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      fcfje IHetropoiw . He « . th or Losdoh . —In the week ending last Saturday , the deaths registered in the metropolitan districts were SM ; in the previous week they were only 736 . In the three corresponding weeks of 1847-9 , the deaths ranged from 736 to 971 ; and takui" the corresponding weeks of ten years , the average is 801 , or raised in the ratio of population , 939 . The present return , therefore , shows a decrease on the average equal to 95 . With the increasing warmth of the weather , the mortality from diseases of the respiratory organs steadily declines . Excluding consumption , tltcdeaths in this class in the last four weeks have" been successively 145 , 138 , 105 , and 94 ; and during this period the mean

      temperature has risen gradually from 47 tO Od degrees . In the same creeks the deaths from consumption have been 124 , 125 , 103 , and Ml—showing a sudden increase in the last , and an approach to the corrected average , which is 157 . In the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases , 172 fatal case 3 are enumerated , having heen in the previous week only 130 , and the average being 201 . Small-pox carried off 9 person ? , scarlatina , 19 , and hooping-cough 23—the three epidemics still showing a decrease on the average . Measles , however , which destroyed 20 children—an amount differing little from the average—has suddenly increased on the previous week , Triien there were only 12 deaths . Typhua also exhihits an increase , for while there were only 26 last

      deaths in the former week , there were 30 rathe —which , however , is not more than usual at this period . Diarrhea and dysentery appear to have become rather more prevalent ; in the last three weeks they have numbered 13 , 19 , and 22 . On the 3 rd June , the wife of an engineer , aged 61 years , died at 21 , Chatham-place , Lock ' s-fields , St . Mary , Xewington , of " vomiting and purging ( twelve days ) , exhaustion . " On the oth June , at 51 , Turnmill-strcet , Clerkenwell , the daughter of a labourer , aged 13 months , died of "cholera biliosa ( twelve hours ); " and on the 31 st of Slay , at 3 S , Askestreet , Boston Old Town , the daughter of an engraver , aged 1 year , died of " English cholera ( two days ) . " A man of 36 years , who Is described as having been habitually intemperate , died of "delirium tremens , apoplexy ; " another fatal case of

      intemperance is also recorded . Three children suffocated in bed . It appears from the classification'of deaths in public institutions th&t 93 occurred in workhouses , 59 in hospitals ( of which eight were in military and naval establishments ) , and seven in lunatic asylums . The mean reading of the barometer in the week , was 29 "S 73 ; the daily mean was above thirty in . on the first three days of the week . The mean temperature was 59 degs . 3 min . ; it was above the average of the same week in seven years on the first four days , and below it during the rest . The highest in the sun was about 104 degs . on Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday . The wind was in the east on the first three daj s , it veered to the south-west on the afternoon of Wednesday , and continued generally in that direction through the rest of the week .

      Consecration of a Chuhch dj Smjthwark . — On Monday morning the Bishop of Winchester consecrated a church in Southwark under somewhat peculiar circumstances . The building , which is one of ancient date , stands in St . George's-fields , and has been known as a chapel in connexion with the Philanthropic Society . The removal of the society ' s premises to Redhill . near Reigate , rendered the chapel useless for the purposes to which it had hitherto been devoted , and arrangements were consequently made with the rector of St . George ' s that an ecclesiastical district should be assigned to the chapel , and that henceforth it should become one of the parochial churches . In order to carry out this object , the ceremony of consecration was rendered necessary , and Monday was appointed by the bishop for that purpose . The bishop haslicensed theEev . G . E . Tate , M . A ., late curate of Great Warley , Essex , to be the first incumbent of the new church .

      Suicids in Sodthwabk . —On Saturday morning last the immediate vicinity of Horsemonger-Iane Gaol was thrown into much excitement , owing to a tradesman of considerable business in the Boroughroad having hung himself in the skittle ground at the rear of the Masons' Arms , opposite the prison . The name of the unfortunate gentleman is George Cox , aged thirty-nine , carrying on an extensive business as a horse dealer . He called upon Mr . Monck , the landlord of the Masons * Arms about eleven o ' clock , and that gentleman being oat on business , he remained at the bar some time , drinking . About twelve o ' clock he went into the yard , at the end of which the skittle ground is situated , and some few

      minutes afterwards , Thomas Sydee . the potman , had to fetch some coals from an adjoining shed , when he heard a scuffling noise inside the skittle ground , and finding the door clnsed he looked through the keyhole , aod observed the deceased hanging from a beam at the further end , struggling violently . He instantly cilled assistance and cut deceased down , when Mr . Evans , surgeon , near the police court , was called in , and every attempt was made to restore animation , but without success . He was breathing when cut down , but his neck was broken . "The d ? ceased was highly respected among his neighbours , and believed to be in good circumstances , bat latterly he had drank to a great extent , which catt « ed delirium tremens .

      Fatal Accidest at the Hampstead Ponds . — On Saturday afternoon last a melancholy accident occurred in one of the ponds situated in the vicinity of the Lower Heath , Hampstead , which resulted in the death of Mr . Sibley , schoolmaster at Highgate , and the son of Mr . Barnes , aged thirteen , Brecknock Tilla , Camden Town . Mr . Sibley had left Qighgate with his pupils for the purpose of walking to Hampstead , as was his usual custom on Saturday afternoon , and while in the vicinity of the ponds he was alarmed by the cries of a youth who wa 3 bathing , and without removing hi 3 coat or hat plunged into the

      pond , which is of considerable depth , to rescue the pnfortanate youth . In this attempt to save the sinking lad" he beeanw so faint ( although a very good swimmer ) that he also sank . The body of the unfortunate gentkman was taken out in about sixteen minutes , but life wa 3 completely extinct , although medical assistance was speedily procured . What throws an additional gloom over this fearful catastrophe is , the fact that Mrs . Sibley had started from Highgate to meet her husband , and the melancholy event was abruptly communicated to her by the pupils , the sudden shock almost depriving her of reason .

      Death from Fire . —On Monday an inquest was taken before Mr . Bedford , at the Charing-cross Hospital , on the body of Ellen M'Mullen , aged forty-six years , who died from the effects of burns . S . Lake , of No . 4 , Crown-street , St . Giles , mi the deceased lodged in his house , and was a married woman . On the previous Thursday while witness was at supper , one of his lodgers came to him and said his house was on fire . Witness ran up stairs , and on the second floor found the unfortunate woman enveloped in one mass of fire . Witness called out repeatedly for assistance , but instead of any person rendering him any , they all became frightened and left the house .

