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      ITEAI . TH OF LoNDOX DORIXG TBE Wf . EE . —The official report says ihe mortality of London has been greater than usual during the four weeks of May . In the first tlire ^ re turns of the mouth the deaths number , d respecnvely 1 , 041 , 1 , 002 , 1 , 000 ; in the wetk ending 1 st Saturday a decrease occurred , but not of con siderableamouni , the numberhaviug fallen to 990 . Taking tbe weeks corresponding to last week of the teu years 1841-50 . it will be seen that the mortality , which in one instance fell so low as 736 ( namely , in the f «* r « h week of May last year ) , did not in any cas-e exceed 960 , and that the average was 855 If this aver age be raised in proportion to the supposed rate of increase in the population , it will amount to 933 ; ¦ Com pared with which the 900 deaths of last week exhibit an increase of 57 . The zymotic or epidemic ¦ class of diseases produce . ! last we ' ek 220 fatal <*««• and of thrse 109 occurred amongst children under 15

      -years . Small pox had fatal termination to 23 persons . - € of wb .. m were twenty years of age and upwards ; measles carried off 39 children ; scarlatina 10 ; hooping cough 61 : and croup 5 . Ot these complaints , almost exclusively confined to young persons , bowing cou « h much exceeds theusunl contingent , and . scarlatinaYalls still more below it . To diarrhoea 16 deatbs are ascribfd ; to dysentery G ; to erysipelas 11 ; and ¦ under tyhus , which shows about the usual amount of fatality for ihe present time , 32 are enumerated . The above class of diseases exhibits an increase on the preceding week ; but tb » se which affect the organs of respiration show a diminution . Liryngiti * numbers 5 cases , bronchitis 51 , pleurisy 6 , pneumonia 64 , and asthma ?; these , with other undefined diseases ofthe luugs , numbering in the aggregate 136 deaths , whicu is rather more than the corrected average of corresponding weeks . Four diseases are comprised in tbe tubercular class : —Scrofula faun wbicli 5 deatbs are enumerated last week , tabes me ? enterica which counts

      10 . hydrocephalus 35 , and phthisis , or consumption , 160 . In the ten corresponding weeks of 1841 50 , tbe lowest number ascribed to consumption is 103 , and the highest 166 The births of "M hoys , and 769 girls , in all 1 . 533 children , were registered last week . The average number of six corn-spending weeks in 1845-50 was 1366 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the main daily reading of the barometer was 30114 in . ; on Wednesday , and on the following days it rose continuously , and was 30 351 in . on Saturday . 'The mean of the week was 30 097 in . The mean daily reading of the thermometer was on Sunday 2 ' 6 degree . anove the average of the same day in ten years , but on all the following days , except Friday , was below it . The mean temperature of the week was 53 ' 6 deg ., which is abont 2 deg . below the average . The wind generally blew from the north in tbe beginning of the week , and towards the end was in the south-east and north-east .

      Loss of Life , nr Fire . —Shortly before ten o ' clock ; on - Saturday night last , violent screams were heard proceeding from the prem i ses of Mr . George Gaplio , a master carman , at No . 1 , Bridlelane , Go ! deu-square . On entering the rooms over the stable , the unfortunate wife of the proprietor was discovered lying ; in the midst of a raging fire . The fire was eventually extinguished , wbeu it was found that nearly all the furniture in the room was seriously injured , and a medical man was immediately , sent for , who pronounced life to he quite extinct . The husband of the poor woman had left the room only three minutes before the fire occurred ; at that time she was striking a light with a lucifer-match to light a candle . The deceased wag a very sober woman , aud only thirty-three years of age . r

      MvsiEBions Atfair . —An inquest was held on Saturday last at Guy ' s Hospital , before Mr . W . Payne and a jury , as to the deith ef Charles Palmer , aged forty-three , a cab-proprietor and driver , who died from the effects of injuries received on the Derby -night under circumstances of a very mysterious character . It appeared that the deceased recently resided in theO'd Kent-road , and on the Derby day was engaged with his cab in conveying persons . to and from various points on the road , whereby , it was stated , he had received about £ 4 . At a late hour the deceased stopped at a publichouse near Cheam , where he was engaged by Jemmy Welsh , Barnash , and other well-known pugilists to convey , them to London , at a half-a-crown each .

      They gave deceased some meat , bread , & c ., and then proceeded on their way home , when the deceased received some injury by falling from the box of the cab , or by other means , at present unknown to the police . He was taken to Guy ' s Hospital , where be expired on the 33 th nit . from severe injury to the spine , fracture of the leg , and otber violence , no doubt caused by a fall . The sister of the deceased stated that before her brother expired he informed her that he had been hoenssed and robbed by some persons who had been in his cab , by whom also he was brutally ill-treated by being pushed off the cab The coroner was informed that several persons engaged in tbe case were absent , bnt if time was allowed they , no doubt , would be forthcoming . The

      coroner * thereupon consented to adjourn the proceedings for a few days , and the inquiry was accor dinely adjourned . —On Tuesday night the adjourned inquest-was held by Mr . Payne , when T . Barnash , pugilist , of 3 , Little Marylebone-street , was examined ,- and stated that he and Jem Welsh , also belonging-to tbe "ring , " had been to the Derby , and when they had got back as far as £ well the deceased nailed them , and they agreed to give bint 2 s . 6 < i . a piece to convey them to London , and they got inside , having first purchased a bottle of ale , of which the deceased drank . He had before been drinking , and was now alleged to be tipsy . Wnen they got to the turnpike at Cheam the deceased ran against it and brake the shaft . When this was tied up tbey

      went on , and witness got on the box lest any other accident should occur . He bad not got far when he drove against tbe bank , was pitched off the seat , which he held on to , and was dragged along the ground .. Witness was also thrown on the horse ' s back . Deceased was put into the fly aud driven to the Lord . Kelson Inn . at Cheam , and he complained that his shoulder was hurt . They obtained coffee for him , and he went to sleep in the cab . As he did not appear better at three , it was thought advisable to take him to the hospital . Witness himself drank some of tbeale , as did Welsh . The deceased ' s brother here repeated that his relative had £ 4 or

      £ 5 when he left Epsom , and that Welsh had knocked him down . Mr . Carter , the landlord of the Lord Selson , at Cheam , stated that at the request of tbe parties the deceased was searched , and had only 16 s . in bis pocket . Mr . Swinboe , the housesurgeon , who had made a postmortem examination Of the body , stated there was a mark of a bruise on the left leg , and another on the neck , which had dislocated the vertebra and caused tbe death . The injury was more likely to have been caused by a fall than a blow . There were a ' so fractures of the leg and arm . The coroner having read over the whole ofthe evidence , the jury returned a verdict Of * Accidental death . "

