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      THE NORTHERN STAR . _ _ _Apgdsi 25 , 1849 _^

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      IlEALTn or Loxdox during tiie "Week . —It is one of the characters of epidemic diseases that in some years their fatality is inconsiderable , in other years excessive . Since 183 * 2 and 1833 cases of cholera have appeared in the tables : but the deaths in the second week of August during the past five years have fluctuated from 1 to 23 . In the week ending Saturday , _Au-just _l-St _' . i , thc deaths in London were 2 t 23 <> , of whiciri , 230 were by cholera , 1 SS by diarrhoea . The deaths from all causes in the last seven weeks were 1 , 070 , 1 , 309 , 1 , 741 , 1 , 931 . 1 , 967 , - " ! ( _Xft . _ii-d 2 , 23 'J : the deaths from cholera , 152 , 33 J , 078 , 7 * 53 , ' . eo , 633 , and 1 , 230 . The deaths froni cholera exceed those ir . the -previous week , hy 401 ; hut iu that week the mortality declined . The ye'

      _-pal-itioii is about 2 , 200 , 000 , sothat nearly 1 in 1 , 000 of the inhabitants now die weekly . The dcatiis from all _diseases , except cholera , are 1 , 000 , which is the average number of the season , and 539 were at ages under 15 , 250 at ihe ages 1-5 — CO , 205 at the age of CO and upwards . Of the 1 , 230 persons who died from cholera , 31 * 3 were under The ag-i of 15 ; 721 were 15 — 00 , a : id 191 were CO and upwards ; it carries off an excessive proportion of people in the prime of life . 597 males and 033 females died of the disease last week ; at an earlier period of the epidemic the deaths of males exceeded those of female * -. Of 0 , 194 persons ¦ who have died of cholera ia London since September , 1 S 4 S , 3 , 52 i died on the south side of the Thames . It has now crossed the river . Thc

      mortality last week increased in the districts of St . George Southwark , Xewington , and Lambeth : . it broke out with extraordinary violence in Greenwich ; and on the north side of the Thames in Stepney , Shorcditch , and Uct-iinal Green , 53 , 9 S , and 125 deaths were registered . Thc deaths from cholera in the last two weeks were 35 and 125 in Dethnal Green , 21 and 9 S in Shorcditch , 24 and 55 in Stepney , 42 and 7 G in the districts of the east , west , and city of London , comprehending the jurisdiction ofthe City properly so called , 7 and 24 in 3 larylebonc-, 17 and 34 in AVestminstcr district , 5 and 20 in Chelsea . This excessive mortality must be viewed with great regret . Looking to the authentic reports of the _efiects of general sanitary measures , and of efficient medical relief placed

      within the reach or carried to the homes of the people , it is quite evident that the measures now in operation are unequal to the emergency . Tiie classes which have the greatest claim for public succour are not idle habitual paupers , hut the hardworking artisan ; yet it is stated that in some parishes the _arrangements are such that medical relief is not procurable directly from the m < di _.-al officers , who are , to the utmost extent of their powers , diseliar < _riii- _* - their painful duties with praiseworthy dili-rcnce and humanity . In a disease whieh so often attacks in the night , and is fatal in twentyfour hours , thc poor Lave to procure orders hefore thev can be treated . Unless some change he made In these simp le administrative arrangements , the mortality from cholera may be higher than it has vet been in London .

      Attempt by a _IIcsbaxd to _Murder ins "Wife . — Suicide of the Husband . —On Saturday an inquest was held before Mr . IL M . "W akley , in the University College Hospital , on George Morton , a painter and glazier , late of Melton-crescent , aged 52 . The jury having been sworn , proceeded to view thebody , and upon their return a juror said it was disgraceful to allow them to wiuicss thc hideously disgusting spectacle wliich the body presented , anil which was one gore of blood . —Another juror : Thc dissectingroom " was like a - . laughter-house . Xothing but tlie truuklay on the table— . A third juror : The spectacle has quite sickened me . —Several jurors : Wc never hefore witnessed so revolting a spectacle . "Nothing would induce us to view it again . —The Coroner : Gentlemen , I deeply regret " that your

      _fcclinirs should have been outraged . I assure you that liad I heen aware of thc condition of the body I should not have allowed you to see it in that stite . The following witnesses were then examined : — W . H . Hawkins , hospital porter , stated that at half -past ten the previous morning deceased was brought in a cab to the hospital in an insensible state , nnd vomiting . lie was carried to the casualty ward , where he was attended by Mr . Plover , the houscsunreon , and died at a quarter before eleven the same morning . —Mrs . Anne Brooke , landlady of 29 , Melton-crescent , deposed that deceased lodged with her two months . Hccame to her house as a single man . Shortly after he brought home his daughter , aged ten . Ori Thursday ni g ht liis wife , for the first time , visited her . That evening witness , hearing

      them quarrel , went tip and knocked at his door . lie said he would not admit her . She listened at the door , and hearing him say to his wife that hc wonld destroy both her and himself , she exclaimed , " What arc vou about ? " He replied , " Go down , and you will hear no more about it . " Witness went down , and during thc night she heard no more noise . About ten o ' clock the following morning she heard the report of a pistol , but took no notice of it , as she did not think it was iu the house . Soon afterwards she heard a scream , the report of another pistol ; and , on looking towards the hall-door , saw deceased firing at his wife ns she rushed into tbe street , he following her . After pursuing her a hundred yards , he returned , saying " Where is she ? " and asked pel-mission to

      go up to liis room . Witness held hiin , and wimld not lee hiin go . A Mr . Hose then searched his pocket , and took from it a pistol ; after which _deceascsl darted np stairs , and , putting his hand inside a cupboard , he drank a tumbler of poison , gathering the particles at the bottom with liis -fingers , and putting them into liis mouth . lie almost _iustantly folf to the ground insensible . —By the Coroner : Witness never observed anything ¦ peculiar in deceased ' s conduct . lie was exceedingly sober and quiet . The shot took effect in the wife ' s shoulder . The slugs penetrated her dress . The night previous she heard his wife exclaim , " Look at what he has in his hand ; he attempted to shoot mc . " Jealously was thc cause of their quarrels . Deceased worked for Mr . Cubitt and Mr .

      Showliright . —Arethusa Morton , daughter oi deceased , ased ten , said her father had been ni . irried to her stepmother two months , and soon after their marriage thev quarrelled and separated . On Thursday night her father met her stepmother accidentally , and induced her . to go borne with him . After she was there some time she wanted to go away ; he would not let her , dragged her about , and threatened to destroy both himself and her if she did not remain . He said , "I'll shoot you and poison myself If you go out . " They went to bed peaceably and got uppeaceably the following morning . Shortly after breakfast her father sent her outnito a passage . On her return she found that he had shot her stepmother and poisoned himself . —¦ 'Mrs . Morton , thc widow , a . prcity looking - and rather fashionably dressed woman , aged twenty-seven ,

      stated that she married deceased on the 7 th of May , and left home June 13 th , in consequence of his violent _tt-in per , which put her in bodily fear . She _visi ted him on Thursday in consequence of a letter lie wrote to her . { The * letter was produced , it was well written , covered four sides , and expressed the strongest desire for a reconciliation . ) The shot struck her shoulder , passing through her dress , and slightly touched her left car . Deceased was a sober man , but smoked to a frightful extent . The slugs did not enter her arm . — \ ' . r . Plover , house physician , opened the body and found sufficient oxalic acid in the stomach to cause death . AU the organs , excepting the brain , which was a little softened , were healthy . On deceased ' s person he found the powder and large swan drops produced , together with some documents . Thc jury , after a brief deliberation , returned a verdict of "Insanity . " „ .

