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      Health of Losd'ix . —The weekly reports have r : t been recently of the most favourable character . IVarSng five wefks that have run since Jul y 26 ; h , liie deaths , except in one instance , have ranged above 1 . 000 ; in the week ending August 16 th , they r ^ iched 1 , 061 , and in the week which ended last i- iturday they again rose to the same number . The 1 001 deaths now returned indicate , not only a hi * h i . te of mortality for London as compared with I . ore open districts of th « country , but an increased j .-noant as measured by former experience in the jii' -tropolitan districts , at the same season of the j : ar . In the corresponding week of 1819 , when epidemic cholera had nearly attained its highest jo : nfc , 2 , 796 deaths were registered in London ; but

      v-ith that and another exception the deaths in the corresponding weeks of 1841-59 did not reach 1 , 000 , : M were generally under 900 . Of the whole num-!»•• - of persons who died last week nearly one half ]< ad not completed their fifth year of existence . Of t ' i'J whole nurnber of deaths more than one-third itr-3 elassed as caused by ep idemic diseases , among which diarrhea * , cholera " , and typhus , predominate . 3 * . is class , which numbered 314 iu tbe previous v . i-ek , has risen to 373 ; it includes small-pox \? hch was fatal in 17 cases , measles , scarlatina ' J ' ! i ;< mg-cough , which count respectively IS , 20 ' j- .:... J 26 , while 60 eases are due to typhus , renrttcnt * aud other fevers . 174 to diarrhoea , 7 to dysentery , r . i : < i 23 to cholera . Of the 28 persons who died of , ch > lera , it is shown that 10 were 28 years of age or v <> wards ; the remaining IS were , with only one exception , infants under 1 year . With reference to t ^ e 10 adults , the illness ( inclusive of previous

      CTirrbcea in those instances where it is stated to l : ive existed ) lasted in one case 12 hours , in one 34 hours , in two cases 3 days , in one case 5 days , in one 6 days , in one 7 days , in two 8 days , and in one 20 days . " Ofthe two cases of shortest duration , one c -curVcd amongst the Greenwich pensioners , and another , described as "Asiatic , " in Herbert-street , Hoxton . Ten pensioners died in the Royal Hospital , Greenwich , between the 29 n 2 boys and 699 g irl ? , in all 1 , 401 children , were roistered in the week . The average number in six corresponding weeks of 1845-50 was 1 , 820 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week was 59 . 795 in . Tbe mean temperature was only 56 . 4 dcg ? ., which is nearly 4 degree s below tbe average of corresponding weeks in ten years .

      BtACKFRiAiis Bridge —This oridge is now open for traffic , and the improvements , such as they are , h . ivs been effected with great taste and skill , and , we could have wished to say , with security . The wooden glr . iers still remain under the two outer arches , it being deemed unsafe to remove them . The weight upon them has no doubt been lessened ; but if , as engineers say , the more weight on the key of the arch the firmer it is , the relief of the pressure from above is only an indication of the weakness below .

      Thoie portions of the stone bulwark which have been removed from the side of the parapet have been filled up with a deal pa . 'i-ade , painted as nearly as possible of the sarus colour as the atone fencing , and presenting a very pleasing appearance . To a casual observer no difference can be seen , but on examining the alterations minutely it will be seen that they are but temporary improvements , " got np , " for the purpose of staving off for a time the ultimate fate ( i . e . the removing BlackfriarE . * bridge . )

      Geeat Fibe at Hornb ' s Coach Factory , IiONCACRE . —On Sunday morning a fire of a very fearful character , and attended with a destruction of several thousand pounds' worth of property , broke out in the coach manufactory of Mr . W . Borne , Nos . 93 and 94 , Long-acre . 1 he premises were nearly 100 feet high , about eighty feet in depth , and fifty feet wide . They were parcelled out into sundry compartments ; the gronnd fl-ior was used as the show rooms , while a gallery stretched over tbe same formed the bazaar . Immediately over the last named were the hody makers ' , finishing , taming , and harnessrooms . One part on the first floor , opposite Bow-street , was occupiedas the private residence . The engines of Messrs . Combe and

      Delaiield , the brewers , that of the West of Endand-Office , With eight belonging to the London bri g a de , leached the spot one after the other in rapid succession . Fortunately there was a most abundant supply of water , f rom which the whole of the engines were set so work , but owing to the extreme height of building very little , if any , impression could be made upon the flames , and they kept rushing from the windows ard casting immense pieces of blazing rafters , Sec over the booses ia the neighbourhood , threatening them with destruction . Several escapes belonging to the Royal Society for the Protection of Lite from Fire were placed both back and front of the blazing pile , and by conveying the hose from the engines up them , the firemen "Were enabled to attack the fl . unes at every point , but so great was the body of fire that some hours elapsed before ihu . ' east mastery could be obtained , and it was nearly noon before the fire was wholly

      extinguished . The total loss must reach to several thousand pounds . Fatal Accident ox bsard a Stcam Tog . — On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Baker , at the Shoulder of Mutton , BrunswicK-street , Poplar , on view of the body of Samuel Gray , aged thirty , engineer , on board the steam tog , Lord Warden . A . Soaniss , master of the vessel , said that oa the afternoon of the previous Thursday deceased left him to go into the engine room . Witness waited for his return a short time , when he found ibeenginesuddenlv Stop . He called to the deceased , whoraatleuo answer . Witness in consequence proceeded to lhe engine room , upon which he found deceased ' s head fixed in the lever of the engine . Witness immediately releas- d Mm , ou which he ( wind that the back p irt of his head was frightfully crushed . Life was extinct in a few minutes . Mr . Bain , a surgeon , was sent for , who also fonnd that deceased had some ribs broken on the risht side . Verdict— « * Accidental death . "

      BattTS Hipfodhome . —The spirited proprietor of this excellent and weil-patronised place of amuse menr , which has been erected at Kensington , near the Exhibition , has in the most kind manner offered a grand treat to the Boys of the Naval School , at Greenwich , by intimating to the authorities his willingness to afford them a free admission to the entertainments . Mr . Batty , who never docs things by halves , has also interested himself with the Directors ofthe Greenwich Railway , who have generously met him in the best spirit , and agreed to convey the boys to London and back gratuitously . Such a feeling as this should not go uunoticed , and we hope the inhabitants of Greenwich will show their appreciation of

      tbe same by attending the performances . We may also mention , to show the good intentions of Mr . Batty , that should the authorities of the asylum object to the boys going to the usual evening ' s entertainment , he has offered to make the fete a day one to meet their wishes . The performances at this new and novel place of amusement are very different to the usual equestrian displays , including ostrich races , Roman ear races , and other novelties , for which there is not room in any other place iu this country ; 'whilst , instead of following the plan which has generally been adopted cf raising the prices , iu consequence of the Exhibition , he has fixed them sojmuderately that the most humble may visit it .

