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      Health ov London dueino the __ Week . — . The health of London is now better tban it usually is at this season of the year . 822 deaths were registered ; the average ofthe ten corresponding weeks ( 18 * 10-9 ia 1 , 078 ; or , corrected for the increase of population , 1 , 176 . If the week of 1849 is omitted—when 2 , 796 died—tbe corrected average ia 968 ; and the deaths last week are less by 86 than this number . In the last week of August , 1849 , the cholera carried 1 , 663 , diarrhoea , 234 lives ; in the corresponding week of this year the deaths from cholera were 4 , from diarrhoea , 118 ; and at the present time there is no _tmce of Asiatic cholera in London . A costermonger , witb . di eased kidneys , died of English cholera in of cholera

      _Ifctlwortb _, on August _? lst ; three cases infantum were also registered in the week . In addiuon to diarrhoea , the two zymotic diseases tnat deserve attention are typhus and scarlatina ; _typnus ¦ was fatal to 14 children , to 23 adults _between the ages Of 15 and 60 , and to 3 oldI people , inall to 40 _plrsons ; scarlatina and putnd sore tbroat , to AS children under the age of 15 , to 4 adults , and to 1 person in advanced life . Scarlatina , which is so fetal to young persons , has been advancing slowly the last 30 weeks ; it was fatal m the three series of 10 weeks in 146 , 1 S 5 , and 212 cases It will be observed in the registrar ' s notes , that , as is usually tbe case , tbe disease bas prevailed with severity in particular localities . The prevalence of intolerable i _ rid exhalations from the sewers during the -week appears to have attracted attention . What would lie thought ° f the arrangements of a city in which

      smoke was poured from the street level ? Tet it is known tbat smoke is less noxious than the poisonous Vapours that are still suffered to exhale from the _gnllyholea into the streets and houses of the metropolis . If an _ep-d'inic of scarlatina is impending , the removal of thia nuisance should be immediately considered , as mt _' iing tends more to make scarlatina a putrid disease than stinking putrescent vapours . By the Greenwich observations the mean reading of the barometer was 29 979 inches , or much higher than in tho previous weeks . The mean temperature ofthe Thames was 61 deg ., of the air 559 deg ., which is 35 deg . below the average . The wind was south-west- and north-west , and often stagnant - . travelling at the rate of 230 or 325 miles a day for three d . iys , and from -40 to 85 miles daily during the last four days of the week . Rain fell on _Monday and Wednesday , but it was not the _oneserenth part of an inch .

      D- _-ATH FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OP QUACK Medicine . — -On Saturday last Mr . __ William Baker held ah inquest at the Kiug of Prussia , Dean-street , _Shadwell , on view of the body of Genrge _Trngley , aged forty-two , a lighterman , who was alleged to have died from the improper administration of a quack medicine . —Elizabeth _T _' Ogley , deceased "*' widow ; No . 20 , Dean-street , said that her husband had for a long lime suffered from rheumatism . On Tuesday week he was confined to his bed , in consequence ofa severe attack from tbat complaint . Mr . Arthi ' r , surgeon , attended him nine weeks ago , but from that time he had not been visited by any medical ceo leman . On Saturday las' a neighbour of the name of Hayf s said to witness , * ' Why do jou not try

      that woman over the way - she is a very clever woman ?"—meaning a woman named Wheeler , a vendor of quack medicines . _Witness , by her husband's desire , sent for her , who told her husband that she was sure she could do bim good . She said tbat the medicine she should supply would cost fifteen pence . She received the money , and soon after returned with , a pint jug in her hand , which contained a liquid ofa deep red colour . Her husband dra * k it off in the presence of Mrs . "Wheeler . In an hour after he observed -hat he was dying , and Mr . Arthur was sent for . Deceased died shortly af er the attendance of that gentleman . —Mrs . Wheeler was calledin , and stated that all she gave the deceased was half a pint of old ale , in which sbe mixed about as much cochineal as would go on a shilling , and which ffould cost about a penny . She knew that cochineal would not poison him , and she thought tbe ale would do him good . —Mr . Arthur , High-street , Shadwell ,

      deposed that when he saw _deceased he was in a dying sta * e . He prescribed for him but without effect . He made a post mortem examination of the body , and fouud the kidnies , liver , and lungs of a deep violet col ' -mr , sucb as cochineal might produce . Deceased died of an attack of apoplexy . Witness never heard Of Cochineal being used as a medicine , and is not aware ofits medicinal properties . Itis used in the arts . It migbtcause sickness and hasten an _attac- '; of apoplexy . He gave the contents of the stomach to Dr . Letheby , professor of chemistry , for _analysation . — -Dr . Letheby said that he found no poison in the contents of the stomach . He confirmed Mr Arthur ' s evidence , observing tie conld hardly suppose that cochineal could be taken without' producing some . effect on the system . —Verdict , "Natural death , " and at tbe _request of tbe jury Mrs . " Wheeler -was severely reprimanded by the coroner , for prescribing without a qualification .

      Frightful Accident . —An accident , wbich will probably be attended witb fatal consequences , occurred on Sunday night , about half-past nine o ' clock , in front of St . George ' s Hospital . A large quantity of gravel has been lying before tbat edifice for some days , and form hillocks of several feet in height , but which , from their position , easily _escane the eye ofa person driving along the road . A chaise cart , containing , with other _oempants , a female with a child , was , before the driver could arrest the horse , hurried npon one of thes 9 _ hillocks , and overturned , and the Who _' e party was violently flung out . One of the men , apparently senseless , was conveyed to the adjacent hospital , and both the poor woman ' s arms were broken , and the child severely injured , if not killed .

      The horse burned on the vehicle at a terrific pace , dashed it against a lamp pest some distance down the bill , where , by breaking both shafts , he disengaged himself , and again madly galloped on until he brought himself to the ground by coming wildly in contact with another lamp post just beyond the Albert-gate , where he lay struggling and granting and groaning . Providentially no other persons were hurt , iri spite of the crowded state of tbe suburb , on a Sunday night , The blame of the catastrophe rests with ' those who neglected to place a light npon tbe gravel heaps , add against whose emi'loyers an obvious remedy exists for the sufferers , of which they will , of coarse , avail themselves . A pbae'on , which almo-t immediately followed the chaise cart , narrowly escaped ' a similar

      fate , but the gentleman driving had fortunately a strong hold npon his horse , and ah hough the vehicle was for a moment or two ia frightful ieopaidy , and all but overturned , it was saved from accident . . Indiscriminate Sale of Poisons . —On . Tuesday Mr . fi . Wakley concluded , at the Northumberland Arms , "Wells-street , Oxford-street , . an adjourned inquest on the body of-fE . . Williams , a shoemaker , aged forty-seven . —Elizabeth Smith stated , at the first inquiry , that deceased's wife destroyed herself last March , with oxalic acid . Since then deceased had heen low-spirited , drank much , and threatened _todeBtroyjSmself . "Witness had been his housekeeper for tne last six weeks . Monday week she accompanied him to the shop of Mr . Corking ,

