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BEPOM OF THE ORANGE GRAM ) LODGE . This long expected document made its appearance on Saturday last . The deliverance is , however , onlypartial , and relates solel y to the alleged arming Ot the Orangemen by the government last yearthe remainder is to be published next week . The part now made public is , however , of such monstrous dimensions , and is , besides , so prosy in its style , that makes ifc wholly unsuitable to the columns of a weekl y paper . The Mowing is a digest ofthe contents : — "The Orange Society occasionally departs from its Habitual reserve , and offers to the pubhc statements onl y ordinaril y communicated to tbe 'brethren . ' Being now , as it is alleged , falsely accused , its proceedings misrepresented , and its purposes and principles defamed , it claims this a proper occasion for such publicity . "
The report proceeds to state—*« In the year 1848 , our brethren , indignant at being wade the subject of misrepresentations , and jealous of their high character , gave expression to those sentiments of loyalty which had always been characteristic of then- institution , and uttered a loud denial of the foul aspersions cast upon them . This they did in concern for their own principles ] and for the interests of their country—not in deference to the wishes of any party or body , in power or oat of power . "At a meeting of the Dublin Orangemen , where such sentiments were expressed , held on the 13 th of March , 1818 , in Whitefriars-hall . a person , at that
time unknown to tho Dublin brethren , sought admission , and was introduced 38 CoL R , W . Phaire . and who represented himself to be ( as he , in fact , had been ) Grand Master of the Wexford Orangemen . Within a few days after that meeting , Col . Phaire waited on the Grand Master and Grand Secretary of the Dublin Orangemen , described himself as acting nnder the direction of government , and , on behalf of the government , solicited two favours at the hands of the Orangemen of Dublin—one that they would consent to withdraw an address to tbe Lord-Lieutenant , accompanied with resolutions , passed at the meeting referred to , hy which the government would be embarrassed ; the other , that they
would aid in obtaining , and would consent to give , such intelligence as they might acquire relative to the several movements of conspiracy in Dublin , about which the government were almost entirely uninformed . The reply of tbe Orange brethren to the latter was { as might have been anticipated , ) that information honourably obtained , and which -could be honourably given , would be at the command of government ; hilt that they could not , whatever the advantage or necessity , act the part of spies ; and as to the address and resolutions , that they might form subjects of negotiation , and admit of being remodelled , provided the Orangemen had ample assurance that the government were sincere in their advances .
"In the course of the negotiations conducted by Colonel Phaire on the part of the government , occasionally assisted by Major Turner , his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant ' s late Master of the Horse , and in which persons high in office afforded confirmation of the genuineness of Colonel Phaire ' s representations , it was intimated to the Orangemen that the Irish government placed much reliance on their couiage and loyalty , and that in the event of an insurrectionary outbreak posts of great moment would be confided to their keeping , and that detachments of the military should be so ordered as to act in concert with them . " The Orangemen did not discourage such advances on the part of government—they desired
only to understand thoroughly tbe spirit in which they were made ; and after many ineffectual efforts to test that spirit , they at length proposed an ultimatum which brought their negotiations to a satisfactory close . They demanded , as a proof that government was sincere , a grant of arms ; they would accept , they said , by way of instalment , a grant of five hundred stand , or the means of purchasing them . The result of their ultimatum was that a letter was addressed to the Grand Secretary ofthe Orangemen of Dublin , by Captain J . P . Kennedy , requesting that he would arrange to have five hundred muskets , with all their equipments complete , purchased , and consigned to ' his own house /" Ihe report proceeds to substantiate these general Statements by a lengthened narrative Of the incidents in detail : —
"As a proof of the desire of government to obtain information of the movements of the disaffected , vre can name one of our brethren to whom a bribe Nvas Tolunteered by Colonel Phaire , in the form of a gift , to release him from debt , upon the condition of his undertaking to act as spy for the authorities , and which was called by their agent ' a proof of the sincerity of government . ' Tbe Orangemen did not want money but arms As to the connexion between CoL Phaire and the sover . iment : —
"When Colonel Phaire presented himself to the Grand Master and Grand Secretary of Dublin , as a person acting under the direction of Government , bis representation was confirmed by a , communication emanating from his Excellency ' s Private Secretary , Mr . Corry Connellan . He expressed the desire of the Lord-Lieutenant that the address and resolutions , adopted at the meeting of March 13 th should be modified ( as already mentioned . ) . Tbe same desire was at the same time conveyed to the -Orangemen by a member ofthe society , Mr . Stewart
Blacker . Shortly after the meeting on the 13 th . this gentleman ( by request ) called on Mr . Corry Connellan , when he ( Mr . Connellan ) handed two documents to Mr . Blacker , being the address and the resolutions , signed by the Grand Master and Grand Secretary of Dublin , and stated that the government were embarrassed by the resolutions ; and being well disposed towards the Orangemen , and willing to receive support from them , were reluctant to give a discourteous reply , which could not be avoided if the resolutions were passed . "
Further collateral evidence is adduced , and then the cause of the negotiations is described : " a few davs subsequently" to tbe 17 th of March , " Colonel Phaire requested a private interview with the members of the Grand Lodge o Dublin , at which he again pressed the withdrawal of the address , and received for answer that the Orangemen of Dublin would not agree to such -withdrawal , but would not insist on a reply , provided that arms ¦ were « iven thorn , as a proof of the good faith _ of the Lord-Lieutenant . This reply Colonel Phaire was oommissioned to transmit to the Lord-Lieutenant , and he soon after reported to the same parties the probability ofthe arms being supplied . He stated , too that arrangements were made for forming various depots of arms in Dublin , from which the attr
Orangemen could be supplied , without acting noticel Also that certain places of rendezvous suggested bv them had not been approved of by the authorities , as not being - most convenient to the points of danger ; and he then submitted a list of houses to be occup ied as posts of defence , drawn up hv an officer of Eng ineers ( Captain J . P . Kennedy , ) to whom had been entrusted the arrangements for the protection of the city in case of an insurrection . It was even stated by Col . Phaire , that a body of Or angemen were to be admitted into the Castle of Dublin , for tbe purpose of assisting in its defence . Eark in April , dissatisfaction was expressed at learningtbe Mention to arm the Orangemen was aSoned ; they , therefore , P ^ eJ ° n th govern-™» n * the pxnress recognition of the society , ana Sten ^ prlent thYmuch dreadedaddressand
