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      Health of Loraos Dobiso the Week . —In the week ending last Saturday , 965 deaths were regis-, tcred in London . The increase on the return of t ae previous week , when only ' 775 . deaths occurred , . arises not from an increased rate of mortality , ^ but from an influx of cases which had been the subjects cf coroners' inquests at various periods in tbe last three months , but were not registered till the end of the quarter . The corrected average for 10 corresponding weeks in 1840-9 , is 994 ; compared with which the deaths of last week exhibit a decrease of 29 . Ten persons , of-whom 9 were children , died of small-pox , 17 . of measles , 14 of scarlatina , 19 of fioqping-cougb , and 34 of typhus ; all of these epidemics showing much less than the usual mortality , except the last , which differs little from the average . But diarrhoea shows a considerable increase ; in the

      . lost three weeks the fatal cases have run thus , —17 , J ? , and 83 . —Two deaths from cholera were regsfered;—On the 25 th . of June , at 4 , Princess-street , 4 / ripplegate , a porter , aged 38 years , died of " acute rheumatism ( 10 days ) , cholera { 3 days . ) " The deceased had a severe attack of cholera in Augustlast , and since that time his health has not been good . On the 28 th of June , at 23 , Windmill-row , the wife of a labourer , aged 54 years , died of " bilious cholera ( 45 hours . ) '" The certificate adds that " there was no purging in this case . " Mr . Mears , the registrar , when cholera prevailed last year , dt-scribed this row as in a filthy condition , and singularly adapted to generate disease . The mean height of the barometer in the week was 29-838 inches . The mean temperature was 46-2 deg . It was more than 7 deg . above the average on the first fcur days , and it was below it during the remainder of the week .

      Death while under the Influence of Chlo boforh . —On Friday afternoon , Jane 28 , h , aa iniptrtant investigation took place before Mr . William Payne , in the Board Room of Guy ' s Hospital , respecting the death of Alexander Scott , aged thirtyfour , a policeman ofthe R . division , who died from th ? . effects of chloroform while undergoing an opera tic a for the removal of a portion of the right hand , which had been bitten by a man thirteen months previously whilst on duty at Deptfotd . Some rnimportant evidence having been taken , Mr . Edward Cock , said the deceased was sent to him by a surgeon at Dr ptford for a severe pain in the right hand . One of thj fingers bad been removed , and deceased suffered great pain at the stump . Witness found him to be a

      strong vigorous men . The bone was in a diseased state , as were also the nerves , producing immense tenderness of the arm and right side of the body . Tte only remedy was to remove the end of the bone an > l the diseased nerves . The deceased came into the hospital to have the operation performed , when decer-sedsaid , "I hope , Mr . Cock , you will give me chloroform , for I cannot bear the pain . " Witness informed him that he would rather not use it , and endeavoured to dissuade him from taking it ; but the deceased added thai he had made up his mind to nave ft administered to him . Witness always objected to the n ? e of chloroform , for it could never be given without some degree of danger . The ordinary machine was used , and , as it had not the effect ,

      wit--he ? 3 directed that a napkin should be folded into the shape of a cone , which was applied with chloroform . The operation of removing a portion of the bone occupied one minute and a half , but befWeit was completed the blood , which was gushing out , suddenly stopped , when witness directed Mr . Lacey to feel tbe pulse of the deceased , when they ascertained that the deceased had expired . —Coroner : Wlat was the cause of death?—Witness : The chloroform , most nnuoab ' edly . In this instance a very small quantity had been used , not a tenth part of what had been ad-mnistered in other cases . Witness could not account for the deceased dying , and was certain there was no disease about him . So strong and powerful an igent was chloroform , that it cou'd not be

      administered without some amount of risk and danger , and the- penalty the public must pay for the alleviation fro n pain , would be a death occasionally . A similar death occurred about twelve months since at St . Thomas's Hospital , and many other deaths might be recorded . It might be used one or two thousand tiases or more successfully , and was of great assistance to the operator . The publicoughtto know the danger and great risk attending its administration . In many cases where chloroform had been used wit * nets had waited with breathless attention for the race very of the patient . Witness strongly objected to its use . —The coroner then summed up the evidei ce , and the jury returned a verdict of "Died from the effects of chloroform . "

      Suicide of the Proprietor of the Kentish Town Assembly Rooms . —Ou Saturday last , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest attheabove assembly rooms , on the body of Mr . James Ware , aged thirtyseven , the proprietor . —John Edwards , an omnibus dri--T , said that on the previous day be had been asked by the w . 'fe ofthe deceased to go to his bedroom , which was'locked . He went up and en'ered tbe room through the window , when he found the cteetased lying iu his bed . bleeding from a wound in Ins vhroat which extended from ear to ear . He

      was then ame , and once exclaimed " Oh ! " but expired in about twenty minu ' es . Two razors were fouidlying by his side . —Other witnesses stated , that deceased was of a very nervous temperament , and was a martyr to the gout—The daughter of the deceased was called to prove his state of mind , lut she was too much affected to be able to give her evidence . —Verdict , "That the deceased died in consequence of a wound in the throat , indicted by himself while in a state of mind which is to the ' jurors Unknown . "

      Suictbb by a Clergyman . —A few days since , the Rev . William Prescott , a clergyman , aged forty , from the country , entered King ' s C-dlege Hospital , for i he purpose of undergoing the operation of lithotomy . On the 2 Sth ult ., it was intimated to him thai the operation would be soon performed , when he appeared willing to undergo it . In the evening the porter found the unfortunate gentleman hanging , and quite dead iu a closet . No doubt physical torture and horror at the proposed operation drove him to the commission of the horrid act .

      Accident to Mr . urern , the Aeronaut . — Gravesend . —At about a quarter to nine o ' clock on Saturday night last , a balloon , under the direction , as it appears , of Mr . Green , the celebrated aeronaut , accompanied by another gentleman , parsed over this town , in nearly a direct easterly course down the river . In almost a quarter of an hour afterwards it descended suddenly and fell into the river near Jenkiobuoy , off the Nore . A barge happening to be coming up the river at that point , observing the floating monster balloon , made towards it , as did also ibe Fly revenue cutter , and fortunately rescued Mr . Green and his eompagnon da voyage from their perilous position . The captain and crew of the

      cutter found great difficulty in securing the balloon , ¦ but tbe expedient adopted by the captain—namely , pouring a volley of musketry into it so as to give , by the perforations , room for the gas to escape , in a short time enabled them to secure it . It was put on board the barge , and brought , ' with its owner and bis companion , to this town . They , after a short stay at Mr . Waites ' s Ilotel , proceeded to London , at tour o ' clock ou Sunday morning . Mr . Green liberally rewarded the crew of the barge , who mainly contributed to save himself and friend from a watery gave . _ We regret to be obliged to add that Mr . ree . i is severely injured on the head and face , doub-Iess from the struggles he had to make to keep him . 'elf on the balloon when in the water .

