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      Health or Loxdox Dcurxo the Week . —The number of deaths from all causes reg ; stcved in th * wcca ending last Saturday , is 1 , 200 , and again exhibits an important decrease on the previous week . Since the first week of September , when the total deaths were 3 , 183 , the mortality has steadily declined , and is now . happily , not much in excess of the rate that usually prevails iu the last quarter of the year . Cholera has fallen more rapidly than it increased ; for during last week the deaths registered were 288 , a number in the fourth week of its decline which differs not much from the number returned about eight weeks before it attained its greatest fatality . Diarrhoea and dysentery also decrease , but

      more slowly . It will be observed , however , that the deaths from these two forms of disease last weeh , namely 146 , arc hardly less numerous than those of part of the years 181 ( 5 and 1847 , when the periodical increase was unusually great . In St . Giles only one death from cholera was registered last week ; in East London , West London , and city of London , the deaths were twelve , those in the previous week from cholera having been twenty-six in Lambeth the deaths in two weeks having fallen fifty to twenty-four . It lingers in Pulham , and in some other districts the recent improvement is not remarkable . Other epidemics , with the exception of typhus , arc near the average . With reference to

      small pox , Mr . Holl states that that he has registered only two deaths in tbe hospital for this disease ( in Camden-town sub-district ) in three months . Within this period the house has been nearly empty , at one time there was but a single patient , and all the cases were of a mild form . A man of sixty-two years died in Ald gate of " destitution" ( according to the coroner ' s verdict ) . The mean height of the barometer in the week was 29-374 ; the mean temperature was 51 deg . 2 min , less than the average of the same week in seven years by about two degrees . The temperature was considerably lower than in previous weeks ; and on some days rain fell heavilv .

      SnciDB ix Kexsixctov Gakdexs —Between fire -and six o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , a man of decent appearance shot himself with a pistol in Kensington-gardens . He was found shortly afterwards by one of the garden constables So . 5 , lying in the plantation of trees on the north-east side of the round pond , still alive . Mr . Gardiner , surgeon of Paddington , was immediately sent for , and found that the unfortunate man had shot himself just above the naval , and that the bowels were protruding . A stretcher was then sent for to the Ken . sington station-house , and in the interim both Mr . Gardiner and the constable asked him the cause of his desperate net , but be refused to give them answers on the subject . He was placed on the

      stretcher , for ihe purpose of being conveyed to St . George's Hospital ; but on the way he expired , and his body was then removed to the dead house of St . Margaret ' s , Westminster , in which parish the suicide had taken place . The deceased appeared to be about fifty years of agt , five feet seven inches high , dark hair inclining to grey , dressed in an invisible green coat , much worn , striped trowsers , shoes , and drab gaiters . On him was found a silk handkerchief , a steel ring , a pair of silver spectacles and ease , a tobacco box , and two shillings and sevenpence in money , but nothing tending to lead to his identity . —On Wednesday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Rose and Crown , Knightsbridge , on the body of Thomas Jones , aged sixty . —Charlotte

      Jones , 3 fo . 22 , Duke-street , St . James's , lodging housc-kecper , said deceased was her brother ., and lived with her . He was a journeyman silversmith , hut his sight failing him he had latterly been desponding , being afraid of coming to poverty . Verdict— " Temporary insanity . " Suicide op Mn . Bacshaw , op Brtdges-stbeet , Coyext Gardex . —On Monday morning information was forwarded to Mr . Bedford , the Westminster coroner , of the death of Mr . Richard Bagshaw , the newspaper agent , of 2 fo . 31 , Brydges-street , Covent garden , who committed suicide under the following melancholy circumstances : —The deceased , who was in the fortieth year of his age , was well known in the newspaper world , and had conducted

      a most extensive business for the last twenty years , which had been carried on nearly half a century previously by his father , whom he succeeded . Mr . Bagshaw had always enjoyed a good state of health , but latterly he had shown evident symptoms of a disordered intellect , and appeared to labour under a delusive dread of poverty . By the advise of Lis wife and other friends he was induced to dispose of his business , which he accomplished a few weeks prior to his destruction , and had resolved to remove into the country and live a retired life . Up to eight o ' clock on ' Sunday morning he appeared as usual , but at half-past ten o ' clock the same morning he was discovered in his bed-room -with a rope tightly fastened round his neck , and suspended to the bed-post . Life was quite extinct . Mr . Bedford heldaa inquest on Tuesday at the Bell Tavern , Wellington-street Strand . The jury

      returned a verdict of " Temporaiy Insanity . " Detehmixed Sticn > E . —On Tuesday morning at a quarter before eight o ' clock , a most determined act of self-destruction was committed 6 y Mr . Kaye , linen-draper , of Xo . 55 , Tottenham-court-road , who precipitated himself from the second-floor window into the street . The deceased , it appears , had lately been in very embarrassed circumstances , and it was considered necessary by his friends to keep a close watch over his actions , but during the temporary absence of the party attending upon him , he tooK advantage of the opportunity , and , without even waiting to raise the sash of the window , he jumped through the window into the street . The unfortunate man was immediately conveyed to the Middlesex Hospital , where it was found " that life was extinct . The deceased was fifty years of age , and has left a wife and nine children to deplore his untimely end .

      VfiRlilCT OF MANSLAUGHTER AOATXST A SCRGEOX . —On Tuesday evening Mr . II . M . Wakley held an adjourned inquest at the Persevei-ancc ) Williamstreet , Camden-town , on Richard David Pearse , a mechanic , lately employed at the Vauxhall Gardens . Jane Pearse , widow of deceased , stated that her husband was seized with cholera on the Sth ult ., when Mr . Harris was called in and prescribed . In the evening deceased ' s brother discharged Mr . Harris , and uiidertook his brother ' s treatment , which -was homeopathic . He prohibited him all kind of ibod except water-gruel , ice-water , and arrow-root .

      Her husband became maddened with hunger , called for food , declared that he was starred to ' dc . ith , and in a paroxysm of rage rushed into the garden , but w . -ls so weak lie had to return to his bed . On the 17 th he became so ill that Mr . Davis , surgeon , was sent for . He prescribed brandy and water and beef tea . which remained on his stomach . He , however , died the next day . —After three hours' deliberation ¦ with closed doors , the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against the deceased ' s brother , who was accordingly committed to Xewgate under the coroner ' s warrant .

