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      © ije iHetropolte . Health is Losdos ddrix- Gthe WEEK _ It is ifafvmg to obsme the tetter abai ement of oesU ice in Loudon . After the first we * of W * £ » f which the fatality from clioiSTwas Sfirfe lKJpertons died from all causes , the ° S 2 mher I m the seamd week to 2 , 865 . then to 1981 and SfcS ' 2 * Hv Jh S S the same period , the SSSSraf * " ^' by Solera have . en £ « Z 5 , l , 632 , 839 , and in the last week 434 iiartnsawas fatal successively to 272 , 230 , 23 S , id last week to 163 . In comparing tbe returns for je last two weeks , the decline of mortalify is most tmous in the South Districts , whsre tho deaths

      om cholera have fallen from 422 in the week ending eptember 22 nd to 161 in the last ; and to take the lost striking examples of particular districts , in St . jeorge , Southwark , they declined from 58 to 10 , in ? ewingtoa from 66 to 15 , and in Lambeth from 117 » 50 . In the northrand central districts the nprovemeat is also remarkable ; in the former the eaths from cholera in the two weeks having been onsecntively 71 and 37 , and in the central having ¦ een 95 and 51 . The improvement in the east disricts is not sa ereat , the 183 deaths of the previous reek having fallen to 113 in the last ; but in the rest districts the public health has recently been staionary , the weekly deaths caused by the epidemic laving been 68 and 72 , though here , too , a great

      hange has taken place for the better in the latter ialf of September as compared with the foimer . n the whole metropolis tbe daily number of deaths rom cholera last wtek has fluctuated between 102 ud 53 , but showing an almost constant teudencyto all . Tfce mortality from small-pox , measles , and carJatina is much less than the average ; from hoopbj cough it is near the aver ige ; typhus has recently hiwn a slight increase . The mean height of the laromefer in the week was 21-flSO . The highest tem lerature occurred on Tuesday , when it was 72 deg . min . ; the highest mean temperature on Thursday , rhen it was G 2 deg . 2 min , The mean temperature if the week was 58 deg . 4 min . and higher than the irerage of the same week in seven years by 5 de » .

      I mm . RocBEttr op Parcels Coxteted by the Great SVesterX RAILWAY . CoMiuxr . — An extensive ¦ ohbery of valuable parcels conveyed by the Great "Western Railway Company lias just jeen discovered . On Thursday , the 27 th ult ., ; he mail train by the Great Western Railray leaving Plymouth at C 25 p . m . on the previous ; venin < r and calling at the intermediate towns upon : he route , arrived at the Paddington terminus at 1 . 15 a . m ., laden , in addition to the Post-office mail ) a £ 3 , with between 200 and 300 parcels of a miseelaneous character , consisting of bankers' parcels , ; ontaining notes , cheques , < £ c , from local to Lonion banks , and solicitors'and other parcels , of

      coniiucrable value , passing between various metro-> olitan and provincial firms . The parcels were dejosited en masse in the parcels van , and shortly wfore seven o ' clock the delivery agent of Messrs . Dhap ! in and Home , accompanied by a lad , who remains in the cart to watch them , started on his ound from Pa-ldington , taking with him the parcels , sorted out and strapped together in classiied lots , those for the bankers in one batch , those silled by the railway clerks "the lawyers' parcels '' in another , the general commercial ones in another , md so on . On arriving at Featherstone-buildings , Holborn , shortly before eight o ' clock , the driver- of the -ran , as is usual with him , alighted , leaving the Kirt in custody with the lad . Taking with him the ?

      lawyersparcels , of which on the occasion there were twenty-four , strapped together , and endorsed with their addressess he proceeded with them , slung over his shoulder , and with his entry book , to the first place of calling , in Bedford-row , intending afterwards to go to Chancery-lane , Lincoln ' s-inn , and Gray ' s-inn , before proceeding to the city . Accordingly he first of all proceeded to the offices of "Messrs . Gregory , Faulkner , andFollett , one of the largest legal firms in Bedford-row , and there , at a few minutes after eight o ' clock , he saw the housekeeper , who received the parcels for the firm , and the man , who it would appear , had on previous occasions acted thus imprudently , asked permission of the housekeeper to be allowed to leave all the

      parcels , strapped together , in the office , on account , as he alleged , of their great weight , while he went a little further on in Bedford-row , to deliver two others , one for Messrs . Algar , solicitors , the other for Messrs . Stevens , which he did in the usual manner . In the meantime , however , and within live minutes of his absence from the offices of Slessrs . Gregory , a most adroit and daring abstraction of the remaing twenty parcels left there , containing deeds , wills , and valuable assignments , was effected . Immediately on his return the housekeeper said to him . " one of your fellow servants

      has been here and stated , " Ob , my mate has left the wrong packet of parcels , " exchanging at the same time the parcels that had been left for a set wj ; ch were "dummies" filled with waste paper , lafoi-mation having been given to the police , a man , * hois "known" as one of the most expert thieves in London , has been apprehended , and identified bv Messrs . Gregory ' s housekeeper as the person who left the fictitious parcels . It is believed that the chief object of the thief was to secure the banker ' s and solicitor ' s parcels . The real representavc value of the latter is not yet ascertained , but it is conjectured to be very large .

      Supposed SIordeb of a CniTjj . —On Sunday morning shortly before eight o ' clock , the parties connected with the Royal Opthalmic Hospital on entering the area of that institution , discovered lying on the stone flags what they at first believed io be an old umbrella , and upon making a closer inspection they found that it was a parc-e ! containing a teary substance , The package was found to contain the dead body of a remarkably fine child , and from the appearances upon it there is little doubt entertained that the child had been murdered . The police were immediately acquainted with the discovery , and the body was forthwith removed to St . Martin ' s workhouse to await an inquest .

      Explosion of a Sewer is the Boeocgii . —On Saturday evening , about six o ' clock a fearful ex plosion of sewer-damp happened in Friar-street , in the Borough . The sewer has been in a most pestilential state for some time , and cholera is raging immediately around it to an awful extent . ^ o £ withstanding repeated complaints had been made , nothing has been done by the commissioners , and on Saturday Messrs . Anderson and Colley , soapboilers , were prevailed on by some of the inhabitants in despair , to attempt to draw oif the pestilential ¦ vapour by connecting a pipe from the sewer to one of their chimneys . All went on apparently well for about half an hour , when a violent explosion occurred . The shock was felt at a considerable distance round the neighbourhood ; the cast-iron plates covering tlic main holes , in the fla < r pavement in Friar-street , were « 11 blown into the air , and the flames came through the gully-gratings into the streets . Happily , no lives were lost .

