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Health of Loxnox- during the Week . —It is -unsatisfactory to observe ( says the ltcgistrar-General ' s report ) that the constant increase of mortality , which commenced in the second week of July , was maintained hi the week ending Saturdav last . The deaths from all diseases in last week were 1 , 967 , a mortality nearly double tbe weekly average of the season , which is 1 , 003 . The progress of the total mortality is shown by the following numbers returned in the last four weeks : —1 . 3 S 9 , 1 , 711 , 1 , 931 , and 1 , 967 . The deaths from cholera which in sir previous weeks were 49 , 124 , 152 , 339 , 673 , 783 , increased in the last to 926 . A feature worthy of notice in the present return is the fact , that while the mortality caused by cholera has increased , there has been simultaneously a decrease in the deaths
attributed to diarrhoea ; for whereas the deaths from this disease ( including dysentery ) were in four previous weeks 54 , 100 , 146 , 238 , in the last week xhey declined to H'S , an amount which is nearly the same as in the corresponding week of the summer of 1846 , and little more than that of the same week of 1848 . It is shown , therefore , that the total mortality from diarrhoea , dysentery , and cholera , amounts in this return to 1 , 124 ,- while the average is only 92 . Consequently , the excess from the three epidemics exceeds in some degree the increase above the average ofthe mortality from all causes , -nrhich is owing partly to the circumstance that the deaths from fractures , burns , and other injury registered in the week were unusually few . Other epidemics besides those mentioned are under tho
average , with tbe exception of hooping-cougb , which a little exceeds it . The mortality from cholera still predominates on the south side of the river ; the deaths there , which in the preceding week were 514 , rose in the last to C 21 . On the north side of the Thames , the deaths in the western districts were 53 , showing an increase ; in the northern 27 , or nearly the same as in the former week ; in the eastern 127 , a sli g ht increase ; and in the central , which includes St . Giles and St . George , Strand , llolborn , Clerkenweh , St . Luke , East London , "West London , and City , there is a small decrease , £ he number being 93 , though in the previous return there were 97 deaths . The greatest number in any district on the north side of the river is in West London , namely 32 . Of the southern districts there
were 67 hi Bermondsey , 86 in Xewnujton , 112 in St . George , Southwark , and 143 in Lambeth . The deaths in Rotherhithe are now comparatively few . The death of a man of forty years , in Brompton , "was caused by erysipelas of both legs , of putrid character ( after five days' illness ) , caught from sleeping with a child who suffered from the disease . The daily mean of the barometer was highest on Thursday , when it was 29 * 905 . The mean of the week was 29-793 . The temperature was under the average ofthe corresponding days of seven years on every day except Thursday . The highest in the shade was on Thursday , namely 74 deg . 5 min . The mean temperature of the week was 59 deg . 5 min . Deatu of ax Old Miser . —On Saturday an inquest was held before Mr . Raker , at the Cat and
Mutton public-house , London-fields , Hackney , respecting the death of William . Fisher , aged 71 years , an old" miser , who was found dead in his room , under the following circumstances : —It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had formerly been for many years toll-collector at Islington , and had managed to save up a considerable sum of money . He was of very eccentric habits , and Hved quite alone . He had occupied two rooms for the last ten years in West-street , London-fields . 3 fo person had ever entered his rooms since he hved there , and they had never been cleansed . He paid the landlord Is . per day for his food , which he was In the habit of having placed outside his door . Be was last seen alire oa "Wednesday last , and he then appeared in his usual health . On Thursday , the landlady took up his breakfast and knocked at the deceased ' s door , but received no answer . She became alarmed , and the door was broken open ,
when a scene of a most disgusting nature presented itself . The deceased was lying on some dirty rags on the floor , behind the door , and quite dead . The room was in a most iiithy condition , and the effluvia arising from it was most dreadful . The deceased was clothed literally In rags , and was covered with vermin . There was in the room a large quantity of valuable furniture , which was concealed by dust and filth . There was a large bedstead , and excellent bedding , but it appeared not to have been laid upon for some time , as it was covered with cobwebs and dust . There was also a quantity of good clothes , books , bird-cages , cans which are used hy street vendors of baked potatoes , a quantity of nitre , which he used TOediein : uly , old hats , shoes , shoemakers' tools , , and in fact the rooms were filled with all kinds of miscellaneous articles . "V erdict "Found dead , " and the Coroner directed the officer to take possession of the rooms until the relations were found .
MtstebiocsDeath . —On Saturday an inquest was held leforc Mr . Payne , at the Angel Tavern , Wcbher-strect , Blackfriars-road , on the body of Elizabeth Herring , aged 25 years , who was found dead in her room . The evidence went to prove that the deceased was a female of gay habits , generally frequenting the west-end saloon ' s and wine-rooms . On Thursday she was in her usual state of health , but towards noon she retired to rest for a few hours , when her landlady , feeling alarmed at her absence , went to her apartment , and found her lying on the floor , with a chair across her body , and apparently dead . Mr . Bateson , a surgeon , was called in , and upon examination he discovered two or three large bruises on the face and nose . There was also a wound over the right eye . Deceased was quite
dead , and he could not at that time account for her decease . Mr . Bateson further stated that he had made a post mortem examination of the body , and although there were external marks on the head , yet ho was able to prove that death had resulted from disease of the heart . The injuries referred to might Lave been caused by falling down on some hard substance . There was no appearance of poison in the room . Verdict , "Natural death . " Heuscbouc Case or Desiiiotiou . —On Saturday an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , at the "White Dart , Giltspur-street , on the bodies of James BallidaT , aged 51 , and Lis daughter , aged 12 , whose
deaths were alleged to have been induced by privation . The bodies presented a shockingly emaciated appearance , thegirl being reduced almost to a skeleton . —Jane Groves , a widow , residing at Ho . 30 , Cock-Line , Smithfield , stated that the deceased man , bis wife , and four children had occupied a room in her house for nearly fourteen weeks . He was taken ill on Wednesday evening last at five o ' clock , He was ill all night , and about twelve o ' clock on the following day his son ran down to the yard where she was and begged her for God ' s sake to go np stairs , as liis father was dying . She ran np and found the man partly undressed , lying on a piece of old tickin ? on the floor . His wife and another
woman were in the room . He only breathed twice after she entered the room , and then died . During the whole fourteen weeks the family hadresided there they appeared in a starving state . The wife of the deceased man and several other witnesses were examined , and they stated that the family , which consisted of six persons , was in a state of extreme destitution for some time past , the deceased being xuiable to procure work . —A person in the room statedthatoutof the 2 s . 6 d . received from the parish they paid 2 s . 3 d . a week for rent . They did not owe one farthing . Deceased had been a compositor on the Morning Advertiser . —The jury returned a verdict of " natural death" in the man ' s case , and ** died of cholera" in referrence to the little girl . Before leaving , theprors subscribed nearly £ 2 for the relief of this poor family , and the coroner said it should he effectually applied to the alleviation of their wants . Attempt to Mckdeb three Cbilvres nr their
Mother , asd Scicide or the Latter . —A painful degree of excitement was created throughout the whole of Sunday and the previous day , in the vicinity of the Ilampstead-road , St . Pancras , in consequence of a most horrible attempt ( all but successful ) on the part of a young woman , named Mary Chapman , aged 24 , the wife of a bricklayer , residing at 19 , Benry-street , to murder her three children b y str angulation , and the subsequent destruction of her own life by the same means . It appears that the husband ofthe unfortunate woman , who , with her family , occupied the first floor front room of the house 3 Jo . 19 , Henry-street , has been out of work for a very considerable period , until tbe last week ; and in consequence the family have been involved in considerable debt and great distress . On
