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      & $£ JHrtrspeli * . Titwrn of Loxdos . —The sickness to which youi > d ! eiilJren are' subject * at this period of the yearv * apparently the cause " of a progressive increase in-the mortality during the lastihree weeks . In the « eek enckns July 10 , S 73 deaths were register ? in London ; in the two following weeks they were O 5 G aud 1 , 010 ; and in that ending last SaturdayV ey ro 3 C to 1 . 031 . Making allowance for ineroase of population , and excluding the year of epidemic cholera from the comparison , it does not appear that the present return differs materially as regards the gross amount of mortality , froin the averse experience of corresponding weeks in the years 1 S 41—50 . This season of the year , when the gejier- 'l population usually enjoy some

      improvement in health , affects injuriously the lives of infants ; and from whatever cause the fatality which it brings to children has been exceedingly aggravated in London during the last sis year 3 . In the five corresponding weeks of 1341—45 the deaths from d < arrhoca varied from 16 to 62 ; in those of 1846—50 the lowest number was 100 , and the tfgtief t 195 ; and in the week ending last Saturday this complaint wa 3 fatal in 13 G cases . The total number last week arising from diarrhoea , dysenterr and cholera was 162 ; and of these only 21 occurred amongst adults . In the present return the whole number of cases ascribed to diseases of the zymotic or epidemic class is 334 ; amongst -whioi * besides tho-e already mentioned , are 22 caused by small-pox , 19 by measles , 25 by

      scarlatina , 23 by hooping-cough , 10 by thrush , 50 by tvp h u-, and O by erysipelas . In the two previous veaks severally 12 fatal caseB of cholera were regiBterod ; in the present return the number has Sicre -. sed to 16 . The births of 749 boys and 728 girls , in all 1 , 477 children , were registered last "week . The average number of six corresponding weeks in 1845-50 ' was 1 , 286 . At the ttoyal Obser-Tatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the baro-: meter on Tuesday was above 30 inches ; the mean . Of the week was 29 , 960 inches . The mean temperature of the week was 64 * 1 deg ., which is 2 * 6 deg . above the average of the same week , in ten years . The mean daily temperature was above the average on every day except Wednesday and Saturday . The wind blew generally from the

      northeast . Dangekius state ok the Westminster Bridge Eoad — On Saturday afternoon last , in the midst of the traffic , a portion of the roadway at the Surrey fost ofWesiminster Bridge gave way , leaving a hole of some twelve or fourteen feet wide . The surveyor of the district was sent for , and on examination ic was found hat an old sewer running under the road into the Thames had given way , and the ground from the surface had dropped into the vacancy ' fib produced . Fortunatel y no accident happened to any of the numerous carriages and conveyances passing . ; A fence wasimmediatels . placed' around the cavity , and as Soon as the extent of the slip is ascertained the road will b :: made good .

      Attempted Assassination . —A deliberate at : i&npt at assassination was committed on Saturday evening , at the London Bridge Wharf , by an American named Henry Page , on a French merchant named Hat-he , it appeared that Pa ^ e was acting as interpreter at the Caf 6 Francais , on Fish-street Hill , kept . !» y Mr . Nusworth , where he fell in lose ' with Mr . Nu&Worth's daughter , a prepossessing yonng widow . A correspondence was carried on between them till Mr . ilacfle came to reside at the house , when he also took a fancy to the widow , and Page was discarded . This iiad so great an effect up . » n Page that he became violently excited against Mr . Hache , aod followed him down to London Bridge , where' he shot at him with a pistol . Fortunately the ball did not do further injury than passing through his coat , and it then '

      lodged in a thick wall . Page afterwards attacked Mr . Hache with the butt end of the pistol , and endeavoured to knock his brains out . lie was , however , immediately seized by a policeman and taken to the station . About two hours after he had been locked up he made a desperate effort to destroy himself . Be was found banging by ~ his braces to the grating of the cell window , but was cut down . Two policemen were placed in the cell to prevent any further attempts upon his life . A New iRyirtarnc oh Catholic Apostolic Church . —A site for a church of large dimensions has beeu recently selected in Gordon-square , and on the day fixed far laying the foundation stone thereof , that imposing ceremony was performed in the usual way bv the Rev . Mr . lleath , attended by the

      committee , managers , < t ' c , » large number of the communicants of the above church , and a considerable concourse of spectators being present . From the design it will be a very large and magnificent edifice , in the early English style and cruciform , the hei ght of the nave 120 feet ; the total length , 210 feet ; the width of nave aud aisles , 63 feet ; of the transepts , 80 fee :. It will be ornamented with a tower and noble graduated spire , which , together with the tower , will be of the height of 270 feet , and the whole will be built entirely of Bath stone , with beautiful carvings and decorations . To complete the edifice an outlay of £ 40 , 000 will be required ; the contract for the carcass alone being- £ 20 , 000 , and , judging from the drawings , it is expected to be one of the finest edifices erected since the Reformation ! It will afford accommodation to upwards of 2 , 000 persons .

      Suicide in IIornskt Wood . —On Sunday morning , some youths who had entered Hornsey Wood for the purpose of nutting , observed the body of a man suspended to the branch of a tree , They informed the police , who cut down the unfortunate man , and removed the remains to the Hornsey Wood Tavern . From the marks on the tree , it is inferred that the deceased clambered up and fastened the fatal noose , and then threw himself off . The body is that of a man aoouc thirty years of age , dressed in black coat , light vest , and Tweed trousers . His shirt was fastened with silver studs , marked R . L . A ., and some documents were found on him , inscribed John H . Kelson . ¦

      Th e late Escape of Hackett from the Model Prison and his arrivai , in New York . —At the close of an inquest last week at the Model Prison , Pentouville , on a prisoner who died there , Mr . Wakley , M . f ., the coroner , and the jury expressed their gar . -rho at Hackett ' s escaping from so well watched au-J = i strongly secured a prison . Mr . Bridley , the J ? n-rrargeon , joined in the surprise , and said that he eifected his purpose by cutting bis way through ' the flooring of his pew , anting Divine Service on the afternoon of Sunday . He cut his way through the flooring with the hoop of his door , whichhe broke off , fastened to a spoon , and converted into a saw . So anxious were the prison authorities to remove all

      chance of escape from htm , in consequence of his having twice before relieved him from custody , that they put him to the tailoring trade , as thus any implement would be put beyond his reach , needle and thread alone being allowed for his trade . Lately he wrote from New York to the governor , informing him that he ( Hackett ) had arrived safely there , and kindly hoping that the governor enjoyed the same freedom aud happiness which he ( Hackett ) enjoyed in the land of freedom . The coroner expressed his surprise that the noise of the working of the saw did not attract the attention of the persons in the chapel . Mr . Tubbs , the summoning officer , replied that the operation was no doubt performed during the singing ef tha Psalm ' s . ( Laughter . )

      Fatal Kowisb Match—On Monday the St . Paul ' s Shadwell regatta was prematurely terminated by a fatal accident . In the first heat of the race a man named'Robinson , who was engaged in rowing got overboard "; and in tha second heat the waterman had reached but a short distance , when two of them , Semorids and John SkeerB ( the latter a fine young man / belorging to Shadwell Dock ) , were capsised although' there was only at the time a trifling ripple , caused by a small steamer or two . Semonds was immediately pickednp , andsustaihed Suit ' little harm

      more than consequent , upon immersion ; but although a number of boats rowed towards Skeersthe po » r fellow waa never seed again , The disaster was entirely attributable to the employment of outriggers on this occasion ; adeBcription of boat utterl ) unsuitable to the busy thoroughfares of the Thames below bridge , and there will be a great omission somewhere if this sad levent has not the effect of putting a stop to their use . Fatal Boat Accibesi os the Rivsr Lba . —On Monday an inquest was taken' bv Mr . W . Baker .

