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: / He __ -h _ i ? i / _wrib _* . _DcWa _" _?^^ _-r _^ ft week ending last Saturday , 1 , 133 deaths were _repste-ed in _% e _metro-Mlitan dfatncte i _^ _- _^™ leek of . ten previous Tear-. ( 1840 * 9 ) . they _^ £ d from 839 to 1 , 510 ; and the average of the ten corresponding weeks , raised _according to _rncre _^ e of populatioit which is estimated at l _ 6 o per cent annually , is 1 . 2 . 2 . As compared with deaths registered weekl y in last December , the preseut return exhibits an increase of . nearly _^ 00 . The mortality from brouchitis has increased in two weeks from 78 deaths to 103 , while that from pnemonia has increased from 69 to 95 ; tho averages of the two diseases in the same week of ten previous years are
57 and 10 __ . From _, phthisis there were 129 deaths , which is slightly , under the corrected , average . From small-pox there were only 8 ; in the ten corresponding weeks of 1840-9 , this epidemic ranged from 5 to 86 . Hooping-cough , which was fatal to 23 children , i . also under the usual number . Measles , scarlatina , and typhus produce nearly the ordinary amount of mortality ; but all the five epidemics , with the exception of measles , are now much less fatal than iu the same week of last year . The daughter of a labourer , aged six years , died : at S-Ott ' s-eottages , Shepherd ' s-bush , on the 31 st of December , of "Marasmus after cholera , " after an illness of six months' duration . From diarrhoea there were only eight deaths ; but six , which is rather more than usual , occurred from dysentery ;
125 deaths were registered last week as having occurred ia the workhouses of London , and 94 in hospitals . Seven old pensioners , whose ages ranged from 62 to 83 years , died at Greenwich , between the 28 th of December and the 1 st of January , inclusive . The daily mean reading of the barometer ot Greenwich was above 30 in . on Tuesday , Wednesday , and _Thursday . The mean of the week was 29 _' 8 t > 7 ia The mean temperature was lower than the average of seven years on every day except Thursday and Friday ; on the latter it rose-7 degrees above the average of that day . The mean temperature , which was 43 degrees on Friday , fell to 34 degrees on Saturday . The mean of the week was 35 degrees . The Ice in the . Parks . —Accidents ahd Loss op Lues . —On Saturday morning last the mercury
in the thermometer fell considerably , and during the night was as low as twenty-ei g ht degrees , four degrees below freezing point . This sudden change in the weather caused the ice in the various ornamental waters in the royal parks , which during the preceding days had partially broken up , to become again united . The ice , howeTer , wasfar from being safe , that portion trader the immediate surface heing exceedingly rotten , and boards announcing that fact were stuck up along the several banks in the parks , which it was expected would have deterred any one from venturing upon the same . However , several thousand persons amused themselves tax Sunday npoa the frozen waters in spite of the caution . On the Serpentine a respectably attired young _m-m , who was skating on the south
side , near the aqueduct , broke in , and became immersed in- twelve feet of water . Superintendent Murphy , and iceman , Deze , immediately proceeded to his assistance . He was not got out until he had _oeen for full lour minutes under _watery and was quite dead . The body was conveyed to the Royal Humane Society ' s _receiving-house , where prompt remedies were applied by the surgeons , but without effect . The body was then removed by the parochial authorities to await the inquest , and also to be owned . From letters fonnd in his pocket , and marks upon his apparel , his name is supposed to be _Thorna _. Drayton . —In the _Regentfs-park the ice was also in a dangerous condition , but , notwithstanding its surfaceduring the day was attended l > y nearly 20 , 000 skaters and sliders ; . happily but
one slight accident from immersion occurred . —Iu St . James _' s-parfe , where the fee was equally unsafe , the number of skaters and sliders was computed at 1 , 000 in the course ofthe day . There were about six accidents from the breaking ofthe ice , none of a fatal character ; but abont half-past three o ' cloek in the afternoon three youths broke into sixteen feet of water , and were with considerable difficulty rescued , and conveyed to the Royal Humane Society ' s marquee , were eventually they recovered so as to be able to proceed home . Shortly after four o ' clock , although every " endeavour had been made to clear the ice , several again got on , when suddenly the ice at the east end , near the Horse Guards , gave way in several parts . Seven persons broke into a depth of nearly nine feet of water . These cases were ofa very serious nature , and were as follows : —Charles Stratford , of 2 , Old
Bnrlingion-street , who , after being under water nearly four minutes , was rescued by iceman Martin , and conveyed to the marquee without any apparent signs of life ; after receiving stimulants , hot bath , and the exertions of Mr . Surgeon M'Cann ' s assistant , he recovered ; but it was not until nearly seven o clock in the evening that he was well enough to be removed home . William Carter , of 3 , Cocks-court , Belv . dere-r . ad ; Thomas Clark , of Great St . Andrew _' s-street , ; T . Brown , of 74 , Mortimer-street , Cavindish-square ; and Charles Eobinson , of 34 , Dudley-street ( tbe latter in attempting to save others , ) were much exhausted and henumbed from the length of time they were beneath the water ; and Mr . Deputy . _parsons ,-by whom they were chiefly rescued , was in the water engaged in such efforts for nearly eight minutes . The whole of these received the same attention as
tiie preceding , and happily with equal success . — -The thermometer at the Royal Humane Society ' s _re-, _ceiring-house , Hyde-park , was during _Sunday night : as low as twenty-six degrees , six degrees below free zing point , and early on Monday morning it was as low as twenty-five degrees . The sharpness of tiie frost during the night had the effect of giving to the ice a greater degree of solidity than it had previously attained during the present winter . Thou-: sands therefore ventured upon the frozen waters in tiie various parks . Owing to the admirable ar-Tangemerits of Mr . Superintendent "Williams in distributing the iceman and apparatus over the Serpentine , not a single accident of any importance occurred there during the day . The body of the unfortunate man who perished on Sunday , in the Serpentine , has since been identified as that of Thomas Drayton , who was in the employ of Messrs . Charlton and Easton , teadealers , Charing-cross .
