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      Health of _Loxoox uuhixo the Week . — . the _Rcpstrar-Genei * ars report states that in the week _ciidm-r Saturday , August 25 , the deaths in _London were 2 , 4 f _* 7 ; of whicli 1 , 27 ( 1 were hy cholera , , 238 bv _diarrhuj-i . The deaths from all causes in each df the _la «? t- seven weeks were 1 , 070 , 1 , 30 _'J , 1 , _* U 1 , 1 , 931 , 1 . 857 ,. \ 1 * . _* D , 2 , 22 : i , 2 , 457 , * the deaths from cholera 3-52 , : j _&» , « _7- ? , 7 _& , 920 , 823 , 1 , 229 , and 1 , 270 . Although the number of deaths last week is greater than any number yet recorded , it "«? . gratifying to learn that active measures aro now in actual

      operation , or _commencing 1 : 1 every u- . strict , to combat tha great epidemic which has already destroyed 7 , 47-1 lives iu _Loudon . The mortality stands in favourable contrast to that which has been felt in other chirs , where the visitation has recalled the ravage !* o i * thc middle ages . But if the general sanatory state ami arrangements are superior to _thoie oi the other civilised counliics of Europe , it is quito certain tliat , while tho present epidemic has : xcitcd feme tiik and terror , tiie efforts which have hiilterto been employed to combat it look feeble and _insiirniticant , when contra : *'' cd with the

      vast iR-.--t . i- - and agenvy wmoh are _brought to bear by ihe nation in other mjkh , for the protection of life and property . The energy with which parts of our institutions work makes the _defects of the rest thc more evident . On August flth last , a man was _murtlerod in _ISermoiidscy , and before bis death , reported l > y the coroner , will appear in these returns , one , ami it is probable both of the persons charged with the murder will bo in custody . Steam ships , the electric telegraph , the heads of the police , and -. -professional agents , specially chosen , wero all employed to arrest the destroyers of this life ; the columns of the newspapers were filled with tbe details ofthe death . On the same day ( August 9 th . ) a stockbroker died at No . 12 , Albion-terrace , _Wands-¦ worth-road a widow iady , and an old domestic servant , at X <> . (! ; ia the five preceding days , in the ' -same terrace , the _daughter ofa grocer , a child of

      5 years ot age , had died at So . 1 ; the widow ofa ci-assi proprhtyr , and a commercial clerk , at No . 2 * a gent ' cmaii ' * widow , at So . 3 ; a surgeon ' s ( laughter , at So . 4 ; a spinster , of 41 . at So . 5 ; the wife nf a dissenting minister , hh mother , a widow lady , and a smrant , atA ' o . 6 ; a young woman , of 21 , \ -it Xo . 10 ; a gentleman , at So . 12 , where thc _stockbroker died _T a commercial clerk , and a young _"oui-in of 19 , at Xo . 13 , where a young woman also died on thc _2-jth « f July ; a gentleman ' s wife , at So . 34 , who Jisd 5 een her " daughter die there the day _l » 'for <* . The nineteen persons died of cholera , many of tho _innabi-aiits of thc terrae . * were dispersed , and the deaths of several have been registered _clst-iVj _^ Tc . "It appears , " says the registrar , Mr . Frost , " that at So . 13 , inhabited by Mr . Riddle , where the fir . n death occurred , and where two deaths wese afterwards registered , thc refuse ofthe _iiOU-= o had _iioi' _!' . allowed to accumulate hi one oftho

      vaults ( which isa very large one ) for about twoyears ; aad _wlu-ii •\ _-i-ioveU iast week , the stench was almost intolerable , there being about two feet of wet soil iiiled with maggots . The drain also had burst , overflowed into the tank , and impregnated the water with which the houses were supplied . On the back ground , in thc distance , was an open ditch , into which nearly the wlude of the soil of Clapham r : * us . " As turpentine to ilamcs , so is the exhalation of such _tv-ll _::- _*!* , tanks , and sewers to cholera ; it diffused itself rapidly , attacked many , and nineteen iu ' iabitants , after some hours of suffering , sickness , and _spr-sius , expired . —The effects of decomposing _j- ' _-fu-c _.--ii-l water on he . _ilth were well known—their fatal subsidies to cholera had been heard of every

      « lay—yet no steps had been taken for then * removal from AH-ioa- - . crra . ee in July—no medical police bad interfered to disturb th- * contents of Mr . Biddle ' s cellar—and now the nineteen masters , servants , parents , children rest in their graves , it appears to be tr . ki . -11 for granted tliat blame attaches to nobodyto nothing—neither to thc householders themselves , to the guardians of thc district , nor to the _iustitutioas ofthe country I Such mean intangible instruments of death can be invested with no dramatic interest ; but fixing our eyes on the victim , it is well ¦ worth considering whether substantially it is net as much a part ofthe sound policy ofthe country that the lives like those in Albion-terrace should bc saved , as that the murderers of the man in _Bermondsev should be hanged .

      A Ri-KGLAit ' s Funeral . — Some excitement was occasiuii d on Saturday last in the parhh of St . Paul , Covent-Gard n , by the refusal of the Rev . Mr . Jones , cue of thc curates of the parish , to read the serricc for : _Jia bnrial of tlio dead over tiie remains of the unhappy young man who w . _' S killed from falling from the t- p of a h use in Oxford-street , a few days since , while engaged in committing a _burglary . It _appea-s that the deceas-d was a younger son of a _tradesnau who bas lived in the pari h for nearly half a century , and who possesses a faaiiiy-irav .- in thc churchyard . The p . ior father was anxious that his erring son's remains _s-hauld rest in the same grave with those ofhis brothers and si-ters ; and after the inquest had heeii holden , the body was removed from

      where it _-c-as lying to an undertaker ' s in Wardcur-: s'reer , who made the necessary arrangements for opening the grave , and the interment was expected . to fake place a * thrie o ' cl * ck on Saturday . In the course of Friday Mr . Joiks ascertained the circumstances under which the d _^ a _ascd met his death , npon which he at once stated his _objection 10 perform the muni service , and . we understand , had an interview witii the Bishop of London on the subject , ths result of which we cannot cx . _ctly * -tatc , but have reason to believe that thc Bishop declined advising . Mr . Jones persisted in bis refusal , and as the family of 1 h * _decaasc-d were _equa'ly determine 1 to bury their relative in their own parish churchyard , there _appeared every -robabiiiiy of an _uuplcasuit _exhibition in the churchyard , the r . ioic so as t ' = e R : v . Mr . Ilaltwi , 1 ho rector , wa-out of town , and couhl nut

