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      mutton , rtith wool &tU 6 hei . ~ Cambrtdge Indepehdant , - —• , . Soppw of Water in the Protirces . —The extensive waterwerkB for supplying the city of Norwich were last . week opened with considerable ceremony , and the Edinburgh Water Company's great reservoir at ¦ Castle-hill , for the continuous supply of Edinburgh , has just been completed . Pricb or Land . —At a recent sale by auction of the narrow strips of land not . required by , the corporation in making the new street from Cheapside into Market-street , the extraordinary prioe of £ 17 a yard was obtained ; One lot , containing 156 yards , sold ' for £ 2 , 550 ; and another lot of 141 . yards , fetched the sum of £ 2 , 350 . We may add , by way of contrast , that at Great Horfcon , which is within the borough , and where buildings are , much wanted , ji quantity Of building grouriu has been sold this week as low as 8 d . per yard , —Leeds

      Mercury . ¦ . East Hiding of Yorkshire EtECTION . —The election of a member for the East Riding of Yorkshire , to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr . Broadley , took place on Tuesday . The quiet town of Beverley , the capital of the riding , exhibited but very little more than its ordinaryiappearance . There had been some talk among the liberals of the town and district of the appearance in the field of Lord Mulgraye , the late member for Scarborough , who was rejected for that place upon his appointment to a post in the Queen ' s household . Placards issued upon the morning of the election appealed to the electors not to vote for

      Duncombe and starvation , " but to give their suffrages for " Mulgrave and low rents , " "Mulgrave the farmers' friend . " A noisy band paraded the streets , followed by a few representatives of " the liberal interest , " with the radical colour , yellow , Fromi « neht in the procession was a man bearing a pole with a large and a small loaf suspended thereon , and another bore a dead rabbit ticketed " for sale , " in allusion , we suppose , to the game laws . All this , however , was a mere popular effusion ; the leadiHg liberals kept themselves aloof ; the election passed off very quietly , and no mention at all being made of Lord Mulgrave , the Hod . Capfc . Duncombe was unanimously elected .

      Tub hate Railway Coimsion at Hornset . — The Kev . W . Snell , of Fleet , Lincolnshire , who , it will be remembered , sustained a concussion of the spine , by the recent collision at the Hornsey station , on the Great Northern Railway , Still lies at the Railway Hotel , adjoining the station , in a most preoarious condition , having been unable to leave his bad since the unfortunate occurrence . The injury to the Bpiue appears to \> & proceeding favourably , but up to the ' . present time the rev . gentleman has not been able to move his lower limbs , which are perfectly destitute of feeling .

      SioBPiOE of Two Banks at Newfobt . —Tho Monmouth and Glamorganshire Joint Stock Bank , and Messrs . Williams ' s Old Bank , both of which establishments carried on business in Newport , Monmouthshire , suspended payments on Tuesday . The stoppage of the former concern , which is the chief local bank of the district , is attributed to the fact that their . bills were refused by the London Commercial Bank . In the course of the morning a notice was fixed on the doors and in the windows of the bank , announcing that " in consequence of the recent depression in the iron trade , and the withdrawal of support hitherto received , the managers were obliged to suspend payments for a short time , but hoped to resume business in a few

      days . " There are serious apprehensions entertained in the monetary circles that the " worst is not yet known . " Many of the shareholders have invested their little all in the bank , and their feara are very great . Many , also , who had credits in small amounts , considerable , however , to them—are under the most anxious apprehensions . Soon after the notice alluded to had been put up at the Honmquth and Glamorgan Bank , the doors of Messrs . Williams ' s old bank in this town were also closed , and a notice affixed to the door , that payments were suspended in consequence of the suspension of the Monmouth and Glamorgan Bank . The third bank in town , the West of England District Bank , is unaffected by the crisis .

      Three Lives Lost aimb Weito . v Collieries , NBAB MlDSOMEB NORTON , SOMERSET , — A painful de « gree of excitement has been occasioned in the neighbourhood of Midsomer Norton , in consequence of its becomingtknown that a calamitous and fatal accident had occurred at the coal works known as tbe Old Welton Colliery , in the neigbouvhood of that village , bj which three unhappy people were liurvied into eternity . ]? rom the particulars which have reached us , it would appear that the accident occurred at about four o ' clock on Wednesday j-tho names of the unfortunate men killed by it being Dalimore , Hill , and Taylor . The two first named are single men , although Dalimore was upon the point of marriage with a respectable young woman of the neighbourhood . Taylor was a married man , and has left a widow and one or more ohildren , who

      entirely depended upon him for their support . The accident was occasioned by the breaking of a rope , upon which the three men were being lowered to their work in the mine . The rope was lowered in the usual way , being wound off a drum wheel , and nothing unusual occurred till it had been let down to within 100 or 120 feet of tho bottom , when without any pmioua warning the w > pebroke and precipitated the unfortunate fellows to the bottom of the shaft , ' which descends to a depth of 160 fathoms from the surface . An alarm was instantly given , and means uaed to get up the bodies at the earliest possible moment , they were frightfully mutilated , owing to the height from which they fell . Two of them were quite dead ; the third exhibited somo signs of life , but expired soon afterwards . Information of the occurrence has been forwarded to the coroner , and an inquest will be held on the bodies .

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      , Suspected Suicide at Ewv ^ T ^^ S B seven and eight o ' clock on Fri < kv ^ "Hfe ^ U inst . some gentlemen passinf L oroin W L the Union cLal , near 5 "ife ' f& Wj their attention attracted by » oan « * br % i it < lookbu | . ««» « tantely : ^* 5 * J ? tin "yj § g figure standing almost erect in the ££ \ S li pletely submerged . In a fw . m ™* £ " > H $ fj > came forward , and the boatmen S ? f *** $ P of a middle-ae-ed and r « mp « t « hi ,, J ?* ° ^ tkeC ? WZ

      their hooks . The body WmTiK ^ K | k MtiMK-ndonwarehfnghh ^ &Jntli ^ lt found still going . From a letter" ?' * ^ K I g son of deceased his relations w £ l ° 1 * was identified as Mr . Alexander $ ?**> a » lt I * dealer , 100 , Rose-street . The unfoi * ' 4 B d been in a state of mental depressionSf *»» £ 4 * and , it M supposed , had . committed £ d ! me « A Repbsiast SmciDE . _ O n tH ? ' 1 * named Donald M'Phail , threw himsel f St . tan . ;? P cut near to Irichinnan Bridge . Tho nn the * Jt » | t < being immersed in the water seemed i ? , 7 ello * oo l ous to regain the land as he hadfir ? 5 l to throw himself-into the wa >* . .. ? ty b £ # w

      peatod efforts to obtain a footing on thl m f * & % ' was swept along by the tido , but beforl ^ V l could reach him he disappeared R i 18515 ' 3 ^ I 01 recovered till about six o ' clock the sLP od 5 ' *^ i # " ^ tungi | p ¦ * 1

