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      Health of London during tub Week . —In the week ending last Saturday the deaths registered in the metropolitan districts amounted to 931 . Taking for comparison the deaths of ten corresponding weeks in the years lSiO-9 , the weekly average is 1 , 023 , and this , with a certain proportion added for increase of population , becomes 1 , 116 ; the return last week is , therefore , favourable , showing a decrease of 135 . The present account is for the last week of the quarter , and it exhibits a larger contingent than usual of violent and sudden deaths , in consequence of a number of coroners' cases in arrear being now entered in the reg ister- books , or 71 deaths b ? " violence , " 7 are ascribed *<> P ?? ' ° to hums and scalds , 13 to hang ing and suflocation , 20 to drowning , 2 G to fractures , wounds , and ouier injury . Six children were suff ocated in bg « g overlaving or other accident ; a man was ranted on a limekiln : another by food in a ravenous at-Uxi a . uuie-mixi ; ; iuubui ;» « v - «— — r ia vr » nr < 5 of l ^ ears

      tempt to swallow it . A young nan . committed suicide by . loading an *^ . ^ ?* S dischar ^ n" it over his stomach . On the l ^ tn _ ot £ && at X Goulston-court , Whttechapel , the Ster of a labourer , aged i years , died accord ; in-to the return of the jury , ^* n * tuv » l death , which hoover , is further described m the verdict as -broi'srhtonhv ™« t and privation of necessaries " On the 27 th o September , at the Almshouses , Clapton , the widow of a gardener , died from "aire fcnd decay , " after a life of 103 years . It is mentioned hy Mr . Steib , the registrar , that she had been an inmate of one of Bishop Wood ' s ahnhonscs for 34 years , and enjoyed good health till ¦ wit hin a fortnight previous to her death . She also retained her mental faculties to the last . Last week the deaths enumerated in the zymotic or epidemic class ot diseases -were 10 S . This is a lower number than in any corresponding week since that of 1816 , when thev * were onlv 157 . In the same weeks of the

      three subsequent years the deaths in this class were 340 , 395 . and ( in 1849 ) 7 S 2 . The epidemics incident to childhood prevail less fatally than usual , with the exception of hoopingr-cough , the mortality from ¦ which amounted to 28 deaths , and is about the average . Diarrhon was fatal in 57 cases , but it does not exceed the average of this period . From cholera 4 deaths were registered . The births of 750 boys and 723 girls , in all 1 , 473 children were registered in the week . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean heig ht of the barometer in the week was 29 . 6 S 0 in . The mean daily temperature varied little during the week ; the mean of the 7 days was 56 deg . 7 mm ., which is S < teg . higher than the average of the same week in 7 years . temperature of the Th .-imes was about 57 deg .

      Suicide . —On Saturday last Mr . II . M . Wakley held an inquestat the Sun , Newman-street , Porfmanmarket , on Bichard Pryor , aged fortv-eisht , who was found suspended by a handkerchief from the ceiling of his back kitchen , 33 , Newman-street . Mr- Fell , a neighbour , cut him down , and Mr . Tncker , surgeon , was instantly culled in , but iife was quite extinct . Thomas Nolby stated that the deceased was clerk of the works at Lady Vane ' s , under his cousin , Mr . Arva . On the preceding day his suicide deceased was greatly excited in consequence of a portion of a balcony which he had erected at

      Lady Vane ' s being several inches too short . He called witness out of Lady Vane ' s drawing-room , and , having bitterly complained of the above deficiency , said that he did not know what to do , as he would lose £ 16 or £ 17 thereby . Then ^ taking up a penknife , he rushed at witness , exclaiming , " Either yon or Mr . Arva must die . " Witness pinioned deceased , who said , "lc ' s all right ; it ' s only a flow of Hood to the head . " Witness then brought him home . He had been under Dr . Roe ' s care two years ago for insanity , and was put under restraint . Since then he placed himself under Dr . Coffin ' s treatment . The jury returned a verdict of " Insanity . " "

      Shocking Accident . —On Saturday evening last Mr . H . W . Wakley , deputy coroner , held aninqnesi at the Rising Sun , High-street , Marylebone , on the body of Mrs . Jane Ellis , aged twenty-four , the wife of a respectable eating-house keeper , residing at 63 , Paduington-street , who was burntto death under the following shocking circumstances . —Mr . D . Ellis , the husband of deceased , deposed that on the afternoon of last Sunday week he was sitting in the parlour when the deceased , in passing between a table and the fire-place , set fire to the skirt of a muslin dress

      she had on , and in a moment she was in a blaze from head to foot . Witness caught hold of her and attempted to extinguish the fire , but he did not succeed until the whole of her clothing to her s ' ays were entirely consumed , and her neck , arms , and lower part of her body were dreadfully burnt . Mr . Adams , surgeon , was called to her , and iu three days after the accident she was prematurely delivered of a dead child ; she never rallied after the accident , and died on Friday eveninglast . Evidence corroborating 'he above was given , and the jury returned a verdict of «* Accidental death . "

      Fatal Accident at a S > ilk Manufactory . — On Monday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital on the body of James Kayes , aged sixty-two , late foreman to Mr . John Jaehang , silk manufacturer , West Ham . On Friday the 13 th ult , deceased was in the dress shop , in the act of putting a piece of silk into a machine which is pnt in motion by steam , in order to have it dressed , when his arm got entangled in the wheel . The alarm bell was rung , and the machine was stopped . Deceased was extricated , and taken to the London Hospital , where he died on Friday the 2 / th ult . his arm having been dreadfully fractured , which was the cause of death . Verdict— "Accidental death . "

      Dreadful Accident at Iyixe Elms . —On Tuesday evening Mr . Payne , junior , held an inquest at St . Thomas ' s Hospital on the body of Thomas Pennythorne , aged thirty-five , a railway labourer , who lost his life under the following distressing circumstances . It appeared from the evidence of Thomas Sherlock , a . porter in the employ of the South "Western Railway Company , that on the 4 th ultimo witness and others were employed at the goods yard , at the 3 Jine Elms-station , in fixing a new erane for raising heavy goods in the trucks . A Hole , twelvefeetideep , had been dug to receive the bottom part of the crane , and over the hole the sheer-legs were fixed , with greysTattached , for the purpose of lowering the crane , which was in parts , ¦ when in lowering a portion weighing about 500 cwt . By means of a block and fall from the sheer-legs , a

      swing was given it to cause it to go into the position it was required , which caused the sheer-legs to eant over , and in falling they struck the deceased ( who was a perfect stranger , but who had just come into tho yard to seek for work ) on the breast , knocked him down , and the legs fell on the top of iim . He was raised from the ground in a senseless state , with an extensive wonnd on the top of his head , the skull broken , and the brain protruding . Be was placed in a cab , and conveyed to the above institution . Mr . Vane , the house-surgeon , said deceased was admitted with an extensive fracture of the skull , with the bone driven into the brain . Everything that it was possible was done for him , nut he gradually sunk , and died on Monday morning last from the effect of the injury . Verdict , "Accidental death . "

