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      &i } t fjrouinf ? 0 . Tun Succcurc at roKTSMOirrri . — " Billy Mitchell , " whose »; iinc we gave in our last number , as being apprehended \ nth a large quantity of tubs of spirits , was brought up before the magistrates at Gosport on Ssiiurday hist , and convicted on the charge of being concerned in the unshipping certain spirits . A penalty of £ . 100 was inflicted by the magistrates , and paid by Mr . Eddis , a friend of the prisoner ' s . The yacht Ariel still remains in charge of the coast-guard . Fatal Accident ox the Sobth-Wesierx and Wixdsok IJailwat . —On Friday week the following lamentable and fatal accident occurred upon this

      line , near to the Staines station . It appears that witfcia three hundred yards of the Staines station , on the D . itchet side , there is a level crossing , which being principaliy for agricultural purposes , there are no ~ gates erected , nor is a signal man stationed . About twenty minutes to twelve o'clock , an old man , named Marlowe , who was in the employ of a neighbouring farmer , was in the act of driving a horse aad cart across the line , when the naif-past eleven eiaress up-train , whieh at this particular part of the lino has to round a considerable curve , preventing-the driver seeing any objeet within fifty or sixty voids , came with full force against the unfortuiiatfi man and horse , mutilating the deceased and the animal in a most shocling manner . The cart was not so far advanced as to render any obstruction to the train , which passed on to Staines , inewniation

      wnen - . of the sad occurrence was given . It is said that the deceased was sixty yeara of a"e , and very deaf . The body , which presented a most awful spectacle , was placed in a shell , and now lies at the . Staines station . —OnMoudav , at the Ansel and Crown Inn Siaines , Mr . Wakl ' ev , deyuty-coro-^ . -j w-M- ^ lield m iucmes fc up ™ tfie bodv of the said . -Wjlliffln ilnrfec Evidence of the facts liavmg been given the jury returaed a verdict of "Accidental death , to whom they attached the following : — The jury cannot separate without expressing their opinion that sufficient care has notbeen used at the Staines station , where a very sharo earre exists , and up to whieli point a road has not been construQted pursuant to the agreemententer ed jnto by the directors . And they further consider for the safety of the public , that no train should pas 3 without stopping at Staines ; and especially

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      ^ key recommend that a porter be placed at the eates where this accident occurred , previous to tlio " nival of each train . "

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      Jfoderator , which gives an account of-the proceed ings at . the inquest , says— " The- deceased held two acres and a half of land , part of which is cropped with wheat and a proportion with oats . ' The remainder was in preparation for turnips . He of course was not entitled to relief under the peor-laws , and the unfortunate man seemed to have actually killed himself in the effort to till his land wh 6 n reduced to the lowest possible state ot bodily weakness , from a protracted and most miserable existence on an insufficient and innutritious food . " Rents of Land is Ireland . —Reductions of rent , varying from twenty to fifty per cent ., have been made by many of the landed proprietors , in a few instances permanently , but generally the reduction is temporary , on account of the failure of crops , the low price of produce , and the high rates caused by the extent of destitution . The Duke of Devonshire , Lord Stradbroke , and Lord Lorton are among the proprietors who have made l . trge temporaty reductions ; and the provincial journals almost daily contain announcements that other landlords arc adopting the same system . _ ^— ^« , J . UU . I - ^~~~~*~*** ii . »¦¦ » ' ¦ " ———

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      THE CHOLERA . On Tuesday an inquest was held at St . John ' s estry-hall , Horselydown , before Mr . William Payne , the coroner , on the body of Margaret Murphy , aged 05 , who died on Monday , from Asiatic cholera , her brother , who had resided in the same house , having died a few days before from the sumo disorder , caused , it was alleged , by the stench from the foul drains . Margaret Donovan said she had resided in the same house as the deceased , JS ' o . 26 , Griffiths' -rents , Bermondsey-street . The deceased was taken ill on Sunday morning , bet-ween four and five o ' clock , and received no medical assistance until tho evening .

      She died the next morning . —The Coroner : lias any one else died so suddenly as the deceased ?—Witness : Yes . Her brother was seized just the same way on the previous Thursday , and was taken to the workhouse the next day , and died . The witness , in reply to further questions from the coroner , stated that the house itself was clean , but the drains in the neighbourhood were in a very bad state . The drams were stopped in several of the yards , and the liquid filth oozed through and lay on the surface for along time . In rainy weather the smell was very bad . Mr . Samuel James Hall , inspector of nuisances under the Commissioners of Pavements , said that about a fortnig ht ago his attention was directed to the eleven or twelve houses composing Griffiths ' -

      rents . lie went along the backs of tho houses , and found all the drains overflowing into tho yard , the stencil being at the time very bad . The drains of all the houses run into the common sewer at the end of the Rents when they are not locked up . At the time lie saw them they were all foul , the soil in immense quantities running over the privies and lying on the surface of the yard . According- to his instructions , he acquainted Mr . Powell , one of the Sanitary Board , with the condition of the Rents , and this gentleman said they ( t' -c board ) would report the circumstance to the Commissioners of Pavements , who would meet on tho next day

      ( Thursday week last ) . He ( witness ) did not believe that the board had sent any communication at all to the commissioners , or that anything had since been done to remove the nuisances . —The Coroner : Has nothing at all been done , and is the place in the same state it was a fortnight ago ' —Witness : I am not aware that anything has been done . —Tho Coroner : Lid you make your report verbally or in writing ?—Witness : Verbally . I am the officer of the Commissioners of Paving , yet I do not report to them , but to the Sanitary Board , a local society , who generally inspect the place and givo notice to the commissioners .

      Mr . T . Leadham , surgeon , said he knew tho house in which , the deceased had resided from visiting it so often . Lust week he was called there to the brother of the deceased , who was attacked with Asiatic cholera , was removed to the workhouse , and died there almost immediately . On Monday he was called again , . and found the deceased suffering from the same disorder . She also very soon died . —The Coroner : What is the probable cause of this ? Witness : The stench about the house . I know the place to be quite a focus of fever , which is seldom

      absent from one house or another . —The Coroner Do you know any tiling of the drains ? Witness : I know that the place is a mass of filth from one end to tho other . The pavement is in a very had state , allowing the rain that falta to stagnate . The houses are so old that they are only fit to be pulled down . The Coroner : Have you ever detected a bad smell ? "Witness : Yes , often . There is always a tr eat deal of fever prevailing at the spot . I have nown fever to run from house to house right through the' Rents , and all this I attribute to the stench . —The Coroner : Is this known to the Board

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      i i p nhce * Witness : I am not aware that tuning Eas Seen ' done ; indeed , I am pretty sure , for I was 0 itS &tL , undertaker rfW ^ xS ^^ SK sl nXad of to the Commissioners of Paving , ino vi ole of the houses in question were under tha . control of the executors of Mr . Loudon , steward to the Duke o . f Bedford . Witness was an undertaker , and not a week " passed that he was not called into thoso Rents to bury some one . . . The parish beadle also gave evidence as to the condition of Griffiths' -rents . ¦ - " *? ?? Z ^^ ——; to :. . . .. , V / ib ATr . Giviinscr visiceu

      . _ ., _„_ The Coroner said the jury had before them fully sufficien t evidence to show that the death of the deceased and that of her brother originated in the foul state of the drainage . Having learned tins beyond a doubt , it now became their duty , and an important duty it was , to inquire why this place had been suffered to remain for bo long a period m such a dangerous state , in which condition it was even at the present time , after two persons had actually been carried off by Asiatic cholera . He recommen ded the jury to adjourn the inquest in order that they mig ht learn from tho Board of Health why the nuisance was still suffered to exist . The inquest was then adjourned until Monday , the 25 th inst ., at six o ' clock in the evening .

