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      Health of London * buuiss the Week . —By the registrar-general ' s report for the week ending ' April Ii , we find that the deaths registered in the week were 1 , 066 , whicli shows an excess of 103 on the spring average . Among the causes to which the increase is due , hoc-ping cough , which wns fatal in _til ) cases , while the average is only 36—bronchitis and pneumonia , which severally count 70 , while the respective averages are 37 and CI , arc found to predominate . Under the class of diseases which atfect the rcspiratery organs , exclusive of p hthisis , 103 deaths are enumerated , making 67 more than the average . Two persons died of influenza in the week ; 2 in the hist i weeks . Cholera was fatal to

      onlv two persons . The whole number of lives ¦ which st has destroved during a comparatively mild _visita-Siou of thirtv weeks , is 1 , 002 . Thc mortahty froiP scarlatina still helps io swell the return to an nndse extent , for it continues to maintain a position a little above the average . With reference to a fatal case of this disease , which occurred m Chester-street , Lambeth , the registrar , Mr . _Vheatley , _states that it is the second which has occurred in the same house ; and that the medical attendant believed that they had their origin in an open sewer , which runs at the back of the premises , and emits

      a very offensive smell . A boy a year old , died in the week of " cynanche _parotidaja maligna . " The case is reckoned for convenience among those from scarlatina , that the list of the causes of death might not be too much extended by introducing into it diseases which are rarely fatal . The mean daily height of tbe barometer was greatest on Thursday , when it was 29-621 ; the mean of the week was 29-332 . The temperature of the air fell graduall y from the beginning of the week till Friday , when it "b egan to rise . The highest daily mean was - £ 7 _' 1 on Sunday ; the mean of the week was 41 _' 8 . The hirths during thc week numbered 1 , 346 .

      inquests . Fatal _Collision asd Inquest . —An inquest was held on Saturday List at St . George ' s Hospital , Hvde-park-corner , before Mr . Bedford and a eoroncr _' s jury , on thc hody of John Abbott , aged twenty-three _^ who was thrown from Ids master ' s cart , on "Wednesday evening , by a sudden collision with a brougham and an omnibus , in Knightsbridge , and was so injured that he died in the hospital within an hour after the occurrence . After hearing the evidence of M . J . Higgins , Esq ., the owner of the brougham , of his groom , and ofa boy who was with deceased in the cart , the fury returned a verdict of ? 'Accidental death . " There was no one present connected with the omnibus , and no information could he obtained as to wliich omnibus it was .

      _SuicroB of a Tradesman . —Before Mr . Payne , at the Glaziers' Arms , Water-lane , Blackfriars , on the body of William Daniels , a bootmaker . —Caroline Daniels , daughter ofthe deceased , said that , on Saturday morning last her mother awoke her and asked her to go to her father ' s bedroom . On going there she found deceased in bed in an insensible state , and in a cold perspiration . She immediately made him some tea , a little of which he drank , but he never became conscious . Mustard and water was given to him , but without success , and after some hours had elapsed , a surgeon was scut for , hut thc deceased expired in her brother ' s arms . Of late he had had several losses , which , together with the fact of some of his children not treating him so kindly as he expected , had prayed heavily on his mind . A paper on which was written the following , was proved to be in the handwriting of the deceased : —

      • " My dear wife , do not let my body be opened , for it isyours , dead or alive , whilst above ground . Good bye ; God bless and prosper every one of you is my fervant prayer . —William Daniels . " A bottle labelled "Laudanum—poison , " was found on liis workbench . Mr . Johnstone , of Apothecaries' Hall , said that he sold the deceased an ounce of laudanum on Friday ni g ht . He said it was for a person who was in the habit of taking it , and he inquired what was the proper dose . Witness told hun that five drops was the number to begin with . Verdict , " Temporary insanity . "

      Suicide of a Female through Destitution . — Before Mr . Carter , at the Star and Garter Tavern , _Keckingar-road , Bermondsey on the body of Rebecca Archer , aged twenty-ei g ht . The deceased , during the last four years , hadhcen left , with a child , without any means of supporting herself , except hy pledging her clothes , and disposing of her house-Loldlfurniture . Having at last sold off nearly everything she possessed , she succeeded in earning a scanty subsistence for herself and offspring , hy making caps for the army , ; hut _duiing the past five months , she had been unable to obtain any work , and she became reduced to the greatest privations .

      A brother-in-law took her and the child into his own house , hut the poor creature had frequently stated tbat she could not bear to live upon her friends . The last day or two she had been exceedingly depressed , and had spent several hours a day weeping bitterly . On Friday her brother-in-law sent for the deceased to come down to dinner , when the door of her room was found fastened on the inside . The door being forced open , the deceased was found suspended by apiece of lay cord which was found fastened to the cupboard . Verdict , " That the deceased destroyed herself whilst in an unsound state of mind brought on bv destitution . "

      A Child _IIvbsed to _Deatij . —The Evidence of Children not upon Oath . —Before 3 Ir . Mills , on Monday , at the Itoyal Free Hospital , Gray ' s Innroad , on the body of a child , named James Sullivan , aged four years , who was burned to death . A little girl , named Ellen Sullivan , the sister of the deceased , was the only witness who could g ive an account of thc manner in which the accident happened . The constable pnt the book into her hand preparatory to administering the oath , when the coroner , remarking her youth , asked her if she could read and write , to which she replied in the negative . The Coroner said he had ohsuved in the report of thc trial iu Droucf s case that the judge had condemned the conduct ofthe coroncrforreceivinsrthe evidence of children not upon oath . He bad always understood that coroners mi ght adopt the practice of receiving the simple statement of children who could

      not read , and who knew not a single letter in the Testament . He was surprised the Judge should say tbat children , ignorant of the sanctity of an oatb , should be sworn , and he should not swear thc girl then in court . —The girl then made a statement to the effect that , being on Wednesday last left at home to mind thc deceased , she let him wet his frock , and went out and locked him in the room while she was drying his clothes at the fire . She went to order some coals , and when she returned , whieh was in about five minutes , found him enveloped ia flames . He was taken to the hospital and died almost immediately , every part of his body heing burnt except his " feet , which were covered with woollen socks . —The Coroner said here was another death from burning which mig ht have been prevented hy thc simple precaution ofa fireguard . Verdict , " Accidental Death . "

      Attempt at Suicide rt a Female . —On Tuesday the following fri ghtful attempt at suicide was made by Jane Castles , aged 31 , residing at Soiners-townterrace , Saint Pancras . The unfortunate female followed the occupation of an cmbroidcress , and although since the ago of eig hteen she had at times evinced symptoms _^ of a disordered intellect , it was never deemed necessary to keep a watch over her movements . About one o ' clock on Tuesday morning the policeman on duty was attracted ' to tho Tl / tl _. Cn TllT _nllP / l 1 « 1 * * - .. /» _PAinniliinn _* . « J-l . _n J . _« _~ _f Xl . _« ........ _juuuao _iMu t aitii

      u . _u _. _mj _ouiuciuiujj vm mv ; w ___ v » urc railings , where he discovered the deceased impaled on the spikes , several of which had entered her right side . She was immediatel y conveyed to the University College Hospital . Many bf her ribs wcre found to be broken , and she had received such severe injuries such as to render her recovery almost impossible . The window of her room was found wide open and she was partly undressed , from which it was inferred that she was preparing for hed when she made the attempt on her life . Up to Tuesday night she remained in a stato of insensibility .

