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      Health of London Ddbisg the " Week . —The present return exhibits a sudden increase in tho deaths of London , and a greater mortality than in any week since the beginning of April . The deaths registered in the two previous weeks were 921 and 903 , bat rose in that which ended last Saturday to 1 , 016 ; and they now exceed the actual average for the ten corresponding week in 1840-9 , which is 977 . but fall sbort of tbe average ' as corrected for probable increase of population , by which it is raised to 1 , 066 . The present increase , as might be expected from theseason of the year , is observed to proceed from diseases of the organs of respiration , with the execution of phthisis , or consumption . Pneumonia was fatal" in the preceding week in 56 cases , last childrenbut

      week in 94 , of which 69 were amongst ; it has not yet attained the average . Bronchitis was fatalin 77 cases , of which nearly two-thirds were among persons of mature years , and it continues to exceed the average . On the other hand , consumption , which numbers 111 , has declined on the previous week , and does not show the same deposition , with other affections of tbe respiratory organs , to be ao-ere ^ ted by atmospheric changes , lhis disease coes not yet quite equal the average and its comparatively low rate of mortality during the year xnxr he due , in some degree , to the middle-aged part of the population , who are most subject to it , naving been thinned by cholera , which also bore most lisavily on the same class . The deaths of children by convulsions were last week 44 , or nearly

      twofold the number of the previous week . Amongst zymotic or epidemic diseases , scarlatina and typhus are tbe most rife , and destroyed nearly the same number of lives ; from the former there were 41 deaths , from tho latter 47 . Measles is not now so fatal ns usual as regards the metropolitan districts generally ; but Mr . Chatwood , tbe registrar of St . Paul , in St . George-in-the-East , mentions a family in Siarr-street , in which two children had died last week from measles , aud six others are suffering tinder it ; and he adds , that measles of a malignant form is very prevalent in his district . In a bouse , 7 , Bluo ^ -. te-fields , also in St . Paul sub-district , tbe ion of a labourer , aged six months , died of " confluent siaall-pox ( 10 days ) , not vaccinated . " Itis state . ] in the medical certificate that tbe complaint

      was brought by families from Ireland , and that " great <« TJs > bers are now living in this house in a most filthy and deplorable condition . " The only case of cholera registered occurred on the 17 th of November , at 33 , Cambridge-terrace , Clapham-read , the son of a merchant , aged five weeks , died of "English cholera . " Fever finds its victims in damp , ill-drained , unwholesome residences , and several oases in point are now reported by the local officers . Amonirst these Mr . " Wells drawa attention to a locality in John-street , near Tottenbain-court-road , where ibnr deaths of children , some of them from fever , have recently occurred " within a few yards of each other . " The stench in the houses ( he adds ) is almost insufferable , and several persons are now lying dangerously ill , owing entirely to defective

      drainag * -. Intemperance was fatal in the week to ttre ? Jim-sous ; in two cases by producing delirium tresaz- - •* viher disease , and in one , by means of a fall rec-ived in a state of intoxication . The births of 705 ooys and 673 girls , in all 1 , 334 children , were Tegisvcred in the week . The average of five correapou-Ji- ;< r weeks in 1845-9 was 1 , 320 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of th ? barometer was highest on Sunday , when it was 29 . 0 S ' . On Tuesday and "Wednesday it was less tnan" 29 in . ; and the mean of the week was not more than 29340 in . Tbe temperature was low towar-Is rhe end of the previous week and at the beginning of last ; but the mean rose to 49 deg . on . Friday and Saturday , about 6 deg . above tbe average . The mean of the week was 469 ° . The wind was for the most part in the south-west .

      T-iaksferikg Railway Sharks to a Pauper . — On the 22 nd inst . the Marylebone Board of Guardiwss were engaged investigating charges against Mr . Thon-e , the secretary of tbe board . Mr . Haikes presided . The charges were made by a pauper named CUcvWraau , who accused Mr , Thorne with having sold to b : m some railway shares to release himself frosa the obligation of paying him his wages , and with baring treated him cruelly and unjustly . From a wriltc a statement put in by Gheeseman , it appeared that he and his two sisters became inmates of the noiise ia" 1342 . That , being a good penman , Mr . Thfiroc occupied him writing in the office , until 1846 , without any pay . After that Messrs . Bilnter , tentma £ *" r 5 j engaged him as clerk in their office , at 8 s . a week . Subsequently he got to be Mr . Thome's assistaat . having agreed to pay Mr . Thome ' s son 10 s .

      a week for isiproving his ( Cbeeseman ' s ) knowledge of writing- arithmetic , & c . After some time Mr . Th' -rns induced' Cheeseman to buy . 61 , 000 worth of raii-vay ibaresin his own name , and to pay £ 10 on thetn . In eighteen months afterwards calls were mads or ; Cheeseman as a shareholder to pay certain insC ^' iH' -riW , 'which he could not pay , and he was Compelled io take the benefit of the Insolvent Act ; and ultiaiafdy Mr . Thorne acted nso ? t cruelly towards him , in prosecuting him criminally for embezzling las . Mr . Thorne , in reply , denied these charges , -which he attributed to malice , because be had prosecnted him for having appropriated to himself 15 s ., which hzd keen paid to the parish by St . Botolph ' s parish . Ai for tbe railway > hares , Mr . " Thorne said tha- he iao made a legal and lona-jule sale of them to the puupcr ( Cheeseman ) . After a long debate , a unauirac-us vote of censure was passed on Mr . Thorne Tnis Popish . Chapel is St . George ' s Fields .

      •—In spite of the unfavourable state of the weather on Sunday , it was evident from the crowds of eager persons who sought admission to ibis chapel that the interest felt in everything connected with the recent aggression of the Pope of Rome ha * in no degree dimi .-.-isJied since tbe first promulgation of the Papal ball . The curious , however , were doomed to disappointment- Cardinal Wiseman had that morning left town ; and Dr . Doyle , after a stormy passage , had only reached London from Belgium but a short time previous to the service commencing , and though

      the rev . gentleman bad intended to preach , be was too much fatigued to undertake the duty . Bis place was occupied by the Rev . Mr . Cotter , who preached from the gospel of the day , and avoided controversial topics , except to exhort his hearers not to allow tbeir Christian charity to be impaired by the insults that bad been heaped upon the church by the emissaries of the devil , by tbe servants of that anti-Christ whose coming had been foretold , and who were actuated by a desire to advance their own selfish worldly interests , and not by any wish to glorify God , .

      As Explosion or Gas , by which two persons were seriously injured , occurred on Saturday last in the house of Mr . Peake , boot-maker , 15 , Fore-street , Cripplegate . ^ Mr . Peake had a gas chandalier lately put up in his drawing-room , and one of tbe burners was accidentally left turned on . The gas . escaped into the room , and a servant maid smelling : the gas informed her master ; he went in with alight , and an immediate explosion took place , which ahook . the whole house , drove out tbe window .- , forced , the door from the hinges , blew down part of the staircase , and shattered tbe plate glass in the shop windows . Mr . Peake and the servant girl ' were much burned and otherwise injured , and required surgical , assistance .

