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-HSCEXLASBOn . _l . Health of thk Metropolis . — -The number of deaths registered in the London districtslast week were 978 , or males . 512 ; females , 468 . Births . 1 , 327 , or males , 663 ; females , 659 . Meteorological observations taken at tlie Royal _Observator _. ! _Greenwich : — Barometer , mean height , 29 . 005 ; therraomeie , lighe-t , 63 . 0 ; lowest , 45 . 1 ; mean , 56 . 1 ; genet :. ! direction ofthe wind , S . S . W ., with a m aximum pressure of 3 . 5 lbs . on the square foot ; mean amount of cloud , 6 8 ; sum of rain , 0 . 54 inches . — - ——¦»* _« _ww _y _< JU _» U va . _mu , v . wi - ¦** " ¦ _ ¦— _,
Lrn- SDSD New Gam isto _fl * n » B " , _* V """"" . j some davs past workmen have been engaged in Hyde Park in cutting down trees , and p repanns- the foundations for the erection of new foot and camap gates , witha handsome lodge , in that portion of the park abutting on the Great Western road , at the spot bo _m- nyyears disSgnred by the continuation of that _oass of old bricks , and known as the " Half-way House . " It is intended that the gates , with thc lodge , shall form a rery handsome entrance into the park , and from the park into the two splendid terraces , to be called " _Ennismore Gardens , " now in the conrsa of erection on each side of Kingston Honse , the residence of the Earl and Countess of _Listowell , __ tnd abutting on Rutland Gate ; eight nf which
firstclass mansions are nearly erected . The _txpense nf the nndcrta-dns : will be borne by the spirited projectors ofthe terraces and other new buildings , who . have obtained the consent of the Commissioners of "Woods and Forests to their doing so , on their paying _ lsothe _ salary of the gatekeeper appoint d . The ¦ whole will form an important improvement to that portion of the high road , which already hoists ofthe 'residences of several noble and distinguished personages . Scdde- Dbath of Me Wit . Smith , the _CoMEniis . — -Mr W . Smith , the well-known comedian , for many years a great favourite at tbe Surrey Theatre , expired on the morning of Snnday last , at , his lato residence , 23 , Brook-street , _Kenniagton . It _appears
tnat the deceased for some time past hsd been indisposed , bat nothing fatal waa anticipated by his fri-nds . As { late as Thursday or Friday ho was able to walk out , and in answer to a friend who had inquired how he felt , he replied that be was getting as strong as ever tie was , and thathe intended to cheat the undertaker for the present . He , however , was mistaken in bis calculations , for he never went out again after he reached his home . His symptoms became worse and he _*« shook _eff this mortal coil wifchoutagroan . " His death is considered to have been perfectly natural , but as ft was rather sudden , it is quite probable that a coroner ' s inquest will be held on the body . The deceased was only in his 47 th year .
_ K < . UESTS . _H-pio-Able Death of a 3-oth . b asd Child in ibb Pasn . is . u _ t . —On Monday before Mr Bedford in the Millbank Prison , on the body of Agnes Dewsnap . Mr Laurent , Deputy Governor of the prison , stated that the deceased was admitted on the 10 th of February , from York Castle , _having been convicted atthe Sheffield Sessions of stealing boots , and sentenced ( after a previous conviction , ) 'to seven years ' transportation . Mr Anthony White , thc eminent surgeon of Parliament street , deposed that en the 3 rd of May he was sent for to the prison . He _' saw the deceased , who was suffering under puerperal . on-Tolsionsandin labour , lie saw Mr Davy , the resident surgeon , and suggested her immediate delivery _.
or the efforts would cause her death . The mechanical effort prored unavailing , from the excessive size of the bones of the child ' s head , and their peculiar hardness . As thB only hopes of saving the mother , it was deemed expedient to remove the child , which , after some time , was effected . It had probably been -tad some hours . In answer tothe eoroner _. Mr White said that all had been done in good time , and to his perfect satisfaction , by Mr Davy . Mr Davy , the resident surgeon , and other witnesses , stated that the deceased had gone on well up to Tuesday last , when _ahe was taken ill , and died the nest day . The Jury returned a verdict of "Natural death , " and paid a high compliment io Mr Davy , for the skill and -rindnes _. hehad shovin .
A Child Kt _ lsi > bt _D-Tskisg Spirits of Hartshok ! _-. —Before Mr W . Carter , at the Grapes , Bermondsey-wall , on the body of Susannah Eliza Saunders , aged one year and three months . The evidence proved that the deceased lived with its parents , at 33 , Earl-street , Bermondsey ; and on Thursday week a phial containing spirits of hartshorn was placed outside the kitchen window , for fear anv one Should touch it . The deceased , while _playm _* in th . garden / noticed the phial , and having taken the cork out she drank a quantity of the spirits . Mr Martin , surgeon , and another medical man , attended npon the deceased , but withont counteracting the effect ofthe hartshorn , and she expired on Sunday from the injuries her throat and stomach had received .
Verdict , " Accidental death . " A Todxo F ____ j , s Burst to Death is the Female 0 _ a . ___ j Am . __ ,-Before Mr William Carter at the -Female Orphan Asylum , _Westminster-bridge-road , Lambeth , on the body of Sophia Wilkins , a __ cdl 5 . It appeared from the evidence thatthe deceased had _Daen engaged in assisting one of the domestics in the lath-room , and on the 21 st of last month she was lighting the fire , when by some means her _c-othes D-came ignited , and she was speedily enveloped in flames . Her cries for help brought assistance , bnt before the fire could be subdued the poor creature was frightfully burned . Everything was done for Xter that the nature of the case required , but she never recorered , but died from the effects ofthe injuries received . Verdict , " Accidental death . " M __ i _ b ofa Child . —Before Mr G-1 . Mills , deputy coroner for ' the county of Middle-ex , at the
_Yorkshire Grey Tavern , nampstead , on ihe body of a new-born female child , found in a pond , near Primrcse-hill . John Sleight , of 12 , Edward-street , Dorset-square , deposed , that on Thursday afternoon last he was crossing towards Hampstead , when on passing a pond in the corner of a field near Primroselull he saw a bundle lying at the bottom . With the assistance of police-constable Hinton . S 52 , he got it out , and on opening the bundle found it to contain the body of a full _stown female child . The _wrapner containing the body consisted of a fine diaper towel , with the initials " W . B . No . 6 , " in one corner . Mr % prd , surgeon , High-street , Hampstead , said he had __ nade a imtinortem examination of the body , which aitnough much decomposed , showed that the child Bad been born alive . The jury returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder against some person or persons "anknown . "
Poisos . —By Mr Mills , at the Bank of England , South-wharf-road , Paddington , on the _bady of Elizabeth Baker , aged 18 , the wife ofan engineer . From the evident , of decea * _-e- _' . ' 8 parents and brother it appeared that she had been married seven months , and led an unhappy life in consequence of her husband's unkind treatment—he had obtained a situation in Ireland , whither he intended to go , leaving bis wife with ber parents , with whom they had resided since their marriage . On Saturday evening last , about seven o ' clock , he went accompanied by deceased to Ms bedroom to get his tools , preparatory to his departure for Ireland ; they had not been long abovestairs when a noise wa __ heard , and the husband exclaimed , "Do com _. up , yonr daughter has poisoned herself !"
