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£ t ) f 2 H £ lt * puU $ . I ' FiLTH of Losdox—In th ? w--ek ei . iiiug ; asf-Spi ' dNov the deaiJis registered in the metropolitan dis ' . i icui amounted to 1 , 032 . In ( he ( en corresponding " w ^ ks of the years 1811-50 the average number nrl 024 ; iff for the sake of better compari * o : i , tbN average lie raised in the ratio of increase of i opnfetion ( which , during the last fifty years , was 1 , 773 pel- i-vnt- annually ) , it will become 1 , 010 an amuiiui which differs not materially rom The number now returned . It will be observed that there is an increase of more than CO on the week iromeuiaielj preceding , when the deaths were 90 S . But this cxces-1-1 not the effect of increased m » rt : i ! irv : it is due ^^^^^^^^^^
to i-iJ- 'S where coroners have held inquests , in many of i-iiich , though they o . curred at earlier dates , the relocation had not been completed tiil the em ) of tht fi'arter . Sudden deaths , under which designation arc WiS in which persons have ben tound ii ? ad , or ha ~ r tiied suddenly , and the fatiil disease ha ~ not been asctrtr-ined—thesp , which in the previous return wert : o « iy 8 , have risen last week to 29 . But the gr .-H' ; naj » riry of inquests is on deaths lYoin violence , privation , intemperance , « fcc , and in this el ?' .- ilie number has been in each of the last two «*« - ¦ » above the average , in the former wrek auv .-aiiing to 52 , in the latter to S 5 . In the present list "lit * deaths of 2 per .-ons > re ascribed to privat ion , i-i 2 to intemperance , 2 to -want of hreast milk
or raiiition , 3 to poison , 7 io burns : u . d scalds , 4 to . Voting or sutfocation , IS to drowning , ' 11 lo freeur < saud contusions ( chiefly from carriages and falls ' , ' ¦ ¦ nd ( 5 to wounds and other injury . Thepre-Ben : sr urn shows that tha mortality Irom diseases of tii * - organs of respiration continues to exceed the O&ua ! amount at this period : the deaths in this class wt ? f lii . while the corrected average is 9 S . Phthisis vrss hi h 1 to 145 persons , which differs little ironi the esim-red number . The fatal ea-es included in the Syiti'lss or epidemic class have risen from 205 in t . v preceding week to 218 in the last . Smallpox t-a-ried off 21 children , and 3 persons above 15 yea ; -: measles was fatal to 41 children , scarlatina to 14 . hooping cough to 46 , croup to 5 , thrush to 4 ,
diar . - -. cei . to 16 children and 3 adul's , typhus to 38 pe ?> - 'i ;* . But this class is notin the aggregate a'sove thi- average , though measles and hooping cough are apiif' --- Uy rather prevalent . It was mentioned above thfti ' . v . o persons died of pr ivation . The following art Mi- particulars of the cases : —At the workhouse , TFi . Ji ^ 'liapel , on the 21 st Jun < -, a labourer , aged 60 yea . * , died « tf " starvation . " lie was brought by ihe poi . e from Angel-alley- At the London Hospital , on > i . t > 21 st June , a labourer , aged 42 years , died a " suldcn death accelerated by want . " An inquest \ ra « htld in this casp . The following are the particulars of a case ' ¦{ cholera which was registered last w * ek : —At 54 , Hill-street . Wai worth , on 20 th of Joiw-. a carpenter , aged CO years , died of eholera ( 14 dav . s i chronic disease of the stomach ( 2 years . )
Gcrti £ ? . j ny medical attendant . The birth * of 71 G boy--, 723 girls , in all 1 , 430 children , were registered last vieek . The average number in six correspondine " -eksof 1845-50 was 1 , 423 . At the Royal Obser- " :--iry , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of the bari-Meter was above 30 in . on every day after Sondar : and the mean of the week was 30 . 032 in . The mrsn JaiJy temperature was below the averages of corr- si , onding days as derived from the observations of . m years , on Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday ; and on j ¦ ;•? : * four remaining days wa ? successively 2 . 7
Two Lives Lost ox the RivEff . — On Sunday ere : ; ' ! ig a party of five young men were rowing a » i-i = ill wherry on the river , and on nearing Ulackfriin •«¦ Bridge they ran the nose of the boat compltt-iy under the bows of a steamer , putting in at thv caraboat pier . Tho smaller boat capsized , and ! - '< o five individuals were immersed . Mr . Ware , the « --r master , immediately despatched a number of - ; f men to render assistance , and owing to their ex ^ rt : ons , the whole five were got out of the river and u-vsing been landed on the pier , ran of , leaving the ! : < Mt they had been in drifting about at the pier . Th <} -xcitement had barely subsided , when two
you ?! ' * , named respectively , Beritley and Davies , who ! = ad been witnessing the rescue of the five pei * -iis above alluded to , slipped off the edge 01 the =-. t 7 cr leading from the Fleet ditch , and were for ' -- ; by tbo current into the Thames . Seery , a piew .-tn , and otherB were despatched to the spot , an >! vould no doubt have succeeded in saving the two ' -. nfortunate persons , hut iust as they were abov-: to lay hold of the hair of their head , the sr . e . «> :, boat Citizen E came up and washed both out of ti * . - reach of the men . The drags were inituedia > - ; y procured , and the river was dragged for nesr v two hours , but without effect .
T : ~ a . Occurrexcb is Roues-Row . —On Monday aftr : oon , Mr . Bedford held an inquest at St . George ' s Hospital , on view of the body of Mrs . So ^ v . ii Martin , aged sixty-six , the wife of a retired puttiicin , v ? ho died in . that institution . —William Br >* ii , a butler , living in Brown-street , Grosvenorsq \ : * u-, deposed that on the evening of the 6 th of Juii <>! e saw the deceased , in Hyde-park , attempting tu o . rO 3 s Rotten row , but , having just got oil the footpit - . h . she stopped on seeing the approach of a lady -. nd gentleman on horseback . The lady was loot i :. ^ sideways in the contrary direction to decease : ! . whom , on nearing , her horse having its bri <" 'i e oose and going at a smart canter , veered to-¦ WarJ- her , and , before she could recede , knocked her -. ; : ; ivn senseless . Witness raised her up , and at
the s : sie time calling after the lady , the latter , and the :-.: uleman who accompanied her , came back , ¦ ffher . without making any remark , they turned their horses'heads , and rode off . Witnes 3 , thinking th ; . t probably some limb was broken , placed her in * T . b and brought her to the hospital . The lady and i . cntleman alluded to were strangers to him , but «^! : ile they were viewing what had happened , a gemicinan rode up , who made hiu obeisance to them , which they returned , and that gentleman he recognised to be Mr . W . Reid , of the firm of Reid and Co . ' s , the brewers . —Mr . Murray , house surgeon of the hospital , said that on deceased ' s admission sie had a fracture of the right ankle , which
after » few days was followed by severe inflammation , ending in gangrene , under which she sank , and died on Priday last . —A friend of the deceased's said he had written by that afternoon's post to Mr . Iteid . with a view to ascertain who the lady and gentleman were ; as ho thought it cruel of them , after seeing what bad happened , to ride away , without giving their cards or names . —The coroner and jury thought such an act unexplained disgusting and unfeeling , and tho only question being whether tbere was any criminality attached to the lady , to endeavour to . procure her personal attendance , as well as to obtain other testimony , tho inquiry was adjourned for a week .