      Jnn . j at the White Swan , Upper Clapton " , on view of tteboay of Mr . ' Jesepfc , 'H , Barton , aged 25 , a clerk ra the bank of England , residing at > o . 25 , Chancery-lane , who was drowned in the river Lea . — Mr . A . Barton , No . 2 , Tryons-place , Hackney , the deceased s cou 3 in ; stated that on the previous Friday he and the deceased hired a boat of Mr . Green ; boat proprietor , Lea-bridge , ' aboBt eight o ' clock in the evening ; The deceased took the sculls and they went up the' river . Witness . steered . They had got up as far as the Ferry house ; and we ' re on their return , ' when wknes 3 asked deceased to . let him have the sculls , TTitness had them for a short time , and rowed gome distance ; He then reouested deceased

      ? . % ?? *" - take hi 8 Pkce . " Tne deceased roie XS £ - £ ! TO * BPon ' moving from his seat , In fe " ? - ° 5- «*»« H * . and the water rushed boafsKtl ^ S ]?<* on the other side of the Se ' water wf ^ fiHetS ' «* they both fell into SSSS ' wJ ^ -- ** . ^ ' P ty two gentlethem , deeded Kv' ^ fe ^^ F" ** Bin was able to swim ItI r - - ° ess nor ks cou * boats on th " riSg- ^^ nero bserved that the and ' required great carT X ^ B ^ ghtconstruction "Accidental death ! " " nanagin-.-VerdictwslSyb / a mau ^^? £ ' act of 8 uicWe t&t iss ® m 1

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      tickets . He the n called out ,. J ^ nslieag . { M ® if we can ' t W by tickets we will s ; o at the point of the bayoW' at -t he : 8 atno , time Rawing his bayonet , which he held in a menacing Stude . Rourke , . followed lys esample and with his bayonet made several lunges at lieland , one of tho company ' s constables , who had con-e to quell the disturbance , and . who considering his life in danger . called to the station master , . who iravehima loaded-pistol , to ., defond himself witn , wbicb he presented at the * prisoners , telhng . thetn to keep back and give up their arms .. Instead ot which they became still more violent , andI Rourke again approached Ireland with his drawn bayonet , which in each instance he fortunately parried .

      Toblin , the , head porter at the station , came up with ' a constable ' s staff and ; knocked one of them , down , arid after farther resistance , they were overpowered ; handcuffed , and taken to the station house at Rochester . Mr . Boucher stated that he arrived that evening . withthe passengers . from Sheerness , and-accompanied ; them . to . the station , which he found in much confusion , from the . outrageous conduct of the prisoners .. The passengers ' were " much abrmed , The prisoners , who made no defence were committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions , the magistrates expressing ¦ their willingness to accept bail . Daugherty was then charged , with a common assault , to which he , pleaded guilty , and the court taking into consideration the

      statement made by Major Kennedy , innicteu a mitigated penalty of £ 2 and 7 s . coBts , which waa paid . Hiram Smith . — The fate of Hiram Smith , the approver in the famousFrimley murder ease , has been at length , formally ; decided , ; in the . manner which we always said it would be—by his discbarge , in consequence of no ' evidencebeing offered against himin that particular case . This is no more than the usual course always followed , without any stipulation whatever .. The policy , as well as ths . propriety . / of the course adopted by the Crown is best evinced by the entire break up of the Surrey gang of burglars , the last two members of which were convicted , and-sentenced to transportation ' at Lewes Assizes last weeK ,- ¦¦¦ ¦ :

      Firb at -ihs- 'Dbkb oe Ca « brids £ 's Coube HoD 3 K .--Early on Saturday morning last , a fire of an alarming character took place in the rick-yard of . his Royal nighness the Duke of Cambridge " , Combe House , near Wimbledon , and New Kingston , Surrey . - The ricks and-stabling standing on the property were destroyedito the . value . of £ 2 , 000 .: Anothbb Aocidbni . ioN / THB ; South ; Wbstebn . — Another accident happened , on Friday night last , the 8 thinst ., upon . the ' South Western Railway , ' which , although it did not terminate in loss of life , was of a most serious description . A train ' left Waterloo station at half-past ten at night for Twickenham ,. composed ; of . about seven , or eight , first and second class carriages , The ] train had , proceeded without hindrance to the cominencement of the junction of the Southampton and Richmond lines , and had gone by the pointman ' s box , when , in crossing "the-bridge which carries the railway over Falcon-lanei a . division , of , the , train . suddenly

      took place—one-half the . train , adhering to . the engine , and passing on to the Richmond line , whilst the other portion was literally dragged in a parallel line across the Southampton- rail ; 'and lodged on the very brink of a steep embankment , at least twelve feet deep . ; The rails were ploughed upj and the strong round iron poles of the buffers were brokenoff . A first-class carriage was literally turned upside down , and the inmateg , Ladies and gentlemen , had to be taken out through the window , and one carriage was , by the force of the concussion , driven on the top of one preceding it . No one but those that were present could describe the confusion and alarm that prevailed , and several of the passengers received severe contused wounds . ' Mr . ' Woodhouse Young , the assistant manager of the traffic , was either in the train or arrived / momentarily' afterwards , and showed the greatest anxiety for the passengers , and sent for cabs , flys , and other vehicles to carry them to their respective

      residences . ' Repbesentation ot thk East Riding of Yorkshire . —A vacancy has been created for this division of the county by the decease of Mr . Henry Broa < Jiey , which event occurred on Saturday laBt , at his house in' Charles-street , St . James ' asQjiare . Mr . Broadley was in the fifty-eight year of his age . ' ' . ' WHOLESiLE Slaughter of Sheep . —On Saturday afternoon last a shepherd was driving a flock of sheep belonging to a farmer at Steventon from one field to another , between Denchworth-bridge and Farrihgdon-road station , where he had occasion to cross the Great Western Railway . He had driven sheep through the gateway on the other side to let the Bheop pass through ; and the consequence wa 9 a train coming up at the time ran into the flock , and killed no less than forty-seven sheep as well as the ahepherd's dog . —Oxford Journal .

      The Stonham Mubbbb . —The warrant for the execution of Mary Emily Gago commands that her death shall take place on Saturday next . Calcraft , however , will be busy at Norwich , and the Warwick hangman has also his hands full . There is therefore another "fix , "/ and probably another brood of would-be hangmen will start up , who will SQt forth their olaimB to do the strangling w 6 rk 6 f the county . It is not unlikely that the execution will be deferred until Monday . —Ipswich Express . i Lu 3 us NATUR . £ .-iMr . John Perris , farrier , of Westgate-street , in the city of Gloucester , has a cat which on Tuesday brought forth a kitten of a Siamese character . The animal has two bodies united , with eight legs , two heads joined together , but only two ears , and two tails . .

