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w& mtrwii ** Health of ILoxdox During the "Week . —The " total number of deaths registered in the metropolitan districts , in the week ending last Saturday , ¦ was 845 . This number is lower than in any of the corresponding weeks of ten years ( 1840-9 ) , except -tbossof ISilaad ISiS , -when the deaths were less than £ 00 ; and it is much lower than in the same week of lS £ 3 . and ISiS , when they rose above 1 , 100 . The present return shows a decrease on the average ( corrected for increase of population ) of 171 deaths . Taking the three classes of maladies , which together destroyed more than half of the S 45 persons ¦ who died last week , namelv , the epidemic , the tubercular , and those which affect tho respiratory . organs , it appears that though there is a decrease in each of them , it is still most remarkable in the epidemic . In this class the deaths enumerated are 18 b
( of whicji 137 occurred amonjrsfc children ) , whilst the corrected average is 256 . Four children and an adult died of small-pox , 21 children of measles , Jl ot hooping-cough , 5 of croup , 4 of thrush 32 persons of searfatina ; 30 of diarrhoea and dysentery , and 49 of typhus . Small-pox continues to exhibit much less than the usual amount of fatality ; most of the Other complaints mentioned are near the average ; typhus a little exceeds it . In St . Mftry , Pftddington , at S 3 Ilarrow-road , the mfe and daughter of an eating-house keeper , aged respectively 50 and 19 years " died , the former on the 22 nd , the latter on the 21 st of October , of " bilious fever ( 3 weeks ) , peritonitis ( in one case 4 days , in the other 4 or 5 days ) . " The continued decline of diarrbooa and dysentery is shown by the returns of three weeks , in which were successively registered 57 , 37 , an < S-3 deaths . List week three deaths -were recorded
from cholera . Intemperance was fatal to two men ; in one case , by means of injury received in a state of intoxication * ; in the other , by generating disease . A wine-broker ' s clerk , who lived at 1 , Marshall ' sbuildiasr , Shoreditch , and died on the 12 th of Oct .. at the aire of 40 years , sank under starvation , as appearsfrom the coroner ' s return : " natural death , accelerated by privations froth want and destitution . " It deserves to be noticed that on"the 13 th , 18 th , and 23 rd , of October , three infants , in different houses , were found dead in bed , or died suddenly in bed , all of them the children of single
• women . The births of 693 boys and GG 9 girls , in all 1 , 362 children , were registered in the week ' . The average derived from tho returns of corresponding ¦ weeks in five years ( 1845-9 ) is 1 , 320 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the barometer in the week was 29519 in . The mean temperature was 42-3 deg ,, being lower by 3 deg . than that of the same week on an average of 7 years . Since Saturday it has been lower than the average on every day of the week ; and on Thursday , when it was lowest , was 6-5 deg . below the average of the same day . " The wind blew generally from
northeast ; . A Pisasube Tas on Fire . — On Sunday afternoon a pleasure van , returning from Hampton Court with a party of men and women , eighteen in number , in passing through Tarnham-green , was discovered to bo on fire ; the loose straw at the ¦ bottom of the vehicle blazed up so fiercely that the women ' s dresses were ignited , and some of . them were severely burnt .. The flames spread to the awning , and before the fire could be put out , the van was a complete wreck . Mrs . Short , of ' Charles-street , Drury-Iano , the wife of the proprietor of the yan , was so severely injured that she lad to be taken to the hospital . The disaster was occasioned by some one of the party smokiDg and dropping his light . A Max Fouxd Dead is a Railwat Statios
—On Sunday night , about nine o'clock , the officials at ths Eastern Counties Hallway Station at Stratford found lying in the station the dead body of a man , aged about sixfy-five , dressed in black , and having on his person a silver watch and 3 s . in silver . The body was removed to the Blue Boar pnblic-house , Stratford , fora coroner ' s inquest , and to be identified . DaBIXG BUHGLAKT \ iXD ATTEMPT TO MURDER A Policemas . —On Monday morning , about half-past three o'clock , as police-constable Goodwin , S 5 S , ¦ w as on duty in the Challcott-rqad , Primrose-hill , le observed a man , who on coming up to him ( the constable ) asked the way to Gloucester-road . Good * win told him that he was walking away from it . lie
then asked the man what he had in bis hand , seeing that he wa 3 carrying a bag which appeared to contain a heavy bulk , fie replied that it was bis own property and that he had worked for it . Goodwin remarked that he did not believe him , and that he must go to the station-bouse . The roan walked a short distance , when he suddenly inflicted a wound -with a knife upon the policeman ' s face , which caused the blood to flow . Goodwin grasped hold of the fellow , who attempted to stab him in the abdomen , but was prevented . They struggled and fell , and while down he stabbed the policeman twice in the face . They got up , and a desperate struggle again ensued , the policeman being nearly ' . exhausted from loss of blood and over exertion .
• He called out loudly for assistance , upon which = two of the policemen on the North 'Western line ¦ went to him , when , by their united assistance , the man was taken to the station-house in Albanystreet , where he gave the name of Williams . In - searching him was found £ 23 in silver and copper , consisting of crowns , half-crowns , shillings , to . Inquiries were instituted , when it was discovered inai the money was iLe property of Mr . G . Seeton , landlord of the Dublin Castle , Park-street , Camden Town , who had deposited the money in a cupboard in the bar parlour and in the till . It is supposed that the thief must have concealed himself in the taproom . The knife ( a table knife ) with which he stabbed . Goodwin " was Mr . Seeton ' s . Goodwin i 3 under the doctor ' s hands .
JrRlGBTFUL ACCIDSST AND T . 0 S 3 OF LlFE AT Gbiffis ' s ( thb Lord Mator ' s ) Wharf . —On Tuesday afternoonaverymelancholy occurrence took place at Griffin ' s wharf , in Tooley-street , the property and place of business of the pjesent Lord Mayor , by which one man lost his life , and another is so seriously injured that it cannot be said he is out of danger . It is usual at this and other wharfs to hare a large drum wheel for the purpose of raising or lowering heavy weights from the wharf to the barges below it ; and this is worked by men in the inside of it , especially considering the weight that is to be raised , and by their treading the weight can either be hoisted up or lowered down . On Tuesday some casks of cocoa nut oil were being lifted from a barge to the
¦ wharf , which at the stale of the tide was a height ; of about sixteen feet The casks , or " legers , " as they are technically called , weighed upwards of a ton each , and six men , of the names of Hurley , Callaghac , Hayes , Looney , Crawley . and Neeve , who were occasional labourers at the wharf , were engaged on the work , which they had been at some little time , who , on hoisting one of the legers to within a foot of the top of the wharf , one of the men , and it cannot be ascertained which , called out , "high enough , " which was a signal for them to stop , liayes , Looney , Crawley , and Neeve , then-jumped out , and the consequence was frightful . The weight of the other two , Hurley and Callaghan , of course , not being able to
support theleger , it descended back to the targe with great velocity , while the two poor men within the wheel were thrown about in every direction in the " dram , " until it stopped , and the two unfortunate persons were taken out Hurley , on being conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , was found to be qui'e dead from injuries to the head and ribs ; and Calaghan bas many severe scalp wounds , besides internal injuries , the result of which may be fatal . It is a singnkr fact that Hurley was first engaged to load some sacks of tares , but not liking the work , he had exchanged with a man at the wheel ; and it may be mentioned that such an accident has never taken place at the wharf before .