      Death of a Mother asd Child . — Before Mr . Bedford , at the Swan Mount-street , Grosvcnorsquare , on the body of Hannah Withers , aged 40 , a confidential servant in the employ of William Dccring , Esq-, one of the connty magistrates for Berkshire . The deceased had complained of pains in the head for some time , and it was suspected hy some of thc other servants that she was in the family-way , but this she denied . On Monday week her mother , who is said to live at Paddingtongreen , called to see the deceased , and she was heard to say , " The sooner you get out of the house the better . " On thc Tuesday they went away together , when the deceased said she was going to have a bath , which the doctor had recommended . On the

      same day she called on "Mr . Webb , of AVardour Btrcet , a surgeon , and told him that her name was "Williams , -that she was in service , and her husband in the country , and she feared she was iu the family way , which must not be known at Mr . _Deering _' s . He told her she appeared to be In labour then , and advised her to get lodgings directly , or go home . In the evening a woman named Lee " called on him , and said she could not get lod gings anywhere , and Mr . "Webb then said a gentleman who lived in his hoBse had gone out of town , and she could have the apartment , which was agreed to . During the same night deceased was confined , and Dr . Steggle was called in , and it became necessary to open tbe child ' s head to save the mother ' s life , bnt in the opinion of Mr . Webb the child was dead at the

      - & me . On Tuesday she told Mr . * Wehb she should go home the next day , and he expostulated with her , and said it would be instant death . She wonld so to Mr . Deering _' _- _* - , and then , seeing she was so Hi , Mr . Parratt , of Mount-street , surgeon ,. was sent for , but he had no hopes of her recovery ! . There ¦ was discovered great effusion on the brain , which , he had no do ubt was c aused by excitement and . neg-Ject . It seems that even on Saturday she went to Mr . " Webb in a cab , and he told her either to let hini know where she was , and no one would be told -what had happened , or else get advice from some oae else . She would do neither . —The jury returned the following special verdict , " That the deceased died of disease of the brain , caused bv great mental ¦ anxiety before , and total neglect of herself after d-jUvery . " _"BtBii-Aitr axd _DE-vrn of oxe or the Thieves . — Oj Sunday morning , a little after two o ' clock , the

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      Dolie _-manon dutv in Argyle-strcet , Oxford-street , discovered tbat a house tad been broken into . He instantly procured assistance , when ho commenced a search for the burglars . Ho found that the whole of the plate had been removed , and feeling satisfied that the thieves were in the house , he ascended to the u pper part , and saw two men climbing up the ladder , leadin < r to the roof . He caught hold of one of them _, and handed him over to the custody of another constable , While he followed the other thief , and in his attempting to get away , he fell from thc roof and was instantly killed . The name of the man in eustody is F . Teal or Peal , and the deceased is well known to the police , but his name has not been ascertained nc is about twenty years of age , five

      , feet seven inches high , dark complexion , and dressed in a black coat , striped waistcoat and trowsers . In his pocket was found a duplicate for a handkerchief p ledged at Mr , Wells , Broad-street , "Bloor asburr , in the name of 11 . Luniley . On Monday evening Mr . Bedford held an inquest at St . James ' s workhouse ou the body . It appeared from the evidence tbat the deceased resided at tho house of a man named Greaves , in Blackfriars-road . This Greaves was a very bad character , and it seemed probable had led the deceased astray . At about two o'clock ou Sunday morning " Mr . J . Rallies , residing at 332 , Oxford-street , was awakened hy his servant , who said that some men were _breaking in . He went down stairs , and on opening a landing window ho jk

      heard a groan from the area beneath , or tne --u--yard . "He gave an alarm , and the n went to thc front of the house , and called for the police , who arrived soon afterwards . There was a pane of glass broken in one ofthe third story back windows , and a part of thc frame had been cut away with some sharp instrument . The noise of the falling g lass had awakened the servant . On going down stairs into the back yard he found thVbody of a man , quite dead , and bleeding profusely from the head . Prom a subsequent examination , it appeared that the deceased , accompanied by another man , secreted himself in the yard of the Argy le Arms public-house . Thence they contrived to ascend to the leads at the back ofthe house . They had removed the top ofa

      conservatory on those leads , and , having entered it , bad commenced cutting away the third floor window , in order to enter the house . Hearing an alarm -riven , the deceased attempted to eseape , and in doing so fell to thc ground , from a height of thirty feet , literally dashing out his brains . His accomplice also jumped or fell , and was so much injured that the police captured him and conveyed him to the hospital , where he still remains . The Coroner summed up these facts to the jury , observing that the cause of death was all that it was necessary for them to decide . It would not be of any service that they should enter on the question of how the deceased got oa the leads , but they would use their own discretion as to dealing with it . The jury

      returned a verdict" That the deceased was killed by a racturc of the skull , caused by a fall from the leads of a house , while attempting to commit a burglary . " Murder of a Wife by her Husbakd . —On Friday week last , at a late hour , a man named Robert Ward , a twine spinner , of 11 , James-stvcet , Stepney , while quarrelling with his wife and daughter , took a red hot poker out of the fire and struck his wife a tremendous blow on the head with the weapon . Her skull was fractured by the blow , and sho became insensible , in which state she remained until Saturday night , when she died in the London Hospital . Ward left his home after he inflicted the injury , and upon his return some hours afterwards he was taken into eustody hy thc police , who found

      in the house a poker with some hair adhering to it . The deceased ' s cap was also taken possession of by the police . The top of it was burnt , and the ribands by which it was fastened to her neck were clotted with blood . The prisoner was brought before Mr . Yardley , at the Thames Police-court , on Saturday morning , and remanded on the charge of feloniously wounding until Wednesday , when lie will bc arraigned on a charge of wilful murder . It appears that Ward and his wife had been frequently quarrelling , and that thc man was in a very excited state when he struck thc blow which caused the

      death of his wife . On Wednesday an inquest was held before Mr . Baker , atthe London Hospital , on view of the body of Sarah Ward , aged 41 . The facts ofthe case having been fully elicited , the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter " against the prisoner , who was committed from the Thames police-court on a charge of " Wilful Murder . " Suspected CniLD Murder at _Bermoxuset . — On Wednesda y Mr . Carter concluded an inquiry at thc Cooper ' s Aims Tavern , _ltusscll-strect , touching the death of a newly-born male child found _uead in a market-gardener ' s field , Blue Anchor-Ianc , Bermondsev . A verdict of " Found Dead" was

