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      EEitTll OF LOXBOX DURIXG THE WEEK . —TllC S 9 i deaths registered in the week exhibit a satisfactory decrease of i > 3 on the weekly average of five springs " The mortality from the zymotic or epidemic clas : of diabases continues to fall , the deaths in Inst week Laving l > een 9 o 9—those * in the preceding wee 233 ; she average is 19 S . Scarlatina , has now de dined , rather below the average , and numbers 2 fatal cafes . Typhus , which during the previous 13 weeks ranged from 33 to 46 , was fatal in the las week w only 23 , an unusually small number for thi disease , and hardly exceeding one-half of the aver age . Small-pox , also , is fatal to few at ihe prc-en time ; the weekly numbers durinsr last month wen

      respectively 12 , 6 , 8 , 6 whilst the average is 21 . The mortality from hooping-cough declines though it is silli above the average . Measles appears on the increase , and has last week nearly doubled the average , which is 21 deaths . The deaths from diarrhoea and dysentery were 19 ; the average of the season is 10 . Cholera is slig htly increasing , for though one death forms the weekly average o , former springs , the fatal eases registered during thc iv = t four weeks have been 3 , 1 , 5 , 9 . Of the last nine cases , five ocenred in public institutions , namelv , two in the Dreadnought Hospital , one in the " , llfolborn union , one in the Chelsea , and another . in the Battersea workhouse . Both bronchitis and pneumonia grow less fatal , though the

      former is still above the avenge , while the latter is below it . A woman , in the Leather-market , subdistrict , Bermondscy , died at 54 years of age-of "bowol complaint aid debility , hastened by want of sufficient nourishment , no application " having been made to the parish authorities . " A boy of two months , at Somers Town was "found dead in hedj'suffocated from inhaling impure air . " A woman of 52 years died from " vomiting blood , caused by excitement" Inquests were neld on the above three eases . A man of 36 vears died " suddenly after illness , probably from intemperance , but the cause of death is notattested either by coroner or medical man . The mean reading of the barometer was above 30 in . on Monday , Tuesday , and

      Wednesday . i « e mean of the week was 29 . U 7 A The thermt-metcr was highest on Thursday , when it reached 74 deg . 0 tain . ; the mean of the same day ¦ was 64 -. kg , 3 min . The mean of the week was 68 deg . 3 min . On Thursday thc mean temperature was higher than the average of the same day in seven years by 7 deg . 4 min ., though it was below it on the first two days of the week . The mean of the week exceeded the average hy 1 deg . 3 min . Accidsst os tub Bivsa Lea . —Two Lives Lost . —On Sunday evening an accident occurred on the river Le-vnear Clapton , by which two young men lost their lives . It appears that six young men all

      of whom are employed at Perry ' s Gazette office , hi iieeitv , engaged a small boat at the Jolly AngWs , adjoining the river Lea , for the purpose of fishing . They had not proceeded far , when by some accident , which is at present unexplained , the boat upset , and they were all immersed into the water . Two of them j-acceeded in clinging to the boat until assistance was . rendered , two were drowned , and the other two swam to the shore . The names of the unfortunate youths who lost their lives are , Benjamin Oliver , of Murray-street , Hoxton , and Charles . Sanderson , residing in the neighbourhood Of Ball'js-pond .

      Mysterious Death of a Young Female . —An inquest was held on Wednesday before Mr . Wakley jnn ., —W adjournment—at the Lord Dill publichouse , Paddington , on the body of Margaret Fitzgerald , aged twenty-four years , who died from injuries she received under the following circumstances .-r-On the first meetin * of the jury it was stated that the deceased was a milliner , and resided in Lissoh-grove . On Friday evening , the 25 th ult ., she left iioinefor thepurpose ot visiting some friends in Paihliiigton , and on the following morning she was seen by a police-constable in Maida-hill disputing with a cabman about hisfare , and directly after wards fhe whs lying upon the ground in a state of insensibility . She was removed to the surgery of

      Mr . Garwood , where she died in afew hours afterwards . The inquest was adjourned , to enable the police to produce the cabman ; and on the jury reassembling on Wednesday , John Cantling was examined . He said that on Saturday morning , the 26 th nlL , he , took up the deceased in the Haymarket ; j . ] r-appeared * as if she had been drinking , and desnred him to drive her to Oxford-street . On arriving , there she said she wanted to go to the Edgwa : e-road , and he accordingly drove her to that place . She then directed him to drive to one street and tl ; - - -n to another , refusing to give the number of the house-where she lived . He stopped near Maida-MU , and again asked , her where she lived , but she refused to tell him . He drove on . for the purpose

      of taking her to the station-house , when he felt a jerkin the cab , and on turning round saw the cab door open , aud the deceased lying upon the road . She wa » : jniiie insensible , and he assisted in removing her to Mr . Gurwood ' s , where he left her . —Mr . Stevenson surgeon at Mr . Gurwood ' s , said the deceased had a bruise on the left knee , and also under the left- car . She was brought in soon after ten o ' clock , and she died about half-past three the same afternoon . He had made apost mortem examination of the body , and discovered a simple fracture of the skull , which had caused death . —Verdict : " That the dei-aased died of a fracture from the skull , but whether she jumped from the cab , or fell , there was no evidence to prove . "

      Fatal Steam-hoax Accidext . —An inquest was Leld ai Sr .. Martin ' s Workhouse , on Wednesday , before Mv . Bedford , on the body of C . Chipps . ' aged forty-KX . wlio was drowned at the Hungerford Steamboat Pi- ? r . William Moody , the pieman , said that on TiKiSiisv . the 29 th nit ., the Sunflower ,, river steamer , came alongside the pier for the purpose of disembarking passengers . He put ihe stage across from thc p ier to thc boat for the passengers to get out safel y , bur as nsual a great many jumped from the boat-on to the pier . Amongst these was the deceas ! -i : . who in jumping fell backwards into the water , and immediately sank . His body was uot found as : t . l Saturday last . Ik was a very dangerous , hot yet a very common practice for the passenger * to leap ashore , even before the boat stopped , and it was wonderful that many more accidents did not happen . Verdict : — " Accidental death . "

      Ste \ m-Boat Explosion off the Custom-house . — On Wednesday morning , at a quarter past ten o ' clock , the Waterman steamer , So . 8 , left the pier , at Fishmonger ' s Hal ] , for Woolwich , with a good freight of passengers , and immediately afterwards an explosion took place , followed by volumes of smoke . * iean » , and dust , from the gangway of the enginr- - M : om . The engineer and stoker nished on deck , and the greatest alarm prevailed amongst the passcii ^ ' * j-. s and crew . The vessel was making great way at Hit- time . The engine-room proved to be on

      : lire , and as the engines contmued to operate , the -vessel was steered to the north shore , and run i aground off thc Custom-house pier . Boats put off : from the stairs , and the Dr = ad , Woolwich steamer , : immed : u ; dy went alongside Waterman 8 , and the jpassei ^ -r-- were landed without hjjui-v , but the enigineer and stoker were much scaldcd , * and thev were ' Conveyed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital . The explosion : it is suited , arose from some defect in the boiler The fire was extinguished almost iumiediatelv after 1 the ves .- ' - ! r .-m ashore .