Dasgeb of I ( APrHAliAMPs .-, On Tuesday evening Mrs . Lambert , coal dealer , 3 , Parker-street , Drurylane , was in the act of trimming a naptha lamp , when the spirit ignited . Mrs . Lambert in her alarm dropped the lamp , and her clothes were saturated with the naptha , and instantly she was in a blaze from head to foot . The unfortunate woman rushed into the street , the flames rising high above her head , and made her way into a butcher ' s shop in Drnry-lane , the flames igniting a quantity of loose paper that was lying about and nearly set the shop on fire . Some persons at length extinguished the flames by rolling her on the ground . Mrs . Lam bert was so dreadfully burnt that the flesh came off her bands and body ; She was taken to King ' s College Hospital . She is not expected to survive . A little girl ,, aged ten years , daughter of Mrs . Lambert , was also seriously burnt .
The Recbst Steamboat Accidkst ok the River . —On Tuesday afternoon , Mr . W . Carter opened an inquiry at the Angel , Rotherhithe , respecting the death of Charles Cook , aged 26 , a labourer employed at the Wylam Fuel Works , Greenwich , who with three others was drowned in the river , by a boat which they were in being upset by the imprudent navigation , as it was alleged , of the Puke of Cambridge ( Dublin ) steamer . Mr . Pelham , jun ., the solicitor , attended to watch the proceedings for the relatives of the deceased . Itmayte briefly stated , that on the morning of Thursday the 17 th instant , between nine and ten o'clock , a boat containing the deceased persons and a lad named Reid was being rowedup the river about
midchannel , nearly opposite the City Canal , when the Prussia Eagle ( Cork ) steamer passed , and the boat ¦ was rolling in the swell left by that vessel , when the Duke of Cambridge was seen coming down , and the party on the paddle-box beckoned to them to gst out of the way . They endeavoured to do so , at the survivor alleges , but the steamer continued her course , and did not stop until witnia six or seven yards of the boat . The result was , that the latter was turned over in the surf , and the lad escaped by clinging to the bottom , and eventually to the paddle-wheel of theDuke of Cambridge , when ho was taken on board and put ashore . The body of the deceased , the first recovered , was dragged up on Friday off Cuckold ' s Point , not far from the
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__ , rj- - . - - ¦ dr % » ' * - -fj-j-st * SSDe fcroBtm ^ . Wholesale Swindlixg ' at Bath . —George Rowland Hill , who had succeeded , by false pretences , in obtaining goods to a very large amount from several of the most respectable tradesmen in Bath , was , on Saturday lait placed upon his trial at the quarter sessions , held at the Guildhall , before David Jardine , Esq ., the Recorder . The first case proceeded with wa 3 that of Messrs . Reynolds and Holman , linendrapers , from whom the " prisoner wa 3 charged with obtaining , by fraudulent pretences , carpeting , &c , to the value of between £ 70 and £ 80 . The evidence was very voluminous , but the following are the particulars of the case . The prisoner , in the latter part
of 1849 , came to Bath , and opened shops in Ballamestreet , as a cabinetmaker , where he employed several workmen , and appeared to be carrying on a flourishing business . Having thus succeeded in making himself known , in the early part of June , in the present year , he went to the shop of Messrs . Reynolds and Holman , and represented that he had been employed to furnish a house for the Rev . William Dangerfield , at Stroud , in Gloucestershire . He said the ob would amount to between £ 500 and £ 600 , and that he was to be paid as soon as the work was finished , which would be in five or six weeks ' , time . He then told the prosecutors that he should require carpets and druggets , window curtains , &e ., to the amount of £ 60 : or £ 70 , and asked to be allowed to
have such goods as he might require , to be paid for as soon as " the Rev . Mr . Dangerfield discharged his account . Upon the representations -made ¦ by the prisoner Messrs . Reynolds and Holman allowed him to select at that time carpeting to the amount of £ 22 . In two or three days afterwards a letter bearing the Stroud postmark " was received from Hill by the prosecutors , in wb / ch he stated that the carpeting was not sufficient for his purpose , and he must have some more of the same pattern , or , if they had not more of that , be must have the required quantity in a new pattern , and he would send back that first had . Having no more carpet of the first pattern , Messrs . Reynolds and Holman sent a whole bale of carpeting of another pattern , but that first sent was
never returned , and subsequently other goods were obtained by the prisoner upon similar pretence ? , amounting altogether to between £ 70 and £ 80 . From Messrs . Gully , Hayden , Clement , and other tradesmen , the prisoner succeeded in obtaining goods to s very large amount upon the same representation of having to furnish a house for the Rev . Mr . Dangerfield , and very ingeniously contrived to make his victims references , by which he became enabled to obtain the property of others . Suspicion was : at length excited , and in July Inspector Dunne , of the Bath police force , went to Stroud Jto make inquiries , and the nature and extent of the fraud became at once apparent . No such person as the Rev . Mr . Dangerfield existed , and the prisoner himself occasionally went by the name of Dangerfield in order to carry out the cheat . It was also discovered that he had sales at Tetbury and other places for the disposal
of furniture . On proceeding to Cheltenham the officer discovered a large quantity of furniture of every description , including a great , portion of that obtained from the tradesmen of Bath , and between £ 100 and £ 200 worth besides not identified . At the railway 9 tation were several articles directed in the prisoner ' s handwriting to persons of different names , and to be left there till called for . The jury found the prisoner Guilty ; whereupon an arrangement was entered into between the counsel on each side that he should plead guilty to the other charges , so that restitution of the property fraudulently obtained might be made to the owners , without entering upon the charges , the prosecuting counsel thereupon engaging not to press for judgment in respect to them . The prisoner was sentenced to bo transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years . A true bill has been returned by the grand jury against the prisoner , his wife , and brother-in-law , Windon , for
conspiracy . The Frbiuy Murder . —On Saturday last , at eleven o'clock , the examination of the prisoners in custody charged with the double crime of murder and burglary at Frimley was again resumed before the magistrates at Guildford . The . evidence adduced possessed no great novelty or interest , being to some extent a repetition of details which have already been made public , and where fresh facts were adduced , they were merely such as supplied blanks in the indirect proof of guilt . When the prisoners were one by one brought into the court-room , their appearance was narrowly watched , but indicated no material chanqe . Samuel Harwood ' s face looked paler on entering , and became flushed , as if with
strong excitement , as the inquiry proceeded . Levi Harwood also , though the confident daring reckless ness of his manner and expression had suffered no visible abatement , seemed to be more thoughtful and concerned about himself . His complexion had acquired a less healthy hue , and the muscles of his face and throat were in constant motion . Jones looked quite as well , if not better than at the previous examination ; and Smith , the approver , appeared to be more at his ease , though his eyes were still for the most part bent timidly on the ground , and he never once directed them to where his companions in guilt were standing . This man has quite the slim active figure of a bnrgler , while all the rest in build and expression look like footpads . A curious piece of
