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      TfEAMHOF L'Jxdos . —The health of London was lia ! week rather below the average . The deaths flf 1 , 097 persons were reaister .-d , of whom onl y 200 bad attained tUo ate of 60 . 49 l > were children under 15 years of a ^ e , : md 39 i « . v « re in tho middle period Mi life . Tin ? : « 5 c of o : i <; persmi was not suited . The deaths of males ( ofid ) exceeded the deaths of females ( 521 ) <« y 41 . The mrths of 1 , 572 children v-re rcgi-servd , and ihe ( 735 ) exceeded the boys { 742 } by 43 . Ciiolera is decre wing ; it was only foal to 7 persons , 5 children and 2 adults , in the week ; whereas in tbe five prece-iintf weeks the deaths from ibis dis 4 * se were 23 , 19 . 28 , 17 , 17 Diarrhoea is returned ; w tbe cause of 97 deaths ; 67 in children , 30 in ariult « . Sotoil-pox was fatal in

      23 cases , meases in 13 , hoop ing-cough in 19 . S ^ irlatina is increasin g : it was in tbe last five ve-ks the cause of 18 . 20 , 29 , 21 , a « H 41 deaths The moifcaiiiv from typhus A » s gmduMly increased ; about 3 « j * reons died of the iever weekly m June and tho uet fuiiiin ? of July . The deaths ro . > e to SO weekly in Aug u-t . In tha present month the disease has -to *! ' still more fat ii , u < i * l last week it destroyed tf " e l- 'ves of 67 person *—24 children , 5 old people , nnd 33 ; crsoiis in the prime of life . Aii increase of this foi'ai '< l * ble epidemic is to b * - ' apj = rehen'led . 13 women died in cbiMbirth , 4 of them © : metria or chilUoircb fev ^ r ; 2 de uhs were referred to bums and scald * , 3 jo h : > njtiug , 9 drowning , 11 to fractures , 1 to wound * . 1 % & of the dAths in London occurred in public institutions ;

      124 in workhouses , 5 in military and navala > yJuuis , 42 in hospitals , S in lunatic asylums , 3 in military and naval hospitals , and 4 in prisons . The births of 743 boys and 785 girls , in all 1 , 527 children , were registered in the week . Tho average of 6 corresponding weeks w- 1845 50 was 1 , 252 . At the Itoyal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the barometer iu ihs week end : ng the 20 th of September was 30 19 u in . T . , e nifem temperature of the week wa 357 " 3 deg ., which is the average of the corresponding week for the last , ten years . The temperature ou Sunday had a r-ju ^ e of 33 degrees . The maximum of the week was on this day , vis ,, 72 ' 4 deg . and the minimum-likewise on the same day , viz ., 391 deg . The horizontal movement of tbe air was about 70 uiue . s a d ;« y , chiefly from the

      nort- ' i-west . Fires . —A fire attended with a serious destruction of property , br < jke out ia the extensive manufacturing premises belonging tu Mr . IJownie . carver , gilder , and pfcrare frame m-Jtw , IS . Monat-street , witu-n a door or two of the Swimming Births in the Westminster Hoaii , Lambeth , on Saiurdiy night last . In spite ofthe stn-nueas exertic ns ofthe firemen , it was past one o clock on Sunday morning before the flames were wholly extinguished , and not until the buildings in which they commenced were entirely destroyed , aud the front premises , including the show rooms and dwelling house , partially destroyed . Fottunate ' r Mr . Don-Die was partially insured in tbe

      London Fire-office . The origin of the fire is unknoWii . —Two other fires happened on the same evenib ! :, namely , iu Culliugwood street , Brtlsnil Green , and in Gxford-s ! rest ; the former it is feared will terminate ' . ataliy , having originated in the bed room of Mr . He th . N * j . 13 , where his daughter , a fine little gin i . tii yeara of age , was askep . When extricated from the burning apar-ment she was found to be shockingly burned all ' over her body ; the sufferer was immediately taken to the London Hospital , where the remains iu a . bope ' ess condition . The ot ! -., i-. - nre took place iathe shop of Messrs . Collin " , at No . 232 , through an e-cape of gas- It was fortunately quickly subdked . » - -

      FRIOHTFUL AeciDkNT . —On tbe 19 th inst . a me Is & cbuiy accUeut occurred in the Oity to Mr . Francis Field , a cashier in the Bank uf Eu / land . 'The unfortunate gentleman was ou his way to the Bank , and while crossing Princes-street , towards ThrCadnGedlcstr-jet , he ' was knocked down by the horses attached to a heavily laden waggon , and before the driver could stop the vehicle tho near wheels passed over his xi-ht leg , and afterwards across his loins . Some of tb-j ioot passengers raised him up , 'but he was found iivsr - . usibfe , ami must iearfully injured . The injured geiiUcmsa was conveyed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , when it wo ? ascertained that tbe unfortunate Sufferer bad sustained s compound fracture of the right leg , a « i severe external contusions . Two ribs

      werefractin-d , and lucre was uo doubt trom the symptoms thai he had received extensive injury . ANOPHER SCAFFOliD AccinKNT IN Pxmlico . —On tL 19 th inst . an accident of a shocking nature occurred at the corner of Tachbrook-street and Belgif've-road , Pimlico , from the breaking down of a scftiFild upon wiiich some men were at work . It appears that Mr . Grigg , a builder , is erecting three h j- » ses between the cud * of the above-named streets , auri immediately facing the entrance to the Equitable Gas Works , near Vauxball Bridge . They are five stones , or over fifty feet high , and nearly eighty feet iu length . The plasterers , consisting of three men ar .-i two keys , had just finished making the plaster eoruice which projects from ilieside of the parapet ,

      and had commenced work a little lower dawn , where they had not been long engaged when the whole of the fresh cornice , extending its entire length , fell instantly in one piece , carrying the whole of the staae with it , and , snapping the slight scaffold poles like matchwood , precipitated all who were standing on it to the ground aiuong the bricks and rubbish—* labourer who was working underneath narrowly eisaping with a cur finger . Their fall baring been ok-ervt-d , assistance wag immediately procured , and { be sufferers oa being extricated were conveyed to a surgeon ' s ia the street , who sent them to the hospital- —two to S » . George ' s and one to the Westminster ; ihe remaining two were taki ninto Mr . Smyth ' s , the I ' crseverdnee public house , opposite , when Mr .

