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      © fji ; &if ^ l > Ol&t Healts of Losnox dubisg the "Week . —In the lreek ending last Saturday the deaths registered in the metropolitan districts amounted to 981 . Taking for comparison the deaths of ten corresponding weeks in the years 1 S 49-9 , the weekly average is 3 , 023 , and this , with a certain proportion added for increase of population , becomes 1 , 116 ; the return last week is , therefore , faTourable , showing a decrease of 135 . The present account i 3 for the last -week of the quarter , and it exhibits a larger contingent than usual of violent and sudden deaths , Hi consequence of a number of coroners' cases m arrear being now entered in the register-book * . " 71 deaths by " violence , " 7 are ascribed to dojbot , o to burns and scalds 13 to hanging and suffowtiQ .., to aiiu scaius ii

      , uurns , x « " . <»~ o—o , * nt upr 20 to droning , 26 to fractures rounds , ^ andOther injury . Six children were suffo cated m be-i , oy overlaying or other accident ; ^ . ^^/^ at r ^ r l ^ iaH BSrSsSSi ^ ss SStoi the return of the jury , a ' natural death / which however , is farther described m the . verdict as " brought on by want and privation of necessaries . " On the 27 th of September , at the Almslouses , Clapton , the widow of a gardener , died from " aee and decay , " after a life of 103 years . It is mentioned by Sir . Steib , the registrar , that she had been an inmate of one of Bishop Wood ' s almhouses for 34 years , and enjoyed good health till

      within a fortnig ht previous to her death . She also retained her mental faculties to the last . Last week the deaths enumerated in the zymotic or ep idemic class of diseases were 19 S . This is a lower number ttiau in any corresponding week since that of ISiG , when they were only 157 . In the same weeks of the three subsequent years the deaths in this class were 3 iO , 395 , and ( in 16 i 9 ) 7 S 2 . The epidemics incident to childhood prevail less fatally than usual , with the exception of hooping-cough , the mortality from -which amounted to 28 deaths , and is about the arerage . Diarrhoea was fatal in 57 cases , but it does not exceed the averjge of this period . From cholera 4 deaths were registered . The births of 750 boys and 723 girls , in all 1 , 473 children were registered

      in the week . At tho Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week -was 29 . GS 0 in . The mean daily temperature varied little durin g the week ; the mean of the 7 days was S 6 de » . 7 min ., which is 3 ( leg . higher than the average of the same week in 7 years . The temperature Of the Thames was about 57 deg . SmciDE . —On Saturday last Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inqnestatthe Sun , Newman-street , Por « -manmartet , on Riehard Pryor , aged forty-eight , who was found suspended by a handkerchief from the ceiling of his back kitchen , 33 , Newman-street . Mr . Pell , a neighbour , cut him down , and Mr . Tucker , surgeon , was instantly called in , but life was quite extinct . Thomas Nolby stated that the

      deceased was clerk of the works at Lady Vane ' s , under his cousin , Mr . Am . On the preceding day his suicide deceased was greatly excited in consequence of a portion of a balcony which he had erected at lady Yane ' s being several inches too short . He called witness out of Lady Vane ' s drawing-room , and , having bitterly complained of the above deficiency , said that he did not know what to do , as he -would lose £ 16 or £ 17 thereby . Then , taking up a penknife , he rushed at witness , exclaiming , " Either yon or Mr . Arra mnsfc die . " Witness pinioned deceased , who s " aid , " le ' s all right ; it ' s only a Qoxv of blood to the head . " Witness then brought him home . He had been under Dr . Roe ' s care two years ago for insanity , and was put under restraint . Since

      then he placed himself under Dr . Coffin ' s treatment . The jury returned a verdict of ' Insanity . " Shocking Accident . —On Saturday evening last Mr . H . W . Wakley . deputy coroner , held an inquest at the Rising Sun , High-street , Marylebone , on the l ) Ody of Mrs . Jane Ellis , aged twenty-four , the wife of a respectable eating-house keeper , residing at 63 , Faddiiigtcn-street , who was burnt to death under the following shocking circumstances . —Mr . D . Ellis , the husband of deceased , deposed that on the afternoon of last Sunday week he was sitting in the parlour when the deceased , in passing between a table and

      the fire-place , set fire to the skirt of a muslin dress she had on , and in a moment she was in a blaze from head to foot . Witness caught hold of her and at * tempted to extinguish the fire , but he did not succeed until the whole of her clothing to her s' -ays were entirely consumed , and her neck , arms , and lower part of her body were dreadfully burnt . Mr . Adams , surgeon , was called to her , and in three davs after the accident she was prematurel y delivered of a dead child ; she never rallied after the accident , and died on Friday evening last . Evidence corroborating the above was given , and the jury returned a verdict of *• Accidental death . "

      Fatai . Accidekt at a Silk Manufactory . — On Monday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital on the body of James Kayes , aged sixty-two , late foreman to Mr . John Jachens , silk manufacturer , West Ham . On Friday the 13 th ult , decease ;! was in the dress shop , in the act of patting a piece of silk into a machine which is put in motion hy steam , in order to have it dressed , when his arm got entangled in the wheel . The alarm bell was rung , and the machine was stopped . Deceased was extricated , and taken to the London Hospital , where he died on Friday the 27 th ult . his arm having been dreadfully fractured , which was the cause of death . Verdict— "Accidental death . "

      Dheadful JIccidext at Hjse Elms . —On Tuesday evening- Mr . Payne , junior , held an inquest . it St . Thomas ' s Hospital on the body of Thomas Pennythorne , aged thirty-five , a railway labourer , who lost bis life under the following distressing circumstances . It appeared from the evjdence of Thomas Sherlock , a porter in the employ of the South Western Railway Company , that on the 4 th ultimo ¦ witness and others were employed at the goods yard , at the Xine Elms-station , in fixing a new crane for raising heavy goods in the trucks . A hole , twelve feet deep , had been dug to receive the hottom part of the crane , and over the hole the aheer-lcgs were fixed , with greyslattached , for the pnrpose of lowering the crane , which was in parts , when in lowering a portion weighing about 500 cwt . by means of a block and fall from the sheer-legs , a

      swing was given it to cause it to go into the position it was required , which caused the sheer-legs to cant over , and hi falling they struck the deceased ( who was a perfect stranger , but who had jast come into the yard to seek for work ) on' tile breast , knocked him down , and the legs fell on the top of him . He was raised from the ground in a senseless state , with an extensive wound on the top of his head , the skull broken , and the brain protruding . He was placed in a cab , and conveyed to the above institution . Mr . Tane , the house-surgeon , said deceased was admitted with an extensive fracture of the skull , with the bone driven into tho brain . Everything that it was possible was done for him , hut he gradually sunk , and died on Monday morning last from the effect of the injury . Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      Desperate Cosditiox or a Ship ' s Crew on its Passage from Gambia . —On Tuesday a long investigation was entered into before Mr . Baker , at the Royal Mason , Sherbert-street , Poplar , on view of the hody of Stephen Stendon , aged twenty-eight , who died on board the Lady Sale , merchant brig , 180 tons , of Bristol , on her arrival in the Thames . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was a butler , in the service of a gentleman at Gambia , and that on the 20 th of July last he engaged with Mr . Wilson , of tho Lady Sale , to allow him to work his passage to England . The vessel left the River Gambit on the 23 rd of the same month , the crew consisting of eleven men , including the master and mate . The day after its

