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      ¦#\R O-Tat? October 13, 1840.

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      Health Of Loxdox Der-Kg Ins Week—The Num...

      Health of Loxdox _der-kg ins Week—The number of deaths from all causes registered in ths woes , ending last Saturday , is 1 , 230 , and wain _-exhibits aa important decrease on the previous week . Since the Srsi week of September , when the total deaths were 3 , 183 , the mortality has steadily declined , and is now . happily , not much in excess of the rax that usuall y prevails ia the last quarter of the year . Cholera has fallen more rapidly than it increased , for during last week the deaths registered were 2 SS , a numherln the fourth week of its decline "which differs not much from the number returned about eight weeks before it attained its greatest fatality . Darrhasa and dysentery also decrease , hut

      more slowly . It will be observed , however , that the deaths from these two forms of disease last "week , namely 146 , are hardly less numerous than those of part of the years 1840 and 1847 , when the periodical increase was unusually great . In St . Giles only one death from cholera was registered last week ; in East London , West London , and city of London , the deaths were twelve , those in the previous week from cholera having been twenty-six . in Lambeth the deaths in two weeks having fallen fifty to twenty-four . It lingers in Fulham , and in some other districts thc recent improvement is not remarkable . Other epidemics , with the exception of typhus , arc near the average . With reference to

      small pox , Mr . Iloll states that that he has registered only two deaths in the hospital for this disease ( in _Camden-iown sub-district ) in three months . Within this period the house has been nearly empty , at one time there was but a single patient , and ail the cases were of a mild form . A man of sixty-two years died in Ald gate of " destitution" ( according to the coroner ' s verdict ) . The mean height ofthe barometer in the week was 29-374 ; the mean _tempci-atnre was 51 deg . 2 min , less than the average of the same week in seven years by about two degrees . The temperature was considerably lower than in previous weeks ; and on some days rain fell heavilv .

      _Scicide is Kessisgtos Gardens —Between five and six o ' clock ou Saturday afternoon , a man of decent appearance shot himself with a pistol in Kensington-gardens . He was found shortly afterwards by one ofthe garden constables No . o , lying inthe plantation of trees on the north-east side of the round pond , still alive . Mr . Gardiner , surgeon of Paddington , was immediately sent for , and found that the unfortunate man had shot himself just above the naval , and that the bowels were protruding . A stretcher was then sent for to the Kensington station-house , and in the interim both Mr . Gardiner and the constable asked him the cause of his desperate ac ' , hut he refused to give them answers on ihe subject . He was placed on the

      stretcher , for ths purpose of being conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital ; hut on the way he expired , and his body was then removed to the dead house of St . Margaret ' s , Westminster , in which parish the suicide _' had taken place . The deceased appeared to he about fifty years of age , five feet seven inches high , dirk hair inclining to grey , dressed in an invisible green coat , much worn , striped trowsers , shoes , and drab gaiters . On him was found a silk handkerchief , a steel ring , a pair of silver spectacles and case a tobacco box , and two shillings and sevenpence in money , but nothing tending to lead to his identity . —On Wednesday Mr . Baker held an inquest at thc Rose and Crown , Kni _ _» _* htsbridge , on the body of Thomas Jones , aged sixty . —Charlotte

      Jones , 2 _vo , 23 , DURC-Street , St James ' s , lod g ing house-keeper , said deceased was her brother , ana lived with her . He was a journeyman silversmith , hut his sight filling him hc had latterly been desponding , being afraid of coming to poverty . . Terdict— " Temporary insanity . " Suicide of Mr . Bagshaw , of Bridges-street , _Cove-vt Gaboex . —On Monday morning information ¦ was forwarded to Mr . Bedford , the Westminster coroner , of the death of Mr . Richard Bagshaw , the newspaper agent , of No . 31 , Brydges-street , Covent garden , who committed suicide under the following melanchol y circumstances : —The deceased , who was in the fortieth year ofhis age , was well known in the newspaper world , and had eonducted

      a most extensive business for the last twenty years , which had been carried on nearly half a century previously by his father , -whom he succeeded . Mr . Bagshaw had always enjoyed a good state of health , but latteri y he had shown evident symptoms ofa disordered intellect , and appeared to labour under a delusive dread of poverty . By the advise of his wife and other friends he was induced to dispose ofhis business , which he accomplished a few weeks prior to his destruction , and had resolved to remove into the country and live a retired life . Up to eL-ht o ' clock on Sunday morning he appeared as usual , hut at half-past ten o ' clock the same morning he was discovered in his bed-room -witharope tightly fastened round his neck , and suspended to the bed-post . Life was quite extinct . Mr . Bedford heldaa inquest on Tuesday at the Bell Tavern , Wellington-street Strand , fhe jury

      returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . " " Deteiwiixed Scicide . —On Tuesday morning at a quarter before eight o ' clock , a most determined act of self-destruction was committed 6 y Mr . Kaye , linen-draper , of _Xo . 55 , Tottenliam-court-road , who precipitated himself from the second-floor window into the street . The deceased , it appears , had lately heen in very embarrassed circumstances , and it was considered necessary by his friends to keep a close watch over his actions , but during tbe temporary absence of the party attending upon him , he toos . advantage of the opportunity , and , without even waiting * to raise the sash of the window , be jumped through the window into the street . The " unfortunate man was immediately conveyed to the Middlesex Hospital , where it was found that life -was extinct . The decea _sed was fifty years of age , and has left a wife and nine children to deplore his untimelv end .

      "VERmci of Maxslacghter agaixst a Scrgeos . —On Tuesday erening Mr . II . M . Wakley held an adjourned inquest at the Perseverance , Williamstreet , Camden-town , on Richard David Pearse , a mechanic , Lately employed at the "Vauxhall Gardens . Jane Pearse , widow of deceased , stated that her husband was seized with cholera on the Sth ult ., ¦ when Mr . Harris was called in and prescribed . In the evening deceased ' s brother discharged Mr . Har ris , and undertook his brother ' s treatment , wliich was homoepathic . lie prohibited him aU kind of food except _water-wuel , ice-water , and arrow-root .

      Her husband became maddened with hunger , called for food , declared that he was starved to death , and in s paroxysm of rage rushed into the garden , but was so weak he bad to return to his bed . On the 17 th he became so ill that Mr . Davis , surgeon , was sent for . He prescribed brandy and water and beef tea , which remained on hi 3 stomach . He , however , died the next day . —After three hours' deliberation with closed doors , the jury returned a verdict of " _Manslaughter against ; the deceased ' s brother , who ¦ was aeeordingly commuted to Xewgatc under the eoYO'n . er ' s warrant .

