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      Health of Lonbos dckixg ins WEV . H ., — - the present return exhibits a serious iacrease in the mortality of London . The deaths , which in the previous week were 1 , 079 , have in the last mounted tol , "C 9 , and g ive an excess above the average 01 361 . This unfavourable result is i > roduced by cholera and diarrhoea . The deaths from cholera -were 339—more -than double tfee mortality of the proeediiuj week ; those from diarrhoea and dysentery which in the former week were oi , have rapidly increased to 160 , which is more than in any corresponding week of five previous years . The total in thc week from the three diseases is therefore J 3 U , and makes an excess of 317 on thc average of former years . The mortality from all other zymotic or epidemic diseases is 191 , the average being 210 ;

      that from all sporadic diseases is Gsb , the average being £ 70 . The progress of cholera in London is traced iu thc returns of the last six weeks , in which the numbers were successively 22 , 43 , 49 , 124 , , aad-339 ; the pregrcssof diarrhoea and dysentery iii thc same periods is shown as follows : —35 , 33 , 19 , 33 , 54 , and 180 . During these six weeks cholera -was fatal to 433 males , and 303 females , of whom 337 died on thc south side of the river , only 101 in the west and northern districts . Considerably more than one-half of deaths from diarrhoea last ¦ week occurred under two years of age ; whereas of tho 339 deaths from cholera , 192 occurred between

      the ages of 15 and CO . Last week 49 persons died of cholera in the district of Lambeth , 37 in Rotherhitlie , and 23 in Bermondsey ; but the epidemic now increases generally over the metropolitan districts . Hoopingcough , pneumonia , and phthisis ate at present fatal to more than the usual number : the second , as well the first , almost entirely to young persons . Typhus , measles , scarlatina , and smallpox arc about the average , or fall considerably ¦ under it . Two men died of intemperance . The barometer has been hi g h during the week . It reached 30 . 252 in . on Wednesday , and thc daily mean was above 30 in . throughout the week , with the exception of Sundav . The mean of the week was

      30 . 129 in . The temperature of the air was highest on Sunday , when it reached 84 deg . 1 min . in the shade , and 109 deg . in the sun at Greenwich . The mean of the week was C 6 deg . 8 min ., considerably higher than in previous weeks . It was throughout hi gher than the average of the same week in seven years , and the mean on Sunday exceeded the average by 9 deg . 5 min .

      1 XQGESTS . Melancholy Accident . —On Saturday Mr . Payne leld an inquest at St Thomas ' s Hospital , on the body of— SmaUfield , Esq ., who came bv his death in the following manner : —It appeared that deceased was in St . Swithin's-Iane on Thursday , the 12 th hist ., between four and fire o ' clock , for the purpose of taking a parcel to a friend , and while on bis journey up the lane he was met by a gentleman -who remained in conversation some moments with him . During the time they were conversing , one of Messrs . Travers ' s , tea dealers , carts came up , the driver leading it at the horse ' s head . He had not , however , proceeded far when he heard , a shriek , and some one calling stop ; " he immediately halted , and on turning round observed the deceased under

      the cart , the wheel upon the right breast . He was at once released from his perilous position , and having been placed in a cab was taken to thc above hospital , where he expired in about a quarter of an hour after his admission . The driver , who had Been in custody since thc accident , states , on his oath , he could not account for it . Two gentlemen , sons of the deceased , attended , and asked numerous questions about the person who was with their lather before the accident occurred , but he had not been heard of , Thc jury after some consultation as to whether or not it would he advisable to postpone the case , to endeavour to find out this person , agreed upon returning ah open verdict , which was , "Death caused by injuries received . " ExtramumsauY Snicuvfi OP A Surveyor is A

      Pcbuc Bath . —On Saturday , an inquest was held beforeMr . W . Baker , at the Black Horse publichouse , Kingsland-road , on the body - of Mr Henry Johnstone , aged fifty-one years , a surveyor , ' who destroyed himself under the following circumstances : —William Paniplin , of 3 > o . 23 , James-street , City-road , said he was a waiter at the Metropolitan Baths , Ashley-crescent , Skoredjtch , which had been established for the last fourteen years . The deceased was surveyor to the baths , and was also the ori g inator of the plans for building them . On Friday week he entered the bath , looked at witness , without speaking , and then walked up the path fo--wards the door leading into the private bath . The deceased possessed a key , with which he opened the door , and went in . The door was closed , and wit

      ness took no further notice , as he was in thc habit of leaving , the baths by the hack door . Shortly after four o ' clock witness was informed by one of the bathers that a manias being drowned in the private hath . Witness van to the spot , andsaw the deceased floating in the water , apparently dead . He was got out as quick as possible , ' and laid down npon the stone pavement . He wag partially undressed , only having on his shirt-, drawers , and stockings . Thc remainder of his clothes were in the bath box . There was a surveyor ' s measuring tape fastened ti ghtly round his neck , and the other end of thc tape was curiously twisted round his right foot and ankle , so that , when he moved his

      foot , thc tape would increase in tightness round his neck , and , when in the water , the tape would become wet , which would prevent it unloosing itself . Mr . O . Isdell , a surgeon , was called in , who pronounced life to he extinct . — -Mr . Geo . Frazier , of Holloway-place , Holloway , a civil engineer , said he had known the deceased for the last sixteen years . He frequently complained of pains in his head , and , during the last fortnight , witness had observed a change In him ; he appeared at times very dull and moody . Witness could not account for the act , for the deceased was a truly religious and pious man , and devoted to his family . —The jury , after some conversation , returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

      Suicide of Major Yeritt . —On Saturday , before Mr . H . M . Wakley , at Xo . 21 , Xorth-terrace , Thurloe-squarc , Brompton , on the body of Major J . L . Verity , atcd 72 , late of thc 92 d Hi ghlanders , who destroyed himself under'distressing circumstances . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had been suffering lor some years from disease of thc nrcthra , and been attended by Mr . Cahill , and latterly by Mr . Ferguson , surgeon to the Queen . On "Wednesday week he was exceedingly ill , and complained of excruciating pain , which continued to increase ; hut on the following day Mr . Ferguson performed an operation , and he seemed much relieved , hut towards evening the pain returned , and he walked np and downthe room iu * great agony . Mr . Cahill was sent for and attended , but while he was

      gone for some medicine , deceased , being very anxious for his return , repeatedly asked if Tie had come hack . At length , between four and five o clock on Friday morning , the deceased left the room to look out of the drawing-room window to see if Mr . Cahill was coming ; in a minute or two afterwards thc family was alarmed by a discharge of fire-arms , and deceased was found in the back drawing-room , on the floor , on his back , quite dead , with a duelling pistol in his right hand , having shattered Ins head to pieces , the pistol having been discharged in his mouth . Deceased had heen very eccentric in his mannere , and of a very excitable temperament . He bad suffered from a sun stroke in the East Indies , and a second one two years ago while at work in his garden . Terdict , "TemporaryInsanity . "