      ¦ The Manchester Regatta . —The annual regatta on the river Irwell , at Manchester , commenced on Monday , and attracted an immense concourse of people to witness the sport . Restoration of the Separate See of Gloucester ;—The petition for this object has been forwarded to the Home Secretary , for presentation to her Majesty . Appended to it are the names of no fewer than 1 C 9 of the parochial clergy of the diocese of Gloucester , and 227 churchwardens , besides which there are the signatures of a large body of the nobility , magistrates , and resident gentry of the county , making a total of more than 1 , 300

      names . Meeting of Millers in Liverpool . —After the business of the corn market had concluded on Tuesday , there was an attempt made to form a meeting of millers , in relation to the present , law permitting the importation of flour on the' same terms as wheat , and with a view of adopting a petition for the next session of parliament for an alteration of the law in that respect . After upwards of an hour had been spent in endeavours to form an assembly , the parties who bad tried to concentrate the attendants at market relinquished their efforts , and the various parties adjourned to their respective hotels to dinner . ' .

      y .- . A Case of Affiliation . —A few months ago Mr . H . ( Richards , of Veanol , near , Towyn , Merionethshire ; ' obtained possession of a leveret , and' haririg at the time a bitch , whose puppies ho had just destroyed he put the poor creature to this bereaved motherland strange to Bay , the affections of the latter were at once transferred to the former , and she brought her up with all care , so much so that the poor little hare used to follow-its foster-mother with all affection to the fields when the maid went to milk the cows , and even all the other dogs and cats of the family looked upon and treated the orphan stranger as " one of , themselves . " Poor 1 puss , " . having followed her foster-mother , too freely about the fields a few days ago was lost , and

      moBt likely ; fell a victim to some strange dogs . ' The Thrandeston Mubdee . —John Mickleburgh was brought to the Ipswich County Gaol on Utionday week . Since that period he has so far carried out his avowed intention of starving himself , that he has not taken three ounces of food : he has lived entirely on liquids , such as coffee or tea . We understand lie will on Wednesday have an interview with his wife , and write his will . After this he declares that , no thing shall induce him to partake of any nourishment , and that he will never disgrace his family by haviDg it said that he was hanged in front . of the gaol . We have heard that the authorities have ' remonstrated with him , arid that should he obstinately persist in his intention efforts ; will be made to force him to partake of sustenance . .

      Bbistol . —Departure of the Cur of Glasgow SiBAM-SHiP .-rOn Wednesday , at one o clock , the above-named screw steam-ship left the Mersey for Philadelphia , with , the . wholly unprecedented number of 224 passengers , some of whom were glad to pay full cabin fare for the high . privilege of making up their beds on the floor . Besides the above , this ship , took Out . a very valuable cargo of dry goods . . : A Singular Combat . —A few . days ago . the following singular circumstance was . witnessed , by a person on the road : between Odell and . Sharnbrook , Bedfordshire : —A stoat . was making , its way from an adjoining field across the road with a young partridge , which it bad killed , in its mouth , when it was

      pursued and attacked by two : skylarks . and a wagtail . . The three assailants ,-acting in concert , rose a little in the air , then pounced down on their rutliless enemy , repeating their , attacks < so furiously that the stoat was obliged to abandon his pvey . i Each time he attempted to . regain it they renewed their attacks with increased fury , manifesting a generous sympathy : with the fate of . their fellowtenant of the air , and evincing a courage which was quite admirable in birds of those pacifio species . At length the stoat espied the narrator . of the circumstance close by , and , felling some misgivings as to his own safety amidst so many : enemies , he ran ofi with the utmost speed , leaving the plump little partridge behind . —Northampton Mercury .

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      / i TnE .. . Qj 7 EBN's Visir -TO ^ S . corLAKD . —Wo believe thati bo- information of " aiit ) fficial character has ' yet been received here ( as to the timg'iwjien ' hier Majesty may be expected in Edinburgh , en route for the north ; but . it is generally ^ understood thati , rb stated by the Daily Sews of Friday , 'the court willleave London by railway , for Balmoral ,- on the 29 th inst . Her Majesty , may ,-therefpre , ; be expected here on the evening . pfieither of . these days-rprobably , perhaps , on tie , 28 th , which . is a TKur , sday . In the meantime the officials of the royal fiovlsehold ^ are daily expected at Holyrood , to make the necessary arrangements for the reception of the royal party . Th e operations , we may add , for the erection of the statue . of ., the ; ^ ueen ; in , front , of the palace , which werecoijrimenced a . few . days ago , are . now , so far as the excavation ' s for the foundation are' concerned , all but ' completed . —Caledonian Mercury . ' '

      The Moors . —The note of preparation for tbe «« 12 th" '• ¦ ¦ is . now : being ; audibly ; heard . i Advance parties are . passing , daily to the approaching' campaign , which , we are glad to . state , this season promises to be more than' usually good , birds being both numerous and ' strong , arid the' weather , if it continues as at present , delightful . —Mntrost

      Review . .-1 ¦¦¦ ¦• ¦ • : - ¦• ¦¦ ¦' . ' ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ , Courtship by Advertisement . —Some time ago a s hoemaker . in Harris being in want of a wife , advertise d'for one , and , at tbe place tnd time appointed , was met by ' a female . " Both were in earnest . ' The Bhoemaker , however , unluckily seemed to b& of the' same opinion that King ' Pedro , was with regard , to ; his wife , •' . Mary of Arragon , that she was not so handsome as she might be good , so their ' raeetiDg ended in mutual disappointment . The man ' advertised a second time , iappoiating a ' different place '' for the meeting , and'varying the

      words . of the ^ advertisement . He met the same lady , they , recognised . each other , : could not choose but smile at the recognition , and perhaps neither of them could ' choose but . sigh . Tbe persevering bachelor tried'his lot a ' third time , and at the third pkee of appointment ' he met the equally ' petsevering spinster . 'At this meeting neither could help laughing . Theybegan to converse in good humour ; and the conversation became so agreeable on both sides , and the circumstance so remarkable , that this third interview led to a marriage . —Inverness Courier . '

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      ivnanu . THE ' MnRDEB of , Bernard MTntacigart . —A special coramiaaion , or adjourned assizes , was held at puiidalk on the , 7 th instiV when one of the men charged with the murder of Barnard M'lntaggart was tried and acquitted .. : The verdict of the jury was . received ^ w . ith loud , cheers by the populace . The murder , it .. y » ill be recollected , was an agrarian one , and attended ' with circumstances of great atrocity . - ° " ¦' ' -- - " ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ " ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦•' - ' '' ' ¦ ' ;¦ " ¦ ' •' A Woman Bubied Alive ;—The Mtrisler Mm contains the following curioua statement :-r- ' , ' Tjpperaryi . August 6 i—The town of Tipperary was thrown into a state of the utmost exciteiqqent , on yesterday , bv the . report of a woman having 1 been buried alive .