W ° c £ rendon , in the month of March £ ecognisedthembynamein his replies to the Orange Addresses from Portadown , Antrim , Ansahoe , and Armagh ; but Lord John Russell had disapproved and the practice was discontinued . The negotiations went on in the meantime ; the Grand Master -of Dublin had several interviews with Major Turner , who always expressed himself as authorised hv Lord Clarendon to say how much indebted he ^ d the eovernment of the country felt to the Sr-emin for their conduct through the troubles iffispring of 1 W . He even went so far , as to savthat he would have much p leasure in joining -the Orange Society , if the Lord-Lieutenant would
^ On the 22 nd of April , Cololonel Phaire had an interview with Xord EiimskHlen and the Deputy Grand Secretary of Ireland . Lord Enmskillen stated tbathavhV bad a conversation with Lord c £ ndot toH ™* succeeded either in procuring irmror ^ securing such an answer to the address as Soraneemen desired . A resolution was then tne urang ™^ " " - w 0 f preposing it at a meet-^ i ' fSdKfK to be held , that S ScSethe gorcrnment should ]*? % * *? ygnt , measeure £ « ' « lph ^ u ndertook to fusing to gwe arms . ' ° * ° ™ { g n ^ jor Torner ; P 1 T SSSeffi SS ^ fci had gone 0 nhisretarn , hefctetea ina » , j , fc had ^ * ff ^? & £ ? 8 ffi ^ teve an interview ^ 12 ? 23 SST 3 T other bretbrer ., about
flveo * d () ckthat evennv b the jj ^ y Lord EnniskUIen .. * W » , th / G fandMaster Grand Secretary * ° J * SH 0 W of the Grand 0 f Dublin , together at the house Secretary of ^ fe nf ^ be ^ ssed at the them that the resolution shorn » e ^ following Crand Lodge fl »* j ^^ Sgliis sh ould be alternatives vras ac « p ^ - ivean answer , ^ ven . orthattheir ^ dr ^^ r d fecognusmj «? fCer , who was waiting now introduced Major A « u » outside , f /^ Seld between these six per-A meeting was tnen n « t tQ dlvu e sons ; but it was under ^ Jjjfg ^ The resuft , the conversati ^ hmyoo ^ v mpanied by However , was , ^ f * J ° T « j th the decision Of the Colonel Phair ^^ fWJ ^ ffi **? $ iJySfflTiSK *** from c M r ffiSKSS bT ctel Fbaire , who has
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published the following , purporting to be a copy oi the same ;— ' . „ _ . . Dublin , April 22 , 18 < 8 . Vzut Cowsoy-Ihave setonfoot , with others , a subscnpUoafer supplying arms to the well-affected amonzst the lower classes , for . the protection of life and property in the city of Dublin ; and I take upon myself the wsponsi-OintJ , as ftt as five hundred stand ; in case the subscripb n * J ? dwrtofthat , offurnishing . Uwt number . II snaU adopt any course which jou . recommend to expedite the supply of those five hundred stand of arms in the shortest tune . ' Yours faithfully , J . P . XESXBCr .
. Cheques for £ 600 , drawn in favour of David Stuart , tbe Grand Master of Dublin , were accordingly , within a few days , received from Captain Kennedy . His letter was read at a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Dublin , held that evening , and it was then agreed that tbe Grand Lod ge of Dublin should not persist in the presentation of the address to the Lord-Lieutenant , in consequence of this letter of Captain Kennedy , by which the arms demanded had been secured to the Orangemen . On the 24 th ( two days after , ) a second letter from Captain Kennedy was received by the Grand Secretary of Dublin , authorising him to purchase the arms , and have them consigned to his own bouse . Of this letter the following is a copy : — 2 « h April , 1848 .
Sib , —I shall feel obliged by yout- orderiu- a supply of five hundred stand of muskets , with bayonets and scabbards complete , to be furnished immediately , and consigned to your own house ia Dublin ; the price not to exceed £ 1 Ss . for each musket , with the- bayonet and scabbard complete ; and you will please to take care that the arms have the . regular proof-mark ; and in every respect perfect and sufficient arms . Your obedient servant , J . P . Kennedy .
The arms were duly purchased in Birmingham , but before the last case of amis was received , the city of Dublin bad been proclaimed , and the case of arms , on its reaching the quays , -was seized and detained at the Custom House . The Grand Master of Dublin , and . others of the brethren , called on Colonel Browne , the bead of the police , and told him that a case of arms , intended for the Orangemen of Dublin , had been seized ; whereupon Colonel Browne gave a written order for their restoration , of which the following is a copy : —
• lower Castle-yard , August 9 th , 1819 . The police have directions not to interfere with Mr . David Stuart while conveying thirty stand of arms from the Queen ' s stores to his residence , No . SO , TOUiam-street E . Stomal , Commissioner . To K . J . Hatpin , Esq . They were restored and lodged in the custody of the officers of the Orange , Society , and issued to Orangemen on orders . The Grand Master of Dublin , as such ( who was in almost daily communication with Colonel Browne , or his secretary , about the Orangemen ' s arms ) , had , obtained from Colonel Browne these orders , which enabled the Orangemen to remove their arms to their own residences . After Dublin had been , on the 19 th of July , proclaimed , Colonel Phaire . informed the Orangemen that , it was the wish ofthe authorities that a list
ofthe Orangemen who had arms should be prepared and submitted to Colonel Browne ( the Government officer specially authorised by the Lord Lieutenant to grant licenses ) to prevent delay in obtaining such licenses . The Grand Master had , accordingly , such a list prepared , but determined not to have any communication directly with the police , in the first instance , and therefore one ofthe brethren was instructed to submit tbe list to Sir Edward Blakeney ; the general examined the list , and wrote a letter to Colonel Browne—it contained Sir Edward Blakeney ' s sanction of the list . On a subsequent occasion , street lists of Orangemen , drawn up with a view to the defence ofthe city , giving their respective residences , were submitted to , and highly approved of , by the general .
Thft nAliAnnnninni CmfArl ihrt A « am « n n + c- *\ vr \ t- Aantirrn The police having seized tbe arms of some Orangemen at their residences , the Grand Master of Dublin , and others of the brethren called on Colonel Browne , who wrote orders for their restoration . On one occasion the arms of an Orangeman , near Kilmainbam , were seized by an inspector of police ; the Grand Secretary of Dublin wrote , in his official capacity , to Colonel Browne : tbe arms were restored by the inspector . Numerous instances of similar character could be furnished . The following document relative to this subject will speak for itself
;—OBiNGK EfSTrnmOK , Mr .. ———¦ ( name and residence ) has been desired to give up'part of his arms . G- —R— ( occupation and residence ) . A 3 — , and W B ( residence ) , "W M ( residence ) , have also been noticed to a similar effect July 29 th , 1848 . This application was officially signed by the Grand Secretary of Dubiin . Across this document was written : — Arms of those persons to be retained . To the Police . G . B .