      Improvements is the Cm . —Workmen have been engaged for some time past in removing the houses lying between Queen-street , St . Thomas the Apostle , Cloak-lane , and Budge row . These operations are preparatory to the formation of a broad and continuous thoroughfare , extending from Earl-street , Blaekfriars , to London-bridge . The formation , of this line of street will materially relieve Cheapside , Ludgate-hill , and St . PauFs-churchyard from their present inconvenient amount of traffic . Defeat of a If est of Gamblers . —A short time since , a young scion of the aristocracy , scarcely of age , the nephew of aa officer holding a high appointment in her Majesty ' s household , was entrapped into play at one of the Westrend clubs b y a set of welldressed sharpers , who , by some means or other , had

      got access to the place . Tl ie result was that he was p lundered of all he then possessed , and bills of exchange , to the amount of several hundreds , were extorted from him . . - These were considered " as good as the Bank , " from the fear of the exposure of ihe young : gentleman ' s relatives , particularly his "ancle above alluded to . Owing to a dispute amon * the members of the gang , as to the division of the plunder , one of * hem disclosed to the loser the conspiracy by which he had been defrauded . The youn * gentlemanwasoutheeveoftakingupsome of thebilfi when ths disclosure was made to Mm .- He then had the good sense , like the profligate , son , to acknowledge his sins and transgressions to his friends , who have forgiven him , and thc transaction being proved of the basest description , they now set the swindlers at defiance , the bills proving to them as waste paper .

      Frightful Occurrence at Whitechapel . —• On Sunday , about eleven o ' clock , the house , ' Kb . -17 , Oulston-street , Whitechapel , fell in with a trem ' enflous crash , smashing every portion of furniture to fn ^ i -n - P fflcsonaamed Brown , who lived on the ^ % wt ?? * eehng , the house shake , sent his attemSw * d 0 TO sfa H ^ d-whilst he was SSS 110 ™ some of ** fun * nre ' . the 2 « fe escape being hurled had in some measur Sd ^ 'W ^ * * presented itself , for on the * ° S'Ll 1 Uahl \ ^ f ? In the . rubbish , weretohe ldSfcT lmbe ^ ed floor when it fell . They were - «* r iSjS ^ ^ rst possible , when it was found tbat kff ^ JT f injured . Anotherof the lodgers , Sw Wu ^ her child were alss hurt by the faK of tte weapon them . The shock had b .-u-einub 7 i de , l Zul t was found ^ t the whole of tfc / ofi Sel on "

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      that side of the street were m an equally dangerous condition . The occupants were , therefore ordered to w- immediately , and were not even allowed to remove their furniture . The accident , it was supnosed was occasioned by the existence of a cesspool under some of the houses , the walls of which , in all probability , had g iven way and weakened the foundations of the houses . Some time back another house , at the extreme end of the present clump , fell down , on which occasion several persons nearly lost their lives . _ „ ,

      Pike at Messrs . Oasell ' sDiSMIAHIY . —On Saturday morning last an alarming fire broke out on the premises belonging to Messrs . Capell and Co ., the distillers , of Poplar . The stock in trade being of so combustible a nature , the flames spread m a very few minutes to an immense extent . Several engines were on the spot in a very short time , and the hu-c float engine from thc Deptford Dockyard was also brought to bear upon the premises , but in spite of the exertions of thc firemen , the flames could not be extinguished until the contents of two immense oil and tar tanks had been destroyed , and the valuable steam machinery considerably «™ iagea . The fire was caused by some of the men warming a tap to make the pitch run . Messrs . Capell , it is insured

      believed , were not . . x « . „ r „ - on DESTRUCTIVE FlRE IN ^ 1 ^ 1 ^™' - ° » Wednesday morning , shortly before ten o do J , » fire of a very destructive character broke oum tne premises belonging to . Mr . J . Stone , a CM enter and Undertaker , situate in King ' s Head-yard , Lincoln s-Inn-fields . Thc flames were discovere d by a person living in the next house , who , on entering the bmMin «> - for the purpose of rendering assistance , became encircled with fire . In order to escape the party was obliged to jump from the first floor into the street . The stock-in-trade being of such an easily ignitible character , but few minutes elapsed ere the flames had extended to the premises of Mr . Pascoe , a general dealer , No . 18 , Little Wild-street , and also to the roofs and back fronts of three other houses in

      the same street . The conflagration assuming such an alarming aspect , the inhabitants of the surrounding districts commenced removing their furniture to a more distant part for protection . Several engines promptly attended , but the fire was not extinguished until half-past eleven o ! cloek , and not until Mr . Stone's premises were totally destroyed , the stabling of Mi-. Barford , extensively damaged , and several houses in Little Wild-street severely burned . The total damage must be very considerable . Election of a Sheriff . —On Monday a Common Hall was held before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen for the election of a sheriff in the room of S . Peto , Esq ., M . P . J who had refused to take upon himself the above office . The interest which was in the first instance connected with this was swallowed up in the more important one for the representation of

      the City , and but few individuals were present alter the usual forms had been gone through , when Mr . Alderman Lawrence was declared to be elected , and the proceedings terminated . Death of James Pattison , Esq ., M . P , —Mr . Pattison , one of the representatives of the City , died at Molesey Grove , near Hampton Court , on Saturday last . The deceased gentleman , who was born in 1786 , belonged to a family that has for generations held a very hig h commercial rank , and he himself was a Director of the Bank of England at his death , and had filled the honourable post of Governor . He represented the city of London in the Parliaments of 1 S 35 arid 1837 , but was unsuccessful at the general election in 1841 . He was , however , re-elected in 1843 to fill the vacancy caused by the death ot Sir Matthew Wood , and again retained his position at the last general election in 1847 .

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      out on the morning of the 13 th inst ., about one o ' clock , at the house of a man named Cross , in Park-street , Crediton , A great number of people were soon collected together , and the town engines were quickly on the spot ; but- unfortunately it happened in a neighbourhood where water is not p lentiful ; in consequence , the fire raged with terrific fury , and several houses were on fire before any real effort could be made to arrest its progress . The flames ascended to a most fearful height , and completely illumined the horizon . Several men , at great personal risk , attempted to cut off the communication , and partly succeeded , but this did not

      prevent the honses beyond taking fire . At length water was procured , but not a plentiful supply ; this was poured upon the thatched houses on the opposite side ; had these taken fire it is impossible to say the extent of the mischief . About twelve dwellihghouses , besides outhouses , were destroyed , inhabited mostly by poor people , who must have suffered considerably by the destruction of their goods . Most of the houses burnt were insured in the Norwich Equitable . It is feared that this fire was the work of an incendiary . Extensive Embezzlement by Travellers . —On the 13 th inst . it was discovered that Richard Anderson Clarke , traveller to Messrs . Close , Bourow , and Co ., of Stockton-upon-Tees , wholesale grocers , had gone off with £ 900 , and Walter Telford ,

