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      HE < irn or London . —The returns rcspectinfj tlic health of London during the past week as reported to the Registrar-General demonstrates the further process lif the prevailing disease . The deaths f rom all causes , which in the two previous weeks were 1070 and 13 ( 59 , rose in the last to 1741 ; a number which exceeds the average of the season by 133 . In the two previous weeks the deaths caused hx cholera were 152 and 330 ; but in the last they have reached C 7 S , whilst the weekly average is only 9 Of the 673 persons who have sunk under the epidemic 355 were males and 323 females , a more equal distribution than in previous weeks . The rate of increase is apparent in the fact that in each of the last two weeks , the mortality from cholera has W « -i ! . nufc double that of the week immediately "

      nrecedin" The mortality , from diarrhoea and dysentery also increases , the deaths in three weeks kiwi * been 51 , 100 , and 146 ; while the weekly average of this season is not more than 84 . The vholemortality lromthc three diseases , in last week , is therefore S 24 , and gire 3 an excess on the ai'firaifc of 732 , which : i \ mosf exactly coincides with the excess of mortality from all causes as above stated . The diarrhoia was fatal in a large proportion of case 3 , to children under two years of age . The increase of cholera is observed in each of the five metropolitan divisions except the Northern , which comprises Marylebone , Pancras , Islington , Hackney , and Hainpstead ; where the deaths in the week were onlv 7 . But it is ehieflv remarkable on

      the south side of the river , -where the deaths in the last three weeks were successively 03 , 192 , and 443 . In Seveinston they were 33 ; in St . George's South-• ffark , 5 lfinBerraondscy > 0 i ; in Lambeth , 106 . In Ilotherhithe the deaths were 37 , the same as in the previous week . Typhus continues near the average ; looping cough above , scarlatina and small-pox considerably under it . Two persons died of privation ; thrceofiutcmperan . ee . The mean reading of the Barometer iu the week was 29 . 692 , and lower than in the previous week . The mean temperature was lower than the average , except on Monday and Tuesday . The highest occurred on the former day , and was 83 degrCmin . The mean of the week - was 60 deg . 5 min ., less by 6 deg . than in the previous week .

      Charge of Manslaughter . —An inquest was held on Monday before Mr . Baker ( pursuant to an adjournment ) , at the Mercer's Aims , Jubilee-street , Stepney , touching the death of Henry Gowdun , ilgcd itsieen months . It appeared that about three weeks since a woman , named Esther Bagg was engaged by the deceased ' s father , who is a watchman in the London Docks , as a nurse to his -wife , and also to take care of the deceased , who was then suffering from water on the hrain . Mr . Cowdun sent the nurse with the child to Mr . Hose , a surgeon , and also save her monev to pay for the medicine . She tooklhe child three times , and it appeared to he improving under the treatment . The father continued to srive the nurse money to pay for the medicine eaciTiImcsIie was desired to take the child to

      Mr . Kosc , but instead of doing so , she applied the money to her own purposes . On Thursday week last the infant appeared worse , and when Mr . Hose was called to it he said he had not seen it for a week . The deceased died on the following _ Satur-< Liy . It-was afterwards ascertained that "the nurse Lad charged Mr . Cowdun double the price for the medicine " which she had paid Mr . Rose . —Mr . Cowdun said he was constantly giving the nurse money to purchase nourishment for ; it , and ho afterwards discovered that she kept the money , and never obtained the food . — -Mr . Hose , " surgeon , said he had made npost mortem examination of the body but the hrain was so decomposed that he was unable to state the cause of death . All the other organs of the body were perfectly healthy , and the presumption ¦ was , that if the child had been properly treated it ¦ would have survived . —The coroner said he could not send this case for trial , as the surgeon could not state the positive cause of death . Ycrdict , "

      Natural death , which may have been nccelerated by neglect on the part of the nurse . " MciiDEa op A Child . —An inquest was held on Monday before Mr . II . M . " vTakley , at the Elephant and Castle , Camden-town , on the body of a male child found in a field at Kentish-town . —George Weston , a boy living in Ferdinand-place , said he was Hying his kite on Saturday evening , in a field near the Prince of Walcs ' s-road , when he saw a handle lying in a drain running from the field into the road . On opening it he found it contained the body of a child . TWboys , who were there at the time , said they saw a woman cross the field with a bundle some time before . He called the policeman , -who brought the chili to the workhouse . —Mr . II . C . Itobinson said he had marie a jwft mortem examination . The child had been born alive , and the immediate cause of death was . congestion of the brain , and effusion of blood into the pericardium . Verdict , " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . "

      ScicinE ix Tictoeia Park . —An inquest was held on Tuesday tcforc ilr . "W . 35 aker , atihe City of Paris , Bonner ' s-fields , on view of the body of Mary Schooling , aged 6 S , the widow of a licensed victualler , who destroyed herself in the new ornamental waters in "Victoria I ' avk . Deceased ' s husband formerly kept the Ben Jonsan public house in lloundsditch , and had been dead about ten years . Since that time his widow tad resided with ler daughter , with whom she lived very uncomfortably in consequence of giving way to habits of pilfering . On Pridav last she left for the purpose of going to

      Lcr son ' s at Yauxbail . It was afierwars found that she had not gone there , and she was never heard of until five o ' clock on the following morning ,, when she was seen to enter the principal gate of Victoria Park by one of the park-keepers . She wont lo--wartis the ornamental waters , and about half an hour afterwards her body was discovered floating in tbe -svatcr . When she was taken out life was found to be quite extinct . It was stated that deceased lived very unhappily with he husband through Lcr pilfering habits . —The Jury , in the absence of any positive evidence , returned an open verdict of " Found drowned . "

      Dj ^ tu 3 rn . Dnouirr , of Tootisg . —Mr . Drouct diction the 19 ihinst . athisresalenceatMargate , after several mouths' severe illness . It will be remembered that a few months ago Mr . Drouet ' s life was in ittaaini-nt danger from disease of the heart ; and the painful situation iu which he Las been placed since the death of Mrs . Drouct , which occurred in September last , and the subsequent breaking up of 3 iis establishment , have not , of course , tended to alleviate the disorder . Tns Conservatives _ j » t > Basox KoTnscnrto . — Several l « i < lin < r members of the Carlion and

      Conservative Clubs have formed themselves into a committee for the purpose of prosecuting the petition presented to parliament against the return of JBaron llothsehild . They held a " nieeting on Saturday at the residence of " one of the leading conservative members of the House of Commons , and it was arranged that steps suoul < l be taken to prosecute the petition with energy . Funds , it is said , to any extent -vviil be forthcoming to carry on the contest nefore a committee of the House of Coajmons . Covax of Aldermex . —On Tuesday , Mr . Alderman Xfits-renec gave bond to take upon himself the office of Sheriff of Xondon and Middlesex .

