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      [[ UMfiUMH OP LOHDOH DOBBO THE WfcUL—The italitrtality in London is still increasing . The deaths iiisterostered in the last week were 997 , while the ttbsutbs in the four preceding weeks ' were 781 , 863 , - ,-, 911-4 911 . The increase in the time exceeds 200 a i ± . \ k . The deaths are , however , below the average lie cche corresponding weeks of 1840-9 ; after corrcct-¦ ¦ for f for population , and excluding the corresponding id wea week of 1849 , when the deaths were 1 , 909 , 11 82 a 823 persons died of cholera . The corrected asrageaage is 1 , 019 , while the actual deaths were 997 . uall-pall-pox was fatal last week to 15 persons , measles 113 , s ! 3 , scarlatina to 21 , hooping-cough to 25 , typhus 335 , aS 5 , and erysipelas to 4 . Nine deaths from child

      1 th wth were registered . The deaths from diarrboaa ire Kre 152—namely , 124 children , under the age of 15 , uidultidnlts between the age of 15 and 60 , and 19 per-Dt » otnj of ages over 69 . Of cholera 12 children and 3 . wits ults died . The number exceeds the deaths from ( olenolera in the corresponding weeks of 1810-5 , hut is lis tha than those ia the corresponping weeks of I 8 » -y , bben ien 37 . 1 C , 19 . and 823 deaths were ascnbea to : at nat malady . There is nothing to indicate the premce nee of au epidemic either in the number of deaths com om cholera , or in the character of the cases refiirdewded ; but the mortality from diarrhoea is an un-• iwarward svmptom , which deserves the attention of LLOse Lose who have the power to adopt precautionary leasteasnres . The barometer at the Royal

      Ooseriitorjtorv , Greenwich , was low during the week ; the urre » rreeted average reading was 29-651 inches . The . cancan temperature ofthe air in the shade was 64 * 2 iig . sg . ; or 2-7 deg . above the average temperature of ne wte week . The temperature of the Thames ranged iom om 63 deg . to 6 S deg . The air was dry , showed title ! tle electricity , and passed over the Observatory at tie aie average rate of 120 miles a day , EffFaiCBTFcI . OCCOESESCC OK TUB SOUTH EASTERN . ahailwat . —On Saturday last an investigation was ; aneane into before Ibv "V 7 . Carter , at the Railway laveavern , New-cross , oa the body of John Burns , aged lurtiirty . The deceased was in the employ of the lontouth Eastern Railway , and was , with others , at "orfcork at the house attached to the Cold Slow

      tattation , near Kew-cross , Deptford , when hesudenlenly crossedthe line of the railway , for the pur-¦ oseoseas was supposed , of going to a shed on the ppjpposite side for some tools . As he did not return ibrbrsome time a search was made for hint , and he irasras found lying doubled up between the rails , a hoihort distance from the Cold blow Station . —The sfteftarm was cat off , and lying by bis side ; one of i lis lis feet was also nearly separated from the leg , and hebe body and head altogether so crushed andmutiiatcated that those who went to look for him . only oienewhim by biaclotbes . Tbe jury returned a verliciict of Accidental Death . It appeared tbat the Mooor feUewcrdssed the line at the moment when the EMroydon no-train was jast below , and the Tunbridge

      aexpress tr ain approaching Aew-cross . S Scicidb of a Surgeon . —On Saturday last Mr . rTirTm . Baker , jun ., held an inquest at the White BaBart , Turner-street , Commercial-road , relative to Ashe death of Mr . William Wheatley , aged fortyivare , a surgeon , who committed self-destruction by sbthooting himself with a pair of small holster pistols thihrongh the heart , at No . 13 , Turner-street . Dr . Hlhomas Robertson , Mile-end-road , surgeon , stated & Ekat he saw deceased a few minutes after the melancholy occurrence . He found two perforations near eaeach other , under the left nipple . The shot had not pspassed through , his body . He felt one of them , class trio the spine . He had known deceased intimately fcfor tbe last twenty years . He was for many years

      inn the service of the Queen of Spain . About two nmontbs ago he returned to England from South i Australia . He had been a medical officer on board tike - Hate , which had taken some emigrants to £ Sidney , forwarded there by government . A charge Twaa then preferred against him for neglect of duty , tthat he allowed the men to go into the berths of the s single women . An investigation took place at Sidi riey , the effect- of which was , that he lost a gratuity Ihe would have had of £ 60 , and he was prevented i from ever again having a government appointment : in that capacity . —By the Coroner : Deceased pro-¦ tested bis innocence of the charge , and said that it was when the women were unable to come on deck for water , owing to the weather , he allowed the men

      io take water to them . That was no charge against his moral character . Had no doubt but the imputation on his character affected his mind . Verdict , " Temporary Insanity . " Soddes Dura is tub Wbsxuikstsb Swnoaxc Baths . —On Sunday afternoon the bathers in the Westminster Swimming Baths were thrown into a state of thegrealest consternation by the occurrence of the following melancholy event : —Between ^ two and three o ' clock , a young man , a master tailor , an habitue of these swimming baths , entered the place . Just before entering the water he had been heard to remark that he had better wait a little , as he had

      hutyast dined . 'Being unable to swim he generally entered the water step by step instead of plunging is . He was at length observed to stand upon the second step of the ladder leading into the water , and then all in a moment to fall in with a loud splash . His friends waited for a few seconds , expecting to see him rise , bat , having waited for some fifteen seconds and not seeing him appear , they went to the spot , and , to their horror , saw the unfortunate man lying at the bottom . An alarm was instantly raised , and every assistance given . The body was taken out and a medical man sent for , but on his arrival he pronounced life quite extinct , and attributed tbe cause to a fit of apoplexy .

      Shocking Death of a Yor / . ve Ladv . —An inquest was held on the 9 th inst ., on the body of Miss bopbht Beard , aged thirty . The deceased was on a visit with the family of Mr . Gunthorpe , a retired medical practitioner , of Newington-place , Kensington . She slept in a hack room , on the first floor . _ On Thursday morning she was found dead in her night dress on the stone pavement of the garden , under her window , which was open . Her skull was fractured by the fall from the window Mr . Gunthorpe ' s opinion was that she had not thrown herself out , bat that leaning too far forward to attend to some creeping plant , she had fallen out head-foremost . Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      VOLBSTARY STARVATION TO AVOID TbANSPOBTAsnw . —On Tuesday Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquest in the House of Correction , Coldsath-Gelds , Clerkenwell , on George Smith , a * ed 21 , a . notorious character , who had been sentenced to tea years transportation . In consequence of an industriously bnt falsely spread report , that deceased had been starved to death by the prison authorities , the inquiry excited great interest . The coroner and jury having viewed the body , which is a mere skeleton , several witnesses were examined , from whose statements it appeared Stat tha deceased had been committed to prison a great number of times for various offences , and while undergoing punishment had always behaved inoffensively until subsequently to the last sentence oassed

      upon him . On the 5 th instant he began to act in an outrageous and extravagant way , and it was found necessary to use a straight waistcoat , io order to prevent him from hurting himself or others . He obstinately persisted in refusing to swallow any solid food , and he expired suddenly on tbe 10 th instant Mr . Wakefield , house surgeon , said he watched the case descry and with curiosity , for he was of opinion that deceased ' s insanity was assumed , to escape punishment . He refused all kind of solid food , which had to be forced down , and then lie would throw it back . He complained of no disease . The day preceding bis death , witness , in the presence of another medical osn , ordered the removal of his strait-waistcoat when he struck right and left at themso that hehad