      Desperate Affiut . —On Sunday , at noon , a desperate affray took place in College-street , Caiuden-Town , hy which the lives of two police officers were for some time placed in imminent peril . The nei g hbourhood is not very remarkable for the pacific character of its inhabitants , and collisions are of very frequent occurrence . In the present instance the disturbance was commenced by a man named Partridge , who upon being remonstrated with by police constable _Billiiighurst , 336 S , attacked him violently , and in doing so was aided and assisted by two companions . _Biilinghurst having obtained the assistance of two other constables ,

      Sweetland and Hoiioway , attempted to capture the parties , upon whieh all three of them renewed the attack , and arming _themsslres with Iron railings torn up from in front of one of the adjacent houses , threatened to murder thera if they attempted to advance . After a desperate struggle with thc fellows , the officers succeeded in capturing two of the number—viE ., Partridge and a man named Redding , hoth of whom were conveyed to the station-house in Phcenix-street , Somers Town . The third party eluded the officers . The affray accasioned great excitement in the neighbourhood , and the prisoners were followed to the police station by a mob of several hundred persons .

      Ix the course of Friday and Saturday last several private meetings of clerks in the -various inland departments of the General Post-office were held , at which resolutions were passed pledging them to oppose thc threatened Sunday duty . All the clerks who attended were unanimous in declaring that , as _llednty was to he voluntary , they would decline Labour . Robbers of _SACRAilteXTA" -, Plate . —The sacramental plate belonging to All Saints church , Cambridge-place , Paddington , was stolen on Sunday evening * , from the house ofthe clerk of the church , -where it was deposited in an Oaken chest . The thieves effected aa entrance by means ofa skeleton key , during tho ahsente of thc clerk ' sfamilr .

      The cosv « 3-f 3 at Woolwich . —The recent escape ef convicts from this dockyard has caused a strict surveillance to be made bythe police of parties suspected to bo in league with them , and on Tuesday , _oiysearching a seiinian-rigger named Rogers , at the gate , a letter from one ofthe convicts still in custody was found in his cap , and information obtained that he had been a medium of communication betwixt other convicts and parties outside . The rigger was immediately dismissed , and a further mquiry will be made to ascertain if hc in any way

      aided the convicw who escaped . _Sixsi-lar _Acciuekt . —On Modday evening a poor woman , named Matthews , wife of a gunner in the Royal Artillery , residing on . _"Woolwich-tom-ifton , -walked over thc top ofthe cutting ofthe North Kent Railway , on the New-road , and fell on to the rail , a height of between _fsventy and twenty-five ieet . —Both the up and down trains had passed a few _mmuFcs he / ore . A fence which the railway eompaay liad pfeced -up to protect passengers had been palled down by SOfl ! e Of the inhabitants ofthe _wjnitj , and the poor woman -directed her steps to-

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      wards alight in Green ' s-end , which was placed on the other side ofthe line . She was seriously injured by the fall . _^*^ _^*~~^^ _r _~^^(^^—r _» v »» i ***** _•* " _* _*•* _¦ ¦

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      _Extraordinary Circumstance at Windsob . —A few days ago a sentinel , named Hillie _, on duty at Windsor Castle , one of the battalion of Grenadier Guards , under the influence of intoxicating liouor and affected by temporary insanity , presented a loaded carbine at Mr . John Roberts , inspector of palace ? , as he wa *» leaving the Home Park , and threatened to shoot him . The military maniac subsequently discharged his piece at a comrade sentry , the hall passing through a gas lamp , smashing it to pieces , fortunately without doing further injury . The insane proceeding was repe ated twice . Sergeant Spiers , with two men , by direction of the

      officer on guard , captured Hillier , and he was placed in confinement in the black hole , where he will be kept until he is tried by court-martial . — Weekly Chronicle Embezzlement by a Railway _Status-Master . —Chester-ford , Saturday . —The master , Robert Jones , of the railway station here , on the Eastern Counties line , has been apppchended on suspicion of being concerned in an extensive system p fem hezzlcment . He had been for some years in the service of the company , and previously to joining this station filled a responsible office at the Shoreditch terminus . He underwent a lengthened examination before the Rev . Mr . Graham and other magistrates at Uketon , a small village near this place , the station being in that parish . One case gone into showed that itwas his duty to collect the _kVU-W _444 W » J »» W _«¦***»• » . —• . ¦¦¦¦¦» - — w _ j dsand

      moneys'for the passengers' tickets and goo , forward the cash to Mr . N . Davis , the accountant of the corapanv , at Shoreditch . On the 21 st of Julyhereceive _' d £ llas . 7 d . for passengers , and £ 14 lis . 1 . for goods , in all £ 25 16 s . 8 d ., but only remitted £ 1210 s . to tbe accountant , leaving a deficiency of £ 13 6 s . Sd . It was stated that on that day he had entered in the train book as having received in notes £ 15 , gold £ 7 , silver 10 s . Other cases being gone into , Mr . Cooper , a solicitor , we believe , of Cambridge , made an appeal to the bench on behalf of the accused . The magistrates decided , however , on committing him for triaL Ha had been master of this station for nineteen months , and was well known to the frequenters of Newmarket as being very attentive to the safe conveyance of the racehorses , d * c . This station is near the Newmarket Junction . It is said that his

      defalcations amount to £ 200 . Elopement . —Prestos , Saturday . —During the past few days the tranquillity of this district has been disturbed by a report that one of the patients of Burgh Hall Lunatic Asylum had eloped , and that the runaway was none other than the celebrated Mrs . Norris , the quondam Miss Dnric . Our readers will , no doubt , recollect the dexterous elopement of Miss Duric with Ellis Norris , their marriage at Chester , the capture of , and replacing of Miss Duric in the asylum , and the subsequent law

      proceedings , which resulted in the imprisonment of Norris in Lancaster Castle for the expenses . Norris only left the gaol about a fortnight back . It appears that on Sunday last the family , with the exception of Mr . Stead , the proprietor of Burgh Hall , and a servant , had gone to church . About half-past ei ght o clock , Mr . Stead had occasion to leave Mrs . _Morris ' s room , for the purpose of writing a letter , and by some means the fair prisoner managed to get possession of a carpenter ' s chisel , by the aid of which , after cutting the chords , she was enabled to take out the lower sash of the

      window , from which she made her escape . Whilst Mr . Stead was writing he twice senthis servant to see that Mrs . Norris was safe . The first time she was reported to he reading , but on the second occasion , just as thc servant entered the room , the candle was blown out , and , to her amazement , she found tbe window lying on the floor , and that thc lady had flown . The police authorities were as soon as possible apprised of the circumstance , and several constables proceeded in search of the fair fugitive . Every house in the ncighboorhood about which any

      suspicion was entertained was searched , but to no purpose ; for neither Mrs . Norris nor her supposed deliverer could be seen or heard of , for even under the window through which she escaped they left not even the print of a footstep behind them . _Morris was found comfortably asleep in bed at his lodgings , minus his wife , and apparently unconscious of her escape "Jfewsham , who was" _* Sorris _** s assistant on a former occasion , was also found in his bed asleep . A reward of £ 10 has been offered for the apprehension of the lady . —

