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      _^ -were , . . £ _ITsrutry _^ tinue to _deciine ; _F _f _^ _j" * the numbers have heen successively 123 , 8 o , -So , and « a Swee ~ k ) 01- Cholera is returned in two cases . _iLtweekllS personsdied of _phthsisor _CDnsumphon , which approaches very near the weekly , average number : From other diseases or ths respiratory organs the deaths were SS , about the usual amount . The widow ofa law clerk died in the Metropolitan _AlmshotBes Bill ' s Pond _. at the advanced age of 100 years and 11 months , The oirths during the week were 137 * 4 in number . —Atthe Royal Observatory , Green--sncb , the mean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 in . on Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday ; the mean of the whole week was 29 * 851 in . The daily temperature varied little daring the week ; it rose towards the end ; the mean was 58 * 4 deg ., which differs , not much from the average of corresponding -weeks of seven years . The wind blew from thenorth east on the first four days ; afterwards generally from the south-east . . .

      Fatal Accident . —Between nine and ten o ' clock on Saturday morning last a lofty scaffolding , erected in front of the honse No . 23 , Commerceplaoe , Brixton-road _, occupied by Mr . Alvey , stationer , came down with a terrific crash . There were two bricklayers , and a labourer on the upper platform , all of whom fell on the footway pavement . The labourer , who escaped with some slight bruises , was taken to his own home , bnt the bricklayers received such serious contusions thatthey were immediately removed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where one of them , nimed Cooper , died in the course of the day . The other man , whoseskullis fractured , is considered in a very precarious state .

      _Shicide throcgh Jealoust . —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Carter , at the Europa Tavern , Church-street , Battersea ; npon the body of Catherine Ketcher , aged forty-two , who committed suitade bv hanging herself with a piece of whipcord . Mr . John Ketcher , the husband of the deceased , who seemed to be about twenty-five years of age , said be was a working chemist ; that on the 19 th inst . a daughter of the deceased by a former husband came to him from their lodgings , and told hiin his wife had got same salts of lemon , with , which she intended to destroy herself . "Witness told her not to make herself uneasy about it , as salts of lemon would only

      make her sick . Shortly afterwards he was informed that bis wife had destroyed herself ; he immediately ran home and found the deceased hanging by a thin cord to a brass hook in her room . She had often threatened to commit suicide , but he had no idea that she was in earnest . She was of an exceedingly jealous disposition , and he believed this had driven her mad , although there was not the least ground for ber suspicions . The witness , while _giving his evidence , was _greatly affected . The daughter of the deceased having given similar testimony , the jury returned for their verdict that the deceased committed suicide while in a state of temporary mental

      derangement . Death of a Female by Takixg Savixe . —On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Baker , at tiie Crown , Mary-street , Kingsland-road , upon the body ofa married woman , named Harriett Cole , aged thirty-four , who had been deserted by her husband , and had died from the effects of a medicine called saviae , which she had taken for the purpose of procuring abortion . Mr . J . Nicholls , surgeon , Queen ' sroad , Dalston , stated that the deceased , during the last three week ? , had daily called up : _* n bim with one of her children who was unwell . Deceased herself made no complaint . On the night of the 18 th inst . his attention was called to her . Ue found her in bed at her lodgings . She was _suff-.-ring severely from

      internal pains . He heard from a female in the house that she was in tbe family way , and tbat it was supposed she had taken a decoction of savin e to procure an abortion . She was fast- sinking . He cave her some medicine , and she rallied a little . _Shedied the followisg morning . He had made a post mortem examination of the body , and . 'bund the stomach in a state of inflammation , which was sufficient to cause death . The uterus con ained a fectus about three months old . The _inflammation of the stomach might have been _caused by a decoction of savine . Iu many ca ? es life has been sacrificed by a person taking it to procure abortion . Mr . Finer , parish surgeon of Shoreditch , stated that a few weeks ago the deceased called neon him to request that he would give her

      something to destroy the child with which she was pregnant She effered him any money if he would , but he refused . Eliza Cleverly , a single young woman , stated that on the 17 th inst . she accompanied deceased to a herbalist ' s at the comer of William-street , Shoreuiteb , where she bought twopenny * vorth of savine . Siie boiled it in some water , and on the _following afternoon she drank it . Soon after she was taken very iii , when witness went for a doctor . Verdict , " Thai , the deceased died from an inflammation ofthe bowels , _csused by _taking a decoction of savine , and the jury cannot separate without expressing a strong opinion that _great blame is attached to herbalists and _o'hersindiscrimin-ately vending such articles . Death _tbom Choeixg . —On Monday Mr . Carter held aa inquest at the Marlborough Arms public

      house , Cimberwell , on the body of William Banon , aged sixty-seven , -who died under the following _circumstances : —The deceased was ai inmate of Cainberwpll workhouse , and on the 19 th inst ., while in the Infirm ward , thc nurse brought in a quantity of bulled beef- and potatoes to supply twelve-men . The deceased went to the _tiffie , and while tbe nurse « as st the other end of the ward he took up a piece of meat and endeavoured to swallow it , bat became black in the face and fell down insensible . Mr . King , the _housesargeon , was called in , and made every effort to dislodge tt . emeat , which had become firmly fixed in the windpipe . The deceased died in about five minutes , and when the medical gentleman removed the piece of meat he found it to ba three inches in length and one and a half wide . The jurv returned a verdic" of '' Accidental death . "

      Robbery and aiiemi'i io Murdeb . —A desperate attempt was made on Saturday last upou the life cf Sir . ( Jureton , who holds au official situation in t _' r . c British Museum , as purchaser of coins , medals , and other antiquities , residing at No . 81 , _Aldersgate-street . It appears that three men , very fashionably attired , called at the _houses and inquired of Mr . _Wifson , a tailor , who resides in the lower part of the house , whether Mr . Curcton was at borne . Mr . Wilson told them they would find Mr . Cnreton in thc second floor . The three men immediately went upstaiis , and in about a quarter of an hour they were seen by a woman in the hou-e coolly _walkins _dswnstairs . Some few _minutfs aftenvards Mrs . Wilson went upstairs wish the milk for Jlr .

      Guretons tea , when , upon entering his room , she frond ihe unfortunate man lying on the floor quite black in the face , and perfectly speechless . There was a considerable pool of blood at his feet , and the blood was also running down his face from a wound in the head . Mrs . Wilson at first thought he had been seized with an apoplectic bt , and immediately sent for Mr . Brand , a surgeon . That gentleman promptly attended , when he found Mr . Curetoi insensible . Heforthwitk applied remedies , hut it was upwards of seven hours before Mr . Cureton could be restored to consciousness . He then said that the three men who had called upon him _having inquired whether . he had by him a crownpiece of Willi ;! m and Mary , and being answered in the affirmative , he asked them to- t ? ke a seat ; and whilst in the aet of handing a chair to one ofthe men the other two went

      behind him aud placed a portable instrument round his neck , which pressed as tightly as a vice . They then gave him a violent blow over the right eye , and from that time he had no recollection of what happened . The fellows , finding that Mr . Cureton was insensible , no doubt imag i ned that they had deprived him of life . They then removed the instrument from his neck , and after stripping the place of coins , medals , < fcc , of the value of £ 300 , they decamped . Mr . Curcton perfectly recollected seeing the instrument as the men were passing it towards his neck ; and seizing a small box , he made an attempt to throw it through the window , hoping in that way to raise an alarm , but before he could do so he was deprived of all power . On Sunday _ni- * ht Mr . Cureton , was much better , and was able to give a more clear account of the manner in whith he was treated , and

