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      Mt J Kmrnwtifr I'. December 22, 1849. The Northern Star —- ,.

      mt _j _Kmrnwtifr i ' . December 22 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR — - ,.

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      Health of Loxdox bcrisg the "Week , — In tbe -week ending last Saturday , 1 , 002 deaths were registered in the metropolitan districts ; tbe weeklv average of the season corrected for increase o " f population being 1 , 102 , the present decrease on the estimated mortality amounts to ICO deaths . The numbers returned in the last four weeks have been consecutively 892 , 931 , 1 , 053 , and 1 , 002 ; the increase of mortality was preceded aud accompanied by a decrease of temperature ( thc me : m having failen about 16 degrees in three weeks } , and a rise of temperature is now followed hy a slight decrease in the total number of deaths ? The deaths from phthisis in the last four weeks were 101 , 131 , 133 , and 108 . But under other diseases of the

      respiratory organs the increase is generally maintained ; the deaths from bronchitis were 00 , 00 , 86 , and 89 ; those from pneumonia _( inflimmation of thc lungs chiefly in young persons ) were 82 , 94 , 83 , 90 ; and from asthma , 12 , 21 , 1 G , 2 G . In the zymotic or epidemic class , scarlatina and typhus have declined _resjtectivcly from 32 and 51 fatal cases in the previous week to 19 and 33 in tbe last , and are both below the average ; whilst measles , which numbered Sit ia the former week , was fatal in 40 cases in the last . Last week J _\ ie deaths irom diarrhoea were only 14 ; only ouc death from cholera occurred in the same period . The deceased in this case was a child of four year ? , who had lived in Horace-street , "Marylebone . Mr . Burrows , the registrar of GosweU-strcet , sub-district , reports that within two

      weeks he has registered the deaths of three persons , at 9 , Charles-street , Xorthampton-square , where the family had recently lodged—first , a young -woman of nineteen , who died of erysipelas ( 4 days * duration } and oedema of the glottis ( 12 hours ); ire \ t week her parents , who were forty-eight and forty-seven years of sure respectively , and died -within 48 hours of each other , the father , also of ( edema of the glottis ( IS hours ) , congestion ofthe lungs ( 24 hours ); and the mother , of congestion of the brain , after 48 hours' illness . The cause of death is certified in each case by tbe medical attendant . Amongst other deaths registered last week -was that of a child of three years , who died of inflammation of the larynx , from inhaling the steam of _boilinsr water . Vaccination was attended in two

      cases by fatal results . An old man died from exposure to cold in a field . Three deaths are ascrihed to intemperance . In tbe 1 , 002 deaths , the cause of death was certified by the written statements of medical attendants in SSS cases ; in 12 cases , there was no medical attendant ; in 15 cases , the patients may have had medical aid , but the diseases of which _tfoydied are not certified ; of the remaining 87 cases , 84 were the subjects of inquests , and returned by coroners . A table is appended to the present return , which shows the arnual mortality of London at various ages , as compared with that of the South-Eastern Division of England , and also a part of Northumberland . Taking boys under five years , it appears that while 29 out of 1 , 000 die in three Northumbrian districts , 53 die in the

      South-east Division of England , and 93 in London ; and that this rate of 93 which prevails in London in ordinary times was raised by a few weeks" prevalence of influenza , ia 1 S 47-S , to 106 , and by cholera in 1849 to 107 . Influenza was almost as fatal to children as the more terrible epidemic by _which it was followed ; and to aged men and women wbo had turned seventy-five years , tbe mortality of cholera was even less . The annual mortality of men between forty-fire and fifty-fire years , which is in parts of _Northumberland 12 out of every 1 , 000 living , and in the South-Eastern division 15 , is in London 27 in average years ; and here it was raised from 27 to 28 by influenza , and to 35 by cholera . The daily mean height of the barometer at Greenwich Observatory was above 30 in . on Monday :

      the mean height ofthe week was _29-S 52 . Thc daily mean temperature , which was 37 on Sunday , fell to 32 on Thursday , and rose on the nest two days to 49 " * and 53 ° . The mean temperature of the week was 40 ° , about the average ofthe same week of seven years ; on Thursday the daily mean was 8 ° below the average , and on thc following days successively 9 ° and 13 ° above it . Shocking Accidest . — On Saturday last au inquest was holden at tbe Half Moon Tavern , in the Lower-road , Islington , to inqnire touching the death of Sarah _Gliding ; aged sixty-three . The facts of the melancholy case are these : — On the previous Wednesday afternoon , Mr . Pearce , one of ihe medical men connected with the Above parish , was visiting in his professional capacity , tbe husband cf the

      deceased : while the deceased was conducting that gentleman up stairs to tbe apartment of her _afflie'ed husband , she _slipped through thc staircase , which had become rotten in consequence of improper drain _age , and fractured her leg in two places . Every at tention requisite was immediately paid to the poor sufferer , but death speedily ensued . — A verdict of "Accidental death'" was recorded . ACCIDEST AT THE _MaRVLEBOVE ThEATKE . — Last week tt . c season closed at this theatre , and on Wednesday Mr . Watts , the manager , invited his corps _dramatique to a ball and supper at tbe theatre . The stage was most tastefnlly fitted np for the occasion , and a large and happy party met with the exhilarating expectation of spending a delightful evening-. All went well until three o ' clock , when

      suddenly appalling shrieks , and the cry of " Fire' resounded through the theatre . The next moment a fema'e was seen rushing fraivtiely about , enveloped in flames . The scene that ensued was an awful contrast to the gaiety of the previous scene . Miss Susan Riberts , a member of tbe corps de ballet , whilst walking near the footlights , suddenly turned to speak to some one passirg her ; in theact , a portion of her dress swung round , and , spreading over some of tbe lamps , it instantly caught fire . Every assistance was immediately rendered , but so fierce aud rapid was the appalling element in its progress , that before if could be subdued the poor girl was so severely burnt , that her life is despaired of . Mr . Watts ordered no expense to be spared in proenring surgical aid . and a _subscription has been-set oa foot .

      Smuggling . —Her Majesty s revenue cut _' er Vigilant , Captain Hicnard Gowl ' and _. captured on the night of ihe 14 th inst , in Sea Reach in the Thames , aspritsail barge , abontsixty tons burden , having on hoard a crew of five persons , and a contraband cargo , consisting of 280 bales of _fcbacto , about aOlbs . each , concealed under straw stacked on her deck . The barge was proceeding up the river in the usual manner as a coaster with straw for the London market ; and had the smugglers been successful in escaping the protective force , between six and seven tins of tobacco would have been run . We believe this to be the largest seizure of tobacco that ha _* been made in the Thames frr the past thirty years .

