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      _Hckltd or London . —The health of London daring the past week is set forth by the Registrar-General as follows - — . Again , tbe return indicates an increase on the mortality of tbe previous week . The deaths from all causes , which in three previous ¦ weeks were respectively 1 , 070 , 1 , 309 . and 1 , 7-11 , rose in the last to 1 , 9-31 , a cumber whi-h is almost double the weekly average , and exceeds that of the former week by nearly 200 . To compare these results with the deaths from all causes in four weeks , when influenza was unusually fatal in the last quarter of 1347 , it may be stated * that thc mortality at that time increased in tbe following numbers : — 3 , 030 , 1 , 677 , 2 , 454 , 2 , 410 . and in the fifth week

      continued to decline . The deaths from cholera , which in three previous weeks * woru 152 , 339 , 1573 , rose in the last to 7 _*> 3 , a rate of increase wbich it will be observed is not so great as in the first weeks of the outbreak . l ? ut the deaths from diarrhoea ( fatal in a great majority of cases to children , ) and dysentery , which in three previous weeks were 54 , 100 , and 14 ( 5 , increased in thc last to 238 , showing a more rapid increase recently than the mortality from thc more _malignrnt form of the disease . In the _carrcsnon < iing week of _lSiS _. the deaths from diarrhoea and dysentery amounted to 187 , a mortality which is almost as considerable as the return of last week . The total deaths from the three

      diseases in the present return were therefore 1 , 021 , "whilst thc weekly average of the season is only 92 , a result , "when compared with tho excess of niortality from all causes , wbich shows that the aggregate deaths from other diseases do not vary much from the usual amount . Small pox , scarlatina , and _iypLns , however , are now under tbe average , especially the first two of these zymoties ; measles and _ictfpinj-r-eough have fallen to the average . Cholera ¦ was fatal last week to 3 S 2 males and 401 females ; previous returns showed a majority on the otherside . The districts on the south side of the river still form the field on which the disease is most active . The deaths from it , wliich in this region were

      in three previous weeks 93 , 192 , 443 , rose last week to 514 . There is a slig ht , decrease in the eastern districts . In the western and northern , comprising _Kensinj-ton , Chelsea , St . George ( Hanover-square ) , "Westminster , St . Mar' & n-in-the-I'ields , St . James , Marylebone , Pancras , Islington , Hackney , and llampstead , the deaths were only 68 against 53 in the preceding week- The districts -which show the greatest mortality are Bermondsey , where 04 deaths occurred last "week ; _Xcwington , where there "were 66 ; St . George ( Southwark ) , where there were 70 : Xambcth , where there were 111 . The mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 . 598 . The temperature -was generally below the average during the week . The mean was 53 . 9 .

      Accident at a Catholic Chapel . —On Sunday night the neig hbourhood of Cbarles-street , Newtonstreet , and Drury-lane were thrown into a state of tbe most painful excitement , in consequence of the following catastrophe at the Soman Catholic chapel situate in the first-named _thoroughfare , which has been attended with serious , if not fata l , consequences , to a large number of persons . It appears that during the last five weeks a spacious building , formerly a coach factory , has been opened as a place of worship by the Roman Catholics . Tbis building was on the north side of Charles-street . Drury-lane , within a few doors of Newton-street , Holborn . Dr . Farre , one of the priests , was announced to preach on Sundry night , which drew an overflowing congregation . The large number of persons caused one

      ofthe posts near the pnlpit to fall out of perpendicular . This being noticed by some of the _congregation , impressed thtm with the idea that thc lower part ofthe _premises bad taken fire , and forthwith a cry ran through die chapel of "Fire I fire ! " The consternation which ensued it would be impossible to describe , for the front windows being opened , and the crowd below hearing the alarm , also shouted out that the building was in flames , and cried to the people above to make their escape . The reverend gentleman who was preaching in vain called to them to keep their positions , as nothing was the matter , bnt the people crowded npon the stairs in such numbers that their weight caused tbe whole to fall with a tremendous crash . At that time it _u computed that there most have been upwards of one hundred persons

      of both sexes standing on tbe stairs , the whole of -whom were thrown in terrible confusion on each other . Tlie noise occasioned by the falling of this portion of the premises caused those -who were at the further end ofthe chapel to press towards tbe doors , and as fast as they reached them they kept falling upon those below . The cres of the latter were truly distressing ; for some time nothing buta volume of dust could be seen , and a mass of persons huddled together covered with pieces of timber , struggling violently in the attempt to extricate themselves . At the same moment hundreds of persons kept crying out , " Fire , fircr Two of lie _congregation , who were nearest the pnlpit , immediately leaped out of "window , a distance of nearly forty feet . They fell upon the stone pavement below , and were so

      seriously injured as to be obliged to be removed to thc hospital . The engines of the city and west-end , belonging to the London brigade , as well as the "Westof England , inthe Waterloo-road , _p-oraptly attended , but so dense was the crowd in the street that the firemen were unable , until the arrival of a strong body of police , to get near the chapel . When that was at length accomplished , one of the most fearful scenes that has probabl y been _witnessed presented itself . On the lower landing of the stairs were nearly 100 persons , who were fighting with all their strength to get away , bat were piled so high upon each other as to be unable to pass through the door-way . Mr . Inspector Marsh , of theF division of police , with a strong muster of constables , immediately set to work , and by strenuous exertions

      succeeded ra palling the people out . A vast number of persons who were able to walk were allowed to depart to their own habitations , but it is to be regretted that nearly twenty were so dreadfully injured as to be unable to stand . Stretchers and cabs were procured by the police as soon as pos-ible , and they were forthwith conveyed to King ' s College Hospital . — Mr . D . Ferguson and Mr . Chapncll , two cf the med > cal officers , immediately attended upon the sufferer- ** . One person is quite speechless , and is not expected to live . The whole of the staircase having been carried away , the persons in the chapel were unable to descend iu the regular way , and being apprehensive , in spite ofall th c preacher said to the

      contrary , that tbe place was on fire , were running backwards --nd forwards in a state of the greatest excitement , calling to the parties in the street to fetch ladders for them . The Royal Society ' s fire escape and three ladders were soon procured , by means of which the people were liberated ; but so great was the number in the premises that it "was past eleven o ' clock before the whole could be taken out , List of the wounded in lung ' s College Ilospital : —Thomas Phillips , Ellen Sullivan , Margaret _Buckley . Francis Taylor , Sarah Plunket , Margaret Shea , " Francis Carroll , Mary Hemming , Patrick Bryan , John Sal'ivan _, . Martha Wilson , Ann McCarthy , Margaret Ryan , and a man , name unknown , concussion ofthe brain _.