Saturday morning the husband went to bis employment shortly before five o ' clock , leaving his wife , and Mary Anne , aged five years ; Amelia , aged three years ; and Williami aged ten months , his children , in bed . Shortly before eight o ' clock , a woman , named Martha Stevens , living in the adjoining room , heard the eldest child say once or twice , " Oh don't , mother . " And also heard the woman say something , apparently as if sliding the child . " Shortly before nine o ' clock the same woman fancied she heard faint groans proceed from Mrs . Chapman ' s room , and on calling to her and receiving no answer she was induced to try the door , and found it locked inside . Tins created a feeling in her mind that something was wrong , and she immediately went
out ana communicated her suspicions to a female named Emma King , a friend of Mrs . Chapman , reading opposite . On entering the apartment a most horrible scene presented itself . Lying on the bed was the body of the nnfortnnate woman , with the gnlation , which she had effected hy tyin » an old handkerchief in knots round her nlU-vJ ™ r , l wer e the two elder' chUdre ^ afo aptre ^ tiTS dying condition with their eyes and ^ nr " ton 4 ies protruding , -whilst the youngest-th ebabv iSE SttK ** !^^* ?*** to ^' trugfc at the breast of his unfortunate mother T & mother was quite dead , and Mary Anne , the eldest child , nearly so , having a pianafore bound tiSv round her neck , so that the strings had inadeJfS pl « e abrasion ; Le .-eyes were parading and S
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blood-shottcn . The second child Amelia , had a handkerchief tied round her neck , whilst round the neck of the infant was ' a piece of cord . The females seem 0 , that the children were not quite dead , first flew to their assistance , and with considerable difficulty released them . An alarm was then raised , and Mr . Collins , surgeon , of Mary-street , Hampsteadroad , was immediately sent for , and promptly attended , and in the meantime the handkerchief was , with tbe utmost difficulty removed from the neck of the unfortunate woman . On the arrival of Mr . Collins , he at once advised the removal of the three children to University College Hospital , and on examining the body of Mrs . Chapman , whom he pronounced to have been dead sometime , he found a wound in her throat , and a table knife was
found near the bed-side with blood upon it , ciearly indicating that the unfortunate woman , after she had , as sue thought , destroyed her children , had endeavoured in the first instance to take her own life by cutting her throat , but finding the weapon too blunt to effect the object had subsequently resorted to strangulation . On the arrival of the children at University College Hospital they had somewhat recovered from the effects of strangulation to which they had been subjected ; and after a minute examination by the medical officers of that institution , and some remedies being applied , they were considered to be out of danger , and were again removed back to the scene ofthe catastrophe . Mary Anne , the eldest child , who is a very intelligent little eiri . onbeinsinterrelated stated , " thather
mother tied the pinafore round her neck , and that when she began to cry she told her not to cry or she would beat her . " She states that she then saw her mother tie the handkerchief round the neck of her sister , and afterwards the baby , "butshe then became so bad , she could not see any more . The appearance of this poor little creature is truly shocking , and the marks round her throat , where the pinafore was tied are perfectly black and blue . It is the opinion of Mr . Collins , who first saw the children , that had the discovery of the sad catastrophe been delayed five minutes later , the whole of the children would have been dead , like their unfortunate parent . On Bennett , the summoning officer visiting the apartment , he found it in a most wretched condition . There was no food in
the place , and all the money found was one half' penny . The unfortunate woman bore a most excellent character for sobriety and integrity , but she has been known to complain for the last fortnight of pains in her head . Since the husband has got into employ , it appears that the parties to whom they were indebted have been exceedingly importunate for payment , and it is supposed that this preyed fearfully on her mind , and led her to contemplate the horrible crimes of murder and self suicide . —On Monday an inquest was held before llr . H . M . Wakley , upon the bod y of Mary Ann Chapman . Evidence having been given as to the condition in which the three children were discovered , the coroner said it was clear that the deceased had committed the act herself , and the
only question was , what state of mind she was in at the time . —Verdict , " Temporary insanity , brought on by poverty and distress . Suicioe . —On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , at the Coopers' Arms , Fish-street-hill , on the body of Charles Ferguson Lockhead , a youth aged 18 . It appeared that the deceased was junior clerk in the office of Messrs . Gates and Hayceck , wholesale butter merchants , in Fish-street , City . His general conduct had always been good , and his masters had no reason to doubt his honesty until last Saturday , when in making up his bills , he baring the management of the petty cash , his employers found a deficiency of £ 18 in an account of £ 52 . In reply to his masters' questions as to how he had disposed ofthe money , he made no answer
for some tune , but hi cross-examination he said , " Oh , he had left silver to the amount of £ 18 at Mr . Hlne ' s , a publican , and he was going to get the sum in gold on Monday . " Mr . Copeman , who is the junior p artner in the firm , immediately sent to the public-house , but Mr . Hines denied the statement of his having left any money with him . The deceased then underwent another private examination , but he would not confess that he had taken it . Mr . Copeman , in order to draw from him an acknowledgment of having taken the money , went out upon the pretence of procuring an officer . He was absent from the counting-house , where he had left deceased for a few minutes , and when he returned , he found the unfortunate youth insensible on his back , with a quantity of saliva running from
his mouth . He died before medical assistance could be obtained . Shortly before his death , he requested the carman in the employ of Messrs . Gates and Haycock to take a letter to his mother . This epistle ran nearly as follows : "When this reaches you I shall be no longer in the world . My accounts are deficient to the amount of £ 18 , but I have not robbed my employers . I am the victim of circumstances , but which I cannot reveal . " When his room was examined after death , a number of chemical works with a large amount of chemical apparatus were found . His death was caused by taking a large quantity of the essential oil of almonds . Yerdict , " Temporary insanity . " Death op a Souxambuust . —An inquest was held on Tuesday , before Mr . Baker , at the London
Hospital on the body of Joseph Boukett , who was killed under the following very shocking circumstances . It appeared that the deceased was a German emigrant , and had saved up some money in America . He had left that country a short time since , and arrived in London for the purpose of returning to his native place . He took up his lodgings at a German lodging house in Ship-alley , Weflclose-square , St . George ' s hi the East , and he slept in a room with ten other emigrants , in bunks or hammocks , which were fastened against the wall . On Thursday night he went to bed in the usual manner , and about one o clock the following morning he was seen to leave his bunk , and crawl along the ground toward the window . One of the Germans said to him ,
" Where are you going ? " and he replied in a strange manner that it was not his business . The deceased appeared fast asleep , and before he could be prevented he opened the window , which was only four feet from the floor , then put his feet out , and he fell to the ground , a distance of about thirty feet . He was immediately picked up , and his head was found to be fractured in a most shocking manner . He was removed to the hospital , where he died _ shortly afterwards . The witness said ho had no doubt that the deceased was asleep , but he did not like to swear to it . The jury , in that case , returned an open verdict , " That the deceased was killed by falling from a window , but whether he was asleep or not there was no evidence to show . "
A Man Stabbed . —On Saturday morning last a considerable sensation was created in Leather-lane in consequence of a ruffianly fellow , six feet high , named Patrick Maher , having stabbed in the head a little man , of the name of Biggs . The parties , it appears , were strangers to each other , and met by chance at a public house , when Maher wished to drink with the wounded man , who refusing to allow him , was suddenly attacked , and received two very fri g htful wounds , which nearly scalped him . The poor fellow immediatel y fell down in a state of insensibility , in which state he was conveyed to the hospital . Maher was apprehended by Police-constable Helloway , and taken before Mr . Tyrrwhitt , at Clerkenwell-court , who remanded him .
