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      * r ___ c- — " . J ^ g £% t iiiniO ..-iiiito , Two Destructive Fni ! a . —Aiuv . u eight o ' clock on •>! U day > . ' .. ' . < '•' &- '¦ a fire , atu-ndaii with coiisidci : ii- - il > ik- 'wi «» f ( -rvj'Crty , '• -rokc mil i : i a larce ra = 'i- <> t <»« rx » . uiiiis 0 loiiiiuis ; to iir . P-ais , a b * ix ni-isu-ac tiicr . »; : uattd iniuie < s ; att- ] y behind the prein ^ -r . - « -W'i = ii « «¦ = ' - " »» r . Spencer , a WbaccotUS , No . 32 , K ; . is s ree » , S -ow-bill . The tire was l . oi exiingui-uni ami ! Mr . l ous ' s properly was totally de-8 tr .. yt < l . Tue ori . ui of the tire is not known . F < r-Iuii-j «• v , tiie suff =-rer was iustired iu the I'tWEuix Fire Offi : e . A'lout an hoar previous , a fir .-, ibai Tir . i * * e ; l in ii tieutg aUtniltd with an enormous « ie-Stru . ai mil y npi-riy , huppt-nt-d iu ihe larie manufa « --uiing pniniStS btluu > Mbg : o Messrs . Gi"Ver . the gas-meier-wak .- s , in S > uUon- > Ueet , ClerRennell . Que « -i , d « i he rout was burnt off . The origin of tbis fire is likewise unknown .

      On lhe 22 : i « l mgt . -m inquest was he ! d before Mr Car . ., ihc . ; .. ronerlor Surrey , at the While . Horse Tavern , Ii ix » n- ! iill , on view -f ibe bo < ly ot a female u Uowii , io-md in the Brickfield 1 » i . d , at Brixton . on usttprevi us Wednesday morniug . 1 ram the aavd-iccd sia : e or deewrajJOSJii-Hi is is eupuostd tbe hudj mu * t have been in the yjnd more ihau a foi mi * > t P' dvioos to its being fou .-. d It is thai of a fc . iidiu , w * ren ' -ly about twenty five , resptctabiy atiir-d i . i darn c ' . othts . In the at > s nee of direct evid-nce , 'lie | ury returned an open veidict of "Pound D . -mvoeJ . "

      Fatal Ste \ m Boat Accident . —On Monday afttr « o < n the Sunbeam , Cu" and West-end ste-in boat , with her passengers proceeded up the river as far as S ¦ ath-varK-briate wiies * n . man of the uamt o-CLinerfieid at cite moment tbe steamer was passing under tne bridge fell overboard . The firemen on board t ; ie fl -Mting engine put off in their buat in die lope * of saci < : g the unf rtunaie man , but when they h « d nearly reac . ed him two steamers came up , anil a is believed that tbe paddie wheels of one Btrack th 3 s-oor --How on 'he head , for he almost instantly atter « ards < luapp an-d . The wile and child of tne uufuriu ; te man were on board .

      Suicide , —On Monday an inquest was held before Mr liedtor ' , at Charing-oress Horpial , on the bndy of Emm i G -c , aged thirty-eigut . who precipitated hens If fr » : n the attio of 22 , Castle-nreet , Lonjiac e- From the « videnceof the : a : liei it append thai the debased had been subject to tits of epilepsy an i gust * > n' passion from her infancy , during which she trt-queaily threatened the lives of the whole of her family . It appears that a quarrel ensued betwt > su me deceased and her broiuer and father , On * cc > unt of a suspected inunwey , since proved to have been Unreal , between her aud a man liviug ia the same hoa * r . Immediately after thejiUercation , having been left alone in the r . iom , she precipitated lerssel- from the windo * , was picked up seusdess , ind C 4 tlii < 6 be liospv . al . The medical evidence satisfying tUejary as t » the cause of death , the jury return i a v .-rdict of " Temporary insanity . "

      Dl COVERV OF A MaNDFACTOBY UF SpOBIOOS Tea .. Ti » " detective revenue police corps , acting and r Mr . Scott , have ju ^ t discovered an important « ea : 'if nie-purious tea manufacture . The premises in question are No . 9 , Bond-atreet , Commercial-To ^ ti . The officers , on entering the sutpecced house , proee- 'ed 'o the kitchen , where they found , in worlsing order , he wooden presses , drying traya . leather and rau-mn nai > s , colouring matters , and all the appara'u < « nd mawiais employed in the art of giving to exhausted tea leaves tbe semblance of tbe genuine prod'Cf . li- ^ i .. cs a great quantity of rawaudpai - tiaiiy to vertfd material ; ninety-eight packages of ihr mi . H-d art ' cie were discovered , in a lonn ready fcrtUe market . Neither the condacturs of the process nor i he owners of the p ant were disc ivered , altho = ab « neir early apprehension is especttd . The stock and mensils were , h > wever , seized , aud con-Tevd tu the R-venue Uffice , in Broad-street .

      lEyTBSfivE Fire . —One of the most extensive fires ili 4 has occurred in the metropolis for some time past , broke out < a Wednesday morning at a few minutes before one o ' clock , in an immense range of manufacturing premises , situate in Pieasant-row , Pelham-street , Mile-end New-town , used as lard aa-i ol works , and supposed to belong to Mr . Crossley , of Old Monta ue- < treet , Whitechapel . A generai ' turn out of the fi > emen took place , and they proceeded lowaid * the scene of conflagration , guided only by the ligut in the atmosphere . After taking a number of circoirous rou'es , the engines were driven i > 'to the Whitechapel-road , -rehere huge todies of sparks flyins over the houte tops in the load , convinced the firemen that they were not far from The . scene of conflagration . Having turned down

      some of 'he b \ e stteets they came in from of the blazing pile , when a see- e of fearful grandeur , presented itself , lor Hie wh-ile f the inward building was wrapped in sheets of flame . Tbe various engines wsrc immediately set to work from a S'ipp y of via ' trr fwtri'hed by the East London Company ' s jnai . s ; but i » -p ; te of tiie utmost , exeriiuus ot the firem n aud tUe vast torrents of water scattered over the blazing pi e , the work of devastation continued , » nd il was nearly two o ' clock before tbe least impres- 'on = ould be made upon tbe fire , and not uefure the building was »> 1 but destroyed . Health op London during tub Week . —The WeeKiy return still discovers a hish rate of moTtalky , thouih some improvement is observe . ) in the last as compared -i h the earlier weeks of this month . The

      death * in the week ending July 26 11 , were 956 ; in August they rose successively to 1 , 010 . LOSS , and 1 , 061 ; and they have again declined to 956 . la die corresponding wt-ek of 1849 , when epidemic cholera fvas raging , the total mortality rose to 2 . 456 deaths , jnoie than naif of which were the consequences of its fatal violence ; in the same week of 1847 it rose to 1 , 057 ; bat , with these exceptions , the numbered re gistered last week is higher than ia any of the correfunding we fes of 1841 50 . Of the 956 persona who died lost week , 502 were children under fifteen years of aji * , 262 weie fifteen y- ars or older , but under sixtv years , and 181 had reached sixty years or upwards . 290 chil-iren , whose deaths are now recorded , lad nut attained i > ne year old . In the summer

      returns epidemics are m tiie ascendant , and this c ' ass Bow includes 314 fatal cases . Of this number , 168 are due to diarrhoea , dyaentry , and cholera ; next in amount is typhus , wnicii , with remittent fever , rheumatism , iSsc ., Counts 54 ; small pox and measles number each 16 , rc-u-la ina 13 hoopingcouili 24 ; , cro \ ip 5 t and thrush 10 . Ttiougu scarlatina does not spread fatally at tbe present time , particular families have suffered severely ; and in the notes of registrars a court in Deptfnid is reported where this disease , in its malignant form has carried off two children , while a tbrd has also be ^ n attacked in ( he same family , the Louse being without drainage , and consequently subject to an accamulatinn of nuisances . The tubercular class in the table of this week is second in numeiical

      importance : it comprises scrofula , which was the fatal c < o-e iu 10 cases , tabes mesenteries , and hydroc-pbajus . wiiich numbt-r respectively 14 and 20 , and pbtiiisis ( or consumption ) which numbers 126 The mortality from this last mentioned disease is about the ordinary amount . The deaths ascribed to diseases of the i expiratory organs are 72 ( tbose from diseasts « f she digestive organs 63 , neither of these TaBuhs differing much from the average at this season of the year . Twenty deaths from cholera were regts tered in the week . The births of 772 boys and 683 girls , in all l .-loochildren . were registered in tbe weeH .