      Attempt at Suicide at Loxdox-bridge . — On Monday morning , between seven and ei _^ _-ht o ' clock , an elderly person named Thomas llaylock . a livery stable keeper , of Red Lion-street , Whitichapel . attempted to commit suicide , by throwing _him-elf into the Thames , from one of the recesses of London Bridge . The tide at the time was running down very strong , and as he passed under the arch , one of the men who were navigating a bar ;; e threw out a _marling-spike , and succeeded ia _dragging him on board . He was subsequently conveyed to St . Toomas _' s Hospital , where he remaius in a _jirecari oils condition .

      _Smcmn— On Saturday _morninj last a remark able case of suicide occurred at the loom works of Messrs . Hamberger and Rogers , gold lace manufacturers , at Kins-street , Covent-garden . The particulars are as follows : —The weavers of the gold bee have keys to enter tbe loom room in order _tu commence their work early in the morning , and amongst those engaged was a man named William Austin , of Cumberland-street , who left the establishment at the usual hour of ceasing work on Friday evening ; instead of going home he remained ont till twelve or one o ' clock on Saturday morning ,

      sad then returned to the manufactory . He subsequently went into the loom room and fastened a piece of string to the rails at one ofthe looms , and to keep the knot from slipping he fixed a piece of iron to the frame , and then placing it round his neck suspended himself by ii . He was not discovered until life was quite extinct —An inquest was held on the body on Monday , at the Unicorn public-home , Covent-garden , by Mr . Bedford , when the above facts were spoken to by tbe witnesses , and it also appeared that deceased had been addicted to drinking to great excess lately . The jury returned a verdict- of " Temporary insanity . "

      Thb Late Extensive Tibb at "Newisgtox Causewat . — On Monday evening Mr . W . Payne brought to a conclusion the adjourned inquiry respecting the circumstances _attending the fire which destroyed the premises of Mr . Hooper , a linen and lace warehouseman , carrying on business at No . 19 , Alfred-place , in the same parish , and tbe jury retamed the following special verdict , " That there was no evidence as to the origin of the fire , but the jury think the circumstances attending it are suspicions . " The lilE _ExnuonmxuiT Affair at Kexsall Green- Cemetebx . —On Saturday last a communication wag made to Mr . M . H . Wakley , respecting the late exhumation of the body of a gentleman , _mamed James Ilendry , husband of the Countess de Tourville , of No . 13 , Cambridge Terrace ,

      _Ifydepark-square , in Kensall-grcen Cemetery , on thc 4 th inst ., forthe purpose of ascertaining whether he intended to hold a coroner ' s inquest on the remains « f that gentleman , which were exhumed in order to make a search for a will , which was supposed to have been placed in the coffin previous to interment . The scrutiny was made , but the will waa not di scovered , and the deputy-coroner determined on ordering _a-postworttm examination , and analysis of the stomach , which was entrusted to Dr . Garrod , one of the physicians of University College _Hos"PtaL Dr . Garrod sent in his report , in whieh he | jated , that in his opinion the deceased had died _^ ni HaUnd causes . Mr . Wakley , on the receipt 5 * " _* _^ P ° rt , communicated with the friends ofthe « _wT " , _* " i 8 Cided that a « inquest was unneces-» -J" ltie _*>** * containing the remains of ths- de-

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      ceased gentleman , whieh h _« d been kept above ground , in case a jury should hive to view the body , was on Saturday again lowered into the grave . Dockvard Reductions . — Twenty-five of the workmen in tbe steam-engine factory of Woolwich Dockyard having received notice that their services would not be required after last Saturday , and it being understood tbat a similar number of men would be discharged every week until the total reduction exceeded 300 , meetings of the workmen , and also of thc inhabitants of Woolwich , have heen held , and it has been determined to memorialize the Admiralty , representing the great dearth of employment in the _engine trade at present , and the

      prospect of many families becoming destitute if the reduction should be made now , and at this inclement season of the year , and accordingly soliciting some delay . Mr . Ballard , an operative , wbo was in thc chair at the meeting of the workmen , put thc matter as a question of humanity . The Rev . Dr . Carlisle took the chair at the meeting of the inhabitants , and a deputation was appointed to wait upon the Lords of the Admiralty . A number of tho operatives attended this later meeting , and _empowered the deputation to state that the workmen were willing to work at reduced wages , or a less number of days in the week , rather than their fellow workmen should be thrown out of employment as proposed .

      Ialse Weights _axo Measures . —At a special meeting of magistrates on Sanirday , at the Holland Arms , Kensington , of which Robert Tuhhs , Esq ., was chairman , the following tradesmen were introduced lo Mr . Reeve , the inspector of weights and measures . — . Mr . Benjamin Franks , a butcher , in June-street , Chelsea , was complained of for having his beam and scales inaccurate to the extent of half an ounce , for which offence he was fined 10 s . and costs . —Jeremiah Underwood , butcher , of Ko . 1 , Ellis-street , Chelsea , was ordered to pay a like penalty for a deficient balance of ten drachms . — John leete , a cheesemonger , of 143 , Sloan-street , Chelsea , was summoned for two false balances , one to the extent of six drachms , and the other ot three drachms . Mr . Griffiths , the assistant

      inspector , informed thc oench that this was a second offence . The worthy chairman remarked that it was an aggravated case , and sentenced thedefendant to pay 20 s . with costs , or go to the House of Correction for fourteen days . Defendant said he would readily pay the penalty and respectfully decline the alternative ; at the same time assuring the bench that he had erred unintentionally , and would rather give than receive . —Alfred Tubb _, cheesemonger , of No- 1 , Lombard-terrace . Chelsea , was adjudged to a similar punishment for two unjust balances . —James Morgan , of Xo . 1 , Drake-street , Chelsea , cheesemonger , was fined 15 s . for a bad _weighing-machine . —Joseph Bowell , 4 _, _Mnrlboroughroad , Chelsea , chandler , was ordered to pay 10 s ,, for having soap concealed under his scale , whereby

      a deficiency was caused of two drachms . —Henry Crosby , of 4 , Leader-street , cookshop-keeper , was summoned for a light weight . The defendant was not to blame , having been deceived by a "friend , " wbo bad let bim the shop . He was fined Is ., and a scuffle ensued amongst the magistrates as to who should pay it . Mr . Frere , tbe esteemed magistrate , however , showed first with the coin , and the defendant , -with tears in his eyes , left the court . — Maria Lloyd , 29 , College-street , Chelsea , was fined £ 1 lis . _6 d ., for five light weights . — W . Willicomb , a chandler , at 31 , First-street , Chelsea , was ordered to pay 10 s ., with costs , for an illegal balance . — Henry Buekwell , dairyman , 1 , Rolt-terrace , Chelsea , was summoned for a deficient machine , and called on to pay 10 s ., and Cs . 6 d . costs . —William

      Thompson , chandler , 85 , New-road , was sentenced to pay 10 s ., for a false balance . —George Davis , chandler , 28 , New-road , was ordered to pay 15 s . for three light weights . —William Ashfield , 11 , Ellisstreet , was fined 15 s ., for three light weights . — Henry Barber , greengrocer , 25 , Qucen _' s-road West , Chelsea , was adjudged to pay 10 s ., for two light weights ; and Thomas Wallis , 55 , Qucen ' s-road West , was called on to pay os . for three deficient weights . Fire at tiie Loxdox Docks . —On Tuesday evening , between six and seven o ' clock , it was observed that one of the large ships , lying in the eastern basin of the London Docks had taken fire . The vessel , an

      empty one , named the Maclouden _, had been taken out of dry dock , about three days since , and no ono was on board when the disaster ocenrred _, but from the fact of other vessels being at her head and stern , it was exceedingly fortunate that the discovery was made early . The policeman , in passing over the bridge , in Gravel-lane , perceived flames issuing from the vessel . The firemen belonging to the docks immediately brought the floating and other engines alongside of" the vessel , when they found the caboose on deck in a mass of flame . By means of buckets of water the firemen got the flames subdued , but not until the caboose was destroyed and some other damage done . The origin of tbe fire is unknown .

