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Health of London . —Ti ; o health of London in the week ending Saturday , September Oth , exhibits soai o improvement . The deaths which in the previous week were 1 , 001 fell to 367 . Of the persons who died at staled ages only HA had attained the age ot 60 and upwards ; 51 S were children under the age of 15 ; and 303 were men and women un
from 23 in the first week of July , and US in the first week of August , to 192 in the first week of September . The deaths from cholera also increased , but in the last week they amounted to 17 , while the number in the previous week was 28 . Summer cholera prevails all over Europe in the hot season of the year ; its symptoms often resemble those of Asiatic cholera , from which , however , it differs in this respect , that the course of the fata ! eases is much less rapid . This is the anniversary of the most fatal we = k of the great cholera epidemic ot 1819 , when 3 , 183 of the inbabitants of London died ; and the contrast between the health of the great city then and at the present time is gratifying , particularly : as it is how tbe abode of so many
thousands of strangers . It would be sfcil * more gratifying if the danger of the recurrence of cholera was , a / it might be , diminished by the removal of the following and a thousand similar nuisances still existing , and laving tho population open to the invasion of every ' epidemic . " The Holborn registrar , speaking of a death at 53 , Eagle-Street , Red Lionsquare , says , " This is the third case of death registered in the house since the 27 th August of fever and di 'rfhosa , basides two others sent to the hospitil . The back of the house looks into Yorkshire Grey-jard , on the north side of Engle-street , Bed lion-square , where there are two slaughter-houses and generally a large dung heap . The drainage in the vard is in a bad state . The stench arising from
the slaughter-houses and dung into this house is beyond endurance . " The births of 777 boys and 723 girls ; in all 1 , 500 children , were registered in tho week . The average of six corresponding w < eks in 1815 50 was 1 . 334 . At the Royal Observato y , Greenwich , the mean height of tbe barometer in the week was 30 . 023 in . The mean temperature of the week was G 0 . 5 degs ., about 1 deg . above the average of corresponding weeks in ten years . The temperature was highest on Tuesday , when the mean was 65 . 0 degs . or 5 . 5 degs . below the average of the same day in ten years . The wind generally blew from the north-west during the first three days , and then from the north-east to the end of the wcflk .
Extensive Fire . —On Monday morning , about ha' f-past four o ' clock , a fire broke out in a spacious rang 2 of j-remises , occupied conjointly by Me < sis . Murray and Paterson , government contractors , sack , bag , & c , manufacturers , and Mr . W II . Blackmore , s rag merchant , Sheppy-yard , Minor ies . The total lo .-s is thus returned by Mr . Braldwood i—The second-floor and lofc over , used for dressing tarpaulins , burnt out , and roof off ; Messrs . Murray and Paterson , the owners , were insured in 'lie Imperial Fire Ofiice . The firstfloor , belonging to Mr . W II . Blackmore , very seriously damaged by fire and water , and insured in the Sun Office . Warehouse adjoining , frame and skylight burnt , and centre slightly damaged by lire and water , James Goss , ship-chandler , adjoinine . the roof damaged by fire and breakage , and contents hy water . ' The fire begun in the loft , but from what cause unknown .
Death from Dkiskixg . —On Saturday last Mr . * W . Carter held an inquest at the Ship and Mermaid Tavern , Snow ' s-fields , Berniondsey , on the body of JI * ry Sullivan , agedfifiv-seven , who , it was alleged , died from violence . The deceased resided in the notorious place called the Camperdown , or Rookery , chiefly inhabited by the low Irish people . A few nk'hts since the deceased returned home very much intoxicated , and when her daughter UWOKe SU 6 found her iu a kneeling position by the side Of her bed , her head resting upon her arm * . She was raised , but she was quite dead . Her left eye was much swollen and contused . The jury returned a verdict , " That tbe deceased died from excessive drinking of ardent spirits . " At the close of the inquiry the whole of the jury complained in strong terras respecting the abominable nuisance the inhabitants were subjected to by tha continual disturbances which took place in the Camperdown , the foot passengers being unable to piss wifhont being molested .
Distressing Suicide at Bankside . —On Saturday last an inquest was gone into before Mr . TV * . Carter the Surrey woner , at the Smith ' s Arms Tavern , Park-street , Bankside , Southwark , on the body of Henry "William ScholeBeld , aged fortythree , butcher , who committed suicide by cutting his throat . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . " The New Park for Fin'sbou * . —We have much pleasure instating , in reference to luls long COVCted boon for the borough of Finsbury , that the government authorities have at length resolved on making the park . The spot selected is equi-distant from Regent and Victoria Parks . It is proposed that one entrance should be at Highbury-place , and that the
jurk should commence at Highbury-crescent , passing along , the right side of Holloway-road and Uornsey-road to the Seven Sisters-road , and taking an easterly direction along this road until it joins the Green Lanes , and then proceeding south of the lanes , including the space of fi-ids to ihe west of 2 ? ewington-green , afterwards inclining towards tbe "New River , which it is proposed to cro-s north of the "Horse Shoe . " excluding the Birmingham Junction Railway , and ex-endir . g to the bottom of Highbury-grove , where a second entrance may be formed , completing the enclosure . The park will cover an area of 150 acres , and the estimated cost for the purchase of the freehold is £ 150 , 000 . —Sunday limes .
Tub Largest Ship is the World .- —Messrs . C . "Mare and Co ., the ship builders , of Orchard-yard , Biackwall , and Messrs . Penn , of Greenwich , engineers , have taken a contract to construct for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company an iron steam-ship of the following dimensions and power , viz . —Length between the perpendicular , 325 feet ; Breadth of beam , forty-three feet ; Depth , thirty-two feet . She will measure about S . OOO tons , aud will be propelled by four engines of the collective working power of 1 , 200 horses ; will have feathering paddle-wheels , and a guaranteed average speed of fourteen knots , equal to sixteen statute miles per hour . __ Some idea may be formed of the size _ of this gigantic vessel when it is compared with that of some of the existing
steamships most celebrated for their large size . She will be Sfty-one feet longer than the Great Britain , sixty feet longer than the Cunard , or North American mail steamers the Asia and Africa ; forty feet longer than the large steamers , such as the Panama , Orinoco , & c , now constructing for the Royal Mai ; Company ; and 100 feet longer and 500 tons iarg « r than the Caledonia , first-rate , of 120 guns . She i * the first of an improved class of steam-ships about to be constructed by the Peninsular and Oriental Company for the East India Mail and passenger service , and it is confidently estimated that & h » will effect the passage between Southampton and Al xandria , a distance of 3 , 100 miles , in nine days . Tu « i passenger accommodation in these vessels is to "be m ihe most spacious scale , and replete with evsry comfort and convenience .