      he appealed io . I he fart _h-ivingbceii communiea _' cd _\ o * tl . c " _i- « : v . _-i- ' . v .. avdsnlMr . _Wiltihaon , of Ta _** . sleck-•• irccf ) , ii ; : ; : - - _.-atleiu-in ciulcnvonrcd to induce Mr ocr . es in a . 1 , bnt wi . h- _*; . t effect-, and th .- body arrived at ( he church _actually before any _cl-rgvmau was ia attendance lo receive it , the mon _neis , oi _wli-iai ihere v . vre several , remaining in the most painful s _* _-5 s _* . cns ? . At length Mr . Wilkinson , wh 1 iu his _**** :- _* k : y ! o _obtain a lniiihter , had g -ne to 'he Clerical C _i : a fa . So' : t ! : » -n--t- > _---. _* -t cct tue e ded in inducing tlie Uov . E . <* ' . _A-oiganof-tockwJl . to read the service _tj ver _th- _^ _forp's . Mr . 3 'Ir , _i- ; a : i , we _biT _' eve , was induced ! .. - co * -.- ; : it purely from an impression that a _ch-rgyiu-us . w ' . en duly cal ' _-ed upon , had no right to refuse to * . _riVirni the strvice . The deceased was only nin _.-t-sn years oi" a : *** , aud a detective ofiicer p . - _.-sjnt _pc-i ; _-ii .-i out _a--: _joiig tlie crowd assembled t ' htj two or thic-3 _wcii-.-. _i-owii _cracksaien . — -Simla "

      l-MTENsivr . _" _iues . —Between six snd seven o ciock on Monday morning a ( ire , attended with great damagi _" , happc-ned on the premises of Mr . Xind , _paper-hangc ; - aud decorator , nearly opposite Salis-Ivuv _-.-srpiare , Fleet-street , The engines from _Farriiigdoii-stivet were instantly on tlie spot , and the damage was confined to the lower part of the premises . Jlr . Xind is not insured . —At twelve o ' clock another fire took place in the shop of Mr . Browning oil and colourman _, St . Jolm _' s-streer , Clerkenwell . Here , also , the _Farriugdoii-street engines were in very quick attendance , aiid fortunately little dama ge was experienced by lire , but some by temporary removal .

      EscArE of a Prkoxer . —It will be remembered that in the early part of last week two men attempted to commit a burglary at the residence of Mr . liable- * , _>" o . 332 , Oxford-street , aud that in their endeavours to escape one of them was killed oa the spot by falling from the roof of the house and tiie other , whose name is Beale , was so severely injured that the police deemed it necessary to convey him to the "Middlesex Hospital , where he re--caiiic-1 under thc surveillance of the police , one of whom was constantly in the ward -with the injured man , aad slept in the bed adjoining thc prisoner ' s . The prisoner , about twelve on Sunday night , connived to make his escape from the hospital , and has not been _heardof £ _uice . Singular to relate , the constable , a sleepy-headed fellow , named Shcnks , 320 E , was actually fitting on the next bed at the time _Beaiv effected bis escape from the ward . Every

      search was immediately made for him , hut iu vain , and oa thc other inmates of the ward being interrogated ihey ali declared they had not witnessed his departure . The p risoner-, whose clothes were all kept _fczm him but his trousers , there is so doubt assisted b y some confederates , made his escape over the back _garden wall into Cliarlcs-strect-n >&** rs . A young _in-i-1 , walking _lazne _, and without a cost , was about _tw-jjvc o ' clock seen to -ester a _publio-house in _WeUs-str-.-et _, where , after drinking a pkt of porter , _heiimped out- asd was driven off in a cab , which at tiat moment drew up . Every _ererttoa ro trace the retreat of tie prh _* 0 £ er has hith & Bbo Ijeen unsuccessful . Cirr of L- ;» oo . v RE 0 i 8 TH ± _-jps . —2 £ r . M'Chrietie has fixed Monday , the 17 th of September , as tfce -lajron which lie will commenee his registration of the lists of voters for members to serve in Parliament for thc city of London .

      Love asd _Scicide—An inquest was held on _Jhmday before Mr . i . C . Carttar , at the Black Horse , _Hish-street . . Deptford , on view of the body of Sarah Spencer Scale , aged twenty-five years , who was found drowned in the Grand Surrey Camd . The deceased resided with _h- * r parents , who are highly respectable at G _. Martin ' s-terrace , Rofterbithe . During the last twelve months she had been courted by a young man named Davis , a constable in Deptford dockyard , and to whom sb . 3 was much attached . Their intima y at last came to the knowledge of her parents , who peremptorily desired her to discontinue the acquaintance . __ Thc _deceased refused to do so ; and after a short tim . 3 , her parents , finding that she was resolved to continue the intimacy , relented , and the marriage was fixed to t _« ke place atthelatttr end of the present month . A short time sines it came to the _knowledge of Davis , that his _inten-ied moth-r-in-law had spoken disrespectfully "" of him to her friends , which exe ted him very much , aud in a moment of rase be

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      broke off the engagement with the poor girl , whn was almost broken-hearted in consequence . On Wednesday last , she stationed hers . If at the dockyard , and waited until Davis left off duty . She endeavoured to make him recall his previous resolution , but without effect , and she shortly afterwards complained of fatigue . They entered a public-house , and she partook of some brandy and water . The deceased eried very tiitt- rly , and she took a gold ring from her fin ; er and placed it upon one of Davis ' s fingers , and told him to keep it for her _s-ike . They then parted , and the _deceased was never seen alive afttrwards . On Fridav afternoon , the body of the _deceased was discovered in " the Grand Surrey * Canal , under the Greenwich Itailwav _bridge . The jury returned a verdict 0 ! ' * Found dead , " aud made some strong remarks on Davis ' s conduct .

      Manslaughter against a Foreman on the Great Northern Railway . —Mr . H . M . Wakley cmcluded an adjourned inquest at thc K . ng ' s Head , Lowe-mad , lslingon , on Richard Gumm , alias John Jones , a _^ ed thirty , who was killed by the falling < f arai ' waVarch on the East and West India Dock Junction Railway , near Copenhagen-fields , over which he was forced to drive . some trucks while it was in a dangerous state . Th ? jury , after an hour anda hall ' s deliberation , returned a verdict of _Manslaughter" asain-t the foreman , and against whom the coroner issued his warrant for his committal to . Newgate . As the accused did not appear , the coroner handed the cramittal to the officer of the court

      lor execution . Suicide at a Statiox-House . — On Monday an inquest was held bv Mr . W . Carter , at the Marquis ofGranbv , Richmond , on the body ol Joseph T . Wheeler , " aged 40 . The deceased on Tuesday last was given into custody for stealing a washing-tub and jack towel . On the following morning d ; c-ased was discovered suspended by his braces to the bar over his cell , and quite dead . A paper was found in his cell , to the effect that he was in great trouble of mind f' _-om want of employment . The jury returned a verdict * _.-f " Temporary insanity . "

      Death of a Misf . r . —On Mouday an inquest was held by Mr . W . Carter , at the Horseshoe Inn , Stone ' s-end , Borough , on ihe body of Mr . W . Scale , aged 57 . The deceased was a very eccentric character _, and for fourteen months bad lodged at the Ked Lion Coffee-house , 45 , Blackinnn-strcet , Borough . On Wednesday night he was very ill , and attacked with cramps , and had also a great sickness . lie declined to say where his friends lived , and at ten o ' clock the . next morning he was discovered sitting in a chair and quite dead . Mrs . Howell , the landlady ofthe house , was during the time attending her husband , who was suffering from cholera , of which lie has since died . A number of bank not-s

      were found in his drawers , aid some gold and jewellery at a house in Francis-street , "Ncwington , where he had formerly _lodged . No medical ma- ' was called in , because the deceased had a great objection to it , although he had _symptoms of cholera , of which Mrs . _Howel" , the landlany , believed he died . The deceased had been a merchant in the City , but had long since retired fiom business . Mr . James Scale the brother , who is also a merchant , at No . 5 , Nicholas lane , Lombard-street , was examined , and _s . iid that the deceased was so extremely penurious that he believed his death had arisen from extreme abstinence from food , although he had plenty of means . —The juiy returned a verdict . of "Death from exhaustion . "

