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      „ " August 3, 1*50. 6 The Northern Star ...

      „ " August 3 , 1 * 50 . 6 THE NORTHERN STAR ¦

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      HsiLiB ov LosDos ' BoHrsoinn ' Week . —Thus return , in connexion with "the two previous ,. indicates a continuous increase in the mortality of the metropolitan districts . The deaths which in the two precedingweeks weresuccessively 781 , 865 , rose last week to § 93 . In the corresponding weeks of nine years ( 1 S 40-S ) the lowest number occurred in 1843 , and was 7 * 9 ; the highest in 1848 , when it was 1 5 201 ; but last year in the same week the deaths rose to 1 , 931 , when pestilence , rapidlv multiplied its victims . Tbe average of the corref ponding weeks of ten years ( 1 S 40 9 ) is 1 . 022 , which , with a correction f or increase of population , becomes 1 , 115 . " TheS 98 deaths of last week , therefore , show

      a decrease on the latter number , amounting to 217 ; but it will be observed that the average is in part founded on the aggravated mortality . of last year . The deaths from pthisis or . consumption are still less numerous than usual , having last " week been 121 ; iri' corresponding weeks they fluctuated between 120 and 156 . In the class which comprises other -diseases of the respiratory organs , the deaths , amounting to 74 also fall below tbe average . The zymotic or epidemic class numbers 272 deaths ; and though this mortality is not yet excessive as compared with that of the same week in some previous years , it showsa tendency to increase as the autumnal season approaches . Small-pox , measles , scarlatina hooping-cough , and typhus ,

      show less than the usual fatality or differ little from the average ; but diarrhoa exhibits a rapid increase on the previous weeks , and has how risen above the average . The numbers from diarrhoea iu the last four weeks haws been snccessrrely 40 , 37 , SI , and 104 . O fthe 104 persons who died of it List week , 84 were infants under 1 year , 14 were . 1 year old and under 60 , and 6 were 60 years of age and upwards . Last- week 13 deaths were ascribed to cholera , showing an increase , when compared with those ofthe previous returns ; but an investigation of the cases as detailed in the registers proves tbat in a certain proportion of them it was the common English form of the complaint . In the Rectory suMistrictUarylehone , on the 24 th of July ,

      at 11 , Orchard-place , the son of a labourer , aged 3 years , " cholera ( 24 hours . ) " "This" ( says Mr . Josephs ) " is a small house in tbe rear of a densely-crowded place , well known hi Marylebone , which , though in a much better condition than formerly , ia still imperfectly cleansed and ventilated . " Also in the Rectory sub-district , at 9 , Paradise-row , on 23 rd July „ the son of a smith , 3 years , " cholera ( 3 days . ) " " The child had diarrhoea for a week previous . Its parents lived in a small front parlour , with five other children . The locality is crowded . " In St . John ' s , Marylebone , at 14 , Henry-street , on tbe 25 th July , the sou of a shoemaker , aged / 1 year , "English , cholera ( 5 days . ) " Iu the same sub-district , at 16 .

      Xownshend-cottages , on the 24 th July , the son of a labourer , aged three , months , " " cholera . " lo Islington East , at 48 , King-street-terrace , on the 20 th of July , a working woman , spinster , aged 3 S years " - cholera ( 12 hours , ) had diarrhoea 2 days . " In West Hackney , at 13 , Tottenham-square , on 25 th July , the son of a contractor , aged 3 months , "Englishcholera ( 3 days . ) " In thesame neighbourhood , at 11 , Tottenham-road , on the 25 th Jnlv , the daughter of a draper , aged 1 year . "English cholera ( 5 days , ) convulsons ( 12 hours . ) " Iu North St Giles * 8-in-the-Helds , at 12 , Great White Lionstreet , on 23 rd July , the daughter of a printer , aged 7 months , " English cholera ( 7 days . ) " In Pentonville , ajt 9 , Penton-grove , on 23 rd , July , the son of

      a police constable , aged 6 months , " infantile cholera . " In Whiteehapel-churcb . sub-district , at 17 , Colchester-street , on 24 th July , the daughter of a shoemaker , aged 4 months , "Asiatic cholera ( 2 days . ) " - Mr . Hems , the registrar , states that "the child was suckled by the mother for a fortnight , ¦ was afterwards brought up by hand , and never thrived . It was attacked with violent vomiting and purging on Sunday , recovered , and grew worse on Monday , when the medical attendant first saw the case , and pronounced it hopeless . The house ia well aired . " In Lambeth , at 39 , Wotton-street , on 24 th July , the wife of a printer , aged 25 , years , < s choler » , ( 2 days , ) peritonitis ( 3 weeks . ) " Mr . Hears states that" the house is clean and tolerably

      any . It has a cesspooL" Also in Lambeth , at 8 , Tine-terrace , Waterloo-road , on 21 st July , the wife of a stonemason , ' aged 24 years , " cholera ( 10 lours . ) " " This person ( says Mr . Daws ) had been in delicate health for some months , and had only come the day before from Somersetshire . " The medical attendant ^ adds on his certificate that there " was no . purging , all the other symptoms were urgent , the secretion of urine suspended , tbe catheter was passed , but no urine in the bladder . The louse is in an airy situation and well drained . In Lambeth , at 7 . High-street , on the 19 th July , a carpenter , aged 3 G , " Asiatic cholera ( 44 hours . )*' Mr . Harwood states that- " the deceased retired to rest about eleven o ' clock in his usual state of health , but in abont . two hours awoke with violent

      cramp , which was followed by sickness and diarrhoea ; these continued till death . " In comparison ¦ with the above 13 deaths from cholera , registered last week , it is proper to mention that in the corresponding week of 1846 there were 26 from the same disease ; also 26 in that of 1848 ; and in that of 1346 , the deaths from cholera rose to 783 . —At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean heigth ofthe barometer in the week was 29 ' 691 inches . The mean temperature was 63 ' 4 deg . about 2 d eg . above the average of tbe same week for seven years . On Monday and Tuesday , when the temperature was highest , the mean ' were respectively 69 deg . and 72 deg . and were from S to 11 degrees above the average of the same days . The temperature then declined , and on the last three days the mean Vas below the average .

      ^ A Child Drowskd by us Brother . —An ad journed inquest was held on Saturday night last , on the body of S . Bates , aged fourteen months , who was found on Thursday night in the river Leen . under circumstances which rendered it almost certain that he had been thrown there bv his brother John , ten years old , ' wh ^ was entrusted with him ' tt nurse . — Dr . Massey said he had made * post mortem examination of the deceased infant , and finding that the marks about its head might have been caused since death , and that tbe body was in every respect in a healthy state , he had come to the conclusion that death had been entirely caused by drowning . —T . Sates , the father ofthe two children , deposed to sending the boy oat with the . child on Wednesday

      morning ,. to his not returning , and to his being found without the child in the evening of Thursday . He had no reason to suspect that the prisoner would drown his little brother wilfully , as they had always been apparentty nmch attached to each other . But he must say . that at times the boy ' s conduct was so peculiar as to lead to the conclusion that he was not always right in his mind . —Wilkinson , the police officer , stated'that he had heard of a" bny affirming that he had seen the deceased thrown into the water by bis brother ,: when alive ; and tbe jury , deeming it desirable that tbe truth of this statement should be inquired into , directed the officer to investigate

      it immediately . ' Wilkinson set off , found the boy , and asked him to point out the place where tbe circumstance happened . ' The lad , who was extremely young , pointed ont a place in the canal , a considerable distance from the spot in the Leen ! where the body was found . The consequence was , that the lad ' s testimony was net received . The coroner reviewed the evidence in the case , remarking upon its vagueness in every respect . The jury decided upon tbe following finding : — " Tbat the deceased , S . Bates , was found drowned in the river Leen , but how the body came into the water there is no sufficient evidence to prove . " The prisoner was discharged , his father being enjoined to take care of him .

