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      Health Of London—London Is As Healthy As...

      Health of London—London is as healthy as jflual at . ihis season of the year ; 1 , 026 deaths were registered in the week . The average number of deltas in the corresponding week of the ten years 1841-50 , was 1 , 014 ; or 1 , 000 if we correct for increase of papulation and exclude 2 , 865 deaths in the second week of September , 1849 when the cholera was epidemic . In the last week there was a death every ten nrinute * in London ; but the population is now about 2 , 381 , 000 , and tbe mortality is therefore at the rate of one in 2 , 331 weekly . The births were 1 , 423 , and exceeded the deaths by 403 ; the population is increasing partly by immigration at tbes raw of 42 , u 00 a year , or 800 weekly . 535 »^« aB ? * £ females diel . The sees of ± persons werei no .. re

      y « rted ; 198 only were of theageofwauau u = » 359 were in the Jrimeof life , and 4 to ^ ff * m t ? ho had n .. t attained the age of , 1 & - V' q fa deaths . 722 occurred on tta *« Jkg * ° " £ , ££ asaj & 'ffjKSSfsfe ^ s ^^^ aa ^^ h'ss ^ jssssj ^ s Cholera is slowly , diarrheal rapidly , declining . The deaths in the last three weeks were 28 , 17 , 17 , from cholera , and 174 , 192 , 101 from diarrhoea ; . 2 i men and women died of that painful disease-cancer and 119 of consumption , and 31 of heart disease ; 6 death

      wraen died in childbirth ; 59 violent s are reported . The births of 734 fc > ys and 695 girls , mall 1 , 429 children , were resistered in the week . Ihe average of six corresponding weeks in 184 o-50 was 1 , 232 . At toe Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the barometer during the week ending Saturday , the 13 th September , was 30 . 303 in . The mean temperature of the week was 57 . 1 degrees ; tbe atmosphere was cold for the season , and 1 . 5 degrees leas than the average of the same week in tea years . The lowest reading of the therometer during the week was 37 . 6 degrees , on Wednesday , and the highest on Saturday , 72 . 4 degrees , showing grange of about 35 degrees . No rain fell during the week . The mean direction of the wind was

      north-east . n _ .. Horrible Eppecis ov the Bownfc—On inday last an inquest was taken by Mr , Payne , in the board-room of Bishopsgatc Without , on view of the body of Mary Anue Johnson , fourteen mouths old , an illegitimate child , whose mother is how in Newgate , having been committed for tnal to the ensuing Central Criminal Court by Alderman Chains , on ihe charge of having neglected the maintenance of her child during her habitual state of intemperance . —Diana Phillips , nurse at the Marylebone workbouse , said that the deceased was placed underher care on the 27 th of July . The child was taenia a shocking state from neglect , and had a difficulty of breathing . The mother took it away in a few days , but witness received it again in less than a week . In three weeks' time the mother received

      ier child , which left in good condition . —City policeman Hodges , 120 , who took the mother into custody , stated that he had made inquiries as to tbe foraier career of the deceased ' s mother , and had ascertained ihit she bad formerly lived in a style of extravagance at Uotting-hiH , where she occupied an clegant ' y furnished Loose for about seven years . She was at the time under tbe protection of a captain , who is dead . She was subsequently the protege of a merchant in the City , of whom she had a liberal allowance . In the course of the last six months she las been four times convicted at Marylebone Policecourt . She had neglected both her children . The eldest is four years old , who for days successively had no food from bar , and had been in the House of Correction . —Verdict— That the deceased died from an inflammation of the chest , supposed to have been caused by the neglect of the mother .

      Chabqe of Murdebikq a Pouce-Constablk . —On Monday William Cressy , aged forty-one , a labourer , belonging to Bexley-heath , was brought before Mr . Traill at the Greenwich Police-court by Mr . G . Hilton , superintendent of the rural police at West Mailing , Kent , charged on suspicion of being the person who caused the death of police-constable James Hastie , by cutting and wounding him in Tinderbox-alley , New King-street , Deptford , after midnight , on the 21 st ef February , 1846 . Tbe only evidence against the prisoner was given by a woman named Mary Ann Davies , who stated that she cohabited with the prisoner at about the time the murder was committed , and that on the night of the 21 st of Teh ., 1846 , he returned home with blood npen his hands and clothes . On the following morning he told her that he had beaten a policeman with aninstrnment called an iron foot ; and thought he had killed him . The prisoner , who denied the woman ' s statement , was remanded .

      Four Fiees —During Saturday morning four fires occurred in various parts of the metropolis . One Sre happened about three o ' clock , in one of the _ Bewly fitted up premises for the accommodation of visitors to the Exhibition , situate at No . 31 , Bidborough-street , Burton-crescent , the property of Mr . Barge . At the time of the outbreak , a number of foreigners wag in their beds asleep , audit was with great difficulty that they could be aroused . Several engines quickly attended , but very speedily the whole building was in flames . The fire was not subdued until tbe premises were burnt out , and tbe

      whole of the furniture and wearing apparel therein consumed . The total loss , it is expected , will exceed £ 1 , 090 . Mr . Barge was partially insured in the Sun Fire Office . The above fire had scarcely been extinguished , when another broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Terry , a clothier and outfitter , 17 and 18 , Well-street , Wei close-square . This fire , as well as another in the premises of Mr . Hardy , 24 , Clifton-street , Finsbury , destroyed a considerable amount of property . The fourth fire happened in Stamford-street , Lambeth , but the damage done was sot considerable .

      Death from Foaious Darvrso . —On Saturday last Mr . J . W . Payne , the deputy coroner , held an inquest at the Crown , Blackfriars-road , on the body of Jano Eagle , aged two years , who was killed on the previous Thursday by a chaise-cart running over her . Several witnesses proved to having followed the chai > e , which drove towards Blackfriars-bridge , but too rapidly to be overtaken . A gentleman named Carr , a draper of Putney , was stopped in mistake , his chaise answering to the description , of the one causing death , but as to tbe delinquent there is but tittle chance of his being detected . The coroner adjourned the inquest in the hope that the man may be found by the police .

      . Shockiko Occurrence . —On Saturday last a poor woman , named Shenton , died at her lodgings in Great Peter-street , Westminster , under most deplorable circumstances . Her husband fell from a Scaffolding at the new Houses of Parliament on the previous Wednesday , and when taken to the Westminster Hospital was found to be quite dead from lbs injuries . Be was accordingly conveyed home , and the shock was so great to his wife that she was in consequence confined to her bed . The inquest was held , and he was placed in a shell by the side of her bed . She died « n Saturday and was . laid out and placed by the side of her former * partner in life . At the inquest Mr . Bedford said some means should be adopted at the Houses of Parliament to prevent accidents , and he thought- a sheet of canvass might be placed under the scaffolding , so that men if they slipped might have their lives saved .