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      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ma ^ BiHBWWi ^^^ *^ ®|> 0 iBtfropcii * . Health ot London . —In tbe -week ending last Saturday 1 , 014 deatbs were registered in the metropolitan districts . In the ten corresponding weeks of tbe years 18 il-50 the average number was 980 , liut if the population in which this mortality ot « curred had been equal to the present number of inhabitants , the average would probably have been 1 . 078- la the previous week , ending September 27 , tlis deaths were only 958 , compared with which the last week has apparently produced an increase . It muaC be observed , however , that the present return has been unduly augmented by coroners' cases , laany of which properly belong to antecedent periods , but hare been accumulating till the end of ____

      tbe quarter , when their registration was ultimately completed . By far the larger proportion of deaths O 3 which coroners hold inquests are produced by ¦ violent means , and fall under the general denomination " violence" in tne table of fatal causes . In Ia 3 i week 70 cases of this description are enumerated , and of these 3 were the result of poison , 6 of irarna and scalds , 10 of hanging and suffocation , 22 of drowning and immersion , 24 of fractures and contusions , 5 of wounds and other injury . Five children were suffocated , one by food , and three by overiaving , or otherwise , in bed . A brickmaker died of tetanus produced by burns which ho received when lying on a brick-kiln . The following anilrsia ia presented of the 1 , 014 deaths returned

      Jast week . The eanse of death was : Certified by written statement of qualified practitioners in 833 cases ; returned by coroner ' s jury in 124 casea ; not certified , because the deceased person had no medical attendance , in 11 cases ; not certified , and only reported by informant of the death in 21 cases ; total , 1 , 014 cases , Of the 1 , 014 persons in this return , 26 Q , or about a fourth of the whole , were the victims of epidemic diseases ; 61 died of typhus , 70 Of diarrhoea , disentery , and cholera , 21 of hooping coa » h , 48 of scarlatina , 17 of measles , and IS of small pox . The wife of a gardener , who lived in y . w-street , Deptford , died on the 28 th September of small pox , at the age of 30 . She had been vaccinated , but two children , who are now lying very ill

      vrith the same complaint , nave not been protected by vaccination . Mr . Paine , the registrar , adds , th . it the house consists of four rooms , and has a family in each , in all about 16 persons , and that a fetal oase of small pox without vaccination is now registered , which , occurred in the house adjoining . Fonr deaths from cholera were registered in the ireek . Of these the following are the particulars In Belgrade sub-district , at 22 } Commercial-road , On Sept . 29 . the wife of a carpenter , aged 34 years , died of "epidemic cholera . " In Islington , west sub-district , at 5 , flalfmoon-crescent , on September 28 , the son of a porter , aged 6 months , ?• cholera infontum ( S days } . " In Ratcliff sub-district , at 15 , Alfred-terrace , Bath-street , on Sept . 29 , the

      daughter of a clerk in the London Docks , aged 4 months , " cholera infantum ( 13 hours ) convulsions ( 2 hoars ) . " In Wandswortb , at the Surrey County Lttiuiic Asylum , a female , aged 57 years , " bilious cholera ( 2 S hours . " Next in number to the epjdc-i ; i . : c class is the tubercular , which numbers 167 casea , of whioh 6 are ascribed to scrofula , 21 to tabes mesenterica , 21 to hydrocepbalus , and 119 to phthisis or consumption . Diseases of the brain and nervous system follow in the order of fatality in tUe pre eut table , and comprises 115 case * , of ¦ whkh 33 are due to apoplexy , and 40 to convulsions , Bronchitis , pneumonia , atid other affections of respiratory organs number only 93 at this season .-

      —The birth of 729 boys and 700 girls , in all 1 , 429 Ohildren , were registered in the week . The average number in six corresponding weekB of 1315-50 was 1 , 319 . —At tbe Royal Ovservatrxy , Greenwich , the mean height of tbe barometer in the week wag 29-330 in . Tbe mean temperature was 53-2 deg ., which is slightly below the average of correspouding neeks in ten years . On Friday and Saturday the mean daily temperatures were 56 deg . and 57 de " ., which are respectively 3 and 4 degrees above the average of each day . The wind blew generally from the sooth ; and the amount of horizontal movement of the air in the seven days was 855 mile-.

      Tns Fatal Accidbht is thb Stbasd . — Mr , Langham heid au inquest on Saturday last at the Cast / e Tavern , Portugal-street , Lincoln ' s-inn Fields , touching the death of James Carter , aged six years . On the previous Thursday evening , about half-past six , a coal waggon was tunriug into Wjch-street , Strand , waen a cheesemonger ' s cart tried to get into the street first . The poor child was , it is supposed , crossing toe road at the time , and was knocked down by one of the two vehicles , and before he could be picked Up tne wheels of the coal waggon passed over his head and body . Verdict , ' Accidental death . "

      The Closiso op thbNkwRoad . —Inconsequence of the confusion and danger to the public , arising from the diversion of the immense traffie of the New Road , by the closing of the thoroughfare for the purpose of repaying with granite , fiom St . Pancras Church to King ' s Cross , the Metropolitan Police Commissioners on Saturday issued placatds , which were posted at convenient places in the district , of ¦ which the following is a copy : — " Metropolitan Police Office , WhitehalL—Regulations . —To prevent obstructions by carriages during tbe repairs of the

      pavement in the New Riad , between St . Pancras Caareh and King ' s Cross : Route to be observed—Carriages going westward will tarn into the St . Pancras Road at King ' s Cross , and proceed along the St . Paneras Road to AldenhaHHtreet , along Aldunbam-Street and GrenviHe-strect , and down Seymourstreet into the New Road . Carriages going eastward mil turn into Seymour-street , and proceed up Gren-Tille-streeti along Grenviile- street , and Aldenham-Street , to St . Pancras Ro - < J , < tndou . t at lung ' s Cross . —{ Signed ) Rie :, ard Wayne , Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis . "

      __ Robbert of Gold asd Bank Notbs — Informa tion was recehfJ by the Commissioners of Police on Saturday l *> t , of a robbery whicii had been psrpetrated on the previous day at Braydon , Wilts , where ths dwelling house of a farmer was broken open during the night , and amongst other property the following money . was stolen : —112 five pound bank ( Gloucester ) notes , thirty-three old guineas , seven pounds ten shillings in gold , five pounds in silver , five pounds' worth of oW sitoer coins , a large number of promissory notes , a fifty pound note of the North Wilts Bank , a large quantity of copper money , and five shillings' worth , of farthings- A detective officer has been sent down to investigate the affair .

