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Hbj Ebamh op Losnos . —The mortality of London ! ffiO » iiu ! o » unues to be of greater amount than from past £ exi * rex ]* rience in the first week of June might have fabecn been anticipated . In the ten weeks of 1841-50 , wwhichvhich correspond to the week ending last Saturdday , day , the average number of deaths was 8 G 4 , and vwitii with one exception the mortality did not in any case eexcecexceed 941 ; but the present return shows that 961 ideal'deaths were registered last week , making an excess < of svjof s > 7 above the actual average , and of 18 above the savcjiavcinge corrected for increase of population . —Aa ( com ] compared with the results of the preceding week (( end ( ending May 31 ) the present return shows a small < derrderrease in the total number of cases produced by
i epi-i epsueinic diseases , but an increase in those arising i iron from affections ot the respiratory organs . Iothe 1 foro former class the principal complaints are measles , • ffhi which carried off 30 children in the week ; hooping cou cousrh , which was fatal in 47 casos ; scarlatina in IS , IS , » nd typhus in 46 . These epidemics show rather mo ; more than the usual amount of fatality , with the excer cepriou of scarlatina , which does not seem to ha' have been prevailing much of late . The number of is ie-ihs assigned to small pox is 16 , nearly all of th < the ? e having occurred under three years of age . Tli Thi * is not more than the average mortality from sn small pox in the metropolis generally ; but it will he he seen that Mr . Hems , a registrar of Whitechapel , re reports that the disease is exceedingly prevalent ar and fatal in Charlotte-court , situated in his sub di district—that " five children havediedtheir during th the last three weeks , and many others are now
so suffering . " The registrars also mention cases of is t yp-msand scarlet fever that have occurred during tt the week in various localities where overcrowding , ho inadequate drainage , and noxious smells are comp ! plained of . —In the previous week the number of £ fafc . l cases arising from diseases of the organs 0 ' of respiration was 136 , in the last week 161 , tl the latter number being considerably in excess of t ! the corrected average , which is 100 . This class c comprises laryngitis aud laryngismus stridulus , v which number seven cases ; bronchitis , which was f fatal to sixty-four persons , pleurisy to six , pneumo-I nia to seventy-one , and asthma to nine . From I phthisis , or consumption , there wero 146 deathsi an amount of mortality which much preponderates i relatively to that produced by other causes , but is ] not greater than is usually observed in the weekly j account to arise from this disease . —This week the
deaths of two centenarians are returned , the particular * in either case are registered as follows : — At 103 , Heat-street , Mile-end , Old Town , on the 4 th June , a superannuated officer of the Customs , died of " old age , " at the age of 103 years . —At Weavers * Almshouses , Old-streefc-road , Shorcditcb , on 1 st Jane , the widow of a salesman died of " natural decay , " at the ase of 100 years . —The births of 735 boys and 711 gfrls , in all 1446 children were registered in the week . The average number in the six corresponding weeks of l & to-oO was 1345 . — At the Boyal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean
daily reading of the barometer was 30 . 168 in . on Sunday ; the mean of the week was 29 . 840 in . The mean daily temperature on every day except Mondav and Tuesday , when it rose to 53 deg . 5 min . and 60 deg . 8 min ., was under the average of the same day as derived from the results of ten years . On Wednesday and Thursday it was respectively eleven and eight degs . below the average . The mean temperature of the week was fifty-five deg . two mio ., which is three deg . below the average . The wind was generally in the north-east and north on Sunday and Monday , and afterwards was for the most part in the south-west .
Suicide at Westminster Bridge . —On Saturday last Mr . William Carti-r held an inquest at the Hero of Waterloo , Lambeth , on the body of 6 . Powell , aged twenty-three , a confectioner . —Emma Read , of Castle-lane , Pimlico , deposed that on Thursday week she and a young man , with another female , were returning from the Surry Theatre , and whilst crossing Westminster Bridge she saw the deceased leap over the parapet into " the water . In falling she heard his head strike one of the buttress . His hat fell on the foot pavement ; in it was written , " Take this to 25 , Sloane-sqoare , Chelsea . " A lad , named Mansfield , proved finding the body in the River Thames , and assisting In getting it ashore . —Eliza Clark , of 29 , Morpeth-street ,
Bethnal-grecn , identified the body as being that of bet brother . For nearly three months he had been out of employment , and had been during that period living with the different members of his family . On Thursday week be went out with a parcel to book at the Eastern Counties Bailway , but he had not done so , and no one knew what bad become of the parcel . She was of opinion thas ho either lost it or had been robbed , and that event had driven him to desperation . —Yerdict , " Temporary Insanity . " Uxtessivb Tins . —Shortly after twelve o ' clock on Saturday night a fire broke out in the manufactory of Messrs . Crosse and Blackwell , the great Italian warehouse and pickle merchants in
Sohosquare . The premises are very extensive , and run down to Suttoa-street , contiguous to the large shop and house in the square ; but owing to a -wise regulation in the construction of these premises , the doors which enter them from the house are large iron ones , which are closed at the termination of business , thus cutting off all communication by fire to the other portion of the buildings . The fire was entirely confined to the warehouse in which the pickle is manufactured and stored . The premises are insured in two or three fire-offices , and the damage done is supposed to amount to about £ 2 , 000 , there having been a large shipping order completed of the choicest preserves . of
Fibes ix XfuiTECHArEt . —The inhabitants Christian-street , 'Whitechapel , were greatly alarmed on i & o occasions on Saturday last , owing to the sudden outbreak of an equal number of fires upon the extensive premises belonging to Mr . Anthony Scolt , master carman and wheelwright . The first fire broke out about six o ' clock in the morning in the stabling . The flames wero after much trouble extinguished . About four hours afterwards a body of flame was seen to issue from the roof of Mr . Scott ' s private residence , aud upwards of three hours elapsed before the firemen could get the mastery over the fire , and not until the premises were partially destroyed . The origin of either fire is enveloped in obscurity .
Fatai Accidesi . —Between eight and nine o ' clock on Monday evening , a boat , returning with a party of seven persons from Greenwich , in making for ltotherluthe-atairs to land , got athwart the causeway and capsised , immersing the entire party . One , a female , named Emma Somcrrille , of Water , loo-road , Walworth , in her struggles , got out into deep water and was drowned . Supposed Murder . —The mutilated body of an infant was found in an unfinished house in Percysquare , Gierkenwell , on Saturday last . An inquest ¦ was holden at the workhouse of the parish , before Mr . Wak ' ey , M . P ., when the district surgeon , Mr . Taylor , stated that the body was so decomposed that he could not account for its death , and an open verdict to that effect was returned , leaving the further investigation to the police .
Cactox to Omnibus Phopkietoks . —On Saturday last at the Inland Revenue Court , Messrs . Carpenter , proprietors of a Paddington omnibus , were fined £ 20 for going off their licensed line of road , namely , havmg driven one of t ^ eir carriages from it on the Xew-i-oad to the Xouhern line of railway . 3 ? police-constable said the defendants had been frequently plying for hire at the terminus , without any Tight whatever . —The court informed the defendants that it would enforce the penalty unless tiicy showed in a petition some circumstances in mitigation , as it was necasary to enforce the law respecting such vehicles .
