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      ® De # rcti » iMU * t " Health of Loxdox Durisg hie "Wees . —( Fro ™ the ^ wtrar-ffcneral ' s Jfcjwrt ) -The public health , as indicated by unusual lightness of the bills of mortality , bears at the present time a favourable appearance . The mortality is low , not as compared with that which prevails in places of better sanitary condition , but with what has been commonly observed in London at the same period of former years . The deaths registered in the week ending last Saturday , were 736 ; in the twentysecond week of the ten years 1810 9 , they rose from 7 G 9 , which was the lowest number and occurred in 1 S 42 , to 900 in 1817 ; the average was 8 G 0 , or if corrected for increase of population , 938 , the present decrease on which therefore amonnts to 202 . The

      deaths from disease of the respiratory organs , exclusive of consumption , were only 105 , ajrainst 13 S in the previous week ; the average is 113 . Consumption carried off 103 persons , the corrected average being 153 , and the lowest number in any corresponding week having been US . The deaths enumerated in the class of zvmotic or epidemic diseases were only 130 , against 15 G of the week previous ; the corrected average of ten corresponding weeks is 190 . Six children died of small-pox , 11 children and a private of the Grenadier Guards aged 23 years , of measles ; 17 children of scarlatina , 23 of hooping cough , and 26 persons of typhus , all of these epidemics showing a decrease , especially the three first mentioned . Diarrhoea was fatal to 15

      persons , 9 of whom were children , the average being 10 ; tbis is the only epidemic amongst those that frequently prevail to a considerable extent , which does not show a decrease on the returns of corresponding weeks . Two persons died of influenza , and two , both adults , of purpura . At 11 , Brown ' splace , Shacklewcll , the son of a plasterer , aged 3 years , died of " scarlet fever , aggravated by effluvia from certain cesspools which they were emptying . " An inquest was held on this rase * the child having had no medical attendance . Mr . Martin , the registrar for St . James , Bgrmondsey , states that " 1-e never knew his locality so healthy as at present ; the mortality has been very low for several month ?; no zvmotic diseases prevail ; the drainage is

      improved , the pavement in excellent condition , and cleansing has not been interrupted . But the tidal ditch is the great plague spot of the district , and last week men have been casting tho decayed vegetable matter and surface mud on the banks , from ¦ which arises effluvium the most disgusting , ami especially dangerous under the tenipi'RiturcVhicli prevails at thtTpreseiit time . The process cannot be completed for some wets , parsons residing on the banks are already suffering , and it is intended to eartthe noxious slime to a dust heap nearer the city . " A cowkceper , aged 47 years , died of " delirium tremens ( 10 days ) convulsions from arachnitis ( C days . ) " It is slated that this person ¦ was habitually intemperate , and frequently drank a

      quart of spirits in a day . A woman about 50 years of age also died of apoplexy , when intoxicated . Ou the 28 th of May , in Princes-street , St . Anne ' a Westminster , the daughter of a watch-case maker , aged 13 years , died of " cholera . " The death of a ¦ woman of 63 jear 3 , who suffered from disease of the thorax and defective circulation , is stated to have " been accelerated by an execution for rent" It is further reported that a man of 36 years , who had disease of the heart , was fishing in the New River , and captured " a jack ; " and that the excitement attending his success caused a fit of apoplexy , from which he never recovered . The classification of

      deaths in public institutions shows that the deaths of 85 persons were registered in workhouses , 10 in hospitals , 11 in lunatic asylums , and 8 in the Royal Hospital , Greenwich . The mean daily reading of the barometer at the Royal Observatory , Greenwicb , was above 3 'Jin . on Wednesday . Friday , and Saturday , on which last day it was 30179 in . ; the mean of ilia week was 29 S 95 . The mean temperature in the week was-58 deg . 2 inin ., rather higher than in the same-week on an average of seven years . On Thursday it was lower than the average , and on the two following days it was respectivel y 5 deg . and 2 de < r . above it . * The births during the ¦ week numbered l , 37 i

      Fatal Accident . —On Sunday evening , between five and six o ' c lock , a boat containing five persons was capsized off Millbauk , and the entire party immersed . Three of tka party were rescued in a very exhausted-state ; bm Mr . Wcth rell , residing at No . 123 , Princcs-rosd , Lambeth , and bis grandson , aged five years , were drowaed . Drags were used for some time , but the faod'es were not recovered . Determined Suicide . —On Saturday last a jury was empanelled before Mr . il . M . Waklev , in the baard-nK'm of the Middlesex Hospital , resp-xtin ? the death o Mr . Robert Dundas Jones , aged thirtythree , a solicitor , who destroyed himself by swallowing a quantity of essential " oil of bitter almonds , under the following cxiraordinarv circumstances :

      Mr . Hobler , solicitor , was present to watch the proceedings on the part of the deceased ' s relatives , who are highly respectable ; in fact the deceased was related to the Duudas family . —Mr . Thomas Walton , of No . 7 , Castle-street East , Oxford-street , deposed that the decsass ;! , who was a solicitor , had occupied apartments in his house for the last nine months ; of late he had shown stransenrss of manner , and frequently left the house without his hat and coat , and whh his shirt sleeves tucked up . On she previous Thursday morniiig lie left home about 11 o ' clock , and did not return until halt ' -past six o ' clock in the evening . He appeared in a very excited state , and , on being let i ::, he inq < ired of witness if there were a ^ y letters for him Witness

      rephed in the negative , on which deceased ran upstairs immediately , and bcked himself in his rcora In about a quarter of an hour afterwards , Mr . Hurst , a lodgar ia the same house , informed witness there was a loud moaning noise in the deceased ' s apartment . He knocked at the deceased ' s ro-rn door , but was unable to gain admission from the room door heing locked i « = ide . * After some ihne he called in a police constable , and the door was broken cp : n , when he found the deceased Ivin-i on his bad : oa the floor close to the bed , in a state of insensibility . He was removed in a cab to the above ho-pral , where , on being examined by the house surgeon he tvas pronounced to be quite

      dead . It appeared that the deceased had been the draper of several bills « f exchange , which were alleged to have been accepied by his brother , who is a clerk in the For , i gn-oSce But this the brother denied ia an action which took place before the sheriff . Tho consequence was , that the holder of ih-i bill of exchange consented to be nonsuited , and determined to take up the deceased nnon a charge of forgery . Tim led to the deceased conimittin * the act which deprived him of life . The jury returned xhe fo \ ltmn 4 verdict , " That the deceased desiroyed iiosself by swallowing essential oil of bitter almonds , but what state of mind hs was in at the time there ras not sufficient evidence to prove . "