      departure it was found impossible to go below deck , in consequence of the steam and heat arising from the ground cocoa-nuts , and the stench from the undried mahogany . The crew were , therefore , obliged to remain on deck day and night , and get their berths where they could . The effect was , that the whole were more or less attacked with fever . Six of them , among whom was the deceased , were unable to work the ship . The corned beef was also so bad as to be unfit for human food . The crewremained thus exposed three parts of the passage . There was no surgeon on board , but every assistance was afforded by the mate and steward , who gave the invalids sago , arrowroot , grael , and jalap . There were only twenty-four bottles of wine in the

      ship ' s stores , of which but ten were appropriated to the sick . One seaman died on the passage from exhaustion . When the vessel reached Cork , last Sunday four weeks , five sailors were put ashore , and placed in the hospital . In ten days they were thought sufficiently recovered to be able to continue the passage . In two days after the ship left Cork they were again taken ill . The deceased soon became delirious , and frequently got on deck nearly naked . He was attacked with dysentery , and the fOTeeastte , where his birth was , emitted such an effluvium that no one would enter it . On Friday morning , after the ship had gone into the West India Dock Basm , he was found dead in the

      forecastle . Had the ship been detained by contrary wnds in vUe Channel , the mate stated he had no doubt but that all the men who were in the hospital afe Cork would have died . Verdict , " That the deceased died of an attack of dysentery , and they re . gret that better accommodation and attention were £ ot ordered for the deceased on board the ship . " EXTBAOBDISABT SCENE IN A CoBOHEB ' s COUBT . — At an inquest held by Mr . William Carter , the coroner at t he Hampton Court Palace Tavern , Francis-> t / - - z ~ ~« teet ,. New ington , as to the death of Mrs . Mary v ' * * . ^ iSggDaTies , aged sixty , a most respectable ladv , y . e ^ -gssJSsdeBtwed . herself by taking oxalic , acid , the , - - ! . * % & T * 3 fitigm& dialogue took place upon the names of r- * * £ " * > £ * *• ^^ ffirary being called . A person named Watson , of -, 0- ^^ rl ^^ Sa ^ a istreet , answered , but refused to be sworn . ^ ^ "ffl ^ Smoner : Upon what pounds ? Are you of v > % <^ ^ SrIstticular religion ? Mr . Watpon ; 2 fo . —The * ' % fcr rWf »* 3 L ¥ M ""

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      Coroner : What countryman arc you ? Mr . Wat-SoHo ^^ TSSr ^ firi do ; od bllieve in God ? Mr . Watson : *}<> .-The Coroner : Do you believe in a future state ? Mr Watson : No . I believe in nothin * but what I see '_ The Coroner : You appear an infidel , and I can commit you to prison . Mr . Watson : I must abide by it . I am an infidel . —The Coroner : I shall not permit you to be sworn . You may go . —The whole room , coroner and jury included , were astonished at what had passed . The evidence was then proceeded with , and the jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity . Darixq Robbery ik St . Paul ' s CnuiicnTARD . —

      A robbery of a peculiarly daring character , in one of the most public thoroughfares in the City , and close to the well-lighted premises of Messrs . Allan and Company , silk mercers , was committed , at tdc early hour of seven o clock in the evening , on Tuesday last , upon Captain Bally , R N ., of Datcliet , Bucks , in Chaptcr-house-court , leading from St . Paul ' s Churchyard into Paternoster-row . It appears that Captain linlly , who is staying' at the Cathedral Coffee-house , St . Paul ' , had no sooner turned out of St . Paul ' s Churchyard , to proceed through Chapter-libusc-court into the liov , when he was attacked ;> . uil beset by three well-dressed fellows , one of whom tripped him up by the heels , by whom he was held while on the ground ; the other

      two , in the meantime , rausacking his breeches pocket , and robbing him of his purse containing eight sovereigns anil some silver , with which they escaped through Ivy-lane into Newgate-street , and got clean off with their booty . From the strong gaslights which were in the immediate vicinity of the spot where the robbery was so boldly perpetrated , Captain Bally had a clear and distinct view of the fellow's features , so as to be able to identify the whole of the gang should they be apprehended by the City police , to whom information of the outrage was given a few minutes after it had occurred . From the description given by the captain of his assailants , there is very little doubt ( as thev are supposed to be well-known thieves ,

      frequenting that part of the City ) that their apprehension will be speedily effected . A Swindler has lately been attempting to dupe the London brewers and distillers , and has in some instances succeeded . His plan is to fix on some respectable publican residing in the vicinity of a brewery or distillery and to learn whether he deals with the firm : if so , the swindler draws a cheque on a London banking-house , forging the publican s name on the back of it , and then sending a messenger in the garb of a potbr-y with a request to the brewer or di stiller , in the name of the publican , that " He would be obliged by cash for the cheque . " If granted , it soon appears that the bankers have no account with the drawer .

      A Betting-office Keeper .- —At the Westminster County Court , on Wednesday last , an action was brought by Mr . Appleyard , the news agent , of Duke-street , Adelphi , agiinst the defendant , who described himself as managing clerk to a Mrs . Barnard , the keeper of a betting-office at No . 28 , Cranbourn-streer , to recover ± " 9 for the rent of furnished apartments , at £ 1 Is per week . . It appeared that an order had been made for payment of the amount in a month , so late as June last , but the order had not been complied with , and an application had been made to rescind the judgment of the court , which his honour positively refused to en tertaiu . Mr . Appleyard now stated that it was a downright fraud on the pnrt of the defendant , who had resorted to all kinds of subterfuges to evade payment and impose upon the credulity of the court . The fact was that the defendant Campbell and Mrs .