      Scicibe oh the S&tjth-Eastebx RjUlwat . —On Saturday afternoon , about one o ' clock , the usually quiet locality of Cold Harbour lane , leading from Erixton to Camoerwell , was thrown into a state of Intense excitement , from the following awful occurrence : —At the time in question a man in the garb ef a painter , carrying some pots of colours and brushes , was observed to proceed down Pollard ' s Grove , a retired spot in the rear of the Green Man public house . Shortly after , the report of a pistol was heard , and on persons proceeding to the spot the man ' was perceived running away , blood flowing profusely from his head . He had left the paint and brashes behind him , and carried in his hand a large pistol , but which a gentleman who followed succeeded in taking away from

      him . The alarm drew together several of the police from theBrlxton station , who joined in pursuit of the wounded man . He nevertheless proceeded , notwithstanding the great loss of blood ( which was tracked the whole dist £ foce )( at a rapid pace in the direction of Forest Hill , and before be could be overtaken , rushed through tha railway station on to the rails , and deliberately threw himself before the 1 . 20 down train , which passed over him , and thus terminated Mi existence . The body , dreadfully mutilated , was pic- ; cd up and conveyed to the Dartmouth Arms contiguous , where it awaits the coroner ' s inquest . The name of the deceased , it has been ascertained , was James Harding , by trade a painter and grainer , and resided at 5 , Elizabeth PJace , South-street ,

      Walworth , and he has left a widow and nine young children to deplore their father ' s unhappy end . —Mr . Carter held an inquest at the Dartmouth Arms , Sydenham , on Monday , on the body of the said William Harmer . The deceased wag in deep poverty , and was frequently in a . low and desponding condition , which rendered him frequently eccentric and ap 3 tbetie . The distance he ran after firing the pistol was nearly three miles , and it would seem that neither the engineer , driver , nor guard , saw anything of the unfortunate mm prior to the occurrence . After some consultation the jury returned an open verdict , to the effect— That the deceased was killed by being

      run over by one of the Sonth-Easjern Company s trans , but whether by accident or his own wilful act there was not evidence to show . " Fatal Accidext in St . Kathabim's Docks . —Mr . Baker held an inquest on Saturday last at the King of Prussia , Cartwright-street , Aldgate Without , oa view of the body of Henry Faren , aged sixty , who was drowned in the St . Katharine ' s l > -cks . Mr . Fossett , timber merchant , Poplar , Baid that on the afternoon of the previous Thursday he was in a barge , receiving some timber from a brig in the bt . Katharine's Docks . Deceased was handing nnl £ j tness ' waen while in the act of lowering one , which was about nine feet in length , it slinned

      be ' naBK ? ' . Decea 8 ea hepped baek to avoid but he wS « f ? 5 boat to M » ^ stance , W ^« w - fcSajassh-s ' s g , *? - S 5 j . Md """* ot " "SSft . ^ The Houses of Pabiuueki —n « «« , < > . > - .. < bv orderof the OmaaaJSSSRSSiSSSS a number of piles were being drivea into thf bed nf thenver in the open space lyine betw « , n « . » w OWb of Parliament £ wJ 2 tafiSSfi ? The . tops of tbe , Jes are left above high water m « k -2 Jhese cross pieces will he p ) ace 8 d and a " htform erected , and a number of workshops and sheds iSt thereon , in order that the whole of the unsightly woodea erections ia New Palace-yard and opposite

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      tne east or principal entrance to Westminster-hall may fotthwlth be removed . Tbe greater portion of the Old House of Commons is already pulled down , and on Saturday last tbe demolition of . tho last remaining portion of the House of Lords , including the en'rance thereto , built by George IV ., took place . Death ok a Door « ste 9 . —Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held aa inquest on Saturday last at Marylebone Workhouse , on the body of Charles Cox , aged fiftytwo . —The deceased , who was in the employ of Mr . Morgan , conch-builder , Homer-street , New-road , was found by police-sergeant Delaney sitting in an insensible state on the door-step of No . 90 , Gloucester-place . Dr . Maclaren , of Harley-street , was p assing at the time , and immediately pronounced life extinct ; . The same gentleman had since made a post mortem examination , and found death to have resulted from disease of the heart . —Verdict , "Natural death . "

      Rbmovisg ths Dying to a Workhousb . —Mr . Wakley held an inquest on Saturday last at the Elephant and Castle , Oamden-town , on the body of John Chimerick , aged fifty-six . The deceased , a bricklayer ' s labourer , enjoyed good health up to Thursday week , when , on leaving work at dinner time , he complained of sickness and great exhaustion . On Monday evening Mr . T pdd , the district parish surgeon , ordered his immediate removal to the infirmary . Thati however , was not done by his friends until about twelve o ' clock the next day , when , being unable to stand , be was conveyed thither in a cab . Mr . Robinson , the workhouse infirmary surgeon , stated that , although ! every assistance and / nourishment was afforded him , he never rallied . On opening the

      body there was extensive inflammation of the lungs , to which alone he could attribute death . Mr . Wakley observed : If when the deceased first Complained a medical gentleman had been called in , deceased would probably have been still alive . —Verdict , "Natural death . " Seizurb or ihe North-Western "Rai&wat tor Pcoit Rates . —Last week a special session was held in St . Pancras , and a warrant of distress was granted by the magistrate against the property of the London and North'Western Railway , for tbe amount of a poor rate of upwards of £ 1 , 000 , alleged to be due from the North-Western Company to the

      vestry of St . Pancras , for a poor-rate made on the 22 nd of March last . The warrant ; of distress was held over until Friday afternoon , when Mr . Bedford , one of the parochial brokers , took formal possession of the Euston station . The company immediately replevied , and the disputed amount was deposited in the hands of the propar receiver in such cases for the Court of Queen ' s Bench , in which c ^ urt it is understood legal proceedings will immediately take place to try the validity of the seizure , and the whole question at issue between the St . Pancras vestry and the North-Western Railway Company .

      Fatai . Fall jrom a Hobse . —On Saturday last Mr . Baker entered into an inquiry , at the London Hospital , relative to the death of Wm . Denton , aged forty-nine , a carpenter , who fell from tbe roof of a house . On Monday morning deceased was employed in repairing the sky-light of the Britannia publichouse , Cambridge-heath , when his foot slipped , and he fell . He was taken to the above institution , where lie died on Thursday , having received a fracture of the bone of the skull , and a laceration of tbe membranes of tiie brain—Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      STATES OF THE LATE LoHD G . BeNIXNCK . —On the 3 rd inst ., the works for the foundation of the statue to the memory of the late lamented statesman , Lord George Bentinck , were completed , and in the course of this week it will be placed in its position . The selected site is the south side of Cavendish-square , fronting Hollis-street , facing the statue of William Pitt in Hanover-square , at the theraideof Oxford-street , from which thoroughfare , as also Regent-street , Vere-street , &c , a lull vie w of the statue will be obtained . The pedestal will occupy a space of eighty-one square feet , the entire height of that and the statue being thirty feet .

      Jons of Tuam Preachin g in London . — Dr . M'Jlale , the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tviam , has been some days in London , and on Sunday preached at the Roman Catholic Chapel in Rosamon Street , Clerkenwell . Amongst the congregation was Sheriff Swift , who arrived in his state coach , accompanied by his chaplain , the Rev . Mr . O'Connor . There were also several nuns present , arrayed in their sombre habilments , numerous brothers of the guild , and assistant priests . Previous to the sermon , the Rev . Mr . Kyne , the minister of the chapel , stated that his grace the archbishop had kindly consented to address a few words to them . It was very kind of his grace ; but as he had only asked his grace but a few minutes since to address them , he requested that allowance would be made for the want of preparation .