Sufposko Scicioe . —On Saturday morning last about seven o ' clock , as the lock keeper of the Twig F « : ly Lock , Bethnal-green , ou the Regent ' s Canal , wa * proceeding along the towing path , he found a bonnet , in which was a slip of paper , from the contents of which he snppssed that a female was In the wa rr . The drags were resorted to , upon which : he body of a young woman , respectably attired , was discovered . The following remarks were on the paper - . — "It is madness that has driven me to this . My name is Sarah Poddicomb , and by brother lives at 33 , Greenfield-street , Commercial-road . I hope G ; d will forgive me . If my body is found , take it to my brother William , and let him see what I have brought on myself for doing whatjl ought not to lav- done . But , it is all passed , and I shall not trouble , him any more . God bless them all , and mku I be forgiven . " Inquiry was made by the police at the above direction . - when her body was subse-
ye rs ot age , and it ia supposed that a love affair led to ihe commission of suicide . d , m ^„ i ^ ; r ~ 0 n Satariay las * * fatal accident occurred „ Fleet-street . A child , about eight year * old fell from a track owi to > ft h = j rro ^ W ^ S ^^ P ^ i « the moment the sn £ , ™ Wl' WM ***** t 0 Mr « * ason ' . ™ L ™ eMivL * - T * Z of ShoriM-ft where he HSS ;*^ : Sr ^ -Mijassassfsi srssi , 2 s- a-jp «» - »» *» . DbaIH PROM S 0 MSAMBOU 8 M . -Mr WMian , Carter , the coroner , held an iJLt £ S ?" last
am-rnoon , at the Rose Tavpm p ; I 7 « R « , Walworth , on the body of 5 ' M ^ iv John " - mJig at 11 , Richmond-street , who lost her lift , unacr very shocking circumstance , . It appealed Snievl / S ^ T * " admced •* ETC TW » H 7 h a e ' was undet the c » re of a nurse £ t fbout thJ l a 88 Vera i 0 Ccasi 0 " 8 been ^ uad S S "• TS £ i S , aBd « arien in themiddleof the inj-rV Onfh ? J ? - De ? e ^ lnet Wi £ h a « X serious S 3 wS £ h . ^ £ Wednesday mghttne dec- ^ eawenlto bedinhec ttsual ^ altb , and quite
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cueerful . but on the following , morning * at an-early hour , a man named Ball , while passing along Richmond-street , discovered the deceased lying ori the pavement in a state of nudity . Bull called the police , in the meantime the inmates were aroused , and the deceased was carried into the bouse , where she was seen by Perritt , the surgeon , but life was quite extinct . The deceased had got out of bed , removed the flowerpots , and while asleep fallen put of the window . Mr . R . H . Perritt , surgeon , said the deceased died from fracture of the vertibrje , resulting from severe external . violence . The coroner having remarked on the distressing nature of . the case , a verdict of" Accidental Death" was recorded by the jury . - _
. SeUIOOS BAIAOOK ACCIDENT . — PROVIDENTIAL Escape of Four PBasoNS .-r-On Monday evening a balloon ascent , for the first time , took place from the Symposium of M . Soyer , at Kensington , about halfpast six o ' clock . The balloon was of a pear shape , ¦ f much the usual size . Tbe persons in the car were Mr . Chambers , sen ., Mr . Chamber * , jun ., Mr . Gardiner , and Mr . Sella , the artist , Mr . Chambers , sen ., having the management of the ascent of the balloon , under Mr . Bell ' s direction . The balloon , when it had ascended some considerable height , took a southwesterly direction towards Fulham , still rising as it proceeded , but in a v « ry few minutes an alteration suddenly appeared iu the shape of the lower part of the balloon , and it was immediately evident that an
accident had happened , and that the top of the balloon had collapsed , and it was fast descending to the earth , which it fortunately reached in the marketgarden grounds of Mr . George Bagley , opposite the Bishop ' s Walk , at Fulham , none of the persons in the car sustaining tbe slightest injury beyond the sudden shock and alarm into which they were thrown by the accident , and Mr . Sella having slightly hurt oue of his elbows . It appears that the first fracture observed in the silk was in the bottom part of the machine towards a point , the gas expanding the balloon at a pressure of Id lb . to the inch , and directly Mr . Chambers was aware of the fact he , with great presence of mind , with his arm collapsed the upper part of the balloon / into the form of a parachute , which providentially saved the lives of the whole party .
Shocking and Fatal Accioent . —On Monday , about half-past ten o ' clock , a very disastrous and fatal acciden' occurred at the buildings preparing . for the new Record Office , iu Fetter-lane , and intended to form a porlion of tbe line of iraprovementfrom the Strand to the City and Islington . Itappears that one of the labourers , named Uowling , was employed ori the works , and through some cause fell between the wall and the scaffolding to the mass of rubbish beneath , the fall being about thirty feet . He was taken up , and Mr . Jones , surgeon , of Fetter-lane , was called in , who recommended that the unfortunate man should be taken to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , but be feared there were . no hopes The patient was conveyed to the hospital , but expired before he could be got into the building . The deceased was a young man , and has left a wife and family .
Detebmtned Attempt at Suicide . — -On Monday afternoon , a little after three o ' clock , a most determined act o suicide was attempted by a young man , about twenty-five years of age , throwing himself off Blackfriars Bridge . The unfortunate young man was seen to mount one of the recesses of the bridge , but before any of the passers-by could prevent him ho dived off into the water . ' Boats were immediately put off , and happily , owing to the activity of the boat men , they succeeded in rescuing him from a watery grave . He was found to be quite exhausted and insensible , and was taken to Christ Church Workouse , where , upon restoratives being administered , he revived , and upon being questioned by the officer , stated that bis name was N * w . « hnm . but would give no explanation as to the cause of his committing SUCU a rash act .
Ihe Rohberies on thk South-Westeun Railway . — Charles Whitcher , aged 40 years , a greengrocer , of Church Row , Aldgate , was finally examined before Mr . Beadon , at the Wandsworth Police Court , ou the charge of being concerned with others not in custody in stealing a box of mousselines de laine and rich merinos , consigned to the firm of Messrs . Candy and Co ., importers of foreign silks and other goods , of Watling-street , and a box containing honey and Ringwood gloves , oid i consigned to Mr . James Taylor , a calico printer , of Wood-street , Cheapside , from the South-Western Railway . Mr . Saward , a linendraper , of Hereford Place , Commercial Road East ,
also surrendered to his bail on the charge of feloniously receiving the mousselines de lalue and rich merinos . The evidence having been concluded and reduced to the depositions , the cases were completed , after having occupied the atteution of the magistrate for nearly two months . Tbe witnesses were all hound over to prosecute ,. and the prisoners , who declined to say anything in their defence , by advice of their professional advisers , were then fully committed for trial at the next session of the Ci-ntral Criminal Court . Saward ' s bail was then enlarged , and he was anain . liberated . The other prisoner was removed to Newgate .