Again , we find license to keep six stand of arms granted to an Orangeman , who testifiesthat a friend of Ids , in other respects similarly circumstanced , but not an Orangeman , was only allowed to keep one stand . We find Orangemen who were only roomkeepers , and not householders , on the application the master of the lodge , favoured with licenses when other roomkeepers were refused . And , in fact , we could furnish copious proof that every facility was afforded to the Dublin Orangemen , or such , to obtain licenses , aud that they were in this respect treated ( and most wisely ) witn especial confidence and favour .
Such intimations of confidence in the members of tbe Orange body , derived , in their estimate increased importance , from the fact of their being peculiar and exclusive , signally favoured as they were hy a liberal grant of arms , and by the significant assent of Government to then * possession of them . There was in existence a body of men , consisting of persons of various classes and creeds , comprising a very large proportion of the rank , wealth , and intelligence of Dublin , confederated as a defensive association . They were in constant correspondence with the government ; their proceedings were carried on under the direction of government ; and thev had as their great object to aid thegovernment
in the preservation ofthe city against the efforts of the disaffected . They , as well as the Orangemen , were earnestly desirous of obtaining arms , but it does not appear that they obtained , even in one single instance , the object of their desire . Five hundred stand of arms were presented to the Orangemen of Dublin—not one stand was granted to the " Defensive Association . " It was not irrational in Orangemen , therefore , placing all these incidents together , to believe themselves especially favoured by the government , or to . account them confirmatory of the representations of Col . Phaire ( through whom such favour was conveyed ) , That he did act as the delegated agent ofthe government . A large part of the remaining portion . of the report is devoted to the refutation of the assertion
that Capt . Kennedy himself supplied the money to purchase the arms . By a minute examination of dates and facts the conclusion is arrived at that the " subscription was a mere blind , "—that it never included more than three persons , —Capt . Kennedy himself , —a near relation of his , and a gentleman who put his name down for £ 50 , but was never called on to pay it . Similar nominal and unreal subscription lists were proposed by Col . Phaire to Orangemen , who were told their names only were wanted , that they never would be asked for money . The next transaction in which Col . Phaire is found in connexion with a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ireland at Antrim , on which occasion he pressed to be one of the deputation from Dublin , and offered to pay his own expenses ; the reason may be gathered from his letter to LordEnniskillen :
You may remember that when in Armagh , I , on thefirst dav told vou that — had seen me the day before I left , and ' that the person ( query , Lord Lieutenant !) you saw at the "Viceregal Lodge was most anxious as to our Armagh meeting and verr much wished that I should procure his seeing the publicVesolntions passed there , as he should be most glad to see them as soon as ptssible , for they might not he published for some days . The conduct of Col . Phaire formed the subject of charge * against him , and of an investigation before the Grand Lodge , in November , 1848 . In addition to complaints relative to the Armag h resolutions , charges were made that Colonel Phaire had employed persons to introduce themselves into Vie Rebel Clubs to aetinformationfor the government , and continued to timeof the \ and that
do so up at the , . invatigatm , Dolhm , the approver at tie trial of Bro . Stmth O'Brien , had been one of Colonel Phaire s men . Alter a Ion" inquiry , the sentence of the Committee of In quiry was , that " Colonel Phaire is not a fit and proper person to remain a member of the Orange Institution ; " signed by tbe members , consisting of the Deputy Grand Masters of Cavan , Armagh , Tyrone , Down , and the Grand Treasurer of Fer-The concluding part of tho document has reference to the organisation and arming of the Orangemen at Belfast , in which the direct cognisance and sanction of the government , through Sir Edward Blakenev , is shown ; the Lord Lieutenant himself having stated , through Mr . Corry Connellan , his secretary , that the Arms Bill should not apply to the Orangemen , and that they should not be
interfered with ; and they were also given to understand , that if they turned out to fight their wives and families should receive shelter in Dublin Castle . One object in the detailed narrative above ( says tbe report in conclusion , ) is to offer evidence that the Orangemen had reason to conclude that the Lord-lieutenant did rely on them in the hour of danger , and reposed in them that kind of confidence which their institution claims . Our design has not been to inculpate the government for relying on ns at such a tune . We believe that it was wise , and right , and inevitable . If our dealings had been with a government whose nolitical sentiments were in accordance with our own there would have been less reserve m such intercommunications , and theevidence of the facts on which we made such a statements the present
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would have been more direct , but , as we think , not more conclusive . The Lord-Lieutenant has been led or forced into a position so opposed to his attitude in 1848 , that these explanations on our part seem absolutely essential . It will yet , and perhaps soon appear , that this country shall be best governed , not by discouraging or assailing the Orange institution , but by removing the necessity for it .
Excumbereo Estates Commission .- ^ Bi the case of the Portarlington estates , by far the greatest property submitted to the adjudication of the Commissioners , there is a struggle amongst the solicitors of some ofthe creditors for the carriage of the proceedings . It so happened that tho petitioning creditor is one of the lowest on the entire list , and the smallest iu amount , his mortgage not exceeding £ 2 , 000 ; but he had been the first in the field , and succeeded in obtaining a conditional order before the heavy incumbrancers had taken any step .. But now , when the question of an absolute order for aalo of those vast estates is pending , objections are made to the attempt of a small tail of creditors to
supersede tbe large and early , incumbrancers in the carriage of tho cause , in the event of the commissioners determining upon a sale , for which , by the way , some of the prior class of creditors are not at all anxious . The first charge upon the Portarlington estates is held by the Marquis of Lansdowne—an incumbrance of very old date—for upwards of £ 70 , 000 . The second incumbrance , for a sum excecding . £ 390 , 000 , is in the hands of an English insurance company . Up to this time the creditors have been regularly paid five per wvA , unou their mortgages . Thb Poor Law asp thb Bankbupt Ratepayers —The proceedings of the " distressed unions" are still chiefly devoted to negotiations with the creditors , who are clamouring for payment , and in
