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      Heaith op . Loxbojj domso the "Week . — On Tucsda ? the Rcgistrar-Crenerars report was issued for the week ending Jlay 26 . The public health , as shown by this present return , exhibits a decided improvement . The S 97 deaths are fewer than in the * corresponding week of any former year since ISi 6 . The mortality , which has suddenly increased by 70 deaths above tlie average in the preceding -week , has now fallen as niuclT ' below it . As com " pared with that week the decrease is most apparent m the deaths arising from consumption and inflammation ef the lungs . From the former disease there died in the last week 103 persons , ( the average being 145 ) , while in the previous week the number was 133 . From the latter disease ( or pneumonia } Gl died , belli" exactly the average ; of these

      34 - were children who had not completed their second year , while in the previous week the deaths which occurred at the ' same age were 57 . In this return the mortality from bronchitis still exceeds the average by 18 deaths . The only epidemic which now prevails to a marked extent is hooping cough , from which the deaths were CO , or 21 more than the average ; but diarrhoea appears to be on the increase . Cholera was fatal in 5 cases ; but in two of these which occurred to infants the disease is returned as " diarrhoea cholerica . " 2 iSr . Uutterfield , tbe registrar of Islington East , reports that tho deatbs ^ of two young children at Albany-place , Jlornsey-road , caused by rubeola and cachexia in one case , and fever in the other , were accelerated by the defective sewerage and damp state of the

      house . The deaths of a man of 43 years , and a woman of 30 , were hastened by intemperance ; According to the return of a coroner ' s jury , a girl of 35 months died from " swallowing forty-four perecssion gan-caps containing poison . " Her illness lasted two days ; and au examination was made pen mortem . The mean height of the barometer iu the week was 29 'SIS in . On Thursday it was 30 014 . The temperature of the week " was highest on Thursday and Friday , and on the latter day the highest reading in the shade was TO deg . Ciiiin . The mean of the week was 56 deg . 9 min ., showing an increase of eleven degrees on that of tbe week ending May 12 . The births numbered 1 , 311 . Robbery at "" Judges' Chambers . —On Saturday

      last considerable surprise was occasioned amongst the members of the legal profession , in consequence of a report that the Exchequer Chambers in Clifford ' s Inn had been broken into , and a quantity of money and other property of some value stolen therefrom . From inquiries instituted by the police authorities , it appears that some person well acquainted with the premises must have secreted himself in some part of the building , and during the night succeeded in forcing open the various desks , drawers , and other depositories , from which about eight pounds in silver was taken , together with the coats and other property belonging to the judges and clerks . The whole of the official seals and documents were untouched .

      The "WniTSUN Holidays . — The nnpropitious weather on Monday considerably damped the ardour of the holiday makers . "Vast numbers , however , made their way to the different spots of suburban amusement . The chief point of attraction , as usual , was Greenwich . Here the railway and numerous sicam-vcssels continued throughout the day to land crowds of pleasure-seekers , the numbers increasing as occasional cessations of the rain gave promise of fairer weather . Bichardson ' s and the Crown and Anchor booth occupied their usual ground , and the caterers for public amusement found to their cost

      that their speculations had been on the losing side . At Stepney , Chalk Farm , Battersea , and Wands"worth , similar preparations were attended with a like result . The British Museum and National Gallery did not receive one-half the usual amount of patronage , the number of visitants averaging only two hundred per hour . The Tower , the United Service Museum , St . Paul ' s Cathedral , tlie College of Surgeons , and the other scientific aud popular -places of research and amusement , though not absolutely deserted , were considerably thinned of their customary holiday frequenters .

      The Whitsuntide Excursion Trains . —From Saturday last up to Tuesday evening , the holiday excursion trains in and out of London , and throughout the country , were on an extraordinary scale . The influx at the Euston station of the London and 5 orth Western , brought up from the manufacturing districts by several special trains , rendered additional arrangements necessary ; annual excursion trains , coming in from Liverpool , Birmingham , and other places , allowing passengers ten and sixteen days in London , at twenty-five shillings and twenty Shillings the trip . In the much talked of Paris excursion-tram there were only twenty-one passengers ; and , as the net receipt would not amount to more than £ 50 , insufficient to pay for the engine , they "were fciken bv the ordinary trains . Among other

      excursion curiosities and novelties was a train from Dublin to London and hack , taking passengers at two guineas each ; another train from Birmingham to Hull , the surplus profits to he devoted to the Birmingham Hospital ; " school trains" on the Lancashire and Yorkshire , conveying Sunday-school children , with their tutors , at sixpence a head , from the mills and manufactories to the outskirts , and xrpwards of 3 , 000 children in 100 carriages went in one day . A large number of persons availed themselves of single fares for the double journey on the Chester and Holyhead to see the stupendous tubebridges now erecting over the Mcnai Straits . On Tuesday the trains on the Greenwich Rail-way ran every fire minutes each way until twelve o ' clock , and carried several thousand persons .

      Insolvent Post-o ? fice Officials . — The Postmaster-General intends issuing a notice that persons in the employ of the post-office will be dismissed if they take the benefit of the Insolvent Act . In peculiar cases , however , where a person has become insolvent through sheer misfortune , or the treachery of others , the Postmaster-General reserves to himself a power to reinstate such a person in office . This notice has been rendered necessary in consequence of the frequent appearance of the clerks at St . Martin ' s-le-Grand in the insolvent courts , and the almost perpetual blockade of the points of ingress and egress of the General Post-office by sheriffs' officers . Some of the stratagems to elude the vigilance of the blockade are exceedingly comic , and are oftentimes very effectual , owing to the numerous avenues to the interior of StrMartin ' s-lc-GramL

      Closing a Gbavetahd . — -In consequence of representations made to the Bishop of London by the inhabitants of St . Martin ' s respecting the crowded state of the Russell-court graveyard , and the horrible eflhivium issuing from it , a proclamation has been issued by the " bishop , directing the churchwardens of the parish to prevent any more graves being dug , or bodies being buried within that yard until further orders . The ELEcraic Light : —On Wednesday evening Mr . Staite again exhibited to the public generally the unrivalled brilliance of the new light , ills

      apparatus for this occasion was carried to the summit of one of ihe p ' ers of Huneerford Suspension Bridge , that , namely , on tbe Middlesex shore , and thence he threw the radiance of his magnificent discovery now along the bridge to the multitudes that watched from the Surrey shore the effects of the illumlnati- n , now upon tlie buildings which form Hungerford 3 Lirket , and now upon the water front of Somerset Bouse , and upon "Waterloo Bridge aud the steamers parsing up the river ; but wheresoever it Indued , the beam dazzled the beholder , whilst it discovered to those who controlled it . the minute

