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      6 The Northern Star. June 29, Usq

      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . June 29 , Usq

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      Hulth op London during the W » sk . — he present return hppily show a cmimmcsMf that low rate uf mortality wh'ch lias now been obs rved for many weeks , and * hi-h mn-it he consider- d as » a-You . able , when compared with what has p evai ! e < l in London at the same season in firmer vesrs . The deaths emliu £ last Saturday did not exceed 775 Taking corresponding weeks of ten pre i m « yea s , the mortality was ne ?< r so low , except iu 1841 and 1843 . end it rose in 1817 and 1 *^ 49 to near y 1 , 000 meatus ; the average is 861 . or raited in the rati - * f supposed increase of population , 943 ; ih < - ' dea hs fast week were , therefore less tuan ths latter number by 168 . The deatisfrom isea > s that ar

      incUi led in the zymotic or epidemic class numbered last week 161 ; -he corrected aver < g- is 206 Smallpox proved fa-al in 16 cases ( of wh ' ck 4 occurred anvwsst persons between 20 aud 60 years of a ; e . ) sbr . win ; an increase in this « H-ea « e . which h ¦« now risen to the average ; they have litely raneed on y from 6 to 8 . Measles was fatal also in 16 cases , while the average is 28 . Scarlatina destroyed 19 persons , which is only about half the average ; but this avewiie is raised considerably by » he excessive mertiiity from scarlatina in I 8 iS " , when the deaths of the corresponding week were 107 . Hoopingcough was fatai to 28 children , being rather le » s than the average . Typhus slightly exceeds the averagethe dea-bs from it in the last fonr weeks

      ; Larehta-D 26 . 39 43 . 40 There were 18 fatal c « ses ofdUrrhcei , which U nearly the same as in the c -rrespondi .-. g week of hut year , and less than in ( hose of 1816 , 1 S 47 , and 1843 . The d ^ a'hs re « ister & l ascans d by consumption were only 102 , t * -ey were never so low in corresponding weeks o * the last ten years , having been 107 in 1848 , and 167 in 1841 , and having been generally 136 With regard tother thVaie » f the respiratory o-gans , the c«—fatally resulting from them were 106 . * h'ch scarcely exceeds the usual number . 23 persons died of cancer , of whom 17 - 'ere women ; the wind-- number of cases occurred above 40 years of age . A ca-e of intemperance , in a woman o * 37 yews , is reco d <* d

      in the tblloffiug terms " Paraplexn ( 5 weeks . ) delirium a potu . " The births during the week numbered 1 . 430 . At the Oo-erv tory , Greenwich , the mean dail > reading of he bar meter was above 30 * n . on the last five days of the week ; the mean « = f tho w .-ek was 30 . 052 in . The mean temperature , which was 53 degs . on Sunday , r « se gradually to 63 degs . on Saturday , on which day the highest in the sua was 96 degs . The mean temperature of the week was 62 degs . 1 rain . 0 » Sunday and Monday the mean was 8 de » s ., and S degs lo * er then the average of the same days in seven y-ars : it then rose higher than the a vera e . aud on Friday and Saturday was about 8 degahnvp . U .

      Numerous Fibss . —The v » rious engines of the London Brigade and West of England Insurance Company , were kept in continued movement during the whole of Friday night and Saturday momina last , their services being requ i red at not fewer than five fires in the metropolitan distric . One was nearly at ended with the los < of five persons . I < happened in the premises of Messrs . Scrivener and Bowler , the extensive vellum binders , in Great St . Thomas Apostle , Garlick-hill , Cit * . When discovered the workshops on the cround floor were in flames , and a female , with lour children , in the uppei part of the house Three of the latter attempted t- ~ . escape by the door , but could only reach the middle of the stairs , when thev became exhausted and

      dropped down . The female , unable to s ; et near her . children , made her escape o ^ er the roof with an infant in her arms , and reached th * street insafeti . The state of the poor creature , on finding th ^ t the three children were on the stair * , and unable to escape , can be oasily imagined . The ensines from the different stations having come up , Wilkinson , the head engineer of Watling-street , broke open the front door , when , at the peril of losine his lif » , he rushed through the flames , and bought out two of the children , w hilst Sergeant Leonard , of the City Police , furred his way through the fire , and brough ' out the * hird . Although nearly suffocated , they all shortly recovered . By great exertion , the firemen got the fltmes extinguished , < ut not before a great destruction of property had occurred . Shortly after this fire was subdued , another , and far more serious one , broke out at No . S , Red Lion-street , near

      ifae London Docks . The building was in the tenure flf Mr . Macphesp , Me . Naggs , Kir . Taylor , and Mr . S & Irymple . each party having several children . The moment the discovery was made the residents , who were in their beds , were aroused , and , after some trouble , they succeeded in effecting a safe retreat bnt not until they were nearly stifled wi h smoke . The sufferers were all taken to a h > ose opposite , where they were provided for durins th- > night . The brigade , parish , and West of England engines , with the Royal Society ' s fire-escapes , attended , bnt the flames , in spite ot the firemen , con inued to rage for hours , and they were not extinguished until the building was destroyed , and those adjoining much damaged . The other fires were at Wapyinff . Tabernacle-sqnare , and Lissau-grove , but , fiv innately the damage done at each was not considerable .

      A Fire broke out on Monday evening , at about twenty-minute * past nine o ' clock , at the S-yer Coffee-home . 110 , Charcery-Iatie , in the vich ase of the Liw Institution . Fortunately from the ear y period of the evening the engines of the parish , the London , and . the West of England were early on the spot . All the inhabitants were quickly cot out of the house , and no persons were injured . The upper part of the premises were totally destroyed , but the botiomof the building was comparative ' uninjured . According to the account of the police on duty , it appeared that the fire had been caused by a lodger in a state of intoxication , having United his bed clothes .

      Fatal Acctdext on the North Kent Railway . —On the arrival of the 2 . 30 p . m . train < rom Woolwich on Monday , and while the tra n was at the ticket platform of the London station , the engine having been detached , and being in the act of moving to the rear of the train to pronel it into ashed one of the ticket c Hectors ( a new hand ) imprudently attempted to cross the line , when he was knocked down by the engine . The dot fellow was immediately conveyed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where he shortly expired from the severe injury he had receive ' . .. -. '" .