      DEsi'sniTE Affray . —On Sunday , at noon , a desperate affray took place in College-street , Camden-Town , by which the lives of two police officers were for SOUie lime pl . iecd in imminent peril . The neighbourhood is not very remarkable for the pacific character of its inhabitants ! , and collisions are of vei-y frequent occurrence . In the present instance the disturbance was commenced by a man named Partridge , who upon being remonstrated with by pedica " constable Billinghurst , 350 S , attacked hira violently , and in doing so was aided and assisted by two companions . Blllinghurst having obtained the assistance of two other constables ,

      Sweetland and Holloway , attempted to capture the parties , upon which all three of them renewed the * attack , aud arming themselves with Iron railings torn up from in front of one of the adjacent houses , threatened to murder them if they attempted to advance . After a desperate struggle with the fellows , the officers succeeded in capturing two of the num-Dcr—viz ., Partridge and a man named Redding , both of wlioin were conveyed to the station-house in Phoenix-street , Somcrs " Town . The third party eluded the officers . The affray accasioucd great excitement in the neighbourhood , and the prisoners were followed to tlie police station by a mob of several hundred persons .

      ' Ix the course of Friday and Saturday last serer . il private meetings of clerks in the various inland departments of the General rost-ofBcc were held , at which resolutions were passed pledging them to oppose the threatened Sunday duty . All the clerks who attended were unanimous in declaring that , as iheduty was to be voluntary , they would decline labour . Robbery op Saciumextal Plate . —The sacramental plate belonging to All Saints church , Cambridge-place , Paddington , was stolen ou Sunday evening , from the house of the clerk of the church ' , where it was deposited in an oaken chest . The thieves effected an entrance by means of a skeleton key , during the absence of the clerk ' s familv .

      The Coxvict . 3 at Woouncu . —The recent escape of convicts from this dockyard has caused a strict surveillance to be made by the police of parties suspected to be in league with them , and on Tuesday , on searching a seaman-rigger named Rogers , at the gate , a letter from one of the convicts still in custody was found in his cap , and information obtained that he had been a medium of communication bctimxt other convicts and parties outside . The rigger was immediately dismissed , and a further inquiry will be made to ascertain if he in any way

      aiuea iuo convicts who escaped . Sixgclak Acciuext . —On Modday evening a poor woman , named Matthews , wife of a gunner in the Royal Artillery , residing oa Woolwich-common , walked over the top of the cutting of the Xorth Kent Railway , on the Xcw-road , and fell on to the rail , a height of between twenty and twenty-five feet . —Both the up and down trains had passed a few minutes before . A fence which the railway company Lad placed up to protect passengers had been pul ! cd down by some of the inhabitants of the vicinity , aud the poor woman directed her steps to-

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      • wards alight in Green ' s-cnd , which was placed OH the other side of the line . She was seriously injured by the fall .

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      Extiuoboinary ~ Circumstasce at Wisdsor . — A few days ago a sentinel , named Ilillie * , on duty at Windsor Castle , one of the battalion of Grenadier Guards , under the influence of intoxicating liouor and affected by temporary insanity , presented a loaded carbine at Mr . John Roberts , inspector of palaces , as he wa « leaving the Homo Park , and threatened to shoot him . The military maniac subsequently discharged his piece at a comrade sentry , the ball passing through a gas lamp , smashing it to pieces , fortunately without doing further injury . The insane proceeding was repeated twice . Serseant Sniers . with two men , by direction of the

      officer on guard , captured flillier , and he was placed in confinement in the black hole , where ho will be kept until he is tried by court-martial . — Weekly Chronicle Embezzlement bt a Railway Station-Master . —CnEsiEBFonn , Saturday . —The master , Robert Jones , of the railway station here , ou the Eastern Counties line , has been apppchended on suspicion of being concerned in an extensive system of embezzlement . He had been for some years m the service of the company , and previously to wining this station filled a responsible office at the Shoreditch terminus . He underwent a lengthcneU examination before the Rev . Mr . Graham and other magistrates at Ilketon , a small village near this place , the station being in that parish . One case £ rone into showed that it was his duty to collect the

      nionevs' for the passengers' tickets and goods , ana forward the cash to Mr . N . Davis , the accountant of the company , at Shoreditch . On tho 21 st of July he received £ 115 s . 7 d . for passengers , and £ 14 lis . 1 . for goods , in all £ 2516 s . 8 d ., but only remitted £ 1210 s . to the accountant , leaving a deficiency of £ 13 Cs . 8 d . It was stated that on that day he had entered in the train book as having received in notes £ 15 , gold £ 7 , silver 10 s . Other cases being gone into , Mr . Cooper , a solicitor , wo believe , of Cambridge , made an appeal to the bench on behalf of the accused . The magistrates decided , however , on committing him for trial . Ho had been master of this station for nineteen months , and was well known to the frequenters of Newmarket as being very attentive to the safe conveyance of the racehorses , & c . This station is near the Newmarket Junction . It is said that his

      defalcations amount to £ 200 . Elofemext . —Preston , Saturday . —During the past few days the tranquillity of this district has been disturbed by a report that one of the patients of Burgh Hall Lunatic Asylum had eloped , and that the runaway was none other than the celebrated Mrs . Xorris , the quondam Miss Dnric . Our readers will , no doubt , recollect the dexterous elopement of Miss Durie with Ellis Xorris , their marriage at Chester , tbe capture of , and replacing of Miss Doric in the asylum , and the subsequent law proceedings , which resulted ia the imprisonment of Xorris in Lancaster Castle for the expenses . Norris

      only left the gaol about a fortnight back . It appears that on Sunday last the family , with the exception of Mr . Stead , the proprietor of Burgh Hall , and a servant , had gone to church . About half-past eight o ' clock , Mr . Stead had occasion to leave Mrs . Morris ' s room , for the purpose of writing a letter , and by some means the fair prisoner managed to get possession of a carpenter ' s chisel , by the aid of which , after cutting the chords , she was enabled to take out the lower sash of the window , from which she made her escape . Whilst Mr . Stead was writing he twice sent his servant to see that Mrs . Kbrris was safe . The first time she

      was reported to be reading , but on the second occasion , just as the servant entered the room , the candle was blown out , and , to her amazement , she found the window lying on the floor , and that the lady had flown . The police authorities were as soon as possible apprised of the circumstance , and several constables proceeded in search of the fair fugitive . Every house in the neighboorhood about which any suspicion was entertained was searched , but to no purpose ; for neither Mrs . Norris nor her supposed deliverer could be seen or heard of , for even under the window through which she escaped they left not even the print of a footstep behind them . Son-is was found comfortably asleep in bed at his lodgings , minus his wife , and apparently unconscious of her escape Ncwsham , who wasNorris ' s assistant on a former occasion , was also found in his bed asleep . A reward of £ 10 has been offered for the apprehension of the lady . —

      A Daring Kobbeuy was committed on Saturday evening last on Messrs . Flai « g and A ' esander , watchmakers , Bath . During that evening a person , dressed as a respectable farmer , entered their shop and asked one of the partners to show him some gold watches . Several were placed before hira , but he stated a wish to see some more , and whilst the shopkeeper was in the act of obtaining some more from the window , the apparent purchaser made oft " with two gold watches and a gold chain , valued at upwards of £ 40 . The thief was immediately pursued , and whilst in the act of turning the corner of the street he fell , and one of the sold watch s was

      picked up from the mud . He , however , got eff with the other gold watch and chain . Tho police , however , succeeded in capturing the thief about twelve o ' clock at night , in a low lodging house in Avonstreet , but the property has not as yet been recovered ExCROACHMEMT OF THE SEA . AT DuVER .. —Owing to the heavy gales on "Wednesday and Thursday morning last , extensive encroucbnients have been made by the tea on the ground at the Esplanad ? and lower part of Waterloo Cresent . On Thursday morning , it being then nearly high water , the waves rollfd in wst boisterously , and at every surge carried away tins of the beach along the shore — Dover Chronicle .