many cases threatening executions . The worst of the entire lot seems to be Kilrush , in the county of Clare , which Sir BobertPeel has rendered notorious for its wholesale evictions . That union is literally bankrupt , and the enormous extent ofthe evictions has rendered , its . embarrassments absolutely overwhelming . At the meeting of . the board of guardians , on Saturday last ,. - Captain . Kennedy ,. the benevolent and indefatigable inspector ; earnestly remonstrated against the resolution of the guardians to levy a uniform rate , and of so low an amount as three shillings , where from eleven to twenty-one shillings were required for the
necessities ofthe union . Such a . reduced rate uniformly levied , the gallant officer remarked , would be a gross injustice to good landlords , whilst it would " unequivocally hold out an inducement to persona to take advantage of the . clearance system , already carried out to such a frightful extent in the union ; and , besides , no aid could be expected from the Treasury whilst the guardians refused to make all possible local exertion . " A long discussion ensued respecting the expediency of striking a higher rate than three shillings in the pound ; but ultimately that amount was retained ; and it was arranged that a statement of the bankrupt condition of tho union should be transmitted to the Commissioners
and the Government , explanatory of the refusal of the guardians to strike a higher rate . Some of the guardians had to g ive their personal security to the contractors , Messrs . Russell , of Limerick , for the current week ' s supply of food for the paupers . Union of Irishmen . —Under this heading the Freeman ' s Journal publishes a letter from the Sight Rev . Dr . Blake , Roman Catholic Bishop of Dromore , addressed to Mr . Martin Blake , in which the Bishop recommends an amalgamation between Conciliation Hall and the National Alliance . Dr . Blake says : — "A complete and cordial union of both these parties would be an invaluable blessing to Ireland . But , while they are disunited , e ven though their object be the same , they are' each , I may almost say , morally powerless ; their speeches and arguments and addresses have no weight ; their censures or praise are equally despised : and it may be quite
easy , at any time to defeat the one by exciting the jealousies suspicions , or animosities of the other . Seeing the importance and necessity of perfect union , . or , rather amalgamation of those two very estimable bodies , I would entreat their leaders to meet together in a friendly spirit ; and , first , burying in oblivion , for tho sake of their country , all resentments on both sides , to examine calmly what are the differences between them , and whether these may not be easily . . settled . Or even if any point of greater moment , but not effecting principle , be mooted , whether , by some little sacrifice of self-feeling , it may not be given up for the sake of peace . "Whoever of the parties makes thefirst advance towards perfect reconciliation is tho real friend of Ireland ; but if my knowledge does not deceive me , they will be found vieing with each other to deserve the honour . "
Repeal Association . —The usual weekly meeting of this association was held at Conciliation-hall , on Monday last , Mr . P . Slevin presiding . Mr . John O'Connell referred to the letter ofthe Right Rev . Dr . Blake , and observed that it would be the bappiest day of his life if he could see all Irishmen united for the good of their common country ; and that , so far as he was concerned , there was nothing , short of the abandonment of principle , which be should shrink from making in order to effect this most desirable object ; but he confessed , at present he did not see his way with sufficient distinctness to determine him how to act in the matter . At the late meeting of the Irish Alliance sentiments had been uttered , and even rules bad been adopted ,
which were wholly irreconciieable with the declarations which had been set forth as to tbe renunciation of the wild doctrines of physical force . He ( Mr . O'Connell ) greatly feared that his duty to the people of Ireland would compel bim fo withhold his consent from any union between Conciliation nail and the Irish Alliance until the fundamental principle of peaceful , legal , and constitutional agitation was in thefirst instance conceded to them . The rent was announced to be £ 13 10 s ., and the meeting adjourned . Election op Lord Mayor . —At a meeting of the corporation on Saturday , Mr . John Reynolds , M . P ., was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin for the ensuing year . Sthaxce Discovert . —The old proverb , " Murder
will out' has been verified in the most striking manner in the discovery of a wilful and premeditated murder , in the neighbourhood of Colloony , and which bids fair to vie with the murder by tho Mannings , which has occupied so much space in the journals of the day for some months past . The following facts are the only ones which we are enabled to give to the public as genuine in this early stage of tbe proceedings : —some time since a poor woman was poisoned , and subsequently barbarously choked with a tongs , whilst lodging in the house of a man named Meehan , in the nei ghbourhood of Carrickbanagher , near Collooney . She had eight or ten pounds in her possession , of which she was robbed , and then buried in a ditch close to
Meehan ' s house . A man named T . Gilgan , who was severely beaten by some of the parties suspected of the murder , gave information on the 28 th ult . to the police , who instantly went to the place pointed out by Gilgan , and ou digging down the ditch they found the remains of the poor woman buried under a heap of stones , and covered with lime , livid with putrefaction , and frightfully decomposed . Wc have not as yet heard tlie verdict returned on the coroner ' s inquest ; but as tbe three persons implicated were promply arrested by Mr . James , the head constable , at Collooney , we have no doubt from the exertions and tact displayed by that most useful public officer they will be fully committed for trial . —Sligo Journal
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Thb Bekctits of Cholera . —The dreadful visitation which will soon have swept over the face of all Europe , has brought with it many a lesson that , it is to be hoped , we shall not forget when the evil has passed away . In England it will accelerate the abolition of that abominable and disgraceful nuisance—interment in towns . On the continent it has demonstrated the necessity of instituting parochial medical relief , and measures have been taken already in some of the European States for tbe supply of gratuitous advice and medicine to the poor . Thus , in Belgium , for example , the government proposes to create a class of " district physicians , " analogous to our . poor-law medical officers , who are to receive salaries varying from 600 to 1 , 000 francs , or from £ 24 to £ 40 per annum . Even
Turkey , as we lately reported , does not remain behind hand . The Ottoman government has recently publisbed a decree for the appointment of physicians to be paid by the State . They are bound to treat gratuitously alt—both rich and poor—who shall demand advice ; but , if the medical man show any preference to the rich , he will be punished severely . The state physicians are also bound to send in quarterly reports of the number of sick treated by them ; of tbe prevalent diseases ; of deaths ; and of the meteorological phenomena observed during the quarter . Finally , the decree contains popular directions relative to the conduct to be pursued during epidemics , and " regulations for the burying of all bodies outside the towns . "Medical Times .
