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      £ t } e ittaropoliiJ , 1 HEiwn op Losdos DuwKa-the-, Week , — The deaths registered in Londoii in the week ending September 1 st , were 2 , 796 ; of wliM 1 , 663 -were by cholera , 234 by diarrhoea . The mortality exceeds ' that of any previous week . The greatest number ever registered before in any week since 1810 , was 2 , 4 o 4 deaths , m the week ending December i , 1847 , when the last epidemic of influenza prevailed . In the cholera epidemic of 18 S 2 , parish clerks , in the old bills of mortality , returned 1 , 021 burials for the week ending August 28 ; which , allowing for the defects in their returns , and for increase of population , are equivalent to 2 , 450 deaths at the present time . The burials after that week in 1832 declined .

      The mortality is nearly three times the average of the season , and is sensibly felt all over the metropolis ; but the inhabitants of the north and west districts ,-and people in- the distance , can yet scarcely form a notion of the suffering on the south side of the Thames , and since the middle of August , in the east districts . " The 12 th , 13 th , and 14 th of August , " says one of the registrars of Bcthnalgreen , " will long be remembered in the neighbourhood , the outbreak of this fatal disease bein » without any- adequate preparation ; surgeons ' were wanted in many places at once ; the hurried passing and repaying of messengers , and the wailing of relattves ^ filled the streets with confusion and woe , and impressed on all a deep sense of an awful calahas i

      mity . ^ Cholera already destroyed in this epidemic , nine thousand one hundred and tweritynine lives in London . As it is one of the purposes of the Registration Act to ascertain the " causes of death , " and of the weekly tables , not to gratify idle curiosity , but to point these out to the public , the registrars have been requested to give all the information they can respecting the state of erery part of their districts . This " many of them have taken considerable pains to do , and their notes will , it is hoped , be found serviceable to the guardians and medical inspectors now and at future times . For it is important to bear in mind that cholera only brings into a strong light the localities which elaborate

      calculations in the annual reports prove are at all times fatal to the health and life of the inhabitants . After the perils of this terrible week we seem to see land ; but as many thousands of lives may be lost in an epidemic by negligence , so , many thousands may bs saved by skill , vigilance , and energy—by more ample supplies of water , by the rapid removal of nuisances from the houses and streets by the prompt administration of medical appliances and other comforts , by the active co-operation of the medical profession , of the boardL of guardians , of employers , of every householder , of every individual , with the board of health and health officers .

      ExiEX 8 ivE Robberies . —On Saturday last information wa s received by the police that the George and Vulture Hotel , Cornhill , had been entered by thieves and plundered of £ 400 worth of foreign gold and silver com ; the residence of Count Latour , 79 , Great Tichfield-street , of a quantity of gold plate and jewels , value £ 350 ; the Hon . Mrs . Holmes , Westow-lodge , Tulse Hill , of silver plate , valued at £ 290 ; and E . Morris , Esq ., Argle-lodge , Clapham , of silver plate , valued at £ 80 , and forty sovereigns . Fihe k Clement ' s Iks . —On Sunday morning , shortly after two o ' clock , a fire , which was nearly attended with a melancholy loss of life , occurred xrpon the premises of Mr . W . Taylor , 12 , Clement ' sinn-passagc , Strand . The flames were first discovered by police constable So . 96 F ., at which period they were raging apparently in the first or ground floor . The smoke , at the same time , was rushing forth from every window in the bnildinsr . The

      constable raised an instant alarm , and after repeatedly knocking at the door he succeeded in arousing the occupant of the first floor , a gentleman of the name of Foster , who , having got to the front window , was just in the act of throwing himself out , when he recollected that a man and his wife were sleeping on the floor above . To that part of the house Mr Foster made , when he awoke the persons who were there sleeping , and having dragged them to the first floor window ho lowered them down , and afterwards jumped out himself . Several engines soon attended , and the firemen were enabled to get the conflagration extinguished by five o ' clock , but not until the premises in which it began were destroyed , and those adjoining on either side extensively damaged . One of the parties who was assisting to get the fire ontfell from a high wall , and was so severely injured as to be obliged to be taken to the hospital . The origin of the disaster is unknown . The sufferers were uninsured .

      ALARMING Fire asd Robbery at Walworth . — On Monday night between the hours of nine and ten oe ( xk , a fire which caused great alarm and did considerable damage , broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr . Woods , a wholesale furnishing ironmonger , carrying on business at No . 6 , Mount-place , walworth-road , within a short distance of Camberwell-gate . The flames when first perceived were raging in the front shop , and , although an instant alarm was given , and assistance promptly attended , the fire speedily gained complete possession of the lower part of the premises , and the flames were rushing half-way across the road . The fire assuming such an alarming aspect great fears were entertained for the safety of a woman who had been confined a few nours previously . Some of the inhabitants entered the place , but it was with great difficulty that they could

      prevent the poor creature from rushing into the street with her infant . What makes the case more distressing is , that the woman lost her husband with cholera a few days since . The engines quickly attended , and as soon as water could be procured they were set to work , but the fire could not be extinguished uuiil the lower portion of the premises was completely destroyed , and the upper part much damaged by fire and water . The origin of the fire is unknown . It appears that Mr . and Mrs . Woods went to the Flora-Gardens , leaving the shopboy to dose , and shortly after putting up the shutters , the v I ^ SEen by some one P ^^ S fte shop . While the fire was burning two persons were detected by Sergeant Jullien , in the act of removing some of the property from the premises . He succeeded in capturing one of the persons , who was locked up in tne station-house . Fortunately , the sufferer was

      insured . " Scese at A Burial . —On Sunday afternoon a scene of somewhat singular and novel * character took place at the burial ground of the district church of S > t . Peter ' s , off the Walworth-road . It appears that in the early part of last week , a man named Gothard , who had for many years carried on the business of a green-grocer , in East-lane , Walworth , was seized with cholera , and after a short but severe illness was carried off by that frightful epidemic . The deceased had been remarkable for the care and attention bestowed ? non a favourite donkey , purchased by him twenty-six years ago . Such was his affection for his Moak , ' as he called him , that it was his practice on every Christina ? day to give him the first cut of the p Jimo-pudding , a treat which the animal seemed to enjoy , as he eat the plummy delicacy with the greatestavidity , and washed it down with a pint of strong ale . Even on his death-bed Gothard did not

      forget his favourite , for in his will he directed that the doDkey should follow him to his grave as chief mourner . 1 his extraordinary request soon got wind lv ^ Sn ° onrhood , and at the time appointed for the funeral some thousands of persons assembled in the churchyard . The authorities connected with the church determined that snch an unseemly exhibition should not be allowed . The friends in consequence determined only to lead tfce donkey as far as the end ofEa 3 t-lane . During this portion of the mournful procession the animal walked at the head of fourteen couple of mourners , with crape tied , round its ears . So great was the crowd about the church that the aid of the police was obliged to be called in to prevent some thousands from forcing their way into the church and « hurchyard , after the corpse . Order was with rome difficulty preserved , and the burial service was performed by the Rev . Mr . O'Riiey , one of the curates .