      Fatal Accident is F arklvgdon-stiiket . —On Saturday tost an iuq . ue .-st was held by Mr . W . Payne at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of William Toud , aged sixty-five . —John Snji-ii—who is out on bail , m two suret es of £ 100 eacb , and himself in £ 203 , on a charge of furiuus drivimj-was reluming on the previous Wednesday from the " Derby , " with a phaeton and pair , bavin ? been enrased as a position to drive a party to Epsom and " back . One of the horses became , on several occasions exceedingly restive , one moment" gibbing " ami tho next plunging forward , to the imminent danger of the lives of those in the c ; rriage . Oa reaching Balhara-hill , the horse showed every disposition to remain there , by lying down , much to the inconvenience of the defendant , who was riding it . He however , after some difeculty , succeeed in getting the horse up , and in it to

      ducing proceed on its journey . Whic drmn ? alvngBridge-street , Biackfrirrs , " the horses broke their breedings , and became unraana- 'eable , and defendant found it necessary to apply the whip io make t ' . iem cross ihe end of Fleet-street at a ron'd pace in order to escape the vehicles v . m >! i were passing to and fro . Tte horses immediately on feeling the whip , dashed forward at a furious rate , and ran ^^? ??? klll ^? rilI 8 ( l 01 Hfa « t . knocking downi William Todd , an old waterman , belonging to Ae stend , whereby he sustained such severe injuries that it wa 3 found necessary to coavev Wm tn <^ Barthotomew ' s Hos . ita ., wLe HS JSSS that his arm , jaw-hone , collar-bone , and" several of his nbs were broken and he was otherwise vcrv seriously injured . The deceased expired o-i the 31 s " t Pit The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death .

      Disgraceful Conduct of JvIedical Students . —On Monday , at noon , an inquest was taken bv Mr . H . M . Wakley , at the University College Hospital " , on the bo y of Aim Truscott , : iged twenty-three , a si- gle woman , late servant in the famil y of Mr . Edwards , chemist and druggist , No . 63 , Great Rus sell-street , Bio rosbury , who destroyed h « r life with arsenic . During the examisation of the witnesses a number of medicsl students entered the inquest room and behaved in such a disorderly manner , that the coroner was obliged to send for the police to cleir the apartment . Before their arrival , however , Dr . Cieaver , the house physician , succeeded in inducing the wli . iL" t-fthe students tq leave . The police sub sequently made their appearance , but supposing tint the disturbance wa = i at end they did not remain . They had scarcely left the precincts of the hospital wnen the students made a determined entrance into tne-inquest io ; . m , and a repetition of the frrmcr toik

      -. csne . - pi-. ee . The coroner unon this adjourned t& mr -f-w tiU the evening , " remarking , that in SorSf : , ewonld wwnunicate with the au-SeSrJ f e t h °¥ on thc «« »*<*• On the reaS wi ° J ^ Juty -at "Men time there were beforereSvLSu *? , 111 tliC ™ om-the coroner , let ! the «?»?? f 3 tra f " gerS , ; ° „ ., „ .. fi , » simi 9 ,. Vo , ls intimation from the ss ass sag **/ 1 * r i ° - - diatelyafteralargebellSSf ' h aImOstlmmC , ^ hieh cemmunicatea whh the S dS ^ T \ pital , waskeptc . nstantly ringioT & d ^ J ^ noiseswerenttered in the hall adjoining . ( Rf t

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      room which interrupted the proceedings . A police inspector of the E division , with some of his men , were in the street , but th eir appearance had no effect , as the disturbance lasted till the con clusion of the inquiry . Verdict— "That the deceased destroyed herself with arsenic , but there was " not sufficient evidence to show her state of mind ; and the jury cannot separate without expressing thtir great disapprobation cf the gross conduct of a number of the students of the University College Hospital : and the jury further wish that this fact should be made known to the heads of the institution / by the coroner . "The coroner said that he should certainly act in compliance with the wish of the jury . Shocking Child Murder . —On Tuesday , Mr . TI . 51 . Wakley held an inquest at the Lord Hill , North Wharf-road , Paddington , on view of the body of a child , about eighteen months old , which was discovered murdered on the Great Western Railway .

      On the 29 th of October , ISIS , a deal box , about fourteen inches square , and ten and half inches dsep , sewed up in a piece of canvass , and which had the direction on it , "Mr . Watson , passenger , Exeter , Devon , " was found on the platform of the * Slough station by one of the porters . As no one applied for it , after a few weeks it was brought uj . to London , and placed in the lost property department . It was there till Saturday last , the 1 st ot June , that being the annual day when lost property is exammed . Mr . Bailey , the superintendent o * f that department , opened the box , and then discovered the body of the deceased , which was carefully folded up in a piece of calico . It had all the appearance of a mummv having been evidently pressed down in the box . A cambric handkerchief was tied tightly round its throat . There were cuts about the arms and le < js , showinj that there had been attempts to sever the limbs ^ from the bodv

      -Mr . Collard , superintendent of police , and Mr . Seymour , manager to the company , have been attempting to discover the perpetrator of the murder , but without etfect .--Dr . Thorn , surgeon , Harrow-road , said that the body wa 3 covered with flannel clothing / here were four teeth in the upper and two teeth in the lower jaws . Over the shoulder joint of the right arm he found two deep cuts close together , showing that a blundering attempt had been made to remove the arm at the socket by some one unacquainted with anatomical principles . The left arm and both thighs had been cut in a similar manner . lie was of opinion that the child was from fifteen to eighteen months old . He had not the least doubt but that death was the result of stransulation . Verdict , " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown , " and the coroner directed Mr . ijolhird not . to relax his exertions in order to discover the guilty parties , which he promised to do

      Suicide at Westminster Hospital . —On Wednesday an inquest was taken by Mr . Bedford , at Westminster Hospital , on view of the body of Thomas Couthard , aged forty-ei ght , who precipitated himself irom a window of a corridor , on the third storv at the Westminster Hospital . The deceased , who was a woodcutter , lived at Crossfield-p lace , Deptford , was , on the previous Friday admitted into the institution suffering from a dislocation of the thumb . Deceased was progressing favourably under the treatment of the surgeons till Monday ni « ht till about half-past eleven o ' clock , when an attack of delirium suddenly came on . He then started out of bed and began to dress himself . The nurse of the

      ward endeavoured to quiet him , when he observed that he was not goinir to stop in the hospital to be hacked about , : iHd that he would go home that night . She called up the house surgeon , who attempted to cairn the deceased , but he ran away into the corridor adj . rning . He was followed by the surgeon , who , thinking he was going into a lower corridor , proceeded down st .-iirs to meet him . Deceased , instead , rushed into the one above , from whence he flung himself out of a window , falling a height of between forty nrcd fifty feet . He was taken up in an insensible condition , blee . ling from the mouth and nose , and both ankles were broken . He died in four hours from the shock to the svstem Terdict—'' Temporary insanity . "

      Destructive Fiiie is Lambuth . — On Sunday morning , shortly before two o ' clock , a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Belton , bread and biscuit baker , at the corner of A gnes and Cross streets , Waterloo-road .. The discovery was made by one of the constables of the L division , whilst patrolling his beat . Smoke which he saw issuing from the lower part of the premises convinced him that the place was on fire ; he therefore raissd an alarm , and , afie * repeatedly knocking at the doors , succeeded in irousing the inmates , consisting <> f Mr . and Mrs . Belton , their son , and two female lod » ers . By the time , however , that they were made sensible of their danger the whole of the basement was one immense body of fare , and the flames had ex'ended half way up the * taireaso . Finding it impossible to escape down stairs , the two female lodgers leaped out of the ton

      window , and Mr . and Mrs . Beiton were obliged t ^ resort to the dangerous expedient of first throwing their child out < if window and afterwards jumping out themselves . Jlr . Belton was very severely ' hnrt about the feet , but the other parties fortunatelv received no injury of any importance . The "West of England engine arrived , followed by several belonaing to the London Brigade . Unfortunately during th . - ; excitement which prevailed the t urncock had not been called , and the consequence was , that although the engines were all ready to be worked , not a drop of water co « H be procured , and the house , with all it contained , was soon reduced to ruins . At length the turncock having beea apprised of the misfortune , attended immediately , and a plentiful supply of water was then obtained . The whole of Mr . Belton ' s stock ia trade , fuim'ure , and wearing apparel were destroyed , and £ 500 in bank notes consumed .

