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      Hk ^ iTh of IpSDOif . pnBiso i he Wkbk . —In the week ending last Saturday , 965 deaths wcra registered ia London ^ The increase on thV return of the previous week , when only 775 deaths occurred , arises not ; from an increased rate of mortality , but from an Max of cases which had been the subjects . of coroners inquests at various periods in the last three months , but were not registered till the end of the quarter . The corrected average for 10 corresponding week 3 in 1840-9 , is 994 ; compared with Which the deaths of last week exhibit a decrease o 29 . Ten persons , of whom 9 were children ; died of small-pox , 17 of measles , 14 of scarlatina , 19 of nooning-cough , and 34 of typhus ; all of these epidemics showing much less than the usual mortality , except the last , which differslittlo from the average . But diarrhoea show 3 a considerable increase ; in the

      last three weeks the fatal cases have run . thus , —17 , KVand 33 . —Two deaths from cholera were reg i stered : —On the 25 th of June , at 4 , Princess-street , ftipplegjate , a porter , aged 38 years , died of " acute rheumatism ( 10 days ) , cholera ( 3 days . ) " The deceased had a severe attack of cholera in Augustlast , and since that tune hi 3 health has not been good . On . the 23 th of June , at 23 , Windmill-row , the wife of a labourer , aged 54 years , died of " bilious cholera ( 45 hours . ) * The certificate adds that " there was no purging in this case . " Mr . Hears , the registrar , when cholera prevailed last year , described this row as in a filth y condition , and singularly adapted to generate disease . The mean height of the barometer in the week was 29-888 inches . The mean temperature was 46 * 2 deg . It ^ ras more than" 7 deg . above the average on the first four days , and it was below it during the remainder of the week .

      Death whok ' tjsdke the Influence op Chlokofobu . —On Friday afternoon , June 28 ; h , an important investigation took place before Mr . William Payne , in the Board Room of Guy ' s Hospital , respecting the death of Alexander Scott , aged thirtyfour a policeman of tha R . division , who died from the effects of chloroform while undergoing an operation for the removal of a portion of the right hand , which had been bitten by a man thirteen months previously whilst on duty at Deptford . Some unimportant evidence having been taken , Mr . Edward Cock , ssid the deceased was sent to him by a surgeon at Deptford for a severe pain in the right hand . One of the fingers had been removed , and deceased suffered great pain at the stump . Witness found him to be a

      strong vigorous man . The bone was in a diseased State , as were also the nervM , producing immense tenderness of the arm and right side of the body . The only remedy was to remove the end of the bone and the diseased nerves . The deceasedcame intothe hospital to have the operation performed , when deceased said , "Ihope , Mr . Cock , you will give me ehloroform , for I cannot bear the pain . " Witness informed him that he would rather not use it , and endeavoured to dissuade him from taking it ; but the deceased added that he had made up his mind to have it administered to him . Witness always objected to the use of chloroform , for it could nsver be given without some degree of danger . The ordinary machine was used , andas it had not the eff ?

      ctwit-, , ness directed that a napkin should be folded into the shape of a cone , which was applied with chloroform . The operation of removing a portion of the bone occupied one minute and a half , but before it was completed the blood , which was gushing out , suddenly stopped , when witness directed Mr . Lacey to feel the pulse of the deceased , when they ascertained that the deceased had expired . —Coroner : Wfcat was the cause of death ' -Witness : The chloroform , most undoubtedly . In this instance a very small quantity had been used , not a tenth part of what had been administered in other cases . Witness could not aceonnt for the deceased dying , and was certain there was no disease about him . So strong and powerful

      an agent was chloroform , that it cou'd not be administered without some amount of risk and danger , and the penalty the public must pay for the alleviation from pain , would be a death occasionally . A similar death occurred about twelve months since at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , and many other deaths might be recorded . It might be used one or two thousand times or more successfully , and was of great assistance to the operator . The public ought to know the danger and great risk attending its administration . In many cases where chloroform had been used witness had waited with breathless attention for the recovery of the patient . Witness strongl y objected to its use . —The coroner then summed up the ev > dence , and the jury returned a verdict of "Died Bom the effects of chloroform . "

      Suicide of the Proprietor of the Kentish Town Assemblt Rooms . —On Saturday last , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the above assembly rooms , on the body of Mr . James Ware , aged thirtyseven , the proprietor . —John Edwards , an omnibus driver , said that on the previous day he had been asked by the wife of the deceased to go to his bedroom , which was locked . He went up and en'ered the room through the window , when he found the deceased lying in his bed . bleeding from a wound in Ms throat , which extended from ear to ear . He

      was then alive , and once exclaimed " Oh ! " but expired in about twentjr minutes . Two razors were found lying by his side . —Other witnesses stated , that deceased was of a very nervous temperament , and was a martyr to the gout —The daughter of the deceased was called to prove his state of mind , but she was too much affected to be able to give her evidence . —Verdict , "That the deceased died in consequence of a wound in the throat , inflicted bv him ' self while in a state of mind which is to the ' jurors unknown . "

      Sbicide bt a Ci . brgtma . u . —A few days since , the Rev . William Prescott , a clergyman , aged forty , from the country , entered King ' s College Hospital , for the purpose of undergoing the operation of lithotomy . On the 28 th ult , it was intimated to him that the operation would be soon performed , when he appeared wining to undergo it . In the evening the porter found the unfortunate gentleman hanging " and quite dead in a closet . No doubt physical torture and horror at the proposed operation drove him to the commission of the horrid act .

      Accident io Mb . Green , the Aeronaut . — Gravksekd . —At about a quarter to nine o ' clock on Saturday night last , a balloon , under the direction , as it appears , of Mr . Green , the celebrated aeronaut , accompanied by another gentleman , passed over this town , in nearly a direct easterly course down the xiver . In almost a quarter of an hour afterwards it descended suddenly and fell into the river near Jenkin buoy , off the Nore . A barge happening to be coming up the river at that point , observing the floating monster balloon , made towards it , as did also the Fly revenue cutter , and fortunately rescued Mr . Green and his compagnon dtt voyage from their perilous position . The captain and crew of the

      cutter found great difficulty ia securing the balloon , but the expedient adopted b y the captain—namely , pooling a volley of musketry into it so as to give , by the perforations , room for the gas to escape , in a short time enabled them to secure it . It was put on hoard the barge , and brought , with its owner and his companion , to this town . They , after a short stay at Mr . Waites ' s Hotel , proceeded to London , at four o clock on Sunday morning . Mr . Green lihe-Tally rewarded the crew of the barge , who mainly contributed to save himself and friend from a watery gave . We regret to be obliged to add that Mr . reen is severely injured on the head and face , doubtless from the struggles he had to make to keep himself on the balloon when in the water .