      the amount of property taken away by the thieves . He states that two of the three men appeared deeply engaged together , and after minutely examining the coin which they had inquired about , they desired to be shown a half-crown of the same reign . At that moment Mr . Cureton noticed that one of the men did not enter beyond the step of the door . There is now no doubt that that _paity was watching to fee whether anv one came up or went down the stairs . Mr . Cureton , thinking that probably he was a friend of the others , and not interested in the purchase of _annuities , asked him to be seated , and at the suns _ttme he tuned r ound to hand him the chair he had been sitting on a few minutes previously The instrument w _^ s at that juncture passed round his neck . It was formedby lashing two U * _mW _^ The property taken away _, _was _^ posited in sundry cabinets , and _consisted ot crovm and half-crown pieces of Oii _« r Cromwell , King AJta-J . and nu _* _mouu-Ando Sawn coins , as well as a diamond pin ,

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      a silver capped and jewelled watpb , and a box of cigars .- - A reward of £ 50 was on Sundayoffered for the apprehension of the villains . Should the parties offer the coins for sale , there is no doubt that , they will be' " apprehended ; and although the property is worth from £ 300 to £ 400 to Mr . Cureton , yet , should it be transferred to the melting pot , it will probably not realise as many shillings for old silver . The police belonging te the City and metropolitan divisions were actively engaged during Monday in endeavouring to trace out the guilty parties , but up to nine o ' clock at night no tidings of them could be obtained . Mr . Cureton is perfectly convalescent . The three men who committed tho robbery and attempted the murder can be easily identified by numerous persons in the houge , should the police be fortunate enough to apprehend ihem .

      Anothee Fire at the Mark Lane Express Office . —On Monday night about twenty minutes to nine o _' clocfc a second fire hroke out at the Mark Lane Express Office , in Norfolk-street , Strand . Knee the occurrence ofthe fire that took place lately in the same office a strict survey of the premises has taken place . Previous to closing on Monday night , on proceeding to examine a back room on the second floor , used as a waste paper depot , a cupboard was discovered to be in flames . _-Yn immediate alarm was given and the parish engine being almost immediately in attendance the fire was confined to the place in which it broke out , a large amount of paper being consumed . The room in which the fire occurred is immediately over the spot in which the former outbreak took place .

      The Firk in Mark-lane . —Since the occurrence of this destructive fire the surveyors ofthe various insurance offices have adopted precautionary measures for preventing the fall of the portions of the large warehouses left standing . The huge and unsupported walls bulged during Friday , and large poles , such as are used in the formation of scaffolding , were placed against them , to prevent them from toppling down . On Saturday last , however , notwithstanding the precautions used , one of these walls , which was upwards of 100 feet high , about 100 feet long , and two feet thick , fell with a tremendous crash against and into the body of the Corn Exchange . A portion of the roof of the Exchange was carried down , and immense beam ' s of timber , nearly

      as thick as a man s body , were broken by the weight that fell upon them as easily as if they had been no thicker than common matches . A great number of men were immediately set to work in clearing the Exchange of the mass of brickwork which had fallen into it . Large printed posters have been stuck up over tbe walls and stone pillars , as far ' as the centre of the building , with the word "Dangerous" upon them . A strong muster of police are kept on duty , to prevent persons from running into danger . During the whole of Sunday a large body of men were employed in pulling down the upper portion of one of the walls of Messrs . Hayter and Howell ' s large premises on the south side bf the Corn Exchange . This portion ofthe warehouse was considered so insecure

      that it was feared the corn merchants would be afraid to transact their business in the Exchange on Monday . Up to nine o ' clock on Sunday night some thousand tons weight of bricks had been removed , and there is now no fear of any additional mischief to the Exchange . A wooden boarding has _bseu placed across the further end of the building , and canvass sheets have been laid over those portions of the roof which have been destroyed , so that in those portions of the Exchange not injured the market can be carried on as usual . Up to a late hour on Sunday night a large body of fire remained unextinguished in the ruins , although enormous quantities of water have bees continually poured on them by the firemen . On Sunday the flames had obtained possession of a

      quantity of soldiers clothing , and it is still supposed that some days must elapse before they are completely extinguished . The subjoined returns will convey an idea of the tremendous character of this fire . They are the actual amount of insurances on the buildings and warehouses consumed , and also on the contents , which had been warehoused by numerous merchants in the City . The three warehouses belonging to Mi * . Joseph Barber , in Seething-lane , burned down , were insured by Mr . Barber . for £ 10 , 000 in the _Phoanix office ( a sum inadequate to rebuild the premises ) . They cost the East India Company £ 23 , 000 to erect , and for solidity there were few buildings in the metropolis to equal them . Mi * . Barber was further insured to the extent of

      £ 2 , 500 in the Alliance office on goods stored by him in the front warehouse , which he occupied , and there appear to be other insurances of parties to whom property belonged , amounting in the whole to £ S , 000 . The whole of these suras are considered by the office a total loss , making in all £ 20 , 000 . The two back warehouses of Afr . Barber , which were rented by Messrs . Smith and Co ., warehousekeeper . ' , and contained an immense stock of merchandize . It was ' fdivided among tho undermentioned merchants , who were insured to the extent severally detailed : —Messrs . Gold and Ri gg , merchants , Mark-lano ; insured in the rhconix and Alliance offices , for £ 30 , 000 . Messrs . n . S . Samuel and Co ., of Fenchurch * street , in the Alliance office ,

      for £ 7 , 000 . Messrs . Taylor and Sons , ot Crossstreet , Pinsburr , in the Alliance , £ -3 , 000 ; Imperial , £ 2 , 500 ; Church of England , £ 2 , 500 ; and Monarch offices , £ 2 , 000 . Mr . Holste , merchant , of Finsburysquare _, in tbe Alliance office , for £ 3 , 000 . Mr . Samuel Simon , of Old Broad-street , in the Alliance office , for £ 000 . Messrs . T . P . Lloyd , of Abchurchlane , insured in the Alliance , £ 13 , 000 ; and Guardian office , £ S , 000 . Messrs . Storey and Co ., _Gi-atchedfriars , in ihe Phcenix office , £ 17 , 000 . Messrs . Cox , _Hegh , and Co ., of America-square , in the Union , £ 5 , 000 ; and Guardian , £ 5 , 000 . Messrs . Jones , Mark-lane , in the Phoenix , £ 3 , 300 . Messrs . Hailbirt and Co ., in the Phoenix , £ 2 , 000 . Messrs . " Adler and Co ., in the Phcenix , £ 1 , 000 .

