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      Sije # TcUopolifn Health » f London during the " Week . —It is one 03 * ik- wwracters" of epidemic diseases that in some year ? their fatality is inconsiderable , in other year ? c . ft'sivt . . Since 1333 and 1333 . cases of cholera ircvg appeared in the tables : lmt die deaths in the sw ? : •• - ] week of August during the past five years l » : rr u iiactaated from 1 to 23 . la the week ending r ^ siurday , August IStli , the deaths in London were'J . l ' . " , of which " 1 , 230 were by cholera , 1 SS by diavj'i-. o . - * . The deaths from all causes in the last seven vrtvks were 1 , 070 , 1 , 369 , 1 , 741 , 1 , M 1 , 1 , 9 *" , 1 , 909 , : « M'i -2 . U 39 : the deaths from cholera , 152 , 830 , 678 , T : < :. t ' - 'G , 823 , and 1 , 230 . The deaths from cholera cvn'oti those in the previous week by 407 ; hut , iu tis it xreek the mortality declined . The po-_

      pulation i * about 2 , 200 , 000 , so that nearly 1 in 1 , WU of the in'ii . iMtanta now die weekly . The deaths from -iil jivKises , except choler . i , aro 1 , 000 , which is the avfraije number of the season , and 539 were at a ?* - * under i-5 , 256 at the ages 1-5 — CO , 205 at ihe 7 uf ,- f-S CO and upwards . Of the 1 , 230 persons v-iiu tiied from cholera , 313 were under the pg- of 1-5 ; 721 were 1-5 — GO , a : id ll'l were 60 aiii 5 upwards ; it carries off a ; i excessive propoilkm of people in the prime of life . 597 males aaii 633 females died of the disease last week ; at an » .-it 5 fer period of the epidemic the deaths of males ex « -.:-edcd those of females . Of 6 , 184 persons who fane AwA of clioler . 1 in London since September , -1 ^ 19 . " , 32 i died ou the south siJe of Ihe Thaii ^ i . It has how crossed the rivor . The mortalit-v L-i ? s weak increased in the districts of St .

      Geores . S ' _» uthwark , Xcwingtou , and Lambeth : ' it broke < uu with extraordinary violence in Greenwich : and on the north side of the Thames in Stepper , Slioreditcb , and Jfcthnal Green , 53 , 08 , and 125 deaths were registered . The deaths from cholera in the last two weeks were 35 and 125 in Betlmal Orcen , 21 and 93 in Shore-ditch , 24 and 55 in Stepney , 42 awl 76 in the districts of the east , ¦ west , and city of London , comprehending the jurisdiction of the City properly so called , 7 ar . d 2-1 in Maryicbo : * , 17 : ind 34 in * " vVestnihistcr dirtriet , 5 and 2 ! M : i * . 1 : cl 5 « i . This excessive mortality must be Ti ; ^; "ith great regret . Looking to the autlit-iiik- :-. Tiorts of the eflt-cts of general sanitary jnca » uiv- > . and of efficient medical relief placed ¦ mthi :, ;; :- rtr . cli or carried to the homes of the

      people-, u is quite evident that the measures now in opci-iu »! j -lie unequal to the emergency . The classes r . hk-h have the greatest claim for public succour an- not idle habitual pr . uiicrc , but the hnrd--working anisan ; yet it is stated tint in some parishes tU ' .- r . ir . uijrflncuts are such that medicalrelief is not » rc = curab ! e directly from the uiedi-il officers , who a : * . : < _ tins utmost extent of ' their powers tfischar-ni ! ' - ; : «• :- painful duties with praise-voithy dili" ? i :, i- ; v-.. ] Immunity . In a disease which so often sif :-cks hi the night , and is fatal in twentyfour hour- , the poor have to procure orders before they c : m ' . « treated . Unless some ehauiro be made in the . * .- . yjijde adiniuistrative arrai ; gei .: eiiis , the mortality sVomi cholera may be higher thau it has vet bees : u London .

      Arrr ?« -T i ; r a JIcsbaxd to ? . Ickder mis ITife . — Suicinr . . ' . j the ilusnxxD . —On Saturday an iuquo&t was lid-: ¦ iL-f . 'ic Mr . II . M . AVakley , in the "Dmvcrsity Otrlu-s ; Hospital , ou George Morton , a painter and glszk-r . 1 : > w of Melton-crescent , aged 52 . The inrvTiavis ^ j been sworn , proceeded to view ihebody , and iij'on their return a juror said it was dirirraeeful toallov ibein to witness the hideously disgusting spectacle which the body presented , and winch wan - one gore- vf Wood . —Another jaror : The disssetingroonfv .-is 'ike a ; . lau « hter-house . 2 fatiiiii . ;• the table— . A third juror : The spectacle lia < ouite j-ickened me . —Several jarors : We never l > c- ? V > : « witnessed so revolting a specUieli . ' . Tien

      JSothini ; vojilil induce us to - jr . again . —nw Coroner : Ocntlccien , I deeph ? rcgrer twit your feeliiurs shyuld have been ouaif ' gcil . 1 assure you that Jw < J 3 been aware of the condition of the body I should Ji"i have allowed you to see it » i that state . The following witnesses were then examined : — "VV . IL iJaiTkiiis , hospifcd porter , stated tlanf at half past ten t 5 «? previous morning deceased was brought in a cab wi he hospital in an insensible stale , and vomitiisji . lie was carried to the casualty ward , where iio was attended by Mr . Plover , the housesurgeon , ami died at a quarter before eleven the same movst ' ius .- — yirs . Anne Brooke , landlady , of US , Melton-citWJnt , deposed that deceased lodged with her two mouths , lleeame to her house as a single

      man . Shortly after he brought tome bis daughter , a < "ed ten . Oii Thursday night his wife , for the first tune , vi =-iu- < l her . That evening witness , hearing them quarrel , went up and knocked at his door . He sai < i ¦ : ¦? would not admit her . She listened at the door . : i !» l hearing him say to his wife that ho -would < l . - -at ? vy both her and himself , she exclaimed , " What -are vcm about ? " lie rcplitd , " Go down , and you wi ' ll hear no more about it . " Wiuicss went down , and during the night she heard no more noise . . * . ' j ? ft : it ten o ' clock the following worning she henv . 1 thr K'port of a pistol , but took no notice of it , as she did not think it was in the house . Soon afterwards sue heaiv ! a scream . , the report of another pistol ; and , on looking towards the liali- 'kjor , saw deceased firing at his wife

      as she rush-.-J into the street , he following her . After pursuing her a huiulred . yards , hu roturued , saying '' ' . Vh-.-re is she ? " and asked permission to go up to UH room . "Witness lield liim , aiul would not let ifm so . A Jlr . Kose then searched his pocket , : i 3 i : i took from it a pistol ; after which deceased d . uioii up stairs , and , putting his hand inside a tuipl-oard , he drank a tumbler of poison , "atberis-i" the particles at the bottom with his lingers , V .-j ? 1 patiijJsr ibem into bis month , lie almost ' iisJtr . utly felfto the ground insen-iible . —By the Goro .-ier : Witness never observed anything peculiar hi « e ? caseiVs conduct . lie was exceedingly sober and ijuiet . The shot took effect in the wife ' s shoulder . The slugs peneh-ated her dress . The ni <* ht previous sheiieard his wife exclaim , " Look handhe to snoot