      , agam to be put under restraint They had sot the slightest idea of deceased ' s approaching death . Witnessed performed a post mortem examination . The tody was emaciated , bat he could not discover internally or externally the cause of death . All the organs were healthy . In his opinion deceased voluntarily starved himself to death . Every possible effort was made to s » ve his life . The jury returned the folfowing verdict : — "Deceased diedfroni the effects of excitement aud exhaustioB , from toe want of proper Bonrabment ; which exhaustion was produced . by deceased ' s refusing to take the food and nourishment provided for him . To which the jury added theii approbation of the kind treatment which deceased experienced in the prison .

      Wnjfoi . Dkstbuctiob of the Ordnance Maps j of tor Metropolitan Commissios or Sewers . — A most fragrant act of wilful destruction of a considerable portion of the Ordnance maps of the Metropolis , has recently come to the knowledge of the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers . After the necessary levels and other information had been taken by the oScers of tbe Ordnance , they were regularly deposited at the District Sewers Office , in Hatton Garden , under the superintendeneeofMr . Joseph Smith , who had been taken as a serjeaut from the corps of Sappers and Miners , for that purpose . From the information so obtained , Mr . Sra'th ordered the maps to be drawn preparatory to their bang engraved , and several of them for the more crowded districts of the metropolis were completed , and sent to tbe chief office in Greek-street . On the day the maps were so removed , several of the officers of the establishment

      saw them placed in drawers with great care , with the exception of some that were already ia large tin eases . There being some occasion shortly afterwards io refer to diem , on opening the drawers they found the greater part of them saturated with some powerful liquid , so much so , that a good deal of the work was completely illegible . An immediate ravesttgation was then made of those in the tin cases ; and these appeared to have been injured in a similar manner . The appointment of Serjeant Smith to this situation appeared to hare given great offence to one . . or two parties , which hai manifested itself on many occasions , by a disinclination to obey his instructions . Tha commissioners ,- therefore , with , the view to a thorough investigationof the facts , placed the matter in tbe hands of Mr . Field , ofthe detective police Nearly twenty of the o cers have been strictly examined as to tfie circumstances , and the result tends tons fteeonimlgswnof fte « tnpontwepi » rtie » who

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      had been previously suspected . An analysation o tha liquid used has been made hy Mr . Parry * <* the Polytecbrne Institution , who declared it to be nitrate of silver . ' n m , Fatal Sailing Boat Accidbnt .-On Tuesday evening , between six and seven o clock , the Gabriel , a sailing boat of six tons , belonging to Robert Owen , Esq ., of Maida House , Sew Cross , Greenwich , was beating up the reach , from Woolwich , having » party of six gentlemen on board , when , rn tacking from the north to the south shores , a sudden gust of wind laid the vessel on her beam ends . The water poured into the main hatch , almost instantly turning the yacht keel upwards , and immersing the entire party . The crew of a barge which was at hand succeeded in rescuing those who were clinging to the bowsprit and the keel , but unhappily two ol the party , sons of Mr . Robert Greenaway , of Kennington-road , were drowned .

      Latjkcr at Greenwich . —On Saturday afternoon last , a new iron steam-ship , built for the Oommer cial Steam Navigation Company , and intended to ply with passengers and goods between London and Boulogne , \ ras launched from the premises of Messrs . William Joyce and Co ., of the Greenwich iron-works . It is worthy of remark tbat this is the first iron steamer ever built at Greenwich ; and as it is considered the precursor of similar works , creating a new and important branch of industry in that town , a large assemblage of the inhabitants were admitted by tickets to the yard of the builders to witness the interesting ceremony . Crowds also collected outside on every spot commanding a favourable view . The day was beautifully fine ; flags

      flaunted gaily from the Messrs . Joyce s iron works ; whilst the launch itself from stem to stern , shone resplendent with fluttering bunting . The usual preparations being all effected by three o ' clock , the noble vessel ( which had just before been christened "the City of Paris , " in due form by Mrs Hopkinson , the wife of one of the owners ) , glided gently and smoothly into the river amidst the pealing of cannon , and the enthusiastic huzzas of the spectators . The " City of Paris" is constructed from the design of Mr . Oliver Lang , and the opinion of competent judges is , that she will prove herself an admirable specimen of the skill of that

      distinguished naval architect . She is to receive her engines at the works of the Messrs . Joyce . They are to be on the direct action principle , and ofthe collective power of 120 horses . The burden of the vessel is 425 tons ; her length between the perpendiculars is 165 feet ; her breadth of beam , 23 feet ; depth of hold , 14 feet ; and her draught of water , 6 feet 6 inches . After the ceremony was concluded an excellent luncheon was given by the builders to a select circle of their friends , when the health of the designer and builders having been drank , " Saccess to the City of Paris" was received with the greatest cordiality . Thb Central Gas Consumers' Compant have

      offered a reward of £ 50 for the apprehension of a miscreant who had removed some ofthe bolts of the principal rafters of the Iron roof of the works on the night of the 7 th inst . Death of the Vice-Cbancbllob op England . — The Right Hon . Sit Lancelot Shadwell , Yice-Chancellor of England , expired on Sunday morning , at his residence , the Barn Elms , Putney . The event was hourly expected from Friday afternoon , when the symptoms of the paralytic attack , under which he laboured for the last month , became painfully alarming . The death of so good and . able a man will be greatly lamented . He presided over a branch of the Court of Chancery since the year 1837 , and secured the entire respect of the

      profession by the general soundness and invariable impartiality of his judgment , by the regularity of his attendance in his court , and his untiring assiduity . in the disposal of his business . Sir Lancelot Shadwell was the son of a barrister well known in his day in the courts of law . He was born in 1779 , aud was educated at St . John ' s College , Cambridge , at which University be took a humb'e degree as seventh wrangler and junior medallist , lie subsequently obtained a fellowship , and in 1803 was called to the bar at Lincoln ' s inn . In 1821 he was appointed a Sing ' s counsel , and in 182 C he obtained a seat in Parliament for the borough of Itipon . As

      already stated , Sir Lancelot was made "Vice-Chancellor in 1827 . In 1833 he became one ot the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal , and he again held tbat office in the present year . He died in th 6 71 st year of his age , leaving several children . Under the act 5 th Victoria , chap . 6 , the successor of the Vice-Chancellor of England will receive a diminished salary . ; it being enacted by the 37 th clause that no such officer should henceforward receive more than £ 5 , 000 a year , or a retiring pension of larger amount than £ 3 , 500 a-year . Mr ; Page Wood is mentioned as likely to succeed the late Sir Lancelot Sbadwell , it being understood that the Attorney-General will not accept the office ,

