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      ggt j&ms ^ eus . vv ~ t or l-jvdo-v . —T :: c total number of deaths J . : Xj -a th .. " « i * : roi .. » 2 » an dSsirieis v .. the week cHii- list * S . iWnl- » y w ! , <»* . I" tl . « corresponding w fof iL l-ii wars 1 S 11 30 Hie awncc numba ™> S 73 . the lowest of tbc > cries bavi » g -eon ¦ , Jo in 18 i 2 . aml tin- highest 1 , 070 tn mo year laW . ^ nen di-toa had appeared and was making * omc progr , SS . But if the average bo raised in P"' ^?" tv ii . crcafe of population , 000 is the eswnated amount , cnim-ared wit :, which the dcat . w «» « - ' w * cihiwian wcrcnao of » . Tl * zyuiottc or eiii-iemic cfcss of diseases presents nothing ™™ al : e 'n ihis return as towards the aggregate araount of . . waths . fhich differs little from lUo resu of _ th * ,., „¦„ ., „ « wt or from the average morality oi

      ionnVWirs at iho bCL'innin" of W ** «« I t-: u taSIU'H deaths are enumerated as caused fc ^ Brtmt and these are distributed as fol-] 0 - , : . ! 1 ] C « -re from small-pox , 29 from measles , 2 " from -carlatina , 33 from ho « . piiig-cougb , o from wou ? . 3 from thrush , 23 fnnudiarrl . ee ,, 4 from fro-., Vur ' iura -1 from remittent fever , ¦ & from ti' -hus l ' irom puerperal fever , 1 from rheumatic ft- ? , r , 11 fiom erysipelas , 1 from syphilis , and 2 from ' imma nr c . incrumori . ? . As compared with the remits , under the sasue heads in the week incce < :-i « x > . i ! ieft * U-3 sn . l boopini-cottsb , but < wpoe ' ally tht former , Ikito decreased , " while scarlatina , typhus , and the diarrhoea or English cholera , which begins to prevail as the season advances , show an increase . The births of 716 hoys and 734 girls—in all 1 , 530 cliil-iren were registered last week . The average nuini'CT in six corresponding weefes of 181 a—50 sfa < -1 . 277 . At the Rov : \ l Observatory , Greenwich ,

      the mean reading of the barometer was above 30 it . on Sunday . The mean of the week was 2 Q .-S 74 in . The mean temperature of the week was G 2-9 des .. which is rather above the average . Kxiessivs RouBunr of Jewels . —On Saturday last information was received at the head uoliceofii ' - " , Scotland-yard , that the premises , 13 , Lambethterrace . Lambeth-road , had been entered and plundtr * d of a quantity of the most costly description of je ^ v' -is . set with diamonds , in value upwards of £ 500 ; a Bank of England note for £ 20 5 a number of soverejffus and half-sovereigns , forty naif-crowns , and two euin-as in money .

      Opposition- to the Retextiox of the Crystal F > . - -ace for a Whiter Gardes . —On Saturday last , at a meeting of the vestry of St . Marylrbone , \< i .- \ a * , the Court House . Xlarvleboue-lane , the Rev . Dr Spry , rector , in the chair , a communication was rceived from the Marylebone Committee for the Exh'bition » f Works of Industry of All Nations , requesti- > g permission of the vesrry to place a petition for signature at the Court Housp , in favour tf the n « H-rt ° n '> vai of the E x hibition Building , it being the opinion of the committee that the greatesj .

      advantages would result to the public from the continuance of lue building as a winter garden . Sir Peter Liu « i «; and several other gentlemen opposed the project ; and , so strong was the feeling against it , that t !^ e vi siry even reacted the application for perurissio . o allow petitions to lie at the Court House in fav .-ur of its enntinnance . The arguments wore that the s . Jreat Exhibition had proved m-st prejudicial to r -ry branch of fade , and w « s calcnluU-d to producr ilic evil to a still greater extent were it perpetuated . The anplication was reject- d accordingly .

      'i ' UK LATE FATAb ACCIDENT IS RoTTKN-KOW . — O % Monday an adjourned inquest was held by Mr . Bi-xirord at " St . George ' s Hospital on the body of Mrs . UtriiH , aged aixty-sis , the wife of a retired publican at T ttenuam , who died in that institution from injuri-s received on the 6 ; h vi \ ., in Rouen-rivw . The cau 5-ro ]) he has r-ecn already fully reported , in the hope that the Id ? alleged to be the cause of ihe fatal ev ; •;; would come forward to make her statement on the subject . The lady , however , was not forthcoming , and Baldwin , " the summoning officer , informed the coroner that he had been unable to ascerttm who she was . —Mr . Richard Hoare , 19 , \ Vlii hall-place . East India merchant , deposed that on to evening ot the 6 th of June he was ridiog on hcrM . -b . icK in RoUen-row in the company of Mr . W . R'M , his horse being almost parellcl with the lady ' s , by uiiich the deceased was knocked down . The effeci « as to iiim that deceased rushed under the lady ' s horse as it was cantering down . lie saw the

      lady o .. d ceatl' -man wbo accompanied her turn back , and a «; , T - < i . »'; : ng » ith the utmost coolness upon the drws- - ¦ ¦» . jviiu was lying on the ground insensible , tur-i tj ... V b j . sps' heads , and , without a remark , ride oi ? . C « i i * i-c :-ug the conduct of the parties most unfee ! i' : a > b ? i '< ! -o ved them to endeavour t » ascertain il i ^ -it- ! . * . ••« tij they wer « -j but bis efforts were unavui-:: !^ . . iii d » tihough he had nearly every evening siD' : > - i \ Oift > F . jaostriau exercise in the park with a fie ^ \> f recognising them , be had failed in sn doing . !>(¦;¦• • wiiat passed at the former examination , the pun ' - ; minht he lC' » to believe that Mr . Reid knew the I-- ; 1 wild her companion , which opinion , however , he " m . 1 ¦ ¦ authorised to repudiate . — M rs . Sarah Thomas , adsvi . hterof th <* . deceased , said she was wi < h her mother at the time she was injured , which would not havs-. ' fotea done if the lady had not whipped her hor ?< - into a gall p The cormier observing that if fairi ; leas attaciifd to the lady , and she could be fans jrinuJ of ' Accidental d ash . "

      Di- - i aestwD Xbedlbwomes ' s Societt . —A meeting Of ib » ' -iif > . " - ^ ib ers of thin suoifty was he d on Monday i-ciiiHsr , at the office , 75 , Xewman-Street , OxJ ' o ; -i- « treei , to receive certain statements relative to flic- financial accounts , wiiich it appears have latf-U' uhder ^ one an inspection , with unsatisfactory retr . ! :=. The chair was taken by . Mr . ltid » w : iy . At thu i-r . iiiiiu-ncemeiit of the pioei'cdiiigs Miss Cass , alarv of fortune and a subscriber to the society , exnn *> ed a wish to be heard on some charges trlil : ' .-. > ae had to prefer ng . iuist Sir . Roper , the houo ! -2 i \» secretary , but the friends of t ! mt . gehtlejnau .-:- i-- 'ct ? 'l , protesting-against tiip legality of the meefca ? . A'ter much angry diiouisson Miss Cass Bncc-.- ; - !» - 'i in ojaking her stat' -aicut , and questions xelatiu- - to the receipts and application of numerous and isi-go suoia of money were j . ut to Mr . Roper . In the end , a resolntion was pat aud carried Snppeuoi ; in him from his office until : i general jneetitif ^ of tha subscribers shou'd determine what further etc-ps it > take in the nititer .

