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      Hejlth of Losoos Doaixo the Week—The mortality is decreasing in Loudon . The 8 ? 4 deaths last week were less by 123 than the deaths in the previous week , a > id to nearly the same extent less than the avera . e of he 10 corresponding weeks 1840-9 if we exclude the week of 1849 . when 2 , 230 deaths were registe ed . In the same sexson last year the danger of dying in London was twice as great a * it is no » - ; and the epide ics of cholera and its inseparable aft- ndant diarrhoea which defrayed 1 , 230 , and IBS , were fatal last week only to 8 and to 139 lives . Six of those wh < i died of cholera were children , one

      was a dim labourer of the ane of 41 , who lay about in stables ; and one was a widow of the age of 73 , who refused to take nutritious diet . Of the 139 person * who died of di-d ^ kce * , 118 were children under 15 vears of age , 8 were adults , and IS were aged persons . —Looking at ihe numbers as well as the details of tlie cases of eh lera letumcd , and at the advanced period of the vear-so many weeks after the epi & mw broke out uot amy i « 18 ® and 1819 , but ta l « W- « must be admit led that the chance of an outbreak in the present is considerably «!«

      year . immunity from , ttack « ffl no doubt accelerate the great w-rks , which are now in contemplation for the drainage and purification of London ; for itcannot be forgotten that that unseen power of the air which slew so many thousa"d last y « ir may return , and put the sanitary defmce < of the city to a second aud severer pro > U when the p-pulation is more scanrilv supplied with vegetables , fruit , bread , meat , and the other means "f Ii * i » g . It is worthy of note , that the decline in the general mortality has taken place on the north side » f the river Thames : and that it is

      observed in both scxe- \ and in all ages under the age of 69 . Tbe mean temperature of the air in the shade was 63 . 8 deg . ; the temperature of the Thames water was 6 ( 5-2 deg . iu the day , G 2 . 8 deg . in the night . The temperature of 'he air w-is 1 . 2 deg . above tbeaverage of the corresponding week . Electricity was active ; ard ne irlv an inch of rain fell—chiefly on Monday . The wind passing over Greenwich at an average rate of less than 100 miles a day . Alai misg Fire at the St . Martin ' s DistiltEBX —On Sa urday morning last , _ between the hours of six and s vea o ' clock , considerable alum was caused in the immediate nei ^ hb . inrhood of Leia ster-square , i : i consequence of the outbreak of

      a fire , which at one period threatened the most disastrous results in the extensive rectifying works of the Paten Distilling Company , in Castle-street , St . Martin ' s . When first p rceived the flames were seen issuing 'b » -ongh the r « f , and owing to the many thousand gallons of brandy and other spirits in the stores immediately under , a fearful conflagration was aprrtV . ndt-d . By dint of great perseverance , the fire was prevented fr .-mi nvting into the stills or liquor Tats . * nd by eight o'clock all danger of further extension was over . The sreater portion of the roof of the distillery , however , is burn- d off , a ^ d some daniag * dons to the plant . It is belisved that the heat of an adjoining flue esused the mischief . Ths premises were insured in the Hand in-Hand Fire Office .

      Extensive Fike at Cleukkjiwell . —On Saturday . 'fteraoo'i List a fire , attended with a considerable destruction o property , broke out in the extensive nnge of orem'sts belonging toMrssrs . Johnson aud Pask , builders and contractor . situated iu Baker street , Bagnigge Wells ro-id . The flames commenced , from some unexplained cause , in the manufac'ory , a ions range of buildings composed principal '? of timber , llesityo : " wafer hating leen o ' - taL-n-d , tbe engines were worked for some hours , and at lenmh the firemen suecc-ded in gettiaa the mastery over the fire , bat not before the premises in which it comtrujicpd were burnt on * , and nearly a dczen houses in G-anville-sqtiarep-irt'aUy destroyed ThefollowinE is the official report of Mr . Braidwood

      —" Messrs . Jflhos' -n and Pssk : Two workshops , two drying sheds , three stacks of timber , two racks of ditto , aad a two-stall stable destroyed ; dwelling house damaged hy fire , ai \ d coi \ te--ts by removal . Building of workshops in the Norwich Union ; building of dwelling in the Phoenix . Cause of fire unkowi .. —Tt ' . essrs . Noble and Co , licensed victuallers , proprietors of the Union , roof « f concert room danr- 'ged , building of tkitile gr < und b-.-. rnt down . Contents insured in the San ; building , in the Guardian—Mrs . Pasey , No 43 . Baker-street : Furniture removed Building and contents insured in the Norwich TJaion . —Mr . J . Sawyer , No . 44 , ditfri : B ;» ck preinist-s damaged by fire . —Mr . J . Meyrr . No , 45 , ditto , ditto : Contents and buildings insured in

      PhcDiix . —Mr . W . Cooper , No . 46 . ditto : Building iostrsd in Phoenix . —Mr . Baker , No . 47- ditt «; Building insured in the Law . —Mr . J . Flensctr , 2 fo . 23 ~ GranvilIe-sq « are : Part of the h' -use burnt oat s . id lower pan seriously damaged bv fir ^ : furniture removed . Contents insured in the Guardian ,-hniyinj , unknown—Mr . J . Adams , No . 27 , ditto ; Back windows burnt out Contents not insured ; builii . ig , unknown . —Mr . Blackwood , Nc . 26 . < litto : Diiu- Content insured in the Scnt'ish Union ; buii-ling . unknown . —Mr . T . Pudivicke , No . 2 a , « fitk « : l ) i-to . Contents insured in -he Norwich Bak-n : building , In Sun . —Mr . W . Newton , No . 24 , ditto : Ditto . Contents and building 0 , supposed in tr . c ^ un . "

      Singgias . Suicide . —On Sunday evening , abont a qu . intr pas' nine o ' clock , a tend report , similar to the c : ? chnr ^ -e of Or * arms , was heard in the bed r ^ om of a - ouse occii-ied by Mr Johnson , slipper maker , 2 ? o . 20 , St . JamesV-street , L e-street , Kingsland rosd . Apers"nbnkc through the win-ow of the roof ; , tram whence the noise proceeded , and there discovered > bcson of Mr . Johnson , a yo- ^ g ma n ain * - reen years of ase , hius on the 3 < "ir in the agoi . ifs of death . Messrs . Monday and Dnncombe , snige-: » : sa were iraajediateSy s « nt lor , but the unfortuniu-: y oung man had ceased to live , before their arri-ai . Sir . Duncombemad ? an esamina'ion of the body , when he discovered a large aperture in the stoni & -hof the d-ceased , caused by a bulUt which had futer-d the body , and caused almost tnst-mt . deai .-i . The instrument ussd by the dtccased wathe -irrrel of a ,:

      D :, ith from a Bathisg Machine . —On Monday an irqaest was hel- -i by ^' r . Carter , the coroner , at the t- '?» jen Br *« on , Belviderr-road , Lambeth , on thihody -: i Btiijamisi Chambeiiain , ^ ged two re ars and a *•" ' - . - . who wi-sld !! edi » a njust i-ingnlar a'd di ^; re = sin ? r . anner . ,: rs . Ol field , wife < -f Mr . Thomas Alblvu OidSsld , of 7 , ThornhiU-rosd , Ts' - - n ? toii , Stat' « 5 that the deceased was her nephew , ai ; d lived with cis parens at 35 , Belvideve-road , f ^ mbeth On Tiday week they - ^ C'e ail st Rvde , in 1 h" Isl- * of Wig ' .. ' where they en . a ^ r-d a machine for a . •'" ¦ a die AfU ' -h' : y bad been iu ths * vster , the defeased wai ¦