      Furtheb _Partic-clmis . — On Monday , it was ascertained that , although so many persons were so severely injured by being trampled upon by the crowd , when tiie staircase gave way , none were hilled , as was at one time believed to be the case . The number of icdividua ' s who were known to be hurt was upwards of thirty , and that these should liave escaped wilh their live 3 is a matter of astonishment to every person who has since examined the premises . Had it not been for the presence of mind tof Dr . Farre , the officiating priest , there is no doubt hhat the lives ofa vast number of those present would davebeen sacriGed . A female named O'Brien pulled bown one of the windows , got out npon the parapet , Int , losing her equilibrium , fell upon a glass skyight in ths roof of Mr . Hallmarke ' s coach factory , and tbe ghss breaking , she fell to the ground , a distance of twenty feet , by which she received a concussion of the brain , and was otherwise severely injured .

      Sweabisg is or Mr . Sergeant _Talfoced . —On Saturday last , Mr . Sergeant Talfourd was sworn in as one of her "Majesty ' s judges , before the Lord Chancellor , at his private residence in Park-lane . He was accompanied hy Mr . Baron Alderson . The learned sergeant "was formall y introduced to the Xord Chancellor by Mr . Baron Alderson . Her Majesty ' s approval of the appointment fc-aving been rca d , the customary oaths were administered , after -which the newly-created jud ge received the congratulations ofthe Lord Chancellor , Mr . Baron Aiderson , and others present He took hig " seat as judge on Monday morning at chambers , and will continue "hissittings during the vacation .

      _UxnER-SnEiUFF . —Mr . James Josiah Millard , of Cordwainers ' -hall , one of the common council for the ward of Bread-street , has been appointed undersheriff to Mr . Alderman Lawrence , the serior sheriff of London and Middlesex for the ensuing year . Fatal Accident ox the River . — On Monday afternoon , between four and five o ' clock , a small skiff , containing two men and a female , was driven across the mooring-chains of the tier of shipping off "Bugby ' s Hole , the current swamping the boat and immersing the entire party . One , named Johnson , elnng to the mooring-chain , and was rescued . The others , named _Jtoberts , man aud wife , residing at Twig Folly , sunk , clasping each other in their arms , and were drowned . " _HiiEssivE Seizure op as Illicit Soap

      Manu-¦ . —Information having been communicated tothe police that an extensive illicit soapmanulactory was carried on in some premises situate So . i , _-ui-e _nviiie-mews , _Grenville-streek St . Paneras t _„ TT ' -r , at _txrelve ° ' cl ° ck on Sunday night , Inspector Penny , G , who is also " an inland revenue officer , in company _™ th Mr . William . Hardy , the snpervHor of excise , and a - _^ _ong barty of police 525 * _SSf t * J the _P- _^ of _U _2 fthe ¦ _SE _^ _'Jm _^ _. _^ _^^ siveillicit soapmanu-5 S _? ' J " ) SeTera _* _krge boilers _weighing _npivards of a ton each , being full of ft *¦ _, « J ! £ number of tubs , barrels , caSs , " _mouldfsoapTees

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      and tallow , and upwards of l _. oOO lbs . weight o mottled soap , together with a variety _^ of other _M'tielesusedin the manufacture of soap * out thore was no person actively employed on tho premises . On _searchin- _** thc house a great number of bills and other documents were discovered , which went to show that tho most extensive transactions had been carried on in London and various parts of the country . ¦ _, 1 , Fatal Accidest on * board a Steamer . —A stoker in thc Kent steam-vessel , employed in conveying passengers from North to South Woolwich , was killed oil Monday hy becoming entangled amongst thc works of the " engine .

      _Determi-ved Si'icide . —An inquest was held on Tuesday before Mr . W . Payne , at the Salutation Tavern , Xcwgate-street , asto the death of Jane Tilby , the wife of a pork and butter salesman , of 14 , Newgatc-strect , who terminated her existence by cutting hertbroat . Thc deceased was the mother of two children , with the voungest of whom she was confined about five weeks since . On the Sunday previous , while at church , she was seized with _h-ysteric fits . Since her confinement she had suffered from lowness of spirits , and gradually got worse until Monday last . About seven o clock in the evening she contrived secretly to obtain from the shop one of the large meat knives , with wbich she inflicted the wound which caused her death . _ Mr . Ihomas

      Smith , of Bow-lane , surgeon , who had attended deceased , described her disease as puerperal mania . The wound she inflicted was most Inghtfu . she had divided the carotids on each side , nearly cutting through the vertebne . and her death was doubtless instantaneous . Verdict , " Temporary insanity . Suicide _tubougii Reverse ot Tom * h . —An inquest was held on Wednesday before Mr . Baker atthe White Hart public house , Old Ford ,. Bow on view of the body of John Davis , aged 32 years , wno drowned himself inthe River Lea . lhe deceased was the son of Mr . E . Davis , of the firm of Davis and Co ., who carried on the business of Wine merchants so successfully for many years , in Bishopsgate-street , City . On the death of his ¦ father , which occurred about five years since , the deceased

      was left with a very handsome fortune , and he cmbarked in a speculation with another gentleman in the wine trade , which turned out a complete failure , and the deceased soon became reduced to almost starvation . The loss ofhis fortune so operated upon his mind that hc was considered at times to be deranged . The deceased had latterly become an omnibus conductor to one ofthe Chelsea omnibuses , and on Saturday last be left homo , for the purpose of going for an errand for his employers , and was never heard or seen alive afterwards . On Monday morning a hat and coat was found hanging upon some palings , _neir the house of Mr . King ; , the lockkeeper of the Biver Lea , at Bow . The drags were procured , and the body of the deceased was

      ultimately found . The deceased ' s badge and address were found in his pockets , which led to his name and identity . —Veraict _, " Found drowned . " A Mas and IDs Wipe Found Dead . —Some excitement prevailed on Wednesday in Lambeth in consequence of a report being spread that a man and his wife , lodging in the New-cut , had been poisoned . The police were sent for , and the following particulars were obtained : —During tbe last twelve or fifteen months a man , named William lloppe , and bis wife , have been lodging at No . 35 , Lower Marsh . The room they occupied as a sleeping apartment was the second floor back . They were both seen alive on Sunday last , but during Tuesday not the least tidings could be obtained respecting them . On

      Wednesday morning some of the other lodgers apprehended something had happened to Mr . Hoppe and his wife . The door of their bed-room was accordingl y fordid open , when on entering the room they were horrified at seeing the man and woman dead . Mr . Sewell , the surgeon , of thc New-cut , was sent for , and was promptly in attendence , when an examination took place , of which the following is the result : —The room possessed but few articles of furniture—no bed or bedstead , for the former a broken sofa , and for the latter an old mattress . Against the wall was the deceased man , in a sitting posture , with his arms across his stomach , having only his shirt on , and this was drawn up to his neck . Close by him , lying on her back , was the female ; the whole of her clothes were also drawn up _; they were both dead , and had been so for some hours . Between them was a small red pan containing the contents of the stomach . The different parts of the

      room where the bodies were found were soiled with faeces . On the floor was some copper money . On the chair , by the head ofthe female , was a shilling . In a mug was found the remains of some chalk mixture , and in a bottle a small portion of brandy . In the cupboard was some bread , cheese , and meat . By this time Mr . Sewcll was joined by some other medical gentlemen , and after a most- diligent search nothing of a poisonous nature was found . The bands and fingers of both were contracted ; and from the absence of all other causes it was the opinion of the medical men that they had both been siezed with cholera ; that collapse had taken place , and they were unable to aid each other or call for assistance . In the after part of the day , Short , after a lengthened inquiry , found out a sister of the deceased man ; hut she was labouring under the same malady , and was not expected to live . It was also ascertained that had the female lived another fortnig ht she would have come into possession of £ 340 , under the will of an uncle .