      ACCIOEXT AT THE HOUSE OF DETENTION . — On Tuesday forenoon an kquest was taken bv Mr . T . Wakley , M . P ., atthe House of Detention , " Ckrkenwell , on the body of John Dyas . aged twenty-six , a bricklayer . The deceased , on Saturday afternoon , was employed in repairing the ventilating shaft of tbe prison , when he had occasion to go into one of the fines communicating from a wing ofthe building with ' . he shaft . The deceased went too far in , and , it being very dark , he could not see his way . He in consequence fell down the flue , a depth of about tweny-five feet . The alarm was given , and he was immediately removed , not showing any signs of life . His head was extensively fractured , and bis right leg was broken . Yerdict— " Accidental death . "

      Suicide of a Tradesman . —On Tuesday morning , Sir . Mbren , a master plumber and glazier , residing at 24 , Blackmoor-street , Clare-market , committe 1 self-destruction by hanging himself under the following circumstances : —He went to bed as usual , but was heard about the house as early as three o ' clock . ' At six o ' clock tbe workmen came , and the housekeeper coming down to let them in , found her master hanging by the ballustrale ; she instantly gave the alarm , and medical assistance was procured , but it was of no avail , as life was extinct . The body was removed ' and awaits a coroner ' s inquest . The deceased previously had told several persons that he would destroy himself .

      Melaxcholy . Suicide . —On Tuesday , Mr . William Carter , the Surrey coroner and a respectable jury , assembled at the Crown and Cushion , Wcstminstcrbridge-road , Lambeth , for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances connected with the death of M . Auguste Francois Quenton . —Charles Campbell said that he was a coffee-house-keeper , and resided at 3 . Mount-row , TVestminster-bridgc-road . On Tuesday last the deceased was brought to his house in a cab , by a person named Greek . Two rooms had been engaged for him in his house . Ho remained there until Thurs dav nisht last , when he

      absented himself . On Saturday morning he again saw him , when he came to his bar and asked for the key of hfs apartments , which was given to him , and he went upstairs . Witness saw no more of him till late the same ni » ht , when he was called np stairs to break the door of deceasel ' s room open . . ; He there found him hanging , by the neck by means of two or three silk handkerchiefs , which were fastened to the hinge of a cupboard door . Life at that time was quite ° extinctj and apparently bad been so for some hours . —Richard Greek said tbat he was engaged as servant to the deceased , and he accompanied him tq Mr . Campbell ' s house on Tuesday last . He was engaged to watch the

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      deceased and take care of hinv . H 6 had three . cut wounds on his person—one on hi ? . jwok ,. anotheron the throat , and the third .: oa ; tbe ; oollar-bon 0 . He understood that these injuries had been lnttictodJiy the deceased himself . He . was aware . that witness was looking after him , and offered no . objection tq his so doing On Thursday last he told witness that he was going tb the waterwjloset ' . ; when he went out and entered an omnibus ,, arid ; rode off . The next time he saw him was on Saturday , when he found him hanging in Ids room .-7-lleceipts for about three millions of francs were found in the deceased ' s pocket-book . Several letters written in the French language by the unfortunate deceased were laid before the coroner . One said , "that he

      owed his distress to the passing days . ' It was stated that he alluded to the days Of Louis Philippe and the French Republic which followed . Another letter said , "I pardon all those who have done me injury , and I claim pity from all those , whom I have offended . " Another letter , after referring to the settling of his property , concluded with " Adieuoh , my children—oh , my wife—oh , my , son . . Yerdict of "Temporary . insanity . " .... :. ,. ' Suspicious Death . —On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was taken by Mr . W . Baker , juh ., at the Rochester Castle , Stoke Xewington , on the bod y of W . Fcrnley , aged 28 , pork butcher , lately carrying on business in Holly-street , Dalston , whose death is alleged to have been the effect of the

      administration of arsenic—Mary Fernley , deceased a mother , 4 , York-place , Stoke Uewington , said that her son died at her ( witness ' s ) house on Monday morning last . He had been married about seven months . Witness had her suspicions , from what had been told her by a surgeon , and from what' had been ' stated to her by her son , that he was suffering from something he had taken . He came to her on Friday , the 14 th June , and was very ill . He complained of excessive sickness , and . said that , iat breakfast time , his wife gave him a cup of coffee which was so nasty that he could hot drink it . He remarked to her that she had pot Bomethijag in it , which she denied , when he observed , !* If ' you have not , then drink it . " She immediately took it out

      of his hand , and threw it under the stove . He asked her to go to the dispensary . with kim , ' as he was very ill . He had somo medicine . ' On the Monday following he came again . He stilt continued to complain of sickness . Witness did not see him again till the subsequent Monday , when she scarcely knew him , . as his head was so swollen . He also stated" that \ his legs and ' stomach had swelled greatly . In answer to the jury , the witness stated that until her son " was taken ill with' sickness ho always had excellent health ; She believed that deceased did not live happily with' his wife . — The Coroner having hero been informed that deceased ' s wife was in the house , directed that she should be brought into the inquest ' room . , He then

      read the evidence ofthe witnesses to her , after which he asked her if she had any questions to put to either of them , stating to her that she had liberty to do so . She said that she ' had not ; - ^ The inquiry was subsequently adjourned , to bave ' a ^ st mortem , examination of the body , and an analysis of the contents of the stomach . .... '" . '' .. ' ... j The Post-office OnsTRCcnow .- ' -At an inquest ' held on Tuesday , at the Hero of Waterloo , Lambeth , on a hoy , who fell into the water and wasdrowned ; Mr . Wm . Carter , the coroner ,, remarked ; . that . the recent alterations in the Post-office / were likely to

      work very prejudicially between the coroners office and the public . He lived at , Kingston , and received information of all cases requiring his attendance through the post . On Saturday night last he went to the post-office and " received his letters , for which he had to pay one penny oh each . Now that was an additional tax , but what wasi still worse , he sent his warrant appointing the . present inquiry for Tuesday . He ( the coroner ) came to tov . n , bnt when he arrived at the place appointed to hold the inquest he found neither the , summoning officer nor the jury . After a great loss of time ho found that the constable had not received his

      warrant until one o'clock in the day instead of eight o ' clock in the morning , owing to the recent postal alterations . The consequence was that he was obliged to go-back to Kingston , and return again that day to hold the inquest . It was absolutely necessary that the earliest information should' be forwarded to the coroner of all cases requiring an inquest , more especially during the hot weather , for if a postmortem examination should be required , tl o lapse of thirty-six or forty-eight hours might tend to defeat the ends of justice . The jury were unanimously ofthe same opinion as tlie coroner , and they said the sooner tho recent order was altered . the better it would be for all parties . Burning of a Brewery . — Shortly after one o ' clock on Saturday last , an alarming and destructive fire broke out at the spacious brewery belonging to

      Mr . Raven , situate in Bull ' s-fields , contiguous to the sappprs and miners' barracks , Woolwich . No time was lost by the authorities of the dockyard , arsenal , and artillery barracks , in despatching the various engines belonging to those establishments to the scene , hundreds of soldiers accompanying them . For a long time , however , they were unable to arrest the l ^ roiress of the flames , owing to the want of a sufficient supply of water . Placed in this difficulty , and seeing no chance of a continuous supply of water , the troops , to stay the further progress of the devouring element , proceeded to demolish the adjoining buildings and outhouses . By this means the fire was confined to the biewery in which it originated , the whole of which was burned to the ground . The extent of property destroyed is stated to be very considerable .