The witness instantly rushed up stairs , when they saw Baker holding the deceased round the waist by the right hand , and having in his other hand the phial produced , half filled with prussic acid ; she was then quite dtad . He told them that after she had packed up hia tools and as he was going down stairs she snatched from his box the phial of pro-sic acid ¦ which he had had for months , and swallowed a portion of it before he could prevent her . He instantly xan off for medical assistance , which promptly Mrived . Jr _> W . Eobins and Mr G . _Gascoyne , surgeons , who performed a . post mortem _oxamination , cepo-eu that they detected prnssic acid in the _stomacb _. in sufficient quantity to cause death ; they also
_declar-. d it to be their opinion that the deceased had poisoned herself . The examination of witnesseshaving concluded , the coroner , addressing the jury said , "Are you _ - _ . s __ . _ d , gentlemen , that the deceased last her life by prussic acid ? " Jurors : " We arc . " Coroner : * 'Have you any doubts about her having taken tho poison herself ? " Jurors : " Great doubts , indeed . " The coroner then recapitulated and commented u _* . _ _a the evidence , after which the court "was cleared of strangers and tho jury * remained in deliberation _hdf-an-hour , when they returned the following spe _ i _ I verdict : — " We find that Elizabeth Baker died from * the effects of prosaic acid passed into hers . ;<«_ * _ ch , but how taken or administered there is no evidence to show . "
A-C-DESTS , OFFtKCES , ETC F _ t _ x AcciDE _. r o . v thb River . —Two gentlemen , one named Meesom ( a member of the Thetis Club ) , and a friend named Bownes , took the light club wherry from Lambeth , and started in it for Putney . There was a strong wind , and the swell was very heavy . On " shooting" Battersea-bridge the surf was very high , and their boat being light and uncovered , dipped to the waves , filled , and turned over . Mr Meesom clung to the stern ; bnt Mr Bownes , feelinjj confident in his powers as a swimmer , bid him ' * hold fast , " and struck ont for the shore , which unfortunately ho never reached . Mr Meesom maintained his hold for ten minutes , and was eventually picked ap by Hawkins , captain of the Citizen boat , passing at the time , who conveyed him to the White Hart , Chelsea , where prompt assistance was afforded Mm , and he soon revived . Two hours after the accident the body , of the deceased had not been fonnd .
Carriage Accidest . —An accident of a frightful character occurred in the Regent ' s Quadrant , Piccadilly , by which two children and a young woman sustained the most serious injuries . Mary Killington , aged nineteen , servant in the employ of Mr Fletcher , ¦ wa . _ h-n _ -. _ - _ r , of Regent-street , had proceeded out ¦ with two of her employer ' s children for a walk ( the girl four years old , and the boy three ) , and on reaching the bottom of the Quadrant attempted to cross the road , at which moment a gentleman ' s carriage came up , and before the coachman had time to pinup she was knocked down , when all three ofthem vera run over , and trampled on by the _an-aals .
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With the assi stance ofthe police and bystanders the sufferers were forthwith removed to the Chtririgcross Hospital , where medical officers , were in immediate attendance , and it wa 3 ascertained that the little g irl had received a most frightful wound on the temp le , and a very serious injury on tho occiput , besides some severe contusions in other parts . The boy exhibited a dreadfully lacerated wound on the scalp , and several deep cuts about the face . The servant , who was for some time insensible , in addition to several bruises about the head , is suffering from an injury to the breast , inflicted by a kick , and which is described by the surgeon to be ofa very dan _gersua character .
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THE RICH Ai look os this picture The Queen ' s Festivities —The <_ ai ? e- gave a state ball on Friday evening last . It was numerously and brilliantly attended . The suite of state saloons were opened , most brilliantly illuminated with magnificent _luB _. res of cut glass filled with wax lights , and chandeliers and candelabra ; the two ball-rooms exceeding the other _anartraents ia splendour and
brilliancy , each of tbesa rooms containing _numerous gold branches , with wax-lights round tbe sides , in addition to several large cnt glass lustres . Choice exotics and plants , of tbe greatest rarity , were arranged in tbe recesses of the different saloons . The Qa _. en wore a very magnificent dr _. ss of bine gauze over blue silk and tulle , trimmed with roses panachees ; white and pink
diamonds were inserted in the roses , and the dress was also ornamented witb brilliants . Her head dress was formed of a wreath of roses , similar to those on the dress , and also ornamented witb diamonds . At fire _, minutes before ten the Queen opened the ball with Prince George . Prince Albert and the Duchess of Sutherland were the opposite couple . Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar w . is
even parliament was adjourned—and we would warn tbe rich against so wicked a course , which must draw down , if not the " visitation of G . d , " at least the wrath of the people . They are feasting , while millions are famishing of starvation ; they are dancing , while they have murdered one million of unbnried dead . As the former are but a few random instances of tho mnlHfarinussplejidour _. so the latter are but a typo of the countless cases of misery daring the current week .
"In the parish of KMglass this week , tbe skeleton bodies of seven wretches were found inside a _he- 'ge . The dogs of the surround _, ing villages had the flesh almost eaten off . Tbe police _. tatione . io tbe place were called out and shot seven dogs , in the mouth of which was a hia . t ahd a FOBTIO- OF THE -IY--, !"Nation .
D THE POOR . AND OH THIS ! On tbe opposite column we have narrated a few , and bnt a very few , instances of the excessive waste and splendour of the court and aris . toeracy , tbat bave trans _, _pired during tbis week . We must point , amongst tboie omitted , to a sumptuous banquet given by the Archbishop of Canterbury , another by Lord John Rug . sell , and another , by Lord and Lady Palmerston , We would remind the reader of the Derby day , and the glories of Epsom , for wbich
also in the quadrille , upwards of one thousand visitors were present . After dancing bad been continued for some time in the ball room , it was commenced in the throne room . Refreshments were served in the green drawing room . The snpper was served soon after twelve in the state dining room . The range of tables displayed a gorgeous assemblage of gold plate , and in tbe centre of
_CiniBcivEEN . — In this district the greatest destitution prevails— wretched creatures dropping down in tho streets , their ra . mains exposed for days , and often interred witbout the least covering , save only their mother earth , aad two or three inches is considered sufficient . I witnessed a most heart-rend .
