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      Two Obstructive Fireg.—About Eight O Clo...

      Two Obstructive FiREg . —About eight o clock on Saturday night last a fire , attended with considerable destruction of property , broke out in a lar j ; e range of workshops belonging to Mr . Potts , a box m anufacturer , situated immediately behind the premises belonging to . Mr . Spencer , a tobacconist , No . 32 , King-street , Snow-bill . The fire was not extinguished until Mr . Potts ' s property -was totally deitroyed . The origin of the fire is not known . Fortunately , the sufferer was insured in the Phoanix Tire Office . About an hour previous , a fire , that ¦ was well nigh being attended with an enormous destruction of property , happened in tbe large manufacturing premises belongiDg 10 Messrs . Glover , the gas-meter-makers , in Sutton-etreet , Clerkenweli . One end of the roof was burnt off . The origin of ihi .- * nre is likewise unknown .

      O-v the 22 nd inst . an inquest w .-s held before Mr . Car ^ r , the coroner for Surrev , at the White Hone Tavern , Brixton-hAU , on . view of the body of a female unknown , found in the Brickfield P j | , at Brixton , on the previous Wednesday morning . From the advanced state of decomposition is is supposed the body must have been in the pond more than a fortnigut previous to its being f ound It is that o , a female , apparently about twenty-five , respectably attired in dark clothes . In the absence of direct evidence , the iury returned an open verdict of " Found Drowned . "

      Fatal Steam Boat Accipint . —On Monday afternoon the Sunbeam , City and West-end steam boai . with her passengers proceeded up the river as far ss Southwark-bridse when a man of the name of CWrterfield at the moment the steamer was passing under the bridge fell overboard . The firemen on board the floating engine put off iu their boat in the bones of saving the unfortunate man , but when the . ft . « Inearly reached him two steamers came up , and it is believed that the paddle wheels of one struck the poor fellow on the head , for he almost instantly afterwards disappeared . The wife and child of tbe ' unfortaaete man were on board . SSiCiwa . —On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . Bedford , at Charinjr-cress Ho . « pi » al , on the body

      o f Emma Grice . aged thirty-eight , who precipitated ierself from the attio of 22 , Castle-street , Longacre . From the evidence of the father it appeared that the deceased had been subject to fits of epilepsy an » gusts of passion from her infancy , during which she frequently threatened the lives of the whole of her family . It appears that a quarrel ensued between the deceased and her brother and father , on acc-rnt of a suspected intimacy , since proved to 6 av ? been unreal , between her and a man living in the saiae house . Immediately alter the altercation , having beau left alone in tbe vjom , she precipitated herself from the window , was picked up senseless , and carried to the hospital . The medical evidence satisfying the jury as to the cause of death , the jury returned * verdict of " Temporary insanity . '

      Discovery of a Maxo tactohy of Spumous Tea . —The detective revenue police corps , acting tinder Mr : Scott , have just discovered an important scat of thespurious tea manufacture . The premises in question are No . 9 , Bond-street , Commercialroad . The officers , onentcring the suspected house , procssiedto the kitchen , where they found , in working nfder , the wooden presses , drying trays , leather and muslin bags , colouring matters , and all the apparatus and materials employed in the art of giving to exhausted tea leaves the semblance of the genuine product . Besides a great quantity of raw and partially converted material ; ninety-eight packages of tbe finished article were discovered , in a form ready for the market . Neither the conductors of tbe process nor the owners of the p ' anfc were discovered , although iheiv early apprehension is expected . The stock and utensils were , however , seized , andcon-¦ veyd to the Revenue Office , in Broad-street .

      Extensive Fire . —One of the most extensive fires that has occurred in the metropolis for some time past , broke out on Wednesday morning at a few minutes before one o ' clock , in an immense range of manufacturing premises , situate in Pleasant-row , Pelham-street , Mile-end New-town , used as lard and oil works , and supposed to belong to Mr . CrOSilev , of Old . ilontasue-streefc , Whitechapel . . A general turn out of the firemen took place , and tbey proceeded towards the scene of conflagration , guided onlv by the light in the atmosphere . After taking a number of circuitous routes , the engines were driven i * to the WMtechapel-road , where huge bodies of sparks flying over the house tops in the

      road , convinced the firemen that they were not iar from the scene of conflagration . Having turned down some of the ' bye streets they came in front of the blazing pile ; when a scene of fearful grandeur presented itself , for the whole « f the inward building was wrapped in sheets of flame . The various engines were immediattt ' y set to work from a supp . y of water furni $ he < : by ths East London Company ' s maius ; but-iu sp-te of cm- utmost exertions of the firemen and the vast torrents of water scattered over the blazint ; pile , the work of devastation continued , and it was nearly two o ' clock before the least impression rould be made upon the fire , and not before the building was all but destroyed .

      Health op Londox during the Week . —The weekly return still discovers a high rate of mortality , though some improvement is observed in the last as compared with the earlier weeks of this month . The deaths in the week ending July 26 ii , were 956 ; in August they rose successively to 1 , 010 , 1 , 038 , and 1 , 061 ; and they have again declined to 956 . In the corresponding week of 1819 , when epidemic cholera was raging , the total mortality rose to 2 , 456 deaths , more than half of which were the consequences of its fatal violence ; in the same week of 1847 it rose to 1 , 057 ; bat . with these exceptions , the numbered registered last week is higher than in any of the corresponding weeks of 1 S 4150 . Of the 956 » t rsons who died last week , 502 were children under fifteen years o f a ? c , 262 were fifteen yrars or older , hut under

      sixty years , and 184 had reached sixty years or upwards . 290 children , whose deaths are now recorded , bad not attained one year old . In the summer returns epidemics are ia the ascendant , and this c ' ass b-jw includes 314 fatal cases . Of this number , 168 are dne to diarrhoea , dysentry , and cholera ; next in amount is typhus , which , with remittent fever , rheu-Diatiam , tiSC , counts 54 J small pes and measles number each 16 , scarlatina 18 . hooping cough 24 , croup 5 , and thrush 10 . Though scarlatina does not spread fatally at the present time , particular families have suffered severely ; and in the notes of registrars a court in Deptford is reported where this disease , id lis malignant form has carried off two children , while a third has also been attacked in the same family , the house being without drainage , and consequently

      subject to an accumulation of nuisances . The tubercular class ia the table of this week is second in numerical importance : it comprises scrofula , which was the fatal cause in 10 cases , tabes mesenteric ^ , and hydrocephalus , which number respectively 14 and 20 , and phthisis ( or consumption ) which numbers 126 . The mortality from this last mentioned disease ia about the ordinary amount . The deaths ascribed to diseases of the respiratory organs are 72 , those from diseases of the digestive organs 63 , neither of these results differing much from the average at this season of the year . Twenty deaths from eholera were regis t ? redin the week . The births of 773 boys and 6 S 3

      girls , in aUl , 455 chudren , wereregisteredintheweek . The average of six corresponding weeks in 1845-50 was 1 , 281 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , ths mean reading of the barometer was above 30 indies on Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday ; and the mean of the week was 29 ' 841 inches . The mean tetnjh-rature of the week was 638 deg ., or about 3 deg . shave the average of tbe same week in ten years . '»' he temperature was highest on Thursday and Friday , the highest ou each day having been 19 8 de « . and the mean about 68 deg .. which is more than 7 degrees above the average . The wind generally blew from the south-west .