      at what , lie lias in his ; attempted we . " Jealously was the cause of their fparrels . Deceased worked for 3 Ir . Cnbitt and Mr . Showl ) ri < riit . A . othusa Morton , daughter of deceased , ajea teu , < :-M her father had been married to her stepmotW two months , and soon after their marr ia « c thev < i iiaivelled and * ep . ir . -it- _ 'd . On TLursday ni"ht her fnther met her stepmother accidentally , and induced her to 20 home with . him . After she -was there some time she wanted to go away ; he would ant U » t four , dmffaod her about , and threatened to destroy both himself and her if she did not remain . IU said , " I'll shoot you and poison myself If you so o-n . " They went to bed peaceably and got up ' peswv . ibly the following morning . Shortly after breatiasi her father sent her out into a passaee . O : i lav return she found that huiiatl shot her stejnnsrtbpr and poisoned himself . — Mrs . Morton , die widow , a pretty looking and rather

      fashionably dressed woman , aged twenty-seven , stated thai * he married deceased on the Till of May , and left isae June 13 th , in consequence of his violent tp « m >? r , which put her in bodily fear . She Tisited linn on Thursday in consequence of a letter he -wrote ;* . her . ( ThcTletter was produced , it was well writu-= i , covoreJ four sides , and expressed the stronwesv desire for a reconciliation . ) The shot sti'ucS he ?* hOHlder , passing through her dress , and slWitlv | r- -rhed her left ear . Deceased v . as a sober man , im -: » iok « sl to a frightful extent . The slugs did notes ::-t her arm . —Vr . I'iovcr , house physician , o ] Hs > - . 1 tl » e body and found sufficient oxtilie acid ' in t :.-u < io :: wc' . i to canss death . All tho orgsins , exceiitini- ti-. tf waia , which was a little softened , were hraV-. v . On deceased ' s person lie il-und the powdera : i . l larife swan drojs produced , together with svnji- i !' --. ' : ? : T ; ents . The . jury , after a brief delibeniiJOJ .. lotumed a verdict of "Insanity . "

      Death of a Mother asd Child . — llvfora 3 Ir . Ucdfoi . 1 , -it the Swan , Mouiit-sneet , Grosvcnorsquaif , o =: =- = « body of Hannah Wither ? , aged 4 V , a con&deuu ^ i * crvaiitin the employ of WiJibiu Becrin » , Ei < j , vik- of tlie county in . u'isti ' . itS 3 for Berkslure . ' 'i' < " JecsaseJ had cojiiylaincd

      Wardourati"cet , a snrtvon , and told him that her name fl ^ is "William ^ . i ' i :: i she was iu service , and her husband in the eou - . i : r ? , and she feared she was in the family way , which must not be known at Mr . Deeriug ' s . Ee ' told h ; -r shcai >]» eared to be in labour then , and advised her to get lodgings directly , or go home . In the ovesiinw a woman named Lee called on him , and said sho could « ot get lodgings anywhere , and 3 Ir . WiM » b ihsti said a gentleman who lived in his hoHse had gone out of town , and she could have the -apartment , whieh was agreed to . During the same night decked was confined , and Dr . Stcggle was caflcd in , -i ml it became necessary to open the child ' s YiKii to save the mother ' s life , bait in the opinion of iU : Webb the child was dead at the time . On 1 : ws = I » y she told ilr . Wcbh she shonld

      go hosfi '* ihe next day , and he expostulated with her , and s . v < -i it would te instant death . Sbe would go to i : r . i ) i « i- g ' s , and then , secinsr she was so ill , Mr . i iir » tt , of 3 Iount-street , surgeon , was sent for , hut ho had no hopes of her recovery . There "was dhcovs-ivd "lHiat effusion on the brain , whieh he had n =. : ] .- i ; it wa 3 c-mseci by <» x- " ??» "ii"n' ru " . ! - '> - ~ - leet . i : :: ¦ . « tis ; .- . cvt-i cii Saturday she went to Sir . Vt * : !)!); : i cab , and he toldLer cither to let him Know wht . . she was , and 110 one would be told \ rhath : ! 'J ir . jipensd , or else sret advice from some oae el ^ c . She would do neither . —The jury returned the foilsp- ^ social -verdict , " That the docoased died o !

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      ' : ' " polic-man on duty in Argyle-streefc , Oxford-streot , discovered that a house had been broken into . He instantly procured assistance , when he commenced a search for the burglars . He found that the whole of the plate had becn . removed , and feeling satisfied that the thieves wore- in tho houso , he ascended to the upper part , and saw two men climbing up the ladder , leading to the roof . He caught hold of one of them and handed him . over to the custody of another constable , while he followed the other thief , and in his attempting to get awny , he fell from the roof and was instantly killed . Tlie name of the man in custody is F . Teal or Teal , and the deceased is weil known to the police , but his name has not been ascertained . He is about twenty years of age , five . . ,

      feet seven inches hi < rh , dark complexion , and dressed in a black coat , striped waistcoat and trowsers . In his pocket was found a duplicate for a handkerchief pledged at Mr . Wells , Broad-street , Bloomsbury , in the name of II . Lumlcy . On Monday evening Mr . Bedford held an inquest at St . James s workhouse on the body . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased resided at the house of a man named Greaves , in Blackfriars-i-oad . This Greaves was a verv bad character , and it seemed probable had led the deceased astray . At about two o clock on Sunday morning Mr . J . Rabies , residing at AI-, Oxford-street , was awakened by his servant , vho aid that some men were breaking m . 1 to wont down stairs , and on opening a lanSing ' Windowj « beneatn

      heard a groan from the area , or " - "'"; ; vard . n « jpivc an alarm , and thon went to the front of the houte , and called for the police who a m soon afterwards . There was apanc of g lass broken in one of the third story back windows , and a pa j t of the frame bad been cut away with some shun instrument . The noise of the falling glass had awakened the servant . Ongoing down stairs into the back vard he found the body of a man , quite dead , and " bleeding profusely from the head . 1 rom a subsequent examination , it appeared that the deceased , accompanied by another man , secreted himself in the yard of the Argyle Arms public-house . Thence they contrived to ascend to the leads at the buck of the * houso . They had removed the top of a conservatory on those loads , and , having entered it ,

      had commenced cutting away the third floor window , in order to enter the house . Hearing an alarm » ivcn , the deceased attempted to escape , and in doing so fell to the ground , from a height of thirty ft-et , literally dashing out his brains . His accomplice also jumped orfell , and was so much injured that the police captured him and conveyed him to the hospital , where he still remains . The Coroner summed up these facts to the jury , observing that the cause of death was all that it was necessary for them to deeide . It would not be of any service that they should enter on the question of how the deceased got on the leads , but they would use their own discretion as to dealing with it . The jury returned a verdict" That tlie deceased was killed by a

      racture of the skull , caused by a fall from tho leads of a house , while attempting to commit a burglary . " Mukdeh of a Wife by hek IIbsbaxd . —On Friday week hist , at a late hour , a man named llobert Ward , a twine spinner , of 11 , James-street , Stepney , while quarrelling with his wife and daughter , took a red hot poker out of the fire ami struck his wife a tremciidous blow on the head with the weapon , i . ' er skul ! was fractured by the blow , and she bettnaae insensible , in which state she icmiuued until Saturday night , when she died in the London Hospital . Ward left his home after he inflicted the isi jurv , and upon his return some hours afterwards