      Fatal Accident in the Strand . —On Monday afternoon a Chelsea Omnibus was proceeding at a furious rate to round the cab stand , and when op . posite the comer of Pickett-place it came in contact with a poor man , a vender of lead pencils , and knocked him down , both wheels of the vehicle passing obliquely over bis head and neck . The unfortunate man was quickly placed in a cab and removed to Sing ' s College Hospital , where it was ascertained that death must have been instantaneous , the head being dreadfully fractured on the right side , and the vertebra ? of the neck broken . The driver of the Omnibus was at once taken into custody , and removed to Bow-street .

      Tbe Bight Bev . Dr . Brown was installed as the new Roman Crtholic Bishop of " Southwark , " on Sunday last , at St . George ' s Church . The quiet and unostentatious way in which the affair was conducted formed a mark and striking contrast to the pom ? and ceremonial attending the inauguration Of Cardinal Wiseman . The installation took place in the presbytery , instead of the church , and the only persons present were a few clergymen , who , after the reading of the . Papal Boll , did homage to their newly appelated superior . Dr . Brown officiated at high mass , and in the course of a subsequent adifi ? . tne « onSregatioa , craved their prayers , lo finable him to discbarge the serious and solemn responsibiluies that devolved upon him . Dr . Brown Oears the character of a retiring and nambie , but bigbJy endowedand talented clergyman . Cm £ SS ( 8 D * -- ° b Tuesday Mr . William carter , the Surrey enrnner . J >» U „ .. L „„_ f * « t . _

      . ceiver general fe Appleby aged sixty , thereiheevidence s * ? ? ° / Momington . From peared that w « LE ? """^ j of witnesses itap . w ^ bu « i , S 0 ™ J * J ^ R ^ wMbtMine nim lar , alad jC plHte . ^ of beer into aeelin the dray , JSa £ L ££ * ba <* o {<»* of the horses took fright and wn ^ awt ? t ; aft T ^ tue animal 8 The deceased rushed forwafch ?? ° ? gnty-8 treet - stopping the homs and saviL ^^ v ? ? tion of instead , however , of tern ^ U ^ o l ° *» boy '• knocked down by the animate «!? 7 . so , ne was the heavily-laden vehicle j ^ £ jJ . ? Mels of kMed him . When the jury fiSSffiftJ" * ordered the men who had been rabShS * CTn , d » y to be called in , aud t ^ h ^ K ?*? quite satisfied that they had not fastened 2 m , fig of the dray , but had left the horses without the bite SSTSr'Sfr ? \ y tiloat *» y — * > Kre of RJj" dQln 8 th « y M Placed their employers vml tobSVT ' - / 8 they ma - v be ca'k « » pm to provide for th 8 TOa 0 w and children of ihe

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      deceased . TJmler the circumstances , the mry ^ had returned a verdict of " Accidental Death , . outtney hoped they would never leave their horees w tucure without some one in charge of them . _ „ „ Destructive Conflagration AT ^ XtSvo -On Tuesday ete ^^ i ^ X ^ JS & character broke out in the ««* J ° ™» otMessrs . Hay , Anderson , and Sangster , nursery and seeds-™»« if Kenninzton : and owing to the inflammable ^ rfJS bSSii and their contents , in less than forty minutes after the discovery of the fire , nearly the whole range of buildings , together with their contents , amounting to several thousand pounds in value , were utterly destroyed . It is not known whether the firm are insured , but it is believed they are . . ...

      ^ Princess ' s Thbatbb . —On Saturday last Mr . Keeley met with an accident , which will render him incapable of performing for a few nights . In getitrig upon an omnibus , his foot slipped , and the iron step inflicted a painful injury upon his leg . Fatal Carriage Accidents in the Strand . —0 « Wednesday Mr . Bedford held an inquest in the King ' s College Hospital , on Elizabeth , the widow of the late Captain Rogers , B . N ., aged seventy , whose husband perished at sea some years since . On the 12 th inst . deceased was crossing the Strand , near Temple-bar , when a cab ran over her , breaking her arm . The shock to the system caused death . As the evidence was dissatisfactory an open verdict was returned . Mr . Bedford held a second inquest in the same hospital , on William Jones , a street vendor of pencils , aged sixty-four ,

      who , while crossing the Strand , opposite Twining ' s bank , was knocked down by an omnibus , and killed instantly . His jaw was fractured , and he was otherwise severely injured . Blame was attached to the driver , who is out on bail , and the inquiry was adjourned to secure the attendance of further evidence , as from tbe testimony of Mr . Blandford , builder , Blackfriars-road , who witnessed the fatal occurrence , the coaehman appeared to have been culpably neglectful . Fatal Accident on thb River . —On Wednesday morning , before daybreak , as an empty coal barge was floating down the river with the ebbing tide , it struck the centre pier of Blacbfriars-bridge , and sank . Three men , who were seen on board just before , went down with the vessel , and , although their cries were heard from tho shore , they perished before any one could render them

      assistance . Narrow Escape op a Man and Horsb . —On Wednesday morning the following singular accident happened in the Strand , opposite Burleigh-street , where a portion of the road is being taken up for the purpose of repairing the gas main . A hole of some depth had been dug , in which an old man was working , when a cab which was passing had its wheel caught in an omnibus , and the horse was in consequence thrown into the hole . The poor man , seeing his danger , had the presence of mind to stay the progress of the horse by laying , hold of its head , and thus gaining sufficient time to escape from his perilous situation uninjured . The horse , after floundering about , became fixed in the hole , and was , after some difficulty , by digging and the use of ropes , dragged from its awkward position , having apparently sustained no injury beyond a « 1 *» 1 i 4- wmvnsl tinnn « 4-a IrnoAo

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      Another Pbbvbbt . — The Journal of Saturday , says : — " We are informed that the Hon ; and Rev . William Towry Law , vicar of Harbourne , adjoining this town , and chancellor of the- diocese of Bath and Wells , has resigned his living in the Church , with the intention of joining the communion of the Church of Rome . Thehon . and rev . gentleman is the son of the late Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough , and brother to the present Lord Ellenborough . It may be necessary to state that tbe ' convert' is not the Chancellor 3 . T . Law , so well known in connexion with the Queen ' s College of this town . "Birmingham Gazette .

      Eastebn Union Railway . —Last week the Trowse extension of this company ' s line was opened by the directors , and on the day of the Yarmouth races , a train of 300 persons from Colchester , Ipswich , and other 11 ices were taken over it to Yarmouth , without change of carriages . Pbnamt por Annotihg Railwat Passenoers . — The magistrates of the West Riding have inflicted a fine of 20 s ., and £ 1 6 s . costs , upon a passenger for annoying his fellow travellers . Ulyestohe add Lancashire Railwat . —The works of this line , which will connect the Lancaster and Carlisle with the lake lines , and give direct railway communication to the west coast of Cumberland , have been commenced .