Abb Dkunkabd 3 Madmen ?—Oa Saturday last aa investigation took place before Mr . Wakley , sen ., I at the Thatched House , in the Lower-road , Islington , to inquire relative to the death of Edward Wilkinson , aged forty-nine , when the following facts -srere elicited : —According to the evidence of the deceased ' s wife he had been a drunkard for more than twenty years , and partly supported himself by hawking fish , relying on her exertions principally for a . home and other comforts- In August last he first complained to her of illness , and , notwithstanding erery care on her part , he died on Wednesday last . Previous : to Lis demise he behaved in a very strange and'wild manner , and sbe was desirous of having bim under controul at the workhouse , but Mr . Pearce , tiie surgeon of the parish , would not certify that he was insane . —Mr . Wakley seeing that gentleman in court , asked him why he did not give a certificate of the unsoundness of the man's mind?—Mr . Pearce
replied that he never noticed a deficiency of intellect , although he saw him almost daily during his illness . —Mr . Wakley : His wife has sworn that he was a drunkard , and I hold tbat all such characters are road , and ought to be placed iu confinement . No one possessed of a rational mind will get intoxicated . —Mr . Pearce : If 1 were _ca'led on to certify in such cases there wonld be a clearance of half the neighbourhood . —Mr . Wakley : The evil is great , and to be sorely lamented . However , I have no hesitation in saying that snch nnfortnnate _individnals ought to be confined and treated as lunatics . —Mr . Pearce : I don ' t know what sort of a building you would construct , or where you would find space enough to erect one . —Mr . _- * * Wakley : Punish them then for a few days , and diet on salt and water . —Mr . Pearce : You ianst bear In mind ; sir , that if I were to certify unjustly in a case of insanity I should make myself liable to a penalty ef £ 100 , which I am sure would be enforced were I to do as yon wish . —Mr . Wakley :
I contend tiiat you would be justified . —Mr . Pearce . in answer to a further question by tbe coroner , said lie had prescribed medicine and food to the deceased _x ___ til ordered by the relieving overseer to discontinue tiie latter . —Mr . Wakley ( astonished : ) Why , yon do not mean to say that you , the medical officer , are dictated to , and told when to give , and what to give , to the unfortunate pauper under your care?—Mr . Pearce said he certainly was to the extent mentioned . •—Mr . * Wakley remarked that such a system wa . cruel and monstrous , adding , that in the House of Correction , and other places for felons , the surgeons had urJimited power to prescribe to its sick inmates -W- _ diCTer _'_ iiS ' patient required ;—After some other remarks ; tKe jury agreed with * the coroner , that the _jiower of parish ' Burgeons should be unshackled in ordering for the _afflicted poor , and in returning a _-ve-tf- _^ "Natat _ l ' _dea-hj-** said that Mr . Pearce had re _ _-lered every assistance that his orders from , the S pa-rdiaa hoard would allow him .
/•/ -A , ' 1 _ ai > _7 . _JIttbxed _, m -Death . — : On Saturday _3 _ stMi . ' H . Ml _Wakles held an inquest at the Three . ' JJobiui Bigniggejffel _ - -r 0 _aJ ) on the body of the late - _^^ _M _^^ _wlenan _^ aged fif ty-three , the widow of _omjder , whose death occurred under the following mtiancboly _drcamsUmces : —Thomas Scott , _green-. _^ rocer _. _^ j- WMte _^ _Ianu-street _, , stated that -he . was _i _*** k ™_ . 1 _* _w . % 3 . _'*^ ; of fire-rom So . 41 , tfcelate re . _iidotwoftne deceased . . He went to the honse , ahd _forcing qpen ; . decea ? eiiFs : door , found her . lying iii ¦ fla _^^ d Insensible across the fireplace the legs of
, - _£ . ihe . _di _^^ w hl _^^ . haA : } _ieen . -atti _hgibeing burnt - . _3 also- An the same room .-deceased ' s daughter-lay in-_ ¦ aufl . re , jbn . a . _R > fa , i who , when she , recovered , ; ath : , ¦ _toptea _^ TUngnMhing ; the _; fire by throwing pillows - _- _. . _. _ijdJ _^ _oietSinpon _-it . - Deceased . was . instantly re-T _ * _ _-WJ _^ _I _^? had the _jnost prompt surgical , aid ,. but , _iasnfffeS _»? ripg ? piolonged : torture , died-j-Miss Maria - __ s . __^ . _WB _ M- . aid _.-t _ -i $ ; . _on _ _^ _> . •" : ; : S _*^_? f-* - _?* - rd a fire to warm witness , who was _regt' _' . _' ¦ ' . _*« . ' } 35 ' ! , * . Izrj ' _.- . Y _.-T . _* . ;• : '• : . _^* .
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ing on the sola , - ; where she _slept-untirawokt . * the Erevious witness .: ; _He .. mother wrappedherseif in lanket-t , and sat cVe to ; the fire .. Mr .-Moore , surgeon , was called upon ? to ; a'tend deceased , when hv found her oh fire and insensible . .. She v . as frightfully burned from the legs upwatd . _yto the . ? stomach . , Her case was hopeless /'; She died from / exhaustion , the result of theaccidehtV Verdict—• 'Accidental death . " . Suicide vkom _BiACKFauas-nBiDOE , —On Tuesday evening , about six o clock ; ¦ a respectably-dressed woman , apparently about nineteen or twenty years of , age , was observed walking across , tho bridge ; when , on reaching tho third recess on the lower side
nearest the Surrey shore , she mounted the seat and deliberately threw herself into the water ., A cry for assistance having been raised , _Uerry / the watchr man on Bhickfriars-pier , together with Mr . 'Ware , the pier-master , put off in a boat with the Royal Humane Society ' s drags , ba . ai-hough the river was dragged for upwards cf an hour , they were unabled to find the _bo-iy . _; The tide , at the time she threw herself over the bridge , was very low , so that there is no doubt she was killed : instantaneously by her head striking _against the bed ofthe river . A black mantle , worn by the deceased , was picked up in the water , and is lying , at tie ponce station in Fleet " _, street , which may probably lead to the identification of the body when found . _„? '
A _ . ARM . NG OcCUKR-NCE AT THE __ ROTUNDA , _Blackfbiars-hoad . — ¦ Late on Sunday night last ; an alarm of fire was raised in the Rotunda , Blackfriarsroad , whilst the amusements were going on , which had well nig h been attended with tbe most disastrous results to many of the persons present . ; While the pantomime in one part ofthe house was being represented , and Middleton ' - wax-work exhibition was open in another , and each place filled with people , an alarm of " Fire , fire , " ran through the building . In an instant the dense mass of people present left their seats and rushed to the doors in order to gain the street , 'ihepassages not being suffi . iently wide to allow so great a number to pa __ s , caused the greatest confusion to prevail , and several persons were forced down , and a few trodden upon . A boy was picked up who had been knocked down by the crowd , at the
entrance to tne premises , and conveyed to the surgery of Mr . Rose , at the corner of Stamford-street _, lie was then perfectly insensible , and it was at first feared that he had been fatally wounded ; he however soon recovered , and was able to be removed to his own residence . Two other boys ' were knocked down , and although much hurt , were enabled to walk home . _'ITie engines of the West of England and London Brigade , from the Waterloo-road _statiens , quickly attended , but their services were not required . Respecting the cause of the accident two versions are given—one is , that some blue fire used for lighting up one of the * scenes set the gauze curtains in flames ; and the other , that some wax , whilst being melted , caught fire , and being seen burning in the property room behind the stage , caused the confusion . Happily , no life was sacrificed , although several persons had narrow escapes . ' ' _= -
Burnin g - op : the Ship Ganges at _PoptAa . — Between nine and ten o ' clock on Saturday morning last , information was received at the various brigade engine stations that a destructive fire had broken ' out amongst the shipping in Messrs . Soames' dock , at Poplar . Friggb , the chief officer ofthe London brigade , started to the scene with several engines , where the firemen found that the splendid ship Ganges , upwards of 800 tons burthen , advertised to sail for China on the 4 th of next month , ' had taken fire , and that a serious amonnt of property had been consumed . It appears that the ship carpenters working in the yard perceived dense bodies of smoke pouring from the hatchways , and upon entering ' the ship they found the main cabin in flames . They instantly gave an alarm , but before assistance could be obtained the fire was rushing from the various openings on the deck , and mounting the mizen mast with such impetuosity that the entire destruction of the
vessel appeared inevitable . The engines were got to work , but in spite of the mo-t strenuous exertions some hours elapsed ere the flames could be conquered . The fire so weakened the mizen mast that fears were entertained lest it should fall and kill some of the persons who w _. re engaged in extinguishing the fire , and also pull the other masts over . One bf the men , therefore , mounted the next mast for the purpose of cutting away the tackle which held the two together . In doing so he nearly lost his life , for the instant he severed the ropes the mizen mast fell with a tremendous crash over the dock gates into the river , at the same time the man was swung round with such violence that had he not have held on by an iron ring he mast have been dashed to pieces . The whole of the bedding , furniture , fire-arms , Ac , in the main cabin were consumed , and the ship so severely burned that it will take some _thousand pounds to repair her . She is reported to be insured .
