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    Health of Lo _* sdo _* s ' -floiaxG the Week . —It is -ansat . sfat ; tory to observe ( says the Registrar-Gene--ral ' s report ) that the constant increase of mortality , -whieh commenced in the second week of July , was maintained in the week ending Saturday last . The deaths from all diseases in last week were 1 , 967 , a mortality nearly double the weekly average of the season , which is 1 , 008 . The progress of the total mortality is shown by the foUowing numbers returned in the last four weeks : —1 , 369 , 1 , 741 , 1 , 931 , and 1 , 967 . The deaths from cholera which in six previous weeks were Ad , 124 , 159 , 339 , G 73 , 783 , increased in the last to 926 . A feature worthy of notice in the present return is the fact , that while the mortality caused by cholera bas increased , there lias been simultaneously a decrease in the deaths attributed to diarrhoea ; for whereas the deaths from tbis disease ( including dysentery ) were in four

    previous -weeks 54 , 100 , 146 , 233 , ia . the last week they declined to 198 , an amount -which is nearl y the same as in the corresponding week ofthe summer of 1846 , and little more than that of the same week of 1 S 43 . It is shown , therefore , that the total mortality from diarrhoea , dysentery , and cholera , amounts in this return to 1 , 124 , while the average is only 92 . Consequently , the excess from tne three epidemics exceeds in some degree the increase above the average ofthe mortality irom all causes , ¦ which is owing partly to the circumstance that the deapis from fractures , burns , and other injury _Tejpstered in the -week were unusually few . Other epidemics besides those mentioned are nnder the average , with the exception of hooping-cough , which a little exceeds it . The mortality from cholera stall predominates on the south side of the river ; the deaths there , which in the preceding week were 514 , rose in the last to 621 . On the north side of the Thames , ihe deaths in the western districts

    • were 58 , showing an increase ; m the northern 27 , or nearly the same as in the former week ; in the ¦ eastern 127 , a alight increase ; and in the central , -which includes St . Giles and St . George , Strand , Holborn , Clerkenwell , St . Luke , East London , "W est London , and City , there is a small decrease , the number being 93 , though in the previous return there were 97 deaths . The greatest number in any ¦ di strict on the north side of the river is hi West London , namely 32 . Of the southern districts there were 67 in Bermondsey , 86 in * Newington , 112 in St . George , Southwark , and 143 in Lambeth , The deaths in Rotherhithe are now comparatively few . The death of a man of forty years , in Bromptop _,-"was caused by erysipelas of both legs , of putrid character ( after five days' illness ) , caught from

    sleeping with a child who suffered -from the disease . The daily mean of the barometer was hi ghest on "Thursday , when it was 29 * 965 . The mean of the -week was 29-793 . The temperature was under the -average ofthe corresponding days of seven years on every day except Thursday . The highest in the shade was on Thursday , namely 74 deg . 5 min . The mean temperature of the week was 59 deg . 5 min . Death of as Old _Miseb . —On Saturday an inquest-was held before Mr . Baker , at the Cat and Mutton public-house , London-fields , Hackney , respecting the death of William Fisher , aged 71 years , an old miser , who was found dead in his room , -under the following circumstances : —It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had formerly been for many years toll-collector at Islington , and

    bad managed to save np a considerable sum of money . He * was of very eccentric habits , and lived quite alone . He had occupied two rooms for the last ten years in West-street , London-fields . .. No person had ever entered his rooms since he lived there , and they had never been cleansed . He paid the landlord ls . per day for his food , which he was in tbe habit of _having placed outside his door . He was last seen alive on Wednesday last , and he then appeared in his usual health . On Thursday , the landlady took up his breakfast and Knocked at the deceased ' s door , but received no answer . She became alarmed , and the door was broken open , when a scene of a most _disgusting nature presented itself , . The deceased was lying on some dirty rags on the fioor , behind tie door ,

    - and quite dead . The room was in a most filthy condition , and the effluvia arising from it was most dreadful . The deceased was clothed literally in rags , and was covered with vennin . There was in the room a large quantify of valuable furniture , which was concealed by dust and filth . There was a large bedstead , and excellent bedding , bnt it appeared not to have been laid npon for some time , as it was covered with cobwebs and dust . Were was also a quantity of good clothes , books , _bird-cajies , cans which are nscd by street vendors of baked potatoes , a quantity of nitre , which he used medicinally , old hats , shoes , shoemakers' tools , and in fact the rooms were filled with all kinds of -miscellaneous articles . Terdict "Found dead , " Snd the Coroner directed the officer to take possession cf the rooms until the relations were fonnd .

    JfrsTEuiODsDEAra . —On Saturday an inquest was "held before Mr . Payne , at the . angel Tavern , Webber-street , Blackfriars-road , on the body of Elizabeth Uerring , aged 25 years , who was found dead in her room . The evidence went to prove that the deceased was a female of gay habits , generall y frequenting the west-end saloons and wine-rooms . On Thursday she was in her usual state of health , but towards noon she retired to rest for a few hours , when her landlady , feeling alarmed at her absence , went to her apartment , and found her lying on the floor , with a chair across her body , and apparently dead . Mr . Bateson , a surgeon , was called in , and "upon examination he discovered two or three large bruises on the face and nose . There was also a wound over the right eye . Deceased was quite dead , and he could not at that time account for her decease , Mr . Bateson farther stated that he had

    made a post mortem examination of the body , and although there were external marks on the head , yet he was aide to prove that death had resulted from disease of the heart The injuries referred to might hare been caused by falling down on some bard substance . There was no appearance of poison iu the room . Terdict , " "Natural death . " _IfELAScnoLT Cass of Bestit-jtiox . —On Saturday an inquest waa held before Mr . Payne , at the White Ilart , Giltspur-street , on the bodies of James Halliday , aged 51 , and his daughter , aged 12 , whose deaths were alleged to have been induced by privation , Thc bodies presented a shockingly emaciated appearance , the girt being reduced almost to a skeleton . —Jane Groves , a widow , residing at No . 30 ,

    Cock-lane , Smithfield , stated that the deceased man , his wife , and four children had occupied a room in her house for nearly fourteen weeks . He was taken ill on Wednesday evening last at five o ' clock . He was ill all night , and about twelve o clock on the following day his son ran down to the yard where she wm and begged her for Cod's sake to go up stairs , as his rather was dying * . She ran np and fonnd the man partly undressed , l ying on a piece of old ticking on the floor . liis wife and another -woman were in the room . He only breathed twice after she entered the room , and then died . Curing the whole fourteen weeks the family hadresided there they appeared in a starving state . The wife of the deceased man and several other witnesses were

    examined , and they stated that the family , which consisted of sis persons , was in a state of extreme destitution fcr some time past , the deceased being -unable to procure work . —A -person in the room stated _iuru out of the 2 s . Cd , received from the parish they paid 2 s . 3 d . a weekfor rent . They did not owe one farihk-g . Deceased had been a compositor on the _Mormag Advertiser . —The jury returned a verdiet of " natural death" in the man ' s case , and " died of cholera" in referrence to the little girl . Before leaving , the jurors subscribed nearly £ 2 for the relief of this poor family , and the coroner said it should be effectually applied to the alleviation of their wauts .