      Another Death fhom Cholera . —Mr . W . 1 'ayrifi held another inquest at the Red Lion , Webb-street , Southwark , on the body of George Ring , aged live years , of So . 4 , Rowland ' s-alley . According to the medical evidence the ehild died of English chc leraon Monday morning . The father of the deceased complained that liia family should he disturbed by the holding of an inquest when there really was no necessity for one , the deceased having died a natural death . —The Coroner said it was extremely important to ascertain the existing cause of the disorder . In some of the inquiries he held he had traced the orig in of the cholera to want of cleanliness and ventilation . Prom these causes five

      children died altogether not more than a week ago , and if it had not been for the inquest , nothing would ever have been heard of the matter . —The jury agreed with the coroner as to the necessity for inquests in such cases . Verdict , " Natural Death . " _ : , . . An Escape fuom Bubial Alive . —The cholera is raging severely in Arlingham , Gloucestershire . A singular incident occurred there on Monday last . A child named Phillips , who was supposed to be dead , was laid out with her mother , who had died of cholera , and the bodies were about to be buried . The father , however , while bearing some burning tar through tho house , said the child moved J \ t gradually recovered , and is now living . .

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      Tiie Sew Protf . ctionist Leader . —Mr . Disraeli is at length the accepted leader of the Protectionists —that is to say , in the House of Commons . He is no longer a mere triumvir , holding the office in commission with Mr . Hcrrics and the Marquis of Granby . At a full meeting of the Protectionist members of bothpouses , hold the other day at Lord Stanley's , he was' formally recognised . When the members had all arrived , he and Lord Stanley appeared at a side door , and harangued them . After which , on Mr . Disraeli's retiring , a double line was formed , and the deepest obeisance was made to him as he passed into the square . Important resolutions were come to at the meeting . Another dash is yet to bo made against the government before the close of the session . Of this , Mr . Disraeli ' s notice of motion for a committee of the whole House to take into consideration tho state of the nation is the first indication . —Manchester Examiner .

      Public Petitions to Parliament . —The 51 st Report of the Committee on Public Petitions specifies 200 petitions for the adoption of universal suffrfl ff c signed by C ; 151 persons ; 175 petitions in favourVf the bill legalising marriages with the sister of a deceased wile , signed by 30 , 034 persons ; nine petitions against the Sunday Trading in the Metropolis Hill , signed by 1 , 836 persons ; seven petitions in favour of tliatmeasure , signed by ^ 140 persons ; < 179 petitions for agricultural relief , signed by 55 , 830 persons ; loo petitions for the suppression of promiscuous intercourse , signed by 7 , 001 persons ; MO petitions for an alteration of tho " Sale of Boer a -L * h 1 G , P etitions ngainBt the removal of Smitnfield market , signed by , 1 , 933 persons .

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      SATURDAY June 10 . tt $ 2 & £ g $£ & missory note for £ 100 , witli iotui ted liam Dines and others . Mr . ' . ™ ° ?;" DDCared and Mr . Parry defended the prison © r ItapP * u c from the statement of the learned oounse 1 foitne piosecution , and the evidence that was , axUbce m support of it , that the oiroumstanocajin d ^ » the charge was preferred against the pruonw xreie of a rather peculiar and unusual xliaractei . « seemed that in the year 1 S 46 an attorney named Thimblebv who at that time carried on his prpfes-S % SJTJlSSp ^ i ^ tf ^ J ^ IBSSff-Ss ? imixMi'T note for £ 100 in favour of Mr . fepencc ,

      who was ' Mr . Thimbleby ' s father-in-law as co atpril security . Searby had also deposited a title feed and " appen d that In June , 1847 , that person paid oSis dibt , and the deed was returned to him by Mr . Thimblcby , and it would appear that by sone extraordinary means the whole of Mr , Whittaker s papers at the same time came into his possession . Mr . Thimblcby having no occasion to refer to the deeds in question , and having not the slightest suspicion that they had been removed , the papers woie never missed ; and nothing more was thought ot the matter until a short time back , when Mr . Whittaker was surprised at receiving an application from the Tontine Assurance Company , in London , for payment of his promissory note for * W 0 town in favour of George Richardson . Mr . Whittaker , knowing that no such instrument was m existence , hi * nwriTo-Ainn - no noto bein < r drawn in favour ot Air .

      Spence , immediately applied to Mr . Th ^ weby t ° r an expanation , and it was then ascertained that the title deeds and the genuine promissory note had disappeared . Inquiry was at once set on foot , and it wal ascertained that the prisoner in October 1847 , had obtained a loan of £ 30 from-the Tontine Company , for which he had given his own np te-ofhand , and he had deposited as collateral security the title deeds of Mr . Whittaker and also a promissory note , which was clearly a forgery , purporting to be drawn by Mr . Whittaker . in his favour for the sum of £ 100 . In consequence of what further transpired search was made after Searby , and at firstupon his being discovered , Mr . Thimbleby was