      Death of Mr . West , F . R . S . —We regret to announce the death of our scientific fellow-townsman , Mr . W . West , tbe celebrated analytical chemist . Mr . West died on the 10 th inst ., in the 50 ch year of his age . For his scientific attainments be was a few years ago elected a fellow of the Royal Society , an honour of which he was not a little proud . Ho was a man of varied attainments , and as an intelligent member of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society , the West Riding Geological and Polytechnic Society , and other kindred institutions , he will be much missed . Ho was a member of the Society of Friends , and of rather eccentric habits . — tod ' s ZnteHtaeneer .

      Uttering Forged Notes . —Thomas Taylor and Patrick Magennis were brought up at the Manchester Borough Court on Monday , charged with stealing two sovereigns from a fruit dealer of Macclesfield , named Clarke . The prosecutor stated that on Wednesday last Taylor and a man not in custody , named Parrott , came to his shop , said they had just arrived from TJttoxeter , that they had sold a horse , and showed him a £ 20 note and a £ 10 note , requesting him to give them change . They said they had received the notes in payment for the horse . Prosecutor told them he could not give them change , for he bad only £ 10 in the house . The men then asked him to lend them £ 10 on the notes , and they would reward him handsomely next

      morning , as they conld not get the notes changed that nigl t . the banks being all shut up , and they had an engagement in Manchester that evening , which if they did not attend they would lose £ 20 . Prosecutor lent them the money upon the notes , but the men did not return the next day as they had promised to do . Oa making inquiries he found that the notes were -forgeries , and came to Manchester to look for the men . He met Parrott , who went with him to look for Taylor . The latter was found in a public-house . Prosecutor told tbem that the notes were bad , and requested them to return his money . They said they were very sorry , and offered to bring him a respectable person who

      would be security for their paying the money at the end of the week . Prosecutor assented to this , and in theafternoon , by appointment , again met the men , who brought with them the prisoner Magennis . Prosecutor found , after some conversation , that Magennis was concerned with the others , and offered them £ 2 if they would give him his money at once . He held out two sovereigns towards them , when Taylor struck him under the arm , so as to jerk the sovereigns into the air . They fell on the floor , Parrot picked tbem up , and the . three decamped . The magistrates committed the prisoners for trial , but Taylor was allowed to be remanded , as he said he should be able to prove an alibi .

      Another Defiance of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill . —Liverpool . —Birkenhead , which was rendered so conspicuous during the recent agitation against the Papal aggression by the riotous proceedings of the Romanists , bids fair to signalise itself by a still further defiance of the law . Last week some excitement was created among the Protestant portion of the community by the appearance of a large placard upon the walls , bearing the following announcement : — " St . Werburgh ' s Catholic Church , Birkenhead . —The annual sermon , in support of St . Werburgh ' s schools , will be preached on Sunday , September 14 . Pontificial high mass will be celebrated at eleven o ' clock , and the sermon preached by the Lord Bishop of Shrewsbury . Jh

      tne evening vespers will be sung at half-past six o ' clock , and the sermon preached by the Lord Bishop of Troy , after which there will be a solemn benediction . " The result was , that on Sunday morning a large congregation—many being attracted out of mere curiosity—assembled at St . Werburgh ' s . The church is one of very unpretending character , but it was evident that great preparations had been made for the occasion . The altar was decorated with flowers , and to the right there was a kind of canopy or throne , intended for the reception of "tho Lord Bishop of Shrewsbury . " The service was principally conducted by three priests , in vestments of cloth of gold , who appeared to act as the chaplains to the bishop . " The Lord Bishop of Troy" did not make hia appearance , and his absence was thus accounted for by Mr . who

      i Brown , ,, before the service commenced , stated that "the Lord Bishop of Troy was called to the south , and consequently , could not be present as announced in the printed placard ; " but his lordship , ** their own bishop , would address them in the evening as well as the morning . " The sermon preached by " the Lord Bishop" in the morning was a very plain discourse , entirely confined to the charitable object for which the ceremony was got up . The only noticeable feature was that tbe greatest devotion was paid to the " sacred person " of the bishop , whose bands were repeatedly kissed during the ceremony by the officiating priests . On leaving the chapel many of the congregation , principally those of the poorer class , kneeled down and ea v , 8 hfc the garment of the " prelate , " which they applied to their lips I

      . , »» l J ? DFra FlBE lT ROTUBBHAH .-Aboufc halfpa . t three o clock on Sunday morning a fire of an InJ > v £ g f *} ure ^ " ^ covered in the Black Horse death nr ? i ;? J ' , ^ otherhan , « wnich faas oawsed the herLniJhi / f ^ ty Mrs Hannah Nicholson , and lSi £ "l S ltTO reats ^ jtal f ^ mates of heh n 0 D , lde « ? P « res 8 befor ° the in-• uaies of the house , five in number , became aware

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      of its existence . A sleeping-room in the . front of the hous e , was occupied by the two servant maidsj Mrs . Nicholson , and her Granddaughter . The servants , as . suon as they became aware of theirdanger , precipitately leaped out of tbe window into the street , a depth of five or six yards , One of the young women , named Isabella Revill , took the leap with Mrs . Nicholson ' s granddaughter in her arms , having hastily snatched her out of bed from the old lady before consulting her own safety .. Both ; the young women were much hurt by the descent , and the poor child was injured so terribly , by the fall that she died very soon afterwards . Mrs . Nicholson , a

      feeble old woman , eighty-two years of age , ran down stairs with the intention of escaping from tbe house by the front door , but it would seem that her strength failed her . After the fire had been extinguished her charred and lifeless body was found in a corner of the bar . Her grandson , a young man named Joseph Nicholson Kay , who was sleeping in the garret , made his way most resolutely through the thickest of the fire , and escaped by the front door . He is very severely burnt , The fire is supposed to have commenced in the kitchen , but from what cause is yet a mystery . Mrs . Nicholson , the landlady , had resided in the house about sixty years , and was quite a notability at Rotherham .

      Another Railway Accident . —An accident , fortunately unattended with fatal consequences , occurred on the London and North Western Railway , near Stafford , on the night of the 12 th inst . It appears that there fell , unobierved , from tbe truck of a luggage train , a large bale of wool ; the formidable impediment lay completely across the rails , and upon the next train ( also goods ) coming up , the engine and trucks were thrown off the rails with great violence ; such indeed was the force of the concussion that the trucks were doubled on end—their contents scattered across the line—the rails torn up—and a passenger by the next train informed our correspondent . that tho road for several yards was knee-deep in corn and beans . The mail train to Birmingham was delayed several hours , and four passengers by the goods train sustained considerable injuries .