      . . The l . vtk Fire at London Bridge—The inquest as to the origin of the late tire at the warelionBes of Mr- ' Alderman Ilumphrsy , terminated on . Monday . A number of additional witnesses were OXtuntned . bat nothing was elicited beyond what appenwd 31 the former investigaii' -u . Mr . Braidwood produc- 'J some pieces of old tarpaulingand < anvasrag ¦ whicli had been taken ont of the ruins of warehouse Aj which he faid were very likely to be ignited by spontaTiKOus combustion ; however , in answer to a qnestiun from Alderman Humphrey , he admitted that lie had not known an instance of a fire arising in the Rfval Dockyards , in which great quantities of

      spch erturles were kept , from spontaneous com bastion , lu die course of , the inquiry Alderman Humphrey repelled a report which had beeu spread to his disadvantage—viz ., that he only paid his labourers 2 i . tkl- 3 day : he paid , and always had paid them , St . 6 d .. a day . The iury ultimately returned a ver diet to lh »« iffect , " That the evidence was insufficient w siiow how the fire in warehouse A originated , but there was the highest degree ot' probability that the / ire in warehouse D was nr-t tbe result of accident , and suggested that the Secretary of State be solicited to increase the reward of £ 200 offered by Messrs .. Wjgan and Co ., for the discovtry of the person or persons who fired the warehouse . "

      Dvituso Extraordinary . —Two foolish clerks , named Tile and Romford , quarrelled respecting a yonmj'lady to whom they were lioth attached , and a chiucuge was the result . A meeting was arranged to take place at nine n'clook on Saturday « Te ; ang , -in a field near Highgate Cemetery , At the tour appointed one of thepnnc ^ p ^ le rtid not appear , and , after waiting some time , I . is second became so annoyed at this cowardice , and at the sneers of the other . parties , that he declared himself insulted , and demanded satisfaction . Of course , a man

      bearing so chivalrous a name as Tilt couW not refuse a ghaiiungc . Tue paces were duly measured , and shots mterciwnged . Tilt ' s buUet grazed the cheek pf thu . yalorou " s second , while Tilt ' s "four-and-nine " iras . tu ' rced : into a " ventilator , " by the bullet of bis . antagonist popping in ju 3 t below the crown and popping out on the other side . The duellists then sbw& hacda , rowed eternal friendship for each Other , with a determination to kick Romford , when they csiught him , from Higbgat ? Hill to HerneBay , and * io ' parted . -

      3 l * iK ppouTAS Water-Bill . — On Wednesday , at "the meeting of . the T ? eBtrj-men of St . Pancras , held in . thevestrj-room , King ' s-road , Mr . Cooke , the vestry ( ilerk , road acommunic . it Jon from the East St . J ^ ncraS ; Pnrophial Reform Association , relative to the proposed measure for the supply of water to the metropolis now before the llonse of Commons , and calling upon tbe vestry to use its best exertions in opppiiii ' g the bill . Mr . Manning said that one of two Eteps ought to be immediately taken : the vestry ought either to adopt a petition to parliaett to call

      m-. or a public meetir . g on this important qutnuon ; theiv werenot two -tcnions in the Testry npou this subject . Mr . Manning re ^ aform of petition , which after a few observations in its Bup-KM * Ir ' > wa 8 ^^ -nouSly agreed to . LT ^ J iT"fi l ^ e 3 ted fay Mr . Mauningthat delegaies , should be appointed to m .. et thl men of S ^ Sh ^ t , 51110 ^ othe . ^ riS be ail d toco ope-Ttl iv \< ¦ ln ° PP ° sln ? t * io obnoxious bill . He { Me . Manning ) regretted d * t at the iraportant meet ^^ hioh took place kst Fri . i v " tthe Marvebone Court-house , St . Pailor , « was the only , netroj > ou .. n minsh not represc-tted . J

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      ¦• M . kr . u . vTAX , the chief ¦ phvsidan of Bicetre has been gaspeuded from his function .. fw a month bv the ciperior council of the hcspiials , for having pub-^ a . ^ Uosument of a nature to cause uueasiness in tfepa ^ jc min d , by stating that 0 ; ses of cholera had shown thv-ffwelres in the estal- ^ ument under his Upu , ritU-adsHee . —GaHgmini .

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      The Latk Fatal Exfi . osioN at I . iveri > ool . — Oil Saturday last an iequ .-- ! whs li .-lil in tl > e in lirmary upon the bod ) 'of t ^ ainn «* i Griiiith , thu lireman , who was killed by lheexi > iosi < n of the Co » w ; iv locomotive . The cor"ii-. T look she evidence of tht driver , Valentine , in his b- d r -ora , and then verinedit to 1 he jury . From ail the evidence adduced it appeared that , the Piijjin'' had been buill only three years , = < nd was rati-d ' . 1 si . class ; that thCrE could not liave been sufiicieiii . watnv in the boiler , portions of the fractures bein j t \ mnd discloured as if they had been over heated . —Mr F . Trevithick , general superintendent of locninniivc s , gave it as his opinion that there must Imv-deeu an immense pre « ure on the boiler , and th « safeiy valves , oi which there were two , may have ( wiled to work ; one

      was so bent that nothing cniil ue saen as to its wfir ' nng , and the other could no ' , he , found . The drivers undergo a routine < iiili In-fore they are appointed . The driver bad slated that he heard a fizzing noise just before the t'x Uision , end this , Mr . Trevithick considered , arose , do ' . ) their being too little water in the boik-r , ami liu- < team eeenping be-] - ; w the level of the furiiac . — . Mr . A . Allon , assistant locomotive manager , knew that the boi : or and engine were sound at 1 heir iust . inspection only a day or two previously to the "ceiirrence . His opinion was that the accii ' eut was Rau > ed by a deficiency of water in the boiler , and that very powerful explosive gases must have been f-rmedj which gases would be generated in a few minutes : and he

      thought so instantaneous would be their effect that no warning could be given , lie was perfectly convinced the boiler could not have burst at three times the ordinary pressure , as the tubes are tested before being used to the extent of 300 ib . to a square inch . —After hearing these witness's , the Coroner remarked that he felt it would be useless to carry the inquiry further . —Some of th . jury agreed , stating that the driver was highly culuaUle , and a vevdiet of manslaughter against Valentine would in all probability have been found , only 'hai , as the foreman observed , the man cannot possibly recover . Ultimately , after much discussion , the Jury returned an open verdict , " That ileath was caused by the explosion of a locomotive boiler , but that there was no evidence to show the cause of that explosion . "

      Rejection of Akothkr Clergyman ny the Bishop op Exeter . —A shorv time since the Rev . It . Malone , the incumbent of OurUt Church , Plymouth , accepted an appointment in London , The llev . John llatchard thereupon nominated the Rev . L . H . Gray , of London , Perpetual Curate , and on the 28 th nit . that gent lemsin presented himself to the Bishop of Exeter to be licensed , when he was subjected to a close examination on the subject of baptismal regeneration , and his v * e <* s not being in harmony with the synodal declaration which the Bishop had just issued , the ri « ht tev . prelate refused his admission into the diocese . This occurred too

      late on Saturday to be commun'ca'ed in time to the churchwardens of Christ Church . sr » that when the people c » me to church the following day , thfiy were obliged to disperse elsewhere , ln the evening , o :: e of Mr . Hatchard's curaies performed service ; but the rejection has caused a great deal of talk , and it is proposed to petition parliament on the subject . The Rev . H . G . Smith , of Trinity , has resigned the incumbency nf that church frnm ill health , and as the appointment is vri'h Mr . llatchard , it is expected that the same ihing will occur there . Should the Bishop ke . p the offtci-s open for six months , there « vlll be a lapse , and the appointment will rest with him in that case .

