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      Visrasa w jm Childeek tub Sks of nis yATHBR . —SOTraxgnoji o ? PHosrrnmoji . —It having been ascertained that a largo number of nausea into whichyonngandinexperienoedfemeJes areinveigle d , atrekeptbypersonsof the Jewish nation , the present High Priest or Chief Rabbi ( Mr Alder ) has , within the last week or two caused it to be intimated that too member of the Jewi sh persuasion who w the keeper of such places , either directly or indirectly , Vffl be permitted to attend the synagogue , nor b * acknowledged as one of the people- ; that neither their sons nor their daug hter ? shall be allowed to be , inarried according to the Jewish ritual , nor will any f the religious rites be performed at the birth of a fluid : and should tha party die at the tuna of keeping such a house , he will be refused the right of sepulture ; no pwyers will be read , nor will they be interred amonget their forefathers , buthe buried be-Lind what are tanned the boards , the same as if the , party had died accurst .

      Tie MABn . BBO . va Mcbdeb . —Mary Ann Hunt , tjiis was convicted at the last session * of murdering an old woman named Stowel ! , still remains in New " fate , awaiting the decision of government , as to whether the sentence of death is to be carried into effect or not . It was proved at the trial that the wretched criminal wasia the family-way , and , as thereappeam to ba no doubt that she will eventually become a mother , the sentence , of course , cannot be carried into effect until after she is delivered . It will be a satisfaction to the jury , who felt themselves compelled to return a verdict the effect of wm > h , in all Jinmanprobability , would be to consi gn a fellow creature to death upon theseaffold . to kn « .. w that the unhappy culprit has , within the last few days , » clear

      and undisguised terns , admitted her guilt . Immediately after she retired from tbe dock , sentence having been pronounced , she appeared to recover her aelf-posseesion , and said to one t . f the officials who « as acedmpaaying her , 'Theydon't yet know how itwasdone . * _ She denied that it was premeditated . On the trial it was proved thaton the Monday previous to the fatal occurrence the culpritandthe deceased had a violent quarrel , and that the former made use of Buchtemu towards the old woman as to induce the other lodgers to send for tho landlord of the house , and this was adduced as a proof that the crime was prcmiditated by the prisoner . She , however , declares that at this time she had no intention to hurt her , and that her threatening to 'do for her '

      merely referred to her intention to prevent her from continuing to receive assistance from the family of Colonel vVyndham , by informing them that she was nota worthy object of charity . The prisoner states that at this time she was in great distress of mend , owing to pecuniary difficulties , and her inability , from want of funds , to get to Brighton , where , as she was well knows , she expected to hare been able immediately to obtain a situation , and for several days before the fatal occurrence she states that she was hardly aware of what she was doing . It transpired accidentally in the course of the trial that the prisoner had been connected with a constable of the defective force , who , it appears , is the father of the child of which she is enceinte , and he it seemed , had

      promised to send her some money , but failing tode so , it increased her distress , and , as she says , almost drove her beside herself . It was evident from the letters produced at the trial , but which Mr Justice Erie , who tried the case , considered was , not legally admissible as evidence , that the prisoner was in very great pecuniary distress , and the repeated demands of fiie poor old woman for the rent , about 9 s , which she owed her , created great excitement in her mind , and in all probability occasioned the fatal result . On the day of the murder the prisoner states that she was again pressed by the deceased for payment , and in the course of a violent quarrel deceased attempted to strike her . This excited her , and induced her to strike the old woman in return ; she

      feu to the ground insensible , and she then threw herself upon her , and did not desist from violence until she was no more . It then occurred to her that the deceased had a hoard of money in her drawers , and Bhe opened the one in which she believed it was kept , and was surprised to find that there was so more than one or two and twenty shillings , which she possessed herself of , and then went out to make her way to Brighton , but , finding that the last train had started , she returned to the Iiouse , and stayed in the room with the deceased until the following morning , when , oa her attempting tedepart ; she was arrested . The unhappy prisoner appears quite resigned , and docs not seem to expect any commutation of her seafence .

      Re-opbsisg op . ihb British MoBBUM . —This national museum , which has been closed for the usual period , is now re-opened to the public . The hours will be from 10 to 4 , until the 7 th of May next . Thk laib Eixcxiox fob tub Cm « p Losdos . —In consequence of doubts which have been raised with regard to Baron de Rothschild ' s eligibility to take his seat in the House of Commons , some parties , feeling interested in the matter , laid a case before Mr C . Egan the Chancery barrister , and the view taken by the learned counsel is highly favourable to the honourable member ' s return . It is to the * following effect : — 'First , I am of opinion that Baron de Rothschild , having been duly elected one of the Members of Farliamentfor the city of London , is not

      by reason of las being a member of the Jewish persuasion , debarred from taking his seat in the House of Commons . Secondly , I am ef opinion that Baron de Rothschild say lawfully be permitted to take the oath of abjuration , according to the usual manner of Jem , viz ., on tbe Old Testament . Thirdly , I am of opinion that the oath of abjuration may be lawfully administered to Baron de Rothschild , omitting the latter words contained in stat . 6 * Geo . ; iIJ ., eap . 53— 'span the true faith of a Christian . ' * The learned counsel supports his opinion by a most era dite argument ^ and cites various ancient charters and legal decisions to show ( notwithstanding what some writers infer to the contrary ) that for upwards of 700 years the manners , customs , and religious principles of the Jews have been respected and

      admitted injudicial matters ; that whenever a member of the Jewish persuasion has had occasion to mako * aSrmation , he has been allowed to do so ' on & sbook , ' i . e . the Old Testament ; that this right existed eo early asthe reign of King John ( a . d . 1200 , ) and that there does not appear to be any ordinance , statue , or legal decision to the contrary . Ducat or Luerabt Issihutioss . — Two of the largest of these establishments in the metropolis , — the Western Literary Institution , Leicester-square , and the Eastern , in the Hackney-road , have been broken up during the past week , and their extensive libraries ,, museums , and collections of philosophical apparatus , are to be ssld by public auction . To this may he added the British and Foreign Institute , George-street , Hanover-square .

      Officio * Ifquiet os the late Explosion . — -The official inquiry respecting the late explosion on board the Cricket steamer now taking place has been ordered by the Board of Trade under the provisions of the act which came into force . on the 1 st of January last { 9 and 10 Victoria , jc . 100 ) , entitled * An . Act for the Regulation of Steam Navigation , and to compel Seagoing Vessels to carry Boats . ' There are tour sections is the act on the subject of an official investigation , requiring a report to be made to the floard of Trade of ail accidents of a serious - character , empowering the Board to appoint inspectors to make a report , with authority to examine witnesses , & c It is the first time . lhe act baa been enforced on an accident , and from its provisions much good may be effected in steam navigation . It is probable that government will appoint permanent inspectors as gome superintending power is much needed for the protection of all parties .