      recorded . Darixg _Buhclary . —About nine o clock on Saturday evening last the premises of Mi * . George Simmons , cut glass , chandelier , and lustre manufacturer , 531 , Sew Oxford-street , were broken open and robbed of a large amount of richly cut glass , _consisting of dec-inters , lustres , salt-cellars , and smelling-bottles with silver tops , amounting in value of from £ 40 to £ 50 . The outer-door in Oxford-street was supposed to have been entered by false keys , but the inner-door by a crowbar , which the thieves left , behind . A man about 5 feet 4 inches in hei ght , ofa sallow complexion , and shabbily dressed , was seen with a basket-load of glass , about a dozen doors from the scene ofthe burglary , by a policeman

      in the E division , and some of the articles falling out of the basket were broken , several pieces of which were picked up , and have been since identified , Attempted IIomjeiiy . —On Sunday evening a thief secreted himself on the premises of Mr . Clayton , news agent , 320 , Strand , and during the ni g ht broke open the desks , but did not succeed in finding anything of value . The lock of the till resisted all the efforts employed on the occasion . The thief succeeded in _cavi-ying off a quantity of postage stamps and several volumes of the Parlour Library . Fire rx "Waiting . —On Wednesday night , shortly before eleven o ' clock , as police-constable Robert Payne , 193 II , was passing along his beat , he

      observed a strong glare of light in the top room of the house in the occupation of Mr . John Watts , 2 , Sansonie ' s-gardcns , Hermitage-street . Wapping . Having obtained admittance into the house , thc constable ran up stairs , preceded by the landlord . When they reached the room they discovered an aged female , who occupied the upper floor , undressed , in a fearful state of fright , nnd nearly speechless , thc clothes she had taken off being in flames upon the drawers , which were also set on fire . The coverlid of the bed was also burning . Happily , by thoir united exertions , they were enabled to put out the fire , which is supposed to have been caused by a spark falling from the candle at the timo the female was about to get into bed .

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      Fatal Accidext ox the _^ _orcru Kext Railway . —The half-past eight o'clock train from London arrived on Sunday evening safely at Woolwich , the station of wliich place was much crowded on both sides , owing to thc London trains being insufficient to convey the passengers . The entrance to the platform debouches on the down train ; this train had just begun to start for Graresend when a fri ghtful scream was heard—a woman had fallen from the platform between thc carriages . The last two carriages passed over her chest . For a moment thc concourse of people seemed too terrified to pick her up . She was , however , conveyed into the station , but soon died . As the wheels of the carriages went over her the carriages * were distinctly seen to rise and fall .

      Ax Aktillertmax _Snoi . —CnATnAM . —On Friday , the 17 th inst ., the Royal Artillery at this garrison assembled at the usual place at Upnor , for the practice of musketry ball firing ; they were firing in companies , and it is the custom for the front man to advance from the ranks a few paces , and fire at the target ; -as soon as he has fired , he recovers arms , and takes the place of tho rear man who advances in front . It appears that gunner William llepper was the front man in the company , who advanced and fired , and tbe rear man , William M'Donald , whose piece was loaded , brought down his musket in a straight position , and was about placing a cap on thc nipple of his piece , when by some cause the gun went off and the ball entered thc back of llepper , just as he was recovering his

      arms . His death was instantaneous . The deceased was a very fine young man , and wasattached to _Xo . 4 Company of the 11 th Battalion . He * was removed to the garrison hospital , to await a coroner ' s inquest , which was held on Saturday last , by Mr . J . llindc , one of the county coroners , and a verdict returned that the deceased was accidentally shot . It is reported that M'Donald will be tried by a court-martial , The Coixieks Strike . —EiRMixonAM , August 18 . —The partial strike of the Staffordshire colliers , which we notiecd last week has since spread throughout the entire district , and there are now _aiore than thrcethousand men out of employ ; and at most -of

      the collieries from West Bromwich and Tipton , across the- country to Brierly Hill , _operations are entirely suspended . Many meetings were held last week , at which it was resolved not-onl y to resist the proposed reduction in the rate of wages , but « ven to seek an advance upon those paid previous to ihe turn out . It is hoped that some amicable arrangement will before long take place . Baxk Forgeri _* "s . —Manchester , August 20 . — An extensive forgery on the Manchester and Liverpool District Rank has just been discovered . Two men implicated in the felony , have been apprehended , and it is supposed that the investigations which are about to be commenced will lead to the

      discovery ofa number of serious forgeries upon the same company . On the 20 th ult ., in consequence of an advertisement which appeared in the Liver pool Mercury , a person named Lindley , applied for a situation , and received an answer appointing a _meetinti with the writer , a Mr . Robinson , at the Stock Hotel , in that town . A further interview ,

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      in consequence , took place at the Corn Exchange in Manchester , at which Robinson gave Lindley a chcoue upon the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank for £ 337 15 s ., desiring him to get it cashed . This Lindley did , and returned with six £ 50 notes , thc remainder ot thc amount being in gold . Thc notes , at Robinson ' s request , were subsequently turned into gold at the Bank of England , and Robinson pocketed the money without taking the trouble to count it . At another interview , a few days afterwards , Robinson offered Lindley a situation , but requested him to return to Liverpoolpromising to communicate with him upon tho subject , and giving him money to defray his expenses . ' the Tuesday following , Lindley began to suspect from various circumstance- } , that he had been duped , and having called at the branch hank iu Liverpool , he there related the above circumstances

      and an investigation having taken place , the cheque , which purported to have been drawn by Messrs . _CoIIinson and Simpson , brewers , Manchester , has been pronounced by Mr . Simpson to bo a forgery . On Friday last , Robinson was apprehended by one ofthe Liverpool detective force , in the shop of a man named Macauley , who was supposed to be an accomplice . They were examined before the magistrates on the following ( Saturday ) morning . Robinson was clearly identified , and a young man of the name of M'lntyre related another instance of having boen duped by the same individ ual . We understand that the above is onl y one of a series of forgeries which have recentl y been committed , and from which the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank have been sufferers to a considerable amount , probably not less than from £ 1 , 200 to £ 1 , 500 . The prisoners have been remanded to afford time for instituting further inquiries into the subject .

