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      _ ¦ WBi^—¦ B 3 MBBS I ¦ ¦ . «| f JRttttpitt ** Health of LasDOS ih ! bixg ,. jhb Wbbk . —The fficialreport say 3 : — "A gradual increase in the nortality is represented by the following numbers if deaths returned in the last three weeks : 956 , 1 , 011 , and 1 , 109 . In the ten weeks of 1841-50 , cor-• esponding to that which ended last Saturday , the iveragennmber was 1 , 063 , which , if corrected for somparison with the mortality of the present time , iv assuming the annual . increase of population at L * 55 per cent ., becomes = 1 , 160 . Thi 3 estimated imount differs in no very considerable degree from the 1 , 109 deaths registered last week . The increase fquil to 63 ,-in the present return over the preceding reek ( ending February 1 st ) arose almost entirely

      amongst the young , the number of persons who lied above 15 years having been about 590 , and remaining in both weeks nearly the same . It is further £ o be observed , however , that notwithstanding an excfess in the general result , the mortality from epidemics is perceptibly diminished amongst the middle-aged ' and the old , whilst complaints of that clas 3 , to which the young are subject , if not . declining , do not appear to be gaining ground . The excess of last week over the previous is due , xn great part , to the aggravated fatality of- pneumonia , and likewise bronchitis , amongst young persons . The aggregate of deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory organ ? , comprising all . iges , was last week 253 , -which exhibits an . increase on the average . -The

      tubercular class , including consumption , numbered 173 , which is less than the average , the destructive malady now mentioned claiming 113 out- of these , being less than its usual contingent at this time . In the epidemic clas 3 small-pox destroyed 20 children , and five persons above 15 years ; and in only 3 of the 25 cases there is probable ground for inferring that vaccination had been performed with effect and in sufficient time previous to the eruption of the disease . The births of 818 boys and 75 C girls , in all 1 , 604 children , were registered in the week . The average of six corresponding weeks in 1845-50 . was 1 , 464 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the barometer" in the week was 29 * 700 in . The mean daily

      temperature was lowest on the first three days of the week ; oa the remainder it . was above the average -of the several days " in ten years , especially on Wednesday and Saturday , when it was about 6 deg . above the average . Tfce mean of the week was 40 . 5 deg ., excelling the average by 2 deg . The wind , which blew from tbe north on Sunday , was mostly in the south and south-west oa the last four days . " SmciDB of a . Femalb is thb Subbet Canal . —Oa Saturday last Mr . W . Carter , the coroner , ie 1 d an inquest at the Bridge-house Tavern , Old Kent-road , Peckhaui , on the body of Hannah South , aged twenty , lately in the service of Mr . John Aylard , haberdhasher , of New-cross . Oa Saturday , the 1 st inst ., the deceased went out on an errand , and did not return until a late hour on Sunday night , when

      she knocked loudly at the street-door for admittance . Mr . Aylard bad retired to rest , but spoke to the deceased from one of the upper windows , telling her to go away , as he could not admit her . at such an unseasonable hour . She remained , for some time , bnt ultimately went from the house , and nothing was seen or heard of her until Wednesday the 5 th inst ., when the body of a female was found in the Surrey Canal . Mr . Aylard identified the deceased , and her bonnet and shawl were fonnd on the bank by tbe side of tbe water . The deceased was searched , but no writing or anything was discovered to account for her death . The jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of "Found dead in the Surrey Canal , but how she came there they had no evidence to prove . " There were no marks of violence on her body , and her friends are supposed to be living in Spitalfields .

      Fhiohtfdx Occubrence at a Saw Mim . —On Saturday last a frightful accident took place at the sawmills of Messrs . Morris and Co ., Duke-street , Westminster-road , Limbeth , by which a man named William Stanford , a ^ ed forty-two years , received such fearful injuries that he cannot possibly recover . The unfortunate man was aa engineer , engaged on the premises to superintend the working of the machinery , lie was doing something at the upper part of the engine , and while it was in motion one of the 11

      governors" struck him a violent blow on the head , which rendered him quite insensible . He . directly fell among the works , when one of tbe men , hearing a groan , immediately raised an alarm , and the machinery was stopped , but not until the poor fellow was most shockingly mutilated . He was removed to Guy ' s Hospital , when the house-surgeon , found that ie bad received a fracture of the thigh , and lacerations of the scalp and face . Tbe lower jaw was broken in two places . fie had also sustained fractured ribs , with contusions and braim on various parts of his

      person . Ah aged Lam Boast to Death . —On Tuesday evening Mr . n . M . Wakley held an inquest in tbe University College Sospitnl , on Mk . Eliza beth Hanr , a widow ladyi aged 85 , late of 30 , Plcasant-Bteeet , Easton-square . Deceased was left alone in her room by Mi « 3 Mackenzie , her companion , for a few hours , and during her absence her shawl caught the flame from her candle as she stooped to pick , something from the floor . The fire quickly spread over her clothes , when the other residents rathe house alarmed by her screams , rushed to her room , and found her enveloped in flame 3 , which the landlord extinguished with a carpet , and then conveyed her to the hospital , where ahe died in the most excruciating agony , the upper part of her body having been burnt almost to a cinder .

      FATA * Neglect of the Police . —On Tuesday night an inquest was taken by Mr . Bayford , at St . James ' s Workhouse , on the body of Thomas Stevens , who died under the following circumstances , in a cell at tbe police station ia Yine-street , Piccadilly . It appeared that on Sunday night the deceased , who is mppused to have resided at Hoxton , was seen in the Quadrant , and jt was supposed he had been drinking , 8 B , after inquiring for an Hoxton omnibus , he fell down ia an insensible state , and was carried by the police oa a stretcher to the station , where he was laid on his side on ihefloor of the cell . About one 0 clock in the morning , he , having been entirely insensible , got worse , and Mr . Tothill , the surgeon , was sent for , bat before he arrived he was dead , " and from

      apparently apoplexy . —The Coroner asked the inspector who took the charge , whether he was not aware that there was a ^ positive order of the Commissioners , that persons taken to the station house in' a state of insensibility should immediately have the attendance of a medical man ? Tbe inspector replied be knew of none sock—Mr . Tothill , who is surgeon to this division of police , on being appealed to , said there was such an order . —The Coroner : Then here is an inspector of police who does not know what his orders are . —A Juror : Was it not very improper to lay him on the floor , with nothing under his head ? Mr . Tothill : Certainly it was . —The jury returned a verdict that "The deceased died of apoplexy , but they knew not what caused it ; and that the jolice had been guilty of great neglect , in not getting medical assistance . "