      DESPERATE CONDITION OF A Snip ' s CHEW OS ITS Passage from Gambia . —On Tuesday a lone investigation was entered into before Mr . Baker , at the Koyal Mason , Sherbert-street , Poplar on view of the body of Stephen Stendon , aged twenty-eight , who died on board the Lady Sale , merchant brig , 180 tons , of Bristol , on her arrival in the Thames . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was a butler , in the service of a gentleman at Gambia , and that on the 20 th of July last he enraged with Mr . "Wilson , of the Lady Sale , to allow him to work Ms passage to England . The vessel left the River Gambia on the 23 rd of the same month , the crew consisting of eleven men , including the master and mate . The day after its

      departure it was found impossible to go below deck , in consequence of the steam and heat arising from the ground cocoa-nuts , and the stench from the untried mahogany . The crew were , therefore , obliged to remain on . deck day and night , and . get their berths where they could . The effect was , that the whole were more or less attacked with fever . Six of them , among whom was the deceased , were unable to work the ship . The corned beef was also so bad as to be unfit for human food . The crew remained thus exposed three Darts of the passage . There was ho surgeon on hoaroTbut every assistance was afforded by the mate and steward , who gave the invalids sago , arrowroot , gruel , and jalap . There were only twenty-four bottles of wine in the

      ship ' s stores , of which but ten were appropriated to the sick . One seaman died on the passage from exhaustion . When the vessel reached Cork , last Sunday four weeks , five sailors were put ashore , and placed in the hospital . In ten days they were thought sufficiently recovered to be able to continue the passage . . In two days after the ship left Cork they were again taken ill . The deceased soon became delirious , and frequently got on deck nearly naked . He was attacked with dysentery , and the iorecastle , where his birth was , emitted such an effluvium that no one would enter it . On Friday mormne , after the ship had gone into the West India Dock Basin , he was found dead ia the forecastle . Had the ship been detained hv Minim ™

      vinds m the Channel , the ma te stated he had no doubt but that all the men who were in the hospital at Cork would have died . Verdict , " That the deceased died of an attack of d ysentery , and they regret that better accommodation and attention were BOt ordered for the deceased on board the ship . " EXTBAOBWSABV SCEKE IN A CoHOUEB ' s COURT . — Man inquest held by Mr . William Carter , the coroner at the Hampton Court Palace Tavern , Francis . Btreet Newineton , as to the death of Mrs . Mary JLM Davies ; aged sixty , a most ; respectable . lady , whS destroyed herself by takmg oxalic acid , the followine dialogue took p lace upon the names of ^ iur y beingSailed . A personnamed Watson , of SSSe ? answered , but refused to be sworn S ^ Coron ^ r : Upon what , grounds ? Are you of aiypSiSr reirgion ? Mr . Watson : So .-The

      Health Of London During Tub Week.—In The...

      Coroner : "What countryman are yo » * ^ . ^ "i son : A Scotchman . -The Coroner ; rhen while you are m En gland you must abide by . the laws . Are ZZ «<• ™ % rMimon * Mr . Watson : None . —The IZotv lofo ^ b ^ ^ »( W « o . « Uto « But first do you believe in God ? Mr . Watson : 3 fo - The Coroner : Do vou believe in a future state ? Mr Watson In o . I believe in nothing but what I see!—The Coroner : You appear an infidel , and I can commit you to prison . Mr . Watson : I must abide by it . lam an infidol . —Tbe Coroner : I shall not permit you to be sworn . You may go . —The whole room , coroner and jury included , were astonished at what had passed . Tho evidence was then proceeded with , and the jury returned a verdict ' of temporary insanity .

      Darikg Robbery is St . Paul ' s CnunciivAHB . — A robbery of a peculiarly daring character , in one of the most public thoroughfares in the City , and close to the well-li ghted premises of Messrs . " Allan and Company , silk mercers was committed , at the early hour of seven o ' clock in the evening , on Tuesday last , upon Captain Bally , R K ., of Datch « t , Bucks , in Chapter-house-court , leading from St . Paul ' s Churchyard into Paternoster-row . It appears that Captain Bally , who is staying at the Cathedral Coffee-house , St . Paul ' s , had no sooner turned out of St . Paul ' s Churchyard , to proceed through Chapter-house-court into the Row , when he was attacked and beset by three well-dressed fellows , one of whom tripped him up by the heels , by whom he was held while on the ground ; the other

      two , in the meantime , ransacking his breeches pocket , and robbing him of his purse containing eight sovereigns and some silver , with which they escaped through Ivy-lane into Xewgatc-strcct , and got clean off with their booty . From the strong gaslights which were in the immediate vicinity of the spot where the robberv was so boldly perpetrated , Captain Bally had a " clear and distinct view of the fellow ' s features , so as to be able to identify the whole of the gang should they he apprehended by the City police , to whom information of the outrage was given a few minutes after it had occurred . From the description given by the captain of his assailants , there is very little doubt ( as they arc supposed to be well-known thieves , frequenting that part of the City ) that their apprehension will be speedily effected .

      A Swindler has lately been attempting to dupe the London brewers and distillers , and has in some instances succeeded . His plan is to fix on some respectable publican residing in the vicinity of a brewery or distillery and to learn whether he deals with the firm ; if so , the swindler draws a cheque on a London banking-house , forging the publican ' s name on the back of it , and then sending a messenger in the garb of a potboy with a request to the brewer or distiller , in the name of the publican , that" He would be obliged by cash for the cheque . " If granted , it soon appears that the bankers have no account with the drawer .

      A Betting-office Keeper . —At the Westminster County Court , on Wednesday last , an action was brought by Mr . Appleyard , the news agent , of Dake-street , Adelphi , against the defendant , who described himself as managing cleric to a Mrs . Barnard , the keeper of a betting-office at No . 28 , Cranbourn-street , to recover £ 9 for the rent of furnished apartments , at £ 1 Is . per week . It appeared that an order had been made for payment of the amount in a month , so late as June last , but the order had not been complied with , and an application had been made to rescind the judgment of the court , which his honour positively refused to en tertain . Mr . Appleyard now stated that it was a downright fraud on the part of the defendant , who had resorted to all kinds of subterfuges to evade payment and impose upon the credulity of the court . The fact was that the defendant Campbell and Mrs .

      Barnard ( as he now called her ) occupied his apartments as husband and wife . The defendant stated that he was not in a position to pay more than £ 2 a month . Mr . Appleyard , in contradiction of this statement , read a report from an evening journal , from which it appeared that Mr . . Campbell had sworn before the magistrate at Marlboroughstreet that he was paying a clerk £ 3 a week . The plaintiff expressed a hope that his honour would give effect to the County Court Act , the defendant not only having put him to the expense ofifiiin this court , but would in all probability , if an immediate order was not made , still laugh at him , as the betting-office would no doubt be closed in a few days . The learned judge considered that the defendant ought certainly to pay a portion of the claim at once , but after hearing the defendant's solicitor , his honour ordered the amount to be paid by instalments of £ 2 a month .