      Accident at the House of Detention . — On Tuesday forenoon an icquest was taken by Mr , T . Wakley , M . P ., at the House of Detention , Ckrken-¦ well , on the body of John Dyas . aged twenty-six , a bricklayer . The deceased , on Saturday afternoon , was employed in repairing the ventilating shaft of the prison , when he had occasion to go into one of the flues communicating from a wing of the buildin » yith the shaft . The deceased went too far in , and , it being very dark , he could not see his way . He in consequence fell down the flue , a depth of about twenty-five feet . The alarm' was given , and he was immediately removed , not showing any signs of life . His head was extensively fractured , and his right lc was broken . Verdict— " Accidental death . "

      Suicide op a Tradesman . —On Tuesday morning , Mr . Moren , a master plumber and glazier , residing at 24 , Blackmoor-street , Clare-market , committed self-destruction by hanging himself under the following circumstances : —He went to bed as usual , Tbnt was heard about the house as early as three O ' clock . At six o ' clock the workmen came , and the housekeeper coming down to let them in , found her master hanging by the ballastra 4 e ; she instantly gave the alarm , and medical assistance was procured , but it was of no avail , as life was extinct . The body was removed , and awaits a coroner ' s inquest . The deceased previously had told several persons that he would destroy himself .

      Melaxchow SraciDE . —On Tuesday , Mr . "William Carter , the Surrey coroner , and a respectable jury , assembled at the Crown and Cushion , Westmbsterindge-road , Lambeth , for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances connected with the death of M . AugusteFrangois Quenton . -Charles Campbell said that he was a coffee-house-keeper , and resided at 3 . Mount-row , Westminster-brid ge-road On Tuesday last the deceased was brought to his house in a cab , by a person named Greek . Two rooms had been engaged for him in his house . lie remained there until Thursday ni ght last , when he

      absented himself . On Saturday morning he a » ain saw Mm , when he came to .- his har and asked for the key . of his apartments , which was given to Iron , and ha went upstairs . . Witness saw no more of him till late the same night , when he was called upstairs to break tho door of deceased ' s room open . He there found him hanging by the neck by means of two or three , silk handkerchiefs , which ¦ were , fastened to the ; . hinge q f . a cupboard door , late at that tune , was quite extinct , and apparently had been so for some hours . —Richard . Greek said thathe was engaged as servant . to . the deceased , and he accompanied him to Mr . Campbell ' s house 00 Tuesday list , fie was . engaged to watch the

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      deceased and take care of him . He had three cut wounds on his person—one on hisneck , _ another on thethroaVand-tho-third'On'the-oollaivlJoiw ^ He understood that these injuries had beonjnnjqtedjb y the deceased himself . ; He was ; aware ; tiu ^ witoew was looking after him , and pffered , no : objection to his so doing . On Thursday . last he ; told .-Witness that he was going to the wttar-closet > when he went out and entered an omnibusj-and rode off . : The next time he saw him was on Saturday , when he found him hanging in his room;—Receipts for about three millions of francs were found in the deceased ' s pooket-book . Several letters written in the French language by the unfortunate deceased were laid before the coroner . One said , " that he

      owed his distress to the passing days . " It was stated that he alluded to the days of Louis Philippe and the French Republic which followed . ; Another letter said , "I pardon all those who have done me injury , and I claim pity from all those whom I have offended . " Another letter , after referring to the settling of his property , concluded with "Adieuoh , my children—oh , my wife—oh , my son . " I Verdict of " Temporary insanity . " ; Suspicious Death . —On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was taken by Mr . W . Baker , jun ., at the Rochester Castle , Stoke Newington , on the bod y of W . Fernley , aged 26 , pork butcher , lately carrying on business in Holly-street , Dalston , whose 'death is alleged to have been the effect of the

      administration of arsenic—Mary Fernley , deceased ' s mother , i , York-place , Stoke Newington , said that her son died at her ( witness ' s ) house on Monday morning last . He had been married about seven montliB . Witness had her suspicions , from what had ; been told her by a surgeon , and from what had ! been stated to her by her sou , that he was suffering from something he had taken . He came-to her on Friday , the 14 th June , and was very ill . He complained of excessive sickness , and said that , at breakfast time , his wife gave him a cup of coffee which was so nasty that he could not drink . it . " He remarked to her that she had put something ' in it , which she denied , when he observed , "If you have not , then drink it . " She immediately took it but of his hand , and threw it under the stove . He asked her to go to the dispensary with him , as he was very ill . He had some medicine . On the

      Monday following he came again . He still continued to complain of sickness . Witness did not see him again till the subsequent Monday , when she scarcely knew him , as his head was so swollen . He also stated that his legs and stomach ] had swelled greatly . In answer to the jury , the witness stated that until her son was taken ill , with ! sickness he always had excellent health . She believed that deceased did not lire happily with his wife . — The Coroner having here been informed that deceased ' s wife was in the house , directed that she should be brought into the inquest room . He then read the evidence of the witnesses to her , ' after which he aBked her if she had any questions to put to either of them , stating to her that she had liberty to do so . She said that she had not . —The inquiry was subsequently adjourned , to have a post mortem examination of the body , and an analysis of the contents of the stomach . !

      The Post-office Obstruction . —At an inquest held on Tuesday , at the Hero of Waterloo , Lambeth , on a boy , who fell into the water and was drowned , Mr . Wm . Carter , the coroner , remarked that the recent alterations in the Post-office were likel y to work very prejudicially between tho coroner ' s office and the public . He lived at Kingston , and received information of all cases requiring his attendance through tho post . On Saturday night last ho went to the post-office and received his letters , for which he had to pay one penny on each . ' Now that was an additional tax , but what was still worse , he sent his warrant appointing the present inquiry for Tuesday . He ( the coroner ) came to toYin , but when he arrived at the place appointed to hold the inquest he found neither the summonin g

      officer nor the jury . After a great loss of time he found that the constable had not received his warrant until one o ' clock in the day instead of ei ght o ' clock in the morning , owing to the recent postal alterations . The consequence was . that he was obliged to go back to Kingston , and return again that day to hold the inquest . It was absolutely necessary that the earliest information should be forwarded to the coroner of all cases requiring an inquest , more especially during the hot weather , for if & post mortem examination should be required , tla lapse of thirty-six or forty-ei ght hours mi ght tend to defeat the ends of justice . The jury were unanimously of the same opinion as the coroner , and they said the sooner the recent order was altered the better it would be for all parties .

      Burning of a Brewery . — Shortly after one o ' clock on Saturday last , an alarming and destructive fire broke out at the spacious brewery belonging to Mr . Raven , situate io Bull ' s-fields , contiguous to tbe sappers and miners' barracks , Woolwich . No time was lost by the authorities of the dockyard , arsenal , and artillery barracks , in despatching the various engines belonging to those establishments to the scene , hundreds of soldiers accompanying them . For a long time , however , they were unable to arrest the progress of the flames , owing to the want of a sufficient supply of water . Placed in this difficulty , and seeing no chance of a continuous supply of water , the troops , to stay the further progress of the devouring element , proceeded to demolish the adjoining buildings and outhouses . By this means the fire was confined to the brewery in which it originated , the whole of which was burned to the ground . The extent of property destroyed is stated to be very considerable .