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      The Mr-RMiR of the Policemax at Bristol . — 1 "We underhand that the Jlome Secretary has issued san order 10 the Commander-in-Ciiicf , directing , for ttbe end ? of justice , the recall from Ceylon of the ¦ ttwo mwt vf u-e loth . Ilegiment , 3 ITarlane and Daly , laagahiM . whom a verdict of wilful murder was retturneii ai the inquest recently held on the body of . JJohn Tym , a police constable of this city . —Bristol ilRrror . The <;« . ir « k or Housebreaking at Leeds . —On ^ Mond ay . . William Burns , Benjamin Wooller , and ISMary Lucas , the three persons who had been ap-] Epreheiidf ; l on the 27 th of ilay , charged with having of te

      isstolen ; : ^ iiantny suver pla and gold coin from itthe house of ilrs . 3 tfusgrave , in Park-square , Leeds , 'dduring the hours of divine service in the forenoon cof that day ; were again brought up for examination . iSSome evidence was given which went far towards iiddentifying ; the two men as the parties who were ssseen on the premies at the time of the robbery , and iaalso to proviv riiat the woman was " the wife Ofthe imnanwho called himself Kaye , who was last week iccommitred for a burglary in the house of Mr . B . IGGiU , stonemason , of Leeds on the 26 th May . After aeeveral witnesses had been examined , the prisoners isrwere fm-tner " - remanded .

      BuuGunx—Mr . Muuyard ' ahousc , Terry ' s Lodge , liish , was IuVSti into on the night of the 1 st inst ., njiy five mod . Mr . and Mrs . Munyard were awakened utibout eluvt-iro ' idock by hearing the glass of their wwindow vatilirig hi their room . They got up , and " oound thtihidfhra were attempting to enter their noeoroom "by . ine . -uis of a ladder . Mr . Munyard , neeing a powerful ' man , collared two of the thieves , unnd struck a third , but the others overpowered and sserioirslr 5 » jar <> d him . They made Mrs . JVIunyard , wfcho is far inlvfinvlou uVjffeghancv , accompany than »» ver the lionsc , and point out tiie articles of value . j a v - : ll , i ' " - ' ^ 'u ' re m tne nouse two hours , and , in iididditiou iit . € 12 in cash ; they stole all the plate .

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      \ uUtenaea inch icys of life occurred to thc Cardigan mauul coach « is : li * journey from Carmarthen to Carhuhgan , when a « hort distance beyond Scwcastle Stfimlyn ,:. tnpfe > called Pomprengwyddon . When lhdiecoad ; V ^ ldi" Newcastle Emlyn , two persons , flfflr . Morgah JcnkhiB / a . respectable draper residing itt it Car

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      his fare , the coachman , "William Evans , endeavoured to get him oft" by a pretty free use of the whip . Eventually , when near the old turnpike gate , the man sotoif , and commenced running after the coach , catching-hold of it behind . The co achman went down to make him let go his hold , which having succeeded in doiiur , he again took his seat on the box , Whipped the horses so as to get away from the man and then looKed back . This occured as the coach was going down a steep , hill , and while the coachman was looking back the coach ran up against a wall at the side of the road , and was upset . The outside passengers were all thrown off , but wore not materially injured . Mr . Jenkins , who , as it lias been stated , was inside , cried out for assistance ,

      and as soon as the outside passengers got up , the coachman and another man proceeded to extricate him , but could not until the coach was righted , and this having been done , he was taken out and placed with his back against the hedge , but it was fo . uhd he was . dead . An inquest was held , and the jury returned the following special verdict : "That the deceased , Morgan Jenkins , being a person subject to fits , accidentally died in consequence of the overturning of the Cardigan mail , and that the evidence does not satisfy the jury that the coachman was in a fit state to be entrusted with the lives of persons , and that there was a great want of care in not using the drag on the hill on which the accident occurred . "

      Death of a Poacher . —Oh the evening of the 1 st inst , a party of three persons , whom a fourth joined on the road , left Welshpool for the purpose of netting in the river Verniew , a rapid and . dangerous one , near the village of Meifod . Shortly after midnight , while pursuing their illegal amusement , one of the party , named Robert Da vies , aged twentyfour , whose parents reside iu "Welshpool , was suddenly niissed by his companions , the first intimation of hisfare being the floating of his hat down the stream . The immediate cause of the catastrophe is not known , for not a sound was heard by his fellowpoachers . The body was found some hours afterwards .

      The , Britaxxia Bridge . —On or about the 20 th of June is the period spoken of as a probable time when the floating of the tube may be expected to come off . A party of Jack tars from the . Sailors ' Home , Liverpool , have reached the locality , and are barracked on the banks of the Menai , and . these will he under the direction of Captain Claxfon , to . whom the arduous task of floating the tubes has been confided . ' The scientific world looks forward "to this grand operation with much interest , not unmixed with anxiety , but yet with confidence ; and it is expected that numbers will personally satisfy them selves of the success of this certainly HerCuleaU task . North Wales Chronicle .

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      Drjblttj , Saturday, June 2.—The Habvest...

      DrjBLttj , Saturday , June 2 . —The Habvest . —Potato Crop . —" Thepotato , " says the Leinster Express , "the last sheet-anchor of our struggling hopes , ' seems determined to retrieve its character . " The Neivry Telegraph says : — "In this neighbourhood there * has not been , so . far as we have heard , any appearance of taint on any tubers hitherto examined : The Dublin Mercantile Advertiser , as the result of vigilant inquiry , declares that there has been no wcll-ascertamed case of disease , and that

      " the alarm is yet totall y groundless . " Thc only positive case mentioned is one by the Freeman ' s Journal , of three new potatoes , taken from among some exposed for sale in the Dublin market , tho place of their growth unknown , but likely to have been imported , but which are pronounced to be distinctly affected with the disease that prevailed in 1846 . The following gratifying letter has been addressed to the : editor of the Dublin Evening Post , by Mr . Allmau , Professor of Botany : — " 30 , Trinity CoUege , May 31 , 1849 .