      Partial Destruction by Fire < iF the East LosD < Hf Water-t / orks . —On Monday a lire took plate at « he expensive works of . the Ea « t London Water Company , situate on the banks of the river Lee , O d-f « rd , near Bnw , Middlesex . At a few minutes before three o ' clock in the morning , a policeman saw a gr ? at light in the interior of the engine-house , a lofty , red brick building , some seventy feet in length and thirty in breadth . He knocked up the resident engineer , who resides on the premises , when , on the doors of the engine-house being forced , the place was found in a complete blaze . The interior contained an en rmous strain engine , 1 , 000 horse power , reachin ? almost to the

      roof , while numerous gilleries and staircases extended round the four walls . The company , it appears , supply the mains by water forced into them by this engiueand others in other parts of the works , having no high pressure resources . By some accident the engine got out of order in the course of Sunday , and was not at work on Sunday night , and the place being locked up will account " for the fire gaining so great an ascendancy before it was discovered . The fire gained progress rapidly , and shortly burst forth from the roof , eventually destroying the whole of the interior and roof . The machinery of the engine sustained very considerable injury , partly b y the acsion of the fire and partly trora the root failing ucon it .

      Singular 1-REAK . - On Saturday morning last , ahont two O clock , a scauo took place which Eave risito a . great deal of merriment . A th'ck-set , middleaged man , in the garb of an engineer , from some strange cause or other , took it into Ins head to clo-: e f emple-bar , and with a strength and adroitness that was perfectly marvellous , he , with a single swing at each , drew buth die ponderous doors under that noble and expansive arch closely together , and thereby prevented all ingress or earress to or from the city . Ihe police who assembled with much difficulty sue ceeded in forcing open the half-d » or on the north side , but that on the south side baffled a I their exertion and strength . They could not move it an inch .

      The wag who had called forth this exertion had managed to get away , and might have got clear off , but for some cause or other , he returned , and hi * loud laughter at their perplexity caused the police to suspect him , and a city constable , who , no doubt , thought the act was an insult offered to the Lori Mayor or the city police , instantly seized him , and was in the act of removing him to the station , when the fellow asked , if in the event of his performing the task of putting back the half gate , he woull be allowed to go about ln ' 3 business ? The constable hesitated , when several persons who had heard the proposition thought it a very fair one , and expressed their opinion to that effect , and the result was that

      the ofter was accepted . The man , wiih a tact which evidently proved he knew what he was about , took the gate in his hands , and gave it two or three shakes , alter which he pushed it back with the greatest ease , and walked away , amidst loud cries bun the crone of " Bnvo , old fellow !" Review of the Enrolled PExsiosERS .-In consequence of an order issued from the Adjutantbenerals office , appointing a review of the enrolled Uielsea pensioners of the metropolitan districts , it too * place ou Saturday last , in Hyde Park . The nu . nber of pensioners present amounted to 7 . 8 IM !

      CLT , At ll ? lf - " { en 0 > cl 0 ck " » K » e was ivft * - Sooa after the Duke nf Wellington le ; ^ mnSC " LjldGou S ' L 9 rd Fitzroy Son , s ^ ff nfel 7 . ! > etary ) . "'" I several general and staff officers arrived , and were received with the cnV ternary military honours , the band / phrin ! Z national anthem As soon as Lord Coll , S Li nised a simultaneous cheer arose fm « . ? . ^ s " , veterans , and which they prolon < edf assem . blcd sasssfe ^ ss SS r &raSSS jingle file , platoon , sections , sub-divisions , divisions , nt ° . T ty grand d > ' « sinns . To conclude the pageant , the line was again formed , when another genera l salute having been : given , the men were marclied to tneir respective quarters

      . liiE Housejiold Tnoops . —An inspection of the Goldstream , Scots Fusilier ; and Grenadier Guards took- place on - . Wednesday morning on the Grand Paradefacing tho Horse Guards . Shortl y after ten o ' clock tbe ; grourid was taken , and the troops were minutely inspected by tho Colonels of tho different regiments . The inspection was ordered toaffon

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      the Nepaulese Princes an opportunity of witnessing tho appearance of tho British troops in review order . His Hig hness the Nepaulese General was delighted with the appearance , of the Guards , and , ' atthe . conclusion of the inspection , desired his thanks to be conveyed to the officers , for their kindness , and hfcl admiration at the : -precision with which the men went through their movements . . _ ' > : Vicissitude of Fortune . —Every one who has passed through St . Paul ' s Churchyard to Cheapsidc on a rainy day , when birch brooms are very mucli in requisition , must have noticed the well-known Hindoo crossing sweeper , who has for years past regularly stationed himself at the north-east angle of the Cathedral . A day or two ago he was at his post as usual , when tho attention of tho Napaulcse

      Ambassador , who was passing at the time , was attracted towards him . His Excellency ordered the carriage to stop , and entered into conversation with him , the result of'which was that he threw his broom with desperate eagerness over the railings of the burial-ground , and then scrambled into the carriage and took his seat by the side of his Excellency , wlio immediately drove off with his singularl y-acquired companion . We understand that our ex-crossin" - sweeper is engaged during his Excellency ' s stay in this country , which will probably be about two months , to act as interpreter to him and his suite . He now appears in the carriage of his Excellency every morning arrayed in a new and superb Hindoo costume , and is not too proud to recognise his old acquaintances and friends of thc broom . —Ttmcs .

      Embankment op toe Thames . —Seweraoe and Watkr Supply . —On Wednesday evening Mr . AV . H . Smith , C . E ., exhibited , at the Society of Arts , John-street , Adclphi , a plan for embanking the Thames , by which ho proposes to combine a system of sewerage with a pure supply of water to tho metropolis . There was a large number of scientific persons and supporters of sanitary reform present . The chair was occupied by Mr . Ricardo , M . P . It appeared from the statements which were made , tbat three several objects are proposed to be accomplished . In the first place , twelve feet above hiijh water mark there is to be a terrace , exclusively fbi the use of the public , by meins of which tho river traffic will be facilitated , and the approaches to the

      Thames increased . The proposed esplanade is to be sixty feet , and in some places upwards , in width , and it i 3 to be connected with all the great thoroughfares . Ou its margin shops and warehouses are expected to be raised . Underneath there is to be a railway tunnel , connected with all the existing lines of railway , through which passengers can be conveyed from one end of tho metropolis to tho other , Then it is proposed to carry the sewerage twenty miles down the estuary , and to convey back a plentiful supply of pure water , properly filtered . The embankment and tunnel are to commence—should

      the-plan be adopted—at Vauxhall-bridgc , and-are to be extended as far as the West India Docks ; and the supposed expense of the works is estimated at £ 300 , 000 per mile , or £ 3 , 000 , 000 in the aggregate . Mr . Smith , who , we understand , is to have an opportunity of again bringing forward his ingenious plans and models at Lord Rosse ' s next conversazione explained his views in detail , apparently to the satisfaction of the audience . The plan of carrying off and deodorising tho sewerage , according to Messrs . Stoddart and Boccais' plan , was afterwards explained , and the meeting separated with the usual vote of thauks to the chairman .