      Fiub near Covert-garden . —About half-past eleven o ' clock on Monday morning a fire broke oat in Hart-street , Covent-garden . It originated at the rear of a range of buildings , occupied by Mr . M'Clandish , engineer ; Mr . Reeve , carpenter , and others , principally used as workshops . Several engines soon arrived , and after working for an hour , the flames were arrested in their progress ) but a great loss of property , working tools , &c , of the workshops near were consumed . Extensive Conflagration in the Strand . —On Wednesday morning , a few minutes before six , a fire , attended with the destruction of a considerable amount of property , broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Cullingford , a lithographer , carrying

      on business at No . 22 , Southampton-street , Strand ; The discovery was made by one of the police constables of the F division . In a very brief period engines and fire-escapes arrived . The engines were setto work ; but in spite of the torrents of water thrown over the flames , they continued to rage , and , having extended to the roofs of the houses belonging to Mr . Jackson ( No . 23 ) , and Mr . Weatherfield , surgeon , ( No . 21 , ) the destruction of the whole side of the street at one period seemed inevitable . The firemen , however , kept to' their posts , and , by conveying the hose of two or three engines on to the adjoining roofs , they were enabled to cut off the further progress of the flames : but it was

      nearly ten ere they were wholly subdued . The total loss i 3 very considerable , being estimated by some of the firemen at nearly £ 2 , 000 . ' A female in the upper part of the promises had a narrow escape . Shs was not aware of the outbreak until her room become so full of smoke as to nearly suffocate her . Mr . Cullingford was insured in the Phoenix fireoffice , and the others were insured in the Sun office . Changes at St . Padl ' s . — Workmen have removed the massive iron gates at St . Paul ' s Cathedral , facing Ludgate-hill , not , however , it is stated , for the purpose of carrying out the projected improvements , but for repair , and new foundation stones are being laid down .

      Seizure of an Illicit Still . —On Saturday last a large still , at full work , was seized in Willow-court , St Pancras , by Mr . O : iver , the revenue and several other officers ) who conveyed tbe same , together with a vast quantity of spirits , ' &c , to her Majesty ' s stores , Oid Broad-street , City . Only one man , named Robert Spragg , was found on the premises . He wa 3 forthwith conveyed before Mr . Combe , the magistrates , who committed him to the House of Correction for three months , in default of paying £ 30 . Illicit distillation is now carried on to an extent beyond conception , the spirit finding ready purchasers with varnish makers and low beer shopkeepers . '

      COIUSION ON THE RlVBR AND Loss OF LIFE . — A serious accident , by which two lives were lost and several other persons placed in jeopardy occurred on Saturday night last on the river Thames , about midway between the Hnngerford Suspension- and Westminister Bridges , on the Surrey side . On the night in question Mr . W . Hawteiy , the eldest son of one of the members of the court of common council for Bread-street Ward , and four other gentlemen hired a randam skiff of Mrs . Needham , the boatbuilder , at St . Paul ' s wharf , for the purpose of proceeding up the river . On arriving near Beanett ' swharf in the Belvidere-road , they perceived a steamboat coming towards them at a rapid pace from Hungerford-market . Tbe persons in the skiff cried to the captain of ihe steamer to " ease , " or " turn astern , " but the speed of the vessel was not diminished , but she came violently into collision with the skiff , causing her instantly to 611 with water , and the

      five gentlemen , together with a lad named W ; Higton , a nephew of the owner of the boat , ' became mmersed . The steam-boat was stopped immediately after the collision , and ropes with life buoys were thrown out to those struggling in the water , but , owing to the darkness of the night , they were unable to lay hold of them , and had it not been for the fortunate circumstance ofa man named Mackalroyf one of Mr . Tomlingon , the boat builder ' s , menj pasaingin his wherry , and heating the screams , ' the whole six pe « cns must have perished . As it was , I this man , at the risk of losing hu life by having his own boat pulled over , succeeded in rescuing two of the sufferer ? , who were in a very exhausted ' state . They were forthwith removed to the Swim-Tavern , Hungerford-market , where everything ' was done for them that the nature of their case required . Two others were also saved—one by swimming to the shore , and the other by clinging tu one of the buoys in the river . Mr . Hawtrey and Mrs . Needham ' s nephew were , however both drowuefl ; ¦ . It issujii

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      po 3 ed that'when theeteamer struck the ; Email' boat theymusthavereceived 8 « i 6 us ihjurie 8 labou | their pergon 8 r « s-tbey-were-Mver-Been torigeafiefwar ( l 8 i The name of . thersteam' -bpaVwhichjCausMl-. the accideut wasi tut Dalifia , belonging tb the London and Westminister Penny . Company . . She , . was : on her Ia 3 t passage from London-bridge to Hungerford and Westminister . ,,. . Thb Metropolitan Interments Bill . — On Monday , a meeting of deputies from the protestant dissenters of the metropolis was held at the King ' s Head , Poultry ,: for the purpose . of petitioning the House of Lords on the subject of the Interments Bill . The . chair was -occupied by J . R . Mjllg , Eaq , Who stated that the objections heretofore entertained to

      the bill by the dissenters still continued , because in its passage through the House of Commons it had been in no respect improved either . in its main features or . prominent principles , i He admitted that the object of the measure was good , but then that good object was about . to be made instrumental in inflicting a great injury on . the inhabitants , because it invested the whole power of taxation on a board consisting of some four or five persons . He moved the adoption of the petition to the House of Lords . This petition was similar in substance to one already presented by the Dissenters to the House of Commons . It prayed that the bill be not passed , without previously submitting it to a select committee , and the insertion pf certain clauses to provide for tbe decent preservation of burial grounds , whioh may be discontinued by order of council . —Mr . Conder seconded

      the adoption of the petition . —Mr . Griffin thought the Dissenters would only be maintaining their consistency of principle by praying that the bill be thrown out , for , in his opinion , the measure was worse now than when it had been originally introduced , inasmuch as the overplus from the fees was , according to Sir George Grey , to be appropriated to the purposes of church extension . lie declined to move an amendment .. After some discussion , the prayer of the petition was altered and agreed to as follows : — " That the bill may not pass through your honourable house , but that it may be referred to a select committee , before which your petitioners and other parties aggrieved by the provisions of the measure may have an opportunity , hitherto denied them , of explaining and substantiating their objections . " The meeting separated with the usual vote , of thanks to the chairman . : '

