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      IlEALTII OF Lo . VDO . Y DCBIXG THE "WEEK — The _S _nST' 9 _^^ n the w _^ kendinj _S £ n _^ i _l _' T _^' 796 ' ' of wh _«* _« were by _fc _? hy _duvvrhoea . The mortality exceeds _Srr _^ f _^ _T . eeL The greatest number ever _registered before in any week since 1840 , was _Ztt f _f ' m _ft 8 week eaiia S December 4 , 1847 , -when the last epidemic of influenza- prevailed . In the cholera epidemic of 1832 , parish clerks , in the 014 bins of mortality , returned 1 , 021 burials for the -w ee * endiug August 28 ; which , allowing forthe detects in their returns , and for increase of population , arc equivalent to * 2 , 450 deaths at the present time . The burials after that week in 1832 declined . The mortality is nearly three timi * s tbe average of

      the season , and is sensibly felt aU over the metropolis ; but the inhabitants of the north and west districts , and people in the distance , can yet scar- ' cely form a notion ofthe suffering on tbe south side ofthe Thames , and since the middle of August , in the east districts . " The 12 th , 13 th , and 14 th of August , " says one of the registrars of Bethnalgrees , " will long be remembered hi thc neighbourhood , the outbreak of this fatal disease being without any adequate preparation ; surgeons were ¦ wanted in many places at once ; the hurried passing and repassing of messengers , and the wailing of relatives filled the streets with confusion and woe , and impressed on all a deep sense of an awful calamity . " Cholera has already destroyed in this

      epidemic , nine thousand one hundred and twentynine lives in London . As it is one of the purposes ofthe Registration Act to ascertain the - 'causes of death , " and of the weekly tables , not to gratify idle curiosity , but to point these out to the public , the registrars Live been requested to give all the information they can respecting thc state of every part of their districts . This many of them have taken considerable pains to do , and their notes will , it is hoped , be found serviceable to the guardians and medical inspectors now and at future times . For it is important to bear in mind that cholera onlv brings into a strong light the localities wliich elaborate

      calculations mthe annual reports prove are at all times fatal to the health and life ofthe inhabitants . After the perils of this terrible week we seem to see land ; bat as many thousands of lives may be lost in an epidemic by negligence , so , many thousands may bs saved by skill , vigilance , and energy—by more ample supplies of water , by the rapid removal of nuisances from the houses and streets by the prompt administration of medical appliances and other comforts , by the active co-operation of the medical profession , of the board of guardians , of employers , of every householder , of every individual , with the board of health and health officers .

      Extexsive Robberies . —On Saturday last information was received by the police that the George and Tulture Hotel , Cornhill , had been entered by thieves and plundered of £ 400 worth of foreign gold and silver coin ; the residence of Couut Latour , 79 , Great Ticiifield-strect , of a quantity of gold plate and jewels , value £ 350 ; the Hon . ' Mr . _<* . Holmes , _Westow-lodge , Tiise Hill , of silver plate , valued at £ 260 ; and E . Morris , Esq ., Argle-lodge , Clapham , of silver plate , valued at £ 80 , and forty sovereigns . _Fibe is _CuEMExr _' s _Isaf . —On SuBday morning , shortly after two o ' clock , a fire , which was nearly attended with a melancholy loss of life , occurred npon the premises of Mr . " IV . Taylor , 12 , Clcment ' sinn-passage , Strand . The flames were first discovered by police constable 2 fo . 96 F ., at wbich period they were raging apparently in the first or ground floor . The smoke , at thc same time , was rushing forth from every window in the building . Thc

      constable raised an instant alarm , and after repeatedly knocking at tbe door he succeeded in arousing the occupant of the first floor , a gentleman of the name of Foster , who , having got to thc front window , Avas just in the act of throwing himself out , when he recollected that a man and his wife Avere sleeping on the floor above . To that part of the house Mr . Foster made , when he awoke the persons who were there sleeping , and having dragged them to the first floor window he lowered them down , and afterwards jumped out himself . Several engines soon attended , and the firemen were enabled to get the conflagration extinguished by five o ' clock , but not until the premises in which it began were destroyed , and those adjoining on either side extensively damaged . One of the parties who was assisting to get the fire out fell from a hi gh wall , and was so severely injured as to be obliged to be taken to thc hospital . The origin of the disaster is unknown . Thc sufferers were " uninsured .

      Alarming Fire and Robbery ax W & usowih . — On Monday night between the hours of nine and ten _o'c _' _Dck , a fire which caused great alarm and did considerable ( Image , broke out upon the premises beIoi * . _* 2 in _*» to Jlr . Woods , a wholesale furnishing ironmong r , carrying on business at No . 6 , Mount-place , _Walwo-th-road , within a short distance of Camberwell-gatc . The flames when first perceived were _H-jang in the _fr' -nt shop , and , although an instant alarm - as given , and assistance promptly attended , the fire speedily gained complete _possession of the lower pa"t of the premises , and the flames were rushing half-way _across the road . The fire assuming such an alarming aspect great fears were entertained for the safety of a woman who had been confined a few hours previously . Some cf the _inhabitants entered the plifc . bnt it was with great difficulty that they conld prevent the poor creature from rushine into

      the st _* cet with her inf _> nt What makes the case more distressing is . that the woman lo ; t her husband with cholera a few days since . The engines quickly attended , and as s' _-i-n as water could be procured , they wire set to work , but the fire could not be extinguished until the lower portion of thc premises was craipl tely destroyed , and the upper part much damaged by fire and water . Thc origin of the fire is unknown . It appears that Mr . and Mrs . Woods went fc > the Flora-Gardens , leaving the shopboy to close ,-and shortly after puttim : up the shutters-, the fire _vj a ? seen by some one passing thc shor _* . "While the fire was burnin _** - two persons were detected by Serg'wit Jullien , in the act of removing some of the prop _** r * y from the premises . Tie succeeded in _capturin- *; one of the _persons , who was locked up in tbe sSation-bou _' _-e . Fortunately , the sufferer was insure- "! .