      _AuioGRArns , Letters , axd MSS . —Last week , the well-known Winston collection of dramatic MSS . was brought to the hammer by Mr . Puttick and Sunpson , _** of Piccadilly . The sale excited much interest in the dramatic world , and there was considerable anxiety to examine , and in some cases to re-purchase , letters long since forgotten by the writers , whose altered circumstances and position at the present day contrasted in many cases very remarkably with those under which those letters were penned . Rarely has there been amassed such an amount of material for petty scandal as in the memoranda and letters composing this collection , and which wc are gratified to know in many cases returned to the possession of the individuals to whom they related , doubtless for immediate destruction .

      Thc collection , on tbe whole , brought good prices _. We may mention some letters of Edmund Kean , lot 451 , which sold for £ 8 los . ; lot 477 , Vice-Chamberlain Coke ' s papers relative to the King ' s Theatre , 1706-15 , which sold for £ 1210 s . ; lot 072 , the original MSS . of the Rejected Addresses , proposed to be spoken at the opening of Drury-lane Theatre in 1812 , £ 9 ; a collection of engraved dramatic portraits closed the sale , and appeared to produce high prices . On Monday the same auctioneers sold Mr . Mitchell's small bnt interesting collection of autograph letters . From the catalogue we extract the following as amongst the most interesting lots , with the prices at which they sold—lot 14 , letter of Lord Brougham ou parliamentary reform , sold for £ 1 ; lot 21 , letter of Cinq-Mars , sold for £ 1 os . ; lot 53 , a short note of Haydn , sold for £ 1 0 s . ; lot 75 , a letter of Moses

      Mendelssohn , sold for £ 1 10 . _< . ; lot 89 , a letter of Smollett , the historian , sold for £ 3 17 s . Od . ; lot 105 , a letter of Voltaire , sold for £ 116 s . Several letters of Lady Hamilton , and a curious document , _heina a bill for her funeral expenses , amounting to £ 2 Sl 0 s ., sold together for £ S 4 s . ; lot 140 , a letter of Mrs . Jordan , sold for £ 1 13 s . The sale concluded with fifty letters of David Garrick , which were sold singly , and for tbe most part were bought by Mr . Colburn , the publisher . In one of these letters , written on the night of his first appearance in London , he says , " my mind has always been inclined to the stage ...... last night 1 played Richard III . to the surprise of every body , and as I shall make very near £ 300 per annum of it , and as itis really what 1 dote upon , lam resolved to pursue it . " This interesting series of letters sold at high prices , amounting in the whole to about £ 110 .

      Abolitiox of Oaths is Elections of Common CorsciLMEX . —In the ensuing elections of Common Councilmcnforthc City of London , a declaration is to be made by voters in lieu of the oath heretofore taken , and in " case any person shall refuse or neglect to make thc same , the poll or vote of such person shall be null and void , and as such be rejected or disallowed . The Dismissed Postmax . — It was stated some time since that a letter-carrier had been dismissed from the General Post-office for distributing bills against Sunday labour to the public . We have been desired to say that bis offence was , delivering the hills to his colleagues only . —Daily News . MelakcholtScicide . —On the 14 th inst , Mr . Jas . Andrews , a gentleman who has for a great many r _« irs filled the office of clerk to thp Crovdon board

      of guardian ? , and also assistant clerk to the bench of magistrates iu tbat town , committed suicide under very melancholy circumstances . The unfortunate gentleman had for some time been observed to be in a very desponding state . At ten o ' cloek in the morning there was to have been a special meeting of the board of guardians , but when the members of thc board were assembled , they were surprised that Mr . Andrews did not mako his appearance , and a messenger was despatched , when it was ascertained that he had gone away from home at nine o ' clock that morning , as it was supposed , for the purpose of going to his professional duty . "Nothing was heard of the deceased , from this time until half-past ten o ' clock , when a Isbouring man , named James Shirley , who was on

      his way across the fields , from a place called Violtelane to Wodden , found the unfortunate gentleman Iving under thc hedge . He was surrounded by a p _' ool of blood , and in his ri ght hand was a small common flint-lock pistol , with wliich the act of suicide had been committed . The unfortunate gentleman was conveyed to the Infirmary ofthe union workhouse , Dupper _' s Hill , where in about three quarters of an hour tho unfortunate gentleman expired . An inquest was held on Saturday last at the Running Horse public-house , in the Old Town , before Mr . W . Carter , the coroner for this district , when the above facts were put in evidence . A

      written paper , of which the following is a copy , and which was found upon the person of thc _deceased when he was first discovered , was likewise produced . It was in the handwriting ofthe deceased , and was to the following purport ; " With a conviction that on the approaching inquiry I shall be dismissed for neglect of duty , in failing to report the appointment of the officers several years ago , and with a memory impaired , reason often tottering under a hand paralysed bv great age and exertio _« during the last forty years , I have so prospect before me but a home in a workhouse or a lunatic asylum . Oh God , this is horrible . Often hare I

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      prayed fervently tbat tho desire to hurry myself prematurely to tbe gravo might be averted . To church a gain this evening , and again supplicate . " This paper was dated Sunday last . Several witnesses were examined , whose testimony went to show that the deceased had exhibited great despondency for some time past , and they expressed an opinion that he was of unsound mind when he committed the act , and the jury , after a very _c-ircful inquirv , returned a verdict to that effect . The unfortunate gentleman was fifty-eight years of a < rc he was a widower , and has loft a son and daughter , the latter of whom , it is said , was about shortly to have been married . SCICIDE FROM ACCUMULATED MISFORTUNES . — An inquest was held before Mr . II . M . Wakley , on Tuesdav , at the Horse and Groom , John-street , K < _lo-w . _-ire-road . on Amelia Coxon _, aged thirty-nine ,

      tin * wife ofa coachmaker . The husband , who during his evidence could scarcely make himself audible , through grief , stated _tlrnt the deceased ' s parents died ol * cholera , which greatly affected her . Subsequently the landloVd put in a distress for rent , for which witness brought an action , and got trifling damages . To enable him to bring the action , he disposed of his furniture . Theso accumulated troubles preyed upon deceased ' s spirits , aud Bhe became quite melancholy . After a short absence from home on Friday , she returned and called to witness , exclaiming , " Fred ., I am dying—don ' t leave n » e 1 " Witness asked what she meant ; and she pulled from her pocket a bottle , and said , "I have drunk the contents . " Surgical aid was immediately called in , but she died four hours afterwards . Mr . Jepps _, surgeon said deceasod must have taken six drachms of laudanum , which produced death . Verdict , " Insanity . "