      Sisakgk SrosT . —Before Mr Wakley , M . P ., at the Feathers , Warren-street , Fitzroy-square , on the b p dyof ( he male infant of Jane Hinch , an unmarried woman , who earns he * bread as a needlewoman . The body of the infant , which was so decomposed that itwasdifficulttodistinguish its sex , was brought into the inquest room in a box . Sarah Cutler , landlady of 59 , Warren-street , where deceased ' s mother resided , stated ( hat she had been her lodger upwards ot three years . During that pericd a most

      intolerable stench issued from the room , of which , she « otnplained , and the mother promised to adopt measures to do away with the cause of thestenoh . At length witness had her boxes removed and examined , when she found tbe skeleton produced . Constable Ring , 10 S C , took the mother into custody , when sht acknowledged that the child was bora About three years ago , hut that the body had go wasted away he could not pronounce whether it was bora alive or sot . A Verdict in accordance with the surgeon ' s evidence was given .

      ACCmXSTS , OfFSHCES , BIO . , Sieak-boat Collision . —On Sunday morning last aseriouscolUHon occurred off Black wall between the Senator and the Earl of Liverpool ( steamers ) . It appeared that the Senator waa on her way outwards to Dublin , and when just below Blatkwau , on turning the point , came in contact with great violence -with the Earl of Liverpool front Yarmouth , which -vessel waa making her way towards the Pool , carry ing away the bowsprit and figure-head of the latter vessel , and creating the greatest confusion and alarm to the passengers . The Earl of Liverpool after a short delay , proceeded to the Custom-house . Steam-boat Acon > B » i ^ rOn Monday afternoon ahout half-nast 4 o ' clock , an accident occurred on

      board one of the iron steam-boats—tho Lady of the Lake—which caused an alarm to the passengers , increased by the circumstance of the late explosion When the boat had reached within a short distance ef Battersea-bridge , a noise was heard , and immediately the off paddle-box was broken , 5 and pieces of wood were forced up , at which much anxiety was expressed , and some on board seemed as if they expected an explosion to follow . It was , however , soon ascertained thatone of the floats of the paddlewheel had given way , and coming in contact with tha wheel , the paddle-box was broken in several places . The steamer was towed by another until one of the company ' s boats took the passengers aboard and landed them at Cadogaa-pier . The Te anchored to be repaired before another

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      WXSmORELASD . Th « Lakes . —The railway from Kendil is sow open within one mile and a quarter of Bowness , and for conveying passengers that distance tho raaibusdriver charges 6 J . To those who have not seen Bowness for these last ten or twelve years there is a great change in the place , both in erecting aew building and beautif ying those that were built . There are now two steamers on the lake ( Wiademere ) , although there is only one at work , while the other pliesusoless at Bowness . This steamer pliesbetween

      Newbybridge to Ambleside , calling at Bowness and Lowwood to put off and take on passengers . There u a band of music on board , which has a charming effect to those en shore as well as those on the water . The charge from Bowness to Ambleside is Is . $ 1 ., which will produce something handsome tor tha owner of the vessel . Bowness , as well as Ambleside , is full of visitors , and it is difficult to obtain a bed at the inns . Notwithstanding this , they take in considerably more than they can find beds for , and send them out to the neighbouring cottages to sleep . The opening of the railway to' The Queen of the Lakes ' has caused this year a great influx of visitors .

      LASCASHIBB . Maxchbsteb . —A CiEBoniAV wTbodmk . —A disgusting sight was witnessed at the Borough Court on Thursday morning . A clergyman , a curate of the establishment , was , on that morning , placed in the deck before Mr Maude on a charge ot drunken aud disorderly conduct . The misguided man in question arrived in Manchester from the scene of his ministerial labours , on Tuesday evening , and was staging , we believe , at the Crooked Billet , in New Brown street . Whilst there his condnct was of so singular a kind ( as though induced by delirium tre . mens ) , that the landlord found it necessary to eject him . Where he went thence we cannot say , bur . he

      was next heard of early on Wednesday moraing , anno ving and challenging to fight gentlemen at the I ' ost-offioe . From here , however , he was driven by ilaslam , the police-officer usually stationed there , and he marched into the Commercial Inn . Whilst there , he became quite outrageous , stripping off his coat te fight the landlord , when a policeman was sent for , and he was given into custody .. After hearing the evidence , Mr Maude was evidently convinced that the prisoner had lost the uss of his reason through drink , and , after expressing his regret that any one occupying such a position should so far forget himself , he told hiui that he must be detained iu custody until his friends could * be communicated

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      TOBBSHIRH . Fatal Acchjest to a Railway PornisiiAH . —On Tuesday , a pointsman , named Morrishby , met with a fatal accident near the station in York , by an engine running over kis legs and one of his arms . An engine was coming into the station , when Morrishby , whose place is near the arch of the bar-walls , gave a signal to the engineer to stop . At that moment another engine was going in a contrary direction , which knocked him down , and the wheels passed over his limbs . He was conveyed to the hospital , where he expired the following night .

      DEKBYSHIKB . Vbkouods Shakes . —A few days since a gentleman staying at Matlock Bath , who is partial to entomological pursuits , was pursuing his favourite amusement on the Taosley Moors , when he captured a large viper believing it to be only a common harmless snake . The reptile did not attempt to bite at the time it was taken ; but sometime stewards , on the box containing it being opened , it bit him severely on the finger . His band inataatly commenced swelling , and he felt sick and faint , and was at length most fortunately discovered ( lying under a w * ll in a state of great prostration of strength , ) by Mr Nuttall , and Mr Esle , overseer of Matlock . The former gentleman ordered his gig immediately , and

      convened the sufferer home , where , under medical attendance , the patient in a few days recovered . A correspondent of the Derby paper , who foryears was in the habit of catching these dangerous reptiles , and who has himself ^ been bitten by one , says that , en the moors and other places where they are commonly met with , the safest way is net on any amount to attempt to meddle rith them , as , en being discovered , they will invariably glide off harmlessly into some retreat , if permitted to do so . Theviptr , when the skin has been recently sloughed , is frequently—as in the case above related—mistaken for the common snake , but there is one distinguishing mark which is infallible , viz ,, that the harmless reptile has invariably a broad well defined yellow or

      orange-coloured ring round the throat , and in the viper this is wanting . The latter named reptile is seldom seen more than eighteen or twenty inches long , and is nearly of a thickness from the head to the Teat , from whence it suddenly tapers off to a poiV , while the coramon snake will attsiu , the length of four or oven five feet , and is of a beautifully tapering form throughout . It may be added , that the viper is most commonly met with in elevated and dry situations , while the snake generally chores low marshy ground near water for its habitation ; but , notwithstanding the marks and localities named , it is possible to take the one species for the other , especially when seen , as they often are , in rapid motion .

