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£ f ) e iftetropoits . TTswTH of Losdos TORINO the Week—The , Xv is decre asing in London . The 874 deaths Lt week were less by 123 thau the deaths in the revinus \ reet , and to nearly the same extent less han the averase of the 10 corresponding weeks 1840-U we ( exclude the week of 1 S 49 . when 2 , 230 deaths ere reg istered . In the same season last year the anger of dyingin London was twice as great a .- it is o « r ; and the epidemics of cholera and its insepaible ' attendant diarrhoea , which destroyed 1 . 230 , and BS were fatal last week only to 8 and to 139 lives , fc ' of those who died of cholera were children , one ? as a dirty labourer of the aae of 41 , who lay about a stables ? and one was a widow of the age of / 3 ,
too refused to take nutritious diet . Of the 1 S 9 perons whe died of dianhcei , 118 were cbiWreu wider 5 yesra of age , 8 were adnlts , ssd 13 were ased peronl ^ Looking at the numbers as well as the details > f the cases of cholera returned , and at the advanced > eriod of the year—so many weeks after the epid-mic Irote out , not onlv in 1832 ' and 1849 , but in 1833-it nustba admitted that the chance of an outbreak in he present year is -considerably diminished . The mmnnity from attack will no doubt accelerate the rreat w : irks , which are now in contemplation for th « Irainage and purification of London ; for it cannot be br"o tteu that that unseen power of the air which dew so manv thousand last year may return , and put
the sanitary defences of the city to a second and severer prqaf ; when the population is more scantih supplied with vegetables , fruit , bread , meat , and the Dthcr means of living . It is worthy of note , that tbe decline ia the general mortality has taken place on the north side of the river Thames ; and that it is observed ia both sexe ? , and in all ages under the age of 60 . The mean temperature of the air in the shade was 63 . 6 deg . ; tbe temperature of tbe Thames water was 66 . 2 deg . iu the day , 62 . 8 deg . in the night . Tbe temperature of the air was 1 . 2 deg . above the average of the corresponding week . Electricity was active ; a ^ d ne arly an inch of rain fell—chiefly on Monday . The wind passing over Greenwich at an average rate of less than 109 miles a dav .
Al&bxixg Fire at the St . Martin ' s Distil-1 BE . Y- —On Saturday morning last , betw « en the hoars of sis and seven o ' clock , considerable alarm was caused in the immediate neighbourhood of Leicester-square , in consequence of the outbreak of a fire , which at one period threatened the most disastrous results iu tbe extensive rectifying works of the Patent Distilling Company , in Castle-street , St . Martin ' s . When first perceived the flames « era seen issuing through the ranf , and owing to the many thousand gallons of brandy and other scirita in the stores immediately under , a fearful conflagration was apprehended . By dint of great perseverance , the fire was prevented from foiling into the stills or liquor -vats , and by eight o ' clock all danger of further estensiou was over . The greater portion of the roof of the distillery , however , is barn-doff , and some damage done to the plant . It is believed that the heat of an adjoining flue caused the mischief . The premises were insured in the Hand-in Hand Fire Office .
Extessivb Fire at Clerkenweli ,. —On Saturday afternoon last a fire , attended with a considerable destruction ot property , broke oat in the extensive range of premises belonging to Messrs . Johnson and Pask , builders and contractor-, situated in Baker street , Bagnigge Wells road . The flames commenced , from some unexplained cause , in the manufactory , a Ion ; range of buildings composed principally of timber . Plenty of water having been o ' - tained , the engines were worked for some hour- * , and at length the firemen succeeded in getting the mastery over the fire , bnt not before the premises in which it commenced were burnt out , and nearly a dozen houses in G anville-square pirtially destroyed The following is tneoffieial report Of Mr . Braidwood : — "Messrs . Johnson and Pask : Two workshops ,
two drying sheds , three stacks of timber , two racks of ditto , and a two-stall stable destroyed ; dwelling house damaged by fire , and contents by removal . Building of workshops in the Norwich Union ; building of dwelling in the Phoenix . Cause of fire uniown . —Messrs . Noble and Co , licensed victuallers , proprietors of the Union , roof < f concert room damaged , building of skittle errand burnt down . Contents insured in the Snn ; building , ia the Guardian . —Mrs . Pasey , No 43 , Baker-street : Furniture removed Baildinpand contents insured inthe Norwich Union . —Mr . J Sawyer , No . 44 , ditto : Back premises damaged by fire . —Mr . J . Meyer . No . 45 , ditto , ditto : Contents and buildings insured in
Pheenix . —Mr . W . Cooper , No . 46 . ditto : Building insured in Phoenix . —Mr . Baker , No . 47 . ditto ; Building insured in the Law . —Mr . J . Flensett , So . 23 , Granville-square-. Part of the house burnt out and lower part seriously damaged by fire : furniture removed . Contents insured in the Guardian ; building , unknown —Mr . J . Adams , No . 27 , ditto : Back windows burnt out Contents not insured ; baUding , unknown . —Mr . Blackwood , No . 26 . ditto : Ditto Contents insured in the Scottish Union ; building , unknown . —Mr . T . Pudwicke , No . 23 , ditto : Uitto . Contents insured in « he Norwich Union ; building , in Sun . —Mr . W . Newton , No . 24 , ditto : Ditto . Contents and buildings , supposed in the Sun . "
Singular Suicide . —On Sunday evening , about a quarter past nine o ' clock , a load report , similar to the discharge of firearms , was heard in the bed r-om of a house occupied by Mr Johnson , slipper maker , No . 20 , St . James ' s-street , Lee-street . Kangsland road . A person broke through the window of the xoonj from whence the noise proceeded , and there discovered ibe son of Mr . Johns ™ , a youpg man nineteen vears of age , lying on the floor in the agonies of death . Messrs . Munday and Duncombe , surgeons , were immediately sent for , but the uufortunate young man had ceased to live before their arrival . Mr . Duncombe made an examination of the body , when he discovered a large aperture in the stomach of the deceased , caused by & bulUt which had entered the body , and caused almost instant death . The instrument used by the deceased was the barrel of au old Italian iron , which he had prepared by drilling a hole at the extremity for priming the charge .