      _drugfist , Mortimer-street , which he entered , leaving _erouside . When he came ont he told her to go home . About four the same day he returned and sent her for g in . When she brought it she found him lying insensible on the bed , and near him a phial and glass whic smelt of the essential oil of almonds . She instantly went to Mr . Corking , who told her that he gave deceased essential oil of almonds , but that it would not injure him . He prescribed medicine for deceased , which he was unable to take . She then called in Mr . Tucker , who did all in his power to save deceased , but in vain , as he expired soon after Mr . Tucker's arrival . —[ Since this witness gave evidence last week , she attempted _sucide by taking oxalic acid , and is now suffering

      from its effects in the Middlesex Hospital . ]—Messrs . TClliams ( brother ) and Patterfit ( brother-in-law ) of deceased corroborated the previous witness . Mr . Tucker examined the body , . and found that death had arisen from taking the essential oil of almonds . He subsequently called on Mr . Corking , who said that he gave deceased two drachms of the poison , or about sixty drops , for twopence . —By the Coroner : Seventeen drops would kill a man . —Mr . T . Corking remembered selling deceased two penny worth ofthe essential oil of almonds . He said he required it for Spanish leather boots . He cautioned the deceased about it , and told him it was poison . Deceased , who was known to him from having Bought medicine at the Bhop for his wife , said that he understood its nature . —The coroner summed np

      at great length , -commenting on tbe dangerous practice of indiscriminately selling poison . —The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity , !' , and appended to it an expression of their opinion that druggists should abstain Irom selling poisons to persons who were not accompanied hy some one who could Touch for the necessity of the purchase . Fatal Accident on the Biveb . —On Tuesday afternoon , about fonr o ' clock , as the Jessie Blossom brigf Barker , master , was coming np the Pool under sail , a boat , containing four persons , shot out from behind a tier of ships . The boat was struck amidships , and tha entire party thrown into the water ; one clung to the fore chains , and was got out ---another was saved b y the crew of the brig , but two others , John Bailey and Alfred Webber , unhappily sunk and were drowned . thk Gheat Westers

      Accident os _IBjcowat . — -On Tuesday afternoon Mr . F . ' Langham held an inquest at St . George's Hospital , on the body of James Allister aged thirty-four , late fireman in the _ser-• riee of the Great Western Bailway , whose death was occasioned hy tiie fp Uomng _shocking occnr _ S _ j £ _ffsaRS 4 as _SS _eSSge , where it was usual for him to baok . one lee faffing imder him , and the ot & er _^ ijne engine passing over it . He was immediately con TO « l _tKw _» Y _* 3 _Uo- _. iW _. _tfwre on aw a dmission

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      under the influence of chloroform , amputation of the mutilated member was performed , He subsequently _^ progressed favourably _forsevmHays , till fuflammation of the lungs , consequent on the injury , supervened , and gradually smkmg , he died on Sun . div last Verdict ,. ' " Accidental death . " Mm _^ choly Suicidb . —On Tuesday afternoon Mr H . M . Wakley , deputy-coroner , held at inquest at the Bed Cap , Hig h-street , Camden-town , on the body of Mrs . Oeorgiana Mary Fender , aged twentyseven , the wife of a gentleman of independent fortune , who committed suicide by hanging herself . The deceased lad y had only been married rather more than a month , and for the last fortnight she had been stopping at the house of her aunt , No . 11 , Hamilton-street , Brecknock-road , on a visit , during

      which" time she always appeared in a low and melancholy state , the cause of which could not be clearly- ascertained . On Saturday afternoon last the deceased took a walk in the Regent ' s Park , and on her return , about five o'clock , she complained of pain in her chest , at the same time placing her hand on the part affected . She then left for tbe purpose of changing her attire for dinner ; but being an unusually long time absent , a female , named Hooper , was sent upstairs to her bed-room to ascertain tbe cause . She was missing from her room ; biit on looking into her aunt ' s dressing-room , the door of whicb was ajar , she discovered the deceased suspended to the handle of a high chest of drawers by a piece of rope fastened around ' her neck in a slip knot . Ah alarm was given , and the deceased was quickly cut down . Mr . _Blackstone and Mr . Powell , the nearest surgeons , were promptly in attendance , and opened a vein in

      her arm , but no blood flowed , life being quite extinct . It is stated that on a previous occasion the unfortunate deceased had taken a quantity of laudanum with the intention of destroying herself , but by timely aid she recovered .- The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . " Accident upon the Eastern Counties Rauwat . —An accident took place at the Barking-road station , on the Woolwich branch . of tbe Eastern Counties Railway , which caused the death of a person named Griffiths , a sawyer , belonging to Stratford . The 2 . 15 p . m . op-train from Woolwich having arrived at the Barking-road station , the above-named person ( Griffiths ) crossed over the upline , behind the Woolwich train , for the purpose ( as is supposed } of taking a ticket for Stratford , when at the same time an engine , No . 143 , from Stratford for Blackwall , passed the station with a train of empty coal waggons , and struck the deceased on the shoulder , and killed him on the spot .

      Seizure of an Extensive Illicit " Distillery . — On Monday a seizure of au illicit distillery on a large scale was effected by Messrs . Frederick Parg eter and Benjamin Elmy , officers of Excise . From information received the officers proceeded to No . 7 , _Carlislerstreet , Betbhal-green , but were , unable to gam admission by repeated knocking at the front door . Mr . Pargeter tben made his way to the back , leaving Mr . Elmy to keep watch at the front . A new and unexpected difficulty in the way of gaining an entrance at the back , however , presented itself , for on Mr . Pargeter going-towards it , he found a ferocious dog . chained outside , so as to have a complete range of the baek door , and there was another of a similar description inside the house . The one

      on the outside was soon disposed of , an entrance was made by breaking , open the . door , and , by stratagem , the other . dog was secured . Mr . Pargeter then passed through the house , and opened the front door to Mr . Elmy . They then made a search of the house , but found no person within . It was evident , from the appearance of the honse , howerer , that the owners of it had beeu alarmed , and anticipated the visit ofthe officers , as the still had been taken from the brickwork , but in such a way that it could easily be replaced when an opportunity served , as a quantity of molasses fermented wash was prepared to commence operations . The still , with the . fittings and apparatus , was then conveyed to the excise warehouses in Broad-street .

      As Alarming Fire broke out on Saturday morning , between two and three o ' clock , in the premises of Mr . Todd , cabinetmaker , _Gloucester-street , Hoxton . When the flimes burst forth from the roof of the workshop the policeman on duty gave the alarm , and the engines from Watling-street and Whitecrossstreetjunder tbe direction of Mr . Braidwood and Mr . Fogo , were promptly on the spot , but did not succeed in subduing the fire till the whole ofthe workshop was destroyed , and the fire had communicated to the adjoining premises , a private house , occupied by a lady named "Moggeridge . The inmates

      fortunately escaped unhurt . Fire at Kennington . —On Tuesday morning at an early hour , an alarming fire brokeout in the premises belonging to Mrs . Mehery , No . 17 , Lower Kennington-lane , Lambeth . The fire commenced in a blind manufactory , and but a few minutes elasped ere the lower portion of the building , tog ether with the staircase , became enveloped in flames . At that period Mrs . Mehery and two children were in their beds asleep , and it was with great difficulty they could be made sensible oftheir danger . Tbey happily succeeded in escaping out of the back windows . The firemen were unable to

      get the flames extinguished until the whole of the stock in trade was destroyed , the lower part of the premises burned out , and the upper floors seriously damaged . The origin of the fire conld not be ascertained . : Death of the Right Box . C . W . W . Wynn , M . P . —We have to announce the death of the Right Hon . Charles Watkin Williams " Wynn , M . P . for Montgomeryshire , which melancholy event took p lace on Tuesday , at half-past four , at his residence in _Graiton-street . He was the oldest member of the House of Commons , having sat for Montgomeryshire since 1797 , and for about a year previously for Old Sarum . He held the offices of Secretary at War ( in the Grey administration ) and Chancellor of the Duchy ef Lancaster from December , 1834 , to April , 183 o . The right hon . gentleman was in his 75 th year .