      he was taken into custody by the police , who lound in tlis bouse a poker with some hair adhering : to it . Tho deceased's cap was also taken possession of by the police . The top of it was burnt , and the ribands bv which it was fastened to her neck were clotted " with blood . The prisoner was brought before Mr . Yardlcy , at tlie Thames Police-court , on Saturday morning , ami remanded on tho ' charge of feloniously wounding until Wednesday , when he will be arraigned on a charge of wilful murder . It appears that " Ward and his wife had been frequently quarrelling , and that the man was in a very excited sr . iift iv ' ip ' n he struck the blow which caused the

      de-iih of hia wife . Ou Wednesday an inquest was held before 31 r . Baker , at the London Hospital , on view of the body of Sarah Ward , aged 41 . Tho facts of the case having been fully elicited , the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter " against the prisoner , who was committed from the Thames pulicc-cfiurt on a charge of " AYilful Murder . " Suspected Child Mukdek at Bermoxdsey . — On Wednesday Mr . Carter concluded an inquiry at the Cooper's Arms Tavern , llussnll-strcct , touching the death of a newly-born male child found dead in a market-gardener ' s field , Blue Anchor-lane , Bermondscy . ~ A verdict of " Found Dead" was recorded . l ) . \ i ! ixfi IjIibglaiit . —About nine o ' clock on

      Saturday evening last the premises of Mr . George Simnous , out glass , chandelier , and lustre manufacturer . 501 , Now Oxford-streei , were broken open and robbed of a large amount of richly cut glass , consktin < r of decanters , lustres , salt-cellars , and smellimr-boules with silver tops , amounting in value of from . £ 10 to £ 50 . The outer-door in Oxford-street was supposi-d to have been entered by false keys , but the inner-door by a crowbar , which the thieves left . behiiid . A man about 5 feet 4 inches in height , of a sallow complexion , and shabbily dressed , was seen with a basket-load of glass , about a dozen

      door .- ; from the scene of the burglary , by a-policeman in the K division , and some of the articles falling out of the basket were broken , several pieces of which were picked up , and have been since identified . Attempted " Robbery . —On Sunday evening a thief . secreted himself on the premises of Mr . Clayton , news a ^ ent , 320 , Strand , and during tho n' £ « t broke open tlie desks , outdid not succeed in fii-dhii ; - anything «» f value . The lock of the till resisted ,-iii tlie *" efibrts employed on the occasion . The thief succeeded in carrying off a quantity of postage stamps and several volumes of the Parlour Librartf .

      Fjiie is W ^ rriXG . —On Wednesday night , shortly before cloven o ' clock , as police-constable Robert Payne , 19 S II , was passing along his beat , he ob-SPi ' vcd a strong glare of light in the top room of the house in the occupation of Mr . John Watts , 2 , Sansomtr '* - m » rdens , UermUage-st .-eet . Wapping . Having obtained admittance into the house , the constable ran up stairs , preceded by the landlord . When they reached the room they discovered an aged female , who occupied the upper lioor , undressed , in a fearful state of fright , . and nearly speechless , the clothes she had taken off being in ' flames upon the drawers , which were also set on fire . The coverlid of the bed was also burning . Happily , by their united exertions , they were enabled to put out the fire , which is supposed to have been caused by a spark falling from the candle at the time the female was about , to get into bed .

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      Dublin , Saturday . —The Harvest . —Tiie Potato Chop . —The deep anxiety of the public was relieved this nioi'iiinji by the cessation of rain , and indications of a favourable change'in the weather , which now wears a much more settled appearan < 'e > Tlieaccouut-i from all parts of the country—several of which 1 subjoin—are much more favourable than could have been expected after the very heavy rains , and the general prevalence of thunder storms . Caui , ow , Aug . 17 . —S'mie damage lias been

      sustained \\\ the cereal crops , but we 'trust not of a serious nature . After ( he severe lightning which took e lace on the nights of Thursday and Fridayweek , some anprdieusious were entertained of the saf- ty of thu potato crop , owing to the appearance of brown spots on the stalks ; but having examined several la > ge fields which exhibited a withered appearance , the tubers were sound and healthy , without I be slightest appearance or * taint or disease ; and from the matured state of the tuber , no serious injury need be apprehended , as in past years , particularly if fine weather set in , of which there is every prospect .

      Monagtian , Aug . 17 . —Mnny fields of wheat have been reaped and the bere and barley is all in stock-Flax pulling is in progress , find the yield is better than was expected , but the greatest anxiety is evinced concerning the potatoes , unmistakeable evidence of disease having appeared in many placs . We have seen not only blighted stalks but whole fields ( lerfeetly withered and black . In a few- but very few—casi s we have seen diseased tubers , but the rot has yet made little progress in the roots . However there is such a quantity already mature , that iiy ( he process of pulling or cutting the stalks and intercoplir-g the atmospheric communication , a large amount of food will be ( .. reserved .

      JXf . nagii , Aug 17 . —The harvest has actually commenced . It is ininrh earlier , and we hope more pioductivc , this ye ir than it was the last or any of the four years preceding . During the past week several fields of wheat have fallen beneath the reapers' sickle , in several parts of this county . As ivea-ds the produce , it is said that the wheat crcp will not realise the expectations which were formed from its cheering appearance a few weeks ago ; though all combine in stating it will bs fully an average one . As regards the potato , we are happy to state that the disease exis ' . s—if it exists at all—to a very small cxtmt in the district immediately surrounding Nenagh . Bcre is pron unceil to be ' getierallv rood . Oats is a gocd crop , though not ver ;

      usu-iant . 1 unrip * have profited mush by the humidity of tho weath . r lately , and , as well as mangels and other green crops , promise an aUimWfc yield . Taking our harvest prospects on tlie whole , we have strong hopes that , with the blessing of 1 ' rovidence , the country , in the app : oaching year , will be exempt from many calamities , which the failure of tlie crops was one of the many great causes of creating last year . The Choleua . —Al .-hough the epidemic has been for some days on tLc deo me generally , the mortality among .-t tlie upper classes is still considerable . The Belfast ftews-Lcltcr of yesterday contains the following : - " r . is with fceli ! i » sof regret that we a-incuncc hie di-atii , in tsie ntty-sixth year of his » "oafter a

      , snort illness , on ! ucsday last , at hi . own residanc % of George Sufhjrn , hsq ., ex-mayov of Belfast , and one of the mdermen of the horough . Mr . Sufteru was one ot tlv--deputation of ( lie town council wln > procecded to Dublin to present the corporation addivss to the Queen , and it was while waiting in the antechamber of the throne-room at Dublin castlo , with the other members of the tlsputetion , - that lie was seized with the premonitory symptoms of disease , lie at once hastened home , and lingered under the fatal disease till he died . Mr . Suffern was greatly esteemed and respected by his fellow , townsmen . We have to add to this announcement another , which renders it still more painful . Miss Sufiern , the only and bel . ved sister of the ex-mayor , who never left

      his bedside during her brother ' s illness , took ill the day after his decease , and died yesterday morning iu the 59 th year of her ape , after nine hours' suited ing . Ihe remains of both will be interred this morning in Holywood . Iuish Repuksentative Peerage . —George John Danvers , tarl of Lanesborough , has been clioscn by a majority of votes to be Peer to sit in the House of -ords oh the United Kingdom , in tlie room of John hart of Mayo , deceased . The Battle op Dolly ' s Brae .-Death of one op the Orange Party .-The Newry Telegraph contains the following : — "Though not a single Protestant was killed in the battle which took place at Maghevamayo , on the 12 th of Jvi ' y , four were wounded , one of whom , Thomas Tingten , who belonged bo one of the Uathfriland Lodges died on lie

