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      Health Or London During The Week —The Re...

      Health or London during the Week —The return for the week ending last Saturday exhibits " a consderable increase on the mortality of previous weeks . In the first three weeks of October the deaths registered were successively 839 , 860 , and 845 ; in the last week they rose to 945 . In the ten corresponding weeks of 1340 9 they fluctuated between 813 and 1 . 115 , and were on the average 959 . But this average , If allowance be made for supposed increase of population , becomes 1 , 046 ; on which the present return shows a decrease of 101 . The increase of fever has Been already remarked , and the observation is still 'borne out by the number of fatal eases under this head : the deaths from fever , which in the two

      previous bills were 54 and 49 , rose last ween to fo . Scarlatina also appears to . make some progress ; it was fatal in 41 cases , and seems to prevail in some parts of Walworth and Camberwell . Last week sma'lpox carried off 7 children and 2 adults ; measles 21 children , hooping c-rmgh 20 , and croup 8 . Erysipelas numuers / fatelcas & i . aud of 10 women who died after childbsaring , 7 sank underpnerperalfever . The further decline of diarrhea ^ A ^^ t ^ l the deaths from those complaints in the last three weeks in which the numbers have been successively S 7 so ' and 22 , which last isabeve the average of ten corresponding weeks Last week 3 ' deaths from cholera were returned , bnt none of the cases had as = nmed the malignant form of the disease . —At the

      Rival Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 * 625 in . The temperature rose gradually and almost continuously during the week . The daily mean , which was 40 ' 2 deg . on Sunday , was 56 deg . on Saturday ; and the mean of the week was 46 3 deg . The mean temperature was below the average of the samedays , derived from seven years , till Thursday . On the last two days it was from 7 deg . to 10 deg . above it . ,---.. Death of a Female Miseb . —On Saturday last Mr . II . M . Waklev , deputy coroner , held an inquest at the Three Kings * public house , Cierkenwellclose , onthe body " of Ann , Cutler , aged ' seventythree , a maiden lady , of eccentric and misery habits , who died nnder « xtraordinary circumstances . —Ann

      Kinch . 9 , Clerkeuwell-close , the wife of a printer , stated that the deceased had occupied a small back room in the same house for some years . She was of very eccentric habits , and would never allow any one in the house to enter her room , in which she had not had a fire for upwards of two years . She was in independent circumstances , and on several occasions deceased said to her ( witness ) that she was afraid her money would not last her out her life , and sbeshould come to want . Deceased had gone without food for days together . As she had not seen or heard the deceased for several days , on the 31 st ult ., witness went to her room door , which was fastened on the Inside , After repeatedly knocking , and being unable to make anyone hear , she became alarmed , and eventually her room door was burst open by the police . The room was in a most filthy condition , and had more the appearance of a marine store dealer ' s than a human habitation . Deceased was

      discovered lying on the floor lifeless , with an old quilt around her . —Mr . M . Austin , Red Lion-street , surgeon , said he had known the deceased nearly fifty years , and spoke to her eccentric and parsimonious habits . At the witness' request , the deceased ' s will , which appointed him the executor , was read by the coroner . In it she bequeathed £ 100 to the Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews ; £ 100 to the London Missionary Society ; £ 100 to theSpitalfields Ophthalmic Hospital ; and £ 100 to Lady Huntington ' s College : Mr . Austin , her executor , £ 1919 s . ; and after enumerating various sums to private individuals , she left the residue of her property to the Aged Filgrams' Asylum , for the erection of aim-houses . There were also directions in her will , that her body should be enclosed in a coffin having a spring lid , as she always had a dread of being bariedalive . —After some further evidence the jury retarneda . verdict of " Natural death . "

      Melancholy Death ot a Waterloo Vbterak . — On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held by . Mr . H . Mv . Wakler , at the Britannia , Camera-street , King ' s-road , Chelsea , on the body of John Randall , aged eighty-four , a Peninsular and Waterloo veteran . For some years past the deceased had lived under his son ' s roof j in Camera-street , Chelsea , on a pension of one shillingper diem , and for the last four months he had been suffering from an attack of paralysis , which confined him to his room . On Sunday evening an alarm was given that theroom was on fire , and , on his son entering the place , he found the unfortunate deceased lying on the floor , close to the fender . The flames were extinguished as quickly as possible , but not before the deceased was frightfully burnt . He

      died early the following morning . It was conjectured that in his attempt to stir the fire , the chair on which he was leaning upset , and he fell against the bars of thegrate . Verdict , " Accidental death . " i As IsfoeiatedOx . —About four o clock on < Monday evening as a man was driving , up . King ' sroad , St . Pancras , from Smithfield , a number of oxen , one of the animals became . infuriated , and darting from the herd attacked two men . whom it so wounded , that they were carried - insensible to their homes . After having exhausted its rage upon the men by- goring them to the extent mentioned , ' it turned into Chapel-street , Somers Town , where it rushed at a poor woman named -Margaret Carron , who had her infant in her arms . The beast butted the woman most frightfully , tearing her leg open right up to the hip . As soon as the ox was got away from her , she was placed insensible and apparently

      dyine , ia a hackney coach , and conveyed to the University College Hospital , where the house physi cian pronounced her wounds to' be most dangerous . Strange to say the infant escaped uninjured . After quitting the woman the animal rushed at a boy whom it likewise severely lacerated . Ultimately , a brave cabman mounting his' cab , headed the crowd that pursued : the ox , and succeeded in driving it within the railings in the front of Mr . Shading ' s the parish solicitor ; where it was secured by ropes , and carried off by the people , aided b y the police , to a yard in tbe neighbourhood , where it will be kept until its owner is found out , which will be a rather difficult matter , as after the damage done , few would incur the heavy responsibilities in which that damage must involve them . : The driver went on with the remaining oxen very coolly , remarking that he would tell his master what occurred .

      Explosion at " Day and Martin ' s Blacking Factory . —On Monday morning , shortly after three o ' clock , considerable confusion was caused in High Holborn , in consequence of . an- explosion ' of an alarming character taking place ia the premises belonging to Messrs . Day and Martin , the blacking manufacturers , of 97 , in that thoroughfare . The accident arose from some of the workmen belonging to the Brick-lane Gas-works having left one of the pipes in an insecure state , after removing the meter . This caused the gas to flow from the mains into the cellar , which accumulated so rapidly as to fill the apartment on the basement floor , and eventually the

      vapour rose so high as to come in contact with the lamp over the door . The consequence was ; that in an instant afterwards a loud explosion ensued , which blew the ceilings in tbe cellars down , forced the partitions away , and tore the cellar doors off their hinges . At the same time the flooring and passage leading " to the counting-house were demolished , and a great quantity of glass destroyed . The _ watchman , who was on duty at the time of the disaster , had the presence of mind to rush forward and turn the gas off at the main , and by so doing the entire destruction of the building was prevented . The property was insured { in the Westminister ahd Globe Fire-office .