      Tuesday . —Mysterious Death is a Lodginghouse . —Before Mr . Payne , at the Goldsmith ' s Arms , Southwark Bridge-road , on the body of Susannah Gibbs _, aged twenty-seven . — John Evans , 11 , Mint-street , said he was a lodging-house keeper , and that the deceased had lodged with a man of the name of David in his ( witness ' s ) house during thc last three weeks . About half-past two on the morning of Sunday week , deceased came home slightly inebriated , and with frightful wounds about her head , and her hands with covered with blood . She went np stairs , and soon afterwards the man began to abuse her , and prevented her from going to bed . A lodger in the house stated that deceased called out for assistance to he

      protected against the ill-usage of David . On the following day she went to the hospital to have the -wounds on her head dressed . Several other witnesses spoke to the cruelty of David towards deceased . —Mr . W . Bendle , the parish surgeon , deposed that he attended deceased on Friday last . Found her quite insensible and suffering from severe wounds about the head , one at thc hack part an inch and a half in length . The external part of the scalp was separated from the bone towards the front . A post mortem examination proved death to have been caused by the pressure on the brain , which was evidently the result of the injuries described . —Another witness stated that the deceased said she had been kicked in the Waterloo-road by a

      man , hut she could not say who he was . —Further evidence was given , which inculpated a man named Price with whom deceased had formerly cohabited . The inquiry was a djourned until Tuesday next . Fatal Railwat Accident . —Before Mr . Baker , at the London Hospital , on the body of James Johnson , aged 13 . —It appeared that the deceased was employed to attend tothe'brake of some ballast waggons on the West India Dock and Birmingham Junction Railway , at Homerton , and on the afternoon of the 12 th inst ., the deceased was walking hy tha side of several wasgons conveying earth whieh were passing the " spot where the arches recently fell , when the foremost waggon

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      came in contact with two trucks standing on thc line , and forced them forward at arapidr . Ue Deceased ran forward , and _succccdcIra catching hold ofthe handle of the brake oa the . first . tanek , but it was too powerful for him , and threw him on _tn tho line in front ofthe wheels , wJiicii passea over botT ' _bl" legS , crushing them »¦» -h jj _kgg manner He was immediately conveyed to tiie Son Hospital , when it was considered necessary to amputate the left leg immediately . Ch oroformwas used , but he sank under the operation , and died on the _Uth _mst .-Verdict , "Accidental death . " _„ _„ . „

      Death of a Female from Fire . —Before Mr . Biker , at the Alfred ' s Head , Alfred-street , Stepney , on bodv of Jane Procter , aged 70 years . It appeared that the deceased attained her livelihood uv _pickin" - up bones in the street . She had , for some years past , been subject to fits . On Monday afternoon the landlady of the house had her attention attracted by an unusual smell in the house , hut did not take any particular notice of it . In the evening , however , the door of the deceased ' s apartment was opened , and the room was found full of smoke and flame . The deceased was found in a kneeling position , with her head and arms on the top of the fire . She was quite dead , and her body almost reduced to a cinder . It is supposed that the deceased was attacked with a fit while sitting in a chair , and then fell forward into the fire . Verdict . "Accidental death . "

      Death from Starvation . —Before Mr . Baker , at Ihe Pitt ' Head , Broad-street , Ratclifl ' , on the body of Mary Walker , nged 67 . The deceased appeared to have suffered some severe privations . The room in which she had lived was completely destitute of all furniture . She had scarcely any clothes to cover her , and seldom or ever had a fire to warm her . She had lived six years in this room , and was sometimes several days without the common necessaries of life . She was the widow of a pilot , and most steadfastly refused to have auy assistance from the parish . Her only means of support was by begging in the streets , but for some time past she had been unable to leave her room . On Sunday afternoon she was found dead , lying across the hearth . Mi * . Cleland , surgeon , said the deceased had died from want . He had been the parish surgeon for six years , and never witnessed such a dreadful scone of distress . Verdict . " Died from starvation . ''

      Suicide from Excessive Drinking . —Before Mr . Baker , at the Green Gate , City-road , on the body of Mary Doe , aged 33 years , who committed suicide by drowning herself in a water tank . It appeared that the husband of the deceased died suddenly about six months ago , and . his death preyed heavily upon thc mind of the deceased , and during the last few weeks she had been constantly in a state of intoxication . On Sunday morning last , she was seen walking up King ' s-court , Bernell-row , where she resided , and she then appeared tipsy . Some time afterwards her bonnet was seen lying at tbe side ofa water tank , which is fixed in the court for thc use ofthe inhabitants . The lid was removed , and the deceased was found immersed in the water , in a kneeling position , and quite dead . The deceased had several times threatened to destroy herself . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . " _Wednesday . _—SunnEX Death of a Lady of

      Fortune . —Mr . H . M . Wakley , son of T . Wakley , Esq ., held his first inquest since his temporary appointment as deputy coroner , at the Gower Arms , Gowcrstreet , Bedford-square , on the body of Mrs . Ann Cooke , a lady of fortune , whose death occurred as follows : —It appeared that the deceased lady , who had attained the advanced age of ei g hty-four , but was in possession of all her faculties , occupied apartments at _A o . Si , Gower-street , keeping only one female servant . On Friday night week her servant left her in her bedroom preparing for bed , but on entering the room at the usual hour in the morning she discovered her lying in her nig ht dress on the floor , quite dead , the bed not having been lain in . There were no indications ofa struggle having taken place , and a physician in the neighbourhood giving it as his opinion that death was the result of natural causes , a verdict was returned of "Died by the Visitation of God . "

      A Woman Killed by her Husband . —Before Mr . Bedford , at thc Crown and Thistle , Great _Peterstrcet , Westminster , on the body of Ann Wardly , who came to an untimely end on Saturday evening last . The eldest daughter of tho deceased , who was called to identify the body , stated that her mother was in the habit of getting intoxicated , and that she used to abuse her husband without his taking any notice of her . lie was a very good husband and kind father . —Mr . G . B . Payne , surgeon , stated the circumstance of his being sent for , and the external appearance of the body . Ho then described the result of his post mortem examination . The immediate cause of death was pulmonary apoplexy , whicli might be caused by very great excitement or external violence . — The jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against John Wardly , who at present stands remanded upon the charge at the Westminster Police Court .