      Witness , with some difficulty , tore the clothes from off the deceased , procured a quantity of water , and extinguished the names , but not before she was most shockingly burnt .-P . Girriad , engineer to the fire brigade , examined the room , and was of opinion that the deceased had been sitting upon a chair , and her clothes had ignited by a candle which was close to the chair . When she found herself on fire she must have ran on to the staircase , whsre she was found . The house surgeon proved that every part of her body was burnt . The usual remedies were applied , but she never rallied , and died in three hours afterwards . —Verdict , "Accidental death . "

      Alahmikg Fire at a Distillery .-S&ortly after mne o'clock on Monday morning , the neighbourhood of Leicester-square was thrown into a state of considerable alarm , in consequence of the sudden outbreak of a fire in the premises belonging to Messrs . Eosenburg and Montgomery , distillere , 54 , Castle-street The disaster was caused from some one having left the tap connected with a vat filled with spirits , turned on ; this allowed the contents of the vat to run over the floors , and eventually to in contact with

      come one of the fires , when the spirits became ignited , and ran about the building For some short time the complete destruction of the property appeared inevitable , but eight engines of the Londen brigade , with others of the parish came up , and the flames were extinguished The damage done is very considerable . It was " stated to the firemen , that 360 gallons of over-nroof spirits vere destroyed , independent of the damage done to the premises and machinery . The firm was insured in the Hand-in-Hand Fire-office "

      Attempted SuiciDE . ^ On Saturday morning last Mrs . Leekett , of 5 , York-street , St . Luke ' s , attempted to commit suicide by lumping out of the ¦ win dow . Her husband was awakened by the noise she made in opening the window , and caught her night elothes , but they gave way , and she fell into the street . Xo hopes are entertained of her recovery-Scaffold Accident . —On Monday afternoon , between three and four o ' clock , & scaffold , on which seven men were employed , at the new buildings , Calthorpe-sts-eet , Camden Town , suddenly gave way , and ths whole of them were hurled to the ground , from a height of thirty feet . A quantity

      of building material fell at the same time , and they wer « buried beneath it . A number of men set to work , and the poor fellows were speedily extricated . Mr . Palsgrave , the builder of Ebury-street , sust-unefc a fracture of both legs . Three of the ¦ workmen are so dreadfiilly injured that there are withafe ^ b ? irreC 0 rei 7 # Theremainderescaped Dktbessisg Accn > EXi :-On Tuesday evening one Mi « Sf « f bttSe 3 'as going up Luusate-S . Sf b 7 ^ "S & ws arms a child about eighteen nuafOa old wa seen running across the road , Md . endeavoonng to pasg ^ ^ f the horses The driver immediately cheeked his horses ™ th all bis power , but not . sufficiently to prevent the children from being thrown down . The younger € hUd , if js supposed , was trodden ppon by one of f . ¦ . * ¦¦ .-. " *

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      and what they have . recoiyed by ; way of loan upon them . " ¦""¦ .. ¦ ; ' -.- „ , ' _ •¦ 1 Suicide on ihb South Western . Railway . —On Saturday last , aS the tiwo p . m ., up train from Southamptonj . was . nearing the Wimbledon crossgate ,, a ' man was perceived by one of the guards to merge from behind a tree , and to stand in front of the train , evidently for the purpose of committing slf-destruction . The moment the engine-driver noticed the unfortunate Individual , ho sounded the whistle and shut off the steam , and at the same time the guards did all that was possible to stop the train in time to save the life of the man , but without effect , for , owing to the great speed with which

      tho engine was previously proceeding , before it could be brought to a stand-still it dashed against him , breaking in his skull , and sending him across the metals , when tho wheels of the numerous carriages passed over his legs and body , mangling him in a most awful manner . In his pocket a number of printed bills were found , which led to the supposition that his name was Kemp , and that he was a traveller , to a eoal agent in the nei ghbourhood of the Edgeware-road . The guard of the down-train states that he made an attempt to get . in front of his engine , but it passed by before he had time to get on to the rails . Not the least blamo can be attached to the company ' s servants , who did all that was possible to prevent the occurrence .

      A New Convict Establishment . —Plymouth . — About a month since Captain Groves , Governor of Millbank Prison , visited Dartmoor , and inspected tho prisons at Prince-towri , which have remained tenantless as a place of confinement since the peace , in 1815 . Subsequently , Colonel Jebb , Inspector of Prisons , accompanied by Groves , examined the buildings and locality , and they were followed by a government officer , whose peculiar duty it is to judge of the fitness of the internal arrangements of such establishments . We understand that the united opinion of these gentlemen is in favour of the adoption of the prisons as suitable for the confinement of convicts , and that preparations for the reception of 500 are to be forthwith mado . This

      opinion was the more readily adopted in consequence of the result of an interview of Colonel Jebb , at the request of Sir Georgo Grey , with Mr . Fowler , who carries , on extensive , and it is said profitable farming operations at Dartmoor .. It is intended that the convicts shall be employed in agricultural labour . To guard tho 500 prisoners it will be necessary to have troops to the number of 300 , for whom there are barracks almost fit for immediate occupation ' . About one moiety of the prison will be required ; the other half , is in tho occupation of a local naptha company , who have recently sold their interest to the Messrs . Hill , of Deptford , who will keep the works at Prince-town in fulloperation . Unprovoked Homicide . —On Tuesday evening , about half-past eleven o ' clock , an itinerant piper , named Robert Cahill , commenced singing in'the middle of Oldham-street , Manchester . A crowd

      was soon collected to listen to him , when a young man named Thomas Duffy , was observed by several persons to come behind Cahill and give him a vio ' ent blow on the head with his fiat . Cahill fell down insensible on the stones . Duffy immediately ran off ; but was soon captured and brought back by . a policeman . He said he and Cahill had been having some beer in a publichouse , and they had quarrelled because tho latter had asked him for some money for playing a tune . Both the prisoner and Cahill appeared to be sober . Cahill was taken to the Royal Imfirmary , wheie bo di d on Wednesday morning . On a post mortem examination it appeared that death had been caused by deceased ' s head falling on the stopes , which had produced laceration of tbo brain , with extreme effusion of blood . Deceased was sixty years of age , and left one child . The jury found a verdict ol " Manslaughter" against tho

      prisoner . Alleged Theft from Filial and Sisterly Affechok —About noon , on Saturday last , a girl named Elizabeth Lee , went into the shop of Mr . M'Intosh , draper , Oldham-street , and took a dresspiece from a pile of goods some distance inside the door , which she placed under her shawl and r&n away . The theft was noticed by one of the shopmen , who followed and caught the girl with the piece of print in her possession . She was immediately given into - custody . On Monday morning she was brought up at the Borough Court , and when placed in the dock she was crying bitterly . On being asked what she had to say to the charge she stated that she had been working in a factory , but , in consequence of some sliehf , annidetltor fault ,, was " hacroeri" nn Worinno . | f