      The British Museum . —The early closing hours of the autumnal season began to be observed at this establishment on Monday . The doors will be opened to the public daily ( except on Saturday ) , from ten to five »* clock , until the end of September , when the establishment will be closed for a week , and afterwards only open on Monday , Wednesday , and Fridar , so four o ' clock . Sudden Dbath op an Officer op thb Bbitish Museum . —On Monday Mr . Wakley held an inquest at the Museum Tavern , on the body of Mr . Charles Koing , many years keeper of the mineralogies 1 department of the British Museum . It appeared that the deceased gentleman , who had attained the age of seventy-eight years , was walking dawn Museumstreet on Friday evening last , when he suddenly fell , and in a few minutes expired . The medical evidence stated tbe stroke to be from extravasation of Wood on the brain , and a verdict of "Accidental destii " was returned .

      i i ; ie at Dbptfobd . —Between the hours of six and seven on Saturday moraisg last , afire , attended with great destruction of property , broke out in the Dt > utford Tar aud Naptha Works , situate near the Creek . The ihmes originated—from some cause not clearly asue . t-iiued—in a range of timber buildings , about thirty feet wide by forty long , and , owing to the inflRiaraable nature of the contents , not more than five minutes elapsed ere the building presented one immense sheet of flame , and before any attempt could made

      oe to extinguish the flames they had communicated to another building , in which a valuable assort ment of goods was deposited . The moment the firemen arrived from London they did all they pessiblv conl-i to arrest the further progress ofthe fire , but » iJL m ^ ° i f ies trncti ° n continued , and it was nearly mne o ' clock before the fire wasextinguished . and not Xttt "S ? T * Pr 0 , Perty was destroyed Mr . ^&^ - & 3 m assBSK ^ Ka * - ^ --SdaT

      l ^ SST * " ° S ^^ -On Mr TVak deathof Thomas L . Py " ke SfJKVTft ° f the in the B w ^ MBo ^ Sri ^ S ^^ T Sutton , sister to deceased 3 ) W « T ''" had been in a tepondiS itJS n ? S ^ C 6 ilSfid death Of his wife , andakf in a bad 8 ff nfT . T coni ;» lainingof a pain in his head w £ u hc hh had laedicat advice . Mr Mushat % » r e had nQl fi « death had ^ ftJ d ^^ ffig Kt : u " !! tt present was like many cases Sh came t ; :-.. his notice , where suicide followed desponde « v and pain m the head ; a consequence fib

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      might have been prevented if medical aid had been called in . lie believed that one-half the suicides which took place might be prevented if friends would force medical aid in such cases . If the arm , the leg , or other parts were affected , medical assistance was obtained ; but when the head was affected it was neglected , and the consequence was frequently suicide . Verdict— " Temporary insanity . " Three Persons found Drowned . —On Monday morning tho body ofa female , respectably attired in a dark muslin dress and satin shawl , was found in the Limehouse Cut , Bromley . Tho body is that of a woman about thirty , fair complexion . It was taken to the Moore ' s Arms , Bow-common . —The body of a man , about thirty-five , dressed in a blue pilot coat , dark vest and trowsers , was found in the

      Thames , off Upper Ground-street , and taken to Christchurch workhouse , Blaekfriars . The body of a genteel young man , about twenty-five , attired in black Oxonian coat , vest and trowsers , was found in the Regent ' s-canal , Regent's-park , and taken to Marylebone workhouse . The I 1 oly well-street Nuisance . —Attention has lately been forcibly directed to the remissness of the parish authorities , who have so long permitted a number of persons to exhibit the most obscene prints in the public thoroughfares . Whether the churchwardens of St . Clement Danes have ^ wakened to their responsibilities , or the Society for the Suppression of Vice has received new encouragement from the present favourable state of public opinion , a beginning has been made . On Tuesday the police made a succeesion of seizures of the abominable works complained of .

      Accident to Waterloo-bridge . —On Tuesday afternoon , a little after three o'clock , as Waterloobridge was particularly crowded by the passengers of a foreign excursion train from Southampton , the boom of a barge was seen approaching the footway , on a level with the heads of pedestrians ; and in another moment three of the heavy granite copingstones of the bridge were knocked off , and sent rolling among the passers by . Happily no one was Struck , as , from the massive nature of the stones , no damage resulting from a blow could have been trivial . The barge , it appeared , was proceeding towards the bridge with a freight of rough stone , intended for deposit around the piers , to protect them from the loosening effects of the tide and stream . The boatmen , intending to bring her to , cast out an anchor , which , however , failed to retain its hold , and the mast and rigging having been headlessly left up , the accident was inevitable . Seizure of an Illicit Distillery . —On Saturday

      afternoon last Mr . Limy and Mr . Cartwnght , officers of inland revenue , proceeded to a house , No . 2 , Green Dragon-alley , Limehouse , and succeeded in obtaining an entrance at the back by climbing over a high wall . In the back room they found a private distillery , tbe still having all the appearance of recent working , with a quantity of utensils , molasses , fermented wash , prepared spirits , & c . The whole ofthe fittings were on a large scale , and by keeping the still at J all work , it was calculated to defraud

      the rerenueof duiy to the amount of £ 140 per week A portion of the flooring had been loosened , which was removed as occasion required , and a hole dug , into which the waste wash was thrown , to he absorbed by the earth . The still did not appear as if it had beep many months erected . The officers found a little girl in the house , who had evidently been most artfully instructed , for she professed not to know her father ' s name or her own , nor did she know , she said , that they ever had a name . The still aud apparatus were conveyed to the warehouses in Broad-street .

      ibthisouohr Accident . — Oa Sunday evening last , about eight o clock , a most melancholy and fatal accident occurred to Mrs . Wood , the wife of a respectable carpenter , residing at No . 2 , Pondplace , Fulham-road , Brompton . Deceased and her husband had been entertaining a party of friends , "n a visit from Woolwich , on tho day in question , and were going to accompany them as far as Londoa Brid ge on their return home , when , on stepping on hoard a Citizen steamer at Cadoganp xer , cneisca , and in the very act of laughing aud talking with her friends , deceased missed her footing , and fell between tbe dummy and the boat , and the tide running down very strong at the time , was carried away out of sight before any efforts could bo mado to save her . Deceased had no family .

      Skr'oos Accident . —On Tuesday evening , as Mr . Lmth , of New-road , Chelsea , was driving his h' -rse and gig along Piccadilly , the animal started at the sound ofa barrel-organ , and became totally unmanageable , darting off at a furious pace towards Recent-street , which was thronged at the moment with p ople and vehicles coming from the Exhibition . Numerous collisions took p lace , and several persons were knocked down and much hurt , the bo >! y of the gig was separated by coming in contact with a heavily laden w . igmm , and Mr . Louth seriously injured . The horse ^ with shafts dangling at his heels , was not secured tilt he reached Charing-cross . Two persona , Mr . and Mrs . Divis , of Turpin ' s Coffee-house , Gilberfc ' s-passage , Oxford-street , who were knocked down at the Regent ' s-circus , were taken to Charing-cross Hospital . The other persons who wore injured were taken to their own homes .

