Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1852-08-11 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE SWANSEA AND GLAMORGAN HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1852.  LATEST. The ship "Trusty," of Scarborough, having 200 emigrants on board, was lost on July 22, off Cape Gaspe, on her voyage to Quebec. Twenty persons perished. The funeral ceremony of the late Count D'Orsay took place on Sunday at Chambourcy, near St. Germain. A large number of distinguished persons, including the Prince President, were in attendance.  The great enterprise of draining the Lake of Haarlem, in IloOand, was completed last month. _  The sentence' of death passedo7Ki;v Robins, at Worcester, for the murder of her child, has been commuted to transportation for life, _  A boatman named Rodway has been committed for trial by the sGloucester magistrates for stabbing a non named Davies in the face, inflicting a ghastly wound four incises in length, and cutting to the bone of the right cheek and lower j ,w. "The accounts in reference to the potato crops from some pane of Ireland are of a very disheartening character. The Government have commenced inquiries into the matter, through the Poor Law Commissioners. In many districts the crops are perfectly healthy. A respectable married woman, named Charlotte Allen, living near Nottingham, committed suicide a few nays back. The cause of the desperate act was mental trouble produced in consequence of her person having been outraged by one of three men who had attacked and robbed her on the highway. She had dreaded communicating the affair to her husband.  The Bight Hon. T. B. Macaulay, M.P., author of "'the Lays of Ancient Rome," and "The History of England,"' has taken a house in Caledonia.place, Clifton, for"the season. In the case of Sarah Judge, aged 17, the servant girl at Hastings, who, having given birth to an illegitimate child, caused its death by cutting its throat with a scissors, the coroner's jury have returned a verdict of "wilful murder" against the prisoner.• Another gold field has been discovered at PitWater, Van Diemen's Land..  A p.roject has been started, in connexion with the South Devon Railway, for the construction Ma chrysta I palace at Plymouth, at a cost of £25,000. Sir Joseph Paxton, Mr. Brunel, and Mr. Scott Russell approve of the plans, which have been submitted to them.  The Earl of Alahhesbury-;;iii be the Secretary of State in attendance on the Queen in her Majesty's journey to the North, where he will be succeeded by the Earl of Derby at Balmoral.  The Corporation of London have purchased of Mr. Batson, for the New Cattle Market, in Copenhagen Fields, seventy-three acres, at £750 per acre; and they have since required an additional thirty acres, for which £1,400 per acre is demanded. Major Yeoman, R.A., was found dead iti his chair on Tuesday,—the consequence of an over dose of prussic acid.  no station master at Porehester (South Western Railway) absconded last week, in consequence of a defalcation to the amount of L6OO. A shoemaker's shop in Saint Martin's Lane, London, the proprietor of which residing in the suburbs, usually left the premises untenanted at night, was entered into last week, and 200 pairs of hoots and shoes carried away. Sir George Grey has been invited to offer himself for the representation of Durham, in the room or Mr. Gringer, Q.C.' deceased. It is not yet known whether the Right Hon. Dart. has consented to du so. . . .  An inquiry was held at Worthing on Wednesday, relative to the state of mind of a young gentleman, named Samuel (list, aged 20, and whose income amounted to £B,OOO a year. *After hearing medical and other evidence, the jury found him to be of unsound mind since heowas 14 years of age. MoNmounistintE