      , inclined to give him in charge for stealing the deeds , but upon his giving an explanation of his share in the transaction he refrained from doing so . Hie explanation he gave was to this effect : —It appeared that directly after his business had been arranged with Mr . Thimbleby he wont to London , where , through tho medium of an advertisement he became acquainted with the prisoner , and they entered into business as perfumers . The speculation , however , was not successful , and , according to Searby ' s statement , the prisoner took away a great portion of the partnership effects , and among them the papers of Mr . Whittaker ; and he declared that he did so without his knowledge or sanction , and that

      ho had no idea ho was going to raise money upon them . Tho prisoner was subsequently traced to Liverpool , and , on his being asked to give an explanation as to how he had come to negotiate a promissory note , drawn in his favour by a person whom he had never seen in his life , and with whom he had never had any business transactions , he replied that he was unable to explain it . The genuine promissory note , it appeared had never been discovered . Mr . Thimbleby proved the loss of the deeds in the manner above narrated . —George Searby , the person referred to said he " believed" all the deeds were given to him by Mr . Thimbleby when his business was settled in June , 1 S 47 , and he . took them

      with him to London , where lie . declared the prisoner took all the documents away without his sanction . Upon being cross-examined he admitted that he knew he had got Mr . Whittaker ' s deeds before he left the country , and that he had no right to thorn , and ouirhfc to have returned them , and lie accounted for not doing so by saying that he was in a hurry packing up . He admitted that it would have been better to have returned the deeds , hut he said he did not do so , but took them to London . Ho said lie did not know why lie did so , but he declared he had no intention to raise money . on them . He was arrested soon after he came to ^ London and the prisoner joined in a note of . liand to release him , but

      he denied that he gave him Mr . Whittaker s title deeds to hold as security when he did so . In reexainination he said that the note of hand to which lie referred was paid , and lie denied all knowledge of the loan transaction with the Tontine-office . — Mr . W . Dines , the managing director snd solicitor to the Tontine Assurance Company , produced the deeds and the promissory note , which formed tho subject of the present indictment , and also stated that he advanced the prisoner £ 30 upon the instruments . —Mr . Parry then made a long and energetic address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner , contending that he had been tho dupe of Searby , and that there was no doubt that he had received the

      deeds and the promissory noto innocently from that person upon his becoming security for him . —Mr . Baron Rolfc having summed up , tho jury , after a short deliberation , found the prisoner " Guilty" of knowingly uttering a spurious instrument . —The Icarncd ^ Judgc sentenced the prisoner to be transported for ten years . —Mr . Ballantine then applied to tho Court to order the restoration of the deeds . —Mr . Dines , the solicitor , declined to give them up , —The learned Judge said he had no power to make an order , but his opinion certainly was that they ought to be restored . If the company persisted in retaining them it would be at their own peril . —It was understood that , notwithstanding what his Lordship stated , the deeds were not restored .

      Quick Work . —Two men named James Williams and John Lester , were brought up before Mr . Billlock , and sentenced to a year ' s imprisonment . — The circumstances connected with the charge were of a rather singular character . The prisoners were tried at the last sessions for a highway robbery alleged to have been committed on the 9 th of May . They were sent for trial on the l'Jth , and on the lltli they were tried—under the speedy process of doing business in tho courts which are presided over by the city judges—and convicted and sentenced to ten years' transportation . Mr . Payne , who had been retained to defend Williams , was instructed to apply to postpone tho trial to the ensuintr session .

      but , to Ins astonishment , when lie was about to do so he found the case had been disposed of , and his client sentenced to transportation . The learned counsel , upon this , applied to the Court , and represent d that from his instnietions ho believed he could have shown , by evidence , that Williams was entirely innocent of the charge ; and , after remarking upon the peculiar circumstances ' under which tho case had been disposed of , he requested the learned Commissioner to * postpone tho judgment . Mr . Bullock , having heard the statement of Mr . Payne , consented to revoke the former sentence , and postpone the judgment to the present session . — Mr . Pay no . accordingly , again brought the case to the attention of the Court , and proceeded to call

      witnesses , who gave the prisoners , especially Williams , a most excellent character ; and lie was then about to call evidence as to the facts , with a view to show the . innocence ot the persons accused . —Mr . Bullock said it would be of no use his "oin <> - into the facts , as , whatever impression' they iiiMit make upon his mind , tliey had no power to ' disturb the verdict of the jury , and the only course open to the parties was to apply to the Secretary of . State , lie wotild , however , in passing sentence , take into consideration the good character the prisoners had received . —The prisoners were sentenced to be imprisoned fuv a year , it being understood that all the circumstances were to be laid before the Secretary of Stutc with a view to obtain a remission of that sentence , if the circumstances should warrant

      such a course . The Buuolarv at St . Paxchas Vbstky . William Jackson , alias Mayhcw , alia * Morgan , alias Mav , alias Colcman , aged o ' -i , described in the calendar as * an agent , was indicted for burglary in a dwellinghouse belonging to the overseers of tho parish of St . Pancras , and stealing £ 20 in gold and £ 155 in stiver , the monies of the said overseers —Mr Pren dergast and air . Parry prosecuted , andMr . liuddlcstoiio defended the prisoncr .-It appeared from tho sta en . cntof the learned counsel , that between the nifflitot Uiursday , the 8 th of February , and the following morning , the vestry-rooms of the abovenamed parish were broken open and entered bv K tT ' > i pi > Op , ¦ t 0 tUc llbove amo «» t stolen from the place in which it had been deposited and ^^^ J !" " attendin g the robbXy wcpVS , oped in considerable "

      - vo a deal of Wl . ^ X thing however was very certain ; if \ he affair S not planned and partly effected bv some o e con uccted with the place , the thief or iffi ™ had not only made themselves well acquai S Jfh tW SMtt ^^ H f&r ^ t e ^^ 31 ^ sxt ar ^ MiPii ItPii l S lost tlS th " ° "" I ° t > amTilU ira « cs and but fnl ft liiymg ? taken the ™™ Y , She"Inn ' l \ ° - ¥ » 'S ^ umstances nothing of 1 ¦ llave boon dlscovered . In the course ? vc . m ^ ° ^ uil > ies t ^ t . . were being m ; do abo t a V 9 "an smco convicted foi-rh ^^ * A * " i ? from the

      [^ parcel Crossly ^ Johnwatfo ,, Si ? " ^ " ^' ' . y ^ . ' ^^^ l-known character , was iound m Guy ' s Hospital with a fractured thi .--h *« in been admitted U thQ mining of tUcirofc

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      berv and the police having obtained evidence as to how he came there , bo was , as soon as suflicentl y convalescent , taken before the . magistrate , and after several remands sent for trial -Lvidcncc was then riven to prove the ' robbery , the iindins of the implements alluded to , and the position ol . thc window near where the prisoner . was Iound previously to his admission to the hospital .-Joseph Lye deposed hat on the morning of the Oth of February , the prisoner , who was inside the railings of St . Pancras Workhouse , called to him in great agony to assist ; him over . The prisoner said he had broken his leg in Betting over the railings to recover his hat , which some person had thrown over Witness asq i < ifod him and procured a cab , which took the nrisoner away . -After some further evidence , Mr , Suddlestonefin a powerful speech , contended tliat the case was only one of suspicion against his client . iThe Common Sergeant having summed up , the ^ Who there , he . was as soon assuflcer , ly iiu . . ,, _ ,, ! , „<•„ - „ t . hr » mnwistmte . alia after