Extknsive Fire at Camobn-Town . —On Tuesday night , shortly after eight o ' clock , the whole range uf buildings belonging to Mr . Newman , carpenter and builder , Murray-street , Camden-Town , were discovered on fire . All the workmen had left the buildings apparently safe , bntan unusual light having been noticed through the window an alarm was given , and every assistance was rendered by neighbours and police . Unfortunately no water could be procured for half an hour after the outbreak of the fire , and by the time th ' .- brigade engines arrived every portion of the workshops and their contents were destroyed . iWr . Newman is only partly insured , in tbe Mercantile Office , against bis loss . How the fire originated was completely unknown .
Qpkking of St . Thomas ' s Church , Waterlooroad . —Ou Tuesday a new church , which has bven dedicated to St . Thomas , and erected in the Water-1-io-road , a few yards south of Oakley-street , was formally opened for Divine service under license from tbe Bishop of Winchester . Arrangements are in progress for erecting a new church for another of the districts , into which the extensive parish of Lam beth has been divided—that of St . Andrew ' s—of which the Rev . Alfred S . Canney , formerly curate of All Soul ' s , Gordon-square , will be the officiating minister . The patronage to the incumbency of St . Thomas ' s will be vested in the Crown and the Bishop of Winchester alternately .
The Suspected Murdbr of a Girl . —Matthew Williams , the young man who has been in custody for three weeks past on a charge of receiving a gold pin , a silver pencil-ease , and part of a pair of slippers from a young woman named Mary Ann "Gorebam , the property of her master , well knowing them to have been stolen , and further , on suspicion of being concerned in the death of the unfortunate young woman , was on Saturday last placed before Mr . Elliott for final examination . The body had been exhumed , and post mortem examination made by Mr . O . Smith , Gracechurch-street , whose certificate described the exterior of the body as too far
decomposed for examination , out the interior is free from indications of foul treatment . As Mr . Isaacs , the prosecutor , did not press the charge of theft , the prisoner was discharged . Extensive Fibe at Mile-end . —On Wednesday afternoon ,. between the hours of three and four , a fire broko out in the extensive premises of Mr . Richardson , a cabinet-maker , West-street , at the side of the Eastern Counties Railway . Tho two upper floors of the premises were gutted , the roof burned off , and serious damage done to the lower portion of the building by water , & c . The sufferer , whose loss is considerable , unfortunately was not insured for a single penny .
A Chimixai . frightened to Death . —On Wednesday Jlr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest in the Holborn Union Workhouse , Gray ' s-inn-road , on the body of a man unknown , about forty years of age . The deceased , accompanied by a female , went into Mr . Atkenson ' s Coffee-house , Middle-row , Holborn , at three o ' clock on Monday morning , and called for refreshments , in payment for which he tendered a bad crown piece , and although perfectly sober was very insolent . Mr . Atkenson gave him in charge to the constable on duty , and while the constable was conveying him to Bow-street station deceased fell to the ground , exclaiming , " You must carry me . " Four other police constables aided in carrying him to tbe police station , and upon arriving there they found life extinct . The workhouse surgeon , who made the ^ ost mor em examination , said that death had resulted from an effusion of the blood on the brain , produced in his opinion by fright . Verdict accordingly .
Fatal Accident at the New House ot Lords . — On Wednesday afternoon Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Crown and Thistle , Great Peterstreet , Westminister , on tho body of Thomas Stanton , aged forty-live , a labourer at the New Ho ; :- ; e of Lords , who met his death there on Monday last . Deceased was helping to fix a landingplace , at the height of twenty-seven feet from the ground , when he overbalanced himself aud fell that height , his head striking a stone step , fie was immediately taken to the Westminister hospital , but , on his arrival , was found to be quite dead . The jury , without hesitation , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
The Rectory of St . Ann ' s , Blackfriars . —It is doubtful whether , after all the excitement of a poll , the householders of this parish have the right of appointing a minister . The Bishop of London is prevented instituting the rev . gentleman chosen , by an intimation that tbe Crown claims a right to appoint to all livings vacated by promotion to a bishopric .
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Extexsivk Forgeries by a Solicitor in Manchester . —A few months ago , we recorded the decease of Mr . Henry "Edward Ridgway , solicitor , JJorfolk-street , a gentleman of long and extensive practice , highly respected , and iu whom great confidence has evidently been reposed by his numerous clients . Events have transpired within the last ten
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davs -which have lertd"the belief ^ legal proof has not yet heen produced ) that' he bad , -for about two vears prior to his death , availed himself of the circumstance of the deeds of his clients being left in his « afes and possession for security from fire , & c , and emoloyod . those . deeds as a means of realising money * We are informed ; that it is now ascertained , " that he had forged mortgage deeds for various sums , and , unknown of course to his pnnaipals , had handed over their documents , ; which had for years been left in his custody . Having received the money on the mortgages thus effected , he paid the interest himself ; consequently during his lifetime
the fraud was not discovered , the interest in one case recently falling due , and not being paid as heretofore , the principal , was applied to , and he , surprised of course at the application , denied that he had ever effected such a mortgage , or was at all cognisant of it—the signature of the mortgage deed was forged . Other discoveries have been made ; arid it is feared there are some still undiscovered . Already the sums thus obtained on mortgage are believed to exceed , £ 10 , 000 ; which must entail a serious loss to the parties who have advanced tbe money . Le » al proof of the forgeries , of course , has yet to be adduced . —Manchester Examiner . Murder of
Wischestbb . —Cokfeesios of . —One the soldiers of the 30 th Royals , now in this city , last week voluntarily resigned himself into the hands of the police , acknowledging that he is amenable to the law for murder , committed on a young woman in Norwich , about four years ago . The Dartmoor Convicts . — Tbe two convicts who escaped last week from the convict establishment in Dartmoor , have been apprehended at Zeal , on the northern boundary of the Moor . Representation of Pbeston . —It is stated that Charles Townley , Esq ., of Townley , has been applied to by some of the Catholic electors to become a candidate for the representation of Preston , but the answer received from him is , that he was pledged to Sligo , for which place he will be a candidate at the next election . The application to Air . Townley arose from a feeling of dissatisfaction on the part of certain electors with the course taken by Mr . Grenfell in reference to the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill .
The Bristol and Eastern Railway Company and the Great Western Railway Company , have had to make restitution to Messrs , Ford and Company , the carriers , for overcharges made upon them in attempts to monopolise the carrying trade ; and the South Devon Railway Company is under an order of Mr . Justice Pattison to do tbe same thing . Cristal Palace on the Tynb . —The Messrs . Smith , of St . Peters-quay , on the Tyne , have contracted with Messrs . Hartley and Co ., of the Wear Glass Works , Bishopwearmouth , for the entire enclosure , witb glass , of their extensive shipbuilding yard of St . Peter ' s , where vessels of the highest class and character , and of the largest registered tonnage , are constructed . The glass for tbe roof is to be the Messrs . Hartley and Co . ' s celebrated
patent rough plate , of which a very large quantity will be required . Messrs . Hartley and Co . have engaged Mr . Isaac Cooke , of this town , for the glazing . . Vessels built under cover class a year higher at Lloyd ' s . Celebrated as our port is as the shipbuilding mart of the world , we shall be disap-. pointed with the spirit and emulation of our builders if it sliould not , in the discharge of our duty as journalists , shortly devolve on us to record the construction of a Crystal Palace on the Wear for the purpose of naval architecture . — Sunderland News . Duncan Dunbar , Esq ., the extensive London shipowner , and a leading Protectionist , is spoken of as likely to come forward at then ' ext election as a candidate for the representation of the borough of Sunderland . —Newcastle Guardian . ¦
Conflagration at Lord Harrv . Vane ' s , at Ewhorst . —On Sunday night a terrible conflagration broke out at New House Farm , Ewhurst , the property of , and occupied by , Lord Harry Vane . It appears that some children of , Irish labourers , who were encamped near the premises , obtained lucifermatches and went into tho straw yard . By accident they fired the straw , which communicated with the farm buildings . A barn , with thirty loads of peas in the haulm , half of which were white , and a lodge , were burnt down , Great praise is due to the la « boorers in assisting , otherwise a peastack , and a beanstack , and a haystack , which stood within a few feet of the barn , must have been burnt down . The Fatal Colliery Accident hear Aberdabe .
— The information of a irightful colliery accident occurring on Thursday at Messrs . Nixon and Co . ' s pit , near Aberdare , South Wales , which appeared iu our second edition of last week , is fully corroborated by the Welch journals since received . The accident whereby so many lives were lost , occurred at tho Werva pit , in the vicinity of Cwm Bacli , near Aberdare , and was occasioned , as the men were descending , by the snapping asunder of the chain from which the stage depended , whereby the unfortunate colliers were precipitated to the bottom of the pit , a depth of 1 C 0 feet . The'Monmouth Merlin states tbe nnmber of lives lost at from twelve to sixteen . The scene at the pit when the bodies were brought up is described as having been heart-rendiug .
Thb Explosion , at Washington Couiebt * . — At an adjourned inquest held last week on the bodies of the unfortunate men who lost their lives by the f-xplosion at Washington Colliery , near Newcastle , tie jury returned the following verdict : — " We are if opinion that William Hall , and the 32 others named in the depositions , came by their deaths by the firing of the Washington Pit in M'Nare ' s board , ou the 13 th August ultimo ; and we are of opinion that the air , having been highly charged with gas previously , and receiving a sudden cheek , had caused the fire to increase outside this board ; thai lamps ought to have been used instead of candles ; aud there should have been more brattice , as recommended by Mr . Dui . n . " Mr . Dunn was one of the government inspectors , and was present during the proceedings ; but it has been remarked that his recommendation was made after the explosion , as appeared from the evidence , he not having examined the pit previously . A subscription has been started on behalf of the families of the
unfortunate men killed . Trafficking in Railway Excursion Tickets . — Caution . —A man named John Brookman was brought before the Bristol magistrates on Tuesday , in custody , upon a charge of wilfully and knowingly cheating and defrauding the Great Western Railway Company by riding in one of the company ' s carriages from Bristol to Swindon , he not having previously paid or tendered to . the company his fare for the said journey . It appeared from what transpired in the course of the proceedings that owing to the extent to which the traffic in railway excursion tickets has been carried , the company have found it necessary to adopt means to detect offenders . ' On Sunday last an excursion train from London to Bristol and back left the Paddington station at 8 a . m ., reached Bristol at 12 . 15 , ^ and returned from the Bristol terminus at 6 . 30 , p . m Prior to the arrival of the train at Bristol a large
concourse of persons assembled at Temple Meads m front of the station , and , among them , the police , who were on the look-out , observed the prisoner at about three quarters of an hour before the train arrived near the gateway , so that ho could not possibly have come by it . When tbe train , left in the evening he was again seen on the platform , and was watched into the train . On his arrival he tendered a ticket concerning which he was interrogated , and bis replies showing that he could not have procured it in the regular way he was apprehended , and brought back in custody to Bristol , where he was lodged in the station-house . Mr . Ward , on behalf of the company , said he felt bound to press for a conviction , and the magistrates convicted the prisoner in the penalty of 20 s . and costs , and in default committed him to the House of correction for twenty-one days . Tho Chairman observed that he had rendered himself liable to three
months imprisonment , but as it was the first offence of the kind brought before the bench they had inflicted a mild punishment in the hope that it would operate as a warning . A Crowded Excursion Train . —Tbe second cheap excursion train , for the season , from Southampton to London , ran on Monday . The train was to start at half-past six in the morning and return on Tuesday night . At six o ' clock upwards of 3 , 000 persons were assembled before the Southampton railway station . The carriages for the train had not arrived , however , from London at the time for starting , and the crowd was consequently kept outside the station until the carriages did arrive , which was not until seven o ' clock . When the station
doors were opened the crowd was so great , and so eager to get in , that the windows of the station were broken , several persons were injured , and a great number of hats , shawls , bonnets , caps , and shoes were lost . Numbers of women fainted or were taken ill , and children were nearly crushed to death . A large number of Southampton tradesmen and others allowed their servants to travel by the cheap excursion train on Tuesday , generously paying their fare and expenses up and down . A large posse of " maids of all work , " , dressed respectably , each with a little basket of provisions for the day , were with the crowd , congregated early before the station . Owing to the immense pressure of the mob many of these poor servants had their clothes torn .
