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Leader (1850-1860), 1st January 1853, Edition Country of 3, Page 8, 8 THE LEADER. [Saturday,

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      Have Attacked "Arrieros" (Muleteers) Con...

      the body , exclaiming , < Oh , Maria , Maria . ' Saith , I thei remarked , ' But , Paddy , what about the sheet ? people _saj it was under her . ' « God bless you , No , ma ' am [ I think il best to give his own words ] it was the poor gentleman _goi the sheet to cover his poor wife , and no wonder , as she was quite stripped . ' Saith , Mr . Kirwan then told them to look . , for her clothes , not being able to find them ; Saith Mr Kirwan assisted them ; after looking for some time , returned with something white in his hand , and , pointing'tc a rock , said ' There they are . ' Pat Nangle then stated he "Went up and brought down the clothes ; he described the lock as being about , six feet above hig h water , and also the natural position of the clothes , her dress and petticoats just as she had stepped out of them , her boots as she had taken them off , one partly under her clothes , the other at a little distance . He then stated he returned for the boat , leaving Mr . Kirwan with the bod } " ; on their return with the boat , Mr . Kirwan was still stretched on the body . Pat Nangle then tied the sheet across the chest and knees . There was a shawl upon the head , which he saiel he supposed her poor husband had put on ; they then placed the body in a sail , previous to conveying it to Howth in the boat . " Saith on several occasions he repeated the same fact , though his feelings towards Mr . Kirwan seemed considerably changed , but saith I attributed this to his not having received what he considered a liberal remuneration for his trouble . Saith I only spoke to him once after his examination at the Crown Office , when his whole manner was changerl ; appeared most vindictive in his feelings towards Mr . Kirwan . Saith I then particularly remarked his saying Mrs . Kirwan was so near the sheet , that he was able to draw it under her , also then stated that at the inquest he was not allowed to give his evidence , but was put back ; that he had not tod this at the Crown Office , but woulel do so the next time he went there . Saith , I never spoke to Nangle after . "

      Doctor Taylor , the highest authority in England on all questions relating to legal medicine , who is invariably referred to and employed by the Crown on such ; for example , in the celebrated case of Tawell , and in the more recent one of Jael Denny ; says , " Mr . Rodwell , the barrister , considers there was not sufficient evidence to convict . On Saturday , my friend B . Cooper , the surgeon of Guy ' s , came to me and most strongly stated his opinion from the medical evidence , tbat the prisoner has been wrongly convicted . My present conviction is , that all the medical circumstances are explicable without reference to any act of violence on the part of the prisoner , and that therefore to execute him for the allegeel offence woulel be a most dangerous proceeding em the part eif our law authorities . " John Lceson , Architect , of Dublin , says that , " William Burke Kirwan , applieel tei me the evening previous to Mrs . Kirwan's interment , in the month of September last , to go to the burying-ground or cemetery at Glasnevin , anel choose for him a burying-place for Mrs . Kirwan his wife , who hael been drowneel at _Ireland ' s Eye . I declare that I _aeeeirelingly immediately ( hereafter went to Glasnevin Cemetery , anel withemt the saiel William Burke Kirwan ' s knowleelge , or without any preconcert with the saiel William Burke Kirwan , chose anel selected tho burying-place where : the : saiel Mrs . Kirwan is now interred ; and 1 declare that , the : said William Burke Kirwan hael no knowleelge of the _burying-place : so chosen by me , as I believe : anel am _persuaeleel , until the elayof the : _fune-raf anel interment of Mrs . Kirwan , when he , Mr . Kirwan , was present anel saw the ; place . " It i . s now known that , Mr . Kirwan took no " sworelcane" with him to Ireland ' s Eye ; that Mrs . Kirwan coulel not swim ; anel thai . Mrs . Crowe ( the dece . _'used's mother ) derives hear _pe . 'iision at , the _jire'sent _, moment on the : medical _ccrfifK-. afc that , her husband , the lute _Lieuif . Crowe ( Mrs . Kirwan ' s father ) , elieel of a fit , eight years a ; . jo !