      Failure of a Liverpool Finn . —We regret to learn that Messrs . James Starkey and Co ., of this town , have been compelled to suspend payment , in consequence of the entire destruction of their stores and property at San Francisco , by fire . We understand that they were unable to protect them selves by insurance , although their warehouses were of iron - ' their shippers are in a similar position . This house , we believe , was the first English establishment launched at San Francisco , and its failure has created a lively feeling of sympathy . Their loss is estimated at 130 , 000 dollars . —Liverpool

      Mercury . Tns Self-accdsbb Murderer at Manchester . —The youth from Dublin , named Euaene Keenan , who gave himself up to the county police at Manchester as the murderer of a fellow-cierk in the Government Valuation office at Dublin , by mixing oxalic acid in his porter , turns out to be insane . His father came over from Dublin to apply for him on Saturday , alleging that he had exhibited symptoms of madness for upwards of three months past . It appears that , in consequence of his statement , the body of his late fellow-clerk , Conneiian , bad been exhumed , but no trace of poison was discovered . The immediate eause of death had been rupture of the aorta . Keenan had previously

      surrendered to the borough police on a charge of highway robbery , which he accused himself ' of , near the town » but they discharged him afrer making i ' rquiries , not being able to hear of any such robbery as that he described . "When again placed before Mr . Trafford , the police magistrate , at the New Baily Court-house , on Saturday , a policeman' stated that be believed , there was . reason to suppose ho had really committed a highway robbery by presenting a pistol at a man ' s breast . The man was an enginedriver on the London and North Western Railway , bat not being able to appear in court that day and give evidence , the prisoner was discharged ;¦ on tbe understanding that his father should 'take care of him , aud not let the police be troubled with him

      again . The Late Collision at Liverpool . —The adjourned inquiry before the magistrates tonk place on the 4 th inst ., when the various cases were disposed of separately . Carey , and Trussler were fined , tbe former 40 s . and costs , or one month ' s imprisonment , and the latter 60 s . and costs , or six weeks' imprisonment . Robert M'Fendriea was discharged . Thomas M'Gill , Thomas Power , John Rath , and Cronin were then brought up . Tbe bench discharged Power , and fined Cronin , M'Gill ; and-Batb £ 5 each , or in default , two months' : imprisonment . ' James Cox and Michael Woods . were acquitted . Colonel Campbell said , he had always cautioned his men against getting into quarrels , and must express his regret at what had occurred . The regiment would leave town on Saturday , and he would always endeavour to prevent similar occurrences in future .

      Rbpbbsbstatiot ! 05 Kjjar'eSbqrougii . —Mr . T . Collins , long resident in the borough , has started as a candidate to fill the vacancy occasioned , by tbe death of the Right Honourable W . S . Lascelles . Mr . Collins , in his address states "he is in : favour of maintaining in all its integrity the Established Church in England and in Ireland ; , " tbat '' he is opposed to the endowment by the state of the Roman Catholic religion , or to the concession to Roman Catholic ecclesiastics , of precedency and territorial title inconsistent with the supremacy of the Crown ;" and that "he considers it to be . the immediate duty of the legislature either to relieve , the agricultural interests of every special and peculiar burden , or to give to that interest an equivalent for the taxation which it bears over and above the rest of the community . " , '

      Alleges Death from Cruelti . —On the ' 4 th inst . an inquest was held at Manchester , which excited a good deal of excitement , owisg to ah impression on the public mind that death had' been the result of ill-treatment and cruelty . The' deceased was a cirl seventeen years of age , named Esther Swinnerton . The girl was living with her father and a step-mother till a few weeks'back , when , owing to a report tbat the step-mother had beat her unmercifully and confined her in a dark cellar , the police took her from home find placed her in . the Salford workhouse , where she died on Thursday . The inquest on the body was held by Mr . Ilutt ^ r , one of the county coroners , and a Mr . BrownoilJ , a Bnrgeon , who had attended the girl in the workhouse , and subsequently made apost mortem examination of the body , was the first witness ' . examined . ' Mr .

      Brownbill said he found deceased in a state of emaciation , and attended her till death . " From an examination of the body he was . of opinion that deceased died of consumption , caused by malformation of the spine , hastened by diarrhoea . She might possibly have lived several months but for the diarrhoea , and that might have been brought on by neglect , want of nourishment or confinement in a damp atmosphere . Several witnesses deposed to various circumstances of ill-treatment of the deceased by her mother . It was clearly-shown that tbe food supplied to her was insufficient , . and that she was frequently beaten and forced to sleep in a cold , damp , * and most -unwholesome cellar or coal vault . The jury returned a yerdict of " Wilful murder" against Elizabeth Twinnerton , the mother of the deceased . ' ¦ •• .. ¦¦

      Extraordinary : Accident to . . an- Excursion Tbain . —On Tuesday au excursion train » n the Great Western Railway brought up about 1 , 500 passengers from Gloucester , Stroud , and Cheltenham , to the Great Exhibition . This line of railway between Stroud and Tetbury runs up a ' steep incline of abont five miles in length , and terminating in a tunnel about two miles loo ? , and the . gradients in which are in some parts as high as one in seventyfire or eighty . The train , which consisted of twentythree carriages , arrived at thi 3 incline in safeiy , and was propelled up it with some difficulty ' by . two powerful engines ; but on its . emerg-ing from the tur . nel on tho London side it was . discovered that

      eleTenofthe carriages had become detached from the train , and were nowhere to be seen . The utmost consternation was caused by the discovery , especially as it was known that the detached carriages must pf necessity rush fawn the incline , nnd as there was but one guard to control their speed it was feared that they would run into the up mail train , which was known to be following close behind . A pilot engine , however , was despatched on thedoxn rails to overtake the runaway carriages ,-and give warning of their approach at the bottom of the in-« lT' « ^ . fortunately as the pilot engine was proceeding down the incline the mail train was met slowly agC : ndin » , and the engine driver

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      h » vmg been apprised of the dan"er , he immediately reversed his engine , and backed his train down the incline , thus allowing the runaway carriages to descend upon him without anv serious collision , and both trains arrived ac the bottom of tlie incline in safety . The passengers were greatly alarmed , and two or three of them who leaped from the carriages as they were descending received rather serious contusions , but beyond a delay of about three Lours in the arrival of the train atPaddington , nothing more gerious occurred to raur the pleasure of tho excursion .