      FmE ix Goodmaxs Fielos . —Supposed Ixcexdiabish . —On Sunday morning about half-past ten o'clocka five was discovered on the premises of a beer-shop keeper , named J . Drake , situate at Xo . 67 , Lambeth-street , Goodman ' s-fields . The fire which broke out in a top-room , is supposed to have been caused by some evil-disposed person . The Welclosc-squave fire-engine was promptly on the spot , and owing to the exertions of the firemen and numerous willing assistants , the flames were overcome before property to any considerable amount t ? as consumed . Mv . Drake ' s loss ViU fall upon the Eoyal Exchange fire-office . Expmsiox of Gas . —On Sunday night , about

      half-past ten o'clock , the inhabitants of the Haymarket were alarmed by hearing a loud report , and it was discovered that an explosion of gas had taken place in the house occupied by Mr . Laing , the extensive gunsmith , Xo . 7 , Haymarket . From inquiry as to the origin of the explosion , it appeared that a person in Mr . Laing ' s house had occasion to go into the area for some purpose with a lighted candle , when the explosion took place instantaneously , and with such force as to drive the person holding the candle into the kitchen . Fire engines were speedily in attendance , but their services were not required . The inhabitants escaped with some slight bruises .

      Discovert , of Bodies sctposed to have bees Murdered . —Throughout Friday and Saturday last great sensation prevailed in the vicinity of lli ^ h . street , Borough , in consequence of the following discovery : — Some children who were plnvintf in the lofts of the Old "White Heart Inn ( celebrated by Dickens in the Pickwick Papers , but which is now chiefly let out in lodgings ) , threw down into the jard what proved to be a human skull . This led to inquiry , and by the aid of the police and Mr Thwaits , churchwarden of St . Saviour ' s , search was madehen various

      , w bone 3 , forming three perfect skeletons , were found , onethatofayoun * female , and evidently deposited there very recently . In the same portion of the loft was discovered a heap of arsenic which had fallen from a rotten paper bag . In an tipper loft , communicating with the former by a holein the ceiling , were found three stockings , a females cap , and part of chemise , aportion ofa man s shirt , a leather glove , and a cotton cravat , apparentl y saturated with blood . By the direction of Mr . Thwaits , the beadle of St . Saviour ' s has taken charge of the premises and its contents .

      Sodden Death of a Timber Merchant . — Mr . Jfaynebeldan inquest on Tuesday at the Kings ' s iurms Tavern , Queenhithe , on the body of Mr . II . naight , a timber dealer , residing at Huratbourne , near the New Forest , Hampshire . Mr . Phillips , the kndlord of the King a Ames , said that deceased had been m the habitof using his house for the last teenty . threeyears . Hewenttothe house as usual onthe 2 / th ult . and said that he should want to KmamuntiUSnnday . He was then perfectly well . Un bunday he ordered a cab to convey him to the railway station . He directed his carpet-bag and wise , when hesuddenly staggered , and falling into an . easy chair , wag found to bea corpse . A medical

      gentleman stated that deceased died a natural death from disease of the heart . Verdict according . Three Lives Lost on the River . —An accident , by which ihree persons lost their lives , happened on the river Thames on Wednesday , off the Commercial Dock buoy at Limehouse . Shortly before two o ' clock the Thordenskiold , a Norwegian brig , arrived at the before-mentioned part of the river , for the purpose of being taken into the Clyde dock for repairs . In order to get the vessel through the dock entrance , Waterson , a waterman , and two of the crew , were engaged in a small boat alongside of the brig . The pilot having some apprehensions that the kedge was not sufficiently strong to keep the brig safe gave orders for the men on deck to lower the large anchor ; the man not knowing that the small

      boat was immediately under the bows , let go the anchor , which fell upon the three unfortunate men , crushing them , it is believed , and sending t leboatto thj bottom of the river . After the lapse of a few minutes , the boat came to the surface of the water , but the three poor fellows never rose again . It is considered that they were so seriously injured by the anchor falling on them , as to have been unable to do anything towards saving their lives . The drags of the Royal Humane Society were instantly procured , and search was made for the parties ; but at six o ' clock the same evening neither of the bodies had been found . "Water-son has left a large family totally unprovided for ; his widow , being a cripple , is unable to do anything towards the support of her children . The other two men belonged to the vessel , and were Norwegians .

      The Bermoxdsey Murder . —On Saturday afternoon , Mr . Salomons , the solicitor to Mrs . Manning , applied to Mr . Seckev for the restoration of a letter which she received from Patrick O'Connor , in July , 1 S 47 . That letter was stated to be of greatjeonsequence to her , inasmuch as it was sent to her while in the service of Lady Blantyre , at Stafford nouse , St . James ' s-park , and related to the purchase of stcckin railway and other securities , shebeing atthat time in possession of . considerable sums of money . On Tuesday Inspector Yates waited upon Mrs . Manning , at Horsemonger-lane county gaol , for the purpose of ascertaining what letter she required , as there were an immense quantity of documents in his possession . She then informed lira that the

      letter she wished to be placed in the possession of her solicitor was one she received from Mr . Patrick O' Connor a short time after they became acquainted , and that it contained a request for her to purchase some Eastern Railway and foreign stock . Mr . Yates informed her that her parcels had been minutely examined , and no such letter could be found . The only letter of a public or private nature had been given to her solicitor , but still some might be at the bottom of some of her boxes . Mrs . Manning was certain that such a l etter was taken from her by Mr . Moxhay , and that if it was produced it would prove how she became possessed of the property found on her . She therefore requested Mr . Yates to search her boxes and produce the letter . The inspector accordingly left the prison , and related

      the circumstances to the magistrate at the Southwark Police Court , when he received orders to give copies of any letter that might be required . Mrs . Manning seems confident of her success , and states to every person who visits her that she must be acquitted . She never alludes to her husband . The Bishop of Losdos ' s Ordination of Two Africans . —The Bishop of London held an ordination at Fulham , on Saturday last , when two natives of Africa were admitted into holy orders . The two candidates , the Rev . Thomas Maxwell and the Rev . George Ficol , are coloured gentlemen , and are of that class termed the Sierra Leone " colony born , " that is , their parents were brought into the colony as liberated slaves , but they were never themselves in a state of slavery . They were received in the missionary schools as children , and baptised as infants .

