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~ ~ Efje MtirJOiipHs . Hf . ai . th or Loxnox . —Tie health of London in the week ending Siturdayv September 6 th , exhibits some improvement . The deaths which in the previous week \ rere 1 , 061 fell to 967 . Of the persons who died at stated ffges only 144 had attained the age of 60 and upwards ; 518 were children under the ace of 15 ; and 303 were men and women un < lpr the age of CO . Convulsions , small-pox , measles , scarlnina , and hoopmg cough , tabes , hydrocephalus ( water on the head ) destroyed many children ; but diarrhoea in this week was more fatal than all ttvese diseases together . Consumption was fatal to 105 , typhus to 25 , heart disease to 14 , bronchitis to 11 , injuries and violence to 12—adults under tho
ege o * 60 . Tha deaths from diarrhroa increased from 23 in tho first week of July , and 143 in the first week of August , to 192 in " the first week of September . The deaths from cholera also increased , but in the la ? t week they amounted to 17 , while the number in the previous week was 28 . Summer cholera prevails all over Europe in the hot season of the ye . tr ; its symptoms often resemble those of Asiatic cholera , from which , however , it differs in this respect , that the cour * e of the fatal cases is much less rapid . This is the anniversary of the most fatal wesk of the great cholera epidemic of 3849 , when 3 , 183 of the inhabitants of London died ;
and the contrast between the health of the great city tben and at the present time is gratifying , particularly as it is now the abode of so many thou . sands of strangers . It would be still more gratifying if the dauger of the recurrence of cholera was , SB it might be , diminished by the removal of the following and a thousand similar nuisances still existing , and laying the population open , to the invasion of every epidemic . The Holborn registrar , speaking of a death at 53 , E-igle-street , Red Lionsqnare , says , * ' This is the third case of death registered in the houso since the 27 th August of fever and dl'irhcea , besides two others sent to the hospital . The back of the house looks into Yorkshire
Grey-yard , on the north side of Eagle-street , Red Xion-square , where there are two slaughterhouses and generally » large dung heap . The drainage in the yard is in a bad state . The stench arising from ( he slaughter-houses and dung into this house is "b eyond endurance . " The i > irths of 777 boys sod 723 g irls , in all 1 , 500 children , were registered in the week . The average of six corresponding wreka in 1 S 45 50 was 1 , 334 . At the Royal Observa to j , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30 023 in . The mean temperature of the week was 60 . 5 deus ., about 1 deg . above the average of corresponding weeks in ten years . The temperature was highest on Tuesday , when the jnean was G 5 . 0 degs . or 5 . 5 degs . below the average « f the same day in ten years . The wind generally tfew from the north-west during the first three days , and tben from the north-east to the end of the week .
Extensive Fibs . —On Monday morning , about half-past four o ' clock , a fire broke oat in a spacious range of premises * occupied conjointly by Messrs . Murray and Pawrson , government contractors , sack , bag , &c , manufacturers , and Mr . W . II . Blackmore , a rag merchant , Sheppy-yard , Minories . Tbe total lofs is thus returned by Mr . Braidwood : —The second-floor and loft over , used for dressing tarpaulins , burnt out , and roof off ; Messrs . Mumy and Paterson , the owners , were insured in the Imperial Fire Office . The firgtfioor , belonging to Mr . W U . Blackmore , very seriously damaged by Sre and water , and insured in the Sun Office . Warehouse adjoining , frame and skylight burnt , and centre slightly damaged by fire and water , James Gobs , ship-chandler , adj .. { nine , the roof damaged by fire and breakage , and contents by water . The fire begun in the loft , but from what cause unknown .
Death from Drinking . —On Saturday last Mr . W . Carter held an inquest at the Ship and Mermaid Tavern , Snow s-fields , Bermondsey , on the body of Mary Sullivan , aged fifiv-seven , who , it was alleged , died from violence . Tbe deceased resided in the notorious place called tbe Camperdown , or Rookery , chiefly inhabited by the low Irish people . A few nights since the deceased returned home " ? ery TOUCh intoxicated , and when her daughter awoke she found her in a kneeling position by the side of her bed , her headresting upoa her arms . She was raised , but she was quite dead . Her left eye was much swollen and contused . _ The jury returned a verdict "That the deceased died from excessive drinking of ardent spirits . At the close of the inquiry the whole of
the jury complained in strong terms respecting the abominable nuisance the inhabitants were subjected to by the continual disturbances which took place in the Camperdown , the foot passengers being unable to pass without : being molested . Distressing Suicide at Baxkside . —On Saturday last an inquest was gone into before Mr . "W . Cartsr , the Surrey coroner , at the Smith ' s Arms Tavern , Park-street , Baukside , Southwark , on the body of Henry William SchalefieW , aged foitythree , butcher , who committed suicide by cutting his throat . The jury returned a , verdict of " Temporary Insanity . " The New Park fob Finsbcry . —We have much pleasure in stating , in reference to this long coveted boon for the borough , of Finsbury , that the government authorities have at length resolved on making the park . The spot selected is equi-distant from
Regent and Victoria Parks . It is proposed that one entrance should be at Higbbnry-place , end that the park should commence at Highbury-crescent , passing along the right aide of Holloway-road and Hornsey-road to the Seven Sisters-road , and taking an easterly direction along this road , until it joins the Green Lanes , and then proceeding south of the lanes , including the space of fields to the west of Kewington-green , afterwards inclining towards the New River , which it is proposed to cross north of the "Horse Shoe , " excluding the Birmingham Junction Railway , and extending to the bottom of Highbury-grove , where a second entrance may be formed , completing the enclosure . The park will cover an area of 150 acres , and the est .-raated cost for the purchase of the freehold is £ 150 , 000 . —Sunday Times .