      ihfiaveaiieot S « corresponding weeks in 1845 50 vas 1 281 . At the Royal Observatory . Greenwich , tbe mean reading of the bar . meter was above 30 in-« nes on Monday , Tuesday , mid Wednesday ; and the mean of ihe week was 29-JH 1 inches The DOeail teiTJperatnre of tbe week was 63 8 deg .. or about 3 d < -g . above the average of the same week in ten years . The temperature was highest on Thursday and Friday , the highest on each day having been 19 8 dies . and the m ^ an about 63 ( leg ., which U more thaa 1 degrees above the average . Tbe wind generally blew from tbe -sou'h-west .

      Bibtbdatof Pbiscb AjLBERT .-On Tuesdy his Koyal Highne-s Piince Albeit completed bis thirty second year , having been b » rn on the 20 th -f Au *> , 1819 . The Royal 8 'andard floated on the various public buildings during the whole of the day , and at one o ' clock the Park and Tower guns were fired in honour of tbe event . The bells « f many churches of the metropolis and its suburbs rang merry peals at an early hoar in tbe morning ,- and kept up . the joyous demonatrati -n to a late period * f the niiiht . In « he evening various illuminations were displayed on several p f the public buildings , and by the tradesmen of the Priuce .

      Serwos Fires—Tuesday w » 3 marked by the occurrence of three , by which tbe lives of several persons were placed in imminent perl . The firvt in time , but , unfortunately , not in extent , took plaee between twelve and one in the morning , on the premises of 3 Ir . Taylor , a Hnchdrap .-r , So . 166 Drury-lane . The engines quickly arriveil , but in spite of the exertions of the firemen the flami-s coulu SOt be extinguished until some hundred pounds ^ ortbofproperty was spojled . ForttinatBly Mr . Tay lor was insured in the Phbsnis . —About half an hour lat-. Ttlje premises belonging to Mr . T . P . Marks , plumber , &c ., No . 13 , EaBfrstrei't , Eitst Geenwich , *? . J r ri > t trHCO > ered to be on fire , and the flamrs Had alread y ob-ained such a firm hold of the lower pact . of the bui'ding that it was with -thegrew * i araeulty the ntmates . were enabled to escape . The JZf . « h » nonse had barely reached the SstfS WSriSsiSW

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      Af ^ . 10 , 11 , and 12 , belonging to Mr . Smith , of tbo riaf .-lt-ar-road , ; ire also considerably dauia ^ d , and o is Ko . 15 , belonging to Mr . Claytow . Jlr . Marks fni t-iiiitaiy was insured in tho ' County Fire-office . — Sliort !} 1 . 'ifttr twelve o ' clock at noon , the third tire octtirred in Prior-grove , Uulton-Selds , Bromp-. ton , below the hospital for thi-cure of consumption , ' and as vegarda the amount of building property de-Btroyed was far more destructive tlian the former outbreaks . Mr . R . Trower , of Uo . 2 , Collegestreet , Chelsea , has a row of first class houses in the course of erection in the above grove , mid indeed were completed with the exception of putting in the windows , and some internal arrangements .

      The workmen had gone to dinner as usual , leaving a fire burning on the hearth in the iower portion of one of the houses . The wind getting up , eome of the embers were wafted on to a pile of shavings , which immediately ignited , and in an incredible short space of time , the whole building was in flau . es . An adjoining house then caught , anil speedily shared the same fate , and wlicn the brigade arrived the entire grove seemed doomed to destruction . The engines , however , wore ! quickly got into operation , and tbe eoflagration w ; is at length stayed . Tho loss will prove rather heavy , and it is uuderatoed that the buildings were not insured

      A "Woman Fousd Dead is Reoknt-stheet . — On Wednesday mominp , at an early hour , ihe police constable on duty in Regent-street found the dead budy of a woman lying on tho pavement a short distance from Vigostreet . The corpse was removed a * speedily as possible to St . James's Workhouse , in Poland-street , whoro it . was seen by tbe medical offker , wha found no mark * of violence . Information was sent to Air . Bedford , the coroner , who lias ordered a post-mortem examination . The deceased appeared to have been about fifty years Of agt " . was of sallow complexion , attired in a black s uin visite and gown , and : ¦ & open willow bonnet .

      Tub Case of Loro Ranelaoii and tub Officials of tub Grbbnwich Line . —On Wednesday Mr . Metculf , barrister , applk-d at Judges' Chambers , on behalf of Lord Ranelagh , for a writ of emiorskvi to remove from tiie Central Criminal Court to tiie Court of Queen ' s Bpnoh , the indictment found against his lordship by the grand jury at tin ; former court last week for an assault upon an officer of tbe Greenwich Railway . Tho Lord Chief Baron ( Sir P . Pollock , ) who was sitting « it Chambers , at , once granted the application , and the cr . se will tic tried at the sittings after Michaelmas term . Coroner ' s LvquESi—Child Murdkb at CAMBEttwell . —An inquest was taken before Mr . W . Carter , tbe coroner , at tiie Princes * Charlotte Tavern , Aliciny-road , Camberwell on Wednesday , on the body of a newly born male child , found under tiie

      following singular circumstances;—It appeared lh : it on tho previous Friday two boys were fishing hi tbe Surrey Canal , near the Swimming Baths , when their tackle came in contact with some heavy substance , and after a few minutes they succeeded in bringing to the surface of the water a bllUdlO , which , when opened , was found to contain the body of a child , which was given to the constable ( Mr . Sedgley . ) Mr . Flower , the surgeon of Camber well , stated that he had made a . post mortem examination of tbe body , which was fully developed , and had been born a ' . be . The body was very much •¦• composed , but . here was sufficient proof of vitality having existed for a considerable time . The jury , after abnef c © n 8 ultarion , unanimousl y agreed to a verdict of " Wilful murder against awne person or persons unknown , '

      Profosbd Sale of the Next Presentation to tub Pahisu op St . Lckb , Chelsea .. —Wednesday ueiiig the day appointee for the sale ny auction of this valuable church preferment , al . truonumberot ' the inhabitants of the extensive parish of Clielsca attended for the purpose of witnessing tbeprocee-• liuga , After the sale « f other properties , the auctioneer ( Mr . Alderman Farei . rother ) st ited that he bad to offer tbe next presentation ( subject to the life of the present incumbent , now in the seventieth yeir of his age ) to the rectory ot St . Luke' , Chelswi . which consisted of the deiached rectory-house , with offices and gardens , extending to three and a quarter acres of ground , together with twenty-six iicres of glebe land , let on building leases for lives which , together with the commuted rent charged in lieu of tithes , create an income of £ 1 , 604 5 s . 21 . per annum ; with a prospect of a further increase of £ 1 , 300 per annum aa the lives upon which the glebe lands are let drop in . The rector , during his

      iucumbencr , has also the right of nomination to the ministry of the Old Church , now the pari&h chapel , producing about £ 300 per annum , the . present incumbent in his eiijhiy-third year . After reading the above particulars , the auctioneer stated that the heavy duties of the parish lequired the assistance of two . curates , whose salaries , together with highway rate * , < te ,, caused a deduction of £ 287 from tbe annual income " and said that , . aking every source of income , patnmage , and reversionary interest into consideration , according to 5 lie tables , the value was ahout £ 1 ( 5 , 000 , but it was for bidders to decide what it was w » rt . h The auctioneer then invited any person in the company to make any observation , or ask any questions , i > ut a dead silence wa * ina'nuuicti , and vtvi lot was put up at £ 0 , 000 and tbe l > i <) diiij > s went on by £ 100 each , until they rencbed £ 8 , 500 , at which price ibe hammer ft ? U , and tbe auctioneer declared the proparty was not sold .