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      the other prisoner , Liptzick , to Mr . Vandenbergh , who passed , at the time , for the captain of a foreign ¦ vessel ; and the result was that both the Jews were taken into custody by Inspector Daish . A carpetbag containing the property which was to have been disposed of , viz ., 353 . 3-rouble notes of the Bank of Poland , was afterwards found by Inspectors Dowsett at a pastrycook ' s in Broad-street , where it had been left by Liptzick on the same day as the prisoners were apprehended . The capture of those fellows , who form part of a gang that has for some time carried on their nefarious practices and eluded the vigilant exertions of the governments whom they have defrauded , reflects infinite credit on the tact and iudgment of the Prussian Vice-Consul here

      and the conduct of Inspector Daish and Dowsett in aiding him in the affair , is-highly praiseworthy , and will , we have no doubt , be liberally rewarded by the Prussian government . The two prisoners who had been remanded after a private examination , were brought up for re-examination on Friday week . The depositions taken at the former examination , which was conducted by the magistrate privately in the council chamber , yrere now road over to both prisoners an d the evidence adduced , relative to the finding of the carpet-bag by Inspector Dowsett , and the identification of the prisoner Li ptzick by Mrs . Gray , at whose shop the same was left bv him A

      clerk from the Bank of Poland deposed to the notes produced beuu ; forgeries . A . solicitor from London attended on behalf of the Bank of Russia , and asked the bench to commit the prisoner Liptzick for trial under the act of William IV ., sees . 19 and 28 . With reference to the prisoner Lavin , the case mainly depended on information communicated by him , and he thought the ends of justice would be fully answered by his being bound over to answer any charge that might be preferred against him at the assizes . Mr . Field attended on behalf of Liptzick , who was committed for trial at the assizes . —Hampshire Advertiser .

      Fatal Railway Accident . —On the 2 f ; h ult ., an inquest was held by Mr . Rutter , county coroner , at the Railway Inn , Miles Platting , on the body of a labourer , named John Redfern , 49 years of age , who was in the employment of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company , at the Miles Platting Station , and whose death had been caused by an express tvain having run over him . It appeared that on the previous evening , about twenty minutes to eight o'clock , the deceased and another man were talking on the platform of the station , when the train from Manchester to Leeds came up ; and at the same time an express train to Manchester was seen approaching by a porter named Roberts , who rang the bell , and called out to the deceased and his companion to mind the

      express . Roberts then went away a few yards to see that none of the passengers by the Leeds train got out at the wrong side , and as he turned his head tolook back , he saw the two men coming across the line . Instantly the express came up , and Avhen it had passed he only saw deceased ' s companion , who had got across the line . The deceased had been caught by the engine and thrown down , and when fouud hi 3 body presented a shocking appearance , being much mutilated about the legs and the lower part of the trunk : he must have died instantly . Mr . Phillips , station master , was at once informed of the occurrence , and the body was removed to the Railway Inn , close by . The deceased had left off work about five o ' clock , and it is supposed that he was crossing

      the line to j ; o to the tank yard . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " Incendiarism . —Friday last , Sept . 28 , was the day appointed in Bridport , Dorset , for general humiliation and prayer , in consequence of the present visitation of cholera . Numerous congregations were assembled at the various places of worship in the morning and evening . The Rev . T . Wallace was proceeding with his discourse in the evening , to a numerous congregation , when he was compelled to desist from a sudden and general movement and rising among his audience . He requested them to preserve their presence of mind and remain seated , or alarming accidents might occur . Several persons rushed into the chapel and cried out "Fire ! fire'

      there is afire just opposite the chapel—save yourselves ! " The rush to the doors was then general , but fortunately , beyond the terror occasioned , nothing serious happened . In a few minutes the atmosphere was illuminated with the outbursting of a sheet of flame from an extended range of buildings immediately opposite the chapel , and , being thatched , they burned with great rapidity and fury . It was with difficulty that Mr . Wallace and his congregation could get out of their place of worship . In half an hour the conflagration was tremendous . The wind blowing from the south saved the Royal Oak Inn and stables , but several houses and an extensive range of premises were destroyed . An alarm of fire was given at Bridport Church during the sermon of the Rev . Mr .

      Templar , and the rush was instant and most serious : no lives were lost , but the terror was indescribable . lhefirewas . no doubt , the act of some miscreaut , who took advantage of the people being at their respective places of worship to perpetrate his heartless villany . The same premises were attempted to be set on fire at eleven o ' clock at ; night , about three weeks ago , but through the servants' bed-room at the Royal Oak being full of smoke the diabolical attempt was frustrated . A rigid inquiry will be at once instituted , and it is sincerely hoped that the culprit will be detected and brought to justice . A young man fell , during the fire , from a wall , and sustained much internal injury . EXTR . \ OKDINARY EXPLOSION OP FlRE DAMP . —

      A curious though serious case of explosion of lire damp or gas occurred on Sunday last , in a lmuse in Gidlow-lane , Wigan . On Sunday night a messenger was despatched from the house in question , to Mr . Winnard ' s surgery , and it was stated that a Mrs . Crook had been semely burnt by an explosion of gas in the cupboard . Mr . TVinnard was absent at the time , atteuding to an urgent cholera case , but Mr . Hutchinson , the medical gentlemen from Liverpool , who has been engaged to assist Mr . Winnatd during the prevalence of the epidemic in this township , was in attendance , and it is said that ho received the statement of the messenger with an amount of incredulity , whkh is onl y to be accounted for by his inexperience in a colliery district . A woman

      burnt by an . explosion of gas iroxn a cupboard—he could not believe it ! However , he proceeded to the house , where he found Mrs . Crook in great sufferiug , having been severely scorched about the face and neck . It w-as stated that she was going to the cupboard with a lighted candle in her hand , when the terrific explosion of fire-damp took place . Mr . Hutchinson , it would appear , was still" hard of belief , " and Crook , the husband of the woman who was injured , asked him if he would wish to see a repetition of the explosion , stating that it would be attended with ho evil consequences . Mr . Ilutchinson assented , and we may ba sure that he exercised no small degree of caution when the cupbowd Was opened and the light applied . Crook , however , was

      unfortunately less apprehensive , and a tremendous explosion taking place , he received a serious burn on that very sensitive organ of the human physiology -the nose . The people of the house screamed , and the greatest consternation prcvaUed . It is stated that the body of flame ran along the ceiling and escaped out at the door , but Mr . Hutchinson says that be did not observe this phenomenon . We should state , for the information of those who may be unacquainted with the locality , that the house is situated immediately over a coal-mine , and the gas must have made its way through the earth into the cupboard . The woman , we are sorry to say , is still m a very precarious state ; but Mr . Crook's nose is , according to the last report , in a state ot convalescence . —Wigan Times .

      The Boiler Explosion at Burnley . —We gave in our last a brief account of the frightful casuality which occurred on Tuesday week , by the bursting of a boiler at Mr . Slater ' s mill , Sandy Gate , near Bumley , and stated that two persons had been killed , and two others so severely injured that they were not expected to recover . We regret to add that the loss of life was greater than we mentioned , three persons having died on the day of the explosion from the injuries received . Inquests were held on the bodies on Friday morning , before John

      Hargreaves , Esq ., the coroner . After a lengthened inquiry , the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death" in each case . They added that they exonerated the boiler maker from all blame , but recommended a stronger construction of boilers in future they recommended the engineer to take care that in future the peg indicating the pressure should be of proper length ; and they recommended to all millowners that boilers should be placed in separate buildings , over which no persons should have to work —Manchester Guardian .

