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      Health « F London ^^ 'f ^^ S i tdvWl rpoort « . ivs - —A thousand deaths were reg-s-KS ^ oiL a ^^ j ^^ f ^ last Saturday , being a mortality of affiles toe ^ amount as was recorded in the previous w * . A . re-Tiewcfrf-tvimsmadeattbe same period , in former years , will ikow that tbe present rate of mortality is lather great for the seasiti ; for in the ten corresponding weeks of 1 S 11-5 D the deaths were under 900 in all except two cases , and the average was S 72 . Tins average , with a certain addition in proportion to the supposed iatc of increase in the population , is Sal ; compared wiih which the 1 , 000 deaths of last week exhibit an excess of 49 . The identity or close

      ap : > r > xiaia' . iouofspsieoi ' the results in thc present return to those of the ptewAing week , is worthy of remark . L- ^ t week the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases numbered 19 / fatal cases , in the previous ¦ week 106 ; the class which inclules diseases of the Orabi , spinal marrow , & c , numbered 121 last week , and 120 in the previous ; diseases of the heart and Wool vessels were fata to 39 persons in either of the last two weeks , and also the deaths from diseases of the mpiwtoiy organs amounted both times exactly to US I » htbi « -i * , t » roiichui- - , and pneumonia number respectively 143 . 71 , and 8 » in tbe present return ; and 153 , 72 , aud 77 iu that of the preceding week Of persons tvbose age was GO or upwards , and whose deaths are attributed to old age or natural decay , the fatal disease not baing better defined , dO and 42 are the numbers recorded in the two weeks 5 but with regard to infants who died from "debility , " or

      prematurity of birth , the discrepancy is great , for while 42 are enumerated this week , iu the previous there were only 21 . Last week 15 deaths of young persons from small pox , and 3 of persons above 20 , were registered . These last occurred ia thc Small Pos Hospital at Hollo way , and tbe particulars ate as follow t—On the 36 th May , a seaman frem tbe United States , aged 31 year * . * ' small pox , confluent , unprotected , gonorrhoea and gangrene ( 38 day ?) . " On 19 th May , a seaman from llnll , aged 36 years , " small pox , malignant , unmodified ( vaccinated , two cicatrices ) . 9 days . " On 22 nd Jlsy , a baker from Bartholomew Close , aged 23 years , '' small pox , coffluenf , unmodified { vaccinated , no cicatrix ) , 11 days . " Measles -was fatal in 42 case * , scarlatina in 17 . hooping cough in 59 , diarrhoea in 12 , influenza iu 9 , and typhus in IS ; Measles considerably exceed the average , but epidemic diseases in tbe aggregate do not differ much from the usual amount . The increased rate of

      mortality that now prevails arises chiefly from bronchitis , pneumonia , and hooping cough . At Crown Square , CambertrelJ , thedaughter of a labourer , aged 3 years , died of "mortification of the bowels by metallic poison , from swallowing a farthing accidentally . " Postmortem . ( Inquest . ) Last week the birth of 748 boys and CSC girls , in all 1 , 434 children , were registered . The average of sis corresponding weeks in 1845-50 * -as 1 , 314 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the barometer was above SO in . on every day of the week after Monday . It rose continuous ! v on the last five days . The mean of the weeK was 30026 in . Tnemeandaily temperature was below the average of the same day in 10 years , on every day except Thursday . The mean temperature of the week was 53 deg . The wind was variable , but on four days was much in tbe north-west . Desperate Leap from Blackfriars Bridge . —

      On Saturday morning last , about a quarter to three o ' clock , a voun ? man , named Henry Brooks , having so place of abode , mounted the seats of Blackfriarsbridge , and threw himself from the north-west side into the river . Marshall and Butcher , two watermea , with John Ware , the man at the Blackfriars steam-boat pier , immediately put off in their boats , and eventually succeeded ia laying hold of the Unfortunate man as he was sinking for the third time . They promptly conveyed him | to the Glazier ' s Arms , where he was placed in a warm bath , and , under the direction of Mr . Hutchinson , the surgeon , he re- , covered sufficiently to be removed to the unionhouse , where he remains in a dangerous condition . Distress , it is believed , was the cause of the unfortunate man making such a desperate attempt upon his life .

      Determined Suicide . —About two o ' clock on Saturday afternoon last , as one of the Iron Steam * boat Compsny ' s boats was on its way up the river , a » d when off the pier near "Westminster , a man of gentlemanly appearance , who was ou board , threw himself head foremost into the river . Every exertion was nr » de by the captain of the vessel to save tbe unfortunate man , but unsuccessfully ; and if is suppo-ed that in consequence of his having thrown himself immediately before tbe paddle Wheel that he must have been struck by it , as he did not rise to the surface .

      Horrible Sdicidb . —On Saturday afternoon last a painful degree of excitement prevailed among the occupants of the Saracen ' s Head Hotel , Skinnerstreet , Snow Hiil , in consequence of the suicide of 3 fc . James Bristow , a gentleman very highly connected , and supposed to be lately residing at Henley , in the county of Middlesex . The deceased gentleman had taken apartments for a few days at the hotel , and appeared in very excellent health and spirits . Deceased went out on Friday , returning alone , and after taking some refreshment got into conversation ¦ with several of the gentlemen , who had been visiting the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park , and when he bad taken supper he retired to rest about one o ' clock in the morning , quite cheerful . Nothing more was heard

      of him until one of tbe ostlers had hisattention drawn to a paol of blood which lay on the floor of a coachhouse , underneath tbe deceased ' s bed room . One of the female servants went up , but found the door closed . She , however , raised an alarm , and when she entered the apartment the deceased was lying on thc floor with his head nearly shattered to pieces . The deceased had been dead some time , and by his side Was discovered a six barrel pistol , which , from the position of the deceased had been discharged in his mouth . The police were called , and when his pockets were searched two letters were found—one addressed to Mr . Mackenzie , of Half Moon-street , Piccadilly , in which the deceased mentions something relative to the late Derby , aud other matters . On Monday Mr . Payne held an inquest at the hotel , on the body . From papers found it appeared that deceased was a

      gentleman of independent property , lived at Hendon , Middlesex , and had been a breeder of horses , but within these last nine months he had sold off his stock . A memorandum was found in his pocket , of which the . following is a copy : — "No one would think I have been mad for a long time , but now I knnw it , I Uaxe , tried , to hid & \ t from my dear wife , and I have succeeded , but my race is run . Back Fernhill for St . Leger . and Canezou for the Derby . — J . B —Friday . " Another memorandum was as follows : — " The great error of my life bas been that I have never made my darling wife acquainted with my affairs . ^ 1 have been driven to do many rash things . Who will We and cherish my dear wife , whose aim has always been to conduce to my happiness ! My brain is on fire ' . My poor relations 1 Alas , alas , what is to become of my darling wife I" Terdict" Temporary insanity . "

      Destructive Fibein St . James ' s—On Saturday morning last , the immediate neighbourhood of King-street , St . James ' s , was thrown into a stale of great alarm owing to a fire , which atone period threatened the destruction of a number of buildings , including Willis's Rocms , breaking out in the premises belonging to Messrs . M . andW . Fleming , carpenters and upholsterers , situate in Ease and Crown-yard , a narrow thoroughfare running at tbe side of Willis ' s Rooms . Fortunately several engines were speedily on the spot , and the fire was subdued , but not until Messrs . Fleming ' s workshop was gutted and the stock in trade destroyed . The premises were insured in tbe Globe Fire-office .

