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      jM ^ f ^^^ . -Jt ^ - ^ ^ ^ J 'll ^ . 1 ^ . ^ l ^ ' ^ ^^ ^ mTWK&WWf ^^^^^ tn'T&n ^'* *^*^ J ^ ^^^^^^^^^***^ £ f ) c ^ Hmopsiis . UnaiTsr or Lomhkj durixg the "Wees . —It is uns 2 ii » s ' : itru = ry to observe ( says the 1 'cgistrar-General ' s riyvn j j hat the constant increase uf mortality , ¦ which eouumrnml In the sicond week of July , was maini . ili : < Hl in the week ending Saturday last . The deaths from nil diseases in last week were 1 , 367 , a mortality nearly double the weekly average of the season , which is 1 , 003 . The jtroertss of " the total morality is shown by the following numbers returned iu iJic- List four weeks : —1 J 3 &U , 1 , 741 , 1 , 931 , and 1 , 067 . The deaths from cholera which in six previous weens were 49 , 124 , 152 , 33 J , 673 , 7 S 3 , increased iii tfw last to 92 G . A feature worthy of notice in liie present return is the fact , that wiiile the mortality caused by cholera has increased , there has been simultaneously a decrcisc in the deaths attributed to diarrhoea ; for whereas the deaths from this disease ( including dvsentery ) were in four previous weeks 54 , 100 , 146 , 233 , in the last week they declined to 19 S , an amount which is nearly the sanieasJn the corresponding week of the summer of ISM , and little more than that of the same week trflSiS . It is shown , therefore , that the total mortality from diarrhoea , dysentery , and cholera , amounts in this reiurn to 1 , 124 , ' while the average is only 92 . Consequently , the excess from the three epidemics exceeds in some decree the increase above tli * average of the mortality from all cause ? , which is owing partly to the circumstance that the deaths from fractures , burns , ami oilier injury regisu-rtd iu the "week were unusually f « w . Other epidemics brides those mentioned are under l ine average , with the exception of hoop ing-cough , which a little exceeds it . The mortality from cholera still predominates on the south side of the river ; the deaths there , which in the preceding week were 514 , rose iu the last to 621 . On the worth side of the Thames the deaths in the western districts -were -5 s * , showing an increase ; in the northern 27 , or nearly the same as in the former week ; in the eastern 127 , a slight increase ; and in the central , ¦ which includes St .- Giles and St . George , Strand , Holbovn , Clerkenvtell , St . Luke , East London , "West London , and City , there is a small decrease , the Buiubev . being 93 , though in the previous return there two S 7 deaths . The greatest number in any district on ihe north side of the river is in West London , namely 32 . Of the southern districts there ¦ were 67 iii Jk-rmondsey , 86 in Xewington , 112 in St . George , Soathwark , and 143 in Lambeth . The deaths in Itoikerhithe are now comjiarativcly few .

      The death of a man of forty yean , m Brompton , was caused fiy erysipelas of both legs , of putrid character ( after five days * illness ) , caught from sleepins : with a child who suffered from the disease . The daily moan of the barometer was highest-on Thursday , when it was 29-965 . The mean of the week w . is 20 T 93 . The temperature was under tbe average of the corresponding days of seven years on every dav except Thursday . The highest iu the shade was on Thursday , namely 74 deg . 5 niiu . The mean temperature of the week was 5 S < Jeg . 5 min . Dbatu or as Old JSissb . —On Saturday an inquest was held before Mr . Baker , at the Gat and Mutton public-house , London-fields , Hackney , respecting the death of William Fisher , aged 71 years , an old" miser , who was found dead in his room , Tinder th « following circumstances : —It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had formerly been for many years toll-collect . qr at Islington , and had Jnaaaged to save up a considerable sum of money . lie was of very eccentric habits , and lived quite alone . He had occupied two rooms for tbe last ten rears in West-street , London-fields . Xo person hud ever entered his rooms since he lived there , and they had never been cleansed . He paid the landlord Is . per day for his food , which be was in the habit of having placed outside his door . Be w « u 5 last seen alive on Wednesday last , and he

      then appeared in his usual health . On Thursday , the landlady took up his breakfast and knocked at the deceased ' s door , but received no answer . She became alarmed , and the door was broken open , Triien a scene of a most disjjustii ) " nature presented itself . The deceased was lying on some dirty rags on the floor , beliiud the door , and quite dead . The room was iu a most filthy condition , and the effluvia arising from it -was most dreadful . The deceased vas clothed literally in rags , and was covered with venniu . There was in the room a large quantity of valuable furniture , which was concealed by dust and filth . There was a large bedstead , and excellent bedding , bnt it appeared not to have been laid upon for some time , as it was covered with cobwebs and dust . There was also a quantity of good clothes , bonks , Krd-cage ? , cans which are used by street vendors of baked potatoes , a quantity of nitre , which be used medicinally , old hats , shoes , shoemakers' tools , and in fact the rooms were filled with all Mnds of miscellaneous articles . Yerdict ' Found dead , " and the Coroner directed the officer to take possession of the rooms until the relations were found . 3 lYSTj : ttious Death . —On Saturday an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , at the Angel Tavern , Webber-street , Blackfriars-road , on the body of Eliza-T ) eth Herring , aged 25 years , who was found dead in Jherroom . The evidence went to prove that the deceased was a female of gay habits , generally frequenting the west-end saloons and wins-rooms . On Thursday she was in her usual state of health , but towards noon she retired to rest for a few hours , "when her landlady , feeling alarmed at- her absence , "went to her apartment , and found hcv lying on the floor , with a chair across her body , and apparently dead . Air . JJateson , a surgeon , was called in , and upon examination lie discovered two or three large bruises on the face and nose . There was also a wound over the right eye . Deceased was quite dead , and he could not at that time account for her decease . 3 £ r . B .-iteson further stated that he had made a post mortem examination of the body , and although there were external marks on the head , yet he was able to prove that death bad resulted ftom disease of the heart . The injuries referred to might have been caused by falling down on some hard substance . There was no appearance of -poison in the room . Verdict , "Natural death . " iLstAxcnoLT Case of Desiitotiox . —On Saturday an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , at the "White Hart , Giltspur-street , on the bod ' ies of James llalliday , aged 51 , and Ms daughter ,-aged 12 , whose deaths -were alleged to have been induced by in-ivation . The bodies presented a shockingly emaciated ¦ appearance , the girl being reduced almost to a skeleton . —Jane Groves , a widow , residing at 5 o . 30 , Cock-lane , Smithficld , stated , that the deceased man , Ms wife , and four children had occupied a room in lier house for nearly fourteen -weeks . He was taken ill on "Wednesday evening last at five o ' clock . He was ill all ni ght , and about twelve o ' clock on the following day his son ran down to the yard where she was and begged her for God ' s sake to go up stairs , as his father was dying . She ran up and found tbe man partly undressed , lying on a piece of old tieMng on ihe floor . Ilia wife and another woman were in the room . He only breathed twice after she entered the room , and then died . During the -whole fourteen weefes the family had resided there they appeared in a starving state . The wife of the deceased man and several other witnesses were examined , and they stated that the family , which consisted of six persons , was in a state of extreme destitution for some time past , the deceased being unable to procure work . —A person in the room statedthatoutof the 2 s . Gd . received from the parish they paid 2 s . 3 d . a week for rent . They did not owe one fartbing . Deceased had been a compositor on the Mtuum Advertiser . —The jury returned a verdiet of " natural death" in the man ' s case , and " died of cholera" in referrenco to the little girl . Before leaving , the jurors subscribed nearly £ 2 for the relief of this poor family , and the coroner said it should be effectually applied to the alleviation of