      Dispute at Sunderlisd Docks . —On Mondav and Tuesday a series of events took place at the extensive docks now in course of construction on the beach , south of the river Wear , which caused -rreat excitement in the town , and which arose out of certain disputes likely to occasion a protracted and expensive litigation in the Chancery courts unless otherwise amicably arranged , which , for the g eneral good of the town and the true interests of the parties themselves , we sincerely hope will be the case . The point in dispute is this .- —In July , 1847 , Messrs John Craven and Sons contracted with , the Sunderl land Dock Company to construct , by the 31 tf « f

      December , 1849 , a wet dock and half-tide basin on the south beach . In the execution of the works they were to be under the control of the company ' s engineer , Mr . Murray . The northern part of the dock or tidal harbour , was contracted for by other parties ' Disputes arose from time to time between Mr . Murray on the one hand , and the Messrs . Craven on the other , involving a question of several thousan d pounds . The company , on the ground that the Messrs . Craven were interposing difficulties in the way of the contractors engaged at the north end of the dockSj exercised or assumed to exercise , under the powers ofa proviso in the original contract the right of dissolving that contract , and accordinelv . nn

      imqay , they served on the Messrs . Craven a notice to quit , giving them , however , permission to go upon the ground for the purpose of taking awav tliX plant , provided they interfered not with the progress

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      ofthe company's works , pn the other hand , the Messrs . Craven , being advised that the question of foRa would be best settled before their contract was completed , and that it was a question to be deter-Sed by a court of law or equity , determined to retain possession of the ground , and hnisli their contrirt and thereby throw upon the Dock Company he onus of establishing , before some competent tribunal , their assumed right to dissolve the contract and take possession of the property ,-Simdcrland Herald . _ _ , _ „ ¦ 0 « Cordial

      Impbop 7 r Ubk of Godfreys . " - Mr . Herford , coroner , held an inquest , on Monday last , on the body of a child bix weeks old , son of Charles Hutchinson , a calico printer , living in . Brown svard Manchester . From the evidence of the mother it appeared that on Friday and Saturday last the child appeared restless and unwell . In the course of the day the mother gave it some magnebia , and subsequently a small quantity of gm and water . About eight o ' clock in the evening she obtained a pennyworth of " Godfrey ' s" Cordial , " and gave about half a spoonful to the child , who subsequently seemed more easy and comfortablet About three o ' clock on Sunday morning , however , it became restless , and almost immediately afterwards died in

      its mother ' s arms . Mr . Dyson , surgeon , who had made &po $ t mortem examination of the body of the deceased , described the appearances it presented internally . Ho believed that most probably . the child had been convulsed before death ; there was considerable congestion of the brain , but whether this arose from an over-dose of the medicine produced , from the child being overlain in bed , or from natural causes , he could not say . Tho medicine called " Godfrey's Cordial" was a very dangerous one to administer to infants , as the dose given in the present instance must have contained at least two drops of laudanum . He had inquired at the druggist ' s , and found that tho medicine was sold , as had been stated by the mother of the deceased ,

      without any label being put upon the vessel in which it was contained ; the reason given for this course was , that various kinds of vessels , cups , &c . were brought for the " cordial , " and that if used , most of the people vrho bought the medicine would be unable to road the label . —The juvy returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased had died of convulsions , but that there was no evidence to show how they were caused . The jury also expressed an opinion that the indiscriminate sale by druggists of mixtures containing considerable quantities of opium , without labels , or proper directions being given , was a dangerous practice , and ought if

      possible to be prevented . , . Fatal Prize Fight . —On Sunday night , Sub-Tnspector Sandford apprehended a man , named Thos . Welsh , afc his lodgings , Lad-lane , Deansgate , Manchester , under a warrant charging him with being a bottle holder in the fight which lately took place at Throstle Xest , and in which one of the combatants , Bichard Lilley , was killed . He was brought up at the New Bailey on tho following morning , when the offence was proved , and he was committed to the assizes . ; Ho was matched to fight that day fortnight with another man for ten pounds aside .

      Singular Escape from Drowning . —On the 26 th ult ., Anthony Brown was passing with his wherry Tynebridge , when the craft catchinsr one of the piers , she " whommeled over , " and all her cargo of water-pipes and chain-bolts went to the bottom—all but one pipe , which had got entangled , and by its weight caused the vessel to lie with one side in the water and the other out . The skipper and his son were cast to some distance , and were rescued from drowning by a watchman stationed on the High Level Bridge . Their comrade , Henry Gray , was nowhere to be seen—most probably drowned . A steam-boat was procured to tow the capsized wherry ( whoso destination was the Gateshead station of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway ) to Stourbridge , and lay her aground . On the passage up , a voice was heard issuing from under the craft ; and it was then found that Henry was still alive .

      She was got up as quickly as possible to the papermill shore ( a distance of three or four hundred yards ) , and an oar thrust under her , of which Henry got hold . It was then drawn down , but he stuck against the side of the boat , and could get no further ; he was evidently drowning . The boat-hook was pushed in to him : he seized hold of it : it was pressed down and drawn up , and he was fished through the water , and brought up beneath the gunwale to the surface . A stimulant and a bed ( at the Brandlin Arms , close by ) restored him from his state of exhaustion . He then explained that , favoured by the position of the boat in the water , he had been enabled to keep his head above the surface ; but his air-space was gradually narrowing , and tho water had got up to his mouth when he was saved . . He was from one to two hours in his strange prison , and never expected to get out alive . —Qateshead Observer .

      The Sisters op Mercy . —The establishment of the " Sisterhood" has been removed from this parish ( Stoke Damerd ) to that of St . Andrew ' s , Plymouth . The two houses at the north west corner of Wyndham-place are occupied temporarily , as it is said the Sisters have purchased or are in treaty for a piece of freehold ground in one of the Five Fields for the erection of " A Home . " The appeals for pecuniary aid made by the Sisters and the Bishop of Exeter have been very successful , a capital stock , exceeding £ 14 , 000 , having been thus raised . —Devonport Telegraiih .