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      or dq cklabouror . aud th 6 ; s ' upppsed murderer a man of similar . palling . ¦ . . Late : at night , two ; ri ) en ,. named Sennett ' and' pdx ! ' Vrero 'drinking together at Sal ! nion ' s beerhouse ' , ' in Back Cheater-street ; and about twelve o'clock they proceeded iii-the direction ¦ of Con way-street . Shortlyjafterwards a > young worainV resident inthe .-neighbourhopd , was pas-ing along the road , when she ^ discovered the body of a man , lying across the fopthpath / tind apparently dead . On the oppo ^ it" side of the road ^ he saw another man standing against the Scotch Church as if endeavouring to conceal -himself : This man , as it afterwards turned out was Cox , and , the' other , who was lying across the path , was S . ennett . Gunning ,-, the officer . on the beat , was informed of the circumstance , and

      immediately proceeded to the spot andfound the man lying " - as 'described ; " 'Deceased had sustained two wounds , one of mu"h ; severit . v on the temple arid-the other at the back of the skull , both evidently , inflicted by a stone , many of which were lying mar ; but there was no blood upon them . Tbe . bodywas conveyed to ; tho deail house at the dispensary , and Police-constable Birnie apprehended Cnx at his own house , where the deceased ' s hat , which had been missing , was also found ., On b > ing confronted with the young woman alluded , to Cox was at oa ; -o identified as the riian who wss standing , in the , road , and he admitted that he had been iti c mipany with the murdered miin , but sw \ that the act was committed by some men whom they-lwd met , but who had made

      their ; escape . —The inquest was held-on' Monday afternoon , ' before II . Churton , Esq . In . addition to the evidence adduced before the . magistrates ' , Air . AIncdougal stated that the wound on the bead of the deceased , which caused death , might have been produced by a fall . It waaalsoshown that the deceased ! ind Cox , the person in custody , left the house of'Mr ; Sahnnn , in Back Chester-street , at half-past ten ; That on their way home they called at the Conway Arms tap , Conway-street , and were drinkins there until twelve o clock , when thov . leftiii company with other persons ; , two of whom stated that tnoy went along Conway-street with them , to near the Scottish

      kird ; that ' at that place , which ' was near where the body was found , there were five or six men standing , making a noise ; tbnt , Cox , the man in . custody , said to the deceased ,. "Let ' s go . across and raise a row : ;" that . Cox crossed the street to the five or six men , followed by the deceased , smd a row commenced : but the two men , finding that they were likely to be a ' t-Jacked ,-ran home . Under these circumstances the jury , after hearing- tjie . coroner ' s siimmine . up ,, found the following verdict : —'' that the deceased was found dead in Conway-street , ; . that bidLt ^ ath-was the result of a wound upon the / left ; teiiiple . but as ' . to how that wound was inflicted no evidence appeared before the jury . " .. - - ¦¦¦ ¦ . .....

      A Man summonkd for .. not maintaining a Wife ajjd Six Children on 7 s . a Wbek . —A poor man , with the ! appropriate ! . * name of Bones , was summoned for allowing the guardians of the . Wormingford union to . maintain ihrce , children of bis wife b y a former husbnnd . In defence , " the man saul that his earnings were only 7 s . aweek , and he found it impossible to maintain eight peopie on that sura . He had been nearlv starved in the attempt , and at la&t took three of tho children to the union and left them there . The workhouse had been offered to himself and family , but he declined to go into it . . ' The Rev . J . R . Smythies said that the parishinnprs . ofWormingford ought to pay better , wages than those of any other parish because the land in it was bo superior .

      The fact of tho man having a dislike to go into the union , was a proof to him ( Mr . S . ) that , he was an honest and industrious m-in ; as to his supporting ek'ht people on 7 s . a week , 'it could not be done , and he would never sign the man ' s conviction except upon mandamus . —The case was then dismissed . Collision and Destruction of two Vessel ? . —A collision , involving the loss of at least a dozen lives , and which took place off that part of the coast known as Blackballs , '' has just been reported at Seaham . The Harriet Emma , Mr . Lundie , master , belonging to and boundfor Wisbeach , ' left Sunderland harbour on Wednesday the SOth ' ult . She proceeded out to . sea as usual , and early in thc morning of the following day the leather thickened to a foirthe

      , wind setting in rather strong from heN . and N . N . E . She was about wearing off oil a starboard tack , when a lurge schooner ,, apparently heavily laden , painted black , with the bust of a female for figuve head , was seen beatum towards her , and before there was time to wear off they came in fearful contact with each other . On the vessels striking , Mr . Lundie , the master of the Harriet Emma , with his mate and apprentice , clambered on hoard the schooner , leaving the two survivors behind in their own ship . It was soon discovered that the schooner was wpidly filling , and ere they could adoptmoans apparently of

      preserving themselves , she . foundered with every soul on board , her . own crew and the . three , including Mr . Lundie , of the Harriet Emma . The two men left on board , the latter vessel met with a more fortunate f ; ito . Finding she was settling down they energetically set to work in getting the boat which stood on the deck clear ,, and having launched her , they cot from the wreck just before she lurched and went down also . After , being buffeted about in . the open boat some time , they were picked tip by the Prince Albert , of Jersey , and landed near Hartlepool . The number who perished is thought to be about a dozen , and none of the bodies have been recovered .

      Alleged Fokoi-. ry and Embezzlement ur an Assistant Oversbhr . —At the Watford petty sessions , last week , Mr . John Parker , nssistant overseer of Abhott ' s Lansley , and who had al-o held fur several years the olh ' ces of schcolmnster and parish clerk , was charged with embezzling monev and with forgiii !; the name of a Mr / J- . Evans The alli'cations against the prisoner , whose duty it was to make out the books , were as follows : —A rate was made in October , 1815 , amounting , according to the rate book , to £ 729 lls . Gd , but in the receipt anH payment book it appeared as £ G 29 lls . Gil ., showing a

      difference of £ 100 ; awl , as regards the latter amount the figure six had been erased ,-and- the figure seven substituted . Also , as respects the rates made the 23 rd of April and 28 th of July , 1849 , they stood respectively in the rate books for £ 732 ' 0 s . 3 d ., while in the receipt books they were only stated as £ / 02 Os . 3 d ., making £ 30 difference in each rate , the hsser sums having been thus allowed by the auditor . Ihe charge of forgery , as alleged , is . the signature of the principal overseer , Mr . J . Evans , to the rate book for -1850 . On these allegations the prisoner was remanded on bail , until the whole of the accounts since 1813 liava been submitted to a thorough