      Fan . akb CttanrqtJS Occiihbekcb .. —On Tuesday afternoon the neighbourhood of Baker-street , Portman-square , was much excited in consequence of the following lamentable occurrence , - which'wa 3 attended with fatal results to an independent gentleman , and almost as disastrous termination to a joung lady . It appears that an old gentleman , named Parnell , had resided for some time in the third floor of . the premises belonging to Mr K . Carding , l&o . 7 , in Baker-street . On Tuesday about noon he was noticed by one of the servants sitting in front of the fire , reading the newspaper Soon after that time an acquaintance called to see the unfortunate gentleman , when on some one proceeding to hia room and opening the door a most

      fearful scene was beheld , for Mr . Parnell was found Sitting in his chair completely enveloped in flame . An instant alarm of fire was sounded , and a young lady rushed into the roam , for the purpose , if possible , of resetting the gentleman . Unfortunately the was nnsuoceBsfal , and owing to the density of { he smoke and tbe body of Same , she dropped senseiess to the floor , Tftiere aha Would soon have fcsen suffiocated bad it not beenfor the praiseworthy eoertumsof some of the other inmates , who made their way into the apartment and extricated her . Sne was earned out perfectly insensible , but owino

      to tue administration of powerful restoratives she soon recovered . The engines from Baker-street station , with those of the parish and others of the london Brigade , promptly attended , and by the exertions of the firemen and strangers the flames were extinguished , but not until Mr . Painell was burnt to death . How the fire occurred is not precisely known , bat the supposition is that a spark mn 3 t have flown from the grate either upon the ¦ ewspaper the deceased was reading , or on to bis clothing , and thus occasioned the calamity . The Bnfortunate deceased waseighty-eigafc years of age , aad has left several children !

      • i . Vh ^ J ffwwoN . —On Saturday morning last , £ S « " ? J ^ ° dt « 8 fire broke out lathe t % J ^ Ji $ 1 ? mi 3 e 8 of Me 8 sr » - Roberta and ^ Sa ^ ff Sftffsasss KSSita " , ' * "t M-sMSSsap ?* ajstt sraSJ *^ Bxkssivb Robbery . —On Tiim ? i <» - r m * received that about tweWdL Z ^ 5011 lady named lee , residing ITSt . Jot ? 8 $ on , entered one of the Atlas olnibusea fci £ b « 2 qS circus to proceed to her dwelling -at SK « S moment a . man of gentlemanly an ^« n « T of Uvs Lee , with [ whom he entered into cowem Sum . Oataeommbnsreaehing Upper BakerKt ictastflj alighted , and took tfhilK ^ E !^

      mstmeurely . felt Her pocket ; and to her dismar discovered that her pooketbook , contaiiuW two ft £ ? $ iSfir tt Bank * EngS iS 2 nd been abstracted ! ¦ and , notwithstanding ^

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      instant pursuit the fellow got clear off .. . The loss had a very shocking effect on M «" . Lse , " who became insensible , and had to be taken into a bur * geon's for medical assistance . ' ' v -VJy '' - ¦ :. ¦ . Hefobtation o * Patjpbr ChudbsImO ; Bbbmcda . —On Tuesday a very lar « . 'e meeting of the ; board of directors andguardians of the poor of -St . Pancras was held at the-. Vestry-hall , adjoining ., th&workhouse .. King ' s-road , Caniden-town . ; Mr . ' - ChurchwardenBaker in the chair .. Mr . , G . W ;; 1 ? . Cooky the vestry clerk , stated that he had received a com ' munication from . the' Poor-law Board , i founded on the report of their inspector Mr . Hall , in reference to the recent emigration of pauper children from the workhouse of that parish to Bermuda : > This letter was read . It was dated tho 10 th inst . The

      following are the most important passages in it : — <( The Poor-law Board , after a deliberate consideration of the evidence , are satisfied that the directors of the poor of St . Pancras were influenced by humane and benevolent motives in the course ., whioh : they adopted with regard to these children , and . that they bestowed every oare and consideration in their power in . order to promote the welfare of the emigrants , and to ensure the success of the experiment . The board cannot however , viow with indifference the fact , which was candidly acknowledged by the chairman of . tbe directors of the . parish of St . Pancras , that ' no legal formalities were

      gone through , ' and that the provisions of those acts of Parliament which relate to the-emigration of paupers were wholly . overlooked . " Mr ; Billett congratulated the board , on the manner in which they had come out on this inquiry . It showed that the hoard had acted in an honest and straightforward manner , and without any fear , and he thought that the whole proceedings of- the inquiry should be published to the ratepayers —( hear , ' hear )—together with the report of the . Poor-law Board . He moved a resolution to that effect . Mr . Shilston seconded the motion , and it having been adopted tbe board separated . .

      TnE Dissenters and me Papai , Aggression . — On Tuesday her Majesty was pleased to receive in the closet at Windsor Castle a deputation from the three denominations of dissenting ministers residing in and about the cities of London and Westminster , when they presented an address expressive of their conviction that we are indebted , under God , for our national prosperity and greatness , and especially for our civil and religious liberty , to those principles of tbe Protestant reformation which placed the House of Brunswick on the throne . The address expressed tbe deep regret with which they viewed the recent Romish Aggression , and the causes whick have conduced to it , among which they specified the legislative patronage of Popery and the

      anti-Protestant teachings and practices inthe . establiBhed church . They stated their claim for the rights of conscience for themselves and for all classes of her Majesty ' s subjects . They did not consider that these rights would he impaired by her Majesty's disallowance , of territorial titles and jurisdiction conferred by tho Pope .. They prayed that the developement of Popery should bo only so far permitted as was compatible with the security of the . throne and the liberty of the subject . To this address ; with Tier usual dignity and condescension , hor Majesty returned the following reply : — "I receive with much satisfaction your renewed ausurances of loyalty and attachment to my person and government . I fully appreciate tbe importance Of a firm

      adherence to the principles of tne Protestant reformation , and you may rely on my earnest desire , in asserting the just prerogatives of my Crown and the constitutional rights of my . people , to maintain unimpaired the blessings of civil and religious liberty which are so justly dear to this country . " ; Capiure of a Murderer . —An instance " of the efficiency of the detective police occurred on Wednesday in the capture of a man , charged with the committal of a desperate murder ' at Warriugton , in Lancashire , a short time since . The prisoner is an Irishman , named Patrick Lyons , and , after his committal of the crime with . which he stands charged , information was forwarded to the Dublin police-ofikers , by some of whom he was well k ' nown , to the effect that he had enlisted into tbe service of the East India Company . One . of the Dablin ' offi . cere , named . Thomas Havanagh , was immediately set hit trackand

      upon , soon traced him to London , TMiere he ascertained that he had arrived by the mail train at four o ' clock oa Wednesday morning Kavanagh at once communicated with Mr .- Mayne , the chief commissioner , who immediately directed Inspector Field , of the Detective Foroe , to ' render all the assistance in his power to the Dublin officer Mr . Field , with Sergeant Thornton ,, of the detectives , having made some inquiries , very soon traced the prisoner to a > puttie-house in Charles-street . Westminster , where the officers succeeded in apprehending him the same afternoon , just as he was sitting down to enjoy a good dinner . The prisoner was at once conveyed to a police-station , and oh Thursday was sent down to Warrington , in custody of Kavanagh , the Dublin officer . - The aceused would have been sent to 'Worley Barracks ' preparatory to his embarkation for the East Indies , had not the officer succeeded in apprehending him ..