      Death of Mrs . Eoerton . —Mrs . Egerton , a lady not surpassed by any upon the stage in a particular line of parts—witness her " Meg Merrilies , " and others—died at Brompton last week , at the age of fifty-nine . The Prksidenct of thb _Rotal _Acabemt . —The members of the Roval Academy will proceed next week to fill up the _bSice of President , vacant by the death of Sir Martin Archer Shee . There are in the field for the honourable position severable distinguished candidates , including _Eastlake , Leslie , and Pickersgill . The claims of Landseer and Turner have also been freely canvassed , but it is not certain that either of the latter gifted Academicians could undertake , if elected , to discharge the duties ofthe Presidentship , so numerous and onerous are their professional engagements" for the next three years .

      Sunday , Postal Arrangements . — On Sunday there was a general delivery of letters and newspapers throughout the metropolitan districts , and the . provinces . In the majority of cases the delivery commenced shortly after nine o'clock , and terminated at half-past ten in the forenoon , and although in some instances it began rather later , in no case was it permitted during the hours of Divine _serviced Itis generally understood that no future modifications , on points of detail ,, v * ill affect the existing regulations in the London district ( country ) department , though further orders will be shortly issued with reference to the Sunday duty in many of the more distant post towns .

      Arrivals of Foreign Fruit . —On Monday above 12 , 000 baskets of fruit were landed at the St . Katharine ' s Steam Packet Wharf ; of the above , 4 , 500 baskets , containing . plums , green gages , apples , pears , and walnuts , arrived in the Soho steamer , from Antwerp ; and the' remainder in the Princess Royal steamer from Hamburg , the Venezuela steamer from Rotterdam . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ _-... ¦ ¦ Bartholomew _FAin .--On Tuesday in pursuance of ancient charter , the Lord Mayor and other civic authorities proceeded to Smithfield , when the usual proclamation for holding -Bartholomew Fair was

      made . The ceremony , although legally necessary , is now a mere farce ; The "Fair" consisted of only three booths' / for the _stdVof gilt gingerbread , and some dozen barrows of itinerant dealers in apples , nuts , and children ' s toys . St . James ' s-Park . —Workmen are engaged in forming new walks in the Green-park , in consequence of the improvements in front of * Buckingham-place . ' A portion of the ride up Constitution-hill will he curtailed , and the railings carried back into the park . One of the walks forms a mall between some fine trees , and seats will be on each aide .

      Robbbbt at the Mansion-house . — On Tuesday some expert thief effected an entrance into the City Marshal ' s Chamber at the Mansion-house , and amongst other property stole the Marshal's holster-pistols . Notwithstanding the number of police in attendance , the thief _ ot clear off with hi 3 . oedty . ' Serious Accident . — Oh Wednesday afternoon an accident of rather a serious nature occurred ih Fleet-street , opposite the gateway leading to Sergeant ' s fan ; A man named Charles Prince , a

      painter , while engaged at a window of the Amicable Life Assurance Company ' s offices , lost his bold and fell " from a" very considerable height upon the stones close to the gateway ; his Head striking ; the ground ' with great violence . He was at once taken np and conveyed to ffing ' _s College Hospital , where , in addition to the shock , to the system , be ' was found to have sustained a cohcuBBion Of the brain , and some internal injury , ' . ' , although no' bones were broken . He now remains at the hospital in a dangerous _Btatev ' /;¦

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      Ah . hydbophaxic establishment is about to . he opened by an English surgeon at Alexandria , on the GraeJenburg system . , _ft is expected to derive its main support from * invalids arriving from '' India ! : Sib ; _GeobgbGrkt , it / is ; said , _haaf offered Mr . Robert Stephenson the ' honour "" of " Khighthoo ' _iJi whicb , howerer , Mr . Stephenson declined _.

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      Coal-pit _Accidbst 'at _AssioN-uJibER-LvSE . —On the 29 th ult ., a dreadful accident , occasioned by fire-damp , occurred at the works of Messrs , _Kenworthys , Heys Colliery , ' _Ashtoh-uhd ' er-Lyne , by which three persons came by their deaths . An _in-Juest was held before Mr . Rutter , at the Swan nn , when the following evidence was adduced : — The first witness called was William Harriot , who said : I am half-cousin to deceased John Harriot , and reside in Ashton . I am a miner in the

      employ of Messrs . John Kenworthy and . Brothers . Deceased was twelve years of age . Between eight and nine o'clock I was drilling a hole into an old working to let the sulphur escape therefrom . I had a bit one a half inches . I thought it was nearly through wben I went to my work . It was intended to let the hole remain that size ,, in order that it might drive the sulphur out of the old working . I had been without candle about two hours . George and Samuel Saxon were with me at the time . I bored through , and tbe air , instead of drawing up towards me , drew down the brow with a great force , and made a noise like the roaring of a furnace . I then threw some small coal over the hole , in order to stop it , as , in consequence of my lamp

      being knocked over , 1 did not Know wnich way it was drawing . I immediately sent William Finnity to let the miners below know that I had got through , in order that they might keep their tops on the latupa , and he had not been goue above nine or ten minutes when tbe explosion took place . On bis way Einnity found a lamp with a top off , and the lamp has since been found . The boy had since told witness that he met the fire , as he was going down the brow , and he is ' much burned . There was a naked lamp hanging in the engine brow , and I believe it had fired by an open light . William Allen , of Dukinfield , had charge pf this lamp , and he is much bruised . I found Harriot at the top of the _^ tunnel , about 120 . yards from where the hole was bored * I

      also found the other two ; they were all lying within a few yards of each other . —By the Juror : I was directed to bore the hole by the underlooker , Benjamin Miller , in order that I might know where I was . The underlooker had given notice to the men not to have their lamps uncovered , and the underlooker has been more particular since the last accident ; indeed , he has been very strict . —Benjamin Miller , underlooker , was then called and deposed : I have been ; in the era ploy : of Messrs . Sen worthy about three years and a half ; I have been an underlooker about sixteen years . I gave directions for the hole to be drilled , in order that the foul air might escapo , so as to prevent an accident . I had no apprehension of an accident by the foul'air , for I wa 3 there a few hours , previous to the accident . We do not allow any . man to work with the top off his lamp . It is my opinion thatthe

      mine fired in consequence of Finnity running . down the brow , and meeting the air which travels up the brow at the rate of six or seven miles per hour ; and meeting the hydrogen gas , which would be travelling at the same speed as the air , and he travelling in an opposite direction , it would increase the velocity to about eleven br twelve miles per hour , and thereby drive the sulphur through the gauze of the lamp , and fire the whole . It could not be fired by the lamp spoken of by the last witness as being in the possession of Allen , as the explosion proceeded towards him , and on arriving tbere it had nearly died away . —The iury were of opinion that James Bowker had died from the effects of blows received in endeavouring to make his escape , and that William Bell and John Harriot . were suffocated ; but thero was no evidence to satisfy them how and by what means the sulphur wasienited . : ' . ¦ _*!¦ ¦ .