      Tmueb Lxtensive Fihhs . —On Wednesday morning three very alarming fires , attended with great loss of property , took plao in different parts ofthe metropolis . The first happened about one o ' clock in tho house of Mr . Yates , Margaret-street , Cierkenwell , where a lodger had a narrow escape of suffocation from the bedclothes and furniture of the room having ignited through imprudently leaving a lighted candle by the bed-side . AU the property of the floor was damaged and destroyed . The second fire occurred in a bed-room of the house of Mr . Clark , grocer , Clare-street , Clare-market ,

      contents of second floor front room destroyed , building damaged by fire and water , —The third fire took place about one o ' clock , in the back workshops of Mr . Scovell , carpenter , 120 , Bunhill-row , St . Luke ' s . Through the timely aid of engineer Mallett and his men , from tho Brigade station in Lower Whitecross-strect , the flames were partly stayed in their progress till other assistance arrived ; however , before the fire was extinguished , tbe contents of the back shops were destroyed and stock in front damaged by fire and water . The premises were insured in tbe Sun Office .

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      Sam o p the Amehica Cut-pub . —On Saturday last the necessary preliminaries and conditions were arranged and finally agreed upon by which Commodore Stevens transfers the America to Cap . tain De Blaquiere , of the Indian Army , for the sum of £ 7 , 000 . It was the intention of the American commodore to visit the London waters for the purpose of giving the inhabitants of the metropolis an opportunity of inspecting this nautical wonder , but this arrangement has been set aside by the ready acceptance of the ownership on the terms proposed , without any abatement whatever . Sunday being the last opportunity of inspecting the America at Cowes , she was visited by an immense numoer of

      parsons from London and elsewhere , who universally expressed their admiration of her extraordinary feats and singular and unique construction , Fbaud asd Robbbht . —Several robberies have lately been committed in tbe neighbourhood of London by a man who assumes the uame of a certain pugilist , better known by report than personally , and who takes up his quarters under pretence that he is going into train in jr . On Saturday last he took lodgings at Mr . Jones ' s , the Angel Inn , Petworth , and shortly afterwards went off with a large quantity of silver p late , several watches , & c . Reuabkamk Phenomenon . —It is not a little remarkable that a second crop of wheat , which is now in flower , has sprung up in those , fields that were either much injured , or eutiroly destroyed ,

      by the late terrible hail storm at Shi pston-on-Stoui ' . And oven in those fields which were mown after the storm , a second crop has sprung up , and appears likely to be ready for the sickle by the latter end of September . Iu those cases where the first crop was left standing it is considerable , and the farmers are much puzzled in deciding whether the first crop should be sacrificed to secure the second , or the second to secure thefirst , as both cannot be secured . It unfortunately happens , in several cases , after the wheat was mown , either the ground was ploughed , or cattle were turned upon it to eat the springing blade . This was done , of course , in ignorance of the cUraordinavy compensating power of nature , in the » -- ?< r < tal ) le world , in the case of injury , or apparent destruction . — Oxford Chronicle .

      Important Emigration Cask . —Liverpool . —A case of considerable importance to emigration agents and others , and also disclosing a new feature in Transatlantic legislation , came before the magistrates for decision on Monday . The facts are briefly as follows : —A lady named Byrne with an infant and servant were entered as passengers by the ^ i p Ashburton to New York . Mm . Byrne , it appears , is a widow , and blind of one eye , and , after the party had gone on board , they were objected to by tbe Captain , who alleged that a recent act , passed by the Congress of New York , prohibited him taking out such persons , under a heavy penalty . The aet renders the captains of vessels responsible for

      the maintenance of persons landing in Itew York who are either " lunatic , idiot , deaf , dumb , blind , infirm , maimed , above the . age of sixty , or women without husbands , having families . " The captain of tho Ashbuvtou having received a copy of the act before tbe sailing of the vessel on Friday last refused to take Mrs . Byrne . and . her child , and hence arose an application under the Passenger Act , to recover the amount of passage money and compensation for breach of the contract . Mr ! Aspt « all , the barrister , who appeared on behalf of the emigrant agent , Mr . Saul , contended that his client naa accepted the complainants as passengers in ignorance of the act , and said that offers had been

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      made to convey Mrs . Byrne , her child , and servant to New York , via Philadelphia , and also to pay the expenses they had been at in consequence of the delay . This they were still willing to do . However , the solicitor for Mrs . Byrne objected to this mode of settlement , and pressed the magistrates for a decision . Mr . Mansfield , therefore , decided that the passage money must be returned , together with a shilling a day each for Mrs . Byrne and her servant since the ship sailed , and £ 10 compensation . The case excited great interest , being the first of the kind brought before the court .

      Tub Cahill Row jn Leeds . —Contrary to expectation Mr . Whitehead , the chief clerk of the Board of Works , has , by the advice of friends , refused to receive the apology tendered by Mr . Prest , the lawyer , who forcibly expelled him from the Stock Exchange , whilst attempting to bring Dr . Cahill to task for his atrocious and sanguinary letter to the people of Ireland ; and on Friday last an assault warrant was issued by the Leeds justices against the assailant . The case came on for hearing on Saturday , before the Mayor ( Mr . George Goodman ) , Mr . Shaw , Mr . Clapham , and Mr . Hall . The complainant was supported by Mr . Bond and Mr . Barrett , solicitors ; Mr . Prest was his own legal adviser . The facts sworn to were in substance that as soon as Mr . Whitehead proposed to question

      Dr . Cahill us to whether he was the author of the infamous letter , and had read a few words from it , he was seized by Mr . Prest and other Boman Catholics ntbvingin a respectable sphere , and forcibly dragged from the room . For the prosecution , Mr . Bond attempted to read the extract , more than once , but against this the defendant vehemently protested , and succeeded in stopping the public reading of the Christian-like sentiments of Dr . Cahill . The assault was proved—in fact , was not denied ; and the defence set up was , that the room had been taken , not by Dr . Cahill , but by the committee of tbe Leeds Catholic Literary Institute , of which committee Mr . Prest was one : therefore ,

      that the room was at the moment in the legal possession of Mr . Prest , amongst others , and that hehad a right to expel any one who made himself obnoxious to the committee or tho lecturer . After a long discussion the magistrates decided that Mr . Prest had this authority ; that- Mr . Whitehead had no right to put the questions to Dr , Cahill without first obtaining permission , and therefore they dismissed the case . Mr . Bond protested that the decision was contrary to law ; but the defendant adroitly availed himself of the dismissal of the warrant by demanding of tbe bench a certificate of the decision , which would bar further proceedings . This was granted .

