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      Health of London Ddiuso tub WEKK .-r-The ration , for the week ending' last Saturday' announces a ontinucd decrease in the mortality of London . Since the third week of March , when it rose , the weekly mortality has constantly fallen , as is shown br the following numbers : —The deaths were 1 , 167 , 1 , \ 2 ± , 803 , SCO , and in last week only 803 . The last number is less than in any corresponding week during the ten years 184049 , except that of 1843 ; aKdthe average of the ten weeks being 109 , or , corrected , for increase of population , 992 , there now appears a decrease on it amounting to 189 . All the important classes of disease exhibit a decrease on the average lathe deaths assigned to them . From small-pox there were 7 deaths , or about half , the

      average ; from measles 17 , from scarlatina 21 , from hooping-cough 35 , and from typhus 23 , which diseases are all less fatal than usual ; croup was fatal to 5 persons , influenza to 4 , purpura to 2 , diarrhea to 11 , and erysipelas to 9 , all near the ordinary amount . On the I 9 th of April , at 11 , Wyconibe plaee , Kent-road , a carman , aged 40 yearsj died of - disease of the tidnevs ; English cholera ; the Litter complaint of nine ' hours * duration . " Again , amongst diseases which affect the respiratory organs , bronchitis carried off 46 persons , rather more than the average often corresponding weeks , but-less than that of the last three ( in the year

      1 S 47-9 ;) pneumonh , or inflammation of the lungs , about the same number , considerably less than the average . Only six persons died of asthma , and 110 of consumption , the corrected average being 153 . A child died of laryngismus stridulus , two children and a man oflyrangitis . The deaths of 20 persons , of whom 18 were women , were the result of cancer , and all occurred between 35 years of age and SO . Seven boys and 8 girls died after premature birth . Three children were suffocated accidentally in bed . Two cases of intoxication are thus recorded : — "A chimney-sweep , of 54 years , was killed bv fracture of tho vertebrae of the neck from

      a fall while intoxicated ( post mortein , ) having lived 8 huurs afterthe accident . " The widow 6 f a tailor , aged 66 , was " found iri a ditch in a state of derangement and intoxication , was removed to the police-station , and afterwards to the workhouse , where she died from congestion and effusion on the brain . " Inquests were held on both cases . The ¦ classification of deaths in public institutions shows that 86 occurred in workhouses , and 64 in hospitals ; and of the latter , that 39 took place in general hospitals , 5 in lunatic asylums , 7 at the Royal Hospital ,

      Greenwich , and four in other military and naval establishments . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the daily mean reading of the barometer was above 30 in . on Saturday ; the mean ofthe week was 29 S 63 . The mean temperature of tbe week was 45 'Sdeg ., which is less by 2- ± deg ., than the average of the same week in 7 years . The mean temperature was , on Sunday 3 deg ., above the average ofthe same day , and on each ofthe other six days was below it On every day , but Thursday , the wind generally blew from the north or north-east .

      riHK NEAR . THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE . —On Sunday morning , shortly before three o ' clock , a fire hroke out in Foster-lane , Chc » pside , behind the Gineral Post-office , which was attended with a great dc-traction of property , and serious , if not fatal , consequences to several persons . The premises in whi > h the fire began were in the occupancy of Mrs . Elizabeth . Matt , licensed victualler , and were well known as the Fountain Tavern and Railway oflice . One of the City policemen on duty in the neighbourhood , whilst going his rounds perceived flames raging in the second floor . He sprang bis rattle , and sent to the proper quarters for assistance . After considerable trouble he succeeded in arousing a gentUman named Russell , who gave the alarm to the ether

      inmates , and managed to effect a safe retreat . At that periodjfliere were in the burning premises no fewer than nine persons . One of the servants succeededin ge'riug u ; on the roof of the house , where she remained screaming for assistance until the Royal Society ' s fire-escape arrived . The waiter , on makin « a retreat from the premises ; was obliged to rush through the fl mes , and his nivht cbthes becoming ignited by the time he reached the street , he was so dreadfully burned that he was obliged to be taken to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where he at present remains ia a very precarious condition . Ftederick Sutton , a son of die proprietor , was obliged also to rush through the flames , which burned his feet and face severely . Mr . Sutton , the manager ofthe property , his daughter , and bis son , were extricated by tlie conductor ot" the Royai Society ' s escape , as

      weil as one ofthe servants . They were obliged to pass through the flames , and wereall much burned . The landlady of the tavern was also badly burned . The whole ofthe residents having been extricated , it was found that the premises « ere from tiie first floor to the roof in a blaze , and immense bodies of sparks were drifted completely over the roof of the PostofS . e . so that that establishment at one per-od appeared in great danger . Several engines were soon on the spot , but the first , second , andthird floors were burned out , and the roof " partially destroyed , bef- re the fire could be extinguished . It is not a little singular that Mr . Russell , who had suchanarrow escape , was burned out at the fire ia the York-road , Lambeth , a few weeks since , which was the cause ot bis faking lodgings at this house . The stock-in-trade , & e , belonging to Mrs Matt , was insured in the Licensed victuallers' Fire-office .

      Thomas Dexxt , who was Jsextesced to Death at the last Kingston as .-izes , for the murder of his illegitimate child , has received a free pardon . The chief evidence against him at the trial was Elizabeth Tarrent , the mother of the infant , and who was charged also with assisting in the murder ; but the bill against her was ignored by the grand jury . Jusiice Maule , who tried him , communicated with the Secretary of State , and three weeks ago obtained a respite of the sentence . Other circumstances have

      since come to light m his favour , which has induced the government t > trant him a free pardon . On Wednesday morning at 12 o'clock , Mr . Keene , the governor of the gaol m ffcrsemonger-lane , received the pardon from Sir 6 . Grey , and at once liberated the recently condemned convict . The unf .. > rtauate man seemed ovcrjnyed , and expressed his thanks to th ? parties who bad interceded in his behalf . He als * thanked Mr . Ketne , the governor , for his-humane attention : o him while in the condemned cell , atid sinie t'te respite .

      Removal *> f the "Versos Gallebv . —Saturday the authorities at the National Gallery received the official ^ instructions for the rvrnovai of the Vernon collection from Trafalgar-square to . Marlborough House , the residence of the late Queen Dowager , where the collection will be opened to public inspection on Whit-Monday . Consecration of St . Stephen ' s Church , Rest-street , Sodthwark . —On Saturdiy last a beautiful new church lately built in the populous district of Kent-sticct , Southwark , was consecrated by tha Bishop of Winchester .

      Kurder And Robbery At Clapham, On Sunday...

      KURDER AND ROBBERY AT CLAPHAM , On Sunday , about one o'clock , a female , who for years acted as bousekeeprr to Mr . John Maddle , the tenant of a liou-ein Cleaimont-place , Wandsworth-road , sat found by that gentleman on his return from cbnreli lying dead in one ofthe kiJchens , under cirenrastances which have a tendency to innivc tie causa of death in mystery . Her head rested on some folds of carpetting , and although no marks of violence were visible on her person , one of her legs was encirc ' ed . by several coils of rape . The police . were very promptly on the spot , as also K Parrottjjun , the surgeon to the police force , who

      examined the body , and pronounced life to have been extinct some time . He cmld d-tect no ont . vard marks of violence , nor was there any mucou ? flowing from'the mouth or nostrils . On entering the house Mr . Maddle had found it in a state of great disDrder , and Very soon discovered that a gold watch , some jewellery , consisting of rings , & c , and some plate had been rarried off . Mr . Coleman , the inspector of jolice , bavin ; communicated with Mr . Bickneil th-i superintendent of tlie V division , made an examination of tbe premises , and found that every drawer , escritoire , box , and even the iron chest ha-. i been opened and ransacked , and a small box in which the housetecr kept her money was emptied of its contents .