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      m _ v . scotianti ; The Steam-boat Explosion at Glasgow . —Corson , the fireman , so severely injured by the explb : sion on board the Plover , has died in the Infirmary whither he was conveyed after the accident . This is the second life lost in connexion with the inelanoholy catastrophe . Bobbbbt of £ 1 , 000 . — On Monday night an English gentleman was robbed in Glasgow of upwards , of a thousand pounds . The lost property consisted of three Bank of England notes tor £ 300 each , Beveral £ 60 notes , a purse containing nine sovereigns , a diamondringvalue £ 20 , andadiamondpin value £ 12 . We believe the robbery took place in some low den by a bareheaded female but no trace of the property has been discovered — Nnrth / RritUh . Mail . -. ' ' ¦

      Destructive Firs bear Gusoow . —On Monday night , about a quarter to five o ' clock , fire was observed to break out in the Hargrieve Cotton Factory , situated at Duntooher , ten miles from Glasgow , and the property of Messrs . William Dunn and Company . The building is a three-storey erection , about sixty yards in length , \? itb garrets These are used as scutching rooms , and it was in them that the fire originated . Its cause we bave not ascertained . The' alarm reached Glasgow about six o ' clock . The engine of the "West of . England Insurance Company immediatel y repaired to the spot , and was followed in rapid succession bv that of the North of England Company and one -of those connected with the police establishme nt By the time they arriTed at the place the fi > mes

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      had gathered great , strength ,. and a considerable portion of the % il < Hng bad . fallen a , prey to them . They : wore ! ' at length subdued , but the -damage is very-. great . " . The ' loss is computed at abont ' £ 12 , 000 ; 7 A great number of individuals will be thrown oiifc of empyoyment . —Glasgow Daily Hail .

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      DREADFUL MURDER AT NEMPNETT , NEAR BRISTOL . A most cruel and cold-blooded murder has been discovered to have been perpetrated at this village , which lies ' about eleven miles from Bristol , on the Bridgwater road , under the following circumstances : —For many years past the village shop at NempneU has been kept by an aged couple named William and Sarah . ' Wilkins , husband and wife , being each of them above seventy years of age . About ten o ' clock on Saturday morning last two men , one named JTohn , Wiles , a blacksmith , about fifty-six years of age , and had recently worked in the village , and the other named John Smith , a labourer , about forty years old , called at the shop ,, and Wiles asked to be supplied with s loaf of bread . Mrs . Wilkins was

      jn the act of reaching it for him , when the ruffian , without any other reason than apparently the gratU fication of a murderous disposition , struck her a violent blow . on the ' head with a thick stick abom eighteen inches long , and welded at the ends with iron , which he had taken into the shop with him . The poor old woman immediately fell to the earth insensible . Wiles then rushed at the husband , who was eating his breakfast in a settle at the upper end of the shop , and dealt him several heavy Wowi with the same weapon , and having reduced him to a state of insensibility , caughtup a spade that was lying near , and continued to beat him with it on th <; head until life appeared to be extinct . Smith

      all the time stood at the door , for the purpose , it is supposed , of giving the alarm should any petsou approach the spot . Having thus ren . dered his victim ? incapable of interrupting him , Wiles proceeded ; to plunder them , and from the pocket of the old woman , which be cut from her dress , he took 8 a . in silver , a half-crown piece , and a . knife . At this juncture it is probable they were disturbed , as tbe only further depredation they committed before making off was to take a few papers of tobacco and a loaf of bread from the shop . Some neighbours entering about' half au how atarwaTtta , were horrified at discovering ; the old couple lying

      weltering in their bipod , and the place in confusion . An outcry was of course instant | y . raised , and a messenger despatched for medical assistance . Mr . Jackman . surgeon , of Compton Martin , speedily arrived , and pronounced the old man to be still alive . The old man ' s skull was fractured , and his body covered with bruises and wounds ; and the injuries his wife had sustained were nearly equal in their extent and character . The most skilful treatment was resorted to , but without success , as , , lie expired about ten o clock the same evening . Mrs . Wilkins , however , manifested symptoms of consciousness during the day , and partially recovered , but she now lies in a

      very precarious state . The two prisoners were ap . prehendedat'Blagdon with some of the property in their pockeiB . The circumstances were investigated before H . J , ' Addingtonj' Esq ., and all doubt that might have arisen as to the identity of the prisoners was dispelled . b ' y . the con ' fewion of Smith and the deposition of Mrs . Wilkins , before whom the prisonere . were taken . They were both committed t , o take their , trial at the next assizes . ¦ . .

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      Hidbatjlic Mortar . —The following particulars respecting the manufacture of mortar for works expq » ed to tbe action of , or under water , and which is riovr being ' used for , the hydraulic works at the Birkenhead Docks , may be interesting to all , and useful to Borneo ? owr readers . Iho best limestone for this purpose is that obtained from theHalkin Mountain , near Holy well , in Flintshire . It is shipped in tho Dee , and landed in Liverpool , at 7 s . 3 d . per ton . The cost of burning H tons of stone , including the 7 s . 3 d ., iaJS 2 lfig . lOJd ., producing three tons of hme , at 18 s . 7 R per ton . Mortar from the mill costs Jrorn 9 s . 6 d . to 10 s . 6 d . per cubic yard , and sand from the Mersey is used in proportions varying from two to five to one of lime by measure The hme kilns are close to the mortar shed , the lime ia slacked direct from the kiln ' s mouth , the mortar is used Ireah generally on the day it is made , it sets rapidly , and tho work speedil y becomes one solid mass . Grouting is made to a great extent from the same mortar .-Mmu ; Journal . m

      How seldom do we feel , perceive-, or think af n « » n boginmnssofaisease whiefsu ^ in our enjoyments and intercourse withThe worid P "The young disease , which must subdue at lenetta suengrt ^' ° Br ° ' aud 6 tren Stos rtR ? ^ ffi ^^ t& ^ 4 Sr ^ K eSmSftfwrtPm . i Mh ^ e would "commend first a ^ X-mSJ' ^ ^?" ^ ' a P werful assi 8 tant p ? L p , 7 S hcalth < that efficacious family Medi-P Uof r « w . v ' = Smsns in evcry station in society . WBWtalit - ™? *»» 11 W TOE FINEST REI 1 EDV » \ m ? JJ v m ™ Bc « a » or ScnoFm . A .-Davi ( l Bavies . a Swiw ? " ^" ' ^ bec » 'ifllicted from his in-M jff " .. * king's evil , which was greatl , aggiaviited by the nature of his cmnlovment . All th .

      uowors that he applied to were unsuccessful in tho' ; ueatment o { Ws case , evOn those at tho infirmary ; at Umtol , wbithei' he had gone in the hope of obtair foe relief . In this condition he commenced the use of > tf a \\ oway ' B . Omtment and Pills , and so rapid was tUe cv £ Z these fine . medicines , that it is considered bj thoy . ^ santotiUo be ucrfecBy miraculous . ' a W