Baking Robbbbt at the Tadxhall Railwat Station . —On Tuesday some little consternation was excited in Vauxhall by the announcement that during Monday night , or at a very early hour on Tuesday morning , the station of the South-Western Railway bad been broken open , and two cash drawers forced , and £ 5 taken from one of them , which bad been left on the over night as change for the early down train . The authentic facts of this at present mysterious robbery are , tbat on Tuesday morning , a little after six o'clock , Dixon , one of the porters , went to the station to open it for the day's business , letting himself in by the door on the South Lambeth side of the station , which is ascended by a flight of steps , and is level with the
platform , and is used during the daytime for the exit of the passengers by the Richmond and Windsor lines . . On crossing the iine , the porter waB turpri .-ed to find a window communicating with the booking'om ' ce wide open ; one of the large and tolerably , thiok panes of glass had been starred with a bradawl or a nail at . one corner , by which a piece of glas <> bad been taken out , Urge enough to admit a man's band , and by tatit means the catch of the - window was unfastened , and an entry effected . There then was no difficulty in unbolting a half door , and so gaining access to the cash drawers , two of them only being used for resetting money , and both lined with iron , and secured by Bramab ' a patent detector loess . Both these locks bad been
litwaiij forced ont of their settings , and the one belonging to the drawer in which the cash was bad been entirely removed , with tne bolt in the position it would be when looked , and placed on the counter . >" o other damage would sesm to have been done to the premises , or any other property , consisting of parcels , 4 c ., removed ; but a considerable time must have elapsed in effecting this burglary . About one o ' clock the premises Fere safely locked up , and the keys deposited of all the doors , except the one mentioned , with wfaion all tne porters aad other parties employed are supplied , with the porter who sleeps on tne premises . From an examination of the premises it is possible for a person to secrete himself under the staircase , and by
climbing tne railings get on to the platform , and so , by way of the window alluded to , get into the office . A Ud named Cook , between eight and ten years of gK Ssw ^ jasa ^ S p ^ tsUfi Til , a party suspected will b « apprehended T _*! E wtb Charg e aoaisbt the Mastto or St PA 5 CF . AS WOEiaot 8 S . -D * AIH OP EusT&Sh The unfortunate Eliia Smith , 8 ged sixteen died' ^ Saitlaymorning . Mr . Billett / at the ^ meetne of the ooar . 1 of guardians , moved that a coroH inqv-st Ehonld be held on the body , when the rJo utiou-- * - * carried by a large majority . - imWLH AcciDESis . On Honda ? ' afternoon and Tuesday mornmg the inhabitants of Boupell-street Liu-eiL , were alarmed owing to the following
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accidents occurring , one of which was nearly at-; eiidcd with disastrous consequences to six or eight ehil-iren : —It appears that whilst . 1 man was en-£ . \ p . v \ painting n large brick and timber building , which extends jnto the above street , and which is used f' ) i- a stabling and provender stores , he experience- ) n strange sensation , similnr to a vibration of the earth . He at once suspected that the building was about to fall , which induced him to make a liastv ritreat down tho ladde ) ' . He had just time to spun terra firma and to remove the children who wer <* playing under the wall , when the whole buildimr fell with a fearful crash . Had it not been for the activity displayed by the painter , it is quite
orobahle that most of the children would have been buried amidst the rubbish . As it wns about fourteen cows , that were in the lower floor , were buried under the debris ; but a number of men havin " bt' « n s . » t to work , they soon succeeded in rescuing tho affr'ghted animals , some of them being much cut ainl iu-uis <><) by the fallen materials , but none wi ; re f ; illed . On Tuesday morning another similar erection , but in a more distant part of the yard , aha fell , l , ut fortunately was not attended " with more disastrous results than the first occurrence . The sinkinjr of one of the end walls , it is presumed , caused both buildings to settle , and henco the cause of the mischief .
CirrcnE or T . vo Murdehf . rs . —On Wednesday , information was rpneiveil at the head police station , Scot'aii'l-yard , that Jamos Loynco who effected his escape nfter murdering an Austrian sailor , named Giuseppe Samucan , in Whinnoor-laue , Cardiff , had bt-en apprehended by tlie Xowtmdge police ; ami tliat Mny Rogers , the wretched woman who drown- il her infant on the 24 th ult . in a fish-pond =. t Wibtwifi , hud been apprehended by the Shropshire constabulary , and committed for trial for wilful murder . FEVfcB is Holbors Union . —The number of cases of fcvor switto the hospital from the Holborn Union , lurinir the three months , from Lady-day to Midsummer , was : from Pheasant-court , thirty-nine , fifteen of which were from one house ; Georgealley , seven ; Field-lane , one ; from other places , eleven .
. Secclar Education . —On Wednesday evening a public , nieotim ? was held at the Locture-hall , Vauxhall-briiigc-road , Westminster , for the purpose of forming a people ' s institute , in which the main feature shall be secular education and popular progress . The chair was occupied by Lawrence Ileyworth , Esq , M . P ., who in opening the proceedings expivsseti the sympathy he entertained towards the operative classes , and the anxious desire he felt for the promotion of all those institutes and objects which had the welfare of tho-- < e classes sincerely at heart . Letters of : ipoln » y fw non-attendance , but expressing approval of t (« ' oi-jects of the association , were read from C . Lushington , Esq ., M . P ., K . Cobden , Esq ., M . P ., General SirDe Lacy Evans , M . P ., J . P < . s , Esq ., M . P ., T . S . Duncombe , Esq .,
M . P ., Sir Joshua ffalmsley , M . P ., &o . Mr . Walford moved the first resolution , which was to the following effect : — "That the meeting deplored the want of secular education amons ^ st the masses resident in Westminster and Pimlico , and regretted that so large a district should be without at least one people's institute , in ^ h : cb secular education should be a prominent feature , and democratic popular progress should be an ever-prevailing object , and pledged itself to take immediate steps to remedy so glaring andgricvoua an evil , "—Mr . J . J Lockbart , F . S . A ., seconded tho resolution , which was supported by Mr . Lowry , ; ind unanimously
carried . —The second resolution , which was also proposed , seconded , and carried , was to the effect that as ground suited for the purpose of such . in institute was now available in the immediate vicinity of New Victoria-street , the meeting pledged itself to form a company of shareholders , under the pine and style of "The People ' s Institute Association , " for the purpose of raising- funds and erectins and conducting such illSt ' UUlC , and that shares be issued , the instalments on which be payable at not less than threepence per week . The proceedings terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman .
Public Baths and Wasit-jiobses , —LflSt week the numtar of bathers at the Moid Establishment , Goulston-square , Whiteehapel , w . te 0 , 978 , being 1 , 577 more than the corresponding week of last year . The excess . "it St . M ? iU . i-in-the-Fields' esfcUi ' . iabment is about 350 . St . M . irylebone establiiiiment has an exc < .- * b d 1 , C 96 , and the St . ilargai'efc and St . John , Westminster , establishment . recently opened , numbered upwards of 6 , 0 \) i > . The total number of persons who availed thom 3 elves of the accommodations provided at the four metropolitan establishments above referred to wcro as follow * : —31 , 381 bathers , 2 , 284 washers ; and the linen of upwards of eleven thousand persons was wiiBhed , dried , and ironed .
Metropolis Watkk Bill , —An order of the house , with the consent of the parties promoting and opposing this bill , has been issued for printing de die in diem the evidence taken before the committee . Petitions against the bill have been presented from the Metropolitan Sanitary Association and from the commissioners for paving and lighting Woolwich ; also from St . Anne's , Liniehouse , with one fi-om Westminster in favour
FoREtON Visitors to me Tower op London . — The alarm fever bag not quite subsided . Will It be believed , it is now the custom that whenever 300 visitors are in the fortress , the gates are immediately closed , and a pick of thirty men of the Guard are turned out , and remain under arms until the warders report tho clearance of the illustrious bearded foreigners ? What a farce this appears to be—why the warders alone could watch the nbove number . We hope the Governor will discontinue this foolery . or he will become the laughing stock of the whole continent . —United Service Gamtt&
Renovation of Temple Bar . —On Monday morning before the general traffic of the day began , a number of workmen arrived at this ancient entrance to the city with scaffolding , rope * , and tools , and in a short time were aeen busily engaged removing the accumulated incrustations of years from its exterior . The stone work is to be scraped and the wood painted so as to present an aspect approximatively clean when her Majesty passes through to the entertainment atGuildhall . The Stepney Lectureship . —Much to the surprise of the congregation attending divine service in the parish church of Stepney , the doorB of the sacred building were found closed on Sunday afternoon last . The hostility of the rector to the newlyeleoted afternoon lecturer , and the excitement
which on Sunday week attended the attempt of tlie former to obstruct the latter in the exercise of bis duty , have been already stated in our last week ' s paper . A notice which was posted last Sunday on the doors , informed the parishioner B that the Bishop of London bad requested Mr . Poole , the lecturer elect , to abstain from preaching for the present—a request which that gentleman would comply with . The Wateb Question asd the Cut Court of Sbwkbs . —On Tuesday , a court was held in Guildhall—Mr . Deputy Peacock in the chair . After several minor applications' had been considered , Mr . H . L . Taylor said that although it might be out of order , he could not refrain from noticing the bill in parliament on the Bubject of the water supply to the inhabitants of the metropolis—a question in
which every individual was most deeply interested , inasmuch as the health , happiness , and comfort of the community depended in a great measure upon a proper supply of the article . He had not yet learned the particulars of the decision to which the City Lands Committee had arrived upon the subject of opposing the measure in parliament , although he had been given to understand that the report was to have been brought up on Thursday last in the Court of Common Council . Now , he must say , that a more iniquitous measure was never devised by the perverted invention of man-than ttat most pernicious monopoly . The bill would give a power to the Secretary of State with which no man ought to be entrusted , and ho hoped the
community would unite as one man to defeat so monstrous and nvaous a proposition . —Mr . Waterlow ( the chairman of the City Lands Committee ) assured Mr . Taylor that , in the bustle of the Court of Common Council , towards the conclusion of the very busy day , the report alluded to was , in some way or other , overlooked . It was , however , a report he would take upon himself to say , in which every member would concur ; for it condemned , in the strongest terms , the alarming tendencies of the measure in paaliament . The committee agreed unanimously in the document , which spoke of the bill aa tbe concentration of existing monopolies , aB a giant , which , if not crushed at once , would burden the whole community with an expenditure the moat oppressive and tyrannical .
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Fjmihz w thb HIOHL 4 SD 3 . —The Royal Patriotic and Industrial Society of Scotland have issued a circular describing the deplorable condition of the islands and West Highlands , and earne « tly solicit , the support of the public . It appears that tbe consequences of the potato famine of 1816 have never been repaired , a great portion of the population being still destitute ; that the resources on which they had been supported up to last September , at the rate of lib . or Ulb of me . il
per day are exhausted ; and that now thousands are in absolute want , and driven either to beggary or emigration , or tempted to steal . They state that , by " helping the poor to help themselves ¦ " —tbat is , by assisting the industrious with small sums to take plots of ground and cultivate themby employing the able-bodied in model school farms , and by other similar economical plans of rural industry , &c ., —multitudes of deserting but needy families may be rescued from penury and starvation .
Acquisitiveness" inExckss . —A young woman who had been imprisoned at Bedford for felony could not restrain her thieving propensities even in gaol : when her term of imprisonment expired , she was arrested ^ she left the prison , and various articles , with is . 6 d . in money , were found upon her , ffaich she had stolen from the assistant matron ,
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$ Df fSt-opuifrp , Fire at Noitisgium . —On Saturday afternoon last a fire broke out in the workshop of Mr . Middleton , carver and gilder , Woolpack-lane , Notting ham . The town engines were speedily on the spot , but the Barnes raged so violently that the most strenuous efforts of the men were unavailing and in half an hour the floors and roof fell ia . The middle shop contained the tools , and was used as a picture frame manufactory , and in the top room were the various moulds and the preparations used for guilding , together with a number of valuable prints ; the lower floor was occupied as a storeroom . While the flames were raging furiously Mr , Middleton , at the risk of bis life , rushed into the top shop for the purpose of securing some papers and books ( if importance . Notwithstanding he was much singed about the head ,
would have gone a second time to bring away a i ! e-k containing some particular moulds , but he was held back by his neighbours , who perceived his great danger . Immediately afterwards the floors fell in . It was soon apparent that the shop could not be saved , and the firemen directed their attention to keeping tlie flames from the surrounding property , in which efforts they were fortunately successful . By six o'clock the tire was extinguished , but not before the building was completely gutted . Tlie calamity originated in the following manner : —A little before four o ' clock Mr . Middleton » ave directions to one of his apprentices to sweep up the shavings , in the middle room and burn them in a ™ rner used for
that purpose . In carrying this order into effect the lad piled the shavings too high , and on applying u light some of them rolled down on to the woodeu floor and ignited others which lay scattered ab"ut . He ran for a bucket of water and attempted to extinguish the flames , but , being unable , he cried out for assistance . Mr . Middleton holds the premises on a lease , the owner being Mrs . Fowler , of Shirebrook . He had intended to insure the stock , and building in a few weeks . The loss altogether is estimated at nearly £ 1 , 000 , including the building ; had it happened a few weeks ago it would have been considerably more , as at that time the premises were filled with pictures and frames of great value .