Fast Travelling in 1752 . —We have before us a copy of our venerable contemporary , the Salisbury Journal , of January 20 , 1752 , in which there is an advertisement which curiously contrasts with the time bills in the pages of Bradshaw . It sets forth that for the better convenience of gentlemen , travellers , and others , the Exeter fast coach starts every Monday from the Saracen ' s Head , Fridaystreet , London , " dines at Egham , lies the same night at Murrell-green ; dines on Tuesday at Sutton , and lies the same night at the Plume of Feathers in Salisbury ; on Wednesday dines at Blandford , and lies at the King's Arms in Dorchester , and gets into Exeter every Friday at one o ' clock . " We are not told where the weary travellers take their repose on Thursday night . The journey from London to Exeter by fast trains on the Great Western Railway is now , we believe , accomplished in five hours , —Hants Independent ,
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Robbebt' bt Confidential Clerks . — Joseph {* '" T Riddell , 34 , and William Moore Eclipsa UUtaell , 29 , who were tried on Friday for robbing their employers , the Messrs . Pontiles , when the Jatter prisoner was acquitted , were charged upon a second indictment with stealing a quantity of wooden battens and other articles , the property of the same prosecutors . Sergeant Wilkins , when the cas was called on , said , that after tho decision which the jury had come to on tho previous day with respect to the prisoner for whom he appeared , he did not think he could expect to struggle against another conviction in tho present instance , and therefore , with the permission of the Court , the prisoner would retract his plea of "Not Guilty , " and
plead "Guilty" to tho indictment . The prisoner Joseph accordingly p leaded " Guilty . " The » , S fiY then Preceded with against William itiduell , it appeared that a quantity of timber was taken from the prosecutors' premises to tho house pi the prisoners at Greenwich , where it was converted into a greenhouse , the workmen of the prosecutors being employed for that purpose ior fourteen days , the whole of which time was charged to the prosecutors in the labour account . —Tlie jury returned a verdict of "Guilty . "—Mr . Clarkson , in intimating his intention not to proceed with any of the other indictments that had been preferred against tho prisoners , said the prosecutors would nave been glad to have been spared from adopting any ot these proceedings ; and with regard to the risoner
p William , ho was uvstrueted by them to recommend him to the merciful consideration ofthe tourt , upon the ground that he had probably been L" T u act as he had done ° y the authority of nis brother . As , to the prisoner Joseph , he was requested to state that , if no other defalcations had been discovered than those which formed the subjects ot these indictments , Messrs . Pontifex would never have adopted these proceedings against him . — Jlaron Alderson inquired what was supposed to be the amount ofthe prosecutors' losses?—Mr . Clarksaid considerably over £ 1 , 000 . —Mr . Justice Cresswell then ordered Joseph to bo imprisoned for one month in Newgate upon the first indictment , and that upon the second he should be transported for seven years . The other prisoner was ordered to be kept to hard labour for twelve months .
- ' FoROERY .-James Stirland , 25 , pleaded "Guilty " to a charge of forging an acceptance to a bill of exchange . He was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for two years . Attempt to Murder . —Charles Corby , 20 , was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding Mary Noble , with intent to murder her . —Iu other counts the intent was said to be to do grievous bodily harm . —Mr . W . Cooper prosecuted , and Mr . Payne defended , the prisoner . —The prosecutrix , a goodlooking young woman , deposed that she was unmarried . She had known the prisoner for three years , and in August last they went to live together as man and wife , and continued to do so until tbe 1 st of November . On theSlst of October thev had
a quarrel , but she could not say what it was about , although she knew it was some foolish thing or other . They bad had similar quarrels upon other occasions , and she had frequentl y told him that she would leave him , and she did so on this occasion . The prisoner pressed her to make it up with him , but her temper would not let her , and she refused , and in the evening she left the prisoner ' s lodgings , and went to a place where she had previously lived in Ironmonger-row , St . Luke ' s , and stayed there all ni ght . The next morning she went to her work at cap making at tho house of Mr . Lee , in Prospect-place , St . Luke ' s , who was the prisoners brother-in-law , and about ton o ' clock in the morning tho prisoner came and inquired for her and
she went down to see bim . The prisoner then asked her where she had passed the night , and she at first refused to tell him , but on his saying that if she told him the truth he would forgive her , she said she had been to her old landlady ' s . He then asked her how she could go there when he had repeatedly cautioned her not to do so , and said he supposed she frequently went there unknown to him , and that she went to see somebody unknown to'him . Witness replied that she had better be there than with him quarrelling , and although she knew ho liked her and she liked him sho would rather part from him than he continually quarrelling as they had been . She then went up'into the workroom , and the prisoner followed her , and in a
goodhumoured manner pressed her to come home to dinner , but she refused , and said she did not know whether she should ever go to his house again . When she said this tbe prisoner looked at her as though " his heart would burst , " and said , " I hope you and I will bo in heaven before long , " and he then went away . In about an hour and a half he again came into the room . lie appeared very pale and agitated , and the tears were running down his ' cheeks . He placed himself opposite to her , and looked fixedly at her , and she was so alarmed at his appearance that sho exclaimed , " Charley , what is the matter with you ; what have you been doing ?" and leaned towards him and kissed him . She thought he was going to return her kiss , when , at
the same instant ho drew a razor from his pocket , and cut her throat . She shrieked out , and pushed the prisoner away from her , and said he would be hung for what he had done . He replied , "I could not help it , Mary . ; I do sincerely love you ; I don ' t sham it ; and if I cannot marry you , no one else shall . "—The prosecutor , in answer to a question put by Baron Alderson , said that the prisoner was a watchmaker , and was apprenticed to bis father , and was not yet out of his time . She herself was tweniy-two years of age . —Mr . Joseph Ashury , the surgeon , who was called in upon the occasion , described the wound as being several inches long , The external jugular vein was divided , and the injury was altogether of the most dangerous character .
—A police-constable dcposed . that when he took the prisoner into custody he asked him if Mary Noble was dead , and on his telling him he believed not , the prisoner said , " I know I shall be hung for this , Oh , policeman , you don ' t know what love u ! " He also said that when the prisoner made this observation he tore his hair and appeared in a state of great agitation and distress . The jury , after deliberating a few minutes , returned a verdict of "Guilty of wounding with intent to murder , " but at the same time strongl y recommended the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the court on account of his youth . —The prosecutrix also got into the
witness-box , and at the same time bursting into tears , earnestly implored the court to have mercy on the prisoner . The latter , upon hearing the nature of her application , began to cry bitterly , and leaned his head upon the front of the dock , and seemed deeply affected . —Baron Alderson , in ordering judgment , of death to be recorded against the prisoner ,, said it was a most dreadful ease . It was evident the prisoner bad committed the desperate act of which he had been convicted under the influence pf love and jealousy , and this was one of the consequences that frequently resulted from connexions of this description . At present judgment of death must be recorded . He would do what he could for
him ; but the prisoner must expect to receive very severe punishment , and it would bo for the crown to say to what extent . Systematic Plunder by Servants . — John Butler , 30 , porter ,. Koberfc Finch , 56 . also a porter , were indicted for stealing a firkin of butter and two barrels of Jard , valued at £ 6 , the property of John Ruck ; and John Merretty and — Dippell were indicted for having received the same knowing it to have been stolen . —Although the evidence disclosed an almost unheard-of system of plunder , and occupied the court some hours , still the facts establishing the charge were < f the usual character of these class of robberies . —The jury acquitted Dippell and Finch , and convicted Biuler and Merretty . —In answer to
the court the piosecutor said , thatduring the last year they had been robbed of above £ 300 worth of goods . Butler bad been in their employment for some years at £ lls . a week salary , and upon searching his lodoinga books were found , proving that he had during that period invested between £ 400 or £ 500 in different banks . —The Common Sergeant , looking over the books , said , the sums that had been so paid in were evidently the produce of the robbery . Here was a man at £ 1 , or £ 1 Is . a week , investing £ 3 , £ 4 , £ 5 , and £ 7 a week , for weeks running . Butler was then ordered to be tnnsported for seven years , and Merreuy to be imprisoned to hard labmr in the House of Correction for eighteen calendar months .