      NOTTUfCHAMsnmB . Newark . — -Tbrribls Explosion . —On Sunday last an inquest was held in this borough , by Mr Burnaby , coroner , on the bodies of Gecrge Fox , Timothy Hervey , and William Otter , who died on the preceding day , in consequence of injuries received from an explosion which took place at Mr Hervey ' s steam cornmill on Thursday . " Jas , Hervey ofNewark-upon-Trent said—Ihavelatelybeen erectinga steam-engine at my windmill , at the Spitals , in this town . The engine was furnished by Messrs Carter and Wharton , of Gainsborough . It was to he of 10 horse power . 1 had told them that I wanted to work two pairs of stone and a machine . The price was to be £ 300 , including the making of the engine house , and they

      were to keep it in order for a twelvemonth . We commenced working the engine for the purposes of the mills with one pair of stones , on Thursday last . Messrs Carter and Wharton , with two of their men were at the engine all the day whilst it was working . I went down to the mill about two o ' clock , and found Messrs Carter and Wharton and their two men , and my nephew , there . The engine was then at work , and the mill grinding . I heard a remark that there was something wrong in the pump , and the engine was stopped . At this time the three deceased , Messrs Carter and Wharton , and myself , were in the engine house . The two men of Messrs Carter and Wharton were taking some refreshment , and my nephew was looking on . I and Messrs Carter and Wharton

      came outand stood near the fireplace outside . The engine house door was wide open . I was looking at the boiler , and whilst I was looking , it seemed to me that the front of the boiler gave away . I was just pointing out to Messrs Carter and Wharton that I thoight something was going wrong , nnd an explosion instantly took place . I heard the door of the engine house bang to , and after some difficulty it was forced open , and one of the men ran out . Isaw my nephew brought out . They all seemed as if the ; bad been in boiling water , and were dreadfully scalded ; they were alive and sensible . My nephew was taken to my house , and lived until about five o ' clock the following morning , when he . died . Other corroborative and explanatory evidence , having been adduced , the jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of ' Accidental death , ' but

      recommended the parties erecting engine houses to havo the door to open from the outside , so that in case of an acaident the door may blow open , and not shut to in the inside , as it did in this case . The bodies of George Fox and Timothy Herveywere interred in Newark Church burial-ground on Sunday morning , at half-past ten o ' clock , in the presence of hundreds of spectators . Fox resided in Nottingham , and has loft a wife and sewn children , all unprovided for . Otter waa a young man , nineteen years of age , aud came from Oxton , to . which place his remains were removed on Saturday night . Hervey was a boy , only twelve years and a half of age . Messrs Carter and Wharton paid all the expenses of the funerals of the sufferers . Fox and Otter only survived twelve hours after the accident ; they died iu the hospital at Newark .

      BrAFFOBDSHIRS . Dkeabfol Accidbsi a » d Loss op Lifb . —One of those frightful catastrophes which are almost diurnally recorded in the columns of ear provincial contemporaries diffused terror and dismay in the vicinity of Newcastle-under-Lyne , in Staffordshire . ; An elderly lady of large property , Mrs Hassells , who resided with her son , the Rev . C . S . Hassells , atFoxearth , sear Lane-etd , in tbe Potteries , was returning from the adjacent village of Leek in a pony carriage , accompanied by a female friend , and driven by a servant-boy , whilst descending the steep hill , near the entrance of Cheadleton , thepony , a high-spirited auimal . took fright , and galloped down the declivity with the most alarming velocity . All the driver ' s efforts to retard the pony ' s perilous progress were

      impotent and vain , and immediately after crossing tbe bridge on the canal , 'Mrs Hassells , her friend , and servant , were all three simultaneously ejected from their seats by a sudden jerk of the vehicle , and hurled to the ground with such violence as , from the furious momentum which the carriage had acquired , may be readily imagined . Mrs Hassells received a concussion of the brain , of which death was the . iaataataneona consequence . The other lady , a Mrs Wright , on a visit at Fox-earth , sustained severe contusions , but was not dangerously hurt , although the shock and the concomitant catastrophe have naturally been productive of serious indisposition at the time . The grief of the Rev . Mr Hassells when apprised of the distressing intelligence may be easily imagined .

      SflBOMBTRB . Soppossd Mcbdeb it P-msarax . —0 » -Sunday the body of a man , identified to be that of John Larkin , an * Zrish labourer , was found drowned ina pool in Patshull Park , close to the Park Farm . It was first seen floating ia the water by a child , and was shortly

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      afterwards takeaeafcof the peel by the dimtfond Mr Asheby , ioiMMterau toSir Robert PJwtfg seat , at Patahall , « nd wf ts ' ptaed iuai outhouse . From tbe putrid state in which the bod y was found , it is supposed it had been in the water a weok , and from various circumstances which have eora « to light it is suspected that tho deceased met his death by unfair means * It appears that about two months ago tho deceased came to this country , from the oeunty of . Mayo , to work , and his brother and seven other Irishmen , from the same part of the country , arrived in the neighbourhood of Patshull about six weeksago . On the 6 tli of August , Peter- Larkin the- brother of tho deceased , took the cutting of twenty-six acres of wheat from Sir Robert Pigott's

      land-bailiff at Patshull . They commenced their work the week following , and during tho week the deceased became unwell , and he was removed by the directions of Sir Robert Pigott to the Shiffnall unioa workhouse . He remained there only four days , and then returned to Patshull . . On Sunday , the 22 ud ult , thtfwife oftbe bailiff asked one of the eight men how Larkin , the sick man , was , as she had not seen him during the day . The man replied that he was very poorly , and was lying in the out-house . On the following Wednesday , tho 25 th when the work had been completed , Peter Larkin and one of the men went to the bailiff for the money which was duo . The bailiff asked Larkin how his brother was , and whether he would take tbe money which was due te

      him . Peter Larkin replied , 'My brother is very poorly indeed , and is lying above in the barn . ' The bailiff then paid ail that was due . On the same day about fire o ' clock in the afternoon , Peter Larkin , and the man who had accompanied him to tbe land bailiff at Patshull , oalled on Mr Till of Oaken , and asked for a balance due to his brother , John Larkin , behaving on a previous occasion received £ 2 , without tbe knowledge or sanction of the deceased . Nothing more was heard of the deceased uqtil Sunday last , when his body was found , as before stated , in the pool . In his fight hand was firmly , grasped a jug , which had been borrowed by one of the men from Huselby , wife of the land bailiff , on Sunday , the 22 nd , when John Larkin was first missed . The

      only article of clothing . found on the body was a shirt , and no clothes have since been discovered in the neighbourhood . On Monday night last an inquiry into tbe cause of the death of the deceased was commenced at the Park Farm , Patshull , " before G . Hincliffe , Esq . A post mortem examination , of the body took place ' on Tuesday , by Dr Bidwell , of Albrighton , assisted by his father ,. Mr Bidwell , surgeon , of that town . We hear that marks of a severe blow ur blows were found on the left side of the head and face of the deceased ; and we believe it is the opinion of Dr Bidwell and his father , that although the deceased came by his death from drowning , yet he must previously have received the blows referred to ; that those blows must have stunned him , and . that while in that state he was put into the water . We also hear that it is the opinion of the medical

      gentlemen , from the state of decomposition in which the body now is , that it must have been in the pond at least five or six days . Coal Pit Explosion—An inquest was held on Tuesday last , before T . Badger , Esq ., at the Masons ' Arms , Worsbro' Dale , on the bodies of John Cawthorne and Daniel Beeves , miners , who died in consequence of an explosion of fire-damp at the Darley Maine Pits on Friday morning week . The two unfortunate men , in company with another , had descended on tho morning in question , and when at the bottom their safety lamps indicated the presence oi foul air in the pit . Cawthorne endeavoured to extinguish his lamp . The current of air thus propelled drove the flame outside thegauz 9 frame , and an explosion was the consequence . The deceased were both severely burnt , the other escaping comparatively scatheless . Cawthorne died on Sunday , and Beeves on Monday . Verdict * Accidental death . '

