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      Health « t Losdon dumsg the week-H is p . t : ivmg to observe the farther abatement of pestilence in London . After the first wefk .. f September , in ' ^ n ehthe fatality from cholera was greatest , and J tho persons died from all causes , the total number fell m the second week to 2 , 865 , then to 19 SI , and in the week ending last Saturday the total deaths roistered were 1 , 611 . During the same period , the "Weekly numbers of lives destroyed by cholera have been 2 . 026 , 1 , 682 , 839 , and in the last week 434 Diarrhea was fatal successively to 2 / 2 , 280 , 238 , and last week to 163 . In comparing the returns f i . r the iast two weeks , the decline of mortalPy is most obvious in the Soujh Districts , where the deaths

      from cholera have fallen from 422 in the week ending Septcraber 22 ud to 161 in the last ; and to take the ossst striking examples of particular districts , in Si . George . Southwark , they declined from 58 to 10 , in Newington from 66 to 15 , and in Lambeth from 117 to f > 9 In tbe north and central districts the improvement is also remarkable ; in the former the deaths from cholera in the two weeks having been consecutively 71 and 37 , and in the central having been 95 and 51 . The improvement in the east districts is not so Ereat , the 183 deaths of the previous veek having fallen to 113 in the last ; but in the west districts the public health has recently be ? n stationary , the weekly deaths caused . by the epidemic having been 68 and 72 , ' though here , too , a great

      change bas taken place for tbe better in the latter half of September as compared with tbe firmer . In the whole metropolis the daily number of deaths from cholera last week has fluctuate- } between 102 anil S 3 , but showing an almost constant tendency to fa !! . The mortality from small-pox , measles , and scarlatina is much less than the average ; from hoopin ; cGagh it is near theaverige ; typhus has recently sliwn a slight increase . The mean height of the barometer in the weekwas 21 * 980 . The highest temperature occurred on Tuesday , when it was 79 deg . 7 mSi \ . i tbe highest mean temperature on Thursday , wbcii it was 62 deg . 2 miu , The mean temperature of tbe week was 58 deg . 4 min . and higher than the average of the same week in seven years by 5 deg . 4 min .

      lit-BBEBT OF PABCELS COSVETBD BY THE GREAT Wj-ktkhs ItAttwAT Cc-MPAKT . —An extensive robbery of valuable parcels conveyed by the Great Western Bailway Company bas just been discovered . On Thursday , tho 27 tb ult ., the mail train by tbe Great "Western Hail-Tray leaving Plymouth at 6 25 p . m . on the previous evening , and calling at the intermediate towns upon tbe route , arrived at the Faddington terminus at 4 . 15 a . m ., laden , in addition to tbe Post-office mail bags , with between 200 and S 00 parcels of a miscellaneous character , consisting of bankers' parcels , containing notes , cheques , & c , from local to London banks , and solicitors ' and other parcels , of considerable value , passing between various

      metropolitan and provincial firms . The parcels were deposited en masse in the parcels van , and shortly before seven-o ' clock the delivery agent of Messrs . Chaplin and Home , accompanied by a lad , who remains in the cart to watch them , started on his round from Faddington , taking with him the parcels , sorted out and strapped together in classified Jots , those for the bankers in one batch , those called by the railway clerks "tbe lawyers' parcels " in another , the general commercial ones in another , and so on .. On arriving at Featherstone-buildingS , Holborn , shortly before ei g ht o ' clock , the driver of the van , as is usual with him , alighted , leaving the cart in custody with the lad . Taking with him the lawyers' parcels , of which on tbe occasion there were

      twenty-four , strapped together , and endorsed with their addressess he proceeded with them , slung over bis shoulder , and with his entry book , to the first place of calling , in Bedford-row , intending afterwards to go to Chancery-lane , Lineoln's-inn , and Gray ' s-inn , before proceeding to the city . Accordingly he first of all proceeded to the offices of Messrs . Gregory , Faulkner , andFollett , one of the largest legal firms in Bedford-row , and there , at a few minutes after eight o ' clock , he saw the house-Jreepc-r , who received the parcels for the firm , and the man , who it would appear , had on previous occasions acted thus imprudently , asked permission of tiw housekeeper to be allowed to leave aU the pareds , strapped together , in the office , on account , as be alleged , of their great weight , while he went a little further on in Bedford-row , to deliver two others , one for Messrs . Algar , solicitors , the other for Messrs . Stevens , which he did in the usual

      manner . In the meantime , however , and within five minutes of his absence from the offices of Messrs . Gregory , a most adroit and daring abstraction of the remaing twenty parcels left there , containing deeds , wills , and valuable assignments , was effected . Immediately on his return the housekeeper said to him , " one of your fellow servants las been here and stated , " Ob , my mate bas left the wrong packet of parcels , " exchanging at tbe same time the parcels tbat had been left for a set vrlicb were " dummies" filled with waste paper . Iaformanon having been given to the police , a man , who is "known" as one of the most expert thieves in London , has been apprehended , and identified by Messrs . Gregory ' s housekeeper as the person who left die fictitious parcels . It is believed that the chief object of the thief was to secure the banker ' s and £ j 'icitor ' s parcels . The real representavc value of tbe latter is not yet ascertained , but it is conjectttte •} -o he very large .

      Supposed MuBBEB op a Child . —On Sunday morning shortly before eight o ' clock , the parties connected with the Royal Opthalmic Hospital on entering the area of that institution , discovered lying uu the stone flags what they at first believed to be an old umbrella , and upon making a closer inspection they found that it was a parcel containing a heavy substance , Tbe package was found to contain rhe dead body of a remarkably fine child , and from ; he appearances upon it there is little doubtentertained that the child had been murdered . The police were immediately acquainted with tbe discovery , and the body was forthwith removed to St . Mania ' s workhouse to await an inquest .

      EX ( U > SIOK of a . Sewek is the Borough . —On Saturday evening , about six o ' clock a fearful explosion of sewer-damp happened in Friar-street , in the Sorougb . The sewer bas been in a most pestilential state for some time , and cholera is raging immediately around it to an awful extent . j ? bt"withstanding repeated complaints had been made , nothing has been done by the commissioners , and -on Sr . inrday Messrs . Anderson and Colley , soapboiler ^ were prevailed on by some of the inhabitants in despair , to attempt to draw off the pestilential "vapo-ir by connecting a pipe from the sewer to one of their chimneys . All went on apparently well for about half an hour , when a violent explosion occurred . The shock was felt at a considerable distance round the neighbourhood ; the cast-iron

      plates covering the main holes , m the flag pavement in Friar-street , were all blown into the air , and the flames came through the gully-gratings into tbe streets . Happily , no lives were lost . Fl > : 3 E ! GOODMAS ' S FlELDS . —SUPPOSED IxCEXMABi ^ x—On Sunday morning about half-past ten o'clocka fire was discovered ou tbe premises of a beer-shop keeper , named J . Drake , situate at No . 67 , LunbetU-strcet , Goodman ' s-fields . The fire "Which broke out in a top-room , is supposed to have been caused by some evil-disposed person . Tbe TVelclose-sunare fire-engine was promptly on the spot . : md owing to the exertions of the firemen and num-,. ous willing assistants , the flames were overcome ; i » efore property to any considerable amount was vnsnmed . Mr . Drake ' s loss will fall upon the Bov ; - ' Exchange fire-office .