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      _Alleged _Mohdeu sear Wolverhampton . —Considerable excitement has been created in Wolverhampton and the neighbourhood , in consequence of the apprehension of a young man named John Moore , upon suspicion of "having murdered a young woman named Anne Morley . It appears that the deceased , who was about twenty-four years of age , was servant atthe Fox beer-bouse , Monmore-green , ( between Wolverhampton and Bilston ) . She left the house on the 22 d ult . , and was found drowned about two o ' clock thc following morning , in the canal at that place . Suspicion fell upon the prisoner Moore ( alias Dreadful ) , with whom she had

      been on intimate term ; - , in consequence , ifc is said , of a quarrel which had taken place between them on Sunday evening , and he was accordingly apprehended . On Wednesday week the prisoner underwent an examination before the magistrates . The coroner having already entered upon the investigation into the cause ofthe deceased ' s death , the magistrates only heard sufficient evidence against the accused to enable them to remand him to a future day . —Jane Banks deposed that she lived near the canal where the body was found . On Monday morning , about one o ' clock , she heard a girl scream , and opened the window to see what was going on . She saw the prisoner and the deceased , and asked the prisoner what was the matter . Hc replied that he

      wanted thc deceased to go into the house . She saw him give the deceased one blow . Witness had seen the body , and recognised it as the deceased . The prisoner was then remanded to Friday . The inquest on the body of the deceased terminated on Thursday week . Some of the witnesses gave their evidence greatly in favour of the accused , deposing that he was in the Fox beer shop at the time tbe offence must have been committed . These statements , however , -were directly contradicted both by other evidence and by the prisoner himself , who admitted being with the deceased until about a quarter of an hour before the alarm was given that she was inthe canal . The prisoner is a married man , and the evidence left little doubt that an improper

      intimacy subsisted "between Wm and the deceased . Several witnesses gave evidence of hearing screams and struggling shortly before the body was found . —James Wood , a labourer / stated that between twelve and one o'clock on the night named he saw Moore running after the _deceased , and heard him say to her , " f-will give it to you -when I lay hold of you . "—John Timmins , a miner , the person * who first saw the deceased in the canal , stated that on going to Barnett ' s to give the alarm , the prisoner came out and said , " It ' s our Ann that's in , for she pulled her handkerchief off her neck , and thrust it into my pocket , and said , Sow I'll go and end it or mend it . '" Timmins asked _himTiow long it was since , and the prisoner said about two minutes ; when

      Timmins observed , " Then you must have heard her scream in the water ; " to wliich the prisoner made no reply , and walked back into the house . It appeared that on the night of the deceased ' s death the landlady of the house observed her and the prisoner Moore together in a very improper place , and upbraided her with it , and also threatened to expose her . —The prisoner , in his defence , gave an account of his conversations with the deceased , which went to show that the deceased had drowned herself in consequence of the threats of her mistress , and tbe fear that his wife was coming to live in the house . —The jury , after a consultation of an hour , returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against John Moore . Destructive Fire is Liverpool . — About four

      o ' clock on the 27 th ult , a fire broke out in one of the cotton sheds known as Ludlow ' s Sheds , belonging to Messrs . Heywood and _M-Vicars . In about half an hour after the fire was first observed , the roof of the building fell in . Several engines were , however , on the spot , and in a short time the flames were extinguished . The damage done may be estimated roughly at . £ 10 , 000 . Messrs . Heywood and _M'Ticars * were insured in the Liverpool Fire-office for £ 110 , 000 , and for £ GO , 000 in other offices . The fire is said to have originated hi consequence of some plumbers having taken a grate orfire upon the roof for the purpose of melting metal .

      Melancholy Death . —An inquest was held a few days ago at Devonport on the body of a young man named Scantlebury , late a blacksmithinher Majesty ' s dockyard , whicli was found on the mud near the _Saltash-road . It appeared that thc deceased and a companion named Worsley , had been drinking at the Mile-house inn , during the latter part of the day , and had left that place in company with two females , at about six o ' clock . They then proceeded to the Camel ' s Head , when they had something more to drink , and tho deceased fell asleep . Ho was at

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      lemrth aroused by his friends , and they all left the house on their way to Monce Town , a short time before nine o clock- Deceased again * returned to the inn tO get some cigars , and having joined lus friends they all walked on as far as the first turnnike cate when deceased went down to the waterside for the purpose of bathing . He called to WorSley tO COme dow n and bathe with him . Worslev at len ° th went down , and having undressed tiiemselves _" they went into the water , and proceeded at once Scantlcbury leading the way ) to go through

      the small archway _leamng under the road , too tide was ebbing at the time , which caused a groat rush of water throug h thc arch . Worsley , _perceivinjr thc danger of thoir situation , succeeded , with some difficulty , in retracing his stops ; but the deceased had advanced too far , and was carried throu « h the archway ( which is only about three foet wide , and between thirty and forty long ) , and thus lost his life . The jury returned a verdict , " That the deceased was drowDed accidentally , by some means unknown to the jury . " . . -

      Extensive Land Smp on . thb South YomvSmre Railway . —Last week an enormous quantity of earth and stone , upwards of 3 , 000 tons weight , gave way in the north side of the cutting of the South Yorkshire Railway , about half a mile above Warmsworth Church . Fortunatel y none of the men were at work at the time , and therefore the accident was not attended by any loss of life . The piece which has g iven way is about thirty yards in length and ten in breadth , and extends from the top to the bottom of the cutting . # This unexpected slip is said to have been partly caused by the side of the gullet having been made too perpendicular , and partly occasioned by the late heavy rains . Besides the piece which has already given way , another large portion is also in a very entical situation , a large fissure having opened on the top of the cutting for I nearly fifty yards further .

