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      stje fHetropolfe . Heat . tii ov Losdox . —The weekly reports have ii ^ t oeen recently of ili e most favourable oharaclei 1 . Daring fWe weeks that have tun since Juty 26 th , the deaths , except in one instance , have ranged a ' -iove 1 , 000 ; in the week ending August 10 th , they r « -i < shed 1 , 061 , and in the week which ended last Saturday they again roso to the same number . The 1 061 deaths now returned indicate , not only a high r-te of mortality for London as compared with n : ore open districts of the country , but an increased amount as measured by former experience in the E ' otropolitan districts , afcthe same season of ? hi ! j-ar . In the corresponding week of 1819 , when

      <* : » idemie cholera had neatly attained its highest joint , 2 , 796 deaths were registered in London ; but v-ith that and another exception the deaths in the corresponding weeks of 1841-50 did not reach 1 , 000 , a-d were generally under 900 . Of the whole numl :-r of persons who died last week nearly one half l . ud not completed their fifth year of existence . Of t ' : e whole number of deaths more than one-third 3--u classed as caused by epidemic diseases , among which diarrhoea- cholera , and typhus , predominate . T . is class , which numbered SU in the previous T « ek , has risen to 37 S ; it includes small-pox vh-ch was fatal in 17 cases , measles , scarlatina ' i-iojiintf-fiOugb , which count respectively IS , 20 ' a ? id 26 * 7 while 60 cases are due to typhus , remittent *

      and other fevers . 174 to di-irrccea , 7 to dysentery , ami 23 to cholera . Oi the 23 persons who died of , cholera , it is shown that 10 were 2 S years of age or vuwards ; the remaining 13 were , with only one exc .-piion , infants under 1 year . With reference to t . 'o 10 adults , the illness ( inclusive of previous diarrhoea in those instances where it is stated to h ive existed ) lasted in one case 12 hours , in one 31 hours , in two cases 3 days , in one case 5 days , in one 0 days , in one 7 dr . ys , in two 8 days , and in one 23 days . Of the two cases of shortest duration , one occurred amongst the Greenwich pensioners , and another , described as "Asiatic , " in Herbert-street , JJoxton . Ten pensioners died in the Royal Ilospifcil , Greenwich , between the 22 nd and 27 th of

      . August ; one at the age of 55 years , another 64 , and this rest between 74 and 80 years . The births of 7 <> 2 boys and 699 girls in all 1 , 401 children , were Tf'gistered in the week . The average number in six corresponding week 3 of 1845-50 was 1 , 320 . At the lloyal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean ieiL'ht of the barometer in the week was 59 . 795 in . The mean temperature was onjy 56 . 4 deg * ., which is nearly 4 degrees below the average of corresponding weeks in ten years . Blackfriabs Bridge —This bridge is now open for traffic , and the improvements , such as they are , Jvv't been effected with great ta-te and skill , and , we could have wished to say , with security . The wooden giniers still remain under the two outer arche 3 , it

      Seing deemed unsafe to remove them . The weight Vi > on them has no doubt been lessened ; but if , as engineers say , the more weight , on the key of the an-ii the firmer it is , the relief of the pressure from ab-jvs is only as indication of the weakness below . Those portions of the stons bulwark which have been removed from the si- ! e of the parapet have teen filled up with a deal paii-ade , painted a 3 nearly as possible of the same colour as the stone fencing , and presenting a very pleasing appearance . To a casual observer no difference can be seen , but on eKumnisg the alterations minutely it will be seeu that they are but temporary improvements , " got tip , " for the purpose of staving off for a time the ultimate fate ( i . c . the removing Blackfriarebridge . ) __ . _ _

      Great Fibe at House ' s Coach ¥ actory , Long-acre . —Ou Sunday morning a lire of a very fearful character , and attended with a destruction of several thousand pounds' worth of property , broke ont in the coach manu f actory of . Mr . TV . Home , Nos . 93 and 9 i , Long-acre . The premises were nearly 100 feet high , about eighty feet in depth , and fifty feet wide . They were parcelled out into sundry compartments ; the ground floor was used as the show rooms , whils a gallery stretched ov < t the same formed the bazaar . Immediately over the last named were the body makers ' , finishing , turning , and harness rooms . One part on the first floor , opposite Bow-street , wasoccupiedas the private residence . The engines of Messrs . Ccmbe and Delafield , the brewers , that ot the West of Englandoffice , with eight belonging to the London brigade ,

      leafc ' aed the spot one after the other in rapid succession . Fortunately there was a most abundant supply of water , from which the whole of the engines were sec to work , but owing to the extreme heiy ' ic of building very little , if any , impression codhI be made upon the iianies , aud they kept rushing from the windows and casting immense pieces of blazing rafters , &e ., over the houses in the neighbourhood , threatening them wish destruction . Several escapes belonging to the lloyal Society for the Protection of Lite trom Fire were placed both back and front of the blazing pile , ar . d by conveying the hose from the engines up them , the firemen ¦ were enabled to attack the 11 mies at every point , "bo * < = o great was the boily of fire ; bat some hours ela----- J before the least mastery could be obtained , and V . was nearly noon before the fire was wholly extinguished . The total loss must reach to several

      thousand pounds . Fatal AcciDEirr ox boahd a Steam Tug . — On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . Baker , at the Shoulder of Mutton , BrunswicK-street , Poplar , on view of thebDiiy of Samuel Gray , aged thirty , enginosr , on board the steam tug , Lord Warden . A . SoflMis . master of the vessel , said that on tbe afternoon of the previous Thursday deceased left him to go i :: t ; i ihe engine room . Witness waited for his return a short time , when he found theenginesuddeuly stop , lie called to the dsceased , whomadei : oanswer . Witness in consequence proceeded to t he engine room , Upon which , he found deceased ' s head fixed in the lever i > f the engine . Witness immediately released Mm , on which he found that the hack part of his

      hea < : v . as frightfully crashed . Life was extinct in a few Canutes . Mr . Sain , a surgeon , was sent for , who a ! so -: >> and that deceased had some ribs broken on the rigl't aide . Verdict— " Accidental death . " Bittt ' s Hippodrome . —The spirited proprietor of ti : t excellent ) and well-patronised place of amuse meui , which has been erected at Kensington , near the Kxhibition , has in the most kind manner offered a grand treat to the Boys of the Naval School , at Greenwich , by intimating to the authorities his willingness to afford them a free admission to the entertainments . Mr . Batty , who never does things by halves , has also interested himself with the Directors of the Greenwich Railway , who have generousl y met nun in the best spirit , and agreed t- > convey the boys to London and back gratuitously . Such a feeling as

      this should not go unnoticed , and we hope the inhabitants of Greenwich will show their appreciation of the same by attending the performances . We may also mention , to show the good intentions of Mr . Batty , that auonld the authorities of the asylum object to the boys going to the usual evening ' s entertainment , he has offered to make the / eie a day one to meet their wishes . The performances at this new and novel place of amusement are very different to the usual equestrian displays , including ostrich races , Roman car races , and other novelties , for which there is not room in any other place in this country ; ¦ whilst , instead of following the plan which ha 3 generally been adopted of raising the prices , in conseqaeace of the Exhibition , he has fixed them sojmoderately that the most humble may visit it . -

      The British Museum . —The early closing hours of the autumnal season began lobe observed at this establishment on Monday . The doors will be opened to the public daily ( except on Saturday ) , from ten to five o ' clock , until the end of September , when the establishment will bs closed for a week , aud afterwards only open on Monday , Wednesday , and Friday to four o ' clock . Sudden Dbath of ax Officer of ihe British Museum . —On Monday Mr . Wakley held an inqneat at the Museum Tavern , on the body of Mr . Charles Koing , many years keeper of the mineralogical department of the British Museum . It appeared that the deceased gentleman , who had attained the age of seventy-eight years , waa walking down Museumstreet on Friday evening last , when he suddenly fell , and in a few minutes expired . The medical evidence stated tha stroke to be from extravasation of blood <> n the brain , and a verdict of "Accidental death " was returned .

