are of the seed oi those men by whom salvation was wrought in Israel ? You , the successors of the coura w with tho office of those intrepid men who in their day fought the good fight , and kept the faith . Arc you afraid—arc you , my brethren , the children of tho faith , whose fathers forfeited property asi
Departure of Tucops ron the Cape . —IMvreen four and five o ' clock on Tuesday evening the first division of tho 12 th Royal Lancera ( dismounted ) embarked at Dublin for Liverpool , en route to Win-Chester and Portsmouth , there to take shipping for the Cape . Tho Lnncers were preceded in their march from the barracks to the quays by three full bands , and were followed by a large concourse of persons , attracted by the rare occurrence of a rcgimont of cavalry proceeding on " war service . "
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Mr . Gkouoe Thompson ' , M . P . —The Boston Ilk rator states that at the annual meeting of ( he Anti-Slavery Society in that town , the following resolution was agreed to : — " Thut ) as the honoured representative of the labouring classes of Gwat Britain in Parliament , and the fearless advocate of all measures of Radical reform , George Tliompsora deserves to be welcomed with open arms on this sida of tho Atlantic by all who profess to abhor injustice and tyranny ; and that , although events of tho highest importance have occurred to cau > e the protraction of his stay in this country , boyondtbo period at first fixed for the duration of "is "sit , this
society cannot but believe that the generous constituencies represented by George Thompson , having vospoct to the influence of bis labours in tho United States upon the cause of liberty throughout the world , will justify and approve of his uqw turo from his original purpose , and estimate arig ht tho value of his exertions in behalf of human fimlomm this land . " It is stated that Mr . George Thompson will sail from tho United States for Eng land on tM 17 th inst . f The Case op Mk . BARDtR .-Thc Court oi Queen ' s Bench has refused the recent api'lwa * for a rule «/«" , directing the incorporated lw * - ° " ciety to grant a certificato to enable Mr . r > . irue : n « practise as an attorney , on the cround of ni'ff wc » bavins come to his knowMce since his former sp ;
plication liad been refusod by this Court . M » Campbell , in giving the decision , said that altl'M- ' he had not the honour of being a inemocr oi " »«¦ Court when the former judgment was prononnci » he had Severn 1 times perused that in 04 t . elal S judg . nent , and entirely concurred in the op •"«! there expressed , that if Barber was « oi !'" : ' st cognisant of the fraud and forgery enses , «¦ < " ^ have been because he was wilfully blind . nn « " not choose to inquire into tho character o . » ¦ transactions , or as &o little acuicness as w ¦ qualify him for the position to which he soiyui ' be restored . . .. m Emigration of ( Juarrtmen . -K is ^ "J rf
the men employed in the extensive slate W { in Korth Wales aro preparing , during tbe wj ^ the ensuing summer , to emigrate to tnc , ^ States . Kumbers have already gone over , » u ^ reason assigned for the departure of tne- o ^ the heavy amount of local taxation am i t it ^ . ^ neBS of remuneration for labour . It is «'' ; -, jj the rate of payment in the American V" ^ l nearly three times greater than the alD ^ , _ lir i ' can be realized in the Welsh workings . sc * . ( , „] e ;» stances have recently occurred where rr . ei > ^ n their native land deeply involved in icW »* ^ enabled by tho excellence of remuneration u i toil to remit tho amount of their debts' »'" Ut to discharge every claim that could U" " against them . emotO ^" New Bill io Exempt Yetemnaby W » ^ Lord Beaumont has laid on the table ot w . jj nf T . nv » # ) c « » t ,: il » K :. l . 1 « Suet . llPfTl » r - ( iii wiufl Villf 1 JJt U 1 JJ
v * n WUUU « | "" frt '« OrS exempt veterinary surgeons , and proie- ff { ji teachers of veterinary colleges or sclioe' - ^ Bevving on . juries and other offices . U 8 , . » ? tt « under the letters patent granted to t 1 ' 060 " ^ - ' rinary surgeons are compelled to s ? . , V jt ? and to discharge county and parochial j- « . $ ? it is declared that such service is Ff ^ lA mental to the interest of their profession ; . p injurious to the proprietors of horses , ^ . ^ f other domesticated animals . " Ther efore 11 * ^ posed that they , the professors of the vt . p ' ¦
art , should be exempted from all such «» - , passing 6 f the present measure . ^ . ^ jan ft Tub P 8 UBMAKPosT . OniOE . -The rm » y , W office has suddenly , and without notice , i * - ^ postage on English newspapers move tna » ^ tf the former amount . It is as well to sts »< nf , ri postage of a London journal to Berlin i ^ three times the price of it . As the ing » - , e [ i ; fo on a foreign journal is only a halfpenny i * . tf eiif'J should be done respecting this enormous ^ t » Cigars are now tipped with amber a * 5 f next the mouth ; by this means cigar ^ . j ^ quite superseded . This invention has ; pr «> the greatest luxury yet offered to smoKers .