      Mysterious Death of a Cabik-Bot os the Bnaa . —On Monday morning Mr Baker , the deputy coroner , resumed an inquiry at the Ship Ion , Highstreet , Stepney , respecting the death of Henry Hop , lias , agedfiffeen years , a cabin boy , who was found in tbe river , ' with his head shaved and covered with tar , and hi / person otherwise disfigured . Tbe evidence adduced went to prove that the deceased was apprenticed from the Marine Society to a Mr . Smith , the owner of a brig called the Atlantic , trading between London and Shields . On the 15 th ult , the captain ' went oo shore to transact some business , and when he returned thecrew were all , in confusion , as the deceased was musing from . the vessel . No one could account for his sudden disappearance , aud

      the captain proceeded to the deceised * s parents to ascertain if the lad had been home , but he had not been seen there . Every search was made for him , out nothing was heard about the deceased until the following Tuesday , when the body was discovered off Stone-stairs , Ratcliff , in a most shocking condition . The hair of his bead had been shaved or cat off , and his head covered with tar . His feet were like ¦ wise besmcred with the same composition , and { his shoes were firmly adhering to them . The body was placed in a ~ shell , and conveyed to the dead-house of Stepney Church , where it was viewed »< y the jury . Its appearance was most distressing , and the relatives conld * with difficulty identify the poor lad . Mr . Pemble , beadle , stated that he had seen the owner of the vessel , and he informed him that the Atlantic

      would not be in the pool before the . 3 rd of August , when the whole of the crew would be forthcoming to * give evidence in the case : The parents were of opinion that the decea'eu bad been subjected to some ill treatment , and by . those means had either jumped or fallen overboard in his endeavours to escape . The coroner said the case was one' of a very ^ mysterious nature , and required the most searehint : inquiry . He should adjourn tbe case until the vessel reached the liver , and give the officer directions to summon the whole of the persons employed on board the brig . The jury " were then bound oyer to appear oh the adjournment day to proceed with the investigation . Sudd e * "Heath-. —On Saturday Mr . ' M . Wakley held an inquest at the George and Dragon , Cleveland street , Fitiroy-sguare , on tbe body of . James Jones , aged twenty-one . The deceased , a French polisher , bad lately been discharged from Middlesex Hospital ,

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      where he had lately been an inmate suffering from fever , with strict injunctions to avoid excitement . Onjhenreviousnighthe visitedaconcertrroom adjoining his dwelling , which , on a certain song ^ being announced , he abruptly quitted and . IefVthe house . He returned after a la ? se of a few minutes ; and was resuming his seat , when ,, placing his hands-at-the back of his head , and giving a violent shriek , he f ell tothe floor insensible . Being immediately picked hn he was carried home and a surgeon sent for , notwithstanding whose exertions he was never restored to a state of consciousness , and shortly expired ; 'the presumed cause of death being overflow of blood to the brain ; the result of excitement . Verdict , V Natural death . " —¦ : ¦ '• - '

      . _ . . _ SuicinE . —Oh Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Langham . at the Prince Albert Tavern , Upper St . MartinVlane , as to the death of Mrs . Emma Pease , aged thirty-one . The deceased was' the wife of a dyer , living at 10 , Lichfield-street , Soho , and for the last ten months has suffered intensly from some inward complaint . ; It was arranged that she should go on Wednesday morning with her father to his residence at Oxford ; to sec if a change of air would be of any service to her . ' On that morning she asked him to get ready , but not to leave the room , or she

      should throw herself ont of the windo < v . A few » iuutes afterwards she requested them logo put of the room for a moment , which they did , and she instantly rushed to the door and locked it . The father was much alarmed , and begged of her to open the door , when she said he should come in directly ; a fall was then heard , and the door being kicked in she was found lying on the floor weltering in her Wood , with a razor in her right hand , with which she had inflicted a terrific wound on the left side of her neck . She never spoke , and died almost instantly . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

      A Bbtdb ' s Death!—On Sunday afternoon the residents at Thames-bank , VauxhaU-bridge-road , were alarmed by loud shrieks and cries for help issuing from the river ; several boats put off , and five persons who had become immersed were rescued . On the parly recovering from their fright it was found that a miss Ashton , who had been married that morning to Mr . Harper , of 19 , Little Dean-street , Sduthwark Bridge-road , and whose wedding excursion it was , had been drowned , and though search was made for her "body it was not recovered . The accident arose from the

      unskilfnlness of the parties m the management of the boat . Suicide of a Fokeioser . —On Wednesday afternoon the promeuaders of St . James ' s Park on the paths adjacent and surrounding , the ornamental water were suddehtly alarmed by the immersion of a person who . now lies unclaimed in tho Westminster Hospital .: The deceased was observed by Mr . Chapman , chief clerk to Mr . Rumsey , solicitor , Warwick-court , Holborn , to leap head-foremost a distance of some feet in the water opposite the boat ' house . Oh being rescued he was immediately conveyed to the above institution , where all attempts at resuscitation proved abortive . Tbe body awaits ^ an inquest The only property found on the perst n ofthe deceased consisted of 5 s . 6 d . in silver and some halfpence . '

      Ship Ruk Down in . the River . —The Royal William , Dublin steamer , on her way up the river oo Saturday morning , about daylight , ran down the brig Union , in ballast , bound . to the north , about , half a mile below GrayV pier , where her wreck now lies sunk . One of the crew of the Union was thrown from her topgallant yard , by the collision , upon the deck of the Royal William , and killed . ' Electioh of Sheriff . —On Monday this contest was brought to a . close . At four o ' clock , Mr . Under-Sheriff Milard , accompanied . by the committee and friends of the candidates , attended the hustings , and the numbers were . announced as follows : —Hqdgfcinson , 519 ; Butler , 99 . Majority for Hodgkinson 420 .

      Decat of BLACKFRiiRB-BRiDGE . —On Monday a large quantity of shingle was thrown into tbe bed of the Thames to support the abutments of . the centre arch of Blackfriars-bridge , which have sunk so much that the stones at the crown of the arch have loosened , and the breast work has cracked . For some . weeks divers have been employed in the bed <> f the river , who have ascertained that the foundations are affected . Abbival of Parisian Excursionists IN London . —On Saturday evening last a large number bf holiday Parisians started , by the Northern of France Railway , for Calais , where they passed the night ;

      and on Sunday morning 740 of them embarked for Dover in the South-Eisfe n and Continental Com ; pany's steamers , Prince Ernest and Lord Warden , the greater portion of whom came by special train to London , where they arrived about , seven o ' clock in the evening . The . London-bridge terminus ofthe South Eastern Railway was crowded by friends and relatives of the visitors , who were greeted in the most enthusiastic manner ; the , scene was most enlivening . This is the first of a' series of such visits contemplated during the present season . . The excursion fares on the French lines are remarkably low-Return visits are , we believe , in course of

      arrangement . Novel Bazaar in aid of a Ragged School . — On Tuesday a sale of useful and ornamental articles took place under the arches of the South Eastern Railway , Neckinger-road , Bermondsey , in aid of the debt incurred in fitting up the arch 114 , as a ragged school for the education of the poor children of the locality . ; The novelty of the place selected attracted a numerous company . The place was tastefully , arranged , and the ladies who presided over the stalls had their benevolence rewarded by the receipt of a considerable sum in aid of the 'object in view . '

      A Buffalo Urar in London . —On Monday morning last about nine o ' clock , two young buffaloes were being driven from the terminus of the Great Western Railway , at Paddington ; when in the Edgware-road some sweeps shaking a soot bag alarmed them , and they started at a terrific pace in the direction of Lisson-grove . Their career was so rapid that several persons , unable to get out of tbe way , " were knocked down and seriously in-I ' ured , and a Mrs . Le Blanc , of Alpha Cottages , tad her ribs fractured , and sustained other injuries . All efforts to stop them were fruitless ; they dashed through Regent ' s-park into ' . Primrose-hillpark with increased impetuosity , 'leaping fences with the greatest ease . -The beasts were not secured till ten o ' clock at night ; seven persons were seriously injured by them . . ' .