      The Burglary and Outrage . —George Rouse was on Monday placed at the bar of the Marylebone Police-court for final examination , charged with a burglary at the house of Mr . Seaton , the Dublin Castle , . Park-street , ' Camden-towh , and stealing from thence about £ 26 in gold , silver , and copper monies , his ( Mr . Seaton's ) property . He was also charged , with inflicting several wounds with a knife upon Godwin , 53 S , 'by whom he was secured with the stolen property in his possession . The particulars of all . that transpired , have already appeared in

      our paper .. ' The only additional evidence now was that of Mr . Collins , the surgeon , who , deposed that Godwini had ' received a wound in the cheek an inch long , limited in depth by tho cheek bone resisting the knife . - There were two or three small wounds oa the upper part of the nose and another on the lower angle of the ear ; he ( the officer ) had had a very narrow escape of his life . . Witness did not consider him now to be in any danger . The prisoner , who had nothing to . say , was fully committed to Newatefor trial . ' - --

      g . .. -., Attempted Soictdb . —On Monday morning one of 1 the hbonrers in the employ of the Waterloo Bridge Company , on going down thesfeps leading . to the i pier , found a man lying upon the bottom , step ,, comj pletely insensible , and much , mutilated . The man ^ was removed without delay to the Charing-cross Hos-] pital , and it , was found that both bis legs were frac-1 tared in several places , and his skull was also frac-1 tured . On regaining his senses andbeing questioned l as to how he met with the injuries , he refused to

      re-] ply . He said his name was Hennessey , bnt refused t to give his address , or tell where his friends resided . ] He was dressed in the garb of a plasterer , and api pearedto be about thirty years of age . On being s searched there was found in his pocket a trowel , the p point of which had entered the hip-joint . A duplicate vwas also found , which referred to a trowel which had Ibbeen pledged . He is not expected to survive . The innnforfcunate man must have thrown himself from the lpparapet facing the steps leading to the pier , and , in-BteteadofMint into tbe water , as he anticipated , he

      Iftfell upon the steps . ThVMississ Post-Lbttkb Lnspbctob . —Sa the CKBonrseof Saturday afternoon * f XtSSfr livwas made to the Observer , , * the e ^ wfjfj JMosephHarris , the missing inspector , was actually iiinin Scolfamd , well in health , and in the highest rjr / irpuits . ^ - : " ' .,, fi " Enus-AT Bziwoiwrt-Oa Sunday mht a . tun fatookeoutin the premises -belonging to Mr . wcii BBSsck , a surgeon , carrying on business 85 «» . v ,

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      (^ wthorp- 'ferra ^ --SiBrmondsey "NMftoad . Th flames originated in the back * argery , owing to the breakage of a bottle filled with ; spirits ' of Wine ., The flames were eventuallyJextmguished , but not before the whole of Mr . Beck s valuable stock in trade was destroyed , and the premises seriously burned . Fortunately no one was in the upper part of the building when tho fire commenced ; if there had been , owing to the density of the smoke , great difficulty would have been experienced in making an escape . Mr . Beck was insured in , the Phoenix Fire-office .

      Regent's Pare . —It is understood that tho Commissioners of Woods and Forests have at length determined that this park shall be properly drained , and Mr . Hamilton Fulton , the engineer , has been instructed to report as to the practicability and expense of snch an undertaking . The works are to be forthwith commenced on a comprehensive scale , and when completed will doubtless increase the health of this locality by destroying the damp exhalations . from this large area of cold clay , and thereby greatly promote the growth of vegetation .

      Shockiso Accident . —On Wednesday morning , about half-past ten o ' clock , as a gentleman , whoso name has not transpired , was proceeding on horseback through Broad-street , Bloomsburyy his horse took fright , and , before he could be reined in the animal came into violent collision with one of Messrs . Soulsby's coal-waggons , which was crossing from Drury-lane to Museum-street , the gentleman was thrown en the top of his head , which was lacerated in a dreadful manner , and before tbe waggoner could stop his horses , one of the fore-wheels had passed over the gentleman ' s thighs and over the unfortunate animal , which lay in the most excruciating agony until the arrival of a veterinary surgeon who put an end to his misery . The gentleman was taken to a surgeon ' s , when it was found that no bones have been broken .

      Fire thro nan Fireworks . —On Wednesday morning , between one and two o clock , afire broke out at tho residence of Mr . J . Olney , 9 , John ' s-terrace , Rhodes well-road , Mile-end , It appears that on the preceding evening the children had pinned a Catherine wheel to the door on the first floor , and some sparks must have fallen into some of the crevices . The fire was discovered by the inmates , who were aroused by the smoke . The engines were quickly on the spot , but the fire was not extinguished until considerable damage was done . ExTRAORMNARY ScBNB AT Si . SAVIOUR ' S CHURCH . —On Tuesday evening after the service appointed for the anniversary of the gunpowder plot was performed at St . Saviour ' s , Southwark , tho organ began to play the air of the " national anthem , upon

      which the whole congregation suddenly commenced the words , and sung two verses with great enthusiasm . ' Mr . Curling then succeeded in procuring a pause , and remarked that as some expressions in the remaining verses were not quite befitting the sanctity of the edifice they had better substitute the doxology . The organ began to play the " Old Hundredth , " arid the people sang " Praise God for whom all blessings flow , with a fervour and universality that evinced their cordial concurrence in the suggestion ' of their pastor . The immense concourse then separated . Thk Robbery of Plate and Jewellery in the Strand . —On Wednesday the examination of Daniel James Shaw , James Badcock , John Gardner , Mary Anne Cheruneau , afias Leonofd , - George Buncher ,

      Mary Anne Buncher , ( his wife , ) Charles Clinton ( an errand boy . ) and Charles . Kelly ( a porter , ) who appeared on his recognizances , ' was resumed at Bow-street . The evidence was devoid ef interest , and the prisoners were remanded for a weeK Commission of Lunacy . — -Oh Wednesday a commission de lunatico was opened at the Cadogen Hotel , Sloane-street , Chelsea , before Mr . Commissioner Winslow and a special jury , to inquire . into the state of mind of Mr . Wiliam Lee , of No . 17 , Chesham-street , a gentleman of large and independent property . The commission was instituted at the instance of three married sisters of the lunatic . Mr . Bacon , Q . C ., appeared in support of the commission , and Mr . Elmslie was instructed On the other side . Mr . Bacon addressed the court at

      considerable length , indicating the nature of the delusions , which , though extremely peculiar , appeared to be perfectly harmless , at least as far as others were concerned . Mr . Lee fancied that nothing that he saw or heard was real . All his friends were changed , and though he was quick in distinguishing the voice , he could hot recognise the appearance of his nearest relative . ' He thought also that his food was poisoned , and that every person-was engaged in a conspiracy against him . Another of his peculiarities was , that , though neither a sordid nor , ' a poor man , h * could not be persuaded to part with any money for the payment of his servants or any accounts whatever . From June , 1849 , until May of the present year , his affairs had been managed and his debts discharged'by Mrs . Coulthard , one of

      his sisters . In May last , however , it was' thought desirable to leave him to conduct his own affairs , and from that period to the present he had never paid a single bill nor drawn a single cheque , although he had a large balance in the hands of Messrs . Coutts , his bankers . This statement was borne out by the evidence of Dr . Sutherland , Dr . Watson , who had been a fellow student with Mr . Lee , at Cambridge , thirty-five years ago , Dr . Southey , and Mr . Coultharn , the brother-in-law . When the jury bad returned from seeing the alleged lunatic at his residence in Chesham-street , after a few words from Mr . Elmslie , and a brief summing up by the learned Commissioner , they unanimously found that William Lee was of unsound mind , and incapable of conducting his own affairs , and that he had been so since the 18 th" of June , 1849 . '

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      The Latb Fire At Grayeseni>.-—Samuel Mar...