      . Tuesday morning , was wounded in the breast > y a ball during the engagement . For some time "opes were entertained of his recovery , but thev were eventually disappointed . On the evening of tlie conflict he was conveyed to Ballyroney , where he remained till his decease . His brother Orangemen of the . lislnr . t assembled , on Thursday , to pay illi'irlasl recite s to iiJ 3 remains . The fuiwr&l was vt > rv large . 1 he Orangemen , besides being dressed in the fi . signia ot the order , had hat-scarfs on , and the officials shoulder-scarfs . There was not a gun amonu the whole , procession , and the conduct of all was h !« hk praiseworthy . The body of the deceased was interred in the chutchyard . A company of the Oih Regiment , and a large number of i oustabukvy , unde their proper ofceers , went out to Bailyroney in the morniujr , tor the purpose of preserving the near * in

      , cage their services should be required ; but we are happy to state that tho entire proceeding of the dav passed oft ' without a single breach of the peace fuuSS ali " ¦ m : h » *»»*»> £ &

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      Diminution of Dk&titution . — The following statement is * copied from a 'JYvilee paper : —" Last month there w ^ rc 11 , 000 persons in ths receipt of out-door relief in this union , besides having the workhouses full . Now the numbers on the relieflists are reduced to little over 4 , 000 , and there are over 1 , 000 vacancies in Hie workhouses . During the past week there wcie 2 . G 03 persons struck off the relief lists , and £ G 5 5 s . 7 d . saved thereby to the uiiion ; audit was futther decid-. cl yesterday , that 2 , 000 out . of the 4 , 000 now on the list should be . struck off , thus making an additional saving of < £ 50 per week . Fimiu tho largo extent of indoor aeeommodaiinn at their disposal , ihe guardians are warranted Dimisutiox of Destitution . — The following

      in acting in tins manner . Indeed , so diminished does the pressure of destitution appear to be , that it was seriously proposed yesterday to close , } wo tern ., OUC or two if the- bra-. ich . hou-tis , and draught their inmates iiit- > the vacancies in the maiu house , and thus save the expenses of the cx ra s ' . att " . This nialti-r was postponed only to see wh . l would be tlie effect of the intended striking of 2 , 000 persons oS the relief list this week . It was also proposed , and carried at yesterday ' s meeting , that steps should be taken either to lessen the number of relieving officers , or to reduce their sala- es , in consequence of the greatly diminished duties they have now to perform . This matter was referred to tho commissioners . "

      State op Tradk . — The weekly commercicil report of the Freeman ' s Journal contains the following gratifying statements s ~ " There hns boon a steady , healthy busimss done in tl : e produce market this week . A large quantity of goods have changed hands and prices have been vreil maintained . There is alo much desiie shown by the retail and country trade to stock themselves , and every appearance of a continuance of the improvement , unless checked by an unfiiv- ur&ble issue to the harvest " Reproductive Works . —The Nenwjh Guardian siys : — " A correspondent informs us tint in the course of his peregrinations last week he visited the farm of M > : John Phil ips , at Glcnc-illoo , and was shown a field containin ; ten acres of oats , which ,

      two yens ago , were "rowing nothing better than hoath and setlgv grass . The spirited proprietor , Mr . Stafford D'DritM of Crailoe , having harrowed a sum of nvney under the Land Improvement Act , commenced the red tmatiou of a tr . ict of the moor land on this portion of his property , and this field U the first part which bas been cropped , and certainly its appearance far surpasses any ' -.-xpectations ihatcou'd have been for mod at the . commencement ovthe , work . Mr . PliUlius , the occupier of tlie i ' arm . estiimites that the produce of iliis fi Id . bring the first crop , will i-q : 'al 150 atone p-. T Irish acre , an ; l that next year ' s crop will double this one . Tiie expense ni t * ie reclamation , includini ; laying on lima and thorough draining , amounted to £ 8 per acre—a small sum , surely , when the two first crops will pay above half

      I he expense . 1 observed al out ; thirty- acres mote in pr'Jgress of rcclamat'on , which it is expected will be cropped , along with the ten acres referred to , next year . It would i ! e well for Ireland and her wretched population , it every landlord woul . i exert himself as Mr . O'iirien has don ? , nut only in this instance , but , as I learn , in several other parts of his p .-operty in Jltiiislcr , where ¦ ho has similir works in progress , th r . by keepin g Uia indu-trious labonvcvs on bis estates in employment , and preventing large numbers from bui'deninsj the ]> oyr rates i . f tho various unions in w-iich his properties are placed ; and moreover , when it is considered timtjuuh work ) are ivpiviinctive , and eventually will add largely to the annual ineomo of the estates , we cann t bur wonrk-r t !;; it so many of our landowners are so careless of heir own interest * . "

      DliiililX , TUF . SDAV . —TiEDCCTION OF RESTS . —« The provincial journals contain several notices of abatements of rent , generally of a temporary n : ture , and averaging about tiveniy percent . lhoious CoNnucr o ? ' Navvies" ox tiik Nev . 'UV C . V . VAI , — "ihs Ncwrif Tc- ' cf / mp ' i of this day contiiiiis tlie fallowing : — " A lew dajs a >; o , wo had o-casion to no ice the alarming demeanour of sojne of the ' navvies' employe- ) in inaldng the improvements at the canal . Several times since that their conduct has worn a threatening aspect . The disputes ) whatever they were , wertyhoivever , confined to themselves . We understand that some of the ill-disposvd amongst them endeavoured t i excite the ' rett to ' strike' for higher wages , under pretence of goini ; to England to

      rt-np the harvest . Jt was with the utmost difficulty they were restrained from the commission of outrage ; but , after blackguarding those who were , in authority over them , and otherwise misbehaving themselves , they were permadetl to go on with their work . Last Friday evening , howcer , the public pe » ce was seriously endangered by thpm . It appears that a maiii named Mnnran , had L-ft the works ol his own accord , to go io England . According to the rules , any man who leaves in this way must wait till the regular payday , which is once a fortnight , before he can get his wages . Morgan h-d worked from Monday till Wednesday evening , when lie left off . The next day , the time-keeper gave him a writt- n ticket , certif y ing the ume he had worked . A man named Cawill , who

      had been dismissed foi nnglmenee , at the same time got a written ticket . On Friday they proceeded , with those tickets—another navvie . ' called iVagainey , going along with them—t ) Mr . Connor , the-heckclerk . As the tickets were not in the usual printed form , Mr . Omior said he would not sign them until he should sea the time-keeper ; and that he would go down to the works that evening , and see him . Acco'dingly , about five o ' clock he proceeded to the works at J'atbam , when Morgan caught hold of him , and insisted that he should either sign the docket or give it up . Morgan kept him in custody for three-Quarters of an hour , the oihor persons mimed ¦ sliiiuFng ¦ by and a ' -etting him . At last , Uoad-Constable Whiteley and a partv of five police

      with him , c-une up , Irving been sent for , and arrested the three fellows , whom they brought up the Green Bank towards tlie towu . Astlioy Citniealong , tho ' navvies , ' who were just leaving th-ir work . : md were coming up the road on the other side of the canal , shouted over to the police , daring them to handcuff the prisoners , and saving : they should never puss the bridge with them . When the police , coining round by the Ballast Bank , reached the road , at the Dublin-bridge , they found that the ' navvies , ' to the nuinbe * , perhaps , of 1 . 500 nn > n , armed with shovels , pickaxes , and crowbars , had taken possession of both bridges , and the voad between them , completely blocking up the way . As so"i \ as Use small b 'dy of police lmd passed through theism from