      A Motuer stabbed by nun . Daughter . —On Saturday last an inquest was held at Ramsey , at the house of _WDliam Pyman , a farmer , on the body of his wife , Anne Spencer Pyman , aged 74 : Mary Anne Pyman , single woman , stated that the deceased was her mother . On Tuesday , thc 10 th ult ., about one o ' clock in the afternoon , her mother and her sister , Eliza Pyman , wore in the sitting-room together , when her sister called to her to bring a lily leaf to put on her mother ' s knee ; she got a leaf and went into the room with it , when her mother said to her , "She ( meaning her sister Eliza ) has cut a hole in my knee , only because I said there should be some more cabbage for dinner . " She placed a lily leaf steeped in brandy upon tho wound , and tied a handkerchief over it . She had forgotten before to state , that as soon as she came into the room her mother said to her , " Eliza haa thrown a knife at my knee ; " her sister Eliza said nothing ; the

      wound was continued to be dressed by them until the Tuesday following ( the 17 th ) , when Mr . Smith , the surgeon , of Manningtree _, -was sent for , who came that morning , and who attended her up to the time of her death , which took place on Thursday , the 2 Cth ult . Her mother did not say whether any blows had passed between her and her sister , ner sister had been for some time past labouring under an aberration of intellect . This witness gave her evidence in a somewhat strange manner . Other evidence having been given , and the coroner having summed up , the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Eliza Pyman , " and she was committed for trial . The daughter who has been committed to take her trial is about twenty-four years old , and was up-stairs during the inquiry ; and when the coroner and jury went to view the body she was extremely violent , and was breaking things in her bedroom .

      _Self-Destructiox by a Military Officer . —An inquiry was held on Saturday last , at the Bee Hive Inn , Cheltenham , to ascertain the circumstances which led to the death of Captain Robert John Colville , assistant commissary-general , and residing at Paragon-terrace , who was found with his throat cut in a closet on his own premises , in the afternoon of Friday . Thc deceased had attained the advanced age of seventy , and was generally cheerful in bis disposition , until about three weeks since , when a change became evident in his manner ; he began to

      talk to himself , and to manifest other symptoms of a deranged intellect . On Friday Miss Johnson , a distant relation , who resided with him , went to church , and during her absence he walked about in different parts of the house ; but , on the return of the lady , he was found in the water-closet , weltering in blood , which issued from a wound inflicted in the throat . Ho was not quite dead , but life departed in a short time after . Having heard the evidence , thc jury consulted together , and in a few moments returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased

      destroyed himself while suffering from temporary insanity . Reading Election . —Tuesdat , July 31 . —The proclamation for the election of a member for this borough was read this morning on a hustings erected in the market-place . The nomination is appointed for Monday next , the polling will take g lace on Tuesday , and the mayor will make his hnal declaration on Wednesday . The mayor and corporation went to the hustings in their robes , and were accompanied by the only two candidates remaining in the field-Mr . Gorge Bowyer on the Whig interest , and Mr . J . F . Stanford , who has been introduced by tbe Conservatives .

      Sudden Death in a Church . —The following arc thc particulars of one of the most affecting and awful cases of sudden death that we have had to record for a considerable time . On Sunday afternoon last , Mr . James Bird , for fourteen years the schoolmaster of the Free School at Coddenham , after partaking of an unusually hearty dinner , desired his scholars to walk on towards the church , wliich is at a distance of about half a mile from his house . Usually Mr . Bird started with them , but in this instance bo was not quito ready , and in order to overtake them he afterwards walked with considerable haste . He arrived at the church in a heated state , when the service commenced by tbe singing of a psalm , in which Mr . Bird Joined with

      the _' rest of the congregation . While singing , however , his face was observed to darken , and ho instantly fell down on the bench , to the alarm of the people present , who feared that he bad been struck by lightning , a very violent storm having just passed over . Thc service was directly stopped , and Mr . Bird was conveyed into the vestry , but in less than two minutes he was dead . To carry on the service was impossible , and the worshippers retired to their home ? , deeply awed by tho melancholy occurrence " , On Monday an inquest was held upon the body , when a verdict of " Died by the visitation of . God , by apoplexy , " was returned . The surgeon gave it as his opinion that the deceased was dead when he fell . Incendiar y Firf . —On Sunday morning , about

      half-past eight o ' clock , a fire occurred at the outoffices ofa farm in the occupation of Mr . Thpmas Capon , at Donnington , near Framlingham . The engines were brought out as quickly as possible , and the fire was confined to the barn where it broke out , and its progress was stayed from committing further devastation by pulling down part of the bullock shed , thus _cutting off all communication with the rest ofthe premises . The property destroyed is a very large and newly-erected barn , one large rick of hay , and four straw stacks , besides various implements . That the ori gin of the fire was the work of some vile incendiary there is not the least doubt , as will be seen from the following facts : — It appeared that two gentlemen were passing iu a

      gig on thoir way to Worlingham , at eight o ' clock , when they perceived smoke issuing from the rear ofthe premises , near the calves' crib . Thinking that this was a very remarkable occurrence to happen on a Sunday morning , they suspected that something was wrong , and , in order to satisfy themselves , jumped out of the gig and ran to the spot , when the real causo of the fire was seen at a glance , as there was a quantity of straw pulled out of the nearest stack which bad been piled up in tho calves ' crib and then ignited by the incendiary . A lad has been taken up on suspicion . The property belongs to the Boyton Almhouses , and , we believe , was insured . —Ipswich _Exjiress . Whirlwind and Hail Storm . —The following

      particulars of a _whu-lwmd which occurred on Thursday the 26 th ult ., in the vicinity of Little Bardfield , are written by a correspondent of the Essex Herald . _*—"About two o ' clock p . m . the clouds threatened a violent thunderstorm ; during its approach a singular appearance was observed of a whirlwind , or as I believe it is called , a typhon , careering along from the north-west . The form which it assumed was not unlike that of a funnel , up and down which vapour moved rapidly in a spiral direction . Although the thunder sounded loudly , rain had not yet begun to fall , and there was almost a perfect calm , but it was evident tbat an extraordinary agitation was occurring in the lower stratum af the clouds As the typhon moved forward , it was succeeded by at

      least one more of a similar appearance , both of which degenerated into a snake-like form . An _extraordinary roaring was heard from that direction but it was difficult to say whether it arose from thunder or violent wind . The thunderstorm camo nearer still , and in the midst ofa violent agitation was observable at the distance of about half a inile ' At once dust , or as it was then thought smoke was apparent . After the storm tad exploded with great violence , accompanied with torrents of unusually heavy rain , it was ascertained that the whirlwind had exerted its force on a farm called Salmon ' s at Little Bardfield Hall , and in the occupancy of

      MiThomas Letch . A granary and cow-shed , composed of brick and timber , were more than laid prostratefor a great part of the materials of which thev were composed , including the bricks , were carried across a road into an adjoining field . Aconsiderablc portion of the other buildings attached to the fawn was stripped of tiles and thatch . Fortunatel y no mischief was done to life or limb of either m ™ n _,-beast , although several hair-breadth and providen tial escapes are known to have occurred . The or ™ pier of the farm , Mr . Thomas Leteh , came _^ E the vortex of the whirlwind , and threw himsdf on the ground , holding on by a tuft of » iJTl !! to save himself from being carried awa _^ oi _inspS I