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      © Oe trommel * . FlttE AND Loss OF Life at Chatham —On Saturday morning last , a destructive fire broke out at the Cock public-house , kept by Mr . Bsildock , by which one of tha | inmstes lost bis life and others sustained serious injury . About , an hour after the family and lodgers b . id retired to rest , the landlord w is alarmed by the cry of hie , and flames were immediately discovered raging in the lower part of the house . Mrs . Baldock aud three of her children escaped -with difficulty through one of the windows . Before doing so , she attempted to arouse a young man , . named Amos , a harvi-at labourer , who was

      asleep in one of the bedrooms , having arrived tbe day before , but failed in so 'Joins , : m < i his sleep cost him his life . A female named Bennec , ill jumping from a cnamber window , received a vi-ry serious injury of tbe spine , besides being much cut by the glass ; and the sen ant girl , in escaping by the g-irret window , likewise sustained considerable injury . Tbe fire , the origin of which is unknown , extended to the adjoining house , in the occupation of Mr . Sibbett , fruiterer , which was entirely . destroyed . An inquest was held on the body of the young man , who was found covered with feathers , as if he bad gone liowu with the bed through the floors . An open verdict was returned .

      Horrid Barbariti ur a Moiheb . —Margaret Fleming was charged before tbe magistrates in Chester on the 21 st inst ., with fearfully mutilating her infant > Ou , a child of a year and eight month * old . The woman Jives near tho old turnpike , ill BoUjjhlon , Chester . Tho child was found a little distance from her house , apparently Buffering the greatest agony from wounds which it had re ceiyed . It was conveyed by some neighbours to Mr . Churton ' s , the mother at that time having left tiie U 0 U 80 to take her husband ' s dinner . Mr Churton discovered that tbo sexual parts of tbe child had been completely destroyed by fire , and there was also a burn on its back , done by some metallic instrument . Oiber sevro bruises WtTC found on different parts ot the child ' s body . Mr .

      Churton had since attended the child , and staled that it was in such a dangerous state that he believed it would not live . A woman who lives next door to the prisoner deposed that she heard tho chiW fearfully moaning , and tho voice of tbe mother angrily speaking to it ; also the sound of blows , there being only the prisoner and her child in the house . The pmoner shortly atterw ; irda left thehou . se . The prisoner w . -is remanded . On being placed at the bar she evinced no remorse ; nut seemed only affected at her o . wn position . It was necessary to remove her in a cab to the city paolto prevent the women who thronged the staircase and arcade of the Exchange from taKing tbe law into their own hands . We understand the mutilated infant is likely to survive , as Mr . Churton has succeeded in effecting an artificial passage .

      Commission op . Lunaci . —On Saturday last an inquiry took place at Guildford , before Mr . Commissioner Winston and a special jury , to ascertain the state of mind of Mr . Thomas Husbridger , of Boguor , Sussex , shipowner and coal , merchant , but who has been since March laBt an inmate of the Guildford Lunatic Asylum . A number of lay and medical witnesses were examined , from whosetestimony it appeared that an unfavourable change tuok place in Mr Rusbridgcr ' s mind in January and February , 1849 ,. arising from a paralytic

      stioke , and that subsequently bo bad exhibited on various occasions great violence of conduct . The jury found that he had been of unsound mind aiiioe the 16 th of March last . . RtfPBESENTATION OF COLCHESTER . —TI . 6 PrOtCCtioni-t party in Colchester are taking steps to secure the return of W . V 7 ; Hawkins , ' Esq ., of Aliesford Hall , at the next election for this borough , in cot junction with Lord John Manners , one . of the sitting nieinbcrs .. In addition to being a a zealous ProtecHOIliut , Mr . Hawkins ia a sound Pro tea t ; t ut . .

      An luiPoRTUXATB SciTOR . —In the County Court , nt > tho Castle of Exeter , on Saturday , James Jtffery , a prisoner for debt , in tbe . Sheriffs Ward , So , Tlioinas , came . up upon his petition to be dischnfgpd . . lie was ouposed 4 > y Mr . Tow , solicitor , uf London ; and supported by-Mr . Laidman , for the Society of the Rvlief of Poor Debtora . It appeared from , the statements and admissions which were made in tlie ' ajur . se of the examination , that the insolvent , who ; as a ^ Greenwich pensioner , and " who has also been employed as a toll collector at various parts of thioand the adjoining county , fancied himself entitled , as the . heir at law of one : Sif-Thomas Be r ? y » . to certain lamigin / . Devonshire , in the pose « 8 ion of a la named Twr ' Some friend * ad-

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      vanced him money to enable him to try his' riglii ; and Mr Davy , solicitor , of _ Wellington , -was i » - strucieu to take logiil proeoedinus in onlcr that t-be matter might he brought to issue . Piyniont- ' were made on account , and an undnrstiuuitng was come to between Mr . D . ivy and insolvent us to the amount of remuneration which t \ v former was . to receive , in the event of ultimata SUCCC 83 . Alt action of ejectment was commenced , and notice of trial was given , but when tho assizes arrived , the oiu ^ e was never entered . The defendant ( Mrs . Torr ) obtained an order for the co « t 9 of th < - day ami the insolvent , not long afterwards , was ftken in execution for the amount . He then employed attorney So . 2 , to sue attorney Ko . 1 . for ae- 'ligence , in omitting to enter the cause , accorilthis second

      in « to his undertaking . In action the insolvent w . is successful . He obtained a verdict against Attorney No . 1 , who paid the-amount rec , vered to attorney No . 2 . Attornej Ko . 2 , bowever , did'not pjiyitorerto insolvent as readily as the latter thought desirable , and be therefore gave instructions to attorney No . 3 to take proceedings to recover it . Attorney No . 3 therefore set to work upon attorney No . 2 , and , as the schedule stated , with so muWi . "ucce « s that he aotually did receive a sum of £ 3110 * ., but then he had a bill of co . sts estimated in the 83 « ie schedule at " about £ 50 , " in respect of whiuh he not only had a right M > retain the money in his own hands , but also had a lien on the balance of £ 20 which attorney No . ' Z had stili-feo f iay . As regarded his action against Mra . Torr , the insolvent had not only failed , but bad been

      incarcerated upwards of t * 0 years for nou > paymciit of tiie costs . 2 Wr . Torr 8 aid lie hud only been desirous of bringing these facts -. before the public , but bad no wish to protract the insolvent ' s imprisonment . Thejudge said Mr . Torr had quite con vinccd him that the insolvent had been a most unfortunate man , and ordered him to bo discharged torthwitb . Cuaroe op Fraud and Conspirac ; at Brighton . On Saturday last , Mr . M'Luren and Mr . Lewis having entered into tlio required recognisances , an officer was despatched to Lewes with the necessary ticket to the governor ot Lewes gaol , upon receipt of which the prisoner Broomo would be required to enter into his own recognisances o < £ 200 , and be released . No application Jor bail lor either of the other prisoners was made .