tbe end of tbe apartment was a buffet , also filled with articles of gold plate , ofa rarer and choicer kind . Along the tables were mas . five centre pieces , candelabra va . es , wine coolers , andepergnes . To relieve the mass of magnificence , at certain distances along the table , w . re placed the most beautiful flowering plants in gold vases . The appearance of these bright flowers among the mass of
ing scene on last Monday , which occurred in one of the neighbouring churchyards of tbis town . A few days ago the body of one of those poor people , whose deatb was brongbt on from actual starvation , was fonnd over the surface of the earth , and tor . up by a dog , which was found feeding on bis putrid remains . —Daily News .
gold plate had a roost charming effect . On the buffet surrounding the centre shield were ranged vases , cups , chalices , tankards , and salvers in pro . fusion , mme of them glittering with precious stones , others enriched with exquisite carving .. Wax lights were skilfully interspersed on the buffet . Amidst tbis most superb collection , in which the genius of the artist and the utmost < - ' )] of
_-Iil-Town . —Large numbers of onr famishing poor ass . robled in this town several da- _s th s week , with what is called a flag of distress , but went off in a peaceablo manner . Fever is still on the increase here . Several creatures are fonnd lying in the same bed together , which must give accelerated intensity to tbe spread of this dreadful malady , particularly when no exertion has been made to procure an hospital for those children of affliction . Tralee Chromc ' e .
tbe workman wero concentrated in a material the most beautiful and valuable , were placed two simple water-lilies , in reduced copies of tbe Warwick vase in gold , with an effect which it is very difficult , if not impossible , to describe . Her Majesty and Prince Albert , tbe Duchess of Kent , the Duke and Duch . ess of Cambridge , Prince George , and tbe Prince of
Manchestee . — A poor woman , on Tuesday last , went into the shop of Mr Moore , baker , _Aneoattg lrect , to purchase a 41 b . loaf . On putting down a shilling in payment , she remarked , " That , Sir , i __ tbe last shilling I have in the world , but when this loaf is eaten I will come again
Leiningcn _, returned to the ball room after supper , and dancing was resumed . Tbey afterwards passed the picture gallery to the second ball room { tbe throne room ) , whtre quadrilles , waltzes , and polkas were danced , and where the august party , remained un . til a quarter before two o ' clock , tbe quadrille band playing the National Anthem on the departure of Her Majesty .
and take a loaf , whether I bave money or not , and then Ithall be sure to be sent tothe New Bailey . ' ! " adding , " you know , Sir , I have been a regular custo-_« r for _muny years , but there is not one of our fa . mily tbat is in work , nor any prospect of being so . " — Times .
In Ireland numberless families are now living on seaweed . —Local Paper .. Cobk . —( Extract . f a letler . )—We are in a most deplorable state in thi . city , no business of any kind doing ; nothing but poor laws , starvation , and fever . It would mike your blood ran cold to see the poor people d > ing in every ditectiow about the streets ; tbe workhouses , four fever _hospitals , and . nil the Infirmaries are full ; sheds are being built to try to shelter the sick and dying . —CAronicle .
IlKa Majesty will give a second state ball on the 10 th proximo , and a grand concert on the 2-th , instant . _Hexi _Majestv , Prince Albert , the Duchess of Kent , the Duchess of Cambridge , Princess Mary , and the Prince of Leiningen ,. honoured tbe Royal Itaii . n Opera on Tuesday night with their presence .
A Gband Ball . — Sir Richard Sutton gave a grand ball on Tuesday erening ; tbe preparations for wbich were upona scale of liberality and magnificence rarely equalled . The whole interior of tbe mansion was thrown open for the reception of visitors , in addition to which an enormous pavilion , sixty feet long by forty feet wide , was erected over tbe court-yard or garden as a ball room .
At tec Middles-- Sessions , Mary Howard , a decent-looking middle-aged woman , was indicted for stealing a blanket from her ready-furnished lodgings . She said she was indaced to pledge the article after having fasted for upwards of two days . She called several witnesses , who gave ber an excellent character . At No . 10 , Nichols-street , Bethnal-green , the case ofa poor man named Cooper
Beyond this was a second pavilion , devoted to thc ser . vice of refreshments , and a _corridor , upwards of one hundred feet in length , extended from tbe court-yard gates to the entrance ball of the mansion . Tbe whole of these temporary erectiens were fitted up in tbe most tasteful manner , with scar _, let and white drapery , regardless of expense the walls hung with mirrors , and every recess abounding
has been made publio whom tbe clergyman , called in to visit bim , found not only labouring nnder extreme physical suffering , butin a state of wreicbe _. ness . and destitution . The only parsons in attendance upon bim were one of bis daughter ., a helpless idiot , who was _squaring down by tbe aide of tbe hed , and a poor woman living in the bouse ,
witb a rich display of _ttia choicest exotic .. At | _. ii _ o ' clock a supper , _containim ; the richest delicacies , both in and out of season , was served in tbe banqnetingroom ; after which dancing was renewed and kept np until an advanced hour next morning . _AMagni-icent Recnion —Lord and Lady Combermere bad a reunion , the most brilliant of the season , on Monday evening last . Tbe whole of the superb saloons of the family
who , _tboughhetself in great dr-tre ? 3 , bad neglected ber onn family to afford thera all the service in her power . No assistance whatever bad been furnished by the parish . Rowland , the warrant-officer , bad found the old -. an . apparently very near his end , and his danghter lying by the side of hit bed , both of them on tbe brink of death from utter deRtitutwn .
From tbe country fearful accounts are continually arriving—the people are driven into violence by hun . ger , and they are maltreated for taking food . Death tbou St abv ation . —fn Munchcster a man was found _lyiog insensible in the streets . He revived sufficiently to tell the
pomansion , including a new banqueting room recently erected on the grouud floor , were thrown open for the reception of company . The guests began to airive about half . past ten o ' clock , and , until after midnight , the carriages continued to set down in rapid succession . At one o ' cloc- a most recherche supper wag served to the guests ; after which , dancing was re . newed with great spirit , and kept up until after day-break .
liceman that he lived in Lever-street . He was taken to tlie Infirmary , where be died the following night . An inquest was held and a verdict given , " That the deceased died from an attack of apoplexy , brought on by tbe want of common necessaries , and hy expo _, sure to tbe cold . "—J / on _cft-st-r _ffuordios ,
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WMrHOREX AND . Snocmso Accid-nt on thb Railway . —A few days ago on the arrival at Oxenholrao of the goods train from the south , as ft young man , named Thomas Goodier , a _breaksman on the Lancaster and Carlisle line , was _detaching a goods train to proceed to Kendal , his foot slipped , and the wheels went over him , injuring him in the most dreadful manner . The poor fellow sustained compound fracture of the thigh aud tbe jaw-bone , and a fracture of the leg . The waggon was thrown off the rail by the shock . An engine was instantly despatched for surgical assistance , and Mr Longmire having arrived , the unfortunate roan was , by his superintendence , conveyed to Kendal , where every aid that care and skill could accomplish were bestowed upon him , but , it is feared , without the slightest hope of his ultimate recovery . The young man was from Lancaster .