Extesjive Robbeht . —Thc police have received information of the stealing of a large and valuable suite of jewellery from the Albion Tavern , Caledonian-road , Islington , thc property of Mr . Bur / iman , consisting of a gold chain with split ring , gold pencil-case and trinkets attached , a mosaic brouoh ( subject , a butteifiy ) , three diamond rings , a tuv quoise ditto , a hair ditto , a gold dittto , sfctwiiha stone ; a diamond snake ditto , a single stone turquoise ditto , a- pebble ditto , a gold brooch , set with ai « ethy ? ts and pearls ; a jet ditto , with hair ; a cornelian ditto ; a pebble diito , with amaihyst in centre ; a snake gold brooch , set with hair ; a gold puzzle ring , a hair bracelet , with gold clasp -, a gold bracelet , two opera glasses , aud other articles .
Orrosmox to the Metropolis Watku Bill . — At the meeting of the St . Pancras Keform Association , or the Committee-room , Derby street , Kiug ' scross—A . ft Concannen , E-q ., in the chair—Air . Worrell brought forward a resolution calling the attention of the vestry to the bill now in progress through the House of " Commons , for the supply of - water to the metropolis , and exj-res-ing a wish that the vestry would use its influence to prevent the ostablisbment of a monopoly which cannot-fill to prove injurious io tbe ratepayers . Mr . Worrell contended that if the act was once settled upon the people , they would get noredociion in the price of water . Why should the water companies be purchased r Tnere was nothing to prevent the-batcher or the baker from , competing with others d his trade , and why was it that in water there should be
nt £ L ? Y-a Vs 0 litct < - <» Wes received anim-$ ' ££$$ 0 ' £ 2 ? f '> ih * government , by * 2 i- -i' ™ uld g" * -antee to the present a ^ wr swsws jsr & tf waile £ i « , « G 0 a vcar is to so for on'i .. ' meats , but when all these lave bS ^ X ^ S for , and the expenses diminished under S £ management , the shareholders were tn I ' Lli T mOm ^^ nnsp ^ mellZlll ^ So ^ sums to ve allowed by the water companies for * ho boo ** sccanfr . The two large comp ^ deM l * t supply the Suriey Side , the Lambeth and the gouthwark and Yauxhall , competed VJ ich other ; thc viyerage price of the competing * Com 5 . a-:.: < Ss was 20 s . per house , or 41 d . per £ o 00 " : ' l . vfcjltr the seven monopoly companies char « ed ~ 3 . 5 s ' per h ^ use , or 6 § d . per 1 , CW gal . —The resolution
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as carried , —Mr . Edwin James , Mr . Phinn , and Mr . Ellis have been retained to conduct the inquiry in support of the bill on behalf of the government before the select committee . A Novel Mode op Sparrow Shooting . —On Saturday afternoon last ; two men of colour , apparently Hindoos , and exceedingly well attired , were observed "Jtilling lima" by amusing themselves in "killing sparrows , " which acts they achieved in the following singular manner : — Having taken up their position in " Cumberland Hay-market , near the Regent ' s Park , where the above birds are pretty numerous , they waited until the game settled on some spot within the reach of their projectile range , when , by applying a bamboo cane to their
mouths , they dismissed a sbot at the object of their aim , which , in five instances out of six , was sure to be attended with fatal effects . The pellets they made use of for tbe above purpose consisted of hard clay , resembling greatly boy ' s marbles ; and it was truly astonishing to notice with what accuracy and precision these expert fowlers struck the birds at which they levelled their deadly tubes . When within fifteen paces of thc object their aim proved unerring , and during the short interval of time they continued to exercise their sportive pursuit they managed to secure nearly two dozen sparrows , which they consigned to a small basket , and walked out of the market , apparently highly gratified with the result of their remunerative adventure . Sjxgdlar Death from Lock-jaw . —An inquest
was held on Wednesday , by Mr . W . Carter , the coroner , at the Rising Sun , Old Kent-road , as to the death of James Bagley , aged forty-four , who died from lock-jaw . The evidence went to prove that the deceased was proceeding to a friend ' s house , when be slipped and fell to the ground with great violence , whereby he sustained a slight injury of the nose . He was placed under the care of a surgeon , but notwithstanding every attention symptoms of lock-jaw intervened . He gradually sank , and died from tetanus , resulting from the injury to thc nose , which no medical skill could eheck . The deceased was a-sboemaker , but bad been greatly reduced in bis circumstances . Verdict—" Died from tetanus , or lock-jaw , caused by an accidental fall . "
Suicide at Strasd-os-the-Grekn . —On Wednesday night an injuest was held at Mr . Cough ' s , the Steam-packet Tavern , Strand-on-the-Green , Chiswick , before Mr . H . M . Wakley , upon the body of Mr . Samuel Thorrington , aged fifty-eight , a coalmerchant and barge-master , lately residing at Hillcottage . The catastrophe has excited much sensation in the locality , the deceased being comparatively a stranger , but well-known at Windsor , as carrying on business there many years . The general report was that ho was living apart from his wife , and had done so for some years , allowing her a separate maintenance . She came to his house during his temporary absence at Brighton , and on his return he took no notice of her , and wandered
about the neighbourhood for several days , declining to go home , where he had a very aged mother , and he had previously said that if ever his wife came to him he would destroy himself . Thc first witness called was Sophia Thorrington , the deceased ' s widow , who stated she came home on Monday evening , but the deceased and herself were the only persons in the house . About- eight o'clock she went into a room occupied solely by tho deceased , and in which be transacted business , and asked him for an envelop to enclose a letter she had been writing to one of her daughters who is living at Windsor , and he said * ' I won ' t give you one , " and went into an adjoining bed-room , and tho witness wentbacktoherroomand satdown . Inafewminutes he walked in , holding a pistol in bis right band , and exclaimed , " Now , old girl , the time has come . "
She fearing that he was about to murder her , rushed towards him , caught hold of the pistol with one hand , whilst with the other she opened the front door and ran into the garden and called out " Murder—police . " A policeman was passing at the time , and as he -was entering the garden the report of a pistol was heard by both of them , and she returned to her husband ' s room with tho policeman , and found deceased lying on the sofa weltering in his blood , and tho pistol grasped in his right hand . He was then struggling in the agonies of death . Dr . Holdness , of Windsor , had attended him for fifteen years ; had said he was decidedly insane , and ought io bounder confinement . He appeared always anxious for business , and closely attended to it . After hearing some other evidence the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . "
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Shocking Suicide at Bbightojj . —On Monday a coroner ' s inquest was held at the Crown Inn , Grafton-street , on view of the body of Mr . Thomas J , Hodges , a gentleman who bad been more than ten years connected with the firm of Lcvick , Brothers , King ' s Arms-yard , Moorgate-street , London . A female relative ofthe deceased was the principal witness , and she stated that thc deceased , within the iast twelvemonths , had shown symptoms of insanity , which appeared soon after his father ' s death . On Friday night he became very ill , and , during her temporary absence from hisvoom , he jumped through the window , fa'ling from a height of thirty feet . He lingered till Saturday night , and then died from the injuries he received in the fall . Verdict— " TempO « rarv insanity . "
The Ballot wanted . —A carpenter of the name ofD . ish , who gave his vote to Mr . Dawes , at the late Isle of Wight election , has been discharged by his employer for so doing . He was unblusbingly asked , " Who told you to vote for Dawes ? 1 did not !'' If electors require protection at the hustings from tbe violence of a mob , how much more does a poor man with a family require protection from the tyranny of those who would starve for conscientiously discharging a public duty ? The ballot will go f ar to accomplish b . ' > th these desired ends . Macclesfikid . —Mr . Williams , one of tbe members for this borough , is at present suffering from severe illness .