      characteristics both of dress and of architecture . The power or ' light , however , is well known , bat what is interesting to ail who desire the progress of scientific discovery , and the application of it to the uses of society , is , that Mr . Staite has been most successful in effecting and maintaining the relative adjustment of the two points , or opposite poles , which occasion the luminosity . This has been one grand desideratum , which we believe be has attained through means of the electric current itself , so that it is self-acting , and by apparatus even more economical of mechanic

      contrivance than we have had the opportunity of ¦ witnessing . His efforts are now turned towards making his discovery economically applicable , and they have hitherto been most successful . It may be interesting to those who saw the brilliance of his light collected as it was into one focus by a reflector thrown behind , to know that the power of it is estimated at 550 candles . His apparatus constructed for domestic use gives a light equal to from eight to forty candles , with this singular advantage , that the blaze can be produced and retained under an airtight glass shade , so as to prevent the possibility of

      jgmuon . Hosgebford Market Company . — The halfyearly general meeting of the proprietors was held on Wednesday , Martin Stately , Esq ., in the chair . The report of the directors stated , among other matters , that the new Fish Market , was completed and occupied , presenting a l most attractive appearance , and by the accomodation afforded to tha public , calculated to improve the trade of die market . The report was received aad adopted . The retiring directors were re-elected ; and after passing a rote of thanks to the chairman and directors , the meeting separated with evident feelings of satisfaction at the manner in which . the affairs of the company were conducted .

      1 SQ . VEHTB . Fatal Accrmarf ox hie Direct Xobthebn Rail-¦ wat . —On Saturday , before Mr . Payne , at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of W . Wiffo-ett aged 23 , a driver on the Direct Northern BaSway . Itappearedfrom theevidence . that on the 5 th of Aprdi last ,. about half-past four o ' clock in the morning , deceased was employed in raising the viaduct at Holloway to form part of the Sorthern Bailway . He was running bythe side of a four-Wheeled waggon ; which vras on . a tram-road drawn j > j one horse and filled with earth , and on the animal beingunkooked from the waggon , the deceased fell over a sleeper ar id the two near wheels went over his legs . He was taken to St . 'Bartholomew's Hospital where amputation of both legs took place . " Tnufortpight ' s

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      time lock-jaw ensued , and the poor man died on Friday week . "Verdict , " Accidental death . " Fatal Accident os tub Derijy B-AY . —Beforo Mr . Bedford , inthe "Westminster Hosp ital , on the body of Nathaniel Rice , aged eleven years , who wns killed under the following circumstances on the Derby dav . It appeared from the evidence that it has been the custom for a number of boys to assemble on the days of the Epsom races at the Millbank side of YauxbaU bridge , and to run after the carriages returning from the Downs , for the object of obtaining money ! which is often thrown from the windows , or by the riders in cabs . On Wednesday evening , about half-past seven , Captain George Gardner , R . 5 ., and Captain Jones , a member of the Conservative Clubarrived in one of Hansom s patent caba

      , at Vauxhail-bridgc , from the races ,, and when the vehicle had turned towards Millbank , the deceased , in company with many other boys , ran after it , and importuned the gentlemen inside for some halfpence . The driver , in order to get away from them , pulled to the offside , and the deceased , by some means , fell over a stone and was thrown under the near wheel , which passed over his head , and literally crushed it to pieces . He was taken to a surgeon , and afterwards to the hospital , where he died the same night from the effect of the dreadful fractures . —Captain Gardner stated , that the cab was not going at a rate of more than five miles an hour , and thatlhe driver was perfectly sober . Neither he nor Captain Jones had thrown out . any money to the bovs . —The coroner , having deprecated tho

      dangerous practice of throwing about money on such an occasion amongst crowds of beys , the jury returned a verdict Of * A ccidental death . " Suicide from Excessive Dkixkwo . —On Monday , before Mr . Baker , at the Adelaide public house , Hackney-road , on the body of Elizabeth Taylor , aged thirty-three . It appeared that the deceased was the wife of a cab proprietor , and unfortunately addicted to very intemperate habits . Her favourite liquor was gin , and she was in the practice of drinking half a pint of that spirit every morning before breakfast , and as much as ten half pints during the day . On Friday last she returned home in a state of intoxication , and about two hours afterwards she was discovered lying in bed apparently in a d 3 'hi " condition . On the table was found a phial , labelled

      " Laudanum , poison , " which was quite empty . Mr . Langley , a surgeon , was called in , and recognised the deceased as having purchased laudanum at his shop that morning . —Verdict , " Temporary insanity from excessive drinking . " Asiatic Cholera is Padmngtos Workhouse . —On Tuesday , before Mr . Wakley , jun ., in the Paddington Workhouse , Harrow-road , on James Taylor , aged twenty-four . The jury having been sworn and directed to view the body , a juror said ( addressing the coroner , ) "We understand the deceased died of cholera , and therefore object to view the body as the disease is contagious . " Another juror : " Certainly , we have no right to expose ourselves to so dangerous a disease . A third juror : " 1 shall not run the risk . " Several jurors : " It is most unjust

      to call upon us to go into the room where the body is ; 13 there any necessity for our viewing thebod y ?" Coroner : " Youmust see the body , otherwise the inquisition would be invalid . " A juror : " Have you seen the body yourself ? " Coroner : ' * Yes , and minutely examined it . That is the third cholera body I examined this day . " The jury continuing in their refusal to inspect the body , Mr . Adhouse , the master , assured them that , both in this country and during nine years' residence in India , he saw thousands on thousands attacked with cholera , and yet he never found it contagious , in fact he knew that tfc was not so . The jury ultimately , but most reluctantly , proceeded to view the body , which presented a most awful spectacle , it being nothing but

      a mere skeleton , yet fast hastening to corruption Mr . Adhouse stated , that between eight and nine o ' clock on Friday niorninjf deceased was found by the constable on duty , dying from starvation , on the JJorthAVbarfroad . * The police conveyed him on a stretcher to the workhouse , where he was instantly placed in a warm bath , and hadeverything done that either humanitv or skill could suggest . At twelve o ' clock he was seized with unmistakable Asiatic cholera , of which he died in a lew hours afterwards . Dr . Mackenzie , p hysician to the workhouse , said that it was a decided case of Asiatic cholera in its worst form . He scarcely ever left deceased from his first attack until he died . — "Verdict , " Deceased died of Asiatic cholera produced by starvation . "