      Death peom the Femes of Arsexic—Plymouth , Oct . 9 . —An adjourned inquest to inquire into the cause of death of a little girl , named Helen Roberts , who was supposed to have died from the effects of the fumes of arsenic emitted from a chemical manufactory adjoining the Cholera Hospital , in which the child had been placed , was held before Mr . Edmonds , Esq ., the coroner , at the Guildhall on Wednesday . The evidence of the medical gentleman who had attended the child had been taken at the last examination , and they were unanimous in the opinion that arsenic fumes were emitted from the chimney of the chemical works , and that those fumes wero detrimental to the public health , if not actually poisonous . They also swore that the child's death

      arose from inflammation of the lungs , and that the irritating cause of this was these fumes , which she had absorbed into her system . The defence was gone into , and several witnesses living in the immcuhtc neighbourhood . were called , and proved that they had never experienced any bad effects from the works being so near them , and that their health was uniformly good . The Coroner having summed up in a very clear and lucid manner , after an absence of two hours the jury returned a verdict , " That deceased met her death fro in inflammation of the lungs , caused by inhaling the arsenic in the loft . " A DiscovLitv . —An idea has for some time been prevalent among our fishermen , that one day or other their lucky stars would lead them to tiie

      discovery of an oysterbed on our coast , and this dainty vision has recently met with a most unexpected fulfilment , a bed of " real natives" having been found near the South Scroby , and supposed to be nearly two miles long . Tbe " diggings" in this new California have already been extensive , and several boats have landed their cargoes , which have been retailed at the remarkably low prices of ten a penny . The fish are delicately flavoured , and though at present small , still in a few weeks they will doubtless become fattened . The value of this fortunate discovery can hardly be overrated , as it will afford immediate and profitable employment to very many poor persons , and it may hereafter rise to be one of the most important branches of the iarinouth fisheries . —Bury Herald .

      Tub Cosdkmxed Prisoxer Charlotte Hareis , — Some charitably disposed inhabitants of Taunton recently memorialised the Home-office to spare the life of this convict , condemned for poisoning her husband , and now awaiting her accotichmcnt , previous to the sentence of the law being carried into effect . Sir George Grey has officially announced his regret that the case " presents no grounds that warrant his interference , with the due course of law . The prisoner is expected to be confined every day , and as soon after as possible the extreme penalty of the law will , it is stated , be carried into effect .

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      Sextexce of Death . —At ( he Jedburgh Circuit Court on Thursday week , Thomas Wilson , John Brady , and Peter Rafferty , or Liffery , alias the Switcher , were charged with mobbing , rioting , assault , and murder at the last St . Boswell ' s fair . All the prisoners pleaded " Not Guilty . " A great number of witnesses were examined on behalf of the prosecution . They all identified the prisoners , Wilson and Brady , as having taken an active part in the assault on young Lauder , who was murdered in assisting the police to quell the riot raised by the Irish labourers in order to rescue a prisoner . Nearly nil the witnesses saw either the one or the other of

      these prisoners strike Lauder . Other of the witnesses identified Rafferty as having been in the crowd taking nn active part in it , but none of them saw him strike Lauder . J . Baillie , M . D ., proved that the deceased William Lauder's death was produced by a blow eiven on the right side of the head , which had caused a concus ^ ten and compression of the brain . Witnesses were then led on behalf of the prisoners . The jury returned an unanimous verdict of" Guilty " against the prisoners Wilson and Brady , as libelled , aud also of the murder of William Lauder , with a recommendation to mercy . They ; fsand a iferdiet agninst Rafferty for mobbing , riofiag . $ xd assault io

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      the danger of life . The sentence on Rafferty was postponed . After a brief consultation by their lordships and a few remarks from Lord Wood , the Lord Justice Clerk , in the most solemn and earnest manner , pronounced the sentence of death upon Wilson and Brady . He told them they had been recommended to mercy . The court had no mercy to bestow , only he would make the proper application to the Crown on their behalf , but he warned them not to expect any . Brady wept bitterly when the sentence was passed , but Wilson heard it without betraying any emotion . The execution , if not countermanded , will take place at Jedburgh on tho 25 th inst . -Border Advertiser .

      Case of suspected Poisoning anu Robbery . — During the summer months , Jane Hamilton , a servant girl , resided with her mother in the town of StrathMren . She had been for many years a servant to a clergyman in Edinburgh , and had returned to her native place in a delicate state of health . She had accumulated upwards of £ 20 off her fees ; and of these in her chest , along with a few loose pound notes , was a bank receipt for £ 20 . She was lat terly confin ed to bed , and her mother was assisted by Janet Lennox , who was married to Jane ' s brother , An drew Hamilton . Janet prepared drinks , and the doctor ' s medicine for the use of her ailing sister ; and both she and her husband were infrequent and close attendance , as became affectionate relatives . Jane

      began to show symptoms of recovery , go much as to induce the medical gentleman to discontinue tho usual visit . On the following day Jane ' s mother stepped into the doctor's shop . —Mother : This is a sudden change wi' Jane . —Doctor : What way ?—Mother : She ' s awa' !—Doctor ( in astonishment ) : Where to ? Mother : She's dead ! - Doctor : Dead When did she die ? This is a suddeh change , indeed . —Mother : But what way did ye no come yesterday when ye were sent for ?—Doctor : She / vas so much better that I did not think it necessary to call ; and to my knowledge I was not sent for . —Mother : That ' s strange ! Janet Lennox left my house o' her ain accord to gang for ye , and she came , back saying that you would be directly . This was the first ground of suspicion of foul agency . Jane had thus died suddenly , and death had been attended with retching

      and burning pains . Arsenic is alleged to have been purchased by Janet Lennox froma druggist ' s shop in Strathaven , and arsenic is alleged to have beenfound , on the body of the deceased being opened . Before suspicion had been matured and legal steps taken , Janet absconded , but afterwards came back , when both she and her husband were apprehended . Jane ' s chest , on examination before relatives , was found robbed of all her money ; and it is alleged that the sister , Janet , has been identified as the person who cashed the £ 20 receipt in the bank . Letters have been run , and the trial will shortly take place in Edinburgh . Remembering all the circumstances of Gilmour ' s trial , this may be considered peculiarly fortunate for the female prisoner . Altogether , the non-publicity of this'atrocious case of murder and robbery exhibits a striking contrast with the courts and press of our English neighbours .