Robbbry bt a Mechanic . — Thomas Burecss , S 3 , a labourer ,, was convicted of stealing 561 bs . weight of lead , valued at 8 s ., the property of Messrs . Joseph Brown Rigby and another , bis masters . —It appeared that tbe prisoner was a plumber in the employment ol the prosecutors , who ate the wellknown contractors and builders at Milbank , and had been stopped after leaving work at dinner time with the lead inside of his trousers . —Mr . Cockle , who appeared for tbe prosecution , said that the prosecutors had felt it their duty to prosecute in this case , to serve as an example to the numerous other men in their employment . —The Common Sergeant said it was very proper , and sentenced the prisoner , who had previously borne a good character , to three months' impiisonment and hard labour .
Sending Threatening Letters . —Henry Sneli , 59 , mariner , was indicted for feloniously sending a letter to Henry William Snell , threatening to murder him , and also to murder Jane Snell , his wife . Henry William Snell dep : sed that he was in tho service of Messrs . Allan and Son , St . Paul ' s Church-yard . The prisoner was big father , and on the 24 th of October be received a letter , which he knew to be in his handwriting . The letter was produced and read . It was addressed , " Mr . Henry Snell , Messrs . Allan ' s , St . Paul ' s Church-yard ; " and on the envelope was written , " Forward this to your infernal mother , immediately . " The letter commenced : "You infernal ~— , I agair . condescend to sddress you , and if you do not immediately send me fifteen pounds of my money , within two days from this date , death shall be your ' s and Henry ' s portioni I will have one , at all
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events , if not both , lam fully prepared , and will walk straight into Allan ' s shop , and shoot him like a dog . I care nothing for myself : I can die but once ; no matter how . Cheerfully will I Ro to the gallows , and with much p leasure will I die to your eternal disgrace . I have spent my last shilling for pistols , and may I be — if I don ' t use them for the purpose they are intended . " The letter proceeded at considerable length in a strain of foul abuse , the threat of destroying both the prisoner ' s son and mother , being frequently repeated in it . It concluded thus : " I am your determined and bloodthirsty husband , H . Snell . " The jury found the pris < ner "Guilty . " Mr . Justice Cresswell sentenced the prisoner to be confined in Newgate for three months , and at the
expiration of thatperiod ordered him to enter into his own recognizance in £ 100 , with two sureties in £ 50 each , to keep the peace for two years . Forging Coops' Orders . —Thomas Chislett , 49 , hosier , a respectable-looking man , was indicted for feloniously forging an order for the delivery of good * and a cheque for the sum of £ 8 14 a ., to defraud Samuel Botson Aldred . —John James Aldred said he was brother to the prosecutors , who are drapers , in Victoria-street , City . On the 20 th of October a man came to the warehouse , and presented an order purporting to be from Mr . Cook , a tailor , of New-cross , accompanied with his card , for some of the best black cloth , amounting to £ 314 s . fid ., and presented a cheque drawn by Edward lluwell , in favour of
MrCook , upon Messrs . Bocers and Co ., the bankers , for the sum of £ 8 14 s . Mr . Cook being a customer of theirs , they had not the slightest suspicion , and ut once let tiie person have tile goods , and paid bim the difference . Upon the cheque being presented tor payment at Messrs . Rogers' it was found that no such person had an account there , and that the cheque was a forgery . —Henry Webb , a detective officer of the city police , said that having received information of the forgery , and a description of the prisoner , he was on the look out for bim , and some days afterwards he met him in Watling-street , and told him that he arrested him for forging someordcr-, when prisoner said , "I thought you wanted tne for the boots . " When at the station he gave his address
No . 11 , George-street , Mansion-house , and stated iiimself to be a merchant and agent . Upon witness going there and searching a . "ooni said to be bis , he found the cheque book in question . Previously to going to the prisoner ' s lodgings , he was asked if he had any cheque book , and he said he had not . —Mr . Turner , the relieving overseer ofthe London Union , said that from July last year until the end of September the prisoner was the recipient of parochial relief . —Mr . Kobinson having addressed the jury , and contended against the proof of the handwriting , when Mr . Bullock summed up . —The jury almost immediately found the prisoner" Guilty . "—Mr . Clarkson said that the frauds he had practised by these means were innumerable . There was another indictment
against him for felony , in obtaining some boots from a tradesman , representing himself as the partner tf a respectable person , which turned out to bo untrue , and the forgerj was one in its character precisely the same as that which which he had been convicted of . —Mr . Robinson said behnd only got the toots on sale or return , and had returned nearly all . —The tradesman from whom they had been ^ obtained said that was not so ; he had had two or three shoes sent him back out of nearly forty pair . —Mr . Bullock ( to the prisoner)—Not long since this offence would have cost you your life . The sentence now is , that you be transported for ten years . -The prisoner , who wept whilst the trial was going on , and seemed most bitterly to feel his sentence and degraded state , then left the dock .
Charges op Dufraudisg Silversmiths and Watchmakers . —William Rolls , 24 , described as a dealer , was indicted for stealing three gold watches , value £ 40 , the property of a watchmaker named Long . —Thejury returned a verdict of' Not Guilty . " Tlie prisoner Rolls was then charged upon another indictment , jointly with Henry King , 21 , with stealing three other watches , valued at £ 40 , the property of John Killick . —The jury returned a verdict of" Guilty" against both prisoners . —Rolls was then charged upon another indictment , with Robert Lloyd Evans , who surrendered , and William Richardson , 15 , a gtntcel-looking lad , with stealina a gold watch , value 28 guineas , the property of John Walker and another .-The jury returned a verdict
of " Not Guilty . "—The prisoners , Rolls and Evans , were then charged upon another indictment with , stealing twenty sovereigns , the monies , of Mr Waylett , a watchmaker , in Oxford-stnet . —Upon theapplieation to Mr . Clarkson , Evans was immediately ordered to bo discharged . —Tho Jury returned a verdict of "Guilty" against Bolls . —The prisoners , Rolls and Richardson , were then charged with stealing £ 5 , the monies of Thomas Prince . — Thejury found both tho prisoners " Guilty , ' '—The prisoner Rolls and King were then brought up for judgment , and the Recorder , after observing that there could be no doubt that they were part of a gang of systematic plunderers of tradesmen , sentenced them to be transported for ten years . —King was removed , and Richardson was then placed at the bar with Rolls . — -The Recorder , in passing s entence upon
mem , sna it was evuientthat nous was the captain and leader in all these proceedings , and the lad who stood by his side was proved to have been made an expert thief under his tutorship , and to have bet n his willing instrument in these nefarious transactions . It was in tbe powtr of the court to have transported Rolls for life , and , under the circumstance * , he felt it his duty to pass another sentence of ten years ' transportation upon hitn , in addition to the former sentence . With regard to Richardson a marked difference would be made in his sentence , on account of his youth , and a bel ief that he had acted under the influence of the other prisoner ; but such a sentence must still be passed as would likely to wean him effectually from his bad companions . lie then sentenced Richardson to be * imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months .