      Fatal Leap Fruit , . Sodthwakk-bridgk — On Sunday m-Tning , shortly after daybreaK , a respectably-dressed ^ nao . between 30 and 40 years of age , paid the . usual toll toitbe ^ tnaion duty at Suuthwarkbridge , and . then pagsed « ei to-it ^ aj-parently for the purpose-of .. crossing . He , ' however , proceeded to Ihecentre . j't-the bridge , when same other persons who were aho crossing saw : him jump on to one of the / PJcr ^ uVa qd plunge headforemost into the » ver « --: l « b-. s . d ^ 8 « ht the * unfortunate min ' s head struck-vwle siily against one of-the abutments ,, and there ^^ O' -douhtiihat -his- fknll -must have been COmpIe ^ baHered in by the force of the fall . An al * ra " was instantly given * i'and Bacon ,-one bfethe Bremen , who . was oR ^ pcty at the : A > flcati > : g-eogine . put off iu the small boat , and rendered all the ass-staacein his pqjver- to- rescue the man , bat without sueees ^ as net id disappeared . Who the unf innate man was , or what induced him to dodestr y his life , is at . prejSentL . unkuown : ,-

      ¦ DgAXBBY UBoyytxa is the Sersestise . — On Sunday « t ^| rniHgja / e * minutes past mx ' clock , a yauug gen & nna ' named John Billowin , whose father i ^ au . ertensive ^ iiinCer . and merchant at . Trinidad , and who wag " residing . with some friends at No . 39 , Charlp > te-streeti Fiizroy-Equare , was drowned in the Serpentines « Ke-went . there , accompanied by a friend-and a servant , 'fur the purpose of bathing . They were all good swimmrs , and t-ok the north ade of the Serpentine , about 150 yards above the Teceiving ' hofl « te . They had gone out between forty and fifty yards , when deceased got into a boat , which , with two more , was moored off there . In a few nuaates be again plunged iota the water , shortlr after which he called the servant to his assistance . Griffiths and Cox , boatmen , in the employment of the Royal Humane Society , proceeded in a boat to

      his rescue , hut before they reached him . he di «* ppeared . In about six minu es he was found , wh n no was conveyed to the receiving house , where he vras instantly pat into a warm bath . The usual remedies to restore the vital functions were continued upwards of two hours , but without avail ? This is the -second loss of life this season at the north side of the . rgerpantfne . - ' . - ' . - ; V ' F / ATALVACC IBSSI AT XH * PuttASTfiROMC So ^ "«« wrr . —0 = Tuesday a workshop on the pverai > e » . lately ocenpied bV the Philantliroplc Society , intSt . ' . George ' s Fields , London-road , suddenly fell with-a -tremendous crash . There vera aaveral workmen ( French polishers ) in th e shed at the tim-, one of vrhom , amaun « nedWilson , « raseru « hedto death , and two others were so ranch braised that it was found necessary to remove thera to the hospitah

      MutAscH-Lr S « rciDB .-0 a Tuesday eveoinsa distressing suicide . Kicurred at the lodging house of Mr . Abbot , No . 25 , Jermyn-street . Mr . Lloy d , of the firm of Lloyd , France , and Co ., Pope ' s Head alley , who had been residing there for the last eight weeks , has lately been labouring under slight mental derangement . The delusi -n under which he laboured induced him several times in the course of Tuesday to send to the house opposite to ioqoire if > 'is bro her wasnot stationed at the window . This was , <> f cour-e , merely a mental hallucination ; but so conwnc d was he that his idea was correct , that he him-elf < eft 'he house shortly before the me ' sucholy act was committed , in order > o ascertain the truth of the matter . A few mintres after be had reascendtd to his apartmenls , he p > tcipitated himself from' the s ? eond floor windoa ^ and is hi s & 1 ! am ? c hare , tamtrd a . somersault , aud dashed his feet through the drawing room windows . On being removed to the Ciiaring-cMaS Hos pital , life was found to be extinct .

      WBgnciNsreB . Temporary Bridge . —The committee of the House of Common * have decided that tho standing order * may be dispensed with in favour of this measure , jrhicb ia to enable the coraaw-

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      sionerscf Westminster-bridge to build a temporary suueture fem Bridie-streev to the «> pposi'e » h > re , to maintain it during the repairs ot Westroinster-b'idge , and to authorise the commissioners ~ to mortgage the bridge estate . The hill is to be brought in by LtU R-heit Grosvenor , Sir Charles Burrell , and Mr . P wen , City Suwrbs CoMWBslos . —On Tuesday ameeting of the commis-ioners of sewers , lor the city of London , was hejd at the Guildhall : Mr . Deputy Peacock presided . The ordinary routine business having been transacted , .-eve ral pewonal applications were attended to , and the reports of the inspectors read and considered . The * m -kenuisance : Mr . G . Walker then br ujht forward a memorial from gentledon Without

      men connected with the ward of Farring , which was as follows : — " To the worshipful the commissioners "f sewers of the city of L-ndon : We . the unders ' ened i nhabitants of the ward of Farringdon Witdnut , in thecity of London , respectfully and earnestly request tliat yi : u will petition the House of Common " , that the bill , now under consideration , for the prevention of smoke arising from the furnaoesof steam engines . Ac , should be passed into a law , because the health and o mifort oi the inhabitants so greatly depend upon the removal of all nuisances , particularly in d ^ n-lj po pulated neighbourhoods ; and the more so . because the recent investigations ot science tmve clearly demonstra'ed that machines may be made to consume their own smoke ,

      both to the benefit of the manufac urers , and < he neilth and welfare of the citizens at large . —( Signed ) Frans . Bullen , M . R . C . S , 26 , Farriogdoii-street : John Lowe , 63 , Fleet-street . " Deputy Obbard presented a petition to the same effect from Dr . Hutchinson of Bridge-street , and others which having b . en received—Deputy Holt would m ^ ve that the petition be referred to the general purposes commit'ee for their examination and report . —Mr . Thomas Hall warmly seconded the motion . —Deputy Lottalso supported the reference —Mr . Walter thought the court should petition Parliament upon the subject , and in supp > rt of the bill , without delay ; as did also Mr . W . Barber . The motion whs carried unanimously . Some business of minor importance was then ransacted , and the court adjourned .

      Mrs . Glover ' s Brhefit . —Tub claims of this lady uu < n the considerat'on of the play-going public have been thus set forth by the committee who are arranging the forthcoming benefit : — *• Mrs ; Glover has tor sixt * -four years i * en a member of he theatrical pr . essi n ; of that time fifty-three years have been devo ed to the Lond n stave . Throughout her whole eireer the h > s occupied a distinguished place in the foremost ranks of genius . She has devoted her earnings to the sun . uort of five generation * : her grandfather her parents , herhu < band- her children , and grandchildren have successively been mainly dep ? n <; ent npon her exert ' ons ; The object of the proposed benefit is , in the first place , to offer a testimony of public respect to merit so rare ; and , h the second phce . to secure the means of rendering comfort-Me the remaining years ot a life worn by long toil , and already becrinning to sink under the effects of nuural decay . "

      Llecti-n of Sheriffs . —On Monday a Common H < 11 was held for the election of sheriffs and other ufficer * for the year ensuing . The Recorder having briefly stated the nature of the duties of the shrievalty , the livery pioceeded to the election , and in a few minutes the Common Sergeant announced that Alderman Garden and Mr . Caldecott were chosen sheriffs f . r the ensuing year . Consecration of the New Church of St . Harsabis . Sooth Lambkth—Monday having been nxed f r the ceremony of conaecrauug the abovt

      church , shorily af er e even o ' c ock the Lord Bishop - > f Winchester , attended by his chanlain , registrar . & e ., & o ., arrived , and was received at the doors o the sacred edifice by the Venerable the Archdeacon ofSurpy : the Rev . C . R . Dil'on , rural dem aud re "tor of Lambeth ; the Rev . W . Harker , the rew incumbent , and atmni twelve of the ^ i-incic-ergy . The ceremonv wis performed in the usual fom and after d vine service by ( he rev . incumbent , the r * « ht rev . prtbte celiveied a di . course to a crowdtd CO- 'grejation .