      Accidbni through Sleeping on a Railway . —On the afternoon of the same day a somewhat singular accident occurred on the Midland Railway , about half a mile below Chesterfield station , to John Gilford , of Bog Kennels , Chesterfield , a platelayer in the company's employ . It seems that he had sat up during the previous night with one of his children , who was ill , and about three o ' clock in the afternoon sat down on the down line of rails and fell fast asleep . A goods train left Chesterfield station directly afterwards , and some fellow .

      workmen who were standing a short distance on , seeing Gillard ' s danger , shouted to him ; the driver also blew his whistle , but without awaking the unfortunate man , and the train came upon him , the guard of the engine striking him under the shoulder , and throning him between the rails , so that the whole of the carriages passed above him . On being taken up it was ascertained that his breast bone was broken , and that he had also sustained severe injuries on his head , but though in a dangerous state hopes are entertained of his

      recovery . Suspkcted Murder oif an Ibibh Reaper . —The coroner s inquest on view of the body of Thomas O'Hara , an Irish reaper , from the county of Sligo , an account of whose death appeared in this journal of last week , was resumed on the 12 th inst . The additional evidence was as follows : —During the last week in August O'Hara and two other Irishmen , one of them calling himself his cousin , engaged to reap some corn on the farm of Mrs . Ward , at tbe Intake , near Sheffield . On Tuesday the 2 nd inst ., O'Hara left the harvest field at noon , and returned to the farm-house , saying that he was ill . He appeared giddy , and complained of pain in his head . His comrades declined to have a doctor , saying that when the work was finished they would convey him to the railway , so that he

      might return to Ireland . O Hara lay in tho stable , in which he and the other two had lodged , until Saturday morning , when the three men went away together , having received £ 217 s . 6 d ., the amount of their earnings . O'Hara was supposed to be in possession of other money that he had earned previously ; His friends seem to have deserted him almost immediately , for he was found on the wayside the same morning alone , about three hundred yards from the farm , and with only sixpence halfpenny in his possession . How he acquired the injuries of which he died that day there was no evidence to show ; but his comrades must have robbed him , if nothing worse . They have decamped , however , and cannot be found . The verdict of the jury was , ' That Thomas O'Hara died from a fracture of the skull , but how inflicted there is no evidence to show . "

      Awfcl Occurrence . —An old man named Mark Bassett has been committed to Winchester gaol for tho manslaughter of his son , aged thirteen . It seems that the unhappy parent threw a walkingstick , which he held in his hand , at the deceased with such force , that the small end of the stick passed through the poor little fellow ' s hat , and entered his skull to the extent of some four or five inches . The wretched father was found sitting on the ground with his son lying across his lap in a dying state . The coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the father who is in his sixty-sixth year , and his agonies are so great that it is thought he will not live to take his trial .

      Income Tax Defaulter . —Mr . Young , collector of property and income tax in Southampton , has been arrested for a defalcation in his accounts . He admitted before the commissioners that he had not accounted for £ 165 received , but the belief prevailed that £ 300 was nearer the real figure , Agricultural Depression . —With the view of adjusting the rent of his estate to present prices , the Marquis of Chandos has had the Wotton estate recently re-valued , and wo have been informed that such re * valuation does not decrease the amount of his rent-roll . Some farms were certainly found to be too dear , but others were too cheap ; and the various altercations made do not , we understand , lower the gross rental of the estate . Bucks Chronicle .

      The Potato Crop . —Accounts from the west of England represent tbe potato crop , which otherwise would have been abundant , as being much infected by the mysterious disease which has prevailed for a few years past . The " Murder" at Morpbth . — Mr . Milburn , sen ., anxious to know what had become of his son , at his request F . C . Bedlington , went to Liverpool to make inquiries . Drummond arrived on Sunday night , and fell in with Heslop , the person suspected of accompanying Milburn ; but he , on being questioned , denied nil knowledge of him . A search was made , and Milburn was found in a public house in the neighbourhood of the docks , reading the instructions for proceeding to Australia by the Eagle ( about to sail ) . Milburn told Drummond , that

      Heslop and he had been contriving their flight for a considerable time ; that Heslop was to go to Newcastle , to get a horse and gig , and meet bim at or near the place of the " murder " ( which he did ) , provided with clothes ; that they then drove to Newcastle ( by the way of Hepscott , Stannington , & c ); that at Stannington Bridge they threw into the river a bottle of blood , which they had provided , but in their hurry had forgot to use it , to spill upon the place where the hat , & c , were left ; that they spent the morning about the Old Georgo Inn , Newcastle , and that he ( Milburn ) left by the first train to Carlisle , proceeding thence by boat to Whitehaven , and so on by rail to Liverpool . He promised he would write to his father , and inform him of his reasons for leaving the country . —Gateshead

      Observer . Convert to Protestantism . —A gentleman named Alfred Clarke , a resident of Taunton , and for many years a stanch adherent of the Roman Catholic Church , has publicly renounced that communion , and been openly received into the fellowship of the Church of England . A Matador . —Among the passengers which arrived on Monday at Southampton from Cadiz in the Iberia mail steamer , was a Spanish Matador or bull fighter . He arrived at Southampton for the purpose of proceeding fromthat port to South America , where ho has an engagement for three years , to perform in the gladitorial exhibitions , in one of the South American capitals , the sum he is to receive for this service is £ 4 , 000 . He is a stout built man ,

      and appears to possess great activity and strength . During the voyage he exhibited the sword with which he is armed when in conflict with tho savage performers of the amphitheatre . J-. is a heavy straight two edged sword , about ttiree and a half feet long , with a red hilt . To use such a weapon effectually must require remarkable strength and dexterity . The travelling dress ot the Matador was rather stage-like , being variegated and picturesque , and quite different from that of a Spanish gentleman . He had a servant with him , ¦ ' a slender and effeminate looking youth , who was dressed more fantastically andsingularly than his master . The behaviour of the Matador in the baggage warhouse of the Southampton ! customs , with his brusque manners , deep husky voice , and vehement

      volubility , seemed to cause much amusement amongst his fellow voyagers , who were standing by . SniciDK at Aldham , Essex . —On the 12 th inst . an inquest was held on the body of James Miles , formerly a farmer , who had drowned himself on the previous day . It appeared that the deceased , who had a wife and two children , had given up business and was living in a house at Aldham , and being involved in his circumstances , this preyed upon bis mind to such an extent that at times he talked irrationally , and some of his neighbours thought bim insane . He appeared to Mr . Hawkes—who had known him some years—to be more particularly depressed in spirits within the last two weeks . ; he saw bin ) on Thursday morning , when lie appeared unwell , and said he did not care much what became of him . On quitting his farm at Lady-day last he stated to some of his neighbours , that sooner than go jnto the work .

