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      Health of London—Tiie total number of deaths re . 'is : ered ia ilv * metropolitan districts iu the WCfiK en-Jins ; list Saturday was 9 S 1 , They exhibit a small " increase on ttiose of the preceding week , when tiie amount was 953 . Taking for comparison corresponding weeks of the ten years 1841-50 , it appears th it the average was 906 ; but if this average oe raised in proportion to the increase of persons now living in London , it becomes 997 , which differs not much from last week ' s mortality . —Last week 425 children died under 15 Years of ago , 367 persons who h-td reached 15 years , but not attained to 60 i and ISA who were of 60 years and upwards . — -The table of fatal causes shows that 239 persons . 158 of

      whom were children , were c arried off by one or other of the 21 diseases that are classed as ' epidemic . " These diseases in the aggregate do not at present produce a mort ality equal to the average Of corresponding weefes ; Out under particular heads-name * , typhus , and diarrhoaa the numhers exceed the usual amount ^ at this season . Tvohus was fatal in 67 cases last week ( theavera-re being 53 ) , and this disease appears to be on the increase . In the Church sub-district of Betbnal-green three deaths from typhus occurred On the llib , 12 th . aud loth of October , at the respective ages of li , 16 , and 23 years , the first in Cumberland-place , the second iu Korth-street , aud the third in Trafalgar-place . Mr . Briggs , the registrar , reports that the occupiers in these localities

      complain of the bad state of the drains . Scarlatina in this return numbers 43 cases , while the corrected average of corresponding weeks is 58 . Though the moitality , aa collected over the whole metropolis , is not remark ible , the complaint has fallen severely on particular familes . Fifteen deaths , only one of which waa that of an adult , were registered last week as caused by suiall-pox . Two cases , in which it is stated that vaccination had been previously formed , occurred to a child of 7 months and a man ngi-d 30 jeaxi . With refcrencetoa case which proved f . tal in Cauadeu Town , in which vaccination bad been performed without effect , Mr . IIoll states that two other children had been successfully vaccinated and esciped the contagion . Au infant is also registered this week , who died of chicken-pox . Diarrhoea , which numbers 42 deaths , continues to decline , though it is still rather more fatal than

      usual for this late period of the year . Phthisis or consumption has been rather fatal during the week , the deaths resulting from it amounting to 138 . This is a greater number than in any corresponding week of te » en previous years . 'The births of 773 boys , and 670 girls , in all 1 , 443 children , were registered in the week . In the six corresponding wetki of the years 1845-50 the average number was 1 . 313 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the rui-m reading of the barometer in the week was 29 . 729 in . On Sunday tbe mean daily reading was 30 . 144 in . The mean temperature of tbe week was 52 . 8 deg . The mean daily temperature was above the average of corrresponding days iu ten years on every day except Thursday and Friday . It was 60 . 4 deg . on Sunday , or nearly 10 degrees above the average ; after which it gradually fell to 45 . 9 deg . on Friday . The wind was generally ia the Soutb

      west . As Examines Piece of Machinery Destroyed . —On Sxturday afternoon last , as a waggon belonging to Messrs . Chaplin and Home , drawn by three hordes , was proceeding down Wellington-street , Strand , the leader stumbled , and the other two horses immediately losing their footing down the incline , the waggon came with such force upon the shafts to the ground , as to tfcrow upon the pavement a valuable piece of machinery , which has been ou view at the Crystal Palace . The machine ( for dressing cotton ) , for which a prize had been awarded , bad been purchased by a French manufacturer , and was consigned to the care of Chaplin and Home , to be taken to Woolwich Dockyard , where it was to remain until arrangements should be made for shipment ; and the driver states that tbe acoi-tent was occasioned by the greasy condition Of the street at the moment , the rain having just set in . The machine is said to have been worth

      . £ 700 , bat the concussion was so great as to reduce it to fragments , more especially tuose portions composed of cast metal . The shafts of the waggon were broken short off , and the wheel horse was severely cat on the right shoulder . Extensive Cokfjugraxiox . —About eleven o ' clock 00 Saturday forenoon last a fire took place near Ximebonse Church , commencing on the property of Mr . W . Chacman . It originate I in the factory , and such was the progress of the flames , that ere the arrival of the Brigade engines , all Mr . Chap man ' s premises and stock were destroyed . The fire then communicated to thc cooperage of Mr . M'Graw , adjoining , and also reached the lu > . Idin « of Mr . Kobson , a ship chandler , and caused much damage ; but the firemen fortunately preserved the two latter firms from that complete destruction which it ^ was feared would befal them . By half-past one the fire was subdued . The property was

      uninsured . Explosion of Gas . —On tbe evening of the 17 th inst . an explosion , attended by almost fatal results , occurred at the works of the Phoenix Gas Company , Backside , South wark . It appears that about that time the various retorts , as usual , were being turned into the hydraulic mains , when by some means one of tbe mains became surcharged , the consequence of which was that the seat of it was broken , and the consequent escape of g ;> s coming

      in contact with the ligbt in tbe engine-house produced the eiplodon . The engine-house was considerably injured , the walls scorched , windows and doors blown out , and some damage done to the machinery , not sufficient , however , to prevent tbe company from pursuing then * business as usual . The engineer , M , Innes , was dreadfully scorched about the face and hands ; and three other men were considerably injured , two of them to such an extent that they were immediately removed to St . Thomas ' s and Guy ' s hospitals .

      Fatal Fbacas . —On Saturday last a man named Johu Thomas Taylor , a bricklayer , and his employer , Thomas Scaddan , were seen having a dispute about money matters . Scaddan was heard to say , "Taylor , if you say that again I will give you something that will do for you . " Taylor , it is supposed , repeated tho remarks , for Scaddan was instantly seen to strike him a violent blow , which caused him to reel and fall . Two gentlemen who were passing immediately picked him up , and finding he was insensible , couveved him to a doctor ' s

      close by , bat be died before they could get mm there . During the confusion Scaddau escaped . The deceased has left destitute a wife and large family . On Tuesday Air . Baker held an inquest upon the body , at the Green Gate , City-road . Mr . Powell and > lr . Courtenay , medical officers of the parish were sworn , when the effect of their evidence , showing that the brain exhibited appearances such as would "be likely to result from tiie injury he received , the jury returned a verdict of" Manslaughter " against Scrtdden , and the ] witnesses were bound over to

      prosecute . Os Satobdat last Mr . W . Payne held an inquest at the St . Ann ' s Coffee-bouse , Shoemaker-row , Doctors ' -common ? , on the body of Mary Shinty , aged-fifty-six , who committed suicide with oxalic acid . It appeared in evidence that the deceased was the wife of a labouring man residing at No . 16 , Friar-street , City . She bad joined a money club , where she had taken her cash out before it was due , and on the previous Wednesday went to Mr . Orridge , the chemist , on Ludgate-hill , where she

      purchased twopenny worth of oxalic acid , for cleaning bonnets . She returned home , where she was subsequently discovered suffering great pain in the Stomach . She was conveyed to the hospital , where the stomach-pump was used , and filio got better . She , however , got worse , and died on Thursday . Her husband said he believed the deceased was driven to commit the act by having squandered the money away which he expected , Tne jury , after some discussion , returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . **

      Singular Death of a Cotld . —On Saturday last an inquiry was gone into before Mr . Baker , the coroner , at the King ' s Arms , High-street , Bow , respecting the death of Alfred Higgs , aged five years , who it was alleged had died from the withholding of medicine which had been prescribed for him under very remarkable circumstances . The deceased wis the son of a cornfactor ' s agent . On Friday fortnight the child wag taken ill , aud placed under the care of Mr . Garman , a surgeon , who found the deceased suffering from scarlet fever and ac affection of tiie brain . Tbe surgeon prescribed for the deceased , who appeared to get better under hia treatment . The father , thinking differently , refused to let the deceased have any more of bis

      medicine , giving him five of Morrison ' s pills . More were given on the Monday and Tuesday , but the child seemed unconseious , when tho mother eaid she would not let hioa have any more , and he died « rf ? f dilJ * Tbe med'cine , beef tea , and wine , uroered by Mr . Garman . were all takea away by the of ^ Z'Fn WaS a teet ° taller . Mr . JL V . Garman , that LTV 7 ° ° ; terrace Bow-road , surgeon , said SU 5 sSt fe vereC \ Tfl d h ? 0 Uril , g ^ f - gested . TuTmia ltu > braln wag B && S conple » BUte , of ^ L ? , - ? peecUIe 6 S ' ^ nd In acomwitbleecbls , WuSS" ! ffi - ^ plied remedies ' & c . When wYta ^ ^^ *»*«• to *» bead , become unconscious and £ . m agam the child had Tuesday he wdiSKSffi ™^ 0 n sequently prescribed winean 7 iul ? r Wltne £ s « " «> - thfi Wart'J n , K . TOl 5 ! Bf te » , to Stimulate * j

      again it w ^* h ^ mTuS ^? " » <* ild informed bin- .. at Mr . Biees w ™ vi * V , nurje have . tat the dooW o & i ^ t ^^ f ^ i remedy I have p ^ . cribed have « ouS , i "' execution la-n ofaouse here . " Wb , £ 0 put ln , a ^^ r fc to ^ 2 ss , ss ; « mJ , 5 . WOuld Lave be - n aIi * e ftt the present 2 ?* 2 d * T ? t ™ 8 , Ummed U > ' « d ^ e nam aTS / . K ° M 0 ubt ' re 50 lTe toelfinto one of nam al ( . oath , altU 0 U gu the conduct of the father

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      was highly improper . The jury , after some deliberation , returned the following verdic ! :- 'That the deceased died : i natural death , Which may have been accelerated by withholding the nutriment onerM by the medical gentleman . " Temperance MoVBMBsx . -On Monday night a lecture was delivered in the Great Room , Exeter Hall byDr I \ R . Lees , i \ S . A ., of Edinburgh , on the ' subject of temperance . The room was well filled on the occasion by a respectable ^ udience . Mrs . Tracy , an American lady , appeared on the

      platform in the Bloomer costume . Tbe chair was occupied by Laurence Heyworth , Esq ., M . P ; At the dose the lecturer received the unanimous applause of his ' audience . JUVBNILK GVUNASIOlt FOR BUCKINGHAM PALACE . —A juvenile gymnasium has just been erected in Buckingham Palace for the use of ( he youthful members of the Royal Family . It consists of a neat frame work , nearly square , upon which an apparatus has been constructed for a great number of bodily exercises .

      Fata . 1 . COURAOB .--Another instance of a p hilanthropic mind rushing on its own destruction . While endeavouring to * ave the lives of fellow creatures , occurred in Slorne-street , Chelsea . On Saturday afternoon as a respectable painter , named Jackson , of College-street , was returning home , along tbe above named street , accompinied by his wife , he saw a poor woman with two children attempting to cross the road immediately in front of a cab , which was coming along at a furious rate . Thinking that they must be run over , Jackson with more courage than prudence , tried to stop the horse ; but such was tbe speed at which he was going , that Jackson was knocked down with great violence , and tbe wheels of the cab passing over tbe lower part of his body he waa taken up in a state of insensibility . He was forthwith conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital , where he died shortly afterwards from the injuries he had sustained :

      plunging a wife and seven children into the deepest distress at their sudden bereavement . The horse which was the cause ofthe calamity bolted , and the driver beingunable to control him , jumped from the cab while it was going on , directly after the accident to Jackson , and received several dreadful injuries in various parts of his person by the fall . De also was taken to St . George ' s Hospital , where the body of Jackson awaits thc coroner ' s inquest . Cab Reform . —A correspondent says : —" . Cab reform is at last to be carried out . A public company is forming for that purpose , on a principle , entirely different from the present system , and completely putting an end to all extortion and imposition , now so loudly and justly complained of . The fare will be reduced to 4 d . ' per mile , liveries are intended to be supplied by the company , and tbe driver will be under as strict regulations as the Metropolitan Police force . " ~

      Coroner s Ikqokst . —Suicide by One of Messrs . Ctowss ' s Prihtsrs . —On Tuesday forenoon Mr . William Carter , the Surrey coroner , held an inquest at the Dover Castle , Commercial-road , Lambeth , on the body of Frederick Franklin , aged fiftylive , compositor , at Messrs . Clowes and Son ' s , who committed suicide in the following manner : —The deceased resided with bis wife at JJo . 6 , John-street . Cornwall-road , and of late had mixed himself up with parties taking a prominent stand in politics .

      This circumstance , added to his having indulged rather freely in drink , no doubt affected bis mind . On Saturday morning last be got up about halfpast four o ' clock and retired to the yard . He returned soon afterwards , and went to bed again . He , however , left his bed in . a short time again , and soon afterwards a noise . was beard outside the bedroom door , and on his wife going to ascertain the cause , she found her husband suspended to the railings of the staircase by means of a piece of rope which he had cut from one of the clothes lines when

      , ' ie went into the yard . The poor woman raised an tlarm , and with the aid of three of the inmates , the man was cut down alive , and Dr . Menztes was quickly sent for , who bled him , and applied sundry other remedies . For some time there seeme ;! every probability of the unfortunate man ' s recovery ; he nowever , continued to sink , and expired at halfpast nine , having lingered five hours in pain . The jury taking all tliinjs into consideration , returned a verdict that "deceased destroyed his life whilst in a state of unsound mind . "