      Stan ¦ ¦ 'ix on one of ths steps when the machine went on , : no he wa < thrown on his head against a beam . Tie " -xt day ib .-re » as a ccnlused vound on it , whichvas poulticed at Brighton , but , on reaching lon'i ^ n on Tuc-day , he was much worse , and Mr . Misk . ' N of the York-niad . surgeon , was called in , and attended him to bis d-ath on Thursday , whi-.-b , inh' - C'pnion wa * caused from inflammation of the brai . ' ^ risin ? from the l > Iow ou the back of the . head . The To ner and jury expressed a hone that the press Yfos - ¦ notice t \ w case , in order that the owners of mac . - ms for lathing miaht be more cautious fvr the futur-. Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      S ; ioros from BtACKFnuRs-BiiiocE —On Saturday t an inquefct was held by Mr . W . P « yne , at St ! ' . rtholuiuew ' s Hospital , on the bony oi" a wonsa ; . -.-iioss t = ame is nnknciwii , who leaped from Bla » Viars-bridge on the previous Thrreilay mo-ning .- -A la'l named Evan « , livifiif in Union-street , Bor -iii , stat ' -dtint < n Tiiursday mn-ning . abr . at four -.- 'ock . he was s'aadiiig oa the Snrrey side of the ¦ "i ' ige with a singer-L't-er stall , vtheu he observe : the dicj-ased standing on one of the seats , and in a -i ^ -nd or two after lie s ? iw her failing down . She pitched firet on ^ nsof the pfenof the bridge , and ' -hen ieU into the water . —A bargeman of tbe nan . > . f Brazier , who was cob- ? up * Mth a cargo of Stra-r . bright her to the shore . The c < . uss of death was ^ r : fxtt !> sive fracture <; f the rkuli . In order to give Vtis for the body to be owned , the inquiry was

      adj > -ir : j « d . Favjii Occurrence on tiis Easter-v CoosrfEs Bit :. " -vat . —An occurrence , uuf « rcunate ! y attended will : !?; c lo 5 « ol human life , to « k place en tlie Ea ?; n « Counties Railway , on Saturday hv & . The dew ;; rain , pr ccedins to yards Tottenhnm , bad not pas ^ ey -be Lea-bridge station more thau a minute , when it was discovered that ihe train h & i passed orei - 'he body of a roan on ths Ihe . The engine vas stopped with all practicable s . veed , the officer- and several of the passengers ra"j : iu < : back to r-. ^ lei" all possible assistance . They found the bod » -f the unfortunate man ( who was most respectably Pressed ) lying across the rails , hn headbeiug alnit- - - - - sevrred from his body . Ho was conveyed to the Lfa-bridge station ; bat as life w . is completely € xH « ict , tlie bod y was removed to a neighbouring pubi . o-house to await a coroner ' s inquest .

      St-i cms . —In Kensington-gardens on Monday nfteir . oo--:, between four and Sve o ' clock , a gentleman . videutly a foreigner , discharged a loaded pistol t ' j :-riiigh his heart , the set was committed ui the centre of a small chmp of trees , near the Ronndpon " . The report of a pistol was heard , and a person , i tbe name of . Duan , . lnokinst-round , « uv the nnfi-r-tuiate gentleman fall on the "rnss ., Re instancy hastened to the spot , and found the gentleman : iite insensible , and Meedins from a wound in the loft breast , over the rejjion of the heart . One ef t ' e ? . 'irden constables was promptly on the spot .

      and picked up a pistol which Lad been recently discha ? i ; e < J . A purse , contambg £ 5 i ; , g 0 H , and sonse shV-i . was found in the yoeket of the dwKiseil , together with a gold watcli and cfcam , but no papers or c

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      1 Paris . " The unfortunate gentleman isaboutthu * ty years of age , has sallow complexion , black hair , no ' whiskers , and is about five feet 8 inches high . On Wednesday forenoon Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquiry at the King and Queen Tavern raddiDgtongreen , ' on the body . Inspector Granfi of the D division , in answer , to a question by the coroner , stated that notice of the occurrence had been forwarded by route throughout the metropolis , hut that up to the present time no inquiries had been made for the deceased gentleman . Yerdicfc" That the deceased destroyed himself by discharging a loaded pistol through his heart ; but the jaryliavo no evidence as to the state of his mind at the time "

      Xabbow EscAfs or Mr . C . B . Baldwin , M . P . — This gentleman on Tuesday proceeded by the Gem steamboat to Purfleet , from which place a boat was hailed to take him off in the middle of the Iriver , when , stepping into the boat , he lost his balance and fell backwards , and the tide being very strong , he was carried down a great distance , and was obliged to swim nearly half a mile before he could reach the boat , as the boatman most incautiously threw out one of his oars to assist him , and thcrbv rendered himself incapable of directing the boat ; but , fortunately , Mr . Barry Baldwin , being a good swimmer , came up to the boat in a most exhausted state , and was saved . Ue was taken to the boatman ' s house , where ho was provided with a change of clothes , and has felt little or no ill effects from the untoward accident .

      SnciDE on the Eastern Counties Railway . — On Monday evening an inquest was held by Mr . 0 . Lewis , at the Greyhound Tavern , Lea-bridge-road , on view of the body of William Beard , aged fortytwo , in the employment of the government small gun factory , Enfield-lock . who committed suicide on the Eastern Counties Railway . The deceased , who lived at Enfield with bis family , bad for some time past exhibited an aberration of his mental faculties . He left his home on the previous Thursday . On Saturday morning be was observed walking in Leyton marshes , near the Eastern Counties line , when , on the eight a . m . express train to Hertford proceeding down the line , as it passed the Lea-bridge station , he attempted to go on tho line . The driver sounded the whistle , upon which he started back , but when it got closer to him , he deliberately placed

      his head before the near wheel of the en » ine , by which it was immediately severed from his body . The train was promptly stopped , upon which the lifeless body of the deceased was taken to the Greyhound . Verdict—" Temporary insanity . " Swixgixo at Cambkrwell Paib . —On Tuesday afternoon two females , sisters , of the n ; imeof Cbalker , residing at 10 , Beaufoy-terrace , Walworth , were swinging in one of those dangerous machines called High-flyers , at Camberwell-lair , when at . the moment it had attained its greatest velocity , they suddenly rose in their seats and were pitched out , flying over the beads of tho people a distance of twenty yards . They were picked up insensible and taken to tho hospital , both having sustained fractured skulls and other injuries , from which it is impossible that thev can recover .