      Melancholy Case of Destitctiox . —On Tuesday _erei-ji ) _" - Mr . W . J . Payne , the deputy-coroner , held an inquest at the Goldsmiths' Arms , Southwark Bridge-road , on the body ofa woman named Catherine Brooks , who was found dead in her room under the following melancholy circumstances : — * WiHiam Fan-en , a policeman , stated that ho was called by a woman at ten o clock the previous evening to So . 2 , Union-street , Southwark . The person who called him stated that there must be something the matter with the deceased , as she had not been heard about for a considerable time , lie _projeeded to the room on thc second floor , and found the door fastened , with the key inside . His attempts to break it open being ineffectual , he

      obtained a ladder and entered by the window , which he found wide open . On obtaining a light and searching the room he found the deceased sitting on the floor dres _* ed . She had evidently been dead many hours . It appeared that she had sat down in that position and so died . Medical assistance was prccurcd , and a vein was opened , but without any beneficial results . There was a dreadful smell in the room , but he saw no signs of vomiting or purging , neither did he observe anything to indicate that violence had been used . Tliere was not an atom of food in the room . Dr . Farebrother had made an external examination of the body . Tliere had been no violence , but the body was much emaciated . There were the usual appearances of death

      from cholera . —Mr . William Brooks , the husband of the deceased , said he had been married forty-two years . His wife was a stay-stitcher , and could earn no more than a shilling a week , although she worked day and nig ht , fier employers wished to cut her down to sixpence a week , but she declined , and had had no work since . She had tasted no animal food for twelve months . The jury returned as their verdict , " That deceased died from cholera . " Jt was stated in the inquest room that Mr . Brooks , the husband of thc deceased , had been a Chancery barrister in extensive practice , but misfortune having overtaken him , he lost the whole of his legal connexion . He is now an inmate of St . George ' s workhouse . The Body fou . vd ix the River Lea . —On

      Wednesday , Mr . Baker , the coroner for the Eastern division of Middlesex , held an inquest at the Spread Eagle , Uomcrton , respecting the death of Thomas Wilkinson , aged sixty-five , of Leytonstone , Essex , whose body was found in the river Lea , under circumstances to warrant a supposition that he had been murdered . The body having been viewed by the coroner and the jury , " the followin <*; witnesses wore examined * , —James Havvey , of West-street , Hackney , said that on Sunday morning last , his attention was called to the body of the deceased , which was about four inches below the surface oi thc water . Having got it out , it was taken to the workhouse . Thero was a rope tied round the deceased ' s legs , and one of his hands was tied to his knee . He found a hat and handkerchief lying near the place where the body was discovered , lie had

      no knowledge how the deceased got into the water ; but he had carefully examined thc banks since , and could discover nothing to lead him to suppose that tiie deceased had been struggling before hc went into the water . Had not the least suspicion that deceased had been murdered by another party but ou the contrary , believed that be had tied his own legs together * and then slid into the water . — Mr . James Root said that the deceased , on more than ono occasion , had wandered from home into Epping Forest . Another witness said that about three years ago the deceased left his home , and wandered about for three days and nights . The jury returned an open verdict , that thc deceased was found dead in the river Lea , with his legs tied together , but there was not sufficient evidence to prove how he got therein .

      A Pleasure Van ox Fire . —As a large pleasure van , relurning with a party from Hampton Court , in passing through Hammersmith was discovered to be on lire , it is supposed from one of the smokers having droped a light amongst the _st-aw strewn at the bottom of the vehie ' e . Some of the female occupants were severely burnt , their dresses igniting before they could make their escape . From the rapidity with which the flames travelled , and the difficulty of procuring water , the van with the exception of the wheels and axles , was entirely consumed , and the party , some of whom seemed to suffer severely from the burns they had _sustained , had to seek another conveyance .

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      IxcESDiAHiSM at _Hendon . —During the greater portion of Saturday night and the whole of Sunday the village of Hendon presented an unusual scene of confusion , in consequence of a diabolical attempt having heen made to destroy the whole of the extensive property belonging to Mr . Jackson , known as Coventry Farm , situate in the before-mentioned village . It appears that at ten o ' clock on Saturdaynight flames were seen to rush forth almost simultaneously from two places in the stack-yard . One part of the property on fire consisted of seventy waggon loads of hay , and the other contained upwards of sixty loads of the same material . Two parish engines attended ; but in spite of the most strenuous exertions ofall present the work of

      devastation continued . The moment information reached town , Jlr . Staples , chief office _«*; of thc C district ofthe Fire Brigade , started to the-scene with an engineand - "" "bur horses . It was not until late on Sunday _jaftcrnoon that the fire could be in the least got undei i and not until a vast quantity ofthe property was destroyed . Upwards of 360 loads of hay were _sfaading in the same part of the premises ; a d . _^ * owiB _? to the indefatigable exertions ofthe villagers and firemen from London thatthe whole was not _eonsaaed . From the inquiries instituted since the outbreak , not the least doubt is entertained that the fire was caused bv some evildispoBed person . The direction the ' flames commenced in clearly indicate that the _outbreak could not have been caused by accident . Fortunately Mr . Jackson was insured in the Union Fir & _afficc .

      Devoxeobi _* , —Fatal AcciDEjrr . —On Friday even ing August 2 ith a very melancholy accident occurred , which has resulted in the death ofthe Hon Thomas Graves ( son of Lord Graves ) , a naval cadet on board of her Majesty ' s ship Impregnable , at present stationed at this port . The deceased , who was an amiable and promising youth , was crossin" the harbour in company with some other youu _^ gentlemen -when the boat upset , and thev were " precipitated into the water . They were , however , soon picked up , and all were saved , with the exception of Mr . Graves . The body has since been found . Poiso . vi . vo a Child . —A -woman named Marv Robinson , aged twenty-four , bas been committed

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      for trial atthe next Bury assizes for the wilful murder of her child , who was , it is alleged , poisoned by the administration ofa quantity of Sir W . Burnett ' disinfecting fluid . Alleged Murder at the River Lea . —Between seven and eight o clock on Sunday morning thc attention oftho police ofthe N division was called to the discovery ofthe body of a man which had just been taken out of the River Lea , and the appearance of which left no doubt that he had been murdered . From tho dress it is supposed that the deceased was a navigator . Upon , an examination it was discovered that the arms and _leirs were tied

      together , and were fastened to the left thigh in such a manner as to preclude all possibility that the deceased had committed suicide . The following is the description issued hy the police for the purpose of ascertaining some particulars of the deceased : — " Found drowned on Suuday morning , August 26 , the body of a man about fifty years of age , about five feet nine inches hi gh ; brown hair ; dressed in a white jean round jacket ; dark velveteen waistcoat , with metal buttons ; corduroy trousers ; high shoes , stoutly clumped ; an old hat—maker ' s name , Greenwood . " Information to be given to the stationhouse , X division , Stratford .