      Exnosiox of Gas . —On Sunday night , about half-KHt ten o ' clock , the inhabitants of the Haymark - t were alarmed by bearing aloud report , and it wa * iiseovered that an explosion of gas had taken plac- ' in the house occupied by Mr . Laing , the extensi . v gunsmith , 2 fo . 7 , ilaymarket . From inquiry - •» to the origin of the explosion , it appeared that : nerson in Mr . Laing's house had occasion to goinT- > the area for some purpose wittl a . lighted candio , when the explosion took place instantaneously , and with such force as to drive the person holdiuj the candle into the kitchen . Fire engines were speedily in attendance , but their services were not required . The inhabitants escaped with some slight bruises .

      Di-. ' overy of Bodies scpposed to have bees MoBi-inED . —Throughout Friday and Saturday last great- sensation prevailed in thc vicinity of . Highstreer . Borough , in consequence of the following discov-ry : —Some children who were plaving in the lofts < ¦ •( . the Old White Heart Inn ( celebrated by Dickies in the Pickwick VajHrs , but which is now chief : ? let out in lodgings ) , threw down into the yard what proved to be a human skull . This led to inquiry , and by the aid of the police and Mr . Thw ; nts , churchwarden of St . Saviour ' s , search was

      made , when various bones , forming three perfect skehr ons , were found , one tbat of a young female , and vtidently deposited there very recently . In the svoe portion of the loft was discovered a heap of artenic which had fallen from a rotten paper bag . In a : ; upper loft , communicating with the former by a hole in tbe ceiling , were found three stockings , a feai ' sle ' s cap , aud part of chemise , a portion of a man' ~ shirt , a leather glove , and a cotton cravat , appa . :-ntly saturated with blood . By the direction of Mv . Thwaits , the beadle of St . Saviour ' s has take :: charge of the premises and its contents .

      Sudden Death of a Timber Merchant . — Mr Paynf : held an inquest on Tuesday at the Kings ' s Arm * Tavtrn , Queenhithe , on tbe body of Mr . Ii . waig' -. t . a timber dealer , residing at Hursttourne , near t ye Sew Forest , Hampshire . Mr . Phillips , the landlord of the King ' s Armcs , said that deceased had been w the babitof using bis boose for the last twenty , three years . He went to the house as usual onthftj / th ult . and said that he should want to remamuntdl Sunday He was then perfectly well . On Monday he ordered a cab to convey him ' to tbe railway station . He directed bis carpet-bag and valise , when he suddenly staggered , and falling into an easy chair , was found to be a corpse . A medical

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      gentleman stated that deceased died a natural death from disease of the heart . Verdict according . Three Lives Lost ox the River . —An accident , by which three persons lost their lives , happ ened on the river Thames on Wednesday , off the Commercial Dock buoy at Limehouse . Shortly before two o ' clock the Thordenskiold , a Norwegian brig , arrived at the before-mentioned part of the river , for the purpose of being taken into the Clyde dock for repairs . In order to get the vessel through the dock entrance , Waterson , a waterman , and two of the crew , were engaged in a small boat alongside of the brig . The pilot having some apprehensions that the kedgo was not sufficiently strong to keep the brig safe gave orders for the men on deck to lower tiie large anchor ; the man not knowing tbat

      the small boat was immediately under the bows , let go the anchor , which fell upon the three unfortunate men , crashing them , it is beliered , and sending t jeboatto th ; bottom of the river . After the lapse t f a few minutes , the boat came to the surface of the water , but the three poor fellows never rose again . It is considered tbat tbey wore so seriously injured by the anchor falling on them , as to have been unable to do anything towards saving their lives . The drags of the Royal Humane Society were instantly procured , and search was made for the parties ; but at six o ' clock the same evening neither of the bodies had been found . Waterson has left a large family totally unprovided for ; bis widow , being a cripple , is unable to do anything towards the support of her children . The other two men belonged to the vessel , J and were Norwegians .

      The BEnMox » sEr Murder . —On Saturday afternoon , Mr . Solomons , the solicitor to Mrs . Manning , applied to Mr . Seeker for the restoration ofa letter which she received from Patrick O'Connor , in July , 1847 . That letter was stated to be of greatjeonsequeuce to her , inasmuch as it was sent to her while ia the service of Lady Blantyre , at Stafford House , St . Jamea ' s-park , and related to the purchase of stceki n railway and other securities , shebeing atthat time in possession of considerable sums of money . On Tuesday Inspector Yates waited upon Mrs . Manning , at Horsemongerdano county gaol , for the purpose of ascertaining what letter she required , as there were an immense quantity of documents in his possession . She then informed him that the

      letter she wished to be placed in the possession of her solicitor was one she received from Mr . Patrick O'Connorashort time after they became acquainted , and tbat ifc containeda request for her to purchase some Eastern Railway and foreign stock . Mr . Yates informed her that her parcels had been minutely examined , and no such letter could be found . The only letter of a public or private nature had been , given to her solicitor , but still some might be at the bottom of some of heir boxes . Mrs . Manning was certain that such a letter was taken from her by Mr . Moxhay , and that if ifc wasproduced it would prove how she became possessed of the property found on her . She therefore requested Mr . Yates to search her boxes and produce the letter . The inspector accordingly left the prison , and related

      the circumstances to the magistrate at tbe Southwark Police Court , when he received orders to give copies of any letter that might be required : Mrs . Afanning seems confident of her success , and states to every person who visits her that she must be acquitted . She never alludes to her husband . Tue Bishop of Lokdon ' s Ordination as Two Apbica-vs . —The Bisbop of London held an ordination at Fttlhaui , on Saturday last , when two natives of Africa were admitted into holy orders . The two candidates , the Rev . Thomas MaxweU and the Rev . George Sieol , are coloured gentlemen , and are of that class termed the Sierra Leone " colony born , " that is , their parents were brought into tho colony as liberated staves , but they were never themselves iu a state of shivery . They were received in the missionary schools as children , and baptised as infants .

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      Shocking Railway Accident . —A dreadful accident occurred on Friday , the 28 th ult ., on the Nottingham and Mansfield Railway ( Midland ) to ono of the Company ' s servants , a labourer , named Thomas Coope , which there is no doubt will terminate fatally . About nine o'clock on the morning in question Coope was at work on the above line , at a curve , near King ' s Mills , when the down train from

      Mansfield to Nottingham was proceeding at a very rapid pace , and it is supposed that the unfortunate man , either had not time to get off the line , or considered himself safe in continuing at his employment ; he was , however , struck down by the engine and one of his legs completely torn from bis body . Tbe poor fellow was taken up frightfully mutilated , his head and back being shockingly injured , and immediately conveyed to the general infirmary at Nottingham , where he now remains under the care of the resident surgeon , Mr . White , with but little chance of recovery .