      . Posi-Officb Monkt Orders . — The Gazette of Tuesday contains a direction of the Postmaster-General in conformity with the powers vested in him regulating the payment of money orders , by which it , is directed that' all money orders heretofore or hereafter issued , payable at any post-office which has Or may become- vacant , shall he made payable at any other post-office for that purpose appointed ; ' that every : money order ; after the expiration of twelve calendar months after , the expiration of the month in which it shall be issued , shall be _ absolutely void and of ho '• effect ; that all money orders shall be paid at the -post-office upon which they have been drawn ; within two months next' after the month in which they have , been -is ? sued ; but , by consent of the postmaster-General .

      new . orders for the same amount shall he issued less poundage payable thereon ; and that when any money order shall have been paid all liability on the part of the -.-, Post-office 'revenue , & ., whether such payment shall-, have been made by or through forgery , fraud , or misrepresentation , or mistake , or otherwise , shall cease and determine .: Exhibition of 1851 . — Commencement of ihe Building . — The commissioners of Woods and Forests on Tuesday delivered over to the executive committee the ground to be appropriated to the building for the reception of the articles sent for tbe exhibition in 1851 . Messrs . Foz and Henderson , the contractors for the building , ' immediately commenced their labours by staking out the ground .

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      Thk Fatal Steam-boat Explosion at Bsistol . —Bristol , Saturdat , Joly 27 th . —This morning another body , viz ., that of Miss Venn , of Mary-le-Pool-street , was found in the Floating Harbour ; and of the wounded sufferers in the Infirmary four are row lying in so precarious a state as to leave hardly any hopes of their recovery . " " At the adjourned inquest , held at the Infirmary , the jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from injuries inflicted on the various parts of their bodies , resulting from an accidental explosion on board the Red Rover steamer in the Floating Harbour , arid that thejury are of opinion that the-owner ofthe said steamer ought not to have used the said boiler . An inquest

      has since been held on the body of Miss Venn with a similar result . " Since the accident the three other river steamers plying at the time , viz ., the Expert , the Flying Fish , and the Witch , have been stopped plying , and taken to the Grove for the purpose of being carefully surveyed under the direction ofthe Board of Trade , with the view to : their being registered under a recent act of Parliament passed in order to the better provision for the pub'ic safety , and this afternoon they have undergone a most rigid scrutiny , the inspections ofthe hulls having been entrusted to Mr . Patterson , the eminent shipbuilder , one of Lloyd ' s surveyors , and Mr . Simmons , also a well-known ship b uilder ; the engines , boilers , and

      machinery to Messrs . M'Lean , engineering surveyors to the Board of Trade , the entire . survey and registration being placed under the direction of Mr . C . A . Davis , ofthe Customs . The survey was in all respects a satisfactory one , the engines and boilers being pronounced as not only very .. strong ^ but well finished . The surveyors have ,, however ,. directed steam-tight bulk heads ' , & c , to be placed in certain parts of each vessel , with the view to still further add tothe public security . The boats will ' not be Ijermitted to ply again until this is done . The funerals of several of the unhappy . persons killed by this calamitous accident took place . - at Bristol on Sunday , and at one of them so large a . concourse had assembled , that a lamentable accidsnt very

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      nearly occurred . The ^ eceasfd p ' efstijf WiUiam " Cooper was unusually well'knoWjn ilthe ^ ityji ^ tne proprietor « f' 0 doctor of a band of music , and . asJiavingusually occupied * prominent position at public , , galafestiyalg and other occasions of , tbe kind , and as many as . from 18 , 000 to' 20 , 000 p ^ sons wsemhled to watch- fhe melancholy cortege' as it moved' from 'the ' deceased person ' s residence in : Broad-street to the ' churchyard bf St . James ,. where . the , interment tookplace ; The churchyard and the avenues leading tpit ; were so densely crowded , that great , difficulty was : experienced in getting the corpse into the graveyard ^ Upon the opening of the iron gates for that purpose ^ the crowd on the churchyard parade , ih' -its ' " cager i ness to get near , tothe grave , made a terrific i rusfy with such impetuosity , that . spjae of the parties' in front were thrown , down and . trampled on . and would

      probably have been killed or seriously . injured-had it not been that Inspector Bell ^' with a strong ^ bod ^ bi police , forced back the populace , arid arrested their progress until the persons thrown down were dragged out with their clothes torn and theirpersons bruised , although happily not ; seriously . There are . iseyeraj of the' surviving sufferers , who' continue , tp . lie ' . in a . very precarious ' state . Mrv John' Laugdon is considered in peril , as are likewise the captain of the boat , Wm . Puddy ,. and , the little girl , ' Eliza'FulforU . A melancholy change took place on Sunday morning iri the state of another of the parties . , named Bailey . The poor fellow had had his leganiputated , aud . appeared to he going on well till . Sunday morning , ' when he was seized with sudden delirium / jumped out of bed , uttering dreadful shrieks , ' and was with difficulty returned to bed . . On inquiry at the Infirmary , Bailey was much , better , he , having / passed a quiet night . , , v , , . , , <

      The late Steam Vessel Explosion at Devonp ort . — On the 25 th ult . the adjourned inquest j oh the body cf Thomas . Lane , the stoker of the unfortunate steamer , the Queen ,, and who . lost his life through the explosion of the . boiler , on ; the morning of the 10 th , took place at the Crown arid Column public house , before'A . B . ' - Bone , Esq ., coroner , and a highly respectable : arid intelligent jury . Thejury afterwards inquired as to the death of D . Mitchell , tbe engineer , who being on board the Queen : when the boiler exploded was ' . frightfully scalded , -and hurled into the air , fell into the . water , 'from , whence he was recovered in a senseless state , and . conveyed to the Steam-packet Inn , Cornwall-street , where he lingered on until the . 25 th ult ., when he sunk , under

      tbe effects of so many wounds . The . verdict on both was , V that they bail died from the effect of injuries received at the explosion , of the Queen ,, but that as to the cause of that ' explosion the jury had not sufficient evidence to decide . " .. . . , t . , ; . . . . ; s i Deathstruck on Horseback . — . On Saturday last a melancholy , circumstance- occurred in the family of the Rev . J . Swires , vicar of Marifieid , near Darlington , Durham . ' . ; His ,: third daughter , Miss Emma Swires , was riding on horseback in company with her brother , arid when hear the t yi } lage of » Melsonby he observed . his sister sitting unsteadily upon the saddle , and ultimately fall off the horse .:. Assistance was at band , but she died almost immediately . It has been ascertained' that , death resulted from a

      fit or spasms of the heart . She was only seventeen years of age ! ¦;¦ ¦' '; i . < Birmingham , Mokday . —Forgery on thb Australian Government . —rThis afternoon a man , who gave bis' name as James Hill , was . apprehended at one ' of the most respectable hotels in thisi . town . by Mr . Stephens , theChief . Superintendent : of Police , and upon searching ; faiin " . forged notes to the amount o f £ 15 , 000 were found upon him . He ia ; a native of England , ; but resides in Vienna . Various other foreign notes we ' re ' also , found : upon him .: He has been under the surveillance of the police for the last fourteen days . The notes forged ( which . are , upon the Australian government ) are so . well imitated , that it is scarcely possible , to . distinguish them from the originals . . ] .:, ' , ; .,,-. : ; ,:. ; ;• -: ... ¦ ' ;