Child Murder at Liverpool . —On Saturday last an inquest was held before the coroner of Liverpool , on view of the hody of a fine female infant , which had been found dead in Falkner-street by tho police on the previous day . The evidence adduced was conclusive as to the death having been occasioned by suffocation , and although no _ direct testimony was adduced at the inquest affording a clue to the unnatural parent , so that the jury were compelled to return a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown , " the police have since made such discoveries as if substantiated will affect persons hitherto bearing irreproachable cha racters and occupying most respectable positions in society . The Fbimley Murder—A good many rumours and statements having been circulated with regard to the disposal of the accomplice in the above melancholy affair , it may not be uninteresting to the public to know how the matter really stands . At the
conclusion of the trial Mr . Baron Parke , who tried the case , signed a warrant ordering the accomplice to be kept in custody till the next assizes , and at the conclusion of the assizes he was taken back to the county gaol , Horsemonger-lane . He has repeatedly complained of the course adopted by the authorities towards him , and a few days back lie requested the attendance of Mr . Neale , the solicitor who conducted the defence , and that gentleman , at his ( Smith ' s ) request , has addressed a memorial to the Secretary of State setting forth the facts of the case , and requesting Sir George Grey to ful ? l the conditions under which Smith consented to give evidence , and also claiming a portion of the reward . No answer has yet been received to this memorial ; but it is understood that the intention of the government is to band over a small Bum of money to Smith , ana make some arrangements that will remove him from this country . . _ . .
The Ballot . —The liberals of Bath in consequence of the various cases of intimidation which came under their notice at the recent election , have drawn up a petition to the House of Commons in favour of the ballot . The petition has been laid down iu several parts of the city for signature , and no doubt a large number of names will be appended to it . New Air Gun . —Mr . Aratall , of Birmingham , exhibited , on the 27 th ult , to a number of scientific gentlemen in Liverpool , his newly-invented airgun , by means of which from 150 to 200 bullets may be discharged in rapid succession , without other ammunition than a small reservoir of air , carried % the operator , attached by a gutta-percha tube to the stock of the gun . The whole apparatus is lighter than a common mu&kftt , and the inventor perforated a thick plank , with come scores of bullets , in a lew seconds , indenting a plate of iron at tbe back by each bullet .
CnARQES os Malversation aoaisst Public Opficek 3 at Liverpool . —Considerable excitement was created here by some very extraordinary disclosures made last week in the dock committee relative to alleged abuses and malversations among the officers employed in the dock surveyor ' s department . These practices are stated to have been carried on for some years past ; and a sub-committee has been appointed to take such steps in the matter as may be deemed most advisable . It is stated that the buying and selling of BitiiationB has been general ; and that persons have received the full amount of their salaries , in some instances as much as £ 200 a year , although absent from their duties the whole summer ; one man , who died in 1847 ,
appears in the books as having been fully employed down to 1849 , his widow continuing to receive her deceased husband ' s wages even after she had married a second husband ; another man received wages and sick money , aud even his funeral expenses , seventeen months before his death ; bakers , joiners , tailors , and carters , said to be wholly unfit and incompetent , have been appointed at high salaries , as foremen and elerks ; and mere boys have been paid 3 O . i . a week while out on pleasure excursions for several weeks together . The sensation created among all classes in Liverpool by these disclosures is not to be described ; and the most intense anxiety is manifested as to the proceedings which ( he Town Council will institute when the committee ' a report comes before them .
VoLUNiABr Surrender of a Sklf-accused Murderer . —A young Irishman , named Eugene Keenatl , was brought before Captain Whittaker , at the New Baily county police court , Salford , on Saturday last , on a self-accusation of having poisoned a young man named Francis Cnnnellan , in Dublin , on the 9 th instant . The soi-disant murderer , who is a slight-made , intelligent-looking young man , about twenty-two or twenty-three years of age , exhibited in bis demeanour as he stood in a prominent position in front of the dock an appearance of calm indifference to the consequences of the crime which he persisted in charging himself . The prisoner was ultimately remanded in order that in the meantime the authorities in Dublin may be communicated with .
Destructive Fire at Bristol—On Monday a fire broke out in the premises of Messrs . Bunt and Co ., oil merchants , BriBtol . The fire was first discovered at about twenty minutes past five o ' clock , but it spread with terrible rapidity , and all efforts to extinguish it proved unavailing until the whole , or nearly the whole , of the valuable stock of oil , rosin , &C ; was destroyed . Ths Norfolk Traotoy . —NoRwiCH . —In addition to the hand , the leg , the humerus , and sundry other pieces of flesh found on the Ilellesden-rnad , at Lukenham , near St . Augustino ' s-gate , in Brown ' sfields , and other pkceB widely separated from each other , there wag found at Dereham on Friday , the 27 th ult ., a portion of a female body , with a small quantity of white bair attached . All these parts ,
which are preserved in spirits of wine , are , in the opinion of the medical gentlemen , belonging to the same body , and that the body of a young female . All those human remains are chopped and studiously mutilated , with , no doubt , the view of destroying all chance of identification . As yet nothing has been found in the slightest degree calculated to afford the least idea of the victim who has been so savagely and so mysteriously disposed of . The Mayor , J . P . Money , Esq ., and J . H . Barnard , A . Touler , and J . Betts , Esq ., magistrates , are indefatigable in their exertions to elucidate this horrible mystery . From an early hour in the morning until late ftt night the Tare was dragged in all quarters , but without succejH . Still the black-Btriped waistcoat , the white collar and shirl , smeared with bloodand
, the roller , which have been found near where a portion of the human remains were discovered , will , it is hoped , aid in leading to the arrest of the guilty wretch , who . in his deed of blood , has outrivalled Greenacre , Good , Rush , or the worst murderers who within the last few years , have expiated their crimes on thepublio gibbet . The age of the victim is supposed to be sixteen , and the murder has not been more than a fortnight perpetrati-d , according to the opinion of all the medical gentlemen who have examined the mangled remains . It is gratifying , however , to learn that late on Friday evening Mr . Yarrington expreseed his belief , from information which he received , that the actors in this revolting murder would , ere long , be in the hands of justice ;
but that justice would , in all probability , be defeated if he divuked the information which he so received . The following circular has been issued by order of the mayor : — " Supposed Murdbr ; Seven 1 parts of a human body , belonging to a person supposed to have been recently murdered , and to be that of a young female between the ageBof sixteen and twenty six years , having been within the last four days found within the environs of the city of Norwich , information is requested to be given to the Chief Constable , at the Police Office , Guildhall , Norwich , of all females who may have been recently missing , together with any particulars which may lead to tbe deletion of the person or persons who committed such supposed murder . The portions of the body already comprise the right hand and foot , and several bones ,
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with numerous pieces of skin and flesh . Further search i » making for the head and remaining parts of the body . ( Signed ) II . Woodcock , May or . "On Monday morning Mr . Yarrington having procured lurchers , bloodhounds , and other dogs of scent , proceeded with a body of constables to search all the fields and hedges in the suburbs of the city . Theresuit was the discovery of intestines , lungs , and a portion of i he viscera , all of which were immediately submitted to medical inspection . —Dr . Copemangave it as his opinion that the lungs were those of a healthy person . —During the whole of Monday and Tuesday piece 3 of flesh have been brought into the City station house by persons who are conducting the search , all of which the surgeons at once declare to be portions wine