      Scev ! _-: at a BcniiL . —On Sunday afternoon a scene of somewhat singular and novel character took place at t _* j-- burial ground of the district church of St . Pete 's , off the Waiworth-road . It appeals that in the early part of last week , a man named Gothard who hud for many years carried <> n the business of a _greeri-i-mciT , in East-lane , Walworth , was _seiz-d with h'dera , and after a short but f evere illness was carriei ! off by that frightful epidemic . The deceased had b en -cniarkable for the care and attention "bestow ? - * ' upon a favourite donkey , purchased by him twenty-six ve <* rs ago . Such was his affection f « r bis _"Moak , " as he called him , that it was his practice on every Christmas day to give him the first cut of the p uinh-pudding , a treat which the animal seemed

      to enjoy , as he eat the p ' ummy delicacy with the greatest avidity , and washed it d wn with a pint of stron" ale . _Ev-n on his death-bed Gothard did not forget his favourite for in his will he directed that thc do _kr-y . should follow bim to his prave as chief mourner . ' 1 his extraordinary request soon got wind in the n' _- * * ghhourhood , and at the time appointed for the funeral s _** me thousands of persons as-embled in the churchyard . The _authorises connected with the church determined that such an unseemly exhibition should not bs _alb ' _-. ved . The friends in consequence detennii'cd only to lead the donkey as f ; ir as tbe end ofE . i--t-l . ine . During this portion of the mournful

      _procc-Mon thc animal walked at tbe head of fourteen couple of mourner- * , with crape tied round its ear * . So _srp-it was the crowd about the church that the aid ofth' _-pilice _wes obliged to le called in to prevent seme thousands from _forcir-g their way into the church _.-r , d churchyard , sfter the corpse . Order was with some difficulty preserved , sni the burial servic Avas performed by thc Rev . Mr . _O'Uiley , one of the -urates . Fatal Accidest . —On Saturday last an inquest was held beiore Mr . Wakley , jun . " , at the Middlesex Hospital , on the body of Joha Smith , aged fiftythree . The deceased was connected with various

      racing and betting-houses m Westminster , and resided in St . Ann's-conrt , Soho-squarc . lie was of very intemperate habits , and , when in a state of intoxication , he would challenge any person to run or jump with him for a wager . On the previous Wednesday evening , whilst in a state of drunkenness , he ran a race of 200 yards with a youth named Smith , in Swan-alley , Wardour-street , and , when within five yards of the end of the contest their sbouidcrs accidentally touched , the force of wliich _causul the deceased to fall sideways on the pavement . His head struck the ground with great force , and , when pieked up , he was found in an insensible condition . He was removed to the above hospital , where be died the next day , from a fracture of the skull and injury to thc brain .

      _Gjioti-tt to a Child . —At an inquest held on Monday hy Mr . J . W . Payne , deputy-coroner for the "ity , at the Goldsmiths' Arms , Southwark , on the body of an infant , aged two years , alleged to have died of cholera , the following gross case of cruelty was detailed : —The mother of the infant was a street-walker , and she rented the half of a back kitchen in a house in Rodney-street , and in this miserable place—not- large enough to admit a bedstead—she lived with a man with wbom she cohabited , aud with her infant child . She was constantly out , as was also her companion , and the child u- * ed * o be left , locked in this den without anv

      one to care for it for many hours together . On Satuv . lr . y last , when the mother was out , a woman residing in the same house entered the room through the window . The child appeared to be dead , as it ¦ was lying quite motionless upon a chair cushion . She took it up , and Avhilst she was looking at it the companion ofthe mother entered the place . He was told tliat tho child was in a dying state , and he replied , that it was all d—d stuff , the child was very well . _JIc put a sheet over it , and went out . The mother returned at four in the morning , and as

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      soon as she could she procured some medicine and administered it . A , medical gentleman who came to see another child in the house saw this infant , and hc directed that it should be wrapped in blankets , and some beef-tea given to it . The mother paid no attention to theso directions , and went out as usual , leaving the child alone . Mr . llendall , a surgeon , saw the child on Thursday , and rave the mother an order for some beef , which she obtained , and after boiling it for a short time she ate it herself , giving the liquor to the child . The child was also to he placed in a warm bath , which the mother also neglected . Thc mother used to beat the poor infant in a shameful manner , and

      often wished it dead . When it died on Friday she said , "Thank God , my hands are free at last . " [ This witness was severely reprimanded by the coroner for not informing the police ofthe conduct and expressions ofthe mother , ] Jlr . Rcndell , a surgeon , prored that the child died of diarrhoea ; of course , the neglect it had experienced would be prejudicial to it , but the noxious influences of the loc ality were such that he could not venture to state that the treatment the child had received from its _Bavage mother had caused death . The coroner having adverted to theso facts and to the opinion given by Mr . Rendell , the jury returned a verdict of " _natural Death . "

      Suicide of a Sergeant in the Guards . — On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . Wakley , jun ., at the Canteen , in St . John ' s Wood Barracks , on the body of David Smith , aged 42 years , late a quartermaster-sergeant of the 1 st battalion of Coldstream Guards . —Robert Martin , a private in tho same regiment said , about ten minutes past six o ' clock on Saturday morning witness saw , through the window ofthe store-room , the _deceasedhanging near the wall . Witness instantly gave an alarm , and on entering the store-room with Sergeant Sheeden they found the deceased suspended by a cord which was fastened to a wooden peg inthe wall . There was a noose in thc rope which was round his neck , and the other end of the cord the deceased held firmly in his band . The deceased was instantly cut

      down , hut life was found to be quite extinct . Witness had seen the deceased about ten minutes before the _discoA'ery , when the deceased came out of his quarters which adjoins the store-room , with only his shirt and drawers on , and after looking about for tbe space ofa half minute , he went in , and witness did not see him again alive . The deceased had been very desponding for some time past , and on Friday last he appeared as if he was not in liis right senses . —Sergeant-major Harrold stated that tbe deceased had been twenty-tbree years in the regiment , and about three years since , in consequence ofhis good conduct and behaviour , he was raised to tbe rank of quartermaster-sergeant . He was a married man , and had four children . He had been very low spirited for several days past , on account ofhis wife ' s illness . Tlie jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

      _Cbceltv to an Idiot . —On Monday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Anchor public-house , Goldenlane , St . Luke ' s , touching the death of Samuel Cook , an idiot , aged 47 years . The deceased was a very harmless person , hut was constantly being followed by a crowd of boys in Golden-lane , who were in the habit of annoying him , beating and kicking him , and knocking him upon the head . A short time since he was hooted by upwards of twenty boys , who kicked him most severely upon the legs , and worried hun for upwards of an nour . He

      afterwards complained of pains in his stomach , and had never been well since that time . He died on Thursday week . —Mi . Powell , surgeon , had made a post mortem examination ofthe body , and attributed death to water on the brain . He was of ' opinion that death had been accelerated by fright . —The Coroner said this case was a most difficult one , as it was impossible to know who had been engaged in heating and frightening the deceased . —The jury consulted , and after a long deliberation , returned a verdict of " _Xatural death , hut his death may have heen accelerated by excitement and fright . "