      The IXQtJEST . —On Monday . eveningat six o'clock , a jury was impannelleTnre 'fbreTQfrTTIIi ggs . the coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster , at fke ° Nag ' s Head Inn , "Wand * worth-road , Clapham , upon the body . Mr . J . C . Parrott , of Clapham-common , surgeon , having deposed as to the sta'e in which he found the body , siid , there were no marks of violence —the featves were perfectly natural . The next step witness took was to nwke a post-mortem examination , which he effected that afternoon . He could not ascertain the cause of death . Believed when he first saw her she had been dead two hours . He examined the head snd chest carefully . There was no smell of poison . Witness found all the organs of the body w * re in a healthy condition wi'h the exception ofthe stomach , which , upon laying open , there were

      very di ** 5 nct marks of rrc-nt and active inflammation . There was a slight effusion on the brain . He ' could not account for the state of the stomach . She might have died from natural causes . Am not aware whether chloroform would leave any tr . ve , from what he had heard he believed it did . not .. Prussia acid applied to the nose would leave a smell . Witness had not analysed tlie contrnls of the stomach . The inflan 5- { 5 ? y ° n in tne stomach was not sufficient to cause oeatlVspetog that deceased was quite well at eight o ' clost in the morning . He was quite unable at P ^!!?^ Mcrapt ' -for death until- the analysis * ^ 9 « .. * »«~ i . A ' , person suddenly : taken ill jffould , = jwt - ^; mi such .. position . The dsctsttd inust flara been placed where' she lay . Heuic ^ nown ^ her knees lay k , the kitchen , tbi other pbrrton . veasjin the doorway andr . passigafi-Mr . Ji ha MsJdleiras next called « nd sworn . « e sl ^ d hj teas of DO ^ rofesiion or trade , bat iyed on

      His. Property. The Deceased Was His Hous...

      his . property . The deceased was his housekee ^' r ; and had been with him between ten and twelve years .- Witness left his home on Sunday morning at about twenty-five minrites ' to eleven o ' clock , and wenttoClapham Church . He always requested the deceased to lock the front gate and bolt the door . He got back about twenty minutes past one o'clock ; and supposing the gate to be locked as usual rung the bell . After ringing several times ; he became alarmed , tried the gate , and found it unlocked ; he then saw the back door was open , and , on entering , found the deceased lying on the kitchen floor ' with some pieces "*)! carpet under her head , which had been moved from another part ofthe room . ' . 'He felt her facearid fomid she was dead ; He went to . Mr .

      , Venablea , who'lived next door , told him what he had seen , and asked him if he had heard any noise ; and Mr . Venables said he had not . He . returned to the h » use , found every room had been entered—cupboards , drawers , bureaux , and his iron safe , had all been forced opened , and what was ^ portable was carried off . His deeds and bank receipts were torn and strewed about , and , exclaiming in a vehement manner , the witness said he was satisfied his housekeeper was murdered . He observed also that i he deceased ' s boxes had been ransacked , and a small box in which she kept about £ 2 for household expenses . About three months since an attempt was made to break into the house , but he succeeded in dispersing the thieves with a blunderbuss . The

      witness was proceeding to state other facts relative to his property and supposed losses , when—Mr . Bicknell , the superintendent of the V division , suggested that if such evidence wss proceeded with , particular ) - at that important time , the robbery having onlytaken place the previous day , it would have the effect of thwarting any efforts the police might make to discover the perpetrators ; and if the inquiry was adjourned a reasonable time , they would no doubt be enabled to produce important evidence . —The coroner and jury were of opinion that such a course would be the most advisable under all circumstance * , and the inquiry was adjourned for a week , Mr . Parrotfe being directed in the interval to make an analysis of the contents of the stomach .

      tuRTHEB Particulars . —The persons concerned in the perpetration of the recent burglary and supposed murder at Clapham are still at large , although very active exertions are being made by the police to bring them to justice . On Monday night a secret note was sent round from Scotland-yard to publicans , beershop keepers , and others resident in , the metropolis and its suburbs , giving a full description of four men who are suspected of being the criminals , and there is very little doubt , from their being well known to the police , that they will soon be apprehended . — It is pretty clear from all tbe circumstances attending the outrage , that the perpetrators of it used chhv rofornr to render the female insensible while they plundered the bouse , but it is supposed that ,

      unfortunately for their victim , they gave more than she could bear , and caused death . What makes that circumstance not improbable are the particulars which have been gathered by parties who have been sent round to the chemists' shops in the neighbourhood It has been ascertained that on Saturday evening , a little after seven o ' clock , a tall thin man , dressed in shabby black , called at Dr . Hale ' s . 'No . 2 SVBkck friars-road , and requested to be supplied with sixpenny-worth of chloroform . Mr . Hale asked him what he wanted it for , as it was a dangerous article to be used by non-medical men , when he replied that he wanted to draw a female acquaintance ' s tooth , and to make her insensible while the operation was being performed . Dr . Hale refused to supply him , "

      although the man pressed him very hard . , He then left the shop , and joined two other men who were waiting at the corner of the opposite street . The man who applied for the chloroform answers the description of the man who was seen to leave the house of . Mr . Maddle with a bundle under his arm ; The other two , Dr . Hale says , answer the description forwarded by note . —Another circumstance of some importance as showing the probability of chloroform having been used , and the facility with which it can be possessed by thieves , has come to light within the last ten days . The Combined Vapour Manufactory , 32 , Commercial-road , Lambeth , ha < i been entered durinz the absence of the workmen , and sixteen gallons of chloroform stolen therefrom of the value of

      £ 72 . —Several parte have been in custody on suspicion ofthe robberyand murder ; but on being con . fronted with , the authorities at the police stations , they were set at liberty . —There is net the slightest doubt that the thieves must have been well acquainted with the circumstances of Mr . Maddle , and knew that he was in the habit of keeping much valuable property on the premises , for no casual observer would ever have thought of breaking into the house with a view to plunder . The house is a small tenement only one story high , of shabby appearance , and would never be taken for anything more than the residence of a mechanic . —A witness will be produced at the adjourned inquest who saw tbe deceased Mrs . Sneiling at the window of the house at ten o ' clock

      in the morning . —The police in possession of the premises have made tbe most minute search of the doors , wails , and fences , both back and front of the house , but they cannot find the slightest trace t 3 indicate by which way the persons entered or left the premises . Asihepolice proceed in their endeavours to ascertain some clue to tbe perpetrators of the outrage they find the matter enveloped in a darker state of mystery than any case ofthe kind in which they have previously been engaged . They cannot obtain the slightest assistance from Mr . Maddle which would enable them to trace the property alleaed ' to have been stolen . Even the gold watcb , although Mr . Maddle has had it some years , he states that . he cannot tell the maker ' s name , where he bought it ,

      or number of it , or furnish any description whatever . On Wednesday several officers ofthe detective force went to the house in Claremont-place , and in the presence of Mr . Maddle arranged all the papers and documents which had been strewn about the place on the dav of the . robbery , and after examining them all Mr . Maddle could not positively state what he had lost . Among the papers were a large number of valuable deeds , leases , bankers' receipts , and other documents , which it is very suprising were not carried tiff by the robbers . Mr . Maddle , by ; the advice of the police , has been to his bankers to ascertain whether any of his documents or . cheques have been presented , as many of them could readily have been negotiated ; but nothing of the kind had taken place

      Tbe police made a most minute examination of the drapers and cupboards which were broken open by the thieves , and they are decidedly of opinion that the robbery was never perpetrated by regular housebreakers . The implement used for forcing open the drawers was a small chisel , the blade of which is not more than two inches lung , and , " hat is a most extraordinary factf > it is the property of Mr . Maddle , and was kept in a small tool-chest in the back kitchen , from whence the thieves must have taken it into the drawing-room , where it was afterwards found . The police are convinced tint , had the robbery been perpetrated by professed ' * cracksmen " they would have taken their tooU with them , nnd not have depended upon the chance of finding implements in the house .