      Suicide . —On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . Wakley , at the King ' s Arms , Rawstone-street . < Joswell-rnad , ou the , body of a labourer named Brown . From the evidence it appeared that the wife of deceased , on the 22 nd inst ., went out as usual to work , leaving her husband at home , and oa : her return she found the deceased hanging _ bv _ the neck to the bedpost . Deceased had been dependent on his wife ' s earnings for some time . Verdict— " Died fr om Strangulation while in an unsound state of mind . " Caution to Coroners' Jubies . —On Saturday last Mr . H .. M . Wakley , after waiting three quarters of an hour for jurors summoned to attend , an inquest , sent the summoning officer to the . house of the absent jurors , to ascertain the cause of their absence . After some time ' the summoning officer returned with Mr . Gibbon " and . Mr . " Watte , the . jurors " who did . no , t attend , . and as they gave no proper excuse for their non-attendance , the coroner fined each of them £ 10 , assuring them that he would enforce the fines . lie then adjourned the court without ' going into the

      inquiry . , Deaths opIixxomuATK Childben . —On Tuesday Mr . W .-Bakar , Jan ., held an inquest in the board-, -room , of the Court House of the liberty of Norton Folgate , ! White Lion-street , Norton Folgate ,. on -view of the body of Alexander Allen , about six weeks old .. It appeared that the deceased ' s mother -was a waitress at a tavern in the City , where an intimacy took place between her . and a gentleman who frequented the house , the re . sult of which W & S , on the J 8 th of October last , the birth of the deceased , atthe above house , in which lived a female named M ^ ry Faulkner , who acted as midwife . Tho deceased child was brought up by band . For the 4 rst fortnight it had only" bread and water .. It afterwards had bread and milk , but the diet did not agree with it , and it died . on Thursday but It was stated by the Mdwifatbat- the mother did-not intend tcssuckle har ; child ; but . that if aha did , aha

      • would s have , been unable , from the state , oft her 1 » reasfc .-7 Mr-JHatt , surgeon to the union , said ho -was called , upon to attend , a person at . a , house in Upper " BlosTOiarstireet , ;; when he accidentally . saw the decej » sed t wno Tas ' . extremely , emaciated * r . Qi gave aft 0 6 r 2 er for ; £ h < fcmother to receive ft supply ; ofc arrcTT-rVt , ' milk , dw „ fronvthe workhouso . H » b » w , the chii ] * ig ht daysbefore its death , . when-Ji ^ had no bopf / of it-rrBavis .: a . summoning officer ; said that this was the third inquest taken onuisgitimaU ehQdivJL wip had died > t the 8 ame . boMe .-rA' Jaro * remarked , that the circumstances of the death ia this cfc . « , « ere- precisely similar to . anothBr . taBft where ue was also ' >*^ uror . —ThB Foreman observed it w .-. sAsa ' bjcctbir " notorietif . foE . somayear &; Piast , that vqun ' z womaaiavegonB . totba $ nouse _ eKcwfrte ,-and th | t ( m . a . shorfr . tKne . after , the . neighbouM have seen iiifantVrcoflihsbroughfcTout . ;; Thedeceasedhad been reind-red from the house in a coffin t « another " bouse , which raised some suspicion , and which led

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      to the present inquiry . Verdict , "That the deceased died from the want of proper nourishment suitable to its tender age . " The verdict was agreed to « fter a long consultation among the jury . ^ rs ^**** 11 ^ rrrmvr *

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      Houohtox Colliery Explosion.—The Inquest...

      Houohtox Colliery Explosion . —The inquest in this case was concluded on Friday , when the jury , after an absence of about twenty minutes , returned a verdict to the effect that John Watchman and others , all pitmen in Houghton Pit , came to their death by the effect of fire-damp ; that the explosion took place at a naked light , which had been negligently and improperly used by the said John Watchman , contrary to orders given to him , or in consequence of William Hunter not having given those orders . The Risca Colliery Explosion . —The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate young men , John Strickland and Thomas Edmonds , who were killed by an explosion of foul air in Messrs . Russell and Co . ' s black vein coal-pit at Risca , on

      Friday morning , the loth inst ., has been brought to a close . A good many miners were examined , liut they threw but little light on the catastrophe . The colliery has a good character for management , and it is said that the ventilation is better , than in most of the mines in the neighbourhood , the explosion took place in the stall where the deceased were at work together . It appears that two men work together in a stall , and they have a safety lamp between them , one lamp to two men . It came out , however , in the course of the investigation , that when the men think there is no danger they work with naked ' candles , : whieh give more light titan' tho lamps . William Hazel , a foreman

      belonging to the colliery , deposed that the pit was in a good working state on the day before the accident ; and the only evidence which tended to throw light on the origin of . the explosion was that of Mr . Edward Robothara , who deposed that a severe frost 3 et in on the Thursday night , which continued up to between 5 and 6 o ' clock on tho Friday morning , when a sudden thaw supervened , which caused the barometer to fall considerably .. He thought that mi ght have had some effect upon the stated of the air in the pit . He had noticed in many instances that such a cause would have an effect upon the fire-damp . After about half-an-hour ' s deliberation the jury returned a verdict of * ' Accidental Death , caused from suffocation from the after-damp . " .

      Highway Robbbrt and Attempted Murder near Carlisle . —The court at the Town-hall , Carlisle , was crowded to suffocation on Saturday morning last , it having been currently reported that four desperate characters , who had robbed and made a ruffianly midnight attack upon Mr . Palmer , farmer , of Hall-flatt , near Carlisle , would be brought up for examination . The names of the prisoners are William Mounsey , John Thompson , William Graham , and Robert Pinnick , all of whom are well known to the police authorities . The prosecutor , John Palmer , who evidently suffered much , stated in evidence that he was a farmer , living at Ha . l-flatt , and that while on his way home with his cart from Carlisle on Saturday night week , about eleven o ' clock , Mounsey and Pinnock came behind the cart and asked for a ride . They got upon it behind , and soon after Graham came up and seized

      his horse by the head . The prisoners in the cart then seized him by the throat , and struck him some severe blows , which rendered him insensible . Tbe last words he heard were " Stick tho . " On coming to his senses he found that he had been robbed of thirty shillings , a silver watch , and about thirty-five pounds of beef . The prisoners repeatedly interrupted the witness , in course and brutal language , they accused him of uttering falsehoods , and the magistrates were more than once obliged to interfere . A man named Coffield swore that he was in company with the prisoners after the robbery took place , and bought some beef of them . He afterwards received an account of the robbery from Graham . This witness was also coarsely assailed by the prisoners , who were ultimately committed to take their trial at the next assizes .

      Anti-Pofery Riot . —Cheltenham , Friday . —This town has been thrown into a state of considerable consternation in consequence of the excitement arising from the anti-Popery movement having caused a . riot , which at one time it was feared would lead to the most serious consequences . A meeting was held last week , at which an address was voted to the Queen , but in consequence of the rush of people to the place of meeting , accommodation could not be found for half of them , and thousands were obliged to go away . It was therefore arranged that a second meeting should take place , and this accordingly was held last night . During tbe day an effigy of the Pope in full pontificals had been exhibited in the shop-window of Mr . Hardwick , draper , of the High-street , and it was

      intended to form a procession at night , and burn it . The authorities , however , at a late hour of the day , issued a proclamation forbidding the procession . After the meeting a mob got round the draper ' s shop and demanded the figure . It was refused , and then they began to break the shop windows , and extended their favours to the neighbours' windows also . As the mob increased in numbers , and began to assume a formidable front , it was deemed advisable . to hand them over Pio Nino ' s representative . This was done by the police , whereupon the people hoisted it on high , and carried it through the " town to the front of the Roman Catholic Chapel , ushers they made a huge bonfire of some pailings , tern down for the purpose , and the figure was burnt amid the acclamations of the mob .