^ Thb Largest Ship is the World . —Messrs . C . Mare and Co ., the ship builders , of Orchard-yard , Blackwall , and Messre . Penn , of Greenwich , engineers , have taken a contract to construct for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company an iron steam-ship of the following dimensions and power , viz . —Length between the perpendicular , 325 feet ; Breadth of beam , forty-three feet ; Depth , thirty-two feet . She will measure about 3 , 000 tons , and will be propelled by four engines of the collective working power of 1 , 200 horses ; will have feathering paddle-wheels , and a guaranteed average speed of fonrteen knots , equal to sixteen Statute miles per hour . Some idea may be formed of the size of this gigantic vessel when it is
compared with that of some of the existing steamships most celebrated for tbeir large size . She will be fifty-one feet longer than the Great Britain , sixty feet longer than the Canard , or North American mail steamers the Asia and Africa ; forty feet longer than the large steamers , such as the Panama , Orinoco , &c , now constructing for the Royal Mail Company ; and 100 feet longer and 500 tons larger than the Caledonia , first-rate , of 120 guns . She is the first of an improved class of steam-ships abaut to be constructed by tbe Peninsular ant Oriental Company for the East India Mail and passenger service , and it is confidently estiniated ' that she will effect the passage between Southampton and Al xandria , a distance of 3 , 100 miles , in nine days . The
passenger accommodation in these vessels is to be oa the most spacious scale , and replete with every comfort aud convenience . Supposed Suicide . —On Saturday morning last about seven o ' clock , as ths lock keeper of the Twig Folly Lock , Bethnal-green , on the Regent ' s Canal , -was proceeding along the towing path , lie found a bonnet , in which was a slip of paper , from the contents of which he suppssed that a female was in the water . The drap were resorted to , upon which the body of a young woman , respectably attired , was discovered . The following remarks were on the paper : — " It is madness that has driven me to this . July name is Sarah Puddicamb , and by brother lives at 33 , Greenfield-street , Commercial-road . I hope
God will forgive me . If my body is found , take it to my brother William , and let him see what I have brought on myself for doing what . I ought not to have done . But , it is all passed , and I shall not trouble him any more . God bless them all , and may I be forgiven . " Inquiry was made by the police at the above direction , when her body was subsequently identified . The deceased was twenty-four years of age , and it is supposed that a love affair led to the commission of suicide , Pata £ Accident . —On Saturday last a fatal accident occurred in Fieet-street . A child , about ei-ht yearaold , fell from a truck owing to the wheel
eommg off , and an omnibus passing at the moment tan over his body . He wag taken to Mr . Nasoa's , we surgeon , at the corner of Shoe-lane , where he was carefully examined ; but Mr . Nason finding the serious nature of the accident immediately suggested his removal to St . Batholomew ' s Hospiul , IK wthti ? 8 tete he died before reaching that m it a * i , n ? - - reafc t raffic we mw have ia Fleet * Ela « % "" « tha * more accidents do not & £ & £% z s * ar to wait ten minntes f ternooa *^\ i ? % &B a £ ** ° n Saturday t « et f Walwor ' th , on the bodv of If' * lichmo » dtod , aged ninety-one , a ladr of nrnn- » ^ f , ° "
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cheerful , but on the following morning , at an early hour , a man named Bull , while passing along Richmond-street , discovered the deceased lying on the pavement in a state of nudity . Bull called the police . In the meantime the inmates were aroused , and the deceased was carried into the house , where slie was seen . by Perritt , the surgeon , but life was quite extinct . . The deceased had got Gut of bed , removed the flowerpots , and while asleep fallen out of the window . Mr . It . II . Perritt , surgeon , said the deceased died from fracture of the vertibrte , resulting from severe external violence . The coroner having remarked on the distressing nature of the case , a verdict of Accidental Death" was recorded by the jury .
Serious Balloon Accidbkt . — Providential Escape of Four Persohs . —On Monday evening a balloon ascent , for the first time , took place from the Symposium of M . Soyer , at Kensington , about halfpast six o ' clock . The balloon was of a pear shape , vf much the usual Bize . The persons in the ear were Mr . Chambers , sen ., Mr . Chambers , jun ., Mr . Gardiner , and Mr . Sella , the artist , Mr . Chambers , sen ., having tbe management of the ascent of the balloen . under Mr . Bell ' s direction . The balloon , when it had ascended some considerable height , took a southwesterly direction towards Fulham , still rising as it proceeded , but in a very few minutes an alteration suddenly appeared in the shape of the lower part of the billoon , and it was immediately evident that an
accident had happened , antt that the top of the balloon had collapsed , and it wns fast descending to the earth , which it fortunatel y reached in the marketgarden grounds of Mr . George Bagley , opposite the Bishop ' s Walk , at Fulham , none of the persons in the car sustaining the slightest injury beyond the sudden shock and alarm into which theyTOtethtowu by the accident , and Mr . Sella having slightly hart one of his elbows . It appears that the first fracture observed in the silk was in the bottom part of the machine towards a point , the gas expanding the balloon at a pressure of 151 b . to tbe inch , and directly Mr . Chambers was aware of the fact he , with great presence of mind , with his arm collapsed the upper part of the balloon into the form of a parachute , which providentially saved the lives of the whole nartv .
Shocking and Fatal Accident . —On Monday , about half-past ten o ' clock , a very disastrous and fatal accident occurred at the buildings preparing for the new Record Office , in Fetter-lane , and intended to form a portion of tbe line of improvement from the Strand to the City and Islington . Itappears that one of the labourers , named Dowling , was employed on tbe works , and through some cause fell between the wall and the scaffolding to the mass of rubbish beneath , tbe fall being about thirty feet . He was taken up , and Mr . Jones , surgeon , of Fetter-lane , was called in , who recommended that the unfortunate man should be taken to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , but he feared there were no hopes . The patient was conveyed to the hospital , but expired before he could be got into the building . The deceased was a young man , and has left a wife and family .
Dsterminsd Attempt at Suicide . —On Monday afternooni a little after three o ' clock , & most Determined act of suicide was attempted by a young man , about twenty-five years of age , throwing himself off BUckfriars Bridge . The unfortunate young man was seen to mount one of the recesses of the bridge , but before any of the passers-by could prevent him be dived off into the water . Boats were immediately put off , and happily , owing to the activity of the boat men , they succeeded in rescuing him from a watery grave . He was found to be quite exhausted and insensible , and was taken to Christ Church Workouse , where , upon restoratives being administered , he re vived , and upon being questioned by the officer , stated that his name was Newsham , but would yive no explanation as to the cause of his committing such a rash act .
The Robberies on the Sotjth-Webtbrn Railway . — Charles Whitcher , aged 40 years , a greengrocer , of Church Row , Aldgate , was finally examined before Mr . Beadon , at the Waodsworth Police Court , on the charge of being concerned with others not in custody in stealing a box of mousselin . es de Uine and rich merinos , consigned to the firm of Messrs . Candy and Co ., importers of foreign silks and other goods , of Watling-street , and a box containing hOBey and Ringwoodglores , < fcc , t consigned to Mr . James Taylor , a calico printer , of Wood-street , Cheapside , froin the South-Western Railway . Mr . Saward , a linendraper , of Hereford Place , Commercial Road East ,
also surrendered to his bail pp . the charge of feloniously receiving the mouBselines de laine and rich merinos . The evidence having been concluded and rednced to the depositions , the cases were completed , after having occupied the attention of the magistrate for nearly two months . The witnesses were all bound over to prosecute , and the prisoners , who'declined to say anything in their defence , by ndvice of their professional advisers , were then fully committed for trial at the next session of the Central Criminal Court , SawareTs bail was then enlarged , and he was a >; ain liberated . The other prisoner was removed to Newgate .