      8 The Leader. [Saturday,

      8 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,

      Fires In California. Everything In Ameri...

      FIRES IN CALIFORNIA . Everything in America is on a gigantic scale—lakes , mountains , _rive-rs , traele , enterprise , anel growth : even in fires they surpass all Europe : an nations—the Turks , possibly , not excepted , who regularly burn down blocks of Constantinople : every season . The mails of tin : _Eii-ropa , whie-h arrived on _Meinelay , bring news ed three gre-at conflagrations in California- —one : in _Sae-. ramento , n _se-eonel at , Maryville , and a third at San Francisco . SaiTainenfo lias been totally _eh-sfroye-el . The lire : broke : out em the : 2 nel of November , in the heart of one of the most , combustible : bleicks in the city ; feel by the : wooden dwellings , and fanned by the : north wind , winch was blowing a perfect gale-, 1 ( 500 bouses vanishe'el in three hours ; even brie ; k house's , anel all the : _publiebuildings , except the court house , went , down lie-fore : the : liory storm . The llanios swept acniss flu : si reels , and seemed to lick up fhe slighter _"tcne-monts . Etfyrfs were made : to stay its _jirogre-ss by p lacing carts l . ielen with kegs of powder , al , _elillere-nf points , but , in vain . The : _e-ity is a be-up eif ashes . The : damage is _e-sfiiiiuteel » t , I < MM 10 , 000 dollars . But in _feirly-cighf hours after the _oce-urre-nee _' , buileling was going on with gre-at , _rupielit _. y ; anil probably by this time Hncnimenfo is again _rebuilt .

      The Great Gai.Kamong Ihe: Phenome Na Of ...

      THE GREAT GAI . KAmong Ihe : phenome na of this first half of the winter , are . storms of t . hunde-r anel lightning , accompanied by the : most terrific gules . Neil , only London , but the whole of fhe island south of tho II umber , was visited

      by such a storm" on Saturday and Sunday . The win roared like artillery , and wils very destructive . Oiiin neys were hurled down , in one case killing a woman , i Bishopsgate and Aldgate . A house fell in Long-lam another at Kennington-cominon . Trees were torn up one before Gwydir House , carrying with it some iro railing ; others in front of Bethlehem Hospital , "at Du ] wich , and Forest-hill , and a large elm in the garden c Lady Pirie , at Denmark-hill , falling across the road caused great obstruction . It is remarked that eigh of the old lamps on Westminster-hridgp were de stroyed . Great damage has been done to the _shipping iir the docks .

      In the provinces , property has been much injured At Windsor , trees were torn up in the Long-walk , _ane other places . A large gasometer , at the Great Wes tern Railway Station was blown out of the tank . Ai Oxford , an old woman was killed in the workhouse , _hj the falling of chimneys . The drawing-room of Dr Routh , President of Magdalen College , was beaten in also , by chimneys , and destroyed . A large elm , close to the gate of the college , was thrown down , fortunately missing the new gate . The noble old Broadwalk , in Christ Church-meadow , has lost five of its beautiful elms ; two have also been torn up in Magdalen Grove , and two in the walk called the Parks . A tall chimney was thrown down at Nottingham , crashing into the factory , and destroying machinery . The Arboretum was also injured . Damage of various kinds was done at Manchester and its neighbourhood : tall chimneys were dashed down ; also two pinnacles of a new church , at Kersall Moor ; and lead-roofing was thrown about .