      The Explosion of Fireworks is Bermondsey . — The adjourned inquest upon the bodies of the four persons who lost their lives in consequence of an explosion of fireworks in a dwelling-house occupied by a person named Barlin , was held on Tuesday afternoon at the King John ' s Bead , Abbey-street , Bermondsey , before Mr . Carter . The inquest was adjourned from the 0 th of November last , in order to enable the persons injured by the explosion to recover , and be present to give evidence . —Charles Barlin , son of William Barlin , was called and examined . He appeared to have suffered great injuries on tho bead and hands . He said : I am nineteen years of age next January . My father ' s name is William Barlin ; I lived with him on the 12 th of October last , at 4 , Brook-street , Bermondsey

      Newroad , and on the evening of that day I was engaged rolling cases for a description of fireworks called blue lights , which are sold to children at id . and id . each . There were other persons in the room , and to the best of my recollection they were all rolling _aises . I don ' t think my father was there . The explosion took place at half-past eleven , as near as I can say , and there were then in the room my father and mother , my brother William , and George Barlow . I believe there was a quantity of fire-works being made up in parcels of a gross each . All I can remember is that my mother asked me to give her a chair in order to sit down to supper . We had then cleared away everything . I don ' t know whether anything was * knocked down , but a cracker went off . I have no distinct recollection whether , in the act of

      giving the chair , something fell ; but a cracker fired off , and a number of others followed . I made my escape , in the first instance , without injury ; but I returned to the house to fetch out my brother . I believe that the fire was occasioned by striking the lamp aa I lifted up the chair . —The boy Larser , who was examined on the last occasion , said , in addition to his former evidence , that he was upstairs at the time of the accident , but from the position of the table when he left the room , he thought thc handing of a chair across the table might knock the lamp and ignite some sulphur and lampblack which was on the table . — . Mrs . Barlin , who had also just left the hospital , said she asked her son for a chair , and as he was handing it over something fell , and immediately afterwards a cracker went off , and

      others followed . Her husband had followed the business of making fireworks for many years , but he had been out of employment for a considerable time , and , being iu great distress , they had to work early and late . They had a manufactory in tho Westminster-road , but » simple thing like bluelights and crackers they made at home . When the accident happened they were capping the fireworks , i . e ., putting ou the touchpapev with a little damp powder . —The Coroner said it now became the duty ef the jury to consider whether any one was liable for the consequences of the explosion . The Recorder of London had already held that a person was decidedly answerable for the death ofa party , occasioned by an explosion of fireworks illegally manufactured . It was entirely , however , a matter for their decision .

      Should they _thinn any onus attached to the father they would return their verdict against him , but if thoy were of opinion that the occurrence was purely of an accidental nature he would not be liable for tho consequences of it . —The jury deliberated for some time with closed doors , and on the public being admitted , the Coroner directed that Mr . Barlin , the father , should be brought in , and on his entering the room said that the jury had found a verdict of " Accidental death , " but had thought it right to append the following to it : — " We , the jury , cannot separate without expressing our regret thatsulficicnt steps are not taken by thc police authorities to prevent the manufacturing and selling of fireworks , whereby lives and property are greatly endangered . "

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      _Darin-g Kobbert . —On the 13 th inst , between three and four o ' clock , the dwelling-house of Mrs . Anna Palmer , in _yfhitecross-street , Hull , was felonious !} - entered by some daring depredators . Mrs Palmer is an aged and veiy infirm lady , and is aunt to the present Mayor of Hull . Her establishment consists of two female servants , and a young womau named Sarah Glover , who , for some time past , has acted as a sort of companion to the old lady , and has been in the habit of sleeping with her . She wa * awakened by the strong glare of a candle flashing across her face , and , upon looking up , was terrified at seeing a man standing over her , with what she imagined at the time to be a large knife or part of a scythe , but which ultimately proved to be a plough

      coulter . She begged for mercy . He said he did not intend her any harm , but that he must have money . She told him she did not believe there was any in the house , excepting "hat her mistress might have in her purse . She then awoke the old lady , who , after some hesitation , offered the man half-acrown to go away ; but he swore that lie bad four mates bel » w , and must have the purse and its contents . The pu'se was handed over to him ; it only contained some fifteen or eighteen shillings . He then commenced breaking open the drawers , forced open a jewel ease , and took from it Ave or six gold rings , several gsld brooches , and a valuable necklace . He had previously been in the room where the servant girls slept without alarming them , but considering , probably , that they did not possess either money or valuables , lie left without molesting them , although , there were , in fact several

      sovereigns belonging to tbem in a drawer . Having obtained all that he thought he was likely to get , be decamped , but not without first helping himself to the contents of the larder , together with some gin . brandy , and sherry , which he abstracted fiom the parlour cupboard . He and his companion ( for there can be no doubt he had one , if not more ) then left the house , taking with them the street-door key . Itis somewhat singular that the man who was in Mrs . Palmer ' s bedroom should have overlooked a gold watch which _ras hanging at her bedhead , three valuable gold rings which she had taken from her fingers three or four hours before , the plate chest , and _several other articles of vnlue . The entrance into the house was effected by the thieves removing a grating and shutter which led to the cclla" , and then forcing open with the _ploughcnnlter thc various _d-iors . Sarah Glover describes

      the man who entered her mistress s bedroom as of the middle size , and stout , with florid complexion , and long light hair , dressed like a tramp , wath smock frock and cap , and without thc least attempt at disguise . When she thought the house was clear of such unwelcome guests , she gave an alarm from the window , and in a short time the superintendent of police _carae with three of tbe most active _conBtableB belonging to the town , all of whom commenced an immediate pursuit after the thieves , but hitherto their efforts have not been attended with success . The Yarborough association for the prosecution ol felons have offered a reward often guineas for the appreheiisioB and conviction of the offenders .