Extbnsive Fire at Camdbn-Tows . —On Tuesday night , shortly after eight o ' clock , the whole range of buildings belonging to Mr . Newman , carpenter and builder , Murray-street , Camden-Town , were discovered on fire . All the workmen had left the buildings apparently safe , but an unusual light having been noticed through the window an alarm was given , and every aasi 8 tance was rendered by neighbours and police . Unfortunately no water could be procured for half an hour after the outbreak of the Ere . and by the time the brigade engines arrived evety portion of the workshops and their contents were destroyed . Mr . Newman is only partly insured , in the Mercantile Office , against his loss . How the fire originated was completely unknown .
Opej « ng of St . Thomas ' s Church , Waterlooroad . —On Tuesday a new church , which has been dedicated to St . Thomas , and erected in the Waterloo-road , a few yards south of Oakley-street , was formally opened for Divine service , under license from the Bishop of Winchester . Arrangements are in progress for erecting a new church for another of the districts , into which the extensive parish of Lam beth has been divided—that of St . Andrew ' s—of which tbe Rev . Alfred S . Canney , formerly curate of All Soul ' s , Gordon-square , will be the officiating minister . The patronage to the incumbency of St . Thomas ' s will be ve 3 ted in the Crown and the Bishop of Winchester alternately .
The Suspected Mdhder op a GlRL , —Matthew Williams , the young man who has been in custody for three weeks past on a charge of receiving » gold pin , a silver pencil-case , and part of a pair of slippers from a yonng woman named Mary Ann Boveham , the property of her master , well knowing them to hare been stolen , and further , on suspicion of being concerned in the death of the unfortunate young woman , was on Saturday last placed before Mr . Elliott for final examination . The body had been exhumed , and post mortem examination made by Mr . O . Smith , Graeechurch-street ,. whose certificate described the exterior of the body as too far decomposed for examination , but tbe interior , is free from indications of foul treatment . As' Mr . Isaacs , the prosecutor , did not press the charge of theft , the prisoner was discharged .
Extbhsivb Fire at Mile-end . —Od Wednesday afternoon , between the hours of three and four , a fire broke out in the extensive premises of Mr , Richardson , a eabinet-maker , West-street , at the side of the Eastern Counties Railway . The two upper floors of the premises wore gutted , the roof burned off , and serious damage done to the lower portion of the Building by waterj &c . The sufferer , whose loss is considerable , unfortunately was not insured for a single penny . A Criminal frightened to Death . —On Wednesday Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest in the Ilolborn Union Workhouse , Gray ' s-inn-road , on the body of a man unknown , about forty years of age . The deceased , accompanied by a femalewent
, into Mr . Atkensori ' s Coffee-house , Middle-row , Holborn , at three o ' clock on Monday morning , and ca « led for refreshments , in payment for which he tendered a bad crown piece , and although perfectly sober was very insolent . Mr . Atkenson gave him in charge to the constable on duty , and while the constable was conveying him to Bow-street station deceased fell to the ground , exclaiming . " You must carry me . " Four other police constables aided in carrying him to the police station , and upon arriving there they found life extinct . The workhouse surgeon , who made the post mortem examination , said that death bad resulted from an effusion of the blood on the brain , produced in bib
opinion by fright . Verdict accordingly . Fatal Accidekt at the New House of Lords . — On Wednesday afternoon Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Crown and Thistle , Great . Peterstreet , Westminister ,, on tho body of Thomas Stanton , aged forty-five , a labourer at the New House of Lords , who met his death there on Monday last . Deceased was helping to fix a landingplace , at _ the height of twenty-seven feet from the ground , when he overbalanced himself and fell that , heient , his head striking a stone step . ' He was immediately taken to the Westminister hospital , but , on his arrival , was found to be quite dead . The jury , without hesitation , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
Thb Rectoby of St . Ann ' s , BLACKFRURs .--Itis doubtful whether , after all the excitement of a poll , the householders of this parish have the right of appointing a minister . The Bishop of London is prevented instituting the rev . gentleman choBen , by an intimation that the Crowa claims a right to appoint to all livings vacated by promotion to a bishopric .
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days which have led to the belief ( legal proof h » 8 ' not yet been produced ) that he had , for about . twO years prior to his death , availed himBeJf of the circumstance of the deeds of his clients being left in his eafes and possession for security from fire , &c ., and employed , those deeds as a means of realising money . " We are informed that it is now ascertained , that he had forged mortgage deeds for various sums , and , unknown of course to his principals , had handed over their documents , which had for years been left in his custody . Having received the money on the mortgages thus effected , he paid the interest himself : consequently during his lifetime
the fraud was not discovered . The interest in one case recently falling due , and not being paid as heretofore , the principal was applied to , and he , surprised of courae at the application , denied that he had ever effected such a mortgage , or was at all cognisant of it—the signature of the mortgagedeed was forged . Other discoveries have been made ; and it is feared there are some still undiscovered . Already the sums tbus obtained on mortgage are believed to exceed , £ 10 , 000 ; which must entail a serious loss to the parties who have advanced the money . Legal proof of tbe forgeries , of course , has yet to be adduced . —Manchester Examiner ,
WlNCHESTKB . —CONFESSION OF MCRDKH . —One Of the soldiers of the 30 th Royals , now in this city , last week voluntarily resigned himself into the hands of tbe police , acknowledging that he is amenable to the law for murder , committed on a young woman in Norwich , about four years ago . The Dartmoor Conyicis . — The two convict 9 who escaped last week from the convict establishment in Dartmoor , have been apprehended at Zeal , on the northern boundary of the Moor . Representation of Preston . —It is stated that Charles To wnley , Esq ., of Townley , has been applied to by some of the Catholic electors to become a candidate for the representation of Preston , but
the answer received from him js , that he was pledged to Sligo , for which place he will be a candidate at the next election . The application to Mr . Townley arose from a feeling of dissatisfaction on the part of certain electors with the course taken by Mr . Grenfell in reference to the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill . Tub Bristol and EaBtern Railway Company and the Great Western Railway Company have bad to make restitution to Messrs . Ford and Company , the carriers , for overcharges made upon them in attempts to monopolise the carrying trade ; and the South Devon Railway Company ia under an order of Mr . Justice Pattison to do tue same thing .