      OHOCKiKG Accibest . —On Saturday morning last an accident , which has unfortunately terminated fatally , occurred to a man named Dobsoh , while at work at the Lambeth Waterworks , Thames Ditton . It appears that the deceased was employed with others in the erection of a tall chimney upon the works , and on Saturday morning be was engaged in hoisting a large stone , weighing upwards of two tons by means of a wheel erected upon some poles for the purpose . The deceased sat upon the atone while it was being raised , to prevent it shaking the scaffolding ; when about fifty feet from the ground , one of the poles suddenly broke , and the ponderous mass of stone fell to the earth- The deceased was thrown upon the ground with considerable vio ' ence , and when raised was found to be quite insensible . He was removed to the Fox and Mounds public-house , Seething Wells , Kingston , where he Wagered until Monday morning , when death put an end to his sufferings .

      Fire ANn Loss of Life at Houkdsditch . — On Sunday , about eleveu o ' clock , considerable confusion was caused amongst the inhabitants of Gravellane , HoundsditCh , in consequence of violent screams , accompanied with cries of fire , proceeding from the house numbered 26 in that thoroughfare . Several of the neighbours immediately rushed into the premises , when on entering the first floor front they perceived a terrible scene , for in the middle of the room was the unfortunate occupant completely enveloped in flames . The necessary intelligence was

      promptly forwarded to Jeffrey-square Brigade Station for assistance ; during the time the firemen were arriving the neighbours kept pouring buckets of water upon the premises , which had the effect of preventing the building from being destroyed , but before the flames were subdued the unfortunate person was burned almost as black aa a coal , Medical aid was seat for , and on the arrival of a surgeon he pronounced life quite extinct . The deceased ' s name was Catherine Wolf , seventy-eight years of age , and stone blind .

      Perversions to Roue . —The " Sisterhood " formerly settled at St . Barnabas , Pimlico , under Mr . Bennett , and latterly resident in Margaret-street , Cavendish Square , were publicly received in . a . body into the Roman Catholic Church at Islington , on Sunday evening last . Beneyoibnce of a Prosecutor . —A rather singular instance of benevolence on the part of a prosecutor occurred at the House of Correction , Culdbath Fields , on Friday . A man had been committed for six months to that prison for some trifling theft from his master , and his term of imprisonment expired on that day . Great W 9 S his surprise , however , when he was about to be discharged , on being presented with a £ 5 note that had been left for him by bis master , with a note expressing a wish that his future course of life would be one of honesty and mine , and to enable him to do so the above amount had been left ; for his use .

      A Female Found in the River Th&mes . —A respectably-dressed female , apparently about thirty years of age , was on Saturday night last , at high water , discovered floating on the surface of the water , near the lower Middlesex-side of Waterloo Bridge . By inquiry it was ascertained that the name of the deceased is Warwick , the wife of a tradesman in the neighbourhood of Clare Market , and has been missing from home for several days past . The Hungarians in London on Monday attended mass in commemoration of the events of the 6 th of October , or as the handbill explained , in memory of the defenders of constitutional liberty in Hungary , who , after the surrender of the Hungarian army to tbe Russians , were put to death by Austrian

      executioneri . Their honoured names are dear to the lovers of liberty founded on law : —Count Louis Battbyanyi , Prime Minister ; Count Ladislaus Csanyi , Minister of Commerce ; Baron Sigismond Perenyi , President ofthe House of Peers ; Baron Jeszenak , Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Nyitra ; Baron Szatavay , Member and Secretary of the Diet ; Prince Woronyieczky , Prince Czernus , Councillor of State ; Major Murman , Maior Abancourt , Prisoners of war , given up by Russia to the Austrian executioners , and hanged or shot at Arad , on the 6 th October , 1849 : — General Aulich , Minister of War ; Lieufc .-General

      Ernest Kiss , General Damianich , General Nagy Sandor , General Dessewffy , General Count Leiaingen , coosia of her Majesty Queen Victoria ; General Count Vecsey , General Torok , General Labner , General Baron Poltenberg , General Knesich , General Schveidl , General Count Lazar , Colonel Kazincy . Pbdesirianisu . —On Monday afternoon a footrace , between Manks and Scarles , two noted pedestrians , took place at the Oval , Kennington . The distance was ten miles , or forty times round tbe ground , and , in addition , 200 hurdles weve to be leaped . Manks gave ois rival a stwt of 200 yards , but before half the distance was

      accompanied the runners were aide by side . In this relative position they remained for five rounds , when Manks shot ahead and speedily gained such a lead that Searles , at the 29 th round , stopped short and confessed himself beaten . Manks completed the whole distance in one hour and thirteen minutes . Rbgesi- bxrbet ,, —On Tuesday that portion of this iaamonahle promenade adjoining Messrs . Sicoll ' s extensive premises was much crowded in consenVm ^ ? £ ! pubUc announcement made by this Mm to the efiect that the new robes for the Major ,

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      SI )* Uromiicoj . CUBIOUS DlSCOVBHY OF A PoST-OKFrcB EoBBKRt — Oibkkcestbr , Octobkr 4 th . —A rather unusual ini stance of a detection of a robbery , after a lapse of years , has jusfc ^ taken place here , and the party charged a 8 the offender is now in custody , and will on the completion ^ of the evidence , be committed for trial at the next Gloucester Assizes . The circumstances , as they have transpired before the maffistrate here , are as as follow :-The prisoner , James Vvmslow , is the driver of a mail cart from this town to the Tetbury-road station of tbe Great Western Railway , and was so in 1847 . In the month of

      February in that year a £ 20 note was put in a letter and posted in London for a Mrs . Harlock , at South Corney , Wilts , and would have to pass through the prisoner ' s hands . The letter never reached its Intended destination , and , notwitstanding strict inquiries , the matter remained in mystery until recently . The note had been stopped payment ( it was a Bank of England note ) , and had never been presented until the end of August . The prisoner waB in London on the 15 th of that month , having obtained leave ofthe Post-office authorities to go to town to see the Exhibition . In the evening of that day , in company with another man , he went to the shop of Mr . Bryant , an outfitter of Ald gate , and purchased a waterproof coat and pair of leggings tendering the £ 20 in payment . When asked to sisn

      his name at the back , he wrote , " Jarnes Wilson , " instead of his own signature , and when questioned subsequently denied at firat that he had made any such purchase in London . On Mr . Bryant presenting the note at the Bank of England it was stopped . Mr . Bryant when before the magistrates deposed that to the best of his belief the prisoner was the man who purchased the articles in his shop , and 6 igned the name John Wilson on the back of tho note . The person who accompanied him was not so stout , and said he was a farmer , Mr . Squiros the Cirencestor postmaster , also expressed his belief that the signature was in Wiuslow ' s handwriting . ua " Important Decision with Repbreh cb to Cabbl a .-BMDiw , MosDAT .-Thisdayamost S

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      Aldemen , and Corporation of Manchester would be then on view . These garments present a very rich , yet tasteful , appearance , having been prepared for the above municipal officers in anticipation of tbe visit of her Majesty to their city . They consist of several made from fine scarlet cloth , lined with Bilk and sable fur—these are intended for the aldermen ; and tbe brilliancy of the colour thus choBen U relieved by others made of a very rich purple , or mazzarine-coloured silk , also trimmed with fur , Buch being for the use ; of the members ofthe council , which , from the quantity of robes displayed on this occasion , would appear to be a rather numerous body . The one intended for the chief magistrate is , like those for the aldermen , also of the finest scarlet cloth , but is lined with ermine instead of sable , and has , in addition , rich borderB of gold embroidery of the oak-leaf pattern . __