      Incexdiabism in- _BEfiKSHinE . — . On Saturday evening last , a fire broke out at Lollingdon farm , in the parish of _Cliobey , uear _Reading , in the occupation of Mr . George Hewett ; and an extensive barn was totally destroyed , together with a large quantity of thrashed corn . Fortunately , owing to the assistance rendered by the neighbours and the speedy arrival of an etigiue from Aston , the other farms , and a number of ricks nearly contiguous to the spot , were saved . Mr . Hewett , it is believed , is insured . The fire was clearly the act of an incendiary . — Another fire in the above neighbourhood also broke out about half-past six o ' clock iu the morning at Drayton , on a farm belonging ft Air . William Bot teridge . The barn in which the fire was

      discovered was entirely destroyed , together with its contents , which consisted of about seventeen quarters of barley in sacks , twenty ditto thrashed and ready for winnowing , and also lour ricks standing close to each other near the spot . There is no doubt tbat the fire was caused hy some incendiary . Mr . Betterido is fully insured . —A third fire , involving the destruction of farm property to a considerable extent , occurred about eight o ' clock in the evening at Inholmes farm , situated a few miles from Ilungerford , in the occupation of Mr . Spackman . The whole of the farm _buildmas , including three extensive barns , with their contents of _eorn and agricultural implements , two large wheat ricks , a barley rick , together with a _col _^ wm" » fat pig intended fora

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      _nrize exhibition , were totally destroyed . The whole _o Krop Vrty is insured . This fire also originated , _» ftffiWn the act of an _^ _ndiary . _SselS committed for trial at the nex assizes br the coumy of Devon , under the following : « - _Instances . About two months since a child of fi _^ frS en I cars of age , named Ellen Barrett , the du _ghWoap _^ inffi 1 by a female to come to the Marine Barracks o „ he following morning . Tm child followed be _directions , and , on arriving at the barracks , she was t the femalewho took her to the room of the

      m , prisoner . Here the three had breakfast together ; an immediately afterwards prisoner locked the door , and criminally assaulted the girl . On the applica-Sott of Mr . J . E . Elworthy , the _solicitor for the _pawner , tho magistrate agreedto accept _Jwil forthe appearance of the prisoner , himself m £ 200 , and two sureties in £ 100 . Diabolical Crueltv .-A _viable hunter , the _oronertvof J . S . D . Selby _, of Cheswick , was found , one ni"ht last week , to have becen cruelly wounded , one of its eyes having been actually scooped nut . An a _' arm was raised during the night by the

      servant * _ai _" , who slept in a room above the stable , who stated that he had heard a noise below , and on _< r hi" down had encountered some thieves , with whom he had a struggle , in the course of which his hands sustained some injury . The animal at the time was found to be missing , and the harness was observed to be much _entanaled . It has since been discovered , however , that the servant himself was the author of this cruel outrage , and thatthe pretended alarm which he _raised , and tbe injuries which he received , were intended only as a ruse . He has , it appears , ackaowleged his guilt . — Newcastle Journal .

      Lights in the Liverpool Docks . —On Monday a very numerous meeting of captains aud others connected with shipping , was held in the cotton sales room , Liverpool , to adopt a memorial to the dock committee , to allow lights and fires to be used on board vessels while in the docks . Several parties addressed the _meeting and resolutions-were unanimously adopted , that the committee should be petitioned . _Labgk Fire at BELPER . —On Sunday" night the town of Belper , in Derbyshire , was * he scene of a most terrific _conflagration , whieh terminated in the t tal demolition of the hosiery establishment of Messrs . Ward , & Co . It appears tliat some of the hands were at work until eleven o ' clock on Saturday niwht . At that hour the premises were closed , and ,

      as it is believed , left in complete security . On Sunday morning two men were employed * in the store-room _daing some repairs . About eight o ' clock on Sunday evening the watchman on duty perceived a strong smell of fire , and immediately gave thcalann . At that time the people were leaving the different places of worship , and numbers were soon congregated about the premises . Mr . Taylor , one of the managers , and the other , heads of departments were speedily on the spot , and it was found that thc lower windows _i f one warehouse were so hot as to render the touch unbearable . The fireengines were soon got into play , but without immediate effect . About nine o ' clock the flames _bunt forth in terrifie fury , and _extended with such rapidity that the whole building was in a general blaze . A very small quantity of goods were removed : and the remainder , comprising an extensive stock of silk

      cotton , and other goods , were totally consumed . At five o ' clock on Monday evening last the engines were still playing upon the smouldering ruins , and it was evident that part of the walls must fall . The stock and buildings wore insured in the Norwich and other unions to the extent of £ 28 , 500 . The damage by this lamentable catastrophe has been _variously estimated at from £ 100 , 000 to £ 160 , 000 . Upwards of 1 , 500 hands are deprived of employment . Thc firm is one of the largest in the world , and was formerly known as Ward , Brittle , and Waid . Every department of the hosiery trade was carried on here . There are also several other establishments connected with the same firm in various parts of the country . The warehouses now appear a mere thell . The most praiseworthy conduct was evinced by the crowd in assisting the firemen to stay the conflagration . We have not heard to what amount Messrs . Ward are insured . Tho Cause of the fire has not been

      ascertained . The South Shields Phots . — On Friday , the 14 th inst . a public meeting , convened in compliance with u requisition , was held in the Guildhall , Newcastle , to promote a public subscription for the relief of tbe widows and orphans of the pilots who perished on the 4 th instant . —The Mayor , Joseph Crawliall , Esq ., took the chair .- —There was a numerous attendance , comprising the most influential inhabitants of the town . —Resolutions were passed , and an expression of sorrow and sympathy was followed up by th ? . appointment of a committee to raise a subscription , i > t the head of which are the Mayor and the Master of the Trinity House . —Mr . John Eayne , who supported one ofthe resolutions , made a

      powerful appeal in behalf of the widows and _o'phans , and spoke in warm terms of commendation of the spirit manifested at the meeting in South Shields , where ,. he said , £ 500 had already been subscribed . A suggestion was thrown out that the resolutions of the Newcastle meeting should be sent to the London Coal Exchange ; but an application in that quarter , it was justly observed , would come with mora propriety ( if it had not already emanated ) from the South Shields committee . On Sunday collections were made in Hanover-square chapel , Newcastle , for the relief of the widows , orphans , and other dependent relatives of the brave pilots who perished on the untbrtuna ' e _occasion above mentioned . Several other _congi-fgationfl" _collections _h-ive been made ;

      and others are to follow , in various towns , forlhwith . —Gateshead Observer . —Ihe Queen has forwarded one hundred guineas towards this fund . ' 1 'he corporation of Newcastle have sent a donation of 100 guineas , and the Master and Brethren ofthe Trinity House have also contributed 100 guineas to the same deserving object—Mr . Robert Anderson has stated tbat the life-l _* oat bad gone off from South Shields , since 1841 , to ninety-six vessels , and brought on th -re 4 G 0 shipwrecked mariners . Forgery and Speedy Apprknsion . —On the evening of tlie 14 thinst , information was lodged with the police authorities , that a forged order for £ 100 had been that day presented at the Union Bank of Edinburgh lor payment . By the instructions of Mr .