The Late Accident on the Brighton Railwav . —A coroner ' s inquest was held on Monday at tbe Sussex County Hospital , on view of the body of SaniutlJaclrson , * who met bis death by the train running off the line on Friday last between Falmer and Lewes . —Mr . Balchin , station-master at the Brighton terminus , having been called to identify the body , the only evidence which the Coroner thought it necessary to take was that of Mr . Fcnfold , the house-surgeon , who described tbe-hppearance of Jackson when he was brought in , which was of a frightful character . The witness stated that Jackson told him he was breaking coke when he suddenly felt the oscillation of the engine and did not see any obstruction on the line . —The Coroner told the jury tbat it would be better to adjourn till after the inquiry at Lewes on tbe other bodies . In the course of the inquiry Mr . Cell , the coroner , said the inquiry at Lewes did not seem to affect more than one person criminally , and he would not get awa v .
Drkaoegl Bou . m Explosios . —On Saturday morning last the boiler of a steam engine erected on the premises of the Starveall Colliery , at King'swood , Gloucestershire , and situate about five miles from this city , burst with a fearful explosion ! involving a large sacrifice of human life . The utmost consternation was excited in the neighbourhood , and several of'the sufferers were promptly conveyed to the Royal Bristol Infirmary , while others were SO severely injured tbat they could not be moved . It appears that thc engine in question has now been at work for a very considerable period , and the proprietor , Mr . Brain , had determined on taking out the old boiler and substituting a new one in its place ; and Saturday morning was the last time it was
intended tbat the old boiler should be used , as it was arranged that the new boiler should be put up on Whit Monday . As , however , that day is usually kept as a holiday by the colliers , in ' order . to get forward it was determined on that morning'to take down the brickwork from the old boiler , aud as the men were in the act of removing it the boiler exploded , injuring severely , ; if hot fatally , fif'een of the men . Three have since died at the liristol Infirmary , and it is stated tbat others are also dead at Kinaswood . The whole of the poor fellows were dreadfully scalded and otherwise severely injured , tbe copper being torn from its bed , and a quantity of the machinery , with burning coals , & c ., being scattered in evary direction . Air . Brain
was present at the time tbe accident cccurred , ' and immediately despatched messengers for medical assistance , and in a short time Mr . Biggs , of Kiugswond , Mr . Grace , of Dowj . end , and Mr . IVeddle , of Fishponds , were on thesjot , and did all in their power to alleviate the . sufferings of the unhappy men . Some of them were placed on beds , in carts and despatched to the Bristol Infirmary ; but the majority , at their own request were taken to their own homes . Mr . Brain himself had a i arrow escape—his hat was knocked' off , he was thrown to the ground senseless , and his right hand much injured . The engineer and his sou were also dangerously wounded , tbe skin being literally torn from their bodies . The majority of the suftciers are married men with large families . Mr . Brain states that the engine at the colliery had completed its
work—that he had ordered a man to shut down tbe engine , aud had sent thc men to another pit to go up , when bis bailiff requested him to wait a few minutes , and he would send a messenger to the men to come up , and so prevent tbe men from having to go a distance of three-quarters of a mile under gr / mnd ; and there were twenty-five men and hoys altogether present when the boiler , exploded . The explosion is supposed to be owing to an accumulation of steam while thc engine was standing still . Th » following is a list of the killed and w . iindtd : — Dead . —Daniel Mountain , John Burchell , jun .. and William Burchell . Dangerously scalded . —Fiancis Bryant , James Long James Ricketts , John Burchell . sen ., Samuel Bryant , Abraham Gelding , aud Joseph Wiltshire . —Latkr Particvlabs . —Three cr . uers of the sufferers have died , ; making seven unhappy beings wh « have already met with their deaths Urom that calamitous occurrence . It is to be feared
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that this * will not be the full extent of the catastrophe , as there is not tbe slightest probability that John Burchell , the elder , who was the engineer of the works , can survive the dreadful injuries under which he is now suffering . The names of the men at present dead are : Francis Bryant , aged sixty-four , who was dreadfully scalded and received tws extensive cuts on the head from portions of the masonry ; W . Burchell and John Burchell , junior , sons of the engineer ; Daniel Mountain ( who was so shockingly scalded all over bis person that portions of bis flesh came off with his clothes ); James Rickett ? , Joseph Long , the bailiff of the pit , and Samuel Bryant . With one exception they are all married men , and have left families . The inquest on five of the seven
bodies was commenced on Monday at the Rose and Crown Tavern , St . George ' s , before W . Joyner Ellis , Esq . The coroner , after the jury had been sworn , said that by a recent act of parliament coroners were prohibited from proceeding with inquests on the bodies of persons killed in connexion with the working of collieries , until they had given two days ' notice of the same to one of her Majesty ' s principal Secretaries of State . As soon as the occurrence of the explosion was communicated to him , he at once addressed a letter to Sir George Grey , who , he doubted not , would send down a government inspector to attend the inquiry . Pending the arrival of that officer Or the expiry of the notice allowed by law , be could not take any evidence , and their proceedings that day would be limited to viewing the bodies , and making a minute and careful
examination of the boiler and the scene of the accident . That duty discharged , he should adjourn so as to afford time for tbe attendance of the inspector . The jury then proceeded to view the bodies of the sufferers and the works , one glance at which sufficed to show the terrible violence of the explosion . The engine house was reduced to a heap of ruins , the boiler torn to pieces , aud fragments of the masonry and ironwork scattered in all directions . Thirteen men connected with the working of the colliery had a very narrow escape of their lives , as when the explosion took place they were just on the point of entering the bucket to be drawn up the shaft of the pit . Had the explosion occurred as they were being hauled up they must have been precipitated to the botton of tho pit , and had they been landed they would have doubtless shared the fate of their unhappy fellow workmen .