      KENT . Rochester . —Mmtbrioos Death Br Drowning . An inquest has been hold at the Dredging Boat public-house , Strood , before Mr James Lewis , on the body of a young female found drowned in the Medway on Saturday night . Deceased was appparently about twenty-five years of age , and was respectably dressed . Mr George Westover , a hair-dresser , of Strood , stated that on Saturday night ho observed a bonnet lying near the landing at the back of the Dredging Boat , and saw the body of a female floating down . A man put off and took the body out of the water , and exertions were used to restore animation without success . Deceased was alive at the time she was first seen , and was observed to move her head . G . R . Braddy , constable , said he had ascertained that deceased was in Strood on Saturday afternoon , that she engaged a lodging for that

      night , but left shortly after nine o ' clock , saying she would return in a few minutes . The jury returned a verdict ef' Found drowned . ' Miragb . —On Tuesday last , when Mr Gale made his ascent from Rosherville , he met with an occurrence which is , we believe , unparalleled in the annals of any other astronaut . There was a stiff breeze below when he rose from the ground , but on ascending some height the balloon was completely becalmed and remained stationary for a quarter of an hour over one field . Mr Gale was making preparations to lower the balloon , aud get into the cucreat ^ of air below , when Mr Goldstone exclaimed , ' There is the balloon !' and there sure enough was a perfect ' couterfeit presentment' of themselves aud their machine depicted on the clouds to the southward . . This appearance continued for about four minutes , when the balloon descended into a lower region , and the image gradually faded away .

      WILTS . Destructive Fires . —A few days ago , a fire broke out en the farm buildings , belonging to the Governors of the Charier House , in the occupation of Mrs Pavy , at Elcombe , in the parish of Wroughton , near the road leading from Sirindon to Devizes . Sorapidly did the flamts envelope the holdings that in a very short period the whole became a heap of ruins . Several stacks of corn were in the farm-yard close to the buildings ; fortunately they were saved , but not without the greatest exertions having been made . One of the wheat stacks stood within a few feet ot the blazing barn , and had at onetimobecomeignited , but a labourer named Gray , at great personal risk , succeeded in stifling the flames . We understand thatthe Governors of the Charter Iiouse are fully insured from their loss in the Rsyal Exchange office . It is supposed the fire originated from some children of a labourer having obtained lucifer matches , and , in play , set fire to some straw .

      DEVONSHIRE . Appaib of Honour at Barnstaplb . —Information having been given on oath to the Ma yor that a breach of the peace was contemplated by Mr Charles Newell Cutcliffe . of Pilton , in this borough , surgeon , and Mr Henry _ Victor Martin , of Beaufort-street , a warrant was issued and placed in the hands of the police superintendent , who apprehended both gentlemen , and brought them before the magistrates , by whom theyiwere required to enter into recognizances , themselves in £ 100 each , and two sureties for each of £ 60 , to keep tho peace for six mon ths , which was dene , and they were liberated . It was understood that the parties had differed the night before , and that a hostile meeting was then arranged to take place the next morning at eleven o ' clock in Rawleigh Park' which , however , the interposition of the magistrates prevented .

      AYRSHIRE . Fatal Accident . —A melancholy and fatal accident oeccured last Friday aftcrno & i at a coal pit on the farm of West Wellwood , parish of Muirkirk . After the workmen had got up , a lad named James Shankland having left a napkin in the pit , wished to descend for it , another lad , named Angus , one of the workmen , who was standing at the pit mouth , volunteered to lower him , and was recklessly permitted to do so by the engine man , named Oswald . On Shankland getting into tho basket , Angus by some mismanagement reversed the engine , when tho former was carried over the pully , and falling headlong into the pit , thirty-two fathoms deep , was literally smashed to atoms . Both Oswald and Angus were apprehended by Thomas Edie , criminal , officer , on Monday , at Muirkirk , and committed to Ayr prison .

      TH 0 RS 0 . Mpas Shipwrecks . —There has bsen a strong gale of wind here from the north , its ravages have again been fatal . Two vessels have been driven ashoreone of them is a scheoner called the Mary and Joseph of Derbyhaven , Isle of Man , Captain Lo wry , with herrings from Peterhead , for Belfast . ¦ ¦ She Vies a little west of , the rivor . The other is a sloop , with slates , from Easdale , named the Nancy , of and for Dundee . " The crews of both vessels have been saved , although that of the latter with considerable difficulty . This vessel lies a little to the eastward of the Old Castle . It is feared that both will be total wrecks . A schooner was driven ashore near Isauld , on Thursday morning , and the crew have all perished . Both masts went ovorboard immediately on her

      striking . An American vessel is rolling very heavily in the roads , being anchored too far out—the general mistake of captains . If she is well found , she may standout the gale . It is reported that two other vessels are ashore farther to the westward . Thb Rbpresentativb Pbers for Scotland . —Bv an act passed in the late Parliament ( 10 and 11 Vic ! , « . 52 ) , it is provided that at future elections for Scotch peers , tho titles of any peerages now standing on the roll , in right of whichjne vote has been counted since 1800 , are not to bo called over , nor are any per . sons claiming tho same to be allowed to vote until sanctioned by tho House of Lords . The act is entitled « An Act for the correction of certain abuses which have frequently prevailed at the elections of the representative peers for Scotland . '

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      JHS SBHET rAXATJOX—WAra 0 * MB COUMBT . : , The provincial journaW are crowded with ' reporte of the proceedings at the poor law unions on the subject of the repayment ef an instalment of the advances uadcr the Temporary Relief Act , and the levying of rates for the current expenditure under the Poor-law Act . On tho 12 th instant the present relief system is to cease altogether , and the duty of providing support j ) tf tho poor , whether as out-door relief or in the workhouses , is to devolve entirely on the boards of guardians , most of whom , it is manifest , have no idea at all of the tremendous responsibility they are about to incur .