      Cheap Omnibuses . —On Tuesday several omnibuses commenced running from Tottenham-court road to the Edgeware-road , through Oxford-street , for the charge of only one penny each person . The New Omnibus Association . —A large meeting of omnibus proprietors took place on Monday evening , at the Duke of Wellington , Bdlhhurst-street , Argyle-square , to consider the proposals submitted to them , at a preliminary meeting last Monday , by Mr . Crawford , the originator Q ! the liungerfoi'd and Caraden-town lines , far choosing new routes , and working them by combination , at reduced fares—Mr . O'Brien in the chair—Mr . Crawford having explained the object of the meetlag , it was resolved to form anew associainn for

      the purpose of working various omnibus routes at reduced fares . —Several proprietors proffered their assistance with their omnibuses and stock . It was stated that there were in various parts of London from 200 to 300 omnibuses now " laid up in ordinary , " each of which , when at work , employed from eight to ten horses daily , and three men . By the proposed plan of the association , any proprietor could put an omnibus on the new route until twenty were running , when another route must be chosen and filled up . The first route proposed to be opened was frona BayfiWater to Tottenham-courc-road , 2 d . then to the Bank , 2 d . Second route , from the Great Western to the Ore it Northern Railway , 3 d . ; and from the Yorkshire Stingo to King ' s Cross , 2 d . It was also stated that the expense of working one

      omnibus per day was £ 2 0 s . 9 d ., supposing each omnibus , with its ten horses , travelled sixty miles daily ( fifteen journies to and fro per diem , at two rui ' es per journey . ) If they were licensed to carry twenty-four passengers , and obtained one-half , or twelve passengers at 2 d . each per journey , the profit would be 19 s . 3 d . per diem ; at "two-thirds full" the profit was estimated at £ 1 19 s . 3 d . per diem ; at " three-fourths full , " £ 2 9 * . 3 d . ; and at "full , " £ 319 s . 3 d . Thus , giving on the firs : calculation , a profit on the working of 100 omnibuses , . £ 30 , 035 per annum ; on the second , £ 66 . 435 per annum ; « n the third , £ 84 , 635 per annum ; and on the fourth . £ 139 , 235 . A . var-ety of rules for the reguiatiun of the association having been agreed to , the meeting separated .

      Fire at Whitechapbl . —On Monday afternoon , at about a quarter past one o ' clock , a fire broke out in the cigar manufactory of Mr . J . Elkins , 10 , New Road , Whitechapel Road , owing to the over heating o '' a gas stove used in the preparation of tobacco . The tire commenced in the drying room , but soon extended to an adjoining workshop , which , with iis contents , were considerably damaged by fire and water . The engines of the London Fire Brigade and West of England Fire Insurance Company , together with that of the parish , soon succeeded in extinguishing the flames , but not before the drying room on the basement floor was completely burnt out and the sorting room and other portions of the premises very much injured .

      Fatal Accident at Kisg ' s Ckoss . —On Monday afternoon as some masons in the employ of Messrs . Jay , the contractors for building the terminus ofthe Great Northern Railway , at lung ' s Cross , were raising a piece of stone to the top of the building , some ofthe tackle gave way , and three men fell to the ground , and the stone , weighing nearly half a ton , fell on a man of the name of Lucas . | breaking both his legs , and causing such other injuries that he died in a few hours , leaving a wife and seven children . The other two men escaped with a few bruises . On Tuesday morning one of three workmen who met with an accident died from the effects of injuries received at the terminus of the Great Northern Railway at King ' s Cross .

      Sfostaneous Combustion . —About a quarter to one on Wednesday morning a fire broke out at Bermondsey , in the tan yard of Mr . Win . Warrick , Willow-walk , owing to the overheating of a rick of tan . Fortunately it was discovered soon after the spontaneous combustion by some of the workmen who were employed all night . The vigilance ot the firemen prevented the fire from extending . H ; id the wind blown stronger , however , the factory mmt inevitably have been destroyed . The rick in which the fire originated , containing about fifty loads of tin , was completely consumed .

      Disastrous Fire . —Shortly after twelve o ' clock On Wednesday the brigade authorities in the City received a telegraphic message from Enfield an . nouneing the outbreak of an extensive fire in that district . An engine , with a strong muster of firemen , was immediately despatched to the scene , which unfortunately proved to be the capacious homestead known as Pluaibriige Farm , belonging to Mr . Paris . On inquiry , it was ascertained to have originated through the carelessness of one of the farm labourers , who , neglecting a pot of tar that was heating over a temporary fire , it Dolled

      over , and the flames instantly extended to the etraw lying about the yard , and thence to the farm buildings . These ignited witb astonishing rapidity , and in less than half-an-hour the fire swept orcc the entire property- The scene was truly awful ; with the exception of tbe farahouse the whole homestead consisting of three Jarge barns , two granaries , cowhouses , stables , witii eight stacks « f corn and hay , presented one general blaze . T 7 p to nine o ' clock on Wednesday night the fire was still raging fiercely . The whole of the property was insured in the Sun Fire-office ; the loss is calculated at nearly £ 3 , 000 .

      Os Tuesday evening , on the arrival of tbe quarter past six o ' clock tr . \ in at the Highbury station of the East and West India- Junction Railway , the greatest alarm waj excited in consequence of the ! iU ' . den bursting of the boiler ef the engine , by w mch the engineer and fireman were badly scaled , oat fortunately none of tho passengers were injured . Tow „ P m ^ 8 P eedily arri * ed from Camden i iownto Highbury to effect arrangements for thei

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      conveyance of the passengers , which yyas done by attaching the first train to 'that of the half past s-ix train , which took them to Bow , and afterwards to ( . lie docks station . Tho passengers of the trains were much alarmed , but through tho promtitudo and vigilance ofthe company ' s officers collision was prevented . ¦ ^ . 3 Signs op Approaching Winter . —Our first regular winter fog made its appearance over the metropolis on Wednesday morning . To was an exceedingly dense one , and lasted for three or four hours . Although a good deal of confusion arose hi the principal public thoroughfares , wo are glad to say that we have not heard that any accident of consequence occurred .