      their wants . ¦ Attempt to 3 Iuk » eb thhee Chimbex bt their Mother , axd Sgictoe of the Latter . —A painful degree of excitement was created throughout the whole of Sunday and the previous day , in the vicinity of the Hampstead-road , St . Pancras , in consequence of a most horrible attempt ( all but successful ) on the part of a young "woman , named Mary Chapman , aged 2 i , the wife of a bricklayer , residing at 19 , Henry-street , to murder her three children by strangulation , and the subsequent destruction of her own life by the same means . It appears that the . husband of the unfortunate woman , who , with her family , occupied the first floor front room of the iiouse 3 fo . 19 , Henry-street , has been out of work for a very considerable period , until the last week ; and in consequence the family have been involved In considerable debt and great distress . On Saturday morning the husband went to Ms employment shortly before five o ' clock , leaving his wife , and Mary Anne , aged five years ; Amelia , aged three years ; and William , aged ten months , bis children , hi bed . Shortly before eight o'clock , a woman , named Martha Stevens , living in the adjoining room , heard the eldest child say once or twice , " Oh don ' t , mother /* And also heard the woman say semething , - apparently as if scolding the child . Shortly before nine o ' clock the same woman fancied she heard faint groans proceed from . Mrs . Chapman ' s room , and on callingto her and receiving no answer she was iuducedto try the door , and found it locked inside . This- created a feeling in her mind . that something was wrong , and she immediately went out and communicated lier suspicions to a female warned Emma King , a friend of Mrs . Chapman , residing , opposite . On entering'the apartment a most Tioriible scene presented itself . Lving on the bed was tbe body of the unfortunate woman , with the eyes and tongue protruding from the efforts of straisjrubitioiu which = & , - h : id effected by tviug an old iiaudinaeawr iu knots round her neck , tfcar her Wire the tvro eMer children , also apparently in a dying condition , with their eyes and theirtongues protruding wlulst the voungest-the baby boy-J ^ lf-strangled was still clingin g to and struggling as the-broast of his mifortunate mother The mother was qaite ^ dcad , and Mary Anne , the eldest cbjld . TOarly . so , - having a pianafore bound tightly round her neck , so that tho strings bad made a * compieteabrasion ; ! e : eycs were protrud Wgaad . muoa

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      b ' . ood-sbottcn . The second child Amelia , had a Hi > dkerchief tied round hcv neck , whilst round tho beck of the infant was a piece of cord . The females si-ran- that the children were not quite dead , first new to their assistance , and with considerable diffic-ikv released them . An alarm was then raised , and Mr ' Collins , surgeon , of Mary-street , Hampsteadroad was immediately sent for , and promptly attended , and in the meantime the handkerchief was , with the utmost difficulty removed from the neck of the unfortunate woman . On the arrival of Mr . Collins , he at once advised the removal of the three children to University College Hospital , and on examining tbe body of Mrs . Chapman , whom he nronounced to have been dead some time , he

      found a wound in her throat , and a table knife was found near the bed-side with blood upon it , ciearly indicating that the unfortunate woman , after she bad , as she thought , destroyed her children , hadend » ivoured in the first instance to take her own life Uy cutting her throat , but finding the weapon too blunt to effect the object had subsequently resorted to strangulation . On the arrival of the children . it University College Hospital they had somewhat recovered from the effects of strangulation to which they had been subjected ; and after a minute examination by the medical officers of that institution , and some " remedies being applied , they were considered to be out of danger , and were again removed back to the scene of the catastrophe . Mary

      Anne , the eldest child , who is a very intelligent little girl , on beinginterragated stated , " thather mother tied the pinafore round her neck , and that when she began to cry she told her not to cry or she would beat her . " She states that she then saw her mother tie the handkerchief round the neck of her sister , and afterwards the baby , " but she then became so bad , she could not see any _ more . " The appearance of this poor little creature is truly shocking , and the marks round her throat , where the pinafore was tied are perfectly black and blue . It is the opinion of Mr . Collins , who first aaw the children ! that had the discovery of the sad catastrophe been delayed fire minutes later , the whole of the children would have been dead , like their

      unfortunate parent . On Bennett , the summoning officer visiting the apartment , he found it in a most wretched condition . There was no food in The place , and all the money found was one halfpenny . The unfortunate woman bore a most excellent character for sobriety and integrity , but she has been known to complain"for the last fortnight of pains in her head . Since the husband has got into employ , it appears that tbe parties to whom they were indebted have been exceedingly importunate for payment , and it is supposed that this preyed fearfully on her mind , and led her to contemplate tbe horrible crimes of murder and self suicide . —On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . H . M . "Wakley , upon the body of Mary Ann

      Chapman . Evidence having been given as to the condition in which the three children were discovered , the coroner said it was clear that the deceased had committed the act herself , and the ouly question was , what state of mind she was in at the time . —Verdict , " Temporary insanity , brought onuy poverty and distress . " Suicioe . —On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , at the Coopers' Arms , Fish-street-hill , on the body of Charles Ferguson Lockhead , a youth aged 13 . It appeared that the deceased was junior clerk in the office of Messrs . Gates and Haycock , wholesale butter merchants , in Fish-street , City . His general conduct had always been good , and his masters had no reason to doubt his honesty until last Saturday , when in making up his bills , he having the management of the petty cash , his employers found a deficiency of £ 18 in an account of

      * 52 . In reply to his masters questions as to how be had disposed of the money , he made no answer for some lime , but in cross-examination he said , " Oh , be had left silver to the amount of £ 18 at Mr . nine ' s , a publican , and he was going to get the sum in gold on Monday . " Mr . Copeman , who is tbe junior partner in the firm , immediately sent to the public-house , but Mr . nines denied the statement of his having left any money with him . The deceased then underwent another private examination , but he would not confess that he had taken il . Mr . Copeman , in order to draw from him an acknowledgment of having taken the money , went out upon the pretence of procuring an officer . Ho was absent from the counting-house , where he had left deceased for a few minutes , and when he returned , he found the unfortunate youth insensible on his back , with a quantity of saliva running from his mouth . He died before medical assistance could