      Tebrific Accident at the Bricrxatees' Amis Station . —An accident of a very alarming character , and attended with loss of life , occurred on Wednesday afternoon , at the Bricklayers' Arms Station . A few minutes before three o ' clock , tho 2 .-50 train for Rochester having started shortly before , and the station being providentially free from p issenger traffic , tho cast-iron roof extending 400 feet in length , and being divided into two compartnients , each with a fifty-feet span , descended with a terrific crash to tbe ground . The porters who were engaged at the time on the spot were of course buried under the ruins , but being most of them close to a train of empty carnages then in the station , were sheltered thereby from the falling mass . One poor fellow , however , who it is said was making for a gateway for protection , was killed instantaneously , and there are two or three others who have received serious if not mortal

      injuries . Tlie name of the deceased is Patrick Ryan , mid he has left a wife and child unprovided for . He was found in about an hour after the accident occurred lying on his back with an iron beam across bis neck , and another across his stomach , his rijiht hand grasping a sponge with which he had been washing a carriage when the roof fell in . Three other servants of the Company , named Brown , Chandler , and Watson , were extricated from the ruins more or less seriously injured , arid at once conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital . There is every reason to hope that no other person has suffered . How the accident happened it is impossible at present with cert-iinf . y to tell , but the account given is as follows : —Tho porters , it would appear , were engaged at the time in moving a truck on one of the turn-tables , when a train which was being slowly ^ limited on an a < ijoiiiinc line of rails , came unperceived upon them , and running into the truck , when the

      in a transverse position , forced it against one of pillars supporting the roof . The whole mass , it is siid , immediately gave way , leaving nothing but the broken gas lamps aud the bare walls on either side of the station . It will be recollected that this is not tbe first accident of tbe kind at the Bricklayers ' Arms Station , for about six years ago a portion ol the roof fell ia , causing a loss of life . The whole was subsequently reconstructed , and was believed to be perfectly safe , but how ill-founded that belief was is now made lamentably apparent . ' TJad the accident happened a few minutes earlier or later , when the platform and earri . i ? es were occupied by passengers , it is quite frightful to think of the sacrifice jof life which must inevitably , have taken place . ' The occurrence has naturally caused an immense and most painful sensation in the neighbourhood , and it was with great difficulty that the police could keep back tlie crowds of curious spectators who flocked to the spot .

      Fl'SERAL OF THE LATE RECORDER OF LoNDOS . — On Tuesday morning , at half-past eight o ' clock , the remains of the Right Hon . Charles Ewan Law , late Recorder of the City of London , were removed from his late residence , 72 , Eatvn-place : Eaton-square , Pimlico , to the church of St . John , Souihw ' ickcrescent , Hyde-park , where they were interred in a vault under the altar , where ono of his daughters lies buried . The funeral procession ivas unostentatious , consisting of a hearse drawn by four horses and three mourning coaches . Tha funeral service was performed by the Rev . Mr . Phillips . The Crrr Recoudership . —It is said , that the three cai didates for the Recordership , vacant by the death of the Hon . C . E . Law , M . P ., are Mr Sergeant HerewetUer , the tovn-Hevk of the City Mr . F . dwatd Bullock , the Common Sergeant ; and Mr . Russell Gurnsy , the Commissioner ,

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      Charge of attempting to bbfbaot * ah Insurance Company . —At the Liverpool police court on Friday a person named George Smith , together with one Mark Carson , were brought up to answer tbe charge of J-ndeavouring to defraud the Royal Insurance Company . Mr . S . Booker conducted the ca * ' on the part of the company , ftom who-e statement it appeared that » he prisoner Smith applied to the Royal Insurance Company for the ' purpose of effecting a policy of insurance upon bis stnek in trade and shop fixtures . The amount of tbe policv was £ 870 , and the date of tlie same was the 15 th of May . On the 13 tb « 'f July last the premises were partially

      destroyed by fire , and on-the Mlo ^ ing 2 Gth he put in a declaration , which was taken before Mr . Rushton , in which he stated that bis losses were over £ 1 . 500 for goods and £ 50 for fixtures .. The fire took place on a S tmrday night , and was soon extinguished . In Smith ' s declaration he averred that- he had lost the whole of his b oks of account except two ledgers , and that he was , thcref-re , uu ble to make an accurate and detailed statement of his losses , and that theam-unt claimed in the dfclnritiun was under the actual sum ; that in March previous be had Liken stock , at which time he fomd it was ; then worth £ 1 . 600 . and be had ;; dded to his stock to tbe extent

      of £ 80 . It should have previouAy been stated that tbe charge now before tbe bench arose from tbe fact of three men , Edwin Roe , William Roe , and Mark Carson , having been brought up previously for having in tht-ir possva > ion a quau ' -ity of woollen cloth , supposed to be stolen . The charge failed , but it turned rut in the evidence that it was sot front Smith's , . and that the numbers upon it corresponded to that in his iuvoi-es . The two Roes were discharged , but Carson was kept in custody , sndan application was made by Mr . Booker for a warrant to arri-st Smith on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the Royal Insurance Company . —The prismers were remanded .

      ExicHiios of William Ross . —This unfortunate man , condemned for poisoning big wife , who died on the 31 st of May last , at Roughtown , on the borders of Yorkshire and Lancashire , was executed on Saturd « y m <> ruing at York . It may be recollected ilwt shortly after bis conviction memorials on his behalf were Hgned in Roughtown , llossley , and also in the city of Tork , praying thatthe Secretary of State would stay the execution . Some statements alleged to have been made by some of ihe wilnesses for the prostcution , tending to the supposition that the condemned man was innocent , having been made public through tbe medium of the presii an investigation took place , the result of which wasnbt favour able to the prisoner . On Fridav evchiue the

      chaojai n was in company with the unhappy man until a late hour , and on hU departure he still maintained that he was not guilty of the crime imputed to him . Ross was removed next morning at six o ' clock from tha condemned cell to a room adjoining the place of execution . Ia this apartment he remained ^ until within a short space of his death , when the . facrament wag administered to him , and be seemed resigned to his fate . He walked with a firm step on . to the drop , and died , in a space of two minutes . Since his condemnation the prisoner had had several epileptic fits , and he experienced a repetition of thesattacks on the morning of his execution , becoming very violent ia his conduct . : ln a snort time , however , he became calm and composed , and remained in that state u p to tbe time of his death . Ross maintained

      his innocence to the last , and just before he appeared on the scaffold fie declared , most earnestly that he was not guitty of the murder of bis wife . ; The number of spectators was not so large as usual , there not being more than ; between 3 , 000 ' and 4 , 000 persons present to witness the dreadful spectacle . Firing the Prison at Parkhurst . —A court of inquiry was held in this establishment last week , for the purpose of _ endeavouring to ascertain the cause of the Art- which took place on the night of the 30 th of July , and which consumed , 'the C ward dorm'tory , containing 150 cells for prisoners , the ' Iwe walls a'one remaining , the damnge being estimated somewhere about £ 500 . The Rev . W . White was in the chair , and the rest , of the magistrates who

      formed the court were Thomas Cooke aiid 11 . P . Gordon , Esqrs ., together with Captain Swinburne , R . N .. of Boncburch . The . result , of the evidence , which occupied tho magistrates six hours in hearing , was that , the following bovs , who had long been placed among the incorrigibles , were committed fortthl at the assizes , for wilfull y sefing fire to tho dormitory j namely , Frederick Grims , Thomas Knott ( of Brighton , ) William Pcarse , William Fortune , and VFiltiara Sanders"n . all stout lads , their ages wrying from sixteen to eighteen . The case was fully proved , not only by the evidence of their fellow-i . 'Onvicts , but by tlieir own eonf < ssions ; the tvqnder being that both the accused and accusers were not all burned alive .