As IXFURIATED BULLOCK . —HARROW ESCAPE . — On Monday afternoon much consternation was caused in the City in consequence of the escape of a bullock which had broken loose from a slaughterhouse in Aldgate . Efforts were made to secure the infuriated beast , but on he dashed along Fenchurchstreet , through Lombard-street and Birchin-lane , knocking down one or two persons on the way . At the junction of Princes-street with the corner of Threadneedle-street , a gentleman had a most hairbreadth escape of being gored . The angry animal butted with great force at him as he . was standing at the corner of the street , but the horns ' eoming in contact with the lamp-post he escaped . Suddenly he rushed forward in the direction of Bartholomewlane where he knocked down an old man who was
carrying a bag of cement , and who had a most fortunate escape . The animal then ran towards Broadstreet , knocking down several other persons , most of whom received contusions more or less severe . He then turned into Bishopsgate church-yard , where he was eventually secured , and afterwards slaughtered . Extensive Fire at HottowAT . —Saturday morning last , about nine o ' clock , a fire , attended with a serious destruction of property , broke out upon the premises of Mr . Biggs , a carpenter and furniture warehouseman , carrying on an extensive business at 29 , Cornwall-place , Hofloway , near the gate . The flames broke out in one of the workshops , and , in spite ofthe most strenuous exertions , continued to travel with more than usual rapidity . The
occupiers of the contiguous premises , on seeing the danger to which their own property was exposed , commenced tearing out the windows of their dwellings , and throwing their furniture into the street . At length a powerful muster of engines belonging to the London Brigade , West of England , and parish arrived , and vast bodies of water were thrown into the burning mass , in spite of which the flames were not conquered until Mr . Bi ggs ' s premises were totally destroyed , and , with the exception of his little property removed by the neighbours , the whole of his stock in trade was burnt . So . 29 , Cornwallplace , belonging to Mr . Stamford , is likewise
severely damaged by fire , water , and removal ; and so is 3 To . 27 , in the same thoroughfare , in the tenure of Mr . Willis . No . 26 , in the occupancy of Mr . Carpenter , is damaged by the removal of furniture ^ c , and the back premises of Mi * . Lake , grocer , No . 41 , Holloway-road , are extensively injured . Five other fires occurred in different localities , but they were got under without occasioning much loss of property . Long-Acre . —On Tuesday night between eight and nine o ' clock , a fire broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr . Holiday , a fixture dealer , carrying on business at No . 82 , Long-acre , adjoining Phinell ' s wine raults . The flames were first discovered by a
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police constable , who immediately raised an alarm , when the fire was found to he ascending so fiercely that the inmates , consisting of Mr . Holliday , a female , andthree children , had the greatest difficulty in effecting their escape . Tlie engines were quickly on the spot , but in spite of the utmost exertions the flames were not extinguished until nearly ten o ' clock , and not before some hundred of pounds of damage was done . The origin of the disaster is unknown . Fortunately the sufferer was partiall y insured . " Islington . —Shortly before two o ' clock on the same day , a fire occurred on the premises in the . ^ ^
occupation of Mr . Micnaei moss , a turner and straw ' bonnet maker , Elizabeth-place , Islington . At the time of the outbreak , the whole of the residents were in their beds asleep , audit was with considerable difficulty that they were enabled to escape . The moment the residents were taken from the building , messenger was sent for the engines , when on the arrival of the firemen the whole ofthe premises were found to be in flames . In spite of the exertions of the firemen the flames were not subdued until the whole of Mr . Moss ' s property was reduced to ashes and tho building gutted . The total loss is very considerable , and will fall on the Phoenix fire-office .
MiLE-Esn KEW-TOWN . ~ On Wednesday morning , shortly after four o ' clock , a five broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . W . Burls , patent leather japanner , & c „ in Devonshire-street . The fire originated in the factory , and the building was burnt down before the flames could he mastered . Mr . Burls was uninsured , but the building was insured in the West of England Fire-office . Sr . George ' s is the East . —A fire broke out in the premises belonging to Messrs . J . C . and J . Hill , patent cork manufacturers , situate in Thomasstrcet . It commenced in one of the factories , and the firemen were unable to get the fire out until tho premises and their contents were nearly destroyed .