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      waTdfBtroyed by fire on Friday morning last . This bridge i 8 _ a . 8 ° Jii . and _ well-executed _ con 8 truction ,. rana is - ' iKS ^ IcOT - tteii' ^^ Bi ^ ii -ia ^ lehgth ^ Abbiit sixty yards bayo been destroyed or cut away , in order to prevent the'fire from spreading . There is , a belief that theUftage was wilfully set fire to , bijt our-informant states thathewa ' spreseniat an investigation made on Saturday by three magistrates of the district , the Rev : J . Jenkins , John Feile ,- Esq ., " and / Captain Scott , and that those gentlemen ! after much investigation , M not find anythingtto confirm the . supposition ;; The fire was first discovered , by ; two workmen , and tho alarm being given ; a large body of men with buckets and Tones were iet to work , but the flames gained so fast that it was thought right to cut away a portion of the bridge to

      save the rest . This was cleverly done , ' and a . gap being made the fire was prevented" fronv extending along : the bridge . ; The flanveBiwere' bo' intense -that the rails became red hot , arid the flames reached the upright supports of the bridge . ' The scene at this time was very magnificent . ' The fire reached to an immense height . Captain Scott has commenced an inquiry at the King ' s Arms , Kavengla 8 s , 'from which it appears that there was no sign of the fire at eleven o ' clock on Thursday night , when first observed , it was raging to windward , and the eastern side being most injured , seems to show that the fire commenced on the windward side . Very active exertions are being made to repair the damage , and it is hoped that the trains will be able to pass over the bridge in about a week or ten days . i

      Thk Rbigate and Dorking Bank , —A meeting of the creditors of this bank was held on Monday , at the Town-hall , Reigate ,. Mr . J . Freshfield in the chair . Mr . Kerrick having reported from the committee appointed at the last meeting , that though the estate'did-notahow quite so favourable a result as they then anticipated , they were opposed to the afftirs being wound up under a bankruptcy . Mr . Kelly , who represented Mr . Nash , read a statement of the affairs on the closing of the bank , and then proceeded to announce the determination of Mr . Nash to clo 3 e the concern . It appeared that the claims against the bank were £ 60 , 000 , the assets £ 30 , 00 !! , and that the remaining £ 30 . 000 balance was t ) be made up ; from the private estates of Mr . Nash and his partner , Mr . Neale , which were not sufficient to meet it . Mr . Nash was determined to act the part of an Honest man , Mr . Wrjghte , the accountant , then read a long report , which began by stating that the

      inspection of accounts showed that the bank had been insolvent for many years—that the dividend payable to creditors was mainly dependent on the realisation of the separate estate of Mr . Neale , and might amount to fifteen shillings in the pound . Mr . Harrison , who represented Mr . Neale , then addressed the meeting , and offered to leave the matter to the meeting ( which was obviously with him ) as to avoiding a bankruptcy , and after considerable diseussion the following resolution was carried unanimously ;— " That this meeting , having heard the guarantee given by Mr . Harrison on the partof MessrSrNeale—that the overdrawn account of Mr . Neale , seri . > shall be paid in full—expresses its opinion that the affairs of the bank may be more advantageously wound up by a trust deed than by proceeding in the Court of Bankruptcy ; and that Messrs . Nash and Neale be called on to assign their property to trustees for the benefit of the ereditors . " All parties ' agreed to do all they coald to carry this out . . ¦ i

      -Fatai Accident to a Railway Guard . ~ On Monday evening , a train lelt'Salford station for Accringtony having as its guard a man named W . Walker , thirty-two years of age . Mr . Cooper , the superintendent of the station , saw the train ofl £ and kept his eye on it for about a hundred yards .. M the starting , Ifnlkcr appeared ; quite sober and collected , and when last seen by Mr . Cooper was standing on the step of one of the eight carriages which the train included . At thirteen minutes past seven the train arrived at tho Clifton junction , and Mr . Charles Griffiths , the ticket taker ; obgerved . that it was destitute of a guard . A narrower examination revealed that a quantity of blood was spilt en the step of a second-class carriage , and further investigation led to the discovery of the guard lying on his back upon the top of the carriages , quite

      dead . The body was removed into the station , and information sent to tho police , * : and the latter , on tTieir arriva . 1 ' ,. found the deceased lying in the station with a large quantity of bleed under his head , evidently proceeding from his mouth and ears . Ko fracture , however , or wound of any kind could be discovered . The body was removed to the Wheatsheaf public-house , at Pendlobury , and on subsequent inquiry , it was found that a porter upon the railway , named Cartwright , could give material evidence in the case . Cartwrigbt's statement was to the effect that , shortly before seven o ' clock he and a man named Whittle weve upon tho line- a little beyond Oldfield-road Bridge , and saw the train pa 83 under . The deceased at that time was on the top of one of the carriages , and as the train passed under a wooden bridge- which is erected across tbelinc from the canal to some mills on the

      contrary sMe , they saw the deceased stoop down , and pass safely under . The » e were two other bridges to- be passed before- tho train left that neighbourhood ; and Cartwright did not observe the trAia passing under the first of these- two bridges z but on its arrival at the second , he saw the deceased ' s head , as it appeared to him ,, come in contact with the bridge , and deceased instantly fell upon the carriage , and his heels " flew up into the air . " Cartwright obscmd to hia companion that the man had hurt himself ; but he had no suspicion at that-time that he had been killed . An inquest was held upon the body on Tuesday , and the jury returned a verdiet of " Accidental death . " Robbbrt bt A Sbrvaht , —The following

      depredations have been recently discovered in the csta blishment of Messrs . Mander , Weaver , and ,. Co ., wholesale druggists , of Wolverliampton . Itom certain suspicions entertained by Mr * Frederick Weaver that Edward Gooch Hone , ono of the assistants in his employ , was in the habit of taking money from the shop till , a pound in silver was marked on Thursday last , and Mr . Weaver communicated his suspicion . to the chief constable . Col . Hog £ j tncn made arrangements for Inspector Plimmer and Sergeant Maddock to be in waiting in the evening to search Hone , as he was about to leave the premises , at eight o ' clock . Hone was accordingly searched , when four of the marked pieces of coin were found in . his possession , and he was

      immediately taken into custody . Mr . Weaver ' s suspicions having been thus confirmed , ' a search was made at Hone ' s lodgings in St . John ' s-squaro , where a large amount of property of considerable value was found in his rooms , neatly packed up in a trunk and several boxes . The greater portion of the property had since been identified by Mr . Weaver . It consists of all kinds of patent medicines ' , together with a quantity of quinine , Turkey opium ; sulphate of beeberino , citrate of iron and quinine , nitrate of silver , " Rowland ' s Macassar oil , anchovy sauce , essence of anchovies , perfumes , and other valuable articles , forming portions of the stock of a wholesale druggist . A woman who had been living with the prisoner , and who represented

      herself to be his wife , but is behoved to be the wife of another man , was also taken into oustody the same night at Hone ' s lodgings ; sorao articles identified by Mr . Weaver having been found in her workbox . Hone has been in Mi . Weaver ' s employ for about six months , and it is believed he has been in the habit of robbing his master daily during the whole of that , period . SnooiiNO a Gamekeeper . — Joseph Field alias Chance , of Toddington , was brought up before tho Woburn bench , on remand , in custody of Superintendent Jebbett , on a charge of having feloniously shot at and wounded John White , gamekeeper , in the employ of W . D . C . Cooper , Esq . Tho gamekeeper waa on his rounds on Monday , the 24 th ult . and seeing the prisoner coining along the road , he