      Distressing Accident at Oxford . On Saturday evening last , about ten o clock , thc cry of " Fire " was raised at the top of the Hig h-street , when a large number of persons rushed towards a publichouse , known as thc Jolly Postboys , the bar of which appeared to be in flames . It turned out , however , that the landlady , Mrs . Galloway , having occasion to fetch some beer from the cellar , had placed a candle on the stairs , and on passing by , her clothes caught fire , and she was speedily enveloped in flames . She rushed up-stairs immediately , and was about going into the street , but was stopped and hurried into the bar , when it was found sho had sustained considerable injuries . Medical assistance was soon at hand , but after lingering in great agony through the night , the poor woman expired on Sunday morning about seven o ' clock . The husband of this unfortunate woman was away from home at the time , being at Brighton for the benefit of his health .

      Post-office Robbery . —A most extensive robbery has been carried on for some time by the Dowlais messenger , named Thomas Thomas . Suspicions were created last week , hy tho non-arrival ofa letter from a tradesman in the town , containing four £ 0 notes . Inquiry was made , when it was traced to , and out of the Post-office , and no further . This led to decisive steps on the part oftho authorities , and the messenger was taken into custody , and search wa 3 made , about 800 letters were found in his possession , of different dates , some opened and otliers not opened . The prisoner has been brought up for examination and remanded . Attempt to Assassinate a Police Officer , — Birmingham . —Intelligence was communicated on

      Saturday to-the police authorities of an attempt having been made to murder a police officer in the neighbourhood of the village of Southam . The officer , James ltced , went , in the course of Thursday evening , to apprehend a man named Daniel Davonport on a warrant for disobeying a magistrate ' s summons in a bastardy case . Davonport was taken into custody at his residence quietly enough , but , ou proceeding to the lock-up , he asked the omeer what ho would have done if he ( the prisoner ) had not come . Tho constable informed him that he would have fetched a cart , and convoyed him by force if it had been necessary . Davenport instantly replied , " Well , suppose I refuse to go with you now , what would vou do ? " AVhen the officer

      coolly replied that he would endeavour to carry him . Davenport drew back a little , and exclaiming , " Then I have something for you ! " drew a large revolving pistol from his pocket , and discharged ono of the barrels at Reed . The contents took effect immediately under the left car , and the unfortunate fellow dropped to the ground , apparently in a lifeless state . Several persons witnessed the murderous attempt , hut none of them had the courage to capture the villain , he having threatened to serve in the same way whoever came near him . No time was lost , however , in circulating a full description of him by means ofthe electric telegraph , and many hours may not elapse ere ho is in custody . The wounded officer remains in a most critical state ,

      and thc surgeons having failed in extracting the ball , his death is momentarily expected . Murderous Assault by Smugglers . — Last week we _recorded-a seizure mads at Titchtield by a coast-guard man , since which three convictions have taken place of parties concerned in the affair—thc last on Thursday , when _Attwell . the owner ofthe cart , was convicted , and sent to Winchester Gaol for six months' imprisonment . The two revenue officers , who were the principal witnesses , were told by certain parties on Thursday that they wonld suffer for _what they had done ; and to prove that they were as good as'their "ord , the Hants Telegraph , of Saturday , contains the following ;— " Last evening , about half-past eight o ' clock , a number of smugglers assembled at Hardway , for the purpose of illtreating two coast-guardsmen , and on seeing one ( named Stephen Mountfield ) , James Stallard , John Brown , _J-lm Attwell , jun ., John Matthews , and several

      others began illtreating him in a most brutal manner , by kicking him and striking him with sticks , and Attwell w th a shot in a sling , leaving him for dead . lie is now lying in a most precarious state his wife also , on interfering , was very much beaten . They then proceeded to the Three Tons at Elson , where they found Benjamin Mountefjeld , whom thoy treated in the same way , and who is in a very __ dan-¦• erous state . The police beingscnt for soon arrived ; they , with some of the coast-guard , went in pu " suit of the party , and overtook ( hem at the Sun publichouse , at _Brocklmi'st , but from which Ihey made th _* 'ir escape . Some time after they went to Stallard's house , where they found the party and tried to take them into custody , but _f-. mtvl it quite impossibh : to do so as they had _su-h a strong party , there 1 eing nearly twenty in the house and as many outside . We are sorry to state that they ivmain at _lavae , though we lean * , owe ut * the party was killed bv a pistol shot . "

      _Melancholt Dsatii . —On Sunday morning last the body of a lady was found on the Sinallmouth Sands . Weymouth ! The unfortunate lady was tic wife of Captain Michell , E I . G , now living at Rodwell . An inquest was held at , the union-house before Vr . J . Wallis _, coroner , when it appeared that about six o ' clock she got up and went out as her husband supposed , for a walk . Not having returned , he felt uneasy , and went in search of her , when he met some meu with a corpse , and ou looking at the body found it to he that of Uis wit ' . ' .. Whether _» Ue was _accid _.-i . taily drowned or otherwise remains enveloped in mystery . She was _thirly-livc years of age , and had bren married only four months . The verdict was , 11 Found drowned . "

      The Coventry Ga <* l Chaplain . —The Secretary of State , Sir George Grey , has signified to the visiting _justices of Coventry gad his enthe concurrence in the course pursued by them in the immediate suspension , with a view to thc subsequent removal , ofthe Rev . Richard Chapman , chaplain to the gaol . Rail-wav Accident . —A collision between a _lugg-ige and a passenger train took place on Fiiday evening , the 21 th ult ., a little after dusk , on thc Leicester aud Swanuington live . It appears that a train from London was proceeding at a rapid rate along the Leicester line , and when near the Swanuington branch the usual signal was attempted to be made , but without effect . A luggage train coming along

      the latter line at this monunt and no signal being beard , aud the darkness of the night rendering it impossible for the man at the engine to see the London train , a feavful concussion took place The utmost alarm prevailed for a time , and it was shortly afterwards _disc-wered that a stoker on the luggage train was shockingly bruised , in addition to wliich several of his ribs were broken . He was conveyed as . quickly as possible to the _Leicester Infirmary , wnere he is slowly recovering . A navigator in the same train jumped out of one of ihe carriages , and was , as a natural consequence , terribly bruised and shaken . Two of the carriages wero completely smashed to atoms . Fortunately no other serious damage was sustained .

      Black-job . ** - * . —Advance of Wages . —The whole of the hands employed in the mills last week received the advance of 5 per cent ., with the exception of about three power-loom sheds * of a minor description . Meetings ofthe hands have been held , with a view to obtain au addition d 5 per cent ., so as to restore the price paid before thereduction during the late depression ot trade . _FRAMEwoRK-KNiiTuns . —Advance of Wages . — About 1 . 050 ribbed shirt _handsfi-om Sileby , Wigston , and Mountsorrel waited upon the manufacturers of this town , on Wednesday week , to solicit them for au advance of wages , amountin g to 3 d . per dozen up to 3 s . 6 d . ; Cd . from 3 s . Od . to 6 s . ; 9 d . from 6 s . to 9 s ., and Is . per dozen for all above 9 s , This being the on y branch of framework-knitters who had not obtained an increase in their prices of work , the manufacturers at once acceded to . their request , to commence from Saturday last .- —Leicester Chronicle ,