      Co . vsKcaATtoN ( T Miss BoKrETT CouttV Cuukch , Westminster . —Monday bumg api < ointed i r tlie conte .-ra-ion , by the Bishop of Lond-n , of the new church in Rochester-row . Westminister , - reeled throu h the liberality of Miss Burdeli Courts , a gratifyi'ig demonstration was made by the inhabitants of the dir-trict , whose hawses were very ener < lly dec wed either with fligs , festoons ol flowers , or laurels . The school aitaehed to the c ' unh are adapted for the 'eception i .-f 210 boys an 200 airls . The Bishop of London , attended by the Rev . Mr . Humphreys , performed tlie ceremony , after which the company partook of the dejeune prewired for f hem . Thk Rev . W . Maskeix whs received on Sa » urd-iy last into the Roman Catholic Church at the chapel in nmnish-p ' ace .

      Cheat Rowing Match . —The scullers' race between Cole , of Chelsea , and Chiify , of Richmond , which has for some time past created the most lively interest in the rowing circles , came off on Tuesday afternoon , and was one of the most spirited contests upon record . The competitors are known as the two best new men of last season , whose pretensions as fresh candidates for acquatic fame were then first brought into notice , Cole being the winner of Daggett ' s coat and badge , and Chitty aa the successful competitor for the coat , badge , and freedom annually given by Mr . Evan Morris at the Thames Regatta . This , as well as the " famous comedian ' s" bequest , has for years past brought oat the best young men of the dav , and as a

      diversity of opinion existed with respect to pre-eminence , both men soon found backers , and the race of Tuesday was the result . The match was for £ 50 , the distance from Putney-hridge to the ship at Mortlake , and there had been no less than three steamers chartered to accompany it—the Childe Harold , Lnlla Rookh , and Citizen K— which conveyed those desirous of witnessing the event . The men went to the stations shortly before three o ' clock—Chitty on the Middlesex side ef the centre arch of Putney-bridge , and his opponent at the other . Both appeared in capital condition , Chitty having an advantage in length and size . TIkm started at the same instant and evenly , but owing to the speed at which the first two or three strokes were taken by Cole be had to pause for a moment

      while his extremely light bo it righted herself . Chitty took a slight lead , hut half a dozen dashing strokes of Cole ' s soon brought thorn together , and then a most determined and beautiful race followed Off the Star and Gtrter Cole had the nose of his boat about three feet in advance of the other , in which position , or nearly so , they remained three or four minutes , but on nearing the point Chitty put a fine spurt and again took a slight lead , but in the next few strokes they were again level , in which position , rowing at a killing pace , they continued right up to the Crab Tree ; Chitty again made a gallant spurt , but his advantage was but momentary—from this point Cole went steadily by degrees in advance , and ultimately won by seven lengths .

      -The Needlewoman Emigration Societt . —A large party—amounting to sixty-one—of the young females being sent out to Awtralia under the auspices of Mr . Sidney Herbet ' s society , embarked on Wednesday on hoard the ship Northumberland a teak built Indiaman , forming one of Mr . Green ' s fleet , and bound on the present occasion for Port Phillip . Amongst those who availed themselves bf the opportunity of witnessing this interesting scene , where the Marchioness of Drogheda , Lord and L- < dy " Wharricliffe , and the Honourable Mrs . Wortley , the Honourable A . Kinnaird , Mr . II . Tuffnell . and the Rev . Messieurs Queckett aud Brown . The party consisted . almost entirely of young females , who have been earning such a scanty livelihood as the

      needle can procure in this land of taxes and competition . In some respects , however , they were better off than several hatches of their predecessors . The committee had less than usual in the way of outfit to provide , and a fair proportion of the girls vere characterised by a neatness of tnste in dress and a quiet grace of demeanour , which betoken a certain degree of cultivation and educated sense of feminine propriety . Among the rest there were three who paid for their passage out , hut who pro . ceeded under the care and prestige of the society ; The emigrants were placed opposite their berths and their names severally railed over and on each answering to her name a testimonial of character and a copy of the regulations to be observed on board was handed to her . In a few instances ,

      where the parties were unable to read , ' they were told that they could acquire that advantage during tho voyage , as a teacher was on hoard for the piiepnse of instructing them . They were then address ) bv the Hon . Mr . Kinnaird and the Rev : Mr . Queckctt Y and the necessity of observing obedience , mutual ki idriess , and good conduct while on board strongly inculcated . They were informed of the attention which bad been paid to their comforts and necessities on the voyage , and most of ' them ' appeared deeply grateful' and affected . It may' be mentioned that one of the exnected emigrants , who had paid for her own outfit ; drew back at the eleventh hour , and refused to undertake the voyage ' , declaring : ( thougtf . a Londoner ) that she was frightened by the' noise of the steamer which conveyed the emigrants to the Northumberland : I

      Mr . Bonset s Safety . ? ACHT .- ^ On Wednesday an additional series of experimeiits , for the ' purpose of further testing the soundness of the principle on whieh this little vessel is constructed , and ' of proving' its app licability ^ to life-boats , were- conducted--in the Serpentine , opposite the Royal Hum ine Soeinty ' s House , in the presehos of a large conco ' nrsoofpeople . In the first place the yacht was half filled wi h water ' and then hauled overbei'g let go , she immediately riybted , and when afterwards filled full of water , she sailed and an « wered her helm well : Two heavy men then sat npon the extreme end " of her counter , stood upon and hung over her grin wale , and then one stood on the bowsprit and'the other on the stem without cap sizing her . They then hung onto the rhast , the sails being set , till they were under water , ahdiub-

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      sequently she was pressed down till she was bottom upwards . In . both oasesvshe righteddmniediately upon being let ; go Th e experJmen ^ give ! great salisfactifflBtd the concourse assembled to witness them . " V ' ! -

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      AnothbRv Cask of Poisoning . —On the 21 st inst . William R usk was brought before the magistrates of Moseley , charged with the wiltul murder of his wife , by administering arsenic , to her . At the coroner s inqu ry , which , has been long pending , a woman named Caroline Boitomley said that she saw the deceased a short time before her death , when she told her that her husband had put something into her porridge which had m « de her unwell . That party asked the husband what he had put in , when he replied . " Oh , , » nly a little soda . " The medical evidence proved that the deceased died from the

      effects of arsenic , and the jury returned a verdict that thedeoeased died from a > senic , but by whom administered there was no evidence to prove . The coroner then ordered , the husband , who had been uken into custody , to be dischrged . The superintendent of police , * from information subsequently received , went and again apprehendedthe -husband , aud on removing him to bis cell he cut his tr » "Sers fob out , and found in it a small portion « f white powder , which , upon being chemically examined , proved to be arsenic . Hie prisoner then said that he might as well tell ail about it . . On the Thursday before Whit-Sunday he bought threepenny worth of arsenic for Maria

      Buckley who gave him sixpence to buy it ., He returned the next day and gave Buckley the arsenic , who gave his wife some in treacle , on two mornings . This remainder of the packet she gave t- < the prisoner ,- who put it in his watch-fob . . Buckley and her husband , be added , knew all about , the poisoning of his wife , and tbey ought to be taken into custody . He also told the officer where be purchased the ar .-enic . Mr . F . C Calvevt , p ofcsBov of chemistry , described the internal appearances of the stomach , and said they were generally healthy . He also proved finding arsenic between the seams of the prisoner ' s fob ' . A crtat many additional witnesses were examined , who in the rutin corroborated the above . . ; . ¦