N _ RT- _ M _ EBLAN _ . Fatal Fight , — Vemuct of Manslaughter . — A fight took place at Cramlington , near Newc . stle-. n-Tyne _, between John Walton and Joseph Simms , pitmen , when the former was unfortunately . kill-id . An inquest was held on Monday , before Stephen Reed , Esq ., coroner , at the Bay Horse public-house , Cramlington , when it appeared in evidence that on the day in question the parties had been at the Town Moor , Newcastle , ata bowling match , and that some words afterwards ensued between them . Simms , however , being afraid of mischief , left the house in company with a friend , took the train , and reached Cramlington at seven o ' clock . Tbe deceased seems to have been in the same train , for on reaching the station , he eame up to Simms and challenged him to fight , but at that time he declined . Some irritating
expressions having soon after been made by the deceased , both parties threw off their clothes , and , after exchanging blows , the deceased seized Simms by the hair of tbe head , and both fell down , Simms felling against the fence , and the deceased into the ditch . On getting up , and while the deceased was advancing towards Simms , in a fighting position , the latter struck him on the side ot the neck , when he felton his hands and knees . The deceased got up , bnt after walking a yard or two fell down , and soon afterwards expired . There were altogether but two rounds . The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Joseph Simms , who was committed under the coroner's warrant to Morpeth gaol , to await his trial at the next assizes . The deceased is understood to have been of a quarrelsome disposition ; while , on the contrary , Simms bears the character of a well-disposed man .
LANCASHIRE . Fatal Acc-D _ nt from Fire-arms . —Last week , as a party of gentlemen were shooting , at Pnrro .. . hall , near _Fleetwood-on-Wyre , the seat of Daniel Elletson _, Esq ., one of the company ; -Dr Elletson , of Fleetwood , shot a rook , which fell amongst the branches of a tree , out of his reach . He helped up a boy to get it for him , and as he was rather short of it , " he raised his gun , and with the butt end of it was pushing the boy hi gher up the tree , when the contents discharged themselves into his breast . He was immediately seen tobe in great danger , and medical assistance was procured , buthe only lingered until five o ' clock on Saturday morning , when he expired . Ashton . —T _ ph _ sFever . —Thiscontagious malady still prevails to an alarming extent in _Ashton . Mrs Baker , the matron ofthe workhouse , has caught the infection , and is atpresent dangerously ill . There are no less than sixteen cases of fever in the work house at the present time .
yorkshire . Mirefikld . —Apprehension op Another op tiib Supposed A . _ui . _debers . —The murders of Mr Wraith , his wife , and the servant girl , at the village of Mire-Geld , whicli are almost unequalled in England ' s calendar of crime for atrocity and cruelty , have produced the most thrilling sensation throughout the county . The unfortunate creatures sacrificed were ( excepting the servant girl ) between 70 and 80 years of age . They were much respected . The house they inhabited stands in a somewhat secluded spot , about 150 yards from the public road , and no other building near for some 200 j ards . Mr Wraith is known to have _possessed a considerable sum of money in the house , which cannot now be found , leaving no
doubt that plunder was the object of the murderers The horrible appearance ofthe sufferers can never be effaced from the memory of those who saw thera ; the skull of each was beaten to pieces , the jaws driven in , throats cut , the arms of the two females fractured , and the bones broken to pieces , as ifthe arms and hands had in vain been raised to protect the head from the fearful blows , of the inhuman wretches . Tho sight was most horrifying ; in places where the bodies lay were pools of blood , in which thc teeth and brains of the deceased were lying . Amongst the first to enter the house after the discovery ofthe murder was Mr Keniiel , the landlord of the King's Head , at Mirefield , who states the
drawers and boxes in the hou ? e were open and bad been ransacked , and the blinds had been drawn down and pinned together , to prevent persons looking in . The mother of the poor servant girl , Caroline Ellis , on hearing of their shocking fate swooned , and died the following day . On Friday ; Mr Superintendent Green apprehended a man named Patrick Reid , who was seen in company with _M'Cab ( already in custody ) near the house at the time the murder must have been going on . Marks of blood were found on his clothes , and the police are in possession of circumstances which will in a great measure be the means of unravellin g tbe mystery that at present exists . Both the prisoners are imprisoned at Dewsbury lock-up , in charge of four police constables .
Later _tarticclars . —The remains ofthe deceased Mr and Mrs Wraith were interred here iu one grave , and those of their unfortunate servant maid , Caroline Ellis , in another , on Saturday , amidst a lar ? e concourse of spectators . It is not true , as reported , that the mother of Ellis died suddenly fti _consequence ofthe news that her daughter was murdered having been communicated to her . She , however , is very ill , her illness _arising from the shock to her nervous system by the awful death which has befallen her
child . DERBYSHIRE . _Tissisoro-f _Weh-Flowerisg . —On Holy Thursday tbe ancient custom of decorating with flowers the wells or fountains in the village of Tissingtoi ) was duly ob erved . The scarcity of flowers , consequent upon the extreme backwardness of the season , seemed to have stimulated the ingenuity of the villagers . It must have puzzled any but the good folk of _Tissington to produce such a number of beautiful designs from the very slender stock of materials which their field * , woods , and gardens afforded . Thc morning gave promise of something like a fine day , but in the afternoon there were heavy showers of rain , which to some extent marred the out-door enjoyments of the scene .
6 TAPF _0-US---1-. Tire late Riots . —Death of ose op the wounded . —An inquest has been held at Wolverhampton on the body ofan Irishman , named _Dolierty , who died , it is supposed , from injuries received near Willenhall , on Thursday ¦ _neek . The principal witness examined was the wife ofthe deceased , who deposed that her husband left home on the morning of _Thursday last in excellent health and spirits . As he was proceeding along the road from between Willenhall and Wolverhampton , he was met and attacked by a number of miners , and received severe injuries at their hands ; he returned home towards evening and
complained rery much of pair s in different parts of his body , more particularly at his left side ; he said he seemed to have a load nt his heart . She believed hw death was to be attributed to the treatment he received . The inques t _, was then adjourned , that a postmortem examination of the body might be made . A great number ot Irishmen have been compelled to cease working in the district . The miners seem determined not to allow tbem to work . The iron and coal trade throughout Staffordshire is still very good , the men are well employed , and at good wages . The trade of the Potteries has not been bo bad during the last twenty years as at present ;
Bm * n . NG- __ r . Charge op Mhrobr . — An inquest was hold before Mr Birt Davies , the borough coroner , on the body of Margaret Leonard , about forty years of age , who , it was alleged , hnd died in consequence of the injuries she had received by being thrown down stairs by her husband . From the _evidence it appeared that the husband and wife were both of dissolute habits , and that on Saturday morning week , having been abent from home drinking the whole of the night , they returned drunk about half-past seven o ' olock . They then quarrelled , and the woman refusing to rise from the floor , where she had dropped _.