      Fatal Accident from a Gun . —An inquest was held at Sheering on Saturday last , before C . C . Lewis , Esq ., coroner , on the body of Thomas Stallibrass , sixteen years of age , who met his death under the following melancholy circumstances , detailed in evidence-.-Abraham Sapsford , labourer , proved that on the 22 nd ult ., about one o ' clock , he found deceased in one ol his master's fields lying . flat on his back ; one hand was on each side of him , and his knees were drawn up . "Witness raised him , and then saw that hishead was much shattered ; a single barrelled gun lay close to him ; be seemed sensible and spoke twice , but gave no account as to how he became injured ; about an hour previously witness heard a report of a gun , and about a quarter of an hc-ttt before that , deceased , who bad a » un with him at the time , was with witness and the other men laughing and talking in his usual spirits . —Charles

      f urtte corroborated this statement , and added , the muzzle of the gun was on the ground , and the butt end in the boughs by the side of the river , about two feet from where deceased lay . —Mr . John Mauud , of Harlow , surgeon , stated that on beins called to deceaeed he found his face covered with bleed aud a large wound in the forehead , the brain protruding ; he was removed home , where witness continued to attend him until his death , which took place on the 28 th ult . Deceased was insensible the greater portion of the time , and when sensible seemed to be unaware ofthe injury he had sustained . The cause of death was extensive injury to tile brain , Which Was Considerably lacerated ,- this might have resulted from a gun-shot wound . The general opinion was that deceased was incautiously beating the bushes by the side of the river with the butt end of his gun when the contents exploded , and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "

      Fatal Colliery Accident at Kingswood , near Bristol . —On Monday a melancholy accident occurred at the Deep Pit , at Kingswood , four miles from Bristol . Between the hours of two and three o ' clock in the afternoon , a "turn" of nine persons were coming up the main shaft , and had arrived ia safety as far as " the stage" where the men get out , at the top ofthe shaft , when the bolt of tbe reversing handle broke . The engineer who was "hauling up" seized the " eccentric'' with his hands , nnd tried to lift the men up , but finding the effort too much for his strength he called to a man named George King , who immediately came to his assistance ; but ,, before they could bring their united strength to bear , the bucket was carried over the wheel , and the unfortunate accident had taken

      place , lhe names of the men in the bucket were Bryant , Stone , Pix , Blight , Wiltshire , English , Newman , and two relatives named Parker . Newman , when the bolt broke , seeing the danger of being drawn , over the " shiver wheel , " attempted to save himself by jumping oft , but , falling short , he was precipitated down the shaft a depth of 147 fathoms , and was dashed to pieces . Stone escaped uninjured by jumping off , as did also a lad named Bryant . The other poor fellows were carried ever the " shiver wheel , " and together with the iron bucket , weighing three and a half cwt ., were thrown ma to * he ground a distance of twenty-five feet . They were all very much injured , and were conveyed as speedily as possible in carts to the Bristol Royal Hospital where every attention was paid to them .

      It was found on examination that Dix was suffering from a compound fracture of both bones of the right leg , a fracture of the right thigh , extensive lacerated wounds of the left leg , and contusion of the scalp . His leg has since been amputated by Mr . Morgan , the house surgeon . English had fracture of the scalp , and extensive wound of the cheek , extending right across through the lip , and other injuries . Only faint hopes are entertained of the recovery of either of these men . The others are suffering from severe contusions , The remains of Norman were brought up the shaft shortly after four o ' clock . Fatal Boat AccinKNT on the Tyne . —On . Monday afternoon a melancholy and fatal accident happened off Howdon Pan , about five miles from NewcaBtle-upon-Tyne . It appears that about two o ' clock

      in the afternoon a steamer , containing a large pleasure party was about to proceed from Howdon Quay to Marsden Rocks , a place of resort for pleasure seekers during the summer months . The boat was lying off in the stream , a few yards from the quay , and the party was obliged , in order to reach it , to proceed in smaller boats that short distance . Several had reached the steam boat , and boarded safely , and a second smaller boat ,-containing sixteen persons , pushed off towards her , but before the man had got full command of the oars : the consequence was , that the tide being strong at the time , the boat was forced against the stern of the steam vessel , and the passengers in their alarm got up to push her off . In a moment the sculler-boat upset , and the whole of tlie passengers were thrown into the river . The greatest

      alarm now prevailed , and the shrieks of tho passengers who had reached the steam boat , and the cries of their relatives and friends for help , were of the most heartrending description . Assistance was speedily given , but owing to the force of the tide only nine persons were saved . The remaining seven met with a watery grave in the very sight of their neifihbours and friends , whose efforts to save them , although used to the utmost , were unavailing . One of the dead bodies was recovered the same evening , and another the following morning . The names of the unfortunate sufferers are : —Mary Ann Keening , Mary Bell , Elizabeth Gardner , J-imes Gray ( a boy ) , Sarah Elliott , Elizabeth Stoker , and an Irish uirl , whose name we have not learnt . This distressing accident has caused the greatest sensation in the neighbourhood .

      Americak Emigration . —We understand that Mr . Murdoch , the Chief Commissioner of Emigration , and Mr . Stephen Walcott , Secretary of the Board , are about to proceed on an official tour , in the course of which they will visit the several outports , with a view of ascertaining how far it may be practicable tO carry out the recommendations of Mr . Sidney Herbert ' s cammittee , and remedy prevailing abuses in the American emigration trade . For this purpose their attention will be specially directed to Liverpool , where it is expected regulations of a salutary charuc * ter will be established , with a view to the protection ofthe emigrants from fraud before embarkation , and their domestic comfort in " homes , " or model lodging houses . —Liverpool Albion .

      Mysterious Db . a . th . —On Sunday morning a man of the name of Bagley , being ba the Southampton Common , had his attention called to something in a clump of firs by his dog , and on go ' in * to lhe spot discovered the body ofa man in a very 'decomposed state , and a short distance from the body a razor , in a ease , was found , but there was not the slightest appearance of blood upon it ; and it is the opinion ol the surgeon , T . Mackey , Esq ., who has examined the body , that the deceased had not commuted suicide . The unfortunate individual had been in the employ ofthe Peninsular Company , but was of dissipated habits , so much so that his wife was obliged to leave him , and he had disposed . of the household furniture , . • nd for the last six weeks had been missed from his home . It was evident that the body had beevv Stofte time in the place where it was discovered , as the grass had grown round it , and all the , hair from the head had disappeared , and the body presented the appearance of a corpse that had been interred for many

      years . . Dkbtucctive Conflagration at Bristol . — -Great alarm was produced at Bristol at an early hour on Tuesday morning , in consequence of its becoming known that , the manufactory and machine shops belonging to Messrs . Layerton aud Co ., the exten-

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      sive bedstead , chair and furniture manufacturers , and situate in Redcross-street ,. St . Philip ' s , were on fire , aud in peril of immediate destruction , ine confutation was discovered at between two and three o'clock a . m ., and about half past three o'clock the manufactory presented one mass ot flame while huge columns of sparks were thrown up almost every moment , threatening with the most imminent danger a number of houses , nearly all of them of considerable antiquity , which were clustered around it . By great exertions the houses were kept from firing , although many of them sustained damage . The original fire could not be subdued until the entire building and the whole of the machinery was destroyed . The