      the bank unto the road , the mob closed in upon them , and commenced yelling and throwing stones . Their demeanour was very threatening , and in all human probability lives would have been lost beforo all was over , they were getting so much excited . Just at this moment , however , Mr . Singl-tou , R . M .. and Mr . Isaac Corry , J . l \ , came up with a party if rive policemen , to the assistance of Head Constable W hit elf y . The stones wsre ilying in all direction ? , and the mob were growing furious . Not sid instant wis to be lost . SS ' r . Corry read the lli » t Act . . Mr Siniilefn placing hiinsdf at the head of Head Constable Whitelv . y ' s men , charged the mfliMns at the point of the bayonet , and drove tlhm over the canal

      bridge , Mr . Corry , taking the lead of the other party of police , charged the fellows on the othsr s-dis driving them before him down Itiver-strcefc . The ruffians after some time scattered and went away , and tlie police succeeded in bringing tlie three prisoners to the barracks , and also iu taking thiee of tlie others who wore engaged in ihrowiog stones . Ou Mond . iv , Moi-gau , Carrill , « ml- . Magainey were brought before the magistrates , cliarged with tiirowing stones at tlie police , when the two former were sentenced to < i fine of ten shillings each , or a week ' s imprisonment :, ami Mngainey was discharged . The . ther p . hoi . er 3 were discharged after being cautioned as to iheir future conduct . "

      The death of the Hon . Cornelius O'Calla » han is much regretted in this city , where he had ' " several friends . The Murder qv Miss PlUHiDHttGAST . — "We have > ecu informed that the warrant for tho execution of Patrick Cormask , convicted , at the last assizes , of ihe wiltnl murder of Miss Prcndersjast , an Poriumna in this county , has arrived in town , and that same directs him to be executed on the 25 th hist . Ou reierenceto the calendar , we find that the jud ^ e directed his execution on the 23 th insfc , and that intimation has been given to him to that effect bv the present warrant ; his execution has been anticipated by three days , winch forms a ground for a memorial , and tho same will be accordingly forwarded on his behalf . —Galway Vindicator

      Doblix , Wednesday —AH symptoms of rain disappeared since yesterday afternoon , and as there is now a cheering prospect of the continuance of fine weather , it is probable that harvesting operations will be brought to a conclusion at the close of the present month . With one exception , the reports of the potato this morning are highly satisfactory and a gentleman who has travelled through parts of Ulster and Leinster , with a view of personally inspecting the actual condition of the crop , states that throughout his tour he has not seen one solitary instance of the old disease , and he is further of opinion that already enough has been saved to prevent t ! e possibility of any scarcity .

      TllB " NATION" Nuwsi'APEii . —Thearranoements for the re-issue of Mr . Duffy ' s journal not bcuV fully completed , the fhst number will not be published as promised , 911 the 2 ath inst . Another week is required to perfect the machinery , mechanical ., ni i Horary . It . is stated that iJ , fot of su ' os-cribm already amounts to 4 , 000 . The C 1101 . 1 snA .-I 11 Dublin the epiileinio is diminishing but there are still many fatal cases in the metropolis and in the country amongst " all cUsse . ^ Ihe Rev .. Dr . Carter , Dcaa of Tuatn , died of cludeia on Monday at Salthill , near Kingstown . The reverend genileman , who had reached an advanced age , was incumbent of Ballymore , in the diocese of Armagh .

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      ^ f » f . pvoMnr ?* . Fatal Accident ox the Xowii Kent Railavay . —Tiie half-past tight o'clock train from London arrlvnd on Sunday evening safely at "Woolwich , tlie station of which pl . icc was raucli ci-owded on both sides , owing to the London trains being insufficient to eonvev the passengers . Tho entrance to the platform " debouches on the down train-: this train had just begun to start for Gravesend when a frightful scream " was heard—a woman had fallen from tho platform between the carriages . The last two carriages ]> asseil over her chest . Por a moment the concourse of people seemed too terrified to pick her up . She was , however , ' convoyed into the station , but soon uk'J . As the wheels of tho carriages we : it over her the carriages wore distinctly seen to ria > : i > i ! 5 full .

      Ax j \ uti ! . lerymax Shot . —Chatham . —On Friday , ihe 37 th in-t ., tlse Ur . yal AriilWy at this « arrisou assembled at the usual place at Uimor , for the practice of muski'tvy bull firing- ; thev were firing in companies , ami it is the custom for the front man to advance from the ranks a fc-. r paces , and fire at tlie tarsot ; as soon as he has tired , ho recovers arms , aiid takes the place of the rear man who advances in front . It appears that gunner William llepper was the front man in the company , who advanced and fired , su « l the ro-. iv man , William M'Douald , whose piece was loaded , brought down

      his musket in . 1 straight position , and was about placing a cap on the nipple wf hU piece , when by some cause the gun went oft' and the ball entered the had ; of llcpper , just as he was recovering his arms . His death was * instantaneous . The deceased was a very fine young man , and was attached to ~ So . 4 Company of tiie 11 th Battalion , lie was removed to the garrison hospital , to await a coroner ' s inquest , which was held on . Saturday last , by Mr . J . Mimic , one of the county coroners , and a verdict returned that the deceased was accidentally shot . It is reported that M'Donald will be tried by a

      court-mamal . The Colliers STniKE .-BinMixGii . wr , August 18 . —The partial strike of the Staffordshire colliers , which we noticed last week has since spread throughout the entire district , and there are now more than three thousand men out of employ ; and at most of ihe collieries from West Broimvieh and Tipton , across the country to Urierly 1 'iill , operations are entirely suspended . Slaiiy meetings were held last week , . ' it which it was resolved nor- only to resist the proposed reduction in the rate of wages , but even to seek an advance upon those paid previous to the turn out . It is hoped that some amicable arrangement will before lon « take place .

      Ijask J- \ -::: iKra-: s . —? , 1 asciiesti" :, August 20 . — An uxwnMva forgery on the Manchester and Liverpool Pisti-ict Bank- has just been discovered . Two men implicated in the felony have been apprehended , and it is supposed that the investigations which are about to be commenced will lead to the discovery of a number of serious forgeries upon the s . iire company . On the 20 th lilt ., inconsequence of an advertisement which appeared in the Liverpool Hcrcitrit , a person named Lindley , applied for a situation , " and received an answer appointing a meetin" with the writer , a Mr . llobinsou , at the Stock Hotel , in that town . A further interview ,