      Messrs . Bruxner and Co ., of Mmcing-lanc , same office , £ 2 , 000 . Messrs . Spencer and Co ., of Fonchurch-street , same office , £ 2 , 500 . Messrs . Plimpton , Gracccluirch-street , same office , £ 1 , 000 . Jlr . Alfred Davis , of Houndsditcb , in the Sun , £ 3 , 000 . Mr . Biggs , of Lawrence Pountney-hill , in the Sun , £ 1 , 000 . Mr . Powell , of Lime-street , in the Sun , for £ 3 , 000 , and General , £ 2 , 000 . Messrs . Scott and Bell , of Aldcrman ' s-walk , in the Church of England , £ 3 , 000 . Messrs . Vibcrs , _Crutchtdfriars , in same office , £ 300 . Mesrrs . Phillipps . and Co ., Finsbury-squave , in the Sun , £ 3 , 400 . In Marklane—Messrs . Hayter and ; Howell , army packers ( whose warehouses were destroyed ) , are insured in the Sun to the extent of £ 21 , 000 . Messrs . Gilbert and Co ., army clothiers , of _Northumberland-street ,

      Strand , on goods destroyed m Messrs . Hayter s premises , in the Union office , £ 1 , 500 .. Messrs . Allnutts and Co ., wine merchants , of Mark-lane , premises burned down . Insured in the Atlas , £ 3 , 500 ; Phoa nix , £ 5 , 500 . The wine-cellars of the firm escaped injury . Several corn factors and solicitors , who tenanted portions of these premises , are reported to bo insured , but the various amounts have not yet been ascertained . Very little salvage is expected to be cleared from the ruins of Messrs . Barber ' s warehouses . They have been given up to Mr . Toplis , sen ., the agent of the several offices interested , who , with another gentleman , has taken the most prompt steps to recover all the property supposed to remain buried beneath the immense mass of rubbish ; but as yet their efforts haye failed on account of the body of fire that still rages in various parts .

      The Orphax Children of Freemen ' . —The crHcmittee appointed by the Court of Common Council for carrying into effect the act of parliament for boarding , clothing , and educating 100 children of freemen met on Monday in the Guildhall , and chose Mr . W . S . Hale , whose name has been so prominently _attached tothe City of London School as one of the most active promoters of that great institution , as chairman . The committee agreed to have plans and elevations prepared forthwith for the intended school .

      Mtsterious Death . —On Wednesday , Mr . H . Wakley held an inquest at tbo ltobinson Crusoe , Earl-street , _Lisson-grovo , on view of the hody of Eleanor Drano , aged 57 , a married woman , who was found dead . —Mary White , the wife of a stonemason , living at 48 , Devonshire-street , stated that deceased , whose husband was a carpenter and undertaker , separated from her , and allowed her a certain sum per week , occupied the front kitchen , and lived alone . About half-past seven o ' clock on Monday morning witness had occasion to go down the kitchen stairs , -when she saw deceased ' s room door open , and deceased lying on her back on tbe floor , her bonnet and shawl on , her hands by her side , and her clothes above her knees Thinking

      her asleep , she shook her , but touching her face , and finding it to be quite cold , she raised an alarm , when a surgeon was sent for , who pronounced her to have been dead some time . Any one mi ght have access to the house at all hours , there . being no fastening to the street door , which was " consequently always open . —Mrs . Mary "Neale , a lodger in the parlour deposed to deceased leaving her to retire to bed at ten o'clock on Sunday ni ght , when she was in good health and spirits . On seeing her after being discovered as stated by the last witness , in the morning , sho saw that she had a cut over the left eye . —Ann Butler , another lodger , stated , that between ten and eleven o ' clock on Sunday night she heard the footsteps of a man descend the kitchen stairs , and then a scuffle , and having heard

      the footsteps afterwards twice up and down the stairs , all was quiet . —Mr . Gardner , surgeon , Church-street , Portman-market , said that on being e died to attend deceased he found her to havo been dead seven or ei ght hours . She was lying as a person would be laid out after death . There was an abrasion over the left eye , which might have been mflicted by a blow or fall . On opening the body there was great congestion of the brain , and extravasation of blood immediatel y above tho injury to the eye . The husband of deceased , who was present , said he thought his wife had met her death by foul means .-The jury observed thafc it was a doubtful and mysterious case , and returned an open verdict , "That deceased died of congestion of the brua ; bnt hour _sueh congestion was can ed there was no evidence to show / ' were

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      Loss op Life , near _LivER-pbdi , * . —On Saturday morning last a sudden gale burst : upon the barks outside the Mersey , during the chopping round of the wind from the eastward to _ tlie westward . Several river-gigs were out at the time ,, and two or more were swamped . One life alone was lost , however , so far as we have , yet learned * , and it would appear that great _jjredit is due to the Captain of the Jetiny Lind steam-tug , who by his exertions saved several men from a melancholy death . ; -

      Fall of a Grinding Mill at Sheffield . —On Saturday , morning last , about half-past nine " o ' clock ' the establishment of Messrs , Walters and Co ., of Globe Works , Sheffield , was thrown iuto great confusion and alarni by the sudden fall of a great part of their grinding-mill . The building is three stories high , and the part which fell consists of three rooms , measuring about fifty * by twenty-four ; On the ground-floor the heavy grinding ' was conducted _; ; on the first floor the grinding of a lighter character , irad on the top floor the light grinding and the buffing . - " The first floor rested upon four very flat brick arches . Each arch sprung from a strong castiron beam , which crossed the room , and was _Supported in the centre by a metal pillar . A number .

      of workmen were engaged at the time on each floor of the building . The men on the ground floor observed a falling of dust from one ofthe arches , immediately followed by a crack and-a ' gradual settling down of the brickwork . Themenonthe first floor also heard the crack , and perceived a sinking of the floor beneath them . Both these sets of men rushed to the other , end of . tbe place , and escaped unhurt . The men on the top floor also heard a noise , but not supposing it to be anything unusual , took no notice till they found the floor sinking and thc windows breaking from the giving way of the outer wall . Several of them escaped to one end of the building and slided down the chain of the crane to the ' . ground . ¦ _'• Bat before the others could escape two ofthe arches supporting the first floor broke in , pulling inward the outer wall from the floor to the roof , and the floor of the top story . Several of the men in the top room were involved in the ruins !

      They were quickly extricated and'eonveyed to the infirmary . It was found that one of them , named John Heathcote _, had sustained a compound fracture of the left leg ; another ; named William CrownshaWj had received a severe concussion of i the brain ; and nervous system , besides _various-b ' _ruises . Two others suffered from contusions of a slighter character . With regard to the cause of the accident , it ' wouldappear that the * grinding-stones and troughs on the first floor were of considerable weight _. _vand that water from the troughs kept the brickwork ; of , the arches almost constantly in a moist ,. state . / It ' is supposed that the brickwork first gave way , which throwing the ' weight obliquely upon one of the ironbeams , caused it to snap off close to the wall , thus bringing down ; the arch on each side of it . Happily , the engine of the mill . was stopped as soon as the accident occurred , or the damage must have been much more extensive .

      Another Fire at Gravesbsd . —At about halfpast one o clock on Saturday morning last , smoke was observed by a police-constable to issue from 25 , Queen-street , Gravesend , occupied by Mr . Drayton , linendraper . On looking further he saw flames bursting from the shop window , and at once gave the alarm . The town engines in a few minutes were brought to the spot , and at that time the houses Nos . 25 and 2 * 1—the latter occupied by Mr . Curtis , clothier—were enveloped in flames . The inmates had barely time to escape , through the assistance of some pilots and watermen , who , fortunately , were celebrating the triumph of the Rosherville Regatta , at the George Tavern , fronting the opening of the _Market-plaeu into Queen-street .