      Muroerobs Attack on a Giul -On the 15 th inst . at Thurlton , near Loddon , Norfolk , the parents of a girl named Caroline Warnes , aired fourteen , went to the ' u * work ai usual . During their absence a labourer named Baldry , who lodged with thera , went to the bedroom of their daughter , and asked if she was not going to get up ? She said "Not yet . " lie then put his left arm round her neck ) and with a blacksmith ' s hammer which he held in his right hand struck the child a number of severe blows on tbe head so often that i er skull was fractured ; iben he took her out of bed and put heron the bricks . He soon after left her , .-changed . his clothes , and went away . The child is not expected to live . Ba ; dry was apprehended .

      SrosTANtoos Combustion . —An exhibition' of a novel and ingenious kind took place at Liverpol last week , m f he Undenvriters' -rooni , in the presence of a number of shipowners , merchants , ' and others , the object of which was to show how a fire may b « made to destroy itself . The apparatus , which is of the most simple aud inexpensive kind , being adjusted , and its mode of action explained , the ignition of some cotton in accruer of the room was immediately detected by one of the indices , which

      was as instantaneously responded to by the ' extermitiator . The self-acting apparatus we shall not attempt todescribe ; hut from its simplicity , cheapness , and unerring certainty , ' we ' . make no doubt it w ' -ll come into ueneral use . Unlike many scientific men who lock up their inventions till they get a certain remuneration for them , the ingenious inventor , Dr . Robinson , of Londo't , has , generously . thrown this open to the public for their use , and , as he said on the occasion , with tbe hope that it maybe the means o > preservine property pnd valuable ' lives .

      Punishment op Convict * . —The two convicts wh <> recently attempted to escape and were recaptured m-ar the Royat Murine Barrack ' s , Woolwirh ,-? . nd another very refractory convict , who was continually threatening to strike both guards and c : > u - victs , or any ptr .-on who came near him , were ordered by the authorities to receive four dizen of lashes each in consequence of the number of attempts of csnvicts to escape and tbe bad example of in > ubordination shown by others The convict who was most loud and fearless when lie thought he could

      threaten and strike with impunity , proved the greatest coward when the lash was applied to his back , and succumbed so much when undergoing the . chastisement awarded to him , that the doctor caused the punishment to cease when he had only received ten lashes . Oi . e of the convicis who attempted to escape said he deserved the punishment ordered , as he was aware he had done wrong , and would bear hs f ' ur dozen , which he did in the most stoic ¦ 1 manner . The other convict only received a limited number ol lashes on the recommcndatiim of the doctor .

      DssTJincriPK FiaE at Liverpool . —A most disastrous conflagration occurred in Regent-street , at tbe north end of the town about ten o ' clock on Sunday night . The flames were first discovered in the -econd storv of a flour mill , at present in the occupation of Mr . ' Charles Ward , but recently tenanted by Mr . John Bailey . It is conjectured that the flames originated in the vicinity ' of'the boilers , but they extended with such rapidity , and the alarm and excitement were so great , thatit is impossible to obtain any reliable in f ormation on . this point . Mr . Bibby , superin'endent of the fire-brigade , had perceived tbe rrilection of th- fire , aid , we believe , had got as far as Vaiixhall-toad with one of the engines before a mess nger had reached Temple-court . Tlie other

      engines from ihe station immediately . followed on the track , together with that belonging to the West of England Insurance Company , Forlunalely there was a most copious supply of water from the Greenlane wills , and seven <* eight plugs were forthwith called into requisition to play upon the flames . A strong wind was blowing from the niath-west . and 'lie m > 'Sl ; serious a ;> prehensions were entertained for the safety of the adjacent property It was at nne time thought tha tbe Claveiice Foundry , bulotuin ;! to Messrs . Bury , Curtis , and Kennedy , tvaV in danger the burning timbers being ciirrio ¦( a considerable distance in that direction . Indeed , the ignited wood was whirled . "cross the railway , some 150 y . irds distant , and alighted on some straw , which speedily became one mass of flume . Soine small

      shops fronting Great Howard-street , and a ' publichouse at ths corner of Porter s'reet , uaMwJv escaped entire destruction , and most of them were more or les * injured at the r < ar . ' In the majority of cast's the furniture and ^ oods were removed , but great loss was sustained in that w « y , as ' thieving ' was prsicrsed to an extait which would be hardly credible to a person unacquainted with the neighbourhood . The fire was not what is . termed " gor . under" until after twelve o ' clock , and even theu a sudd-n gust of wind might have rekindled flames which it would have required the utmost acvHiy to abate . One ol the damaged lit ) uses , occupied by Mr . Bacon , an oil and colonrman , is , we believe , insured ! in the Yorkshire Offke . The loss , alt' -gether , hius ; be very considerable , but upon whom it will mainly fall we are at present unable to s ^ ate .

      DAOTiiot'TH Bonouoii Gaoi / , & c —An cxtivoidinary sessions wa- held in the Guildha-l on Saturday last , the prison being considered unfit and nnsale for the detention of . a prisoner , named 'W- odmasbn , a locksmith cf the town , cn ' mmUted on the 3 rd tit . 1 une , inr housebreaking . The learned Recorder , Mr . C . D . Ilevan , in his charge to the jury , said , he could nut . ' reconcile it t >> Ins conscience that the prisoner sbouU remain in such a hole — he could call it nothing eUf . This * as not his own personal opinion only , but ail the government inspectors who , from rime to time , in the coU'Se of their duty had

      inspected it had unanimously reported" that the gaol of tin- borough of D < ir mouth was the worst in thethree kingdoms , awl a disgrace to the place . " He wished he c » u ! d gainsa \ this , but , on the contrary , he ' entirely concwred in that opinion , for such a vault was unfit for . the purpose ' s of a gaol . Neither w ? s tbi-re accommodation for prisoner , petty jury , or grand jury in the Guildhall . He bad been compelled that day to inconvenience many persons to obta- ' n a se : urate space for the prisoner . They bud their choice , either to make these things better , into submit to have the sessions removed to the Castle of Exeter .

      Mysterious Death at Tohk . —On the 16 th inst ., a coat was found ' , on the brink of tin Ouse , near the ferry boat landing " at North-street postern . This circumstance led to the river , being dragged , and in ' a shore time tbe body of a man ivas Irought up , at a part within fifteen yards of the place where the coat had been discWered . The body was identified by Mrs . Gray , of the Temperance Hotel , as tl-atot a gentleman who was lodging at her house . That gentleman _ went to her house on the previous Wednesday evening , » nd . disappeared on Thursday evening at eight o ' clock . His luggage was marked " Isaac Cbulson , passenger to York ; " and when his pockets were searched £ 15 is . 9 J . in money , some

      keys , & c , were found upon him . When his carpetbags and box were opened , two documents were found which leive little doubt as to the gentleman ' s identity . One was a mortgage bond for £ 200 . from the Cockermouth and Workington Railway Company to "Isaac Coulson , of Ciimwhintoii , near Carlisle , Cumberland , gentleman ; " and the other a share certificate in the Darlstdn Joint-Stock Brewitg Company , in which the amue description of the holder was given , excepting that he ms designated a farmer . These facts were proved" at an inquest held before Mr . Wood , the coroner , and , as there was no evidence to show bow , the .,. body got into tbe river , a verdict of " Found drowned , "

      was returned . The Chichester Theatre has been sold by auction for £ 330 . It was built in 1706 by tontine , _ at ; d formed , with Portsmouth , Southampton , and . Winchester , what was called the southern circuit , which did a good business . Messrs . , Collins , and , Davis were the original lessees under , the tontine ; and it was here that Incledon made his first appearance on the boards , and received a summary dismissal for navinehis suit to a daughter of oneoi the managers . For many years Chichester Theatre paid a rent of £ 50 but of late years the rent has dwindled down t « a very small mm , till it disappeared altogether . Tho theatre had scarcely been opened for the , last six or eight years . The purchaser converts it into a bre > house . , ¦ . ¦ ¦