      Ijg obtained . Shortly before his death , he requested the carman in the employ of Messrs . Gates and Haycock to take a letter to his mother . This epistle ran nearly as follows : " When this reaches you I shall be no longer in the world . My accounts arc deficient to the amount of £ 18 , but I have not robbed my employers . I am the victim of circumstances , but . which I cannot reveal . " When his room was examined after death , a number of chemical works with a large amount of chemical apparatus were found . Ills death was caused by taking a large quantity of the essential oil of almonds . Verdict , " Temporary insanity . " Death of a Somnambulist . —An inquest was held on Tuesdav , before Mr . Uaker , at the London

      Hospital on the body of Joseph Boukett , who was killed under the following very shocking circumstances . It appeared that the deceased was a Gorman emigrant , and had saved up some money in America . lie had left that country a short time since , and arrived in London for the purpose ofreturaing to his native place . He took up bis lodgings at a German lodging house in Ship-alley , Wellclose-square , St . George ' s in the East , and he slept in a room with ten other emigrants , in bunks or hammocks , which were fastened against the wall . On Thursday night he went to bed in the usual manner , and about one o'clock the following morning he was seen to leave his bunk , and crawl along the ground toward the window . One of the Germans said to him ,

      " Where arc you going V and he replied in a strange manner that it was not his business . The deceased ap ]> eared fast asleep , and before he could be prevented he opened the window , which was only four feet from the floor , then put his feet out , and befell to tbe ground , a distance of about thirty feet . He was immediately picked up , and his head was found to be fractured in a most shocking manner . He was removed to the hospital , where he died shortly afterwards . The witness said he had no doubt that the deceased was asleep , but he did not like to swear to it . The jury , in that case , returned an open verdict , " That the deceased was killed by falling from a window , but whether he was asleep or not there was no evidence to show . "

      A Ma \ Stabbed . —On Saturday morning last a considerable sensation was created in Leather-lane in consequence of a ruffianly feUow , six feet high , named Patrick Maher , having stabbed in the head a little roan , of the name of Biggs . The parties , it appears , were strangers to each other , and met by chance at a public house , when Maher wished to drink with the wounded man , who refusing to allow him , was suddenly attacked , and received two very frig htful wounds , which nearly scal p ed him , The poor fellow immediately fell down iu a state of insensibility , in which state he was conveyed to the hospita ! . Maher was apprehended by Police-consfcible IMloway , and taken before Mr . Tymvhitt , at Clerkenwell-court , who remanded him .

      Ax Ljfbiuated Bullock . —Jsahrow Escape . — On Monday afternoon much consternation was caused in the City in consequence of the escape of a bullock ¦ which had broken loose from a slaughterhouse in Aldgate . Efforts were made to secure the infuriated beast , but on be dashed along Fenchuvchstreet , through Lombard-street and Birchin-lane , knocking down one or two persons on the way . At the junction of Princes-street with the corner of Threadneedle-street , a gentleman had a most hairbreadth escape of being gored . The angry animal

      butted with great force at him as he was standing at the corner of the street , but the horns coming in contact with the lamp-post he escaped . Suddenly he rushed forward in the direction of Bartholomewlane , where he knocked down an old man who was carrying a hag of cement , and who had a most fortunate escape . The animal then ran towards Broadstreet , knocking down several other persons , most of whom received contusions more or less severe . He then turned into Bishopsgate church-yard , where he was eventually' secured , and afterwards slaughtered .

      Extexsive Fire at Houjoway . —Saturday morning last , about nine o ' clock , a fire , attended with a serious destruction of property , broke out upon the premises of Mr . Biggs , a carpenter and furniture warehouseman , carrying on an extensive business at 29 , Cornwall-place , Hoffoway , near the gate . The flames broke out in one of the workshops , and , hi spite of the most strenuous exertions , continued to travel with more than usual rapidity . The occupiers of the contiguous premises , on seeing the danger to which their own property was exposed , commenced tearing out the windows of their dwellings , and throwing their furniture into the street . At length a powerful muster of engines belonging to the London Brigade , West of England , and parish arrived , and tast bodies of water were thrown into the burning mass , in spite of which the flames were

      not conquered until Mr . Biggs ' s premises were totally destroyed , and , with the exception of his little property removed by the neighbours , the whole of his stock in trade was burnt . No . 20 , Cornwallplace , belonging to Mr . Stamford , is likewise severely damaged by fire , water , and removal ; and so is Xo . 27 , in the same thoroughfare , in tho tenure n £ 2 Jr . Willis . 2 fo . 2 & , in the occupancy ' of Mr . Carpenter , is damaged by the removal of furniture , < tc , and the back premises of Mr , Lake , grocer , Ko . 41 , Holloway-road , are extensively ' injured . Pire other fires" occurred in different localities , "but they were got Tinder without occasioning much loss of property . L 6 XG-AenE . —On Tuesday nighb between eight and nine o'clock , a fire broke out upon the premises belono-ingto Mr . Holliday , a fixture dealer , carrying on business ufSo . 82 , Long-acre , adjoining Piunell's \? ine Tftults The flames were first discovered by a

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      &l ) t tfroinmm Frightfui 'Accident to a Clergyman . — Bristol , Saturday . —Yesterday afternoon a most appalling accident occurred at St . Vincent's-rocks , Hotwell's , whereby the Rev . George Hickes , son of thelateDr . Hickes , of Brock-street , Bath , lost his life . From the inquest which was held on the body last night , it appeared that the deceased left his house between eleven and twelve o'clock . He was at that time in his usual health and spirits , and said he should return soon , and be sure to be iu to dinner . About an hour afterwards a witness named Field , who was on St . Vincent ' s-rocks , observed him stand ing about three yards from her- He htd but one glove on . While witness was walking about he got

      on the top of the rock , near the Observatory , on the side towards the Down . Witness went on about twenty yards , and just as she turned again she saw the gentleman scrambling to catch hold of something to save himself from falling over the cliff . He did not appear to be giddy , or to have any intention of going over the rocks ; on the contrary , he tried to save himself . He did not cry out . Assistance was promptly procured , and a surgeon was in attendance within a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes , but he never moved after he fell from the rock . There was a severe wound at the back of his skull , and his right leg was dreadfully shattered . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " Drkadful Tragedy in LivEurooi .. —On Friday ,

      the 3 rd jnst , a sad scene was presented to a number of persons who burst into a house in No . 1 Court , Oriel-street , Vauxhau-road , in this town . Two children , aged , respectively , one and nine years , were found dead in bed with their throats cut from ear to ear ; and there lay stretched upon the same palliasse two other corpses , and a man with hia windpipe partially severed , the suspected murderer of his two children . The following are the melancholy particulars of the affair : —The house in question was occupied by a man 'named Patrick Joseph Colkin , who come 3 , we believe , from Carlow . He was a schoolmaster , in humble style , his school beins situated in one of the dense streets in the neigfibourhood of the Custom-house . ' His family

