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she been a patient in the asylum she would have been con- 
fined. He had no doubt of her insanity, The coroner 
remarked on the melancholy nature of the case, and the 
jury returned a verdict of ‘Tem jorary insanity.’”’— 
An inquest has been held on the body of Mr. F. 
Tyrrell, the eminent surgeon and oculist, who died sud- 
denly on Tuesday at the auction-mart. The sale of the 
freehold of Mr. Tyrrell’s country residence at Acton, of 
which he held the lease, was advertised to take place by 
r. G. Robins, and Mr. Tyrrell intended to become the 
purchaser, About half-past two he entered the sae-room, 
and gave instructions to a gentleman, whom he had de- 
puted to bid for the property. While he was conversing 
with his friend in a cheerful manner, he was suddenly 
attacked with illness, and left the room. He had scarcely 
reached the door when he was observed to stagger, and 
in attempting to lay hold of the bannisters, he fell, Several 
Persons raised him from the ground, but long before any 
medical aid could be procured, Mr. Tyrrell was no more. 
He gasped twice after he fell, and died in less than two 
minutes, He was ouly 46 years of age, and had been for 
many years connected with St. Thomas’s Hospital and 
the Ophthalmic Institution, and his practice was very 
extensive, The event created a great sensation in the 
auction-room, and the sale of the estate was, in conse- 
quence, postponed. 
Mortality of the Metropolis.—The following is the 
number of Deaths registered in the week ending Saturday, 
C ay 13:—West districts, 142; North districts, 161; 
eal districts, 182; East districts, 178; South dis- 
Tets, 220. Total, 883—(437 males, 446 females.)— 
d eekly average for the last five years, 903—(461 males, 
42 females), and for the last five springs, 854, 
Wrobinefal Nets. 
Incendiary Fires.—The Police Gazette contains the 
i er of a reward of 150/., for the discovery of the incen- 
lary or incendiaries, who, on the night of the Ist inst., 
st fire to a stack of hay, standing on the estate of the 
arl of Albemarle, at Quiddenham, Norfolk, by which it 
Was wholly destroyed ; and 50/. of the reward will be paid 
; Government, alike sum by the noble Earl, and the 
Yemainder by the Directors of the Suffolk Fire-office ; and 
4 tree pardon is also offered to any accomplice giving the 
ay information. Also a reward of 250/., for the 
Hey of the persons who, on the night of the 10th 
lay set fire to certain buildings at Barningham, Suffolk, 
tiog Property of Thomas Thornhill, Esq., in the occupa- 
aan of Mr. Sare, which were totally destroyed, together 
Ete a quantity of Corn and instruments of husbandry ; 
Bic of the reward will be paid by Government, who also 
Wis a free pardon to any accomplice giving the requisite 
wormation, and the remainder by Mr. Thornhill. Like- 
Wise information that, on the night of the 13th inst., a 
Stack of Wheat, the property of Mr. H. Farnecombe, in 
the parish of Icklasham, Oxford, was wilfully set on fire 
and destroyed. 
'ylesbury.—On Saturday, a special meeting of 
Buckinghamshire Royal Decieuletra iNasciaciou a 
held in this town, the Duke of Buckingham in the chair, 
he meeting was summoned in order to discuss the bearings 
of the New Canada Wheat and Flour Bill upon the interests 
Of the farmers, and was very numerously attended. After 
a gentlemen had addressed the meeting, a vote of 
GE 8 was given to Mr. G. G. Mansell for a donation of 
ee 0 Suineas to the Association. It was then resolved, 
That it is the opinion of this meeting that the Canada 
li orn and Flour Bill introduced by Lord Stanley in Par- 
Bot on the 19th inst., is detrimental to the best in- 
bills of British agriculture—that in the event of such a 
being persisted in, our representatives in Parliament 
re Tequested to oppose it by every means in their power 
meee that this Association views with the deepest appre- 
cee and alarm the unremitting exertions that are 
ae le by the Anti-Corn Law League to force upon the 
eae the adoption of the principles of free trade,” 
eS er the meeting the members of the Association and 
ao of the farmers in town dined together, the Duke 
va, Uckingham, as before, in the chair. The assemblage 
i fene of the most numerous which had ever met in 
ite esbury to consider an agricultural question, upwards 
toa, aM gentlemen being present. After the usual loyal 
Sher Mr. Horwood acknowledged the toast of “ Pro. 