ACCIDEST OH THE EdST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY , —The following are the particulars of a melancholy accident which happened on the 6 th inst . on the above line : —It appears that a few miles from Ormskirk a number of men have been for some time past employed on some earth works of the company , bat in charge of tbe contractor . In order to remove the earth away a great number of trucks are obliged to be used . On that afternoon' a train , consisting of several trucks , was proceeding along the line at an exceedingly moderate pace , and when between Burscouga and Rufford several of the ballast waggons were literally dashed to atoms , and the parties who were in charge of the train were all more or less hurt . A man named Richard Kirby was forced out of one of the trucks , and falling between'that and tbe nest was fearfully cut and mangled . When he
was extricated life was found to be quite extinct . Another man , supposed to be named George Franklin , who was in the same truck as the unfortunate deceased , was also terribly cut and wounded . A number of other men , although much hurt , are , it is expected , not fatally injured . After some time the trucks were got off the line , when an examimx : tion was made with a view of ascertaining the cause of the casuality . Very few minutes were required to learn that , for on inspecting the axle of the truck . in which the poor fellow was who has been killed , it was found to have broken near the centre . When that took place the truck was doubtless thrown upon its side over the rails ; and the speed with which the train was proceeding , ahbough moderate , was sufficient to cause the weight of the waggons behind to smash those in front . A fracture of some
considerable extent must have been m the axle for some time , which is clearly perceptible from the rusty state it was in . That it should . have lasted so long without parting is a matter o f astonishment to all who have seen it ; and the officials of the line are of opinion that those in charge of the ballast trains had not properly examined the axle , otherwise they must have detected the imperfection . The axle is now doubled up similar to a piece o f common lead pipe when subjected to a little pressure . The mutilated remains of the deceased were taken to the Railway Inn . The unfortunate roan has left a widow and three or four children totally unprovided for .
The Goto Dust Robbery . —Winckustbu . —On Monday , Mr . Charles Seagrim ( the mayor ) and a number of the city magistrates , met at Winchester Gaol , to conclude the formal reading and the completion of the evidence of several witnesses who were not present at the last examination . . Mr . Field , the inspector of the detective police , was . first examined , and then Mr . Jennings , the checking , clerk in the Southampton Dock Company ' s employ . Mr . Barber ' s evidence with respect to the piece of black cloth found on the prisoner was , read , and the evidence of two warders who had ; discovered it , and had not been previously examined , was taken ; after which the prisoner was finally committed . The witness Jennings proved the extraordinary fact that thc box found had never received the Customhouse seal .
Whitsuntiug . —An ancient ceremonial , which for a long course of years has fallen into desuetude , was on Monday revived in Lichfield . Many centuries ago , there < vas held annually , in the city close , on Whit-Monday , a "Court of Array , or View of Men at Arias , " which ended in a frolicsome pageant , consisting of athletic games , feasting , and other festive amusement ., With the increased facilities for . approaching the city , consequent on the opening of the Trent Valley and North and South Staffordshire rail ways , the authorities determined to revive this time honoured festivity . Accordingly , on Monday , the mayor , assisted by thc civic dignitaries , left the Guildhall in grand state , at eleven -o ' clock , followed by an imposing procession , consisting of knights , on horseback , clad in " complete armour , " , with their attendant esquires and pages , bands of music , morris
dancers , town fool , aud Maid . Marian , to & ether with several thousand of the populace , who had flocked in by trains from all parts of the district . The procession finally halted at tbe " Green-bill Bower , " where a handsome collation was served lup , presided over by the mayor , Mr . John Mott . Thereafter the public were admitted to the " Hill , " which presented a scene of great gaiety and merriment , with which the proceedings of the day terminated . . Opening of the Vai , e of Neath Raixway . — The 18 th of the present month , the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo , has bien fixed on as the period for the opening of this line . This anniversary has likewise been chosen as the opening day of the South Wales line from Gloucester to Chepstow , so tbat the junction between the former city and Swansea will then be completed . .
Extraordinary . Suicide . —On tho , 6 th instant an inquest was held tit Black Notley , by Wrsi . Codd , Esq ., coroner , on the body of William Wyno , a small farmer , and constable . of that place , who had committed suicide by cutting his throat . Thecase was attended by circumstance ' s of ah ; awful nature , The wound in the throat was so large that a man's double fist might , bo placed . in it ; hut it appears that after inflicting it on himself he actually walked a distance of seventeen or ' eighteen ° rods . The widow of the deceased stated that she first noticed indications of insanity in her husband on the previous Saturday , and on Wednesday , last the outbreak took place , which terminated in his selfdestruction . She recounted the particulars of »
long and futile struggle which she had on that day with the madman , for the purpose of preventing him from getting possession , of a box of knives which was in the house . Finding she was unable to do so , site rati tor assistance , but before she could obtain any her husband ' --inflicted several dreadful- wounds upon his throat ' . —James Card proved that Mrs . Wynn came screaming to the barn , and on running to the' yard , he found the deceased in a stooping posture , forcing the knife into his throat with both hands .- When witness got close he seized the Knife and snatched it from him , and going to the door flung'it in ; but" when he returned to him . he found be had got another knife in bis hand . This ; was taken from' him , and auothei
labourer coming , up , witness-rati for the- doctor . — Mr .. N . Dixon , surgeon , of Braintree , said , I found the deceased in a pasture near his . ' house , and closi .-to a pond , from which Jt was . stated he had . just been takeu . His . throat was cut , ; and-, he was quite dead . The throat was completel y cut through , and at thc lower part there were appearances , such as would be produced by repeated plunges of a knife . The wounds were such as might have been made by himself ; but I believe it to have been impossible for him , with such / . wound , to have . walked from the yard to the pond , whore he was found , the windpipe , msophagus , iliac : artery , and jugular vein , being completely divided ; be must , 1 ' should imagine , have made the principal , incision . when close to the pond . —John Swailow , the labourer , who bad come to Card ' s assistance , said , after Card
van for .. the doctor , I saw -deceased sharpening a knife upon a -piece of tile , I wenttowards him , and withm three paces of him , but I was afraid to go near him , and I then beckoned my mate Collard , who was in . the ficW , and he came , as . also Mrs . Adams , but none of us went very , near him . lie then walked fast towards a pond ,. some rods distance from the house , with a . knife in his ri"ht hand , and we all then followed him , but did not ° gn nearer to bim than fifteen or sixteen yards . When be got to the pond he flung himself , iu . . 1 then ran for a . dung crome and a rake .: I got a rake , and on going to tbe . pond , which was five or six i ' cet in depth we could i . ot see him , but . soon raked him up . lie was quite dead . —Thc Coroner read over the evidence , commenting upon the circumstances of the case , and the jury , returned a verdict of " Temporary Mental Derangement . "
The Fuskkai , or tub lath Eahi , op Siiaftksbww . —On Monday the mortal remains of the Earl of Shaftesbury were removed from St . Giles ' s
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House , Cranbourn , Dorset , iot the purpose of interment in the family vault at Cranbourn Church , a short distance from the hall . The funeral was unaccompanied by any ostentatious display , and the mournful ceremony was in every respect conducted simply and solemnly . Isie op Wight Eiecwon-. —Chauge op Manslaughter . —The Ryde Bench of Magistrates have committed a man named Alfred Pressley , to the Winchester assizes for the manslaughter of Mr . Cole on the first day of polling , at the recent election .