      traveller to Messrs . Watson and Wood , drapers of the same town , with £ 750 , and that Edward John Law , traveller to Messrs . Pease and Co ., druggists of Darlington , had absconded with £ 370 . They have all heen seen together in the metropolis , and are supposed to be trying to get out to America . £ 130 is offered for then * apprehension . Murder op Two Children by their U . vcle at Kxoitixgley . —A most appalling murder has been committed at Knottingley , in the West Riding of Yorkshire . It appears that on Friday week , Benjamin Heald , a labourer , about 20 years of sge , residing with his parents at Knottingley , took two of his brother ' s children into the garden to walk , and when he wanted them to come out they refused . He then took up a bottle , and beat out the brains of the little boy , five years old , and then killed the little girl , three years old , by beating her over the

      head with a stick . After he had done the deed , he went into the house , and told his mother that he believed he had killed the two children , for he was afraid they would come to want , and should not like to see it . He then left home , and went into the town—his residence being in the outskirts—and inquired for a surgeon . He was soon taken into custody , but seemed little concerned , as at four o ' clock in the afternoon he was sound asleep in bed . The family are particularly steady and industrious people , andare an example to the town . The father of the children lost his wife about six months ago , and had , with his two children , gone to reside with his parents . He even now ( adds our correspondent ) says he can freely forgive his brother for murdering his children , as none of the family have been more kind and indulgent to the children than the prisoner .

      Attempted Suicide bv a Cosvict . — About six o ' clock on the 12 th inst ., a man named . John Reeks , under sentence of transportation in the Gloucester County Gaol , was discovered hanging by a sheet to the ventilation of his cell . He was instantly cut down , but though black in the face and insensible , he was , by the proper application of restoratives , brought to a state of consciousness , and ia now quite recovered . Prom the fact that Reeks committed this act after the bell had been rung for assembling the prisoners , it may be suspected that he did not intend to destroy himself , but only to make a sham . Reeks is forty j ears of age , and was a notorious offender . Some years since lie was sentenced to seven years' transportation , but returned under a free nardon about four months before his

      second sentence , which is for fifteen years . The Murder near Bkocklesby . —In April last a barbarous murder was committed on the body of a middle-aged female named Farrow ; she was on her way across some fields leading from Habrough to Keelby , about mid-day , when she was killed by blows on the head with a sharp instrument , supposed to be a furze hill , and robbed of two sovereigns and some silver . The medical men were of opinion that the first blow killed the poor woman , as , although some labourers were working all the morning only a few fields off , they heard no cries of distress . A man named Charles Overton , of bad character , was suspected of the murder , and was taken into custody . It was proved that he had changed two

      sovereigns in different villages on the afternoon of the murder ; and it is singular that he underwent amock trial on the day after at a village alehouse , and his drunken companions pretended to find him guilty of the murder . The coroner ' s jury had no other evidence before them than his changing of the sovereigns , and they returned an open verdict ; hut the supposed murderer was detained in custody ; and subsequently committed by the magistrates on a charge of stealing a gun , and also on a charge of stealing thc furze-bill with which the murder : is believed to have been effected . On Friday , at . Kirton Lindsay sessions , Overton was found guilty on these two charges , and was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation . On receiving the sentence ^ he addressed the bench , saying , "Thank you - I never thought I had so long to live . " , * Three Mest were Dbowsed near the east end

      of the Breakwater in Plymouth Sound on Saturday last . The Gipsy , one of the vessels under a contract with the government for taking , out the stone , under the direction of Willi am Ellery , the master , whilst making her way out , when near the east end of the Breakwater , was struck" with a sudden gust of wind , and before the men oh board succeeded to ease off the sheets , she heeled to and wentdown , and all on board were drowned . Attempt to Murder . — Stoney Stratford was during last week the scene of much excitement . On the night of the 9 th inst ., the premises of Mr . Nixon , a printer in the town , was discovered to be inflames . The assistance of . the ' neighbours was immediately obtained , and ' by great exertions the fire was got out , but not uhtd upwards of £ 100 damage was done . Before the fire was extinguished , two other fires were found to he raging in the inimo - diate vicinity of the town , and for Tvant of tfic necessary assistance in time the premises were destroyed . The fact of three fires occurring almost simultane-

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      ously naturally caused much , alarm and anxiety , but no other conclusion could bo come to than that they were act of a vile incendiary or of a maniac . On the following day , as Mr . ^ i . xon was standing at his shop at mid-day , he was fired at deliberately bv a miscreant armed with a fowling-piece , the contents of which consisted of large sized shot , which entered Mr . Eixon ' s neck .. Strange to say ; that whilst the wounded man was being attended to , tlie attempted murderer entered the fhop and strove to set fire to the contents , hut was seized in the ¦ vet and after considerable resistance was secured . On Wednesday week he was removed by Mr .

      Henderson , superintendent of . the local police , for examination before the bench of magistrates at Newport Pagnell , where he gave the name of James Arnold . A certificate that Mr . Kixon was in too dangerous a state to attend to give evidence being produced , the prisoner was remanded until the following Friday , when he was taken before the magistrates of this town , and again remanded on account of the dan « evous illness of Mr . Nixon . It has been ascertained that the prisoner is related to that individual by marriage , and for some time past has exhibited much animosity against him without any known motive .

      Attempted Assassination . —On Friday , information was received by the police , that as Mr . C . Greenham of Lydney , Gloucestershire , was passing a lonely part of the Forest of Dean , on the old Tonan-road , near Biackpool-bridge , several men with fire-arms , bludgeons , and their faces masked , rushed at him from behind a hedge , where they had been concealed . One threw a bludgeon at him , which passed hear his head , two of the guns being discharged at the same moment , and Mr . Greenham felt' the balls whiz past him . He immediately put spurs to his horse and succeeded in reaching Conderford , the villains pursuing as far as Blackley-hill . £ 50 is offered for their discovery . Destruction of a Railway Bridge bv Fire . — Much excitement was caused in Boston on Sunday morning last , in consequence of intelligence being conveved by Mr , Critchlow , clerk in charge at

      Spalding , that one of the railway bridges on the Great Northern Railway was on fire . In a short space of time , an immense concourseof people had assembled ; and not withstanding every exertion was made to arrest the progress of the flames , the construction of the bridge was of so inflammable a nature , that in an incredibly brief period it was entireWemolishcd . It is generally known as . Peakirk bridge , is situated about two miles from that place , and a similar distance from Littleworth . The loss sustained by the catastrophe is estimated at between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 . The train which was due on Sunday at fifty-seven min . past one , did not arrive until nearly three o ' clock , the delay being ^ occasioned by the above occurrence . A temporary bridge for passengers and light goods was quickly erected , and a train placed in readiness on the other side of the river to convey them to their respective destinations . The cause of the accident is not yet ascertained .