      Bibthdatof Prikcs Albert . —On Tuesday his Royal Highness Prince Albert completed his thirty s ? cond year , having been born en the 26 th of Aug ., 1319 . The Royal standard floated on tbe various public buildings daring the whole of the day , and at one o clock the Park and Tower guns were fired in honour of the ersnt . The bells of many churches of the metropolis and its suburbs rang merry peals at an early hour in the morning , and kept up the joyous demonstration to a late period ef thenieht . In the evening various illuminations were displayed on several of tbe public buildings , and by the tradesmen flf the Prince . - ' - - Serious Eihis—Tuesday was marked by the occurrence of three , by which the lives of several t T . sons were placed in imminent peril . The first In rime , but , unfortunately , not in extent , took r-a .-e between twelve and one In the morning , on ize premises of Mr . Taylor , a linendraper , Ho . 166 D .-ury-lane . The engines quickly arrived , but in s ;» ite of the exertions of the firemen the flames could

      i-ot be extinguished until some hundred pounds worth of property was spoiled . Fortunately Mr . Tay ior was insured in the Phoenix ^—About half an hour later the premises belonging to Mr . T . P . Marks , piaraber , oie „ 2 fo . 13 , East-street East Greenwich , were first discovered to be on fire , and the flames had already obtained such a firm hold of the lower rffi Q u \ b ^ riidingtbat it was with the greatest ^ acuity the inmates were enabled to escape . The residents of the house had barely-reached the tjS shotf ^ w bo , 1 r fi « and volumes of < £ « £ « f % , }• * the 6 eTeral windows , to the Z ^ JSL ™ ad J ° " » og property . A female named

      ^' iZ n ^ - f X - » ement threw two of the ° f £ t w - ° f \ mnd 0 W ' *« t ™* te ! j a man caugat them , and they received no injury : but Mrs . ThOOV'S , IU lumuing from the same ' opS / altboogn agisted by the same man , rebounded ° from bi 3 snouldor , and striking a wall , broke her collar boae . Shew . « s immediately remove ctoasurgeon ' sin the neighbourhood . Several engines were soonontbe . -5 > 0 ' , and a plentiful supply of water was obtained , - . it before the fhmes could be overcome , the whole .: Mr . M-srk ' s stock in trade , furniture , and wear . : - ~ apparel , were destroyed , and the buildinggut-- - ' . ; . T . < e house Ifo . 14 ,-has likewise : sustained ^ reat d-unage , and ths roof is partially destroyed .

      Two Obstructive Fireg.—About Eight O Clo...

      ho ? . 10 , 11 , and 12 , belonging to Mr . Smith , of the Trafslgar-road , are also considerably damaged , and so is No . 15 , belonging to Mr . Claytoa . Mr . Marks fortunatel y was insured in the County Fire-offie * . —shortly after twelve o ' clock at noon , the third fire occurred in Prior-grove , Bulton-nelds , Brompton , below the hospital for tho cure of consumption , and as regards the amount of building property destroyed was far more destructive tlian the former outbreaks . Mr . R . Trower , of Ko . 2 , Collegestreet , Chelsea , has a row of first class houses in the course of erection in the above grove , and indeed were completed with the exception of putting

      in tbe windows , and some internal arrangements . Tlie workmen had gone to dinner as usual , leaving a fire burning on the hearth in the lower portion of oneof tiie houses . The wind getting up , some of the embers were wafted on to a pile of shavings , which immediately ignited , and in an incredible short space of time , the whole building was in flan . es . An adjoining house then caught , ami speedily shared tho same fate , and when the brigade arrived the entire grove seemed doomed to destruction . The engines , however , were quickly got into operation , and the deflagration was at length stayed ; The loss will prove rather heavy , audit is understoed that the buildings were not insured .

      A Woman Foosn Dead ix Regent-street . — On Wednesdav morning , at an early hour , the police constable on duty in Regent-street found the dead body of a woman lying on the pavement a short distance from Vigo-street . The corpse was removed as speedily as possible to St . James ' s Workhouse , in Poland-street , where it was seen by tiie medical officer , who found no marks of violence . Information was sent to Mr . Bedford , tho coroner , who has ordered a post-mortem examination . The deceased appeared to have been about fifty years of age , was of sallow complexion , attired in a black satin visite and sown , and r . n open willow bonnet .

      the cash or Lord IUnelaoh and tub Officials of mis Grekswice Lisk . —On "Wednesday Mr . Metcalf , barrister , applied at Judges * Chambers , on behalf of Lord Il-inelagh , for a writ of certiorari to remove from the Central Criminal Court to the Court of Queen ' s Bonob , the indictment found against his lordshi p by the grand jury at the former court last week for an assault upon an officer of the Greenwich Railway . The Lord Chief Baron ( Sir F . Pollock , ) who was sitting at Chambers , at once granted the application , and the case Will bo tried at the sittings after Michaelmas term . Cohonbb ' s Inquest—Guild Murder at Camberwell . —An inquest was taken before Mr . W . Carter , the coroner , at the Princess Charlotte Tavern , Albany-road , Camberwell on Wednesday , on the body of a newly born male child , found under the

      following singular circumstances : —It appeared that on the previous Friday two boys were fishing iu the Surrey Ganal , near tlie Swimming Baths , when their tackle came in contact with some heavy substance , and after a few minutes they succeeded in bringing to the surface of the water a bundle , which , when opsned , was found to contain the body of a child , which was given to the constable ( Mr . Sedgley . ) Mr . Flower , the surgeon of Camberwell , stated that he had made a poit mortem examination of the body , which was fully developed , and had been born alive . The body was very much decomposed , but there was sufficient proof of vitality having existed for a considerable time . The jury , after a brief consultation , unanimously agreed to a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . "

      Proposed Sals of the Xext Presentation to the Parish of St . Luke , Chelsea . —Wednesday being the day appointed for tlie sale by auction of this valuable church preferment , a large number of the inhabitants of the extensive parish of Chelsea atttnded for the purpose of witnessing the proceedings . After the sale of other properties , the auctioneer ( Mr . Alderman Fare ' orother ) stated that he had to offer tho next presentation ( subject to the life of the present incumbent , now in the seventieth ye ir of his age ) to the rectory of St . Luke' , Chelsea , which consisted of the detached rectory-house , with offices and gardens , extending to three and a quarter acres of ground , together with twenty-six acres of glebe laud , let on building leases for lives

      which , together with the commuted rent charged in lieu of tithes , create an income of £ 1 , 60453 . 2 d . per annum ; with a prospect of a further increase of £ 1 , 300 per annum as tho lives upon which the glebe lands are let drop in , The rector , during his incumbency , has also the right of nomination to tbe ministry of the Old Church , now the parish chapel , producing about £ 300 per annum , the present incumbent in his eighty-third year . After reading the above particulars , the auctioneer stated that the heavy duties of the parish required the assistance of two curates , whose salaries ,

      together with highway rates , & c , caused a deduction of £ 287 from tbe annual income * and said that , taking every source of income , patronage , and reversionary , interest into consideration , according to the tables , the value was about £ 16 , 000 , but it was for bidders to decide what it was worth . The auctioneer then invited any person in the company to make any observation , or ask any questions , but a dead silence was maintained , and tho lot was put up at £ 6 , 090 and the biddings went on by £ 100 each , until they reached £ 8 , 500 , at which price the hammer fell , and the auctioneer declared the pro * perty was not sold .

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      Fibe A . vn Loss op Life at Chatham . —On Saturday morning last , a destructive fire broke out at the Cock public-house , kept by Mr . Baldock , by which one of thejinmates lost his life and others sustained serious injury . About an hour after the family and lodgers had retired to rest , the landlord was alarmed by the cry of fire , and flames were immediately discovered raging iu the lower part of the house . Mrs . Baidock and threeOf her Children escaped with difficulty through one of the windows . Before doing so , she attempted to arouse a young

      man , named Amos , a harvest labourer , who was asleep in one of the bedrooms , having arrived the day before , but failed in so doing , and bis sleep cost him his life . A female named Bonnet , in jumping from a chamber window , received a very serious injury of the spine , besides being much cut by the glass ; and the servant girl , in escaping by the garret window , likewise sustained considerable injury . The fire , the origin of which is unknown , extended to the adjoining house , in the occupation of Mr . Sibbett , fruiterer , which was entirely destroyed . An inquest was held on the body of the young man , who was found covered with feathers , as if he had gone down with the bed through tbe floors . An open verdict was returned .

      HoBKin BABBARirr nr a Mother , —Jfargaret Fleming was charged before the magistrates in Chester on the 21 st inst ., with fearfully mutilating her infant son , a child of a year and eight mouths old . The woman lives near the old turnpike , in Boughton , Chester . The child was found a little distance from her house , apparently suffering the greatest agony from wounds -which it had received , It was conveyed by some ' neighbours to Mr . Churton ' s , the mother at that time having left the house to take , her husband ' s dinner . Mr . Churton discovered that the sexual parts of the child had been completely destroyed by fire , and there - was also a burn on its back , dono by some metallic instrument . Other severe bruises were

      found on different parts of the child's body . Mr . Churton bad since attended tbe child , and staled that it was in such a dangerous state that he believed it would not Jive . A woman who lives next dt ) or to the prisoner deposed that she heard the child fearfully moaning , and the voice of the mother angrily speaking to it ; also the sound of blows , there being only the prisoner and her child in the house . The prisoner shortly afterwards left the house . The prisoner was remanded . On being placed at the bar she evinced no remorse , but seemed only affected at her own position . It was necessary to remove her in a cab to the city gaol to prevent the women who thronged tbe staircase ; and arcade of the Exchange from taking the law into

      their own hands . We understand the mutilated infant is likel y to survive , as Mr . Churton has succeeded in effecting an artificial passage . Commission of Lunacy . —On Saturday last an inquiry took place at Guildford , before Mr . Commissioner Winslow and a special jury , to ascertain the state of mind of Mr . Thomas ltuabridger , of Bognor , Sussex , shipowner and coal merchant , but who has been since March last an inmate of the Guildford Lunatic Asylum . A number of lay and medical witnesses were examined , from whose testimony it appeared that an unfavourable change

      took place in Mr . Rusbridger ' s mind in January and February , 1849 , arising from a paralytic stroke , and . that subsequently he had exhibited on various occasions great violence of conduct . The jury found that lie had been of unsound mind since the " 16 th * of March last . EEPBESENrAiicv of Colchester . —Th « Protectioniot party in Colchester are taking steps to secure the return of W . W . Hawkins , Esq ., of Alresford Hall , at the-next election for this borough , in conjunction with Lord John Manners , one of thesitting members . In addition to being a a zealous Protectionist , Mr . Hawkins ia a sound

      Protestant . , Ah UaroBTBNATB Sunon . —In the bounty Court , at the Castle of . Exeter , on Saturday , James Jeffery , a prisoner for debt , in the Sheriffs Ward , St . Thomas , came up upon his petition to bo discharged . He was opposed by Mr . Torr , solicitor , of London ; and supported by Mr . Laidman , for the Society of the Relief of . Poor Debtors . It appeared from the statements and admissions which were « nade in the course of the examination , that the insolvent , who . is a Greenwich pensioner , and who has also been employed as a toll collector at various parts of-this and the adjoining county , fancied himself entitled ,, as the heir at law of one Sir Thomas : Berry , to certain land a in Devonshire , in the poss ession of a la named Torr Some friends ad-

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      vanced him money to enable him to try his right ; and Mr . JDavy , solicitor , of Wellington , was . instructed to take legal proceedings in order that the matter mig ht be brought to issue . Payments were made on account , and an unuWBtanding was come to between Mr . Davy , and insolvent as to the amount of remuneration which the former was to receive , in the event of ultimate success . Ari action of ejectment was commenced , and notice of trial was given , but when the assizes arrived , the causa was never entered . The defendant ( Mrs . Torr ) obtained an order for the costs or tho day and the insolvent , not long afterwards , was taken in execution for the amount . He then employed attorney Uo . 2 , to sue attorney No . 1 . for n »„ l !< rpnna . In omitting to enter the cause ,

      according to his undertaking . In this second action the insolvent was successful . He obtained a verdict against Attorney No . 1 , who paid the amount recovered to attorney No . 2 . Attorney No . 2 , however , did not pay it over" to insolvent as ' readily as the latter thoug ht desirable , and he therefore gave instructions to attorney No . 3 to take proceedings to recover it . Attoi-ney No . 3 therefore set to work upon attorney Ho . 2 , and , as the schedule Stated , with so much success that be actually did receive , a « um of £ 3110 s ., but then he had a bill of costs estimated in the same schedule at " about £ 50 , " in respect of which he not only had a right to retain the money in his own hands , but also had a lien on the balance of £ 20 which attorney No . a had still to nav As regarded his action against Mrs . Torr ,

      the insolvent had not only failed , but had been incarcerated upwards of two years for non-payment of the costs . Mr . Torr said he had only been desirous of bringing these facts before tho public , but bad no wish to protract the insolvent ' s imprisonment . Thejudge said Mr . Torr had quite con . vinced him that the insolvent had been a most unfortunate man , and ordered him to be discharged torthwith . Charge of Fkaud a . v » Conspiracy at Brighton . —On Saturday last , Mr . M'Laren and Mr , Lewis having entered into the required recognisances , an officer was despatched to Lewes with the necessary ticket to the governor Of LeWQS gaol , upon receipt of which the prisoner Broome would be required to enter into his own recognisances of £ 200 , and be released . No application for bail for either of the other prisoners was made . Dreadful Gales at Livebpool . —Early on