      DESTRTTCT / rVE EffiE OX THE SbtJTH EaSTEKN RAILWAY . —On Sunday afternoon , shortly before two o ' clock , a fire brake out on the line , near the viaduct over Mercer ' s Fields , and within a short distance of the Green Man Turnpike , in the Old Kent Road . The flames originated , from some cause not clearly ascertained , in a large heap of sleepers ( blocks of wood ) , rather wider than the two lines of metal , but which had been pte-swosly vretd , and afterwards removed to the scene where the conflagration com menced . The timber comprised abaut 15 , 000 or 16 , 000 cubic feet . By working for nearly four hours the fl lmes were got under . The amount of properly destroyed is comparatively trifling . The whole of the wires of the electric telegraph have , however , been melted in that vicinity , and some of the posts burned down , which will stop all communications by that means from the Bricklayers Arms Station to New Gross , until the same can be repiired .

      rvssnsuiN the Workhouse . —On Monday at the vestry meeting of the parishioners of St . James ' s , Westminster , Mr . Miller stated that the chaplain of the workhouse had practised a mode of worship which was repugnant to the feelings of the attendants ** chapel , the result of which was that two out of three of the inmates refused to be present when he was the mmister of the day . He was spoken to on tnt ™ , « ' en , as ,, e dec »' ned t 0 alfcer the practise , t ?„„ » f J . LING HowiiAi is open to the inspectLmSZE ; , " ? the , P » ° 1 ic % eneraHy . every Monday rrom tea to . font o ' clock . K 0 orders for

      ad-Chela * to the Red Hon ™ at B ? t £ S ° - USe at rapidly proceeding ; ffXi ^ i ™ principal towers . are fixed , and tbe ground for the issued from tbe Woods and ° ForeS fov i £ i * T down forthwith of tbe wait aSrivSint 1522 Park , and the removal of the shws ^ 3 erected therein . In a short time tbe celebrated Bri House Tavern will be razed , the prSS having been purchased b y govevmnet for the , ew park . ¦

      Mr . CffRiiToPHBR Fiood , vestry cl » rk of the parish of St . Marylebcne , died on Sunday morning

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      depot" '•< ° cwck . Mr . Flood held the office of *!> -... * T & sfry clerk and vestry clerk upwards of l - ' % . years . Two Livss Lost . —On Tuesday afternoon a number oftteis were playing on a timber raft lying off Milbfchk , waiting for the tide , when one of them slipped through the log ' s and disappeared . Two gentlemen who were passing hastened to render assistance . It is supposed that , in his eagerness , the foremost gentleman did not take sufficient precaution , as the logs separated , and he fell in also . Every .-efforu was ' used , 'but neither of the bodies wererecovcrod . Tbe sufferers were ascertained to he Sir . R . Attwood , of thc Lower-marsh , Lambeth , and John- Cliflw , son of Mr . Cliffe , comb-uiaker , TWcnt-street , Vansball-road .

      Ciicbch Reform , —On Wednesday a meeting of clergymen and laymen from all parts of England was hold at Freemasons' Tavern , to concert measures for tbe establishment of a metropolitan association , bavin ? for its object some alteration of the Prayer-book and a reform of the National Church . Deputations to the meeting were sent from Liverpool , Birmingham , Carlisle , Plymouth , Reading , Bristol , Bath , Leicester , Colchester , Gosport , Brighton , the Isle of Wight , Bedford , Sheffield , Nottingham , Buckingham , and from other quarters of the country . J . Sullivan , Erq ., of Brighton , presided ; and a series of resolutions were adopted after some discussion .

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      The late Murber near Leigh . —The adjourned inquest was held on the 23 rd inst . before Mr . Rutter , coroner , at the Greyhound Inn , Bedford , but , as will be seen by the subjoined evidence , no further facts have as yet been obtained to bring the offence home to the real perpetrators John Green , bein » sworn , said : I reside at Astley , and keep a beershop . I was going up the lane last Wednesday night but one , with Thomas Collier , about a quarterpnet fen o ' clock . I was smoking my pipe when we met the deceased , George Green . I have often traded with hitn . I turned back whh him to see if I could have a bit of trade with hitn . As we . came up to the road I went into Mr . Darlington's saw-yard , and he ( the deceased ) went to the house to get a eill

      of beer . I came afterwards to the canal bridge with him , with some chips in my hand . Tbe bridge is about twenty or thirty yards from my house . I told him I would sell him some manure , and allow him 3 d . a ton if he would give me 7 s . a ton for it , and be told me to see him on the following afternoon . I left him at tbe bridge , and I never saw him after , We had asreed to meet the next day about tbe manure . When I left him he went straight down the lane , and I could not see which way be went . He was not drunk , but he had had a few gills . He had two ways to go—either along the canal bank or over the fields . If he had cone over the canal bank , he conld not have got near the pit where he was found . I then went home , but afterwards went out again , smoking my pipe , and met John Sasith , who lives close to my house . I stopped talking to Smith a quarter of an hour in the lane . When I parted with Smith , I stopped at the end of the house until John

      Guest , known by the name of "Captain , came up . When I left George Green on the bridge , I-did not see any one abant . The most direct road for the deceased to get to his house would have been past the pit in which he was found . This being the only witness able to give any satisfactory evidence , it was suggested by Captain Shepherd , superintendent 0 ! the county police , that if the inquiry was closed at once the police would no doubt be able to pursue their investigations with facility . The coroner and also the jury acquiesced in this suggestion , < md a verdict was returned of "Wilful Murder" by some person or persons unknown . The AccinEsi on tab Midland Railway . —The evidence was resumed on Monday at Chesterfield , and the court was again adjourned until Friday for further testimony by persons unconnected with the company . All the parties wounded , with the exception of Mr . John Todhunter , are improving .

      An AcciDE . vr happened to the mail train which left the Waterloo Station at half-past eieht on Sunday night . When the train arrived within four miles of Wincbfield the tire of the wheel of one of the carriages became damaged , and the carriage , which was filled with passengers , got off the line . The motion of the train became unsteady in consequence , and the train was stopped . Fortunately the carriage that was off the line did not upset If it had not been for the timely discovery and the promptitude with which the train was stopped , a most serious accident might have taken place . The train was delayed an hour in consequence of the accident . On Saturday night the Dorchester train got off the line after it left Southamoton . No serious accident happened bevond a two hours' delay .