    _AnEUTT TO _"MnBDHB THREE CHILDREN BF THEIR Mother , _asd Suicide of the Latter . —A painful degree of excitement was created throughout the -whole of Sunday andthe previous day , in tno vicinity Ofthe Ilam * - * stead-road , St . Pane-fas , in consequence ofa most horrible attempt ( all bnt successful ) on the part of a young woman , named Mary Chapman , aged 21 , the wife of a bricklayer , residing at 19 , Henry-styeat , to -murder her three children by strangulation , andthe subsequent destruction of her own _ life by the same means . It appears that the hnsbandof the-unfortunate woman , who , with her family , occupied the first floor front room of the house No . 19 , Henry-street , has been out of work for a very considerable period , until the last week ; rand in consequence the family have been involved

    in considerable debt and great distress . On Saturday morning the husband went to bis employment shortly before five o ' clock , leaving his wife , and Mary Anne , aged five years ; Amelia , aged three years ; and "William , aged ten months , his children , in bed . Shortly before eight o ' clock , a woman named Martha Stevens , living in the adjoining room , heard the eldest child say once or twice , " Oh don't , mother . " And also heard the woman say something , apparently as if scolding the child . Shortly before nine o ' clock the same woman fancied she heard faint groans proceed from Airs . Chapman ' s room , aud on calling to her and receiving no answer she was induced to try the door , and found it locked inside . This created a feeling in her mind that something was wrong , and she immediately went out and eo-nmunieatld her suspicions to a female

    named Euima Sing , a friend of Mrs . Chapman , residing opposite . On entering the apartment a most horrille scene presented itself . Lying on the bed was the _ixidy of the unfortunate woman , with the eyes and _t ci- _^ ue protruding from the effects of straiignlatK _= > . _r-i nch -dw had effected by tving an old _iianukurcu _:.- ! in knots round her nec £ Ifearher were the two elder children , also apparentlv in a dying cpndmon , with their eyes and their / tongues _protrudm- whilst tin _youngest-the _babyboylialf-strani-lei was still chngfo _g to and straggling at the breast ofhis unfortunate mother . The -mother was quite dead , and Mary Anno , the eldest chdd , nearly so , haying a pianafore bound _tightly -round ner neck , so that the strings had made a complete abrasion ; tor eyes were protruding and much

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    blood-shotten . The second child Amelia , had a handkerchief tied round her neck , whilst round the neck of thc infant was a piece of cord . The females soeiiiir that the children were not quite dead , first flew to tlieir -issi 3 tancc , and with considerable difficultv _relc-vied them . An alarm was then raised , and Mr . " Collins , surpon , of Mary-street , Haropsteadroad , was immediately sent for , and promptly attended , and in the meantime the handkerchief was , with the utmost difficulty removed from tlie neck of the unfortunate woman . On the arrival of Mr . Collins , he at once advised the removal of the three children to University College Hospital , and on examining the bod y of Mrs . Chapman , whom he -pronouueed to have been dead some time , he found a wound in her throat , and a table knife was

    found near the bed-side with blood upon it , ciearly indicating that the unfortunate woman , after she had , as she thought , destroyed her children , had endeavoured in the first instance to take her own life by cutting her throat , but finding the weapon too blunt to effect the object had subsequently resorted to strangulation . On the arrival of the children at University College Hospital they had somewhat recovered from the effects of strangulation to which they had been subjected ; and after a minute examination by the medical officers of that institution , and some remedies being applied , they were considered to be out of danger , and were again removed back to the scene ofthe catastrophe . Mary Anne , thc eldest child , who is a very intelligent little irirl . on being interrogated stated , that her

    mother , tied the pinafore round her necK , ana tnat when she began to cry she told her not to cry or she would beat her . " She states that she then saw her mother tie the handkerchief round the neck of her sister , and afterwards the baby , " but she then became so bad , she could not see any more . " The appearance of this poor little creature is trul y shocking , and the marks round her throat , where the pinafore was tied are perfectly black and blue . It is the opinion of Mr . Collins , who first saw the children , that had the discovery of the sad catastrophe been delayed five minutes later , the whole of the children would have been dead , like their unfortunate parent . On Bennett , the summoning officer visiting the apartment , he found it in a most wretched condition , There was no food in

    the place , and all the money found was one halfpenny . The unfortunate woman bore a most excellent character for sobriety and integrity , but she has been known to complain for the last fortnight of pains in her head . Since the husband has got into employ , it appears that the parties to whom they were indebted nave been exceedingly importunate for payment , and it is supposed that this preyed fearfully on her mind , and led her to contemplate the horrible crimes of murder and self suicide . —On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . H . M . Wakley , upon the body of Mary Ann Chapman . Evidence having been given as to the condition in which the three children were discovered , the coroner said it was clear that the deceased had committed the act herself , and the

    only question was , what state of mind she was in at tbo time . —Terdict , ' * Temporary insanity , brought on by poverty and distress . " Suicide . —On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , at the Coopers' Arms , Fish-street-hill , on the body of Charles Ferguson Lockhead , a youth aged 18 . It appeared that the deceased was junior clerk in the office of Messrs . Gates and Haycock , wholesale butter merchants , in Fish-street , City . His general conduct had always been good , and his masters had no reason to doubt his honesty until last Saturday , when in making up his bills , he having the management of the petty cash , his employers found a deficiency of £ 18 in an account of £ 52 . In repl y to his masters' questions as to how he had disposed of the money , he made no answer

    for some time , but in cross-examination he said , " Oh , he had left silver to the amount of £ 18 at Mr . Hine ' s , a publican , and he was going to get the sum in gold on Monday . " Mr . Copeman , who is the junior partner in the firm , immediately sent to the public-house , but Mr . Hines denied the statement ofhis having left any money with him . The deceased then underwent another private examination , but he would not confess that he had taken it . Mr . Copeman , in order to draw from him an acknowledgment of having taken the money , went out upon the pretence of procuring an officer . Ho was absent from the counting-house , where he had left deceased for a few minutes , and when he returned , he found the unfortunate youth insensible on his back , with a quantity of saliva running from

    his mouth . He died before medical assistance could be obtained . Shortly before his death , he requested the carman in the employ of Messrs . Gates and Haycock to take a letter to his mother . This epistle ran nearly as follows : "When this reaches you I shall be no longer in the world . My accounts are deficient to the amount of £ 18 , but I have not robbed ray employers , I am the victim of circumstances , but whieh I cannot reveal . " When his room was examined after death , a number of chemical works with a large amount of chemical apparatus were found . His death was caused b y taking a large quantity of the essential oil of almonds . Terdict , " Temporary insanity . " Death or a _So-a-SAMBUusT . —An inquest was held on Tuesday , before Mr . Baker , at the London