      Serious Accident to the Xassau Bax&qox . —On "Wednesday cveaiag the feelings of hundreds , who had , notwithstanding the unfavourable state cf the weather , assenibledln Yauxhall-gardens to witness the ascent of the Nassau balloon , as well as those Hi the xast numbers of persons on the outside of the gardens , who ha-1 been on the lookout for the balloon , were for some time kept in a state of painful excitement for the safety of no less than eleven individuals , who had accompanied this immense machine . At seven o ' clock , the balloon haying been sufficiently inflated , Mr . Charles Green , the veteran aeronaut ; Mrs . Green , his wife ; Mr . and Mrs . Green , his nephew and bis wife ; Miss Green , and MssGascope , ofVauxhaU-jrardens ; Mr . Crayhaw , the iron-master ; Mr . Stephens , Mr . Faunce , Capt . Ondre , and Mr . Pierce , making altogether eleven individuals , got into the car , and the word "

      right" having been given , the ropes were unfastened and the balloon mounted into the air in very good style , and the ascent was considered a very beautiful and successful one . The balloon proceeded in a north-eastern course , but it was soon observed that It was descending so rapidly that it was generally thought that a considerable leakage of the gas must lave taken place , and that an accident of a serious character was inevitable . Mr . Green , who was seated in the car , perceiving the extreme clanger in which he was placed , commenced emptying the sand bags or ballast as quickly as he possibly could , but even this did not prevent the gradual sinking of the balloon . On passing over tfie St . George s-road , Dear " West-square , it was painfully evident to the thousands who were looking on that the balloon must come in contact with some of the buildings , and in an instant it struck the roofs of the houses 94

      and So on the north side of the London-road , and only one house removed from the 2 funnwy which iad been formerly the Roman Catholic chapel . The ear , in which seven of the aeronauts were seated , struck the front of the house with considerable force , so much so that three of the persons ¦ who were standing on the hoop were thrown forward on the roof , which fortunately happened to be aflat one ; but the fourth clung to * the network of the balloon . The machine being thus relieved from the weight of three of its occupants , and having fortunately e scaped damage , instantly rose into the air to

      a considerable altitude , when a brisk current of air , earned it in a southerly direction , apparently towards Croydon . The * three individual -who had thus fortunately escaped descended through the tap-door of an adjoining beer-shop from the roof , reached the street , and baring procured a cab , drove as fast as they could to the gardens to relieve their friends and the yisitora from their painful anxiety . A good deal of injury iB done to two houses in the London-road—one of which is occupied by Jlr .- Cross , who is a marine store dealer , and the other by , Mr . Hammond , a hairdresser The

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      wavtothetop of North Frederick-street , near the Circular-road , are at ft high premium , each pane of class beine worth quadruple its original cost . Seats on a lar « e platform to be erected at the Rotunda are offered at half a guinea for each person . The Harvest . —Landlords and Texajjts . — Thereare still a few isolated accounts of blight in the potato , but in general that and all other crops arc proceeding most favourably . There ia now an abundant supply of fine , sound potatoes in all the markets , at very moderate prices . The Kilkenny Journal , a repeal paper , contains the following : — "On last Tuesday a gentleman named Mr , Nugent , who purchased a property lately from . Manscrgh St . Geor ge , situated near the Lime Tree , camo to Kilkennv sent for h » 3 tenantry , and civilly requested . .. ' ' "" -= = = ==

      them-to g ive security that they would not make away with the crop which is new- growing on their farms The tenantry laughed s $ Mr . Nugent , as much as to say— ' Don't you wise you may get it ?' They told him if they had anytbingto spare after pnyin" the poor rates , laying up a sufficient provision for their families , which they wero entitled to as tillers of the soil , that he should have the remainder . They considered that he-was rather premature in counting the chickens before they were hatched . The fact is that there are three parties in the country at present looking with anxious eyes at the waving grain—the landlords , the vice-guardians , and last , though not least , the farmers themselves—the men who ploughed , and sowed , and toiled to bring forth from the bosom of the earth the abundance

      thereof . We believe that the farmers do really intend to partake of the fruits of their own labour this season , no matter what political economy , Lord John Kussell , Lord Clarendon , the landlords , and police say to the contrary ; and a good appetite to them say we . It is worthy of remark that the land in question was raised from £ 1 os , an acre to £ 1 Ms ., and in some instances to £ 2 !" CniEF Bakon Pigot . —" We have to record the convalescence of this learned judge , after his late very severe and dangerous attack of diarrhoea , or rather cholera , at Monaghan . Assize Lvtelligexce , Limerick , July 19 . —John Fogarty and Thomas M'Cormack were indicted for the murder of Daniel Dillon , and Catharine Dillon , wife of the deceased , was also charged as an accessory before the fact . Dillon was a wealthy farmer , and his wife was suspected of illicit intercourse with the prisoner , Fogarty , who was alone placed on his trial in the first instance . The jury found a verdict of" Guilty . " ¦ ¦¦ • . ¦ ¦ ! 1

      _ . .. . „ , MoxDAY .-Mr . Thomas Carlyle . is travelling through the south , in company with Mr . Gayan Duffy . They arrived at Cork on Sunday , and left together for ' Killarney on Monday . . . TnE Late Ixscrheciion . —The commission for the South Riding of Tippcrary was opened at Clonmel on Friday . The calendar is light , notwithstanding the imposing array of fourteen cases of " high treason" which figure at its head . In the course of the day , Lord Suirdale , foreman of the grand jury , with twelve of his fellows , appeared in court and handed down true bills for hig h treason against two of the leaders of the insurrection of 1848 , viz ; ., against Mr . Michael Dohpny and against Mr . John Blake Dillon . It is said that some other bills for high treason are in the course of preparaior

      tion , with a view to having warrants reauy the apprehension of certain others 6 f ihe leMGl'S , should these gentlemen think proper to return to Ireland . This prevents recourse being had to the issuing of warrants under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act , and will enable the government , if the parties be apprehended , to bring them to trial at once at the assizes next ensuing after their apprehension ; whereas parties charged in bills found at the special commission in 1848 , for the county at large , could not be tried at the . ordinary assizes , inasmuch as the assizes are held under a , commission for separate ridings of the country , It is said that all the others now in gaol , and charged with beingconnected with O'Brien's insurrection , will be discharged on moderate bail .