      West Suruey Election . —Mr . Low , of the firm of Pcwtress and Low , paper manufacturers , No . 30 , Gracccburch-street , bas protested against the validity of this election . Mr . Low tendered bis vote before nine o ' clock on Wednesday morning , at the polling-place at Godalmiug , but found that there were no officials at the booth to register his vote . The Sheriff , it appears , named the election to commence on Tuesday , the 25 th of September , from nine a . m . to four p . m ., and on Wednesday , the 26 th , at eight o'clock in the morning , finally closing at four p . m . It is not in the power of any candidate , when the poll is once commenced , to—strictly speaking—resign ; he is in the hands of the electors , and if the electors choose to elect him he cannot refuse to serve .

      Alleged Mubdek . —On Friday , the 28 th ult ., Henry Glover , son of a respectable farmer , of Leahouse , Lea , near Lea-gate Railway station , was charged before the mayor of Preston , with the wilful murder of Edward Latham , a gardener , employed by Mrs . Podder , at Ashton-lodge , The deceased was found on Monday week by Policeconstable Hindle , lying under one of the arches of the Wyre Railway . Life was extinct , but the body was quite warm ; blood was flowing from his nose and ears . The body was forthwith removed txt the Rawestonc Arms public bouse . Mr . It . Palmerythc district coroner , having been apprised of the finding of the body , held an inquest on the same , when it appeared that the prisoner and the deceased left the Water Trough public house on the previous Sunday

      night in company with other men ; the latter left them , and shortly after a person named Charles BiUington , saw the prisoner standing up , aud the deceased on the ground , when the former said , " Hast thou had enough ? " Witness went towards the one on the ground , when tho first one ran away a few paces , but returned directly , and seeing witness , he said , " Holloa , Charley , is that thou ?" He proceeded along the road in company of the prisoner , when the prisoner said , " Shall I turn hack and finish him ? " Witness replied , "No . " He afterwards said it was a bad job , and witness must not mention what he had done . The case assuming such a serious complexion against the prisoner , he declined to say anything in his defence , and he was remanded .

      Tub late Attack on the Revekue Officer at Gosronr . —AttheGosport Petty Sessions last week before E- P . Samuel , Esq ., John Brown and John Matthews , the ring leaders in the above , were brought up to answer a charge of assault preferred against them by Stephen Mountifield and Benjamin Mountifield . P . Beverley , Esq ., solicitor to the Customs appeared on the part of the Mountifields , and contended that it was so gross an assault , that he hoped it would not be dealt with in a summary way , —committed to the quarter sessions , when they made application to he bailed , which was granted . Smggglixg . — Charles Wadesy , of Slindon , was brought up by the coast-guard , and charged by the Collector of her Majesty ' s Customs , at Arundel , with aiding and assisting in unshipping thirty-seven gallons and one quart of brandy , and two gallons

      and seven pints of Geneva , without payment of duties . Tbe witnesses proved that there was a run from a boat close to tbe beach at Climping , between two and three o ' clock in the morning of the 20 th ult ., and that nine tubs were found in tbe boat and four just over tho beach near it . Men were running to and from the boat over tho beach , and the defendant Wadesy came over the beach with a stick and went up to the boat . He was convicted in the penalty of £ 100 , and committed to Petworth until paid . It was stated to be the practice of the Treasury to order persons thus committed to he discharged after being imprisoned six months ' . The smugglers , it is said , succeeded in securing the safe removal of nearly 200 tubs , and they intended to abandon the old boat which the coast-guard took possession of .

      Suicide of a Naval Officer . —On the 27 th ult , Mr . William Remphry , clerk of her Majesty ' s ship Ocean , flag-ship of "Vice-Admiral the Hon . G . Elliot , C . B ., commander-in-chief at the Nore , committed suicide , whilst tbe ship's company were at divisions . It appears the unfortunate deceased took that opportunity of cutting his throat with a razor in his catbin , and so effectually did he perform the dreadful act that life must have ceased almost instantaneously . ExTExsrvE Forgery of Foreigs Notes . —For some time past very extensive frauds have been committed on the Russian and Prussian governments by

      the manufacture of foreign forged notes , and within the past fortnight two German Jews , Marcus Lavin and Hyatns Liptzick , have been taken into custody here , as parties concerned in the manufacture and disposal of the same . The first named prisoner , Lavin , called on the Prussian Vice-Consul at this port , Louis Arnoldus Yandenbergh , Esq ., and communicated to him that he could afford some important information relative to the parties engaged in disposing of these forged foreign notes ; and accordingly Mr . Vandenbergh assented to an introduction to tho parties who had the notes to dhpose of . Previously , however , to doing so , be communicated with the borough police , ana readily obtained their assistance . At the appointed time Lavin brought

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      the other prisoner , Liptzick , to Mr . Vandenberg h , who passed , at tho time , for the captain of ' a foreign vessel ; and . the result was that both the Jews were taken into custody by Inspector Daish . A carpetbag containing the property which was to have been disposed of , viz ., 353 . 3-roubIo notes of the Bank of Poland , was afterwards found by Inspectors Dowsett at a pastrycook ' s in Broad-street , where it had been left by Liptzick on the same day as the prisoners were apprehended , The capture of these fellows , who form part of a gang that has for some time carried on their nefarious practices and eluded the vig ilant exertions of tho governments whom they have defrauded , reflects infinite credit ou the tact and judgment of the Prussian Vice-Consul here ;

      and the conduct of Inspector Daish and Dowsett in aiding him in the affair , is highly praiseworthy , and will , we have no doubt , be liberally rewarded by tbo Prussian government . The two prisoners who had been remanded after a private examination , were brought up for re-examination on Friday week . The depositions taken at the former examination , which was conducted by the magistrate privately in the council chamber , were now road over to both prisoners and the evidence adduced , relative to the finding of the carpet-bag by Inspector Dowsett , and tbe identification of the prisoner Liptzick by Mrs . Gray , at whose shop the same was left by him . A

      clerk from the Bank of Poland deposed to the notes produced bein « forgeries . ' A solicitor from London attended on behalf of tho Bank of Russia , and asked the bench to commit the prisoner Liptzick for trial under the act of William IV ., sees . 19 and 28 . With reference to the prisoner Lavin , the case mainly depended on information communicated by him , and bethought the ends of justice would be fully answered by his being bound over to answer any charge that mi g ht be preferred against him at the assizes . Mr . Field attended on behalf of Liptzick , who was committed for trial at tho assizes . —Rampshire Advertiser .