      The Guestling Poisoniso—Execution of TnE Murderess . —The execution cf Mary Ann Geering , who was found guilty at the Lewes assizes oftho murder of Benjamin Geering , her husband , by the administration of arsenic , took place at Lewes on Tuesday . —On Thursday week last the wretched woman confessed to the chaplain that she was guilty of the murder of her husband , and she subsequently , by little and little , stated to him that she had also administered arsenic to her sons James and John , who had died of the effects of it , and that she afterwards attempted to destroy her son Benjamin by the some means , but he recovered . After those confessions , and the prisoner appearing penitent , the chaplain conceived himself justified in administering to her the sacrament of the Lord's Supper , which hc

      did on Monday evening , and on that night thc prisoner slept for several hours soundly . She was not present at the condemned sermon which the chaplain made to the prisoners on Tuesday morning , he conceiving that it would be better for her that she should remain in her cell . After the service hc went to her , and remained with her until her execution . At a quarter to twelve o ' clock , Mr . Gcll and Mr . Palmer , the under-sheriffs , accompanied b y Calcraft , the executioner , proceeded to the condemned cell . The prisoner was sitting at the side ofthe bed , wringing her hands , and appearing to be in great agony of mind . Calcraft placed the halter on tlie bed , and then proceeded to n mion the

      culprit , an operation which she submitted to passively , occasionally ejaculating , "Oh , Lord-Jesus have mercy on mc ! " This operation performed , she wailed to the foot of the scaffold , the chaplain reading the burial service , and the prisoner continuing to utter fervently the prayer , " Lord have mercy on me . " She walked with * a pretty firm step , but in ascending thc steps of the scaffold she faltered , and was supported by two turnkeys . Calcraft drew the bolt , and the unfortunate woman was launched into eternity . Sot a word , not even an exclamation escaped from the crowd ; but after gazing on the appalling spectacle for a few minutes they slowly dispersed . We understand that after her condemnation the unfortunate woman had but one interview

      with any of her family , and that was immediately after thc trial . Strange as it may seem after her conduct to them , she wrote several letters to them in the most affectionate terms , and in which she stated that she was prepared for the dreadful fate that awaited her . Her maiden name was Plumb . Her father , George Plumb , was an honest hardworking agricultural labourer , living at Wostfield in Sussex . She was sent out to service when very young , and lived at Coghurst Farm , then in the possession of Mr . Thomas Wood , but being detected in dealing improperly with the milk and butter money she was dismissed . She then went to live at another place in Westfield , where Ben . Geering was likewise employed . An intimacy sprung up between

      them , and she became pregnant when only sixteen years of age . The old bastardy laws were then in force , and by putting them in operation the parish officers compelled her to marry Geering , which was sorely against her inclination , and she had even to be carried into church . Ten children were the fruits of tbis marriage , of whom eight are living , and two have died , as she has confessed , of arsenic administered by her . She and her husband had frequent quarrels , and it is stated that she was a g in drinker and a determined opium eater . Of course these habits caused her to be in frequent want of money , and this want was aggravated by a practice she had of pawning the best clothes of lier husband and sons every Monday morning and redeeming them on Saturday night .

      Extraordinary _Occurrence . —The quiet village of Hornbury , near Wakefield , has been thrown into a state of great excitement by a painful occurrence that has come to light within the last week . An independent gentleman of tho namo of Cravon lived in the village in respectable style . He was a bachelor , and a young lady lived with him as housekeeper who was known as Miss Craven , and was reputed to be his natural daughter , In thc middle of last week a report prevailed that this young person had given birth to a child , which had been made away with , and that the body had been found buried in the plantation belonging to the house . The report was , of course , not long in coining to tho cars of tlio _constables , who instituted proper inquiries , traced tho report to a man who had seen the body oftho child

      and then informed the coroner , who thereupon directed that an inquest should be held forthwith . Accordingly , on Saturday last , thebody ofthe child having been produced , an inquest was held over it nt thc Fleece Inn , when thc foUowing extraordinary facts were elicited in evidence : —Thomas _JSettleton said : I live at Horbury , and am a butcher . I was told by Ellen Sykcs ( Mr . Craven ' s servant ) that she saw Mr . Craven burying something in the plantation , and in consequence I went to the place . I took some earth up with my hands , and found a bundle wrapped iu brown paper . I took it up and opened it , and found a now-born child . I made another hole and buried it again . I showed it to Ellen Sykcs before I buried it ; it was a boy . This was on Tuesday morning . I was called upon by Mr . Roger

      Hirst , Mr . Joseph Berry , and Mr . John Gee , on Friday morning . They are constables for Horbury . They asked me to meet them at tbe Fleece Inn , m Horbury , and to bring the bundle I had found . I went and dug up the bundle anil brought it to tho Fleece . I laid it on the table in the room , in the presence of the constables and other persons . I left it with them . Ellen Sykes told me not to say anything ; so I did not mention the finding of tho child to the constables nor to any one . Ellen Sykcs told me she saw Mr . Craven digging something . She told me she suspected something was up . I never denied I knew anything about the child , or had had it iu my possession . I groom and occasionally work for Mr . Craven . —Ellen Sykes , upon her oath , said .: I am a single woman . I was servant to Mr .

      Edward Craven , but was discharged last Thursday by Miss Craven . Mr . Craven "is a bachelor Miss Craven is about 24 years old , and lives in his house as his daughter . I had been there three years tho 1 st of last June . I never told Nettleton I saw Mr . Craven digging or burying in the plantation , but I did tell him 1 saw Mr . Craven graving in the garden ; by " graving" I mean working iu the garden . He was in the habit of-doing so . He ( Ifettleton ) said he suspected something was up , and said he supposed I suspected . I laughed and put it _otf , and a little girl came in , and we said no more at that time . This _conversation took place on Tuesdav evening . I never told _tfettlcton not to mention the finding ofthe child to any one . It was last Mondav morning , between nine and ten o ' clock , when I saw

      Mr . Craven working in the garden . "Ncttlcton told me Iwas not to name it to any one that he found the child . At the time Miss Craven was confined to her bed I had reason to suppose she was delivered ofa child . My reason for supposing so was the difference in her appearance before she was confined to her bed and after she came down stairs . She came down stairs about four o ' clock last Monday afternoon . I saw the bed linen was chan- _» ed and taken away . There were finer sheets on _thelied than were put on before . I did not attend her on Saturday and Sunday . Mr . Craven himself attended to her on those two days , but I went into her bedroom occasionally . _Ko medical man was sent for to Miss Craven . Mr Craven on Saturday shut the inner door leading from the kitchen to the room after him , as he often does . It was betwixt twelve and one o ' clock . I also heard bim shut the stairs door . 1 heard Miss Craven crying out , as if in much nain ,

      all Saturday morning , and she was very poorly . On Wednesday night , I think it was , I went into Miss Craven ' s bedroom . She was undressed . I saw her applying something to lier breasts , but did not notice what it was . I shut thc door and went away without going into her . It was bedtime and I had my shoes off . I had not spoken to ] _S cttleton on Wednesday morning before he brought the child . I have lookedat the piece of cloth the child is now wrapped in . ; It i 3 a piece of linen cloth ; the child was wrapped in calico that Nettleton produced tome on Wednesday morning . —Medical testimony concluded the evidence , and tin * " * coroner went over the evidence very minutely , and ( Ureeted the jury as to : the law of the case . The jury returned a verdict of " stillborn . "—Mi * . J . Stringer , solicitor , of Horbury , was present oa behalf of the-authorities , and three other solicitors were also pivseni to watch the inquiry . — On Monday , Mi' . String'cr applied to the magistrate for warrants of . _apprelixwon against the parties

