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t yt metropolis Health of Losdok dobiko the Week—The mortality of London exhibits a small increase . The deaths reg istered in the two previous weeks were 734 , 781 ; those in the week ending last Saturday were 883 . To conpare the corresponding weeks of 1840-8 , the lowest number occurred in that of 1812 , and was 744 , the highest in that of 1848 , when it was 1 , 096 ; but in the year following the deaths of the corresponding week rose to 1 , 741 , when cholera had extended its ravages . The average of the ten weeks of 1840-9 is 974 , and raised in the ratio of in . crease of population 1 , 063 ; compared with which latter standard , the return of last week shows a decrease of 200 . In the last three weeks , the
mortality from zymotic or epidemic diseases has manifested a slight tendency to increase ; the deaths in this class have been successively 159 , 161 , and 176 . But five of the diseases which are most important in the category of epidemics remain nearly at their former amount , or hare perceptibly declined ; for last week only 3 children died of smalt pox , 15 perboits of scarlatina , 16 of measles , 22 of hooping coogli , and 31 o * typhus , all these complaints being less fatal than usual , especially the first two . The increase , however , is apparent in the diarrhou among children , which is peculiar to this period of the year . Its progress , not very formidable , is shown in the numbers of the two previous weeks , which were 40 , 37 , and that of the last week which
was 51 . la the twenty-ninth , or corresponding week oflS 46 , there were 124 from the same cause ; in 1813 , there were 94 ; and , last year , 131 . Of theol last week , 35 occurred under one year of age ; S at 1 , and under 10 ; and the rest at more advanced ages . Five deaths were ascribed last week to cholera ; 20 were registered in the same week of 1846 , 21 in that of 1848 , and 678 in that of 1849 . The following are the particulars of last week ' s cases : —At 60 , Porchester-terrace , St . John , Paddington , on July 18 , a gentleman , aged 63 years , died of " malignant cholera ( 18 hours ) . " Mr . Holloway , the registrar , makes the following statement : — " It appears from the information of the person who was present at the death , that the
stench from the drains was very great , and that the deceased had often complained of it . The houses in the terrace are near Kensington Gardens , and appear to be very healthy , being large , unattached , and provided witb gardens . " At 3 , LHcbfield-terrace , Queen ' s-road , Holloway , on the 18 th July , the daughter of a domestic servant , aged 8 months , died of " diarrhoea and sickness ( 4 days ) cholera Angliea . " Mr . Bntterfield adds , that" cholera was most virulent in the immediate neighbourhood at the last visitation . " At 31 , Margaret-street , Haggerstone East , the daughter of a labonrer , aged 5 years , died of " cholera ( 13 hours ) . " Mr . Ditchman , the registrar , states that he " inspected the premises immediately , and found that thev consisted o !
four small rooms , of [ which the two lower were inhabited by a man , his wife , and five children ; while the two upper were occupied by a man with his wife and three children . The three children , of whom the deceased was one , had hardly recovered from a severe form of scarlatina . Near the spot is the open sewer which was so often complained of last year , as the source of cholera and all kinds of disease ; and at present it is in a most filthy state . " Also at 10 , Albert-street , in the same sub-district , on the 14 th July , the son of a shoemaker , aged 1 year , died of " cholera ( 4 days ) . " " TMb house is well drained , and remarkably clean . " At 8 , St .
PeterVplace , Walworth Common , on loth July , the daughter of a cab proprietor , aged 7 months , died of" dentition , cholera Anglica ( 5 days ) . " The births during the week numbered 1 , 193 . The mean reading of the barometer for the week at the Boval Observatory Greenwich , was 29 ' 8 H inches . The mean temperature was 656 deg ., which is 4 degree above the average of the same week in seven years . On Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday , it ranged between 8 deg . and 12 deg . higher than the average of the same days . The temperature was highest on Tuesday ; and on that day the highest in the shade-was 87 deg ., and the highest in the sun 105 deff .
Tdb Will of ibb uhe Dues of Cambridge . — The property is stated to be divided into three portions amongst his three children , viz . —the . present duke and his two sisters . In addition to other property , the sum of £ 5 , 000 goes to the duchess . The executors are the Duke of Sutherland , Sir James Beynett , and Sir Henry Wheatley . The guardians of the Princess Mary are the duchess , the present duke , and the executors already named . The Princess Mary is but sixteen . By the grant of parliament she will have £ 3 , 000 per annum , as well as one-third of the personal estate bv will . .
ACCIDEKT ON THE SoOTH WESTERN RAILWAY . — An immense number of persons left the Waterloo station on Sunday morning in the excursion trains to Southampton . One of the trains left a quarter of an hour before another , and wa 3 overtaken by the latter some distance down the line . As there appeared scarcely sufficient power in the engine of the first train to keep it ahead of the second , the latter assisted in propelling the former along . When near Basingstoke the first train shot ahead a little of the second , bnt was again overtaken by the latter , and although the concussion of their coming in contact Tas very slight , it was su ffi cient to throw a man out who was improperly sitting en the outer rail of an open third class carriage , without anv roof , which
was the fotrth from the last carriage of the first train . The man fell across the rail , and the whole of the four last cjrriages of the first train went over his head and arm . His head was cut to pieces , and his brains scattered over the line . He was of course tilled hy the first wheel « hieh went over him . He moaned after he fell out of the carriage . He was respectably dressed , and it was stated that he resided somewhere in the neighbourhood of Ludgate-hill . It is said that no blame was attributable to the driver of tiie endue of the second train , because the concussion of coming in contact with the first train would not have done any damage , if the unfortunate man who met with thefatSl accident had not been sitting where he had no business to sit .
The Outrage ok IIer MAKSTr .-Robert Pate , who committed the dastardly assault on her Majesty , has , since his removal to the Millbank Penitentiary , teen an inmate of the infirmary of the prison . In consequence of the medical and other evidence adduced at his trial , Sir George Grey was induced to direct a medical examination of the prisoner , and the result has been the recommendation for his confinement in the infirmary . Pate is stated to be in a very delicate state of health . He employs his time by writing le ters in different languages .
Shocking Accidkkt feosi Fire-Abms . —On Sunday morning the butler of H . Cooper , E « = q ., of Manor-house , Brixton , who had been out shooting the birds which destroyed the wall fruit , left his loaded fowling-piece on the hall table whilst answering his master ' s hell . Mr . Henry Cooper , aged sisteen , entered the hall , and taking up the weapon presented it at his sister who was along with him . Mrs . Evans , the iwuskeeper , who had followed them , wa 3 in the act of remonstrating with him on the foolishness of his conduct , when the piece exploded , and both females fell with a loud shriek . Miss Cooper received the contents of the charge ( No . 6 shot ) in her neck and face , and should she recover will be disfiured for life . The housekeeper b so dangerously ipjured that no hopes are entertained of her recovery . Tie occurrence was purely accidental .