      Fatal Railway : Accident . —On the 27 < h ult ., an inquest was held by Mr . Ratter , county coroner , at the Railway Inn , Miles Platting , on the body of a labourer , named John Redfern , 49 years of age , who was in the employment of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company , at the Miles Platting Station , and whose death had been caused by an express train having run over him . It appeared that on the previous evening , about twenty minutes to eight o'clock , the deceased aud another man were talking on the platform of the station , when the train from Manchester to Leeds came up ; and at the same time an express train to Manchester was seen approaching by a porter named Roberts , who rang the bell , and called out to the deceased and his companion to mind the express . Roberts then went away a few yards to see

      that none of the passengers by the Leeds train got out at the wrong side , and as he turned his head to look back , he saw the two men coming across the line . Instantly the express came up , and when it had passed he only saw deceased ' s companion , who bad got across the line . The deceased had been caught by the engine and thrown down , and when found his body presented a . shocking appearance , being much mutilated about the legs and the lower part of the trunk : he must have died instantly . Mr . Phillips , station master , was at once informed of the occurrence , and the body was removed to the Railway Inn , clise by . The deceased had left off work about five o ' clock , and it is supposed that be was crossing the line to go to the tank yard . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "

      Incendiarism . —Friday last , Sept , 28 , was the day appointed in Bridport , Dorset , for general humiliation and prayer , in consequence of the present visitation of cholera . Numerous congregations were assembled at the various places of worship in the morning and evening . The Rev . T . Wallace was proceeding with his discourse in the evening , to a numerous congregation , when 'he was compelled to desist from a sudden and general movement and rising among his audience . He requested them to preserve their presence of mind and remain seated , or alarming accidents might occur . Several persons rushed into the chapel and _ cried out " Fire ! fire !—there is afire just opposite the chapel—save yourselves ! " The rush to the doors was then general , but fortunately , beyond the terror occasioned , nothins

      serious happened . In a few minutes the atmosphere was illuminated with the outbursting of a sheet of flame from an extended range of buildings immediately opposite the chapel , and , being thatched , they burned with great rapidity and fin y . It was with difficulty that Mr . Wallace and his congregation could get ont of their place of worship . In half an hour the conflagration was tremendous . The wind blowing from the south saved the Royal Oak Inn and stables , but several houses and an extensive range of premises were destroyed . An alarm of fire was given at Bridport Church during tho sermon of the Rev . Mr . Templar , and the rush was instant and most serious :

      no lives were lost , but the terror was indescribable . The fire was , no doubt , tbe act of some miscreant , who took advantage of the people being at their respective places of worship to perpetrate his heartless villany . The same premises were attempted to be set on fire at eleven o ' clock at night , about three weeks ago , but through the servants' bed-room at the Royal Oak being fullof smoke the diabolical attempt was frustrated . A rigid inquiry will be at once instituted , and it is sincerely hoped that the culprit will be detected and brought to justice . A young man fell , during the fire , from a wall , and sustained much internal injury .

      Extraordinary Explosion of Fire Damp . — A curious though serious case of explosion of lire damp or gas occurred on Sunday last , in a house in Gidlow-lane , Wigan . On Sunday night a messenger was despatched from the house in question to Mr . Winnard's surgery , and it was stated that a Mrs . Crook bad been severely burnt by an explosion of gas in the cupboard . Mr . Winnard was absent at the time , attending to an urgent cholera case , but Mr . Hutchinson , the medical gentlemen from Liverpool , who has been engaged to assist Mr . "Wiunatd during the prevalence of the epidemic in this township , was in attendance , and it is said that he received the statement of the messenger with an amount of incredulity , which is only to be accounted for by

      bis inexperience m a colliery district . A woman burnt by an explosion of gas from a cupboard—he could not believe it 1 However , he proceeded to the house , where he found Mrs . Crook in great suffering , having been severely scorched about the face and neck . It was stated that she was going to the cupboard with a lighted candle in her hand , when the terrific explosion of fire-damp took place . My . Hutchinson , it would appear , was still" hard of belief , " and Crook , the husband of the woman who was injured , asked him if he would wish to see a repetition of the explosion , stating that it would be attended with no evil consequences . Mr . Hutchinson assented , and we may be sure that he exercised no small degree of caution when the cupboard was opened and the light applied . Crook , however , was

      unfortunately less apprehensive , and a tremendous explosion taking place , he received a serious burn on that very sensitive organ of the human physiology —the nose . The people of the house screamed , and the greatest consternation prevailed . It is stated that the body of flame ran along the ceiling and escaped out at the door , but Mr . Hutchinson says that lie did not observe this phenomenon . We should state , for the information of those who may be unacquainted with the locality , that the house is situated immediately over a coal-mine , and the gas must have made its way through the earth into the cupboard . The woman , we are sorry to say , is still in a very precarious state ; but Mr . Crook ' s nose is , according to the last report , in a state ot convalescence . —Wigan Times .

      The Boiler Explosion at Bornlby . —We gave in our last a brief account of the frightful casuality which occurred on Tuesday week , by the bursting of a boiler at Mr . Slater ' s mill , Sandy Gate , near Burnley , and stated that two persons had been killed , and two others so severely injured that they were not expected to recover . We regret to add that the loss of life was greater than we mentioned , three persons having died on the day of the explosion from the injuries received . Inquests were held on the bodies on Friday morning , before John

      Hargreaves , Esq ., the coroner . After a lengthened inquiry , the jury returned a verdict of '' Accidental death" in each case . They added that they exonerated the boiler maker from all blame , but recommended a stronger construction of boilers in future ; they recommended the engineer to lake care that , in future tbe peg indicating tbe pressure should he of proper length ; and they recommended to all millowners that boilers should be placed in separate buildings , over which no persons should have to work . —ilfancftcster Guardian .

      Dispotk at Sunderland Docks , —On Monday and Tuesday a series of events took place at the extensive docks now in course of construction on the beach , south of the river Wear , which caused great excitement in the town , and which arose out of cer . tain disputes likely to occasion a protracted and expensive litigation in the Chancery courts , unless otherwise amicably arranged , which , for the general good of the town and the true interests of the parties themselves , we sincerely hope will be the case . The point in dispute is this . —In July , 1847 , Messrs . JdUti Craven and Sons contracted with the Sunderland Dock Company to construct , by the 3 lst of December , 1849 , a wet dock and half-tide basin on

      the south beach . In the execution of the works they were to be under tho control of the company ' s engineer , Mr . Murray . The northern part of the dock , or tidal harbour , was contracted for by other parties . Disputes arose from time to time bttween Mr . Murray on the one hand , and the Messrs . Craven on the other , involving a question of several thousand pounds . J he company , on the ground that the Messrs . Craven were interposing difficulties in the way of the contractors engaged at the north end of the docks , exercised or assumed to exercise under the powers ofa proviso in the original contract , the p M I fi'l r , " « ° £ ^ accordingly , on Friday , they served on the Messrs . Craven a notice Tiffft . ~ , wmhSTtoVSS the ground for the purpose of taking away their plant , proved they interfered not with the progress

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      of the company ' s works . On the other hand , the Messrs . Craven , being advised that the question of loss would be best settled before their contract was completed , and that it was a question to be determined by a court of law or equity , determined to retain possession of the ground , and finish their contract , and thereby throw upon the Dock Company the onus of establishing , before some competent tribunal , their assumed right to dissolve the contract and take possession of the property , — Sunderland Herald . . . _ ....