      A _Darin g _Robbery was committed on Saturday evening last on Messrs . _Flaigg aud A ' exander . watchmakers , Bath . During that evening a person , dressed as a respectable farmer , entered their shop and asked one of the partners to show him some gold watches . Several were placed before him , but he stated a wish to see some more , and whilst the shopkeeper was in the act of obtaining some more from the window , the apparent purchaser made off with two gold watches and a gold chain , valued at upwards of £ 40 . The thief was immediately pursued , and whilst in the act of turning the corner of tbe street he fell , and one of the gold watch- s was

      picked n ? from the mud . He , however , got off with the other gold watch and chain . The police , however , succeeded in capturing the thief about twelve o ' clock at night , in a low lodging house in Avonstreet , but the property has not as yet been recovered . _Excroachmemt of the Sea at Dover . —Owing to the heavy gales on Wednesday and Thursday morning last , extensive encroachments have been made by the _s-ea on the ground at the Esplanade and lower part of Waterloo Cresent . On Thursday morning , it being then nearly high water , the waves rolled in most boisterously , and at every surge carried away tons of the beach along the share — Dover Chronicle .

      Death from the Fumes of Arsenic—Plymouth , Oct . fl . —An adjourned inquest to inquire into the cause of death ofa little girl , named Helen Roberta , who was supposed to have died from the effects of the fumes of * arsenic emitted from a chemical manufactory adjoining the Cholera Hospital , in which thc child had been placed , was held before Mr . Edmonds , Esq ., the coroner , at the Guildhall on Wednesday . The evidence of the medical gentleman who had attended the child had been taken at the last examination , and they were unanimous in the opinion that arsenic fumes were emitted from the chimney of tbe chemical works , and that those fumes were

      detrimental to the public health , if not actually poisonous . They also swore that the child ' s death arose from inflammation of the lungs , and that the irritating cause of this was these fumes , which she had absorbed into hcr system . The defence was gone into , and several witnesses living iu thc immediate neig hbourhood were called , and proved that they had never experienced any bad effects from the works being so near them , and that then . * health was uniformly good . The Coroner having summed up in a very clear and lucid manner , after an absence of two hours the jury returned a verdict , "That deceased met her death from inflammation of the lungs , caused by inhaling the arsenic ia the loft . "

      A Discovery . —An idea has for some timo been prevalent among our fishermen , that one day or other their lucky stars would lead them to the discovery of an oyster bed on our coast , and this dainty vision has recently met with a most unexpected fulfilment , a bed of " real natives" having been found near the South Scroby , and supposed to be nearly two miles long . The " diggings * ' in tlus new California have already been _extcRsive , and several boats have landed their cargoes , which have been retailed at the remarkably low prices of ten a penny . The fish are delicately flavoured , and though at present small , still in a few weeks they will doubtless become fattened . The value of this fortunate discovery can hardly be overrated , as it will afford

      immediate and profitable employment to * very many poor persons , and it may hereafter rise to be one of . the most important branches of thc Yarmouth fisheries . —Bury Herald . The _Cosuemked Prisoxer Charlotte Harris . — Some charitably disposed inhabitants of Taunton recently memorialised the Home-office to spare thp life of tliis convict , condemned fo » poisoning her husband , and now awaiting her accouchment , previous to the sentence of the law being carried into effect . Sir George Grey has officially announced his regret th- ** the case * presents ho _grounds that warrant his interference with the due course of law . The prisoner is expected to be confined every day , and as soon after as possible the extreme penalty of the law will , it is stated , he carried into effect .

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      Sentence Op Death.—At The Jedburgh Circu...

      Sentence op Death . —At the _Jedburgh Circuit Court on Thursdav week , Thomas Wilson , John Brady , and Peter " "Rafferty , or Liffery , alias the _Switchei-, were charged with mobbing , _riolhlg _* , assault , and murder at the last St . Boswcll' s fair . All the prisoners pleaded "Not Guilty . " A great number of witnesses were examined on bsbaff of the prosecution . They all identified the prisoners , Wilson and Brady , a ? having taken an active part in the assault on young Lauder , who was murdered in assisting the police to quell the riot raised by the _Irishlabourers in order to rescue a prisoner . Nearly

      all the witnesses saw either the one or the other of I these prisoners strike Lauder . Other of the witnesses identified Raffert _* - as having been in the crowd taking an active part in it , but none of tbem saw him strike Lauder . J . Baillie , M . D ., proved tbat the deceased William Lauder's death was _produced by a blow given on the right side ofthe head , which had caused a concussion and compression of the brain . Witnesses were then led on behalf of the prisoners . The jury returned au unanimous verdict of " Guilty " against the prisoners Wilson and Brady , as libelled , _nndalsaof the munler of William Lauder , with a recomraendation to mercy . They found a verdict _nguiuet Rafferty for mobbing , riotimj , and _: ssa _* alt to

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      the danger of life . The sentence on Rafferty was postponed . After a brief consultation by their lordships and a few remarks from Lord "Wood , the Lord Justice Clerk , in the most solemn and earnest manner , pronounced the sentence of death upon Wilson and Brady . He told them they had been recommended to mercy . The court had no mercy t 0 bestow , only he would pake the proper applic ation to the Crown on their behalf , but hc warned them not to expect any . Brady wept bitterly when the sentence was passed , but Wilson heard it without betraying any emotion . The execution , if not countermanded , will take place at Jedburgh on the 25 th inst . -Border Advertiser .

      Case op suspected Poisosin g anu Robbery . — During the summer months , Jane Hamilton , a servant girl , resided with her mother in the town of Stratksven . She had been for many years a servant to a clergyman in Edinburgh , and had returned to her native place in a delicate state of health . She had accumulated upwards of £ 20 off her fees ; and of these in her chest , along with a few loose pound notes , was a bank receipt for £ 20 . She was latterly confined to bed , and her mother was assisted by Janet Lennox , who was married to Jane ' s brother , _Andrew Hamilton . Janet prepared drinks , and the doctor's medicine for the use of her ailing sister ; and both sho and her husband were in frequent and close attendance , as became affectionate relatives . Jane

      began to show symptoms of recovery , so much as to induce the medical gentleman to discontinue the usual visit . On the following day Jane ' s mother stepped into the doctor ' s shop . —Mother : This is a sudden change wi' Jane . —Doctor : What way ?—Mother : She ' s awa' !—Doctor ( in astonishment ) Where to ? Mother : She ' s dead ! -Doctor : Dead When did she die ? This is a suddeh change , indeed . —Mother : But what way did ye no come yesterday when ye were sent for ?—Doctor : She ffas so much better that I did uot think it necessary to call ; and to my knowledge I was not sent for . —Mother * That ' s strange ! Janet Lennox left my house o' her ain accord to gang for ye , and she came back saying that you would be directly . This was the first ground

      of suspicion of foul agency . Jane had thus died suddenly , and death had been attended with retching and burning pains . Arsenic is alleged to have been purchased by Janet Lennox froma druggist ' s Bhopin Strathaven , and arsenic is alleged to have been found , on thc body of the deceased being opened . Before suspicion had been matured and legal steps taken , Janet absconded , but afterwards came back , when both she and her husband were apprehended . Jane ' s chest , on examination before relatives , was found robbed of all her money ; and it is alleged that tbe sister , Janet , has been identified as the person who cashed the £ 20 receipt in the bank . Letters have been run , and the trial will shortly take place in