, TheNaiional Peel Testimosial . —On Saturday last a very numerous and influential meeting of the committee of the National Peel Testimonial was held at the Mansion-house , the Right lion , the L ^ rd Major in the chair . The committee was attended by the chairman and deputy chairman of the East Iudia Company , Sir Peter Laurie , Mr . Masterman , M . P ., ™ r' £ H «™ i MP ' » Mr * Bennoch , Mr . Phillip ? , Tfit . file , Sir E . * J . Buxton , Mr . Sheriff Nicholl ! and several other gentlemen . Resolutions were past appointing sub-committees , and after various letters from country towns offering to get up subscriptions maid of the object had been read , and other business had been transacted , it was resolved that the genera ! committee should re-assemble on the 20 th of August , to receive a report as to the amount of the subscriptions , and to determine on the nature of the testimonial .
New Experiments is Aeroetatiox . —On Monday evening the Vauxhall Gardens were densely crowded , in consequene of an announcement that Mr . Bell , a medical gentleman , would ascend from theuce in a balloon of new construction , and carrying machinery capable of propelling it in any direction vrislied by the occupant of the car . At half-past seven the machine was liberated from its fasteniugs , and it rose slowly to the altitude of about 1 , 000 feet . The rapid motion of the fan could be distinctly perceived , and presented a very curious appearance . Ine effect on the balloon wasevident , as the machine
was repeatedly turned , and slightly propelled in Tanoua directions . It did not appear , however , that they succeeded in moving it against the wind . The i 1 £ ! Y- , ° ine was such that the balloon remained in sight for some time , apparently never ascending to any considerable altitude ; Expbhiue 5 T 8 with Small Arms .-A committee on small arms is at present sitting at Woolwich to test several descriptions of muskets , the ex periments hong made at the butt in the Royal Arsenal The experiments have been carried on for some time by artillerymen , and have now commenced with line regiments . - ¦ .
¦ ' ' Election for Sheriff of London . —On Monday , at one o clock , a common hall of the Livery of London , was held at the Gu'ldhall , for the purpose of nominating a fit and proper person to serve the office of one of the sheriff ' s of London and Middlesex , in conjunction with ASderman Carden , for the year ensuing , in the . room oi Andrew Caldeeott , Esq ., that gentleman having been elected on Midenmmerday , and since refused to serve , and paid the fine ; The Right Hun . the Lord Mayor presided , supported ojr Aldermen Sir Chapman Marshall , Musgrpve , Hunter , Sir Peter Laurie , Carden , sheriff elect ; the sheriffs , -Alderman Laarence and Nicboll : onder-
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sherifis , and other civic functionaries . The following gentlemen , returned by the late Lord Mayor , were severally put in nomination ^ Messrs . J . Goodheart , grocer ; Thomas Wrig ht Lawford , iun ., draper ; . ; George Meek , cloth worker ; John Hubbert , Girdler ; James Hartley , spectacle maker ; Ihomas Scambler Osrden , innholder ; and Edward Poynder , plumber . Mr . Deputy Harrison then nominated Mr . George Edmund Hodg kinson , spectacle maker , and said he was sure that gentleman would fill the office with credit to himself , and honour to the city ; he was a partner with Sir J . Pirie . as shipowner and broker . Mr . Thomas Daken seconded the nomination . Mr . Thomas Low said the person nominated was comparatelyunknown . (" No , no" ) He said that there was nothing like a little opposition , and he was disposed to test the value of the livery , and proposed Charles Salisbury Butler , citizen and homer . Mr . Wylieseconded the nomination , and complained that
the office had too long been suffered to go a becging . On a show of hand 3 being taken for the several candidates , George Edmund Hodgkinson was declared duly elected . Mr . James Low then demanded a poll on the part of Mr . Butler , which granted by the sheriffe , and the court broke up . On Wednesday at the Court of Common Hall , at the conclusion of the proceedings for the day at' three o clock , the numhers for sheriff were declared as being for Mr Hodgkinson , 314 ; for Mr . Butler 90 . Mr Secondary James , with Mr . MHIard , the under-sheriff , were upon the hustings during the whole of the afternoon . The proceedings wi * h reference to the election having closed , Mr . Low . who had nominated Mr . Butler , read a letter which appeared in the . Kmes that morning , which stated that he had not given his consent to become a candidate . Mr . Low acquittedhimaelfof all blame , and the proceedings terminated .
Oysters . —An immense quantity of oysters , a thing unprecedented at this season of the year , arrived at Billingsgate on Monday , in six large vessels , and at Hungerford in one , forwarded by the various companies , which , together with the usual supply per rail , which is considerable , from Shoreham , Rarasgate , and Brightliugsea , met with a good and ready sale . The American Ships in the Thames , and the Docks , on Monday , had their colours at half-mast , out of respect to the memory of the late venerable President , General Taylor .
Death of Mr . Muktabd , the Comedian , — Among the gaps which death has caused in the Theatrical circle , the blank which " little Munyard " has left at the Adelphi Theatre , will not be readily filled . On Monday night , the 15 th inst ., not more than an hour before the time the veteran actress , Mrs . Glover breathed her last , this clever comedian expired , after a tedious and painful illness . Important Inquiry . —An inquest was held on Saturday last at the Black Swan public house , School House Lane , Ratcliff , on the body of John Walsh , agfd fifteen years , the son of poor parents , residing at No . 12 , Harris ' s-court , Brook-street . From the evidence of the surgeon , Mr . Tomlin , it appeared that the immediate cause of death was ulceration of
the bowels . The result , witness added , might have been averted if the deceased had been seen some days earlier . The jury returned a verdict "That the deceas ? d , John Walsh , died from ulceration of . the bowels , neglected in the earlier stage . " According to a statement made by the parents , it appeared that the order for medical aid was not attended to for a period of five hours after it was delivered , and that when Mr . Tomlin arrived , the deceased had breathed his last . Mr . Tomlin excused himself by stating that his duties as parish surgeon were so severe that he could not give that attention to patients he could wish . He had hoped to have the assistance of another medical gentleman , but no one had been appointed by the guardians , and he had sent in his resignation . In excuse for not attending to the patient , Mr . Tomlin
said he did not return home till three o ' clock in the afternoon , when he was wet through , and had to chaoee his clothes . Moreover , the word " urgent " was not written on the order , if it had been , his servant would have sought him instantly , and he would have visited the patient without delay . Fibk . —On Saturday morning last , between one and two o ' clock , an alarming fire broke ont on the premises of Mr . William Simpson , engineer , Belgrave-road , Pimlico . The policeman on duty , in going his rounds , perceived sparksof fire issuing from the roof , and immediately raised an alarm , but such hold had the fire obtained , that before the arrival of the engines the whole of the shops were destroyed The fire is supposed to have originated from spontaneous combustion in the pattern and model room . The fire was extinguished , but not until considerable damage was done .