      Fatal Accident at Scotlisd-yabd . — ¦ On Monday Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Charingcross Hospital ; on the body of John Af 'Car < y , for tyfive , labourer , who on the previous Thursday suddenly met his death in a sewer . The evidence showed that deceased was engaged on the above day as bricklayer , in miking some repairs in a drain at Scotland-yttd . About nine in the forenoon he was seen by a'fellow-workman to ascend from the drain with a hooV of bricks , and attempt to step on to a plank placed about eighteen inches from him ; but instead of attaining a safe position he swerved with

      his load and fell back into the excavation ,, the depth of which ' was eight feet . A feIIow-workn . au directly ran'to him , and found his face buried in the clay , he having fallen on his head . . With assistance he was taken , after a lapse of five minutes , to Charing-cross Hosp'tal . but ' was found to be quite dead . No external injury « as discovered , and the surgeons opinion was that death was caused by suffocation . The jury , being of opinion that the accident was occasi » ned by deceased ' s having avoided the ordinary means of walking from the sewer , returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . "

      A J The Sospkctbd Case of Poisoning at St . Gborge jx , thb East .-An inquest was held on Monday at the London Hospital before Mr . Baker , sen ., on view ; of the body of Mary Ann Jackson , ' a woman who cohabited with a man named Brown , with several other aliases , and through whose agency it is supposed she came by her death . - The jury , under the direction of the coroner , feeling that the case was beset with great difficulty , and . wishing to leave i \ open to the further investigation ofthe police , returned on . open ' verdict to the effect that the deceased'died from' immbirig poison , but how taken or administered there was no evidence to Show . . ¦ " ¦ •¦ - ' - .-- < — ¦" ' . ' - ' ¦ ' . / . . - " .

      Accrorat at ths „ Woomhch Station ,. Nobth n ^ - . * r 0 nSaoday evening last an accident , £ T 2 ? % ff !?»*>•*' of aMr . Drew , of . Chatr S j ^ S l ?^^^ ^ tWdarmed to SSSS ^ SSS lH © " * S , A o - ctofek ; iaftniiias ? J £ ™ . ft & SW * .. Be had n « t been on the plattaujth , the whole of tbf fJbmS - ° ? Aw n 8 Ua ! ttgagedin attending £ ftTjH ? 1 * T ? * " 2 deceased recognued wme ~ on ; i ^ pase 4 tl ia ' * crossing from the platforta Ms ** ,-ffiJfefV H ? fell across the wis . Before " feuT ^' he train of empt ^ carri a . S ^ inf H ? ** ' 1 no purpose , the engtue'and the whole nf i h ^ l *

      nagesnaupassea urouebthe station . drae ineThp nnfortnnatenwn with tbein . 'U pon his hpin » « f tlS up he gave two j ^^ a ^ 'S » B SS ^ S , Stoatt , ¦* 1 ^ i ^ 4 tfX 2 £ r Sis event , pronounced life to fe extinct . Tjpon exami nation it was found that the whole of the leftsideof the scalp had been carried away—there was a severe cut across the forehead , the right arm was broken in ¦ everal places , as well as the right leg ; indeed there was sctrcely a whole bone left in his body . Mr ! Drew , dentist , of St . - JimesYstreer , arrived the

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      next morning , and identified the mutilated remains ol his unfortunate brother . Thk ute Fatal Fihb ix tub Cut . —Txquebt . — On Monday evening Mr . W . Payne , the City coroner , and a respectable jury , held the adjourned inquest upon the bodies of Richard ll-irv ' ey , Elizabeth day , George Eyne , and Abraham Clark , who met their deaths by fire , which occurred at the Rose and Crown Inn , Love-lane , Lower Thamesstreet , on the morning of Sunday , 18 th ult . It will be remembered that the inquiry was adjourned on the previous inquest , which was held ' a fortnight , aao , for the attendance of the servant girl , named E lizabeth Chambers , who escaped with her life by throwing herself from the window of the burning

      premises , by which she was so dreadfully injured that she was conveyed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where she had remained in a precarious state ever since—Elizabeth Chambers having arrived in a cab , cave the following evidence : —My name is Elizabeth Chambers . I was servant at the Rose anil Crown . I had been there nearly three months . On the night ofthe fire there slept in the house Mr . ILtrvey , Mrs . Gray , the potman , the lo ger , and myself . I slept ia the back room on the same floor with my master—the second floor . On tke night of the fire the potwan and the lodger went to bed first , awl I went next . It was past twelve when I went to bed . Mr . Clark , a relation ofthe lodger ' s , was at the house on tbe night of the fire , hut he

      went away before 1 went to bed . Just as I was getting into bed , I heard my master and Mrs . Gray going to bed . On the ground floor there was a bar parlour , and a tap room adjoining the bar parlour at the back .. I was awoke out of my sleep by a stifling sensation . 1 jumped out of bed , opened my room door , and went to the top of the stairs . I heard Mrs . Gray calling out " Richard ! Richard I " which was my master ' s name I then went back to my room and jumped out of window . I saw smoke every way I lookeil . My master was iu the habit of turning the gas off in the bar , and the potman in the tap room ; sometimes my master and sometimes myself in the dining room . I turned the gas off m the dining room on the night of the fire . The

      gas m the bar aud bar parlour was not turned off when I went t <> bed . I saw no flames till I went up the White Hart stairs . They were then all over the house . I never saw my master turn the gas off at the main . There were no fires in the house hu t one in the kitchen , and that was out before I went to bed . 1 did not hear any noise at the front door . " So ringing or knocking . There were two . bells attached to the one pulley , and they would make a considerable noise if rung . One of the bells was near the potman ' s head , and he roust have beard it if it had been pulle-J . It was no more than eighteen inches from his head . —Elizabeth Smith , servant at the Cock , opposite the Rose and Crown ,

      publichouse , said she was awakened by screams from the Rose and Crown . She beard no knocking or ringing at the front door . She ' heard a man ' s voice in the house crying "Help ! for God ' s sake help . Will no one help us ? We cannot get out . " She afterwards leard a moaning cry of "Oh ! oh ! oh ! " aa if proceeding , from some one in great agony . That was about three minutes before the arrival of the fire escapes . —The Firemen and Police said it was impossible to have rendered any assistance , as the fltmes were rushing out at every window in the house . —Ultimately the jury returned a verdict to the effect— " That the fire by which the four persons lost their lives occurred accidentally , but by what means it was impossible to say . "

      Extensive Robberies . —On Saturday last information was given that Count Reventlow , of No- 2 , Wilton-terrace , Belgrave-square , had been robbed of a number of valuable articles , amongst which were a Danish order , of silver , in tbe form of a star , with a heart in the centre , and blue enamelled cross on the top . A silver gilt metal , having on one side a man , in Roman costume ; and on the reverse an inscription , commemorative of Conrad , Comes de Reventlow / ' born in 1601 , and who died in 1708 Also , three gold studs , with chain .- —Information was * also given that a roan absconded on Friday with £ 43 , stolen from his employers . Messrs . Knight and Co ., soap boilers , in Old Gravel lane . He is described of fair complexion , about forty years old , stout , and bow legged , and wore a white smockfrock .