      Dreadful Gales at Liverpool . —Early on Sunday morning tbe wind , which was lightly blowing from tbe west , sprang up into a heavy gale , and continued tbrou / gi . ouc tbe day , at times a perfect hurricane , accompanied with torrents of heavy rain , for miles up the country , east , north , ana south of Liverpoel . The crops of wheat and oats , which had been cut and arranged in shock , were th 0 Wn dowl ) , burst open , and scattered over the fluids and hedges . Prom Liverpool a large number uf ve ^ clB left the river outward bound , and it is feared that nviny will have suffered greatly from the storm . Up to the afternoon of Monday we regrot to narrate the tollowing : —Tho Kedorea , for Calcutta , has put back with lus ? of topmasts , < L' c . A sloop , supposed to be the Shonett , of Killou ^ b , sunk in the river on Sunday , crew dvowned . The John , of Huiicorn , laden with limestone , sunk ott Tayior ' a Bank , while in tow of the Dreadnought steamer , crew lost .

      Imsn Row at Birmingham . —On Sunday night , between seven and eight o'clock , a desperate all ' ray took place between a large body of Irish , about 15 * o in number , and three of the police forco in Birmingham ; the result was , that two of the officers arc so seriously injured that their lives are despaired of . Tbe scene of the affray was Park-street , which is the resort of a large number of Irish , who gener-illy occupy themselves on Sunday afternoon ny annoying tho persons resident in the neighbourhood , and otherwise conducting themselves with a *

      much disorder as to render it dangerous for person .--to pass by . To such an extent has this nuisanc been oarried , that on Sunday the police interfered , when tho Irish fell on them and beat them in tinmost savage fashion ; a man named Bloxbam , was knocked down and jumped upon t > y some of t ) ib ringleaders in tbe riot , whilst others beat him aiioui the bead with dangerous implements , inflicting such serious injuries about his person , that he was taken up in a dying state , with six or seven immense wounds in his head . The other two officers

      wentreated with almost equal brutality . Two out of the three policemen were taken to the hospital , where they now lie in 8 uch a state that their lives are despaired of . Several of the ringleaders in the affray bavo been taken into custody . Tub Cholera . —The BirroingJiam Journal says ttuit two fatal ' cases of Asiatic cholera occurred in that town last week . Discovery and Committal of a Gang of Thieves and Receiveks . —Great interest has been created at . Bath by the discovery of a large gang of thieves , who as porters and errand-boys have been

      carrying on an extensive system of rotbery for some time past , by which several of the leading tradesmen of the city h » ve Buffered « o a large amount . His worship ( F . Dowding , Esq ., inayor of Bath ) , alter several adjournments , rendered neces .-ary by the extent and nun . her of the robberies , has fully committed tbe following prisoners for trial : —Herr hert Coplestone , Thomas Reynolds , James Wilkins , J ; . cob Archard , Henry Kingston , George Gwiilam , Edward Lovier , William Levier , and Jane Leiier ; the two last named , who are husband and wife , being charged as receivers of tbe stolen goods , and all the others with stca i-g .

      Abominable Outrage at a Colliery near Bristol . —Th Malago Viiie Colliery , at Bedmtetcr , near Bristol , .-it which but a tew weeks ago five unfortunate men were killed through the breaking of the rope by which they were being lowered to their work in the bottom vein , has thin week been the scene of one of the most diabolical outrages tbat could be conceived-namely , the wilful cutting of the shaft rope , upon the strength and ! -a < ety of which the lives of the mea engaged in the colliery mainly depend . Offini : to the breaking of tbe former rope , und to ita obviona unfitnesi for the work , » new one has been ordered by the proprietors ; but , in tbe meantime , the operations of the colliery have been carried oh with the aid of a pit rope Jem until us completion by tbe proprietors of another

      pit in the neighbourhood . What motive could have suggested so horrible a crime cannot be conceived , hut on Tuesday morning a painful amount of excitement was produced in tbe neighbourhood in consequence of its becoming known that an attempt had been made to cut it through with some sh ;> rp instrument . At midnight on Monday the rope is known to have been perfectly sound and secure . It is the duty of the nwn in charge of the pit ' s mouth to overlook tlie ropes and machinery , and at the time mimed he made an examination and found that all was as it should be . Between that time and three o ' clock on the loilowing morning tbo outrage was perpetrated . At the last nameo time a cart full of men had to be lowered for the purpose of going to work below , mid just before the descent was tnadu the rope was again

      overlooked , and it was then found tbat it had been cut across with some oharp instrument . The rope h . id been penetrated in an upward direction to some depth , and when tbe strain of tlio cart came to act upon it , the cut be * ng at above fifty feet fvom the drum , it is doubtful whether , having been so weakened , it would have stood . Information of tinhorrible attempt baa been conveyed to the police , and a rigid inquiry is being insiituted in tbe hope of discovering the offender . Mabhiaob of Miss Helen Faucit . —At the church of St . Xicbolas , Brighton , on Monday morning , tbe nupii'tlsof Miss Helena Faucit Saviile the delightful Uelen Faucit of the dramatic world , and Mr . Theodore Martin , parliamentary agent-, were celebrated . The ceremony was performed by the ltev II . G . Wagner , vicar of Brighton .

      The iMuBDEB of a Woman ur her Husband at Manchester . —John Hnmpson , the man Charged , on Friday liut , with the murder of his wife , by beating and throwing her down stair ? , was brought up at the Manchester Borough Court on Tuesday . Mr . Evan Thomas , surgeon , stated that be nia . ie a post mortem examination of the body of deceased on Saturday last . He found that the skull was fractured , and there was effusion of blood on the brain . This was the cause of death . It might have been produced l > y blown or kicks , or by a fall . ' The prisoner , who protested his innocence of the ci > in \ e , was committed for trial , on a charge of murder at tbe assizes . An inquest was held on the body of the unfortunate woman on Monday , by Mr . Herford but it wa 9 adjourned . . ¦ Ihb Compousd Houskjiolders * Act , pawed during tho k * t session of parliament , has been

      brought somewhat effectively , into operation in Manchester under . tbe superintendence of tbe regi tration o <» mrnitt . es . Monday was the last da ? foroliuinstobeisentw , and the League Registration Society , on behalf of . the free-trader ! has given its- assistance to about G 60 applicants in making claims , the greater portion of whom : claim under this bill . Tbe onl y other registration society is one calling itself the Protestant Defence Association , and the number of applications they have received ia about 3 U 0 . This makes about 900 personB whoso names will probably be added to the register under the bill , independent of those who will huve claimed by direct application to the overseers and otherwise . The names on the complete register , of-last ) ear 11 , 841 , bo that the Jncreaue will form a larga per . cuitage considering how illinformed people are at present Sb to theioope and design , of the act . and , indeed , as to its existence atall .