      Departure op the Canterbury Colonists . —On Saturday , tbe ships Cressy , Sir G . Seymour , Randolph , and Charlotte Jane , were hauled out of the East India Docks , having 800 emigrants on board , the first . _Bettlers of the Canterbury settlement , New Zealand . These vessels carry out house and every necessary requisite for domestic comfort on landing , and ; singular as it may seem , every variety _^ f English singing bird , wbich , on landing , the colonists will release , in order that they may propagate . On Monday a leave-taking dinner was given to the emigrants at Gravesend , Lord Lyttleton presiding . ¦ The Riots between the Seamen and the Militabt at Portsmouth . —On Friday night upwards of three hundred of tho above regiment collected

      outside the Lion Gate , and there waited the arrival of the sailors on ; their way to their homes ; the soldiers having armed themselves with the legs , frames , & c , of their iron bedsteads , which they hadi taken to pieces for the purpose . Intimation of this hostile assembling having been conveyed to Lord Frederick Fitzclarence , tho lieutenant-governor ; his lordship immediately proceeded to it , and promptly had the whole of the soldiers marched to their barracks , to which they were closely confined for the rest of the nig ht . On Saturday night his lordship also kept the soldiers in barracks , and the port admiral , Sir Blanen Capel , kept the sailors on board their respective ships ; thus preventing the possibility of a renewal of the collisions that had

      for several previous nights taken place . The Fox , frigate , which goes out as the flag ship of the new commodore of the East Indian station , Captain Lambert , and the seamen of which were the originators , with the 50 th Regiment , of the rioting , received orders on Sunday morning , to proceed out to Spithead the same afternoon , and from thence at once to go to Plymouth , in order to prevent any further tumult on their account . The crew itself is a first-rate one of picked men , of good characters , and it is much regretted that they should have fallen into riotous conduct , although it is considered that the soldiers of the 50 th are chiefly to blame . One man of the 50 th Regiment has died of the injuries he received in one of the collisions with tho

      sailors , and numbers on both sides have got broken heads , & c . With the departure of the Fox it is hoped that the disturbances will cease , although from tbo indiscriminate attacks made by the soldiery , a strong feeling of enmity existB in the minds Af nearly all the seamen in port against the 60 th Regiment . In the afternoon some very mutinous conduct was displayed on board the Sprightly , steam-tender , arising , it is thought , from the order for the confinement of the men of all ships in the port of Portsmouth , on board , in consequence of the riots that havo taken place during , tbe week . The second master of the Sprightly had to draw his sword and order the men to hoist the mutiny signal , when a company of marines was sent on board . Three of the men are now in irons on board the

      Victory , flag-ship . The Official Inquiry into the death of four Irishmen who were , drowned in endeavouring to escape across the North Channel from Sunk Island , in ; the East Riding , from the pursuit of several English " navvies , ' * terminated on Saturday last . The jury have sat altogether ten days , have examined no fewer than seventy-nine witnesses , and have at length returned a verdict , of " Manslaughter " against two men named Bielby and James Brown , who stand committed to York for trial at the next assizes . From the peculiar circumstances ofthe case , ' the coroner has declined to allow the publication of the depositions . There is no doubt that a conspiracy existed to raise the wages of the district , which conspiracy eventually merged into another to drive the Irish . from the works . Four men have been committed for trial at the next Beverley sessions on tbis charge .

      Accident at . the Newcastle Station . —Mr . Nater , the young gentleman who was stated to have received fatal injuries by a fall from a platform in the Newcastle station at the moment her Majesty was entering it , is recovering . Mysterious Disappearance . —The disappearance of a Mr . Palmer , who has for many years carried on business as a teadealer and grocer , at Clifton , has given rise to a painful sensation throughout that district . Mr . Palmer , for whose long-continued absence not the slightest reason can he assigned , has been missing since the lst of August . On the morning of the day in question ho left home in his usual health and spirits for the purpose of going

      into Bristol to make purchases ; - He gave directions , according to his general custom , for his dinner , and has never since been seen or heard of . . It has been ascertained that on tbe day of his disappearance he attended a Bale at the Horse-bazaar , near Collegegreen , and made a purchase of a bridle ,- and that-he afterwards partook of refreshment at a tavern in the neighbourhood , whioh however he left quite sober . The police are engaged in prosecuting the most diligent investigation ofthe matter , and a rewardhas been offered for any information tending to throw light on the affair . The deceased was respectably dressed , and besides cash had with him a valuable gold watch ahd appendages .

      Match against Time . —A pedestrian from Leeds has commenced the task of walking 1 , 000 miles in 1 _, 000 _' _Buccesswe hours . The feat _j which will occupy six weeks within a few hours , _ib undertaken for a wager of £ 250 , the stakeholder being a highly res . pectable gentleman on the other side of the water . The ground selected is a field near the Tranmere Hotel , where a suitable covering has been erected . The'pedestrian will walk a mile at the close ofthe first hour , and another at the commencement of the second hour , thus securing for himself an hour and a _halPs'rfiBt between every walk of two . miles ; . ; Combination of Coach and Cab Propmbtobb at ' - ' LivERPi'Oi .. — Liverpool , Monday : —All the hackney-coach proprietors closed their establishments to day in consequence of a dispute with the Towncouncil relative to fares This step is calculated to cause travellersI much inconvenience . :

      Thk recent Corn Robbbru's at Liverpool . —On Saturday last a lengthy investigation took place before Mr . William Rathhone , ' relative to the late robberies of corn .. ; , , Th _6 f , prisoners were James Davis „ ,. William Thompson , _Jadob Thomas , Peter Dontdiyj , and Georg _*? _Blackburp . Thelatter rwho has carried , on business agfa / damaged corn-dealer m Brunswick-street , w ' ja charged as the receiver " off _*& e stolen property , There had been no fewer than

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      eieht distinct ' cases' bf felony during the past month ; and the _ambuht- of grain stolen was very _^ cqnsiderable . Davies and Thompson were proved to have _Appropriated four bags of barley , _^ longing to Messrs . Staroaty and' Covas , _. which they were _em ployed to deliver from tho ship Gustave _^ Messrs , Jump and Son . Davies was _alwr concerned in the robbery of eighteen _quarters of _hnseed . A be pnsonersWs and _Donally _^ were chargedwith st ea _£ ing from the warehouse of Messrs . T . and W . harie eight s .. cks of corn on the 8 th Aug ., six sacks on the llth , and four sacks on the 22 nd ; and _stx sacks of Indian corn belonging to Messrs . Pnoa and Co _^ were stolen about the same time from the warehouse oi Mr ! ThUs , in Frederick-street , in _which _^ _vie 8 Thomas , and Thompson areaupposed . to have been _„ : a _» Z 0 _J ltv waa » _eued that Blackburn naa _~ - . .

      bough the linseed for - _exactly half is value , and be sold it 6 a . a quarter under the market price . A grea part of the missing gram was _^ . _"P _™ »» Pre mises . The evidence _againBt all _th . J . . _^ _" X quite _conclude ; and they were committed to take their trial at the sessions . , ' ' n _ ihonnn __ A _ronn Miner fallen HEIR TO _^ _i" _™' W B . Walton , a poor miner , living near _Aldstone , _waslant week left , by will heir and executor to he property and e state of William Bell , Esq ., . High Shield , near Hexham , estimated to be worth about £ 100 000 . The . fortunate heir of this magnificent property is a decent , respectable man , with a large family— _-MWty _Journal .