Death from a Bathing Machine . —OnMonday an inquest was held b y Vlr . Carter , the coroner , at toe Green Dragon , Belvidere-road , Lambeth , on the body of Benjamin Chamberlain , aged two years and a half , who was killed in a most singular and distressin ? manner . Mrs . OUifield , wife of Mr . Thomas Albion Oldfield , of 7 , Thornhill-road , Islington , Stated that the deceased was her nephew , and lived with liis paren's at 36 , Belvidere-road , Lambeth On Friday week they » ere all at IUde , in the Isle of Wight , where they engaged a machine for a lathe After they had been in the water , the deceased was
standing on one of the steps when the machine went on , and he was thrown on his head against a beam . The next day there was a contused wound on it , which was poulticed at Brighton , but , on reaching London on Tuesday , he was much worse , and Mr . Miskin . of the \ ork-road , surgeon , was called in , and attended him to his d < atb on Thursday , whi-h in his opmion was caused from inflammation of the brain , arising from the Wow on the back of the head . The coroner and jury expressed a hone that the press would notice the case , in order that the owners of machines for bathing might be more cautious for the future . Verdict , " Accidental death "
Suicide from Blackfkiars-bridge—On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr . W . Payne , at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of a woman whose name is unknown , who leaped from Blackfnars-bridge on the previous Thursday mo nnig . —A . lad named Evans , living in Union-street , Borough , stated that on Thursday morning , about four o clock , he was standing on the Surrey side of tbe bridge with a ginger-beer stall , when he ob-Eerved the deceased standing on one of the seats , and in a second or two after he saw her falling down . She pitched first on one of the piers of the bridge , and then fell into the water . —A bargeman of the name of Brazier , who was going up with a cargo of straw , brought her to the shore . The cause of death was an extensive fracture of the skull . In order to give time for the body to be owned , the inquiry was adjourned .
Fatal Occurrence on the Eastern Cotjsttss Baiewat . — -An occurrence , unfortunately attended with the loss or human life , took place on the Eastern Counties Railway , on Saturday last . The down train , proceeding towards Tottenham , had not passed the Lea-bridge station more than a minute , when it was discovered that the train had passed over the body of a man on the Jine . The engine was stopped with all practicable speed , the officers and several of the passengers rnnningback to render all possible assistance . Thej found the body of the unfortunate man ( who was most respectably dressed ) lying across the rails , his head being almost severed from his body . He was conveyed to the Lea-brid ge station ; but as life was completely extr act , the body was removed to a neighbouring public-house to await a coroner ' s inquest ? JLT ^ w Kei « ington-gardens on Monday af-S ^ ft " / 0 ^* " five o ' * " * . » gentlemao , evidently a foreigaer , discharged aULl ni * .
KntaHfaZin' * r * * " wroritWin the sssSBtSSLH man quite insensible , and bleedmp frnm « , » j ?" the left breast , overtte » rf ? 3 PS ? BS oS $ f thegardea « onstables was promptly onthe snnf and picked up a pistol which hid \ S ££ 2 tfg » charged . A parse , containing £ 5 in gold , and some surer , was found m the pocket of the deceased together with a gold watch and chain , but no papers or doeaments of saj kind eouid be found . His clothing ta evidently of foreign manufacture , ' and u compose * of a black frock coat , corded watered silk waistcoat , bine cloth trowsers , with black braid down the outside , linen shirt , without initials or marks , black silk cravat , worsted socks , and Wellington boots . He wore a Waa cloth travelling cap , luiea withorange-oolonred silk ; in the centra of tt » Utter jws stamped , hj gold tetter ? , " Modefc
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Paris . " The unfortunate gentleman is about thirty years of age , has sallow complexion , black hair , no whiskers , and is about five feet five inches hi gh . On Wednesday foreuoon Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquiry at the King and Queen Tavern , Paddingtongreen , on the body . Inspector Grant ot the D division , in answer to a question b y the coroner , stated that notice of the occurrence had been forwarded by route throughout the metropolis , but that up to the present time no inquiries had been made for the deceased gentleman . Verdict" That the deceased destroyed himself by discharging a leaded pistol through his heart ; but the jury have no evidence as to the state of his mind at the time "
Xarrow Escape of Mr . C . B . Baldwin , M . P . — This gentleman on Tuesday proceeded by the Gem steamboat to Purfleet , from which place a boat was hailed to take him off in the middle of the river , wtien , stepping into the boat , he lost his balance and fell backwards , and the tide being very strong , he was carried down a great distance , and was ohliged to swim nearly half a mile before he could reach the boat , as the boatman most incautiously threw out one of his oars to assist him , and therbv rendered himself incap ; iiilc of directing the boat ; but , fortunately , Mr . Barry Baldwin , being a good swimmer , came up to the boat in a most exhausted state , and was saved , lie was taken to the boatman ' s house , where he was provided with a change of clothes , and lias felt little or no ill effects from the untoward accident .
Scicide on the Eastern Cobsties Railway . — On Monday evening an inquest was held by Mr . C . Lewis , at the Greyhound Tavern , Lea-bridge-road , onviewofthebody of William Beard , aged fortytwo , in the employment of the government small gun factory , Enfield-lock . who committed suicide on the Eastern Counties Railway . The deceased , who lived at Enfield with his family , bad for some time past exhibited an aberration of his mental faculties . He left his home on the previous Thursday . On Saturday morning he was observed walking in
Leyton marshes , near the Eastern Counties line , when , on the eight a . m . express train to Hertford proceeding down the line , as it passed the Lea-bridge station , he attempted to go on the line . The driver sounded the whistle , upon which lie started back , Uut when it got closer to him , he deliberately placed his head before the near wheel of the engine , by which it was immediately severed from his body . The train was promptly stopped , upon which the lifeless body of the deceased was taken to the Greyhound . Verdict— " Temporary insanity . "
Svixgixg at Camberwell Fair . —On Tuesday afternoon two females , sisters , of the name of Chalker , residing at 10 , Beaufoy-terrace , Walworth , were swinging in one of those dangerous machines called Hi « h-flyers , at Camberwell-tair , when at -tho nioirent it had attained its greatest velocity , they suddenly rose in their seats and were pitched out , flying over the heads of the people a distance of twenty yards . They were picked up insensible and taken to the hospital , both having sustained fractureil skulls aid other injuries , from which it is impossible that they can recover . Terrific Accidesi at me Bricklayers' Arm 3
Station . —An accident of a very alarming character , and attended with loss of life , occurred on Wednesday afternoon , at the Bricklayers * Arms Station . A few minutes before three o ' clock , the 2 . 50 train for Rochester having started shortly hefore , and the station being providentially free from passenger traffic , the cast-iron roof extending 400 feet in length , and being divided into two compartments , each with a fifty-feet span , descended with a terrific crash to the ground . The porters who were engaged at the time on the spot were of course buried under the ruins , but being most of them close to a train of empty carriages then in the sta . tion , were sheltered thereby from the falling mass . One poor fellow , however , who it is said
was making for a gateway for protection , was killed instantaneously , and there are two or three others who have received serious if not mortal injuries . The name of the deceased is Patrick Rvan , and he has left a wife and child unprovided for . He was found in about an hour after the accident occurred lying on his back with an iron beam across his neck , and another across his stomach , his right hand grasping a sponge with which he had been w . sshing a carriage when the roof fell in . Three other servants of the Con . p . my , named Brown , Chandler , and Watson , were extricated from the rains more or less seriously injured , and at once conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital . There is every reason to hope that no other person has suffered . How
the accident happened it is impossible at present with certainty to tell , but the account given is as follows : —The porters , it would appear , were engaged at the time in moving a truck on one of the turn-tables , when a train which was being slowly shunted on an adjoining line of rails , came unperceived upon them , and running into the truck , when in a transverse position , forced it against one of the pillars supporting the roof . The whole mass , ifc is said , immediately gave way , leaving nothing but the broken gas lamps and the bare walls on cither side of the station . It will be recollected that this is not the first accident of the kind at the Bricklayers '
Arms Station , for about six years ago a portion of the roof fell in , causing a loss of life . The whole was subsequently reconstructed , and was believed to be perfectly safe , but how ill-founded that belief was is now made lamentably apparent . Ilad the accident happened a few minutes earlier or later , when the platform and carriages were occupied by passengers , it is quite frightful to think of the sacrifice of life which must inevitably have taken place . The occurrence has naturally caused an immense and most painful sensation in the neighbourhood , and it was with great difficulty that the police could keep back the crowds of curious spectators who flocked te the spot .