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      be interred on Saturday at two o ' clock . The original fees exacted were proffered to tho parties in charge , but refused . Men nob connecte d with the burying-ground were then engaged by Mr . Daniel M'Farlane , joiner , to dig a grave , which they were in the act of doing on . Saturday when the police interfered and forced thorn to desist . . It was resolved , however , to conduct the interment in spite of any obstruction that mi g ht be offered by tho authorities ; and accordingly a considerable number , whose support could- be relied on , were invited to it . Before two o ' clock the entire police force , both day and night officers , were collected in the yard , and the gate was locked and barred . When the funeral approached the gate a crowd was gathered in Duncan-street , whose sympathies were manifestly in favour of the recussants . The coffin was taken out of tho hearse , and laid on the spokes , awaiting the opening of the door . The gate was

      not opened , however , and some tnno having been spent by the remonstrances and counter-remonstrances of the parties who were respectively within and without the gate , a cry got up , « Burst open the gate . " The coffin was then shouldered , and some of the most active of them battered in the gate , amidst the cheers of the spectators . The police at first offered a slight resistance , but at length allowed the irruptionists to proceed , and the interment was completed without further hindrance . There were several most respectable men engaged in this most unseenly and fortunately unwonted proceeding . There was another funeral in the same buryingground at the same hour ' and the coffin , in this case also , was borne in shoulder high . When the gate was broken up , one of the policemen was much injured near the eye by a splinter that flew from it . The prudence of the police , in not offering much resistance is much commended , as , in all probability , bloodshed would havo ensued . —Glasgow Daily

      Mail . Accident to one of tiie Party at Balmoral . — Wo understand that our distinguished townsman , Dr . Mackenzie , surgcon-occulist in ordinary to the Queen , had the honour of being sent for to Balmoral , a few days ago , to consult with Sir James Clark on the case of a son of Lord Portman , who had met with an accident while shooting . It appears that one of the party was shooting at a hare , and part of the shot , after striking a rock , had darted off in a slanting direction , and entered the eye of the young gentleman . The small bullet still remains in the globe of the eye . The wound through which it entered has healed up ; and , although there has been comparatively little pain or uneasiness

      produced , ' tho vision of that eye is completely lost . It was not . considered necessary to perform any operation , as , from present appearances , it is expected that tho foreign body will gradually work its way outwards , and be discharged . —Qhsgoiv Citizen . Incendiarism at Blairoowrie . — The triumphal arches that were erected here , when her Majesty passed through of her way to Balmoral , were to havo been newly decorated for her return ; but some blackguard , on Tuesday morning last , set fire to the one at the bridge , which is now standing a charred skeleton , A good reward is offered to any person who will give such information as may lead to the discovery of the blackguard who could be guilty of such a despicable action . —Edinburgh Advertiser .

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      Ereiano . Formidable Opposition to Rents . —Conflict and Loss of Life . —The movement against rents and the carrying away of crops is assuming a more formidable aspect , extending even into the northern province . The following account of a sanguinary struggle for the possession of corn appears in the Kilkenny Moderator of this day : — " We have just received an account of a fatal and most fearful struggle between a landlord and tenant for the possession of the crops , and which , we are sorry to state , has taken place in our own county . It appears that the corn of a farmer named Cloony , residing at Butler ' s Grove , near Gowran , was distrained for rent by the landlord , Captain Watson , and ffas only

      protected hitherto from being forcibly removed by having a strong posse ol armed bailiffs placed in charge . However , on yesterday ( Friday ) morning , at about eight o ' clock , Cloony collected a consider , able body of men , who were armed and provided with cars , in order to seize and remove the crop at any risk . The attack was , of course , resisted by those in charge , and who acted under the directions of Captain Watson ' s sons . A violent struggle took place , but Cloony ' s party succeeded in loading the cars , and just as they wore leading them out upon the road , one of the men named William Butler , was shot dead by Captain Watson ' s party , and another was so seriously wounded that Dr . Newell , of

      Gowran , whose professional assistance was promptly obtained , is said to have pronounced his recovery to be hopeless . On the other hand , it is stated by report that three of the parties who were in charge of tho crop are dangerously wounded . The police arrived from Gowran soon after the fray , but too late | to prevent the fatal consequences of tho encounter ; however , tho corresponded from whom wo have the particulars concludes his communication , which was dated at noon Friday , with the remark : — ' Notwithstanding the fearful circumstances which have resulted from the attack the corn is still being removed , though one man lies dead in the gap , and another is dying in the neighbourhood . ' " °

      The Leinster Express has the following account of the progress of tho anti-rent movement in the vicinity of S'hinrone , Kings ' s County , where twenty of the peasantry have been arrested : — " On Wednesday night Uead-eonstaUc Corcoran , of Bhinrono , received private information of upwards of fifty cars and drays , from different parts of the country , being in readiness to carry corn , the property " of John Clarke , Esq ., oft the lands of Tubrid , situate within two miles of Shinrone . Tho head-constable and party lost no time in proceeding to the lands in question , where on their arrival they found a great many persons in attendance , with horses and cars . The police immediately charged the party at the point of the bayonet ; eighteen of them sought refuge in a , small house , where they -were made prisoners . In the meantime , the men in care of tho

      cars commenced upsetting their loads , and scattering the corn about the road . Constable Kelly and the police from the Brusna station being on patrol and hearing tho yells and shouts of the fellows running away , immediately came to the head-constable ' s assistance ; and in doing so , he arrested two of the runaways . Tho two police jkyyUcs marched their twenty prisoners and twenty-four load of corn to Shinrone . On Thursday there was a full investi » ation into this matter , before It . Hnmmersley and George Fitzmauricc , R . M ., Esqrs ., when tho twenty prisoners were fully committed to take their trial at the ensuing quarter sessions of Birr . Several persons have applied for their horses and cars , but the magistrates refused to give them up until they would communicate with the law advisors of the Crown . Some of tho party came over ten miles "

      Nearly the whole of the Irish journals contain accounts of the spread of the move ment in various parts of the country—Queen ' s County , Cavan , Monaghan , Carlow , and other places , lave been tho scenes of active operations , and in some instances the landlords are attempting to meet tho crisis by reducing their rents . In the counties of Waterford lipperary , and Limerick , tho Roman Catholic clergy continue to denounce the secret organisation and the outbreak at Cappoquin . ' Tiie Dolly ' s Brae Tkaoedy . -The Report of Mr . Boroiok , Q . C ., the commissioner appointed by the Lord-Lieutenant to inquire into all tho

      transac-Brae , on the 12 th July , is now under the consideration of the government . There is much excitement on the subject , to which an unseemly and MSta ^ f S * " of , ' » GC 1 ' > tho Orange ( fra 2 I hlLf * 1 C COimty Of ? > and onc o ? the maff t n 7 w f compamed the Orange procession fiom Lord Rodcn ' s park to Dolly ' s Brae has in a great deg .-ee contribuLd . The decision of S go-Zr i n thl - S dwa 8 t «> M « fltoy is looked for w ! th the deepest anxiety . The local Crown Solicitor has received directions once more to tender the informations against some of tho Or . ™™ nm . i ,, +,. m . »