      JVioore . suigeou , of lieaborough Place , was auremittiaz in his attention to the worst case—that tif one ol tb * boj-e , aaaicl Carroll , the son of a puor Irish la-ourer , residing in Toihill-sircet , "Westminster , wasre the Isd uasauice been taken in a very precark-Jis state . Mr . Grigg , the builder , rendered eiery possible assistance in procuring cabs aud other conveyance's . —Ou Monday afternoon an inquest was opciiftd before Mr . Bedford , the Coroner for Wesimi ^ sier , and a respectable jury , at the Westminster Hospital , on the bodies of John Knowles , aged foi ' . y-nine , and Patrick Carroll , aged fourteen , who lo £ t tuek lives by the above accident . After a careful investigation , the jury returned a verdict to the effect , " That the persons met their deaths by accidental causes , but that they considered great blame was attached to the builder , for not taking sufficient precautions to ascertain the weight on the cornice . " - _ ShocKISO Accidbst Ukar a Railway . —On

      Saturday afternoon , shortly after three o ' clock , an accident terminated the liie of Mr . John Edward Collins , residing in Francis-street , Westminster ; in tie following manner;—The deceased gentleman .. was driving a gig and pony ia Plough-lane , Baitersea , which leads down over the rails of the South-Western Railway , and he there fouud the gates closed , as a train was expected to pass . He stopped and got out of bis gig , leaving his grandson ( a little boy ) sitting upon the seat . The signal man cautioned the deceased to look after the pony , as the train would probably frighten the animal as it passed . ^ The unfortunate gentleman was in the act of stepping into the gig when the train passed , the noise of which startled the posy , and it instantly turned round , and he was thrown violently upon bis head . On being raised from the ground ho was found to be quite insensible , an J be scon afrerwards expired * .... The . body ofthe debased wa g removed to the Union Workhouse in

      B . ' . rersea , to await the inquest . Melancholy Death op Madame Sobxlier . — Tbe .- udaen demise of this lady , ouce the must celebr ~ ied in her profession—coupled with the serious acc : < Lut that occurred at Asdey ' s a few evenings previously to her daughter , Madlle . Clementina Soullier , a most talented and fascinating ecuyere , by being throwa from berhorse and dislocating her c » llar fene—has created a painful sensation among the cq wstrian corps both at tbe Hippodrome and Astley " - -. In tbe enjoyment of apparently excellent health , she was suddenly seiVd with a fit on the evening of Thursday , at half-past six , and at eight

      o ' clock was a corpse , leaving ten children to mourn ber loss . The deceased was in her forty-sixth year . SnnDBN Death os an Omnibus . —Mr . Wakley heM an inquest on Monday morning at the Workhouse , Gray ' s-inn-lane , on tbe bod y of Thomas ilugiieg , who , it appeared , was taken ill while riding on an omnibus on the 18 th inst . The deceased held a situation in a wholesale tea warehouse in the City . The evidence of Mr . Wren , the surgeon , who had made a post mortem examination of the body , it appearcd , went to prove that death wm occasioned by a disease of the heart , under which the subject of their inquiry had laboured for some time . Verdict accordingly .

      Akothkr Garottk Robbery . —On Sunday nig ht Mr . "Williams , of Goawell-street , was attacked in Old-street Road , Shoredii cb , by gome ruffians , who placed some instrument round his neck and squeezed Jnm so tightly that he became insensible , and whilst w that state took from his pockets a £ 40 and a £ 30 Bank of England Note , £ 310 s . in gold , and 15 s . 6 d . m silver , afterwards getting cle „ r away with their booty , m . Williams is onl y able to describe one of His assailants , a young man about twenty-five , fair « omplexion , and wearing black clothes .

      Mysterious Death . —On the 19 th instant Mr . Bedford held an inquest in the board room of the Strand onion , on the bndy of Bebecca Freeman , aged twenty-two , a single woman , of Cirencester , in ^ Jioucestersbire . The deceased on the previous Tuesday came np to London , with a young man who was keeping her company and four other friends , in order to view the Great Exhibition . After walking about E > -e town for several hours they finally went to tbe . Marquis of Anglesea tavern , Bow-street , where the man hired a bed for deceased and himself . In ihe i-norainjr she was found in a perfect state of slupor , from which she never recovered . The surgeon vim had been called in to attend her said that he had ope ej the body , and was of opinion that she had

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      died from epileptic coma , which might have been caused by excitement . Robert Bridges , a carpenter , of Cirencester , having detailed the various places be , in company with deceased , bad visited on the day they arrived in London , added that they occupied separate beds . This was flatly contradicted by Mr . Howard , the landlord of the hous ? , and also his wite , who stated the man only hired one bed . There were certainly two beds in the room , but only one bad been lain in . The coroner aud jury said that < key did not believe what the man Bridges had stated . It certainly was a most distressing Vase , and if the man had spoken falsely after being sworn he was adding sin to sin . The jury , in the absence of further evidence , returned a verdict of "Death from Natural Gausen . "

      Suicide m B 4 tterse & -fikl D 3 . —Op Monday afternoon , between tbe hours of two and three o ' clock , a person who was crossing Battersea-Selds , observing the body of a man lying as if asleep , he called to the recumbent person , and warned him that bis bat would be stolen , but not receiving any answer , he approached , nnd upon turning over the body , found it quite inanimate , and ntar it a pool of blood . The unhappy man " had laid the muzzle of a pistol ( which was found near him ) to his heart , and shot iiiraaelf . Death mnst have been instantaneous Upon bis person were found balf-a-crown and some coppers , and a letter without a signature or direction . Deceased is apparently between twenty and rliiny years i > f age .

      Euiohawos . —On Monday a meeting of 300 emigrants was held on the dsck of the Athenian , a harque-rijiged vessel ol ' 670 tons , now I > ihg in the East India Docks , for the purpose of bearing addresses from the Earl of Shaftesbury and other friends of emigrants , before leaving tbeir native shores The Athenian is bound for Sydney ; her " tveeen decks are seven feet in height , and her sides are lined with Cilbins , of which each family occupies one , ' proportioned toits size . The proceedings of the day were marked by great cheerfulness and bore .

      Escape of Another Convict . —On Monday in « formation was received by the metropolitan police that another convict , named James Ashley , had effected bis escape from the Justitia hulk at Woolwich . He found some means of procuring a digaiiisa , as he left his convict suit of grey behind him . Ashley was convicted of burglary , Oct ' . ZS , 1848 , at the Central Criminal Court , and sentenced . ; to ten years ' transportation . He is well known "itf Hammersmith , Brompton , and Chiswick . '''' ; '"' Liability , op Railways . —Shoreditch ' County Courf . —Homes a . the East and West India Dock

      Junction Company . —On Saturday last an action was brought by the plaintiff against tbe defendants'to r .-Over the sum of £ 1 Is ., as compensation for the partial destruction of a Malacca walking cane . The plaintiff said he was travelling to Black wall by . tbe defendant ' s railway . The do ;> r was apparently . shut when the train started , but it soon , afterwards flew open , and bis stick fell out , and was run . over by the wheel of . ' the carriage . The stick Ws worth mora than £ 1 . Is ., and it . wasa favburiteebmbahiph in his summer rambles . The judge said it was' evi- ; dent tbe door bad not been properly fastened , as it had opened shortly after the traiu had started ; consequently the duty of the railway servants had been negligently performed , and the plaintiff was entitled to the judgment of the court . As , however , the

      stick bad only been partially injured , he would award = . he sum of half-a-guinea . Seizure of Four Tons of Soap . —A very extensive seizure of soap , illicitly manufactured , amounting to nearly four tons , has just been made by Mr . D . Scott , Supervisor vf Inland Revenue , and Mri J . Bridges ; Inspector of the Thames Police , on the premises of a large soap manufacturer in the neighbourhood of Whitechapel . The proprietor of , the premises is a regular licensed soap maker in' a very extensive way of busjue ? s , but having been indicted upon two former occasions , he has been subjected to a very careful supervision independently of the officers who are always employed on the premises during the process of manufacturing . It is CUStohiary when the revenue officers leave a soap manufactory