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      " : i ;„ + K » above offence : but tho magistrates concerned in the aMve _mii , ' ducod befol . tak , requh d _sc _^ _J _^ to _Jrpjd , to thc witnesses ing this step , and _^^^ them < Mr . and Miss Craven * _hTetfKKy no on _' e knowing whither they are gone . M _^ _rm-sTEn —The dyers , T _" BY Zif Start ? Sw struck on and dressers of iMancnesici < _•¦• .. Monday for an advance o _Jgg _J _^ J _^^ general one , _^ aiul some > _thousjnds . _^ _^ out of emp loyment . T hose wno Manche 8 tcl . _^ _S _& S ! LSSXU «* _^ _-ed Messrs . Dixon , manufacturers , of _^ _bu _^ city have tbis week made an advance of ten P « _^ _'"P _™ the wages of their _hand-loom _'wverj . _"g « J tolerably significant answer . to _thoseW _" ° _"„ sfc who declare that the low price of provisions roust produce low-wages . —Carlisle Journal , 1 Anothek AnvANCEOF _Waoes .-To tbe Editoi ot the Leicester _Jfireai-w-Sir-At the request of some

      . _. of the leading manufacturers a deputation has again been appointed , consisting of a number selected from the countv , and also a number from the- town , to wait upon the manufacturers with the following proposition , viz ., that an advance of 3 d . per dozen should bc given upon all wrought hose up to and including those made at 5 s . per dozen , and 6 d . per dozen on all sorts above . Several of the leading manufacturers have agreed to give the above advance , and the others also that have been seen have cordially consented to do thc same . Thc deputation , therefore , is of opinion that all that is wanting atthe present timo is determination on the part of the hands , both in town and county , and thc advance will be obtained . —Ed . * Sicnotsoi * , Sec . ; T . Smith , Sec . Central Committee of the Southern Division of Leicestershire . —Leicester , August 15 th ,

      1849 . The Woolcomrers at Bradford . —For some time back ' the woolcombers have expressed dissatisfaction at their wages not being advanced now that trade is brisk , and on Saturday evening last those in the employ of two firms who were said to be giving the lowest wages met in the open space in the front of Philadelphia Chapel , Wapping , to devise means to obtain an advance . It was stated at the meeting that one of the firms had already yielded to their request , so that they had only to contend with the other one , and it was agreed that they should endeavour to obtain work elsewhere . No unkind words were used by the speakers , and we understand that the other firm has since given

      the advance sought . —Leeds Mercury , Melancholy Deaths . —A few days since , Mr . James Staples , builder , of Leicester , and his son , James , a cierk in the bank of Messrs . Pagets and Kirby , left home for a pleasure trip to France . On Sunday morning , while at Boulogne , thc former was seized with cholera , upon which he drank some brandy ; hut finding that this did not afford him relief , he sent for a medical practitioner , who attended him , but unavailingly , for he died on the evening of the day ahove named . On Monday evening the corpse , ' enclosed in a _cofin , was placed on board a steamer , to be conveyed to this country , under the care of the son of the deceased , who , however , himself died on Tuesday morning . Tho body of

      Mr . Staples , sen ., was brought on to Folkestone ; and thence conveyed to this town by rail , on Thursday morning . It was buried in St . George ' s churchyard in presence ofa large number of spectators . In the course of Wednesday , a message was forwarded to Boulogne to say that should the body of the younger Mr . Staples hot have been sent away , it was desired that it should be buried in the cemetery there . The landlady , of the house ( the British Hotel , ) whore Messrs . Staples were lodging , has also since died ; and it has been closed by the authorities . What adds to the melancholy nature of tkeso deaths is the fact that Mr . Staples has left a family of seven fatherless children , while in the prime of life and energy , and in the midst ofa successful business career . —Leicester Chronicle .

      A Reverexd Brute . —The Devil ' s Max of all Work . —Whilst Mary Ball was lying in her condemned cell at * Coventry , the llev . Richard Chapman , who wns chaplain of the gaol , burnt her hand with a lighted candle , for the purpose , as he informed her , of giving her a foretaste of what hell was . The following are thc particulars , as given in evidence : On Saturday afternoon , the ith of August , the governor of the gaol , Mr . Stanley , had occasion to go to Birmingham ; on returning , shortly after six o ' clock the samo evening , he was informed by Miss Winter , the assistant matron , that during his absence thc chaplain had visited thc prisoner , Mary Ball , then under sentence of death , and bv force , in her presence , had held the

      condemned woman ' s hand over a lighted candle , thereby burning and blistering it . Air . Stanley immediately ran to the cell , when tho prisoner showed him her hand , which he found to be blistered as he had been informed ; thc prisoner expressing herself glad that he had come , and complaining of the Itev . Mr . Chapman ' s treatment . —Susannah Winter also informed the magistrates that it was about half-past five o ' clock on the Saturday afternoon that the chaplain visited the prisoner , and immediately on entering the cell he called for a lighted candle , which was brought to him . He then took thc candle in one hand , and with the other laid hold of the hand of the prisoner , Mary Ball , wliich he held over the candle , and asked her if she felt it .

      After a time she snatched her hand away , having previousl y endeavoured to withdraw it , saying at the same time that she did feel it . The chaplain asked her what that would be compared to the torments of hell , whore the whole frame would be burning for a hundred years ? Whilst the chaplain hold the prisoner ' s knu over the candle , sho tried hard to get it away . Miss Winter gives it as her opinion , to the best of her judgment , tliat the hand of the prisoner was held over the candle two minutes . The candle was first held at a distance from her hand , and brought nearer to it gradually . She tried hard to get it away whilst it was being held . After Mary Ball got her hand away , Mr . Chapman told her not to think he was actuated by

      any motives of cruelty towards her , and that his design was , io give hor somo idea of what the torments of hell were . These statements having been made before tho magistrates , in the presence of Mr . Chapman , hc admitted that they were substantiall y correct . He added that hc was actuated by the hes ' t of motives ; and that what be did was to facilitate her notion of pain . Wo are glad to say that thc magistrates have suspended this ignorant savage until the next general quarter sessions , when of course ho will be discharged . —Coventry Herald , August 17 . Extensive Robbery ev a Clerk . —On Wednesday information . was received by the Metropolitan _rolico that William Ilolman Branson , clerk to Messrs . Strange , of High-street , Liverpool , had

      gone off with £ 450 in gold , the property of his employers . Ho has been traced to London , and is now supposed to be trying to get out to Australia . Imfortanx to Victuallers and _Coxfectionei-Js . —At Bath , on Tuesday , an application was made by some of the leading confectioners of the city fov licence for the sale of spirituous liquors , & c . On the day in . question the magistrates for the city , and borough held their general annual meeting afc thc Guildhall for the purpose of granting licences to persons keeping inns , alehouses , and victualling houses , to sell excisable liquors by retail to be drunk or consumed on their premises , when , after the renewal of licences before granted , application was made for licences by Mr . Fisher , confectioner

      , Northgate-street , Mr . Fbrfct , confectioner , Wilsonstreet , and Mr . Gibbs , confectioner , Union-street . Tlio- applicants were supported by Mr . Rollings , solicitor , and opposed by Mr . T . W . Saunders , barrister , on behalf of the wine and spirit trade , and the hotel and _piikeepers of the city . After some discussion the magistrates refused to hear legal gentlemen ou either side , and the court was cleared to afford the bench an opportunity to confer together upon the subject . On the doors being reopened , however , his worship , tho mayor , announced that the magistrates had decided that it would be inexpedient to commence the practice of granting licences to confectioners , and the applications were therefore refused . The decision appeared to give great satisfaction to a great number of victuallers who were present .