      Fire near Covent-garden . —About half-past eleven o ' clock on Monday morning . afire broke out in Hart-street , Covent-garden . It originated at the rear of a range of buildings , occupied by Mr . M'Clandish , engineer ; Mr . Reeve , carpenter ,, and others , principally used as workshops . Several engines soon arrived , and after working for an hour , the flames were arrested in tbeir progress , but . a great loss of property , working toals , & c , of the workshops near were consumed . Extensive Conflagration in the Strand . —On Wednesday morning , a few minutes before six , a fire , attended with the destruction of a considerable amount of property , broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Cullingford , a lithographer , carrying on business at No . 22 , Southampton-street , Strand . The discovery was made by one of the police

      constables of the F division . In a very knef period engines and fire-escapes arrived . Theengiiies were set to work ; but in spite of the torrents of water thrown over the flames , they continued to rage , and , having extended to the roofs of the houses belonging to Mr . Jackson ( No , ' 23 ) , and Mr . Weatberfield , surgeon , ( So . 21 , ) the destruction ofthe whole side ofthe street at one period seemed inevitable . The firemen , however , kept , to their posts ^ and , hy conveying the hose of two or three engines ou to the adjoining roofs , they were enabled to 'cut off the further progress of the flames ; but it was nearly ten ere they were wholly subdued . The total loss is very considerable , being estimated by some of the firemen at nearly £ 2 , 000 . A female in the upper part of the premises had a narrow escape . She was not aware of the outbreak until her room

      become so full of smoke as to nearly suffocate hor . Mr . Cullingford was insured in the' Phmnix fire ' office , and the others were insured in the Sun . office . Changes at St . Paul ' s . — Workmen have removed ths massive iron gates at St . Paul ' s Cathedral , facing Luduate-hill , not , however ,. it is . ^ tated , for the purpose of carrying out the projected . improvements , but for rep dr , and new foundation stones are being laid down . Seizure of an Illicit Still . —On Saturday last a large still , at full work , was seized in Willow-court ,

      St . Paucras , hy Mr . O lver , the revenue and several other officers , who conveyed the same , together with a vast quantity of spirits , Sic ; to her Majesty ' s stores , O'd Broad-street , City . Only one man , named Robert Spragg , was found on the premises . Ue was forthwith conveyed . beforeMr . Combe , the magistrates , who committed him to the House of Correction for three months , in default of paying £ 30 . Illicit distillation is now carried on to an extent beyond- conception , the spirit finding ready purchasers with varnish makers and low beer « shopkeepers .

      Collision on the River and Loss of Life . — A serious accident , by which two ; lives were lost acd several other persons placed in jfibpardy , occurred on Saturday night last on the river Thames , about midway between the Hungerford Suspension and Westminister Bridges , on the Surrey side . On the night in question Mr . W . Hawtery , the eldest son * of one of the members of the court Vf common council for Bread-street Ward , and four dther ' gentlemen hired a randam skiff of Mrs . Needliariv the ] boatbuilder , at St . Paul ' s wharf , fo > lhe purpose of proceeding up the river . On arriving nyar Benhett ' swharf in the Belvidere-road , they perceived a Steamboat coming towards them at a rapid ' pace ! from Ilhngerford-market . T « e persons in the ' skiff cried to the captain of ihe steamer to \ " easei"' or V turn astern , " but the speed ofthe vesselwas not diminished , but she came violently into collision ' with the skiff , casing her instantly to fill with water , ' and the

      five gentlemen , together with ; a . lad named W . IHgton , a nephew of the owner of the boat , ' became immersed . The steam-boat was stopped immediately after the collision , and ropes with life' buovs were thrown out to those struggling in the water , but , owing to the darkness of . thV ' night , they were unable to lay hold of them , and had it Wit been' for the fortunate circumstance of a man named Mackal- ' roy , one of Mr . Tomlinson , the boat Builder ' s , men , ' . passing iu Lis wherry , and hearing the screams , the whole sis per * ns must have perished . As'it wa « this man , at ihe risk of losing im life by bavin" his own boat pulled over , succeeded in ' rescuingtwo of die sufferer ? , who were in a verv ' exbauslsd state ; They were forthwith removed to the Swan Tavern ; Hungerf ord market , where everything was "done for them that the nature of tlieir case' required . - Two others were also saved-one by ' swimming \ t ' 0 the shore , and the other by clinging t <> one of the buoys m the rjver . Mr . Hawtrey and Mrs . Needham ' s nephew were , however , both dwwaed , It is sup ,

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      posed that when the ' steamer struck the small boat they must have received serious injuries about their persons , as they were never seen to rise afterwards ; The name of the steam-boat which ; caused the accident was the Dahlia , belonging to the London and Westminister Penny Company ; She was von her last passage from London-bridge to Hungerford and Westminister . The Metropolitan Interments Bill . — On Monday , a meeting of deputies from < the protestant dissenters of the metropolis was held at the King ' s Head , Poultry , for the purpose of petitioning the House of Lords on thesubject ' of the Interments Bill . The , chair was occupied by J . R . Mills ; Esq , who stated that ' the objections heretofore entertained to

      the bill by the dissenters still continued , because in its passage through the House of Commons it had been in no respect improved either in its main features or prominent principles . He : admitted that the object of the measure was good , but then that good object was about to be made instrumental in inflicting a great injury on the inhabitants , because it invented the whole power of taxation on a board consisting of some four or five persons ; He moved the adoption of the petition to the House of Lords . This petition was similar in substance to one already presented by the Dissenters to the House of Commons . It prayed that the bill be not ' passed , without previously submitting it to a select committee , and the insertion of certain ' clauses to provide for the decent preservation of burial grounds , which may be discontinued by order of council . —Mr . Conder seconded

      the adoption of the petition . —Mr . Griffin thought the Dissenters would only be maintaining their consistency of principle by praying that the bill be thrown out , for , in his opinion , the measure was worse now than when it had been originally introduced , inasmuch as the overplus from the fees was , according to Sir George Grey , to be appropriated to the purposes of church extension . ' He declined to move an amendment . After ' some discussion ; the prayer of the petition was altered and agreed to as follows : — " That the bUlmay not pass through your honourable , house , but that it may be referred to a select committee , before which your petitioners and other parties ' aggrieved by the provisionsof the measure may have an opportunity , hitherto denied them , of explaining and substantiating their objections . '' The meeting separated with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman . :. '*;;' . " ' '

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      . Robbery of Travellers . —On Saturday last information was given that Mr . Henry . dJixsilk ; of Heaford , was robbed in a steamboat , while crossing the Humber to Hull , 'of a purse ^ ontaining three & 5 Bank of England notes , and about £ 15 in gold ; and that alady travelling in a second-class carriage on the Staffordshire Railway was robbed of a long blue silk purse containing four sovereigns and a note for £ 60 . Information ¦ was also circulated , offering a large reward for the apprehension of highway robbers > six or . seven in number , by . whom Mr ; Edward Flowers , while returning home on horseback from Preston Cape , Northamptonshire , in company with his son , add a servant named Anthony Kirby , was attacked and dragged from his horse and having been severely beaten and injured , was robbed of about £ 42 in gold , and a silver watch : No . 6 , 096 .