      Meuxcuo _* ct _Dsath of an Aetist . —An inquest was held on Tuesday , before Mr . Langham , at the Plough public-house , on ' view ofthe body of Mr . George Lytler , aged 62 years , an artist , and author of the *• Pictorial Alphabet , " as used by the Royal Family . It appeared from the evidence of Mr . D . G . Laing , of No . 2 , Villers-street , Strand , and others , that the deceased had travelled a good deal , and was well known to the literati in London and abroad . He formerly held the appointment of a draughtsman to the late Duke of Gloucester . From his childhood he had exhibited much eccentricity of manner , andhe always abhorred the idea of any person entering his apartments , and it was only by stratagem that his room was ever cleansed . Some time since he met with a pecuniary

      misfortune , andeversincehehad been indolent , and was very slothful in his appearance . For the last two years he had occupied , unknown to his family , who are highly respectable , residing in Edinburgh , a small back ' room , at No . 32 , Clcment's-lane , for which he paid four shillings per week . lie was in very indigent circumstances , and about twelve months ago an appeal was made to the profession and persons whom he had known in his prosperity , by which an annuity of £ 20 per anmwi was raised for his support for thc remainder ofhis life , Avhich he got from Mr . Laing in instalments weekly , ne was last seen alive on Thursday Aveek , and he then appeared in his usual health . On Monday evening last a most dreadful stench was experienced in the house by the lodgers , who found it to proceed from

      tbe deceased ' s room . The door was subsequently broken open , and the effluvium that escaped from the room was so great , that the police constables and Mr . Lovet , the surgeon , were compelled to return down stairs , and were afterwards attacked with violent sickness . Mr . Lovet obtained a quantity of chloride of lime , and returned again to the room . After using the lime very freely , he was enabled to enter the room , and found the deceased lying by the side ofthe bed , as if hc had fallen from it by accident . The body av _. is most shockingly decomposed , and the deceased appeared to have been dead some days . Tlie room , wliich had never been cleansed since he had lived there , presented a most disgusting and filthy sight . Mr . Walker , surgeon , attributed death to apoplexy , and the jury returned a verdict to that effect .

      Alleged Poisoning is * rnE Cm \—An inquest was held on Tuesday before Mr . Payne , at the Ward School-rooms , Philip-Mo , on the body of Martha Gilliam , aged 59 , avIiosc death took place on Sunday last . The deceased resided in Cock-: ourt , Philip-lane , and she bad for the last eighteen years lived with a man named Holmes . On Sunday afternoon some children at play in the court happened to look in at the _Avindow of the deceased ' s room , when they saw her lying upon thc table quite dead , andthe body disposed ' in the usual manner . An alarm avas given , and much excitement having arisen , thc door of the room was forced . It was generally known that the deceased belonged to a burial club , that the man Holmes was expected to

      rccivc the money as her representative , and it was rumoured that her death was caused by poison . Further inquiry showed that the deceased had been very ill with diarrha * a and vomiting on Friday . She refused to sec any medical man , and died on Suuday morning , _ifolmes immediately went and informed her sister , who came and laid her out , and they then went avray , locking the room after them , and * withoutstnting anything of the death . Holmes was afterwards seen with the card relating to the burial club , and lie stated that be was entitled to £ 14 . The Coroner desired that Holmes should be sent for , but it appeared that hc was quite

      intoxicated , and incapable of giving coherent replies fo questions addressed to him . One of the committee ofthe burial club , however , stated that the money would not be paid to Holmes , but to tho sister of the woman , who was her only legal representative . The sum claimed was £ 11 10 s . —Mr . Sparkcs , of Finsbury-placc , a surgeon , stated that he examined the body at the request of Mr . Maclellan , a churchwarden , and Mr . Hooper , the registrar . There was no reason to suspect any violence ; the death in his opinion arose from cholera . The jury , after a lengthened consultation , found that tlie deceased had Died of Asiatic Cholera . "

      Shocking Accident at "Messrs . _Cubiti ' s Works . —An inquest was held on Wednesday before Mr . II . L . Langham , at the "Westminster Hospital , on the body of Thomas Mead , aged fifty-one . Deceased was engineer at thc mill works of Messrs . Cubitt , Thames Bank , and was at his usual occupation , that of arranging thc shafts and straps of the mechanism of the engine , on Monday morning about nine o ' clock , when the accident happened . Thc engine was going at a very rapid , though usual pace , turning its drum sixty " times in the course of a minute ,

      and the deceased was engaged in connecting the straps of the saws with those of the engine . Tbis was done by means ofthe screws , and while holding one ofthe straps , forgettin-rto let go the other , he was dragged round the cylinder and thrown on the floor , his arm having been completely severed from the body . Assistance was immediately procured , and hc Avas at once taken to the above hospital , where he expired four hours after liis entrance . In answer to a juror witness observed that a similar accident has not occurred in the works for upwards of ten years . Verdict , " Accidental Death . "

      Female Model _Lodcinc-house . —The Society for improving the condition of the labouring classes hu «> -ust opened a model lodging-house in _Hatton-2 _** iiiit _.-n , for unmamed females of good character . The premises arc done up in a style of comfort which is surprising , considering * the moderate charge—2 s . 4 d . a week—payable in advance , for which the accommodation is provided . There is accommodation for about sixty females , each having a separate bed in a separate compartment , and light , fire , washing , and the use of culinary utensils ; everything , in short , Avhich could be had in a private house , except their food , which each inmate provides for herself . There is also a general sitting-room , and a library containing various instructive volumes , all characterised by their nioraltendency .

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      Capture of an Escaped Convict .-Information was received at Woolwich on Saturday last that Wood— " the celebrated Wood " - so cleverly detected by Mr . Field , one of the inspectors ofthe Metropolitan Detective Police , during his recent visit to Paris in search of Manning , is the convict belonging to the Warrior convict shi ** who escaped from Woolwich Dockyard in the daytime about five weeks ago . Althoug h the stolen watch was found in Wood's boot , the authorities of Paris have expressed their readiness to hand him over to the authorities in this country . Wood , whois known b y a number of

      names , was a most daring burglar , aud a bootmaker A . _Ueavabd of £ 100 has been ordered to be offered for the app-ehension of Daniel Devonport , who fired two pistol shots out of a revolver at _Jam-ja Reed , a const Me of Warwickshire , who was escortinghim to prison . What makes the crime of the culprit worse is , the fact that Reed had allowed him the indulgence of calling at his < j _* _hia hw _* , e to procure some things on his way to prison , wliich enabled him to obtain the pistol with which he perpetrated the cowardly and unprovoked attack . The constable lies in a dangerous state from tbe two wounds inflicted upon him . —Observer .