      Edinburgh . Remembering all the circumstances of Gilniour ' s trial , this may be considered peculiarly fortunate for the female prisoner . Altogether , the non-publicity of this atrocious case of murder and robbery exhibits a striking contrast with the courts and press of our English neighbours . Execution of the Convict Robb . —An answer to the petition transmitted to the Home-office , for a commutation of sentence in the ease of Robb , was received on Thursday . The answer , which is in the usual form ,, is unfavourable to the prayer of the petition , and the unfortunate man must therefore be executed on Tuesday week , according to the terms of his sentence . —Aberdeen Banner .

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      A Novel Barricade . —The Tipperary Vindicator contains an account of the proceedings , consequent upon the Boman Catholic Bishop of Ivillaloe , nominating the Rev . Mr . Kenny to the parish of Nenagh , instead of the Rev . Mr . Power , who has acted as curate for twenty years . On Mr . Kenny proceeding to the cbapcl , he found that the gates and doors were nailed and barricaded against him . A large crowd had assembled , and from their demeanour it was evident that they were determined to prevent Mr . Kenny ' s entrance . This was on the Wednesday , and , in spite ofthe efforts of Mr . Power and the Rev . Mr . Bowles , the people persisted during the day in

      " nailing the new priest out . Recourse was had to Dr . Kennedy , thebishop , who ordered Mr . Kenny to persevere ; " watch and ward" was kept all Wednesday night at the chapel gates , and also during the whole ot Thursday . On _Friday the attempt to enter was renewed in vain . Mr . Kenny went around the chapel , examining each of the doors and windows , but all were firmly closed with strong planks nailed across , in such a way as any attempt to force them would bo useless . He then addressed the people , stating that the Rev . Mr . Power had no greater friend than himself , and that this proceeding on the part of the people was calculated to do him ( Mr . Power ) more disadvantage than benefit . He said when Mr . Power was on thafc morning

      acquainted with the fact of the chapel doors being nailed up he expressed himself much pained , and said that his worst enemy could not do anything more injurious to him . Mr . Kenny then requested the people to open the doors of the chapel and allow him to celebrate Mass , but several answered that they would not allow the bishop nor Mr . Power himself to lay a finger on the chapel ; and " you , Father Kenny , " added one of the men , " and Dr . Kennedy too , were far enough away when Mr . Power was building that chapel , and mortgaging the coat off his back to make up money for it . "I know that , my friends , "added Mr . Kenny , "but the fact is , that Mr . Power will not get the parish , and if I leave it now . an utter stranger , who neither knows nor is

      known by any of you , will he appointed your pastor . " "Never , never , Sir , " _^ broke in the crowd , " when you go , no stranger will ever come after you , nor will we allow Father Power to be taken away from us . " " lie is not to be taken from you , " interrupted Mr . Kenny . " Nor will we suffer liim to be made a footstoolofbyany person , " cried another . Mr . Kenny here protested that no intention was had of making Mr . Power a "footstool , " as the peopleexnressed it . After a conversation in this strain with the people for upwards of half an hour , the reverend gentleman re'ired , but the crowds continued around the chapel , fearing least advantage might be taken of their absence if they left—in consequence of the rain which then commenced to fall heavily . About eleven o ' clock Mr . Power again came down and entreated ofthe people to open the gates , but they resisted all his entreaties , and asserted that no body , layman or priest , dare touch thera until he got his rights . About

      ten o clock on the night of Thursday the chapel bell was rung violently , and in a very few moments upwards of 500 people had collected to see what was the cause of the alarm . They appeared much excited , and , doubtless , apprehended that an alarm was raised . But it appeared that a little boy who nras watching in the old abbey adjoining the school heard a ladder falling ; , and thinking that the noise proceeded from one of the doors being broken , ran to the belfry and rang the bell . A number of watchmen continued in the chapel yard , and all day on Saturday last , to guard against any attempt that might be made to enter . So matters remain , whilst the great body of the respectable parishioners , who knew nothing of the nailing of the gates , and would have opposed such a course if they could , have met and adopted a memorial to the Right Rev . Dr . Kennedy , in favour of tlieir pastor and friend of twenty years , the Rev . Mr . Power .

      _CAttuvixG of Crops . —Tho provincial papers contained numerous instances of this practice . In many places the landlords are endeavouring to meet the crisis by lowerig rents . The Nation of last Saturday has an article on tbe subject under the head . — " How to Face the _Wikter . — " After drawing a most gloomy picture ofthe prospects for tfcte next six months , Mr . Duffey thus proceeds — " Let no one be startled—we have no idea of disturbing the quiet sleep of Captain Hock , or reillumining the ashes that fell from the midnight ; fires of the Whiteboys . We intended to be as constitutional as a Lord Chancellor . " * We would suggest then . —

      • _** That the people proceed at once and vigorously to construct a series of Tenant Remonstrance Societies , throughout the entire country . If from past times they can borrow no suitable pattern for the mechanical organisation of these bodies , it will not task a moment ' s thought to strike out one . The dimensions of each should hardly embrace more than a parish , or a poor law union . We would have them open to every man , and so regulated as to require but the __ subscription of a firm and honest purpose for their maintenance . It is scarcely necessary to remark , that earnestness and union could make this quiet sufficient . The object of sura , confederacies as we contemplate would be twofold , partly prospective , cheifly immediate , It is clear as lightthat their

      , foundation wouldsupply thebest _fulcrdmforthelever which we are resolved to push by and by under the very corner-stone of the present kind system . And as for instant results , by quadrupling the difficulties necessarily attendant upon , the UKgetit execution of rents , they could most effectively operate on the self interest of _landlord , and oblige them to modify and abate their demands . Within there respective spheres of action , they should , also , see that the general distress should not be mado a cove * for individual fraud , and that such tenants as _rfeally had Ciesar ' s image stamped upon their possessions should give Caesar his due . " We would have the cause of tho poor tenant

      taken up boldly and _encrgagcally by the press . Several of our _contemporariesSn Ireland entertain the same views with ourselves on tho rights of life , as opposed to tho claims of luxury ; anil we have abundant earnest that , in tlie advocacy of thoso rightts , they will receive a hearty and powerful cooperation from the organs of the movement party in England . Some oftho' terrible shadows' of the landlord interest will of course mutter hollow ethics , and call us _Rappareos , and propagandists of Communism . But their abstractions and their dc-• nunciations will fall lightl y oil 1 HCI 1 wllO m _oitfliwt in the cause of humanity nnd truth . Thoso who dehg lit in . reading _Montesqucui -or _Jlontluuu may date the rights of _property irom the flood , or even

      A Novel Barricade.—The Tipperary Vindica...