      Fire at i \ ewingtox . —On Tuesday afternoon a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Pinnegar , oil , colour , and Italian warehousekeeper , No . 1 , High-street , I \ ewington-butts . The flames commenced in the basement warehouse , owing to Mr , Pinnegar ' s nephew taking a light to look after some goods in that part of the building . In the course of a few minutes after he had left dense volumes of smoke and a quantity of flame were issuing towards the shop , and forthwith messengers were despatched in every direction for the aid of the engines . Tiie firemen were enabled to subdue the flames , but not until considerable

      damage was done to the premises and stock in trade . Whilst the West of England engine was proceeding along the London-road to the fire , a girl , apparently about twelve years of age , made an attempt to cross from one side to the other . Ward , the driver , on seeing the danger she was in , endeavoured to stop the speed of the horses ; but before he could do so she was thrown down between the animals , and every one who witnessed the occurrence expected to find the poor creature crushed to death . The driver , fortunately , had the presence of mind to pull the horses in a zig-zag manner and although the shoes of the girl were trampled by the horses off her feet , she escaped comparatively uninjured .

      The Classification of Prisoners . —The recent order for the appropriation of the prisons to distinct classes of offenders came into operation on Monday morning , when all the female prisoners and all male prisoners under seventeen years of age were removed from the House of Correction at Cold Bath Fields to the House . of Correction Westminister , and all male prisoners above seventeen were removed from the latter prison to Cold Bath Field ? . All prisoners committed under the Hackney Carriage Act , and for want of sureties , were removed from both those prisons to the Douse of Detention . The total number of prisoners removed was between eight and nine hundred .

      The Attack on Mr . Cureton . —In addition to the sum of £ 50 reward offered by Mr . Cureton for the discovery and apprehension of the persons who made the murderous attack upon him , and succeeded in robbing him of a large quantity of ancient coins , the government has offered a further reward of £ 50 for the apprehension of the offenders . It is supposed that the robbers could not be very well acquainted with the circumstances of the house , or of the habits ef Mr . Cureton , since they left behind them a considerable quantity of gold coin and other valuables , and only took with them the old silver coin and other articles of lesser value , although they had the field all to themselves , after having reduced their victim to complete and utter helplessness .

      The I \ epaulese Prince ' s Valuables . —At the Westminster County Court , on Saturday last a case attracted some attention in consequence of its connection with the officers of the Nepaulese Embassy . The action was in tort , for having unlawfully entered the premises of plaintiff , and demanded property intrusted to his care for repair by the Nepaulese Ambassador . The plaintiff laid his damages at £ 10 . The plaintiff , who said he was a tailor in Windmillstreet , Hay market , stated that he had been employed by the Nepaulese Ambassador and his brother to make clothes . He was in daily attendance upon thera for some time . The Princes , approving of his work , gave him a cap and belt to repair , but mentioned no particular time for them to be returned . These

      articles were covered with diamonds and other precious gems , and were valued at £ 200 , 000 . It took three days to match the velvet for the belt , from . its peculiarity , being composed of different colours , and altogether different from that manufactured in this country . On the day in question ( the 24 th of July ) he went out in the evening with his wife , leaving the articles locked up , and upon his return , at half-past eleven o ' clock that night , he was surprised to find the defendant , with Inspector Darkin , of tbe A division , and a person named Morant , interpreter to the Nepaulese Prince , in his rooms , on the second floor , where they had been several hours , demanding possession of the cap and belt belonging to tbe Prince of the plaintiffs daughter , but who refused to let them have them . The inspector mentioned his authority for being there , which was in consequence

      of a charge made at the police station , by Morant , as coming from the Prince ; and witness ( plaintiff ) then said he would let no one have the articles but the Prince himself , from whom he had received them , and accordingly went to the Ambassador ' s residence , in Richmond-terrace , where he waited with the articles until three o ' clock in the morning , when they returned from WiUis ' s-roonis , and signified , in broken English , that they had given no instructions to the police . The witness next stated that he had been much injured in his business" and credit by the occurrence . The defendant , in reply to the case , said he had only accompanied the Prince ' s interpreter and the police inspector to point out the plaintiff ' s house , and he waited with him till the plaintiff came in . The learned judge summed up , and the jury , after an hour ' s consultation , found a verdict for the plaintiff , damages £ 5 .

      Foundation of a New Congregational Chapel , Pentonville . —The first stone of a spacious new chapel , for the use of the Congregational body of Dissenters was laid on Tuesday by Mr . DI W . Wire , in the Coledonian-road , Pentonville . jK Kw CosouraBE-is . CHiEF fob India . ' —Sir Wilham fiomm accompanied by [ Udv , , Gomm , and Captain Yates , his aide-de-camp , left town on Saturday for India .

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      Pawnbrokers And Stolen Goods.—Mr. James ...

      Pawnbrokers and Stolen Goods . —Mr . James Wcbbe , pawnbroker , Mount-pleasant , ; and Air . Kewley , pawnbroker , Great Crosshall-street , both in Liverpool , appeared before the police ; there under summons , calling upon'them to produce certain articles stolen from the Orphan Asylum , and subsequently pawne d at their respective shops . The cases had been brought at the instance of Mr . Harmood Banner , treasurer of the institution , who appeared in court to conduct ; them . The first case taken was that of Mr . Webbe , in which the articles pledged

      consisted principally of boys suits of uniform clothes , Mr . Llushton severely reprimanded Mr . Webbe for his carelessness , and ordered the articles to be given up without any fee . The case of Mr . Kewley was then taken . His solicitor contended that he was not at all to blame , and after a long investigation , Mr . Kewley offered to return the article * as a donation to the charity , an offer which was readily , accepted by Mr . Banner . It appeared that the articles had been pledged by a woman named Margaret Jones , who had been housekeeper to the asylum , and who has since absconded .

      A . Marquis is Danger . —On Friday night , the 2 / ih u ! t , the Marquis of Hastings , who is-an Ensign in the 52 nd Regiment , now stationed at Liverpool , fell into one of the docks in that port , and narrowly escaped drowning . A Dusfeimte Leaf-. —On Saturday last a half-intoxicated madman , named Williamson , throw himself from the roadway of the High Level Bridge , Newcastle , into the river Tyne , a height of ei ghty-six feet , and , strange to relate , ! -e swam about apparently unhurt until picked up by a boat which put off to his rescue . How ho managed to undress , and unnoticed accomplish the stupid feat , appears very singular , as the bridge is generally thronged with foot passengers .