      Incendiarism . —At Rochester , on Monday , the 3 rd inst ., William Collins , aged 42 years , was placed before the Rev . George Davis and Captain Thomas Baker , county magistrates , charged with wilfully setting fire to a wheat stack , value £ 50 , the property of William Joseph Heath , a butcher , at Strood , near Rochester , and who occupies some land near to St-ood-hill . Upon that land Mr . Heath has several wheat slacks placed separately , and at a distance from each other . During midnight of Friday the 30 th ult ., one ofthe stacks , containing about twentyfive quarters of very excellent wheat , Avas discovered on fire , and by two o ' clock in the morning it was totally consumed . William Farshaw , pdice-constable , No . 9 , _wason , dutythenight of the fire , and

      whilst he was _landing by Strood turnpike , about one o ' clock , he observed the prisoner walking hastily towards him from the direction of the lire , and observing that his shoes were very dusty , he stopped him , and after putting several questions , the prisoner confessed to the setting fire to the stack with a lucifer match ; he said he belonged to Yalding , and had been trying to get relief , wliich had been refused him . He went up the hill and al ng the lane towards the Crutches , and seeing the stack which was not thatched , he set fire to the loose straw round it . The policeman searched the _pri-oner a _* "d found on him forty-three Iucifer matches loose in his pockets . The

      prisoner , in answer tothechargi _* , said hehad already given a statement to the superintendent , and refused to say anything more . He was then committed for trial at the next Maidstone assizes .- —Thomas Abrey a young man , was then charged with setting fire to a wheat stack on the night of the 30 th of August last , the property of Mr . Nathaniel Strongball , of Lee Green Farm , Cliff which is about four miles from Rochester ; the stack was of the value of £ 100 . The stack stood on the land , about forty rods from the high road , and it was totally consumed . The prisoner was seen to come from the stack when the fire broke out . The prisoner also was committed to the assizes for trial .

      Murder op Three Children and Suicide bt their Father . —On Monday morning la 9 t , about half-past eleven , a most fearful tragedy took place at East-street , Ipswich , when , a man named Grayson murdered three of his male children , of the respective a <* es . of four yeav 3 , three years , and eight months' old , by cutting their throats with a razor , and afterwavda cutting his own throat with the same instrument . An inquest was held upon the bodies in the afternoon at the Dove Inn , when it appeared , by the testimony adduced , that the father was a painter by trade , about thirty-three years old , and bad been married nearly ten years—the fruit of his marriage being seven children . He was always hind to his wife , fond of his children , and of particularly temperate habits . During the last five or six weeks , however , his appetite failed bim , and he frequently exhibited a strong tendency to

      despondency , arising from the cares of his large family , whom he seemed to apprehend he should not be able properly to bring up . Latterly , he suffered from acute pains in the head , producing lowness of spirits , and he sometimes was heard to say , "I sliall never live to get through my troubles . " On Sunday evening he retired to bed , and appeared to sleep as usual ; but after breakfast on Monday compla ned to his wife that he felt very languid and faint . Shortly after eleven o'clock Mrs . Grayson went shopping into thc town , leaving her husband and children in the house ; but she had not been absent more than half an hour , when she heard the awful tidings of what had occurred . As soon as she returned the shocking spectacle presented itself of the four bodies lying on the ground in the front room , with their throats cut , all dead-a razor lying between her husband ' s legs . It appears tbat no sooner had bis wife left the bouse than the unfortunate man said

      to the three deceased children , who were at the time in the back room , " Come to me here and play in the front room , and I will give you a halfpenny each . " This observation was made by his daughter Emma , aged eight , who was washing up _pfatcs in the adjoining kitchen , and she , in consequence , left the kitchen and stood at the back door , where she saw her father take the babe in his arms and carry him into the front room , the other two children following . She then rtturned to the washhouse , but in a few minutes went into the inner room , whm she beheld her father and three brothers lying dead on the carpet . An alarm was given , and surgical assistance instantly procured , but , of course , it was ineffectual . After a _lengihened examination of several witnesses , the jury returned a verdict . "That Grayson had cut the throats of Arthur , Walter , Frederick , and his own , while in a state of temporary derangement . "

      Wilfoi , Murder at Kingston . —On _Tuesday , Mr . W . Carter concluded an inquiry , at tha Itam Inn , Kingston , concerning the death of a labourer , named 'Ihomas Phillips , aged 21 . who died from the effects of a blow ou the head , inflicted with an iron pin by a drayman of the name of Will am Trigg . On the afternoon of Saturday week , the deceased enlered into a squabble with thc prisoner Trigg , on the road from Kingston to Thames Dit ' . ou . and pulled off his jacket to fight . The prisoner suddenly pulled an iron ** -in from tho dray , and struck the deceased a fearful blow en thc head . He uttered a scream and fell to the ground . Medical assistance being procured he was removed home , and lingered till Thursday evening , when he died . Mr . Ellis ,

      the surgeon who attended him , spoke to the blow on the head having produced death . The coroner having summed up , the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder against William Trigg , " who since the unfortunate event has been in custody of the police . The accused was examined before the magistrate on Saturday , and remanded till the result of the coroner ' s inquiry was kuown . Kidderminster Election . —The nomination of a candidate for the represent nion of this borough , in the room ofthe late Mr . Godson , took place in a field adjacent to the town on Tuesday morning . —The banners and vaiious devices displayed upon t hem were pretty nearly equal , and it may be said in perfect fairness that at the nomination there was little if any

      predomination observable between them . —lhe returning officer ( the mayor ) having ca _^ ed upon any elector to name a candidate , Mr . Boycot , sen ., proposed John Best , Esq . ( _Cuns-rvativc ) , as a fit representative for the borough in parliament . lie had known his young friend from his youth . He admired bis principles : bis birth , parentage , and education , constituted , a sufficient gnrantee lor his future conduct . —Mr . Chellingwoilh seconded tinnomination . The proposition was received wilh mingled groans and _hisses . —Mr . J . Holmes , in proposing Mr . Gisbome , described the honourable candidate as a gentleman of progressive principles . He was in favour of the principles , in virtue of wh ch tliey liad obtained the elective franchise , and his

      conduct in Parliament was a surety for the future . —Mr . Brinton , in seconding the nomination of Mv . Gisbome , stated that it was not upon personal acquaintance , nor from early intimacy , for he had known Mr . Best from his infancy , that he advocated the cause of Mr . Gisbome ; it was upon principle . *—The Mayor having asked whether the electors hud any other candidate to propose , and no reply being given , Mr . Bestaddressed the assembly . He _complained of some personal insult which had been offered to hunself and friends , declared himself an advocate cf old Conservative and Tory measures , and expressed his belief tobe that the opinions he entertained were those of the electors of Kidderminster . [ The honourable gentleman was loudlv

      cheered by his friends . ]—Mr . Gisbome next addressed the electors . He _appeared extremely ill , and stated that in all probability that was the last occasion upon which he should appear _before a parliamentary constituency . ( Loud cheers . ) He advocated the doctrines of free trade , and expressed the greatest confidence as to the result of the present election . —Upon a show of hands the numbers were declared to be in favour of Mr . G ' sborne , but it ivas a very scanty majority . —A vote of thanks was returned to the mayor . —Wednesday . —The polling commenced at ew-ht o ' clock tlvs _mornin-r . Shortly after four o ' clock in the afternoon , Mr . Best ' s committee announced the final rloso as follows : —Best , 217 ; Gisborne , 200 . _Yojority for Best , 17 .