      The following are thei particulars V- ^ Mary Neill , a young woman , died on Sunday in the poorhouae , and was buried on Monday in White Church , about four miles from town . On the morning of yesterday , a man . heard her cry as he . passed close " to her grave , and he ran as rapidly as possible to town , and 'gave the alarm . Many of . the inhabitants hurried but ; the , master of the workhouse having been informed ot" the circumstance , sent out' some of the officers to ascertain if there were , truth in tbe report , and his men . on returning stated that they , disintered" the body , of Mary Neill , and that on opening the coffin , she was lying on her right side ; tbe shrouding torn , a cap' which ihe woie on her head removed ,- " and scratches and blood on her face , and other marks ef

      recent violent exertion apparent ,, but . she was- quite dead , , Her apparent ^ eatU previyusly was sudden , but it is believed . sh ? was only' sunk in' a trance ' . However ^ there was' no blame \ to the workhouse officers , as the hapless woman was over twenty hours dead previous to her interment . " . , . ¦ The Kilkush Umon .- ^ Ad inquiry has been held in the Kilrush workhouse to investigate certain charges made against the guardians and officers of that union by a reverend correspondent of a London journal , whose letters ' on the subject of the Clare unions have obtained a great deal of notoriety . One of the charges in . the present ; instance was , that a guardian ; named Burke went at night ,, while in a state of intoxication , through' the female wards of

      , the infirmary , causing some of the inmates to rise in their beds , and acting otherwise in a most shameful and indecent manner . The gate porter , house purter , assistant t master , matron , and assistant nurses , were examined on oath , and from their evidence it would appear , that Mr . Burke was , sober on the occasion in question ; that . he visited tbe infirmary late in the . eVening , and thai , in going tbroiigb tbe . house , -he was excessively annoyed and excited at finding several persons absent from . their , beds , the . hospital . nurse absent , and other irregularities going on which , he deemed very ' . discreditable . It would also seem that the charge , made" against him was propagated by some of tlie officials of the house

      to wiiose ' conduct he would attach blame , and a Mr . Shannon , who admitted th ' at . he . gave information on thesubject to the writer of th . e letter in theXondon paper , refused to , be sworn , , ' or to tell the names of those from whom he obtained K himself . Oafital Ooryiciiok . — At the Cork aBsizes Richard ; Green was charged that he , on the 23 rc June did feloniously kill and murder one Edwan Parrell , at Bally ma , by striking him with a aticl on the left side of the head . . The jury returned . ^ verdict of Guilty . Sentence was deferred . The Aggregate Meeting . —The promoters of tie aggregate catholic meeting which takes place m the . l 9 th , have suceeded in obtaining the definitive promise of Archbishop Cullen to preside on the ,. p ; - ¦

      casion . . , . . .. .... . . . ... ...... . Irish . Loyalty . — The fetes which are to'tale place on the Queen ' s Island , at Belfast , in conmemor ' ation of her Majesty ' s visit ^ are fixed for tae first week of ; next month . A " CrjBtal Palace " which ia . described as a beaut'iful copy , on a reduced scale , of the great prototype in Hyder 3 ? ark , ias been erected in the island , and will be finally completed by . ' the . time mentioned ; and various ; trrangemeuts arc on foot to celebrate the occasion with popular festivities on a scale altogether unexampled imthat . part of Ireland . .. . ' :. ; . i : Pauper ^ Emigrants . —The exportation of pauper emigrants to . America and elsewhere ie now oarr : ed on on a ' larce fl ' uale by tbe euardia . ' n& of the Cla-e

      Unions . ' The last'number of the Clare Jounal contains the * following- particulars of the subject : "A large number of the female . inmates of . the Eilrush i Workhouse haying been selected tor emigration , ^ he , requisite outfit was procured by direction of the . board , and 400 of this class now take their departure for a foreign shored One hundred ' of them embarked a ' t-Kilrush on Friday . ' "One hundred drid : twenty . mure ; wereready to embark on Saturday , and were kept waiting jd , expectation of the desired event up to a late hour , when , it waB found they could not be pu 6 aboard that day , in consequence of the . weather being unfavourable . They all appeared highly pleased with the

      prospect which lay before them , and any of them who were , questioned , on i the subject , expressed freely the thankfulness , they . felt , and exhibited but little regre , t atleaving tjipir native land ,. ' " Th ' e embarkation of . the femairiing numher will also ' take pliiee aa ) 8 obn as it can be conveniently effected ; ' A number of emigrants of the same clasB Ironi the Ennistynion union were / also embarked last . week at KilruBli , jfco which place they were accompanied by the vice guardians , wh o expressed their obligations to the Kilrush board for baying given suitable accomrrioUatioh to those emigrants' and otherwise kindly assisted in attending . to their comfort when they arrived at Kilrush , , ; .

      . Dowkpaieick . Elkctios . — This election took place on the 6 th inst ! . There was no . opposition , and tlie Hon . Mr . Dardinge was declared to ' bo duly elected . . : ' '; ' ¦ ' ' ' ¦¦ ¦¦ ' , The Potato Crop . —The last ' reports . ' . are : as usual ,. conflicting ,, the . balance , how ever ,, leaning' to tlie favourable side , especially as regards the western , counties . . In Roscpmmon , although in isolated cases syniptoni 3 of biii > ht ' hiiv . e appeared on " the stsilks of the "lumper" species aiid from the old ' shiall potato which remained in the earth'last year , " in a circle of twenty miles one acre of . blighted stalks could not be discovered ; " and as , for thocereal crops ,- they far exceed in extent , and quality any tlmt have been witnessed for twenty years ' . ! From Giflway it is stntedv . that tho blight has"Been hut partial arid-very trifling in extent . " . The crop has no w nearlyreached maturity ,, and is able to reBist a further spread of the . disease . ...

      . Criminal , tooUMA-rip . N . - ^ Tlie trial of Captain E . Kennedy , poor liiw iiiBpcctor , at the suit of Colonei Yarideleur , which excited sb much public attention / look place tit Cork on Saturdays The inforinatioti charged , tho defendant with intending . to instigate and provoke . the ; prosecutor , to fight . a duel , and Chat , . pursuance , of , that intention ,. ontlio 21 st of October , 1850 , he . wrote , sent , arid delivered a' letter to : him containing certain scan ' tialbusiuid malicious matter . Mr . Fitzgerald , Q . C ., stated' the case , whichall : afose out of the charges' hiade against the board pC guardians of ih , e Kih ^ sh . Union , pf , which hq ' ard , the prosecutor was chainnan i Colonel ViindelcuViWas the prinoipal witness , ilo was ' crossexamined by Mr . Butt , Q . O . ' Several of dlie '! witnesses were exuminod . Mr . 'Butt audiO 8 ? od tlie jury , for the defendant ; and they were discharged without a verdict , the numbers for and against a finding peing equal . , ¦ ¦ a

      \ aluk ok Land in Coiik .-A sulo of land ' s took place at Cork on Saturday , by Order of thoEneumbi'i-cil Iistnto Commissiouuva ; ivwd the wioes obamoil were such as we should assume' their honoui-B cannot accept . T « ko the follo . wiiiff for oxiuiipio :-Thu liimls of . Lwcoua « obcg , protlucuix a net rout ot £ 05 2 n ., wore knocked down' tov ' Ms AnctroDtalof * 178 ' 0 « . 2 d ., arising out of &