      Death from Starvation in a Cheap Lodginghouse . —On "Wednesday Mi * . Payne held an inquest at the Bed Lion , Fleet-lane , larringdonstreefc , on thebody of John Sellers , aged 30 , who died from want and destitution . —Hubert Barton , servant at a lodging-house for vagrants and tramps , at No . 7 , Field-lane , said that the deceased came to the house , and cmraged a bed . Witness observed that he was very Til and sick ; but he had no fears for his life . The next morning , however , he found him in bed in an insensible state , and not wishing him to die there , he got some men to assist in

      carrying him out , and leaving him on the pavement at the corner of" West-street . —The Coroner said he had never heard of such cruelty as to carry a helpless man out into the streets , and leave him there to die . —The witness said he thought he had done the best : it was better for him to die in the streets than in the bouse , where the lodgers would . be put to inconvenience . —Two witnesses gave evidence as to finding the deceased in West-street , and carrying him to the workhouse , where he died the next day . The surgeon of the workhouse said that he was suffering from low fever . —Verdict , "Died from low fever , induced by extreme destitution . "

      Mysterious Death of a Young Female—On Wednesday , before Mr . Wakley , at the Lord Hill , Paddington . on Margaret Fitzgerald , a dressmaker , aged 24 . —Mrs . Charlotte Gorcon said that deceased , who assisted her in the military business , left her residence in North-street , Lisson-grove , to visit some friends in Queen-street , Edgewareroad , on Friday evening . She did not hear of her afterwards until the following day , when she heard that she had been killed near Maida hill . Constable Monerty , 191 D , was on duty at Maida-hill between eight and nine o'clock nn Saturday morning , when he observed a cab , with deceased in it , turning into Edgewarcroad . She was disputing with the cabman about the fare—the latter complained that he had been driving her about all the morning , and that she would neither pay him nor say where she lived . He then drove

      on , and in a few minutes afterwards witness heard a scream , and looking towards Maida-hi ! l , saw deceased lying on the road , while" the cab drove on . When he went up to deceased , sha was quite insensible . He stopped the cab , and had her removed to Dr . Garwood ' s . The driver ' s badge was numbered 462 , and his cab 2 , 248 . Southern , the summoning officer , said he could not get the cabman ' s address , as the badge-office was closed on Saturday and Monday . Dr . Stevenson attended deceased the moment she was picked up . She was insensible and speechless . She never rallied , and died at half-past three on Sate day evening . He examined the body after death , and there were several wounds below the left knee , and above and below the left ear . _ The skull was also fractured . The inquiry was adjourned , to suable the nolice to nroduce the cabman .

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      Robhekt op Plate . —On Sunday morning , during the absence of the family at church , the house of Mrs . Musgrave , widow of the late Alderman Musgrave , in Fark-square , Leeds , was entered by means of false keys and robbed of from seventy to eighty pieces ofsdver plate , comprising forks , table * and tea-spoons , & c , besides twenty-five sovereigns , which the thieves found on ransacking the drawers , and with which they got clear off . A person who lives in the neighbourhood observed two men enter the house , one having his hat off , and the other a glove in his hand , and a woman was also observed patrolling in front for some time . In the course of the day two men , who gave their names Wm . Burns and Benjamin Wbolley , and a woman calling herself

      Mary Lucas , were apprehended in a public-house , on suspicion of being the guilty parties . Burns at first said that the woman was his wife ; but she herself said that she was the wife of "Win . Lucas , and that she had left Liverpool by the eight o ' clock train that morning , in search of her husband , who , she had heard , was at Leeds , but she did not know what time she arrived . On searching her thirty-four sovereigns , twelve shillings in silver , a gold watch , and a costly diamond ring were found , but no trace of the stolen property . They were on Monday examined before the Leeds magistrates , when a policeman said he had seen all the three together bofore and after the time of the robbery on Sunday . They were , in consequence , remanded for further examination . . ¦ .

      Destructive Fire at Thorverton . —The farmhouse and a considerable part of the extensive outbuildings at Chapel St . Martin , in the parish of Thorverton , the property of that enterprising agriculturist and cider merchant Mr . Thomas Kingdon , has been destroyed by fire , which broke out about eight o ' clock on the night of Friday the 25 th ult . The flames spread with a fearful ' . rapidity , extending tothe adjacent thatched buildings , and thenco to the dwelling house , which , with many outbuildings and much valuable property , is destroyed , a portion only of the furniture being saved , and much of this more or less damaged . The origin of this destructive fire is not known .

      Manslaughter by a Quack . —On Saturday ; an inquest was held upon the body of Ann Flannigan , a young woman , who had died from a pdisoboua medicine administered to her by an Irish quack doctor the previous week . She had for some months laboured tinder a Scrofulous sore on her hand , about half an inch square , but which did not prevent her from following . her usual occupation . The jury , after hearing the evidence , returned a verdict of '' Manslaughter '' against Francis Daly , ' alia * . Murf phy , who , is described as a man about five feet eix inches ; and a' . hawker "' of brushes ; but occasionally practisin g quackery . ' - The- . policearemaking aetive l inquiries mor . er t 0 ascertajnMs-whereabouts .: " ¦

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      The Doxmow ¦ Finns . —The late fireSj which have caused so great a sensation in-. the " . place , ' - . have been marked with quite as extraordinary a result . From circumstances that have transpired there appear to 1 ) 0 very Strong grounds of suspicion , at any rate as regards the one on the premises of Mr . Gates , of tho Saracen ' s Head Inn , that the author was not of the usual class of incendiaries—not an unemployed and half-starved labourer or mechanic —but actually one of the force employed for the prevention of such and all other offences against tho law , viz ., a police officer . On Tuesday week Charles Drake , one of the county constabulary , was apprehended , and , after an examination before the Rev . II . L . Majendie , the case was remanded for further hearing .

      llOODLESS , THE HORSE-SWIMMER OF LINCOLNSHIRE . —Some months ago , it will be remembered , we gave in our supplement a very interesting account of Richard lloodless , a farmer on the' Lincolnshire coast , having saved the lives of several shipwrecked persons by acts of almost unparalleled daring . The account was copied from Chambers ' s Journal . A few days ago lloodless called upon us with the information that the British and Foreign Sailor ' s Society had presented him , through Messrs . W . and It . Chambers , with a ten-pound note , as a mark of their especial estimation of his brave philanthropy . Since the account we copied from Chambers ' s Journal was inserted , we understand lloodless lias been instrumental in saving several more lives . ^ JMlPacht .