      Seuies ov Accidents . —An accident of a most frightful character occurred about eleven o ' clock on Saturday morning last , on ( he premises of Mr . John Evans , druggist , Narberth , the consequences of which have been seriously disastrous . It appears that a pot containing a quantity of turpentine and beeswax , had been placed on the tire in a room contiguous to the shop , aud being incautiously left there , boiled over into thu fire , and soon became one mass of flame * Mr . Evans , being apprised of tbe occurrence , rushed into the room , and in endeavouring to extinguish the tire , threw the vessel containing the combustible material towards the door , through which Mrs . Evans was at the moment passing . Mrs . Evans ' s dress caught fire , and in endeavouring to escape she ran into the yard , when the current of air instantly set her clothes in a blaze , Mr , Evans , seeing the dangerous positiou of his wife , and in his anxiety to save her , being unable to pass through the door , which had taken fire , leapud out oi the window , in height about

      four feet from the ground ; but by so doing , unfortunately fractured his leg and dislocated his ankle , and consequently lay in a most helpless state , utterly unable to render any further assistance ^ Mr . Jones , saddler , who lived directly opposite , seeing smoke issuing from the front door , ran into the house , where he met Mrs . Evans with her clothing in flames , which , with a little assistance , he shortly extinguished . The maid servant , in endeavouring to save her mistress was seriouely burnt about the arms . Surgeons were soon in attendance , and every attention was paid to the sufferers . Mr . Evans's ^ hands were dreadfully burnt , in addition to other injuries ; and Mrs . Evans ' s sufferings were so intense that she now lies hi a . very precarious state , with little hopes of recovery . A great number of people soon gathered round the place after the alarm was given , and having a good supply of water close at hand , very little time was lost in reducing the fire , which had not extended beyond the room in which it commenced . —Gloucester Journal .

      Sbikorb of College Plate fok Poor . Rates . — The parish officers of St . Aldate ' s Oxford , in pursuance of a distress warrant granted by one of the city magistrates , made a seizure on the 4 th inst . nf two silver teapots , the property of the Master and Fellows of Pembroke College , who had refused to contribute the sum of £ 11 , charged upon the college towards the support of the poor . Tbe ground of refusal for paying the rate is that the College is extra-parochial . A similar seizure was lately made of the plate belonging to New Inn Hall , but it was shortly afterwards redeemed by the Rev . Dr . Wi-llesley , principal of the hall . Subsequently , notice of action for an illegal distress was served upon the parish officers of St . Peter-le-Bsiiley , where the hall is situated . It is expected in the present case that the college authorities will adopt similar pi ^ ceedings . The ratepayers are determined to try the quesiion , as to the liability of the college to help to support the poor of Oxford ; they contend that the colleges are not extraparochial .

      The cask of Shooting at a Graduate of Christ Church—Sir Benjamin Brodie being on a visit to this University , it was arranged that he should examine Mr . Ross ' s wounds , which he did on Thursday afternoon , and . expressed an opinion that although the injured man was going on favourably , lie should nut leave his room for another week , as the excitement attendant upon giving evidence iu a court of justice might retard his recovery . On Friday , Caudwell was again brought up , and the necessary depositions bavins been taken , he was fully committed to take liis trial at the ensuing Berks Summer As 9 iz » s , at Abingdon , on a charge of wilfully and maliciously shooting at Mr . Ross , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . Upon application being made he was admitted to bail , himself in £ 200 , and two sureties in £ 100 each , to appear as above .

      MKLAtiCHOLY Accident . — : On Monday marning a highly respectable tradesman—Mr . White , of the firm of White and Payne , ironmongers , St . Mary's Gate , Manchester—was deprived of life by the accidental falling of a coping stone from a chimney . Mr . White was standing in the yard behind his premises , which are four storeys high giving some orders to his workmen , when the accidunt occurred . The stone fell on his head and knocked him down , causing concussion of the brain . He was immediately taken in a coach to the Royal Infirmary , but died before surgical assistance could be rendered . The Poisonin (» Case at Soitthwick . —At the

      Suudei'laiid Police Court , on ilie 3 rd iiiad , Thomas Wop ;! , Cornelius Lyons , and Thomas Rawlings , were again brought up , charged with administering poison to a boy named William Thompson . . Mr . Potts , for the prosecution , stated that the mother of the boy did not wish to press the charge , being convinced that the nitric acid was not siven with a felonious intent . Mr . Ransou assured the magistrates that the prisoners had no idea of the power of the acid which had been administered . The magistrates then severely reprimanded the prisoners and discharged them , ordering them to pay all expenses .

      More MitiTAnr Rioting in , LIVERPOOL , —No sooner had the 91 ft Rcgimeut been removed from Evcrton Barracks—some being sent to Manchester , others to Bury and Preston , aud the head-quarters to Chester—than the 28 th Regiment occupied their places , and , it would seem , took up their mantle of hostility to the police . On two successive evenings this week collisions have . taken place between the two forces ; in more than one instance of a desperate kind . Policeman 174 was attacked the other evening ; most brutally , by a soldier of tbe 28 th , and when assistance arrived , a general melee

      between the soldiers and police took place . By great forbearance and good conduct the police succecitell in preventing any dangerous results from this amount of violence , until a picquetfrom the barracks had been procured , to whose , custody tho delinquent soldiers were consigned ; and , no doubt , they will be severely dealt with by the . military authorities . We understand that a court-raavual on some of the officers of the 01 st Regiment . will be held , on the charge of being absent from duty when the late terrible conflicts were wnging between the men of that regiment and the officers of the Liverpool constabulary .

      A Max Killed in a Fight at Salford , —On Saturday evening last n number of persons were drinking together in the Nelson public-house , Chapel-street , Salford where they had been drinking during the whole of the week since Monday morning . Between seven nnd eight o'clock a quarrel arose between two of them , named Charles Hulmea and John Jackson , both pf whom were' in a state of intoxication . . They went into the yard to fight , and , after fighting one round , were separated by the landlord , ' Henry Lyoh , who took Jackson towards the house . While he was doing so , the other man crowed like a cock , as an exultation for the victory which he thought he had won . This exasperated Jackson , who easily escaped from the landlord , and returned to Ilulmes . The fight

      then recommenced and continued for about half an hour , both men being much beaten , but Ilolmes having the worst of it . The battle lasted until both parties were tired , and they then shook hands , and drank several quarts of ale together . They afterwards both left the . public-house , and on the following morning Hulmes d , ied . from the effects of the injuries which he had received in the fight . On Tuesday afternoon , Mr . W , S . Riitter , ceunty coroner , held an inquest upon the body , at the ling-o' -BelU public-house ,. Bury-street , Salford . The man John Jackson , was in eustody , but was hot present during , the inquiry . After the iurv

      had viewed the body , and the ' evidenco had been taken , the coroner said that if the jury thought Ilulmea had died from the injuries received in the fight , they must return a verdict of manslaughter against Jackson . ' The jmy immediately , and without having left , returned a verdict of Manslaughter against John Jackson , expressing ; their opinion that Hulmes had been much to blame . They also requested Mr . Ifoal , chiof constable , to endeavour to find out the persons who acted as backers , which he . promised to do . J ; ickson was immediately committed upon a coroner ' s warrant for trial at the next assizes .

      Coixisio . v on the Great Nortueus . Railway . — On Tuesday evening an accident occurred to tho Great Northern 4 . 10 p . m ., express train , just as it was leaving the station in Wellington-street , Leeds . Before the train gets upon the main line it has to ascend a steep incline , and when about half w « y up this incline a luggage train belonging to tliO Let'iis and Thir 9 k Company , who havo a goods warehouse here , came down the incline , and whilst at a considerable speed ran into the Great N 01 thorn train . A fearful collision took place , and several carriages were shattered to pieces . The onpjne , aa usu ' hI , was at the tail end of the train , backing it , out of the station

      , nnd therefore the carriages received tho collision . The gunrd jumped out of his van , which was first , or probably he would have been killed . J . Wilkinson , Esq ., one of the Leeds magistrates , who was on his way to London , iniemliiij ; to do present at the Lord Mayor ' s entertainment , was cut over the oye , and could not proceed 011 his journey . One or two other pevsov . s received wounds , )> ut none of the passengers had any limbs fr .-ietured . Tho blame rests , it is supposed , on the driver of the Leeds and Thirsk luggage train , who ou ^ ta U > have remained at the to ;» of the incline unTil the Groat Koribern train had shunted out , of thti station .