      j tbat all tbe fires under the boiling coppers should he extinguished , and the ] coppers locked down in the presence of the officers , a label being placed inside a hasp covering the keyhole of the loeK , tOshOW whether it had been tampered with or attempted to be opened in tbeir absence . Certain appearances vHble in the manufactory after the departure of the officers , determined them to make an inspection , and a few days since , at a late hour , they gained admission to the outer yard in the most cautious manner , but , notwithstanding , before they could reach the interior ofthe manufactory an alarm was given , and on their entrance the whole of the . workmen bad disappeared , but were subsequently found -secreted in various places by the officers . They soon , found that under the coppers tbat had for some hours been

      iockeil down , the Br « s were relighted , and all matr , tera were prepared for full operation . The locks of the coppers remained undisturbed , and this fact is the most mysterious part of the matter . Tbe proprietor , who was present , was much astounded at tbeir visit , and objected to the officers . making any examination without a warrant , but eventually he offered no obstruction . They then commenced a diligent and rigid search which was continued for a long time , but b .-yond the matter above referred to they could find nothing of an illegal character . They at last turned their attention to a bookcase , which occupied a corner of the room , the , upper part of which was open , but the lower half , reaching to the floor , was locked . They demanded that it should be opened , and after some reluctance this was acceded

      lo . The officers then observed a diagonal mark on ' the flooring , and in a short time ascertained that the beards were lose , and on removing them they found a quantity of bags and other lumber , which . were * oon taken out , when a hole , sufficiently large to admit a man through , was found cut in an adjoining wall . One of the officers then with a light explored it , and after passing through a passage he discovered that it led into the cellars of the adjoining house ,, which was also in the occupation ofthe same proprietor , ostensibly used as a depository for lumber . In the front cellar three frames were found filled with soap , ready for cutting up into bars , and in the

      back cellar two other frames containing soap that bad been recently made , amounting together to about four tons , the duty upon which would amount to £ 70 . How the soap was obtained from : the boilers remains up to the pre .-ent / moraent a complete mystery , as all the fastenings were perfectly secure , and the lock itself , even with the proper keys , could not be opened without the knowledge of the surveying officers , who have never discovered . any fracture in the label which it is . necessary to make before the key is introduced ; It is impossible to say how long these frauds have been carried on , but a twelve-month ' s working would be sufficient to defraud the . revenue of several thousand pounds . ' .

      . An Aokd SiGHT-SKERi—On Tuesday , among the visitors at the Mansion House was Mary Callback , eighty-four years of age , who had travelled , on foot from Penzance , carrying a basket on her . bead , with the object of visiting the Exhibition , and of . paying her respects personally to tbe Lord Mayor aud Lady , Mayoress . As soon as tbe ordinary business was finished , the aged woman entered the justice room , when the Lord Mayor addressing her said , " Well , I understand Mrs . Callinack , you have come to see me ? " She replied , " Yes , God bless you ; I never was in such a place as this ; I have come up asking for a small sum of money—I am eighty-four . "—The

      Lord Mayor : " Where do you come from I" Mrs . Callinack : "From tbe Land ' s End . "—The Lord Mayor : ' * What part ? " Mrs . Callinack : " Pen , zance . ' ' . She then Stated that she left Penzance five weeks ago , and had been the whole of this time walking to the metropolis . —The Lord Mayor : * ' What induced you to come to London ? " Mrs . Callinack : " I had a little matter to attend to as well as to see tbe Exhibition . I was there yesterday , and mean to go again to-morrow . "—The Lord Mayor : " What do you think of it ? " Mrs . Callinack : " I think it ' s very good . " ( Much laughter ) . She then said that all ber money was spent but fiveptnee . After a little further conversation which caused

      considerable merriment , the Lord Mayor made her a present of a sovereign , telling her to take care of it , there being a good many thieves in London . The poor creature on receiving the gift burst into tears , and said , " Now 1 shall be able to get back , " She was afterwards received by the Lady Mayoress , with whom she remained a long time ; and having par taken of tea in the housekeeper ' s room , which she preferred to the choicest wine in the kingdom , and which latter beverage she had not tasted for sixty years , returned thanks for the hospitality she had received , and left the Mansion House for one more visit to tbe Exhibition , aud then to her native home . Shoreditch New Almshouses . —On Tuesday afternoon the first stone of the Almshouses opposite St . Mary ' s Church , Haggerstone , for twenty poor

      aged females , was laid by tne Lord Mayor . Spacious tents , most tastefully decorated , were erected , and a great concourse of people assembled to witness the ceremonv . Tbe proceedings were admirably managed . It is estimated that £ 1 , 620 will be r < quired to pay for the land and build tbe houses ; £ 804 towards this amount was collected on the 1 st September , leaving a deficiency of JW 16 , which it is expected will be soon realised , as subscriptions come in fast . The following words are inscribed on the stone : — "The first stone of these Almshouses for twmty poor aged women of the parish of St . Leonard . Shoreditch , was laid by tbe Right Hon . tbe Lord Mayor , Sir John

      Musgrove , Bart , on the 23 rd of September , 1851 . Blessed is he tbat consideretb the poor . " Death ibom Fusions Driving . —On Monday evening Mr . W . J . Payne , the deputy coroner , resumed an inquiry at tbe Crown Tavern , Blackfriargroad , respecting tbe death of Jane Susannah Eagle , aged two years , who was run overand killed on Thursday week . The deceased was playing with a dog in the carriage waj ; of Wellington-street when a chaise cart , containing two men , came along at a rapid speed , and before the deceased could get out ofthe road she was knocked down and received such serious injuries tbat she expired ia a few minutes

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      afterwards . The driver was called , to by . the fool passengers , but kept on , and got clear away . Mr . Allineham , the summoning officer , stated that he had made every inqujry , that . was , possible , but . had been unable to get the slightest information respecting the pirties who ' drove oyer the deceased . A ereat ' number of . witnesses were examined , when the jury after a short consultation , returned . a verdict of '' Manslaughter " against some person unknown . , . Fires and M iracolops ^ Escape . —A fire of a very alarming character , and nearly attended with the loss of two or / three , lives ,, happened ? at a late hour on Monday night , in , the premises belonging to Mr . 'L . Doxatt , the editor of the Qoserter . newspaper , rp «« iwit'No . 30 , Henrietta-street , Covenl-gardem

      The flames commenced in the : back attic ,. at which time a servant and a young child were asleep hvthe room . The moment the discovery was made an alarm was raised , but ; the fire bad made such progress that it was extremely , difficult for any one , to get to the room in question . Mr . and . Mrs . Clark , who also lived in the house , TUshedthrpugb tbe fire in order to save tbe child and servant ; iri so doing both were ' severely burned over the hands and face . Fortunately the child and servant . succeeded in getting upon the , roof , and having . passed over the next house , they . remained there , until the Royal Society . ' s fire escape came up , when both , were carried down in safety . The flames , were-not extinguished until the top rooms of the house were burned out , the

      staircase destroyed , part of the roof . consumed , and the lower , portion of the dwelling much damaged . by water . The origin ofthe disaster is unknown . Fortunately . Mr . Duxattwas insured in the Sun Fireoffice . Two other fires happened about the same time . One was in the premises belonging to Mr . J . L , Harvey , linendraper , . 50 , Chichester-place , King ' s Cross . It was caused , from the gas light coming in contact with a gr , eat quantity of fancy goods in the ' window ^ , which . were totally consumed , fhe other was at No . 19 , Wych-street , Strand , in the occupancy of Mr . Beresfbrd , picture-framemaker ,-which destroyed a great quantity of the stock in trade and severely damaged the building . Fortunately both parties were insured . , ¦