      iurv found the prisoner " Guilty . " -wniiam v , ocu-• S a police constable , said the prisoner ^ s one of the most experienced cracksmen ; he had been tried and acquitted at this court for a burghvy at Woolwich He was also ono of thoso concw ned i » the Custom-house robberies in 1836 , and was at ; that time a returned transport . —The Common Sergeant then sentenced tho prisoner to ton yeais transportation , when lie rose from his scat and hobbled out of the dock on his crutches . Robbery .-Charles Simpkins , 38 , clerk , and Henry Bond , 49 , a cabinetmaker , were indicted tor stealing a bank-note for £ 10 , six sovereigns , and a Bank dividend warrant for £ 22 I 8 s .: . 4 d . the propcrty of Manuel Pimental .- The Jury found them both " Guilty , " but recommended them to mercy on account of an excellent character that was given to them . —The Common-Serjeant said but for that , recommendation the sentence would have been heavy . They were then sentenced to six montns

      imprisonment . , _„ ¦¦ Felonious Assault . — Honi'y Willoy , agcd , 20 , a powerful-looking ruffian , was indicted for unlawfully assaulting Emma Roberts , a child , only i years of age . —It appeared that the fellow took the child ont of her parents' garden , where she was at play , and carried her to the railway tunnel in the Harrow-road , a distance of nearly three-quarters of a mile , and there perpetrated the offence . Ue was however seen by some boys to take the child away , and they informing a man of what had taken place , he went in search of the prisoner , whom they found with the child . Upon being taken into custody he fei"ned drunkenness . —The Jury convicted him of a common assault , and he was sentenced to eighteen . ilatc

      months' imprisonment and hard labour . —Jlr . ' appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Birnie for the defcncc - '„ ., _ , „„ . ' , Cutting and Wouxdi . vg . —Richard Collins , aged 35 , was indicted for cutting and wounding Catherine Collins , with intent , < fcc . —It appeared that the prisoner , who is a coal-whipper , was at meals with , his wife , when , a quarrel ensuing , he seized the knife and threw it at her , making a wound on the forehead an inch and a half long . —The Jury found him . "Guilty" of an assault . —Mr . Bullock said it was , fortunato he had not done his wife more harm than he had , and ordered him to be imprisoned for two months .

      Robbery . —William Watson , 20 , an iron-moulder , and James Cramond , 27 ,. a stoker , were convicted of stealing 10 s ., the property of Nathaniel Tarr . — It appears that the prosecutor keeps a public-house in Brick-lane , Spitalficlds , and that on the 5 th of May , they were at the bar , when , taking advantage of the absence of the barmaid , they stole the money in question , which she had just laid on the parlour table . —Police-constable Kelly said they were both well-known characters , and in support of his state ment produced a printed card of a raffle , which he . found on Cramond , and which is illustrative of the

      system adopted by the lower class of thieves to provide for the defence of their companions when they fall into difficulties . The following is a literal copy " To be desposed of on thursda ma the 24 th 1840 a silk hankerchif for the benefit of North cuntryjim and peter who is in nugate for trial at the founders arms corner of wontworth street tickets Od each to comenceat S o ' clock . "—The reading of this created much amusement on the bench , and also to the gentlemen of the bar , some of whom suggested that the author of it must have been one of the contributors to the Fonetic Nuz . —The sentence was deferred .

      MONDAY , Joxe IS . Attempted Robbeky . —Dennis Murray , 17 , was indicted for feloniously assaulting William Lambert with intent to rob him . —Mr . Payne prosecuted . — It appeared that the prosecutor was a lad in the service of a watchmaker named Fairey , in Tooleystreet , and on the day named in the indictment he was sent out by his master with several watches to take home to different customers . The prisoner whs observed to be looking through , tho -window , and it appeared quite clear that he deliberately planned the robbery , for , having secreted himselt

      under one of the railway arches in ] 3 ermondseystrect , he suddenly pounced upon the lad as he was passing him , and knocked him down , and was about to rillo his pockets , when a policeman liappened fortunately to come up , and he van off , but , search being made for him , he was taken into custody the same day . —Thojury returned : v verdict o £ " Guilty . "—A police-constable informed the Court ; that the prisoner was a very bad character , and had been repeatedly charged with robbing boys in tho streets . —Tho Recorder sentenced him to " be imprisoned and kupt to hard labour for a venr .

      The Casuvos . —EmiJe Laurent and James Ellis surrendered to answer an indictment for misdealneanour in keeping open the Casino , in the Adelaide Gallery . —The defendants pleaded " .. Guilty , " and they were ordered , as in the case of the IValhalla , to enter into their own recognisances in £ 100 to appear and receive tho judgment of the court it ' they should be required so to do . Buroiakv . —Jamea Taylor , aged 17 , a labourer , and Sophia Xeal , 21 , spinster , were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Charles Crooks , and stealing some wearing appnrel and seventeen y : irds of cloth , valued at £ 3 Ms , his property . —Mr . Ryland prosecuted , and Mr . BaUantine defended . —

      J ho house of the prosecutor , a tailor in Lincoln ' sinn-fields , was broken open on the 2 Sth of May , and the . property taken . Tho police on duty near the spot stopped the woman with the cloth ' at an early hour on that morning , and from statements that she matlo the male prisoner was taken at his lodgings , where the coats and trowscrs belonging to the prosecutor wore found . It appeared that the entry had been effected by raising the " ratin"" in . front of the house , and then the lock ' had been taken from off the kitchen door . —The jury found : them both " Guilty , "—The mule prisoner , who had been tried before for a similar offence , was ordered to l oc transported for ten years , and the woman to twelve mouths' imprisonment and hard labour .

      Steamxo liiucr . 3 . —Two respectable-looking men , named lien hum and Salmon , were indicted for stoaliu" 1 , 500 bricks , the property of Samuel Corby . — Mr . ltyiand prosecuted , and Air . Robinson deleuded the prisoners , who surrendered to tnkw thull' tl'llll . —It appeared that the l . ricks had been taken from a largo quantity at Stratford , where soiiKSiltwatiqns were being made in connexion with the Eastern Counties Railway . —The evidence not ; being at all conclusive against the prisoners , who received a most undeniable character for lionestv , the jury at ouue " Acquitted " them .