      Narrow Escape . —A very providential , escape from death by lightning occurred during a heavy thunder storm which ; , - on the night of the 26 th ult ., visited Wells . The ' electric : fluid struck the residence of a journeyman brushmaker , named Thorn , in L ' awpool-lane . It passed down the chimney , shattered a door and a looking-glass to pieces , and then knocked down the poor man ' s wife , burning her severely , and rendering her for some time insensible . It next struck the fire-irons , tearing a piece off the poker , rfter which it shattered the windows , and made its exit by throwing down the top of a wall .

      Presumed Murder and Robbery at BouohtongrsenJPair , Nobthampionshire . — On the 27 th ult ., an inquest was held' on the body of Joseph Warren , farmer , of Earis Barton which was found ( ate the previous night in a retired part of the green under circumstances which lead to a strong suspicion of his having been murdered . When found his left hand breeches-pocket was torn away , and his watch fob turned inside out . The deceased had been seen going in the direction where his body was found in company with a dark woman , presumed to be one of

      the gipsy tribe , and two men were seen following in the same direction , as if watching the parties , and a threat of violence on the part of one of these men was overheard . — The surgeons who made apost mortem examination were of opinion that death had been caused by strangulation or suffocation . Verdict — " Wilful murder by a person cr persons unknown . " The deceased was a very powerful man , aged fiftyfour , which leads to the presumption that the crime could not have been committed by the woman , ' unassisted , if , indeed , she were a party to it .

      Accident-in Chatham Dockyard . —On Saturday last a melancholy and fatal accident occurred in the third dock , in which the Nankin , fifty guns , is fitting . Mr . James Barnard , of Rochester , was about leaving that vessel by ihe port-hole ( used by the shipwrights as a gangway , ! when he was seen to fall headlong into the dock , a depth of about thirly feet . He was at once taken to Melville Hospital , but soon became insensible , and death put an end to his sufferings in about two hour . "' Opening of the Public Walks , & c . around Notiisgham . —The public walks ( twenty-five miles in length ) around the Improving and busy town of Nottingham were opened on Monday . The ceremony was not so numerously attended as might have been expected , owing to the badness of the weather .

      The Liverpool Burglars have been thus disposed of : —The three men have been committed for three months , and the three women handed over to the authorities of the country . The Briohton Pavilion . —The grounds of the Brig h ' on Pavilion , recently ' purcbased of the Woods and Forests by the commissioners of Brighton , under powers conferred on them by an act of the present parliament , were on Sunday morning opened to the public . During tho day many thousands entered the grounds .

      Embezzlement Case at Leeds . —At the Leeds Borough Sessions , on the 28 th ult ., a highly respectable-looking man , named James Frenholm , was charged with having embezzled several sums of money , the property of his emploper , J . W . Hugall . The receipt of numerous sums of moneyunaccounted for in the books , having been satisfactorily proved , the prisoner was sentenced to seven years' transportation . A 'similar result took place in the case of Richard Roberts , for em : bezzlinjf money the property of his master , Mr . W . Prince . . ,

      ; A Benefactor to Southampton . — The Hampshire Independent says : —We understand that the will of the late Henry Robinson Hartley , Esq ., was nroved in Doctor ' s Commons on the 2 fih ult ., and the' property sworn under £ 99 , 000 , the interest of the greater part of which princely sum will eventually come - into the hands of tho corporation" of Southampton , for the promotion of literary and scientific purposes . Staffordshire Colliery District . — Wednesbury , June 29 . —Under this date a correspondent says : — " The busy industrial district : of which this place forms a sort of centre is in a very unsettled and unsatisfactory state . Various causes are operating to produce this—the depressed state of theiron trade ,

      the disputes between the men and their masters about the payment of wages , and the ; continued ' strikes ' on the partof the men in consequence of the attempts made to reduce tkir wages . During the last week the chain-makers of Cradley have turned out ; and at Darlaston the gun-lock filers , to the number of six hundred , are also laying idle . In the latter instance , at least , the poor men seem to be rather hardly dealt with . " ; There is an order in hand from ¦ government for 50 , 000 locks , but inthe competition which necessarily takes place amongst the persons who send in contracts , the price to be paid per lock has been reduced from Is . to 4 s 5 J . ; to meet tbU reduction , the contractors have required the workmen to produce each lock , including forging and

      filing , at 3 s . 7 d ., thereby leaving a profit of lOd . per lock for the contractor , or 2 d . more than they obtained during the war . The contract now referred to is divided amongst five persons , so that the clear , pro ^ fittoeach . at the labour price offered to the men , would be something like £ 400 , whilst an expertlworkmah ' would nottlie able to clear move than half-acrown a day ; Last September a reduction was made in the wages of this class of workmen , amounting to ten per cent . ; the reduction now proposed is something like twenty-five per cent ; additional ; this the men have resisted , and at present there appeari to be little probability of them and their employers coming to terms . -The government assistant-inspector a of small arms has been down to the ' spot , but with no beneficial results . 'The men complain of promises made to them by him only to be broken ; and . whilst all the- dissatisfaction and bad feelins orod ' ueed . bv

      tins increase , there are scores of families endurim ; privation . Tho Board of Ordnance is to some extent to blame for this , but especially are they bo for giving their contracts to persons who arc connected with tommy-shops' and public-housesv it ^ being generally an understood thing that-nearly i all the money shall be expended thereat . ' The trade strikes in this district are becoming more , and more frequent in theiroccurrence ; their evil effects it would be almost ^ impossible to calcula ' co . It is one of the greatesi 'blots in our social s * stem , and it is one for ble ' " - ^ Mr £ rS M 6 t - Sfeat extentresponsi-Approachinu R-asu'jpTio'j of work by the Colliers . —The Monv , utMire Merlin expresses its p leasure at finding tb < dt the colliers are submitting to thei-eduction found , necessary from the slate of the coal market , - and % re about ; returning to their work geneiaily / - ¦ .. . ; . - ' ¦; > - , . ; ,: ;;; , - ;• ¦ .. . 'Destb . uctioj ' , of aViaduct onthe Whitehaven Junction R ailway . —A large portion of a beautiful wooden brid ge over the Esk an estuary of the sea , 0 ft Hie Whitehaven and Furnes-j Junction R , aUway .