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      Middlesex ' sSsionT ^^ ST . CLA 1 R V . A CONVICTION OF P B , v , —THE GLAZIERS AT THE CRYSTAI » ' '* Sll The appeal St . dair v . Bingham Was ?> Mr . Sergeant Adams / It wa ' s % n al n d conviction by-Mr ; Bingh ' anl , one of them ** % yfc MarlboroughirW . polic C ' oj K which ^ appellant . was . sentencedI to Zj ^ l imprisonment for an Offence ' agninst the Z S ' to . combinations of workmen , 6 Geo iv % ; The appellant was a glazier , who some t ;^" l 2 5 struck work at the «' Crys . al Palace . "andT . S letter to

      Mr . Fox , in which he stated th . 7 \ m Borne alteration , were . macle he would 2 \ \ 1 ver is ement in the morning papers statins hA 1 bmlding was being "botched"by a sy £ '" ^ i contracting , and that it would therefore Z SM less and . . unsafe . Mr . Parry addressed Z l ^ M urging . that the letter was not that of iSfi character to warrant , the appellant ' s being 3 S 1 o the punishment awarded by the magKW'S low-The learned Judge was of opinion & ^ I and the magnates on the . bench bavine eon ?* * 1 the conviction was confirmed , and the aLC / H I commuted to prison . The court was £ S 1 workmen who had been employed' at the Z ^ 1 and who appeared to ! Jake great interest in ft , fi ' ^ B»——— ¦ ( i

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      ' . THE TODMORDEN MURDER . ( Abridged from the Halifax Guardian , ) The- following particulars have been ri ., with great care , and niay be relied upon . A % * woman of the name of Mary Holden , of StaSS and , who . acted as servant to Mr ,. and Mrs . Co ' when they came to reside atStanfield-hallabom ^ weeks ago states that in ; about three weeks »( , they came to reside there Mrs . ' Cooper ? confined of a male child ; ' and was attend ( i Messrs . Oliver and Cockroft , surgeons . ' this \ 1 place on Friday , December 27 thV 1850 , fiom wW time she appeared to be progressing ! moat favour

      until the following Tuesday : morning , when she sj denly became much worse , ' and continued so w , her'death , which occurred on the' 2 nd of Janu ar This young woman states that on the Tuesd evening previous to the death of Mrs . Cooper «? went upstairs and asked her how she was . n mistress replied that $ e haa not been so weil *\ 1 she had taken a powder given to her by \\ l Cooper , and which he said he had brought £ the doctor . The youpg woman : also states th ^ she noticed that after her mistress had taken til powder her mouth was very , 8 pre ; and she said tw the powder was to salivate her . On the \ Uduetdst

      mgni anesaw ner again ; . she was then very poorlf and wished her husband to fetch' the doctor , ij . Cooper set off for thfi doctor , but continued ' frOm home a very long time ; and when he retnrnM he said hehad lost his way . She died the next djv According to the information ojf another mL woman , nsmed Betty . Greenwood , residing at Heb . den-bridge , she was sent for , to Mrs . Cooper on tie evening of the day she waV confined . On the Tuesday hiorning previous , to the death of Mrs Cooper she was visited by Mr . Cockroft , surg eon and , as might be expected , sqme conversation passed ' respecting Ihe powder .. It is stated that Mrs . Coopei told her medical

      attendant that the powder he had seat her had made her much wosre . Mr . Cockroft amazed at the statement , at once " . replied that he had never , sent her any powders to take , and ia « mediately-Bummoned Mr . Cooper into the bedroom , Mr . Cockroft inquired ; jf he had ever Bent anj powders for Mrs . Cooper , to which the husband answered in the negative , and asserted that all he had ever given his wife wasa little preserve to taste . He . denied , in . fact , having given her any powder . Betty Greenwood states that she continued with Mrs ; Cooper until she died V- she also say that her nystress vomited very muoh , aad dr ank large quantities of cold' water .

      According to the statements of MKJobn Lawson of Todmorden , more conclusive evidence still will be brought against Mr ; Cooper . He states that oa the Saturday before Mr * . Cooper ' s d&th he was at Staiifield-hall , and saw . Cooper mix-something with preserves ; and , while doing so , he said it was for Mrs . Cooper . Subsequently he purchased from Cooper a portable writing-desk , and , on some parties from Lincoln—we believe a sheriff ' s officer and a policeman—visiting Stanfield . -hail , in reference to some money t ransactions , to meet which Cooper left-Todmordenfor York , he directed Sergeant Heap . to go with ; Mr . Lawsori ; to Stanfieldhall , and give him possession of the desk . Upon the desk

      getting home he found two pots marked ' PoisoH . ' One of the" pots was empty , but the other full and not broken open . The pots were , of course handed over to Sergeant Heap the same day , ' . .. .. ... ¦ Mrs . Rachel Eckersley was at Cooper ' fl at the time Lawson was there on the Saturday , and states that she was in the passage when Cooper came out of the bedroom . He pushed her away , and would not allow her to see Mrs . Copper . Afterwards she * aidshe v ? a < s dying , and then he permitted her to enter the room ; On the following Tuesday she again visited her and found her very ill , her mouth and throat being sore . She asked her what sort of powder Mr . Cooper had given her . She ^ d

      repU that it was a very nasty one ; that Bhe bad taken it in preserve ; and that she had never been rii ? hl since . She then wished Mrs . Cooper to put out her tongue , which she did . Cooper scraped it with a knife . On the . Wednesday Mrs . JSckersley called again and found Mrs . Cooper still worse , and continually vomiting 5 her remark being 'This powder haa flung me a week back ! ' Cooper wished to kiss her , but she said , ' Oh , John , you have given me that nasty powder , and I have never been like "Zl ^ " ^ ' . ^ 'efused Uo kiss him . again re-« Ohthat

      peatmg , , nasty powder . ' When she took rhe new medicine given her she always took psrticular notice of the label , and would not allow hooper to read it , but requested some one else to do bo . She went again the following day and found ber aeao \ She also states that she has seen letters written by Cooper , saying that he knew he would be a single man in January , and that also on the Saturday night previous to Mrs . Cooper ' s death he said , 'If I thought she would not die I would go and take Miss Eckereley away before her lather s face , and go away as far as I could get . ' The

      police , force of T odmotden and York are actively engaged in procuring fresh evidence , and collecting letters which have passed between Cooper and Miss Eckersley . A number have been found « A £ " * 1 e left ty Cooper at the Queen ' s toYork Cn ' priortohis P ^ cipitate journey The body has been exhumed , but no medical wdence has been taken , a chemical analysis of tbe stomach , &c , not having been instituted . The prisoner remains in enstody , waiting the re . suit of the coroner's inquest . —The adjourned

      inquest on the body of Mrs . Cooper , the late wife of Mr . Cooper of Stanfield-hall , Todmorden , was held at Hilton , near York , on Monday , when the result ol the analysation was announced . The stomach ol thedeceased ; Tfas found to be free from all poison and death had resulted from natural causes . Mr , Cooper on Tuesday was discharged from custody but on application the , magistrates declined to mak < « ny order respecting the letters in the euatody o the police , which are of an extraordinary character and sbovr that months before his wife ' s death h < was preparing for her successor .