pantomime occurred during the proceedings on the part of the prisoner Jones , which , singular to gay , was only observed by one or two people in the crowded room . The accused were drawn up in a semicircular form at the entrance end of the courtroom , a turnkey being placed between each of them to prevent communication . During 'a pause in the proceedings , Jones , who bad managed to fall behind a little , caught Levi Harwood's eye unobserved , and clenching his fist at the same time , and slightly raising it , with a motion of his lips , and a glance at Smith , he very significantly conveyed the kind of treatment the approver would receive if an opportunity- ever offered . The only other point worth noticing in the conduct of the prisoners was the manifest delight with which they heard some of Mrs . SeabrooVs replies to the interrogatories of tbe chairman , Mr . Best . The prisoners were
remanded . —Cwse of the Coroner ' s inquiry . — Veedici of Wilful Murdbr . —The inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the late Rev . G . E . Holiest , was on Tuesday resumed and concluded at the White Hart , Inn , Frimley . Several witnesses not previously examined before the coroner were called . All of them repeated the evidence they had given before the magistrates at Guildford , which having been published , it is wholly unnecessary to repeat . —Before closing the inquiry , the coroner and jury proceeded to the vicarage for the purposeof re-examining Mrs . HolIeBt , the widow of the deceased , on the subject of the penny , token found upon the prisoner _ Jones , and also as to her recognition of Levi Harwood ' s voice , neither of which points were touched upon in thiB lady ' s previous examination before the coroner . Mrs ; Holiest s evidence on each was of the most satisfactory character , and upon the return of-Jhegury to the in
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question ,,. tuVCorouer : summed , up . ; . The room was tlien cleared of Btrangers , and « £ Jury re 2 K £ S » £ lfia 3 S « & « !> $ ! B £ MKS £ S ^ . 3 ? f ? wood , and Janie'Jones" Aod m returning their verdict , the jury desired to express their opinion that the evidence laid before them ; was not sufficient to justify a verdict of "Wifol murder " against Samuel Harwood . : The jurr also : dfclared _ that there had been no evidenoe adduced be : re . thenv to show / b y which of the three other prisoners the fatal shot had been fired . —Warrants of committal were placed in the hands of superintendent Biddlccombe by the coroner , with instructions to lodge them , with the governor of the Guildford House of Correction , where the prisoners are confined .
COLMSION ON THB SoUTH WESTERN RAILWAY , — On Sunday night an accident of ah alarming character occurred on the South Western Railway , near the Richmond ( station . The 6 . 30 train from Waterloo to Windsor having left at the usual time , proceeded a 8 far as Richmond without interruption , and shortly afterwards a train of empty carriages from Twickenham came along the same line of metals . Owing to the damp state of the weather , aad the great quantity of leares which had fallen from the trees and settled upon the rails , made the ' latter extremely slippery , so that the Windsor train
found some difficulty in getting up the incline over the river , and the consequence was that the Twickenham train overtook the preceding one on the incline . The force of the two trains meeting caused great alarm amongst the passengera in the Windsor carriages , and in an instant a horsebox and carriage truck were completely thrown over the wall , and they fell into the park below . At the same time a break van was shattered to pieces , which , of course , interrupted the due course of the traffic on the line for some time . Although the passengers of the Windsor train were greatly terrified , no one sustained personal injury . - : . Incesdiar * Firk in Essex and Apprehension of the Incendiary . —On the 25 th ult , a stack of barley , containing about thirty quarters , standing
on an eminence near the mansion of George Collyer , Esq ., army agent , 'of Craig ' s-court , London , but whose country residence is at Mascall ' s , South Weald , near Brentwood , was discovered to be on fire .- An Irish lad , who had just been discharged from Ilford gaol , overtook a carter coming from London ta Brentwood , and told him he was going up to Collyer ' s to endeavour to get some " grub ;" it appears he did not go , but went and wilfully set the stack on fire , which was in tbe course of a few hours entirely consumed , From the description of him by the carter , he was immediately taken into custody by the police . He was very saucy , and said he did it expressly for the purpose of being transported out of this country , as he was heartily tired of it .
The Plate Robbemes at Liverpool — Last week , Joseph Wolfe , a watch jobber , was placed in custody before Mr . Rush ton , at the . Police-court , Liverpool , on suspicion of receiving watches , knowing them to have been stolen . The prisoner was remanded until Thursday next . The watches were subsequently identified as having been stolen recently from the following persons : Mr . Keightley , Mr . Leadley , Mr . Jackson , and Mr . Corlett . Alarm or Cholera . —An alarm exists at the present time lest there should be an epidemic outbreak of Asiatic cholera in the town of Hull ; The disease first appeared among the shipping , and bag
since attacked a number of localities in Sculcoates , Witham , and Drypool . From the end of August up to the present time upwards of thirty deaths , from Asiatic cholera and about twenty-five from diarrhoea have occurred—about sixty ; in all , and this only in one portion of the borough . It is stated that since the disease made its appearance during tbe present outbreak ,. therehave . nearly 100 deaths taken place from all gradations of the disease . The deaths from cholera have lately been seven or eight a week , but in one day no fewer than fourteen persons died of cholera and diarrhoea . Fatal cases have also occurred in other towns . .
Burglary at Bristol . —On Sunday evening last during the temporary absence of the family , the house of Mr . W . Turtle , Old Park , Bristol , was burglariously entered , and a large Quantity of wearing apparel and other property was taken off . The police suspected a man named Haynee , whom they captured , and in whose room they found all ( he property , with other stolen articles , and a complete set of burglars' implements . He was brought before the magistrates at Bristol on Monday , and remanded . Highway Robbery nbar MAinsTosE . —On
Sunday last , as Mr . Hooker , of the 6 rm of Syckelmore and Hooker , curriers , Gabriel's-hill , Maidstone , was . proceeding on foot towards Maidstone , at the distance of two miles from Chatham , he was suddenly attacked from behind with the stroke of a large stick , which almost felled him to the ground . Recovering in some degree from the stunning effects of the blow , he grappled " with the villain , and after a severe struggle both came to ( he ground . The robber eventually succeeded in snatching his watch , which had been secured by a strong guard which he broke , and also in abstracting the contents of one pocket—some loose cash , a ¦ latch-key , and a small
box-key . Mr . Hookers cries for help attracted a man to the spot , whereupon the scoundrel decamped into the wood . Mr . ^ Hooker was very roughly handled ; and from his bat and clothes being very muoh-spotted with blood in some : places , which could not have come from his own person , it is pretty certain the fellow must have bled freely . He appeared about thirty years of age , about five feet five inches in height , and rather Btout ; wore a dark round frock and dark cap . The watch was a silver one , stop and second ; maker ' s name Solomon , Canterbury . On the case thereof was engraved " T . Jones , ISli t" and its number was either 1 , 709 or 1 , 907 , he is not certain which . .