the husband , exclaiming , "Liethere , you—— , " pitched her down the cellar steps , and slammed the door after her . The deceased was afterwards found by her neighbours in an insensible state , and speechless , and the blood streaming from her cars . The husband , who is now in custody , relused to nssist his wife , and , before the arrival of the surgeon , said . "Stop your grunting , or I'll give you as much as I have given you before . " Tho woman was removed to the hospital , where she died on Thursday . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murdet against Peter Leonard , " by trade a paper hawker ; and he was committed to take his trial at the next assizes for the county of Warwick .
worcestershire . Worcester . —Murderous Attempt at _Assassination . —An attempt upon the life of Dr Turley , M . D ., while seated in his study . The Doctor returned home lutein the erening from his professional visits , and had been seated fur some time in his library , situate at the back part of his house , in St John ' s , in the suburbs of Wore ster ; and while in the act of writing , ho heard the explosion of a pistol close to his window , and immediately the shot whistled prist his head , and cntced the wall of the room opposite the window , between which Dr Turley was sitting at a table . It is impossible to say what could have been the motive which led to this diabolical attempt . NORFOLK . _ThbTibbenbam Poiso-i .-s . —T-te Inquest oa the
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bodies of the deceased Mrs Pearson and Mrs Everitt has been concluded . The jury , alter a brief consul _, tation , returned a verdict that , the deceased died from the effects of arsenic _wilfully administered by some person or persons unknown ;''
SUFFOLK . The Poisoning at Burt . -The young woman , Hannah Rouse , who had been apprehended on _suspir cion of being concerned in the _poisoning of the entire family te which she belonged , consisting of six persons , was brought up before Messrs Probart and Le Grice , borough magistrates , for . examination on tho serious charge , 'ihe many mysterious cases ofpoisoning that have occurred of late , more especially the Acton murder , for which Catherine Foster suffered , a month since , gave to tho proceedings considerable interest . The circumstances which led to her _beins ;
taken into custody were the production of some letters written by her , wherein she expressed her _n-gret at some act of p ilferingshohad committed , and rather obscurely hinted at self-destruction . At the close of the evidence , the bench observed that thera could be no doubt that a very wicked attempt had been made on the lives of the family , but there were no facts elicited that would warrant them in detaining the accused , and therefore Blie would'be . liberated on entering into her own recognizances to answer any charge that might be hereafter made , against her . This was done , and she was discharged .
GLOUCESTERSHIRE . _RnjJBERY OP A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER ON THE Highway . —Mr James Gibson , commercial traveller , to the firm of Messrs Thos . _Gibson and Co ., hatmanufacturers , Castle-green , Bristol , while travelling after dark , on the road between Cirencester and St round , was attacked by three men , who rushed out suddenly from the _rond-side , seized the head of his horse , and then dragged hint from the pig , and used him with great violence . Ono of them * knocked him down and then knelt on bis chest and gagged his mouth , to prevent his resisting or giving an alarm , while a second plundered his person of his watch , chain , and seals , and cash and notes to the value of between £ 150 and £ 200 . Fortunately about £ 50 in sovereigns , which was in the driving-box of the gig , escaped their notice . After threatening him with further violence if he attempted to pursue them , they decamped with their booty .
CAMBRIDOBSHIRE . CAMnmDGB . —Alarming Fire at Trinity College . —Last week the town of _Cambridge was thrown into a state of the utmost alarm and contusion by the sudden outbreak of a fire , which atone period threatened destruction to Trinity College . The flames originate ' I from some cause which cannot at present be ascertained , in the kitchens ofthe college , and were first discovered by Mr . Hudson , the cook . At that time they had obtained such a strong hold , that it at once became apparent that the fire would not be easily extinguished . Intelligence was promptly forwarded to the authorities ; assistance was obtained , and every person set to work most vigorously . The flames continued to spread fearfully , and ; i deal of time was lost before any impression could be made upon them . The roof of the kitchen was burned off , and considerable damage was done to the interior of the premises . The property is insured in the Sun Fire Office for , it is understood , £ 10 , 000 . _**
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . Wolverto _** . —Accident on thb London and NoRTn Western Railway . —An accident has occurred on thc above line which had nigh been attended with serious consequences . The other evening at ten minutes to eight o ' clock the express train for London left here _. _Jhaving , amongst other passengers in the carriages , several directors . It was preceded by a goods ' train , which , it was computed , would travel at sufficient pace to enable it to get into _lrolverton before the arrival ofthe express . It appears , however , that when the goods train arrived within two miles of Wolverton , from some cause thc pace of the engine slackened , and the driver
finding he could not get on so Castas he ought , one oftho guards jumped off and ran back to give a signal to the express , but he unfortunately fell upon the line and hurt himself . Another guard also tried to give a signal , and every possible effort was used to get eut of the way , but before this could be effected the express came up _, _ , nd a severe collision took place . Some ofthe carriages were thrown off the line , and the passengers in the express carriages shaken , but none materially injured . The necessary assistance was procured from the Wolvertcn station , and the train resumed its journey after about an hour . delay . The engine must have been very powerful , for it escaped quite uninjured , with the exceptioii of a slight damage to the funnel .
ESSEX . _Inoate-tonb . —Singular Case op Suicide . —A coroner ' s ; inquest was held before C Lpwis , Esq ., on the body of Maria Gotts , an unmarried woman , about 2 G year- old , and had occasionally been of unsound mind . The other evening , when at tea with her father , she si id that two persons would come nnd say she was drunk , and immediately cut her throat . Her father ran for the doctor , and he came directly , bound up . the wound , but she died about an hour afterwards . A verdict of temporary derangement was , with one dissentient voice , returned . KENT .
Maidstone . —Incendiarism . —On Monday morning last the inhabitants of Gabriel-hill , in this town , were thrown into a state of considerable alarm , by the sudden outbreak of a fire upon the premises in the occupation of Mr Joseph Epps , a _f-limo . ger and farmer , which there is every ground to suppose was tho work of an incendiary . It appeared that Mr Epps had recently been threatened that his premises would be fired . The police were made acquainted with what had been threatened , and persons were placed to guard the premises , but witbout avail ; and at the time previously" stated flames were seen bursting forth , and before thoy could be subdued the property was nearly destroyed . Fortunately Mr Epps was insured in the Sun and Norwich Union lire offices .
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A . NWOTR . Effects of _LioniNiNO . —Fall of ras _ _.. the „ - f . rd MotstaissT —Advanced as the season now is , electtical commotion has been eomnionfor more than a week over the whole south of Scotland ; and so late as Sunday last , a thunder storm , in crossing the Boreland-hill , near Gatehouse , struck the Rutheri ' urd Monument with such violence that it toppled over from its basement , and is now a mass of ruins , scattered on ali sides . It was a noble col umn , in the form of an obelisk , which beautifully beseemed its alpine position , and was seen from great distances , particularly on the English side of the Solway , over a large section of the coast of Cumberland .