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      tma \ t » . The Late Explosion' axd Loss of Life at AuiiisDAiui . —On Friday week an inquest was held in the Town Hall , Aberdare , on the bodies of the fifty-two persons who were killed by this explosion . Several witnesses were called , who detailed the particulars of the accident , but no positive evidence was given as to the cause of the explosion , and the inquest was eventually adjourned . The inquest , which had been adjourned from Saturday , recommenced on Monday . Mr . Dobson—Lord Clivc ' s mineral agent , examined : Had surveyed the collieries after the accident . Has had experience in the North of England as a mineral agent , in the mines of Northumberland and Durham , From tlie fact of the doors being blown outwards , between

      number one crossing , he thought that the explosion had taken place in directions radiating off , and from which number one appears the centre , from tho timber and cor . , att . hi .-i point having been biirncand the circumstance of live men and tioys having been found near this place , all led him to the conclusion that the explosion occurred at Of near tho rise end of No . 1 crossing . Tho rise " ond of Xo . 1 is the most elevated part of tho level , and tbo » as is more likely in consequence to explode there , and that in consequence of the goaf or rubbish , which is bctjvecn the levels , it is move likely to accumulate in this part . Examined but two stalls here ; Examined the i » an , and think it quite possible that the gas accumulated in the goaf , and it will always accumulate in old rubbish , and that by a sudden fall of t £ ouTX ° & ° L if th r - gwiKM out ot the cavities , caused to issue out into air ,

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      '" ion re ruWmg him down , eh ? " as tho man said to a chap who was cleaning the mud from a brother toper ' s coat . " Notexactly , " he rcplicdj " merely scraping an acquaintance . "

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      WBIMfS ^*^^^ - - " in consequence , took placo at tho Corn Exchange in Manchester , at which Robinson gave Lindley a cheque upon the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank for £ 337 15 s - » desiring him to net it cashed . This Lindley did , and returned with six £ 50 notes , the remainder of the amount being in gold . The notes , at Robinson ' s request , were subsequently turned into gold at the Bank of England , and Robinson pocketed the money without taking the trouble to count it . At another interview , a few days afterwards , Itobinson offered Lindley a situation , but requested him to return to Liverpoolpromising to communicate- with him upon the subject , giving him money to defray his expenses . On the Tuesday following , Lindley began to suspect from various circumstances , that ' he hw \ been ''"' ^ ^^

      duped , and having called at the branch bank in Liverpool , he there related the above circumstances ami an investigation having taken place , the cheque , which purported to have boon drawn by Messrs . CoHinsou and Simpson , brewers , Manchester , 1 ms been pronounced by Mr . Simpson to be a forgery . On Friday last , Robinson was apprehended by one of the Liverpool detective force , in the shop of a man named Macauley , who was supposed to be an accomplice . They were examined beforo thc magistrates on the following ( Saturday ) morning , llou ' inson was clearly identified , end a younff man of the name of M'Intyre related another " instance of having been duped by the same individual . Wo understand that the above is only one of a scries of forgeries which have recentl y been committed , and

      from which the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank have been sufferers to a considerable amount , probably not less than from . € 1 , 200 to £ 1 , 500 . Tho prisoners have been remanded to afford time for instituting further inquiries into the subject . The Guestlixg Poisosing— Execution of the Murderess . —The execution < . f Mavy Ann Geeving , who was found guilty at the Lewes assizes of the murder of Benjamin Geering , her husband , by the administration of arsenic , took placo at Lewes on Tuesday . —On Thursday week last the wretched woman confessed to the chaplain that she was guilty of the murder of her husband , and she subsequently , by little and little , stated to him that she had also administered arsenic to her sons James and John , who had died of the effects of it , and that she

      afterwards attempted to destroy her son Benjamin by . the some moans , but he recovered . After these confessions , and the prisoner appearing penitent , the chaplain conceived himself justified in administering to her the sacrament of the Lord's Supper , which he did on Monday eveninsr , anil on that night the prisoner slept for several hours soundly . She was not present at the condemned sermon which the chap-Iain made to the prisoners on Tuesday morning , he conceiving that it would be better for her that she should remain in her cell . After the service he went to her , and remained with her until her execution . At a quarter to twelve o ' clock , Mr . Cell and Mr . Palmer , tho undor-shcriffs , accompanied by Calcraft , the executioner , proceeded to the condemned cell . The prisoner was sitting at the side

      of the bed , wringing her hands , and appealing to be in great agony of mind . Ciilcrnft placed tlio halter on the bed , and then proceeded to pinion the culprit , an operation whieh she submitted to passively , occasionally ejaculating , " Oh , Lord Ji .-sus have mercy on me I" This o ' pention performed , she was led to the foot of the seaftold , the chaplain reading the burial service , and the prisoner continuing to utter fervently the prayer , " Lord have mercy on me . " She walked with a pretty firm step , but in ascending tho steps of tho scaltbld she faltered , and was supported by two turnkeys . Calcraft drew the bolt , and the unfortunate woman was launched into eternity . Not a word , not even an exclamation escaped i ' rom the crowd ; but after gazing on the

      appalling spectacle for a few minutes they slowly dispersed . We understand that after her condemnation tUo ' ivnfovUvnato -woman lisul bvit one interview with any of her family , and that was immediately after the trial . Strange as it may seem after her conduct to them , she wrote several letters to them in the most affectionate terms , and in whieh she stated that she was prepared for the dreadful fate that awaited her . Her maiden name was l'luinb . llei ' father , George Plumb , ' was an honest hardworking agricultural labourer , living at Westficld in Sussex . She was sent out to service when very young , and lived at Coghurst Farm , then in the possession of Mv . Thomas ' Wood , but being detected in dealing improperly with the milk and Butter money she was dismissed . She then went to live at

      another place in Westficld , where Ben . Gccnng was likewise employed . An intimacy sprung up between them , and she became pregnant when only sixteen years of age . The old bastardy laws were then in force , and by putting them in operation the parish officers compelled her to marry Geering , which was sorely against her inclination , and she had even to be carried into church . Ten children were the fruits of this marriage , of whom ei g ht avc living , and two have died , as she has ceufessed , of arsenic administered by her . She and her husband had frequent quarrels , and it is stated that she was a gin drinker and a determined opium eater . Of course these habits caused her to be in frequent want of money , and this want was aggravated by a practice she had of pawning the best clothes of her husband and sons every Monday morning and redeeming them on Saturday night .

      ExiRAonDiXARY OccuuREXCE . —Tho quiet village of IIov&bUYy , view \ Yabefield , has been thrown into a state of great excitement by . 1 painful occurrence that has come to light within thc last week . An independent gentleman of the name of Craven lived in the village in respectable style . He was a bachelor , and a young lady lived with him as housekeeper who was known as Miss Craven , tvnd was veputed to be his natural daughter . In the middle of List week a report prevailed that this young person had given birth to a child , which had been made away with , and that the body had been found buried in the plantation belonging to the house . Tlvc vfipost was , 0 ? course , not long in coming to thc cars of the const-sbles , who instituted proper inquiries , traced the report to a man who had seen tho body of the child ,

      and then informed the coroner , who thereupon directed that an inquest should bo held forthwith . Accordingly , on Saturday last , the body of the child having been produced , an inquest was held over it at the Fleece Inn , when the following extraordinary facts were elicited in evidence : —Thomas Neltloton said : I live at llorbury , and am a butcher . I was told by Ellen Sykes ( Mr . Craven ' s servant ) that she saw Mr . Craven burying something in the plantation , and in consequence I wont tothcplnco . I took some earth up with my hands , and found a bundle wrapped in brown paper . I took it up and opened it , and found : i new-born child . J . made another hole and buriedit again . I showed it to Ellen Sykes beforo I buried it ; it was a boy . This was on Tuesday morning . I was called upon by Mr . Roger Hirst , Mr . Joseph Berrv , and Mr . John Gee , on