      Improper Use of " Godfreys Cordial . " — Mr . Herford , coroner , held an inquest , on Monday last , on the body of a child six iveeks old , son of Charles Hutchinson , a calico printer , living in Brown ' syard , Manchester . From the evidence of the mother it appeared that on Friday and Saturday last the child appeared restless and unwell . In the course of tho day the mother gave it some magnesia , and subsequently a small quantity of gm and water . About eight o ' clock in the evening she obtained a pennyworth of " Godfrey ' s Cordial , " and gave about half a spoonful to the child , who subsequently " seemed more easy and comfortable . About three o ' clock on Sunday morning , however , it became restlessand almost immediately afterwards died m

      , its mother's arms . Mr . Dyson , surgeon , who had made a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased , described the appearances it presented internally . He believed that most probably the child had been convulsed before death ; there was considerable congestion of the brain , but whether this arose from an over-dose of tho medicine produced , from the child being overlain in bed , or from natural causes , he could not say . The medicine called " Godfrey's Cordial" was a very dangerous one to administer to infants , as tho dose given in the present instance must have contained at least two drops Of laudanum . He had inquired at the druggist ' s , and found that the medicine was sold , as

      had been stated by the mother of the deceased , without any label being put upon the vessel in which it was contained ; the reason given for this course was , that various kinds of vessels , cups , < fec . were brought for the " cordial , " and that if used , most of the people who bought the medicine would be unable to read the label . —Tho jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased had died of convulsions , but that there was no evidence to show how they were caused . The jury also expressed an opinion that the indiscriminate sale by druggists of mixtures containing considerable quantities of opium , without labels , or proper directions being given , was a dangerous practice , and ought if possible to be prevented .

      . . Fatai Prize Fight . —On Sunday night , Sub-Inspector Sandford apprehended a man , named Thos . Welsh , at his lodgings , Lad-lane , Deansgate , Manchester , under a warrant charging him with bemg a bottle holder in the fight which lately took place at Throstle Nest , and in which one of the combatants , Richard Lilley , was killed . lie was brought up at the New Bailey on the following morning , when the offence was proved , and he was committed to the assizes . ; He was matched to fight that day fortnight with another man for ten pounds aside .

      Singular Escape from Drowning . —On the 26 th ult ., Anthony Brown was passing with his wherry Tynebridge , when the craft catchins one of tho piers , she " whommeled over , " and all her cargo of water-pipes and chain-bolts went to the bottom—all but one pipe , which had got entangled , and by its weight caused the vessel to lie with one side in the water and the other out . The skipper and his son were cast to some distance , and were rescued from drowning by & watchman stationed on the High Level Bridge . Their comrade , Henry Gray , was nowhere to be seen—most probably drowned . A steam-boat was procured to tow the capsized wherry ( whose destination was the Gateshead station of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway ) to

      Stourbridge , and lay her aground . On tbo passage up , a voice was heard issuing from under the craft ; and it was then found that Henry was still alive . She was got up as quickly as possible to the papermill shore ( a distance of three or four hundred yards ) , and an oar thrust under her , of which Henry got hold . It was then drawn down , but he stuck against the aide of the boat , and could get no further ; he was evidedtly drowning . The boat-hook was pushed in to him : he seized hold of ifc ; it was pressed down and drawn up , and he was fished through tho water , and brought up beneath the gunwale to the surface . A stimulant and a bed ( at the Brandlin Arms , close by ) restored him from bis state of exhaustion . He then explained that , favoured by the position of the boat in the water , he had been enabled to keep his head above the

      surface ; but his air-space was gradually narrowing , and tho water had got up to his mouth when he was saved . He was from one to two hours in his strange prison , and never expected to get out alive . —Gateshead Observer . The Sisters of MERcr . —The establishment of the " Sisterhood" has been removed from this parish ( Stoke Damerel ) to that of St . Andrew ' s , Plymouth . The two houses at the north west corner of Wyndham-place are occupied temporarily , as it is said the Sisters have purchased or are in treaty for a piece of freehold ground in one of the Five Fields for the erection of "A Home . " The appeals for pecuniary aid made , by the Sisters and the Bishop of Exeter have been very successful , a capital stock , exceeding £ 14 , 000 , having been thus raised . —Devonport Telegraph .

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      The result of the investigation of the Crown authorities into the fall of the bridge at Roxburgh , on the North British line , by which several persons were killed and injured , is , we understand , the indictment for trial at the next assizes of the contractor and resident engineer . —Mining Journal . Murder at Huston . —The eastern district of Berwickshire was last week startled by a most atrocious and deliberate murder . On Monday morning the 21 th ult . the body ofa man named Walter Limi was discovered in a field in the neighbourhood of Reston , a village distant between eleven and twelve , miles from Berwick , and situated on the line of the

      North British Railway . From a wound upon his head it was discovered that he had met bis death by violent means . A sura ol money which he was supposed to have on his person seems to have led to the commission of the deed , and immediately on . the discovery of the body general suspicion was directed to a man named M ' Quee , who was accordingly apprehended and lodged in Dunse Gaol . The particulars of the case are as follows ' . —Walter Linn , the man who has been murdered , is an Irishman , about twenty-six or twenty-eight years of age , and came to reside in Reston four years ago , having obtained employment on the railway line which was then in course of construction . He was a thrifty and a sober man , and was understood to have saved money . He formed

      ait intimate acquaintance with William M'Quee , also an Irishman , to whose sister he was said to be paying his addresses . On Sunday morning he was visited at his lodgings by M'Quee , who invited him to dine at his house . This , however , Linn declined , and had dinner at his own lodgings * , but he afterwards went to M ' uee ' s . He was next seen about one o ' clock passing down the village alone . A short time afterwards M'Quee followed in the same direction . They were subsequently seen together at Chirnside , and they were also seen in company returning towards Reston by two persons at two different places . M'Quee returned home about eight o'clock . Nothing was seen of Linn till next morning , when Messrs . Sinclair , batchers , at Ayton , went to a

      field near Reston-hil ) , the property of Mr . Bishop , to examine some sheep grazing there . They reached this field at a quarter before eleven , and in a ditch they discovered tbe body of the unfortunate victim . The ditch is shallow and nearly dry . The body was lying lengthwise in it , and With the face to the ground . His cap was off , and a severe wound was visible on the back part of the head . A pool of blood was close at hand , and a stone , about tho size of a man ' s hand , bearing marks of blood , supposed to have been the instrument of death . The pockets of the murdered man had been rifled . The breast pocket of his jacket was turned inside out , as well as one in his vest and one in bis trousers ; in the other pocket of his trousers was 7 id „ and his watch was in its proper

      place . As we have already mentioned , suspicion immediately fell on William M'Quee . The police on the railway line found on inquiry that he had that morning , at ( S . 30 , gone by the train to Dunse . He returned home on foot , and on entering Reston about one o clock he was taken into custody . On his person being examined one of his arms was marked with blood , and his shirt slee ve stained with it , as if it had run along his arm . The sum of £ 8 10 s . was found m his pockets . He admitted that he had been to Chirnside with the murdered man on the previous day , but stated that they had parted company on their return when they were a short distance from Chirnside , Lmnhwing stopped to speak with some men with hooks in their hands , whom they had met . The statement of their parting company at the place M'Quee stated has been contradicted by two persons { previously alluded to , ) who at two separate places nearer Reston had met M'Quee and Linn toeether .