      _oontkltv subordinate to the rights of life . SO _ftKecch our contemporaries , then , to raise _m _™* voices loudly , and help to defend the poor _Knt _Sns the Impending ravages of winter * " _nath' 7 if no exertion be made to throw a ram-, trmnd the peasant ' s hut , has he no resource , pa _^ ourv within himself ? Must he die a sacriflSoS _tbmanes of some drunken proficeto _propicu _^ . hnndred yeal , ago . Hvstne intha old rocking castle has blood SS ? and shall it become a cairn to chronicle £ _muSor of another Irish generation _tins

      winter '' But this hypothesis is premature , and it may not bo expedient to consider it until the temper of the times shall have developed itself further . All we will say at present is , that though -law' may be arrayed against a man , it can sometimes be made inoperative without being violated . " The Clearance _System . —The Tipperary Vindicator has an account ofthe eviction , on Wednesday last , of 132 persons from an estate near Templemore . The Cork papers also have further accounts of evictions for non-payment of rent . Tue Aprrav at Dolly ' s Brae . —The Freeman ' s Journal states , that a subscription list has heen opened for the relief of the families of the persons who lost their lives at Dolly ' s Brae , on the 12 th July lastand that tho Right Itev . Dr . Blake , i t

      , - — - " - * - ¦ ... . —„„; Roman Catholic Bishop of Dromore , ' . has contributed £ 20 lo the fund . „ ,, _„ , „ . _Affray and Loss of Life . —The Cork Examiner contains the following :- " On Wednesday evening week two constables ofthe Cloyne station proceeded to a farm in that locality , with the intention of executing a warrant for the arrest of the proprietor , named M'Carthy . They succeeded in meeting him at home , and . immediately took him into custody , and were about to return with him to Cloyne , when his family and a . number of friends , who were sneedily collected , attacked them with the intention of rescuing _M'Carthy , in which , after a short _jtruivi-fle . thev succeeded . The police , determined

      on executing their order , attempted to retake him , but he having seized a scythe from the hands of one of his friends , defended himself for some time , and finally , aided by a largo party , became the aggressor . One ofthe police , considering himself in imminent danger , turned on M'Carthy , who was pursuing him , and levelling his musket at him , which was loaded , he fired and shot him in tbe abdomen , the unfortunate man expired in a few minutes after , and the police escaped uninjured . " Establishment of a N * w University . —A long communication has been addressed by Prince Albert to thc Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland having reference to the establishment ofa second university

      in Dublin . It appears from this letter that the principals of the three Queen ' s Colleges were anxious to have the power conferred separately on those institutions of granting degrees in the several faculties of law , physic , and arts—a view which is ably combated by his Royal Highness , on the ground that the granting of such powers would only have the effect of converting those colleges into " common nuisances and nests of jobbing and sectarianism . " The Prince , however , advocates the propriety of founding a second university for all Ireland , the government of which he suggests should bo entrusted to a senate consisting of not more

      than seventeen persons , including the presidents of the Queen ' s Colleges and representatives , the most distinguished that can be obtained , of the several faculties of arts , law , and physics , of the exact and natural sciences , of agriculture , and of belles letlres , with a chancellor and _-jice-chancellov , all of whom are to be appointed by the Crown . This senate , his Royal Eighness further suggests should have the control over the system of education practised in tho provincial colleges , and of the arrangements for graduation . It is nearly certain that the plan thus shadowed forth will be acted upon without much loss of time . —Times .

      Fever has become rather prevalent in Dublin since the subsidence of the greater pestilence . There were several fatal cases towards the close of the last week . Dismissal of Lord Roden and the Messrs . Beers . —The Lord-Lieutenant , acting upon the report of Mr . Berwick , Q . C ., recently placed before the government , has removed the Earl of Roden from tbe commission of the peace for the counties of Down and Louth , and has directed that Mr . Francis Beers and Mr . William Beers should be removed from the commission for the former county . No step has yet been taken respecting the other magistrates who were present during the procession

      and conflict at Dolly ' s Brae and Magheramayo , on the 12 th of July last . It is stated that Lord Roden will also be removed from the Deputy Lieutenancy for the county of Down . The Evening Mail , an Orange paper , is of course very indignant with the dismissal . It says , that if it be the desire of the government to precipitate a Protestant crisis , such an exasperating act of ingratitude , perfidy , and injustice is admirabl y adapted to further the attainment of their object . ' _Conciliation-ham , was opened on Monday , at

      cheap prices , and Mr . John O'Connell addressed the meeting in his usual style . There were scarcely any influential members of the old repeal party present , but Mr . J . O'Connell said that he had been promised support from influential quarters . His intention of attacking the Irish church temporalities Mr . O'Connell announced in the most pointed way . He dwelt with considerable severity upon Lord Clarendon , but when the Queen ' s name was inadvertantly mentioned there was enthusiastic cheering and waving of hats .

      Destructive Fires. The Premises In Which...

      DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . The premises in which this disaster occurred be longed to Messrs . Gooch and Cousins , the wellknown wool-brokers , who havo depots at Dowgatehill , Seething-lano , and London-wall . About ten minutes after ten o ' clock on Saturday night smoke was seen pouring forth fvom the warehouses , which extend in one direction from the house numbered 05 , London-wall , to the gardens in front of Draper ' s Hall , On the eastern extremity was a wing almost as large as the other portion of the warehouse , which stretched as far as Carpenters' Hall , which building escaped destruction when the great fire of London occurred in 1 G 6 G . ' _Nearest to the houses in

      London-wall was another wing of warehouses , the same size as tho latter , the whole communicating with each other , and forming a range of premises probably as large as any in the city of London . At a moderate calculation thoy must have been about 300 feet long , and each wing nearly 100 feet wide . Tliey _WOl'O , including the ground warehouse , three floors in height . Thc whole of Messrs . Gooch and Cousin ' s men had left the warehouse somo time before the fire was discovered . Before any one had time to enter tho property , a huge sheet of flame shot upwards , and , being fanned b a strong easterly wind , it was sent into thc middle oftho building , and then taking a southerly turn , the wholo of the lower part of thc premises was fired simultaneously .