      Friday morning . They aro constables for llorbury . They asked jne to meet them at the Fleece Inn , in llorbury , and to bring the bundle I had found . I went and dug up thc bundle and brought it to the Fleece . ' I laid it on the table in the room , in the presence of tho constab ' os and other persons . I left it with them . Ellen Sykcs told me not to say anything ; so I did not mention the finding 0 ! ' thu child to the constables nor to any one . Ellen Sykes told me she saw Mr . Craven digging something . She told me she suspected something was up . I never denied I knew anything about the child , or had had it in my possession . I groom and occasionally wovk for Mr . ' Craven . —Ellen Sykes , upon her or . th , said I am a single woman . I was servant to Mr . Edward Craven , but was discharged last Thursday bv Miss Craven . Mr . Craven is ; i bachelor Miss

      Craven is about 2 ± years old , and lives in I 1 I 3 house us his daughter . I had been there throe years the 1 st of last June . I never told Settloton I saw Mr . Craven digging or burying in the plantation , but I did tell him 1 saw Sir . Craven graving in the garden ; by " graving" I moan working in the garden , lie was in the habit of doing so . He ( Nettleton ) said he suspected something was up , and said he supposed I suspected . I laughed and put it off , and a little girl came in , and we said no more at that time . This conversation took place on Tuesday evening . I never told jVcttloton not to mention thu finding of the child to any owe . It was last Monday morning , between nine and ten o ' clock , when I saw Mr . Craven working in the garden . Xcttleton told me I was not to name it to any one that ho found

      the child . At the time Miss Craven was confined to her bed I had reason to suppose she was delivered of a child . My reason for supposing so was the difference in her appearance beforo she was confined to her bed and after she came down stairs . She came down stairs about four o ' clock last Monday afternoon . I saw the bed linen was changed and taken away . There were finer sheets on tho bed than were put on before . I did not attend her on Saturday and Sunday . Mr . Craven himself attended to her on those two days , but I went into her bedroom occasionally . jSo medical man was sent for to Miss Craven . Mr Craven on Saturday shut the inner door leading from the kitchen to the room after him . as he often does . It was betwixt twelve and one o ' clock . I also heard him shut the stairs door . I heard Miss Craven crying out , as if in much pain , all Saturday morning , and she was verv poorlv . On think it

      Wednesday night , I was , I WCnt into " Miss Craven ' s bedroom . She was undressed . I saw her applying something to her breasts , but did not notice what itVas . I shut the door and went away without going'into her . It was bedtime and I had my shoes oft' . I had nnt snoke : i L-i Kvtik ; on usi Wednesday morning bci ' he brought the child . I have looked at the piece of cloth tiie child is now wrapped in . It is a piece of linen cloth ; the child , was wrapped i » calico that Xetrleton produced tome on Wednesday morning . —Medical testimony concluded thc evidence , and the coroner went over tho evidence very minutely , and directed thc jury as to tho law of the case . The jury returned ; i verdict of " stillborn . "—Mr . J . Stringer , solicitor , of llorbury , was present on behalf of the authorities , and three other solicitors were also present to watch the inquiry . — On Monday , Mr . Stringer applied to thc magistrate for warrants of apprehension against the parties

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      a ^ i ^ si ^ rSstfss who declare that the low price of provisions must produce low wgcs . -CarMe Journal . AsoTiran Adyakcb op Waoes-10 Iho { MtOl 01 thc Leicester Jfcm , n ,.-Sir ,-At therequoa * of sontt of the leading manufacturers a deputationJ ™ agau been appointed , consisting of a numbci oclectcu from the county , and also a number from the tonn to wait the manufacturers w » tfctbofo lowing

      ||| „! , ! ,, | I IIIWW 1——WIUWJ- ' - ^ 'M ^ HHW muOT dlntn ^^ magistrates COncuiiw * "' " t k produced before tak-^ T ,, SridKed summonses to tightnesses mg this step , ana issue fc ^ SS K left Sbury , no one knowing whither ^ FwdSS Sm » at MAN-c TE B . The dyoi , nndarosscw of Manchester and Sa ^ rd sbeckon Mrtiidivfor an advance of wages , iho stnkois , S i and some thousands arc consequently gcneiai out , « Those who have struck went SSSftHsswmss in thc most noaooablo manner

      upon proposition , yiz ., that an advance of 3 d . pel dozen should be given upon all wrought hose up to and including those made at 5 s . per dozen , and Od . per dozen on all sorts above . Several of the leading manufacturers have agreed to givft the above advance , sinU tlie others also that have been seen have cordially consented to do the same . The deputation , therefore , is of opinion that all that is wanting at tho present time is determination on the part ot the hands , both in town and county , and the advance will be obtained . —Ed . TSicrolsox , Sec . ; T . Smith , Sec . Central Committee of the Southern Division of Leicestershire . —Leicester , August 15 th ,

      18-10 . Tub IVootcoMREBS at Bradford . —For some time back the wooleombers have expressed dissatisfaction at their wages not being advanced now that trade is brisk , and on Saturday evening last those in tlie employ of two firms who were said to bo x ' ivintf the lowest . wages met m the open space in the front of Philadelphia Chapel , Wapping , to devise means to obtain an advance . It was stated at tho mooting that one of tho firms had already yielded to their request , so that they had only to contend with the other one , and it was agreed that they should endeavour to obtain work elsewhere . No unkind words were- used by the speakers , and we understand that tiie other firm has since given

      tho advance sought . — Leah Mercury , Melancholy "" Deaths . — A low days since , Mr . Tamos Staples , builder , of Leicester , and his son , James , a cicrk in thc bank of Messrs . Pagets and Ivivby , loft home for a pleasure trip to Franco . On Sunday morniii /* . while at Boulogne , the former was seized with cholera , upon which lie drank some brandy ; but . finding that this did not afford him relief , he sent for a medical practitioner , who attended him , but unavailinsly , for ho'died on the evening of thc day above named . On Monday evening the corpse , ' enclosed in a eofin , was placed on hoard a steamer , to be convoyed to this country , under the care of tho son of thc deceased , who , however , himself died on Tuesdnv morning . The body of

      Mr . Staples , son ., was brought on to Folkestone ; and thence conveyed to this town by rail , on Thursday morning . It was buried in St . George's churchyard in presence of a largo number of spectators . In the course of Wednesday , : i message was forwarded to Boulogne to say that should tho body of the youiiffer Mr . Staples not have boon sent away , it was desired that it should be buried in thc cemetery there . Tho landlady of thc house ( tlie British Hotel , ) where Messrs . Staples were lodging , has also since died ; and it has been closed by the autlumtios . What adds to the melancholy nature of these deaths is the fact that Mr . Staples has loft a family of seven fatherless children , while in thc prime of life and energy , and in tho midst of a successful business carcerT—Lcitettcr Chronicle .

      A Reveukxd liiniTG . —Tiik Devil ' s Mas of all "Wobk . — "Whilst Mary Ball was lying in her condemned cell : it Coventry , Urn llev . Richard Chapman , who was chaplain of tho gaol , burnt her hand with . 1 lighted candle , for the purpose , us he informed her , of giving her a foretaste of what hell was , Thc following are the pavticulara , as given in evidence : On Saturday afternoon , the 1 th of August , the governor of " the gaol , Mr . Stanley , had occasion to go to Birmingham ; ¦ on returning , shortly after six o ' clock the same evening , he was informed by Miss Winter , the assistant matron , that during his absence the chaplain had visited the prisoner , Mary Ball , then under sentence of death , and by force , in her presence , had held tho

      condemned woman s hand over a lighted candle , thereb y burning and blistering it . Mr . Stanley immediately ran to the cell , when tho prisoner showed him her hand , which he found to be blistered as he had been informed ; thc prisoner expressing herself glad that ho had come , and complaining of the Rov . Mr . Chapman's treatment . —Susannah Winter also informed tho magistrates that it was about half-past five o'clock on the Saturday afternoon that the chaplain visited the prisoner , and immediately ou entering the cell ho called for a lighted candle , which was brought to him . Ho then took thc candle in one hand , ami with thc other laid hold of tho hand of the prisoner , Mary Ball , which lie held over the candle , and asked her if she felt it .