      Greenock . —On Saturday a scene , which threatened to be very formidable , was enacted in the Duncan-street burying-ground . Porsome timebacka number of parties m town have been disputing the right of tho magistrates to increase the fees leviable at interments in those burying-places where the Intra belong to the individuals themselves , and who purchased them without keeping in view tho probable augmentation of the fees ; Tho magistrates , after the cemetery was opened , raised these tees , in order to prevent overcrowding in the yards , as well as to realise a sum to keep them in good condition . The leaders of the movement against the augmentation of the fees allege that the princi Iti ^ TZX ^ i ^ a-gbta ** i » to compel people to ( the cemetery , the revenue of 2 ? o n 0 n ; ( . iV ' ; u fund 8 of thc &»¦ aTKSS dual connected wtth some of tho boldest spirits ir tlu 8 movemen t died recently of choto , anlS to

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      bo interred on Saturday at two o clock Jhe original fees exacted were proftered to thej » altios in charge , but refused . Men not connected with the burying-ground were then engaged by Mr . Daniel M'Farlane , joiner , to dig a grave , which they were in the act of doing on Saturday when the police interfered and forced them to desist , it was resolved , however , to conduct the interment in spite of any obstruction that might be offered by the authorities ; and accordingly a considerate number , whose support could be relied on , were invited to it . Before two o ' clock the entire police force , both day and night officers , were collected in tho yard , and the gate was locked and barred . When the funeral approached the gate a crowd was gathered in Duncan-street , whose sympathies were manifestly in favour of the recussants . The coffin was taken out of the hearse , and laid on tho spokes , awaiting the opening of the door . The gate was not opened , however , and some time having been

      spent by the remonstrances and counter-remonstrances of the parties who were respectively within and without the gate , a cry got up , " Burst open the gate . " The coflm was then shouldered , and some of the most active of them battered in the gate , amidst the cheers of the spectators . The police at first offered a slight resistance , but at length allowed the irruptionists to proceed , and the interment was completed without lurther hindrance . There were several most respectable men engaged in this most unscenly and fortunately unwonted proceeding . There was another funeral in the same buryingground at the same hour and tho coffin , in this case also , was borne in shoulder high . When the gate was broken up , one of the policemen was much injured near the eye by a splinter that flew from it . The prudence of the police , in not offering much resistance is much commended , as , in all probability , bloodshed would have ensued . — Qlasgoiv Daily

      Mail . Accident to one of the Party at Balmoral . — Wo understand that our distinguished townsman , Dr . Mackenzie , surgeon-occultst in ordinary to the Queen , had the honour of being sent for to Balmoral , a few days ago , to consult with Sir James Clark on the case of a son of Lord Portman , who hadmetwith an accident while shooting . It appears that ono of the party was shooting at a hare , and part of the shot , after striking a rock , had darted off in a slanting direction , and entered the eye of the young gentleman . The small bullet still remains in the gloheof the eye . The wound through which it entered has healed up ; and , although there has been comparatively little pain or uneasiness

      produced , the vision of that eye is completely lost . It was not considered necessary to perform any operation , as , from present appearances , it is expected that the foreign body will gradually work its way outwards , and be discharged . — Glasgow Citizen Incendiarismax Blaiboowme . — Tbo triumphal arches that were erected here , when her Majesty S assed through of her way to Balmoral , were to ave been newly decorated for her return ; but some blackguard , on Tuesday morning last , set fire to the one at the bridge , which is now standing a charred skeleton . A good reward is offered to any person who will give such information as may lead to the discovery of the blackguard who could be guilty of such a despicable action , -- Edinburgh Advertiser .

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      FonMiBABLE OrrosmoNTO Rents . —Conflict and Loss or Life . —The movement against rents and the carrying away of crops is assuming a more formidable aspect , extending even into the northern province . The following account of a sanguinary struggle for the possession of corn appears in the Kilkenny Moderator of this day : — " We have just received an account of a fatal and most fearful struggle between a landlord and tenant for tho possession of the crops , and which , we are sorry to state , has taken place in our own county . It appears that the corn of a farmer named Cloony , residing at Butler ' s Grove , near Gowran , was distrained for rent by the landlord , Captain Watson , and was only

      protected hitherto from being forcibly removed by having a strong posse of armed bailiffs placed in charge . However , on yesterday ( Friday ) morning , at about eight o ' clock , Cloony collected a considerable body of men , who were armed and provided with cars , in order to seize and remove the crop at any risk . Tho attack was , of course , resisted by those in charge , and who acted under the directions of Captain Watson ' s sons . A violent struggle took place , but Cloony's party succeeded in loading the cars , and just as they were leading them out upon the road , one of the men named William Butler , was shot dead by Captain Watson's party , and another was so seriously wounded that Dr . Newell , of

      Gowran , whose professional assistance was promptly obtained , is said to have pronounced his recovery to be hopeless . On the other hand , it is stated by report that three of the parties wlio were in charge of the crop are dangerously wounded . The police arrived from Gowran soon after the fray , but too late jto prevent the fatal consequences of the encounter ; however , the correspondent from whom we have the particulars concludes his communication ' , which was dated at noon Friday , with the remark : — ' Notwithstanding the fearful circumstances which have resulted from the attack thc corn is still being removed , though one man lies dead in the gap , and another is dying in the neighbourhood . ' "

      The Leinster Express has the following account of the progress of the anti-rent movement in the vicinity of S'hinrono , Kings ' s County , where twenty of the peasantry have been arrested ;— " On Wednesday night Head-constable Corcoran , of Shinrone , received private information of upwards of fifty cars and drays , from different parts of the country , being in readiness to carry corn , the property of John Clarke , Esq ., off the lauds of Tubrid , situate within two miles of Shinrone . The head-constable and party lost no time in proceeding to thc lands in question , where on their arrival they found a great many persons in attendance , with horses and cars . The police immediately charged the party at tho point of the bayonet ; eighteen of them sought

      refuge m a small house , where they were mado prisoners . In the meantime , the men in care of the cars commenced upsetting their loads , and scattering the corn about the road . Constable Kelly and the police from tho Brusna station being on patrol , and hearing the yells and shouts of the fellows running away , immediately came to the head-constable ' s assistance ; and in doing so , he arrested two of tho runaways . The two police parties marched their twenty prisoners and twenty-four load of corn to Shinrone . On Thursday there was a full investigation into this matter , before R . Hammersloy and George Fitzmaurice , R . M ., Esqrs ., when the twenty prisoners were fully committed to take their trial at

      tho ensuing quarter sessions of Birr . Several persons have applied for their horses and cars , but the magistrates refused to give them up until they would communicate with the law advisers of the Crown . Some of the party came over ten miles . " Nearly tho whole of the Irish journals contain accounts of the spread of the movement in various parts of the country—Queen ' s County , Cavan , Monaghan , Carlow , and other places , have been the scenes of active operations , and in some instances the landlords are attempting to meet the crisis by reducing their rents . In the counties of Waterford , Tipperary , and Limerick , the Roman Catholic clergy continue to denounce the secret organisation , and the outbreak at Cappoqnin .