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      &t )* StoDtn ce * . MORDER 15 A CoiilEKT AT WkDKESBOBT . — On Saurday lastan inquest was continued upon the body of Thomas Riley , a youth , working in the Old Field Colliery , and who , with two men , named Btchard Grice and David Richards , came by their deaths by a fall down the shaft of the above colliery , occasioned by the rope used in convejing men up and down the abaft having been wilfully cut . The first witness examined was James Atkins , ihe banksman , who stated that about six o ' clock on the morning of the accident the three deceased descended the shaft , which is-sixty yards deep , and when aborifc thirtv

      or forty yards down the rope broke , and the skip with the men went to the bottom . Witness saw the bodies . Richards was just alive , Riley , the boy . was dead ; Grice , although he had several bones broken , was sensible . Atkins describes the injuries received ; they were of the most frightful description . The rope was all right the night before at six o ' clock , as several lota of slack coal-came up from the pit , weighing neatly ten hundred . Wit ness thought the rope was cut partly with a knife and partly with a chisel . James Fellows , of Leabrook , a collier at the pit , said he was first to examine the rope after the accident ; it was cut three parts through , as some parts of the edges . were quite wnootn . Sub-Inspector Blayney procured nieces of

      tne rope , wfeich were evidently cut , and added , that he picked up some small detached fragments at least forty yards from the mouth of the pit . In his judgment there could be no doubt but that the rope was cut purposely . Other witnesses gave corroborative testimony , and the jury , after about half an hour ' s consultation , returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persong unknown ! " The rope , a second-hand one , had only been in U 86 two months , and at the time it was put into work it was ia good and safe working condition . The Thubgousd Mubdkr ' . —• Sbbpecied Fbatricidb . —From what has transpired since the inqoegt wa 9 held ; circumstances hate come to light which have induced Mr . Superintendent Green , of the

      Barnsley police , to apprehend John Firth , a younger brother of the deceased , on the charge of murdering him . The deceased had contracted very dissipated habits , and had been a source of grief and shame to his parents . The accused brother , John Firth , is about twenty-four years of age . He was employed at the Victoria Colliery , and considered a highly respectable youth . His life and character were ^ irreproachable , and no motive can be assigned for the perpetration of the horrid deed . The inquiry was brought to a close on Saturday evening , to consequence of the evidence of William Simpson , the blacksmith at the Victoria Colliery , that th » ballets which he received as his portion of thos « east for the prisoner , ( John Firthl had , been thrown

      away by Simpson s wife down a sough j it W 89 onehed at the place on Friday , and sevea bullets found tnerein . These , on being compared with the slug found in the head of deceased , were found to correspond both as to aize and weight . The substance of a conversation which transpired between the prisoner and William White , constable , of Barnafey during the sitting of the inquest on Thursday , was stated . It appears that he was extremely anxious to know from the constable what was the nature of the evidence against him . Where , if he was committed to York , the constable thonght they would hang him . Further , if he knew of any persons ever having been hung without sufficient evidence of

      persons having seen them do the deed . These" singular queries were volunteered to the constable . The prisoner ako drew a sketch of the missing gun , which he ated had been stolen out of the & $£ house . Several other witnesses having been exammed , the prisoner was introduced into the room , and the evidence read over to him . The evidence did not appear to produce any sensible change in Ms countenance . The coroner summed up , and the jury after deliberating about three-quarters of an hour , retoned thei following verdict : — 41 We find a verdict of WUful Murder against Borne perron or persons unknown . " At the termination of the inquest the prisoner was apprehended by Mr . Green , the superintendent constable of Barnsley , by the authority of the magistrates of that town .

      Repseskktation 0 ? Bury . —Mr . Walker , the member for Bury , has not taken his seat in the present parliament , although elected in 1847 . Continued ill health , and the infirmities of age , areassigned as the reason for the delay—a delay which appears , from some letters in the Manchester papers , to be producing considerable dissatisfaction . Mr . Walker has represented Bury ever since its enfranchwement , under tte Reform Act , in 1832 . He is in his 67 th year . Bbpbbsekuhon op North SiASFORnsHiRE . — liMd . Brackley has published an address to the S t ? % Staffordshire , announcing bis in-S tCt ° im J ^ y resigning the representation & £ ? T 5 ™ se quence of the state of his . neaita , a eaadidatetaBupply ths vacancy has

      already appeared in the " pcraon " of MrrSmith ' Chiid . " ofRownalr . r . f- •^¦ w ' ^^ . - . f * ij :. M ^ . ¦¦ .. •? fc ' . ' ^ v . i . v * ' . W ^ 8 oB EMcno ^ -Th 8 ; election- of \ member , fonthe royal'boroHgh of Windsor , 'in thV room of Mr . HateheU ^ anpomted Attorney-General for Ireland * took place on Mondays ¦ ¦ Wti . 'i Bedborbugh ; oneof the magistrates of the borough ; proposed their late member , Mr . Hatched Mrf Henry Darvill / solicitor , seconded the nomination . The sheriff , having ascertained that there was no other person-to propose , declared Mr . Hatchell to be duly electeda member for Windsor , 'for the present ' parliament . " Mr . - Hatchell 'then' delivered' a brief speech to the electors . He said he was in favour of progressive reform , and that the object of the government in their policy towards Roman Catholics ' was to prevent encroachment on the part of the Papacy whilst faithfully preserving the great principle of religious liberty . The proceedings , which were of a most quiet character , terminated ' by Utl Hatchell being declared duly elected ;

      ' TaB . CASB OF CRBEI . TYWDEVONSHIHE . -In the case of the Birds , husband and wife , Committed at the last assizes in Devon for assaulting their servant , Mary Ann Parsons , a parish apprentice , it is known that an appeal has been heard before the judges l Of fourteen judges who heard' the appeal , it is said that seven are of opinion that the . conviction is good ; and seven hold that the former trial ' before Mr . Justice Talfourd , of which so much has been said in the papers , is sufficient to exonerate the accused from all subsequent proceedings . In this state of thinns' it

      is probable that Baron Platt , the fifteenth judge . will have virtually the decision of this intricate question , which has been found so puzzling , and which on similar occasions to occur hereafter must have theauthority of a specific enactment to guide future decisions . ¦ LoNGBviTYi-There is now living at Edwinstowe , neat Olleiton . a fine hale old man , of the nahieof John Day , aged 101 years . He is in full possession of all his faculties ; and can walk to and from Ollerton as nimbly as a man of fifty . According to present appearance he is likely to be a second Old Parr . —• Nottingham Review . .