FOSEHAL OF THE LATE RECORDER OF LoSOOJ ? . — On Tuesday morning , at half-past eight o ' clock , the remains of the Right Hon . Charles Ewan Law , late Recorder of the City of London , were removed from his late residence , 72 , Eaton-place , Eaton-square , Pimlico , to the church of St . John , Southwickcrescent , Hyde-park , where they were inferred in a vault under the altar , where one of his daughters lies buried . The funeral procession was unostentatious , consisting of a hearse drawn by four horses and three mourning coaches . The funeral service was performed by the Rev . Mr . Phillips . The City Recordership . —It is said that the three candidates for the Recordership , vacant by the death of the Hon . C . E . Law , M . P ., are Mr . Sergeant Merewether , the town-clerk of the City : Mr . Kdward Bullock , the Common Sergeant ; and Mr . Russell Gurney , the Commissioner .
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his innocence to the last , and just before he appeared on the scaffold he declared most earnestly , thafc he was not guilty of the murder of bis wife . The number of spectators was not so : large aa usual , there not being more than between 3 . 000 and 4 , 000 ' personi present to witness the dreadful spectacle . ! Firing the Prison at Parkhubst . ' ~ A court ofinquirywas held in this establishment last week , for the purpose of endeavouring , to ascertain the cause of the fire which took place on the night of the 30 th of July , and which consumed the C ward dormitory , containing 160 cells for prisoners , the b « ie walls alone remaining the damage being estimated somewhere about £ 500 . The Rev . W . White was in tho chair , and the rest of the magistrates who formed the court were Thomas Cookeand II P
Gordon , Esqra ., together with Captnin Swinburne , R . N ., ofBpnchurch . The result of the evidence , winch occupied the magistrates six hours in hearing , was that the following boys , who had long been placed among the incorrigibles , were committed tor tiial at the assizes , for wilfully setting fire to the dormitory ; namely , Frederick Grims , Thomas Knott ( of Brighton . ) William Pearse , William Fortune , and William Sanderson , all stout lads , their ages varying from sixteen to eighteen . The case was full y proved , not only by Ihe evidence of their fell ow-convicts , but by their own confessions ; the wonder being that both the accused and accursers were not all burned alive . McRDKitous Attack on a Girl -On the 15 th
mst . atThurlton , near Loddon , Norfolk , the parents of a girl named Caroline Warnes , aged fourteen , went to their work as usual . During their absence a labourer named Baldry , who lod ged with them , went to the bedroom of their daughter , and asked if she was not going to get up ? She said " Not yet . " lie then put his left arm round her neck , and with a blacksmith ' s hammer which he held in his right hand struck the child a number of Bevere blows on the head so often that her skull was fractured ; then he took her out of bed and put her on the bricks . He soon after left her , changed his clothes , and went away . The child is not expected to live . Baidry was apprehended .
Spontaneous Combustion . —An exhibition of a novel and ingenious kind took place at Liverpo ol last week , in * he Underwriters ' -room , in the presenco of a number of shipowners , merchants , and others , the object of which was to show how a fire may ba made to destroy itself . The apparatus , which is of the most simple and inexpensive kind , being adjusted , and its mode of action explained , the ignition of some cotton in a corner of the room was immediately detected by one of the indices , which
was ~ as instantaneously responded to by the exterminator . The self-acting apparatus we shall not attempt to describe ; but from its simplicity , cheapness , and unerring certainty , we make no doubt it will come into general use . Unlike many scientific men who lock up their inventions till they get a certain remuneration for them , the ingenious inventor , Dr . Robinson , of London , has generously thr » wn this open to the public for their u « e , and , as he said on the occasion , with the hope that it may be the means o > preserving nropurtv and valuable lives .
Punishment op Convicts—The two convicts wln > recently attempted to escape and were recaptured . near the Royal Marine Barracks , Woolwich , and another very refractory convict , who was continually threatening to strike both guards and convicts , or any person who came near him , were ordered by the authorities to receive four dozen of lashes each in cmsequence of the number of attempts of cenvicts to escape and the bad example of insubordination shown by others . The convict who was most loud and fearless when he thought he could
threaten and strike withimputiity , proved tliegreatest coward when the lash was applied to his back , and succumbed so much when undergoing the chastisement awarded to him , that the doctor caused the punishment to cease when he had only received ten lashes . O » e of the convicts who attempted to escape said he deserved the punishment ordered , as he was aware he had done wrong , and would bear bJs i ' "tir dozen , which he did in the most stoic < 1 manner . The other convict only received a limited number of lashes on the recommendation of the doctor .