      Death fhom a Fracmked Jaw . —On Wednesday Mr . Baker , jun ., proceeded with an inquiry at the Bricklayers' Arms , Colling wood-street , Bethnalgreen , relative to the death of William Barry , aged forty-six , a p lumber and glazier ., It appeared that the deceased had a tooth extracted from the lower jaw , some weeks ago . , Shortly after , he went to Mr . Colman , .. Whitochapel-road , surgeon , who found a considerable swelling and inflammation of the lower jaw , for which he prescribed . Deceased discovered subsequently , tbat . his . lower . jaw . was fractured , which he was obliged to tie up , andfrom the effect of which he was unable to take any solids to eat . On tbe . 22 nd ] of July he became an out patient at ' the Metropolitan Free Hospital , where he continued till the 5 th of September . A few days before his death he became an inmate of Guy ' s Hospital , where he died on Wednesday last in a state of great exhaustion . Verdict , '' Natural Death from Debility . "

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      Defalcations op xax uollbctobs . —j . u « ««»»• cations of Mi \ Young , collector of the property and incomo tax ,, have given rise to a new and stringent regulation . Until recently the rule has been not tooall upon the collectors to account more than four times-in a year . Henceforward they will be required to pay up on the 16 th of every month . Mr . Fry the collector of the income and property tax for tbe parish of St . Michael's , received the formal notice , from the commissioners to vay up , on the 16 th inst ., all monies in hand ; but he did not attend to tbe summons , and on inquiry being insti tuted , he was duly reported to the board as having absconded . His defalcation amounts , , we believe , to about Ml ; and the whole sura he ; has to collect in the parish , however strange the assertion may appear , is little more than £ 60 . A warrant is issued for his apprehension . —Hants

      Independent . "• • . Thb American Reaping Machinb . —Thk Challenge AccgrTBD . —M'Cormick's ; reaping-machine , which has received the unqualified approbation of all the leading agriculturists of the kingdom , has challenged all other machines to meet at Martin Middlesborougb , near Stockton-upon-Tees , on the 25 th of September , for trial of capabilities . As the challenge has been accepted , very great interest has been excited , and an : immense attendance of continental visitors , as well as of persons

      connected with the agricultural affairs of the country , will be expected and provided for in the surrounding neig hbourhood . Romanism . —It is stilted that a portion of the parishioners of St Saviour ' s Leeds , who went over to the church of Rome with Messrs . Minster , Ward , Ac , have returned to the church of England , having found the practice of the church of Rome to be very different from its hi g h professions , and offering ] nothing to compensate for the abandonment of the church of their fathers .

      Mimeikgbt Machinery . —On Saturday afternoon , at the September meeting of the Newcastle Farmers' Club , the discussion having closed , on the subject ofthe day , Mr . J . E . Wilkinson amused the members by reading a letter of the 21 st ult ., from Mr . William Huigh , of Huddersfield , offering to supply machines for milking cows . His charge was 10 s , 6 J . per set of four—one for each teat . The operation , he asserted , was performed by the machinery in one-half the usual time ; and no other superintendence was necessary than that of a child stout enough to carry the pail . —Sunderland herald . ¦ . - .. _ ¦

      Fatal Firk . —On Sunday morning a fatal fire occurred at the village , of West Thamer , near Barking , on an off Win belonging to Mr . Nichols . Tbe farm-house was wholly destroyed , and a man named Green , a labourer , who had charge of it , perished in the flames . In the course of tbe forenoon the remains of , the unfortunate man were dug out of the ruins . It was impossible to identify him , tbe remains were so horribly burned . . _ Mr . Roundell Palmer , M . P ., has recently visited his constituents at Plymouth , and it is understood that the honourable gentleman will again contest the borough .,, . Reduction of Rent . —At the recent audit of W .. B . Praed , Esq ., of Tyringham-house , a reduction of ten per cent , was made to the tenantry . And at the audit of Sir R . Throckmorton , a similar reduction was mude in the : rents of his farms at Weston Underwood ..

      . _ . Thb Potato Blioht . —The reports from East and , West Ham , Woodford , Ilford , Barking , and other places , represent the late crops as all more or less affected with the disease . The disease is also said to be communicated by mixing diseased with sound potatoes in sacks forstowage . Destruction of Spumous Taa and Tobacco at the Excise , Oiticb , Liverpool . —On Monday we witnessed the destruction of several large quantities of tea and tobacco , at the Revenue-buildings , in this town . This is as it ought to be ; and we strongly recommend that a strict examination of all tea now . exposed for sale should take place , feeling confident the result would discover tbe fact that tea is most shamefully adulterated . Some time ago a prosecution-took'place here for manufacturing British leaves into imitation tea , but we cannot learn that any steps have been taken to

      prevent " lie tea being imported into this country . What are the Customs thinking of by taking the duty for a compound of filth wholly unfit for use ? We think the public have a right to expect protection in this respect , particularly as the laws of excise and customs are sufficiently ' strong , if carried out , to do so . We are induced to believe tbat the adulteration of tobacco is not so general as that of tea , but we could not have believed that such rubbish as we saw destroyed , could possibly have been manufactured into tobacco . The pruc < tice of dyeing tea is now very generally carried on , and were we to mention the articles used , it would destroy many of the comforts of a cup of tea . But we decline this at present , hoping that those who are guilty will take a friendl y hint . Bice and other articles are now mixed with pepper ; this is another imposition on the public— Liverpool Standard .

      Shocking Occurrence . —A poor fellow , named Job Lee , met with his death on Saturday last , in a most dreadful manner . He was pursuing his avocation as a lime-burner at Eype , near Sherborne , and having wished to force down some lime stones in the kiln , instead of using the usual bar employed for tbat purpose , he jumped on the stone . which sunk with him into the burning mass , ti | B kiln having got hollow , without his being aware of it . His legs and thighs ; to his abdomen were severely burnt , but being immediatel y extricated by his son he survived from eight o ' clock until the evening , when death put an end to his auffurings . S . S . Cory , Esq ., held an inquest on the bod y on Monday , when a verdict of Accidental Death was returned . . - ¦• ¦ •¦ ¦

      Thb Murder ih Jbrsbt . —James Fouquet , who was condemned to death in Jersey for the murder of a man named Derbyshire , has had bis sentence commuted to transportation for life . It appears that the verdict of tlie Jersey jury was that he was more guilty than innocent— plus coupablei que i «« ocent—which in the practice of Channel Island law is somewhat equivalent to the French finding of murder under extenuating circumstances , which was the verdict in the celebrated case of Madame Laffarge . It appeared further that the deceased