      examination . * A Change of Fortune . —About eight years ago , a man of foreign aspect , clothed in rags , went into tho shop of an individual in this town , and reprosenting himsolf as a Hebrew merchant from Berlin , in deep distress , applied to him , as one of the wardens of the Jewish congregation , for relief . The request was not only generously complied with , but the shopkeeper procured for the stranger a passage to America . A few days ago the merchant again presented himself to his astonished benefactor , not , however , as a suppliant for volief , but to thank him for his exertions on his behalf , exertions which had been instrumental in transforming him from a dependent upon charity into ; i wealthy ' man . Soon after tho . arrival of tho nokew emigrant in America the gold ' mines of California were discovered , and tho enchanting stories of tho bouudless wealth

      of the region attracted him thither . Tho result was , that m a , bviuf space of , tim& he became the possessor , according to our informant , of immense wealth , and ho has now returned to Europe to visit his friends . The shop of Mr . , in Castlestreet , was no doubt one of the first places at which he culled on landing , in Liverpool , and having in vain tried to iuduee tho . gentleman to accept an acknowledgment of his scrvicos , he placed in his hands ton guineas to be distributed in offices of charity , such as those which had payed the way in his case to the acquisition of a fortune . —Liverpool Mercury . Destruction oi > Farm Produce . — On Tuesday afternoon afire broke out upon the premises of Mr . Or . Little ,. Farcot Fen ( where a steam-thrashing machine was being used ) , five miles from Peterborough , and iivo large stacks of corn , three of wheat , and two of beans , wore consum ' od . The property was insured in the Sun Fire-office .

      A Child Stauvkd to Dkatu . —On Tuesday last , and two days of the previous week , an inquest was hold before J . Barnott , ' Esq ., on thebody of Maria Hook , a little child about four years of age , who had been , for tho lust two years , tho victim of revolting oruelty on thc part of tho father and a woman who is the sistor of his deceased wife . The caso was brought before the coroner ' s notice by tho Rov . George Charles Hall , the rector of the parish , who , from circumstances which had come to his knowledge , refused to perform tho burial service over tho body until an inquest had been holden . Tho father of tho deceased , Richard Hook , is a woodcutter , and lives at the village of Birdwood , about six miles from Gloucester , on the

      Ross road . Ho has for years rented a cottage on tho estate of Richard Hodges Carter , Esq ., barrister , of Gloucester , and being a good workman , lias for many years been in constant employment , earning , with two of his children , from 18 s . . to 21 s . pur week ' . About two years ago his wife died , leaving him with fivoxhildron , tho youngest of whom was the subject of tho present investigation . Almost immediately after his wife ' s death , ho took her sister , a airs . J 3 ubb , to live with him . Mrs . Bubb was herself a widow , with three or four children , and from the moment of her coining to manage thu house , tho neighbours observed : i marked diffnrnnnr

      between her treatment of her own children and those of her deceased sistor . To the former sho afforded every indulgence and an abundance ' of food , while the latter were ill-treated and neglected , and kept on a-hare allowance of dry broad Tho youngost of the Hooks , in particular , was illtreated worse than cither of the others if ; was kept with only a bundle of rags tied about it and constantly crying for food . In such a wretobod condition did it crawl about , that the neighbours , who frequently supplied it with , food , called it by tho name of tho living' skeleton , and it died on the morning of tho 24 tk ulfe . On the body being viewed by the coroner and jury , tho most dis-

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      tressing ( spectacle ,-presented . itself . " ! TKe body , ' if body it . could be ' oalled , wasilterally nothing but a bundle ' of bones , which were in many places protruding through'the' skinj-ahdyet ; tbis spectacle of starvation ' occurred in a house in which . two flitches of , bacon . were hanging .. at the , time , and wher , e an abundance of the necessaries of life , was everywhere to be found . ' Oh being examined by the ' surgedn ,. the bodyof ' this child , four years of age ,-was found to bo barelyiOlbs . in weight , the average weight of a healthy child , at . the moment of , birth , being Gibs . and . a quarter . On . making the internal examination the , surgeon fqund similar evidences of starvation—the lung ' s , '¦ heart , and viscera were healthy ; but there was atotal absence

      of nourishment -in the intestines , on which also there was not a particle ^ of fatty matter ; and the unhesitating opinion of the medical officer was that the child had died of starvation ; accompanied and preceded by long : continued neglect and ill-treatment . A number of witnesses were examined , of whose evidence the foregoing statement ia a summary . " The jury . returned a verdict of "Manslaughter . " against Richard Hook and Elizabeth Buob ,, who were both committed under tho coroner ' s warrant to Gloucester Gaol . ' They wcro-removed in custody , without manifesting the least sign of feeling . The other children were , by the direction of v tho . coroner , immediately taken charge of by the : parish authorities . . '

      IT .. Tiiuelfall ' s ^ ANKtturicY . —A meeting under the fiat of bankruptcy issued against William Threlfall . of Addingham , 'cotton-spinner , was held on Tuesday , in the Leeds District iCourt of Bankruptcy , before Mr . Commissioner Ayrton . Mr . Oxley . ofthenrm of : Messrs , W . W . Brown and Co ' .,, bankers , Leeds , and Mr .. Joseph Langton , the public officer of tho Bank of Liverpool , were appointed , without opposition , tho . trade assignees . Thc amount of debts proved the same day by three banking' firms and an iemihent London firm of money-dealers . against the bankrupt ' s estate was £ 33 , 760 . . The bankrupt , it will bo remembered by bur readers , was lately examined at Liverpool , and committed for trial at the ensuing assizes at that town on several charges of forgery . '

      . Britannia 'Bridge . —The operation of floating thc third great tubo . across the Straits to its position between thc towers of the bridge is to take place on Monday the 10 th inst .,, the next spring tide . The pontoons , ' used in turning the tube , still remain in their places beneath , Toady to convey their ponderous burdon to its destination , when , the signal shall be given , . A-host ; of workmen , weve actively employed in clearing , . the rook andvubbish ft-om under the fourth and last tuho to be floated .