Destructive Fire at Livebpool . —A most disastrous conflagration occurred in Regent-street , at the north end of the town about ten o ' clock on Sunday night . The flames were first discovered in the fcond story of a flour mill , at present in tho occupation of Mr . Charles Ward , but recently tenanted by Mr . John Bailey . It is conjectured that the flames originated in the vicinity of the boilers , but they extended with sunh rapidity , and the alarm and excitement were so great , that it is impossible to obtain any reliable information on this point . Mr . Bibby , superintendent of the fire-brigade , had perceived the reflection of th- fire , and , wk believe , had got as far as Vauxhall-ioad with one of the engines before a messenger had reached Temple-court . The other
engines from the station immediately followed on the track , together with lh £ belonging to the West of England Insurance Company . Fortunately there was a most copious supply of water from tbe Greenlane w . Us , and seven <* eight plugs were forthwith called into requisition to play upon the flames . A strong wind was blowing from the north-west , and the m"st serious apprehensions were entertained for the safety of the adjacent property It was at . erne time thought tha < the Clarence Foundry , belon g ing to Messrs . Bury , Curtis , and Kennedy , wa » in danger the burning timbers being carrio . i a considerable distance in that direction . Indeed , the ignited wood was whirled "cross the railway , some 150 yavdsdistant . and ali-hted on some straw , which speedily became one mass of flame . Some small
shops fronting Great Howard-street , and a publichouse at the corner of Porter-B'reet , narrowly escaped entire destruction , and most of them were mote or less injured at tho r ^ -ar . In the majority of cases the furniture and goods were removed , but great loss was sustained in that way , as thieving was pracised to an extent which would be hardly credible to a person unacquainted withtheneighbourlvod . The fire was not what is termed " got under" until after twelve o clock , and even then a smld . n gust of wind might have rekindled flames which it would have required the utmost activity ro abate . One of the damaged houses , occupied by Mr . Bacon , an oil and coloiirman , is , we believe , insured in tho Yorkshire Office . The loss , altogether , musi be very considerable , but upon whom it wi ! l mainly fall we are at present unable to state .
Dartmouth Borough Gaol , &c . —An extraordinary sessions wa > held in the Guildhall on Saturday last , the prison being considered unfit and unsafe for the detention of a prisoner , named W'lodmason , a locksmith of the town , commuted on the 3 rd of June , for housebn-aking . The learned Recorder , Mr . C . D . Bevan , in his charge to the jury , said he could not reconcile it to his conscience that the prisoner should remain in such a hole — he could call it no < thing else . This « as not his own personal opinion only , but all the government inspectors who , from time to time , in the kou rg of their dutv had
inspected it had uianimously reported " that the gaol of the . borough of Dar mouth was the worst inthe three kingdoms , and a disgrace to the place . " ' He wished he c » uld gainsav this , but , on the contrary , he entirely concurred in that opinion , for such a vault was unfit for the purposes of a gaol . Neither was there accommodation for prisoner , petty jury , or grand jury in the Guildhall . He had been compelled that day to inconvenience many persons to obtain a separate space for the prisoner . They had their choice , either to make these things better , or to submit to have the sessions removed to the Castle of Exeter .
Mysterious Dkath at York . —On the 16 th inst ., a coat w&s found on the brink of the Ouse , near the ferry boat landing at North-street postern . This circumstance led to . the river being dragged , and in a short time the body of a man was drought up , at a part within fifteen yards of the place where the coat had been discovered . The body was identified by Mrs . Gray , of the Temperance Hotel , as that of a gentleman who was lodging at her house . That gentleman went to her house on the previous Wednesday evening , » nd disappeared on Thursday evening at eight o ' clock . His Iugg 8 ge was marked " Isaac CoulBon , passeng .-v to York 5 " and when hia pockets were searched £ 15 4 s . 9 d . in money , some k
eys , &c , were found uuon him . When his carpetbags and box were opened , two documents were found winch leave little doubt as to the gentleman ' s identity . One was a mortgage bond for £ 200 . from the Cockermouth and Workiniitou Railway Company to ' Isaac Coulson , of Cumwhinton , near Carlisle , Cumberland , gentleman ; " and the other a share certificate in the Darlston Joint-Stock Brewing Company , in which the same description of the holder was given , excepting that he was designated a farmer . These facts were proved at an inquest held before Mr . Wood , the coroner , and , as there was no evidence to show how the body got into the river , a verdict of " Found drowned , "
was returned . The Chichester Theatre has been sold by auction for £ 350 . It was built in 1706 by tontine , and formed , with Portsmouth , Southampton , and Win * Chester , what was called the southern circuit , which did a good business . Messrs . Collins and Davis were the original lessees nnder tbe tontine ; and it was here that Incledon made his first appearance on the boards , and received a summary dismissal for paving his suit to a daughter of one of the managers . For many years Chichester Theatre paid a rent of J 65 O ; but of late years the rent has dwindled down to a very small sum , till it disappeared altogether . The theatre had scarcely been opened for the last six or eight years . The purchaser converts it into a bre rfhouse .
Thk Condbucned Convict Patrick Forbes . — This convict , who murdered his wife with a poker in the most revolting manner , at Newcastle , will be executed on the summit of the town gaol this ( Saturday ) morning . It is thought by some parties that , in consequence of the approaching visit of her Majesty , the wretched man will he reprieved . That . htt Sn . i iA n ? oubtfu ! : , Jndeed , it ig almost certain thatthe sentence will be carried intoeffect . Ths Coktiot Hannah CimT , 8 . _ The unhapVy woman Hannah Curtis , who was convicted at 1 the Gfamcestenbto Aaiiinof the wilfulSer S £
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husband , by administering arsenic to him , will be execu ted in front of the county gaol at Gloucester , this day ( Saturday , ) unless a reprieve should be eranted in the interim . There is , however , not the least expectation that the life of the prisoner will be spared . She has had three or four severe , nts since her convicti"n , and her struggles when so affected were very violent ; She has made no confession of her guilt , but on the contrary persists in asserting
her innocence . . The Britajsnia . Bridgb . —The last lift of the last tube was completed , amid much acclamation , on the 10 th inst ., and everything is understood to progress so satisfactorily as to lead to the conclusion that the emire structure will be opened a fortnight earlier ihnn was expected . . „„ ' ' Riot and Murder in a Coi-hert village . --On Saturday last about midnight a futal . fray toBk placo at Hepburn , a colliery village , about three miles from South Shields . Soar -to Hobburn is a shore called Hebburn Quay , where vessels arc repaired . Vessels from about Ryo , Southwould , and ports in that neig hbourhood frequenting the Tyne arc often kid upon this shore to undergo repairs