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      wasdestroyed by"fireon Friday morning last" - ' This bridge is a solid and well-executed construct" ©^ and is no less than 320 yards in . length ;¦ ¦ : ? Abuuti sixty yards have , been destroyed or' cut 'away' ini order . to prevent the fire from ) spreading . ^ '• J here is , a . belietthat the bridge was wilfully stt fire to ,: but our informant states that he was present at an investigation made on Saturday by three ^ magistrates , of the district , the Rev . J . Jenkins ; John Peile , n . sq . > and Captain Scott , and that those gentlemen ra fter much investigation , did not find ^ anything te confirm the : supposition . The fire was farst discoverett ^ ny two workmen , and the alarm being given , aiarge body of men with buckets and ropes werc'SM ^ p work , but the , flames gained so fast- that it- ^ was i . hmiffbt ritrlit . tn r . iit . awav a nortion of the on ^ ge , w ¦ , , . „

      save the rest ., This was cleverly 'done , ** % *& beingmade the fire was . prevented from «« e ™« V along the bridge , ^ he flanies were . ^ g" ^ J the rails became red hot , andtbe | ames Tfeachedthe upright supports of the bridge ., The scene at this timeVvery magnificent , ^ e fre ^ ached ^ to an immense heig ht , * Cap tain Scott *«> «« MMoad an inquiry at , the King ' s Arms , Kavenglass , from which it appears thatthere was no sign of the . fire at eleven o ' clock on Thursday night . When first observed , it was raging to , windward . iand the ^ easttirn side being most injured , seems to show that the fire commenced on the windward side . ' Very active exertions are being made to repair the damage , and it is . hoped that the trains will be able to pass over the bridge in

      about a week or ten days . . _ / Thb Rejgate and Dorking Bank , —A meeting of the creditors of this bank was held on Monday , at the Town-hall , Reigate , Mr . J . Freshfield : in the chair . Mr . Kcrrick having reported from the : committee appointed at the last meeting , that though the esiate did not show quite so favourable a result as they then anticipated , they were opposed to the affiirs being w ound up under abankruptcy . Mr . Kelly ; who represented Mr . Nash , read a statement of the affairs on the closing of the bank , and then proceeded to announce the determination of Mr . Nash to close , the concern . It appeared that tbe claims against the ' bank were £ 60 , 000 , the assets £ 30 , 009 and that the remaining £ 30000 balance was t ) be made up from

      . the private estates of Mr . Nash and his partner , Mr . Neale , which were . not sufficient to meet ; it ^ Mr . Nash was determined to act the part of an , honest man : Mr . Wrjehte , the accountant , . then read a long report , which began by stating that thedbspec tion . of accounts showed , that the ( bank bad . been insolvent for manyyears—that the dividend payable to creditors was mainly dependent on the realisation i of the separate estate of Mr . Neale , and might amount to fifteen shillings in the pound . Mr . Harrison ,. who represented Mr . Neale , then addressed'the meeting , and offered to leave the matter to the meeting ( which

      was obviously with him ) as to avoiding a bankruptcy , andafter considerable discussion the . following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That this meetingi ^ having heard the guarantee given by Mr . ;; Harrison on the partof Messrs . Neale—that the overdrawn account of Mr . Neale , sen ., shall be paid in f ull-r-expresses its opinion that the affairs : of the bank may be more advantageously woundi up by a trust deed than by proceeding in the Court of Bankruptcy ; : and that Messrs ; Nash and Neale be . called on to assign their property to trustees for the benefit of the : creditors . " All parties agreed to do all they could to carry this nut . r ¦ '

      Fatal Accident to a Railway Guard . — On Monday even ng , a train left Salford station for Accrington , having as its guard a man named W . : Walker , thirty-two years of age .. Mr . Cooper , the superintendent of the station , saw the train off , and kept , his eye on it for ; about a hundred yards .. -At the starting , Walker appeared quite sober and collected , and when last seen by Mr . Cooper was stand- ; ing . on the step of one of the eight carriages which the train included . : At thirteen minutes past seven the train arrived at the Clifton junction , and Mr . Charles Gr i ffiths , the ticket , taker , observed that it was destitute of a guard . A narrower examination revealed that a quantity of blood was spilt On the step of a second-class carriage , and further

      investigation led to the discovery of the guard lying on his back upon the top of the carriages , quite dead . ; The body was removed into the station , and information sent to tho police ; and the latter , on their arrival , found the deceased lying in the station with a large quantity of blood under his head , evidently proceeding from his mouth and ears . No fracture , however , or wound of any kind could be discos ered . The body was removed to the Wheatsheaf public house , at Pendlebury , and on subsequent inquiry it was found that a porter upon tho railway , named Cartwright , could give material evidence in the case . Cartwright ' s statement was to the effect that , shortly before seven o clock ho and a man named Whittle were upon the line a

      little beyond Oldfield-road Bridge , and saw the train pass under . The deceased at that time was on the top of one of tho carriages , and as the train passed under a wooden bridge which is erected across the lino from tbenamil to some mills on tho contrary side , they saw the deceased stoop down , and pass safely under . - There were two other bridges to be passed before the train left that neighbourhood ; and Cartwright did not observe the train passing under the first of these two bridges ; but on its arrival at the second , ho saw the deceased ' s head ^ . as it appeared to him , come in ; contact with the bridge , and deceased instantly fell upon the carriage , and his heels "flow up into the air . " Cartwright observed to his companion

      that the man had hurt himself ; but he had no suspicion at that time that he had been killed . An inquest was held upon the body on Tuesday , and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . ' ' . Robdery by a Servant . —The following depredations have been recently discovered in the esta blishment of Messrs . Mander , Weaver , and Co ., wholesale ' druggists , of Wolverhampton . From certain suspicions entertained by Mr . Frederick Weaver that Edward Gooch Hone , ono ofthe assistants'in his employ , was in the habit of taking money ' from the shop till , a pound in silver was marked on Thursday last , and Mr . Weaver communicated his suspicion to the chief constable . Col . Hogs then made arrangements for Inspector

      Plimmer and Sergeant Maddock to be in waiting in the evening to search Hone , as he was about to leave tho premises , at eight o clock . . Hone was ^ ac cnrdingly searched , when four of the marked pieces of coin were found in his possession , and he ; was immediately taken into custody . Mr . Weaver ' s suspicions having been thus confirmed , a search was made at . Hone ' s lodgings'in St . John ' s-square , where , a large amount of property of considerable value was found in his rooms , neatly packed up in a trunk and several boxes . ; The greater portion of the property had since been identified by ; Mr . Weaver . It consists of all kinds of . patent ; medicines , together with a quantity of quinine , Turkey

      opium , sulphate of beeberine , citrate of iron and quinine , nitrate of silver , Rowland ' s Macassar oil , anchovy sauce , essence of anchovies , perfumes , and other valuable , articles , forming portions of the Stock of . a wholesale druggist . A woman who had been living with the prisoner , and who represented herself , to be his wife , but is'believed to be the wife of another man , . was also taken into custody the same night at Hone ' s lodgings ; . somo articles identified by Mr .: Weaver having been found in her workhox . Hone has been in Mr . Weaver ' s employ for about six . months , and it is believed he has'been in the habit of robbing his master daily during the whole of that period . ¦ , I