      Death from Want . —A Wife . —Before Mr . Carttar ( for the third time ) , at the Castle Inn , Powisstreet , Woolwich , on the body of Mr . John Jackson , aged 45 , formerly a tradesman residing in Rich rd . street Woolwich , who died from want of food and exposure . The evidence occupied the attention of the Court during three days , and showed that the deceased had carried on business as a tallow-chandler in Woolwich for many years , and had been married to his present wife for eighteen years . They lived together very unhappily , the deceased being a timid nervous man , and his wife a person of a very opposite disposition . Some six months since they parted , and thc deceased having been induced to turn over his property and business * to his wife ' s

      father , went to reside in a small shop at Plumstcad . This business , however , did not succeed , and the deceased , after breaking up his shop , appears to have been reduced to very great distress . He was afraid xo return to his wife , and for several days and ni g hts previous to his death ho spent his time in the lowest lodging-houses , paying threepence a night for his lodging and having no money to pay for food . A female named Murray represented to his wife the deplorable state of the poor man , and thc probability of his dying unless some speedy relief came to him . The reply of the wife was : "It was too goodnews to be true—there wasno home for him there ; she could not think of rendering him any assistance whatever ; the union was open to him , and

      she would do nothing for him . On Monday morn ' - ing , the 2 nd instant , the deceased , who had passed the previous night in a miserable low lodging houso , was in such an exhausted state that he was carried by two men to his own house . On bringing him into the shop , his wife told the men to take him to the . relieving officer ; that there were none of liis goods there j and that if they did not take him away , she would call a policeman . Thc men , however , laid him down in the shop , and went away . Here he remained for some minutes , his wife taking no more notice of him than if he had been a stranger . It was proved that the deceased was then sinking from the effects of disease and exhaustion . Thc deceased lingered on till

      Wednesday morning . During the whole of this time the wife refused to go near him , and when she sent half-a-crown for a flannel shirt , declared that she never parted with half-a-crown so reluctantly in her life . The post mortem examination made hy Mr . Turner , surgeon , showed that the deceased was labouring under extensive organic disease . The opinion of the medical officer was , that the cause of death was the result of long-continued _disease , accelerated by exhaustion and the want of care and nourishment . The coroner said , that any question of legal responsibility on the part of the wife was removed bv the fact that the judges had held in

      the case of Mr . Drouet , that it was necessary to prove that death would not have occurred even if the constitution of the party was not debilitated . The jury accordingly returned a verdict , "That the deceased died from the results of long continued disease , and from the effects of want and exposure . " Forged Bank of _England Notes . —On Monday forged Bank of England notes which had been taken in business were exhibited in the shop windows of Mr . Heath , Poultry ; at a tailor ' s in King William-street , London Bridge ; and two other shops in the Commercial-road . So many of these forgeries have lately been passed that the middle class and petty tradesmen absolutely refuse to take notes at all .

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      BncKiXGHmHiRE . —An Attempt to Murder a Sweetheart . —On Saturday afternoon last James Harding was examined before the Aylesbury magistrates on a charge of cutting the throat of Elizabeth Alison . Tho young * woman , who had sufficiently recovered to give evidence , stated that she became acquainted with the prisoner at the house of her brother at Dinton , and they agreed to many . She , however , afterwards retracted , and he declared that "he did not mind being hung before he would leave her . " On Thursday night he called at the house but was not admitted . The girl in her _evidence then went on to say : —I went out afterwards and met him . I saw him sitting on a stile close by

      the door ofthe house . I had no fear of hun then . He catched hold of mc and said he would cut my throat , and he laid hold of my head . He spoke to me when I passed the stile . I got over the stile . He followed me . My mother was behind me . He walked with me over two closes . My mother was present . He did not say a word to me when going along . He said , " I suppose you are going to leave me . ' I said I was . I did not speak to him again until we got to some houses , when . I said I would never be in his company any more . He immediately took a knife out of his pocket . He took me by the head . He put his arm round my neck , holding my head back by the forehead . ( Witness showed how she was seized by putting her arm round another female in court . ) I struggled , fell down , and some-

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      how escaped from him , Richard Jfewns seized him and took thc knifo away from him . He threatened nothing more afterwards . I broke off thc marriage because I heard he walked with another girl .- —The prisoner , in his defence , confessed the deed , and said he was sorry for having done it . He was committed for trial . Derbyshire . —Murder of a Man by his Son , — A murder has been discovered to have been committed upon a poor old pensioner , named Job Doxey . The crime was committed as far back as December last , and the body ofthe unfortunate man was found on New Year ' s Eve , in a brook close by tlie Victoria Bridge , Glossop . The circumstances connected with the case were at the time considered to bo very mysterious , but no evidence could be

      procured to implicate any party , though rumour was busy , and pointed to members of the deceased s own family , who wore known frequently to quarrel with and ill use the old man . On Good Friday , however , a man named John Clough disclosed that lie saw the man murdered and thrown over the Victoria Bridge . Information having reached Mr . Clayton , the chief constable , he last week apprehended Thomas Doxey ; the deceased ' s son , and W . Dawson , his son-in-law . They were , on Wednesday week last taken before tho magistrates , when John Clough , on being sworn , stated that on the 30 th of last December , about ten o ' clock at night , he saw the prisoner , Thomas Doxey , along with another man , whom he believed to be William Dawson , on

      the Victoria Bridge . Ihe deceased was at that time walking in front of witness . The prisoner , Doxey , caught hold pf his Father , and said , "You old rogue , I'll strike you . " He then gave him a blow on his head , and knocked him down , when the other man kicked him over thc head . His son then cried out , " We will finish him now . " After which he kicked his father twice on tho breast . Witness and his wife went up and inquired what they were doing , when they cried out , " If they did not go back they would serve them the same . " They then went away , and as they were going they saw the prisoner , Doxey , and the other man , throw the deceased over the bridge . Witness had known the prisoner Doxey about iwo years , and was quite certain that he was one ofthe men he saw murdering the deceased , but he did not now believe Dawson was the other one . That party was somewhat

      stouter . The reason he did not mention tho matter till Good Friday was , because he thought the murderers would do him some harm . Thc prisoner Doxey had cautioned him not to say anything about it , and told him if he did he should lose his life . The prisoner Doxey was fully committed for wilful murder ; but Dawson was discharged , his family proving that he was at home when the murder was committed . The CoNvrcr Sabah Thomas . —This wretched girl has at last confessed to thc Rev . Dr . Swete , chaplain to the gaol , that she was the sole perpetrator of the murder of her mistress . The culprit 9 conduct has been most extraordinary during the past week ; on some nights she will sit up , but when she gets to bed she sleeps soundly . She takes her meals regularly , eating very heartily , and walks with a firm step in the yard for airing . She is rather sullen , but displays nothing indicative of contrition . Two turnkeys constantly watch her , but she takes little or no notice oi them . She still retains that

      ruddiness of complexion which was so conspicuous when present at the coroner ' s inquest . The Post Office Robberies at Exeter . —Harrap _, who was convicted at the late assizes for Exeter of having purloined valuables passing through the Exeter Post Office , has made a confession , exonerating the young man ( Hyett ) who was dismissed from the Post Ofiice some timo since on suspicion of having abstracted aletter containing sixty * 5 notes . It appears , from Harrap ' s statement , that he himself abstracted the letter , cashed twelve of the

      notes , and burnt the remaining forty-eight . The suspicion attached to Hyett unfortunately resulted in the suicide of his father , and caused deep grief in a respectable family , The Murderer Burton . —A respite during her Majesty ' s pleasure has been received by the governor of Huntingdon gaol for Charles Burton , upon whom sentence of death was passed at the summer assizes for the murder of his wife at Stilton , but who was at the last assizes tried for the murder of his child also , and acquitted on the ground of insanity .