      Mine Explosion . —A most calamitous accident occurred on Wednesday week , at the Minerva Colliery of Mr . Burton , near Wrexham , by which eight persons were killed , and two others dreadfully injured , one of whom is since dead . It appears to have been the practice of some of the colliers to use an unprotected light in the pit , although there are plenty of safety lamps at hand , and such a light having been carried on this occasion , the fire-damp in one part of the pit exploded , and seven men and a boy were killed on the spot . Two others were frig htfully mutilated , of the death of one of whom we have since heard . A horse was killed by the explosion , and a large quantity of machinery considerably damaged . —Chester Courant .

      Destructive Conflagration near Epsom . —Late on Tuesday evening a fire , which continued to bum throughout the whole of the night , broke out in West-street , Ewell , about one mile from tho town of Epsom . The flames when first discovered were rising from a largo barn , filled with wheat , the property of Mr . Stone , corn and coal merchant . The fire was not extinguished until property of some hundred pounds in value was rendered worthless , Mr . Stone having lost the whole of the corn in the

      barn , together with the building , the stables , coach and cart houses , provender stores , and three ricks of hay ; and nearly the whole of the roof running over Mr . Pegden ' s malt-houses and drying-rooms is either burnt off , or cut away to prevent the fire from spreading . How the fire orig inated is enveloped in mystery , its progress being so rapid that it is extremely difficult to tell the precise spot where it began . Both parties were understood to be in-

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      Dublin , Friday . —Pariixo Address of the State Prisoners . —Previous to the departure of thc leaders of the late insurrection they placed in the hands of a mutual friend the following address to their fellow countrymen : — " Fellow-Countrymen , —If your efforts to procure a mitigation of the penalties to which we are about to be subjected had been as successful as you desired we could not have offered to you more sincere and grateful acknowledgements than those which wo now tender for tho sympathy and solicitude which you have displayed in our behalf . " At this moment , whilst wo are bidding our last

      sad farewell to our native land , the reflection that our fellow-countrymen have not witnessed with indifference our removal from amongst them is a sweet source of consolation : and be assured , that this remembrance will hereafter be a soothing alleviation to whatever . sufferings it may be our lot to endure . . " Knowing that we address many who do not concur with us in political opinions , we do not feel ourselves at liberty to offer any observations upon the policy by which this country is governed—upon the policy which gave occasion to our resistance to British power—upon tho policy which now consigns us to exile . We are compelled to repress even the emotions which . we feel in reflecting upon the awful

      condition in which we leave the land that we have deeply loved ; nor is this a fitting occasion to point out the means by which its disasters may be repaired ; but wo cannot refrain from tho expression of a hope that you will not despair of your country ; and we maj be permitted- to offer to our fellowcountrymen a parting exhortation , that they will lay aside those unhappy dissensions which have so long paralysed the intrinsic strength of the Irish nation , and henceforth learn to love and confide in each other . " We feel that it is not necessary to say anything to you in vindication of our motives . Even those who most condemn our conduct know that we have not been animated by considerations of a personal

      nature in hazarding all that was dear to us for the sake of our native land ; but we owe it to our feelings to declare that , whatever may bo the sacrifices we incur by devotion to its interests , our latest asp iration will he a prayer for the prosperity , the honour and independence of Ireland . " William S . O'Brien , " Thomas Francis Meagher , " Terence Bellew M'Manus , " Patrick O'DoNonoE . " " Richmond Prison . " Saturday . —Ejectments . —It appears that no less than 236 ejectment decrees were outained against tenants at the present Quarter Sessions of Sfenagh . Amonir the ejectors were the names of Lord

      Bloomfield , the Rev . Massy Dawson , Lord Dunally , W . B . Armstrong , R . M . Garden , the Earl of Charlev'dle , Viscount Chabot , R . Gason , B . Hawkshaw , T . H . Harden , A . F . Maxwell , the Earl of Orkney , J . Dwyer , S . O'Brien , T . P . Lloyd , G . Roe , the Hon . O . F . aToler , J . Maher , W . H . B . Waller , and J . J . Willington , dsc . Monday . —The Harvest . —It is really cheering to read the accounts daily received from all parts of the country respecting the . progress of the crops , under the influence of the finest and most brilliant weather in the remembrance of "the oldest inhabitant . " Nothing can exceed the luxuriance of the corn and the green crops ; and new potatoes of fine quality are already becoming so plentiful , with the

      flavour they possessed before the blight , that they can be purchased in Cork at Is . per weight of 21 lbs ., and it is likely , before many days , that they will be so much cheaper as to come within the reach of the working classes . There is , no doubt , still a great amount of destitution , especially in the western districts ; but much less is said about it , for hope has come to the aid of tho suffering people , and all other classes are influenced by the prospects of plenty . ,. ,.: ; ,-,.- ..: Death of , Richard Pennefatuer , Esq . — -Mr . R . Pennefather died from an attack of cholera at four o ' clock on Saturday morning , at Newtown-Anner , nearClonmel ( the residence of Mr . Berhal Osborne , M . P . for Middlesex ) , where he had been on a visit to Lady and Mrs . Osborne . Judoe Pbbrin retires from the bench on his full salary after the conclusion of the present circuit . The Attorney-General will succeed his lordship in the Queen ' s Bench . —Limerick Chronicle , The Orange Demonstrations . Fatal Affray At

      Castlewellan . —The Orange demonstrations in the north of Ireland , this year , have been accompanied with an unuisualnuantjty of extravagant rhapsodical declamations , in which the various speakers appeared toclaim loyalty exclusively for the Orange body ' Dr Drew referred with unction to the character of King William , as painted by Mr . Maeaulay in his "History of England . " What is of more importance than the declamation at their anniversary meetings is the fact , according to the . Belfast Chronicle , that many of the local gentry have recentl y become identified with the Orange body . . We extract the Mowing from the Nbrthem Whia : - "In almost every district from which we have received accounts , Thursday last passed over more satisfactorily than we had expected . There anpeared to be an anxiet y on the part of the Oran » t mento avoid giving needless offence ; and , on the other side , the Catholic party , generally ' looked upon the procession with , good lufmoui ' . We nub