      Fj he at Dbptfohd . —Between the hours of six and seven on Saturday moraing last , afire , attended with great , destruction of property , broke out in tbe Deptford Tar and Napfcha Works , situate near the Creek . Ths ihmes originated—from some cause not clearly ascertained—in a range of timber buildings , about thirl } ' feet wide by forty long , and , owing to the inflammable nature of the contents , not more than five minutes elapsed ere the building presented one immense sheet Of flame , and before any attempt could be made to extinguish the flames they had

      communicated to another building , in which a valuable assort meat of goods wbb deposited . The moment the firemen arrived from London they did all they possibly could to arrest the further progress of the fire , but the work of destruction continued , and it was nearly Sril atS before * e fi « wasextinguished . and not K ft ? £ of - ° P y was destroyed . Mr . HS&TwW . a-Kft

      sSSKSSSfcast death of Thomas L ffiL whnV , f , ° the cott lamm of a pain in Ws head tS he haft had jcedi ? al advice . Mr . Mushar , surgeon stitoa ant death had . arisen , from droWk * Mr ? Wa £ « i :-J < ae present was like many cases which came » s ; a .-r his notice , where suicide followed despondeae . r sad pain in the head ; a consequence which

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      might have been prevented if medical aid had been called in . lie believed that one-half the suicides which took p laco m i ght be prevented if friends WOUlll fol'flG medical aid in such cases . If ilie arm , the leg , or other parts were affected , medical assistance was obtained ; but when the bead was atfected it was neglected , and the consequence was frequently suicide . Verdict— " Temporary insanity . " Tua ^ K Pebsons found Drowned . — On Monday morning the body of a female , respectably attired

      in a dark muslin dress and satin shawl , was found in the Limehouse Cut , Bromley . The body is that of a womnn about thirty , fair complexion . It was taken to the Moore ' s Arms , Bow-common . —The body of a man , about thirty-five , dressed in a bluo pilot coat , dark vest and trowsers , was found in tbe Thames , off Upper Ground-street , and taken to christchurch workhouse , Blackfriars . The body of a genteel young man , about twenty-five , attired in black Oxonian coat , vest and trowsers , was found in the Itegent ' s-caual , Regent ' s-park , and taken to Marylebone workhouse .

      The IIoliwkll-street Nuisance . —Attention has lately been forcibly directed to the remissness of the pariah authorities , who have so long permitted a number of persons to exhibit the most obscene prints in the public thoroughfares , \ YUetUer tB 6 ohurobwardens of St . Clement Danes have ^ awakened to their responsibilities , or the Society far the Suppression of Vice has received new encouragement from the present favourable state of public opinion , a beginning has been made . On Tuesday the police wade a eucceesion of seizures of the abominable works complained of .

      AccmEXT to Watebloo-bbidoe . —On Tuesday afternoon , a little after three o ' clock , as Waterloobridge was particularly crowded hy tbe passengers of a foreign excursion train from Southampton , the boom of a barge was seen approaching the footway , on a level with the heads of pedestrians ; and in another moment three of the heavy granite copingstones of the bridge were knocked off , and sent rolling among the passers by . Happily no one was struck , as , from the massive nature of the stones , no damage resulting from a blow could have been trivial . The barge , it appeared ! was proceeding towards the bridge witb a freight of rough stone , intended for deposit around the piers , to protect them from the loosening effects of the tide and stream . TUe boatmen , intending to bring her to , cast out an anchor , which , however , failed to retain its hold , and the mast and rigging having been headlessly left up , the accident was inevitable .

      Seizure op am Illicit Djstim . ert . —On Saturday afternoon last Mr . Elmy and Mr . Cartwright , officers of inland revenue , proceeded to a house , No . 2 , Green Dragon-alley , Liroehouse , and succeeded in obtaining an entrance at the back by climbing over a high wall . In the back room they found a private distillery , the still having all the appearance of recent working , with a quantity of utensils , molasses , fermented wash , prepared spirits , &c . The whole of the fittings were on a large scale , and by keeping the still at full work , it was calculated to defraud

      the rerenueof duty to the amount of £ 14 . 0 per week . A portion of the flooring had been loosened , which was removed as occasion required , and a hole dug , into which the waste wash was thrown , to be absorbed by the earth . The still did not appear as if it had beep many months erected . The officers found a little girl in the house , who had evidently been most artfully instructed , for she professed not to know her father ' s name or her own , nor did she know , she said , that they ever had a name . The still and apparatus were conveyed to the warehouses in Broad-street .

      JlKtAscuoLY AccmKST . —On Sunday evening last , auout eight o ' clock , a most melancholy and fatal accident occurred to Mrs . Wood , the wife of a respectable carpenter , residing at No . 2 , Pondplace , Fulham-road , Brompton . Deceased and her ttusband had been entertaining a party of friends , on a visit from Woolwich , on the day in question , and were going to accompany them as far as Londoa Bridge on their return home , when , on stepping on board a Citizen steamer at Cadoganpier , Chelsea , and in the very act of laughing and talking with her friends , deceased missed her footing , and fell between the dummy and the boat , and thu tide running down very strong at the time , was carried away out of sight before any efforts could be mado to save her . Deceased had no family . Skk'Ous Accident . —On Tuesday evening , as Mr ,

      Lmrti , of Now-road , Chelsea , was driving his h rse and gig along Piccadilly , the animal started at the sound of a barrel-organ , and became totally unmanageable , darting off at a furious pace towards ltejent-street , which was thronged at the moment with p ople and vehicles coming from the Exhibition . Numerous collisions took place , and several persons were knocked down and much hurt , the boiy of the gig was separated by coming in contact with a heavily laden waggon , and Mr . Louth seri'iufiv injured . The horse , with shafts dangling sit iiis h « ela , was not secured till he reached Charing cross . Two persona , Mr . and Mrs . D ivia , of Turpin ' s Coffee-house , GUbert's-passage , Oxford-street , who were knocked down at the Regent ' s-circus , were taken to Charing-cross Hospital . Tha other persons who were injured wei- < - taken to their own homes .