Scene in a Church . —On Sunday evening last , at St . Mary ' s Church , Chatham , just at the commencement Of the sermon , the congregation were greatly alarmed by the flickering of the gaslights , which gradually became lower , until the church was left in nearly total darkness . The persons present being considerably alarmed , commenced leaving the church , in the midst of which some malicious individual raised the cry of "Fire !" The scene then became one of indescribable confusion , a rush being at once made for the doors , although the preacher , the Rev . Mr . Dewe . and other individuals , assured those present there was no occasion for alarm . Several ladies fainted , and one lady in her anxiety to reach the door had her
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le' ^ rieSi-iy broken by- the . pressure , was rescued j bya bystander / '¦ After some time ; the , gas was again lighted and order being restored-, the ' service c ' ou .-tinued . ' We understand a like inconvenience was experienced .-it the ' other . places' of worship , owing to a rush of foul air into tho gas-pipos , but , fortunately not attended with such serious ' results . Dartmoor . — We hear that the experiment of growing-flax near the ' prison is a complete triumph . The successful culture ^ of this plant is a . matter of national importance , and ^ will , bei of ; the greatest benefit to the neighbourhood , —The potato stalks are much diseased / and in some , instances it has reached the root ; . the crop , will be diminished in
The Fat al Boat , Accident on tub Tyne . —On Monday ah inquest was held at Howdon , ' before Mr . Stenhen Reed , upon four of the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers by the . boat accident , the particulars of which appeared in our columns last week . From the evidence it appeared that there were nineteen persons in the acullcr-boat , and that in consequence of its being thus overcrowded , and the t ideRunning , strong ^ t the time , it was unmanageable , and was drifted athwart the stern of a vessel whic h was lying at a short distance from the steamboat , upon which the passengers were to have been landed . The boat ' sank' immediately after , it
struck and six persons were drowned , only tour ot whose bodies have , yet > been < recovered ; William Wright a boat builder , deposed that he had measured the boat and found it . to . be fifteen and a half feet Ion ? and six feet , broad . , It was capable of holdin / only fourteen ' persons , with safety i ^ and , with eighteen or nineteen persons , there could not be sufficient room to manage the oars . The jury , after five minutes consideration , returned . a verdict of " Accidental death , " and , at the same time , expressed a wish that the boatman should be reprimanded for his want of skill and judgment , which was immediately done in an impressive manner by
the coroner . .: „ - . -- T n ., Dabiko Street Robberies at Leeds . —On Monday evening last , Mr . Alderman Hepper , of Leeds , was robbed of a gold watch and chain by three men who attacked him near his own housor at Wortley . One of the alderman ' s assailants held him up against-a wall and half strangled him , whilst the other two divested him of his watch and appendages . Nothing has since transpired to lead to the detection of the assailants . Several other robberies of the same daring character have taken place within the last few days . On Friday evening last Mr . Johnson , a clerk in the Great Northern
Railway Company ' s office , was attacked in a similar manner while walking up Queen ' s-place , a public thoroughfare in Leeds , and robbed of a silver watch and gold chain . : On Saturday night , a young man named John Mitchel , was attacked in the'Turk ' s Head-yai-d , Briggate , and robbed of about £ 1 in gold and silver . Briggate is the ? -most public street in Leeds , and there is a public house and many other dwellings in the Turk ' s Head-yard , where the robbery took place . These frequent and daring street robberies have put the police quite on the qui vive , and if they are equal to their duty before long some of these audacious street robbers will be apprehended .
CAUTION TO Sportsmen . —A few days since a lad was walking along the Queen Anne-road , near the hedge , when some person discharged a gun in the adjoining field , and a portion of the charge struck his head , but most fortunately in an oblique direction , so that instead of penetrating the skull , the shots were lodged between the skull and the scalp , otherwise the boy ' s life must have been sacrificed to the indiscretion of the sportsmen . It should be a standing rule with shooters not to fire in the direction of a hedge skirting a public thoroughfare . —Maidstone Journal . A Young African Prince in Liverpool . —We had on Monday a pleasing interview with a remarkable intelligent boy , five and a half years old , named ThomasCanray Caulker , son of Canraybah Caulker , ' King of Bompey , Bherbro country , west coast of Africa . The little fellow arrived in this
town on Saturday last , and has been brought to this country to be educated , by his guardian . Captain Edulfus Swinton , of the Adeline , of Newcastle , He evidently possesses considerable discernment , and his manners are gentle and affectionate . He wears on his left wrist a silver badge of royalty , being a collar of about an inch and a half in width , with the figure of an elephant beautifully carved upon it . Of course the infant prince cannot as yet speak English , but when his education is matured , and he returns to his native country , we anticipate the greatest advantages to that interesting quarter from the culture he will have received and the habits ¦ he will have acquired during his residence here . The kingdom over which his father exercises
sway adjoins our colony of Sierra . Leone , and the king has done all in his power to suppress the slave trade , and to further the progress of civilisation throughout his dominions . We hope that the benevolent intentions of Captain Swinton will be more than realised . —Liverpool Standard . Tab Harvest . —West Lancashire . —Great progress has been made within the last few days in the cutting and bousing of corn ; a great deal of wheat has been got in in first-rate condition , and a few more days of the present beautiful weather would bring harvest operations to a close . Many parties are busily engaged with second cropsof clover . which is generally a goed crop . Potatoes have changed much for the worse since our last ; as an instance , we saw on Thursday last a crop of kemps in ridges got up ( among-t which , a fortnight since , scarcely an unsound one could be found ) with at least one-third ol
, them diseased . Ths land upon which they are grown is of a light sandy description . There is every prospect of the disease being quite as destructive this year as in any . former one since its commencement . — Liverpool Standard , of Tuesday—Scotland : _ For several days the weather in this neighbourhood ( Glasgow ) has been all that could be desired for harvest operations . We understand that around the city our agriculturists are busily engaged in cutting down aad securing their crops , and that the yield is a satisfactory one . Should we have a week more of fine weather , the greater part of the crops in the vicinity will have fallen before the sickle . We are sorry to learn that the potato blight has made its appearance in several large fields in our neighbourhood , but as yet in so mild a form that little danger is apprehended to the great bulk of the crop , —North British Daily Mail . ¦ , < ¦ .. ¦