      Barnard ( as he now called her ) occupied his apartments as husband and wife . The defendant stated that he was not in a position to pay more than £ 2 a month . Mr . Appleyard , in contradiction of this statement , read a report from an evening journal , from which it appeared that Mr . Campbell had sworn before the magistrate at Marlboroughstreet that he was paying a clerk £ 3 a week . The plaintiff expressed a hope that his honour would give effect to the County Court Act , the defendant not only having put him to the expense of £ i in this court , but would in all probability , if an immediate order was not made , still laugh at him , as the betting-office would no doubt be closed in a few days : The learned judge considered that the defendant ought certainly to pay a portion of the claim at once , but after hearing the defendant ' s solicitor , his honour ordered the amount to be paid by instalments of £ 2 a month . :

      Fire at Ivewixoton . —On Tuesday afternoon a fire broke out in the premises belonging to . Mr . Pinnegar , oil , colour , and Italian warehousekeeper , Jfo . 1 , High-street , Xewington-butts . The flames commenced in the basement warehouse , owing to Mr . Pinne / jar ' s nephew taking a light to look after some goods in that part of the building . In the course of a few minutes after he had left dense volumes of smoke and a quantity of flame were issuing towards the shop , and forthwith messengers were despatched in every direction for the aid of the engines . The firemen were enabled to subdue the flames , but not until considerable

      damage was done to the premises and stock in trade . Whilst the West of England engine was proceeding along the London-road to the fire , a girl , apparently about twelve years of age , made an attempt to cross from one side to the other . Ward , the driver , on seeing the danger she was in , endeavoured to stop the speed of the horses ; but before he could do so she was thrown down between the animals , and every one who witnessed the occurrence expected to find tho poor creature crushed to death . The driver , fortunately , had the presence of mind to pull the horses in a zig-zag manner and although the shoes of the girl were trampled by the horses off her feet , she escaped comparatively uninjured . ¦

      The Classification' op Prisoners . —The recent order for the appropriation of the prisons to distinct classes of offenders came into operation on Monday morning , when all the female prisoners and all male prisoners under seventeen years of age were removed from the House of Correction at Cold Bath Fields to the House of Correction Westminister , and all male prisoners above seventeen were removed from the latter prison to Cold Bath Fields . All prisoners committed under the Hackney Carriage Act , and for want of sureties , were removed from both those prisons to the Ilouse of Detention . The total number of prisoners removed was between eight and nine hundred .

      Thb Attack on Mr . Ctjbeton . —In addition to the sum of 450 reward offered by Mr . Cureton for the discovery and apprehension of the persons who made the murderous attack upon him , and succeeded in robbing him of a large quantity of ancient coins , the government has offered a further reward of £ 50 for the apprehension of the offenders . It is supposed that the robbers could not be very well acquainted with the circumstances of the house , or of the habits ef Mr . Cureton , since they left behind them a considerable quantity of gold coin and other valuables , and only took with them the old silver coin and other articles of lesser value , although they had the field all to themselves , after having reduced their victim to complete and utter helplessness .

      The Nepaulese Prince's Valuables . —At the Westminster County Court , on Saturday last a case attracted some attention in consequence of its connection with the officers of the Nepaulese Embassy . The action was in . tort , for having unlawfully entered the premises of plaintiff , and demanded property intrusted to his care for repair by the Nepaulese Ambassador . The plaintiff laid his damages at £ 10 . The plaintiff , who said he was a tailor in Windmillstreet , Eaymarket , stated that he had been employed by the Nepaulese Ambassador and his brother to make clothes . He was in daily attendance upon them for some time . The Princes , approving of his work , gave him a cap and belt to repair , but mentioned no particular time for them to be returned . These

      articles were covered with diamonds and other precious gems , and were valued at £ 200 , 000 . It took three days to match the velvet , for the belt , from its peculiarity , being composed of different colours , and altogether different from that manufactured in this country . On the day in question ( the 24 th of July ) he went out in the evening with his wife , leaving the articles locked up ,- and upon his return , at half-paBt eleven o ' clock that night , he was surprised to find the defendant , with Inspector Darkin , of the A division , and a person named Morant , interpreter to the Nepaulese Prince , in his rooms , on the second floor , where they had been several hours , demanding possession of the cap and belt belonging to the Prince of the plaintiff ' s daughter , but who refused to let them have them . The inspector mentioned his authority for being there , which was in consequence

      ot a charge made at the police station , by Morant . as coming from the Prince ; and witness ( plaintiff ) then said he would let no one have the articles but the Prince himself , from whom he had received them , and accordingly went to the Ambassador ' s residence , in Richmond-terrace , where he waited with the articles until three o ' clock in the morning , when they returned from Willis's-rooms , and signified , in broken English , that they had given no instructions to the police . The witness nest stated that he had been much injured in his business and credit by the occurrence . The defendant , in reply to the case , said he had only accompanied the Prince ' s interpreter and the police inspector to point out the plaintiff ' s house , and he waited with him till the plaintiff came in . The learned judge summed up , and the jury , after an hour ' s consultation , found a verdict for the plaintiff , damages £ 5 .

      Foundation of a New Congregational Chapel , Pentonviixe . —The first stone of a spacious new chapel , for the use of the Congregational body of Dissenters was laid on Tuesday hy Mr . D . W . Wire , in the Coledonian-road , Pentonville . , Thb New Comuandbk-in-Chief fob India . —Sir William Gomm , accompanied by Lady Gomm , and Captain Yates , hie aide-de-camp , left town on Saturday for India .

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      " Qty ^ 'Promnrtifr Pawnbrokers and Stolen Goons . —Mr . James Webbe , pawnbroker , Mount-p . leasariti'and'Mr . Kewley , pawnbroker , Great Crosshall-street , both in Liverpool , appeared before the police there -under summons , calling upon them to produce certain articles stolen from the"Orphan-Asylum , and' subsequently pawned at their respective shops $ ? T ; he ; Cases had been brought at the instance of Mr ^ fi ^ mj 6 ^ Banner , treasurer of the institution , wh 6 app ' ea ^ eaJt | 5 court to conduct them . The first case taken ^ ft that of Mr . Webbe , in which tho articles pledged coite

      sisted principally of boys' suits of uniform clothes . Mr . Rushton severely reprimanded Mr . Webbe for his carelessness , and ordered the articles to be given up without any fee . ' . The case of Mr . Kewley was then taken . His solicitor contended that he was not at all to blame , and after a long investigation , Mr . Kewley offered to return the article ? as a donation to the charity , an offer which was readily . accepred by Mr . Banner . It appeared that the articles had ; been pledged by a woman named Margaret Jones ; who had been housekeeper to the asylum , and who has since absconded .

      A . Marquis in Danger . —On Friday night , the 27 ihult , the Marquis of Hastings , who is an Ensisn in the 52 nd Regiment , now stationed at Liverpool , fell into one of the docks in that port , and narrowly escaped drowning . ; : A Desperate Leap . —On Saturday last a half-intoxicated madman , named Williamson , threw himself from the roadway of the High Level Bridge , Newcastle , into the river Tyne , a height of eighty-six feet , and , strange to relate , be swam about apparently unhurt until picked up by a boat which put off to his rescue . How he managed to undres 3 , and unnoticed accomplish the stupid feat , appears very singular , as the bridge is generally thronged with foot

      passengers . . Extensive Robbery frojia Cotton Warehouse at Liverpool . —On Saturday last two men , named John Hitchcock and John Woodward , were charged with stealing a quantity of cotton and other goods , from the warehouse of Messrs . Daniel Buchanan and Co ., in Neptune-street . It appears that the prisoners had been suspected by the police for some time , and on Friday they were apprehended , it having been ascertained that they had disposed of the stolen property to John Walker and John Newall , who have a store warehouse in Cheapside . Walker and Newall were also taken into custody charged with receiving the goods . Evidence having been taken to the effect that Hitchcock and Woodward , who were warehousemen in the employ of Messrs . Buchanan , were not authorised to dispose of the goods found at Walker and Newall ' s warehouse , the whole of the prisoners were remanded for seven days , in order to afford time for the production of further evidence .