      The Latb Fire at GRAyESENi > .- —Samuel Marder , who has been twice remanded upon the charge of having set fire to the house . No . 5 , in the Crescent , at the top of llarmer-street , Gravese ' nd , was , on the 1 st inst ., again placed at . the ; bar . ' , before the magistrates at the police court , for examination , The prisoner was committed to take his trial upon the charge of arson . Application was made to admit the prisoner to bail , which was refused . ' '' . '"¦' . '' ., ' .. Mysterious Disappearance . —The neighbourhood of Blockley and Moreton-in-Margh , in Worcestershire , and on the borders of Oxfordshireand GIoucestershire , is in a state of considerable excitement in consequence of the sudden disappearance of Mr . Geo . Gardiner , who for the last fifteen years has held the

      responsible situation of bailiff , or steward to Lord Northwick . At first it was feared that his disappearance had been involuntary , and accompanied with violence , but after inquiry there is found to be too much reason to believe that he has premeditately decamped , with a large sum of money belonging to his noble employer .. It appears that on the last day . on which he was seen in the neighbourhood he called upon Mr . Kettle , an attorney , of Chippen Campden , near Blockley , and delivered into his hands a packet , desiring him to'keep it in : safe , custody for a short time , until he saw him ^ Gardraer ) again . At the time of his disappearance ; Lord Northwick was staying at Cheltenham , and on being communicated with he went over to Blockley , and then the rumour of the

      steward ' s absence . came to the ears of Mr . Kettle . That gentleman at once proceeded to have an interview with his lordship , taking with him the parcel which had been left in his care , and which on being opened was found to contain his books of account of farming transactions , sales of stock , dec , as between Gardiner and his lordship . ; It appeared by these books that all entries of sums received by Gardiner , for farming produce , Ac .,- ceased with the month of April last , and as the transactions have been considerable , the defalcation of the absentee is estimated at between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 . The police have not yet succeeded in tracing the fugitive further than Warwick , where he arrived ia a gig on the day : on which he gave the parcel into the care of- Mr . Kettle .

      . Ap Anti-Mai . thusuk .--A short time ago Robert Howe , one of the Brighton police , accompanied his wife , to London on a visit to his father , who is a warden in the Tower . Leaving his wife at the Tower ; he returned to his duties ; and last week he received a letter from his- father , announcing the premature confinexent of his wife with four children , two boys and two girls . They were ail born aiive , but one ot them died shortly after birth .: The mother-was as , " well as could be expected !" - ; - ' The Convict Establishment at Dartmoor . — The prisons at Dartmoor are in such an advanced

      state of preparation as to be fitted for the reception of a limited number of prisoners . On the 1 st inst . the mail train brought down -to the station , near Plymouth , a party of sixty convicts . They were received by a party of the 4 th Regiment , under the command of Ensign Hall , and were transferred in large covered vans ,-by the contractor ; 'Mr . Peter Blatcbford . by the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway to Princetown , ahd thence a distance of two miles to the prisons . They are to , be employed first in completing : the works on the prisons , and then in agricultural operations on a part of the moor .

      The late Cutting and Maiming Case at Bath . —The prisoner Ogle Wallis was . brought up before the magistrates at the Guildhall , Bath , for final examination on Monday last . ' Mr . Coplestone , who appeared very weak , and was . accommodated-with a chair while giving his evidence , gave a detail of the facts of the case as they have already appeared . At the conclusion of his evidence , Mr . Heliings , his attorney , said he should not press the case of cutting and wounding , but go simply for the common assault , nor should he call any other evidence . The magistherefore t

      trates aonce adjudicated upon : the case , and fined the prisoner £ 5 , which was paid . . A sus * picion that a compromisa-hadbeen made , created great dissatisfaction out of doors with this decision . The Burglary at the West Surrey Bank . — Epsom , MoNOAY .-The two men , George Roberts , and Charles Dowe , charged with breaking into the West Surrey Branch Bank , in this , town , were brought up for reexamination this mornings before the bench of magistrates , sitting atCareless ' s Coffeehouse , ia High-street The evidence hawV been '

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      takenproving'ttie ' eircumstances ^ prisoners having been duly cautioned by the chairman , were asked if they wished to say anything to the charge made against : them . Roberts said : Yesy ;' siry Ida . I . was at Goildford on the . 31 st of October , and while on my way to Epsom , or , more . properly speaking , to London , I met my fellow prisoner . . We came on together , ' and on our way through this ' , town we sees aparcel lied upinahandkerchief . We took it up and carried it behind the engine house , where we opened it . ' I thought it might have been a child ;

      When we see what it contained , ' Dowe'put on- tke coat and put some things in his pockets ; I put some in mine , and as the things was found sol found ' em in the parcel . —The chairman : "Is ; that your statement ? Roberts : Yes . —The coolness with which the prisoner made his extraordinary ; explanation excited some risibility in the court . —The prisoner Dowe had nothing to say . —The chairman : then told ' the prisoners they stood severally committed ; for trial , for burglary ; . and warrants have been placed in the hands of the proper officers , the accused were removed in custody . .. . ;; :..-. ;

      Somnambulism . —An extraordinary and distressing occurrence took place pn Sunday morning , at the house of Dr . Eccles , in Newhall-hall-street , Birmingham . It appears that Mr . Bliirton , brother of Mrs . Eccles ,: hasbeenin the habit of rising -from bed and walking in a state of somnambulism , but no ill consequences ' resulted from his infirmity until Sunday morning , when he left his bed about a quarter past five o ' clock , opened the window of the attic room in which he usually slept , and precipitated himself to the ground . In his descent fie fell against the dining room window , which to some extent broke the ; fall , but he nevertheless came with fearful violence against the spiked railing in front of the house , and was dreadfully injured . Two " policemen who were on duty

      in the neighbourhood heard the noise occasioned by the fall , and on proceeding to . the spot raised Mr . Blurton . and conveyed him to the house ; the injuries received were of a most frightful character ; for many hours the cries of the unfortunate ' man alarmed the whole neighbourhood , and up to Monday evening he continued in a state of extreme danger . : . ' The Frimlet Murderers . —On Friday , evening , the lstinst ., Hiram Smith , alias Richard Trowler , LevrHarwood , and James Jones , ' three'of the men committed by the coroner and the magistrates of Guildford , arrived at Horsemonger-lane , in charge of Mr . W . Keene , the governor of Guildford House of Correction . They were immediately handed over to Mr . J . Keene , the governor of .. the County Gaol , under warrants charging them with burglary and the murder of the Rev . Mr . Holiest , at Frimley , inVthe county ' of Surrey , Smith was bandied out of the con- ve ' yance first , and after being strictly searched , was 1

      taken to one of the cells near where Manningwas confined . He seemed very much dejected when placed in the cell . The other men were placed in separate cells , and a strict watch was directed to be kept on their movements . Both Harwood and Jones maintained the same dogged demeanour , but the former seemed more thoughtful during the whole of Saturday ; . They will have to remain . in the' county gaol until the erid of March , ' when they will be removed to Kingston to be tried at the spring assizes , which will be held in that town . : On Sunday , they attended ; divine worship . in the prison chapel ) but were kept at a distance ' from each Other . The chaplain , the Rev . Mr . Rowe , delivered ah ' excellent ser ^ mon , which seemed to be ! listened to attentively by the prisoners , although at times they seemed to be very uneasy , . It , is expected that the visiting justices will give directions for extra men to be employed to watch the prisoners both day and nieht . ;'