      Tuesday . —State of the West . —A Leitnm paper has the subjoined statement : — " We regret to find that vast tracts of lan'l in the county of Leitrim now lie unoccupied ; in other instances , where the ground is not given up , the people are so reduced in circumstances that they cannot pay the rates . In one bi-. rony the lists of defaulters of county cess and labour rates exceed 5 , 000 names , and the sum in arrear amounts to £ 1 , 98416 s GJd . We > ive only to add , in order to show the awfully distressed state of the country , that the collectors have attached their oaths , and say , they V have used every exertion to collect the same , and could notfcucceed in consequence of the great distress prevailing in the country , in someinstances thelands being waste , in others the cattle housed or driven t-fp . "

      The Queen's Visit . —The Cork Examiner of Monday , contains tbe following : — " Grand Stand on Penrose's-Quay . —Mr . Edward Scott , architect , is about erecting , under the orders of the general committee , a grand stand or gallery on Penrose ' s-quay . immediately opposite the Custom-house , at which the Queea is to land , after receiving the deputations , &c . The gallery is to extend 450 feet in length , and to contain a dozen rows of seats , one gradually rising over the other , and it is calculated that it will afford accomodation to as many as three thousand spectators , the price of a seat being five shillings . At each end of the gallery the quay is to be railed off by a barrier , so that all thoroughfare will be stopped , and a promenade of 700 feet obtained . A portion , capable of accommodating £ 00 ladies , is to be arranged in the centre of the

      gallery , which is to be suitably decorated for the occasion ; and , to crown tbe whole , a military band is to be in attendance . The whole structure is io be of the strongest materials , so as to preclude the possibility of accident . Mr . Scott ' s services are given gratuitously . " Fatal Partt Conflict .- Government InauiRY . —Ths inquiry ordered by government into the who ' e circumstances connected with the fatal conflict at Dolly ' s Brae , and the subsequent homicides and wreckings at the village of Maliermayo , on the 12 i . li o' July last , will be opened at Castlewellan during the present week . The precise day has not yet been fixed , nor has fhe name of the Queen ' s counsel before whom the . inquiry is to be held yet been publicly announced .

      Wednesday . —Arrests under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act . —The following significant announcement appears in the Freeman ' s Journal ^ of this morning : — " Last evening a party of police , amounting to seven in number , under the command of Inspector Dundon , entered the residence of Mr . Joseph Brennan , editor of the Irishman . They exhibited a search-warrant , and Mr . Brennan immediatel y led them to his sleeping apartment . The search then commenced ; his desli was opened ;• his private lettei * 3 were read ; and all his papers taken

      and transferred to the castle . Mr . Brennan asked if they had a warrant for his arrest , but they answered in the negative . At the same time they declined to permit him to leave the house . We understand that a Mv . 9 ' Grady , who vras a member ofthe Irish Confederation , was arrested yesterday , near Carrick-on-Suir , and committed to prison in that town , we know not on what charge . Mr . O'Grady was confined six months in Clonmol Gaol , we helieve , under the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act . "

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      ~ i i + « ,. was dead , and had been laid out twentyrt £ ^ Know ng that he would lme to give fiV f Wo before tuo funeral could take place , ? r in , o informed the mother that ho would see ¥ \ S « le He was accordingly conducted the body at ., ° ^ - t ^ ere the party was laid out . tt f , riiMtlSdjhc found ' it quite cold , p « l 5 c Upon feel ng tuo oouy u ^ gQ oontnMJted imperceptib e , the fingers oh ^ , that it was impossible fin ^ J ^ found that the He applied his car to to fd e g ' beat . As a demier heart had not entirely ceasearou a-ss ^ r& ^ ss ^ &si KW-SKfiSM ** . * co » in g PC £ 1 C"S ^» we ™ hddin tto Wdtropolb imiimiii __ ""*—** " — z ^ zj === 7 Tft ^^

      mi ^ m Jcases now under treatment in the infirmary was ninfo ?^ and but one case had occurred since Friday .-Vcrdicts of " Wed from Asiatic cholera" were retU Before Mr . H . II . Wakley , at the Coach and Horses , James-street , Kensington-square , on the body of James Millard , aged 20 years . It appeared from the evidence gone into thab the deceased ,- „ ti , o am-vice of the Equitable Gas Company ,

      at thG ' r : -orks at Stamford-bridge , King's-road rulham . On Tuesday he got up m his usual good state of health , and went to his duties at the gas works , one of which w as cleaning out a boiler , which he has daily performed for some years , he loinff into it while hot , having previously thrown in some cold water . That duty caused him to come out in a state of perspiration , from which he had never felt any inconvenience . He returned home at his usual time to the house of his parents , without the slightest appearance or complaint of indisposition , and having had Ins supper went to bed The next morning ( Wednesday ) Mr . Redhead , assistant to Mr . Guazzarom , parochial medical otncor for the district , saw the deceased , and found

      him in a perfect state of collapse . He immediately adopted all the usual remedies that the urgency ofthe ease required , but without avail , as deceased continued to get worse , and died about three o clock in the afternoon of the same day . The jury returned a verdict of " Died from Asiatic cholera . Before Mr . Baker , at the Duke of York , Salmon ' slane , Stepney , on view of the body of James Brown , a » ed 29 , a seaman on board the Guildford collier of South Shields . The deceased ; who was one of eight seamen on board the above vessel , went to bed on Wednesday n ' g ht in g ood health , but between eleven and twelve o ' clock he was seized with sickness , and he was attended at six by Mr . Cleland , surgeonRatcliffe-crosswho ordered his removal to

      , , the workhouse in Salmon ' s-lane , where he died in a few hours —Ge 6 iwe Dodd , a seaman , stated that a sewer emptied itself close to the forecastle of the vessel , and that a most offensive smell came from it . —The Coroner remarked that it was possible the attack was produced from that cause—Verdict , " Death from Asiatic cholera . " On Mondav Mr . Baker held four inquests at the London Ilospital , on the bodies of as many persons , who had died in Whitechapel workhouse , from cholera . The deceased were removed from Wentworthstreet and Cartwright-streefc , Aldgate , to the workhouse , suffering from cholera , and eventually died there . Mr . Nash , the surgeon , said there were numerous cases of cholera brought to the workhouse

      from Wentworth-street , but there was no one present to give any evidence as to the state of the locality . After some conversation , the inquiry was adjourned for the purpose of haying the place inspected . The coroner received information of the deaths of four persona in Limehouse , who had died on Saturday , and Sunday from cholera . Mr . Stephens , the constable for the hamlcfc of Mile-end Old-town , gave notice to the coroner of the deaths of two persons from cholera in his district . Tuesday , — -Wr . Bedford held two inquesta in the Westminster Bridewell , on the bodies of John Bonner , aged 40 , and Edward Burt , aged 21 , prisoners there ; who died of Asiatic cholera . —Mr . Lavies said he was wholly unable to account for the disease