      ( Derbyshire ) had come to l'ouquet s house for the purpose of annoyance frequently , and on the occasion of his death bad used threats of violence against Fonqnet . and also against his own wife , who had been separated from him for some time , with his consent , and bad latterly lived with Fouquet as his housekeeper . A very general feeling in favour of the accused in the island led to the invos . tigation of his case , and tho numerous petitions presented in his favour . Feabful Tragedy . —A shocking case of homicide occurred on Saturday night last ill Stretfoid Kew-

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      road Manchester , under somewhat peculiar circumstances . . It , appeares that a' master . builder named Youhkhusband , ' twenty-three years of age , and some of his men , were drinking in the Sir Robert Peel , a small beer-shop . at the corner of Dunham-street * when " some dispute occurred between-him and Thomas Gleeson , a young man ' one of bis workmen . Thje quarrel assumed so disagree-, able a shape tliat You . nghusband left the beerbouse and crossing the road , tied down Leaf street a few ' yards unt ^ came to the butcher ' s shop of Michael Goddard , in Glarendon < 8 treet , where he took shelter . fromitbe fury of his antagonist , -who fiercely pursued , him . ; Unfortunately , the latter was too close '' upon him , and entering the shop

      immediately after , without' a moment 8 hesitation seized a knife which lay on ' -a bloek ; and stabbed his master , in the left breast close upon the heart , inflicting a wound | which proved ifatal in a few minutes . He was , immediately ; appi «' iended . —The prisoner was brought up for examination on Monday , at the Manchester Borough Court , when the followingovidence was adduced : —A woman whokeeps ' a public house ih ' Stretford New-road , ' HulimV ' sitd the prisoner and deceased- were * drinking at iier house on Saturday evening , last , when they , hada dispute as to ; whether Toiinghusband or -another man in'ttieir company . bad been furthest from land . At last the prisoner got up and struck deceased . ' This was the "first blow struck . The prisoner

      wanted to bet a sovereign thai the , oth 6 V man bad been further from la ndtb ' ah Younghuaband bad , but witness picked up the ' money " , ' and would not . ' allow them to bet . The . men then went out and commenced fighting ; '' She saw the prisoner throw ' a stone at a man named Kean when he got outside . Witness did not see anything that took place furr ther ^ but about a quarter of an hour afterwards she was told that Younghuaband had been stabbed . The prisoner was sober , but deceased was drunk . —Win . Kean , a joiner , ' said - he' was present when the dispute took placei Wheri -they went outside the public house to fight j witness told the prisoner be had better fight him . than Toiinghusband , who was a little man ; ' The prisoner then struck ; witness on

      the head with a stone . The prisoner then ran into a butcher ' s shop which was close by , and witness Heard him say , " I'll be that b fs death . " He could not see what took place further , except fh ' st the police came up and toot the prisoner away . —A man named John Holding said he saw the prisoner run into the butcher ' s shop , ' followed by twenty or thirty people : ' Witness went to see what was the matter , and saw the prisoner on the floor ; under the chopping block ; Deceased was pulling him by the hair , and the last witness was kicking him . Witness then saw the prisoner make a thrust . with a pocket knife at deceased , ' who was leaning over him *—Kean , oti being intferrojjated by the magistrate , denied tbat he bad kicked ' tbe prisoner , as

      described by the last- witness . ; Witness was . hot quite sober -at ihe time . —A person named Moses Brown said he was stan'diri g in the butcher ' s ^ shop when the prisoner run into ' it . He had an open knife in his hand . Ho was followed by ' a crowd of people , and Younghusband ( the deceased ) tried to take the knife from him ' . He afterwards saw tbe prisoner on the floor against the chopping block and Kean was'kicking him . Witness saw ' the prisoner at the same time strike twice at the decejased with his knife . ' 1 Deceased was . sitting on the end ofthe block , and fell off it when the prisoner stabbed Kim . Witness then called in a policeman , ' who took the prisoner into custody . —The constable who appre - hended the prisoner said' he found the deceased

      lying on the floor in the butcher ' s shop , and an open knife was lying beside him . —Dr . James Wilkinson said the deceased was brought to his surgery at nine o ' clook on Saturday evening . Life was then nearly extinct , hot hot ' quite . He found a woundi about an inch long ; penetrating the left side of the , heart . He bad not-the sli ghtest doubt that death was caused by this wound . —Theprisoner was committed for trial at the next Liverpool'Assizes . \ Ui > Does . —During the late' sultry weiither the district of the Tyne , to the west of Hexham , has been in a state of great excitement , owing to the ravages of mad dogs . A case of hydrophobia occurred a few days ago at Ridley Hall , near

      Haltwhistle .- The victim was a little girl , a daughter Of the gardener of that place , and as several dogs are supposed to have been bitten , a handbill gives notice that any dogs found going at large unmuzzled will be destroyed . Ship on Fire at Shields . —On the 19 th inst ., a fire broke oufc'in the cabin of the collier brig'Harriefc Most . lying iii the harbour . The fire-engine was speedily alongside the vessel , when by great exertions on the part of the superintendents of the river police , and several other hand ? , ' the fire was got Ulldor , but not Until considerable damage had been done to the cabin and deck of the vessel ; but for the energetic exertions used to extinguish the fire the damage would have been very

      extensive . : The Mavou of Bradford , who is a manufacturer , entertained sixteen of his fellow justices to dinner one day last week , ' who collectively employ 30 , 000 hands at tbeir various works of manufac-¦

      tures . ¦ '" ' We have pleasure in announcing that at a meeting of the creditors , of Messrs . Campbell , Arnott , and Co ., of this town , whose suspension of payment we announced in bur last , an offer of composition , amounting to 13 s . id . in ' the pound upon the entire debts and liabilities of the firm , was unanimously accepted . Messrs . Campbell , Arnott , and Co ., we understand ; will immediately resume business . — Liverpool Chronicle . Manchester is to . be a Cur . —We believe we may announce that , at the private meeting of the

      council on Wednesday week , it was determined , that Manchester should . be a city , and . the , mayor was authorised to take " the . requisite . steps .. for waking application for the grant of her Majesty ' s Royal letters patent , authorising and declaring that henceforth the incorporated borough and town of Manchester should take the name , style " . ; or title of " the City of Manchester . " We understand that the mayor has already made the requisite formal application , and that in a short time wo may legally ami correctly congratulate our . «• fellow citizens " on the civic dignity conferred upon Manchester . — Manches er Guardian . , ,

      Bread Baked by SiBAU . ^ The Plymouth papers contain an account of a- new method of baking bread whichis in operation at Stouehouse , under the ptitentof Mr . Lee ; The bread is pronounced to lie excellent , . and superior to that baked on the old principle . A description of the process will not be found uninteresting . ' When ' the loaves ' are moulded they are placedon carriages and conveyed on railways into the ovens , which are made of oast iron , and placed one above another . The doors being closed , thesteam is then "turned on" from the boiler ,, aud pasMug . through a singularly-formed

      coil of pipes , heated to a high degree in a furnace of resnarkable construction , is by opening the vaivea , admitted to . the ovens , the baking process , from the time of running in the carriages to drawing them out again , occupying from half an hour to an hour and a half , according as the loaves vary in size . There are perforated pipes placed at equal distances inside the ovens , by which means all parts are alike heated . The heat is kept within determinate thermometric limits by the adjustment of the valves ; and the degree ascertained by an indicator , the " bulb" being . scarcely thicker than a cobweb , yet ranging from 12 f > to 800 Pah .