      Daring Burglary at MANCHESTEB . "i-An extraordinary and daring . burglary was effected at Mosslane , Hulme , Manchester , last week , which , ; except tliat it was not attended with murder , was almost the counterpart , in some ofits leading features , of the one at the ' Frimley Parsonage ' .. Mrs . Rebecca Codling is a lady living at 93 , Moss-lane , havinjg only one'domestib in 'her ' service—a girl who usually sleeps in the ! same room with her . Oh the night of the' 31 st ult ! she had gone to bed , fastening the outer dqors . of the house and the windows , but hawng . no ; fastening on her ^ bed-room door . About three o ' clock . she" was awoke ; and , perceiving a faint , light in the room , supposed the girl had left ; ; tho room' for some purpose . She called her by name (" Sarah" ) , ahd put one hand involuntarily to pile side of . thebed , where it rested on something which the moment afterwards she discovered te be the back of a man . She . then saw

      that there were ' two men . in the , room , their . faces partly covered with black crape , and , greatly terrified , she screamed for help . The ' men told her . if she mkd . e any further noise they would murder / her . After ! this ' she screamed , and one of the men struck her across the forehead with a heavy iron bar , about fourteen or fifteen inches long , which" for a time deprived her of consciousness . When she came to her senses again , the men were still in the room ; and one—a very tall , powerful ' man—told the . Other to strike her again unless ^ she gate them ' . ner money . TJpoh ' this she took " ' from under thebedclothes a pocket containing from twenty to thirty shillings in silver , and . gave it them . They'then left the house . It appeared thatthey had been in

      the place some tune before she awoke , for theyVhad . broken open the drawers , boxes , and cupboards , up stairs and down , and had taken some silver p late and other , valuables . As soon as they , had left , the house , she and her servant girl' ! went down and gave . an alarm , ; but not in time ; to' have any of the burglars traced . Mr . Superintendant Beswick , however , has succeeded hot only in . discovering the whole plot of the robbery , but in securing , all bonneted with it . On Saturday last he apprehended a man named George " Gregory , at . Bolton , whom they had employed to sell the plate ; , a ' nd on Saturday , at midnight , " he seized in their own houses or lodgings the other twd biirglars-i-two haying gone into Mrs .. Codling ' s room , and one having kept

      watch outside . The names of the other men are James Holland and Thomas Brooks ., With Brooks , it seems , a female cohabited , named Jane Carruthers , whose mother has long been employed as a charwoman by . Mrs . Codling , and from whom there is reason to believe the-burglars had got to know this lady ' s habits . and . the defenceless state of the house . They had broken-intoXhe house b y BcaYwg the wall of a back yard , arid" haying-stuck a plaster of treacled paper to a pane of the back window , were enabled to forceVout the glass without unfas : tening the window insider In Brook's bedroom was found the iron , bar with _ whichMrs . . . Codling , was struck . Ori . being , taken into a room where the prisoners were standing along with other persons , Mrs .

      Codling immediately identified Gregory as the man who struck her with the ; iron bar ,, and Holland as the one who told him to do it . The prisoners were brought before the Manchester magistrates on Tuesday , when they were remanded till Monday , in expectation that further charges , jWiH be ; brought against them ., Mrs . Codling ; is ' suffering very severely from the effects of the blow on her forehead . Disputed Possbssioh . —Notley Farm , jutheparish of Goodley , Devonshire , has for the last six or seven years been occupied by a man hanied John . ^ Fisher . About a twelvemonth since he got into arrear , and a distress was 'iriade upon'the premises . / The landlord , however , allowed the tenant to retain'possession for another twelvemonth ; provided he signed an agreement to submit to summary ejectment at

      the end of that time ,-in -the ' case of his not' quitting voluntarily . .-He was summarily ejected last week , and the bailiffs of Barnstaple put in possession . On Monday a man named Shapland , of Landkey , who lays claim to the premises ,. assisted by Fisher , turned the bailiffs ' oiit , and placed the farm in the hands of about twenty ' armed , then ! ' ' Intelligence having been conveyed to Wrey Harding , Esq ., a magistrate of Devon , on the following day , that gentleman , accompanied by the magistrates clerk , the landlord ' s agent , and about thirty-two assistants , acting under the authority , of an act of parliament passed so early as the reign of Richard the II ., proceeded , to the farm , and demanded possession . A fierce contest was expected byallin tne < Villaeo ;

      but the presence of the magistrate' intimidated the ruffians in the house ; and ' whilst Mri Harding and his company were being ' admitted at the frontdoor , the valiant troop inside were making off across the garden at the back as fast as their legs could carry them ; Had it not been for the-presence-of the magistrate , a brutal struggle . would no doubt have taken , place between the parties , for the gang of intruders had armed themselves with , old b ayonets bludgeons ; and Huge stohes ^ 'to defend' themselves in their retreat . ; : '; - ' \ * - " ¦¦ ' : UN ^ UCCESSFULCHABBiTMAETPORT ; - ^ A ^ lo pSbpemaker from the Emerald Isle , "named . Skilled ; a fellow with a light heart , clean heels , infinite humour , anil a thin pair of breeches ,, this , weekibaffled the vigdance and-activity of . the . Mary port nolid-man II

      Mr ^ augh , ina style that seemed quite . refreshuiE to all save the said official .,. It appears this Skillon had lately been ^ convicted of a common ' assault , ahd his term of imprisonment ( two ' mbnths ) terminated last week . During his temporary' absence , his wife had been rather summarily put "out ' of the house to make room for another tenant ,, and immediately on the liberation of this little son iof Crispin , he sailed forth to thrust . out : the big Scotchman who had presumed to intrude upon his domicile . A warrant was issued , and put into the hands , of the . policeman for his apprehension . At & 'fd 6 t ' raea . Mr . ' /' HaugIi ' . felt he had no chance ; he therefore saddles a hors ei and gives chaiea ' Eecbhd time , when Skilleh crosses a

      river , and both the horse and the rider agreeing not to follow suit , a round turn is made to the bridge . Skillen waiting on . the opposite ¦ - embankment , and beckoning to his pursuer . = In , the next heat ,. when the constable was ,. within a few ,. yards of his man and tried in vain to hit him . w \ th his stick , he again made his escape over a thorn hedge ) and ascended Moat Hill with all the alacrity of a monkey ; here he sat down , laughing and grinning at the baffled and chagrined officer . All thought of a capture Was now abandoned ; thepolice . charger _ . wjs duly stabledand groomed ; when on the fall of the evening the hunted badger was observed among a little group of vulgar admirers of x a modern Jack Sheppard , when the officer expected to hem him in by surpise , for fiere

      The Latb Fire At Grayeseni>.-—Samuel Mar...

      was nw . no way of . escape bu £ the uarboun ? n | this Wai tHken' with all ihe ^ ang fr . o \ $ ol aa ' ottw- - The ffibeuT ^ of navi & n for prekstrians : the thick ^ mud -and irrwularity of depth deterred Mr . - Haugh from a further pursuit , till chafed by the e ' efendant striking the waterin his face . This was the signal for . the commencementiof a mud race , than , which . no one ever witnessed , any thing , more ; , exciting . , lhemixr ' ture of ihard and , soft , bottom , . and consequently Bainibjf and losing ground ,. alternately " falling into pits ' and s # « jg H ' M . W *? , S ^ SSt - $ merriment to tha beholders , calculated to bring all authority into contempt . ' Finally , after "peated burrowingsinthe . ' mud , 'the chase ^ was abandoned and tlW i supple heto escaped' -by the outer pier . r-CarliileJournal ¦ - ^ ' ¦ j ^¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦¦• ¦ - ¦ - ' V '^ :

      . .--y . a ;_ __ The Late Fire at ; Wickhau . Hajci .. —A » Bfc HENSION OF TUB SuPPOSBD iNCBNDIABIBS .-rj in . jne earlv part of last April , afire occurred on part of , the Barns , " , ending in the total destruction of lOmei extensive . premises , " arid also in the des truction or a deal of live stock and other property .- Directly after ihe fife , a man named ; benjamin Wager , who ; was known frequently rtoseekrefugein ; some part ot the premises , decamped . and fromithis and other circum : stances suspicion fell on . him ;• but , although every exertion was made to find Jm nJie had eluded apprehensionuhtil the evening of Monday the 28 th ult .. When one of the men m the employ of Mr . Smith , th £ tenant of the farm' saffhim at'Hatfield Peverel ,