      appearing , for the prison had been free from it . There had been six cases , but the other four were recovering . He had ordered a better diet for the prisoners ; but he believed the cholera was entirely atmospheric . Three of the prisoners had been attacked in one ward ; but there was no difference be-6 ween that and others . The jury , in both cases , returned a verdict of " Died of Asiatic cholera . " Before Mr . W . Carter , at the Coburg Arms , Wobber-street , Waterloo-road , on the body of Mrs . Ann Tipstaff , aged 08 , who died from Asiatic cholera , at No . 15 , Queen-street , owing , a * it was alleged , _ to noxious vapours arising from an open sewer , running at the back of the houses in that and several other

      streets in the neighbourhood . E videnee having been produced for the purpose of proving that the sewer in its present state is injurious to tlie public health , the Coroner said that he would correspond with the Board of Health , and he had no doubt means would be adopted to rectify the evil . Several of the jurors complained of the horrible stench , and of the larga number of persons who had been attacked wi ' . h typhus fever in the immediate neighbourhood of the sower . The jury returned a verdict of "Death from Asiatic cholera , " at the same time they ( the jury ) considered tlw open sewer at the back of Queenstreet predisposes persons to that and other epidemic disease ? .

      Mr , "W . Payne , whilst homing ? . n inquest at the Crown , Blackfriars-road , received intimation from Mr . Fairbrother , surgeon , ofthe London-road , of the death of Peter Blyth , of Is o . 3 . Mount-place , Gibra ' tar-row , St . George ' s- fields , of Asiatic cholera , and that in tlie same h . use three other members of the family , as also ths mother , were labouring under the same malady . Mr . Fairbrother stated that tlie privies and the drains were in a most disgraceful slate , and that the stenuh and noxious effluvia arising therefrom were of so offensive a character , that the inhabitants were continually vomiting ^ and that he thought the case was one calling for inquiry . Mr . Payne mentioned the circumstance to the jury , adding , it was important that in all cases where it could be clearly ascertained that death ensued from circumstances for which a remedy might be found , an investigation should taVe place , and he subsequently appointed a day for holding an inquest ; the boily in the meantime being removed .

      Death op the Chaplain of the To \ yeh from Asiatic Ciiolera . —On Monday morning , at twenty minutes to two , the Rev . Gliavles Bouglitoa St . George , clerk , and chaplain to St . Peter ' s , in the Tower fortress , died from an attack of Asiatic cholera , under the following very distressing circumstances . It appears that the rev . gentleman seemed in his usual health on Sunday morning last , and preached his usual sermon to a large congregation . His voice , which at all times was perfectly clear and loud , suddenly fell towards the conclusion , and it

      became quite inaudible . After the sermon was over , ho immediately wont home to his parsonage house , which adjoins the church , and was immediately attacked with vomiting , purging , cramps , and all the symptoms which are characteristic of an attack of Asiatic cholera . A surgeon was instantly called in , but the unfortunate gentleman gradually sank , and died at the above-mentioned time . The deceased was universally respected by all the officers and soldiers in the Tower , and his loss will be felt for some considerable time . '

      Isle op Wight . —The cholera has appeared in the locality of Parkhurst barracks , but every precaution has been taken to arrest its progress . Southampton . —Although the number of deaths from eliolera is much larger this week we are pleased to hoar that the disease is on the decline ; and that very few cases of a malignant character have occurred within the last two or three days . Bristol . —Last week there were many new cases of cholera in this city , in several of which death occurred .

      WoncESTER . —There were seven patients in the Hospital on Friday week , of these four have died , two have been removed convalescent , and one , a , man named Combes , still remains not out of danger . A married woman named Walker , died on Sunday : we regret to say that she was lost , in all probability , through obstinately refusing to take the medicine prescribed for her . In some way or other she conceived a prejudice against the treatment , and refused to continue it ; and although then recovering as rapidly as could have been hoped for , she speedily relapsed , the symptoms rapidly changed to their most advanced form , and she sunk in a few hours .

      Her case is highly instructive to patients , and we state it here in order to induce an entire and trusting docility in them , as being most essential to their successful treatment . —Worcester Herald . Manchester . —Happily , the cholera has not increased in this locality . Cases are heard of here and there , rather in a mild form , but few deaths have occurred . A woman , died on Friday week in the Canal-street hospital , which is common . both to fever and cholera patients . She had been taken to tile hospital for fever , but was attacked with cholera , and having led a dissipated life , she probably sooner became a victim to the disease .

      Burslem . —The number of new cases is on the decline , and the proportion of the recoveries on the increase . The localities where cholera has appeared are precisely those parts of the town where fever mo 6 t frequently commits even grea ter ravages , and an explanation of the severity of both may be seen in'the squalor and filth which abound . ' W . axeb . —At Cardiff the disease is now confined to the outskirts .. Cases from July 13 th to 10 th 23-deaths ; - . 15 . At Mertbyr ij , continues to make

      fearful havoc ; likewise at Dowlais and Abcrdare . The returns for Merthyr and Dowlais ,. during the same six days-cases , 253 ; deaths , 106 . Cwsi at Aberdare , 107 ; deaths , 15 . - The epidemic has broken out at Newport , Taibach , < tc . , , Weardale . —Two cases of Asiatic cholera , one ot which hns proved fatal , occurred last wedt at htanhopo , in Woardalo , buing the first appearance ot the disease in that district . Wioas . —We have to report two deaths from actual cholera , and live from diarrhoea . The victims of the former disease were in both cases poorpeopie . The cases of cholera are : —Peter Gaskell , collier , aged 35 , and Peter lluglies , weaver , aged 52 . _ ine death of Catherine Cattcrall , aged 46 , the wife of . a carter , is one which has been reported to have been caused by cholera . ^ z ^ - — . i ii . iJiri > The

      Ormskirk . —Last week there were two fatal cases of Asiatic cholera in the parish of Halsall , in the Ormskirk union . The victims were a man and his son of the name of Eaves , boatmen on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal . It is supposed that they were attacked first at Liverpool , and on their arrival at Halsall the disease had become so serious that they were obliged to stop , and died in a few hours afrcr . Eave 3 vfas aged 48 years , and his son was 18 years . Xastwich . —During the last week this disease continued to spread into different parts of the town .