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SElje isroMMee . Shocking Seicids at Brighton . —On Monday a coroner's inquest was held at the Crown Inn , Grafton-street , on view of the body of Mr . Thomas J . Hodges , a gentleman who had been more than ten years connected with the firm of Levick , Brothers , King ' s Arms-yard , Moorgate-streefc , London . A feniale relative of the deceased was the principnl witness , and she stated that the deceased , within the last twelvemonths , had shown symptoms of insanity , which appeared som after his father ' s death . On Friday night he became very ill , and , during her temporary absence from his room , he jumped through the window , falling from a height of thirty feet . He lingered till Saturday night , and then died from the injuries he received in the fall . Verdict— " Temporary insanity . "
The Ballot tvasted . —A carpenter of the name ofD .. sh , who gave his vote to Mr . Dawes , at the late Isle of Wight election , has been discharged by his employer for so doing . He was unblushingly asked , " Who told you to vote for Dawes ? 1 did not ! " If electors require protection at the hustings from the Violence of a mob , how much more does a poor man with a family require protection from the tyranny of those who would starve for conscientiously discharging a public duty ? The ballot will go far to accomplish bath these desired ends . Macclesfield . —Mr : Williams , one of the members , for this borougi , is at present suffering from severe illness .
The Late Accident on the Brighton Railwat . —A coroner s . inquest was held on Monday at the Sussex County Hospital , on view of the body of Samuel Jackson , who met his death by the train running off the line on Friday last between Falmer and Lewes . —Mr . Balchin , station-master at the Brighton terminus , having been called to identify the body , the only evidence which the Coroner thought it necessary to take was that of Mr . Penfold , the house-surgeon , who described the appearance of Jackson when he was brought in , which was of a frightful character . The witness stated that Jackson told him he was breaking coke when he suddenly felt the oscillation of the engine and did not see any obstruction on the line . —The Coroner told the jury that it would be better to adjourn till after the inquiry at Lewes on the other bodies . In the course of the inquiry Mr . Gell , the coroner , said the inquiry at Lewes did not seem to affect more than one person criminally , and he would not get away .
Drbadfoi , Boilbh Explosion . —On Saturday morning last the boiler of a steam engine erected on the premises of the Starveall Colliery , at King ' swood , Gloucestershire , and situate about five miles from this city , burst with a fearful explosion , involving a large sacrifice of human life . " The utmost consternation was excited in the neighbourhood , and several of tho sufferers were promptly conveyed to the Royal Bristol Infirmary , while others were so severely injured that they could not be moved . It appears that the engine in question has now been at work fora very considerable period , and the proprietor , Mr . Brain , had determined on taking out the old boiler and substituting a new one in its place ; and Saturday morning was the last time it was
intended that the old boiler should be used , as it was arranged that the new boiler should be put up on Whit Monday . As , however , that day is usually kept as a holiday by the colliers , in order to get forward it was determined on that morning to take down the brickwork from the oid boiler , and as the men were in the act of removing it the boiler exploded , injuring severel y , if not fatally , fifteen of the men . Three have since died at the Bristol Infirmary , and it is stated that others are also dead at Kingswood . The whole of the poor fellows were dreadfully scalded and otherwise severely injured , the copper being torn from its bed , and a quantity of the machinery , with burning coals , &c ., being scattered in evary direction . Mr . Brain
was present at the time the accident occurred , and immediately despatched messengers for medical assistance , and in a short time Mr . Bigga , of Kingswood , Mr . Grace , of Dowoend , and Mr . Waddle , of Fishponds , were on the spot , and did all in their power to alleviate the sufferings of the unhappy men . Some of them were placed on beds in carts and despatched to the Bristol Infirmary ; but the majority , at their own request were taken to their own homes . Mr . Brain himself had a narrow escape—his hat was knocked off , he was thrown to the ground senseless , and his right hand much injured . The engineer and his son were also dangerously wounded , the skin , being literally torn from their bodies . The majority of the sufferers are
married men with large families . Mr . Brain states that the engine at the colliery had completed its work—that he had ordered a man to shut down the engine , and had sent the men to another pit to go up , when his bailiff requested him to wait a few minutes , and he would send a messenger to the men to come up , and so prevent the men from having to go a distance of three-quarters of a mile under ground ; and there were twenty-five men and boys altogether present when the boiler exploded . ' The explosion is supposed to be owing to an accumula-ThPfnii ? m ' biIetlie ^ g'ne w as standing still . £ I-XWi ? hst of lLe kiHed and ™ ¥ «» : ~ S EtS ^"" -- ^ r ^ Sr ^^ SW& happy beings who haw already met with thHX , Mm t eata&mmmm . KSSfaS
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SCOtliJffiJ , Clackmannan and Kinross Election . —The polling in connexion with the election for the united counties of Clackmannan and Kinross terminated on Friday , and the result , has been the return of Mr . Johnstone of Alva , by a majority of sixty-five over his opponent , Mr . Adam , of Blair-Adam . Argylesiiire Election . —The election of a representative for the county of Argyle , vacant by the elevation of Duncan M'Neill , Esq ., to the bench , took place on Friday , at Inverary , the county town , Mr . M'Lachlan , the convener , proposed Sir Archibald Islay Campbell , and the nomination was seconded by Mr : Colin Campbell , junr ., of Stonetield . No other candidate having been proposed , Sir Archibald Campbell was accordingly declared duly elected .