      Atrocious Case of Stabuiso . —On Tuesday James Morgan and John Cokuni , two powerfullybuilt fellows , wore charged at the Bristol policecourt with feloniously cutting and wounding Ptiter Dean and Catherine Dean , h . 's wife . The case was one of a most atrocious descri ption . It appeared from the statement ' of . the male complainant , who h ;» d evidently received a ' severe gash in his head and had his arm bound up , that the previous evening he went to the King ' s Anns public house to fetch some beer for his wife , and on his return home met'the two prisoners near his own house , one of whom made a . grasp at the can . Witness . resisted , when one ofthe men ' struck him in the head with some sharp weapon ; the other prisoner also

      staobed him with a knife in the arm . His cries brought out his wife to his assistance , and he saw one of the prisoners stab at her . He then fell to the ground senseless , anil when he recovered found himself all covered with blood , and his wife senseless beside himf i bleeding profusel y . They were both taken to the Bristol Infirmary immediately where their wounds wero dressed . Mrs . Dean , it appears , waei even more seriously injured than her husband , and a certificate from Mr . Morgan , one of the surgeons at the infirmary , was put Iii , statin " tbat she would' be unable , without danger to her life , to attend'before ' the magistrates and give evidence . Under these circumstances both prisoners were remanded to await the result ' of their ferocious violence . . ' '

      Destructive Fire at Chatham . —Another fire resulting in the destruction of two houses , and injury of others , occurred at Chatham on Wednesday morning . . .. It was discovered shortl y belore one o ' clock raging in the rear of the premises , No 29 Gibraltar-place , Kew . road , a house recently occu ' pied by Mrs . Strong . A strong body of Royal Marines were despatched from tho barracks -md under the command of Colonel Pilcher and Colonel Powell , rendered ver > efficient service ; but owinir to a short . supply of water , the ' princi pal p irt beul * supplied from a .-brewery in . tll 0 nc \ rhbourh 6 od ' the fire did , considerable damage to tho propertv contiguous , the house No . 27 . £ the occupation of Mr . Westacot , of the Loan . offieo , au « t » Sni & ™ uch ir ,, ury in . the rear of the premises as also hi ^ v „ 30 , occupied by . Mrs . Wardle ? ] t v opeSy de ' Jgrcd is insured in the Sun and PuSlpt

      EoWff ^^^^^ body of bis fellow citizens , as a token , of esSm

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      . ; ..:-v . . . . , ;; . 'J .. . .: and respect for , tbe manner . , m which ho , bad , discharsed ' the arduous duties of the mayoralty . ' , ' ' Melancholt Death /— It is with great regret that wc are called upon ' to announce the death of : Dr . Badeley ,: of Chelmsford ; This ' sad . ' . eveht took place on Monday ., afternoon .,. The cause . is . stated to be this—On Sunday afternoon the ' deceased was ' afflicted with a severe attack of the toothache , and it continued without intermission all the ' following nig ht . About four o ' clock on Monday morning he went down into his surgery for the purpose-Of taking . something to nlleviate . the pain , y and unfortunately he inadvertently . partook of some morphia , and bis untimely decease , was the result . Mr . Bransby Cooper was sent for by a telegraphic despatch , and all the members flf hia profession in the town were in attendance , but their combined efforts to save his valuable life proved .. abortive . Dr ., Bo ,--deley leaves behind him a family of ,, we believe . ten children ; ' ' ' . ; . " "

      FAtai Accident wniui Bathiko ;—On Monday seven young men went onthe Mansion House Quay to bathe , and : the whole reached * the jetty of the bridge , - where , they , remained a short time . . They then leaped ' ihtb the water again , and had only been a minute or two in the water when one of them , mimed John Fox , ' aged twenty-two , belonging to the Butcher Bank , was caught by the eddy caused by the tide , cried out he " was drowning , and imp lored help . The others . instead of rendering him assistance , swam tothe shore , for safety , and left hinifin his perilous situation ; and after struggling much for some time he was drowned in the presence of a large number of persons . ' Six boats were soon in attendance with drags ( but his body has not been found .

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      DlSFRANCHmMENIOFFBBBCHUnCH MINISTERS . —Important Decision . —Tbe Sheriff of Ayrshire , the Sheriff of Wigtownshire , and Sheriff Robertson f noting for Sheriff-Substitute Robinson ) , have decided an appeal to the effect of disfranchising all the Ministers of the Free Church . The claim was that of the Rey . Matthew Dickie , Free Church , Beitb , who claimed to be enrolled a county elector on the Free Church manse . The claim , after due deliberation , was rejected on the ground that the title in favour of the ^ trustees of the congregation , was defeasible at the will and pleasure of the General Assembly of the ¦ ¦ ¦¦

      Free Church of Scotland . —Ayr Advertiser . \ EMIGRATlON . r-Emigratio . n to Australia proceeds steadily from the Frilh , of Forth , under tbe superintendence ' of Mr ., William Bowie , the agent at Edinburgh to her Majesty ' s Land and Colonial Ebigrat ' oh Commissioners ! Since the beginning of last month the following embarkations have been made : —Thirly-four , emigrants on the 20 th Aug ., en board the Trident , to join the William and Mary for Sydney "; 132 emigrants on the 23 rd Aug ., on beard the Clarence , to'join the Stehbbnheath , for Victoria ; seven emigrants oh the 6 th instant , by the Neptune , from Leith to Sydney ; and sixty-three emigrants , on the 13 th . inst , on . board the . Clarence , to join the Charlotte Jane , for Adelaide .

      Emigration prom South TJist ano Barba . — There has been a very extensive emieration going on from these islands , no less than 1 , 700 having been forwarded this season to Canada , by Colonel Gordon , the proprietor , through Messrs . Reid and Murray , of Glasgow . This week advice has been received of the safe arrival of the first cargo of 285 at Quebec , on the 28 th Aueust , ' after »; passage of twenty-four days , although fourteen days intervened in sailing up the St . Lawrence , in consequence of the westerly winds . Only one death bad occurred during the voyage—an old infirm woman . The passengers spoke highly of the treatment , they had received " on- board , and pre-SSOted theflapfain with a complimentary address . A second vessel , the Montezuma , " containing 440 passengers , had also arrived just as the post was leaving . which will be so far satisfactory to the relatives of those on board , There are three other vessels on the voyage , of which it is expected accounts will be received in a few days . —Scotsman .