      Extensive Robbery from a Cotton Warkhouse at Liverpool . —On Saturday last two men , named John Hitchcock and John Woodward , were charged with stealing a quantity of cotton and other goods , from the warehouse of Messrs , Daniel Buchanan and Co ., in Neptune-street . It appears that the prisoners had been suspected by the police for some time , and on Friday they were apprehended , it having been ascertained that they had disposed of the stolen property to John Walker and John Newall , who have a store warehouse in Cheapside . Walker and Newall were also taken into custody charged with receiving the goods . Evidence having been taken to the effect that Hitchcock and Woodward , who were warehousemen in the employ of Messrs . Buchanan , were not authorised to dispose of the goods found at Walker and Newall ' s warehouse , the whole of the prisoners were remanded for seven days , in order to afford time for the production of further evidence .

      The Convict Hannah Curtis . —On the 27 th ult . Captain Mason the governor of Gloucester County Gaol , received an official communication from the Secretary of State for the Home Department , conveying a conditional pardon , under the hand of Her Majesty , for Hannah Curtis , the woman found guilty and left for execution at the last assizes for' this county , on a charge of poisoning her reputed husband , Thomas Harris , at Frampton Cotterell . She is to be transported for life . The Rev . Mr . Herschell , the chaplain of the gaol , in the presence of the governor , conveyed her Majesty ' pleasure to the convict , and the communication threw her into a fainting fit , from which she did not recover for nearly an hour . Curtis , expected a free pardon as well as an escape from hanging , and is therefore rather disappointed with the result .

      The Powder Magazines at Wallasey . —It is understood that a communication has been received from the Secretary of State by the Mayor of Liverpool , relative to the powder magazines at Wallasey . It is believed to include Colonel Waters ' s report , and that it is condemnatory of the magazines . Destructive Firk in Leehs . —On Sunday ni ? hta fire occurred in Leeds which resulted in the destruction of a scribbling mill , at New Road , belonging to Mr . D . Cooper . The fire was first observed a short time before ten o ' clock , issuing , from the north end of the building . The flanivs from the moment they were observed spread with extraordinary rapidity . The local fire engines were on the spot with all possible dispatch , but their efforts to arrest the progress of the fire was almost unavailing . To the adjoining

      property ( several very large and valuable mills ) to which the fire several times threatened to extend , they were nevertheless of great service . For about two hours the engine continued to play with an ample supply of water , when the flames considerably abated —not , however , from the drenching of the engines , but from the complete exhaustion of all combustible materials , either in the composition , the mill itself , its machinery , or stock ; in fact only the bare walls , and those in a very skeleton form , remain . The hiss will amount to several thousand pounds , which , we believe , is partly covered by insurance . The flames , when at their height , illuminated the surrounding district for several miles , the glare of the fire being distinctly seen at Headingley . The origin of the fire is not known .

      Shipbuilding in Liverpool . — A meeting was held in Liverpool on Monday , at which a report was adopted declaring that the ship building trade of tbe port had suffered diminution from a variety of causes , tbe chief of which was the great want of space and accommodation in the present yards , the higher price charged by them at the outports , the insecurity of tenure , which has prevented the erection of machinery , and the continual removal of the builders ' yards , and trade combinations amongst workingshipwrights . The great injury to the tradespeople of Liverpool for the want of proper accommodation for shipbuilding , may be seen in the . evidence of Mr .

      M'Gregorj Mr . Kennedy , and Mr . Reston . In the year 1845 these gentlemen employed 2 , 800 men , and paid £ 174 , 720 in wages ; while at the present time they employ 800 men , aC £ 55 , 536 wages per annum . The number of men employed by . them in marine work has decreased from 2 , 090 men , receiving £ 130 , 416 wages , to 240 men , receiving £ 14 , 976 wages ; a decrease in wages for marine work atone of £ 115 , 440 per annum . For the restoration of the trade the report recommends the provision of a convenient site for the erection of private yards , and graving docks , and points out the most eligible position for these desirable establishments .

      Death in attrmpting to save Life , at Stockton-on-Tees . —A few days since an inquest was held at Stockton , on the body of Edward Harle , painter , aged twenty-two ., Harle and another young man were . row'ng down the , river Tees in a punt , to the regatta at Middlesbrough , on the 21 st ult ., when they observed a coble containing four men upset near Jenny Lind ' s Island . They immediately pushed on to help the men , who had succeeded in getting upon the bottom of the coble , but on seeing them approach left the coble , and attempted to get on board the punt . As a matter of course the punt was at once upset , and poor Hale immediately sunk . The others were with difficulty saved . Verdict , "Accidentally Drowned . "

      Extensive Roddkry op a Jeweller , and Rkcoveev of the Property . —In the month of July last a daring robbery was committed in Northgate , one of the principal streets of Halifax , by a party of very expert thieves , who entered the premises of Mr . Lewis Balerna , watchmaker and jeweller , during the night , and cleared the premises of upwards of fifty silver watches , eleven gold watches , 320 fancy gold rings , thirty diamond rings , and an endless quantity of gold and silver pencil cases , bracelets , and other articles of jewellery . A reward of £ 50 was , at the time , offered for the conviction of any of the thieves , but no trace of them or of the property stolen was gained until Sunday last . On that day Mr . Beswick , the chief superintendent of the Manchester detective

      force , received some information which led him to visit a house in Ashley-lane , Manchester , where he found a large box , which had been left there by a woman , who gave the nameof Ellen Moult , and who had lived there for a short time . For nine weeks she had not been near the premises , and Mr . Beswick took upon himself to open the box , which he found to contain forty-four gold and silver watches , a large number of gold pins and other articles , many of which he recognised as the produce of the Halifax robbery \ On Monday Mr . Beswick went to Liverpool , and there discovered that Ellen Moult had been living in

      Sawney Poole-street , as the wife of a man named Hawkins . She had been arrested on suspicion of felony by the . Liverpool police , but no charge being made out against her she was set at liberty . On seeing her , Mr . Beswick at once recognised her as one of the most notorious thieves in the district , whose real name was Amelia . Wade , but who had found it convenient on many occasions to adopt an alias . She was of course taken into custody , and has been sent to Halifax to be examined before the ma gistrates there . It is believed that three men , who are in custody on another charge at Liverpool , were concerned in the robbery .