      bench of magistrates at Castlewellan , of which Lord Rodcn is chairman . The Freeman ' s Journal contains a letter from -v correspondent at Ballymcna , describing the murder t 7 ffT T ° niuncd 1 B ««» ey . " wEo died from the enects of a severe beating , received from the hands of a party of Orange alsassins , on £ M ? of Saturday tho 22 nd of Sept . " No particulars are given ; but it is stated that "the mag istrates re S S tS tj ? * rt by hls mcdical fondant , death »¦ ¦ tk V % mn waa atthe P ° int of death . The absence of tho stipendiary magistrate is assigned as a possible cause for their ffil *

      xnere was another extraordinary scene at the petty sessions of Castlewellan on Tuesdav wppIt when there was i great muster of mSKteT in eluding the Marquis of Downshiro ffi £ ajft iHl ^ iP s ^ asl ^ which he hopes to float his balloon - '• ' Wo must be stirrine ! We mn <^ nw « . ** ? « ^ idto beorwito ^ tS cmr feCItyi ^ S

      > vo must not permit those who wicla our " destiSlU to rock themselves to slumber in «« , Lr I + v I saans ^ gi

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      11 Let all friends to the peace of Ireland remember that when tho Catholic Association arose twentv two counties were in open insurrection ' . ' andtbab from the formation of that body hope at once began to revive in the minds of tho peasantry , crime bc » came checked , and within a few months the law was once again respected and obeyed . " Should not our labours in the Repeal Association to bring about a , like result , and save our neonlq from the last misery—that of wild and hopeless and most criminal insurrection—command the heln of every good man-of every patriot—of everv Christian ? *

      » Let us , then , ask of every friend of Ireland and her people to join m working for this and other ends that our duty to man and heaven alike calls uson m to labour for . They can be briefl y stated , ani noS can dispute their need . uut } " 1 . To arouse the Ministry an d Parliament to the terrible danger threatening the remnant of this nation from the renewed failure of the potato crop " 2 . To check and arrest , so far as one wavnums * and entreaties , and councillings may avail , the ac ' cursed system of Bibbonism , now said to bu existing in one or two districts of Ireland .

      " 3 . To contradict the audacious assertion that we arc content with the endurance of the monstrous injustice of the church establishment , and to call on Parliament to apply the church revenues to tho support of the poor , and thereby to the lessening of the grievous burden of the increasing and alUlevounng poor-rate . " £ . The estoppel of the horrid eviction system . Not less than 12 , 000 families were evicted in nine months , as proved by a return I moved for this session , but which as yet has appeared only in manuscript , its printing and circulation having been delayed , for what reason I know not . " 5 . Tbnast-rioiit—plain , unmistakable , simplo equitable tenant-tight!—the tenant-right of tho north .

      " 6 . An amendment of tho poor-law—if amendment be possible . . " 7 . A real , and not a mock amendment of ouv corporations ; a real , and not a mock increase and restoration of our franchises , especially of that , the greatest of all—including all and crowning all—the right of making our own laws in our own parliament at home !" The pith of the letter like that of a lady ' s is contained in the postscript . " P . S . I trust to be allowed the honour of attending the committee of the Repeal Association early next week in Dublin , and if they approve of it we shall resume at once the usual meetings of the Repeal Association . "

      Mr . Duffy does not publish this letter in the Nation but instead thereof it contains the letter of Mr . John O'Connell ; but in an article , under the heading " ^ Wanted , a few workmen , " he gives the following description of the effects of the old agitation : — " Spouting , speeching , and operations of that sort can be performed by a large proportion of the adult population of this island . The faculty of writing sonorous and swelling sentences is nearly as common . O'Connell made a guerilla of ruthless speechifiers , who disturbed the peace of private society with the thunder of their afternoon eloquence ; and Young Ireland must plead guilty to having created ' a mob of gentlernen who write with ease . But there is no country in Europe where there is so little practical

      genius , practical skill , fruitful practical knowledge aB in Ireland . The smallest official trained in the petty routine of public business , the dullest intermittent commissioner who does 'jobs' for the Executive , has generally more administrative capacity than some of the best of our public men , The f : rand , romantic ; and picturesque , fire the Irish imagination ; but it plunges restlessly in the harness of practical work . And mark tbe result on our popular institutions—we have Irish members who originate nothing—Irish corporations bankrupt in funds , character , and influence—Irish boards of guardians replaced by paid officials , who do the work immeasurably better , to the deep discredit and permanent injury of the country . "

      < The Irish Church and the Roman Catholic Clergy . —The Kilkenny Journal , under the heading " Movement for Church Reform , " says : — " At the conferences of the Roman Catholic clergy of this diocese , on Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday , the Right Rev . Dr . Walsh brought the question under the notice of his brethren , and recommended them , each in his own parish , to have petitions prepared for signature , ' praying for a portion of the Protestant Church revenues , where they are superabundant , for the use and benefit of tho Catholics , where their resources are limited . '"

      The Poor-Law . —The Cork , Examiner contains the following : — " Over fifteen years ago , a nun named Teahan , from the neighbourhood of Killarglin , left his wife shortly after his marriage , and went on board ship . During that period she did not hear from him , and presuming that he was dead married again . The second husband and herself , wi'h four children of the second marriage , were compelled to go into the Killarney workhouse , and the last husband died there . The first man , to the astonishment of every one , veiy lately came home , c ' aimed his wife , and took her out of the workhouse . An objection was made to release the wife , without also taking the children . To this the blunt sailor objected , saying , that while he could not blame his wife for marrying , he had no notion of

      doing for the children of any one eke . Proceedings were taken at a late petty sessions in Killorglin before the Rev . Dr . Moleyiis and Edward Rae , Esq ., to compel tho sailor to provide for these children . Ihe magistrates refused taking informations , as a ca ; e not at all cognisable or contemplated by the Poor-law Act . They were not theman ' sstep children . He was not a " relation by law bound to support them , and they accordingly dismissed the rase . However , informations were taken against the to by a Killarney functionary , and he was committed and retained some days in the M-ltown Briduwell , damning magistrates , laws , country , and all , for the ungrateful return he got for hard well-earned services . Ihe case will come on before the Assistant-Barrhter at the next Killarney sessions . "