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      Tab Welsh Eisteddfods . —The Welsh people are reviving with spirit the practice of holding eisteddfods or congresses- of bards . The one-got up a few days ago at Liverpool , by the natives of the principality resident , there , is to be followed by one at Port Madoc , iii Carnarvonshire , which will take place at the commencement of next month . The Marquis of Anglesea has accepted the presidency , and Lieutenant-General Sir Love Parry will be the president of the meeting . The Lord High

      Chamberlain of England , Lord Mostyn , the Bishop of Bangor and St . David ' s , the Hon . E . M . LI . Mostyn , Sir John ' Guest , Mi P ., Sir B . Hall , M . P ., arid other eminent Welshmen are among the patrons . Next ' year a grand eisteddfod is to be held at Dblgelly , on a scale similar to the one held at RhyddJnn during the present summer , when no expense will he spared "te render it worthy of the principality . The inhabitants of Denbigh are likewise desirous that an eisteddfod of magnificence be held there in the autumn of the next year ; the proclamation to be made by a chaired bard .

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      Thb Catholic Univebsitv . —Dr . M'flale has written to the editor of the Freeman , acknowledging a contribution of £ 50 to the funds of the Catholic University , from the proprietors : of that journal . ' - ; Representation os \ QA & wAr ' ' Covniy , —It is pretty well understood that at the next general election Mr . W . H . Gregory , for a short time the intelligent representative for the oity of Dublin , will offer bis services to the constituency of his native county ( Galway . ) Mr . Gregory ' s politics are of the Liberal or advanced Conservative school' - '' . ' ..

      .. Purchase of Lands in . Ireland . —Satmder ' s Newsletter has an important announcement , to the effect that a very influential company has been formed ; in England , at the bead of which is represented to be Prince Albert , for the buying up of lands in > this country / Their purchases ; are expected to be on a most extensive ' scale , and persons in ; their , employment are now busied in obtaining information on the . spot as to the position and value-of various estates .

      Emiobation , —The . Waterford Chronicle Of Saturday i thus reports progress : — "The tide still flows onward . At five o ' clook on Wednesday afternoon the wellrknown fast sailing bark Anne ' Kenny ,: Captain Thomas Hayes commander , the property of John Sparrow ' and Co ., slipped from ber moorings , and was towed down to Passage by the Duncannon steamer Maid of Erin . The Anne Kenny ' had on board over 100 passengers for New York , whom , from personal inquiries , we found to consist wholly of a respectable and intelli gent class of agriculturists . The Mars steamer left for Liverpool yesterday with , as usual , a large cargo , and 500 passengers . It wa ' s painful to notice the

      comparatively happy aspect of these people , considering the utter despair they feel for the improvement of their country . We may anticipate a great increase of this traffic now that the harvest is slaved . The mighty and living stream still flows westward ; and , when we compare the returns of this port with those of Cork , of Limerick , of Galway , and Dublin , we do not feel surprised that Ireland misses 3 , 000 , 000 of her population . " UfffAKDK Of 130 emigrants sailed from ' the port of Sligo for Now York' on Saturday , and in t . he generally ' correct weekl y commercial report of the Freeman ' s Journal there is the following remarkable statement :- "It may give some faint idea of

      the extensive depopulation going on in this country to mention that we have been informed by a highly respectable passenger-broker in this city that he was lately ( within a few days ) applied to by one gentleman , whose name was mentioned to us , to contract with bim for the deportation of 2 ^ 00 emigrants from one estate , and tbat no less than 1 , 500 of these had been actually contracted for . Such wholesale clearances could hardl y be credited , but that we haye the facts from those engaged in tbe mere mercantile operation of fiudinir shiproom . We were informed by the same gentleman , who is we 1 qualified to offer , an opinion that he estimates the emigration now goin * on *

      rrom t 0 . s pon a one at ngj lC 8 a than from 5 , 000 to b , UUU per -week . ' ^ ' The . Tvpperary vindicator , alluding to the evictions and house levellings in that district , states that labourers cannot find house room in anv Dart ° ^ r ° ^ addin S ' - " ThereTe dis rfctf i Tipperary at this moment where levellin ^ -landlords 3 S ? , h Cr th ° ^ tib , i of the ' ho se s as they whSm'fl ¦ "ady *? residences for tenanry , ! after n TJonS n d , 8 tr 0 yed m th 0 " ^ -bouse warfare mS % 8 ^ ^ ^^ unted to upwards of Repayment (?) 0 ? Treasury . Advances -. Tho Swtef ^ of kH « ^ flSEeSS S nSnt t % i ? J ° verm ™«}> and . declined , for the E 3 L t X ° - a ra e t « e repayment of the Sen " '' ' «« S \ 8 poken ° " an important step , as it sets an examnlo wt . i * h ; = i ; uf . ?„ v , „

      mowed by every other union . in Ireland . " ' as tn « oS KST - ~ The ^ "cultural reports , so far Shi ? iT - ' ° are concerned , are most favourable There is not a ainglo complaint , and l . a ,-llPni T ™ are n nearly completed in 3 qua r e ot l h 0 ki » gdom . Indeed all the grain would have been cut' down ere this but for int'K !» l " of han . in 8 ° roe districts , especially ii . the southern and western counties .. The accounts Ti 0 v ! l ° tato ' a * . not- impron n ' g . In parts ' of Ulster they arc getting from bad to wors ef and the blight , it appears , Una shown itself , although not its yet to any alann . ng extent , in Kilkenny . " nd some of the midland counties . Mr . Abbott Lawrence , the American ambassador

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      has ; been visiting ] Galway , Limerick , arid othfti . places in the . West , with a view of promotine djP « a communication with the United States . lie voyapftS up the Lower Shannon to Mount Trenchard wlmT . he was entertained : by Lord Monti-agle . ' in fu * several , speeches ( be ; has , had . occasion to deliver Mr . Liiw . rence ^ expressed . himself , in- language ^ f was warmIy , res {) onded , to . .. At some points of hi « journey the ^ ambassador was greeted with almm * royal honours . ' :, '¦' .. ' ; Ji . , Baron Liebig is also making a tour iii Ireland Jn company with . Mr . Samuel Lover , and other wn tlemen .,. .. & vu "

      ' The manifesto by Archbishop Cullen against tba National Education System has been the themaef much discussion ih the Irish ' papers , but few ara found to go with the Primate in requiring the seno , ration of the children of Protestants and Catholics The guardians of the . Newiy Poor : Law Union liava decijedby twenty-three tothirteen against placing their schools ' ukder the . Board ; but tbe majoritr consisted almost exclusively , of Protestants . D ' lKNKR . XO THE MEMBERS JOB TlPPERABY . —Apu 0 . lio . diniiei' w ; is given at Cashel on Menday nioht t « Messrs . Masher and Scully , the members tor tha county , of Tipperary . . Tno affair was more remarkable . for the number ; , and character of thosa who stayed away , than for those who attended . Lord Arundel and SurreyJ in his apology aaid ;•• . » am Vfery sorry that the state of my health pre . eludes me frem availing myself of your kindness , I should otherwise have had great pleasure in at « tending . " , ,, -,

      Another Dimmer . —Bishop CantweU , promkel to honour tho intended dinner to , Mr . Keogh v ? ith his presence . ; ' . Michael Haslet , was executed on Tuesday at Limerick for tbe murder of his wife . The Lord Primate ' s Chabob . —On Tuesday the Lord Primate held his triennial visitation for tha diocese of Armagh in tbe cathedral of that city . There was a very large attendance of the clergy ; and after the morning service was ended his Graca proceeded to deliver a charge which was listened to

      with deep attention . A great portion of the address was devoted to matters connected with church government and discipline throughout tha diocese under the jurisdiction of the Primate , aa well as to matters affecting the temporal interest of the clergy . He directed their attention to the very , useful . measures which received the sanction of ' the Legislature in the last session of parliament , in reference to tho building . and . improyments of glebes , erection and endowment of Churches , 4 c ., for all of which they were manly indebted tothe exertions of Mr . Napier , one of the University members .