Uttkring Forged Orders job Goods . —Charles Laughne , 24 , clerk , who had pleaded guilty to five charges of uttering forged orders for the delivery of goods / was sentenced to be transported for seven years . Charge ov Forgery aoainst a Solicitor . — Henry Smithers surrendered to receive the judg . ment of the court . —The defendant who bad been an attorney at Aylesbury , was convicted a few sessions ago of uttering a forged retainer in a Chancery suit , but a point of law was reserved which the jud ges have since decided against bim , and be now appeared to receive judgment . —The Recorder sentenced the defendant to he imprisoned in the common gaol ofthe county where the offence was committed , for ono year .
RoBRERr at Chelsea— Thomas Macdonald , 33 labourer , Mary Macdonald , 32 , married , and Mary Fox , 52 , widw , were indicted for stealing £ 70 . and some other property belonging to Thomas M'Gow ran . The prosecutor , a shabby looking Irishman , was a teacher of languages at Lyons , where he had lived for many years , and amassed a considerable sum of money , but being accused of having taken a part in some disturbances , he was arrested , thrown into confinement , and all he possessed seized . Subsequently procuring his liberty , he made his way t' > England , and from that period down to the time of the commission o f the offence lived at Chelsea , gaining a living by hawkimj matches and other trifling articles . Whilst so living he memorialised Lord
Palmetston , through whose interference he obtained restoration of some of the property be had been deprived of , and on the 24 th of September received £ 74 , and two watches , with which he was seen in possion at Chelsea . and in company with the prisoners ; and on the evening of that oay he was seen in the streets in great distress , complaining of having b en robbed , and he suddenly and most mysteriously disappeared . The facts coming to the eurs of the p » licc the prisoners were taken up , and on the woman was found a quantity of money , amouting to nearly £ 50 , and on the man some new clothing , respecting which they gave very contradictory accounts . Handbills were then printed for the missing man and rewards offered , and from time to time the prisoners
t « manded ; and nothing was heard of M'Gowran until about a fortnight ago , when information was received that be was some distance from London , in the county of Kent , subsisting by begging , and when he returned he was taken before the police magistrate and there gav- evidence , bringing home the robbery to the woroaj , who had taken it from him when drunk , and h j said that wh en he came to himself and found his money gone , he ran away , and only knew what had taken place fr .-in seeing an old newspaper in which he read the report of the examination . Thedefence set up by the woman Mary Macdonald was . that the prisoner had given her the money , wishing her to go to France with him , and that he owed her a large sum for board and lodging . —Mr . Ballantine
having intimated that he thought the case weak against Thomas Macdonald and Mary Fox , the jurv "Acquitted" them , and found Mary Macdonald " Guilty . " The Common-Sergeant said , had it been a usual case of plundering a man by wholesale she would have been transported , but as there were strange circumstances attending the affair he should order her to be imprisoned twelve months . Manslaughter . —Robert Lambert , 27 , drayman , was indicted upon the coroner ' s warrant for killing and slaying Bridget Hayes . —The deceased woman was a stall-keeper in Holborn , and on the day in question , the 9 th of October , was at the corner of the street , minding her stall , when the prisoner came
along with his dray , riding on the shafts and smoking a pipe , and before the poor woman could get out of tbe way , the dray knocked down the stall , and passed over her . She was immediately pulled up by some of the bystanlers , and conveyed to the hospital , where she lingered in the most excruciating agony until the 31 st , when she died . The prisoner when stopped said he did not know that he had gone over any one . —The surgeon described the injuries received as being of a most frightful nature . ; the dray having passed entirely across tho lower part of her person . —The jury found him " Guilty . " -The Common Sergeant said be was determined to make an example of persons guilty of such carelessness , and sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment and hard labour ,
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! Frauds on Pawnbbokirs by spumous P * - ? ' ^ - -John Gaily , 27 , dealer , was indicted for obtaining , by false pretences , from Henry Wilson , the sum or £ 12 , the monies of George Barker and another , wua intent to defraud . —Henry Bilston , assistant to mu Barker , pawnbroker , of High-street , Aldgate , sta tea that on the 2 Gth of June last the prisoner came to their chop and a < ked if they took in chronomete rs , and being answered in the affirmative produced frpni a handkerchief in which it was wrapped , that which appeared to be an eight-day ship ' s chronometer , ana asked £ 29 on il , purporting it to be one of Messrs . Brockbank ' s , the celebrated makere , of CowpeiV court , Cornhill . The prisoner said it was by
Brockbank , and bad cost £ 84 . Having shown it to their managing man , who was deceived by the outward appearance it presented , they offered the prisoner £ 10 on it , which the prisoner would not at first accept , saying he must have £ 15 ; but after some further discussion be agreed to take a loan of £ 12 for three months . Previously to advancing the money witness noticed on tbe top of tbe case tbe card of Mr . Carter , another equally well-known chronometer maker in Cornhill , and upon asking why that wag there the prisoner said it had lately beeu in Mr . Carter s hands to be timed , but that ho ( prisoner ) had lost the list of its rates . Prisoner gave the name oi " JiJin Gaily , 24 , Liverpool-street , " and signed the document with that name and address when be took
the money . On the 24 th Oct . the prisoner again pi * sentod himself at their shop , and ottered for pledge a silver pocket chronometer , which they at once detected as a spurious article , and having detected the cb » rncter of the chronometer they bad taken in , they recognised the prisoner as tho man who had pledged it , and said they should detain tbe watch until he took the chronometer out . Upon this the prisoner became abusive , and said that if the watch was not given him back at onco he should fetch a constable and eive in custody the person who dared to detain it . Prisoner was then asked to give his name and address , and he gave William Hands , Labumam-terraco , Kingaland-road . Witness having still expressed bis determination to detain the watch ,
prisoner went out and fetched a policeman , who , upon hearing the facts from witness , at once took the prisoner to the station-house on the present charge . Witness afterwards went to Liverpool street , and there found that prisoner was only known at a coffee-house there . —Mr . Atkins , of the firm of Brockback and Atkins , said , tho chronometer bad been brought to him to know if it was one of theirs , which of couno it was nut . He should be sorry to give 80 s . for it . - As a chronometer it was quite valueless , a portion of the works to indicate its charActtr being false . It would go , aud for curiosity be tried its rates , and it lost nearly forty-five minutes in five h mrs . — The jury immediately found bim " Guilty ; " and he was ordered to be transported for seven years ,
Swindling . — Charles and Charlotte Leighton , man and wife , two elderly persons , were convicted of swindling —The prisoners formed part of a gang who go about obtaining bouses by false references , then ordering in goods from the tradespeople , and decamping as soon as they are obtained . —They were both sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment . *™ The courts sat beyond their usual hour , to finish up the remaining cases , and then adjourned until Monday , the 17 th of December .