Cotsxai . Palace on the Tinb . —The Messrs . Smith , of St . Peter ' s-quay , on the Tyne , havecontracted with Messrs . Hartley and Co ., of the Wear Glass Works , Bishopwearmouth , for the entire enclosure , with glass , of their extensive shipbuilding yard of St . Peter ' s , where vessels of the highest class and character , and of the largest registered tonnage , are constructed . The glass for the roof ia to be the Messrs . Hartley and Co . ' b celebrated patent rough plate , of which a very large quantity will be required . Messrs . Hartley and Co . have engaged Mr . Isaac Cooke , of this town , for the
glazing . Vessels built , under cover class a year higher at Lloyd's . Celebrated as our port is as the shipbuilding mart of the world , we shall be disappointed with the spirii and emulation of our builders if it should not , in the discharge of our duty as journalists , shortly devolve op . us to vecord the construotion of a Crystal Palace on the Wear for the purpose of naval architecture . —Sunderland News . Duncan Dosbab , Esq ., the extensive London shipowner , and a leading Protectionist , is spoken of as likely to come forward at the next election as a candidate for the representation of the borough of Sunderland . —A i (/ castfe Guardian .
Conflagration at Lord Harry Vane s , at Ewhurbt . —On Sunday night a terrible conflagration broke out at New House Farm , Ewhurst , the property of , aad occupied by , Lord Harry . Vane . It appears that some children , of Irish labourers , who were encamped near the premises , obtained lucifermatches and went into the straw yard . By accident they fired the straw , which communicated with the f ; trm buildings . A barn , with thirty loads of peas in the . tmulltu half of which were white , and a lodge , were burnt down . Great praise is due to the labourers in assisting , otherwise a peastack , and a beanstack , and a haystack , which stood within a few feet of the barn , must have been burnt down . Thb Fatal Colliery Accidbnt nbar Abbbdabe .
—The information of a frightful colliery accident occurring on Thursday at Messrs . Nixon and Co . 's pit , near Aberdare , South Wales , which appeared in our second edition of last week , ia fully corroborated by the Welch journals since received . The accident whereby so many livea were lost , occurred at the Werva pit , in the vicinity of Cwm Bach , near Aberdare , and was occasioned , as the men were descending , by the snapping asunder of tbe chain from which the stage depended , whereby the unfortunate colliers were precepitated to the bottom of the pit , a depth of 160 feet . The 3 fonmouth Merlin states the nnmber of lives lost at from twelve to sixteen . The scene at the pit when the bodies were brought up ia described as having been heart-rending .
The Explosion at Washington Collibrt . — At an adjourned inquest held bat week on the bodies of the unfortunate men who lost their lives by the explosion at Washington Colliery , near Newcastle , ttie jury returned the following verdict : — " We are of opinion that William Hall , and the 32 others named in the depositions , came by their deaths by the firing oi the Washington Pit in M'Nare ' s board , on the 18 th August ultimo ; and we are of opinion that the air , having been highly charged with gaa previously , and receiving a sudden check , had
caused the fire to increase outside this board ; that lamps ought to have been used instead of candles ; and there should have been more brattice , as recommended by Mr . Dunn . " Mr . Dunn was one of tbe government inspectors , and was present during the proceedings ; but it has been remarked that his recommendation was made after the explosion , as appeared from the evidence , he not having examined the pit previously . A subscription has been started on behalf of , the families of the unfortunate men killed .
Trafficking in Railway Excursion Tickets . — Caution . — A man named John Brookman was brought before the Bristol magistrates on Tuesday , in custod . yj upon a charge of wilfully and knowingly cheating and defrauding the Great Western Railway Company by riding in one of the company ' s carriages from Bristol to Swindon , he not having previously paid or tendered to the company his fare for the said journey . It appeared from what transpired in the course of the proceedings that owing to the extent to which the traffic in railway excursion tickets has been carried , the company have found it necessary to adopt means to detect offenders . On Sunday last an excursion train from London to Bristol and back left the Paduington station at 8 a . m ., reached Bristol at 12 . 15 , arid returned , from the Bristol terminus at 6 . 30 , p . m . Prior to the arrival of the train at Bristol a large concourse of persons assembled at Temple Meads in irorifc of tho station , and , among them , thepoliee ,
who were on the look-out , observed the prisoner at about three quarters of an hour before the train arrived near the gateway , so that , ho could not possibly have come by it . When tbe train left in the evening he was again seen on the platform , and was watched into the train . On . his arrival he tendered a ticket concerning which he waa interrogated , and his replies showing that ho could not have procured it in the regular way he was apprehended , and brought back in custody to Bristol ' , where he was lodged in the station-houee . Mr . Ward , on behalf of the company , said he felt bound to press for a conviction , and the magistrates convicted the prisoner in the penalty of 203 . and costs , and in default committed him to the House of correction for . twenty . one days . The Chairman observed that he had rendered himself liable to three months' imprisonment , but as it waa the first offence of the kind brought before the bench they had inflicted a mild punishment in the hope that it would operate as a warning .
A Crowded Excdrsion Train .- —The second cheap excursion train , for the season , from Southampton to LondoD , ran on Monday . The train was to start at half-past six in the morning and return on Tuesday night . At six o ' clock upwards of 3 , 000 persons were assembled before the Southampton railway station . The carriages for the train had not arrived , however , from London at the time for starting , and the crowd was consequently kept outside the station until the carriages did arrive , which was not until seven o ' clock . When the station doors were opened the crowd was bo great , and so eager to get in , that the windowa of the station
were broken , several persons were injured , and a great number of hatg , shawls , bonnets , caps , and shoes were lost . Numbers of women fainted or were taken ill , and children were nearly embed to death . A large number of Southampton tradesmen and others allowed their servants to travel by the cheap excursion train on Tuesday , generously paying tbeir fare and expenses up and down . A large posse of " maids of all work , " dressed respectably , eaoh with a little basket of provisions for the day were with the crowd , congregated early before the station . Owing to the immense pressure of the mob many of these poor servants had tbeir clothes torn .