      Execution of the Convict Uobb . —An answer to the petition transmitted to the Home-office , for a commutation of sentence in the case of Robn , was received on Thursday . The answer , which is in the usual form , is unfavourable to the prayer of the petition , and the unfortunate man must therefore be executed on Tuesday week , according to the terms of his sentence . —^ Serd ' ccn Banner ,

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      A Novel Barricade . —The Tipperary Vindicator contains an account of the proceedings , consequent upon the Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe , nominating the Rev . Mr . Kenny to the parish of Nenagh , instead of the Rev . Mr . Power , who has acted as curate for twenty years . On Mr . Kenny proceeding to the chapel , he found that the gates and doors were nailed and barricaded against him . A large crowd had assembled , and from their demeanour it was evident that they were determined to prevent Mr . Kenny ' s entrance . This was on the Wednesday ,

      and , in spite of the efforts of Mr . Power and the Rev . Mr . Bowles , the people persisted during the day in " nailing" the new priest out . Recourse was had to Dr . Kennedy , the bishop , who ordered Mr . Kenny to persevere ; " watch and ward" was kept all Wednesday night at the chapel gates , and also during the whole ot Thursday . On Friday the attempt to enter was renewed in vain . Mr . Kenny went around the chapel , examining each of the doors and windows , but all were firmly closed with strong planks nailed across , in such a way as any attempt to force them woula be useless . He then addressed

      the people , stating that the Kev . Mr . Power had no greater friend than himself , and that this proceeding on the part of the people was calculated to do him ( Mr . Power ) more disadvantage than benefit . He said when Mr . Power was on that morning acquainted with the fact of the chapel doors being nailed up he expressed himself much pained , and said that his worst enemy could not do anything more injurious to him . Mr . Kenny then requested the people to open the doors of the chapel and allow him to celebrate Mass , but several answered that thev would not allow tlie bishop nor Mr . Power himself to lay a finger on the chapel : and " you , Father Kenny , " added one of the men , " and l ) r . Kennedy too , were far enough away when Mr . Power was

      building that chapel , and mortgaging the coat off his back to make up money for it . " "I know that , my friends , " added Mr . Kenny ; "but the fact is , that Mr . Power will not get the parish , and if I leave it now , an utter stranger , who neither knows nor is known by any of you , will be appointed your pastor . " " Never , never , Sir , " broke in the crowd , " when yon go , no stranger will ever come alter you , nor will we allow Father Power to be taken away from us . " " He is not to be taken from you , " interrupted Mr . Kenny . " Nor wi < l we suffer him to be made a footstool of byany person , " cried another . Mr . Kenny here protested that no intention was had of making Mr . Power a " footstool , " as the people exnressed it . After a conversation in this strain with the people

      for upwards of half an hour , the reverend gentleman relired , but the crowds continued around the chapel , fearing least advantage might be taken of their absence if they left—in omsequence of the rain which then commenced to fall heavily . About eleven o ' clock Mr . Power again came down and entreated of the people to open the gates , but they resisted all his entreaties , and asserted that no body , layman or priest , dare touch them until he got his rights . About ten o ' clock on the night of Thursday the chapel boll was rung violently , and in a very few momenta upwards of 500 people had collected to see what was the cause of the alarm . They appeared much excited , and , doubtless , apprehended that an alarm was raised . But it appeared that a little boy who was watching in the old abbey adjoining the school heard a ladder filling , aud thinking tiwfc ( lie noise proceeded from one of the doors being h ' mken , ran

      to the belfry and rang the bell . A number of watchmen continued in the chapel yard , and all day on Saturday last , to guard against any attempt that might be made to enter . So matters remain , whilst the great body of the respectable parishioners , who knew nothing of the nailing of the gates , and would have opposed such a course if they could , have met and adopted a memorial to the Right Rev . Dr . Kennedy , in favour of their pastor and friend of twenty years , the Rev . Mr . Power . Carrying or Caors . —The provincial papers contained numerous instances of this practice . In many p ' aces the landlords are endeavouring to meet the crisis by lowerig rents . The Nation of last Saturday has an article on the subject under the head .- " How io Face the Winter . — " After drawing a most gloomy picture of the prospects for the next six months , Mr . Duffcy thus proceeds

      " Let no one be startled—we have no idea of disturbing the quiet sleep of Captain Rock , or reillumining the ashes that fell from the midnight , fires Of the Whitebors . We intended to be as constitutionnl as a L'rd Chancellor . " We would suggest then . — " That the people proceed at once and vigorously to construct a series of Tenant Remonstrance Societies , throughout the entire country . If from past times they can borrow no suitable pattern for the mechanical organisation of these bodies , it will not task a moment ' s thought to strike out one . The dimensions of each should hardly embrace more than a parish , or a poor law union . Wo would have them open t « every man , and so regulated as to require but tho subscription of a firm and honest purpose for their maintenance . It is scarcely necessary to remark ,

      that earnestness and union could make this quiet sufficient . Ihe object of su « h confederacies as we contemplate would be twofold , partly prospective , cheifly immediate , It is clear as light , that their foundation wouldsupply the best fulcrum for the lever which we are resolved to push by and by under the very corner-stone of the present land system . And as for instant results , by quadruplin g the difficulties necessarily attendant upon the urgent execution of rents , they could most effectively operate m the selfinterest of landlords , and oblig e them to modify and abate their demands . Within there respective spheres of action , they should , also , see that the general distress should not be made a cover for individual fraud , and that such tenants as really had Cffisar ' s image stamped upon their possessions should give Cssar his due ,

      " We would have the cause of the poor tenant taken up boldly and energetically by tho press . Several of our contemporaries in Ireland entertain the same views with ourselves on the rights of life as opposed to the claims of luxury ; and" wo have abundant earnest that , in tho advocacy of those rights , they will receive a hearty and powerful cooperation from the organs of the movement party in England . Some of the' terrible shadows' of the landlord interest will of course mutter hollow ethics , and call us Rapparees , and propagandists of Communism . Rut their abstractions and their denunciations will fall lightly on men who are earnest in the cause of humanity and- truth . Those who delight in reading Montesqueiu or Benthammay date the rights of property , from the flood , or m &