      Sudden Death of the Recorder of the Cut of Lqkdos . — -Intelligence was received at the Mansionhouse on Tuesday morning , of the death of the Right Hon . Charles Ewan Law , Q . C ., Recorder of the city of London , which took place rather suddenly , at bis . residence at Eaton-place ,. The hon . gentleman had been ailing for some few days , but his illness was not of that character to cause alarm to his family . He was the second son of tbe first Lord EUenborougb , and was about fifty-eight years of age . He served the office of Common Sergeant from 1830 to 1832 , when he was elected Recorder . By his death a vacancy occurs in the representation of Cambridge University , in Parliament . Mr . Russell Gurney , Judge of the City Sheriff ' s Court , is spoken of in the City as a likely candidate for the vacant Recordership .

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      Infant focsd bdrisd Alive ik the Sand at SorjiHPOHT . —A report of this case appeared a short time 8 £ 0 in the ifortfarn Star , since which the child has died , and at the inquest the surgeon , who had made a post mortem examination , deposed that the result was occasioned by inanition in consequence of tbe absence of proper nourishment , and by exposure . A verdict of wilful murder against Ann Ball , the mother , was recorded , she having confessed tbat on the day of its birth , which took place in an outhouse , she had taken the child and placed it in the sand where it was found , dreading to take it home , in consequence of the threats used by her mother . —Committed for trial .

      A Goon Time Coming fob Birkenhead . — -A general revival of trade is gradually taking place in Birkenhead , which has been so long ^ suffering under a pressure of evils which entailed ruin upon many of its earliest founders and benefactors . Mr . Wilson ' s ship-yard will soon give constant employment to hundreds of hard-working artisans , whose permanent residences and weekly earnings will much benefit the shopkeepers and owners o | small property in the township . Daring the past week Mr . Wilson ' s men have been busy in excavating a portion of the ground bordering on the shore , preparatory to laying down the keel of a large steam-frigate , which event will take place daring the present week . The docks already made are fall of shipping . 'Ihe steam coal trade u becoming of considerable importance , in proof of which we may state that Mr . Hamilton Laird is loading six ships , and tbe Brymbo Company four .

      A further dock space is to be opened next October , aud the contractor will lose £ 1 , 000 per month if a great portion ofthe large , float is not ready for mercantile use by the 1 st of July , 1851 . A Bssprrs . —William Chadwick , convicted capitally as an accessory before the fact for the murder by poison of his wife ' s uncle , at the Stafford assizes , before Mr . Justice Williams , has been respited during pleasure—a coarse of proceeding which is virtually tantamount to a commutation ot the extreme punishment into transportation for life . There is no instance , we believe * of tbe extreme sentence being inflicted after a respite during pleasure . The execution of Chadwick had been fixed for Saturday , the 17 th just ., hut we believe that the case admitted of sufficient doubt to have satisfied the learned judge that aoifferent verdict might possibly have been come to , or , at all events , that there was sufficient doubt to incline to the side of humanity .

      The Fam . oi a Coiioh M « i at Stockport . — The inquiry into the cause of this fatal accident has terminated by the jury unanimously returning the following verdict : —" This jury find , after mature consideration , that the deceased , Wright Barker and others , came to their deaths accidentally , through the partial falling of the floors of the Brinksway Factory , belonging to Mr . Cephas Howard , which were supported by a cast iron beam of an imperfect construction , and of an improper calculation , considering tbe weight it bad to bear . . Sentjekce of Pesajjce . —In the Consistory Court of the diocese of Ripon an action for libel and slander was last week brought by Miss C . Mary Luis Fernandas , the second daughter of Mr . J . L . Fernandes .

      of Sandal , sear Wakefield , against Mr . Joseph Horner tbe elder , of Wakefield , corn-miller , and a member of the Town Council of that borough , for certain slanderous reports which had been circulated by the defendant , tending to prejudice the character and reputation of the plaintiff , and reflecting upon her virtue . The Chancellor , the Rev . John Ueadlam , decided that the defendant" ought to be duly and canonically corrected and punished , " and that he be compelled "to perform a salutary and suitable penance , according to his demerit , for bis excess aforesaid . " The act of penance enjoined is accordingly to be performed by the defendant , io the parish , church of Wakefield , on the 25 th of August , immediately after the morning service .

      _ CaotERA at CRATHAM . —The cholera has appeared mtbis town , and two deaths have taken place . One of in patients died on the Brook , and the other at Mpjf v ? ^ t ^ B ^ -rfreet , and near to the StlS !?«^ kh 0 Use - Th e neighbourhood b which these deaths have occurred is not only dirtv . i ££ T * $ ? near ' * Wch onghOT punned especially at this seasen of the year . Tbe : Loss o ? ihe Pmncb Aaxam-Tfle adjourneyliuquertonthetwo firemen drcwnViXdet vouriDg to reach the laud from this vessel , was

      regumed on the 9 th inst ., when a verdict of " Accidental death" was recorded . The jury accompanied their verdict with a recommendation that the Board of Trade should be requested to institute a searching inquiry into matters connected with the culpability of the owner and captain , for not having the necessary appliances on board to save the lives of the passengers in ease any accident occurred . It was also recommended that the same board should consider the propriety oi bunying the tew channel leading to Southport Roads . The coroner having promised that the recommendations of the jury should be attended to the inquiry terminated . . '

      The i . ate Apprehension of Smugglers at Bristol—On Saturday last , Thomas Johns , the master of the barque Wave , of Aberthan , and Benjamin Cook and llenry Cook , the ¦ proprietors of « Cook ' s Coal Yard , " in the Hotwell-road , Bristol , were proceeded with before our magistrates by th ; Custom House authorities for having been engaged , so long ago as the 2 nd of May , in some smuggling transactions which the late seizures in the British channel have brought to light . Mr . Henry A . Palmer appeared to conduct the prosecution , which seemed to excite a good deal of interest ; and Mr . F . Short attended as legal adviser of the defendants Cook . The information against them contained two counts . In the first , the defendants were charged with the 2 nd of

      having , on May , illegally unshipped 8 , 0001 b . weight of tobacco packed in illegal packages , and upon which the duty had not first , been paid ! The second count charged them with having carried ' , conveyed , and concealed , and assisted in carrying , conveying , and concealing , the same quantity of tobacco . Mr . Palmer said he had deemed it advisable to charge the prisoners under the two counts which hehad read , in order that the whole of them might be brought within the penalties of the statute ; bnt it was not his intention , as the tobacco referred to in both counts was the same , in the event of a conviction on one count to press for a further penalty under the other . The defendants—upon being called upon to . plead—all pleaded Guilty , and the

      magistrates fined them severally _ £ 100 each , and ordered them to be imprisoned till it was paid . Mr . Palmer said had the parties adopted another course , so as to have permitted him to call his evidence , he should have exposed a system of frauds on the revenue more extensive than the magistrates had any conceptidn of , and one too implicating many parties . —At the Bristol Police-court on Monday Jean Louis Betin , the captain , and Andre Adolpbe Mallard , L . 'P . D . Fremont , and Louis N . Brittel , three of the crew of the French vessel Henri , of Cherbourg , captured on the fth instant by the revenue officers of the port of Bristol , under circumstances which have been already detailed , were brought before the magistrates in custody : upon information laid by . order of the