      ^ ff ^ ^~ ^— ^^ ^^ ^ j . - " —w . ** *—J ^ £ ^ ^ 0 ^ a ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ g * A ^^ ^* day last . " I feared to tell my father , " continued the poor girl apparently with the greatest sincerity , " because I have six little brothers and sisters , and I knew that he had no money to buy them food , and I wanted to make up my wages . Oh , I don't kuow how it was , but something tempted me to do it . "—The father , a decentlooking man , said that the prisoner had got up at half-past five o ' clock every morning during the week to go to her work as usual . She had always behaved herself well , and was a great help to him in bringing up the motherless children . "It wasn't that I was afraid of father , " said the prisoner ; "he wouldn't have beat me —only he frets so . "—Mr . Hodgson discharged tho prisoner , and she left the dock with a fresh burst of tears , and with a fervent" God bless you , sir , " from her father . "

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      jm « nD . DubmN- —The proceedings at the meeting of the corporation , on the 7 th inst . exceeded in violence and confusion even what might be expected in the very peculiar circumstances under which it assembled . The meeting might be termed a double one , having been summoned by two distinct requisitions , one emanating from Mr . Reynolds , the Lord Mayw , calling a meeting , " to do such acts as the council shall deem necessary , in consequence of the writs of mandamus ; " the other summons issuing from five members of the council , and stating the purpose t « bo the election of a Lord Mayor for the residue of the year of office , pursuant to the direction of the same writ of mandamus . Both meetings were

      called for eleven oeloek , but the conservative requisition added , to the letters p . m ., which , as the Lord Mayor reminded them , must mean eleven o ' clock at night ; unless some of the members , as he thought it likely enough , understood them to mean " po ? t mortem . " However the members on both sides w re punctual in attendance . ; but as . the conservatives found themselves anticipated , and that the Lord Mayor was alroady in possession of the chair ai the hour , which , if not specified , was at least understood , they were driven to the expedient of electing , i chairman for themselves , and this they did Binds the utmost confusion and uproar , moving Alderman Ki nahan to a chair which was placed at the lower end of the table . Here they formed themselves into a knot around their own chairman , and weic ¦

      proceeding to carry on the election , when the Lord Mayor announced to , them that their meeting w » B altogether irregular , their notice for calling it not having been printed and served three clear days before the time fixed for it to take place . They nevertheless persisted , and Mr . Walker moved thai AWermnn M'Kenna be electpd Lord Mayor of the borough of Dublin , Mr . Vickera seconding the motion , and the new chairman declaring it to be carried amidst a scene of disorder which ¦ baffledescription . The following avo some extracts of what followed : — " The Lord Mayor , addressing Alderman Kinahan , said : Are you sitting tijere ' as chairman ?— - Alderman Kinahan : I am . —Lord Mayor : Then I will remove you . Inspector of

      police , as chairman of this assembly , I call on you to arre 3 t —( cries of "no , no , " frum the conservative members , and confusion)—I call on you to remove Alderman Kinahan into Parliament-street . Call in as many police as are necessary for the purpose . I cannot allow him to preside here as chairman — Mr . Walker : We will charge you on the police . —Inspector Walpole : My lord , which is the gentleman ? —Lord Mayor ( pointing to the second chairman ) : Alderman Kinahan , who is acting as chairman in violation of the law . , Send in more police here . Recolfeet , Alderman Kinahan , I arrest yon because you assume the office of chairman bere without any proper ground for so doing —Inspector Walpole then went un to Alderman Kinahan and nlaced his h » nH

      on his shoulder . —A scene of indescribable confusion followed , in the midst of which Mr . Wauchob handed the return , signed by the members on the conservative side of the house , to Mr . Farquhar , and immediately after jumped on the table and rushed towards the chair , stating that the document had been taken from the town clerk , and that it had been torn by Mr . Martin Crean . —Lord Mayor : Alderman Kinahan , the inspector of police is to remove you into Parliament-street , and to prevent you from occupying that chair . ( Confusion . ) It is a serious responsibility , but I will incur it . Inspector , I order you to take Alderman Kinahan into the street , and if he resists you bring him to the police office and iudict him for an assault , and 1 will go and prosecute him myself . I give you notice Alderman Kinahan , that if you abandon your illegal proceeding as chairman of that fictitious meeting Alderman Kinahan : I will not—Lord Mayor : I may as

      well tell you , gentleman , that the police are here acting under my authority , and if any man , disobeys ray authority I will remove him by force . —Mr . Wauchob : Well , we defy you . ( Confusion . )—Chairman . : Policeman , arrest that man , and remove him . He says , '' I defy you . "—Alderman Hudson : I deny that you are Lord Mayor of the borough of Dublin ; therefore , you cannot legally interferei or order him to be arrested . —In the end Alderman Kinahan left the meeting with the police * ,, and proceeded with his friends to the head police office , where he tendered information against the Lord Mayor for an illegal arrest , but that course having been objected to by the magistrates a summons for the purpose was issued . —The conservatives , with their new Lord Mayor , then proceeded to the city assembly-bouse , where the ceremony of swearing in was gone through , the former proceedings having taken place at the Royal Exchange .

      On Monday , at the Head Police-office , the Lord Mayor ( Mr . Reynolds ) appeared before the magistrates on a summons to answer the complaint of Alderman Kinahan , for having forcibly removed him from the meeting of the Town Council oh Friday last . The police inspector and constable who acted on the occasion were also included in the summons . The Lord Mayor , wearing his robes and carrying hia wand of office , was accommodated with a seat on the bench . Counsel attended on both sides . The police court wa 3 crowded with members of the corporation and other citizens , and the proceedings attracted no small share of interest on the who £ j . It must be admitted that the case made for Alderman Kinahan was a very lame one . By his own evidence it appeared

      that en entering the meeting of the corporation on the day in question he found Mr . Reynolds presiding as Lord Mayor ; that he himself addressed him by that title on the occasion ; that on the suggestion of a ' small knot of friends , who had breakfasted at Radley ' s just before , and concocted there the course they would pursue , he ( Alderman Kinahan ) took a chair in another part of the room and assumed to act as chairman , a very small minority of the corporation acting with him ; and that it was because he had assumed to act bo the Lord Mayor caused him to be removed from the meeting . On bis

      oross-examination ho admitted that one of his party ( Mr . Wauchob ) jumped upon the table in a very violent manner , and endeavoured to gain possession of some document . Under such circumstances the magistrates had no difficulty in deciding , Mr . Porter , who presided , saying , I decline to take informations for the purpose of sending the case to . another tribunal , and the entry I shall make on the books will be '' dis * missed , " inasmuch as the defendant appears to have been justified in the act complained of . At the conclusion of the proceedings the Lord Mayor protested against the course that had been adopted of bringiug him , the chief magistrate of the city , before an

      inferior tribunal . . . Two returns to the writ of mandamm were presented at the Crown-office on Saturday last . The Lord Mayor , with his solicitor , attended for the purpose of lodging the one emanating from the majority , and stating that the office of Lord Mayor was already filled . Mr . Wauchob tendered the other document , which stated that the corporation had , in obedience to the writ , duly elected a Lord Mayor on the previous day , but this return not having the city seal attached to it , the Clerk of the Crown declined accepting it . . The Tenant-Right Conference . —The meeting of the Tenant-right Conference has been postponed from the 18 th of this month to the 6 th of August , at the request of the people of Belfast , who are to hold an important meeting on the subject on the 12 th inst .