when needed . On Saturday a number of those vessels were beeohed there . Saturday was " payfortnight" amongst the pitmen , and a number of the men belonging to Hebburn colliery had a quoit match , and after that a supper at Hebburn Hall public house , in tho village . After supper the pitmen had a carouse , and kept drinking until close upon midnight .. About twenty minutes to twelve eig ht seamen came to the public-house and called for aome ale , which tho landlord refused to fill . for them . The seamen heaving the pitmen in the adjoining room , made to it and forced themselves in . & ow it happened that a bad feeling existed between tho seamen and the p itmen on nccount of one of their shipmates having been killed in a drunken
fray some time previous , and no sooner had the seamen got into tho room than a row commenced . The landlord came and put both seamen and pitmen to the door . As soon as the men got to tho door a most fearful conflict took placo between them ; stones , broken bottles , and flints , flying about in every direction . In tho middle of the fray a stone was seen to como from one of tho seamen and hit a pitman , named John Irdle , on the neck . Ho immediately fell . The windows of the public-house were broken , and a number of tho belligerents received serious wounds from the missiles . About one o ' clock , when the riot was abated , a person having occasion to go out of the pnbHc-house , fell ovor the body of some ono lying in tho road . A
light and assistance wore immediately procured ; and , on the body being brought into tho house , it was found to be that of John Irdle . Ho had been struck with a stone behind the neck on the jugular vein , and must have died instantly . Ho was quite dead when he was brought into the house . The rural police were sent for from Jnrrow and Polling , and during the morning they apprehended Charles Holland , John Blackport , and Robert Tenkinson—Jenkinson , with a fearful gash in his cheek—part of the crew of the Sarah , of Rye ; William Irvine and Charles Ferret , seamen on board the Brother ' s Friend ; and Eli Everson , belonging to the Albion , of Southwould , Six pitmen were also taken into custody . They were brought to tho police-station at South Shields , and those injured had their
wounda dressed by the police surgeon , Mr . R . B Ridley . —On Monday , the prisoners were brought beloro Richard Shori ridge , Esq ., and William Anderson , Esq ., tho sitting magistrates at South Shields , and wero remanded until after tho inquest . Accident upon tub MARtronT and Carlisle Railway , —Rather an alarming accident occurred on the Mary port and Carlislo Railway on Saturday last to the 10 . 15 a . m . train , whilo on its way from Maryport to Carlisle . Soon after passing Deerham , tho train has to go round a curve by a stone quarry , and when at this point tho engino came suddenly to a stand-still , in consequence of some accident having happened to the connecting rod . Tho driver got down to examine the engine , and whilst he was
doing so , the goods train , which starts shortly after tho above train , camo suddenly round the corner at this awkward point , and ran into the passenger train . Fortunately the goods train was proceeding at a very slow paco , and tho driver , with great presence of mind , on seeing what had ocourrcd , shut off tho steam , and put on the break , and did all he could to prevent a serious collision . The goods train , however , camo with such force against the passenger train that several of the passengers re coived injuries of a more or less serious character . A child of four years of age was very much hurc by
the concussion , but is now recovering . So time was lost in despatching the passengers to Aspatria , the nearest station , where every assistance was given by the medical gentlemen called in to attend upon those who wero hurt . Great blame is attached to the guard , whose duty it ivaa to have sent or run down the line with a signal , particularly as there is a signal post near to the spst where the accident occurred . If he had hoisted a signal , and it is said that he had ample time to do so , the collision might have been prevented . The company , with commendable anxiety for the safety of the public , have dismi .-sed the guard from their service .
Stabbing . —A man named Thomas Ibell has been fully committed , by tho Hereford county magistrates , for inflicting a severe wound on a farm servant , named William Penn , at Much Birch . From the evidence it appeared that the accused was one of the Forest of Dean coal waggon drivers , and had put up for " the night at the sign of the Axe and Clcavev , in Much Birch , accompanied by others of his fraternity . A dispute aroso as to whether the accused had paid or not , and in the end he and his party were ojected from the house . On tho retirih " of Penu some short time afterwards , lie was suddenly assaulted by Ibell , and dangerously stabbed in tho arm . A knife , boauing evidence of being tho instrument with which , tho injury was inflicted , was found on the prisoner . Ho does not deny the charge hut alleges as an excuse that he was first assaulted Committed for trial at the assizes .
Great Fire in Liverpool . —AUout twelve o ' clock on the ntjrht of Monday , a firo was discovered in Messrs . Eyre and Biggin ' s drug and oil manufactory , Scel-strcet , and before many minutes had elapsed the flames burst forth . A hi gh wind was raging at tho time , and before tho arrival of the engines tho conflagration had extended to Messrs . lyrer and Son ' s cooperage , and a large warehouse which lay on the east side . The firemen , however succeeded m so subduing the conflagration as to save the lower stories of the warehouse and of Messrs . Eyre ' s factory . Encroachment op thk Sea at YAUMoimi . -It is stated that the last high tidps removed nearly six acres of beaoh and sand from ( hitter , which has been deposited and silted up at Yarmouth . Fears are entertained lest at some future time tha nrik .
cent marshes to the north of Yarmouth may be laid under water It also appears that tho Hood shoal to the north of Caister has entirely disappeared : thw shoal had tho effect of setting the tide out between tho Barber and Cockle sands , and its removal now causes the tide to arrive in full force on Caister oeach , thus easing off its sluicing power on the shore of Yarmouth , and affording greater chance of satety for the houses on the beach . Practical men are of opinion that some important changos are taking placo on the eastern . coast ; this , indeed , is pretty evident from tho constant and frequent disappearance of the whole or part of the various outlying sands and shoals by which we are surrounded . —Bury and Norwich Post .
Departure op Jbnnt Lind for America . — Liverpool , WEDNESDAY . —Yesterday , Jenny Lind was presented by the directors of the Southern Hospital with a handsome silver teakettle , in testimony of her kindness , in singing on a previous visit to Liverpool in aid of the funds of the institution . 1 ms iporning she took her departure for Amerioa , in the New United States mail steamer , the Atlantic , Captain West , in which a special berth has been fitted up for her with great gorgeousness . About 2 , 000 persons crowded to the landing stage , to witness the embarkation . The berths on board the Atlantic were all taken a month ago , so soon as it was announced that Jenny Lind would be a passenger . Captain Henrichson . —The Liverpool Dock Committeo have appointed Captain Henriohson { whose wife and children were murdered by Gleason Wilson ) to a mastership of one of the docks .