Another Incendiary Fire at Hbkdon . — On Wednesday morning about six , the parish of Hendon was thrown into a state of considerable confusion in consequence of another fire breaking out , making the third that has occurred in the same district within a week . The flames originated in the rick-yard of the premises belonging to Mr . Samuel Sicoll , known as nyde « favm , and when discovered were raging furiously in a stack of hay containing fifty or sixty loads . The farm servants and labourers of the district , numbering nearly sixty , set to work and eventually succeeded in extinguishing the flames , but not until one-third of the rick was destroyed . From the part in which the fire commenced , not the least doubt is entertained but that it was the work of an incendiary . Mr . Nicoll was insured in the Royal Exchange Fire-office .
Fire in the Cur . —Between three and four o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon a destructive fire broke out on the premises belonging to Mr . Segar , pianoforte manufacturer , Kb . 1 , Liverpool-street , Bishopspate-street Within . It originated in the workshops in the upper part of the premises , and it was not finally arrested until the workshops were gutted , and considerable damage done to the remainder of the building by water , < fec . The precise cause of the fire could not be explained . A Girl Killed by her Sisters . —On Tuesday an investigation took place before Mr . Bedford , the Westminster coroner , in the board-room of St . James ' s Workhouse , respecting the death of Elizabeth Coleman , aged thirteen years , who died from
the effects of violent ill-usage inflicted by two staters of deceased , Margaret Robinson , aged twenty , and Johanna Coleman , aged eighteen , who are in custody , and remanded by Mr . Hardwick , at the Marlborough Police-court , to await the result of the present inquiry . It appeared from the evidence of two respectable females , named Mitchell and Doherty , living in Hopkins-street , Golden-square , that on the afternoon of Saturday , the 29 th of June , the deceased was met in Hopkins-street , by her sister Margaret Robinson , the wife of a sweep , who charged deceased with having stolen one of her dresses . Deceased stoutly denied it , when Robinson seized hold of deceased by the hair of her head , and , after striking her repeatedly about the face with her fist , she dashed her head with great violence against the wall , and whilst she lay on the ground in a senseless state she kicked her over the left ear , which instantly became swollen . The
bystanders rescued the deceased from her sister ' s illtreatment ; and in about ten minutes afterwards , whilst she was sitting on the step of a door crying bitterly , Johanna Coleman , the other sister , came up , and without any provocation she struck the deceased a tremendous blow with her closed fist in the eye , which completely blackened it ., Deceased continued to complain of that part of her head where her sister had kicked her , until the following Wednesday , when she became so much worse that Mr . French , the parish surgeon , was called to her , and he had her removed to the Infirmary , where she died on the 22 nd inst . Two abscesses had formed , one over the left temporal muscle , and the other in the middle lobe of the brain , which was the cause of death , and in the opinion of the surgeon was produced by the violence above described . The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Margaret Robinson and Johanna Colcman , and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute .
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® tje prowncee . Incendiarism At Willesdej . —On Sunday a moat daring attempt was made to destroy the extensive farm premises belonging to Mr . Tattersall , known as the Paddocks , at Willesden , about eight or nine miles from London . It appears that , on one of the grooms passing by the stack yard he found that a ick of hay , containing probably about fifty or sixty loads , had been fired by some scoundrel at the southwestern eide . Contiguous to this s'ack stood a number of others equally as large , as well as numerous farm buildings , so that a most fearful conflagration appeared inevitable . The whole of the grooms and others at work on the estate were instantly summoned to render assistance , and at the same time a mounted express was despatched to London for the engines , but the workmen succeeded in extinguishing the flames .
Fatal Accident ax Sheerness . —On the 19 th inst ., an inquest was held at the Fountain Hotel , Sheerness , before Mr . J . Hinde , coroner . ' for West Kent , on the body of Mr . James Anthony Higho , watchmaker , of 112 , Bishopsgate-street-without , London , who was accidentally drowned ' on the preceding day . The deceased , it appeared , accompanied by his wife and child , arrived by the Emerald steamer , an excursion boat , on the previous afternoon , and , landing at the pier about five o ' clock , accompanied by two friends , proceeded along the beach towards Queenborough for the purpose of
bathing . Unfortunatel y , however , he went into a creek where the water is of great depth , and before assistance could be rendered lost hi * life . Edward Monk a waterman , who had witnessed the occurrence , immediately put off in his boat , and succeeded ^ rescuing the body , which wag taken to the Foun-£ '« " h te ! ' ? , IiereD < . Jardine was quickly in atten-Sh \ iS ? W ! lsext « ct , the opinion Vmg that death had been caused fromfright . Mrs-Higho , nit * ftase d . « f P resent duringtheinquiry . ind , as may be imagined , was greatl y distressed in ' mind . fhejaryreturned a verdict , " That deceased was accidentally drowned while bathing , " accompanied
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by a recommendation to the authorities to erect a railing at the spot to prohibit persons from bathing there , and in which the coroner expressed his concurrence . Mr . Higho , was thirty-seven years of age , and has left a young family . . : ; Charge against a . Pouce-Officbr . at Livbr-POOL . —An important inquiry was held on the 19 th inst ., before the borough coroner , in Lord-street , Liverpool , touching the death of James Ellis , a prisoner in the Borough-gaol , who died on the previous Wednesday , from injuries supposed to have been inflicted by Patrick Walsh , a police-officer . The deceased , James Ellis , and his wife , resided at No . 8 , Marylebone . With them lodged a man and his wife named Coulter ; and , on the previous Saturday all these parties were from home . Coulter returned
about eleven o clock , and inquired of the servant where his wife was . The girl said she did not know , when he immediately struck her . Directly after , deceased and his wife cnmehonie , both partly intoxicated . Mrs . Ellis , seeing the servant crying , inquired the cause , and complained to Coulter of his conduct . After some recrimination , Coulter also struck Mrs . Ellis . The deceased at this time was lying oa the sofa in the house , and did not interfere in the quarrel . Mrs . Ellis then ordered Coulter out of the house . She brought his clothes , and he went away quietly . In about a quarter of an hour he returned , and wished to be admitted , but was refused by Mrs . Ellis , A crowd now being collected about the door , Walsh and another officer dispersed them ,
and advised Mrs . Ellis to go into her house . She did 90 : but directly afterwards went out , and was proceeding down the steps to the cellar underneath her house , when Walsh came to her and laid hold of her by the back of the neck saying , "I have been watching for you ; you must come with me now , " and she saw him raise his stick as if to strike her . She said she would go quietly with him , and they proceeded towards the Bridewell . Some one , in the meantime , had informed the husband of what had occurred , and he immediately followed them . He asked the officer what he was going to book his wife for , and just as they got to the corner of Vauxhall-road , they all three fell to the ground together ; The woman then got clear , but the officer caught
hold of deceased , and , on rising , 'Struck him on the back , but he got away from him . The officer pursued deceased , and struck him on the back of his head , when he fell on his face with great force , and lay as if he was dead , He was then conveyed into the Bridewell , and thence to the Main Bridewell , where , becoming very ill on the Sunday , he was removed in a cer to the Northern Hospital . On Monday morning , deceased and his wife were taken before Mr . Rushton , when the former was fined 10 s . for assaulting the police , and his wife 5 s . for being drunk and disorderly . The fine inflicted on the deceased not being paid , he was sent to gaol , and on arriving there he became worse , and was placed in the hospital of the prison . He soon after became insensible and violently delirious , requiring three
men to hold him in bed ; and . although he received every attention from the medical officers of the prison he died in this state on Wednesday night . On Thursday a . post moytem examination of the body was made by Mr . W . B . Wall , house surgeon of the Northern Hospital , and Mr . F . Osborne . From the evidence of these gentlemen it appeared that they detected an external fracture of the skull underneath a wound near the right eye . There was also a contusion behind the right ear . On removing the skull cap , the brain was found very much congested , and there was also an extensive fracture at the base of the skull . Congestion of the brain , set up by a fracture produced : from external violence , was the cause of death . The jury returned a Terdictof "Excusable homicide . " ¦
Colliery Accident . —A serious accident hap . pened to Edward Boyd , Esq ., of Urpeth ! at Haswell Colliery last week . Mr . Boyd was in the pit giving directions , and was in the act of walking along one of the passages with some other gentlemen , when a portion of the roof became detached and fell upon him , almost entirely burying him beneath it . When extricated . Mr . Boyd was found to be very seriously injured . He was Temoved to a house in the neighbourhood , where he Still lies in a condition which leaves hope of his ultimate recovery , though only after a long illness and protracted suffenng .- ^ Durham Advertiser . : . The Liverpool Burglar ( Match ) who escaped from prison was re-apprehended last week at Bradford by one of tho Liverpnol detectives .