      : SnooiiNO a Gamekeeper . — Joseph . ; Field ; [ alias Chance , of Toddington , was brought upbefore the Woburn bench , on remand , in custody of Superintendent Jebbett , on a charge of having feloniously shot at and wounded John White , gamekeeper , in the employ of W . D . C . Cooper , Esqi The gamekeeper was on his rounds on Monday , ; the 24 th ult . and seeing the prisoner coming along the road , he retired into a field in the occupation of Mr . Phili p Hoi worth ,, and . knelt down amongst the barley , wiiioh . was about three feet high , to watch his movements . . Shortly after the prisoner entered tho barley field , and took- up his position about twenty-eight yards , from the . gamekeeper . ; The poacher had not been there many . minutes before

      he saw something nso up amongst tho barley and suddenly drop down again . Thinking , as ho said , it was a rabbit , he put a cap on bis gun and " smacked " , it , hut the . charge did not go off . The gamekeeper heard tho hammer of , the gun hit tho nipple , but felt certain it was pointed in another direction ' . ' ¦ ¦ Again the dark object was seen to , move amongst the corn , another percussion- was affixed , the poacher raised his gun and fired . Makingsuro of his game , he deliberately walked to the spot and found that he had . shotthe gamekeeper ., ' His first exclamation was ,, ' . ' Oh , dear , ; have I shot you ;" atid'asked whathe could do , to ; assist . the wounded man . ; 'The keeper told him to go for a doctor . lie did so ;! White followed soon after , and met a large ; p . ii-, ly * to whomthe prisoner had communicated the

      unfortunate , circumstance . Six shots , were re-, coived in his , faoe , two of themijust under the loft eye ; and nine in his waistcoat ; the bulk of . the shot passed just over , his head . The prisoner appeared surprised and ; sorry at what had occurred , and declared it was purely accidental . The policeman Of the district stated thali the guii must have been'fired at a considerable elevation , as tho bulk of tho charge struck the barley , about . six yards , beyond the place where the gamekeeper lay . In bis defence , the prisoner said . lio thought , it was . a rabbit . When : ho went up to tho spot at which ta fired and found out his mistake , White , said ) ., W

      thought he should die , as'the shot had , entered h ' . ' s brain . on hearing which luvfthq ¦ prisoner ) advised hinVito'think ot his poor soul . Tho . Ohalwsw *; said it was a most painful as ; well as a doub ifu 1 case . It was impossible to know whether , tho .- ' gun ;! had been fired off iiitentionally , or not ; but- 'It was : not likely that iv person who w . as in the constant habit of shooting would shoot six feet abo ^ . e the ground at a rabbit . ¦ TheMmagistrates , tbevefore , had decided uvion sending the case for / trial . at the next i assizor , * The prisoner was aboovdingly committed , EfevrE of one of Tnu IiiV"iBrooL Burglars . — i Tho three men and women apprehended under sus <

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      Wieio n of being concerned in the recent ? burglaries in ( the 7 neighbourhood . of Xiverpool , -j . were ; brought I before ; Mr . Rushton on Saturday last , and we re recommitted . ; ,. Half an hour afterwards , the , f reatest consternation was occasioned by the discovery that the ; prispner Mutch had escaped out of Bridewell . It is supposed that , as he was being conveyed with a number of others along the passages to . the cells ,, he contrived . to . crouch' . behind a door , " ¦ and afterwards to passi up the stairs , and by wrenching off the box of the lock of one of the doors , to escape . ^ . . » , * I , ; , ' . " , „ , , ¦; '¦¦ ' '' n ' , " , ,, ii V . iT ., h

      through , the Crown Court . Mr . Rushton was Sitting in tho Nisi Prius Court , so that the man had only to adopt a little caution to get ' off unobserved . This maii is supposed to , be the planner of the burglaries , and is , said to be possessed . of great ingenuity and acuteness . When the prisoners were apprehended he endeavoured to escape by jumping through the window of the railway carriage . Suspicion points towards Scotland as the place of his flight , but no trace of him has been discovered . —Manchester . Guardian ..

      < Fatal Fiout ATTuKamnoE . —On Wednosdy last a fight took placcfattho Odd Fellows' festival , that Was held at Tunbridgebh Tuesday , one of the combatants being killed in the fray . An inquest was held at tho Bull Inn , on Thursday . About twelve o ' clock , on Tuesday night there was dancing in . the booth . that had been erected for holding the Odd Fellows ' meeting in , when some dispute arose regarding some deal planks . A young man named Frederick Brigden became much excited , ' and wished to . fi . » ht , and . at length ho fought with another young man named Alfred Walklin . The ground where they fought was very hard and uneven , and after some ten or twelve rounds , during : which both parties frequently fell , Brigden fell

      without being struokj and never afterwards spoke , The jury returned a verdict of "Accidentally killed by a fall to the ground in the act of giving a blow , but there is no evidence to show that it was caused by blbwsgiven in the fight . " Alfred Walkinahdthe seconds were then brought into the room ; and suitably reprimanded by . the coroner . AcciBENr-at the Railway Station , Limb-street , Liverpool . —On Wednesday morning an accident occurred at the railway station in Lime-street , of a very seriods character . 'It ' appears that an excursion train left the Uttoxetei *' station , on the North Staffordshire Railway , atah early , hour that morning , for Liverpool . - : The train took up passengers at the various -stations till it reached Leek , and

      then proceeded rapidly on its journey to the summit of Edge-hill tunnel . Tho train consisted of twentytwo carriages , and would contain , we should suppose , about five hundred people . . When it arrived at Edge-hill the engine was detached , and the train was despatched down the tunnel , in charge of two of the breaksmen of the London and North Western Railway Company , " and the guards who came with it . . The tunnel , as is well known , is on an incline , anl the duty of the three men would have been to have used their breaks so as to keep the train under control , and stop it when it emerged from the tunnel . ' . We are informed , however , by the officers at the station thatthe guards ofthe train were unacquainted with tho incline , and that-the two men

      already alluded to had not sufficient power to control the velocity , ofthe carriages . The consequence was , that the tram could not be completely brought up , till it came into collision , with the stone wall which faces Lime-street . The carriages were very little damaged ! Frbm ' twehty to thirty passengers werercoreor less bruised by the concussion ; some oTthem are cut about the head and face , and otherwise shaken and contused . , The whole of the passengers were much alarmed , and as soon as possible were removed from their unpleasant position . The injured parties were taken over to the Queen ' s

      Hotel , by direction of Henry Booth , Esq ., who happened to . be on the spot ,: and . who directed that every attention should be paid to them at the charge of tho company .. Dr . Walton was immediately called in , and though several parties are confined to their beds , we are happy to say that he is satisfied of favourable results to his patients . Dr . Harrison , the company ' s medical officer , with Mr . Palmer , the assistant-manager , have carefully investigated , as far as possible , the injuries which have occurred , and report favourably . The only case reported as dangerous is that of Daniel Pride , aged thirty , who is suffering from concussion of the brain .

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      First Vessel From The Cltde To Californi...

      First Vessel from the Cltde to California . — During the present week , the Grace Darling cleared out . from Glasgow , and hai sailed for California , being the first ship direct from this port for ti . at distant region . She is a fine barqe , carrying more than 300 tons , and belongs to Dr . T . H . Dounely , of Greenock , who accompanies the ship as owner and supercargo . She has a full general cargo , consisting of wine , ale , brandy , bottles , ship stores , Arbroath

      stones , coals , two strong iron bouses , & c . It may seem strange to send a carso of more than 100 tons of coal such a vast distance , at a freight of three guineas per . ton , but when it is considered that by the last advices Coals were selling in California at the rate of eight guineas per ton , the speculation is likely to be neither unreasonable nor unprofitable . The Grace Darlingis provisioned for fifteen months . We wish all success to this first opening of commercial relations between the Clyde and the golden regions of the far west . —North British Mail .