      retired into a held in the occupation of Mr . Philip Holwovth , arid knelt down amongst the barley , which was about three feet high , to watch his movements . Shortly after the prisoner entered tho barley field , and took up his position about twenty-eight yards from the gamekeeper . The poacher had not been there many minutes tofore he saw something riso up amongst tho barley and suddenly drop down again . Thinking , as lie said , it was a rabbit , he put a cap on his gun ard " smabked" it , but the charge did not go off . The gamekeeper heard the hammer of the gun hit the nipple , but felt certain it was pointed in another direction . ' Again the dark object was seen to move amongst the corn , another percussion was affixed ,

      the poacher raised his gun and fired . Making sure of his game , he deliberately walked to the spot and found that he had shot the gamekeeper . His first exclamation was , " Oh dear ; have I ' shot you ;" and asked what he could do to assist tho wounded man ; ' The keeper told him to go for a doctor . He did so ; White followed soon after , and met a large party to whom tho prisoner had communicated the a unfortunate circumstance . Six shots were te-Jl ceived in his fac 5 , two of them just under thele-fi j eyo ; and niho in his waistcoat ; the bulk of : $ h& I shot' passed jusk over his head . The prisoned qw peareu surprised and sorry at what had occsiW j and declared Si was purely accidental . The . » g } 1 ' „ ' man of the district stated thattho gutt ' nstK «'|) avj been fired at a considerable elevation , a % ¦ %# ' j , ' mj . of tho chavco struct tho barley about sS ' - ' vivHi beyond the lace where the gamekeer ^ '

      p . ^ „ LuZ defence ; the prisoner said Tie' tho « $ ifc it " w - ; g - rabbit ; : When he' went up to the sfot at > Yhich h ' e fired and found out his mistake 'fyhjt ' G said ho thoughVho should die , as the ^' had enterea-Ws brain , on hearing winch ho m / prisoner ) advised him to think ot his poor so 4 The Chairman said it was a most painful as wU a ? - doul ) tful ag It was impossible to knwf . Vhb ' ther the sun had fe » fir ed int « ntiowrtly or not ; but 'it was not likely , that a'porson \? ha- was in the constant habit of shooting would shor ^ ix f t above the -round at a rabbit , m ^ gistratos , therefore , had decidoduponsenaing'the case for trial at tho next assizes . Thejris- oner was accordingly committed . ESCAPB fi ? OTa OF THE LlVEKPOOL ByHOLAlU . — T&e WV ? C W pi and Vfora « n apprehended under m * ,

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      tressed unions duiWth f £ mme ; j ¦ Piatress , within , the last few weeks / . W * »« aui oxtending-tha i ) iop 8 idie , ' and busiil ^ suspended , withUe excep « tiono ' faneatablish . ient . Corith ' o . i ' crire offish , oa toe plan adopted « it Peteriieaa , m Scotlnnd , originated by a LomWn fi *" m , but which latterly has not been going on Batisfaetori'y , ' owing , it instated , to the difficul ty , of training the local fishermen . b y the persons ' b ' roughfc over from Peferhead , who are ex « perienced in the system- practised there . In the in * ierior of the union the villages are almost deserted ;

      no cattle are to be seen on the iarms , many of the former occupiers having died , or emigrated , or gonointo the workhouses ., A | l those houses ara crowded . A violent typhus fever has recently broken out in one of them , and the Poor Law Inspector , Mr . Lloyd , who had been , previous to his appointment to that office , a deputy-lieutenant of the county of Mayo , is amongst the victims . Thafc gentleman , who was seized with the malady at Castletown , died on Monday last , after ten days ' illness .

      FnioiiTFUi Accident . —The Limerick Chronicle of Saturday says : — " We are deeply concerned to announce that the eldest son of George Gubbins , Esq ., Milltown , Bruff , was this day ; accidentally shot by his brother , while incautiously handling a fowling-piece , and the wound is believed to bo fatal . " ' Actiohs A 6 AIN 3 T tjie Lobd Matob . - — In the Court of Exchequer , on Saturday , in tho case of Powell / , the Lord Mayor , Sir Colmau O'Loghlen applied to compel the plaintiff to give security for costs , The learned counsel stated that the plaintiff had instituted nine actions against the defendant , and served notices of twenty-five further actions , for alleged violations of the law in acting in the capacity of Lord Mayor of the city of Dublin . Mr . Dix opposed the motion . The court having fully considered the applicatiou , refused it , but restrained the plaintiff from proceeding in more than three of the

      actions . . The Potato Crop . —Accounts have been received of there-appearance of the potato blight , which has manifested itself in various counties , although up to this time , its progress has been slow , and its range very limited . Most of the provincial journals , however / deny the existence of tho disease , and describe the crop as most luxuriant in appearance . This proves that the blight must be very partial in its operations up to this time . The ^ iVeu / ry Telegraph , of Tuesday , says : — " In our neighbourhood the crop is luxuriant and healthy-looking , as in the best season antecedent to the first appearance of the disease . "

      Captaik Peel .- —The accounts received front tfenagh on Tuesday morning state , that Captain . Peel , of the . 6 th Royals , the nephew of Sir Robert Peel , who met with so severe an accident by falling from his phaeton , is steadily progressing towards recovery . The Repeal Association . —This Association met at Conciliation Hall on Monday , Mr . Rafferty in the chair . Mr . John O'Connell , in alluding to the atrocious outrage upon the Queen , said bo thought ne was only doing what ho ought as a member of the Association , when he gave expression to the horror universally felt by Irishmen at the outrage commuted against her Majesty , and their delight that she had not even suffered fri ght on the occasion . iff ¦ ) Vl e rent fop the week was announced to ) e * olls . Cd .

      The Obange Anniversaries . —By the northern papers which arrived this week it would appear that the first of July has passed over without any attempt being made to infringe the provisions of the Anti-Processions Act ; and , what is equally satisfactory , there does not seem to have been any of those convivial club-gatherings in commemoration of the day , at which " potations pottle deep " were drunk in memory of men and things now matters of history , and which , for peace sake , had better ha

      buried in honourable oblivion . - What renders this conduct more creditable on tho part of the Orangemen is tho fact , that in adopting this course they have been guided by their own good sense alone and quite irrespective of the advice of those whom they have been taught to regard as their "leaders " : or , upon the present occasion , there was no manifesto or address , such as was wont to herald the u- ^ . K th 08 e annivcrs f » rie 3 » the celebration of which has hitherto been the black spot on the fair fame of the northern province .