      [ Excise Seizure . —On Saturday morning last , Messrs . Elmy and a party of Excise officers effected an entrance lo the house No . 10 , Maidstone-pJace , Beihnal-green , and found an upper mom fitted ' up as a distillery , with a still then in full operation , and in the place about thirty gallons of molasses wash , quantities of spirits , and all the appurtenances for illicit distillation , the whole of which the officers seized , and subsequently conveyed to the Excise cellars .. A man named John Henry Wilson , who « as attending to the still , was taken before the magistrates at Worship-street , and committed to the House of Correction for three months , in default of payment of the £ 30 penalty . It was the third enviction of the kind tbat bad taken place at the same police court iu the course of tbe week .

      Extensive Fihe . —A very extensive fire broke out on Tuesday , at the coal depot of tbe Birmingham and Blackwall Railway , at th <; Caledonian-road supposed to be owing to a spark or a piece of coke from the locomotive engine falling upon the extensive timber coal shutes just finished . The flames not only threatened to stop the traffic of the line , but also the destruction of the adjoining building iielonging to Mr . Cubitt ' s brick-yard . The engine belonging to the Model Prison was immediately brought out , and in a few minutes was in full activity , obtaining a supply of water from a well on Mr . Cubitt ' s premises . This timely assistance , by great personal exertion , quelled the fire , but not until great damage had been done . Three Fatal Accidents on the River Thames .

      —On Tuesday Captain Anus , of the brig Melbourne , lying in Bugsby ' s Hole , in attempting to ascend the side , missed bis hold and fell into the water , sunk , aud was drowned . Almost at the same time , twelve o ' clock , Captain Downie , of the ship Mentor , lying off Stone Stairs , Wapping ; fell overboard , aud perished . About three o ' clock , a boat , containing two men and one woman , was swamped near Alderman . Stairs . The men were saved , but the female , Mrs . Coghlan , residing in Old Gravel-lane , was drowned .

      Military Musical Festival and Bazaar . —In the gardens ot the Royal Hospital , Chelsea , will be held , on the 17 th and 18 th June , for the benefit of tbe Hospital for Consumption , Brompton , an unusual fete , embracing a bazaar combined with a concert upon a scale hitherto unknown in this country , and consisting of the bands ofthe six household Regiments and of the Royal Artillery , which for the first time will he farmed into one corps , ana perform together . The arrangements are under the management and control of a committee of general and field officers . The programme of the music comprises selections from the works ofthe great masters and the most popular composers , native and foreign , and it is believed

      this unprecedented combination of military musical talent will form one ofthe most prominent attractions at this important and interesting period . The Master or St . Pahcbas Workhouse . —At a meeting of the Board of Directors of this parish , held on Tuesday at the Vestry-room , King ' s-road , Mr . Pierce , churchwarden , in the chair , a letter from the Poor Law Board was read , relating to the late charge against Mr . Eaton , the master of the workhouse , stating , that after a careful and deliberate consideration of the minutes taken before the director . ) , as also of the evidence given before the magistrate , the board are of opinion tbat it is not necessary to institute any new inquiry into the subject s

      Thb New Patest Rbtibing Carriage , —jThe curiosity , of the public was greatly excited on Monday by the appearance in Cheapside aud other parts ofthe metropolis of a novel description of perambulating vehicle denominated a patent retiring carriage . The form and dimensions of this ingenious contrivance resemble generall y those of an omnibus , wish very low wheels . The ' interior is arranged in close compartments , which are fitted up for urinals . The exterior of the vehicle presents surfaces bf highly pqli = hed . panellings of cerulean blue , together

      wi'h other sho * y fittings . Over , the several doors the following considerate inscription meets the eye ; T » h ? i , Si " " 2 r ? ° ttt les Messieurs . " ' 3 . Fur Herren . " ' The Fatal Railway Accident ir Woolwich . — On Wednesday an inquest was . held at Woolwich dn the body of Mr . William Buck , of Hanover Chambers , Adelpbi , who was killed by , the passage of a train on Sunday night on the North Kent Railway . The jury , having heard the evidence bf several eye witnesses * returned a verdictof " Accidental death . " . , ; .., ¦ : .. ;•• .. * ¦ : ¦' . / ¦ ,

      Noheutioh of Sheriffs by thb Lobd ; -Matob . —; At . the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday the Lord Mayor , according to ancient custom , nominated the following freemen of London ' to be publicly put in nomination for the office of sheriff on Midsummer-day ; John Thomas Norris , Esq :, spectacle-maker ; Thomas Cotterell ,. Esq ., cordwainer ; Thomas Shepperson , Esq ., spectacle-maker ; and Joseph Tumi , y ; Esq ., merchant tailor .

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      The United States frigate St . Lawrence left Southampton Water on -Tuesday for Lisbon ; she had on board the . Hon . Mr . Shaddock , who has been appointed American Charge'd'Affaires . at the Portuguese court . ' The hon . gentleman is empowered to arrange ' the disputes between tbe American and Portuguese governments . The ¦ affair of General Armstrong is to be . settled , by arbitration . Mr . Shaddock was formerl y professor of moral pbilosoi piiyat one of the American universities . Previous " ™ departure ' of the St . Lawrence , the com-S , v 7 J 7 ll ¦ ^? Sands , gave an entertainment on eS ^ Sw ^ PES ;* ^ i ^ assfnsar' **''

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      The Isle of Wight Election .-Rvde . —The coroner ' s inquest on tbe body of Mr . Thomas Fred . Cole , s licitor and parliamentary agent to Captiiin Hammond , one of the candidates at ' the recent election for the Isle of Wiaht , was resumed on Saturday last , at the -Town-hall , and lasted to within two hours of midnight . During the proceedings the greatest excitement prevailed among all present . — Thomas Jones , a waiter at Royal Victoria Yacht Clubhouse , said , that on Monday last , while going home to dinner , and when near St . Thomas ' s Church , he saw a large mob running after the deceased , who was coming out of Spencer-street . Another large

      number of persons at- that time came up and closed upon the deceased . The two mobs numbered from 400 to 500 . One of the men knocked deceased ' s hat off and another one graspi d him by the hair of his head . He , however , managed to release himself , and ran away through the Terrace gates . Previous t < i running away he uttered a deep moan , as if he was severely injured . -Elizabeth Poison , of No . 1 , Terrare , s ; iid , that she saw the mob chasing deceased and calling him "Rat . " She also saw deceased ' s hat fall and deceased hold up his hands to protect his h ad . —Elizabeth Biddlecombe , lady ' s-maid to Miss Christian , of N » . 2 , Terrace , said that on Monday last she heard a sound of voices on the Terrace , and

      afterwards heard the area door close . She then saw Mr . Cole endeavouring to fasten the door . She immediately hastened to his assistance , but he passed her in the kitchen . She went up into the ball for aid , and when she returned found him lying flat on his face in the passage . A man named French turned him over , when she saw blood oozing from his nose and mouth . She got a basin of water and bathed his temples , and sent for a surgeon . —Mr . R . W . Bloxham , a surgeon , Was sent for on Monday la < t , and attended directly afterwards . He then found him quite dead . Blood was oozing from one nostril and from a cut above . Upon making a post mortem examination he found an effusion of blood on

      the brain , which might have been caused by pulling his hair in the manner described . That would probably strain the scalp and rupture some of the minute blood vessels . Some of the'intcrnal organs were diseased , but he thought deceased would not have died bad it not been for the violence he had received . — Mr . T . B . Home , clerk to the magistrates , deposed to seeing the mob pelt at Mr . Cole with rotten eggs and turf . He called upon some policemen to protect him , but they refused . —George Oakley , a railway carrier , said that he saw two men make a rush at the deceased , and strike him on the head and shoulder .