Omw Am Preaching . —A Clergyman Mobbed . —A disgraceful and violent attack was made upon the Rev . R . W . Wolseley , Curate of St . John ' s Church , Liverpool , on Sunday evening , whilst that gentleman was conducting an open air service in Standish-street , leading frem Great Crosshair street . Mr . Wolseley had discoursed for some time from the 5 th chapter of St , Mark , the 22 nd and succeeding verses , when Michael Kelly , an Irishman , who appeared to be intoxicated , began to make use of gross and insulting language , and eventually succeeded in inciting a mob of low and disorderly people , who bad collected round , to make an attack upon the clergyman . A rush was made to the chair upon which Mr . Wolseley was standing ; it
was dragged from under him , and the rev . gentleman would have fallen upon his face had he not been caught in the arras of ConoIIy , 4 G 0 , who , with Rimmer , another policeman , came up at the tiine . Fitzpatrick , a second Irishman , behaved with exceeding violence , attempted to strike Mr . Wolseley , and was heard threatening to kill him . He was therefore apprehended on the spot . The officers had some difficulty in conveying Mr . Wolseley safely through the mob , and even when they had deposited him in a neighbouring coffee house , the infuriated people outside threatened to pull the building down . Ultimately order was restored . Fitzpatrick was fined 40 s . and costs , or twenty-one days ' imprisonment .
Committal of the Daughter of a Naval Okficrb for FfiLONr . —Mrs . Robinson , the wife of a gentleman connected with the mercantile service , at present in command of a large vessel trading to the East Indies , and daughter of Lieut . Vallack , R . N ., residing at 16 , Caroline-Place , Stonehouse , was on thc 6 th inst . committed for trial on a charge of larceny . It appears that a Mrs . Westlake resided in the adjoining house , and kept a respectable seminary . From some cause the domestic servants of the two parties quarrelled , in which their mistresses took part , and for some time past Mrs . Westlake , who is a widow lady , having only her son and servant residing with her , has been subject to the most extraordinary annoyances , the most glaring of which was the
constant breaking of the glass of her kitchen , which had been so frequent , and to such an extent , that in despair she had given up repairing the damage , and the result was that every pane of glass was destroyed . In addition to this injury , she has recentl y missed several articles from her kitchen without being able to discover by whom they were removed . On Saturday ; night , the , 31 st ultimo , Mrs . Westlake herself assisted the servant in some of the domestic arrangements in the kitchen , and after fastening the window of the apartment , the whole family retired to rest . On . the servant entering the kitchen on the following morning , she discovered the window wide open , and many articles which had been left there the preceding night missing—among others , a tea pot , sugar basin
, a Join of lamb , and half a pound of butter . The extent of this depredation created great consternation . The news soon spread that Mrs . Westlake's house had been robbed , and her neighbours called to condole with her on her loss and annoyance . Among the visitors was Miss Caroline Woo / ridge , daughter of Captain Woolridge , R . N . While this lady and Mrs . Westlake were in conversation , their attention was arrestedby a loud voice in tbe garden , and on going to the window were surprised to sec a saucepan rolling down tbe steps . This was followed by a loin of lamb being thrown over the wall which separates the gar den of the prosecutrix from that of Mrs . Robinson ; next came a wooden tray ; then a teapot , and
subsequentlyanoiljar . On this , Mrs . Westlake , by the advice of her friends , applied to the magistrates for a warrant to search the house of her neighbour , which being granted , was placed in the hands of Nathan , one of the officers of the police , who , in company with another of the force , visited Mrs . Robinson ' s house early on the following ( Monday ) morning . On searching the house , a sugar basin , the property of Mrs .-Westiake was found , and Mrs . Robinson was apprehended . The bench committed the prisoner for trial at the' next general quarter sessions for the county , offering , however , to admit her to hail , on providing two sureties for her appearance in £ 50 each .
Attempted Mukder and Suicide at . Leeds . — On Wednesday William Scott , a whitesmith , was brought before the Leeds magistrates to answer the charge of having shot at a woman named Mary Widdop , with intent to murder her . The prisoner was in business for himself in a respectable way , and for some time before the occurrence had been on - friendly terms with Mrs . Widdop , who is the wifo of a gardener , residing in B ( ackman-Iano , Leeds . On the morning of the 21 st March he went into Widdop ' s bouse , and after sitting down , as he had often done before , near tho tiro ,-he pulled out a pistol , which he discharged at Mrs . Widdop , muttering something which she did not hear . The discharge of . tho pistol wounded Mrs . Widdop , in the side , and she ran out very much alarmed . On the appearance of a neighbour , Scott , who still
remained in the house , discharged the contents of another pistol at himself , by which he . was seriously wounded , and he has been under medical treatment in the Leeds Infirmary ever since . Prosecutrix , in her evidence , said that she did not think prisoner intended to shoot her . She had before this affair noticed an alteration in prisoner ' s manners .. Both he and his wife had told prosecutrix about some pecuniary loss which ho had sustained , and he appeared much depressed . Several witnesses were examined , and many of them spoke of prisoner ' s eccentricities , which they attributed to loss of money and ill-health . After a protracted . hearing the prisoner- was remanded for tbe , magistrates ' decision . One or two respectable persons came forward to speak to prisoner ' s previous good
ohaructev-Tkb Murder at Warrixgtox . —Bridget Lyons , who was under sentence of death for the murder of Margaret JFahey , at Warrington , and whoso husband was executed it short time ago , has received a pardon . Sho is to be transported for life . The late Accidesi ox the MiDUNn Countiks Railway . —On Wednesday a large reward was offered for the apprehension of Samuel Stretton , of Derby , the engine-driver on the Midland Counties Railway , charged on the verdict ofthe coroner ' s jury with the manslaughter of John Meynell , Esq ., and Mr . J . Blake . Stretton absconded immediately after the catastrophe , and ia believed to bo trying to get out of the country . .
Singular Charge against a University Student . —On- Saturday last , before the Cambridge County Bench , Mr . Denny , a flyman , charged William' -Henry Tarte , student of Magdalen College , with stealing a horse and clarence . Mr . Denny said that on Wednesday evening a gentleman of the University hired . his horse and clarence to go to Harston , and employed his servant , William Clark , to drive him . On arriv ' mg-at Harston , the gentleman called out " halt , " and , at the same moment , Mr . 'farce sprang on the box , gave Clark 5 a . and a note , saying , "This is my property , hop off . ' Clark replied , " I shall stick to my rein-i , "
whereupon Mr . Tarte kicked him completely off tho box into the road . Clark hurried back and informed his master , and they both took a pony gig and commenced a pursuit . At Ware they discovered that the horse and clarence had been sent to London by rail ; but Mr . Tarto was secured by the superintendent of the Herts rural police . The defence was , that Mr . Tarte lodged with Mr . Denny ,. sen ., arid wishing to do young Denny a favour , had bought a horse- and clarence for the purpose of letting , but finding there was no . probability of getting the value of them ; Mr . Tarto had adopted tins novel s .-heme of possessing himself of his own property . —Case dismissed .