      The Coxdbmned Convict Patrick Forbrs . — This convict , who murdered his wile with a poker in the most revolting manner ,- at Newcastle , will be executed on the summit of the towns gaol this ( Saturday ) morning . It is thought by some parties that , in consequence of the approaching visit of her Majesty , the wretched man will he reprieved . That however , is very doubtful . Indeed , it 'is almr . st certain that the sentence will be carried intoeffee ' e Thb Co « vict . Hannah Curtis . —The ualjapw woman Hannah Curtis , who was convicted at the GloHcestmWreAssizeioi the wilful Riusd-fcr 0 f her

      husband , hy administering arsenic to him , will be executed iu front of " the ' , oounty' gaol . at Gloucester , this day ( Saturday , )' unle ' ss . a reprieve should be granted in the interim . There is , however , not tbe ( east expectation that the life of the prisoner will be spared . . She has had , three or , four severe fits since her convicti'in , and her struggles when so affected were seryviblenft She has made no confession of . her guilt , but on the contrary persists in asserting her innocence . . . „ , " . ' . - Tee BniumiA Bwdob . —The last lift of the last tube-wa * completed , amid much acclamation , on the 16 th inst ., and everything is understood to progfe-a so satisfactorily as to lead to the conclusion that the en-ire structure will be opened a fortnight earlier thnri was expected . ..

      Riot ano MunnER in a Colliery Tillage . — OnsSaturday last about midnight a fatal fray took place at Hepburn , a colliery village , about three miles from South Shields , Near to Hobburn is a shore called Hobburn Quay , where vessels are repaired . Vessels from about Rye , Southwould , and ports in that neighbourhood frequenting tho Tyno aro often , laid upon this , shore to undergo repairs when needed . On Saturday a cumber of those vessels wevebeeehed . there . Saturday was " payfortnight" amongst tho pitmen , and a number of the men belonging : to . Hebburn colliery had a quoit match , and . after that a slipper at Hobburn 'Hall'public house , in . ' tho village . Aftor supper tho pitmen " bad a carouse , and kept driuking . untilclose

      upon midnight , About twenty minutes to twelve eight . ' seamen came to the public-house and called for some ale ,. which the landlord refused to fill for them . The seamen hearing tho pitmen in the adjoining room , made to . it and forced themselves in . Nov ?' it happened that a . bad feeling existed between the seamen and tho pitmen on account Of one of their shipmates having been killed in a drunken fray some time previous , and no sooner had the seamen got into tho room than a row commenced . The landlord came and put both seamen and pitmen tothedopr . As soon as the men got to the door a most fearful conflict took place between them ; stones , ^ broken bottles , and flints , flying about in every'diroction . In the middle of the fray a . stone

      was seen to come from one of the seamen and , hit a pitman , named John Irdle , on the neck ., lie immediately fell . The windows of the public-house were broken , and a number of the belligerents received ' seridus wounds from the missile ' s . ' About one o ' clock , when the riot was abated , a person having , occasion to go but of . the pnblic-h ' ouse , fell over the body of some ' one lying in . ' tho . road . A light and assistance were' immediately , procured ; and , on tho body being brought into the house , it was found , ' to be that of'John ' . Irdle . , IIe had been struck with a stone behind the neck . on the jugular vein , and must have died instantly . He was quite dead , when ' ho was brought into the house .- The rural ' police were sent for from Jarrow arid PelHng , and during the morning they apprehended Charles

      Holland , John . Blackport ,. and Robert Jenkinson—Jenkirison , with a fearful gaish in his cheek—part of thecrctvofthe Sarah ; of Rye ; William Irvine and Charles Ferret , semen on hoard the . Brother ' s Friend ; and Eli Everson , belonging to the Albion , of So'ithwould . Six pitmen " were also taken into custody . Thoy ' were . brought to the police-station at South Shields , and those injured had' their wounds dressed by the police surgeon , Mr ; R . B , Ridley . —On Monday , the prisoners . were brought before Richard Shortridgo , Esql , and William Anderson , Esq . ; the ' sitting magistrates at South Shields , and irero remanded until after tlie inquest . Accident upon the Marwoht . - and Cablislk Railway . — -Rather ah alarming accident occurred

      on the'Mnryport and Carlisle Railway on Saturday last to , the 10 . 15 a . m . train , while , on its way from Marypbrtto Carlisle . . Soon after passing Deerham , the train has to go round a curve by a stone quarry , and when at this point the engine came suddenly to a stand-still , inconsequence of some accident having happened to tho connecting rod . Tho driver jjot down to examine the engine , and whilst he was doing so , the goods train , which starts shortly after the above train , cariio suddenly , round the corner at this awkward point , and ran into the passenger tnin . Fortunately the goods train was proceeding at a very slow pace , and the driver , with great presence of mind , on seeing what had occurred , shut off the steam , and put on tho break , and did all he could to prevent a serious collision . TKo goods

      tram , however , came , with such force against the passenger train that several of the passengers re ceived injuries ' of a more or less serious character . A chilil of four years of age was very much huvt by the concussion , but is now recovering . No time was lost in despatching the passengers to Aspatria , the nearest station , where every assistance was given by the medical gentlemen called in to attend upon those who were hurt . Great 'blame is attached to the guard , whose duty it ivas to have sent or rcn down the line with a signal , particularly as there is a signal post near to tlie spat where the accident occurred . If . he had hoisted a signal , and it is said that be had ample time to do so , the collision might have been prevented . The company , with commendable anxiety for the safety of the public , have dismissed tho guard from their service .

      STAnbiso . —¦ A man named Thomas Ibell has been fully committed , by tho Hereford county magistrates , for inflicting a severe wound on a , farm servant , named William Pennj at -Much Birch . From tlie evidence it appeared that the accused was one of the Forest of Pbaii coal waggon drivers , and bad put up for the night at the sisrn of the Axe and Cleaver , in Much Birch , ' accompanied by others of his fniternity . A dispute arose as ' to ' jvhether the accused had paid or nor , and in the end he atid his party were ejected from the house . On the retiring of- Penn some short time afterwards , he wits suddenly assaulted by Ibellf and dangerously stabbed in the arm . A knife , bearing evidence of being tho instrument with which the injury was inflicted , was found on the prisoner . Ho does not deny the charge but alleges as an excuse that he was first assaulted . Committfd for trial at tho ' assizes .