Robbeet op Jewellery at Hull . — -Mr . Richard Berwick , chief superintendent of the Manchester police , received information on Monday afternoon , of a serious robbery of jewellery at Hull , and having sent Mr . MaeMullen , one of his active detective officers , upon what he ' considered to be a likely track , the thief was actually discovered , upwards of 100 miles from the place where the robbery was committed , in not more than two or three hours . MacMullen visited the houge of a Mrs . MacLean , in Silk-street , Oldam-road , where he found an almost interminable stock of jewellery , consisting of brooches , breast-pins , hair-pins , gold and silver pencil cases , gold snaps , silver knives , gold chains , seals , keys , &c . They are in the possession , of a man named James Campbell , who at once confessed having committed the robbery . He , together with a woman named Buckley , upon whom property of similar description was found , were sent , in custody to Hull . :
DKiTH from a Boiler Bursting . —Tbrwct ot Manslaughter . —An inquest was held on Monday , at Manchester , before Mr Edward Berford , the coroner , on the body of an engine-driver , named Charles Carlisle ( in the employ of Mr . Charles Forley , Bradford-road ) , who had been killed by the bursting of a steam-boiler . The explosion took place about a fortnight ago , and the poor fellow was so shockingly scalded that he died on Saturday last . It appeared that the boiler was cracked for the length of three or four inches , and the deceased had frequently told Mr ; Smith , the overlooker , that it was unsafe . Smith , however , persisted in having it patched up with a screw patch and some cement , although he knew that not three months previous one of the adjoining boilers , which was in a similarly dangerous state , had burst , and killed one person besides wounding others . Indeed , ten days before the accident , a boiler-maker , who was sent to
examine it , told Smith that it was unsafe , and left him with the distinct understanding that it should not be worked again until it had undergone proper repairs .- He was . committed to the assizes , to answer for his ' gross and culpable negligence . Incendiarism bt Children . —At the Liverpool Police Court on Monday two children , named Charles Bell and , Thomas Makin , were brought up on a charge of applying a lucifer match to a haystack belonging to a Mr . Johnston , lime burner , ' of Hatton-garden , Liverpool . It appeared that the flames raged with considerable fury , and had not the fire brigade arrived the entire stack , valued at £ 40 , would have been entirely , consumed . Mr . Johnston , very considerately refrained from bringing forward any specific charge , and thus procured the dismissal of the children upon payment of Iobs than one-third of the actual damage , for the payment of which he allowed the parents a considerable time . . .
A Wbbvixq Tiugedt . —John Hanson , blacksmith and William Mason , pitman , both of ¦ Willington " were at a wedding in Newcastle , on Saturday last . In the evening , they left that town by train , to go to the wedding supper at Earsdon . . Hanson , who was not sober , got out of the carriage , near to the Percy Main station , where they were to leave the North Shields line , and stood upon the step . A gate-post caught him while the train was in motion , and he was thrown under the wheel , whioh passed over his legs . Mason , went back , from the station , and found his comrade sitting upon the line , with his legs fractured ; the left leg , indeed , was crushed to pieces . He had Mm taken back to Newcastle by the next train going east , and placed in the
infirmary , where he reoeived every attention ; but at one o'clock on Sunday morning be died . . An inquest was held on Monday ; verdict , " Accidental death . " . Deceased was twenty-eight yearB of age . Alarming and Dbstructivb Firb in York . —On the ni g ht of Tuesday last the ancient city of York was visited by a dreadful conflagration at the extensive premises of Mr . Cattley , raff-merohant , in Skeldergate , and it is estimated that £ 3 , 000 will not cover the loss sustained . Shortly after eleven o ' clock flames were seen issuing from the roof and windows of the saw-mill , a large building on the right hand side of the raff-yard . An alarm was , as a matter of course , instantly raised , and in a few minutes multitudes of persons were on the spot
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ready to render assistance in counteracting the destructiveerement . Aftera'little delay two engines arrived / and a plentiful supply .- of-water being at hand , vast ; masses ; of the . opposingrelement were brought into requisition , but all efforts ' on the part of the firemen seemed abortive for several hoursi as tho fire raged with as-much fury as over .. Between four and five o ' clock next morning , however ; the flames became so far subdued , as to dissipate all fears of their spreading any further . The saw mill , which is . entirely -gutted , the , burnt walls , only , remaining standing , was' a valuable , building containing- a large quantity of machinery , worked by steam power , for sawing timber of all kinds , cutting veneors , and wood turning genorally . The machinery is rendered useless , and now lies" scattered about among huge masses of charred beams and ashes . It , . _ .. _ - i- ? J ?' ^ l : ' —IS ^ lu * A *
may be observed that the raff-yard belonging to Mr . Cattley covers a considerable area , and was surrounded by ' sheda and dwellings . One shed , which contained a quantity of mahogany , is entirely destroyed along with its contents ; another shed is half burnt , and two houses , where some of Mr . Catfcley ' s workmen resided , have been gutted by the flames . It is satisfactory to state thai no life has been sacrificed , neither has there been any accident to a single individual engaged at the fire . Nothing definite is known respecting the " origin of the conflagration , but it is supposed that some saw-dust had ignited in the saw-mill , and hence the great destruction of property which we haye related . In the raff-yard and the buildings adjoining , it is estimated that thore was wood and other property worth not far short of £ 10 , 000 , consequently , considering the combustible nature of the materials which the
fire had to play upon , it is fortunate that the damage is less than the value of one-third of tho timber destroyed . Mr . Cattley is insured in the Yorkshire Insuivince Company to tbe extent of £ 1 , 000 only , and if he should not be insured in some other office , his loss will bo a serious one . During the greater part of Wednesday the fire engines were , at intervals , in operation , as the conflagration was not totally extihguislied . TlIE RUM-CASK BnOACHINO AT WAUASEY . —On the 25 th ult . another man , living in the neighbourhood of Wallasey , died from the effects of drinking too large a quantity of the contents of the puncheon which was washed up to the head of the Wallasey embankment on the previous Wednesday afternoon ;
This makes the third viofcinVwhose life has been sa crificed through this unfortunate affair ; The lives of many were almost despaired of , some having re ^ mained in an unconscious state for fifteen or twenty hours . One man had pumped from his stomaoh nearly a quart of raw spirits . —Liverpool Mercury .. Another Case of Stabbino at Makcuester .- ^ - A man named John Bott was on Monday taken before tho magistrates at Manchester , charged with stabbing . It was stated that the prisoner was fighting with another . man , named Thomas Fergan , in Great Bridgewater-street , on Saturday evening , when Fergan suddenly ealled out that he was
stabbed . A policeman was then called and seized Bott ) asking him where the knife was that he had used ; The reply was , " Oh , it ' s in my pocket—all blood . " Fergan ia in the Infirmary , top badly wounded'to give evidence at present , and the prisoner stands remanded for a . week . Fergan is wounded in three places , having two stabs in the left side and one in tho left wrist . One of the wounds in the side was so large that the bowels protruded , and some fears are entertained for his life : The prisoner Richards , who stabbed a man named Bradburn in ' Salfqrd last week , and also brutally beat Bradburn ' s wife , has been committed for trial at the . next Liverpool
assizes . .. Fatal Accident in Harwick Harbour . —On Monday some workmen were employed in lifting an anchor from a boat to the deck of a , dredging machine in the harbour , at Hawick , when the anchor became so entangled with the boat as to upset it , plunging three men into the water , one . of whom was rescued in time to save , his life ; but beforeas « Bwtance could be rendered , the other , two , named Wells and Warwick , had sunk to rise no more . Their
bodies have not yet been recovered . Loss of the To » Steamer Powerful . —This steamer which has been for a long period engaged in towing lighters , &o ., about Harwich Harbour , being required at Dover , was steaming her way thither under the charge of a Dover pilot , when , under circumstances not yet elicited , she struck upon the Long Sand , and ultimately sunk in deep water , at about nine p . m . oh Saturday last . The crew were picked up on Sunday morning and taken into Shorenam , Kent . .