      , and invited him to his cottage , where he was' directly afterwards apprehended ; On Wednesday morning , he was'brought up before W . W . Luard , Lsq ., together with a man named Ewers , who from informa- ; tion which ; had reached the police since Wager s apprehension , was also . ; eupposed ^ to be ; concerned . In order to give time / for the . ; collection . of further evidence the prisoners were remanded until Saturday morning On that day , the evidence . was , gone into before jW . W . Luard ,, Esq .,, and the Rev . John Bramston , when . W ; ager . . was fully , committed to the Assizes on the charfie ,, but there not ^ being sufficient evidence against Ewers ho wasdischarged ., : , ¦ Attempt ; io . Murder ; at WKDNEsnunT , ' anr * fordshibb . —On Sunday evening last , about , ten

      minutes past seven o ' clock , ^ daring , attempt was hiade upon the life of a servant girl in , theemploy of ameohanicjof . the name of . J ,., , , Gregory ,- whose house is situated near james . bridge , in this parish . The girl , whoseiname is-Martha Davis ,: and who appeared to be about ' . seventeen , years of ; age , ; stated in evidence that , on Sunday last ber . master , mistress ,, and ia joung man . named JamesrBird left home about mid-day . with a horse and cart . ; Near to , the' house , at that time she' saw the-prisoner ,, whose name is Thomas Butler , ' and to whom Bird , who was in the cart , passed the time of day . < About five o ' clock in the afternoon she saw . the prisoner pass the houseagain . Soon after seven o ' clock the doe in the yard made a great noise , and she went

      out , taking a candle with her ; ' When she had driven the dog into his- ; kennel , and was returning into the house the prisoner jumped over the pailings , and caught hold of her by the hair of her head with his left hand ; Sho was . about to make an alarm , when hie took ' a large knife ( su ' ch ' an one as is used by butchers ) out of his pocket , and said he . would kill her . The dog kept jumping up against the prisoner at that "time . - The prisoner cut . Her ' across the throat , inflicting a wound about two ' and a half inches in length . While he was in the act she extricated herself from his ' grasp , and got out of the yard into the . road , and madejan . alarm . ; , Her cries were heard by some persons residing in . a-house a short distance off . when assistance was procured ,

      , and the . prisoner was apprehended ' , immediately . The prisoner is one of a class which this neighbourhood is infested with , who aire , known'by the name of Rodneys , who go about , without any settled residence , and who never work , but live by robbery , and sleep by the . coke and-engine fires , which are numerous in this mining district . He is a dreadful character , having been convicted of felony and other offences a great number of times , and about four years ago made a similar attempt upon the . life of a person at Darlaston , a place adjoining the scene of this ; transaction . The prisoner was brought up before the courity magistrates at the Townihall , in this town ^ on Tuesday last , and committ ' edto take his trial at the next Stafford assizes for the offence .

      Lynch Law in Nbw ' castlb . —Last week a shoemaker jof the name of Tweedy was committed to the ¦ House of Correction for one month for starving his two children to such an extent as to reduce them to mere skeletons . ' The stepmother of tfie children who was in custody ) was discharged , there-being no law tojreach her |; but" she . was not allowed tb escape punishment , for ' on'leaving the' court , her neighbours who had assembled in large numbers' t . o testify . their abhorrence of her inhuman conduct , followed her ; through the streets , and taking the law . into , their own hands , chastised her most severely . ' On her , arrival at home , the door of her house ^ as ' broken open , and had it not been for the expeditious arrival of a body of nolice . her nronertv

      would haye been destroyed , and her life placed in imminent danger . She was . carried . away through the crowd' by the police ' , who y sought'but a . hidihgplace for her , where' she is still - concealed ; ' Her house is locked upi and the neighbours as soon expect to hear of Haynau ' s reyisiting London as of ¦ the return of tho Tweedy ' aVfo Piper ' fir-entry , ' Newgate-street . : ; r , ,, : . ; ., *„ : . . Highway Rodbhr ^ near Wigan . —A most bare faced andeciol rpbtiefy took place on Tuesday night last , near Hindley . A little after ten o ' cIooIqIIe ; Thomas Sergeant , a respectable' man living ' at Hindley , was returning home from Wigan ' fair , and when about forty yards from the railway'bridgeon

      , Amberswood Common , five men emerged from' the railway slope near , the . bridge , where they must have been hiding ; and attacked him . One asked him , to give up . his money ; but he replied that he had , none ; and the robbers , immediately took hold of him and threwjhim down : " and while one or two of ' ¦ them held . him , the others rifled his pockets , and took eleven ; half crowns , two ' shillings , ahd ' fivepence in copper ; . ' Mr . Sergeant bit one of ; the men op , the arm , and the villain got up , loosed him , and kicked him severely iri the ribs . ' The thieves then made off j and though exertions have been made to discover the perpetrators of the outrage , no clue has yet been obtainedlikely . to . lead to their detection ; . ¦ .. ;

      The . Poisonings in Lincolnshirb . —Surgeon Clegg , of Boston , . writes a letter , referring to the case of fifteen or' sixteen farmers' labourers , who were seizedwith ' symptomsof poisoning by arsenic after drinking ; ale supplied to them b y tlieir masteK Mr . Clegg states that ' the circumstance' was purely accidental . ¦ " An arsenical solution , ' . ' hesaysj ¦ ' was used in dressing certain kinds of seed , and by an accident , some portion of the poison gained access to the pitpher which contained the ale supplied to the labourers as their morning ' s allowance . "

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      TnwiATE Murdkb at Havrbfobdwest . —A reward of £ 50 has been offered ( with a promise of her Majesty ' s free pardon to any accomplice , not being the actual murderer ) , to any : person who shall give such information as will lead to the conviction of the murderer or murderers of th ' e old woman ) Elirabeth Barnard , who'died at HaverfordwestV on the 8 th of October . The magistrates of the town are now engaged in prosecuting a rigid inquiry , in which it is hoped the reward will assist them . Mink Accident anb Loss of Lros at Frong och Lead , Mines , kear Abertstwtth . —On the

      29 th nit . seven miners , about dawn of day , reached the works , for the purpose of going on with " their stem . " While in the , act of undressing themselves for their work , one of them put a lighted pipe down from his mouth upon a parcel which contained gunpowder , which immediately ignited , and set the whole powder that was allotted to the poor fellows in ablaze . Lamentable to record , the life of one man was instantaneously sacrificed . Two others soon expired , and the remaining four are in a dreadful state , and not likely to survive . Highway Robukry . —Mr ) William Eilis ,. ofBrithdir , a respectable farmer , when returning home from Bangor' fair , about . half-past eight o'clock' ori the eveniriebf Monday last , was waylaid and robbed near

      the gate which leads from the public road to a' farm called the Wern . Tbe spot selected is about a ' mile and a half from Bangor , and about half a mile from his own house . The road at this place passes alongside an alder brake . Mr . 'Ellis was , walking quietly lip the road , when , just as he ' heard some noise on the hedge side , he received a blow on . the , tetjiple ' , which stunned him , and before , he could recover himself , he received another oh . the ' . back cif the head , Which 'knocked him down quite disabled on his face into the ditch at the side of the foiad . Two of the robbers-then fell upon him , and laid hold of him in such a' manner as to prevent him from : either seeing or callingjxut , whilst the other or . others beat him most cruelty . When they had made him quite helpless from abuse and suffocation , they searched his

      pockets ' and robbed hini of , his purse . ' . cohfalnihg' two ' sovereigns ) and ^ three ^ pounds two " shillingsTib : ' ailyer and a pocket book containing '' somei farm' and other accounts . ' MivEHis believes , frdm ' w , hat took ' place and what he heard , that there were three persons , if ; npt four concerned in the ' robbery . AltKdugb he heard ' the noise of their feet , when running towards Bangor ' he was too much exhausted by the cruel treatmenthe had experienced to , pursue them ) It appeared that the weapon made . use of to knock him down with was a heavy rail , wrenqhed off a gate near the spot where theoutrage wasperpetwt « d , ii , It ig arnercy that Mr . Ellis was n « t killed with , the first blow he received ' In oneendof the rail , which was subsequently . found on the road , there was a hail which inflicted a wound on his head , and he is only ' indebted for life to the fact that the blow took effect laterally instead of ner ^ peudidalarly . ' {" ¦ ' ^ uw ' !« * ; r .