      The Convict Hannah Cortis . —On the 27 th ult . Captain Mason , the governor of Gloucester County Gaol , received an official communication from the Secretary of State for the Home Departmentj conveying a conditional pardon , under the hand of Her Majesty , for Hannah-Curtis , the woman found guilty and left for execution at the last assizes for this county , on a charge of poisoning her reputed husband , Thomas Harris , at Frampton Cotterell . ; She is to be transported for life , The Rev . Mr . Hers ; chell , the chaplain of the gaol , in the presence of the governor , conveyed her Majesty ' s pleasure to th p convict , and the communication threw her into a fainting fit , from which she did not recover for nearly an hour . Curtis , expected a free pardon as well as an escape from hanging , and is therefore rather disappointed with the result . :

      Thb Powder Magazines at Waluset . —It is understood that a communication has been received from the Secretary of State by the Mayor of Liverpoo } , relative to the powder magazines at Wallasey . It is believed to include Colonel Waters ' s report , and that it is condemnatory of the magazines . ' Destructive Firb in Leeds . —On Sunday night a fire occurred in Leeds which resulted in the destruction of a scribbling mill , at New Road , belonging to Mr . T > - Cooper . The fire . ' was first observed a short time before ten o ' clock , issuing from the north end of the building . The flanks from the moment they were observed spread with extraordinary rapidity . The local fire engines were on the spot with all possible dispatch , but their efforts to arrest the progress of the fire was almost unavailing . To the adjoining

      property ( several very large and valuable mills ) to which the fire several times threatened to extend , they were nevertheless of great service . For about two hours the engine continued to play with an ample supply of water , when the flame s considerably abated —not , however , from the * drenching of the engines , but from the complete exhaustion of all combustible materials , either in the composition , the mill itself , its machinery , or stock ; in fact only the bare walls , and those in a very skeleton form , remain . The loss will amount to several thousand pounds , which , we believe , is partly covered by insurance . The flames , when at their height , illuminated the surrounding district for several miles , the glare of the fire being distinctly seen at Headingley . The origin . of the fire is not known .

      Ship Building in Livbrpool . —A meeting was held in Liverpool on Monday , at which a report was adopted declaring that the ship building trade of , the port had suffered diminution from a variety of causes , the chief of which was the great want of space and accommodation in the present yards , the higher price charged by them at the outports , the insecurity of tenure , which has prevented the erection of machinery , and the continual removal of the builders ' yards , and trade combir > ationsamongst working shipwrights . The great injury to the tradespeople of Liverpool for the want of proper accommodation for shipbuilding , may be seen in the evidence of Mr .

      M ' Gregori Mr . Kennedy , and Mr . Reston . In the year 1845 these gentlemen employed 2 , 800 men , and paid £ 174 , 720 in wages ; while at the present tim--they employ 800 men , at £ 55 , 536 wages per annum . The number of men employed by them in marine work has decreased from 2 , 090 men , receiving £ 130 , 410 wages , to 240 men , receiving £ 14 , 976 wages ; a decrease in wages for marine work alone of £ 115 , 440 per annum . For the restoration of the trade the report recommends the provision of a convenient site for the erection of private yards , and graving docks , and points out the most eligible position for these desirable establishments .

      Death in attempting to save Life , at Stockton-on-Tees . —A few days since an inquest was held at Stockton , on the body of Edward Harle , painter , aged twenty-two . Harle and another young man were rowing down the river Tees in a punt , to the regatta at Middlesbrough , on the 21 st ult ., when they observed a coble containing four men upset near Jenny Lind's Island . They immediately pushed on to help the men , who had succeeded in getting upon the bottom of the coble , but on seeing them approach left the coble , and attempted to get on board the puut . As a matter of course the punt was at once upset , and poor Hale immediately sunk . The others were with difficulty saved . Verdict , "Accidentally Drowned . "

      Extensive Robbery op a Jeweller , and Recover ? of the Property . —In the month of July last a daring robbery nas committed in Northgate , one of the principal streets of Halifax , by a party of very expert thieves , who entered the premises of Mr . Lewis Balerna , watchmaker and jeweller , during the night , and cleared the premises of upwards of fifty silver watches , eleven gold watches , 320 fancy gold rings , thirty diamond rings , and an endless quantity of gold and silver pencil cases , bracelets , and other articles of jewellery . A reward of £ 50 was , at the time , offered for the conviction of any of the thieves , but no trace of them or of the property stolen was gained until Sunday last . On that day Mr . Beswick , the chief superintendent of the Manchester detective

      force , received some information which led him to visit a hpuse in Ashley-lane , Manchester , where he found a large box , which had been left there by a woman , who gave the name of Ellen Moult , and who had lived there for a short time . For nine weeks she had not been near the premises , and Mr . Beswick took upon himself to open the box , which he found to contain forty-four gold and silver watches , a large number of gold pins and other articles , many of which he recognised as the produce of the Halifax robbery . On Monday Mr . Beswick went to Liverpool , arid there discovered that Ellen Moult had been living in

      Sawney Poole-street , as the wife of a man named Hawkins . She had been arrested on suspicion of felony by the Liverpool police , but no charge being made out against her she was set at liberty . On seeing her , Mr . Beswick at once recognised her as one of the most notorious thieves in the district , whoBe real name was Amelia Wade , but who bad found it convenient on many occasions to adopt an alia * . She was of course taken into custody , and has been sent to Halifax to be examined before the magistrates there . It is believed that three men , who are in custody on another charge at Liverpool , were concerned in the robbery .