Tnrt Bequest of the late Mb . Hartley , to the town of Southampton ,. for scientific purposes , has now been converted into English securities , and has realised £ 82 , 600 ., This bequest , the amount of which has been thrown into Chancery , will , in a few weeks , be the subject of investigation before that court . Thb Case'of Cruelty to Lascars at Southampton . —The coroner of Southampton has received instructions from the Secretary of State for the Home Department , to furnish Mm with the evidence adduced at the inquest . on the bodies of the two Lnscar seamen who died on board tho ship , New Liverpool , in Southampton Docks , and for whoso deaths a verdict of manslaughter was returned last week against the captain of the ship .
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municipal ^ qll . of . the . city , o ( Dublin ,-which , had . led to such protracted discussions in the . "Court of 'Queen s Bench , was ''decided-in his favour in the Revision Court > on Saturdayhstt . At the close ; of ; the argur ments , which occupied two days ,. Mr . Blake , the Revising Barrister , ' before whom the case of tbe Lord Mayor was argued , in giving judgment , reviewed the evidence pro and con and referred to the clauses in the Municipal Act at great length , and with considerable perspicuity ! and having summed up , he . declared the name of the'Right Hon . John Reynolds , Lord Mayor of the city of Dublin , should reinainon the burgess roll . ( Loud cheers . ) He further said that , if any objection would be raised to his decision , _ ., « : nLr . l «« . !! ^ . c t-U * - !* . „ « ViSnlii !** « rVi »^ T » inaA 1 <* A fft
he would . giye the parties an opportunity for further arguments on the subject , by bringing the ' ease before the fifteen Revising Barristers sitting in court . Mr . Lynch said , that after the decision just pronounced , he , on the part of those for whom he acted , would hot pursue the subject further . The Lord . Mayor said , that such was tlie high opinion he entertained o the legal ability of the learned gentleman who had pronounced his decision , and such was the' high respect in which he regarded him / that had the decision been adverse ; and had ¦; Mr . Blake decided that his ( the Lord Mayor ' s ) name should be struck off the burgess roll , he would not appeal against his decision . ' '" .. ' . ¦ . - . T
Murder of A BAiLiFF . —The Limericb Chronicle contains the following' account of a most shocking murder : —V- Last week a bailiff named Andey , was shot dead at Newtown , near Pallasgreen . He went to serve an order from theTipperary Bank on Luby , a farmer , who , on seeing the bailiff enter , deliberately laid hold of his gun , and advancing to within two or three yards of him , fired , and literally tore open the belly and side of the unfortunate man . It is needless to ' say he died instantaneously . " r - ••' Assault and Vioxation . — At College-street police office , on Saturday , William Dunne and Patrick Dolan , described as hackney cab drivers , were brought up in : cu 8 tody / charged with being accomr
plices in a gross and-felonions outrage on- two young andreBpectablefemales . The prisoners were given in , charge at the prosecution of E | iza Purser and Mary Purser , both young and respectably-dressed young females , who were represented to be proper and well-cohducted young persons , following the busir ness , of dress makers , and residing at 37 , Exchequerstreet . The circumstances of the case , as reported in evidence before the magistrates , involved details of daring and aggravated outrage . The prisoner Dunne was Stated to be the son of a , car owner , of which he was the licensed driver ; The other prisoner ; Dolan , had been a car driver , but has not been licensed lately ., The magistrates directed informations to be taken , and < both prisoners were fully committed for trial at the next commission . .