      Tun Collieht Explosion in STAFFORDStimi :. — On Monday evening an inquest was held byadjiurn . ment at the Swan Inn , Primrose-hill , JJethtruui , on tho body of'Joaiiih Terry , agod thirteen year .-, <» . c of the nine unfortunate perwons who were killed by theexplosistif gas at Mr . George Dudley ' s iiiis .

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      at tho Five W . tys , Cradley , on tho 1 st instant , ^ lio inquiry was attended by Joseph Dickinson , Esq , inspector of coal mines , of Manchester ; ami Mr . E . Dudley , solicitor , was ; ilso present CO « aicli H 10 proceedings on behalf of the proprietor 01 tlio collicrv . The jury , after a lengthened investigation , returned a verdict of " Accidental death , occasioned throug h the culpable neglect of the' doggy . '

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      SURREY SESSIONS . These sessions commenced on Monday , at the Court-house , Newinjjton-cause . way , before Thomas Puckle , Esq ., and a bench of magistrates . The calendar contained the names of only thirty-nine prisoners , three of whom only can read or write . PicJiisG Pockkis . —Elizabeth Brown , 22 , was indicted for stealing in Vauxhall-gardens the silver top of a smelling bottle , the property of Thomas Lawson , from the person of" Harriot Lawson . She was also indicted for stealing a purse , containing 16 s . 6 d ., from Jane Lawson , in the sarao place . — Miohael Ilayden , an officer of the City police , said that on tbe evening of the 15 th of June he was in Vauxhall-gardens watching the company . As the balloon whs about to ascend , he perceived the pusonerfollow-several ladies , and try their pockets .

      She then proceeded towards a fountain , and deposited something behind a shrub , after which she walked away . Witness went to the fountain and found a purse , which induced him to communicate with the inspector on duty , Mr . Cowling respecting tho prisoner ' s conduct . They accordingly followfid her at a short distance watching her actions , when they saw her put her hands under Mrs . Lawson s ¦ visiteand take something from her pocket . She was immediately seized , and the silver top of the smelling bottle was found in her haud . Sbs was then conveyed with all possible haste to the policestation and searched , when a purse containing £ 7 10 s . andtwenty franc pieces , was found on her ; also a 200 franc note , and another purse , containing

      16 s . Qd , which Miss Lawsou identified , and in her glove was 10 s ,, al ] of which she had adroitly stolen that evening . Owners were found for the French money , but being foreigners , and compelled to leave England , it was given up to them on their proving its identity . —Mrs . Lawson stated tbat she was looking at the balloon with her husband and sister when the last wituess came up to her and asked her whether she had lost anything ? She put her hand in her pocket and found her smelling bottle , but missed the top . That now produced was the one she lost . —Mias Lawson identified the purse as her property . As soon as her sister-in-law found she had been robbed she put her handa in her pocket and missed it aad tlie contents . —la defence the

      prisoner said she found the things all tied up in a corner of the gardens . —The Jury , without the least hesitation , found her Guilty , and the Court sentenced her to nine months' hard labour at Brixton . Pocket Picking . —John Kennedy , 14 , was indicted for stealing a pocket handkerchief irom Mr . Johnson , of the Royal Standard Theatre . —Prosecutor was passing along the Borough on Saturday morning , when he caught tbe prisone ^ running away from him with his handkerchief in his possession . He had previously felt a tug at his pocket . —Verdict , Guilty . Sentence , three months and wbpped . _ ...., 21

      Assaulting tub Police . —Daniel Murphy , , Thomas White , 30 , Cornelius M'Donald , 20 , aud Mnry Murphy , mother to the first , prisoner , were indicted for assaulting Abner Bulgin , an officer of tke M division , and other constables . —Mr . Clark prosecuted , at the instance of the Treasury ; and Mr . Lilley , with Mr . Charnock , defended the prisoners . —It appeared that about nino o ' clock on the evening of the lOlh of June , Bnlgin was on duty in tho Grange-road , and at the comer of a street he saw the prisoner Murphy having some words with an oyster dealer . The latter accused him of eating his oysters and refusing to pay for them . Bulgin seeing a crowd about to collect , told Murphy either to pay the man or leave the place ; but ho had no sooner said tho words than Murphy

      knocked him down , and the other male prisoner attacked him and forced him into a beer-shop , where they fastened him in a room , and ill-used him in an unmerciful manner . A gentleman named Freeman was passing at the time , and perceiving that some injury would be done to the constable , he instantly went and procured assistance , when the constable was released from his assailants , and conveyed in an insensible state to a surgeon ' s . The male prisoners were secured , and on their way to the station house they attacked two other constables , and tho female attempted to rescue her son from their custody . Sue was accordingly apprehendod . BuLjin had been under the doctor ' s hands sioco from the

      effects of the violence , and . would 1 ) 0 some weeks before able to return to his duty . —Several witnesses of respectability wer 8 called to prove the case against the prisoners , and the learned counsel cross-examined them at some length without shaking their testimony . —For the defence a number of persons were called , chiefl y belonging to the tanyards , who attempted to prove that tho police were the aggressors . —The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners . —The Chairman said that the police must be protected in their duty iron the violence of such people ; and aa an example to others he should sentence the male prisoners to six months' bard labour , and tho femdle to two months at Guildford .

      SuoPLiFxisa . —Mary Davis , 24 , nnd Emma Per vis , 19 , were indicted for stealing four pieces of ribbon from the shop of Mr . Thomas Beece , linendraper , Blackfriars-roiiu . —The jury found them Guilty , and it being stated that Davis had before been convicted of a similar offence , the Court sentenced her to nine months at Guildfova , and her companion to four months at Brixton . Ellen Bilssett , 30 , and Jane Ilughes , 30 , were indicted for stealing a piece of alpacca from the same shop . —The Jury found them Guilty ; and the Chairman sentenced both of them to three months

      at Brixton ; aud complimented the lad Shuto for his exemplary conduct in looking out for his master ' s property .