      UiiAiioi-: of rsDECEXT -AsSAoi . T . —William Wihon a weH-ijresscd gentlemanly-looking young- man , was indicted for having ihdecently assaulted Ma ; tin 1 aimer a police-constable , with intent . Mr . larry defended tho prisoner . - The nrosecutor stated that , whilst on duty , at about three o'clock in the morning , in George-street , Manchestersquare , the prisoner came up to him , and asked him tho way to Curzon-street , to which place witness directed him , and he left him , but shortly returned and asked the way to Oxford-street ; " and having been directed , ho still continued following the witness until ho came into Manchester-square when ho again asked him tho way to Mavfair , and upon being again directed , he seized hold of wiinoss

      m an mucceiit manner , accompanying the -ict with ay a c . which left no doubt W $£ « £ ' ¦ nd . ulof Ins . intentions ; and he at once took him into eustony , when he begged several times to be let off . On . ^ c" i ' J othc swtion-house , they were met by another ofliccr , Ebonezer Uowcn , 103 D and Iv * again begged to be lot off , savin" ho wVnnhi SlfK' ° ° P ! T' i " - * AmnStt ed ?! - sclf he was sorry for it ; it was no use taking him to the station on a charge like that ; he iroutf give them all he had got , and as much more if he had it . When at the station-house , after the constable had made bis statement , the acting sergeant asked him li no had heard what had been stated by the constable ? he said , " Yes , that is all right ; I had foron The

      S "JJ'Solf . " prisoner appeared to be sober . —1 ho officer , Bowen , fully corroborated the statement of Martin , from that part of tho transaction , whore ho overtook him with the prisoner in custody . — Mr . Parry , in addressing the jury for the defence , said , that the police-constable , whom , in tllO ! COUrso Of Ills cross-examination , ho had shown to bo a hasty and irascible . man , had been too liastv in thei matter , and had misconstrued the prisoner ' s meaning . The iaot was , that the prisoner had becu out witli some friends , and drinking freely and he might have accidentally touched the constable ami the language attributed to him was not intended to apply to the constable , bufc to some women . —lho learned , counsel was proceeding with tho case , when the jury . stopped him ami "Acquitted " the prisoner . . 1

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      The Chester LvKiauKr and ITou . own- ' s IV ls \« ij u&tedlJ ? r ' ™ , ? Hnnary for . niuo weeks for uu ^ f SrfSlffi ^ . "ysa-t i S ^^« i ? A il ^ b ^ 'ssraaas&a *^

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      M %$ meiropoits . Health of Loxdox dcklvg the TVeek esding 3 u . \ -e 16 . —The mortality of the metropolitan distruts , wh ; chiu the previous week was i-ather above the average ; has fallen last week to 912 deaths , or fifiy-onaless than the estimate founded on the weekly mortality of former springs . Taking four principal groups of fatal causes , namely , the tubercular , diseases of the nervous system , of the heart , and of the respiratory organs , all show n . decrease on the average , especLilly the last , in whieh the deaths v ! t re eighty-eight , though the average is 131 . The epidemic class alone ( numbering 2-51 deaths ) shows an excess which is considerable , and amounts to fifty-throe ; but of the twenty-one diseases of whhh it consists , onlv linnninnJuincrh . diarrhoea , and -

      cholera are conspicuously fatal in this return . Ilooping cou « h numbers " forty-five , against an average of thirty-six . The average of diarrhoea and Jvseiiterr is fourteen ; but in the last three weeks the numbers have been respectively , nineteen , twenty-five , and thirty-eight , showing a gradual increase . Cholera , winch in fire former springs ave-M « i > d one death weekly , was fatal iu the last three -weeks to nine , twenty-two , and forty-two persons , showing that the ep idemic make 3 some progress . Of the forty-two thirty died on the south side of the river . Two men died from contact with diseased lorses . One case , that of a man forty-eight years ofage , is described as "inflamed finger ( 10 days ) , erysipelas of head and face ( 3 days ) , " caused , as

      the registrar was informed , by a glandered horse . Another man , aired forty-four years , died of "farcy , caught from attending a farcied horse ¦ which was sliot . " This person had been ill four months . Three &tni cases of privation are thus recorded : —a man of forty-tluec years in Christclmrch , St . Siviour ' s , " starvation , diarrhrea ( 3 days ) . " The case is certi 5 ed by a medical man . A -woman , sixty-seven years of age , on whom an inquest tras held , " wasfonnd dead , apparently from -want , " in JL-itcliff ; and according to the coroner ' s return , the death of another woman , age unknown , in Goodman ' s-fields , was accelerated by "

      exhaustion from cold and privation . " The births during the week numbered 1 , 443 . The mean reading of the barometer was above 30 in . on Thursday ; the mean of the week was 29 . 779 in . The temperature rose towards the end of the week , hut throughout -was less than the average . The highest rending of the thermometer occurred on Saturday , when it 69 deg . G ; the mean of that day was 57 deg . 6 ; the mean of the week was 53 aeg . 5 ; lower than that of the previous fortnight by more than 6 deg . On Tuesday the mean temperature was less than the average of the same day in seven years , by 10 ieg . 1 ; tue mean of the week was less than the average by 7 deg . 1 .

      Death of a Feixxze tbom the Admixistratioj . ' of Indus Tobacco—On Saturday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Market-house , Fmsbury-raarkct , touchinsthe death of Jane Gamer , aged 23 years . — - "Mr . John Lerson , a surgeon , stated that on Thurs-< iav morning lie was called to the deceased . He found sho had just expired , lie was informed by "Mi 1 . Garner , her "brother , that the deceased had caught a violent cold , and that he had administered doses of lobelia , according to instructions in a work -wliicii lie had purchased , entitled " Coffin ' s Botanical Guide to Health and Natural Pathology of Dfceasc . " He asked Mr . Garner how much he had given to hissistcr , and he replied one tea-spoonful . He added that the work recommended half an

      ounce of lobelia as a dose , which was to be repeated until it operated , and t jathewas in the habit of using it himself for sonic time past as an emetic , when lie felt unwell . The lobelia inflatais an Indian ¦ weed of a very powerful character , and a narcotic poison . "Witness had made a jiost mortem examination and attributed death to the poisonous effects of lobelia . He found upwards of 400 grains of it in the stomach , which was quite sufficient to pro ^ dnce death . Lobelia acted upon the nervous system In the same manner as prussic acid . —Rebecca Ford stated that her father was a herbalist in Covenfcgarden and in Union-street , Spitalficlda . Witness Had sold Mr . Garner various quantities of lobelia ,

      and had herself taken ateaspoonful of lobelia on several occasions . "Witness ' s mother had taken five or six spoonfuls every day for some time past . The jury returned the following special verdict " That the deceased died from the deleterious effects of a certain noxious weed called lobelia inflata , administered to her as a medicine , and without any intention to destroy life ; bat the jurors cannot separate without expressing their opinion of the injurious effects which have been thus produced by a Look published , and entitled ' Coffin ' s Botanical Guide to Health , ' whieh has led to an incautious and indiscriminate use of the weed ba question , and -which work is condemned bv the whole of the

      medical profession . - iroPLEXY mistakes for Dnp'KEXXESs . —At the -workhonse , Dunning ' s-alley , Bishopsgate , on Monday , before Mr . " \ V . Payne , on the body of Eve Harris , aged sixty-four . Deceased was observed on Saturday nujlit to stagger a few steps along the pavement in " Hoandsditch , and if she had not been caught by some persons passing , must have fallen . A policeman comiiiir ap at the time concluded she Bras intoxicated , and took her to the station-house , where she was placed on the floor of a cell , and left