      Cur Court of Sewers and tbe Strebx Obdbb-LIK 8 , _ On Tuesday a oourt was held hi the Guildhall , Mr . Deputy Peasock . in the chair . There was no business . of public importance . The Medical Officer , of Health reported that there were some houses in the neighbourhood of Bishopsgate which were in such a condition as not to be fit to be inhabited , and the court directed that the necessary steps , according to act of parliament , should be taken to remedy the evil immediately . Mr , Daw , the chief clerk of the board , road a communication which he had received from the council superintending the street orderlies . It stated that the council deeply regretted any interruption to the harmony and goad feeling which it

      bad been their wish to maintain and cultivate with the court ; that they were willing to admit that it might have resulted from over zeal and suspicions on their part , that they nevertheless felt assured that , the court would put a liberal interpretation upon their motives , and although the court could not be aware of the amount of anxiety and trouble which the lengthened demonstration had entailed , still the council felt impressed that the court would consider with reference to the past , that that which was not agreeable or profitable it was wise and generous to forget . The letter alsojconveyed the intelligence that the street orderlies had withdrawn from the City on the 29 th of September . Some of the members . expressed regret that the

      system had not been tried in winter , when a rational estimate might have been formed of its effectiveness . The letter was ordered to be entered on the journals of the court . One of the contractors was fined £ 10 for a series of negligeuces committed by his men in the removal of mud from the streets . Tho commissioners expressed their determination to inflict the highest penalties in future . Committal of a Collkcior op Taxes to Maidstosk Gaol . — -On Wednesday Mr . Inspector Levy conveyed Mr . Bowman , the collector of the assessed and property tax for tbe parishes of Deptfovd , to Maidstone , as a defaulter to an amount little short of a thousand pounds . Mr . Hills , of High-street , Deptford , tallow-melter , and Mr . Houldsworth , of Lewisham , farmer and dairyman , are his sureties . Mr . Bowman has held the appointment for many years .

      Saie of the Otn House oi Lords . —The Sale of the materials of the old House of Lords , and the hui ' dings immediately connected witll it , was commenced on Wednesday morning . Fatal Railway Accident . —On Tuesday evening a fatal accident happened on the line of the Eastern Counties Railway to a man named William Lever , under tbe following Circumstances The deceased was in the service of the Electric Telegraph Company , and was in the act . of crossing the railway near the Mile-end platform , when he was jammed between the buffers of two carriages . ¦ He waa extricated , and carried to a surgeon's in the neighbourhood , who found the deceased had received such serious injuries that he advised his removal to the London Hospital , whither ho was conveyed in a cab , but when the vehicle reached the institution the unfortunate man was found to be quite dead ; having expired in the cab .

      . Death of a Foreign Commission Aoest . —On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr . W . Baker , at the Baker and Basket Tavern , Leman-streefc , Whitechapel , on the body of Mr . Hiram Scharp , aged 26 , who died very suddenly . The deceased was a natire of Holland , and was a commission agent in the service of Messrs , White and Son , Cheapside . He belonged to the Jewish persuasion , and wa 3 subject to asthma . The deceased fasted in accordance with his religion from . Sunday evening until half-past six o ' clock on Monday night , when he retired , to rest . At an early hour on the tallowing day , the deceased was discovered lying on his back in bed , foaming at the mouth , and apparently dying . Mr . Liddell , the surgeon , wascaled in , but the deceased was then dead . Mr . Liddell was of opinion tiiat the deceased had died from disease of the heart , and the fasting so long was calculated to accelerate death . The

      jury returned a verdict of " Natural death . " Singular Accident to Mr . Batit's Cxown , — Mr . Flooh , who is well known as the clown at Mr . B . ttty ' a Hippodrome , at Kensington , met with an accident on Tuesday , which might have been attended with very serious consequences . It appears that after one of the performances he got oa an omnibus to take him to his residence , near Islington , and as the vehicle was passing along Oxford-street it got into a ruck in the road , and ill the violent collision Mi ' . Moon was pitched ofi into ttio street . He complained of excessive pain in his arm , and was taken to the Charing-eross Hospital , where he was seen and attended to by Mr . Dalton , the house surgeon , whp found on © of his writs frightfully dislocated by the fall . All the aid of surgical skill was applied , and the disjointed bone set ; but it is probable Mr . Flooh will be unable to follow hia avocation for some time .

      The Camberwemi Murdkii and Suicide . —On Wednesday theinqutst held by Mr . Carter in this case was resumed at two o ' clock ; having been adjourned from Thursday , the 2 nd inst . ; principally for the attendance of Mrs . Fawcett , the widow , and her daughter Mary Ann . From their evidence ifc appeared that Anthony Fawcett had been very low and dull from Saturday night , the time when he removed to the house where the murder wa 3 committed . Before the removal he was a portet at a confectioner ' s . His object in removing was to do better for his family by entering into business in the general line . On Tuesday before breakfast be was occupied in the shop attending to one or two customers . One young man who came

      into the shop that morning , said , " I ' m sorry for you that you ' ve taken the business ; there is no business to be done here . " He only shook his head in reply to the young man . Remarks of the same kind as that of the young man wore made by other persons < m Monday . It also appeared that five months ago he went away and threw himself into the Thames . The jury , after a brief summing up by the Coroner , took an hour and a quarter to consider their verdict . They then declared "that Emily and Frederick Fawcett were wilfully murdered by Anthony Fawcett , and that Anthony Fawcett destroyed himself while labouring under a fit of temporary insanity . " It may here be stated

      that immediately after the discovery of tho s ; id catastrophe , the widow and surviving child , having no home save that which bad become , by association at least , too horrible for tlioil' further occupation , were invited by a neighbour , Mr . Lee , a total stranger to them , and who is , it appears , a compositor at Hansard ' s printing-office , to take up their abode under his roof , No . 4 , Wyndliam-roai ; and from that time up to Wednesday evening , they were receiving , day and night , his humble but generous hospitality and tbe kindest attention ? - Dunng tbe progress of the inquiry it was rumoured that a subscription was about to be commenced on behalf of Mrs . Fawcett and her child , who appeared to be in a deplorable , if not destitute position .