      The Late Fatal Accident on the Cheshire Jcvctios Railway . —We understand that the directors of this line are arranging the claims of the several parties who seek compensation for the injuries they received in the late collision . They deem this the most economical procedure , as it will save them a very large amount in the shape of law costs . Some of the larger claims are still unsettled , and it U possible that some cases will ultimately be brought to trial . The Railway Collision at loxa Eaton . —All the passengers bruised and mutilated by this _ terrible collision—two of whom up to Friday were in great danger—are now in a fair way for recovery . On Friday night Lieutenant Galton , the Government

      Inspector , commenced an inquiry into its causes at the Derby station , which was adjourned to the termination of the inquest at Chesterfield upon the unfortunate people killed by the accident at Clay Cross- John Robson , the " driver of the passenger train , whose carelessness is supposed to have led to the catastrophe , has , it is said , been suspended . Awfotv Suicide op Major W . Wtnn , E . I . C ., at Bbighton . —On the 23 rd inst ., a most determined and desperate act of suicide was committed by Major William Wynn , of the Honourable East India Companv ' s service , by jumping from the Black Rock Cliff at Kemp Town . Shortly after seven ^ o ' clock the revenue officer at the Black Rock station was pursuing his beat near the cliff , beyond the Abergavenny Arras at Kemp Town , when his attention

      was drawn to a gentleman who was walking along the ed « e of the cliff , at this place more than 100 feet high . He called out to him , " For God ' s sake don ' t get so near the edge , sir . " The gentleman made no reply , but went on a little further and sat down on the edge of tbe cliff , with his feet hanging over it . Tbe officer immediately went towards him , when he either l « st his balance or precipitated himself down the cliff . When taken up life of course was found to be extinct . His body was removed to the Abergavenny Aims , where it was identified . On Saturday an inquest was held at Brighton on tbe remains of _ Major Wynne , who committed suicide on the previous day by throwing himself from a cliff near the . Abergavenny Inn . The jury returned as their verdict that "Deceased destroyed himself whilst in an unsound state of mind . "

      Conversions to Rome . —On Monday morning five persons abjured the nrotestant faith , and embraced that of the Church of Rome , at the Roman Catholic chapel , Brunswick-place , Bath , The officiating priest was the Very Reverend Michael Francis Crowe , D . D . All of these individuals { adds our informant ) are very respectably connected . — Bath Gazette . Fatal Accident Fhom Firing a Signal-don . — On Tuesday an inquest was held before tbe coroner of Liverpool on the body of John Brown , a seaman belonging to the steamer Shamrock , from Constantinople , who , with a shipmate named John

      Fraser , was injured while loading the signal-gun on Sunday se ' nnight , and from which injuries he died on Sunday last . The gun bad been tired once , and both men were cautioned to sponge it out previous to re-loading , to which admonition , however , they paid no attention , and the cartridge exploded immediately on being placed in the gun , whether from the heat of the metal or a spark remaining therein the mate was unable to give an opinion . The deceased had an arm blownoff , and was otherwise badly injured . Fraser , who is likely to recover , had also his left arm and thigh badly injured . They were both conveyed to the Northern Hospital . The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death .

      Incendiarism in the Neighbourhood op Winb-SOR . —On Tuesday night last , about eleven o ' clock , a large oat r ' ck on the Burnham estate , belonging to Mr . Aldridge , an opulent farmer , of Chippenbamcoutt , neat Salt-hill , was discovered on fire , and before tbe progress of the devouring element could be got under control , although the most streniiovs exertions were made , the following amount of valuable property was consumed : —Two large oat ricks , a large barn , an extensive granery ( containing a quantity of beans , ) cart-shed , a new waggon , two carts , eight store pigs , a valuable dotr , a large

      quantity of straw , and some valuable machines and implements of husbandry . There is no doubt entertained but that the disastrous occurrence was tbe malicious act of an incendiary . No clue , however , has yet been obtained of the scoundrel , although the greatest exertions are being made to that purpose by a numerous body of gentlemen and farmers of the neighbourhood , by Whom Mr . Aldridge is so well known and much respected . The property destroyed is insured in the Norwich Union Fire Office , and it is supposed that £ 1 , 000 will scarcely cover the damage done .

      Distressing . Accident at Dikuorb . —On Monday l .-isca lengthened inquiry took place at the Oak Inn , lIopc-under-Dinmore , in this county , before N . Lanwarae ) Esq ., coroner , and a respectable jury , respecting the deaths of . William Allen and Joseph Chance , two workmen on the intended Shrewsbury n i Hereford line of railway at Dinmore Hill . The unfortunate men were , with a largo number of i ; t . es , in tte employ of a contractor named riaucis Fieldhouse , viho had taken a portion of the works . on the north side of the hill . Whilst engaged m . tbe cutting , 5 mass of earth fell upon four 0 : the men , Allen and Chance being two of tuciii , by vrhich the two latter were killed , thc

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      Others narrowly escaping . Our readers will remember that this is the second melancholy catastrophe at these works within a short space of time ; a man ( in the employ of the same contractor ) having met his death under similar circumstances only a few weeks since . At the conclusion : of the evidence tho coroner summed up at great length , animadverting strongly upon thc conduct of Fieldhouse in not taking duo precaution in protecting his workmen from danger ; by which tho lives of twoindustrious and valuable labourers had been sacrificed ; and recommending the . jury by their verdict to mark their sense of such negligent conduct . The following was the verdict : —" Tito jury are of opinion that William Allen and Joseph Chance came to their deaths accidentally , ' biit that great blame

      is attributable to Francis Fteldhouse , the contractor , in not takimr proper measures to protect his workmen from danger after tho caution given to him by the inspector ; and are also of opinion that no further work should bo done in the cutting without the sides being sloped , and that any further progress towards the tunnel should be done by heading or a double gullett . " Fieldhouso was sent for , and severely reprimanded by the coroner , and cautioned that if any other accident of the kind occurred from a similar cause lie should recommend a jury to find a different verdict ; and unless immediate steps were taken to secure the works properly for the safety of the workmen , he should write to Mr . Brassey on the subject . —Hereford Journal ,

      Distressing and Fatal Occurrence . —A good deal of painful excitement has been caused in the village ot Heavitree by the violent death of a boy , named Joseph Golsworthy , about eight years of age , residing in Oakford-place . From all that we can learn he had been out in the fields with another lad , named George Henry Channing , on Monday evening , and was brought home to his parents dead , the top of his skull , it is said , having been completely shot off by some discharge of firearms , flow it happened is at present a mystery , the other boy , who is now in custody of Wobdberry , the constable , having told contradictory stories . The most probable solution , however , is , that they had got hold of a gun , which was kept loaded in a linhay .