      Fhightfhl Sta . tk of Balunrobb Workhodss . —The Rev . Mr . Conway , of Ballinrobe , in a letter to the Freeman ' s Journal ,- thus describes the frightful state in which the workhouse of that union is at present : — " Having called the master and porter to accompany me , I visited the probationary wards—and never have I felt more shocked than to find the wretched occupants in scores , heaped on eaoh other in the most hideous disorder—particularly in the female wards , where were whole families , including maloand female children , huddled so closely and in such numbers , that I could not enter . They lay in their rags upon the earthen floor , amidst stench intolerable . Nights and days they sat on tho cold floors without bed or covering of any kind . This shocking fact I have felt constrained by a sense of duty to register upon the records of the house . "

      Landlord anb Tbnant Bill . —The Freeman of Saturday evening published an abstract of the Landlord and Tenant Bill about to be brought into Parliament by Mr . Sharman Crawford . The definition of" faiv tent , " according to this bill , is as follows :-rhe landlord ' s just proportion of the money value of the grass produce ( according to the market prices of such produce ) which the lands in the occupation of the tenant , according to their quality and ciroumstances , are capable of yielding under a fair system of improvement ; and culture , after allowance has been made for all labour , and the interest of all capital expended in cultivating , improving , and maintaining the condition of the premises , and for all rates and public charges payable by suoh tenant . "

      The Harvest :. —The condition of the crops is the all-absorbing topic in tho provincial accounts , which have assumed a tone of cheerful confidence quite unusual for four years past , and upon all sides there are most gratifying indications of an unusually early and abundant harvest . So far our prospects are really cheering ; but after the bitter experience we have had ; especially in regard to the potato , it would be hazardous yet to indulge in confident calculations . Great interest is felt in the progress of tho flax crop , now planted in districts of the southern and midland counties where little had been grown for many yoars . Up to this time the reports

      are quite satisfactory , and if the experiment prove successful there will be a largly increased cultivation next year . At the last monthly meeting of the Ulster Flax Society a letter from the Lord-Lieutenant was read , notifying a continuance of , the grant from the Treasury of £ 1 , 000 , for the promotion and improvement of the growth of fiax in ten southern and western counties . The present grant is thus allocated— To Cork and Mayo , £ 200 each- to Kerry , Limerick , and Sligo , £ 100 each : to Clare and Tipperary , £ 75 each ; to Gahyay , Letrim , and Roscorampn , £ 50 each . Ilia Excellency calls for a return ot the details of expenditure , ¦

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      Encumbered Estates . —The petitions for sales are increasing even more rapidly than had been anticipated . In the week ending on the 6 thinstant , forty-one new petitions were lodged in the Encumbered Court . The total number of petitions now amounts to 917 . The Queen ' s Colleges . —The Belfast and Cerk papers of Saturday last , report the close of the first session at the . Queen ' s Colleges of their respective towns , and describe the result as having been in the highest degree satisfactory . There was a distribution of prizes at both colleges , and the Presidents addressed the students in congratulatory terms .

      The Drogheda Argus states that there is a very good reason for believing that no vacancy in the representation of Droghoda will occur- for- the present . Mr . Sergeant Murphy has announced his intention of becoming a candidate for the representation of Cork , in tho event of a vacancy being caused by the resignation of Mr . Fagan . Tho Queen ' s Bench gave judgment on Monday agairst the crown , in a case of great importance as affecting-railways . A mandamus had been , ob tained by the crown for the purpose of obliging the Irish South Eastern Railway Company to carry a Post-office guard with the mails between Bagnalstow ' n and Carlow , at the ordinary rates charged for a second-class passenger , the mails not exceeding

      ttOlb . 'of luggage allowed to a passenger . To this writ the company had made a return that they were nut bound to carry any such guard unless there was special contract for the conveyance of the mails , anil after , protracted arguments the judgment was now delivered on tho demurrer to that return . The point chiefly relied on against the railway company was the proviso contained in the 11 th section of the 7 th and 8 th Vic , which provided that it might be lawful for the Postmaster-general to send by any other than a mail train , and at tho usual rates charged to'passengers , but the court consider that this proviso applied only to cases where a special contract existed for carrying the mails , when the mails arrived too late to be conveyed by the regular train .. . ¦

      The . town of Killarney was posted last week with bills announcing a sheriff ' s sale to take place at Derrynane Abbey . The sale was to be at the suit of some half-dozen creditors , and the sheriff ' s name appended to the placard was * * O' Connell !" Roscommon , which is not usually very forward in any agitation , is not silent on the subject of tenant . right . The local journal states : "On Friday , the 7 th inst ., a preparatory meeting was held at Ryan ' s Hotel , in this town , of tho influential and respectable clergy and gentry of this town and neighbourhood . The chair was very ably and efficiently filled by F . M'Donnell , Esq ., and scarcely ever have we witnessed so much unanimity and determination . " The general meeting of the county is to take place on the 14 th inst .

      The Repeal Association . —At the miserably-attended meeting of the Repeal Association on Monday , the rent for tho week was announced to be £ 4 19 s . 8 d " . Mr . John O * Connell took occasion to remark that therent on that day six years ( 10 th of June , 1844 ) was £ 3 , 339 18 s . id . ; he then stated that if some " demonstration of popular support is not made in our favour , we must advertise the hall for sale . "