      Appreuensiox op Buroi , ars . —On Saturday night last , as Mr . Benjamin Gill , stonemason , was returning home with Mrs . Gill to his residence in Cankerwell-lane , Leeds , he observed a strange man leave his premises , whom bethought fit to follow , but had not gone far before the man , seeing that he was tracked , leaped a wall and began to run , followed by Mr . Gill , and was eventually arrested in his progress . He gave his name Henry Peake , from Hull , and was eventually conveyed to prison . Whilst this was going on , Mrs . Gill approached her dwelling , and , to her surprise , saw a man through the window in the house . As the house had been locked up safely early in the evening an alarm was given , and the door was held to prevent the man escaping

      till a watchman arrived , when the man , who gave his name Wm . Kaye , was taken into custody . When asked what he was doing there , he said that he had been invited by a man to go in and take a glass of wine . He was likewise conveyed to prison . In the room where Kaye was found , there was also found a bundle of wearing apparel belonging to Mr . and Mrs . Gill , which had evidently been packed up for the purpose of being conveyed away . During the pursuit of Peake a noise was heard , as of the falling of a bunch of keys , and , on searching along tho route he had taken , a couple of picklocks were found , as well as a pair of stockings which had been taken from Mr . Gill ' s house . On Monday the two

      men were examined before the Leeds magistrates , by whom they were committed for trial for the burglary . Beatixg a Child to Death . —A labouring man , named Holloway , living in Kingsland-place , Southampton , has been taken up for heating his child ( a boy about ten years old ) to death , - on Saturday last . The boy had been guilty of some very trifling offence , and his father beat him with a strong buckle and strap , and kicked him until he died . When the poor child was dead , the brute took the body to the back of the house and poured water on it , in the hope of bringing it to life again " . The man is a drunken , bad character , and has been in the habit of using his wife and child very cruelly .

      Another Man Poisoned by his Wipe . —Considerable consternation was caused in Nuneaton , last week , in consequence of a report being freely circulated that another husband had been secretly poisoned by his wife . The circumstances connected with ihe case , as far as ihey have yet transpired , appear to be as follow : For some time past the deccawhose name was Thomas Ball , and his wife Mary , had led an unhappy life , owing to her alleged unfaithfulness to him , and this only can account for the atrocious act now imputed to her . On Friday , the 18 th ult , the deceased went out fishing , which gave great offence to his wife . The rain coming on , He caught cold , and became otherwise indisposed . Having returned home , tbe wife , under the plea of kindness , persuaded the deceased to go to bed and take a basin of hot gruel , which he readily consented to do . His wife , it appears , prepared the gruel , of which he partook , but shortly afterwards

      he was seized with violent sickness , purging , and thirst , the usual characteristics of a party suffering from poison . The poor fellow continued in the most excruciating agony for two days , when he expired . The suddenness of the attack , and the extraordinary manner of the death , led to a determination on the part of the friends to have the body opened for the purpose of ascertaining , if possible , the precise cause of death . Accordingly a post-mortem examination was made , the result of which proved the presence of arsenic in the stomach , a fact which at once gave rise to suspicion against his wife , which stimulated further inquiry , when it was speedily found out that she , accompanied by another female , had purchased some arsenic at the shop of Mr . Iliffe , a druggist . A coroner ' s inquest was called , when , after a protracted investigation , during whicli the above facts were elicited , the case was adjourned . Disclosures about a Mukoer committed

      Thirteen Years ago . —For the last few days the little village of Knottingley , near Wakefield , has been disturbed in consequence of certain circumstances coming to the knowledge of the authorities calculated to throw some lighten a most brutal murder whicli occurred at Knottingley in the year 1836 . For the information of our readers we may state that in November , 1836 , the body of a young woman , naaied Ann Horsfall , or Hassall , was found in the Goole canal at Knottingley , and from the marks on her bod y and other corroborative circumstances , the unanimous opinion was that she had met her death by unfair means , and had been afterwards thrown into the water , where she was found on the morning after she had been missed . A few

      days before this young woman Lad thus untimely come by her death the landlady of tho beer-house where the girl lived as domestic servant , had lent her own brother a sum of £ 7 in tbe presence of a gang of notorious poachers and other loose characters who at that time frequented the house . One , or possibly more , of these fellows , were at that time keeping company with the deceased girl , and it has always been supposed she was in tbe tap-room when these ruffians robbed the old man , then asleep , of the money . However , the money was taken from his pocket , and several of the party in the house at the time were apprehended , and the poor girl , in spite of intimidation and threats from their accomplices , declared that when the day arrived for her

      to go before the magistrates , she would speak the truth and nothing more . The day for the investigation before the bench , at Pontofract , was fixed for . Saturday . On the previous Wednesday evening the deceased was sent out about half-past eig ht to a shop near the canal bridge for some pipes and tobacco , but did not return , though it was ascertained , and in fact admitted by one of the party at the time suspected , that she had been with him in the back premises of the Red Lion , on the opposite side of the road , and close to the canal side . In the premises in question the pipes were found in a broken state , and from the general appearance of the road to the canal it was the common impression that a struggle had ensued between human beings . This

      very naturally threw suspicion on the parties implicated in the robbery of the landlady's brother , and some nine or ten , among whom was the girl ' s own brother , were apprehended . Aprolonged adjourned inquest was held for several days , but nothing was elicited calculated to bring the charge of murder home to any of the suspected parties . Five or six of this gang have since been transported for other offences , and one or two of them have inthe meantime died . The brother of the deceased girl , however ( who has always been suspected with having been privy to the murder ) , has on several occasions made some singular statements , and displayed indications of being oppressed with unpleasant reflections . On Monday evening the 21 st ult ., this man was in the

      Red Lion , at Knottingley , though quite sober , and there made . 1 statement which induced the persons in company to send for the constables , who , from statements made in their presence , retained Horsfall in custody , and in consequence of what had fallen from him two women , named Hannah . askum and Sarah Downey were also apprehended , they having been companions or paramours of this gang of notorious characters at the time of the murder , though since married . On Tuesday all three of the partfes were privately examined , and from what then transpired all were ordered to appear at Pontofract for further examination on Saturday to which place Joseph Horsfall was removed in custody . The two women were liberated on bail until that dav . Josenh

      liorsfall is a marine , hvmg at Knottingley , and has lost one leg . This tragedy promising to come to light after all inquiry being baffled so artfully for such length of time , has caused all the old rumours in connexion with it to be revived , and imparted a degree of interest to the otherwise not very buoyant circles of Knottingley . ' Outrage bia Cleroyman . —More than ordinary excitement was created in Leek , Staffordshire , last week , by the figuring of the Itey . Edward Powyss , tho rector of BueknaU and Bognali ( whoselivingproduceaaycarl y income of more than £ 1 , 000 ) at the borough police-court on Wednesday , week , on a

      cnargeot having committed a cruel assault on a poor woman named Ann Clewes , aged 64 . The rev defendant , who is well known in the district , and is possessed of great wealth , " was defended by Mr . Cobbett , a hamster , of Manchester / From the evidence it appeared the defendant was the owner of the tithes at Bucknall . The husband of complainant rented a small farm in - the village at a yearly rental of _ £ 50 , subject to tithes . Thev resided there for six years , but left in April last and tfeej ; ii 6 vrpay Is . 2 d ., a week for' the cottage ' thev lire in . The tithes were paid hvkind , the defendant fctfctag every iteajth strike of corn . Four years back the tJi 3 ifis "fve ** iCfifflmut « d ; and the gum thehiis-