      The Dolly ' s Brab Tragedy . ~ The Report of Mr . Bervtick , Q . C ., the commissioner appointed by the Lord-Lieutenant to inquire into all the transactions connected with thc fatal affray at Dolly ' s Brae , on the 12 th July , is now under the consideration of the government . There is much excitement on the subject , to which an unseemly and taunting letter of Mr . Beers , the Orange Grand Master of the county of Down , and one of the magistrates who accompanied the Orange procession from Lord Eoden ' s park to Dolly ' s Brae , has in a great degree contributed . The decision of the government in this disastrous affray is looked for with tho deepest anxiety . The local Crown Solicitor has received di rections once more to tender the

      informations against some of tho Orange party to the bench of magistrates at Castlewellan , of which Lord Roden is chairman . The Freeman ' s Journal contains a letter from a correspondent at Ballymena , describing the murder of a young man named Bradley , " who died from the effects ofa severe beating , received from the hands of a party of Orange assassins , on tho night of baturday , the 22 nd of Sept . " No particulars are given ; but it is stated that " the magistrates refused taking the depositions of the deceased , although repeatedly called upon by his medical attendant , who told them that the man was at tho point of death . The absence of the stipendiarv mas ' isti-ate

      is assigned as a possible cause for their refusal . There was another extraordinary scene at the petty sessions of Castlewellan on Tuesday week when there was a great muster of magistrates , including the Marquis of Downshife and the Earl of Rodcn . It is remarked ia the report of what occurred , that no Liberal magistrate was in attendance , there was some excitement and recrimination , but nothing practical was done or even attempted Mr . Rca , the agent for the Roman Utnolics , delayed presenting informations against some of the Orange party until Tuesday next . The opinion of the Attorney-General was read , declaring the Orange procession at Dolly ' s Brae an illegal as semblage . b

      Revival of the Repeal Agitation .-Mr . John v tonnell has once more appeared on the political stage , with nn epistle addressed , as usual , " to the peop o of Iveland . " Here are the materials with which he hopes to float his balloon :-"we must be stirring ! We must cry out to the w > rW . to bear witness to our sufferings and wrongs ' we must not permit those who wield our destinies to rock themselves to slumber in the belief that Ireland ' s heart and hope are utterly broken , and that she will remain ( as now some fourteen dreary months she has been ) dumb , paralysed , defenceless !

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      " Lot all friends to the peace of IrelaiirtTrB / Free that when the Catholic Association arol ^ Wn W < two counties were in open insurrecti on . ,, !? 'Idieron from the formation of that body ! 10 pe nt ' ' ^ f attael to revive m tiie minds of tho peasantry p .- " * 6 m mad came checked , and within a few months tliM 0 Br rcce ' n once again respected and obeyed . " * few was " Should not our labours in the Repeal U « n Bth his b to bring about a like result , and saveVup' Imped , from the last misery—that of wild ami ^ It of d ; and most criminal insurrection- ^ onimanii n * islock , M of every good man-of every paWot-J htnetol Christian ? <* jaino-coi " Let us , then , ask of every friend of liviw im Snm < ; .

      her people to join m working fov this and ot ! ; ftred hir that our duty to man and heaven alike cajjs , t pth poli to labour for . They can be brietly stated an /" ' » n wah « can dispute their need . ' ' " k guow th » l . To arouse the Ministry and Paviinm f Tbe C the terrible danger threatening tiie remnant ? I CKProQ nation from the renewed failure of the noht ! l ^ stra ^ ' . ' 2 . To check and arrest , so far as our vj ? Rmstanc and entreaties , and councillings may avail f < l Be polic < cursed system of Ribbonism , now said to V ^ lrisoncrs ing in one or two districts of Ireland . \ faakin " e " 3 . To contradict the audacious assertion , fcases . e " we are content with the enduranceof themoiijv ' jjs a'cott c injustice of the church establishment , and to ^ tHe '' surf '

      Parliament to apply the church revenues u There is support of the poor , and thereby to the lessenM > waundcd the grievous burden of the increasing and ^ 'l ^ nadc , _ tl vounng poor-rate . ' "^ Kerc is ] " 4 . The estoppel of the horrid eviction sv > died of b Not less than 12 , ( 100 families were evicted in H $ K ' months , as proved by a return I moved for thisisthe ' po ^ sion , but which as yet has appeared only in n > rSifcp n o , script , its printing and circulation having bce ^ MpS , , layed , for what reason I know not . Ib & fo . ' " 5 . Tenant-right—plain , unmistakable , simpti ? - equitable tenant-tight!—the tenant-right of : < B 8 carrie < north . ' fever , or

      " 6 . An amendment of the poor-law—if a fiori sidcri ment be possible . ' lprjj s " 7 . A real , and not a mock amendment of o * 'S corporations ; a real , and not a mock increase j , Tfi ? . restoration of our franchises , especially of that , ti * JP rt ' greatest of all—including all and crowning all W fl right of making out * own laws in ourown p / uW Tff £ cfl l at home ! " 'W ^ t The pith of the letter like that of aWsii ^ lgP ^ r tained in the postscript . i WJ . l " P . S . I trust to be allowed the honour of attejafe : Bl g , the committee of the Repeal Association earlv 2 ft !!? week in Dublin , and if they approve of it we , 5 HP ' resume at once the usual meetings of the i"S lffi £ inC ! li Association . " 'RlHRsesi

      Mr . Duffy does not publish this letter in the AV m ? ° f ' but instead thereof it contains the letter of . Mr . jj fggtnrda O'Connel ); but in an article , under the liej ^ iBF " ^ "jWanted , a few workmen , " be gives the folk ? S ? rn , cd description of the effects of the old agitation SP ? . es "Spouting , speeching , and operations < f that s fij ' * ?? can be performed by a large proportion of the % !} rom population of this island . The faculty of writ v * ast ° sonorous and swelling sentences is nearlv as coinu , ® xt ? rnli O ' Connell made a guerilla of ruthless speechifi . flura . an , who disturbed the peace of private society with ?? ? v thunder of their afternoon eloquence ; ami Yoj * nei , Ireland must plead guilty to having created ' a u , S ' of gentlemen who write with ease . But there i < e ^ \\ country in Europe where there is so little pract ext 3

      genius , practical skill , truitful practical knowledc j" in Ireland . The smallest official trained in the p » ^ "X * j , routine of public business , the dullest intc-rmHt 5 pp ! commissioner who does' jobs' for the Executive , ? phn generally more administrative capacity than jquv . iv , ^ ' ! , the best of our public men , The pvand , roman nJnnlr- and picturesque , fire the Irish imagination-, b \ s ™ „ , ' plunges restlessly in the harness of practical wm „ " , And mark the result on our popular institutions- •" . ewCilJ have Irish members who originate nothing—h ; : ' ,, corporations bankrupt in funds , character , and ** . ? ,

      fluence—Irish boards of guardians replaced b y p f- xamu officials , who do the work immeasurably better , in S . ft " the deep discredit and permanent injury of t t 0 i *? country ? ' and < ? Thb Irish Church an-h the Roman Cathc : ^ f f CtERGY . —The Kilkenny Journal , under the head- £ 1 , " Movement for Church Reform , " says ;— " AH , j-. conferences of the Roman Catholic clergy of v P ' jfrc diocese , on Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday , ; + 1 L , Right Rev . Dr . Walsh brought the question Jh » l W the notice of his brethren , and recommended the i

      each in his own parish , to have petitions prepar m for signature , * praying for a portion of the Protests if Church revenues , where they are superabundant , f Be tbe use and benefit of tbe Catholics , where their : diatth ' sources are limited . ' " 23 j | 'J The Poor-Laav . —The Cork Examiner contai ScBla the following : — " Over fifteen years ago . a m .- armco named Teahan , from the neighbourhood of Killanjli " § Ri i left his wife shortly after his marriage , and went t 24 » ' board ship , During that period she did not hear fro : Scotia , him , and presuming that lie was dead married ajaii 4 ^| di The second husband and herself , with four cliildre $ irt __ _ — --. „ _ _ ,- _ - _„ , -.,-.. - — — - . ,... u ,