      Moxey , John Milligan , and Alexander M ' Pherson , criminal officers , proceeded to the house of the party whose name had been . forged , and who is a legal practitioner in the New Town , and , after some inquiry , took into custody the female servant , whom they suspected of the forgery . In the course ofthe evening they also apprehended the party who uttered the document , and another person who , it is believed received the forged document from tho servant girl . When on hor way to tbe police office the female prisoner attempted to destroy two other orders upon the same bank , ono or both of which are alleged to be forgeries . " The accused parties were brought before the police judge on Saturday last , on a ( _p etition at the instance of Mr . Mosey , and were

      remitted for cxumination to the _sheriu " . Milligan and M'Pherson having learned that valuable articles of dress bad disappeared some weeks ago from the houseof the girl ' s master , made a careful search , and discovered the missing articles carefully concealed under a bed in the kitchen ; and having continued their search on the Saturday eveuing _, they found a chest , containing various books , and other articles the property of her master , concealed in a cellar in the front area , covered over with rubbish . — Calendonian Mercury . A Cbxtenawan at Osborxe . —A correspondent at Cowes writes thus on the _lStliinst . : "It bavin » reached the ear of royalty that an aged woman * named Head , residing in Cowes , would complete her hundredth year on the 21 st instant , and that she

      had lost none of her faculties , her Majesty caused a carriage to be sent to coiwoy the old lady to Osborne , whither she went , wondering hut rejoicing After an interview with tho Queen , Prince Albert tho Duchess of Kent , and the royal children , she was sent home , loaded with gifts , and with a wellgrounded persuasion that her few remaining days will bo cheered with plenty . —Daily News . Lascasiiihe . _—Burglaut at _Bickersiaffe . —On the night ofthe 14 th inst ., between ei ght and nine o ' clock , five or more men , armed with pistols , entered the houseof Mr . Stockley , w heelwright and farmer , near this town , and demanded money . At the time of their entry four men were in the house and one of them endeavoured to make a show of

      resistance . For this purpose he endeavoured to take a gun from the chimney-piece , when one of the villains seized tho gun and broke it over his head It appears that whilst the thieves were _engaged in ransacking the house for money , three other men in the service of Mr . Stockley came in , and an attack was made on tho burglars . Four shots were fired two of wliich took effect on tho wall without injuring any person . Tho burglars mad e a strict search for money , but were only able to find 4 s . Od with which they decamped . They also took two double barrelled guns , one of thorn marked with the name of" Barnes , " and the other with "Green . " The pistote -which the fellows discharged , were its from

      appeared subsequent examination , loaded with slugs . Kent . —Dauiso Robuery . —A daring robbery was committed in tho village of Aylesford on Suudav night , or rather early on Monday morning , in the house of Mr . E . O . Goldmg , surgeon . The night was extremely stormy . About three o ' clock Mr Golding was awoke by some noise below , and was preparing to examine the cause , but hearing notbini ? more ho attributed the noise to the _violenoo of the wind . On his servant going down in the _morninir however , he found that an entrance had been effected at the back ofthe house , and that the lower rooms had been completel y ransacked . The thievcR appear to have laid thoir plans very cunninelv _looking thc door atthe bottom of the staircase thii _seauri emselves from attack , and _unloek ' Bg the

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      yard door , over which they had climbed to get in , so as to make good their retreat . A candle had been lit and they had evidently been carousing _mtdivaglvee with the spirits _awWine , carrying off with them half a dozen of the latter . A fiorco dog chained up close to the door had been drugged by the rascals to render him harmless . They broke open two inner doors , several cupboards , a work boxdeskand cash box , the latter fortunately

      con-, , taining only papers , and carried off two great coats , a shooting jacket , two valuable cases of surgical instruments , some table cloths , two or three silver articles ( the plate basket having prudently been nut out of the way ) and some steel knives and forks . The property _stolen is worth altogether about £ 25 . Suspicion attaches to certain parties , for whom a sharp look out will be kept , and a reward of £ 5 is offered for the conviction of the

      thieves . . __ . , Pobtlaxd Brbakwater . — We learn from tho Wester n Flying Post that the works at Portland wore last week proceeding with considerable activity . The storms of last week , howover , wero not to be restrained by the trifling resistance offered by tho works but just commenced , the whole of which were swept clean away , aud on Tuesday a systematic commencement of tho national breakwater works , with permanen t materials , by the convicts , took place . The whole of the convicts were mustered the

      to see its commencement , Captain Wlutty , irovernor of the prisoner , and Mr . Coodo , tho engineer of tho breakwater works , accompanied the first _waggon to the water ' s edge . 800 convicts will be immediately employed thereon , and kept con stantly at work ' , so that the laying ofthe last stone , as well as the first , may now be anticipated . Fleetwood a Port . —By a Treasury minuta recently issued , Fleetwood will become , after the Oth of January , next an independent port . It belongs at present to the port of Preston .

      State of the Dull Docks . — The late easterly winds have broug ht up large quantities of shipping , including some from India , bound to the continent , but unable io reach their porta on account of ico . The same winds having operated against the departure of vessels , our docks are now inconveniently crowded , and the blue flag , signifying thatthe docks are full , has been flying some days . Charge oi * Manslaughter agaixst a _Djspehsaut Midwife . —Hannah Cushforth , one of the Midwives of the Sheffield public dispensary , who was committed to York for manslaughter , in causing the death of the infant of Harriet Mappin , through

      improper treatment during the conhnemont or us mother , was last week discharged from custody after an incarceration of five months , there being no evidence that the infant was born alive . The _Bbitasku-Bbidge . —The operation ef raising the second monster tube , of 1 , 600 tons , to its intended elevation of 100 feet above sea-mark , was commenced by the engineers on Tuesday , fourteen days only having elapsed since the day on which it was successfully floated . The action of tho hydraulic presses was found to be most perfect and procise , and tho stupendous mass was worked steadily six feet upwards .

      SnirwnECK . —Falmouth , Dec . 15 . —On Friday , at noon , an account was received here of another shipwrock having occurred in this neighbourhood . Tho brig Venus , of and from Guernsey , of 123 tons , John Blacter , master , in ballast , bound to Newport , to load for Ilavannab , on the 14 th inst ., at two a . m ., got on the . Manacle Rocks . Immediately danger was apprehended , the master , whose " watch " was below , was called up , when he ordered the helm to bo put hard up , and the brig wore round . He then took the wheel , when she struck forwards and then aft , Through the concussion the master

      was thrown over the ship s side , and only escaped destruction by catching hold of _thft _gTOVJale , but his leg was badly hurt . After striking tho second time , way being kept on the vessel , and both pumps going , eighteen inches of water in her indicated that she was settling down . The boat was got ready , and at four a . m ., the master and crew got into it ; ten minutes had scarcely expired before she foundered , She had very recently had a considerable sum expended on a total refit . The pilot cutter Nicholas Jenking met with the unfortunate people at sea at day-break , not knowing whereabouts to steer for or make a land fall , and brought them in here .