      1 iiRBE Extensive Fikes . —On Wednesday morning three very alarming fires , attended with great loss of property , took place in different parts of the metropolis . The first happened about one o ' clock in the house of Mr . Yates , Margan t-street , G-irkonwell , where a lodger bad a narrow escape of suffocation from , the bedclothes and furniture of the room having ijnitoii through imprudently leaving a lighted candle by the bed-side . All the pro-)> en . y of the floor was damaged and destroyed . The second tire occurred in a bed-room of the house of Mr . Clark , grocer , Clare-streor , Clare-market ,

      contents of jiOeond floor froufc room destroyed , building damaged by firo and water . —The third fire took place about one o ' clock , in the back workshops of Mr . Scovell , carponter , 126 , Bunhill-row , St . Luke ' a . Through the timely aid of engineer Maliett and his men , from the Brigade station in Lower Whitecross-street , the flames were partly st ; iy « : d in their progress till other assistance arrived ; however , before the fire was extinguished , the contents of the back shops were destroyed and stock in front damaged by fire and water . The premises were insured in the Sun Office ,

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      made to convey Mrs . Byrne , her child , and servant to New York , via Philadelphia , and also to-pay the expenses they bad beim ¦ at in consequence of the delay This they wei ' e ' still willing to do . However tbe solicitor for Mrs . Byrne objected to this mode of settlement , and pressed the magistrates for a decision . Mr . Mansfield , therefore , decided that tho passage money must be returned , together with a shilling a day each for Mrs . B yrne an d b er servant since the ship sailed , and £ 10 compensation The case excited great interest , bomg the first of the kind brought before the court . TnB Cabii * Row 1 S I ^ eds . —Contrary to esnectation Mr . Whitehead , the chief clerk of the Board of Works , has , by the advice of frionds , re-Prest

      fused to receive the apology tendered by Mr . , thn lawver who forcibly expelled him from the Sto « k Exchange , whilst attempting to bring Dr . CaliUl to task for his atrocious and sanguinary letter to the people of Ireland ; and on Friday last an assault warrant was issued by the Leeds justices aeainst the assailant . The case came on for he . iri » s on Saturday , before the Mayor ( air . George Goodman ) , Mr . Shaw , Mr . Clapham , and Mr . Hall . The comp lainant was supported by Mr . Bond and Mr Barrett , solicitors ; Mr . Prest was his own Wai adviser . The facts sworn to were in substance that as soon as Mr . Wbitehead proposed to question Dr . Cahill as to whether he was the author of tUo infamous letter , and had read a few words from it ,

      he was seized by Mr . Prest and other Roman Catholics moving in a respectable sphere , and forcibly dragged from the room . For the prosecution , Mr . Bond attempted to read the extract , more than ooce , but against this the defendant vehemently protested , and succeeded in stopping the public reading of the Christian-like sentiments of Dr . Cahill . The assault was proved—in fact , was not denied ; and the defence set up was , that the room had been taken , not by 3 > r . Cahill , but by the committee of the Leeds Catholie Literary Institute , oi which committee Mr . Prest was one : therefore , that the room was at the moment in the legal possession of Mr . Prest , amongst others , and that he had a right to expel any one who made himself obnoxious to the committee or the lecturer . After a

      long discussion the magistrates decided that Mr . Prest had this authority ; that Mr . Whitehead had no right to put the questions to Dr . Cahill without first obtaining permission , and therefore they dismissed the case . Mr . Bond protested that the decision was contrary to law ; but the defendant adroitly availed himself of the dismissal of the warrant by demanding of the bench a certificate of the decision , which would bar further proceedings . This was granted . Fatal Accident from a Gun . —An inquest was held at Sheering on Saturday last , before C . C Lewis , Esq ., coroner , on the body of Thomas Stallibi'ass , sixteen years of age , who met his death under the following melancholy circumstances , detailed in

      evidence :-Abraham Sapsford , labourer , proved that on the 22 nd ult ., about one o ' clock , he found deceased in one of his master ' s fields lying flat on his back ; one hand was on each side of him , and his knees were drawn up . Witness raised him , and then saw that hishead was much shattered ; a single barrelled gun lay close to him ; he seemed sensible and spoke twice , but gave no account as to how he became injured ; about an hour previously witness heard a report of a gun , and about a quarter of an hour before that , deceased , who had a cun with him at the time , was with witness and the other men laughing and talking in his usual spirits . —Charles Turtle corroborated this statement , and added , the muzzle of the gun was on the ground , and the butt

      end in the boughs by the side of the river , about two feet from where deceased lay . —Mr . John Maund , o ! Barlow , surgeon , stated that on being called to deceaeed he found his face covered with blcod and a large wound in the forehead , the brain protruding ; he was removed home , where witness continued to attend him until his death , which took place on the 23 th ult . Deceased was insensible the greater portion of tbe time , and when sensible seemed to be unaware of the injury he had sustained . The cause of death was extensive injury to the brain , which was considerably lacerated ; this might have resulted from a gun-shot wound . The general opinion was that deceased was incautiously beating the busttea by the Bide of the river with the butfc end of his gun when the contents exploded , and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "

      Fatai . Colliery Accidbst at Kinoswood , sear Bristol , —On Monday a melancholy accident occurred . at the Deep Pit , at Kingawood , four miles from Bristol . Between the hours of two and three o ' clock in the afternoon , a " turn" of nine persons were coming up the main shaft , and had arrived in safety as far as " ihe stage" where tho men get out , at the top of the shaft , when the bolt of the reversing handle broke . The engineer who was "hauliiig up" seized ihe " eccentric" with his bands , and tried to lift the men up , but finding the effort too much for his strength he called to a man named George King , who immediately came to his assistance ; but , before they could bring their united strength to bear , the bucket was carried over

      the wheel , and the unfortunate accident had taken place . The names of the men in the bucket were Jryant , Stone , Dix , Bright , 'Wiltshire , English , Newman , and two relatives named Parker . Newman , when the bolt broke , seeing the danger of being drawn , over the " shiver wheel , " attempted to save himself by jumping oft , but , falling short , he was precipitated down the shaft a depth of 147 fathoms , and was dashed to pieces . Stone escaped uninjured by jumping off , as did aUO a lad named Bryant . The other poor fellows were carried ever the " shiver wheel , " and together with the iron bucket , weighing three and a half cwt ., were thrown on to the ground a distance of twenty-five feet . They

      were all very much injured , and were conveyed as speedily as possible in carts to the Bristol Royal Hospital where every attention was paid to them . It was found on examination that Dix was suffering from a compound frauuwe of both bones of the right leg , a fracture of the right thigh , extensive lacerated wounds of the left leg , and contusion of the scalp . His leg has since been amputated by Mr . Morgan , the house surgeon . English had fracture of the sca lp , and extensive wound of the cheek , extending right across through the lip , and other injuries . Only faint hopes are entertained of the recovery of either of these men . The others are suffering from severe contusions . The remains of Norman were brought up the shaft shortly after four o ' clock .