      .-.-Btowisp DP OF . THB ClIFF-, \ AT SEAFOBDi—Lieutenant Ward and twenty-one Royal Sappers and Minersiarrivedhere ,, last week from , flewnaveni for the purpose of making , the . necessary arrangements for the intended grand . explosion by : gunpower of the cliff atSeaford heights . 'The fall of cliff is considered requisite for preserving the bankof beach in the bay , and for maHin g ^ a . natural , groyne , as . the shingle between Newh ' ayen piers and Seaford-head is found to drift coniiderable to the eastward , towards Beachy-head . The works , have been for sometime in contemplation . The explosion , it . is expected , will take place in two or , three months , and / will , no doubt , ; attract an immense number of spectators , and many , scientific men .,: The Sappers and Miners have pitched their tents in

      the-Batteryyard . . ; . :., : ¦ :...-. . ; , ; i- ' . ' . , " ' . ! I . -: >\~ , - : Deaths from incautious . CLEAN 8 WG of Steam Engine Fjcuks . —An inquest was held on the 26 th ult , on three men , named iMellor . -M'Ginnies , and Shaw , who lost their lives by the . incautious . introduction of water among the . ashes before the flues , which they were , cleaning , . had- been ! sufficiently cooled . The accident took place at the cotton factory of Messrs . Johnson and Sons ,. Staleybridge . From the evidence given it appeared that no . blame was attributable to any person .. A verdict was , therefore , returned "That the deceased had come by their deaths by accident ; and the jury recommended that the place should be emptied at- shorter intervals . " Shaw and Mellor have left three . children ,. and M'Ginnes two children ; arid another of the sufferers , John Moor ,- lies in a very dangerous state . . . ' .. '; , ' . '

      Novbl Pjrockeoiko against a Clkbgymaw ^—On the 26 th ult ., in the Ecclesiastical Court , York , lour suits instituted against thei Rev : T . Ibbotsori , vicar of Carton , and ' perpetual curate of Ruaton Parva , Skerne , and Lowthorpe , for . non-residence without license , were heard , It appeared that the rev . defend danthadon a former occasion been condemned in the forfeiture of three-fourths of his' revenue for the year 184 T , and the costs of the suit The four suits then before the court were commenced for a like forfeiture for 1848 . The defendant admitted the truth of the charge , and judgment passed against him for three-fourths of his income for that year , and costs . The four livings are returned at £ 311 .

      Attempted Murder . —A man named Richard Whiting was brought before the bench of magistrates at Towcester , on the 26 th ult , charged with attempting to murder his wife , fey cutting her throat in the public highway . ' On the previous Wednesday the prisoner went to London , arid returned home next day . , He then asked his wife to take a walk with him , and after being out some time ,, he said he f elt rather fatigued , and wanted his wife to sit down . He then took a knife out of his pocket , arid laying hold of her headj pulled it back , and inflicted a wound on her throat . She ' screamed for assistance , and on the prisoner -seeing ' / a xrian approaching , he threw tbe knife over a hedge , or he doubtless would have murdered her . He was fully committed for trial .

      Great Finn atPoolk . —Letters were received on Monday morning by the leading insurance companies in the City announcing a terrible fire at Poole , on Friday , the' 26 th ult ., by which it appears several bonded warehouses , stores , and severalhouses situate on the quay ' were totally consumed , together With their contents . The fire was ' discovered sbortly . after three . o ' clock iu the morning , raging in the lower part of the prehvises belonging to the Steam . Flour Company , known as the Mills , the largest building iri the town ; situate fronting the quay . ' . The town engines were instantl y brought to the . spot , 1 but before they could be | ot into play the whole of theanterior of the building , with- the contents , ; . corisistihg of valuable machinery , 500 quarters of wheat , 500 sacks o f meal ,

      and 300 ' sacks of flour were' encompassed by the flames . Within a short time the fire , crossed a passage and ignited a . warehouse used as corn stores , belonging to Mr . Oakley , Which quickly became with the mills iri i general blaze . The flames ascended an enormous height , lighting tip the town and adjacent country for miles . The stores in question of Mr . Oakley were exceedingly valuablei ; they contained upwards of' a . 1 , 000 quarters of corn ; and between 500 and 600 sacks of flour . From these the conflagration extended to this oil stores . of Mr . Slade ; thess were also soon levelled with the ground ; the oil flowed through ' . the lanes and-alleys in a flaming stream , firing the dwellings of the poor in all

      directions . The excitmerit among the inhabitants became intense , as the whole town appeared to be destined to destruction . All the engines that could be obtained from the neighbouring villages were brought . into requisition , but ' the ravages made by . the fire seemed almost to paralyse them . A change of wind happily badthe effect of stay ' mg the conflagration in the Ai- rection ofthe town , but it was some hours before it was finall y checked . - In addition to the premises destroyed as before stated , some ten or eleven houses were partially gntted . The fire continued burning up to Sunday , but no further damage was . expected . Suspicions were entertained that it was caused by an incendiary . The total loss is reported to be near

      £ 40 , 000 . ;; . ; .. -.- ., : ¦ „ . : Sunday Lettee Cabbiers . —Some pf thepsissen . gers , when they arrived at Southampton on Sunday last , by the excursion trains from London , immediately set off two carrier pigeons , with notes announcing their arrival . safe from railway accidents . The pigeons , as soon as they were let go , ascended over the town of Southampton , and for ; a few moments they kept darting towards all points ofthe compass , and revelling apparently in the sunbeams that were playing on Southampton Water . In a very . short time , however , true to an unerring instinct , they flew off rapidly . in a northeasterly direction towards the metropolis .. * SiNGuiAa FutFiLUENT of A Drxam . —On the

      26 th ult . a young man , named Joseph Pixton , aged twenty-two , was bathing in the river Collin ,, near to Ashley-iriill , when he was unhappily drowned . It appears that the deceased had been working in a hay field throughout the day , and being hot , determined to bathe , although particularly cautioned not to do so by his relations at the mill , with whom he lived . Their reason for so cautioriinsi him Was , ' that on the three previous nights be had dreamed that he was drowning in the river . Each morning he had related his dream to the family , and in joke told them who should have bis , clothing , & c , if it happened , - and mentioned , a young woman who was to have his

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      watcft yOn th ^ nfghtln question had been swimffdow ^^^ narleswho ^ e fe jvltlfhim that he ^ puld have a dive ina deep part ' of the-ViyeW ; 'So sayingbe ; ran pn ; the knk's nrlrieitr : MdfoVemost , ' and never wa g seeh afterwards / ' ^ fiU alarWwas ; giyeh , ^ M ; M > . ;; Daven port ] whoi 9 ' upwa ? ds' ? f i six ^ year ^ nf age , ; but an eicellerit ^ swihiitier ^ jumpf'd ; nito ; **« HRw ^ Awd several tim' 6 s , ' and ' tried all he cquld tp - fihd : him , buti without successT ' -It'Wiis anhourarid a half before Pixton ' s body could be foniai . fj-iidnckester Guardian . ' * 'f ;; , ' , ' (? , f'l ' -. " , ' , ' ' " ' '"' " , ' , ' Naval Flooging and DKSBETioXrrSeyen boys and twos eariieiii' -late- Of the Lily , \ ' Commaride ' r ; Bedford , have arrived ' at Portsmouth from Sierra Leone , " havaf

      iufbeen left there without clothe . s , or pay . and ter having been flogged oTI'boafa'the'Lily . The case is before the admiral , and will , moat likely ,- leadAito a fery serious inquiry ;^" - ' - '"'''"' " v ; *** . ' ' TJissENTE Bs' MaiimAOB 8 . 77 AMeMW . taid to JiaVe occurred last weelc'in the Wesleyan ; Ohapel . 'at Wellin"t 0 n , Oxon . ' . The . 'minister' refused ^ to'grant the wislies of a couple to . be united ; by other thanairegu ^ larlv appointed Wesleyan minister ^ . ^ he , registrar claimed a rieht ' by law' ^' wy . whoms . r , ceremony shouldbeperfor ' medBy ; irrespective of ^ ^ theminister , the chapel having been ; gazetted ' as a lieensed ' marriaee house , -The ministerpersisied m his -refusal , and'placed an additionabpadlock , on the ,. door ; this was broken , arid . the . ceremony-. perlormed , . the regular minister protesting . and . threatening an action for trespass . ' " . ' ' , ' A \ ' - •« , [_ ''' . ' ¦ ' * ~ " . '¦ ' ' . ' Murder at N 6 ttinoham . —a murder was