Suspected Murder of an Irish Reaper . —At Sheffield , on Monday and Tuesday , an inquest was held respecting the death of an Irish reaper , named Thomas O'Hara , about twenty-oneyears of age , said to be from the parish of Kilmactagh , county of Sligo . He , was found on Saturday morning last in a dying state , by two other Irish reapersnamed John Leonard and John Callaghan . lie had seated himself on the roadside , near the village of Norton , and about two or three miles from Sheffield , so completely exhausted as to be unable to proceed . He complained of severe pain in the head , and was too indisposed to converse . Tho men assisted him to a lodging-house at Sheffield , and there he died at half-past two the same afternoon , having said
nothing about his injuries . He had not had a medical attendant , and no one had thought proper to question him . In this state of the case the coroner ordered a post-mortem examination , the result of which was made known by Dr . Hall . That gentleman stated that he found bruises on both shins , a large bruise over the loins , and injuries on both sides of the head , as if inflicted by a stick or poker . The skull was fractured , and there was a considerable effusion of blood , besides complete disorganisation of tbe brain . Dr .-Hall had no , doubt that these injuries to tbe bead had produced death , and ho thought that the deceased , when found , would be incapable of explaining his injuries . Mr . John O'Donnell , a juryman , who is himself an Irishman ,
said he had overheard some conversations in Irish amongst some persons who had known the deceased ( being fellow countrymen ) , and that hehad a strong suspicion that O'liara had been murdered and robtied of his earnings . Although harvest work is nearly at an end , O'lLu' . i had only sixpence halfpenny in his pocket when found . ' The coroner has again adjourned the inquest , and instructed the police to make a searching inquiry . Mr . O'Donnell has undertaken to bring his knowledge of the Irish people in the neighbourhood to bear in the same direction . Dr . ' flail says he is satisfied that the injuries have not been caused by falling . Suspected Poisonings in Northumberland . — Another case of suspected poisoning has come to light , in tho little village of Kirkw helping ton . Two children in the family , of a peasant died last week , within twenty-four hours of each other , both of
whom are supposed to have died from poison . Wigan . —Miners' Meeting . —On . Monday morning last a number of tho miners of this town and neighbourhood assembled at their respective lodgehouses , and afterwards went in procession , accompanied with two bands of music and flags , to the railway station to meet AfivW . P . Roberts , whom they escorted to Amborwood-common , Ince , where a meeting was held . Mr . John Berry was called to preside , and after various speeches had been delivered , Mr . Roberts , who addressed the meeting , exhorted the miners to join together again in union . At tbe conelusionjof his ' address , Mr . Roberts was warmly applauded ; and after passing a vote of thanks to him , and giving three cheers for the union , thcpcrsonspresont ] again'formedin procession and returned to Wigan . During the afternoon from 2 , 000 to 3 , OoO persons were on the common .
Fatal Accident on the East . LANCASHIRE Railway . —On Tuesday evening , as the special train wa s leaving Ratcliffe-bridgestation , on the East ¦ Lancashire line , for Bury , with passengers who had been to Ratcliffe races , a female named Taylor who had just arrived on . the- platform with ' her two daughters , made a rush at tbe last carriage but one to get upon the steps , but missed the handle of the door , and fell by t ) ie ,, ide of the train . -The poor woman was dragged between the footboard and the platform a short distance , when her . legTgot across ho rails , and were passed over by the wheels of Z
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last carriage ., ; Ono of her-limbs . WftS nearly Severed from the ' , body , ., and . the ., other [ was ' dreadfully crushed . ' 1 . She was carried to ' a public'house near " the railway ,-and' surgical' assistance " obtained ' , ' ' but ' she died ' . ih :. about ' 'four- hours afterwards ; Her daughters , ¦ ¦ ; one of . them sixteen , and the other eighteen . years of age , appeared to be greatly dis .-tressed ; and it was . stated thatslie-had seven other children : She had not been to the races , but had availed . herself of the' excursion train" to the races to pay a visit tosonie friends , and was anxious to get off by . that train because she and her daughters had return tickets by it .
^ Railway . Accident at Gateshead . — On Monday morning , as the quarter past five a . m . trauvfrom Shields and Sunderland was passing the Bridge crossing the High-street ; Gateshead , and approaching the high level bridge crossing the Tyne , it ran into two engines standing on the line . The passengers were knocked about , many of them receiving serious bruises about the head and face , though none of them were dangerously injured . ; Another Patai . Railway Accident . —Another accident , attended with loss , of life , occurred on Wednesday morning on tbe Midland line of railway nour Nottingham . About seven o ' clock a luggage train for Mansfield , which should have' started at half-past six o ' clock , left the Nottingham Railway
station , causing the seven o ' clock passenger tram for Derby to be delayed a short time ,. until it was supposed there would be a clear course . On arriving at the point where the Mansfield branch diverges from the main-line , the engine was detached for the purpose of - taking some empty carriages which stood in a slip line , preparatory to joining them to the train ,. and carrying them forward to Mansfield . The guard thought he should be able to get away before there was danger ; but the passenger train came along . There had been sufficient time for the goods train to get on to the branch line ; and as no signal to thecontrary had been given , they apprehended no danger . There was a thick fog , and the driver could scarcely see ten yards before him , so
that he did not see the stationary waggons until close upon them . He immediately reversed the engine , and perceiving that a collision was inevitable , he / jumped from the engine , and immediately afterwards his train ran into the waggons . The driver escaped unhurt , but the stoker , a smart young man , was found near the tender on the ground in a state of insensibility , with his thigh , chest-bone , and one or two ribs fractured . lie was immediately conveyed to Nottingham and taken to the General Hospital , where he died in an hour and a quarter afterwards . None of the passengers were injured . The Couision on the Great Northern Raii .-wax . —Inquiries made on Wednesday evening at tbe Hornseyi station ,. where the Rev . Mr . Snell , who sustained a concussion of the spine in the late collision , lies under surgical care , elicited that the
reverend gentleman is no worse . Of four of the sufferers who were taken to the Royal Free Hospital in Gray's Inn-roadj one left on Monday ; another , Mrs . Reynolds , two of whoso ribs are L-actured , is progressing favourably , and her son and daughter are fast recovering . Representation of BnAbroRD . — On Monday evening last , a special-meeting of the members of the Conservative Society was held in the Society's Rooms , Albion Court . ( William Walker , Esq ., president , in the chair , ) when it was unanimously resolved , that on the firstppporlunity when a vacancy occurs in the representation of this borough in parliament , Henry Wickham Wickham , Esq ! , of Kirklees Hall , should be requested to stand , * and the meeting pledged itself to promote his election by all the means in their power .