      - Rorbbrt by Ghloiiofobsi . —Last week Mrs . Pugh , of Bold-street , Liverpool , was stopped by two men , who applied to her face a handkerchief supposed to have been steeped in chloroform . She instantly became insensible ^ and whilst in this helpless state was robbed of her brooch , bracelets , and other valuables . • ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ '• . '' " ¦ • . "" ¦ . Attempt-at Assassination at W" .--We subjoin * statement of this dreadful occurrence : —Every Saturday Mr . Hills , tbe bailiff is in the habit of attending the market at Canterbury . After returning on Saturday evening last ; he , as usual , went to Captain Bavis ' s house for his books , and was returning through a lane , when he was shot at from an ash- plantation , and slightly wounded in the shoulder . Ko information ' of the occurrence was

      given to the county constabulary until Monday morning , when- the superintendent rode over to Wye and saw Captain Davis . After certain inquiries , he , in the" course of two hours , apprehended three young men . on suspicion , named Hallard , Price , and . Vigeon . He conveyed them to Ashford , and the same day they' were examined and remanded , at the officer ' s request , until Tuesday , when Hallard and Price proved a satisfactory alibi , and were discharged . Vigeon waa then singly charged by tbe superintendent with the crime , and Price was called as witness . He deposed that on Saturday last he accompanied Ti ^ eon , shooting in the fields , and aa they were returning home through Canterbury-lane ; theve was only one charge of powder left , and Tieeon wished him not to shoot it

      away , aB he wanted it particularly for a purpose of his own . Witness fired off the charge , and told prisoner he could buy some more as they got nearer towards home .- They went a few yards on , and eent a boy for an ounce of powder . It was put into a lucifer box . The powder filled the box . Before they bought the powder , and just after he ( witness ) fired tho last-charge , Vigeon asked fora couple of caps , and on giving them to him , witness inquirei what he wanted them for ? Prisoner at the same time took a round piece of lead out of his pocket , and showed it to him ( witness ) , who pressed to know what he purposed doing with it . Herefused to tell him , out said he would hear of it quite

      soon enough . Asked him what he was going to shoot—if it was a . four or two-legged thing—and if he ( witness ) should go with him . He replied , " I laid up tbe other Saturday for him , but missed him ; and if I get into trouble myself , I don't want to bringanybody else into it . " They then bought tho powder , and Tigeon took it , along with the two percussion caps and eight other caps . On the following morning ( Sunday ) they had agreed to go out together shooting again . "Witness went for prisoner as promised , but he did not go out . —Other evidence at great length was given , of a circumstantial nature , and closely connecting the prisoner with the offence , and he was fully committed for trial at the March assizes at Maidstone . ;

      RlPBESKHTAWOS OF SOOTH NoTTINOHAMSniKE . — The nomination of candidates to supply tne vacancy in the representation of the Southern division of Notts took place at Newark onfcTuesday , in the prosence of a concourse of at leastS . persons . Two candidates presented themselves as successors to the late Mr . Bromley—Lord Newark , eldeBt son of Earl Manvera ; and Mr . Barrow , who is supposed to represent the tenant interest . Lord Newark was nominated by Mr . Rolleston , who formerly represented the dirision , and the nomination was seconded by Mr . Pegg Burnell . Both gentlemen Bpokeinthe highest terms of the capacity of the noble lord , and regretted that any differences should have arisen between landlord and tenant Hpon such a question as the election of a representative ; Mr .

      Harrow was then put in nomination by Mr , It . Millward , and seconded by Mr George Stoner , principally on the ground that the honourable candidate had fought manfully to protect the interests of British producers . Lord Newark then made a profession of his political principles , and he was followed by Mr . Barrow . Both avowed a strong adherence to a system of protection , intiin , v ting that they would support a reduction of the malt duty , and endeavour to reduce the national expenditure to the lowest limits , consistently with the requirements of the State . The show of hands was considerably in favour of Mr . Barrow , whereupon . a poll was demanded on the part of . Lord Newark . The proceedings were quiet aud Wood humoured throughout . »

      Portkfbaci Election . —The seat for this borough , recently rendered vacant by the elevation to the bench of Mr . Samuel Martin ( now Sir Samuel Martin ) is now being contested . The Hon . B . R . Lawley , eldest son of Lord Wenlock , expected , until Monday morning , to walk over the course ; but Pontefract is one of those bqroughe whioh can never be calculated upon ; and suddenly Lord Viscount Pollington has been brought out as a candidate . The nomination took place on "Wednesday , when the proceedings were of a very noisy description . Mr . Green , who had somcfidifficulty ia obtaining a hearing , proposed Mr . Lawley , whom he described as a gentleman ofjiberal principles , who would

      support progression and improvement . Mr . Moorhouge ; of Knottingley , seconded the nomination , amidst much interruption . Mr . Jefferson then proposed Lord Pollington , upon whose local olaims he enlarged at great length . Mr . M . Dawson seconded the nomination of the noble viscount . There , being no other candidate , Mr . Lawley addressed the electors . He avowed himself an opponent of Papal aggression , and said that , if returned , he would oppose all attempts to re-impose protection , whilst he would endeavour to relieve agricultural distress . On a show of hands , a large majority appeared to be in favour of Lord Pollington , whereupon a poll was demanded on behalf of Mr . Lawley .

      The Liverpool Powder Magazines in Danger . —On Tuesday evening last a sloop , called the Nevin . Packet , of forty tons burden , having on board about 336 lbs . of gunpowdor , took fire while lying at anchor neatly opposite the Wallasey . magazines , By ' the most persevering and prompt efforts of the orew the gunpowder ( which was in the boat on deck ; covered with a tarpaulin ) was removed to the beach . Had it ignited , the damage in all probability , would have been incalculable as several vessels , having ' on board from ten to thirty tonB , were lying at distances from her varying from 150 to 200 yards , and the powder magazines were in close contiguity . "r

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      ffmaiHJ . The Potato Crop . —In consequence of the wetness of the season , the quantity of potatoes pjanted is exceedingly small ; but all accounts concur in 8 tat- ' , ing that the farmers , in all quarters , ' are determined , to cultivate this esculent to the largest' possible extent . They are encouraged to do so by ' thi comparative success of last year ' s crop , and the high price which potatoes have maintained all through ; . whilst other agricultural products have been so much dapressed . ' ¦! .- ¦• ¦ T ownland Vawtation . —Mr . Griffith , of the Ordnance Valuation , has announced officially that the governmenthave it in contemplation to introduce a bill , early in the session , for a general revision of the townland valuation of Ireland , the' gross amount of each townland to be subdi y ded among the tenements according to their respective values . "

      The Mayo Election petition has been abandoned . ¦ : The Holt . See and the Queen ' s Colleges . — The Qdlway Vindicator confirms , on the authority of letters from Rome ' , the statement made in the Southern Reporter ] that "no decision hostile to the Queen ' s Colleges is likely to emanate from the Holy See . " - ¦ \ - ' " ; ¦ - ¦¦ . ¦ - ¦ . ' Coonit of Cork Registry . —The Cork Constitution says : —" , Under the Reform Act the Parliamentary registry generally contained from 7 , 000 to 8 , 000 names ; the list as revised under the ; new law will not contain 3 , 000 . The same law has decreased the Mallow costituency from 200 to 141 . " ¦ '' ¦ :