      Election for South Nottinghamshire . — On Tuesday a special county court was held in front of the Townhall , Newark , for the purpose of electing a representative for the southern division of Nottinghamshire , made vacant by the resignation of Colonel Rolleston , The attendance of people in front of the hustings was limited , and the whole affair was exceedingly tamo . The only cheers given to the speakers were by their personal friends upon the platform . — R . Holden , Esq ., of Locke Park , briefly proposed , and H . Sherbrook , Esq ., of Oxton , as briefly seconded , Robert Bromley , Esq . of Stoke , as a fit and proper person to sit in parliament for that division . There was no other gentleman proposed , and consequently Mr . Bromley was

      declared duly elected . Jn returning thanks to tbe electors , Mr . Bromley expressed the pride he felt in the exalted position to which they had been pleased , without any effort on his part , to exalt him . Upon reflecting , however , on the magnitude of the trust they had conferred upon him , ho felt overwhelmed by a sense of his own want of ability to perform that trust . He could only say that he would exert his abilities to the utmost , and endeavour to make up for his want of those abilities which he might not possess by attention and zeal . Many questions of vital importance were pressing themselves upon the public notice . There was no question that much distress existed in the agricultural districts , owing to free trade measures

      removing all protection from agricultural produce . The question was how should that distress be remedied . Tlie most natural idea which would present itself to the farmer was , " Let us return to that duty to enable agriculturists to hold up their heads . " ( Cries of " Try ifc on . " ) This he looked upon as a just proposition , and he could not but think that before many years were over , they should again recur to protection . ( A voice , "Don ' t you wish you may get it ? " Laughter . ) There was another question now occupying the public attention : the reduction of taxation . There were many people who threw the odium of keeping up those taxes upon the opulent classes . Nobody would be more anxious than himself to reduce the taxes ; but they wcre aware that more than one-half of the revenue was swallowed up by the national

      debt —( a voice , " Ay , that s another nice treat oh , those dear aristocracy ! " )—and , therefore , very little remained to contend with . Having again thanked the electors for the honour they had conferred upon him , he proposed three cheers for her Majesty the Queen . Three very faint cheers having been given for protection , a voice in the crowd called for " Three cheers for Richard Cobden and free trade . " The proceedings then terminated . A Mother and CniLD have perished in tho Thames at Reading . The woman was the wife of a labourer at Lower Cavcrsham . She had been to Reading to buy groceries ; her basket was found on a slight wooden bridge which spans a cascade of tho stream ; it is supposed that the child—a girl , six years old—hy some means fell into the water , and then the mother was drowned in attempting to

      rescue her . Bobbery of the South-Devon Railway Company . —Fltmouih _, April 14 th —A sub-inspootov of police , in the service of the South-Devon Railway Company , was this morning brought up before tho sitting magistrates , and committed to take his trial at the next borough sessions , on a charge of robbing the company of £ 117 lis . 4 * d ., on the 11 th instant . It appears that on the 11 th of April , Sergeant Coram , of the South-Devon Railway Police , was about going to the office of tho company for the above sum of money , to pay the men employed on the line , which duty he usually performed , when he met the prisoner , John Winsly , who told Coram that he would have to go to Callington to look after some lost luggage , and that he ( Winsly ) would

      pay the men if Coram would get the money . Coram being an inferior officer obeyed , got the money , and set off for Callington , leaving the whole ofthe cash in the possession of Winsly . The prisoner was next seen at Exeter , where , on the arrival of tlie mailtrain , whicli conveyed him , a telegraphic message had been received requesting his detention . A policeman accordingl y went in search of him , and the prisoner Was found stepping into a second-class carriage that was just starting for London , he having been booked for the journey . He had a box and carpet bag , wliich contained several articles of wearing apparel , and also the whole of the money I _' oo _^ _n t _? Coram exclusive of a further sum of * 33 10 s . He was brought back and committed to prison to take his trial at the next quarter sessions for this borough .

      Gold-seekers . —A barque called thc Aiax sailed from Liverpool on Sunday for san Francisco , California , with sixty-six passengers and a good general cargo . . Another Fatal Affray with Poachers . — The Wigan Times says : On Wednesday morning , the 11 th inst ., as Peter and James Nelson , brothers , gamekeepers in the service of the Earl of Crawford and Barcarres , were going their usual rounds about two o clock , they perceived a dog running in a wood called Longhurst , and Peter Nelson immediately levelled his gun and shot it . 'Ihe keepers then went on a short distance , when they perceived four or five men in the wood advancing towards them .

      Peter Nelson advised them to leave the place , for he said they knew they were doing wrong , when some of them observed to Peter , "Now , d—1 , we'll pay thee off- ! ' He began to retreat from thc poachers ; but they made their way up to him , and one of them struck him on the head with a cudgel . They w re all armed with these weapons ofa very formidable sort . A struggle the n ensued , and one of them attempted to take Peter Nelson ' s gun from him at the same time that the others were beating him . During the struggle the gim went off and one of the poachers fell . The gun was double-barrelled , but one barrel had betn _discha rged iu destroying

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      the dog . The others then , left oft beating , him . James Nelson , on the first attack , seeing from the number of his-opponents that he and Ids brother were likely to be overpowered , immediately ran off to procure assistance . At this time Peter Nelson became insensible from the blow he had received . On . recovering shortly afterwards , he found the wound _<* d man lying beside him . He got up and with difficulty proceeded to the nearest house , and knocked up the inmates . On returning along with his brother and other assistance they found the man removed , andi of course , supposed that he had been carried away by his companions . The gun which had been broken during the encounter was found on the spot , as also a bag containing five live rabbits ,

      several nets , and two ferrets . A person named George Walls , who is employed at what is called the seven feet pit , having been informed of what had taken place , proceeded to join the keeper ' s party , and while on his way in a lane , about eight yards from where the conflict had taken . place , he found a man , n > med John Owen , lying near to a gate . The man was conveved to a cabin in the Haigh Foundry Company ' s stable ynrdy and a person was despatched to Wigan for medical _assistance . Notwithstanding that everything was done likely to save his life , he expired about six o ' clock . Previous to that ,

      however , he had said he did not know the man who was with him , and he wasnot ppaching . but going to Blackrod . Hill inquired , whose dog it was that had been shot , but he said it was not his , and he did not know * . he had sold his dog . Owen is a married man , has a wife and two children , and resided in Wigan . Peter Nelson is still under much suffering , having been severely beaten in the scuffle . It was * hile the poachers wero attempting to take his gun from him the piere exploded , aud the _charge entered the leg o f the deceased man Owen . It penetrated his leg , and a profuse flow of blood ensued , which brought on fatal exhaustion .