      committed . on Sunday evening : last , upon aman nariied John : Tuckwood , » a . butcher / of Nottinghami ''' near ¦ Trumpet-street , a low part of the : town .-,: It appears that Tuckwobd ' Was in ,. the above neighbourhood aboutiterio ' clocic ' ori Sun'day '' night , ; . when he m * t three Sme'riV one of whom , without utteririg . a word , struck hiih a terrific ti blow on the face ? which knocked out several of his teethr ; The poor fellow immediately ,, fell , and . the ; other ; men - . coming up kicked him iri different parts of hisbody , arid then ium ' ped u ' pon'ilim . " He' was rendered almost insensible , hut managed'to crawl to a ; lbdgirig-house 'in Truiripet-streeti 'where ho-waB " taken in ; . his face presenting a shocking spectacle . < Surgical aid was sent : > for . and 'thenpoornfenow ,: lingered in' great

      agony jn ' ntil . Tuesday morning , when he . died .- r ; , . . Another Fatal Accidemt at Bristoi . —On Monday afterrioon ' ari accidenta'tteride'd by fatal . consequences to one poor fellow ,. and productive of injuries jfo some other ? , occurred at the School of Industry fortheiBlind > . at Bristol . ; 'Some ' alterations were going on in the ; premises in the 'rear of the Asylum , where ; an arcade is being removed vith a view to the . erections of ; some out-buildings upon its site .. A riuriiber of arches were in course of being pulled ! down , when one of them . suddenly'fell in and injured threemen ,. who . were at once itakeri' to the infirmary .: i Oneof them ,- JohnBurkejhas ^ eceived aseverewoundonithe . head aridriinternal injuries , and after . lingering , tilL < six o ' clock dnthefollowirig

      riiorning ; he . expired ; - ; 'The other men ' s injuries are of a less severe character , and are i not expected to termiriatefatallyiM ';• - ; . . ; :: : - « - ^ The ; , Nepaul Princes . —Plymouth , ; Tuesday . — His Excellency the'Envoy from ^ Nepaul , with the princes and suite , arrived here from Paddington by express train at about five o ' clock yesterday afternoon , They alighted at several of the stations ; but partook only , of . water . on the journey . " ' . A considerable ; number > of official : gentlemen , with their families ,, waited ; onthe Plymouth . platform ,- where the illustrious / visitors were officially received by Lieut ' . P . Warren * flag-lieutenant of Gommodore Lord John Hay * whohas . theihonour of entertaining them dtiring . their stayihere . Port AdrairalSir-W ; Hall Gage and his seoretaryvMr . Irving , ' were also at the station , and . paid ; their . respects 1 to'the Envoy . The

      party consisted of his Excellency , with > two other princes ,-two superior officers and ' an interpreter , and twelve domestics , ten of whom were in'Oriental and twpjn , European-costume . ; The former were conveycdin , two of Moorshead ' s chaises-arid the latter in three flj * S from the station to the Dockyard ; where all ; the officers , of the establishraOrit arid a military guard of honour were ready to receive them The old check officer now occupied by ¦ Lieutenant Warreri . and vacated for the convenience oftis Ex » celleney and suite , has been prepared for theiroecupation , and sentinels ; posted at the entrance . ' It is understood { that they Will remain several days iri this neighbourhood , and that they will visit Palmouth and descend some ofthe Cornish mines . ' On leaving the station the princes were greeted by a hearty cheer from the crowd assembled outside . ''!" ¦ ' ' W ^^^**^«*^ w ^^^^ iJ < l ^^«^ ww ^ M

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      The ExplosionatAiRDRiB .-rThe bodies of all the sufferers bythe recent sad occurrence , at Airdrie havej' it . is believed ,, been now recovered * > The numberj is one less than was : originally ' conceived On Thursday ; forenoon ,: the 25 th ult . i . the parties engaged in searching . the pit came upon the blackened and djsfigured remains of the lad M'Donald , oneof three brothers who have perished .. vThein ex ertions were colftinued unremittingly for ; five hours longer , 'in , the hope of finding those ' . of , Izzart ^ a . perspn who ! was ascertained : . to ; be missingi ; They were disappointed in their expectations . ' . For some time this ^ warit , of success , confounded : thenv < and wasfeltby , alias a , painful ' thing . ! At' length it ^ . was suggested that the body which had remained uniden-i

      titled mightbetheorie sought for . . . 'Along with . severalofthe others which was brought uprtirst , ! t had heen buriedin the graveyard at New Moinkland ; : but acting ! oh the conjecture thrown ¦ ¦ . out ,. « it was now disinterred arid re-examined—the result : being to verify the ; suggestion which led . to the step . —The number of ; victim ' s is thus reduced to seventeen . , Bioamt and Murder at . Edinbcrqh . —A man named . William Beiihisoh was tried before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh , on Thursday and Friday week last , for bigamy ' and murder . The facts , of the case as set forth in the indictment were , that Benniton had married a woman named Mary Mullen , at . Tavanagh , near Porladown ,, ' miIrehnd , ' on the 3 rd of November , 1838 ; . that on the 6 th of

      December , 1839 , his first wife being still , alive , he entered jinto' a' matrimonial coririexibri with Jean Hamilton , residing in Story-street , Paisley ; and that on the 12 th or 18 th of April last , in Steadsplace , Leith-walk , near Edinburgh , he ; administered to Jean Hamilton a dose of arsenic in some porridge or oatmeal , from theeffeots of . which , after lmgering two or three days ,, ' she died . . In the course ofthe trial it oatne out that Benriisori wasa member of the small sect of Primitive Methodists , arid had during his stay < in ; Edinburgh ; made , great pretensions' to ' sanctity . ! It was also proved that having deserted his first wife , and heen absent , from her _ eome time , he returned to her in Ireland , and induced ner . jto accompany him to Scotland , where she died suddenly at Airdrie , ; not without suspicions of foul play . ; . Her clothes , were handed over byhim . to the second wife as those of a . deceased sister , and

      whenshe ,: ascertaining that . no sister of his had ; died , questioned him on the aubiect . Ms reply waB ,, that it was "a sister-in ' the lordl" The evidenoa hi support of the charge of poisoning , though birc ' u ' mi stantial , ' was , ; quite conclusive , and among other , facts educed by-the examination ; of witnesses was the remarkable one that the ; prisoner was a member of two or three funeral societies , arid that . ke had joined one ' of thehi ' the week prior to Jeari ^ Hainilton ' s death ; - Onbeing urged to send . 'for medical assistance ,. the answer inade by . tho prisoner was , " It ' s no use , -she ' s , goin ^ home to gloryi' / iAfter an absence of , twenty iriinutes ,. the jury brought into court a verdict of Guilty . ' on , both the charges libelled ; j In conformity ' with ' this finding the Lord Justice Clerk pronounced the solemn sentence of the law , and the prisoner was removed from the bar protesting his innocence .:. The . execution' will take place on Friday , the 16 th of : August . ,,

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      A Mayo Election.—The Nomination Of Candi...