      An n American-paper aay 8 , Hhe . expenses of the federal government this y « ar will amount-toitwo dollars and fiftycents ) for eyeryi man , woman , and chiM ; an . fdieIJmted'Statea ' ; hondorfreo ; . ' -: -- : ¦¦

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      . '; ' He-adjustmekt W RiiJis . ^ The' cohtinuarice of emigration on a vast scale , " even'in ' "the ' winter , is likely to induce many landlords tO ' consider the expediency of a re-adjustment of the rents of their tenaritry . VTheproyihcial ^ o ' ufnals ^ cbnt ' aini'further notices of reductionsrdf fent ^ geriei / aliy id the ; sha ' peof . temporari' ^ abate & eh ^^ but ^ iu : some '• ; ca ' ses ^ th 6 ^^ scale of Teduction . hasi been ^^ fixed ^ iip 6 n * . as , ' a porma-r nentarr angement . f :. ,, ' ,:, .-, '¦ ¦ ,, , - 'n .,...,- . .- -,., ¦' . , Pluhdeb of CBOPS .-pjFrom ^ Oavan , Louth , and otber northern counties ' / there are de ' eoubts of . ' the

      flight of tenants , after disposing , of their , crops ,, or removing them '" oiit of the reach .-of the landlords . ' The Evening Mail has a letter ( from Bailieborougb , describing , some ' , . 'flitting 8 . " , in that neighbourhood . The same journal has a report of a case , in the office of Master '; Murphy , in Chancery ,, in ' which the . receiver of a property , inr Louth ; applied for advice and assistanoe under , circumstances , of great urgency , i The receiver had distrained the corn . of , twp tenants ; who , were about ' to desert their farms near Afdesy buff a crowd assembled withThorse ' s and cars , and rehiovedtlie grain ; a warrant was granted , by the resident magistrate , but the small police party considered it unsafe to proceed in taking bacltithe produce , * even if they had had cars and horses ) which could hoth ' e obtained at any . price . Master

      Murphy directed the receiver to make an immediate representation of the circumstances to Sir Thomas Redihgtori ; the uhder-secretary , who would provide an adequate force ! for i . the protection : ' of the . civil power and | the ' vihdication of the law . ' . The . receiver mentioned ' that ' thei person to whose farm ' the corn hadbeen removed was the head , bailiff of : Sir , ; Wm , Somerville , - and Master Murphy observed thatthat circumstance rendered It' the more- necessary that no time should ; be lost in laying the case before the government . . . .. . ' i ' Galwat Queen ' s CoUEQE , r-At the ; recent examination fifty-one scholarships were conferred upon pupils in this college . ; . % The new Parliamentart Franchise . —The number of qualified votes ' for ttio ' eburity of Fermanagh 1

      under the new act . as appears' bythe Clerk of the ' Peace ' s books , amounts to " 4 ; 000 , and-217 for the borough of Enniskillen .- This enormous increase to the Oounty constituencies can scarcely fail to effect an [ important change , whether for better or for worse , iin the Irish representation whenever a dissolution jof the present parliament' shall' " give 'the electoral body an opporturiity . iof exercising their newly-acquired rights ' . In most of the large towns , tooj the numbers will « be vastly augmented , but in some of the sm ' aller bbroughs the addition to the registry-roll will be but comparatively trifling ; In reference'to the newCotistituencyof the county of Cavan , the Anglo-Celt says : —'' The number of electors in this county'has been increased by the new franchise" bill from 180 to 5 , 000 or thereabouts ;

      According to the return furnished by the ' Clerk Of the peace , in pursuance with the provisions of the statute , there ; , were only 180 names on the ' roll of persons entitled to ^^ vote for Parliamentary re ' presentatives for- the county prior to tho ; £ 12 ' ^^ franchise bill coming irifo force I . Of these many were'dead or had emigrated . ' Jiist'think ' of legislators and others advocating- ' the continuance of a' system which only gave the" franchise to 180 individuals ) and these almost ail of one political way of thinking ) out . of a population of 243 , 158—being only one elector to every 1 ) 352 ^ individuals , or 270 families , averagingifive persons in each family . " . '" - ; EiiEOiioN : PRErARATiON 3 )^ -Presh candidates . are springing ;' up ^ fpr the viicaht ^ seat hvthe ^ county of Limerick . ' 'Amongst the'latest are ' Mr ; Fitzgerald ;

      a barrister , Mr . Martin'Burke , and an anonymous I' Catholic gentleman " of great wealth '' and' high position )¦" , who is readj ; to come forward , provided the electors are determined hot to place themselves at the beck of landlord influence . " , ; Mr . Wyndham Goold has commenced- his canvass , and-from that gentleman ' s extreme popularity with all sects and classes , founded upon his high reputation as one of the most liberal and improving proprietors in the south of Ireland , he will no doubt prove a formidable- antagonist to the host of rivals already announced'to' take the field . It being generally undersjtodd that Mr . J . O'Connell has no intention

      of ever ' again taking his seat in the " Imperial " Parliament , Mr . "Wi Barringtoni son of Sir Matthew Barrihgton , ' Bart ., means to offer himself to the constituency . The appointment of Mr . Shell to the Embassy of Florence leaves ,-of course , a vacancy in the representation ' of the Duke of Devonshire ' s borough of Dungarvon . It is not improbable that the newly-appointed Solicitor-General ( Mr . Hughes ) will fight the battle WithMr ; John Francis'Maguire ) proprietor of the'Cori Examiner ; who is in a mannej ? pledged to a contest since the ' last : general election , ' when he so nearly succeeded in defeating the Master of the'Mint .

      Court of Queen ' s Bench . —On Saturday last , shortly after twelve o ' clock , Judge Cramptoncame upon the benchi and the grand juries for the ' county and , city of Dublin having been sworn ) the'learned judge addressed the citygrand jury atgreat length in reference to the change 1 Which would ' he ' effected under ; the 'Municipal Reform Act ) ' by Whichi in future , ; the grand juries of the- city of Dublin' would be einpannelled by . the Lord Mayor . He said he was sixteen years ' a judge of that coiirt , and having expierienced the results under which the system in that court had worked , he had . ' only . To hope that , uridter . the new order of things ) the administration of justice and -fchaigeneral -working of the sMcva would worle as well /'' ¦'¦¦¦¦ - ' - > ' ^^ TheTradesVUnions . —This body have complete ' d

      theirarrangementsj . for-ithe ' resunrhtioh of public ' meetings and the-de ' spatohvSfKismes . s . ' Some ' of the matters t 6 which il & j mealrW ' a ^ ly themselves ' are . as follows :- ^ "To ^ us e every !" exertion to ' establish as numerous 'a ' constituency " as poss'ible ' uride ' r the new franchise billj " Tt should be borne in mind that it , was through the exertions of' thisbody . an ' extensive coristit ' uehcy was' established in' the passing of : the Parliamentary' Reform Bill , "by which they were enabled to return O'Connell and Ruthveii withr , an , over ; whelming majority of 1 , 549 , in the teeth" of anp ' rahge corporation and ahbstile ' government . To co ' ncehtrate public bpinioh , s o ' astogive every possible opposition' ' to '' the Removal of the Lord Lieutenant , as' also to the general ' centralising scheme of the Government . . T 6 try arid have