      Great' Fire in Liverpool . —About twelve o ' clock on the iii » ht of Monday ^ a ' fire was discovered in Messrs , Eyre-and Higgin ' s drug and oil manufactory , Seef-sfreet , and . before many minutes had cl .-tpsed the flames burst forth . A high wind was raging at tho time , and before the arrival of the en-« iiies ( lie conflagration had extended to Messrs . Tyre r and Son ' s cooperage , and a large warehouse which lny on tho east side . The firemen , ' however , succeeded in ' so subduing the conflagration as to save the lower stories of the warehouse and of Messrs . Eyre's factory . Encroachment of the Sea at Yarmouth . —It is

      stated that the last high tides removed nearly six acres of beach and simd from Caister , which has been deposited and silted up at Yarmouth , Fears are entertained lest at some future time the adjacent marshes to the north of Yarmouth may be laid under water . It also appears thattiio Hood shoal to the north of Caister has entirely disappeared : this shoal had the effect of setting the tide out between the Barber and Cockle sands , and its removal now causes thb tide to arrive in full force on Caister beach , thus easing off its sluicing j-. ower on the shove of Yarmouth , and affording greater chance of safety for tlie houses on the beach . Practical men are of opinion that some important changes arc taking place on the eastern coast ; this , indeed , is pretty evident from tbe constant and frequent disappearance of the whole or part of the various

      outlying sands and shoals by which we aro surrounded . —Bury and Norwich Post . Dkpauture or Jenny Lino for America . — Livkkpool , Weda-esdat . —Yesterday , Jenny Lincl was presented by tbo directors of the Southern Hospital with a handsome silver teakettle , in testimony of her kindness , in singing on a previous visit to Liverpool in aid'of tho funds of tho institution . This n-orniiigsho took her departure for America , in the New United States mail steamer , the Atlantic , Captain West , 'in which a special berth has been fitted up for her with groat gorgeousness . About 2 , 000 persona crowded to tbe landing stage , to witness the embarkation . Tho berths onboard the Atlantic were all taken a month ago , so soon as it was announced that Jonny Iind would bo a passensrer .

      Captain TlENiucnsoK , —The Liverpool Dock Committee have appointed Captain Uenr-iobson ( whose wife and children were murdered by Gleason Wilson ) to a mastership of ono of tho docks .

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      Execution . —Shortly after eight o'clock on Friday morning , the ] 6 thinst ., the sentence of death passed upon William Bennison . on ' . the 27 th < f July last , for the murder of Jane Hamilton , his wife , at Steadsplace , iLeith-wnlk , onthel 2 tb of April , was carried into effect in the presence of Bailliea Law and Fyft ' e . The gibbiit was erected during the night at the common place of execution , in the Lawnmarket , at the bead . of Lady Lawson ' s Wytid ; and from aboutseven o ' clock ou the previous night crowds of persons visited the locality of the condemned cell / and the voad blading to tfw place- of . execution . The Rev . Mr . Hay was in attendance upon Bennison in the condemned cell , whither he was removed on Thursday , all the previous ^ night and Friday morning .

      After tbe authorities had gone to tho cell , ho engagedin religious exercise . There were present , besides tlie priaouor . a ' ntl Mr . Hay , Baillie Law and Baillie Fyfte , the Rev . Mr . Hislop , chaplain of the gaol , the city offi cers , and Mr . Morham ., One of the Methodist hymrjs was sung , and the Rev . Mr . Hay engaged m praye r , during which Bennison sobbed heavily . ' and seemed otherwise much affected . At the concius / onof the praver , the prisoner , was removed to an . ttdjoimng . ccU and pinioned . At ten minutes past e ' . ght o ^ cltick the melancholy procession moved from witiiin the precincts of the prion , in the following order : —The town officers , with their halberds two magistrates of the city , Baillies Law and Fyffe ; followed by the criminal , supported on each side by tlie Rev . Messrs Hay , and Hislop , tho executioner and hisrassistant bringing up the rear . Bennison walked to the scaffold , seemingly with a firm aad unwavering

      step .: The . only physical effect which his connhemetit had produced was a paler complexion . On the procession arriving at the head of the Wyrid , a murmur ofexcitemeni issued fromthecrowd . Bennison remained at the foot of the steps until the magistrates , the city officers , and the execu- 'ioners had laken their places on the scaffold , during which time ho looked till round , ' apparently but little concerned , upon the vast multitude ,- and then , accompanied by the clergyman , ascended and took his place upon the drop . The Rev . Mr . Hislop , whom Bennison called his spiritual father , and who was present by his special request , then engaged Cor some time in prayer , during which the doomed man exhibited appearances i of mental emotion , occisin dly havine hi * face uti-l

      wards with his eyes cl-sed . At the conclusion of the prayer Murdoah , tha executioner , ' proceeded to remove tbe stock fi » m tbe prisoner ' s neck , and began to adjust the rope . The white cap was simultaneously put on and drawn over B-nnison ' s face , as he did not mean to address the crowd The signal having been placed in his hand , he cast it away , and said in a firm tone of voice , " The Lord Jesus receive my spirit . " In another moment tlie bolt was withdrawn , and he was launched into eternity .. T he-body remained suspended till five minutes past nine oclock , when it was cut do . m , to be buried in the preciuts of the gaol during the day . - ' ' The Fourth Estate . —On Saturday the representatives of the Edinburgh , Glasgow ,. and

      provincial press . held their animal meeting , at Stirling . The deputations from the various localities reached the town about two (> . m , where they passed a very agreeable hour or two in visiting some of the most prominent objects of interest in the rieighbourhMod ^ Among others , the museum of Messrs . Drummond was visited , when , by the kindness ol the proprietor , its varied stores of ancient and modern art were thrown open to the inspection of the party , who were highly gratified-by the polite and ! courteous attention shown them . Some time was ; also spent at the Castle , from the ramparts of which , as is well known , a view , perhaps unequalled in Scutland . is obtained The weather , though fine , was hot . particu larly favourable , the atmosphere being rather hazy than otherwise , but the deficiency in this reject was amply couriterbalaiwsd by thei ' prosvieci ; immediately hi . nfl . ith the castle , and extending - towards

      Falkirk , of field ou field of grain , ripening for the sickle , or , in some instances , already cut down . About four b ' clook'tlie ' partyr'ndmberihg nearly thirty gentlemen , satdown to dinner , in the Scottish Central Railway Hotel , Mr . Robertson , of , tho Guardian , officiating as chairman ; awl Mr . Drummond , of the Witness , as croupier . ¦ , ..,- .:. . AnothurStkam-boat Accide \ t . —The steamer Londouderry . irom the Clyde far Londonderry , put back to Greenock oh Thursday , tlie I 5 th instant , having been asho' -e on Rathlin Island , about three o ' clock a . m .: The night was very foggy , and the vessel was proceeding at half speed only , when she ran on tbe rocks , iu consequence , it is supposed , of the tide having carried ber some * hat out of her course . ' She backed off , when it was found that she was making a considerable quantity of water , which , however , proved to be under what could be easily ejected by the pumps . ' ,

      Edinruroh . —This city and neighbourhood was visited by a violent gale of wind on Sunday last , which increased in intensity during the evening . A clipper schooner , named the Favourite , from Liverpool for Fisherrow , lying in Loith , Roads , broke from her moorings at about midnight , and drifted towards the northern shore of tbe Forth . The watch on deck gave tlie alarm to / the captain and crow , who set about making preparations to escape , in the event of the vessel . being driven on tho rooky coast to leeward . Fortunately , she was carried against tbe peer at Burntisland ,, where ber rigging became entangled with tho iron railings and

      lau . p-posts at the pier end , by which she was retained sufficiently long to enable tho crew to leap ashore , and the mate to convey the mother and wife of the captain in safety from the vessel . He then returned to tho . cabin to obtain his watch ; and on coming again © n deck , a heavy soa struck the schooner , and swept her decks , washing the unfortunate man overboard , who was engulphed in the surge and drowned . His body has not been since recovered . The ship , ; on clearing the pier , carried away the railings and lamp pillars with which she had been entangled , and drifted on to the rocks eastward of the pier , where she lies high and dry at full ebb , in a very wrecked condition .