      . »„_;__ . „ Fatal- Accident at Coniston . —Afew days since an old man , named Thomas Millican , about sixty years of age , while attendant upon the large waterwheel that serves to pump and draw the work from the deepest part of the Coniston copper mines , fell into the wheel case , or rather the inside of the wheel itself during the-time itwas revolving at a most rapid ' rate . His body was literally torn . to pieces by the arms of the wheel and the hundreds ot screw bolts that project some inches through the casing , like so many iron teeth , in the midst and upon which he was hurled for some time .

      _Melancholy _Dbath op Miss Elphinstone , — Miss Elphinstone who was the youngest daughter of the late Hon . Wm . F . Elphinstone , and cousin to the present Lord Elphinstone , died on the 29 ih ult . from the effects of the severe injuries she met with by being thrown from a carriage , in which she _-yas riding with the Hon . Mr . and Mrs . Owen Stanley , ten days before _^ whilst making ati excursion in the vicinity of Lord Stanley of Alderley ' s seat near Holyhead . A An absconding Bankrupt , — - In the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street , on the 30 th ult ., Mr . Hilleary made an application to Mr . Commissioner Fane for a warrant , upon the following statement . He said that proceedings were in

      progress for making Richard Gadsden , of Bolton Mills , near Northampton , a bankrupt , but the petition could not be adjudicated upon , before tbe following day . He was prepared to submit affidavits -to the court-that Gadsden ' was about to depart ft > r America with property in his possession . Having been extensively engaged as _'*' acorn-factor , and ; his recent _tmsactions , more particularly , having been on a scale of some magnitude , there were _reasons for supposing that he had property of the value of several thousand pounds in his pugsession . He asked the court , under these circumstances , " to grant a warrant for the apprehension of Gidsden , although the petition of bankruptcy had not been fully adjudicated upon . Mr . Commissioner Fane , after referring to the

      Bankruptcy Consolidation Act , decided that he had the required jurisdiction , and issued his warrant accordingly . Upon the messenger of the court arriving at Liverpool , he ascertained that Gadsden bad sailed for . America about seven days since . The creditors are in possession of a letter in the bankrupt ' s hand-writing , as addressed to his son-in-law , whicli contains the following passage : ¦— " It is not ray intention ever to return to England , but if I can earn anything for my creditors , I shall _send _^ same to be divided smongst them . 'After I have paid ' expenses over , and a few other things , _iKhallnot

      have ten pounds left , but lam in hopes it will some day be in my power to pay " something . " The envelope that is alleged to have contained this letter , is stated on the outside to have been posted on the 26 th of August , although it hears the Northampton post-mark of August 25 . It would appear to have been previously posted in Ireland , and the direction upon the letter is evidently written by another hand than that of the bankrupt ' s . . The communication , al though admittiii" that the bankrupt has absconded , is regarded hy the creditors only as a blind , both as to the whereabouts of Gadsden , and the amount of money iri his possession .

      Failurk in Manchester . —We have to announce the failure of a large cotton-spinning firm in Manchester , that of Messrs . William and David Morris and Co ., of Salford and Chorlton . The liabilities are variously stated at from £ 40 _, 000 to £ 00 , 000 , but we believe thoy will be found not to exceed £ 25 , 000 . Mr . William Morris was ah alderraaii in the corporation of Salford , and has sent in his resignation . The Liverpool Albion _say 9 that the American sailor , Frederick Jerome , who behaved so _gallantlv

      at the conflagration of the Ocean Monarch ; two years since , was introduced on Saturday last to the committee of the Shipwreck and Humane Society of that port . It was intimated to him that the gold medal of the society had been awarded to him , but that the committee would either present him with the medal or its equivalent in money , at his option . After some little consideration on his part , he stated that he preferred the rmmey to the medal , and twenty-five guineas were paid to him . ' An _Unpleasant Fix . —A singular circumstance occurred at Stafford on the 29 th ult . A man

      named Henry Stokes , in the employ of Mr . Twigg , at the Windmill , ascended to the gallery of the mil ! for the purpose of applying the break to the sails . Having , as he supposed , effected his purpose , he was proceeding to descend by one of the siils , but when about half-way down they began to revolve . Be firmly grasped the sail upon which he was standing , and his perilous position having alarmed Mr . Twigg , who _wa-i in the mill , he proceeded with all speed to apply the break . The _' sails , however , were not stopped until the poor man had performed nearly forty revolutions . He sustained but _Htt'e injury .

      Conversions to Catholicism , —The Rev . W H . Anderdon , vicar of St . Margaret ' s , the largest parish in Leicester , has frequently caused the _protestants of that town some uneasiness by the revival of practices peculiar to the Romish church ; and by the exertions he has made to secure the ' observanee of _saints'days dsc . This uneasiness is now greater than ever , as a young gentleman who has been under his tuition has just joined the catholic church , and a young woman who taught at a school under his superintendence has joined one of the'religious communities of that church , and' entered a convent _. From these and other circumstances a strong impression is abroad that the reverend gentleman is about to follow the example of the Rev . Eyre . Bathurst ,

      rector of Kibworth ; in this county , who , a few days since , renounced his benefice , worth upwards of £ 1 , 300 a-year , and embraced the catholic faith . Indeed , itis ' believed in some quarters tbat Mr . Anderdon has left home for the above purpose , whilst others of his parishioners are willing to hope that he has simply retired from the neighbourht , od until confidence in his orthodoxy is again restored . The latter opinion has been somewhat strengthened by thefact that a clergyman who has hitherto been unsuspected of _Pusyism' has come to officia'e during the vicar _s absence ; while on the other hand the newcomer , being a native of Ireland , and having assumed a style of dress which has been usually worn by catholic priests only , has raised doubts as to his orthodoxy .