Scbne w a Church . —On Sunday evening last , at St . Mary ' s Churoh , Chatham , just at the commencement of the sermon , the congregation were greatly alarmed by the flickering Of the gaslights , which gradually became lower , until the church wa * left in nearly total darkness . The persons present being considerably alarmed , commenced leaving the church , in tbe midst of which some malicious individual raised the ery of " Fire !" The scene then became one of indesoribable confusion , a rush being at once made for the doors , although the preacher , the Rev . Mr . Dewe , and other individuals , assured those present there was no occasion for alarm . Several ladies fainted , and one lady in her anxiety to reach tho door had her
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eg-nearly broken by . the ipressure , wag rescued by a , bystander . After some time tho gaa was again iinhted , and . order being restored , the service continued ; We understand a like inconvenience was experienced at the other places of worship , owing io a rush of foul air into the gas . pipes , but , for * unately , not attended with such serious results . DART . M 00 R .--We hear that the experiment of ^ rowing flax near the prison is a complete triump h . T . he successful culture of this plant is a matter of national importance , and will db of the greatest benefit to the neighbourhood , —The potato stalks are much diseased , and in some instances it has reached the root ; the crop will be diminished in consequence . ¦
_ _ __ The Fatal Boat Accident on the Tine . — On Monday an inquest was held at Howdon , before Mr . Stephen Keed , upon four of the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers by the boat accident , the particular ^ of which appeared in pur columns last week . From the evidence it appeared that there were " nineteen persons in the sculler-boat , and that in consequence of its being thus overcrowded , and the tide running Btrong at the time , it was unmanageable , and was drifted athwart the stern of a vessel which was lying at a short distance from the steamboat , upon which the passengers were to have been landed . The boat sank immediately after it
struck , and six persons were drowned , only four of whose bodies have yet been recovered . William Wri « hfc , a boat builder , deposed that he had measured the boat and found it to be fifteen and a half feet long and six feet broad . It was capable of holding only fourteen persons with safety ; and , with eighteen or nineteen persons , there could not be sufficient room to manage the oars . The jury , after five minutes consideration , returned a verdict of "Accidental death , " and , at the same time , expressed a wish that the boatman should be reprimanded for his want of skill and judgment , which was immediately done in an impressive manner by
the coroner . Darino Strbrt Robberies at Ltsth > s . —On Monday evening last , Mr . Alderman Hepper , of Leeds , was robbed of a gold watch and chain by three men who attacked him near his own house , at Wortley . One of the alderman ' s assailants held him up against a wall and half strangled him , whilst the other two divested him of his watch and appendages . Nothing has since transpired to lead to the detection of the assailants . Several other robberies of the same daring character have taken place within tho last few days . On Friday evening last Mr . Johnson , a clerk in the Great Northern
Railway Company ' s office , was attacked in a similar manner while walking up Queen ' a-placo , a public thoroughfare in Leeds , aud robbed of a silver watch and gold obain . On Saturday night-, a young man named John Mitohel , was attacked in the Turk's Head-yard , Briggate , and robbed of about £ & in gold and silver . Briggate is the most public street in Leeds , and there is a public house and many other dwellings in the Turk ' s Head-yard , where the robbery took place . These frequent and daring street robberies have put the police quite on the gut uiue , and if they are equal to their duty before long some of these audacious street robbers will be apprehended .
Caution to Sportsmen . —A few < 3 » ys since a tad was walking along the Queen Anne-road , near the hedge , when some person discharged a gun in the adjoining field , and a portion of the charge struck his head , but most fortunately in an oblique direction , so that instead of penetrating the skull , the shots were lodged between the Bkull and the scalp , otherwise thi > boy ' s life must have been sacrificed to the indiscretion of the sportsmen . It should be a standing rule with shooters not to fire in the direction of a hedge skirting a public thoroughfare . —Maidatone Journal .
A Young African Prince in Liverpool . —We had on Monday a pleasing interview with a remarkable intelligent boy , five and a half years old , named TboniiisCanray Caulker , son of Canraybah Caulker , King of Bompey , Sherbro country , west coast of Africa . The little fellow arrived in this town on Saturday last , and has been brought to this country to be educated , by his guardian , Captain Edulfus SwintoBjOf . the Adeline , of Newcastle . He evidently possesses considerable discernment , and his manners are gentle and affectionate . He wears on his left wrist a silver badge of royalty , being a collar of about an inch and a half in width , with
the figure of an elephant beautifully carved upon it . Of course the infant prince cannot as yet speak English , but when his education is matured , and he returns to his native country , we anticipate the greatest advantages to that interesting quarter from the culture he will have received and the habits he will have acquired during his residence here . The kingdom over which his father exercises sway adjoins our colony of Sierra . Leone , and tbe kiug has done all in tvis powe * to suppress tha slave trade , and to further the progress of civilisation throughout his dominions . We hope that the benevolent intentions of Captain Swinton will be more than realised , —Liverpool Standard .
Thb Harvest . —West Lancashire . —Great progress has been made within the last few days in the cutting and housing of corn ; a great deal of wheat has been got in in fir 3 t-rate condition , and a few more daya of the present beautiful weather would bring harvest operations to a close . Many parties are buaily engaged with second crops of clover , which is generally a goed crop . Potatoes have changed much for the worse since our last ; as an instance , we £ aw on Thursday last a crop of kemps in ridges got up ( amongst which , a fortnight since , scarcely an unsound one could be found ) , with at least one-third ol them diseased . The land upon which they are grown is of a light sandy description . There is every prospect of the disease being quite as destructive this
year as in any former one since its commencement . — Liverpool Standard , of Tuesday—Scotland : For several day b tho weather in this neighbourhood ( Glasgow ) has been all that could be . desired for harvest operations . We understand that around the city our agriculturists are busily engaged ia cutting down and securing their crops , and that the yield is a satisfactory one . Should we have a week more of fine weather , the greater part of the crops in the vicinity will have fallen before the sickle . We are sorry to learn that the potato blight has raade its appearance in several large fields in our neighbourhood , but as yet in Bo mild a form that little danger is apprehended to the great bulk of the crop . —North British Daily Mail ,
Suspected Murder of an Irish Beapeb . —At Sheffield , on Monday and Tuesday , an inquest was held respecting the death of an Irish reaper , named Thomas 0 'IIara , about twenty-oneyears of age , said to be from the parish of Kilmactagh , county of Sligo . He was found on Saturday morning last in a dying state , by two other Irish reapers named John Lennard and John Callaghan . He had seated himself . on the roadside , near the village of Norton , and about two or three miles from Sheffield , so completely exhausted as to be unable to proceed . Ho complained of severe pain in the head , and was too indisposed to converse . The men assisted him to a lodging-house at Sheffield , and there he died at half-past two the same afternoon , having said
nothing about his injuries . He had not had a medical attendant , and no ono had thought proper to question him . Ia this state of the case the coroner ordered a post-mortem examination , the result of whicli was made known by Dr . Hall . That gentleman stated that he found bruises on both shins , a large bruise oyer the loins , and injuries on both sides of the head , as if inflicted by a stick or poker . The skull waB fractured , and there was a considerable effusion of blood , besides complete disorganisation of the brain . Dr . Hall had no doubt that these injuries to the hoad had produced death , and he thought that tho deceased , when found , would be incapable of explaining his injuries . Mr . John
O Donnell , a juryman , who is himself an Irishman , said he had overheard some conversations in Irish amongst some persons wbo had known the deceased ( being fellow countrymen ) , and that hehad a strong suspicion that O'llara hud been murdered and robbed of his earnings . Although harvest work is nearly at an end , O'llara bad only sixpence halfpenny in his pocket when found . The coroner has again adjourned the inquest , and instructed the police to make a searching inquiry . Mr . O'Donnell has undertaken to bring his knowledge of the Irish people in the neighbourhood to bear in the same direction , Dr , Hall says ho i 9 satisfied that the injuries have not been caused by failing .