Coalpit Explosiox near Barnslev , —We , regret to announce that another fearful explosion from lire-damp took place about a mile from Barns ' . ey , on Monday last , at the works called the A ' rdsley Colliery , belonging io Messrs . Firth ; Bailey ; and Co . This colliery was the scene of the disastrous explosion which took ' place four years , ago when upward * of seventy poor fellows . paid tho . forfeilure of their lives ; - ' and since that period a partial discontinuance of the works has taken place until recently . Thrre men only have , however , been working in the pit ff'im timeto time ; and on Monday they pursued their cccupation ss usual until the shift arrived at twelve o ' clock . The three men were being let down the shaft , which is 2 Si yards deep ; and when about eighty yards from the bott-m a terrific explosion suddenly took place , the tire-damp rushed up tbe shaft with frightful violence , and issued at the top
like thc eruption of a volcano . Two of the poor ft [ lows , on being brought to the top , were found to he dreadfully _ burnt , ,-md of comve quite dead . Their companion , however , had been thrown from the basket and ' precipitated to the bottom , f rom whence there is Httle . hope . of his recovery , at all events / or some time to , come , as the . water at the bottom is more than twelve feet deep . ' The unfortunate man ( whose name is Thomas Billington ) was not regularly engaged to work'in the pit , but had gone as ' a substitute on Monday in lieu of acon .-piiuion who wan attending " a club dinner . Tiro of his brothers lost iheir lives when the explosion took place in the Ardsley pit , four years since . The other two men tire named Charles Richards and James B & i ' . ey , and have left wives and families upprovided for . There is a very genera ) impression in tlie district that the occurrence is the result of mismanagement . —Manchester Guardian .
Suspected Murder at Haltwiustle . —Mr . Stephen Reed , the coroner for South Northumberland , held an adjourned' inquest on tlie body of Thomas Teasdale , a f armer , at Halt-whistle , on Monday . It was again adjourned to allow the re-
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mains of a former husband t ? f Mrs . Teasdale s to be exhumed . It has been burfflt ! between eleven and twelve years . The facts of thi > mysterious case are these : — Teasdale was a small yeomen , living at a hamlet called Kilioe , near to Feth <> : rStone Castle . He had been a widower , but married M > - Teasdale some time after her first husband ' s oWh . Teasdale and his wife had led an unhappy life u gcther > and he had often complained to his relatives the violence of his wife ' s temper , and that she had threatened to poison or stab him . Teasdale b ^ d been poorly during the winter , but was taken seriously ill , with all the symptoms of having taken . i mineral poison , in tbe latter part of April . Mr . Smith , surgeon , of Haltwhistle , attended him , and
came to that conclusion , and treated him for it . During his illness Teasdale was visited by his relatives and the vicar ofthe parish , to whom be spoke ofthe peculiar nature of his disorder and complained of a burning heat and violent pulsation across his stomach . He vomited very much during his illness , and what he threw up had a strong unpleasant odour . The only regular female attendant upon Teasdale was Ms wife , and the food that ho took during his illness was principally milk . Some of the milk Teasdale vomited Mr . Smith procured and forwarded to Dr . Charlton , of Newcastle ; but that gentleman being out of town , it was not sent to Dr . Glover for two or three days , and before the result of tbat gentleman ' s analysis reached Haltwhistle , Theasdalo was dead . Dr . Glover detected
arsenic in the vomited milk . A post mortem examination of the body of Teasdale was made , and the stomach and its contents sent to Dr . Glover . That gentleman gave the result of his analysis on Monday , which was that Teasdale had been poisoned by arsenic . Previous to his death , and during his illness , Teasdale appeared in a collected frame of mind , He made his will , and expressed a desire tbat another medical man should be called in to consult with Mr , Smith , which was done . There is a considerable amount of rumour about the sudden death of Mrs . Teasdale's former husband , who was a person much older than her ; and to allow of a full investigation into tho case , the jury reserved their verdict until his remains were disinterred and examined .
Attempted Muruek at Wolverhampton . —On Tuesday a navigator , named James Sones , about thirty-five years of age , was charged with having attempted to murder a female ot tbe name of Caroline Morris , the . previous night , by cutting her throat . The woman remaining in a very dangerous state , and but little hopes being entertained of her recovery , an application for a- remand was granted . Her depositions have been taken in tbe presence of the prisoner , whom she swears as to being the person who committed the deed . The prisoner and his victim have been living together for some time
past at various towns in Staffordshire , but the woman deserted' him about three weeks back , and came to the above town , whither the prisoner came on Monday , and made inquiries at several places to endeavour to find her . In the evening he discovered her at a house of resort for persons of an abandoned character , and called her into a yard at the back ofthe public house , where , without speaking a word to her , he cut her throat from ear to ear . When taken into custody he acknowledged tbat he had committed the crime , and expressed a regret that he had not also destroyed himself . Siiooiiifo at A Police Officer at Leeds . —
James Morton , a cotton weaver , from Ince , near Wigan , Lancashire , was on Wednesday committed for trial at York assizes , for shooting at Mirficld , one of the police officers of Leeds . EiTJUOHWNAiir Escape . —On Wednesday evening as a train was proceeding between Nuneaton and Atherstone , the engine-driver observed an elderly man cross the line within a distance of a few yards from the engine . The train , which was running at a rapid speed , almost instantly passed over him , and proceeded a distance of 400 yards before it could be stopped . The engine-driver , fearing the man was
cut in pieces , immediately ran back to tbe spot , where he was seen lying between the rails , but before he reached the p lace the man rose from the ground and walked into an adjoining field . On being questioned , be said he was a farmer ' s labourer , and was returning from work , and that thinking he could cross the line before the train arrived , he attempted to do so . It appears , however , that he owes his wonderful escape to the fact of his feet catching the outer rail , which threw him between the two rails ; and although a bundle of sticks he was carrying was broken to pieces , he did not sustain flip . shVhtftst . ininrv .
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CtAOKMANSAN ASD KlNttOSS ELECTION . —The polling in connexion with tbe election for tlie united counties of Clackmannan and Kinross terminated on Friday , and the result has been the-return ' of Mr . Johnstone of Alva , by a majority of sixty-five over his opponent , Mr . Adam , of Blah-Adam . AnGYLESMiiE Elkction . —The election of a representative for the countv ' of Argyle , vacant by the elevation of Duncan M'Neill , Esq ., to the bench , took fdace on Friday , at Inverary , the county ( own . Mr . M'Lachlan , the convener , proposed Sir Archibald Islay Campbell , and the nomination was sewmded by Mr . Colin Campbell , junr ,, of Stonefield . No other candidate having been proposed , Sir Archibald Campbell was accordingly declared duly elected .