Tenant League . —Mr . Underwood , the secretary to the recent tenant-right meeting in Tyrone , is reported to have used the following rather strong . language , his speech appearing ; for the first time in a supplemental account of the proceedings in the Freeman , of the 26 th ult . " Speaking of the titles by which the present race of landlords hold their properties , he said : — " But your landlords are not even Saxonised chieftians . They were marauders from the first—they hada people ' s curses in the beginning—let them win blessings in the end .. Less than the total prostration of the Moloch of tyranny will not content iis , being at length one people . There is not a tenant in Ireland who has not a better title than his landlordwere that title the invention of 130 years ago , or of
yesterday , a manacle forged by a De Lacey ' s sword , Ollara Fodla , or Baron Richards ; Cromwell made titles , William made titles , and so did . Charles the Second ; and the justice of making such' is as good this day as it was in theirday , or as it was two thousand years ago , ( Hear ^ hear , and cheers . ) Sir , this is something worse than compulsory valuation ; by this might , the pestilent , oppressor and his assassins have degraded our countrymen to the last stage at which , human nature can arrive , before the individual is lost in the terror of his affliction . The right they exercise is the robber ' s right—their , strength is their justice , their will , their honour . Let us reconcile this with natural liberty , with the original right of the individual , with ' his duties to the state , and "ask ourselves what has the state done to defend the weak ,
and crumble the might of the oppressor ? * * Wearenot of the tyrant class , but of the merciful . ( Loud cheers . ) ' -Reason is our guide ; justice , tempered by mercy , our sword ; and union our banner .- ( Cheers . ) - Every nation in Europe has found that forced titles are bad titles . France learned it under the virtuous Neckar , and the wretched Louis ; Prussia , when the eagles of the republican floated over the imperial throne of Frederick William . All that we wish is , that the government should , as it has done in some degree , at several times suit itself to the altered circumstances of the age . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) For , be it remembered that the Flemish provinces acted on this principle when they shattered the Spanish yoke . So did the American colonies when they achieved their independence . "
; The emigration mania continues as brisk as ever . Each paper from' the ports in the south and west reports its progress , and those from the interior bring'similar details . The Westmcath Independent says : — "Although the favourite time for travelling the " broad Atlantic" has passed for this year fj still the current of emigration flows on increasingly . Speak to whom you will of the mechanic or peasant class , the desire is to emigrate . Nothing seems to stop them but the want ' of moneyif they have the passage money , which they struggle to obtain , they are content ; And the desire to emigrate from this unfortunate country abates notnay , it increases , and we wonder where comes the means . But this wonderment ceases when we
recollect that not an American mail arrives without bringing with it money letters to the friends of those who have long since sought a home in the far-off West . We see nothing : to arrest the progress of this self-expatriation—it increases and will increase , in spite of everything . Here there is no employment— there , there is , for those who will work . " Roscommox . —A gentleman who has travelled through a considerable portion of this county , tells us of : the ' lamentable condition to which it is being reduced , and of the unceasing stream of emigration going on from this part of the country . " I have witnessed , " says bur informant ) " the greater
portion of the inhabitants of what were once thriving villages' preparing to leave theirnativeland , theineans of accomplishing whioh has in many instances been sent from relatives already adjourning in the great republic of the west . It is a race with the peasantry who will be the first to reach the emigrant ship . lam convinced , if the tide of self-expatriation proceeds as it is doing at present , the rural population will be extinguished , and of the ' bold peasantry , their country ' s pride , ' not a . wreck will be left behind . Four miles as I went along the land was almost waste , and uncultivated , presenting a wild and desolute appearance . "—Adi lone Sentinel ,
: The Queen ' s Coilege , Cork . —Inauguration of thb second SESSION . —Cork , Oct . 25 . —Notwithstanding the fulminations of his Grace of Tuatn , aided by , the modern Ptolemy , Primate Cullen , the second sessional course for . 1850- ^ -61 was inaugurated to-day , under auspices the most favourable .. The ceremonial was ' opened with . much' " pomp and circumstance , * he students , professors , and alumni in general , appearing' in their collegiate costume . 4 . still more convincing * proof of Catholic sympathy than the mere thronging , of the curious te witness a ceremonial of an imposing and attractive nature , is adduced by the important fact , that some thirty out of fifty additional students'matriculated for the present session are of the . Roman Catholic persuasion .
The Land Question . —The Neiury Telegraph ( Protectionist ) , referring to the rumoured conference of certain of the Ulster landlords , with' a view of submitting an equitable basis for the settlement of the land question , speaks in favour of the movement , and thinks that if , in the deliberations , praotical men of broad and comprehensive views took part it is possible that good might come of suoh a conference as is thus spoken of . The Telegraph fairly admits the necessity for legislative action towards the final adjustment- of the unhappy relations at present existing between the owner and cultivator of the soil ; and it is further announced that to the devising of such a beneficial measure an aocomphshed and influential momber of the Legislature ihoroughly conversant with the subject , has applied limReli . . . * ^"
Repeat , Association . —There was a decrease in the receipts . at Burghquay on Monday , and a corresponding falling off in the number of idlers present at the hall . The rent stood at £ 511 s . The Clearance System . —The provincial journals contain some further accounts of evictions and house levelling . At the Galway Quarter Sessions an action was brought under the 11 th and 12 th Vie . cnap ., 57 , by the guardians of the Tuam Union ,, against C . St . George , Esq ., M . P ., to recover a penalty of £ 20 , for the eviction of a tenant of his , named John Mullens , from his holding , without serving the notice required by the act on tho relieving officer of the , electoral division wherein the promises were situated . A decree for £ 20 was pronounced , against the defendant .
Condition of the Country . —In the addresses of several of the assistant barristers to the grand juries at the quarter sessions now in progress , there are expressions of congratulation on . account of the decided decrease of those crimes that had prevailed during the famine . . _ ¦ . Attempt to Murder in Westmeath . —On the nicht of the 25 th ult ., an attempt was made to murder two men in the village of Balliaahown . The facts are as follow ;—Between the hours of seven nnd eisrht . two men m the employment of thener .
sons execut ing the drainage works an .. this neighbourhood , were seate ^ d m the house of a man named Laurence KiHeen , when a pistol shot was fired " by which one of the -men , Thomas Daly : foreman mason , , was / severely , wounded , in . the head -and the . other person escaped by receiving , a few nellets ? # - , . S r v ? ur mil ° «< ffiSfiKS Athlone , and although situatedin the couhtv Vest meath , the near proximity of the King ' s County has rendered it famous for "darkdeedB"for manv vears The only fault tp . be found with the unfortunate men
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Sebtiaittf ; Strike of Tobacco-pipe Makebs at Glasgo-vt . —The strangest . strike that we have had for many years ( says the Glasgow Daily Mail ) has existed for three weeks or more in this city . The affair will in > mediately become serious to the tobacconists . Between the dearth of the leaf in Virginia and the stoppage fa the aupplyof pipeain Glasgow , smoking must come to a conclusion . The parties at present out on strike are tobacco-pipe -makers , who say that they number Io 0 persons , who , with their families , ' are deprived of bread by ,, in the first place , their own voluntary act ; but this act , they say , is caused by the determination of , the employers to take twenty per cent , from their wages , on the ground that provisions are now cheapened by free trade , and wages therefore should be reduced . : . -
Forgery Case at Glasgow . —On the . 25 th ult . Murdoch Fraser , who was so cleverly apprehended at Liverpool on the previous day on suspicion of forgery , was examined at the Central Police Court on the charge , and remanded till further inquiry be made into the ; case . It seems that about three months since Fraser negotiated a bill for £ 100 in the Union Bank here , the document bearing a signature as that of indorser , which was pretended'to be , and passed for , the name of Mr . Readman , the treagurer of tho River Trust . The only connection , we believe , which Fraser had with ; the trust existed some two or three vears ago , when he -contracted for a small portion of the . earthwork connected with one of the new quays . As the bill was approaching maturity , he called at
the bank on Tuesday week ,-and desired , cash for ' a new bill of £ 100 , with which to retire th # old . i : This bill also purported to be indorsed by Mr . Readraan , but when the two were compared , the signatures were so dissimilar that , it was quite , apparent one or both had been forged . Instead of retaining him , however , E ' raser wa 3 told by the cashier to' retire aha come back in an hour ; and-meanwhile it was definitely ascertained from Mr . Readman that a ; forgery had been committed in both cases . After some delay , the police were-made acquainted with , the circumstances ; but the roan was how but of , the way , and no trace could begot of his house or whereabouts . At length , ! in the course of Wednesday , some clue was found to a black box , said to belong : to him , which had been sent to the Broomielaw for shipment by the Commodore steamer for Liverpool , leting on tho reasonable presumption that the man himself would
be near his property , the telegraph was had recourse to .- A description of his perion -was transmitted , with instructions to apprehend him . Immediately upon the receipt of the message at the Liverpool police-office , an active and intelligent ' officer had the case entrusted to him .- lie forthwith hied to the quay , where the accuracy of the conjecture that had been formed was at once verified . The Commodore , with HFraser- ' . on board , was just gliding . up to her berth when he reached it . Among the throng that crowded the deck eager to step on shore , he was at once recognised , and separating him from his neighbours , he had , to his infinite bewilderment , the intimation communicated to him that he was a prisoner . He was forthwith brought back in custody of the officer by whom his arre 3 t was effected .- He stoutly avers that he is unable to write , and that . he must , therefore , be innocent of the crime of which he is accused . —Glasgow Daily Mail .