      " My bear Sib , —The more careful examination which I have just given to the case of suspected potato disease fully bears out the opinion 1 formed at first sight in your office , namely , that it is not an example ofthe disease . The " plants are certainly injured , and-I feel convinced will never bring their tubers to perfection ; but I have no hesitation in considering the specimens examined as free froni the peculiar specific affection which has now lor many years laid waste our potato crops , and whose repeated recurrence must convince the most sanguine that no reliance ought any longer to be placed on a vegetable so eminently precarious . " " Believe me , very faithfully yours , " Geokce J . Allman . " The State Prisoners . —Decision * op the Goverxmext . —I have learned that a letter has been

      this day received from Sir Lucius O'Brein , now in London , announcing that the decision of the Cabinet , on the case of the State prisoners , has been officially communicated to him . The sentence pronounced at Clonmel , on Messrs . Smith O'Brien , Meagher , M'Mauus , and O'Donoghuc , has been commuted to transportation for lite , and Van Diemen ' s Land will be their destination . It is stated that a first-class transport-ship , the Australasia , is now fitting up at Portsmouth , for the conveyance of convicts to that settlement . She is expected in Kingstown harbour iu three or four weeks , to embark 300 ordinary convicts from Ireland ; and it is understood that the state prisoners will proceed to Van Diemen ' s Land by this vessel . As directions

      have been given to fit up five separate cabins , it is considered likely that another State prisoner , probably Mr . John Martin , now under sentence of transportation , will be sent out by the same vessel . —Morning Chronicle . Ixcrbase or Destitution ' . —There are some parts of Ulster in which considerable distress has prevailed all through the famine . In Donegal , which more resembles the south or west than the northern counties generally , there is great destitution . The BallysJiannon Herald states ihat the poor in that locality are in " the most wretched state of starvation , " and that they stand in need of a rate in aid . The Northern Standard gives an account of

      the increasing destitution in Monairhan , where the gentry are unable to sustain the charitable institutions . The southern and western journals repeat the same melancholy tale of want aiid misery . The Tipperary Vindicator has fresh accounts of the clearance system , and , on thc other hand , of the voluntary surrender of land , cither for thc purpose of emigration , or to qualify small holders to obtain out-door relief . During this week fifty families have been evicted in thc parish of Clonrnsh , county of Tipperary . The state of things in the Ennis union continues as bad as ever . The sruardians are in debt to the

      amount of £ 17 , 500 sterling , and about one half of the population ofthe union are receiving in-door and out-door relief . Such a state of things in an Irish union is truly miserable . The guardians have applied to the poor-law commissioners to help them . They calculate that in this union of 200 , 000 statute acres there has been a depopulation to the extent of 12 , 240 souls . County of Limerick Electiox . — The election for a representative , in the room of Mr . Smith O ' Brien , took p lace yesterday in the Court-house of Limerick . In consequence of thc retirement of Mr . Fitzgerald , Mr . Samuel Dickson was returned without opposition . His policy is , '' measures not men . " Lord Wallscourt died at Paris on . thc 27 th ultimo , of Asiatic cholera .

      Lord Glengall has 1 , 500 acres of land in the vicinity of Cahir , for which he formerly received £ 3 an acre . He proposed recently to a Scotchman with capital to take the tract , and he was offered by the Scotchman only 1 OS . an acre for it . MATOBALTr of DoBti . v . —Mr . John Heynolds , the M . P . for the city , is a candidate for the mayoralty of Dublin . It appears that some of thc liberal party in the corporation are extrftnely anxious to elect Alderman Kinahan , a member of the conservative party . It is supposed that the Queen will come to Ireland next year , and there would be a chance of the Mayor of Dublin being made a baronet , an honour of which some persons say Mr . Keynolds is

      most ambitious . There was a long discussion yesterday in the corporation upon the whole subject , in which Mr . Reynolds made a speech , for the purpose , of damaging Alderman Kinahan ' s pretensions . The hon . gentleman avowed himself a friend to Universal Sufirage , and the repeal of the union . The contest for the mayoralty is likely to cause much interest . —Daily News . The mail communication with England is to be changed , The evening mail will be despatched from here two hours later tlnufat present , so that afternoon letters will be sent round to Liverpool with the first delivery of letters the next morning . The morning mail for London will be despatched as usual . These changes will take place after the 20 th

      inst . The fiev . Witimi Hicoiw , Dean of Limerick , and of Ardfert and A g hadoe , is appointed to the bishopric - of the united dioceses , vacant by the death ofthe Hon . and Right Rev . Edmund Knox ,

      2 . D . The Toomevaba Evicnoxs . —These evicsions have caused a great sensation here . At first the public were incredulous , because the account iu the popular pr ints " are often as overcharged as those in the interest ofthe ascendancy party . But It appears that there was no exaggeration in the horrible de tails which were forwarded to you . It is said , in defence of Mr . Massey Dawson , that the ejected persons were tenants of middlemen , -who did not pay the rents due to the reverend proprietor . But

      the Tipperary Vindicator-seta forth facts to show that a number of the tenants driven out by Mr . Massey Dawson were hard working and industrious persons . Copies of receipts are exhibited in the handwriting of Mr . levers "Wilson , the agent of the Kev . Massey Dawson ; proving the fact that rents had been paid in October last , but the amount paid does not appear . The Evening Tost , of last night , contrasts the-conduct ¦ pursued at -Toomevarawith what was done on the estates of Sir Charles Coote , where a portion of the middlemen were ejected ; for

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      non-payment of rent , but the industrious' under-tenants allowed to remain . ¦ Moxdat , Jcxe 4 , —Cholera . —The correspondent of the Daily News states that the cholera has boon in Dublin for several days , and very bad cases of it have occurred . The fact has been kept concealed from the public , in order to prevent needless alarm a policy which is of a very dubious utility . It has appeared on both sides of the river , and has been worst in the low situations , as has always been remarked of it . There is much alarm felt about it , in consequence of so many respectable persons having fallen victims to it at Limerick and elsewhere . In Kerry it has been very bad . The parish priest of Dingle and several of his best parishioners have died by it . On going through a long list of

      respectable names of persons dead from cholera , I find that , with scarcely an exception , they were either old or very young persons . - Poor-law Rating ;—The very unequal rating in different electoral districts of the same union is now become very remarkable , according as employment is g iven or withheld on drainage , land improvement , and farm labour . In the union of Limerick , Cappermore has a ten shilling rate , whilst Doon has out two and Patrick ' s Well three shillings in the pound . In thc Nenagh union thc rates ' varies from sixpence to five shillings . The Land . —The Limerick Chronicle asserts that * in the county of Clare 10 , 000 acres of land , arable and pasture , may : he had for only the payment of the poor-rate from one to five years . "

      The Clearance System . —At the meeting of thc Limerick board of guardians , on Saturday , a letter was read from the Poor-law Commissioners relative to the ; eviction of seventy-five persons atDonoughmore , icontrary to thc act , no notice having been served on the relieving officer . An immediate inquiry was ordered , with a view to a prosecution for felony , if it should be found that legal notice had not been given . . The Irish Banks . —The last return ofthecirculation | of the Irish banks . show a further contraction of £ 89 , 000 .