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Frightful Accident to a Clergyman . — BeistoIi , Saturday . —Yesterday afternoon a most appalling accident occurred at St . Vincent ' s-rocks , Hotwell s , whereby the Rev . George Hickes , son of the late Dr . Hickes , of Brock-street , Bath , lost his life . From the inquest which , was held on the body last night , it appeared that the deceased left his house between eleven and twelve o ' clock . He was at that time in his usual health and spirits , and said he should return soon , and be sure to be in to dinner . About an hour afterwards a witness named Field , who was on St . Vincent ' s-rocks , observed him
standing about three yards from her . He had but one glove on . While witness was walking about he got on the top ofthe rock , near the Observatory , on the side towards the Down . Witness went on about twenty yards , and just as she turned again she saw the gentleman scrambling to catch hold of something to save himself from falling over the cliff . He did not appear to be giddy , or to have any intention of going over the rocks : on the contrary , he tried to save himself . He did not cry out . Assistance was promptly procured , and a surgeon was in attendance within a qnarterof an houror twenty minutes , but he never moved after be fell from the rock . There was a severe wound at the back of his skull , and his right leg was dreadfully shattered . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
Drbadfux Tragedy in Liverpooi .. —On Friday , the 3 rd inst , a sad scene was presented to " a number of persons who burst into a house in No . 1 Court , Oriel-street , Vaushall-road , in this town . Two children , aged , respectively , one and nine years , were found dead in bed with their throats cut from ear to ear ; and there lay stretched upon the same palliasse two other corpses , and a man with his windpipe partially severed , the suspected murderer of his two children . The following are the melancholy particulars of the affair : —The house in question was occupied by a man named Patrick Joseph Colkin , who comes , we believe , from Carlow . He was a schoolmaster , in humble style , his school beine situated in one of the dense streets in the neighbourhood of the Custom-house . His family
| consisted of himself , wife , and three children . Mary ' Ann Colkin , his wife , was under thirty . Their eldest son , James Colkin , was nine years of age ; Sarah Colkin , their daughter , seven years ; and there was an infan : little more than eleven months old . Colkin himself , who is said to be a man of superior attainments , and to have seen better days , was sober and peaceable , and the family bore a high character in the nei g hbourhood . Chojera , however , visited the domicile , and on Wednesday the daughter Sarah fell a victim to the disease . The evil did not end here , for Mrs . Colkin herself was attacked , and expired of the same malady on Thursday morning . The heads of the family had been noted in the neighbourhood for their evident attachment , and , after the death of his wife , Colkin sink into despondency , which soon
assumed a frantic character . A woman , named Jane Kane , who resides in Paul-street , who was a familiar of the family , had volunteered her services as nurse to the two deceased . The corpses were laid out , and she was struck on Thursday with the melancholy attitude that the man Colkin had assumed . He bewailed the loss of his wife , and declared that he would never eat again . We ought , perhaps , here to state that on the morning of his wife ' s death Colkin called at the house of a Mend in Wbitechapel , shaking hands with the inmates , and declaring that they would never see him any more . The woman Kane left the house about ten o ' clock on Friday morning . Aboub half-past two o ' clock she called again , but found that the door was fast . The fact created suspicion , and she alarmed the neighbourhood . Entrance was
effected through the window , and a horrid scene presented itself . The bodies of Calkin ' s two children were found lying at the foot of a bed , quite dead , with their throats cut from ear to ear . On the same mattress lay stretched tbetwo cholera corpses , and by the side of his wife Colkin himself was found , with his throat cut , but still alive . With both arms he embraced his dead wife . The bed clothesi of course , were deluged with blood , and further details would only disgust . A razor , the instrument of the mischief , was lying on the floor . The alarm was promptly given , and it so happened that Mr . Kilner , one of the Indefatigable Dispensary surgeons , was passing up the street at the time . He was called in , and gave orders for the immediate removal of Colkin to the Northern Hospital . This was . done under the superintendence of the police . As they
lay in a dark corner of the bed , the two murdered children were not at first discovered ; they were cold and lifeless when found , and it is the opinion of the surgeon that they must have been dead for several hours . We have heard , but cannot vouch for the fact , that although the outer shutters had not been closed , the window had been nailed down inside . Colkin , as we have stated , was removed on a stretcher to the hospital , where the usual remedies were applied . He appeared collected and sensible ; and , when reference was made to the tragic occurrence , said simply that grief for the death of his wife , who was always especially dear to him , had driven him mad . Although a frightful gash had been inflicted , he was not on reception considered in a dangerous state , and he showed considerable symptoms of recovery on Saturday afternoon .
The Inquest . —On Monday , before P . F . Curry , Esq . the borough coroner , inquests were held conjointly on view of the bodies of James Colkin and Catherine Colkin . After hearing tbe evidence , which was the same as above stated , the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Patrick Joseph Colkin in both cases . " —The accused is still at the hospital , and very ill , but hopes are entertained of his recovery . He had formerly , we learn , been in good circumstances . Representation of West Surrey . —A requisition is in course of signature-to Mr . Williams , the late member for Coventry , requesting him to stand for , this division of the county . Mr . Briscoe , who formerly represented the county , hai issued ah address , offering himself as a candidate . Alleged Post Office Robbery . — « A clerk in the Worcester Post Office , named William Merrick , has been remanded upon a charge of stealing money letters .