    Hospital on the body of Joseph Boukett , who was killed under the following very shocking circumstances . It appeared that the deceased was a German emigrant , and had saved up some money in America . He had left that country a short time since , and arrived in London for the purpose of returning to his native place . He took up his lodgings at a German lod ging house in Ship-alley , Wellelose-square , St . George ' s in the East , and he slept in a room with ten other emigrants , in bunks or hammocks , whicli were fastened against the wall . On Thursday night he went to bed in the usual manner , and about one o ' clock the following morning he was seen to leave his bunk , and crawl along the ground toward the window . One of the Germans said to him ,

    " Where are you going ? " and he replied in a strange manner that it was not his business . The deceased appeared fast asleep , and before he could be prevented he opened the window , which was only four feet from the floor , then put his feet out , and he fell to the ground , a distance of about thirty fcet . He was immediately p icked up , and his head w ; is found to be fractured in a most shocking manner . He was removed to the hospital , where he died shortly afterwards . The witness said he had no doubt that the deceased was asleep , but he did not like to swear to it . The jury , in that case , returned an open verdict , " That the deceased was killed by falling from a window , but whether he was asleep or not there was no evidence to show . "

    A Man Stahbed . —On Saturday morning last a considerable sensation was created in Leather-lane in consequence of a ruffianly _fcUow , six feet high , named Patrick Maher , having stabbed in the head a little man , ofthe name of Biggs . The parties , it appeal's , were strangers to each other , and met by chance at a public house , when Maher wished io drink with the wounded man , who refusing to allow him , was suddenly attacked , and received two very frightful wounds , which nearly scalped him . The poor fellow immediately fell down in a state of insensibility , in which state he was conveyed to tho hospital . Maher was apprehended by Police-constable Hello way , and taken before Mr . Tyrrwhitt , at Clerkenwell-court , who remanded him .

    As- Is * f _* uiiiATE _* o BraxocK . _—Nabhow Escape . — On Monday afternoon much consternation was caused in the City in consequence ofthe escape ofa bullock which had broken loose from a slaughterhouse in Aldgate . Efforts were made to secure the infuriated beast , but on he dashed along Fenchurchstreet , through Lombard-street and Birchin-lane , knocking down one or two persons on the way . At the junction of Princes-street with the corner of Threadneedle-street , a gentleman had a most hairbreadth escape of being gored . The angry animal

    butted with great force at him as he was standing at the corner of the street , but the horns coining in contact with ihe lamp-post he escaped . Suddenl y he rushed forward in the direction of Bartholomewlane , where he knocked down an old man who was carrying a hag of cement , and who had a most fortunate escape . The animal then ran towards Broadstreet , knocking down several other persons , most of whom received contusions more or less severe . He then turned into _Bishopsgate church-yard , where he was eventually secured , and afterwards slaughtered .

    Extensive Fibe at Houowav . —Saturday morning last , about nine o clock , a fire , attended with a serious destruction of property , broke out upon the premises of Mr . Biggs , a carpenter and furniture warehouseman , carrying on an extensive business at 29 , Cornwall-place , Hoiioway , near the gate . The flames broke out in one of the workshops , and , in spite ofthe most strenuous exertions , continued to travel with more than usual rapidity . The occupiers of the contiguous premises , on seeing the danger to which their own property was exposed , commenced tearing out the windows of their dwellings , and throwing their furniture into the street . At length a powerful muster of engines belonging to the London Brigade , West of England , and uarish

    arrived , and vast bodies of water were thrown mto the burning mass , in spite of which the flames were not conquered until Mr . Biggs ' s premises were totally destroyed , and , with the exception of his little property removed by tbe nei ghbours , the whole ofhis stock in trade was burnt . No . 29 , Cornwallplace , belonging to Mr . Stamford , is likewise severely damaged by fire , water , and removal ; and so is 2 f o . 27 , in the same thoroughfare in the tenure of Sir . Willis . No . 20 , iu thc occupancy of Mr . Carpenter , is damaged by the removal of furniture , & c , and the back premises of Mr . Lake , grocer , Jfo . 41 , _HoUoway-road , arc extensively injured . Five other fires occurred in different-localities , but they were got under without occasioning much loss of property .

    Loxg-Acbb . —On Tuesday night between eight and nine o clock , a fire broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr . Holliday , a fixture dealer carrying oa business at No . 82 , Long-acre , adjoining _Pinnell ' s wine vaults . The flames "sore first discovered by a

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    police constable , who immediately raised an alarm , when the fire was found tobe ascending so fiercely that the inmates , consisting of Mr . Holliday , : a female , andthree children , had the greatest difficulty in effecting their escape . The engines were quickly on the spot , but in spite of the utmost exertions the flames were not extinguished until nearly ten o ' clock , and not before some hundred of pounds of _damage was done . The origin of the disaster is unknown . Fortunately the sufferer was partially insurcd * Islixgton . —Shortly before two o clock on the same day , a fire occurred on the premises in the

    occupation of Mr . Micnaei moss a turner and strawbonnet maker , Elizabeth-place , Islington . At the time of the outbreak , the whole of the residents were in their beds asleep , and it was with consider _^ able difficulty that they were enabled to escape . The moment the residents were taken fromthe building , a messenger was sent for the engines , when on the arrival of the firemen the whole ofthe premises were found to be in flames . In spite of the exertions of the firemen the flames were not subdued until the whole of Mr . Moss ' s property was reduced to ashes and the building gutted . The total loss is very considerable , and will fall on the Phoenix fire-office .

    Mile-end New-town . —On Wednesday morning , shortly after four o ' clock , a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . W . Burls , patent leather japanner _, & c , m Devonshire-street . The fire originated in the factory , and the building was burnt down before the flames could be mastered . Mr . Burls was uninsured , but the building was insured in the West of England Fire-office . St . George ' s lv the East . —A fire broke out in the premises belonging to Messrs . J . C . and J . Dill , patent cork manufacturers , situate in Thomasstreet . It commenced in one of the factories , and the firemen were unable to get the fire out until the premises and their contents were nearly destroyed .