      At this time there were from 3 , o 00 to 4 , 000 bales of wool on the different floors , the value of which it is stated was about £ 80 , 000 . Thc coverings ' of tho different parcels being exceedingly dry the flames extended almost with the swiftness of lightning , so that before sufficient time had elapsed to convey intelligence to the engine stations the fire had seized upon the whole of the floors and had penetrated tho roofs . When the firemen arrived , tho whole of the immense promises were in a general blaze—tho floorings of the various stories were cracking and making a noise like the continued discharge of firearms ; the tiles from the roof were flying about in all directions , striking tho people in the open streets , and severely injuring five persons , three men and two women , who were removing their furniture

      from Draper ' s-buildings . At the same time tho flames as they shot from the top ofthe warehouses completely covered the roofs of eight or nine houses in Sadler ' _s-plaee . These houses contained about six iamilies in each , and to witness the poor creatures throwing their furniture into the street , and even jumping from tho upper windows , was truly pitiable . To grapple effectually , with so great a body of flame required some consideration , it heing quite clear if the firemen were sent into the burning premises thoy must lose their lives on account of the continued ' falling of the heavy floors and _bajes of wool . The men were therefore placed upon the roofs of the contiguous premises , or sent into the court-yards of Drapers' and Carpenters' Halls , whilst others wore stationed at the entrance of

      Messrs , Gooch and Cousins s warehouses . The supply of water being most abundant , copious streaips were thrown upon and into thc burning mass , hut , notwithstanding , the work of destruction continued with even greater violence , and tho flames _mouuta-d so high into the air as to light up tho whole of thc city , tho river , and thc eastern portion of London . The flames still continuing to spread , much uneasiness prevailed for tho safety of Carpenters' Hall , and the numerous double houses in Sadler _' s-place , but , notwithstanding the exertions of the firemen thc flames entered several windows ofthe hall , on thc western side , and fired tho side wall of this ancient structure , and tho fire was

      rapidly travelling up the staircase , threatening the whole place with destruction . A large number of firemon having been sent into tho _building , they ; eventually succeeded in mastering tho-fire in this direction , but not until past four o ' clock on . Sunday morning , six hours after the commencement of the misfortune , tho main body of flame in thc warehouses still continuing to rage as fearfully as before . One of the inhabitants who had gone upon the roof of ono ofthe houses in Sadler ' s-place to render assistance , fell to tllO llOttOIll , and W . 19 SO S _0-vorfil } ' injurod as to be obliged to bo carried to tho hospital . Birch , one of tlio engineers at Fairiflgdoii-atroefc station , was struck over tho faco by _apolieo-nt'W _^ _tvuimJioon during the time the officer

      Destructive Fires. The Premises In Which...

      was engaged in rcmoviug the crowd , which laid the flesh bare , and compelled him to _jprocarp surgical assistance . * Nine of the houses m Sadler _s-place wove fired in the roofs , but the men fortunate ly succeeded in preventing their total destruction , lne property destroyed by this disastrous event , unless a groat amount of salvage be collected , must reach , including the buildings , to nearly £ 100 , 000 . Fortunately Messrs . Gooch and Cousins wero fully insured , and it is understood that nearly the whole of the persons who had wool deposited in their promises were protected from loss by what arc technically termed floating policies . Respecting the orig in of the fire nothing can at present be ascertained . ....

      the following is a copy of the official report : — " Saturday , October 6 , 1849 , a fire broke at 05 , London-wall , belonging to Messrs . Gooch and Cousins , wool merchants and brokers . Called by stranger at a quarter-past ten o ' clock p . m . The cause of fire unknown . The buildings were insured in the Royal Exchange Fire-office . " Engines that attended . —Six belonging to the A district ofthe London Establishment , one of the parish , and one of the West of England Insurance " The whole ofthe warehouses burnt down . " Carpenters Hall , No . 68 , London-wall . — The ond wall and windows burnt out . Staircase leading

      to Court-room and offices , also the room , damaged by fire . The furniture damaged by fire and water . The building is tho property of the Carpenters ' Company , and is insured in the Sun and Hand-in-Hand Fire-offices . The furniture , die ., were _inaured in the Union Fire-office . " Sadler ' s-place , London-wall . —> os . 1 to 18 , all let out in tenements . Roofs and back walls _damaged by fire and breakage , and the furniture injured by hasty removal , and the buildings , which belonged to tho Sadlers' Company , were insured m the Royal Exchange-office , but the furniture was not insured . "

      Two _oniEn Fires occurred on Saturday night . One was at No . 12 , Shouldham-street , Bryanstonsquare , belonging to Mr . S . Box , a beer-shop-keeper . The inmates , having retired to rest , had great difficulty in escaping . The Royal Society ' s cscapo and brigade engines attended , but the flames could not be subdued until the fire had damaged the whole of the premises . The other fire was at No . 29 , Bedford-streetj Covent-garden , in the tenure of Mr . A . Benyon , jeweller , and which burned one of the detached workshops out , in spite oftho early arrival of the parish and brigade engines . Both _porsons were insured .

      At the _CnAniEKED Gab Works St . Luke ' s . —On Monday night , shortly after eight o ' clock , the inhabitants of Brick-lane , Old-street , St . Luke ' s , were greatly alarmed owing to tho sudden outbreak ofa hre at the Chartered Gas Company ' s works . The flames originated from it is believed an escape of gas in thc purifying house , a building not more than twenty-seven yards square . The Whitecross-street brigade engine was promptly on the spot , when the roof of the building in which the outbreak orig inated was found in flames . The engine of the brigade , as well as the _steam-engine of the company , having been set to work , the fire was happily confined to that portion of the works where it began , tho property destroyed being comparatively speaking inconsiderable . About the same period another fire occurred in

      the mews at the rear of Albany-street , Regent ' _spark , bufc fortunately no damage was done , owing to the arrival of timely assistance . _Aldebman Humphrey ' s Wharfs . —Between four and five o clock on Wednesday morning , as a person was passing the wharfs of Mr . Alderman Humphrey , at Bankside , he discovered an unusual smoke . Timely information was given to the police , and messengers sent to the City and Southwark engine stations . Several engines and firemen were in quick attendance , and an entry having been forced , a fire was found to be extending itself among the straw aud rubbish in the oil cellarswhere an enormous stock was deposited . The fire , men were soon successful in allaying the fear ofthe neighbourhood ; and fortunately their having been called quickly to the spot no doubt prevented a most awful loss of property .

      Cholera. Tnursdax—Retuvn Of Deaths From ...