of the same body . They are placed in spiritsof tor preservation ! It has been clearly ascertained that tiie work has not been that of a " resurrectionist , for it is established on the . best medical testimony that the body has never been interred- It has also been proved to the satisfaction of the surgeons , that the person—portions of wlvm have been found—died by violence , the hands being clenched , and the toes contracted ; which would not have been the case in death from natural causes . On Tuesday morning a youns ; man was brought before the Mayor , at the City Police court , charged with being an accessory after the murder . The precise nature of the examination did not transpire , as the inquiry was of a private character . A f ' ter hearing the evidence of a man
to hom it w ; is alleged tbe prisoner had made some statement , the magistrates did not feel themselves justified in detaining the man . He was , therefore , discharged . Murder at Loxgtown . —On Friday , the 2 / tli ult ., W Carrick , Esq ., coroner , held an inquest at ihe Bush Inn , Long town , on the body of Mr . Thomas Plenderleath , registrar nf births , deaths , and marriages , who had beCH strangled in a public house by William Kirkpairick , a man well known inLongtown by the couuomen of " the P' -ther , " from the fact of his once being a pi'dlar •— John Ward , a shoemaker , in Longtown , deposed : I remember the day on which this occurrence took place—it was Tuesday , the lOili ot June . I was at the Bush Inn , with John Graham
and William Kirkpatnck , the accused . After some altercation Kirkpotrick said Plenderleath had kept five shillings of his , which he had earned iu taking the census for him- Deceased replied that he had kept buck two shillings only , but he did not say for what reason . Kirkpatri-k then jumped , up , took a glass of spirits , and threw it on Plenderleath's breast . He next threw a glass of rum in Plenderleath ' s face . Plenderleath did not speak during this time , but just cleaned his face with hishandkerchiof . "The Petla-r " then sat down , and Plenderleath said , " Come and sit beside me ' Pether , ' and I'll treat you ; if you do not come and sit beside me I'll come and sit ' beside you . " Deceased then sat down upon part of " the Pether ' s " chair , when "the Peiher" immediately
seized him by the throat with both hands—his fingers extending behind deceased's ears , and his thumbs pressing against his throat , or windpipe . To all appearance he was using a great deal of force . Plenderleaih ' a handkerchief was loose at the time , and Kirkpatrick had hold of his bare neck . I immediately seized Kirkpatrick by the arms and said , "Do not choke the man , " and pulled him off . The landlord seized Iiira . either by the arm or neck , ana threw him to one side . I do not think he had Plenderleath by the throat more than a quarter of a minute , The moment Kirkpatrick ' s hands were loosed deceased's head dropped down , his chin resting upon his breast His arms fell powerless , and he nover spoke after . —Other witnesses proved that Kirkpatrick had used
malicious and threatening language towards deceased , aud Dr . Lonsdale and Dr . Rome—who had made a post mortem examination of the body—attributed the death of . deceased to the violence used by Kirkpntrick —The jury retired , and after an hour's deliberation returned into court with a verdict o " Murder " against Kirkpatrick . The foreman added that he had been requested by the jury to state , that they wi > hi > d to recommend him to the merciful consideration of the court , on the ground that he did not intend to take deceased's life . Serious Chauob op Stabbing at Cambridge . — On Monday at the Town-hall , Cambridge , William Chapman , aged twenty-one , son of the contractor for conveying the mail bags from the Railway Station to the Post-office , was charged with stabbing three men .
named Canham , Dunn , and Sheldrick . Sheldrick stated that he was returning from Trumpington , a village about two miles from Cambridge , between ten and eleven on Sunday nit'ht , and that when about half a mile , from Cambridge he saw the prisoner and two other men in altercation before him . On his coming up with them Canham exclaimed , "I'm stabbed , " and Dunn immediately replied , " And so am I ; " and Sheldrick saw that Dunn's white trousers were saturated with blood . Chapman ran away and Sheldrick followed , and overtook him within twenty or thirty yards , when Chapman suddenly turned round and stabbed him " backhanded " in the breast . , Other persons then came up , and the prisoner was secured . Canham and Dunn were
conveyed to Addenbrooke ' s Hospital , where they still remain . Mr . Mitchell , house surgeon to the hospital , stated that Canham had received two stabs in the ribs and one in the buttocK , and that his recovery was at present very doubtful . Dunn was wounded in the thigh , but his danger was not imminent . Sheldrick ' s wound was almost superficial . The prisoner , by the advice of his attorney ( Mr . Ind ) reserved his defence , and was remanded till Friday . The prisoner , who , it should be stated , bears the character of a quiet , peaceably-disposed young man , avers that , as he was walking ; quietly home with his two sisters , he was
suddenly set upon by tbe prisoners and two others , who , saying "he was the chap who insulted them at Trumpington , " proceeded to maltreat him , and tbat he drew the knife in self-defence : his other two asailants , he says , made off on the approach of Sheldrick , who is a tall , powerful man , and was formerly in the Cambridge police force . This statement is corroborated by Chapman ' s sisters . Canbam is a compositor , and Dunn was formerly in the employ of a hatter ; the latter has been convicted of felony . The knife—which was produced in court covered with blood—is a Spanish spring-back knife , with a blade five inches in length .
A Mkmbrb of Chkist Church Shot at Oxford . —Mr . Ross , a member of Christ Church , was shot under the following circumstances , on the 26 th ult . It appears that between one and two o ' clock that morning a party of collegians endeavoured to throw into the water the cannon placed in front o ( the house occupied by Mr . Joseph Caudwell , near Folly-bridge , and while one of the party was fastening a cord round the cannon Mr . Caudwell opened his bedroom window and fired at him . The shots unfortunately took effect , and lodged in Mr . Ross's neck and hand , from which the blood flowed profusely . By the assistance of his friends -the young man was removed to his lodgings , and medical assistance was immediately obtained . In the course of
the day the Vice-Chancellor issued a warrant for the apprehension of Mr . Caudwell , - who was taken into custody and brought before the University authorities . The hearing of the case was strictly private , but we understand that the evidence adduced confirmed the above facts . The medical attendant ( Mr . Hansard ) , was examined , and in consequence of his evidence , and the state of Mr . Ross , It was deemed advisable to remand Mr . Caudwel ! for a week , when the case will be fully gone into . The same afternoon Mr . Caudwell was conveyed to Abingdon gaol , the spot where the firing took place being in the county of Berks , of which county the Vice-Chancellor is , by the virtue of his office , a magistrate for the time being . In the evening some of the University police
were stationed at Mr . Caudwell ' s house , as it was anticipated that a disturbance might take place , and it was evident that these precautions were not unnecessary , Mr . Uos 8 is progressing favourably , and it is anticipated that the injuries which he has sustained will not be of f o serious a character ag was at first feared . On Wednesday Mr . Caudwell was brought up before the vice-chancellor of the University , Much evidence was gone into , and Mr . Boss was described as considerably improving . It was stated that about an hour after the event some of the collegians went to the house with a view of speaking to Mr . Caudwell as to his conduct , and being enraged , broke one of the windows , when Mr ' Caudwell again fired the piece , which fortunately did not tako effect . At the close of a two or three hours' inquiry the vice-chancellor adiournpd thn
case . Tho accused considers that the harm and injury threatened him justified him in using the gun . Fire at Pobtska- —A fire suddenly broUe out at four o ' clock on Tuesday morning on the premises iu Queen-street , Portsea , occupied by Messrs . Attwood and Co ., grocers , which , from its central situation , might have occasioned very considerable loss of valuable property had it not been for the prompt assistance rendered by the police force of her Majesty ' s dockyard , who , in half an hour , without other help , extinguished the fire . The origin of the fire is still a mystery . . It broke out in the shop , apparently under the counter , which was entirely destroyed , as was also a good deal of the stock kept in the shop , which had been closed for tiro days prior to the fire —the Sunday and Monday—the latter day being a general holiday .