      Mr . Ridge ( ex-Mayor ) and several other gentlemen haviDg _. arrived , the former seeing thafc it was useless to attempt to save the burning houses , directed the firemen to apply themselves to prevent the extension of the fire to the adjoining houses , No . 26 , in the occupation of Mr . Edwards , grocer '; and No . 23 , in that Of Mr . Anderson ,. ; watchmaker . Accordingly , a large body , of water was discharged at these houses , and with good effect . At two o ' clock the roofs of No ' s . 2 i and 25 fell in , and materially tended to suppress the flames . The loss is estimated at between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 . All the property is , as we learned , _insureds It appeared that about ten o ' clock , when the pilots and watermen

      arrived at the George Inn : ( close to the site of the fire , ) a great quantity of fireworks had been let off in ths street in front of the Inn , and at the end of the market-place , opposite , the '' burnt houses , and it i 9 conjectured , that , though the shops were shut at the time , some rocket or other firework had , by some means or other , found its way , into Mr . Drayton ' s premises , where the fire was first observed . On the occasion of the late fire . in High-street , the mob collected was so ill-conducted as to call forth the strongest censure of the bench of magistrates . On this occasion they conducted themselves credit- ably , and every assistance was willingly rcudered by the men in whatever way it was required .

      _Conviction of a Poor Law Officer . —Last Saturday a man named Adam Uriah Bryant , a tin plate worker , with his wife and female child , who were travelling from Manchester to London , entered Newcastle under-Lyne entirely , destitutute , and made application to Mr . Tilsley , the relieving officer , for relief . Assistance being refused , the man , who from documents in his possession had been , or was still , a member of a Livery Company ih London , and whose appearance indicated that neither he nor his wife belonged to , the common class of tramps , applied to Mr Thomas Walton Mayer , the mayor , to whom he detailed the particulars of his case . The mayor wrote tothe relieving officer , informing liim that he considered the parties destitute and fit objects to be relieved . The officer still refusing assistance , the mayor , as a magistrate , and also an ex officio guardian under the Poor Law Act , made a formal

      order upou him tp give relief in tood and lodging lo the parties . Mr . Tilsley still refusing to comply , the man and his family were lodged and provided for at the police station , and a summons was issued against the relieving officer for refusing and neglecting to obey the order . The . case was heard on Monday _bafore the Mayor , and Mr . J . _Nickiason , and Mr . W . Dutton , when Mr . Tilslcy ' s defence was that he had acted upon the order of . the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner and the Board of Guardians , which was to refuse relief indiscriminately to tramps . The magistrates considering that no order from any body of officials could override the authority of an act of Parliament , fined Mr . Tilsley 20 s . and costs for neglecting and refusing to obey the order sent to him Notice of appeal was given against the conviction . The magistrates gave Bryant pecuniary relief to assist him and bis family on thc road .

      Explosion at the Proof House , Birmingham . —An accident which was well nigh attended with fatal consequences occurred at the Proof-house , at Birmingham on Monday . Preparations were being made for testing a number of gun barrels , when , from some cause or the . other , an explosion took place , the roof of the building , was blown off , and two men seriously injured . The life of one is despaired of .. The concussion caused the destruction of ma _* . iy windows in the neighbourhood ; The Proof Ilouse in this respect is sadly damaged , and the adjoining premises of Messrs . Peyton and Hicklin , working chemists' have suffered to some extent _.

      Tbe surface of the Birmingham canal , whicli runs immediately behind the proof house , was strewed with fragments of the roof , and bricks were propelled to the distance of nearly one hundred yards . The magazine in the centre of the Proof Ilouse yard , a massive stone fire-proof building , was uninjured . Had the stock been sufficient to move this from its foundation , the consequences would have been terrible . The last explosion of the kind took place thirty-two years ago , but on that occasion little personal injury was inflicted . The business of the Proof House ( so commodious are the premises ) will not bo materially checked , so that the gun trade of Birmingham will not be seriously inconvenienced .

      Poole Election . — -Thb Nomination . — -The ceremony of nominating candidates for tho representation of this borough took place on Monday in front of the townhall . The candidates were , Mr . Seymour ( Free-trader , ) and Mr . Savage ( Protectionist ) The proceedings were marked by more than usual violence . Tho first half hour after the arrival of the candidates was spent in vociferations , so that by tho time the sheriff appeared the most noisy of the parties were hoarse . The address of Mr . Ledgard banker , in proposing Mr . Savage , was listened to very patiently , but the appearance of Mr . Parrot to simultaneousl

      propose Mr . Seymour , y with the advent of a large banner exhibiting a painted savage guarding a large loaf , was tbe signal for the commencement of a row of the mOBt discreditable nature to any "free and enlightened" body of electors . It began with the hooking down ofthe banner , which was quickly torn to ribbons , and the flag-poles broken . A second flag shared a ' _siniilar fate amidst the loud plaudits of the Protectionists on the _hustings . Mr . Seymour ' s party having retaliated , a few fights ensued , in which hats were lost and heads wero broken . The black loaves exhibited by the Blues were broken to pieces and flung at the speakers , and

      others on the platform . Then _. followed rotten eggs stones , potatoes , and carrots in sufficient quantity to keep a poor family a week ; and , lastly , after the countenances and attire of the leaders had been thoroughly smeared with eggs , some one let loose a great quantity of flour , and gave the carefullv attired gentlemen the . appearance of a family if millers . A great many suits havo been utteilv spoilt , and several individuals received personal njury hough we believe Mr . Seymour ' s steward _wJs the only ono who was badl y hurt-he , it is S had h , sr _. bs broken . The ' candidates hav „ g S _' . rally addressed the meeting , the show _ofYands depla , S _- r aiD , dsk _^ _r he _o wUdest confusio _* V and decldifdin favour of Mr . Seymour . Mr . Seymour _afterwards , in addressing the crowd from the hotel , _w J ? lT _° . _nieo the insinuation that he was a nominee qt _toir John Guest , as bad been insinuated .

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      D EATH nv _rDRQ-WNiNG . —Pltmouth . —Miss Dollin g daug hter of the late Captain Dolling , R . N .-, and sister of Lieutenant Dolling , R . N ., now commanding the Nautilus ; naval apprentices' brig , in the Sound , _wiur 6 _n-aVisit' / to M _£ On the 20 th _ihsti the young lady went to the beach , which is near the Soundaiid Breakwater , for , the purpose of bathing a favourite little dog , and was absent about four hours ' . Mr ., and Mrs . Elworthy , on being informed that the ' dog'had returned , without its _mistvess , became alarmed , and on sending to the beach at Bbvisahd , the lifeless body of the unfortunate lady was discovered floating near the rocks ; from which it is supposed she must have slipped in reaching to catch the dog . 7 _ ' f " , ' " :. . "'" .,. _> T Tue Murders sy Poisoning in Essex . —A ew _« port , Essex , ' Sept : 21 . —Sarah Chesham , the alleged poisoner of her husband , Richard Chesham , and two children , underwent a finalexamination at _...-, ...- _»^ , «

      the gaol ofthis town this day , before Mr _.-B . Wolfe , Captain Henry Byng _. ' and Colonel Chamberlain . At the close of the investigation the bench consulted , and announced to the prisoner theirintention of committing her for trial at the next assizes for feloniously _adminfstering to the deceased a certain poison with intent to kill and murder . _- 'We have heard it remarked by ' a gentleman well informed on- the subject ; that it is feared our manufacturers are too exclusively devoting themselves to the production of the finest qualities of fabrics , and neglecting the lower and middle qualities , ; which are really of greater importance as _ articles of commerce ; and in which _^ _rizas may be gained as well as ' iii the highest qualities . We believe it would be peculiarly desirable for our Yorkshire manufacturers to strive after excellence in the medium qualities , as it is in those that they possess the greatest advantages . — Leeds Mercury . ' ' '