Stsam Boat Collision on thb Clyde . —On Saturday last a steam boat collision occurred on the Clyde , nearly opposite the Cloch Lighthouse , which occasioned the most lively apprehension among the parties who were exposed to danger , though fortunately no personal injury was sustained . It appears that about twelve o ' clock on the Saturday , while the Duntroon Castle , from Skye , was steaming up the Clyde , she was met by the Duke of Cornwall , on its way to Campbelton . From the course the latter was shaping , the fears of the passengers on board , the Duntroon Castle were instantly excited , but they had hardJy time to . express their alarm when the vessels ran into each other with a fearful crash , the Duntroon Castle striking the Duke on the starboard paddle box .
The consternation among the passengers on board both vessels may be conceived , every one expecting , from the violence of the shock , that the sides of the steamers had been stove in . This , happily , was . npfc the case ; but such had been the momentum with which they came in contact , that they remained firmly wedged together for hfearly' two hours , and might have continued much longer in the . same unpleasant and dangerous situation had not the steamers Celt and Lady Kelburne come to their aid .: By their assistance the vessels were , with some difficulty , disentangled from each other , though the damage
received by the Duke of Cornwall in-particular , was such that she had to put back to . Greenock in a veryleaky state . The Duntroon Castle was also considerably damaged about the bows , but was able—though she , too , put back into Greenock—to proceed up the river in the course of , the afternoon . Of course an accident of this nature could not have occurred without gross negligence on the part of those in command of one or other of the vessels . The weather was fine , though slightly hazy , while the water was perfectly smooth . In these circumstances , and with a channel so wide as it is at the Clocb , how a collision should have occurred is quite unaccountable .
Penalties for Overcharges by Railwat Companies . —The Commissioners of Inland Revenue have fined the Dundee and Abroath Railway Company in £ 100 , for overcharges on Parliamentary , or third-class passengers , besides taxlngtiie whole of the money paid by the passengers at the rate of five per cent ., as if it had been paid by first and second class passengers . Similar overcharges made by the Stirlingshire Midland Junction are to be dealt within the same way ,. under the General Railway Act . Wateb-ratk Riot AT Glasgow . —On Monday fivepersons " were summaril y tried at Glasgow , on a charge Of mobbing , rioting , assault , and deforcement of sheriff ' s officers in the execution of their duty . The case arose out of an occurrence which
; ook plaoe , on the 8 th of October V last , in Dempster-street , when several of the . ,-VVater Company s : officers were executing a warrant of distraint on a defaulter to the rates of the JVater Company , The names of the parties charged were—William M'Lachlan , Robert Banrierman , tobaccopipe makers ; Katherine Fullerton Or Wilson , Elizabeth Conway or Osborne , and — Lyle or "Williamson . From the evidence given , it appeared that ; several sheriff ' s officers and their concurrents had , on the 8 th ult ., proceeded to a house in Dempster-Street to distrain for the water rate , and that , finding the premises locked up , in virtue of the powers of the warrant under which they acted , they forced the door , and , in the absenoe of the occupants , carried off a chest , a table , two chairs , and a bird
and cage . On bringing the articles into the street , the officers were mobbed and assaulted by a crowd of the inhabitants , among whom a" number of women took a very active part . The proceedings of the mob seem to have been very disorderly and ludicrous . The' officers were pelted by them with potatoes , turnips , mud , and other missiles , their hats were knocked over their eyes , and other indignities put upon them , and the chest in their ohargo parried off in the melee . The females were charged , with having been more particularly concerned in ihe riot , while the malo prisoners were spoken to ' a 3 having encouraged the proceedings , and assisted in the rescue of a prisoner , At tho conclusion ; of the evidence for the prosecution , the charge was withdrawn in the case ot the female prisoner Lyle * Each of the parties was fined in £ 3 , and failing payment , to eight days' imprisonment .
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ZoOLOOICiL GVRIOSlTm . —Galignani ' s Paris Mu < sengcr says : —The Jardin des Plantes atpresent possesses two animals which are altogether out of the common pale of zoological classification . One is an lermaphrodite ass , and the other a calf with two heads . The former is a native of Africa , of sma ll stature , grey in colour , and timid of oharacter ; tte atter is a stout healthy animal of a black colour , iavmg affixed to his regular neck a lonff , thin , cordlike appendage , in which an artery is felt to . beat , and which terminates in a sort of fleshy ball , divideo at the end , and having two jaws and a sort ot tongue , the latter always in motion . Both of thesa animals may be seen in the large rotunda in whiea the zebras are placed . .. Extinct Species of Ox . —A fine specimen ot too lAarl t \ t \ d hnima nf a ninnnHn anaftiaa ftf nXi \ WD'C' *
formerly inhabited the Scotoh forests , was iom i » the tile or marine clay near Rothesay ; by « *?? rain . This animal , which in size .. exceede < l w * greatest of existing races , wnsformerlya native Europe , but like that curious bird the D <> >* L become extinct . It was known , to Csosar . ^ » found it in the forests of Germany , and desoriD e " under the name of Bovus . Jtbecamo extinct du »» B the sixteenth century , when it ww . mentionett ^ Hahersteen , who saw it alive in Russia , vt . *« rain'sspeoimen , along with another fpunoviB y Smith , of Jordanhill , are deposited in the Auaenv . nianMuseum . ... \ -.. •¦>•• ¦" ¦ ¦
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scene of the accident . Tho coroner having alluded to the importance of tho inquiry , ' adjourned the proceedings , in order thatthe pilot who . had charge ofthesteamerithe captainand others . mightattend . Fire in iiffi -0 nr . H 0 iD .-0 n Monday morning at an early hour a fire ; was . discovered on tho premises belonging to Mr . Frederick Field ,, a grocer ™ nd cheesemonger , 15 , Brittania-street , City-road . The firemen , in spito of their exertions , were unable to subdue tho conflagration until the upper part of the premises was destroyed , and the remainder seriously damaged . The fire was caused from a spark of a lighted candle falling upon some wearin g apparel . Mr ^ " * Field was insured in the
Legal and Commercial Fire-office . A Cnno Burst to Death . —On Wednesday evening Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquest , in ; the University College Hospital , oh Cornelius Mariow , aged four years . Deceased , during his mother ' s t 3 mporary absence , attempted to get the lun ' er matches from the mantel piece , and in the attempt fell into the fire , on which it lay until its screams alarmed the inmates , who forced open thb door ani found the little sufferer lying across the fird half roasted . He was instantly conveyed to this hospital , where he died in the greatest agony . The jury , whe severelv censured the mother for having left the deceased by himself in the room , returned a verdict of " Accidental death ;" Air
Romas CAtnouc Preachikg lv the opes . — For the last few evenings the . neighbourhoods of nfah-street and Union-street , in the Borough , have been kept in continual excitement , owing to the extraordinary conduct of some Roman catholic priests and their ' assistants , who have been performing religious services and preaching sermons in the open air ; conduct which has naturally caused the gathering together of all the refuse of the low courts and alleys with which this neighbourhood abonnds , thereby causing a serious obstruction to the thoroughfares , and the business of the respectable inhabitants of the district . The present theatre of these extraordinary exhibitions is Maypole-alley , situated near the Borough Town-hall , and running in a somewhat oblique direction from Digh-street to Union-street , whioh is almost entirely inhabited by tbe lower orders of the Irish .