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      stonanu . Sentence of Death at Glasgow . —On the 2 nd inst ., Lord Colonaay passed sentence of death on Archibald Hare for the crime of murder , perpetrated oh the person of Ronald M'Gregor , in the village of Blantyrc , in August laBfc . The fatal outrage was committed in circumstances the most brutal and ferocious which it is almost possible to conceive . It was an unprovoked , unmitigated , wanton , reckless , Irish murder . The criminal , intoxicated partly with li quor , partly with bigotry , and a thirst for blood , rushes out at night to the quiet streets of a rural village , carrying unperceived in the darkness a sharp instrument of some description which is vulgarly called a "iack , " and

      tlireatens to attack any one who stands in his way or attempts to approach him . It appears that the unfortunate man who fell a victim to hia cowardly ferocity had no quarrel with him , and that as soon as he perceived his hostile intentions , he made every effort to retreat from his presence . While running buck wards , unarmed , and not pven offering to strike , he received two wounds m the abdomen from his murderous assailant , from which he never recovered . This is the first occasion on which Lord Colonsay passed sentence of death , and it was with evident emotion that he performed . 1 ceremony SO now to , him and 80 revolting to his feelings . Wo observe that the day fixed for the execution of Hare falls on the half-yearly fast , but this will probably be altered by an application to the Queen .

      Cruel Cabb of Stabbing AT GLASOOW . —We hivu to announce the occurrence of a cruel and cowardly case of stabbing , which was perpetrated m the public streets of tho city at a late hour on the night of the 3 rd inst . It appears that on the night m question three Irishmen , named M'Clusky , two of them brothers , and one a cousin of the ether two , had been drinking in a public house in Bridgegate , and a little before twelve o ' clock they set out fov their lodgings , kept by a Mrs . M'Cartney , in High-street , near tbe entrance to Blackfiiavs-slreet . For the purpose , as they state , of extending their walk , they passed tho close in which their lodgings were situated , and moved from High-street into Stirling-street , whore they met a man and a woman going in the direction of the street which the M'Cluakys had left . The parties

      jostled eacn Ottier , which led to a figh t between i'atricfc arplusfcy and the man , when , after a contest of a minute or two , the former got a black eye and was knocked down . M'Clusky , however speedily got up and resumed the fight , but as the pair got into grips , and tho fight was becoming serious , the other two M'Cluskys and the byestanders , a number of whom had by this time collected , separated the combatants . Patrick M'Clusky returned homewards with his relatives ; but irnmediately alter the excitement of the stru <» 2 le was

      • wV coai P laIn . ^ of pain in his left thumb , which on examination waa found to be almost sevoredfrom tho hand by tho stroke ofYE ! rV , " f , ? hf . u !! inst ™ Jit- The man was no sooner in h » lodgings than ho complained of a still more serious mjury m hia belly , and on being s ^ ped appoHranced pouted themselves which rendered , i m ? 7 , C !\ ' niedical aid > and to give the ' eZl ^ Vf'P e- » ' - E ., t ,, ' immou-iatelva tended « , t the lodgings , and found a large quantity S-n , n ? WClS ' WiUah WVe CUt » ' W « , pi'O-?" : '"« < r « P » wound about the centre of the

      abh 1 I H ® lloctw ^ Placed tho bowels , sewed up ™ * T T W 0 UU ° ' whicb extends about an inch Md a half across the belly , and Hum accompanied the patient to the infirmany . Tho magistrates have very properl y ottered a reward of thirtv guineas for the apprehension of the assailant . On Saturday last the wounded man emitted a deposition , in the presence of Bailie M'Douall . Tho patient is , of LOUl' 80 in a very critical state ; but wo ) enrn that 10 ratal symptoms of inflammation had as yet developed themselves . A man has been apprehended in die Briilgewsvte , on susniciou of bein .-r the assail .

      ant in the above case . H « was taken to the infirmary , but M'Clusky could not identify him . Although the man had a black eye , and hia face was scratched , he could prove that " he was HOfc in Stirling « 3 traot on Friday night , and he has accordingly been liberated . — Glasgow Herald ,

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      tant case was beard before J . B ^ Parry , Esq ., the County Court judge ^ whioh affects materially : all carriers . The plaintiff in the case was Mr . Parker , general carrier , &c . ; defendants were the Great Westers Railway Company . Mr . Parker said that the action was brought to recover the sum of £ 6 6 s ., and that there was a large number of cases depending upon its decision . The plaintiff s case was that on the 3 rd of September , and on the 10 th of September , he despatched a quantity of meat by the trains which should reach London at two o ' clock , whereas the train on each occasion was five and six hours late , causing the meat to spoil , and arriving too late for the mark «^ No doubt t he defendants would rest their defence mainly on a notice given , and whioh he would admit . That notice ran thus :

      — "That they will not under any circumstances be li . ible for goods should any claim arise from delay , detention , or any other cause . " He contended that the notice was an illegal one , that meat was paid for at a higher rate than thirty-five other articles , and . that oircumstaDce should be a reason' in favour of its safe delivery . He concluded by saying that the company should be liable if they did not UBe due diligence in the arrival of the train . —Isaac Machin was the firBt witness called , who proved that on the 3 rd of September he received several ham * pers of ment for butchers in London to sell in the Newgate-market , which he delivered at the company ' s offices by five o'clock in the evening , being in good time for the train . On the 11 th of September

      lie also packed off 6 everal hampers of meat in good time for the train which should arrive in London at two o clock in the morning . —Henry Munday , foreman to Air . Parker , at the ^ Paddington station , proved that on the days in question the t * &ins were respectively five and six hours late , thereby causing the meat to be materially damaged . —Mr . Slocombe , on behalf of the company , called tbe two guards of the respective trains to prove that every diligence was exercised to get the trains to Paddington at tbe proper time ; but owing to the immense weight they had to convey , it waa impossible to arrive at the proper time . —His Honour said he was of opinion that if a train was five or six hours late , and

      that by that delay any goods wero injured , the company were liable . It was no argument in their favour to say that the train was so heavy that it could not proceed quickly . Putting a greater quantity of luggage in the carriages than could be conveyed , was tantamount to putting clogs on the wheels to prevent the carriages travelling at their usual speed . —Mr . Slocombe said that if the goods had not been attached to the train at the various stations they must have been left behind . —His Honour said that in that case they must have more trains , or else reduce , the traffio . He should give a verd ict for the plaintiff for the amount sought . —Mr . Parker intimated that this case was onlythe forerunner of hundreds of a similar nature .

      Fatal Common on the York and North Midland Railway . —An inquest was held at Burton Salmon on Saturday last , before C . Jewison , Esq ., coroner , on the view of the body of Thomas Gowtand , a guard on the above line of railway , who was killed on the previous day , a short distance from Burton Salmon station , and ne ^ r to the spot where the junction of the Great Northern Eailway occurs . The deceased ' s death was caused by a collision between a coke and a goods train . The coke train , of which the deceased waa guard , left York in the morning , and when it had arrived at Burton Salmon , it was overtaken by a short goods train from Milford Junction , which ran into a carriage behind the van of the coke train , in which van the' deceased was ,

      aod forced it into the van , which was very much broken . The deceased fell out of the van on to the Hue , and was removed to the station , where he died about two hours afterwards , one of his arms and his body having been dreadfully crushed . Evidence having been given , the coroner , in summing up , told the jury that he did not think it would justify them in recording a verdict of manslaughter . The jury were of the same opinion , and accordingly returned a verdict of " Accidentally killed . " At the same time , they considered that there had been some negligence on the part of the driver of the engine of the second train , in not sounding his whistle on approaching the coke train , and they trusted that the melancholy result of this accident would prove a caution to railway officials generally for the

      future . Death of she Eari op Liverpool—The Eavl of Liverpool died on the 3 rd instant at his seat , Buxted-park , Sussex . The deceased peer , Charles Geeil Cope Jenkinson , Earl of Liverpool , Baron Hawkesbury , and a baronet ^ was in hia skt y-smnth yew , Wing been born on tiie 29 th of May , 1785 . He was the son of the first Earl by his second wife , the daughter of Sir Cecil Bisshopp , and succeeded to the title on the demisejof his half-brother , the second Earl , who was for several years First Lord of the Treasury , and who died in December , 1828 . having some months previously retired from public life owing to an attack of apoplexy . The deceased Earl filled the office of Steward of the Household from 1841 to 1846 under Sir Robert Peel ' s government . His Lordship having died without male issue the title becomes extinct .