      The Harvest . —The Northern Whig states that some cases have occurred in Antrim , Down , and the neighbouring counties , where potatoes are extensively j planted , which " leave little doubt that wc are again threatened , to some extent , with a recurrence of the disease ; but the instances are not very numerous , fortunately , so far . " The Galway 2 tsrcury builds its hope of revival of the country upon the safety of the potato crop . However , in that western county there is a great breadth of other crops . jproving that "the efforts of the peasantry must have been almost superhuman in putting down , amid all their privations , such extensive sowings this year : " That journal adds— For years past there have not been witnessed finer crops than those now growing throughout i district of ten miles round Galway . " . . . «' . iro ' MS FBOlf THE WEST . " . Tuesday — "Under the above head , an intelligent writer jin the Newry Telegraph continues his sketches of the condition of the province of Connaught : —

      " Inj my last paper I observed that a retributive Providence was punishing the parties that had contributed to the poverty and degradation of these countries . . The heartless and" improvident proprietor has . to pay up by rack-rates what he formerly took away as rack-rents , and ismade to support the . poor he helped to impoverish . The bigot pr : est , | who lived upon the superstition of the people , feels . his system of the dark ages unsuitable for the ag £ of light , and is frowned upon as the adherent of a sinking and hopeless cause . ' As equity , prevails , the fox-hunting , card-playing aristocrat is

      made to suffer , and as light prevails the men of beads and crosses , and relics , are deserted , Both are paying the penalty , of former misdeeds , and the spirit of the age will certainly , overthrow them , " I fear you will not believe , mc when I state a few facts concerning the social state of the country . One union boasts of a staff of paupers to the amount of 27 , 000 . The Union of Ballina has on out and indoor relief not less at present than 32 , 000 . A gentleman writes me from another place , ' Wc have 19 , 000 ; on out-door relief , and 2 , 000 in the workhousc- ^ -21 , 000 in all , and our union £ 15 , 000 in debt , and an execution this moment in the bouse for £ 90 . '

      The High Sheriff ofthe county is missing . So is the -county treasurer . Society is thoroughly dissolved , and the government , even in the administration of their relief , do not know whom to trust or employ . Strangers have to come in to support the people / and strangers have to administer the support . iThe righteousness which . ' exalts a nation , ' teaching mutual dependence , and leading to the discharge of respective duties / , is wanting . The material with which the government have to build is bad , and no matter how benevolent their designs or careful their construction , the fabric crumbles again

      and again among their hands . In the midst of this dreary state of things evictions go forward , and if the poor things do not clear off as soon as ordered they are denied relief . Wherever God has designed they shall live , it is clear tiie proprietors do net design that they should encumber their property ; so they drive them off in hordes to thc fever shed , thc workhouse , or America . On the road from Ballycastle to Killala I counted from one eminence thirty-seven unroofed houses . The number of these is rapidly increasing . "

      The Cholera . —Within thc last few days there have been several fatal cases in and around the metropolis , the mortality , however , being almost wholJv confined to the lowest classes , the residents of the courts and lanes , which are rarely free f rom disease of some type or other . It is also reported that the pestilence has again broken out in the Queen ' s Royals , now ly ing encamped in the Phoenixpark . The Barracks in Ship-street have been fitted up as a temporary hospital for the reception of military patients .

      Wednesday , June 6 . —The State Prisoners . —Reply of the Lord Liedtknant . —Yesterday , the deputation appointed to present the memorial to the Lord-Lieutenant on behalf of the state prisoners waited on his Excellency at the Vice-Regal Lodge , Phoenix Paik . Amongst the pentlemen who formed the deputation were the Lord Mayor of Dublin , the H ' ayors of Cork , Limerick , and Wacerford , Sir ColumnO'Loghlen , Bart ., Mr . Butt , Q . C , Mr . W . V . Leslie Foster , & c . His Excellency returned the following reply to the memorial : — " My Lord Mayor and Gkstlkmen . — From the moment

      when the sentence of the law was pronounced upon ' the prisoners on whoso behalf you have addressed me , I have felt bound to give the most anxious consi deration to the unhappy condition in which they were placed , so far as I could pay regard to their condition consistently with the obligations imposed on me in the exercise of those powers and prerogatives of the Crown with which 1 am invested . 1 have felt deeply concerned for the unfortunate situation of men whose lives are forfeited to the offended laws of their country , but an imperative duty compels me to look to the nature and character of the crime of which

      they have been convicted—to the circumstances preicdingand attending it , and above all , to thc consequences which , mijiht have resulted from its temporary success . I cannot diregard matters unfortunately too notorious : the disturbance of the public peace—the dislocation of society for many weeks through"Ut an extensive district—the armed opposition to the constituted authorities of the realm—the serious loss of life among the poor , misguided followers of the prisoners—the utter havoc which seemed , for a brief time , impending over many parts of the country from their wild and desperate proceedingstheir avowed rebellion and , treason against her Majesty , and her rights to the Crown and sovereignty - > f Irelaiid . I fully appreciate the motives of

      humanity which have prompted this appeal , but in replyto it I have at present only to assure you that the government , in the performance of its duty , can have ni other desire than that justice should be adminis tered without any severity beyond that which the interest of society demands . " The Freeman s Journal of this morning contains the following : — " Yesterday , Mr . Marquis , the governor of Richmond Bridewell , received a notification from the Lord-Lieutenant that the sentence of ( ieath which had been passed on the state prisoners ,: Messrs . Smith O Brien , Thomas Francis Meagher , Terence Bellew'M ' iV ' arius , and Patrick O'Douohoe , had been commuted to transportation forlife . Up to a late hour yesterday evening the

      governor had not received any notice lor the removal of the state prisoners from the gaol , although rumours were afloat through tf . wh that they had either been removed , or were about to be removed , to a steamer , which was said to be in readiness at Kingstown to receive them . " Lncrease of Destitution , —On i-D : or Relief . —The guardians of the Fermoy . Union , by a majority of 13 to 6 , have determined to apply to the Poorlaw Commissioners . ; for a sealed order , authorising them to grant out-dbor relitf for two months , under the second section of the Poor Law Act . Already out-uoor relief is given , in . certain cases , under the fiivt section . The number how ' receiving , in-door relief in . the ' workhouse of Fermoy is 4 , 929 ; arid those receiving out-door relief amount : to 7 , 591 ; total , 12 , 520 . It was stated by some ofthe guardians , that destitution had latterly i ncreased to . such an extent , thtt four thousand more would require

      relief , being a total of 10 , 500 out of a population of about 90 , 000 . The Earl of Mountcasiielvigorously and persevevingly . opposed a I further extension oi out-door relief , and moved an amendment that increased workhouse accommodation should be provided . His lord-hip ,, remarked at length upon the abuses ot the out-dbor relief system , and ' sfated that ' * the landlords would be compelled , where tlicy did not get their rents , and where , the people were all to be indiscriminatel y supported , to eject the holders of land—to ; hih down the small faribs . atid make larte farms ' of them . ; If that . system wcre ' cavi-ied' out , lie should commence doing ' : ' . it . hihi elf in ' . ' ssU ' -defeiice : They donot ( continued thehoble ' eail ) calciil ite what the result of that system would be : arid he believed that the entire of ; Ireland would .. be in a very , short time , . much sooner ; than tbey imagined ! and . tliemsolves included , be involved "in , one ganeral in olvency , ^ s The amendment ; of'Lord lilountcasiiel