      The Convict _Wn-sox . —Maurice Wilson , oi Gleeson Wilson , the prisoner in Kirkdale Gaol , convicted for the murder of Mrs . Hc .-ri'd- * -on & nd family , continues lo manifest the same indifference to his fate . He still , strange to say , _prote--ts Ids innocence and , like Rush , appears offended if the turnkeys , or others Avith whom he comes in contact , expre s a doubt of the correctness of his assertion . Thc prisoner , is a Roman Catholic , and is spiritually attended hy the Rev . Mr . Duggan , of St . _Joseph ' s _, who will accompany him to the scaffdd . The executioner ( Calcraft ) has received notice from the sheriff that his services will be required on the 15 _fcaiB 9 t _.,

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      ' _CoAtPKriTioM tor Ha « oma «' 8 DMY _.-Sm-Mstlu _* coStion of thc notorious Gleeson W . son at ? "I « _Sni Asrixe _* - . there have been two applications _ffiSto _rtWU to undertake thei . situation of " finiSe r-of the law » in the case of this murderer , , vho _sto be executed on Saturday week . One is from a person who will do tlie . job for ha f the sum _suTwhich Calcraft charges , viz . £ 18 ; and he other is much more moderate in his request , undertaking to turn him off in as " tidy a manner " as the great _oroficient Calcraft himself , and that without fee or reward . Calcraft , however , is retained . ' oRiES Frid

      Thb Rklav SrsTEM in FAcr .-On ay week Messrs . Abram Whitehead and Co , cotton manufacturers , of _Newchurch , were summoned at the Haslingden petty sessions , before Mr . Turner and Mr . G . Hargreaves , by Mr . T . Dudley Ryder , Inspector of Factories , for a breach of the Factory Act , in employing young persons more than ten hours , that space of time being computed in the mode prescribed in the act of parliament . Mr . Jackson , solicitor , of Rochdale , appeared to support _thecha-ge , and Mr . A . Whitehead appeared personally in defence . Before lhe case was gone into , Mr . Whitehead complained that he had been put to unnecessary expense and trouble in having the case heard at Haslingden instead of Bacup , near which place he resided . The

      Bench , however , informed him that it was their duty to hear any case which might be brought before them for an offence committed in the county of Lancaster . Mr . Jackson in stating tbe case , read the various sections of the acts of parliament relating to the time of working of children and young persons in factories , and apprehended that the intention of tlie Legislature in introducing a measure for the protection of factory operatives , was to fix a certain hour for commencing work ; and if one person commenced at a certain hour , then the whole of the hands employed must be considered as having commenced at that hour . The same intention applied to the time for finishing work . ' Alice Emmet was then called and examined . She stated that on the 16 th of August last she was

      employed at Messrs . Whitehead and Co . s factory . , _*** he went to her employment at half-past eight o ' clock in the morning , and worked till half-past twelve at noon . She then left for dinner , and at half-past one o ' clock resumed work , and continued till half-past S 2 ven o ' clock . She was employed as a winder , and was fourteen years of age . The notice posted up in the mill was then put iu . It slated that the hour for commencing work was six o'clock in the morning , and the time for leaving haif-gast five in the afternoon . An additional notice , in writing , had , however , been posted near to the notice required hy act of parliament , containing the names of certain operatives who commenced work subsequently to six o _cb ck , and worked t ill half-past seven o'clock . The Bench said

      they had no alternative but to convict in this case , and advised Mr . Whitehead , ss there were other cases against him , to plead guilty to the whole , and then there would be only the expense of one conviction . Mr . Whitehead , however , refused , and the Bench convicted in four cases , and lhe penalty of 20 s and costs . Another case was then gone into for a breach of the 63 d section of the Factory Act , inputting up a false notice . Tbe notice was the one alluded to above , and Mr . Jackson contended that as the notice stated that six o ' clock in the morning was the hour for commencing w ork , and it had been proved that four ofthe hands had commenced work at halfpast eight o ' clock , the notice was false , and there must be a conviction . The Bench convicted in the lowest penalty—namely £ 5 and costs .

      , Profosed Advance of _Pavtouy Wades , — On Monday , a meeting of delegates from the factory operatives , was held at the Mill Stone Tavern , _Thon-as-street , Manchester , to consider the propriety of applying to the master spinners and manufacturers for an advance of wages . The meeting was attended by about sixty delegates . — Philip Knight was called upon to preside , and , in opening the _ovoceediiigs , said it had been for some time thought the period was come Avhen something ought to be done to benefit their condition . It vras found that advances had taken place in the wages of operatives in other towns , and it was thought that the operatives of Manchester ought to partake of the same advantages from the revival of trade . It was

      well known that many ofthe various classes of tho factory operatives in this town had laboured for somo years under considerable privations . It was satisfactory to know those privations had been borne with great fortitude . He should feel great pleasure if this advance could be accomplished without unpleasantness . He was opposed to turnouts , because the operatives had generally suffered for a considerable time afterwards , and they had rarely benefitted from them ; he hoped , therefore , that their object would be accomplished without a turn-out . lie thought if masters properly considered tho matter , seeing how patiently thc people litre had borne the depression in trade , while the populations of continental states were driven to revolutions by it , they would consent to a reasonable advance without driving their workpeople to a strike . He would now call upon the delegates present who had prepared resolutions to submit them

      for consideration . —An operative suggested that it would be desirable that tho names of the speakers sliould not be given to the reporters , because it might lead to the persons named being called into the counting-houses of their employers the morning after publication to be dismissed . —A Cotton-spinner then submitted tho following resolution -, — " That this meeting is of opinion that thc time has arrived when the factory operatives of Manchester should use their exertions for obtaining an advance of wages . '—The motion was seconded . —Several artisans addressed the meeting in support of the resolution , which was carried almost unanimously . The following resolution was then proposed : — "That this meeting appoint a committee oi twelve persons to carry into effect the objects of the foregoing resolution . " The motion was carried without discussion , and the meeting proceeded to select the members of the committee . A memorial Avas

      subsequently adopted . Finis in _Manchester . —About a quarter past two o ' clock on Wednesday morning a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr . Andrew Wilson , packing-case maker . Thc entire building was gutted . An immense quantity of timber is consumed , and thc total damage , as nearly as can be ascertained , will be about £ 4 , 000 . Mr . Wilson is insured , but by no means to the amount of the loss which hc has sustained . The flames spread to an adjourning shed occupied by Messrs . Roberts , Fothergall , and Co ., but they were speedily extinguished by an engine whicli is kept on the premises . The police succeeded in removing Mr . Wilson ' s books and private papers , and preserving them . The fire was extinguished at about half-past five .