      CHOLERA . TnURSDAX—Retuvn of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea . The Metropolis ; cholera 33 , _diarrhosa 19 . The Provinces ; cholera 335 / diarrhma 06 . Scotland ; cholera 23 . Total , —cholera 300 , diarrhoea 85 . Friday . —Thc Metropolis ; cholera 42 , diarrhcea 13 . The Provinces ; cholera 203 , diarrhoea G 4 . Scotland ; cholera 21 . Total , —cholera 356 , diarrhcea 77 . Saturday . —The Metropolis ; cholera 35 , diarrhcea 21 . The Provinces , cholera 242 , diarrhcea 75 . Scotland , * cholera 16 . Total , —cholera 203 , diarrhoea 90 . Moxdat . —The Metropolis ; cholera 44 , diarrhcea 25 . The Provinces ; cholera 337 , diarrhcea 115 . Scotland ; cholera 23 . Total , —cholera 454 ; diarrhcea 14 . 0 .

      Tuesday . —The Metropolis ; cholera 3 S , diarrhcea 20 . The Provinces ; cholera 213 , diarrheca 84 . Scotland ; cholera 32 . Total , —cholera 2 S 3 , diarrhcea 104 . Wednesday . — The Metropolis ; cholera 14 j diarrhcea 11 . The Provinces ; cholera 199 ; diarrhoea 65 . Scotland ; cholera 10 . Total , *—cholera 223 , diarrhcea 76 .

      Dr. Brittan's Microscopical Investigatio...

      DR . BRITTAN'S MICROSCOPICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE PATHOLOGY OF CHOLERA .

      Thc following interesting paper by Dr . Brittan , of Bristol , describing a series of microscopical observations on the pathology of cholera , is published in the Medical Times : — On Monday , the 8 th of July , in conjunction with Mr . J . G . Swayne , as fellow-member ofa sub-committee appointed by the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society , for the microscopic investigation of choleraic evacuations , I examined _tWU Specimens of _vicG-water dejection ; and on comparing our drawings mado from them , and produced before the subcommittee , wo were struck with the peculiar appearance of certain bodies depicted in each . On further prosecuting this investigation , I found these

      bodies to be constantly present in the rice-water evacuation of cholera patients , and offering the same characteristic appearance that distinguished them from anything I had before observed . In order to ascertain if they bore in their size or quantity any relation to the severity Of the symptoms , I endeavoured to obtain specimens passed by the same patient at different periods , as well as to complete the observation by an account of his condition at the time . _ The result was , that as several eases in my table indicated , and aa other cases not recorded seemed to prove , I became convinced that a certain relation does exist between the size and number of these bodies , and the time elapsed after the seizure , taken in connexion with the severity of thc

      symptoms _, mat is to say , they are small and clearly defined in the matter vomited , they become larger and more compound in tho dejections ; and as thc disease progresses favourabl y , ' where I have had the opportunity of examining , they vanish as the svmptoms disappear , and thc motions regain their natural appearance . I have also found that in very rapidly fatal cases these bodies are sometimes to be met with only in very small quantity , or are altogether absent , though this observation must be qualified by the remark that it is not always possible , or at all events has not been with me , to obtain portions ot every motion passed , and that these bodies might have been present . It must also be recollected that but a small quantity is saved for

      investigation , and but an infinitesimal part ofthat even ever comes actually on tho stage of the microscope . My observations were made on cases taken just as thoy came under my notice , and without selection ; some in tho cholera hospital , some through tho kindness of Mr . Ralph Bernard , in the Bridewell ; they extend in dates from July the 9 th to July the 30 tb . Whilst collecting this series , I examined and compared the specimens with others obtained from patients free from cholera . I found that in healthy solid motions these bodies did not exist , nor could I meet with them in the fluid stools of typhus and other diseases , but that they wero present in the cases of severe choleraic diarrhoea so prevalent in districts where the _dis-ease abounds ; and I was thus

      led to the necessary inference that these bodies were peculiar-to the evacuations of cholera patients and must have somo essential relation to the disease ' The observations collected by Mr . Swayne , ori Cases in tho cholera hospital , with the exception of Nos . 1 and 2 ( thc cases from the comparison of the drawings of which wo were first led to notice these peculiar bodies ) , were mado subsequently to mine and date August 2 nd to thc present time . He was prevented from continuing tliese first investigations with me , and as his observations were taken quite independentl y of my own , which tkey so fully confirm , I have thought ifc better to give them in a separate form . fravinff been thus led to consider these bodies

      I have _temed annular bodies ) , in some manner essentially connected with cholera , I wished to ascertain ¦ Wiethci' it-might be as cause and agent , or effect and product ; that it could not be the latter seemed ovident at once , from the fact that they were nnhkc any oftho known health y or morbid elements oftiebody _. _orsqerotions and aiS they were found in tho vomited matters apparentlv in an early sta _<^ o of devolopement , it seemed probable that thev were introduecd from without , and Wonld bo met _wfeh In the atmosphere , tfcc „ of places where cholera was rife . Accordingly , with a view to test the truth of this supposition , rt , July 19 , with tho kind assistance oi , and an apparatus suggested bv , Dr . Bernard , I condensed about a drachm pf fluid from the

      Dr. Brittan's Microscopical Investigatio...

      atmosphere of a room from which five patients had been removed the day previous to the cholera hospital , and found in it bodies of the same appearance as those represented . I soon afterwards repeateu the experiment , with the aid of Mr . Ralph Bernard in a cell in the Bridewell , which had been _unoceui pied for some time , but adjoining cells , the occupants of some of which had been seized with cholera * one of whom died the day before . Here , also tha same result was obtained . The same cxncmnenf ; was then tried in situations free from cholera but ; with a negative result * , the fluid hero obtained was destitute of these bodies , and contained onlv small portions of hyaline structureless matter , also observed in the first . I have since repeated the < _- «

      experiments , aided by Dr . William liudd , several times with tho same positive and negative results and therefore feel justified in stating that the sama will follow similar investigations made elsewhere if the necessary care _hctasen , and a glass oi sufii enfcly high power —( I used a Ross ' s l-12 th)—be employed . Tho only question remaining is , as to the identity of the annular bodies thus shown to exist in the atmosphere of cholera districts , and in tho vomited matters and evacuations of cholera patients . Most of those to whom I have shown the specimens entertain no doubt on the subject , and all seem to concur in their identity of form . This is all that is possible in respect to matters of such extreme minuteness ; and we must I