      Commissioners of Customs , Mr , H . A . Palmw appeared on the part of the crown to conduct the proceedings , which appeared to have excited much interest , the court being crowded in every part . The first case proceeded with was that of the captain , Jean Louis Behn , who was charged with having been found on the high seas , ou the 7 th of August last , on board a vessel which was liable to forfeiture , because she , being aforeignvessel , was found within one league of the coast of this kingdom having then onboard a large quantity , to wit 6 , 5001 bs . weight of tobacco , such tobacco not being in packages containing each SOOlbs . weight ; for which offence he was liable to be imprisoned in the house of correction and kept to hard labour for a period of not less than six nor more than nine calendar months . The accused pleaded guilty , and , notwithstanding it was represented to him that his so doing would not affect the nature of

      the sentence to be imposed on hi n , he persisted in his plea . The other men were then severally arraigned , and ail admitted the offence , but urged that they were merely men on board the vessel ) having been engaged for the . voyage . —Mr . Palmer said the crown had no desire to press for the imposition of any greater than the minimum amount of punishment prescribed by the act of parliament , hut he felt it his duty to state to the bench , that the vessel on board of which the prisoners were captured , was a regular French clipper , and had evidently been engaged iothe smuggling trade , as onboard of her were found stone sinkers ready to sink the hales of tobacco in the event of a chase . Indeed , to tbe experienced eyes of the revenue officers she presented every appearance of having been regularly employed in the prosecution of a contraband , trade . The magistrates then sentenced all the parties to six months' imprisonment , with hard labour . '

      Mcrobr at Stourbridge . —A man named George Clarke , and Ann Curtis , his niece , have been twice examined , on a charge of murder , before the magistrates at Stourbridge . The murder is alleged to have taken place on the 22 nd of June , under the following revolting circumstances;—The murdered man is the husband of Ann Curtis ; with whfcm he had lived very unhappily , the wife having in fact deserted him aud gone to live with her uncle , the prisoner Clarke , with whom she cohabited . . Clarke , however , was some months ago committed to prison for some offence , and during bis incarceration the woman went to live with her lawful husband . On Clarke ' s release , however , she again went to live with him . The principal witness examined before the magistrates was John Martin , who met the prisoners and the deceased , John Curtis , on the night in question near a cfial-pit by the roadside at Briefly Hill . A fourth party named Cowell was present .

      They were quarrelling with the deceased , and the witness saw Cowell knock him down . Curtis afterwards got up , when his wife knocked him down with something which she had in her band . _ Cowell and Clarke then seized him and carried him to a pit or jackey hole , a small reservoir for the reception of superfluous water , and thrust Curtis ' s legs through a hole . His body did not easily follow , and the prisoner Clarke then jumped upon him until he had forced the body into tbe pit . Martin was beaten savagely by Cowell for interfering . Another witness , named Morris , corroborated the statement , and spoke of the finding of the deceased in the pit . He was suspended by a hook which had caught in the waistband of his trowsers , and his head was downwards , the body being half immersed in crater . When extricated he breathed once or twice and expired . A surgeon deposed tbat deceased had died from suffocation . His ribs were broken . '

      Melting Down Old Iron . —Last week a singular accident occurred at the Iron foundry of Messrs . Knight and Camming , Maidstone . A bombshell had been purchased amongst the old iron , which exploded in one of the furnaces , blowing down about two feet ofthe lining in tbe yicinhy ot the blast pipe . The explosion appears to have resulted from the expansion of the inclosed air , tbe bomb being plugged . Had it been loaded with tbe usual explosive material it would probably have destroyed tbe building . SwauWB ADVBNIDM 8 IN Qdesj bi ? a This * . — Early in the spring of the present year , Mr . Saynor , superintendent of the C division of the Manchester police , was made aware ofthe arrival in Manchester of a man named Mark Booth ( well

      known to the police , ) who , it was reported , had just returned from America , enriched with the proceeds of a robbery which he had there committed . Mr . Saynor wrote to tbe authorities ia the United States to ascertain particulars ; but before his letter could be replied to , Mr . Beswick , chief superintendent of our police , received a letter from a Mr . Stephen Cropper , a gunsmith , late of Birmingham , who had recently voyaged to the United States , and had settled . in Philadelphia as a gunmaker . In this letter Mr . Cropper stated that soon after his landing he had met with a man named Mark Booth , who had just arrived from Manchester , England , and whom hehad taken into his service . Booth and he were thus in frequent communication

      with each other , and this gave the former an opportunity of learning that Cropper kept his money m a carpet-bag , deposited in the bedroom at his lodgings . To this room Booth , on some pretence , during the absence . of Cropper , obtained access , and , cutting the bag open , possessed himself of the sum of £ 480 , and . forthwith absconded . The date of this transaction was the 22 nd of February , but it was not till the 29 th of April that Cropper's letter reached Mr . Beswick , in Manchester . It subsequently turned out that Cropper , after settling in Philadelphia , had sent for his wife and five children , -whose arrival in America , however , happened to occur just two days after the robbery , so that Cropper at that time was penniless , and but

      for , the assistance of persons in that neighbourhood the family must have starved . In reply to Cropper ' s letter , Mr . Beswick wrote to say that Mark Booth ( whose identity was fully confirmed by a Talbotype portrait sent from Philadelphia , } was in Manchester , and had set up a beerhouse ; and that if the necessary warrants were forwarded , tbe man could be apprehended . Soon afterwards a warrant came over , signed by Joel Jones , ma ^ or of Philadelphia , and William Peter , Esq . consul , certifying that a robbery had been committed , and requesting that its perpetrator might be arrested . Owing , however to some informalities in the document , it could not be acted upon ; and word was sent to Cropper by Mr . Beswick to that effect . . 'A fortnight ago , Mr . Cropper himself arrived in Manchester , bringing with him a certificate signed by the consul ,, and a second one signed by the chief justice of Philadelphia , certifying the genuineness