      At Preston , Liverpool , Carlisle , Nottingham , Reading , Bristol , and other places , similar disasters have happened . At Preston , a mill was blown down , early on Saturday morning ; and a shed at the Lancashire Railway-station much injured . At Bristol , trees have been torn up , chimneys blown down , the windows of Clifton Church dashed in , and a part of thereof of the Roman-catholic Chapel torn off . These are only a few specimens of like calamities . From the seaports , we have stories of wrecks in considerable numbers , accompanied by loss of life ; and , on the whole , no-hurricane of the like force has swept over England since 1839 . Devon has severely felt the gale . At Teignmouth the sea was terrific . A most extraordinary occurrence took place on the South Devon line , on Wednesday morning . Between Dawlish and Teignmouth there arc some rocks , of a grotesepie formation , known as the " Parson anel Clerk . " These rocks have been tunnelled through ; anil in doing se > , it was necessary to cut away a portion ofthe Dawlish cliffs—the base of which has been so unelermineel that they have for a long time overhung ; anel an accident , at some time or other , was prcdictc'd . The continual wet weather has loosened these cliffs , and em Wednesday one of them fell with a tri'inmielouH crash _upoli the line of the South Devon Railway . The immense quantity of eartli anel stones which are : _neiw lying tbere had completely blockeel the : way , anel the mail train whie-h was due on Wednesday morning at Newton by five o ' clock , eliel not reach until ten . The mail bags we're _obligeel to lie : taken emt anel sent em by omnibus to Dawlish . By this obstruction , which will take : some : lime : tei remove , the passengers by railway are obliged fo go from Dawlish anel Toignnioiifh , anel vice versa , by omnibus , which of ceuii-. se ) ca . uscs much delay . not less Fort

      In Irelanel , the blast , was severe . y trees were torn up in the _I'hecnix-paik . A stack of chimneys fell into Lorel Eglinfon _' s dressing-room . Glass-windows bave : _be'e-n broken by hundreds ; and some : heiuse : s razed tei the : ground . 'fhe : mail ship , IFintlsor , _emeounfereil u fre'iiu'iielous seal , but arrived in time af Kingston . Captain Williams , _be-r Commander , was struck by a sea that , actually _liffcel him up a _e-einniilerable : height , anil pitched him to aneif her part of the vessel , from the effects of which he : lay a _consideriible : time : unconscious , and was carried below ; but the gale : increasing , anel though suffering great pain , he gave diree ' . tions that he : shoulel be carrie'd on deck anel lushed fust . When _se-cureel there , he issueel his _oriie-rs ( , e _> his bravo nnel gallant crew , who , though in ( he midst , of fhe : danger , remaiue . _el _e-eiol anel determined a _e-hai-ucle-risfic , of Ihe : sailor .. Captain Wil-I an is has been since ; removed to his residence at _GIusn viu , seriously injured . Other towns in Irelanel have also been ( he scene ) eif irre : at e iilumifies anil _leisse-s . _Seaiflund has also huel her full share : of this memorable fenipesi .

      Trade, Goep, And Corn. Sei Great Has Bee...

      TRADE , GOEP , AND CORN . Sei great has been the trailing prosperity of 1852 , that even ( . _hi'istnuiH has not checked the : activity of business . At Manchester _tlieie , has been a good _eh-jnand for India and China , and a consequent iniproveiiieiif jn fhe _pricey of articles suitable for tlj _^ ise markets . AL Birmingham

      the state of the iron trade continues to absorb attentioi The difficulty in getting orders executed increases daih hut it is now asserted in some quarters that much c this is caused hy mere speculation , and that the presen production of pig iron is in reality beyond the consumr tion . A further rise of 2 $ .-per . ton in coals has adclec however , to the , . firmness of general quotations . A regardf the other branches of Birmingham manufac ture , especially glass , the reports continue _eepially fa vourahle .

      A new style of ornament for metallic surfaces by th transfer of patterns from pressure , to supersede engrav ing , is said to have been adopted with great success : — " It has hitherto been customary to adorn plain surface by means of engraving , which method , as will be _readib understood , is an expensive one , owing to the time con suuied and wages paid to the workmen employed thereon The new method devised and patented by Mr . Sturgei consists in laying between two or more plates of meta pieces of wire web , thread , or other lace , or paper perfo rated or cut into various forms oi" devices ; the two _sheeti of metal with the pattern between , being passed througl a pair of metal rolls , will be found after the operation te leave the impression of the wire , lace , or paper marked oi their surface in depth corresponding to the softness of the metal upon which the impression is desired . Thus or nickel , silver , and brass , as will be readily understood , thc depth of the impression is somewhat less than upon Britannia metal . Already several articles formed of this material , and thus ornamented , have been produced , and witl complete success . The metal in the sheet may be manipulated by the ordinary process employed in the electro and Britannia metal trades . Delicacy and correctness of outline , in connexion with the most exquisite surface ornament , demonstrate the value of the invention as applied to articles of every day use and sale . The proprietor of the patent , Mr . ' Winfield , of Cambridge-street Boiling Mills and Works , manufactures thc metal for consumers , and is also about to apply it to the various branches ofthe brass foundry trade , tubes , pillars , metallic bedsteads , & c . " No doubt exists in the minds of those who have _witnessed the operation and effects of the invention , that it will be productive of much benefit , principally in reference to the economic production of articles for domestic purposes of better-class style than has hitherto been produced at the same cost . " that the transactions