Tub Late Colliery Accident at Kingswood , near Bristol . —The inquiry into the cause of the late melancholy and fatal accident at the Deep Pit Colliery , Kingswood , near this city , was on Wednesday resumed before the coroner for the lower division . Of Gloucestershire , W . Joyney Ellis , Esq ., who was assisted by Mr . Dickinson , one of her Majesty ' s inspectors of collieries , who attended , in compliance with a warrant addressed to him from the Secretary of State ' s office . The evidence was of a very voluminous character . It appeared from
it that as a " journey" of nine colliers was being hauled up the shaft by the engine , the pin which connected the handle with the eccentric rod gave way , and the oart or bucket was drawn up over tho shiver wheel , and the men thrown out . One of them rolled down the pit , a depth of 14 T fathoms , while the others were , dashed to the . ground about thirty feet beneath them . The inquiry was directed to the point of ascertaining whether the breaking of the pin arose from any neglect of the engineer ; and the evidence was conflicting . It was proved that two or three minutes before the accident
occurred the engineer was out of the engine-house , talking to the ranger , " or banksman , and that he did not go towiirds the engine-house till after the witness on the rope had come up ; and the opinion seemed to be that he had gone in hastily to check the engine , and had jerked and broken the pin . The jury , after upwards of an hour ' s deliberation , returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against the engineer , John Stone , who was immediately committed upon the coroner ' s warrant to await his trial for that offence at the next Gloucester
assizes . Great Skiff Match for £ 100 asidb , on the Ttnb , —This match , which had to test the capabilities of the two best men on the Tyne , Henry Clasper and Candlisb , came off on Tuesday afternoon , at Newcastle , and excited considerable interest . The men were started at four o'clock , top high water , and Clasper soon drew a-head . On approaching " Shot Tower , and half way to the goal , Clasper was a skiff ' s length a-head , but after passing that spot , Candlish having the north side of the river , Clasper closed in upon him , and ran him ashore against the quay , Clasper pulled away , and was shortly followed by Candlisb , who came in two skiff's length astern . . The referee has declared the race in favour of Candlish , a result which seemed to disappoint every body . The betting seemed about even on the course .
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MUHDER AT GtASOOW . —About eleven o'clock on Saturday night , the inhabitants residing in the Tontine Close were alarmed by the cries of murder proceeding from the house of a tailor named Jack , who lives in that locality . Tho police having entered the house , found that Jack had been abusing his wife in a dreadful manner , and they took him into custody . In about an hour and a half afterwards , word was brought to the Central Police Office that the poor woman had died in consequence of the injuries she had received . Dr . Easton was immediately in attendance , and made a partial examination of the body , but no injuries of a serious nature
were apparent . From the statementof a little boy who was in the house , it appears that Jack and his wife had quarrelled , and that he had attacked her with his fists , and knocked her down , and while on the floor had seized her by the throat . Jack was apparently not drunk when taken ( o the office , and the victim of his cruel rage was previously enjoying good health . Jack denies having ill-treated his wife , but states that she had been taken unwell , and while he was engaged feeling her pulse she died . The statement of the police officers again is that the poor woman was alive when they took her husband into custody . Both Jack and his wife are advanced in years .
Railway Accident at Glasgow . —On Sunday morning as the Caledonian train , which is due here at balf-past one a . m ., was approaching the Buchanan-street terminus the engine , by some cause or other , got off the rails , and ran into the gable of one of the sheds . No person was injured , the only damage done being to the engine and shed . '; •' - The Weather . —For several days past the weather in the neighbourhood of Glasgow has been all that could be . desired for harvest operations . We understand that around the city our agriculturists are all busily engaged in cutting down and securing their crops , and that the yield is a satisfactory one . Should we have a week of such weather , the greater part of the crops- in the vicinity will have
fallen before the sickle . We are sorry to learn that the potato blight has made its appearance in several large fields in our neighbourhood , but as yet in so mild a form that little danger is apprehended to the great bulk of the crop . The roots of the blighted shaws , on being examined , are found slightly browned on the outside ; but beyond the skin the potato is uninjured . Those at presen t in the market are generally of excellent quality , and their price is very moderate .-Aorrt British Daily Mail . phnstopher North ( Professor Wilson ) has received from Lord John Russell the pleasing intimation that it is her Majesty ' s intention to regard his eminent literary services . with a pension of £ 300 a year The le ter conveying this information Was tho more welcome to the ° T > rnfpa * Z r ™ H \ ¦ written at the old Palace of IlolyS' fr 0 tU bemg
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search for the murderers . of Mr . White ' . These Jownlands . will have to ; pay . the expense of this force . . The loealgentry , and Jnbabrtaiits of . the , district have entered into s ' ubscriptidas . amouritti ' ng ; to nearly £ 500 . for the purpose of offering a reward for ' tlie discovery " of the murderers . The Rev . Mr ; Nulatv , P . P . of Abbeyleix ,. who attended < thei : meetitig at ' which the subscription , was opened , pledged himself in- tha most solemn . manner , that heand the-other Roman Catholic clergy of the locality would co-operate ia every manner in their . power to bring the guilty parties to justice . / - - ¦;• -.. ' .. '
; to Reduce the Poor Rates . —A provincial paper mentions the following very satisfactory instance of a mode of reducing the poor rates in the rural districts . —"^ Mr . Edge and his tenantry on tha lands of Doonane and Farnans , Queen ' s County , hava entered , into mutual arrangements for the removal of the paupers from the Carlow workhouse" chargeable to those divisions , and : they are to he permanently provided for either by emigration or reproductiva employment . Mr . Edge , charges himself with two * thirds of the expense , the tenantry nav the remain *
ing one . -third . This is themost effectual plan hitherto adopted to prevent the spread of pauperism , and to relieve the land from the enormous burden of poor rates . " " . Papal . Aggression . —The Tablet-baa resumed some of its former ferocity , doubtless having ' taken fresh courage from the . doings of Fathers Cahill , Ryan , . and Hardiman . The Tablet has a long and laboured article , in which the designs of Lorn John Russell are set forth with as much particularity as if the Premier himself had informed the editor of the motives which actuated him in his recent opposition to the Papal Aggression .