DlSORACKFOL CONDUCT OT A . TRAINING MaSTKR . — The Leeds Pauper Indmtrinl School which was built by the Leeds Poor Law Guardians , was opened forthe educating and training of orphan children but smce its establishment the want of harmonious co-operation amongst tlie officers has been a source of constant trouble to the guardians . Irregularities fmm some cause or other have continued , and on Monday evening the Board of Guardians assembled at the establishment to investigate them . The first thing which occurred on the board assembling , was the presentation of a letter of resignation from Mr Alfred Leptt , the second training master of the school Some of the . guardians expressed their sun prise at this , and having heard some nimoun of misconduct on the part of Mr . Leggett , they determined to investigate them . The rwilt va " XTmo satisfactory proof that tho second master had tt gu . ty of the most Grossly immoral conduct , anS tuot he had corrupted the mind of one Of the pauper
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children , a girl of fifteen years of age . It came out in the course of the investigation that he had taken her with him to various places of resort iu the neighbourhood of Leeds , and had had frequent interviews with her . At first Mr . Leggett denied the truth of the most grave purt of tho charges , but afterwards , through the chaplain , he made « . full confession of his guilt . The guardians , after bearing all the circumstances of the case , determined not to accept the resignation of the party implicated , but to apply to the Poor Law Board to order his dismissal forthwith ; and in the meantime suspended him from office , ordering him to leave the establishment the same night .
Dckmow Gammon of Bacon . —After the lapso of one hundred years this gammon of baeon has been claimed by a couple iu good circumstances , as farmers , at Felsted , Essex , named Hurrell , but , failing to obtain it from the lord of thu manor , tlio inhabitants of Dunmow have procured one by subscription , which will be presented to them , instead of the lord ' s , on their taking the usual oaths , at Broomhills , near Dunmow , on Wednesday , the 16 th of July . Tho couple will drive on to tho ground ( escorted by a band of music ) in their own carriage and horses . A large number of persons are expected to congregate to witness the ceremony .
A Family Poisoned . —A case of poisoning , which had nearly sacrificed the lives of eight or nine per > sons , happened totlie family of Mr- R . Kelsey , of West-wooiUide , Lincolnshire , on Sunday , The mother had g » ne out and ordered one of her daughters to make some bread . She used for the purpose what she expected was bread powder , but which proved to be arsenic . All the family partook more or less of the bread , svhen soon after the usual symptoms of poisoning by arsenic appeared . Medical aid was obtained , and the requisite remedies applied . Mr . Kelscy and one of his daughters are yet suffering from the effects , but all danger , it is thought , is over . The rest of the family are doing well .
Fatal Accident at Nkw Bbighton , near Liverpool . —On Wednesday morning a fine youth , named Wheeler Roberrs , about seventeen yimrs of age , second son of Mr . Roberts , Searietv-road , Liscard , was unfortunately drowned while bathing near the Red > oses , on the Cheshire shore . Deceased went to bathe with a companion , and after swimming out a considerable distance it is supposed he was seized with cramp , as he was suddenly observed making violent and convulsive struggles in the water . A considerable number of people were on the beach , but
none went into the water to the rescue of the unfortunate young man until a gentleman ( we believe a Mr . Gould ) came up , who without hesitation plunged into the river , and succeeded by his exertions in recovering the bo'ly . A Modern Gonkril . — On Monday , an old man , named Thomas Cross , formerly a farmer , being destitute , went to the house of a daughter at Warton , Westmoreland , to ask for a home under her roof . She refused to reeeive him , upon which he left the house , and drowned himself in a canal over which he had to cross .
Alleged Poisoning . — At tho Sunderland Police Court , on the 20 th ult ., Thos . Wood , Cornelius Lyons , and Thomas Rawlings , were chargod with having administered a quantity of nitric acid to a boy named William Taylor , eleven years of age . The prisoners are employed at the Wear Pottery , Southwiok , where the boy is also engaged . Taylor was frequently in the habit of drinking the alo and porter belonging to the prisoners while they were at work , and on Wednesday last they agreed to give him some physic in the porter in the way of " a lark , " to prevent him drinking the beer in future . One proposed to giro him jalap , but another said he would give him some aqua-fortis , or nitric acid , used by the workmen in the process of "
lustering . " The prisoner Wood then mixed a portion of nitric acid with some porter , in the presence of the other prisoners ; he then tasted the mixture , and said it wns so hot that it burnt his lips ; he accordingly put in some more porter , and presented about a gill of the mixture to the boy , telling him it was porter . The boy immediately drank it off , and suddenly became extremely ill ; his stomach was swollen , his lips and face turned black , and he was seized with vomiting . He was taken homo in the greatest agony , and was insensible for some time . Mr . Tate , surgeon , having been called in , he was somewhat restored . The prisoner Lyons wept bitterly during the examination . —The magistrates remanded the prisoners .
Representation of Worcester . —The announcement of the failure of the bank of Messrs . Rufford and Biggs , of which firm Mr . F . Rufford , M . P . for the city , is one of the partners , has cauaod some commotion here , but at present no active steps have been taken to fill the vacancy which it is anticipated will be created by the retirement of that gentleman . The local Parliamentary Financial Reform Association however have announced that in the event of a vacancy "they will be prepared respectfully to submit to the consideration of their
follow-citizins in public meeting assembled a candidate recommended by a variety of concurrent circumstances , and likely to command a majority of the suffrages of the Liberal party . " The gentleman here pointed at is W . Lnslest , Esq ., who resides noar the city , and has latterly appeared rather prominently as a Parliamentary and Financial Reformer . Mr . Rufford is a Conservative , and whenever a vacancy occurs a contest will inevitably take place .
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Bkulah Spa .- —The celebrated Beulah Spa , at Norwood , has been re-opened this summer iu all its pristine beauty .