      Pauper Killed by a Rehevino-ofpicer . — An inquiry took place before the coroner at Manchester , last week , with a view to ascertain the cause of the death of Andrew Murphy , twenty-two years of age , who expired in the workhouse on Sunday last . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was a tailor , and was admitted into the workhouse on the preceding Wednesday . It was the custom of the relieving-officer , Moran , to search eaoh inmate as ho came in , in order that if he had any money it should be taken care of for him until he should go out again . Mo . ran , in this instance , was employed in the same

      duty , when the deceased refused to give up the few halfpence he had in his hand , and Moran endeavoured to-force the fingers back so that he could obtain them . Some angry words ensued between them , when the deceased attempted to strike Moran with a Wellington boot he held in his hand . Moran parried the blow , and accidentally hit deceased on the head .: Deceased complained of his thumb being injured , and went to bed , and during the night ho vomited . In the morning the thumb was swollen and discoloured . One of his eyes was also discoloured . He complained of pains at the back of his head . It turned out afterwards that bia thumb was

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      dislocated . He gradually sunk , ' and his medical . atr tendant thought he bad died from the effectsi of yiplence , producing effusion of tho brain . The jury found— " That the deceased died from the effects o a blow of the fist given by Edward Moran , and he w ; is committed to take his trial for manslaughter . ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ' > ' ; ^^ v . Murder of a Tollbar-keeper . —On Saturday morning last it was discovered that the tollbar between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge , had been ' pftjbjpjrto , and James Smith , from forty to fifty £ S | $ &i > f < % e who was thetoli-collector was found j ^ S ^ ihjs throat cut ,: and quite dead . ; Tho ra ^ Hwd 'been ransacked , and blood was found , igwreijil-parts of the house . On Sunday morning aJWftrwas taken into custody on suspicion of

      tifwfh ' g committed the murder . On Monday he was taken before the magistrates at Todmorden , and remanded . Smith was a single man , and resided by himself at the bar-house . He had lately been the means of getting the prisoner fined £ 5 .. The prisoner had stated he would bo tho end of Smith . — The following are fuller particulars of the circumstances attending tho awful crime : —The person murdered is James Smith , aged forty-one years , a lame and decropid man . Smith whs a bachelor , and 9 old fruifc and . confectionary at the . toll-gate . He was seen last alive by William ; Holt , carter , who drives a carrier's cart between , Heptonstall and Rochdale , and who passed through .- the toll-gate before named a few minutes before , twelve o ' clock p . m . on his way home , at which , time Smith was

      , standing at the door ,. and remarked ; 'to the --cartel ' on his passing through the gate thatliewas only just in time , and that had he been-a few minutes later he would have been subject-to / a fresh toll . The door of the toll-house , it appears , / is usually fastened inside by an iron bar , and is supposed to have been so fastened on the night of ^ the murder , and is supposed to have been unbarrodv . by means of a piece of crooked wire or iron havjfi |< been in . troduced through the keyhole of tho" ; 2 o ' o * . ?( which was without lock ) , by . which means it js Tik ' elj the bar was shot back , ! and an entrance , obtained ,-after , which the murderer proceeded up stairs ,, where the unfortunate man lay , and attacked him , it is beliovcd , whilst ho was asleep wjth somo sharp

      instrument , cutting off the bottom . part of his ear , which wound was continued along tho left cheek to the under side of tho lip in one continuous gash as deep as could be made for the jaw bone . This not having effected the death of the poor man , who was no doubt incapable of resistance , the murderer probably made another cut , commencing at one side of the neck and continuing it across , the throat to the other side , of the neck , putting the windpipo and the carotid arteries , and nearly severing the head from the body . In consequence of the deceased not making his appearance on the Saturday morning at his usual time to collect the toll , two of his neighbours , Mr . William Orossley , butcher , and Mr . William Speak ,

      blacksmith , of King-street , went to the toll-houro , the door of which was found . shut but not fastened . They entered and called out , but no one answered , they sent a boy up ; stairs named ; Greenwood , about nine years of age , who came in , and who usually fetched milk for the deceased from a neighbouring house , and told him to awaken Smith . The . boy , returned immediately in great fright , saying " Jemmy had cut his throat . " Crossley and Speak then went up stairs , and found the deceased kneeling with one knee on the bed and the other leg off the side of the bed , the head and upper part of the body hanging over the bed , and the body cold . It does not appear that plunder could be the object of the miscreant who has committed this bloody murder-, since the

      money collected for toll was left untouched , besides some other money , the savings of the murdered man . Various are the reports current in the neighbourhood relative to the motives actuating the murderer to commit this horrid crime , but ' up to the present it is involved in complete mystery . On Saturday forenoon , county police Sergeant Heap , stationed at Todmorden , apprehended a man , named Halliwell , a tailor , at Burnley , who had been seen in the neighbourhood on Friday evening , and also at an early hour on Saturday morning . Mr . Brierley , superintendent of the detective police on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , ' apprehended a

      labourer , named Greenwood , about twenty-two years of age . Greenwood resides in the neighbourhood , and both men are suspected of being concerned in the murder . HalliweH ' s cap appears as if it had been saturated with blood . An inquest was held before Mr . J . Dyson , coroner of the district , in the school-room of Mytholm Church ; at ten a . m . ; on Monday , which was adjourned till Monday next , when it is hoped the authorities will have been successful in obtaining some clue to . the detection of the murderer . The instrument with which the murder has been effected , notwithstanding diligent search has been made for it , has not yet been discovered . ' .

      A Farmer convicted of Trespassing on Lands in his own Occupation . —Mr . Charles Royston was charged , at the recent special sessions at Bromyard , by John James Payne ; gamekeeper to William B . irneby , Esq ., and others , \ he executors of . the late John Barneby , Esq ., with having been , onthel 5 ih September ult ., in pursuit of game without a license from the said William Barneby , Esq . The defendant is a tenant upon the estate of the complainants . Mr . T . Devereux attended for defendant , and stated that he was instructed by him to admit that he ( defendant ) did take a dead rabbit and a live hare out of the traps which had been laid by tho gamekeeper ; the hare he set at liberty and the rabbit he took home ; defendant was not pursuing game , but going over his farm , when he found the rabbit and the hare caught , and did not think itany harm to take it home . The bench convicted the defendant in a nominal penalty and ten shillings

      expenses . A Novel Mode of Stealing Turnips . —On Sunday afternoon , as Mr . Georgo Cole , switchman , on the Eastern Union line , who is stationed at the north end of the tunnel , was looking along the line of railway in the direction of Handfield Hall , near Ipswich , his attention was arrested by the actions of a dog in a turnip field belonging to the railway company . Seeing a dog hunting about the field in a rather peculiar way , Mr . Cole walked some little way down the line to enable him the more closely to watch the dog's movement . Having walked to within one hundred and fifty yards of where the dog was . Mr . Cole distinctly saw him put his head down

      and draw a turnip from the field , and carry it immediately to , the lane adjoining , where he noticed three persons standing . The dog having left the turnip with these men , he was a ^ ain sent over into the field ,. and drew another turnip , which he conveyed to tho men stationed in the lane , in the same way as he did the ^ former one j the dog having repeated the act three or four times successively , each time conveying a turnip to his supposed master and his companions , and they suspecting Cole was making his way to the place where they were located , with an intention to take them into custody , they ran away as fast as they could , followed by the sagacious animal .