      Suicide bt Poison . —Last week a distressing case of suicide occurred in _Prt-ston ; the wife of Mr . _Wolstenholm _, who keeps the New Inn public-house , in North road , terminated her existence by taking a quantity of arsenic in a glass of gin . Deceased was mother of three children . No cause appears to have been assigned for the act . An inquest was held , and the following special verdict returned : "That the deceased died by taking arsenic , but as to the state of her mind there is no evidence to prove that she was insane . Mr . Blackhurst and all other druggists

      _'•• hotthibe very cautious to _wlr-m they deliver poiseu _, _except they know the purchaser . " _^ lysiEiuous Discovery of Human Remains . _ C _* u « derable sensation was produced on Tuesday morni *• _¦ ¦ _£ - _**• Bristol , in consequence of Hb being rumour . ** - ¦ tnat sorj ) c human skeletons had heen found under cir " _-umBtances of a mysterious and an unac-¦ _iDtintablo . _tature , buried at a depth of some eight or nine feet bc _fl _*^* - Uie floor of a _warehouse in Thomasitreet . It ap ! ' ¦ cur 8 tliat the commiss oncrs of pitching mil paving aa * * 5 _f'g"gcd in making new and enlarged _icwers _through She principal streets of the city , and ,

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      _SSSfa _^ _Snlok advantage of theocca-•! rronnkean improved drain from his premises into _Kcwer _; an * as the workmen were employed _« . . Jnf carrvin < - out th s work they were _sur'" atcominSn a human skull embedded in FhfctthS * £ a few minutes they came upon _., u „«¦ _« n « l in a short t me found two other _ffls a id ii 1-emls , in all , of three human bodies . uTZv came to bc in the position in wliich they How tliey cai ' iuvolvea in mystery . There is were _fo" _»^ _W . _,-, _" that the spot had ever been no i _^ _soo for b , ievij „ _^ andi indeedi from the site of any P _« . ° " _^ were found , they the position in _o _^ " . hove been interred in the usual would not appear to have been intc _^ r So ? _regtri to £ E . _Informal of th . dbroSrf has been c . nvcved to the _coronerand _. tbe ° o ice _iS a ? _iest will bc held upon _Ih-ri « namj . Homicide Man _^™ H 1 D 0 _" _7 n _aaijou / * \

      Supposm p ; . ; . „ . OUlrirUot ' . X' v _**•* - - r Sundavjast the village of Comng _t-m new C-mbridge ; was in a state of excitement m consequence of the dead body ofa man , dressed 1 . 1 the garb 10 : ta drayman , having been found in a corn-field hy the roadside with a deep wound atthe back of Jus head . The body was soon ascertained to be that Oi a person named Samuel Fordham , who bad been residing at Chesterton , and who was missing from his home ; and from certain information which reached the police , five young men named William _Asplen , William Bright , Robert Reynolds , Henry Jessop , and Joseph Pike , who ? e ages varied from sixteen 10 twenty years , were apprehended , and on Monday were taken before the mayor of Cambridge and a bench of magistrates . The principal evidence against

      thciii was given bv a youth named Okey , who stated that on Saturday night he and the prisoners ( all ot whom are of notoriously bad character ) were jn the road near Castle-end , intending to go some dislancc further to sleep , when the deceased came up , and was passing them , but as he made some observation in _doinv so , Asplen gave him a push , and he fell . He _wai _' very drunk . Reynolds and Jessup tried to set him on his legs , but he said ( > "Let me lay . " Okey went on , leaving Asplen , Bright and Jessup with the deceased , but they afterwards came up without him . and they then went and slept in a brick kiln . He saw nothing more of the deceased . —A constable named Grundon said , that on Sunday he had examined the body , and as he found ls . 6 d . and

      various other articles in the pockets , he did not think he had been robbed . There was a deep cut on the back ofthe head , the nose was flattened , and there was blood oft the face and clothes—John Summers , a _bricknial-cr _. stated that on Saturday night , between _ttvelve and one o'clock , as lis was going to some brick-kilns on the Castle-end-road , he heard a whistle , and proceeding to the spot whence it came hc saw three men , who said that a man was lying in the road . He went with them to him , and one of them having struck alight , he saivthnt the man had a wound in the back of his head . Thinking , howover , that the man had only fallen in a drunken lit , and would soon come to himself , he went away , and saw no more of him . No further evidence was oflvvedbut the prisoners were remanded .

      , Fatal Occuriikxce at Hastings . —On Tuesday morning , as two young men were bathing between Hastings and St . Leonards , one of them was observed lo sink , appcaiently from fright , at being suddenly out ofhis depth . His companion was seen to Iry to save hira , aud was unfo tunately dragged under water by him . Both were drowned . Their names were George Collins , a mechanic , and John Fowler , a gentleman ' s servant . A boat was soon on the spot , and effort * were made to _discover the bodies . After a vigorous search both were brought up , and an toque * t was subsequently hdd on them . Verdict "Accidental death from drowning . " Rehiesentatio : * of "West Su 3 _REY . — Rktiremext

      OF OXE OF the Candioates . —Guildford , Aug . 28 . — Considerable surprise has been excited throughout the western division ofthe county bythe sudden retirement of Mr . J . Ivatt Briscoe , the Liberal candidate , who has recently completed one ofthe most successful canvasses ever known here . A meeting of Mr . Briscoe ' s friends has been held , and Mr . Briscoe being present , gave in his formal retirement . Ilecomplained that the Reform Club , the source from which he had been led to expect the expenses ofthe election would bc provided , had attempted to exercise an undue dictation over him ,

      hut this charge the honourable gentleman ' s friends distinctly repudiated . —Mr . Briscoe said that , when he started , he had been informed that there was groat apathy in thc minds of the electors as to the choice of a candidate to represent them , but he could assure them that such was not the fact , as he had met with a hearty reception wherever he had been . —Mr . "Nicholson assured the meeting that the electors were ready to fight the battle of civil and religious liberty , and would never let a Protectionist walk over the course . He proposed that Mr . R . W . Edgcll , a magistrate of the county , should be solicited to stand for the countv . This was seconded

      by Mr . G . Best , and carried ncm . tfi ' _a . —Mr . Eugell said it was impossible to give vent to his feelings , thc matter had come upon him so suddenly . In consenting to stand the contest , he might state that ho was for civil and religious liberty in its most extended form ; ho was for an extended suffrage , when the vote would bo considered , not as a privilege , but as a right , and meu might not be tempted to buy and sell it . He was a free trader in all respects , yet he meant no mischief to thc agricultural interest . —Several questions , all of which were satisfactorily answered , having been put to Mr . Edgcll , a committee was appointed to take the necessary measures for securing his return to parliament for thc western division of tho county of Surrey . Tho Speaker ' s warrant has been issued , and the election is fixed for Monday , September 10 th . _UicPttESENTATios of West SuRUEY . —The

      Protectionists had a meeting , on Wednesday at Epsom , when Mr . Evelyn addressed his supporters . He declared himself , although a decided Conservative , to hc an advocate for the admission of Jews into parliament . Mr . Edgcll , the liberal candidate , has issued an explanatory addre .-s to the electors . KiDDEnMissTKB . Election . — The writ for the election of a member for this borough arrived iu Kidderminster on Tuesday . The nomination is fixed for Monday , and the _polling ( shon'd there be any ) for the following day . Mr . Best ( Protectionist ) aiid Mr . Gisborne ( Liberal ) are the only candidates in the field . It is expected to be a severe contest Mr . Godson ' s majorities varied from 15 to 25 . His successor , bi he who he may , is n ' . t expected to win by so larire a number .