Fataii Accident to a Miner , and Exp losion of Fire-damp . —On Monday an inquest was held at Manchester , on the body of a young man named James Thornton , who worked in the coal-pit of Mr . J . Bradbury , at Droylesden . About a fortnight ago it appears Thornton went down into the pit with a candle , and proceeded to the far end , set the candle down , and began to work ; but he had hardl y done so before one or two workmen near him perceived a blaze immediately spring up , as though gunpowder had ignited , and heard a terrific explosion . Almost
blinded themselves , they rushed backwards , and in a few minutes perceived Thornton tottering along towards them , apparently very much hurt . It was found that he was severely burnt in almost every part ofthe body . He Was taken up the shaft , and afterwards removed to the infirmary , where he died on Monday last . It appears the miners never use their safety lamps , unless aware of the presence of fire-damp ; and in the presentinstanceThorntonwas cautioned , though , unfortunately , the caution was given him after he had descended the pit , A . verdict was returned of " Accidental death . "
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Melancholy Accident . —Six Lives Lost . —On the afternoon of Thursday , the 29 th ult ., a boat belonging to the Rev . Mr . Finlayson , clergyman' of the Free Church at Lochs , Island of Lewis , went out on a fishing excursion . There were on board of the boat Donald and Robert Finlayson , sons ot the reverend gentleman , Donald Macauley , son of Capt . Macauley , Stornoway , and three other young men belonging , to Luerbost , Lochs . In the evening the boat ' not arriving , some alarm was naturall y excited , and on the following ; . morning a . sfcrjcfr search was made , when , melancholy to relate , the boat was found bottom up , on an island called Tava , near the Bisken Isles , with tbe sheet ef the lag soUmade '
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f « t This had been cut by someone on board , Smin " r at the liist moment , near to the earing ot ftS but too late to savc . the young men . On sS av last four of the bodies were found-three of them near to the place where it is supposed he p t tnem ^ hcu r M F nlayson's . son ( the JSLSefEJw o " ' board ) , and two of the other f £ Thebody of Mr . Finlayson ' s eldest son Kound at the rock where tlie boat had struck , 3 Uppied when the boat had upsethe bad got on her bottom , as his bf \ f h e . ° V his hands evidentl y ma-e a struggle for his lite , nis "anas beog scraped and bruised seemingly inh . s attempt to get up the steep rocks of the « land . This is one of the most lamentable accidents that ha occurred in this island for many years . - Inverness Courier . r —^ 0 ^
DISTURBANCES IN NORTH UTST . ( From the Inverness Courier . ) It is with the deepest regret we have to record that disturbances , apparently ofa very « nouseb » racter , have taken p lace m North Uist , one Oi the islands of the Hebrides , in this / ounty . Lord Macdonald is sole proprietor of this island , wh ich contains about 5 , 000 inhabitants . A large proportion of these are croftars and cottars , who , since the failure of the potato crop , have been in a state of extreme destitution . At the worst period of the scarcity ^ ™ 1846-7 , meal was supplied b y Lord Macdonald , and work found under the Drainage Act , and the relief committee have since extended assistance to the most necessifmi « tfmieration . however , with an enlargement
ofthe crofts or holdings of those who should remain was censidered the only means of permanently improving the parish . " Far removed from the seats of manufacture and constant employment , a great nart ofthe time of the small tenantry is wasted which might be . profitably emp loyed . Early marriages , which have become habitual for ages back increase the population in a ratio almost incredible ; and tho crofts or lots , orig inally-too small for the first possessor , and necessarily sub-divided among the married sons or dau ghters are become totally unfit to suppl y them with the comfortabhv or even necessary means of subsistence . —( statistical Account . ) ¦ „ ,,. . j In order to remedy the evils of sub-division and
the tenant-at-will system , Lord Macdonald this year laid down rules-for the management of his Skye estate . He resolved on increasing all lots that mi ght require it up to four Scotch acres , and granting leases to the occupants . In the second report of the Destitution Board , Captain Elliot , the inspector / alludes to this arrangement , and remarks" He will without rise of rent grant leases , in no cases under eight years' duration , when they shall have completed improvements in drainage , trenching , and fencing , equal to two years of their present valued rent ; and further , that in respect of those at present holding no land he is willing to allocate improvable portions to the same extent of waste land at a nominal rent on a fifteen years . l « ase ,. with
certain reasonable terms attached . " Captain Elliot reports the effect of his new arrangement as most gratifying to the people of Skye . They set to work vigorously on their little possessions , and he counted something more than one hundred new drains opened up on the second day of the now system ( April 30 , 1843 ) . An impulse and motive for exertion had been supplied to the people . Lord Macdonald at the same time resolved on effecting some improvement on his extensive estate of North Uist ; and all parties judged it necessary that emigration to a considerable extent should first take place . Before consolidating and enlarging the crofts , the redundant population required to be otherwise provided for , so that no croft of four acres should be entitled to a lease if burdened with more
than one family . In March last about a hundred of the small'cottars were summoned to remove at the Whitsunday term , and all were offered a free passage to Canada , where a large number of their relatives and acquaintances—nearly 600 souls , who left North Uist in 1828 and at subsequent periods—were comfortably settled . The Relief Board , convinced of the necessity for emigration in the present state ofthe country , offered 20 s . to each adult , and 10 s . for parties under fourteen years of age . Lord Macdonald agreed to pay all the other expenses of removal , besides foregoing all arrears ot rent , and assisting the most destitute with clothes . His lordship also offered to send with them a respectable person of their choosing to see them favourably settled in Canada .
These terms were explained to the people by Mr . Cooper , Lord Macdonald ' s commissioner , but when Whitsunday came , none of them offered to remove . Mr . Cooper and Mr . Shaw , the sheriff-substitute , then reasoned with them on the better prospect opened up to them by their removal to Canada , and tne misery of their present condition , dependent upon the Destitute Board , and without any remunerative source of employment . The people , however , wore resolute , and seeing that all remonstrances were in vain , legal steps were taken for ejectments . A small number of the people , we understand , were ejected , but the weather was wet and stormy , and the remainder were allowed to remain . About a fortnight since , the sheriff
accompanied tlie officers to the township of bolas , in qiwad sacra parish of Tr umisgavvy , to complete the evictions . Immediately on their appearing in sight a black flag was hoisted , and a great number of people assembled . There is a popupition of about one hundred in Solas , but they were joined b y others from the neighbouring townships . Mr . Shaw , the sheriff , is generally popular in the island , both on account of his own merits and those of his father . The people emphatically said they would not hurt a hair of his head , but they threatened instant death to any officer who would ' attempt to eject them . The sheriff , from motives of humanity , and to allow time for further deliberation , withdrew the officers , and intimated to the people that he would return on the
following day . Some of the officers remained in the neighbourhood of the spot , but during the night the house in which they slept was surrounded , largo stones were thrown , and the officers wore obliged to fly . Nothing could be done on the following day . A spirit of determination possessed the people , and their numbers had swelled to several hundred per * sons . The most prominent of the leaders declared that they would neither go away nor pay rent ; that they would not allow sequestration of their effects , but keep the cattle for gale at the markets . " Their conduct altogether , " says a correspondent , " was very unlike what Highlanders might be expected to exhibit , and some mischievous demagogue must have been amongst them . One man said that before they would be turned out they would do as the Hungarians did with the Austrians ! " The