      Fire NJ 3 AR Glasgow . —On Saturday a fire occurred on the premises occupied as a printfield by Messrs . Muter and Miller , situate about a mile below Dunglass , near Glasgow . The ori g in ofthe fire is not strictly known , but is supposed to have been communicated to the machine room , in which it was first discovered , by the overheating ofthe flues underneath . This portion of the building being always heated , was consequently very dry , and thus became a speedy prey to the flames . The damage sustained in property is considerable , but is covered by insurance . This fire affords another convincing proof of the . evil results arising from the want of force-pumps and other such appliances on all premises similarly situated .

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      Dublin . —Ribbonism . —The Aeuu-i / Examiner—a paper of strictly liberal principles—asserts that Ribbonism not only continues to exist , but is suffered to flourish , no effectual step being taken foi its suppression ; and the way-laying system , whicli so often shows itself , is stated to be the immediate offspring of a Ribbon organisation . " We grieve to say , ' observes the Newry paper , " that in Louth there has be' 6 ' n ' at * increase Of marked indications oi the progress of Ribbonism ; the number of persons charged with the cowardly crime of way-laying brings' conviction homo upon the point to all who do not resist the evidence of facts . Ribbonism includes the whole system of way-laying ; the plot against life or property is hatched in the Ribbon

      lodgo and executed by the Ribbon agents . " The Martin Estates . —The Galway Vindicator of Saturday last contains the following : — " Notices have been served upon tho relieving officers by the managers of tho Martin estate of their intention to evict a vast number of unfortunate creatures now residing on this property . The number of houses from which the inmates are to be cast outis 2 T 6 ; but on account of the previous evictions in the same quarter ; several families reside , in many instances , under the same roof , so that we conceive , it is a moderate calculation to estimate the number of individuals about to be subjected to all the tortures of extermination at 1 , 500 . In one fell swoop a number of paupers will bo made sufficient to M one of our largest workhouses . It is a cusiousfaGt , that out of this property not a farthing 06 peon rates has for a long time been collected . In a

      conversation which we had with Mr . Beaumont , who is a large creditor on tho property , he informed , us that he was shocked , at the terrible state- of things which existed in Connemara , a \ id that * in his . opinion , nothing but tho Encumbered Estates Commission could effect a salutary chrjnge , " - fjtNANT-RiGiii DESso-JtsiBVTiioN . —The great tenanUright demonstration of . the county of Louth , which took placo at D unda ik oa Saturday , was to the fullest extent as . successful as tho most earnest friends of tho cause con ! j have desired . Tho attendance was extremely numerous , the proceedings were perfectly unaaimo- us , and the important object of cementing th & unio . ' ., 0 f the North and South , for promoting the eonv n 0 n interests of the tenant occupiers of both , w as most materially aided on the occasion . In . this » ' inc 0 f view . tho Louth meeting has been one-of f , i 0 moat important assemblages that have yebtakf . ^ h place in tho tenant-right movement . -

      J ' iNCUMBBJWUn Estates . —At length tho petitions for thcsalpciif estates . are diminishing . During the week cutting the 28 th ultimo , only four petitions were p « e &< y , ted , being one-seventh of the usual average-Ry SOmo months past .. Tho total number of BBtiiitj" jn 8 now 982 . Some heavy sales arc fixed ! % the present and next month , including the oaSaAfci 0 f Mr . John O'Connell , of Gvena , county of ^ fW ' . and tho second division of tho estates of Lp , Yy - rortarlington . .. i ! , 7- he Poor Law . —Although there has been a con-: si'Jerable diminution in the numbers receiving relief i / jretty generally , there are various unions in which

      the poor rate is still a ruinous and an intolerable burden . In tho union of Callan ( extending through a portion of the county of Kilkenny and . that part offipperary whore the insurrectionary movement took place in 1848 ) , the poor rate is still enormous in several electoral divisions . For instance , the rate . just struck by tho guardians is 9 s . 6 d . in tho pound mUallingarry ; 10 s . inthe pound in Farrinrorv 7 S . 1 B Crobane ; and it is not loss , than 13 s . Cd in Ballyphihp . In tho other divisions the ' rate is lower , ranging from 5 s . Cd . to Is , 4 d . in the pound Condition of "tHE . BANiRT . UNioN .-. Thef aU Constitution has a very gloomy account of the ' eondition and prospects of tho union of Bantrv , which , had occupied so prominent *¦ olaco amongst tho dis-

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      tressed . unions during . tho famine .:: . Distress , "W ithin . the last few weeks , has been ; again extending ^ tha shops idle , and business suspended , with the exception of an establishment for the cure of flsh , ' -on the p lan adopted at Peterhead , in Scotland , ' originated by a London firm , but which latterly has'nofc been going oh satisfactorily , o . wing , it is stated ; to the difficulty of training the local fishermen by-the persons brought over from Peterhead , who are experienced in the system practised there . ' In the interior of the union the villages are almost deserted ; trflSSed . UniOHS dUMMf'the ' famine .: ' ¦ Diitiesi , "Within

      no cattle are to be seen on the- farms , many Of the former occupiers having died , or emigrated , - or gone into the workhouses . All those houses are crowded . A violent typhus , fever has recently broken out in one of them , and the Poor Law Inspector , Mr . Lloyd , who had been , previous io ' his appointment to that office , & deputy-lieutenant of the county of Mayo , is amongst the victims .. That gentleman , who was seized ; with the malady at Castletown , died on Monday last , after ten days ' illness . '

      . Fbiohwul AcoiDE . VT . i-iThfl Iimmek ChronitU of Saturday says : — " We are deeply concerned to ^ announce that the eldest son of George Gubbins , Esq ., Milltown , Bruff , was this day accidentally shot by his brother , while incautiously handling a fowling-piece , and the wound is believed to bo fatal . " ' ¦ , ¦ Actions against the Lord Mayor . —In the Cour 6 of Exchequer , on Saturday , in the case of Powelv . tho Lord Mayor , Sir Colman O'Loghlen applied to compel the plaintiff to give security for costs . Tho learned counsel stated that the plaintiff had instituted nine actions against the defendant , and served notices of twenty-five further actions , for alleged violations of the law in acting in the capacity of Lord Mayor of the city of Dublin . Mr . Dix opposed the motion . The court having lull y considered the application , refused it , but restrained the plaintiff from proceeding in more than three of the actions . . '

      ; The Potato Crop . —Accounts have been received of the re-appearance ofthe potato bli ght , which has manifested itself in various counties , although up to this time , its progress ' has been slow , and-its range very limited . Most of the provincial journals , however , deny the existence of the disease , and describe the crop as most luxuriant in appearance . This , proves that the blight must be very partial in its ' operations up to this time . The Newry Telegraph , of . Tuesday , says : — " In our neighbourhood the crop is luxuriant and healthy-looking , as in the best season antecedent to the first appearance of the disease . "

      Captain Peel . —The accounts received from Nenagh oh Tuesday morning state , that Captain Peel , ofthe 6 th Royals , the nephew of Sir Robert Peel , who met with so severe an accident by falling from his phmton , is steadily progressing towards recovery . Tub Repeal Association . —This Association met at Conciliation Hall on Monday , Mr . Rafferty in the chair . Mr . John O'Connell , in alluding id' [ the atrocious outrage upon the Queen , said bethought he was only doing what heoughtas a member ofthe Association , { when he gave expression to the horror universally felt by irishmen at tbe outrage committed ag ; iinst her Majesty , and their delignt that she had not even suffered fright on the occasion . ( Cheers . ) The rent for the week was announced to be £ 8 lis . 6 d .