      Fatal Accidest . —On Saturday last an inquest was held before Mr . Wakley , jun ., at the Middlesex Hospital , on the body of Joha Smith , aged-Sftythree . The deceased was connected with various racing sad betting-houses in "Westminster , and resided in St . Ann ' s-eourfc , Soho-sjuare . He was of yery intemperate habits , and , when in a state of intoxication , he would challenge aay person to ran or jump with him fo ? a wager . On the previous "Wednesday -evening , whilst in a state of drunkenness , he raa a race of 200 yards wifea youth named Smith , in Swan-alley , Wardour-streat , and , whea ¦ within five 5 » rds of tbe end of the -contest their shoulders accidentally touched , the fonee of which eaused the deceased to fell sideways oa tbe pavement . His head struck the ground with gs-eat force , aad , when picked up , he was found in aa insensible condition . He was removed to the above hospital , ¦ where he died th& next day , from a fracture of the skull and injury to the brain .

      Cecelty to a Child . —At an inquest held on Monday by Mr . 5 . W . Payne , deputy-coroner for the City , at the Goldsmiths' Arms , Southwark , on the body of an infant , aged two years , alleged to have died of cholera , the following gross case of eruelty was detailed : —The mother of the infant was a street-walker , and slje rented the half of a back kitchen in a house in Rodney-street , and in this miserable place—not large enough to admit a bedstead—she lived with a man with whom she eohabited , and with her infant child . She was

      constantly out , as was also her companion , and the child used to be left locked in this den without any one to care for it for many hoars together . On Saturday last , when the mother was out , a woman residing in the same house entered the room through the window . The child appeared to be dead , as it was lying quite motionless upon a chair cushion . She took it op , and whilst she was looking at it the companion of the mother entered the place . He was told tnat the child was in a dying state , and he replied , that it was all d—d stuff , the child was very well . He put a sheet over it , and went out The Baiter returned at fovi in the morning , and as

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      ! soon as she could she procured some medicine and administered it A medical gentleman who came to see another child m the house saw thisinfanfcand he . directed that it should be . wrapped in blankets , and some beef-tea given to it The pother paid no attention to these directions and went out aa usual , leaving the child alone . Mr Rendall , a surgeon , saw the child on Thursday and gave the mother an order for s ome beef , which ' she obtained , and after boiling it for a short time she ate it herself , giving the liquor to the child . The I child was also to be placed in a warm bath which the mother also neglected . The mother used to beat the poor infant in a shameful manner anc

      ! often wished it dead . "When it died on Friday she said , "Thank God , my hands are free at last . " [ This witness was severely reprimanded by the coroner for not informing the police of the conduct and exprossions of the mother , ] Mr . Rendell , a sureeon , proved that the child died of diarrhoea ; of course , the neglect it had experienced would be prejudicial to it , but the noxious influences of the locality were such that he could not venture to state that the I treatment the child had received from its savage mother had caused death . The coroner having ai verted to these facts and to the opinion given by Mr . Rendell , the jury returned a verdict of " Natural Death . "

      Suicide of a Sergeast is the Guards . —On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . "Wakley , Jan ., at the Canteen , in St . John ' s "Wood Barracks , on the body of David Smith , aged 42 years , late a quartermaster-sergeant of the 1 st battalion of Coldstream Guards . —Robert Martin , a private in the same regiment said , about ten minutes past six o ' clock on Saturday morning witness saw , through the window of the store-room , the deceasedhangine near the wall . Witness instantly gave an alarm , and on entering the store-room with Sergeant Sheeden they found the deceased suspended by a cord which was fastened to a wooden peg in the wall . There was a noose in the rope which was round his neck , and the other end of the cord the deceased held firmly in his hand . The deceased was instantly cut down , but life was found to be quite extinct .

      "Witness had seen the deceased about ten minutes before the discovery , when the deceased came out of his quarters which adjoins the store-room , with only his shirt and drawers on , and after looking about for the space of a half minute , he went in , and witness did not see him again alive . The deceased had been very desponding for some time past , and on Friday last he appeared as if he was not in his right senses . —Sergeant-major Harrold stated that the deceased had been twenty-three years in the regiment , and about three years since , in consequence of his good conduct and behaviour , he was raised to the rank of quartermaster-sergeant . He was a married man , and had four children . He had been very low spirited for several days past , on account of his wife ' s illness . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

      Cruelty to as Idiot . —On Monday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Anchor public-house , Goldenlane , St . Luke ' s , touching the death of Samuel Cook , an idiot , aged 47 years . The deceased was a very harmless person , but was constantly being followed by a crowd of boys in Golden-Ian ? , who were in the habit of annoying him , beating and kicking hun , and knocking him upon the head . A short time since he was hooted by upwards of twenty boys , who kicked him most severely upon the legs , and worried him for upwards of an hour . He afterwards complained of pains in his stomach , and had never been well since that time . He died on Thursday week . —Mr . Powell , surgeon , had made a post mortem examination of the body , and attributed

      death to water on the brain . He was of opinion that death had been accelerated by fright—The Coroner said this case was a most difficult one , as it was impossible to know who had been engaged ia beating and frightening the deceased . —The jury consulted , and after a long deliberation , returned a verdict of "Natural death , but his death may have been accelerated by excitement and fright . " Melascholt DflATH or an Ahtist . —An inquest was held on Tuesday , before Mr . Langham , at the Plough public-house , on view of the body of Mr . George Lytler , aged 62 years , an artist , and author of the " Pictorial Al p habet , " as used by the Royal Family . It appeared from the evidence of Mr . D . G . Lain ? , of No . 2 , Villers-street . Strand .