      there in a state of perfect insensibility from halfpast eleven at r . isrht until half-pasi ? three o'clock the next moriiius . She was visited every half-hour by the police , who , from her loud snoring , believed her to be : isleep , but when they endeavoured to arouse ier they found her dead . —Mr . IJrowne , surgeon , said he ha « l no doubt the deceased died from apoplexy , with which she was attacked in the street . If , ! u the present case , the deceased had had jniMlIrtil assistance immediately , her life might pro" oaWv have been saved . —Verdict— " Died from

      apoplexy . *' llEcis ' riUTiON of YoTEas Fon TnE Cut of Loxkon , etc . —The following notice has been issued by the overseers of the different parishes in the city of " London ; uid "Westminster , the metropolitan boroughs of the Tower Hamlets , Finsbury , Marylebone , Lniibeth , Southwark , Greenwich , and the -comities of . Middlesex , Kent , Surrey , Essex , « fcc , respecting the rcsbtration of voters in the return of mcinbers to " Parliament : — " "We hereby give notice th . it no person will be entitled to have his name inserted in any list of voters for this city or borough bow about to be made , iu respect of the occupation of premises of the clear annual value of £ 10 , whether situate whcllv or in part within

      the parish of , unless he shall pay o : i or before the 20 th dav of July next ail the poor-rates and assessed taxes ( schedule li , " No . 2 ) which have become payable / ran : him in radices of such premises during the 12 calendar months next before the 5 th < lay of January last past , and will be incapable of "bein g upon the next register of voters for this city or borough . " ( Signed iiy the overseers . ) " Notice is bwvhjTgiven that all persons entitled to vote in the election of knight or knights of the shire for the county « f , &e ., in respect of any property situate wiioilv or in liavt within the parish of ,

      -who are not upon the register of voters now in force , and who are desirous of having their names inserted in the register of voters about to be made of the said county of , are also requested to send iu their names on or before the SEUth day of July with their nanioi and surnames iu full , their -p lace of abode , and the jmrticul .-irs of thoir qualification , which must be legibly written according to the form set forth . Auy pi-mm who is upon the present registrr may also make his claim if he thinks fit , but it is not necessary he should do so if he has the smie qualification and place of abode nov described in the reirisicr . "

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      Jtt-tfaJio . ¦ 2 r ? J » iW * ™" s # i ife * «» ? fr ¥ f O'Dohert ? the editors respectively of the Iruh rJknS Mbune newspapers . This morning , at half-past five o ' clock , a single covered vehicle convevhi " the governor of the convict prison depot arrived lit the gates of the Richmond Penitentiary . That official was the bearer of the warrant of the Irish Executive for the delivery of the bodies of John Martin and Kevin Izod O'Doherty . Soon after a body of mounted police arrived , accompanied by the black cart , or prison van , which , with its escort , entered the prison gates and ., drew up in the inner

      yard . The query was then put if the prisoners were ready The reply was , that they were asleep , and that they would then be roused . So secret were all the arrancements kept that none of the public had the least intelligence of the intended removal of the two prisoners . At about half-past six o ' clock Mr . Martin issued from his cell and stood in the prisonhall , prepared for departure . He bade a kindly farewell to the governor and officials , and warmly shook hands with one or two gentlemen who were present . Mr . O'Doherty then cause out , dressed as if for travelling . Mr . "Martin expressed himself as in good health , but there appeared a painful shortness in his breathing , and his checks seemed flushed . \ rr n'TinliPff . v Inntad in rather delicate health , but

      both maintained a . sad but firm bearing . As they stood in the hall a side door opened , and Mr . Smith O'Brien stood in the doorway , having come from his cell to bid farewell to his fellow-prisoners , perhaps for ever . This scene-was soon over , and turning away from the door , which closed again on their friend , the two prisoners announced themselves ready . Mr . M'Manus came down also , and wished to remain to see them depart , but this privilege was not allowed him . He took his brief and painful adieu , and returned to the solitude of his prison . After some delay in getting fixed the few articles of baggage belonging to the prisoners , the van , with its escort , issue ' d from the prison gates , where it was met by nearlv a reffiment of dragoons—the advanced guard

      with loaded carbines , and the rest with swords drawn . Mr . O'Fcrrall , inspector of police , was present . The corteqe set off at a gallop along the Circular-road , skirting the city , and struck in on the Kingstown hi g hway at Baggot-street Bridge , and thus at a rapid pace proceeded to Kingstown , where , we understand , the Trident war-steamer was awaiting the arrival of the prisoners , with orders to proceed , after having received them on board , to Cork Harbour , where she will land the prisoners at Spike Island . The Potato Cnor . —On the subject of the potato crop the reports arc conflicting . In the majority of instances they are undoubtedly favourable , but rur aonrs of the re-appiiavance of the blight aro still i t

      prevalent . The late Subgeox Carmichael . —The funeral ( a public one ) of this eminent physician took place at an early hour this morning . All the members of the colleges of surgeons and physicians were in attendance , besides a long train of mourners , composed of all the gentry and professional men at present in town . The deceased has bequeathed a sum of £ 16 , 090 to be divided between the College of Surgeons for the establishment of prizes , the Medical Benevolent Fund Society , and the Richmond Hospital School of Medicine .

      Monday . —Health op Mr . Martin . —Tho Freeman ' s Journal has a long statement about the health of Mr . Martin , the convict , which represents it as miserable . Oraxgeism . —It was supposed that Orangeism was dead , and that we were not likely to hear more of it , but our pleasing anticipations were erroneous . The foundation-stone of anew Orange-hall has been recently laid at Newry , with great pomp and ceremony . The proceeding is really somewhat remarkable , * and is a sign of a retrograde course in the " men of the north , " who it was fondly supposed had been growing more rational of late years . The inscription on the foundation-stone states that the ground for the erection had been given by " Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumhull "Windsor Hill , otherwise the Marquis of Downshire .

      It is stated in the Cork Reporter that in one of the chief streets of Cork there are fourteen shops closed , and in the main street of Clonmel there are not less than twenty-two shops shut up . MonE Eviciioxs . " - The progress of evictions still continues . From Lord Ventry ' s trust estates , in the county of Kerry , there have been driven , since the 15 th of May , 254 individuals . In Tipperary , the Clonmel Chronicle records cases of the same kind . Although people here are case-hardened b y the miseries they have witnessed and heard of , still the extract published from the report of Dr . Phelan , the medical poor law inspector , has caused some sensation , from the experience of the writer , and his freedomifrom exaggeration .