      Sunday morning tho wind , which was lightly blowing from the west , sprang up into a heavy gale , and continued throughout the day , at times a perfect hurricane , accompanied with torrents of heavy rain , for miles up the country , east , north , and south of Liverpool , The crops of wheat and oats , which had been cut and arranged in shock , were thrown down , burst open , and scattered over the fields and hedges . From Liverpool a large number of vessels left the river outward bound , and it is feared that many will have suffered greatly fTOHl the storm . Up to tbe afternoon ef Monday we regret to narrate the following : —The Kedorea , for Calcutta , has put back with loss of topmasts , & c . A sloop , supposed to bo the Shonett , of Killougb , sunk in the river on Sunday , crew drowned . The John , of RuriOOWl , laden with limestone , sunk off Taylor ' s Bank , while in tow of the Dreadnought steamer , crew lost .

      Irish Row at Birmingham . —On Sunday night , between seven and eight o'clock , a desperate affray took p lace between a large body of Irish , about 150 in number , and three of the police force in Birmingham ; the result was , that two of the officers are so seriously injured that their lives aro de ? spaired of . The scene of the affray was Park-street , which is the resort of a large number of Irish , who generally occupy themselves on Sunday afternoon by annoying the persons resident in the neighbourhood , and otherwise conducting themselves with so much disorder as to render it dangerous for persons to pass by . To such an extent has this nuisance

      been carried , that on Sunday the police interfered , when the Irish fell on them and beat them in the most savage fashion ; a man named Bloxham , was knocked down and jumped upon by some of the ringleaders in the riot , whilst others beat him about the head with dangerous implements , inflicting such serious injuries about his person , that he was taken up in a dying state , with six or seven immense wounds in his head . The other two officers were treated with almost equal brutality . Two out of the three policemen were taken to the hospital , where they now lie in such a state that their lives are despaired of . Several of the ringleaders in the affray have been taken into custody .

      The Cholera—The Birmingham Journal says that two fatal cases of Asiatic cholera occurred in that town last week . Discovery and Committal of a Gas g of Thieves and Receivers . —Great interest has been created at Bath by the discovery of a large gang of thieves , who as porters and errand-boys have been carrying on an extensive system of robbery for some time past , by which several of the leading tradesmen nf the city have suffered to a large amount . Ilia worship ( F . Dowding , Esq ., mayor of Bath ) , after several adjournments , rendered necessary by the extent and number of the robberies , has fully committed tbe following prisoners for trial : —Herbert Coplestone , Thomas Reynolds , James Wilkins , Jacob Archard , Henry Kingston , George Owillam ,

      Edward Levier , 'William Levier , and Jane Levier ; the two last-named , who are husband and wife , being charged as receivers of the stolen goods , and all the others with stea'ing . Abominable Outrage at a Colliery near Bristol . —Th- Malago Vale Colliery , at Bedminster , near Bristol , at which but a few weeks ago five unfortunate men were killed through the breaking of tho rope by which they were being lowered to their work in the bottom vein , has this week been the scene of one of the most diabolical outrages that could be conceived—namely , the wilful cutting of the shaft rope , upon the strength and safety of which the lives of the men engaged in the colliery mainly depend . Owing to the breaking of the former rope , and to its obvious unfitness for the work ,

      a new one has been ordered by the proprietors ; but , in the meantime , tho operations of the colliery have been carried on with the aid of a pit ropo lent until its completion by the proprietors of another pit in the neighbourhood . What motive could have suggested so horrible a crime cannot be conceived , but on Tuesday morning a painful amount of excitement was produced in the neighbourhood in consequence of its becoming known that an attempt bad been made to cut it through with some sharp instrument . At midnight on Monday the rope is known to have been perfectly sound arid secure . It is the duty of the man in charge of the pit ' s mouth to overlook tlie ropes and machinery , and at the time named he made an examination and found that all was as it should be . ' Between that time and three o'clock on tho following morning the outrage was perpetrated . Afc the last named time a cart full of men had to be lowered for the

      purpose of going to work below , and just before the descent was made tho rope was again overlooked , and it was then found that it had been cut across with some sharp instrument . The rope hud been penetrated in an upward direction to some depth , and when the strain of the cart came to act upon it , the cut being at above fifty feet ' from the drum , it is doubtful whether , having been so weakened , it would have stood . Information of tho horrible attempt has been conveyed tO the police , and a rigid inquiry is being instituted in the hope of discovering the offender . Marriage of Miss Helen Faucit . —At the church of St . Nicholas , Brighton , on Monday morning , the nuptials of Miss Helena Faucit Saville . tho delightful Helen Faucit of the dramatic world , and ih \ Theodore Martin , parliamentary agent , were celebrated . The ceremony was performed by the Rev . H . G . Wagner , vicar of Brighton .

      The Mubdeb op a Woman by her ' Husband at Maschesteh . —John Ilampson , the man charged , on Friday last , with the murder of his wife , by beating and throwing her down stairs , was brought up at the Manchester Borough Court on Tuesday Mr . Evan Thomas , surgeon , stated that he made a postmortem examination of the body of deceased on Saturday last . Ho found that the skull was fractured , and there was effusion of blood on the brain , This was tbe cause of death . It might have been produced l > y blows or kicks , or by a fall , The prisoner , who protested his innocence of the crime , was committed for trial , on-a charge of murder , at the assizes . An inquest was held on the body of the unfortunate woman oh 'Monday , by Mr . Ilerford , but it was adiourned .

      Tub Compound Householders' ACT , passed during the last session of parliament , has been brought somewhat effectively into operation in Manchester under tbe superintendence of the registration committees , . Monday was the las t day for claims to be sent in , and the League Registration Society , on behalf of the free-traders , has given its assistance to about 650 applicants in malting claims , the greater portion of . whom claim under this bill . , The only other registration society is one calling itself tbe Protestant Defence

      Association , and the number of applications they have received is about 300 , This makes about 900 persons whose names will probably be added to the register under the bill , independent of those who will have claimed by direct application to the overseers and otherwise . The names on the complete register ' of last jear 11 , 841 , so that the increase will form a large per centage considering how illinformed people are at present as to the scope aud design of tho act , aud , indeed , as to its existence at all .