      consisted of himself , wife , and three children . Mary Ann Colkin , his wife , was under thirty . Their eldest son , James Colkin , was nine years of age ; Sarah Colkin , their daughter , seven years ; and there was an infant little more than eleven months old . Colkin himself , who is said to be a man of superior attainments , and to have seen better days , was sober and peaceable , and the family bore a high character in the neighbourhood . Cholera , however , visited the domicile , and on Wednesday the daughter Sarah fell a victim to the disease . The evil did not end here , for Mrs . Colkin herself was attacked , and expired of the same malady on Thursday- morning . The heads of the family had been noted in the neighbourhood for their evident attachment , and , after the death of

      his wife , Colkin s mk into despondency , which soon assumed a frantic character . A woman , named Jane Kane , who resides in Paul-street , who was a familiar of the family , had ¦ volunteered her services as nurse tothetwodeceased .. The corpses were laid out , and she was struck on Thursday with the melancholy attitude that the man Colkin had assumed . He bewailed the loss ofbia wife , and declared that he would never eat again . We ought , perhaps , here to state that on the morning of his wife ' s death Colkin called at the house of a friend in Whitechapel , shaking hands with the inmates , and declaring that they would never see him any more . The woman Kane left the house about ten o ' clock on Friday morning . Abou ; half-past two o ' clock she called again , but found that

      the door was fast . Tbe fact created suspicion , and she alarmed the neighbourhood . Entrance was effected through the window , and a horrid scene presented itself . The bodies of Colkin ' s two children were found lying at the foot of a bed , quite dead , with their throats cut from ear to ear . On the same mattress lay stretched thetwo cholera corpses , and by the side of his wife Colkin himself was found , with his throat cut , but still alive . With both arms he embraced his dead wife . The bed clothes , of course , were deluged with blood , and further details would only disgust . A razor , the instrument of the mischief , was lying on the floor . The alarm was promptly given , and it so happened that Mr . lulner , one of the indefatigable Dispensary Furgeons , was passing up the street at thetime . _ He was called in , and g « ive orders for the immediate removal of Colkin to the Northern Hospital . This was done

      under the superintendence of the police . As they lay in a dark corner of the bed , the two murdered children were not at first discovered ; they were cold and lifeless when found , and it is the opinion of the surgeon that they must have been dead for several houra . We have heard , but cannot vouch for the fact , that although the outer shutter&had not been closed , the window had been nailed down inside . Colkin , as we have stated ; was' removed on a stretcher to the hospital , where the usual remedies were applied . He appeared collected and sensible ; and , when reference was made to the tragic occurrence , said simply that grief for the death of his wife , who was always especially dear to him , had driven him mad . Although a frightful gash had been inflicted , he was not on reception considered in a dangerous state , and he showed considerable symptoms ot recovery on Saturday afternoon .

      The K ' toifiST . —On Monday , before P . P . Curry , Esq . the borough coroner , inquests were held conjointly on view of the bodies of James Colkin and Catherine Colkin . After hearing the evidence , which was the same as above stated , the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Patrick Joseph Colkin in both cases . "—The accused h still at the hospital , and very ill , but hopes are entertained of his recovery . He had formerly , we learn , been in good circumstances . Representation' of West Surrey . —A requisition is in course of signature to Mr . Williams , the late member for Coventry , requesting him to stand for this division of the county . Mr . Briscoe i who formerly represented the county , ha ? issued an addressoffering himself as a candidate .

      , Alleged Posi Office Robbbby . —A clerk in the Worcester Post Office , named William llerriek , has been remanded upon a charge of stealing money letters . Fatal Accident to a Miner , and Explosion of Fire-damp . —On Monday an inquest was held at Manchester , on " the body of a young man named James Thornton , who worked in the coal-pit of Mr J . Bradbury , at Droylesden . About a fortnight ago it appears Thornton went down into the pit with a caudle , and proceeded to the far end , set the candle down , and began to work } but he had hardly done so before one or two workmen near him perceived a

      blaze immediately spring up , as though gunpowder bad ignited , and heard a terrific explosion . Almost blinded themselves , they rushed backwards , and in a few minutes perceived Thornton . tottering along towards them , apparently very much hurt . It was found that h * was severely burnt in almost every part of the body . He was taken up the shaft , and afterwards removed to the infirmary , where he died on Monday last . It appears the miners never use their safety lamps , unless aware of the presence of fire-damp ; and in the presentinstanceTiiornionwas cautioned , though , unfortunately , the caut on was given him after he had descended the pit . A verdict was returned of " Accidental death . "

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      fast This had been cut by some one on board seemingly at the lost moment , near to the earing ot Kail ! but too late to save the young men . On Saturday last four of the bodies were found-three « f them near to tlie place where it is supposed the u * I ™\« iinset-viz , Mrv Finlayson ' s son ( the boat was upset viz » > of t , ) o othui , youngest of the two on ^ do ar ' j .. j . „ eldest SOn TSffitffiH&n the boat had struck , being soraicntu nuu . d > Tll ] 8 lg ne ' e The mo Smentable accidents that has occur r ed h ? this island ^ many years . - Inverness Coivrier , ¦ ¦ . ¦

      DISTURBANCES IN NORTH UIST . ( From the Inverness Courier . ) Tf is with the deepest regret we havo to record « hS disTirbis , apparently of a veg senous character , have taken place m Mrth Uist , one oi uw slands of the Hebrides , in this , connty . Lmd Macdonald is sole proprietor of this island , S contains about ^ 5 , 000 inhabitants . A we proportion of these are oroftaw and oot-Kvf who since the failure of the potato crop , K been in a state of extreme destitution . At the worst period of the scarcity , m 1846-7 , meal wasi supplied by Lord Macdonald , and work found under t"e Drainage Act , and the relief committee have since extended assistance to the most necessitous . Emigration ,. however , with an enlargement of the crofts or holdings of those who should remain was censidered the only means of permanently improving the parish . ¦ « ?** wmovwl from the seats of manufacture and constant employment , a great ™ JHfZ . time of the small tenantry , is wasted

      which might be profitably employed . JSariy marriages , winch have become habitual for ages back increase the population in a ratio almost lncredibe ; andtheevoftsorlots , originally too small for the fi pit Dossessor and necessarily sub-divided among leiarried sons or daug hters are become totally unfit to sudpIv them with the comfortable or even necessary means of subsistence . " - ( Statistical AC n ° orderto remedy the evils of sub-division and the tenant-at-will system , Lord Macdonald this year laid down rules for the management of his Stye estate . Ho resolved on increasing all lots that might require it up to four Scotch acres , and granting leases to the occupants . In . tho second report of the Destitution Board , Captain Elliot , the