      Accident to Gasworkers at Liverpool . —On Saturday evening , a number of men engaged in connecting some eas mains in Richmond-row had a narrow escape'by inhaling the _noxrus vapour which escaped from the aperture . The men in the trench , ahd who were making , the joints , were completely overpowered , and some time elapsed before they recovered 1 sensibility . The police and workmen who removed them were also affected by the gas , and the greatest consternation prevailed . Mr . Edwards , the _superintendent , was present , and under his direction porter and other stimulants were * administered , and after a time' the men recovered , without any very serious consequences ;

      ' " ; _Fibb _, in A Gas-Works . —On Sunday last a _sj ' ight explosion took place at the Gaytborn _Gas-st _/ _. tJon , Manchester , in one of the retort-houses , _wJ- _jere a quantity of gas had been permitted to escapo . Fortunately , it was not of a violent character . , and the onlv damage done was _the'displacement of some ventilating grids over flues leading from ' th ' retorthouse . Soon ' afterwards a large volv ' _. _mei ' of flame was seen issuing from the top of the immense gasometer , which is Bituated in _anotr- . er part of the

      yard , arid the greatest fears were *' entertained lest the whole contents should ignite , and a _toirino explosion be the result ; Wise preo llutionarj' measures were adopted by the masters of the station , and in the course of an hour , by the exertions of _tHefirebrigado , the flame' was _extW _guished . ' The hole in the gasometer is ' supposed to have been made by some heavy ,-hard mate * ia . _V' projected from the flue by the previous _explosion . The principal'loss will bo in the waste of gas _> f whioh twenty or thirty pounds ' worth was ep . nsumed . ' ' '• " - '

      An . Agent _heib .. iiablb fob a . Debt due by his Principal . —Atthe district County Court , held at Aylesbury , on trl 6 29 th ult , the case of ' " Smith v . Bull was heard .. . This was a claim for £ 12 Us . 3 d . for work dor , 0 and performed . The plaintiff ia a builder , an lives at Wendover aiid the defendant is a land _agent andrelieving officer of tha Aylesbury Union , - residing at Ashton Clinton . ' From the evidenea adduced it appeared that in the month of W _^ b V j 1846 ,. the plaintiff received _inSK h ym the , o efendantto do certain , work at cS . _Jarm , A 8 hton JClmton , which was > rfofmel 3 he bill WMKmt . mtt foUwjlng ' January , Some time afterwards April 1847 ) the bill was retuSd by post , and on the plaintiff again seeing ; tg £ {

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      fendant the latter told , him to , make put the _, bill to the ; Dufce bf , ' Buckihghat _ . He did so , aiid a ' pplie'd several times to the duke ' B agent '' at Stpwe , " but without receiving' payment of the account / The plaintiff , when some cottages were- to be sold iat Wendover , went to Mr . Bull , and wished ; to purchase , upon condition that bis bill was to be placed as a set-off , but the defendant ! refused to accede to that request . For the defence it . was contended that ' , as the _plaintiffhad executed _theworkfiir the Duke of Buckingham , at Weston Turville , through Mr . Bull , the defendant , and as he was quite aware of the latter ' actingin the capacity of agent to the Duko of Buckingham , Mr . Bull was therefore not answerable for the present claim .- Mr . Bull was then exafc . jmt the latter . told him to make out the _. hill to

      mined , when he stated that at the time he engaged the plaintiff to do the work he told him it was for the Duke of Buckingham . With respect to the cottages , when the plaintiff applied to him ( Mr . Bull ) about them , ho told him thafc ho could not allow the set-off , because the estates had passed from the Duke of Buckingham to Lord _Chandbs ; and he could not pay the debts of the former out of the produce of the estates of the latter . —In summing up , his Honour commented in strong terms on the conduct of the defendant in the case in allowing it to come before a court of justice . He could hot be surprised at any defence that might be made by tlie humbler classes , when such an unjust defence had been set up by so _respeetable a person as the

      defendant . ; The only , point , too , in the defence tended more to confirm the plaintiff's case than to upset it . It was with the greatest pain that he heard a person acting as agent for a noble duke say that when a tradesman applied to hini for settlement of a just debt , it could not be paid out ot the . produce of the estate becauso it had passed out of the duke ' s into the Marquis of Chandos ' _s hands . Upon consideration of the whole matter lief must order a judgment to be entered for the plaintiff for the debt and costs . —Immediate payment ordered ; Attempted Suicide .-John Blower , fwho cut his throat immediately after he was , sentenced to seven years' transportation at the last quarter sessions , on Tuesday _mornincr made another attempt at

      selfdestruction . . When the unhappy man was let out of his sleeping cell to go into the day-room , he run against the angle of a stone wall ,, butting his head agatn 8 tit with all his force , breaking the scalp from ' the forehead to the crown . _•; -. Disturbance between the 11 th Hussars and Civilians at ' Ipswich . —About half-past eleven o ' clock on Saturday night last , the inhabitants of St . Matthew ' s and _Westgate streets , Ipswich , were disturbed from their slumbers by several low fellows assaulting two of the privates of the llth Hussars , now stationed in the Ipswich'barracks . The two soldiers were , according to the statements of two or three most respectable persons , brutally treated . It appears that about'the time mentioned above , the

      two : soldiers entered the shop of Mr . Eade , wine andispirit merchant , where they saw a female , the wife of one of their comrades , whom a man named West , afsawyer , and another named Rivers , apainter , i were insulting . The two soldiers remonstrated with the men for such unmanly conduct , but the latter still fcontinued to abuse the ' soldiers and the woman , who did all they ' possibly , could to prevent any ; disturbance ; but finding Rivers and "West determined to commit a breach of the peace , the soldiers left , ; and were . proceeding quietly down the street , when _they perceived that they were being followed by nearly twenty persons , f When the soldiers arrived opposite to the , ' Crown and'Anchor both'their caps Were knocked off by a mob , who

      illused them hv a most cowardly way ; After several skirmishes , the soldiers got the worst of it ,. their _beiti _^ about fifty persons present at this time v Some of whom jumped upon the soldiers when lying in the ; road , kicked and otherwise ' ill-treated them . The soldiers then beat a retreat , but they' had hot reached beyond Mr . Read ' s , watchmaker and jeweller , before they were again overtaken . After they had again met . with most brutal treatment at the hands of the mob , the soldiers once more managed to get away from them , one running up Globe-lane , and the other round _MrV Churchman ' s corner , pursued by their assailants , who were halloing and making a great noise , much to the annoyance ofthe peaceable * inhabitants .: The soldier who ran up