      -....-Charob of FonoEnY agaikst a CLE . iumMS . —We ( WesternFlying'Post ) ai nomiced last week in our second edition that the Ruv . H . P . JJope , incumbent of Leigh , and chaplain of the Sherborne Union Workhouse , had-been arrested on a charge of forgery , and remanded until Thursday . On Tuesday he vras again brought up in custody , and ihe examination resumed with closed doors . 'We arQi therefore ,-unable to publish the evidence , but the following Buiiimwy of the facts may bo relied upoa

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      its correct . There-were several cliarccsagainst . the reveieml gentle-nan . . The first , t > i- » t ou ' which-be was arre .-ted , was . preferred against him by Mr-John Bird , of Bat' -ombe , » farrnur advanced' in years . The information charged him with having forged : bill of Exchange for £ 200 . Ic . appears that uoihejiionttis ago Mr . Uopu applied to liii-J to jjl » him iii an accommodation bill , and , after some time , the old man was persuaded to Bign his name to a blank acceptance for £ 50 , leaving Mr . Hope , in whom lie t-eems to have had great confidence , tO fill ! ti the amount . ¦ M . r . ' Mope took tho stamp away with him , and subsequently drew the bill for £ 200 instead of £ 50 . The imipistrutes , after hearing ' the ' evidence , committed , Mr . Hope for trial on -the oharae of forgery . There were several other csises of a similar character against the prisoner , anil the magistrates , after hearing some portion ot the evidence , adjourned the further examination . It i « supposed that the reverend gentleman was deeply involved in railw .-iy speculations .

      The Colusrt Exflosioh at Washinotox . — -Mr . M'ltliias Dunn , the government inspector , baa given notice to the proprietors that lie purposes examining ode workings of the pit on Tuesday ; be has also requested that he' may be accompanied by a deputation of three pitmen while making his survey . The condition of the pit previous to , and at-tintune of the accident , will be thoroughly inquired into at the lidjouroed inquest . ' Gun Accident . — -On ' the 22 ndinstant Mr . Rose , son of Sir George Rose , one of the Masters in Chancery , was acci- 'ently shot by his friend , Wni . Brougham , Esq ., another of the Ma » iers . in Ci > ' » nuery . The particulars are , that Mr . Rose was on a

      visit to Lord and L ;» dy Brougham , and iiis lordship s brother , W . Brougham , Esq ., at Brougham Hull , m Westmoreland , and on that d . iy Mr . Rose , Mr . W , Brougham , and others wore out shooting rabnits in Wuinfell Park , between two and three miles distant from'Brougham Hall , and nearly five mile ' s from Penrith . - A rabbit started from its burrow , when Mi * . Brou « hain immediately tired his piece not at tho same time seeing his friend , who uiifoituiiutely was standing in such a direction , that a quantity of the shot ( it is ( bought about'fifty pellets ) was lodged in the higher parts ofhis thighs find tue lower part of ibe abdomen . Mr . Rose still re-• iiaina at Brougham Hall , and ia doing well .

      A PoWCEMAN KIUiKD BY A LUNATIC—Oil flJOnda ) last an inquest was held , by adjournment , at tht-Ridley . Anns , Blyth , a suinll sea-port , town in tue ¦ ounty of Northumberland , before the coroner , Stephen Reed ,. Esq ., upon the body of Patrick Hartford , " a * police officer of tbat town . Mr , William Briggs , a shipowner residing » t Waterlooylaee , has for some time past heen labouring uil < l ? V I'Oiiurmod raonomiiniji , but being inottenBivo wa-» uffured to go at large without restraint . A few -lays ago he suddenly became violent , and as his maid servant was taking away the dinner t > ay from his bedside , he jumped up and jnrSUQl Ill'l " , fih 6 became alarmed , rushed out of urn house , sin- called upon the neighbours for assistance . At tin t

      moment Patrick ilttrtford , a police officer , ha | - pened to be pasting , and he in company with two or three other men , went into the house , ami rx - deavoured to quift Mr . Brigi » s . S ! iortl > afterwards they all came out again , but Hntford huug about tbe neighbourhood , and in a few minutes seei' j > Mr . Brig ^ s in the p ; vss ; ige still in a very . oxuned tate , he struck him sevei-iil violent l-lowsW hs 'rai , head , and shoulders . Mr . liriggs imiuediiiii'lv -t'pped buck , picked up his walking stich , Hid thrust it with great forre into the policcinan ' s ! t ? ft eye . Hartford was imtue liately carried to an 'djoining house , where his eye was dressed , an ., every attention p » i < l to him , bit he shortly after-Wittus died from the effects of the wound . On a

      pout mortem examination beitm made , it w .-is fou » n that tiie brain hud been penetrated by tbe stick , and was lacerated to the depth of two inches . Tincoroner , in summing up , remarked that Mr . Briggs was on his own premises , was attacked violently by a person who gave him no explanation , and did not say he had . any warrant , aud vw , therefore , even if he bad been in a . sound state » i mind , perfectly justified in defending himself in the manner he had done , and the consequences having proved fatal , it was the fault of deceased and not Mr . Briggs . The jury , after half an hour ' s consultation , returned a verdict of " Homicide by misadventure . " Mr , Briggs was removed to « lunatic asylum on the day after the affray between him and the policeman . The Conservatives op North Warwickshire have made no less than 1 , 4 , 00 Objections to Liberal voters , whose claim to tbe franchise arises chiehN from property acquired through tbe Freehold Lanli

      Societies . This year there are upwards of 500 new claims by Liberals in this division of the county , s ... that at the next election there is little doubt but that Cither Mr . Newdegate or Mr , Spooner will be rejected . In South Staffordshire also there is a large number of new chums by Liberals , and ; i goodly array of objections by the Tories . Dbatu of Lord John Hay . —It baa been aorottime known that bis lordship , who obtained his fl-i ^' on the 22 nd inst ., had been suffering from a mus . painful disease , from w ' lich his medical atteridant .-have entertained no hope of his recovery . We hav < now to announce his dissolution , which took place on Tuesday night , shortly before ten , at St . Michael's Torrace , Stoke , where he bad been removed , for greater quiet , from his official residene in tbe dockyard . Lord John Hay was a son of the late Marquis of Tweedale , and was in his fiftyeighth y ^ jir . tHft BoftOUGTl OT SnEPFIEM ) AKD THE PUBLIC

      Hbalth Act . —A public meeting convened by the Mavor ( T . B . Turton , E * q . ) , was held on Aloncliiy in the To \ f nhall , Sheffield , to consider whether , in tbe opinion of the burgesses , either the Public Health Act , or a General Improvement At-t was desirable for tbo borough . The meeting—which was numerously attended— -was presided over by the Msvor , ic was unanimously resolved to opno > eth « introduction of tbe Public Health Act into the borough , but the meeting expressed a strong opinion that , looking at the present state of tbt town , a «« i its further requirements , the time h-. » -.

      arrived when it was desirable ) to obtain a general and comprehensive act , for the good government , regulation , and management of the borough , ;< n < i for the better draining , lighting , paving , consumption of smoke ( where practicable ) , and otherwise improving the town , through the medium of th < town council ; who were requested to apply foi such an act . in the next session of Parliament . A committee was appointed to co-operate with th < town council in obtaining the act ; find it was also determined to raise a fund to guarantee the expenses of applying to ParUnment .