tel] ity to the Association.” He said it was their duty to 
hee ir Robert Peel plainly what their feelings were, and 
dia Much mischief his measures would produce 3 and he 
tierce think that they should be told by him in reply, 
thoy if they did not submit to the measures which he 
lagen fit to introduce, that he would leave them in the 
towa 5 They did not, however, wish to rouse opposition 
alwy, Tds the Government—the feeling of the farmers 
org.J8 had been and always would be in favour of good 
he ho ir members, as had unfortunately lately occurred, 
Menon that it would not occur again; he hoped that 
Woulg orth they would understand each other, and that they 
» theiy pemeine to form an association steadily looking after 
Wn interests, and not interfering with the interests 
and Ts. Mr. Dupre, Mr. Murray, Sir 8. Chetwode, 
of the t Clayton, returned thanks for the representatives 
the } County and boroughs. Mr. Dupre then proposed 
€alth of the Duke of Buckingham. His Grace, in 
g§ thanks, said he had, as they knew, taken a deep 
1m all the questions affecting the Corn-laws, and 
the Important measures of last year came before 
T consideration, he had formed an opinion with 
to them, which he had never yet seen occasion to 
but which, on the contrary, the events of every 
Nite, 
When 
them fg 
respect 
change, 
day convinced him was the proper and correct view. He 
had opposed a fixed duty on corn upon the ground that 
he considered that it would be impossible to maintain it 
in times of scarcity, whereas the sliding-scale admitted 
corn in a manner at once safe to the producer, fair to the 
consumer, and most beneficial to the country at large. 
If, therefore, he had thought it proper on his own part to 
support the sliding-scale, how could he, maintaining that 
opinion, support a species of duty in the colonies which 
he did not think congenial to the interests of the mother 
country? Considering, therefore, that imposing a fixed 
duty ok corn with respect to Canada would be giving rise 
to a dangerous precedent, as well as facilitating the 
smuggling of a large quantity of grain from the United 
States into this country, he could not give his vote in the 
ouse of Lords in favour of a measure which he con- 
sidered to be so fraught with evil consequences. He was 
aware of the difficulties which surrounded the agricul- 
turists, but in his conscience he believed that by firmly 
adhering to the law as it now stood with respect to protec- 
tion, they would survive and triumph over their temporary 
difficulties. But this he also was sure of, that if the 
property of farmers was day after day, and month after 
month, and year after year, to be agitated and unsettled, 
the country would never be able to endure its burdens, 
and one common ruin awaited them all. They wanted 
peace ; they wanted their interests to be left to the manage- 
ment of those who had a right peacefully to enjoy them ; 
but if they were to be told on the one hand that free trade 
was their only salvation ; if they were to be harassed upon 
the other by the supporters of a fixed duty ; if they were 
told that the Canadian Corn Bill would not prove injurious 
to their interests, all this was keeping up an agitation with 
respect to the property of the farmer as injurious to him- 
self as unsafe to the country. It was, therefore, upon 
these grounds that he told them that it was his intention, 
when the Canada Corn Bill came under the consideration 
of the House of Lords, to oppose it, he hoped as honestly 
as he had opposed the Government measures of last 
session; He would steadily adhere to that cause which he 
had always advocated ; and, addressing them in that 
honourable name which he feared he did not sufficiently 
deserve—the Farmers’ Friend—addressing them in that 
capacity, he could assure them that they never would be 
discarded by him—that they should never be addressed by 
one who forgot his duty to the Crown, to the people, and 
to the county of Buckingham. 
‘ath.—In consequence of the inability of the Bishop 
of Bath and Wells, from his extreme age and increasing 
infirmities, to perform his episcopal duties, the Bishop of 
Salisbury has undertaken the triennial visitation of the 
diocese. His Lordship will consecrate several new 
churches and chapels, and will hold a series of confirma- 
tions in the month of August. 