      Embanksient ov thb Thames . —On Wednesday last the Chelaea Improvement Commissioners commenced their operations for the construction of an embankment on the : north side of the Thames , extending from Battersea-bridge to Cremorne gardens . This improvement will be a great public boon , and afford a delightful promenade and carriage drive to this popular resort in the summer season The embankment of the river front of Battersea park is making considerable progress , as also that on the Middlesex side of Vauxhall-bridge . Death from Drinking Boiling Watbb . —An

      inquest was held on Tuesday evening , before Mr , Payne , at Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of George Gorning , aged three years , whose parents reside in the Blackfriars-road . It appeared that the deceased , on Sunday last , was left for a short time , when he drank some water which was boiling on the stove . His screams brought several persons to his assistance , and he was taken to the nearest Burgeon ' s , but the injury deceased had received to the throat and mouth was such that it was deemed necessary to convey him to the hospital , where he died on Monday morning . Verdict , " Accidental Death . "

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      An AiroRNEV Convicted op Femnv . —At the quaiter sessions for Hereford , on Saturday last , Mr . John Sparrow Taylor , an attorney , was indicted for stealing two goslings , of the value of five shillings , at Kingston , in September last . It seems that the two birds were missed from the flock , and they were found in the prisoner ' s possession—one was dead and the other alive . The prisoner denied stealing them , but said that he had a Newfoundland dog , and that the brute killed the bird . His address to the jury occupied several hours . lie was found guilty , and sentenced to be imprisoned for three calendar months , with hard labour . The case excited great interest . hbourhood of

      Infanticide . —The town and neig Bury St . Edmunds has been thrown into a state of great excitement , in consequence of a young person , moving in the better station of life , who resided with her uncle , a person of great respectability , at Crawford , near Bury , having been committed for trial for two distinct murders , the victims being her own illegitimate children . From the facta which transpired before the magistrates and coroner , it appears that the prisoner ( Maria Stewart ) was suspected of having given birth to a child , and a police-constable apprehended her on a charge of concealing tbe birth . On her road to the station she confessed that the child was buried behind tho lodire at her uncle ' s house . Search

      was made , and the body of a lemalo child discovered . On being examined by Mr . Image , a surgeon , at Bury , that gentleman gave as his opinion that the child had not only been born alive , but that it had sucked . Whilst the prisoner was in the station-house she made a voluntary confession that she was delivered of thc child on the 24 th of September , th at she murdered it on thc following day , and kept it in her bed till tho 6 th inst ., when she buried it at the lodge , and that she had murdered one child before . She then indicated the spot where she had disposed of the body , and , search being made , its remains were found . She was fully committed by the magistrates to take her trial at tho next assizes .

      Serious Accident at a Circus . —Nottingham . — An accident occurred on the 17 th inst ., at a circus which is in the course of erection on the Derbyroad , Nottingham . It appears that the exterior of the building being nearly finished , a numher of slaters were employed covering it—one side was indeed finished—when , about eleven o clock , the men were greatly alarmed by perceiving symptoms of the roof g iving wuy . Before they could extricate themselves front their dangerous positiom , the whole of the upper portion fell in with a tremendous crash , burying the unfortunate men in the

      ruins . From the immense height of the erection , the worst fears were manifested for the lives ef the workmen . Assistance was promptly rendered , and the poor fellows extricated frem their deplorable situation . It was discovered that one of the slaters , besides being fearfully bruised , had a leg broken ; another had his arm broken , with other serious injuries ; and those who escaped without any of their limbs being fractured are terribly shaken and bruised . Tbe circus was building for a company of French equestrians , who were to . open it in a few days . The damage is estimated at about £ 300 . - ' <¦

      The Latb Collision on the Brighton Railwav , —At the quarter sessions held at Lewes , last week , Richard Grindley , a guard in the employ of the London and Brighton and South Coast Hallway Corapauv , was indicted for having negligently omitted . ' on the 21 st of September last , to apply his brake to a train he was guard of , whereby the lives of tbe said Richard Grindley , and of Joseph Keneley , the driver of the train , and of William Savage , the under guard on the same line were endangered . The evidence showed that in consequence ofthe neg lect of the prisoner in not applying thc brakes , damage to the amount of between £ 400 and £ 500 had been sustained by the carriages in the train . He was found guilty , and sentenced to six months' hard labour .

      The Poisoning Case al Bath . —Tbe coroner ' s inquest was resumed on the 17 th inst . Mr . Hellings and Mr , Crosby were again present , taking notes of and watching the proceedings . —Mr . Crosby was not examined on account of his having been in court during the whole of the proceedings , —The Coroner proceeded to sum up the evidence , and the jury , after a consultation , which lasted for an hour and a half , returned the following verdict : — " We find that the child died from the effects of poison by arsenic , administered by the mother , and we also find that the father was an accessory to the act . " —Coroner : The law makes an accessory before the act a principal . In such cases the law does not recognise any difference between a

      princi p al and accessory . If he was present administering , or aiding , abetting , or counselling the administration of the poison , be is guilty . la that what you find ? Foreman : That is what we find . — Coroner : You must name the parties in your verdict . The Foreman said , Catherine Elizabeth Lewis and Thomas Crosby . —Coroner : Then you find a verdict of Wilful Murder against both . Foreman : We do . I should state that Mr . Sainsbury , Mr . Bennet , and Mr . Halo did not concur in thc verdict against the father . Mr . Sainsbury and Mr . Bennett objected to the verdict ot murder at all . — Coroner : A verdict of twelve is sufficient . ( The

      jury consisted of fifteen . ) Addressing Mr . Crosby , the Coroner said : it is my painful duty to commit you to await your trial . —Mr . Crosby : May I be permitted to say a word ? I can say , as solemnly and sincerely as if I were about to enter into the presence of my Saviour this moment , I declare that I know nothing about it ; I am innocent . —Inspector Norris then took Mr . Crosby into custody . —The Coroner said that the inquisition would take some time drawing up , and he should adjourn , but the case was so important a one that he should bind them iw heavy recognisances . The jury were then bound over in the sum of £ 100 each .

      Collision on the Great Northern Railway , — Bobncastle . —A collision took place on the 17 th inst ., at the Kirkstead station , on the Great Northern Railway , the nearest station to this town , and distant from London 122 miles , by which a fireman belonging to the Great Northern Company lost his life , from a gross act of negligence on the part of employes connected with tbe station . It appears that a down train of empty coal trucks arrived at the station shortly before two o ' clock , when the engine was detached for tbe purpose of taking in water , the trucks being left upon the main line , with a red light , the danger signal , displayed upon the truck at the end of the train . Before the engine returned to the trucks , however

      a down passenger train , a return excursion , known to be due at that hour , dashed into the trucks with such violence that ten or a dozen of them were scattered in fragments over the line , while the engine ofthe passenger train itself was so seriously damaged as to be entirel y unfitted for future Service . The driver , who jumped from the engine , fortunately escaped with a few bruise ? , but the stoker was lifted from the ground horribly crushed and conveyed to an inn in close vicinity to the station . Medical attendance was procured as soon as possible , but his recovery was at once pronounced to be all but hopeless , and the poor fellow , after lingering for a few hours , died in the greatest

      agonies . The passengers who travelled by the second train were , of course , greatly alarmed , but fortunatel y escaped all serious injury , which is < s » usidered almost miraculous in so violent a collision , and when the engine which headed the train , consisting of only five or six carriages , was so seiiously damaged . As soon as the confusion consequent upon the catastrophe had in some degree subsided , an inquiry took place into tho circumstances * rh ch ) eHi to its occurrence , when it was discovered that- the signal man attached to tbe staoion had absconded , aud up to the present moment no traces of his whereabout has been heard of . His absence f » ' * om his post was at once deemed prsEumptYe proof - . that . the acoidenb had arisen