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      ~ , TTwnon a prescription old as Adam ; but f , onff for preaching that , whatever may have been hovX o those rights of property they are es-SSfly subordinate to the rights of life . , S We beseech our contemporaries , then , to raise their voices loudly , and help to defend the poor Kit aaainst the impending ravages of winter . * n FinS if no exertion be made to throw a ram-Mvf vound too peasant's hut , has he no resource , P foVmoury within himself ? Must he die a sacn-CKSito the manes of some drunken pro-SateS lived riotously a hundred years ago p £ v stone in that old rocking castle has blood S and shall it become a cairn to chronicle Z murder of another Irish generation this

      " Sit this hypothesis is premature , and it may not be expedient to consider it until the temper of the timesS have developed itself further . All wo SS say at present is , that though law' may be arrayed against a man , it can sometimes be made inoperative without being violated . The Clearance SvsTEM . -The Tipperary tWtcaiorhas an account of the eviction , on Wednesday list of 132 persons from an estate near Templemore . The Cork papers also have further accounts of evictions for non-payment of rent . The Apfiuy at Dolly ' s Brae . —Tho Freeman s Journal states , that a subscription list has been opened for the relief of the families of the persons who lost their lives at Dolly ' s Brae , on the 12 th July last , and that the Right Rev . Dr . Blake , Roman Catholic Bishop of Dromore , ; has contributed £ 20 to the fund .

      Affrat and Loss of Life . —The Cork Examiner contains the following : — " On Wednesday evening week two constables of the Cloyne station proceeded to a farm in that locality , with the intention of executing a warrant for the arrest of the proprietor , named M ' Carthy . They succeeded in meeting htm at home , and immediately took him into custody , and were about to return with him to Cloyne , when his family and a number of Mends , who were speedily collected , attacked them with the intention of rescuing M'Carthy , in which , after a short struggle , they succeeded . The police , determined on executing their order , attempted to retake him , but he having seized a scythe from the hands of one

      of his friends , defended himself for some time , and finally , aided by a largo party , became the aggressor . One of the police , considering himself m imminent danger , turned on M'Carthy , who was pursuing him , and levelling his musket at htm , which was loaded , he fired and shot him in the abdomen . The unfortunate man expired in a few minutes after , and the police escaped uninjured . " ESTAUUSUMENT OF A NhW UNIVERSITY . —A long communication has been addressed by Prince Albert to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland haying reference to the establishment of a second university in Dublin . It appears from this letter that the principals of the three Queen ' s Colleges were

      anxious to have the power conferred separately on those institutions of granting degrees in the several faculties of law , physic , and arts—a view which is ably combated by his Royal Highness , on the ground that the granting of such powers would only have the effect of converting those colleges into " common nuisances and nests of jobbing and sectarianism . " The Prince , however , advocates the propriety of founding a second university for all Ireland , ' the government of which he suggests should be entrusted to a senate consisting of not more than seventeen persons , including the presidents of

      the Queen ' s Colleges and representatives , the most distinguished that can be obtained , of the several faculties of arts , law , and physics , of the exact and natural sciences , of agriculture , and of belles lettres , with a chancellor and vice-chancellor , all of whom ave to be appointed by the Crown . This senate , his Royal Highness further suggests should have the control over the system of education practised in tho provincial colleges , and of the arrangements for graduation . It is nearly certain that tho plan thus shadowed forth will be acted upon without much loss of time . —Times .

      Fever has become rather prevalent in Dublin since the subsidence of the greater pestilence . There were several fatal cases towards the close of the last week . Dismissal of Lord Roden and the Messrs . Beers . —The Lord-Lieutenant , acting upon the report of Mr . Berwick , Q . C ., recently placed before the government , has removed tho Earl of Rodcn from the commission of the peace for the counties of Down and Louth , and has directed that . Mr . Francis Beers and Mr . William Beevs should bo

      removed from the commission for the former county . No step has yet been taken respecting the other magistrates who were present during the procession and conflict at Dolly ' s Brae and Maghcramayo , on the 12 th of July last . It is stated that Lord Rodcn will also be removed from the Deputy Lieutenancy for the county of Down . Tho Evening Mail , an Orange paper , is of course very indignant with the dismissal . It says , that if it be the desire of the government to precipitate a Protestant crisis , such an exasperating act of ingratitude , perfidy , and injustice is admirably adapted

      to further the attainment of their object . " Coxoilutiox-iiait , was opened oh Monday , at cheap prices , and Mr . John O'Connell addressed the meeting in his usual style . There wore scarcely any influential members of tho old repeal party present , but Mr . J . O' Conncll said that ho had been promised support from influential quarters . His intention of attacking the Irish church temporalities Mr . O'Connell announced in the most pointed way . He dwelt with considerable severity upon Lord Clarendon , but when the Queen ' s name was inadvertantly mentioned there was enthusiastic cheering and waving of hats .

      Destructive Fires

      DESTRUCTIVE FIRES

      The Premises In Which This Disaster Occu...

      The premises in which this disaster occurred be longed to Messrs . Gooch and Cousins , tho wellknown wool-brokers , who have depots at Dowgate * hill , Scething-hino , and London-wall . About ten minutes after ten o ' clock on . Saturday night smoke was seen pouring forth from the warehouses , which extend in one direction from the house numbered 05 , London-wall , to the gardens in front of Draper ' s Hall . On the eastern extremity was a wing almost as largo as the other portion of tho warehouse , which stretched as far as Carpenters' Hall , which building escaped destruction when the great fire of London occurred in 1 G 6 G . Nearest to the houses in

      London-wall was another wing ot warehouses , the same size as the latter , the whole communicating with each other , and forming a range of premises probably as large as any in the city of London . At a moderate calculation thoy must have been about 300 feet long , and each wing nearly 100 feet wide . Tiiey were , including the ground warehouse , three floors in height . The whole of Messrs . Gooch and Cousin ' s men iiad left the warehouse some time before the fire was discovered . Before any one had time to enter the property , a huge sheet of toe shot upwards , and , being fanned by a strong easterly wind , it was sent into tho middle of the building , and then taking a southerly turn , tho whole of the lower part of the premises was fired simultaneously .