      and others , that the deceased had travelled a good deal , and was well known to the literati in London and abroad . He formerly held the appointment of a draughtsman to the late Duke of Gloucester . From his childhood he had exhibited much eccentricity of manner , and he always abhorred the idea of any person entering his apartments , and it was only by stratagem that his room was ever cleansed . Some time since he met with a pecuniary misfortune , and ever since he had been indolent , and was very slothful in his appearance . For the last two years he had occupied , unknown to his family , who are highly respectable , residing in Edinburgh , a small back room , at So . 32 , Clement ' s-lane , for which he paid four shillings per week . He was in

      very indigent circumstances , and about twelve months ago an appeal was made to the profession and persons whom he had known in his prosperity , by which an annuity of £ 20 per annum was raised for his support for the remainder of his life , which he got from Mr . Laingin instalments weekly . He was last seen alive on Thursday week , and he then appeared in his usual health . On Monday evening last a most dreadful stench was experienced in the house by the lodgers , who found it to proceed from the deceased ' s room . The door was subsequently broken open , and the effluvium that escaped from the room was so great , that the police constables

      and Mr . Lovet , the surgeon , were compelled to return down stairs , and were afterwards attacked with violent sickness . Mr . Lovet obtained a quantity of chloride of lime , and returned again to the room . After using the lime very freely , he was enabled to enter the room , and found the deceased lying by the side of the bed , as if he had fallen from it by accident The body was most shockingly decomposed , and the deceased appeared to have been dead some days . The room , which had never been cleansed since he had lived there , presented a most disgusting and filthy sight . Mr . "Walker , surgeon , attributed death to apoplexy , and the jury returned a verdict to that effect

      Alleged Foisoxixg is the Cm . —An inquest was held on Tuesday before Mr . Payne , at the Ward School-rooms , Philip-lane , on the body of Martha Gilhnm , aged 59 , whose death took place on Sunday last The deceased resided in Cock-court , Philip-lane , and she had for the last eighteen years lived with a man named Holmes . On Sunday afternoon some children at play in the court happened to look in at the window of the deceased ' s room , when they saw her lying upon the table quite dead , and the body disposed " in the usual manner . An alarm was given , and much excitement having arisen , the door of the room was forced . It was generally known that the deceased belonged to a burial club , that the man Holmes was expected to recive the money as her representative , and it was

      rumoured that her deaih was caused by poison . Further inquiry showed that the deceased had been very ill with diarrhoea and vomiting on Friday . She refused to see any medical man , and died on Sunday morning . Holmes immediately went and informed her sister , who came and laid her out , and they then went away , locking the room after them , and withoutstating anything of the death . Holmes was afterwards seen with the card relating to the burial club , and he stated that he was entitled to £ U . The Coroner desired that Holmes should be sent for , but it appeared that he was quite

      intoxicated , and incapable of giving coherent replies to questions addressed to him . One of the committee of the burial club , however , stated that the money would not be paid to Holmes , but to the sister of the woman , who was her only legal representative . The sum claimed was £ 11 10 s . —Mr . Sparkes , of Finsbury-place , a surgeon , stated that he examined the body at the request of Mr . Maclellan , a churchwarden , and Mr . Hooper , the registrar . There was no reason to suspect any violence ; the death in his opinion , arose from cholera . The jury , after a lengthened consultation , found that the- deceased had " Died of Asiatic Cholera . "

      SUOCKIXG ACCIDEKT AT MESSRS . CUBITl ' s "WORK S —An inquest was held on Wednesday before Mr H . L . Langham , at the "Westminster Hospital , on the body of Thomas Mead , aged fifty-one . Deceased was engineer at the mill works of Messrs . Cubitt , Thames Bank , and was at his usual occupation , that of arranging tbe sfaafts and straps of the mechanism or the engine , on Monday merning about nine ¦ o ' clock , whea the accident happened . The engine was going at a very rapid , though usual pace , turnffig its drum sixty times in the coarse of a minute , tne deceased

      aos was engaged ia connecting the straps of the saws with those of the engine . This was done by means of the screws , and while holding one « f the straps , forgettingto let go the other , he was dragged round the eylinder and thrown on the floor , bis arm having been completely severed from the body . Assistance was immediately procured , and he was at once taken to the above hospital where he expired four hourB after his entrance In answer to a juror witness observed that a similar accident has not occurred in the works for upwards often years . Verdict , " Accidental Death "

      . Female Model LoDOKG-HOBSE . -The Society for improving the condition of the labouring classes have lust opened a model lod ging-house in Hattonrarden , for unmarried females of good character The premises are done up in a style of comfort which is surprising , considering the moderate charge-2 s . 4 d . a week-payable in advance , for which the accommodation is provided . There is accommodation for about sixty females , each having a separate bed in a separate compartment , and li 2 lt fire , washing , and the use of culinary utensils everything , ™ short , which could be had in a private house , except theu-food , which each inmate provides for herself . There is also a general sitting-room , and a library containing various instructive volumes ! all characterised by their moral tendency .

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      ^ oM >? htWk >* iron Roman ' s DdV .-Since the coSSW *^ Liverpool Assizes , there have been . two . awl . eationB from parties wishful to undertake the situat . on . of « ' fiSffi of the law " in the case of this murderer , who s to be executed on Saturday -week . One . is from a person who will do the jobfor half the sum suTwhlch Caloraft charges , viz . * 18 i and the other Is inuch more moderate in his request , undertaking o turn him off . in as " tidy a manner ' as the great Broncient Calcraft himself , and that without fee or reward . Calcraft , however , isretained . The Relay System in FACioBiKS .-On . Friday week Messrs . Abram Whitehead . and Co , cotton manufacturers , of Newchurch , ^ were summoned at the Haslingden petty sessions , before Mr . Turner and Mr . GTHargreaves , by Mr . T . Dud ey Ryder , oi

      Inspector of Factories , tor a Dreacn me x-acroiy . Act , in employing young persons more than ten hours , that space of time being computed in the mode prescribed in the act of parliament . Mr . Jackson , solicitor , of Rochdale , appeared to support the chat ge , and Mr . A . Whitehead appeared personally in defence . Before the case was gone into , Mr . Whitehead complained that he had been put to unnecessary expense and trouble in having the case heard at Haslingden instead [ of Bacup , near which place he resided . The Bench , however , informed him that it was their duty to hear any case which might be brought before them for an offence committed in the county of Lancaster . Mr . Jackson in stating the case , read the various sections of the acts of parliament relating to the time

      of working of children and young persons m factories , and apprehended that the intention of the Legislature in introducing a measure for the protection of factory operatives , was to fix a certain hour for commencing work ; and if one person commenced at a certain hour , then the whole of the hands employed must be considered as having commenced at that hour . The same intention applied to the time for finishing work . 1 Alice Emmet was then called and examined .: She stated that on the 16 th of August last she was employed at Messrs . Whitehead and Co . 's factory . She went to her employment at half-past eight o ' clock in the morning , and worked till half-past twelve at noon . She then left for dinner , and at half-past one o ' clock resumed work , and continued till half-past seven

      o ' clock , She was employed as a winder , and was fourteen years of age . Tho notice posted up in the mill was then put in . It stated that the hour for commencing work was six o ' clock in the morning , and the time for leaving half-gast five in tbe afternoon . An additional notice , in writing , had , however , been posted near to the notice required by act of parliament , containing the names of certain operatives who commenced work subsequently to six o ' cl ( ck , and worked till half-past seven o ' clock . The Bench said they had no alternative but to convict in this case , and advised Mr . Whitehead , as there were other cases against him , to plead guilty to the whole , and then there would be only the expense of one conviction , Mr . Whitehead , however , refused , and the