      Paotbb . Killed By A Kelieving-offioer , An inquiry took place before the coroner at Manchester , last week , with a view to ascertain the cause of the death of Andrew Murphy , ' twenty-two years of age , who expired in the workhouse on Sunday last , it appeared from the evidence that the deceased was a tailor , and was admitted into the workhouse on the preceding Wednesday . . It was , the custom of tho relieving-oificer Moran , to search ' each inmate as ho came in in order that if he had any money it should be taken care of for him until he should go out again . Mo ran , in this instance , , was employed in the same

      duty , when the deceased refused to give up the few halfpence he had in his . hand , and Moran endeavouredto force the . fingers back so that he could obtain them . Some angry , words ensued between them , when the deceased attempted to strike Moran with a Wellington Boot he held in his hand Moran parried the blow , and accidentall y hit deceased on the head . Deceased complained of his thumb beinc injured , and went to bed ,, and during the night ho vomited . In the morning the thumb / was swollen and discoloured . One of his eyes was also dlBCOL 'f Tt He ^ Flamed of pains at the back of his head . It turned out afterwards that his thumb was

      Pawnbrokers And Stolen Goods.—Mr. James ...

      dislocated . He gradually sunk , and his medical attendant thought he had died from theeffeots of violence , producing effusion of the- brain .. ' The jury found— " That the deceased'diedfrom the effects ot a blow of the fist given- by Edward Moran , and he was committed to take his trial for manslaughter . ¦ . , ' . ,, ' . ' . ¦ ¦ : ¦ A Murder of a Tollbar-keeper . —On Saturday morning last it ' was discovered . that the tollbaf between Todmordcn and Ilebden Bridge , had been broken into , and James Smith , from forty to fifty years of age , who was the tol l-collector was found in bed with his throat cut , and quite dea d , ibe drawers had been ransacked , and blood was found in several parts of the house . On Sunday morning a man was taken into custody on suspicion ot

      having committed the murder . On Monday he was taken before tho magistrates at Todmorden , and remanded . Smith was a single man , and resided by himself at the bar-house . He had lately been the means of getting tho prisoner fined £ o . Ihe : prisoner had stated he would bo the end of bmitn . — The following are fuller particulars , of tho circumstances attending the . awful c rime;—Tho person murdered is James Smith , aged forty-one years , a lame and decropid man . Smith was a bachelor , and sold fruit and confectionary , at the toll-gate , lie was seen last alivo by William-Holt , carter , who drives a carrier ' s cart between IiGptoristall and Rochdale , and who passed through the toll-gate . before named a few minutes before twelve o ' clock

      p . m ., on his way home , at which time Smith was standing at the door , and remarked to the carter on his passing through the gate that lie was only just in time , and that had he been a few minutes later ho would have been subject ; to a fresh toll . The door of the toll-house , it appears , is usually fastened , inside by an iron bar ,, and is supposed to have been so fastened on the night of the murder , and is supposed . to have been unbarred by means of a p iece of crooked wire or iron having been introduced through the keyhole of the door ( which was without lock ) , by which moans it is likely the bar was shot back , and an entrance obtained , after which the murderer proceeded up stairs , where the unfortunate man lay , and attacked htm , it is believed , whilst ho was asleep with some sharp

      instrument , cutting off the bottom part of his ear , which wound was continued along the left cheek to the under side of the lip in one continuous gash as deep as could be made for the jaw bone . This not having effected tho death of the poor man , who was no doubt incapable of resistance , the murderer probably made another cut , commencing at one side of the neck and continuing it across the throat to the other side of the neck , cutting . the windpipe and the carotid arteries , and nearly severing the head from the body . . In consequence of tho deceased not making his appearance on the Saturday morning at his usual time to collect the toll , two of his neighbours , Mr . William Crossley , butcher , and Mr . William Speak , blacksmith , of King-street , went to the toll-houi ? e , the door of which was found shut but not fastened .

      They entered and called out , but no one answered , they sent a boy up stairs named Greenwood , about nine years of age , who came in , and who usually fetched milk for the deceased from a neighbouring house , and told him to awaken Smith . The boy leturned immediately in great fright , saying " Jemmy had cut his throat . " Crossley and Speak then went up stairs , and found the deceased Kneeling with one knee on the bed and the other leg off the side of the bod , tho head and upper part of the body hanging over tho bed , and the body cold . It does not appear that plunder could be the object of the miscreant who has committed this bloody murder , ' since the money collected for toll was left untouched , besides some other money , the savings of the murdered man . Various are the reports current in the neighbourhood relative to the motives actuating the murderer to commit this horrid crime , but up to the present

      it is involved in complete mystery . On Saturday forenoon , county police Sergeant Heap , stationed at Todmorden , apprehended a man , named Halllwell , a tailor , at Burnley , who had been seen in the neighbourhood on Friday evening , and also at an early hour on Saturday morning . Mr . Brierley , superintendent of the detective police on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , apprehended a labourer named Greenwood , about twenty-two years , of age . Greenwood resides in the neighbourhood , and both men are suspected of being concerned in the murder . Halliwell ' s cap appears as if it had been saturated with blood . An inquest was held before Mr . J . Dyson , coroner of the district , in the school-room of Mytholm Church , at ten a . m . on Monday , which was adjourned till Monday next , when it is hoped the authorities will have been successful in obtaining some clue to . the detection of the murderer . The instrument with which the

      murder has been effected , notwithstanding diligent search has been made for it , has not yet been discovered . A Farmer convicted of Trespassing on Lands in ins own Occupation . —Mr . Charles Royston was charged , at the recent special sessions at Bromyard , by John James'Payne , gamekeeper to William Barneby , Esq ., and others , tho executors of tho late John Barneby , Esq ., with having been , on the 15 th September ult ., in pursuit of game without a license from the said William Barneby , Esq . The

      defendant is a tenant upon the estate of the complainants . Mr . T . Devereux attended for defendant , and stated that he was instructed by him to admit that he ( defendant ) did take a dead rabbit and a live hare out of the traps which had been laid by the gamekeeper ; the hare he set at liberty and the rabbit he took home ; defendant was not pursuing game , but going over his farm , when he found the rabbit and the hare caught , and did not think it any harm to take it home . The bench convicted the defendant in a nominal penalty and ten shillings expenses .

      A Novel Mode of Stealing Turnips . —On Sunday afternoon , as Mr . George Cole , switchman , on the Eastern Union line , who is stationed at the north end of the tunnel , was looking along the line of railway in tho direction of Handfield Hall , near Ipswich , his attention was arrested by the actions of a dog in a turnip field belonging to the railway company . Seeing a dog hunting about the field in a rather peculiar way , Mr . Cole walked some little way down the line to enable him the more closely to watch the dog ' s movement . Having walked to within one hundred and fifty yards of where the dog was , Mr . Cole distinctly saw him put his head down

      and draw a turnip from the field , and carry it immediately to the lane adjoining , where he noticed three persons standing . The dog having left the turnip with these men , he was again sent over into the field , and drew another turni p , which he conveyed to tho men stationed in the lane , in the same way-as he did the former one ; tho dog having repeated the act three or four times successively , each time conveying a turnip to his supposed master and his companions , aiid they suspecting Cole was making his way to the place where they were located , with an intention to take them into custody , they ran away as fast as they could , followed by the sagacious animal ..