DUNDEE . A Mad Shkep . —About two months ago a little terrier dog having been discovered to be in a rabid state , it was found necessary to . kill him , but this was not effected before he had done considerable damage , though we are glad to learn to none of the human species . ' It appears he had gone into a park in which about forty wethers were being fed upon turnips , killed one and bit other six , five of which were so severely injured that they were immediately destroyed . As the sixth had only received a slight scratch on one ofthe hinder legs , it was allowed to take its chance . In a very short time the wound
was completely healed up , and to all appearance the animal was none the worse for it . A few days ago , however , the shepherd , on going into the park with some hay for his flock , was surprised to observe the wether referred to _chasing the others mo 3 t furiously , leaping on such as he could overtake , and exhibiting all the symptoms of rabidness . In the words of our informant , " he acted the dog as well as could possibly be done by any other animal not of the canine race . " This the poor animal continued to do for about two hours after it was first observed , and at last lay down from sheer exhaustion , foaming at the mouth , and even imitating the barking of a dog . It was then destroyed .
B . - S-F . Attempt on the Life of the Earl of Fife . —An attempt has baen made upon his lordship ' s life by a servant of the name of Hammond , who was on the p _? int of being discharged . The man was ultimately overpowered , and removed under the charge of the police . His lordship has happily sustained little or no personal injury .
_OI' _-ENOCK . Last week there was launched from the building yard of Messrs Robert Steele and Go ., tho eminent ship-builders of this town , one of the four new steamers that were to be built in the Clyde , for the British and North American Steam Packet Company ( Cunard ' s line . ) This noble vessel is 1 , 826 tuns , new measurement , and is about two or three hundred tons larger than any other in the splendid fleet that belong to the same company . The length of keel and fore rake is 251 feet , and breadth of beam 38 feet .
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only oaased by the clouds being placed in such a position as to reflect the image of that luminary . Tho fires , fighting armies , & e .. seen in the air , avo known to us hy the name of Northern lights , er Aurora Boreali . ; showers of stones , ashes , Ac , resulted from the operation of a voleanic eruption at a distance ; of milk , by some quality in tho air giving tho water a whitish colour ; and those of blood havo been _prov . 0 . to be only the red spots left upon the earth , or on stones , by the buttei flies , whieh hatch in hot or stormy weather . Herein , indeed , has soienco been a Cesperate enemy to ancient _ptc _. _isiesaud _BUPevsmiou _..-People ' s Journal ,
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' :: THE PROGRESS OP RIOTING . There are again very unf avour _a ble reports of the ravages of pestilence , especially in the northern provinces , which , although comparatively prosperous in ordinary years , are now suffering more severely from fever than many districts in Leinster , or even some parts ofthe south . In Moha _. ban the pestilence is very destructive . "Fever , " says the Monaghan Standard , _^ " is rapidly compassing us about . The fever hospital has triple its number of patients , and the town is infested with crowds of mendicants from every quarter of the island . Meanwhile the rioting is rapidly spreading . "
LIMERICK . : RATHKEA-E . —A strong constabulary patrol came np at Lisheim-tt with a party of fifteen armed men , whom they at once _ch-HeDged . The parly immediately fired on tho constabulary—one policeman was wounded in the finger . The police returned the fire , when the party ran away _. butone ofthem fired a _. ain upon the police , who returned the shot with fatal effect . The result was , two prisoners c-ptured by the police , and one man killed . Cratloe . —On Monday evening , ns four loads of Indian corn were ahout to bo deposited nt the me _. lhouse , after arriving from Limerick _^ they were attacked by the starving expectants , who cut the bags , and distributed the meal indiscriminately to ali around . They then forced an entranee to the house , and having found the books , they tore them to pieces .
. CLARE . Ennistymon . —Last week a crowd of people attempted to force their way into the Court-house , where the soup-boiler had been established , but had been repulsed by the police . The people pelted the police with stones , one of wbich cut the resident magistrate , Mr Bell , on the head . The police fired by his orders , when two women hnd a man were severely wounded . The men then fled in all directions . Large bodies of peasantry continue to perambulate the country ;
Ballingarry —A conflict has occurred between thc police and a party of Reckites . The results seem to havebeen that the Rockitcs were beaten off , one shot dead , and three made prisoners . One ofthe police is dangerously wounded . Moate . _*—An infuriated multitude paraded the town demanding employment or food . They broke into the bakeries , and pillaged at discretion . Tlicy were at length prevailed upon to disperse ; but they threatened to re-assemble next day and sack the town . Clare . —On Saturday night last an armed party , attired in women ' s apparel , attacked the dwelling of a man named Clune , herdsman to Mr Studdert , of Bunratty , and took therefrom a gun . Chine held out a candle as if to identify the party , when one of them struck him such a blow on the head thai ; he is since speechless , and no hope is entertained of his recovery . Same party attacked the houses of Uehir and Kinnavaneis thesame neighbourhood , and took a gun from each .
Merciful Preparations . —As many as fifteen warrants to military ofli . ers in this county have been sent down from the Ilanaper Office , in consequence ofthe supposed reluctance of the resident magistrates to _is-uj any order to the military to fire upon the people in theevent of any disturbance occurring . The division of the 65 th Re * intent stationed at Clare Castle , has been strengthened by an addition of sixty rank and file from the head quarters in Limerick . Cavan . —As William Johnston , a most respectable
farmer , of _Corlisbalton , near Arva , was returning from Caran , at about two o ' clock in tbe day , with an ass and a hundred of Indian meal , he was knocked down arid beaten by a man as yet unknown , at a place called Carrospoint , close to Farnham grandgate . Tho police , on hearing oftho outrage , immediately repaired to the spot . They found Johnston lying in a most shocking state , unable to speak , on the road , and brought him to the infirmary , where he has since expired , llis assassin , to whom there is as yet no clue , did not take any of the meal . -
murders . Waterford . — Atiempikd Assassination . — Mr TJssher , a gentleman residing at Ballyraggastmon , near Dungarvou , county Waterford , was fired at near his own residence , and seriously wounded in the neck and face . This outrage is recorded in a Dublin paper of Monday morning , which adds " The cause of this outraae is alleged to be the eviction of some tenants . " Mr Ussher ' s name has been frequently before the public in connexion with proceedings of that nature . Tipperary . —A man named Darcy was fired at near Fethard , by a footpad , but the ball having struck Darcy ' s waistcoat pneket . was turned aside by some money deposited there , and he escaped .