      IscESDuniSM ix Middlesex _amd Capture of the iNCKXDiAUY . —On Saturday ni ght an attempt was made to destroy by fire two stacks of wheat on the farm of Mr . Thomas Barrow , at Southall , about four miles from Uxbridge . About half-past ton o ' clock thc larger ofthe two stacks was found to bc inflames , which soon enveloped the whole ofthat rick in ono body of fire . Fortunatel y the Hayes engine soon arrived with post horses , and was _immediately put into operation . Tho fire was , however , not extinguished until early on Sunday morning , by which time the larger stack , valued at about £ 70 , was totally destroyed , and the second stack most seriously damaged by fire , water , and removal . Mr . Barrow , who estimates his loss at £ 100 , is insured

      in the County Fire Office . It was from thc moment ofthe outbreak believed to bo the act of some vile incendiary , and when the intense alarm had somewhat subsided , it was , to the great satisfaction of the inhabitants of tho neighbourhood , ascertained that the perpetrator of tho outrage was apprehended and in safe custody at the Hanwell police-station . On Monday , tho prisonor was brought up for examination at the residence of G . Baillie , Esq ., a local magistrate , Hanwell-grove . He appeared a young man , about 25 years of ago , and gave the name of Thomas Smith . In answer to questions by the magistrates he said ho was a native of Stratford , Essex , and had been a private in the 28 th Regiment of Foot . He had not been to Stratford

      lately . —Policeman Dickman , T 103 , deposed that on Saturday night , at ten o ' clock , he left tho Hanwell station to patrol on horseback the hi gh road to Uxbridge . About half-past ten o ' clock ho passed the stacks in question , at which time there was not the slightest appearance of any firo ; but just as he had reached the Hayes bridge over the canal , about a hundred yards further down the road , ho noticed a bright light behind him , and on turning round saw that ono of the wheat ricks was in flames He instantly galloped to the spot , and found thc gate open ; upon which he entered and galloped ri <» ht round the field , without seeing a single person in miu iiuiui tno

      , umougn names illuminated every part . He then immediatel y went into the high road and stopped a carter who was passing , to whom hc gave his horse , and told him to hold it , and watch and stop any person coming out of tho field . He then went on foot round the stacks , and found the prisoner secreted behind the . second stack Thc prisoner , on seeing him , said " Hero I am . I have done it from want . " Witness then conveyed him to the station-house at Hanwell , where , on searching him , he found on hint the box of lucifer matches produced , and nothing else . The prisoner then said he had had nothing to oat for two or three _davs Thc prisoner , who made no other defence , was then remanded for a week . '

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      prison in Nenagh , by the watchfulness and activi y of Mr . Rock , the governor of that establishment . It was concocted among the convicts , seventy of whom , under sentence of transportation for various periods , ave now confined in the prison , and , in the ca .-es of many of them , periods of eighteen and nineteen months have elapsed since their sentences were pronounced . Many of these persons ave desperate charactei * 3 ; some have _br-ken out of gaols in _Castlebar and Galway , while under sentence of transportation . The circumstances that led to tho discovery of the con-piracy , and the prevention , perhaps , of considerable loss of life , are the following : —A convict , named Ilogan , was an inmate of the gaol hospital _.

      and-although not recovered , be got himself removed to the prison , after a conversation which he obt lined with another convict . The hospital nurse overheard part of the conference , and instantly told her fears to Mr . Rock , the governor , that the convicts meditated an outbreak , and that it was in order to be along with the others at the time arranged th it Ilogan left the hospital . This piece of information induced Mr . Rock to make further inquiries , the issue of which was a conviction that some _p'ot was brewing . The day after _Hogan's friends left a bottle at the nurse ' s house , which theysaid was medicine ; and which they requested she world convey to Ilogan . The bottle contained aquafortis . During the night of Tuesday

      the turnkey of tho section in which the majority of of the convicts were lodged heard what led to the certainty that the outbreak was to take place on Wednesday at _breakfast hour . On Wednesday morning Mr . Rock obtained the aid of srme police , whom he stationed between the entrance gates , while he went through tho prison accompanied by a few of "he turnkeys , and arrested the persins who were stated to be the _hf-ads of the conspiracy . Their names are Timothy Silk , Thomas llogm , Thomas Kelly , John M'Loughlin , alias Gaffney ( this person while under transportation for seven yfars , broke out of Castlebar gaol ) , Daniel Tierney , Michael Fennelly , William Glasgow , and John Flanagan .

      All these were separated and put in close confinement . _Tlti breakfast then passed _ofTquxtly _. and no attempt has since been made to carry the design into execution . Kelly and Flanagan have since confessed all . Tliey state that all the convicts within the walls had entered into a compact to make a general attack when called t ) breakfast on Wednesday . The turnkey ( Robinson ) who was over tint section , was to be seized , his keys taken from him . and if he _resisted to be killed . Having got out of the convict ward by means of Robinson ' s key , tbey were to run down to the entrance gates , and Jordan , a convict _, who was kept between the entrance gate , wa * * to oyerpower the turnkey Whittaker , and , if possible , deprive him of his keys , and let out the rest . A letter written by Kelly was sent to some of the

      convicts'friends , requiring them to collect outside the walls on Wednesday morning , and prevent any officer of the gaol from leaving or giving the alarm to the police , and , if _possible , that one of them should procure admission , on some pretence , and assist Jordan in overpowering the turnkey . Thc books and records of the gaol , whicli are kept in Mr . Beatty ' s ( the depnty . governor ) office , near tlie gate , were to be seized and destroyed , in order that their _descriptions could not be had when a pursuit would be instituted . From inquiries since made , it appears that Ryan ( Molly ) , to whom the letter was entrusted , did not succeed in conveying it outside the walls , but when Mr . Rock arrested ' the leaders , and the men were _conyinc- 'd that the whole thing was blown . Ryan threw it into the privy . Kelly , however , admits "h e contents of the letter to be as stated . _—Tij _^ pcrary Vindicator .

      Great "Strike" oa * the Newry Canal . — The following appears in the Newn _/ Telegraph of this morning : — " On Thursday moi _;* iing , at ten o clock , the infatuated men employed at the works on the canal struck for higher wages ; and thus 2 , 000 persons , who wero each of them earning 9 s . a week are now wandering about the town in idleness . This is truly lamentable , but thc wretched , misguided men have no one to blame but themselves . Probably a more disgraceful attempt never was made , in the United Kingdom , to coerce a liberal and generous employer , by a combination of brute force , than this . Up till the time that Mr . Dargan took the contract , the construction of the new ship canal had made very slow progress . The _£ avi-ration