      Charge of Defraudino the Brighton and South Coast Railway Company . —On Wednesday Henry Leeks , Charles _Ohcesman _, and Stephen Spvingale wore charged at tho Brighton police court Avith defrauding the Brighton and South Coast Railway Company . It a ppeared from tlie sta temen ts of Mr . II . Faithful , solicitor , who conducted the prosecution , and the evidence of Mr . Frederick Slight , the accountant to the company , that thc fraud was effected in the following maimer .- Leeks was a clerk at the London terminus , where ho had tlie custody of the tickets , and it was also a part of his duty tb deliver tickets to passengers . Thc tickets are numbered consecutively from one to a thousand , and so on , nnd supposing any ticket was discovered anions

      those collected from passengers which boro a number beyond the total quantity issued for tlie day , that would cause suspicion and inquiry . On Sunday Mr . Wcatherhead , the station master at the London terminus , having had had his suspicions excited , examined the stock of tickets , and discovered that _fiom thirty to forty bearing forward numbers were missing . He mentioned this fact on Monday to Mr . Slight , who then examined thc tickets himself , and tlie tickets bearing the forward numbers which were missing tho day before were in their places , but on looking at those tickets minutely he perceived that they had been dated , which was only done when they were issued to passengers , but that the date had been erased , not sufficiently so ,

      however , to escape detection . Leeks , on being asked to account for this , at once confessed that ho liad issued the forward numbers which had been collected by Chcesman , the chief collector at the Brighton terminus , and by him transmitted through Springate , who was one of thc guards , back again to liim ( Leeks ) , and ho then placed them in then * order and re-issued them in the ordinary course of traffic-There being no other evidence against Checsman and Springate than this confession of Leek , Mr . llousman objected that it could not be received against them . Tho bench concurred , and they were discharged , but Leeks Avas remanded until Friday . SusrF . CTnD MuRDEit . —The village of Hartfield

      Sussex , and neighbourhood , have been in a state of great excitement during the last two months in consequence of the mysterious disappearance of John Millyard , an aged farmer , who , it was feared , had been murdered . As long ago as the 29 th of June , Mr . Millyard left home for the purpose of visiting liis daughter , and , on his way to her residence , ho called at two places for temporary rest and refreshment , but after that clay lie was not heard of , notwithstanding that his relatives and the East Sussex constabulary were most dili gent in their search . The partridge season has solved the mystery . Last Saturday , as Henry Thorpe , a gamekeeper , in the employ of the Hon . Mrs . Hcnniker , was partridge

      shooting on Ashdown-park estate , near Bvambletyehousc , the scene of one of the late Horace Smith ' s most favourite novels , he discovered a small bundle , which he at once conjectured was the property of the missing taciw , ami prosecuting his search he found a skeleton lying on the back in a thicket , growing near a " gill , " or stream running _through the forest . His left arm was raised on his breast , his right was raised towards his head , and tho money winch he took with him was in his pocket . Mr . Walhs , surgeon , examined the skeleton , and found no markes of violence on it . The flesh was gone . The inference drawn by these parties was , that tbe old man had strayed into thc wood , lost his way , and night coming on he could not find his way or 1

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      and had died . The ury , _^ _^^ _Ve _^ " don ed before Jlr . Inigo Gell , deputy o _^ f'Sot that view of tho case , and returned a veidict Of " Found dead . " „ Mtim Death mom Cholera on a Baj _* way . -Cbmubk on the CoxiPAXY .-An inquest Avas held on _ftatu - day last before G . D . Barker , Esq ., at the Castle Ilotel , Castleford , on thebody of an Irish shearci named William Sandford , whose death may in a great measure be attributed to the neglect in procuring the necessary medical assistance on tns arrival at the Castleford station . The jury _rebm-ned the folbAving verdict ' .- " That the deceased has died from diarrhoea : that tho York and North

      Midland Railway Company , and their servants , are deserving of censure for p lacing a passenger m tne state deceased was then in the train at the Churcli Fenton station , especially at a time when a lata epidemic , under symptoms of which tho deceased was suffering , is known to be in tho country ; and that they are guilty of great inhumanity in neglecting immediately to procure medical assistance on his removal in a speechless and dying state at the Castleford station , and in allowin g him so to remain upon a bench upon the platform m that station for nearly an hour , and thus dio there without the attendanco of a medical man . " The Jury requested the Coroner to convey a copy of their verdict to the Directors of the Company in question .

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      Ronijebr Or Letters At M**-*Rnn* Trovii ...

      RoniJEBr or Letters at M _** _- _* rnn * Trovii Postoffice . —Tbo magisteites of this borough have recently been engaged in investigating a wholesale system of robbery which appears to have been going on for some time past at the post-office connected with the district . An indiscriminate plunder of money and other letters seems to have been practised , and some idea may be formed of the extent the atrocious system was carried , when it is stated that nearly 1 , 000 letters , a great number of whicli

      had been opened , and their contents—money and other valuable property—abstracted , were found in tho possession of the party supposed to he implicated in the robberies . The non-delivery ofa letter which contained some £ o Brecon bank-notes led to an inquiry being instituted by the authorities at the General Post-office , London . Mr . Bamsay , one of the inspectors , was sent down , and the result of the investigation wns , that a lad named T . Thomas , who was employed to carry a letter-bag from tliis town to the poBt-office at Dowlais , a neighbouring town , was fully committed for trial on several charges of robbery .

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      Girl Lost in the Moors . —We have to notice a most extraordinary case , to which some mystery attaches , and which seems to have been a'tended with deplorable consequeuces . On Wednesday a young woman , about eighteen or nineteen vears of age , named Isabella Paton , daughter of Mr . " D . Paton , of the Coast Guard , Bnrghead , left St . Colmes , a village about four miles to the east of Fraserburgh , with the intention of proceeding to Pencan , about seventeen miles distant . It is not known at what time she left St . Colmes , but she did not reach Pennan that evening . On the following day she was met about a mile

      and a half from Pennan , by the party to whom she was coing , and who describes her as being then " quite cheery and happy . " It will he remembered that this was the day on which the heavy fogs ofthe week commenced ; and whether she had lost her way in consequence , or had gone out of the road on purpose , it is not known ; but it is most probable that the former was the case . It is known that on that day she purchased sixpenny worth of bread from a woman selling it by the way ; but from that time till Monday morning nothing was seen or heard of her * It is conjectured that she had continued walking the whole of Thursday , Friday , and Saturday , during which the fog continued , and on wliich day .- * , owing to the fog and the nature of the

      countrywhich is wild bog and deep glen—it would have been extremely difficult for her to have made her way to any houso . But whether she walked or not , it is certain tbat , houseless and u-sheltered , she encountered all the fury of the terrible thunder-storm ofthe Saturday evening—a thunder-storm which from violence has seldom been exceeded , and exposure to which , in the civcumstmces in which the girl was placed , was not unlikely permanently to injure the intellect , if it was not affected previously . As we have said she was found on Monday morning . When discovered , she was lying on the moss at _Kinbeai _* , and was found by some ofthe servants belonging to the farm of that name , wliich is situated on the property of Troup , in the parish of Gamrie . Having been for six nights exposed to wind and weather , and with , so far as known , no food , save the sixpennyworth of bread already mentioned , she was in a most

      dreadfully weak slate . Her clothes , which had been drenched , had begun to dry upon her , and her boots were perfectly worn away * with wandering in the moss . The parties finding hor immediately carried her tothe farm house of Kinbeam , where every effort was made to restore her exhausted frame . When first got out she was unable to speak , but , from some documents in her possession , lier name and residence ol her parents were discovered , who were immediately communicated with . It _appi-ars that she is so far recovered as to be able to speak , but it is evident that ber mind is affected . At times she takes fits of raving , and gives utterance to the most extiaordinary statements . These would seem to indicate that she had met with ill treatment ; but when reminded ol them in her lucid intervals , she refuses all information . The case has given rise to a good deal of _excitnient in the neighbourhood . —Banffshire Journal .