      During the three weeks previous seventy-eight persons had been ' attacked , and thirty-nine of the cases proved fatal . On Wednesday vreekUws shops were closed and business was suspended ; but it is hoped that the efforts of alleviation arid precaution , so zealously commenced , will be continued until this dreadful epidemic be effectually stayed . Huia . —With the exception of two cases ( one fatal ) the attacks have diminished both in number and fatality , and have not extended beyond the districts mentioned in our Jast . . _ ' T

      Woolwich -On Tuesday evening , Mr . C . J . Cavttar , coroner for West Kent , held two inquestsi at the Albion and Shalcspere Taverns , Woolwich ; the first on the body of William -Butcher , a seaman rigger belonging to Woolwich dockyard , who died of clioiera on Monday morning ; the second on the body ofacon . vicbnamedJor . es , who died of consecutive fever , having laboured under Asiatic cholera for seven days . The peculiarity about this case vm that it was the first and only attack of cholera whicfrtbe Warrior convict-ship ( lying offthe dockyard ) has had . Verdicts in both cases were returned of "Death , from cholera . " j

      Boston . —It is a singular fact that Lincolnshire , which ia considered' to be go unhealthy a county , on account of the marshy character of the soil , has been so . free from the ravages ofthe cholera . In this town ( Boston ) there have been some attacks and a few deaths ; but taken upon the whole , the mortality does not seem to exceed that of the corresponding period of last . year . To Market Rasen , Louth , Spilsby , Grantham , and other towns throughout the county , the same remark applies . There have been but few cases , and those by no means of a violent character . ... . ' _

      Liverpool . — The new cases reported by the parochial medical officers on Wednesday amounted to 80 , and the deaths to 30 , but these only include the parties who apply for medicines . and attendance to the parish ; a lanje number of cases occur in the middle classes of society , of which no formal report is given , excepting that delivered to the registrars when the attack proves fatal . Portsmouth , —In the island of Portsea the disease is fast disappearing , as among the cases under the parish medical officers only three or tour deaths are reported for Tuesday . The deaths under cognisance of the same authorities since the commencement amount to about 280 . A large number of cases are still under treatment , but generally of a milder form .

      The Cholera in Paris . -We read in the Constitutionriel : — "The silence of the government with regard to the cholera has given rise to unfounded alarm , as to the progress of that malady during the last fortnight , although that silence is perfectly justified by the sanitary state ofthe capital . Notwithstanding the great beats , the epidemic has remained stationary , and the number of victims to it continues to oscillate within very restricted limits . From the 13 th to the 17 th th&minimum of the daily number of deaths in the hospitals has been eleven , and the

      maximum eighteen , giving an average of twelve ; and from the 10 th to the 13 th the average daily number of deaths in private practice had been the same average number , as k also was in the week preceding . The general mortality in the city from all diseases united lias been sixty-five in one day only , and has fallen to fifty . As to the military hospitals , they are completely free from cholera ; the hospital in the Ri'Ule has only had one death in the last two days , and at the Val-de-Grace or the Grps-Caillou there has not been any death , or even one case admitted .

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      threatening' ahd " endeavouring _ to cut her . The prosecutiix ' a father hearing the noise , ran up stairs , and rolled the prisoner off the bed , when he saw blood streaming from his daughter ' s neck . She was theB removed , and the assistance of J . P . Oates , Esq ., surgeon , was procured , and the ; hemorrhage stopped . A razor was found in the bedroom , where the attac £ had been made upon the prosecutrix , and also-a broken glass . The jury returneda verdict of "Guilty against the prisoner , on the second count charging : him with . the intent to do some grievous bodiy harm ; when his lordship , observing that the jury had acted with great forbearance in not finding the pri « aoner guilty of the capital charge , sentenced him to be transported for fifteen years . CAMBRIDGE , Juiy 23 . rhrwitphin <* and endeavouring to cut her . The pro "

      Slayisg . —James Lee , a child ten years of age , was indicted for wilfully killing and slaying Robert Newman , at Ely , on the 12 £ h instant . The prisoner , who had at first pleaded guilty , called his father to spoak to his character , and the jury having returned a verdict of guilty , tbe judge inquired of the father whether he would take care of his boy if he was speedily set at liberty , and having received the expected answer , he sentenced thie prisoner to be imprisoned for two days . The effect of this sentence was that the father at once took liia boy from the dock , but not before he had " pulled a lock of hair . at his lordship in token of his gratitude .

      JOLY 24 . Highway Robbery and Gallant Defence . —Two young msn , were charged with having , on the 6 th of April last , being Good Friday , feloniously assaulted Mr . Josephus Glover , B . A ., of St . John ' s Csllege ; and stolen from his person a silver wateb , a sovereign , two shillings , a latch key , and a penknife . —Mr . Sanders prosecuted . — The prisoners were undefended . Mr . Glover left his friend , the Rev . Mr . Harding ' s house at Granchester , on the evening in question , at a quarter before len , and coming through the fields , saw a man standing near the swing gate , having a bludgeon in his hand about three feet long . As Mr . Glover passed , the man

      said "Goodnight , " and immediately after struck Mr . Glover a blow , on tbe forehead , which fortunately did not fall with full force , because of his cap j but it gave him a wound in the forehead , blackened his eye , and felled him to the ground . Mr . Glover managed to rise , and was grappling with his assailant when he was seized behind by another assailant , and the two' got him on the ground and rifled his pockets . They were then about to turn , him over as if to get at his coat pockets ; but seeing an opportunity , he adroitly put his head between

      the legs of one of the ruffians and threw him over , then spriuging upon his feet he snatched the bludgeon out of tbe other fellow ' s hands and threw it some distance away . While the fellow went to look for the stick , Mr . Glever ran away shouting for assistance , and he was soon joined by two persons who accompanied him to Mr . Fawcett ' s , a surgeon , at Cambridge , where he had his wounds dressed and his arm placed in a sling , where it was compelled to be for more than five weeks . The jury , without hesitation , found the prisoners ' Guilty , ' and his lordship sentenced them to be transported for fifteen years .

      EXETER , JctY 23 . Stealing Naval Siobes . — Elizabeth Rickards and three other young women were indicted for stealing a quantity of naval stores from the Flyraoutla Breakwater . The prosecution was instituted by the direction of the Admiralty , in order , it was ' stated , to check a system of depredation which had recentlybeen carried to a considerable extent . —They were all found gnilty , but recommended to mercy , arid the sentence of each was consequently mitigated to one month's imprisonment , with hard labour . July 25 .