      After a time she snatched her hand away , having previously endeavoured to withdraw it , saying at tho same time that she did fool it . Thc chaplain asked her what that would bo compared to the torments of hell , where the whole frame would uo burning for a hundred years ? Whilst tho chaplain held the prisoner ' s IiliuI over the candle , she tried hard to get it away . Miss Winter gives it as her opinion , to the best of her judgment , that thc hand of tho prisoner was held ' over the candle , two minutes . Tho candle was first hold at a distance from her hand , and brought nearer to it gradually . She tried hard to ffct it a way whilst it " was boiiijr

      held . After Mary Ball got her hand away , Mr . Chapman told her not to think ho was actuated by any motives of cruelty towards her , and that his design was , to give her some idea of what the torments of hell were . These statements having boon made before the magistrates , in tho presence of Mr . Chapman , he admi-: tcd that they were substantially correct , lie added that ho was actuated by thc best of motives ; and that what he did was to facilitate her notion of pain . Wo arc glad to say that the magistrates have suspended this ignorant savage until the next general quarter sessions , when of course he will bo discharged . — Coventry Herald , August 17 .

      Extensive Bobbery by a Clf-uk . —On Wednesday information was received by tho Metropolitan Police that William llolman Branson , clerk to Messrs . Stran . se , of Ilijrh-stroot , , Liverpool , had gone off with £ 450 in gold , tbo property of his employers , lie has boon traced to London , and is now supposed to bo trying to get out to Australia . Important to Victuallkks axd CqXFECTlOXERS . —At Bath , on Tuesday , an application was made by some of tlie leading confectioners of the city for licence for the sale of spirituous liquors , &c . On thc day iu question thu magistrates for the city and borough hold their general annual mooting a " the Guildhall for the purpose of granting licences to persons keeping inns , alehouses , and victualliiisr houses , to sell excisable liquors by retail to bo drunk or consumed on their premise ' s , when , after

      the renewal of licences before granted , application was made for licences by Mr . Fisher , confectioner , Xortlignto-streefc , Mr . Fortt , confectioner , Wilsonstrcet , and Mr . Giubs , confectioner , Union-street . Tuo applicants were supported by Mr . llellings , solicitor , and opposed by Mr . T . W . Saundoi's , barrister , on behalf of the wine and spirit trade , and tho hotel and innkeepers of the city . After some discussion the magistrates refused ' to hear legal gentlemen on cither side , and the court was cleared to afford the bench an opportunity to confer together upon the subject . On the doovs bcinij reopened , however , Iiis worship , the mayor , announced that tho magistrates had decided that it would bo inexpedient to commence the practice of granting licences to confectioners , and the applications wore therefore refused . The decision appeared to give great satisfaction to a great number of victuallers who were present .

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      courses or crossings , and then probably was ignited by tflie lights of the liunticrs . The inspector desired witness to state his opinion as regards the intake air current , and whether he thought thc system adopted hero was sufficient for the purpose of clearing out thc works ? Witness , in reply , stated that ho could not well answer that question , as when he saw the pit it was entirely disordered by tho explosion , but believes it was not a safe method . Uo did not think tho goaf should have any connexion with the air courses , as it may issue out into them . In Durham it would be usual to force a portion of return air over the jjoaf and make a separate way , courses or crossings , and then probably was ignited

      not communicating with the air-course or lights ; his opinion was , as beforo stated , that the accident was the result of those causes . —By a Juror : AVas he to understand that the principle of ventilation here was not proper or safe ?—The Coroner intimated that the opinion of Mr . Dobson was that a better system could be adopted . —Mr . Dobson , in answer to a remark said , that during his experience he had never seen an explosion occur in thc main shaft , as in the present case ; but that the ventilation of this pit , though porhaps different from others in the north of England , was about as good as any in the valley and district . —The Coroner then iutimatcd that the inquest was adjourned .

      Accident at the Biutax . nm Bridge . —Baxgor , August . 17 . —A correspondent writes : — " All the fond and desired hopes of a successful realisation of raising the monster tube of this stupendous bridge to its final resting place are , for the next two months at least , suspended . A few minutes before noon of this day , thc lower part of the cylinder of the huge hydraulic press on the Anglnsea side burst with a tremendous explosion , and in its descent on to the tube , a height of about eighty-four feet , fell with a terrific crash . The press was at work at the time , and had raised the tube about three foot during the lift this d ;« y ; and had it not been for very urgent and preacutionary means adopted , by paekintf and bricking under with cement as the tube was being raised , the most dreadful consequence- *

      were inevitable . One ot the workmen was precipitated from a rope ladder , running from the top of tlie tube to the recess in w / iich tlie hydraulic machine was fixed ; he was struck by tho huge mass of iron in its descent , weighing nearly three tons , and now lies in a dreadfully crushed state . I greatly fear that he cannot survive many hours , as the medical attendant . on the works considurs that , on a close examination of his body , most oi' his limbs must bo fractured , as well as suffuring from dreadful internal contusions . This most disastrous aftair is to be attributed entirely to a defective coating of the cylinder , and the raising of tho tube will consequently be delayed some " time , until tho completion and fixing of the new one in its place . Tho tube is now raised about twenty-one feet from the base . "

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      • ts * / frrr- ^ ZP- 'r ^ - -.-- ^ 'wT s&tliitttr , Alleged MuaPEn at Glasgow . —A man , named Alexander Brock , residing at No . 37 , lligh-streot , committed an assault upon his wife , Martha M'ltcllaror Brock , on Saturday afternoon , from the effects of which she died almost instantaneously . The circuinstaices which led to tho fatal occurrence aro stated to be as follows : — Brock , who U an engineer , and a steady man , had given his wile some money either on Friday night or Saturday morning , for family purposes , but -which she hid mis-apent in getting herself intoxicated . On his coming home to dinner on Saturday the . Ire was out , su \ d tho houso umpry . lie nccoruiuslv went to a

      brother-in-law ' s , who resides in Now Vennal , in search of his wife , whore he found her , to . 1 certain extent tho worse of liquor . On leaving tho house together a quarrel ensued , which ended in his knocking her down . She rose , however , and followed him down the Iligh-street to the close in which their own house is situated , where the quarrel was again renewed , and ho pushed or throw her down upon the stair , and kicked lier with so much violence that she was killed upon the spot ; at least when Dr . Shaw , who was immediately sent for , arrived , life was extinct . The deceased was severely cut about thc forehead . Brock was apprehended and lodged in thc police-office on a charge of murder . —North British Mail .

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      the ' ** i nii ' o ' ta R august 25 , 1849 . THE NORTHER-N 0 1 a k . m . i ,.,.,.,,,,,,... ^ ¦¦¦ ¦ — - " .- — - - _^ ¦ ¦ ——¦ ' ' 1 MW 'i''l"MU ''^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 25, 1849, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1536/page/6/