      The Bhouoham "FonAY . "—TIiG . recent struggle in the river _Eamont continues to ' be the sole' topic of conversation in Penrith . Discussions on the merits of the case are no ar . the ' order of the day . The antiang lers are stubborn in their opinion that the watchers will have to sweat for their attempt on the netters . Complaints for an assault have been laid in the name of old John Robson , of Eamont Bridge , against seven of the watchers ; and five informations have been * laid by the ' other party against the ' _netters , for netting with a net the mesh of which was illegal . All the men who bave been in the habit of making a living by netting are , of course on Lord Brougham ' s side . They drink his health with loud cheers , call him the finest fellow in Europe , and make their boast that he has now become one oftheir supporters .

      They are confident that his lordship will ' annihilate the Angling Association—that he will order all the spiles tobe taken up half way across the river , as far as Mr . 'Tiiftoh _' s liberties . extend ; and already , in perspective , they see the free trade principle applied to the rivers , and John de Penrith : flying over the hills , leaving _^ them "in calm possession" oftheir newly acquired rights . On the other hand , the anglers are equally proud of their position . They have made a bold stroke at high game . The informations are laid . 'Public opinion is on their side , and should the complaint against them for an assault be made out , the magistrates can but inflict the penalty . They therefore , know' the worst , and are determined to fight the'battle manfully . It is , a question of ri ht against might , and the public are anxiously awaiting the result . There has not been such a stir in Penrith since the navvy riot .

      The Liverpool Cabmen . —w e believe the cab question will be " amicably arranged , " the committee recommending ah increased rate of fares , and certain regulations for the better government of : the vehicles and drivers . ' , ¦¦ _¦¦; -. ¦ •; .. > . Robberies at Birkrnhead and i Tranmere . —On Saturday morning last , about three . o ' clock _^ Mr . Gladstone , ofClifton Park , was alarmed by hearing a noise as if of thieves in the lower part of his house . He immediately arose , and upon reaching the top of the stairs , perceived a man whom he struck on the shoulder , and knocked down stairs . He instantly created an alarm , and three or four men were heard to escape , but in such a hurry that a coat , cap , and a pair of shoos were left in the house or in the

      garden . Itwas found that all the plate had been packed up ready ; for removal . The burglars had effected an entrance by forcing , open the scullery window ,, which they reached . by means of a step ladder , and they got clear off . Word having been passed to tho policeman atthe Woodside Ferry , the officer on duty observed a . young fellow , without shoos and hat , coming , for the purpose of proceeding to Liverpool . His trousers were wet up to the knees ; and as he could not give a very satisfactory account of himself , he was locked up . The prisoner , who gave his name as Burns , but who is well known to the Liverpool police by the name of Patrick Flannigan , has been brought up twice , in private , before Sir Edward Oust and Mr . Maddick , when the shoes found at Mr . Gladstone ' s were iden

      tided as being his ; and it is also understood that he was seen the previous evening to come from Liverpool , with some other thieves .-: —On the same evening , Mr . Richard Taunton , of _Oiaughton , was knocked down and robbed ' somewhere near Taiinton-streot , whilst on hia return home . He was robbed of his gold watch , some silver , and other articles _; and , in addition , was badly hurt about the head . Nothing has been heard of the - ' robbers;——Ou Tuesday night there were no less than three attempts at burglary in Leicester-terrace , Canning- ' sti'eet , Birkenhead j but the thieves , it is believed , only gained an entrance into one house , where thoy got but . trifling booty , and , being disturbed , they decamped . The entrance' was effected by removing the coal grids , which had been carelessly left unfastened .

      Robbery of watches . —About tho 2 oth of Aug ., Mr . Francis Hebden , of _Norihgate , Halifax , missed several watches from his workshop , but could not exactly tell how they had been taken . Suspicion was directed to a respectable young man , biit fearful lest tbo proof might be defective , proceedings wore deferred until more complete evidence could be obtained , This week every requisite has been secured , and Detcctive-ofliccr Rawson went to the residence of the suspected party , Mr . George Boddy , and took him in bed at nearly twelve o ' clock ou

      Tuesday night . He had in his possession at thc time a Geneva lever watch , silver dial , No . 12 , 225 , and eight other watche 3 were found at Bradford . Boddy was brought up at ' tho Town Hall , and fully committed to the sessions for trial , Mr . Hebdcn having identified the watch found on him as his property . There was also a second-hand Watch produced which Boddy had . given to a person with whom he was acquainted , and which Mr . Hebden identified as one loft with him to be repaired . Boddy made a long rambling _explanation in his defence which only served to establish his guilt .

      Juvenile Crime at Liverpool . — A number , of polico constables aro placed on special duty in the neighbourhood of St . John ' s Market on Saturday nights for the purpose of detecting pickpockets and young thieves ; for the moro effectual working of the system tbey arc attired in plain clothes . On Saturday last they succeeded in making an unusual number of captives . Among others made by Williams was that of a child named George Hannah . This little fellow , whose head scarcely _^ reached so high as tho top of the dock , was taken inthe very act of picking the pocket of a lady named Dixon , who resides at tho Old Swan . He had succeeded in abstracting four shillings and a penny from Mrs .

      Dixon ' s pocket , * whon Williams searched tho . lad he had eight shillings and three halfpence in his pockets . A woman who represented herself to be the child's mother , stepped forward on his being placed at the bar , and with much apparent sorrow begged for his release , as she was not aware that her child was pursuing such a course of life . She was , however , reminded by . Mr . Parkinson , thatthe boy had been charged a short timo ago with having picked pockets . Mr . Rushton said he feared the prisoner was a profitable child to his mother , and after somo deliberation , committed tho boy for trial . At the time tho above offence was committed , two ov throe urchins were detected stealing eggs from one of the stalls . ¦

      Cotton Mill on Fire at Manchester . —A cotton mill , in Silver-street , Manchester , built seventy years ago . and one of the oldest in existence , was on Saturday partially destroyed by fire . Tho building was eight storeys high , and the property of Mr . William Hill , Isle of Man , but is held on lease by Messrs . E . and _H . Tootal , silk manufacturers , who let it off with engine power to about nine or ten sub-tenants . A private watchman first observed the flames , and gave notice to tho fire-police . "Mr . Thomas Rose took about half a dozen engines to the spot . And though flames were issuing from five or six windows in front , he succeeded in saving all except the two top storeys . The firemen took the hose of two engines up the . stairs of

      tho warehouse , and direoted the water into tho top storeys , but a wooden hoist near the stairs , which was on firo from the top of the mill to tho bottom , rendering it likel y that the retreat of these parties mi ght be cut off by tho bottom of the stairs being burnt from under them , thev had to be withdrawn . Howover , after extinguishing the fire , in the hoist , and cooling the timber by copious streams ef water , they worked their way up again , so as to save the six lower storeys , though tho floors wero old and dry , and saturated with oil , rendering them very combustible . Messrs . Hall and Niohoi ? , silk trimming manufacturers , who occupied the seventh and _ciahth _storeva . suffered a