      At this time there were from 3 , 300 to 4 , 000 bales ot wool on the different floors , the value of which it is stated was about £ 80 , 000 . The coverings of the different parcels being exceedingly dry the flames extended almost with tho swiftness of lightning , so that before sufficient time had elapsed to convey intelligence to the engine stations the fire had seized upon the whole of tho floors and kid penetrated the roofs . When the firemen arrived , tho whole of the immense promises were in a general blaze—tho floorings of tlie various stories wore cracking and making a noiso like the continued discharge of firearms ; the tiles from the roof were flying about in all directions , striking the people in tho open streets , and severely injuring five persons , three men aud

      two women , who were removing their furniture from Draper ' s-buildings . At the same time the flames as they shot from the top > of the warehouses completely covered the roofs of eight or nine houses in Sadler ' s-placc . These houses contained about six families in each , and to witness the poor creatures throwing their furniture into the street , and oven . jumping from the upper windows , was truly pitiable . To grapple effectually , with so great a body of flame required some consideration , it being quite clear if the firemen wero sent into the burning premises they must lose their lives on account of the continued falling of the heavy floors and bales of wool . The men wero therefore placed upon tho roofs of the contiguous premises , or sent into the court-yards of Drapers' and Carpenters' Halls , whilst others were stationed at tho entrance oi

      Messrs . Cooch and Cousins ' s warehouses . The supply of water being most abundant , copious streams were thrown upon ' and into the burning mass , but , notwithstanding , tho work of destruction continued with even greater violence , and tho flames mounted so high into the air as to light up the whole of-tho city , tho river , and the eastern portion of London . The flames still continuing to spread , much uneasiness prevailed for the safety of Carpenters' Hall , and the numerous double houses in Sadler s-place , but , notwithstanding the exertions of tho firemen the flames entered several windows ol tho hall , on the western side , and fired the side wall of this ancient structure , and the fire was

      rapidly travelling up tho staircase , threatening the whole place with destruction . A large number of firemen having been sent into the building , they eventually succeeded in mastering tho fire in this direction , but not until past four o ' clock on Sunday morning , six hours after the commencement of the misfortune , the main body of flame in the warehouses still continuing to rage as fearfully as beorc . One of the inhabitants who had gone upon the roof ot one of tho houses in SadlerVplaeo lo render . assistance , fell to the bottom , and was so scwS r m' il ? t 0 bo obli gcd t 0 bc <»™ ed to the hosprtal . Birch , one of the engineers at Farringdon-street station-, was struck over the face by a poli < remaii . s : tmchoon during the time tho officer

      The Premises In Which This Disaster Occu...

      was engaged in removing the crowd , which taid the flesh tare , and compelled him to procure surgical assistance , tfine of tho houses in Sadler s-place were fired in the roofs , hut the mca fortunately succeeded in preventing their total destruction , the property destroyed by this disastrous event , unless a great amount of salvage be collected , must reach , including tho buildings , to nearly £ 100 , 000 . Fortunately Messrs . Gooch and Cousins were fully insured , and it is understood that nearly the whole of the persons who had wool deposited in their premises were protected from loss by what are technically termed floating policies . Respecting the origin of the fire nothing can at present be ascertained . The following is a copy of the official report : —

      " Saturday , October 6 , 1849 , a fire broke at 0 » , London-wall , belonging to Messrs . Gooch and Cousins , wool merchants and brokers . Called by stranger at a quarter-past ten o'clock p . m . The cause of fire unknown . The buildings were insured in the Royal Exchange Fire-office . " Engines that attended . —Six belonging to the A district of the London Establishment , one of the parish , and one of tho West of England Insurance Company . " Tho whole of the warehouses burnt down . "C arpenters Hall , No . 68 , London-wall . —Tho end wall and windows burnt out . Staircase leading to Court-room and offices , also the room , damaged by fire The furniture damaged by fire and water . The building is tho property of tho Carpenters ' Company , and is insured in tho Sun and Hand-in-Hand Fire-offices . The furniture , & c , were insured in the Union Fire-office .

      " Sadler ' s-place , London-wall . —3 fos . 1 to 18 , all let out in tenements . Roofs and back walls damaged by fire and breakage , and the furniture iuiured by hasty removal , and the buildings , which belonged to the Sadlers' Company , were insured in the Royal Exchange-office , but tho furniture was not insured . " Two other Fires occurred on Saturday night . One was at No . 12 , Shouldham-stroet , Bryanstonsquare , belonging to Mr . S . Box , a beer-shop-keeper . The inmates , having retired to rest , had great difficulty in escaping . The Royal Society's escape and brigade engines attended , but the flames could not be subdued until the fire had damaged the whole of the premises . The other fire was at No . 2 D , Bedford-street , Covent-garden , in the tenure of Mr . A . Benyon , jeweller , and which burned one of the detached workshops out , in spite of tho early arrival of the parish and brigade engines . Both persons were insured .

      At the Chartered Gas Works St . Luke ' s . —On Monday night , shortly after eight o ' clock , tho inhabitants of Brick-hue , Old-street , St . Luke ' s , were greatly alarmed owing to tho sudden outbreak of a five at the Chartered Gas Company's works . The flames originated from it is believed an escape of gas in tho purifying house , a building not more than twenty-seven yards square . Tbe Whitecross-sfcreet brigade engine was promptly on the spot , when the roof of the building in which the outbreak originated was found in flames . The engine of the brigade , as well as the steam-engine of the company , having been set to work , the fire was happily confined to that portion of the works where it began , the property destroyed being comparatively speaking inconsiderable . About the same period another fire occurred in

      the mews at the rear of Albany-street , Regent ' spark , but fortunately no damage was done , owing to the arrival of timely assistance . Alderman Humphrey ' s WHARFS , —Between four and five o'clock on Wednesday morning , as a person was passing the wharfs of Mr . Alderman Humphrey , at Bankside , he discovered an unusual smoke . Timely information was g iven to the police , and messengers sent to the City and Southwork engine stations . Several engines and firemen were in quick attendance , and an entry having been forced , a fire was found to be extending itself among the straw and rubbish in the oil cellarswhere an enormous stock was deposited . The fire , men were soon successful in allaying the fear of the neighbourhood ; and fortunately their having been called quickly to the spot no doubt prevented a most awful loss of property .

      Cholera. Tnrjrsdat.—Return Of Deaths Fro...

      CHOLERA . TnrjRSDat . —Return of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea . The Metropolis ; cholera 38 , diarrhoea 10 . The Pi-evinces ; cholera 335 , diarrhoea 66 . Scotland ; cholera 23 . Total , —cholera 366 , diarrhoea 85 . Friday . —The Metropolis ; cholera 42 , diarrhoea 13 . Tho Provinces ; cholera 293 , diarrhoea 0 L Scotland ; cholera 21 . Total , —cholera 356 , diarrhoea 77 . Saturday . —The Metropolis ; cholera 35 , diarrhoea 21 . The Provinces , cholera 242 , diarrhoea 75 . Scotland ; cholera 16 . Total , —cholera 2 Q 3 , diarrhoea 96 . Monday . —The Metropolis ; cholera il , diarrhoea 25 . The Provinces ; cholera 3 S 7 , diarrhoea 115 . Scotland ; cholera 23 . Total , —cholera 454 : diarrhoea 140 .