Suspected Poisonings in Northumberland . — Another cage of suspected poisoning has come to light , in the little village of KirkwhelpingtoD . Two children in tho family of a peasant died last week , within twenty-four hours of each other , both of whom are supposed to have died from poison . Wigan . —Miners' Meeting . —On Monday morning last a number of the miners of this town and neighbourhood assembled at their respective lodgehouses , and afterwards went in procession , accompanied with two bands of musicandflags , to tho station
railway to meet Mr . W . p . Roberts , whom they escorted to Ambei-wood-common , Inoe , where a meeting was held . Mr . John Berry was called to preside , and after various epeeohes had been delivered , Mr . Roberts , who addressed the meeting , exhorted the miners to join together again in union At the conclusion ^ hisjaddress , Mr , Roberts was warmly applauded ; and after passing a vote of thanks to him , and giving three cheers for the union , the persons presentiagain ; formed in procession o " n r , n f ™ t 0 WgalK ^ 'Mg the afternoon from 2 , 000 to 3 , 000 persons were on the common .
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last carriage . . One of hei'limba-was nearl y ^ severed from the , body , and the other was- dreadfully crushed .. She ' was ' carried to apuWic house near the ' railway , and surgical assistance obtained , but she died in about four hours afterwards . Her daughters , one of them sixteen , and the other eighteen years of age , appeared to be . greatly : distressed , aud it was stated that she had beven other children . She-had not been to the races , but had availed herself of the excursion train to the races to pa y a viBit to some friends , and was anxious to got off by that train because she and her daughters had return tickets by it . .
Railway . Accident at G ; ateshbad . —On Monday morning , as the quarter paat five a . m . train from Shields and Sunderland was passing the bridge crossing the High-Btreet , Gateshead , and approaching the high level bridge crossing the Tyne , it ran into two engines standing on the line . The passengers were knocked about , many of them re « ceiving serious bruises about the head and face , though none of them were dangerously injured . Another Fatal Railway Accident . —Another accident , attended with loss of life , occurred on Wednesday morning on the Midland line of railway near Nottingham . About seven o'clock a luggage train for Mansfield , which should have started at half-past six o ' clock , left the Nottingham Railway
station , causing the seven o ' clock passenger train for Derby to be delayed a short time , until it was sup * posed there would be a clear course . On arriving at the point where the Mansfield branch diverges from tho main line , the engine was detached for the purpose of taking some empty carriages which stood in a slip line , preparatory to joining them to the train , and carrying them forward to Mansfield . The guard thought he should be able to get away before there was danger ; but the passenger train came along . There had been sufficient time for the goods train to get on to the branch line ; and as no signal to the contrary had been given , they apprehended no danger . There was . a thick fog , and the driver could soarcely see ten yards before him , so
that lie did not Bee fclio stationary waggon until close upon them . He immediately reversed the engine , and perceiving thnt a collision was inevitable , he , 'jumped from the engine , and immediately afterwards his train ran into the waggons . The driver escaped unhurt , but the stoker , a smart young man , was found near the tender on the ground in a state of insensibility , with his thigh , chest-bone , and one or two ribs fractured . He was immediately conveyed to Nottingham and taken to the General Hospital , where he died in an hour and a quarter afterwards . None of the passengers were injured . Thb ComsioN on the Grbat Northern RailwAr . —Inquiries made on Wednesday evening at the Hornsey station , where the Rev . Mr . Snell , who sustained a concussion of the spine in the . late collision , lies under surgical care , elicited that the
reverend gentleman is no worse . Of four of tbe aufferers who were taKen to the Royal Free Hospital in Gray ' a' Inn ^ road , one left on Monday ; another , Mrs . Reynolds , two of whose ribs are fractured , is progressing favourably , and her son and daughter are fast recovering . Representation , of Bradford . — On Monday evening last , a special meeting of the members of tbe Conservative Society was held in the Society ' s Rooms , Albion Court ( "William Walker , Esq ., president , in the chair , ) when it was unanimously resolved , that on the first opportunity when a vacancy occurs in the representation of this borough ia ' parliament , Henry Wickham Wickham , Esq ., of Kirklees Hail , should be requested , to stand ; and the meeting pledged itself to promote his election by all the means in their power .
Thb Lath Couubry . Accident at Kings wood , near Bristol . —The inquiry into the cause of the late melancholy and fatal accident at the Deep Pic Colliery , Kingswood , hear this city , was on Wednesday resumed before tho coroner for the lower division of Gloucestershire , W . Joyney Ellis , Esq ., who was assisted by Mr . Dickinson , one of her Majesty ' s inspectors of collieries , who attended in compliance with a warrant addressed to him from tho Secretary of State's office . The evidence was of a very voluminous character . It appeared from it that as a ' journey" of nine colliers was being hauled up the shaft by the engine , the pin which connected the handle with the eccentric rod gave way , and the oart or bucket was drawn up over the shiver wheel , and the men thrown out . One of them rolled down the pit , a depth . of 147 fathoms . While
the others were dashed to the ground about thirty feet beneath them . The , inquiry waa directed to the point of ascertaining whether the breaking of the pin arose from any neglect of the engineer ; and the evidence was conflicting . It was proved that two or three minutes before the accident occurred tho engineer was out of the engine-house , talking to the " ranger , " or banksman , and that he did not go towards the engine-house till after the witness on the rope had come up ; and the opinion seemed to be that he bad gone in hastily to check the engine , and had jerked and broken the pin . The jury , after upwards of an hour ' s deliberation , returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against the engineer , John Stone , who was immediately committed upon the coroner ' B warrant to , await his trial fot that offence at the next Gloucester
assizes . Grbat Skiff Match fob £ 100 aside , on the Tyne . —This match , which had to test the capabilities of the two best men on the Tyne , Hcory Clasper and Candliah , came off on Tuesday afternoon , at Newcastle , and excited considerable interest . The men were started at four o ' clock , top high water , and Clasper Boon drew a-hoad . On approaching Shot Tower , and half way to the goal , Claeper was a skiff ' s length a-head , but after passing that spot , Candlish having the north side of the river , Clasper closed in upon him , and ran him ashore against the quay , Clasper pulled away , and was shortly followed by Candlisb , who came in two skiff ' s length astern . The referee has declared the race in favour of Candlish , a result whioh seemed to disappoint every body . The betting seemed about even on the course .