      Liverpool Post-office . —The remonstrances of the merchants of Liverpool have been unavailing , The Lords of the Treasury have fixed upon the site of the Blind Asylum for the new Post-office . This announcement will be received with considerable surprise , seeing that up to . the last moment negotiations were in progress for retaining the office in its present position at the Custom House . , Shocking Death of a ! Robber . — An awful accident occurred on Tuesday night at the railway station , Derby . It appears that a middle-aged main , of rather shabby exterior , had been observed in the station-yard in the early part of the evening at various times , and indeed as late as ten o ' clock . ' At that time the yard L was clear of strangers / The

      London mail-train arrived as usual at half-past ten , nnd the stoker imagined he could detect a slight collision when near a luggage train thathad arrived shortly before , Upon mentioning this circumstance to the officials ,, an examination took place , when the body of the man who had been observed in the yard in the former part of the evening was discovered in a shockingly mutilated condition . The whole of the carriages had passed over it . It is needless to add , that the man was quite dead . Near to the body were three parcels which he had succeeded in extracting from the luggage , carriages , and it appeared evident that he was engaged in robbing the carriages when the London train came up . As yet , no clue has been had as to who the deceased is .

      Revolt of the Brighton Cabmen . —On Tuesday the town of Brighton was thrown into a state of commotion in consequence of the , proceedings of a number of cabmen accustomed to ply for hire at the railway terminus . Mr . Steers has latel y ' entered into an arrangement with the railway company for the exclusive privilege of running a certain number of cabs from the railway terminus . . These are about twenty-four in number ; they are new , well fitted-up vehicks , and tho proprietor has made arrangements to prevent the incivility and other faults too frequently manifested among cabmen . The first three or four , of these terminus cabs came into work , and the other cabmen were informed

      that , though there was room enough for all , and though all would be at liberty to avail themselves of the room , yet the new comers must , on all occasions , bo allowed to take precedence At this information the old stagers rebelled , and the result was that at two o ' clock , when the arrival of the trams from London and Portsmouth was aura to cause a great demand for cabs , the whole body of them , to the number of forty ov fiftv started from the terminus with hoots W hLses ' and with hlT kerchiefs floating m the breeze from thoir-wfaipends , and leaving the travellers in the lurch . They & rh ? I T ! th ™ g & t « e town , and the iaiSn „ T aS £ T d nf them wasthat they were carousing m a bod at the Rock Inn

      y . ^ Diabolical Conduct . —On Sunday morning the Up-mail tram , Ol ) arriving within two miles of Pensnurst , encountered an obstruction on the line , which caused tho engine to jump , and made fire fly from the wheels . Happily the train was not thrown off

      Pawnbrokers And Stolen Goods.—Mr. James ...

      the rails . On examination , the remains of a large gajte were found ; which hall evidently been placed across ' the line . Two men , ' hoppers ,, having been seenibyiCaudall , the constable of . Leigh , wandering abouti . hal . f tipsy about that time , he took them in custbdyj and paying confined them ' separately , ; they both : confessed having place ' d ' the gate oh the line , oach :: charging 'the ; other ; with' being ' the chief offender . They were committed ; for trial at the Quarter Sessions . — -Maidstone . Journal . ,.

      Weavers' Wages at Forfar—A few days since a meeting of the operative weavers was convened by " tuck of drum , " in the Mason Lodge , to take into consideration the best means to be adopted to get ah advance of wages . The meeting was well attended , but no person would acknowledge being the promoter of it ; however , after some delay and hesitation , a chairman was got , and business proceeded .. Deputations were appointed to wait upon a fevr of the leading manufacturers , and represent the wish of the meeting to them , and to report their

      answers .. The most of the parties waited on gave very distinct answers , which was to the effect that they had no objections to raise the price of certain fabrics ( chiefly of the thinner sorts ) Od . per piece , while others hesitated . The result was , that those engaged on the thin fabrics , have got an advance of Gd ., or from six to sev . en per cent . The advance is but very small , and very limited indeed , considering the demand that . at present exists for weavers . ' In the most palmy days of weaving the demand could not have been . greater . Our . manufacturers , not content with what can bo done in ' the town , are forming country agencies ' in every direction .

      An extraordinary case " was brought" to a conclusion before the Presbytery of Dunoon , on the morning , of Saturday last . The Itev . Mr .. Grant , minister Of the parish of Kilmodan , or Glendarllel , was charged , with' being in a house of ill-fame in Glasgow on the evening of' the 2 nd , or early in the morning Of the 3 rd of May , 1848 . In that ' house he was robbed of a sum of money , and he caused the whole ' of . the inmates . to be apprehended and taken to the polico-offlco , where , in entering the . charge , he called himself John Gordon , a teacher from Aberdeen . The fact of a person having been robbed in the house in question , and of having appeared at the police-office , and given the name of John Gordon , was , not disputed , and it was proved by the

      policeofficers and by the books of the police court . The question , therefore , which went to proof was , whether the party in question was the Rev . Mr . Grant . The defence set up was ah alibi ; and four witnesses were adduced , who swore that Mr . Grant spent the night of the 2 nd and morning of the 3 rd of May , 1848 , in Greenock , and that they had been in his company there , and had transacted business with him . In opposition to this , it was proved by no fewer than eight witnesses connected with the police establishment , including the procurator-fiscal and three of the superior criminal officers , that Mr . Grant ( whom they , pointed out . in court , and fully identified ) was , the party in question ; and that it was Mr . Grant who entered the charge at the police office , and then gave his name as John Gordon . In

      addition to , this mass of evidence , ' three other respectable witnesses deposed that they had been in company with Mr . Grant , in Glasgow , at the time when the alibi witnesses said they had been with him in Greenock . At the conclusion of the proof the Presbytery unanimously found Mr . Grant guilty of the charge as libelled . Against this decision Mr . Grant appealed . —Olasgoiv Courier . A Publisher ' s Purchase . —The mansion-house and lands of Priorbank , at Melrose , were sold last week by Major Gowdie ' s agents , Messrs . Freer and Dunn , to W . Tait , Esq ., late publisher of Tait ' s Edinburgh Magazine , for the sum of five thousand guineas . Priorbank was purchased by General Hugh Gowdie , commander of the forces in India , about forty years ago . —Kelso Chronicle .

      A Teacher in the Infant School at Montrose has been sentenced , at Perth , to fourteen years' transportation for some nameless practices towards his pupils ,

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      Five Men Drowned.—About Five Weeks Since...