Chester Election . —The nomination took place on Saturday last , when Mr . C . E . Egerton was proposed by Mr . John Williams , the mayor of Chester , and seconded by Mr . Dixon ; and Mr . H . Brown proposed , and Mr . Robert Turner seconded , the Hon . Owen Stanley . Mr . Egerton said he wanted a modification of the Income-tax , and a repeal of the window-duty . To meet the deficiency caused by the reduction , he would withdraw the African Bquadron , and save the £ 700 , 000 expended on its ntaintenance He should also vote for a safeguard to be p ' aced on all foreign goods imported , by way of protective taxation . If this were not done artisans and their families would be ruined . The Hon . W . O . Stanley referred to his former parliamentary career , and said
he was _ satisfied the working man would never allow the re-imposition of a penny of duty on his food . In the very last and memorable speech of that noble man , Sir Robert Peel , and noble he truly was—not by that nobility which was the gift of a monarch , but by that which the people conferred in acknowledgment of services rendered and benefits enjoyed—he stated that the system he had introduced had acted as he expected , and that his faith in its benefits was unimpaired . Mr . Stanley then reminded the electors that this election for Chester was the first contested one since the death of that lamented statesman and benefactor of his kind ; would they do anything to reverse what might be called his last benediction , and his dyin ? belief ? The Sheriff announced that
the show of hards was in favour of the Hon . W . O Stanley . The anticipations that Mr . Stanley would be returned have not been disappointed . The confidence of Mr . Egerton ' s party was soon shaken , and at an early hour in the morning it was evident that Mr . Stanleywasto . be the representative of Chester , in conjunction with Earl Grosvenor . As a matter of course considerable excitement prevailed throughput tho city 5 the shops were closed , business entirely suspended , and Bags and banners were seen floating in every direction . The polling commenced at eight o ' clock aad closed at four . The result was a large and overwhelming majority , considerably exceeding 300 , for the Hon . W . O . Stanley , the Liberal candidate .
Two Children supposed to have hues Poisoned by their Parents . —On Saturday last , at Northampton , two persons , named William Pell , a labourer , and Sarah , his wife , were brought up for examination on a charge of having poisoned tkeir two children , aged two and four years , with arsenic . It appears that about a fortnight ago the youngest child died , and was buried on Saturday , the 13 th . The otber child was taken ill , and although two medical gentlemen attended , it died the following day . The symptoms having attracted the suspicions of tho medical men , the body was examined , and the result was the discovery of a quantity of arsenic in the stomach . The other child was then exhumed by the direction of the coroner , and on examination the body was found to contain arsenic also . Other circumstances of suspicion against the prisoners afterwards transpired , and they were both apprehended . After the proceedings , which were conducted in nrivate .
had terminated , the prisoners were remanded . A Hard Case . —At the Bradford Borough Court on the 19 th inst ., Holmes Smith was brought up under the following cirqumstances : It appears that the defendant was apprenticed to Messis . Margerison and Sutcliffe as a wool sorter . A 6 hort ago he became a member of the 2 nd West York Yeomanry Caviilry , and on Wednesday , there being a field day of the regiment at Halifax , he asked the consent of his masters to be absent from his work on that day , at the same time expressing his willingness to have reduction made in his wages . His masters , however , refused to allow him to go , and he having gone without their consent a warrant was taken out for his apprehension for having violated his indentures . When brought before the bench Mr . Margerison , one of the partners in the firm , pressed stroDgl y upon their worships lor a committal to Wakeneld , and this young man was committed accordingly to the House of Correction for the space of fourteen days .