      In all the reports of the boards of . ' guardians I have scarcely met with an instance where means appear to be available for the re-payment of any portion of the tlebt incurred under the Temporary Relief Act . Many are seeking for a 'long day , ' on the ground that it is impossible at . present to enforce heavy rates , but there are various instances where repudiation is openly broached . In general ; however , an extension of time , in order that the advances may be defrayed by easy instalments .. ' .. . At the Tralee , . union , on Tuesday , a memorial to the government , proposed by John Lynch , Esq ., and seconded by Robert Conway Hickson , Esq ., was unanimously adopted ; it was to the effect , that As the Legislative Union professes to connect Great Britain

      and Ireland in ceramoa fortune , memorialists most respectfully submit that advances made under the Temporary Labour Rate and Temporary Relief Acts by an Imperial Parliament , out of an Imperial Treasury , to . we a people ccsabjects of the same Crown from famine , should be an imperial debit , and ought not to be charged exclusively , to Ireland . That , in the present embarrassed state of the country , repayment even of Ireland ' s legitimate proportion of such advances , if sought to be immediately enforced , would not only fail to be effected , but would most assuredly as immediately lead . to the total destruction of the tenant ratepayer as a class , and / the pauperisation of the entire people .. ; ' , Memorialists , therefore , most humbly hope that Ireland may be altogether released

      from payment' of such advances ' or , in accordance with the seventh article of the Union , be only charged with her own fair proportion thereof , repayable by moderate annual instalments from and after the 1 st January , 1850 . ' . State op the Kbkmarb Urion . —With the union deeply in debt ,, and no small pressure for relief at the workhouse , no persons could be found to come forward at tho meeting of the board on Saturday and undertake theedlleotion of the rates , such is the state ef destitution in the district , and the impracticability , it is stated , of getting in the rates . The guardians of the five unions comprised in

      South Fipperary met on Wednesday , by arrange * meat , in ClohmeI , ap . d the tenor ol" their deliberations seems to have been sufficiently gloomy . They say they ate unable to afford adequate employment , because of the non-payment of rents ; that the rates in very many instances amount to Is . 6 d ' . in the pound on the valuation ; that they expect in Tipperary union 12 , 000 claimants for relief—and finally , that if the county ' rates for works undertaken in 1846 , for the temporary relief , and the poor-rate for out-door relief be eolkcted in the present year , the whole produce of the land will be swept away , and the owners and occupiers totally incapacitated from employ ina labourers .

      Kilkenny . —At a meeting of the guardians , a letter was read from the poor-law commissioners , dated September 1 st , refusing to allow any reduction of the rates for temporary advances already declared , ' the highest of which is Is . 8 d ., but in most electoral divisions not exceeding 5 J . in the pound . Frrmo ? Union . —Lord Mountcashel , at a meeting ef this union , proposed a series of resolutions , in which it was affirmed that the effect of enforcing the law would be—* First . To destroy all credit , to in crease bankruptcy , and to add to pauperism . Secondly . Tothrowland out of cultivation , to diminish the produce of food , and to promote famine and disease next year . Thirdly . To cause general discontent and dissatisfaction , to demoralise the people , to encourage outrage and crime , and to render life ond property in this union insecure . "

      ENKisKiLLEtf , —The guardians of this union were convened for Tuesday , to hear a communication from the commissioners on the refusal of the board to include tho amount for out-door , relief ont the . rate struck for the ordinary expenses of the workhouse . The commissioaera had previously- threatened to appoint paid guardians . Nothing , however , was done , in consequence , as the local paper says , 0 f the absence of a number of the guardians at the Lough Erne Regatta , Cloohebn .-At the meeting on Monday , one of the guardians ( Mr O'Brien / openly repudiated , on

      the ground that"' England draws annually out of the country £ 10 . 000 , 000 . ' The chairman , Mr Barton , Mr J . A . flutter , and other guardians , declared that such conduct would be dishonest . They rcctmmended that the proper rate should be struck , and then that the government should bo asked to give time for re-paymont . Lord Kingston said , 'The government think the people have plenty of money . ' Mr Archer Biiller replied , 'They never were more mistaken in their lives . ' Ultimately a resolution , declaring a rate of 3 s . in the pound , was adopted by a majority of 12 to 4 .

      resistance to poor rates . At a meeting of the Carlow guardians on Thursday week , the chairman stated that thero had been resistance to the collection of the rate for oat-door relief in Graigue , Shrule , aud Aries j that the Rev Mr Mickey , on Sunday last , told bis Hock not to pay for out-door relief , and that he would write immediately to Conciliation Hall for instructions how to act . The result was , that a rescue had been made on the property seized for poor rate . It was resolved

      to communicate with the commissioners on the subject . The chairman remarked upon ' the universal disposition not to pay the rate . The- Limerick Reporter gives an account of resistance to the collection of the new poor-rate in the parish of Eiuly . county of Tipperary . Lord Glengall presided on Thursday week at a meeting of the rate-poyers of five unions in the county of Tipperary , held in Clbnmel , to ' consider the enormous burden ef taxation with which the country was oppressed . '

      Employment por the Peoplb . ~ As the temporar ) relief system has now come to an end , employment or the poor-rate is the only resource . Some few landlords are bestirring themselves , and the Iralee Chronicle gives the following instance of self-reliance by way of example : — ' Robert Conway Hickson has directed bis agent to facilitate the collection of the Tempsrary Relief Act , by announcing to his tenantry that he will take the collector ' s receipt as so much rent paid , and this without deducting the proportion for which he is liable as a landlord . Mr Hickson ' s application for a loan for drainage . and other

      reproductive works , to be extended over an area of 12 , 600 acres , and the expenditure on which will exceed £ 14 , 000 , has been gazetted . . Accordingly , without waiting for the first advance frsm the Board of Works , Mr Hickson has commenced operations with his ovrn money , allocating for that purpose aconsiderablo sum . We hope . wo shall see his example , and that of Mr Crosbie , of Ardfert , imitated by other proprietors ; for it is a fact , self-evident to all but the blind and aptahotio , that nothing but reproductive employment can save the landlords as well as the occupiers of the soil in this country from utter and irretrievable ruin . '

      Cosheen Fishery Associatios . —A few gentlemen of this city have formed themselves into an association for the purpose of placing upon a permanent basis the fishery and curing establishment ' which has been set so ably on foot by Captain Thomas , in the harbour of Skull , as lately detailed in tho communication of acorrespondent . Mijor Beamish has con * sented to act as chairman and treasurer , Captain Thomas as managing director , and Mr William Connellas secretary . They do not propose to risk any very large sum—say £ 1 , 000 or £ 2 , 000 by way of

      experiment , feeling satisfied that , should their efforts be attended with success , of which there can be little doubt , there will be no difficulty in farming a regular company upon a . more extended scale . Throe nots , two large seins , and various other gear have been already added to Captain Thomas ' s little fleet , a hooker will shortly be scoured , and then the appalling scenes of last winter and spring will bo averted from one of tho most distressed districts of the western coast , by the only essential means of relief for our labouring poor—remunerative employment . : ¦ ¦ ¦

      Dsalvaoe rx Kerry . —Oar excellent high sheriff and his brother , Mr John Croniu , aro making arrangements for drainage over 1 , 400 acres of their property adjoining the Blackwater . ' Mr Shine Lawior is also about draining several hundred acres ok that part , of his property contiguous to the above lands , These operations , it ia calculated , will save the whole of the poor-iates of Nohoval Daly . ;; DRAixiOE ik Galwav . —The only Galway landlords—according to tho schedule just publishedwho havo applied for loans undar the recent statute , are John Lambert , Esq ., for a sum of £ 1 , 200 , for improvements on the lands of Ballinahinch , and John Augustus O'Neill , Esq ., for £ 6 , 400 or thereabouts , for drainage of his estate of a similar denomi * nation .