      Charge of Forgery against a Clergyman . —We { . WesternFlying Post ) announced last week in our second edition that the Rev . 11 . P , Hppe , incumbent of Leigh , and chaplain of the Sherborne Union ' Workhouse , had been arrested on a charge of forgery , and remanded until Thursday . On Tuesday he was again brought u |> in custody , and the examination , resumed witb closed doors . Wo are , therefore , unable to publish the evidence , but the following summary of . * - » may bo relied upon

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      as correct . There were several chargesagainst tbe reverend gentleman . ' The first , that on which he was arrested , was preferred against him by Mr . John Bird , of Batcorabe , a farmer advanced ill years . The information charged him with having for ged a bill of Exchange for £ 200 . It appears that some months ago Mr . Hope applied to Bird to join him in an accommodation bill , and , after some time , the old man w as persuaded ¦ to sign his name to a blank acceptance . for £ 60 , leaving Mr . Hope , in

      whom he seems to have had great confidence , to fill in the amount . Mr . Hope took the stamp away with him , and subsequently drew tho bill for £ 200 instead of £ 50 . The magistrates , after hearing tbe evidence , committed jyjr , Hope for trial on . the charne of forgery . There , were several other cases of a similar , character against the prisoner , and the magistrates , after hearing some portion of the evidence adjourned the further examination . It . is supposed that the reverend gentleman W 98 deeply involved in railway speculations .

      The Colliery Explosion at : WA 3 HIN 0 I 0 N .--Mr . Mathias Dunn ,. the government inspector , has given notice to the proprietors that he purposes examining the workings of the " pit on Tuesday ; he has also requested that he may be accompanied by a depu * tation of three pitmen while making his survey . The condition of . the pit previous to , and at the time of the accident , will be thoroughly inquired into at the adjourned inquest . Gun Accident . —On the 22 nd instant Mr . Rose , son of Sir George Rose , one of tbe Masters in Chancery , was accide ntly shot by his friend , Wm . Brougham , Esq ., another of the Masters in Chancery . The particulars are , that Mr , Rose was On » Trisit to Lord and LadylBrougham , and his lordship ' s

      brother , W . Brougham , Esq ., at Brougham Hall , in Westmoreland , and on that day Mr . Rose , Mr . W . Brougham , and others were out shooting rabbits in Whinfell Park , between two and . three miles distant from'Brougham Hall , and nearly five miles from Penrith . A rabbit started from its burrow , when Mr . Brougham immediately fired his piece , not at the same time seeing his friend , who unfortunately was standing- in such a direction , that a quantity ofthe . shot ( it is thought about fifty pellets ) was lodged in the higher parts of his thighs and the lower part of the abdomen . Mr . Rose still remains at Brougham Hall , and is doing well . A Policeman killed by a Lunatic—On Monday last an inquest was held , by adjournment , at the

      Ridley Arms , Blyth , a small sea-port town in the county of Northumberland , before the coroner , Stephen Reed , Esq ., upon tbe body of Patrick Hartford ; a police officer of that town . Mr . William Briggs , a shipowner residing at Waterlooplace , has for some time past been labouring under confirmed monomania , but being inoffensive was suffered to goat large without restraint , A few days ago he suddenly became violent , and as his maid servant was taking away the dinner tray from his bedside , ho jumped up and persued her . She became alarmed , rushed out of the house , anu called upon the neighbours for assistance . At thsit moment- Patrick Hartford , a police officer , hardened to be passing , and he ia company with two

      or three other men , went into the house , and endeavoured to quiet Mr . Briggs . Shortly afterwards they all came out again , but Hertford hung about the neighbourhood , and in a few minutes seeing Mr . Brtgg ' s in the passage still in a very-. excited state , he struck him several violent blowsW his arm , head , and shoulders , Mr . Briggs immediately stepped hick , picked up his walking stick , and thrust it with great force into the policeman ' s left eye . Hartford was' immediately carried to an adjoining house , where bis eye was dressed , ami every attention paid to him , but he shortly afterwards died from the effects of the wound . On a post mortem examination being made , it was found

      Chat the brain had been penetrated by tbe stick , and was lacerated to the depth of two inches . The coroner , in summing up , remarked that Mr . Briggs was on his own premises , was attacked violently by a person who gave him no explanation , and did not say he had any warrant , and was , therefore , even if he had been in a . sound State of mind , perfectly justified in defending himself in the manner he had done , and the consequences having proved fatal , it was the fault of deceased and not Mr . Briggs . Tho jury , after half an hour's consultation , returned a verdict of " Homicide by misadventure . " Mr . Briggs was removed to a lunatic asylum on the day after the affray between him and the policeman .

      The Conservatives of North Wabwickshire have made no less than 1 , 400 objections to Liberal voters , whose claim to the franchise arises chiefly from property acquired through the Freehold Land Societies . This year there are upwards of 500 new claims by Liberals in this division of the county , so that at the next election , there is little doubt but that either Mr . Newdegate or Mr . Spooner will be rejected . In South Staffordshire also there is a large number of new claims by Liberals , and a goodly array of objections by the Tories . . ... Death of Lord John Hat . —It has been some time known that his lordship , who obtained bis flag on tbe 22 nd inst ., had been suffering from a most painful disease , from-which his medical attendants

      have entertained no hope of his recovery . We have now to announce his dissolution , which took place on Tuesday night , shortly before ten , at St . Michael ' s Terrace , Stoke ,, where he had been removed , for greater quiet , from his official residence in tbe dockyard . Lord John Hay was a son of the late Marquis of Tweedale , and was in his fiftyeighth year . The Borough of Sheffield and the Public Health Act . —A public meeting convened by the Mayor ( T . B . Turton , Esq ^ . ) , was held on Monday in the Townball , Sheffield , to consider whether , in the opinion of the burgesses , either the Public Health Act , or a General Improvement Act was desirable for the borough . The meeting—which was numerouslvattended—was presided over by the

      Mayor . It was unanimously resolved to oppose the introduction of tho Public Health Act into the borough , but tbe meeting expressed a strong opinion that , looking at the present state of the town , and its further requirements , the time had arrived when it was desirable to obtain a general and comprehensive act , for the good government , regulation , and management of the borough , and for the better draining , lighting , paving , consumption Of smoke ( where practicable ) , and . otherwise improving the town , through tho medium of the towii council ; who were requested to apply for such an act in the next session of Parliament . A committee was appointed to co-operate with the town council in obtaining the act ; and it was also determined to raise a fund to guarantee the expenses of applying to Parliament .

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      Another. "Levenside Case.—We Have Abstai...