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      _IftHfaAiUAS _Rfeuoees . —Thc Edinburgh Evening Courant says that the subscription in ' Edinburgh in behalf of the party of the Hungarian refugees ( thirty-seven in number , ) who have latelv been resident in Leith , was closed on Friday week , and the result , though not equal to the sanguine expeetations of some of its promoters , will , we believe , with the sums raised in Leith and Glasgow , and the funds otherwise obtained , provide a free passage for the party to New York , and leave a surplus in their hands of about £ 150 . The Hungarians left Leith on Saturday morning last , en route to Glasgow , by the Caledonian Railway , the Directors of that line having , in the most liberal manner , agreed to convey them to that city free of charra .

      Ihe Mountstuart Elpliiustone , with a number of the Hungarian refugees on board , left Glasgow harbour on Monday afternoon , at one O ' clock , There was a large concourse of spectators present who warmly expressed their sympathy with the exiles as the ves ael » ot under weigh . The Dolly ' s Brae Affair . —A meeting , convened by placard , was to hav , e been held on the 14 th inst . in the Lyceum Rooms , Nelson-street , Glasgow , for the purpose of denouncing the 11138-sacre at Dolly ' s Brae , _rtnd calling upon tho government to take measures for bringing the guilty parties to punishment ; but one of the superintendents of police being apprehensive that tbe holding of tho meeting might lead to a disturbance , interfered to prevent it , and the committee abandoned their design ,

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      Protkciionist Meeting In Cork.—The First...

      _Protkciionist Meeting in Cork . —The first of the series of protection meetings was held at Cork On Friday , the End of Bandon presiding . It was an exclusively landlord meeting . Lord Bernard , Mr . Charles Beamish , Mr . Cole , and Colonel Chatterton , the new-elected peotectionist member , being the principal speakers . All advocated tte neressifcy of re-establishing protective duties on foreign produce , and joined m attributing all the calamities of tho

      country to the disastrous introduction of thelvee trade policy . There is , indeed , one great evil which they admit must have had some other cause , and that it is the potato blight ; but this misfortune has become a matter of only secondary consideration with the Irish protectionists . Resolutions _eettin _" forth the evils of free trade were adopted , and it was _agre . 'd _, a cou nty association should be formed _Te-vant Farmers Ami-Rent Movem ' ent .-Ihe Kilkenny Journal of this day contains an ample report of a meeting of tenant farmers , hacked h . tL

      presence ot several Roman Catholic priests , held at W . ndgap , in that county on Sunday last , and at which speeches were delivered indicative of a verv marked determination to carry out the views of the speakers , and to extend the _organisation by ever ! means within their power . Should the prints as is probablei , withdraw their patronage f _£ m the two rival agitations m the metropolis , and throw all their influence into this _peosam movement , it needs no _TJJTr ght t 0 pr J edkt _wnwqMnees _AmoSg he _isolations agreed to at the meeting referred to the most remarkable are as follow — ' ' That the high rental of this country , founded upon war prices , and hitherto maintained by protec-. ve duties and unnatural competition for _lanu _/ _aris ng from the extinction of all other means of sfi . ice is now , with protection abolished and the capital of the farmer exhausted by a series of _advert seasons , excessive and intolerable ; and , _H'S eld must speedily eventuate in the ruin of _^ _oriS'A

      occupier , ny tne discouragement of employment and the consequent impoveri shment of the soilHI _Ls of which wil ! be absorbed in the maintenance « _1 "S = ployed poor , leaving 3 , _ff _tSaSlort _^ equally beneficial to _ffdK _andfeS _» * " *? T we regard the blind » au . F _? _- er '* andthat hitherto _prevalenun h s LTr _?^? ? r a d the interests of all classes _. T _^? *«** _tem to forthwith , in providing _renrmK ' to ° -ope * _-ate the labouring clase _^ X _^ _^ _V _^ _fa thegrowing _Wht _ohStt & t l mse !?<* of

      millstone round their _rn-pke „ _* , i UU "S UKe a industry and _enteSlhronSW _^ P irit ol society h _hMJ _piffivS fi _£ _S l _^ ts of cupiers ofthe soil _should _nofbeeS holdings , save only fo non-Mvm 1 4 _fa > m iheir equitable rent ; and in tLevPff r l a _&»** and tbey should be autho ? i ed to s . ° _& _payment interest to the hi ghest m _^ _SS _^ f _*« V and of all just arrears out of the Jt _? " the Payment proprietors . * ' tne _PVcaase money to the Flax Cul tivation — a » promote the cultivation „ f a _'" " _POrtant meeting to _h the county of C $ _fi « l ? _J n M \ at _*•& _£ of influence were present _nL , Sf 1 veral gentlemen out the object of 8 £ _* _£ nd loc society to carry «• of ground , ' b „ ~ 1 ? h ° *> J l » rge _^^ _i _* 5 _^ - « 5 _* _b

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      _fxtenBive employment that the poor will be able to ° btain a livelihood , and not be forced to seek a refuge in the poor house to keeD them from starvation . " That , though the cultivation of flax is certain of being productive of much good , the manufacture ot it in a country where it is grown would be far greater , as it would give the _formera certain market at home for the article , and induce him to sow a much larger Quantity , besides the vast employment it would give

      to our idle poor ; we therefore earnestly entreat Mr . Dargan , who is so well acquainted with the north , to set the bright example of using his influence to establish the first mill or manufactory in this part of Ireland , feeling convinced that , if he will be kind enough to make the exertion , that success must follow , thereby raising a monument to himself of more real value than the wealth of the Treasury could accomplish . " Ihe

      The _Rktort of the Grand Lodge . — Fermanagh _Reporters-Orange authority , for it has made no formal recantation of a change in principleslectures its quondam friends in very pretty set terms , and gives them to understand that tlieir " grand " report , so far from bettering their position , leaves them but small grounds for their claim to unconditional and exojusiYe loyalty . "Wha _' , " asks the Orange censor , * " has becmne of the pure unmingkd loyalty to which we thought the Orangeman ' s oath bound him , when the body show so little respect to her Majesty ' s representative , the Vice-King of Ireland ? And , what of Lord R » den ' s civility to a

      government by which he is paid a pension , and bis relatives provided for ? Lord _Ruden is a good man , and an honourable gentleman , but we tlrnlc that most people in the receipt of a pension , and having their relatives in government situations , would not raise a row about a barren honour . It is a good doctrine to be governed by him who governs tho purse —be obedient or quit tho service . Expediency re _» quired that the Orangemen should bo encouraged against the Confederates last year ; and the same expediency rendered it necessary to discountenance armed processions this year . The government acted on the same principle in both cases , and th _«