      Fatal Boat Accident on iheTyne . —OnMonday afternoon a melancholy and fata ! accident happened off Ilowdon Pan , about five miles from Newcastle-upon-Ty | ie - It appears that about two o ' clock in the afternoon a steamer , containing a large pleasure party was about to proceed from Howdon Quay to Marsden Rocks , a place of resort for pleasure seekers during the summer months . The boat was lying off in the stream , a few yards from the quay , and the party was obliged , in " order to reach it , to proceed in smaller boats that short distance . Several had reached the steam boat , and boarded safely , and a second smaller boat , containing sixteen persons , pushed off towards her , but before the man had got full command of the oars : the consequence was , that the tide being strong at the time , the boat was forced against the stern of the steam vessel , and the passengers in their alarm got up to push her off . In a

      moment the sculler-boat upset , and the whole of the passengers were thrown into the river . The greatest alarm now prevailed , and tbe shrieks of the passengers who had reached the steam boat , and the cries of their relatives and friends for help , were of the most heartrending description . Assistance was speedily given , but owing to the force of the tide only nine persons were saved . The remaining seven met with a watery grave in the very sight of their neighbours and friends , whose efforts to save them , although used to the utmost , were unavailing . One of the dead bodies was recovered the same evening , and another the following morning . The names of the unfortunate sufferers are : —Mary Ann Keening , Maty Bell , Elizabeth Gardner , James Gray ( a boy ) , Sarah Elliott , Elizabeth Stoker , and an Irish girl , whose name we have not learnt . This distressing accident has caused the greatest Eensatioa in the neighbouriood .

      American Emigration . —We understand that Mr . Murdoch , the Chief Commissioner of Emigration , and Mr . Stephen Walcott , Secretary of the Board , are about to proceed on an official tour , in the course of which they will visit the several outports , with a view of ascertaining how far it may be practicable to carry out the recommendations of Mr . Sidney Herbert s committee , and remedy prevailing abuses in the American emigration trade . For this purpose their attention will be specially directed to Liverpool , where it is expected regulations of a salutary character will be established , with a view to the protection of the emigrants from fraud before embarkation , and their domestic comfort in " homes , " or model lodging bouses . —Liverpool Albion .

      Mysterious Death . —On Sunday morning a man of the name of Bagley , being on ttie Southampton Common , had his attention called to something in a clump of firs by bis dog , and on goinz to the spot discovered the body of a man in a very decomposed state , and a short distance from the body a razor , in a case , was found , but there was not the slightest appearance of blood upon it ; and it is the opinion of the surgeon , T . Mackey . Esq ., who has examined the body , that the deceased had not committed suicide . The unfortunate individual had been in the employ of the Peninsular Company , but was of dissipated habits , eo much so that his wife was obliged to leave him , and he had disposed of the household furniture , : md for the last six weeks had been missed from his home . It was evident that the body had been some time in tho place where it was discovered , as the grass had grown round it , and all the hair from tbe head had disappeared , and the body presented the appearance of a corpse that had been interred for mativ

      years . ... Desthuctive Conflagration at Bristol . — -Great alarm was produced at Bristol at an early hour on Tuesday morning , in consequence of its becoming inown that the manufactory ond machine shops belonging to Messrs . Laverton and Co ., the exten-

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      sive bedstead , chair and furniture" manufaetu ' "> and situate in Redcross-streofc , Sfc . Philip ' s , ^ ° on fire , and in peril of immediate destruPtiQIlt ¦ *""¦ conflagration was discovered at between two and three o ' clock a . m ., and about half past three o ' clock the manufactory presented one mass of flame , while huge columns of sparks were thrown up almost every moment , threatening with the most imminent danger . -a number of houses , nearly all of them of considerable antiquity , which wero clustered around it . By great exertions the houses were kept from firing , although many of them sustained damage . The original fire could not be subdued until the entire building and the whole of the machinery was destroyed . The Messrs . Laverton were insured in this Sun

      Fire-office . The damage done is over £ 2 , 000 , Fibe ai Leeds . — The cloth dressing mill of Messrs . Jatnoa Holroyd and Son , cloth finishers , Carlfcon-hill , Leeds , was completely destroyed by tire on Friday , the 20 th ult . together with the machinery it contained . The mill was four storeys high and thirty yards long . Tbe fire , which was discovered at one o'clock in the morning , is supposed to have commenced in a small fire-proof building used for drying what are called gig-rods , on which teazles are placed , but the cause which led to it w unascertained , Tho building was insured in the Leeds and Yorkshire office for £ 1 , 600 , but the machinery waa not insured . A fireman named John Coupland was seriously hurt on his

      head and one of nia legs , by the falling of part Of an outer wall of the mill . The Pedestrian Fbat at Sheffield . —Manks is still progressing with his great feat . On Sunday and Monday heavy showers , with boisterous winds , impeded his progress , causing him at times to carry an umbrella , and to chango his clothes for thicker ones , so that some miles took at least three minutes more than if he had been clad in his regular walking dress . His general health remains excellent , so much so that his weight is daily increasing ; he now weighs lOst . 61 b . As the time of completion draws nearer his spirits and perseverance increase , and no doubt that he will accomplish his task in the most honourable manner . Manks is

      prepared to match against any man in the world to run thirty miles , or go against any competitor for three nights and days consecutively , for any sum o money between one hundred and five hundred pounds a side , to come off within three months after tho finish of this great feat . Manks has now only 140 miles to complete . The last day will be next Thursday , and on that day Manks will wear a most supurb and costly belt . The non-commissioned officers and privates of the 11 th Hussars , or Prince Albert's Own , now lying in tbe Sheffield barracks , have resolved to subscribe ono day ' s pay wherewith to purchase a silver snutfbox to present to Manks . The officers have also announced it as their intention to present Manks with a piece of plate .

      Dudley . —Friohtsbii Pit Accident . —On Friday the 29 th ult ., a distressing accident occurred at a pit at Bunn ' s Lane Colliery , near Wolverhampton , and resulted in the death of two persons , George Jones , the butty of the pit , and his nephew , a boy named George Williams , aged ten years . The latter , it appears , was in the act of pushing an empty skip to the mouth of tho pit , while the butty and the mine bailiff , whose name is Richard Evans , and who most miraculously escaped with a slight

      abrasion of the skin only , were being drawn up the shaft , aud were about midway ( tbe depth of it being upwards of 200 yards ) up the shaft when the unfortunate boy , not being aware of tho proximity of the pit ' s mouth , pushed the skip , which , together with the boy , was precipitated down the shaft . The descending skip struck the butty ( Jones ) , who was killed on the spot . The poor boy was literally cut in pieces ; his remains were placed in a blanket , and the bodies were conveyed to their late homes . Jones has left a wife and five children .