      Company , desirous of having it finished without any more delay , entered into an agreement with this eminentcontractor , by whicli lie was bound to have the canal ready for opening at a fixed period—we understand the 1 st of October . With his accustomed energy , Mr . Dargan in a few days had 2 , 000 men at work , * and it was an interesting spectacle , and one suggestive of pleasing reflections , to see such a large number of poor fellows working away briskly , like a hive of bees , earning good wages , and furthering the completion of a great reproductive enterprise . As mi ght be expected , a considerable number of these men were parties who had not previously boen in Mr . Dargan ' _s employment ; and ,

      from almost tho commencement of the undertaking , the men evinced an unruly , turbulent , and quarrelsome disposition . Though they were in the receipt of considerably higher wages than those usually paid to labourers , in this country — and though many of them , from never having been employed at such work beforo , were not very competent workmen—they were discontented , and threatened to leave their work , and go to England to reap tho harvest , unless they got increased remuneration . Their wages are 9 s . a week , and tlmy demanded 12 s ., thinking doubtless that Mr . Dargan would be compelled to yield to them in order to avoid violating his contract . After various threats , and

      repeatedly disturbing the quiet and peaceable inhabitants of the town , by marching through the streets armed with shovels , pickaxes , and crowbars , they stopped work on Thursday morning , after breakfast . Some ofthe number , moro peaceably inclined than the rest , had resumed their employment ; but the majority of thorn , proceeding along thc lino , compelled them to cease by threats and violence . Stones were thrown at those who did not at once leave off ) and thc poor fools cheered as if thoy were accomplishing some great triumph , y _. y . Edwards , who is manager for Mr . Dargan here , went amo _**" them , and entreated thorn to go back to their

      workso mu - \ _ir . Isaac Corry , and other gentlemen ; but their words were flung to tho winds — the ' mob cursed and swore frightfully thoy would not - * _-o to work unless thoy got I 2 s . a week — and the _( -cntlemen named were handled rather roughly by ' thein . Two of the mob were made prisoners—tho rest pursued their career and are now out of employment . Wc understand that none of those who took anything like a leading part in the strike on Thursday morning will bo received back to work a « aiii aud wo feel pleasure in adding that the _Xavi < _v ' ation Company are determined to aid Mr . Dar _^ aii in putting down this lawless and determined combination .

      Di'blw , Moxday . -TIic weather since Saturday has been extremely favourable ; and there arc no longer any fears for the fate of the harvest , which it is admitted on all hands , will be abundant beyond alhformer seasons A gentleman who has made a mmutc inspection ofthe crops in the south , gives it as his opinion that thero will be more food in the country on the 1 st of January , 1850 , than there has been for the last quarter of a century E . MiG . _* . mo . v .-The western -tor states that agrcat many of the tenants on the Crown lands of Ballinru and Broughill have been sent out to Canada at the Z ' _i ! m E ? uT _' : Thw if true , would be a step in the right direction .

      Iiib CiiOLERA .-The epidemic is still very fatal amongst all classes m various parts of this country . k , hB T ¦;« _W . "T ncc < 1 _^ the Cork journals is that of Lieut . Robert Morgan , R . N ., who died at _Ballincolhg on Thursday laft , after _t ' _cclivingfron o'f n t" _?* ty tf C cven V _* S bef ° ro . a medfland clasps for his services . Cholera is also very fatal among the upper and middle classes in the countv of Sligo . Amongst the deaths arc those of Mrs Norcott , daughter of Sir James Crofton , Ba ? L , M . Montgomery Blair , Mr . Archibald MontgomcrJ ' and Dr . "White , surgeon in the Royal Kavv _imcis of Cholera o . v TnAnE . _—Since tho _nwfnl visitation of the Asiatic cholera haTappemed in England and Ireland this year , thc caution _^ respect to the use of certain _descrini . _* , nno _TZ . i _il

      the publ c generally , has _« _rt _^^ u «* rto « c asses of people , who heretofore derived _considerable profit by the sale of fish and veg tables Foi _* ae ofvnr _' POVt i 0 fsalm 0 _? _-CwfirJl _ttaoo of vast importance , the demand in that country being so large , the market so certain and _fS _^ _yoir _^ _^ , _^ salmon _* _K * K ottJiemuldlc class of people was a luxury , even in he localities where caught in _mostTbimd mce However , at present , anU for some _monff mst ' he demand for this fish in the Lon _^ _L _mSefl . as become so depressed that itis not exported to anv amount , and even where taken from ite _^ element faff ore- rents its general use as foodL But thcSe of salmon has not alone been deteriorated far X » use of all other fish has _consideS Zlin _^ d and particularl y those of the lobster tribe . T _& rkS gardeners and vegetable vendors _h _™ if ™ _tT serious

      _sutterers bv the Tisititinn r Z , " _ftsssasB _& _SS be _rumous . -CVJfc Constitution _" mn 81 The Queen ' s Charities _i . v Conir ? r » .. _¦»*• _*! the Queen having left the , _suS _^ _fl'S ? _$ charities of Cork and _oJnn . _' _-l \* t 3 00 fw the of the _Lord-IieutonaSTh _£ T' _tf tho dUi _* 0 ! ml reeled the _nSS _^ LS _^ v f' h & Thc Cork MspenMw _# in « a _^ ° be _^ _- £ 50 ; the L _yiEno ' ill _' _^ ? T Hos P ital Keepers' Sochfty S tL _1 5 ; _^ _'pt Boom ! _f U m _% AS 7 io ° ?• T broidery School i _* 9 fi . « J ¦ ' , _. 0 ; F cmale Em-Distrcsscd _S'DrTBUnir _^ _S !; the Rel *< -f of P _ital , _Qucenstmvn ' _JM _W , f ° ' Pevcr 1 Ios town , £ 15 . ' * > Dls Pensary , queon 3 w £ * _ffi 5 i _^ _J _2 _^ 7 ( Sunday ) was a phrase more germainTsi L "" _- txnS wo"ld be famed fair of *? " _°$ _*^ _tl' _^ T _" the far _"

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      times , than does Nelson ' s Pillar to a China tea cup Many circumstances have contributed to the change , and _porsons who recollect Donnybrook some twenty years back , could not now recognise the ghost of former years' fairs . There are a good many tents being erected , but they are of an inferior class compared with those of past times ; tiio shows too are of a meagre description , and altogether thc appearance of the p lace betokens the wretchedness of the times . Still large numbers of the citizens visited "de brook , " but there was a total lack of the bustle and activity which used whiloine to prevail . —Freeman ' s Journal .

      The fair commenced on Sunday , and , as the charter-day fell upon Sunday , the cattle and horse fair was observed , as usual in such cases , on Monday The fair was a discouraging one . Black store cattle were neither numerous nor well-conditioned . The beasts at fair were the most me « gre-looking things we have observed for sonic time , and , from inquiry in the best informed quarters , we believe that hardly a single heifer or bullock changed owners . Milch cows and springers were rather good-looking , and a fair supply present , but there were hardly any inquiiy for either , and wc did not hear of a single sale having been effected . We observed a few sheep , but , with the exception of the person in charge of them , no further notice was taken of the Hock . The horse fair was well stocked in every particular , from the