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    Frightful Accident to a Clergtuas . — Bristol , Saturday . —Yesterday afternoon a „ most appalling accident occurred at St . Vincent ' s-rocks , Hotwell 8 , whereby the Rev . George Ilickes ,. son of the late Dr . Hickes , of Brock-street , Bath , lost his life . From the inquest which was held on the body last night , it appeared that the deceased left his house between eleven and twelve o ' clock . lie was at that time in his usual health and spirits , and said he should return soon , and be sure to be in to dinner . About an hour afterwards a witness named Field , who was on St . Vincent ' s-rocks , observed him standing about three yards from her . He had but one

    glove on . While witness was walking about he got on the top of the rock , near the Observatory , on the side towards the Down . Witness went on about twenty yards , and just as she turned again she saw the gentleman _i-crambling to catch hold of something to save himself from falling over the cliff . He did not appear to be giddy , or to have any intention of going over the rocks : on the contrary , he tried to save himself . He did not cry out . . Assistance was promptly procured , and a surgeon was in attendance within a quarter of an _houror twenty minutes , but he never moved after he fell from the rock . There was a severe wound at the back of his skull , and his right leg was dreadfully shattered . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "

    _Drkadi-ol Tragedy in Liverpool . —On Friday , the 3 rd inst , a sad scene was presented to a number of persons who burst into a house in No . 1 Court . Oriel-street , Vauxhall-road , in this town . Two children , aged , respectively , one and nine years , were found dead in bed with their throats cut from ear to ear ; and there lay stretched upon the same palliasse two other corpses , and a man with his windpipe partially severed , tbe suspected murderer of his two children . The following are the melancholy particulars of the affair : —The house in question was occupied by a man named Patrick'Joseph Colkin , who comes , we believe , from Carlow . He was a schoolmaster , in humble style , his school being situated in one of the dense streets in the neighbourhood of the Custom-bouse . His family

    consisted of himself , wife , and three children . Mary Ann Colkin , his wife , waj > under thirty . Their eldest son , James Colkin , was nine years of age ; Sarah Colkin , their daughter , seven years ; and there was an infan _** . little more than eleven months old . Colkin himself , who is said to be a man of superior attainments , and to have seen better days , was sober and peaceable , and the family bore a high character in the neighbourhood . Cholera , however , visited the domicile , and on Wednesday the daughter Sarah fell a victim to the disease " . The evil did not end here , for Mrs . Colkin herself was attacked , and expired of the same malady on Thursday morning . The heads of the family had been noted in the neighbourhood for their evident attachment , and , after the death of his wife , Colkin smk into despondency , which soon

    assumed a frantic character . A woman , named Jane Kane , who resides in Paul-street , who was a familiar of the family , had volunteered her services as nurse to the two deceased . The corpses were laid out , and she was struck on Thursday with the melancholy attitude that the man Colkin had assumed . He bewailed the loss ofhis wife , and declared that he would never eat again . We ought , perhaps , here to state tbat on the morning ofhis wife ' s death Colkin called atthe house of a friend in Whitechapei , shaking hands with the inmates , and declaring that they would never see him any more . The woman Kane left the house about ten o ' clock on Friday morning . About _, half-past two o'clock she called again , but found that the door was fast . The fact created suspicion , and she alarmed the neighbourhood . Entrance was

    effected through the window , and a horrid scene presented itself . The bodies of Colkin ' s two children were found lying at the foot of a bed , quite dead , with their throats cut from ear to ear . On the same mattress lay stretched the two cholera corpses , and by the side of his wife Colkin himself was found , with his throat cut , but still alive . With both arms he embraced his dead wife . The bed clothes , of course , were deluged with blood , and further details would only disgust . A razor , the instrument of the mischief , was ly ing on the floor . The alarm was promptly given , and it so happened that Mr . Kilner , one of the indefatigable Dispensary Burgeons , was passing up the street at the time . He was called in , and gave orders for the immediate removal of Colkin tothe Northern Hospital . This was done

    under the superintendence of the police . As they lay in a dark corner of the bed , the two murdered children were not at first discovered ; they were cold and lifeless when found , and it is the opinion ofthe surgeon that they must have been dead for several hours . We have heard , but cannot vouch for the fact , that although the outer shutters had not been closed , the window had been nailed down inside . Colkin , as we have stated , was removed on a stretcher to the hospital , where the usual remedies were applied . He appeared collected and sensible and , when reference was made to the tragic occurrence , said simply that grief for the death of his wife , who was alwavs especially dear to him , had driven him mad . Aithough a frightful gash had been inflicted , he was not on reception considered in a dangerous state , and he showed considerable symptoms of recovery on Saturday afternoon .

    The _Ino-Ukst . —On Monday , before P . F . Curry , Esq . the borough coroner , inquests were held conjointly on view of the bodies of James Colkin and Catherine Colkin . After hearing the evidence , which was the same as above stated , the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Patrick Joseph Colkin in both cases . " - —The accused i s still at the hospital , and very ill , but hopes are entertained of his recovery . He had formerly , we learn , been in good circumstances . Rbphesentation of West _Surhey . —A requisition is in course of signature to Mr . Williams , the late member for Coventry , requesting him to stand for this division of tli 3 county . Mr . Briscoe , who formerly represented the county ,, bai issued an address , offering himself as a candidate . Alleged Post Office _Robberi-. —A clerk in the Worcester Post Office , named William Merrick , has been remanded upon a charge of stealing money letters .

    Fatal AccmENT to a Miner , anu Explosion of Fire-damp . —On Monday an inquest was held at Manchester , on the body of a young man named James Thornton , who worked in the coal-pit of Mr J . Bradbury , at Droylesdett . About a fortnight ago it appears Thornton went down into the pit with a candle , and proceeded to the far end , set the candle down , and began to work ; but he had hardly done so before one or two workmen near him perceived a blaze immediately spring up , as though gunpowder had ignited , and heard a terrific explosion . Almost

    blinded themselves , they rushed backwards , and in a few minutes perceived Thornton tottering along towards them , apparently very much hurt . It was found that he was severely burnt in almost every part of the body . He was taken up the shaft , and afterwards removed to the infirmary , where he died on Monday last . It appears the miners never use their safety lamps , unless aware of the pre _* ence of fire-damp ; and in the present instance Thorn ion was cautioned , though , unfortunately , the caution was given him after he had descended the pit . A verdict was returned of " Accidental death . " _^** _*** _*** _* ' _^^^^^ _p _* - _**^*^& _f _^^^ %

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    Melancholy Accident . —Six Lives Lost . —On the afternoon of Thursday , th *; 29 th ult ., a boat belonging to the Rev . Mr . Fialayson , clergyman of the Free Church at Lochs , Island of Lewis , went out on a fishing excursion . There were on board of the boat Donald and Robert Finlayson , sons ol the reverend gentleman , Donald Macaulcy , son of Capt . Macauley , Stornoway , and three other young men belonging to Luerbost , Lochs . In the evening the boat not arriving , some alarm was naturally excited , and on the following morning a strict search was made , when , melancholy to relate , the boat was found bottom up , on an island called Tava _, near the _Busfeeu Isles , with the , * M oi * the lug sail made

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    boat was upset- ? 1 * - _„„ d ) andtwo of the o her youngest of - _^^^ ' F _& _jwn _' B eldest son young men lhe > _**? _%££ . _^ 8 truck > on bottom , as his boot _^ J e e _^ hi _, handa occurred in tliis island for many years . - Inverness Courier . „ , _«„ , DISTURBANCES IS NORTH UIST .