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      This court resumed its sittings on Monday morning . The calendar contains the names of 184 orisoners ; v Indictment fob Conspiracy , —Extraordinary Case . —John Lawrence , 60 , a person of respectable appearance , surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment charging him with larceny and misdemeanour in having stolen a certain deed , being the counterpart of a lease giving a title to property and with , having conspired with a person unknown to commit the same offence . —The learned counsel for the prosecution , in opening the case to the jury said that tho circumstances were of such an

      extraordinary character that he felt it necessary to trespass on their attention for a short period , in order to explain the facts upon which the charge was preferred . The defendant , as he was instructed , was a person rilling a respectable position , and he occupied a house in Motcdmb-street , Belgrave-square , under a lease for twenty-one years , granted by a gentleman named Seth Smith . The period for which this lease was granted would expire at Midsummer , 1851 , and the offence imputed to the prisoner was , that he had obtained possession of the counterpart of the lease in question from the solicitors of Mr . Smith by a contrivance which would bo explained to them in the course of the case , with the intention to destroy it , and thus afford himself

      the opportunity of altering the period mentioned in his own lease from " twenty " -one to " seventy " - one years , which , from the nature of the letters of which these words were composed , would be a very easy operation . . The learned counsel proceeded to narrate some other faots connected with the case , and the following evidence was then adduced : — John William Jones deposed that he was a clerk in the service of Messrs . Bartley and Co ., solicitors , homerset-street , Portman-square , and that one Of tneir clients was a gentleman named Seth Smith . On the morning of the 20 th April , as he was going into the office of his employers , a young man who was a stranger came up and inquired if he was a ? & * ^ V ^ rttyi ? < l . ?? hia replying in the

      auumawve , ne asKea mm if he would have any objection to meet another person that same evening upon the subject of some papers . He told him in reply that he should leave the office at six o ' clock n the evening , and he would then see the party referred to . At the time in question he saw the same person again near Somerset-street , and he introduced him to the- prisoner , and they all then went to the Noah s Ark public-house in Oxford-street , where the prisoner called for a pint of ale ; and after a shprb time he inquired whether the Messrs . 3 ? w-T ot d 0 a P ^ deal of busine s « for Mr , S W t " j » $ ! that tbev did . tbe ^ - soner then said , What I want you to do is to get me the counterpart , of a lease from vour office .

      ana it you will do it I will give you £ 10 " He inquired the particulars of the lease that he wanted , ^ i « hh k IS 05 ° ^ wrote them upon a piece of paper hSSm \ ^ £ ' afterwards gave to £ ? S ^ Offi c ? who ™ engaged in the case . Ihe witness then proceeded to state that what the prisoner wrote upon paper referred to a conveyance of property by Mr . Smith to himself in March , 1850 , and he said that if witness would agree to get it for him he might write to that efieot , and they separated upon this understanding . He communicated what had taken place to one of the firm , and under the authority of that gentleman he wroto to the prisoner , and made an appointment to deliver him the deed , and ha mp .

      him accordingl y at the same public-house on the evening of April 25 , taking the deed with him . When he saw the prisoner , he asked him if be was as good as his word , and he replied that he was , and pulled a bag from his pocket , and took out ten sovereigns , and gave them to him . Witness then handed the prisoner the deed , and he looked at it , nnSoi wl- i : - ' Witness Unasked the prisoner what his object was in obtaining possession he inlnTif f , ° ^ 6 leilSe - andhe ^ t » at tw V ° f ° l b and then t 0 alter hisown 2 fi ! wTh ; One t 0 seven ^ -one years . Wit-? rnn " ? ? I h - ° 7 u P ? P ° * to make this alteraa ' " dhesaidby taking the top from the "t , " and adding a loop , and then altering the " w" to i V | ch could bo ver e ^ " and he

      .. » ^ y y one , showed him upon a pieco of paper how the altovafcion was to be effected . An officer in pain clothes was present when all this took place , and ho heard what passed between tuem , and when the prisoner went away with the deed , he followed him and took him into custody . — Other evidence having been adduced , Mr . Clarkson submitted that thero was no evidence to go to the jury upon the count in the indictment which charged the offence of larcony to have been committed . Tho deed in " question was proved to have been placed in the possession of the prisoner with the 'direct consent of the prosecutor—there was no trespass , a fortiori thero was no larceny . If the prisoner had taken up the deed of his own accord the case would have been different , but it

      had beon actually delivered to him . —A number of highly respectable witnesses were then called , all of whom gave the prisoner an excellent character for a very long period . —The Recorder having summed up , the jury found the prisoner " Guilty " upon the count which charged him with the conapiraoy , and they acquitted him of the larcenv . They at the same time most . strongly recommended him to the merciful consideration of the court , on account of the good character he had received .-The Rooordcr sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned m Westminster Bridewell for six months , at the same timp observing that but for the recon mendation of jury and the prosecutor a much heavier sentence would certainly have been PSd upon him .-Beforethe prisoner was removed the

      w ! w \ ° ^ RoBDI !< 0 Ann—Patrick Smith , 33 ,. described as a musician , and Sarah Smith his Ss Talu ^ J ^ ^ Wlilin S SnrpS ^ ea tffifS" : m X ohsunf ' value £ 7 ; 4 ° bwootaes , £ 40 -S ^ T - i value £ 10 ° ' watcI > > ™ rXiitf i ^^ y- " ? sovereigns , the property of C . rohno Pereira-Carolino Peroira , the prosecu-& . » n" th n esa ™" - » he sP ^ e to the fact of her- sailing from Ma ( U . aboufc CLvigtmas kst n 3 ayah to thei family of Dr . Danvood , which consisted ot that gentleman , his wife , and five children , two of whom wero twins . She said that at that time she was m possession of a largo quantity of jewellery and ninety-nine sovereigns , which amount was the result of presents which had been made to her

      by different ladies in whoso service sho had been . Tho jewellery . was given to her by her brother , who had heen set up . ' as a jdwoller by her former master ,. Sir Edward Barnes , aiid ' some portions of

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      it was entrusted to her as presents for tT ^^ S ladies of . Lady Barnes ' s family in EnehnH y °% remainder she was to dispose of ami ' 4 lul tG English articles to take back with her tn i " " ? 1 ^ sell . She assorted that she showed thft to the bag that contained the money ! ! ISOn erj portion of the jewellery , and they advisedZ ? ls * tho box that contained tho property ySi cabin , and that they afterwards told her fh e 'f box was in the hold , and that it was ni , it " > 9 She said that when the vessel arrived in p 8 afe ' she could not obtain possession of her n g'aiii and she lost sight of the prisoners until « i P f etl ? i them in . Halsey-street , Chelsea . The » N

      contained in a tin box , and aho said ghe hJ k wooden case from the steward of the Z ? » which she placed tho tin box , and nailed it i " » Upon part of an ear-drop being handed u \ ° > . the officer , she swore positively that if- k property , and had formed part of the enJ ^ * the box , which she represented had been = 11 of She ? aid ,. also , that it had been broken f , * > occasion of a dance at a party at Madras ^ n tll (> before she sailed for England , and ffthJ ^ mending it with thread . l-On cr oss-exa 22 ^ said she had a dispute with Dr . Darwood , V ° 8 h 9 voyage because she did not do something T "' sj'f d her when there was bad weatl e ? , t |« saiuthatDr . Darwood was angry withhe r ' f Sft time . The prosecutriy was then asked TJ ^ during thtfvoyage , Dr . Darwood had not coS 9 * » of losing some things , and she at first S ^ such complaint was made ; but unon bri t 1 . «?