      The Nottingham advices state in hosiery have been large at an advance in prices of from 5 to 10 per cent ., while with respect to lace the prospects are satisfactory . A scarcity of hands is complained of , stocks are low , and the nature of the business transacted is thoroughly sound . In the woollen districts , notwithstanding the season , there has been a continuance of steady purchases , and the reports from the Irish linen markets are of a similar character . So much for trade . From the gold regions , thc clipper Marco Polo , which has made the passage from Melbourne to Liverpool in the amazingly short period of seventy-five days , brings splendid intelligence . Along with her own letters she has brought the duplicates of _theisc sent from Melbourne , fourteen days earlier , by the mail steamer Australian , which sailed on the 28 th of September for Loudon , via Adelaide , but has not yet arriveel . It appears that thc latter vessel has on hoard golel to the extent of 9170 ounces shipped at Sydney , 145 , 77-1 shipped at Melbourne and Gccloug , and 65 , 000 shipped at Adelaide , making a total of about 220 , 000 ounces , valued at 880 , 000 / . Althoug h she rcceiveel so small an amount at Sydney , the P / itenicuin , which sailed the day after , took 48 , 959 ounces . All the : accounts on the preasent , occasion are exceedingly favourable , although they are eleprived eif much of their interest from not , being in a _ceinsecutive shape . As regards the : Mount _Alexander dep ' osifs , it appears that they were fully maintaining their chnraedcr , the total .- _, brought elowiihy escort during the _we-e-k preceding tho departure of tiio Marco Polo having been 99 , 000 ounces ( -100 , 000 / . ) , while : it was af the : same ; time _rcpeirlcd that the quantity still to be ; _forwareh'd wnH rapidly accumulating . It . is eslimateel , on the basis ot tbe : quantify already _ree-eived af , Mclbeuirne , that tiie ) annual yield of the Victoria diggings is 14 , 5 ( 50 , 000 / . The commencement of spring having produced a great improvement in the roaels , fhe crowds at the mines were , likely to be much larger than at , any former peri " '' anel a _eorre'sponeling augmentation _eif'tlio supp lies of golel was _iinnie-diutely looked lor . Every day ' s _e-xporie-ne-e- was such as fo lead even the most cautious pi' ' ' sons I . o the : conviction flint , the ; deposits arc , "" " _nve-rage , _rie-he > r and more extensively ( list ribufeil fl "" had previously been believed . New fields ' had ' _> ' ¦ '' " founel lietwe . _e'ii _Bullaraf and Mount Alexander , _" ' l , u'' ' had _alti-ae-leil much iitfe « _iitioii ; . anel _linothe-r locality _, _subsoepieiifly _ope-ne-e ! up . _ne-ar ( lie : _Ove-ns River , oil I ' Sydnevy road , about 180 miles from Melbourne , V _alh'ge-el to have : eclipsed all former discoveries . 'B ' operations are described as simply like turning "V " _garele-n , when ; about , four feet , below the ; f _1 " ' ' _''' " " pockets" eif immense value are ; brought Ibrlh- ' '' _^ immigration was now continuous , imd 5000 persons lii «< in-rived in one week . The multitude were _e-oiiscqi" ' ' . -j . without shelter , or were living in tents . ' 1 _'he < ' " point of anxiet y , however , was iu relation to tiio lutui

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 1, 1853, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01011853/page/8/