      Cuild Murder . —On Monday morning a man named Tindall , nephew to Mr . Glazier , of South Hykeham , near Lincoln , discovered the body of a female cbild , with its throat cut , floating in a pond neav to Mr . Glazier ' s house . " Various concurrent circumstances induced a suspicion that the perpetrator of the horrid crime was a girl named Charlotte Whaite , whose mother resides at Coleby , and who had been living in the service of Mr . Glazier since May last . The bedroom occupied by the unfortunate girl left no doubt that she had been very recently delivered of a child , The wretohed creature had , aday or two before , gonehome foraholiday , and while there had suffered intensely , but her . parent had no suspicion of the cause of her illness , and on

      inquiry being made at Coleby , it appeared that she had left for the purpose of again returning to her situation . The probable conjecture was that she delivered herself in the field , and afterwards murdered and concea ' ed the child , when she went to milk the cows , as she was away an unusually Jong time . An inquest was held on the body , when the girl confessed to be the mother of the ohild , but asserted that it was born dead . The jury found a verdict of " Wilful Murder " against her , and she ivas conveyed to Lincoln Castlo to await her trial . BUROLART IN RADNORSHIRE , AND CAPTURE OF THE Robbers . —O i Tuesday five men , named John Davis , fruiterer , of Ashton-street , Birmingham ; David Davis ( brother to the foregoing ) , tailor , late

      of Birmingham ; Charles Edwards , of Kington , Herefordshire , butcher ; and Henry Russ , of Birmingham , recently returned from a seven years ' transportation ; aud another man named Wallis , of C . irey ' 8-courfc , Bermingham , were brought up at the public office , Birmingham , charged with having , on Sunday night last , burglariously entered the house of a widow lady named Evans , residing at Greenfields , near Presteign , Radnorshire , and stealing therefrom a quantity of silver plate , of the value of £ 200 . Tiie superintendent constable of Presteign having received information of the burglary and attendant circumstances , and the suspicion as to the prisoners being the offenders , commenced an early pursuit after them . He traced

      them to Kington , where he learned that they had left there with a horse and trap at five that morning , lie followed on the track , hearing of them successively at Lcominster , Tenbury , and iiewdley . The p \ muit was vigorously maintained until they came up to a public-house on tho road-side near Birmingham , where they had seen the trap received , la order to prevent suspicion in the miudsoftho pursued , the officers rode past the house for some distance . Shortly after they returned to the house , and found one of the prisoners washing the horse ' s mouth with a quart of ale , the distressed animal having had a continuous run of sixty miles . Dixon and Peters sat down on a bench ouiside the house , until tbo other four prisoners entered the house .

      The officers then went up to them , aud toW them that they were their prisoners . On asking tho reason , Dixon charged them with the burglary at Presfeign . The prisoner Kuss then said , "I shall go to my horse , " on which Dixon seized him , and as there were preparations for a fighc on the part of the prisoners , Peters , in order to alarm them , threatened that if they did not keep quiet he would " put a bit of lead into them . " lluss then sat down , but in a minute after he jumped up and leaped through tho kitchen wiiidow , breaking several squares of glasss . Dixon , however , went out and secured him ; after which he went to the cart along with a young man named Thomas Knowles , whom he got to assist him . Dixon

      pointed to souio bags that were in the cart , and on endeavouring to secure them , a large dog , which was in the vehicle , flew at him , and bit him on the knee ; but he succeeded in bent-ing him off . At this moment the prisoner Davis camo - through the window into the yard where the cart was , on which Dixon lefc the dog , went to Davis and struck him down , and with the assistance of Peters , secured him , and took him into the house , where a desperate fight took place , the prisoners using fire-irons and a life-preserver , but eventually the prisoners were all disarmed and secured by ropes . Dixun then went again to the cart , aud there found secreted in a bag a large quautity of silver plate ,

      consisting of coftee pota , dessurt avtieks , spoons , salvers , jugs , toast-racks , &e . In one of the brigs were found ; i centre-hit , a large quantity of picklocks , a jemmy , several skeleton drop latchos , and a dark lantern . The house of Mrs . Evans had been entered by taking a piece of wood out of the shutters of the butler ' s pautry , and the centre-bit found exactly fitted tbe bit of wood that had been cut out ; and the stolen property , although much broken and damaged , has buen identified bv Mrs . Evans , who is the widow of the late llov . Mr . Evans , of Greenfields , which is seven miles from Kingtwi . The prisoners had resided in the neighbourhood a fortnight previous to the robbery . 'I hoy were remuniJea back to Presteign ,

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      to be said Of- tne murders and " other flagrant "' outrages which-have of late years been committed in the county ; of Donegal , the Culprits having GSCaped with impunity . . • State of the Tuua Usios . -The condition of tbe . 'nhabitants—ratepayers as well as paupers—in the Tu '" union , in tho county of Clare , may be estimate J tbe fact tn » t within the years 1850 and 1851 ih T ere bare been declared the ' following rates : —On Loughrea , 35 s . 8 d . in the pound on the valuation ; on Eathcloony , 22 s . 7 d . ; on Kylo , 21 s , 5 d . ; Glendree , 253 . 3 d . ; Cafair , 27 a . 5 d . ; and KUleenena , 32 s . 7 d . The farmers who still remain are preparing to leare the country , and thousands of the peasantry muse , either manage to go with them , to the poor-houses , or elsewhere . In the unfortunate union of Tulla all is panic and povert y . Juvenile Fete . —On Saturday the Kingstown Railway Company gave a free passage to and from Kingstown and Dublin to the children of the soldiers now stationed in Dublin , and also entertained them at a defeuner on Dalkley Hill . ^

      Tub Lord LiKUiENiscy . —It is stated ( says the Limerick Chronicle ) that the Marquis of Clanrlcarde will be the new Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , though there is no idea of the present excellent Viceroy retiring . Great umbrage is felt in London at the nutohfer of Irish clerks introduced to ( he post-offico department by his lordship . There are several candidates for the Professorshi p of Law in the Queen ' s College , Cork , vaoant by the death of Professor Walao . Messrs J . Barry , J . O'Hea , J . E . Herrick , and some members of tbe English bar have been named . Emigration . —The " rush" of emigration—especially from the southern ports—shows no symptoms of subsidence . On Friday a steamer left Waterford

      for Liverpool with 600 souls on board , and as many were left behind for lack of accommodation as would freight another vessel which was to have sailed thence on the day following . The Fermanagh Reporter contains the subjoined statements : — " The farmers of Fermanagh have held out long and well , and we bad thought would have settted down and weathered out the storm ; but from the numbers who are advertising to sell their little all it is certain that a stream of emigration will How in spring for America and the colonies equal to any preceding season . The Earl of Erne has promised an allowance this year to his tenantry 4 of fifteen per cent ., or 3 s . in the pound , to the person who shall pay his year ' s rent by two halfyearly payments—namely , one on or before the 12 th of October , and the other on or before the 12 fch of March next , when tbe allowance shall cease . An additional allowance of Is . in the pound

      will be given upon the last half year to the tenant ( solely supported by farming ) who shall produce to the agent a certificate from the agriculturist , after being approved of , as to the cultivation of his farm and cleanliness of his dwelling-house and offices , so essential in promoting the comfort and prosperity of the tenantry . The allowance not to extend to persons holding under old leases at a reduced value , or those who have underlet or subdirided their farms . ' This is very liberal as far a 8 it goeB j but the reduction ought to be permanent . " The Potato Crop . —A Meatb gentleman , who is a deputy-lieutenant , and extensive landed proprietor , states in a letter to Saunders ' s News Letter , that after an attentive examination , there is not , as far as he can ascertain , any ground for alarm about the potato crop . He soys that in places where every vestige of the haulms had decayed , an abundant crop of perfectly sound potatoes was still to be found .