      Robber ? at Makciiesteb . —For some days past a German , named Aronis Morjose , has been lodging at Mrs . Seelig ' s , South-parade , Manchester . He went to that town for the purpose of making Bome large purchases , and bad with him consequently a largo amount Of money . The house where ho lodged was frequented by one of the Hungarian refugees , named Jacob Alter , and the two foreigners soon became very intimate . On Saturday morning last Morjoso asked Alter if he could make any purchases for him , as he had plenty of money with him . He showed him £ 1 , 600 ia Bank of England notes , cut in halves , whicii he took from bis box . Morjose told Alter that no one could steal his moner , because his box could only be unlocked by touching a secret spring . Alter afterwards persuaded Morjose to show him how the box was to be opened . Alter and Morjose met at dinner about three o ' clock in tho afternoon . Some

      other gentlemen who were lodging in the same hou 3 e wore present . Alter complained of indisposition , and refused to take any dinner . He afterwards left tho room , apparently in great pain . About twelve o ' clock that night when Mr . Morjose went to bed , he found his box open , and the money taken away . On inquiry beitig made , it was found that Alter had left the house while the lodgers were at dinner . Morjose of course suspected that Alter bad robbed him , and gave information to the police . Mr . Beswick , chief superintendent of the Manchester police , and Mr . Superintendent Siwley , immediately communicated with the authorities at the different sea ports by telegraphic messages , or by written communications . Little doubt is entertained that Alter will ere long be in custody .

      Mr . " Wm . Eickfobd Couett , formerly M . P . for Lincolnshire , has been declared a bankrupt . Since he left parliament Mr . Collett has been engaged in several speculations , some of them in Ireland , which nave turned out unsuccessful . Mokumbnt ' to Wordsworth . —A monument to the memory of tho poet Wordsworth has been erected in Grasmere church , and it bears the following inscription : — " To tho memory of William Wordsworth , a true philosopher and poot , who by the special gift and calling of Almighty God , whether he discoursed , on man ov nature , failed not to lift up the heart to holy things . Tired not o maintaining the cause of tho poor and simple f and so in perilous times was raised up to be a chief minister , not only of noblest poesv but of high

      and sacred truth . The memorial is placed here by his friends and neighbours in testimony of respect , affection , and gratitude . "— Carlisle Journal . Death of Lord Stafford .- —The venerable Lord Stafford died at Hampton Court on Saturday last , n his 81 st year . George William Stafford Jerningham , the deceased peer , succeeded his father as seventh baronet in 1809 , and succeeded in establishing his right to the ancient barony of Stafford after the reversal , in 1824 , of the attainder of the unfortunate Sir William Howard Viscount Stafford , beheaded in 1678 . His lordship assumed , in 1826 , the additional surname of Stafford . He is suceeeded by his eldest son Henry Valentine , now Baron Stafford , who is married to a niece of the Duke of Norfolk .

      Codrt Maktiai , at StonEHOUSE . — -On Saturday , October 4 th , a court martial , of which Colonel Coryton was the president , assembled at the Royal Marino Barracks , Stonehouse , for the trial of firstlieutenant Charles Thomas Forrest Onslow , of tbe Royal Marines ; on a charge of being drunk on guard on September the 2 oth ; tho proceedings however were stopped -in limine in consequence of an error in the Christian name of tlio officer charged in the Admiralty warrant ; tho word James having been submitted for Thomas . The court having been formally opened the error was pointed out to tho president by the prisoner , and after the court had been cleared sometime , it was adjourned in order , it waa understood , to communicate with the Admiralty on the error . Mr . K , El worthy solioitor , attended as tho friend of . tho prisoner . Cmjoiit at Last . —A few - weeks ago we stated that Mr . John Swann , of . Milton , had a number of

      aheep worried to death by a dog ; wo likewise addud that tfioso who had . iho -bail tasic to keep such animals ousjlit io possess tho good sense to secure them m such a manner that no injury should occur fhe owner of the suspected animal was cautioned ' but it seems to no purpose . On Tuesdav ni » hf nUUp Cook tho Ditton policeman ' , i w ^ S' sT ( of Baitsbue ) , a large ferocious animal , making the best ot his way home , asthous-h he bail bean uVn

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      I * jreiano . g EMioRATios .-The Celtic exodus e 6 ntinunil « , S the marvel of the day . From mS ^ b $ 8 from the arrival of the firat trains before tffi Iwto the last which reach in the ovS & ifi scarcely is to bo seen along the line § "A fk quays which adorn Dublin but the novCr o ! - ^ Hta stream of emigrants flying , as if from a peSti | 3 i *< to seek the means of existence which t , Wif ' Sinn inhospitable Jand denies to labour , at > d the 1 ? ii » ambition to live and die beyond the gloomy »«?! " " i tof of the Irish workhouse . Numbers of theseuj ! ' 'pe turers are of the better class of farmers , ana a ^ pear to lack none of the appliances requ ^ T § W * wards the bettering of their condition at the ^ ifith side of the Atlantic—a healthy and more-tk ! [ $ >' comely progeny , a good supply of the most te <^ m site articles of furniture and clothing , \ vjift S J ' \ m \ Bmall capital to commence operations , The nisi ! W *

      rity , however , have no such advantage to boast if H " for a miserable , sickly-looking , and poverty . 3 t rj e jJ' P set of creatures it would be impossible to imaum ? ip even , hundreds of them—men , women , and cJiil . jrl n W ^ being unprovided with Bhoes to their feet , and tl' W p ° females vrith no better covering for their heads tto ! W *' ° tho commonest cotton handkerchiefs in jjeu h Jm ' bonnets , while not one in fifty could lay claim t lwl the luxury of a cloak as a protection azaiust ik I inclemency of the coming winter . All tard « lin ! t | St appear as nothing , so that the one great eaiX ll i be achieved-flight from the Irish shores , no rmL 'f ?" at what risk , or with what amount of dancer J IF privation in perspective . Day after foyNwX ^ leave this port freighted with their human cargjp !¦ & without any diminution being perceptible in \\ l ' $ P throngs of peasantry whicii swarm the street * fa W ° tho neighbourhood of the quays . Three sailed at i 5 •« v .. viguUUUimjuuui luo quays . j . nrec saucd jt i « j

      the close of last week with their full complomeou Wt on board ; three more have juBt come into docs 'It and it is expected that they , too , will cleat ^ li ° before Saturday next , if not sooner . Judging from i $ f present appearances , it is more than probable that > F the severest months of the season will have little I 9 or no effect in checking the prevailing and alto'j . CjSr ther unparalleled mania . . " $ ? The " rush" from the southern ports , too , 13 ; W , rather on the increase than otherwise , mv \ is fat : a " ' and away on a more extensive scale than wo in the ; - | 5 F metropolis have any idea . On Saturday a stcattitj 5 : left Waterford for Livoi'pool with nearly 400 emj . . # grants on board , whose ultimate destination 13 ftj < & , " free land of tho west . " The day was intensely ® severe , but the wind and weather , be they whatfej J- _ may , have no terrors for these voluntary exfe h The average numbers which sail from tho portofi-fsj Waterford alone since the season set in appear ta tSj be at the rate of 500 weekly . %