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      The Late Exri . osioN and Loss of Life at _Aberdare . —On Friday week an inquest was held in the Town Hall , Aberdare , on the bodies ofthe fifty-two persons who were killed by this explosion . ' Several witnesses were called , who detailed the particulars of the accident , but no positive evidence was g iven as to the cause of the explosion , and the inquest was eventually adjourned . The inquest , wliich had been adjourned from Saturday , 'recommenced on Monday . Mr . Dobson—Lord Olive ' s mineral agent , examined : Had surveyed the collieries after the accident , lias bad experience iu the North of England as a mineral agent , in the mines of Northumberland and Durham . From the tact of the doors being blown outwards , between

      number one crossing , he thought that thc explosion had taken place in directions radiating off , and from which number one appears the centre , from the timber and coal at tliis point having been burnt and tbo circumstance offive men and boys h , i ving been found near this place , all led him to the conclusion that the explosion occurred at or near the rise end of No . 1 crossing . Thc rise . end .-of No 1 is the most elevated : part ofthe level , and the gas-is more likely , m . consequence to explode there , _Ind that in consequence-0 the goaf w rubbish , which is bc _^ _weeiithe -levels , it & more likely to accun _ulal in this part . _Examined but two . _stalls here .. Examined the plan , and think it quite possible tha thegas -u > cumulated in the goaf ami It will , i „ ' * , _«<*»«» . in old rnhl . i « l . n ,. ii \? " :, _* * vlwa y 3 accumulate _£ r ome _* _forn _% bj a sudden fall of tho 7 t l ° by _ifullm the roof , ihe gas was forced out of the cavities , caused _ta mae out into air

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      courses or crossings , and then probably was ignited by the lights of the huntiers . The inspector desired witness to state his opinion as regards the intake air current , and whether he thought the system adopted here was sufficient for the purpose of clearing out the works ? Witness , in reply , stated that ho could not well answer that question " , as when ho saw thc pit it was entirely disordered by the explosion , but believes it was not a safe method . He did not think the goaf should have any connexion with thc air couvses , as it may issue out into them . In Durham it would be usual to force a portion of return air over the goaf and make a separate way ,

      not communicating with the air-course or lights ; his opinion was , as before stated , that the accident was the result of these causes . —By a Juror : Was he to understand that the principle of ventilation here was not proper or safe ?—The Coroner intimated that the opinion of Mr . D . obson was that a better system could be adopted . —Mr . Dobson , in answer toa remark said , that during his experience he had never seen an explosion occur in the main shaft , as _ in the present case ; but that the ventilation of this pit , though perhaps different from others in the north of England , was about as good as any in the valley and district . —The Coroner then iutimated that the inquest was adjourned .

      Accident at _inE Britannia Bridge . —Bangor , August 17 . —A correspondent writes : — " All the fond and desired hopes of a saccessful realisation of raising , the monster tube of this stupendous bridge to its final resting place are , for the next two months at least , suspended . Afew minutes before noon of this day , the lower part of the cylinder of the huge hydraulic press on the Anglesea side burst with a tremendous explosion , and in its descent on to the tube , a height of about eighty-fom * feet , fell with a terrific crash . Thc press was at -work at thc time , and had raised the tube about three foot during the lift this day ; and had it not been for very urgent and preacutionary moans adopted , by packing and bricking under with cement as the tube was being raised , the most dreadful consequences

      were inevitable . One of the workmen was precipitated from a rope ladder , running from the top of the tube to the recess in which the hydraulic machine was fixed ; hc was struck by the huge mass of iron in its descent , weighing nearly three tons , and now lies in a dreadfully crushed state . I greatly fear that he cannot survive many hours , as the medical attendant on the works considers that , on a close examination of his body , most of his limbs must be fractured , as well as suffering from dreadful internal contusions . This most disastrous affair is to be attributed entirely to a defective coating of the cylinder , andthe raising of the tube will consequently be delayed some time , until the completion _, and fixing of the new ono in its place . Thc tube is now raised about twenty-one fcet from the base . "

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      Alleged Mubder at Glasgow . —A man , named Alexander Brock , residing at No . 37 , High-street , committed an assault upon bis wife , Martha M'Kellar or Brock , on Saturday afternoon , from thc effects of which sho died almost instantaneously . The circumstances whicli led to the fatal occurrence are stated to be as follows : —Brock , who is an engineer , and a steady man , had given his wifo some money cither on Friday night or Saturday morning , for family purposes , but which she had _misspent in getting herself intoxicated . . On his coming home to dinner on Saturday the fire was out , and the house empty . Ho accordingly went to a

      brother-in-law ' s , who resides in New Vcnnal , in search of his wife , where he found her , to a certain extent tho worse of liquor . On _leaving the house together a quarrel ensued , which ended in his knocking her down . She rose , however , - and followed him down the High-street to the close in which their own house is situated , where the quarrel was again renewed , and he pushed or threw her down upon the stair , and kicked her with so much violence that she was killed upon the spot ; at least when Dr . "Shaw , who was immediately sent for , arrived , life was extinct . Thc deceased ivas severely cut about the forehead . Brock was apprehended _andlodged in tho police-office on a charge of murder . —North British Mail .

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      Dublin, Saturday.—The Hahvest.—The Potat...

      Dublin , Saturday . —The Hahvest . —The Potato Crop . —The deep anxiety ofthe public was relieved this morning bythe cessation of rain , and indications ofa favourable change in the weather , which now wears a much more settled appearance . The accounts from all parts of the country-several of whicli I subjoin—nro much more favourable than could have been expected after the very heavy rains , and the general prevalence of thunder storms . Carlow , Aug . 17 . —Some damage has been sustained in the cereal * crops , but we trust not of a

      senous nature . After the severe lightning which took rlace on the nights of Tiiursdav and Friday week , some apprehensions were entertained of the saf' _-ty of ihe potato crop , owing to the appearance of brown spots on the stalks ; but having examine . d several large fit-Ids which exhibited " a withered appearance , the tubers were sound and healthy , without the slightest appearance of taint or disease ; and from the matured state of the tuber , no serious injury need be apprehended , as in past vears , particularly if fine weather set in , of wliich there is every prospect .