      of the warrants ; and was at once referred by Mr . Beswick to Lord Palmerston , as it Was requisite to obtain from the Foreign Secretary a certificate which would enable a justice in the metropolis to issue a Warrant upon which Booth could he arrested . Thiscertificate was at last obtained , and the chief magistrate at Bow-street was applied to for a warrant ; but unfortunately , on examination , it turned out that the warrant brought out by Cropper . fromtue States charged Booth with committing a larceny ; whereas , no such term ; was used in Lord Ashburton ' s international treaty , which only spoke of . robbery . ; The magistrate , on this technical objection , refused to . grant the process which Mr . Cropper had applied for ; and Mr . Maude , when Cropper returned' to Manchester , followed the ' example ; and thus Cropper was unable legally to apprehend the man who had robbed him . Be afterwards ; returned to Manchester ; but ,

      meanwhile . Mr . Wood , hatter , ofthe Market-place , having heard of . Grouper ' s arrival in thtsxjouritry , called to mind that that gentleman had left a large 5 which was still'in his ( Mr . Wood ' s ) books , unpaid ; and he therefore obtained a judge s order , proceeded to the Blackamoor ' s Head , and put ms debtor under arrest . ' Mr .. Cropper , therefore , now lies at Lancaster gaol , in the enjoyment of abunaant leisure to reflect upon his remarkable adventures in search of stolen property . —Manchester Examiner . ' Dartmoor . —Government agents , are at longcn , busily employed in preparing the prisons of war at Prince Town for the reception ot convicts .-, it is expected that . the first arrival of prisoners will be in about two months , if the place can be got ready

      for them so soon . Mr . < 3 . Fowler , wnc » oaa mm so much to reclaim the moor , and to give an impetus to cultivation there , long since expresse d , an opinion of the desirableness of tho experiment now about to be made by the Government . HeWongly BSft ^ WW * 3 W b & XA- # 7 & = Ki r £ « v Prilce Hall are promising beyond a I reasonable cSlition . Good > dges have said that he may challenge the whole country for oats , turn . ps , and SS The potatoes are much better than of late years ! though they are not free from diease .-Western Times' ¦

      . - ....... Tiia Potato Disease , we are sorry to say , has made its appearance again in this district . In man y instances , where the tubers are not apparently affected at all , the potatoes are all diseased , and in other instances it is . vice versa . It . prevails to a greater extent than last year , and not leas than two bushels bat of four are affected by it ; it is not confined to one locality or class of potatoes , not to one description of cu . ltu . rej but those set under the most favourable circumstances and attention , equally with those more exposed , have felt its influence . The corn crops are beginning tolpartake ; of the yellow hue , indicating tho coming harvest / and look well . Pease in many instances are a failure . — Oxford Chronicle .

      Escape and Recapture op Convicts . —Two convicts , one named John Purvis and the other James Blaroir , between two and three o' clock on Monday afternoon , succeeded in climbing over the walls 01 the yard and the wooden fence of Commodore H . Eden ' s garden into George-street , Woolwich . Two police constables from the dockyard gate immediately gave chase , and they were both captured near the Marine Barracks , and within twenty minutes were returned onboard the Warrior convict hulk , Thb Mills of ' Messrs . Fielden , of Tpdmorden , which have for a lengthened period been running short time ( about forty hours per week ) either have or are immediately about to go on full time again . * - Liverpool Mercury , > > i . Dbeadfuii Thdhdkhstorm and Loss op Life at

      Halifax .- On the 8 th inst .,. this town was visited by a most awful storm of thunder and lightning , accompanied by heavy rain . Unfortunately , the storm did not pass over without loss of life ; a little boy , ' named William Lambert , aged twelve years , son of Daniel Lambert , delver , Upper-lane , Northowram , having been . struck dead by , lightning . It appears that about a quarter past . eight o'clock , in the evening , the mother * of the little lad was sitting in the house near the fire , deceased being sat in a chair near the out wall and the wall of the adjoining house ; a little girl being sat at a short distance from him and close to the chimney . The door of the : house was thrown open , and also a window up-stairs . A little above toe head of the deceased a pair of tongs were hung upon the wall , as customary , in many cottage houses . The thunder at this time was loud and

      terrific , and the vivid flashes of lightning succeeded each other in rapid succession , until at length there came one brighter than the rest , and which rendered the mother ofthe deceased insensible for some moments . Upon consciousness returning , the little girl screamed out , " Mother l WHley ' s dead ' . " , The distracted mother ran towards her child , who sat motionless in his little chair , with his head upon his breast and his arms hanging by his side . She spoke to him , but he answered not ; and calling in her neighbours , the little fellow , who but a moment or two was full of life and vigour , was found to be a corpse . Not a single mark was . found upon his body , except a very slight discolouration of the chest . A few yards above where he was sitting the plaster was knocked off the wall to the extent of about twelve inches in length and one in breadth ; and the middle nob of the ornamental work at the head

      of the clock , which stood in the opposite corner of tbe house , was knocked off . There was also a rent in the floor above the clock , and the posts of the bed were found to be slightly damaged : In the bedroom a small piece of plaster was also taken out of the wall above the fireplace , but neither the tongs before alluded to nor the fenders or fire-arms had apparently beeen moved . It would appear that the lightning had descended the chimney , through the room floor above the clock , and , being attracted by the tongs on the other corner of the house , expended itself upon the unfortunate child sitting beneath . , . ¦ -. ¦ . . . An Infant KnxBD . Br its Mother . —The excitement caused in Gravesend by the fire of Sunday had scarcely subsided when a shocking occurrence took place , which has occasioned a most painful sensation in the town . A woman named Amelia

      Georgiana Snoswell , aged twenty years , who resides with her mother in Parrock-street , destroyed the life of one of her children on Tuesday night last by cutting its throat . She was brought up for examination on Wednesday at the Town-hall , Gravesend . The first witness was Sarah Cooper , who said that she was the wife of George Cooper , and resided in Eden-court , Gravesend . The prisoner at the bar was her sister . Last night ( Tuesday ) she . was on a visit at her house . At that time she had a child aged 13 months , named Alice , alive . About nine o ' clock the child was put to bed , and shortly afterwards the prisoner went into tbe bed-room , and when she came back witness saw her with a knife covered with blood in her hand . Witness toek a candle into the room , and found the infant

      on the bed with its throat cut and quite dead ; She cried out , * 'I have killed my child and made ithappy . " After that she said , * ' Givememychild . 'f During the last few days the prisoner has com- * plained of p ains in her head , and has appeared Very low-spirited . This statement was corroborated by other witnesses , who expressed a belief that the prisoner was labouring under mental aberration . At the close of the surgeon ' s evidence the prisoner was duly cautioned by the bench , and then asked whether she had anything to say , when she replied , . "Not unless you wish it ; " but she afterwards said ^ " I acknowledge that I have killed Alice . '' : The prisoner was fully committed to take her trial at the next assizes for wilful murder , and she was removed : to Maidstone Gaol .