      Bench convicted in four cases , and the penalty of 20 s . and costs . Another case was then gone into for a breach of the 63 d section of the Factory Act , in putting up a false notice . The notice was the one alluded to above , and Mr . Jackson contended , that as the notice stated that six o'clock in the rooming was the hour for commencing work , and it had been proved that four of the hands had commenced work at halfpast eight o ' clock , the notice was false , and there must be a conviction . The Bench convicted in the lowest penalty—namely , £ 5 and costs . Proposeh Advance or Factory Wages . — On Monday , a meeting of delegates from the factory operatives , was held at the Mill Stone Tavern , Thomas-street , Manchester , to consider the

      m-o-priety of applying to the master spinners and manufacturers for an advance of wages . The meeting was attended by about sixty delegates . — Philip Knight was called upon to preside , and , in opening the proceedings , said it had been for some time thought the period was come when something ought to be dono to benefit their condition . It was found that advances had taken place in the wages of operatives in other towns , and it was thought that the operatives of Manchester ought to partake of the same advantages from the revival of trade . It , was well known that many of the various classes of the factory operatives in this town had laboured for some years under considerable privations . It was satisfactory to know those privations had been

      borne with great fortitude . Ho should feel great pleasure if this advance could be accomplished without unpleasantness . He was opposed to turnouts , because the operatives had generally suffered for a considerable time afterwards , and they had rarely benefitted from them ; he hoped , therefore , that their object would be accomplished without a turn-out . He thought if masters properly considered the matter , seeing how patiently the people here had borne the depression in . tyatie , while the populations of continental states were driven to revolutions by it , they would consent to a reasonable advance without driving their workpeople to a strike . He would now call upon the delegates present who had prepared resolutions to submit them

      for consideration , —An operative suggested that it would be desirable that the names of the speakers should not be given to the reporters , because it might lead to the persons named being called into tho counting-houses of their employers the morning after publication to be dismissed . —A Cotton-spinner then submitted tho following resolution : — " That this meeting is of opinion that the time has arrived when the factory operatives of Manchester should use their exertions for obtaining an advance of wages . "—The motion was seconded . —Several artisans addressed tho meeting in support of the resolution , which was carried almost unanimously . The following resolution was then proposed : — " That this meeting appoint a committee of twelve persons

      to carry into effect the objects of the foregoing resolution . " Tho motion was carried without discussion , and the meeting proceeded to select the members of the committee . A memorial was subsequently adopted , ^ ike in Manc hester . —About a quarter past two o ' clock on Wednesday morning a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr . Andrew Wilson , packing-case maker . The entire building was gutted . An immense quantity of timber is consumed , and the total damage , as nearly as can be ascertained , will be about £ 4 , 000 . Mr . "Wilson is insured , but by no means to the amount of tho loss which he has sustained . The flames spread to an adjourning shed occupied by Messrs . Roberts . Fothergall , and Co .

      but they were speedily extinguished by an engine which is kept on the premises . The police succeeded in removing Mr . Wilson ' s books and private papers , and preserving them . The fire was extinguished at about half-past five . Charge op Defrauding tub Brioiiton and Soutii Coast Railway Compaq . —On Wednesday Henry Leeks , Charles Cheesman , and Stephen Springate were charged at the Brighton police court with defrauding the Brighton and South Coast Railway Company . It appeared from the statements of Mr . H . Faithful , solicitor , who conducted the prosecution , and the evidence of Mr . Frederick Slight , the accountant to the company , that the fraud was effected in the following manner : Leeks was a clerk at the London terminuswhere he had tho custody

      , of the tickets , and it was also a part of his duty to deliver tickets to passengers . The tickets are numbered consecutively from one to a thousand , and so on , and supposing any ticket was discovered among those collected from passengers which bore a number beyond the total quantity issued for the day , that would cause suspicion and inquiry . On Sunday Mr . Weatherhead , the station master at the London terminus , having had had his suspicions excited , examined the stack of tickets , and discovered that from thirty to forty bearing forward numbers were missing . He mentioned this fact on Monday to Mr . Slight , who then examined the tickets himself , and the tickets bearing the forward numbers which were missing the day before were in their

      places , out on looking at those tickets minutely he perceived that they had been dated , which was only dono when they were issued to passengers , but that the date had been erased , not sufficiently so , however , to escape detection , Leeks , on being asked to account for this , at once confessed that he had issued tho forward numbers which had been collected by Cheesman , the chief collector at tho Brighton terminus , and by him transmitted through Springato , who was one of the guards , back again to him ( Leeks ) , and he then placed them in their order and re-issued them in the ordinary course of traffic — There being no other evidence against Cheesman and Springate than this confession of Leek , Mr . Housraan objected that it could not bo received

      against them . The bench concurred , and they were discharged , but Leeks was remanded until Friday . Suspected Murder . —The village of Hartfield , Sussex , and neighbourhood , have been in a state of great excitement during the last two months in consequence of the mysterious disappearance of John Millynrd , an aged farmer , who , it was feared , had been murdered . As long ago as the 29 th of June , Mr . Millyard left home for the purpose of visiting his daughter , and , on his way to her residence , he called at two places for temporary rest and refreshment , but after that day he was not heard of , notwithstanding that his relatives and the East Sussex constabulary were most diligent in their search Tho partridge season has solved the mvRfAi-v T ***

      . Saturday , as Henry Thorpe , a gamekeeper , in the employ of the Hon . Mrs . Henniker , was partridge shooting on Ashdown-park estate , near Brambletyehouse , the scene of one of the late Horace Smith ' s most favourite novels , he discovered a small bundle , which he at once conjectured was the property of the missing farmer , and prosecuting his . search he tound a skeleton lying on the back in a thicket growing near a " gill , " or stream running trough the forest , His lelt arm was raised on his toast his right was raised towards his head , and the money which ho took with him was in his pocket Mr Walhs , surgeon , examined the skeleton , and foufld no markes of violence on it . The flesh was gone . Cho . inference drawn by these parties was , that the oid man had strayed into thoVood , lost his way , anu ^ pjglit coming on ho could not find his way or