Cambridge.—At the early hour of five o’clock on Tues- 
day morning, the election of the Master of Sidney Sussex 
College took place in the chapel of the College. The 
electors consisted of the ten fellows, At eight o’clock the 
result of the election was declared in favour of the Rev. 
Mr. Phelps, tutor of the College. 
Carmarthen.—The Welch papers give the following 
account of the price of provisions in the Principality :— 
Fresh eggs are now selling at 7 for 2d., or 42 for 1s. ; 
salmon trout, 9 for Gd.; best fresh butter, retail, 10d. per 
pound; potatoes, 6lbs. for 1d.; a quarter of veal costs only 
2s. 6d. Rent is at the same Jow rate as living, and clothes 
of the native manufacture cost next to nothing. 
Knutsford—On Monday the general intermediate ses- 
sions for the county of Cheshire were held at the Court- 
house of this town, before Mr. Trafford Trafford, and 
upwards of 20 other Magistrates. After the Chairman 
had delivered his charge to the Grand Jury, the Magis- 
trates retired to their private room, when the Chairman 
read a letter he had received from the Home Secretary, in 
reference to the affairs of Knutsford Gaol. In this letter, 
Sir J. Graham states—‘‘ It is matter of much concern to 
me that the Magistrates of the county have determined to 
retain in the office of keeper of the gaol one who has been 
proved to have so misconducted himsélf. The Magistrates 
are of opinion, upon the case to which I more especially 
called their attention (I refer to the case in which the 
keeper persisted in inflicting corporal punishment on a pri- 
soner after the interposition of the Assistant-Surgeon and 
his desisting to forbear), that the reprimand of the Visit- 
ing Justices was sufficient punishment. It appears to me 
that such misconduct, as soon as made known to the 
Justices in quarter-sessions, should have been punished 
by immediate dismissal.’’ He concludes by saying that— 
“The responsibility of these p dings of the general 
quarter-sessions is upon those Magistrates who recom- 
mended and adopted such a decision ; but I feel it to be a 
duty to declare my opinion that it is a decision not unlikely 
.to lead to evil consequences, detrimental to the mainte- 
nance of good order in prisons, and calculated to Jessen 
the confidence which Parliament has been disposed to 
impart to Magistrates in the superintendence and regula- 
tion of gaols.”” It was then suggested that no notice 
should be taken of the letter, but no motion was made on 
the subject, and the matter terminated. 
Leicester.—A meeting of the creditors of the Leicester 
Bank was held on Thursday, at which it was stated that 
the liabilities are 600,000/., and the assets 800,000/. The 
concern is to be wound up under the direction of a com- 
mittee, anda report of the exact state of the firm will be 
made to a meeting of creditors, fixed for the 31st inst. 
Lincoin.—On Friday the 19th a meeting of the Lin- 
colnshire farmers was held in this city, to receive Mr. 
Cobden and Mr. Bright as a deputation from the Anti- 
Corn-law League. About 3,000 persons were present. 
Mr. Bright and Mr, Cobden addressed the meeting at 
considerable length, and a resolution, embodying a vote 
of thanks to those gentlemen, and condemnatory of the 
Corn-laws, was proposed to the meeting, followed by an 
amendment in their favour. After several speeches in 
support of the first resolution and the amendment, the 
chairman took the sense of the meeting, and declared the 
original motion carried by a large majority. 
Liverpool.—Another fire broke out in this town on 
Thursday Tt occurred in Jackson’s-lane, in a ware- 
house containing cotton and saltpetre, the latter of which 
caused a series of continued explosions, The 
on the opposite side of the lane caught fire, and four of them 
were almost entirely destroyed. Fortunately, no loss of 
human life occurred, but the amount of property destroyed 
is estimated at 45,0000. 
Manchester.—We learn by the local papers that 23 
bricklayers have been arrested at Manchester on suspicion 
of having been concerned in the late outrage on Messrs, 
Pauling and Henfry’s croft, and after an investigation 
which lasted nearly four days, eight of them were com- 
mitted on Monday, to take their trials at the next assizes. 