Fire at _Mue-esd New-tow *? . —On Monday morning , a little before three o ' clock , a fire , nearly attended with disastrous results , broke out in the premises occupied _, by Mr . T . J . Feterken , a bread and biscuit baker , carrying on business at No . 7 , _Clarkson-street , Mile-end New-town . In spite of the exertions of the firemen the flames could not be subdued until the premises were burned down , and the stock in trade , fixtures , and wearing apparel of the inmates consumed . Stabbing by a Boy . —On Saturday afternoon last , two lads , named Smith and White , in the employment of Mr . Robinson ,, cigar manufacturer , Cross-lane , St . Dunstan ' s-hill , quarrelled , and grappled with each other . After a short struggle White said ,. '' If you don ' tlet me go , I will stab you / - and
immediately fulfilled his threat , by stabbing : Smith in the abdomen with a knife , which he tookTip from a bench . The wounded lad was taken to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where he now lies , and White is in custody . , ; Consecration of a Greek " Church . ¦— On Sunday last the first building erected in England in connexion with the Greek church was consecrated wish unusual ceremony . The edifice is situate in London-wall , opposite All Hallows Church , and is designed : for : the accommodation of the families of the Greek merchants resident : in London , and has been erected at a" cost of nearly £ 10 , 000 . The interior Is richly ornamented , and in general appearance is not unlike the chapels of the Roman Catholic body . It is intended that there shall be one service every Sunday , commencing at eleven o ' clock .
ExiRAonnnrAHY Explosion . — -On Sunday morning , between eleven and twelve o ' clock , an explosion , nearly attended with fatal ? consequences to three persons , happened on the premises belonging to Messrs . C . and D . Hays , the extensive , granary keepers of _MUl-street , Dockhead . A vessel laden with flour was lying in the dock alongside of Messrs . Hays's drying kilns . ? . The engineer in the employ of the firm invited the men in charge of the cargo to inspect the machinery in his master ' s kilns , and drew out one of the iron slides under the sifters , which caused the dust of the barley accumulated
thereon to fall , and coming in contact with the hot air pipes , it became ignited , when the whole of the remaining dust exploded , blowing the tiles off the roof ofthe kilns . The engineer and the two men who had accompanied him into the kilns were forced down , and all three . were severely burned . A quantity of malting was also set on fire , but tie workmen immediately commenced pouring buckets of water upon the flames , and prevented the fire from progressing . The engineer and the other two men were , however , so badly burned that they were obliged to have medical assistance . The firm was insured .
The _Cmi-J _Mtjroeb in Hab-ET-sireet . —Sarah Drake has behaved herself with great propriety ever since her committal , and we understand that 6 he is frequently visited by Lad y Pine , by whom portions of scripture are read to her , and to which she listens with the most devout attention ; she strongly denies having made a confession- to the searcher at the station house as to the murder with which she stands charged , and is quite confident of being able to satisfy a jury that the searcher has sworn falsely . None of her relations have called to see her at the prison ,, but she has received a letter from one of them , in whieh the writer intimates
that it will not be worth her while to do anything for her as she is almost sure to be hanged ; she complains of misrepresentations which appeared ori g inally in country papers , 'and were subsequentl y copied from them into the London journals , as to her former dissolute , career and her making away with olie or more infants . It further appears that the prisoner has for some length ; of time kept up a correspondence with a highly respectable person , a land steward , and that in one of his letters to ber , he implores of her not to think of quitting England , as an union between them was essential to his future happiness .
Pxough Mokdat at the _Mansion-house . —The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress , according to ancient custom , entertained the gentlemen connected with the several official departments of the corporation at dinner . . Covers were * laid for sixty , and the party broke up at about eleven o ' clock . Before _leaving each gentleman was presented with a service consisting of cake and sweetmeat , for the younger branches of their several families . Sno tf Smuggled as Oa Cake . —A seizure having recently been made at the' port of London of a quantity of compressed snuff , imported from . Rotterdam , made up in the form of oil seed cake , and p acked together with genuine cakes of that article , the principal officers of the customs at the several ports have received directions to enjoin the several officers of the department at their respective ports to exereise the utmost vi gilance to detect attempts of a similar nature .
. Tub London DisPENSART . _r-This oH and useful charity , during the year that has just closed , relieved no less than 2 , 2 _ 4 persons who were admitted , ' only - . 68 _^ 0 _^ whom . died ... This , charity ? likewise relieves poor _perBone at their own homes in one of thte ? most , destitute parts- of _ the metropolis , ?¦ _ iz . * , Spitalfields . ? ' . The . ; , funds / of the ' charity require replenishing _^' . ' : T _ ieJ . 'Clothwork . rs . Company . have _kiyeh' _^ _dOMtippVftf , _£ - _•§ ? " ? . - . _i ? 4 , _** Pnie ; Of the other larger companies , we believe / , laic about to follow ¦ _ftp i ; _esairt « ., / . •// .. > v . _- .. // -:. ¦ . ' _:.-.-.. . / i ; ¦ -.