      Herrings . _—^ During the last few days the whole Firth of Forth has been swarming with herrings . The waters are literally loaded with these treasures of the deep . The take iu consequence has been amazing , fifty and . sixty boats coming in daily with full cargoes . * Barrels cannot begot for thc supply , and in many cases the herrings are being salted in bulk in stoneyards and warehouses . The prices vary from 2 s . to 3 s . per barrel . At the boats' side they are retailing freely at 10 and 12 a penny , yielding in the latter way a profit of 50 per cent . Our shores have not teemed with such abundance for many years . —Scotsman ,

      Foos off tue Caithness Coast . —Last week was ono of almost unbroken fog , rendering our fishing so much a hap-hazavd that when a crew did get a good shot of fish they did not know where to go to thc same place on thc following evening . In several cases some of our beats were at sea for moro than two nights , being unable to find land . Tor one Staxigo boat , rather interiorly manned , fears were entertained , not so much from the inefficiency of the boat , as from the insufficient quantity of food they had on board . They turned up after a _fortv-eis-ht , „„ .. „• .. w _„ . „ , - _--i * _ .-.. i * • _*** hours' absenceAnother lost their

      . crew reckoning , after all available provisions liad been devoured , and had it not been that they fell in with a vessel , from the crew of which they get somo biscuits , the consequences might have been serious . When thus found they were somewhere in the Moray Firth . A small boat left Stroma on Wednesday afternoon for Duncansby , Avith five men and one woman on board . Losing their Avay , they continued sailing till Saturday morning , Avhen they were picked up by a vessel about fifteen miles off Lybster , and were landed at Wick . Thoy had tasted no food for two days and a half . —John o' Groat ' s Journal .

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      The Harvest. —From All Quarters The Repo...

      The Harvest . —From all quarters the reports are ofthe m st cheering character . Even in those districts where apprehensions of a failure in lhe potato crop were most rife , doubts have been succeeded by an almost certainly of the disease having confined its ravages to the stalks , so that the _prospect of an abundance of all kinds of food is likely to be realised to the fullest . extent . A correspondent writing from Enfield , in the county of Meath , win re a few days since unequivocal symptoms of the blight had appeared in some _pota f o fields , makes tlie following gratifying statement * . — " In my last letter I informed you that in this disttict the potato blight _h- * _id made its appearance—that the stalks were in some places completely burned aAvay , and that , _eenerallv

      the leaves exhibited unmistakcable evidence of the disease . I also expressed a hope that in consequence of the late appearance of the disease this year , as compared with previous seasons , that a large portion of the crop would be saved ; and I am glad to say tliat every day ' s experience justifies me in the . hope L then entertained _; for although the stalks have now been diseased for a considerable period , as yet I have not discovered a single diseased tuber . I have spoken to . several farmers in this district , and in all instances , I am happy to _sz-y , the potatoes are still sound . Lost year the stalks became withered towards the end of July , and in afew days the potatoes exhibited symptoms of disease . This year , although the stalks have shown symptoms of blight for-nearly three weeks , as yet the roots have escaped . lam , therefore . I think , warranted in saying that the

      _dis-• i'se ot wu season has appeared in a mitigated form . As the natural result of a harvest of more than ordinary plenty , prices are rapidly _tumbling down , a"d unless some reaction takes place in this respect it would be idle to suppose that the fhnner could discharge his liabilities to the landlord with wheat down to 14 d . and 16 d . per stone , oats at a proportionate low figure , and barley , in one instance , so low as Cd . per stone . There is nothing for it then , but sweeping concessions to the cultivators of the soil , otherwise the owners will assuredly , before another year passes over , have more land thrown _coeir

      upon nana * than they will find it either profitable ov convenient to manage . This _Cwmia-scb System . - The provincial journals contain further details _oftheV « WiSe clearance system in the four provinces ; Even in some parts of Ulster there are evictions on an eSen swe scale , particularly in tl * comity o £ _MwSS .

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      Notices had been served fur the eviction of 21 , 5 head _* of families on the Shirley estate . Anti-Chukch Party . —There ia a new school springing up amongst some of the Irish coiiservatives . They wish to see the connexion between the church and state sundered in this country , be . lieving tliat protestantism is injured by this union Most parties consider that the church is sure to be attacked before long , and intelligent conservatives are most anxious that it should be settled so as that it should ceaso to he a cause of contention , it _fc rumoured tbat in high quarters there is a great dislike to a renewal of tho agitation of the Church question , as it is supposed that it will be a verv difficult matter to set bounds to agitation , _on-. e that it is renewed .

      . „ Revival of thb " Nation" _NETVSP . ii > KR , ___ _* rj ) e Habeas Corpus Suspension Act expired on Friday night , aud on Saturday morning was ushered in by the re-appearance of Mr . Gavan Duffy ' s journal , which was in active circulation bef _. ire eight o ' clock . The number contains , it may besaid , but ons leading article , or , rather , essay , written by Mr . Duffy him . self , and extending over nearly six columns of his paper . Mr . Duffy has been making a tour in the provinces , and he seizes the occasion to draw a most harrowing picture of the joint effects of famine and extermination upon the peasantry of the south and west . Here is a sample ofhis pencilling : — " _$ Q words printed in a newspaper or elsewhere will give any man who has not seen it a conception o » tbe

      Men condition of the west _ond the south . The famine and the landlords have actually creatid a new race in Ireland . I have seen on the streets of Galway crowds of crestuvesmore debased than the"Yah ; _ios oi Swift—creatures having only a d ' htnnt and hideous _resemblance to human beings . Gray-hcadcdold men , whose idiot faces had hardened into ft settled leer of mendicancy , simeous and semi-human ; and women filthier and more frightful than the harpies , who , at tbe jingle ofa coin on the pavement , swarmed ia myviads from unseen places , struggling , sc ; earning , shrieking for their prey , like some monstrous and unclean animals . Iu Westport the sight of the priest on the street gathered an entire pauper population ,

      thick as a village market , swarming round him for relief . Beggar children , beggar adults , beggars iu white hairs , £ irls with faces gray and _shrivilled , the grave stamped upon them in a decree which could not be recalled , * women with the more touching and tragical aspect of lingering shame and seif-respecfc not yet effaced , * and amon _;; these terrible realities , imposture shaking in pretended fits to add the last touch of horrible grotesqiieness tothe picture ! I have seen these accursed sights , and they are burnt into my memory f- r ever . "—It is to the land question , mainly , that Mr . Duffy means to devote his future energies . As for a renewal of the old plan of agitation , he literally scouts the idea as absurd and impracticable .