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      . : . ,: : — ¦ . — ^^^ Sg j j * ing in the representation would havo conferred *^ slightest advantage bn my fellow citizens or country , I would willingl y ' have submitted J ^ year 3 longer to the personal sacriSces I was maki Bnt , alas ! the truth is , that neither so humble ? l ' individual as I am , nor any other Irish memV " can do anything in Parliament sing le-handed V be of any value ,, you must either support tho Mjni ter in all his measures ; and th ' enyou may get a f ' * crumbs of patronage for your constituents or v must join cordially the Opposition . You must I long to one or other of the Parliamentary pawi ! * The Irish members can never form a distinct nirt " in the House . ' There is no principle of cohesi amongst them ; nnd when they enter Purlmmpi ?? they instinctively , with few exceptions , fall into "•» ranks at either side of the House . The mere in l

      pendent member , acting without conceit W ! tC others , can do nothing , and if he were to contin sacrificing health and fortune to the end of his istenco he would effect no good at all commensii ™ to his own personal sacrifices . " t 0 , Repbai , Association . — Mr . John O'Conn dl weekly services were on Monday requited with sum of £ 10 " 83 . Gd ., being nearly double the amount of tho previous week ' s fees . The threat of slmttin up has "told" for about the " . sixth time since thn resuscitation . of the association under the leatlersh n of tho member for Limerick . ™ The mansion of fllrs . AVolsley , at Sand ymount near Dublin , was destroyed by fire on Pnndnv m ., | ? The insubordination of the paupers in Limerick continues to give a good deal of trouble there

      The Qceen ' s Colleges . —We have guoil anthn rity ( says the Freeman ) for stating that his Graca the Pnraato has recently received a most imn or tant and decisive letter from Rome on the subioe ? of the government colleges . Wo have been given to understand , that according to the int erpretation this letter givc 3 to the late rescripts , Catholic clergymen cannot hold office in , or otherwise be inl strumental in advancing the project of the Queen ' s colleges . -Wo believe its contents are to be ofR . cially communicated to the Irish bishops , and that those bishops are to instruct tho laity against send , ing their youth fur education to tho condemned colleges . The Potato Crop . —Specimens of early potatoes , of excellent

      quality , are increasing ; and very small supplies liegin to appear in the Cork market . The Lasd Question . —The / tanner of Ulster says — " There are usually ( it seems ) upon estates certain functionaries called Maw agents , ' and in taking out processes for arrears of rent , these gentlemen havea choice of proceeding cither in tho ' Assistlllfc Barrister ' s Court , or in the superior courts in Dublin . When the arrears exceed a certain amount tho latter form of proceeding is imperative , but very often it is a matter of pure choice on the part of the ' law agent , ' himself , and therein consists tho special evil referred to . In the Assistant Ban-is , tor ' s Court the law agent ' s ' bill of costs' is moderate , rarely exceeding £ 1 or 30 s ., at the mon * whereas , in the superior courts , it amounts to four ' five , or even six times tbat sum , or probably to a

      great deal more . The ordinary herd of serfs , who if sued in an expensive form , w ould realise only the proverb ' made and provided' in the case of all 'beggars , ' are brought under thc barrister ' s jurisdiction , and snug pickings are frequently maile of it , as it is a practice , upon some estates to have whole batches of decrees against poor wretches re . gularly put through the court , as well as still larger batches of notices periodically served upon them , and all this for the sake of the attorney ' s costs , which are an invariable condition of their settlement , either in or out of court . An enormous tax is thus levied upon the ' miserable tenants , ' for the enrichment of tho ' law agent , ' who , if he be not an exceedingly conscientious man , can usually create at pleasure a . tolerable business for himself . In the case of tenants of a richer order than those

      supposed , who , if they sometimes want ready money , have either value for it at home , or credit amongst their neighbours , the superior courts nra the law agent ' s favourite resort . In these courts the expenses are extravagant , varying from £ 12 to £ 15 ; or probably near £ 20 , for each writ that may be issued , of which expenses the estate attorney pockets a handsome proportion , and soon rises to tho dignity of a landed proprietor on his own account . Even tho very bailiffs , in imitation of their own superiors in office , are in the habit of levying

      tho most oppressive exactions upon the poorer classes of . tenantry , while the latter dare not complain , lest they should bo reported to the agent as troublesome characters upon tho estate . The bailiff usually possesses the agent ' s confidence , a 3 the agent himself possesses that of his own master , and between these two classes of geutry the peasant masses of Ireland arc exposed to a system of oppression which , in any other country o ' f Europe , would produce worse consequences than agrarian crime , bad us the latter is . "

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      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . JOXES V . A CONVICTION OP P . BIKGIIAM , ESQ . This was an appeal by James Jones ,, described as a coal-mercuant , residing at Ko . 2 , Pembroketerrace , Caledonian-road , against a conviction by Mr . Binglmm , the police magistrate , under which be was fined £ 10 , for having unlawfully acted as oorkeoper at a common gaming house , Xo . 1-1 , Jermyu-slreet , St . James ' s . —Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Huddleston appeared for the appellant ; Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Ballantine in support of thc conviction . —The counsel for the appella ' nt submitted that tho conviction was bad , inasmuch as the magistrate had no power to inflict a penalty , and direct imprisonment in default , in one judgment . Hn was authorised to inflict a fine not exceeding £ 100 , or to commit to prison for a term not exceeding six

      months ; but in the case of a fine being inllictoJ , that fine was only recoverable by a distress warrant under the hand of the magistrate . —The Court held that under this particular statute , when the magistrate adjudicated the infliction of a fine , his power was exhausted , and that when ho made the second adjudication of imprisonment , the conviction became bad altogether . —Conviction quashed . BKALE V . A CONVICTION OF P . BIXCBAM , r . SQ . This was an appeal against a conviction by the same magistrate . The appellant was fined £ o for knowingfy permitting prostitutes to meet- together in a place of public resort , known as the " Piccadilly Snloon , " Piccadilly . —Mr . Clarkson ami Mr . Pashley were for the appetton .:: Mr . Bobkin ami Mr . Ballantine for the rosvondent . —The Court said

      the statute did not iiuuw any distinction between , disorderly and orderly prostitutes , and ti > e question was , did the evident show that the appellant had sufficient grounds tor coueUnling that il : o women frequentfoij his saloon wore prostitu es . Tho Court thought the evidence did sho v that , and the conviction must be confirmed . —Confirmed r . ccordingly . W . PU 1 HULK TUK ELPEK , AND II . MAY , V . CONVICTIONS 11 . J . VRPI . NE , ESQ . Those wove two appeals against convictions tor

      tho exposure of indecent prints in shop windows in Holy well-street , Strand . — The evidence sriven in support of these convictions was of a character not fit to be detailed . —Tho Court qw . sheil the conviction against May , anil confirmed that against Dugdale , who was committed to prison to undergo t !' . o punishment specified in the conviction , i . e . three months' imprisonment . — Tho learned Judge reserved in Dugdalc ' s case , for subsequent cons ideration , a point as to whether it was sufficient to prcduco a copy of a print exposed in a window .

      A Xoiomous Pickpocket . —Tho June general session of . the peace for the county of Middlesex commenced on Tuesday morning at the Session House , Clerkcnwell . " There wore sixty-six cases ot felony , and four of midemeanor , for trial . —John Wilson , 19 , a well known thief , was indicted for stealing tho sum of Is . Sd . from the person of Mary Dixon , " and also for assaulting and wounding Michael ILiydon , : i police-officer , in the execution of his duty . —Ilaydon , tho well known City detective officer , who had his arm in a sling in

      consequence of thc irjuries inflicted upon him by-the-prisoner , stated that on Sunday evening , t ) ie 2 nd inst , he was on board a penny steam-boat , running between London-bridge and Ilungcrford-pier , anil the prisoner was pointed out to him , amongst the passengers , by a police sergeant , who told him that he was a noted pickpocket and accordingly l « o ( Ifaydon ) watched him narrowl y . The prisoner got but at Hungerford , and whilst ho was standing on tho pier , he put his hand into a lady ' s pocket , but the crowd was so great that he ( ITaydon ) lo st sig lit of him for an instant or two afterwards . The