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£ _ANOTHER _SX _£ _^ pNir _^) EF _£ _^ Dositb'fs of the savings bank in' A y lesbury have been caused the greatest anxiety ¦>' and ' consternation : 'in conse quence of the absconding of Mr ; ilemy _StraN ton clerk to Mr . James James , _solicitorHwh ( J ? ig'the _gecreteiy-. tothe _. bank /' _j _^ Itis _^ greaUy _^ . feared _, from " circumstances which have just transpired , " , that Mr . Stratton , who has sailed for America , ' is - "defaulter to no ( small am 6 uht . _^ 'In- 'tho . Aylesbury-papers of last -week appeared a notice , issued- bj-Mr .- James , to the effect that _depositprs . in the bank were required to bring in their pass-books for examination , up'to the ; 20 th of " _'Nbvemberi ; the " trustees having
appointed the 1-th of this month for the ; commencement ofthe examination _^ the depositors- _^^ wer e ' « requested to lose no time in leaving _their-pass-books at the > ffi . ee , where a printed receipt will he givenjfor each book delivered up . " Mr .. Stratton , it appears fromthe circumstance of his bein _^ clerk 'to Mr . James , - hadmuchto do with the business connected " with the savings bank ; and , a few'days _siricerhe left Aylesbury _foMbe alleged purpose ofi . visiting ; ah uncle in _Gloucestershirei accomp . nied by his wife and family , arranging with Mr . James when he left to return to Aylesbury in time to resume his duties on the 14 th inst ;? Circumstances , shortly after _^ his departure , having excited the suspicions ; of Mr . Jamesas to the integrityof his clerk , in whom he
had placed the ; greatest confidence , he was induced to institute certain inquiries , the result of which will be gathered from the following letter , dated Jan . 3 , which . Mr ; James lost- ho time in' transmitting to each of the trustees of the bank : — ' * _Sirj—I regret to inform you that during the examination of the savings bank vouchers , _^ delivered yesterday a book , containing items to the amount of _f 30 , in the __ handwriting of my clerk , Mr . Stratton , and bearing no , folio number for the ledger , ' hoe any _manager's check , was produced by a person- of the ' name , of Falkner . My suspicions were : immediately excited that he had absented himself from my office ? under . a false pretence ; and on obtaining information as to his movements from his brother , and as to his money
transactions from Mr . ? Self , " of the London and County Bank , I was forced to the conclusion that he had absconded : with a large ' sum of money , with which he had beenjugt . entrustedby an aged relative . I at once _sent instructions to London for , a policeofficer to board the Julin ' dar , bound . from London to Adelaide , and which- was to touch ;? at Plymouth on Sunday last ; Whilst I , in compariy ; with Mr ., Self , proceeded . by -the'mail-train to Liverpool , in the hope of intercepting him there ?; but " we found jto bur mortification , that he had , sailed , ( under his , own name ) for New Yorl 5 , in the steam-ship Canada , - ; on Saturday / mthhi _. wifeand children . ' Ireturned by the m- rhingmail , and have ' since had an ? interview with'the Under-Secretaries'of _Stated ia the hope that the government would obtain his aire , t in ' America :: but the treaty which exists , between : the two countries will not authorise any interference ) unless he shall'be found to"h ' ave been guilty of ' forgery , in
which case _officers ' will- be immediately sent to effect his capture . " 'It is stated that- thebobks of the Aylesbury Building Society have been ascertained to be in a state of considerable confusion . —The following letter _wasfound in ' the . drawer of Stratton , ' the clerk , who Has absconded * .- * - " When this is . opened it will be found out that I have done wrong . 'I leave property to double theamount of my defalcation . I request that the balance be given to my uncle Turner ; of Tewkeabury , for himself rand' uncle Edwards , whose money I am obliged to , use to get awayJ I have taken no more than riece-sary'to take me to my far distant destination , / and hope my eelf-inflicted punishment will satisfy all . Igo to labour for my bread ; ? am determined hot to oe taken alive ; if attempted to be arrested , the act will make my wife a widow . I have only to ask . forgiveness now , and hope in a foreign land to learn lessons by the past /' It is expected that the defalcations will be amply covered . ' ¦•¦¦ . _' . ¦ ' h _:-- '
The Starvationcaseat Southampton . — The relieving officer , Simmonds ,: underwent a further examination before the borough magistrates on the 4 th inst ,, and was ultimately committed to Winchester gaol , to take hi .. trial at the next ' assizes ,, for the offence . The court was crowded' throughout the day , and on leaving the court the prisoner was hissed and hooted by " the enraged populace . , . The Fatal Accident on thb Kast ; _Lancashire RAiLWAY .- _^ Ori the 4 th inst . an inquest was held on the bodies of those who suffered by this accident at the Railway Inn , a short _distanM _. from- the Magh : hull station . After the jury had viewed the bodies , they proceeded , ' accompanied bythe coroner , to that part of the line where the accident occurred ; and ,
by the aid of a well-executed plaD , provided by the railway authorities ,: we ' re enabled thouroughly to understand the position s of _. the different lines , points , sidings , and of the carriages , _ _ic ., when the melancholy occurrence took place . - The first witnesses examined were Thomas Spencer , husband of Jemima Spencer / and , brother of the other deceased , John Spencer j and a ' nephew of the same name . The purport of their evidence , was , that they , with the deceased ; left Liverpool on New Year ' s-day to visit some relations near Orniskirk . * On their return , in the evening , they were , all seated Un one compartment of the carriage , and had proceeded as > far as _Maiihull , a . pleasant family party , when the occurrence took _plape . -From the agitated state they were in from the effects of fright and . grief at the
loss of their relative , they were unable to give any clue td the caus- of the accident , knowing littleiof time , distance , fog signals , & c—Richard Leatherbarrow , who was with his wife in another compartment of the carriage , and by jumping from which the latter also was killed , gave similar , _evidence . — Mr : _Garside , the station ; master at Maghull , was examined as to the transaction of moving the train from the siding , & e . With respect to the luggage train , he said he was not aware oi one being due ; but npon bearing the whistle , he used every precaution available upon the emergency—the usual danger signal ( a red light ) was shown up and down the line , and he himself went . forward with a ' red signal lanthorn ; but nothing appeared to have the slightest effect upon the driver , for he passed the station at a
furious rate , carrying before him the empty carriage about being attached to the Liverpool train , and hot stopping till nearly four hundred yards beyond the station . From the evidence of Samuel Robinson , the guard of the passenger train- it appeared that he was at the Maghull station at the proper time , but that the luggage train was an hour and a half before its time , and that it was travelling at the rate of forty miles an hour , ' when , by the regulations ofthe company , eight miles an hour is the speed at which stations ihould be pagged by these train .. Atthe close of the last _witnes- ' s examination , the coroner adjourned the inquiry , and directed the police officer in attendance to take into custody the driver of the _luggage train , Mason , who had been present _during
the proceedings , but who ; refused to interrogate the witnesses , and seemed to treat the matter . very lightly . —The adjourned inquest was resumed on Monday . —Ralph Steel , the driver of the passenger : train from Blackburn and Preston to Liverpool , stated ' that on arriving at Maghull his train was detained some minutes in consequence of the _stationmaste . going tothe wrong points . The luggag ; e train came up in a few minutes afterwards ; but he did not hear a whistle . The station-master ought to have run forward with his hand-signal when the lu ° - gage-train was seen approaching , but he did not do so . If the signal had been made , and the luggage train had been going cautiousl y , the accident could not have happened . —Samuel Robinson , guard of the
passenger train , said that when the luggage train passed the Maghull station > it was going at the rate of forty miles an hour . —Robert _Huieon , stationmaster at Towngreen station , fire _milGs from Maghull , said that at the time the luggage train came past , it was going at a rate equal to an express train . —A person named Parkinson , who was waiting for the pas « nger train , deposed that whilst a carriage was being moved from a siding to be attached to the train , he- heard some one cry out , , _*• Good God ! there is a train coming up ! " and almost immediately the collision took place . —The guard ofthe luggage train " , John _. Morris , was next examined , and said that the luggage train came from Blackburn to Maghull , a distance of twenty-eight miles and _. a
halt , between . fare minutes past eight > _¦" > and twenty minutes to nine . The : stoker ofthe luggage train having been examined , ; gave ; _similrr evidence . —Mr . "Wolstenholme ,,. superintendent -of -the -Liverpool station , stated that when he came up , shortly after the accident , the station-master was certainly "the worse for liquor . " The coroner , in summing up tbe evidence , said it . was clear that the persons in charge of the luggage traia were travelling at greater speed than the rules of the company allowed . ¦ : _; Death op an old Woman by Busming — The coroner for Bristol ( J . B . t Grindon , Esq , ) ' held an inquest on Monday , on the body , of an old woman named MarthaShute ,, whose death occurred under circumstances of a painful nature . during the night of Saturday . The deceased woman , who was in'the 67 th year of her age ; resided at a place called Picton-lane , in the district of St . _JameB arid St .