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      Hohriblbip True . —The" Droit" has the follow * ing rather incredible story .: — " A commercial traveller , whose business frequently called him from Orleans to Paris , , M , Edmund D— -, was accustomed to goto an hotel with the landlord of which he was , acquainted ., Liking , like almost all persons of his profession , to talk and joke , ho was the favourite of everybody in tbe hotel , A few days ago he arrived , and was received with pleasure by all ; but it was observed that he was much less gay than usual .. Tbe stories that he told , instead of being interesting as formerly , were of a lugubrious character . On Thursday evening , after supper ; be invited tlie people of tbe hotel to go to his chamber to take coffee , and he promised to tell

      them a tale of dramatic incident . On entering the room bis guests saw on the bed , near which ha seated himself , a pair of pistols . ' My story , ' said he , 'has a Sad denouement , and Irequire tbe pistols to m » ke it clearly understood . As he had always been accustomed , in telling his tales , to indulge in . expressive pantomine , and to take of anything which was . handy , calculated to add to tha effect no surprise was felt at his , having prepared pistols . He began by narrating the . ioires of a young girl and a young man . They had both , he said , promised , under the most solemn oaths ' , inviolable fidelity . The young man , whose profession obliged him to trarel i once made a long absence . Whilst he , was away , he . received a legacy , and on his return hastened to place

      it at ber feet . But on presenting himself belore her be learned that-in compliance with the wishes of her family she bad just married a wealthy merchant . ' The young man then purchased a pair of pistols like these , ' be continued , taking one ia each hand ; ' then he assembled bis friends in a chamber , and after some conversation placed one under bis chin , in this way as I do , saying in juke that it would be real pleasure to blow out his brains ; and at the mue moment he pulled the trigger . * Were the man discbraged the pistol , and his head was shattered to pieces . Pieces of the bone and portions of the brain fell on the horrified spectators . - The unfortunate man had told his own StOt'y . "

      The Mormons . —The Mormons have re-occupied their , old . station in Carson Valley , and in much larger numbers , and intend making a permanent settlement there . It is their desire to occupy the whole of it , and in their hands it will become extremely valuable , as it is the only place fit for a settlement between tbeir possessions in the Great Salt Lake Valley and California . The whole valley is well watered and covered with the most luxuriant grass . By the term " valley" is meant that portion which is susceptible of cultivation , lying at the bas eof the mountain , and is about twenty-five miles long , by five to fifteen ih breadth . The Mormons have extended their settlements among the base of the mountains , northward , and facing the Great Salt Lake , nicety miles , nearly to Bear River Ferry . They are fast taking up all the good

      land m tbe valley . Each one claims and owns whatever he is able to inclose and improve . Tuej are generally satisfied with a small tract each , say from , forty to 100 acres .. They are a very industrious people , and their improvements are good and substantial . Their houses are small and neat , being built of adobes , made of blue clay . They have mills in tbe mountain cannons , and make fair lumber , which is sold in the city at fifty dollars per 1 , 000 feet . The Mormons are engaged building a railway to the mountain , some seven or eiglat miles ; on which , to transport their materials for their great temple . The city covers a great deal of ground , and ia probably the most rural city ia the world , each man allowed one-and-a-quarter acre for his residence and garden . A late census taken by themselves makes the population of the city and adjoining settlements 18 , 000 . — " New York Tribune . " ¦

      ¦ Military Suroeons . —What Next \—1 o the Editor of the Times . — Sir , in a " Circular Memorandum , " emanating from the office of the Adjutant * General , I find an order which for atrocity is , I will venture to say , unequalled in any document of any service in the world . I copy it verbatim from your columns of to-day : —' . ' Military Deserters . — Horse Guards , August 19 . —In consequence of the diversity of practice , and inefficiency of the existing methods of marking the deserter with the letter D : and it being found in many instances that the mark has become obliterated in a short time , and even been removed by artificial means , it has been' decided ( By whom ?) that from the first of October next this part of the sentence of tho Court-martial shall be inflicted , in all cases where practicable , in the military orisons , by the medical

      officer (!!!) attached to each of these es tablishments , and under special instructions from the Secretary-at-War . —G . Brown , Adjutant-General . " --Are the medical officers of the British army bound to obey this order ? Will they obey it ? Will tlie Officers of health of any army in the world , at the bidding of any authority under Heaven , condescend to become executioners ? If they do—but it *™ r a an infamy even for a moment to suppose tha t , tbcre will be found one who would not sooner throw m commission to the winds than degrade his high and holy calling by an act so despicable and degrading . Who has counselled this order ? Eng land—tho world ought to . be madeacquainted with the name of the wretch who would convert the surgeon o ' anv service into hangmen \—I am , sir , vour most obedient servant , Hi Dickson , M . D ., an old army med ical officer . .

      The African Si . avkr * s Dodge . —A correspondent from tho coast of Africa narrates the following successful trick of a alaver in escaping from the bwish cruiser : — " It issaid two full slavers have lately escaped ; one from Lagos , a Sardinian ; and anot . . , ! i a Spaniard ,: from Porto . L » gino , with 300 and auu respectively , The Lagos fellow escaped by ™ clever trick ; he saw the Prometheus , steam-slooPi Commander Foote , standing in , and w » s then in the act of hoisting bis water casks in . The capta'D * however , bolted off to a merchant skipper who J »» known to bo legitimately taking in a boat load oj palm oil , and for a matter of 300 dollars iwiuceu him to exchange boats for a few hours ; the atpunacr came in , boarded bim , arid seeing him busily

      engaged in taking in palm oil , stood off aga in , »» then finished his proceedings , got the n iggers o « board , and bolted in tbe night . Prometheusi ca »» in next day and found him non est inventus . " l " accounts be true from Brazil , be will rt'qu f much tact to pet . them landed as he display ^' shipping them . "— United Service Qaxelte . Goon Dioksiion . —A few days since some row engaged in outside painting on the prem ises «• Mr . Bennett , near Lecbdale ,. Gloucestew ""* having left work for a short time , on their re'ui found that som pigs running loose had invadcu m barn which they had occupied , and had < te vou £ , . i canful of lead colour , a compound of wbite IW «| lamp black , and oil . Much -fear was enterta in * that the deleterious mixture would pr ^ V mints inside coating , but , strange to say , no i'l . f '' . werenpparent , except to one of the B Winisn ^ cures , who ' suffered from an attack of p »» "i , choltc , which , a drastic drench , however , q uluw removed '

      . _* Th » Late ! Mb . Thomas Umbos .-A »»»» £ 1 ms been erected in the clmnccl of W » pP « " ' Church , to the memory of Mr . Thomas I'm " the eminent agriculturist . It is of Caen si « with Tuscan columns of black marble .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 27, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27091851/page/6/