      Drjblttj , Saturday, June 2.—The Habvest...

      however , was rejected by a majority of two to one ; and it is remarkable that his son , Lord Kilwortn , voted with the majority against him . Lord Mountcasiiel , howe ver , read a formal protest against out door relief . In accounting for the great ^ mortality in the workhouse , he attributed it to the toogo * d food given to the paupers , " after destitution outside . The expense ; of this luxurious feeding , for each nauper . is exactly sixteen-pence a week . ; The CuoLEKA .-T-Tliere have boon since yesterday several cases of cholera reported in tho city and suburbs , one or two of w hich terminated fatally . A omnnetent medical authority ; gives it as his

      op inion , founded upon considerable experience , that the p resent pestilence is of a much more malignant type , than that of 1832 , but that it is scarcely , if at all , ep idemic : arid that , although thc disease lias been hovering about the metropolis for a period of six weeks , the numbers attacked have been comparatively few , If , not taken in time death is in tour cases out of five the inevitable reuult , as the collapsed stage immediately follows the first symptoms , and the recovery is then all but hopeless . By the adoption of timely precautions , on the contrary , dangerous consequences have been almost invariably averted .

      ; ..; The.Clloleita. Key.Vsham, Somerset...

      ; .. ; THE . CllOLEItA . Key . vsham , Somerset!—A correspondent says : — The painful feelings existing at Keynsham , in consequence of the breaking out ofthe cholera in that village , have been greatly increased owing to a dispute which the vicar , the Rev . G . R . Harding , has originated with the board . of guardians . It would seem that , tho reverend gentleman having taken umbrage at what he conceived to be a- slight in his name not being put upon the sanitary committee , not only , refused to bury tho corpses of the poor peor pie until a peremptory order for his doing so was served , upon him by the bishop , but he has since insisted on an , inquest being held upon some ofthe

      bodies , contending that the guardians had not taken sufficient ; care to prevent the extension of the disease , and that a medical staff had not been provided for that purpose . ; It would seem that upon the first breaking out of the epidemic a resident guardian was appointed to act in the nature of a committee , with power to associate any other parties with him , and in pursuance of that power lie . obtained the aid of two physicians , who were remunerated for their services , and who joined with him in making a perfect examination of the houses in the parish , a proceeding which occupied four days . At the end of this time it was not deemed advisable to continue the paid assistance of the medical gentleman , ami _ a

      committtee was . formed , a member of which was a retired . surgeon . ' The vicar subsequently applied to be placed on this committee , but it being understood tliathe ' had imputed to that body a falsification of the ' returns of cases , the chairman refused to act . with hinv and his name was not added ; a circumstance which is believed to have given great offence . . The ; vicar then refused to bury any corpses , and put himself in conimunication with the coroner , Sir . Uphill ; with a view to induce that officer to hold inquests' upon tho bodies . A groat deal of feeling and alarm was . excited by these proceedings ,: many of the parishioners considering the inquiry wholly uncalled for , an dall of them regarding the detention ol the choleraic corpses above ground as highly

      dangerous to the public health . An application was consequently made to the . llishop ofBathand Wells , and his lordship , with great promptitude wrote to the vicar , peremptorily ordering hiin to bury tho body , and to offer any explanation he might have to make subsequently . Inconsequence of this interments took place oh Saturday night . On Monday , Mr . : UphiU , the coroner , arrived , and held ail inquest on the body of a young woman , named Louisa Long . It appeared from thc evidence adduced , that the deceased was one of about fifty inmates of the Keynsham union workhouse , who at the tinio when the cholera first broke out in that establishment , became so much alarmed as to leave thc house , arid place themselves upon the list of

      outdoor paupers . After quitting tho union she went to reside with some poor persons named Godward , who resided in a small and ill-ventilated dwelling , in a portion of the parish which is known as Swan River . There seemed to be nothing particular the matter with thc deceased until the evening of Whit-Sunday , when at about eight o clock she was taken ill with a relaxed state of tho bowels , but . did not complain of any pain . The woman of the hpusc , Mrs . Godward , went that night to Mr . Edwards , medical-officer ofthe union , to inform him what was the matter with Long , and that gentleman immediately prescribed a mixture and powder for her relief . Tho medicine was given to her , but as , at about half-past five o ' clock the following morning , the unfortunate young woman became worse , Mrs . Godward again

      went to Mr . Edwards to inform him of her condition , and he went down to the house almost immediately to see her , and found her in a state of collapse . He used the treatment which he considered best , and ordered brandy and arrow-root , seeing her himself two or three times in the course of the day . The disease , however , obtained the mastery , and at about lialf . past four o ' clock , in the afternoon , the young woman expired . Thc examinations in reference to tho cause of death , and the treatment pursued , extended to a considerable length ; but Mr . Edwards gave it unhesitatingly as his his belief that the deceased had

      died from malignant cholera , which he had little doubt had been produced by her leaving tho workhouse , where she had been living upon full diet , and going tj > reside in ill-ventilated premises where probably alio was half-starred . The jury ultimately returned a special verdict , " That ' the deceased , Louisa Long , died from cholera , produced by the visitation of God ; but , at the same time , the jury are of opinion that tho state of disease prevailing at Keynsham requires additional medical assistance , and they also-recommend the owners of the cottages at Swan River to adopt some means to improve the ventilation . "

      Our correspondent adds , that " as far as the evidence wont , thomedical officer ofthe parish appeared to have fulfilled his duties with promptness and con sidcration . "—Daily News .

      Isquests On The Llonies Or Two Seamen. —...