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      martin , fetched but £ 905 . or a trifle over five years ' purchase ' . *' Tlie lan 1 d 8 ~ 6 fllu'hMarif 6 ' n v'Wi't 1 i : H ^ ii'e ' t'ihcome of £ 55 16 v ,. brought but £ 420 . ' Another lot * yielding £ 36 . 12 s ., sold for . £ 190 , and several . other snu ^ farms were " knockeii ( Jowvi" at . about obrre ' s ' pondingirates . ^ The ' auctioneer , " feeling' that' such sales' were not likely to be confirmed-b y the court , tried the company in- another , way , by ^ putting iip several lots together , but no increase worth speaking of was obtained by him , ' Another sale . of estates took place at Clonmel , on Saturday . Part of the land of Minerstown , in the county of Tip ' perary , producing a net rent of £ 290 3 s . lid ., sold for £ 3 , 757 . Another lot of and producing £ 156 2 a , 2 d , was Knocked down for

      £ 560 ; and a . third property , thus described - . rr " The town and lands of Jlussevtown , held ia fee simple , situate . in the' parish ' , of Ciiherj ' barony of IfFii and Offa East , " and county' of' Tipnerary , ' - ' con * taining according to said survey , Il 6 a ; 2 r . 25 p . Iriab , or 18 Sa . 3 r . 3 p . statute measure , and producing ; a . well-paid net annual rental of J 61 S 7 . 14 a . 7 d . " This lot fetched but £ 925 , or seven and a haif years' purchase . Discouragement of Industry . ' — The crusade waged by the Roman Catholic Clergy , not merely against the system of mixed education , but against all attempts to soften down religious [ asperities . by training ^ to industrial pursuits , in the same schools , children ' of different religious denominations , continues in active' operation here . ' Some months since it was mentioned that a school in the' immediate vicinage of Dublin was attended : by a Urge number of younggirls , Protestant as . well as ,

      Roman Catholic , who having been duly taught fancy needlework , &o ., were paid weekly wages in proportion to their abilities ; and it was decided that the . question of religion was , to be altogether excluded from the course , of instruction afforded to the | pupils , matters went on smoothly until tlie sittings of tho , Thurles Synod caused the parish priest to interpose his dictum , and by degrees' the Roman Catholic children dropped off in their attendance . For some time'the Protestant clergyman endeavoured to stem the course of defections , but all in vain . The numbers grew thinner and thinner , arid at length he has struck bis colours before the Roman legion . ' The undertaking is abandoned , and tho doors of an institution which gave employment and bread to a moat helpless and destitute class of , tbe community , are about to be hermetically sealed up . —Times Correspondent . , ,,- ..

      , Fracas between Military , " and Police . —An affVay likely to be attended with very unpleasant circumstances , took pliice' at Banagher ; on Friday evening ^ the 8 th irtBt ; , with some policemen and a detachment , of the 17 th Regiment quartered there . It appears ; that two policemen were in a shoemaker ' s , shop , when bome drunken soldiers entered who quarrelled with the police and' struck them ; The soldiers were put out ' of the house , ' when they attaoked ' other polibe who were on market duty . Both parties boxed each other well . While bo engaged , a person named . Molly , . moat improperly went to fcht > military barracks , and falsely reported ithat the ' police ' had stabbed a soldier . Oh' hearing wbioh'tKe soldiers became enraged , rushed out of barracks with drawn bayonets in their bands , ' and ran through the streets to the terror . of the inhabitants , Routing for the ' " Peelers . " The entire four

      company inluding the guard , with three or exceptions , left their barracks . On seeing thi 3 overwhelming fdrceapproach the police fled in all'direclions and concealed themselves . ' The soldierb pur < sued one policeman into a field , they knocked him down , - kicked him while down , on the head and body , and deprived him . of his carbine and bayonet . In all probability the man would have been murdered but for the timely arrival of Head Constable Campion with a party of police , and ' the colour Bergeant of the company , who induced the soldiers to return to their barracks . The officers of the detachment were / all unfortunately absent at the time , having in the morning gone down the river Shannon a few miles , to a regatta ' at Portumna . Saturday , Captain Pollock , R . M . ' , held a private inquiry into the circumstances of the case , but the result has not transpired . ¦ ¦•¦•¦¦•• .

      : Popish Outraok . — During the hours of noon service ' on Sunday the congregation in St . Audeon ' s Church were much alarmed in consequence of an audacious' act committed by Borne persons , from the yard of the Roman Catholic chapel which is contiguous to the church . As the clergyman was engaged in the'delivery of hia sermon , stories were thrown in the direction of the windows , which on falling on tbe walls and roof , produced aloud crashing noise , as if the' walls ' were about to ' tumble . "Several atones entered through the windows , ' which were open for . the purpose of admitting air , and aome of the congregation narrowly escaped being injured : The rector , churchwarden , and" other members , of the cbiurch came out to ascertain the . cause of the noise , and one'"individual" was discovered in the act of throwing froinr the chapel-yard ; who was pursued and overtaken , and . on being conveyed through the

      street to be delivered into the hands of juBtice , the young man who had him in-charge , was attacked and severely . beaten , in consequence of which he was compelled to relinquish his hold of the offender , who then made his escape . Means are being taken for the discovery of the delinquents , and it is hoped , hey will be brought to justice . ' Eigut Bridges Destroyed . —The floods which occurred in . th ' e early part , of last-week have proved destructive to property and life . In addition to the fatal accident" to the two men which we printed , we are informed that eight bridges ; were' swept away . The stacks of turf being carried by the streams to the bridges and choking up the arches , they were . forced to yield tiothe pressure . In several places new beds have been formed by the streams , seriously damaging the growing crops . — Armagh Guardian .

      TBiNsAiLANTio Packbt Station . — The Lord Mayor has called a meeting of the citizens , of Dub * lin , to be held at the Mansion House , to . take steps for ; the establishmentof direct steam ^ communication between Ireland and America . ' Prospects ' of Mayo . - —The ^ Castlebar Constitution hsisitha following : — " In the neighbouring union of Weytport another largo rate was threatened ; the consequence was that in every direction the farmers and ratepayers had commenced inquiry as to the best ' and most expeditious route of getting oufcftf the ( So ' Unl ^ j ' and'the instant the rate , was published cattle , corn , every thing would be sacrificed , to escape confiscation . "We have made inquiries , and we are . happy , to say that the guardians

      of thatunjon are not so . insane , as to . adopt so mad a course . A ; rate ^ fa . fearful rate—" was made by them la ' st month , ' commencing with five shillings on the lowest buVone ' electoral'division , and going up to six shillings and eight-pence . Surely thisoughtto bo cousideved enovtgh , But the . worst . remains behind . This crushing rate , will notmeet one-half the liabilities of the union , and should the labour rate be stopped . out ' . of it , it' wit ! ndt ' iteet onefourth . - ' For 6 he purpose ' of' illustrating the enormity of the proposed taxation ; we have taken the trouble to copy the , annuities chargeable . on the Castlebar union , the lightest in this county , and to calculate the poundage which such a tax will incur , when we find the following result . '"