      Five Men Drowned . —About five weeks since the end of the very long wooden bridge crossing the river Wye , opposite the village of Glasbury , in Radnorshire , fell down , having been left without repairs for two or three years , while the counties of Radnor and Brecon were litigating the question , of liability to its repair in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , ; md the question had only just been decided against Brecbnshire when the bridge' fell . As a temporary means of crossing , some of the neighbouring magistrates made arrangements for ferrying passengers over in a large boat , which was worked by means of a rope and pullies , and it answered the purpose very well until Saturday morning last , when , at the second tri p , the rope broke , and one end being still fast , it drew the boat under water , and seven meii wh were in it were left to mercy of the flood , which was much swollen by high rains in the previous night . Out of the seven two only ( including the ferryman ) were rescued ' . -Two . of . those who perished wore father and son , and the other three have left large families . Two bodies only were found up to Monday . There is much reason to fear that the rope bad been partially cut by some evil disposed miscreant , ; but it is very singular that fourteen persons had just made a safe trip before the accident .

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      Results Of The Harvest.—Future Prospects...

      Results of the Harvest . —Future Prospects . — Taken altogether , the produce of the harvest is most satisfactory , and , in comparison with recent y ears , may be considered abundant . In most parts of the country the people are exhibiting unwonted energy , and in the northern counties particularly , employment continues very active . The Mondghan Standard , for instance , remarks that " there are lots of employment in this district—advertisements posted here and there for , 500 weavers—for the same number of needleworkers—arterial drainage and harvest work ; all those sources of emptying the poor-houses . " The Dublin Mercantile Advertiser thus refers to the present condition of the country : — " The generally favourable accounts of the results of the harvest are increasing confidence , and there

      is a manifest tendency towards improvement in general business .. One good harvest could not be expected to effect more than a very partiatchange for the better , after the tremendous losses and exhaustion since 1846 . But the restoration of hope and confidence has already given a very decided impetus to enterprise ; and people seem disposed to take a much more cheerful view of our prospects . " Crop-Plunder . —Some further instances of cropplunder are mentioned in the provincial journals ; but there is a manifest decrease of this system of outrage . At Cloneen , county . of Kilkenny , on Sunday last , a multitude of the peasantry assembled aiid cut down four acres of oats on a farm Upon the estate of the Hon , Mr , Wandesforde , which was threshed out and sold on the following day in the Carlow market !

      Tub Late Murder in Westmeath . —The following account of the inquest on the body of Mr . North appears in the Freeman s journal : — " On Tuesday , Marcus Kelly , Esq ., one of the coroners of Weatmeath , proceeded to hold an inquest on the body of Mr . North , which was conveyed into the house of a farmer named Haddibo , who resided a short distance from the place of the murder . Several of the most respectable farmers of the locality were summoned on the jury . Surgeon Berry ; of Tyrellspass , made a careful postmortem examination of the body , and extracted , about thirty slugs and small pellets from several parts of it ; the wounds extended from the . right thigh [ up to the temple , and one of the slugs penetrated the hearth which caused

      instant death . After the jury had viewed the body ; the ' gun and blunderbuss belonging to the Dalys , who were taken on suspicion , ; were produced and examined ; neither of them seemed to have been recently fired out of .. The evidence of the witnesses was principally that they heard a ' shot fired , but considered it was from' the fowling-piece ' of a sportsman that neighbourhood abounding in partridge One fitness stated that he was speaking to Mr ^ orth on the road , a . quarter of a mile distant irom the place where , he was shot , ' twenty minutes before the committal of . the . murder : ' Two other witnesses deposed that they were' stacking corn in a field near the place ' where Mr . North was fired at , but did not see him nor did they consider that

      , any person had been fired , at ; they saw , however , a man running across , the fields towards the bog , w ithout his coat , and having something in his hand like a gun , but never conjectured that he had committed any crime . They did not see his face , and would not know him again : Up to the present moment no evidence has been produced to implicate any person in the crime . Dr . Berry said that Mr . North must have died , instantly from the wounds inflicted . The coroner having summed up the evidence , the jury returned a verdict of" Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . " The body was afterwards'removed to : Kilduff f or interment . Mr . Wallace , and Mr . Pilkiiigtoh ,

      - magistrates , attended m Kilbeggan on Wednesday , to hold an investigation respecting the three brothers Daly , who were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the murder . Several witnesses were brought in , from . Portrue , the locality of the murder , and near the . Dalys' residence . A portion of the wadding , supposed to have been used b y * the assassin was found near tho body of Mr . North It was a pieco pf paper , a portion of a leaf of a printed book ; . anda ' . Euclid , from which a leaf was torn out , corresponding with . the wadding mentioned , was found in , the Dalys' house , Under tnese circun > SET . * v * * ' ?; W » lie 4 \ to tho 3 rd of October . Ko , young men could bear a better character . The spot the assassin selected for the

      Results Of The Harvest.—Future Prospects...

      cdmrhissiori ' o'f the deed Was onewell suTtedfor tiin purpose . ; He lay hid in the corner of a ditch covered with bushes , in an angle of , the . road ami as the victim turned . it , ' fired at him . " . - . . ' Election op a Temporal Peer . —Writs have been issued from the Hanaper-office for the election of a temporal peer of Ireland , in the room of the l ,, t « Earl of DunravenV . John Mitchel . —The Nation says : — "The youn » artist , Dowling , who was , transported from London in ' 48 , as an Irish confederate , has written to his brother in Dublin ' , on the arrival of John Mitchel at Hobart Town . We are permitted to publish the following extract from his letter . The news is good and cheering . Of . our other exil es we have no

      recent accounts : — "On the oth of April last , the Neptune arrived herewith John Mitchel . Ho w « 3 kept oh board for several day ' s , and no one was allowed to go to visit him . On Tuesday the Oth , I felt very anxious to get apeep at him , and was going down to consult . O'Donohoe on the best . means . I met O'Donohoe in Elizabeth-street . ThYfirstword he said was , "I am going to see Mit ' phei . Tfyou have time I'll take you to him . ' I went with him to a stationer ' s shop , where , for the first . time , my eye . rested on this truly great man . I don ' t think I should have known him from the portraits published , of him ; for , although the features sire like , they ' have not caught the character of his face . O'Donohoe introduced me to him . He shook my

      hand cordially , and said he had heard about me He asked my sentence ; O'Donohoe said ' only life . ' Mitchel laughed indignantly , and said , ' You were very fortunate that you hadn ' t to mount the hurdle , like Sir William Wallace . ' We walked about half a mile , and he said , in the course of conversation , that the state of things at home was not to be borne , that we had at least solemnl y protested against it ,. and that at all events we had cleared ourselves of all share in the guilt of it ; at another time , he said , he felt ' a freer man here as a ticketof-leave holder , than when he was dancing

      attendance day after day at the Four Courts , Dublin . lie was obliged-to leave this in a few hours ; but he says , in a letter to O'Donohoe , that . Mi-. Martin ( with whom hois 'located in Bothwell , and who , it appears , has studied medicine ) has undertaken to be his doctor , and the first presciption was a ride of twenty-four miles over , the bush , with sleet and snow beating in his face , followed by copious draughts of hot tea , accompanied by an immense allowance of mutton and ' dampie , ' a colonial cake baked in wood ashes .. He says , so successful has been his leech , that he never enjoyed better health than he does on this ' back of the earth . '"

      The Ensisnaog Outrage . —Constable Kelly , contrary to all anticipations , still lingers on ; but there can be very little hope of his recovery , although he makes wonderful rallies occasionally . The two subconstables are ' progressing favourably . We are not informed as to what extent of success the searches after the perpetrators of the outrage have been carried by the authorities , a strict ' see resy being maintained oh the subject . —Kilkenny Moderator . Voluntary Arbitration of ' Rents . —The J 9 « ndalh Democrat states that Mr . Thomas Fitzgerald has requested Mr , M'Culloch , and Mr , James Arthur ,, , of , Dundalk , and Mr . John Kelly , of Black Rock , to value the land of some of his tenants , and fix an equitable-rent on their farms .