      . Abolition of thb Vickrotaliy . —The central committee nominated at the recent meeting in Dublin , met on Saturday afternoon , on receipt of the intelligence thatministersaredetermined to persevere with the billfor the abolition of theLord Lieutenancy , with a view of making arrangements for oppos ing that ' measure ; and the committee again assembled oa Monday for the same purpose . Mr . Henry Grattan , M . P ., has issued an address " to the people of Dublin , " ia . which , he ' predicts ruin and beggary from the centralising system—calls upon A'every man , every woman , and every child , in every hou >« e and in every street in Dublin , and throughout Ireland , to cry out against it—petition . Parliament , and address our gracious Queen" and remind them of

      , 1782 and the volunteers , when'UOO . OQO armed Irishmen and 200 pieces of cannon , acting for the constitution , and within it , made the British Minister tremble . " The Freeman ' s Journal mentions , that " . The Marquis of Londonderry has intimated his intention to entertain theiLord Mayor of Dublin and the deputation , by whom the address against centralisation shall be presented to the Queen . '' > Dungasnon Election . —The writ for an election in the room o £ Lord Northland has been received bv the returning , officer . The Hon . Stuart Knox , the only candidate , is arrived ; and it is stated that he ^ vill be returned without opposition . Rb » tjction op thb Law Courts . —The following statement Is worthy of particular attention . It

      anpears m Saunders ' s Nevis Letter—in . the ; columns of which paper the first intimation of the Viceroyalty abolition and other government measures affeoting Ireland was given , and there is good reason fov believing that the present rumour is well founded : — "A design is said to be now in embryo to ^ consolidate '—as it is termed—the business in the offices of the law courts , with a view , in the . end , to have only one court instead of three ; and one of the preliminary steps is , to have a single master , instead . of an officer acting in the Queen ' s Bench and others in the Common Pleas and Exchequer , as , at present . Great secrecy is observed , lest the details should transpire at this time , ' although , a denial that such a step is intended may be put forth .. There will be no open

      avowal of any design to change the existing state of things , so far as the publio business of the law courts is concerned , until , after every arrangement has been carried into ; execution in other departments , where modifications and reductions would be viewed with less suspicion of the real object of such reductions . It ia also stated—but not so positively—that beside the proposed gradual extension of the jurisdiction of the assistant barristers , even if matters remain aa at present in other respects , the judges will be required to go circuit four times a year , and the civil business localised as much as possible . " > ¦ , R . E-A . BJUBTMEHT . op Rents . —It appears , by a statement in the Limerick Examiner , that the trustees of the extensive estates of the Earl of Devon , in

      that county , had made a valuation in 1849 , based upon ah average price of 80 s . per cwt . for butter , which is produced in great quantities upon the estate . The result has been a reduction each half year , varying from ten to twenty per cent ., on the rents , paid by the tenantry . Theestateia described as weil and judiciously managed . "There is not ( says that journal ) a single farm on hand out of upwards of 40 , 000 statute acres , comprising the Devon estates , while there are many hundred acres lying waste on several of the ad-, joining estates . " Latterly the price of butter has been advancing . In Limerick , on Saturday last , the prirae 8 tquality realised 8 is . per cwt . ' , Thb Govkrshest Measure of Papal Aggression . —The bill of the government with reference to

      Papal aggression , is likely to meet with considerable opposition in Ireland . The first meeting on the sublecfc was held at Carriclc-on-Shannon , county Leit « m , on Sunday , the Very Rev . Dr . Dawson presidj ng . when resolutions were adopted to the effect , that ¦ the attempts of the Minister to return to penal enactments , fills us with disgust equalled only by our indignation " -that it is "drawing too much on the patience of Catholic Ireland , to attempt such penal enactments "—and calling upon their county members to give the measure all possible opposition . A peti tionto the House of Commons was . also adopted . Mr . JohnO'Connell has addressed a letter to the Freeman sJmrnal , in which he says lie is " so deeply impressed with the importance and necessity of a demonstration from Catholic Ireland ,. ' ™ reference to Lord John Russell ' s bill against Catholic Ecclesiastical Titles and Endowments , ' that I have hurried over here to do what little I can , in aid of those who

      are competent to organise it . " The bon . gentleman then states , that he has placed in the printer ' s hands a form of petition " againtit this or any other assailing religious freedom , " and trusts that , by Wednesday ' s post copies of it will go out to all tho parishes of Ireland , accompanied by a " request to the Catholic clergy to cause them to'be signed , and sent forward to Parliament at once . " The freeman contains a strong letter from Dr . MacHale , Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam , to Lord John RusselL The elector 8 . of Yougbal have addressed a letter to Mr . ChiBholm Anatey , in which they say the hon . and learned gentleman haa altogether disappointed their expectations , in the course he has taken on this question . School of DESiGN .-TheLora-Lieutonant distributed on Monday night the prizes awarded to the pupils in the School of Design , in the presence of a very large auditory , at the house of the Dublin Society , in Kildare-street .

      Disasters in the Iuisn Channel . —Kinobtown Feb . 6 . —The master of the . schooner Cambria , annved this day from Bristol , bound to Nantc , picked up a Greek seaman floating ' on a spar , and much exhausted , twelve miles south of Wicklow Head , at i p . m . yesterday , who belonged to a Greek vessel , from Liverpool to Alexandria , with a general cargo , which vessel was wrecked on Tuesday night on the Arklow Bank , he being the only survivor of the Ill-fated vessel , sixteen in number . The master of the Cambria could not learn the name of the vessel wrecked from the man saved , not knowing his language ; but it appears the vessel soon brobo up , as the master or the schooner , observed law quantities of wreck floating about . The man saved

      wa 3 put on board the Etinea , a Greek brig , which sailed immediately after for Cardiff . Later accounts state , that the vessel to which the po or fellow belonged was . the Greek brig Maria Terpsitha Captain Dimitro . The master of the brig ' Delight from Workington , bound , to Cork , whioh put into Kingstown Harbour on Thursday night frem : 8 tre 8 B of weather , reported his having on Wednesday , the 5 th instant , five miles S . E . of Wicklow Head picked off a part of the wreck of the ill-fated vessel seven of her crew , ; one poor fellow had one of his legs broken , and two others some ribs broken . The wounded men were sent to the hospital . The crew consisted of seventeen persons , the master and eight of whom were drowned . The master of the

      Delight did everything in his power to alleviate their suffering . ' . . 1 Dbatii of Viscoont Nkwrt . —The Armagh Guardian announces the demise of this young nobiemun . By Ms lordship ' s death a vacancy arises in the representation of Newry . Progress ot Emiobation . —Even before the opening of the spring , the tido ot emigration haa re-COTMflenceu viith &b muoh vigour as in any previous season since the famine . In the severest part of the winter , there ' was scarcely a week in which numbers did not leave some of the Irish ports , to take shipping ' . at Liverpool for America . But the great bulk of the emigrants make their arrangements to leave in the spying months , selling off their little stock and household effects , and

      husbanding their resources for some time previously . The accounts from all parts of the country state that vast numbers , including favrftoYs , country traders , and sevoral of the smaller gentry , are preparing to " try their fortune in the new country ; " nnd boforo tho close of the ' present month , the emigrant agents at the various outporta mil be in full occupation . In the ' port , of Dublin there are vessels receiving passengers to proceed direct to America ; some ships have already sailed ; and considerable numbers take their departure" daily bv ateamers tor Liverpool . In Waterford and other ports the quays are crowded with emigrants , many of them faviners of the better' class , who take the iiverpo 6 lroute » The remittances from Irish . set-