      Fatal Effects of Prize Fighting . —Early on > 'onday morning a prize right took place at Lonu Eaton , a village eight mil's from Nottingham , between two men , named ; Richard Hall and James Brown . The brutal exhibition , was to have taken place in the meadows near the town , but the parties were surprised by the police , and were therefore obliged to retreat . T e men fought for an hour and a quarter at the end of which time Brown was com-: pleie ' y . exhausted , and lay . upon the turf , vomiting blo » d freely . The backers and seconds bad him

      immediately conveyed , to a rail way carriage , but before the train . anived at Nottingham he died . Upon hearing the fate of his antagonist , Hall , instantly docaniped , along with the seconds and o her * er gaged in the affair . As soon as the police were made acquainted with the circumstance , they commenced an active , pursuit , and succeeded in capturing George Clay , one of the seconds , aud doubtless the others will soon be taken . Hall is only seventeen years ol age , and has . been engaged in several fights . ' Brown was twenty-rtwo years old . ; : >

      AttKivAii of General Gambalm in Livbupooi . — It will be interesting to our readers to learn that , on Saturday last ,. General Gari aldi , the celebrated defender of Rome , arrived in this town by the fteamer Queen from Gibraltar , which reached the Mersev at three o ' clock in the afternoon . The general , who wa accompanied by an aide-d--c > mp , looked exceedingly well in health , and appeared in excellent spirits ., ' Inleed , weareiold that he was particularly cheerful and agreeaWe during the vovage . We . believe the sjeneral will remain i > i Liverpool for ashct time , and ihat he contemplates a visit to America . A Paris letter , written some few weeksago , says , "Garibaldi , he well-known leader of-the republican system a Rome , is now residing at Tang ' ers , in Afrha and he s very busily engaged in writing memoirs upon the great events in which he t ; ok such a large part : The manuscript ha * been sold to a bookseller , of Paris , who will publish it at the same time in the French an ' . i Ita'ian languages . ' '—Liverpool Albion ,

      Outragk on tub Police at Bristol . —A disturbance of a serious and alarming kind occurred nt Kristol at an early hour oh Sunday morning , among ome Iri-h residents of tbe neiahi > ourh < . otl of Lavln ' s Mead , one of the lo *? st districts of that city .. Ii apf . ears that at about one o ' clock in the morning ^ orae men who had been drinking together pretty freely comm need a quarrel in . Christmas-street from whiih . they removed to Lavin ' s M » ad- where i hey commenced a fight , and the inhabitants , becom ing alarmed . se " t for the poi e . Police-constables 71 and 40 has'ened to the spot , and finding a man on the ground and others maltivuting him ,-the officers interfered They had no so-ner done so thin thimen commenced a very ravage attack upon th < m , and

      a crowd of people soon collected from the adjacent courts and alleys , and urged on the assailants of tinuoline , calling upon them with oaths and imprecation . " to " muruVr the ' . '' Police coii table 71 was stuck a blow across the head with some heavy i » ' . 8 trum « -nt , which cut through his hat , wounded him severely on the head , and felled him insen-ibiy to the gr' « U' « d . where by lay for some lime , the fellow * around him beatinc him and kicking him on the head and various parts of the body Po ice con-table 46 wasatacked with equal violence , and was struck in the face with such three as to knockout one ot his hack teeth , after which a man tVU upon him with a ^ ar « f iron , and placed him in peril of his life . Some

      other policemen who came to their assistance had re ceived injury ,. when the neighbours , considering the constables in danger , sent to the central station , and h strong detachment being despatched to the spot , the injured men were rescued , and several of the ringleaders in the disturbance arrested and conveyed before the magistrates , by whom they were tent to gaol . , Tub Quakers ano Church Rates . —Brighton . —Several members of this body were summoned last wetk before the magistrates for refusing to pay church rates , which resulted in the issuing of distress warrants agaiut the defendants . The parties may appeal .

      Death of a Medical Stuoent from the Use of Chloroform . —A painful case , ' illustrative of the fatal effects of the incautious use of chloroform , occurred at Sheffield , on Monday , the sufferer being Mr ; James Smith , aged" 21 , a pupil in the house of the late Mr . jamea R ; iy , - ' surgeon , and the third son of Wm . Smith , Esq ., barrister , of the Northern Circuit . The young gentleman not coming down at his usual hour in the morning , one of the domestics went up to the . bedroom , and knocked loudly without receiving any answer . She then went to the bedside , and -shoot Mr . Smith by the-shoulder , but failing to wake him , she ran down stairs and gave the alarm . Mr . Jackson , surgeon , whose house adjoins Mr . Rsy ' s , was immediately

      called in , and be , on entering the room , found Mr . Smith lying upon his right side , '" quite' dead . In his hands he held a pocket ' handkerchief , which was firmly pressed to his mouth and nostrils ; His knees were partially drawn up , and his limbs were in a state ofrigid contraction . Mr . Smith , it appears , had for a considerable period been in the habit of inhaling olildroforriy which he poured upon his handkerchief and applied to the' nostrils , for tbe purpose of allaying a 'severe pain in the face , to which he was ' subject . In order to ^ euard against the possibility of inhaling too large a quantity , he usually called Mr . Ray s groom into the surgery to sit by him during the process of inhalation , with instructions to arouse him in case . he

      should become insensible . Be had complained of pain in the face on Sunday , but does not appear to have resorted ¦ to his usual remedy until retiring for the night . A bottle which had contained chloroform was found uncorked in the watch-pocket at the bead of the bed , and in a private drawer of Mr . Smith's there was also found two bottles labelled chloroform , one of which was empty , and the other contained half an dunce . —At ; tlie inquest Mr . Edward Jackson , surgeon , said , I found Mr . Smith lying on his right side in bod , with his hands , in which he held : a pocket handkerchief , closely pressed to his mouth and nostrils . His knees were partly drawn up , and his limb ' s and muscles generally ere in a state of rigid

      contraction . There was a purple discoloration on all the lower surface of the body , but chiefly on the side oii which he lay . His jaws were pressed together , and a little blood had oozed'from the mouth , in consequence of the tongue having slightly' protruded , and been cut with the teeth , From tho position-in which the body was found , there could be no doubt that convulsions preceded death . ' There was ho smell about tho handkerchief or in the room to indicate that chloroform had been used The body was not perfectly cbldwheh' I was called in , but was below the nivtural tenVperatura of life . I cannot state definitely the length-of time hehad been dead , but should think at least five hour ? . It is possible that he mi ght have inhaled the chloroformimmediately upon getting into bed , and have died shortly afterwards . In theufternoon I , along with my fat her and Mr . Porter , suVgeon ' made ajport mortem examination of the body Exthere / homarks 1

      ternally was ; of violenceThe ( flood . was in a very fluid state and ' very dark in ¦ »?! "f : ' T" ^; ""^ ^ fif 3 ^^ , * heal thv * . but htghly , congested . Theright cavitieVof tlie heart were much xlisteiided with blopd ; the left cavities and tho substance of the heart were healthy' The liV s- 'v n lK ' - ' ^^ Were > i ! ^ quite healthy mstructure . Tho stomach- contained some food , undergoing digestion , and the mucous membrane , was a lntlo reddened . ' There' '»»> no of the fluids from which we " on u'Id ' iscerta n ' that tnSSlV ^ r ^ ' * " 0 was ' nothing in SlnW ^ . . ?? ,, ? » lwM Vw any other ' own , to indicate i hat the inhalation of chloroform would to dangevoua ; The fact of Mr . Smith ' s lying in a Ii" *? " i ' . P 0 Slt , P" > en , inhaling the chlbroTbrm , ' and his being unable , from insensibility , to remove the handkerchief , ; would cauBe / . his . death . ;/ The

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      hands-grasped the handkerchief so firmly that it . was with some difficulty it was removed . 1 have nj doubtlhntdeath , haAjesulted fronAiincautiQUSly inhaling chloroform . The jury returned a verdict that the deceased ' s . death had resulted from chloroform , incautiously administered by himself . It appeared tbat . from the house ' being ' full of relative ' s to . attend the funeral of Mr . Ray , a - ¦ gentleman slept in the same bed room . with deceased , coming up to bed about twenty minutes after him . 'When the . visitor had been in bed about a quarter of an hpur he heard Mr . ; Smith moan , but as there was no repetition of the noise , ho concluded the latter had been dreaming , and , accordingly , composed himself to sleep .