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search- Torth * : i ) bttrda cr 8 . ' of t-Afrr-W / iiro tT " towjilands will h ^ ve . to-pay the expense of thi- * ^ Tbe local gentry , and . iuh . abitants of the district u ** et \ lered- intosubscriptions , amountingto nearlv f " m ? for the purpose of offering a reward for th « diL ^ ' of the murderers . . The-Rev ., Mr . NoJan f ^ Abpeyleix , who . , attended the ; meeting atwhiVi , " , ?' subscription was , , opened ,.. pledged . him self in , most solemn manner . that he and the other Ri . « Catholic clergy of the locality would co-onet a L ^ every mannerin their power to bring the guiltv n . ties to justice . ...... - , . , ., 6 UUl J Pillow to Reduce the . Poor Rates . —A nrov . V cial , paper . me « tipn . 8 the following veryigaU 3 fac 0 , ' instance of a mode of reducing the poor rates m $ rural districts - : » > Ir . Edge and his tenantry on £ lands of Doonane and Farnam , Queen ' s Countv w entered into mutual arrangements for the removal nf the paupers from the . Oarlow workhouse eWw . u . to tW > divisions * and they are to be penUS
prowled tor either by emigration or reproduct e employment . Mr . Edge charges himself withXj thirds of the expense , the tenantry pay the rpmriT ingone-third . This is the most effectual 2 5 ' therto adopted to prevent the spread oi > auS i and to relieve the land from the enormous burdeHf poor rates . " . uiubu oi Papal AQGRmios . —The TalUi has resumed some of its former ferocity , donbtfag havd S fresh courage from the doings of Fathers Cahil ! Ryan ,. and Hardiman . The Tablet has a long aid laboured arlic e , in wh . oh . the designs of Lord John Mssell are set forth with as much particularity as if the Premier himself had informed the editor of the motives which actuated him in his recent opposition to the Papal Aggression . r
Rkpaymest of Government Advances . —In all quarters of the kingdom the boards of Pow Law guardians are up in arms against the official notification of the Treasury , that the day of reckoning is at land , and that the indebted unions must forthwith levy a rate for the payment , by instalment , of the loans advanced by government for the relief of fash , distress in the years of famine . Clare and Mayo Lave been the loudest in their complnintsof the hardshi p of refunding while both these counties are still sinking under the pressure of rates reaching , and . in soino instances going beyondi the " confiscation" point ; and their remonstrances have been joined in by the guardians of the Glenamaddy Union , in the county of Roscommon ; These gentlemen declare , through one of their spokesmen , that had Sir Robert Peel lived they would not now be called upon to discharge this sum , which he manifestly gave to save the lives of the Irish people at the cost of the Imperial
Treasury . •• : Mr . Morgan John O'Connell , M . P , for Kerry , ( says the Limerick Chronicle ) is about to enter himself at the English bar . The Drfbmbers . —The " funds" appear to bo drooping , and money , both on hand and to account , has ueen scarce during the last ten days . In fact , until the nest settling day ( the 17 tli inst . ) there are no hopes of any permanent improvement in the tone of the market . The " Lord Bishop" of Plymouth ( Dr . Errington ) is ene of the latest inveBters in Roman BondB . " Out of his ample private fortune / ' aa the . Freeman ' s Journal reports , " his . Lerdship " has sunk £ 3 in the treasury of the Defence Association . The Duke of Norforlk having lately become a Protestant , tho Romanist journals have suddenly discovered that he is a " dotard , " if not entirely
insane . . . The Rumourrd Law Charges . — The Dublin Herald , of Monday night alludes to a rumour , sorao days in circulation , to the effect that Mr . Justice Perrin is about to retire from the bench to make way for that other brilliant senator—Mr . Attorney General Hatchell , the eloquent member for Wind . aor , Our contemporary says the immaculate judge is to retire . " upon a promise of promoticn . for two of his sons in their respective professions . " The JfcraM goes on to say : — " The Attorney Generalship tbus vacated , is to be assumed by the Right Honourable Richard Wilson Greene , Q , C . " . Mr , Hughes continuing to hold hia present office of Solicitor General . These arrangements have been repeated and commented upon among the bar , and are very generally looked upon has settled . _ We do not place any reliance on the statement in reference to Mr . Greene . "
Bishop Blake , of Dismore , has administered a check to the ultramontanes by a published assuranee that he is still in faveur of the mixed educational system , as . " the only practicable one . " Tha Cork Reporter has also put it to the bishops and people , with a rare moderation of tone , whether it is worth while to defy the government further than may be necessary to vindicate tho validity of spiritual dignities . . A man hag been arrested at Maryborough on strong suspicion of having been a chief actor in the murder of Mr . White , of Abbeyleix . A Limerick papw stetea that » . 9 tWtf » -sWp is ww building in New York , and will be ready for sea by
the 1 st of December , which is intendod to ply between that City nnd Galway , stopping at Halifax on the route . The contract with the builders is , that the steamer shall make the . trip between GaU way and llalifax in six days ; otherwise the parties contracting for the vessel are at liberty to reject her . The steamer is to be of the largest size , with accommodation for 700 second-class passengers , besides accommodation for first-class passengers . Death of Miss Sheii ,. —Miss Sheil , sister of the late Right Hon . Rioharl Lalor Sheil , died suddenly at Waterford on the 6 th inst ., after an illness of but two hours , go that , like that of . her uistinguwlwd brother , the death of Miss Sheil was quite sudden
and unexpected . The Great Southern and Western Railway . — The excursion which took place from Dublin to Cork on Monday possessed more interest than usually belongs to such trips . It was , in fact , an invitation given by the directors of . that railway to all the shareholders of the company , for the purpose of enabling them to inspect the whole of the line , and giving them an opportunity of observing with their own eyes the siyleand character of the work ? , A meeting was hold at Cashcl on Monday to make the necessary preparations for the public dinner to be g iven -there , on the 22 nd inst . to Messrs . Mahei and Scully . Tho other members of the Irish brigade are to be invited as guests . '
The Catholic Association . — We are now almost on theeveof the period fixed fortbo meeting to inaugurate the new Catholic Association ; and it is remarkable that not one word upon the subject is mentioned in public , nor does it appear to attract the smallest possible amount of interest . There i 3 a perfect lull in every kind of political agitation here at present . Death op Lord Rmnsios . —The Evening Post says : — - " We regret to announce the death of Lord Riverston , which took place at his residence ,
Flower-hill , county Galway , on Saturday last . A correspondent says— ' This peerage was granted by James II ., when he was fighting in Ireland ior his crown , but was not acknowledged by the English government . Lord RiverBton was heir presumptive to the Earldom of Westmeath ; ho leaves two sons . Crop Lifting . —The Tipperaru Vindicator states that " crop lifting was practised on Sunday night at Violefc-bank , near Nenagh , the estato of Judge Moore , who is regarded in the light ot a good landlord . " .