      Respecting the progress of emigration in Uistdt \ m the Western Star > ' publishes the following ex . % tract of a letter received from a gentleman who Si has been travelling through the northern province : j ^ — "Having had occasion within the past threa tfi weeks to traverse a considerable part Of Ulster , I | g made it my business to inquire , as I went along , ! jj into the condition of the small farmers—a race oi | jj as industrious a people as are to be found on tha % habitable globe . Having been heretofore led to , ? £ believe that they were most favourably circimi- W stanced as regarded their position with the bui- || lords , and from other causes , I must own I wasmt fj at all prepared for the almost general feeling of dis . i ± ¦

      content which exhibited itself . 1 was much struck '' % with tho remarks of an intelligent middle-aged | man , the occupier of a farm of about thirty acres , t $ who , after informing me that ho formed one of a ' % j party of seventy persons , comprising a doien - * families , woo were preparing to emigrate to A \» , ] tralia , thus proceeded , — ' Before next spring is . f over many hundreds of the people of this province j y will have quitted it for ever , and many others wii ! ;¦ ¦ follow ; we have alwaja been loyal to Enghni , '¦ -. ] even in the worst cf times , and although all that is now forgotten , the day may come whon tha ' ¦ government will regret that they allowed tho inte- ; ; rests of the industrious northmen to be sacrificed ! " I

      to such an extent aa to force them to loave tie homes of their fathers to seek a resting place in a ; foreign land . ' A 3 yefc , so far as I have seen , it i 3 with a feeling of deep regret that those poor people i quit their native laud . You see noihing of that i satisfaction exhibited by them which is so nmtal , j so extraordinary a feature as regards tho emigrant i from the southern and western provinces . " ! TnB Mobdeb of Mb . Wiuie . —It is gratifying !*) be able to announce that all the circumstances

      connected with the murder of Mr . White , of the ; Queen ' s County , have been brought to light-ami > it is believed , that nearly all the persons implicated in that foul crime are in custody . It is stated that ; at the magisterial investigation , which was brought to a close on Wednesday last , evidence , of the clearest nature , was adduced , fixing the actual murder on one of tho prisoners , and the crime of aiding and abetting on several others . Tho wife of the fellow charged -with being the principal has offered to betray tbe whole conspiracy , on the condition of his being admitted as approver . The Attor- ; . ney-Gonoral may agree to this proposal , but the

      local authorities are undsr tho impression there ii ample evidence to bring him to justice . Great Seizure by Revenue Police . —Tiie party of revenue police stationed at Ballag hy , county Derry , under Litut . Briilgeman , left their quarter on Friday night last , on information received , and proceeded over Toome-bridge to the county Antrim , when they were conducted along the shore of Louah Beg to an island about 120 yards from the nearest point ofthe shore , where there was a still workinsr . After searching for some time , tiie party discovered an old boat , into which Lieut . Bridgeman and two of his party stepped , and which they shoved off ;

      but before they reacted th& ial&wl tte craft sank , and the officer and his men had to jump up to their ¦ waists in water . They then rushed into Ihe stillhouse , and found one man asleep ; another tried to make his escape , but was seized by one of the niCBi One ' of the part } - on the shore , supposing Ma officer mi ght meet resistance , threw off liis clothes , and with his bayonet in his mouth , plunged info the water , and swam to the island . He then toos a boat , and shoved off for the remainder of tw party ; but only having a pole , the boat drifted away , and one of the prisoners , named SculliM . jumped into another boat , and went to his assistance , otherwise he misht have lost liia life . . T"e

      party seized two stills , heads and worms , . 1 lar ^ . quantity of malt , and about eight guilt " ei whisky , besides two prisoners . —Belfast Popir - t The Consolidated Annuities . — The < llmS ® J . ' it seems , have relented in the case of two u 111 ^ in Clare ( Ennistymon and Tulla , ) tho or ** ™ impounding a portion of the rates tow » v < b payment Of the government loan havin ? wen rescinded . This act of grace has led to the beliet tnau a similar extension of clemency will be shown to »" the other unions in the country . ... . ; EMlGRATtON .-A letter from Cork , pu bI » B «" the « Evening Mail , " remarking upon the progt ** of emigration in the south , states that no less tw fortv tenants of one « oh ! o nronrietor llftTe «

      camped within the last fortni g ht , " carrying ou the money realised by the sale of their crops ; »« » what is worse , placing in possession of their 1 : ' persons who must bo proceeded against" )' ' ment . " One agent in the city of Cork h as acKno ledged to the receipt of as much as £ 1 , 000 in 0 ™ day from emigrant passengers in chartered ves ¦> - Baijuxasiob Fair . —The reports of the sot fair are unusually conflicting this year . Acc ° | . jj to ona statement it has been the best for tne u twenty years , while from the subjoined aoC ,,. i the result appears to ba not very satisfactory- 1 ^ show of BtocK , considering the scarcity 0 ! s « cc , late in Ireland , was much less than was auticip ' being only 4 . G 23 . . , Thb Potato Crop . —A great portion of tnw »* thj-oiiirhout tihta nnicrhhftni > hnnil ia DOW 8 > ¦

      housed , and from all directions we learn that t ^ is fully a fourth part perfectly sound . ^ ,. ' re soun n large field dug this wcok , in which w was scarcely a diseased potato—as fine a *; . ' , } both as to quantity and quality , as could be v » s « for . We have seen other fields where the croj . not worth iiiseinsr . —Baliughannon Herald .

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      AccouDisa to a l < Ht « r 1 ' rom Vienna m t " " . „ . man Journal of Frankfort , '' the Austria" S ^ V . . ment to mark its dissatisfaction at the release oi »¦ ^ suth and his companions , hasdotortnined t ° " ero . satisfaction from the Ottoman Porte for the . per- cation of the Christian population of Bosni * ^ HeizegovifiD , and has resolved to enforce the ^^ maud by assembling a body of troops on the « <' tiers of Turkish Croatia and llerzegofine .

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      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . Octobeh U 1 flM 1 ^ ¦ ¦ - ¦ - ¦————n —_——^________ ——————————» —— . .. i mi ^ M ^^^^^^™ __ . .. " —¦ "i ^—^ WMna »»^— ., _ } -IIBUI . ¦» -

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 11, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1647/page/6/