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      The Flight to America . —Tho Westmeath Independent has the following rather remarkable rovelations : — " The tide of emigration from this town aud neighbourhood continues to flow on increasinglv . Not a conveyance leaves the town forDublin , or Galway , that has not its quota of passengers bound for a foreign land . Indued , we do not remember a season within the last few years in which the spirit of emigration seemed so strong as it is at

      present . Farmers have abandoned their holdings —dreading the workhouse , and in fear of their landlords , on whom , in a . shorb time , the land will devolve without a tenant , and with little prospect of obtaining one . In some places the evil system of carrying oft' crops has already made its appearance , and several farmers have been known to-dispnse of the uncut corn for a comparative trifle , ratl . ei- than remain to be evicted and sued for the vent by landlords from whom they expect but little grace ; If the present extent and class of emigration continues much longer , there will be but the two classes—landlord and labourer—and what can

      the former evpect from the latter ? Unable to collect sufficient to pay for their passage out ; what can they give ? Absolutely nothing j aiid most assuredly the landlords will not select their tenants from such an impoverished class . There is , we may say , a general desire to leave ibis unfortunate country —a desire felt and expressed by . every class in the community for who > e indubtry there is no reward . Men who have toiled and struggled for independence at home in vain have now to seek it in a distant land . If we apprehend rightly this emigration will be felt severely by the landlords , whoso ' snu ? tenants'are to be found , amongst the ranks of the adventurers to America . So long-as the . artisan and tlie labourer only emigrated , there was no

      reason to complain—but now , when the tiller of tho soil—the supporter of landlord and labourer alike —when he goes , then , indeed , the evil is apparent —for he goes not away empty ; and by whom is he to be rejilnccd ? Friends in the far West have sent , and are sending , for their families and friends , some of whom have been for years inmates of the . workhouse ; And possibly the time niay come when real advantage will arise from ' this universal desertion of Ireland—for competence to be earned there could he usefully employed in originating manufactures , or improving those that long have lieeii neglected in this country . That time may come—and right earnestly do we hope ' there is a good time corning . '"

      Turning'to tlie JSorth , the Perry Sentinel , another org . 'in of landlordism ; thus refers ' to the tide of emigration from Ulster : — ' On Monday last thirtyone individuals , most of whom ' were in comfortable circumstances , left . tho village of Portstcwart , to seek a home on the opposite side of the Atlantic , amidst the dark woods of Canada , where they hope taxation will press less heavily upon them—of the rent none over heard them complain , as in this locality we are blessed with one of the best landlords in Mr . John Cromie , who recognises tenant right as far as every honest man would wish to sco it carried . Two of tho individuals referred to above held eight acres of land on joint lease ; on the property worn a few old cottages , and two tolerable

      houses . Thev were allowed to sell out to tho best advantage , aiid Mr . William Wilson Campbell , the Castle , paid them for their interest in the lease , £ 350 , not . including'a fair valuation for the crop , which be also tendered . Tho above method of transacting business ought , I think , to satisiy tho most . unscrupulous advocate of tenant right . But there are many who would be satisfied with nothing short of landlord robbery and spoliation . " The Cork Reporter thus notices the tide of wholesale emigration from that port : — " Vast crowds-of emigrants continue day after day to quit the south of Ireland , making our harbour the way of exit . Tho outward flow seems rather , to increase than to diminish . By emigrant ships in the port , or by

      steamers to Liverpool , where other ships wait to receive them , large numbers of our peasantry depart . This outpouring of the rustic population is not by any means confined to Cork ; similar accounts reach us from the port of Limerick , from Dublin , and Galway , aiid even from the lesser pwts , such as Waterford , & o . To-day the Kimrod and Albert steamers were crammed to excess with these' poor creatures . Independent of what went in other vessels ,. there were certainly upwards of 1 , 000 human beings packed on board these two steamers . . To ono looking from tho quay , it seemed a marvel how they could have found room to stand in tho narrow compass of deck they occupied . Since the above was written wo have learned that

      on the amval ' -of tbe . Nimrod , at Passage , it was found necessary to send some of the deck . passengers on shore . ; In doing so wo understand the people were taken indiscriminately- and forced to lenivotho vessel , their property and friends being in many instances detained on board . One man is said to have been brought out of the vessel , whilst his wife , luggage , and £ 25 were detained . The entire number , sent on shore amounts to about 200 . On- inquiry at the PacUet-oflice wo . are iniormed that the affair arose from tho fact of a penalty beine inflicted on the company for every' passenger beyond a certain number . On leaving the quay this Saturday ) morning , a crowd of persona without ticketsi forced thaw way onboard , and these were the only parties sent out of tho vessel "

      . Tm Great Sea SBnrENT . -Wita tho return of ^ recess , out s old friend , tho wm ui ^ S , S , ! o ^ H a PP eftrdnco ' The following ou morni-S T ^ the ^~ M ^ morning :- ' < Oa Thursday evening last Mr , Walsh .

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      of Sackville-street , Mr . ITog ' an , " of Siitton , aridTfe ¦ Viral other gentlemen , while enjoying a sail in tha yacht of Mr . Hogan , had the additional and . exciting pleasure of witnessing the evolutions of an enormous sea monster , which more resembled in sbnpeand size the great sea serpent than any other living thing which the gentlemen had over before seen or heard described . Mr . Hogan ' s yacht was , at the time the monster appeared in view ( half-past six p . m . ) , sailing between Dalkey and Sutton . Ono of the gentlemen on board . the yacht saw tho . mon . ster at a , distance of about half a mile , rushing with great impetuosity in a direction towards Howth Point . lie immediately directed the attention of his companions to the strange visitor , and the whole party continued for several minutes to his and

      watch his movements and scrutinise shape dimensions . Several portions of tbe back .. wero . in view over the water , and seemed to resemble " tha coils of a serpent , " to adopt the phraseology of one of tho gentlemen who waited on us to describe the circumstance . The head was shaped not unlike that of an eel , and was born aloft several feetoutipi tho water . . The speed at which he moved through the water was estimated at twenty miles an hour , and bo left a wake such as might be expected from a ship of several hundred tons . The gentlemen who saw this monster computed his length at one hundred feet ; and Mr . Walsh informs us that Air . Hogan , who had been many years at sea , was quite satisfied that the monster was not of tho whale tribe , or was not of n species heretofore known to mariners and described by naturalists . "

      The Parliamentary Sabbath . —The hopeless failure of the scheme for promoting the observance of the Sabbath by act of parliament , and tbe mitiga tion of tlie late absurd order which gave a day of rest to the letters , and scarcely an hour of easement to the letter carriers , have , as might be expected , given no small satisfaction here . All classes suffered more or less from the effects of the recent ill-timed experiment upon public patience , while to the parties for whom this measure of grace was

      specially enacted the boon has been rather distasteful than otherwise . A responsible oflWial in the Post-office fairly states , that the complaints , confusion , and the vast pressure of business iu the early part of the week , consequent upon the non-delivery on Sunday , are but indifferently compensated for by the " name "—for it is nothing more—of a helyday , of which closed doors arc the outward semblance , while inside the work goes on as merrily as ever . 16 is believed that next Sunday letters will be delivered as formerly .