      sno . ao icngtn said that Mrs . Darwood did ¦ ,, „ > thing about a un box having been losL-Mr ' r T son then asked her whether Dr . Darwoot ] I Hii k * make such a complaint to her , but tho only al not he could get for some time was , " m »? hm" ? ose-what had they got to loSe ?" -The Ll , told the witness tho question wa a very I ? and she ought to answer ifc .-The prosecutrK -T ' dear lord I declare before God Almiehtv £ , ' ^ had nothing to lose . ( A lau ch 7-Mr ? i ? still pressed the questiin , an / thi prosecfe she said , before she set out on her vft ™» r , Darwood gave her 150 rupees , \ nd she ITJ ^ l that amo / nt to the RoLn' fiftS £± £ which she beloved at Madvas , \ n order to 0 &n ? ° 0 d / ° ^ - . A hadab <> ut £ 7 whtstt " uorti ai

      -u , m » ue uenieu most pos t velv that \ Z asked Dr . Darwood for any more moneyVu h „ ft voyage and asserted most positively that nothing of the kind took place , while the vessel was off Helena . . The whole amount she was to receive it her services was 300 rupees , and when she litI England Dr . Darwood gave her about ninety reigns as the balance that was due to herlTr ' Uarkson then asked the prosecutrix whether Dr Darwood did not give her six more rupees shortlv before the vessel sailed ; and the answer sh"S was , "Lord , what a liar that man is . " ( Alau » h u Three Indian fans , a chess board , a card case * and some other articles were here produced , and s hown to witness , and she was Questioned respecting ^ ra rl lasier « d tha * «« af fans had been ?

      _ - n her possession , for three years and were her own property , and that they were given to her bv a can . tain named Quinton . One of thesefans she ' ewe to the female prisoner , another to the wife of the steward of the vessel , and the third to a Mrs . Parrv where she lodged , in London . The child ' s hood a wooded card-case , and the sewing silk produced were also her own property . She had been ckreecl with stealing them from Dr . Darwood , but the ? were her own property . A blue veil and some ribbon , which sho gave to Mrs . Smith , also belonged to ner . The chessboard was made by one of her brothers . She gave this chessboard to the steward It was worth £ 5 . She said that she lodged at Mra

      , Parry ' s for two weeks , but she did not say anything to her about having been robbed of the jewellery and money .. She was afraid to tell anvbody about it . Sho sent Mrs . Parry to Mrs . Smith for the fans and some other things , but did not aay anything about the jewels and money at that time . A gold chain that was produced she also said was her property , and that she gave it to Mrs . Smith to pass her box , as they had told her an Indian woman would not be allowed to bring jewellerv into England . She denied having told the steward ' when sho borrowed the box of him , that she wanted it to put dirty linen in , and that she told him she had bought the chessboard in China . The prisoners

      were strangers to her when she saw them on board the vessel . Sho had seen the man on shore before but had never spoken to him . —Francis , the steward on board the Wellesley , was then called to prove that the prosecutrix had borrowed a box from him , and that he also gave her some nails . He likewise proved that a box , such as she had described , was taken into the pr isoners' cabin , and that when the vessel arrived in England the prosecutrix inquired after it , and appeared verymich distressed . In cross-examination the witness said , that besides the chessboard the prosecutrix gav& him a gold chain , a diamond ring , a pair of « old pins , and she also gave his wife an imitation Dearl

      necklace . The male prisoner had been band master in one of the native regiments . He denied positively that the prosecutor gave any shawls to either himself or his wife . The prosecutrix represented that she had a splendid shawl , and wanted his wife to pass it as her own , but he refused to have anything to do with such a transaction . — Evidence was then adduced to show that a box such as was described by the prosecutrix , and upon which there wa s a card labelled with her name , and describing her as the ayah of Mrs . Smith , 'was seen amongst tho luggage of the prisoners , but it did not appear that this box was ever traced to tho Custom-house with the other luggage . It was

      also proved that when . the male prisoner was apprehended he made no other observation than that it was a very bad job , and the woman was very much agitated , and almost fainted away . It was also proved that when some inquiry relating to the property was made of the female prisoner , she said that she wished " they had thrown the black overboard . "—This closed the case for the prosecution . —Mr . James Danvoow for the uefenco was then examined : He deposed that he was surgeon to the 1 st Regiment of Native Infantry , and had been in the service of the East India Company for eighteen years . Upon the occasion of his coming to England , he was upon

      8 iok leave , and he engaged the prosecutrix as ayah , to his family , and he agreed to give her 300 rupees for her services . Before the vessel sailed she asked for 150 rupees , which he gave her , and he also gave her ten rupees more before the voyage commenced ; and when the vessel was about to touch at St . Helena , he gave her two sovereigns which he believed she spent on shore . 1 ? the vessel arriv 6 d ™ the docks he paid her the balance , and she made no complaint of the deductions . He said that he never heard that thoprosocutrix had any valuable property on board the vessel , but his wife told him that she had informed her that she had £ 900 worth property at Madras . Tho witness then proceeded to state that upon liis arrival in England he discovered that he had lost a tin box which contained three fans , a child ' hood , some sewing silk , and other articles . He also missed a chessboard . He should know all those things again if he were to see them . —Other witnesses having been examined , the Recorder summed up tho case , and the jury , after deliberating for a short time , returned a verdict of " Not Guilty . " Charge op Robbery by as Ayirf . — Caroline Pereira the ayah , was put upon her trial before the Recorder ( who attended specially to try the case ) for stealing articles , tho property of Dr . James Darwood , her master , on board the ship Wellesle y ,

      on the high seas on tho 7 th of April . —The prisoner , who had been out on bail , surrendered in court , and was placod in the dock , and iu broken English vehementl y pleaded not guilty . — Mr . Ballantine appeared for the prisoner and Mr . Clarkson for the prosecution . —Mr . Clarkson said that , on the part of the master of tho prisoner , who felt that he ha d a public duty to perform in coming forward to prosecute , still had no desire to press tho charge , he ( the learned counsel ) had to apply to tb § court for us sanction that no evidence might be offered . The grounds were , that the prosecutor felt that whatever the prisoner had been guilty of . she beins an unprotected fem . ile in a