      . Another Fatal Casb of " Coffinism . "—An . inquest was held at Parton , near Whitehaven , oh Monday , on the body of a young man , named Wm . Hewitt , who died from the effects of . a dose of Dr . Coffin ' s preparation , known as "Lobelia . " The deceased was a founder ,, and belonged , to a benefit club , a man , named William Tait , whowas a ' turner au foundry , professing to bo his medical adviser . About three , or four weeks ago the deceased comp lained of a pain in his stomach , which seemed , to have continued almost up to the period of his death . On Wednesday evening ho consulted Tait , who mixed him up some of the Lobelia and administered it to him , in three doses . Jle appeared worse after he had taken itand he vomited during th ' o ' whole

      , night , and on the following day ( Thursday ); Oh the Friday his state became more alarming , iand' no medical man having been called in up to this , mpment thedeoeased wished one to be sent for , as he was sure that the Lobelia was fast killing him . Mr . Hilton ; surgeon , saw him and found him in a state of great prostration , and that he had Vomited severely . Ho complained of a burning pain in ' the stomach ; that he had taken some of Dr . Coffin ' s stuff on Wednesday night , and that he had not beeri well since . He was understood to say , that hehad taken a teaspponful and a half of the medicine several times . Deceased was afterwards seen by"Mr . Wilson , another medical : gentlenuin , but nothing

      could recover him , and he died on Friday afternoon . The post mortem examination of the body , showed that the stomach and bowels were highly inflamed . After , tlie usualtests , Lobelia was found , and the opinion formed was that the deceased had died from inflammation of the stomach and bowels ; brought on by undue administration of Lobelia Inflata , Its poisonous effects having been described , Mr . Tait denied its having such an influence—too much could not be taken of it . If the deceased had followed his instructions , he might have survived . The jury foundi" That the deceased died frem the effects of Lqbelia Iuflata , administered to . him by ^ William Tiiit . " : The case will accordingly be tried . at the

      en suing assizes . F raud by a Parish Officer . —At the ; county magistrates' office at Rochester , on the 21 st inst . Mr . - George Savage , farmer , of Cobham , who , had been for the last twelve years overseer of the poor of . that parish , appeared on bail , charged with misdemeanor for having fraudulently obtained £ 76 lis , the amount of a poor ' s'rate which he alleged to be due from the Earl of : Darnley ,., but which had beeu previously , collected by ; him . Several witnesses were examined , from whose evidence it appeared . -. that on July 23 the . accused was paid the Huraof £ 70 Us . by Mr . R . Forster , who : was then agent to the Earl of . Darnley . At MichaelmasMr . Forster was succeeded in the stewardshi p by Mr ,

      George Franks , and about . hve weeks afterwards Savage called upon the latter at his residence at Thong , and made a demand for a similar sum , alleging that the same was . due from his . lordship for a poor ' s rate made on the 19 th of September . Mr . 'Franks having come there so recently , remarked that he thought it hard that he should call upoiiihim so . early , and told him he would send him a cheque for the amount . The , accused said he need not do that—he would call : again , which he did on the 21 st of . December , and Mr . Franks accordingly gave him a cheque for the amount . Reference to . the accounts for several years back , resulted in an application to the magistrates for a warrant against the collector , who called upon Mr . Franks , and ; said that if . he had receiyjd the amount of Mr . Forster he was sorry for : it , and Hsked if anything could be done if he called upon his lordship . Mr . J . Stone Cashier at the bank of

      Messrs . Day and Nicholson , of Rochester , proved payment of the cheque on the 21 st of December , £ 45 of-which was carried to tho account of the North Aylesford union from . Cobham parish , and the remainder was taken in cash .. The magistrates determined to send the case for trial , Mr . Southgath ; . solicitor of Gravesend , who attended on behalf of the defendant , ask for his own personal convenience that the case might he tried at the assizes and not the sessions , to which the court assented . Mr . Cross , solicitor to the Earl of Darnley , said there were several other cases against the accused , which he purposed taking chronologically . The second charge was for obtaining the sum of £ 41 3 s . from Mr . Forster , on the 3 rd of May , 1813 , for a rate alleged to be due from the trustees of his lordship , then in his minority . This charge on investigation failed , the accused was then held to bail in the sum of £ 1 , 000 and two sureties of £ 500 each .

      Suicidb by a Child only Seven Years Old . — An extraordinary case has just occurred at Newark , of a boy aged only seven-years deliberately ., and wilfully walking into the river Trent and drowning himself . He was the son of John Hanson , a watermtiR , a respectable man , living at MUlgate ; The boy , it appears , had frequently complained to , his schoolmaster of his mother heating him , and the day before his death he cried and said she had been flogging him , -, and that if she did it again he would drown himself , and unhappily on Saturday last he carried his threat into execution . He was not believed to he weak in intellect . 'An inquest , was held over the body on Monday , before T . Pi . A . JBurnaby , Esq ., coroner for the borough , when

      George , son ot w . lloiraes , ot flewarK , oncKmaRer , said : I went to bathe in the Newark Navigation , on Saturday ; Edward Hanson ( the deceased ) came and undressed . The deceased walked into the water ; it was up to his knees then ; he kept walking on , and I told him not to do so , as it was dangerous . I then went out of the water , and when I came back he was in the middle of the stream , and 1 could not see his head , but he was holding up his bands . I called to him to come out , but the stream carried him away ; he never called out , The deceased did not act in the water like a boy bathing ; he never spoke to us , but seemed determined to get out of his depth . William , son of John Wilson , of Newark , porter , aged seven , gave similar evidence . —T . Kemp , blacksmith , said he found the body of the deceased amongst some weeds , about four fields below the Bottom-look . —Verdict to the

      effect that , being an infant , and not having discern-, ment between good and evil , he drowned himself .,, Railway AcciDEsr at Bury . — -On Monday last , about half-past nine o ' clock in the morning ,. as Mr . Berry , manager of the goods department at the Bury station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , was walking on the lino near to the station , he met an excursion train from Yorkshire that was proceeding to Liverpool and Fleetwood . He stood out of the way of the train , when a goods train from Bolton , proceeding in an . opposite direction , came up and struck him on tho side , driving him on the . slopeof thedine . He was immediately conveyed home insensible . A surgeon speedily attended , and it was found that Mr . Berry ' s right arm and four of his ribs were broken , Tlie- medical men have expressed an opinion that if fever in the head can bo kept down he will probably recover .