      Isquests on the lloniES or Two Seamen . — On Tuesday Mr . Baker held inquests on the bodies of two seamen , who died from the effects of Asiatic cholera on board ship . The first inquest was held at tho Kin" of Prussia , Cartwright-street , Smithfield , on the body of William Tyler , aged twontynino years . It appeared that the" deceased was . cook on board thc barque Alterhop , on a voyage from this port to the West Indies and back . The deceased frequently complained of pain in his stomach , and was ill nearly all the voyage . On the ship returning home , the crew experienced very bad weather , and the men were lashed to the pumps to prevent their being washed overboard . The deceased was very ill at this time , and was compelled to worli at the pumps for upwards of forty hours at a time . The cargo was thrown overboard to save the ship , and all the clothes belonging to the crew \ yerc washed into the sea . ' The ship after some difficulty arrived

      inGork , a complete wreck , and the men were all paid off . The deceased and several of thc crew embarked on board another vessel , bound for London . On Thursday , thc 30 th ult ., tho deceased was attacked with all the symptoms of cholera . lie became worse , and died on Saturday night last , when the ship was near Gravesend . Mr . Brown , a surgeon , said he had no doubt that the deceased died from Asiatic cholera . Verdict ' in accordance with this evidence . —The second inquest was hold at the Cannon public-house , Canriori-street , St . George'sin-tho-East , on the body of Joseph Cresay , aged 52 years , a seaman on board tho ship Wigram , lying in the London Docks . On Saturday morning last , thc deceased was attacked with cramp all over his body , while engaged on board the ship . He was removed to his berth , and , when Mi * . Brown attended , he said it was a decided case of Asiatic cholera . The usual remedies were applied , but the deceased died shortly , afterwards . ' Yerdiet— " Death from Asiatic cholera . ' "

      . If Ew League.—The Men Of Manchester Ha...

      . If ew League . —The men of Manchester have now set to work in earnest for the promotion of Parliamentary and Financial Reform . An association on the basis ofthe late League has been formed ; and upwards of 200 ofthe leading reformers of this and other counties have given in their adhesion to the new movement . The agitation , will he conducted by means of public meetings , the efforts of the press , and the extensive enTranchiscriient of , 40 s . freeholders ; and its primary object is the attainment ofthe points included in Mr . Hume ' s motion for Parliamentary Reforrn ; ' It is evident from' the do-nothing disposition ' , of the . present government that vigorous measures must be resorted to by the people , for reducing the burdens of taxation , and securing to those who bear the greatest portion of that burden a share in the control of the national expenditure . If anything were wanting to prove the ncccssity ' for such measures , we could point to

      two recent instances in parliament for thc purpose . ' On Thursday week Lord John Russell , with Sir George Grey and other mimsteralists , voted against the " Ballot . On a previous evening , when Mr . D'Eyncourt brought in his bill for abridging thc duration of parliaihcnt even to five years , Lord John Russell opposed the motion in another' finality speech , in which ho distinctly says ' : — "My © pinion , based upon riiy exp erience of this House since the passing of the ' Reform Bill , is , that there is that general attention paid to the ' wishes of constituencies which you would desire—that public / opinion has fully as much intiiiencd as it ought to Have on the votes : and transactions of members of this House- " ' These instancosicoupldd with the fact of the ' national expenditure , with all its abuses , being ¦ ¦ obstinately kept up to the maximum point , afford % sufficient justification for the peonlo combinir . g . to ' obtain another important advance upon 'tluji flofbrm BUI , —Preston Guardian , . ¦'" ' ' '

      . If Ew League.—The Men Of Manchester Ha...

      THE WEATHER MI » THE Oitui' * . Waifs -The late favourable change in the > wea-^&^ IyimiW ^ . . » P W 2 i fflf ^; growing crops . . Hay wilHjc m agnd gg . « J svery other agricultural . piouuu ., to j « v > b - present prospects , far beyond an «« ra ^ letmn . TirrERARv .-The country never lookea so . mngm neent . All the crops , owing to the ext emely UTOUrablO weather that has prevailed are looking in f irst-rate condition , arid promise , with tho oiessing of God , an abundant harvest .. Seeing that some failure in the potato was noticed in the papers , we caused a strict inquiry to be made , and wo arc delighted to say that we have the assurance ot experienced agriculturists , and gentlemen who , from personal inspection ,. are made aware ol the fact , that no disease whatever has as yet made its appearance in this neig hbourhood . —Tipperary Free Press . - • - - -. ¦• . •_ ¦ ' ¦ •"' _ . „ . „„„ . nTr . rprTW flROPS

      , : South Stafforoshire . — The past month has been remarkable for two changesi in the weather , arid consequently in . vegetation . Cold and ungeniah with severe frosts for the first fortnight , spring did not appear" to be coming ; indeed , we had less grass , seeds , and green crop generall y than in April , eleven in March ; and now all is changed—grass and sDDds . in abundance—the appearance of the country rich and luxuriant in the extreme . The wheat crop , of which we may now pronounce an opinion , looks well , and is most promising on the lig ht soils , espe cially where they are properly , cultivated . There are some complaints of want of plant upon the cold arid stronger soils . This may bo accounted for when . we call to mind tiie very unsatisfactory

      manner in which thc seed was deposited in the ground , and the sharp frosts experienced in the earl y part of the present month . Still , the improvement of the wheat crop upon all lands is most remarkable ; arid , speaking generally of this district , we may express ourselves well satisfied as to the prospect for ahundaneeiin ' the coining harvest . The spring crops arc also looking well , and as the turnip crop was generail ) good , we may expect , especially with the early sown , ; a good yield of barley . The winter or Russian beans | look well , are now in blossom , and will be ready ItO cut , in most instances , before any other grain . ' The present year ' s clip of wool is more than usuall y heavy , and good in quality—thanks again to the turnip cropandtho . iiicreasvnguseofoucukeand

      corn . QL ' rices of agricultural produce remain without much change , and so must our opinion of the future , exceptthat we should just- ask the alarmist to consider one or two facts—that in spite of thc present unsettled and unsatisfactory state of Europe , and the importation of foreign grain and flour to this extent , in the last three months—wheat 1 , 474 , 422 quarters , flour Ij 216 , 549 cwfc , —we can sell home-grown , wheat in our local riiarkets , of average quality , at 50 s . per imperial quarter . Prices of other produce , as beef and mutton , are nearly the same ; if any change , in favour ofthe seller . The demand for wool is slaek , and prices rather lower . Wemiist not close this report without a remark upon one particular branch of husbandry in which

      this district is lamentably deficient—we allude to tho state of the fallows , the preparation of the land intended for root crops . Tiie rain , which lias in such an extraordinary degree promoted vegetation , has also retarded the operations necessary for making clean fallows . Is not this , then , a good reason for the farmer to seize every opportunity afforded by the weather to work his land intended for fallow , whatever be the time ofthe year ? If the autumn season be neglected , and the spring prove wet , delay must be the consequence , and may be fatal . The course of husbandry pursued in this district is , generally speaking , the four-course system . The foundation of success is the fallow . If this be foul , the prejudicial effect is seen and felt in every crop throughout the course . The remedy

      is plain : every exertion should be made to work down and clean in the autumn the land intended for root-crops . The ridge system , with wide intervals , should be more generally adopted , the advantages being so manifest , viz ., economy in the application of manures , facility for continuing the operation of fallowing the land , and thus remedying ihe evils of a wet and unpropitious season , and in addition , giving to the growing crop the benefit ( how little understood !) ot inter-cultivation . We will only add , by way ol parenthesis , that if considerable exertion be not used in weeding the wheat crop , much loss will be occasioned by such neglect in the ensuing harvest . We may appear to nave dwelt upon these points in rather a tedious and unreasonable manner ; but we must plead guilty to

      the conviction that he is the real farmer s friend , who , by useful suggestion , enables him to overcome some of the many practical difficulties which beset his path in the daily pursuit of his noble occupation . Staffordiihire Advertiser , June 2 . YonKsuiKE . —After three or four very sultry days , the weather underwent a very satisfactory change on Monday night . Shortly after dusk repeated peals of thunder , accompanied with lightning , passed over Leeds , and various other parts of the West Riding , which was followed by heavy rain , that continued at intervals nearly the whole of Tuesday . The rain has fallen very opportunel y for the grain , potato , and turnip crops , and will prove higlih serviceable to most other descriptions of produce . The prospects oi ' a good harvest begin to look very encouraging .