On each evening during the week , the windows of the respective occupants of the different rooms have been illuminated with candles , and a priest standing on a chair , dressed in canonicals , and having a somewhat rudely executed crucifix held behind him , so as to give the inlewo * of ths eoitft as nearly as possible the appearance of a Roman Catholic Chapel during mass , has held forth to the surrounding multitudes , on the doctrines and progress now said to he making in England of the Roman Catholic Religion . The discourse , which has been couched in the most intemperate language , has principally referred to the late assumption of spiritual power in this country by the heads of the Roman Catholic Church , deductions being drawn therefrom that the Established Religion of this realm will be shortly overthrown , and the Roman Catholic Religion assume its place . '—Daily News .
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ErfiiiutJ . County Tyrone Tenant-Right Meeting . —The tenant-right meeting of the county Tyrone was held iii a park adjoining the town of Armagh , on the 24 th ult . Mr . Thomas Montgomery presided . ' Several Roman Catholic and Presbyterian clergymen attended . The resolutions were the same as those adopted at the other county meetings , and the sum agreed on as the contribution of Tyrone to the League Fund was £ 610 . , Actions against thb Lord Mayor of Dublin . —Two notices were served on the ¦ Lord Mayor ,, on the part of a person named George Powell , intimating the intentiorief the latter to bring actions against his lordship to recover two sums of £ 50 , as a penalty for acting in / die capacity , of Lord Mayor , after his name had been erased fromthe burgess roll . In the Court of Common Pleas , on the application of Mr M'Kenna , Judge Jackson granted a conditional order
to stay the proceedings in a former action , brought by Powell , against the Lord Mayor , until the plaintiff gave security for costs . , - Sale of ENCuMBEREn EsTATEs . -Seveh estates were submjtted tor 8 ale on Friday , comprisine feesimple and leasehold interests in the counties ofDublm , Kildare , Limerick , Clare , Galway , Waterford T « pperary , Antrim , and Queen ' a County The court was full , but there was a lack of an rnatioS among the bidders , and the prices obtaiSl wSi £ Sln ^^ » Z 7 < v here £ \ failed tosoraeestent , this year ST- rprofit ha 8 been walked by those who had given their attention to flax . . Ihe Lobd Mayor ' s Municipal Franchise . — Ahe claim of the Lord Mayor to remain upon tie
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OTale * . Robber ? at the South Wa £ es Rjlumiy Stawok , Newport . —Newport , Monday . — Last night , or early this morning , the South Western Railway station was broken into , and a considerable robbery effected , evidently by some one who had a thorough acquaintance with the' private business of the office . The latest train up from Swansea through Newport comes in at about half-past nine at night ; and the earliest , or mail train , down from Gloucester in the morning , comes into Newport at half-past five , so that the robbery must have been effected in the interval . When the clerk and . porters came into the office to receive the mail tram : this morning they found that one of the octagonal : windows ,
looking out on the platforn , had the top and bottom squares of glass broken in the corners next to the slides ( which were let into the sash , and were not easily discernible . ) The slides were open , and the windows slightly ajar . This of course awakened instant suspicion , and on looking round it was discovered that a . drawer , in which the clerks keptthe keys of the iron safe , had been forced open , and the key 3 were gone . This led the way to the room in which the safe was deposited—a small private room on tho platform side of the station . Here they found the office door unlocked and open , and within the safe was discovered to have been opened in the ordinary way by keys , and rifled of its . contents , which amounted to about £ 45 . The usual practice was to
make up the receipts of each day , and send them to the terminus at Chepstow every succeeding morning ; but this was never done on Sunday mornings ; and this the men , therefore , who effected the robbery must have been perfectly cognizant of . There are other circumstances which sanction suspicion , among which is the fact that the thief , or an assistant , placed a detonating signal on the line some miles up towards Chepstow , so that any special'train which might by some possibility be ooming down at the time the robbery was being effected might thereby be stopped . The guard of the mail train hearing this signal explode
immediately caused the mail train to be stopped and had to walk down to the Newport station to ascertain the cause . There , of cour 3 o , he was speedily acquainted with the reason of the delay . All the facts of the case point to some one who had a thorough knowledge of tho premises and the routine of business at the station ; and the active police force of the borough are on a train of siisucion which will probably lead to the capture of ; he robbers . The superintendent of the borough force , in the course of his investigation , found the leathern bag , marked hr-brass " S . W . R ., " ripped open and the contents gone , in a field called Baneswell-field , through which a pathway leads through the statiou as a public road . ¦ ' ' , mmr . ¦¦ ,-¦ ¦ i ^ Ihhi ¦ i i i mil
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selected for the assassin ' s aim " on "this ' occasion ! that they discharged sorneidlers from'the drain ™ work ' . - The wounded man . is . getting on favourable and one person has : been , arro 3 ted . () a suspicion . ' ' ,.. The ; Mu » viciPAL . CoNsmprsNqKbp . ' ^ ^ ~ -Tie Municipal revisionfor this / city has terminated , jn accordance with the new 'Corporation" Act . Th& number of qualified burgea ' ses on the role is be tween- six and . seven thousand- ^ above double ths number of the old constituency . ; -: It appears to la flfil 6 CE 6 d ffli * fliift flflflncfQin ' a aim ~" AW " + rit « « AA ~ l ! l ''~ *' ' * '
the genQranmpres 8 ion , > tn < u the new j . own Council will be very differently constituted from that no ^ in existence . . ' Several of the merchants and othet leading ' eitizens are ; candidates . The elections aio to take place Jon the 25 th of November next . Th $ new corporation will commence , its functions on . New-Year ' s day . . Ennistymon Union—Dismissai , of the Master , —At a meeting of the guardians of this Union , on Friday , a sealed order was received from the Com . missioners ,-directing ; the dismissal of the master of the workhouse , in consequence of the late investigation held before Mr . LynchintO the cause of the death of the pauper boy Kei-in . " ' .-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 2, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1598/page/6/
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