      Fatal Boiler Explosion . at Oldham . — : On Monday , the 12 th inst . * an explosion' took place at the mill of Messrs . Lees- and Mills , Waterhead Mill . This explosion has caused the death of Mr . George Fox , boiler maker , of Newton Moor ; and two other persons have been severely scalded , but hopesare entertalnedthat they will recover . The real cause of the accident is as yet unknown , but it is supposed that the explosion arose from the giving way of a defective plate in the flue tube . ¦ In the building there were two boilers , one of which was undergoing some slight repair , and upon this boiler four of Mr . Fox ' s men were at work . In consequence of this boiler being out . of use for the day , the looms , throstles , and dressing frames had been stopped , so that tbe explosion does not appear to have arisen from over-pressure . On examination

      there appears to be , a rent , about eighteen inches long , in a tube , where the rivet holes have been torn out . When this took place the water , which was high around the tube , rushed into the fire , the steam forcing the massive doors and framework to a distance oftwelve feet , ' and throwing down all the brickwork in front of the boiler . At the moment Mr . Fox was passing in front to give some instructions to his men , he encountered the whole force of the scalding steam . As soon as possible he was removed to a neighbouring cottage , and medical aid was obtained , but he died about two o ' clock on Tuesday morning . The boiler-house is on tbe ground-floor , and above it there are three storeys filled with machinery . Had the boiler burst when this machinery was at work , it is fearful to contemplate what the effects might have been .

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      Fatai Accident In Wales.—On Monday Morni...

      Fatai Accident in Wales . —On Monday morning last , Mr . Longbourne , agent to Lord Milford , left his residence at Bonville's Court , near Saundersfoot , accompanied by his servant , in a phaeton , to attend Maenclochog fair , and after transacting bis business there , he returned home in the afternoon , and in order to shorten the distance to the extension of about half a mile , he determined to cross the river Cleddy , by a ford near Egremoutj about five miles from Harberth , instead of going round by way of Longridge'bridge . In consequence * however , of the heavy tarns which Ml on toe night of Sunday and on Monday morning , the river was much swollen , and Mr . Longbourne was warned by

      several old inhabitants before crossing it that it would be dangerous to do . so . But having crossed the ford in the morning oh . his way to the fair , he replied that he thought there was no danger , and accordingly pursued ; his course into the stream . Hero , however , he - found the flood much heavier and stronger than he anticipated , and so great was its force that the horse was unable to resist it , and having been carried nearly a quarter of a mile , commenced plunging , in consequence of which and the rapidity of the current the shafts of the vehicle broke , when Mr . Longbourne , seeing the imminent danger which threatened -him ; jumped into the . water with the intention of swim ming ashore , whilst his servant clang to the horse ,

      And Thus Gained The Land In Safety; Not ...

      and thus gained the land in safety ; not so , however , his unfortunate master , who ,, unable , to stem the torrent , was carried away by the stream . Mr . John Thomas , of Egremont-house , a neighbouring farmer , and another person , seeing the accident , - immediately ran to the spot , and , after going a little . way down the stream to a shallow part which afforded a better chance of rendering assistance , thev picked up Mr . Longbourne ' a hat , and immediately afterwards his driving-box , containing money and papers , - after which they succeeded in rescuing the hody of the ; unfortunate gentleman , which was taken ashore perfectly lifeless . It was at . once conveyed to the nearest house , and means were promptly adopted to re-Store animation ^ but without success . This mel ancholy event has created considerable excitement in the . neighbourhood , and of course has thrown the family of the deceased into the deepest grief .

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      The Orion.—The Trial Of The Officers Of ...

      The Orion . —The trial of the officers of this illfated ship has been appointed to take place at Edinburgh on Thursday the 29 th of August . The persons to be indicted are Henderson the captain ; Langlands the first mate / and Williams the second mate . The precognition or preliminary , inquiry has been the largest , ever taken in Scotland . Thesurvivincr cassenccrs were principally examined before

      leaving Portpatriclc , but the precognition as to what should have been the proper mode of savigatingHlie Firth of Clyde , under the circumstances in whieh the Orion was placed , has been taken in Glasgow . The Procurator-Fiscal , has been engaged six weeks in this work , during which almost all the steamboat captains ahdmates navigating the Clydo have been examined , with the view of fixing where the blame ; really lay . A beautiful i model of tho Orion has been made in Greenock and will be used at the

      trial , on which , the most eminent men , on both sides , of tbe Scottish bar will bo engaged . The officers are out on bail . It is barely possible the trial may be delayed a day on account of Her Majesty ' s expected arrival in Edinburgh on the 29 th . Railway . Accident , at Perth . —A serious , accident happened on the 8 th inst . to a young gentlemen named Naismitb , son of Lady Naismith , who has been residing in the town for some time . Mr . Naismiih is employed in-the engineer ' s office at the works ofthe Central Railway Company , and having been at the general terminus , was returning to the works upon an engine which was moving slowly down the line . When he arrived at his destination )

      he ; leaped from the engine , but unfortunately did not clear the wheel , which caught his leg , and carried him round several times before he could be extricated , which was not done till screws were got anil the wheels of the engine raised . The sufferer was taken to the infirmary ,- ' when the leg was found to be broken , and it was' amputated the same evening a little above the knee ^ while the patient was under the influence of chloroform . By the last accounts he was getting on favourably . , The Queen ' s Visit to Berwick . —Mr . Leeman , of York , was in Berwick on Monday , with the view of making arrangements for the ceremony of the opening ofthe railwaybridge over the Tweed by

      her Majesty and Prince Albert on > the 29 th , and these w ' e understand the directors of ; the railway have resolved ' shall be on the most magnificent scale . Their desire is that ' her Majesty will accept of luncheon here , and should ' ' she , assent to this , a splendid marquee is to be erected oh the site of the ancient castle . A * triumphal arch'is to be erected in the : centre , of the bridge . Mr ; Leeman and the mayor of the borough met Sir George Grey at , Alnwick on Tuesday , to obtain information respecting the royal intention . —Berwick Advertiser . Prinob Albert and tbe Freemasons . —We understand that the Grand -Lodge of Freemasons of Scotland has come to tbe resolution that the

      different lodges cannot walk in procession at the laying ofthe foundation-stone on the Mound , on the 30 th , Prince Albert not being one of the craft , and baring scruples ' about being initiated . Thus , one of the greatest features of the Queen ' s visit of 1850 will be done away ; . with . The brethren , however , are to dine at their respective rendezvous on the evening in question . —Edinburgh News . FbightfuIi Accident . —On the 9 th inst .. Mr . J . Gillies ^ the tacksman of Northfield quarry , near Denny ,. Stirlingshire , lost his life under the following p ainful circumstances : —He was engaged , in blasting a piece of , whin rock , and as the powder did not immediately ignite . ; he incautiously , stooped