      [ By the table here inserted , it appears that the amount to be paid annually for forty years is £ 6 , 651 , which inj 3 ev . er . al . of the electoral divisions would be upwards of two , shillings in the pound , or ,, in the whole , the ' sum , 'of £ 106 , 0 o 8 "is ' . required to be relaid by tHe'Uastlebarunibnj'Which ' is'Valuedatonly £ 34 , 168 : ] ' ¦ : . ¦¦ " - ¦ ¦ ¦ "¦' - ' ¦ ¦>< : •> ¦ , •¦ *~ . ¦¦ ¦ " Now ( proceeds the ^ Constitution ) , with this fact of one-third of the whole net value of the union bein g requisite to . pay tuQ annuities , and a halfyearly . instalment being levied as public cess , for the re-paymeh (; of extraordinary presentments , ani | ounting to £ 2 , 080 , will , we ask ,- the goverment dare to force ' this levy ? " ¦ : ¦ :. ¦ : The Potatoes . —There is no longer any room for doubt that the potato blight of former years has

      appeared ^ in several , of the midland ^ counties , as well as on the ' shores' of the Atlantic . By the letters and ' journals'received ' on' Wednes'day morn ' n sr , it appears that fields of potatoes that looked perfectly healthy and free from the least appearance of blight so lately aa Sunday last , were on Tuesday extensively marked ' with * the unquestipBably symptoms of'disease . These unwholesome sigha ' aire'by no meane general , for " m the'Nei ghbourhood ~ of the metropolis , a diseased potato is a . rarity . ¦ Mr . John Lamb , the Quaker correspondent of the Northern Whig , has completed a tour of tbe province of . Ulster , and his report of the state 6 f the cropsincludingthe . potato , is upon the whole satisfactory . With respect to ' the latter , he admits that he saw

      undoubted cases of blight in some localities , and that the disease will progress he thinks is quite certain , but it seemed to be of a less virulent type than even last year , so that ; " judging from formor seasons ,, we may hope , that there will not be a very great loss of food . . " ' ' ¦ ' ¦ • ¦" '• ^' . Thb i ) KFENDBRs . " -Tho " Lord Bishop of Beverley has jomod the ranks of tho " Defenders . " , n L ^ ds »>» p" thinks itns high time fov the Roman Catholics of the three kingdoms "to rise as one , man ; ' iind vindicate their grossly attacked religious rights ; i ' lla wishes , to show to their opponents n ' n'd . would-be oppressors that they form , both injBngiand , . Ireland , and Scotland , but one , " and that a compact and a firm phalanx . " The Lord of

      Beverley . ' unlike the bulk of higr more liberal British compeers , makes no allusion to the " pecunuiry ' affiurs of the infant association , Murdkh in tub Countt of Donkoal . —The Evening Mail contains tho following : — " Wo learn by letters from tho county of Donegal that a dreadful murder was perpetrated on Friday last in the neighbourhood of Stranorlnr , tho unhappy victim being a person named David . Moore , vrlio held . a confidentml situation in the employment of the under agent of the estates of Colonel Pratt , of C « bra Castle . ' At the early hour of six © 'dock in tho morning Mooro' was met at the gat&of Manor IVatt , the lodge of Colonel Pratt , by two men , who fell upon him and beat and mutilated bin * so u&

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      mercifully as to deprive him of all sense ' Thn -, „ ¦ snssins theri'fled ; and ' the b ^ dfof Moore was brouX into one of the offices of the lodge and a doctor i » , immediately sent for : on his arrivai , however \ 1 atonee pronounced the case to bo hopeless Th HKull was laid , open , both legs fearfully mancled and one hand nearly cut off . He lingered howewp till ten o ' clock on Friday night , when death nut »« end to his , tortures . The causes which led to thu dreadful affair have not clearly transpired w « are i however , given to understand that a short tim « since Colonel Pratt voluntarily ordered a revalua tion of his extensive estates , and consented to a re * duction of rent , varying in amount from tliirtv tn fifty per cent ., and that more recently , on learning that even this abatement did not satisfy somnS his tenantry in Donegal , he' signified h » intentinL 10

      cause a second valuation to ! be made , with a view of meeting the wishes-of the . discontented tenantV B « t even this concession " was of no avail anriii was pretty , plainly intimated that the malcon £ had come to . •» resolution to hold their lands free of all rent . The murdered man was a Protestant and bore an irreproachable character . He has left ? mothermnety-eight years of age and a sister to de . plore . their bereavement . " . e

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      ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT >¦ ( ipswicu .

      The inhabitants of this town were , on Tuesday evening last , thrown into much alarm by a renoi * that a young girl , nineteen years of age , had been murdered by an old man with whom she had bepn cohabiting for some weeks past . The rumour re lattng to the death of the young woman , although she was severely wounded , turned out to be untruV The old man , however , inflicted a mortal wound upon himself , and died shortl y after . An inquest was held on view of the body , of the deceased James Wailing , before S . B . Jackaraan , gent at the Feathers Inn , St . Matthews , when evidence o £ some length was given touching the cause of deceased ' s deatl ) , and the attack upon Martha Moyso by him . The deceased , up to May last , was in her Majesty ' s service , on board a man-of-war , about which time he was discharged with a pension of 9 s

      per week . It appears that he had made up hia mind , being nearly sixty years old , to spend the remainder of his days' with a maiden Bister ) who lives in ' a house situate-in Lady-lane in this town ; and he accordingly came to Ipswich for . that purpose , bringing . with . him money amounting to more than £ 60 . He lived with , his sister happily till within the past five or six ; weeks , during which time he has been acquainted with Martha Moyse , of whom he at length became so enamoured as to propose to her thnt she should live with him as his wife . The unhappy crenture accepted theoffer , and she , up to Saturday night last ' , lived with the old man . . On Tuesday , Wailing was noticed by his sister to drink some beer , ' and afterwards to empty a bottle , of brandy : which contained more than a

      quarter ; of a _ pmt ; but he -was . by na means at all suffering from . intoxication , nor did he appear to be muoh excited . Between four and five o ' clock he said to his sister , " Do you go and tell Martha I wish to speak to her . " The old woman went to a house a little way off , where Martha Moyse was , and delivered the message . Both then went to the house , where Wailing was sitting in an arm chair . He looked veryangry , and said to his sister , " Do you go out : I want Martha to stop with me . " The old lady did as requested , leaving Martha with the bid man . She , however , had not proceeded more than , four or five yard ? before she heard Martha screaming violently . Fearing that her brother was ill-treating her , she hastily returned to her house .

      when she met Martha rushing out of the doorway , her face and hands covered with blood . A struggle no doubt bad taken place , for Wailing was following his intended victim , and on his sister attempting to go into the house , he struck her a . blow on the head , and in her attempting to parry it , she received a cut on her finger from a sharp instrument . His sister ran out for protection , and 'he went hack into the room , shutting the door after him . Martha Moyse in the meantime was conveyed into a hous 6 . close by . The cries of : " murder'' raised soon drew together a concourse of persons ,, but not one dared , to enter the house . A butcher , named Tenter , more courageous than the rest , went up to the door , and asked 'Wailing what he had been

      doing . Wailing made no reply , but closed the door .. Trenter went again to the door , when Wailing said to , him , " I have done her business , and will soon do mine . " At the same time Wailing said- ' this . 'he was seen by Trenter to lift up both hands to his neck , which almost immediately after dropped down againolose to his side . Wailing then ran to the front door , with blood streaming from a wound . he had inflicted in his throat , which was about eight inches in length , and had severed the jugular vein and the caroted artery , A BUl'geOIl was soon in attendance , but all human aid was of no avail ,. Wailing dying at eight o'clock the same

      night . The face of the wretched girl Martha Moyse was frightfully lacerated under the left jaw , ) Ut happily no'vital part was ' touched . Her hands , in defending herself from herassailant . wore wounded in several places , one or two fingers being nearly cut off . The inquest was adjourned , in order thafc she might attend to give evidence , which it is exjected she will be enabled to do in four or five days . : t waa stated that Martha Moyse , after obtaining from the deceased a large sum of money , had absented herself from his house , and that she intended eavmg Ipswich with another man . The deceased had , by Bome means or other , spent nearly all tbe money be had brought with him to Ipswich .