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      "T -- ^ ; . , „ f details' and front several other lish a variety ^ "f ^ . ' geifica , we l . ave learned places , . whichlWOLuc" ° J P ^ thou ' fc pi . oducing any tnat prooe sions ' W ^ , are obliged to make evil effects . . ¦ WP ^ n ncholY exception to these one very serious and meajcnpiyv . 1 Oros on remarks . The calamiW- gg ^ hiot- ^ inoTO the 17 th of March , ^^^^" nSuence , excited to have been ^^^" tnl occurrences of strong apprehension s «? Wc <\ d om Ko tlW SS 1 oweveJ took p Lo at Crossgar ; party exhibition , novtow , " r , _ Orangemen g « t there was a W ^ X We are ghufto bo S ^ 1 S % ^^ iS »»™«» of anything "SZ ^^ ^ ^ SSA Down The grounds of Lord Roden , lpUyn » ° ro IS ' had heef appointed as the f tomj of ftj .. uwnnninir Oranffcmon ; and one body was to pass ^^?^ S

      a noted place called " Dolly ' s Brae , " some msw ^ from CaWewcllan . Here an . encounter took place the particulars of which we have learned from the Rev ! II . Boyd , of Dromare , who drove to the scene Xction , Sing boon attracted by the firing-which he heard . What he ascertained , and stated tons is in substance as follows : _ ¦ ,., ., „ ,,. „ When the Orangemen inarc hed through the abov e named p lace in the morning thoy wove taunted by a number of Itibbonmen there assembled ; but they passed on , no collision taking place . A force of military and constabulary was present . On their return they found a body of the Ribbon party drawn ud in a crescent form , armed with muskets , pikes , * £ It is stated that the orders of the Orange

      leaders to their men ,: who were also pretty wen armed , were , that they should not he the aggressors , but should proceed quietly unless attacked . Two shots were fired upon them , whereupon they instantly returned the fire , pushed on against their assailants , and drove them before them , capturing a flag & n & a drain , as trophies . This , however , they did not do with impunity , as four of their part y were wounded , one of them so badly that he has since died . They then turned to wreak their vengeance on some Catholic houses . Out of one of these—a public-house belong ing to a man named Ward-it is said that a shot was fired which struck one of the four sufferers . That house and the house of a priest , named Kelly , were wrecked . set

      Other houses , eight or nine in number , were on fire , whether in the conflict or deliberately—most probably the latter—is not evident ; but , when Mr . Boyd came within view of the scene , the picture of so many houses in flames , amid the green fields , was most melancholy . What loss had been sustained by the Ribbon party was not knownj but as they had heen driven over the hills , under the fire of the Orangemen , it was prob ably considerable . The people in the neighbourhood of both parties were in a state of the greatest excitement and terror . What the military and constabulary were about during this combat , we have not yet learned ; and more precise details will , no doubt , throw much light upon the whole occurrence ; but the general facts , stated as they have been to us , may be taken as

      correct . . , , It is scarcely necessary to remark with what lamentable force this dreadful event proves the propriety and wisdom of the calls which were made , unfortunately in vain , upon the government to renew the Anti-Processions Act . fhe loss of life was confidently and but too truly foretold j and yet the government declined to interfere , as the case evidently required . If their neglect of duty was from their own misguided judgment alone , we do not envy them this blood y record of their mistake : but if they were obstructed by any difficulties thrown in their way they would do well to state so , and therefore try to wash off the stain which most assuredly at present rests upon them . Yesterday , according to old custom , sham fig hts took place in the neighbourhoods of Portadown and Tandrageo , but , according to the report of a gentleman who passed those places in tho afternoon , there was no appearance of interruption or

      disturbance . At the moment of putting to press , . we ( Newry Telegraph . ) have received the following intelligence t — " The Orangemen , on their return from Tollymore-park , through tho pass of Dolly ' s Brae , were fired on by a dense mob of Ribbonmen , who had lined thc pass on either ' side . The great body of the lodges had passed through the defile , when the Ribbonmen opened their fire on the men around the last flag , and on the constabulary and military who were bringing up the rear , Balls were whizzing on all sides . Some of the . Orangemen were struck down , but the body at once opened a warm fire in return , and , with the police , broke into skirmishing order up the mountain , and dislodged their cowardly

      assailants from behind the stone walls and ditches , where they had taken up position . Mr . Hill , of Rathfriland , constabulary officer ; Mr . Edward Corry , S . I ., Captain Fitzmaurice , R . M ., Francis C . Beers , Esq ., J . P ., and Captain Skinner , J . P ., bravely led the police force , and in the thick of a very heavy fire dispersed the Ribbon party and took thirty-eight prisoners , most of them armed with pikes , muskets , scythes mounted on poles , and other deadly weapons , who were all conveyed into Rathfriland that night , and were on Friday committed at an investigation which was held by Capt . Fitzmauricc , R . M ., Mr . Tabiteau , R . M ; , Captain Skinner , J . P ., Thomas Scott , Esq ., J . P ., Francis Beers , Esq ., J . P ., Captain Tighe , J . P . As far as we can learn , four of thc Orange party are severclv

      wounded , though none killed , and about thirty of tho Ribbon party , several of whom were seen lying dead on the roads , in the vicinity and through the mountain , hut were conveyed away during the night . Five men and one woman , severely wounded , were-brought into the infirmary at Castlewellan last night . One of the men has since died , and we understand four persons are l ying dead at Maghcramayo , awaiting a coroner ' s inquest . Ifcshould . be mentioned that , from some houses in the neighbourhood of the Pass , shots were firedat thc Orangemen . The latter roused beyond endurance , turned upon their assailants , and set fire to six or seven of the houses . The bravery with which Mr . E . Corry ,

      bub-Inspector of the constabulary , brother to I . Corry , Esq ., D . L ., rushed into a burning house , and , at the hazard of his own life , saved two poor women from the flames , is the theme of every tongue . He was so nearly suffering for his heroic conduct , that the blazing roof fell in on him as he was carrying out the second female , and so exhausted was he that lie fell insensible on the ground . He is quite recovered . A quantity of ammunition was found on the persons of the Ribbon party who were captured ; and it is worthy of remark that a barrel of gunpowder , which a carrier was convoying to a merchant in Castlewellan , was robbed from his cart on Tuesday night , and distributed among the Ribbon party . The number of the attacking Ribbon party was estimated at one thousand . "

      The latest accounts state that the magistrates had been sitting all day , and had remanded the prisoners . It was believed that there could not have been less than twelve shot , and over fifty wounded . Monday . —At half-past ton o ' clock this . morning the district coroner , Dr . Tyrrell , proceeded to take evidence as to how Patrick King , John Sweeny , Anne Traynor , and another person camo by their deaths at Magheramayo , on Thursday last . The depositions wore taken in the ease of Patrick King , but the coroner intimated that the evidence would embrace a general investigation into the character and circumstances of the whole case . After the close of the evidence , the coroner proceeded

      to charge the jury . After having recapitulated thc evidence as to the facts , he continued thus—It had been told to the jury that Or ange processions were illegal on that day , and that all who joined in them were to be considered as participators in the outrages that were committed . He ( the coroner ) differed with MivMurland . on that point , and ho believed that he would be borne out m his opinion by many of the magistrates who sat upon the bench . It appeared to him that to constitute an illegal assembly , a number of persons should be assembled together with the nnderstanding that they contemplated grievous bodily harm or the putting in fear her Majesty ' s subjects . It would be for the inrv +. A sn . v ¦ rchnt . Imi * fliAv s » rmci ?/ t < H . nr 1 tli . ratA ....:..