      Another . "Levenside Case . —We have abstained from further comment on the cuse of the Levenside ; waiting for the report of the judicial proceedings at St . Helena . For this abstinence wo think we deserve some credit , considering the efforts ^ of certain gallant newspaper correspondents to prejudge the question . We deem it our duty , however , to place on record the following notice of a case alarmingly similar , which has appeared in a Scotch contemporary . —" Greenock , August 26 . — Letters have been received by the owners of the Elizabeth of this port , from Calcutta , for London , from the master , Mr . Cheyne , announcing , that be had been forced to put into the Mauritius on the 20 th June , for protection , the military on board , ninety in number , partly government aud partly

      East India Company ' s troops—having become unmanageable and assaulting the officers' of the ship , who could get no redress , the military officers in command neglecting or refusing to do their duty . Ou one occasion the surgeon , in tho employ of the owners , had got drunk and was put in arrest by the master , but released by the military officer in command , who stated that the master had no right or authority to do so without consulting him . Truly these military oflicersseem to be taking most unwarrantable liberties upon tho high seas ' of late ; and it ia absolutely necessary for the safety of our mercantile marine that all matters in this case , as well as that of the Levenside , shall undergo a Strict and impartial investigation . It is proper to state that the troops on board the Elizabeth are mostly invalids , portions of differeutregiments . "—Qreenock Advertiser .

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      The Roman Catholic Defence Agitation—It ...

      The Roman Catholic Defence Agitation—It i 3 plain that the It » man Catholic organs either believe tbe enforcement of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act to be , if not impossible , at least extremely difficult ; or else , notwithstanding all their abuse ot the Whigs , that they entertain extraordinary confidence in the forbearance of the Whig government ; It would be impossible otherwise to account'for the

      tone which they assume on the subject ; for the extreme organs of Protestant opinion are not half so earnest in calling upon the authorities to enforce the law , as some of the Roman Catholic journals are in uttering their defiance . Thelaw being framed for the purpose of preventing the assumption of certain titles by the parties setting up a claim , to them , and taking no cognisance of the acts of others who bestow those titles , the impunity which attends the latter course-has rendered it ten times more inveterate and more offensive than before .

      The defence committee , having taken tbe old Catholic Association for its model , has set to work collecting cash . The first week ' s receipts , ate acknowledged to be mii 13 s . Gd . Tub Roman Catholic Movement . —Mr . Reynolds , M . P ., aud Mr . W . Keogh , M . P ., two of the honorary secretaries at the lute aggregate meetin " , aro about to proceed ou a mission through tlie provinces connected with the organisation of the movement now iu contemplation . Crushing Poor Hates . — The Limerick

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      Journals announce that In several districts in the Groom ahmh poor rates of fro £ > 16 s . to ' 18 a . in . the pound of-the Valuation are about io be . imposed , to meet the requirements of the next siJ months ; and these confiscating rales , at a time vthpti there are grounds for apprehending a serious faiiu . 'e in the potato crop ! Why , tben , _ should it be a nt bject of wonder that , notwithstanding the sweeping emigration which has been for some time in progress , ' the tide of human beings-flowing from the southern counties is increasing ? It is said that hundreds ,

      nay thousands , of " snug" farmers , who had determined to give this country another trial this year , have resolved to set off for America as soon as they Cfttt convert their stock Into money ; They have " lost all heart , " to use their own expressive language . In the Wexford papers there is a notice from the guardians of the union of New Ross of tbeir intention to strike a set of rates as high as 5 s . in the pound in Several ' electoral divisions ; is . Cd ., 4 s . 2 d . ' , and something less , are to be paid by others . These rates , for the county Wexford , are ¦

      enormous . . The Convict Mary FAHYi—ThO execution Of Mary Fahy , convicted at the last Limerick assizes of aiding Michael Ilanley in the murder of her husband , has been deferred until the 1 st of January next , in consequence of the fact having been ascertained that she is in an advanced state of pregnancy . No respite has been issued with respect to the sentence of death passed upon Michael Ilanley . Scottish Settlers in the West . —Mr . Thos . Miller , of Edinburgh , the gentlemas who has recently made a tour in the west of Ireland on behalf of

      parties in Scotland desirous of becoming settlers in this country , in a letter addressed to a Roscommon paper , says : — " I have been here iin Dublin ) for a few days with a number of Scottish farmers , who have mostly come to the country to look at farms in various places . Six of those gentlemen came with me , some of them the most enterprising and successful agriculturists in Scotland . Five more arrived to-day , and a great many more will follow . Some of them have already visited different localities , and all are highly pleased with what they have seen . I entertain no doubt that the report they will carry home will be so very favourable of the fertility and capabilities of your beautiful country as to induce large numbers of my countrymen to settle among you , identifying themselves with the future propriety of Ireland . I have had difficulties to

      encounter in removing from the minds of Scottish farmers the exaggerated accounts they have received from the articles published from time to time in the newspapers , of the want of safety for life and property . A personal inspection , however , of the country , intercourse with the people , and the authentic information they have received , both in the capital and also in the provinces , of the entire peacefulness of the whole country , and absence of agrarian outrage , has disabused tbeir minds ; and I think tbere will now be little difficulty in inducing persons to settle in any part of Ireland . " The Crops—The Harvest . —The reports in the provincial Journals received of Saturday are of the same gratifying character as those of the previous week . The potato blight has not yet reached the tubers .

      Emigration . —The " rush" across tbe Atlantic shows no sign of subsidence . On Friday 400 emigrants sailed from Watevford for Liverp & ol , and on the day following another vessel left the same port , freighted with a human cargo bound for the New World . The Cork Reporter of Saturday last says —" This morning the Nimred left our quays for Liverpool , with between 300 and 400 emigrants on board . The Tottenham sailed this day for Quebec with 100 eimgrants ; and the Industry , for the same place , with 250 . The entire passengers by the latter vessel were the tenants of tbe Marquis of Lansdowne , who , we understand , has paid their expenses out , and made provision that on landing at their destination in the west they are to be supplied with as much money as will defray their expenses to the interior . The emigrants were all comfortably clad , apparently in good health , and seemed reconciled to their departure from the old country . "