      ¦ foreign land , they wished to rescue her , and make arrangements to send her back . —Dr . Darwood saiJ that he had been unwillingly made prosecutor . — Mr . Payne suggested to the court that the prisoner had not attempted to make any use of or sell the proporty .-Mr . Ballantine did not object * to the course intended to be pursued by the prosecution , out at the same time would not admit thero had been any felonious act by tho poor creature he represented , and , notwithstanding the verdict of the previous day , he would still say that she had been most scandalously plundered . Thero was no doubt but that she had property and money when she went on board the vessel , and when she came on shore she had nothing , and was now in a state of destitution . —Mr . Clarkson said he entirely concurred with the view the iury had taken ' of tho

      case . —Mr . Ballaiitine said lie did not complain of tho jury , but thero could bo no doubt but that the woman had been plundered . —After sonic further conversation , tho Recorder said tho difficulty the court was in about the property was that it was now in tho hands of third parties , who he trusted would , as a matter of uoii ' science , not resist the honest claim of Dr . Darwood , and detain that which they had improperly come by . With regard to the prisoner , tho court was under some responsibility in acceding to the humane propositionof tho prosucutor , for fear the public m i ^ t « otni ™ Stand the Rounds « pon which it had acted . The case would be a difficult and paineful case tor a jury to deal with , as they could not this fmii * " ^^ ^'"^ the prisoner without projuuice to the parties charged with plundering her . ine jury would bjavo received their evidenco , and

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      &f ) e { Proinutf * * The Mysterious Foisonixo in EsaBx .-On tlie 7 th inst Mr . C . C . Lewis , the coroner for Essex , and ^ respectable jury of yeomen , resumed an mouiry at theFoxand Hounds Inn , Clavering , respecting the death of Richard Chesbam , an agricultural labourer , who was alleged t » have died from the effects of arsenic , wilfully administered . —The deceased was the husband of Sarah Che-ham , who was tried at the Spring Assizes , 1848 , before Lord Denman , for the murder of her two children , by administering arsenic , and was acquitted . She was also charged with attempting to destroy tho illegitimate infant of Lydia Taylor , Newport ; a farmer , then of some respectability in this neighbourhood ,

      who was the reputed father , being committed for endeavouring to procure ths commission of the felony . —Mr . John Timewell Clark , superintendent of the Essex constabularly , stationed at Newport , was the first witness examined . On the 28 th of Ma ; I searched the house in wh < ch the deceased die , and where his widow lived . In a kneading trough near a cupboard , I found a bag containing about a pound of rice , which , with other things I * eund , I handed to Professor Taylor , at Guy ' s Hospital , on the 30 th , for analysis . Sarah Chesham , widow , said that the rice was her father ' s , and hoped I was not going to take it away . She added that she had used a portion of it for her husband in rice milk , and she displaved much anxiety lest I should

      tabit awav . She wished me not to move it . I replied that I should teke what was necessary . She repeated her desire twice that 1 should not remove it . —Sarah Chesham , the widow , was then examined and denied positively that she ever had a « y poison in her possession . —Mr . Alfred Swaine Taylor , the professor of chemistry at Guy ' s Hospital , was then sworn , and he entered into a most elaborate and lengthened report of the result of his analysis of . ihn stomach and contents of the deceased . After describing appearances of red patches indicating inflammation , he proceeded to state that he had detected arsenic , after applying the usual tests , but in such small quantities as to prevent him stating positively that that poison was the cause of death . After subjecting the stomach , contents , intestines , &c , to the usual process of analysation , he had only obtained in all the twenty-fifth part of a grain . He examined a bag of rice and found it to contain

      arsenic . It was distributed over the whole mass , and in four ounces of rice he had found two grains of arsenic . In the entire quantity and bag there was from twelve to sixteen grains of arsenic . It was mixed in the rice like a powder , and to a casual observer might appear like flour . There waa sufficient to kill six persons . —In answer to the coroner and jury , Mr . Taylor remarked that what he had detected in the body was not sufficient to cause death . Itwas only the surplus , and not that taken up by the system . — The jury returned a verdict that be had died from tubercular consumption . The evidence failing in proving that the arsenic found in the body bad accelerated death . —The Coroner then addressed Mr . Superintendent Clark , and suggested that the magistrates of the district might proceed against the widow under a recent act for administering poison with intent . —Mr . Clark said he would lay the matter before them .

      Atikmpied Murder asd Suicide at Norwich . —On the 7 th inst . » coroner ' s inquest was held at the workhouse ,- on the body of John Reynolds , who attempted to cut his wife ' s throat on the previous evening , and inflicted several wounds on her neck , arms , and hands . The woman took shelter from her husband ' s brutality in a confectioner ' s shop , where a surgeon attended and dressed her wounds . TheTiusband , in the meantime , stuck the knife he intended to murder his wife with into his chin , the point of which extended to his throat , and then jumped into the sea . The body was soon picked up , but life was extinct . The woman bad her child , a little hoy about a year old with her , and had the man succeeded in killing his wife , he would , doubtless , have murdered the child as well . The jury having heard several witnesses , returned a verdict of " Felo de se , " and the body was forthwith buried by torchlight .

      Fatal Coixiert Explosion . — An explosion occurred on Wednesday , in Little Unsworth Colliery near Gateshcad , by which eleven men and two boys were killed , four of them b y the explosion , and the rest by the after damp . Five more were seriously injured , and are not expected to recover . There were likewise four ponies killed . —The inquest on the unfortunate sufferers was held on the 7 th inst ., when , after a lengthy investigation into the circumstances , the jury , after a few minutes' consultation , returned the following verdict : — "We are of opinion that Robert Story and twelve others came to their death by the firing of Unsworth pit on the 5 th inst . from a'blower , ' which moved the coal from the workings , and ignited at a candle , and that there was no want of ventilation or care to onr knowledge . " —Two of the sufferers by the " after damp" are not expected to recover , but the other three are gradually recovering .

      A Detective Policeman committed for Robbbrt . —On the fth inst ., at Norwich Guildhall , Thomas Davies , a defective officer of the Eastern Counties Railway Police , was brought up , charged with stealing a parcel consigned to the company ' i care for delivery in London . —Mr . J . J . Hixon stated that he made up a parcel , as usual , on Whit Sunday evening , and took it to the Eastern Counties Railway station , where it was booked , at about ten minutes past seven , by one of the clerks , who received it , and signed a book in witness ' s possession to that effect . The parcel was addressed to a Mr . Bowtell , in London , and contained two account books , one a check against the other ; a balance sheet of the goods sold and the goods wanted ; a £ 5

      note ot tne iast of England Bank , No . 6 , 820 , and dated April 29 th , 1848 , as now produced ; three sovereigns , a half-sovereign , two shillings , a sixpence , twopence in copper , and a pair of Indian rubber goloshes . The note produced was the one he enclosed in the parcel . It corresponded with the date and the entry in his book . He always kept a description of the notes . Notice having been given of the non-arrival of the parcel at its destination , inquiries were set on foot by the company , and the £ 5 note having been traced , was proved to have been paid to Messrs . Moses and Son's , in theMinories , by the prisoner . — Other confirmatory evidence having been given , the accused was fully committed for trial . ¦