Discovery of a Silver Mine at Ttthkrington , Gloucestershire . —The inhabitants of the parish ot Tytiierington , near Thornbury , Gloucestershire , are in a state of high glee , in consequence of the discovery of a silver mine in that localit y , which is said to promise a considerableyield of the precious metals . A surveyor has made a . minute examination , and it is stated that on the strength' of his recommendation some capitalists from the metropolis propose working the mine . : ! Monument at Leeds to Sir R . Pbel . — The requisition to the Mayor of . Leeds for a public meeting on this subject has received between 240 and 250 signatures , including those of many of the principal firms in thetown . '
Cruelty to a Child by its Motuer . —A case of this description , but accompanied by circumstances of unusual atrocity , was brought before ths . Manchester Borough Court , on the 19 th inst ., by Inspector Keenari , . from ; the Oldhani-road police station .: From his statement it appeared , that on tho previous ' day some person residing in that locality ' had informed him . that au Irishwoman , named ; Elisabeth Butterfield , had been inflicting some severe torture uporiher daughter , a little girl severi " ; years of age . On
proceeding to the woman ' s houEe ; they fourid the report correct , and immediately took the girl and her mother to the Town-halVand fetched Mr . Walker Golland , surgeon , to examine the extent . of the injuries which the dnld had received ., Mr . Gollimd was then called , and stated thafc . be found that the girl fi , ? ceived Jour cuts uponeach buttock , which had Li * made with a knife , or other sharp , nst ument Th 5 wounds were not very deeD We wZ Tf ' j ! mmmli
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in her arms , was of clean and decent appearance , and showed considerable remorse . Her husband stated that the cause why his wife had resorted to such improper treatment was , that the girl was in the habit of neglecting to go to school when sent from home . . Th e punishment had been inflicted , in his absence , on the preceding Friday , when his wife had made the discovery that the child had been playing all the week , and had spent the school wages . She was generally kind to the children , caused them to say their prayers every night , and also sent them to the Sunday school . After making the cuts , which had been done with a common table knife , she had rubbed the wounds with salt . Mr . Harding , who appeared for the prisoner , said she waB not , of ooune , warranted in what she had done , but she did it with the view of punishing the child and reforming its bad habit , after
having many times tried in vain the effect of whip-S ing : bnt that was a plan which only tended to prouce hardness . If necessary , he could call several witnesses to show that the woman was generally humane and did not int end to hurt the child beyond the pain she might give it at the time . Mr . Maude said the offence was one of such an atrocious and unusual description that it was difficult to conceive hot ? it could have entered into the heart of a mother to commit it .: The Bench had been in -some doubt whether they ought not to send her to the assizes ; but , in the hope that it was unnecessary to do so forthesakeof example to others , and being inclined to believe that it had been done only for the sake of punishment , they should deal with her iu a summary manner . The prisoner was then ordered to pay a penalty of £ b , or be committed to prison for two months . .
The Britannia Bridge . —The third tube at the Britannia Bridge is now raised to its place and permanently fixed . The arrangements for floating the fourth and last tube have been completed under the directions of Mr . Edwin Clark , the resident engineer . The"bridge will be entirely completed by the month of November . - , : Cotton Swee pings . —At the Liverpool policecourt on Monday Frederick Johnson , the chief mate of the William Wirt ¦; ' ¦ John Healing , a sort of dealer in old stores ; and John Talbot , a porter , in the employ of Mr . Jackson , the consignee of the cargo of tho William Wirt , were charged with having stolen about eight hundred weight of cotton , part ot' the cargo referred to . The cotton was taken
out of the gates of tlie Waterloo Dock on Saturday afternoon in a cart , the owner of which professed ignorance aa to the person wbo called him from the stand . The prisoner Talbot , however , acknowledged to clearing the cotton . The mate , who was charged with having received £ 5 for the cotton , stated that the consignees had cleared out the whole cargo , and subsequently the custom-house officers had inspected the vessel . He was'therefore , under the irapresBion that nothing remained on board in the way of cargo ¦ he was therefore surprised when a man who had asked for permission to look for swepings offered him £ 3 for the loose cotton . Not to appear ignorant of the matter he demanded £ 6 ., and ultimately the man
Healing gave him £ 5 . —Mr . Rushton said it was not for him to say how . the jerquers could visit a vessel and hot see eight hundred weight of cotton . '¦ With respect to the mate ' s alleged innocence , all he could ssy was , to point to the practice of porters engaged in discharging vessels concealing quantities of Such cargo as cotton , and then informing , dealers of the circumstance . He was determined that the present case should not t > ass without investigation , and he would commit all . parties charged for trial . Talbot , who had been employed to superintend the discharging of the cargo , and who had been the means of getting the suspected cotton passed through tho gates , pretended ignorance as to the amount of the cotton , which ; he also represented as valuless
sweepings . . Suicide of a Convict . —John Blower , from Barking in Essex , was convicted at the Portsmouth sessions on Monday , of stealing a watch from a gentleman named Cooper . The recorder , in passing sentence , said that if he consulted his own feelings , he should sentence him to corporeal punishment , but as public sentiment appeared against such a mode of punishment he bowed to that decision , but he was determined tn make a severe example of all persons convicted , like the prisoner , of preying on the industry of others , and he sentenced him to seven years' transportation . The prisener was immediately taken from the dock to a place under where the court wa 9 held . In a few moments some shrieks and exclamations were heard in the court ^ and it was ascertained that the prisoner had , the moment he went below , seized a razor which was kept for the prisoners to shave themselves , and cut his throat from ear to ear .
Singular Blunder . —At the Buckinghamshire assizes just concluded , the grand jury ignored a bill aaainst Jame * Ridg way of WadaVstton , for rape . When ibis announcement was made in court , by some unaccountable misunderstanding the sheriff set at large another prisoner named George Lee , charged with stealing trpwsers from a shop , instead of the man with committing the rape . The" discharged prisoner no doubt congratulating himself upon his lucky escape , quickly mnde his way out of the town : and , had it
not been that the blunder was almost immediately discovered , he would most probably have got clear uff . When the discovery was made , Sergeant Cornaby ' s services were immediately called into requisition , who quickly got upon the man ' s track , and eventually overtook him at Wingrave . In reply to the sergeant ' s explanations , the felliw at first pretended that he had been rightfully discharged , and refused to return ; but eventually Cornaby sue ceeded in inducing him to come back ; and he was tried and sentenced to six months' imprisonment .
The Lancashire Pbel Monument . —It has . been determined by the inhabitants of Tollington and its neighbourhood to erect a column on the summit of the above hill to the memory of the late Sir Robert Peel . The view from the top of the column / which will be accessible by means of a staircase , will command a panoramic scene of 200 miles ni circumference , embracing a sight of Yorkshire , over Blackstone Edge ; the Derbyshire hills , overlooking Buxton ; the Staffordshire range of hills Cheshire , the Irish Channel , the Cumberland hills , and the watering places on the Lancashire coast Holcombe-hill is within a few miles of the birthplace of tho late Sir Robert Peel .