      Messrs . Laverton were insured m the Sun Fire-office . The damage done is over £ 2 , 000 , Firb at Leeds . — The cloth dressing mill of Messrs . James Holroyd and Son , cloth finishers , Carlton-hill , Leeds , was completely destroyed by Bre on Friday , the 29 th ult . together with the machinery it contained . The mill wasi four storeys high and thirty yards long . The fire , which was discovered at one o ' clock in the morning , is supposed to have commenced in a small fire-proof building used for drying what are called gig-rods , on which teazles are placed , but the cause which led to it is unascertained . The building was insured in the Leeds and Yorkshire office for £ 1 , 600 , but the machinery was not insured . A fireman

      named John Coupland was seriously hurt on his head and one of . his legs , by the falling of part of an outer wall of the mill . . The Pedestrian Fbat . at Sheffield . —Mania is still progressing with his great feat . On Sunday and Monday heavy showers , with boisterous winds , impeded his progress , causing him at times to carry an umbrella , and to change his clothes for thicker ones , so that some miles took at least three minutes more than if ho had been elad in his regular walking dress . His general health remains excellent , so much so that his weight is daily increasing ; he now weighs lOst . 61 b . As the time of completion draws nearer his spirits and perseverance increase , and no doubt that he will accomplish his

      task in the most honourable manner . Hanks is prepared to match against any man in the world to run thirty miles , or go against any competitor for three nights and days consecutively , for any sum of money between one hundred and five hundred pounds a side , to como off within three months utter the finish of this great feat . Manks has now only 140 miles to complete . The last day will be next Thursday , and on that day Manks will wear a most supurb and -costly belt . The non-commissioned officers and privates of the 11 th Hussars , or Prince Albert's Own , now lying ia the Sheffield barracks , have resolved to subscribe one day ' s pay wherewith to purchase a silver snuffbox to present to Manks . The officers have also announced it as their intention to present Manks with a piece of plate . Dudley . —Fbighiful Pit Accident , —On Friday the 20 th ult ., a distressing accident occurred at a

      pit at Bonn ' s Lane Colliery , near Wolverhampton , and resulted in the death of two persons , George Jones , the butty of the pit , and his nephew , a boy named George Williams , aged ten years . The latter , it appears , was in the act of pushing an empty skip to the mouth ofthe pit , while the butty and the mine bailiff , whose name is Richard Evans , and who most miraculously escaped with a slight abrasion ofthe skin only , were being drawn up the shaft , and were about midway ( the depth of it being upwards of 200 yards ) up the shaft when the unfortunate boy , not being aware of the proximity of the pit ' s mouth , pushed the skip , which , together with the boy , was precipitated down the shaft . The descending skip struck the butty ( Jones ) , who was killed on the spot . Tho poor boy was literally cut in pieces ; hia remains were placed in a blanket , and-the bodies were conveyed to their late homes . Jones has left a wife and five children .

      Cuilo Murder . —On Monday morning a man named Tindall , nephew to Mr . Glazier , of South ilykcham , near Lincoln , discovered tbe body of a female child , with its throat cut , floating iu a pQUu near to Mr . Glazier ' s house . Various concurrent circumstances induced a suspicion that tho perpetrator of the horrid crime was a girl named Charlotte Whaite , whose mother resides at Coleby , and who had . been living in the service of Mr . Glazier since May last . Tho bedroom occupied by the unfortunate girl left no doubt that she had been very recently delivered ofa child . The wretched creature had , a day or two before , gone home for a holiday , and

      while there had suffered intensely , but her parent had no suspicion of the cause of her illness , and on inquiry being made at Coleby , it appeared that she had left for the purpose of again returning to her situation . The probable conjecture was that she delivered herself in the field , and afterwards murdered and concea ed the child , when she went to milk the cows , as she was away an unusually long time . An inquest was held on the body , when 'tbe girl confessed to he the mother of tho child , but asserted that it was born dead . The jury found a verdict of " Wilful Murder " against her , and she was conveyed to Lincoln Castle to await her trial .

      BUKGLABT IN EaDNOHSHIRE , AK » CAPTURE OF THE Robbbbs , —On Tuesday five men , named John Davis , fruiterer , of Ashton-street , Birmingham ; David Davis ( brother to the foregoing ) , tailor , late of Birmingham ; Charles Edwards , of Kington , Herefordshire , butcher ; and Henry Buss , of Birmingham , recently returned from a seven years ' transportation ; and another man named Wallis , of Carey's-court , Bermingham ; were brought up at the public office , Birmingham , charged with having , on Sunday night last , burglariously entered the house of a widow lady named Evans , residing at Greenfields , near Presteign , Radnorshire , and stealing therefrom a quantity of silver plate , of the value of £ 200 . The superintendent constable of

      Piesteign bavmg received information of the burglary and attendant circumstances , and the suspicion as to the prisoners being the offenders , commenced an early pursuit after them . He traced them to Kington , where ho learned that they had left there with a horse and trap at five that morning . Be followed on the track , heaving of them successively at Leominster , Tenbury , and Bewdley . The pursuit was vigorously maintained until they canto up to a public-house on the road-side near Birmingham , where they had seen the trap received . In- order to prevent suspicion in the minds of the pursued , the officers rode past the house for some distance . Shortly after they returned to the house , and found one of the prisoners washing the horse ' s

      mouth with a quart of ale , the distressed animal having had a continuous run of sixty miles . Dixon and Peters sat down on a bench outside the house , until the other four prisoners entered the house . The officers then went up to them , and told them that they were their prisoners . On asking the reason , Dixon charged them with the burglary at Presteign . The prisoner Russ then said , "I shall go to my horse , " on which Dixon seized him , and as there were preparations for a fight on the part of the prisoners , Peters , in order to alarm them , threatened that if they did not keep quiet he would »« put a bit of lead into them . " Russ then sat down , but in a minute after he jumped up and leaped through the kitchen window , breaking

      several squares of g lusss . Dixon , ho we ver , went out and secured him ; after which he went to the cart along with a young man . named Thomas Kaowles , whom he got to assist him . Dixon pointed to some bags that were in the cart , and on endeavouring to secure them , a large dog , which was in the vehicle , flew at him , and bit him on the knee ; but he succeeded in boating him off . At this moment the prisoner Davis came through the window into the yard where the cart was , on which Dixon left the dog , went to Davis and struck him down , and with the assistance of Peters , secured him , and took him into the house , where a desperate fight took place , the prisoners using fire-irons ' and a life-preserver , but ' eventually the prisoners were all disarmed and secured by ropes . Dixon

      then wont again to the cart , and there found secreted in a bag a large quantity of silver plate , consisting of coffee pots , dessert articles , spoons , salvers , jugs , toast-racks , & u . In one of the bags were found ; i centre-bit , a large quantity of picKlocks , a jemmy , several skeleton drop latches , and a dark lanterm The house of Mrs . E vans had been entered by t-iking a piece of wood out of the shutters of the butler ' s pantry , and the centre-bit found exactly fitted the bit of wood that had been CUt out " , ami the stolen propei-ly , although much broken and damaged , bas been identified by Mrs . Evans , who is the widow ofthe late Rev . Mr . Evans , of Greenfields , which , 1 S seven miles from Kington . The p risoners had resided in the nClUllbourhoOll U fortnight previous to the robbery , 'lhey were retnandel back to Presteign .