      Decrease of Fever in Siioo . —We are happy we can state that this dreadful epidemic is upon the decrease in Slige . Unquestionably the reduction in tho price of food has tended to check the progress , nf infectious distempers—Dysentery has entirely disappeared , aud typhus fever is greatl y upon the decline . Thb Repeal Assooiatiox . —The usual weekly meeting of this body was held on Monu > y , at Condilation Hall . Mr John Reynolds , M P . presided . The proceedings were 6 f a very ordinary character . The Right Rev . Dr Koatin" , R-C . Bishop of Ferns , transmitted £ 2 ^ , the subscriptions of the same number of his cler gy , in addition to £ 21 sent from other members , el the same body a few .

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      weekssince ; The ^;«»^ fo t * ee ^ amouute 4 * Th ? mortality in Gw way * ork ^^ year overtopped 1 , 000 . In the Beighbporn ^ drvisions of Oranmoro and &> M ™ county there have been not lessthan 967 in the . same time . - ¦ ¦¦ - DEATH OP EX-CHIBP jijSMO . ™« f " ^ nt- . f The Right Hon . Edward ^^^ ' ^ Xa Justice of the Queen ' s ^ Bencb , v ^ fj * % J ™ duriug the memorable State trials , expired f ™ » long illness on Monday , athur res ; dence ^ in Fit * - william-square . By his death , a pension of MOW per annum reverts to the Crown . ¦ .. ¦ . V * " *• ^ . uLl ^ iuAMMtM

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      OmtDHALL . —HMS-AT-lAW ^ SoorETi . —Mr George Ross , of the Heir-at-law Society , attended , to meet the charges which had been made against the Society , and SirPoter Laurie not appearing by the time the night charges had been disposed of ,. Ur . RossAddressed the sitting maoistratc , ' Mr Alderman Wood . Mr Boss said he addressed him on a subject very painful to his feelings . A charge had been made against hhn , and the hearing was eventually adjourned for a month . This was the day for the further hearing , but he was told 4 he chargs was abandoned . But he could hsrdly accept a discharge without explaining , and giving some answer to the imputations which had been cast upon him and the Society ; unless , fodead , the Alderman , was ready to say he left the court without the least imputation on his character , A moath had elapsed , and tho whole world had been invited to come here and make charges ,

      and yet there ware no complainants . He challenged the world to impeach him , Mr Alderman Wood raid he could not allowhlm to go on , There was no charge against him , There was nothing before the Court . Mrs Howe , one of the witnesses , who was heard before Sir Piter Laurie , said she had not abandoned her charge . Her witnesses were present . Mr Alderman Wood directed that she should he sworn , and heard her statensent ., She related , as before , that seeing tho next of kin of Charles Barber advertised for , she and her father , Joseph Parkin , - and other relations went . She saw £ 2-4 s . Od . paid for counsel ' s opinion , and the opinion of MrBojIe -wan afterwards produced . Her father , Joseph Parkin , repeated his evidence that he contributed 10 s . towards £ 5 , to file a bill in Chaacery , and in

      consequence ol what Mr Boss said he went down to Westminster Hall , on the 3 rd of November , to hear the natter diseussed , and found no bill had been filed . Mr Boss asked him whether he saw the clerk Williams sign the name of the counsel to the opinion .. Parkin said he should not answer that question . Mr Rofshad already preferred an indictment for perjury against him in respect to that point , and the question had nothing to do with the case now before the magistrate . Mr Alderman Wood did not see that it was irrelevant , and desired him to answer the question . He then said he saw Williams write the name 'J . Bojle , ' on an opinion . Mr Alderman Wood observed , that as tbe City Solicitor had been Instructed to looltlnto the case he had better hear Mm upon the subject . Mr Martin , from the City Solicitor ' s office , said tbe matter was disposed of as respecting Parkin ' s charge of obtaining £ \ It was dismissed , but the matter was adjourned for a month to see whether other

      charges would not be preferred' Thero appeared to be ho other charges ; Mr Ross said it would be very hard if he were refused permissionto 'answer the aspersion ! which had been cast upon him . Mr Alderman Wood said there was nothing in the charge made by Parkin , and as there was no matter depending he co & ld not boar him . Sometimes magistrates had listened to extraneous matters , but he had never followed that course . As no charge was made out he could hot call upon him for a defence , nor permit the public time to be so occupied . MrBossn & kedif the ease was adjourned again ? Mr Alderman Wood replied there was nothing to be adjourned . Mr Boss asked if there was none thero who had a charge to make ? and was amplifying this interrogation , when Mr Alderman Wood stopped him , and put the question from the chair . No one responding to the call , Mr Boss exclaimed , ' Then none have I offended . ' and he and his friends left the Court ,

      WORSHIP . STBBET . —Swahowino IIalf-cbowks . — O , Thompson , alfas Townley , was charged with having in his possession a large quantity of counterfeit coia , and also with assaulting a sergeant of police , who took him into eustod . f . Oa Saturday evening as Sergeant Brannan , of the 6 division , was reconnoitring in plain clothes , with a constable , in the neighbourhood of Oldstreet , he saw the prisoner , in the company of two other men / whom he recognised as notorious' smashers . ' Oh observing that they were watched , the whole of them made off , but tbe sergeant overtook and seized the prisoner , who drew from his pocket a handful of

      halfcrown pieces , which the sergeant endeavoured to wrest from him , when he was grappled by th « I prisoner and flung heavily on tho pavement . Tbe prisoner then commenced swallowing the counterfeit coin , four of which be had got rid of , and had transferred the last two tc his mouth , when the sergeant struck him a sharp blow under the jaw , which compelled him to drop them into tbs road . With the assistance of tbe other officer , the prisoner was then handcuffed and conveyed to the station-house , ' where , upon being searched , nine other spurious half-crowns and fire-shilling pieces were found in his possession . —The prisoner was remanded for the attendance of the Mint authorities .