      Frightful Occurrence. On Sunday, About O...

      FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE . On Sunday , about one o ' clock , screams which pro ceeried from the house , No . 17 , Short ' s-gardens , Brury-lane . attracted the attention of the policeman on the beat , who , on entering the premises , discovered in a back yard the almost lifeless body of a woman named Ann Donovan , the wi e of a person who exercises the callings of blacksmith and pugilist The police were informed ^ that she had been thrown out of the second-floor window by her husband , and as it was found that she had received extensive injuries , she was removed to King ' s College Hospital . Donovan , who asserted that she had herself jumped from the window , was arrested immediately and lodged in Bow-street station-house . Two children ,

      a little girl and an infant , who were found in tho room , were conveyed to the workhouse . When the unfortuna t e woman was removed to the hospital her skull was found to be fractured . Her ribs were all broken and her left side terribly injured . ' At two o ' clock Professor Ferguson , the physician to the hospital , found the poor woman in such a precarious state that he at once proceeded to Bow-street , and requested the magistrate to come and take her deposition , as he had no doubt she was dyin ; . Mr . Hail was soon in attendance , and the prisoner was brought up in custody of two policemen . The woman said she was thirty-five years' of age , and her husband had frequently beaten her in an unmerciful manner , sometimes with a poker . Latterly he had been much more affectionate and kind to her . On Saturday night they had been out drinking together . Thry

      pot home about half past twelve Iri a short time afterwards she said or did something which dis pleased him , when he struck her over the' face an

      Bow-street .. " . ' .. ; " " .. ' -, ' ;' '"' ; . " . ' ' : On Monday Daniel Donovan was brought upl-for examination at the Bow-street < i < lii-e , oil the charge of ill-u < inghis wife , Ann Donovan , whereby , her . life was in danger . > "Whsn , the . rrisoner . was " placeiiinthe dock , Inspector . B'ack called Catheriue ^ DohpyaVi , the prisoner's child , who is only seven years ^ age , ' . and . who said at tbejiospitoltbat shesaw her father throw her , mother , from the . window , to : b ^ examiijed , ' . as ., the first witrie 3 s . ^ THe : prisbrier suddenly ;; . interrupted the proceedjbgsi sufd said his child was uotr in , the robin at all . ' and dicTnot witness ' the occurrencei ~ Mr . ' llall desired the prisoner to defer any explanation he had

      Frightful Occurrence. On Sunday, About O...

      to make . uhtil the " proper / time .- ^ M ary Ann-Burke , a single woman ,, deposed- that ; she 'lived' at' No ' . "Ill SKort ' s-cardens ; inf the samerbom the * accus ' ed ' occupied .. ' ;^ Witness found him arid hiswife : inithe room about a quarter , to , one r on , Sunday , / morning ; iwhen she returned home . . The prisoner , and his wife were dressetfc '' They were ' quarrelling , and both appeared in liquor . They continued abusing ' each other , and witness persuaded them to discontinue quarrelling ^ . and the injured , woman did soU The . prisoner continued talking to , her , and she then made him a very indecent answer . ' He then immediately left his chair and struck her several times upon the side , of her head with his clenched fist . ' She fell upon the ground sideways , and he kicked Her violently with bis foot

      She called out to witness ; "Oh , save me ! " On the witness requesting him to , desist , he rushed at her ( witness ) , and pushed her violently against tbe window , and exclaimed he would serve her the same . Witness to ' .-k her bonnet and ; shawl and left the room . Witness stood at the street door for nealy ten minuses , when witness was alarmed by hearing Mrs . Donovan screaming out murder . Witness then l-ft the house for a short time , as she thought they would leave off quarrelling when she returned . She had been absent some time , and on reaching Short ' s , gardens she saw a crowd of persons round Donovan ' s house , and policemen running in all directions . Witness then heard that the accused had thrown his wife out of window . The room in which the

      Donovans lived was situated on the second floor back Witness had frequently heard the accused arid his wife quarrelling and he was in the habit of beating her . Witness had Jived with the Donovans about a fortnight , and during that time they were frequently intoxicated . —The prisoner cross-examined the witness , and in answer to his questions she said she never , heard the unfortunate woman threaten to throw herself from the window . — -Mr . John Wood , house surgeon to King ' s College Hospital ; said ; when Mrs . Donovan was admitted she was insensible , aiid suffering from a fracture of the forehead on theright sid-, and ' . here was also a wound , in the skin , of the forehead on the left side . Her eyes were closed , and her face was much swollen and bruised . He ordered

      her to be out to bed , when he found she had also received a fracture of the ' left kriee . She afterwards recovered and vomited blood . She complained : of p-rins in tier stomach and , her side . Witness - was ; of opinion that it was ' caused by , a Ikick ' ,, and ; not by ., a blow . She now lies in a very precarious , state , and he has very small hopes' of her recovery . —Mr . Hall , in remanding the prisoner , said he could not proceed any further with the case that day , ' as . he wished , to know if the woman was likely to recover or riot . The surgeon would be . in a position to give an opinion in a short time , and in order to have that opportunity he should remand him until Monday next . ' It -was stated that the prisoner * had frequently been in custody for ill-treating his wife , and ? also other people . r |

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      ¦ Child Murder. — A Constable, Named Joh...

      ¦ Child Murder . — A constable , named John Hawkins , living at Heage , near Belper , last week , having received an annonymous letter , setting forth that a young woman , named Elizabeth ^ Vicars , . who resided with her . mother , iii a small cottage , ' had been ^ confined , and that the two parties were suspected of having murdered the child , he . immediately went to the house , and , having made known his business in calling , was told by the , mother that the report was groundless . He , however ) apprehended the daughter and mother , and , on the former being examined ^ by Mr . Allen , a turgeon , he pronounced her to have been delivered of a child .

      The constable then proceeded to search . the cot ' age , and , finding thit a large paving : Stonc had' been recently rem ved , the discovery , of the . Manning .- , ' murder flashed across bis mind , and he forthwrh took the ; stone up , when he found the body of a newly-born female child , wrapped up in an old black apron , ' the legs being doubled up under its body , and the latter squeezed quite flat . The conarable found concealed in the . cottage a sum in gold and silver , amounting to £ 53 . 3 s .: In another hole a quantity of copper money was found , which had not been ^ counted , but which weighed thirty-seven pounds , and in another place he found £ 10 9 s . did .

      White they got tlie . inoney from is a mystery . Both prisoners occasionally went out begging . The surgeon , at the inquest , said the child had been born ten days ; there were marks of external violence on the head , atid a piece of tape bad been tied round the neck to produce suffocation . The entire surface of the scalp was a mass of bruises , and * black from effused blood . The injuries were inflicted during the life of the cjiild . A conversation between the two' prisoners , which had . been overheard in the lock-up , proved that both were guilty , and the jury returned , a verdict of . " Wilful Murder" against both ! who were fully committed for trial .

      ' Cors . Rents . —Last week , at , the rent-audit of the Duke of . Portland held at Mansfield , it was officially announced that in future the rents of his Grace ' s tenants would be estimated according to the price of corn ; reductions in the rents due were made , and in many cases the return amounted to twenty per cent . " The Duke . has also ordered his steward to pay one-third of the amount levied for poor rates on those of his tenants who occuoy farms in parishes where the rents have been ; ircreased by the diminution of i & lv-uv . Representation of Ltmington . —Mr . Butchins , the candidate for Lyra'nctou , in Hants , is a nephew of Sir John Guest , M . P . for Merthyr Tydvil . lie is to be opposed by Mr . Andrew Stuart on the protectionist interest . The nomination took place in tha Town-hall at noon v > n M-nday last The show of hands was deolarrd to be in favour of Mr

      Uutchins , the Liberal candidate , whereu-pon a poll was demanded by the supporters of Mr . Stewart . Tuesday . —The last numbers polled were—Uutchins ( Free-trader ) . 121 ; Stewart ( Protectionist ) , 103 . Mr . Stewart resigned at about three p in . Fatal Accidest . —Considerable excitement was caused in Maidstone on Saturday night by the report ofa fatal accident to . Mr . H . Gidden , jun ., of the Medway brewery , a young gentleman who was greatly respected , and whose premature death has

      been the subject ; of general regret . It appears that having driven his sister home from the country in his gig , and set her down at Somerfi , ld-house , his residence , he turned his horse round in order to drive . down to the brewery , when a noise was heard , and the deceased was found tvterwards lying insensible in the road , having , it is supposed , pitched on his head .. Medical assistance was procured as quickly as posnb ' e , 'but the unfortunate gentleman died in an hour . The chaise was afterwards found to be much broken , and tho h > r-e considerably injured .