      Seduction by a Clergyman . —Mr . Collier stated the case . The Plaintiff was a poor woman who had been a monthly nurse , and she had three daughters . She brought this action for the seduction of her second daughter . The defendant waaa clergyman , residing in Exeter , a married man , although separated from his wife . Maria Brooks was in his service , as she stated , in 1842 . In the month of November in that year she quitted his service to attend her mother , who was ill . The reverend defendant was a constant visitor at her house under the pretence of bringing such articles as a sick person might require , and of administering religious consolation to the mother . : He also brought religious books to prepare her for the administration of the sacrament . He employed the girl in making shirts and other articles , and required her to bring thehi to

      him singly as they were finished . On one of those occasions he effected his purpose . Her seduction accomplished , she returned to his service and found herself with child . Drugs were administered by defendant and miscarriage followed . She again became pregnant , and was delivered of a child ia the defendant ' s hottse . The defendant nursed tbe child : it , however , died , and he paid the expenses of burial . Some time after he performed the office of churching this woman in his own parlour . After the birth of the child a series of miscarriages occurred , each following the administration of drugs by the defendant until 1848 . The rev . defendant then took another woman under his protection , and discarded Brooks . Has repeatedly promised to maintain her for the rest of her life , and put that promise in writing , but the document had been abstracted from her drawers . —

      These facts were fully borne out in evidence by Maria Brooks . —Eliza Brooks , sister of Mary Brooks , stated . that when the latter was taken ill Mr . Lamb , the surgeon , would not take the responsibility on himself , and proposed calling Jn Dr . Sbapter . Defendant begged her not to call him in , as the bishop would know it , and he should loae his gown . He cried , and on his knees begged her not to nave another doctor called in . Saw the paper Mr . Rooks had drawn up , and was satisfied with the contents . My sister continued with him . They frequently had prayers . —Mary 5 heppard , tbe monthly nurse who attended Maria Brooks in her confinement , deposed to defendant ' s saying he hoped lie could put

      confidence m me , anil . tb . at I would not let Mr . Latimec knnw it , because he ¦ was no friend to the parsons . ( Laughter . )—Mr . Greenwood , for the defence , relied on the statute of limitations barring ihe action ; and to prove that the girl was in Mr . Hook ' s service before 1842 several witnesses we . re called , among them Mary Hanger , who stated that she lived With Mr . Rooks in 1840 . I had the small-pox in August , 1841 . Mrs . Brooks attended me as nurse . I remained at Mr . Rook ' s until I vras partially recovered , when I left , That . was the latter end of September ,, 1841 . When I had entirely recovered 1 went to Mr . Rook ' s to offer my services again , and found Maria

      Brooks there . That was in October , 1841 . —Mr Collier replied , imputing that the entries in the pocket-books were recentl y manufactured , and . that the -witnesses in point of time were mistaken . The 1 : arned judge summed up and said that , on the question of damages , the jury must take into consideration that the plaintiff was content to allow her daughter to live on in opulence as the mistress of the defendant , and to send a younger sister as a servaut in the same house ; and " it was not until she was supplanted by another mistress that any action was thought of . —The jury retired , and after an absence of about a quarter ot an hour , returned a verdict . for the plaintiff—damages £ 100 .

      YORK , July 24 , Breach , of Promise of Marriage . — This was an action for breach of promise of marriage ; Tbe defendant denied the promise and the breach—Mr Watson , in opening the case , said that the plaintiff was a young lady ot great beauty and accomplishments , aged twenty-three , the daughter of an attorney a , t South Cave , near Doncaster . 't he defendant was an officer in the 1 st Dragoon Guards , and is twenty-six years of age , equal in station ! An attachment had been formed , upon which followed an engagement , for breach of which the present action was brought—not from sordid motives , but to stop the whisperings which had gone abroad . — Mr . Sereeanf :

      YYilkms here said that he had given more than ordinary attention to the case , and he was of opinion that no good man could withhold from the plaintiff his sympathy and admiration . The correspondence did infinite credit to her head and heart . No humaa being could esteem and honour more than the defendant did her accomp lishments aad attractions ; but there was a destiny in marriage , and the defendant having felt that he could not promote her happiness as ahusband , in the manner she deserved , he could not fulfil his promise , but he hoped that time would heal the wound he- had occasioned . —Mr Watson said , that deeply asthe plaintiff was wounded , sne had no vindictive feeline . nossessed no anrAiA

      motiYes , and as the question of damages wa 3 left entirely in his hands , he at once acceded to the learned sergeant s proposal , and the jury would therefore find for the plaintiff damages . m-Verdict accordingly . . ¦ ,- -. " . ¦ . " - ' : ¦ ::,...

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      , . Omnibus Statistics . —From returns iust made bv that the total number of omnibuses now hZ ill hire m the Metropolis is 3 , 000 , who pay Lty in-SMSi ? ™ m .: The number of conduc ors ^ tiSenc ^ . ) ° ' ° ** ^ ' ° fWife V ? -PO ™< lers will , in the course of two ninths , have been erected at various positions for i i ^ P ' of the Medway and the Thames . Are ford Ellesmere and the Duke of "Wellington alarmed , again ?

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      . - DERBY , July 23 . Sedtjctios . — -This was an action to recover compensation for seduction and loss of services . Plaintiff is a shoemaker residing at Tickenhall ; defendant is a farmer residing at the same place , and his orchard adjoins plaintiff's garden . Cheatle ' s sister resided with him as housekeeper . The facts of the case will best be gathered from the subjoined evidence . —Eliza Smith , daughter of the plaintiff , deposed ; I and Cheatle ' s sister became intimate , and so did the plaintiff and defendant . My father , motherland myself reside together , and I do the household work . My father is seventy-four . Defendant usually called him " uncle . " Defendant , on every opportunity

      that presented itself , paid me attention . He told me that he ' was thirty-lour last April ; I am twentyeight . He frequently said ho would many me , and at times would say , " Miss Smith shall be my wife . " lie was not often in the house . When I have met him by accident I have walked with him . In 1847 he-asked me to meet him , but I refused . In lastyear ho asked me to meet him ,, and on tbe 1 st of August he ran after me in the street . In 1 S 47 he offered to take some liberties with me , but he was UOfc duite sober . We had a disagreement in consequence , and I bsat him and blackened his eye . ( Laughter . ) He made it up again . In 1847 he laid an accusation against roe which I denied . It was the same evening that he offended that he asked me

      to forgive him . I met him on the 12 th of August , lie said he would act honourably , and make me his wife . Ultimately he had intercourse with me , and after that time I frequently mot him , and the connexion took place again . Ia Januayy I found myself pi-egnant ; and as soon as I became aware of the situation I was in , I informed defendant of it . A child was bom On the 20 th . of April . My father has been much distressed about it . My sister paid the expenses of my confinement . My father has paid the rest . It was necessary to have some assistance to go of errands . Air . Baron Parke summed up . The jury then retired , and after an absence of some time , returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff . —Damages £ 30 .