      The Vacant Mitre . —The Downpatriclc Recorder " guesses" as follows ' : — " A rumour prevails that the Rev . Dr . Hincks , rector of Killyleagh , is to be promoted to the vacant bishopric of Meath . Another rumour is also circulated that the Right Rev . Dr . Knox , bishop of this diocese , is to be transplanted to the see of Meath , and that Dr . Hincks is to be his successor . We do not vouch for tho accuracy of those statements , but give them as rumours . " Roman Catholic University . — The Freeman ' s

      Journal contains the following ' : — "We are in a position to state that , in conformity with the decision of the National Synod , the arrangements for commencing the formation of the National Catholic University in Ireland are already in a state of forwardness . The four archbishops , together with the other bishops and clergy ' nominated as a committee of arrangement , will hold their first sitting in Dublin on the 15 th ult ., on which occasion the first act towards the foundation of this great national work will be accomplished . "

      Representation of Longford , —It is stated that Major Blackall is to retire from this county , and that Mr . Hughes , the new Solicitor-General , is to seek the representation . Lord Palmerston . —The Sligo Champion states that the Foreign Secretary is about to visit his estates in that county , where he has the reputation of being a very good landlord . The Right Hon . R . L . Shell , Master of the Mint , has arrived in Dublin . Armagh , Sept . 30 , —The Lord Primate has returned to the palace , Armagh , where Lord Hather « ton is on a visit . Repeal Association . —The Association met at Conciliation-hall on Monday—Mr . Ryan in the chair . The rent for the week was £ 13 8 s . Id .

      The Tenant Movement . —Dr . Gray of the Freeman s Journal , and his brother , Mr . Wilson Gray , have retired from the Council of the Tenant League , on account of the arrangement for permitting local societies . Death by Drowning . —Mr , Henry Iiahiff , eldest son of H . Lahiff , Esq ., of Cloon , in the county of Galway , went to bathe last week in the Surges , on the shore Spoddal , in spite of the remonstrances of his friends , and was drowned . Tenant-right . —The first county organisation meeting which has been held in Ulster , for the

      purpose of carrying out the objects of the Irish Tenant League , took place on Tuesday at Ballibay , in the county of Monaghan . In point of numbers and enthusiasm it was a great popular demonstration , and is described as having exceeded in these respects the meetings of Wexford and Kilkenny . The Kilkenny Journal announces that the following counties are now in the thick of their preliminary arrangements for their county meetings : —The counties of Tipperary , Waterford , Louth , Cavan ; the county of Down is preparing itself ; the county of Sligo is likewise engaged . ' - ,

      A Good Landlord . —Mr . Herbert , M . P . for Kerry , has as usual visited his Brosna tenants . He pays all the poor rate of those tenants ; he gives them an abatement of rent to the amount of twenty-five per cent . ; he gives a considerable premium " for the best turnips ; the same for the best clover ; he gives one also for the best heap of manure ; and lastly , he insists on cleanliness ' and order within and immediately about their houses . Defeat of Crop Plunderers by the

      Peasantry . —On Monday night last , on Lady Frankfort 3 property /' near Scariff , a tenant named Daniel Flannery , whose arrears had been remitted , and his accruing rent abated twenty-five , per cent ., as has been done on her ladyship ' s entire estates in this county , assembled a large number of persons to cut and carry away his crop . The neighbouring tenants having heard of the intended outrage , collected to aid the caretaker , and drove off the depredators , thus testifying those feelings of confidence and ( roodwill which should subsist between landlord

      and tenant , proving that' tenants are fairly treated , they can and will be grateful . In no other part of the county was there manifested , last harvest , a more determined resistance to the payment of rents than in this locality . . The Church . —The Very Rev ; Thomas Townsend , lately appointed to the deanery of Waterford , will be , it is generally stated , be the successor of the late lamented Bishop of Meath on the episcopal bench , —Saunders : The New Colleges . —The Dublin Evening Post persists , on hehalf of " the Castle , " in its belief

      that the Pope will not . denounce the Colleges : — " We repeat it—a full , moiety , if not the ma ] prity , of . the Catholic bishops repudiate the notion that they , have denounced the Queen ' s' Colleges and system of national education . ' The lay Catholics of Ireland agree with the Most Reverend the Archbishop of Dublin and the full moiety of the Catholic prelates . . . . The Pope has . acceded to the French system , and it is simply ridiculous to pretend that the head of the Catholic ' Church will repudiate the much more Catholic system of Ireland "

      Singular Defence Of A Player. —An Itiner...

      Singular Defence of a Player . —An itinerant player , possessed of more wit than money , was a few days ago driven by the hard master , hunger , to commit the high crime of poaching , in the neighbourhood of Birmingham , and being unluckily detected in the act , was carried forthwith before a bench of magistrates , when the offence was fully proved . The knight of the buskin ,: however , being called upon for his defence , astonished tho learned justices by adapting " Brutus ' a speech t ° tlie Romans on the . death of Caesar" to his case , in the following manner : —«« Britons ' , ' hungry men , and epicures ! hear me for my cause / and be silent that your may hear ; believe me for mine honour , and have respect for mine honour , that you may believe ; censure me in your wisdom , and awake your senses that you may better judge . ' If there be any to

      in this assembly , any dear friend of this hare , him I say , that . i player's love for hare is no less than his . ' If then that friend demand why a plaj <* rose against a hare , this is my answer : —Not t hat i loved hare less , but that I loved eating more . »»« you rather this hare wore living , and I had <" starving , than that this , hare were dead , that A might live a jolly fellow ? As this hare wasprot ¦» , I weep for him ; as he was nimble ; I rejoice auj . as he was plump , I honour him ; but ns . llC f \ L eatable , I slew him . " Here the gravity o | w Court was obliged to give way 5 prosecutors , -p tators , and allburst into laughter at the reau ^ displayed by the " poor actor . " The inforni ^ j was Withdrawn , aiid the knight' of the sock - buskin left the court with pockets : m uch , im than whenheentered . it , with . the inten tion oi ^ pearing on the stago _ the same evening , ra , a « tirely new character !"

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 5, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05101850/page/6/