      inspector alludes to this arrangement , and remarks"He will without rise of rent grant leases , in no cases under eight years' duration , wheuthey shall have completed improvements in drainage , trenching , and fencing , equal to two years of their present valued rent ; and further , that in respect of those at present holding no land he is willing to allocate improvable portions'to the same extent of waste land at a nominal rent on a fifteen years' laase mthmvtain reasonable terms attached . " Captain Elliot reports the effect of his new arrangement as most gratifying to the peop le of Skye . 1 hey set to work vigorously on their little possessions , and he counted something more than one hundred new drains opened up on the second day of the new system ( April 30 , 1849 ) . An impulse and motive for

      exertion had been supplied to the people . Lord Macdonald at the same time resolved on effecting some improvement on his extensive estate of fforth Uist ; and all parties judged it necessary that emigration to a considerable extent should first take place . Before consolidating and enlarging the crofts , the redundant population required to be otherwise provided for , so that no croft of four acres should be entitled to a lease if burdened with move than one family . In March last about a hundred of the small cottars were summoned to remove at the Whitsunday term , and all were offered a free passage to Canada , where a largo number of their relatives and acquaintances—nearly COO souls , who left North Uist in 1828 and at subsequent periods—were comfortably settled . The Relief -Board , convinced

      of the necessity for emigration in the present state of the country , offered 20 s . to each adult , and 10 a . for parties under fourteen years of age . Lord Macdonald agreed to pay all the other expenses of removal , besides foregoing all arrears ot rent , and assisting the most destitute with clothes . His lordship also offered to send with them a respectable person of their choosing to see chem favourably settled in Canada . These terms wevo exDlainod to the people by Mr . CoopDV , Lord Macdonald ' s commissioner , but when Whitsunday came , none of them offered to remove . Mr . Cooper and Mr . Shaw , the sheriff-substitute , then reasoned with them on the better prospect opened up to them by their removal to C ' anada , and

      the misery of their present condition , dependent upon the Destitute Board , and without any remunerative source of employment . The people , however , were resolute , and seeing that all remonstrances were in vain , legal steps were taken for ejectments . A small number of the people , we understand , were ejected , but the weather was wet and stormy , and the remainder were allowed to remain . About a fortnight since , the sheriff accompanied the officers to the township of Solas , in quoad sacra parish of Trumisgarry , to complete the evictions . Immediately on their appearing m sight a black flag was hoisted , and a great number of people assembled . There is a population of about oue hundred in Solas , but they were joined by others

      from the neighbouring townships . Mr , Shaw , the sheriff , is generally popular in the island , both on account of his own merits and those of his father . The people emphatically said they would not hurt ii hail" of his hoAd , but they threatened instant deatli to any officer who would attempt to eject them . The sheriff , from motives of humanity , and to allow time for further deliberation , withdrew the officers , and intimated to the people that he would return on tho following day . Some of the officers remained in the neighbourhood of the spot , but during the night the house in which they slept was surrounded , large stones were thrown , and the officers were obliged to fly . Nothing could bo done on the following day . A spirit of determination possessed the people , and

      their numbers had swelled to several nuuai'cd persons . The most prominent of the leaders declared that they would neither go away nor pay rent ; that they would not allow sequestration of their effects , but keep the cattle for sale at the markets . " Their conduct altogether , " says a correspondent , " was very unlike what Highlanders might be expected to exhibit , and some mischievous demagogue must have been amongst them . One man said that before they would be turned out they would do as the Hungarians did with the Austrians ! " The authorities had no force to carry eutthe law , and they withdrew from the infuriated populace , and information was convoyed to tho sheriff of tho county . We have confident hopes that the matter will be peaceably adjuster ! . Ten years since a similar

      disturbance took place in llarris , but tho authorities of the county , on repairing to the spot , speedily removed the misunderstanding and restored order . In cases of this painful nature , there will always be a difference of opinion as to the proper course to be pursued . One intelligent gentleman , a native of the island of North Uist , though cordially approving of emigration as a means of benefiting the Highlands , informs us that Lord Maedonuld's manager should have made arrangements for sending the people sooner to Canada . Id is now too late in the season . The removals should have been made more gradually . Instead of attempting to expatriate 5 U 0 or COO souls at once , tue . emigration should have been spread over three or four years ,

      A correspondent of the Inverness Advertiser , in North Uist , writing before the disturbances broke out , gives a counter-statement to that given by the Inverness Gdtirier of the conduct pursued by the proprietor and others towards the population . He writes as follows : —The affairs ot the island of North Uist have not , it would appear , been made public , else the people , who are now being visited with the greatest harshness and oppression , might have been saved from what they deem the heaviest of all afflictions—that of being turned out of their houses and from the homesteads of their fathers by a kind of wholesale ejectment . The population of the island docs not reach 4 , 500 , and it cannot be

      said that it is over-populated , when it is remembered that the island and islets extend from north to south about thirty miles , and from east to west tho greatest width fifteen miles , and when on every hand there ia land which , if only laboured and drained , would render it an exporting instead of importing country . No encouragement in any one given way is held out to draw forth the energies of the inhabitants or give them the means of subsistence beyond the paltry produce of their crofts , I do not speak now of the large grazing farms . The people were encouraged to remain ou the island by the Lords Macdonald for the purpose of making kelp , and by it much money reached the pockets of the proprietors for the time , and the '( rents were not then felt a great burden , when paid by labour Now kelp has ceased to he made , but the high money-rents of the crofts are still the same as when

      paid in labour ; and , tins , coupled with the luiluro in potatoes , has caused the tenant to fall somewhat in arrears , They have suffered much from the want of food , and after , in numerous instances , having consumed tho produce of their lands have been compelled , to suck assistance from the Highland ltelicf Committee ; It is ' true that to a very limited extent this committee have given employment , but for ninety-six hours' work , for improvements for Lord Macdonald the small quantity of two stones of Indian meal is doled out once a fortnight . Intervals have intervened when no meal was to be had , and the poor men have worked for davs , and tlieiv families have lived solely on small fash and cockles . True , also , Lord Macdonald , under the Drainage Act , expended some few hundreds , but this has been applied invidiously , whole districts being almost omitted , and those now under process of ejection ; and . tlio wages , w-Hhovt reaching tao

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      wr-3 LMmtnJi . miuiM . BM > "» 'i wm .- «»' w ^—¦— pocket of the drainer , went no ' further than " his lordship ' s own pocket , to diminish old arrears , and therefore have proved no immediate boon . Tiie district of Solas , in the parliamentary parish of Trumisgnrry , is at present in the deepest distress . Arrears are certainly duo , owing , as already said , to exorbitant rents , the total cessation ot the making of the kelp , and the failure of potatoes . But the tenants , with their cottars and thon * children , amounting to between GOO ' and 700 , irrespective of those anu every other consideration , are in tho course of being forcibly ejected . They asked delay , offering to disposo of their live stock at the market , and labour in tho moan ' time in making kelp at such a reduced rate as would remunerate ;