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Btep . The only physical effect which his confinement had produced was a paler complexion . On the procession arriving at the head of the Wynd , a murmur of excitement , issued from the crowd . Bennison remained at the foot of the steps until the magistrateR , the city officers , and the executioners had taken their places on the scaffold , during which time he looked all round , apparently but little concerned , upon the vast multitude ; and then , accompanied by the clergyman , ncended and took his plane upon the drop . . . Ihe Rev . MivHislop , whom Bennison called his spiritual father , and who was present by his special request , then engaged for Borne time in prayer , during which the doomed man exhibited appearances ' of mental emotion , occasionilly having his face
upwards with his eyes closed . At the conclusion of the prayer Murdoch , the executioner , proceeded to remove the stock from the prisoner ' s neck , and began to adjust the rope , The white cap was simultaneousl y put on and drawn over Bennison ' s face , as he did not mean to address the crowd . The signal having been placed in his hand , he cast it away , and said in a firm tone of voice ,. " The Lord Jesus receive my spirit . " In another moment tlio bolt was withdrawn , and he was launched into eternity . The body remained suspended till fivo minutes past nine o \ clock , when it was cut down , to be buried in the precints of the gaol during the day . The Fourth Estate . —On Saturday the representatives of the Edinburgh , Glasgow , and
provincial press held their annual meeting , at Stirling . Tho deputations from the various localities reached the town about two p . m ., where they passed a very agreeable hour or two in visiting some of the most prominent objects of interest in the neighbourhood Among others , the museum of Messrs . Drummond was visited , when , by the kindness of the proprietor , its varied stores of ancient and modern art were thrown open to the inspection of the party , who were hitihly gratified by the polite and courteous attention shown them . Some time was also spent at the Castle , from the ramparts of which , as is well known , a view , perhaps unequalled in Scotland , is obtained The weather , though fine , was not particularly favourable , the atmosphere being rather hazy than
otherwise ) but the deficiency in this renpect was amply counterbalanced by the prospect immediately beneath the caatle , and extending towards Falkirk , of field on field of grain , ripening for the sickle , or , in some instances , already cut down . About four o ' clock the party , numbering nearly thirty genf . lemen , sat down to dinner , in the Scottish Central Railway Hotel , Mr . Robertson , nf the Guardian , officiating as chairman , and Mr . Drummond , of the Witness , as croupier . Anothkr . Stkam-boat Accidest . —The steamer Londonderry , from the Clyde for Londonderry , put back to Greenock on Thursday , the 15 th instant , having been ashore on Ituthlin Island , about three o ' clock a . m . The night was very foggy , and the
vessel was proceeding at half speed only , when she ran on the rocks , in consequence , it is supposed , of the tide having carried her somewhat out of her course . She backed off , when it was found that she wps making a considerable quantity of water , which , however , proved to be under what could be easily ejected by the pumps . Edinburgh . —This city and neighbourhood wa 9 visited by a violent gale of wind on Sunday last , which increased in intensity during the evening . A clipper schooner , named the FavoBrite ,- from Liverpool for Fisherrow , lying in Leirh Roads , broke from her moorings at about midnight , and drifted towards tho northern shore of the Forth . The watch on deck gave the alarm to the captain and crew , who set about making preparations to escape , in the event of the vessel being driven on
the rocky coast to leeward . Fortunately , she was carried against the peer at Burntisland , where her rigging became entangled with the iron railings and lamp-posts at the pier end , by which site was retained sufficiently long to enable the crew to leap ashore , and the mate to convey the mother and wife of the captain in safety from the vessel . He then returned to the cabin to obtain liis watch ; and on coming again en deck , a heavy sea struck the sohooner , and swept her decks , washing the unfortunate man overboard , who was engulphed in the surge and drowned . His body has not been since recovered . The ship , on clearing the pier , carried away the railings and lamp pillars with which she had been entangled , and drifted on to the rocks eastward of the pier , where she lies high and dry at full ebb , in a very wrecked condition .
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of Sackville-8 treet , Mr . Hogan , of Sutton , and several other gentlemen , while enjoying a sail in the yacht of Mr . Hogan , hail the additional and exciting pleasure of witnessing the evolutions of an enormous sea monster which more resembled in shape and size the great sea serpent than any other living thing which the gentlemen had ever bi ; for& seen or heard described . Mr . Hognn ' s yacht was at the time the monster appeared in view ( half-past six p . m . ) , sailing between Dalkey and Sutton . One of tfie gentlemen on board tho yacht saw the monster at a distance of about half a mile , rushing with great impetuosity in a direction towards Howtli Point . He immediately directed the attention of his companions to the strange visitor , and tho whole party continued for several minutes to watch his movements and scrutinise his shape and
dimensions . Several portions of the back wero in view over the watir , and seemed to resemble " tho coils of a serpent , " to adopt the phraseology of one of tho gentlemen who waited on us to describe the circumstance . Tho head was shaped not unlike that of an eel , and was born aloft several feet out of tho water . The speed at which he moved through a y , er . was estimated at twenty miles an hour , and he left a wako such as might be expected irorn a ship of several hundred tons . The gentlemen who saw this monster computed his length at onehundred feet ; and Mr . Walsh informs uaf th . it Mr . Hogan who had been man y years at sea , was quite satisfied that the monster was not of the whale tribe , or was net ol a species heretofore known to mariners and described b y naturalists " The Parliamentary Sabbath .-TIio hopeless failure ot the scheme for Dromotintr th nWrvunnn
of the Sabbath by act of parliament , and the mitigation of the late absurd order which gave a day of rest to the letters , and scarcel y an hour of easement to the letter carriers , have , as mi"ht be expected , given no small satisfaction here . " All classes suffered more or less from the effects of the rwent ill-timed experiment upon public patience , while to the parties for whom this measure of grace was specially enacted the boon has been rnther distasteful than otherwise . A responsible official in tho Post-office fairly states , that the complaints , confusion , and tho vast pressure of business in the oarly part of the week , consequent upon the non-delivery on Sunday , are but indifferently compensated for by the " name "—for it is nothing more—of a hwlyday , of which closed doors are the outward semblance , while inside tho work goes on as merrily as ever , It is believed that next Sunday letters will bo delivered as formerly .
The Harvest . —The reports of the potato crop , embracing returns from all quarters of the kingdom , are more favourable than those received laxt week . Tho results may be thus briefly summed up : — Limerick . — "Accounts this day from various districts with respect to the potato crop are decidedly favourable . " Cork . — " Accounts are still cheering . Instances have been given us of stalks utterly destroyed and tubers entirely safe . The result at which we arrive is , that there will be an ample abunbance left for human consumption , " Giilwav , — " We do not think the potatoes are so much diseased as many would lead us to suppose . We are of opinion that a great deal of the crop will be saved . " Westmeath . — " In some parts of this
county the potatoes are as firm and good as they wero in 1844 , the year before the first blight , Twice the quantity planted this year . " C . irlow . — " Accounts from several districts warrant the belief that the injury complained of is of a trifling character , and every hope of an average crop , both sound and healthy . " Armagh . " The potnto crop continues to withstand the blight ; and , though . great number of fields seem blackened by the old disease , still the roots have not suffered to any great extent . " Donegal ( from which the worst reports have hitherto come ) . — " Potatoes are not getting worse . The plague , we hope , is stopped . " With the exception of wheat the cereal crops are all described as excellent .