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      Harvest Linounv : ns . —It is true that , in many parts of tho south and west of Ireland , tho extra liiiiourera employed at harvest work have not n roof to cover them at ni ght , so uiativ cabins havinw been levelled under the eviction sys ' tem . - Tho ha £ ve .-t labourers about Clonniel are receiving 8 s 8 d per day with , and 2 s . 2 d . per day without diet . —Li meriek Chronicle . A Long Assizb . —The summer assizes at Cork closed on Wednesday , having occupied no less than

      twenty-seven-days . It is eiiough-to « iv Chief Baron Pigot and XIr . Sergeant Rowley were tho presiding . judges . - The learned sergeant , however got aw ., y from his -lively neighbour" twelve ( lavs previously . ° vi vnr * , u » ij & Tub WuRMnop Mn . W [ imc .-The Lord Lioutenantluis ottered a reward of £ 100 for such S mation as will lend to tho arrest of tho murder , „ t r ; 5 V . d V , li , u > ' ^ » s s * w dead in tho «« een 8 County on Monday in 8 t . thL the Derry bentmd ) has yet been discoverer ' , ' to to l , « apprehension of tho perpetrators of th 0 '" lorot Moore , tho bailiff on tie estate . nf PnmL Pratt , Indeed ( continue , the Sentinel ) , ^^ g

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      to be said of the murders ti ^ d' other flagrant outrages which liave of late ycai . "' been committed in the county of Donegal , the culp ^ 's having escaped with impunity . „ . • • ,. _ .- _ State of the TuLi 4 . UNioif . ~ Th 6 condition of the inhabitants—ratepayers as well as paupers—in the Tulla union , in the couuty of Clare , may be estimated by the fact that within the ycav ' l ? o ° and 1851 there have been declared tho folio . wing rates : —On Loughrea , 35 s . 8 d . in the pound on tJ 1 ® valuation ; on Itathcloony , 22 s . 7 d . ; on Kyle , 21 s 5 d . ; Glendree , 25 s . 3 d . ; Cabir , 27 s . 5 d . ; and Kilieenena , 32 s . 7 d . ' The farmers who still remain ire oreparing to leave the country , and thousands must either to with

      of the peasantry manage go them , to the poor-houses , or elsewhere . In the unfortunate union of Tulla all is panic and poverty . Juvenile FETE .-jOn Saturday the Kingstown RailwayCompany gave a free passage to and from Kingstown and Dublin to the children of the soldiers now stationed in Dublin , and also entertained them at a dc / euner on DaMey Hill . ^ _ , , ,. Thb-Lobd Lirutenanoy , —It is stated ( say 8 ; the Limerick Chronicle ) that the Marquis Of Clanrlcarde will be the new Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , though there is no idea of the present excellent Viceroy retiring . Great umbrage is felt- in London at the number of Irish clerks introduced to the post-office department by his lordship .. .

      There are several candidates for the Professorship of Law in the Queen ' s College , Cork , vacant by the death of Professor Walso . Messrs J . Barry , J . O'Hea , J . E . Herrick , and some members ofthe English bar hare been named . EMiGRATioN . —The " rush" oi emigration—especially from the southern ports—shows no symptoms of subsidence . On Friday a steamer left Waterford for Liverpool with 600 souls on board , and as manywere left behind for lack of accommodation as would freight another vessel which was to have sailed thence on tbe day following . The Fermanagh Reporter contains the subjoined statements : — " The farmers of Fermanagh have held out loner and well . a . nd wo had thought would

      have settted down and weathered out the storm ; but from the numbers who are advertising to sell their little all it is certain that a stream of emigration will flow in spring for America and the colonies equal to any preceding season . The Earl of Erne bas promised an allowance this year to his tenantry ' of fifteen per cent ., or 3 s . in the pound , to the person who shall pay his year ' s rent by two halfyearly payments—namely , one on or before the 12 th of October , and the other on or before the 12 th of March next , when the allowance shall cease . An additional allowance ol Is . in the pound will be given upon the last half year to the tenant ( solely supported by farming ) who shall produce to the agent a certificate from the agriculturist , after being approved of , as to the cultivation of his farm

      and cleanliness of his dwelling-house and offices , so essential in promoting the comfort and prosperity of the tenantry . The allowance not to extend to persons holding under old leases at a reduced value , or those who have underlet or subdivided their farms . ' This is very liberal as far as it goes ; but the reduction ought to be permanent . " The Potato Crop . —A Meath gentleman , who is a deputy-lieutenant , and extensive landed proprietor , states in a letter to Saunders ' s News Letter , that after au attentive examination , there is not , as far as he can ascertain , any ground for alarm about the potato crop . He says that in places where every vestige of the haulms had decayed , an abundant crop of perfectly sound potatoes was still to be found .

      The Limerick Chronicle states that a very successful experiment of sowing the eyes of the potatoes , and also the potato itself deprived of the eyes , as they are termed , has been mado by the Very Rev . the Dean of Kilmacduagb , a very good crop being thus produced . If this plan should be generally successful , it would be highly advantageous to the poor who might consume their entire crop of potatoes , reserving only those small portions for seed . In Inveragh the blight in the stalk has produced disease in the tuber ; hut iri no case equal to that of former years . In the Tralee and Killarney unions the prospects of the potato are most

      encouraging . Mb . M'Manus . —On Monday evening the members of the " Irish Democratic Alliance" held a soriee in the Concert-room of the Rotunda , in celebration " of the providential and honourable escape of Terence Bellew M'AIanus , Esq ., from the cruelty and tyranny of the base , bloody , and brutal Whigs . " ' Lord" Cullen . —The Drogheda Conservative has the following : — " Paul Cullen , Esq ., alias Dr . Cullen . —It is rumoured to-day ( 30 th ult . ) in Drogheda that this gentleman has been written to officially from Dublin Castle , calling on him to retract some ofthe sentiments expressed at the late aggregate meeting in Dublin . " Murder of a Pauper . —An inquest has been hold at the workhouse , on the body of John