Leitrim- —Owen Coyie , a farmer in Leitrim , was lately roused from his sleep by his nephew , who told him that he thought there was some one in his garden , Upon wbich Coyie rose from his bed , and seizing a spade-shaft , proceeded to the gard . n _. He pevceived a man pulling his plants and potting them into a creel , but owing to the darkness of the night he could not see who it was . He stole softly upon him , and struck him a blow ofthe spade-shaft on the head . He repeated the blow , when the man reeled and fell into the furrow . Coyie then lifted him
up and put him sitting on the side cf the rid « e , when he recognised him as his neighbour , Patrick Donnellan . He then went into his house to put on his clothes , and as soon ns he had done so returned to tho garden to see if Donnellan was still there , but could not discover him . His dead body was shortly afterwards found beside a stream of water , about forty perches from where thc circumstance took place ; his feet were in the water , his body resting on the bank , the creel , with some cabbage plants in it , beside him .
Down . —Mr James Paxton , of Deheraet , in the county of Down , was murdered on Tuesday evening , close to tho door of his own house . The body _presented marks of frightful violence having been used in the perpetration of this atrocious deed . " Mr Paxton was a farmer . . On Saturday an inquest was hold to inquire into the circumstances attending this murder . Evidence was given to show that robbery was not the object of the murder , as the sum of £ 8 , in notes and silver _, was found on deceased ' s person . In . consequence 6 f some information given him , Mr F . Beers , J . P ., accompanied by Mr J . P . Hill , sub-inspector , and a party of police , proceeded on Friday night to the
house of John Pnston , brother of deceased , whicli they searched . In an upper room they discovered a coat , the left sleeve ofwhieh was deeply stain d with blood . The family attempted to account for it by stating that the old man , John Paxton , bad been bleeding cattle ; but the statement was not borne out . Consequently—and because of the further circumstance ot the foot-marks indented in the soil , at the spot where the deadly struggle had taken place , appearing to correspond with the _peculiar shoes worn by the man—Jame 3 Paxton , the eldest son of John Paxton , was taken into custody , and eventually held to bail , in conjunction with two persons , named Kilso , father and son .
Killalok . —Mr James Watson , of Ballycrony , brother to Alderman Watson , of Limerick , lias been Bhot dead in the county of Limerick , near to Killaloe . He had been compelling payment of some of his tenants ; state of the country . Inefficacyop tue Relief Committees . —There are still many districts where nothing practical has been done , or , what is equally bad , and more disgraceful , relief committees are resorting to tricks and pretences to delay the adoption of relief for the destitute . A clergyman of the Established Church , who has a parish in tbe county of Mayo st : iit - . that but for the assistance he is able to send thr ..-ugh the medium of the trustees of charitable subscription , hundreds , nay .
thousands , must have perished , lie adds that while there are 8 , 000 on the list for outdoor relief , not one has received any help in that way whatever as jet . Magisterial Honour . —A _circumstaneo has transpired in a southern county which perils the character of one ofits leading men and chief magistrates . The gentleman who is reported to have traded on the sufferings of his fellow-citizens was a member of tho relief and finance committees of the districts . A quantity of Indian corn had been forwarded , through his influence , to a neighbouring mill , to be _manufactured into meal . He was a dormant and unacknowledged partner in the concern . When the produce was returned it was found to have been adulterated to a very large extent : about one-half the corn
having been abstracted , inquiries were set on foot , and the foul transaction brought home to the guilty parties . Irish Exports and Imports . —Among the other extraordinary anomalies of the present condition of society in Ireland may be enumerated the exportation of foreign provisions . During the past week several cargoes of foreign beans and buckwheat left Limerick for Liverpool and London , besides a cargo of rye for Antwerp . Another and perhaps equally extraordinary circumstance is the importation of live stock from England . Republican Benevolence . —A Belfast paper ha . put into our hands a letter from America , ofa recent date , the principal contents of which are , that in
Indiana county , state of Pennsylvania , three men have been appointed to each township , for the purpose ot collecting money , grain , flour , and provisions ot various kinds , to send to those parts of Ireland which are in the greatest distress . The writer also mentions a fact connected with our grain importations , which is worthy of note at the present important crisis in our monetary affairs . He says the effect produced by so much money having been sent to procure bread-stuffs is , that since he became a resident inthe United States howa 3 obliged to barter his grain , horses , caws , sheep , <_ o ., tor other article ! he required ; hut afc present all that class of produce is invariably paid for with cash , and is in good demand .
CORK ., < The barque Consuello , from New Orleans , has arrived , with a cargo of provisions , comprising 1 , 773 bags of corn , for _fhq relief of Irish distress , part ot
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which has been placed at the disnosal of xi . \ _t _^^ United States Consul at Cove , " and the _«» . consigned to the Society ot Friends . The _cani ¦¦ ** the Consuello states , that while he was takinp _*"_** cargo a large nuraI > e _* _-of vessels , grain laden t _* 8 ,. _iJeil for Cork nnd Liverpool , and a very consi _. p' v ** number were taking . in cargoes , and ' that n _ tit ! _slishte- * t apprehension was felt there aa to anv 1 * to the supplies which would be sent to this co .. ? " * When it was known ihat the Consuello was _InaK * in New Orleans for the relief of Ireland , much _}&* quant ities of flour , corn , mfal , biscuit , ami port [ f * tinned lo pour in than sbe could carry , all mif i , * ' * for the relief of Ireland , " and _thecaptain Ps \ m _**
that ho left behind mm , at least , the bulk of t * cargoes of free provisions equal to what h _ can .: !? The Cork paper _publi-hcs ' a letter from MrJ _ _h Kn . 12 _, chairman of the Georgetown Relief Com mittee , tothe Mayor of Cmk , endo-ing a biilof u ' din ? for 307 b . irrels of bread . and two barrels of fl 0 _ r as ihe contribution of thc citizens of that townfnl the relief of the suffering poor of Ireland . This _carm was _brought bv the barque General Harrison , w hich hasarrived at Cork . _IlonsBFLKsu —Numbers of persons have , in many localities in Tipperary . been known very recentl y ( -J be subsisting on hor . > . _fl-sb .
The _Gukat nuMntm . —The "Conciliation Hail ** of Clonmel has been closed , without any notice to the _sub-cribers , the dupes ofa now confessedly exploded and bankrupt humbug . Significant . —The house and demesne of Glena J-illarney , the family residence of John O'Connell ' Esq ., is to be let . ' _PRVER . Sligo . —Many deaths from fever have occurred ia this town during tlie week ; it is now extending among the more wealthy portions of society , and the rava . es of this dire scourge will probably , as tho season advances , become much worse . Entire families , we understand , have been laid up in fever ; the hospitals cannot accommodate one-half the applicants for admission .