    ( From the Inverness C ourier . ) It is with the deepest _^™ J 51 _&* 2 ? that disturbances , apparently ofa veiy s _^ _uV th racter , have taken place m _fcorfti Uist , one oi . u _» knds of the Hebrides , in thisi county . Lord Macdonald is sole proprietor of this island , Sh contains about _* 5 _, 000 inhabitants A Ee proportion of these are _croftars and cotarf , who ? since the failure of the potato _, crop , have beeA in a state of extreme destitution At the worst period of the scarcity , in . 1846-7 , meal was _supplied by Lord Macdonald , and work found Se ? the D ; igeAct , and the relief c ommittee hav _^ since extended assistance to ithe most necessitous . Emigration , however , with an enlargement ofthe croftl or holdings of those who should remain was censidered the only means of _permanontly iml ft ™( - the narish . " Far removed from the seats

    of manufacture and constant employment , a great part of tho time of the small tenantry is wasted which might be profitably employed . Early _niarria- 'es , which have become habitual for ages back increase the population in a ratio almost incredible ; and the crofts or lots , originally too small for the first possessor , and necessarily sub-divided among the married sons or daughters are become totally unfit to supply them with the comfortable or even necessary means of subsistence . - ( Statistical Account . ) ., , . ,. . . , - In order to remedy the evils of _sub-division and the tenant-at-will system , Lord Macdonald this year laid down rules for tho management of his bKye estateHe resolved on increasing all lots that might

    . require it up to four Scotch acrea _, and granting * leases to the occupants . In tho second report of the Destitution Board , Captain Elliot , the inspector , alludes to this arrangement , and remarks" He will without rise of rent grant leases , in no cases under eight years' duration , when they shall have completed improvements in drainage , trenching , and fencing , equal to two years of their present valued rent ; and further , that in respect of those at present holding no land he is willing to allocate improvable portions to the same extent of waste land at a nominal rent on a fifteen years lease , with certain reasonable terms attached . ' Captain Elliot reports the effect of his new arrangement as most s -rratifvin-r to the people of Skye . They set to work

    vigorously on their little possessions , and he counted something more than one hundred new drains opened up on the second day of the new system ( April 30 , 1849 ) . An impulse and motive for exertion had been supplied to the people . Lord Macdonald at the same time resolved on effecting some improvement on his extensive estate of North Uist ; and all parties judged it necessary that emigration to a considerable extent should first take place . Before consolidating and enlarging the crofts , the redundant population required to bo otherwise provided for , so thatno croft of four acres should be entitled to a lease if burdened with more than one family . In March last about a hundred of the small cottars were summoned to remove at the

    Whitsunday term , and aU were offered a free passage to Canada , where a large number of their relatives and acquaintances—nearly 600 souls , who left North Uist in 1828 and at subsequent periods—were comfortabl y settled . The Relief Board , convinced ofthe necessity for emigration In the present state of the country , offered 20 s . to each adult , and 10 s . for parties under fourteen years of age . Lord Macdonald agreed to pay all the other expenses of removal , besides foregoing all arrears ot rent and assisting the most destitute with clothes . His lordship also offered to send with them a respectable person of their choosing to see chem favourabl y settled in Canada . These terms were _explained to the people by Mr .

    Cooper , Lord Macdonald ' s commissioner , but when Whitsunday came , none of them offered to remove . Mr . Cooper and Mr . Shaw , the sheriff-substitute , then reasoned with them on the better prospect opened up to them by their remov al to Canada , and the misery of their present condition , dependent upon the Destitute Board , and without any romunerative source of employment . The people , however , were resolute , and seeing that all remonstrances were in vain , legal steps were taken for ejectments . A small number of the people , we understand , were ejected , but the weather was wet and stormy , and the remainder were allowed to remain . About a fortnight since , the sheriff accompanied the officers to the township of Solas , mquoad

    sacra parish of Trumisgarry , to complete the evictions . Immediately on their appearing in sight a black flag was hoisted , and a great number of people assembled . There is a population of about one hundred in Solas , but they were joined by others from the neighbouring townships . Mr . Shaw , the sheriff , is generally popular in the island , both on account of his own merits and those of his father . The peoplo emphatically said they would not hurt a hair ofhis head , but they threatened instant death to any officer who would attempt to eject them . The sheriff , from motives of humanity , and to allow time for further deliberation , withdrew tho officers , and intimated to the people that he would return on the following day . Sonie of the officers remained in the

    neighbourhood oftho spot , but during the night tho house in which they slept was surrounded , large stones were thrown , and . the officers were obliged to fly . Nothing could be done on the following day . A spirit of determination possessed the people , and their numbers had swelled to several hundred persons . The most prominent of the leaders declared that they would neither go away nor pay rent ; that they would not allow sequestration of their effects , but keep the cattle for sale at the markets . " Their conduce altogether , " says a correspondent , *• was very unlike what Highlanders might be expected to exhibit , and some misehievous demagogue must have been amongst them . One man said that before they would be turned out they would do as the Hungarians did with the Austrians ! " Tho authorities had no force to carry out the law , and they

    withdrew from the infuriated populace , and information was conveyed to the sheriff of the county . We have confident hopes that the matter will be peaceably adjusted . Ten years since a similar disturbance took place in Harris , but the authorities of the county , on repairing to the spot , speedily removed the misunderstanding and restored order . In cases of this painful nature , there will always be a difference of opinion as to the proper course to be pursued . One intelligent gentleman , a native of the island of North Uist , though cordially approving of emigration as a means of benefitting the Highlands , inform-j us that Lord MaedoiVAWs manager should have made arrangements for sending the peoplo sooner to Canada . It is now too late in the season . Tho removals should have been made more gradually , Instead of attempting to expatriate 000 or 600 souls at once , the emigration should have been spread over three or four years .