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      bandhadto paywas M-ls . y *™ ty ff $ « M paid the defendant the rent charge m full , without deducting tho property tax . ; " ™ VS > , i frayed by the tenant , and afterwards dodur ied { from the amount due to the owner . On ^ tho Sthot May the defendant called for his year ' s tithe . Shei asked him to stop in and wait wh lo she ^ mo ^ hango He said , "I have had no dmncr , ' and jumped on Ids Co and -ode off . She then , had the money . On the 11 th be sent two of his . servants bat she did not pay them . The rev . defendant shortly afterwards came and said that he had heard she was going to America , : but that ho had stopped her . The poor woman denied ever having had such an intention . The rev . gentleman then demanded Ins ^ v ftny lvandshehad

      tithe . She said , " I hope you have no objection to paying me the Queen ' s tax . He asked for her receipts for that tithe . She showed him them , as also three receipts which he had given for the tithe before . He put them in his pocket , and refused to return them . She begged of him to give her the papers back , and she . would pay him the tithe in full , whether he deducted the Queen ' s tax or not . He still refused , and she , thinking that ho would come upon her for the three years tithes , the receipts of which he had got , again begged their return . He swore by his God " that he would not , and that he would return them to London . She got to the door so as to prevent him leaving with the receipts , when ho struck her on the arm a violent blow with a large walking-stick .. With pain and

      fear the poor old creature began to cry , and . she went to him with a view of getting the receipts from him . Ho said— " I swear by my God I'll not give them back . " He then raised the stick and struck her over tho head . Sho fell to the ground insensible , and remained in that state several hours . Blood flowed over her head ,, and Mr . Laste , a surgeon , on examining her , found a wound on her head of about half an in inch in depth . The scalp was separated to the extent of halt an inch . After a lengthened examination the Rev . S . Sneyd , the chairman , said it was clear that a gross assault had been committed upon the woman , and one perfectly unjustifiable , and the bench considered it a St case to inflict the heaviest fine allowed by law , viz ., £ 5 and costs . ( Loud applause followed the decision of the court . ) A Goon Example . —The Hon . Newton Fcllowes

      has given orders to have a great quantity of his coppices and brakes , in tho neighbourhood of Eggesfordand Chawleign , cleared and broken up for tillage , which is now affording a largo amount of Labour to the poor ; immense tracts , which but a few years since were planted with furze , for the purpose of affording shelter for the foxes , are now undergoing that change which will soon , we hope , repay the owner a better return . —Western Times . The Murder at Banbury . — -Mrs . Layton died on Tuesday evening , after three weeks' suffering . An inquest ia to be held on thebody , when the prisoner Layton will doubtless be committed to Oxford Castle for tho wilful murder of his wife . Mrs . Layton having lingered so long , hopes were

      entertained that she might ultimately recover , though Ih \ Wise , her medical adviser , always considered that serious consequences might suddenly supervene from the pistol wound , \ vhich had produced compound fracture of the skull . Wilful Damage to the Electric Telegraph . — The first instance of malicious injury being done to the electric telegraph has just occurred on the London and North Western Railway , between Clifton Bridge and Rugby , by the twisting of the wires and by which the communication was broken off . between London and Rugby down , and Liverpool , Manchester , and Birmingham up . Accident on the Great Western Railway . —On Wednesday an inquest was held at the Lamb and

      Lark Inn , Keynsham , on the body of a labouring man , named Thomas Dolman , whose death was occasioned by an accident on the Great Western Railway , It appeared that on Monday evening the deceased and five other men were employed in the long tunnel at Brislington , near the Bristol end of the line , in repairing the ballasting . While they were at work , tho down luggage train from Paddington was signalled , and upon receiving tne word , they all got upon the up line , but had scarcely done so ere they heard the whistle of the 4 30 up passenger train , which was close upon tho tunnel . The five companions of the deceased immediately got up out of the way , and one of them , a man named Lacy , seeing the danger of Dolman , called out to him , and failing

      to arouse his attention screamed "murder . " It is supposed that the unfortunate man was paralysed by the apprehension of danger , for nothing seemed to arouse his attention , and the train knocked him down and killed him inthe tunnel , mangling his body in a shocking manner . He was a well-conducted man , and has left a wife and six children . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " Four Punsoxs drowned whilst Boating . — On Sunday last six persons were amusing themselves in a boat on the river running through Norwich . They went up to the head of the river to the mill pool , and rowed the boat in sport into one ot the flushes , then running very strong . They tried this a second time , when one of the party ( Thos . Lane ) was jerked overboard ; another of the men in the boat leaned over to catch hold of his companion ,

      find the other parties likewise leaned over the same side with the same intention , when the flush filled the boat and she immediately sank . Four of the parties sank and were drowned—their names , Thos . Lane , 16 ; Robert Browne , 28 ; Henry Lane , 23 ; and Frances Breeze , a very fine young woman , aged 19 . The two latter were to have been married on the following day . Inquests were held by W . "Wilde , Esq ., tlie coroner for the city , and verdicts of " Acsidentally drowned" returned . The coroner observed that , had the party really wished , and intended to have been drowned , they could not have taken more certain and effectual means . It was a most dangerous place for such sport , the flushes running very rapidly , and the water being from fourteen to sixteen feet deep .

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      CAUTION TO JM . ASTJSUB Vf VESSELS UKiaUliSU Passengers from Ireland . —The Cardiff Guardian says : —Jasper Travers , master of the James , of Kinsale , appeared on Thursday tho 24 th ult ., at the Town-hall , Newport , before the Mayor , and T . Hughes , Esq ., to answer an information for having carried forty passengers more than allowed by his license from Carmashery , in Ireland , to that port . — Richard Trew , assistant tide-surveyor of the customs , proved that defendant ' s vessel arrived on the 22 nd ult ., with 119 adults and seventy-eight children—passengers on board ; and also sixteen horses and thirty sheep—all confined together in the hold , the vessel being only seventy-eight tons reaistor !! She was much over-crowded , and in a

      very offensive state on her arrival . Witness said he never saw such starved and miserable looking beings in all his life . The defendant ' s licence allowed him to carry only ninety-eight passengers ; and calculating tho children as three for one adult passenger , he had on board forty-seven more than tho number allowed . —Mr . Frost , tide-survey- , r , produced the vessel ' s register and the liccr . ee ho received from the defendant ; also his cargo-book , iu which he had entered only sixty-one passengery . — The defendant said he did not know tho number he had on board , and produced Nicholas Welsh , one of the passengers , to prove that he ( Welsh ) had smuggled two friends on board . — The case being clearly proved , Travers was fined £ 200 , being £ . 5 each lor forty passengers ; in default of payment he was committed to Usk house of correction for two months .