      STAFFORD , July 23 . . Breach op Promise of Marriage . —This was an ac ' . ion brought by Miss KeziaLangley , a young lady of considerable personal attractions , against the defendant , Mr . Richard Parton , son of a respectable farmer of this county , for a breach of promise of marriage . Damages were laid at < e 5 , 000 . Counssl for the plaintiff , Mr . Sergeant Allen and Mr . Greaves ; for the defence , Mr . Sergeant Talfourd and Mr . Whateley , Q . O . —Mr . Sergeant Allen stated that the plaintiff was the daughter of a large and respectable farmer , who also practised as a veterinary surgeon , and resident when the defendant was first received into the family at- Abbjt ' s Bromley , in this county . She was a young lady who had been

      carefully brought up , and had received a superior education . The defendant's family live at Bromley Hurst , and he was at present about twenty-nine years of age . The defendant was introduced to plaintiff ' s fathei' in the latter end of 1844 , and shortly afterwards commenced paying his addresses to the young lady , who was about nineteen . His addresses" were accepted , and he visited as plaintiff ' s suitor . The learned sergeant iu the course of his address read extracts from several letters sent by the defendant to the plaintiff , the whole of which disclosed the strongest affection and most fervid love ; several of them anticipatiug tbe day when his desires should be consummated by marriage . The tenor of the letters showed that the defendant was serious in his

      purpose , there being very little that was mawkish or sentimental in them . The learned counsel closed his address by an eloquent and forcible appeal to the jury , affirming that the case was no light one , and requiring damages to the full amount . —The learned sergeant s statement was substantiated by the evidence of the brother and mother of the plaintiff , the only evidence called . —Mr . Sergeant Talfourd having energetically addressed the jury on behalf of the defence , the learned judge summed up . stating iuthe course Of his remarks that tho plaintiff had received a very grievous injury , and the jury , after ten minutes' consultation , leturned a verdict for the plaintiff for £ 400 . ; CuTiiNd and Wounding at Lichheid . —W . Sandford , aged thirty-one , was indicted with feloniously and maliciously cutting and woundinz Marv

      Billings , on the 4 th of July , at LichfieW . Mr . Huddleston conducted the prosecution . The prisoner had not the benefit of counsel : The prosecutrix , a respectable-looking young woman , whose neck was bound up , said she had lived with the prisoner some time , and determined upon leaving him on . the 4 th July , in consequence of a quarrel which had taken place . On that day sho went to her fatherj who lived in Lichfield , for the purpose of inducing him to accompany her to the prisoner ^ house and remove her clothes , &c . They accordingly went ,-the prosecutrix proceeding up stairs , where she packed up her property , and then , called to her father . The prisoner , who had remained down stairs with her father then wenfcnp to the prosecutrix , and putting his arm round ^ er cut her on the side of the neck with some . sharpm / 5 tniment , saying "takethat ! " They then ^ EU £ gledlogetherandfeUon the bed , the Prisons

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      lireuma . Dcblk , Saturday , Jclt 21 . —Thb Queen ' s Visit . —The following is from the Mercantile Adver tiser of last night ?— " "We are happy to have it in our power to announce the day fixed upon for the departure of Her Majesty on her first visit to Ireland . TVe have seen a letter from a nobleman holding a distinguished post in the Royal household , dated London , Thursday , which contains the following gratifying intelligence : — 'It -was arranged at Osborne-house yesterday , that the royal party would embark , weather permitting , on Thursday , the 2 nd of August ; their stay at Cork is nob to exceed twenty-four hours , and thence thev proceed

      direct to Dublin . It is probable that the royal squadron will enter Kingstown Harbour on the 7 th or 8 th of August . We have reason to believe that it is the intention of her Majesty to pay a short visit to the Duke and Duchess of Leinster during her sojoprn in the metropolis . We have learnea that arrangements are in progress at Carton for her Majesty ' s reception . The preparations : at Dublin Castle and at the Yiceregal-lodge are still continued . " ¦ ' ¦ ¦ , -..-. ¦ . The city is already rapidly filling , and some of the leading hotels are crowded with strangers . Platforms and other contrivances wherewith to obtain a glimpse of royalty are in course Of construction . Windows along ' ihejJOiite from the KingstOffu'Bajl-

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      rROGRESS OF THE CHOLERA . The returns made to the commissioners of police as to the health of the force , give but three deaths as having resulted from cholera throughout the whole police district of fifteen miles . In the whole population included in the bills of mortality , the deaths reported amounted to but fifty-five on Saturday , and forty-five the day before . On Saturday last a married female named Theresa Phillips , and three of her children , died in lung ' s College Ilospital , from Asiatic cholera . The family resided in the Camberwell-new-road , not far from Mr . Farmer ' s vitriol works , and on Thurday last tho mother with two of her children , were attacked with cholera . The father , who works at a wine merchant ' s in Pall-mall , was sent for , as well as

      several medical men , and at the request of the latter the three were instantly removed in a cab to the hospital . The father remained there during the night of Thursday , but at an early hour on Friday tho wife and two of her children died , and on returning home he found two more of his children attacked . They wore also removed to the same hospital , where another of the children expired on Saturday , making four deaths in one family in the space of a few hours . . " Whilst the family was being attended to by the medical officers of the institution , a man residing in Holborn walked in and complained of being seized with cholera . He was immediatel y placed in bed , and the usual remedies applied , but during Saturday he expired .

      One of the nurses in the cholera ward was seized about the same time , and remains in a Yorj precarious state . During the night of Friday , Mr . Robertson , for many years connected with the Morning Tost , and latterly with the Railway Record , died from an attack of cholera . A number of persons have died from cholera in Lambeth Workhouse during the week , but no inquests have been held <> n them , and Mr . Bedford has decided on not holding inquests oh the bodies of those who have died in King's College Hospital . On Friday week , Mr . Morse , surgeon , of

      Kenninirton-lane , was sent for to attend a female , of the name of Roberts , the wife of a bricklayer , living at Smith ' s-plaee , Kennington-lane . Upon his arrival there he found the female" surrounded by her family / suffering from Asiatic cholera , in its worst form . The usual remedies were prescribed for her by Mr . Morse , but she continued to get worse , and . about one o ' clock the next morning Mr . Morse received a message to attend again immediately , as Mrs . Roberts was supposed to be dying . Having some other patients to attend to , he did not reach the house till 1 half anhonxvafter . the messenger arrived . He was then told i / ihe mother of the female tiiat ier .

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      S § e UtoiJtncw , More Murders bt Foisoxixg . —Examisatiox of a Ronr . —Westbort , Wilts , Fiuday . —Some time since an inquest was held and a verdict of wilful murder returned against a woman named Rebecca Smith , for a wilful murder of her child by the administration of arsenic . Circumstances which transpired in tho course of that inquiry induced a suspicion that she had likewise made away with others of her eleven children , allof whom , with the exception of the eldest , died when quite infants , and their last illness was characterised by symptoms approaching those which follow the administration of acrid mineral poisons . In consequence of these susninions it was determined to examine the bodies

      of some of the deceased , and the . remains of Sarah Smith , who was born on the ISth of June , 1841 , and buried on the 7 th of August following ; and of Edward Smith , who was born on the 14 th of June , 1 SU , and buried on the 29 th of the same month , were taken up in the presence of the officials and ot the mayor , Mr . Shorland . The inquest on those bodies was resumed yesterday , the remains having been in the interim forwarded to Mr . Herapath , the eminent analytical chemist , for examination . —Mr . Shorland having deposed to the circumstances connected with the exhumation of the bodies , and the mode in which he packed up the remains , and forwarded them to Mr . Herapath—Mr . Herapath was sworn , and was examined afc considerable length .