Paul ; She was somewhat infirm , and ; while sitting in hcrchair over the fire , accidentally fell forward and ignited her gown . _U pon finding herself inflames ; she , in the terror of the moment , incautiously ran into the open air , and before assistance could be rendered she was . burnt in a , very severe , manner _. Medical aid was rendered her as promptl y as possible ' , but she died from the effects of the burning The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . ' " ' i ? _ShepweJ-D . —It _gives us very great pleasure to record the reports ; on all sides _ofthe good state of trade in Sheffield , which is of a more healthy nature than has been the case for many years , 'in consequence of the demand being ofa universal character , ?? . ?_ ,- ? ThoI _* y dependent on orders from the United States . We trust that ; the past will have taught both , men arid , masters , a ' useful lesson , and that Sh-ffield will no longer be noted ' for trade disputes ,- so' fatal to'both irite ' re . ts . " ' ' . ' - ' _. - ' i ' ' ¦ _" _Gaubkebper Shot . —Ori the afternoon of Saturdaylast , about four o clock ; a _labbti-erin the employ
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_cfrMrTlteatu , _^ _M . _^ _% !& i _$$ m Vnid Ieadin _ '" from the coal-pits , belong pg ; to _« _ihJSSeaehingJa _^ _eld-adjdininr-NeWtdn _^ observed a ; man Jying ' orithe ground _;> he _-went-up ,. _•? the spot , for the purpose of vMcertaimng ; whO _- i _^ _as . ' _^ h _« he discovered _thatMman was , in - the _. _lpvW ofa ' _larL pbbVof _' _blobil arid quite . . dead . . The labourer -immediately ' procured ' _aftatBnM'Mri } _* : moved the body / which' _^ turned o _^ to be _^ that _^ ot ; William Thorp . _'ganiekeepertothe Rev . V . abarpe , of Tibs-helf , to his house , where , on . examinatipn , it was found that . be had been . shot just above the right kriee , tHe _' _shot having , ' tprri '; the . _arUtf open , and caused his death , frorri' loss of' blood . ' " , was ? 8 oon , afterwards'ascertainod that'six meniWh 0 had the '
; appearance of poachers ; hadbeen seen in . the vicinity oW a Bhort time previous to : Thorpe s : bpdy , ibeing _fouhdiftrid he ! also , having , been seen thereabouts after _tiifre o ' clock the same afternoon , it was ? susnecfed that they were the parties who jiad been the cause of the poor fellow ' s _^ death . * -Information _^^ was _immediately-forwardedrto the ? : police at _Marsfaeldi Notts ,. and _seyeral of the party being kiwwni Super j _interident Picker , and police-constables-Radford and Page weiit in search of tlie suspected persons , and after great exertion succeeding in _' _-taking the whole _, six before four" o ' clock ori' Suriday _mprnirigi'The names ofthe prisoners who are now in the Mansfield lock-up , are WjlliamBeighton , Henry Alsop . _George Marshall . Thomas Marshall , James Ward , and . John
M 6 » k 8 , all 6 f _Huckriall-under-Huth-ffaite , Notts . Some of them appear to feel ihe nature of the crime they are charged with and the awful position in which they are placed . ' : - ¦ _-, ' .-.: ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ : _- ' _';« _'S- ¦ - ¦ " ¦ ' -: - ; ¦ ' _- ' ¦ . 'INFANTICIUB _^ AND ATIBMPIBD , _QEWtDESTRUCIION of ihe _MpinBR . T-On Monday morning , ) between eight and nine b _| clock , a ' shocking pecurrerice took place at a cottage near the : Rose and Crown Inn . Chelmsford . ' 'The husband of a , woman named Page has been : in the employ ofa farmer at > Writtle ; as shepherd for ., some , time past , ; and on . Saturday evening last his master toldhim , he should haye | to reduce his wages to ' 8 s . ' per week ; this . Page communicated _to-nis ' wife / and . ori the Monday morning he again went to his master to learn if it was his intention to do ( so immtediately , and . receiving ; an
_answer in the ; afflrmatiye , ; he ; left his employer in order to find something better . ' ¦ , Haying heard-there was a probability of his ' finding , work at Billericay , he-left his house togo there ' . Ilis ' wife , it is stated , had been in - ' a' low - and :- 'desponding- way for ' some time _^ _iand her husband _^ self-dismissal ? operting ; ii is supposed ; upon her : mind , and creating an impressionwhich ? she communicated _< to [ herr neighbours , that she should come to ' want , -. she on 'Monday ,: in her ' husband ' s ' absence , ' nearl y / severed' th ' e ' , head from tho body of her infant' child / orily ? fivo ? weekold ; _, with : a _;' razor , and iriiriiediiitely riftCr " told a person next door she had killed'her child . ' Her _^ neighhours found this statement to be too true , '; and in the midst of their consternation at the
_awfuloocurrerice , the unfortunate " wdnian attempted her own life with the ' iri _^ rtt _ rient _^ ith' wliich 'sh _' e had destroyed her child . The mother , who is at ' oiit' * forty years of / age , ; has _i another child'living ; atid Bhe is npw . closely watched ; by , apoliceman ,. in whosecusr tody , ' in her own house ,, she has been placed ., ' Sacrhe g- at Kil ' ndown CnuR 0 R . —On Sunday se'ririight some thieves made an entrance ; into this ohurcn , and stole the contents ? of thealms-box and the box of subscriptions for the repairs of the church . Theamount stolen has not been ascertained , but ' is believed ; to bo considerable . On Saturday ; ariother ' robbery was perpetrated , Ori this occasion the thieveB first brokeopen ' the
toolroom of the workmen that ? are building anew house for the chaplain , ? stole rfrom . it several tools with which they reihoved the wire ' _--gu ,. rd froiri the beautifully stained glass' window / ' representirig St / " Ambrose , and by smashing the bottom part of the window containing the inscription tinder the figure they again entered the church , and by < climbing up the pulpit descended by the stairs into tne ; vestry where they plundered the ? book chest of its elaborately bound set of church books ; that were presented to . the establishment by ' ¦ A .. J . B . Hope " , Esq ., M . P ., supposed to be worth several hundred pounds . ° No content with this , they . tore down the surplices and trampled them under their feet , as did they also the pulpit cushion . ¦ :. . ' . ¦ . " _. - .. : '
_, Fire at Livkbpooi ,. — -About eleveri o'block' on Monday ni g ht a fire was discovered to have taken 5 lace in the extensive steam and wind corn mills of _Jessrs . Lunt - and ' , Simpson . . The . ; preh _ ises : Tun from Bevington-bush , _; bounded by Ennerdale-street to limekiln-lane . The fire originatedin the screenroom , but sis the mill had been stopped from Saturday for the purpose- of ' cleansirig the boilers ; no cause has . beenascertained to which its commencement can be attributed ; Mr . Maxwell and a' large body of the fire police wero promptly on the spot ; but water . was not obtained until a considerable
tirriehad elapsed , Froni the first there was but little hope of saving eitherthe steam or'the windmill , and , consequently ,. all energies were devoted to some detached store-rooms , ' and a line of cottage property in Enrierdale-stfeet , which were ultimately saved . Theamount of loss on ? the .. stock ? it is thought will bebarCly covered _., by the iri ' _surances , _- which are effected totho ambiintof £ 3 , 000 in the ; Yorkshire OrSce , and £ 1 , 000 in the Norwich Union " . ' The _premiae-i are the property of Mr , Whalley , ' and are , it is understood , insured also , and ? with the Norwich Union Coriipany . ' ' ,. ? . . . . .