      Irish "Vagrants . — Carmarthen was last week literally swarming with Irish vagrants , who were landed at Milford or some part of the coast in the neighbourhood early in the week , and who , to the number of 400 , of men , women , and children , have appeared in crowds , in the streets . They say that the parish officers paid 2 s . a head for their passage to this country . Surely tho government ought to adopt some measures to adopt such wholesale migration ; the inhabitants of this country are sufficiently burdened with tho support of their own poor without having such hordes as these as a continual burden upon them . —Carmarthen Journal . The Latter Day Saists and California . —The Carnarvon Herald says : — " This neighlx ushood has been favoured with a visit from a number of

      itinerants , of a questionable character , professing to be preachers in the doctrine of the Latter Day S : i its , who have of late become so notorious in the principality by their impostures . These devout personages hold forth almost daily in the open air , aud in the dwelling-houses of their brethren , to crowded audiences of the lower order , to whom the novelty has proved a source of great attraction . It appeal ' s that the unremitting exertions of the saints , and their false representations , have gained for them a goodly number of converts in the town . This is evidenced by the regular nocturnal dippings ' which take place in the river Seionet , at which it is not anunfrequent occurrence to see four or five at a time receiving the rite of baptism . Tho manner in which this ceremony is performed is disgraceful , and altogether unprecedented , common decency not being observed . The saints , however , are always

      desirous , were it possible , of keeping the place of meeting secret ; but the gamins of Carnarvon will not allow this , having always been accustomed to be present—treating the poor fellows to frequent volleys . of hard stones and missiles and keeping up such a continual uproar , so that the solemn performance-can scarcely be gob through . The power of working jmiracles forms a prominent . feature of their doctrine , and this imposition our visitors have laboured hard to establish in the minds of the people , using . every means that their cunning . and craft could devise for that purpese ;; ( unfortunately , however , for them aud their cause levery essay made in this direction has proved an . enbine failure . Their character assumes .-something of it * ie enthusiastic madness of Peter the : ; flemit ,, in ^ time of the crusades ; and their , ' miaion ' . beai's .-a .-striking similarity , being to make prosslytes & a- . emigration to Ahe golden regions of Califorjiia , ' viiichd & ey re ^ re *

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      sent a <* the ' landof promise , ' -where a new Jerusalem s to be ftundby the" ? . « s * new ; tenet ori-SnatedVith the gold mania , and takes wondcrfu y with the ignorant , who eagerly seize the opportunity of ' goingtothe diggings * . anyhow . The company aretOSGtBaUfor titoir destination as soon _ as the number of converts reaches a certain point , wo have been informed that some of the sect are alimiv on their way to the Sacramento from the parish oi Llanfrothen in Merionethshire . " Death of a Mobmon through refcsixg . medical Aid . —A man named John Ptlgll , belonging tO ttlC sect of Latter-day Saints , was seriously burned at the late colliery explosion at Aberdare . His brother saints refused to let any medical man come near - SC nta ^ he ' landof ' promise / -whore a ^^

      him , and he died in consequence . An inquest was held , at which two of" the saints" were examined . They gave the following evidence : —James Jones ( Jim Pontypool ) was called ,, who stated that ho was a saint , and according to their creed _ no one should send for a doctor , but rely on tbe ordinances of their church for cures in all cases , and had it not been for the weakness of John Pugh ' s faith , he would have been cured immediately . Having made several other most contradictory statements , several of the jurors said they could not believe him on his oath . With this the deputy coroner quite agreed , and he was dismissed without being sworn . —Wm . Sims was next called , who also stated that he was a

      saint and an elder in the Church of Christ .. On the day John Pugh met with the accident he was sent for . He went and anointed him with oil , and administered the rites of the Church of Christ . He was perfectly sure had John Pugh's faith been good he would have cured him that instant . He tried him again several times , but tho deceased's faith was too weak each time . He knew that Dr . JSvans had offered his services to attend the deceased , but that John Pugh ' wished to try the ordinances of the Church of Christ , and if that failed he would have a medical man . Though I failed to cure him , I did not advise the propriety of having a doctor . ' It is my duty , as an elder , to exhort our people to trust

      to the ordinances of the church for cures in all cases , and not to medical men , Still we would not exclude any one from having a doctor . 'He knew that deceased was delirious for several days before he died , still he took no steps to have a proper medical man to see him . I do most solemnly declare that if all the flesh were burnt off my hand this moment that my blessing would cure it in an instant . I have cured myself many times . I have cured my wife frequently , and I have performed instantaneous cures upon my children by my blessing only , and had John Pugh ' s faith been good , I would have cured him like putting one hand into the other . The jury returned the following verdict : — " We find that the deceased , John Pugh , died from the effects of an accident caused by an explosion of firedamp at Risca Colliery , May 8 th , and the culpable

      neglect ot his attendants , who were members of a certain society called the Latter-day Saints , in refusing to permit a medical gentleman to attend to his case . The jurors beg , in the strongest language , to censure the conduct of these deluded people , aud caution them not to vejeat their foolish practices in future . " The verdict was read in open court by the deputy-coroner , who : advised the saints , and said that the jury had been . exceedingly lenient , and that the verdict was a very merciful , one . He fully expected to have had to commit several of them for manslaughter , but as it was they had a most narrow escape this time , and he trusted that the serious caution of the jury would have due weight with them . Had th ' ey not put the fault upon the poor man now dead , nothing could have prevented them from bfiintr snnt . tnnnnt . bor trib 7 jnnl

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      Execution At Perth,—The Execution Of Joh...

      Execution at Perth , —The execution of John Kellocher , who was convicted at the last circuit court of the murder of Janet Anderson , an old woman residing at Buttergask , near Blackford , took place at Perth on Tuesday morning . About 5 , 000 persons were present .. On coining upon the scaffold the prisoner walked forward with a firm step , and , with the exception of the ashy paleness of his features , gave no indication of fear . During the reading of the service he repeatedly lifted his hands as if in the act of earnest devotion . On being left alonehoweverhe trembled

      , , slightly , and continued to hold the signal for about two minutes , ere he allowed it to drop , At last it fell , and the strong man , after a few convulsive struggles , hung a motionless corpse . At nine o ' clock the body was taken down , and soon afterwards interred . Kellocher was a native of Ireland , and from the county of Clare . He was twenty-seven years of age . On Monday night he gratified the authorities by making an ample confession of his guilt , exonerating the witnesses in reference to all that they bad said on his trial , acknowledging tho justice of hissontenco , and expressing contrition for his crime .

      A Boy Killed by Another near Arbroath . — On Saturday week as a coal-hawker was delivering some coals to a family residing at Friockheim , a boy threw a stone at his horse » which , being observed by another boy who threatened to inform tbe carter on his return , he was struck to the ground by a stone thrown at him by the challenged party , who advanced and ordered him to rise . The boy feebly replied that he was not able , when his adversary ( about ten years of age ) kicked him in the breast and belly , and the little sufferer almost immediately expired .