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      ..... . . ^^ MffilB * K . : J . ; . _ . -Chtcrk oe an Esc fcrafcCtamci . —Information was received , at Woolwich on Saturday last that Wood—M the celebrated-Wood- ' —so cleverly detected by Mr . Field , one of the inspectors of the Metropolitan Detective Police , during his recent visit to Paris in search of Manning , is the convict belonging to the Warrior convict . ship who escaped . from Woolwich Dockyard in the daytime about five weeks ago . Although the stolen watch . was found in Wood ' s boot , the authorities of Paris have expressed their , readiness to hand him over , to the authorities in this country . Wood , who _ is known by a number of names , was a most daring burglar , and a bootmaker by trade . - A Reward of £ 100 has been ordered to be offered

      for . the apprehension of Daniel Devonport , who fired two pistol shots out of . a revolver at Jame 3 Reed a constable of Warwickshire , who was escorting him to prison . What makes the crime of the culprit worse is , the fact that Reed had allowed him the indulgence of calling at his own house to procure some things on his way to prison , which enabled him to obtain the pistol with which he perpetrated the cowardly and unprovoked attack . The constable lies in a dangerous state from the two wounds inflicted upon him . —Observer . Incendiarism . —At Rochester , on Monday the 3 rd inst ., William Colling aged 42 years , was placed before the Rev . George Davis and Captain Thomas Baker , county magistrates , charged with wilfullv

      8 w-fr t , » T V alue m > «> e Pr ° Perty of William Joseph Heath , a butcher , at Strood , near SrJffi T d T who . ? l 8 ome land "ear to Strood-hill . Upon that land Mr . Heath has several wheat stacks placed separately , and at a distance fromeach other . Durmg midnight of Friday the # Jtn ult ., one of the stacks , containing about twentyfive quarters of very excellent wheat , was discovered on hire , and by two o ' clock in the morning it was totally consumed .. William Farshaw , police-constable , No . 9 , was on duty the night of the fire , and whilst he was ftanding by Strood turnpike , about one o clock , he observed the prisoner walking hastily towards him from the direction of the lire , and observing that his shoes were very dusty , he stopped him , and after putting several questions , the prisoner confessed to the setting fire to the stack with a lucifer match ; he said he belonged to Yalding , and had been trying to get relief , which had been refused him .

      He went up the hill and al ( -ng the lane towards the Crutches , and seeing the stack which was not thatched , he set fire to the loose Btraw round it . The policeman searched the prisoner and found on him forty-three lucifer matches loose in his pocketB . The prisoner , in answer to the charge , said he had already given a statement to the superintendent , and refused to say anything more . He was then committed for trial at the next Maidstone assizes .. —Thomas Abrey a young man , was then charged with setting fire to a wheat stack on the night of the 30 th of August last , the property of Mr . Nathaniel Stronghall , of Lee Green Farm ; Cliff ; which is about four mile 3 from Rocht 8 ter ; the stack was of the value of £ 100 . The stack stood on the land , about forty rods from the high road , and it was totally consumed . The prisoner was seen to come from the stack when the fire broke out . The prisoner also was committed to the assizes for trial .

      Murder of Three Children and Suicide bi their Father . —On Monday morning last , about half-past eleven , a most fearful tragedy took place at East-street , Ipswich , when a man named Grayson murdered three of his male children , of the respective ages of four years , three years , and eight months' old , by catting their throats with a razor , and afterwards cutting his own throat with the same instrument . An inquest was held upon the bodies in the afternoon at the Dove Inn , when it appeared , by the testimony adduced , that the father was a painter by trade , about thirty-three years old , and had been married nearly ten years—the fruit of his marriage being seven children . He was always kind to his wife , fond of his children , and of

      Darticularly temperate habits . During the last five or six weeks , however , his appetite failed him , and he frequently exhibited a strong tendency to despondency , arising from the cares of his large family , whom he seemed to apprehend he should not be able properly to bring up . Latterly , be suffered from acute pains in the head , producing lowness of spirits , and he sometimes was heard to say , "I shall never Jive to get through my troubles . " On Sunday evening he retired to bed , and appeared to sleep as usual ; but after breakfast on Monday complained to his wife that he felt very languid and faint . Shortly after eleven o ' clock Mrs . Grayson went shopping into the town , leaving her husband and children in the house : but she had not been absent more than

      half an hour , when she heard the awful tidings of what had occurred . As soon as she returned the shocking spectacle presented itself of the four bodies lying on the ground in the front room , with their throats cut , all dead-a razor lying between her husband ' s legs . It appears that no sooner" had his wife left the house than tho unfortunate man said to the three deceased children , who were at the time in the back room , " Come to me here and play in the front room , and I will give you a halfpenny each . " This observation was made by his dafcghter Emma , aged eight , who was washing up plates in the adjoining kitchen , and she , in consequence , left

      tbe kitchen and stood at the back door , where she saw her father take the babe in his arms and carry him into the front room , the other two children following . She then returned to the washhouse , but in a few minutes went into the inner room , when she beheld her father and three brothers lying dead on the carpet . An alarm was given , and surgical assistance instantly procured , but , of course , it was ineffectual . After a lengthened examination of several witnesses , the jury returned a verdict , "That Grayson had cut the throats of Arthur , Walter , Frederick , and his own , while in a state of temporary derangement . "

      Wilful Murder at Kingston . —On Tuesday , Mr . W . Carter concluded an inquiry , at the Ram Inn , Kingston , concerning the death of a labourer , named ' 1 homas Phillips , aged 21 . who died from the effects of a blow on the head , inflicted ¦ with an iron pin by a drayman of the name of William Trigg . On the afternoon of Saturday week , the deceased entered into a squabble with the prisoner Trigg , on the road from Kingston to Thames Ditton , and pulled offhisjacket to fight . The prisoner suddenly pulled an iron pin from the dray , and struck the

      deceased a fearful blow on the head . He uttered a scream and fell to tbe ground . Medical assistance being procured , he was removed home , and lingered till Thursday evening , when he died . Mr . Ellis , the surgeon who attended him , spoke to the blow on the head having produced death . The coroner t ^ h f ummea up , tUe jury returned a verdict of Wilful murder against William Trigg , " who since the unfortunate event has been in custody of the police . The accused was examined before the magistrate on Saturday , and remanded till the result of the coroner ' s inquiry was known .