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      _T _^ _Tu aopeaved that tho course the destructive U not exceeded thirty , or forty yards m Sh " _waS made clear by its track acrosB an SMS field . Some of the li g hter _matoals t _ihl uildin _cs were hurried across a valley to the as to leave i marks of . _ita _ _w » <• dth h room of the house _^ rJrom wh suffered the family were dining m tne roon m f' _^ Ci _^ T- _antoSffflW and the setting hie to some _c , Sampford , extinguished . - In _*^| _, Pi S " _mentioned disaster , adjoining the scene of the _* rs men _^^ als was hail fell with great violence . _ijjtj _*^ Some _juuiuj — . r ,, ii _.-nriiirl

      cum _-ww _ HaU , Mr . Ilockley , and Mr . Arnold , tenants oi on-William Eustaco , suffered severely , to the extent of from one-half to two-thirds ofthe entire produce . Mr . Hockley is supposed to have suffered injury to thc amount of £ 100 and , unfortunately , it is believed that none of the parties have taken the easyprccaution of insuring themselves against hail . " The Countess of Moreton . — An inquest was held last week upon the body of the above lady , when the jury returned a vordict of " Died by the visitation of God in a fit of apoplexy . " Fatal Accident on a Railway . — On the 25 th ult ., a little before the time of leaving work , James Midgley , of Heptonstall Slack , a labourer on the Burnley branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ( which is now in construction ) , was

      breaking a number of dirt waggons over the bridge uenmu the Holme , near Todmorden , when the two first waggons got off the rails , and gave him such a check as to throw him off the break upon the rails before the last waggon . He was driven forward a distance of ten or a dozen yards , when thc waggon upset , covering him with its contents . He was removed as soon as possible , but immediately breathed his last . It was found that his breastbone was broken , and one side crushed flat . He was a steady , sober workman , and has left a wife and one child . Embezzlement by a Collecting Clerk . —On Monday a man of respectable exterior , named Williams , was charged before Mr . Rushton , at _Livcrnool . with havin g embezzled different sums of money

      belonging to his employers , Messrs . Garnett and Moore , engineers , North Foundry , William-street . —Constable Sullivan stated that he apprehended the prisoner at one o ' clock on Sunday morning . — Mr . Garnett stated that the prisoner had been empowered to collect the monies for their firm , and that he had collected several sums of which he had given no account . Some of theso sums were obtained by the prisoner after he ceased to be in . their employment , his services having been dispensed with in April , Mr , Brownbill of the firm of Murray and Co ., railway contractors , Great Howardstreet , proved having paid to the prisoner on the 19 th of May , on account of that firm , £ 34 10 s . Gd . He was satisfied that the prisoner had applied for the money in the name of Garnett and Moore , and hc remembered his settling the account . This

      document was handed tothe magistrate , when he remarked that it was an act of folly in persons to pay money without requiring the legal stamp ; the consequence in that case was , that the document could not be given in evidence . Mr . Garnett observed that Williams was not in their service at the time , and Mr . Rushton , on reconsideration , being of opinion that the evidence could stand , the case resolved itself into one of obtaining money under false pretences . Another caso , the circumstances of which admitted of no doubt , was then gone into . Mr . Garnett stated further , that the prisoner had also received the sum of £ 10 on the 2 nd of December last , from Messrs . Ashton and Co ., and another sum of £ 5 18 s . 6 d . in February from another firm . Neither of these sums had been accounted for by him . The prisoner was committed for trial on two indictments .

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      Satohday.—The Queen's Visit.—As The Day ...

      Satohday . —The Queen ' s Visit . —As the day approaches when her Majesty is to appear for the first time amongst her Irish subjects , public interest is wholly absorbed in the preparations for the royal visit , and there is scarcely a breath of discontent amongst tbe entire population . The puny attempts to excite a factious spirit have altogether failed most signally , and all parties are eagerly and anxiously preparing to receive their Sovereign with every possible demonstration of loyalty and attachment . The counties , cities , and towns are meeting to prepare addresses—the lieutenants of counties , with the leading gentry , are coming up to pay their respects to the Queen—and upon all sides there are evidences of the universal disposition to render the first visit of Queen Victoria memorable in our annals . — Morning Chronicle .

      The Lord Bishop of Down and Connor has invited bis clergy to meet him in Belfast , on Wednesday next , with the object of uniting in an address of congratulation to her Majesty and the Prince Consort , upon their arrival in the north . The Fatal Conflict at Dolly ' s Brae . —The government inquiry respecting the fatal conflict at Dolly ' s Brae , and the subsequent murders and wreckings in the hamlet of Mahermayo _, is to commence on Monday next , before Mr . Berwick , Q . C ., at the Court-house of Castlewellan .

      The Harvest . —Rain continues at intervals , but so far it has been rather serviceable , and the accounts of the crops are most satisfactory . The only exception is , in regard to the appearance of tlie " red worm" in wheat , as yet , however , to a very limited extent . In all quarters there are confident anticipations of a very abundant harvest , and the potato is now considered safe . From the increasing supplies , and the cheapness of the new potatoes , there was a decline of 3 s . per quarter in Indian corn , yesterday , at the Dublin market . _Extkaordinary Scene in the Assiza Couiit op Donegal . —At the close ofthe assize business at Lifford , on Saturday evening , several male and female idiots , confined in the gaol , were brought into the dock to be inspected by Judge Torrens , who wished to have the opinion of Doctor Stewartthe

      , learned and attentive physician to the gaol , and the board of superintendence , and other public officers , as to the state of their health and mind . It was a melancholy yet humorous scene : some of the poor creatures declined to answer his lordship any questions , stating that he was only an inferior paid servant of theirs—that they were the kings and rulers of this empire ; others wanted to kiss his lordship , and wished to buy his beautiful wig and gown . One of the females proposed marrying his lordship , and making him a king , as she was queen of the whole world . His lordship modestly declined all the offers , and such of them as he considered better adapted for poorhouses than the gaol he ordered to be sent to their respective unions , with which change they appeared to be well satisfied , —Ballyshannon Herald .

      The _Alexasder Estates in Londonderry . — The splendid estates of Mr . Leslie Alexander , producing a rental of £ 6 , 000 a year , and situated in the - ¦ model - ' county of Londonderry , were set up for sale in the " maiden city " on Wednesday last , but had the property been placed in the wilds of Mayo or Galway , the attempt to coax a purchaser to bid up to something approaching to the value of the separate lots , could scarcely have proved more abortive . State or Kerry . —A circumstance highly illustrative of the condition of this county took place during the progress of the present assizes : —Four men , against whom indictments for larcenies were found at the spring assizes , were called up . They

      had been ordered to enter into recognisances to appear when called upon to abide their trial , and they would have been discharged from custody upon doing so , there not being sufficient evidence against them to have their trial proceeded with . But so great was tlieir anxiety to remain in gaol , that they actually refused to give their own recognisances , and insisted upon remaining in custody , and they were in consequence necessarily detained until these present assizes , for not complying with the rules of bail . It was now found necessary to have them formally acquitted , in order that they might be turned out of gaol , and cease to burden the county with their support . Judge Ball remarked that their acquittal was to them a punishment .