      an illegal . assemblage or not . There was a time , not long since , when Itho government had passed an act of parliament to put down these processions , and many persons had . suffered punishment for joining them . But the : government had suffered that act to die a natural death , and for some years these processions had passed on , without . any interference from the constituted authorities against the Orangemen in celebrating the 12 th of Jul y . The government did not issue any address either to the public or to the magistrates prohibiting their procession , or directing them to be put , down . Another fact also presented itself , that the government so far . countenanced these processions , that they sent an armed force to protect notonly the Orange processionists but to protect the peace of the country and prevent the contending parties from . coming mtO Collision . " ilfc Was for the lurv to consider what

      their feelmg ^ as respecting these processions ; If they believed that they were illegal—and his own opinions ; was that they were not—but . if . they , ( the jury ) believed that they were ' so , -those who . took part m them should be made amenable for the loss of lives that took place . It was perfectly true that thCQueen s troops were justified in firing . when it was nccessary . for the preservation of- IMS * lives ™ TTnirn f . - r rote ctwn who were also fired SS-S U - ? c cu « wtancc 3 he had only to say fro-m : gun-shot wounds or injuries from Dei-sons un-& f , n i ^ r ^ - ^ W tneri rctired / and afteran ab enee of an hour returned the following verdict • -r" The deceased , Hugh Kmsr ¦ died on tte nmrning of Friday tlie 13 th of Julf msS , t ffi town o / - Cmtlewellan m . the county of Down , from a gun-shot wound inflicted on him by some persons unknown of a party procession , in tho townland of -MagheraraaTo , m said county , on Thursday , tae

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      12 th insfc . The deceased , T ^ J ™ SrJ < A ™ Sweeney , and Anno Traynor , died on Thursday , the 12 th day of July instant , in the townland ol Magheramayo , in this county , by certain violent injuries , inflicted on the aforesaid day , by some persons unknown , of a party procession , passing by said townland , on said dav . George Tyrrell , Coroner . "July 10 , 1849 . " ¦ - - . „ Tues » a\\—Tim Queen ' s Visit . —The ConroiiAtion . —After a stormy discussion carried on during three protracted meetings , the immaculate Corporation of Dublin agreed yesterday to tho form of an address to bo presented to her Majesty on her arrival in the Irish metropolis . The report of the committee recommended that £ 500 be advanced out of ' / Jo / wiend ' - P-ifrick King , John g ^^ K J ^ n - ^ S ^^ SS-S TtaiiSi ^ tto

      the borough fund for the purpose of making provision for the reception of the Queen , £ 300 to be app lied to the repairs of tho Mansion-house , and £ 200 to be placed at the disposal of the Lord Mayor in aid of such general and public demonstration as may be agreedupon and adopted by the citizens . At the conclusion of the proceedings , Mr . Loughnan handed in the following notice of motion : — " That whilst we have approached your Majesty with feelings of the greatest respect and affection , we deem it out fair and just towards your Majesty to state that this country , in every branch of trade , is in a most dep lorable condition ; that the people of every nlnss are suffering many privations ; and that more

      especially the humblest of your Majesty ' s subjects here are dy ing daily of want of food in the midst oi abundance that surrounds them . We deem it also but just towards your Ma-jesty to state that our country flourished under an independent parliament , and that it has been daily retrograding since the Act of Union was carried ; that we still feel the only hone left for it is in a parliament that will be local , and thereby acquainted with thc wants of your Majesty ' s loyal Irish subjects . And in thus stating our opinions calmly to your Majesty we most solemnly protest that we do not seek for a separation between the two countries , but we . still cling with anxious hope to you our beloved Queen and Sovereign . "

      WEDNEsnAY . —Tue Harvest . —The Potato . —The county of Clare Agricultural Report estimates the potato crop throughout that county as not more than eig ht per . cent of the breadth of potato cultivated before the failure ; but it is stated that the present crop was put down early in well-manured and well-prepared land , and had been since carefully attended to . The wheat crop is also much smaller than heretofore in Clare ; but there are immense crops of barley and oats—and turnips , beans , and other green crops arc sown to a considerable extent . The Banner of Ulster states that from Wednesday to Saturday last 301 loads of perfectly sound potatoes were brought into the Belfast market , which sold from . 4 d . to Od . per stone .

      Relief fok the Small Farmers . —The General Central Relief Committee , of which the Marquis of Kildare is chairman , have issued , through the Evening Post , the following renewed appeal to the public : — " This committee have now completely exhausted their funds , having distributed £ 4 , 764 , principally in small sums of £ 10 , to the care of the Protestant and Roman Catholic clergymen , and this moment there are lying on their table two hundred applications for relief from various parts of the south and west , all representing that the harvest prospects are most promising—that hundreds of persons in each locality have made the most strenuous efforts to labour , and till and sow their groundthat their crops arc growing luxuriantly—but that the industrious , hard-working , and independent men , who have struggled , at the sacrifice of present food and every necessary for decent life , to sow their crops , can never live to see them reaped , unless

      their fellow-Christians now help them through the next month or six weeks , by sharing ( if necessary ) some of their food with them . A clergyman stated tothe committee that 2 s . Cd . would keep alive a family of five , by enabling them to mix a little meal with the cabbage or other vegetables that they gather and feed on . Imagine "what a state of misery ? Andean those who are indulgingthen > selves in every comfort—nay , luxury—answer to their God and Father , that they would not spare this trifling sum from their superfluities to save the lives of five fellow Christians . Should any desire to inform themselves of the accuracy of these statements , the office of No . 3 , College-green is open daily , and free access will he afforded to those who may desire to search the sad histories contained in the application papers . —D . C . Latouche , Thomas Mutton , Edwakd M'Donnell , Hon . Secretaries . "

      The Queen ' s Visit . —The good people of Cork are engaged in all sorts of preparations for the loyal and hospitable reception of her Majesty .

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      PROGRESS OF THE CHOLERA . The cholera cases in the metropolis on which inquests have been held , are as follows : — Milib \ kk . Prison . —Removal of the Cosvicis . — On Monday Mr . Langham , the deputy coroner for Westminster , held six inquests in the Millbank Prison , on the bodies of an equal number of convicts who died therein ^ Four of the deaths were occasioned from Asiatic cholera . The coroner , on making inquiries as to the state of the prison , was informed by Dr . Baly , that the smell from the bonehouses on the other side of the river had been worse during the last three weeks than before . Moreover , there were a number of other factories , the chimneys of which were so exceeding low as to be prejudicial to the health of the inhabitants . The smell

      caused by emptying the gas works of the surplus water was also highly prejudicial , not merely to the health of the prisoners , but also to the public generally . Ho was of opinion that the chimneys of the factories ought to be carried up considerably higher than the house-tops , so that the noisome smoke might be blown away . He had reported the state of the prison to the Home-office , and had recommended that one-half of thc prisoners should be removed to a more healthy place ; but a great difficulty arose on that head , on account of the cholera raging at Woolwich , Fentonville , " and other places . The government have , however , found a barrack in an isolated ^ part of the country , to which place in a day or two 500 of the convicts will be removed .