      Murder of Turks Persons , and Suicide of the Murderer . —A triple murder occurred on Tuesday evening last , in the Wood , at Ingcstre , near the mansion of Lord Talbot , Stafford . —In a lonely part of the wood belonging to the Ingcstre estate is situated a house , which was until Tuesday evening inhabited by the park-keeper of , Lord Talbot , wliose name was Spencer Yarker , and who it is understood had been upon terms of friendship with the other keepers until some short time since . During the last few weeks Yarker has had attacks of delirium

      tremens . Tuesday afternoon , in company with another keeper , named W . Morrey , ho proceeded into the woods , and from some , cause at present unexplained , no other person being present , Morrey was shot by Yarker , and was subsequently discovered at a place called the Pavilion , quite dead . From subsequent circumstances it , appeared that Yarker , after having deprived his fellow-keeper of life , proceeded towards his own house , the distance of half a mile , upon entering which he levelled his gun at a servantwho was sitting before the fire , and discharged the contents in her body , the poor creature fallinjr forwards on the floor a corpse . Yarker then pointed his £ un at his sister , who had but just returned from Stafford , but she fortunately escaped the contents

      of the gun by falling forwards at the moment lie raised it to his shoulder . At this junction the wife of Yarker rushed down stnirsjTand whether to pursue the murderer or pursued by him is not at present known ; but she ran out of the house into tbe wood , joined by Yarker who , , having / reloaded h ' s gun , fired its contents at her . -One cWgo entered her forehead over the left eye , and tho other penetrated her body , and instantly deprived her of life Tho infuriated murderer then discharged the gun obliquely in the direction of his own head , literally carryingaway one half of : his face and shatteiine the ; head . During this tragical ewnt , his little child was sleeping in a cradle near the spot where the servant was killed . Hisother two children : who are nowjeft orphans , were fortunately at a nei * hbourinvilhge—The reports of the

      »« . gun" having created an '* alarm , some of the servants connected withthe farm buildingsiwcro soon upon the spot and ; discovered the lifeless corpse of the servant upon the house floor lying in a pool of blood . . Further J search disclosed : the sad sight of the' dead bodies bf Yarker and his wife , who wero discovered a short distance from the house , to which place they were conveyed and laid side b y side on the floor . Subsequently the body , of Morrey was discovered , a ' so lifeless ; and : was in like manner conveyed to the house of : the murderer , and placed bv'the side of the other ; bodies . —The distress occasioned ' by this lamentable event , is considerably augmented b \ r > tho fact of it family , of seven young children being deprivedof a parent , and all moans of support , bythe death of Morroy , who was much -respected by hishobloemployer . ' i . / . o : ¦

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      ,-, Enccmbeukd . ' fJoMMissioN . —Ah . application , . has beenimade for an absolute order for ' tho sale of ' tho settled estates of the Ei \ H , of Kings ' top ^; The unsettled " estates are ; . ' already ' . " ordered for ^' ale by the commissioners . '" . Ther ' enbunibranees , ' on the entire ;» r o ) set ; , . ; dow nV . ai ' ., upwards . i ^ f jGa 0 O ; j 00 p .,, ' . The , unjsettled es ( jate 8 ' are \ vnlued at ^ l ^ OOQia year . jarid tlie settled / aV 320 , ' 0 ti 0 ' , jper ^ tales [ tfow ^ apprdabhing—of the estates'i of the Earls of Mountcashell . Kingstou , and Portarlinston , will

      ,-, Enccmbeukd.' Fjommission.—Ah .Applic...

      apply , ' the true ¦ te » tl to , t h * Jwi jsales . in ithe EHCunrbwed ' 'CommJBsi ( on ;^ . ^•¦< 4 ¦ U : K . 'i ^ - . f-i ; - ' ikoBEASE op EMioBAWdiv . —The tide o . f . einigration flows' witH as muoh ' vigour iri the northern'counties asiin the south ' . '' The ' ftinneP of Vister-skatea that crowds are ^ daily eritering ! Belfast from'the- 'differorit districts , of tho province , to embark' fori American ports . ' Fropi . themail j pqrtpfiponegalfourvessels are ; preparing ' to sail ; freighted , with ^ emigrants . The Sdllysh ' dhhbh ifercM '' observes that many o » those emigrants are - 'Protestant ' and Presbyterian farmers . ;;! . ; - * ' -f-: ' 'V ; ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦' ; - ' ¦ ' ' ¦ - : ' ' - '' ' ¦' ' . " The Cholera . —This . mysterious pestilence ^ has made its appearance . at . Castlecomer ,, in : the county , of Kilkenny ! and in Bagenalstbwn ; ih . the . adjoining county'df Oarlow . ' 'In' the former locality there have been five cases ; -three of which -proved fatal , oneirecovered ; and one still sunder treatment . ¦¦ ' -in the ' latter there / have been six ; cases ; two of which resulted ' in deatfaj the . remainder being under

      treatment . ,. •• ., / , _ -. Tub Roman Catholic Bishops and tub , Tenantright Movement . —The -land ' question is becoming a source ofhseriousiand . goneral agitation ; 'and" the contemplated " Conference , " in Dublin , is likely to impart a certain-Impetus ! to . the ., movement . The Tablet of' Saturday last lias letters'from fiveKoman Catholic Bishops , earnestly advocating a . ' Conference for promoting a settlement of the tenantright question . The'iVcttion , states . that the Tenant Conference will bo held in Dublin in the latter end of May , when the . "tenant ; societies of ; the four provinces will have an opportunity of , . comparing their views , and taking measures together . " , Tub Martin Estates . —Tlie . Oalway Mercury

      contains the following explanatory statement regarding the evictions in Conriemara : — " The decrees were obtained at tho instance of the head tenants for the purpose ; of , obtaining possession of lands' hitherto occupied by . over thirteen , hundred ' squatters , ' who not merely refused the right of possession , but also the payment of rent in any shape . ' Enemies ; as we are to extermination , we cannot , at ; the ' same time , see the propriety of parties holding'lahds in opposition to the . rightfut . claims of the owners We are also assured that when possession is obtained , every solvent and industrious tenant will , be re-instated in his , holding / and that not one-tenth ^ r ' at riidst onefifth , of the exterminations above anticipated willbe found to be correct . " - ?; ¦ : ' - " ¦ '¦ ' ' ¦ '• !¦ - '¦ " ¦ ' ¦¦¦¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ '>¦

      State ofTrave , —The . Freeman ' s Journal says : — J There has been rather a good week ' s business , and much more activity . . No new failure reported . Customs' duties for tne " week il 8 , 700 , of . which £ 7 , 900 is on '' tea ,: ahd £ 3 , ^ 00 on tobacco . " '"" Mail , Communication - ~ with'XoHho'fc—The ^ City of Ijublin Company have . purchased the ^ Llewellyn , from Government , and . haveobtained thetempora ' ry use of the Banshee uii ' til . the . former , is ready . . With these fine boats , iii addition ' , toithV Eblana , Trafak gar , ' and Iron Duke / they ' ought to be able tqcalcufateori making'the ^ aSsagein'less" then five and a half : hours ,-, the .-time at present allowed ; " We learn that the Posfroffice ,. yrill , however , notriheur the expense of a special train in any case of unusual delay . " ¦ "'< ' "' ' ' " " " ' . ' '' - '