      One man was dressed in a frock and cap . He had a thin face and slight figure . No one offered to defend deceased , who appeared exceedingly alarmed . — -The police referred to denied having refused to assist deceased , but as they were going towards him they met the mob returning . —Inspector Martin informed the jury tbat he bad apprehended three persons oh suspicion of taking part in the riot . —The coroner having summed up , he left the case in the hands of the jury , to decide whether deceased had died a natural or violent death . —After consulting , they returned a verdict of "Manslaughter against divers persons unknown . "

      Thb Murder at Leigh . —Ob Saturday last information from the Secretary of State ' s office was circulated , offering , on tbe part bf her Majesty ' s government , a reward of £ 100 for the discovery of the murderers of George Green , a labourer ! at Culepth , near Leigh . In addition to the £ 100 reward , a promise is held out of her Majesty ' s pardon to any accomplice ( excepting , of course , the actual perpetrator ) who will give such information as may lead to

      the apprehension of the murderers . Another information circulated by order ot government offers £ 100 reward for the discovery and apprehension of the perpetrators of a murder , near Barnard Castle , in the county of Durham , where the body of a man named Charles White , was found on the 11 th ult ., in the river Tees , with the hands tied close together with a silk handkerchief , and upon the forehead a number of inched wounds and other marks of violence .

      The Bishop of Exeter ' s Synoo . —A meeting of influential gentlemen and tradesmen of the diocese ' of Exeter , members of the Church of England , was held on Saturday last , at the Athenseum , to protest against the Synod , proposed to be held by tLe Bishop bf Exeter , on the 25 th inst . ; Sir John K > nueway , Bart , presided . A form of protest was unanimously adopted , and a committee was appointed to procure signatures , and take necessary steps for its publication . Fire at Tobpoist , Devon . —On Saturday last a fire broke out at Torpoint , in a small carpenter ' s shop , tbe property of a poor industrious man , named Treliving . Assistance was immediately given from the St . George , 120 , and ships in ordinary . The fire was confined to the shop only by the assistance

      rendered , which was burnt down , together wiih some valuable materials . The origin of the fire seems a mystery . Birkenhead Rioters . —At the last Chester Assizes , Thomas Smith , J . Feehan , James Haggarty , and Matthew Griffin , with another prisoner , since discharged , were convicted of a riot at Birkenhead , and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment . A petition praying for a mitigation of the sentence re ' ceived 17 , 000 cignaturea in one day . It was presented to Sir George Grey by J . A . Roebuck . Esq .. Sir George Stephen , and the Earl of Arundel and Surrey . Upon consideration of tbe whole facts of the case , her Majesty the Queen ordered tbe immediate discharge of the prisoiieTB , and ihey arrived at

      Birkenhead on Friday evening .- Liverpool Mercury . Thb Crops in Somersetshire .-With the fine weather we have recently enjoyed , there is every present appearance of a lark ! e crop of wheat . Winter beans are looking extremely well , as are spring ones , but a little rain is now very desirable for the latter . Both barley and oats are looking well ; a go » d deal of the former has gone in late , but there is quite an average crop expected . A good deal of attention has recently been paid to the . sowing of flax , upon such lands as are calculated for the experiment ! Potatoes are late ; and if anything there is a tea growth than in former years . A few warm . showers just now would , have a beneficial effect upon the hay harvest . The prospect of a good crop of apples aud pears is

      very promising . Starvation op a Girl by her Father and Step-Mother at Bristol . —Robert and Louisa Carpenter who have been for some weeks in custody at Bristol ,, upon a charge of cruelly illtreating Christiana Carpenter , a girl , sixteen years old , by locking her up in a room , half starving her , and beating her , under went a further examination before the magistrates of Bristol on Saturday last ' ' In consequence of the immense cro > 'ids which thronged tbe streets upon the occasion of the former remands , and of the threatening and violent aspect which the populace at those times assumed towards the prisoners , the magistrates deemed it prudent to keep the time of the present examination a secret , and their intention to proceed with it was only known to the press ' and to tbe par ties actually engaged in the conduct of the case . It will be remembered that when she was brought up about

      three weeks since , the poor girl wasa complete steleton , only weighing 59 Iba . in her clothes ; her appearance on Saturday was greatly improved . Mr . Brice , the clerk , to the justice , ' stated that in that short period she has gained 19 lb . As soon as the prisoners were placed at the bar , the girl was accommodated with a seat in tbe witness box and having been sworn she stated the case ; but whilst under examination the poor girl became exhausted and excited , and Mr . ; Bernard , the suraeon ' in attendance upon her , expressing his opinion that she was not in a fit state to be questioned any further , the prisoners were again remanded . the magistrates expressing their readiness to take responsible sureties for their re-appearance ., No bail being forthcoming , tbey were removed in custody , and the ' poor girl was driven back to the station house . '

      The Rev . R : Whiston ' s Cask ;—The Court bf Queen ' s Bench having leler ' ied Mr . Whiston to the Bishop of . Rochester , relative to his dismissal from ' the Head Mastership of the Cathedral Grammar School . - the rev . gentleman has addressed the bi » hop in appeal against the decision , and requesting his lordship to name the time and place for hearing the appoal . : VisiT io ? Princb Albert to IrsWiCH —The Essex Herald states that it is now fully decided tbat Prince Albert will visit I pswich on the 3 rd of July during the sitting of the British Association , and sleep at Shrubland-park . Fatmi Occubresce at Heavitrbe , —An inquest was held last week at the Ship Inn , . Heavhree , on a lad , named William Job Eveleigh , who had been shcVthrbugh the bead by his companion , George Henry Channon . They . went out together to ' pick rabbits' ( meat in afield bccupied'by Mr . Dennis near the path fields * leading from tbe Barrack-ian *!

      in the direction of Wonford . Shortly after they had left the village , ' Channon rah back hand told . Golsworthy that his companion was , dead . On the boy being brought before the jury , . he said—' . ' I didn ' t try to , dp it . " Having been sworn , be stated that he went with tbe deceased to pick " ihilky dsshels . " The deceased ' said he knew where there was ' a bird ' nest with nine eggs in it , in the thatch ofthe iinhsyi He got up to look for it , and then said , " . I have found a gun . f ; He got down from the planks , and ran after . Channon with the gun in his hand , who succeeded , after a while , in taking it away from him . Seeing a sparrow in the hedge , he pointed the gun at if , and deceased ran close before the muzzle , just as He pulled the trigger : It went off , and killed Eveleigh . Then he ran away toeall Mr . GohWbrth In answer to a question from a juror , the boy declared that neither of them was angry , and ' that be didn ' t know the gun was loaded .. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death , " attributing blame to Dennis , for allowing the gun to remain in the linhay . : ' ... ' . ' .. '