      for the purpose 01 destroying rooks ; that it was discharged , either in play or by accident ; and that the survivor , being frightened at tbe fatal result , had hesitated to tell the . truth . —Extter Paper . Searot / S Rtor at Tam worth . —The Protectionists of the Taraworth district of Staffordshire and Warwickshire dined at the Townhall , on Wednesday . Throughout the day , but especially from tho moment the company assembled , the excitement of the multitude assumed an alarming aspect . At nine o ' cleck in the evening , amidst shouts and tumult , the mob , who had assembled in large numbers without the hall , commenced breaking the windows . In less than a quarter of an hour every pane , and all the chandeliers , were smashed to atoms . Enormous pebbles

      descended in the hall amongst the company , who beat a speedy retreat . As the farmers , araaed with every weapon with which they had hastily possessed themselves , sallied from the hall , they encountered the mob . A hand-to-hand fight took place , andthe Protectionists took possession of the King ' s Arms . In a few minutes every window there was dashed in , and tbe excited populace surrounded the place . Severe fighting took place between the besieged and besiegers , and at least twenty persons were led into the hotel beaten in the mostserious manner . From nine to eleven o ' clnck the town remained in possession of the mob , who every moment perpetrated new acts ef violence . They beat every person who approached , and at length took vehicles from the inn yard and threw them into the river . The scene became

      momentarily more alarming . All the time not more than one or two policemen had been seen . The mob threatened to take possession of the hotel , in which were some hundred and fifty people , unable to get away unless in peril of their lives . In this position of affairs , the mayor being absent from town , Capt . Dyott , a county magistrate , wrote a hasty dispatch to Birmingham for the military , but a difficulty presented itself in getting the message despatched from the hotel , and at tbe moment a message arrived that the borough magistrates bad sent for military aid . Towards one on Thursday morning the town became quieter , and the aid of the military was counter ? manded . The pavement is all torn up in the streets , and the farmers have captured about twelve of the assailants , who are in confinement at the King ' s Arms .

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      The Sospected Mi / bder at Ieith . —The examination of the parties { inspected of being concerned in the death of Alexander Loughton , confectioner Leith , on the morning of Sunday , the 11 th instant , ia still in progress by the authorities , and a considerable body of evidence has been collected , which is understood implicate two if not four persons in the atrocious deed . Thc names of the prisoners are James Conolly , and Hugh Galvin , labourers , both lately employed in the New Docks at Leith ; William Ferrier , shore porter , and James Newburgh , labourer , Gasworks . Leith .

      The Weather and Crops in the Nonni . — During the past week the weather has been all that could be desired , alternate sunshine and showers with general warmth being the prevailing characteristics . The country around the city has assumed a summer appearance , and the brairds seem strong and healthy . We observe from the agricultural reports throughout the country generally , that tbe progress of the crops is most satisfactory at the season . —North British Hail . Extinction of the " Bornino Waste ve Clackmannas . "—A simple and inexpensive experiment has just been tried under the superintendence of Mr . Golds worthy Gurney , the object of which was to extinguish a fire in the South Sauchie Collierv ,

      near Alloa , about seven miles from Stirling , which has raged for about thirty years over an area of twenty-six acres , in the waste of the nine foot seam of coal . Mr . Gumey ' s method of effecting his object was to force a stream of choke damp through the mine , by means of a high-pressure steam jet , at such a temperature as would , after putting out the fire , cool down the mine below any degree of heat that would permit it to re-ignite on the admission of atmospheric air , and at such a pressure as to make all the leakages of the waste outwards of choke damp , so that every inlet might become an outcast , by means of which the atmosphere was perfectly excluded from all contact with the fire . The experiment was proved decidedly successful .

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      Roofing the Britannia Tubular Bridge . —A singular and novel process ia at present being ; carried on with respect to tbe Britannia tubular bridge , in consequence of the upper surface of the tubes receiving and being acted on by the wet and atmospheric action , it has been deemed advisable to roof the top of the tubes ; and for this purpose a complete ridge has been placed over both the tubes , having a walk down the centre and tho framework bas been completely covered over with cloth impervious to tbe rain . Upwards of 7 , 000 yards of

      thts prepared cloth are required to accomplish the undertaking , vj hich has been taken by contract . The large hotel which it has been determined to erect closely adjacent to the bridge will contain no fewer than 500 beds , and will be connected with the tufies by a covered walk , and surrounded with appropriate gardens and pleasure grounds . The works for the erection of this hotel are in full operation ; large bodies of labourers are employed levelling tbe ground and forming the foundation , and no time will be lost in the completion of this adjunct to the Chester and Holyhead and Carnarvan lines .

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      pass through Enniskillen are loaded with exilesthose who are breaking their hearts to save their lives . Whole families arc moving away together under the desperate incantation of ' No hope here . ' What will become of the country when those able to stay arc going—the strength and hope of the land departing , and those remaining , so many of them burdens on the country . And when this wish to fly is so strong in Uster , what must be the feeling in the dark parts of Ireland , that are full of the habitation of cruelty . There must be an end to this flying , and where will the end be ? " The Limerick Beporter states , that a deficiency of able-bodied labourers is felt in several parts of the

      Emigration . —The Castlibar Constitution says : — ' Upwards of 600 families have already left tbe neighbourhood of Westport for the' Far West , ' and the numbers have been greatly increased of late in consequence of Mr . Morrison having been compelled , by altar intimidation , to cease employing nearly 100 girls , the chief support of families in that neighbourhood . Ulstbe . —The Fermanagh Beporter thus refers to the progress of emigration in the north of Ireland : "From every part of the country the people are flying , as if before the surging sweep of another deluge . Eveiy day the different conveyances that

      country—so much so that in some places turf cutting cannot be proceeded with , and the result is an apprehended scarcity of fuel . It is further stated that—4 « In the neighbourhood of Gort there are no labourers . In one night , about three weeks ago , no less than 120 persons left the estate of Loughcooter , and proceeded to Limerick , Gal way , and other places to take shipping for America . In the once populous village of Toomevara , levelled to the ground this time two years , under the superintendence of a person of the name of Wilson , it is stated by tbe relieving officer that there is , scarcely an able-bodied labourer to be found . "

      The Sligo Journal , alluding to the emigration drain from that quarter , says . — " There is scarcely a family in this county which has not se-. 't one . or more of its members in search of independence and

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      plenty . So much money never before came from America , and the people all think they make the best use of it hy going away with it while they have the means . Disease and ignorance no doubt mar , the prospects of many emigrants , but that thousands upon thousands do well we have hourly demonstration ' s in the remittances sent over . The country svill suffer sadly , but we feel assured to leave it is one ' s best chancs of bettering his condition . " Tub Irish Exiles—According to the latest account ' s from Vnn Difemen ' s Land , Thomas Meagher , one of the " Irish Exiles , " has been also subjected to close confinement for having brcken the condhions of bis ticket of leave to vint O'Brien . The Nation discredits the reports that Smith O'Brien had accepted . a > situation in a gentleman ' s family , and that Meagher was about getting married to a farmer ' s daughter .