      The Limerick Chronicle states that a very successful experiment of sowing the eyes of the potatoes , and also the potato itself deprived of the eyes , as they are termed , has been made by the Very Rev . the Dean of Kilmacduagh , a very good crop being thus produced . If this plan should be generally successful , it would be highly advantageous to the poor who might consume their entire crop of potatoes , reserving only those small portions for seed . In Inveragh the blight in the stalk has produced disease in the tuber ; but in no case equal to that of former years . In the Traleo and Killarney unions the prospects of the potato are most

      encouraging , Mb . M'Manus . —On Monday evening the members of the "Irish Democratic Alliance" held a soriee in the Concert-room of the Rotunda , in celebration " of the providential and honourable escape of Terence Bellew M'Manus , Esq ., from the cruelty and tyranny of tbe base , bloody , and brutal Vfhigs . " "Lord" Cullkn . —The Drogheda Conservative has the following ; - " Paul Cullen , Esq ., alias Dr . Cnllen . —It is rumoured to-day ( 30 th ult . ) in Dropheda that this gentleman has been written to officially from Dublin Castle , calling on him to retract some of the sentiments expressed at the late aggregate meeting in Dublin . "

      Mubdbb of a Pauper . —An inquest has been held at the workhouse , on the body of John Leonard , who was murderously assaulted by Peter M'Intyre , while conveying the wretched man from Alinscragh to the workhouse , the particulars of which appeared in our last publication . At a little after two o'clock the coroner , James M'Donogb , Esq ., attended , and swore a jury , who at once proceeded to view the body . The relieving officer , and the constable of police at Ahascragh , proved that they gave Leonard into the charge of M'Intyre , that the latter was not drunk , but that he had the appearance of having drunk some . A man named . Gvehfttn , who resides near the chapel of Killure , on the direct road to Ballinasloe , distinctly proved that , opposite to his ( Grehan's ) house , he saw

      Leonard on the road in a very weak state , carcely able to walk ; that the wretched man had « i cut over the right eye ; that lie saw M'Intyre , at a short distance from deceased , in a very drunken state ; that he saw M'Intyre seize the poor old dckly creature by tho back of the collar of his coat ; heard Leonard cry for mercy , and saw the prisoner throw the deceased down on the road by a blow ; that tbo deceased fell on bis face , and remained for some time in that position , until lie was raised by witness , assisted by another man , and put again into the car . An intelligent little girl was also produced , who swore that she saw M'Intyre drunk upon the road ; that she saw the deceased upon the ass's car , and also saw the prisoner strike the deceased with a " wattle" across

      the breast , A policeman proved that , on the arrival of the deceased in Ballinasloe , he saw him in the car ; that the deceased distinctly told him , in the presence of the prisoner , that it was M'Intyre beat him , and gave him the cut over the eye ; and lastly , Dr . Burke deposed that he had made a postmortem examination , and his deliberate opinion -was , that the man ' s death waB occasion by the blow which he received over the right eye . The following is the verdict returned by the jury . It teedsno comment , but it significantly shows in what estimation a pauper ' s life is held , and how

      lightly a murderous outrage on an aged , a sick , and an attenuated wretohed creature is esteemed by those intelligent jurymen . We give the verdict verbatim , as returned by the foreman : — " We find the deceased , John Leonard , came by his death from violence , but have no evidence to show us by whom , but we find it has been brought to a more speedy termination from the bad treatment received at the hands of Peter M'Intyre . For self and jurors , John Usher . " M'Intyre has been committed hy the coroner ou a charge of wilful murder . — Western Star .

      Iiusn Remittances from America . —The Sallinadoe Star lias the following statement : — " We have seen statements in our contemporaries to the effect that the inmates are leaving some of the workhouses by the thousand , and this move is attributed to the expectation of finding employment at the harvest , and no doubt such is , to a considerable extent , the fact ; but we are in a position to state that very many of the parties alluded to are leaving the workhouses never to return to thorn again , and for this very gratifying and cogent roason—tfioy are in receipt of remittances from their relations in America , to enable them to emigrate to that « home of Irishmen , ' the name now generally given to the United States by the pea sentry . We

      have heard , and . from a sure source , that within the past six wocks upwards of £ 20 , 000 have been received , in sums varying from £ 5 to £ 30 , by persons in this country , the great majority of whom had been receiving relief in the workhouses up to the time of the money reaching them . In many cases the poor people have kept the matter secret , through a mistaken fear that if it were known to the poor law officials a portion of the money would be impounded to pay for their keep while in the workhouse , to guard against which tho money is consigned to som e third party—some 3 hopkeeper or person who could bo depended upon , to have it safely conveyed to its intended destination , without tho knowledge of the workhouse officers . "

      Tub Military Fimcas ai Bakaoheu . —It was agreed that the soldiers who had been engaged in the affray w j tn the police at uans , ghor should be tried .-it G .-ilway , but as all the witnesses resided in uannglier , in order to save expense , tho venue was changed to Birr garrison , where a district courtmartial assembled on Monday last . The court—of Winch Major Harte , 4 { kh Reg i m ent , is presidentis compost ofofficwa of the " 40 th and OSth depots . Captain Pollock , R . M ., attended to watch the proceedings on the pnrt of the civil authorities . It is the intention only to try those soldiers who actually commenced the affray . *

      Sabbath Recreation is Tipperauy . —The favourite psislime of crop lifting lias again become fashionable . On Sunday last a party of upwards of thirty men , with their partners , assembled on the Ifttids of Rathnavague , a short distance from khe village of Dunkerrin , and soon cut eft' ( not down ) a field of corn on the farm of a person named Stapleton , a tenant of Joseph Grimths , Esq ., J . P .. They did not remove it , as they appeared a little dbturbed by a huge body of constabulary from lloscreu , who , under head-constaWvs Shanahan , were actively engaged in taking a note of the proceedings . Mr .

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      GriffifchYarrived in ihe evening , and cotiH ^ T ^ party watching tllO crop till MonjT ^ was removed . Stapleton , ; it is said , «> & , >? years' rent . ., . ' we 3 Set ^' Rbduction of ItESi 3 . -Xccordin » to « . kenny Journal , the Marquis of Ormnnrt » , *•!• through hia agent , Mr . Walsh , vw > JS ? W valuation of hia property , made a second nt *** in his rents in order to adjust them to ^ prices ; and still further ^ eduction is antta ^ Other landlords of . the county of KiIkenn « P ? 9 ' 1 « actod in a similar spirit of khduess Mr if r Smithwick , at a Jato meeting of the k ' W board of guardians , avowed his opinion tint-1 « f Griffith ' s valuation wero reduced tWD ! v ^ per cent ., it would still be twuntv-Bve no , v « too high—considering the present pricef *? •• duce . m pio .