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      { . rninWhe would make ' a hole fa' the waterV 'About S Jay on Thursday he was missing « ¦ ««*•;¦ made forhim throughout the afternoon , and about s ^ o ' c ockhe was found in the river , at a p ace called « thehole , " lying upon his face , and the back of his headoS : if the water ; his hat was lying on the Ljo fcwvflTdSoff . There was no footpath at S spoMor a nyS \ o show that he could accidentally have fallen in . The coroner having commented on the evidence , the jury returned a verdict -SSBSftKftw ™ rd-A vacancy in the representation of the horouehof East Retford has occurred , in consequence ofX resignation ofpaptam theHon . A Duncombe , X has been called upon by a numerously signed re _ r « bition to supply the vacancy in the East Riding of ffiffreViwM by the death of its late member . S Hon . V . E .: Duncombe , son of Lord Feversham and nephew of the late member , upon an invitation of the Protectionist committee , has come for-« . rdto supply the vacancy , and has issued an

      address to " The Free and Independent Electors ot East Re tford and the Hundred of Bassetlaw . " Mrlascholy Suicide . —On Monday , Mr . Joseph SanderJ . of Skinner ' s Brick Farm , Tolleshunt n'Arcv committed suicide by shooting himself with a eun in the bed room . " At the inquest the following facts were elicited . —On the Monday morning , hearine him discharge his g ( m m the yard , his mother asked if he was going out with it , but he said he was not and that he should attend the cricket match between the Brighflingsea and TelleBhunt D Arcy clubs , to take place on that day . Nothing more took place on the subject , and it is not known when he re-loaded the gun and took it up to his bed room . the course of the forenoon he went up stairs to

      In dress for the match , and being unable to find the buckle of his band , he was assisted in the search by his mother and the servant , neither of whom observed the gun . He had hearty finished dressing , when his mother took him up a note from the cricketing parly , that they were waiting for him and his brother to begin the game . He said that the note wanted an answer , and that it had better be given to his brother , and his mother left him for that purpose j very shortly afterwards she heard the report of a gun , but as it was a very common circumstance , she thought nothing of it until , finding that the other son was out , when she found

      she returned upstairs with the note , deceased extended bleeding upon the floor , with the barrel of the gun grasped in his left hand and the ramrod in . his right , having apparently placed the muzzle in his mouth , and applied the rod to the trigger . The charge , which it has since been ascertained consisted of very large shot , appears to have passed out at the back of the neck , without entering the brain ; and he survived the wound for nearly half an hour , during which Mr . Dawson , surgeon , was called in , but medical skill could be of no avail . The jury returned a verdict oi " Temporary insanity . " The deceased was twenty- seven years of age .

      Escape of Three Convicts . —On Monday information was received that three convicts had succeeded in effecting their ' escape from the Justitia hulk , at Woolwich , by seizing a boat and rowing to the opposite bank , on the Essex shore . They were all under sentence of ten years' transportation , and were dressed in the grey convict suit . Their names are John Clark , convicted at . Beverly , 2 nd July , 1850 ; James Carr , at Kingston-upon-HulI , 4 th April , 1850 : and George Hobbs , at Portsmouth , 22 nd July ,

      1850 . „ n o Shocking Occurrence on a Railway . —On Saturday morning last a shocking occurrence took place on the Leicester and Swannington Railway , at the point where the line passes the Foss-lane , ashort distance from the Leicester station . A coal train passed over the body of a gentleman named Malin , formerly a resident of Hinckley , and completely severed his head from his body . It is supposed that it was a deliberate act ef suicide , the deceased having thrown himself on the line , so that the engine wheels might pass over his bead . . Distressing Accident . —On Saturday last , the families of Sir Philip and Colonel Broke , of Nacton , were thrown into a painful state of , excitement by the report that two of their servants had been drowned in

      the river Orwell . The following detail will supply the melancholyIfacts of the case : —Joseph Hartley , a footman in the service of Sir Philip Broke , was the owner of a stone boat , the captain of which had finished his week's work by mooring her off Pin Mill . Hartley made up his mind to go off to her , and invited the footman of Colonel Broke to accompany him . ( The name of the latter we have been unable to learn ) . At a little beforefour o ' clockin theafternoon the two stepped into an unusually frail punt , and pulled towards the vessel . The tide was running very strong , and drifted them down a little , when they turned the punt ' s head , and struck the smack

      stem on . The mainsheets were hanging down , and Hartley hastily rose from his seat and erasped an end —the sudden motion , however , shot the punt astern , when his companion leaped from his place and hurriedly stepped forward , occasioning the boat to slip from under both of them , plunging them head foremoat into the water . Hartley maintained his hold of the sheets for a minute , but as his companion clung to him he lost his bold when the rope bad run out . One of them was heard to exclaim several times , " Let go , let go—don'tclasp me ! " It unfortunately happened that no one was on board the stone boat , and two lads mho saw the accident could render no assistance . Tbe bodies have not yet been recovered .

      , Dbatu from an Explosion op Fire-damp . —On the 12 th inst . a young lad , named James M'Donald , who was employed as a drawer at No . l pit belonging to the Ince Hall Coal and Cunf-l Company , was so severely burned by an explosion of fire-damp that ho died about twelve o ' clock the same night . An inquest was opened on Saturday last before Mr . Grimshaw , and was adjourned until two o ' clock on Monday afternoon , in order to give time to communicate with Sir George . Grey . When the adjourned inquest was resumed at the White Hart Inn , Wellington-street . John Rudd stated that he worked in the pit in question , and that the deceased drew for him . They went to their work a little before six o ' clock on Friday morning . At

      that time there was a little foul air , in the drift , but they brushed it out , and pursued their work with naked candles , until three o ' clock in the afternoon , when he left the deceased , telling him to fill two tubs of . coal that he had got , and that then he might come up . The place where they worked was about 300 yards from the pit eye , and when he met the deceased he had a lighted candle in his hand . He cautioned him to place it before the tub , and not to go near the face of the " coal , and to keep the candle off the roof . The witness did not see any symptoms of fire when he left . There was no further evidence to show how or where the explosion had taken place ; and the jury , after hearing the evidence of the firemen , returned a verdict

      of" Accidental Death . " Fatal Explosion in a Pit . —On Monday last an inquest was held at the Black Horse , the Delpb , near Brierley-hill , on the body of John Cavtwright , a miner , about forty years of age , who was killed on the 12 th inst . by an explosion of sulphur in a pit belonging to the New British Iron Company . It appeared that on the deceased opening a trapdoor in the three yard-road of the pit with a naked candle in his hand , the light was several times blown out , but again lighted . Ultimately he got through the trap-door with the lighted candlo in his hand , and immediately an explosion took place . He was subsequently found quite dead . He had examined the pit that morning , as it was his duty to do . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . "

      Election of a Gaoler at Birmingham . Prison , —At a meeting of the magistracy of Birmingham on Wednesday , W . R . A . Stephens , the chief of the police , was elected to fill the office of gaoler , in the place of Captain Maconochie , formerly governor of Norfolk Island . There were no less than forty candidates , including the captain himself . Gloucester and Dban Forbst Railway . —In compliance with the wishes of the Severn Commissioners , the railway bridge over the western arm of the river , near Gloucester , has been constructed by Mr . Brunei with an opening bay of forty-five feet width in the clear .