      Joss ot about £ 200 , which was not covered by insurance . Messrs . Whittaker and Fullalove , cotton shirting manufacturers , suffered to the amount of _£ 300 ( covered by insurance in tho Yorkshire offico ) , _* Messrs . Dickenson and Co ., cotton printing cloth manufacturers , suffered to the amount of £ 250 ( covered also by insurance in the Yorkshire office ); Messrs . Smith and Conolly , having part of tho sixth floor , suffered a loss of £ 500 ( covered also by insurance in the Yorkshire Company . ) The loss of the other tenants varied from £ 10 to £ 50 , and was chiefly caused by damage from water . About £ 500 worth of damage was done to the building , which is uninsured . The total damage would be about . £ 2 , 000 . Had ibe sixth or anv ot tho tower floors been much

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      burnt the .-. weight _, of- steam . looms in . them would have . broken the * bearings , - ' and the' " whole ' - 'ofthe property " must'have been destroyed , y Therfireasi supposed _tohiiveiori ginated in the _sixthjstorey , ocr _, cupied by _^ Mr . i William Pefcival _. ' fule _^ manufacturer , whoselbss :: db ' es not ' exceed' _^ 50 j but' the / cause " of , the fire cannot be ascertained : " : " " . " _W- >'!! •'¦ ' _' Fire'at Marden . —On Monday night a fire ! broke oiit in a lodge occupied by hop _picket on . the farm : of Mr . Joseph Pettett , of Style Bridge . ¦ . An old . man , one of the hoppers , - sleeping iii the , lo , dge , , was very severely burnt , and the stable , ' cow-hb ' use , ' and {• art of a haystack destroyed . ' The property _^ beohgedtothe'Earl ' of Cdrnwallis .- : _''"*"; ' ¦ ' - 'i '' fi '¦ ' The Liverpool Gunpowder Magazines . —About I -X XT ,- : _ _U _1 __* _ _x ! _-.-- _«« in _4-Vtam Wftnlfl "

      a fortnight ago , _goyernment _eent down Lieutenant-Colonel Waters , of the , Royal _, Engineers , " to examine and report as to the magazines ' at Walla . ey . We h ' aye strong reasons' for assuming that ' Colonel Water's' report will confirm' the opinions of " the inhabitants of Liverpool , that an explosion may ; take place , and that destruction would then be spread far anjd wide . , We therefore hope , as an act _) bf parliament stands in the way of the removal ' of these dangerous neighbours , that ' -government willintima _" te to the proprietors theiv wish that no more gunpowder be stored . there , and also that : it is their " -intention , immediately on the assembling of parliament , to introduce a , bill to prevent _^ _sojdangerous a _, traffic from being carried on in the present store-house ; It _!

      is ho guarantee , because hoexplosion has occurred ' for a long period , that ' none-will occur ; See the dreadful catastrophe which .. has , taken _^ .-place in _Spitalfielde , with a * small _quantity , and .. _think-whatj wduld be the , effects of an explosion of sixteen , thousand barrels of gunpowder 'i—Liverpool Mercury ' s ! , A Brother ' and ' Sister ' Drowsed!—Oii ; _Tiiesdiiy last an inquest was'held at : Wetwang on _^ the bodies of ; Ann * : Elizabeth Wardell , raged i three j years , - and Robert Wardell , aged , fifteen , months , ' children _. of Robert Wardell , labourer , who had been drowned . on the previous day ! Harriet _; Wardell , thefrhotber of the children , deposed ' : '' Oh ' - 'Monday / ' last' 1 ' w ' ent'to glean'iri a field of 'Mr . _' _-HilrV awHook' -my .-two children with me . _illeft them under : ahedge , with some other children , -and * . went / iff to glean . ; , About one ; o ' clock they both came . oyer to theside of the field

      , where 1 was . I gave ' them' some cake ; set'them under a hedge ; ¦ and told them -to wait UntilTgot another glean , and then ; i would take them home ; A ¦ pond ,-was ; near i ' where . I * left , them , but it was fenced off . About a quarter of an hour after I went to the placef where T had left them ,, arid . I said , _•« Have _, I two little bairns here , " as I usually did ., I was surprised at riot receiving ah ; answer . ' Itheh began to look about ; and on going to the pond I . discovered the legs of one of the' children projecting out of the water , . I immediatelygofcthem out , and called 'tp . the _, people in the field . Mr . Clement ' , surgeon , was immediately sent foi * , and _fused'every ' endeavour to restore animation , but without effect . In the absence of information as to how the children got into the pond , the jury returned a _; verdiet ; of "Found Drowned . "

      Exportation of ' Artisans -. and ., _'Machinery . — Three' persons started on Wednesday , morning from Barnsley station ; ori' their way to Russia ; 'for ithe purpose of * superintending' ) the '¦ ¦ ¦ establishment * of soine ; extensive manufactories . ; One of _; the' three has for many years : occupied . the ; importantpo st , of pattern maker in the extensive-firm of Messrs ., Taylor arid Sons of this town '; another has been _. e ' m ; ployed as a foreman bleacher '; arid the third is a young mechanic from the Old ! Foundry ! ' ¦ > The machinery that : they , are " going * to erect- Was : sent off about two months ago , and had-been made _atManchester , Leeds , arid Barnsley . Their engagement is for three years . ' 7 . ' - : - * ' ;¦ . '"" . 7

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      At ' The Weekly Ineetirig Of The Board O...

      At _' the weekly ineetirig of the board of guardians of the Swansea Union ; held on ' - Monday , there was not a single application for relief from one ofthe seventeen . agricultural parishes comprised in that unian . _f . The only applications made were by . persons residing'in the tpwn , anid ; those numbered 'only tWo . Some months ago the business of the board generally engaged the attention of the chairman and guardians fromten to four in the . afternoon . Forisome ] weeks past the number , of . applicants ; for , relief has , diminished eo much that the business has not detained them' more than 7 a few hours . ' Such' has been the effect of free trade in the Swansea Union . —The { 1 n . rnhri . rtn . ; -..: . ¦¦ - _; ' - \ : ¦; -,: r y _:.: .::::- _'