n Peel Monument at Bury , Lancashire . — On Monday evening , at a meeting of the finance committee connected with the above object , at Bury , it was ascertained that the total amount of the sub-^ cno ^ ?* : the intended monument ' at Bury , was * 4 oy < 5 , 2 j , lOdj , \ Charge against a Sea Captain . —The magis . trates of Falmouth assembled on Monday evening at the Guildhall , to hear the complaint of Robert pumpace , the mato of the Esther Francis , against William Michael , the master , for attempting to poison . Wm . Shaw , a passenger by that vessel from Havannah . Mr . Shaw said that he joined the Esther Frances at Havannah , on May 17 , for Falmouth . The captain of the vessel was the pri-She sailed
soner . on May 22 , and for the folio wing six days tho prisoner was always intoxicated . Witness lived in the cabin with the master and first and second mates . A water jug was kept in the cabin . On Juno 13 , and for several days previous , the master had been drinking very freely , but could walk ; about throe o ' clock in tho atternoon witness asked the cabin-boy to bring down some clean water : he did 80 ,. and witness drank some ; . at five also he drank some ; it was then perfectl y clean . About half-past five they had tea , which the captain refused to drink . In the evening , while witness was on his bed , he saw the captain go to the medicine chest , and taking ; the water jug , pour something into it . He then went into tho steward ' s pantry About eight o ' clock witness had some soud which
instantly made him ill , and i was then found that what the master , had put into the water was exin ? n ? £ x- - ^ n xL next mor"tog came down into the cabin with all the crew to put irons on tho master , when he accused him of attempting to poison all those who lived in the cabin . Witness accused hir ^ of the attempt to poison him on the following day , when prisoner replied , "Well , Mr . tsnaw , if 1 did , I must have been crazy at the time " and added further , "let all bo for / otten and fo ' rgiven , and all will be comfortable . "—Robert Dunipaco was then examined , but his evidenco was to tho aarao effect entirely , and threw no further light on the affair . —The bench was of opinion that there existed from the evidence a degree of suspicion , but not sufficient proof . The case was accordingly dismissed . '• ' ¦¦
Melancholy Suicides at MANCHESTBB . -On Tuesday , at the Eagle Inn , Tuer-Btreet , Greenheys , Manchester , an inquest washeldon the body of Mr . Joseph D'Antoine , merchant , aged forty-one years ' who had been lodging with his cousin , - ' Lazarus de Maria , at the house of Elizabeth Reilly , 30 , Burlir . irton-atreet , Greenheys . Deceased had come to En | . land four months ago , and had never , enjoyed j rood health since , and was much depressed in spirits On Sunday evening he and his cousin returned from a visit at Altrmcham . He appeared to be in a verv depressed state of mind , and his cousin observed that ho looked exceedingl y wild about the . eS ¦ Next morning deceased did not leave his room S about eleven o ' clock the door ; which was fonnri ockedinsifewas : forcedop en . Decea ^ LE
the same day an inquest was held afc the Rov ^ Tw ™ S- th ^ scull ery , bleeding . profusely from a rnZ T- f" ?*' whicl 1 Beimel inflicted with a razoi which was found on tho Mtohen table . ; She was taken to the Royal Infirmary , where she died on Monday morning , v Sho was only just recovering irom the effects of ' a similar wound she had made in nor throat about two months ago . Noreasoncould bo given to account for her conduct ; except that she had been in an unsettled stato of mind for some time past . The jury returned a verdict in both cases oi" Temporary insanity , "
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( Loud laughter . )—Chief . Baron : Roared : ! who roared ? witness : My ass , _ my . lord ; . he . roared with joy , We were together for . the last five years ; he knew me well ; and I would know bis vroioe twenty miles off . ( Loud laughter , in which the Chief Baron heartily joined . ) The prisoner was convicted . ... ..- ¦ .:-. .. ¦ ...-. ; The Repeal AssociAnos . —It would appear that the association is not yet dead . The Freeman ' s Journal of Saturday last contains a list of " resolutions of the Committee of the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland , " amongst which is one calling a meeting for the 5 th of August , " for the purpose of finally deciding whether it may ; not be possible to save Conciliation Hall from passing into other hands , and being lost to the Repeal : partythe party of Ireland . " Another resolution calls oa the friends of the Association to " assist our . efforts
to prove on the said Monday , the 5 th day . of August , 1850 , that the insolent and scornful rejoicings of the enemies of Ireland at home and abroad at the supposed extinction of all constitutional and rational agitation . in this country were premature . " The meeting at which these resolutions vrere , passed was held on Satui-day , and at the same time subscriptions were handed in to the amount of * 12 10 s . Representation of Tbaleb . —The reported appointment of Mr Maurice O'Connell to a lucrative situation in Dublin , and his consequent retirement from parliament , has caused considerable excitement amongst the politicians of this town . Already aro two candidates mentioned : and ne are author * ised to state , that in case of a vacancy , caused by the retirement of Mr . O'Connell , Sir Thomas Herbert , R . N ., will offer himself as a candidate for the suffrages of the electors of Tralee . Mr . Thomas Fitzgerald , Q . C , is the other candidate named .
Rk-appeabance of the Potato BuortT . —DarK and depressing rumours are abroad about the reappearance of tho potato blight in a malignant form , but as yet they have only come from one quarter , namely , the south-west portion of the island . Th © Frztmavis Journal of Monday morning publishes the following ,. extracts from some lotters received oa this deeply painful subject : — " . Bollard , Tralee , ' 19 th July . —I am extremely sorry to tell you that the potato blight has , within the last three or four days , appeared in a formidable character .. It is a heavy blow to us all . The visitation has run through the entire of the north of the country , and I suppose the south-also . " -
" Banna , Ardfert , 18 th July .- —Unfortunately the potatoes are all gone in this part of tho country . When I came home on Monday they were all looking quite green and well ; but for the last three days they are woefully changed . All the gardens are now black , and you can smell the rotting stalks all along the roads . ' I don't know what will become of the country . " " Castloi 8 land , July 11 th . —The potato crop is again going fast—the air stinks around the rotting gardens . I saw , on Monday evening , broad acres teeming with moBt luxuriant and rich . crops , which yesterday evening had become black and drooping . It was indeed a melancholy prospect—one which
will decide the fato of thousands of human being 3 . The Limerick and Clare Examiner publishes a correspondent ' s letter , dated Limerick , July 10 th , in winch the writer Bays : — *« . I have gone over a great deal of the district , and in all oases I have no hesitation whatever in pronouncing the crop irrevocably gone . It had a beautiful appearance up to Tuesday last . ' On that day there was a most oppressive , unhealthy kind of fog , and next morning the potatoes presented unmistakable symptoms of disease in its most virulent forms . The fields looked as if a shower of burning lava ,. brimstone , or vitriol had fallen during the night . The stench from some of the fields since then is almost intolerable . " ;
Mato Election . —Last week a troop of the 5 th Dragoons passed through Castlerea for Castlebar ; a company of infantry and forty police also left Roscommon for the same destination . The Irish Xinen and Yarn Trades . —The Belfast report announces a continuance of briskness , especially for linen yarnB , but prices are unaltered . The export , houses , are beginning to operate largely for full trade in America , and other foreign markets , and a very good autumn trade is anticipated . General trade continues very active in Belfast . The Viobroy Steamer . —The Freeman ' s Journal says : — " The loss of the Viceroy steamer has . caused a very , general feeling of regret , especially as regards its discouraging effect on the new experiment .