      Robbing the Wreck . —Bicestbr . —On Monday morning , Robert Bradley , labourer , of Bicester , was brought before Captain Style , R . N ., at the police office of this town , in custody of constable Goble , charged with having , on the 7 th inst ., at Bicester , feloniously stolen two dresses , and other articles of female apparel , the property of Henry Bailey , 23 , Bedford-street , Bedford-row , Holborn , London . Mrs . Ann Bailey , who bore evidence of the serious injuries which she sustained by the catastrophe , and whose face was a mass of bruises , deposed that she was a passenger in a carriage on the Buckinghamshire Railway , on the 6 th inst ., and that she was on her way to Oxford . At Bicester an accident occurred , and she was thrown out of the carriage ; had at the time a bundle

      containing the articles produced , and a pocket-handkerchief ; missed the bundle after the accident , but now found the things right with the exception of the handkerchief , which was missing . James Goble , deposed that from information received he on the 10 th inst . searched the box of the prisoner at his lodgings at Bicester , and that he there found the bundle containing the articles produced . Sarah Pittam , sister of the prisoner , deposed that he lodged at their house , and that he , soon after twelve on Sunday morning , the 7 th of September , & ff / ir bni , d , e h 0 me ^ " ^ H in his box , and &?;• Af k % ™?> but that he told her if it was wh Zl S ? £ " ™ ., iveit « P- The P » 8 oner , Stria ? * f 6 nce ' fully c <» n ™ "ed WA

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      London was on the point-of 'leaving . Portsmouth terminus , the defendant was seen to take his place in it , but having been observed on the platform in the morning previous to the train ' s arrival ' from London , it was obvious that be could not be the owner of an . excursion ' ticket . Accordingly Mr , Ri CK' Sutton , the superintendent of the Portsmouth terminus , got into the same carriage , and went as far as Fareham , when he asked the defendant to produce bis railway ticket . The defendant did produce an excursion ticket from London to Portsmouth and back , on which Mr . Sutton charged him with having purchased it at the terminus on the * arrival of the train from London . This the defendant

      admitted , on which Mr . Sutton gave him into custody . The bench convicted him , and sentenced him to pay a fine of 40 s ., with the costs , and in default ' of payment he was committed to two months ' imprisonment ; The defendant had no money at all about him when given into custody . Wioan . —Fatal Accident on the Spbinos Branch op the North Western Railwat . —On the 12 th inst ., Thomas Ward , a lad seventeen years of age , who was employed as breaksman at the Kirkless Hall Colliery , was assisting to shunt twenty-eight laden coal waggons on to ' the main line . He was

      preparing to descend the incline , when he fell from his'break across the rails , and six or seven of the waggons went over his legs , crushing them to pieces , and otherwise so seriously injuring him that he died the same afternoon at his abode , Scholfieldlane . An inquest was held on the body , before Mr . Grimshaw , on Saturday evening last , when the jury returned a verdict of'' Accidental death . " Thb New Surrey County Gaol at Wandsworth . —This edifice , erected as a substitute for the gaols of Guildford , Kingston , & c , is at length completed , and is now ready for the reception of prisoners .

      Melancholy Accident at Bolton—A Boy Suffocated in a Sewer . —A short time ago Mr . Phineas Hall , the sub-surveyor , contracted with a man named Henry Unsworth , a collier , to cleanse the pipe sewer in Black Horse-street , Bolton , from the , junction with the new stone sewer above Weston-street to the outlet at the railway—a distance of about eighty yards . On Friday last he re . ported to Mr . Sharp , the borough surveyor , that he had completed the work , and requested to be paid £ 3 , the amount of his contract . Mr . Sharp , however was hot satisfied that the work was properly done , and Unsworth asked him if he would convince him if a boy were sent through the sewer . Mr . Sharp said he should consider that sufficient ;

      and on Saturday last the attempt was made to prove that the pipes were free from obstruction . Unsworth engaged two boys , fourteen years of age , named John Button and Edward Jones , to attempt the passage . There is a permanent shaft on the higher side of Weston-street , a little above the shop of Mr . Horrocks , and another was sunk by Unsworth on the other side of the street , a little below the George Inn . A little before five o ' clock on Saturday afternoon the boys were sent into the sough , one at the higher and the other at the lower shaft . The boys met in the sough , and stuck fast , and one of them became so wedged in the pipe that he could neither advance nor return . The poor fellow screamed for assistance , and other boys and

      men were sent Up the pipes to assist him , but none could reach bo far as he had had got , the sewer being nearly choked up with sludge and water . Tl sewer is eighteen feet below the pavement , and about seven o ' clock the men at work commenced sinking a shaft above the spot where the boy was supposed to be . This , however , was a dreary operation ; but one man could work in the shaft , and from the nature of the ground it was extremely difficult to prop the sides so as to keep the earth from falling in . Had they commenced pulling up the street in the first instance , and got as many hands to work as there was room for , the boy ' s life would have been saved , but as it was eleven hours were spent in sinking the shaft , and when they

      came to the sough they were several yards from the spot where the poor boy was . From this shaft fresh attempts were made to reach him , but in vain , and at six o ' clock on Sunday morning the paviour and labourers belonging to the town were set to work , and at half-past eleven o ' clock they reached the body of the deceased . He was still warm , but life was extinct . The pipe in which the body was found was filled with sludge to the depth of thirteen inches , the vacant space at the top being seven inches . The body was removed to the George Inn , and Mr . Snape and Mr . Ferguson , fur i

      geons , used every exertion to restore animation , but without success , and the body was removed to the old station house in old Hall-street . —On Tuesday an inquest was held in the Borough Court , Bolton , before Mr . Thomas Holden , the deputy coroner , when , from the evidence given , the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death , " at the same time expressing their strong disapprobation of the conduct of Unsworth in urging the boys to go through the sewer , notwithstanding the difficulties that had been met with . The deputy coroner accordingly reprimanded Unsworth , expressing his concurrence in the sentiments of the jury , and warned him against ever again acting in a reckless manner where human life was concerned .