      They afterwards broke the windows of the Roman Catholic Chapel , and the town was in a state of uproar and excitement until after midnight , when at length the mob dispersed . The outrage has given great offence to the respectable part of the inhabitants . Murder and Suicidb . —IfoTTrxanAM , Monday . — This day the wife of a highly-respectable resident in one of the western suburbs , strangled her youngest child and cut her own throat . The facts , as ascertained directly after tbe horrible occurrence , are as follows : —Mr . William Chambers , lace manufacturer , whose house and business premises are situated in Orchard-street , Radford , arose at half-past five o ' clock , as usual , to prepare

      for the occupations of the day , and proceeded to the factory , leaving his wife and a female child , four years old , in bed , and another daughter , Mary Ann , seventeen years of age , asleep in another room . ¦ At twenty minutes before seven he returned home , and had occasion to go down into the cellar , when he fancied he observed something on the ground unusually white . He ran up stairs and fetched a lighted candle to ascertain what it was that had attracted his attention , when he was horrified to find his wife in her night-dress weltering in heir blood , with , her throat cut from ear to . car . Seeing that she showed no signs of life , he ran up ptairs to ascertain whether his children were safe . Going first to Ms own ; Iodeing-room , he looked at his infant ,

      Eliza , which he fancied to be asleep , and then proceeded toi the dormitory occupied , by his eldest daughteryand having aroused hor , they , returned to the child , when , upon more closely inspecting it , they observed a- handkerchief and a garter tied tightly round its neck , and . taking it up they discovered it to be warm , but quite dead . The neighbours were called in , and Mr . Chicken , surgeon , was sent for , but no aid in the world could have restored either the mother or the daughter , the vital spark in each casebeing irrecoverably gone . Mrs . Chambers was forty-two years old , her husband being some twelve years her senior . The implement used for thia act of self-murder was Mr .

      Chambers' razor , which had been taken from a cupboard in the house-place . —An inquest upon the body of Charlotte Chambers was on Tuesday held at the Peacock , Radford , before Mr . Coroner Swann . The inqshyas to the death of the child was also :. pursued at the same time and place . William Chambers , the husband , of the deceased woman , and father of the child , was examined ; but his statement contained little in addition to what is given above . The i jury returned a- verdict to the effect " . That the deceased , Eliza' Chambers , was wilfully strangled by her mother ; and that the latter afterwards destroyed herself by cutting her Own throat , being : at ; the time in an unsound state of mind . ''

      . ThB Explosion of Naphtha at Seaoombe . —Last week two inquests were held at the Abbotsford Hotel , ' seacombej before : Henry Chorion , Esq ., coroner , omthe bodies of Matthew Johnson , schoolmaster ,- aged thirty , and Edward burns , aged twelve , both of whom died from the severe'injuries they received on the night of the 6 th inst ., from the explosion of naphtha which took place at the Roman Catholic school-room . A verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned . Three other sufferers still remain in a precarious state- ^ viz ., Patrick Riley , aped fifteen ; John Cox , aged seventeen ;' and John Fowler Duff , son of Mr .. L . Duff , hairdresser , of Seacombe ., Amray with Poachebh , —Ou Sunday night- a desperate affray took place on tho grounds of Lord Guernsey , M . P ., near Leamington , between two of bis ; lordship's keepers and seven poachers r there

      was firing on both aides , but such was tne desperate onslaughts made by the poachers that -both , the keepers received frightfuliiijuries ; one of them was dreadfully shattered . It'' was ' reported that death hadensued . ¦ - - ¦' ¦ • JvWrjfTKB'ASSKKB TOR YOBK AHD LANCASTER . —On Monday a special commission was issued for a winter assise of oyer and terminer and general gaol deliveryifor . the counties of York and Lancaster .-The Judges , appointed to proceed thereunder aad hold " auchassize are Mr . Justice Patteson- and Mr . Baron uMartin foEihe city and county , of > / York ; who have appointed Tuesdayiitbe 10 th day ofiDecember nextj for opening ^ ie commission for that county at the Castle , atr-Yorkv andi the Right- Hon . ' Mr . Baron AJdarsoaiandMrv Justice Coleridge for the ! county of Lancaster , who-hgvo appointed Saturday ; the 7 th day of December next ,-as the day -for -the i opening the oomausiion for that county , at Liverpool .

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      Alleged Murder UPON THE Hum Seas . -. William Gray , captain of the bark Defender , , of Newcastle , was brought to Exeter last week , having been apprehended at Stockton-upon-Tees , at which port his ship had just arrived from a voyage , on a warrant charging him with the wilful murder of a boy named William Vinson , aged fourteen , in the month of November , 1848 . The case was investigated at the castle of Exeter , before tho Hon . W . W . Addington , Mi ' . W . Miles , and the Rev . Arthur Atherley , magistrates for the county of Devon , and has excited much indignation . The Defender , . it ap pears , sailed in September , 1848 , on a voyage to Quebec and back again , going out in ballast and bringing homo timber , and it was during the

      voyage home that the hoy died from the ill-treatment , as alleged , of the captain . From the depositions it appears that on one occasion the deceased was ordered to clean down the cabin , and for neglecting to do so was " rope's-ended . " . On another occasion , when the ship lay in the Gulf of St . Lawrence , he was ordered to go aloft and loosen the foot of the mizens , but because he did not ascend the rigging with sufficient lightness of step he was called back and directed by the captain to strip naked , and then go aloft in that state—the weather being p iercingly cold , all tho crew warmly clad , with their pea-jackets , and mittens even on their hands , On his coming down deceased was ordered by the prisoner to go round the vessel six times in the same unprotected condition . Whether he contracted a violent cold or not does not appear , but

      his health from that time was observed to decline . On another occasion , while suffering , from bowel complaint , he was sent upon deck , scrubbed , and buckets of cold water thrown on his shivering body . Under such treatment the boy gradually sank , and ho died in the . arms of the carpenter , who held him in a gale of wind because of his weakness and debilii y . An entry was made in the log that he had been jammed between spars . The magistrates , after a very lengthened sitting , determined on committing the prisoner for trial at the next Devon Assizes on a charge of manslaughter , and refused bail . We understand that application will be made to the judge at chambers , tho owners of the Defender being ready to enter into sureties for the accused , who has enjoyed their confidence now for nine years , during which he has commanded that

      vessel . : An Irish Affrat in Leeds—On Saturday last John Connor , John Haley , James Cratty , James Fallan , Wm . Fallnn , Michael Cantwell , Michael Marah , Wm . Iligglns , Patrick Kennedy , and Mary Rourke , who have undergone several examinations before the magistrates , were again brought up charged with taking part in an outrage and robbery , which took place on the Saturday previous . On the night in question a mob of some hundreds of Irish assembled together jn York-street , armed with sticks , pokers , and brickbats ; and besides breaking in the windows of a police-station , and a beer-house , which they robbed , they severely injured . Musgrove and Storey , two of the police force , who met them in Marsh-lane ; one of the ruffians broke Musgrove ' s