Thb Corn Exchange . — Tho weather since Friday has been cold and dry . Harvest operationsha ^ progressed rapidly , and the crops have been secure d in fine condition . Very few country buyers intended , our market on Wednesday morning . The few trifling sales effected in foreign wheat biroy sustained previous rates . Irish , of which the supply was smaller than last day , met a free sale at about former prices . No change in the value oi old oats . There was more inquiry for new , » nd Friday ' s quotations were firmly supported . l >«' meal dull , nnd 6 d . per cwt . lower . Indian corn nominal . No change in the value of b akers' flour . Narrow Escape fkom Drowning of three M . r . s OP the Irish Brigade . — Mr . O'Flaherty , M . ^ with Mr . Scully , M . P ., Mr . Keog h , Mrs , KeOg « . and others , went on a boatin * excursion on Saturday from Knockbane , where the members for Amlone nnd Tipperarv have been on a visit witli w
member for Galway , and the morning being pw' ' tious . and the day most promising , the p arty W « = enjoyed themselvos amid the romantic scenery oi Lough Corrib , which presents so many varied lectures ot interest and enchantment to the tour ** - On . thei * return in tho afternoon , the boat str ««* ana rock , and in a minute it filled with water-The greatest exertions were used for some time w repair the accident , but to no effect ; and it was not without the utmost difficulty that the part }'»" . saved by the approach of another boat , in W they were rowed ashore , after experiencing ih ^; nent danger , the rock on which the boat struc" ) affording no landing room . j oVg Thb Convict Hamlet . —A respite for ten os . has been received by the officers of tbe Count ) « Limerick prison , for Michael Hanley , whose exeCU tion for the crime of wilful murder , was to \ W taken nlace on t . hn 8 f . fi in « +. Th is oxoecteo {¦*?
ft commutation of the sentence will be the res ^ of the exertions which have been made to say 8 ''; life . It is Relieved in Limerick that he did " - commit the murder of his wife premeditated !? . . & >
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Tup . Correctional tribunal of Blois has just co demned Barnabe , a gardener , Verra , a dyer , Davnaud , a wine-shop" keeper , the first to l months' imprisonment ' and 50 f . fine , and the otn two to one month ' s imprisonment and lGf . fine . ^ for having in their possession anarchical «™"> and ammunition , which were found at thwr W > K , Pa ^ V 1 Slted by the poliee on ' th ? 18 tU ' The National Reform Association held a meegj on Tuesday , night ia the Lectur chaU , Wtg . green ; and on Monday in the Town HaU . jJ B ley , the first of a series of meetings » n tbe
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Scotland Murder at GLASGOW . , —AbGUt eleven & ' clock » r . Saturday night , the inhabitants residing in the Tontine Close were alarmed by theories of murder proceeding from the house of a tailor named Jack , who lives in that locality . The police having entered tha house , found that Jack had been abusing his wife in a dreadful manner , and they took him into custody . In about an hour and a half afterwards , word was brought to the Central Police Office that the poor woman had died in consequence of the injuries she had received . Dr . Easton was immediately m attendance , and made a partial examination of the body , but no iniuries of « serious nature
were apparent . From the statement of a little boy who waa in the house , it appears that Jack and his wife had quarrelled , and that he had attacked her with his fists , and knocked her down , and while on the floor had seized her by the throat . Jack waa apparently not drunk when taken to the office , and the victim of his cruel rage was previously enjoying good health . Jack denieB having ill-treated his wife , but states that she had been taken unwell , 5 ? I w mi was engaged feeling her pulse she died . The statement of the police officers again is that the poor woman was alive when they took her hasband into custod y . Both Jack and his wife are advanced in years .
Railway Accidknt at Giasgow . — . On Sunday morning as the Caledonian train , which is due here at half-past one n . m ., was approaching the Buchanan-street terminus the engine , by Borne cause or other , got off the rails , and ran into the gable of ono of the sheds . No person was injured , the only damage done being to the engine am shed . , on ; The Weather . —For several days past the weather in the neighbourhood of Glasgow has been all that could be desired for harvest operations ; We understand that around tbe city our agriculturists are all buaily engaged in cutting down and . ' securing their crops , and that the yield is a satisfactory one . Should we have a week of such weather , the greater part of the crops in the vioioity will have fallen before the sickle . We are sorry to learn that the potato blight has made its&ftbearanr-P } n boot-mi
large fields m our neighbourhood , but as yet in 6 o mild a form that little danger is apprehended to the great bulk of the crop . The roots of the blighted shaws , on being examined , are found . sliehtW browned on the outside ; but beyond the sk S the potato » amnjured . Those at present in the ma ? ^ SH ^ - ™ - ss MMa . s-n . 'gBia ; sn& ^ s ^ rs
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Sfje $ romnce * . Extensive Fobgkbies bt a Solicitor in Manchester . —A few months ago , we recorded tbe decease of Mr . Henry Edward Ridgway , solicitor , Norfolk-street , a gentleman of long and extensive notice , bighly TCSpected , and in whom great conclioX * i de ? tiy been reposed by his numerous clients . Events have transpired within the last ten
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