    A correspondent of the Inverness Advertiser , in North Uist , writing before the disturbances broke out , gives a counter-statement to that given by the Inverness Courier of the conduct pursued by the proprietor aud others towards the population . He writes as follows : —The affairs / oi tue island of North Uist have not , it would appear , been made public , else the people , who are now being visited with the greatest harshness and oppression , might have been saved from what they deem the heaviest of all afflictions—that of being turned out of their houses and from the homesteads of their fathers by a kind of wholesale ejectment . The population of the island does not roach 4 , 500 , and it cannot be said that it is over-populated , when it is

    remembered that the island and islets extend from north to south about thirty miles , and from east to west the greatest width fifteen miles , and when on every hand there is land which , if , only laboured and drained , would render it an exporting instead of importing country . No encouragement in any one given way is held out to draw forth the energies of the inhabitants or g ive them the means , of subsistence beyond the paltry produce of their crofts . I do not speak now of the large grazing farms . The people were encouraged to remain on the island b y the Lords Macdonald for tho purpose of making kelp , and by ifc much money reached the pockets of tlie proprietors for the time , and the _Jrents were not then lelfc a great burden , when paid by labour . Now kelp has ceased to be made ,, but the high money-rents of the crofts are still the same as when

    paid in labour ; and . this , coupled with the failure in potatoes , has caused the tenant to fall somewhat in arrears . They haye suffered much from the want of food , and after , in numerous instances , having consumed the produce of their lands have been compelled to seek assistauce from the Hi ghland Relief Committee . It is true that to a very limited extent this committee have _glvea _etajl _^ _m-j-ftt _, but for ninety-six hours' work for improvements for Lord Macdonald the small quantity of two stones of Indian meal is dolod o p . V once a fortnight . Intervals have intervened when no meal was to be had , and the poor men " have worked for days , and their families have VlVcd solel y on small fish and cockles . True , a \ so Lord Macdonald . under the Drainage Act , -expended some few hundreds , but this has boon applied invidiously , whole distriots being _almotf- omitted , and those now under process o \ ejccuo . ii ; andthe wages , without reaching the

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    pocket of the drainer , went no further , than his lordship ' s own pocket , to diminish old arrears , and therefore have proved no immediate boon . The district of Solas , in tho parliamentary pansli of Trumisgarry , is at present in the deepest distress . . Arrears are certainly due , owing , as already said , to exorbitant rents , the total cessation ot tne making of the kelp , and the failure of potatoes . But the tenants , with their cottars and their children , amounting to between 600 and 100 , irrespective of these and every other consideration , are in tho course of being forcibly ejected . They asked i delay , offering to dispose of their live stock at the I market ; and labour in the mean time in making ! kelp at such a reduced rate as would remunerate

    Lord Macdonald , and offering to take their farms or crofts on just and equitable terms . But no , their respectfui petitions have not been attended to , and the law must force them off the island . They were summoned to remove as on 16 th May ; but , let it be noticed , they were , by the factors or ex-factors , or their minions , urged to plough largely , and sow more largely than ever ; and this they did after 15 th May . The poor people parted with their home-made clothes and blankets , die , for seed . They hoped that all this would have been for their own benefit ; but no , after all , they are not to reap the fruits . They have been allowed also to cast their winter peats but he seems to desire to have these for a bonfirewhen he by might shall have turned off a

    , sound-hearted , honest people . Every three or four ofthe tenants have had goods hypothecated and many fires have been put out , and the furniture thrown out of doors , and the doors sealed up . Very _o-reat is the distress , and heart-rending the cries and sobbings of the helpless people , their wives and children . Hia lordship bids them , by his servants , be off to Canada ; alas ! at this late season , without money , without friends . The p assage-money will be paid by his lordship ; ay , it will , but out of the proceeds of tlieir cattle and crops ! But what of the imbedded and cold sheds on the quays of Quebec and Montreal and the way to the interior , and

    , bread for the coming severe winter ? Is all this enacting so near home , and none to interfere ? no voice to be lifted up to expose to merited obloquy such oppression—such a trampling on the rights of so many of our countrymen ? Two or three days of grace havo been given , when if the people do not subscribe some document agreeing to emigrate , the houses are to be destroyed . Hitherto they have meekly suffered ; but endurance has its limits . It is to bo hoped that Lord Macdonald and his ofiacers will yet relent , and show somewhat ofthe magnanimous and philanthropic , if not show that of pity and compassion .

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    THE QUEEN'S VISIT . The Queen , accompanied by Prince Albert , and four of her children , sailed in the Victoria and Albert . Yacht from Osborne , on Wednesday , the 1 st inst , on her much talked of visit to Ireland . She was accompanied by a considerable squadron of steamers of various sizes , and had remarkably fine weather for her voyage . The royal fleet did not anchor in any of the harbours on the coast after leaving Osborne , as was

    anticipated , but proceeded direct to Ireland , the consequence was , that her Majesty arrived on Thursday evening in Cove , earlier than was expected . On the appearance ot the squadron rochets were thrown up and bonfires lighted on Spike Island , Hawlbowline , and all along the heights . When the royal yacht appeared within Hoche ' s Point , the men-ofwar burntblue lights at the yardarms and spanker and flying jibbooms the Marines in each ship firing a feudejoie instead of the royal salute , which would have taken place had her Majesty arrived before

    sunset . The town of Cove was speedily illuminated , fireworks were discharged from tho Columbine quay . On the following morning the authorities went on board the royal yacht to ascertain the Queen ' s intention as to landing . Sir _George _Gw > y expressed to them her Majesty ' s gratification at the reception she had met with in Cove during the previous evening , and stated her intention to visit the city in the afternoon . The Mayor uyged the disappointment that would be felt if the original arrangement not to land till to-morrow were departed from : to which the

    rig ht hon . baronet replied , that her Majesty was most anxious if possible , to reach Dublin on Saturday evening . The Queen would , therefore , visit Cork at four o clock this afternoon , receive the addresses of the corporotion and the other public bodies who had announced to hira their intention of presenting them , and would leave for Dublin in the morning . This announcement created something like consternation among the citizens , who in their eagerness to exhibit all the outward and visible signs of loyalty , in the shape of triumphal arches and other patriotic devices , feared the time would be too short to enable them to complete their preparations .

    The river Lee was crowded with boats and craft of all descriptions , filled with people eager to catch a glimpse of the royal visitors , while on shore every house was decorated " according to the taste and resources of its owner , in honour of the visit . About two her Majesty , accompanied by Prince Albert , presented himself to the people on the deck of the yacht . " One wild huzza of illimitable length and loudness , ' ' says the Times , " rang from boat to boa * ; and shore to shore . " The steam hissed fiercely from the tiny throat of the Fairy as if impatient of further delay ; then she moved slowly towards the royal yacht , and amid the thunders of artillery , the multitudinous shouts of the people , and the sturdy cheers of the sailors who manned the yards , the

    Queen and Prince Albert , with their suite , proceeded with Sir George Grey and the Earl of _Fortescue , in the royal tender to Columbine-quay , Govs . There arose a cheer , loud , long , and universal , hailing her Majesty ' s first setting foot on Irish soil . Her Majesty appeared much gratified with her reception , and graciously acknowledged the plaudits which pealed from land to sea . Her Majesty , _accompanied by Prince Albeit and her suite , walked from the yacht to the pavilion erected a short distance from the shore . Here an address was presented , in which the Queen was requested to change the name of the town from Cove to Queenstown , in order to commemorate her visit . Having acknowledged the kindly welcome she had received , and sanctioned the chance of name , her Majesty

    re-embarked on board the Fairy and proceeded to Cork amidst the most enthusiastic demonstrations of loyalty . The Custom house , where her Majesty was to land , was the great point of attraction . There was erected a handsome pavilion communicating with the water by a flight of steps and covered with an awning of scarlet cloth . The pavilion was capable of seating 400 ladies , for whose accommodation it was specially reserved . Here had assembled the Earl of Band on , Lord-Lieutenant of the county , and Countess ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Thomond _, Lord and Lady Bernard , the Earl of Listowel , Lady Augusta Howe , Lord Carberry , Colonel Bourke , Deputy-Lieutenant ; Mr . Saarsfield , the High Sheriff ; General Turner , the Commander of the district , and other official personages .