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      tlers in-America' are rapidly increasing , and considerable Bums are-paid by the banks in Dublin and the branch banks-in-the country towns , chiefly amongst the humbler classes of the peasantry , who are . thus , provided ' WitK'tho means of emigrating . Altogether it , appears likely that the emTgration during the . present year will be fully equal-to that of , the , la 8 t . or- ; any-previous year , notwithstanding the Jong-pontmued drain of the population and the havoc of a -protracted and desolating faniine' In Cork , OloBmel , and other populous towns there are renewed complaints of the increase of vagrancy ; and of the swarms of beggars obming in From the rural distnots . ¦ .-: ' .

      • Salss of Encumbered Estates , —Only one property was offered fov sale on Tuesday in the Encumbered Court . It was a fee simple belonging to Mr . G . M . Hanley , in the parish of Kilglass , county Roscommon , containing 407 statute acres , yielding as , at present let a net vent of £ 13715 s . Griffith ' s valuation of this estate is £ 185 15 s ., and the poorlaw valuation £ 142 ; Mr . H . N . Lauder was deolared the purchaser , for £ 2 , 350 , being seventeen years' purchase on the present annual rental , which is founder the poor-law , and £ 48 below the Ordnance valuation made by Mr . Griffith , Dunoasvan . Election . —The temporary excitement caused by the superseding of the writ has subsided , and the election is not expected for two or three weeks . : ,

      Opposition to the Government Bin on Papal Aggression , —The 2 < Ve «! nan ' s journal states that the following , amongst other members of the Irish bar , have expressed their willingneBa to * iga the requisitions of the-Roman- Catholic parochial meetings to petition ; i gainst the Bill on Papal Aggvesaion , and to forward the movement by every means in their power ,: —Sir C . iM . O'Loghlen , Bart ., J . S . Close , Q . C ., John Fitzgerald , Q . C ., John O'Hagan , Q » C , A . Close , J . H . O'Louglin , J . D . Roche , P .

      J . Murray , P . J . M'Kenna , G . Waters , John C . Whyte . The same journal states , as an indication of the excited state of public feeling on the subject , that on Sunday evening a numerous meeting of the Roman Catholic inhabitants of St . Miohau ' s parish , in this city , washeld , at whioh a petition to Parliament against the proposed measure was adopted , and which on the next day . received over 3 , 000 signatures , and was then transmitted by tho mail on Suuday night to London , for presentation in the House of Commons by Mr . Reynolds ,. M ; P ..

      . Tns FAttwa of A Mitt . —After repeated adjournments , the coroner ' s inquest on the persons killed by the failing of the mill at Beer ' s Bridge , near Belfast , has ; at length terminated . A majority of : the jury returned , a verdict . that " They ¦ were . of opinion that Robert Boyd and John Magee construction and erection of tbe said mill , ' . ' A minority of the jury-ten out of , twenty two—came to a different conclusion—namely : —" Although we consider , the falling of the said mill . an . accidental cvvcu ^ atetiTO ,. we oannot . avoid expressing our opinion that sufficierit . care was not taken in its erection , although we do not consider that the neglect amounts to . criminality / ' The aolicitprs for : Mr . Boyd have . entered a : caveat against the findipg'of the majority , designating it both " illegal- and absurd , '' and cautioned the coroner , Bernard Ward , Esq ., not toisBue his warrant on it , as that " course

      would manifestly be illegal . " would manifestly be illegal . " App ointment , of an Irish Cardinai . — The Limerick Reporter contains the following , under the heading , " Highly Important Intelligence from Rome " : — "Weare . enabled to announce , on what we are , induced to" believe most creditable authority , that his Holiness Pope Pius IX . haa thought proper to confer the dignity , of Cardinal onthe / Most Rev . Dr . Cullen , Lord Archbishop of Armagh , Primate of all Ireland , and apqstolio delegate . We are also informed that the ' Tery Rev . Tobias Kirby , President of the Irish College at Rome , has been appointed coadjutor bishop of

      Dromore to the Right Rev . Dr . Blake , The name of Dri Kirby ' s successor in the Presidentship of , the Irish college has not as yet , we believe , been named , but he is said to reside in the neighbourhood of Dublin . Should this intelligence be confirmed , and ofthetriithof it very little doubt is entertained . by those whoare competent to judgewe need not say . tbat Lord J . obn Russell shall have move . trouble on hisi hands than he hai already encountered ; arid . that ' the Church difficulty , ' , ii one . he will find it very hard to surmount . Indeed we imagine hislordship to be only in the commencement of his troubles . " .

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      Th ? fJw (? F x ? mQWI 0 K W 1 M Sardinia ,-in thl in g ^ ^* terma of tho operative clause : rtnn C Su ™? tm mth s « dinia relative to naviga . »« i do ° uraent , which was alluded to in th < E ^ ? 116 ^ 11 /* 1 tUo openin g of parliament wai ?« ^ Lord Talmerston , Mr . Labouchere , am the Marquis d'Azeglio , ia London , on the 23 rd nit . " 7 l . JNO duties on tonnage , harbour , lighthouse Pilotage quarantine , or other or eimikv oVcones ponding duties of whatever nature or under what ever denomination , shall be imposed in the ? ortB o either oountry , upon the vessels of the othc ^ ^ £ ro v i , ffhatov , P ° or place arr y ng , which shall not be eouallv imnWd intb iuu

      > cases on national vessels ; and in neither coui try shall any duty , charge , restriction , or prohib tion , be imposed upon , nor any drawback , bount iSrT ' b 8 wi ^ ldfrJni , any goods id ported into or exported from such country in vesse « nS n ?^^ 11 8 ^ 11 not * e equally imposi L 7 * * 8 uch B 00 & , when soi . y CS , wvl Xported , national vessels . 2 . 1 ¦ vcsbels which , according to tho laws of Great B v ^' nifV i , be dee ^ Briti 8 h vessels , and ; ^ scb W hich according to the laws of the kit U-Li ^ T l ' are t 0 te Reined Sardini (• vessels , shall , for the purpose of this conventi ( £ mL ^ l - , tmtv oft ^ 6 th September , 1841 , deemed British , vessels and Sardinian vessels spective \ y . " -Horning Chronicle .

      n . i ^ " :,. ^^ ^ raW ,. and other pro-slav papers , publish what is oalled " a full report of Earl of Carlisle ' s lecture on America ; " but wl VSSS ^ t' ^^^^^^

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 15, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1613/page/6/