Impkovement op tub Country . —A correspondent of the Freeman s Journal , referring to the supposed- prospects of general improvement in the country , writes in the iollowing disheartening tone : —Alas ! there is no truth in those encouragements—it will be many a long year before they aro realised . Except in the north of Ireland , there is nothing hopeful in the aspect of affairs in this wretched country . It is in a state , not of transition , but of dissolution . The trade ot the great inland towns is gradually declining—the markets are falling off—the shopkeepers of the smaller towns are reduced to indigence . There is a dead silenco in every country town—an utter absence of all appearance of business—no air of prosperity in anv
place—the people seem listless , stupified , dispirited . —hopeless of any possible improvement un < qual to any great effort to retrieve their condition—the houses are dilapidated—most of the gaols are full , so are the p « orhouses ; Uut how are the cabins circumstanced ? The gable walls are left of them ; here and there a burned rafter remains of the roof ; and , their former inmates , where are they to be found ? There is no echo in these ruins to say where . But there are huts in their vicinity not yefc wrecked , and ( heir inhabitants will tell you how the ' cratures" made sheds in the neighbouring ditches , and stopped there for a time ; how some of them had died on the roadside ; others " went wandering about , " God knows where : some had
got into the poorhouse ; a few had picked up enough among the nei ghbours and their friends to take them to America , and the great majority had disappeared , and not a soul knew what had become of them , and their wives , and their poor children . Such is the account given to a stranger of tho evicted peasantry that had been lately living in tho suburbs ot Roscrea , that are now in ruin * . Of the ravages of Irish landlord Vandalism in the course of the last month , I have seen a good deal . I have seen the vuins of about 500 recently demolished dwellings of the peasantry on the highroads of Wexfoid , Carlow , the Queen ' s County , the King ' s County , and Galway , that had been places of aboto of at least 2 , 500 human beings .
The Nenagh Guardian , a landlord ' s journal , states that " on the 7 ch instant thirty persons were evicted off the lands of Moyaliffe , the property of James Lenigan , Esq ., Castle Pogarty . They owed large arrears of rent . On the same dav ten . persons were evicted from the lands of Temulebeir , noar Thurles , tho property of Peter Graham , Esq ., of Dublin . " n Repeal Association . —The Association met in Conciliation Hall on Monday—Mr . Michael Murphy in the chair . The attendance was very small Mr John CKConnellread a memorial to her Majesty requesting her to convene her Parliamen t at the close of the harvest in Ireland , to take into consideration the settlement of the land question The memorial was referred to the committee for revision . The rent for the week was £ S 15 s . Gid Combination OuinAOE .-We regret extremely to state . that upon Saturday evening last , when t . hn
railway waggon containing parcels was within two imlea and a quarter of Sligo , at about five o ' clock in tho afternoon , it was attacked by a party of men who , haying felled the driver , a man named William Walsh with a blow over the temple , shot ono of the two horses which were drawing the won . i ™ rfrt ! i Mtr ? ha 8 ^ iden ^ I Cr , »? ^• W * - Walsh is still in tho ii . firmary , though his injuries are not very serious . SStfiSF V ° t 0 b . e the «^ lt of a co ml mrcei l ? J w " ' ^^ n ^ rnnniDg ° f thi 3 Jolmal gS Mullingar and Sligo .- % i > , Sl * f ° i , J ) ISm i MA 7 on -Coote 8 » thePedestrian , S f"lly f " > Pleted on Monday evening ™ extra ! oidinary match against time which he had under-I h ? a , ' Tt Vi walk a thousand half miles in a thousand half hours . The wasrer for which ha
MnwTf « s . uous feat WM on | y £ 5 ° . » t jt is expected that that sum will be considerably increased by subscriptions . Some days since ho appeared in so exhausted a state that his backers scarcely expected that they would bo able to fceop him up to the task , but as the conclusion approached ho recovered strength and courage . The Earldom op Roscommon . —Another claimant appears , it is stated , for the earldom of Roscommoa m the person of Z . Wallace , Esq ., proprietoi of S Anglo-Celt , Cavan newspaper , who it is said not ; only entertains strong hopes of aucceedinsr to thfl vacant coronet , but also of recovering a nnrtion of the estate attached thereto , andTlpoVwhicS his family had a rent charge up to tho year 1845
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« ETj £ Dromncm Charge of attempting to defraud an Insurance Company . —At the Liverpool police court on Friday a person named George Smith , together with one Mark Carson , were brought up to answer the charge of endeavouring to defraud the Royal Insurance Company . Mr . S . Booker conducted the cast- on the part of the company , from who-e statement it appeared that the prisoner Smith applied to the Royal Insurance Company for the purpose of effecting a policy of insurance upon his stock in trade and shop fixtures . The amount of tbe policy was £ 870 , and the date of the same was the 15 th of May . On the 13 th of July last the premises were partially
destroyed by fire , and on the Mowing 26 th he put in a declaration , which was taken before Mr . Rushton , in which he stated that his losses were over £ 1 , 500 for goods and « £ 50 for fixtures . The fire took place on a Saturday night , and was soon extinguished . In Smith ' s declaration he averred that he had lost the whole of his books of account except two ledgers , and that he was , therefore , unable to make an accurate and detailed statement of his losses , and that the am » unt claimed in the declaration was under the actual sum ; that in March previous he had taken stock , at which time he found it was then worth £ 1 . 600 . and he had added to Mb stock to the extent of £ 80 . It should have previousl y been stated that the charge now before the bench arose from the fact
of three men , Edwin Roe , William Roe , and Mark Carson , having been brought up previously for having in their possesrion a quantity of woollen cloth , supposed to be stolen . The charge failed , but it turned « nt ia the evidence that it was got from Smith ' s , and that the numbers upon it corresponded to that in his invoices . The two Roes were discharged , but Carson was kept in custody , andan application waa made b y Mr . Booker for a warrant to arreBt Smith on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the Royal Insurance Company . —The prisoners were remanded . Exrcoiion op William Ross . —This unfortunate man , condemned for poisoning his wife , who died on the 31 st of May last , at Roughtown , on the b-rdera of Yorkshire and Lancashire , was executed
on Saturday morning at York . It may be recollected that shortly after his conviction memorials on his behalf were signed in Roughtown , Mossley , and also in the city of York , praying that the Secretary of State would stay the execution . Some statements alleged to have been made by some of the witnesses for the prosecution , tending to the supposition that the condemned man was innocent , having been made public through the medium of the press , aninvestieation took place , the result of which was not favourable to the prisoner . On Friday evening the chaplain was in company with the nnbappy man until a late hour , and on his departure he still maintained