      The Obanoe Anniversaries . —By the northern papers which arrived this , week it would , appear that the first of July has passed over without any attempt being made to infringe the provisions of tho Anti-Processions Act ; and , what is equally satisfactory , there does not seem to have been any of those convivial club-gatherings in commemoration of the day , at which *' potations pottle deep" were drunk in memory of men and things now matters of history , and which , for peace sake , had better bo buried in honourable oblivion . What renders this conduct more creditable 6 n * the part of the Orangemen is the fact , that in adopting this course they have been guided by their own good sense alone , and quite irrespective of the advice of those whom

      tbey have been tought to regard as their "leaders , ' * for , upon the present occasion , there was no manifesto or address , such as was wont to herald the advent of those anniversaries , the celebration of which has hitherto been the black spot on the fair fame of the northern province . The Harvest . —The reports are generally most satisfactory ; and , as regards the potato crop , they encourage the belief that the bli ght , supposing that it has really appeared in Kerry and other counties , is making no progress calculated to excite serious apprehensions . Mr . Sunn O'Brien . — A meeting was held on Tuesday evening in the theatre of the Mechanics ' Institute , Lower Abbey-street , " To take into

      consideration the treatment of William Smith O'Brien in his penal exile . "—Mr . James Haughton , presided . —Dr . Gray read extracts of a letter from Air . Smith O'Brien , addressed to Mr . Butt , Q-O ., in which Mr . O'Brien complained of the restrictions under which he laboured in Maria Island . Several resolutions were adopted , and a committee appointed to make arrangements " to have the C 35 B of Mr . O'Brien brought before the House of Commons by regular motion . "—Previous to the separation ofthe meeting , Mr . Duffy , ofthe Nation , was called upon , and spoke as follows : —Just think what you are met hero for-to ask "tbat a man , whose ancestors were kings in this country before one stone of this city stood upon another , shall be

      separated from the worst criminals England flings out of her polluted bosom—a man who , I positively know , if be followed the ordinary course of Irish representatives , would be sitting now in Dublin Castle , as Irish Secretary , dispensing the justice that is refused to him—a man who , I verily believe , if it was not . for his , own extreme humanity , if it was not for consequences that no human aid could avert , that perhaps no human wisdom could foresee , would be at this hour sitting in that Castle in quite a different position . ( Cheers . ) For my part 1 am prepared to say , here and everywhere , that not only did I share his friendshi p and his counsels , but that there is nothing he did , and nothing he meditated , which I did not heartily enter into , and pledge myself soul and body to carry out . ( Loud cheers . ) Therefore my sympathy in this business i *

      a matter ofcourse . it adds no wei ght to it , but I have felt it due to those with whom I have been working to make this candid explanation . Mr . Loughnan told you that but for one honest man I would be tasting the mercies of tho black serpent of Maria Island . I am not there , however , but in Ireland , and of that shall come two results . If the Whig ministry—if a man connected with the Whig ministry—if any one who has supported a Whig ministry , shall come upon a platform in Ireland to ask tho suffrages of the Irish people , sohep mo the just God , I , or some of my associates , will be there to say to him or his party that he shall not again possess the suffrages of the people . ( Loud cheers . ) It is there tho Whi gs are sensative * ( Hear , hear , hear . ) What care they for honourable

      icenng i What care they for public opinion ? But they care for votes in Piwiliamenti , and we will meet } them upon that groundi—Tories , Conservativesdevils shall have c-m- votes » ther than Whieg . ( Loud cheers . ) One other praetical word . I abhor all outrage against a woman—1 abhor all coarseness towards a woman ; but Ltell the Whig ministry from this place , as-1 told them , from other places and as I shall not failto tell , them , that while-Smith . OByienisin Mania Islandv . they shall not , dare to braigthe QueenofEnglandktothisislancL ( Loud and' protracted ^ cheering ,, waving of hats „ haiidkereniets , & o . )—The-Ghaii-man : I dissent altogether from that last observation . ( Confusion ,. ) " 0 When I the Queen caaie-tb Dublin last vear she met with a

      right welcoraeand hearty reception from the people , and it is my conviction that when she visits us again she wiihreewvethe same . ( Hoar , hear , cries of "No , ao ,. and excitement . )—The Very Rev . Dr . Sprabt was thea called to the chair , and tha meeting separated . —Morning Chronkleal Thursday . Sales of Encumbered Estates . —Seven small properties were announced for sale on Tuesday and the result is much less unsatisfactory than tha sales of last week , whioh had gwen rise to appro , hensions that the business of tho commission might come to the ond for lack of purchasers The Wkathbr .-A strong arte from the west prevailed during tho whol e of Tuesday night . The Enghsh mads have been delayed much beyond tho usual time . ' »« vuo

      Loss Op Life On The Goonwin Sanns .-Deal...

      Loss op Life on the GoonwiN SANns .-Deal , Saturday .-Disastrous as the late storm of thunder and lightning has proved iu diffevent ^ arts of the country , in no placo was its conseanonces mora ™ l ^ WM Md ? ^^ . ^™ S . tt 2 oni this part of tho coast . Amongst the many casu £ ; - n '" n ? ? * r ^ wh look place on the Goodwin At daybreak a largo schooner , since ascertained to have been the " Fame , Mr . ' Kerr , W & fiT ' V t , ssaid ' % onn ° . n « d * large French fishmg . boat , were descried to bo on tho sands . A . orew of brave boatmen manned the Paul 1 ry lugger , and , bavin ? lniinniiP , ! her . thpv mn ^

      then- way to the stranded vessels . After much diffi Clllty , they succeeded in reaching the Fame , and rescuing the whole ' of the crew , together with tho master s wifo and two children , who wore on hoard flung a tn to Spain . A laudable effort was then ™ aae , > o . Pveservethe unhappy creatures on board the . Irench lugger , who numbered in all , as far as could . be seen of them , about thirty . Unhappily the lugger had struck on that part of the sand which is inaccessible , and a tremendous sea breaking upon them rendered nil attempts to rescue the poor fellows fruitless . Nothing has been seen of them or their craft since by the numerous vessels which coast about . Tho provincial reports forwarded to the London offices of the different insurance companies , by . thoir respective agents , give a length . ^

      detail of misfortunes resulting from the storm In the eastern portion of Kent much mischief was done , but wo donot hear of any injur * to Ufa Tn Berkshire , Oxfordshire , HauiJJ , Cm & o there was simihw hvtgc , ' h m "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 6, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06071850/page/6/