_.-IGUTRAGK of : Poachers . —A most scandalous out- ; rage has been committed on the domain , of'Sir W . F . _JUfiddleton ,. Shrubland Park . In the middle ! of tho night a : gang of from ten . to fifteeen armed _poachera proceeded to the gamekeeper ' s lodge ; Here they discharged someguns under the window , uttering ferocious threats , after which they entered the preserves , and from the constant and prolonged 8 uccessionof the reports no doubt remains that a large quantity of gamo was killed and-stolen . : It is supposed , as in the case of stolen poultry , the whole of the game wa . removed in some vehiole provided for the purpose , and sent off to a-distant market . The gamekeepers and watchers were deterred from pursuit of the villains , and very properly so forbad they , interfered , the . probability , is that bloodshed would have been the result , as tho gang , from their language , appeared to include some of the most determined desperadoes iri the neighbourhood . — Bury Post . , s - . ) -. ' -r _-.-. ¦ ,-
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' Thb Gale of Last Week . —Fern Islands . * —A correspondent of the Caledonian Mercury gives the following details- from personal observation;—On Thursday ! week , about 35 sail had sought shelter under the Fern Island ; but from the , fury of the teinpest , and many not being able to get near enough to . the Island , also from parting , slipping and driving , the fleet had by Friday evening been reduced to fifteen afloat ; 'andfour sunk—viz ; The Liberty _of-Leith , Captain Lawson ( having been run into by the Britannia steamer of Leith ) sunk ? at five am : on Friday , alongside of the Arab , crew , transferred ori board the latter-7-by eleven A . ic / the Arab of Limis _^ kilns ; Murifo , 'rii ' aster , having pricked herself on the
mast : of . the wreck , sunk on the top-of her ; both crews _traftsfev . mg . _themeelves on . board the , _jMaVy Key of Duridee . The Nelly of Montrose ,, Pershaw _;; master , having rolled away her masts in the morning , ; was found to be in a sinking state , arid by' ten ; a . m . ? the crew were conveyed on board the John of Dundee , Captain Roger , being hauled , through th § water by a rope thrown from the one ship to the other . By three p . m . on Friday the dismasted ship swung up under the stern * of the ' John / and iri a few' ' iriinutes stove her , so that they both sunk togethe .. _ The crews of both vessels had then to escape in the utmost haste on board the Margaret and Eliza of North Berwick , which vessel ' s chains were then overlaid by the wrecks , and consequently had to be , slipped on . Sunday , ' when she stood out to sea with windlass broken in two .
High Court or _Jcsticia-ry _.- —This court met on Saturday _list—present , the Lord Justice Clerk , and Lords Mackenzie arid Wood . *—Trial , for Murder op a Gauekeepbr . —Andrew Forrest ; a blacksmith , was placed at the bar , charged with the crime ; of murder , having on the : 5 th of September . last , on or near the road which leads from _Stoney-meadow toll by Crookedshields toll-bar , in _theparish of _Cambuslung , countyof Lanark , at a part ' of the road situated in the parish of Cambuslang , which is 594 yards to the westward of Stoney-meadow toll , and 16 yards to the westward of the western _terminationpf ] a double row of trees skirting _aportion of tlie sides of
said road , arid commonly , called .-the' Beeches , attacked and assaulted the now deceased Joseph Kirby , a gamekeeper , residing at Gilbertfield-castle ; in the parish of Cambuslang , ' arid did ; with a ' guu or orther fire-arm , loaded with powder and leaden shot _, wickedly and feloniously shoot at the said . _Josppli K _ rby . _nearhiis left brea » t , whereby ., he ? wa 8 mortally wounded aiid _booii' _thereafter died . _—The . prisaner pleaded "Guilty . " - Sever _ l witnesses " having'b ' een examined , the jury retired , and , aft _ r ; . a ; brief . con . sulfation , they- gave in their verdict , that , by a majority they found the libel Not Proven ,- —The prisoner _, accordingly left , ' evidently much to the _' satis _^ faction of a crowded court * rooin ;—A or ( ft British Mail .
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'Search for Sir John ' Franklin- —As it appears there is a pause at the Admiralty about fitting out an expedition via Baffin ' s Bay , to search for ! the missing _BhipSjiwe _. _Bupppae intelligence from Dr . Rae is expected . 7 and also a report * fromi . Commarider _Moorejiof thb Plover , but as it _iswell known that the former - had orders , that in the event ' of : his obtaining any tiding of Sir John Franklin _' sexpedi- tion , he was to have sent an express , which , as his Operations would end before the middle of Septernber , / should have reached this country by the last American mail , ' . arid ' as .. the- report of the -latter should'reach England by the next Westlndian ' mail , the / next' week : will ! putt an end . to ! both these expectations , nnd . _itj _. _iwiirbe , seen , what , steps their Joi . [ ships must . take , because we are coriviriced that there ' must be' no longer any delaj _* . —A au _( fC _« f jStan _Jard , " . / ' ? t , ?' . ?/' . ' . ' , 7 , ' _" . ' fh \' -.. " . _"' . ¦ ' •'; i ,: ' - * | i ¦ '
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" _, 4 b _^ r 6 __ e eti . n _^ fings _licld _' hi vlriouf parts ' of the country _have-not in ' all cases ended as those who called _^ them . _iicould- _hayc-f _vyished , _? , ' The Free Traders in _' soine ? instances _iave carried resolutions _oondemnatory'Ofiproteotiori' / ' _iw-i' _laiX I -CoWNTt Ddbhn _Protectionism"Meeting . -rA meeting , summoned-by the High Sheriff ; was Hold at _KUm-i-hamVon-F-idayfrL-TKe High Shei-ff . began " by _stating that _^ he ; would , not ? hesitate to conveno ? a meeting in " favour of terianVright / or . pnthe subject of poor-law ' s , '" . if , he were ' , requested . b y' ' the inhabitiintk of ; trie county . _^ _-The ,-hon . ?_ 2 dwa _ d ?' Liwlcss _riioviqd , arid A . . S . Hussey secorided ; . a resolution to the effect 'that ' free : trade , was / ruinous , to the _agrU "
cultural _Interests of "this country ' . ' Iri the ? course of his speech , Mr / Lawless _^ _aid'that theS aefcive _ oil in _lAm ' erica-waa _. thirty . feet : deep , _fiwhilst in Ireland it was only _^ from nine to fifteen , inches , and wquired perpetual mariuririg . . / The _costirif . manure _^ wap ! £ 8 arf acre / "Tlie whole question hinged _upon'thdquestion of _mariiirepMr . C . Fi _tszimonmoved ; and Mr . J . A ;* Gurranseconded , anatneridment , which ; after a very stormy discussion , was withdrawn , and the original resolution adopted . —Colonel / la Tpuche , in support of the resolution , said that , he had ; visited London , arid was , asked by the ' sales-master ; in London what-are ' you doing in ? Ireland ? ?? Englisb Cattle , hot ' _raakingasea - voyage , was always a firstratearticle inriSmithfield '; butilrish cattlewas a