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      An Eviction Scene. (From The Tipperary V...

      AN EVICTION SCENE . ( From the Tipperary Vindicator . ) It was a piteous spectacle on Thursdav , in the midst of ihe pouring rain , to see children Jed by their parents out from their houses into the street , to see mothers kneel down on the wet ground and holding their children up to heaven , beg relief from the Almighty , and strength to endure their afflictions . The cries of bereaved women and men running half frantic through the streets , or cowering from the rain and wind under the shelter of their poor furniture , niled confusedly about , were affecting in the extreme . To see , amid all this misery , ten or twelve burly ruffians from Nenagh , assailing the houses with

      crowbars , and to hear their cries of exultation as a wall yielded to their assaults , or a roof tumbled down with a crash , the spectator should be callous that could avoid being greatly affected . IfWas altogether as deplorable a spectacle as'I have ever beheld . But let me give you a detailed account of tho day ' s proceedings . Having heard that the work of ejectment was again put off from Wednesday , I proceeded from Nenagh at an early hour on Thursday morning , and arrived in Toomevara at nineo ' clock . The tub-sheriff ' s deputy , Mr . Samuel Gason , was there before me , and Mr . Charles O'Dell , of the police , withabout forty of

      the constabulary . The scene , as I passed through the western end of the village , will not soon be effaced from my recollection . The entire range of houses from the cross at the Rev . Mr . Meagher , P . P . ' s house , to Mrs . Hill ' s ceach-office , had been tumbled down , and all were roofless with the exception of three . The wretched creatures who had inhabited thein were sitting on the ground alongside their httle etteots , or were busied erecting huts with the timber of the roofs against the ditch at the opposite side of the road . Some of these huts , or shanties , were erected , and here they were huddled in

      groups , aeas , bedclothes , pots , boxes , chairs , and tables lay scattered about in dire contusion . It was scarcely possible for one to pass without being blinded by the clouds of soot and dust . Heaps of sooty black straw ob-tiucted the way , and several small cars were loading with the timber on the roofs , whilst others were rolling away indifferent directions . The inhabitants of tins part of the village , I understood , were tenants ofa Mr . Long , and had thrown down their , houses by arrangement , in anticipation of the sheriff sarriva as I heard they were promised the timber and thatch . Passing on through the village reached the upper end , or Church-street , where the sheriff ssub-deputy , some police , John Donchue . the driver on the estates , and a posse of bailiff * . i , » S » i !

      ready commenced the work of ejecfclmr the wretched people from their houses . Only twVhou ^ ere iken downmthis ; treet ; twelve families were turned out , and the doors : secured by drivinc staples into the jambs . The wa ^ waV covered Willi furniture a „ d beds ; an ^ many of The wretched creatures , aa they staggered about £ bri , P 0 Ur ; doUtsad ^ e ^ atlonff aSd showed feebleness and extreme misery . They made loud bv w a m lt tbp Want t 0 ' , e 8 heI $ ' « . Mr Gason , Mr fruS T referred t 0 tlie wl « ving officer should rSl ° - pment ' and •**<> .. » stated ' should relieve their wants , or »•< . » . fi , om = i , » it ^; n « iJ

      poor-house , if they could find no other place ot S ' Passmg out of Church-street , the party of bailiffs entered what is called the Main-street , S „ f' ™ geone through the usual legal formanty ot taking possession of some untenanted houses , L-liL ^ " , - , tlab - ^ ficenes were Presented than I had w ^ S * i i . : eUhe * ° l two former localities ., ; Some of the houses in this street contained four arid ^! jT ? % * K 8 reat destitution ; they were scarcely half-clad , and many of them had annast e &^^ fea ^ s ^^" 3 S 1 lKT 3 tisS » " ** 5

      ucvounng some repulsive looking 3 , ' f ., paste from a - metal nff « wi i I substance , like Thepuor tyneof hn ™ t » S ™ \ heW iahis arms . representation of Km 8 FaS ? w ?? ed a perfect dispossessing the tenants TtM ^ FH ^^^ in sound of thlbreaSof W ^ 8 jde oiJh * street a up , where the bSffSSSf - aS ^ hi SUer to the spotihe iSe ^ S ^ l ^ W ^; rcP « red agiS ^*«

      An Eviction Scene. (From The Tipperary V...

      with the other houses in the village . The man stood ; and looking around at the furniture ' piled outside tbedoor , he caught up a hammer , and commenced smashing the windows , from whi-h , however , he desisted on tbe coming up of Mr . Gason and the attendant bailiffs . He cried bitterlv , and turning to the crowd made a lamentable complaint . He held a bake-house and six acres of land , and ' said he was doing well in the world . While speaking he was struck a blow on the mouth by a butcher named Donohue , for whom his house , I understand , was intended . A shout was then raised , several men rushed forward , on both sides , and the conflict was likely to terminate disastrously were it not for the interference of the police . A little beyond this , of named Brislane ^^ t ^ " ^ ZZ ^ Jt ^^!^

      at the house a man , a still more affecting scene took place . The house was a comfortably slated one of two stories high , the windows well glazed and large . Brislane and his wife both stood outside the door in tears . The woman held a child in her arms , and a little girl near her kid another . The children also cried bitterly . As the bailiffs approached Brislane pulled off his hat , and , throwing himself on his knees , exclaimed , while the tears coursed rapidly down his cheeks , and his breast heaved with sobs , " May the malediction of heaven fall "—here his wife threw her arms around him , entreated him not to curse , and kneeling down herself on the wet ground , and holding her child up towards heaven , she said , " No , Jim , do not curse , but let both of us and the children pray to the great God to forgive them . " I saw on many rough visages

      the traces of deep emotion . Brislane was running about in a state of distraction , bitterly complaining . None of the houses from the corner of this house of Brislano ' s were levelled ; hut a little beyond Bris ' ane ' s Fethard-street commences , and as soon as the party entered on the street a body of twelve bailiffs from Nenagh , who had been in a house up to this period , came up , each carrying 9 , crow-bar , and the work of levelling here commenced , with an extraordinary coolness on the part of the bailiffs . Three or four of them would collect at a corner of a house , and by a few well-directed strokes of a crow dislodge a quoin , when the wall generally tumbled in an exceedingly brief short space of time . Their faces , when they were a short time at work , became so begrimed and blackened with the dust , that they looked quite horrible . Four houses at the commencement of