      the guilds re-established , with the right of sending onefrepresehtative from each guild' into the new corporation , each member to have the ' right of voting for- their respective " representative , as also to enjoy the Parliameritary' franchise , but without the right ' of descent ) by ' either 'birth . or marriage- ^ in fact , ' none tb be in the'guilds ' but the bona' fide operatiyes anil' emplbyersc ? the'differeht trades ; forming .. their guilds . ' To ; reiider every assistance to ' tho tenant-right question . ' T 6 bring public ^ opinion to . bear upon the Cemetery'Committee , with the view of causing them to fender an account to . the public of the Targe sums ^ of money that have come into their hands : also ; toaicertain why .. the O'Connell monument , is not proceeded with , even with the £ 4 , 500 in'hahd ) so as to give employment to a number of artiza ' ns . : ¦ ' Theyiinterid paying their respects occasionall y to the newcorporation , with ' a variety : © f other matters . There ' is another question of . vital ' . importance which'thev

      intend , to apply themselves to ' most , sedulously- ^ that is , _ to ' try and soften- dpwii'the asperity that exists between the two ' parties that have split the Liberal interest . It is ) however , their determination not , to allow any referehco to be made to either ; party' at any of their meetings , ' whether public . or in committee / under pain of expulsion , " Tbnasi-right' MovBjiBHT . —The' meeting of the tenant ; farmer s of the county of Waterftrd was heldonthe'lst'ins ' t . 'i on the hilV of Ballybfickeh , in-the ; suburbs of the city )' The '' numbers -who thronged the spacious ar , ea in front " of the platform might be estimated at night to ten thousand .- The men frpmthe barony of Gaiultier ; as they came in procession towards the hill , headed by their clergy prewnted a fine and respectaWe , array . The chair was taken by the ' Rev . ; Thomas ; 'Flyhn , " P . P . ) Pas-Bftge ; j The . business of the meeting passed off with perfect harmony , ' cordiality , and - good " ' feeling )—Freexnan ' s Journal .

      ' -Emigration / from / tub South and Wxai .-i-The emigrationgpes on as rapidly" no to : this , ;' the first day ,. of the ; winteif ' quarter , as it " did' in March or April last .: J Oa'Mdnday . a crowd of peasants passed throughAthlone . ' bri . th . eii * way to-theNew World : Th ; e local paper states . that they < dame ' from- the village of Clonofon ) about two ' miles distant ' and had bs * n but a few days pre ' vi 6 usly ' eyicted from their- holdings .. . While' going ^ hrdugK ihe'tbwn they were ; . cheeriiig and shoutih ' g , and appeared in the : be , st , possible , humour ) . Oninquiry as to the cause of their unusual mirth ; it was aecertained to have Mi 8 en'from tbe ; circumstance of their , having received a large Slim of money from their friends

      in America , which came tb hand on . the very morh-. ^ g . ^ W wero ejected ' . 'froni ; their cabins .. Emigration frphi th ^ county of Kerry is , I am informed , prdceeding onja monster scale ) The' failure ' of tHe potato ! erop"inthat ^ quarter ) of whichtherejcanlje > no doubt ,. has created' a . panic among ; the people , whoiare fli ) bkirjg' to alL ' ' tne ^ seHport ; tow ns ; in -th ' e south , for ihe'lpurpose of securing , ; at any eacrifice ) , . p ' aiBage ;'"' t 6 ' ; tlie Uriited '' . States . Many of , these poorcreatufes ' areallb ' utpehniless . ' ' ¦' , .-: ' - '"'"' , '"' ?/ EMWRATioN . ^ -Oh a ' prope ' rty near this , ' town there were early this harvest no less than . eleven tenants , -and their families ; now only one remains , the rest are gone to America , taking off ' their crops ' and the rent . . ¦ , , , . '

      Firino' inio ' a DwEmsO . —A shot , w ' a 8 feloniously firedinto the kitchen of JoHn . Smart ; residing at Whitefield , hear Templembre , and a Rockite notice posted on the , gate ^ p i the yard , informing him that if he . did , not forthwith quit Mr . 'Rudd ' semploymeht he . would falla . victim to assassination . ' ' ^ IscENniARisM . ^ Oiahe 28 th iilt . ; two , ouWiouses , the property of Mr . Robmson ^ residing near Lorha ; Tipperary w « re maliciouslyset , on firl and totaUy fire ata distance proceede 4 . to the s pot * and by-fernr

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      exertions ; whioh ' were iiide 3 by some ' of the-height hours , prevented four , stacks of . eornanda rick of bay from ; taki . ng fire ^ A correspondent . informs us that , oh . Saturday . mghtlas > , a ' ; large stack of flax containin g , seven ' Mck ' s ^ 'tna ' property J , df Mrr j ' : Nixon , of DrumranKininear Ahdghill . was setfire to andrdestrdye'di "' '< No clue has'been obtained ^ lead to a dis ' coveryi . of cthe lincendiary ..- % nner of Ulster , \¦¦ ¦ ¦^ »^ -- ']¦¦ ¦¦ : [¦ ¦ Siii'i ' -y ' ¦ . ' ;¦ :, ! , '¦; . •; Sam in thb Incumbered Estates Cou ' RT . ~ The estate of-the late Robert Dillon Browne , M . P . f 0 P Mayo ; waSthe first ' . of five properties ; the- sale of Which was fixed'for -Tuesday- in ; this court , a nd , from the well-known ipolitical-ipoaition of . tho late

      proprietor , the sale -attracted more than ordinary interest .., The . property was diyide ' d into seve n lots . The first lot was ' purchased . by' Mr . Campb ' eir for 41 , ( i 60 being at the rate of abbut ' eleVGh yeav ^ ' pw . chase .: The 'lot' -Watf purchased .-ih :. trust for Mr . Browne ' s successor in the representation of Mayo " Mr . . Ousely-. Higgings .-v The ; commissioners then adjourned , the sale of the other , lots , the' biddings for which were , only from / five fo ' eight or nine years ' purchase bh ' tbe present'estimated yearly value ; •'" ¦ Tarbert' i ; Boarding' Station . —A general order of the iodromissioners ; appoints -Tarbert to be tho boarding station for : the port of . Limerick , in lieu of Scattery Roads . . ., ; __ ; -, .

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      - Ouira'oe Nxife Edinburgh)—A Dastardly ...

      - Ouira ' oe Nxife Edinburgh )—A dastardly outrag e was committed oh Saturday evening last , by a parly of Irish labourers , ' at Kewmilton , about seven miles from " Edinburgh , ; . on . two officers of the county police ) : by which their , Jives ; have ' been placed in danger ^ - ; It ajppearsHh ' at"Saturday was pay-day oh some : df the'works how in progress in the Crawley springs , for the Edibburgh'W * itier Company , when the , " navvies ?'; held the debauch ; customary on the occasion at " Newmilton , a place . consisting of about two dozen of cottages . The district officer at Peni- ' cuik , ; named Mtdhell , ; had proceeded to Newmilton , as he usually did * on the piJy ' -days'at the works , to

      assist his fellow officer , of the name of Macfarlan , in the' preservation of : the . public peace .: Kothing had occurred during theday to render their interference necessary , ; and about eleven o ' clock in the evening the two constables were partaking of tea in Macfarlan ' shpiise ^ pVeparatory'td ' tbe' other officer re » turning to- Penicuik , when a neighbour , named Mrs . Buchan ,. entered with the complaint that a havvie , named Peter Campbell , was breaking down the door of her , house , and had smashed a pane of glassy The ' officers ^ immediatel y ' proceeded to the woman ' s " cottager Which she ' occupies as ' a lodginghouse , and Macfarlen-charged Campbell with the offence . The fellow denied , ' having . damaged the door , and refused to pay , for , the , broken pane of