      He deposed to haying received a box , which had been carefully divided into three compartments . In the first was a portion of the graveyard soil , taken from where the remains lay ; in the others were the remains of bodies and of coffins . The one was labelled with the aame of Sarah Smith . The textures ofthe body were all gone , nnd the bones separated but , upon subjecting tho bones to the proper analysis , witness found arsenic in them . There was also arsenic in the black mould taken from the cavity of the skull , and in the black mould taken from between the ribs . The witness then exhibited the arsenic to the jury in the several forms in which he had produced it . In reply to the coroner , he said he believed it was the first instance on record in which arsenic had been found at so long an interval as eight years . Treated the remains in the compartment labelled Edward Smith in a similar way , and -with similar results . —The Coroner :

      Are you of opinion that the arsenic must have been administered duriug life ?—Mr . Herapath : I have no doubt of it . I have never succeeded in finding arsenic in any body in a natural state , and I mention this to correct the ridiculous notion which lias gone abroad in consequence of some expressions which have been attributed to the French chemists . —There being no evidence to show under what circumstances , or by whom the poison was given , the jury , after a summing up by the coroner , returned a verdict , " That the deceased children died from arsenic , but by whom administered there is no evidence to show . " ACCIDEXT ON TnE LOXDON AND NOBTH-WESTERN Railwat . —An accident occurred on this line of railway on Monday morning , between Coventry and Birmingham . The first down tram ran into a number of carriages , which appear to have been left on the line . Some ofthe passengers were bruised , and the arrival of the train in Birmingham was delayed about three-quarters of an hour .

      Fatal Colliery Explosion at Leeds . —An explosion of fire-damp , by which two men were killed , occurred on Monday morning , at Waterloo Colliery , Thorp Hall , Leeds . Manslaughter . —The evidence at the inquest which has been adjourned twice , upon the body of Martha "Wilkinson , an illegitimate child , who was beaten to death by her father , at Kirkby , Notts , was brought to a close on Monday afternoon last , when the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Wiliiam Atkinson . " The coroner ( Mr . Swann ) immediately made out his warrant of committal , and the prisoner was conveyed by train to Nottingham county gaol , where he will remain till the next March assizes to take his trial for the

      offence . Scicide AT DovEn . —On Saturday night a -gentleman named Jacob Sercherer , said to be a General in the German army , arrived by the eleven o'clock train from London / accompanied by a friend , and they were about to embark in the Ostend packet , but while the latter was absent for the space of only a minute or two , seeing to their luggage , the former rushed out and running down a lane at the back of Providence Hotel , cutliis throat so effectually as to cause death . It was stated that deceased was married about two months since , and that his wife dying very suddenly , he had been in a desponding state of mind ever since . He was on his way to join her mother and sister at Ostend . An inquest has been held on the body , when the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

      Sudden Death of tub Countess of Moreton . — The abovenamed lady , who has been an inhabitant of East SerghoU for . some years , was found dead in her bed on Monday morning . On Sunday evening she retired to rest in her usual health . —Ipswich Express . Destructive Fike at a Cotton Mill . —On Saturday morning last a fire broke out in the premises of Mr . J .-Rostron , spinner , Edenfield , Itamsbottom , near Bury , which has proved destructive to nearly the whole of the premises . Xone of the workpeople were engaged in the mill at the time , though several

      men who had been employed m repairing the engines , -which trere somewhat oufc of order , could not have been long absent ^ from the building before it commenced . Its ' origin is at present unknown . So rapid in its progress was the fire , that before any effectual assistance could be procured , the premises were almost entirely destroyed , though fortunately a large quantity of the goods were rescued from the flames . The total damage to the building and stock is estimated at £ 1 , 700 which will be partly covered by the insurances effected by Mr . Rostron . Ko lives ¦ n-ere lost or injury inflicted by the burning or falling materials . —J / a > ic /« wter Examiner .

      The Mcbdeb is Lbv £ Sow-stkeet , LiverfooIi . — The Prisoner ' s Defence . —Prom information which we have received , it seems that the prisoner Gleeson will defend himself during his trial at the approaching assizes . Oa Wednesday a letter was received by the borough coroner , dated from the gaol at Kirkdale , and signed " John Gleeson 'Wilson , " in which the writer states that he shall require copies of all the depositions connected with the transactions in Leveson-street , and desires that they be furnished to him in the course of the present week . He states that it is his intention to conduct his own case , without the interference of any other parties , and says that persons who know nothing about the facts h ' ave already made themselves busy about him .

      He says that he has no money , and , in consequence of his friends living at a distance , he cannot procure any ; but lays much stress upon the necessity of having- copies ofthe depositions in the course ofthe present week . Fatal Accident by Lightxixg . — A Soldier Killed . —On Wednesday afternoon , about aquai ter past four o ' clock , a heavy thunder storm passed over Woolwich , accompanied with thick hail and rain . A vivid flash of lightning was seen , followed immediately by a sham short clap of thunder . At the time the storm passed over the Eoyal Artillery Barrack-field , two gunners of the Royal Artillery ,

      named John M'Quraey , of the 7 th battalion , and James Milstcad , -were standing on the parade ground , and when the flash was visible both men were seen to fall . Upon a number of gunners running to the spot , it was found that M ' Quiney had been instantaneously killed , and Milstead was in a state of insensibility . Upon removing the latter to the Koyal Ordnance Hospital , and proper remedies being : applied , JUilstead was pronounced in a failway of recovery . The electric fluid passed through the hat and head of M'Quiney , learing a hole completely tlu ough the cap , and also into the brain , so that his death must have been momentary .

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      coping-stone , for about ten or twelve feet , has been carried , oa to the ropfs , and the chimneys are much dama « -ed , so that it will take £ 10 or £ 12 to repair . The friends of the parties who had escaped with tbe balloon , continued in a state of much anxiety for their ultimate safety , and the return of Mr . Green or some of the party to the " lloyal property" was looked for with much interest . A messenger arrived at Yaushall-gardcns , at half-past one a . m ., conveyi n" the information that , after passing over a great portion ofthe county of Kent , tho balloon had safely settled upon terra firma in an open field within half a mile of Erith Church ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 28, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1532/page/6/