      TuKsnAv . —Tho Metropolis ; cholera 38 , diarrhoea 20 . The Provinces ; cholera 213 , diarrhoea 84 . Scotland ; cholera 32 . Total , —cholera 233 , diarrhoea 104 . Wednesday . — The Metropolis ; cholera 14 ; diarrhoea 11 . The Provinces ; cholera 199 ; diarrhoea 65 . Scotland ; cholera 10 . Total , —cholera 223 , diarrhoea 70 .

      Dr, Bmttax'b Microscopical Investigation...

      DR , BMTTAX'B MICROSCOPICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE PATHOLOGY OF CHOLERA . The following interesting paper by Dr . Brittan , of Bristol , describing a series of microscopical observations on the pathology of cholera , is published in the Medical Times : — On Monday , the 8 th of July , in conjunction with Mr . J . G . Swayne , as fellow-member of a sub-committee appointed by the Bristol Medico- Chirurgical Society , for the microscopic investigation of choleraic evacuations , I examined two specimens of rice-water dejection ; and on comparing our drawings made from them , aud produced before the subcommittee , we wero struck with the peculiar appearance of certain bodies depicted in each . On further prosecuting this investigation , I found these bodies to bo constantly present in tho rice-water

      evacuation of cholera patients , and offering the same characteristic appearance that distinguished them from anything I had before observed . In order to ascertain if they bore in their size or quantity any relation to the severity of the symptoms , I endeavoured to obtain specimens passed by the same patient at different periods , as well aa to complete the observation by an account of his condition at tho time . The result was , that as several cases in my tabic indicated , and as other cilSOS not recorded seemed to prove , I became convinced that a certain relation does exist between the size and number of these bodies , and the time elapsed after tho seizure taken connexion with the

      m severity of the symptoms . That is to say , they aro small and clearly defined in the matter vomited , they become larger and more compound in the dejections ; and as the disease progresses favourably , where I hare had tho opportunity of examining , they vanish as tho symptoms disappear , and the motions regain their natural appearance . I have also found that in very rapidly fatal cases these bodies are sometimes to bo met with only in very small quantity , or are altogether absent , though this observation must ho qualified by the remark that it is not always possible , or at all events has not been with me , ' to obtain portions of every motion passed , and that those

      bodies might have been present . It must also he recollected that hut a small quantity is saved for investigation , and but an infinitesimal part of thateveti ever comos actually on the stage of tho microscope . My observations were made on cases taken just as they came under my notice , and without selection ; some in the cholera hospital , some through the kindness of Mr . Ralph Bernard , in the Bridewell thoy extend in dates from July the 9 th to Julv the mh . Whilst collecting this series , I examined and compared the specimens with others obtained from patients free from cholera . 1 found that in healthy solid motions these bodies did not exist , nor could I meet with them in the fluid stools of tophus and other diseases , but that they were present in the cases of severe choleraic diarrhoea so prevalent in districts where the disease abounds ; and I was thus led to the necessary inference that these bodies were peculiar to the evacuations of cholera naticnta

      anu must have some essential relation to the disease the observations collected by Mr . Swayne on cases in tho cholera hospital , with tho exception of Acs . 1 and 2 ( the cases from the comparison of tho drawtngs of which we were first led to notice these peculiar bodies ) , wero made subsequently to mine and date August 2 nd to the present time . Ho was prevented from continuing these first investigations H « i ! i r obso ,, > , ati ° ns were taken quite independently of my own . which they so fully conhi-m , I have thought it better to give them in a separate form . J ? T £ ^ f t 0 COnsitlei' those bodies ( winch , from the characteristic of their abearance I have termed annular bodies ) , in sonic manner essentially connected with cholera , I wished to ascertain whether it might be as cause and « Mnt . or

      cttect and product ; that it could not be the latter seemed evident at onco , from the fact that they were " ? ff , / of thc known liealfcl 'y or morbid elements ot tho body , or secretions , and as they were found in the vomited matters apparently in an early stage p i dcvclopemont , it seemed probable that they were introduced from without , and would be met with in the atmosphere , & c , of places where cholera was rile . Accordingly , with a view to test the truth ol this supposition , on July 19 , with the kind assistance ot ; and an apparatus suggested bv , Dr . Bernard ,, Leondemssd . about a drachm of fluid from the

      Dr, Bmttax'b Microscopical Investigation...

      atmosphere of a room from which five patients h-i . i been removed tho day previous to the cholera hospital , and found in it bodies of the same appearanc "" as those represented . I soon afterwards repeated the experiment , with the aid of Mr . Ralph Rcrnard in a cell in the Bridewell , which had been unoccu pied for some time , but adjoining cells , the occu pants of some of which had been seized with cholera * one of whom died thc day before . Here , ; iiso * i , ' same result was obtained . The same experimenfc was then tried in situations free from cholera but with a negative result ; thc fluid here obtained xnl destitute of these bodies , and contained only « , i , ii portions of hyaline structureless matter , also oh served in the first . I have since repeated tw

      experiments , aiaea oy iir . William ru , iU ( sev r ° ? times with the same positive and negative result and therefore feel justified in stating that the sama mil follow similar iuvcsti «& t \ ows made elsewhere if the necessary care be taken , and a glass of suffi ' ently hig h power —( I used a Ross ' s l-12 th )—\ , e en T ployed . Tho only question remaining is , as to the identity of the annular bodies thus shown to exist in the atmosphere of cholera districts , and in ' tij 0 vomited matters and evacuations of cholera patients Most of those to whom I have shown tho s pec imens entertain no doubt on the subject , and all seem to concur in their identity of form . This is all that is possible in respect to mnt f ora

      of such extreme minuteness ; and we must , I imagine , be satisfied here , as in similar cases' to form our opinion on circumstantial and corroborating evidence . And when we consider that this form is in itself of too definite a character to be one of mere chance ; that the sizes are progressive accurate measurement showing those in atmosphere to average from thc 10 , 000 th to thc 3 , 000 th bf an inch in diameter , those in vomit from the 8 , 600 th to thc 5 , 000 th , those in dejection , from the 6 , 000 th to the 500 th ; whilst they are met with in the same . specimen of dejection in all the intermediate stages of palpably the same object—the inference is , it appears to me , conclusive , that tho annular bodies of

      atmosphere , vomit , and dejections aro but the three stages of developement of one and the same body , of whatever nature it may be . They may be seen in almost all these stages , some being nearly ag small as those in the atmosphere , others intermediate , evincing a commencent of compound character , whilst the largest , again , frequently seem parent cells , containing young cells in their walls and interior , or broken up into a number of young colls , more or less separated from each other , i have seen some much larger than the largest here represented , occasionally entire , but more frequently broken with a sharp , irregular fracture , thc morsels presenting in some measure , thc same