      Kidderminster Election . —The nomination of a candidate for the representation of this borough , in the room of the late Mr . Godson , took place in a field adjacent to the town on Tuesday morning . —The banners and various devices displayed upon them were pretty nearly equal , and it may be said in perfect tan-ness that at the nomination there was little if any predomination observable between them . —The returning officer ( the mayor ) having called upon any elector to name a candidate , Mr . Boycot , sen ., proposed John Best , Esq . ( Conservative ) , as a fit representative for the borough iu parliament . He had known bis young friend from his youth . He admired his principles : his birth , parentage , and education , constituted a sufficient gurantee for his

      futur e conduct . —Mr . Chellingworth seconded the nomination . The proposition was received with mingled groans and hisses . —Mr . J . Holmes , in proposing Mr . Gisborne , described the honourable candidate as a gentleman of progressive principles . He was in favour of the principles , in virtue of which they had obtained the elective franchise , and his conduct in Parliament was a surety for the future . —Mr . Brinton , in seconding the nomination of Mv . Gisborne , stated that it was not upon personal acquaintance , nor from early intimacy , for he had known Mr . Best from his infancy , that he advocated the cause of Mr . Gisborne ; it was upon principle . — Ihe Mayor having asked whether the electors had any other candidate to propose , . and no reply being given , Mr . Bestaddressed the assembly . He comphined of some personal insult which had been offered to bmself and friends , declared himself an advocate of eld

      Conservative and Tory measures and expressed his belief to be that the opinions he entertained were those of the electors of Kidderminster . [ The honourable gentleman was loudly cheered by his fnends . ] -Mr . Gisborne next addressed the eleetora . He appeared extremely ill , and stated that in all probability that was the last occasion upon which he should appear before a parliamentary constituency . ( Loud cheers . ) He advocated the doctrines -of free trade , and expressed the greatest confidence as to theresult of the present electioa . ^ -Upon a show of hands the numbers were declared to be m favour of Mr . Gisborne , but it was a very seanty majority . —A sote of thanks was returned to the mayor . —WEBjjESDAT . ~ The polling commenced at eight o ' clock this morning . Shortly after four o ' clock in the afternoon , Mr . Best ' s committee announced the final c lose as follows —Best 217 ; Gisborne , 200 . Majority for Best , 17 . '

      The Convict Wilson . —Maurice Wilson , or Gleeson Wilson , the prisoner in Kirkdale Gaol , convicted for the murder of Mrs . Henrichsonand family , continues to manifest the same indifference to- his fate . He still , strange to say , protests his innocence and , like Rush , appears offended if the turnkeys or others with whom he comes in conta ct , exprefs ¦ a doubt of the correctness of- his assertion . Th e prisoner , is a Roman Catholic , and is spiritually attended , by the Rev . Mr . Duggan , of St . Joseph ' s who will accompany him to the scaffald . The executioner . ( Calcraft ) has received notice from the sher iff that his services will be required on the 15 th inst .

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      and had died . Tho jury , which was ompannelled before Mr . Inigo G oll , deputy coroner , adopted that yievr . of the case , and returned a verdict of " Pounddead . " ¦' Deatii from Cholera on a . Raiway ;— Oksscre on the Company . —An inquest was held-ou Saturday last before G , D . Barker , Esq ., at'the Castle Hotel , Castleford , on the body of an Irish shearer , named William Sandford , whose death may in a groat measure be attributed to the neglect in procuring tho necessary medical assistance oh ' his arrival at the Castleford station . The jury- returned the following verdict- : " That the deceased has died from diarrhoea ; that the York and North

      Midland Railway Company , and their servants , are deserving of censure for placing a passenger in the state deceased was then in the train at the Church Fenton station respecially at a time when a fatal epidemic , under symptoms of which the deceased was suffering , is known to bo in the country ; and that they are guilty of great inhumanity in neglecting immediately to procure medical assistance on his removal in a speechless and dying state at the Caatleford station , and in allowing bim bo to remain upon a bench upon the platform in that station for nearly an hour , and thus die there without tho attendance of a medical man " The Jury requested tho Coroner to convey a copy of their verdict to the Directors of the Company in question

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      Notices had been served for the eviction of 245 heads of families on the Shirley estate . **>«««« , Anti-Church PARTY .-There is a new school springing up amongst some of the Irish conservatives ; They wish to see the connexion between the church and state sundered in this country , believing that protestantism is injured by this union . Most parties consider that the church is sure to ba attacked before Jong , and intelligent conservatives are most anxious that it should be settled so as that it should cease to be a cause of contention . It ia rumoured that in high quarters there is a great dislike to a renewal of the agitation of the Church question , as it is supposed that it will be a very diffU cult matter to set bounds to agitation , on . e that it is renewed .

      Revival op the " Nation" Newspaper . —The Habeas Corpus Suspension Act expired on Friday night , and on Saturday morning was ushered in by the re-appearance of Mr . Gavan Duffy ' s journal , which was in active circulation before eight o ' clock . The number contains , it may be said , but one leading article , or , rather , essay , written by Mr . Duffy himself , and extending over nearly six columns of his paper . Mr . Duffy has been making a tour in the provinces , and he seizes the occasion to draw a most harrowing picture of the joint effects of famine and extermination upon the peasantry of the south and west . Here is a sample of his pencilling : — " No words printed in a newspaper or elsewhere will give

      any man who has not seen it a conception of the fallen condition of the west and the south . The famine and the landlords have actually created a new race in Ireland . I have seen on the streets of Galwajr crowds of creatures more debased than the Yahoos of Swift—creatures having only a distant and hideous resemblance to human beings , Gray-headed old meny whose idiot faces had hardened into a settled leer o £ mendicancy , simeous and semi-human ; and women filthier and more frightful than the harpies , who , at the jingle of a , coin on the pavement , swarmed ia myriads from unseen places , struggling , screaming-, shrieking for their prey , like some monstrous and unclean animals . I n Westport the sight of the prieBfc on the street gathered an entire pauper population .

      thick as a village market , swarming round him for relief . Beggar children , beggar adults , beggars 5 a white hairs , girls with faces gray and shrivelled , the grave stamped upon them in a decree which could not be recalled ; women with the more touching and tragical aspect of lingering shame and self-respect not yet effaced ; and among these terrible realities , imposture shaking in pretended fits to add the last touch of horrible grotesqueness to the picture ! I have seen these accursed sights , and they are burnt into my memory for ever . "—It is to the land question , mainly , that Mr . Duffy means to devote his future energies . As for a renewal of the old plan of agitation , he literally scouts the idea as absurd and impracticable .