      Doubee _Mubders at _Langitabne CARMARTHENSHIRE . —The , coroner ' sinquest on the body , of Rebecca Uphill , hoiisemiiid in the the family of J . Severhe , Esq ., of Brixton , hear , Langharne , and whose death was supposed to have been occasioned by arsenic , administered to her by the ' cook in the same family , was resumed on Monday before G . Thomas , sen , Esq .,. the , coroner , andon the same day " an inquest was commenced on the body of Mary Ann Sev erne , the lady of J . Severne , Esq ., who died after a ' very short " illness , on the ' 21 st of July last , and whose death was preceded by all the symptoms which follow poisoning by arsenic . The case mainly rested ori . the testimony ' . of . Mr . Herapath , the . analytical chemist . ¦ That gentleman

      deposed that bri examining the . viscera he found extensive general innairimatiori all over the ' stomach and the intestines , but more _particularly at the great curvature of the stomach . Upon subjecting the contents of the stomach and duodenum to gravitation , he separated a portion of white arsenic . The evidence having beeri closed at near midriight , the jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from the : effects of white arsenic wilfully administered to her by the ; cook , which was stated to be tantamount to a verdict of' wilful , murder , against Elizabeth Silby ,. who will be forthwith sent in the

      county gaol to await her trial . The second inquest on the body of Mrs . . Severne commenced during the day ; and tlio body exhumed and' examined by Mr . Hamilton and Mr . Hughes ,- of 'Carmarthen , who found extensive marks of inflammation . They h : _\ nded . over -tho : vessel" to Mr . ; Herapath . That gentleman , immediately commenced an analysis in the church vestry / and succeeded in discovering the presence _^ of ¦ arsenic , and : the _" . inquest was subsequently adjourned , tb give time for a more perfect analysis , and for the production ; of the necessary evidence . The facts which have transpired in reference to the case of the _' mistress arp . ' these * . —On

      Sunday , tho 21 st- of July ,. Mr .- Severne went to church , leaving- his lady at home in her usual health . On his return , he found her dreadfully ill , suffering from sickness- and relaxation , accompanied by violent pain . A surgeon was sent for , who considered her seizure cholera , but in little more than four hours after her first seizure , she died . No suspicions were at the time entertained , but it is now remembered that no one was with her during her illness , arid that she had partaken of nothing which was not prepared for her by the cook . As may be supposed , these revelations have thrown the village of Langharne into a state of great excitement and alarm .

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      A Destructive Fire Occurred At Renfrew O...

      A Destructive Fire occurred at Renfrew on Saturday last . A large shed , used for purposes connected with the branch railway from Paisley , situated immediately _adjacent to the wharf , was burned down , together with a dwelling-house and stable which abutted on one side , and a stack of hay that stood close on the other . In the stable were seven horses , belonging to Mr . Adair , tho lessee of the line . We regret to say it was impossible to rescue any of them . -r-, . A Severe Storm visited Glasgow on Sunday , which lasted more than an hour . Several accidents resulted from the lightning , in two of which the escape from instant death was most miraculous . A considerable portion of the slating of Bartholomew ' s Mills , near Barrowfield Toll , was torn from the roof and thrown to the ground . The chimney was also demolished . ' «

      The Mails Northward from Perth are to be accelerated after the first October , a circumstance likely to produce great convenience to Aberdeen and Inverness . Ci ty or Glasgow Screw Sikamer .--Gubgow , Monday . —This fine ship arrived , from New York , at Greenock at half-past seven last night , and , waiting for the flood tide , reached Glasgow at two o ' clock this morning , making a run of fifteen days and two hours . She brings sixty-three passengers and a valuable freight . The City of Glasgow had severe weather for two days after leaving New York , and lost somo of her topmasts ; but after clearing the banks of "Newfoundland , she had a fine run

      across tho Atlantic , with light winds , and averaging a speed of 200 miles per day . The City of Glasgow Lift on the 7 th current , and her news has been anticipated by the Atlantic and the America . All the berths for her outward voyage have been engaged three weeks since . Messrs . Tod and _Macgre _^ or , tho proprietors ofthis screw liner , intend launching in a few days two fine steamers for tho PeiunsuJar aad Oriental Company , to be called respectively the Singapore and the Ganges . So soon as thoy are off the stocks , another fine iron steamer will be laid down , as a consort to the City of Glasgow in the New York trade—a proof that the low freights and fares havo been found remunerative .

      Marriage with a Deceased Wife s Sister . —A _paragraph having appeared in tho Scottish Press , to the en eot that Mr . Stuart Wortley will not re-introduce into tho Lower House tbe Bill to Legalise Marriage with the Sister of a Deceased Wife , we are g lad to hear , for tho sake of the many thousands interested in the subject , that that gentleman has arranged with Lord St . Germans for its early introduction in the House of Lords . As tho Lord Advocate of Scotland has expressed his opinion that these _mari'iaMsaref already legal there , wo understand the _bifl of 18 ol will not extend to that country . . ,-ho fewer than 170 , 000 persons petitioned last session _^ m favour of these marriages , and they are Still of constant occurrence . . It is unreasonable , therefore , to suppose that ,, after the successful resuit of two sessions m the Lower House , where 320

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      • Death\,O;F..The ; Bishop Opjvteain.-4-...

      • Death \ , o ; f .. the ; Bishop _opJVteAin _.-4-Another diocese has 'fallen 7 into the hands ' , of ! th ' e fortunate Whigs ! _'Tne' MdiV ' ahhpuric . es' the 'death b'f . the Right OEleVi Dr _; Stopfofd , ' Lord Bishop _of-Meath . This ' melancholy _eyenttookplftce - suddenly ori the-18 th inst . ; at Ardbraccan , his _lordship . ' srpsidenceia the county Meath ., The . dec " eased prejate was ele . vatedfrorri the archdeaconry of Armagh to'the see of Meath-during" the ' _vice-royalty of Earl de Grey . Df . _-Stopfordhas beendohglabouring uhd _&*> the effects of disease ofthe heart ... ii .. *! 7 The-Harvest . —* It / is curious , to , . observe , the aU tered tone ! from despondency to confidence ,. manifested in many of the reports from , _thefebuntry , respecting the produce ; of the potato and'other crops . ' ¦' - The' Banner of Ulster , for instance , ' remarks

      that _' raahy ofthe large cultivators-who , j _during - ' -thepast-week , have been raising the early-planted potatoes , _^ declare that , therefdoesVriot " appear ' to be one-fourth of the gross produce affected by disease , whilst some _^ _deacriptiohs ' ' are ¦ most ' abundant and prime in quality . The same journal states that oats exceed an average , and that ' wheat ismuch : Superior to the very . deficient crop _^ f . last'year . The . Bcdlyskanno n Herald contains an . equal gratifying , account of the crops' in the " county Donegal ! ' That "journal ' says 1 ' : _—^ - "Disease in ' the * potato 13 ' stayed' ; those ( which ' _escaped'the blight continue-safe , and those but ] partially-injured are not getting ! worse . All other : crops are . excellent . " ,, ; The Waterford News reports from that county that , the farmers , are not sending their potatoes'to market " because . they are fit _to-keep , "'in _eonSequenoei , of which they have advanced in price' from' 6 d . per stone upto 8 d . and . UkL .- .-o ,, 5 , ; l , < y -.,... - - . . .. . . . . .