      . Charge of Manslaughter aoautst a Tavernkeeper and Others . —At the Manchester Borough Court , on Monday last , three men named Miller , Harrison , and Prince , were charaed with having caused the death of a man named Thomas Hodg-

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      kinson . Miller keeps a public-house in Chorltouupon-Medlock , and the other two prisoners brew for him . Mr ; ' & B . ' B . Cobbett , solicitor , appeared for the prisoners . The first witness called was Thomas Wood , a labourer , who went to'Miller ' s house for some beer on the 9 th ult ., at half-past eight : o'clock in the evening . Witness saw there the deceased and the prisoners . There were some other persons there . : Witness went towards the house again about ten minutes afterwards , and saw deceased lying on' the foot pavement before the do » r . He heard Millerisay to the other prisoners , "Go into them , and give them a good hiding ! " The prisoners were kicking deceased very violently on the ri ght side . Witness ' -shortly afterwards went

      away with his father . —Cross-examined : Witness had not heard : any disturbance when he went-to the housekeeper , but had heard Miller offer the other two prisoners a can of beer if they would clear the place—Re-examined : Witness saw two brick-setten named Brown fighting wifch Prince and Harrison , when he went to the house the second time . He did not see deceased engaged in the light . —James Hayes , a weaver , said he was at the public-hou & t : about two o'clock on the evening in question , when he saw Prince , Harrison , the two Browns , and the deceased . There were about twenty persons there . Harrison and the deceased were disputing , because deceased charged the prisoner with having caused a man to be discharged , who had been scalded in

      Miller ' s employment . Deceased was in liquor , and asked witness to see him home . Witness declined to do so , but got a cab for him . When the cab came to the door , witness led deceased out by the arm . The two' Browns were coming after them , and were both knocked down by the prisoners . They were both quite drunk . Immediately atterwards , Harrison knocked deceased down . Deceased « ot up again , and said to the prisoner : " You have taken advantage of me now I am tipsy ; put it off till to-morroffi and then Iwill fight you . '' Harrison immediately knocked him down again and kicked him . Witness asked Miller not to allow deceased to be ill-used , but he replied by ordering the other prisoners to " pitch into him , " and witness was

      immediately knocked down by Harrison . Witness after wards took deceased home in a co . —The two Browns' confirmed the evidence of Ihe last witness . —David * Stopford , a brewer , said he had engaged deceased to brew for him on the 10 th of May last . He saw him on the previous day , when he was quite welU He did not come to his work , however , on the 10 th till eleven o ' clock , and then was unable to remain , as he complained of being unwell . He did not work for him afterwards . The case was then adjourned for farther evidence till Tuesday , when the prisoner were again brought up . —Catherine Hodgkinson ; the widow of deceased , said her husband was a brewer , and was thirty- ' seven years of age . He was in very good health when , he left home on the 9 ch ult . About

      eleven o ' clock that evening she was told that her husband was in a public housein Rugby-street , Salford . She went there and found her husband . He appeared to have bad " some drink , and hia face was blbndy . Nextmorninghedidnbtgo to bis work . He complained of having . been severely kicked the night before . Cross-examined : Deceased went out afterwards that day , but was obliged to return . He took a stick with him . He went out two or three times before his death , but never went to work , He took to his bed oh Monday week , and died on Saturday morning last . —Mr . Alexander Somers , surgeon , said

      he had attended deceased since Tuesday last , but had not discovered any marks of violence . He had considered that ' his illness proceeded from inflammation of the liver . He had made a post mortem examination , assisted by Mr . Lythgoe . There was a gangrene of ihe right half of the large lobe of the liver , and also of the right kidney . This would cause death . Witness thought it proceeded from a kick or a fall . If it had been caused by natural diseases the whole of the liver would have been affected , but it was not , and all the other organs of the body were perfectly healthy . ' The prisoners were then committed for trial at the next Liverpool assizes .

      Liverpool Town Council . —Appointment" op a Stipendiary Magistrate . —At the usual monthly meeting of the council on Wednesday , the Mayor in the chair , the report on the stipendiary magistracy was discussed , when it was agreed by a majority of forty to ten to recommend J . S . ' Mansfield , Esq ., to the Secretary of State as a proper person to fill the office vacant by the decease ofthe late Mr , Rushton ; and it was agreed to , without a division , that the salary be £ 1 , 000 a year . ' The suggestion to combine Mr . Blair ' s and Mr . Bowling ' s namesin the recommendation fell to the ground , but most of the speakers regretted tbat it should have been found necessary to go from , the town to select a gentleman , when so many well qualified gentlemen of Liverpool were ready to undertake the duties . It was eventually , however , agreed that It was better to have a professional gentleman unknown to all parties .

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      Suicidb bt i . Skbobant of thb 82 nd Poot . —An intense sensation of horror was created throughout this town , on the afternoon of the 30 th ult ., by the intelligence that a sergeant of tbe 82 nd Regiment of Foot had wilfully blown out his brains with a musket , in the military infirmary or hospital at John ' s Town . The unfortunate man , whose name was Robert Dodd , had been sent to the infirmary on the 7 th instant , having been for some time past suffering from delirium tremens . He continued in a dreadfully excited state until within two or three days of ! the commission of the fatal act , when he appeared to have improved so considerably as bo longer to require careful watching . The company

      to which he belonged being about to embark for Pater it was deemed proper that such of the patients as were able to carry their arms and ammunition to the place of embarkation , should do so ; and accordingly several firelocks and cartouoh boxes were transferred f rom the barracks to the infirmary , where they were deposited in a sinall storeroom opening into the passage , which was locked , and the key placed on a shelf above the door . The deceased was sitting in the kitchen in company with another patient , when he suddenly rose , and without speaking a word went into tbe . passage . His companion almost immediately afterwards heard a rustling or rattling noise , as if some one

      was moving the firelocks , and was proceeding to ascertain the cause , when he heard the discharge of a shot , and on opening the door of the storeroom , found tbe deceased had blown his brains out by introducing the muzzle , of a musket ( which he himself must have loaded ) into his mouth , and discharging the trigger with the butt-end of bis ramrod . The body presented a frightful ' spfictaole , the whole of the ri g ht side of the skull being blown away by the bullet , and a portion of the scalp having been severed and attached by the force of the explosion to the ceiling above . He has left a wife and child to lament his loss , and be had only to serve about four months to entitle him to retirement upon the full sergeant ' s pension . —Welshman .

      Sreidito.

      sreidito .