      The Limerick Examiner mentions that the receivers on the Freeman estates , in the county of Limerick , canted last week the cattle of a tenant who owed only twelre months' rent . The occupying farmer had lost fourteen of his cows by distemper . Toomevara . — The condition of the wretched people of this ruined village continues as deplorable as ever . "We do not know what movement the board of guardians has made in their regard ; but we have heard that a person of the name of "Wilson , who has been stopping at Toomevara at Donohue the bailiffs house for " the last few weeks , and who is said to be an agent on trie "Massy Dawson estates , besought the llcv .-Mr . Meaglier , P . P ., to advise the people to leave the village and proceed to the workhouse . On Sunday , Mr . Mcagher did

      request- the people to proceed to the workhouse ; but the fact is , that that establishment contains , by some hundreds , more inmates than the sealed order of the commissioners permits ; and we do think that the best tiling that could be done for the miserable poor of that most wretched district is to procure house accommodation for them forthwith , as in the event of a change in the weather it is impossible to say what may become of them . They are all congregated in squalid huts near the chapel walls ; some of them have got into the graveyards adjoining , where they have endeavoured to make huts for themselves also , but their condition in the churchyards can better be imagined than described ; it is enough to state that nothing can possibly be more afflicting in every sense of the word . —Tippcrary Vindicator .

      Tuesday . —The State Prisoners at Cove . —The Cork Examiner of yesterday contains the following announcement : — " The government steamer Trident arrived in our harbour at four o ' clock yesterday morning , having on board Messrs . John Martin and Kevin Izod O'Doheriy , who were immediately transferred on board the convict ship Mount Stewait Elphinstone . It is believed that the latter vessel will be detained in Cove , until tho government is iu a position , by the adoption of the special act of parliament at present being hurried through the house , to send out the other State prisoners , without encountering any constitutional objection . " The Press of last night calls upon the public to get up meetings to ask her "Majesty to put her veto upon the expost facto act against the state convicts . The Cholera . —I am happy to state , on the very

      best authority , that this dreadful disease is on the decline in Dublin , not , however , without having left behind fearful traces of its ravages . From a laudable aaxiety to allay unnecessary alarm , the public journals have preserved a cautious silence with respect to the amount of mortality caused by the visitation ; but 1 have heen assured that the numbers swept off during the last three weeks have been very considerable , while the cases of recovery have been comparatively rare , except in those instances where the first insidious syaiptoms of the attack were properly attended to , and resort had at once to medical assistance . Yesterday the report was that the pestilence was declining rapidly ; tlmt it had decreased in intensity ; and that the new cases were not one-half the average of the preceding days of the last week . —Times .

      WEDXEsnAY . —The Harvest . —There has been ram all through the country , sufficient to render great service to the growing crops where moisture was much required . The " alarm" about the re-appearance of the potato disease has altogether ceased , for the present at least : new potatoes , very fine in quality , are appearing in the markets . In Belfast the increased supply has caused a reduction in tho price , from sixpence to twopence per pound . Nothing could be more gratifying than the reports of the corn crops . h the

      The Rate in Aid . —All throug country arrangements have been made for commencing the collection of the sixpenny rate in aid . The commissioners have forwarded sealed orders to the various unions , specifying the amount for each electoral division , according to its valuation . In most parts of the west , and in many districts of the south , there will be no return on account of the rate in aid , because it has been found impossible to enforce the ordinary rates for the current expenses of the workhouses and the out-door relief . Relief for tue West . —The Belfast Banner says : — " " We understand that a considerable portion , if not the whole , of the brcadstuffs in the stores of

      the relief commissariat in this town is in progress of shipment to Ballina , county Mayo , in which district the distress of the peasantry is of the most urgent and wide-spread description . " Death ebo 3 i Destjtltiox . —An inquest was held on Monday , on the body of a man named Michael "Nowlan , at Oldtown , county Kilkenny . Several witnesses were examined , wlio deposed that deceasea ' s death was caused by insufficiency of food . Doctor J . TV . Swan de posed ' that he saw the deceased some few tours before his death , and from the emaciated state of his frame , believed that the wretched man died of starvation . The verdict was in accordance with this evidence . The Kilk'niv

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      DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . Fire in St . George ' s-iN-TiiE-EAST . —On Saturday night last , shortly after ten o ' clock , a fire , involving a considerable destruction of property , broke out in a long range of premises occupied conjointly by Mr .. Jonathan Clark , biscuit baker , and Mr . Thomas Smith Gordon , a cabinetmaker and shipjoiner , in Orange-court , Great Hermitage-street , St . George * s-in-the-East . Theiiames commenced in the lower floor , in the tenure of the first-named party , and although assistance was promptly at hand , and every endeavour made to arrest the progress of the fire , scarcely five minutes had elapsed from the time the first discovery was made , before the fire ponofunfafi tiiA flnnvinrr of Mr . Gordon ' s nremises . ant

      the stock-in-trade therein being of an easily ignitible character , the flames spread with great rapidity . The reflection of the flames on the river brought out the various ships and smaller craft in bold relief , and from the several bridges tho fire presented all the appearance of the London Docks being enveloped in flames . Plenty of water being at hand , the whole force was brought to bear upon the flames ; by which means their further extension was cut off , but it was nearly twelve o ' clock before they could be extinguished , and not until the whole of Mr . Clark ' s premises were totally destroyed , and the contents of Mr . Gordon ' s workshops consumed , no * thing remaining of either building but the outer walls . Several of the adjoining premises were also materially damaged .

      Silk-mills Destroyed by Fire , near Manchester . —On Saturday night last , the silk-mills of Messrs . Williams and Gardom , adjoining Broughton-bridge , on the Irwell , near Manchester , were discovered to be on fire , and by a quarter-iiast six o ' clock , when the Salford fire-engines arrived on tho spot , the flames were bursting from the entire of the hundred windows fronting to the river , and presented an extraordinary and alarming spectacle . The mills comprise two parallel buildings , tbe principal one , nearest the river Irwell , being five stOl'ieS in height , with attics , and having a frontage of about 150 feet . In addition to the two principal buildings there were also some weaving sheds . The fire broke out in the larger mill , and as it was separated only from the

      smaller one by a narrow court , the Saltord nremen directed their efforts to preventing the spread of the flames to the small mill . The Manchester firebrigade , with fire-engines , arrived soon afterwards , and planted two of their engines on the opposite side of the river to play directly on tho burning pile , and the others were disposed so as to cover the weaving sheds and some adjoining cottage property . The wind blowing from the river and larger mill towards the smaller , all endeavours to ketp tho flames from the latter were abortive , and the floor of both mills being old and much saturated with oil which had dropped from the machinery , the fire progressed

      with such terrific fury , that in little more than an hour the two mills were a , heap of ruins . A large quantity of raw silk , the weaving sheds , containing some valuable machinery and a few of the books , were all the property that was saved . Of tho two mills only the chimney and end walls were left standing . The machinery in the mills was exceedingly valuable , being nearly new and of modern construction . The loss , as estimated by the proprietor , will not exceed £ 22 , 000 , or about eighty percent , of the amount for which the property was iusured . The insurances are nearly equally distributed between the Manchester , - Yorkshire , and Phcenix fire-offices .