      arm , and injured . both him and Storey on the head very seriously . In addition to this they threw a brickbat at a man named James Rhodes , which knocked him down , and so injured him on the head that he has since died . The evidence clearly proves that Biggins threw the brickbat which killed Rhodes . The witnesses also spoke positively to two Irishmen named Iloaan and Cane , who are not in custody , having taken an active part in the outrage , and the magistrates have offered a reward of £ 40 'for their apprehension . The prisoners were remanded . On Tuesday the justices committed four of the prisoners for trial at the ensuing assizes at York , namely , James Cratty snd William Higgins , charged with the murder of James Rhodes , and William Hay ley and Michael Cantwell for . riot and assault . The former two are also committed for rit and assault . A woman

      named Mary Rooke stands remanded until Saturday , it having been s » orn . by some of the witnesses that she tf *; k an active part in breaking windows during the riot ; and for a like reason , a man named W . Fallon is remanded until that day . Two of the ringr leaders , Edward Hogan and John Cane , are still at large , but for their apprehension a reward of £ 40 has been offered . Affray with Poachers in the Giusat Park . —One night last week as one of the royal gamekeepers , named Foster , with his helper , named Farmer , * as out in the Great Park , near Cranbournlodge , they were attacked and overpowered by a party of poachers . The gun of Foster was wrenched from him , he was most brutally beaten about tbe head with the barrel of ihe , piece , and he now lies at his residence . Iligh-standing-hill , suffering severely from concussion of the brain .

      Fvbther Discoveries at Cirencester . —Fresh remains of the ancient inhabitants of the Roman Coriniuni are daily being brought to light hy the workmen employed in digging the foundations of houses , & c , in various parts of the town . A large quantity of very curious pottery has been found , chiefly of the pseudo-Samian description , together with many interesting articles in bronze , glass beads , coins , & c . -A considerable portion of the wall of the ancient town has also been exposed to view . The pottery is , as usual , chiefly fragmentary , but it sufficiently shows the treasures that might be obtained by a well directed search . ; Excavations on a l .-iri'e sc . 'ile arecontemplated , and : will . be undertaken in the course of the ensuing spring .

      Death of Mr . George Wombwell . —Mr . Wombwell , so celebrated as a proprietor of travelling menageries ; and zoological collections , died on the 16 th . inst . of bronchitis , at Northallerton , Yorkshire , after a lingering illness . His enterprise and perseverance , coupled with the possession of sound judgment and strict integrity , had gained for the deceased considerable wealth , and he has long maintained the position of being , the largest proprietor of wild aninals in the world . . No . one probably has done so much to forward practically the study of natural history amongst the maeses , for his menageries visited every lair and every town in the kingdom , and were everywhere popular . It

      was an often expressed wish of the deceased , that as he bad lived so long with his collection he should be permitted to die with it , and with this view he had caused to be fitted up some short time since a new travelling bed carriage , in which he expired on the evening of the day just mentioned , ( in his 73 rd year . His menagerie was being exhibited , at the time in the market-place at Northallerton , and an , announcement of his death was made by his own request to the spectators ; after which the band played the Dead March , in Saul , the animals were fed , and the exhibition closed for the evening . Mr . Wombwell was a native of Maldon in Essex .

      Case of Shooting . —Robert Harriot , alias " Mickey Free , " was charged with having shot his wife in the hands , and thereby inflicting a dangerous wound . The prisoner is a noted pedestrian , and is the person who some weeks' ago was advertised to walk 1 , 000 miles in 1 , 000 hours , at the Strawberry-gardens , Evertori . On the 19 th inst ., he , in company with his wife , entered the Jamacia Taults , corner of Hopwoodistreet , Tauxhall-road , and called for a glass . of ale for himself and a glass of , whisky for his partner . In . his hand . beheld a pistol , with which he said he would blow some one ' s brains out before he slept that night . The boy who served the liquor asked for payment , upon which tho prisoner said he would shoot him ( the boy ) if

      he said another word . The prisoner then placed the pistol on the counter , left the house , and purchased two penny worth of percussion caps at the shop of Mr . MTetie , Tauxhall-road . ; He told the druggist he was going out a shooting . lie then returned to the public-house , and called for another glass of ale . His wife immediately afterwards entered , and requested him to accompany her home . He replied , " Go from my presence , or I'll Shoot you . " The prisoner then took aim with the pistol at his wife , upon which she rushed forward , but he pulled the trigger , and shot her through the right hand ., After making inquiry as to ; whether ho ' bad killed his wife , he . gave up the pistol , and was

      taken into custody ; The woman was immediately conveyed to the Northern Hospital , where it was found necessary to amputate the two fore fingers . The prisoner , on being interrogated : by the magistrate , said , in a very pathetic manner , that lie had been walking a thousand miles in a thousand hours , which ! he completed last week . The pistol was bought ! by Mr .. Tillotson , - landlord of the Strawberry Gardens , for the purpose of awakening' him during the night , and he ( the prisoner ) brought it home with him . Since completing his pedestrian feat ,: wheneverhe got any drink he did < not know . what he was doing ; and as to his wife and children , he loved them dearly . The ' prisoner then wept bitterly . He was committed for trial . r

      FiTjti ' AcoiDKNr fbom aPba . —A youth , the son of ; Mr . Richard Bolton , of Great 'Ho ' rton , '¦ "Yorkshire , [ was / playing afew days since TYith a juvenile companion , who was pretending to place a pea in his ear and to nfkke . it Come' out of his mouth . Bpltoi , believing the feat W have been really performed , -was induced to make the attempt himself , and thrust the pea sofar into his eai ^ th ' at it" could not be got out ; -In a' vain endeavour Id extract it made toy a medical man , it was ' sent further , ih , and the pdor boy died four days afterwards from the effects . " '"•' t" ' ' ' ¦ - '

      Afjbay with Poaohkrs in Warwickshire . — Soon after one o ' clock , on Mondayi morning ,. ! as a partyjof lord Guernsey's keepers , Were watching near sRungell .. Spinnay , < Cubbington , they heard shots ] fired , and- were , immediately , after assailed' by a shower of stones ; one of , which struck Winderbank , ! the principal keeper , on the ' . back of tho head . iand knocked hinxdown . A desperate struggle then ensued , in which four keepers succeeded in each arresting ' a poacher ^ , but four or five . ' others of the gang coming to the rescue , ; they released their comrades from custody ,, and then , commenced a most ( cruel ' attack ' 'oh the keeper ' s , ' oh ' e of whom namedDayft ^ was wounde d- in five different ' piaces on the 'heabV and now lies in a very ' dangerous ' cbri ' - ditionl ' - 'Two other keepers wore j foyeroly injured about the head and " amis , tho poachers' having broken guns and bludgeons about tho persona of