    The whole side of the Custom-house faoing the water was covered with a rich scarlet cloth , on which was worked in fine relief gold-coloured representations ofthe national emblems—the shamrock , rose and thistle . Immediately over the entrance to the pavilion was placed , a handsome gold crown , supported in bold letters by the national welcome , " Cead mille fealtha , " which being interpreted , means -- a hundred thousand welcomes . " On either side of the triumphal arch floated flags , on one of which was engraved the arms of Cork with the motto '' Statu ) bene fide carinis . " Two magnificent Grecian vases , filled with the choicest flowers of the country , were placed at the eastern end of the pavilion supported by pedestals , on which were placed

    the letters V . and A ., raised iu golden colours and resting on true lovers' knots , represented in the same brilliant hue _. On the approach of the yacht a royal salute wa 3 fired from eight pieces of ordnance placed on the quay immediately opposite the Custom-house , which was followed by a shout of exulting loyalty from the thousands congregated on board the steamers and wharfs , the enthusiastic character of which evidently much affected her Majesty . The civil authorities of the district proceeded on board and presented addresses , and her Majesty conferred the honour of knighthood on the Mayor of k _*™ , _' . Addresses were also presented from the _Established Clergy of the diocese , and the Roman Catholic Clergy . On landine a nrocession wns _fni-mpd

    The Queen and Prince Albert , with Lady Jocelyn , _Lady-m-Waitm _* _** - _, and the Maid of Honour in Waitin ? , occupied the first carriage , which had been prepared for her Majesty—a landau , drawn by four gray horses , and preceded by two outriders , also on gray horses . The second , a barouche , also drawn by four gray horses , was occupied by Lord Fortescue , Sir 6 Grey , and Colonel Gordon . On either side of the carriage occupied by the Queen rode the Earl of Bandon , attended by the Hon H . B . Bernard , both mounted on gray chargers , and General Turner , attended by _hiei aides-de-camp . The procession was Ern _tt'J 1800 _^??? _" _- ' Coloittel of the Citv of Cork _Mil-t _ia , attended by Captain Warren , aidede-camp , Lord Carberry , General Shouldham , Mr . B . Turner . Hon . and Rev . C . B . Bernard Mr R Smyth , of Ballynatia , the Deputy Lieutenant of tho

    county ot uork all m full uniform ,- and by Mr . A . _ofUf i _, , _/ ouniy Wc * - * - * . of police . ; _lmm _«* i \ y after the four carriages occupied bythe Queen and her suite , followed carriages containing the Marauis and Marchioness of Thomond _, _Counters of Bandon and Listowel , Viscountess Bernard , & o . _-.-.-. . ihe _^ streets through which the cortege passed were decorated with triumphal arches garlanded with evergreens and [ flowers , bearing inscriptions of enaearment to thei ( sovereign , such as _«* Welcome- " " God save the Queen , " Hail Victoria , Ireland ' s hope and England ' s glory . " The line of the procession was kept by companies ofthe Cameronian- _^ th e Lancers , and the constabulary . The _mS admira

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    ble order prevailed . The shops were all closed ; every window and balcony , was tenanted , the gentlemen shouting and the ladies waving their handlier « chiefs . In every part of the route her Majesty was most enthusiastically received , although in portions of the . route many of the people who crowded the streets looked poor and haggard . On the return of the procession to the Custom ** -house , at six o ' clock , the Queen and Prince Albert _re-cmbavked and proceeded down the river , reaching Cove at seven o ' clock . _^ On Saturday morning evident preparations for sailing were visible in tha royal squadron . Numbers of small boats and yachts were to be seen rowing and sailing round the ro * al yacht , with numbers of ladies and gentlemen on board , anxious to get , if possible , a glimpse of the Queen and Prince Albert . The Prince of Wales and the royal Princesses , being on board , were also objects apparently of intense

    interest , particularly to the ladies , The royal party , wilh that considerate condescension which haa marked their conduct throughout in Cork , and with an evirfent desire to gratify an excusable and even laudable curiosity , came on deck repeatedly and leant over the side of the yacht , so that the sightseers should be sent away perfectly satisfied . The Queen was on deck at nine o ' clock , dressed in a morning wrapper and plain straw bonnet with green veil . Prince Albei t had on a military c ap with gold band , and a shooting jacket and _lisrht trowsers . The Prince of Wale * was dressed in a sailor ' s hat and jacket ; and if one could judge by the manner in which he bounded atong the deck , seemed in the best health and spirits . " The royal princesses were under the care of the governess , and tlie three royal children were constantly to be seen gathering round tbe Queen , and evidently posing her Majesty by their questions .

    At ten o ' clock precisely the orders were given ' to weigh _aiicht . r , and in a very few minutes the yacht was under weigh . The F « iry was immediately in her wake , and then followed the Black _Eag'e and Banshee . A royal salute was fired from the Camden and Carlisle forts , the yards of the men-of-war in harbour were manned in tlie usual way , and the whole squadron steamed out of the harbour with wonderful rapidity . , A somewhat smart breeze was encountered on the voyage , whieh deranged the commodore ' s _arransementsas tothe order in which the vessels were to follow each other , and gave rise to a race between two of the " crack" steamers , whicli is spiritedly narrated by the correspondent of the Times . - —The