      Liverpool Post-office . — -The remonstrances of the merchants of Liverpool . have been unavailing . The Lords of the Treasury have fixed upon the site of the Blind Asylum for the new Post-office . This announcement will be received with considerable surprise , seeing that up to the last moment negotiations were in progress for retaining the office in its present position at the Custom House . Shocking Djbath of a Robber . — An awful accident occurred on Tuesday night at the railway station , Derby . It appears that a middle-aged man , of rather shabby exterior , had been observed in the station-yard in the early part of the evening at various times , and indeed as late as ten o ' clock . At that time the yard was clear of strangers . The

      London mail-train arrived as usual at half-past ten , and the stoker imagined he could detect a slight collision when near a luggage train that had arrived shortly before . Upon mentioning this circumstance to the officials , an examination took place , when the body of the man who had been observed in the yard in the former part of the evening was discovered in a shockingly mutilated condition . The whole of the carriages had passed over it . It is needless to add , that the man was quite dead . Near to the body were three parcels which he had succeeded in extracting from the luggage carriages , and it appeared evident that he was engaged in robbing the carriages when the London train came up . As yet , no clue has been had as to who the deceased is .

      Revolt of the Brighton Cabmen . —On Tuesday the town of Brighton was thrown into a state of commotion in consequence of the proceedings of a number of cabmen accustomed to ply for hire at the railway terminus . Mr . Steers has lately entered into an arrangement with the railway company for the exclusive privilege of running a certain-number of eabs from tho railway terminus . These are about twenty-four in number ; they are new , well fitted-up vehicles , and the proprietor has made arrangements to prevent the incivility and other faults too frequently manifested among cabmen . The first three ov four of these terminus cabs came into work , and the other cabmen were informed

      that , though there was room enough for all , and though all would be at liberty to avail themselves of the room , yet the new comers must , on all occasions , be allowed to take precedence . At this information the old stagers rebelled , and the result was that at two o ' clock , when the arrival of the trains from London and Portsmouth was sure to cause a great demand for cabs , the whole body of them , to the number of forty or fifty , started from the termiuus with hoots and hisses and with handkerchiefs floating in the breeze from their whipends , and leaving the travellers in the lurch . They then went in procession through the town , and the last that was heard of them was that they wero carousing in a body at the Rock Inn .

      Diabolical Conduot . —On Sunday morning the up-mail train , on arriving within two miles of Penshurst , encountered an obstruction on the line , which caused the engine to jump , and made fire fly from the wheels . Happily the train was not thrown ofl

      the . rails . On examination ,: the remams . of a large gate were found , which , had . evidently . been placed ac ' rosa the line . Two'ine ' n , hoppers , having been seen by Caudall , thei constable of Leigh ; , wandering about half'tipsy about that time , he took them in custody , and having confined them separately , they both confessed having placed the gate on the line , each charging . the other with being the chief offender . They wore committed for trial at the Quarter Bessions .- ^ &fdictstone Journal ; '• ' .

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      Etciann . Results of the Harvest . ' —Future Prospects . — Taken altogether , the produce of the harvest is most satisfactory , and , in comparison with recent years , may be considered abundant . In most parts of the country the people are exhibiting unwonted energy , and in the northern counties particularly , employment continues very active . The Monaghan Standard , for instance , remarks that " there are lots of employment in this district—advertisements posted here ' and . there for 500 weavers—for the same , number of needleworkers—arterial drainage and harvest work ; all those sources of emptying the poor-houses . " The 'Lublin Mercantile Advertiser thus refers to the present condition of the country : — " The generally favourable accounts of the results

      of the harvest are increasing confidence , and there is a manifest tendency towards improvement in general business . One good harvest could not be expected to effect more than a very partial change for the better , after the tremendous losses and exhaustion since 1846 . ' But the restoration of hope and confidence has already given a very decided impetua- to enterprise ; and people seem disposed to . take a much more' cheerful view of our prospects . " . Crop-Plunder , —Some further instances of cropplunder are mentioned in the provincial journals ; but there is a manifest decrease of this system of outrage . At Gloneen , county of Kilkenny , on Sunday last , a multitude of the peasantry assembled and cut down four acres of oats on a farm upon the estatoof the Hon . Mr . Wandesforde , which was threshed out and sold on the following day in the Carlow market ! .

      The Late Murder in Westmeath . —The following account of the inquest on the body of Mr . JJorth appears in the Freeman ' s Journal : — " On Tuesday , Marcus Kelly , Esq ., one of the coroners of Westmeath , proceeded to hold an inquest on the body of Mr . North , which was conveyed into the house of a farmer named Haddibo , who resided a short distance from the place of the murder . Several of the most respectable farmers of the locality were summoned on the jury . Surgeon Berry , of Tyrellspass , made a careful postmortem examination of the body , and extracted about thirty slugs and small pellets from several parts of it ; the wounds extended from the right thigh [ up to the . temple , and one of the slugs penetrated the heart , which caused

      instant death ; After the jury had viewed the body , the gun and blunderbuss belonging to the Dalys , who were taken on suspicion , were produced and examined ; neither of them seemed to have been recently fired out of . The evidence of the witnesses was principally that they heard a shot , fired , but considered it was from the fowling-piece of a sportsman , that neighbourhood abounding in partridge . One witness stated that he was speaking to Mr . North on the road , a quarter of a mile distant from the place where he was shot , twenty minutes before the committal of the murder . Two other witnesses deposed that they were stacking corn in a field near the place where Mr . North was fired at , but " did not see him , nor did they consider that

      ahj person had been fired at ; they saw , however , a man running across the fields towards the bog , without his coat , and having something in his hand like a gun , but never conjectured that ho had committed any crime . They did riot see his face , and would not know him again . Up to the present moment no evidence has been produced to implicate any person in the crime . Dr . Berry said that Mr . North mu 3 t have died instantly from the wounds inflicted . The coroner having summed up the evidence , the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or nersons unknown " The body was afterwards removed , to Kilduff for intermeHt . Mr . Wallace ana Mr . Pilkington magistrates , attended in Kilbeggan on "Wedneadftv '

      to hold an investigation respecting the three brothers Daly , who were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the murder . Several witnesses were brought m from Portrue , the locality of the murder , and near the Dalys' residence , / portion of the wadding supposed to have been used by the assassin was found near the bod y of Mr . Nortfi It was a piece of paper , a portion of a leaf of a printed book ; and a Euclid , ' from which a leaf was torn ouV corresponding with the wadding mentioned , was found in the Dalys' house . Under these ciroum-Stances the Dalys were remanded to the 3 rd of October . No young men could bear a better character . The spot the assassin selected for the

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      commission of the deed was one well suited for ti purpose . •;¦ He . lay hid in the corner of a ditei covered with bushes , in an ' a ngle ' of . the road if j as thevictim turned it , fired at him . " " ' Election of a Temporal Peer . —Writs have beo issued from the Hanaper-office for the election Of temporal peer , of Ireland , in the room of the h £ Earl of'Dunraven . ' .: .. ' » John Mitchel ;—The Nation says : — " The youn ? artist , Dowling , who was ( transported from London in ' 48 , as an Irish confederate , has written to ) , jg brother in Dnblin , on-the arrival of John Mitchel -it Hobarfc Town . We arei permitted to publish the following extract from his letter . ' ¦ The news is good and cheerin ? . ' Of Jour other exiles ; we have noio .