_Mosagiian . — Fever is rapidly extending . Tha poor-house is crammed with a sickly and dying mass ofhuman b'ings , huddled _together forwantof accommodation , there being above 200 in the house more than it can properly _accommodate . In the gaol six unfortunates nre crammed into a cell six feet by nine —the fever-hospital has triple its number of patients , and the town h filled with crowds of mendicants from every quarter of the island , steeped in the lowest depths of filth and destitution . 0 > uon Union _Workuousf . —Fever continu 93 ta spread in this workhouse . From the report ofthe medical attendant , Dr White , made durin *; the last week , it appears that thero are at present in the
two probationary wards fifty-Sve cases of fever , and 15 cases in the male idiot ward . making in all sev . nty cases of fever in the house . Fifty-five of the inmates who had been suffering from this disease have become convalescent , and there have been but three deaths during the past week . Milltown . —The public works are susnended , numberless families living on seaweed . 'Fever is spreading fearfully . Bands of marauders are ni _. htly slaughtering cattle of all descriptions in _Glenflesk . At the close of last week , three cows , the property _** > . a respect-Me farmer , were _sought'red . skinned , nnd the flesh taken away . The . kins were left on the land .
aklls . —In the Kclls Fever Hospital there are at present 04 patients , _beins 34 more than the regular number , 20 of whom were admitted during the past week—while there are upwards of 30 applicants seeking for admission . Hern , then , we have an increase in one week of about a hundred percent , and every probability that the number each succeeding week will be much greater . Ballinasloe . —The Rev . Mr Dillon , P . P ., of this town , is ill in fever . Clonmacnois —At the weekly meeting of the Relief Committee of this parish , it was reported that
fever bad made alarming progress during the past week , and scarcely a house was to bo found from Seven Churches to Shannon-bridge which was free of contagion . Wo deeply _regret to state that the proceedings of the meeting were painfully interrupted by the sudden illness of two members ofthe Com *" mittee . The worthy chairman , Col . _L'Estrange , was taken home from the meeting in his carriage ; but Captain Johnson , one ofthe most active mem hers of the committee , lies at present in the hotel afc Shannon-bridge , his physician having e onsidered ifc dangerous to remove him to his own residence , although not more than a few miles distant .
Dublin . —Tne Fever . —Ear ] Bes . bo-. Hgh , Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , breathed his last at 11 o ' clock on Sunday night . * Typhus fever has appeared in the Penitentiary afc Harold's Cros 3 . Fever of a malignant type has broken out in the Penitentiary at Smithfield , where convicts under sentence of transportation are received from the country , to remain until shipped for their destination . During the last week a number of those c « nvicts were transported fr _<* m the provinces , and itis stated that some ofthem were actually labouring under fever , and in this manner the malady has been introduced into the crowded prison at Smithfield . In the present condition of the country it would be an act of prudence and humanity to allow those convicts to remain at thevariou 3 assize towns , and thus prevent the spread of infection .
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Westminster Mental Improvement Debating _SociBir and LiBBAiir . —This society held a public meeting in the theatre of the Temperance Ilall , Broadway , for the discussion of the political works of Thomas Paine , on Saturday evening , May lo . At half . past eight Mr Cathie was called " to the chair , and Mr Bowler to the vice-chair . The discussion was resumed by Mr Cathie , who thought the American colonists might have been justified in revolting against a foreign oppressor , and so far as Paine ' s Common Sense and the Crisis excited thia , tbey possessed merit ; but he could not think that the French people were equally justified in rebelling against a domestic monarch . An immensity of blood was shed in that conflict , which was more or less to be
attributed to the writings of Thomas Paine . He thought republics more liable to commotions than monarchies . —Mr Trumble followed in a very able speech , show ing the numerous and sanguinary battles engaged in by monarchs , and that , too , for matters of no earthly consequence to the people . —Mr M'Sweeney said , perhaps it might bo deemed a novelty for an Irishman to stand up and advocate republicanism . ( Cheers . ) Monarchy was opposed to freedom—it was tho freedom of the individual opposed to that of tho million * -. ( Loud cheers ) lie thought the advocates of liberty would do wisely to disseminate tho principles of Thomas Paine , and as they became known so would freedom extend . ( Great applause . ) —Mr Bowler said monarchy had been referred to as beine preferable to democracy , but the prophet Samuel
had told thc children of Israel in ancient times , that the consequence of choosing a king would be that the monarch would take their sons and daughters and make slaves of them . He a pea ! ed to them , had not this prophecy been literally verified ? ( Loud cheers . ) Those writings which they had met to-night to discuss hnd been most grossly villifi _. d and scandalously traduced . But the truth was that monarchical principles had inundated the world with blood ; witness the wars with France , Spain , Portugal , America , China , < L'e ., dec . ( Loud cheers . ) He believed the writings of that great man , Thomas Paine , were exceedingly well calculated to cause those who read them to becomo wiser and better men . ( Cheers . ) Mr Broome most lucidly showed the inestimable advantages that Thomas Paine had conferred on America bv his "Common Sense" and
" Crisis . —Mr Stallwood said Paine was by no means _responsible for the blood shed in the first French Revolution . The difference between republics and monarchies resolved itself into this , the first coverned by the minds of the people , the latter by brute force . He thought no reasonable mind could dispute the superiority ofthe former , when they recollected that hereditary descent not nnfrequently inflicted on the people as rulers madmen , fanatics , infants , fools , and sanguinary despots , whilst republicanism left the choice of president with the people . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Stallwood next proceeded to show the great advantage ofthe little pamphlet "First Principles of Government ; " the great utility of " The Decline and Fall of thc English System Of Finance ; " of '' Agrarian Justice . " All these were the works of Thomas Paine , and could be obtained
at a trifling cost . ( Loud cheers . ) lie cordially thanked the Temperance body for throwing open their Hall for snch an elevating discussion , and trusted tho example wonld be followed . ( Loud cheers . )—Mr Walford roBe to reply , and said Mr Cathie had charged Paine with writing forpopularity , but with whom did he seek to become popular ? certainly not with monarchs or courts . Well , as he gained not the patronage of courts or lordly smiles , surely Mr Cathio would not object to Paine ' s hecoming popular with the people . ( Cheers . ) Mr Walford quoted many excellent passages from the works of this admirable writer , and concluded amidst warm applause . The discussion was now closed , and it was announced that Mr Cathie would op _. n the following question at half _* pa _** t eight precisely , ob Saturday ( this evening ) , May 2 _ : "The p hysical . differences _beiween the human races as app licable to slavery "
. Pol _. tecb * - _... —A series of lectures on Chem- _* t " _. y are being delivered at this _exeellent institutica . by F . II . _Ile-haes , Esq . The usefulness of the MW _ eot , and tho permanent interest attached to lcc . _nres ol this deseription , need no tabonrcd culogium at ou _. hands to direct the attention of the public , and especially th nt of our _agvioaltural readers . At th . fii'st lecture , Mr Holmes very cleverly develop . d tho manner in which the different salts of _potas . mm _»••*• lime were taken from tho soil ; pointing out those upou which the mechanical structure was _essentially dependent . It will bo sufficient for us to refer to this highly important _conrso of lectures . The Grand Duke of Constantina of Russia has arrived at Berlin from Weimar ,-or . his way to England . Tho negroes of Antigua have subscribed the sum of £ 14 - for tbe relief of the distressed Irish ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 22, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22051847/page/6/
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