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      tbeir o pponents , one of whom had also a finger newly bitten off in the struggle . Windorbank , the head keeper , retained his hold of one of the poachers until he was attacked by the whole gang , trom whom he and his comrades had great difficulty in effecting their escape into the village . As early as two o ' clock in the , morning information was Received at the Leamington police station , and by mid-day the superintendent , Mr . Roby , apprehended one of the offenders , named Adey , who was examined before Mr . M . Wise , the sitting magistrate , at the Town Hall , and remanded , owing to tne dangerous condition of the keepers . Warrants were also granted for the apprehension of two ot tne ' fatal Affrat with Poachers . —Mansfield ,

      TUESDAT .-Late on Saturday night last an affray with poachers took place in Whitwell Wood , near Bolsover , Derbyshire , on grounds lately purchased by the ' Duke of Portland from Lord Bathurst . Towards midnight the duke a keeper , accompanied by a number of watchers and keepers , had reason to suspect that poachers were in the wood , and , therefore , proceeded m that direction . They had not gone far before sounds of footsteps could . be distinctly heard . On the poachers making their appearance , the keepers could plainly discover , by the light of the moon , thirteen of them , with their faces blackened and a white chalk mark on each of their arms , for the of recognising each other . The head keeper ,

      purpose in a loud voice summoned the poachers to surrender . The latter instantly assumed an attitude of defence , and a struggle commenced ; the keepers used their guns , and one of them with such fatal effect as to kill one of the poachers on the spot . The latter fought with desperation . One of them , armed with a car valry sword , approached his adversary , and before the latter could make any resistance , cleaved his head open with the weapon . The poor fellow instantly fell to the ground senseless . Other assistance , however , arriving , tho poachers retreated as precipitately as tbey could , but not . before two or three of their number were captured . The prisoners were taken to Mansfield lock-up , and yesterday Chief Constable Hattori , accompanied by a strong

      body of police , went in pursuit of the remainder ot the poachers , and succeeded in apprehending , as is supposed , tho whole gang . . They were safely placed in ' the same prison , to await , examination before the Mansfield bench of magistrates / previous to their committal to Nottingham county / gaol for trial at the forthcoming assizes . The latest despatch , received here this morning informs us that the unfortunate gamekeeper , was dead ; , we have not , however , heard it further confirmed . Four men , named Halby , Hazard , Thompson , and Ramsdell , were committed by the Retford bench of magistrates yesterday to Nottingham county gaol , to take their trial at the next assizes , on a charge of poaching in the neighbourhood of Welbeck North , Notts .

      Attempt to Murder a Policeman in Essex . —W . Wood , a young determined-loooking fellow , who has often been in custody lor poaching and other offences , was on Wednesday brought before Mr . D . Ede and Mr . Spitty , county magistrates , setting in petty sessions at the . Town-hall ,. Billericay , Essex , ' for examination on a charge of having made a desperate attempt to murder Robert Bamborough , an officer in the Essex constabulary , by violently maltreating him and , when insensible , drasging him into a pondYand leaving him for dead . It may be necessary to mention that in the course of last week the prisoner was found poaching on the estate of Lord Petre , in this neighbourhood . After much difficulty he was captured by the keepers , the gun

      which he had with him being broken in the scuffle . Two pheasants were round in his pockets , and on being examined before the magistrates he was committed to the county gaol at Chelmsford . On Thursday morning the injured officer was conveying him along the road to Brentwood , prior to his removal to Chelmsford , and on nearing a pond by the wayside he suddenly turned round upon the officer , who from kindness had only fastened tho handcuffs to one wrist of the prisoner , the constable having hold of the other end . Succeeding in throwing the officer down , and hitting him with the end of the handcuffs , and jumping upon him , he dragged him into a pond and n . ade off . As quickly as possible Mr . Coulson , the superintendent of the district ,

      had a full description of the ruffian circulated . He was shortly traced along the road to Tilbury Fort , where he was found to cross the Thames to Gravesend , some gentlemen from motives , of charity given him 3 d . for the ferry . Mr . Coulson , considering that he would be making tho best of his was to Chatham to enlist , two ' expert officers were sent in that direction , and , on their arrival in Chatham , they found the prisoner in custody . Ho was in a beer-shop in the Military-road , when the landlord , singularly enough , read a paragraph in one of the London papers relating to the affair , and , thinking that the description of the escaped assailant corresponded with that of his guest , the police were called in , and tho prisoner arrested . On the officers of the Essex constabulary reaching the town ,. they duly identified him and removed him to Billericay .

      The prisoner ! securely ironed ; was brought over from Brentwood gaol by Mr . Coulson , the superin ^ tendent , for examination . The wounded officer being totally unable to leave hia bed , the magistrates arranged to take his deposition at his cottage , the prisoner being present . Bamborough , in his evidence , gave all the particulars of the assault up to the time when he was rendered insensible , ' The prisoner , after striking him with great ferocity , ' dragged him into the . pond and threatened to drown him ; pressing his knees upon his throat and -filling his mouth and nostrils .. with mad . A little girl named Hatch , partly corroborated the evidence of the officer , and one or two persons living in the neighbourhood spoke to finding him in the pond in state of insensibility , and dreadfully injured by the blows he had received . , The prisoner was ultimately committed to the county gaol .

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      Tub Latb Murder at HAVERFORDWBST .- ^ The Bxertions of the policehave been successful in fixing the guilt of . the , murder of , the old woman ,, ; Elizabeth Barnard , upon a man and woman , Thomas Thomas and Jane Evans , both of whom have been fully committed by ' the magistrates , to take theirtrial for the sapital offence . It will be remembered tliat the old woman was picked upin a ditch near the Wesleyan chapel , Haverfordwest , in a sinking and indeed dying condition , and that upon a . post mortem examination of the body being made , the death was clearly traced to injuries which had been inflicted upon her . The Sale of Materials at Bbitannia-bridoe was concluded on Saturday last . The weather remained favourable and there was a good attendance of mining engineers and others , and high prices were maintained throughout . The only , articles unsold were two of'the large iron pontoons used at the floatinea . ' and some laree capstans . The proceeds of

      the sale of materials have been estimated at about £ 12 , 000 . The hydraulic presses have . been otircliased by the , makers , the , Bank / Quay Foundry , Warrington , for the purpose of exhibition at the forthcoming industrial display of 1851 . : ' Riot at'Hirwain , Brkconshire . —Owen Morley , HukIi Watkins . ' Thomas . Roberts , 'Th omas ¦ Lewis , and William : ivViHiam 8 „ . colliers , of . llerwain ,, were charged at the Aberdare police court , last week ,. with having riotously assembled at Hirwain , in the parish of Pen ' deryn . ittith ' about one hundred others , and broke in the ; Windows and doors of the Golden-Lion Inn , and assaulted the landlady and other inm . ttes . It appeared that on the night of the 10 th inst ., some Welsh ; workmen assaulted some Irish railway exca . vators as they were going along the road : a row

      ensued , ; in which two Welshmen named Williams and Rees were stabbed . Ah Irishman named Calannn was given into custody on tbe charge , There being no lock-up house at Ilirwain , the . officer had to >" conyeyjthe . prisoner . fo Aberdare station , and during , his absence die Welsh workmen ^ assembled to the num . tier of about ' oiie hundred , ahTeonimeftced an attack upon the Golden Lion , which is kept b ^ an Englishman named Stacey , who is connected : with the railway works . The conduct of the mob was described as Very outrageous , several windows were , broken , and the disturbance lasted from half-past eleven till two iii the moruingv The prisoner ^ were ;; all , apprehended on the Monday , following . They were all committed for trial at the Brecon sessions , ' but were admitted to bail .