      Leonard , who was murderously assaulted by Peter M'Intyre , while conveying the wretched man from Ahascragh to tbe workhouse , tho particulars of which appeared in our last publication . At a little afler two o'clock the coroner , James M'Donogh , Esq ., attended , and swore a jury , who at once proceeded to view the body . The relieving officer , and the constable of police at Ahascragh , proved that they gave Leonard into the charge of M'Intyre , that the latter was not drunk , but that he had tho appearance of having drunk some . A man named Greham , who resides near the chapel of Killure , on the direct road to Ballinasloe , distinctly proved that , opposite to his ( Grehan ' s ) house , he saw Leonard on the road in a very weak state ,

      scarcely able to walk ; that the wretched man had a cut over the right eye ; that he saw M'Intyre , at a short distance from deceased , in a very drunken state ; that he saw M'Intyre seize the poor old sickly creature by the back of the collar of his coat ; heard Leonard « ry for mercy , and saw the prisoner throw the deceased down on the road by a blow ; that the deceased fell on his face , and remained for some time in that position , until ho was raised by witness , assisted by another man , and put again into the car . An intelligent little girl was also produced , who swore that she saw M'Intyre drunk upon the road ; that she saw the deceased upon the ass ' a car , and also saw the prisoner strike tho deceased with a " wattle" across the breast . A policeman proved that , on tbe arrival of the deceased in Ballinasloe , he saw him in the car ; that the deceased distinctly told him , in the presence of the prisoner , that it was M'Intyre

      beat him , and gave him the cut over tbe eye ; and lastly , Br . Burke deposed that he had made a postmortem examination , and his deliberate opinion was , that the man ' s death was occasion by the blow which he received over the right eye . The following is the verdict returned by the jury . It needs no comment , but it significant shows in what estimation a pauper ' s life is held , and how lightly a murderous outrage on an aged , a sick , and an attenuated wretched creature is esteemed by those intelligent jurymen . We give the verdict verbatim , as returned by the foreman : — " We find the deceased , John Leonard , camo by his death from violence , but have no evidence to show us by whom , but we find it has been brought to a more speedy termination from tho bad treatment received at the hands of Peter M'Intyre . For self and jurors , John Usher . " M'Intyre has been committed by the coroner on & charge of wilful murder . — Western Star ,

      Irish Remittances from America . —The Ballinasloe Star has the following statement : — " We have seen statements in our contemporaries to the effect that the inmates are leaving some of the workhouses hy the thousand , and this move is attributed to the expectation of finding employment at the harvest , and no doubt such is , to a considerable extent , the fact ; but wo are in a position to state that very many of the parties alluded to are leaving the workhouses never to return to them again , and for this very gratifying and cogent reason—they are in receipt of remittances , from their relations in America , to enable them to emigrate to that' home of Irishmen , ' the name noVf generally given to the United States by tho peasentry . We

      have hoard , and from a sure source , that within the past six weeks upwards of £ 20 , 000 have been received , in sums varying from £ 5 to £ 30 , by persons in this country , tho great majority Of whOul had been receiving relief in the workhouses up to the time of the money reaching them . In manv cases tho poor people have kept the matter secret , through a mistaken fear that if it were known to tiie poor law officials a portion ofthe money would be impounded to pay for , tbeir keep while in tbe workhouse , to guard against which tho nionev is consigned to sonic third party-some shopkeeper or person who could bo depended upon to have it safely conveyed to its intended destination , without tho knowled ge of the workhouse officers .

      ¦ . JLi i ?? ? li , , ? ms ST B ^ Acn .-It was agiecd that the soldiers who had been engaged in IrVVf ^ T 1 ' 1 H 10 police nt B » naghor should be tried at , Oalway , but as all the witnesses resided in ifanagner , in order to save expense , the venuo was ciiaiigea to Birr garrison , where a district courfcniartial assembled on Monday last . Tho court—of which Major uarto , 49 th Regiment , is presidentis composed of officers of tho 4 . 0 th aad GStlv desots . tapiain Pollock , U . M ., attended to-watch tho ' proccedmgs on the part of thecivil authorities- - .. It is too intention only to try those soldiers who actually commenced tho affray . Sabuatk REcnu . vrsoif is Tipperaby . —Tho favourite pastime of crop lifting has again become tashumnble . On Sunday Inst a party of upwards of shji'ly men , with their Partners , assembled on the

      iw . ds of Katnnn . va . sns ,. ashm distance from lhe village ol l'uiikcrnu , am ! soon cut iff ( not down ) a held of corn on the farm of a persen named Stapleton , a tenant » f Joseph Griffiths , Esq ., J . P ; . They did not remove it , as they appeared a'little disturbed 'by a large'body of constabulary from llo ? 0 'Ca , who , Under brad-constable Shanahan , were actively engaged in taking , a note of tho proceedings . ' Mr .

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      Griffiths arrived in the evening , and ^ conthuTn ^ T a party watching the crop till Monday . whl- * was removed .. Stapleton . it is said , owes wSL'S years' rent . wveral Rbducixon of Rents . —According to tha rr kenny Journal , the Marquis of Ormonde ir through his agent , Mr . Walsh , pursuant to a seS valuation of his property , made a second reduoKn m his rents in order to adjust them to cum \\ prices ; and still further reduction is anticinS ' Other landlords of tho county of Kilkenny w- ' acted in a similar spirit of kindness . Atr . Riew 5 SiAi'Jhwick , at a late meeting of the Kilkml board Of guardians , avowed his opinion that evl if Qriffitvh ' s valuation were reduced twenty-fir per cent ., it would still be twenty-five per cent- too high—considering the present prices of wZ duce . yiQ " Death from Destitution . —On Friday la 3 t an inquest was held by W . J . Maher , Esq ., coroner a ? oiara ine oi r ^

      , on ooay a poor woman whose name wm unknown . She was found lying under a ditch bv thl road side , and must have perished there . The diet of the jury was , " That the deceased ' died bvtL visitation of God , and we think her death must havo been hastened by exposure to cold on WednS night last . 0 J Polite Litkratore .-A Tipperary priest , the Re 7 - John llyan , writing to the editor of a local nam * upon the question of feting the two county member * ( Messrs . bcally and Maher ) concludes his epistle with a flourish to the following effect :- " ! am ri « h glad that the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill' has become the law of the land . This bill or law will work miracles in favour of the religion of St . Patrick and the Gospel of Christ , the son of God . It wifi prove to be * the beginning of the end . * AVhv an

      I say this i Jtortius all-sufficient reason—It will make every rational man and woman in the kinc dom , who are outside the pale of tho Church of God—the Roman Catholic church—begin to think and reflect . Such thinking and rational person will find , on one side the English Government and the miserable , puny , political forsworn , and apostate wretch , John Kussell , and on the other God Almighty . This abandoned wretch , j 0 i , ilussell , when he undeservedly obtained the pre . miersbip of these islands , forgot , and still seems to forget , that there is a God in Heaven to whom , before any and every other being , he is , and will be

      , accountable . \ jProtestakt Me-khno . —In accordance with a rc « quisition issued by the Dublin Protestant Association , a meeting was held on Tuesday evening ia the Eound Hoorn of the Rotunda , for the purpose of adopting "An address to the government ontha conduct of the constituted authorities in Dublin , in reference to a so-called ' aggregate meeting of Catholics , ' on the maintenance by the executive of illegal titles , and on the discouragement of every effort made to assert the supremacy of the queen and of the laws . " The attendance was very numerous , the spacious room being crowded in every part .