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      Tub South Wales Colwery Strike—Wo Are So...

      Tub South Wales Colwery Strike—Wo are sorry to learn that the strike of the colliers in Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire still continues . Our last report names the following colleries as still suspended in Glamorganshire : — The Church , the Tyr Adam , the Carngethin , the Cilvach , and the Clnndor ; in Monmouthshire , the Abercarno and Gwythen , the Cwmtilery , the Barcella , the Buttery hatch , the Rock , the Place , - the Waterloo , the Gwrhey , the Argood , the Mamhele , the Ruepark , the Wellington , the Blbncobn , the Penyven Hold ; tho Havod Veinj tho Blaencuffin ,

      thelPonycoedai ' and the Trynant . The strike is doing considerable mischief to the ports of Cardiff and ~ Newport , the chief outlets for these collieries , numerous vessels have put 'in for cargoes having ! sailed out empty . ' A comparison of the present rate of wages with the price of coal and the comparative price of coal and labour some years ago ,: shows that tho colliers have littlo reason to complain . In April , 1814 , tho price of coal was'Ts . Cd . per ton , and up to the end . of last year it was raised to 0 s . Cd . per ton . On ; that rise 6 d . per ton was added to the miners' wages ; but the coal is now reduced to 7 s . 0 d . por ton again , and the wages are how reduced 2 d . per ton . — -Times of Thursday . '

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      Meuncholy, Acoment In Eninnnnau.—On Satu...

      Meuncholy , AcomENT in EniNnnnau . —On Saturday afternoon , between three and four o ' clock , a man-named Maogregor went into bathe in Duddingston . Loch , immediately below the rook at the Windy ; Goul ., Being an ' ! export swimmer , ho had crossed to the opposite side and returned to within a short distance of tho place where ho started from , when a man who had accompanied him , to the Locli , observed him suddenly to sink ; under tho water .

      . The man . waded in as far ns he could with safety , butcould "bt ! reach the ; drbwniijg ' man , . He then rah to , tho village of Diiddih ^ ton for assistancej and returned to the Loch with some ^ persons ; one of whom , named Denham , a mechanic , dived and brought the body out . , It was conveyed \ vith " nil speed to , Mr . Clegho ' rn ' s Inn , where every means were adopted to restore animation , but in vain Two medical gentlemen who , i ' were present " were of opinion that , the unfortunate man had died ' in the water from apoplexy . " -. '" . '• ' v ' ^ " •' . - " ' . - . - ' "' ' ¦' ¦ .-i . ' iii . io :-i - . uf : iii :-.-c-

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      Theft by a Soldier in Glasgow . — On Monday morning , a private of the 21 st Regiment , named Alexander , i ? as : brought ; up : at : tho .: Central . Police Court , charged with having robbed a groom of nine and a-half sovereigns . The latter had arrived from Yorkshire shortly previous , and scraped up'ah ' acquaintance with the SOU . of Mars . They repaired together to . a drinking shop , when the proposal of the latter to take himself . bff rather Suddenly excited suspicions , " which led to the discovery of the theft . He was committed , and sentenced to sixty days'imprisonment . ' ¦ , . , i , ' '

      Serious Riot at ' . Dunfermline . —For the last few days , great excitement has been occasioned in the western district of Fife by certain outrageous proceedings ,. which' have assumed so alarming an aspect as to induce the civil authorities to apply for the aid , of the military from this quarter . . On Saturday evening , about eleven o ' clock , a band of '' navvies , " armed with bludgeons and knives , made a savage , and unprovoked attack on some of the inhabitants' of Dunfermline , several of whom were severely injured—one , it is feared , fatally—from a stab in the neck and fracture of the skull . The utmost excitement for some time prevailed ; but ultimately the navvies were overpowered , and eleven of them lodged in gaol . Again , on Sunday

      evening , two men were attacked and stabbed in the suburbs of Baldridgeburn . The feelings of . the townspeople had now become . much exasperated , and a certain class resolved on summary retaliation . Accordingl y , about ten o ' clock on Monday morning , a mob of about 400 or 500 , principally very yourii . ' men and boys , paraded the streets , vowing to aen'l all the ) Irish put of the town , and , proceeding to the Irishman ' s lodgings , turned them summarily out of doors , giving ! them time only to , take their clothes with them . -Only one man , we believe , resisted , having struck at one of the townsmen with an axe , and cut open his arm , for which he was severely punjshed by a dreadful blow from a bludgeon , which kid his scalp open . The mob having proceeded to ' the works of the Stirling and

      Dunfermline Railway , about a dozen men were marched thence , and , the whole . paraded through the town for the' purpose : of being sent across the Forth to ( jueehsferry . A gentleman who left . Dunfermline on Tuesday afternoon saw from forty to fifty at North' Queensferry , where the , Sheriff and Fiscal had proceeded ) and managed to protect them from any ill-usage . ' A company of the 13 th Light Dragoons passed through this city at seven o ' clock on Tuesday night to aid the civil . authorities , as it was apprehended that [ tho populace would ' rise against the Irish weavers and . colliers in the district , of whom there arc a good many . ' It was also feared that about 300 navvies who are employed on the Comrie section of the railway , would march in to aid their countrymen . In " tho afternoon about 300 special constables . 'vero sworn in .

      The LANAnKsiURE Miners . —The miners strike has virtually terminated—the lapse of another week having induced a change Mpjji their resolution to decline any compromise . The Glasgow men were the first to agree on the acceptance of modified term s ' " Those who belonged , to ;; tho other' four districts hayesincVcome to ' the same determination . The conditions to which they have now proclaimed their willingness' to accede are 3 s . Gd . of a daily wage , together with weekly payments . The first branch of this claim has been offered by many firms / and ' will 'we' suppose be now accepted . 'The miners of Ayrshire and Falkirk , who have struck , still hold by their original demands . —Daily Mail .

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      DuBtw—Encumbered Estates . —Between the 15 th and the 20 th inst ., thirty-one new petitions f / t the sales of estates were lodged in the Encumbefed Court / Several of the inheritors in this list are petitioners in their owncasesi / Amongst the encumbered proprietors is the name'"Maria Helena Baroness Clanmprris . " . The total number of petition ^ is now 978 . At this rate of progress , the commissioners , before the end of the summer , would have-more estates to sell than they could dispose of in four years . They are , however , preparing for vigorous operations after the recess . Within the weekending the 19 th inst , no . less' than fifty-two conditional or absolute . orders for sales were pronounced .

      Tub Harvest and the Potato Crops . — Still , fortunately , there is no authentic account of the re-appearance of potato blight , but , on the contrary , the provincial journals , received on Monday morning , are almost unanimous in describing the healthy appearance of the crop , « nd the general prospect of an abundant harvest . The supplies of new potatoes are steadily increasing in all the markets , and the prices are , becoming moderate for this "luxury . " The , Cork . Reporter declares that nothing like , the present cheering prospects has been witnessed for five years past . _ Wheat , oats , and barley , are ripening under the influence of the present fine harvest weather . ' .