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      A Rich Fauper . —A few days ago an old woman , named Mary Cody , who had been Known as a professional mendicant of the most wretched cast for many years , died at Black Mill ; and , after her decease , the sum of £ 3615 s . was found in an old box belonging to her , £ 7 of which she had previously directed should be laid out on her funeral . Law Appointment . —The Sergeantcy , vacant by the resignation of Sergeant Stock , has been conferred on Mr . Christian , Q . C ., one of the leading

      members of the Irish Chancery bar . . The Qobbn ' s Birthday . —On Saturday a / grand review of all tho disposable troops in the Dublin garrison was held in the Phosnix-park , in honour of her Majesty ' s . birthday . The apwry election passed off oh Friday in a walk . over for Mr . Hallowell , the Protectionist candidate , Although various candidates were' spoken of on the Liberal side during the preceding week , there was ho show whatever of opposition , and the election did not create the slightest interest in the

      town . - x . . '""' ' Tne MilwsTRr . « The disappointment felt here among the Roman Catholic and Tory parties at the enormous majority of the ' Ministers on the Ceylon question may be easily conceived , and proportioned to that disappointment is the indignation felt and expressed against the Irish Liberal members who dared to support the government either directly by their votes , or indirectly by their absence from the division , i . The F , ibb at Sib H . Bbwcb ' s— The " Boar Hunt , " a pictorial gem ofthe great Raphael , was burnt at Downhill House , the late family seat of Sir Hervey Bruce . The magistrates having decided that the , fire was incendiary , thesuih of £ 60000

      , wilbe . levied off the . barony of Londonderry , next assizes for compensation ? ., CoNSKOBiTION OP THI RoM'BH BlSHOP ELECT OF Kiluiob . —Tho bull hasarrived from Rome appointing the Right Rev . Dr . Vaugban Bishop of Killa'loe —of course with power and authority to govern the subjects bf his Holiness resident within tbat territory .. The consecration is to take place on , Sunday next at Nenagh . Rbpbbbbntaiios o * Limerick . —A . Captain Carleton has announced his , intention , of becoming the parliamentary representative and champion of Pope and Popery ; of the city . of . Limerick ' in the next

      parliament . uaptam uarieton , according td the Ummch i & oortw , ia- a ' large , landed , proprietor bf the county , and of ultraradical princi ples ^ ,.. Thb Proclaimed Districts , ' --The Northern Whi g says ,:-7 ,, 'Tne , inhabitants * of the . proclaimed districts have , been made td feel the working of thelaw pretty severely already . ,. Ko time has-been lost . 'by the authorities ... The additional force . , of police , drafted to . the district , under the " provisions of the ao t ,. ; weje no sooner comfortably ' located , khan mean s were taken tolnake the inhabitants pay for the importation . A rate was forthwith Struck to cover the expenses of the additional force , and it

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      was as promptly levied . A corre spondent gives us the following account of tho transaction : — ' On Tuesday and-Wednesday , ; Mr . Rowan , the high constable , accompanied by a collector , and two subinspeetors , and about eighty constables of police , proceeded through the t'iwnlands of Tullyorier , Ca-itlewellan , Bxllullymore , and CorbaUy , to collect the rate of 6 d . per acre , laid on by the Lord-Lit'uteiiant , for the support of the extra force of police now stationed . in said proclaimed district , from the several landholders , who had refused to psiy said cess ; several distresses were made of cuttle found grazing on the land in the above towlands , but thi' cms was p ; iid and the cattle released . The inhabitants of that part of the country are in a great state of excitement at seeing so large a force of police travelling through the country with the hig h constable , to levy a tax they think unjust and oppressive . '"

      The Irish Tenant League propose to revive their agitation next week , by commencing a series of meetings to he kept up till the next election . Outrage near Al ulli . voar —The Weslmeath Guardian gives the following particulars of an outrage perpetrated at a place called Fieldtown , about rive miles from MullingaK— " A man named Hussey was lately putin po ^ ession of a fiirm from whichthe Former tenant was ejected , and on Thursday morning his son when proceeding to look at some land which Hussey was burning , was met by six men outside tlie door , who asked his name , and on

      hearing it , knocked him down with a pistol . Three of them entered the house and attacked another son of IiusseyV , inflicting seven or eight severe wounds , upon him . The father seeing his son attacked drew a pistol and snapped it at the fellows , upon which one of them discharged tbe contents of a blunderbuss at the old man , lodging one grain in his cheek » nd a number of slugs in the wall above his head , whilst at the same time a bullet entered the breast of a youug man named James Carey , who had just arrived on a visit to the family . The dwelling , house was burned a few days before Hussey got possession of the land . "

      The Chop . —The accounts from the country are in general of a cheering character . : It would be impossible to have weather more favourable for all the purposes of agrieviltue ; the grain crops ,: except where there has been sad neglect on the part of the growers , present a luxuriant and ¦ promising appearance ; the potato is once more restored to its old position , at least so far as an opinion upon it can be pronounced at this early period of the season ; and all the prospects of a bountiful harvest have Set in ; Samples

      of excellent potatoes have been exhibited in almost every locality : and the flax crop , on which so much depends in many parts of the country , is also looking extremely well . The reports from the fairs which are held in great numbers at this season are , howflver , not so favourable . —In almost every instance the stock' offered for" pale is of an inferior description , giving evidence of past neglect , or the results of bad seasons , but the prices are good , and should encourage the Irish farmers to fresh efforts and attention . /

      Half the bread manufactured in Limerick is tbe produce of Egyptian flour , being a cheaper article than any other flour . A pedlar was murdered about ten days ago near Captain Massy Dawson ' s , in the glen of Aherloe , and the body was found on Thursday week . Sectarianism . —The sectarian excitement in Kilkenny still continues , and gives rise to a repetition of disgraceful and unpleasant scenes . ' The Kilkenny Journal ., the extreme Roman Catholic organ , says . — " Major General Macdonald has thought fit to put Kilkenny in a stale of siege . On Wednesday night the Major General- and his staff rode into the Tholsel on horseback , left their horses in the open space beneath ; ' and ascended to the Assembly

      Room , took possession of it for the purposes of a council of wa r , and placed the city under the surveillance of the military for some hours of the night . This surveillance is still continued—and may be so we know not how long . The Lano Question . — " Through . the kindness of the Lord Bishop of Ardagh , " as the Freeman styles Dr . O'Higgins , that journal is permitted to publish a letter addressed by the ex-governor of Malta to his ' spiritual superior aforesaid , and ex officio ^ returning officer for the county of Longford . It is the first public announcement of Mr . More

      O'Ferrall to his constituents respecting the pnnci * pies on which he conceives he holds the seat conferred upon him in bis absence by the electors of Longford . As far aa the great religious question now at issue is concerned the right hon , gentleman is all that Rome could desire ; but fault is found with the "lame and halting step" with which he approaches the settlement ofthe relations between landlord and tenant . His sentiments , say his disappointed'friends , could scarcely have been more cold and discouraging on this subject had he been the chosen of the landocracy , instead of the representative ofthe tenant electors of that county .

      The Eccissiasticai , Commission . —Dr . Callaird Erck , one ofthe Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ireland , died on Monday at his residence in Dublin , after a short illness . It is supposed that no appointment will be made to the vacant office , and that the salary of £ 1 , 000 yearly will revert to the already ample funds of the board . - Pauper Emigration . —The Cork Constitution says that thirty-five female paupers from the Kenmare union , and thirty from Listowel , arrived here on Wednesday , preparatory toembarkation for Quebec . The Favourite , Pricknane , master , with emigrants for New York , likewise cleared on Monday with her full complement .