      The Harvest . —The reports are generally most satisfactory ; and , as regards the potato crop , they encourago the belief that the blight , supposing that it has really appeared in Kerry and other counties is making no progress calculated to excite serious apprehensions . Mr . SMiin O'Brien . — A meeting was held on Tuesday evening in tho theatre of the Mechanics ' Institute , lK > wer Abbey-street , " To take into consideration the treatment of William Smith O'Briea in his penal exile . '—Mr . James Haughton , presided . 7-lu fe , / traots of a letter from Mr . Smith O'Brien , addressed to Mr . Butt , Q . C ., in which Mr . O'Brien complained of the restrictions under which lie laboured in Maria Island . Several resolutions were adopted , and a committee appointed to make arrangements "to have the cas *

      ot Mr . O'Brien brought before the House of Commons by regular motion . "—Previous to the separation of the meeting , Mr . Duffy , of the Nation , was called upon , and spoke as follows :-Just think what you are met hers for-to ask that a man whose ancestors were kings in this country before one stone of this city stood upon another , shall be separated from the worst criminals England fling 3 out of her polluted bosom—a man who , I positively know , if he followed the ordinary course of Irish representatives , would be sitting now in Dublin

      uasue , as Irish Secretary , dispensing the justice that is refused to him—a man who , I verily believe if it was not for . his own extreme humanity if it was not for consequences that no human aid could avert , that perhaps no human wisdom could foresee would be at this hour sitting in that Castle in quite a different position . ( Cheers . ) For my part I am prepared to say , here and everywhere , that not only did I share his friendshi p and his counsels , but that there is nothing he did , and nothing he meditated , which I did not heartil y enter into , and pledge myself sonl and body to carry out . ( Loud cheers ) Therefore my sympath y in this business is a matter of course , it adds no weight to it , but I have felt it due to those with whSm I have beea

      working to make this candid explanation . Mr Loughnan told you that but for one honest man I would bo tastine the mercies of the black serpent of Maria Island . I am not there , however , bufi in Ireland , and of that shall come two results If the Whig ministry-if a man connected with the-Whig nunistry-if any one who has supported a Whig ministry , shall co . neupon a platform in Ire-SJ M the * uff f " es of th 0 Irisn People , so 5 PM J r k God > b w 80 me of W associa eS > will be there to say to ham or his party that he shall not again possess th * suffrages of the people Loud cheers ) It is . there the Whigs are seitKel ( Hear , hear , hear . ) What caro they for hononlwl

      jewing * What cam-they for public opintan , ? - But they care for votewn . Parliament , and wo will meet them upon that . gynund-Torios , Consar ^ tivee-l devils shall ham our votes rather than . WbkZ ( Loud cheers . ) , Oneoiber practical word j labhoe all outrage agatnsta woman-I abhor allicoaraness towadsawaman ;; tot 1-tell the WWg . . SSg from this pW as . 1 told them fro * , other lSSf anl as I shallot tttto tell them , £ > t whL s 3 S ^ F ^! td ^ £

      vigHVeW and hearty « co , Uon ¥ om th ^ peopl ^ and its . my convictior , that when she visits L aaainsh ^ m receive tho s ^ ne . ( Hear h eatfcS M "No ao , " and oxciUment . ) -lThe Verv R « i Dr . Spvatt was then cajledto the chair- Ini % i-meetingseparated .-A 4 rmn 0 CW ^ c ' eof T hursday Saub of Encumrkred EmTKs .-SovenimaYl properties were announced for sale on Tuesday S tho mulfc is much less unsatisfactorrS tha sales of last w ee * , which had given rise to anni hensions that the business of tho comSon nE come totho 6 nd for laok of purchSJ ™** might LS ^^ west

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      SrfS ^ Ct ^ S «« asTtss ^ ES ^ = ^« i ^ a £ » F French fishing . boat , wore fiSUo L \ * T

      assrr ^ siir ^/ sHr ^ rescuing the w | , ole of tho „„ tVetiJS ^ k " ^ R ^ sils . ' ^ sSs ?^ mm coast about . The ivincSJ ^ S , f SSels whi ^ ^ aSSi ?^

      toMQ van 8 / iaUar havoo , - * Sum * * c ,

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      £ fje UroiHnce ^ Robbery op Travellers . —On Saturday last information was given that Mr . Henry Bixsill , of Heaford , was robbed in a steamboat , while crossing the Humber to Hull , of a puree containing three £ 5 Bank of England notes , and about £ 15 in gold ; and that a lady travelling in a second-class carriage on the Staffordshire Railway was robbed of a long blue silk pune containing four , sovereigns and a note for £ 60 . Information was also circulated , offering a large reward fortueapprehension of highway robbers , six or seven in number , by whom Mr . Edward Flowers , while returning home ^ on horseback from Preston Cape , Northamptonshire , in company ! with his son , aad a servant named Anthony Kirbyv was attacked and dragged from . his horse and having been severely beaten and injured , was robbed of 1 about £ 42 in cold , and a silver watch . No . 6 . fi 9 f > .

      ' . Narrow Escape . —A very providential escape from death by lightning occurred during a heavy thunder storm which , on the night of the 28 th ult ., visited Wells . The dectric fluid struck the residence of a journeyman brushmaker , named Thorn , in LawpooWane . It passed down the chimney , shattered a door and a looking-glass to pieces , and then knocked down the poor man's wife , burning her severely , and rendering her for some time insensible . It next struck the fire-irons , tearing a , piece off the poker , after which it shattered the windows , and made its exit by throwing down the top ofa wall .

      Presumed Murder and Robbery at Bohshtongbsen Fair , Northamptonshire . — On the 27 th ult , an inquest was held on the body of Joseph Warren , farmer , of Earis Bnrton . which was found late the previous night in a retired part of the green under circumstances which lead to a strong &oagioion of his having been murdered . When found his lef c hand breeches-pocket was torn away , and his- watch fob turned inside out . Tbe deceased had been seen going in the direction wbere his body was found in company with a dark woman , presumed to b&one of

      the gipsy tribe , and two men were seen following in the same direction , as if watching the parties and a threat of violence on the part of one of these men was overheard . — The surgeons who made a > post mortem examination were of opinion that death bad been caused by strangulation or suffocation . Verdict — " Wilful murder by a person or persons unknown . " The deceased was a very powerful man ,-aged fiftyfour , which leads to the presumption that tbe crime could not have been committed by the woman , unassisted , if , indeed , she were a party , to it .

      Accident in Ciuthiim Dockyard . —Oft Saturday last a melancholy and fatal accident occurred in the third dock , in which the Nankin , fifty guns , is fitting . Mr . James Barnard , of Rochester , ' was about leaving that vessel by the port-hole ( used by the shipwrights as a gangway , ) when he wa 3 Been to fall headlong into the dock , a depth of about thirty , feet . He was at once taken to Melville Hospital , but soon becatno insensible , and death put an end to his sufferings in about two hours . ; . Opening op the Public Walks , Ae ,. around Nottingham . —The public walks ( twenty-five miles in length ) around the improving and busy town of Nottingham were opened on Monday . The ceremony was not so numerously attended as might have been expected , owing to the badness of the weather .