      Monday , July 30 . —The London Companies in Ulster . —The recent movement amongst the Corporation of-London appears to have stimulated some of the companies possessing estates in Londonderry to increased vigilance _respecting the management and improvement of their properties . A deputation from theClothworkers' Company , consisting of Alderman Musgrove , chairman ; John S . Thompson , Thomas Howel , William Waugh , and R . B . Towse , Esqs ., have been m the vicinity of Coleraine for some days , examining into the condition of their tenantry and estate . Their objects , as stated bythe Coleraine Chronicle , are "to become acquainted with the wants and the wishes of all over -whom they have control

      to remove any grievances or abuses that may exist * * to make such reductions and changes in their rental as they may think will be conducive to the interests and prosperity of their tenantry , and to place their whole affaire on such a basis as will lead to an improved state of agriculture , to greater comfort and independence amongst their tenantrv , and to better results than they have yet seen . " Already they have received several deputations with memorials ; and thev have under-taken to pay the amount of , the rate in aid for all their tenantry . A deputation fromthe Drapers Company are to visit their estate at Monev more early next mon . th , after an interval-of some years ; and the Coleraine Chronicle says : — '" Itis ex pected that great impro vements will be effected bv their orders . ' .. .. . . "** _" _*

      Thb Late Murder a _^ _Portumna Castle — At the Galway Assizes , on Thursday , Patrick Cormack was _fouudguilt _* - tl « murder of an old lady

      Satohday.—The Queen's Visit.—As The Day ...

      named Prendergast , who resided on the demesne of the Marquis of Clanricarde at Portumna Castle . Plunder was the object of the murder , and £ 65 was found in the possession of the prisoner , who was lendin-r out money In small sums to the peasantry at high interest . The prisoner , subsequent to Ins arrest , made a confession of his guilt . He was sentenced to be executed on the 28 th of August . Arrest of _O'Gba-oy . — A young man named Joseph O'Grady , son ofa mason , who formerly resided in this town , and who had been m custody under his Excellency ' s warrant for six months , was i- 1 _Prrnrirrn-t Tfhf * rH _^ _"" th <» _dempenp

      committed to his former prison here on Friday , having been arrested , on the 16 th ult ., in the neighbourhood of Carrick-on-Suir , under circumstances which leave no doubt on the minds of the authorities as to his being engaged in the organisation of secret societies . "A copy of rules for local management , " "An address to the men of Tipperary to fly to arms , " several letters , lists of persons , townslandi * , and other documents , were found in his possession , which will lead to further discoveries , and inculpate parlies who _sre mixed up in this ridiculous and illegal confederacy . —Clomml _Chro-¦

      \ nicle . _-.... ¦¦ Emigration to Australia . —We learn with much satisfaction that the Emigration Commissionert are going to extend the advantages of Australian emigration to Ulster . Skilful agricultural labourers of both sexes , single as well as married , of good character , may obtain a free passage to those colonies , on tlieir being personally examined and approved of by the agent ofthe commissioners , Mr . Bailey , who will shortly , we believe , visit Belfast , where communications , with full particulars , may be addressed to him . _-Nort } iem Whig . Tuesday . —The Queen ' s Visit . —There was a species of rehearsal in the " Fifteen Acres , " inthe Phoenix-park , for the grand military review during the Queen ' s sojourn in Dublin , The __ matter was kept as much as possible out of public view , and the visitors on the occasion were limited to a very selectcircle . _ ;

      PflOCI / AMATION FOR ILLUMINATING THE _ClTr . — The Corporation of Dublin assembled yesterday , and voted an address to his Koyal Highness Prince Albert . The subject of illuminations was introduced , and Mr . Loughnan made some show of opposition , but the universal feeling of all parties was against him , aiid the Lord Mayor announced his determination to issue a proclamation for illuminating the city . Some members of the council stated that the citizens generally had already made the necessary preparations for an illumination in honour of her Majesty ' s arrival . Dinner to the Poor on her Majesty's Visit

      to the Metropolis . —His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant has expressed his wish to the committee ef the Mendicity Institution to commemorate the arrival of her Majesty in this city by giving a dinner to one thousand of the poor , including the inmates of the institution . His Excellency for this purpose has directed the comptroller , Captain Williams , to have two oxen sent to the institution , with a sufficient supply of bread . The managing committee have been summoned to appoint the day , and make the other necessary arrangements to distribute his Excellency ' s bounty amongst tbe most deserving objects . _

      The Queen ' s Phivatk Carriage . —The Queen ' s private carriage—the vehicle in wbich her Majesty will be conveyed from Sandymount-avenue to the Vioe-regal Lodge in tbe Park—is at present in the establishment of Messrs . Hutton , Summer-hill . It is an open barouche _^ of light and elegant construction , capable of containing two persons only . It is painted in royal blue , thc wheels and underwork of the same colour , interlined with white . The royal arms are painted on the panels . The interior is lined with royal blue tabinet . It will be drawn by four horses only , with postilions and outriders dressed in the private livery of her Majesty . The windows of the unoccupied houses in Baggotstreet have been all taken at prices varying from six to ten guineas each window . In Nassau-street , Grafton-street , Westmoreland-street , and Sackvillestreet , windows bring high figures . On the Circularroad , above the canal bridge leading to the Park , there are two large platforms in course of

      construction . Anti-illumisation Protest in Cork . —Every house-holder in Patrick-street—the show-street of this city—has __ signed a requisition calling on the Mayor not to issue a proclamation ordering a general illumination , as such would be inconvenient , expensive , and useless . We trust his worship will have the good sense to comply with so rational a request . But we shall sec— Cork Examiner . The IxauiRY in the North . —Yesterday Mr , Berwick , Q . 0 ., having been previously sworn in as a justice of the peace for the county of Down , opened the inquiry ordered by Government at the village of Bryansford , near Castlewellan , and adjacent to Tollymore Park , Dolly ' s Brae , and Maghermayo . The evidence of tbe various witnesses will be given on oath . The inquiry is likely to continue during the entire week .

      Weonesday . —The Dolly ' s Brae Investigation . —The inquiry into the circumstances connected with the fatal affray at Castlewellan commenced before Mr . Walter Berwick on Monday la t . Several witnesses were examined , but nothing transpired beyond the facts elicited from the witnesses examined at the coroner ' s inquest . The investigation will probably occupy two days more . Thk Carrickfergus Murder . —The three convicts implicated in the murder of a fellow-prisoner ( John Pearse ) on the 23 rd of July , in Carrickfergus gaol , were found guilty of manslaughter only , and sentenced to be transported for life . The Political ' Exiles . '—The repeal mayor of Coik has declined to comply with the demands of a requisition calling on bim to hold a public meeting to address the Queen on behalf of Mr . Smith O'Brien and his associates .