      Rate-in-Aid . —In tbe county of Down , so strong and unanimous is the resistance to the payment bf the rate-in-aid of 6 d ., that the collector is going through the county to levy hia distresses with two sub-inspectors and eighty constables of police . The Lord Lieutenant has made another excursion to the north . On Monday his Excellency and the Countess of Clarendon arrived at Caledon House , on a visit to tbe Earl and Countess of Caledon , the vice-regal party travelling with four carriages , and several horses from the viceregal

      stables-The Irish Tenant League revived their public meetings on Tuesday night , with a gathering in the lecture-hall of the Mechanics' Institute . This was intended to be tho first of a series of public meetings to test tbe state of feeling iu Dublin upon the tenant-right question : but judging from the interest evinced in the proceedings , that feeling stands at » very low ebb indeed , at present . Mr . Patrick Lalor , of Tinnakil , presided , and the speakers were Mr . Lucas , of the Tablet , ihe Rev . Mr . Bell . presbyteriau minister , of Ballybay , and a Mr . Johnstone , of Wexford . Mr . Lucas gave an account of the interviews which the deputation of tbe league had in London with Mr . Sharman Crawford , but which were interrupted by an afflicting event in Mr . Crawford ' s family . Mr . Lucas described the result as highly satisfactory , Mr . Crawford not objecting to the princi p le of valuation , upon which the league perseveres in laying particular stress . The following

      resolution , on the motion of the Rev . Mr . Bell , was adopted : — •« That the propositions laid by the deputation before Mr . Crawford , for . the amendment of his bill of last session , be approved of , not as a full representation of the principles of the league , but as a ' vamable instalment of its demands , and that Mr . Crawford ' s bill , if amended in accordance with these propositions ,-may be made such as will . enable the council of tbe league to secure for it—in Mr-Crawford ' s hands—the hearty and earnest support of the friends and members of the league throughout the country at the same time it is our decided conviction , which we feel called upon publicly to declare , that nothing short of the full legal establishment of tbe great fundamental principles of the Irish Tenant League wilt ever be found practically to maintain the rights , and effectually to relieve the miseries of the tenant farmers of Ireland . "

      , Mr . Martin Burke and Lord Clarendon . — Tbe plaintiff ' s declaration in this case was filed on Tuesday . There are five counts in it ; one charges the defendant with having written ; . the letter containing tbe libel complained of by the plaintiff to . the Earl of Shrewsbury ; another count charges ' the defendant with the publication of the letter in the Tablet newspaper ; and a third with ' the publication generally . The declaration is signed by Mr . Butt , Q . O . ; and Sir . Cqlman , O'Loghlen . The defendant must plead to the declaration within eight days . '

      The Frociaimbd . Districts of Down . —The constabularly force stationed in Baribrid ge has within the last few . days been increased to upwards of 100 men . The reason for so , large a number of the force . m that particular locality is stated to be that their presence . has become necessary , with a view of securing the peaceable collection of thetax . applbtted on theproclaimed districts , to . meet ' th ' e extra charge arising from that circumstance . . " Kinqstown .-T , wo , men , , la , close cuBtody . went across onTuesdayin jthe Liverpool steamer . It is said they ate connected with the late gold dtrit K b bery on one ofthe English railways .

      Nine, Iron Steam-Vessels, Varying In Siz...

      Nine , iron steam-vessels , varying in size and tonnage , are now in course of construction at Birkenhead . One ia a paddle-steamer for the Russian government , of about 400 tons .

      Hi !^ VLl n * 3 m HoJt . Richard . L ' . Smk .-LLI * 4 tbafc - MK 8 heii : bxpired , at Florence on . f « i u & ow , n 8 . *<> an attack-of . gout in the abXnn 5 ? '« na « 8 tand that' the Tigh ? honourhl ? n - ln i JSTtT ? " ^ 57 th y ™^ Slaving been Xry ?* WS „ $ ^ " Mi « 8 O'Halloran , daughter of John Lolor , Esq ., of Craha , near Clonnjel reiiot ofJB , Power , Esq .. of Qarteen , county i'pperary . . He was called to the Irish bar in 1814 ; ' v i ; ^ LF— ident of th « Board of Trade from inarch , 1839—when'he was appointed a Privy Councillor—till June , 1841 ; and Judge Advocate General from June to September ; 1841 . The right honourable gentleman was educated in Trinity College , Dublin , where , hewas the contemporary of the late Mr . Michael O'Loghlin and ' Mr . Sergeant Stock , and a general favourite with all his claja fellows .

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      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The Juno general session of the peace for tU county of Middlesex commenced on Tuesday at u , Session House , Clerkenwell-green . The calenda was remarkably light , there i . eing but 49 prisoners for trial , ' the whole of whom , with one exceiition being charged with felony . > Sentences . —Thomas Fitzwilliam and Wi ] Ji fln , Gilbert , convicted at the last session of larcen from the person , ' were brought up for judgment y The Officer of the House of Correction proved tC the prisoners had been convicted a great number nf times . —The learned judge sentenced Kitzwili ; -, to be transported for ten years , and Gilbert , ft a caution to him from the fate of his companion ? be imprisoned for six moths . , l ° John Jones , also convicted at the last session fnh Picking pockets , was sentenced to bo transom- 2 for seven years . ' aQ

      Thomas Johnson , 10 , a respectable-lootin ., youth , was charged with having s-olen a tandU . chief , the property of David Williams , from hii person , at the Exhibition .-The prisoner pfeJS guilty to the charge , and was sentenced \ onh \ l months imprisonment and hard laliour RoBBERT . -Thomas Smith , 17 , was charged win , having stolen a silk purse , a £ 5 note , i sovereign , and other monies , and two diamonds , the prouertip and monies of Mary Shuffrey , ff 0 m | , e ppr son William B l ackburn , police constable , 257 V stated that , on the ' afternoon of Saturday , " | , < jj ' ^ May , at about half-past two o ' clock , he was ondntv near to Buckingham Palace , where there w « V \ great crowd assembled on the occasion ol her Ma jesty going to the drawing-room . Just as ' the

      tyueen was going out ot tho gate he saw the priao . ner put his hand into the pocket of the prosecutrix and draw it out again . lie was immediately taken into custody , and the purse and its con tents were picked up at the prisoner ' s feet . —Mary Snuff , rey identified the purse and contents as her property . Some person spoke to her , and she saw her purse lying on the ground . It was safe in her possession only a short time before . —The prisoner was found Guilty , and sentenced to be imprisoned for six months , there being no former conviction standing against him , R . OBBRRV AT A Brothel . —Sarah Jones , a savagelooking woman , aged twenty-two , was indicted for having stolen from the person of Richard