      Anti Rent Movement . —The resistance to the payment _aopears to he pretty general . The provincial journals give numerous illustrations _. one i f which we select from the Cork Examiner . —'' Several persons named Callaghan , sons and daughters to a woman who holds considerable land from Sir George Colthurst , appeared before the magistrates at Blarney on Tuesday , to answer a complaint detailed below . On the 26 th of April 1849 , upon the showing of the plaintiff , there was only £ 74 10 s . Cd . due , the rent being £ 60 a year ; and on tbat day they sold , under a distress , two horses , two coavs , two sheep , two goats , and a cart . About a month since they seized six . acres of hay , which had been cot upon the defendant ' s land , sold tlie entire for 3 os ., and had it conveyed to the ground of Sir George Colthurst . Thc keepers were again placed on the ground to watch the growing crops and seize them when they were cut ; but , in this instance , the ingenuity of the tenants outwitted the caution ofthe landlord . About a fortnight

      or three weeks since the corn was cut _d-iwn on a Sunday and placed in the barn the same day , to the disappointment of tbe bailiffs , who were compelled to remain unwilling spectators of the entire proceeding . Tho corn remained in the bara until the following Sunday , when men and horses were in early attendance and the entire stock was carted off , conveyed to Cork , and _so'd to the satisfaction of the owner . No other course was then left Sir G . Colthurst but to appeal to an act of parliament very seldom resorted to , which makes it penal to work or labour on a Sunday . "—Owing to a technical informality , the magistrates were compelled to dismiss all the cases ; and so the matter ended .

      The _EncumberedEstates _Commission . —Apartments are in preparation at the Custom-house for the sittings of the Encumbered Estates Commission . One of the first large properties with which the Commissioners _wih liave to _d-. al is , the Devon esMe in the county of Limerick . _Isi'LVX or E . _aglisii "Visitors . *—The southern journals notice the continued increase of English visitors to Ivillarney , and other scenes of attraction . Mr . W . Civtton , Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England , has just returned from the Lakes- 'J'Jie Earl of Buckinghamshire is daily expected on a visit to his estates in the county of Limerick . Mr . Bright , M . P ., stili continues his tour in the south and west , visiting tbe n oikhouses as he proceeds .

      Candidates for _Titlks . —Since the Queen ' s visit corporate honours are coveted more eagerly than before . For the mayoralty of Limerick there are five candidates ; and an active canvass is going on for the mayoralty of Cork . The Cholera . —The epidemic is again on the increase in Dublin and its vicinity . Several deaths amongst the middle classes have taken place . The Queen and thk _National * Sv _* _-ti _* m of Eovcatio . v , —The Evening Post contains an authorised announcement , '' That her Majesty and l ' rince Albeit have given their consent that the new Train _* _- ing Establishment for School masters ( to be erected on the ground in the vear of the iVodel Schools , Marlboroiigh-street ) , and thc Model Farm , _Glasnevin , shall bear the title of * Victoria Training Establishment , ' and the 'Albert Agricultural School , ' respectfully , as a memorial of their visit to tho Model Schools , and a mark of the satisfaction wliich it afforded to her Majesty and her illu-trious Consort . "

      Distress in tub South asd West . — The General Relief Committee liave issued a report setting forth the operations of the Society during the last four months , stating the numbers who have been , through its means , rescued from starvation , and dilating in rather gloomy terms upon the present and future prospects of the country . The following is an extract from the report : — " The General Relief Committee , injustice to the poor , and the country , cannot avoid stating that they had to contend w ' ith _dilficultii'S ofthe most extraordinary kind . The excess and continuance of misery had begotten deep despair ! Many had given up the cause o ; the suffering , as utterly hopeless . Many had steeled their hearts against the ciy of the _s'arving ; aud thousands who felt deeply for their terrible distress , on account of their own unexampled pnssure , were unable to relieve them . They found the Central Committee , which had previously received £ 71 , 958 , not then in active operation , though it never

      dissolved ; and even the Committee of the Scciety of Friends , which , during preceding years had collected and distributed the extraordinary " sum of £ 200 , 001 ' , had not only given up their work of mercy , but all hope of saving the people from increaing misery . 'We are saddened , ' said they , 'by the conviction that with very few exceptions , no permanent good has been done . We feel that the condition of our country is not impr-ved , that her prospects are even worse , because her people have less hope . ' Considering tliat so far fr in despairing , it was their _vacved

      duty t . i save as many lives as tliey possiblv could this committee commenced witli a firm resolve that nothing sliould induce them to hide the misery of the people , nor prevent them from making aureat and persevering struggle to save them from tlio horrors of starvation . Tho result of their labours convinces that even a few true and determined men can work wonders , and that there is nothin « - to justify the terrible and cruel resolve to allow thousands in the midst of plenty to perish , or to stand unmoved or inactive whilst thelives of men , won . en , ami children are ready to be sacrificed . \ V _* tl , n ,, J

      claiming undue credit for itself , or taking from the merit ofany other body , it may besaid wil trnb that probably 100 000 human beings £ ? e _bSSS rom destruction by the timely relief of tlds cot _Snti f i thed |* r - and 8 eneral _W _athvithas created for he suffering poor , by printing daily 35 and authentic accounts ot their distress , has been a tended with results the most _consohW y and I " niY _SSfous'T _^ ' _^ _^ £ d . _JS Mter a passing allusion to lhe result ofthe _denutations mission to London in the course of the summer , they proceed as follows : —

      _ll'fhouthereawelling on or anticipating the future state o Ireland , or at tbis moment _proposine remedies for the _emehoration oftho poor { the second great object suggested by the public meeting of the ord of May ) , it maybe the duty of your committee to allude to the present condition ofthe destitu _t e _vvith a view of preventing the recurrence of the in * . descnbab ! e misery they have endured for the last tour years . Every man asks why is not that done in the most favoured part of Ireland which is done is the most barren part of England ? Without _sneakingol the strength , Went , genius , and virtues of the mlm . itnnts _, whilst God has d . _* iu * for Ireland ™ much as tothe fertility of the soil , salubrity ol climate , power of water , magnificence of scenervAnd _t- _onyemence of harbours , bays , and rivers , Ss v _^ _TS « b > - tlle _™&<* _«&

      Whilst it would be a denial of the goodness of Kt _" ? . " ? » te the value of the p"S _« Wf r ' _-i * " _unwse ' as is "" Just , not to _aonut _taUvvvea m several districts , which will require mgentattention , and not to adopt the best means of rendering ( where productive ) the blessings of thc harvest _mailable to the poor , and to prevent ungatetu } men from marring the gifts of heaven , or diverting them from their proper channel . Ut the _harvfljt _better so great , unless there bo

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 8, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_08091849/page/6/