      Monaghan , Aug . 17 . —Many fields of wheat have been reaped and the here and barley is all in stock-Flax pulling is in progress , and the yield is better than was expected , but the greatest anxiety is evinced concerning the potatoes , unmistakeable evidence of disease having appeared in many places . We have seen not only blighted stalks but whole fields perfectly withered and black . In a few-but very few-casts we have seen diseased tubers , but the rot has yet made little progress in the roots . However there is such a quantity already mature , that by the process of pulling or cutting the stalks and intercepting the atmospheric communication , a large amount of food will be preserved ,

      Nenagh , Aug . 17 . —The harvest has actually commenced , It is much earlier , and we hope more productive , this year than it was the last or any of the four years preceding . During the past week several fields of wheat have fallen beneath the reapers' sickle , in several parts of this county . As regards the produce , it is said that the wheat crop will not realise the expectations which were formed from its cheering appearance a few weeks ago ; though all combine in stating it will be fully an average one . As regards the potato , we are happy to state that the disease exists—if it exists at all—to

      a very small _ext' _-nt in the district immediately surrounding Nenagh . Bere is pronounced to be generally « ood . Oats is a good crop , though not verr luxu'iant . Turnips have profited much by the humidity ofthe _weather lately , and , as well as mangels and other green crops , promise an abundant yield . Taking our harvest prospects ' on the whole , we have strong hopes that , with the blessing of Providence , the country , in the approaching year , will be exempt from many calamities , which the failure of the crops was one of the many great causes of creating last year .

      The _Choleiia . —Although the epidemic has been for some days on tbe decline generally , the mortality amongst the upper classes is still considerable . The Belfast News-Lctter of yesterday contains the followi ? IT \ , * _^ _U _* r eli _? _S , of regret that we announce the death , 111 the fifty-sixth vear of his age , after a short illness , on Tuesday last , at }/ , * 0 _^ n residence , ot _Ueorge Suftern , lisq ., ex-mayor of Belfast , and one of the aldermen of the borough . Mr . Suffern was one of the deputation of the town council who proceeded to Dublin to present the corporation address to the Queen , and it was while waiting in the _antechamber of the throne-room at Dublin castle with the other members of the deputation , that he was seized with the premonitory symptoms of disease He at once hastened home , and lingered under the fatal disease till he died . Mr . Suffern was greatly _esteemed and respected by bis fellow- townsmen We have to add to this announcement another , which renders it still more _ painful . Miss Suffern . the . o ,, lv

      and beloved sister ot the ex-mayor , who never left his bedside during her brother ' s illness , took ill the _# - decease , aud died yesterday morning , n the 59 th year of her age , after nine hours' _suffer-B-iiS d _» _r _* _^ . _^ _»^^ r » - ni ! _ffrfT T PEERAGE . -George John Danvers Earl of Lanesborough , has been chosen by ainiyority of votes tobe Peer to sit in the Ilouse of _Loidsof the United Kingdom , in the room of John liarl ot Mayo , deceased . The Battle of Dolly ' s Brae .- -Death of one of the Obange Party .- The -Newry- Telegraph contains the following . _' - " . Thoughnot a single Protestant was killed m the battle which . took place at Maghevamayo , on the 12 th of ' Ju _' y , four were wounded , one of whom , Thomas Tingten . who belonged to one of the llathfrilaild Lodges , died on Tuesday morning . . Ua vw v / ounded in the breast by a ball during the _. engagement . For Roma tiir-P

      Hopes were entertained of his recovery , but they were even ually disappointed . On the evening of the conflict he _^ conveyed to _> . Ballyronoy _, where lie re- ' mained til hii decease . . His brother Orangemen of thc district assembled , ou Thursday , to pay their last _respec's to his remains . The funeral was verv large Tk Orangemen , besides being dressed in the fnsignia of the order had _hat-scarfs on , and the officials shoulder-scarfs . There was not a gun amon « the whole procession , and the conduct of all was high v praiseworthy .. 'I he body , of the deceased _wifiS _terredin the chii . ch yard . A company of the 0 , Regiment , and a large number of _r onstabulary , unde their proper officers , went' out to _Ballyroriey in the morning , tor the purpose of _preservingV _> ZZ in

      ccisoiniir services should be required ; but we are happy to state that tho entire procccdinss of the _dlv passed off without a single breach of the _peiee Moe ? al n »' 0 f a ! 1 _™**» U »** _KnK

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      Diminution of Destitution ' . — The following statement is copied from a Tralee paper : — " Last month there were 11 , 000 persons in the recei pt o out-door relief in this union , besides having the * . yorkhouses full . Now the _numbe-. s on the relieflists are reduced to little over 4 . 000 , and there are over 1 , 000 vacancies in the workhouses .- During t ! : e past week there were 2 . G 93 persons struck off the relief lists , nnd £ G 5 5 s . 7 d . saved thereby to the ii' _-io-i ; and it was further _decicl-.-d yesterday , that 2 , 000 out of the 4 , 000 now on the list should be struck off , thus making an additional saving of- £ 50 per week . From the large extent of indoor accommodation at their disposal , the _-niardians are warranted

      in acting in this manner . Indeed , so diminished does the pressure of destitution appear to be , that it was seriously proposed yesterday to closp , pro tern ,, one or two cf the branch hou-es , and draught their inmates into the vacancies in "the main house , and thus sive the expenses of thc ex * ra staff . This matter was postponed only to . see wh it would be the effect of the intended striking of 2 , 000 persons off tbe relief list this week . Itwas also proposed , and carried at yesterday ' s meeting , that steps should be taken either to lessen the numb * r of relieving officers , or to reduce their salaries , in consequence of the greatly diminished duties they have now to

      perform . This matter Was referred to thc commissioners . " State of Tradk . —The weekly comrpercial report of the Freeman ' s Journal contains tho following gratifying statements : — " There has been a steady , healthy business done in the produce market this week . A large quantity of goods have changed hands and prices have been well maintained . There is _al- _* o much desire shown by thc retail and country trade to siock themselves , and every appearance of a continuance ofthe improvement , unless checked by an _unfavourable issue to the harvest . "

      Reproductive _Wouks . —The Nenagh Guardian s'lys : — "A correspondent informs us that in the course of his peregrinations last week he visited the farm of Mr , John Philips , at Glcncolloo , and was shown a field _containing ten acres of oats , which , two years ago , were growing nothing better than heath and sedgy grass . The spirited proprietor , Mr . Stafford O'Brien of Cratloe , having borrowed a sum of money under the Land Improvement Act , commenced the _rechimation of a tract of the moor land on _this-portion of his property , and this field is the first part which has been cropped , and certainly its appearauce far surpasses any _expectations ihat cou'd have been formed at the commencement ofthe work . Mr . Phillips , the occupier of the farm , estimates that the produce of this field , being the first crop , will equal 150 _ttone per Irish acre , and that next year ' s crop will double this oue . The expense of tlie reclamation , including laying on limo and thorough

      draining , amounted to £ 8 per acre—a small sum , surely , when the two first crops will pay above half the expense . I observed about thirty acres more in progress of reclamation , whicli it is expected will be cropped , along with the ten acres referred to , next year . It would be well for Ireland and her wretched population , it * every landlord won ! - exert himself as Mr . O'Brien has done , not only in this _instance , but , as I learn , in several other parts of his property in Minister , where he has similar works in progress , th nhy kcepim- the industrious labourers on his estates in employment , and preventing large numbers from burdening the poor rates of the various unions iu which his properties are placed ; and moreover , when it is considered that such works are reproductive , and eventually will add largely to the annual income of the estates , we cann t but wonder that so many of our landowners are so careless of tlieir own interests . "