      cent accounts : —' ¦ On the 5 th of April last , tl ! e Neptune arrived here with John Mitchel . Ho w as kept on board for several days , and iio one iras { . lowed to go to ' visit him . On Tuesday the 9 th , I fe ; t very anxious to ' get a peep at him , and was goi ! : g down to consult O'Donohoe on the best means , t met O'Donohoe in Elizabeth-street .- The first wcr <{ he said was , "I am going to see Mitchel . If you have time I'll take you to him . ' I" went with l ] i to a . stationer ' s shop , where , for the first time , niy eye rested on this truly great man . ' I don't thinfe I should have known him from , the . portraits jiuhlished of him ; for , although the features are like they have not caught the character of his fW , O'Donohoe introduced me to him . " He shook rnv and said he had heard about

      hand cordially , me , lie asked my sentence ; O'Donohoe said ' only life / Mitchel laughed indignantly , and said , ' You wtr ' e very fortunate that you hadn ' t to mount the hurdle like Sir William Wallace . ' We walked about felf a ' inile , and he said , in the course of conversation that the state of things at home was not to \ , q borne , that we had afc least solemnly protested against it , and that at all events we had . cleared ourselves of all share in the guilt of it ; at anotl , time , he said he felt a freer man here as atieket . of : leave holder , than when he was dancing atlc-ndance day after day atthe Four Courts , Dublin . [ i 0 was obliged to leave this in a few hours ; but h 8 says , in a . letter to O'Donohoe , that Mr . Martin ( w ' ifch whom he is located in Bothwell , and who , it appears , has studied medicine ) has undertaken to

      be his doctor , and the first presciptton was a rirlo of twenty-four miles over the' bush , with sleet und snow beating in his face , followed by copious draughts of hot tea , accompanied by an . immense allo wanes of mutton and ' dampie , ' a colonial cake baked in ' wood ¦ ashes . He says , so successful has been lij 3 leech , that he never enjoyed better health than he does bnthis ' back of the earth . '" Tiie Ennisnaoo OnTRAGE .--Con 8 table Kelly , con . trary to all anticipations , still lingers on ; but there can be very little " hope of his recovery , although he makes wonderful rallies occasionally . The two sub . constables are progressing favourably . We are not informed as to what " extent of success the searches after the perpetrators of the outrage have been car . ried by the authorities , a strict secresyfj being maintained on the subject . —Kilkenny Moderator .

      VOLCHTARY ARBITRATION OF RENTS . —The butt . dalk Democrat states that Mr . Thomas Fitzaevald has requested Mr . M'Culldch and Mr . James Ar . thur , of Dundalk , and Mr . John Kelly , of Black Rock , to value the land of some of his tenants , and fix an equitable rent on their farms . The Vacant Mitre . —The Baimpatrich Recorder " guesses"as follows :- ' " A rumour prevails that the Rev . Dr . Hincks , rector of Killyleagh , is to be promoted to the vacant bishopric of Meath .- Another rumour is also circulated that the Right Rev , Dr . Knox , bishop of this diocese , is to be trans-• planted to the see of Meatb , and that Dr . Hincksis *

      to be his successor . Wedo not vouch for the accuracy of those statements , ; but give thenras rumburs . " Roman Catholic University . — The Freemarii Journal contains the following : — "We are in a position to state that , in conformity with the decision of the National Synod , the ¦ arrangements for commencing the formation ofthetfational Catholic University in Ireland are already in a state of forwardness . The four archbishops , together with the other bishops and clergy nominated as a committee of arrangement , will hold their first sitting j n Dublin . on the 15 th ult ., on which occasion the first act towards the foundation of this great national work will be accomplished . "

      Representation op Longford . —It is stated that Major Blackall is to retire from this county , and that Mr . Hughes , the new Solicitor-General , is to seek the representation . Lord Palmerston . —The Sligo Champion states that the Foreign Secretary is about to visit his estates in that county , where he has the reputation of being a very good landlord . The Right Hon . R . L . Sheil , Master of the Mint , has arrived in Dublin . AnwAon , Sept . 3 O . —The Lord Primate has returned to the palace ; Armagh , where Lord Hatherton is on a visit .

      Repeal Association . — The Association metai Conciliation-hall on Monday—Mi-. Ryan in tie chair . The rent for the week was £ 13 8 s . Id . TnE-TiNAXT Movement . —Dr . Gray of the Framan's % wml , and his brother , Mr . Wilson Gray , have retired from the Council of the Tenant League , on account of the arrangement for permitting local societies . Death by Drowning . —Mr . Henry Lahiff , elite ; son of H . Lahiff , Esq ., of Cloon , in the county of Galway , went to bathe last week in the Surges , on the shore Spoddal , in spite of the remonstrances of his friends , and was drowned . Tenant-right . —The first county organisation meeting which has been held in Ulster , for the purpose of carrying out the objects of the Irish Tenant League , tooK place on Tuesday at Ballibav , in the county of Monaghan . In point of

      numberand enthusiasm it was a great popular demonstration , and is described as having exceeded in tbes respects the meetings of Wexford and Kilkenny The Kilkenny Journal announces that the follomu ? counties are now in the thick of their preliminary arrangements for their county meetings : —Te counties of Tipperary , Waterford , Louth , Ca « n ; the county of Down is preparing itself ; the countj of Sligo is likewise engaged . A Good Lahmobd . —Mr . Herbert , M . P . for Ecrrr , has as usual visited his Brosna tenants . He pavsaa the poor rate of those tenants ; he gives tliein as abatement of rent to the amount of twenty-five pet cent . ; he gives a considerable premium for the best turnips ; the same for the best clover ; begins one also for the best heap of manure ; and lastly , he , insists on cleanliness and order within and im mediately about their houses .

      Defeat op Crop Plunderers bt me V ^ i )' try . —On Monday night last , on Lady Frank fort property , near Scariff , a tenant named Dame Flannery , whose arrears had been remitted , m his accruing rent abated twenty-five per cent ., ahas been done on her ladyship ' s entire estates w this county , assembled a large number of person . to cut and carry away his crop : The neighbour ^ tenants having heard of tho intended outrage , collected to aid the caretaker , and drove off the dopw dators , thus testifying those feelings of conn *** and goodwill which should subsist between landlow and tenant , proving that tenants are , W treated , they can and will be grateful . In no otKf part of the county was there manifested , last !»•" vest , a more determined resistance to the paymew of ranta than in this locality .