      Death from Destitution . —On Friiht , i , inquest was held by W . J . Maker , Esq . c 5 Jas !«» Clara , on the body of a poor woman vhoae nan I" * unknown . She was found lying under a ditchTa road side , and must have perished thpm Ti . diet of the jury was , That the deceased died L \ l visitation of God , and we think her deai mul nStBT ^ ° SUre t 0 m ° » Wne ^ Pouts Ljtbbatobb .-A Tipperan- priest , tWju John W writing to the editorof ¦> Too *! e J upon the ones ion of feting the two county wZ Sf- ^ srait&'wS : x ^; z&t ^ 7 ^ ^ prove to be the beginning of the end wuJa I say this ? For this all-sufficient vmon-f / i ° make every rational man and woman in tim i-j . '

      dom , who are outside the p ; le of t \ io Church ?! God—the Roman Catholic church—becin to thH and reflect . Such thinking and rational person will find , on one aide , the English Govcvnme n ! and the miserable , puny , political forsworn atJ apostate wretch , John Russell , and on the other God Almighty . This abandoned wretch , j o | , 'J ilussell , when he undeservedly obtained tlie ph , miorship of those islands , ' forgot , and still Feemsto forget , that thero is a God in Heaven to whom before any and every other being , he is , and v \\[ ^ ' accountable . " ' \ ( Protestant Meeting . —In accordance with a tequisition issued by the Dublin Protestant Associa " tion , a meeting wa 3 held on Tuesday evening intliP

      Kound Koom of tho ltotunda , for the purpose ot adopting " &n address to tbe government on the conduct of the constituted authorities in Dublin in reference to a so-called ' aggregate meeting of Ca . tholics , ' on the maintenance by the executive of illegal titles , and on the discouragement of evcrv ef . fort made to assert the supre macy of the queen ni of the laws . " The attendance was very numerous the spacious room being crowded in every part . '

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      < £ )) £ ISroiHiifee , Sale op the America Clipper . —On Saturday last tho necessary preliminaries and conditions were arranged and finally agreed upon by which Commodore Stevens transfers the Ameriea to Captain De Blaquiere , of the Indian Army , for the sum of £ 7 , 000 . it was the intention of the American commodore to visit the London wators for tho purpose of giving the inhabitants of the metropolis an opportunity of inspecting this nautical wonder , but this arrangement has been set aside by the ready acceptauce of the ownership on the terms proposed , without any abatement whatever . Sunday being the list opportunity of inspecting the America at Cowes , she was visited by an immense number of persons from London and elsewhere , who universally expressed their admiration of her extraordinary feats and singular and unique construction .

      Fraud and Robbkrt . —Several robberies have lately heen committed in the neighbourhood of London hy - a man who assumes the name of a certain i ' ligUist , better known by report than personally . a :. 'tl ^ iio takes up his quarters under pretence that ise is going into training . On Saturday last ie loon lodgings at 31 r . Jones ' s , the Angel Ino , Potwovth , and shortly afterwards went off with : i large quantity of silver plate , several Matches , &c . Remarkable Phexomenon . —It is not a little reinark : > b-8 that a second crop of wheat , which is uotf : > u flowor , ha 9 sprung up in those fields that werstMinev much injured , or entirely destroyed , by ihe htu terrible hail storm at Shipston-on-Stour .

      And even in those fields which were mown after the storm , a second crop has sprung up , and appears likely to ! su ready for the sickle by the latter end of Scpi < Miili > : r . In those cases where the first crojt wa * k-ft standing it is considerable , aud the fawners are much puzzled in deciding whether tiso first crop should be sacrificed to secure the Bocond , or the second to secure the first , as both cannot be secured . It unfortunately happens , in 88 ver » l cases , after the wheat waa mown , either th ' . ' ground was ploughed , or cattle were turned upon h to eat the springing blade . This was done , ui course , in ignorance of the extraordinary comjKm . v . ing power of nature , in the vegetable world , in 11 : « case of injury , or apparent destruction . —Oxford Chronicle .

      1 sip"rtast Emigration Case . —Livjshpooi ,. —a cise of considerable importance to emigration ag-ritr . and others , and also disclosing a new feature in Transatlantic legislation , came before the magistrals tor decision on Monday . The facts are briefly as follows £ —A lady named Byrne with an infaiit and servant were entered as passengers by the s-hip Ashburton to Xew York . Mrs . Byrne , it appears , h a wkiow , and blind of one eye , and , after the party Iwd gone on boavd , they were objected to by the Captain , who alleged that a recent act , passed by tl : e Congress of Kew York , prohibited him taking out such persons , under a he ; ivy penalty . The aet renders the captains of vessels " responsible for

      the maintenance of persons landing in Jv'ew York who are c-isber " lunatic , idiot , deaf , dumb , blind , infirm , maimed , above the age of sixty , or women without husbands , having families . " The captain of the Ashburton having received a copy of the act before the sailing of the vessel on Friday last refused to take Mrs . Byrne and her child , and henco ai ose an application under the Passenger Act , to ! ecovcr the amount of passage money and compen ? . ' itiwi for breach of the contract . Mr . Aspii . aU , the barrister , who appeared on behalf of tho emigrant a « ent , Mr . Saul , contended that his client nad accepted the complainants as passengers in isnorauce of the act , and said that offers , bad been

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      ' ¦ an xtwamj . IIarvkst Laeoureks . —It is true that , in many parts of the south and west of Ireland , the extra labourers employed at harvest work have not a roof to cover them at night , so many cabins having been levollo . f under the eviction system . The liiwvest labourers aimut Clonmel are receiving 8 s . 8 d . per day with , and 2 s . 2 d . per day without , diet . —Li . merlck Chronicle . A Long Assize . —The summer assizes at Govk closed on Wednesday , having occupied no Jess than twenty-seven days . It is enough to sav Chief Baron Figot and Mr . Sergeant Ilowley were the

      presiding judges . The learned sergeant , however a'Sviousi ° ' " liVel > V nei S « r " fcffelve da ) 'S The Murder of Mn . Wuitb .-TIic Lord Lieutenant has offered a reward of £ 100 for such inforuiat : on as will lead to the arrest of the murderer of Mr . Edward . White , who was shot dead in the Queen ' s County on Monday last . . State of DosEOiL-RiBnoswM . -Ko clue ( says the Den y Sentinel ) has yet been discovered to lead to t !; e apprehension of the perpetrators of the niurderot Moore , tho bailiff on the estate of Colonel l ratt . Indeed ( continues the Sentinel ) , the same is

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      Gigantic Railwat Ukdhutakiso . —A Icadino article in the Times of Thursday heralded the exij tence of an engineering scheme for bringimr £ oo . don and Calcutta within seven days' jom-noy oi each ! Referring to an article about ' two years a » o in which the journalist surpvised his reiulera v % the original prospectus of the " Direct Calais ant Mooltan , " he now follows up that announcercenl with tbe statement , that " since tlio schemeb < been actually extended in its scope , disnusseil in i [ j details , approved in much of its purport , ami so fat advanced that of the four great divisions of tin route two have been positively decided on , andatj in present course of completion . " It ia to be accomplished by stages . " A continuous line of ail , way from Ostcnd to Orsovaon the frontier of the Turkish empire is already decided on . " From Constantinople it is proposed to step over to Asia