      Lord Macdonald , and offering to take their farms or crofts on just and equitable terms . But no , their respectful petitions have not been attended to , and the law must force them off the island . They were summoned to remove as on 15 th May ; but , let it be noticed , thoy were , by the factors or ex-factors , or their miniona , urged to plough largely , and sow more largely than ever ; and this they did after loth May . The poor people parted with their home-made clothes and blankets , « fcc ,, for seed . They hoped that all this would have been for their own benefit j but no , after all , they arc not to reap the fruits . They have been allowed also to cast their winter peats , but he seems to desire to havo these for a bonfire , when be by might shall have turned off a

      sound-hearted , honest people . Every three or four of the tenants have had goods hypothecated , and many fires have been put out , and the furniture thrown out of doora , and the doors sealed up . Very great is the distress , and heart-rending the cries and sobbings of the hel p less people , their wives and children . His lordship bids them , by his servants , be off to Canada ; alas ! at this late season , without money , without friends ! The passage-money will be paid by his lordship ; ay , it will , but out of the proceeds of their cattle and crops ! But what of the unbedded and cold sheds on tho quays of Quebec and Montreal , and the way to the interior , and

      bread for the coming severe winter ? Is all this enacting so near home , and none to interfere ? no voice to be lifted up to expose to merited obloquy such oppression—such a trampling on the rights of so many of our countrymen ? Two or three days of grace have been given , when if the people do not subscribe some document agreeing to emigrate , the houses are to be destroyed . Hitherto they have meekly suffered ; but endurance has its limits . It is to be . hoped that Lord Macdonald and his officers will yet relent , and show somewhat of the magnanimous and philanthropic , if not show that of pity and compassion .

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      iveiantt * THE QUEEN'S VISIT . The Queen , accompanied by Prince Albert , and four of her children , sailed in the Victoria and Albert Yacht from Osborne , on Wednesday , the 1 st inst , on her much talked of visit to Ireland . She was accompanied by a considerable squadron ol steamers of various sizes , and had remarkably fine weather for her voyage . . The royal fleet did not anchor in any of the harbours on the coast after leaving Osborne , as was anticipated , but proceeded direct to Ireland , tbe

      consequence was , that her Majesty arrived on Thursday evening in Cove , earlier than was expected . On the appearance of the squadron rockets were thrown up and bonfires lighted on Spike Island , Hawlbowiine , and all along the heights . When the royal yacht appeared within Roehe ' s Point , the men-ofwar burnt blue lights at the yardarms and spanker and flying jibbooms , the Marines in each ship tiring n feu dejoie instead of the royal salute , which would have taken place had her Majesty arrived before sunset .

      The town of Cove was speedily illuminated , fireworks were discharged from the Columbine quay . On the following morning the authorities went on boavd the royal yacht to ascertain the Queen ' s intention as to landing . Sir George Grey expressed to them her Majesty ' s gratification at the reception she had met within Cove dining the previous evening , and stated her intention to visit the city in the afternoon . The Mayor , urged the disappointment that would be felt if the original arrangement not to land till to-morrow were departed from "• to which the right lion , baronet replied , that her Majesty was most anxious if possible , to reach Dublin on Saturday evening . The Queen would , therefore , visit Cork at four o ' clock this afternoon , receive the addresses of the corporation and the other public bodies who had announced to him their intention of presenting them , and would leave for Dublin in the morning .

      This announcement created something like consternation among the citizens , who in their eagerness to exhibit all the outward and visible signs of loyalty , in the shape of triumphal arches and other patriotic devices , feared the time would be . too short to enable them to complete their preparations . The river Lee was crowded * with boats and craft of all descriptions , filled -vitli people eager to catch a glimpse of the royal visitors , while on shore every house was decorated according to the taste and resources of its owner , in honour of the visit .

      - About two her Majesty , accompanied by Prince Albert , presented himself to the people < m the deck of tbe yaclit . " O ne wild huzza of illimitable length and loudness , " says the Times , " rang from boat to boat and shore to shore . " The steam hissed fiercely from the tiny throat of the Fairy as if impatient of further delay ; then she moved slowly , towards the royal yacht , " and amid the thunders of artillery , the multitudinous shouts of the people , and the sturdy cheers of the sailors who manned the yards , the Queen and Prince Albert , with their suite , proceeded with Sir George Grey and the Earl of Fortescue , in the royal tender to Columbine-quay , Cove . There arose a elieer , loud , long , and universal , hailing her Majesty's first setting foot on Irish soil .

      Her Majesty appeared much gratified with her reception , and graciously acknowledged the plaudits which pealed tVom land to sea . Her Majesty , aecimpaniedby Prince Albert anil her suite , walked from the yacht to the pavilion erected a short distance from the shore . Here an address was presented , in which the Queen was requested to change the name of the town from Cove to Queenstown , in order to commemorate her visit . Having acknowledged the kindly welcome she had received , and sanctioned the change of name , her Majesty re-embarked on board the Fairy and proceeded to Cork amidst the most enthusiastic demonstrations of

      loyalty . The Custom house , where her Majesty was to land , was the great poiat of attraction . There was erected a handsome pavilion communicating with the water by a flight of steps and covered with an awning of scarlet cl' > th . The pavilion was capable uf seating 400 ladies , for whose accommodation it was specially reserved . Here had assembled the Eavl of Bandon , Lord-Ir ' cutenant of the county , and Countess ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Thomond , Lord and Lady Bernard , the Earl of Listowel , Lady Augusta Howe , Lord Carberry , Colonel Bourke , Deputy-Lieutenant ; Mr . Saarsfield , the High Sheriff ; General Turner , the Commander of the district , and other official personages .

      The whole side of the Custom-house facing the water was covered with a rich scarlet cloth , on which was worked in fine relief gold-coloured representations of the national emblems—the shamrock , rose , and thistle . Immediately over the entrance to the pavilion was placed a handsome gold Cl'OWn , supported in bold letters by the national welcome , " Cead mille fealtha , " which bsing interpreted , means " a hundred thousand welcomes . " On either side of iho triumphal arch floated flags , on . one of which was engraved the arms of Cork with the motto " Statio bene fide carinis . " Two magnificent Grecian vases , filled with the choicest flowers of the country , were placed at the eastern end of the pavilion supported by pedestals , on which were placed

      the letters V . and A ., raised in golden colours and resting on true lovers' knots , represented in the same brilliant hue . On the approach of the yacht a royal salute was fired from eight pieces of ordnance placed on the quay immediately opposite the Custom-house , which was followed by a shout of exulting loyalty from the thousands congregated on board the steamers and wharfs , the enthusiastic character of which evidently much affected her Majesty . The civil authorities of the district proceeded on board and presented addresses , and her Majesty conferred the honour of knighthood on . the Mayor of Cork . Addresses were also presented from the Lstabhshed Clergy of the diocese , and the Roman Catholic Clergy . On landing a procession was formed . The Queen and Prince Albert , with Lady Jocelyn , Lady-m-Waiting , and the Maid of Honour in Waiting , occupied the first carriage , which had been prefor