      Tiie CmmcH .-The Yery Rev . Thomas To * send , lately appointed to the deanery of Waterfc ™ will be , it is generally stated , be thesuccessor om late lamented Bishop of Meath on the episW bench . —Sawders . „ , The New CouEGES .-The ^ tUin JSyenmg ^ persists , on hehalf of " the Castle , " in its MW , hat the Pope will not denounce the Colleges-» We repeat it-a full moiety , if not the may J ; of the Catholic bishops repudiate the notion w they have denounced the Queen s Wtf f « Jpm of national education . The lay CathoW

      Ireland agree with tho Most Reverend-the ; » ; bishop of Dublin aHd the full moiety of the ^ Uj lie prelates . . . The Pope has acceded to f French system , and it is simply ridiculous to j tend that the head of the Catholic . Church ^ repudiate the muoh more Catholic system «'" land . "

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      Singblar Defence of a Piateb . — An itii e " , player , possessed of more wit than money / j few days ago driven by the hard master , ^"" ^ to commit the high crime of poach ing , in . jjv neig hbourhood of Birmingham , and being uD' « - detected in the act , was carried forthwith I )? 1 - ^ benoh of magistrates , when the offence was proved . Tho knight of the buskin , however , " ^ called upon for his defence , astonished the ¦« ' ustices by adapting " Brutus's speech . » Romans on the death of Caesar" to his case , ^ following manner : — " Britons , hungry w " ' ^ epicures ! hear me for my cause , and be s » ^ your may hear ; believe me for mine ^ Vh ^ have respect for mine honour , that you maj ^ censure me in your wisdom , a ™ ^ "Y ^ senses , that you may better judge . I"hew . t . ir

      in this assembly , any dear « uu « .-- , e 5 fctt'iffcssinisi ^ ia ^ fssssisssssfrip , you rather this hare were living ana * ^ i Starving , than that this ; hare were' JJ ^ gjrettf . inighD fie a jolly fellow ? As this hare y ,,,, I weep for him ; as he was nimble , 1 »« g he J as he ^ as plump , I honour bim , bu av . ty ^ eatable , I slew him . Here w « 'B tort ^ . court was obliged to . give way ; prosecw ^ eaJ } , , u tators , and all buwt into laug hter at » ^ , displayed by the " poor actor . ' IK s 6 ck was withdrawn , and Uie . knight of < t ^ * buskin left the court with P ° f f Jentio >>«\ % than when he entered it , with theM * an i » fearing On the Stag e the same evemng tirely new character .

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      scotiann . Weavers' Wages at . Fobfab . —A few days since a meeting of the . operative weavers was convened by " , tuck-of drum , "Jn the Mason Lodge , to take into consideration the best means to be adopted to get an advance of wages . The meeting was well attended , but no person' would acknowledge being the promoter of it ; however , after some delay and hesitation ,, a chairman was got , and business proceeded . Deputations were appointed to wait upon a few of the leading manufacturers , and represent the wish of the meeting to them , and to report their

      answers . ; The most of the parties waited on gave very distinct answers , which was to the effect that they had no objections to raise the price of certain fabrics ( chiefly of the thinner sorts ) Cd . per piece , while others hesitated . The result wus , that those engaged on the thin fabrios havogofc an ' advance of 6 d ., or from six to seven per cent . : The advance is but very small , and yery limited indeed , considering the demand that at present exists for weavers . -In the most palmy days of weaving the demand could not have ¦[ becii greater . Our manufacturers , not content with what can be done in the town , are forming country agencies in every direction .

      An extraordinary oase was brought , to a conclusion before the Presbytery of Dunoon , on the morning of Saturday last . The Rev . , Mr . Grant , minister of the parish of Kilmbdan , or Glendarllel , was charged with being in a'bouse ' of ill-fame in Glasgow ; on tho evening of the 2 nd , or early in the morning of the 3 rd of May , 1848 .. ; In that house he was robbed of a sum of money , and he caused the whole of the inmates to be apprehended and taken to the police-office , where , in entering the charge , he called himself John Gordon , ateacherfrom Aberdeen . The fact of a person having been robbed in the house in question , and of having appeared at the police-office , and given the name of John Gordon , was not disputed , and it was proved by the policeofficers and by the books of the police court . The question , therefore , which went to proof was , whether the party in question was the Rev . Mr . Grant . The defence set up was an alibi ; and four witnesses

      were adduced , . who swore that Mr . Grant spent the night of the 2 nd and morning of the 3 rd of May , 1848 , in Greenock , and that they had been in his company there , and had transacted business with him . In opposition to this ; it was proved by no fewer than eight witnesses connected with the police establishment , including the procurator-fiscal and three of . the superior criminal officers , that Mr . Grant ( whom they pointed out in court , and fully identified ) was the- party in question ; and that it was Mr . Grant who entered the chAj-gs at the police office , and then gave his name as John Gordon . In addition to this mass of evidence , three other respectable witnesses deposed that they had been in company with Mr . Grant , in Glasgow , at the time when the alibi witnesses said they had been with him in Greenock . At the conclusion of the proof the Presbytery unanimously found Mr . Grant guilty of the charge as libelled . Against this decision Mr . Grant appealed . —Glasgow Courier .

      A Publisher ' s , Purchase . —The mansion-house and lands of Priorbank , at Melrose , were sold last week by-Major Gowdie ' s agents ,. Messrs . Freer and Dunn , to W . Tait , Esq . ; late publisher of Tait ' s Edinburgh . Magazine , for the sum of five thousand guineas . Priorbank was purchased by General Hugh Gowdie , commander of the forces in India , about forty years ago . —Kelso Chronicle . A TEAcnER in the Infant School at Montrose has been sentenced , at Perth , to fourteen years' transportation for some nameless practices towards his pupils .

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      jfaalee . Fivk Men Drowned . —About five weeks since the end of the very'long wooden bridge crossing the . river Wye , opposite the village ; of Glasbury , in Radnorshire , fell down , buying been , left , without repairs for two . or three years , while the counties of Radnor and Brecon were litigating the quostion , of liability to its repair iathe Court of Queers Bench , . uid the question had' ( Sly just been decided / -against Brecon 8 hire when the bridge fell . As a temporary means of crossing , some of the neighbouring magistrates made arrangements for ferrying passengers over in a large boat , which was worked by means of a rope and pullies , and itansweredthopurpose very well until Saturday morning last , when , at the second trip , the rope broke , and one end being still fiist , it drew the boat under water , and seven men who were 'in itivrere left to the mercy of the flood , wliiish was'i-imjieh swollen by high rains in the previous nigh'Jrfpit of the seven two only ( including the ferryman ) " were rescued . Two of those who perished were father , and , son , and the other three have left large , families . Two bodies-only were found up to Monday . There is muchreason to fear that ' the rope had been partially , cut by some evil disposed miscreant ; but it is very singular tbat fourteen persons had just made a safe trip before the accident . •'•• ¦ ' ¦ :

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 5, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1594/page/6/