      The OncHAnos . —The Hereford Journal says : — " We do not remember a season when the apple blossom was more abundant ; indeed the orchards and gardens present remarkable luxuriance in this respect , but we cannot give so very favourable an account of the pear trees . Wall fruit , too , has suffered severely from the ungenial season . What is of most -importance , the rains , have advanced both the grain and green crops , and potatoes are coming on very kindly . Appearances here arc as favourable as wc ever recollect , and this is the iRore gratifying , as the cold and the excessive damp in the substratum ofthe ground had caused an apprehension in the minds of somo country people that the plant would not make its appearance at all . From the Taunton

      and Devonshire papers wc gather that the above description applies pretty accurately to those districts , " Destructive Hail-Stobm . —At an early hour on Monday , Brighton was visited by one ot the mostfurious and destructive hail-storms which has occured in this vicinity for some time . It began about a quarter past six o ' clock , and lasted half an hour ; but the mischief that it did in that short time was very great . The hailstones were many of them the size of a walnut ; they wero very hardpieces of hard ice , in fact , with jagged sharp edges . A credible person told the writer that two which he picked up , covered , the palm of his hand . It is fortunate that the storm occurred so early in the

      morning , before many persons were out , for the shower was like a furious pelting with shingle , and it would have been dangerous ior man or beast to have been out in it . The hail was preceded by thunder and lightning . In the western part of the town thc storm , was furious indeed , and , as might be expected from the large size' of the stones , groat damage was done to windows , especially skylights and conservatories . The conservatories andgrcenhouses belonging to Baron Goldsmid at the Wick were broken almost to pieces , some thousands of panes of glass being smashed . The conservatories and green-houses ol his nei g hbour , Bright Smith , Esq ., were likewise much injured ; about 400 pieces of glass being broken . Six thousand were broken

      m the green-houses opposite Montpellier-crescont . Thc grecn-houso at Mrs . Steer ' s Silwood-house , had about 3 , 000 panes of glass broken ., . Mr . Dobie , Western Cottages , had about 4 , 000 panes in all destroyed in his conservatories . In one of these a quantity of grapes were ' growing in marketable condition . About SOOlbs . of these were spoiled . The selling price was 7 s . or 8 s . per lb . Tho property belongs to Sir David Scott ; it was not insured . ; The roof , of the conservatory at Hampton Lodge , the residence . of Sir Ralph Darling , was ' at least one half of it destroyed , as was also the skylight at the top of the house . We shall not attempt to give a list of the persons who sustained damage to a lesser and comparatively small amount , sufficelt

      to say that skyli hts innumerable were smashed , and such was the violence of the storm that in many cases tho hailstones after lighting on the windowsills rebounded against and cracked or broke the lower panes ofthe windows . —Bri ghton Guardian . LoN'no . v . —Miraculous Escape . —During Tuesday morning tho weather was intensely hot , the thermometer ' rising to upwards of ei ghty in the shade , with clear bri ght sunshine , up to half-past two p . m ., when suddenly the sky became overcast , and the metropolis waajiaitedby a . heavy shower of hail . Some of the hailstones were of an immense size . A

      few claps of thunder were heard at the sariio time , followed by a slight . showcr of rain , when the : weather cleared up , and the day became agairipevfectly nne . In proof of the violence of the storm , the following fact may be stated . ;—As the prison van was about to start from- the yard to tho Thames policecourt , the man . who was opening the gate was suddenlystruck down ; the vast plankage , to the extent oft wo feet in diameter and more than twelve feet in height , ' with bolts and bars attached ,, was torn to pieces , and thc van , with its inmates , lad a most miraculous escape . The roofi was slightly injured . ' ' ; :

      Tiik Dover Harbour Of Refuge Works .—The...

      Tiik Dover Harbour of Refuge Works . —These works haying progressed , far enough to cover the entrance of the- Jharbour , the commissioners have decided on deepening the entrance , so . that tho packets may ho enabled tc , . land passengers at J timeS j of thc-tide , and also that slielter ' may be , fforded to . steamers in stormy weather , instead of their-being -compelled to retreat , to the Downs This . unuortakmg , so important jto . tlw SSs of Dover , was commenced , on the 1 st hist , ' , % •» ' : ? AW $ w >' . the ;; iIungWu Vloador Kossuth few ^ msa a ^ S

      Tiik Dover Harbour Of Refuge Works .—The...

      D 15 ST 11 U U 11 VXJ r . S 0 UTIIWARK . -O . li Monday morning ,. about eight o ' clock a fire broke out on the premises belonging to Mr Cropper , a juattress-ninnufacturer , in Johnstreet Soutliwark . The fire originated Irom some unknown cause in the lower floor of the workshop , and very few minutes elapsed . before every portion of the building became enveloped in flames . Ihe engines were quickly on the spot , and a plentiful sunnlv Of water was procured , but ifc was not until Mr Cropper ' s premises were burned put and heir contents consumed , that the fire could be subdued . Unfortunately , Mr . Cropper was not insured . Newingtox .-A fire broke out on Monday mornincr unon the premises belonging tp . Mr . W Pates , J / iiBli » uv

      a ; guilder , & c , at So . . 1 , Monmoutn- ™ , iiuwiug ton . ' The flames originated in one ot . the woikshous and before assistance could arrive the flames S extended to the stock-m-trade in the open vird and afterwards to another % vorkshop bclongn to the same party . The engines were soon at the spot , but the flames continued to rage until the whole of Mr . Rates ' s workshops and stock-m-trade were : destroyed . The total loss is very considerable , but Mr ., Rates was insured in the rhconixhic-° Bermojjdsev . — On Wednesday morning a fire broke out on the premises belonging to Mr . Clagffett , an oil and Italian warehouseman , at J oS , Bermondsey-street . The flames were first discovered by Miss Churgctt , who whilst lying in bed was nearly suffo cated with smoke . She nrousod the

      other inmates , Mr . Charles Claggett , her brother , and the shop boy . A fire-escape was taken to the house , and having been raised to the second floor , Miss CJaggett was placed in the canvass bagging , when the carriage of the escape shot outwards and the top ladder struck the front wall with such force as to break the machine , and the unfortunate lady fell upon the ground a distance of nearly thirty feet' . Tanner , thc escape man , to save his own life was obliged to jump from the second floor , and ho was severely hurt in consequence . Mr . Thomas Claggett succeeded in getting out of one of the back windows , and in so doing he was fri g htfully cut over the body . The conductor again raised his escape , and lie succeeded in saving the lives of Mr .