      Horrible Murder . —The Ballyshannon Herald has the following additional particulars of a murder of great atrocity perpetrated a few days since in Donegal : —The unfortunate victim , named David Moore , was an aged man of the most quaint and inoffensive character , who had for some time past been engaged as a day labourer and bailiff on Colonel Pratt ' s estate , having been employed by the agent , James Johnston , Esq ., Woodlands . On Saturday morning last , at six o ' clock , deceased was proceeding as usual to his daily labour without any apprehension of danger , and when at the distance of a few paces from Coravaddy Lodge—near the same shot where Mr , Johnson was lately attacked , his-horse shot , and himself robbed and severely

      beaten—he was . assailed by his savage murderers I and left mangled in a savage manner . The skull was cleft to the door by some sharp weapon , such 1 as a Mil-hook or sickle , and the right hand almost severed from the arm , no doubt when raised as a defence against the blows ; the chest blackened and bruised , where the inhuman monsters leaped upon their victim when down ; and , as if they delighted in their bloody work , the demons showed the calves of both legs , stripping them to the bone , and then decamped , leaving the unfortunate man for dead . In a few minutes after , a young lad , named Gallagher , was passing , and , strange to relate , met Moore , a mass of mangled wounds , moving towards tho Lodge , but deceased was then unable to answer a single question put to him , Mr , Pratt , who resides at the Lodge , instantly came out and endeavoured to elicit from the wretched sufferer the facts of the occurrence , but only got

      one reply . In answer to the question of " how many had been at him , " he replied " two . " He lingered till evening in great agony , and then expired . All this was perpetrated in the light of day , near the residence of Mr . Pratt , and at an hour when the daily labourers proceed to their work ; yet so secure did the assassins feel , that they had been amusing themselves , before their victim came forward , by cutting the tops off the weeds and brambles which grew near the fatal spot ; and , looking at the time they must have taken to mutilate and mangle the body ,, they could have entertained no . fear of detection . After a lengthened investigation the coroner ' s jury found the f ollowing verdict : — . " That the deceased , David Moore , came by his death in consequence of wounds inflicted on his head with a blunt instrument by some person or peraons at present unknown . " All the witnesses gave their evidence with great reluctance .

      DoiisiBUooK Faib . —The . annual scene of degrading revelry and dissipation—Do ' nnybrook fair —commenced on Monday , and attracted a large concourse of the . working classes . At present , however , it exhibits a wretched contrast to its riotous " glories" of past years , and the immoralities which characterised it in the olden time are steadily on the decline . The Beet-root Speculation , —Most encouraging accounts of the prospects of the beet-root speculators in the midland counties are received . It is stated that the crops promise a most productive return . Mr . Sproule , in a letter in the Leinster Express , states that the beet-sugar companies have tenders of the produce of several hundred acres in the Queen ' s County , at lis . and 12 s . per ton delivuved ; and one from tho vicinitv of Killarney , for the produce of BOO acres , at 10 s . per ton . The roots h : > ve been selling this summer for 15 s . per ton delivered .

      Government Patronage . —The small fact of the appointment of Professorship of Law in the Queen ' s College , Cork , being placed at tbe disposal of government by the decease of Mr . Francis Walsh , has created a positive ferment among the members of the Munster bar , und various speculations are kizarded as to the individual who may be fortunate enough to receive this trifling mark of government favour . It is almost needless to observe that the " religious" question has not been lost sight of , and woe to the Ministei who should be rash enough to prefer the claims of a Protestant , be his qualifications what they may , while a ' Roman Catholic may be so far induced to relax his hostility as to accept a prize at the hands of the " enemy" of bis creed . . .

      Horrible . Murder . —A cold-blooded murder was perpetrated on Monday , near Abbelalx , in tho Queen s County . The victim was Mr . Edward wiiite , a respectable trader , who , by hU industry amassed considerable property , and a short tiuie purchased a portion of tbe estate of the . Earl of Poftarlingt-n . It appe ^ s by the accounts received m . town , that a dispute arose between Mr While and some persons in the locality of his pronertv about a right oi turbary , and some summonses to petty sessions had been issued on both sides . Some litigation was thus going , forward , but-there Wiis no uncommon feature ia the transaction , and anythine like serious ill-feeling towards . him was , ot apprehended by Mr . White . However , on Monday morning whilst driving to his . land , he was met on the road by a man , who stonned th « »( ., u .

      K ^ SS wn ^ ^ ugh ^ cart ;^ , ' W thrown tho P ^ tol into the vehicle coolly walked away , when the ponv proceeded on j ourney an . ! convened the i ,, a « inX Corpse of its master to the fami ' Tfir . „ , „„; i , v " , Mllvnmi Mndfi »» i \ ! " - murder ( says the uSS of n S c !" nrGi 6 ted * " » m sight of Ss fnr tKr i ' Cap , l , S in tl 10 surroundina either to r ^ f . " hgh . l | , st attein P wi , s ™ made tacked nrVn CV "f ^' T lhc peutleman attacked , or to apprehend the asjawin * u . ?^ p 2 ? J C « - ™ wm nox f ' ui iHOiimow mSrffo u ry , 0 ratl , ! , ri Curr * « Mm stipendiary fh ^ Mofrion . M ? , ' pll ?" " ed hltd deep affliction by routt , ™ W ^" of llis - ' ouly son John . This th lhn , ? if M ted t ? di ,: c with some other lads at hittZ ° hh ' S - Mul 10 " ' in Strokestown , where mIffrS * u ° n home " ««>• to * kd as resident magistrate . He followed his companions to a bed-

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      chamber , where they had gone to prepare for din ner , and on the chimney-piece were pistoia whf « K the owner believed were unloaded . One ' of fL youths handled one of the pistols , and he was rtsired to try with the ramrod if it was loaded , SS * be did ; but as it unfortunatel y happened S examination afterwards , the raWrod had Cn broken . Besting upon this false security one of Ik youths raised the weapon in tbe direction of iLiX Ourran ; it exploded , and the lad fell dead on th . Spot , the ball having penetrated his brain . The in nocent cause of this sad bereavement is in a fearful State of suffering , falling from one fit to another and his life is despaired of . An toques * w .-, heidoS the body , and . a verdict of " Accidental death" re turned , Mr . Cuaran feelingly declared that not tha slightest blame attached itself to the author of th ! calamity , and that the ill-fated youth ' s narenJ . pitied and prayed for him . Mm . m . i , J * " »

      kindly proffered a resting-place for the youth ' s « mains in her own family vault , where thoy we ™ on Wednesday consigned by a sad andsoMowinJ assemblage . & MURDBHOUS AMACK .-The most diabolical ai * which has yet been attempted occurred on Wprtn ™ day night last , when three bullets wereTw 5 through the bedroom-window of the Rev H-, mnfn » Townsend , of Port Royal , two of which lodeed in the post ot the bed on which he and his lady . lcnr and the third was lodged in the shut'er Bv tin providence of Him who ruletb all things , neither Mr . Townsend nor h . slady were injured , notwhh tandmg the assassin aim of the foul felons - Mayo Constitution , icions , —

      Assault on the Matoh of Kilkenw — Th « Mayor of Kilkenny had a narrow £ 2 ££ 'rf 5 day , a ruffian whom his lordship had remanded , having flung a heavy stono at him from the dock-! the missile struck his hat , and would nrobAhlv Y > ivii killed hira had it struck his head . p y hava The CnoPS . —Still the provincial journals speak hopefully of tbe potato crop . Although thesus . picious signs of disease on the leaves are extending , the tubers are generally free from even diirk spots . The Flax Crop . —The Northern Whig savs : — " The greater part of the flax crop is now pulled , and farmers are very sanguine of a good turn out . Flax is now , as the pigs used to be , ' the rent payer . '"

      The Tenant League . —The Northern Whig , which has hitherto taken a decided part against the tenant league , referring to the recent secession of several Irish members , and to the adoption of Mr . Crawford's Bill , and of Mr , Crawford , himself as leader , says : — " Beyond a doubt , these events have invested tbe League with an importance which it never , during its previous existence , enjoyed . Ifc is now an entity in St . Stephen ' s , when ' , ' before , it had no existence : it has now a parliamentary party , led on by a man who has tho rare good for * turo to enjoy the respect of all classes of politicians —whose political integrity is stainless , and to whose lot has fallen a larger than ordinary amount of prudence and perception .