      The Liverpool Burglars have been thus disposed of : —The three men have been committed for three months , and the three women banded over to the authorities of the country . The Brighton Pavilion . —The grounds of the Brighton Pavilion , recently purchased of the Woods and Forests by the commissioners of Brighton , under powers conferred oh them by an act of the present parliament , were on Sunday morning opened to the public During the day many thousands entered the grounds . Embezzlement Cask at Leeds . —At the Leeds

      Borough Sessions , on the 28 th ult ., a- highly respectable-looking man , named James Frenholm , was charged with having embeizled several Bums of money , the property of his emploper , J . W . Hugall . The receipt of numerous sums of moneyunaccounted for in the books , having been satisfactorily proved , tbe prisoner was sentenced to seven years' transportation . A similar result took place in the case of Richard Roberts , for embezzlmg money the property of his master , Mr . "W . Prince .

      A Benefactor to Southampton . — The Hampshire Independent says : —We understand that the will of the late . Henry Robinson Hartley , Esq ., was proved in Doctor ' s Commons on the 27 th ult ., and the property sworn under £ 99 , 000 , the interest of the greater part of which princely sum will eventually come into the hands of the corporation of Southampton , for the promotion' of literary and scientific purposes . Staffordshire Colliery District . — Wedne 3-bury , June 29 . —Under thiB date a correspondent says : — "The busy industrial district of which'this place forms a sort of centre is in a very unsettled and unsatisfactory state . Various cavises ave operating to produce this—the depressed state of the iron trade ,

      the disputes between the men and their masters about ' the payment of wages , and the continued ' strikes' on the part of the men in consequence of the attempts made to reduce their wages . During the last week the chain-makers of Cradley have turned out ; and at Davkaton the gun-lock filers , to the number of six hundred , are also laying idle . In the latter instance , at least , the poor men seem to be rather hardly dealt with . There is an order in band from government for 50 , 000 locks , but in the competition which necessarily takes place amongst the persons who send in contractsVtlie price to be paid per lock has been reduced from 7 s . to 4 s 5 d . ; to meet this reduction , the contractors have required . the workmen to produce each lock , including forging and

      filing , at 3 s . ' 7 d ., thereby leaving a profit of lOd . per lock for the contractor , or 2 d . more than they obtained during the war . The contract now referred to is divided amongst five persons , so that the clear profit to each , at the labour price offered to the men , would be something like £ 400 , whilst an expert workman WOUld not be able to clear more than half-acrown a day . Last September a reduction was made in the wages of this class of workmen amounting to ten per cent . ; the reductien now proposed is something like twenty-five per cent ; additional ; this the men have resisted , and at present there appears to be little probability of them and their employers coming to terms . The government assistant-inspector of small arms has been down to the spot ; but ' with .

      beneficial results . The men complain of promises made to them by him only to be broken ; and . whilst all the dissatisfaction and bad feeling produced by this increase , there are scores of families enduring privation . The Board of Ordnance is to some extent to blamo for this , but especially are they so for giving their contracts to persons who are connected with ' tommy-shops ' and' public-hquses ; it being generally an understood thing that nearly all the money shallbe expended thereat . ' The trade strikes in this district are becoming more and more frequent in , their occurrence ; their evil effects it would be almost impossible to calculate . It is one of the j greatest blots in our social ^ ystem , and it is one foe which the employers are fe > a great extent responsible . ' —Dailv Neivs . ¦ T

      Approaching Restjjipho ?} op work by the Colliers . —The Movmovxhhwe Merlin expresses its pleasure at finding t ' uatthe colliers are submitting to the reduction four , d necessary from the state of the coal market , au < i are about returning to their work generally '¦ ' ¦ ' •* - - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ DESTBociros of a Viaduct on the Whiteh AVKN Junction Raiiway . -A : large portion of a beautiful i w * ° J V "a ge ° ver the Esfcan e 8 tUai 7 ° f the sea , \ W . UM \ Vhit 5 havea aud Fuvnees Junc \\ qa Mway

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      scotlanTJ . First Vessel from the Cltdb to California . — During the present . week , the Grace Darling cleared oat' from Glasgow , and \ m sailed for California , being the first ship direct from this port for that distant region . She is a fine barqe , carrying more than 800 tons , and belongs to Dr . T . II . Donnely , of Ureenoblt i who accompanies the ^ shipas owner and supercargo . She has a full general cargo , consisting of wine , ale , brandy , bottles , shin storesAvbroath

      , stones , coals , two strong iron houses , &c . It may seom straoge to send a cargo of more than 100 tons ot coal such a vast distance , at a freight of three guineas per ton , but when it is considered that by the last advices coals were selling in California at the rate of eight guineas per ton , the speculation is likely to be neither unreasonable nor unprofitable . The Grace Darlingis provisioned for fifteen months . We wish all success to thia first opening of commercial relations between the Clyde and the golden regions of the far west . —North British Mail .

      Firs bbar Glasgow . —On Saturday a fire occurred on the premises occupied as a printfield by Messrs .-Muter and Miller , situato about a mile below Dunglass , near , Glasgow . The origin of the fire is not strictly known , but is supposed to have . been communicated to the maehine room , in which it was first discovered , by the overheating of the fiuos underneath . This portion of the building being always heated , was consequently very dry and thus became a speed y prey to the flames . The damage sustained in property is considerable , but is covered by insurance . This fire affords another convincing proof of the ovil results arising from the want of force-pumps and other such appliances on all premises similarly situated .

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      Ereiamj . Doblw . —Ribbosism . —Tho hewry Examiner—n paper of . strictly liberal principles—asserts that lubbomsm not only continues to exist , but is suffered to flourish , no effectual step being taken for its suppression ; and the way-laying system , which so often shows itself , is stated to be the immediate ottsprmg of a Ribbon organisation . " We grievo tp aay , observes the Newry paper , "thatinLouth there has been an increase of marked indications of the progress of Ribbonism ; the number of persons charge * with jtlw cowardly crime of way-laying brings conviction homo upon the . point toallwho do not resist the evidence of facts . Ribbonism ineludes the whole svstem of w . iv . i . ivino the , ninf

      agaiust life or property is hatched in the Ribbon lodge and executed b y the Ribbon agents . " Tub Martin Estates . —The Qalway Vindicator of Saturday last contains the following : — " Notices have been served upon the relieving officers by tho managers of the Martin estate of their intention to evict a vast number of unfortunato creatures now residing on this property . The number of houses from which the inmates are to be cast out is 276 ; but on account of tho previous evictions ia the same quarter , several families reside , in instay instances , under the same roof , so that wo conceive , it is a moderate calculation to estimate the number of individuals about to bo subjected to aE the tortures of extermination at US 00 . In o&e- feft swoop a number of paupers will bo made safiMentto fill one of our largest woikhease 9 . It is . a , cuwousfact that out of this proper ^ not a fertlrine of noor