authorities had no force to carry eut . the law , and they withdrew from the infuriated populace , and information was conveyed to tho sheriff of the county . We have confident hopes that the matter will be peaceably adjusted . Ten years since a similar disturbance took place in Harris , but tho authorities of tho county , on repairing to the spot , speedily removed the misunderstanding and restored order . In cases of this painful nature , there will always be a difference of opinion as to the proper course to be pursued . One intelligent gentleman , a native of the island of North Uist , though cordially approving of emigration as a means of benefitting the Highlands , informs us that Lord Macdonald's manager should have made arrangements for sending the people sooner to Canada . It is now too late in the season . The removals should have been made
more gradually . Instead of attempting to expatriate 500 or 000 souls at once , the emigration should have been spread over three or four years ,. A correspondent of the Inverness Advertiser , in North Uist , writing before the disturbances broke out , gives a counter-statement to that given by the Inverness Courier of the conduct pursued by the proprietor and others towards tne population . He writes as follows : —The affairs oi the ^ island of North Uist have not , it would appear , been made public , else the people , who are now being visited with the greatest harshness and oppression , mi ght have been saved from what they deem the heaviest of all afflictions—that of being turned out of their houses and from the homesteads of their fathers
by a kind of wholesale ejectment . The population of the island does not reach 4 , 000 , and it cannot be said that it is over-populated , when it is remembered that the island and islets extend from north to south about thirty miles , and from east to west the greatest width fifteen miles , and when on every hand there is land which , if only laboured and drained , would render it an exporting instead of importing country . No encouragement in any one given way is held out to draw forth the energies of the inhabitants or give them the means of subsistence beyond the paltry produce of their crofts . I do not speak now of the large grazing farms . The people were encouraged to remain on the island by the Lords Macdonald for the purpose of makin « kelp , and by it much money reached the pockets of the proprietors for the time , andthe $ rents were not then felt a great burden , when paid b y labour Now kelp has ceased to be made , but the hi » h
money-rents of the crofts are still the same as when paid in labour ; and this , coupled with the failure in potatoes , has caused the tenant to fall somewhat in arrears . They have suffered much from the want of food , and after , in numerous instances , having consumed the produce of their lands have been compelled to seek assistance from the Highland Relief Committee . It is true that to a very limited extent this committee have given employment , but for ninety-six hours' work for improvements for Lord Macdonald the small quantity of two stones of Indian meal is doled out once a fortni ght , Intervals have intervened when no meal was to be had , and the poor men have worked fordays and their families have lived solely on . small" fish * and cockles . True , also , Lord Macdonald , under the Drainage _ Act , expended some few hundreds , but this has been applied invidiously , whole districts being almost omitted , and those now under process of ejection ; and tho wagea , without reaching the
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pocket of the drainer , went no further than his lordshi p ' s own pocket , to diminish old arrears , and therefore have proved no immediate boon . _ ¦ The district of Solas , in the parliamentary parish of Trumisgarry , is at present in the deepest distress . Arrears are certainly due , owing , as already said , to exorbitant rents , the total cessation of the making of the kelp , and the failure of potatoes . But the tenants , with their cottars and their chil-r dren , amounting to between 600 and 700 , irrespective of these and every other consideration , are in tho course of being forcibly ejected . They asked delay , offering to dispose of their live stock at the market , and labour in the mean time in making kelp at such a reduced rate as would remunerate of drainer , went no further than his
Lord Macdonald , and offering to take their farms or crofts , on just and equitable terms . But no , their respectful petitions have not been attended to , and the law must force them off the island . They were summoned to remove as on 15 th May ; but , let it be noticed , they were , by the factors or ex ^ factors , or their minions , urged to plough largel y , and sow more largely than ever ; and this they did after 15 th May . The poor people parted with thciv home-made clothes and blankets , & c , for seed . They hoped that all this would have been for their own benefit ; but no , after all , they arc not to reap the fruits . They have been allowed also to cast their winter peats , but he seems to desire to have these for a bonfirewhen he by might shall have turned off a
, sound-hearted , honest people . Every three or four ofthe tenants have had goods hypothecated , and many fires have been put out , and the furniture thrown out of doors , and the doors sealed , up . Very great is the distress , and heart-rending theories and sobbings of the helpless people , their wives and children . His lordship bids them , by his servants , be off to Canada ; alas ! at this late season , without money , without friends ! The passage-money will bo paid by his lordship ; ay , it will , but out of the proceeds of their cattle and crops ! But what ofthe unbeddedand cold . sheds on the quays of Quebec and Montrealand the way to the interior , and
, bread for the coming severe ' winter ? Is all this enacting so near home , and none to interfere ? no voice to be lifted up to expose to merited obloquy such oppression—such a trampling on the rights of so many of our countrymen ? Two or three days of grace have been given , when if the people do not subscribe some document agreeing to emigrate , the houses are to be destroyed . Hitherto they have meekly suffered ; but endurance has its limits . It is to be hoped that Lord Macdonald and his officers will yet relent , and show somewhat of the magnanimous and philanthropic , if not show that of pity and compassion .
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Jiwano , THE QUEEN'S VISIT . The Queen , accompanied by Prince Albert , and four of her children , sailed in the Victoria , and Albert Yacht from Osborne , on Wednesday , the 1 st inst , on her much talked of visit to Ireland . She was accompanied b y a considerable squadron of steamers of various sizes , and had remarkably fine weather for her voyage . The royal fleet did not anchor in any of the
harbours on the coast after leaving Osborne , as was anticipated , but proceeded direct to Ireland , the consequence was , that her Majesty arrived on Thursday evening in Cove , earlier than was expected . On the appearance of the squadron rockets were thrown up and bonfires lighted on Spike Island , Hawlbowline , and all along the heights . When the royal yacht appeared within Roche ' s Point , the men-ofwar burnt blue lights at- the yardarms and spanker and fly ing jibbooms , the Marines in each ship firing a feudejoie instead of the royal salute , which would have taken place had her Majesty arrived before
sunset . The town of Cove was speedily illuminated , fireworks were discharged from the Columbine quay . On the following morning the authorities went on board the royal yacht to ascertain the Queen ' s intention as to landing . Sir George Grey expressed to them her Majesty ' s gratification at the reception she had met with in Cove during the previous evening , and stated her intention to visit the city in the afternoon . The Mayor urged the disappointment that would be felt if the original arrangement not to land till to-morrow were departed from : to which the right lion , baronet replied , that her Majesty was most anxious if possible , to reach Dublin on Saturday evt-ning . The Queen would , therefore , visit Cork at four o clock this afternoon , receive the addresses of the corporation and the other public bodies who had announced to him their intention of presenting them , and would leave for Dublin in the morning .
This announcement created something like consternation among the citizens , who in their eagerness to exhibit all the outward and visible signs of loyalty , in the shape of triumphal arches and other patriotic devices , feared fhe time would be too short to enable them to complete their preparations . The river Lee was crowded with boats and craft of all descriptions , filled with people eager to catch a glimpse ofthe royal visitors , while on shore every house was decorated according to the taste and resources of its owner , in honour of the visit . About two her Majesty , accompanied by Prince
Albert , presented himself to the people on the deck of the yacht . " One wild huzza of illimitable length and loudness , " says the Times , " rang from boat to boat and shore to shore . " The steam hissed fiercely from the tiny throat of the Fairy as if impatient of further delay ; then she moved slowly towards the royal yacht , and amid the thunders of artillery , the multitudinous shouts of the people , and the sturdy cheers of the sailors who manned the yards , the Queen and Prince Albert , with their suite , proceeded with Sir George Grey and the Earl of FortCSCUCj in the royal tender to Columbine-quay , Cove .