      _ . . - . The Rev . David "Ball , the prominent Tenant League advocate , was chosen by a very large majority moderator of the Presbyterian Synod of Armagh and Monaghan . At the meeting of the Synod presided over by him , a series of resolutions against Fapal aggression were adopted . ' A man identified as one of the principals in the attempted murder of Mr . Billing , has been committed for trial , v-: - ' The local magistrates , after a lengthened inquiry , have come to the conclusion that the burning of Downhill House , in the county of Derry , was the work of an incendinry .

      The Potato Crop . —The Cork Examiner says ^~ " Potatq plants , which some days ago looked in many places dry and withered , are now shooting up most vigorously , cheering the prospects of the agriculturist , and giving strong hopes that the days of blight are passed . This esculent already is beuinning to find its way into the market * Mr . Henry Courtayne has grown in the open air potatoes which are now full sized , and to allappearance as good a specimenof the root as could be expected in the early season of the good days of former years . " Roman Catb-oucMovement . —Preparatioiisarein progress for a monster display of the county of Tipperary , which is . to come off at " Cashel of the Kings , " ' . ' to denounce the attempt made by Lord

      John Russell to revive penal laws , and thereby aggravate thc numerous evils under which this country at present labiiurs . " The requisition is headed by the signature of the " Lord Archbishop of Cashel , " Dr . Slattevy , and appended to it are a few Protestant names of respectability , including Mr . John Bagwell , of Marfield , in olden times a Tory of the first water . In Dublin , too , the " Catholic Defence Committee " are making arrangements to . hold their first public meeting , which is fixed for Tuesday , June the . 10 th ( Whitsuntide week ) , so as to enable Roman Catholic Members of Parliament to take part in the inaguration of thc association . Their " lordships tbe bishops " are daily sending in their adhesion to the revived system of agitation . A daring outrage which took place on Sundav

      within a few miles of Lismore is thus described in the ; Dublin Daily Express : " At half-past one o ' clock , while the neighbouring people were still at prayers , a band of armed ruffians , consisting of six persons , proceeded across the hills from the direction of Cappoquin , the locality in which the attempt to assassinate Sir Richard Keane's son was lately perpetrated , and entered the house of a respectable farmer named Walsh , who lives between Lismore and Cappoquin ; they fired through the windows , and shot two dogs that were in the yard , after which they decamped , leaving a notice , with the drawing of a coffin on it , on the door , warning Walsh to take care how he took any land in the neighbourhood . It is to be much regretted that such acts as this are now of such frequent occurrence . "

      In the Court of Exchequer , on Saturday evening , an action for defamation , which bas excited a good deal of local interest , terminated . The plaintiff was a widow , respectably connected , and on terms of intimacy with most of the families of distinction in Carlow , and the , defendant , Dr . Rawson , a highly respectable physician of that town . The slander complained of consisted of an accusation brought by the defendant against the plaintiff , of being the writer of certain anonymous letters of an infamous kind addressed to herself , and implying gross charges against her and other parties . The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff ior £ 300 damages and costs . The Qoeen's Colleges . —According to the Tablet , the recognised organ in Ireland of the Court of Rome , and also of the Cork Reporter , a warm

      supporter of mixed-education , there is no longer a doubt that the decrees of tbe Synod of Thurles has been ratified by the Sovereign Pontiff , and that the doom of mixed education has been finally sealed . It appears therefore ( says the Beporter ) , that , as far as the Roman Catholic clergy are concerned , the " securities for faith and morals" are henceforward to be formally withdrawn . The Tuam Herald , too ( Dr . M'Hale ' s own local organ ) , is privileged to announce the victory achieved by the combined efforts of Thurles and St . Jarlath ' s , adding that after the publication of the decre -. ' no Roman Catholic clergyman will be permitted to have connexion with the Queen ' s colleges , nor will the unhappy laity of the same , persuasion be allowed , save at tbe risk of certain " ecclesiastical penalties" ( whatever they may be ) , to send their children to these

      institutions . AssAuxriA'G A Magistrate is the Discharge op his Duty . —At tbe Ballinasloe Petty Sessions Oil Saturday last , tho doors of the court , were scarcely thrown open , when every available spot was secured to attend the heaving of a very painful proceeding which took place the previous evening between Mr . Fortescue , C . E ., and Mr . Fitzgerald , B . M . Mr . Fortescue . who was arrested on a warrant signed by the Earl of Cfancarthy , came in attended by some of his friends . Mr . Fitzgerald took his seat in the box to the right of the bench . Mr . Fitzgerald gave his testimony to the following effect : —I was returning from the fire that took place at Mr . Boyd ' s on Friday , and when about half-way between that

      andthe town , I heard a horse coming after me ; I went quietly along and was shortly after overtaken by Mr . Fortescue , who addressing me in a calm , gentleman-like manner , said— " Mr . Fitzgerald , can I speak with you ? " to which I replied , " Certainly , by all means . " M . Fortescue then alluded to something that took place on Tuesday , observing that he felt insulted at some remarks I made , and called on me to withdraw them . I then asked Mr . Fortescue if he had anything further to add , as I was anxious to hear all he bad to say in extenuation of himself . He then went into a long statement , which , not deeming satisfactory , I refused to retract any remark I felt bound to make . Mr . Fortescue then called on me to give him satisfaction . 1

      told him , in reply , I was not unprepared for what he demanded . lie then called me a rascal and a coward , and quite unexpected—in fact , it came on me as instantaneously as a thunder storm—in a most assassin-like manner , he struck me a violent blow <> f bis whip across the face ; he then rode off at full speed , but not before I gave him a violent blow of my whip in return . I then gave him chase , and on coming up we exchanged some blows . My horse then became restive , and passed bim , when this valiant hero , . who but a few moments before accused me of cowardice , turned round and rode back . On my return home I communicated with Lord Clancarthy , and , on his suggestion , adopted the present proceedings . After a lengthened discussion the bench

      ruled that Mr . Fortescue should be put under a rule of bail , himself in £ 500 , and two sureties in £ 250 each , to keep the peace towards Mr . Fitzgerald and her Majesty ' s subjects for seven years , and also to appear on a further inquiry into the charge on this day fortnight . Mr . Fortescue was detained in custody until he and his sureties entered the required recognizances , which was perfected before the rising of the court . —Western Star , Religious Animosity —Few days now pass without bunging some account of broils or aggressions arising but of religious animosity in some part of this country . Last week a great portion of the county of

      Armagh was disturbed by a series of TOWS between the Protestant and Roman Catholic parties , in which the former aopear to have given offence to their op . ponents by simply indulging in their love for music ; which , however , it is to be presumed , was of a partisan character ; the Roman Catholic party being , in the several cases , the first to have recourse to physical force . The leaders of the belligerents on both sides appeared before the magistrates on a charge and cross charge , and there is just one redeeming feature in the affair , namely , that they arranged their differences amicably , on being recommended to do so by the magistrates .