      prisoner then went up to Mrs . Dixon , the prosecu in . v > and witness distinctly saw him pick her pocket , paving ascertained that Mrs . Bixon had lost Is-&' from her pocket , ho went and told the prisoner tjat ho was in custody upon a charge of robbing frow the person , upon which ho said , " Oh , very well , and immediately he drew a purse from his poclsc ' i and threw it into the river . Ho was about to rf * peat this with another purse , when witne ss tm'cw him down , ami took from one of his poc kets £ 1 10 s . Gd . Tho prisoner kicked and resisted with extreme violence , and witness dw . ' ™ his truncheon , but that the prisoner wrested fro » him . Still ho kept his hold , and got him towan '* tho steps lending from the dummv to the brwgw between

      when tho prisoner placed one of his legs thoio of witness , aud in endeavouring to tin" ?* him , forced him up against tho balustrade . »' ' . ness ' s right hand was at liberty for a moment , a ''" the prisoner seized it , and taking hold of the ft '" ' " finger , he , by a sudden jerk against the rau >!?> bent it double backwards , completely severing : t «<> bono near the knuckle . Witness still retained '' . •» hold of tho prisoner , but the latter succeeded ' » throwing him down the steps , and , seizing lw" 5 tho cravat , attempted to choko him . He k » 1 ' ? upon him ; and kept him almost immovable , «» l he was secured by the pierman , just as he was " the act of taking hold of tho hair of his head , ffit » the view of beating it against the steps . I '" ' carried off to the station-house , and witness «•"

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      © fje groMnrc * . The Smuggling Cases at Bristol . — The three men apprehended at Bristol — -Rickards , Spragnc alias Attirell , and Barrett—upon a charge of beina ennct-rned in an extensive smuggling of contraband tobacco , have been examined before the magistrates for that city upon charges preferred against them by the customs' authorities ; and a man named John Attwell , the fatLer of the second namedprisoner and who carries on the business of a farmer in

      the neighbourhood of Gosport was likewise charged with ' ein ? engaged in the same illegal transaction . Mr . H . Palmar appeared for the crown , and Mr . Ayre defended three prisoners , and a gentleman from Portsmouth the fourth . A number of witne ? ses were examined . It was further shown that the waegon and horses seized belonged to the elder Attwell , and that the prisoner Barrett was a carter in his service . The two Attwclls and Barrett were fined £ 100 each , and ordered to be imprisoned till paid , and the younger Attwell was likewise sentenced to six months'

      imprisonment , with hard labour , for resisting the revenue officers . The Suspected Poisonixg at Claveuing . — The-adjouriied inquest at the above village on the body of Richard Chssham , supposed to have died nf poison , was resumed on the 31 st nit . What gave increased suspicion to the case wi-s the fact of lu ' 3 wife being the . person who two years ago was tried for the supposed murder of her two children . A communication having been received from Professor Taylor , stating that he bad detected arsenic in the stomach , but had not concluded the analysis , the inquest was against adjourned .

      Collision in the 'British CnASSEL . — The Brilliant steamer , which arrived at - Bristol on the night of the 31 st ult from Hayti , brought intelligence of a serious collision having occurred in the British Channel , off Lucy Wand . The outwardbound barque Ceylon from Cardiff came in collision with a homeward-bound barque from Cuba , the ame of which is not given . The Cuba ship , which was heavily laden , went down , and two of her crew lost their live . The Ceylon received injuries which disabled her , and s ! : e was obliged to be taken in tow by some boats .

      Dudley . —Murder of a Child by its Mother . An inquest was held before Mr . Robinson , the coroner , at the While Swan Inn , New Dock , on the 31 st ult ., on thebody of a male child , only a few weeks old , who was savagely murdered by its mother , a married woman , named Elizaoeth The * . — The first witness was William Smart , a shoemaker , who worked in the house where the prisoner lived . He recollected Wednesday last , when he saw the deceased ' s mother with the child at her breast . Her husband was thero then , but went out soon afterwards to buy some leather . About seven o ' clock the same evening the female told witness . she was going ont to see her sister , and requested him to tell lar husband where she had gone to when he returned home . —John Williams proved seeing a woman walk

      to and fro along the railway leading to Bluckwcll ' swharf the ssme evening . She had a child with her , nnd whtn any one approached her she walked away . Joseph Timmins said to him he thought she meant some mischief . She at length approached within two or three yards of a pit shaft , and threw the child headforemost down , and then ran away , A man named Merritt followed her . —Abraham Hills s aid , on hearing what had taken place , he was lowered into the pit by means of a rope . Having a candle with him he saw tho deceased at the bottom , with his head broken to pieces , ;> nd the brains scattered about . ITe was drawn up , and took the child to the above house . Life was extinct , but the body waj ( jvite warm . —George Merritt proved having MOwed the mother , after she threw the . child into the

      » t , to her house , in Thirteen Ifouse-row . lie never ost sight of her . —Superintendent Jewkes said , that from information winch he received ho went to the prisoner ' s house , but faund neither at home . He then went to the female ' s parents , and found Thew and his wife there , both of whom he took in custody . The female , on his speaking to her , said , " I did it ; I was drove to it" Whilst proceeding to thc station-house she said , " I told my mother-in-law a week ago what I should do with the child , " and she said , " You may do what you like with it , for I won ' t haven here . " Slit also said that she was walking abf-ut tne pit for more than an hour before she threw the child down , and had her mother-in-law told her not to have done it , she should not . — Thc medical evidence having been given , ihe jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder against Elizabeth Thew , " who was committed on the coroner ' s warrant .

      Sudden Death of a retired Military Officer , at Bolton . —On Saturday morning a gentleman , who had taken lodgings as a commercial traveller at the Swan Hotel , on the previous evening , was found dead in bed . It is supposed that he had died of a disease of the heart , having previously complained of being so affletcd . He was of gentlemanly appearing , dressed in black ; but no pape s we e ofmuM ? f h ' f - T iiin ft " wh 5 ch his ™ « r that So Lt ? «" r nd ? \ L * atfcered . His hat bad SIX . G - t ^ . l - "ritten . insido , and the makers name was Kisbey , Wateiford . Acommcici . it traveller has since recognised him as a person vat a few days previously left the Macclesiield Arms , ^ acctofield . uiiabld to pay his bill ; and ho had been scaieu mat he formerl y held a commission in an Irish regiment asinajor , but sold out . It is said that he had also resided at various hotels in Manchester ,. vie-UmisiMg the landlords . He was thero known as Major Lister .