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swxaitQ . Catholic Defence Association . —The Earl of Amndeland Surrey has given a conditional adhesion to " The Catholic Defence Association . " His lordship will join , provided the rules and regulations meet with the approval of the spiritual pastors and masters of the Roman Catholic population . The Tippcrary " aggregate " meeting was more remarkable for the refusal of the Roman Catholic Hi £ ; h Sheriff—Mr . Ryan , of Inch—to comply with the requisition for convening it , than for any other circumstance connectedwith it . The local Roman Catholic organs describe it as having been a most : important demonstration of popular feeling ; , but a correspondent of the Evening Mail gives a very different account of tha proceedings .
The Census . —The Cork Reporter states that the census returns will show an increase of 2 , 000 in the population of Cork . The population of Trake has been diminished to the same amount ; and it is stated by the Mayo Telegraph , that there is a fallingoil in that county of full forty per cent . The Potato Cr'ip . —The Clare Journal states that fears are entertained for the safety of the potato crop . About three miles from Ennis , nearly three acres of potatoes had their stalks shrivelled and tuvued black one night last week .
Discovery op a Murder . —A woman named Fleming , residing at Kilkeasy , in the county of Kilkenny , has voluntarily informed the police of that districtofa murder committed ubout Christina ? , 1817 . She stated that she chanced to pass the duor of John Walsh , at Castiegunnon , and turned fur the purpose of going m . but drew back in terror upon beholding the body of Walsh s brother-in-law , Thomas Ball , a cow jobber , lying dead and covered with blood on the floor , and Walsh and his daughter making ready to remove it hy the back door . She contrived to get away without being observed , and upon reaching home i n formed her husband of what she had beheld . He strictly enjoined hernever to divulge the circumstances , and during his life she kept the pledge . On
inquiry the police found many circumstances to corroborate this report , for Ball had been suddenly missed from the locality at the period indicated , and when he was known to have had with him a large sum of money . It had , however , been supposed that he went privately to America . Walsh and his daughter were arrested and committed for further examination by J . De Montmorency , Esq ., J . P ., and a search having been made at the house at Castlegannon , a skeleton was discovered , buried a few yards distance from the back door . There is but slender room left for doubt that this was the body of Bull . An inquest was held on the body , when a verdict of " Wilful Murder" was returned against Walsh , who was committed for trial .
The Emigration Movement . —The Cork Constitution announces a great check to the progress of emigration from that port to America . Only four or five vessels are now at the quays there , and His witlulifficulty the requisite number of emigrants can be made Up 0 Vrt om ? alway tw <> vessels sailed l"t week with over 200 emigrants on board . Altogether 2 , 327 emigrants sailed from that port alone since tho 1 st of April . ¦ . JSf uT ™\ . 0 UTH . -The Mndalk demoeTs that ' Mr R M h ^ if about » in Eeveral V ' n fill fSi f R < M < B u ? f 1 S t 0 be sent to Florence &X TM » ' Ce VilCa ^ * ? - - Sheil ' s death 5 and «» t J ? . T ^ heir ' attn > ned hi majority S . lS £ JI&S ¦ ttrt ^ tile representatiou °
nnS f y l ! / allS ° f Sn 0 W t 00 k P !» Ce in * north last week , and several districts , especially the hills , have been covered wilhsnow some inches deep . •„ r * u m ° " aimo « "ces that the next general meeting ot the Tenant League will be held on the banks of the Boyne , at the site of the memorable battle , and that the men of the north and south will rally on the occasion round the obelisk which commemorates the victory of William III . Ribbon notices have been served upon some active members of the police force in Westmeath . One is to the following tiled : — " Sargt Moor We give you warning not to meddle or allow your men to be so dutiful , if you , do , mark the consequence . You will not be warned again . —Wicrlow Bqts . " ;
Government Reward . —Areward of £ 50 lias been offered by the government for the discovery of the armed party who fired shots into the dwelling house of Michael Young , a Scripture Header , residing at Clonoughill , near Panontown . Tub late Assault on a Magistrate . —Bal-LiNASLOB .-At the Petty Sessions , held on Saturday last , Mr . Fitzgerald read a letter of spology which he had received from Mr . Hugh Fortescue , after which the latter was discharged .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 14, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1630/page/6/
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