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      SlIICIDB IN IHH PoWOB-OPPICfi A * EDINBURGH " . — On Sunday afternoon an individual about fifty years of age , named George Dickson , a cabinetmaker , and resident in Cannongate , committed suicide by strangling himself with bis neckerchief , in a cell of the police-office . He had been apprehended on Saturday night , on a charge of having stolen about three yards and a half of crumb cloth , which he had given to a woman to pledge , and of which he could give no satisfactory account , and

      when locked up was perfectly sober . About one o ' clock on Sunday , on the turnkey casually looking through the loophole in the door , he was seen striding up and down the cell j and in a short lime after hia neckerchief was observed fastened to one of the bars . The door was immediately opened , and the unfortunate man was found in a sitting posture , with the neckcloth attached as above stated , firmly tired round his neck . The attendance of a medical gentleman was instantly procured , but before his arrival life was extinct .

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      The Patau Colliery Accident at Aberdabe . — The adjourned inquest was held on tbe 10 th inst ., before G . Overton , Esq ., at the Bush Hotel , when , after a short inquiry , a verdict was returned of " Accidental death . " The cause of the accident is stated to have been the breaking of the guidingrod , not the chain , as rumoured . The inspector did not visit the place as expected , and make an inquiry , The opinion openly expressed by the neighbourhood is , that government is too neglectful and dilatory , and that the many victims already sacrificed , warrants upbraiding and censure . —Tht Cambrian .

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      Thk Papal Defenders . —The world Is at length favoured withsome information about the intended Latholic Defence Association , although it only amounts to the meagre fact that the committee meeting which was to have been held on the lfch inst ., to consider the rules and address of the association , will not take place until the 25 th , and that the first pub lie meeting of the body will come off about the 14 th

      of next month . It is quite certain that , at the present moment , public feeling throughout the country has cooled down to zero in the agitation , and the people seem willing enough to turn their attention to other subjects . Harvest Labourers . —The Ballyshannon Herald says that half the number of hands required for the harvest work are not to be found . The men are , however , employed for only one shilling per day , which is described as greatly increased wages ! _ Emigration . —The Waterford Mail says : — " On

      uriaay the Mars left for Liverpool with about 250 passengers on board en route to America . There was an immense number of cattle on board , some lots of which were , we believe , the finest we ever saw leave this port . The Lady Campbell left on Wednesday for Quebec , with upwards of one hundred passengers . Ihe Iron Prince also sailed on Friday for Liverpool with several passeneera on board . ^" erpooi Emigration op RichardO'Gorman , Eso —This E & ' TR . r . oldeat and mlis respecttb States Th /^ ' ^ , J Inland for theWEd states . I he commercial head of our metronolis have f & T ™!? regre - . the e ' » thaThKprived ello ? citi ™ * 8 trai ^ tforward ' and truly Jaffic Souf 3 ? V Apart from the fact that he has carune ousnT & T £ Capit , al of 0 , er f 20 , 000 , the ster-• £ ? 9 y , 4 » whwn marked his care *; , will JSL l 0

      hro „^ Tf ™ " de « Ply Mt by those of whom staunflV » nA g 5 n - ? P ent life > be had made SKhrt ! f SS * ? t S . » melancholy reflecleaf » « . n « .. D age ' m tbe sear and yellow Ind , de Sdedfon r f 8 Pe 0 ted ' V ur mercantile JS SuntrTSoulJf £ « T T ° , 0 lde 8 t Se P t 8 of the TheexiienfSr ndttC € d *» leave his native land . low SSlK f ? i ' noble-minded young felft KEM - - away by the mania of' « . «»» £ E 5 hwn t lT tmas i , arri 8 ter at the American ture Tn „ n ™ theCaU . ? 0 f Mr - O'Gorman ' s deparsS SXT *>«> y ofcem who deriveSno Site 66 ? his "St ance , we heartily

      Bank 5 K ^^ s . sttb-managerof the National KUkL t ? " Dublin ' was accidentally killed at '2 » hB api : ? . tMr Hopkins waa about to X 5 i--Sf * , n , um ? , nff into the waterflis foot ZK ' T tipited u P ° ° ck beneath . He and 5 S 3 ifu ta ,. 4 en n , a state of insensibility , and died in about two hours . dicJ £ 2 » ? , £ , * NCE 8 .-The A en « p / L W » - ( ticator « ay « :- » We haye this evening received the

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      following highly important item of intelligence from a wel informe'd friend ; - It will be read with a nC surable interest : —• I understand the commissioner ,, " have consented that the ' advances' payment from Cashel electoral division , already groaning under » Si . 6 d . rafe , shall be postponed . This should encon rage divisions similarly oppressed to memorial far « delay until better times . ' " * FearsdX Scbne . —A correspondent of the Cork Examiner , who was , we presume , attracted to Bantr * by the regatta in that locality , gives the following harrowing description of a scene which he witnessed in the graveyard : — "I visited also the abbey graTe . yard , an unprotected sanctuary of the dead . Will your readers credit the subsequent facts , supported they bebhonourable ? 1

      as can , y testimony cuutrteQ twenfy-eight coffins ( if such they might be designated ) exposed to view—a sight which awakened feelings of thrill and horror . The shell intended to hold the mortal remains of some hapless parent , brother or sister , was broken into ; its contents unquestionably devoured by dogs , which apparently have long revelled at their horrible feast . Pigs , from the manner in which the ground had been rooted , and thefragments of dead bodies exposed in the different stages of decomposition , giving off miasma , appear to have found their way also , and glutted madly , perhaps , on the wreck of ; the owners . Inhuman reekleasneBs ! I observed a few pieces of boards rudely nailed together —an attempt to form a box—containing the renuins of a child lying on the bare surface , a few large stones placed on the lid , but nothing more ; no shallow grate was scooped to receive the happy but unfortunate dead ! The feelings of humanity are more than out .

      raged in the magnitude of this wilful improvidence . To think such a graveyard , within three or four hundred yards of an earl ' s mansion , on the borders of the town , inhabitated by respectable and influential individuals coold for a moment exist in such a state of UQ-Christian neglect , reflects lasting disgrace on aU parties . " Latest News of thb Exiles . —A Limerick paper announces the arrival in that city of several Roman Catholic clergymen from Van Dieraen's Land , who had recently seen Meiers Smith O'Brien and Meagher and the other Irish political exiles , and report them as in the enjoyment of good health . Murder in Ballinasloe . —The case of Mrs . Mathews , charged with the poisoning of her husband , has at length terminated . Dr . Geoghan . to whom the stomach was sent to be analysed , has confirmed the statement of the girl Reynolds . The jury sat on Friday , and after an investigation which occupied seven hours , a verdict of " Guilty of poisoning her hug * band" was returned against Mary Mathews .