      COLLISIOX BETWEEN THE PEASANTRY AX » TIIE 1 oucE . —The Cork EmirMier of Monday gives an account ofa serious collision between a lar « e body ot peasants and the constabulary , on Sunday last on the estate of Sir George Colthurst , Bart ., near 151 arney : — " A large number of small farmers and agricultural labourers assembled on Snnd-iv week and cut down tho corn on the farm of widow Forde * which they put into sheaves and sacks , and stored in one of the adjourning houses . Keepers were placed on this house at the direction of Sir Gcor « n ) Colthurst , the landlord of the farm , and these m ! n remained in possession up to yesterday . About ten o clock yesterday morning men and cars were seen approaching this houso from even- m ,, I in

      sue neighbourhood , and , by the time they had all assembled , it was calculated there were upimni I ° -f V ? . lundre 1 d » "on » armed with roaping-SfilP , ; - ' ' iind 0 th « -instruments used 4 agricultural purposes ; and thirty-six cars in attendance . At this time there Wcrc tv-eWo or tllrtw £ v , Tn n th ° intcriOT 0 f ««> honsc in which to corn had been placed ; and on the main body o £ to persons in possession of the cars arriving before loiTf ' f . ' Of tIlC 1 " wh 0 a PP ' clt * o be tho icailei ot the party , summoned the bailiffs three £ KS to fi'youi 1 toe house in the Queen ' s name . mtli tins threat tho keepers refused to comply , whereupon the houso was attacked . Some of tlie party ascended the roof , and commenced removing

      tlio slates , through which they quickly obtained a view of the inmates of the barn . The persons anpomted to protect the corn , seeing that resistance was useless , escaped through the door without much obstruction from tho part y outride , and no injury beyond a wound inflicted on one of them bv a pitclitork . Sir G . Colthurst , J . P Mr Hussev fobin TV r i i ^ . « AfS ? S : ,, ? J ' f whcP 0 th 0 , clci'k swovo ™ information , ^{ . '" V ? . 100 ^ l" 0 or dorod oufc ™< lcv tho control 5 llV Si , , im > ty Pl > oceed <* l to the farm of wwl f ' t mbtwomilcsfl < om BiUmeoHiir , where they found thirty-six cars drawn up in a line and the people around them busily emnloved in transferring the corn from the barn to the cii-s M nent of' ? L n Sta f ntly T ° avresfc Uic ^ P rominent of the party , and rescue tha < mvn lmt L » -

      , w ^ smm affray consequent upon the demand of ino poKcc Curry , the bailiff of Sir George cSthufs P was knocked down and his leg broken in Ko places His life is said to be despaired of . The police S compelled to retire , but succeeded ir 2 $ ur " . til of the persons most conspicuousl y cn ^ ed ° Z express was then sent off to the military barrackTt Battincollig , and two troops of Lancers worn . So ^^ -f& ^^ fi oft £% s = ss ^^ - «

      tt 5 h f i ° asfc ^ P ™ ' ^' . with the loss of their Kf ? ° tUm C f aped ' ^ mnovin S ° orn tff 1 & £ fw' PU - Suin S some of the by-roads ttot led to their respective homos . The majority of the party was there detained by the military until the arrival of the police , who had retired for a rclntorccment , when nine persons were arrested making eleven prisoners taken into custody It is somewhat singular that all the prisoners arrested f ^ ™ the neighbourhood of Innoshannon . a disanceof thirteen or fourteen miles from the scene of tins proceeding . It was stated th . nf . thn wi , in ™

      £ ordo held about sixty acres of land from Sr S ^ ST , *"' ormtiffoiS ™ ° ! ascorti ! r - In tho precipitate flight which 53 ™ k ? ° ° n & ° W 1 " ™ of the military a con-S &f , f V ' , th 0 «> rn . Wa 8 thrown on the i&T ? ° ? f s j and in othoi % P laces like'y Hrf -i oteotlon > Bn ?« f 01 > the disco ™ -y of this pov-W t I ) r ° f ' PlK » wtkat Sir Geovge Co \ tiiurst has sent out men and horses to scour the

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      Shocking Railway Accident . —A dreadful accident occurred on Friday , the 28 th nit ., on the Nottingham and Mansfield Railway ( Midland ) to one of the Company ' s servants , a labonrer , namcd Thomas Goope , which there is no doubt will terminate fatally . About nine o ' clock on the morning in question Coope was at work on the above fine , at a curve , near King ' s Mills , when the down train from Mansfield to Nottingham was proceeding at a very

      rapid pace , and it is supposed that the unfortunate man , either had not time to get off the line , or considered himself safe in continuing at his employment ; he was , however , struck down by the engine and one of his legs completely torn from his body . The poor fellow was taken up frightfully imiUUitecl , his head and back being shockingly injured , and immediately conveyed to the general infirmary at Nottingham , where he now remains under the care of the resident surgeon , Mr . "White , with but little chance of recovery .

      West ScnnEY Election . —Mr . Low , of the firm of Pewtress and Low , paper manufacturers , Xo . 30 , Gracechurch-strcet , has protested against the validity of this election . Mr . Low tendered his vote before nine o ' clock on Wednesday morning , at the polling-place at Godalming , but * found that there were no officials at the booth to register his vote . The Sheriff , it appears , named tho election to commence on Tuesday , the 25 th of September , from nine a . m . to four p . m ., and on Wednesday , the 26 th , at eight o ' clock in the morning , finally closing at four p . m . It is not in the power of any candidate , when the poll is once commenced , to—strictly speaking—resign ; he is in the hands of the electors , and if the electors choose to elect him he cannot refuse to serve .

      Alleged Mchder . —On Friday , the 2 Stli ult ., Ilenry Glover , son of . a rosp&ctab ' le farmer , of Leahouse , Lea , near Lea-gate Railway station , was charged before the mayor of Preston , with the wilful murder of Edward Latham , a gardener , employed by Mrs . Podder , at Ashton-lodge . The deceased was found on Monday week by Policeconstable llindle , lying under one of the arches of the Wyre Railway . Life was extinct , but the body was quite warm ; blood was flowing from his nose and ears . The body was forthwith removed to the Rawestone Arms public house . Mr . R . Palmer , the district coroner , having been apprised of the findiHg of the body , held an inquest on the same , when it appeared that the prisoner and the deceased left the Water Trough public house on the previous Sunday

      night in company with other men ; the latter left them , and shortly after a person named Charles Uillington , saw the prisoner standing up , and the deceased on the ground , when the former said , " Hast thou had enough ? " Witness went towards the one on the ground , when ths first one ran away a few paces , but returned directly , and seeing witness , he said , "Holloa , Charley , is that thou ?" He proceeded along the road in company of tho prisoner , when the prisoner said , " Shall I turn back and finish him ? " Witness replied , "So . " lie afterwards said it was a bad job , and witness must not mention what he had done . The case assuming such a serious complexien against the prisoner , he declined to say anything in his defence , and he was remanded .