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CATHOLIC UEFENCE ASSOCIATION . —The Earl ot Arundel and Surrey has given a conditional adhesion to" The Catholic Defence Association . " His lordship will join , provided the rules and regulations meet with tbe approval of the spiritual pastors and masters of tho Roman Catholic population . TuETipperary " aggregate " meeting was more remarkable for the refusal of the Roman Catholic High Sheriff—Mr . Ryan , of Inch—to comply with the requisition for convening it , than for any other circumstance connected withTit , The local Roman Catholic organs describe it as having been a most important demonstration of popular feeling , but a correspondent of the Evening Mail gives a very different account of the proceedings .
The Census . —The Cork porter states tbat the census returns will show an increase of 2 , 000 in the population of Cork . The population of Tralee has been diminished to the same amount ; and it is stated by the Mayo Telegraph , that there is a falliugoff in that county of full forty per cent . The Potato Crop . —The Cifore Journal states that fears are entertained lor the safety of the potato crop . About three miles from Eunis , nearly three acres of potatoes had their stalks shrivelled and turned black one night last week .
Discovery op a Mordkr . —A woman named Fleming , residing at Kilkeasy , in the county of Kilkenny , has voluntarily informed thc police of tbat district of a murder committed about Christmas 1847 . She stated tbat she chanced to pass the door ( i John Walsh , at ; Castlegannon , and turned for the purpose of going in , but . drew back in terror upon beholding the body of Walsh ' s brother-in-law , Thomas Ball , a cow jobber , lying dead and covered with blood on the floor , and Walsh and his daughter making ready to remove it by tbe back door , She contrived to get away without being observed , and upon reaching home informed ber husband of what she bad beheld . He strictly enjoined her never to divulge ibe circumstances , and during his life she kept the pledge . On
inquiry the police found many circumstances to corroborate this report , for Ball had been suddenly missed from the locality at the period indicated , and when he was known to have ; had with him a large sum of money . It had , however , been supposed that he went privately to America . Walsh and his daughter were arrested and committed for further examination by J . De Montmorency , Esq ., J . l \ , and a search having been made at the house at Castlegannon , a skeleton was discovered , buried a'few yards distance from the b . ick door . There is but slender room left for ; . doubt that this was the body of Bull . An inquest was lield on the ' body , when a verdict of " Wilful Murder . " was returned against Walsh , who was committed for trial .
The Emigration Movkmkst . —The Cork Constitution announces : a great check to the progress of emigration from that port to America . Only four orfive vessels are now at the quays thcre , ar . d it is -with difficulty the requisite number of emigrants can be made up . " From G-alway two vessels sailed hat week with over 200 emigrants on board . Altogether 2 , 327 emigrants sailed from that , port alone since the 1 st of April . Rephrskntation or Loom—The DimdaJft Democrat says , " it is ' whispered' about , in several quarters , that Mr . 11 . M . Bellew is to be sent to Florence to fill the place vacant by Mr . Shell ' s death ; and that Lord Beliew ' s sou and heir , who attained his majority on Tuesday last , will start for the representation of the county of Louth , " .
Spine very heavy falls of snow . look place in tbe north last week , and several districts , especially the hills , have been covered with snow some inches deep . I he Aatton announces that the next general meeting or the Tenant League will be held on the banks of tbe Boyne , at the site of the memorable battle , and that the men of tbe north and south will rally on the occasion round the obelisk whkh commemorates the victory of William 111 . Ribbon notices have been sewed unon some active members of the police force in Westintath . One . is to the following tffecl- . r-V Sargt . Mojw We give you warnmanot ( o meddle or allow . your men to be so dutiful , jf yon do , mark the consequence . You will not be named again / . ' -Wicklow Boys . "
Goveukmknt Rewahd . —A reward of £ 50 has been ofteied b y the government for the discovery of thc armed party who fired shots into the dwelling house of Michael Young , ' a Scriptuie Reader , residing at Clonoughill , near Par ; ontown . The LiTit Assault on a Magistrate . —Ballisasloe . —At the Petty Sessions , held on Saturday las- , Mr . Fitzgerald read a letter of apology which he had received from Mr . Hugh Fortescue , after which tbe latter was discharged .
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Reformation in Dublin . —On Whit Snmt ^ persons ' renounced and abjured the errors nf il % under the spiritual direction of the R . J * . ° Pth Scott , and received the Holy Communis , ' ¦ ** % Thomas ' s Church . One of the ccnvX ° V 4 Andrew Hopkins , late parish priest of Kill B p ' « t North , diocese of KilJaIa .-2 W « / w ? ore . ^ Representation of Kinsale , —Fathpi . vr the parish priest of Kinsale , referrine tiT Sfo from that town , says :- " We are still m ; a n pet « i < i " a by Mr . Benjamin Hawes , although wehave ? I t ! 4 called upon him to surrender the trust of S ? H
U , js provea himself so eminently unwQvtw " k . bigL" privilege be uses , by his votes , to in i \ pr ^ ss , and injure those who conferred it 1 ' HShould h , despite the indignant rem Mtran ° \ electors' anJ < inhabitants of Kinsale , com " of"n dishonourable course of conduct , the did" ? - ^ Parliament—wiu'ch cannot be far distant ^ ' ° « i them the means 01 ample redress . Neith .. „ . ™ nJ Utor ofthe most ' 80 k ° mn pledges , nor am ? « ^ of the perfidious minuter whom }) e baseh Pp 0 t | f f shall ever more obtain A footing in the hn , *** % Kinsale . " ^ SUf The Highway to the Wbst . —It j 3 ann that the arrangements are cob , dieted for 0 JzH Mid / and Great Western Railway to GalJv St ^ 1 st ot August . The Earl of Clarendon has e ^ bis readiness to attend the inaugural i / eretaam , s ^ Official AppoittTMBSTs . - ' ihe Gassttt ofV .
day night officially notifies the apnoitifm "fit r . fii Howley as first sergeant-at-W Jfr ff S ) n 5 ilr and Mr Christiani third ^ n ' ? £ &* ** . Mr . Henry Grattan Curran is annnVni .. i „• . asssfir * - » ° — "S GALB ON SuKDAr . —BBWAST . -Serimtt ft .. entertained that the shipping off the St cT 3 * Ireland and Scotland have suffered severely r ™ L , /* gale that raged all Snnday , Two brigs were Z , " ? to take refuge from its fury in the Bav of Vt 0 ™ ' at two o ' clock . The Sir Colin Campbell , ^ Su ' the quays on Saturday , nith 270 emigrants for V York , and whicbanchored in the Lough , drao < . eiu anchor for a considerable distance , but suffered injury ; and a report prevails rather generally ^ town , that a brig off the entrance of tbeLonoK l 3 dismasted . ° ^
Fire at Belfast . —The starch mill of Mes , M'Cullogh was destroyed by fire on Sunday Q Tbe property destroyed was of considerable value t ! was insured . '' ' Homicide ot xu Artilleotman at ConK ,-. T , men belonging to No . 1 company 8 th battalion \\ 6 , Artillery , stationed at Ballincollig , drove into Pj ? in the afternoon of Sunday last , one of them aCco pattied by his wife , and the other , named Bel ) i ™" ' young woman belonging to the village of BalhVcoiL to which it was said he was about to apply for ) ea of his commanding officer to get married . On jj , ' return to Ballincollig in the evening , they orerto ? on the road another man ofthe same company nami
Uriggs , who , it is said , was atta ched to liell ' s in tended wife . Briggs was invited to take aseat onthi car , which he accepted , and all drove together to lb barracks . On arriving there Bell and Briggs retire ] to their room , Bell carrying a shawl belonging to Lb female friend . Some words arose between them when Briggs took from his pocket a penknife , ami opening it attempted to cut the shawl . Bell soueht to prevent him , and a scuffle ensued , in which M received a deep wound from tbe penknife under hij arm , from which the blood spouted . Alarm was instantly given . and tbe commanding officer went of for surgical aid . Dr . Parker was shortly in atten
dance , but failed in taking up the artery . The par . master sergeant was then despatched to Cork , aiij took out with him Dr . Tanner , but on his arrival tlie sufferer had sunk too far from loss of blood to admit of an operation to stop the hemorrage ; and the un . fortunate man expired at half-past two i > n Monday morning . Immediately after the occurrence Bvigoj was put under arrest , and will remain a military p ° rl soner until after the inquest . Bell was a sober " well . conducted young man , of about twenty-three yearsoi age . He was ' an Englishman , and had served firj years in the Royal Artillery . Briggs , who aho bore a good character , is about twenty-four years of age Briggs was born in England .