      _Supposed Murder . —Some extraordinary evidence came before the Borough Court . Manchester , on Monday , in relation to a supposed murder on the 23 rd of last m » nth . It appears that on the 23 rd ult . Mr . Joshua Royld a pork butcher at Stretford , came to Manchester to purchase some pigs . He had in his pocket when he left home £ 2 Q in money and a watch . He bought and paid for some pigs , accounting for all the money except rather over £ 3 , and was seen drinking with some bad company , including women of the town , at a public-house in Hardmanstreet , Manchester , ou the evening of that day , but he was never heard of from that time till , oh the 11 th instant , his body was discovered in the river Irwell , near the Old Quay , Manchester . It was then

      found that he had no money upon him ; his watch was gone , and his pockets were empty . His nose was bruised , and both eyes were blackened . An inquest was held onthe body on the Uth inst ., when , no satisfactory evidence as to the manner of his death being obtained , an open verdict of " Found drowned" was returned . Mr . Beswick , ofthe Manchester detective police , having directed h s attention to the facts , he has since apprehended a dyer , named Thomas Edge , on suspicion of the murder ; and at the _Borouiih Court , on Monday , the following extraordinary ft'Cts weie deposed to : Richard Hodges , an oa- _* t ! er , in the employ of Mr . Massey , who runs the omnibusses between Stretford and Manchester , having been sworn , said he knew the prisoner . He

      also knew the deceased , Mr . Royle , very well . He saw the deceased on the 23 rd ult . in the evening , in the Golden Eagle public-house , Ilardman stieet , Manchester , and the prisoner and one or two other men were with bim . They went from there to the Three Sugar Loaves Inn , Water-street , which is nearer to the river . He was with them there , and had something to drink with them . He afterwards accompanied the deceased and his companions down Atherton-streer . The prisoner had hold of deceased on one side , and another man on the other side ; they said they would take him home . Witness told the prisoner not to hurt Royle , and the prisoner gave witness a blow over the eye . They went through Atherton-streefc and Junction-street to the river side ,

      and there the prisoner pushed Royle into the water . —Mr . Maude : And did you not attempt to get him out again ?—Witness : Yes , but we could not find him . —Mr . Maude : And did you tell anyone else of this affair ? ?— Witness : Yes , we told the private watchman ofthe Old Quay Company , and he came and looked for the body , but could not find it-Mr . Beswick : And what did the private watchman say . '—Witness : He said it was a bad j » b . —Mr Maude : And when did you first tell any one of these things _?—WLness : This morning . —Mr . Maude : Not tell any one of It till this morning ? Why it ' s three weeks since . —Mr . Beswick : You said a person named Blaize was with you at the time : have you seen him since ?—Witne s : Yes , once . — Mr . Beswick ; And have you not talked the matter over with him since ?—Witness ; No . —Mr . Maude : What , have you seen him since , and never reverted

      once to a circumstance so extraordinary . ' —Witness : No . —Mr . Beswiek then called tlie deceased ' s stepson , to prove that Royle bad money and a watch on his person when he left home , and other witnesses to show that nothing was found in his _pockets when taken irom the river . He then asked the magistrates for a remand , to make inquiries from the private watchman , and for other investigations—Mr . Maude : Till when ?—Mr . Beswick : I hope you won t think till Thursday too long ? - Mr . Maude . Certainly not ; and I think you should have this witness ( Hodge ) detained . The evidence he gives is very extraordinary . —Mr . Beswick : Would you bind him over ?—Mr . Maude ( to Hodge ) : You mat find two sureties of £ 20 each ; your conduct in the affair , on your own showing , is such as warrants me in detaining you . Ti ; e parties were then buth removed in custody .

      THE CONDEMNED CONVICT RUSH . The condemned convict Rush was visited on Monday by the whole of his family of nine children . They arrived at the Castle between two and three o ' clock , and were accompanied by Mr . James Rush , of AVymondham , brother to the convict , and Mr . Somes , brother of the late Mrs . Rush . On reaching thc Castle they were received by Mr . Pinson , tlie governor , who conducted them to the cell in which the convict lies . When Mr . Pinson announced to the convict that his family had arrived , Rush for a moment or two buried his face in his hands , and seemed to be deeply affected . Having regained somewhat of his usual composure , he said , "Let them be admitted ; " and the next minute the whole of the nine children were in the presence of their unhappy parent . The scene is described hy those who witnessed it as being most painful , both parent and

      children giving way to the wildest paroxysms of grief . They spoke little upon family affairs . The convict with great earnestness called upon God tn witness his innocence ofthe foul crimes imputed to him , and with many prayers recommended his children , especially the younger ones , to the protecting care of ihe Almighty . The interview lasted upwards of two hours , and as it * was understood that this was to be the parting visit , its close was most painful . Parent and children embraced each other , and gave vent to the loudest lamentations : even the gaolers and others , who are accustomed to such scenes , were greatly affected . At length the children of the unhappy man left him , and after indulging for some _moments in grief , befell upon his knees and was engaged for a long time in earnest prayer . A large number of persons congregated on the outside of the Castle walls to witness the departure of the convict's family .

      A cheque fo . r £ 40 has just been given by . Rush to Mr . Pinson , governor of the Castle , under very curious circumstances . It will be recollected that , in tbe course of the trial , Mr . John Cann , solicitor , and clerk to the magistrates at Wymondham _, produced certain papers and books whicli he found at Potash Farm , on going there after the apprehension of Rush . Amongst these was a pocket-book , which contained certain entries relative to Rush ' s business , atid also a few memoranda , & c on slips of paper . There was also a cheque in it , drawn in favour of Rush , for £ 40 . Immediately on the pocketbook being produced in court Rush asked permission to inspect it ) and as the judge assented , it was immediately handed to him . After detaining it for some

      few moments , he requested that he might be allowed to have it in his possession until the following morning . The counsel for the prosecution objected to this , whereupon Rush handed back the book to Mr . Cann . No examination of th < book was made when it came from the hands of the prisoner ; but on the following day Mr . John Cann discovered that the _^ cheque had been abstracted . Ilis suspicions immediately fell upon the prisoner Rush ; indeed Mr . Cann felt convinced that nobody else could have taken it , the book , with others , having been placed in a strong chest , locked up , while it remained at Mv . Cairn's house . Nothing was done in tlie matter until after the close of the triali when Mr . Pinson , the governor of the castle ,

      was requested to sound the convict on the subject . When Mr . Pinson first put the question to him , Rush said , " No doubt that fellow Cann has got it ; why don't you ask him ? He knows all about it . " Day alter day passed . Similar questions were put to the convict on the subject , only , however , to elicit the same reply , that "Cann knew all about it , and that if they wanted any information about it they had better ask him . It ' s of no use asking me anything , " said Rush , "I tell you I have not got it , and don't know anything about it . No doubt that fellow Cann has taken it . '' On Friday last , Mr . Durrani , a highly respectable solicitor of Norwich , visited the castle .