      Dublin * , Tuesday . —Reduction of Rents . — The provincial journals contain several notices of abatements of rent , generally of a temporary nature , and averaging about twenty per cent . Riotous Conduct op " Navviks" on the Newry Canal—The Newry Telegraph of this day contains the fallowing :-- " A few da > s ago , we had occasion to no-ice the alarming demeanour of some of the ' navvies' employed in making the improvements at the canal . Several times since that their conduct has worn a threatening aspect . The disputes , whatever they were , were , however , confined to themselves . "We _understand that some of the ill-disposed amougst them endeavoured to excite the re _^ t to ' strike' fov higher wages , under pretence of going to England to

      reap the harvest . It was with the utmost difficulty they were restrained from the commission of outrage ; but , after blackguarding those who were in authority over them , and •¦ tlicvwise misbehaving themselves , they were persuaded to go oa wilh their work . Last Friday evening , howe v er , the public peace was seriously endangered by them . It appears tbat a man , named _Moriran , had _h-ffc the works of his own accord , to go ( o England . According to the rules , any man who leaves in tbis way must wait till the regular payday which is once a fortnight , before he can get his wages . Morgan _h-id worked from Monday till Wednesday evening , when he left off . The next day , the time-keeper gave him a writtt n ticket , certifying the time he had worked . A man named Carviil , who

      had been dismissed for negligence , at the same time got a written ticket . On Friday they proceeded , with those tickets—another ' navvic . ' called Magainey , going along with them—to Mr . Connor , thei heckclerk . As the tickets were not in the usual printed form , Mr . Cnnnor said he would not sign thein until he should see the time-keeper ; and that he would go down to the works that evening , and see him . Accordingly , about five o ' clock he proceeded to the works at Katbam , when Morgan caught hold of him , and insisted that he should either sign the docket or give it up . Morgan kept him in custody for three-quarters of an hour , the other persons named standing by and a '* etting him . At last , Head-Constable Whkeley nnd a party of five police

      with him , cimetip , having been sent for , and arrested the three fellows , whom they brought up the Green Bank towards the town . As they came along , the ' navvies , ' who were just leaving _thvir work , and were Coming up the road on lhe other side of the canal , ' shouted over to the police , daring them to handcuff the prisoners , and saying they should never pass the budge with thorn . When the police , _comin-i round by the Ballast Bank , reached the road , at the Dublin-bridge , they found that tho ' navvies , ' io the numbe _* , perhaps , of 1 , 500 men , armed with shovels , pickaxes , and crowbars , had taken possession of both bridges , and the road between them , _completely blocking up the way . As soon as the small b _* : idy of police had passed through the vap from

      the bank unto the road , the mob closed in upon them , and commenced yelling and throwing stones . Their demeanour was very threatening , and in all human probability lives would have been lost before ail was over , they were gettir . g po much excited . Just at this moment , however Mr . Singl .-ton , R . M _., and Mr . Isaac Corry , J . P ., came up with a party of five policemen , to the assistance of Head Constable Whiteley . The stones were flying in all directions , and tho mob were growing furious . Not an instant w * s to be lost . jV ' r . Corry read the Ri » t Act . Mr . _Sinj-leton placing himself at the head nf Head Constable _Whiffet ' s men , charged lhe ruffians at the point ot" the bayonetand drove th-. ni over the canal

      , bridge . Mr . Corry , taking the lead of the other party of police , charged lhe fellows on the other side , driving them before him down River-street . The ruffians after some time scattered and went away , and the police succeeded in bringing the three prisoners to the barracks , arid also in taking thiee of the otliers who were engaged in throwing stones . On Monday , Morgan , Carviil , and Magainey were brought before tlie magistrates , charged with throwing stones at the police , when the two former were sentenced to a fine of ten shillings each , or a week ' s imprisonment , and Magainey was discharge d The other prisoners were discharged after being cautioned as to tben * future conduct . "

      The death of the Hon . Cornelius 0 _* _Calla- _* _** _han is rViendr ' etteditl M _* dty ' _* Uere Ue had _° se , eral Tut- Murder of Miss Prendergast — We have been informed that the warrant for thc execution of _latnck Cormask , convicted , at the last assizes of the wilful murder of Miss Prendergast , at _Pori . umna m this county , has arrived in town , and that same directs him to be executed on tbe 25 th inst . On reference to the calendar , we find that the jiul _<*** e directed his execution on the 28 th inst , and that intimation has been given to him to that effect by the present warrant ; his execution has been anticipate -d by three days , which forms a ground for a memorial , and the same will be _acc-. rdiinrlv foi > warded on his behalf . —Galway Vindicator

      Dublim , WraKESDAY . ~ All symptoms of rain disappeared since yesterday afternoon , and as there is now a cheering prospect ofthe continuance of fine weather , it is probable that _harvesting operations will be brovi ? ht to a conclusion at the close ofthe present month . With , one exception , the reports ot the potato this morning are highly satisfactory _, and a gentleman who has _travelled through nar _> s nf Ulster and Leinster , with a view of _perlonally _^ nspectmg the actual condition of the crop , state ' s that throughout his tour he has not seen one solitary insance of the old disease , andhe is further of opinion that alread y enough has been saved . to - prevent the possibility of any scavcity . The ' * Nation *'' _Newsvapeu . —The arrangements for the re-issue of Mr . Duffy ' s journal not beine _fullv

      completed , tiie lirst number will not be published as promised , on the 25 th inst . Another week ¦ is required to perfect the machinery , mechanical and literary , It is stated that the list of subscribers already amounts to 4 , 000 . The _CiiOLiniA . —In Dublin tlie epidemic is _diminisliin _*? , but there are still many fatal cases in the metropolis and in the " country amongst all classes- . The . Rev * Dr . Carter , Dean of " Tuam , died of _choleia on , Monday at Salthill , near Kingstown .. . The reverend genlleman , wh , o had reached an advanced age , was incumbent of Bully more , iti the diocese of Armagh . ' ¦

      .. . 'You're Rubbing ' Him Down, Eh ?" A...

      .. . 'You ' re rubbing ' him down , eh ? " as the man stud to a chap-who was cleaning the mud from a brother toper ' s coat . - " Not . exacMv _, " - lie replied , " mcX'ely scraping an acquaintance , "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 25, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25081849/page/6/