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      Another "Leteksidk" Case , —We bave abstained from further commont on the C 9 so of the Levenside ; waiting for tho report of the judicial proceedings at St . Helena . For this abstinence we tliink we deserve some credit , considering th « - efforts of certain gallant newspaper correspondents to prejudge the question . We deem it our duty , however , to place on record the following notice of a case alarmingly similar , which has appeared in ;¦' Scotch contemporary . — " Gr « -enock , Au £ Ust 26 . — Letters have been received by tho owners oi tin-Elizabeth of this port , from Calcutta ; for London , from tbe master , Mr . Choyne , announcing that l > e had been forced to put into the Mauritius on the 20 th June , for protection , the military on board , ninety in number , partly govevnmeut and partly E ; ist India Company ' s troops—having become unmanageable and assaulting the ifiicers of tbu shi (> , who could get no redress , the military officers in command neglecting or refusing to do their duty . On one occasion the surgeon , in Hie employ of thu owners , bad got drunk and was put in arrest by the master , but released by tbo military officer in command , who stated that the master had no right or authority to do so without consulting him . Truly these military officers seem to be taking most unwarrantable liberties upon the high seas of lite ; and it is absolutely necessary for the safety of our mercantile marine that all matters in this case , as well as that of the Levenside ; shall undergo a stric and impartial investigation . It is proper to state that the troops on bowd the Elizabeth are mostly invalios , portions of differentregiments . "—«? reeKoci Advertiser , . *

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      irriami . . i The Roman Catholic Defence Agitation—It is plain that the R . iuan Catholic organs ei'hcr believe the enforcement of tjie Ecclesiastical Titles Act to be , if not impossible , at least extremely difficult ; or else , notwithstanding all their abuse ot ihr WtdgBi that they entertain extraordinary confidence in the forbearance of the Whig government . It would be impossible otherwise to account for thw

      tone which they assume on the subject ; for the extreme organs of Protestant opinion are not half bo earnest in culling upon the authorities to enforce the law , as some <> f the Roman Catholic journals are in uttering iheir defiance . The Jaw being framed for the purpose of preventing the assumption ot certain titles by the parties setting up a claim to them , and . taking iip cognisance of the acts of others who bestow those titles , the inipunitjr . wbicfa attends the latter course has rendered it ten times more inveterate and more offensive than before

      . The defence -committee , having taken the old Catholic Association for its model , has set to work sSSKfeSS ; r '" reoeifB ™ - ss ^ s ^ : sks % « S &xs £ 3 & *>»** * £ z > Cbdshimb Piiob 8 . 113 .-11 , Ltaeritk

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      journals ; aiinimucc that- in several districts in the Groom uni n i-oor rates ( if from IGs . to 18 s- in the pound of iheva ' luntion arcabnnt . lo be imposed , . to inei't the requirements of the next six-months ; and these c . Oiiliscaiiiig rac-S- at a time when there are grounds fiir Hpprelifiiding a serious failure in the potato crop ! Why , i lien should it . be a subject of wonder th : it , iioiwiihsiandinn the sweeping emigration which has been lor some time in progress , the tide of human hi-ings Ho » ing from the southern counties is iucrfusiim ?; It is said tint hundreds ,

      nay tlvottsanda , of " &uu 8 farmtrva , « Uo had determined to give this country another trial this year , have resolved to set off f » r America as snon as they cm cot . vert their htock into money . They have "lost all heart , " to use their own expressive language . In ihe -Wexford papers there is a notice from the guardians of the union of New Ross of their intention to stiikea set of rates as high as 5 » . in ihe pound in several'kcroral divisions ; ii . Cd ., 4 s . 2 J .. and something less , are to be paid by others . 'I h > se rates , for the county Wexford , are

      enormous . Trk Convict Mary Fahy . — The execution of Mary Fiiliy , convicted at the last . Limerick a ^ sizes of aiding Michat-l Hanley in the murder of tier husband , has been deferred uu'il the 1 st of January next , in consequence of thy fact having been a curtained thau she . is in an advanced state of pregnancy . Wo respite lias been issued with respect to the sentence of death passed upon Michael Uanley . Scottish . Settlers is the West . —Mr . Thos . Miller , of Eilinh'irgb ; the gentlem > n who has recently ma ! e a tour in the west of Irelami on behalf of parties in Scotland desirous of iiec » ming settlers in this country , in a letter addressed to a Roscommon

      naper , says : - " I have bven here , lin Dublin ) » or a few days with a number of Scottish farmers , who have mostly come to the coun'ry to look at farms in various placf S . Six of those gentlemen cams with the , some of tliem the mo-t enterprising aud successful agriculturists in Scotland . Five more arrivtd to-day , and a great many mnre will follow . Some of them have already visited different localities , and all are highly pleased wiih what they have seen I entertain mi doubt that the report they will carry home will be so very favourable o' the frrtilit-y and usabilities of your beautiful country as to induce large numbers ot n > y countrymen to settle among you , identifying themselves with the future propriety of Ireland . I have bad difficulties to encounter in removing from the winds of Scottish

      farmers the exaggevated » ccoun \ & vhey have Teceived from the articles published irotn time to time in the newspapers , of the waut of safety for lite and property : A personal inspection , however , of tbe country , intercourse , with the people , and the"authentic information they have receiwd , both in the capital and a s <> in the provinces , of the entire peacotulnessof the whole country , and absence ' of agrarian outrage , has disabused their minds ; and £ think . here will now lie little < ifficuliy in inducing persons icset ' lo in any part , of Ireland . " Tiik Crops—The Hahvest . —The reports in the pl-uviucial journals reoeivt-d of Saturday ave of the -I me gratifying character as those of the previous ¦ . veek . The potato bligbt bus not yet reached the uliers .

      Emigratioh , —The " rush" across the Atlantic -thows no sign of subsidence . On Friday 400 emijrants Bailed from Waterford for Liverpool , and n the day following atiotlier vessel left the same iiort , freigbtfid with a human cargo bound for the Sew World The Cork Reporterof Saturday last says : — "Thia morning the Ninned left our ( juays for Liverpool , with hetween 300 ; ind 400 emigrants on hiiai'd . The Tottenham sailed this day for Quebec with 100 eimsrants" : and the Industry , tor tbe < iime place , with 250 . Tbe entire passengers by t'ie latter vessel were the tpnants of the Marquis if Lanndowne , who , we understand , has paid tlu'ir expenses but , and maiio provision tbat on landing at their destination in the west they are to be sup ulied with as much money as will defray their exnenses to tbe interior . The emigrants were all < omfdrtably clad , apparently in good health , and -icemed reconciled to their departure from the old country . "

      UorribIiR MuRDER . —The Ballyshannon Herald has the ¦ followinir additional particulars of a mur--ler of great atrocity perpetrated a few doya since n Donegal : —The unfortunate victim , named David Moore , was an aged man of the most quaint ¦ nd inoffensive character , who bad for some time nast been engaged as a day labourer and bailiff on Colonel Prato ' s estate , having been employed by fc ' ie agent , James Johnston , E * q . > , Woodlands , oh Saturday morning last , at six o'clock , deceased was proceeding as usual to his daily labour without any ipprehension of danger , and when at the distance oi" a few paces from Coravaddy Lodge ~ -near the ¦ tame shot ; where Mr . Johnson wns lately attacked , Ms horse shot , and himself robbed and sevprely

      beaten—bo was assailed l > y his savage murderers ami left mangled in a savage manner . The skull was deft to the door by some sharp weapon , such ¦ is a Mll-liook or sickle , and the right band almost seveve-i from the arm , no doubt when raked as a lefenee against tbe blows ; the chest blackened nnl bruised , where the inhuman monsters le » pe li ' . 'ht'd in their , bloody work , the demons showed the calves of both legs , stripping them to the b » ne , and then decamped , leaving the unfortunate rn * n for dead . In a few minutes after , a young Ud , named Gallagher , was passing , and , strange to « -late , ini't Moore , a mass of mangled wounds , moving towards the Lodge , hut deceased was then un ; ible to answer n single question put to him . Mr , Pratt , whoveBiiies at tne Lodgo , instantly carne out and endeavoured to elic t from the wretched

      suff-ior the facts of the occurrence , but- only got one reply . In answer to tbe question of bow many had been at him , " he replied " two . " He lingered til ) evening in great ajjony , and then expired . All this was perpetrated in the light of lay , near the residence of Mr ; Pratt , and at an hi-ur vben the daily labourers proceed to their work ; yet so secure did tho assassins feel , that they had been amusing themselves , before their victim came forward , by cutting the tops off the weeds and brambles which grew near the fatal spot ; and , looking at the time they must have . iken to mutilate and mangle the body , they could have enterrained no fear of detection . After ¦ i lengthened investigation the coroner ' s jury found the f ollowing verdict' . —" That the deceased , David Moore , came by his death in consequence of wounds inflicted on his hoad with a Hunt

      instrument hysome person or persons at present unknown . " All the witnesses gave their evidence with great reluctance . Donntbrook Faik . —The annual scene of de . grading rt-velry and dissipation—Donnybrook fair —commenced on Monday , and attracted a large uoncourae of the working classes . At present , however , it exhibits a wretched contrast to its riotous " glories" of past yeat-8 , and the immoralities which characterised it in the olden time are steadily on the decline .