      Globe-lane fortunately got clear away from his pursuers , but the other poor fellow was not ' so fortunate , nnd finding them too close at his heels to be pleasant , he ' ran into the' house occupied by Mr . Rowlaon , nearly opposite the Temperance Hall , and begged protection . Mr . Rowlson had much difficulty . in keeping , some portion of the-people from entering his house . Some of them , demanded that the-soldier should be given up to tliem , and even intimated that unless their orders' were attended tothey would break open Mr . Rowlson ' s house . In the meantime , police constable Cole , Bloomfield , and Ponder , came up , and they , . in a short time , escorted the soldier to the barracks , followed by a large number of persons shouting ¦

      and making a great noise . One of the soldiers had his lip cut open , and the other sustained such severe injuries that he was taken to the _hospital . The soldiers assaulted _. we are informed , are t wo of the best conducted men in the regiment . On the following night ( Sunday ) , a party of ten or twelve soldiers belonging to the llth Hussars _^ comrades of the two soldiers who were assaulted by'the civilians on the previous night , sallied forth with the evident determination to make an , attack upon the parties , some of whom it appears were well known to them . For this purpose they proceeded to the Royal William'Bowling-green , where they found West ( one of the men who had originated the quarrel ) , and a ' person named Jordan . A _slieht row here

      took place between them , which resulted in West and Jordan being rather roughly handled by the soldiers in the public road ; but the former managed to escapo froni his assailants . About halfpast eleven o ' clock , tenor twelve soldiers again met West and Jordon opposite the Feathers" public house , in Westgate-Btreet , when they made another attack upon them . The soldiers bad taken off their jackets , ' one of their comrades holding them . Some of _thesoldiers were at this time armed with short sticks , which they used pretty freely upon the heads and persons of , West and Jordan , so much so , that _Jordam ' s head was broken open , and he was taken to Mr . Sampson ' s surgery , where his wounds were bound up . West _^ after the fray , was picked up

      quite insensible , and conveyed to his home by two of-the polioe . Information having been given to the guard at the barracks , a picquet , was at once sent out in search of the soldiers . —Ipswich Express . Suicide fkom Jealousy . —On Sunday , William Coates , an innkeeper at Darlington , committed a most -determined act of suicide by placing the muzzle of a double-barrelled gun in his mouth , and discharging the contents , causing immediate death . The coroner ' s inquest was held'on Monday , when it appeared that the deceased had for some time entertamed suspicion of the virtue of his- wife , who had lately been addicted to drinking ;' ' Some circumstances having occurred on Monday week to confirm his suspicions , he turned his wife out of doors , and

      remained during the rest ofthe week in a state of great nervous excitement and , despondency . On Sunday night ho closed his house , apd put an end to , ' his existence as- described ; " A" letter was found _ini the pocket of deceased , addressed to the ooroner , in which he stated his intention and the cause of it j and requested that the little , property he possessed , might be divided , equally between his two children . " . The jury returned a verdict of ' " Temporary Insanity . ; " ' Gbbat _Conixacbation in Hunwnodonshibb . —On Monday night the village of Harboys , St . Ives , was thrown into , the greatest confusion by the sudden outbreak of afire , which involved in flames ahd reduced to' ashes a large farmhouse , with all

      its stock of hay and straw , and twenty-one Cottages , the inhabitants of which are now sheltered in the church-, which was instantly opened for their reception . It originated from some children playing with lucifer matches near some hay and straw , which ignited , and as' quickly spread" its flames , that although the Ramsgate and ' the St . Ives engines were instantly on the ¦ spot ahd in full play , they could not check their fury before tho : above-named destruction took place . About three years ago , the village pf Newingham , not far removed from Harboys , was burned ndwn by a girl ' throwinga box of

      warm oinders on a dust-heap ; when a high wind carried ; them to the adjoining hay-ricks , - and the flames caught the . cottages , burning them to the * ground . A collection is being made on behalf o the poor houseless villagers of Harboys . A _nuuouB n ; asrifainthi 8 oity ( Exeter ) on Monday that Mr . Dive ' tf had obtained the appointment of Clerk to the House of Commons , ' vacant by the death of the late Mr . Ley . " As this would compel _•^ he hon . member to give tip his seat for the city , which has become very precarious , the liberal electors are on the qui vive , and several gentlemen have been named as candidates . The conservatives are

      also preparing for any event of the _kind that may happen . We give tha report as we have heard iti without any authority for its correctness . —Western Luminary . ' ¦ ' ¦ - ' •'' '¦• - ¦ •' •¦ _= _.- ¦ - ' - •" ¦ ¦ ¦ _* . ¦ . ' The Brick-makers at _As-iton-under-Line . — _lOn Saturday last . P . Morris , * T . - Barker , T . Fitz-, ' morris , •; Tic Jackson , James Philips , and William Forrest , . . were charged by Mr . Newton , chief constable , with conspiracy , and were committed to take their trial atthe ensuing assizes at Liverpool . They were , however , allowed to give bail for their appearance , * themselves ; inf . £ 50 each , and' two sureties in £ 25 each . . _'¦' . ' ' _-. . ¦' , " : ' - _,. _-- . - ¦ -

      Termination of a _Tuhn-out . —The power-loom weaversand other hands at Messrs . Rothwell and Grundy ' s , cotton mill , Liinefield ,, Bury , who have been on the strike about ei ght ' weeks , resumed their : work on Tuesday morning , ' the masters haying ; agreed ttf give ' _the'hahds _; the _' _pWcethey wanted . ,: - ; Rochdale 'Savings ' BANK _.-i _^ The Righ ' t'IIoh . iFox Maule , _^ Secretary , at War , ' has . given , orders that all those pensioners who had' deposits in the _Rbci ' ndtkle Savings Bank , shall havo their dividend made up to 20 s . in the , pound . ' " ' "¦ '' '' _, , 7 , v _* , j ! ' RBVRB 8 EHTATI 0 i _« '' 0 _r THB UNIVERSITY OF _CAMbrid-36 , _*—According to present appearances there is

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      every probability ofa contested election , and that between two , Conservatives , viz : —Mr . Walpole and Mr .: Cowling . It is alleged by Mr . ' Cowling ' s sup . porters ; that he came forward only after ! Mr . Walpole had been , solicited to stand without avail . There is as yet . no authentic announcement of the intention pf a candidate in the _^ Liberal interest to offer him « self . Mr . Macaulay has positively declined to stand in the Liberal interest . 'every probability ofa contested election , and that

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      Death by a Pall from a Precipice . —A letter from Glasgow , written on Friday , informs us that Mr . Duncan Grant , of Newhall , was killed on the 28 th ult , by a fall from Ben Nevis . He had gone on a pleasure excursion , and his remains were discovered on the . following day at the . foot of the precipice friahtfully mutilated . Thb North , British Mail } of Monday , mentions ' that forgeries have been commi' ted byan agent in Glasgow upon an extensive tea firm : in London , to the amount of nearly £ 1 , 0 . 00 . The alleged forger is supposed to have sailed for America ..

      According to the books of the Town Treasurer of Inverness , the streets of that burgh were first swept at the public expense , by order of tbe Duke of Cumberland , after the battle of Culloden . The following is the entry , dated 1746 . — Paid , labouring men for _keeping the streets and . kennels clean ,, by order of the . magistrates , upon a message from bis Royal Highness , the Duke of Cumberland , from the 19 th of April to the 23 H bf August , £ 4 . 12 s " The Douglass Mill , belonging to Messrs . . Gilroy , at Dundee , was destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning . Nothing but the bare walls remain .