      A Mayo Election . —The nomination of candidates took place on Thursday , tbe . ' 25 th , iilt ., when . Mr . O'Higgins ' was proposed by the Hon . F . Caveridish , » nd seconded by ; the Very Rev . Dean 'BurkejPiP ., of Westportj 'Mr . ' -Butt was proposed'by Goli Krioz Gore , and seconded by Col : M'Alpine . v Sir , Richard O'Donnell , Bart ,, 'Oapt . Higgin « , and . Mr . ; E . ; Costello . were ' then respectively put in nomination . The ; proceedings ' of the ' nomination did net terminate , until near-seven' o ' clock'itf the evening , ' when the sheriff adjourned the court till the : following'morning , without having called for a show ' of hands . " The speeches had been - . going on . frora .-h ' alf-past ; ten in the morning , and all parties were quite exhausted . It would seem that the nature ofthe cohtestiwas thoroughly understood bythe people , and that the battle was really between the oxteririinatin ' g landlords and ' the tenantry , the ranks ' of the latter having been , reduced ; by tho ; former to a state whioh renders them asjittle capablefOf struggling with e ff ect as . they could well ' be . supposed to be .,. The Bon , Mr ,. Cavendish ' , ' iri propbsing Mr . ; Ou ' sley Higgins , said : —• • ' Ho held in his hand : ia list of tweiity-sevcn villages which had been pulled down , and destroyed ; They once , contained . happy hoiriesteads , but ' , n 6 w there was riot a vestige of them to be found .- ( Hear , hear . ) tr He coujd riame ' a few of them . The village of Aughadrinagh' contained ' about severity houses but nowno trace of it remained ; and ; the land on which that and other > villages ; was : b ' uilt was now employed feeding Lord . Luoan ' s bullookSif The utriiost excitement prevailed , and the anger of the people against the exterminators , or " crow bar brigades , " as they have been termed , was raised to the very highest pitch . ' - ; : In addition to a large body bf constabulary , there were three troops of the 5 th ; Dragoons ,, the headquarters and five companies of the 17 th Foot , and three companies of the 14 th Foot , all under , the co "' nia " dofColon . el Stoyte , of the'lTth Regiment . The Mayo election which has excited extrabrdinory interest . throughout Ireland , proves two or three facts of very considerable ' importance * . It proves that it was an egregious mis-statement , which has been repeated over and over again of lato

      A Mayo Election.—The Nomination Of Candi...

      thflt the tid * of popular sentiment had turned in XuX von ' rs of famine and pressure , from .. various sources , 'Sin the mos ¥ larialordiridderi county Of Ireland ? the ' popular spirit is not entirely crushed ; . but it ^ lso 'proves sthat termination has-worked -with 1 ' morei terrible e . ffect than . anyfone ventured > th caloui ' late ' and ; tha , t . the . jrish constituencies . , are-reduced , hearer to zero than . wassupposed in . what were considered ' even . themost exaggerated estimates ; ,, " Th ' e rioHing hooth opened as nsual / on Monday mornmsr butTiipto two o ' clock ! rioVa- sirigleI Voter prescntid himself at , eithor , 8 ide , i , th 0 i . ^ being quite exhausted , although . but 1232 . electors had registeredtheir votes . At six o ' clock the . eleo , tiori ^ finally' closed , when the high sheriff , Mr . Mahdri . declaredMr . Ouseley Higgms dulyreturned .

      Mr . Bnt ' tleft-Castlebaron Monday . A-petition is talked ., of ,,. but not determined' upon . ¦ haunders News ' letter has the following , in a communication dated ! Oastlebar , Sunday : -. ' There , were several disturbances in tho town last ; night . . , On one pccasion ; about eleven otelock , the military ' had to be called out . JMriMilds : Jourdain , bne ofMr . Hutts agents , iwas ; viBry nearly ; being murderedan his bed last ' n } ght : by aman of the name ; of , Carbine , adetter ; carrier in the . employment of- tho . Post-office . . He , broke ! into Mr ! Jourdain ' s . rooni , between , ons and ¦ two ojcldek ; after he had retired to bed , , and nearly succeeded in'strangling him ; however , he was just abletbiriakeahoiseVandioall ; iip'tbe servant wom ' ahj IwhogotlovOT ; the ; walli atthei . irear [< into \ the next house , and . brougbt assistance just in time to

      save him . Informations were this day sworn against Carbine ^ the' letter-carrier , . who made' the murderous , assault on Mr ;> Miles Jourdairi ; 'arid a warrant issued , upon- which he was arrested—he ' was afterwardsfliberatedori i bail . ''; , ! , ;' . ,-. ¦; .: ••; : !' . ' ¦ .. ¦;') ¦ ¦ : ' : ¦ ifDiiNOANNoN Election . — The' . Newry , Telegraph . contains an address from Lord Northland , . announcing > his resignati'iri ; onthe ' ground of ill-health , ' ' Mr . Henry 'Alexander , 'an ' , ; Eng l } sh barrister ,, and b " rother-ihrlftw ; to the' late ' membeiv has addressed the Selectors , 'but ; does : not pledge himself to any particular , line ¦ , of politics ,. The .-iVeu / r |/ 7 Telegraph says several pmqnsare spoken of , as MeJy ,: to op » pose Mr . ' Alexander , " one oi th ein a uisting ^ ished Irish barrister . " The "distinguished ' Irish' barrister ¦ alluded to'is , ' probably ; - ' either 'Mr . ! , White - side , or . the recently defeated candidate for iMayoi s ¦

      Thb Potato , Crop . —The accounts of the potato crop contiriuomost favourable , aridall alarmon the subject ; of thei blight is rapidly subsiding . " . Thisfoi-. lowing may be takeii as a fair'Bpecim 6 n , of the reports of the provincial papers' of Saturday mornirig last :-p" So many rumours of a failure of this crop having been . circulated , -we made . it . a . particular study toascertain the exact state in which it it is , and wehaye ' tho great gratification to state , from inquiries of ' most ^ extensive ; farmers for many miles round | this !; n ' ei ' ghbburhood , ' '' as well as from ; personal observation / , that ; the potato ' crop never presented a more promising , healthy , or luxurious ; appearance than it does ; at present , and that , under the . blessirigs of Providence , there was seldom a

      likelihood of so abundant a yield , This is a cheer ? | ng announcement , and one that may be relied on as , correct inrievery particular , •' * Since-the-above was written , ; a gentleman jwho within the last ! few days has travelled through , a great portion , of 7 the county ^ Waterfbrd , including ^^ Duriarvan , ; Cappoquin , YoughaY t & cJf ' has . called at our office , and ihe accounts , he ' 'gives of the coriditiQU of •; the crops , are t most cheering ; and coincides ' with the statements we have previously , made with reference to . the safety of the potato ^ iinthe county . Water ; ford . Alettter from Caher , received last . evening , states that'there is not , the least'appearance ' of a

      blight iri'thO'potato ' crop'in that neighbourhood , and that all the .. other ' crops are vastly improved since the late rairi . "—Tipperary . 'Fr ' ee Pressl ' -: -M m t . Kilkenny , Assizes . — A'farmer-named Michael Walsh ! h ' as ,.- > b ' e , eh ' r ' convicted at , j the ; Kilkenny assizes : for poisoning a bailiff named Siinon '( Ppjfver ^ who had been placed iri ' care of his farm : Sentence ofdea ^ hiwas' pronounced . ' » aichard . 'Shirley ; and the other prisoners ; convictedt at the ; same assizes for the ; Burnchurch outrage , have been sentenced to : tenyears '; transportation .- ¦ ,: ¦ .-.- ,. ; .-. . ¦ - '¦ ,- ;' : The STBAMfift VicrinoY . —The steamship "Viceroy has been ' finully , abandoned . ; The hull was to be sold on the 25 th ; at Yarmouth , Nova Scotia ; ' ¦¦

      : ¦ The iO'CosNELLtMoscMBHt .- ^ The Corjc Constitution says .: — , «< , The £ 342 , 8 ubsoribed ; in . this city to ^ wards the . nationalniori i Uraent ' to . 0 'ConnelI ,: whioh is , wasprop 6 sed ; to erect iri . trie Glasneyin Cemetery , has been diverted ¦ to thefitting up , of , a ' stained window in Father Mathew's new chapel . The window has been put up by a London house . " > : Flax has lately . become a crop of great importance in this country , on , account ofthe growing prosperity , of . the ' linen . and yarn trade . of Ulster . The : present crop presents a flourishing appearance in the southern and western , as well ' as the northern counties . , The instances ' of deficient produce are likely to < be ; - . comparatively r . fewj and , upon the whole , if is estimated that the acreable . yield will

      be one-fourth greater than last ; year , provided proper steps be taken for saying the crop in the south arid west ; where flax cultivation has been to some degree extended this season . A larger proportion than . usual ofthe present crop has been plan red with home-saved seed , which is turning out remarkably well ; and the farmers are .. urgently recommended to save theflax-seed of this crop . . ' . ' .,. Returns' of . IrishBanksofIssuB .-i-Thereturn , ending Saturday , the 13 th day of July , 1850 , shows a , decreaseiri the amount of note circulation for the four weeks of £ 96 , 992 as compared with ; the prer vious return . During the four , weeks embraced in the return the bullion in the banks decreased to the amount o f £ 606 . "' . " .