There arose a cheer , loud , long , and universal , hailing her Majesty ' s first setting foot on Irish soil . Her Majesty appeared much gratified with her reception , and graciously acknowledged the plaudits which pealed from land to sea . Her Majesty , accompanied by Prince Albert and her suite , walked from the yacht to the pavilion erected a short distance from the shore . Here an address was presented , in which the Queen was requested to change the name of the town from Cove to Queenstown , in order to commemorate her visit . Having acknowledged the kindly welcome she had received , and sanctioned the change of name , her Majesty re-embarked on board the Fairy and proceeded to Cork amidst the most enthusiastic demonstrations of
loyalty , The Custom house , where her Majesty was to land , was the great point of attraction . There was erected a handsome pavilion communicating with the water by a flight of steps and covered with an awning of scarlet chilli . The pavilion was capable of seating 400 ladies , for whose accommodation it was specially reserved . Here had assembled the Earl of Bandon , Lord-L eutenant ofthe county , and Countess ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Thomond , Lord and Lady Bernard , the Earl ofListowel , Lady Augusta Howe , Lord Carbevvy , Colonel Bourke , Deputy-Lieutenant ; Mr . Saarsfield , the High Sheriff ; General Turner , the Commander of the district , and other official personages . The whole side of the Custom-house facing the water was covered with a rich scarlet cloth , on which
was worked m line relief gold-coloured representations ofthe national emblems—the shamrock , rose and thistle . Immediatel y over the entrance to the pavilion was placed a handsome gold crown , supported in bold letters by the national welcome , "Cead mdle fealtha , " which being interpreted , means a hundred thousand welcomes . " On either side of the triumphal arch floated flags , on one of which was engraved the arms of Cork with the motto " Statiobenefidecarinis . " Two magnificent Urecian vases , filled with the choicest flowers of the country , were placed at the eastern end of the pavilion supported by pedestals , on which were placed the letters V . and A ., raised in golden colours and resting on true lovers knots , represented in the same brilliant hue .
fi On the approach of the yacht a royal salute was fired from eight pieces of ordnance placed on the quayimmediately opposite the Custom-house , which was followed by a shout of exulting loyalty from the thousands congregated on board the steamers and wharfs , the enthusiastic character Of which evidently much affected her Majesty . The civil authorities of the district proceeded on board and presented addresses , and her Majesty conferred the honour of knighthood on the Wyorof ^"" Iv Addresses were also presented from the SSSSri ^ - 'f % » dIocesc ' ^ he RomaS Lattiohc Clergy , _ On landing a procession was formed .
ineuueen and Pnnce Albert , with Lady Jocelyn , Lady-m-Waiting , and the Maid of Honour in Waitin ? , occupied the first carriage , which had been prepared for her Majesty—a landau , drawn by four gray horses , and preceded by two outriders , also on gray horses . The second , a barouche , also drawn by four gray horses , was occupied by Lord Fortescue , Sir 6 Grey , and Colonel Gordon . On either side of the carnage occupied by the Queen rede the Earl of Bandon , attended by the HonH . B . Bernard , both Iffifte . y Cn Mps , and Gmeral Turner , attended by his aides-de-camp . The procession was preceded by Viscount Bernard , Colonel of the Sv of Cork Mihtia , attended by Captain Warren aide de-camp , Lord Carbeiry , General ShouldE , Mr B . Turner , lion , and Rev . C . B . Bernard Mr n " S h «**!«*!* theDepVty - LieSnant 5 " t
county oiuorK , all in full uniform , and by Mr A K . Fox , county inspector of bolW fmL „; - ' ,-, after the four ' ofeig &' wiXf ^^ gH" ^ her suite , followed carriages conta . E f $ »? n an and Marchioness of Thomond S nii — ar ^ ui evergreens and flowers hiL , ™ - ^ . anded with dearuient h V ^ sSSiS'ZPT ^ ° ^ « God save tlie Queen , " « n ? vl ^ . i , me : ho ; oe and England ' s glory . " Th ^ inJ ° 5 % Irektld S siotf was kept by companies of t £ Ca tU ? vne T
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ble order prevailed . The shops were all closed ; every window and balcony was tenanted ^ the gentlemen shouting and the ladies waving their handKerchiefs . In every part of the route her Majesty was most enthusiastically received , although in portions of the route imny of the people who crowded cue streets looked poor and haggard . _ On the return of the procession to the Custom * house , at six o ' clock , the Queen and Prince Albert re-embarked and proceeded down the river , reaching Cove at seven o ' clock . On Saturday morning evident preparationsjor sailing were visible in the royal squadron : Numbers of small boats and yachts were to be seen rowing and sailing round the royal yacht , with numbers of ladies and gentlemen on board , anxious to get , u ble order prevailed . _ TheShop ^ were
possible , a glimpse of the Queen and Prince Albert . The Prince of Wales and the royal Princesses , being on baard , were also objects apparently of intense interest , particularly to the ladies . The royal party , with that considerate condescension which has marked their conduct throughout in Cork , and with an evident desire to gratify an excusable and evea laudable curiosity , came on deck repeatedly _ ana leant over the side of the yacht , so that the si ghtseers should be sent away perfectly satisfied , ine Queen was on deck at nine o ' clock , dressed m a morning wrapper and plain straw bonnet with 8 re veil . Prince Albert had on a military cap with gold band , and a shooting jacket and light trowsers . The Prince of Wales was dressed in a sailors hat and jacket ; and if one could judge by the manner in which he bounded alone the deck , seemed in
the best health and spirits . The royal princesses were under the care of the governess , and the three royal children were constantly to be seen gathering round the Queen , and evidently posing her Majesty by their questions . At ten o ' clock precisely the orders were given to weigh anchor , and in a very few minutes the yacht was under weigh . The Fsiry was immediately in her wake , and then followed the Black Eag le and Banshee . A royal salute was fired from the Camden and Carlisle forts , the yards of the men-of-war in harbour were manned in the usual way , and the whole squadron steamed out of the harbour with wonderful vapidity . ¦ ¦ ¦"¦ , A somewhat smart breeze was encountered on tbe
voyage , which deranged the commodore ' s arrangements as to the order in which the vessels were to follow each other , and gave risex to a race between two of the " crack" steamers , which is spiritedly narrated by the correspondent of the Times . - —The Victoria and Albert hoisted some mysterious little flags to her main , which , after fluttering for a iittle * were hauled down and replaced by others ,. and in a moment the Vivid and the Banenee put down their helms and went about as fast as they could till they had altered their course completely . In fact , they had been ordered to run and speak the Sphynx , then right astern , and almost hull down , to return and pass the royal yacht , that they might ascertain their