      , imagine , bo satisfied here , as in similar eases , to form our opinion on circumstantial and corroborating evidenco . And when we consider that this form is in itself of too definite a character to bo one of mere chance ; that the sizes are progressive accurate measurement showing those in atmosphere to average from the 10 , 000 th to the 3 , 000 th bf an inch in diameter , those in vomit fromthe 8 , 600 th to thc 5 , 000 th , those in dejection , from the 6 , 000 th to tho 500 th ; whilst they are met with in the same specimen of dejection in all the intermediate _stages of palpably the same object—the inference is , it an * pears to me , conclusive , that the annular bodies of atmosphere , vomit , and dejections are but the three stages of developement of ono and the same bodv

      of whatever nature it may bo . They may bo seen in almost all these stages , some being nearly aa small as those in the atmosphere , others intermediate , evincing a commencent of compound character , whilst the largest , again , frequently seem parent cells , containing young cells in their walls and interior , or broken up into a number of young cells , more or less separated from each other . I have seen somo much larger than thc _largest hero represented , occasionally entire , but more frequently broken with a sharp , irregular fracture , tho morsels presenting in some measure , the same characteristic annulus as the parent cell did . Their form is too peculiar to need further comment , the light ring round them giving a peculiar cupped

      appearance , which is unmistakeable . Having thus given a detailed account of the mode in which I was led to thc discovery of these bodies , in the atmosphere and evacuations , it might be expected that I should enter more folly into a description of their nature ; but , as I have stated in the commencement of this , report , my object is simply to lay before the profession the facts as I have found them , that they may receive the attention and examination which I believe they deserve , and be tested and proved by a repetition of my own experiments , To this end I shall be happy to give any information to those desirous of prosecuting the research , fully satisfied ,

      that the more they are examined the more fully will they be established , and thc more important will bo the results that may flow from their knowledge , and with the earnest hope that we may through them obtain , if no more , at least one common ascertained fact on which the profession may be agreed , and by which our inquiries into thc cause and effect of this and other allied diseases may be directed in the right path . On this account , also , I have studiously avoided giving any opinion at all on the facts brought forward , lest I might by so doing distrait atteatiou from them , and because I would wish them to stand alone as a fixed and demonstrated truth , from which others , as well as myself , may draw their

      inferences . I have necessarily formed opinions , and been led by oircumstances which occur only in the actual practical investigation of such subjects , to conclusions which may or may not be approved by others , and 1 should -therefore wish these tobe considered as totally distinct from the facts stated in this report , and shall probably make them the subject of a paper in a future number . P . S . —Since tho abovo was placed in the printer ' s hands , I have been kindly furnished with the following letter from Mr . _Quekct-t , for publication . Tho opinion of so hi gh an authority will hear , I am sure great weight . Clifton , Sept . 21 , 1849 .

      Roval College of Surgeons , ' September 20 th , 1 S 19 . My Dear Sin , —I have carefully examined tho specimens procured by you from the air of cholera districts , choleraic vomit and evacuation , submitted for my opinion on Friday , Sept . 14 , as also a specimen obtained from the atmosphere this day , and have no hesitation in stating that in my judgment they arc successive stages of developement of the same body , which I believe to be of a fungoid nature . Yours very truly , Dr . F . Brittan . John Quekett . It should be mentioned that Dr . Brittan ' s paper in tho Medical Gazette is rendered more complete by illustrative diagrams showing the form of the fungoid bodies supposed to be tbe cause of cholera .

      __ Tne London* Graveyards.—The Recent In...

      __ TnE London * Graveyards . —The recent investigations into the condition of graveyards have brought to light more specific evils than those disclosed even by the researches whicli Mr . Chadwick made by direction oftho government in 1 S 42 . The cflect of the overcrowding of the graveyards has been strikingly marked by tho excess of deaths from cholera within the reach of most of them . The General Board of Health could upon such evidence have no alternative than to adopt a remedial interpretation of tho general words of tlio statute conferring discretionary powers upon them , and fo order those graveyards to bo closed whicli appear to be already overcrowded , and which thc inspector reported to be dangerous to health . The untoward

      decision of . Mr . Jardine , however ( whicli there is no opportunity of bringing without delay before a superior court ) , and indeed the ordinary habit of interpretation of ordinary statutes which niight be expected to bo maintained ( though inapplicable to tho extraordinary powers given for tho present emergency ) , has forced the General Board to issue orders for the application of quicklime as a disinfectant in cases of continued interments in tho grounds which the Board considered would be easier and better closed . Eminent chemists were consulted as to the means of disinfection . Though several plans were considered to be eligible and effectual , yet as the Board had no other direct means of working them than through the _existing officers ,

      it was , wo believe , determined that chemical processes could not be intrusted for execution to churchwardens and reluctant sextons . There is no choice , therefore , but in the simple application of quicklime , as directed in the order , to the surface ofthe overcrowded graveyards , to neutralise surface emanation , and not upon , but beneath , each coffin newly interred , to prevent , as far as possible , the pollution of wells and springs by the drainage , which has , in some instances heen found productive of worse effects than the gaseous emanations . Tlie order further provides , that only one corpse shall be buried in a grave ; that the "raves shall be two f cet six inches apart ; and that on every corpse

      were snail be at least five feet of earth deposited ; and it also orders , that if , in digging thc grave , or in opening any part ofa burial ground , any human bone , or other part ofa human body , or any coffin , shall be found or become visible , then tbat thc earth shall be immediately filled in and covered with quicklime . No grave is to be allowed , upon , any pretence , to be dug or opened in any part of a . burial ground where a corpse has heen buried or deposited within ten years . In thc meantime , , queries have been issued to all tho incumbents of I tlio Metropolitan parishes for the collection of facts 3 for forming the general scheme of amendment b wliich thc statute directs the General Board to pro- pose . —Observer .

      EscArE of Conv icts from Shke Island . —Tho 3 officers of the convict depot at Spike Island were e thrown into much consternation at an eaijy hour on n _S ?«* ' _™ discoverin g that two convicts , named d William Watson and John _Byrnij , who liad been un- idergomg their periods of transportation , had effee- > ted their escapo from the pvisdn and island . The ie crime for wliich Watson was undergoing his seven m years' punishment was cattle stealing in the vicinit y tv ot Dublin , whilst Byrne was convicted at Armaah > h on a charge of stealing a caso of _surtfeon ' s instni- uments . The convicts bad been located in that part rt of the depot called the " model prison , " the win- n-

      qows of which , it appears , aro not of tlie most _isfc ; secure description ; as on examination , it was evi- vi--denfc _thatthe escape was effected by the removal of off the window sash . On quitting thoir cell they sue- lieseeded in getting over several walls , notwittstanding _itiffa thc sentinels were on patrol ; and on gettin » clear ean of thc prison , they were so fortunate as to ° find nil wi boat moored by tho shore , vhich they managed to toe work , without oars , across tho littlo bay that sepa- . panrates Spiko Island from Ringaskidd y , vh . cn > tlievlU hauled tho boat ashore , and decamped . As vet no nai clue has been discovered to their . track , but tliere _is-c ia scarce a doubt of their capture , as they are _Imbicp-liie _^ in the prison clothing . *

      A duel has taken place at Lisbon between M . i M . _l _aotomayov , editor of the Estandarle , and M . Coclbo , jllioc ofthe Envancipacam , the latter gentleman receiving , vinn _sword-tlivusts in the shoulder and hand . [ _Qucrv ' _- . crvv What have the cur . s p-oved ? Which of the two was w ' a ' i rights ]

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 13, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_13101849/page/6/