      Chelsea . —At the Workhouse , before Mr . H . M . Wakley , on the body of Henry Eddigar , aged ten years . The father , a labouring man , ' lived with the deceased and his six other children , in Steer * s-buildings , Queen-street . It was stated by the witnesses that he behaved with great brutality to them all , particularly to the deceased , whom he not only beat most unmercifully , but also kept without food . The neighbours sometimes , seeing the boy in a starving state , wandering about the streets and afraid to go home to his father , called him in and gave him food , which he ate in a ravenous manner . ' On Saturday week the boy , who for several nights previously had been sleeping in outhouses , was seized with cholera in its worst form . He died on Friday last . Mr .

      uaKicy , the surgeon , attributed the attack of cholera solely to the privations the boy had undergone . The j ury , expressing their indignation at the cruelty of the father , returned a verdict , " That the deceased died from Asiatic cholera , brought on by want and exposure . " ° On Tuesday , an inquest was held before Mr . S . F . Langham , deputy-coroner , at the Millbank prison , on the bodies of Thomas Morcon , aged 52 , and James Kinman , aged 21 , convicts , who died in the above prison from cholera . -Mr , M'Intyre , the clerk to the prison , said , the first-named deceased was received into the prison on the 1 st of February last , under a sentence of seven years' transportation , for stealing a-fowl , and was in good health . ' He w > .

      mamea so until six o ' clock that morning ; when he was taken with cramps , purging , and all the usual symptoms of cholera . He rapidly sank , and expired shortl y afterwards . Kinman was a soldier in the 30 th Regiment of Foot , and was admitted to the prison on the 2 nd of May . last from the island of v ° 17 ' under sentence of transportation for life , for striking his superior officer . . He was in good health , and continued so till the 10 th inst ., when he had ah attack of dysentery , from the i : effects , of which he was . recovering , when he was attacked with cholera . on bimday . last , and died on tho following evening . -Dr . Baly said , in answer to questions by the coroner that he could say nothing further as to the predisposing cause ; of the attack of cholera , but he bogged to state , for the satisfaction of-himself and the . prison : authorities , that he had made an experiment of a certain treatment for cholera cases which had been recommended in the Times

      He wrapped the patients in wet sheets and blankets , but he regretted to : say that it was followed by no . good result .-The Coroner inquired if anything had been done to remove the prisoners during the prevalence of the epidemic in the prison ?—Dr Baly said , the governor of the prison had been sent down by the-Home-omce to inspect a spot which had been selected by the government authorities on the sea-coast of Sussex . ' It was considered well adapted for the , reception of about 500 prisoners , until the cholera had subsided . The governor sent in a favourable report of the place , and arrangements were being made to transport that number of nrisoners to that localit y . Dr . Bal y added , there were now- ^ eight cases-of cholera . in the prison , one of which was . exceedingly dangerous . Since the outbreak of the cholera every , prisoner had been supplied with a half-pint Of Barclay and Perkins' heer « rf 7 w £ 3 * P- ? . etu r' ? d aVerdict , in each case , "Death from Asiatic cholera" ¦ ~ Tr >

      \ At the eastrend of London : the disease - is most prevalent . Eighteen cases were . reported nv- the S tLSf - w -: ? hcre we ^ sevenfronfShad r f & S " - FpPSS . ono ' - from Poplar , one St ™ e s 'f ^ frpm Brpmloy , and one from Barking . On Monday 'the following . additional cases were reported as occurin g on Sunday :-tlnrfS ?&' r ^^ two from / gtepheyv twS f om Lime house , aud one ' from' St : George- n-the-It ^ lf hlbl" » g a steady increase . In almost all £ ifc ' fT ^ T ^ . c- ^ ibited itself the SSSfK i ' & e air iS ta - inted with noxio » s exhalations . Bronx & w \ v .: red tJi 3 aa . M 7 'U > le

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      whilst of the additional . cases reported to . the U . division , on the same day , only four proved fatal up to tho time of the report . Bermondsey . —On Monday evening Mr . Payne , the city coroner , ' resumed the inquiry into the death of Catherine Murphy , a woman who died of cholera , induced , as it was alleged , by thc neglected and dirty state of Griffith's-rents , where she resided . It will be remembered that at the last meeting of the jury the coroner expressed his conviction that the neglect attributed to tho board of guardians was oi

      sufficiently proved to render the case one manslaughter , and , not wishing to take Mr . Smith , the chairman , and the rest of the guardians by surprise , lie adjourned tlie inquiry with the view of permitting them to offer any refutation in their power to the evidence g iven before the jury . The coroner having read over the depositions , and having heard the evidence adduced , said that it was proved thai this person was attacked on the 17 th , after someearlier cases had occurred , On thc 14 th a report was made to the guardians , and from that time to the 18 th it did not appear that anything was done to these places . Ko delay took place on the part of the board of guardians in sending to the paving

      commissioners , and the result was that the improvements were commenced on the 22 d—a period of six days , which might , under the circumstances , be very inconvenient . Tho drains were opened on the 22 d , left open on the 23 d , and the cleansingcommenced on the 25 th . They had those simple facts before them , and he would state that his opinion was still unchanged , that it was tho duty of thc board of guardians to see that the paving commission carried out the improvements suggested . If they did not do so and death resulted from it , that death must be laid at their door . The simple

      question was , had they been guilty of a neglect for which they ought to he made responsible ; and he was never better satisfied than when a question of such a nature was entrusted to twelve of the fellow men and neighbours of the parties implicated . Ho trusted and was sure that no guilty conduct would be passed over , and that no condemnation would be pronounced which was not perfectly deserved . — The jury then retired into an inner room ; and after an absence of a few minutes , returned a simple verdict of "Died of Cholera ; " expressing at thfr same time their thanks for tho way in which Mr , Payne had acted in the matter .

      Southwark . —Mr . Payne also held an inquest at the St . George ' s workhouse , Mint-street . Borough , on the body of Elizabeth Hazlcwood , whose death was caused by cholera . This was an inquiry which was adjourned from the 12 th of July in order to give time for a full inquiry into the duties of the Commissioners of Sewers and the Board of Health . The deceased child resided with its parents in Staple-street , Kent-street , Borough , and underneath the walls of the house in which she lived ran a very foul ditch , open to all the privies near it . Upon inquiry by the Coroner as to the steps which had been taken in reference to this nuisance , it was stated by Mr . Collison , Chairman of the Board of

      Guardians , that within the last six months three communications had been addressed to the Commissioners of Sewers , complaining of this ditch . These letters were acknowledged , and the answer stated that the thing would be attended to in time . Some conversation ensued , from which it appeared that there were some miles of open ditches m this vicinity , some of them dreadfully offensive . There were seventy miles of open ditch in thc Surrey and Kent district . Thejury , after some further discussion ; preferred adjourning for a month , to see if any steps were taken in the matter , to going the length of criminating the commissioners . The inquiry was accordingly adjourned to the 16 th of August .