      Gigantic Railwat Undertaking . —A leadino article in the Times of Thursday heralded the exiS tonce of an engineering scheme for bringing iondon and Calcutta within seven days' journey of each I Referring to an article about two years ago , in which the journalist surprised his readers with the original prospectus of the "Direct Calais and Mdoltan , " ho now follows up that announcement with tbe statement , that "since the scheme has been actually extended in its scope , discussed in its details , approved in much of its purport , and so fat advanced that of the four great divisions of tho route two have been positively decided on , and ars

      in present course of completion . It is to be accomplished by stages . " A continuous line of railway from Ostend to Orsova on the frontier of tho Turkish empire is already decided on . " From Constantinople it is proposed to step over to Asia Minor , and , skirting the Mediterranean coast with the line till you come to the mouth of the Orontes , to carry it up the banks of that river till the head waters of the Euphrates are reached , and then to lead it down the valley of the Euphrates to Bussorah at the head of the Persian Gulf . The Euphrates Railway would be but nine hundred miles long ; and yet it would , by cutting off the immense detour roun Arabia , shorten the time to Calcutta

      by " twenty days out of the thirty-nine . " These portions of the scheme are to be accomplished by I 860 . From Bussorah , the railway is to he carried along the Persian Gulf , and by tho coast of Belochistan , to Hyderabad on the Indus ; " whence the several branches of Indian lines would soon whisk the traveller to Bombay , Lahore , or Calcutta , according to his wants . " From Gracechurch-strcet to Calcutta , by the perfected route , would he about 5 , 600 miles of railway ; seven days'journey " without stoppages ; " and the whole scheme wight bo completed in fourteen years from the present time . "

      A Ci / mousFAcr .- —At a meeting of tho board of directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway , last week there was ex hibited a piece of elm timber twenty-eight inches long , and sixteen to eighteen inches wide , being part of an elm tree which had been sawn through for uso in some part of the works of the company , now proceeding within the station ; upon the piece being divided , a nest , with a skeleton of a bird , was discovered completely imbedded in the timber ; a quantity of feathers was also found in the aperture which held the nest ; the aperture was about fourteen inches long , and about six inches in diameter , surrounded hy

      sound timber . A Gigantic Undertaking ' . —We have received a letter from Mr . S . B . Rogers , of Jsant-y-Glo , who solicits patronage for carrying out certain plans for the erection of a magnificent granite bridge , above two miles long , across the River Severn , at Black Roek or New Passage , to connect Monmouthshire and South Wales with Bristol and the West of England , by a double line of rails and a common carriage road ; such bridge to be HO feet wide , with bazaars , shops , & o ., and a covered colonade occupying fifty feet along the entire of its centre ; and with arches 324 feet span , rising 120 feet above the highest spring-tides , so as to allow ships of the largest size passing at all times ; the piers and abutments ( the upper parts of which to be habitable ) to have a casing of cast-iron up to

      highwater mark , by which means all serious damage to the mason work would for ever be prevented . Mr . Rogers states that the practicability of this undertaking was admitted by the late Mr . John Bennie , nearly forty years ago ; and asserts that no engineer in the present day will dispute the point , for the foundation would be " rock" for nearly its entire length ; and the bases of the piers would bo dry for about four hours every tide . The cost of the bridge and its approaches would of course ba very great , but the projector does not fear raising the sum required , and that a dividend of 10 per cent , would be certain on the capital obtained . When we see the promised " rough drawing ot the proposed bridge" we shall be happy to return to the subject , mean time we give Mr . Rogers 3 concluding observations . " This arand structure would be a durable monument of human sKill ana

      labour , unequalled for utility and magnificence , throughout the world . The shops , bazaars , and colonade ( with open and well-fenced promenailes on their roofs at an elevation of 200 feet above lowwater mark ) may he constructed principally ° - ? . ' ^ and ornamental " metals , after the manner ot M ' Crystal Palace , ' so as to afford conveniences toi the display and sale of artistical , manufacturing , and natural results of all kinds , Thereby constituting a sort of permanent' Great Exhibition ot tw products of all nations—and for monuments ana curiosities of every description—and the » m » itself—like the « Glass Palace '—would be w . 21-catest monument and curiosity of the w . JOle . I

      Hereford Journal , . ,. ,. ? Value of Asgbs Ca-itls . —Mr . Csrtwrigat , w Northamptonshire , who has hitherto eonhne-i aw attention to the short-horned breed ot caa . waited upou Mr . Scott , Bahvjilo ( a farm oix i' > t estate of Dun , betwixt Brechin and Monti w « y " Tuesday last , and selected from his stocu l cows , two heifers , and one bull , ten months oi-v of which he purchased at the following P » | 'V * \ Por the cows , sixty guineas . - for the heifers ,. * - . guineas ; and for the bull , forty guineas ; iJa ; " altogether 160 guineas for five cattle . ' -it **"" - ' Witness , , 0 „ . A Skip Way . of IUisiso sirs Wind . — s >«^ > sation -was caused at Orleans two days : l S ° , ,- ... « Statement that a shoemaker in theRM ia " " ' had won the grand prize of 100 , 000 franc * ' « ' Lyons lottery . Immediately all his friends an" he quaintances , together with many persons w « ^ Br . ti-Relv Itnonr hn ' erpnnd tfi ¦ COllfir . ltUlate 3 »"» -, i , ¦

      speculations were made as to what he woiv . d his fortune . He was earnestly solicited act t" ^ the town , and was sumptuously entertain *• ' js cafe . The day after ha quietl y infonneu w * 1 ' ^ that he had not gained the prize , bus > f l _ . ' „ . tliuti ! , in order to ree «" tvc during twei . iy-te ' the homage paid to wealth . « p . ItKUSMPTiox Society . —On Sunday laf V . ^ rsicv , Green addressed an out-ctoor meeting at * ' f Jji near Leeds . It being feast day the villRg R "( J , jIt 3 of visitors ; and Ms . ' Green expounded the L ^ . jC | ijc , of-co-operation to a large and attentive ai- 3 To many of tho strangers present the uo ^ were new , and a considerable iinpvessie ! . ... ^ " ana favour was ma «! o—Kext Sunday Messrs . ° S „ jc Henderson nsj to hold an open-air n ' ' *; . ! j ^ vo Pudaey , wharo the principles -of our seci" ^ -,,,. already made cousidcmblo progr ess . —* - * \ -, ] . ; ccived fortheweek : 11 vile , per J . -Bradley , i- ^ Derby , per J . Smw ' riljni , 2 * \ ^ ' ' ' ^ T ' hUl ^ i Bloomer , 5 s . 2 d . ; r . uddrnrfield , per U w > . „ - , 12 s . Oil .-Building Fund : Hvde , 9 s . M' ; . 6 ti . - ls . Gd . ; Manchester , Ss . ; lluddcrsfield , »«• ( v ( ; t > , Propagandist Fut : d : W . Alcoek , Derby , \ ' ^ civ U . CUuddcrsaeld . Is . Sd —J . He ^ si ^ N * - ' ¦

      tnry , 162 , Uri nate , Leeds . , \} d An ironfounrier at Glasgow has patenrcu »< a iid . furrowed cast-iron plates for paYenV . -u ^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 6, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06091851/page/6/