second-rate ? article , i < b , pcau 8 e ithadcomeoyer aea ; The agriculturists alpng the Elbe' w _. ere , _laying-, themselves out to rear ' cattle which would arid did . _'equa ! any 'Irish . ' cattle ' that came or . could come into Smithfield ; : London , thereby 5 extinguishing / the hopes of Irish graziers for ever . —The resolution having been carried , the hig h sheriff declared the meeting- to ] be dissolved ; whereupon loud cries of . ' . no , no , ' - arose froiri ' eyery part of the hall and galleries ; arid several Free Traders , including Mr . Nugent , of Kingstown , Mr / _'Marfcin _^ BurKe ; _'Mr . 'fL j _' nch , _!'* ' _. _eriaintfarmer , and : several ' others _^ vainly , endeavoured to catch ¦ the 'attention of the' _sheriff ; who W _, as determined not , to'hear them . —Mr .. Martin Burke , arid s _. B-e'bthbr-rentertaihing , ' similar opinions ,
endeavouring ; to getupon the benoh ' j were violently _. thrust down the steps by ' the gentlemen above them . '' ' _JMeeting'IN Cavan . —The High Sheriff did" riot arrive ; until : the ; chair ;; had been taken , by _;; Bobert Burrows ,- ? , Esq ., * 'of * Stradon-house ; ¦ , Resolutions condemnatofy- _. of free ' trade ' principles were _^ paised , as . ' was ' . also , a resolution depreeatirig'the' present system of poor lawsi _' ' arid the riiode'by ' wbich fimds are at present raised to _carryoutithC law . ' _" The fwo /' county mcmbersT-Being , present , -they were called on to state whetheror . no , . in , the event of any measure ? being introduce _^ into _?? arliainerit , which would ensure prptection _. to the . agricultural _'interests ' in ; this country , they would - give m'their , 'support .- 'In reply Sir JohniYourig rose to address the ¦
meeting . ¦ ; He spoke withfgreati . _effectior an hour . He" declined to be a party to any Protectionist agitation , - which he . denounced : as chimerical and mischievous . .. He iriaintained that the present distress , though great , was _' gradually decreasing , arid'that it was not owing to ; but , ' on the Contrary , had been greatly . alleviated-by-free -trade ; i' ; He ; agreed—with the opinion expressed ; _, by that _ineeting , with regard : . to the ; poor , law ,. though ,. he , would ? not agree with thero as ? to . protection , ? whicli he looked upon not only as detrimental tb the ' interests of- the agricultural _classes , - ? but ' as repugnant to the laws of nature , which ? it : was presumptuous to attempt to thwart or subyert : . which human laws had never infringed , and never , could _^ hope to infringe / with impunity . —Mr . _EUisJasked Mr . _JohnYoiirig , on that gentleman statirig ; tHat he would advocate the most searchinginquiry ! into our' public ¦ expenditure , _wouldihevvote for _^ Mr . Disraeli ' s motion , : to ! be 7
broughtforward at the opening of [ the' session , < to make all taxes now-levied on- land a charge on the _Consolidated'Furidf-r-Sir John Yoiirig had not seen Mi * . _Disraeli's ' motion ; arid could _nptgivea ! decided answer _' until he-had . —The Hori . Capt . Maxwell _dei clared / _himselfi . a'Protectionist .- " - _^ --: ' petition ¦ was agreed ori'for . presentation , to both .-Houses of Parliament , praying for . protect ion to the agricultural interests , and alspsucha inodificatipn of the poor , laws as will take some of the burthenfrom _larid , and place'it on other ? iritere ' sts . •' _-- ' "! / <¦ " _]¦' ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ '¦ ¦¦ j .... / The following is a short' skebch of the Tyrone meetingi : —* , . ' _Omagiij ¦ Jan . ' , 7 . _*« -The _; 'Protectionists assembled / this : day . in Omagh , . and ; succeeded ! in passing their ? re 86 lutioris ,, one of which , was : to petitibri Parliament ; to impose" a ' _. moderate . fixed duty on foreigricbrn ' , _. arid the isther to ? a ' nierid the present system of poor , laws / There was a great deal of disturbance and opposition . " ir' - : ' . / .
. Reduction _, of . Rent . —Lord . Hertford ' s - Tenanirt . —The Banner of . Ulster contains the following : —" . Oh Thursday week a large and respectable meeting ; of- the tenantry of the Marquis of . Hertford , residing in'the united parishes _^ of Glenavy , ' Camlin , and -Tullyrusk , ' wasT held inT ; th ' e National schoolroom , Glenayy . ? _, The ; :-meeting ? -, was ; convened by requisitipn . tptake iritocerisideration the propriety of apppinting a deputation to wait upon ' the , noble Marquis ; iri' order to obtain a reduction of rents . Shortly after one o ' clock nearly every'townla ' nd in the parishes mentioned , was'largely > jfepresented at the meeting , v At two o ' clock , ; James Wh . tla , ; Esq ., J . P ., took the chair . On - the . second _^ resolu tion a brief discussion arose as to the truthfulness ofthe
statement , . that the rents ori firied lands on the' HertfordYestate ? s '; were 30 per cent . 'above their value . Several tenants expressed their opinion that 25 per cent , would be- about the average , and one or two that . _ 2 ftper cent . _^ would be more correct . ; . On avote there _appeared oriefor 20 per cent ., arid a vast majority for 30 per cerit ?/ Before passing the , fourth resolution -an observatiori was dropped to the effect that no statement should be made which-could , not bofully borneout ; by < facts . ; - - ¦ _-,-. - . _-, Thef pllpwiri g is the , substance pf thb resolutions , which were adopted uriariimously : — .. ' ¦ ¦/ / .. _, '' That for sev . ral ? years past the condition of the farming class has been "found graduall y to ' deteriorate ; andthe tenantry , of the Marquis bt Hertford
, once the most' flourishing , iri Ulster , are now reduced to _astate bordering on ; destitution , and totall y -unable to , riieet the demands of rents , poorrates , county ? cesB ,- _* c . " ' / " That the rents on the Hertford estate , even in those instances : where -large fines had been paid , and a nominal reduction thus made at the expense of the tenant—have been ; fully thirty per cent , above their yalue ; and we are confident that , inorder to secure their equitable / adjustmerit , there , should be observed ; as in . othor counties , a diie proportion corresponding- 'to depressed prices . " •" -. ' _" ' ... l _. f ___ tats among -tho hi gher , , as ' also the lower class offarmers > whohaye paid their rents for some