      down to examine the cause . He bad no sooner done so , however , than the . explosion took place , and he was literally blown to atoms , the limbs and other portions of the body being scattered abont on every side . , Mr . Gillies was a young man highly , respected in the neighbourhood . .-. " ., ¦ ¦ Extraordinary Steamboat Disaster . — On the afternoon of Friday , the 0 th inst ., the > Shandon steamer , ( the property of Messrs . Burns , of Glasgow ) , was on her voyage from the west end of the Crinan Canal to Oban , with the passengers for the north , and when navigating the narrow straits which separate Easdale from Seal Island , a lady ' s dress became entangled with the chain which

      moves the rudder . From this trifling cause , which partially tore the lady ' s gown from her person , the steamer was driven out of her course , and before the engines could be reversed : she struck upon a sunken rock , to the alarm and honor of all on board . The passengers were numerous , including Lord Gough , the hereof Goojerat , and many other distinguished persons , whoi with their _ families , were proceeding . northwards to . their shooting quarters , & e . In spite of every effort to get her off , the Shandon remained fast on the rock by the bow or , stem ; and as there was a heavy swell in this landlocked passsage , she rolled so violently from side to side that it was scarcely possible for the

      crew or passengers , to keep their feet . ; As . the extent of the damage could not be ascertained , the utmost alarm prevailed , especially amongst the ladies , who were terrified lest the bow would open up , and involve all in in a similar catastrophe to that of the ill-fated Orion . Happily there were several boats within hail , which immediately proceeded to the help of the steamer , and in a few minutes the ladies and : children were safely removed . Truth compels us . to state that several of the gentlemen passengers , some of them valiant-looking men , with , a large breadth of moustache , exhibited symptoms of most painful trepidation , and the veteran Lord Gough distinguished himself by . urging , if . not commandimr .

      these timid gentlemen to give precedence to the ladies and children in the boats . Not a few of them , ; howOTcry ; followed the ladies in double quick time . The Shandon , being thus much lightened , gradually worked off . the rocks , and concontrary to expectation , it was happily found that she made very little water .. The passengers who had been taken off by the boats were recalled , much to the joy of all , ' for the , ladies and children thus rejoined their male friends who had remained by tha steamer .. She then . went onto Oban , after the delay of less than two hours , and the passengers for the north were transferred to . the Dolphin . The Shandon was beached at Oban , in order that the trifling injury she . had sustained might be repaired . Some of the passengers suffered considerably afterwards . from tbe effects of their fright and consternation . The officers ofthe Shandon behaved themselves admirably on the occasion .

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      .The Tbkani Confebekok. A Long Discussio...

      . THE TBKANI CONFEBEKOK . A long discussion took place at the Tenant Con * ference held in the City Assembly House on Wednesday , on the principle of a compulsory valuation , The following resolutions were affirmed : — : That the valuation , when once made , shall be permanent ; ' " That every seven years there may , on the , demand of either landlord or tenant , be a readjustment of the rent , payable under the valuation , according to the rise or fall of the prices of agricultural produce . " .. . - . ¦¦ A resolution for a compulsory valuation , proposed

      by . a Presbyterian clergyman , the Rev . Mr . Bell , at the morning sitting , was , after much discussion , withdrawn on the evening sitting , and the question was left open . The chair , on Thursday was taken by the Rev . Dr . Kenny , a Roman Catholic clergyman : and the report of the committee appointedon the previous evening having been adopted with some slight alterations , Mr . Lucas of the TaWet , read the two following clauses of the report of the revision committee as amended , and submitted them for the consideration of the conference : — "That the valuation shall be made by tribunals which shall unite as far as possible tbe advantages of impartiality between landlord and tenant , cheapness , accessibility , and nomination by the parties

      interested . , . " That these advantages may be secured to a reasonable degree—first , by local tribunals , consisting of two valuators , one appointed by tbe landed proprietors and the other by , the tenant . farmer of the poor law union ; secondly , by having these , valuators bound to . value according to instructions embodied in the law ; and thirdl y , by having attached to each local tribunal a registrar or secretary whose duty it shall be to register all the proceedings of the valuators , and to keep them informed and reminded of the requirements of the injtrvnn . tiona under which they act . " , The resolutions passed unanimously hil ' ^ ! ? J bafc , " «» wurth section having been referred to the council of the . ' Learae t £ ! now would proceed to consider thefif hlefSon , S 3 S 2 SSS rfto * -

      « l -r . u . ARKEARS OF REST , « qu , re into the arrears of rent J ^ tff fiff .

      shall estimate the amount which during" the famine years would have been due and ,, payable for rent under a- valuation—if such had been made according to the prices and circumstances of same years j and also the amount which during the same period has actually been paid for rent to the landlord—shall award the balance , if any , to be the arrears then due , and that the amount so awarded ; for arrears should be payable by instalments at such period as shall be fixed by the valuators ; and shall be recoverable in all respects as if itwere rent . " ; The motion , having been seconded , was put from theohair . ¦ _ v . ~ ¦ - ¦ : ¦ ¦ . - ¦ ¦ , ; After som discussion , tbe section was referred for consideration to the Council ofthe League . There being now no other question in the report of the revision committee to be considered . ¦

      The Chairman called upon Mr . GmwooD , one of tbe secretaries , to read over the different items that had been passed , in order , that they might be ; put to the meeting and adopted as a whole . Mr . Girdwood did so accordingly , arid it was adopted unanimously ,, amid loud and lftug continued cheering . The Rev . Mr . Rentoox then said , he rose to give one cheer from the north , which wai responded to in a most enthusiastic manner . Mr . Macgtjire gave one from the south , and there were then others from the east and from the west , and finally one frora all Ireland . Mr . P . -OHigoins then moved the warmest and most sincere thanks of the conference to the Presbyterian clergy of the north , for their most active and praiseworthy exertions to promote a speedy and satis * 'factory adjustment of the tenant question in Ireland . ¦ The motion was carried by acclamation .

      RULES OF THB LEAGUE . The Secretary then read the resolutions , and the conference proceeded to the consideration of them in detail . The first and second resolutions , which were as follows , were put and carried unanimously : — " 1 . That an association , to be called the Irish Tenant League , be formed on the principles and subject to the rules hereinafter expressed , and that such league be hereby established accordingly . " 2 . That the sole objects of the Tenant League are to protect : the tenant , and to . procure a good landlord-and-tenant law , by tbe legal co-operation of persons of all classes and of all opinions on other subjects . " .