      , ; ,..,. The Viceroyaltt ; —The abettors of the Court pageant have received an ally iri the person of the Marquis of i Londonderry .: ? '* ; - Death of , the ; Bishop op Clooiieb . —The Newry Telegraph of Tuesday last brings the not unexpected intelligence of the death , of the venerable : Lord Robert . Tottenham ; Bishop . of Clogber , wno - ' ex pired , after ^ a painful' illness , ' on Sunday' last . His Lordship ; wasvin his ' 77 th year , and the ; 47 th of hia episcopate ,,. ; , The diocese . ofiClogher , is 'the last which' ; has been . / abolished by the ; Church . Temporalities Act . Its' revenues which amount to about" 412 , 000 per year ; go * to'the ^' Ecclesiastical , Commissioners ; arid the diocese will be added to the diocese ofthe Primate , which will

      henceforward extend from Ballyshannon , onthe west coast ; across to the neighbourhood of Newry ,, and down to Drogheda , ; embracing the ' counties of , Fermanagh , Tyrone , Aamagh , Mohaghan , ' and Louth . Disappearance or a Castle ' Official , —A gentleman who held a confidential post has become a defaulter to an : amount not yet precisely ascertained . It is believed that he absconded about Friday or' Saturday last . A warrant haj been issued for his apprehension , but as yet he has contrived to elude the vigilance of a select corps of the detective police force ; The defalcations so far . discbvered amount , it is said , to £ 3 , 000 . It is generally supposed that the culprit is by this time on the Atlantic , as a vessel sailed from Liverpool for New York on Saturday , and it ' . has transpired

      that he left his . house in the course of Friday . Repeal Association . —The rent yesterday touched £ 20 15 s ; : This , success for . the last fortnight has , of course , induced Mr . O'Connell to forego his design of closing shop and declaring the concern bankrupt . This prudent resolve on the part of the learned gentleman hiia drawn forth a most biting and sarcastic letter . from-the . pen of the Rev . Thaddeus O'Malley ; a Roman Catholic clergyman , of no mean celebrity in Irish politics . The Rev . writer had in a recent epistle admonished Mr . John O'Connell to quit the field , in order to pave the way for a " union of parties . " ' " His "poverty , not his will , " consenting ; the member for Limerick was about to . adopt the course suggested by his monitor

      Reverend , when a ' rise . in the funds gave gave new life to- his hopes , and a fresh supply of gall to his clerical castigator . , Synod of the Roman Catholic Church . — The approaching Synod is a subject of the liveliest interest amongst the Roman Catholics of this country , on account pf the importance of the questions , which , it "is understood , are to be brought under consideration , including the system of education at Queen ' s Colleges , and various matters . connected with ecclesiastical affairs . " It ia stated ; that the Synod will commence its sittings at the College of Maynooth on the first Tuesday in July next . Encumbered Estates Commission . —Twenty move petitions , filed during the week ending the 24 th

      ult ., make tho entire number ; of applications for sales of estates 733 . In this last batch , the encumbered inheritors are generally men . ' of small estates , whose petitioning creditors are the ' holders of mortgages or fatnily-ohargesof long standing . ¦ Emigration . —As tho spring advances , emigration steadily increases in' all parts of the country . It appears , from the Clonmel Chronicle , that many of the farmers going out to America , are leaving " the old and helpless portions of their families behind , as claimants on the poor-law ., That journal states that during the last week , four hundred paupers of this description applied for relief in the Tipperary union ; 'but , on account of want offunds , the . guardians refused them admittance to the workhouse ;

      Tub Martin Estates . —In reference to the purchase of a part of this property by Dr . Magec , we have received . ' a . letter from that gentleman , in which he complains . ' that he has been erroneously represented / as' committing unnecessary cruelties upon the tenants . ' Ho says he is not an ejector of tenants , and no persecutor of the poor ; that he has done all in hia power to assist the poor ; that he has never unroofed their huts , but has giyen ; orders for a perfectly contrary conduct to bo . observed to- ^ wards them . JIo'further ' states , that in a very short space ' of time tho condition of . the poor on , the estates has beenamendod . by the ' purohasb for them of-nets , and implements of husbandry . —Times .

      'Disunion In The Protectionist Partt.—Th...

      ' Disunion in the Protectionist Partt . —The aristocratic upholders of . the policy of Protection , nbtwitVistandinjj the desperate tenacity with which the wilder membcrs-of the party cling to the modern principles (?) by which thej ' ' are guided , . seem to be fast approaching their political dissolution . Disease of the most fatal character has crept in , and daily gains a faster hold of the constitution of-this party disease under the form of internal disunion . They daily lose strength , and to pursue the metaphor , the guardian of the body , called in Parliamentary phraseology " the whipp or" applies avemedy too strong for the stomach , which produces the most disastrous results . Useful , members become at first careless , or lukewarm in their , support ; and even-J

      tually' dropoff from the main trunk , ' . and thus severely test the power of vitality still possessed by tho remaining portion of the party . ' To speak more plainly ; ife . appearsthat the hereditary aristocrat , to whose whip the outlying members of . this , formidable (?) party were entrusted , either from want , of knowledge of tho duty which wascbiifide ' d tohihi , ' or from a distaste for the performance of it , 'became so entirely-unapproachable , and therefore so bad a medium of : communication * between the outsiders aiid the chief , that a number ofthojsupporters ( sufficiently numerous to ' causo alarm ) took offence , and refused to hold any communication , directly ' or otherwise , with" the whip . " This proceeding , we are told , produced a serious difference , and within the past week a , council was- held in one of the fashionable squares .,: " 'Tho . whip" was uriable . or declined , to explain his conduct , and after astormy debate he was'dismissed frorii his office with ' a

      severe admonition , and two , successors were np- ' pointed , and carefully-instructed as to the' natui ' e of tlieir duties . Tho . seeds of disunion .-are now . so widely : spread that it lefitiires . all the ; pp \ yer . of the . ablest hand aniongst this despairing yarty tp keep up . even an appearance bf coalition ; nndif we do not' crossly deceive ourselves ; we shall "have , the satisfaction of annblihcm ' g : to - oirr readers , before theclosoof . th'issession ,-the :. ' quiet and . almost imperceptible , ; dissolution ; ; 'pf-, the - entire . bodyTrqmet , because we'feel , assured . that . they all . despise'the course theyriiaveJpursued ; and , only , seok ' for a favourable bppbrtunity ' of sliding with some degree of consistency out of it ; and impero ' eptiblo ; because from the [ weakness ^ of ' Jthow ^ present , statei-iw . e feel conlidcnt that before tlie , time we , have named ; their existence or .- non-existeneo ' ., will . hayo . beconie a matter of the' least possible . interest to tlie- political . worldsObsotict :: ' : ' ' ¦ " V ; - . . '"VL'a . ; v „

      , j NAHosiL ^ Epuca rips . —Meetings we re' he'ld- / ori Mbhday . evening at- Preston ' and i Bradford j to'pp ' titiou putliameritiafaYO . uiofexCendingan . d imriyoving riiitioiijvl education , on ; tha . sQoula . iv . ' and . ' local basis . Resolutions in' hecordahoe " 'ivitn tliis ' anti-church view of tho Bubjwt vfovo passed unanimously .