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      Extensive Shopbreaking at . Glasgow . —A most ^ uaripg . and . s ^ cceBsl ' ul case ' bf shopbreaking occurred at Glasgow . pplSaturday- morning last ' ,., in ; the premises of Messrs . Dickson and Laing , shawl and blanket manufacturers , 21 , Glasafoi d-street . The premise ' s in question are of- considerable ex t ' eht-r-tbe back windows of the tenement looking into Thistlecourt , where ' a-door , principally used for . the taking in of heavy bales- ' of goods , is situated on the ground flat . : In this court , a'staircasei communicating 1 with the premise ' s * Of 'Jdther ' parties in , GlaBsfoVd-stree ' ti runs up " parallet . tpt ' . i . hd ' Wftr ' erQonia ' ipf ^ ' tlieV ; firru already mentioned . There . is . no immediate / Connection , however , from , the staircase with these ; but the thitves , who appear . tohave had . an intimate

      acquaintance with the localities , and to . have'laid theft plans with great skill , " ' Wade oW for , themselves without much seeming ' 'difficulty ; By ' false keys they gained access to , a waterTclo ^ e ' t ^ t , jthe . top of , ; the stair , from which a hatchway allowed them to get on the ceiling immediately , above . thft ; uppcr .. flat of- the 'ivarerooms of Messrs . Dickson " and Lain" . They hud thm'Mittle trouble , ' the laihe ' and piaster not beingof , any great thicknesg ; T in making auiacisioii in'the roof pf sufficient ' width ' to ' allow a full-grown m ?^ 'R . 8 ?^ thrbugh , 'ind ' this / bVing ' succ ^ sfBllrac ' - compltshed , futllrelprocieediiigs were * cSo rnbarativ « ly . easy . Fromtho . amount ' ofproperty'tfiat has - ' been carried away , the burglars appear td hav ' e 'had plenty Ot * i « w > at ib « ir disposal , and to have con-

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      ducted their operations with great caution . Shortly before sixb ' clook , and immediately previous to the night watchman going off duty , the premises were found perfectly secure , the door of the water-closet referred to being fastened in the usual manner , and nothing occurred to awaken suspicion till about an hour afterwards , when the door in ; the court communicating with the back of the premises was found open . Thefullextentof the robbei 7 was soon ascertained by an inspection of the warerooms , which appeared to have been thoroughly ransacked during the night . The stock is very extensive and varied , but the thieves selected nothing but shawls and plaids , of which they have succeeded in carrying away between 200 and 300 of all sizes and patterns . How such an immense quantity of plunder , of so bulky a nature , could be taken away unnoticed is that the

      partly accounted for by the circumstance knaves crowned their daring . robbery by appropriating a hurlej-barrow , belonging to the Thistle la vern , that stood in the court , for the purpose of removing the stolen properly . Bold measures are frequently the most succ essful , and no doubt the thieves calculated that openly going through the streets with a laden hurley was much less likely to awaken the suspicion of the police than any other mode they could have devised . The result has been that the booty was safely conveyed away to a place of security , which it has , as yet , defied the utmost diligence of the police to discover . J he criminal authorities were early made aware of the robbery ; but , notwithstanding every exertion has been made , no trace has been obtained of the missing shawls , the value of which must be considerable . ^¦ North British Mail .

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      Lord John Hussem * , —It is reported that Lord John Russell has written to a high personage in this county { Dublin ) expressing his sincere regret that a misconstruction should have been put upon his recent lelter to the Bishop of Durham , and declaring that nothing was further from his intention then to cast any reflection upon the Roman Catholic religion . Poor Law Taxation—The rates just struck in some of the Clare unions furnish a remarkable illustration of the extreme inequality of the taxation for the support of the poor , in various parts of this countrv . In some northern unions the rates are as

      low as from 6 d . to Is . in the pound . In the union of New Ross ' . County of "Wexford , the highest rate is Is , 3 d , in the pound , and some of the electoral divisions are as low as lOd . Generally there has been a very considerable diminution of the tax , even in some western and southern unions ; but still very heavy rates are required in some of the distressed unions . For instance , in the union of Scariff , there is a rate of 7 s . 6 d . in the pound .- In the " electoral division of Cahermurpby , and in other divisions , the rates vary from 4 s . 6 d . to 6 s . 3 d . Even in this pauperised union , however , one division , called Coolrae , has as low a rate as Is . In . Innistymon union , also in the county of Clare , the new rate varies from 3 s . 6 d . to 5 s . in the pound ¦ ' ¦ ' .

      . , Representation of Limerick . —Mr . Fitzgerald , onsofthe four candidates for the representation of the county of Limerick , has resigned in consequence of another candidate ' ( fMr . Ryan ) " whose viewsgo beyond those which lam prepared to adopt , having come forward arid caused many to withhold that firm support which I had reason to believe would have insured my return . " The Tenant League are using every exertion to secure the return , of Mr . Ryan , who , according to the Limerick Examiner , has received promises of support from "the entire of the influential and venerated clergy of the diocese of Emly . " With reference to the other candidates , the Limerick Chronicle says : —'' Captain Dickson , we are informed , has been very successful in his canvass

      through many parts of the county , and anticipates first place on the poll . The Earl of Clare support * Captain Dickinson . Mr . Wyndham Goold is daily canvassing the electors of tbe county , and was at ihe fair of Rathkeale , where he obtained many promises , notwithstanding the addresses of the Tenant League deputation . " , . Attempt at Murder in Cork—The Cork- Constitution contains the following account of an atrocious attempt at murder in that city . — "A man named Stephen Wakefield , who has for some time been employed as a night watchman at the mouth of the Great Southern and Western Railway Tunnel , on the Glanmire road , was found on Wednesday morning , on the arrival of the day watchman , in a dying state ,

      with no less than seventeen severe cuts in the head , apparently inflicted by blunt inMtrumentSi „ The night being extremely boisterous , Wakefield appears to liave confined himself during it to a temporary watchhouse erected within the company ' s grounds at Bruin Lodge . When the day watchman arrived he found Wakefield lying in the watch-house , his face besmeared with blood and coal ashes , his head honibly cut , and his arms and hands burned . It would appear that the unfortunate man bad struggled with his assailants , who beat him until he fell into the fire , which was extinguished when the . day watchman arrived . There is reason to suppose that some parties in the employment of Mr . Dargan , the contractor of the works , were desirous of getting another party into the situation of night watchman , and that

      having failed in their exertions to have Wakefield removed , on complaint of neg ( ectof duty , they resorted to the crime of murder to vacate the situation . Itis evident that the outrage was committed by persons acquainted with the worka , for a large watch dog on the premises made no alarm . When removed to the infirmary Wakefield was insensible , and two pieces of the skull were removed . No hopes are entertained of his recovery . Wednesday evening an inquiry was held at the Police-office , in the private room , before T . S . Reeves and W . L . Pe ' rrier , Esqrs ., when two parties named Kelly , the day watchman , and a man named Scully , who bad been arrested on suspicion , were brought up for examination bySub-Ihipector Walker . Some witnesses were examined , when Kelly was let out on bail , and Scully was examined . "