      pared her Majesty—a landau , drawn b y four gray horses , and preceded by two outriders , also on gray horses . The second , a barouche , also drawn by four gray horses was occupied by Lord Fortescue , Sir G . Grey , and Colonel Gordon . On either side of the carriage occupied by the Queen rode the Earl of Bandon , attended by the lion H . B . Bernard , bt fh mounted on gray ch&rgers , and General Turner , attended by his aides-de-camp . The procession was preceded by Viscount Bernard , Colonel of £ bi City of Cork Militia , attended by Captain Wamn , aidede-camp , Lord Carbeiry , General Should Jam , Mr . B . Turner , lion , and Rev . C . B . Berni * -d , Mr . R . Smyth , of Ba'lynatra , the Deputy Lieutenant of tho county of Cork , all in full uniform , Mid by Mv . A . K . Fox , county inspector of police . Immediately after the four carriages occupied ty" the Queen and her SllitO , followed carriages coining the Marquis and Marchioness of Thomond . Counte 3 scs of Bandon and Listowel , Viscountess Barnard , &c .

      The streets through whkn the cortege passed were decorated with ' triumph ?! -. arches garlanded with evergreens and'flowers , bearing inscriptions of endearment to the Sovereign , such as" Welcome : " " God save the Que ^ xi ^ ' " Hail Victoria , Ireland ' s hope and England ' s glory . " The line of the procession wa& kept o ? companies of the Cameronians , the Lancers * anil the constabulary . The most admixa ^

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      ble order prevailed . . The shops were all closed ; every window and balcony was tenauted ,, t . he . geBtlemen shouting and the ladies waving -their handkerchiefs ; In every part of the route her Majesty was most enthusiastically received , although m portions of the route miny of the people wi ) o crowded the streets looked poor and haggard . .. ¦ ' On the return of the procession to the Custom ^ house , ataix o ' clock , the Queen and Prince Albert re-embarked and proceeded down the river , reaching Cove at seven o ' clock . ;

      On Saturday morning evident , preparations for sailing wore visible in the roy _ al squadron . Numbers of . small boats and yachts were to be seen rowing and sailing round the royal yacht , with numbers or ladies and gentlemen on board , anxious to get , if possible , a glimpse of the Queen and Prince Albert . The Prince of Wales and the royal Princesses , being on board-, were also obiects apparently of intense interest , particularly to " the ladies . The royal party , with that considerate condescension which has marked their conduct throughout in Cork , and wntt an evident desire to gratify an excusable and even laudable curiosity , came on deck repeatedly and

      leant over the side of the yacht , so that the signcseers should be sent away perfectly satisfied . Ihe Queen was on deck at nine o'clock , dressed in a morning wrapper and plain ' straw bonnet with green veil . Prince Albert had on a military cap with gold band , and a shooting jacket and 1 ' mht trowsers . The Prince of Wale * was dressed , in a sailor 8 hat and jacket ; and if one could judge by the manner in which he bounded along the deck , seemed in the best health and spirits . " The royal princesses were under the care of the governess , and the three royal children were constantly to be seen gathering round the Queen , and evidently posing her Majesty by their questions .

      At . ten o ' clock precisely the orders were given to weigh anchcr , and in a very few minutes the yacht was under weigh . The F « ry was immediately in her wake , and then followed the Black Eag ' . e and Baashe * . A royal saluto was fired from the Camden and Carlisle forts , the yards of the men-of-war in harbour were manned in the usual way , and the whole squadron steamed out of the harbour with wonderful rapidity . ' - A somewhat smart breeze was encountered on toe voyage , which deranged the commodore ' s arrangements as to the order in which the vessels were ta follow each other , and gave rise to a race between two of the " crack" steamers , which is spiritedlynarrated by the correspondent of the Times-: —The

      Victoria aud Albert hoisted some mysterious little flags to her main , which , after fluttering for a little ) were hauled down and replaced by others , and in a moment the Vivid and the Banshee put down their helms and went about as fast as they could till they had altered their course completely . In fact , they had been ordered to run and speak the Sphynx , then right astern , and almost hull down , to return and pass the royal yacht , that they might ascertain their , respective rates of speed . The little vessels absolutely flew over the water—no , not over exactly , for now and then , the Vivid especially , they sent their sharp bows right into a wave and were for a second lost in a hazy mist of spray . The race was most exciting ; parallel to each other , and only about 300

      yards apart , the rivals went plunging on through foam and wave to th ir common goal . The commanders , like the two sons of Tyden * , eager to excel , hurried about trumpet . in hand , from deck to paddlebox , and noting every yaw of the steersmen with the closest scrutiny , and encouraging their engineers as the heroes of old were wont to exhorfc their charioteers . For miles they steamed on , and yet it would oe impossible to say any alteration took place in their respective positions . By rapid degrees the Sphynx was neared , and the excitement was at its greatest . The Vivid , smaller than the Banshee , and much shorter , went round like a top , andpaseed up to tbe port quarter of tbe mau-of-war . The Banshee , describing a tar wider circle , ranged up on

      her starboard-quarter , anl it then became evident that her rival had somewhat the best of the struggle , and would pass the Sphynx first . So , indeed , it proved , and the race was to the swift , for the Vivid on drawiag ahead of the Sphynx was perhaps a few inches in advance of the Banshee , but continued ia the race back to the Victoria and Albert 1 o increase her advantage till she was nearly a cable ' s length , before her competitor . It was nearly two o ' clock before they rounded tho Sphynx , and ju 3 t before three they came up \ vr h the Royal yacht . Here the Vivid would not be denied ; making the most of her position , she dashed right before the Banshee so as to give her the lull benefit of the wash of her wheels , and shot past like a racehorse . As the

      gallant little craft neared the Victoria and Albert all the hands of the latter were piped on deck , and her officers cheered the victors lustily , while the Prince and the distinguished persins by whom he was surrounded seemed highly delighted with the contest . The squadron dropped anchor for the night at half-past four oVock , between two small fishing stations—named Passage and Ballyhack , on the estaary at the head of which stands Waterford . The people of the district were prepared for the visit , and gave a hearty welcome . At a quarter after five o ' clock the Fairy , having Prince Albert on board , steamed up-the river to Waterford , which is about eight miles from the anchorage , and returned alongside tho royal yachfc

      at ten minutes to eight o ' clock , having just given time to any one on board to take a glimpse of the town so famous for butter and bacon and Young Irelandism . When ni ght closed in , Passage and Ballyhack illuminated — those poov small villages Not a window but exhibited its candle at every pane , while bonfires blazed on the quav ana gleamed away up the dark sides of the distant hillr . Early on Sunday morning the Stromboli , Lucifer , and Sphynx , which had arrived at intervals during the night , weighed anchor , and proceeded northward towards Dublin in advance of the ' squadron , neither the Trident nor . La Iloguo having as yet

      made their appearance . The Yivid , at a quarter past six o clock , was sent outside to see how the weather looked , and came back in two hours with a i > &povt sufficiently favourable to induce Lord Fitzclarence to give orders for sailing , and the squadron weighed anchor , and stood down the rivoi- shortly after nine o'clock . The day was , however , overcast with clouds , and a strong breeze from the east had raised a sea , of which the vessels soon began to feel the effects . Under the usual salute from Duncannon Fort , the yaclifc , followed b y the Fairy , Black Ell ^ O , Banshee , and Vivid , opened the Hook Light , and got into clear water past the fatal—Creek of