      Charles Claggett and the shop boy . -The engines quickly attended , but the parish engineer had barely entered the shop when a fearful explosion of gunpowder took place , which blew the front of the shop out . The fire was extinguished in time to prevent its extending beyond tho shop . Miss Claggett wus removed to Guy ' s Hospital , whore she remains without the slightest prospect of recovery . How the disaster occurred has not been ascertained . Mr . Claggett , it seems , passed through the shop at twelve 0 clock at ni g ht , when everything appeared perfectly safe and free from fire . Loss of Life . —On Thursday morning , between twelve and one o ' clock , tho metropolis was visited with two dreadful fires . The first happened at So .

      1 , ot . James s-place , Ifnckney-road , in thc occupation of Mr . Duncan ; a solicitor . The flames , when first perceived , were raging in the first floor back , used as a bedroom , arid in which a child of Mr . Duncan ' s was in bed asleep . The mother of the infant , on going to the apartment , found the whole of the bed furniture in a general blaze , and so fiercely did the fire progress that she could not enter the room to rescue the child . The flames spread with such swiftness , that before the inmates of tho upper rooms became sensible ofthe outbreak , the fire had extended to the stairs . By dint of great exertion they , however , succeeded in gaining the road . When the firemen arrived there , they found the whole building , from the base to the roof , enveloped in

      the names . She fire continued its ravages until every room in thc premises was burned out , the costly furniture , and wearing apparel of tho owners and servants , reduced to ashes . The total loss must be considerable , and , unfortunately , Mr . Duncan was not insured . The body of Mr / Duncan ' s child has not been discovered , but from the state of the premises , there is no doubt that it has been burned to a cinder . —Whilst the above fire was raging , an alarm was given that another had occurred near the Britannia Saloon , lloxton Old Town . Tho firemen there found the premises of Mr . Summers , boot

      manufacturer , in the High-street , in flames . The constable who was on duty succeeded in alarming the residents . Plenty of water having boon procured , the engines were set to work , and the houses on either side were saved from devastation . The promises of Mr . Summers continued . ^ 0 burn with the greatest vehemence until past two o ' clock , and it wm not until almost every part of the building was destroyed , thc stock-in-trade reduced to ruins , and the furniture of the various occupiers burned , that the conflagration could be extinguished . Mr . Summers was partially insured in the Sun Fire Office .

      Ixcesdiarv Fire near A oTnsGKASf . —A fire of a most disastrous nature was discovered on the 1 st instant , in the King ' s Meadows , near Nottingham . The property destroyed consisted of a stack of hay , containing about fifty tons , the property of a highly respectable firm , thc Messrs . Fothergill , slaters anil bone merchants . Thc five was discovered at three o ' clock in the afternoon by some persons who were passing at the time . Assistance was speedily procured , and the Nottingham fire-engines sent for . After the most indefatigable exertions tho flames were extinguished , but not before the great mass of the property was destroyed . There appears not the least doubt that tho fire was caused by an incendiary ,

      IxcESDiARY Fire near Sheerness . — At halfpast ton o clock on Friday night , the 1 st instant , two stacks of straw were discovered on fire in the farm-yard of Borstall-hall , near Minster , in the oc « cupation of Mr . J . Farrcll . A stack of wheat had been threshed out on the previous day by a threshing machine . Several labourers had boon engaged on thc farm during some days previous to thc fire , but at present thc incendiary has not been discovered . The farm labourers , assisted by Lieutenant Gale , R . X ., and his men , from the coast-guard station at East-end , with other neighbours , succeeded

      ( by using blankets , sacks , & c , well wetted ) in preventing thc thatched roofs of the barns , outhouses , ice ., from being ignited . Mr . Farrcll , j un ., came to the Royal Dockyard for assistance , and the Captain-Superintendent , D . Trice , ordered two fire engines to be sent up immediatel y , with all the available force of the police then on dutv . There was no other property than the straw destroyed . A strong feelino' was shown against thc threshingmachines , and the labourers were very reluctant to sayc them from the fire . This was , however , effected , much to the discomfiture of a few of the labourers , who were quietly looking on .

      A Fire Occured at Siiawdo . v Hall , tho scat of W . Pawson , Esq ., on' Sunday last . About ten o clock , a light was seen in the stables , which immediately burst through the windows , and ascended to the floor above , on which were several combustible materials . The keys not being found , the groom broke through the doors , and at great risk to himself succeeded in bringing out tho horses . By this time the alarm bell was run " , and the neisthbouring tenantry and villagers of Glanton quickly assembled and rendered assistance . The co . ieh houso doors were broken open and the carriages drawn out . An express was sent off to Alnwick for tho fire engines , but before it arrived the fire had in a great measure been got under . The fire is believed to have originated from a drunken servant smoking m the stable , the ashes of his pipe having ignited tho hay .

      1 oulto . v , near Fletwood . —An inquest was held at this place on Wednesday , on view of the bodies of four women , who lost their lives under the following shocking circumstances . A widow , named lurkham , with four daughters and two nieces , occupied a shop in Church-street , near the marketplace . Between two and three o ' clock on Tuesda y morning , one of the daughters ( Agnes ) perceiving a smell of burning , went down stairs to ascertain the cause , when she found that flariies wore issuing irom . an unoccupied room on the second story . She immediatel y alarmed the family , and some of the neighbours wore attracted to the spot bv her cries . Beiore a ladder could be raised to the ' house , she

      threw herself from the window on tho third story , and being caught b y a man below , happily escaped with but little injury . The premises were entered with as little delay as possible , when one of the ( laughters and two nieces were found dead , having been suflocatcd whilst endeavouring to escape from the flames . Another daughter expired in the-course ° ! r C . y ; Mrs . Kirkman lies in an . insensible state , and fears are entertained that she . will not ion" survive . It would appear that the sufferers , on being aroused , stayed to dross themselves , and thus perished . The names ofthe deceasedare as follows : —Elizabeth Kirkham , aged 47 ; Sarah Kirkham , 30 ; Eleanor Bali , 14 ; and Margaret Ball , agedG . The cause of the- fire is at present enveloped in mystery . . r

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 9, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09061849/page/6/