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      The Wnios and the Advancks OF DEMOCRACY . — The " poor creatures" of the press , who sneak down the area steps and shiver at the pantry : door of a" Liberal administration , " are now making a great parade of some bits of information , wliioh they say they hare picked out of the broken victuals distributed among them in the shape of official gossip . They imagine that they have got hold of some hints at least of possible provisions in Lord John Russell ' s hypothetical Reform Bill , and never did "decentpoverty" fall into more grovelling . raptures of thankfulness tuan these people at the disco-Very Of the . » interesting facts , " which they are now retailing to tho public . What do these disclosures amount to , after allthat Whig subserviency

      , is to be thrown ' into such convulsions of gratitude , or that the great under current of public opinion is to be affected by them , even for a moment ? : Is it anything that will stay the floods of democracy , or seal up the fountains of that deluge , tho possibility of which these Whigs are the very men to scoff ( it with the loudest mockery ? Is it that the ministers have the least conception of the progress of opinion in this country , especially among . those classns * hoae physical and moral force combined would make their determination as irresistible as a law of nature , and that they have arrived at such a degree of common sense as to havo resolved on going

      voluntarily all the length of reforms that are in themselves inevitable ? Nothing of the kind . But some quidnunc has heard it whispered by some outler or lady ' s-maid in the service of some cabinet minister , that literary and scientific people , as such , are to be admitted to . the elective franchise , even if they live in garrets or cellars , upon the sole qualificationof belonging to any dilettante society . Ami thw , forsooth , is hawked about aa an important aiaolosureofan inestimable boon , intended for the educated classes , by a Whig administration . As if anybody now cared a straw to know what the Whigs were doing , or intended to do : or imagined

      that their projects or their delusions , their arrogance or their infatuafcion would herioeforfch . havo any greater effect upon the progress of real reform than they will have hereafter , in saving themselves from annihilation as a . party . Tho ministerial scribes may spare themselves the trouble of makin " any revelations of what is going on in the Cabinet " - for there ia really not a boudoir nor a countinghouse m the United Kingdom , tho tittle-tattle oV which would interest us less than that of tbe present administration ; especiall y when they begin to talk nonsense about tho great question of Parliamentary Reform . —Weekl y &im and Chronicle Law rtsFonM-Her Majesty ' s Commissioners for S pHn - ° " tha ? ° WM . ^ actice , and System of Pleading in Superior Courts of Common Law , " have made their first report , which is printed , and which ; will be presented to both-Housea of Parliament early m tho . ensuing week . It « ;< rnna uv iiiei du stiGo

      ^ Jervi * , Baron Martin , Sir A . 5 . Cock-> hoi ' rKPn ? aPI l Oint ( ; d bofore their elevation to their pesent offices ) and by Messrs . W . H . Walton , ha , ^ Jd «" i 1 ' ? h - Willes - Sir Ji"n <* Oral fmnrfon W £° T t 991 On <> f Wiry into the Con . stitution Mjd Practice of tho Courts of Equity . These additions have been made at the suggestion hi i ? n- ? iT « f Comm ? > tbat two laymen should SoinS f - th ? ° J ™ > ' which on its first ap . CW ' ? £ S ! '' Jobn Romill y' Sir W ' Pa W Wood , and other member * of tbe Chancery bar , and } tn ^ T 1 ° i COmmon law - Several amend-SnS i nlrcRd y l ' esult 0 ( i iVom tho inquiries in-8 ™? " » T 'T oompreheasivo report may soon we understand be expected inSST V " »« ™ - -From inquiries lately instituted by Mr . George , churchwarden of St . Ann s , Westminster , 011 the suWect . it anue . irs fch .-i * 110

      uuinbor of interments in the vaults of tbe parish church during the last . 160 years have been 1 , 020 , it which there remain now only 400 coffins , and it IS supposed that tho rcmaini ' ii ? 1 , 430 have Ui'GIl abstracted for the value of tho lead of which the coffins were composed , in the opon burial ground , three-quarters of an aero in extent , there have been 13 , / SS inturments during tho last twenty years and 110 , 240 during the last 1 C 0 years . The government Calculation of interments " to the acre ia 110 , hut it appears Mint there have bi .-en in this grounu upwards of ] , 000 to thu acre . When will U 10 Board of Health carry out tho new law against burying the dead amongst the living . ;

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      ALLEGED MUllUEIl 13 Y Tllf p ,, ^ SHOE-LA 2 JE . l fJL 1 Ki $ On Monday , Mr . W . Payne , fcho ooi'Or ,.-,,. , inquest of several hours' duration at th . 1 ) : ; 'h Tavern , Shoe-lane , City , on the i , oiiv , ' ¦ : , lloffan , aged tiventy , of So . 2 . 3 , Phmi-,. ° ^ 1 Holborn-lmdge , who , it was alleged li ; ui | Ordered by a _ supernumerary officer of the c !^ " - ' !< without giving the lease provocation , f 1 ^< i excited great interest iu the noisjlibourh ' ^ ^ tho roadway in front of the house vi . << - quost was held , was crowded with tiici ' t ^ , '' -1 ' of the various courts near ; many of w | n : a ' i at and pelted the police both be ' foro ami . V' 00 :: conclusion of tho inquiry . The jurv h'iv > r : ; sworn , tuey made an inspection of th ' e L ? " ^ deceased , and , on their return , tlio folln . ¦ f [ : donee was laid before Uinm _ u * " >! . ' ct

      G . Williams , of No . 23 , Plumtrecc . in that he knew the deceased , whom he s- ' half-past une o ' clock on Sunday morniVil ' same court , perfectly sober , and sit-iiw '"' ground , under Mrs . Long ' s shutters a i ? - " ' asked him "If he was going up shirs u i t ; when he replied , "No , for he was fiOin K o . » - ¦ then went and changed his coat , and hoW " ,, ' more of him until half-past four o ' cloirk til morning , when he was awoke and fomH . i , /* dressed , and lying on the bed , and making ? , ? noise with his mouth , lie called his moilior \ , t who came and pronounced deceased to J - dying . Witness then put on his trousers , amu for the doctor , and he camo some time - . ifu ^ and pronounced life quite extinct . ' -

      John Long , of No . G , Plumtrce-coun , ^ u . on Saturday night , a little before twelve o ' eV tbo witness , deceased , a man , and a t ' enui ,, » sitting at the end of tho court , near IIolborii-b r ; , i when somo words ensued between the policti * deceased , as to tho reason of his sitting there , then heard deceased aay , " What am 1 doing ' m than the others are ? " Witness then left , f , ceased remained behind . Soon afterwards li deceased running up tho court , and a pol : ^ chasing him . The policeman then came ii | i , iijj his lantern on , and said that he would h : u j before tho night was over . The deceased » , >! . . stairsand having taken his blouse offput ,-i Wa " , "

      , and some time afterwards he saw him eating ^ bread and meat , when the policeman Ho . Sto oa up and laid hold of his collar , and he then > M ' officer strike deceased with tho st ; ifF which he t ' e in his right hand , whilst he held him b y tl ! e | Jl ( of tho neck with his left hand . —The Corona Whero was tho deceased at that time ? Wj ,,,,. . In his own passage . He also struck him ovu 0 body whilst in the court . Tlie deceased got m from the constable in the court , but he tollow ^ him , and whilst in the passage struck him Sl . time 3 . —A Juror : Did tho deceased nuke » resistance or attempt to strike the policing , Witnoss ; Sone in tlio least . —The Coroner ¦ ? n

      deceased say anything ? Witness : He <\[\ \ cried out , "For God ' asake , don ' t kill me ! h go up stairs and won't come down again to-iii ^ ! lie ( witness ) , however , continued to hear " i \ t , inflicted by tUe policeman ' s staff , lie then told [' policeman that ho ought to bo nshamed of i , in ,: " toilluso a m .-in so badly . —The Coroner : What ' < ! = occurred ? Witness ; Another policeman carne >• from Shoe-lane , who turned bis bull ' s-ctc 0 : 1 , 5 ; he could see the deceased still on the floor , nii ' ti ^ policeman gave him another blow on the l « . .,,. | . ij then told them that they out to be repunei f . their conduct , when one of the policemen told lr if lie did not go away he would serve him in {¦

      same manner . Makv Lyons , of No . S , in the same court , b corroborative evidence , and added that th ..- , lecta * Mrs . hong , horself , and tbreo or four otliocs , * standing talking together when tho policeman to : deceased by the collar at tho back of die neck , ar having pushed him down , said , " You— ., i » . do for you , " at the same timo shcaaw deceis struck by tlie policeman ' s staff . —A Juror ; Do ;; consider deceased was sober ? Witness : I do ; aho was sober v hen the policeman followed him . EuZAnETH Long , of Ko . 6 , in the same court , as swore to the violence inflicted on the deceased i tlie policeman . She heard the policeman say , ' will do for you . " II © then struck him , apparent on the right ear , and pushed him into the passa ? She was certain decoaged did nofc offer to defe ' e himself .