      The Cholera. Inquests. Saturday—By Mr. C...

      THE CHOLERA . Inquests . Saturday—By Mr . Carter , at the Henry VIII ., High-street , Lambeth , as to the death of Thomas Copeland , aged 21 , who died of Asiatic cholera , his mother and two sisters having been carried off by thc same fearful disease . —Sarah Bates , of 2 , Bates ' sbuildings , Broadwall , Lambeth , deposed that the deceased was a shoemaker by trade . She was called in on Wednesday night , hearing that he was ill , and found his hands black , with cramp in the legs . His sister had died on the Sunday previous , and she had no doubt it had occurred from Asiatic cholera . To

      get into _Bates ' _s-buildings a sewer had to be passed over , but it was covered in . The court was but five feet wide , and the mother and two children had died there . There was a very insufficient supply of water , and only two houses were properly supplied * and if , in fact , she turned the water off , the other houses got none . There were slaughter-houses on the other side of the court , which emitted a very noxious smell , Mr , Brady ) surgeon , ofthe Blackfriars-road , said the place was a misevablo one , with a deficient supply of water , and the walls were open from which the smells ofthe cesspools passed in . Verdict" Death from Asiatic cholera . '

      Before Mr . II . M . Wakley , at the Triumph , Skinner-street , Somers Town , on the body of Janet Home , daughter of Mr . William Home , newsvendor and stationer , residing in the same street . The deceased was attacked with cholera on Thursday morning and no time was lost in sendingfoi- Mr . Popham , one of the surgeons of St . Pancras , but the deceased died after an attack of sixteen hours' duration . It was stated that Mr . William Home , the father of the deceased , had been attacked with the same maladv that morning , but it was hoped the disorder had taken a favourable turn . —Mr . Popham . in answev to some questions put by the coroner , said he had writfen to

      the Commissioners of Sewers , reporting the defective state of the sewerage in this locality , and warning them of the danger of an outbreak of cholera , in consequence of which the inspector of the commissioners called on him , but as yet nothing whatever had been done to remedy the evil . One of the jury made some very strong remarks on the disgraceful and filthy state of _Somers-town , and all the jurv concuired in theopimon that tbe cleansing for which the ratepayers were taxed so heavily was most shamefully neglected . The coroner suggested that an application from the jury tothe authorities should immediately be made , warning them of their resoonsibilitv . in

      oraer to remedy the nuisances complained of . —The jury returned a verdict , " That the deceased died from Asiatic cholera . " Before Mr . W . Baker , atthe Duke of Wellington , Nile-street , Hoxton , on the body of Mv .: William Dalton , aged 50 years , a master baker , residing in Union-street , Hoxton New-town . The deceased was attacked with the premonitory symptoms of cholera on the Saturday previous , but refused to send for medical assistance until Wednesday , when , on the arrival of Mr . Farrance , a surgeon , he was in a state of collapse , and died on the following morning from the attack . The exciting cause was attributed to the bad smells from a gulley opposite the house , and great complaints were made of the gulleys throughout the neighbourhood . The inhabitants very frequently have to cover them over with mats on account of the horrible stench . Verdict , " Died from Asiatic cholera . "

      Before the same coroner atthe Horn of Plenty , Mile-end Old-town , on view of the bod y of Mary Raycroft , aged 32 , a single woman , who was taken to Mile-end workhouse from the . neighbourhood of Henrietta-street . There were no ¦ premonitory symptoms . The deceased was taken ill on Wednesday last , and died in a few hours after she was attacked . A woman went to see her , who was so frightened that she was suddenl y attacked , and now lies ill . Verdict , " Death from Asiatic cholera . " On Monday afternoon Mr . Pa yne , the city coroner , held an inquest at the White Hart-tavern , _Giltspurstreet , on the bodies of Richard Evans and Thomas Jones , whose deaths were caused by cholera . The death of _JUchard Evans was alleged to have been

      The Cholera. Inquests. Saturday—By Mr. C...

      caused by the poisonous emanations from the slaughter-houses in the vicinity . After a long conversation , the jury stated that , considering that the matter was about to be laid before the board of guardians , they would return a suitable verdict of " Died of _Asiatio cholera . " —In the ease o f Thomas Jones , it appeared that he was taken ill last Tuesday . Dr . Munday , was sent for , who prescribed calomel and ammonia , and during the same day in the absence of Dr . Munday , Dr . Watkihs was called in . . . This gentleman prescribed brandy and morphine , and of course Dr . Munday discontinued his attendance , and Dr . Watkins remained witii the deceased , administering stimulants . This treatment was continued up to the time of his death , which took place at three o ' cloofe on Thursday . A great deal of evidence was taken as to the proper treatment to be observed in cases o £ _nniKPfl the poison ous emanations from the _slau

      cholera . Dr . Watkins maintained that the prevailing disease was not cholera at all , but _gastro-enteritis , and medical men kept up tbe alarm by returning the cases as cholera . He had signed the certificate of the cause of death , which he stated to be gastroenteritis , or vomiting and purging ; at least , such . were the symptoms of the disease . The coroner professed his inability to " decide when doctors disagreed ; " but thought that from professional etiquette as well as common prudence , Dr . Watkins should have sought Dr . Munday and ascertained the nature ofhis previous treatment . He would leave it to the jury to decide the controversy as to the cause of death : Both of these gentlemen had been in India , and were of course familiar with the disease about ; which they differed . The Jury returned a verdict of " Died from Asiatic cholera . "

      Poplar , TuEsnAy . —An inquest was held before Mi * . Baker , oh the body of Hannah Cook , aged 32 years . —Thomas Cook , of Beanston , Doventory , the master of a barge , in tho employ of tho Grand Junction Canal Company , said the deceased was his wife , and enjoyed good health up to Sunday afternoon last , when she was attacked with cramps in her throat , and afterwards in other parts of her body . Tbe bargd in question was moored in the river , close to the guano-yard in Rotherhithe , which was alleired to have been the cause of the outbreak

      of cholera in that parish , andthe coroner and jury said there was no doubt that the unwholesome smell arising from the guano was prejudicial to health . The coroner said that he had called the attention of the Board of Health to the guano-yard , and he was in hopes that the nuisance would have been removed . —Verdict , " Death from Asiatic cholera . " Among the victims of this disease , we have to record Mr . Cottingham , the magistrate of Southwark Police-court . We understand that he died after no more than thirty hours illness .