      Anti Rent Movement . —The resistance to the payment appears to be pretty general . The provincial journals give numerous illustrations , one of which we select from the Cork Examiner . — " Several persona named Callaghan , sons and daughters to a woman who holds considerable land from Sir George Colt * hurst , appeared before the magistrates at Blarney on Tuesday , to answer a complaint detailed below . Ott the 20 th of April 1849 , upon the showing of the plaintiff , there was only £ H 10 s . 6 d . due , the rent being £ 60 a year ; and on that day they sold , under a distress , two horses , two cows , two sheep , two goats , and a cart . About a month since they seized six acres of hay , which had been cutupon the defendant ' s land , sold the entire for 35 s ., and had it conveyed to the ground of Sir George Colthurst . The keepers were again placed on the ground to watch the

      growing crops and seize them when they were cut ; but , in this instance , the ingenuity of the tenants outwitted the caution of the landlord . About a fortnight or three weeks since the corn was cut down on a Sunday and placed in the barn the same day , to the disappointment of the bailiffs , who were compelled to remain unwilling spectators of the entire proceeding . The corn remained in the barn until the following Sunday , when men and horses were in early attendance and the entire stock was carted off , conveyed to Cork , and sold to the satisfaction of the owner . No other course was then left Sir G . Colthurst but to appeal to an act of parliament very seldom resorted to , which makes it penal to work or labour on a Sunday . " —Owing to a technical informality , the magistrates were compelled to dismiss all the cases ; and so the matter ended .

      The Encumbered Estates Commission . —Apartments are in preparation at tbe Custom-house foe the sittings of the Encumbered Estates Commission . One of the first large properties with which the Commissioners will have to deal is , the Devon estate in the county of Limerick . Influx of English Visitors . —The southern journals notice the continued increase of English visitors to KilJarney , and other scenes of attraction . Mr . W . Cotton , Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England , has just returned from the Lakes . The Earl of Buckinghamshire is daily expected on a visit to his estates in the county of Limerick . Mr . Bright , M . P ., still continues his tour in thescuth and west , visiting the workhouses as he proceeds .

      # Candidates for Titles . —Since the Queen ' 3 visit corporate honours are coveted more eagerly than before . For the mayoralty of Limerick there are five candidates ; and an active canvass is going on for the mayoralty of Cork . The Choleka . —The epidemic w again on the increase in Dublin and Us vicinity . Several deaths amongst the middle classes have taken place . The Q , uken and the National System of Education . —The Evening Post contains an authorised announcement , ''That ber Majesty and Prince

      Albert have given their consent that the new Train * ing Establishment for School masters ( to be erected on the ground in the rear of the Model Schools , Marlborough-street ) , and the Model Farm , Glasnevin , shall bear the title of' Victoria Training Establishment , ' and the ' Albert Agricultural School * respectfully , as a memorial of their visit to the Model Schools , and a mark of the satisfaction which it afforded to her Majesty and her illustrious Consort . ' ^ Distress in the South and West . — The General Relief Committee have issued a report setting forth the operations of the Society durinsr thft

      ast four months , stating the numbers who have jV , - ougl 1 its lncans » rescued from starvation , and dilating in rather gloomy terms upon the present and future prospects of the country . The fol-] , inB w an extract from thereport : — " The General Relief Committee , injustice to the poor , and the country , cannot avoid stating that they had to contend with difficulties of the most extraordinary kind . Ineexcess and continuance of misery had begotten deep despair ! Many had given up the cause of the suffering , as utterly hopeless . Many had steeled heir hearts against ( he cry of the starving ; and thousands who felt deeply for their terrible distress ! on account of their own unexampled pressure , were S ' , ° reliew them . They found the Central committee , which had previously received £ 71 , 958 . not then m active operation , though it never disl wiivea

      ; ana even the Committee of the Society o £ fnS' -k "cl ] 'iurinE Preceding years had collected and distributed the extraordinary sum of £ 200 , 00 (> , had not only given up their work of mercy , but all hope of saving the people from increaang miserv . We are saddened , ' said they , 'by the conviction WV ' , vei'y few r exceptions , no permanent good hasbeendone . We feel that the condition of our country is not improved , that her prospects are even worse , because her people have less hope . ' Considering that so far from despairing , it was their sacred duty to save as many lives as they possibly could . this

      committee commenced with a firm resolve that nothing should induce them to hide the misery o £ the people , nor prevent them from makin ^ acreati and persevering struggle to save them from the horrors of starvation . Theresult of their labours convinces that even a few true and detemmedSg can work wonders , and that there is nothine ta J - , 1 terr ^ ? , crUel resolve t ! alfow tU sands in the roulst of plenty to perish , or to sand unmoved or inactive whilst thelives o men , IS Si l drcn i arere ^ , - t 0 be sacrifi <*< i . wiffl claiming undue credit for itself , or takin-fZrSS ot

      mem any other body , it may be said wh truth hat probably 100 , 000 liuman . beings have been saved Se"S ? h > the ti r » re ' of * S 52 ceateuVnrtlt ^ and Bene sympathy it hag S / ° the suffering poor , by printing daily full tended S ' TT ottl » eir distress , has been atcent i > h "Tlts * e mos' consolatory and benifcent . It has also stimulated other bodies claimine itfe'SS oVSn ' f r t 0 "Bea < KE n ^ fil ?? 0 0 * 12 ' - 111 " ««» 8 * ** w ta ^ stizrL ^ cS s sura ^ er , they proceed as follows :- Ol the Without here dwelling on or anticipating top faturejrtate of Ireland , or It this moment proSnc remedies for the . melioration of tho poor ( the second great object suggested by the public mee £ rf « S 4 i

      « Huw » y ; , it may toe tho duty of your committe « w ° iS v' ? f epresen ^ COndition Ae lstiS 2 nAw ° - preven , tingthe re <* rronce of the £ folri ? T ery they fcwe endured for the last four years . Every man asks why is not that done n the most favoured part of Ireland which isffi « the most barren part of England ? Without speak ! ngof he strength , talent , genius , and virtues of ? £ inhabitants , whilst God has done for Ireland so much as to the fertility of the soil salubrity o £ climate , power of water , magnificence of scenery \ nS $ == £ J » vM 3 arS eSw 3 S . * S *« = s - ^ l ^ ilJe ^ iSh liT -, - I Let ^ ^ estbeiyerso great ^ nlesstkre be

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      , Srtiautt * The Harvest .-From all quarters the reports are ofthe most cheering character . Even in those districts where apprehensions of a failure in the potato crop were most rife , doubts have been sue ceeded by an almost certainly of the disease having confined its ravages to the stalks , so that the prospect ot an abundance of all kinds of food is likely to be realised to the fullest extent . A correspondent writing from Enfield , in the county of Meathwhere