      JonN WARIf > ° f ^ ° - 23 , in the same court , prov ; that his sister made a disturbance , and that he to : her home , but she becoming more noisy , two ytiiis men took her away . Policeman 8-15 remained the court , and afterwards ran after the decease He romained in the passage about eight minute but he did not see what transpired . Mr , William TAmNii , surgeon , of 205 , fe Street , said that on Sunday morning last he * sent for to see tho deceased , and on his arrival fe : him lying on the bed quite dead , and had to :

      about half an hour . He found several bruise-o the back of his neck , likewise on his arm nniirij ' wrist . Blood was also issuing from his mouth , E could not detect externally any fracture of t skull . —Tho Coroner : Are you in a position tosiv what was the cause of deceased ' s death 1 Witts said , in the absence of a post mortem examination he should be inclined to say apoplexy . —The Cor ner : Produced from what ? Witness : Itmigld caused from natural causes or accelerated from ri : ence .

      William Lockyeh , No . 2 Ct of the City polls said that on Sunday morning ho saw deceaseds ; several more persons standing at the end on ' court , when ho said , " . Now , my lads , you htf been standing hero long enough ; it is time for ; : to disperse . " He then saw deceased and two nisi men go to No . 28 , and ho saw no more of liirai four o'clock , when ho met two persons whoa been with deceased , who asked him where id could get a doctor ; he then went and found la ( loud . —The Coroner : Are you the officer who s : $ at the door and turned the lamp on ? Thccfe replied in tho negative . The witness Lono spoke positively to his to the man . Mrs . Long , on being recalled , also said that 1 st yer was the man who turned on the light whiliSii- ' other officer was ill-using deceased .

      Benjamin Colb , No . 845 , was then sonfc for . se as he approached the house where the inquest ^ being held , was greeted with the groans and ji * of the crowd in the street . He denied that hclij ever drawn his staff , or had treated deceased tf any violence whatever The Coroner then adjourned the inquest , " - bound Cole over in the sum of £ 50 to appear ai ^ j adjournment , and added that any witnesses he &- ' procure , he should be happy to hear . As the policeman was leaving the mob followpelting and hooting at him , and when they got itf Farringdon Market it was found necessary tottf some of the ringleaders into custody , or it h po * ble that the man would have been . severely injotfi On Tuesday tho adjourned inquest was conciu ^ Mr . Topping , surgeon , had completed a postnmfl

      examination which had led him to conclude ^ external violonco . was the cause of death , ^ whether this occurred through a fall or bio * ; could not tell . —The Coroner having summcil : the jury , after consulting for an hour and a fa returned a verdict— " That the deceased diod l f the effects of violence at the hands of the pfcf but who the officer was they had not sufficient c dence to prove . "— -The Coroner : " Then you " ^ to . say manslaughter against some policeman u- " known . "—The Foreman aris-wered in tfie ^\ tive , when the Coroner said it was most extras ^ nary that in a place like the city of London ik wero unable to tell who tlie policeman was . W * called Sergeant- Paterson forth , he impress ^ that officer ' s mind the necessity for the P ° ^ authorities doing all they could to find out w > - policeman who caused deceased ' s death . ,

      was f UltUljIllflll ITtlS nUU U ! LUSt ? U UyU ^* 5 CU O Ms . " — -- , : > i The Officer said that the recommendation 01 lL coroner should be attended to . 1 a The Jury then handed the following me mo" ' the coroner , with a request that it mig ht w warded to the proper authorities : — " -A nd tBU are of opinion tbat tho neighbourhood in ™ v $ deceased died is in a most disgraceful state . » c ( house in whioh the deceased lies , the drama ? ^ some other cause , made an effluvium so SW * $ the jury were compelled to leave tbo pi > _ > quickly as possible ; and should an opidewK : ¦* ., visit the City , from the dreadful state o ' , courts they think they would be a nursery « '' „ tilence and disease . They also suggest i '" - ^ priety of an additional light in those court-. especially at tho Uolborn end . " .

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      PiTRttncuM . Family . —There are at present ^ siding in Stewartown , of Potty , ( a section 0 „ village of Campbelltown , on the propertj « , Earl of Moray , ) a family group of rare occ « ' ,, in modern times . Ic consists of tho repressmi . Of four successive generations-tUe great - ' ^ mother , her daughter , her granddaug hter ¦ " ^ , groat granddaughter , all living in the same ¦ . or rather in the same apartment . " ' 4 l > * ffomsm , who is eighty-six years of nee , . ^ : daughter are industriously emp loyed "' ^ j . -: hemp for fishing-Hues , the griindd » n ' !! i ' ,, ^ to the household affairs and takes care ° [^ j ^ child , who is five years old . ffe qucst- «^ , ? late census included m ; iny such return *" Ilritiih 3 fo . il . ^ -it'Oi '¦"" THE trendarmapin nf fim-sica . a fuw days ' ; 1

      rested a notorious brigand , named C »* . a'l '' jp . : indictment had been presented against tu » r - ;; August last , by tho Court of Bastia , for tnc' v > of \ m nephew , and since then he lias disqi" - ^ populations , by makinsr them give nn >» -. r g threats . It was only tifter waiting in ' , ,, ^ five days and ni ghts that the gendarme * > - «< ( ji > 111 arresting him . Ho wa 3 secured befor . . ,. ;• • make uso of his arms . A portfolio was ' «"'" # possession , containing letters to ditlorein p in which he demanuea money with tl » 'c ''

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      ivnuirua Thb Political Exiles . — Letters have been received from Thomas Francis Meagher , and the other Irish political exiles , giving in bitter terras on account of tho severity with which they have been treated by tho Van Diemen ' s Land authorities . Meaghei intimates that it was tbe intention of Smith O'Brien aud himself to give up their tickets of leave by way of expressing their disgust at the harshness exercisod towards their friends ; but adds that they bad been prevented by tho entreaties of the latter from adopting that course :- " Moreover ( he says ) we were 9 trongly persuaded to come to this determination , from a conviction that all this

      Hobart-town government—this government of gags and « angs , of handcuffs aud sentry-boxes , of chains and clerks—that all this miserable plebeian , fifthrate government wanted was to have the entire hand of Irish rebels unconditionally aud completely in their power . Wherefore , we resolved upon not throwing up our ' tickets . ' Good Heavens ! how that word must strike upon your ears in Irelandsmacking , as ifi does , of police distriots , police stations , and other nineteenth century humanities am enlightened reformatory practical arrangements We resolved upon not throwing up our 'tickets , ' and , consequently , we remain—that is , O'Brien , Martin , Mitchel , and 1—remain as we were previous to the occurrence respecting which I havo considerod it my duty to write this letter . "