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EteiaiiD . ^^ The " Catuolic University of Irkuxd " Cnllen proj-. 'Ct goes on swimmingly " ' . " ^ monthly meeting , presided over by " " li ' is n . ; Primate , " and attended by a trail of h ' u 1 sH « ti : ° bishops , communications according to tho i * . the proceedings , were received from varioi ^ ^ ' of Europe , of America , India , and of the Cni !' art 3 all vowing fidelity to the notable scheme for , | ' i the portals of the government colleges \ i '" ? the letters contained "money inclosurcg " . ¦ , ?''• ° f one document it appears that the ErmiLi . i | ° H Catholics are coming forward in Wirj ^ " D | f'au sustain the cause of the Irish biiiotx i l * 9 iidCO 10 s . has been forewarded to the " tre ^ 8 U'" of tbe vev . missionary who has been do ""* ''? hence to London to collect subseWntinn 1 '' ! * Among the faithful" who have coffi- ' ^ - the Earl of Surrey , £ 100 ; Lord PetS { -v ^ C . Town . ey , £ 100 ; Mr . John Simeon . ' ll , ^ _
,, tor t ie isio ot wiahr , £ 10 ; and uuiuy ^< equal note . In addition to this eoodh- j 1 '\ secretary acknowledffod the receipt of ' far i' th « to the amount of £ 1 , 500 . The nndortakin "'[ ' ** in course of preparation fo prepare and ' ] . ••> ,- ' * addresses from the University Committee " ? - land , Franco and Ameri w . " The commit ^ , ff alxo appointed three clergymen , who will lbrih « i ' proceed to America to receive the subscrK winch are . flowing from that continent foft coffers of the Insh Umvorsity treasury ""• Mmxooih Oou . kob . -M a meotWof Iho } w , of Trustees of Maynootli College , he-id this w . l resolution was adopted repudiating certain elnr l ' , made against a portion of the hoard by Mr . \ . j ' "J in the House of Commons . After enumenitiiH ^ 'i ? names of the Roman Catholic prelate wi , \ . ;?
bora venow anu Aiitnony Ktronp llusscr , f ; , f formed the board , together with other prelates ' tmembers who wore present , and attaching liic ' i , ^ of a diocese to the name of cicli prelate , tho a . v . ^ ing Post gives the substance of tiic resolution aj ( oi * lows , viz .: — " That the Board of Trustees of t ^ College of Maynootli , have scon with surprise , ; j the Dublin Evening Post of tho J 5 th ult ., a spt ^' purporting to have bcun delivered by Mr . Anstcv member for Toughal , in tho House of Common ^ the 14 th ult ., in which the following statement tv > , . peared : — ' It was notorious that there had not been an annual assembly of Roman Catholic bishops af Maynooth for many years past—he might : \] m ^ - say ever since the passing of the Emanci pation . \«
—at which some prelate had not endi-, ivouiw | , , obtain from his assembled brethren a vote »«^ the Maynooth grant . Dr . Macllale had taken tincourse annually—he ( Mr . Anstoy ) bad the fact from his own lips—and a very large minority of ihp ] j man C .-itbolic l-ishops had invariably voted vrjjjj him . ' The resolution of the board proceeds u > L dare , in tho most explicit terms , that this state ment is altogether groundless , inasmuch » ' „ " „ motion agninst the Maynooth grant , or any H \ v < i ? n tion to that offect , had been rnnde on .-inv ocea ^ on
at any meeting of the board at JIaynooth , or- . , any meeting of the Irish Catholic prelates , ' \ L before or subsequent to the Emancipation Art " Harvest Prospects . —The weather is heautifulW fine—rather warm for promen .-i . iing in the sun shine , but glorious for the formers . Tim m , ' everywhere look well and forward . Potatoes sue appearing plentifully in tbe markets , and clio . iii Altogether , the intelligence on this subject t [' ceived from all parts of tho country , is ino' * cheering .
Pastoral from Primatk Collks . —Lord Cullcn has issued a pastoral to his clergy which coinim > ncej thus : — " Paul , by the grace ofGod and favour of the Apostolic See , Archbishop , &c , Primate ot All Ireland . To the Catholic clergy and laity of Armagh , " Emigration . — " We regret to state , " says ti . e Limerick Examiner , " that emigration protjifssej with the same velocity as before—tho uoiie ami sinew of the country abandoning our shores , under tho fatal influence of injustice and misgovern . ment . " Irish Prosperity !—The Customs duties for \ h week are £ 12 , 442 , viz .: —Tea , £ 5 , 800 ; su ^ ir £ 1 , 006 ; wine , £ 1 , 200 ; spirits , £ 427 ; tobaHco ' £ 2 , 609 ; miscellaneous , £ 1 , 272 ; which show a decrease of £ 1 , C 85 compared wii , h the correspoudin ? we « k last year .
Progress of Ignorance . —The Waterford . Chrmicle draws a not over-flattering sketch of tlie march of education in that locality : — " We aro in uk city absolutely worse off for tho means of education than we were fifty years ago . 'Tis an » ppl . ling fact that the middling classes have not one school in Waterford where their children can get an education . Is it any wonder that everything about us is going to ruin ? Wo venture to' assert that thero are not five young lads in our city able to draw a section of any ouc piece of mechanics ; there are not five mechanics here who know tbe names or properties of tho materials thoy aro using . You will get hundreds to spout politics wita you ; they will talk of tlie glorious Hungarians ot pugnacious Kaffirs ; they will tell you of Calitbinii and Cuba . Take down il map of the world and
ask them to Show you any one of those places oa it , and you might as well send them to seek for Sir John Franklin in a cockboat . This is a bitter truth , but it is truth . Public institutions where tlie mysteries of science are unfolded , we have none ; schools where mechanics are taught as a branch of education , wo have not one ; the advantages of lectures , the uses of scientific iustvuments , the operations of the laboratory , theso are to us only occasional exhibitions , not familar practices ; anil , in consequence of the want of opportunity for teaching our children an education suitable to the requirements of the age , we can give them but mere rudimentary knowledge , and then send them off od the public streets to waste their youth in idleness or in the acquirement of habits whose porniciom tendencies are blots on their after life . "
Trb Distressed Western Unions . —The guardians of the Ballinrobe Union having made a formal application to the Poor Law CommissionoH for leave to allocate a portion of the rate in aid to assist in the emigration of some of the inmatesoi the workhouse , were met by a refusal , on the ground that the commissioners believe that tbe union '' may now be considered as not included in the number of distressed uuiong , " a result wliicfe is attributed to tho efficiency and good management of the guardians . Murder and Robbert . —On Saturday night a poor widow woman , named Nancy Molony , iras murdered in her bed , at O'lirien's-cagtlo , count * Clare . Her tied , and some other trifling effects were carried away by tho murderers . Tne unfortunate deceased had several daughters at service , and waB the only inhabitant of the cottage in which her life was destroyed .