      Religious Riot . —Kilkenny has again been disturbed hy most disgraceful outrages of a sectarian character , arising out of the publication of the names attached to local petitions against papal aggression . On Monday evening a disorderly mob , composed chiefly of young persons , proceeded through the town carrying the effigies of some of the proteatant inhabitants who signed thc petition . Fires were lighted in various directions for the purpose of burning the effigies , and the windows of protestants were broken . Some houses were considerably nvjuved , and it is stated that in one instance an attempt was made to set a house on fire . The ringleader of the mob has been arrested and committed to gaol , and a meeting of the

      respectable inhabitants presided over by tho Mayor , was held on Tuesday for the purpose of protesting against the disgraceful proceedings , and taking some means to prevent their recurrence . Prosecution of Loud Clahbhdon por Libel . — On Tuesday ( says the Freeman ) the noble defendant in this cause entered an apperance hv his solicitor , Mr . Keith Hallowes , to the writ served upon bim for libel at the suit of Mr . Burke , The plaintiff ' s declaration will be filed to-morrow , and it is said that as soon as the pleadings arc on record a motion will be made for the issuing of a commission to examine the Earl of Shrewsbury relative to the matter . The action is brought in the Court of Comrron Fleas , hut a trial cannot be had until the sittings after next term , It is further stated that , as the editor of the Tablet , a which paper the alleged libel was first

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      published , declines givmg any information as to the mode in which he became possessed of the letter addressed to the Earl of Shrewsbury , Mr . Burke intends taking an action against that journal . Horrible CRUBtxr sir a . ' Ship ' s Crew . —On Friday night week , Thomas M'A ally , second mate of the ship Arabian , of Belfast , was arrested in this town by Constable M'Williams , on a charge of having been , with othen , accessory to the death of an Irishman , whose name we have not learned , during the late voyage between Liverpool and New

      Orleans . It appeared that tho unfortunate victim had secreted himself in the ship's hold , in order to obtain a passage , which ho was-unable to pay for , arid that having been discovered after thc ship had been cleared out , be was subjected to such a course of ill-treatment that he was driven to throw himself overboard , and thus perished . Informations have been taken by order of . the Admiralty against all the parties concerned in this cruel outrage . M'Mally , who made considerable resistance to the arrest , was transmitted to Liverpool on Saturday evening . —/ fanner of Ulster .

      Thk late Suicide of Mr , J . Power . —The Zt « i « - rich Chronicle says : — "The late much-regretted Mr . John Power , of Ourteen , has left a fine property of £ 0 , 000 a year , of which £ 3 , 000 a year is out of settlement , and which will pay bis engagements . It is now ascertained that tbe cause of suicide was tho receipt of a solicitor ' s letter announcing prompt proceedings against him as security for £ 10 , 000 for a receiver , whose debts , however , did not exceed £ 2 , 000 . He insured his life for £ 5 , 000 , which he assigned for a valuable consideration some years ago to a bank , and which n-ill be-paid by the Royal Exchange Insurance Company within three months . Mr , Power's amiable widow has £ 1 , 000 a year marriage settlement , lie has left seven children .

      Death op Cornelius O'Lochlin , Esq . —We have to announce tlie death of Mr . Cornelius O'Loghlin , which took place on Tuesday , at his residence , at the very advanced rge of ninety-eight years . For many years , and , indeed , until within a comparatively recent period , Mr . M'Logblin had taken ah active part ia political movements , —Irish Paper . Law Appointment . —The office of her Majesty ' s First Sergeant , vacated by the resignation of Dr . Stock , judge of tbe Admiralty Court , has been conferred by Lord Clarendon on Mr . Sergeant Rowley , chairman of the county of Tipperary .

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      SURREY ADJOURNED SESSIONS . Robbbrv on Efsom Rack Course . —George Hetchfock , 22 , was indicted for stealing on Epsom Race Course a veil and other articles , the . property of Leopold Redpath , Esq . Robert Baker Elwyn , a young man in the employ of the prosecutor , stated that while tbe " Oaks" was being run for be bad charge of his master ' s carriage , and at the time when everybody was anxiously looking at the horses , witness saw the prisoner jump on the steps of the carriage , and snatch the property mentioned in the indictment . He immediately called out" Stop thief !" and a minute afterwards a police constable came up and took the prisoner into custody . —A Police constable said he was on duty on the Race Course on the day in question , when he heard the cry of " Stop thief ! " and on approaching the spot where the prosecutor ' s carriage was standing , the prisoner was

      pointed out to him as the thief . He instantly secured him , and as he was conveying him from the rank of carriages , a number of bis companions surrounded witness , and attempted to rescue him . He ( the constable ) took out his staff to protect himself , when some man seized his arm behind him , while another handed the prisoner a large stick , with which he struck witness a heavy blow on tbe top of the head , and nearly stunned him . . Assistance , however , came up , and secured the prisoner . The stick ( a large one , as thick as a man ' s arm ) , was produced , and created some consternation in the court , from its formidable size . -Mr . Charnock here stated , that he could not struggle against the evidence adduced against the prisoner , lie should recommend him to withdraw his plea of Not Guilty , and plead Guilty , thereby throwing himself on the mercy of the court . —The chairman sentenced him to twelve months' imprisonment .

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      WHITECHAPEL COUNTY COURT . —Tdssdat . ComsN expartb v , Sib Geohoe Geby , Bart . — The Census Enumerators asd the Home Secretary , —This was an application for a summons out of district under the following circumstances : — Thc plaintiff is an accountant , residing at No . 10 , Mount-street , Whitechapel-road , and was engaged as an enumerator of the census in the Waitechapel district . . The emolument he was to receive for these state services was 18 s . for the first SOO names , and Is . for each sixty names he recorded over the

      300 . The Home Secretary now refused to pay them for the fractional part of the sixty names . For instance , he had got ten names short of the sixty , which fifty would amount to tenpence , and that was disallowed . He now applied for a summons against her Majesty ' s Principal Secretary of State for tbe Home Department for tenpence , and which would , he imagined , settle the question of his colleagues ' claims . Mr . Cohen then took his summons out , and to insure the defendants ' s appearance a subpoena for Sir Grey Grey , which , if he fails appearing to , will entail a fine of £ 10 .

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      National Reform Association . —On Tuesday evening , a public meeting , in support of the principles of this association , took place at the New Yestry-reom , Albert-terrace , Bow , with a view to enforce at the present crisis a wide and immediate extension of thc suffrage , as the only means to ensure economical government , and remove the evils of the existing system . Mr . Ebenezer Clarke presided , and addressed the meeting in explanation of the objects of the society , " A resolution was passed to the effect that the present aspect of the

      political horizon rendered necessary a vigorous and comprehensive agitation and a friendly co-operation on the part of all classes of reformers , to enforce an extension of the suffrage , as the only means of securing a good and economical government , Other resolutions were agreed to , having in view the promotion of the objects of this association , and the meeting was addressed by several reformers , who expressed a confident hope that the people would ere long occupy that position in the state to which they were fairly entitled .