      and in the presence ofthe governor saw Rush on the subject of the missing cheque . Rush fenced for a longtime , and at length said , " Well , suppose I do know anything of it , what then ? " lt was urged upon him that as hehad improperly obtained possession of it , he ought to give it up . He said , " No ; 1 don t want to tr < ub ' e myself about it . You had better ask John Cann . " Mr . _Darrant pressed him very closely , and at length Rush said , "Well , suppose it should be hmnd , what will become of it ? . " Mr . Pinson , the governor , replied that , under the circumstances , he had no doubt the crown would order it to be handed over to the convict ' s familv .

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      Rush , after musing a f : w moments , said , "Well , Mr . Pinson , if you really think it will be given to my children , perhaps I might be able to tell you something about it . You will find it in the lining of my hat . " The hat was immediately produced and the cheque was found carefully placed under the lining in the crown . During the few moments Rush had possession ofthe book lie managed to abstract the document unseen by any one , although every eye was turned upon him . On being convicted , he was very particular about his hat , and manifested considerable anxiety about it before he left the dock . In many respects Rush is au altered man . He engages frequently in prayer , and is very _attentive to the Rev . W . V 7 . Andrews , Vicar of Ketteringham , who visits him at his own request , in conjunction with the Rev . P . Brown , the chaplain of the Castle . lie offers up a short prayer before each meal , and engages in a similar act of devotion at the close of his repast .

      The family ofthe convict has been ejected from Felmingham farms , under the notice of ejectment some time since served . They still remain at Potash , but only upon sufferance . There is some talk of pulling down Potash Farmhouse , and building another house upon its site , to be called , of course , by a different name . Mrs . Jermy and Eliza Chestney ( both of whom are still at Stanfield Hall , ) are going on favourably- indeed , the latter is almost well . A Norwich correspondent supplies a _probable reason why Rush , after he had shot Mr . Jermy sen ., went round by the servants * door , and risked " detection by passing along -tlieir passages . He says , " It is explained by the fact that in a box in a closet at the end of the passage , leading to the staircase hall ,

      Mr . Jermy kept his papers and the mortgage deeds relat'ng to Potash Farm , and that Rush ' s intention was , doubtless , to secure those deeds a * all hazards , for , according to the forged documents _cancelling the mortgage , all the deeds and papers of a prior date relating to Potash Farm were to be burned . Young Mr . Jermy just reached the door opening into the recess when Rush reached it , and therefore Rush fired at him , Alter shooting young Mr , Jermy he very likely went into the dining room to shoot any person there , and thus to prevent the possibility of his being interrupted while he was employed in securing the deeds . The two females ran to the same recess , and further prevented his purpose being carrifd out ; and when he came out of ihe diningroom he fired at them , doubtless with the view of escaping detection , "

      A correspondent of the Bury Post says : As everything appertaining to the Stanfield Hall tragedy appears still to be full of interest to the public , perhaps the following particulars of the unfortunate , but not to be despised Miss Sandford , will be acceptable to your readers , and m _» y also act as a salutary caution to those who may have any young friend seeking her livelihood as a governess—a class greatly to be pitied . Thev also tend to show the extent — the iutricate ramifications , ofthe assassin ' s complicated scheme ef villany . Rush , as before stated , put an advertisement in the Times for a governess for his children . Mrs . Sandford , the mother of ten children , seeing this , took her eldest daughter to the reference

      in the advertisement , a very respectable house in a good street in town , where they found Mr . Rush , occupying the first floor . The " landlady had been induced to represent she knew Mr . Rush , and spoke of him as a worthy kind of man ; and after various inquiries and witnessing her handwriting , the daughter was engaged to go down to Norfolk to educate Rush ' s children . Some months after having been there she was rather surprised at receiving no replies from her mother , and the latter was equally so at receiving no replies from her daughter ; during this state of things Rush when in town called upon Mrs . Sandford , who very naturally expressed surprise at not having heard from her daughter , whereupon Rush said he believed the tact was she was become

      engaged to a Mr . James , a commercial traveller _, but for some reasons she thought it would be a match her mother would not altogether approve , and therefore preferred not writing at all to her . The fact , no doubt , was , Rush himself had intercepted these letters both ways , and thus caused an estrangement between her and her friends , to facilitate his own purposes and her ruin . She now felt her _dependence upon Rush , and in the simplicity aud confidence of her nature , and her ignorance of the world and ita snares , soon became first his victim and then

      his instrument . He subsequently compelled her to write to her friends in such a way as to repel any attempt on their part to interfere in her welfare . So late as ten days before the murder Rush again called upon Mrs Sandford , and told her her daughter was married , and had been in France for six months , with her husband , Mr . James . The inference of all this is evident . It would have accounted for her disappearance , had such taken place , of which there is little doubt in the minds of these intimately acquainted with the minutiae of attendant

      circumstance's . "

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      Death Of Sir Andrew Aoxew.—Sir Andrew Ag...

      Death of Sir Andrew Aoxew . —Sir Andrew Agnew , of Lochnaw , Bart ., died at his house , Rutland-square , on Thursday week . Sir Andrew was born in 1793 . His mother was the sixth child of Lord Kinsale , ihe premier baron of Ireland , thc title having been created in 1181 . Sir Andrew succeeded his father in 1809 , and is now succeeded by his son , Captain Agnew , who , in 1847 , married the daughter ot the Earl of Gainsborough . Murder . —A man has been taken into custody at

      Auchterless , on a charge of violation and murder . The victim is an old woman named Smith , who was at thc time of the crime the only inhabitant of a small cottage ; and the charge against the prisoner , James Robb , labourer , aged 22 , is that he entered her _cottage , on the night of Monday , the 9 th inst ., by the chimney , and so horribly abused her ns to cause her death . Tho prisoner admits having been in the cottage ) and having entered it in the manner described . He had left a _peculiar-looking walking stick behind him , which has been identified . Ho has been confined in Aberdeen gaol .

      The Robbery of Five Hundred Pounds . —Onr readers will probably recollect that three months ago we gave a detail of the theft or robbery of the sum of £ 500 , which was effected in a very dexterous manner from the counter ofthe Union Bank , Glasgow , on a Saturday , when the bank was more than usually thronged . The sum carried off consisted of five notes , each for £ 100 . Kot until last week could the slightest clue be found to any part of the money , when , strange to say , one of the lost or stolen notes

      tor £ 100 was found to have been lodged in the savings' bank at Greenock , by a spirit-dealer of that town , who was not previously known amongst his fellow-townsmen as having at any time of his life been blessed with bank notes for a large amount , His name is _Dugald Walker , and there can be no mistake as to the identity ofthe note , from the peculiarity of a piece of silk being pasted on the back of it for its better preservation . He was on Friday week apprehended in ' his place of business , and is now in thc hands of the Glasgow police .