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      FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT BEDMIK STER , NEAR BRISTOL-FIVE LIVES LOST

      Another terrible accident took place on Saturday morning last , at the Malago Vale Works , in the parish of Hedminster , and has lost to society , and to those more immediately dependent on them , five valuable lives . A little ' after three o ' clock , one of the working > artiea having come out of the pit , ten others entered the bucket or cart , and were lowered down the Bhaft , which is upwards of 240 fathoms in depth , to replace them , . The work of lowering proceeded without the occurrence of any thing unusual until the cart had ' reached within a very few leetorthe bottom

      . . Upon its reaching to the depth or the first vein ; somewhere about 200 fathoms , tire Of the men . got out of ir , and proceeded to their workin that part of the colliery , and the cart , with four men and a . lad , was then lowered towards the bottom vein , and had , as before remarked , descended to within a'few feet of the bottom when the ^ ope ; on its passing over the second wheel immediately above tho mouth of the shaft , suddenly parjtedj . and in the face , of the terrified vanger , the mass , with which the cart . and bonnet must have weighed three or ' four tons , was precipitated to tbe bottom : ' ' ;¦• • . ;

      The utmost terror immediately prevailed among those above grouad , and the heavy intelligence of the accident , and the probable fate of the unhappy beings ' , ' was spread with astonishing rapidity throughout the district . Those in charge of tln > works sought to give temporary comfort to the fflicted by suggesting that , as the cart was so close to the bottom when , the rope broke , the inmate 3 might have escaped , without considerable injury ; but to those conversant with tbe matter it became at once evident ' that . their lives were sacrificed . The iron bonnetwhich was suspended above their

      , heads by : the tension of the rope , must , upon the parting , have fallen upon them , as likewise the rope itself ; but besides there was a depth of several feet ofwater at th © foot of the shaft unprotected by any stage or ' covering into which they would have been ' preciptated . . The preparations-forthe descent of the p it being perfected , an- empty bucket was illuminated with candles ,, andinorder'to see that all worked properly , was lowered to a considerable depth , and ¦ again rarseft' * Two men , named John IteynoWsana Henry Lovell , then entered the bucket , ami wer 6

      lowered down the shaft , 'searching it carefullyj » they went ; . ; After the men had descended about 2 «« fathoms , the signal for raisiDg them was given , MW they were hauled up , and stated that , owing to . " twisting ' of the round rope , it would be imposBilw with' safety to make' a descent with it . 'I M l ther brought with them a confirmation of the *<>«' fears of those above respecting the five voWVJ beings who had descended in the bucket . * " ^ stated that they had reached sufficiently low to » o

      heard by tbe ' men in the bottom vein , from *»« " { they had learnt that the poor fellows were lymg d ™ in the ' wiiter afr the bottom of the shaft . Tina WLinchbly- intelligence ; it was deemed right , " l excited , stato of those around the pit , to confine w the manager , ' and it was some time before itbeti "" fully known . ¦ •¦• •• A second flat rope was n 6 w procured from the o company ' s works , and it having been sp liced to ' north side-rope , tho iloaceiit was again m » ° 6 twenty minutes to eleven o ' clock , and it was p three o ' clock before the men camo up again , *' they brought with ' them the bodies of two ot' . sufferers , Richard Moffiitt , who has left a w : ' 'l soven or eight children ) and Phillip Pring (* . jB also left a young \ family and a widow advanced pregnancy ) . ; The bodies exhibited marks ot >' lence . as if they had been struck on their M *" with the iron bonnet , and one of them must " oJ had his neck forcoH airiiin ' st . tliA sliam iron r » u

      the bucket , as his throat was partially diviu ' o front . and the back'of bis head was much '" I "' The other bodies were subsequently brougnt j » k tltey were those of William Smith , ThomaB . i J anti William Webster , a lad . All tho men veins came out safe . . . i haa Mr . ' Pb ' widl , of 3 , Lower Park-row , Bristol , had a contribution forwarded to him , to wru nucleus of a fund tor the relief of the many » viying relatives of- the deceased men , who u > ¦ very Jibor neighbourhood .

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      ® t ) e pvovump , ¦ i ' - . —r— ¦ . - ¦ - . ¦ Holthead Harbour . —The works for the filling up and formation of the new breakwater in the harbour at Holyhead are steadily progressing . ' A large number of men are regularly employed , and tbe stones and material are conveyed from the quarry to-the-breakwater by locomotive power , ' which runs along the staging .. The-new . wharf commenced on the western side of the harbour , for the accommodatian of the Irish cattle "' traffic , has been abandoned , owing to the impracticability of making a deep . channel from the . entrance , of the inner harbour up to the proposed wharf ,, in consequence of the hard and rocky ground . The , eastern : side of the harbour . in . , now spoken , of .:. a wharf erected there would be in close proximity to the railway stationand in every way convenient .

      , Fatal Accident at Ramsoate . —Ori Saturday ^ last Ramsgate was thrown into a state of great excitement by the death of t »\ oindividuals , under . the following circumstances ; . —About half-past nine a . gen-, tleman was bathing , and baying got considerably out of his depth , was unable , from the extreme' violence of the wave 3 , to regain his footing . The sea was Unusually rough , and the rain poured down in torrent 8 . The proprietor of the machine which he ; had Just quitted—who , 1 b a first rate swimmer—plunged in , ; with his clothes on , and endeavoured to save him . Wilh great difficulty he succeeded in pushing him

      in towards the shore , but the exertion was too much for him , and he let go his hold and was seen no more . His wife and three . of ; his children , were , on the beach , and rent the air with their shrieks . Several individuals rushed into the Water , and . succeeded in bringing the unfortunate gentleman to the shore , but he expired within a few minutes : Meantime a man lashed a rope round his waist , and plunged in after the " machine man , " but he was himself drawn into all appearance dead . Animation was , however ^ at ; length restored . The boats and drags were put into requisition to find the body of the unfortunate machine man . but without success .