Six others have been remanded to afford time for further 
evidence to be obtained against them. The authorities 
are apprehensive lest another attack should be made upon 
the croft, but measures have been taken by them to secure 
the public peace in case of a similar outbreak. It appears 
that most of the persons arrested on this occasion belonged 
to the Brickmakers’ Union, which held its meetings at 
Manchester every Saturday night.—On Tuesday evening 
this town became the scene of another outrage of a more 
alarming character than even that in which the brick- 
makers were engaged last week. The cotton-spinners 
have again turned out for an advance of wages, and 
during the past week have been parading before the mills 
and intimidating the workmen who are satisfied to work 
at the present prices from carrying on their lawful occu- 
pations. On Monday evening an outrage of an alarming 
character was perpetrated by the military, assisted by the 
mob. A wanton assault was made on two police-stations, 
the windows of which were completely destroyed, aud 
several of the policemen were seriously, if not dangerously 
wounded. The police, however, succeeded in capturing 
some of the riotous soldiers, who were fined by the magis- 
trates, and discharged from custody. It was hoped that 
this affray would have ended here, but it was only to be 
followed by still more lamentable outrages. The streets 
remained thronged during Tuesday morning, and in the 
afternoon Captain Willis received information that 
another attempt to demolish the station-houses in various 
parts of the town was plated. Arr were 
immediately entered into to defend the police against the 
aggressions of the military, but these arrangements were 
completed in time to avert the danger. About five 
mob of upwards of 2,000 persons, headed by 50 
or 60 of the disorderly soldiers, surrounded the Oldham- 
road station, and commenced an attack upon the building. 
There were but five police-officers in it at the time, and 
they were therefore obliged to fasten the gates in order to 
keep out the mob, who, after having smashed a few of the 
windows, and fearing that there might be a strong force 
inside, retired, andin about half an hour after returned 
with about 200 soldiers and an immense mob. The: 
once renewed the attack upon the station, and demolished 
every window and several of the doors. The magistrates, 
however, and astrong detachment of police, followed by 
General Sir T. Arbuthnot, with two or three companies 
of soldiers, arrived in time to save the police. When the 
mob and the disorderly soldiers saw this force coming up, 
they turned and cheered, and were about to face them. 
At this moment the policemen rushed out of the station- 
house, attacked the mob in the rear, and by their united 
force they succeeded in apprehending several prisoners. 
The mob then dispersed, and re-assembled in other parts 
of the town, and beat the police whenever they could 
meet with them. The town, as may be imagined, isin a very 
disturbed state, and the troops are confined to barracks. 
Oxford.—Great sensation was created here last week 
by a sermon delivered by Dr. Pusey, at Christchurch, in 
which the reverend professor avowed his faith in consub- 
stantiation aed the doctrine of the mass. This surprise 
has been increased by the announcement that a copy of 
the discourse has been demanded by the University 
authorities, with a view to examination and probable cen- 
sure, It is stated that Dr. Pusey has, however, requested 
two days for consideration before complying with the 
request, and it is conjectured that he intends to plead the 
circumstance of the sermon having been preached in his 
own cathedral at Christchurch, of which, as professor of 
Hebrew, be is a canon, as a reason for exemption from 
the cognisance of the academical authorities. x 
Portsmouth.—An inquest was held a few days since at 
Little Green, near Gosport, on the body of Dr. Quarrier, 
who died on Wednesday night, from the severe burns he 
accidentally sustained thirteen days previously, and noticed 
in this Paper at the time. His death was caused by 
inflammation of the membrane of the brain, and also of 
the glottis, occasioned by the burns. 
Reading.—A meeting, convened by the High Sheriff, 
upon the requisition of upwards of 800 of the farmers, 
freeholders, and agriculturists of Berkshire, was held on 
Saturday, in this town, to take into consideration the 
present depressed state of the agricultural interest, and to 
discuss the propriety of seeking for more ample protection 
for that interest from the Legislature. At eleven o’clock, 
the town-hall, the place appointed for the meeting, was 
nearly filled. Sir R. G. Throgmorton, Bart., high-sheriff, 
presided, and opened the business of the day with a short 
speech. Mr. Hippesley then moved the following resolu- 
tions :—“ That this meeting views with the utmost anxiety 
and alarm the present depressed condition of all classes 