      Tbb Bbet-UOOI SrECULATION . ' -Most encouraging icoounts of the prospects of the beet-root speculators in the midland counties are received . It is stated that tho crops promise a most productive retui-n . Mr . Sproule , in a letter in the iemsCer Exprw , Blaics that the beet-sugar companies have lenders of the produce of several hundred acres in the Queen ' s County , at Us . ard 12 s . per ton delivered ; and one from the vicinity of Killarney , for the produce of fiOu acres , at 10 s . per ton . The roots h . ve been selling this summer for los . per ton dt--iiverei ) .

      Government Patronage . —The small fact of the appointment of Professorship of L * w in the Queen ' s College , Cork , being placed at the disnos-al ol aovennnent uy tho decease of Mr . Francis Walsh , baa created a positive ferment among the niemhors of the Munitter bar , and various speculations are hazarded us tot-he individual who may be fortunate . enough' to receive this trifling mark of government favour . It is almost needless to observe that the " religious" question has not been lost sight of , and won to the Minister who should be rash enouuh to jireferthe ^ claimsofa Protestant , be hisqnalitidations . what they may , while a Roman Catholic may be 60 fill'induced to ri'Iax ' his hostility aa to accept a prize at the hands of the " enemy" of bin creed .

      Horrible Murder . —A cold-blooded murder was perpetrated on Monday , near Abbelaix , in tile Queen s County . The victim waa Mr . E-iwanl * bite , a respectable trader , who , by hi < induntrv amassed considerate property , and a short tin ' e purchased a portion of the estate of the iSarl uf Portarlingt n . . ft appeara by theaoeouuta reewtd m town , ih-. > t a . dispute , arose between Mr . White and some persona in the locality of his property about a right ot turbarytJHjd some summonses !!! PiSMS T »\ * h een , ed on botil Slde 8 . Some litigation was thus going forward , but , there wa * no uncommon eature ik ti . e transaction , and any " thing like aerious ill-feeling towards hKasnJt apprehended by Mr . White ; * Hoover , on Monday morning whilst driving , to his land . h «^» « , « « n

      SnlS' ^ 'lif " ;^ ^ ii'Mteite corpse of JK / H V 5 . tdm' " murder ( says the S& ' f T } waa committed within sight ot S , 11 '^ P ^^ P ing - in the surroundin , fields , but , the slightest , attempt was not maue either to render assistance . to the gentleman &ttacked , or to apprehend the assa ^ in , ' ¦ Mbi aschow Catastrophe FuoM tub Incautious use op Firk . abms . w-We lament' to say tbat tbe familj at lleury Grattan Curran , Esq ., stipendiary magi&ttate , has beeu plunged into doep affliction by the .. accidental [ death ofhia only sou John .. This youth was invited to . dine . " with gome other lads at the house of Mrs " . Mahon , in Strokeetown , where ni » father is now tor some tune located as resiUent magistrate , Jie followed his companions to ft b « d-

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      Chamlier ,. whoro thoy had ? OIIO to prev 3 T ^ ner , findoatlwo . iauHwy-jtt ^ e wei f ,. , , ^ iri , the owner believetl wore unloaded ii ° ' * ' rAii ^ youths handled one of tbo pistols ' -i-XT 0 I' '"a shed to try with tlie ramrod if it wa » hJl ' lle - 1 . 8 did ; but 08 it unfortunatel y han ,,.. ' , - ' * H esHmiDfttion afterwards , the ramrod " ? i Up ° 1 broken . Rest . ngup . on this fal 36 seci , H , y J ^ . ^ youths raised . the weapon in the directinn ¦ \ ftl 6 Curran ; it exploded , and tlwlnd fclhi ., i wt « r spot , the ball having peuoi rated hia bn i *? til 9 nocent cause of this sad bereavement k ; , ' , '" state of suffering , falling- from one fit to * V " ! and his ltfo is despaired of . An \ t ° ' " }»« , tho body , and a verdict of » Accidental i ¦ on turned , Mr . Cuaran i " celinClv declare n "' " « - slightest blame attached itself to the ,, I ? 1 "o the calamity , and that the ill-fated toi ! h » ofll > e pitied and-prayed for him . Mr * m ? pwent 8 kindly proffered a resting-place for " th ., . niOs ' mains in her own famil y vault , whero ! i s re * on Wednesday consigned by a sad and « n Were assemblage . u '" 'rowing . Murdekous ATXACK . —Tlie most di I r which has yet been attempted occurred Z w i m day night last , when three bullet " « Ve'lni ;« - t ' irough the bedroom-window of the ) L „ h , ( 1 Townaend , of Port Royul , two of xt \ , \ l' i ., "" >

      the postot tbo bed on which he and hii I , T T and the third was lodged iu the *«? V Icpt » l . rqvidence of Him who ruletb all , him « r - Mr . Townsend nor his lady wcie iniunS ' . - hte > Kanding tho a ^ assin aim of the foul ff - Mayo Constitution . ul fel ona , - AbSAlfW ON THE JIaTOR OP IuLKpvw ^ Mayor of Kilkenny had a narrow S ' ^ ay , a ruffian whom l , is lordslnp " fremtS havin gW Rheavy stono Mbi » , fn ,, iS iff the missile struck his hat , and would oroh 11 ; killed him had-it struck hi « he » d PIy lmve The Ciiors . —Still the provincial ] nnrw , u „ , hopefully of tho potato Wop . AltC ' if hS pioious siirns of disease on the loaves Tire cxtm I ' m , the tubers are generally free from cvcii , hl spots , fK

      Tue Itkx Crop . —Tlio Northern Whin n-ivs-« The greater part of tlie flax crop is „„ * ,. ' jfj 'T and farmers are vei-y sanguine oi a uood tuv » out Flax is now , as the pigs used to ~ bu , « v \ i 0 10 n ; payer . '" l 'i ' nu Tenant League . —The Northern Whip , ^ i has hitherto taken a decided part aga in » t th " enant

      t league , referring to the recent secession of * e < fev . vl Ivwl \ tnftVftbeta , ^ th \ \ o t \ ie ao option of . \ rr Crawford ' s Bill , and of Mr . Crawford liimself -i « lea < ier , aaya ; -. ' Bujonil-a dOUbt , tliese events hay invested the League with an importance which ii never , during its previous existence , enjoyed I * is now an entity in St . Stephen ' s , wlietv , ' i . . * fore it bad no existence : it lias now a pailiumpnt'irv

      party , leu on oy a man who nan tbo rare "nod for tuve to enjoy the respect of all classes of ijohtiriinq —whose political integrity is stainless , anil to wii ' o » lot has fallen a larger than ordinary amount of urn [ enco and perception . l