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      mainly , if not entirely , from some culpable negligence on his part , an opinion which was fully confirmed by the result of the inquiry , as the " all right " signal was found to be displayed _ after the occurrence . It appeared that it was shown when the truck train came up , and it is supposed that the signal man had either left his post or fallen asleep , before the passenger train approached , so that the " all right" signal remained when the danger signal ought to bare been substituted . An Old , But Successful , Horsb Trick . —On Saturday morning last , at about eleven o ' clock , a successful Jiorse trick was played upon Captain Robert Mussell , of Wells , whose vessel is now at this port , discharging coals . It seems that the

      worthy son of Ocean was wondering over the quays at the time stated , when a respectably-dressed persoruhauled alongside , and after putting several ordinary questions , said , "I sent my servant into the town yesterday to buy a horse for me . He said he was to give £ 21 for it , but I think he is about doing me . I have to buy it f « r a gentleman . Holloa , here comes my master now , " added . he , as another well-dressed man came up , as if by mere accident . The trio after a time went to the Bull Inn , where the second man laid on the table twentyone sovereigns , and shoved them over to the first man , who said , " that won ' t do , 1 must receive the money of a stranger . " He then asked the captain if he had £ 21 ? when he said " No , but I can get

      it . " on which the captain immediately went out and got £ 21 . The three then retired to the Sea Horse Inn , where the captain was told if he would lend the first man £ 21 for a few minutes he should , receive £ 22 for it . The captain then went out with the man who had not shown any money , in order that ho might see the horse at the Coach a » d Horses . - When opposite Alexanders' bank ( ho captain said to the man , " I know nothing of horsedealing—take the £ 21 and got the horse , and I'll C O back to your friend and get tho £ 22 for it . " On his return to the inn the man who had displayed the twenty-one sovereigns had "hooked it , " when the ' captain ran towards the Coach and

      Horses , but found that the fellow to whom he had entrusted his money had also hoisted all sail and got away . The poor fellow felt that the wind had been taken out of his sheets completely , and mournfully made his way to the station-house , where the facts were revealed . A" horse was found at the Coach and Horses Inn , which has been valued at about £ 4 . Immediate exertions were made by Police-constable Robinson to detect the fellows ; but notwithstanding the utmost activity the piratei got' away with their spoil . The affair has created the utmost merriment amongst the captains on the quay , who are thoroughly rejoiced that it was riot

      a Suffolk man who was thus taken in . The poor fellow played most anxiously into the rascal ' s hand in order to save the sovereign . He exclaimed to the Yictuniser , " Come , make haste , take the £ 21 ; there ' s another gentleman at the inn waiting to pay me £ 22 , and I shall lose money and horse too if I don ' t make haste . " An extraordinary desire to obtain the one sovereign , blinded his weather eye as to tbe fate of the larger sum he had advanced . Having seen the Sea Horse the confiding captain thought it unnecessary to see the land animal ; had he , however , but hinted the matter to the attentive host , Mr . Worby would quickly have saved him from these land sharks . —Ipswich Express .

      Serious Accident on the East Lancashire Railway . —On Monday the train due in Manchester at 3 45 p . m . from Colne , Burnley , Accrington , and Blackburn , over the East Lancashire Railway , met with a serious accident on approaching the Clifton junctions , about five miles from Manchester . There arc two junctions at that part of the line , the first , called the Mullyneux junction , is where the London and North-Western Patricrofo branch runs orT down a rather steep incline to the right ; and the other is about 300 yards nearer to Manchester , which is where the East Lancashire comes upon the Lancashire and . Yorkshire line from Bolton to Manchester , and is called the Clifton junction . The first of these junctions is not much used , and there is no station , but merely a pair of self-acting points . The train was about to stop at Clifton junction , where the tickets are collected , and its speed would be

      slackened to about twelve miles per hour . Strange to say , in passing the points on the London . and North-Western branch , tbe engine and tender kept the proper pair of rails ( which are the left , or up , pair ) , whilst the composite and other carriages passed on to tho branch , and kept those rails ibiabout thirty yards , where the impetus given by the breaking of the tackle seemed to have begun to operate , and almost every one of the carriages then left the rails and came to a stand in the form of a semi-circle , the first carriage having nearly regained the East Lancashire line , notwithstanding its higher level , caused by an embankment , at that point nearly a yard hig h . The engine was brought up without getting off the line , or the driver and stoker receiving injury . Tho carriages , however , came in collision at the corners , and the passengers were thrown about and a good deal bruised . The guard , a man named Tyson , from Colne , was found

      to have received a blow on tho , head which rendered him insensible , and up to Tuesday morning fears were entertained that he had sustained a concussion of the brain which would prove fatal . There were six passengers injured , but none fatally , Mrs . Lennox and child , of Manchester , were two , and these , with a third passenger , Mr . Holmes , of Bradford , were removed to tbe Brunswick Hotel , Manchester , as soon after the accident as possible , under the care of Dr , Harrison , medical inspector of the line . Mrs . Lennox had received several rather severe contusions , the most serious of which was one from a blow on tbe hip bone . She was progressing favourably , but is likely to be confined to bed for some days . The child is not much hurt . Mr . Holmes was bruised by a blow from the carriage door against one of his thighs , but it is not likely to prove serious . The other three

      passengers injured were Mr . Robinson , publican , Manchester , with a blow upon one of the ribs ; Mr . W . K .. Stock , Hulme , with a blow across tbe throat ; and Mr . Robert Slack , of Millgate , Manchester , with a blow on one thigh . Dr . Harrison is in attendance also upon these parties , and they are not likely to suffer much from the accident . The carriages were a good deal broken at the ends and corners , but only one ( the luggage van ) was overturned . A number of the company ' s servants were got to work , and cleared the line by six o ' clock , though tho accident did not occur until half-past three . Some of the heavy iron rails were bent , and the chairs broken , rendering it necessary to make some repairs , The accident is attributed to the composite carriage wheels coming in contact with tbe ends of the points belonging to tbe Patriot oft branch , though the engine had passed them safely , from their not acting properly .