      Death of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe . —The Right Rev . Dr . Kennedy , Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe , died on Wednesday , at Parson ' s Town , King's County , after a protracted illness , in his sixty-third year . Sales in the Encumbered Court . —The proceedings in this court on Friday were unusually interesting . There was but one estate submitted for sale , that of Pierce Morton , Esq ., in the county of Cavan , consisting of the fee-simple of 3 , 500 statute acres , let at rents varying from 2 os . to 28 s ,, and up to . 32 s . per Irish acre , or about 18 j . per English acre , for lands of very : ordinary quality . There are about 140 acres of bog This property bad been several years in Chancery ; and in 1845 , when brought to sale in

      Mastor Litton ' s office , . for the first four lots , containing 834 statute acres ; and producing £ 677 a year , £ 15 , 500 had been offered and refused , The same section of the property sold oii'Friday in four lots for £ 9 ; 200 , b-ing £ 6 , 300 less'than the amount offered just before the first potato failure . The rates of purchase realised for those four lots were 13 , [ 1 , 4 , 15 , and 16 years ' purchase ! Other portions of the eatate . sold at about the . same rates ; but by . far the most important . portions consisted of the lands ' ot KUhacrott ; containing 150 statute acres , upon which there has been erected a very beautiful modern mansion , which cost thelate inheritor a very large sum . There was only onebidr der for this lot , > at £ 4 , 000 ., . Barpn . Richards s ; dd , he considered the price , offered by . fair too low , and his

      lordship asked Mr . Tatlow , the solicitor in the casej what he intend- dto do ? Mr . Tatlow replied that he was disposed lo let the lot- go . at the . money . offer . eaV It Had been , he said , a source of yeyy considerable expense to , the estate to keep the , house in , order . He felt assured the solicitors for the minors , ' and other creditors , were bf the same opinion . Two of those gentlemen consented , and the lee-simple of 150 statute acres , forming a highly cultivated and ornamented demesne , with an elegant mansiqn in the Tudor style , in perfect-order ( upon which itj is said , . £ 27 , 000 . was expended ) , ; was sold for £ 4 , 00 OY Mr , ' Samuel Moore was this purchaser . ' The portions of the estateof Mr . Morton ' rea ' is ' ed £ 35 ; 745 , beirig-ah average' of about fourteen and a half yearV purchase upon a rental of

      £ 2 , 407 ,- without making any ; allowance for , a temporary abatement of twenty-live per cent , lately made to the tenantry . This amount being considered sufficient to pay off all the claims of the' creditors , oho vuluable lot was retained'for tliemihors , ' children of the late inheritor , containing 614 statuteacres , which yield a rental of . £ 483 a . year , . Seventy fnew petitions tor BaleiOf . e & Ute . a were filed , in the Encumbered Court ; wi ; hm the wfek , ending pn the 20 th instant , making the entire number 1 , 384 . In the new list five of th * vnenmberea inheritors are petitioners in their own cases , ' : Thena ' meof Sir R . D Burghe appears in this lint .: -The sale of . the Earl of ; Aldborough ' a estates . has , been fixed forthe close of this . mputh . 'The Nb > y Franchise AcT . ^ -TheeroBsn . i ' mhef of

      freeholders , under , the old' and supplemental registriesTor the county of Gal way ' amounts to but' 4 , 100 --a low . figure consideringthe extent and population of the county , and a pregnant proof of the fearful effects of a three years ' , famine followed by emigra-, turn aijid evictions on . a scale ' ofMagnitude , hitherto unknowr ^ evenin'lrelancK " ' *'"* ' ' ' ^ OotRAGE . pN the Property of the Attorney-Gknbiml ' . —On Sunday ;' the' 17 th'inst . ' i abmi ' t 150 persons , BBseinblbd at Kildavin withihlirses * nd cars ; and commenced theVemoviil of-a large quantity pfipotatoes , turnips , corn . of , every ^ description , ; furniture , and in , fact eycry , avaijable article on the premises of

      a pe son named ltdward Smuott . ' a tenant toUe , Rtght jHpn . John Hatchell , the AttorheyiGeneral tb ' whoma'Iarce amount of ' rent was due . ; Constable Jordan ,, at present atatioced in xhia district batenioo-. ¦ rW > dHly-, h * y . HiB ta ^^ progress , hast « . 'i .. « d to the scene With his partv and « n -stopping thefir 8 fc car , for the purpose of ascertain ^ mg the-owner ' s nam ? , a ' whistle \^ mSSk wholeipart y ^ wjip ,, on seeing their daogeiy immediately fixed bayo ^ nets aiid ; c 0 mme „ ce . d , io priraea ^ load their ^ rbinet . ihe . resolute conduct of the con « tBKi ^ £ y ' i- !' irig thenames bffrom' fifteen ^ ^ A'SS PeSSen gagea m this iwto enterprise wM be HtS-

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      moned to the petty sessions at Newtownbarry ! . The tenant owed two years' r " ' nt , and the agent offered to allow him to take away his crops and other property , to forgive rent and arrears , if he gave peaceable pos ' session of the farm . This offer was refused , and Sinnott still holds possession , determined not to surrender it until the landlord be put to the . expense of ejectment . Emigration . —Alluding to the unchecked rush of emigration from the west , the Athole Independent observes r— ' » Not a vehicle leaves this town without containing it ? quota of self-expatriated ' p oor Irish . ' We have seen some of them actually begging their way , barefooted and ill-clad , with children butafewmonths " Id . We have been credibly informed that many of those emigrants bring their goods to market and

      never return to their homes , lest , the landlord or his agent should be there to demand his rent . It baa been asserted with more force than foundation that this system of emigration is propelled by the want of those relations between landlord and tenant which the Leagues strives to attain : but this remains to be proved . The tenants . ef a g , d and indulgent landlord-one of whom the League can say nothing —« e mean the Earl of Clancarty-have abandoned their holdings for the far west . And this progress of emigration which we notice will flow on uninterruptedly , in defiance of the agitation of party on shore or the angry biuster of old Boreas on sea , until many of the green fields of this dear and lovely land — albeit its wretchedness — lie waste and

      unfilled ; unless the capitalists of England interfere by investing their money in its cultivation . " . Dismissal of a Magistrate . —The Dundalk Democrat has the following statement : ¦— " Mr , Francis Pratt , of Corinsica , near Kingscourt , who was tried , convicted , and sentenced to one month ' s imprisonment at the late quarter sessions of Cootehill , for having rescued himself from tbe bailiffs who had him in custody under a writ of ca . sa ., at the suit of Bridget M'Eneany . in Kingscourt , on the 9 th of July last , has been superseded and dismissed from the commission of the penc « for . the county of Cavan by the Lord Chancellor , and was discharged as an insolvent debtor by Mr . \ V . II . Curran , at the commission held in the town of Cavan on Tueg . day la-t . "