      Fethardstreet were razed in an incredibly short space . Ana * ther house remained to ba demolished , and the bailiffs were about applying crow bars to the walls , when it being said that a wretched man named Booth was inside unable to leave his bed , Mr . Gason entered , and a sight of the most harrowing description presented itself to his eyes . The poor creature lay on a wretched straw pallet in the corner , his face and limbs were swollen , and he was scarcely able to articulate a word from excessive debility . Mr . Gason gave him a shilling , and appointed him " care-taker' * of the house for a week , perceiving that the inevitable consequence of throwing him out , would be instant death . Here the rain , which had been falling all day , increased violently . I left the scene for a short

      time to see the condition of the people in other parts of ihe village . It was heartrending , absolutely terrific . To describe the contrivances resorted to iu order to ward off the " pelting of the pitiless storm , '' would be an endless task . Chairs were arranged in squares , quilts , sheets , and pieces of old canvass-were stretched on poles ; wigwams were thus formed under whose covering the poor creatures were seated , completely saturated with the rain which fell through the flimsy awning overhead nearly as plentifully as it did from the skies without , Ass ' s cai s and turf baskets were also upturned , and gave shelter to scores of half-clad wretches . I again

      proceeded to Fethard-street . The bailiffs had gone up on the east-side , where they were at my departure , and having demolished two or three houses , were now engaged at the opposite side . I subjoin the names and families of the persons evicted . I could not ascertain the exact amount of those whom it is intended to furnish other dwellings to ; but I am told on good authority that selections have been made which give occasion to very bad feelings . Anxious to do my duty impartially and with candour to all parties , I made the most rigid inquiries on this head , and am assured by most reliable authority that the persons to be taken in must be considerable less than thirty families .

      ( The rep rter here gives a list of the names , the numbers of each family , & c , evicted—the aggregate amounting to five hundred and eight human beings . He then proceeds , and , describing a particular locality called Pound-street tays )—" In this street a great many more persons were rendered houseless than appears by the report . I could get no accurate account of the names of the lodgers in each house , but was told that at least one and sometimes two families , along with the nominal occupant's family , resided in each , Beyond the end of Pound-street , on the road leading to Graune , some eight or ten houses , inhabited by some families of the Ryans , were also , I am told , demolished But I had not time to proceed to the spot , and make

      personal observations . Taking into consideration the number of lodgers which the houses contained in addition to the recognised tenants , and of which I could got no accurate return , 1 should suppose that the entire number turned out of their houses on Thursday would reach 150 families , of 600 individuals . Of this number , I could learn that about thirty families , or , on an average of four to e .. ch family , about 120 persons , were to be allowed other dwellings in the village . So that 480 persons or 120 families would thus appear to be thrown on the " waves of the world , " as some of the unfortunate people themselves stated it . I have now only to add that in the drawing up of this report , and in collecting the facts 1 have herein stated , I was

      influenced solely by a desire to do even justice to nil parties . Before I close this lengthy report , I deem it only due to Mr . . Denis M'Carthy , the middle landlord of Church-street , Main-street , and a treat part of Fethard-street , to state , that on his appearance among his i " . rmer tenants , the protestation * of gratitude the noor creatures puured out to him were unbounded . I saw several kneel on the wet street and call down blessings on his head for the indulgence he had shown while exercising the functions of landlord over them . Nijjht was falling as the sheriff ' s deputy , with his attendants , had taken possession of

      the last house in Pond-street . I won't attempt to describe what was indescribable—the soul harrowing conditio :: of the poor wretches in the wigwams at the time I was leaving Toomevava ( eight o ' clock in the evening . ) No pen could portray in its true colours the fearful horrors of the picture . " Dublin , Saturday , May 26 th . —The southern journals generally contain further most afflicting accounts of the increase of destitution . The Cork Examiner says :- " The affairs of the hapless union of Bantry are come to a crisis—to a dead lock . In misery , suffering , and bankruptcy , Bantry is the twin of Skibbereen . "

      In the midland counties , also , destitution is increasing , At the meeting of the Carlo * Board of Guardians , on Wednesday , Mr . Fishboume announced that before a month they would have claims from no less than five hundred persons from the Queen ' s County ; and that in the barony ot Slievemarguy many of the people are now living on weeds . The state of Clare continues to be tru ' v tearful ; twelve deaths by starvation in two days . Capt . Kennedy , the Poor Law Inspector , is making extraordinary exertions , which have won him much praise . In one townland there have been ejected by the landlord sixty families .

      Secret Societies . —The Julkenny Journal contains a letter from Dr . Cane , who had taken a leading part in the Young Ireland movement of last year , expressing alarm at the increase of secret socu'tics . Dr . Cane fays : — " My object is to call your attention to the sad fact that secret associations and swearing in for some political purposes have reached our county and city and are progressing amongst our people . I have become fully and satisfactorily cognisant of tho truth of this statement with a depre £ . sum of spirit which far outweighs anything 1 have felt in bygone suffering ; and 1 addre ' ss these h » r <« ned lines to you , asking that the press and the clergy would combine their united influences to dissuade from so ruinous a movement the mijguided men who are falling into the sna'e . "

      Harvest Prospects . —The provincial journals received this morning give the most cheering accounts of the progress of the crops of all kinds . The potatoes , in all directions , present a healthy and Insurious appearance , and those early planted are far advanced m growth . Fatal Conflict with the Police . —The Lime ncklieporter , of yesterday , says :- " A correspondent mfonns us that on Wednesday last a conflict took place between the country people and the police in the neighbourhood of Hospital , in this county , £ ;^ ° ° J l n e peopl ? ? as kille < l . and several , it is feared , mortally wounded . It is stated that a number . f ul ¦ •¦ % ¦ ---- —— « v < g OMHGU lUiU « HIM ""ot cattle seizedbut

      „„ , - whether under civil bill decree or habere our correspondent does not mention-had Saffi Tbfi edlnHe ^ italon T « e Sday , and on the avX kT J V ™** > ving been broken open , hSfe - ^ aS dr P off - Next day the police , Si >? ^ med . of the transaction , proceeded £ S ? , lie C ? ? W « an < l were actually engaged ?» TW hem tothePO « ndagain , having also arre sted tne parties primaril y concerned in the rescue , when ine Leinster Express says , " Doubtless vou are aware of the military preparations here , for such is the information the authorities have received , that the band of the 92 nd Regiment quartered here , « 'us served out on the 20 th ult ., with ^ muskets and sixty rounds of ball cartridge : the nnnvalPscent patients

      10-the hospital have also been served with the san \ e ; There is a company at all times kept in the bariack , to be ready at three minutes' notice . Whilst tho soldiers were celebrating the Queen ' s birthday ( Saturday ) , not a policeman Was allowed to leave ; the ^ " Me etings have been held in the neis hoou' - hood ofCarrick-on-Suir , under the name of hurline matches ; such is ! the cloak . There is no sign « any contemplated attack outwardly , still the authon-Ues Uyesucli information as leads them to fl » M these preparations , as being absolutely necessary .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 2, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02061849/page/6/