      Supposed Suicide and Inquest at Boxlev . —On the 17 th inst . an inquest was held before J . N . Dudlow , Esq ., county coroner , at the Gibraltar Inn , Boxley , on the body of a young woman , named Elizabeth Neeson , aged twenty-one years , who was found drowned in the river Medway , on the previous day . This was a most painful inquiry , and from the evidence adduced there appears but too reasonable grounds for believing the deceased to have committed suicide . She was the daughter of Jane Barman , who is an inhabitant of Maidstone , and who had been in service . She was , according to her mother ' s account , of very good character , her principal failing being an irritable temper , which frequently induced her to answer her mother in a

      manner unbecoming her as a daughter . She had been out of service ten weeks , during which time she had been living with her mother . On Tuesday the 7 th instant , she had beard of a place at East Farleigh , and had intended to go to that place and try for it . She had , unfortunately become acquainted with an old Irishwoman , who lived in the neighbourhood , an acquaintance which , for many reasons which need not be stated , was disapproved of by her mother . Frequently words had passed between the deceased and her mother , both on account of this acquaintance , and the irritable manner in which she was at times accustomed to address the younger branches of her famil y . On that day she asked the old Irishwoman to

      accompany her to Farleigh , of which Mrs . Raman expressed her disapproval . The two , however , afterwards went out , and , on their return , the mother of the deceased upbraided her daughter for her conduct . Words of an unpleasant nature ensued , in the midst of which Mrs . Harman desired her daughter not to answer her again , or she would strike her . Deceased again made answer , when the mother , taking up a cup of tea , threw its contents in her face . Deceased wiped her face and got up , opened the door , and went out . For some time she continued walking in front of her mother ' s house , and those of her neighbours , in a most irritable and excited state , repeating the answers to her mother , who threatened if the deceased continued

      to do so she would come out to her . At length the deceased came to her mother ' s doerandsaid , " You will suffer for this , " and then went away in the same state as when she quitted the house . This was about six o ' clock in the evening . She v » as afterwards seen by a boy going through Bone ' s Alley , and this was the last time she was ever seen alive . Nothing more could be ascertained respecting her till between seven and eight o clock on thelGth nstant , when her body was seen floating down the river near the Gibraltar Inn . It was taken out about nine o clock by Mr . l ' earce , the landlord of that house

      , assisted by other persons ; it was then in a very decomposed state , and had apparently been m the river several days . In the pocket of J ^ ffeonn ?! W ^ P " ' P urse Gaining a halfpenny , a knife , and a handkerchief . She had no bonnet or shawl on . During the whole of the exammation the mother appeared much distressed and afflicted , evidently suffering most severely from the circumstances ot her daughter ' s death . At the conclusion ofthe case , the jury , at the . suggestion of the coroner , returned an open verdict- " Found drowned , but how or by what means the deceased came mto tho water , therein no evidence to show . "

      An Airornev Convicted Op Femnv.—At The Q...

      At the same time , however , many of them expressed an opinion that the deceased had committed suicide , Ship Firk at Liverpool . — At about eleven o ' clock on Monday night the patrol ofthe Customs and the watchman of the goods of the Genova discovered a tarpauling , covering the bunker-hatch of the screw steamer Genova , on fire . They immediately spread the alarm of fire , and on getting on board and withdrawing tbe tarpauling , which was four-fold over the grating , an immense volume Of smoke issued from , the engine-room—indeed it was so dense that it was impossible to > . got below . With due precaution , the steward , Mr . M'Arthur , and others present immediately passed the gunpowder , blue-lights , rockets , and other combustibles , on shore , during which time , however , buckets

      were freely used to quell the devouring element . At a few minutes before twelve one of the engines arrived , but was not used , as the hose was attached direct to the main , and , with the head pressure from the Green-lane works , gave ft plentiful and powerful supply of water . As the fire was evidently near the funnel , the outer casing , which is of cast iron , was severed , and a branch brought to bear below . Another branch was afterwards got further forward , where the fire was apparently extending . After the lapse of about half an hour the fire was quelled , but not , we fear , without the destruction by water of a great amount of cargo . The Genova is one of M'Kean and M'Larty ' s line of screw steamers , and was to have sailed that morning . It is supposed the firo originated from the spontaneous combustion of some oily cotton waste in the engine-room . — Liverpool Standard .

      A Fanatic—George Deacon , a religious enthu < siast , or rather a monomaniac , known in Tar ' mouth as " The Prophet , " having created a disturbance by his ravings , jumped into the river in order to escape from the police who wanted tc take care of him . He declared that he was the chosen one of the Almighty , that the Bible told him to " flee from the ungodly , " and that it was impossible that he could sink ! It was only by great exertions that some men who were hear were able to rescue him . . He had with him about £ 20 in gold and silver . He was taken to the station house , and the nest day examined by the parish doctors with the view of having him confined , but it seems that he is again at large .

      Sedglk ? . —Caption to Miners . —On Monday last an inquest was held by T . M . Phillips , Esq ., coroner , at the Green Dragon , Upper Gornal , on the body ot Thomas Oakley , a boy thirteen years of age , employed at a stone pit at the Deepdale colliery , belonging to Mr . B Gibbons , jun . It appeared from the evidence of William Bradley , another boy employed in the same pit , that the de ceased had several times taken hold of the skip as it was ascending the shaft , and dropped from it when it was a few yards up . On Thursday last he was at work filling a skip , and when it was drawn up laid hold of it , and continued hanging from it until the skip was within a few yards of the top of tho pit ; he then let go , and fell with great violence to the bottom of the pit , about thirty-seven yards . One of his thighs was broken , and he was other who so much injured that when he was taken up he was dead . Verdict , " Accidental Death . "

      Narrow Escape . —An accident , which might have been attended with serious loss Of life , occurred on Sunday last . A party of four persons , from Carwardine , near Madley , arrived in a vehicle at tbe ford at By ford , with the intention of crossing the . water at that place . The water being then upoif . the rise , one of the party called to a person onthe opposite side to know if the place was fordable . Mistaking tbe answer returned , the parties drove on , but when near the bank on the Byford side the of stream turned the horse round , and the whole were carried down , At some distance below the vehicle caught upon a " stub , ' / and the boatman from Byford having brought his ' boat to their assistance , the four persona were rescued . The vehicle became free of its entanglement , when the force of the stream having turned it round , it floated down tbe river , drawing the horse with it , and the valuable animal becoming chocked , sank with the vehicle , and was drowned .

      The Fbimlev Murder . —Hamilton , who was admitted as Queen ' s evidence in the Frimley murder case , is enjoying the sea breezes , under the surveillance of the Brighton police . It is said he is waiting for a free passage to Australia , which has been promised him .

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      Strakge Case Of Child Murder.—On The 10t...

      Strakge Case of Child Murder . —On the 10 th inst . a man who bag since been ascertained to hold a respectable situation in Glasgow called upon an undertaker in Main-street , Gorbals , and purchased a child ' s coffin , desiring at the same time that ground for tho interment should be prepared in the Old Gorbals burying ground . On the following night ho called at the same place , carrying the coffin , which was then screwed down , and stating that he would return alone on Saturday evening and bring the body . As the circumstance looked suspicious , the undertaker gave information to the police , by whom the coffin was taken to the

      fi x ation . When opened it was found to contain the body of a full-grown male child , presenting , however , black " marks upon the lips . A post mortem exammation waa ma < te by Drs . Easton and Anderson , which leaves no doubt that death was the result of suffocation , and from the marks upon the lips there is little doubt that death has been caused by the process named burking . The man was apprehended when he returned for tho interment , and states that the body was sent to him in a railway parcel by his niece , a young woman in Perthshire , and ofthe truth of this statement there is no doubt . Information has accordingly been sent to the Perthshire authorities , and measures will be tnken for the girl ' s apprehension .