      Removal op Mr . Smith O Brier prom Maria Island . —Mr . Smith O'Brien is to be removed from Maria Island to Port Arthur , where . arrangements are now being . made for , his reception . The stable attached to . the former residence . of Assistant-Coramissary-GerieralLempriero , istb . be his , dwellingplace . " A ^ platform in front is'beirig ' erected as the post ofa military sentinel , and it is understood that intercourse , will he restricted , to . the visiting raagistrate , the . superintendent , officer ,, and sergeant of the guard . r ^/ fo & art Town Courier , March 18 . . . Tub ; Harvest . ' -- There are no further authenti 7 cated report ' s of the potato disease j arid the alarm , so' generally prevailing ; is rapidly abating .

      -Mearitime , the weather ; i & more favourable - for harvest operations ';„ and in some parts of Tipperary-and ; other , southern counties ,, many fields of oats and barley- have been cut . ' . Under the influence of a warin sun | ' wheat is' fast ^ ripening ,, and the * grain seisins improved ;> although , ¦¦ beyond'doubt , there is a partial bli g ht in several / districts . The yield of the . oat crop is described asmore than an average ; and-altogether there is a fair ( prospect of a far more , abundant harvest than has been : , witnessed iri this country f 6 r sev 6 ial yeafs . The accounts from all parts , ofthe country refer to the cheerfulness of the peasantry , ! on , account of the abundance and oheapriess of potatoes , and : the . confidence : beginning to prevail'as to the . gradual injprqYpment of thecountry , , " ,

      . Frauds On "Emigrants At New York.—We R...

      . Frauds on "Emigrants at New York . —We referred the bther'day , in g eneral terms ; to the numerous frauds and impositions practised upon persons' arriving at : this port Y . fronv foreign places . Abbuta week sinceanEnglisb family arrived at this port , and no sooner had the . vessel reached the Quarantine ; than she was boarded by a horde of runners and buUies . ' . who seized all baggage within s l ^ ht , by force , arid thus compelled the owners to follow them wherever they pleased . On being remonstrated with for their conduct a person representing himself Sheriff of New . York ,. was appealed to , who sajd , the outrageous proceeding was right , and the runners handed cards to their victims , on which tbe names of two of , the Commissioners of Emigratioi )

      were printed , as references . One of the Commissioners thus referred to ; has been applied to on the subject , and said that the use of his name in that manner was not without his authority . The result was , in the case of the f amily , that the runners who yiblentlyi seized their baggage , brought , them to some forwarding house , where they were charged sbniethirig . like five ' dollars ahead more than they ought to have paid . ; . The runners , as they are Called , ireoeive very large salaries for their services , some of them as high as thirty and forty ; dollars per week each , for services of this kind ; The Commissioners of Emigration were ! made ' cognisant of this casej but they ' were powerless , they said to give any relief . This , is a specimen of the frauds

      mat arei practise ! upon persons . arriving at this port from foreign ' countries . Tho acirreeate amount . ot wrong inflicted on these atrarigera must be immense in a single season . Our state legislature have , ; from time to time , passed laws for their protection ; but , ' according to what we Bee and heararoundus , they are Inoperative . ' Thei Commwsionersof Emigration 6 we their offices to a recently passed enactment , ; but we have yet to hear of to conferring any advantage on the ^ tranger , 0 S ? T r u . ocks ' Rndboavd Bni P ^ riving at this city . In ; the case we have related , we see the names ot . two of these commissioners used as references with the sanction ot one , and yet those People were cheated out of five , dollars each , rind elled

      comp , against their will ; to go as the forwarders dictated . . Now , is there no way in which this system of robbery , and plunder , and abuse can be put an erid to ? If the Commissioners of Emigration ; cannot , or do not , or will not , protect the stranger , we hope the legislature will abolish tho office , aiid leave it to the protective emigrant society , -or the consuls of the nations which the emigrants leave , as was formerly the case . The matter ought to bo taken in hand by the press and the . public ; : and some remed y devised that will save strangers seeking our shores-from at least some of the impositions practised upon them ; In the mean time , strangers should at onco go to the British Protectivoimi grant Society , and the GornfoJ Emt grant Society , where they can get information Z advice free of expense . - ^ Yrih Herald ¦

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      ¦ ' ¦ ¦ y . \ y - : \ . " ¦' . STAFFORD . ; : ^ '/> ¦ - •' ' " ' .. ' A Scene- ik Couht . — -By the co operation of Mr . Whateley , & 0 < i * ^ - G" » w « j . Q ; C ;; who prev--sided in separate courts , *© in the grand jury-room , . arid the ' other'iri W juages , dimng room , forthe ; trial of prisoher ' s / all'the , crown business with fa ... exception Ofthe -murder case , ' on . which thejurywere deliberatin g , and two indictments for perjuf ^ r were disposed ofby , ten ; o ' clockvon -Friday nicht .- * V . 7 . " . . r" ii . cl „ t „ r fT , o inHiVKmBtltfl wan callhrT

      8 ^ Sra ^ b » iK' « MK wheriiMr . Huddleston , who , was the leading , counsel foi- the prosecution ,: said , ; that 'having ; been engaged tho whole of ithat ' day 'in the two ' cases of murder , he was physically incapable < of-. proceeding with another case , that , evening ; and as , moreoyer the defendant was riot present , ^ he hoped his , lordship would adjourn ihe coXirt ' until the next mornin ? . —Mr .- Justice 'William ' s '; said he ' should , be most ghdio do so ; if the' 8 tate ' ' ' of ( the public-business would permit him , ; buMherewere « three civil cases ; and . two indictments , for . perjury stjU : [ t . o be tried , andyot to-riiorrow ' . was , the commission . day at Shrewsbury . He had ' no doiibt ' that the counsel must remember

      was very much fatigued , ' but he that Both himself ( the judge ) and the jury had been working equally hard ,: and were equally ; tired . He did not intend that the whole case should bei . tried that evening , hut merely wished to make some progress in it" The ' presence of tho . defendant was not ; indispensable ; this 'being a > misdemeariour , and it wasadmitted she : would'sarrOnderm the morning Mr ^ nuadleston- still-contetfdedi . that tho , presence of th e ; defendant was necessary ,: and . as counsel for the , pro ' secutio ' n ; -requir ed that : ehe should surrender before the trial' was . proceeded with . He , alsofurther urged the p lea or exhaustion , and added that , from the pressureofbiisine ? sat these assizes ,, he had not beeriable to open "his brief in the