      'Disunion In The Protectionist Partt.—Th...

      h' > . \ THE ; MISERSitf fr ! SCO ! Ti ; AND ; X 0 T :: 'i' . 5 ? 5 , 5 ?*^ W ^ aw ) r « H"Mrj ! ffAB ......, S ?* - ^ - m , ne ^ ; , n' Hol ^ town - anl- 'B aiistone Tool districts hayebeen in , a very unsettled ; fi'fate for 'theJast three weeks , on account of a reduction of sixipence per day . About two months back the miners got ' an advance of sixpence perj day ;/ having j received butj 2 s . fid . and 2 ^ . id . ger day , for about two years before . that . time .. „ The ; men have set ,, their ., faces against the reduction , arid a strike has taken place , which is likely-frispreadover' the' whole of Lanark' shire . On the 20 th ult . ' adarge nieeting was held at Main-hil ' , in Bailstone district ,- On the 21 st ult meetings were held inHoly , town , ; BaiIstoue . iTool , Glasgow , and . Coatbridge districts . . 1 On the 23 rd ult . a . 'lar ^ e aggregate ' meeting / was held at Main-hill , Bailstoiie district / . Wlien the above-districts met , it was resolved to suspend labouruntil thewages be 4 stvevday , land to ; be ' . - paid every weeir . i' . i ; .

      : The following manifesto has been published by the central committee , . ' . ' ¦ . ¦ .- . . - ...:..,,..

      . .. i ' ,.. ... MINERS' MANIFESTO .,,, ,. ^ - . Declaration of WBONGs .-r-We , the colliers and irpn-stoi . e miners of the county , of Lanark , proclaim to the world the wrongis under which we'laboiir , arid which we enumerate as follows : — ' ' ¦ ' - ' ¦ •" ; l .-rThat bur . wages are too low , for the . amount bf labour we perform , and ; the dangers we undergo . 2 . —That the gross average wages of labour for an able-bodied man in . the getting of coal , is about ten shillings per week'of four days . 3 —That the deductions made upon the wages of colliers for the purchase and repair of tools , domestic coal ; ^ oil , pick sharping ; , blast powder , t : iSui-ge : > ns ' and schoolmasters'fees , amount to three shillings and severipence ' per week . ... . :

      ' 4 . —That the net amount of average wages of an able-bodied man in the getting of coal , does riot amount : to more than six shillings and fivepence per week of four dayso-i ;;! -i <; ' ) " , U : ;; : # . —That the gross average amount . of :. wages of labour for an able-bodied iron-stone miner , is about twelve shillings pbr . week of four days . J ; ' 0 . —That the deductwris-made upon the wages of ari iron-stone mirier , foK tbe purchase -arid repair of tools , domes tic coal , oil , pick sharping , blast powder , surgeons' and . ; schoolmasters' fees amount to four shillings per week .: ... . . . " . 7- —That the ' average ' amount of wages of ah ironstone miner is not more than eight shillings per week bffiurdays . ;¦ n ; v ' . ••" . • - ¦ - : - ' ¦¦ ••> ,-. ' , . ¦ ¦ ' ; -j ' 18 . — . That the amount rof monies above stated ; as the wages of colliers and- iron-stone miners ,, is

      materially reduced by , other compulsory deductions . ; . ' .. 9 . —That"the lawwhich ' requiresthat weights , and scales be placed at the '' mouth , or at the bottom of each pit , 'for the purpose of weighing ' the ' coal and iron-stone produced by'the labour , of'the ' miners ,. is violated almost universally ; and' that the men are almost constantly exposeii ; to deductions -and . forf eitures such as to ' affect their . pecuniary ' interests most materially .:. ' ; ; ' ' '• " - . " . ' . "''• ' " : ' 10 —That ' the laws of the land ; whereby contracts between ! employers * and- servantsiare •"* regulated , is materially affe cted by the rules . and fegula' ions enforced . by the emptorers in Lanarkshire , which rules

      are at once . arbitrary ^ nd oppressive . , . . " , ll . —That the ssriatbrif condition ofthe great body of miners is sendusly ' affected by the want of proper ventilation of ' mines ; ' and frequent accidents arise from the ; pits beingjrape ' rfectly conducted , which'the . acfrrequjre 8 . . tp .. pe atteDded'to ;; aud . aUp ) sfrom the condition of tlie . miners' dwelling . houses ,, which , in ' uiost cases , are the property ;' pf the ' emplbyers . ' , " ' , 12 . —Chat the tim ' ei fixed by the employers fdr the payment' of , wages ' . 'sbme being every fortnight , but the large majority being monthly , ; is too Jong , for a labouring mantosustain , without resort"to the employers'store .,. . ? .,. ' . ' -. - .., . '

      13|—That the practise established . by the employers , of : compelling'a lye webk , whereby the miner ' - 'is -deprived' of the- use of a ' week ' s money , which he had previously earned , " is unjust . •;' - . 14 . —That the greatest ot all wronas resulting from the foregoing . evils is the TRUCK SYSTEM , by which the wages already too ' smal-are , reduced fully twenty-five per . cent . ; besides , the practise' is inimical to the social coridiiion of the riiiners gene rally , at variance ; withevery Christian principle , and with the free exercise of the right if the labourer to use his own ; m oney ^—hardly earned- ^ when , where , and how he pleases . . ., '•¦¦ ' , 15 . —That tlie poundage or per centage taken by employers—with few exceptions—who have no Truck Shops , for the advancing of n . oney earned before the regular pay day , is a grievance of which we justly complain . ; . < .

      . DECLARATION OF RIGHTS . We , 'the colliers and iron-stone miners of Lanarkshire , do hereby declare that the wrongs we have enumerated shall be'brought to a termination , and for that purpose we resolve ; ' ¦ ¦ -l . ' - ' . That the wagespf miners shall be such as will enable every miner t « live by his labour . ' : ' 2 . —That the , wages to belaid to miners henceforth , shall , be ' regulated by a per centageon the pricesf ofpig-iron , ' ' -as given in the London price ' s current of ScJtch'pig-iron ; and : that averages-be taken every three months as a . datum for regu ' ating the prices of labour , which shall be made after the rate of ten per cent , on the market price . ' 3 . —That no deductions of a compulsory nature be made , either for surgeons' or schoolmasters' fees from the wages ' of colliers ; :: .

      :.. 4 . —That the . net ; amount of the colliers' wages , shall be such as the ten-per cent , will yield—the miner paying . his own expenses in procuring tools , etc . ; , '•'' .: '; ''' . ' 5 . —That the wages bf the ironstone miners be regulated according to the averages of ; three months ' , at the rate of ten per cent ., in a similar manner to those o f the colliers .- , r 6 . —That no compulsory deduction be made , either for surgeons' or schoolmasters ! fees , from the wages of . iron-stone miners . , 7 . —That thenet amount of the wages of iron-stone miners , be such s > s the ten per cent , will yield—the miner paying his own expenses of tools , etc . . 8 . —That , weights and scales shall be placed at tbe mouth of the pit , and also at ; the bottom « f the pit ; and that every hutch shall be weighed iii presence of the coal-miner or his agent ; allowing 4 cwt ., 1 qr ., 9 } lbs ., at d no mqre , to the hutch .

      9 . —T » at in future the contract between employer and the " employed , shall be upon the principle of one week ' s notice to begiven and taken by employer and servant . . ' -.. ""'' . i 0 . —That every pit be properly ventilated according to such improved means as are in existence ; that the mouths of the pits be properly guarded in such manner as the law directs ; and that ( he houses ofthe miners be so . consiruckd as to promote the health of tlieir inhabitant * . 1 L—That the wages due to eolliers and iron-stone miners , be paid once in each and every week in which they shall have been employed . 12 . —That henceforth the lye week shall be abolished . " . "¦ '• : ' .

      • 13 . —That the truck system shall he forever abolished , and that . the workman , without let or hindrance , shall take away his wages in the current coin ofi the realm , to appropriate to his own use in such manner as-he may think proper . ' - 14 . —That all poundageand per centage taken for money advanced i ( when earned ) before the regular pay dayi shali ' . bcfor ever abolished ; '' ¦¦' ¦' 15 . — 'That the employers and the employed interest i themselves in soliciting tbe government to appoint a practical inspector of mines , in order to ensure the . lives and . property of all concerned . therein , Wv mvlnt * r » P fr ^ o flfinfyo ] OnTWTWiffoa-

      ; Some Masters Charge Market Price For C...