      Minor , and , skirting the Mediterranean const with the line till you come to the mouth of the Orontes , to carry it up the banks of that river till the head waters of the Euphrates are reached , and then to lead it down the valley of the Euphrates to Basso . rah at the head of the Persian Gulf . The Euphrates Railway would be but nine hundred miles long ; and yet it would , by cutting off the immense detour round Arabia , shorten the time to Calcutta by " twenty days out of the thirty-nine . " Tlicso portions of the scheme are to be accomplished by 1800 . From Bussorah , the railway is to he carried a \ ong the Persian Gu \ f , ana by the co . ist of 15 elochistnn , to Hyderabad on the Indus ; " whence tbe several branches of Indian lines would soon whisk the traveller to Bombay , Lahore , or Calcutta , at . cording to his wants . " From Gracechtirch-stnet

      to Calcutta , by the perfected route , would be about 5 , 600 miles of railway ; seven days'journey " without stoppages ; " and the whole ' scheme might la completed in fourteen years from the present time . " A CubiousFact . —At a meeting of the board of directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway , lust week there was eK " " ted a piece of elm timber twenty-eight inches Jong , and sixteen to eighteen inches wide , being part of an elm tree which had been sawn through for uso in some part of tie works of the company , now proceeding within tbe station ; upon the piece being divided , a nest , with a skeleton of a bird , was discovered completely imbedded in the timber : a quantity of ftaiLers was also found in the aperture which hold tho nest ; tho aperture was about fourteen inches Ion ? , and about six inches in diameter , surrounded by

      sound timber . A GroAsric Undertaking . '—We have received a letter from Mv . S . K . Rogers , of Sai » t-y-Gio , wV . a solicits patronage for carrying out certain plans lor the erection of a magnificent granite bridge , above two miles long , across the River Severn , at H ;» c » Rock or New Passage , to-connect Monmoutnshire and South Wales with Bristol and the West ot England , by a double line of . rails and a comuioa carriage road ; such bridge to be MO feet wjco , with bazaars , shops , &c . and a covered eolonade occupying fifty feet along the entire of its centre ; and with arches 324 feet span , rising 120 feet above the highest spring-tides , so as to allow ships of the and

      largest size passing at all times ; tho piers abutments ( the upper parts of which to be habitable ) to have a casing of cast-iron up to hii ? Hwater mark , by which means all serious damage to the mason work would for ever be prevented . Mf-Rofcrs states that the practicability of thi ? under . taking was admitted by the late Mr . John Kennif , nearly forty years ago ; and asserts that no engineer in the present " day will dispute the point , for the foundation would be " rock" for nearly it > entire length ; and the bases of the piers would be dry for about four hours every tide . The cost ot the bridge and its approaches would of course m verv 21-eat . but the projector does not fear rais : r . S iu

      the sum required , and that a dividend ot w cent , would be certain on the capital oLt . imrt . When we see the promised " roug h drawing ot t !« proposed bridge" we shall be happy to veiuvn w the subject , mean time we give Mr . hoccv > » concluding observations . " This amd strufitw would be a durable monument of human skm . « labour , unequalled for utility and nwgmhccuK . throughout the world . The shops , bazaars , an * pvontfiui

      eolonade ( with open and well-fenced * on their roofs at an elevation of 200 feet above w water mark ) may be constructed principally o . ?»» and ornamental metals , after the niimuer ot i « ' Crystal PalaeV so as to : ifford coim-. iienti * rethe display nnd sale of avlistical , miuiuhcW '' *' and natural results of all kinds , thereby consi «« ting a sort of permanent' Great Exhibition oi products of all nations-wid for « 1 OUUI } 1 ™ J ry ^ curiosities of every description—am ! J | 1 L > ' fitself— -like ttio ' Glass Palace ' -wjuW ' p , ! , greatest monument and curiosity of U : o «»

      -Hereford Journal . „ . ¦ , „} , ( ( , ' . Valuk of Angus CATTUt .-Mr . P ^ 'S ' lu Northamptonshire , who has hitherto « 0 " !' ; * . „ attention to the short-hornd ^ "' f ^ ho waited upon Mr . Scott , K .-il-. vyllo O ,. ^ "' \ ort estate of Dun , betwixt llrecuin and ¦*!¦>» ' ¦ * - ' Tuesday last , and selected from Ins smi . ^ cows , two heifers , and one bull , u-n «' -oy "' - ' . ¦ . of which he purchased at the follows !! * \ u r For the cows , sixtv guineas : for the llc " . .. ' nkini guineas ; and for the bull , forty FJ ""? " -. !' h altogether 1 C 0 guineas for five cattle . - ' ••< Witness . ¦ , c gcil * A New Wat of Raisi . w the ^ isr > - ^ br tli 0 sation was caused at Orleans two " . " '' ^ ^ oiiry ct-at-nmnnf * lio » n tl . nnmnlror III fcilG ltVAt-- l _ ,

      had won the grand prize of 100 , 000 f !" i ( [ = \ ld a c-Lyons lottery . Immediately all his ^ f ^ m * qnaintances , together with many I " 7 , ; J , ami si-arcely knew , hastened ( 0 congratulate 1 ffilh speculations were made as to what he « oui ^ his fortune . He was earnestly solicited nov ^^ ^ the town , and was sumptuously vntcrt ^ ^ cafe . The day after he quietly info "'" ' .. AosiK '' that lie had not gained the prize , u « J ''' . ) lO uv 5 thew , la order to receive timing twesit } - "' tho homage paid to wealth . , .. jl . Pi Redemption Society . —On Sunday >»» * p . ra ! ey . Green addressed an out-door meetiiiff »^ ^ , 0 no : ir Leeds . It bein-r feast day the vui . = joctrji : es of visitors ; aud Mv . Green expoun ded \>* jx ^ - of co-operation to a Inrsje and ilttc " , " i ^ tiiiio-To many of the strangers present tn < . . ^ i ]]( r ! » ere new , and a considerable imp 1 ' 0 "' " . ¦ . eii aw favour was made — >* ext Sunday M essrs . al Henderson are to hold an ope ! -- " ! ' "" j | v i , » TC Pudsfiy , where the principles ot cm " - " ; cS , e-

      already made considerable pro ^ rt- - « =- - , ^ . 7 , 1 . ; coived for the week : lly . lo , pee J . ' ' il . 'V ' . , * er ^« Derby , per J , Sinwnsht . 2 s i Manchw . i ^^ Uloomer 5 s . 2 . 1 . ; lludder .-fiold , F Vf . j ) eiby . 12 . < . Od .-Uuildinir Fund : Hvil <\ "*• , . f . lid . - 1 * . 0 d . ; Manchester , 3 s . ; l ludili'isww . ' y Hy Propagandist Fund : W . Aleock , ]*»>> . ' ' rr 1 . 1 . illuddcrsflcid , Is . Sd .-J . llEsa" * *' cary , 102 , Urinate , Leeiis . . niM \ v ) ii An . iroufouuder at Glasgow 1 ms patented and furrowed cast-iron plates for pavement

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 6, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1642/page/6/