respective rates of speed . The little vessels absolutely flew over the water—no , not over exactly , for now and then , the Vivid especially , they sent their sharp bows right into a wave and were for a second lost in a hazy mist of spray . The race was most exciting ; parallel to each other > and only about 30 O yards apart , the rivals went plunging on through foam and wave to their common goal . The commanders , like the two sons of Tydeus , eager toexcel , hurried about trumpet in hand , from deck to paddlebox , and noting every yaw of tea iteersmea with the closest scrutiny , and encouraging their engineers as the heroes of old were wont to exhort their charioteers . For miles they steamed on , and
yet it would be impossible to say any alteration took place in their respective positions . By rapid degrees the Sphynx was neared , and the excitement was at its greatest . The Vivid , smaller than the Banshee » and much shorter , went round like a top , and passed up to the port quarter of the man-of-war . The Banshee , describing a far wider circle , ranged up on her starboard-quarter , and it then became evident that her rival had somewhat the best of the struggle , and would pass the Sphynx first . So , indeed , it proved , and the race was to the swift , for the Vivid on drawing ahead of the Sphynx was perhaps a few inches in advance of the Banshee , but continued in the race back to the Victoria and Albert to increase
her advantage till she was nearly a cable s length before her competitor . It was nearly two o ' clock before they rounded the Sphynx ; and just before three they came up wl . h the Royal yacht . Here the Vivid would not be denied ; making the most of her position , she dished right before the Banshee so as to give her the full benefit of the wash of her wheels , and shot past like a racehorse . As the gallant little craft neared the Vicforia and Albert all the hands of the latter were piped on deck , and her officers cheered the victors lustily , while the Prince and the distinguished persons by whom he was surrounded seemed highly delighted with the contest . The squadron dropped anchor for the night at
half-past tour o clock , between two small fishing stations—named Passage and Ballyhack , on the estuary at the head of which stands Waterford . Ths people of the district Were prepared for the visit , and gave a hearty welcome . At a quarter after five o ' clock the Fairy , having Prince Albert on board , steamed up the river to-Waterford , which is about ei ght miles from the anchorage , and returned alongside the royal yacht at ten minutes to ei g ht o ' clock , having just given time to any one on board to take a ghnipse of the town so famous for butter and bacon and Young Irelandism . When ni ght closed ' in , Passage and Ballyhack illuminated — those poor small villages ! Not a window but exhibited its candle at every pane , while bonfires blazed on the quay and gleamed away up the dark sides ofthe distant hills .
Early on Sunday morning the Stromboli , Lucifer , and Sphynx , which had arrived at intervals during tho night , weighed anchor , and proceeded northward towards Dublin in advance of the Squadron , neither the Trident nor La Hoguo having as yet made their appearance . The Vivid , at a quarter past six o clock , was sent outside to see how the weather looked , and came back in two hours with a report sufficiently favourable to induce Lord Fitzciarence to give orders for sailing , and the squadron weighed anchor and stood down the river shortly attcr nine o clock . The day was , however , overcast with clouds , and a strong breeze from the east had raised a sea , of which the vessels soon began to feel the effects . Under the usual salute from Duncannon Fort , the yacht , followed by the Fairy , Black Lagle , Banshee , and Vivid , opened the Hook Light , and got into clear water past the
fatal"Creek of Baggenbun , Where Ireland was lost and won ;" for there it was , according to the traditional rhyme , that Strongbow landed his kni ghts and avchersiust < 00 years ago , and won b y force and fraud many a broad acre . J Thence by the Saltecs , those insidious rooks , at whose bast rest the remains of many a gallant af 1 ^ ' ' ? , ° y aIflcefc ™ nt onwards to the fuscai- ; an Irish Eddystqne , reared on a mass of half submerged granite in a stormy sea miles from inn , i
liere the expatriated watchers had hoisted their little liaojs , and perched up in the gallery , peered at tlie wonderful pageant as it swept past them ; then the low coast receded from view , and the turbid waters showed the shallow seas which the ships were navigating . . . . At half-past one o ' clock La Hogue hove well in sight on her course from Cork , steaming away , with mamsads , fore and maintopgallant sail foresail , and spanker set . As her huge K , ^ ° Up ° - M ^? >» on and exhibited h ! r lofty Sides with distinctness enough to enable one to perceive her tremendous batterv she rovoil \ "l ^ ^ . Sted ° olou \ . s , and Ld a TO , lut ° P < "d stylo . Passintr between
Ai'ttiow oaiiKs and the mainland , but at such a mZ tanco that the scenery in so dul rda ? waraimosfr indiscernible , the fleet by degrees drewlnland f 3 the coast of Wicklow-glorious with nurnle monn tains , green hill sideband ricKnduSgTndg covered with the ripening crops-became accessible Their course thenceforward was indeed a invft never to beforgotten . The pa ' ntex ^ nd the S togethor could do it justice , and they only fvho shall describe the beauty of those bavs set u the recesses of majestic hills , or the infinite diversity of wood and dale-of harvest field and rugged 3- ^ of mountain and valley clothed with the ° blue heath and yellow furze , empurpled with the m « ffi £ ~™
i th ? T' 2 l , wa his setting , freed from the An dn „ fn ? J 0 b , SCUred his ™ ei ? dian sp endour ! And out of every bay came tiny boats , with sails flick ™ m the li ght lilce a soabird ' s wing ; and on the lofty promontories were congre gated " masses of people , who , no doubt , cheeredTustil ? IT the n ^ ntorv ^ fV 7 ' WicU ° * -l ™ d Kto uS pi omontory of Bray wore covered with hundreds of people On rounding the latter , 5 Kiev B £ nSr ? and te ln- ampl ° " fa surrounded by tlfe wYcfiw Sfeta ? $ SfflrfW - " ?< "" derneatSi thl
franl ^ b £ nft ? hftL F / 0 m ^ - "ead the bay sweepa S £ Sf * SS '* KK S ^ K ^ V ^ tfiHSES a ^ SSSffffi ^^ s * edge , which pushcrthiS ' -r ] fe Rater ' s the royal vacht -m waiu « i il y Seund towards ¦ " ¦
iromthe top-heavv stafp nf + ££ V" \"' S . «««» / Queen passed the cL £ teife doCk , ^ , On haulino- S t \ ra weic Realty and sustained . Muglin iSs whlw kGy Is lana > <* « to « the Kit BavVnS ? . ^ - ^ siae . the-steamers in Seir vS , ^? i i theu " , Stiltions by sign ^ » manned d v ionl > L , aild , ' eSSOd With colou « * « d « tw ° Urns ons the royal squadron , now onegorgeous mass oi sti earners , and animated lines of white and blue stretched out on the bending yards from lower to royal mast , prepared to enter the harbour ot Kingstown , while her Majesty ' s steamer Dragon , off its mouth , observed a simUar-ceremoaiaL It is enough
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 11, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11081849/page/6/
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