      _Avrjai . _Tso . Family Bebeavemests . —Rarely , if ever before , has it been our sad duty to record such devastation as disease has recently committed in one famil y—that of Mr . James Henderson , mason , residing at a cot-house on the farm of East-hill , Lochrutton . He had been for some time afflicted with a liver complaint , and about a fortnight ago he was seized by diarrhoea , and soon after his wife , and all his children , six in number , wcre attacked by tho same malady . The husband rapidly sunk under the disease , and died upon Saturday , tlie 24 th ult . A daughter , one year old , died next day ; and on thc following day , a son , aged eleven years ,

      was also laid lifeless b y tho fell disease . The bodies of father , son ,. and daughter , were , on Tuesday , the 27 th ult ., conveyed in a hearse to Dunscorc old churchyard , and there buried in one grave , Death still continued his efforts , and , on Thursday last , two more victims fell—another daughter aged three years , and another son aged nine years . They wcre buried beside the others on Saturday . Five persons out of the family have thus been cut off in six days . Mrs . Henderson is , too , labouring under diarrhoea , but still more under intense sorrow , and continues in a precarious state ; and the two remaining children are not considered out of danger . —Dumfries Standard ,

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      ^ D™. Saturday. —Discharge Op The Jury. ...

      _^ _D ™ . Saturday . —Discharge op the Jury . — Mr . Duffy Admitted to Bah . —The protracted struggle between the Crown and Mr . Gavan Duffy has , for the present , terminated in a drawn battle . Iheiury are discharged without a verdict , and Mv . Duffy has been admitted to bail , to appear at the next commission , himself in £ 1 000 , and two sureties in £ 500 each . One of the jurors became so dangerously ill , that his immediate liberation was considered necessary . The result ofthe case , and the announcement of Mr . Duff y ' s admission to bail was received with loud and enthusiastic eheers by those assembled in the court and the nei ghbourhood rioKWBLK

      _institution . —The Rev . Jas . Meacher parish priest of Upper Church , in a letter to the Tipperary Vindicator , says- " I not lono * since attended the death-bed of _, i poor widow , who , wSi four orphans , had lived for tnrao weeks on the lies of an old horse , preserved for that length of time from getting putria by salt" 6 tmc _nnSW ° IjfS ? . LVEN _° T IN IREUXD .-The reports ot the _proceedings _bofm-n \ u . ex ' . Parrel ! , now on circuit in VL l \ Commissioner very curious picture of tie _smJtft ' _^ ° nt a amongst almost ail classes Tn rZ i- ln _" olve ° cy Jffi onVi _? ° _^ ' d Lislc ) . som f tho minor S , _^ P l a n _T of formers , LvS * _h « r _° lA 'f _—^ is only now that John w _^ _inf K ?™ y attorney , who several months _a-o was __ sentenced to be transported toy fourteen _veal-s _toi the grossest frauds on the Tralee Savings Bank

      ^ D™. Saturday. —Discharge Op The Jury. ...

      is transferred to Spike Island , preparatory to shipment to the penal colonics . The _Ciiolkua . —There have been twenty-:: deaths from cholera in the workhouse of Armi since Monday . From Kilkenny " the report g ; twenty-five new cases of cholera since _Wcdnes'i The Tipperary Vindicator of this day says : —" disease has bv no means abated in _tfenagh—in workhouse alone , from Sunday morning till twu o ' clock yesterday , the deaths amounted to seven nine . The Cork ' Examiner of yesterday states , t ; " within the last twenty-four hours _^ six _perso have died in the workliouse of cholera . " The chol I is declining in Limerick . The Banner of Ulster stail that since the 7 th inst ., the ca _* _-cs in Belfast and cinity have averaged ten daily .

      Moxday . —Mr . Duffy . —After this second failu of the trial by j ury experiment , it is questiona whether it would be discreet to hazard a third tempt-at what seems to be a forlorn hope , anotll defeat serving no better end than to lower sn further in public estimation the " great palladiuu ef human liberty as it may be justly called in En land , and with equal justice nicknamed in Ivokin Meantime the whole country is heartily sick ofthe : proceedings ; and wide-spread indeed will be the u joicing if this , tho latest , is also doomed to be the l . _i'' State trial" during the present generation . Trai

      quillity—superinduced more by the powerful ageni of hunger and pestilence than by the potency bayonets and prosecutions—has been perfectly n stored ; and it is now high time for statesmen grapple with the evils of Ireland , and to show tin there is a will as well as a way to govern that com try . " With respect to Mr . Duffy ' s jury it is state : and I believe with truth , that seven stood out for i unqualified acquittal , this majority being compos i of the four Roman Catholics—Messrs . Farrcll _, Fi ; Ion , Egan and Kelly , and three Protestants , _naniell Mr . Saunders , the foreman , Mr . Myers , and _Jli Morrisson . Times .

      The surpassing exertions made by Mr . Butt an Sir Colman _O'Loghlon for thoir clients are til theme of general praise . Sir Colman O'Loghlcm ingenuity is very remarkable . It is to his exertion that the case of Mr . Duffy was so long put off t ; tho public mind calmed down , and all resentnieu disappeared . —Daily News . The Statu _Prisoners , —The . Freeman is now _siijj gosting the expediency of a movement on behalf « Messrs . Smith O'Brien , Meagher , _O'Doberty , Alii chel , Martin , and the other persons convicted durini the State Trials , with a view to the *• immediate ivi

      lease" of those whose only error was loving theii country " not wisely , but too well . " That journ _,-,-says : — "The fact of Mr . Duffy ' s having been aa mittcd to bail we construe into an implied _ussm-ane that all further proceedings against that _gentloni-t ! will be stayed . But now that his trial is over , «• trust that the public mind will be directed towanll the cases oLfche other high-minded and disintoroste * men who ha \ t the misfortune to be tried at more _ea cited periods , when passion and prejudice warpe _* the judgment , and when verdicts were more hkcll to be the heated pronouncement of political pan tizans than the calm decision ofthe ' cou ' ntrv . ' "