      Old Kent-road . —On Tuesday night , at a few minutes before nine o ' clock , a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Messrs . E . Clarke and Co ., japanners and patent table-cover manufacturers , carrying on business in Neat-street , _ Coburg-road , near the Lord Is ' elsou tavern , occupying an area of several acres . The flames originated in the printing shops , a range of buildings of about fifty feet long , in which a vast quantity of valuable property was deposited . Aa to the cause of the disaster , not the least information could he obtained . It appears that the whole of the workmen had left the premises in charge of the private watchman , and this person suddenly perceived a dense mass of smoke pouring forth from the lower floor of the printing houses . The watchman raised an alarm , but before any assistance could arrive flumes shot through the various windows and out of the roof , and

      ascended so high as to threaten destruction to tho houses in Xeat-strcefc , Barn ham-place , &c , and the numerous occupants of those dwellings commenced throwing their furniture out of window . As soon as passible several of tho Brigade , West of England , parish , and private engines reached the scene , when the firemen found the whole of the printing houses iu a blaze , and the fire had extended to a small factory belonging to Mi . Burnhaiii , and also to the stables in the occupancy of the same person . The engines were immediately set to work , and thu flames were then prevented from extending to tho stores , frames , drying houses and trimming shops , but although the ' firemen laboured incessantly , it was nearly eleven o ' clock before the fire was extinguished . Tho premises and their contents were insured in the West of England Fire-office , but the neighbours , who are serious losers , were not insured for a single penny .

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      FLOATING OF THE TUBULAR BRIDGE OTElt THE MENA 1 STRAITS . This great engineering achievement was accomplished on Tuesday with the most extraordinary eclat . Unfortunately the morning opened unpropitiously with a high south-west wind and heavy driving showers , but as the sun moved towards the meridian the wind dropped , the rain discontinued , and the weather , as well as everything else , worked well for the experiment . The scene as early as six o'cloek presented a very busy appearance , multitudes of men depositing the buoys , and shipping the enormous cables from the London and Man . Chester platforms of the works . The signals , consisting of different-coloured flags , under the direction of Mr . Stephcnson , wore placed on tho different capstans , for the guidance of the process cmployed in navigating the groat tube on the Anglesea shore , and at other points . Early in the morning the tube was lowered three feet upon its piers , so as to enable it ho start earlier ftnd take ftUV . intagG

      of the tide at high water . The towers for supporting the tube arc of a like magnitude with the entire work . The great Britannia tower in the centre of the straits is sixty-two feet by fifty-two feet at its base upon the rock ; its total height from the bottom 230 feet ; it contains 143 , 625 cubic feet of limestone , and M 4 . G 25 of sandstone . It weighs 20 , 000 tons , and there are 387 tons of cast iron built into it in the shape of beams and girders . Its province is to sustain the four ends of the four long iron tubes which will span the straits from shore to shore . The total quantity of stone contained in the bridge is 1 , 500 , 000 cubic feet . The side towers stand at a clear distance of 4 G 0 feet from the great central tower , and again , the abutments stand at a distance from the side" towers of 230 feet , giving the entire bridge a total length of 1 . S 19 feet , the date of this present year of grace . The sidp or land towers are each ' sixty-two feet by fifty-two feet at the base , and 190 feet high . They contain 210 tons of cast

      . At three o ' clock the spectators , by tens of thousands , had taken their place upon the piers ; the tubes and shores on either side , and the straits for a mile in length , presented a vast amphitheatre of human beings , The pilots , to the extent of 200 or 300 , took their stand oa tho pontoons , to ply the gigantic tackle . As many more stood ready for action on the capstans . The cables , six inches in thickness , and of league-long lengths , were attached to tho steamers that were to have the towing of the tremendous freight . Multitudes of yachts , small boats , and other craft , filled and gaily decorated , passed up and down the stream , and all eyas were fixed witli ming'cd feelings of confidence and fear on the gigantic fabric , upon which stood Mr . Stcphenaon and Cnpt . Claxton . The utmost

      excitement ensued on tho first signal , the sudden springing up on tho Anglcsea side of a flag , and a shrill strain from the trumpet of Capt . Claxton from the top of the tube , a hint to the pilots to take the tide , and pipe all hands for the exploit . This was responded to by a loud burst of enthusiasm from tho seamen , whose efforts , united to thoso of the steam tugs , told upon the screws and tackles , and upon the hitherto motionless monster , which then glided very slowly and amid intervals of increasing cheers and salutations , without injury or jar , anil with a majesty that could only be compared to that of a mountain moving on the waters to the site of its final resting-place . Since the above was written we find , that in consequence of the breaking of one of the capstans all further operations are suspended until to-morrow .

      We 3 nksday . —Thegreatest doubt and anxiety now hangs over the accomplishment of this great operation . The excitement here , . " . nd , indeed , throughout the county , is greater than ever , owing to the unavoidable procrastination that has taken place . Mr . Stcphcnson , who has not loft the works since Monday , holds , hourly con Terences _ with Captain Claxton , Captain Moorsom , and his engineering staff . The great experiment would , unquestionably , have been completed last evening , had it not been for the untoward event of the great capstan breaking . This , it is said , arose from no insufficiency of strength in the capstan itself , but from the fact of the shore lashings behind the tube not having boon cut away or detached from the tube , and , as a natural consequence , while the capstan was employed in drawing the tube out into tho stream , the shore lashings detained it , and the capstan , failing to overcome the resistance , started , strained , and

      broke . On the announcement ot tins result , which was immediately communicated from point to point along the Strait ' s , the vast multitude dispersed in a state of groat disappointment , some of the more facetious amongst them denouncing the whole aftiiir as " a sell . " It was announced , fiir and wide , that the floating would take place at seven o ' clock this morning , and even at an early hour vast numbers had iisssemblod , but they were again doomed to disappointment , tho capstan , on the renewed attempt , again failing , and Captain Claxton having received some fall or injury . Renewed attempts arc again fixed for eight ' o ' clock this evening , when the tide will be 11 feet 11 inches . Two boats employed in conveying tho tackle have boon sunk to-day . . At half-past nino o ' clock on Wednesday night the final operations for placing this magnificent work were completed , and tho tube fixed firmly upon its bed , amidst the loudest demonstrations of approbation from all tho spectators assembled upon the iutcrcstinfi : occasion .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 23, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1527/page/6/