      j > Thk Irish Linen , Trade . —The Banner of Vlster reports adiillness in . the staple trade of the northern province _^ owing to the _' very high price bf the raw material in this as well as'in the cotton manufactures . ; fThe _coriiplaints . on this " subject are increasing , whilst the most strenuous . efforts are made to augment the supply of flaxf"b y extended cultivation in ; the southern and western counties . ' ' '"•' " The Tenant League . —The'Council of the * ' Irish Tenant ¦ : League " have-published the rules which have been agreed to , and which set out . by stating that . therobject ofthe Tenant League is to , draw the attention of the Legislature to the present state , ' of the law ,. _aVit affects the ' _relatibn'df landlord and tenant ; and tb pray for an amelioration of that law ,

      upon buch grounds as men of reason and experience may approve . " ' fit then , ' . disclaims ; ' _. ' allrright Or pretension of rig ht to represnt the people , or any numberf of the' people , " arid proceeds : —! ' The Tenant League professes to be , and is an'independent association of ¦ peaceful _subjeots , -united by a common sense of the sufferings . under , which they themselves , in common " with the . rest of , the industrious people ' are _Bufferingj . and by the ., operation of whieh the " _agricultural ' population is ' . fast , ' resolving itself irito ' the three'classeV _' of frighted _emigrants , imprisoned paupers , '* ar id dismayed inhabitants ; united- also'by , a . common 'desire to apply their powers and faculties to ; the discovery of some potent , remedy for . this national affliction ; united by a cominpn ' . belief , that' this ; remedy lies in a , careful , im p ' _aftiali ' ahd perfectly honest revision of that code _, _byj which ( aided by-accidental circumstances ) the tenantry have been uriiustly subjected , to an

      unlimited power ; in , the hands -of- the landlords , and finally , _united . by . a , firm determination to , expose this evil and ali'i . _ts _concbiriitarits ,. and by . every legal arid constitutional effort to sieek . a reihedy while the country retains the power of recovery . * ¦* ¦ ' * ¦ _- - ¦ To stopithe . fli g ht of the working swarm from the , invaded hive , tounite them and all else . that , i ? sound and virtuous inthe community into ibrie / grand association wkose „ qbject -is the peaceful , legal , and ' constitutional ' exertion of the undoubted ri g ht ; of her Majesty ' s subjects of this realm- _^ -to petitibriher Majesty 'and both' houses of Parliament for . the redress of what they feel to be a pernicious public grievance , exercising this undoubted right with the most scrupulous observance ef every existing law , and with a sincere determinationto propagate peace , harmony , and good will , in the room of bloodshed , controversy , and rancour . " It is also stated that there is to be a council of 120

      _persons to be nominated , in the first instance , at a general meeting of the League , and means are to be taken by . the council to collect the sum of £ 10 , 000 to carry ori the operations o ' f the League . The Nation gives the opinions of Mr . Fitzgibbon , Q . C ., Mr . Thomas O'Hagan , Q C , and Sir Coleman O'Loghlen , on a case submitted to them , as to the legality of the rules . . Carrying away Crops . —The Newry Examiner contains tho following : — " Great excitement has prevailed in the neighbourhood of Mellifont and Townleyfllall since Monday last , in consequence of a large quantity , of corn which , had been under restraint having been . on tbo previous night scutched and carried away forcibly ,, while the bailiff- ? , two in number , were tiedbaclt to back and placed in such a position as to be unable cither to rescue the corn

      or give an alarm . The corn was seized at the instance off Mr . T . "B . Balfour , of _Townley Hal ! , by his agent , Mr . Richard C . Henry , of Rathneestan . house , county Louth , on a farm in the occupation of Mr . James Reagh , situate between Townley Halland Mellifoiit . " An investigation was held at the petty sessions of Mell , _ on Wednesday last , when two persons , James Roach ,- a publican , and Thomas Dyas , a _labourer , wore bound over to take their trial at the quarter sessions of Ardee : ' _Government Patronage . —The vacancy in the roll of stipendiary magistrates has been filled up by the appointment to the place of a brother of Mr . Francis Scully , one of the members of the county of Tipperary , and a genera _^ supporter of the present governmen t .

      E . _vcujidered ESTATES . —Twenty-four petitions for tbo sale of _esrates have been lodged in tho Encumbered Commission Court during the week ending on the 17 th instant , including one from the trustees of the late Earl of Blessingtou , making a total of 1 , 229 . Tire Sea Serpent Caught !—The Cork Examiner contains the following account of the capture of the sea serpent at Youghal , which has been furnished to that journal b y Mr . William Linehan of the drainage works : —* . ' For the last three years a work of great magnitude has been carried . on here , under the Drainage Commissioners , which had for its object the recovering a largo tract of land from the encroachments of tho sea . Hundreds of men , of horses and donkeys have been employed thero raising from

      both ends an immense mound which was to meet , and be united at the centre , for tho total exclusion of the waters . Latterly , this has been drawing to a narrow channel , and tho rush of waters throiigh it at each tide was . really terrific . Boats going up the river have been whirled into it with a violence that defied all the exertions of the rovers . On Saturday last all was in readiness for the final closing of the gap—planks , piles , boats , and rafts , laden with heavy stones . As Mr . Larking , tho superintending engineer , was standing on the extreme mound , ordering the men , a mighty animal was seen moving up tho harbour , its head about ten feet erect abovo the surface of the water , and its fl . uiiin * eyes turning quickly in all directions . It was the

      famous sea serpent . ; On reaching that point of the channel opposite thc works ( it was then nearly high tide ) the animal seemed to feel and to like tho roll ing current , and it glided in on its surface through the gap with a majesty which no words can adequately describe . The men working there were , for some seconds , struck dumb with amazement , and those at the extreme points near the water fult the quick influence of an electric shock as the animal glided by . Come , hoys , ' said the engineer , after recovering his presence of mind , let us push on tho work , and tho lad is secured . ' Sight and day , and even Sundav , did they labour incessantly at filling up the gap , while the monster was performing strange evolutions in thc still water inside . Then

      was the large sluice ODoned to let out the confined lake ; and gradually were left bare the scaly sides of the serpent . On Monday morning the animal was dead on the dry slab , and the men of the works carried it otf in p ieces to Mr . _Verling s establishment where it is at this moment being converted into oil . And thus tlie great sea serpent is no more , Should any ono doubt tho truth of the above statement , let him but visit this place , and he can convince himself . He will find the gap closed ; the immense strand perfectly dry ; and that part of it _ivhero tbe serpent died still bearing marks of tho monster ' s last fearful struggles . " It would appear , however , from the following communication , addressed to the Waterford News , tiiat there must be some mistake in the above circumstantial detail , as on tho day after thc monster is stated to have been converted into oil , he is seen " sporting his figure " in the Waterford river :-

      "Whatever doubts may have been hitherto entertained regarding the existence of this strange animal , his sudden and unmistakcable appearance in our river places the matter beyond all controversy . He was seen on Tuesday last at the Slip by a pari of reapors , who , in their anxiety to escape , flung their brogues and wallet into tho water . The poor fellows were terribly alarmed , and I regret to say that one of thorn is suffering acutely from an attack of nervous fever . Their relation of tho occurrence is characteristic of tho men , aud no naturalist could deseribo the proportions of this wonderful monster in clearer or more forcible terms than aro emp loyea by those rudo children of nature . " The following letter appears in the Cork Examiner , of Monday : - "Sir , —I understand that a correspondent of your _» has seen tho sea serpent ( who was so condescen _ding as to throw on board his boat a few shell fash 101 bait ) , and is most anxious to confer with Mr . iiO o _^ W . Travers _, said to be of this village , whose name l

      figured in the Constitution , on the 2 Jth AUfeu _=-andith September . I beg to assure you t bottnw " is no such person as Roger W . Travers resi ding m

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 28, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28091850/page/6/