      A Railway Train on Fire . —On Sundaythe passengers by the 9 . 30 up train from Liverpool , ' ; con * sisting of nearly , forty oarriages , and . densely crowded , were , when about nine miles from -Crewe and sixty from Liverpool , ' terrified by the sudden outbreak of flames from , the roof of a third class carriage , which was loaded to a considerable height with passengers' luggage ,-. among whichKwas a quantity of bedding ,. linen , and other inflammable materials . The shrieks of the ¦ women were dreadful ; for , from the height of the flame , it was . conjectured that the whole train might be ignited , and the result of an awful character . Some gentlemen in a second-olass carriage , near to the one in which the conflagration bad broken out , had ' smelt a smouldring of fire for some time , and had seen smoke issuing from the top of the carriage' alluded to , and had endeavoured ,, in vain , to alarm the guard or any person In control Of the train , Until he flames themselves warned the servants of the

      peril that threatened them , and then the train was stopped . The first step to check the . ravages of the fire was to remove the ignited carriage—a work of considerable labour and danger ; but many pas sengera . voluntarily lent their assistance , and in a short time the separation was effected . The two portions of the train were pushed far enough away to allow of the burning carriage to be entirely de ? stroyed and the burning luggage hurled from the roof , in doing which the fireman was much burnt . After a delay of more than half ah hour , the charred remains of the carriage were attached to the train , which then proceeded onto Crewe , where it was left . The amount of damage 13 not yet known .

      Diabolical Outrage on a Female . —Gloucester . —Last week one of the most horrid atrocities , perhaps , ever committed in a civilised country was perpetrated in tbe retired district of-the Forest of Dean , in this county , four of the perpetrators of which have been committed to the Gloucester county gaol for trial . The outrage is of . such . a nature as to render its details almost incredible , nine men being charged with having criminally assaulted a poor helpless wandering 'Irish widow , ' named * Mary Macarthy , who now lies in one of the union workhouses on the borders of the forest . The principal facts stated before the committing magistrates , Sir Martin Crawley ; Boevey , Bart ., and E . Jones , Esq ., are as follows : The woman , who ia thirty-five years of age , and has , but

      recently lost her husband , was journeying alone and unprotected through the Forest of Bean on her way to Blabeney , at a late hour of the night , 'when she observed a light , and , being but half , clad and nearly starved , she proceeded towards . it ; . The light proceeded from the fire of some , charcoal burners , who had left their work for a short time , and the poor wearied ereatuTe lay down before it until the mea ( nine in number ) returned td resume their labour about one or two o ' clock in the morningi At , first the men treated ? her kindly , and at her' desire procured her a draught of water .- ; - The names of the prisoners are James James / Richard Hear , George Charles , and Thomas Stephens , and they arrived at about two o ' clock in the morning . The prisoner Sear , asked her to go into a small hut

      near . ' She declined , but . was told that if she did not they would put her on the fire ; and , she was then taken into the hut , ' where she was locked in with the prisoner James and another man-not in custody . The whole of the prisoners and their companions then in succession assaulted the woman , and a quarrel then ensued' between two of them as te whether she should remain in tbe hut , when one of them taking up a shovel threatened to kill her if she did not leave at once . It was then daybreak , and while-the men were scuffling together , 3 be Vent OUb and proceeded on her journey . She met a woman on the road , and told her of the ; treatment she had experienced , and afterwards becoming exhausted , she lay down under ; t hayrick , where she was found by a policeman some twenty-foui' ihours

      afterwards . She was conveyed to the workhouse , when a surgeon examined her , and corroborated the material points in the statement sworn to by her . The : police succeeded . in apprehending the four prisoners whom tlieprosecutrix identified- ; and it is hoped that the other ruffians will speedily be in custody . The above facts having been deposed to , 'the prisoners were committed for trial . Disgraceful' Oothagr by Soldibhs . —OnI Tuesday , at tbe Guil'iball , - Rochester , Edward Danu , corporal of the 64 th Regiment , Michael Rourke , and John Daugherty , privates of the 18 th , were obarged with riotous conduct , and the- two first-with using their bayonets . to the danger of the servants of the North Kent Railway . Company . —The Mayor leaving intimated his intention of sending , the case io the sessions , Major Kennedy ,, of the 18 th : Regiment , said ,-with regard' to Daugherty , >• • he had ¦ - been twenty-one -years in the service , and had only

      lately returned from India ; and the three ' -g ' oodwaduct Badges which he wore would speak of the good character he bore inihis 1 regimen , t .-i . On . the day in question he came from Gravesend in company with the corporal , and 1 , although hel might lave taken part in the assault ' complained of , he had not any bayonet , . The court , " would , perhaps , dispose of Daugherty ' s case , summarily . He then handed in ¦ a certificate of . Daugherty ' s good cha . racter . —The charge was their proceeded witb , first as regarded Sann and Rourke . —Several . witnesses were examined ; from whose evidence it appeared , thattorthe evenihg ' of the 7 th inst ., the prisoners arrived at the station shortly before eight o ' clock , and demanded tickets for-their conveyance to Gravesend . The station muster , seeing they were intoxicated , refused them , aud after some altercation they went away ; About twenty minutes to nine o ' clock , at which time the station was filled with

      passengers waiting to go by the nine o clock train , the prisoners returned more intoxicated than before , and again ¦ ¦ . demanded- * tichcts , which-were again-refused ; The prisoners thereupon became very violent , creating considerable larm among those-present , Dann placing himself la a position to prevent them from getting their

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      a police constable , who forced the door of the room , and discovered the deceased- lying on his face " , ' in " a pool of blood , with his head nearly severed from his body . A razor was firmly clenched in his right hand , and life was quite extinct . ' ? Shocking Accident . — On Monday morning Joseph Jilkes and Joseph Lovegrove , labonrersinthe employ of the Commissioners of Sewers , Ilatton Garden , were ordered to remove some boards , in order to turn water into another direction , in a mas hole , situate in Maiden-lane , Battle Bridge . As they were about to enter with their safety lamps , the gas is supposed to have escaped from the pipes passing through the sewer , when a dreadful explosion took place , by which both the unfortunate men were seriously injured . Lovegrove is doing well , but Jilkes lies in a very precarious i state . ¦ ...

      Fire at Pbckham . —On Tuesday afternoon a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Howard , a carpenter and builder , situate No . 12 , High-Street , Pebkham . The flamea originated in the workshops , ' and owing to tbe inflammable stock in trade therein , they spread with unusual swiftness , so that in about ten minutes after the first alarm was given , the whole workshops presented a hnge sheet of flame , 'from whence tho destructive element extended to the range of stables belonging to the same party .. Within a short time , notwithstanding the aid of the Fire 'Brigade , the workships belonging to Mr . Howard ;

      together with tEe stabling , were destroyed ^ three small buildings , &C ; belonging to Mr . Orton , ' the chemist , pulled down , considerable damage done to the premises of Mr . W . Clayton , and the roof of Mr . Archer ' s brewery damaged by fire , and the . contents b y water .. Fortunately the principal sufferers .-were insured in the Norwich Union Fire , Office . , : - -, FataIiAccidbst . —As some youths were bathing on Tuesday in the Thames , off Crawshay ' s iron wharf , a lad named Kent got out of his depth and immediately sank . The drags . were put in requisi tion , and after a short time the body was recovered , though not soon enough to save life . " , .

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      The Military Riots in Edinburgh . —Five foIdiers who were implicated in the riots of tho 24 th June , were brought to trial at Edinburgh luat week , and sentenced to six months' imprisonment .

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      6 N \^ v \ ' ^ ,. \ \ THE NORTHERN STAR . ««—___ . « August 16 , 1 § 51 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 16, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1639/page/6/