      The Woolwich Convict Ships . —On Tuesday morning Mr . Carttar , the coroner for Kent , resumed and concluded an inquiry which was commenced last week , at the Royal Mortar Tavern , Woolwich , on the body of John Perkins , a convict , who was attacked with cholera on board of one of the convict ships off Woolwich . After hearing tho evidence some details were entered into hetween the Coroner and Captain O'Brien , during which the latter maintained that the situation of the Warrior was nofc healthy , without , as ho stated , attempting to account for the strange fact that she was liealthy , whilst thc other ships were diseased and unhealthy . —The Coroner said , that it was a very serious

      matter . In those cases it was impossible to define a direct agency in the creation of disease producing death , as clearly as the cause of death could he traced in a case of violence ; but still there was sometimes a criminal responsibility if any neglect appeared . —Captain O'Brien would leave the consideration of that question with the Coroner and the jury . It was impossible that any persons could be more deeply interested in the health of the convicts that the authorities at the Home-office and thc Admiralty . He would say also that any removal of the ships lower down the river would cause the guards , & c ., to be more confined to them , and much higher up the stream cholera prevailed . —The room was

      then cleared , and after a deliberation of a few minutes the doors were re-opened , and the Coroner read the following verdict : — " Died from Asiatic cholera . Thejury recommend that the convict ships Hebe and Wye , and the convict hospital Unite , be removed without delay from their present positions to their former situation hi gher up tho river , off the dockyard , and as near as they can conveniently be placed to the most desirable spot . "—Captain O'Brien assured the Coroner and jury of the great interest taken by Sir G . Grey and the First Lord of the Treasury in the welfare of tho convicts in these hulks . That which had been done had been done with good reason , and only with a view to the benefit of the men .

      _ Portsmouth . —The cholera is materially on tho increase here . The registrar ' s returns make 117 deaths up to the hour I write ( Mondnv ) . Those do not include thc Gosport district , where several have died lately—two . dicd there last night and one this morning . In the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar ( Gosport ) the following cases of cholera have been admitted up to this day at ten a . m .: Marines from head-quarters , 11 ; labourer , 1 ; men from her Majesty s ships , 5 ; total number of cases , 17 . Deaths 0 , in periods varying from a few hours to four days after admission . No eases have commenced within the walls of the hospital , and every precaution is being used to prevent the disease spreadin g , as well

      as lor the cure ot the patients brought in . - / " ™ -T l 7 p twelve o ' clock on Sunday , the loth , the total number of cases in Stonehousc-lane amounts to aoout 1 G 0 , of whom thirty have died . On Saturday mght , at ten o ' clock Miss Seilon , with two of thcr Sisters of Mercy , from the Orphans ' llome , at Stoke , made a preliminary visit to Stonehouse-lane , and at twelve at r . ight these devoted ladies returned with . a staff of nurses , bringincr nourishing diet and clothing for the sick , whom & ter ^^ ^ S ^^ ^ ose helpless families they have kindl taken

      y charge of In consequence of the intrusiveness of the idle ami diuoute around the tents at No-plaeo , tlm Commander-in-Chief of the Western District , General Murray has granted a guard of soldiers to protect the field from . intrusion . With a vi * w of s „ pp ° ; mg tho malaria by destroying the oftal and staSt waters , Captain ^ Superintenden t Toup Nicolas has applied to and obtained permission from the Lords oi the Admiralty to spread as much quick lime on the ground in and around Stonehouse-lane a ! Tmav be deemed ^ necessary . ; The gallant Captain S proceedwith this measure after he has obtained the concurrence of the Plymouth Board of HeSh

      Jul y 17 .-From the great exertions which have been made m Stonehouse-lane the sickness tW has been in some measure overeomp " TKo T . „ i £ i votion ofMiss Seilon and ttafSSX tf MeVcfft operated m a highl y beneficial manner £ % JS nessing the fearlessness of those gifted " lidlSU personally ministering to tlnYwants ^ of tho £ i hoi 5 d ying , the nurses u & other . 3 Kd ^ i ? i inspired with confidence ; and haveSL ^^ i ^ to do their duty effectually . CiiSw ^ 1611 Toup Nicholas has furnishedT fSnf £ n ^ - ^ puliation -oEtlic Stonehousedane * diS / 0 ^ medical report of ; Mr . Francis FoxfS ^ fS : Stonehouse-lane , from the 10 th to the 16 th % t P inclusive , 185 casos-tety-one ' deaSi ' &? . L „ ul

      "uiuuuj omertnirteen medical district * i „ t „ ^ - ^ the town is divided , ' gave , on the 16 thf £# to ^ vhl ca 14- , - choleraic diarrhota 29 , diarrhoea 10 ? ? Y eYtb ported thus-deaths 2 , smk nfr ^ ^ 53 ; covered 3 recovering 3 , underVektmcntg' * ' " ^^~ % &^ £ &*~ of the Yealm River to reS nn L , en * l'ance inhabitants of ^ s . ^ ng underdh ? rhL ° f he By this salutary removal of aenow , i , ! ? JTh ? ' & c board , they wdl breathe the fin ! ana ^ S ^ P " air from the sea , whilstthX \^ nvj S ° ' "g cleaned with chloridS ^ fi ^ W ^ b fcin l 'Director-General of ^ e-Sical l !;? urn the Navy , has sent p ^ ito ^ Tivy S ^ ^ ihe be used profusef y , under ^^ thimaSeS Wy to gowden , one of the assistants « fity ^ S

      - Salisbury . —OnSatiirdnxr 4 ; ii : : ; sistant wastaken illfandS f * *« erev ' Sas-Deceased lived ih a nSw ^ nV ^ - ^ P ^^ y 8 U ™ sc . ^ butcher of . CastlelS ^ P ? TS hfi »* Cow-pens , Dung ^ ouhd ^ SrSt clp ? , , t 0 th » ecurred ,. was : tal 5 en ill of % f , Ai ^ - ^ ildulfc de ath time , and died S ho 4 S j e c ^ # ont the gam S young man named- Wianisnfp ^? Sunday . A has ' atso died iu a simUarSnS ^? 0110 - ^^ deaths up to Monday was seven Thn m ^ of new eases exceed that of any oSier' ^ t ^ f of case has ; alsci occurred at thcS go of ^ ido , i fotal three miles distant . ' - ' » . . Aldcrbury , Bnis-tOL . —The cholera is snrcadin * k « , « -, alarm ng rapidity , and that noSS £$ ' lentnd locality called the "BMui y ^ XSS

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 21, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21071849/page/6/