Glasgow Courier. — 1862-08-21 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

WRATRIER AND CROPS IN IRRLAND.—The weather for the last week, though not quite dry, has been much warmer than usual. The crops in all parts of the country look remarkably well. The potatoes will be abundant, more so than for many years, and the quality reminds us of what they were before the blight. There are slight traces of the disease in some districts, but it is generally agreed that the danger of any serious injury to the crop is over. The wheat is generally in a satisfactory state; oats promise fairly; hay is a heavy crop, and well saved.— Times. BELFAST, Monday. —This evening, about seven o'clock, the Tuscarora arrived in Belfast Lough, and anchored of Greypoint. —On Saturday last, a man nameclillenry Murray was killed on the Northern Counties Railway, having been thrown off an excursion train by a flag he was bearing becoming entangled in the telegragh wires. An inquest was held to-day, and after a lengthened examination, the jury returned a verdict that the death of the deceased was caused by the negligence of the company in not sending qualified officers to take charge of the train, and overcrowding the carriages, so that deceased was obliged to sit on the outside. Tuesday, the 12th inst., being the anniversary of the Relief of Derry, was observed in the "Maiden City" with the customary rejoicings and religious observances. The Apprentice Boys mustered in great force at 6 a.m., and hoisted the city flag on the summit of Walker's Testimonial, while the crimson flag waved above the chancel Window of the Cathedral. The usual rounds of shots were then discharged, after which the "'Prentice Boys" dispersed. Other displays took place at subsequent periods of the day, but none of them were produc• tive of the least ill-feeling. On Sunday morning, the 27th ult., Wm. Craig—a police constable, aged 30, living at Bellmuletbeing very much troubled with a corn, commenced paring one under the little toe of the right foot. While doing so he accidently made an incision, causing for the moment hiemorrhage to a considerable extent. Not thinking it of any importance, the deceased dressed, put on a light pair of boots, and attended divine service. Next morning one of the arteries leading from the toe, along the inside of the leg and up to the body, became much swollen and discoloured, causing a morbid heat all over the body. Remedies were promptly applied, but erysipelas set in; and on the third day his whole body became livid, whilst the source from which it originated presented scarcely any appearance of injury. On the ninth day after the occurrence the abdomen became swollen, the body quite discoloured, and the poor fellow died in great agony. —Mayo Comstitution. A daring attempt to murder has taken place in a fair held at Blllorglin, near Tralee. The provocation is supposed to be that the father of the young man it was sought to kill gives a place for a prayer meeting, and, in compliance with the injunction of a deceased friend, is bringing up two children left to his care as Protestants—their mother, who predeceased the other parent, being a Roman Catholic. To the fair Mr Harrold's eldest son—for that is the farmer's name—went to transact business. His servant was in the act of selling sheep, when a man, whom he never saw before, came up and asked him when his master would be going home. The servant replied that he did not know, and the interrogator asked anxiously where he could meet him. "There he is, over," said the servant, "calking to that gentleman." The intending assassin skulked over, and, watching an opportunity, struck Mr Harrold an unexpected desperate blow with a stick loaded with an unusual quantity of lead, sinking a piece of the hat into the skull, and inflicting a deep incised wound. Mr Harrold, being a strong young man, did not fall, and Mr Walpole, with whom he was in conversation at the moment, being for the time unmanned by the audacity and suddenness of the attack, did not seize the villain instantaneously, but, recovering himself, pursued him as he fled, and soon caught him. He attempted to strike Mr Walpole, but he, being a strong man, held him until the police came up and secured him. What rendered the outrage more audacious was its being perpetrated in broad day, and at a crowded fair, the perpetrator probably calonlating on the sympathy of the populace to enable him to avoid detection.