      . a few days since unequivocal symptoms of the blight had appeared in some potato fields , makes the following grahfyinff statement ¦ :- « In roy last letter I informed you that m this district the potato blight kxd made its appearance-that the stalks were in some places completely burned away , and that , generally , the leaves exhibited unmistakable evidence of the disease . I also expressed a hope that in consequence ot the late appearance of the disease this year as compared with previous seasons , that a large " portion ith ™}? ^^'' . ™* I am glad to av

      SEPSIS not discovered a single diseased tuber . I hSe instil T ema farmers this district and-iSl SnnnT t ? mhap ^ 8 r > y' the Potatoes are sti sound . Last year the stalks became withered to Zt A endof July ' andinafwdavsSepotatoe SSSirPT ° fd 5 sW ^ This year , attugh a ^^ aKast ? * ^ Kfft ^^ a ^ BS form . As the natural result of a harvest of Tore £ „ » 5 , plenfcy ' prices are rapMy tSnSSJ SRpKSrSffig wheat down to 14 d . and 16 d . ™ r S ™ . S- i .

      proportionate low figure , and barle , Tin one in tance ? J ° Vl ' V * StOne < There *» nothTng for & SB ' M J - ngionceS 8 ions tothe cultivators of the soil , otherwise the owners will assuredly y , another year passes over , have more UndtwS upon their hands than they will findMS T able or convenient to manage ! profU ' The Clbarance System ' — TV nrnn ;» n ; ni na s contain further dei oit ^ Z ^ Shl . ^ 0 ^^^ ^^ partic ularly in ^ 1 ^ iTX oSn

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      Scotland Girl Lost in the Moons . —Wo have to notice a most extraordinary case , to which some mystery attaches , and which seems to have been attended with deplorable consequences . On Wednesday a young woman , about eighteen or nineteen year 3 of age , named Isabella Paton , daughter of Mr . D . Paton , of the Coast Guard , Burghead , leftSt . Colraes , a village about four miles to the east of Fraserburgh , with the intention of proceeding to Pencan , about seventeen miles distant . It is not known at what time she left St . Colmes , but she did not reach Pennon that even

      ing . On the following day she was met about a mile and a half from Pennan , by the party to whom she was going , and who describes her as being then " quite cheery and happy . " It will be remembered that this was the day on which the heavy fogs of the week commenced ; and whether she had lost her way iu consequence , or had g one out of the road on purpose , it is not known ; but it . is moBt probable that the former was the case . It is known that on that day she purchased sixpenny worth of bread from a woman selling it by the way ; but from that time till Monday morning nothing was seen or heard of her . It is conjectured that she had continued walking the whole of Thursday , Friday , and Saturday

      , dunngwhich the fog continued , and on which day ? , owing to the fog and the nature of the countrywhich is wild bog and deep glen—it would have been extremely difficult for her to have made her way to any house . But whether she walked or not , it is certain that , houseless and unsheltered , she encountered all the fury of the terrible thunder-storm of the Saturday evening—a thunder-storm which from violence has seldom been exceeded , and exposure to which , in the circumstances in which the girl was placed , was not unlikely permanently to injure the intellect , if it was not affected previously . As we have said she was found on Monday morning . When discovered , she was- lying on the moss at Kinbeam .

      and was found by some ot the servants belonging to the farm of that name , which is situated on the property of Troup , in the parish of Gamrie . Having been for six nights exposed to wind and weather , and with , so far as known , no food , save the sixpennyworth of bread already mentioned , she was in a most dreadfully weak state . Her clothes , which had been drenched , had begun to dry upon her , and her boots were perfectly worn away with wandering in the moss . The parties finding her immediately carried her to the farm house of Kinbeam , where every effort was made to restore her exhausted frame . When

      first got out she was unable to speak , but , from some documents in her possession , her name and residence of her parents were discovered , who were immediately communicated with . It appears that she is so far recovered as to be able to speak , but it is evident tbat her mind is affected . At timea Bhe takes fits of raving , and gives utterance to the most extraordinary statements . These would seem to indicate that she had met with ill treatment ; but when reminded of them in her lucid intervals , she refuses all information . Ihe casehas given rise to a good deal of excitmenfc in the neighbourhood . —Banffsldre Journal .

      Herrings . —During the last few days the whole Tirthof Forth has been swarming with herrings . The waters are literally loaded with these treasures of the deep . The take in consequence has been amazing , fifty and sixty boats coming in daily with full cargoes . Barrels cannot be got for the supply , and in many cases the herrings are being salted in bulk ra stoneyards and warehouses . The prices vary from 2 s . to 3 s . per barrel . At the boats side they are retailing freely at 10 and 12 a penny , yielding in the latter way a profit of 50 per cent . Our shores have not teemed with such abundance for many years . —Scotsman .

      Fogs off the Caithness Coast . —Last week was one of almost unbroken fog , rendering our fishing so much a hap-hazard that when a crew did get a good shot offish they did not know where to go to the same place on the following evening . In several cases some of our beats were at sea for more than two nights , being unable to find land . For one btaxigo boat , rather inferiorly manned , fears were entertained , not so much from the inefficiency of the boat , as from the insufficient quantity of food they had on board . They turned up after a fortv-cicht

      «««!—vvrt / fr v vwvue o t / ouniufr nours absence . Another crew lost their reckoning alter all available provisions had been devoured and had it not been that they fell in with a vessel from the crew of which they got some biscuits the consequences might have been serious . "When thus tound they were somewhere in the Moray Firth A small boat left Stroma on Wednesday afternoon for Duncansby , with five men and one woman on board Losing their way , they continued sailing till Saturday morning , when they were picked up by a vessel about fifteen miles oft Lybster , and were la nded at Wick . They had tasted no food for two days and a half . —John o' Groat ' s Journal . '

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      flairs . Robbery of Letters at Meriiitr Ttdvil Post-) Fficb . —Tho magistrates of this borough have re-: ently been engaged in investigating a wholesale jystem of robbery which appears to have been going > n for some time past at the post-office connected with the district . An indiscriminate plunder of money and other letters seems to have been practised , and some idea may be formed of the extent the atrocious system was carried , when it is stated that nearly 1 , 000 letters , a great number of which had been opened , and their contents—money and other valuable property—abstracted , were found in the possession of the party supposed to be implicated in the robberies . The non-delivery of a letter which contained some £ 5 Brecon bank-notes led to an inquiry being instituted by the authorities at the General Post-office , London . Mr . Ramsay , one of the inspectors , was sent down / and theresult of the investigation was , that a lad named T . Thomas , who was employed to carry a letter-bag from this town to the post-office at Dowlais , a neighbouring town , was fully committed for trial on several charges of robbery .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . September 8 , ^ 1840 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 8, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1538/page/6/