      Charge of Official Embezzlement at Cork . - —Messrs . Foot and Fitzsimons , solicitors , have addressed a letter to the Cork lieporter , explaining the circumstances under which informations have been taken against Mr . Whitney , first clerk of the Custom-house in that city . They say— "The charge is for alleged ' embezzlement of £ 30 , and no more ; his receipts have amounted to about £ 300 , 000 annually , and fur the thirteen years during which he continued in the receipt of this enormous revenue not a farthing was lost , nor was a charge of any description made a-iainst hira . Mr . Whitney courted public investigation , and no doubt willestablish his innocence . For obvious reasons we decline to open any defence upon the preliminary inquiry , and trust the public will suspend its opinion until the trial takes place . "

      Stoppagk of the Works on the Dohlin and Belfast Junction Railway . —We regret to state that , with some trivial exceptions , the works on this linp , in the immediate vicinity of Newry , are stopped , inconsequence of the misconduct of the labourers connected with a district of the country through which the railway runs . At the Petty Sessions Court , last Friday , Head Constable Whitley stated that that morning he bad come upon a body of 300 navvies , at the bridge across the -Monaghan-road , and that they told him they objected to wording the long hours , asserting that they wsre the same now aa in summer—from tour in the morning till seven in the evening . On making further inquiries we find that the statements made to Mr . Whitley is not

      correct . The men were perfectly satisfied with their wages and the hours they bad to woik , and invariably speak well of their employers , Messrs . Moore Brothers ; and in fact , the present stoppage of the works arises from the determination of the people residing in Killian ' and that vicinity < o force themselves into the employment of these gentlemen . A large number of them , who have recently returned from reaping the harvest in the sister country , have taken into their wise heads , that being connected with the locality where the works are in progress , they have a better riuht-to be employed on them than labourers from other parts of the country ; and as Messrs . Killen and Moore would not dismiss their old hands , to make room for them , they combined together , and , traversing the line from one end to the other , drove the men from the various works by threats and acts of violence . Tbey not

      only hurled large stones from a height of fifty or sixty feet down on them , but in several cases , armed with bludgeons , they attacked them personally , and compelled them to retire from the works . The consequence is that upwards of 1 , 000 men are out of employment ; but until the present time no further breach of the pence has taken place . We trust that the misguided men who have behaved so badly by this time see the error of their " conduct ; but if not , they may depend upon it that while there ia 500 men in Newry barracks , to speak of no other power , they will be taught to obey the law , and respect the rights of their fellow men . Meantime the authorities are taking informations against every man who can be identified as having taken part in this dangerous combination ; and , as soon as the necessary protection can be obtained for the regular hands , they will return to work . —Newry Telegraph .

      The Dublin MuwicrPALELECTioN ? . —This city was in a state of considerable bustle and excitement on Monday , in consequence of the elections for the representatives in the new town council , which will have , under the Municipal Act , the control and management of local taxation to the amount of £ 200 , 000 per annum . In several of the wards the contests were extremely close . In the Linen-hall ward the Lord Mayor ( Mr . John Reynolds , M . P ,, ) came in as the fourth successful candidate , by a very small majority over Mr . James Perry , a wealthy merchant , and one of the directors of the

      Midland Great Western Railway Company . In the wards , generally , highly respectable citizens have been returned , and men of moderate political views . A considerable number of tho members of the old corporation have lost their ' seats . The new council will be a fair representation of the property and intelligence of the Irish metropolis . The Freeman ' s Journal states , that there has not been one man returned who has not given a pledge against the removal of the Ticeroyalty . That journal also gives a politics ! analysis of the returns , of which the following is a summary - . —Liberals , 35 ; Conservatives , 22 ; doubtful , 3—total , 60 .

      The Latk Murderous Assault Cask in Cork . — The Cork Examiner suites . - that the man who was beaten so severely at the tunnel of the Great Southern and Western Railway ; on Tuesday night , died in the North Infirmary at five o ' clock on Sunday evening ,-in consequence of the injuries inmeted on him . The unfortunate man remained insensible since the commis sion of the offence , and has left a large family to lament his disastrous end ; , A-verdict of ' « Wilful murder" has been returned .

      BALKS' IN THE ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT . — The new regulation . against adjournment of sales , unless under special circuin g ' tatice ' s , is working very beneficially . Six ' separate estates were announced for sale on Tuesday , all of which with one exception , were disposed of at very fair rates of purchase , and within tbeshOrt space of two hours . Poor . Law Taxation : —Whilst the poor-rate is very considerably diminished hi most parts of the country , the unfortunate Clard Unions are still taxed to a most alarming extent . In Killadysert Union , the hew rates vary from 3 s . 8 d . to 10 s . in the pound . In the electoral divisions of Clondaga and Liscasey , tho rate is 10 s . ; in lulniurrv , it is Os . lOd . ; in Kilpiddana , 7 s . ; and in other divisions the new levy exceeds os . in the pound . In such oases how is it possible to obtain rents from tho tenantry ?

      Legal Appointments . —Mr . E . Geale , a solicitor , has . been appointed as Crown Solicitor for the County ' of Carlo w and Queen ' s Countv , rendered vacant by the death' of-llr . Elliott ; and ' . Mr . E . Mopney . clerk to- the Attorney-General , has been apppintodasthe successor to Mr . ' Genie , ' in the office of Clerk of the Crown for the County of Longford . The Hon . David Plunkett , son of Lord Plunketti ex-Chancellor for Ireland , has resigned tho . office of Master-of the Court of Common Pleas , in consequence of serious ill health . The salary of , this office is £ lj 000 per annum . ¦ '• Repeal Association . — The usual meeting was held on Tuesday instead of Monday , in consequence of ¦ the municipal elections . Mr , John Byrne presided . Mr . John p'Coriiiel ) , in alluding to those . elections , stated that the Repealers had lost many « o . od and true men . fTlie ' rent for tho week was £ 14 i 33 . 'flJ . ¦¦¦ ' -. ' !"

      Resignation of Professor Shaw , Queen ' s Col-LEOB .- ^ e re giet , and so we feel will a large circle Of friends , to whom his high' qualities had endeared him , and none wore then the college authorities , that Professor Shaw has felt compelled to resign his offlco at tho Queen ' s Colle « c , lie filled the important ah d , arduous chair of'Vatural Philosophy , but , as a Follow i of Trinity College , be feels that there is an ; incompatibility between his position there . Jand-hig continuance in ' tho Queen ' s College professorship ; To prevent any inconvenience from , .. suspension of studies , Professor Shiiw' has most kindl y consented to continue his lectures till the appoiiitjnerit of his uuec ' c & tst > r ' . ± -Cc # k Reporter .

      - Fbkncii Goods', In Transitu.—Lt Will A...

      - Fbkncii Goods ' , in Transitu . —lt will afford sbm ° idea . of the larjfe aiid increased ^ qu antities of mer " chundisbbf it '' valuable character ' which are ; brought to thi ' s country'fion \ Franco in ' . transitu jo other fpret gji ' oouritriesV wlien it js stated that . the . vessel Margaret , arrived at the ; port of Liyerpcol from ' , Havre , ' bfncin \ ly-reports' as having brought ho less than ; 2 J 246 packages of ' silks ) besides twenty-five packages . pf yro ollen ' s and cottons , ' ten , ' pac kages of vfatches ; "three ' packages of embroidery , fifteen packages 6 f ' g Jovesj , and ' sixty-seven ' packages {» manufactured goods ; which ' are imported in tra * for other parts of the world .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30111850/page/6/