      -present case ; andr if he were compelled to proceed ^ must read-it at ' lengthto thejury , in order that hfr might at the same £ une ' , inform , himself and them of theichargei against' the defendant . - After a Iong discuSBion , ' M !< . Justice Williams' directed'tfie jury to be swnrnj and the case ; to be proceeded with . — . After theiOathi had been / repeated to the jury , the-CriersaidiMy lord , one of the . jurymen , refusesto take . 'the Oath . —Mr . ' j Justice Williams : , How is this ?—Juryman ( producing from the depths of hi * fob ari enormous watch , ' and extending it ' at arm's length towards his lordship ) : " Whoy , my ^ loard ^ it ' s now moar than teniO ' clock , and 1 ' om now been sitting here andrln , t ' other courts moare than thoirteen hours , and ! wo ant sit ' no . moair thisnoight if lean heln it . " ( Great laughter , iri which the judge

      joined very good-humouredly ;)—Further discussion took place ;; buti it became ' apparent -to everybody . that no progress would be made : in tho case even if it were . nreceeded with , and it was adjourned until the niorriing .-., , .. ; Perjurt . —Ellen Capewell , aged 45 , was iridioted for wilful ;' and ;' corrupt perjury , committed at the last ' su mmer assizes ' ;—After the speech ' esVeviderice , and summing up , had occupied nine hours , thejury retired io consult at afow minutes , past six ,- arid ; afe half-past seyeri . returned with a verdict of Guilty on two . of the most material assignments , acquittingheir on ! the charge ns to the conversation .. ; She ' waa thereupon—after a very severe repriroarid , his lord ' ship intimating that , 'b ' ut for her age , he would be disposed to punish her more severely—sentenced to a ; year ' s iraprisonmerit .

      BODMIN . ' Arson . — William Gibson was indicted for setting fire to a . rick ofhay . , He pleaded , Guilty , and wassentenced , to , he transported for ten-years , ,... „ .: .: Assault . —Thomas Baker' was indicted . for havingfeloniously killed and ; slairi . William Coles ^ at the - parish of Week St . "Mary , on the-27 th of May last . In this case it appeared that the prisoner , -the deceased , ! andiseveral , others were drinking ; at : a public-house ,. at . : Week St . Mary , on tho 27 th ofT May , it being fair day . The prisoner t and the deceased ; wh' o were both respectable farriders , were frierids ^ nid neighbours , and on : the day'in question ban been , drinking wry . freely . > BaBer , however , got very- excited and quarrelsome , and challenged

      every one he came near to fight , at the same time boasting what a man he was . He came into a kitchen where Coles was sitting , and said to him , , l Farmer Coles , are you a man for hie ?¦ If you are stand up . " Coles said to '¦ ¦ him , ; "Sit down , farmer Tom , and have a g lass of 'beer . " . Baker , however , still kept challenging him . to fight , and said , " Shall I strike you ? " The . deceased , who was sitting down in a chair , said "I don't care for you or any Baker in the parish . - I never was ; struck by a Baker yet . " ' Baker , then struck him twoblows , one on the cheek , and the other on the neck . The poor man eat for about a minute on . the chair , and then fell off , and on the . persons present attempting to raise him up he was found to be quite dead , with blood running from his mouth . —Mr . Tukes , a surgeon , was called , who in the first instance stated his

      belief that the deceased ; had died from apoplexy , caused by the blow ; but on cross-examination by Mr . Collier , said that the , deceased was a man of an apoplectic habit of body , arid that , the death , might have been produced by apoplexy caused hot by the blow , but by the excitement produced-by drinking , and to this possibility . he adhered , although he was constrained to admit that the blows which the deceased had received were likely to have produced the result which had ensued . —Mr . Justice Coleridge having ! ' summed up , the jury found the prisoner Guilty of ft common assault , and he was sentenced to be imprisoned for-three calendar months with hard labour . Tbe prisoner appeared to be much affected by the position in which ho stood . _ Rape . —Robert Hood , aged 62 , was . convicted of a rape upon a little girl , and Was sentenced to twenty years transportation .

      BEAUMARIS . . Wast of Bail . — -In the case of Anne Jane Brown and Dinah Jones , two girls , aged 19 , who ' were detained in prison for . want of bail , the learned Judge inquired ; into the' grounds . oh which , bail was demanded . The clerk . to the magistrate s , ' Mr . Jones , replied , that they had been riotous and disorderly , and as such had been held to bail . The Judge , b ' y further questions . elicited the admission that . there had been no legal warrant for apprehension arid nospecific offence charged j arid sevierely reprobated the practice as most illegal , ; and- a palpable breach of personal liberty .. The learned Judge spoke witb determined and indignant zeal ; and his rebuke was most impressive , v r : MAIDSTONE .

      ; Perjurtin a County Corni . — Charles Allen surrendered to take , his trial for a hiisdemeanour . — This case . stood over from the last , assizes . The misdeinea nour imputed to the ' defendant was that upon the hearing of-a plaint in the West Kent County Courtat Dartford , before Mr . Espinesse , the judge of jthat court , he had ' comhiitted wilful and corrupt perjury .. It appeared thai , in . December lasta plaint was preferred . bj a person named Evan * against a' solicitor . narced-Thompson , living at Wilmington ; near Dartford , to recover a sum w £ 218 s . for . damage done to a-pony chaise , and according to the case that was set up'for the plairitiff upon that occasion ; ho and a frierid , ' naraed Staples , " were driving on the road between Dartford and Wilmiiieton

      at a slow , pace , when , at a narrow place ; they heard the sound of a vehicle coming rapidly behirid them , and pullet ! orione side as much as was possible , to give all ; the roonrthey could ; but the vehicle , which turned out to , be a brougham , belonging , to Mr . Thompson , arid which was driven by his coachman , ran against their chaise , broke both the shafts ; and Mr .. . Evans and his friend were thrown out with great violence , but , fortunately / did not receive any serious injury . It appeared that after Mr . Evan * and his friend had been examined , the defendant was called as a witness for Air . Thompson , and he then ^ swore positively that , the brougharii did not touch the pony chaise , but that the . latter backed into a meter-table , and that this was the-means of breaking the shafts ¦ and causingthe damaee ; The

      learned Judge of the' County Court , after hearing the whole of the case , eventually decided in favour of the claim , and it was understood that it was under his authority that proceedings were subsequently taken against the / defendant for'havirig given false evidence upon the occasion referred to . the principal evidence in support of the charge . was that given bv Mr . Evans and Mr , Staples , and they repoateditheir former statements as to the manner in . which the accident tookplace ; audit " was also suggested that thp object of the defendant incoming forward as he did was to serve Haynes , the man who qrove . the brougham , and prevent him from losing his plaoeby showing : that > he was not to blame in the transaction . —Mr . Justice Erie having summed up , thejury returned a verdict of Guilty ^ Sentence was deferred ; . ; . . ; -

      Aon-Delivee*: Op. Letters On Sunday. — M...

      AON-DELIVEE * : OP . LETTERS ON SUNDAY . — Mr . J . Irving Scott , tho secretary " , to the ' metropolitan movement whioh . has been , ; orgariised for the purpose of restoring tothe community a , delivery of , letters and newspapers in , the country on Sunday , has received the following'important . letter from Mr . Locke , M . P ., who has taken so proriiiricrit arid active a part against tho absurd Sunday " postal' restriqtions :- «' , London , 11 , Adam-street , Adolphi July 26 th , 1850 .-Dear Sir ,-The commisVionW pointed by the crown for .. . re-considering thenost .

      H , i i f-i - as , comra enced ita lau A « rs , and I am £ h £ t . » if TH $ rc . any memorials , or Swi *^ har < l 8 h , p ^ S ° « t of tho pre ent sjstem , from any . quarter . , , I think it right therefore , to urge on you to lay before the . commission a L ™ T ' mtlon Jon . can obtain , and induce otheis in all quarters todothesamri . ' . The secretary of . the commission is , Sir Alexander Gordon . * am , dear Sir , yours truly , Joseph Lockb . "—It win be seen by the above how necessary it is that the opponents of the measure should lose no time in carrying out the wishes , of the honourable member forHonitbn .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 3, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03081850/page/6/