although no loss of life has ensued . The owners ( the Glasgow Steam-Packet Company ) are fully insured— £ 17 , 000 at the Underwriters' Association in Dublin , and £ 3 , 000 in Glasgow . This is the second loss the Underwriters' Company have sustained this year , the first being the Royal Adelaide , insured for £ 8 , 000 . The Railway Company will also be losers by the non-performance of ihe voyage , but to a very trifling extent . " The Roman Catholic Synod and the Queen ' s Colleges . —STo reply has yet been received from Rome to the representations made by the Bishops of Cork and Galway respecting the interdict against any connexion of the Roman Catholic clergy ' with the Queen ' s Colleges . The recent rescript from
the Propaganda strictl y prohibits the prelacy and clergy from interfering in any way with those institutions , and requires them to use all their influence in dissuading tho laity from allowing their children to attend aa pupils . In consequence of this mandate , the . Rev . Dr . O'Toole , vice-president of Galway College , and the Roman Catholic deans of residence in Cork and Galway , merely hold their offices-pending the Synod , which commences its sittings at the Roman Catholic College of ThurleB , on the loth of August next . If some arrangement be not adopted at the Synod , or some sanction bo not granted by the' Holy See , in the meantime , all the clergymen now connected with the Queen ' s Colleges are tosend in their resignations . The preparations for the accoinmduation of the bishops and many other clergymen , secular and regular , who are to attend the Synod , are now carried on with activity at
Thurles , under the superintendence of Dr . Slattery , the Roman Catholic Archuiahop of Cashel . Tbe proceedings of this Synod-the first that has been held in Ireland for centuries—aro looked to by the Roman Catholic public with the deepest solicitude . Evictions in TippERARr . -The Xenagh Guardian , the organ of the North Ti pperary landlords , contains the subjoined communication , dated Roserea * l I ? - - " Yesterday -Mr . Pigott , agent ; to the ' Earl of Portarhngton , accompanied by Mr . Samuel M . Going , sub-sheriff , and a party of constabulary under command of Head Constable Shanahan , proceeded to a street in the suburbs of this town , called ' Boheen Glass , ' alias Green-street , and levelled thirty houses , in which were located at least three hundred human beings , who were in a most abject and impoverished state . It was a truly appalling sight to see those wretched beinirs
erectinosheds and . huts against the walls and ditches to try and guard themselves and families against the inclemency of the weather ' for ono night , it beinc supposed the greater number of them will seek for and obtain admission to the workhouse this day Ao rent has been received from those premises for the last ten or fifteen years ; in fact , they held out in defiance of all law till the last . " The WEAniER .-On Sunday and Monday there was a constant succession ofsli ght showers ; but in the course of Monday ni ght the rain began to fall I ? , « nt ' whic continued up to Tuesday evening , ine effects of such a superabundance of moisture on the ripening crops may be very sorious ; but taking all the circumstances of the weatherand of the
re-, ports from tho . country into consideration , the general impression seems to be that there is not yet much cause for alarm in our harvest prospects . The Harvest . — " Every field of potatoes , " sars the Clare ^ Journal of Monday , "Is now almost totally withered and shrivelled up , presentins a most deplorable view to tho spectator ; but though the stalks have been thus consumed , we believe the esculent itsolf has as yet escaped injury , and the greater portion of the crop is in a very forward state , in consequence of having been planted unusually early this year . The bean crop is also partially affected b y the blight . " ; Further south , happily , the prospect is still cheering , and it may be hoped that after all the failure iMir
uo au « reu m some quarters to cover the deficiencies elsewhere . Mr . Justice Jackson , in openin ? he commission for thQ city of Cork , took occasion to congratulate the Grand Jury on the appearance Ot the crops , his Lordship having minutely esanuned tueuvcondition in iU progress of hia circuit : * iT th ought they had a very fine prospect before them ; ho thought they had great cause of gratitude to the Giver of all good , and , with regard to the potato , which was so important an article of consumption amongst tho people , tho prospect was very fine , and , for the harvest generally , he himself never saw it looking so promising and abundant , iho business lmd been so li ght in the other counties that they were only flve days in Limerick , instead of tho usual period of ten or twelve days ; and in tho county of Kerry thoy had . soarcoly two davs work , instead of a week . With regard to those districts , he certainl y never saw the harvest look so
won , ootn as regarded the potato and grain crops There was not a symptom of disease in the potato crop , except in oho small region in the neighbourhood of Kenmarc , and it was a source of very « reit gratitude-it ought to be a source of thankfulness-? h « iX / M * ° u ' tllat ' witl 1 the absence of he potato disease , they had the prospect of beiV blessed by an abundant harvest . P it should be so ° t oSffiHSfl m see « tho worftoftno sev re times they had been passing thvoueh ' " in ^ h W f ^ . «*» W » 8 Kj , in addve 3 S - "feoH ? Gr }^ Jury , bovo Similar testimony : wS noS&l- ^ P P ect of plenty which durinAl ?' blted ' , and wLich ho bad witnessed sen ? h ^ , ° , S 3 thro « ga the South , would les-S ! tv Jh \ oh K P retext ; for the invasion of pronaWh , Sn 5 { ,- V ( i ' e , ^ aee » had "ecomo so & £ v ? J ? othei'Parts of Ireland . " f tSTk ^ ' ^^ - ' ^ " ^ continue satisfactory , and as yet there is no positive instance of SUlster" ^ the blight throu s hout foe »» °
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hAMEGED YlOLBNOK OF'TCRK-OUIfl AT MANCHESTER . —Five cotton spinners ( Hargreaves , Bullis , Winter , Lowe , and .. another , ) lately in tho employ , of Messrs . Richard Birley and Brothers , spinners and manufacturers at Manchester , were on Tuesdaj brought before the magistrates on a charge of intimidation . Messrs . Birley have been making an experiment with : a view to economising labour in their establishment . It has been the custom to employ a great number of spinners , each spinner haying a piecer to assist him , whose duty it is to piece broken threads ; bnt Messrs ; Birley having made an . experiments a room where seven piecers were employed ,, by . which they found that'these piecors might be dispensed with , save them notice
to leave the establishment . It was understood that the notice would be afterwards extended to the whole of the other piecers employed in the establishment , and the spinners feeling a ggrieved at the course which was taken , gave notice also , and "turned out" about seven weeks ago . The consequence has been that other men have been employed who submit to the new order of things , and the prisoners waylaid these new hands as they left the works several ni ghts laat week , and entered into a remonstrance with them on the impropriety of " taking the bread but of their mouths " ( to use their own homely expression . ) According to one witness the prisoners called the new hands " knobsticks , " and threatened if they did not leave
Messrs . Birley ' s employ , to "kill , " or " make them so that ' , they could not work ; " but this evidence was not borne out by tho statements of tho other witnesses . Mr . S . Heelis , attorney , conducted the case for the . prosecution , and Mr . W . P . Roberts addressed the court for the prisoners , appealing to the peaceable conduct of the turn-outs for seven weeks as evidence that they did not wish to resort to vinlenoe . He did not deny that the prisoners had endeavoured to persuade the "knobsticks" from lowering wages by taking work at Messrs . Birloy ' s . . The alteration at Messrs . Birley ' s would have the effect of turninie'Out of
employ ninety-one women and children , throwing extra labour upon the men retained without increase of salary , and a saving would be effected of £ 2 , 000 per annum . It was not wonderful if in such a case a hard word or two fell from someof the parties aggrieved , but he thought the fact that no actual violonce had been used by the old hands towards the new ones ought to plead very powerfully in their favour . The magistrates , after a long consultation , committed the prisoners to hard labour for seven days , cautioning them that a much heavier punishment would follow any future interference with , the hands now working for Messrs . - Bh'ley .