      WANDSWORTH . —Robbing a ChitD . — . ElizaBrown , a showily dressed young woman , was charged with stealing five half-crowns from a girl only 12 years of age , under the followfngextraordiRary circumstances : — Sarah Yates , an interesting child , and remarkably shrewd for her years , having been sworn , stated that she lived with her mother , who is a widow , at Ro . hampton . On Friday last shewent to tke committee of a charitable society at Putney , and received five half : crowns for htr mother , which she put in a little bag and carried in ber band . As she was passing the Coopers' Arms , between three and four •' clock , the prisoner accosted ber and asked ber if she was not Mrs . Yates ' s little girl ? The witness said she was ; and the prisoner then said she was going to take tea with her mother and her

      grandmother , and she would walk with lior . She afterwards asl < ed the witness whatshc had got in her hand , and upon being told , she said sho would wrap the bag up hi the flaps of tho witness's chemise and tie it in a knot ; and witness at the time believed she did so , as she put her hand to her bosom and felt the knot , and , as she thought , the money . The prisoner then said sho hail a person to meet at Wimbledon-psrk palings , who was to accompany her to tea at witness's mother ' s bouse , and she was induced to go as far with the prisoner , who made some excuse about the , wowaiv not being lhtre , and then proposed to look and ascertain if the money was safe ; she looked down witness ' s bosom , and raid the money is not here . Witness began to cry , when prisoner said , ' Hold your tongue , we'll go hack and find it . ' Thoy went to Putney , and prisoner said she would go te her aunt and

      borrow the money , andif sho could not let her have it she would go to her mother , at Ashburtoh House . On the way ; witness saw ber mother's baker , and . sho was about to tell him of ber loss , when the prisoner huddled her up in her arms , and said If she told him her mother would know it and beat her . Tho prisoner then took her to the Upper Richmond-road , and pointing to a house at which she said her aunt lived , told witness to run a Httlo way up tho road and stop there until she ( prisoner ) came to her with the money Witness waited for a long time , but the prisoner nefver made her appearance . She was positive the prisoner was tbe person who robbed ber , although she was now dressed totally-different . She was then dressed in a black velvet bonnet with blue satin i ibbons , a black shawl with coloured lordor , and a light gown with a flounce . —The prisoner , who declined making any defcn . ee , was remanded until Thursday .

      WESTMINSTER , —WobkhouseFbadds . —Pourstout healthy looking girls , all about seventeen years of age , who gbve their names Bolton , Fitzputrick , Corrigan , and Norris , were charged with the following outrageous behaviour ia Chelsea workhouse .. Mr Sutton , the master , said he was informed that morning that some of tho female inmates were breaking the windows ef one of the wards , and on going to the place he found a number of panes of glass demolished , Bolton , Fitzpatrick , and Corrigan at . once admitted that they had done the mischief , and appeared to exult ' at it , and whilst a constable was being found they demolished several more , making in all , 68 panes . Fitzpatrick said , ' W « bad no meat for dinner on Sunday , and we told them plainly enough if they did not give us aome we'd break the windows ; and as we didn ' t get the meat we broke the windows . ' Corrigan and Bolton made nearly similar statements . MrBroderip committed the three to hard labour for 21 days .

      MARLBOROUaH-STREBT . —Oasinos Law —Tho . mas Shouler , the conductor of a west-end omnibus , was summoned before Mr Bingham for an assault on Mr Henry Elvery , Conduit-street , Bond-street . The complainant stated that on Wednesday night week begot Into tho defendant's omnibus near Tcmple-har , with a lady , having previously asked tbe fare to Piccadilly , and been told by tho defendant that it was threepence each . When be got down in Piccadilly he gave the , defendant sixpence as tbe fare of himself and the lady . The defendant said his fare was sixpence each , and ha would tako no less . Complainant told him he happened ta hare no more money in his pockat , and handed bis address . The defendant refused , to take the address , and caught hold of him round tho body and by his coatcollar In order to detain him . Complainant afterwards went to the station-house with the defendant and thsre gave his address . Miss Epsley said she was with tho

      complainant on the night in question . She heard the defendant distinctly say that tho fare was threepence to Piccadilly . The defendant said he did not tell the complainant that the fare was threepence to Piccadilly , The fare was threepence to Charing-cross , and It would be as muoh as his place was worth to charge threepence to persons going beyond that place . To corroborate his defence , the defendant produced a board , which he said was placed outshle of the omnibus to inform passengers that the fare was threepence to Charing-cross . Mr Bingham said It would be better , in cases of disputed fares , for persons , instead of entering into a contention in the streets , to pay the demand , and to summon the offender before a magistrate , In the present instance ; the defendant was undoubtedly wrong in laying hands on the complainant . The defendant had been guilty oi an assault , and he most therefore pay a fine of 3 s . and costs .

      THAMES . —Hbaith or Towns . —Diwld Walton , the owner of three small tenements in Uayei-oourt , Glajs-Boaae-s tre ^ t , Rosemarj-lane , was summoned by the

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      ttuitees ot St . Mary , Whitectapel , fcco ,. wTT ^ to show oause why h . sho . ll not fc coa , I >* $ more a nmsaaoeofa most disgusting anaffii ?* soription , which as alleged has caused a viml " «• in the above plaoo , and tke deaths ef ««„! feter Mr Smith , Testry Clerk cf Whitechapel 35 h ?** . a proceeding under the 9 th and 10 th Vict « . *«« abate a nuisance caused by tbe ovirflo « ving f P ' 98 ' ** privy in Hayes-court , which contained foor h ^ three of them were owned' by the defendant » a 1 * were all occupied by poor familUs . The privv » ^ covered and the soil had overflowed into the d " *" and caused such a nan « eous effluvia 'hit fever bad kl ' engendered and several deaths had taktn place t ? subject had already bsen made public in variooi n papers and reports ef inquests held w \ « le ^ odlM of " * sons who had died offererin Hayes-conrt , and anon . *" death had taken place thero only that morning »? place in question was common to the ten- jnt 9 of all ft ? howes in the court , and was in a di ^ ipia ,, ^ 7 * Tbe soil oozed through tho boards lato the court a lanlinAa - a ! flt *¦ *__' " Tm * * L «' ' _ - * ^^~^^ T *

      air was tainted all over the neighbourhood , an d V legality was as offensive to the eye as it wa > j 0 „' smell . Some of the filth had boen removed since ft service of tbe summons on Friday ; but the nulsanc ! was still so great , that it was prejudicial to tho health ; and he wonld put in two certificates , from 1 {! Anningson and Mr Liddlo , two qualified medical prac , titioners , to that effect . Under those cireumiti 8 ce , the Trustees had directed him to ask for an order ^ compel the defendont to abate the nuisance , to cleir ^ the place , and to purify it by lime washing . Mr Sraia Bakerthe for

      added , that Mr , coroner Middlesex , b * made very strong representations relating to the evil , fa consequence of the numerous Inquests ho had held on persons who had died of fever In the vicinity , a new place ought to be erected and covered properly over . The owners of the tenements had the opportunity of comma , nicatlng with the common sewsr , which is onl y & ( yards from tbe cesspool . The defendant . —That jftalf be done , sir . Mr Tardley . —If you don't do it y ^ ^ subject yourself to an Immense expence , for tbe parish officers can call upon roe for an order every week , nm you will have to pay the costs .

      The Explosion On Board The Crigkbt Steam...

      THE EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE CRIGKBt STEAMER . ADJOURNED IXQCKST . The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the peifeoog killed by the late explosion of the Cricket steamer was resumed Monday . morning , at 11 o ' clock , iQ the board room of St Martin ' s Workhouse , before Mr Bedford , the Westminster coroner . On the panel being called over one oftbe jury named Fry , said , that though he sat on the first day of the inquiry , he wa 4 not sworn , and he could noS therefore now take his place with the rest . JJe was allowed to withdraw , leaving a jury of 16 without him .