      Potato Disease . —The potato disease , we are sorry to learn , is spreading to a serious extent in this neighbourhood . Several instances have come to our knowledge in which not above a sixth , and in others not above a tenth , of the crop will be saved . The ravages of the disease appear to be almost equally severe whether the potatoes are stored in pits or kept on floors exposed to the air . Should the same state of things prevail in other parts of the country , the poor must suffer much from the scarcity during the approaching winter . — Berwick Warder .

      Failure .-A further failure in the north has been announced , the house being that of Messrs . Robert Anderson and Sons , of Leith . They were connected with the Baltic trade , and had a large business and good credit . Tho event is understood to have been caused by the recent stoppage of Messrs . Boyd and other Glasgow firms .

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      Meeting Of The Dkfkncr Association.—The ...

      Meeting of the Dkfkncr Association . —The first public meeling ofthe Catholic Defence Association was held on Friday , in the hall of the Mechanics ' Institute , for tho purpose of " adopting the rules prepared by the sub-committee for the guidance of the new organisation , promulgating ' the objects' of the Association , and defining the means by which it is intended to effect the great end of the Catholic Confederation . " In the requisition it was stated that the meeting would be held at twelve o ' clock , but the attendance was so exceedingly thin at that hour , as to necessitate a short postponement of the

      proceeding " . At a quarter to one o ' clock , however , their being no likelihood of a larger attendance , tbe business of the meeting was proceeded with , although not more than 100 persons were present , includine some twenty ladies , who occupied a limited portion of the gallery . None of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church were in attendance at the commencement of the meeting , and the platform was then , for the most part , filled with members of the Roman Catholic laity . The thinness of the meeting has been accounted for by the circumstance that the advertisement convening it announced that none but members of the association were to be admittedi whilst com «

      paratively but very few persons resident in Dublin had yet secured for themselves that distinction , by much the larger portion of those who had entitled themselves to be called members , by paying in their subscriptions , being ecattered over England and the provinces . The demand for a shilling at tbe door to obtain admission to the cheapest part of the room restrained , no doubt , the curiosity of many who might have been led to visit the meeting without any wish for the honour of membership . Judging , therefore , from the attendance , the affair might be pronounced a failure . Among these on the platform , at the early part of the proceedings , were Sergeant Shee , John Reynolds , M . P ., Sir Simon Bradgtreet , J . M & »« "i Esq .. R » . N . WaMi .-p . P „ Rev . Mr Marshal , R . Kelly , Esq ., Wm . Keoeh Eso M P . '

      J . aauieir , MP T . Reynolds , city marshal , Rev ! fcm Pra D ^ rederick Lucas , Esq . [ tablet ) Hon . Srt T h ? l ' i . k is nk Gormanston presided . The organs of the Association allege that the meeting was meant to consist only of guinea fiT ^ T ' M . dth the ^ ork of organisation is 5 tn « i « P ldly * . ? he " Tab H" however , rails nLn , t A T tteo for mismanagement , and uiges that the prelates should be kept supreme and conspicuous . * APainfu- i , Occurrence , with which the names a ! n ° , ur hl 8 h le S functionaries are accidentally mixed up , occurred a few davs since in the vicinity of Cavan . The circumstance , " which resulted X , »! ath of a Pmekeener , or bailiff , named bharles Murtagb , is thus related by the correspondent of a Dublin paper : — "Mr . George Henry Itughea , her Majesty ' s Solicitor for Ireland , has lately become possessed of some uronertv . called

      Cornadrung , near the village of Scraby , situate ten miles south-west of Cavan , upon which there is a shooting lodge , to which he invited the Right Hon . James Henry Monahan , Chief Justice of the Com . mon Pleas , Mr . Hughes , a Dublin solicitor : Mr .

      Meeting Of The Dkfkncr Association.—The ...

      Gibbon ; barrister / his brother , and bm ^^ i ' to en , oy the rural f parts Of the ttal *™ J *< dv , tho Mth inst the Chtef . J «« £ ^^; i , } General proceeded to , amuse themselves in ° 4 with greyhounds , while Mr . Gibbon Ir ^' A amusement of snipe shootine ami „ - . erred II ceeded for that puVpose T } " ifflffl * " * i the property of a Mr . Hatton , who ° 2 $ >* " m England which he lately purel & ? ""* 5 Young , in tbe Encumbered Estatw fv „ f a Jli ' imagining that it belonged t « S & > ^§ of hny over whose property he had | ib eru ' , S refused to leave the ground when orS - 8 h ° ot and peremptory manner , so to do bv a ^ a r «« 6 who thereupon , without further parf ? , * de ( W rushed at and seized hold of Mr G ' ceren J 0 flt from him . A tussle then en ™ . ' . ! * s ^ ' to fniW : '

      ground , when the piece , which « , 00 tVem ««* went off , and took effect in the left \ ful 1 cook ceased , shattering it in a dreadful L , of ttle lb of the charge also tore the trowserg « f v ? and M \ without doing much bodily in jMy ?' Mr- G ., but peasantry were attracted to the scene kYT er of the tion and report of tbe firelock ; one of . h ' ** that the deceased had been wounded J notn , finding G . and threw him into a bog hole / whW M * £ 100 to them to allow him to escape u offe « tl pulled out of it , but was immediately abL th « a by one of the sons of deceased and detai > p /" ^ tody for some time , but was ultimately r ™ ln J caE ' set at liberty by a number of the tena nts JS ?* ""* citor-General ( his brother-in-law ) , who , C , * f ?* . wards arrived at the scene of action . <* £$ ?' Justice and Solicitor-General did not heat f lef " transaction until some time after it had 11 they being at some distance from the sceneW time , a hill intercepting their view of the p » l -r ? deceased , notwithstanding that a medical etn , li was prompt in attendance , languished until ft ? lowing day ( 15 th ) , when he died . Verdict- .. / 0 ?* dentaldeath . " The transaction has created a 7 ^ 1 sensation in the neighbourhood . st £ at Doings in the West . op InELA . sp .- Undet ithead the following extraordinary statement h » t ,, in "Saunders ' s News Letter ' of Thursday , n , u

      authority or a correspondent residing , in thevilU of Rowstone : — "There has . been a school estf blished for some time in the above village , UDj . ' the superintendence of the Rev . Mr . Dallas « . sisted by the Rev . Mr . Ashe , resident curate which the children , both Protestant and Rni ,. Catholic , are instructed in reading , writing I } - and portions of the Scriptures read daily n has incurred the displeasure of the priest ' aml v coadjutor ; but it has been confined until the i ! few days to altar denunciations , and an o «« u 5 assault on the children attending the schZl which the stick has been more than onee ff „ . S into requisition . The parents , however , not findini , wio eucuis