      rates has tor a long tim » been coUecM . In aconyorsation which we had with Mr , Beaumont , who is a large creditor on . ihe r , vopo » ty , he intovraed us that he was shocked , at tb . o tewible state of thing * wluch existed in Coanen ^ ara , and that , in his o | ln . on , no hmg but ftbe E- acumbered Estates Commssion could eftect a salir tavy change . " ' •¦ 1 ) IH ^ : ^ aH * DB ' > iossTRATioN .-The great te-S "? ht ^ f ration of the county of Louth , Li . ? ir ? ^ ' fc Dundalk on Saturday , was to liLn f S ^ * as successful as tho mostEarnest friends of th » c . uso COuld have desired . Tho attendance was er xtremely numerous , the proceedings I' ^ JP ^ unanimous , and the importantoW 6 ct BroSS -u the uniou of - the Northand Soutll > t »* Eintt the common interests of the tonant ll < S * of bot v ^ 3 most materially aided on the IZ \^ ' In tIus F of view the Louth mootin g Ihns fc * a one of " xo m 0 Bt im Portant assemblages ^ . avo yot taken placo in tho tenant-right mo

      vefj ^ ^ ouubbiied Estates—At length the petitions j-T . the sale of estates are dimiriishin ? . During the r- ..-ek ending the 28 th ultimo , only four petitions 1 . fero presented , . being one-seventh of the usual average for some inonths past . The totnl number of ; petitions now 982 . Some heavy sales are fixed for the present and next nionth , including the estates Of Mr . John . O ' Connell , of Grena , countvof > . Kerry and the second' division of the estates ' of : Lord Portarlington . i / The Poor LAw ; -Al tliough there has been a coni siderablc diminution in the numbers receiving relief i pretty generally , there arc various unions hvwhich

      the poor rate-is still a ruinous and ' nil intolerable burden . In tho union of Callan ( extending through ft portion of tho county of Kilkenny and that part ot llpperavy where tbe insurrectionary movement took place in 1848 ) , the poor rate is still enormous in- . several i o eetoral divisions ; For instance , the rate just struck b y the guardians is Ds . Cd . in the pound T nBalhngarry ; 10 s . in the pound in Farrinrory ; 7 s . in Crobane ; arid it ia not less than 13 s . Gd in Ballyphilip In the other divisions tho rate ' ia W-tangingfrom 5 s . 6 d . to Is . 4 d , in tho pound Condition of the Bantrt U « ibiJ . ~ . The S Constitution has a very gloomy account of tho oonditwnandprospeo aof bunion of Bantry w 5 h had occupwd so prominent * x >\ m amongS tS

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      p icion of being concerned in the recent burglaries jnJhe .. neighbourhood _ of Liverpool , were , brought befdre'Mr ^ Mhton ^ n'BBufda y'lajtyand-werer ^ committed .. .. Half anjhour . afterwardsi the . freatest oonBternation was ' , occasioned by ,. the ; discovery that the . prisoner . " Mutph had / escaped ' put of Bridewell . It is supposed tha ; t ; as'he wiis' being * ; conveyediwjih a number of others ' alongthe p ' a ' sBages ' to the cells ,: he contrived to oroiicii behind a door , and Afterwards to pass up . the stairs , and by . wrencaingoff thebox . of the lock of one of the doors , K > escape throjigh the . Crown Court . -Me . Rus"h , tofl was . sitting ih'the Nisi Prius Court , so that the man had oiily to adopt a little ' caution to get toff unobserved . This man is ' supposed to be the planner of the

      burglaries , and is said to be possessed of great ingenuity and acuteness ., ; When the ^ priBoners were apprehended he endeay . oure ^ tcTesqape ' by ; jumping through the window Of the railway carriage . Suspicion points towards Scotland as the place of his flight , but uo trace of him has been discovered . —Manchester Guardian . ' - ; :, Fatal Pionx at Tonbridob . —On Wednesdy last a fight took placelatthe . Odd Follows' festival , that was held at Tunbridge on Tuesday , one . of the combatants being killed in the fray . An " inquest was held at the Bull Inn , on Thursday . About twelve o ' clock on Tuesday night there was dancing in the booth that had been erected for holding the Odd Fellows' meeting in . when some disDute arose

      regarding some deal planks . A young man named Frederick Brigden became much excited ; and wished to fight , and nt length ho fought with another young man : named Alfred VWalklin . ^ The ground where they fought was very hard and uneven , and after some ; ten or twelve rounds ,, during which both parties frequently fell , Brigden foil without being struck , and never afterwards spoke , The jury - returned a verdict of " Accidentally killed by a fall to the ground in the act of giving a blow , but there is no evidenco to show that it was caused by blows given in the fight . " Alfred Walkiriandthe . seconds were then brought into the room , and suitably reprimanded by the coroner . 'Accident at the Railway Station , Lime-sthbet ,

      Livebpool . —On Wednesday morning an accident occurred at the railway station in Lime-streetj of a very serious oharacter .. It appears that an > excursibn train left the Uttoxeter station , on the North Staffordshire Railway , at an early hour that morning , for Liverpool . The train took up passengers at the various stations till . it reached Leek , and then proceeded rapidly on its journey to the summit of Edge-hill tunnel . The train consisted of twentytwo carriages , and would contain , we should suppose . ' about fi ^ e' hundred people . VPhen . it arrived at Edge-hill the engine waa detached ; and the train was despatched down the tunnel , in charge of two of thebreaksmen of the London and North Western Railway . Company , and the guards who came ; with

      it . ' The tunnel , as is well known , is on an incline , and the duty of the three men would have been to have used their- breaks so as to keep the train under control , and stop it when it emerged from the tunnel . We are informed , however , by the officers at the station that the guards of the train were unacquainted with the incline , and . that the two men already alluded to had not sufficient power to control the velocity of the carriages . The consequence was , that the train could not be completely brought up till it came into collision with the stone wall whiehi . faces lime-street . The carriages were , very little damaged . From twenty to thirty passengers were more or less bruised by the concussion ; some of them nreeut about the head and face , and otherwise shaken and contused . The whole of the

      passengers were- much alarmed , and as soon as possible irere removed from their unpleasant position . The injured parties were taken over to the Queen ' s Hotel , by direction of Henry Booth , 'Esq ., who happened to be on the spot , and who directed that every attention should be paid to them at the charge of the company . Dr . WaHon was immediately called in , and though several parties are confined to their beds , we are happy to say that ho is satisfied of favourable results to his patients . Dr . Harrison , the company ' s medical officer , with Mr . Palmer , the assistant-manager , have carefully investigated , as far as possible , the injuries which have occurred , and report favourably . The only case reported as dangerous is that of Daniel Pride , aged thirty , who is suffering from concussion of the brain .

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      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . July 6 , 1850 . _

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 6, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1581/page/6/