      The CorrRioHT Question . —On Tuesday a meeting of booksellers and music publishers in London and the provinces took place at the residence of Mr . Charles Jefferys , in Sobo-square , to consider thc propriety of appealing to the House of Lords for a final decision respecting the copyright in England of foreigners residing abroad , the conflicting judgments of the law courts , as exemplified in the cause of "Boosey v . Jefferys , " having left the matter in question still open to doubt . After some conversation of a desultory nature , a resolution was passed , to the effect that it was expedient to appeal to the House of Lords for their decision on the subject of copyrights said to be vested in foreigners , and that subscriptions be entered into for ' the

      purpose of carrying out that object . The meeting was presided over by Mr . Bohn , who ! expressed his determination to use every means in his power to make the public acquainted with the nature of the late decision of the court of error , which , he said , granted to foreigners a privilege such as they were not likely to reciprocate with the authors or com . posers of this country . A subscription was opened , and several gentlemen entered their names on the list . Tho total amount required , it was slated , for prosecuting the appeal to the House of Lords , was £ 600 ; and there appeared to be a general impression amongst , those present that the course proposed to be adopted would avoid future legal proceedings , and bring the long-disputed copyright question to a final termination . Newcastle . —Liberation op Kossuth . —A creat

      public meeting was held in the lecture room—Sir Jobn Fyfe in the chair—for tbe purpose of obtaining the immediate release of Kossuth , and for providing for the twelve Polish and Hungarian Refugees now 111 Newcastle . After making arrangements for supporting the Refugees , Mr . Watson read the memorial to Lord Palmerston , which was enthusiastically approved of , and made a very impressive speech , in which he impressed on the people the necessity of a great pressure from without . —Mr , Charlton , in a speech of considerable length , seconded the memorial . Having paid a just tribute to the memory of Pestel , he eulogised the heroic deeds of the brave Kossuth , and expressed a hope that , if liberated , he would visit this country , where he would , be received with open arms . His speech was received with enthusiastic cheers , and the memorial was unanimousl y adopted . Kossuth

      and the Court of Commoh Council .-On the motion of Mr . Charles Coipin , the Court of Common Council have resolved to present a respectful address to Lord Viscount Palmerston , her Majesty s principal Secretary of State for Foreicn Affairs , entreating him to use his influence with the government of the Sublime Porte to precure the immediate liberation of the illustrious liossutb and his companions , captives confined in the fortress of Kiita : ah . Pluckiso Poultrt Alive .-A man named Malpas , m the employ of a Newgate-market salesman , was summoned before tho City Police committee , by a constable , for plucking fowls ahve—which horrible practice was said to give tho buds some additional weight . The man and his employer asserted that the birds' necks had first been twisted ; but Aldermen Challis and Wilson c ™ eretl the charges proved , and inflicted a fine ot 20 s . and costs .

      The County anti-Papal Petition . —The general Kentish petitions against the Papal aggression received upwards of 10 , 000 signatures . The petition to the Commons was recently presented by Mr , Deedcs , that to the lords will shortly be by the Earl of Romney .

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      ELECTION INTELLIG & YCE —^ HARwicn .-Both Mr . PrTasep asd > , „ addressed the electors of this borouK ^ day last . Mr . Prinsep , in the cwrseM atu * - complained very severely of the-condiior « r . - ' e ( sl > . ponent .-Mr . Crawford said i , wasT * f r * i « ^ porter of the policy of thc present govern , 7 * * P " especially of their earnest desire tt » mrf »> "• ar 'd integrity the principles of Free Trade t '" 1 , le ic nation took place at Harwich , and after Vi 'C " 0 I Dl * preliminaries , Mr . Fnucw Uales nronnd i l , su al W C . Randfield 'seconded , Henri Tb 0 , •"" ^ Esq ., as a fit-and proper person to row * ° P » borough in parliament , and Robert WjoI l tfio ford , Esq ., was nominated by Mr n * " "" " Cr ' 1 ** seconded by Mr . Matthew Johnson Z \\ il ( ' 0 v % addressed thc assembly at consider ^}' ' li ! ls ep chiefly complaining of the procfedm es t , , ) e ll 'ngth , him before the House of Commons on . . ^ » S i Mr . Crawford said he stood before then , u > --declared in his address , as a Free Tn ' l ° ' l cheers and hisses)—prepared to assist j ( loud out , under any circumstances , those VlJ ' 8 which seemed to him calculated to nrn ' a > tttC 3 prosperity of the country , and tr-ndhw j ?? i ° tfl ° vancDment of civil and religious liberty % > , a * Although prepared to give " the government S ^ - } dependent support , ho should by i ( Q J B | J inbound to do SO through thick and thin - , ° question on which he should certain ^ m ono to them would be thc ballot . ( Hea * , co « trary need not tell them of what ailvant-io « ? ' ' ) Uo ^_„ IJ l . _ i . _ l ! . •!__ rf . . &* - tllflt BUM . wuuiu to liamidi

      sure ue places use whim 1 tors were subject to all kinds of inlhentes \\ " Crawford concluded by inviting hi 3 fr ; eni ) ' , •* early at the poll , and be had no doubt the re 1 ? would bo his return as their represeuutW e \ ufl House of Commons . ( Loud cheers and cuunis clamour . ) -The Mayor then took tho show Jr hands , which he declared to be in favour of i ] r Prinsep ; and Mr . Crawford ' s proposer claimed . 1 poll on behalf of that gentleman . Closo of ita poll . Crawford , ( free trader , ) 133 ; Prinsep , 127 . majority for Crawford six . Mr . Crawford had \ C lead of his opponent throughout the day , win , I majority at ten o ' clock of twenty , and gradually decreasing to the number by which he lias been returned . After thc declaration of the poll he briefly addressed the electors . Mr . Prinsep did not m ; , lcfl

      his appearance at the lown-hall . About foaj o ' clock a most extraordinary scene took place . The Mayor was presiding at the hustings where the polling was going on . Immediately under hrm safc the town clerk ( Mr . Chapman , ) who was supported on either side by the representatives of the pr « who were waiting ready to give the Mayor ' s deelara ' tion , and at the back were 200 or 3 QQ f the frjehri * of the candidates , when , without the sli ghtest inif mationtoany person , thc Mayor and town c ! urv rose from their seats , and where in the act of leaving tbft building . This was the signal for I fearful onslaught upon the hustings , in ] ess ^ '' half a second nearly 100 persons commenced de molishing the frail erection . The reporters bid Z

      make their escape as tney nest could , finbtin ^ thwr way through the mass of people and" tbeEillin * timbers of the hustings . In less than five minutni every timber of the building was torn assvna fr--the uprights and supports wero torn from iu ground , and not a particle of anything was left to indicate the spot where the hustings had stood . For . tunately no accident resulted from this brutal mC ceeding . The ringleaders , having armed themselves with the timbers of the hustings , marched about the town in triumph . It is a time-honoured ' pr . ie tice in the borough , it appears , for tho mob to seize the hustings as lawful spoil , and long experience