      Atiehpied Mdrder and Robbery . —On the 7 th inst ., three men , named Price , Fagg , and Batty , were brought before the magistrates at Guildhall , Doncaster , charged with attempting to rob iind murder , on the Queen ' s highway , Mrs . Mary Lfster on the night of Wednesday last . It appeared from the evidence of Mrs . Lister , who is the wife of Robert Lister , Esq ., of Bently , near Doncaster , that as she was returning home , at about ten o ' clock , she was stopped by the three prisoners , who demanded her money or her life , at the same time making use of the most horrible oaths and imprecations . Mrs . Lister bravely refused to comwith

      pl y their request , at the same time telling the prisoners that they had better be off . as her husband waa coming up . They told her , however , that if she did not immediately give them her money , they would certainly have her life . Mrs . Lister then endeavoured to escape , when she was immediately fired at with a brace of pistols by Price , both of which very providentially missed fire . Some persons coming up at this moment , the prisoners made ofij only taking with them a bag belonging to Mrs . Lister . Information having been given to the police , the prisoners were apprehended , and on the prisoner Price were found the pistols . The prisoners were all fully committed to take their trial at the

      next assizes . ¦ Bestrbctive Fihb at Bristol . — An extensive and destructive fire , which placed the ancient parish church of St . James Bristol , in considerable peril , broke out on Sunday morning last upon an extensive range of premises on St . James' church parade in that city , in the occupation of Mr . Stone , silversmith and pawnbroker . These premises , the eastern end of which is built against the western wall of the church , were first discovered to bo on fire soon after three o ' clock , by the policeman on the beat , wno gave an alarm and caused the city engine , and the engines of the different fire-offices to be brought l % t 3 V ? k The combustible nature of a large portion of the stock on the premises , and that part of the warehouse having a great amount of timber " 5 structure , caused the fire to burn with such intensity as to render it speedilv aDBarent that anv to tne

      enons save bulk of the building would be futile , and the exertions of the persons assisting were consequently directed to preserving the premises connected on either side , which fortunately escaped with slight damage ; but , ¦ although the most strenuous exertions were made , the fire could not be got . under until the warehouses , with a valuable stock of clothes and an immense number of pledges of various kinds belonging to poor persons had been destroyed . The persevering efforts used by the firemen and police constables were successful in preserving the church and a front shop , in which fortunately the greater part of the stock of plate and watches had been deposited . The loss is variousl y estimated at from £ 5 , 000 to £ 10 , 000 . Mr . Stone is insured for the premises and stuck in two different insurance offieo 3 , but the poor persons who own the pledges will have to suffer the . loss . Of all differences between the value pf wjeirypawHR :

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      the horses , and on being picked up was carried in a frightful state to a neighbouring surgeon's , where it expired in a few minutes . The accident naturally collected an immense crowd ot persons , when several gentlemen who saw it came forward and entirely exculpated the driver from all blame . The latter went to the police station in Fleet-street , and gave his name and address to the superintendent on . duty , who expressed his willingness to take bail for his appearance before the magistrate . This instance shows the extreme imprudence of parents in trusting infants to the care of children xn crowded thoroughfares . , _

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      acotltinft . Unnatdral Conduct . —Some days ago , Mr . Hay , of the county police , heard a rumour that a son of Mr . Greig , teacher , lnchberry , in the parish of Rothes , had been confined for several years in a 8 raaU apartment without either sufficient food or clothing , and he was otherwise maltreated by his parents . He immediately proceeded to the house of the party complained of , and , on reque .-ting to see the child , he was horror-struck on finding him a complete skeleton , and in a very filthy state , with but a thin cotton robe covering his body . The case having been brought before the sheriff , a warrant was granted for the apprehension of Greig and his wife , who , along with the child , were taken to Elgin en Wednesday , andafter examinationthe accused

      , , liberated on bail . We saw the boy in the courthouse after the examination , and never witnessed a more emaciated living human body . Although he is ten years of age , he is scarcely the size of a child of four , and weighs only twenty-nine pounds . Several of his bones had been protruding through the skin . The unfortunate creature has been confined to a small closet for upwards of two years , with almost no clothing ; and the little food he got cons i sted of potato parings or such like . It appears that the boy is the son of Greig , by a former marriage , and that his present wife was also married before , and , by her first husband , had a daughter , now grown up , who lives in the family , . The sheriff has , in the meantime , devolved the care of the boy on the parochial

      board of Rothes . —Elgin Courant . Anticipated Ejectmbnt 3 in the Islb of Skyb-—We understand that feats are entertained of Borne painful proceedings this season in the Island of Skye , relative to the ejectment of small cottars and crofters . A gentleman writes thus . — "The proprietor of Strathaird ( Mr . MacalHster ) is to remove the tenantry on two of his farms . They and their families amount to about 620 souls , and though they are very miserable , and the proprietor is willing to give them very liberal assistance to take them to Canada , they seemed not inclined to stir . Arrangements are in progress for accomplishing the ejectments , but we all hope that violent measures may be rendered unnecessary by the acquiescence of ' the oeoBle , The

      sheriff of Portree ( Mr . Fraser ) , hag , I understand , written along address to them , pointing but the impropriety and danger of resistance , which is likely to have a good effect . " These poor people , since the failure of the potato crop , have been mainly dependent on the Destitution Futid , which ceases in a few months , and this has , in all probability , led the proprietor to resort to the removal of part of the population . If so large a bod y of the people were thrown on the poor rate ( the burden of which would fall on the proprietor ) , it is obvious that the value of the estate would be wholly destroyed A second letter gince received , supplies additional information— ' -

      ine people aeclare their resolution notto move unless compelled by superior force . Captain Smita is going to the district on Monday , principally to impress upon them the assurance thal . no assistance from the relief fund can be expected after this year The people are three years in arrear with their rent exclusive of the present crop . The whole rental of the two farms , though crowded with so largeaponu . latien , is only £ 150 per annum . Mr . &acallister offers to forego all arrears , and , besides allowinj them to make what they can of their crop aS stock , he will give liberal aid in money . -W ««"" HIS

      p £ . »^ A «^«* fflOHIJimP 0 UT 0 F OWN Pdlpit .-A Sabbath or two ago , in a small church not a hundred miles from the Solway > a youn preacher of herculean ability , physical and mehfal was approaching the climax of one of-his Roman b rl \ ° ^ e ) ° T ? , ce 'Y hen * front of ' the-pS which had for half an hour been treated most crueffi ' suddenly gave ; way , and the ekraesf and stSa preacher ( to the : great consternation of the aud dnce a . Uw / rtJ greater horror of the precentor ] vll pitched headlong halfway up the area of theSS fhe preacher escaped-with a . few slight bruis s bul he precentor , we are sorry to state , was severely in jured . Good hopes , however , are now eaterE ) of his recovery . —Dumfries ' Courier euieiPlaine < i

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 15, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1578/page/6/