Repayment of ' Government Advances . —In all quarters of . the kingdom the boards of'Poor Law guardians are up in arms against the official notification of the Treasury , that the day of reckoning isat hand , and that the indebted unions must forthwith levy a rate for the payment , by instalment , of the loans advanced by government for the relief of Irish distress in the years Of famine . Clare and Mayo have been the loudest in their complaints of the hardship of refunding while both these counties are still sinking under the pressure of rates reaching , and in soma instances going beyond , the " confiscation" point ; and their remonstrances have been joined in by tha guardians of the Glenamaddy Union , in the county of Roscommon ; These gentlemen declare , througn one of their spokesmen , that had Sir Robert Feel lived they would not now be called upon to discharge this sum , which he manifestly gave to save the lives of the Irish people at the cost of the Imperial
Treasury , . Mr . Morean John O'Connell , M . P . for Kerry , ( says the Limerick Chronicle ) jg about to enter himself at the English bar . The Defenders . —The "funds" appear to be drooping , and money , both on hand and to account , has been scarce during the last ten days , In fact * until the next settling day ( the 17 th inst . ) there are no . hopes of any permanent improvement in the tone of the market . The " Lord Bishop " of Plymouth ( Dr . Errington ) is one of the latest investors in Roman Bonds . " Out of Uia ample private fortune , " as the Freeman ' s Journal reports , " his Lerdship " has sunk £ 3 in the treasury of the Defence Association . The Duke of Norforik having lately become a Protestant , the Romanist journals have suddenly discovered that he is a "dotard , " if not entirely
. , The Rumoured Law Changes . — The Dublin Herald , oi Monday night alludes to a rumour some days in circulation , to the effect that Mr . Justice Perrin is about to retire from the bench to make way for that other brilliant senator—Mr . Attorney General Hatchell , the eloquent member for Windsor . - Our contemporary says tbe immaculate judge is . to retire " upon a promise of promotion , for two Of his sons in their respective professions . * The Herald goes on to say :- " The Attorney Generalship thus vacated , is to be assumed by the Right Honourable Richard Wilson Greene , Q . C .: Mr . Hughes continuing to hold his present office of Solicitor General . Those arrangements have been repeated and commented upon among the bar , ana are very generally looked upon has settled . We do not place any reliance on the statement in reference to MrGreene . "
. ... Bishop Blake , of Dismore , has administered a check to tbe ultramontanes by a published assurance that ho is still in favour of tbe mixed educational system , as " the only practicable one . The Cork Reporter has also put it to the bishops and people , with a rare moderation of tone , whether it is worth while to defy the government further than may ; be necessary to vindicate the validity of spiritual dignities . A man has been arrested at Maryborough on strong suspicion of having been a chief actor in tna murder of Mr . White , of Abbeyleix .
A Limerick paper states that a steam-ship is now building in New York , and will be ready for sea by the 1 st of December , which is intended to ply between tbatCitv and Galtray , stopping at Halifax on the route . The contract with the builders w . that the steamer shall make the trip between Galway and Halifax in six days ; otherwise tbe parties contracting for the vessel are at liberty to reject her . The steamer is to be of the largest size , with accommodation for 700 second-class passengers , besides accommodation for first-class passengers . Death of Miss . Sheil . —Miss Shell , sister of tha late Right Hon . Richarj Lalor Sheil , died suddenly at Waterford oh the 6 th inst ., after an illness of but two hours , so that , like that of her distinguished brother , the death of Miss Sheil was quite sudden and unexpected .
The Great Southern and Western Raimvat . —• The excursion which took place from Dublin to Cork on Monday possessed more interest than usually belongs to such trips . It was , in fact , an invitation given by the directors of that railway to all the shareholders of the company , for the purpose of enabling them to inspect the whole of the line , and giving them an opportunity of observing with their own eyes the style and character of the works . A meeting was held at Cashel on Monday to make tho necessary preparations for the public dinner to be given there on the 22 nd inst . to Messrs . Mane * and Scully . The other members of the Irish brigade are to be invited as guests .
The Catholic Association . —We are now almost on the eve of the period fixed for the meeting to inaugurate the new Catholic Association ; and it is remarkable that not one word upon tbe subject is mentioned in public , nor does it appear to attract the smallest possible amount of interest . There ia a perfect lull in every kind of political agitation here at present . Death op Lord Riverston . —Tho Evening Post says : — " We regret to announce the death of Lord Riverston , which took place at his residence ,
Flower-hill , county Galway , on Saturday Inst , A correspondent says— 'This peerage was granted by James II ., when he was fighting in Ireland for hia crown , but was not acknowledged by the English government . Lord Riverston was heir presumptive to the Earldom of Westmeath ; he leaves two sons . '" Crop Lifting . —The Tipperary Vindicator statea that " crop lifting was practised on Sunday night at Violet-bank , near Jfenagh , the estate of Judge Moore , who is regarded in the light ot a good landlord . "
The Corn Exchange . —The weather since Friday has been cold and dry . Harvest operations have progressed rapidly , and the crops have been secured in fine condition . Very few country buyers attended our market on Wednesday morning . The few trifling sales effected in foreign wheat barely sustained previous rates . Irish , of which the supply was smaller than-last day ,- met a free sale at about former prices . No change in the value of old oats . There was more inquiry for new , and Friday ' s quotations were firmly supported . Oatmeal dull , and Gd . per cwt . lower . Indian corn nominal . No change in the value of bakers' flour . Narrow Escape from Drownino op thuei ? m . p . ' s
op the Ikish Brigade . — Mr . O'Flaherty , M . P . with Mr . Scully , M . P ., Mr . Keogh , Mrs . Keogh , and others , went on a boating excursion on Saturday from Knockbane , where the members for Athlone and Tipperary have been on a visit with tho member for Galway , and the morning being propitious , and the day most promising , the party long enjoyed themselves amid the romantic scenery of Lough Cprrib , which presents so manv varied features ot interest and enchantment to the tourist . On their return in the afternoon , tho boat struck ¦ Mi a rock , and in a minute it filled with water . The greatest exertions were used for some time to repair the accident , but to no effect J and it was not without the utmost difficulty that the party were saved by tho approach of another boat , in which they were rowed ashore , after experiencing imminent danger , the rock on which the boat struck , affording no landing room
, The Convict Hanlev . —A respite for ten days has been received by the officers of the County of Limerick prison , for Michael Hanley , whose execution for the crime of wilful murder , was to have taken place on the 8 th inst .. It is expected that a commutation of the sentence will be the result of the exertions which have been made to save his life . It is believed in Limerick thas he did not commit the murder of his wife premeditatedly . , J
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The Correctional tribunal of Blois has just condemned Barnabe , a gardener , Verm , a dyer , and Daniaud , a wine-shop keepw , the first to ten months' imprisonment and 50 f . fine , and the other two to one month ' s imprisoniiientand lCf . fine each for having in their possession anarchical writings and ammunition , which were found at their houses when visited by the police on the 18 th ult . —Parit Paper . The National Reform Association held a meeting on Tuesday night in tho . Leoturchall , Islingtongreen ; anil on Monday in the Town Hall of Hanley , the first of , a series of . meetinos in the Pot teries . - °
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 13, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13091851/page/6/
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