      ; Some masters charge market price for coal . Then would probably be" lid . per week . Men are bound I \ C six hutches per month in some places . \ All . men do not use blasting ; powder , but where the n't , the wages are proportionally less , f Few ' colliers arid- ironstone getters , work more tlia ir . days , owing to contingeuces attendant upon ; mines an sir machinery . . . . , / ..... t . ' . ' / ' ma

      Pottersville Emigration Society. , To Th...

      POTTERSVILLE EMIGRATION SOCIETY . , TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN . STAR .. . , Sir , !—In the Northern Star of April 13 th , I saw a letter from" Mr . Dbwling , traducing the Potters ' Emigration Society andits officers . That statement is-a ; tissue of falsehoods and ' misrepresentations from beginning to end ; and I trust , ; according to your usual courtesy , you , will insert this answer to the statements made . ' . "' . ' , , , The writer ' states'that there are 200 blanks to one . prize ; that niriety-iiirie but- of every hundred get nothing ^ -but disappointmeniand misery , Ac . . Kow , i in the first place ; the society does not imagine that a . member will pay in only , one share , . and expect the ¦ £ li ' 2 s ., 6 d ' . . tp . be sqificierit to pay the migrating expenses . bf himself ' and ' family to the estate : tho

      member lis e ' xpected-tb ' cbntributc his contributionstill hodoes gain ? the- ballot , ' orhasa siinlcient sum of money to go onhis ; Own resources ^ lie t hen witii ^ drawirigjfromj . tUe .. society " jail he : has ; paid over £ 5 ; lQs . v Ifaperson . p h ' ys , in , one s . tiare only , ' and ceaseshis subsc-Wptibns ' , he loses the rightbf balfofc ; but the nionient ' he ' agairi cbhimeii ' ces * his subscriptions his share standsitsohauce . iii tho ^ baUot-bbx ; the money a member has .. subscribed' is never for feited . - The-deputation the swriter speaks , of ,, who -waited on Mr . Tidd'PrattVaske'd him the questions from the ' old'laws , ' , wliicli referred only to operative potters ; Bot ; frbm' the law ' s of tlie society issued after

      it" -was J thrown opsin itd ^ all trades ; arid from thi s they , assorted thatjnone , butoperative / potters : wore legalised members .,., To set » this matter ; a ^ . rcst , a . R eputation , from tho society waited bn . Mtv TWd-. Pratt , ' who , in answer to' the question . whether , nonbpoi-iitive' potters '' were legalised 'members ,-aridentitled tb tfebenpftts of the'f society ; ; sai * :-i- " Any ' person who kjs ! pnid £ IM 6 d . is ; adegalised mbro- > her of- the " otters ' :, JSmigration , Society , anddeci . dedly r entitled , If p " its . benefits-.,, The , apcicty ^ . caii j appoin ^ a ^' many ' agbn ts . an ^ throughout 'EnglKridind Scotianii , as they choose , * and anyone who'states to the contvary ia guilty offalitkoifd" 1 |

      Pottersville Emigration Society. , To Th...

      fchin ¥ thac'isri sufficientltiiswer as t < r ' the lo ^ iiT ^ the mem bers . s •" 'I uVndtfdesire'to ' enter' on a 5-cussionof , the relative merits of Mr ; O'Connn « Mr . ( Evans , ! l believe i : Ms , ; 0 'Cpnnor S ^? honest man , andio , fiay . o , the mterestpf the wort ; classes at ' hearty but'I ' itnoW Mr . " Evans andrf ^ official ' s of the ^ bciety ^ tob'b ' hbne ' standtru ' atworfK men ; 'ortheyoould ^ hov er have stood 1 un scathed lw fiery ordeal-. theiraccbu ' n ' ts have uh'dorgone , and T proud to say ; those ; acconnts . have-beon found rebt . iri every respobt . ¦ The Mr . Scott alludedT " camo from America , ( which he was obliged to fo on account of his-misdeeds ); oh his arri . ii ^ England hei heard- 'of the Potters ' '' Societv ' ? thought it would be algood thing if he could B ? berth in it ; -so he adv - qcated-it ,-talked of hi ? Ll ' acre farm in Wincofisin . or Illinois -and « £ ?? °

      fceoten members ( who he had deceived bv w cious representations , ) to send him as thJ * jl ? ' to . IIanley ' . ' . 'He did-not succeedl in his o 4 oH gata started again fbr . America , and arrivediL $ ZH a short time after , Mr . , Twigg , the esff « f CSk H had left for England . ' He clil edU mnoH ' ^ settlers , and said he' had been appoiutefl ll , , ° t . ho tend the estate , ( he was not appointed ^ at all ° T ' by the Scotch district' or- the ^ Executive ) ifht producing his credentials , of course hi » mt believed , and the members would have nntl- nofc do with him . ; Nosooner . was it known tl ZTi ^ returned to America , than notices wero nL * j - the Illinois - and other papers , by persons whom h » had defrauded , . warning-the public to bIS J him : enough said of the disinterested Afr M £ ^* i ?^^?»*« * SrSft «»

      .. ; «•«« . » , „ « w ., « "'" . pioposterous to merifV moment s thought ; and as respects his chart L suffice it to say , he is remembered wi h Si ' . toI ^ . il ^ toWw . JXgffi * ¦ unanimousl y elected estate secretary bv thlVi gates , assembled from all parts of EnphnV » ° ij . SooUnd . -The expenses incurred by iSjSSSJS at the tune the society was thrown open t „ M trades , and was necessary for the purnSse J „ pounding its plans and principles . Out of tho » L ( about : iC , 000 ) . ; subscribed ; Pottersvilie L £ paid for ; three stores have been erected andstnS ?" n ^' " 7 estate : a ferry-boat built ; CC nn 1 , 000 members located on their lands , with form implements necessary to ' cultivate it , and oxnn cows , horses , & c .-, & c . bought . ' If Mr . Bowling was satisfied with the Lanrt m ' . «

      why join the Potters ' . Society , the objects of whinh are so widely different ? Mr . Bowling also starn that which is untrue . He says , 3 fr . Evans stated "that if we can only secure enough to bur thn grist-mill , the ferry-boat , and river frontage VftV for the rest , " Mr . ^ Bowling must recollecUl ' mt his authority , Mr . John Taylor , who . was one ofthe delegates to Hanley . on that occasion , had a vote of " contempt and disgust" passed on him by a general meeting of the wholo ' of : the London branches , who believed his statements , to befalse , and time ha » proved - them , so . But it is . useless to occupy the space of your valuable journal on such men ; sufflca it , Messrs . Bowling , Griffiths , and Tavlor , are well known and duly appreciated bv the ' London mPm .

      hers , and I should not have troubled you with this letter , but knowing you would be anxious to contradict any falsehoods which may hare been promulgated by your journal , through a reliance on the truth of your correspondents , and trusting to your sense pf justice for the insertion bf this letter , : i I remain , yours respectfully , 8 ,. Chapel-place , Bermondsey .--.: E . A . Errs

      [ . Poisons As Mebicine. Memorial Of The...