      Return of Cases of Cholera . July 30 . —Tn London and vicinity—attacks , 240 ; Deaths 130 . Ia England and Wales , attacks , 320 ; Deaths 169 . In Scotland , attacks , 58 ; Deaths 41 . Total , 618 newcases and 340 deaths . July 31 . —London and vicinity , new cases 214 , deaths 115 . England and Wales , new eases 300 , deaths 123 . Scotland , new cases 33 , deaths 12 . Wednesday . —London and vicinity , new cases 246 , deaths 114 . England and Wales , new cases ,

      301 , deaths , 152 . Scotland , new cases 50 , deaths 24 . Total new cases 597 , deaths 290 . Liverpool . —Thisdisease continues to extend its influence , and to multiply its victims , chiefly in the low and over-crowded districts ofthe town . The general mortality is increased by it , this week , to 640 deaths , against 463 last week . Of these , 375 have been from cholera , and 52 from bowel complaint , against 233 , and 55 , last week . These returns are from the registrars of the several districts , and , of course , include all tbe deaths .

      Leeds . —An elderly woman , named Grayson , residing in a very unhealthy part of the town , called Smithies-street , at the Bank , died of cholera , after an attack of short duration . Amongst the mourners who followed her funeral was her son , a young man aged 25 years , who had been somewhat ailing for several days before . During the night of Tuesday the young man became very much worse , his strength being prostrated by the disease , and at three o ' clock in the morning he was a corpse . The surgeon who was called in to attend him states that the disease bad been creeping upon him for several days , and that earlier medical aid might have saved him . Smithies-street is one of the most unhealthy inthe town , andthe house in which these cases have occurred is one of several , situated in a sort of confined yard , sunk below the level of the street .

      Bristol . —On Sunday there was no official ref urn , but cholera was still prevalent in some districts of the city . The disease has from its commencement been almost entirely confined to localities where the drainage is deficient or where offensive rivers or overcharged graveyards supply the elements of disease and death ; and the great majority of the cases received at the hospital come from streets and crowded courts bordering on the river , or from other parts which are proverbially unhealthy . Clifton and the higher portions of the city remain as yet unreached by the epidemic , and will , in all probability , completely escape its ravages . Nakttvich . —The town continues to be afflicted with this dreadful epidem ' c , and we are unable to

      report so favourably as was last week anticipated . The cases during the last week have been as follows : —Thursday , 43 diarrhoea , 4 cholera , and i deaths ; Friday , 30 diarrhoea , and 8 cholera , and 5 deaths ; Saturday , 27 diarrhoea , and 8 cholera cases , no death j Sunday , 30 diarrhoea , 5 cholera , and five deaths ; Monday , 33 diarrhoea , 0 cholera , and 5 deaths ; Tuesday , 37 diarrhoea , 6 cholera , C deaths ; Wednesday , 40 diarrhoea , 4 cholera , and 6 deaths . The total number from the commencement on the 18 th June , up to Wednesday evening , were 437 cases of diarrhoea _^ and 193 cholera ; deaths 101 . These numbers include 1 ease at _Tarporley _, 1 at _Alldlum

      , and 1 at Lei gh ton , and 4 cases at Broadlane , ill the township of Stapely _, all fatal . The cases in the town engross the whole time of the medical men , and indeed thtirservices are mo _? tpraiseworthy . The County Court , which was to have been held oa ihursday , was adjourned to the 30 th of next month . _Duvosponi . —It has beon remarked tbat although the cholera has been so bad in the three towns of Devonport , Plymouth , and Stonehouse , there has not been a single case among the crews of the menof ? w ; ir . This may bo attributed in a great measure to the strict cleanliness and comfort maintained throughout the service afloat .

      BniSTOL . —The health of the old city was somewhat better yesterday ; but the affected district at Bedminster was still in a condition to excite apprehension , five deaths having occurred in addition to those stated on Monday , between Sunday evening and noon of the following day . A circumstance has just been brought to light by the parochial authorities of St . _Taiil ' s , Bcdminstor , which would seem _, to offer an explanation of the severity ofthe visitation in this district . Two years ago a common _, pump , at a p lace called the Paddock , and from which the residents oftho adjacent houses supplied themselves with water , got out of repair , and the wood tube through which the aqueous fluid was passed having become very rotten , it was found necessary to replace it with iron . In making this repair the foundation of tho well in some way bennmr . - .. ....-. J _> _^* - - - ¦ - - - - and the

      ' came injured , ground around being made ground , and the well situated only forty feet from the open and disgusting drain mentioned some days since , and but ten feet from a common privy , it is supposed that the poisonous matter has percolated through the soil and found its way into the well . The water has been examined , and is found to be impregnated with some offensive substance , and the churchwardens Live consequently closed the numn so as to prevent it being further used . Among the recent sufferers in Bristol was the only son o ? the late wcl -known musical composer George Stransbury who died after a few hours ' , illness . He had only been married a fortni ght . . M . _Majendie _, President of the _Aeade _- my of Medicine m Paris , has just arrived in this country , on a mission of inquiry from the French government a ? to _; the progress and treatment of cholera irffiw

      _inisuistinguislicd physiologist has already had interviews with the general Board of Health and several members of the profession .

      Caution. -Manycounterfeit Half-Sovereinn...

      CAUTION . -Manycounterfeit _half-sovereinns _m-nta ofa bard , white metal , and gilded by- thfStrn C fees have Iately _&«¦*« £ CS Lieut . Wagiiorn . —Wc hear from > ood _anrw , _** ,, hat Lieut . Thomas Waghorn , the ceffiatel oJe ? _^ _VOJ-agev to India , has been granted _^ a penjfon of £ 200 per annum fromthe Royal Bounty ffl _« Umled Service Gazette . ' " ¦ ev , na _'" » . - Lady Franklin , " sayS the John o ' . Croat Journal "is expected m Orkney in a few days , "to *« 2 Ft _£ arrival of the whaling vessels , in the hope Kthev may bring intelligence of her missing _husbS » y Im _Uostoii _Chwiotype mentions that a Nantucket \ ankee has been shipping a load of _tombstonS ¦ u _aiitornia

      , au marked " Sacred to the memory of "—¦ and '' erected by his brother , " < fcc . Chime in England and Wales . —The total number of commitments last year in England and Wales was 30 , 349 ; of whom 7 , 423 were acquitted , and 22 , 900 convicted ; sixty of these convicts were sentenced to be hanged , 3 , 261 to transportation * , 19 , 175 to imprisonment , and 404 to be fined , & c . " Do you wish , " asks and answers the Noneonf ormist , ¦ * _* ¦ * to punish a thorough Whig of the Russell school ? Leave what he is to be revealed by his * own speeches , and merel y remind him in laudatorystrains of what he was , So spectre on earth can terrif y or annoy him so much as the ghost of hia former self . "

      _doSedtr _rnnhJ t _^ "' _<>« _steanvvessels , has hS _S Ji T _^ ° ° _4 and Constantinople Sd iron _5 _^ . 0 lMjd _A _^ ' extensive budding Bhckwall . ° MeSSrS / Mare and _Go " * R _^ l _^ _T _^ _'V _*^ _' 0 v Pe has us _^ _en made at _bateshead , for India , apparently to be used in _conr ™ _. , abnd ' It is oi inches diameter , and oiJUleet long , and it wei ghs ninety pounds per

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 4, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04081849/page/6/