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scotwitlr . Wreck op a Steamer on Loch Lomond . —An unfortunate accident occurred on Loch Lomond on the 19 th inst . to the Pilot , one of the steamers carrying excursion passengers up the Loch . While making a trip , she suddenly struck on a sunken rock within a * short distance of the shore , near Ross Point , south of Rdwardenmah . " The shock was so violent that many of the passengers were ubset on deckand
the greatest alarm and excitement prevailed : The first shock was so sudden that the machinery was not Btopped ; and no sooner had it been felt than another succeeded . The Pilot immediately afterwards reached deep water , and the captain , with great presence of mind / steered the vessel direct for the shore , which he succeeded in reaching without danger , bringing the steamer aground in the bay , between Ross Point and Rowardenman . No lives were lost . The Pilot is the pro perty of Messrs . Burns ; the owners of the ill-fated Orion , which was lately wrecked on the rocks of Portpatrick .
A Femaib Navvie . —About six weeks ago there came to Drumlanrig Tunnel a young man about seventeen or eighteen years of age , of the- name of William M'Dougall , who asked for and obtained work as a labourer , and was employed in the tunnel at the bottom of one of the Bhaftsj which is much inundated with water , and about 150 feet from the surface of the ground . While at work his clothes were scarcely ever dry , butnotwithstanding this he wrought ten hours a day alongside the best navvies on the shaft , and soon became , by his kind andobliging disposition , a great favourite with . his fellow-workmen . A few days ago , from various circumstances , suspicions arose in the minds of someof tbe managers that he was other than he appeared to be ; in shortthey
, suspected him to belong to the " better half of creation . " The house in which he lodged was discovered , and on inquiry of the landlady as to the description of her lodgers , she answered they were all miners except one labourer named "Willie" M'Dougall , a quiet , bien , well-doing lad , who had a good stock of clothes ' of his own , besides some of his sister ' s , which he had brought away from her by mistake ; and as this latter information increased preceding suspicion , " Willie" was . immediately sent for and taken roundly to task , when he stoutly denied being otber ttan a man . However , on being . strongly questioned , and seeing she could keep her secret no longer , she at length acknowledged herself to belone to the fair
sex , and gave as reasons for her strange proceedings that she wished to raise , by honest industry , "the needful" to carry her to America . By the kind assistance of the lady of one of tho managers , she was 60011 attired iu habiliments becoming her sex and position in life . A subscription has been commenced at the works and in the neighbourhood for the purpose of raising a sufficient sum to enable this spirited , enterprising , and dauntless girl to accomplish the object she had in view , and which promises fair , from the spivit in which her " brother" workmen and others are entering into the scheme , to provide her with ample funds for her laudable object . We may add that our heroine is a native of the " sister isle . " —Dumfries Courier .
Two Brothers Drownkd . —On Sunday afternoon about two o ' clock , two brothers of the name of Gibb , were drowned in the Dee , close by the Inches , Aberdeen . It appears that one of the lads went iu to bathe , while ihe other took a stroll along the bank ; that having been seized with the cramp , or being unable to swim , he felt himself in dauger , and calling for help , his brother went into the water , but in attempting to save him both sank to rise no more . A third party , who witnessed the accident , made a vigourous effort to ¦ save the drowning youths , but , although he had hold of one of them by the hair of the head , he was obliged , to save his own life , to let go his hold . The youngest was eleven years of age , and the other twelve .
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JreiattD . The Tenant Riqht Conference in Dublin . —The period fixed . for the approaching tenant right conferenco being now near at hand , the public interest being attached to it is becoming more earnest than before . It is hoped that its proceedings will at least have tho effeot of organising the scattered opinions of tho country upon tho subject of a new system of landlord and tenant relatioas for Ireland and that tho result of its deliberations will be such a code or charter of rational and just tenant rights as the people may rally for with unanimit y Notices of meetings to be held immediatel y throughout the country to promote the expression of opinion on the tenant right question , and to anm » rU
the conference in Dublin ,. appear in several of the provincial papers ; and there is scarcel y a town of any note , at least in the province of Ulster , in which thoso preparations are not going forward . At i meeting * the Strabane Tenant Defence Association , the following resolution was unanimously adopted :- "That from the general depression of tho tenant farmers' interest , wo consider that it has become absolutely necessary to claim an immediate reduction of rents , for otherwise it will become a matter of serious consideration , whether in equity , the farmer should pay any sum which tho land is incapable of produoing with justice to himself , his family , and labourers , and to tho general interest of the countrv . .
The Harvest . —Prospects op Improvement . — Under the influence , of fine ripening , weather the prospect of an abundant harvest is daily increasing , _ and all the accounts state that , confidence as to the future is graduall y reviving . The alarm about the potatoe crop has nearl y ceased , and little is said about a bli ght in wheat . All the provinc al accounts are to the same effect , with one remark able exception -m tho Limerich R ^ rter , which £ S ! thatthold potato blight haVshown itielf ? n a virulent orm m ^ ome localities in tho rich soils o ^ the counties of Limerick and Tipperary ¦ th ! odour S ? 351 ] 8 . « / . infected ^ einSS ° ot e
^ TiS 3 rSk ^ = E h «? 1 f ° ^ bli Sht " armef several wh 0 P had fh ° f . ! the best previously . Meantime , To trust howSr T * X paVtial" lt musfc be recollcc ed , however , that the present is ono of the most extensive crops grown for many years in Ireland- and that even if a fourth part were blighted there would still bo an immense supply for food , and a stoppage of the drain for foreign corn , whioh for four yoars past hasso greatly exhausted the resources of the country . :
Donkey Stealing—At tho trial of a man for stealing an ass , which took place at . the Sligo Assizes last week , tho following dialogue took place-Chief Baron ( to the prosecutor ) : How did you know tho ass was yours ? Witness : Well , I know him ; there was no mistaking his legs . ( Laughter ) -Chief Baron : Had you any marks upon him ? Witness : Faix I hadn't , but he had marks upon himself . . ( LaugWer . ) He had lumps on his knee " and on his back ,, and one on his noso . ( Loud laughter . ^ Clerk of the Crown : Had you any other reason for knowing the animal was yours / wf ness : Yos ; I knew his woice . ( Loud WhtA ,. v Chief Baron : Whoso voice ? Witness . W . ^"" of my ass , my lord . ( RoarsZ ' Z ' £ v ^ Thl minute he saw me , he thU up . his S&JwSf
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 27, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1584/page/6/
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