      enables tliem to hy at its weak points with unmin » segacity . Lisdsey . —A requisition to Mr . Banks Stanhopj has been hawked about Stow and & etg hlscmW > 4 for signatures , to request him to become a candidate for the representation of Lindsey at the next election . Thero is a great objection to Mr . Stanhope , on account of his very strong political bias in favour of Toryism . As Sir Montague Choline-Icy'aProtectionistprinciplcsavewcll-knb'snftnioii fist the constituency , there seems little chance of the return of a Tory Protectionist . —Lincoln Memmj . Clackmannan ano Kinross . —Sheriff Tait has re . ceived the writ for tbe election of a . member of

      parliament for these united counties , and he has fixed Tuesday , thc 3 rd of June , for the nomination , which is to take place at Dollar . If a poll he demanded , of which there is every probability in the meantime , the polling days will be Thursday and Friday , tho 5 th and 6 th of June . There are mm two candidates in the field , Mr . Adam of Bliiir-Adam , and Mr . Johnstone of Alva . Mr . Johnstons avows himself a supporter of the " great policy of Mr . Huskisson and Sir R . Peel , " under which he is convinced that the nation bas prospered in power and wealth . "At the same time , " he adds , "I cannot ignore the severe depression of the

      agricultural interest , so . iustly referred to in her Majesty S speech at the opening of parliament ; and I consider it the immediate duty . if the legislature to relieve that , as well as the shipping interest , of every spe » cialnnd peculiar burthen . " Mr . Johnstone professes himself the advocate of strict economy in every department of the public expenditure , and wishes thc speedy extinction of sinecures . Isle of Wight . —The nomination of candidates for the representation of the county of the hie of Wight , took place in the Market-place at Newport , on the 23 rd inst ., and the vicinity of . tho GuildoW / was crowded at an early hour . There must have

      heen more than 5 , 000 persons present . —The Bon . A'Court Holmes proposed Capt . Andrew Hamond , R . N . ( Conservative ) , as a fit and proper person to represent tbe county of the Isle of Wight in parliament . —T . W . Fleming , Esq ., seconded the nomination . —John Bonham Carter , Esq ., M . P . for Winchester , nominated Mr . Edward Dawes ( Free Trader ) . —Sir Claude Wade seconded the nomination . —No other candidate being nominated , tho Deputy Sheriff then called for a show of hands , which he declared to he in favour of Mr , Dawes , when a poll was demanded on behalf of Captain Hamond . — The polling was commenced on Monday

      morning at the various polling places . Both parties exerted themselves to the utmost . Captain liamond'sfriends , notwithstanding thorough usage received by that gentleman at the nomination , appeared sanguine of success , and Mr . Dawes ' s supporters exhibited equally high spirits . Final closo of the poll : —Dawes , 565 ; Hamottd , 519—majority , 46 . —The excitement was very groat during Monday . Tho police were using their truncheons right and left , seemingly without any other object than the breaking of heads . At half-past five on Monday afternoon one man had been taken home on a stretcher , and others bruisedand tho police had 1

      , retired to tho station-house . Mr . Cole , a nighty ' respectable solicitor in Hyde , who had been for ; some time under medical treatment , and was en- ¦ treated by his medical adviser not to interfere in 11 the election , was employed by the Protectionist i party , and he could not resist the temptation oi a interfering . On Monday he left the Town Ball , I , where the voting was going on , and as it was ru * »• moured that he was going after voters , ho wa » f ° l" ' !• lowed and pelted with rotten eg § s . To avoid tao 10 mob , he ran into the kitchen of Admiral Christian , n , hein

      and upstairs into the drawinpr-room , where m--stantly dropped down dead . The Protectionist im « m « mediately circulated a report that he was killed by by the Radical party . Tower Hamlets . —A correspondent says :- "A'A committee is in the couse of formation for tho pur- urpose of securing the return of W . . 0 . Macrea < lyi « lyi Esq ., for this borough in the event of an election , ion , the long absence in America of George TbompsooisoD , Esq ., one of the present members , being tho causomso of some anxiety among his constituents . '' - ^''^ News .

      Nohtii Dkvon Representation . — We are authoitho--risedand requested to state that John Moore ate' bte- vena , Esq ., on being informed thatarequvsiticWtc 0 ) from the electors of North Devon , soliciting that Wat *« would allow himself to be' nominated as a gandioathdatit at tho next election , was In course of signatuwdwe ¦ has intimated to his friends that he could . not « iotai present accede to their request ; the rcqa » sit , OI *» twB ' therefore , will not at present be further procetiKW ' with . —Exeter Paper . . .. We understand that Sir E . L . B . Lytton , bVlbVll has so far succeeded in winning tbe approbation lion « the freeholders of his native county by the publicjibli c .. - tion of his pamphlet as to become their choice Wco p . i place of Mr . T . Brand , one of the present niemberniberr as protectionist candidate at the next general e « M e » - tion , and will be returned without o pposition . '' "' honourable baronet fiadine bv the recent manttwimfes

      at the Guildhall that bis supporters m ^ ^ coin are becoming " smaller by degredegre and beautifully less , " has consented to take take n seat for Hertfordshire . It is stated annd t nt f « various rumours afloat , that Mr . Humftey w ey ™ again como forward for the city , in con ] uncti | uncti . i With Col . Sibtborp ; and that tho Bulwer p » r vM will join the liberals in returning Mr . Ilo buOiobhou and Mr , Seely . —Lincolnshire Timee .

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      Pcblic Income and ExrEswrunB . —A return sturn 1 been printed at the instance of Mr . Hume , sbo * sbo «« the amount of the public revenue and cspendi ^ enditt for each year from 1822 to 1850 . The total amU anti . ii receipts during this period have ranged " ged t | t | £ 59 , 829 , 691 in 1824 , to £ 50 , 408 , 579 to . l ^ . ^ The total expenditure was highest m J in u -viz ., £ 50 , 330 , 520 , and lowest in lS 3 i > , * $ > , w it was £ 48 , 787 , 538 . The following yearsi s ^ ni ss an excess of public expenditure over the thee ceipts - .-1826 , 1827 , 1831 , 1837 , 1838 , 1839 , 1 [ S 39 , 11 1841 , 1842 , 1847 , 1848 . The amount oi the * the M « ency has ranged from £ 345 , 220 in 1 S & , ISte . s , £ 8 , 970 , 539 in 1842 . Tbe highest an oimt of sat of sum revenue during the period under review > view £ 4 , 744 , 518 in 1822 and the lowest £ 014 , 759 in R 9 in 11 Kearlt 4 , 000 persons arrived in Liverpool rpooll Ireland in the course of last week , and the chaiie chainii of ono of the public hoards assorted that twent ; twent ; t : per cent , of them were paupers and beggars , gars ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 31, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_31051851/page/6/