Gonsecratios of Dk . Vaughan , Romas Catholic Biskop of KlLLALOii . —The discourse Mi vered by the Rev . Dr . Leahy , on the occasion of the consecration-of the Right Her . Dr . VaugliM , at Nenagh , on Sunday last , was to some extent oi a political character . Towards the close of his observations he said— "If our rulers be insane enough to try open persecution again , then with God ' s blessing we are strong enough to vanquish it again . We are not afraid . Are you afraid , my lords ? ( addressing the bishops present . ) You who worthily fill the places of those men who , though it cost some of them their lives , have handed down ta
yon without a stain tho mitres which you now wear upon yoiir beads . Are you afraid ? Are you afraid , my vewevovid brethren ; you who are of the seed ol those men by whom salvation was wrought in Israel ? - You , the successors of the courage with the office of those intrepid men who in their day fought the good fiaht , and kept tho faith . Ave yog afraid—aretou , my brethren , the Children of W faith , whose fathers forfeited property and life itself , rather than forsake the faith—you , in whosa veins blood flows , are ; ye afraid ? ' So ! you are , none of you , afraid . of this contest , if forced upon you : though you all desire peace . "
Depabtvre of Troops for the Cape . —Between four and five o ' clock on Tuesday evening the first division of the 12 th Royal Lancers ( dismounted ) embarked at Dublin for Liverpool , en routt to Winchester and Portsmouth , there to take shipping for the Cape . The Lancers were preceded in their march from tho barracks to the quays by three full bauds , and were followed by a large concourse of persons , attracted by tho rare occurrence of a regiment of cavalry proceeding' on " war service . " ¦ TJH
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Mb . George Thompson , M . P . —The Boim Ukrator states that at the annual meeting ofthe Anti * Slavery Society in that town , the following resolution was agreed to ' : —" That , as the honoured representative of the labouring classes of Great llritain in Parliament , and the fearless advocate of all measures of Radical reform , George Thompsoni deserves to bo welcomed with open arms on this side of the Atlantic by all who profess to abhor iiijtisticfl and tyranny ; and that , although events of tlia highest importance have occurred to cause the protraction of his stay in this country , beyond tho period at first fixed for the duration otitis visit , this
society cannot but believe that the generous constituencies represented by George ' Thompson , having respect to the influence of his labours in the United States upon thc cause of liberty throughout the world , will justify and approve of his departure from his original purpose , and estimate aright the value of his exertions in behalf of human freedom in this land . " It is stated that Mr . George Thompson will sail from the United States for England on the 17 th inst . Tub Cask of Mr . BAUBER .-Thc Court . ot
Queen ' s Bench has refused thc recent application for a rule nisi , directing the incorporated I / iff ¦> ciety to grant a certificate to enable Mr . purler to practise as an attorney , on the ground of new """ having come to his knowledge since his former application had been refused by this Court . Low Campbell , in giving the decisio ' n , said that rdthou |» he had not the honour of being a member ot w Court when the former judgment was pronomicM , lie . had several times perused that most elaborate judgi . etit , and entirely concurred in tlicop inioa there expressed , that if Barber was not tliretw cognisant of the fraud and forsery cases , it i « u ? have been because ho was wilfully blind , imy » not choose to inquire into , tho character ot t-10 * transact ions , or as so tittle acuUness as to ** qualify him for the position to which he soup ''"
bo restored . ... Emigbatioa ' . oi' Qt / ARKvaiEK . —It is stated that * largo number of tho best and most experienced « tho men employed in the extensive . slate W * n i in North Wales are preparing , during the courses ' tho eiibuititj summer , to emigrate to the I ' i "'* : States . Numbers have already gone over , a"' *' . ; reason assigned for the departure of these mo" » the heavy amount of local taxation and the sniah * ness of remuneration for labour . It is stated " & the rate of payment in the American quarries » nearly tUveis times greater than the amount «!*¦ » can bo realized in the Welsh workings . Se veral j »* stances have recently occurred where men who * their native land deeply involved in debt ''» , L enabled bv tbe exe-dlei ' iee of remuneration hw ; » ,
toil to remit the amount of their debts in i «» i \ to discharge every claim that could be bro » B against them . - ,, „ Xkw . Bill to Exempt Veterinary Sora ^* Lord Beaumont has laid ou the table of the J of Lords a bill , which has just teen P nlil % d exempt veterinary surgeons , and prolessois ^ teachers of veterinary , colleges or s-ehoo' " . ^ serving on juries and other offices , h se ^ J ^ undri- ' the letters patent granted to t 1 'ec 0 "e-- ' irje- ) linary surgeons are compelled to servc otij ^ and to discharge county : and parochial J' ^ - ' ^ C ri ' it is declared that such service is " ^' o j vCrf mental to the interest of their professio " , »"" j injurious to the proprietors of horses , c : l . ¦ ' „ r 0-other domesticated animals . " Therefore it >^ , | r ) . Iincml rhnr thnv i )\ n nrufnuanrfi til till ) » CW- !
nvt , should he exempted from all such duties . . passing of the present measure . ; ., « nost-Tiik Prussian posr . OmoK .-Tbc ProssW" t r office has suddenly , and without notice , "^ fiilJ , postage on English newspapers more tlia" ^ ' t iiD , the former amount . It is as well to state t ' ^ y ( postage of iv London Journal to Berlin , a . three times tho price of it . As the W ' > ' ^ ,, on a foreign journal is only a halfpenny , » o » c 6 f should be done respecting this onoraiotts «'" ^ ^ Cigars are now tipped with amber at ' su ^ r . ext tie mouth ; by this means ciga r-J" ^^ !! j quite-superseded . This invention has F 0 > thft ticatest luxury yet offered to smokers' .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 14, 1851, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14061851/page/2/
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