      Agitation against the Government Advances . —The agitation" against the repayment of the famine loans is progressing . Another field day has come off , in which tbe moral strength of the opponents of the Treasury collectors has been displayed . "It is an unjust demand , " exclaim one board of guardians , " and we will not pay . " •« Itisan unjust demand , " echo another , " and we cannot-pay . " Whatever the reason be for endeavouring to comply with the order of the Poor Law Commissioners , to make provision for the instalment of the consolidated annuities now due , the decisien is to the same effect —that no money is forthcoming . Arrival ov ths Prkmibkin Dublin : —OnMonday night the few loiterers on the pier at Kinostown .

      awaiting the arrival of the express mail from Holyhead , were somewhat taken by surprise on recognising among the passengers who stepped on shore , the well known person of the Queen ' s Prime Minister . His lordship was accompanied by Lady Russell and family . The whole party proceeded to Dublin by the half-past ten train . The National Education System . —The guardians of the Ne wry Poor Law Union have , by a majority of twenty-three to thirteen , negatived a motion for placing the schools under the Board of National Education . As far as can be judged by names , tho minority was composed for the greater pert of Roman Catholics , and the majority almost exclusively of Protestants , the latter resting their opponents on the threadbare arguments of mutilated scriptures , unholy tampering with the word , and so forth .

      The Lord Mayor of Dublin . —It is reported that her Majesty has been pleased to confer a baronetcy upon Benjamin Lees Guinness , our present Lord Mayor . Homicide , county AuMAun . —A man named James M'Adam , a respectable farmer , living about a mile from Keady , was shot by a neighour and near relative , named Samuel Warnock . It appeared that Warnock had obtained possession of certain chattels as a legacy , which included a cow that M'Adam had bought some times since from the legatee , in the fair of Keady . M'Adam , armed with a pitchfork , went to seize the cow , when Warnock discharged a loaded gun at him . The shot took effect on the shoulder joint of one of M * Adam ' s arms . He is at pres ! ntin a dangerous state . Warnock was committed to Armagh gaol on Saturday . Harvest Prospects . — There have been now close upon three weeks of uninterruptedly finedry weather ,

      and all fears and doubts respecting the . fate of the harvest , are fairly set at rest . The oat crop generally is reported to be one of the best , both as regards quantity and quality , that has been cut during the past quarter of a century . Wheat has turned out much better than was expected , and the potato crop , with the exception of a decided failure in parts e £ Antrim and Down , far exceeds last year ' s return . The aoponnts from the south and west may be regarded as favourable , inasmuch as for several days back there has been scarcely a single allusion to the state of the crop—a tolerable sure sign that there is nothing to complain of . Explosion of a Powder MiWi—A man mmed Delea was killed at Ballincollig , county Cork , on Saturday , by the accidental explosion of one of tho small pswder mills in that district . It is sixteen years since an explosion took place at Ballincollig , ere this unfortunate event .

      Extraordinary Verdict !—An inquest was held at the South Infirmary , Cork , before Mr . Coronet Mahony , on view of the body of a man , whose name was unknown , and apparently about thirty years of age . It appeared that some of tbe constabulary , early Oi Tuesday morning , found the deceased lying in ona of the hulks on the coal quay , nearly dead . He vras immediately removed to the infirmary , and every effort mede to restore him , but in vaic . I'r . Joha Shenquin was examined at the inquest , and stated that here were no marks of violence on the body , but

      that it was very much emaciated , and in his opinion death was caused by starvation and exposure . The jury retired after the evidence having closed , and in about ten minutes returned with the following ver « diet , which was drawn up by the foreman : — " That we find that the deceased , name unknown , came by his death through starvation , he being in the prime of life , owing , in our opinion , to the reckless and careless treatment of our governing ministers , in not givinir more attention to - the distress of the country !"

      Mr . Sharmak Crawford , M . P ., and other Protestant gentlemen , acted as colle ctors at the Boman Catholic ohapel of Bangor , near Belfast , on the occasion of that edifice being consecrated by the Right Rev . Dr . Denoir , on Sunday last . Sudden Death . —Mr . Joseph Bewley , a member of the Society of Friends , and one of tho most active members of the Relief Society during the famine year , died suddenly on Monday last , while out walking in the neighbourhood of CastlewellaDi Peasant Proprietors . —The question of a peasant proprietary has been discussed almost daily w the Irish papers since tho appearance in print of Mr . "Vincent Scully ' s opinions on the subject some ten or twelve days since . The successful working of the freehold land societies in England and Septland , is appealed to in evidence of the practicability of such a plan as that proposed , and all aro agreed in considering it is the only means of stay ing tna present ruinous drain of emigration from that country .

      Repatment of Treasury Advances . — A rumour , whether well founded or not , to the effect tnac Government means to allow a little breathing tuns to some of the more impoverished of tho indebteo unions , has tended to allay , although but slight ^ the feverish excitement which characterised the recent meetings of the board of Poor-law guardian in the south and west . Shorn" d , however , the ir » sury prove inexorable , and persist in an immediate demand for an instalment of the " famine loan , » may be relied upon that the lull in tho agit «»>" will be but at best only temporary , and that , as * not improbable consequence of the pcraistenee , guardians will resign their functions , rate colle «» ° their situations , < fcc , and thus the whole v ^ frl of the system may be completely disarranged oy species of " passive resistance , " which wou W w ' little out of place at the present juncture ot v ™ affairs .

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      Thb French Cavalry HoRSBS . -The W $ Minister of War some time ago appointed a comw sion , of which M . Magendie was president , to rep « { upon various questions relative to the treatmen cavalry horses in the army . The commission » just sent in its report . One of the questions « cussed was as to the effect of salt administered i j the food . The commission , after long a »™ c * Lj » i experiments , reports that salt has no benew effect whatever , but on the other hand w » idcd injury . On the question of digestion it « « " j that horses in full exercise digest their f ° oQ " » .

      more rapidly than when they remain iaie < a . j , st gards the mortality of cavalry horses it is » un ? ic . within the last few years it has considera cj creased owing to the more judicious treatment . Slave EuiNciPATioN .-Mr . E . Cresswe , » j , Orleans , died a few days since , and by wdl « " w pated his slaves , fifty-one in number , gw n '' ° nSefl sufficient money to each of them to insure esp into the free states . ... nci ( i oi More Botchkrujs at NAPLES . -The # / , " tV Turin of the 9 th announces from Naples *»•'' s jx tence of death has been pronounced upon » eX . prisoners of state , including ten deputies , *» j , ministers , one ambassador , and two prM »» hoped the King will commute these sentence "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 20, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20091851/page/6/