      The Charge against Mrs . B ^ abby . —¦ The assizes for Armagh commence on the 10 th of July next . . There are not many cases on the criminal calendar . , In allusion to the charge against Mrs . Bleazby , the Newry Stammer says : — " From what has transpired thus far it is almost certain that the prosecution in the Bleazby case will be abandoned , b y the government , as all the evidence adduced at the protracted inquest is utterly irrelevant to the perpetration of the crime of murder charged in the indictment , or mhev in vheverdicti of the coroner ' s jury . Again , the , immediate relatives of the late Mr . Bleazby , namely , his three brothers , and also bis

      uncle Major Bernard , are so firmly iuii-ressedwitli a conviction of Mrs . Bleazby ' s innocence , that they would be among the last to instigate a prosecution . Moreover , there is as yet no intelligence whatever regarding Anne Elliott , the . girl who was sent to America ; and even if her return to this countrv before the period of the assizes could be calculated on , it is questionable enough if any evidence criminatory of , Mrs . Bleazby could be elicited from her . To meet any contingency . the following able counsel are still retained for both Mrs . Bleazby and the steward , Gordon , namely , , Messrs . Napier , Whiteside , Tomb , and O'Hagan , all-Queen ' s Counsel , and also Mr . Jotri Perrin . ...

      The ' resUlt of the experiment made by the Viceroy , in her first trip from Galway to America , is thus , apparently very fairly , stated by the Freeman ' s Journal : —The Canada . 2 , 000 tons burden , with engines of 850 horse-power , left Liverpool at ten o ' clock on Saturday . morning , the 1 st of June ; at the same hour , on the same day , the "Viceroy , a boat built for the channel trade , crowded with . coals above her gunwale ,, of 350 horse-power , sailed from Galway . Wagers . were laid in Liverpool that the Canada would overtake and pass the Viceroy on the fifth day . ' The weather must have been tempestuous at ' sea , for the Canada was nearly two days move than her usual

      time on her . voyage to Halifax . This fact told terribly against the little cockle shell ' s speed , yet what is the result—the Cansda arrived in Halifax oh the Ilth of June at nine o ' clock in the morning ; the Viceroy arrived in eight hours after ! Let us put the reverse of the present case of sailing . Let the Canada sail from Galway . and the Viceroy from Liverpool , the Viceroy would have been at least thirteen days making thepassage , while the chances are that the Canada would have done the voyage in eight , hut certainly at farthest nine days—thus showing a clear gain of . From four to five days in favour of Galway , or equM boats being on botri stations , of two days in favour of Galway ! ' '

      The Potato Crop . —So far there are , providentially . no apparent grounds for the rumours which prevailed in the earlier part of the week respecting the alleged appearance of the blight in the potato-crop . TiieUstaccountsfrom Limerick bring on confirmation of the reported failure in that district , while in the north , where it was eoufidently asserted that unmistakcabie symptoms of disease had shown themselves , it seems that the plant is healthy and luxuriant , and that there is a reasonable prospect of a crop of more than ordinary abundance . Two Ulster papers are quite explicit on this point : — " In consequence of certain rumours '" says the Newry Telepraph , " which have been prevalent respecting the conditii n of this important crop , we have made such inouirks

      and , received such replies as satisfy us that , with hardly an expectation , the potato crop in this district is most : healthy and flourishing . Some few weeks back , indeed , the tops of the early potatoes in this neighbourhood were , from the effects of the frost , blackened and curled up , as if entirely blighted ; but the late rains have quite resuscitated even these ' sorts , which now present strong ami vigorous plants . We have a similar good account of the potato from a neighbouring . district .. Our correspondent in Armagh , writing on Mondav , on the subject says;— ¦ I can observe no case of the reported blight among the potatoes m this vicinity , although some farmers say they have seen it . Others are confident thatit is onty . the effect of the one or two stormvdays that occurred ahmt a week ago . "

      , Kmiqiiahon . —Limbbick . —Since the 1 st of Jan . twenty-six vessels have sailed fro m this port to Unada ,. with 4 , 113 souls ; twenty-fivo sailed for the Umted States , with 3 , 330 souls-making in all M 4 d , and showing the emigration to Canada and the states to bo nearly equal . The total number of emigrants for the year 1819 to the States aud Vanada were ll , 55 i . This gives a striking illustration of the preference of our countrymen to the government oUho States . . ENQusii LANnLdBhs in . Kilkenny . —The Kilkenny Journal extreme Libera

      ( l ) brings the names of three parties before tho public '' as identified with acts WMop . are not less houourablo to themselves than ! " $ S $ to the'r tenants : "— « . ' First-Lord Veaux . this Lnglish nobleman , a Catholic peer of the realm , has , as we . have already intimated , ; been staying fur ' some time at Ballycotira-house ,. and has been engaged in a personal supervision of tho state of his property in this country . When we made the announeeriient of Lord Veaux ' s arrival ,, we stated our impression that from his character as an Eng . lish landlord , " . 'Kig , visit to this country .-would be attended with milch h ' cnefit . to . Jjis teuimtia . From the

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      report of the proceedings of the last meetinT ^ Castlecomor Society , it will be seen that t ? ^ tlemaffforgets hot the duty of property ' ni \ A ship has opened an extensive -systemi ' of im ^ ment in drainage and building on his Dro 3 ' «' Feroda , in ' this country ; and ' has made coSf ^ ableabatementstohis tenants Since thatni . '' fell into his immediate management' w ° Port learn , with feelings of livel y pleasure thff ^ Lordship , not unmindful of the blessin gs ' of « d ^ tion of the poor , has given a considerable own ^ laii ' d rent free for the erection , of a school j f expressive' words . bf ' the report , he « treats ltenantry , more like a father than a master' v ' we mention Lord Clifden and bis agent Mr v ' ' geridgo . We learn of the latterexcelient ' trem ' ln ! : ^ that the 'neatness of the cottages of the ? «* ' and the comfort which is manifest in ?! .:- _ ai * h

      bear unequivocal evidence of the gener . tre-. trn 0118 ' which they have' experienced under his ' mat * ment ; ' and we can also state that Lord 3 *" gives the most hearty approval to every act of' i ? iigont , which goes to render the Uan trv fl ? able and contented . Mr . Muggeridce is I ' rm . r agent on Lord Clifden ' s property ; bnt 12 «* cancelled outstanding and hopeless arrears tS dead weight on the tenants' backs , which near ) much as high rents paralyzes industry , and dpi . L as hope . Then , he made , « considerable ahateSin the rent , or promned them , which moans a pJ * deal , when the character of a good man i 3 a secur ^ that performance is sure to follow profession " ' The Potatob Crop . -AH the accoun ts receive by the provincial papers on Tuesday morning wii ? one exception from Newcastle , speak in thomS

      cneermg terms of the state of the potatoe crnn The Limerick Reporter says ' : — " Such has been tR » largeness of the supply since Saturday , that Z price of the new potatoes has fallen from on ! penny per pound , toelevenpenco per stoneoffiftee n pounds . Potatoes in almost every part of th » counties of Limerick' and Tipperary have now at talned to such a hei ght and luxuriance that tlm trenches are covered with the outspreadin g folia » p of the plants . Pink eyes , and the ash-leaved sne . cies , and kidneys , are all in blossom , and ^ in mm the fields are being dug for market , " ' Outbreak is a WonKnousE . —The following in .