      Depkeciatio . v of Landed Property . —The con respondent of thc Morning Chronicle says : — "Sue : is the exceeding depreciation in tlio value of land ai present , I understand , that on the estate of Mn Kirwan , of Dalgan , in thc county of Mayo , lant which produced a rent of £ 2 12 s . Gd . thc Irish acr some time since , boing out of lease , the tenani would offer no more than £ _A per acre and even thi only on condition of the landlord paying all taxe chargeable on thc farm . Tlie land is of excel _leni quality—about the host in any part of Mayo—n » so great a falling off in its letting value is a striking exemplification of tho ruinous change which foui years have produced upon the rentals ofthe gentry The Cholera i . v the South axd West . —Modified

      as the epidemic has been in its present visitation its extension to the distressed districts of the souti has been marked by serious mortality amongst tli . broken-down peasantry , and many even ofthe _middt class have fallen victims . The village of Rathkeale in the county of Limerick , appears to have _suffers more severely than any other part of Ireland . Hathkeale is a miserable accumulation of pauperism _., containing a great number of thatched mud cabin ; in thc suburbs , in which evicted cottier tenants hav _* - congregated , The present condition of this iup verished "town , " as it is designated , is thus described in a Conservative journal , the Limem Chronicle : — " Thursday evening , the Rev . . lame _O'Shea went through the town of Rathkeale , an . ; prevailed upon all the shopkeepers to open tlicit ¦

      concerns next day , so dismal was the appearaiivtthe town for the last week , under the fatal deva : tation of cholera , that confidence was nearly at x end . This town has been in an alarming state , k hundreds had been hurried to eternity . " Those persons in comfortable circumstances have _siittered i an extent unprecedented since the first appearano ; of cholera in 1832 . There were 150 in hospital , ar .. the external cases were more than double that urn ber . There was scarcely a second house in lhui . keale without a patient . The Rev . Richard _Nuuv nnd the Rev . J . O'Shea arc indefatigable , day at .: night , in administering religious consolation to * . ' ¦ ¦ sick and dying visited with this awful malady . I ; the opinion of the faculty and clergymen that _i : disease has since assumed & milder _tvpc-. "

      _Inisn REpnESESTArrivE _Peeraoe . —Lord Dun _* w is a candidate for the representative peerage , vmsc by the death ofthe Earl of Gosford . Tuesday . —The Crisis . —From the sowing tint now nearly past , until thc harvest , will he a 'UTii of the deepest anxiety in all parts of Ireland , an in the west and south , of suffering as severe as hi been known during the protracted and _desohuii , famine . One great step , at all events , has heen a complishcd on the road to recovery . Taking k . district with another , the land is much better ai . more judiciously cropped than in the two _jirocotlii . years , and although many acres ave neglected ,: some places , and , in some others , much more hit planted with potatoes than prudence would warrair still , all things considered , there is reason to _iviuie

      nt the extent ofthe preparations for the next _lini vest . Upon the produce of that harvest , howe ' w all the hopes of the country are centred . An abm dant return would go far towards restoring onr a hausted resources , and commencing a new er . i ; Iroland . Tho peasantry have made their last cff _.-: in cropping the land , and in the distressed distrii : have suffered groat privations . There is now litt : or no employment to alleviate their misery , or : lessen the overwhelming burden of pauperism . T ; southern towns are crowded with destitute poor . All parties here seem to think the downfall of t : Whi g s at hand , and there is great apathy ; w : their fate even amongst their professed _frurmls . Ti feeling even at the IVhig bar is , that " Ministt : had better go out and try for a public charactor . " - Dctilu Acivs .

      _"VVedxesday . — . State of the _Coi-. _vtrt . —A ? > season advances all the sources of misery ami c moralisation are increasing . The clearance _sj-jk is extending to districts and estates heroic-ton * i affected by this mode of disencumbering the _Ism-i its half-famished © ccwpnirts . In two _soiith-wrMi countics , __ Clare and Kerry , evictions hy wkJ ' . ' .- _* are now in progress , to a much greater extent ti . at any former period during the famine . Fn one district in Kerry on a property under the CVi of Chancery , one thousand human _beinc- _* turned out last week . From mother , beloi ' ipw Trinity College , a vast number of occupants h been evicted . In all probahilitv _, those miseral

      people paid littlo or nothing in the shape of r . since the potato failure ; but the expulsion ot ' _.-s numbers , augmenting the already fearful _aiuot : of pauperism , is not thc less to be regretted a- - aggravation of our social evils , and a new caiw ' embarrassment to the gentry and ratepayers , <¦ struggling to maintain their position in theeounti _' : —In Clare , a portion of thc parties evicted had l * substantial farmers , and the local _Conscroii ' paper , the Clare Journal , states that some i'l ' ' •¦ ; dwellings levelled by the bailiffs appeared to i ; comfortable farm-houses . The tenantry _.-itf ein _^ resistance ; but the aid of a party of _constatuA * was obtained , and the ringleader waa _arreatfi" _* Mornino Chronicle .

      The Weather . —Suddenlv , after a winter ot '• - •; usuai mildness , and a remarkably tine opening *' the spring , _^ have experienced all the harsh ' ' * ' ! winter , for a day or two the temperati "' - ' _^ very cold , and Tuesdav , after a frost the _^ reeet _- night , we had a heavy fall of snow . Tins _stnw- j severity of the weather will greatlv _agS"" ? " _^ the sufferings and privations of the destitute 1 * *> who are endeavouring to keep hody aim _» i » . ¦ gcther on thc scanty allowance of out-do . . ' "V . without anything in the shape of pvovisw " clothing , lodging , or fuel . n <

      Poor Relief . —Lord Stuart de D ? CIE ! ;' _^ Clonmel Chronicle contains tho _following 11 n . A _iJ to the condition of the Dun « arvan Union : _"T '' Stuart de Decios , the chairman of this union- ' resigned his office in consequence of the nwi * _"' yie the board having voted against out-door _Wf S _;^ Poor law Commissioners nave directed the ? " _^ to re-consider tlieir cond uct , and informed _^ V , _* _, _* wise that they agree with Lord Stuart _oc lfc , _- . and the minority on tho subject of ouH ° " Lo Some of . the guardians recently waiW v _^ t , _is Stuart de Decies , urging him to resume _» = * jiie office ; but this his lordship declined to « - . _$ 0 Wvm * _llnenifol nt , 11 . 1 , _^ ,..,. ; . _!„ , _"„ _milpll PrO _^ * il .,.-.

      more patients can be admitted to t he r _* - leing * pital till the sheds arc finished , wQfclia * _EL \[ i * erected . Many persons are emigrating » . ( . /• union , nearly all of thc better class of em ? ' , in The Cholera . —Thc epidemic still _**" = « lie various quarters . The Banner of ' _UlW J _^ lu alarming spread of cholera in _fti'' . ' _* "' ' Armagh the malady is also spreading- „ -, [ _,., Mn . Duffy . —The Freeman ' s Journa l _^' " _iiot Duffy has not boon abroad since his i * cl . ? f L _,, i 9 ii « a part ofthe time has been confined to _lu » ' _^ _^ l unable to receive the numero us frieml _*> _ffC _*[< upon him ; but yesterday he was almost q _j _^ _- . ;; _.-He is on a visit for the present witli n _^ ' _Uw . Dr , Callan . 35 . Lower Ua _^ ot-strcet .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 21, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_21041849/page/6/