      glass ; when Macfarlan took him into custody . Campbell , it is stated , having struct the officer , and made some resistance , Mitchell stepped ; forward to the assistance of his fellow constable , and between the two the delinquent was conveyed on his way ! to » Macfarian ' s house as a prisoner . The distance was scarcely a dozen yards , and . the party were about half-way , wben constable ; Macfarlan was knocked ddwn by repeated blows from 'behind . Mitchell shared a similar fate ; and their ' prisoher , in consequence , effected his escape . : From the absence of witnesses , it is impossible -to describe the nature of the outrage ,. or : whether , the officers were struck while on the ground ; but they were rendered quite insensible' by- the suddenness ' and violence of'the

      attack . Some of the neighbours / it appears , were present shortly afterwards to . assist- in the removal of the officers , and in ; procuring medical assistance . Macfarlan sustained three severe wounds on the head , and Mitchell has np . few erthan six . They appear to haye been inflicted by a poker or some other lethal weapon ) and both men are considered to be in great danger ; The origin of the matter seems to haye been the disorderly conduct of Campbell while in the lodging-house , which , had led to . his ejection by his companions / He attempted to regain admission by kicking at the door , and had also broken the pane of glass with the same view , when the interference of the police was requested . No doubt is entertained that : the cowardly assault upon the

      officers was committed by some of his comrades , who had shortly before relieved themselves of his society ; but in the present absence of testimony ifr is' impossible to identify the-guilty parties . Some suspicion is entertained of the . ovktrage'having beeri the result of premeditation , the district constable ( Macfarlan , ) it is alleged , haying given offence to sonic - of his neighbours , who are said to have adopted this mode of revehge .: On Monday , Mr . Sheriff Arkley , Mr . Lothian , Precurator-Fiscal , and Mr . List ; superintendent of the county police , visited the locality , and were engaged a . considerable time in an ' ¦ investigation of the circumstances of the outrage . Campbell ,, who effected , his escape , has not yet been recaptured , but the police are in pursuit Of him . '' ¦ '•' ¦

      Outrage : On A Magistrate Axd His ;;,;;•...

      OUTRAGE : ON A MAGISTRATE AXD HIS ;; , ;;• . ; .. ; - ¦ - ¦ - : daughter . .-Oh Saturday last at the Borough Court , Stockport , three men named Thomas Curley , John Riley , and Henry ' Dawson Temple , were charged with the following brutal and wanton outrage upon Mr . Baker , one of the borough ' magistrates , and hi 8 daughter . —Mr . W . 'H . Ashtohappeared oh the pari ; of . ^ he prisoners , —Mr . Baker , stated that , on tho previous , Thu r ' stlay . ' night , he , was at an evening par | ty ) atthe house of his son , on Dod g e-hill ) - ! lla was retu ' rhirighome , ' about two o ' clock m the morning , accompanioa by hisdaughter / in ' oheofMessw , '

      i ; Uulme . and bbuttleworths carriages ; and when paaaiug along Chegtergate ,: he suddenly heard a shjoju ' t ; , and directly after , several stones were thrpwri , and the windows of the carriage broken Thehqrsethen began to rear'backwards , and'tho 4 oors , of . the carriage flew open ; ; The witness ^ and hfS daughter then' got out , ' and , were immediately aurroundedhy from forty to . sixty men , armed . with bludgeons . Somp , of : the . mob were beating tie horse , aridJBLammond , the coachman , ' whoin they dragged ' ofFtheTbdx . ! Witness ' asked whether they meant ; tdT * rob > and murder , and told them that' ha was a . magistrate , : and- was returning with his daughter from a party . They , however , continued to surround witness and his daughter , ' flourishing

      their stajjs as' if they were about to strike him . Witness- qalHJtFout to know if . there was any dna who would protect" Kim and his daughter , ' and a watchman then - . came up . and ' said that he would 1 fitness and Miss Baker , took his arm and crossed the street , followed b £ thVmob . ' Witnes asked the watchman" whether he knew any , of the men , on which janoth ' er shout was raised . ' Tho , watchman then stepped backhand , while speaking , to some of the mob , wasfelled to the ground with a bludgeon . Witness and , his daughter were , immediately sue rounded , and ' witness again called out for assistance A man : then Came from the crowd and said he would protect them )"!' They took his ard and Walked to the Wellington Bridge ,-when he said that he could

      gp no further . ; aThey then' walked towards home , and shortly after met a ; coaeh , in which they drove to / witness ' s house . ; In , his , cro 8 s-examinktipn by Mr . ; Ashtoh , Mr . "Baker said " jt was the eye of the . elections , but he , had ' not attended any of the . committee meetings , neither had he taken artyV part . whatever in the elections . ' — Mr . W . Sleddoa , a Burgeon , residing in Chestergate . said that between six and seven , o ' clock" on Thursday evening , he saw the , prisoners , Curley and Riley , coming down' the street with Mr . Henry-Lee , who was walking h ' etwedn ;" theia . ' As soon as they got opposite thev / Wheat Sheaf ; Mr ; Lee left them , and they continued to walk ' up and down from John Lee ' s corner to the Wheat Sheaf until halfpast two o ' clock in the . morriing . Witness observed

      the prisoners from his bedroom window , and saw them stop every coach that passed . Soon after twoo ' clock he heard a coach coming ' - down the street . A loud and peculiar whistle was then given ) and he n ?« 4 Pwley . shout , ! ' Stop the coach ! Smash tha Windows i Witness immediatel y got up , opened the window , ' and saw a coach standing in the . roadsurrounded' by a mob armed with " - states ' and other weapons ; . They wereheatinjj . the horses and driver , ' Curley was one of the principals acting in the iriob . ¦ —Sergeant Longson and Thomas . Wpraleyiporroborated the evidence above given ,- and , identified' tha prisoners , as being the raost ' active of , the ; riotefs . r ^ The witnesses were cross-examined by' ' Mr ) ' Ashton at considerable length ) Twith a' view to show that the attack ] on Mr ) : Baker'had : arisen in ; mistake ; and that , as it was the eve of the election / the . prisonera were under the impression , that the carriage

      containedi a .. * bottling party , ! ' who wew conveying away some of the ' voters . —After ' some consultation the cas , e was adjourned ' .- ; r •' ¦ > ¦ ¦¦ - -. ' - , The prisoners were again brought up on Monday , when several witnesses corroborated the eridenca as , to . the ^ prisoners . > eirig , armed with sticks , » " <* picketing in . Chester ' sate on Thursday . —Hammond the coachman , ' was also examiiidd , and corroborated the evidence ' of Worsley ) as to the attack upon tho coach .:: In ' . his cross-examination he admitted = thafc oa Thursday n \ ght i he had taken two . person ^ from the Wheat Sheaf . who had been " bottled , " to , different , parts of tWtpwh . —The . Mayor said , the bench ; Were ; of dpinion ' that' the prisoners habVbeen guilty of a ; very ' aggravated assault . They should- fine Curley and : Riley £ 5 each , and T 4 mple ' £ 2 , and should . also order them to find sureties to keep tha peace for , twelve mouths . , ¦ . ,

      Raitwiv Coiiucnicitios.—Kilkenny.Is: At ...

      RAitwiv CoiiucNiciTios . —Kilkenny . is : at lpngtti connected - by , ' rail with Dublin . Thei line will bo open for general traffic early this montK . . r Well was it said by Dr . Johnson , « that the uwentor of a cure for the gout ought to have 8 monument raised to nis memory as high as St . PaiiVs . andas wide as the Thames , but in his day a person jo . afflicted had to'bear his agony untiln & tural changes might abate-the-mflammatory ac Uori , art , being then , ineffective . - HappUy in . our ^ . oa / " » J inflammatary action is not only quickly allayed ,. toot prevented from ^ taking place by-a few doses of BWr ' 9 Uout and-Rheumatio puis being taken . on > the approach of tw first symptoms . ' ti n ** ' v : ;

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 9, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09111850/page/6/