      The following rules were then read and adopted : — " 1 . Every person who adopts the rules of the League , approves the fundamental principles of an improved landlord and tenant law as adopted by the conference , and subscribes to the funds ofthe League not less than Is ., shall be competent to be a member of the Tenant League . I The consideration of 2 postponed . ] " 3 . No subject shall be discussed or entertained at any meeting of the League , or of its council or . committees , except such as directly bears on its objects j and the chairman of any such-meeting shall stop , and prevent the introductionof any other subject . Rule 3 was then read by the secretary , as follows r " 3 . The affairs of the Tenant League shall be managed by a council , which shall consist of . I ' Fifteen elected members from Dublin and ita vicinity . - -

      "Forty elected members from the provinces ,, taking ten from each province . " " Clergymen of every denomination , who are members of local tenant associations , if they are alsomembers of the League . •< ... ¦ " The . secretaries ; of local tenant associations , if they are also members of the League . "And tbe editors of provincial journals who are members of local tenant associations , if they are alsomemberg of the League . " And the council so constituted shall have power to add to their numbers-persons so added being subject to the approbation of the next general meeting of the League . " Dr . M'Knioht . proposed as an amendment , the omission of the passage referring to editors of jnnrnals , with a view to avoid the danger of . any-collision with , or infraction of , the law as recently decided in this city . ¦•¦•

      , , „ The resolution Was adopted , with some alterations considered necessary for the safety of the-League Close of the Consebence . —The conference waa closed by tbe first meeting of the Irish Tenant League , which took place . on Friday evening , in the Theatre , Lower Abbey-street . There was a full attendance of tbe Presbyterian and Roman Catholic-Clergymen , and the laymen of both denominationswho had taken part in the proceedings of the con-: ference , besides a considerable number of citizens . The speakers ,. chiefly clergymen , delivered speeche * much the same in tendency as those usually spoken at the tenant right meetings in the north and south . It was a general topic of congratulation that

      sectarian differences are forgotten on the neutral ground chosen by the advocates of tenant-right and anequitable settlement of the land question . The propositions sanctioned by the conference were adopted in the resolutions of . the League , which is to agitate unceasingly , by all legal means , to carry out its objects ,, and a fund , in the shape of a voluntary assessment on the poor-law . valuation , is to be raised by the Council of the League , to provide in the first instance a sum of £ 10 , 000 . Cdffe-stbeet Savinos Bank . —On Wednesday Mr . John Emanuel Huges was brought up in custody before the magistrates of the head police office ,, charged with having embezzled , in July 1847 , the sum of £ 730 Is . 8 d ., from the . savings bank , in Cuffe-street , of which be was a cashier ., The informations on which a warrant had been granted under

      which the prisoner was arrested were read . From these depositions , two of which' were aworn by David Martin , Esq ., and Samuel C . Warren , Esq .,. who bad been appointed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to investigate the accounts of the savings bank , and tbe third by Thomas Dndd Smith , Esq ., one of the trustees of the bank ; it appeared that the sums received by the prisoner on the date at which the act of embezzlement was laid as having taken place ., amounted to £ 1 , 1513 s ., but as a sum of £ 421 Is . id ., for which credit was given by the Bank of Ireland , where deposits were lodged in the name of the trustees of the savings bank , might have formed . part of the whole amount , the sum unaccounted fat : by the prisoner was charged as-£ 731 Is . 8 d . ..

      Thb King ' s County Chronicle states-that two men have been arrested on suspicion for the murder of Mr . Pike , the agent , near Birr . This Roman Catholic Synoo . — The JAmtritk Reporter announces , on the best authority , that the National Synod , ( to be held at Tburles College ) has been adjourned from the 15 th to the 22 nd inst . The illness of the Roman Catholic Primate , or tbe necessity of affording further time for comraunications from Rome , might have been the cause of this postponement . Comuitial of a Magistrate . — The Limerick Reporteranya— "Mr . Smith , J . P ., of Castlefergus ,. county Of Clare , who is accused of having conspired io shoot bis mother , and who had bees liberated after a recent investigation by Mr . Maloney , of

      Kiltarinon , and Mr , O'Brien , R . M ., of Tulla , has been again : arrested , by order , we understand , of government , aud lodged in Ennis gaol . The depositions in the case are voluminous and strange . The rumour is that the arrest has been ordered on the information of an insurance office , in which a policy had been effected on the life of the late Mrs . Smith . Mr . Smith is a gentleman about 56 years of age , and has been generally , if not always , a resident at Castlefergus . " . . Sale op Enciimbbred Estatrs . —The O'Connell property , situate in the county of Kerry , was submitted for sale in twenty-four lots , on Thursday last , all of which were sold but two . The quantity of land held in fee , and on leases for lives renewable for ever , or for a long term of years , was 13123 acres ,

      , producing an aggregate vearly rent of £ 2 , 961 , from which are to be deducted " the two lots adjourned , containing 500 acres , producing a rent of £ 371 , leaving the quantity sold 12 , 614 . acres , with a rental of £ 2 , 500 which was sold for £ 39 , 395 , at rates of purchase varjing > at every intermediate figure , from eleven to twenty-three years' purchase , according as the lots seemed desirable for investment . At first , ' although the court was crowded , there seemed to be great langour in the competition ; but after tbe sale of a few lota the bidding proceeded with much animation all through . The average rate of purchase on the whole of the O'Connell property is about fifteen and a half years . The sale was considered a very good one . • ¦ : ¦

      Mr . Keogh , tho member for Athlone , was entertained at a public dinner by his constituents , on Thursday last . The rector of the parish occupied the chair , and the parish priest the vice-chair , exhibiting no bad instance of the union which is rapidly extending itself in this country among parties who have hitherto been separated b y sectarian differences . Mr . Keogh thus pled ged himself on th © important question of tenant-right « .- "Isay tbat God and nature intended that the soil should grow and increase in cultivation , and . that the man who ^ Z ^ f ^^ wP ^ faawaBBd tto value of tlie soil should have a property in that increased l ^ L P JL the inalienable right of the tenant . T ' . T , hat is tenant . ri ght- ( hearH > nd that I unhesitatingly proaiao von I will labour to « bt . ai »

      ror mm . : Upon these topics we are all united . ^ M cheers . ) . '^ Lot whatever :. party come int o ? Sri'M i < l ue 8 tions of free . trade and the 1 $ a il t & 0 tenant , my opinions are unchanged and unchangeable . ( Cheers . ) fi mffiTu "" AWMn -nm Potato Blioht .-h ^ iL ! T ° let n cxPre 8 s * belief tbat the blight hw ceased , for the . present at least , strange staterfaw 5 . " ? glven b * Provincial journals regarding new developments connected with the disease , The most singular of these is the following account of J . man hu » it by the potato blight ? " which appears in the Galuiay . Vindicator .: —' The following iact , in connexion with the potato blight , may tnrow some li ght on that mysterious subject . A woman named Mary M'Donough , aged thirty-three , and from Oranmore elcotorial division of this union , was brought a few days ago on a car to the work-

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17081850/page/6/