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AN EMIGRANT SHIP ON FIRE—MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF 400 PERSONS . The Tay ( with the West India Mail , ) brings an account ofthe total loss ofthe emigrant ship Caleb Grimshaw , Captain Hoxic , by fire , sixteen miles S . E . of the island of Flores , one of the Azores . The emigrants , 330 in number , with the crew , were providentially saved from destruction . The cry of " fire " was raised at about eight o ' clock on the night of tho 12 th ult . The decks were immediately flooded . On raising one of the fore hatches , the five was discovered abreast of tho chain locker . The heat was so intense that no one could live . below , and the immense quantities of water poured into the ship by the crew and passengers generated steam , and the heat at length became insufferable . But this was the only means by which tho ship wag
kept from being rapidly consumed . The boats were towed astern ofthe burning vessel for five days and nights , tilled with poor emigrants bewailing their fate , while about sixty were on a raft , when a ship was seen bearing towards them , and which proved to he the barque Sarah , Capt . Cook , bound from London to New Brunswick , in ballast . As soon as the captain ofthe Sarah saw the signal of distress , he immediately approached tbe Caleb Grimshaw , but was only able to get on hoard during the night of the 17 th three boatsfull of passengers owing to the wind blowing hard . The next day , the 13 th , he got on board about 150 passengers . Night approaching , and tho wind still increasing , ho was obliged to hy to . On the 19 th there was a
heavysea and no more could be got off . On the 20 th about ten persons who had escaped from the burning ship volunteered to return and relieve those who were on board at work , as by this time there was no more water or provisions to bo got without raising the hatches . The mainmast was now settling down , and the upper deck was working each way . On this day the ship floated to the leeward of Fiores into smooth water , and during tho night all the passengers that remained on board were got off . Before the last of ihe crew left they lifted the hatches , and immediately the ship burst into a terrific blaze . The escape of all the persons , 399 in number , was most miraculous . Consider a ship , filled with nearly 400 persons , on fire for eight days and nights , and not a single person lost his life ! Nothing but the continual flooding the ship
prevented her from being burnt to tho water ' s edge , and every soul on board perishing before relief could be had . Tho men and crew worked like heroes . The conduct of the master of the Sarah was beyond all praise . For three days and nights did he hover about the burning ship amidst the most tempestuous weather , taking every opportunity to lower his boats to save some of tbe passengers . Nothing could exceed his heroism and humanity . To him , under Divine Providence , the unhappy emigrants owe their preservation . Although perpetually obliged by the tempestuous wind and heavy sea to leave them apparently to a dreadful fate , he always endeavoured to keep in sight , and meir acnin witn
uueer » ncarcs a prospect oi escape . The Sarah arrived at Fayal with the crew and passengers of the Caleb Grimshaw in safety . The passengers had lost every thing on board , and were perfectly destitute , for they had tho greatest difficulty to get food from the burning ship to keep them alive . Captain Hoxio chartered the Sarah to take on the passengers to New York . The Sarah had not left Fayal when the Tay took her departure , but the American consul was using the most strenuous efforts to arrange everything for her leaving . The Caleb Grimshaw belonged to Messrs . Grimshaw , of Liverpool . Tho origin of the fire was hot known .
Tub Royal Forests.—In Tho Last Report Ol...
Tub Royal Forests . —In tho last report ol tbe Commissioners of Woods and Forests ( printed a few days ago ) , some information is given respecting the royal forests . The commissioners , in consequence of the discussions in tho House of Commons , have had them surveyed , and have received reports from eminent and experienced surveyors on the state of the plantations in New , Dean , Alice Holt , Woolmer , Bere , Parkhust , Delamere , and Salcey Forests , and llazleborough Walk , in Whittlcwood , for the improvement of all of which acts have been passed , It is shown by the reports that the value Ot the plantations exceed one million since 1 S 08 , and
when at maturity will exceed ten millions , provided continued attention bo paid to their management and especially in judicious thinning . In the , meantime an income is to bo expected from a great portion of the plantations which will yield a fair rent for the land , and repay the original coat ol planting . The commissioners state that * ' tho present state of Waltham , Epping , or Hainault Forest is most unsatisfactory . Tho now existing Yerderers' Court completely fails in protectiag the interests of tho crown or of individuals from trespasses and encroachments , and as it would not be deemed expedient to divide and enclose those extensive and
enjoyable portions of the district caneu Epping Forest , which are nearest to the metropolis , it becomes essential that most effectual means for protecting these districts be provided , by giving proper powers for that purpose to . some competent and efficient tribunal . " On the day following this report of the commissioners ,, an act of parliament was passed , under which a commission lias lately been issued , appointing three commissioners to inquire into such matters in connexion with Waltham Forest and the new Forests iu Hampshire , and the commissioners under the act will shortly hold courts for the purpose . The royal forests are for the growth of navy timber , and a committee of the House of Commons will be appointed in the next session to inquire into their management . Tub Coffee Duties . —On and after the 1 st day of January , 1850 , coffee , kiln dried , roasted , or ground , will , under the New Customs Act of 12 th
and 13 th Victoria , chap . 90 , bo admitted at tho following duties , wi importation into this country , viz . : Of and fsom foreign coantries tho lb , 8 d . ; of and from British possessions the lb . 5 d . And by tho 30 th seetion of this act it is enacted and declared , that such of the several sorts of goods as are by this act charged with duty , as shall have been warehoused without payment of duty upon importation thereof , and which shall be in the bonding warehoused at the commencement ofthe duties imposed by the act , are to bo deemed and taken to bo liable to such duties . Commitments sou Comkmti of Court . — A return published , on the motion ofthe member for Montrose , Mr . J . Hume , shows that the grand totaa number of persons committed for contempt of court in Ireland , in the ten years from 1839 to 1849 inclusive , amounted to 0 , 102 , of whom twenty were committed this year . The average annual number of commitments appears to be about 120 ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 8, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08121849/page/7/
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