      characteristic annulus as the parent cell did . i heir form is too peculiar to need further comment , the light ring round them giving a peculiar cupp ed . appearance , which is unmistakeable . Having thus given a detailed account of the mode in which I was led to the discovery of these bodies , in the atmosphere and evacuations , it might be expected that I should enter more fully into a description of their nature ; but , as I have stated in the commencement of this report , my object is simply to lay before the profession the facts as I have found them , that they may receive the attention and examination which I believe they deserve , and be tested and proved by a repetition of my own experiments . To this end I

      shall be happy to give any information to those desirous of prosecuting the research , fully satisfied , that the more they are examined the more fully will they be established , and the more important will bo the results that may flow from their knowledge , and with the earnest hope that we may through them obtain , if no more , at least one common ascertained fact on which the profession may be agreed , and by which our inquiries into the cause and " cffect of this and other allied diseases may be directed in the right path . On this account , also , I have studiously avoided giving any opinion at all on the facts brought forward , lest 1 might by so doing distract attention from them , and because I would wish them to stand alone as a fixed and demonstrated truth , from which others , as well as myself , may draw their

      inferences . I have necessarily formed opinions , and been led by circumstances which occur only in the actual practical investigation of such subjects , to conclusions which may or may not be approved by others , and I should therefore wish these to be considered as totally distinct from thc facts stated in this report , and shall probably make them the subject of a paper in a future number . P . S . —Since tho above was placed in the printer ' s hands , I have been kindly furnished with the following letter from Mr . Quokctt , for publication . Tho opinion of so high an authority will bear , I am sure , great weight . Clifton , Sept . 21 , 1849 . Roval College of Surgeons , ' September ' 2 mh , 1849 .

      My Dear Sin , —I have carefully examined the specimens procured by you from the . air of cholera districts , choleraic vomit and evacuation , submitted for my opinion onFrkiay , Sept . 14 , as also a specimen obtained from the atmosphere this day , and have no hesitation in stating that in my judgment they are successive stages of developement of the same body , which I believe to be of a fungoid nature . Yours very truly , Dr . F . Brittan . John Queue-it . It should be mentioned that Dr . Brittan ' s paper in the Medical Gatette is rendered more complete by illustrative diagrams showing thc form of tlie fungoid bodies supposed to be the cause of cholera .

      Tire Loxdo.V Graveyards.—Tbe Recent Inve...

      Tire Loxdo . v Graveyards . —Tbe recent investigations itltO the condition of graveyards have brought to light more specific evils than those disclosed even by tho researches which Mr . Chadwick made by direction of the government in 1842 . The elleet of tho overcrowding of thc graveyards has beea strikingly marked by the excess of deaths from cholera within the reach of most of them . Thc General Board of Health could upon such evidence have no alternative than to adopt a remedial interpretation of the general words of the statute conferring discretionary powers upon them , and to order those graveyards to bo closed which appear to be already overcrowded , and which the inspector reported to be dangerous to health , 'flic untoward decision of Mr . Jardine , however ( which there is no

      opportunity of bringing without delay before a superior court ) , and ' indeed the ordinary habit of interpretation of ordinary statutes which " might bo expected to bo maintained ( though inapplicable to the extraordinary powers g iven for the present emergency ) , has forced tlie General Board to issue orders for the application of quicklime as a disinfectant in cases of continued interments in the grounds which the Board considered would he easier and better closed . Eminent chemists were consulted as to the means of disinfection . Though several phuis were considered to ho eligible ami effectual , yet as thc Board had no other direct iuoar . of working them than through the existing otiioers , it was , wo believe , determined that chemical processes could not bo intrusted for execution fo

      churchwardens and reluctant sextons , lhcre is no choice , therefore , hut in the simple application ot quicklime , as directed in the order , to the surface of the overcrowded graveyards , to neutralise surface emanation , and ' hot upon , but beneath , each coffin newly interred , to prevent , as far as possibl- ' , tho pollution of wells and springs by the drainage ' , which has , in some instances been found productive of worse effects than the gaseous emanation . ? . The order further provides , tftafc onlv otic corpse sh :. ; l bo buried in a grave ; that the graves shall he two feet six inches apart ; and that on every corpse there shall bo at least five feet of earth deposited ;

      and it also orders , that if , in digging the grave , ov in opening any part of a burial ground , any human i bone , or other part of a huinun body , or any colli !) , , shall bo found or become visible ) then that tho ? earth shall be immediatel y filled in and covered 1 with quicklime . 2 s ' o grave " is to be allowed , upon n any pretence , to be dug or opened in any pan of a ; i burial ground where a corpse has been buried or r deposited within ten years . In tlie me-amiine , ' , queries have been issued to all thc incumbents oi > i the Metropolitan parishes for tho collection ot'facts : s for forming the general scheme of ameridmeiiS iS which thc statute directs thc General Board to pra- ipose . —Observer .

      Escaf-k or Coxvicts mom Spikb Island . — The ic officers of the convict depot at Spike Island were re thrown into much consternation at an early hour on an Friday , on discovering that two convicts , named d William Watson and John Bjrne , who had been mv , ndcrgoing their periods of transportation , had eftVc- -filed their escape from thc prison and island . The he crime for which Watson was undergoing his seven eii years' punishment was cattle stealing in thc vicinity ity of Dublin , whilst Byrne was convicted at Armag h gk on a charge of stealing a case of surgeon ' s ittstriwuments . The convicts ' liad been located in that | M ' ; i of the depot called the " model prison , " the win-mi ; inosciosc

      dows of which , it appears , arc not of the SCCIU'O description ; as , on examination , it was cvi-cvi- ¦ ¦ dent that the escape was effected by ihe removal oil 0 " the window sash . On quitting their cell they sitc-sitccccdcdin getting over several walls , nofcwitl . standir . Jilir . Jt the sentinels were on patrol ; and on getting eloarleari " of thc prison , they were so fortunate as to " find aid an . boat moored by the shore , which they managed toi too work , without oars , across thc little " bay that " sopa-opa-irates Spike Island from llingaskiddy , ' where thcytheyv hauled the boat ashore , and decamped . As yet nut nut clue has been'discovered to their track , but there lire ! w scarce a doubt of their capture , as they arc habitei'jitcw in the prison clothing .

      A duet , has taken place at Lisbon between Mi VSotomayor , editor of tha Emndarte , andM . Coellioellioo of tho Emaucipacam , the latter gentleman iweir . ii . . ( iv . ii ! . fi ; sword-thrusts in tho shoulder and hand . [ Query iery > - What have the cuts proved ? Which of thc two vaj vaa right ?]

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 13, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13101849/page/6/