      Tho Coroner said , on Saturday last Messrs T Lloyd and C . Hughes were nominated , on the part oilier Majesty ' s Government , to make a thorough examination of the machinery of the Cricket . Tka source whence their nomination proceeded was a sufficient guarantee of their great practical knowled ge and experience . Their investigation will he conducted in the presence of an engineer named on tho part of the proprietors of the steamer , and of ife Joyce and MrC . Fox , _ on behalf of Mr Joyce himself ( the maker of tbe engines ) . Tbe evidence he should

      take that day was m * rely a completion of the aedicnl Jink in the cbain of evidence as to the removal of one ef the bodies to the hospital . He then should propose to adjourn the inquiry for a week , reserving the remaining evidence till the official inspectwn should have been made . It was understood that the engineer appointed to act with the gentlemen named by the government , on behalf of the proprietors , is Mr Elijah Galloway . Witnesses were then examined as to the causes of death and nature of wounds of tbe deceased .

      The Ceroner then observed , that he thought H would be advisable to defer receiving any farther evidence until after an examination of the boiler and engines oftbe Cricket bad been made . That examination would probably not be completed in much less than a week ; and as ths room in which they were assembled would be required for the meeting of the board of guardians on Monday next , he wou ' id suggest the adjournment of the inquiry until to-morrow ( Tuesday ) week . _ Mr M . Chambers saidjthar , before tbe jury ad . journed , he wished to make an application to the co . roner on behalf of the Cricket . From the situation in which the wreck had been placed , the machinery was now subjected , on the return of the tide , to the action of tho water ; itwao sustaining very consider * able damage , and the longer it remained in the same situation , the more would its value be depreciated .

      The Coroner considered that , after the engineers had completed their examination , there could be no reason for preventing the proprietors of the Crickel from resuming possession of the vessel and roachi « nery . He was not aware that , after the examination bad been made , he would have ac . r further controul over the vessel . The inquiry was then adjourned until Tuesday , tho 14 th inst ., at 11 o ' clock .

      Capital Punishment. A.V Bxecotiox Sce.Ne...

      CAPITAL PUNISHMENT . A . V BXECOTIOX SCE . NE . On Wednesday week , Walsh , convicted of the murder of a man also named Walsh , at Bishop ' s Hall , expiated the fearful crime by tbe bands of the executioner . Since his participation with the unfortunate men Larking and Daniel in the daring attempt to escape from the prison on Monday week , theconduct of Walsh has been exemplary and penitent , and his attention to his religious duties has bean intense and unceasing . He has continually regretted his having identified himself in the matter , and blamed Larking for enticing him to do so . When he heard that the two unfortunate men were dead , on Wednesday week , be declared that bis mind was then easy , and that he could tranquilly devote himself ,

      for the time he had to live , to nis religious concerns aud to making his peace with an offended Deity . About half-past ono en Wednesday the unfortunate criminal made his appearance in " the corridor , preceded by the Hi h and Under Sheriffs , and tbe governor of the prison . Ilejoined with his two attending clergymen , the Rev Messrs Maher and Hennessey , in prayer with great fervency , though his knowledge of English was very imperfect . When told by the hangman to get up , he did an with great readiness , displaying no weakness whatever ; and ba gave that functionary every facility in his power whilst pinioning his arms . ' ' Ho then walked forward boldly on the drop , having tbe usual white cap over his face ; and being placed in tho proper positisn , after standing a moment or two . the unhannvculprit

      turned his head half round to the press room " and exclaimed , 'Will I be let tospeak a few words V There was no answer , as his meaning was not « t 0 DC 8 caught . He then repeated firmly— 'Will I be let speak a few words , gentlemen ? ' It was at once in . timatedtohim that he nii « bt do so ; when he said , in a satisfied voiea , ' That ' s right . ' After oM & ioiug permission to speak , the prisoner remained lor some time beating his breast , and exclaiming in a low tone , Lord have mercy upon me . ' He then , in a loud and distinct voice , and leaning forward ever the drop , exclaimed in Irish , 'Wilshicv-in-shin ?' ( Areyou there ?) There being no answer , lie said w Lnghsh- * Boys , are ye all there ? ' More than one voice exclaimed' We are , we are . ' The unhappy man then continued as follows— 'Now , rmgoin' to die , an I ' innocent ; an' I hope I havn' I lie iu my month eoin ' before my God , bringing mv poor soul before Him . I wasn't there , nor hadn't " hand , act ; Or part mil . 1 came up after . If I had been

      uvo minutes sooner I'd have saved his life and my own . I forgive all that swore against me . ' Hera ne mentioned various persons by sobriquets , ' living ' nesaid . 'JnSlieve-rhu . ' And 'fathers and brothers , he continued , 'don't have any revenge in your hearts against them ; I forgivo them all . An' boys , let ye all keep from bad company and drinkin '—an ' vv I was said by my true love I wouldn't be here today . Let ye all pray for my poor soul —( murmurs outside ) - an' God be wid ye all now , neighbours . ' Here the fatal bolt was drawn , but from some misnmnagement tho peor culprit , instead of being thrown off fell on bis back upon tbe board , so that the bangman was obliged to push him out from behind ; and trom the short and gradual fall tbe wretched man struggled very hard for some momenta , appearing to suffer most poignant agony . During bis struggles his father and two brothers , who were on the green beneath the drop , ' vonted their griet In loud oriesaud exclamations .

      , A Cumberland Farmer Remarked, To A Cor...

      , A Cumberland farmer remarked , to a correspondent of the jEdineurg / t Ifejn ' ster , thab the disease was in the * blood of the potato , ' and would b « so for many crops to come . The mortality of London , and Indeed , of England generally , shows a gradual annual decrease ,, whilst it is well known tho population Increases considerably . The rates of premium for Life Insurance have been greatly reduced during the last few years , yet the offices continue asprospereus as formerly . These facts clearly demonstrate that some cause , cither unknown or unheeded , must have produced such favourable results . Amongst these causes , the increased , knowledge of anatomy and the many very valuable discoveries iu medicine will stand most prominent . The small pox , that annually carried off thousands , has been successfully combatted by vaccination ; and Gout , that used to claim its numerous victims , has Khcu

      boon thoroughly vanquished by Blair ' s Gout and - motic Pills . . , „ . Wo beg to direct tho attention of our readers Mist aw troubled with Piles , to the following Letter received » y the Proprietor , from John Jessard , Esq ., Monkton , lsa-w Thanet , Kent . „ ,. Sib , —I feel it a duty I owe to yon in expressing my gratitude for the great benefit 1 havo derived by usi » S j ™ Ointment , having suffered upwards of thirty ) e » r 9 " ?' - Piles , and having tried almost allintcrn . il mauicme s ™ J that complaint , but all to no purpose . I was perauaaeo by a friend who had beeu cured by your Ointment t « i pur chase a pot of" Abernethy * s Pile Ointment , '' ami oetote ^ had usel it all I was perfectly oured , and have not iw « * return ever sinoe . You are at liberty to make o' )'??! 2 known for tho benefit of oilier sufferers , ST * I am , Sir , * S ' -sa Tow Qbedlea * Servant , JMB February 3 rd , W > Jouu ii &»* >'

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11091847/page/6/