      * Ci of the second marriage , ^ era compelled to go into ft avjha :: Killarneyworkhouse ^ ndtlielasthusbanddiedtiieri Ci § t S The first man , to the astonishment of every one , w diarrb lately came home , c ' aimed his wife , and took lirou Mi , A of the workhouse . An objection was made to rete * M the wife , without also taking the children . To tin apnea the blunt sailor objected , saying , that while he wul < 7 $° " not blame his wife for marrying , he had no Mivm " $ ? ^ doing for the children of any one else . Proceeding bejnoi were taken at a late petty sessions in Killorglin bt ! P fore the Uev . Dr . Woleyns and Edward Rae . E ; q -P ^ to compel tho sailor to provide for these cliildre : " as ?' The magistrates refused taking informations , a cn ^ . f

      case not at all cognisable or contemplated byt . ^ Poor-law Act . They were not the man ' s step cltildre in W lie was not a " relation by law bouad to suppr % $ . them , " and they accordingly dismissed the < a .- ^ & * However , informations were taken against the tar i vc | f a Killarney functionary , and he was committed ai au s retained some days in the Mdtown Bridewell , dam : ca <§? ing magistrates , laws , country , and all , for the u : ^ j ^ grateful return he got for hard well-earned service ^ jf The case will come on before tbe Assistaitt-llarrisb " fj & at the next Killarney sessions . '' S Collision' between- the Peasantry axd id ™ M Police . —The Cork Examiner of Monday gives a ™ ? jv account ofa serious collision between large bod ..

      a , of peasants and the constabulary , on Sundav l « si i ? £ on the estate of Sir George Colthurst , Bart ., « ea a W £ Blarney ;— "Alargo number of small farmersm X _ agricultural labourers assembled on Sunday «« 1 fl ^ j „ . and cut down tbe corn on the farm of widow Forde * -g ,, wliich they put into sheaves and sacks , and storet } a ^ in one of the adjourning houses . Keepers wort ] m placed on this house at the direction of Sir Georgt - Colthurst , the landlord of the farm , and these met J M remained in possession up to yesterday . About ot c je ; l ' o ' clock yesterday morning men aad cars were sht ^ ^ approaching this house from every road if > r the neighbourhood , and , bv the time tb ; M

      had all assembled , it was calculated there were y ^ ; wards of two hundred men , armed with rcaphi g co ^ hooks , pitch-forks , and other instruments used ii j ^ agricultural purposes ; and thirty-six cars in ff - ^ y tendance . At this time there were twelve or tlir (] j . „ ., teen keepers in the interior of the house in whic > i \ . the corn had been placed ; and on the main body gcoi the persons in possession of the cars arriving liet ' oi , jj av the house , one of them , who appeared to be tl jy leader of the party , summoned the bailiffs Um ; IS times' to give up the house in the Queen ' s name j ^ im With this threat the keepers refused to coiiij'b jini whereupon the house was attacked . Some of th ( , us party ascended the roof , and commenced removin , . vas

      the slates , through winch they quickly obtained . aR ( j view of the inmates of the barn . The persons ap ; jj pointed to protect the corn , seeing that vesistiu »« hm was useless , escaped through tho door without ; . jj niuch obstruction from the party outside , and « " witi inuiry beyoud a wound inrlicted on one of tU » ml , v a occ pitchfork . Sir G . Colthurst , J . P ., Mr . Hu ^ 'J * . and J . P ., and a clerk of Mr . Hussey , came before Mr . ine , Tobin , J . P ., where the clerk swore an inforaiati' "' ' ; ten and the police were ordered out wwitv tte tv * " . fe ; :. of Mr . Tobin . Tho party proceeded to the faitf ' 0 ; widow Ford , and about two miles from Billinc *' ' , % ! 1 here

      w they found thirty-six cars drawn up in s l 2 f ' $ t ) u and the people around them busily employ ^' fjtro transferring the corn from the barn to the cars . ;§» £ * effort was i nstantly made to arrest the most pr ^ ' £# '< nent of the party , and rescue the corn , but a vis" Stlw ous opposition was offered , and it was found tl »^ plT I ? ould bo useless for eight policemen to cont ^ pup with at least considerably over 100 men armed « | hin formidable weapons in a close encounter . I » «! 1 () l affray consequent upon the demand of the p « l A f ' * Curry , the bailiff of Sir George Colthurst , <* h VV ( knocked down and his leg broken in three plat * •; . ; coi His life is said to be despaired of . The police ^ s ' compelled to retire , but sucefindmi in canturinS ' * ' iUV

      of the persons most conspicuously engaged . * >™ express was then sent off to the military barrack a . »« Ballincolli g , and two troops of Lancers , aecon > coi pamed by a party of fifty Infantry , started for t » * " scene of the encounter , and , after a rap id nf ®* l £ overtook the cavalcade of laden cars , at F * j 1 U ' called Knockamore and Knoekavillen , and mWf them instantly to halt . Finding that resistant " the face of so considerable a force was useless , «> r cu of the party engaged untackled their horses ** " ™ made off , at least temporarily , with the loss ot »» ™ butts , and others escaped , by removing the cow v < from their cars , and pursuing some of the by-r ^ *' that led to their respective homes . The w ajw « 7 S „ the party was there . detained by the military «»"; j * the arrival of the police , who had retired for * \ | C 1 mforcement , when nine persons were arrcsj * ' of making eleven prisoners taken into custody . » J nt

      somewhat singular that all the prisoners arrft ^ fo are Irom tho neighbourhood of Innoshamion , » \ . f 0 i tance of thirteen or fourteen miles from the scene c w this proceeding . It was stated that the «»»! he Fordo held about sixty acres of land from ' ve George Colthurst , but the amount of rent she o * ' w , " was not ascertained . In the precipitate flig ht vs ««¦ ' was mado on the appearance of the military a *' siderable quantity of the corn was thrown on J road , inside the hedges , and in other places hw }' escape detection , and , for the discovery of this f tion of the property , it appears that Sir George t * - hurst has sent out men and horaes to scour V "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 6, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06101849/page/6/