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      THE AUSTRIANS IN ITALY . We string together an extract or two from a orivate letter from Lonibardy , dated the ISili of AuguBt , perfixing headings to the several u « ra . graphs . Thb . Absolutists turning Popularity Huk . ters for the nonce . -- According io a new jkq . clamatiun . of Alarshai Kadeizuy , the muiiicipalmes are obliged to lake a new oath of fidelity i 0 ihe emperor . The clergy is inviied to preach tranquillity to the peasants , and to put them on guard against those miaerable rich folks who by their « a | liable acts cannot but ruin them . The people are warned that every political offence will be nunishtd with death and confiscation : the cotntnuneB ar « to

      he held responsible ( or vfhntfiver tney let take plBce in their territory , without preventing , ptuliite j , or denouncing it . The peasants are told that tliey should have confidence in the paternal affection cf the marshal , and tbat , if they resist tbe intrigues oi the turbu ent proprietors , tbuir lot for the future will be amelior&ted and assured . ' What is this but a scarcely covert appeal on thn part of tbe Austrian government to agrarian la «? Remembering the mabsacres of proprietors by the peasants in Gallicia , otif cannot but ask the question whether ihe Austrian govevnmeiU , conscious how desperate is its hold on Lmnburdy , is not preparing tu attempt , the same diabolical device then ;?

      Parucuiars of the Trial and Execution of Chibsa . —Thai Chim , a Mi'anese wurkman , was sboi tiieoibcr ( by lor attempting to post fome revolutionary placards it& $ announced in the newspa | i < -rs at the time . Private letters supply the foi ' lowing mteresiin ; uart ; culavs o ( ibe man mmI \\\ t wanner of bis death . He was to have been iianued according to the sentence of tbe court-martial ; but the executioner of Bergamo having refused to g ive hit services , be was shot . The executioner ( hatred to the foreign yoke is so deeply ingrained in tbe nation , that it has penetrated even to tbis must abhorred of its functionaries ) has been punished with death for his disobedience . * * * On liis

      trial Cluesa was asked , ' Who gave you the wruingB to post ? ' He answered ' No one ; I composed them myself . ' 'Where did you get them primed ?' 1 primed ibcrn myself in ray own dwelling . ' 1 Where are your printing material ! ' ' I do iiol know . ' * * * On his passBge from the prison to the plnce of punishment the confessor promised him impunity if he wobld make a revelation of his acc-mpiices , GhieaB ) who has left a wife amis daughter without means of Bunpurt , constantly re-( used to purchase his lite at the price of dishonour . He saluted , with a quiet and serene air , the people who wt-re near , and kneeling to receive llis ( ieaiii , eaid in a loud voice , My sacrifice is the sign ol the

      coaiiiM ruin of Austria . Hr . reiused to let his cy « -s be bandaged , wishing to look hh murderer * to the last in the face . . This political assassinatiuc , to ucroci-ua in itself , was even consummated \ vr >! i » ul lfgal fetus ; for the officer who commanded the platoon cnarged with the execution , having fallen down in a taint , could not g ive i \\ t signal ; and iht soldiers fired witl ; OHt receiving orders . The tolloning is still Yvorse : — ' The wife and daughter of Ctue 8 a eve ia prison ; the Austrian judge leaves them ignorant of ibe death of their relative , and ines to wrest from ; hem revelations of his

      accomplices by promising the pardon ot the husband and lather a& arewa << Uw tUeit awwals . ' We hoj € , for the sake of humanity , the last detail is nonruc A Renegade Abchbishop . — The Archi ) i 3 ii « r of Milan , llumilli , who , during the triumph of tbe Milanese revolution , blessed Ihe Italian tliigS ) 818 preached a crusade against Ausma , ibe same archbishop , in one ol the circulars addressed to all the clergy in his diocese , forbids them to g ive absolution to Catholics wi : o come to coutess , H U : «) ' refuse to dciDounce to the police the enemies ol ' ^ government . '

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      iLLEGAUTt ( iF Svsods . —Two gentlemen learWO in civil law , Mr , l \ acock niul Dr . B : ijfi > rd IiajP given the opinion that the proceedings of tl : c la- * synotl at Exeter were at entire variance w ' ' - ^ Itiws of the laud , and-that all persons who took I' -W " in tbe Siiino have rendered themselves amenaMi ! '" those laws . TUoy we of opinum that a tliciw- i sviiod c .-iiinot bo Jesaily a $ si'inbled , Of act f ' ' ^" . " theauthoiity of the ' Queen ' si writ , and tivMtbcJw of Ueni-y VIII . extents , not merely to the convocation assembled for stan .- pnipo * c * t but to e ™ ' syno-i , whether provincial or diocttfftn , antl . , „ ,.. „ as « emule « l for scute or merely tor ecclesKw ' " v

      D 0 S 6 B Church Exmsiou .-The IIonouraMc Sidney Herbert b / ia S iv 6 n £ 500 towards the f "" ° , ' ^ , oiiurchat-KshertoD . iu the diouese of tlio Dwnop w CuOT . iLMENX 07 ¦ B . V 31 NK 83 UO « BS ^ - » "J . 'JJJ huuareu oii-rks , connected with one 'lUn ""' ' . fi » e assurance coiupanics , have atldrcrseo a h t-i their director * to « ios « t > usi « eSs at two 9 « he S . turoay- " confident of the pwottow ""'^ . plan , and fully ai-naible of tbe advatages wi"cd

      adoption will confer . * ' , ¦ ¦ _ i „ Philo-: Dr . h . E . G , Pacmis , Doctor of Th eology , J ' } J sbpuy . auu L- ^ b , died at IleidelDerg on ««' J inst . He baa been for more «»«» , * ! Lig known as one of the most able and acii" - ^ the theologiculand pbilosupbical mnt « b u "J'iny . . - . ¦ - . -..: ¦ Bv infoi-Piracy on the Coast op Sumatra . — uj ^ flU , maiiou from , Penang . we learn that riraO )' . j , nahitig on ttiecoastof Sumatra . A dJV atiiat'o ' is said to have oeen -cooimitong great >• / n [ 'C aniDnj ; the Delli and other boats trauma " nang . . It is jiBRocteil that -these Wwle «»«»'' - of n * n . ^ ..,.,,.. 4- ui .. it ; ..,. Quo thfi lunlvns "fi ... ^

      Johore . : Tbe R :. jah of Uatu Barrab , nev t |)(! iC iiau , lately tent intbnr \ attoti io 1 onang , ' .., csd 8 \> vahw put in at that place ; but haviag (««* ^ ^ were not obstructed . Tbe Uninuae tr " ^ rtVCral itiin « confirm this stateniHitt , and sny l ° . tjlitt , tb » praltus have been takcn » ti < t liveslll 3 tl J ?" { heI * Hiiir . tuders , were armed witb passes iru ^ ^ liiongoiig , This is a ' seviouB charBf , illiu cRrc bij $ no doubt , tiie government will cause « . f ) ., die investigation to be made . I' is \? ° ^ 1 \ e it tbM Hon . Comuany . ' ssteamer Semiramisr "" ' ^ m * li country on the 25 th insi ,, is goue to ^^ . ^ ma W inquiries . I ' be . lustre of the a *» rd ^ eru " o ^ tbe Tini . engong somo years _ ago , tor ^ , lvdimnic " in tbe vepresBion of piraci , *'' X ° Thlen lpM should it turn out his followers « : VV ^" , ^ flo ^ a « tr » y , and wercisitig their ol < l "JJ * jbBB J 7 . i ^ of iiza mbotiij-rrSmsmm . Fr < '

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      6 THE NORTHERN . STAR . August 30 , ig 51 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 30, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1641/page/6/