that he was not guilty of the crime imputed to him . was was removed next morning at six o ' clock from the condemned cell to a room adjoining the place of execution . Ia this apartment he remained until . witnmashort space of his death , when the sacramentwaB administered to him , and he seemed rengnedtohjs fate . He walked with a firm step on to we drop , and died in a space of two minutes . Since nia c ondemnation the prisoner had had several epilepucntg , and lie experienced a repetition of these W ? SS . ? L ? 0 Bl ! l ! P ° / ^ *?™*™ f tex >™» S fcl iZL ™* m lu 8 condnc t' In aahorttime , however , ne Decama calm and composed , and remained in that state up to the time of bis death . Ross maintained
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, he was removed on ThurT day , all the previoua night and Friday « OrHj After the authorities had gone to the cell , he enewfd m religious exercise . There were present h * E the prisoner and Mr . Hay , Baillie H lSSn " Fyfte , the Rev . Mr . Hislop , chaplairT of the \ S& S " city o ffi cers , and Mr . Morham . One of the Metto diat hymns was sung , and the Rev . Mr aSeSSS in prayer , during which Bennison snhh » i \ T ? i and seemed otherwise much affed Af i y > istf ^ flfi hid Bsuiiiffinr K «* n ; : n « 'op , the executioner and ^ stesvte'cars
condemned cellwhither Execution . —Shortly after eight o ' clock on Friday morning , the 16 th inst , the sentence of death passed upon William Bennison , on the 27 th of July last , for the murder of Jane Hamilton , his wife , at Stmdspl&ce . Leith . walk , on the 12 th of April , was carried into effect in the presence of Baillies Law and Fvffe Tbe gibbet was erected during the night at the common place of execution , in the Lawnmarket , at the head of Lady Lawson ' s Wynd 5 and from about seven o ' cWk on the previous ni ght crowds of persons visited the locality of the condemned cell , and the road leading to the place of execution . The Rev t ? iLTIn »»« " W *»*«» inIhe
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Tub FLioni to America . —The Westmeath Independent has the following rather remarkable reve > lations : — " The tide of emigration from this town and neighbourhood continues to flow on increasingly . Sot a conveyance leaves the town for Dublin , or Galway , that has not its quota of passengers bound for a foreign land . Indeed , we do not remember a season within the last few years in which the spirit of emigration seemed so strong as it is at present . Farmers have abandoned their holdings —dreading the workhouse , and in fear of their landlords , on whom , in a short time , the land will devolve without a tenant , and with little prospect of obtaining one . In somo places the evil system
of enrrymg off crops has already made its appearance , and several farmers have been known to dispose of the uncut corn for a comparative trifle , rather than remain to be evicted- and sued for the rent by landlords from whom they expect but little grace . If the present extent and class of emigration continues much longer , there will be but the two classes—landlord and labourer—and what can the former expect from the latter ? Unable to collect sufficient to pay for their passage out , what can they give ? Absolutely nothing ; and most assuredly the landlords will not select their tenants from such an impoverished class . There is , we may say , a general desire to leave this unfortunate country —a desire felt and expressed by every class in the
community for whose industry there is no reward . Men who have toiled and struggled for independence at home in < vain have now to seek it in a distant land . If wo apprehend rightly this emigration will bo felt severely by the landlords , whose snu » tenants' are to lie found amongst the ranks of the adventurers to America . So long as the artisan and the labourer only emigrated , there was no reason to complain—but now , when the tiller of the soil—the supporter of landlord and labourer alike —when he goes , then , indeed , the evil is apparent —for he goes not away empty ; and by whom is he to be replaced ? Friends in the far West have sent , and are sending , for their families and friends , some of whom have been for years inmates of the
workhouse . And possibly the time may como when real advantage will arise from this universal desertion of Ireland—for competence to be earned there could be usefully employed in originating manufactures , or improving those that long have been neglected in this country . That time may come—and right earnestly do wo hope ' thero is a good time coming . '" Turning to tho North , tho Perry Sentinel , another organ of landlordism , thus refers to the tide of emigration from Ulster : — " On Monday last thirtyone individuate , most of whom were in comfortable circumstances , left tho village of Portstewart , to seek a home on the opposite side of the Atlantic , amidst the dark woods of Canada , where they hope
taxation will press less heavily upon them—of the rent none ever heard them complain , as in this locality we are blessed with one of the best landlords in Mr . John Cromie , who recognises tenant ri ght as far as every hsnest man would wish to see it carried . Two of tho individuals referred to above held eight acres of land on joint lease ; on the property were a few old cottages , and two tolerable houses . They wero allowed to sell out to the best advantage , and Mr . William Wilson Campbell the Castle , paid them for their interest in the lease £ 350 , not including a fair valuation for the crop ' which he also tendered . The above method of transacting business ought , I think , to satisfy the most unscrupulous advocate of tenant right But there are many who would be satisfied Wlthnothiriff short of landlord robbery and spoliation " The Cork Reporter thus notices the tide of whole-5 ^ i ? JSr at !?! f'rom , that Prt :- » Vast crowds of continue
emigrants day after day to quit the south of Ireland , making our harbour the way if Sit The outward flow seems rather to increase than to dimmish By emigrant shi ps in the port or by steamers to Liverpool , where other sbl ps w 2 t to S ? m " f - nUtnbers Of Gur Pedant ?" de ' nor hv ^ ut u n « f tho ' « 3 tic population is not by any means confined to Cork- similar ac-Dubl n "W « . frOm th 6 , ° ikS ? from Dublin , and Galway , and even from the lesser Sa \ 1 Tl ? Vraterford « &c - To-day the Nimrod ana Albert steamers were crammed to excess with these poor creatures . Independent of what went innn , f Tessels » tne « were certainly upwards of 1 . UUU human beings packed on board these two steamerB . To one looking from the quay , it seemed a marvel how they could have found room to stand m the narrow compass of deck they occupied , kmce the above was written we have learned that on the arrival of the Nimrod , at Passage , it was
lound necessary to send some of the deck passengers on shore . In doing so we understand the people were taken indiscriminately and forced to leave the vessel , their property and friends being in many instances detained on board . One man is said to have been brought out of the vessel whilst his wife , luggage , and £ 25 were detained . The entire number sent on shore amounts to about 200 On inquiry at the Paoket-office we are informed that the affair arose from the fact of a penalty being inflicted on the company for every passenter be yoad a certain number . On leaving tho quay this Saturday ) morning , a crowd of persons without tickets forced their way on board , andtheao were the only parties sent out of tho vesBol " The Great Sea Skhmbi .-With the return of & 3 SHtfsa * was- ?
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 24, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1588/page/6/
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