      Glanders . —Mr . Garfit , landlord of tho Sank Tavern , Waterside , Lincoln , died last week of ihe above dreadful complaint . He lingered in great pain for a period ot about eight weeks , having taken the disease from a horse which was lodged in his stables by some boatmen . " Muhder Will Out . "—Stephen Carlin , beastjobber , from near Skipton , was last seen alive at Pateley-bridge , in coiiipany with his partner ( u cousin ) eleven or . twelve years ago . Elis cousin said that he had gone to America , but foiil play was always suspected ; and on the 25 th ult ., a digger of peat on Roggin-moor , five miles from Pateley-brid"e found the body of the missing man , a few feet below the surface , in such a state of preservation ( o \ vin » to tho antBeptic . « ature of the soil ) that it was readily ideificd . Ihe tailor , too , knew the clothes to be Carin s ; and a married woman , whom he had wooed in her maidenhood , recognised as Imr nZl f "

      uerchiel and comb that were found Ynth 7 pokes " SuptrBiS 111311 Bland ' ™ -n 4 SSd'S ^^ i ^^ s&& way Meet , Uirkenhead , the victim being a navvy

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      jreiauD . The Encumbered Estates . —Dublin . —Thh-tyfour ' additional petitions for sales were lodged in the court last week ; making-a grand total since October of no less than 870—a large proportion out of the whole body of Irish , landlords , and a very visible symptom , whether , for better er worae , of a . not distant change in the proprietary of the soil . The name of the Earl of Glengall . appears in the last list , the petitioners in the matter being the Right Rev . Dr . Foran , the Roman Catholic Bishop , of Waterford , andanoiher .... . ,. ,. ¦ . ' Relations between Landlord and Tenast . — The Northern Whig , of Saturday last , has . a sensible artie ' e on the present unhappy relations between the owner and cultivator of the soil , in the course of which it observes : — ' The awful occurrence which has just taken place , in the neighbouring county of Armagh , comes in to read a terrible lesson upon the subject of the relations between landlord and tenant . In this state of affairs the case was such as no tenant right principle seems to have affected . It was a case which presented , on the one side , a course of landlord misconduct and harshness almost surpassing belief , and on the other a misery and blood-stained barbarism which we contemplate with dismay and horror .. The details of the inquest , with other , particulars already published , have presented a picture' of ihe most revolting kind ; but it is deepened and rendered more horrible by the narrative which the coroner , Mr . Mastee , has , somewhat unprofessionally , but

      is Let us rather raise our voices against the double crime—the crime of bavbarising the miserable district , and the crime of the awful murder . If adequate punishment could fall upon the real criminals on-bothsides . it would be simple justice . Who or bow many may have been guilty of making the very name nf landlord an abomination in the district we know not ; and except by that deterioration of property , which they have so richly earned , they are not likely to suffer . That the prime murderers are known is probahle , and that they may be brought to justice we earnestly hope ; but happen what may with respect to either party , an awful warning has been given , which , we trust , will not be despised either by thc Legislature or by those men of influence in lieland who ou Rht to know that they cannot wrong or neglect those dependent upon them without preparing for themselves a day of retribution and calamity . "

      most properly , taken care to bring before the British public . This is a case which sows , as it were , the seeds of ' mnrdsr , abroad . Ejectments were brought , nnd a multitude of wretches were—or thought they were to be—cast out , perhaps to perish ; and they coolly deliberated how they were to prevent this . They did not go deeply into the matter , but took thc ostensible " head and front of the offending "—the agent ; aud with the cognizance , and , no doubt , in view of numbers , they seized him , and beat in his skull with many blows . The medical witness 3 aid , 1 1 found his skull a mas 3 of fractures . ' There hai been a deaperate struggle for lite ; but there was no chance of escape to the man who fell a victim to a course of mismanagement . -rieglect , and blind oppression , not of his making , but which , nevertheless , at this moment is pleading throughout the United Kingdom in extenuation of the shocking murder . It is vain to attempt to gloss over this fact—for a fact it

      Representation of Drogheda . —Mr . J . M . Cantwell , in anticipation of a vacancy by the elevation of Sir W . Spmervillc to the Upper House , has addressed the electors as a Repealer , and an advocate of tenant-right . The Office of Lord Mayor . —A very stormy meeting of . the corporation was held on Saturday , to take into consideration t ho mandamus issued by the Court of Queen ' s Bench , in reference to the office of Lord . Mayor- ; and , after considerable discussion , a resolution was adopted by a larso majority , to the effect tl'at the-law agents be directed to prepare a return to the order of the court , under the advice of counsel ; and that the council could not proceed to hold an election of Lord Mayor , as the office was already filled .

      A rule msi was obtained in the Queen ' s Bench on Saturday , for a criminal information asnitist Charles Gavin Dully , the editor and proprietor of the iYiui \ m , on the part of Mr . Durham Dunlop , formorly editor of a paper called the Monitor . In the Nation newspaper of the 25 th of May last , two publications appearud , which Mr . Dunlop complained of as intended for him , as libellous , and nscalculated to do hUa vary great injury with the nublic in large . One # fts contained in an article headed , "Mr . Levnc ' s casc-Snppiementavy Statement . "

      The Irishman , did not make its appearance on Saturday last . Tho proprietor declared in , his last number that he would resume the publication if he obtained 3 , 000 quarterly subscriptions in advance . W . S . O'Buikn . —The iVrtf / oii of Saturday contains nn appeal to the country on . behalf , of Mr . William Smith O'Bnen , who is stated to be subjected to such severe treatment in the penal settlement of Maria Island , that both his reason and his life are in imminent danger . Tho artic l e is headed , " The Murder of Smith O'Brien , " and purports to be written on private information . Hahvkst Prospects . —The splendid and seasonable weather has given an appearance of remarkable luxuriance to the growing crops—wheat , oits , potatoes , turnips , - and flax . Vegetation has received a wonderful stimulus , and upon all sides there is the fairest promise of abundance . Re-adjustment of Rests . —Hitherto the

      reductions generally made have been merely temporary ; but several extensive proprietors are row making arrangements for a re-adjustment of a more permanent character , grounded upon new valuations prepared for thc purpose . The Right Hon . W . F . Tighe , who has large and well-managed estates in the counties of Kilkenny and Carlow , has made reductions ranging from , twenty to thirty per cent ., amihas given substantial encouragement in various ways to his tenantry , since the commencement of the famine . T he poor rate in the Woodstock electoral division—chiefly , the property of that gentleman-is so low as livepenco in the pound . The Newru Examiner states that the Earl of Rouen is about to make a permanent re duction of the vents of all tcnants-at-will .

      Sailing op the Steamer " Viceroy , " prom Ualway . —The Viceroy got under weigh from Galway roads , at a quarter to ten o ' clock on Saturday "renoon , amidst the beany cheers of crowds assembled from the surrounding country , to witness the novel spectacle ofa steam ship starting from that western port for America . —The ; pilot . who took the Viceroy out of Galway Buy states , that she steamed the first twenty-seven miles , from the . roadstead to the North Sound of Corran , in two hours ten minutes and bad then got fairly under weigh , with almost a perfect calm . She carries thirty-three passengersnot twenty-ei ght as slated—and rather a lar » e mail . Several incendiary outrages are reported in the provincial papers . Tipptrary , Kilkenny , and Derry , being the scenes of the : o unfortunate results of misrule .

      Representation op Cork . —Quito unexpectedly , Mr . AVilliiiin Fag ' an , one of the members for the city of Cork , has announced his . intention of vacating his seat upon tho . first opportunity that arises after tho Irish Franch ' iso Bill becomes law . In the course of iin address to his constituents tho lion , gentleman assigns . the following reasons for tho adoption of this step : — "Had , my exporience in Parliament induced me to bulicvo that my continn-

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 8, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1577/page/6/