      pruuuueu commensurate with the cur « i » —no withered arm , no death of caule & e ' I s severed in allowing their children to ' attend Z school . The priest was determined this state nf things should not last , and thought It tttcemll to have recourse to more stringent measures- h « accordingly stationed himself in the vicinity of ' tta School-house to prevent the entrance of the child ren , and punished some of the younger ones bv pulling their ears and otherwise maltreating tfcera forcing them by such means to give a prom ts ft » they would not attend the school in future ! He was very properly expostulated with for this coj . duct by one of the teachers , whom he struck . Thj poor man very naturall y made resistance , and ia self-defence gave the priest either a push or a bio * in return . The town has been in consequence ina state of great excitement , hooting , shouting , and

      stoning every person suspected of being a ' jumper , ' nor is this confined to that class alone , as a gen fe man totally unconnected with any party , tta only offence being a Protestant , in fact a total stranger , who it is stated has been residing here for the joint purpose of health and amusement , was violently assaulted in the streets in the middle of the day , and would have been seriously injured but for tfca interference of a few of the better conducted intij . bitants , with the timely assistance of that very efficient officer , Head-constable WUks , who , during a Ions residence , has done his duty with such ira . partiality as to call forth the unqualified approbation of all parlies . The day but one . afterwards the teacher made his appearance in the street , when he

      was assaulted with stones and other missiles , and would , in all human probability , have been murdered but for the intervention of the police . It is but justice to add that the people are naturally pint and well-disposed , and are determined that their child « ren shall receive that education of which they them > selves feel so much want , in despite of the ueuuitt tions of the priests . " Tenant Right . —Tiie Marquis of Lonuonderrr , ' having learned that a tenant-right meeting is about to bo held on his property at Newtovmariis , has adopted the somewhat arbitrary proceeding of is « suing the following notice to his tenantry - . —" Me «

      moraadum for office . Tower of Garron , October 13 th , 1851 . —Understanding there is to be a taml . league meeting at Newtonards , I hereby maka known to tbe tenant farmers on my estate , that those who think proper to attend , or take part fa such meeting , shall never receive from me iore < after the tenant-right always hitherto enjoyed an ! granted to them by my ancestors and myself . —YuS LondoKdebby . " The committee charged w ; S making preparations for the meeting havo replM to this notice by the following resolution ' . — " W , this committee have heard read with surprise ad indignation the foregoing manifesto—that they Aw

      not doubt its authenticity , and cannot but recatd it as worthy of Lord Londonderry . At the snma time they take leave to consider the issuing of such a circular as an infringement of the free action ati civil rights of his tenant farmers , which they rccoEmend them to resist with spirit , by attending m > versally the meeting on Tuesday next ; and tta committee submit that these proceedings on tie part of landlords amount to such an invasion of & i liberty of freemen as to call loudly on the government and tho legislature for such a tenant-rigtt measure as will put an end , once and for evcr . to such acts of attempted despotism . —( Signed ) U »< Moore , M . D ., Chairman . "

      Emighation . —The " Waterford Chronicle" sat ? , " We have been informed by a highly vespectawa gentleman who has taken some trouble ( o . isw * tain the fact that a certain number of the ymnf in the Mars steamer last week for Liverpool w route for America ) had with them the largo sunioi £ 6 , 300 . If we assume that the remainder o f w » oassencers ( more than one half ) , had hall tW- ««> > it would amount to £ 10 , 000 , or at the rate of J ; ' a million perannum . " The " Tuaro Herald rt «« that tbe drain of emigration for the vicinity ou ^ town , proceeds as extensively as ever , ana i ^ money amounting in the aggregate to a _ co - ' derable sum , is received from persons m Amen « by each mail , to enable their friends at home rejoin them beyond the Atlantic .

      Incbndiart Outragb . ~ On Saturday D ' # ' & about midnight , a house was observed to heon m in Windniill-Iane . Tbe neig hbours werei raw diately alarmed , and gave assistance . ! ' « . was quenched by pulling down the tnatcu i There was no water nearer than thc Boyne . *¦ is more than a quarter of a mile away . , place is very populous , having a gi ' eat """ ,,.,, houses crowded together , and Mr . walsn T large store convenient to tho lane full of i " ^ matory materials , and if this building had eaUfe fire the result would have been very calann ;' We believe the property belongs to F . "ft .. Lei »'' Esq ., who is an indulgent landlord , and m > J . deserve tbe ill-will of any . There is no ^ aK ' the outrage was maliciously perpetr ated- * cumstance which wo deepl y regret , as t & e . luirinn nf pv 51 pv . imnlfl is sure to sorefldi } .. ' *' .

      the third incendiary fire in this locality *< " •" very short period . —Drogheda ConsermUvt , The IkavRBi . —Tho wheat , oaten , and wj ) crops , although gathered in housed , or » cKCU ^ considered , on tho whole , a fair average . ^ , late cereal crops , in the stock , and some unr i in exposed situations , have suffered 8 erI 0 U T s i-, $ * tho protracted humidity of thc weather , w , crop , particulars in Ulster , is f avourably hi . The general failure ofthe potato crop is *>" atonc-third . In Ulster it is one half . ioB The GovKHKMExr Anxwtiks . — The "J ^ g against the repavment of advances eti" jrt . to afford almost ' tbe only item of nev « « J ' p

      iana . ine toiiowmg ptatemens « " - " . ' ; i e c 3 sc » course government mean to adopt in | ( futile indebted Irish unions is put V ^ Ll i » ward in the "Evening Mail" of Mondaj » fc ^ rf circumstances considered , the concessit , ( \\ b goes as far as could have been « spM" - j ^ at have reason to believe that the M' 7 „ W 1 ttIifl length arrived at a determination as t « * r 3 < m they w'ril adopt in reference to the ton .. stt ji nuities impost . They will not consent u > fce lDro postponement of the claim ; but they £ » g flf , te consideration tho means aud circum- ^ ^ io individual unions respectively , an .. the m ° ? ; which they know an attempt to 1 ®^ tofi » at , » 5 would not produce enough to pay tnqco » ; #

      it , they will remit altogether a P " " * t , Di , ^ claimed . The details have , we " rro « er , | f £ submitted to the consideration of W' . | , j « i » chief Poor Lnw Commissioner , » n ^ v Jgd . " / " port , a Treasury minute will be r , t , lC jr cW » guardians of the Gort union , headed D ) 0 { man ( Mr . T . Joyce ) , Lord Gort , and - < lSt leading gentry of the district , " SioV . 3 their determination not to levy the a « jUli U towards the payment of the go « rn"i Lord V % -at least until the demand made »} . t hit shall have been complied with , , na » '' ? % { guardians shall first be furnished wj ^» v business-like bill of particulars . j » * nCi W t the celebrated unions of Kilrusli- ^ arjy si »> ic g leur , chairman—havo arrived at ' ? ofC 0 '' conclusion with regard to the impoi"v with the demand of the Treasury .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 25, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25101851/page/6/