      pears in the Limerick Reporter of Tuesday ;— " Such is the ungovernable condition of Mount Kcnnett Workhouse , that yesterd ay ( Monday ) , the neieh . bourhood was alarmed b y another outbreak on the part of the inmates of that auxiliary , the mule portion of whom raised a terrible uproar , breaking down some of the boundary wall , assaulting the officers of the house , and causing apprehension for the lives < of' those placed over them . The police under head constable Joyntand Shannon , weresoon on the spot , but the pauper , youths of the establishment utterly disregarded their presence , and commenced to fire a shower of ' stones at them , by some of which they were struck and severely'injured . Dr ; Gibson was about to read'the Riot Act . The police charged and wounded some of theiioterj and it not

      . was . till after a long . period that anything like regularity was restored . These pauper youths refused to bake their own bread , saying , b ' pd—d if they would work for . any man ; and when stirabout was ordered for them by Dr . Brodie , ihe attending physician , they rejected it , and dechred they would not use it . Several of these boys break bounds every day , and wander into the country , where they amuse themselves till the dinner hour ; and it is usual to witnessgroups of adult paupers walking through the public streets with tobacco pi pes in tfieir mouths , and loaves of bread under their arms , laughing at authority and scorning discipline . In the auxiliary -workhouses ; with the exception of Clare-street , insubordination to some extent continues to . prevail . " -

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      Court Of Common Pleas.. Newton V. Chapli...

      COURT OF COMMON PLEAS .. NEWTON V . CHAPLIN . —ACTION TO RBCOVBR . THE AMOUNT PAID FOR RALIWAY SHARES ; In this case a rule had been obtained for a new trial on the ground of the improper reception of evidence , i The action had been brought to recover a sura of money paid upon certain railway shares . The grounds upon which the plaintiff relied were fraud / and want of consideration ,. At the trial the plaintiff . called a witness to produce the bo-iks of the company . Itappearedthat this witness bad only been-served with a common subpoena , and not a nubpcena duces tecum . Upon this the plaintiff applied to give secondary evidence of the contents of the books , and the Chief Justice refused to receive it . The court were of opinion that the Chief Justice was wrong in such refusal , and that the rule for a new trial , must , therefore , be made absolute . —Rule absolute accordingly . BATTY V . MALLILO . —THEATRICAL CONTRACTS .

      ' The declaration'iii this case stated the action was an action on promises , and that the defendant , and Caroline Malillo , his wife , did from the 17 th of July , 1848 , agree for the period of three months to perform as equestrians on the stage and in the ring at Astley ' s or elsewhere , in such manner as the plaintiff should require , at a salary of five guinea- ; a week ; and that if either partv should make , default the sum of i-60 ' should be . paid as liquidated damages .. The declaration further stated that the plaintiff requested the defendant and his wife to go to Peebles , in Scotland -, and although the plaintiff was willing to furnish two horses , and although within the period of thesaid agreement be had given notice to the defendant to go to Peebles to perform there ,

      he had refused to do so . The special ground of demurrer to this declaration was , that the defendant and his wife were not asked to perform on the stage or in the ring at Peebles , and that a reasonable time had not elapsed between giving the notice and the time within ; . which the defendant and his wife were required to perform . The Court now stated that they were of opinion that the declaration was good , and that the-breach was sufficiently stated , and judgment must therefore be for theplaintiff . Judgment for the plaintiff accordingly . ZAGURY V . PURSSELL . —COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES . This was an action upon the case to recover compensation in damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff through the negligence of the defendant .-

      Mr . Willesanit Mr . Pollock were counsel for the plaintiff , and Mr . Sergeant "Wilkins for the defendant . — The plaintiff is a Portuguese trader from Terceira , who comes to this country annually to purchase goods . The defendant is a baker and confectioner in Cornhill . In July last the defendant had excavated in front of his shop , for the purpose oferectinganew oven and had covered over the excavation , with planks , for the accommodation ol foot passengers . On the 29 th of that month , as the plaintiff was walking over them , the planks , from some unexplained cause , gave way , and theplaintiti tumbled to the depth of nine-feet into the *; cavity , and was thereby stunned , and had his amunjiired and his head broken . The defendant immediately

      rendered all the assistance practicable , and sent for his own medical man , who attended the plaintiff , and so far restored him as to enable him to proceed home in the course of an hour . Arrived- at home ,, the plaintiff sent for his own medical attendant , and I subsequently forMr . Bransby Cooper , both of whom i attended him for some time . Ten days afterwards ; the plaintiff was seen walking in Tower-street ; but : his own medical man deposed that he was ' a very impatient and imprudent person , and that his suffer- - ings had been prolonged for five weeks through his 5 neglecting the medical instructions ' given to him .. No evidence was given to prove that he had hceni detained longer in this country that usual , nor thfctt ho had suffered any permanent iniury , nor any

      evidence given as to what occasioned the accident . On a the other hand , it appeared that the defendant had i desired that his own medical , attendant should al »> tend the plaintiff at the defendant ' s house , and thatit he had paid him between £ 4 and £ 5 forhavingg done so . —The Lord Chief Justice tojd the jury thatit if an accident of this kind occurred , and there wasts no evidence of any negligence on the part'of theie sufferer , it must bo assumed prima f acie that therere was negligence on the part of the defendant , as , fonr instance , if a coach broke down , and the paasengevsrs were there injured , it must be assumed , unless than contrary were shown , that there was negligence oroi tho part of the coach proprietor . — -The juryreturncAt a verdict for the plaintiff , with £ 20 damages .

      EXCHEQUEK CHAMBER . THK ( JUEKN V . 'WATTS . The Court gave judgment in this case . The pri-ri soner , it will be remembered , was the lessee of thehi Olympic , and the Marylebone Theatres , and also a s clerk in the Globe Insurance-office . He was triecei and convicted at the last sessions of the Cemrara Criminal Ceurt for stealing a piece of paper ( a rere turned paid cheque ) ,, the property of the direetowi of tho Globe Insurance Company . Two points woror < reserved for the opinion of the judges cons titutingnj ; this court by Mr . Justice Cresswell , who tried theh « case ; first , w hether , as the paper was delivered t ( t < the messenger of the company by him to ue givcrci to the prisoner , whose duty was , not to hand it ovevei to the directors or to place it for them in any depc-pcsitory , but to Indd it himself as a voucher to be pre re

      duped ' when called for , it was felony in him to taMK ' or destroy it , or , to put tho point more simply , therit had become inlaw , the . property of the d . 'd ! rectors ; and secondly , . whetheiMhe . prisonor , bewfin ; himself a shareholder , ! could , . though o servant ot o the directors ,, be guilty of stealing that paper * . which ho bad a joint pioperty ;—The Lord Chiejie Justice now read the , following judgment of tro Court ; We have considered this case and wo afar all of opinion that-the-counts in the indictmenien which chiirgo the stealing of a piece of paper , thtli property of the masters of the ; prisoner , are sulwl ported by the levidence . From the ease stated td t us it , appears that Goldsmith and others are th th elected directors of the . ^ lobe . Insurance Com pany and that by the . constitution , of that company thfthe have vested , in them the power . of appointing »« a » msmissing its servants ,. aiid ( hat they-fix ami papa the salaries of the clerks emp loyedin-their officio ¦ -.- / ' ,: ¦• :. . : . ' ,-. ... ¦" ' i . ¦¦ ¦ :, lr . \ f : i

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 29, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29061850/page/6/