Murder . —It is stated that some persons have heen arrested charged with the murder of Mr . Hatch , at Duleek , in the counfy Mouth , committed about fourteen years ago . They are to be tried at tbe present assizes . The Matoraltt of Dublin . —On the motion oi Mr . Francis Codd , the corporation on Monday resolved to raise the salary of the present and all future Lord Mayors from £ 1 , 000 to £ 2 , 500 . Mr . Curran suggested , that , as the corporation was heavily in debt , it might bo as well to be just before it was generous . Mr . Taggai-t then moved a " amendment : — " That , inasmuch as increasing tlie salary of the present and future Lord Mayors from £ 1 , 000 to £ 2 , 500 would cause the infliction of a borough rate on this already impoverished citf , that tho salary do not exceod £ 1 , 000 until the corporation is out of debt . " The amendmeat w . «
lost , five voting for and twenty-four against it Mr . Curran said lie did not consider £ 2 , 500 too much for'the Lori ! Mayor's salary , but lie though it too much for the corporation in their present embarrassed circumstances to be called on to rote away- He would , therefore , move that in place of ± 2 , 000 the sum do stand atits original amountviz ., £ 2 , 000 , ( Uear . ) This motion was negatived upon a division by a . majority of nine , and the original resolution « as then put and carried . . Failubb op the Transatlantic Expebimew-Ihe Irish Journals , of all political shades , are up in arms against the report of the Packet Commissioners and the blow it has given to the hopes of ao Irish port being selected as the point of departure for the American maila . Already it has been suggested that funds should bo speedily collected here to purchase a first class steam veBsel . and that a
requisition shouM be presented to the Lord Mayor to convene a public meeting of the citizens witli » view of showing that Imhmen were about to W into practice tho virtue of self-reliance . TnE WBATHER .-Between two and half-past three o clock on Tuesday morning the city of D « W ' ? visited by a severe storm of thunder and lig htningi which continued with scarcely a minute ' s interim ?" sion . The lightning was intensely vivid . The rain fell in torrents ' all the night , and after partifW clearing up at five o ' clock a . m ., it again came down before six , and continued to fall for a considerable time . Riot at Rathkeale Woiikiiouse . — The Limtrid Reporter contains the following accountof an ««<«» m the Rathkealo workhouse , caused Itf " > alleg ,, deficiency and Lad quality of the food given to t « ' - paupers :-. «• Rotbkcale , June 30 th , 1851 : A « oK * J entente and riot took place in the workhouse ° ' Iliitbkeale on Sunday lftst . Th * dietary . •« » '
called , of that house ' is on the most reduced sc ; for breakfast , to able-bodied men , eight onnccB w Indian meal in stirabout and twelve ounces o » Egyptian corn and barlev-meal mixed in equal P " pom ions for dinner , and one ounce less , both * breakfast and dinner , for full- "rown women- lfl » not was at one time extremely violent . la tlie n »^ workhouse grown men are but a small minor" ) that class , as I ' said before , are quickly transfer •¦ " to the hospital , the infirm ward , or the two sliiU '"§ coffin . The active rioters were mostly women a « young boys , who kept up a cotuinuo . 1 sliovrei i stones on all ^ lio approached the workhouse-g ^ '
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312 i £ ale $ . Manslaughter in Cardiff . —Last week an Austrian sailor , named Joseph Samucan , went to a low beerhouse in Wtvitmore-lMie , Cardiff , known as the Noah ' s Ark , kept by a man named Thomas . Two jf . the deceased ' s shipmates were with him , and in the course of a squabble Samucan was felled to tho » round by a blow from the kitchen poker , aimed at him by a man named James Loynes , and in a Bhort time breathed his last . Loynes immediately absconded .
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Scotland . Detebminkd Suicide . —A determined act of selfdestruction was effected last week by a man between forty and fifty years of age , name unknown , who precipitated himself from the parapet of the Dean Bridge , Edinburgh , and , falling with great violence upon the rocks beneath , sustained injuries of such a nature as to occasion almost instantaneous deaf . h .
Highway Robberies . —On Saturday evening last a man named Walker , who is in the employment of Mr . Laing , Newabbey , was sent up to Dumfries , for some articles , with a gig or spring cart . lie had , on his return , gained the top of the Whinnyhill , which is a very lonely place , and shaded by wood on each side , about eleven o ' clock , when a man rushed upon him with a double barrelled pistol in his hand , and demanded hia money otherwise he would blow out his bruins . Walker declared he had only twopence , which he gave to the robber , who searched his pockets and found nothing . He then ordered him to drive on , which Walker was very glad to do . He had u , et the man when coming up to town , and can describe him accurately . On Sunday night John
Andersonear-, dener , Cargtm House , was returing from Dumfries about eleven o'clock , on the same line of road . When passing Redbank he was joined by a man who entered into conversation , and walked with him as far as Mavis Grove avenue . There tbe fellow said their roads separated , and suddenly pulled out a piatol with each hand , one of them double barreled , and demanded Anderson ' s money or his life . The gardener gave him his purse , which contained two pound notes and 20- > . in silver . With this booty he marched off , threatening to shoot Anderson if he attempted to fol'ow him . Both i-arties agree in describing him to l » e a man between twenty and thirty years of age , ; ibout the middl < - height i he is slenderly made , and has thin sharp features ; long fair hair ; red whiskers and reddiHh beard . lie
wears a blue bonnet and a red neckerchief , and his clothes are dark , resembling those worn by sailorB . The description tallies to a nearness with that given by the police officers of Aryshire , of a man named Ross , who committed a similar offence in that county , and escaped from the district . Deaiii m Drowniko . —On Saturday afternoon last a young gentleman lost his life while bathintr in the Clyde , some way above Dalmarriock-bridmf Edinburgh The young , man , w ho was a stuS of divinity , had gone into the river to bathe along with his brother . He was unfortunatel y no swimmer , and was carried away by the current His brother , on observing his pWous position rome KL mT ? t 0 ^ - w evGry assistance ? but m attempting to austam him above water , he was nearly drowned himself . n was ultSwri , owS £££ ? , £ f " - ° ° f bta bother and on r ™ gaining the shore , unmed atelv m-nm , J . \ ..-. l . i" „
has throwt nnf -7 , Inouruful M « Went , which eulJi r 0 WI ' universal gloom over our vilhlee , oc-1-IftZ 0 I r » , M tern 011 ' Mr - Joseph Bidden , Ute farmer of Halld yke * , but residing here wnce to iL r ) y i « " « P »«»« 1 by a friend , we-t over I ? Sf l V Annan t 0 batlie about Bix o ' <* P-mtin ^^ l "PPear tbat Mr . Bryden , « oiin after got-I'ng into the pool— a very deep one , situat « dtwo or free hundred yards above SbiJIahill-bridge , got bevond Ins depth , aud , not being an expert swim-« ior , immediately began to struggle and cry for assistance . His friend made two or three praiseworth y efforts to save him , but failed ; the consequence was that fully an hour elapsed before lie was got out , when life was quito extinct . Mr . Bryden , from his quiet and unobtrusive manners , was highly respected in the district . —Perthshire Courier
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 5, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1633/page/6/
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