      " bit o' blood" down to the worn-out "jarvey , and although we . have witnessed large horse f _** irs , we have seldom observed a better stock of the " noble animal , " capering over the green . However , there were few persons " in want" of a nag , as the game seemed all the other way—namely , disposal ( could a buyer be had ); but the buyers were like the visits of the angels , and with the exception of a few minor sales , nothing more was done . The general fairthat is , " the fun and folic" part of the business , was a dead failure . To be sure a great number pf persons drove out on cars and other vehicles , in order to afford the juvenile portion of tlieir families a treat by looking at ( not in ) the shows , the merrygo-rounds , and other "ingenious devices ; " but it

      would be a matlcr of considerable difficulty to distinguish between the disappointment of cither party—the juvenile , for not finding what he or she led to believe " would be seen , " or the showman , who expected that his " theatre was the first in the world ; " but the external appearance at once showed the internal ofthe " pavilion , " and this put the " young idea" to " shoot" in some other quarter . The fair green was admirably kept by the police , and the " tents" —if they deserve the name—were all closed at six o ' clock . For the last twenty years , the present is , perhap _** , the most wretched fair of Donnybrook during that period . Dublin * , August 2 *? . —The accounts from the countrv still continue to be favourable . The weather seemed set fair vesterday , but it ha 3 a . _* ain become

      moist . The Potato Crop . —A variety of communications received in the course of yesterday lead to the belief that there still exist some grounds for apprehension of at least a partial return of ihe blight oi' thc three last years . It is , however , satisfactory to learn , upon the concurrent authority of a number of witnesses , that although symptoms nf the _disease have nianifes ' ed themselves towards the close of the last * week , the mischief has not extended beyond the stalks and leaves of the plant , the roots being quite free from all appearance of taint . Nevertheless , it must be borne in mind that it was in this manner , . nd precisely at the same period , that ihe disease _flowed itself last year , a _;^ d that it WdS not until the

      _idt or 5 th of September that the painful fact became g > nerally known that for a third time the bulk of the staple food of the poor was doomed to partial destruction . It would be premature _^ therefore , to cousider thc crop as perfectly safe until the lapse of another fortnight shall have revealed the progress of decay ; but , under any circumstance ? , it is now beyond the range of possibility that the _rcswlt can be as disastrous as that of the past three seasons , for ihere is already a sufficient quantity saved to banish al ! idea of downright scarcity , and should any material portion of the remainder escape the ravages of the threatened _bligiit , tliere is no reason to doubt the prospect of the year 1 S 50 being one of surpassing cheapness and abundance .

      Dublin , Wednesday . —The Chops . —Potatoes ave so extremely abundant in the Dublin market filial large quantities of tho inferior kinds , free from disease are purchased hy the starch-manufacturers . This demand prevents the prices from descending still lower , _butpo'atoes of very superior quality can be purchised at from 5 d . to 6 d . per stone . In the country markets they arc much lower . At the Dublin corn exchange yesterday there was a considerable supply of new wheat , various in quality , which ranged from ISs . to 24 s . per barrel of 2 i _* 0 lbs . Thb Queen ' s Charitiks is Belfast . —The Lord-Lieutenant has handed over her Majesty ' s bounty ( £ 300 ) for Belfast to the funds of the General Hospital .

      Encumbered Estates Commission . —The three Commissioners , Baron Richards , Professor Longfield , and Charles Jas . Hargreaves , Esq ., havo now been duly installed . Mr . Hargreaves took the oath of office on Monday last , before Chief Baron Pigot . The _commissioners will commence their duties early in the ensuing month . Tenant-right Organisation . —It appears , by a printed circular transmitted tothe Coleraine Tenantright Association , that an organisation is iii progress amongst the tenant-farmers of the south and west to promote the establishment of legal security for the occupiers .

      Irish _Reapeks . —The Banner of lister says . — " Immense numbers of the poorer classes of the labouring population of this province have for some time past left this and other parts for Scotland and Em-land to assist in cutting down the harvest . We have rarely witnessed so many of these unfortunate poor leaving in our steamers . Day after day the vessels for Scotland and England are packed with them almost from stem to stern . Strange to say . they , generally speaking , present a healthier am !

      more comlortah ' c appearance tiiui thc reaper ot torinei' years . Fivm Berry the numbers leaving arc immense . __ Some of the Scotch papers complain , _i 1 iL ce rtai " _* v , _'* ' - ood mis '" _Uiat so manv a < 1 / 00 human beings have been brought over to _tihisgow at one trip , and that , in tne case the extraordinary number of 1 , 900 deck passcimcvs were di * - embarked from one steamer at the Broomiciaw . it must be evident that the crowding of tteanv . rs in such a manner exposes the passengers to serious danger .

      Search for Arms .-Cn Friday last a party ol the city constabulary proceeded to the iron foundry of Mr ! John Doyle , Irishtown _, and exhibite _* . ! a _warrant authorising them to search there for arms . The search was made _ac-oriVngly , but no arms of any kind were discovered . It is said that information had been laid _before the authorities that pikes were being made in the foundry ; it appears , _lv-wever , that there were no grounds for such , a statement . —A ' _iYkenny Moderator . Shipping Intelligence . —A vessel , _water-logt-cil and bottom up , was fallen in with on Tuesd ay last _, by her Majesty ' s revenue cutter Badger , off the _Dursey Island , which remained by her nine hours without being able to take her in tow , from the heavy sen then running . She was again seen on Wednesday drifting near the Dursey Sound , in tow of country boats , which , from inability , left her in the evening . At four a . m . on Thursday morning she was taken in tow by the Badger , and , with thc assistance of a huokcr belonging to Mr . Eugene _O'Sullivan , and the _Liverpool , 11 . C , which joined company , was safel y towed into Berehaven at seven tlmf- ¦ - _' . 'l '*

      a waterlogged vessel is at all times most difficult in STtSh _? ' T ttleas _^ o of tid atr , out this vessel appears to be coated -viH , i , „ . " ¦ voles , and _was tow _^ d ' through the _Stcrtii _, _™ ISHS & _ffiE-Sg

      Sunday Trains On Railways. —At A Special...

      Sunday Trains on Railways . —At a special meeting of the shareholders of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway , held on Tuesday week , the question of running trains on Sundays was discussed at conconsiderable length . —M . It . Cox , W . S ., moved : — That a morning and evenih g passenger train , containing first , second , and third-class carriages to run from Edinburgh and Glasgow on Sundays , calling at the intermediate stations ; and , as the arrangements relative to thc __ Sunday trains , previousl y to their discontinuance in 1846 , appeared to be suitable for the public , and did . not interfere with the hours of divine service , that similar arrangements bc now adopted as nearly aa can conv <* ni _«« n-- \ . ~ / lnnn _n-H- - _iviiiiy ut uuii

      — _..... _-.- . _Aitc question to be decided , ho said , was simply , whether the running of a morning and evening train for passengers upon that line on Sunday * was required b y the exigencies of _Bociety—wliethe ' r , in short , such an arrangement was indispensable to enable tho public duly to perform the works of nfcessity and mercy . That trains were needed for this purpose was the deliberate opinion of upwaiv' _* ot four hundred proprietors ofthe company , o « whose requisition the meeting was called ; and tie committee with whom the requisition ori ginate * - ' * had put into the _handfe of every proprietor a statement of tho evidence which they tnought sbowe that public opinion was decidedl y with them in this matter . -Colonel Dundas proposed as an amendment;—• ' That the meeting refuse the motion , * ai _** having entire confidence in the present board oi management , resolve to leave this matter entirely w the hands ofthe dU _* cctors . " -After several speech * * on each side of tho question , the closine * of tlm * " - ¦! '

      votes * _PnvT- ' 8 _™ , \ pricd by t £ e followi _. g _£ IX h 0 l tho _amendment not to run trains 7 _*) 1 _* ' _poite _Sunn _, f _> _^ d _^ _'olioVte i _'

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 1, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01091849/page/6/