    Victoria and Albert hoisted some _mysterbus little flags to her main , which , after fluttering for a iirtle , were hau _' ed down and replaced by others , and in & moment the Vivid and the Banshee put down their helms and went about as fast ns they could till they had altered their course completely . In fact , they had been ordered to run and speak the Sphynx , then right astern , and almost hull down , to return and pass the royal yacht , that they might ascertain their respective rates of speed . The little vessels absolutely flew over the water—no , not over exactly , for now and then , the Vivid especially , they sent their sharp bows right into a wave and were for a second lost in a hazy mist of spray . The race was most exciting ; parallel to each other , and only about 300

    yards apart , the rivals went plunging on through foam and wave to their common goal . The commanders , like the two sons of Tydeus , eager to excel , hurried about trumpet in hand , from deck to paddlebox , and noting every yaw of the steersmen with the closest scrutiny , and encouraging their engineers as the heroes of old were wont to exhort tlieir charioteers . For miles they steamed on , and yet it would oe impossible to say any alteration took place in their respective positions , By rapid degrees the Sphynx was nearcd . and the excitement was at its greatest . The Vivid , smaller than the Banshee , and much shorter , went round like a top , and paseed up to the port quarter of the man-of-war . The Banshee , describing a far wider circle , ranged up on

    her starboard-quarter , anl it then became evident that her rival had somewhat the best of the struggle , and would pass the Sphynx first . So , indeed , ifc proved , and the race was to the swift , for the Vivid on drawing ahead of the S phynx was perhaps a few inches in advance of the Banshee , but continued ia the race back to the Victoria and Albert to increase her advantage till she was nearly a cable ' s length before her competitor . It was nearly t « o o ' clock before they rounded the Sphynx , and just before three they came up wi' h the Royal yacht . Here the Vivid would not be denied ; making the most of her position , she dashed right before the Banshee so as to give her the full benefit of the wash of her wheels , and shot past like a racehorse . As the

    gallant little craft neared the Victoria aud Albert all the hands of the latter were piped on deck , and her officer s cheered the _victors lustily , while the Prince and the distinguished pers > ns by whom he was surrounded seemed highly delighted with the contest . The squadron dropped anchor for the night at half-past four o ' clock , between two small fishing stations—named Passage and Ballyhack , on the estuary at the head of which stands Waterford . The people of the district were prepared for the visit , and gave a hearty welcome . At a quarter after five o ' clock the Fairy , having Prince Albert on board , - steamed up the river to Waterford , which is about eight miles from the anchorage , and returned alongside the royal yacht at ten minutes to eight o ' clock , _having just given

    time to any one on board to take a glimpse of tha town so famous for butter and bacon and Young Irclandism . AVhen night closed . in , Passage anl Ballyhack illuminated — those poor small villages ! Not a window but exhibited its candle at every pane , while bonfires blazed on the quay and gleamed away up the dark sides ofthe distant hill ? . Early on Sunday morning the Stromboli , Lucifer , and Sphynx , which had arrived at intervals during the night , weighed anchor , and proceeded northward towards Dublin in advance ofthe squadron , neither the Trident nor La Hogue having as yet made their appearance . The Vivid , at a quarter p ast six o ' clock , was sent outside to see how the weather looked , and came back in two hours with a

    report sufficientl y favourable to induce Lord Fitzclarence to give orders for sailing , andthe squadron weighed anchor , and stood down the river shortly after nine o ' clock . The day was , however , overcast with clouds , and a strong breeze from the east had raised a sea , of which the vessels soon began to feel the _effecta . Under the usual salute from Duncannon Fort , the yacht , followed by the Fairy , Black Eagle , Banshee , and Vivid , opened the Hook Light _, and got into clear water past the fatal" Creek of Baggonbun , . _ Where Ireland was lost and won ;" for there it was , according to the traditional rhyme , that Strongbow landed his knights and archers iust 700 years ago , and won b y for ? e and fraud many a broad acre . *'

    Thence by the Saltees , those insidious rocks , at whose bast rest the remains of many a gallant seaman , tlie royal fleet went onwards tothe Tuscar , an Irish Eddystone , reared on a mass of half submerged granite in a stormy sea miles from land . i _^ e } he _expatriated watchers had hoisted their little flags , and perched up in the gallery , peered at tue wonderful pageant as it swept past them ; then the low coast receded from view , and the turbid waters showed the shallow seas which the ships were navigating . At half-past one o ' clock La Hogue novo well in sight on her course from Cork , steaming away , with mainsails , foro and maintopgallant sail , toresail , and spanker set . As her hu- _* -e hull rose upon the _liorizon and exhibited her lolty sides with distinctness _enough to enable to

    one perceive ner tremendous battery , she backed her topsail , hoisted colours , and fired a royal salute m splendid style . Passing between Arklow banks and the mainland , but at such a distance that the scenery in so dull a day was almost the coast of Wicklow-g lorious with purple _moun-2 j » _hdl sides , and rich undulating lands _Twf ™ th _1 ripeD , _£ _erops-became _accf ssible . Their course thenceforward was indeed a siebt SS A e forgottep . The painter and the _? oet together could do it justice , and they only . Who sha 1 describe the beauty of ' those bays set in the re . cesses of majestic hills , or the infinite diversity of wood and dale—of harvest field and ru _2 ° _-ed

    rockex mountain ancl valley clothed with the blue heath and yellow furze empurpled with the mellowed rays l ; , _£ _X - ? J _towards his setting , freed from tha clouds that had obscured his meridian splendour ? fli i < 2 e 7 f _*?* _X _? m tiny boats , with sails flickering m the light like a seabird ' s wing ; and on the lotty promontories were congregated masses of people , who , no doubt , cheered lustily as tha squadron _wentjiy . Wicklow-head and the high promontory of Bray were covered with hundreds of people . On rounding the latter , Killiney Bay pre"W . _Wranp _, surrounded by the \ Yicl 5 ow _1-i _nii ? _ft _* _i and J ust underneath the Shadow Ofthe hill of Killiney : itself were lying SW and quietly , waiting for the approach of the fleet , boli _^ Tl ° _, _om' uad _«>» » the Sphynx ,: Strom ! _SS _. H _iW , ' - " _? ° - Bray-head the bay sweeps inland , in the form of a semicircle , till it is terminatea by a corresnondini * - headland . _whiMi * 0 _* h ., _»„

    out the harbour of Kingstown , and the greater por-5 _?* rwn thd ba J ? - * Dubl _? n ' aided b the small island qlllalkey ,-which is dose to the shore . The proxU S ~ _r c * _JP _ltalw , as soon evidenced by a whole K _~ n * _T ? _^ ho _^> laden _t ° th water ' s th ?;™ w P _^^ _Sfc -Dnlkb y Sound towards 2 ? _iS ?» S ? ' f - eiL ai by tUe _appeamco of two SomS _' _ST _4 _wtK _% s , and _tolling terribly _Sn _^« _Wr f State * _- _- th _^ _° _<* s As the S _M ? the _Z , ™ nearly and sustained . _MniS f r 014 nd , - _? - y Island ; or rather the , Sfcft _*^ lie . outside , the steamers in _tti 1 y ay took _* « ieir * stations by signal , manned tier . yards , and dressed with colours ; and _in-two aivisions the royal squadron , now onegorgeous mass Ol streamers , and animated lines of white and blue stretched out on the bending yards from lower to royal mast , prepared to enter the harbour of Kingstown , while her Majesty ' s steamer Dragon , off its mouth , observed a similar ceremonial , It is enough

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 11, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11081849/page/6/