      " Ifciggcnbun , Where Ireland was lost and won ;" for there it was , according to the traditional rhyme , that Strongbow landed his knights and archers just ( 00 years ago , and won by force and fraud many a broad acre . Thence by tho Saltoos , those Insidious rocks , at whose bast rest the remains of many a gallant seaman , the royal fleet went onwards to the Tuscar , an Irish Eddystone , reared on a mass of half submerged granite in a stormy sea miles from land . Here the expatriated watchers had hoisted their little flags , and perched up in the gallery , peered afc the wonderful pageant as it swept past them ; then the low coast receded from view , and the tm-bid waters

      showed the shallow seas which the ships were navigating . r At half-past one o ' clock La Ilogue hove well in sight on her course from Cork , steamin <» away , with mainsails , foro and maintopgallant sail , foresail , and spanker set . As her hu < re hull rose upon the horizon and exhibited her lotty sides with distinctness enough to enable one to perceive her tremendous battery , she backed lier topsail , hoisted colours , and fired a royal salute m splendid style . Passing between Arklow banks and the mainland , but at such a distance that the scenery in so dull a day was almost indiscernible the fleet by degrees drew inland , as the coast ot VVicklow—glorious with purple mountains , green hill sides , and rich undulating lands covered with the ripening crops-became accessible . ineir

      course thenceforward was mdecd a sight never to . be forgotten . The painter and the poefc together could do it justice , and they only . Who shall describe the beauty of those bays set in the recesses of majestic hills , or the infinite diversity of wood and dale—of harvest field and rugged rockof mountain and valley clothed with tho bluo heath and yellow furze , empurpled with the mellowed rays of the sun , nov ^ , towards his setting , freed from the clouda that had obscured-his meridian splendour ? And out of every bay came tiny boats , with sails flickering in the light like a seabird ' s wing ; and on the lofty promontories were congregated masses of people , who , no doubt , cheered lustily as the squadron went by . Wicklow-head and the hish

      promontory of Bray were covered with hundreds of people . On rounding the latter , Killinoy Bay presented its ample range , surrounded by the Wicklow and Dublin mountains ; and just underneath the shadow of the hill of Killiney itself were lyin" snu ° - and quietly , waiting for the approach of tho fleet , tho vanguard of our squadron , the Sphynx , Stromboli , and Trident . From Bray-head the bay sweeps inland , in the form of a semicircle , till it is terminated by a corresponding headland , which shuts out the harbour of Kingstown and the greater portion of the bay of Dublin , aided by the small island of Dalkey , which is close to the shore . The proximity of the capital was soon . evidenced by a whole flotilla of yachts and boats , laden to tho vntw ' s

      edge , which pushed through Dalkey Seund towards the royal yacht , as well as by the appearance- oftwo steamers , dressed with flags and . roliing terribly from the top-heavy state of their decks ? As the Queen passed tho cheevs were hearty and sustained . Hov « V ^ h'f . Ue outside , the steamers in fi ™ £ t 00 , , their » t » tiona by signal , manned 5 S f «' ¦ nnd jessed with colours ; and in two divisions the royal squadron , now onegorgeous mass ° J steamers , and animated lines of white and blue sti-etehecl outonthe bending yards from lower to soyaiipasfc , propared . to enter the harbour ol King ! - town , ; white her Majesty ' s steamer Dragon , off its s& V ' uth , observed n similar ceremonial , It ia enough .

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      police constable , who immediately raised an alarm , when the fire was found to be ascending ao fiercely that the inmates , consisting of " Mr . - Hollidiiy , a female , and three children , had the greatest difficulty in effecting their escape . The engines were quickly on the spot , but in spite of the utmost exertions the flames were not extinguished until nearly ten o ' clock , and not before some hundred of pounds of damage "was done . The origin of the disaster is unknown . Fortunately the sufferer was partially insured .

      Islington . —Shortly before two o ' clock on the same day , a fire occurred on the premises in the occupation of Mr . Michael Moss , a furrier and strawbonnet maker , Elizabeth-place , Islington . At the time of the outbreak , the whole of the residents were in their beds asleep , and it was with considerable difficulty that they were enabled to escape . The moment the residents were taken from the building , ' a messenger was sent for the engines , when on the arrival of the firemen the whole of the premises were found io be in flumes . In spite of the exertions of the firemen the flames were not subdued until the whole of Mr . Moss ' s property was reduced to ashes and the building gutted . The total loss is reij considerable , and will fall on the Phoenix fire-oflice .

      Mile-end 2 > ew-town . —On Wednesday mornin" , shortly after four o ' clock , a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . W , Burls , patent leather japanner , &c , in Devonshire-street . The fire originated in the factory , and the building was burnt down before the flames could be mastered . Mr . Burls was -uninsured , but the building was insured in the West of England Fire-office . St . George ' s in the East . —A fire broke out in the premises belonging to Messrs . J , 0 , and J , Hill , patent cork manufacturers , situate in Thomasstreet . It commenced in one of the factories , and the firemen were unable to get the fire out until the premises and their contents were nearly destroyed ..

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      ScotlaiflJ . Melancholy Accident . —Six Lives Lost . —Oh t' . ; e afternoon of Thursday , th * 2 i ) th ult ., a boaO belonging to the Rev . Mr . Fiulayson , clergyman of the Free Church at Lochs , Island of Lewis , went out on a fishing excursion . There were on boavd ot the boat Donald and Robert Frolayson , sons oi the reverend gentleman , Donald Macauley , sou of Gapt . Macauley , Stornoway , and three other young men belonging to Luerbost , Loch 3 . In the evening the boat not arriving , some alarm was naturally excited , and on the following morning a strict search was made , when , melancholy to relate , the boat was found bottom-up , on an islaud called Tara , near the Blskea Isles , with the sheet of the lug sail made

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      uiumi ^ ' V THENOBTHKRN STAR . . > r Agikife

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 11, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1534/page/6/