      The Austrians In Italy. We String Togeth...

      THE AUSTRiANS IN ITALY . We string together an extract or two from a private letter from Lombard )' , dated the 13 th of August , peifixing headings to tbe several paragraphs . The Absolutists turning Popularity Hunters FOR THE KONCB . — ' According io a new proclamation of Marshal Kadetzky , the municipalities are obliged to take a new oath of fidelity to tbe emperor . The clergy ' is invited to preach tranquillity to the peasants , and to put them en guard against those miserable rich folks who by tbeir culpable acts cannot but ruin them . The people are warned that every political offence will be punished

      with death and confiscation : tbe communes are to be held responsible for whatever they let take place in their territory , without preventing , prohibiting , or denouncing it . The peasants are told that tbey should have confidence in tbe paternal affection of the marshal , and that , if they resist the imrigues of the turbulent proprietors , tbeir lot for the future will be ameliorated aud assured . ' What ia this but a scarcely covert appeal on the part of the Austrian government to agrarian law ? Remembering the massacres of proprietors by the peasants in GalliciB i one cannot but ask the question whether tbe Austrian government , conscious how desperate is its hold on Lombardy , is not preparing , to attempt the same diabolical device there ?

      Particulars of the Trial and Execution of Chiesa . —That Chiesa , a Milanese workman , was shot tbe other day for attempting to post some revolutionary placards was announced in the newspapers at the time , Private letters supply the following interesting particulars of the man and the manner of his death . He was to have been banged according to the sentence of the court-martial ; but the executioner of Bergamo having refused to give hit , services , be was shot . The executioner ( hatred to the foreign yoke is so deeply ingrained in the nation , that it has penetrated even to this most abhorred of its functionaries ) has been punished with death for his disobedience * * * On his

      trial Chiesa was asked , ' Who gave you the writings to post ? ' He answered ' No one ; I composed them myself . ' ' Where did you get them printed ?' « I printed them myself in my own dwelling . ' ' Where are your printing materials ! ' * I do not know . ' * * * On bis passage from the prison to the place of punishment the confessor promised him impunity if he would make a revelation of bis accomplices . Chiesa , who has left a wife aud a daughter without means of support , constantly refused to purchase his life at the price of dishonour . He saluted , with a quiet and serene air , the people who were near , and kneeling to receive his death , said in a loud voice , ' My sacrifice is the sign of the

      coming ruin of Austria . He refused to let his eyes be bandaged , wishing to look his murderers to the last in the face . This political assassination , so atrocious in itself , was even consummated without legal forms ; for tbe officer who commanded the platoon charged with the execution , having fallen down in a faint , could not give the signal ; and the soldiers fired without receiving orders . The following is still worse : — 'Tbe wife and daughter of Chiesa are in prison ; the Austrian judge leaves them ignorant of tbe death of their relative , and tries to wrest from them revelations of bis

      accomplices by promising the pardon of the husband and father as a reward for their avowals . ' We hope , for the sake of humanity , the last detail is not true . A Renegaok Archbishop . — ' The Archbishop of Milan , Romilli , who , during the triumph of the Milanese revolution , blessed the Italian flags , and preached a crusade against Austria , the same archbishop , in one of the circulars addressed to all the clergy in his diocese , forbids them to give absolution to Catholics who come to confess , if they refuse to demounce to the police the enemies of the government . '

      Illegality Of St.Vods.—Two Gentlemen Lea...

      Illegality of St . vods . —Two gentlemen learned ia civil law , Mr . Peacock and Dr . Buyford have given the opinion that the proceedings of the late synod afc Exeter wore at entire variance with tho laws of the land , and that all persons who took part iu the same have rendered themselves amenable to those laws . They are oi opinion tout a viiocesau synod cannot be legally assembled , or . act without theauthority of the Queen ' s writ , and that the 25 th of Henry Till , extends , not merely to the convocation assembled for state purposes , but to every synod , whether provincial or diocesan , and whether assembled for state or merely for ecclesiastical puf " poses . Church Extension—Tho Honourable Sidney Herbert has given £ 500 towards the erection of a church at Fisherton , in the diocese of the Bishop ot Salisbury .

      Curtailment of Business Hours . —About four hundred clerks , connected with one hundred and five assurance companies , have addressed a request to theft- directors to close business at two o ' clock on Saturday— " confident of the practicability of the plan , and fully sensible of the adv ' atagea which its adoption will confer . " Dr . h , K , G . Pahum , Doctor of Theology , rinlo * sophy , and Laws , died at Heidelberg on the loth inst . Ho has been , for more than halt a century known as one of the most able and active among the theological and philosophical writers of Germany . Tiracv on the Coast of Sumatra . —Bv information from Penang wo learn that Piracy is nourishing on tbe coast of Sumatra . A fleet of prabus is said to have been committing great devastation . among the Belli and other boats trailing to I c * nang . It is asserted that these harmless characters a' K . WWMWW . KVV . U 11 UU liUMB ... » .. » .. n

      curry passes from his Higness the Tumongong o * Johore . The ltajah of Batu Barrab , near Assalian , lately sent information to Penang that these prahus put in at tliat place , but having tl ' P ( e were not obstructed . Tho Chinese traders hi P ° ' nang confirm this statement , and say that several prabus have been taken and lives lost , and thiit tlie marauders were armed with passes from the-to mongong . This is a . serious charge , Mid . w 0 ^^ no doubt the government will cause a scarchmg investigation to be . made . It is probable that ] t tio lion . Company ' s steamer Scmiramis , which left d » country on the 23 th inst ., is gone to Belli to mt T inquiries , The lustre of the sword presented to the Tumongong some years ago , for his exertion * in the repression of ptracv , will bo sadly dim ^ should it turn out his fofhawers h ? . ve been g ° ir >» astray , and exercising then :-old unwe under « oa ^ of his auNiority . —jSfno-flg )!> e Fml ' rifh Juno 27 . ¦ . *»

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 30, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30081851/page/6/