      The writer then gives tho following account of his own escape from a share in the fate of M'Manus and the others : — " The fact is , I went down to New Norfolk two or three days after M'Manus , O'Doghorty , and O'Donohoo had been there , and spent a mostliappyeveningwith O'Brien . Ayoung Irishman , tho eldest son , by the byo , of a stout bravo Monaghan man , who died here last Patrick ' s Day two years , and loft in tho hands of his widow ono of the finest hotels in the colony—this young Irishman accompanied me to New Norfolk . lie was anxious to

      sec O'Brien , and I felt truly delighted in having an opportunity of gratifying his wishes in this respect , It was my first interview with O'Brien since wo parted from eaoh othor on board tho Swift , the 3 rd of November , 1849 . You , who know us both , will easily conceive the delight with which wo met and conversed with each other after so long a separation . Running rapidly and irregularly over a multitude of topics , we were in the midst of a most anxious and exciting conversation when the door of the room—in which we were seated

      at a suppei * of wmc and fruit—opened suddenly , and in came the landlord of the hotel with an announcement that tho police were at hand . '—that information had been laid that Mr . O'Meagher was in New Norfolk , visiting Mr . O'Brien ' . —and that he , the landlord of the hotel , considered it his duty to warn Mr . O ' Meaglier of these circumstances , ao that anything unpleasant might be , if possible , avoided . This piece of intelligence did not in the least disturb the genial condition in which my mind at the moment chanced to be most luxuriously entranced . I thanked Mr . Elwing , the landlord , for his promptitude in communicating tho news he

      considered it his duty to convey to me , and desired him with the utmost suavity of manner not to be the least alarmed . I resumed my supper accordingly . Hardly had I done so when the waiter entered tlie room , and addressing himself to my friend Mr , lie » n , informed him that " some people belo . v in the hall wanted to see him . " Down went Kean , and immediately upon arriving below was arrested by the police aa Thomas Francis O'Meagher . He was requested to accompany them to the police office ; he had no objection—would , however , prove to them they were confoundedly mistaken , and would make them pay for it to boot . Well , of my friend

      went—Teuoro duce et auspice Teuoristraight to the police office of New Norfolk , which important British institution is situated about a mile and a quarter from the hotel in which the arrest took place . lie had not gone ten minutes when a splendid young horse was led down to me by a Mr . , a fine-hearted and wealthy Irishman , residing in New Norfolk , which horse I mounted , clapped spurs into , and dashed by the police who had Mr . Ke ; in in custody , at the Black Snake Inn , Bridgewater—ten miles from New

      Norfolk—I pulled up , and in two hours afterwards waa joined by Kean , who upon arriving at the police office was at once identified by some of the most respectable inhabitants of tbo township , and with the most ample , and profound , and abject apologies , was , of course , discharged . " The Census . —The Evening Post , in its reflections on the Irish Census return , lays particular weight on the effect which emigration has . bad in bringing about tho fearful decrease of population which is disclosed .

      The Loud Matob . — A lively agitation is getting up against the recent vote of tho corporation to raise the salary of the Lord , Mayor from £ 1 , 000 to £ 2 , 500 a year ! . The citizens hope that no further reforms will take place in their municipality , as each adds to their debts and rates . This last job is considered too gross to last . The Depopulation of Ireland . —Drs . Ilughes and Hill , the commissioners appointed by government to inquire into the fearful mortality in the unions of Clare since tbe beginning of the present year , opened their investigation at Ennis on Friday last . —The first witness examined—Dr . Callinanattributed the great majority of the deaths , . at stated periods , in one of the workhouses , to " local pestilences , " produced by bad sewerage ,

      overcrowding , and inefficient food . Tlio latter causes for the disease and mortality which prevailed in all tho workhouses , ia Clave appear perfectly cogent . A poisoned . atmosphere , together with short and unwholesome food , are enough to kill any living thing . This witness further deposed that another cause of tho " great mortality " , alluded to arose from the strong indisposition of tub people to go into the workhouses . They dp not seek admission to these repulsive and fatal' buildings until utterly broken down by destitution . . ' " What , " asked Dr . Hughes ,. " is the cause . of tbe disinclination of tho people to come sooner , to-the workhouses ? " "I

      think , " replied tlie witness , "ibis in general the dread , of dying in , workhouses , or of their children dying . Persons who have a love for life , or regard for their children , cannot , whilst influenced by those feelings , come into tho house without horror . " The Master of the Ennis workhouse deposed that many persons had entered the building the pabt few months in a state of starvation—that some died the day they entered , and others only lasted a few days ' until death put an end to their sufferings . According to this witness , the funeral service is rarely performod at the interment of the dead bodies of the wretched paupers of . Clare county who die in the Workhouses .-

      The Ankiwcbsahy of the Botne . —The 1 st of July passedoff quietly in the North . The Orangemen in many . places celebrated the anniversary of the battle of the Boyneoyer the social board . ' Diplomatic Revklatioks . —A Cavan paper ( the Anglo Celt ) has the following statemont in reference ' to the " State prosecution" case of " Burke v . the Earl of Clarendon ¦ . •"— " It appears that Lord Shrewsbury , to whom , that document was addressed , had' it translated into Italian and transmitted to the Pope , who forwarded it to the Propaganda , to which body the management of tlie Irish Catholic Church belongs . They sent a copy of that Italian translation to some person hi their confidence here to report upon it . It was next re-translated into English , and a cdpy of auch . re-translation was forwardedI to the Dublin organ of the party , through whom it became public . None of these documents

      can be made evidence of the contents of tho original letter , and Lord Shrewsbury , who is presumed to have the custody of the latter . document , is residing permanently at Palermo , where he is to remain for tbe next two years . Tho lawyers hold that there is no authority by which his Lordship can be compelled to produce any documents or to submit ; whilst out of Ireland , to be examined' upon any matter pending m our courts , and every honest feeling forbids the idea of his Lordship ' s volunteering as a witness to make legal evidence of a confidential communication' directed to himself . Mr . Burke s action against the Tablet . newspaper , or rather against Mr . Lucas , its editor , stands in a different position . If the plaintiff , be serious in the proceeding against him , all he will . have to prove 18 tho publication of the fettor in tho Tablet , and it will ba left to the jury to say irliethoi- the docum ^ t .

      is a libel or not , and , if it be , what amount of damages Burke has suffered . If the Tablet has lent itself to the disgraceful proceeding of publisbm-for party purposes a private confidential communication bbtweon two noblemen , which oamo to its knowledge m sucli a manner , most vichlv will it ocs . rvo the vexation of a biwgu . it and any damnges that may be laid against it . "

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      Royal Palaces and Tabrs . —Recently . 1 parliamentary document , procured by Mr . V . William . M . I ., ir « s issued , containing an account of tlie C ° from i ^ m y ^ ° " - , ' ° roynl l > ill ! lcc 8 ' !« " £ &e ., horn 18-13 to 1 S »\ , with a statement as to tho wilimes and emoluments of the rnngora of tl e d fferont parks . Prince Albert is ranger of Windsor Great Park ana „ : „ , ., lary ; but the late S r W II . Frcmantlc , ; tS deputy ranger , had a salary of £ 4 'i 0 n year , and a lodge . Tho salaries and emolu B-ihcy 1 ' ark . heldftJ ^ t . J en ffi ^ ,, " "ot yot be ™ filled npf Lady BlS , SSd , ^ Kr f Hampton Court , has a salary of JEW 3 s Id , ! a yea "

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . . „ ' ^ H > Jf ? r

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 12, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1634/page/6/