      Orangemen who availed themselves of it then ought not to have objected now . Of this the Orangemen are now aware , that neither the government nor thc landlords care au old wife ' s curse about them , except when expediency requires , and that they may keep their loyalty to warm their hearts . " Portarlington Estates . —The Mercantile Advertiser gives the following particulars relative to tho _largest property that has yet been brought under the Incumbered _Estates Commission : — " The annual rental of the Portarlington estates in Ireland is £ 32 , 640 , consisting chiefly of well-circumstanced head-renta ; and so valuable is the property , that the

      amount received within one year , 1817 , after the terrible failure ofthe potato , was nearly £ 29 , 000 . The incumbrances upon the estates amount on the aggregate to £ 617 , 000 , besides about £ 3 , 000 a year charged as irredeemable life annuities . Some years before the death of the late earl , the sum of £ 3 _« , _(( 00 had been raised by ' contributions , which , with a previous mortgage of long standing , £ 56 , 000 , which now stands ss the prior incumbrance , amounted to £ 400 , 000 . There were subsequent mortgages to the amount of £ 130 , 000 , judgment debts , £ 60 , 000 , and some charges under the will of the late earl , making in the entire £ 017 . 000 ~ the amount of the incum .

      brances at the period of his decease . The present Earl of Portarlington , with a view of liquidating the Incumbrances arising from the' contributions , ' under which trustees had been appointed , raised a large sum from the Law Life Insurance Company , who in this way have become creditors , and _tbst company has , besides , a secondary security for those advances on the English estates of the present Earl . There has been a protracted suit in the _EnglLdi Court of Chancery , between Colonel Damcr and the Earl of Portarlington , under which a receiver has been appointed ; and the case has al ? o been in tbe Irish Court of Chancery ; but if an absolute order should be pronounced by the commissioners , it would practically operate as an estoppel to the suits in Chancery . ""

      A Gojd Example . —The Northern Standard gives the folhwing account of the way in which the Maxwell property , in the county of Armagh , is managed : —¦"' That portion of this extensive property situated in the county of Armagh , under the superintendence and management of George Henry , Esq , of'fassagh , is at present undergoing most important permanent improvements . Tbe representatives of Dr . Maxwell are , through Mr . Henry , allowing the tenants sixpence per perch for sinking the drains and filling them in again , and also giving them any quantity of lime tbey require at half-price . The whole range of that extensive property , even in those dark December days , presents the appearance of the industry and diligence ofa bee-hive .

      'Ihe Registeries . —In the year 1835 there were 2 , 300 voters in the Queen ' s County _; at present there are 247 . Nor do we bctieva the Queen ' s County to be a solitary instance of such a decrease in the number of electors . There has also been a _great falling off in Kildare , and we daily see complaints in our contemporaries ofthe prevalence of such self-disfrancbisement , —Leinster Express . Thk Linen Trade . —Last week the home demand

      for yarns was not brisk . At present prices there is still left a fair profit for the manufacturers . Linens have been bought a shade lower , especially tho finer sorts , for which the demand is limited . The demand is now for heavy linens suitable for the home market . The export of yarns is improving . During last week it amounted to 84 bales ; linen , 363 boxes , 19 bales , 2 trusses ; muslin , 9 boxes ; thread , C boxes ; —Belfast News .

      rnovisioN _PnosPECTS . —Tho police have been for some time engaged in making out returns of the quantity of land under corn crop the past season ; also the amount of stock . They find the stock of cattle much diminished , even since last year .- — Limerick Express . Awful Loss op Life in the Kilrush Union . —On Wednesday evening last , a large numb r of persons , most of whom were paupers who had been seeking out door relief , were drowned while crossing the ferry on their return to Moyarta . Captain Kennedy , accompanied by Doctor O'Donnell , proceeded immediately to the scene of the tragedy , bringing with them such restoratives « s are generally used in recovering the drowned : but none of the

      _Doaies were washed on shore that night . Those genttemen remained out all night , and the scene next morning ( Thursday ) was most distressing . No less than thirty-three dead bodies were washed ashore at the northern side of tho ferry . They were removed to an adjacent field , and the coroner arriving soon after from Kilkee _, an inquest was held on their wretched remains It appeared upon the inquiry that no less than forty-three or forty-five persons ( for they could not tell the exact number ) were allowed to crowd into a crazy and rotten boat , which had beed plying on tl ) ls lbr fo t - . ' _™<*

      -ih ? J , , J ? k ' i ° " aS ra _f as the **» _M <* of the ferry , when a sea broke over her stern , and filled her at _f'l " Wowing strong from the south-east at the time . She upset instantly , and her miserable while Z t T _" imraCrged in the ffie > , ci _!^ *™ to , _»» m . T Wh ° ' e T _? _im ]] y _save J ) clung to her until a boat came to tbeir assistance . Thc verdict of the coroner ' s jury was as usual hi such cases , but imputing gross neglect , and attaching censure to the owners of the boat for premittimr _simh _«

      numo < v or persons into so frail a craft . With the exception of four , the victims were paupers who had _fcSfTf _^ 111 _^ _^ _^ to seek out door relief , and wore return _ng that sad _eveuinrhk _'Sni _^^ S ! the Parishes of _YlSar _SHffi _**? - The _^ « _i « SS _untoytunate victims came down on the shore ho m u _$ Ti he » _rt- «»« W _« e _orie 6 the awful SS and the bod es of _othpia , »»•¦* ..- i , _^ "' _" "" ' y * of tho t , i « ° Z ' fa " c ™ S ° T " 7 _"!? . _- ferrv fas it iV _„ n ? , ° stl 11 miss ng . The

      excenainj i into thp « nnf _„„ _Ti j V " * "• _''¦ " _oimnnon the road _KilS 'AI " Turf Yiml " b _* western parts ' of _® n tare _^ JSiSf _' T _^ memorial their _sborrest way E ne ft ™ J V ?" unfortunate creatures forced thS _L st ? ! as it grew dark and tUt o ! ( eirw _^ lnt 0 tJie boat _ibey ire _rtcKf tier _&^ _aJR _** * _awards them a more mercifulTukV _. Hea saws * _S _^ - _"» a 5 beset by such foriorn _infSf _^ i ™ _- ' ever > ' % fate of thi . _S _^ _u _^^ _, " _^^ - The parallel , and only Z _sTZ \ , * almost wi _* out a _a-ale by C „ l . _Sde L _™ ft VW _" _? Manager of the National Bank _thpin _^ _, Kely * tle house would have . In . " r , f-wi V . lnmates ot work--Limerick ChrZkU f °° d _dunnS the' , a 3 t week

      ody ofthe bu £ g _7 a n al 8 f 0 ° "t _Jir , Ha 11 _- , there wero very fow nerlonf _^ i . - alIy , deserted ' and of . 'he phtfo / _nL _XTh _^ , _^ 8 aHeries or chair . Mr . _JoL ovJnLi B ? 2 _?' . T . C _. wasm ne gotiationsR _^ nion cJ V " _* Z * _* ' ecent satisfied tbat the _eoStl _f _*! talcrs saidhe fe _* faithfully _disoharUd _^ _Si _^^^ ation had to ** in the course thev Ld _f i t 0 , h _- peo P ofIre _' those negotiationT \ tl A ? ken ln reference to

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 22, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22121849/page/6/