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      Dublin . —The Tenant League , —From the minutes of the week's proceedings of the Tenant League , we learn that active exertions havo been made in the way of preparations for the provincial meetings recommended in the address of the preceding week . Arrangements" have been made for four county meetings in Lei ns ter , viz . —in Meath _, Westmeath , Kilkenny , and " Wexford , and it is expected the result will bef the complete organisation of these districts . ' Many ' of the leading men in each district have been written to , and , as the report states , the most encouraging assurances have been received from thero . . Extracts from several

      communications from the active friends of the tenant agitation throughout the country , appear in the weekly minutes of the League , and these give ample reason'to conclude that the efforts of the League will be . most strenuously supported in the provinces . Several ofthe letters from . the . south were _, from Roman Catholic clergymen , who show-themselves among the staunchest and most earnest friends of tenant right . _••*; _-.. - ... - v The Austrian government having * says the Even ing' Post , r placed 53 , 200 at the disposal of the Synod for the relief of the ; . distressed poor of- Ireland , the allocation of that sum was made— £ 1 , 200 for the relief of the province of Munster , ' £ 1 , 200 for a similar purpose in Connaught , and £ 800 , we believe , equally between'L _eTnsfer and Ulster .

      Emigration . —The Nation' of Saturday contains the following : —" The Right Rev . Dr . Burns Roman Catholic Bishop of Arkansas , in the United States of America , is at present in Dublin . He will be accompanied back' to his diocese immediately by a clergyman and upwards bf 600 subtantial farmers , from one district in the county of Wexford . A number of ladies of the Sisters of Mercy have also signified their intention to accompany his lordship . The situation fixed upon for this colony lies between Little Rock and Van Burin , and his lordship describes the land as abounding with fruit and corn . Habvest Prospects . —Out of the vast mass of

      provincial papers which reached Dublin on Saturday there are not more than half a dozen which make any allusion to the progress , of the . harvest J and of such as do refer to the subject all but one speak favourably of the prospect . From the midland counties , and Donegal ahd Tyrone in the northern province , the reports are satisfactory ; but in Sligo it , is stated that at least one-half of the potato crop is gone , and the remainder "in a most grievous state . " For the rest ofthe country silence may be fairly constructed as good news , The weather has been extremely fine fov the last three days , and the mercury has been gradually rising to " set fair . "

      Sales of _Excumdered Estates . —One of the finest properties that has yet come under the operation of the Encumbered Estates Act , is now in the market , and , unless previously disposed of by private contract , will be offered for public sale in the month of January next . It consists of the Eillymoon estates of Colonel Stewart , situate in the county pf Tyrone , and containing 4 , CC 3 acres , yielding ! a rental of nearly £ 3 , 800 per annum . Lord Goiigh , while on a visit to the north of Ireland , was said to be in treaty for this property , and it is still believed that his Lordship , if he do not become the purchaser of an estate in one of the midland counties , will be a candidate for the ownership of Killymoon . Tlie present proprietor is also the petitioner in this case .

      Reduction of Rents . —Lord Cremorne , one of the best landlords in . Ireland , has issued a circular to the tenantry on his extensive estates in tbe county of Monnghan , signifying" inter alia , his Lordship ' s intention to make an abatement of rent _commensurato with the present low prices of Droduce . The merit of this timely sacrifice is enhanced by tho well-known fact , that in " good times" the lands were let at a low rate , but that it is only by making a further reduction that the noble owner can carry out the maxim of " Live and let live . "

      Government Patronage , —Tho law nppointments are definitively arranged , and the leading prize has fallen tothe share of Mr . Henry Baldwin , who has heen appointed one of the judges , of the Insolvent Court . The vacant barristership has been conferred upon Mr . Gibson , who some years ago sat in Parliament as the' Whig representative for the borough of Belfast . Both appointments are regarded _as-quite unexceptionable . The lucrative office of Collector-General of Taxes , under the-New , Dublin Improvement Bill , whicli public report had long since given to Mr . Maurice O'Connell , the member for Tralee , has been bestowed on Mr . Alderman Staunton , whose name is identified with Irish journalism as . the founder and

      proprietor of the Register newspaper , wliich for many years ' was the recognised organ of the late Mr . O'Connell , and- the record , as it were , ofthe proceedings of the once Celebrated Catholic Association . Value op Convent Property in Ireland . —The Anglo Celt , Cavan paper , says , " The present convent property In Ireland is stated to be worth upwards of £ 700 , 000 . " Serious _Affrat near Ballinasloe . —Rescue of Cattle . —The Western Star contains the following statement . — "On Wednesday last Mr . John Kelly , poor-rate collector , proceeded with three assistants , named Murray , Gavan , and Kenny , to distrain for poor-rates due by a man named , Turley—the amount £ 11 ' 3 s . After going on the lands of B ;> llyinana _, ' and seizing eleven head of cattle , several people collected and succeeded in rescuing the cattle , with the exception of one cow . Some blows were given

      on both sides , - when Mr . Kelly and his men were attacked with stones . Murrav was struck by a stone on the forehead , which forced the blond through his ears and nose ; and Mr . Kelley was hit on the back of his head and some other parts of his body . He had a doubled-barrelled pistol in his hand , and when knocked down two or three of the ' rescuers' held him , wrested the pistol from his hand , searched his side pocket for another pistol , which they got , and when taking it out also took £ 50 in notes , ' either through mistake or design . So Mr . Kelly states . Mr . Kelly and his party ,, however , got away , and came into town , when Murray , who received such dreadful injuries , was put into the hospital . He is the only support of a widowed mother . We understand that the lands on which the seizure was made were waste , and the cattle found there belonged to a number of poor farmers living inthe neighbourhood . "

      State of the _Cotjnibt . — . On the second-day ' s sitting of the Synod at Thurles , the parish priest of . Ennistyraore entered the corridor , and , havingmade his salaam , delivered the following appeal : * ' My Lords , —An humble priest from' the wilds of Clare , fresh from the graves and skeletons of . that desolated county , assumes the . liberty of throwing out most respectfully a few observations , 'hot by ' way of dictation , but for the . kihd _' _consideration of this great council . Ireland , * my lords , is our coun- ' try ; it is the home of our sires and the land of our love . It is a lovely land , blessed by Heaven with innumerable advantages . . But , my lords , 'it is ti land , of suffering and sorrow . A combination of circumstances has operatedfor its ruin . Its _childrenhave _; . n-mowed down in thousands , and are dying still under that lawless ; power which crushed the energies of a nation and robbed it of its pride and independence .: Extermination , sanctioned by English

      law—tyranny unheard of in the annals of ' earliest _sufferin g- _^ Whig ' _systehi ' s , ' destined to * kill and slay out" countrymen—have nearly done their worst ; Our _poorhouses are crowded with the dying and the dead ; our towns and hamlets swarm with aopeless victims , ' hunted from their mountain homes ; and the roads and' byeWays are strewn with walking spectres whosegroansand sighs drag ' apang from the most callous heart ; Oh j' my lords , shall not this murderous system have an end ? Will ' not the combined wisdom of this august oouncil , led on by the representatives ofthe Holy See , influenced by the mighty _eloquence . of the . star of Tuani , h ) s cbuhtry' 8 ' pride _ahd'his ' _people's ' treasnre , ihake an effort to arrest ' our ruin ? ( The Archbishop of Tuara bowed' his " acknowledgments ;) ' Oh this day -will form anerainthe annals of the Catholic church . ¦ My , ) heart swells _. _withjdeljghtrTmy conviction _^ _bis-; pers jto _., my mind that . you , . iny lords , _yt \\\ romon * ' 8 trate ' wlthEhgliBh ' power—that ' you will address Royalty itself in behalf of a people that would die

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 7, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07091850/page/6/