      The Harvest . —The reports of the potato crop , embracing returns from all quarters of the . kingdom , aro more favourable than those received last week Tho results may be thus briefly summed iip :--Limerick . — "Accounts this day from various districts with respect to tlie potato crop are decidedly favourable . " Cork . — " Accounts are still cheering . Instances have been given us of stalks utterly , destroyed and tubers entirely safe . The result at which we arrive is , that ti-iere will be an ample abunbance left for human consumption . " Galway . — " We do not think the potatoes are so much diseased as many would lead us to suppose . We are of opinion that a great deal of tha crop will be saved . " Westmeath . — " In some parts of this

      county the potatoes are as firm and good as they were in 1844 , the year before the first blight . Twice the quantity planted this year . " . Cm-low . — " Accounts from several districts warrant the belief that tbe injury complained of is of a trifling character , and every hope of an average crop , both sound and healthy . " Armagh . — " The potato crop continues to withstand the blight ; and , though a great number of fields seem blackened by the old disease , still the roots have not suffered to any great extent . " Done » aI ( from which the worst reports have hitherto come ) . — " Potatoes are not getting worse . The plague , we hope , is stopped . " With the exception of wheat the cereal crops are all described as excellent .

      Imphoyement of inn Codxtrv . —A corresppndentofthe Freeman ' s Journal , referring to the supponed prospects of general improvement in the country , writes in the following disheartening tone : —Alas ! there is no truth in those encouragements—it will be many a long year before they are realised . Except in the north of Ireland , there is nothing hopeful in . the a » pect of affairs in this wretched country . It is in a state , not of transition , but of dissolution . The trade of the great inland towns is gradually declining—the markets aro falling : off—the shopkeepers of the smaller towns arc reduced to indigence . There is a dead silence in every , country town—an utter absence of allap . penrance of buniness—no air of prosperity in any

      place—the people seem listless , stupincd , dispirited —hopeless of any possible improvement unequal to any great effort to retrieve their condition—the houses are dilapidated—most of the gaols are full , so are the poorhouses ; but how are the cabins circumstanced ? The gable walls are left of them ; hero and there a burned rafter remains of the roof ; awil , their former inmates , where are they to bo found ? There is no echo in these ruins to say where . But there are huts in their vicinity not yet wrecked , and their inhabitants will tell you how the " cratures" made sheds in tbo neighbouring ditches , and stopped there for a time ; how some of them had died on tho roadside ; others " went wandering about , " God knows where ; some had

      got into the poorhouse ; a few had picked up enough among the neighbours and their ft lends to take them to America , and tho great , majority had disappeared , and not a soul knew what had become of them , and their wives , and their poor children . Such is the account git-en to a stranger of the evicted peasantry that had been lately living in the suburbs of Roscrea , that are now in ruins ' Of the ravages of Irish landlord Vandalism in the course ot the last month , I have seen a good deal . I have seen the ruins of about 500 recently demolished dwellings of the peasantry on the highroads of Wexford ,- Carlow , the Queen ' s County , tho King ' s County , and Galway , that had been places of abode of at least 2 , 500 hunwn beings .

      The Nenagh , Guardian , a landlord ' s journal , states that " on the 7 tU instant thirty persons were evicted off the lands of . MoyaiifFe , the property of James Lenignri , Esq ., Castlo Foaarty . They owed large arrears of rent . On tho same day ten persons were evicted from the lands of Templebeg , near Thurles , the property of Peter Graham , Esq ! , of Dublin . " Repeat . Association . —The Association met iu Conciliation Hall on Monday—Mr . Michael Murphy in the chair . Tlie attendance was very small . Mr . John O'Connellread a memorial to her . Majesty , requesting her to convene her Parliament at tbe close of tho harvest in Ireland , to take into consideration tho settlement of the laud question . The memorial- was referred to the committee for revision . The rent for tho week was £ S 15 a , ( Ud .

      . Commnatiox Outrage . —We regret extremely to state that upon Saturday evening last , when the railway waggon containing parcels was within two miles and a " quarter of Sligo , at about five o ' clock in tho afternoon , it was attacked by a party of men , who , having felled the driver , a man named William Walsh , with a blow over the temple , shot ono of the two horses which were drawing the waggon . A man named Michael Marr . in has been identified as one of the party engaged .. Walsh is still in the infirmary , though bis injuries are not very serious . This outrage is supposed to bo the result of n combination of parties injured by the running of this parcel waggon between Mullingay ar > u Sligo . —Sligo Journal .

      Extraordinary Match . —Cootcs , the pedestrian , successfully completed on Monday eveningan extraordinary match against time which ho-bad tindertaken , namely , to walk a thousand half miles in a thousand half hours . The wager for which he undertook this arduous feat was only £ 50 , but it is expected that tlwt sum will be considerably increased bysubscripti ns . Some days since h ' e appeared in so exhausted a state that his backers scarcely expected that they would be able to keep him up to the task , but as tho conclusion approached he recovered strength and courage .

      The Eauhiom of Boscommox . —Another claimant appears , it is stated , for the earldom of Roscommon u > the person of Z . Wallace , Esq ., proprietor of the Anglo-Celt , Cavan newspaper , who it is said not only entertains strong hopes of succeeding to the vacant coronet , but also of recovering a portion of the estate attached thereto , and upon which his family had a rent charge up to tho year 184 a , The Limerick Reporter states that nineteen houses were levelled , and 148 persons turned our roofless , last week in a village called Balingh , neay Clonoulty , not far from Thurles . The village ia the property of Colonel Perceval , M . P . r rS ^ lt t ill" LoRD-LlEwmm io Belfast .-The Belfast Whig says , « We have tho gratification of being able to state that his Excellency the Earl aimf ) ?¦ i T be es e « ed in Belfast about tho second week of next month . "

      At the Dublm Com Exchange on Monday , so-~ ml ' ? - 0 t ^ 8 witt sofl at some slight improvement m _ pnCe 8 . One sample of new white wtieat , prime m quality , brought 24 s . per barrel , equal to 4 U . 2 d . per imperial quarter . CoiiMUSCEMENT of Cnop-UFiiNo . —The Kilkenny Moderator has the following account of the renewal ° l tho system of crop plunder in ttiat county :-• Ihe Sabbath plundering commenced in our county on ^ unday last at Tomplemartin , on the property f Champion Brady , Esq . A farmer named Clnuoy to

      rou work at reaping his wheat at eight o ' clock on oaturnay evening , arid continued till between three and four on Sunday morning , when ho desisted , owing to the paaamg by of some police patrol . Uovrev-er , the police had no instructions to interfere , though Mr . Brady ' s agent applied to tho authorities for assistance . The landlord had four keepers near the spot , but they only looked on at a civil distance , as they were afraid to go to the ground without constabularly protection . The crop was removed off tho lands of Templemartin on Sunday night , the cars convoyingit passingthvough the tunf pi ^ e without lot or molestation !

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 24, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24081850/page/6/