      Tire late Attack ox the Revexue Officer at Gosport . —At the Gosport Petty Sessions last week before E . P . Samuel , Esq ., John Brown and John Matthews , the ring leaders in the above , were brought np to answer a charge of assault preferred a . wainst them by Stephen Mountifield and Benjamin Mountifield . P . Beverley , Esq ., solicitor to tho Customs appeared on the part of the Mountifields , and contended that it was so gross an assault , that he hoped it would not be dealt with in a summary way , —committed to the quarter sessions , when they made application to be bailed , which -was granted . Smuggling . —Charle 3 Wadesy , of Slindon , was brought up by the coast-guard , and charged by the Collector of her Majesty / s Customs , at Aru ' ndel , with aiding and assisting in unshipping thirty-seven gallons and one quart of brangy , and two gallons

      and seven pints of Geneva , without payment of duties . The witnesses proved that there was a run from a boat close to the beach at Climping , between two and three o ' clock in the morning of the 20 th ult ., and that nine tubs were found in the boat and four just over the beach near it . Men were running to and from the boat over the beach , and the defendant Wadesy came over the beach with a stick and went up to the boat . lie was convicted in the penalty of £ 100 , and committed to Petworth until paid . It was stated to be the practice of the Treasury to order persons thus committed to be discharged after being imprisoned six months ' . The smugglers , it is said , succeeded in securing the safe removal of nearly 200 tubs , and they intended to abandon the old boat which the coast-guard took possession of .

      SntcinE of a Saval Officer . —On the 27 th ult ., Mr . William Remphry , clerk of her Majosty ' s ship Ocean , flag-ship of Yicc-Admiral the Hon . G . Elliot , C . B ., Commander-in-chief at the Sore , committed suicide , whilst the ship ' s company were at divisions . It appears the unfortunate deceased took that opportunity of cutting his throat with a razor in his cabbin , ani so effectually did he perform ths dreadful act that life must have ceased almost instantaneously . ExTEssrvE Forgery of Foreign If otes . —For some time past very extensive frauds have been committed on the Russian and Prussian governments by

      tho manufacture of foreign forged notes , and within the past fortnight two German Jews , Marcus Lavin and Hyams Liptzick , have been taken into custody here , as parties concerned in the manufacture and disposal of the same . The first named prisoner , Lavin , called on the Prussian Tice-Consul at this port , Louis ArnoldusVandenbergh , Esq ., and communicated to him that he could afford some important information relative to the parties engaged in disposing of these forged foreign notes ; and accordingly Mr . Vandenbergh assented to an introduction to the parties who ha"d the notes to dispose of . Previously , however , to doing so , he communicated with the borough police , and readily obtained their assistance , At the appointed time Lavin brought

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      Scotland The result of the investigation of tho Crown authorities into the fall of the bridge at Roxburgh , on tlie North British line , by which several persons were killed and injured , is , we understand , the indictment for trial at the next assizes of the contractor and resident engineer . —Mining Journal . Muudeii at Ueston . —The eastern district of Berwickshire was last week startled by a most atrocious and deliberate murder . On Monday morning tlie 24 th ult . the body of a man named Walter Linn was discovered in a field in the neighbourhood of Rsston , a village distant between eleven and twelve milcsAom Berwick , and situated on the line of tlie

      North British Railway . From a wound upon his head it was discovered that he had met his death by violent means . A sum of money which he was supposed to have on his person seems to have led to the commission of the deed , and immediately on the discovery of tho body general suspicion was directed to a man named M'Quee , who was accordingly apprehended and lodged in Dunse Gaol . The particulars of the case are as follows : —Walter Linn , the man wl \ o has been murdered , is an Irishman , about twenty-six or twenty-eight years of age , and came to reside in R , cston four years ago , having obtained employment on the railway line which was then in course of construction . lie was a thrifty and a sober man , and was understood to have saved money . He formed

      an intimate acquaintance with William M'Quee , also an Irishman , to whose sister he was said to be paying his addresses . On Sunday morning he was visited at his lodgings by M ' Quee , who invited him to dine at his house . This , however , Linn declined , and had dinner afc his own lodgings ; but he afterwards went to M'Quee ' s . He was next seen about one o ' clock passing down the village alone . A short time afterwards Hl'Quec followed in the same direction . They were subsequently seen together at Chirnside , and they were also seen in company returning towards Reston by two persons at two different places . M'Quee returned homo about eight o ' clock . Nothing was seen of Linn till next morning , whoa Messrs . Sinclair , butchers , at Ayton , Went to a

      field near Reston-hill , the property of Mr . Bishop , to examiue some sheep grazing there . They reached this field at a quarter before eleven , and in a ditch they discovered the body of the unfortunate victim . The ditch is shallow and nearly dry . The body was lying lengthwise in it , and with the face to the ground . His cap was off , and a severe wound was visible on the back part of the head . A pool of blood was close at hand , and a stone , about the size of a man's hand , bearing marks of blood , supposed to have been the instrument of death . The pockets of the murdered man had been rifled . The breast pocket of his jacket was turned inside out , as well as one in his vest and one in his trousers ; in . the other pocket of his trousers was 7 id ., and his watch was in its proper place . As we have already mentioned , suspicion immediately fell on William M'Quee . The police on the railway line found on inquiry that he had that morning , at ( 5 . 30 , gone by the train to Dunse . He

      returned home on foot , and on entering Reston about one o ' clock to was taken into custody . On his person being examined one of his arms was marked with blood , and his shirt sleeve stained with it , as if it had run along his arm . The sum of £ 810 s . was found in his pockets . He admitted that he had been to Chirnside with the murdered man on the previous day , but stated that they , had parted company on their return when they were a short distance from Chirnside , Linn having stopped to speak with some men with hooks in their hands , whom they had met . The statement of their parting company at the place ' M ' Quee stated has been contradicted by two persons ( previously alluded to , ) who at two separate places nearer Reston had met M'Quee and Linn together . Greenock . —On Saturday a scene which threatened to be very formidable , was enacted in the Duncan'Strcet burying-ground . For some timebacka number of parties in town have been disputing the right of the magistrates to increase tho f .

      leviable at interments m those burying-pkees where the lairs belong to the individuals themselves , and who purchased them without keeping in view the probable augmentation of the fees . The ma » istrates , after the cemetery was opened ; raised th ° eso fees , in order to prevent overcrowding in the yards as wel as to realise a sum to keep them in good condition . Tic leaders of thd movement aSt the augmentation of-the fees alleso that the nrindpal reason entertained by the - " mtobtriitSs if IS compel people to use the cemetery , the i ™ L 5 e of which goes to tho funds of the LT 1133 $ dual connected with some of tho boldest snirits in this movement died recently of ohrti ^ iKS to

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      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . Octobeb 6 , 1849 ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 6, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1542/page/6/