      Jutsum £ 3 and upwards in gold and silver monies , —The prosecutor , a clerk , residing at M , Ald gate Hi gh-street , deposed that between one and two o ' clock on the morning of the 22 hd of May he met the prisoner in Union-street , Spitalfields , and after a short conversation he proceeded with her to 3 house of ill-fame in Thrall-street . Thouuh he had been drinking he knew perfectly well what ho waa about , and he knew that when he entered the house he had upwards of £ 3 in money about him . TjQ went with her into a room on the ground floor and very soon afterwards he found her band at Jiig fob , in which a bag , containing tho money , wag placed . Having put his own hand into the fob he found tbat the bag was gone , and he immediat ely accused her of taking it . She denied that she bad

      taken it , and ran towards the door , but be pre . vented her getting away , upon which she threatened to beat his brains out with the poker and no sooner bad she made this threat than she ran to the fire-place and took up a piece of iron ( a fire-shovel handle , ) with which shg struck him severely across the mouth and fiandg He had again laid hold of her , but he was compelled to let go , and she took him by the hair of his head and , after pulling it violently , she released her hold ! and ran to the window . She threw up tho sasb , and called for help , and immediately afterwards two women got into the room through the window , They both laid hold of him , one by the hair ; and whilst he was so held the prisoner jumped out of the

      window and got aw » y . As soon as she was gone the two women pot off through the window , and left him alone in the room . The window looked into a back yard , and on going to it ho saw the prisoner , the two women , and three other women standing in the yard together . He got into tbe street with as little delay as possible , and told a police-officer who was on duty there what bad occurred . The same morning he found the prisoner in the custody ofthe officer . Whilst he was struggling with the prisones in the room before the two women got through the window , she dropped on the floor four half-crown ? , one shilling , and two fourpenny-pieces , which ho picked up and gave to the officer . They were , he thought , a part of the money taken from him .-i Police-constable Samuel Damerel , HO H , stated that on the mornin ? in question be saw the prose * cutorgo with the prisoner into the house in Thrallstreet , of which the prosecutor had now spoken ,

      I About an hour afterwards he again saw tbe prose * cutor in the street , and from a communication mads by him , witness afterwards took the prisoner into custody . When the prosecutor spoke to him he was bleeding from the mouth and from tbe left hand . The prosecutor gave him tbe piece of iron produced . The prisoner denied having ever seen the prosecutor . She was searched , but no money was found upon her . The prisoner lived in the house . Bo - received the money produced from the prosecutor . —The prosecutor identified the iron handle produced as tbat with which he was assaulted . He positively identified the prisoner . —The prisoner , in her defence , said the prosecutor was wrong . If ; was not her , and the house was an open ono , and full of women . —The learned judge having summed up , the Jury found the prisoner Guilty . —The learned judge said it was a very bad case , and sen tenced the prisoner to be transported for seven j ears .

      Fire On Board An Emigrant Ship At Calcut...

      FIRE ON BOARD AN EMIGRANT SHIP AT CALCUTTA—AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE . Despatches have been received from Calcutta to the 23 rd of April . There has been another case of ship burning at Calcutta , attended with a dreadful sacrifice of human life . The country shi p

      Kurramany , ' proceeding down the river , bound to Mauritius with upwards of 350 Coolie emigrants on board , was burnt to the water ' s edge on the ni g ht of the 6 th ult ., when off Kedgeree . The Captain ( Hogg ) the chief mate , and the pilot , together with about one-half of the crew , and a few of the emigrants , have alone been " saved . , Upwards of 300 unfortunate people perished by drowning and in the flames . There seems to be no doubt that this was the

      work of incendiaries . The following is Captain Hogg ' s account of this awful catastrophe : ~ To describe the scene of last night in the total destruction of the ship Kurramany by fire , oeM Kedgeree , quite surpasses the power of language . But , it being incumbent on me to make a statem ent of such facts as I am able to relate connected ( Vila the catastrophe , I lose no time in forwarding them to you . Having retired at an early hour , I ff « awoke b y Mr . Porter ( the pilot in charge of the ressel ) with the alarm of fire about ten p . m . The alarm was first raised by some of the emigrants . I hastened on deck , but my way forward was so obfound 10

      structed by the unfortunate people that I j very difficult , to force a passage to the fore pare i of the ship . However , before I got to the fort I hatch , the deck was so enveloped vdth the dense 1 smoke that . emerged from . the fore scuttle that I could see nothing beforeme , and had to grope toy < way to the forecastle . In vain I sang out tor wi J hands ( the ship ' s company ) , in vain I culled out « ' ' syrang and tindals , in vain for buckets and watm The chief officer was at this time between deem , but was at last driven up , and with Mr . Porter 3 «« » the second , officer of the ship , one tindal and fire or r six lascars , got forward on the topgallant » re- .-castle , and . at this instant the flames burst out w » the fore scuttle and fore hatch with inconceivamo e furv . flnd t . ha * hin i-iriinir haaH in wind with 8 iresa n

      breeze from the . southward , almost as qu ck J thought the whole deck , cuddy cabins and all , »» " " enveloped in ' flames . The emigrants bavin ?' ¦¦ mustered on the poop , they in this state of un « » confusion got into the quarter-boats , which ow »» w down with the immense weight , and it is wn « w » £ that all who were not precipitated into the «« f » ' « « j this way , jumped overboard ,-while we » ' »» ' could donotbing towards the safety of o" ™ . " . !* , „» others , but stand and watch the devouring eieawu * , u » working its way towards us , masts , riggl »?» a ^ j , i jj Oh . fire , and' as ifc approached us we «' T , ' „ , on to the bowsprit and jib-boom , but > »^ L »!» out all the head stays to prevent the ^ <» « mast falling and , effecting , our immediate w w Btruction , the jib-boom , , with several P «*" - on it , broke off by the bowsprit cap , but hmm connected to the . ship by all tbe rigging belonging '" 3 " it , it still hung under ihe bows ; we « ho * . ° , y , y the bowsprit remained there till driven off" oy * . * . intenseheat ; we th en descended into the M , *™ anu Bubnorted ouraeWpa nn ' tho >> i-nlr « n iib-b 00 ffi , ° ' ° '

      only . hopes of being saved were throug h &* . *?&?& * of God and the assistance the steamer m *";^!; ^ - able to afford us . Hanging on under the bo » B J » i w » aitw the starboard chain , by which the ship « " «" riding at the time , run out in a way whichi «» con vmcedmethatitmust have been unshackleo p" pre paratbry to the event . The ship then drifted » wim some miles , we still hanging on , witnessing i "' i " consump tion of nullipara , & c , until the Iarb 0 * X % anchor dropped , from the bows ( the chain being »* reu

      hot ) , ; this bronght the ship up . By this 't ^ yjC steamers Rattler and Union ' had anchored close mm the wreck , and despatched their boats with »« P ° » l P ° »' Bible haste to our assistance , by which means ^ sw Mr . Porter ( pilot in charge ) , Mr . Turner , chief o » £ o 0 " cer , myself , and six lascars , were rescued fro » ou bi oui awful situation . Mr . Andrews , second offloggT bavin * let go his hold from utter exhaustion , boio ^ Dio "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 7, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07061851/page/6/