      [ . POISONS AS MEBICINE . Memorial of the Names of the 19 , 950 petitioners , to the House of Commons , against ! tlie Deadly Poisons , used . ; as Medicine by the Doctors . London : British College of Health , Hamilton-place New-road . ' . ' . ' How many thousands of lives- are there , ' my father would fay , ' that come every year to be castaway { in all civilised countries at least . ) and considered as nothing but common air , in completion . ef an hypothesis ? ' ' In my plain sense of things , ' my uncle Toby would answer , ' every SHCh instance is MUUDEU DOWNKIGIII , let who wi " com . mit it . ' ' There lies your mistake , ' my father would reply , 'for , in the Court ofScieiice there is no such thine as Jftrder , 'tis only Death , brother , "—Tristram Shandy . The medical hypothesis , uncle Toby , in 'his plain sense of things , ' here anathematises , is that horrid and pestiferous hypothesis , that'Medicine is poison , and poison is medicine . ' . This mercenary , heartless , ruthful hypothesis , by which' human life is cast away as nothing ' but common

      air , ' is as savage in spirit as it was barbarous in origin ; and it is . at this very day carrieo : into deadliest practice , by the doctors , by advertising quacks , and by druggists , v . ith all the ardour and vehemence that can be excited by S ' satiable cupidity , ami by a most ravenous appetite for gain and guineas . Cut the hellish hypothesis , that' Medicine arid Poison are identical' must be maintained and supported against all ' competition '—it must be carried into a wide-spread , fatal practice , although it may sweep and desolate the earth as with the besom of destruction ! ' And why ? Because upon its main , tenance and support , and practical application , depend the very _ existence of a highly respectable and profoundly scientific fraternity—an odious aiid abominable fraternity , whose consciences are educated and formed upon the infernal maxims of 'The : Court , of Science '—a court which is ruled solely by a favoured and fatal hypothesis that brooks no ' competition' and no demur—a court in which 'there is such thing asmurder— 'tis only DEATH , brother !!!'

      John Hunter said of poisons , that' they take their place in the body , as if that place were allotted for them . ' Yes , 'horrid' mercury takes its allotted place in the glands , and in the bones—in the glands it excitesscrophulous tumours , and the teeth it quickly reduces to caries . "Prusic acid takes its allotted place in the heart , and there radically cures all palpitation by effectually stopping all pulsation . Alcohol takes its allotted-place in the brain , and by its action upon that organ induces mania , and all' the ills that . flesh is heir to . ' Strychuine , and brucine takes their allotted places in the muscles , . in which tissues they frequently produce speedy and fatal spasms . The late Mistress Marie Manning had something more than a faint and glimmering insight into this Hunterian principle—yea , wich high professional skill she carried it into full practical effect . She knew that , by a particular mode of administration , a bullet would find its allotted place in the brains of her fond admirer , Patrick O'Connor ; but . in the eyes of tli «

      professional , the skilful doctress . degraded the science , by unprofessional !) ' blending , with her practice , the function ' of a grave digger . By the way , it would act as a very wholesome check upon the poisoning hypothesis , if the Legislature could compel , the doctor — despite his professional sci uples and repugnance — to excavate the graves of his victims . Soyer does not possess more skill in catering for the sqneamishness of a fastidious appetite , than the doC ; tors do in allotting poisons for the specific destruction of any particular organ in the , human frame . In a sort ot cookery book of yoisons , a very learned medical Soyei ' i who has appended to his name the cabalistic letters , ' M D . ' ( query , ¦ Angliee , ' -Murderer- Downright V ) In this medical cookery book there is a receipt for poisoning , so definite and obviously efficacious , as would have dazzkd the eyes , and charmed the heart , and feasted , even to surfeit , the imagination and longings of a Marchioness of his

      Brinvilliers . See how the medical lecturer instructs pupils to ring the changes on medical poisons : ' What I have confidence in recommending you to do on every similar occasion is this—having obtained all the benefit uhte » arsenic ( . ' ) . ornny other remedy has the power to do in any case , change such remedy for some other constitutional power , and change and change until you find improvement (!) to be the result . « * * « In all such cases , then , you must change , conibine , and modify your medicines and measures in a thousand ways , I ' agraWl peal of poisons , verily , ' ) to produce a sustained result . Arsenic (!) gold (!!) iron (!!!) mercury (!! . ' !) creosote (!(!!!) iodine (!!!!!!) opium (!!!! . ' . ' . ' ) pru » s : c aci « (!!!!!!!!) & e . (!!!!!!!!!) ( query —does this ' itc / here mean the virus of hydrophobia , and . the virus of th » plague . fj . mayfoa / l advantageously employed , both asiuternal remedies and as local app lications (!!!)

      . The sixth edition , ' stereotype , ' of thei Medical Lectures from whiih the preceding extract is made , appeared » 1815 It was in the vear 1 S 23 , that James Morison , tli « Jlyccist , first raised his voice against the savage and murderous application of poisons sis medicines ; so that , great as has been the progress of Morisonian Hygeian princip les amongst the public at large , it wouldappear that atprcseiit they have had litilc influence in this respect at least—upt'U medical theory and medical practice . But the public , ' in their plain sense of things , ' are daily becoming more aw more alive to- the jeopardy in which they are continually placed , through the deadly chemicals with which the doctors essay to prop their falling trade . It appears by th « book , which has-elicited these remarks on 'Poisons m Medicine ; ' that in 1847 , 19 , 130 signatures were appended !" a petition presented by Sir B . Hall to the House of Commens against Pharmaceutical Poisons . Considering tniw these signatures were made almost exclusively in Glasgow , Edinburgh , and in isolated parts of Devon , and a tew other counties ; and considering that the public generally have since bad the most : horrifying , evidence ofthe baueua

      oftects of medical poisons iu Asiatic Cholera , we have a confident belief , that if due time and proper facilities were now given , in every city , town , . village , and linmlct in tb * kingdom ; for' a similar expression of public opinion , itwould be found that the number of signatures would swell froin some twenty thousand to several round millions . Still we , consider that this book is a very appropriate and graceful . \ Memomai , ' to the 19 , 950 independent petitioiic * who did not delay their signatures until the movement h » a become general and popular , and who may be regarded a * the pioneers in the humane and holy -warfare against medical poisoning . Had the House ^ of Commons , in compliance with the prayer of that petition , appointed a commission in 184 . 7 ; and had . che-iiical poisons been at once discarded from medieaf practice , how ' goodly- and i ' yL . ^' soil might have ' since b ' cei \ saved / from the grasp of « king of terrors , ' anel : from tho graves of the "iur ( ler ^ r ^ l » w many useful a » d valuable lives might stiu have » ee preserved to the community—how many fond and nrecI 0 ' ¦ xetatiyes might still have cheered and gladdened tn » w « - , desolate hearth t

      Importaki- Discovkrt.~The.D«6ote Pttwish...

      Importaki- DiscovKRT . ~ The . D « 6 ote pttWisho » the following Ifitter . trom Constantinople : — " The Am * bassador-ef -Franco has received information ol »» important , discovery made in . the neig hbourhood ° Erzeroam of an extensive bed of coal , 'specimens w which have been distributed to the consular body- "; tiie Jooality . The , province :, of Erzeroum !>»* hitherto been i without ^ combustible materials ,, 8 W » thsjonlyfuel of tho poor , is the . ; dried dung of l" cattle ; .. The country , though-very ^ productive , » excessively cold , and > the ithermoinotcr , -descends as

      low ; as ; twenty-flvo xlegrcosj below . zerOiimThc »«" por ; tance-of this discovery ' may the , /• .. thereto" *' realdily appreciated , and is , . probably ,, but the pf 8 " hide to operand , inoi « - -valuable .-, ones , iforforeio » scientific men have already . explored , the mountain of that part of Turkey ^ a ' ni'have , poaitivoly ? ste j ^ that , , the : soil ,- , bearins an analogy ; to : thati of tne Altai , intbe . northof Hiisshv should . coiitain'miiiw of gold ahdisUver ., , Ih 8 iTurki 3 hhGQtfernmon ^ it , » said . viintoiids / tO'ilmTeiLtbo-. inine . ) worked ^ y ' .-Jj ^ Governor of the province , Who . 'willp ' ay a l ' coJisiaei . able revenue to the State . " ' . ^ = 2 *

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 4, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04051850/page/6/