time past ,, this * meeting do attest the ,, fact , that agricultural produce alone was insufficient for the purpose . " / ' ¦ •••¦'• • _- - » - '"• ' . • ; " " ¦'¦' " . - ' . ' - ¦ '" ¦ . ?! , ... " That -a . mong all classes of farmers riiari y are in arrears ofrerit of several years' standing , : oppressed by burdens too heavyto-. be borne , but to whom , were a liberal reduction of rent to be extended ,, hew strength ' -ffpuld . be iiriparted , arid a ' successful effort made to _discharged debt which must otherwise : remain wholly- _' ¦ unpaid ';• and - thus the alternative would be avoided _tof ejecting families from-their _houses _. ' pf laying ,-waste -thelands _on-which'they have expended their . capital and labour , andcrbwding themat . lastinto theworkhouse , which would result in' he « . ping' additional taxation on landlord aiidt ' enant . " •' ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ , _^
" That a memorial , embodying theforegoirig resolutions , be drawn , signed , and-presented by a deputation , to the Marquis of Hertford . " ¦ . :. ;; - _, ( . The r memorial , was drawn up and unanimously adopted / . ; - ¦ ' - ¦ _- . - ' . ¦"' . - ' ¦'• ' - . ' ' r Valuation of CnAVOHRy EsTATEs . - _^ _-The Court of Chancery has" itakeh ! a very important ' step towards the general ? adjustment of rents- by , directing new valuations of . lands . The Tyrone Constitution says : —" . Mr . , Robert Wilson , of Benburb , the experienced engineer and surveyor , has been occupied for the last few weeks in _valuing the s ' eve rii . 1 portions of the : Belriiore property , now in thb Cbrirt of Chanoery , ; _-with ai view , as we uriderstarid ' , to a general abatement -, pf rent . , [ Such systematic reductions , W _^ need scarcelv observe , are the only effectual means to remedy the depression in the present price ' s of produce , and preserve the existence of the ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦
agricultural . classes /'? ' ; _' _;> c : >' . ¦> _-. »> A man named Ryan has been _^ committed to _Nenaghgaol . for ,- . 'the . murder ' of his child' about ten months . old . , The remains were , discovered , on New Year ' _a'Day , riea .. Einnpe , _iy , the ! dog 8 . of , some persons who were , amusing . themselves hunting . *" f ¦; Postponement op the ! _Qbe ' en ' s next Visit : to Irb _*_ and :--A correspondent' informs us - that it has beenfinally arranged _. if no _^ nnforse ' en cause arises to P . yfii _ t * _t , . that her _Majesty ; . is-to make , a . yacht voyage during the , ensuing summer up _theMediter-^ . ? .. * _J" ? _, _*^? ; ° f ' ? _i _? i » ' _Pngiriall y intended againvisiting-Ir lan .. ; Her Majesty ' s _secorid visit to Ireland , we' understand _/ is merely ' postponed .- _^ Evening Post . , ¦ , ; : . '• • ¦ _- . _; 1 ,: _.-VJ _!!! _.. ' i , _- _ . i . ' . - ¦ •; - ' : _; . >• , ' : :-., ¦ - . ' \ . ¦_ ¦ . k Lioht . on the , [ Island op Rathlin . — . Forthe twp months , past , men have been busily . engaged iri constructing a ? lighthouse upon Rathlin , which will Peiound of great use tb ; the _navigaUcti of the' difficult sea which ? surrounds the island _^ _-Jdi / a . * News Letter . ; - >< .. _- . ' . _.,,-,., „ ¦ -. ¦ -. ¦• ¦ _-.- ; . •' ...- .
, ,,, ,, , , ,, EMiORATiON _.-frhe . number ; of . emigrants who embarked from Galway during . the year ending 31 st of _E _^ J _^^ _iM _;^?^ to 1 , 958-malis , L 832 _S . _fiT"h 1 _« cabin passengers : in all 3 , 934 . _2 ' * t the-numbers 1 have been :-Total in 1849 ,. 0 , 650 ; ' ditto r 1848 / 8 , 730 ; _^ increase * in' 1848 ; a _ 0 . - _> , _limigraint 8 _, whOihave embarked : from Dublin for tb _^ United States in the quarter ending 31 st December , ' 1849 V _^ _-Cabin passengers 19 : steerage , 724 '; child _^ u , _' 284 ; ' total , ; 1 , 02 _^ r ? ,. ; _v i - ; f _HbnGHtNe ' _CATXLB . '—On _' _tlie night of Friday last , two fine cow § , _^ he property of ( the reverend geritlemeri of Clongb wesiWood College ) ' were houghed land destroyed . ' ! An butrage . of' this kind , wasrieverebm ' - ' mi ' . ted iin ' _thiB-ineighbpurhoodt . befc _^ e _.-i-uT-ife' only cause ' that , can . be assigned for ; the commission ofthis ' hemori- ' ou ' t-age , is the refusal of tlie wllege _tbjdis _i
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charge their / _ste-mardsj _Measrs . Sulliyan and Reynold ., whos _, l _ isml _ skl Was demanded by a " threat . bniri _^ ette _' r _. ' _^ _Me-Weeks ' _aidj- _^ tt _^ r _^^ _ia-Thb _^ Linen : _TBATji .-Thongh - there ; _fha » recently been a _slightdeprewion _. in , this trad _^ _anda . consequent Ioweri _ goftHe _ wages , we still are inclined to think that the prospects of the new year are of an encouraging kind , though the exportsof _hnens and yarns from this place last week wcre _. not . nearlp the one half of these of the _^ veek previous ,. they _^ ere considerable—viz ., linens 594 boxes 22 -bales' ; ' yarn , 25 Bales 11 skips ; musUn , 6 , boxes ; thread . 31 boxes-The prices of linen yam reiriairied unchanged :- tne d _ mana _'_ -ill continues dull , _bufttifs W-ia anticilfatett at the present season , and an increased demand 15
anticipated . —Belfast News Letter . . _Scabiff Union . — A _^ strange scene occurred at Scariff workhouse on _Wednesday , after the _^ ale ended . When some of the article 8 ? purcha _^ , e _ rr * . ere placed oh cars for removal , the paupers rushed oat to prevent them being taken away , armed with all kind g of Weapons , yelling and shouting in the most frightfur manner ., One young geptleman , brother-in-law of one ofthe . jplai ' ntiffs , . ' _wasjstr ' _uck with a stick on the head b y ? onebf _thepiiupers / _i andhad it not been for the timely arrival of head constable Taylor , and a few men under ? , Kis command , * , there , is ... no telling what the cori 8 _equonceS , migbt ? have / heenl Weunderstarid' ; the _^ sheriff ? purp " pses . '; bringing . the-matter under the notice of _theicpiniriissioriers . _~ Clare-Journal . ¦' ' . ¦ . _¦¦ .:- _> : ¦' . ' . . _'¦¦ ' : _! .: . ! ' : ..:, ' ¦ .. _' . ''> . ' : •••' . ; '
•¦¦ - ' FlRB AT THE Louohbea _Union Workhousb , —• On : Thursday morning ; sit a very early hour , a most destructive fire broke ' out ? in the main building of oiir workhouse , which _^ continued to burn for a ? considerable time before .- assistance . could , be obtained to stay its progress . About two-o ' clock , a party of police , under George / M'Cullagh , ' Esq ., S . I ; and , a' companyVof the 80 th Regiment , ? commanded by the . Hon ; . . Captain / Daly , " arrived with the barrack fire-engine . :, Were , it ?/ nofc for-the timely exertions of the party , the building would have been totally consuriied . • ¦ ¦ The 'highest credit is due ' not only to the military but police ' , for their exertions . The buildin . ? , isfiilly covered by'insurance , ' _asS . lsi > the furniture ; _beddirigj and clothing . '¦ _ The ; origin of the . fire is quite amystery . All the hooka and documents connected with the union are fortunately rescued . " _7 ? '' : '" ' : ' : ' - ' : ' :: - . ' ?! _T- ? v ' ¦ .,- . - r .
The _Rkoistrt/— The registries continue to _beeadly neglected / arid will " ' remain- so until a large extehsionof the ; franchise is made . ' 'Even < in the county ofLovAhi one of , the , iinost . * , prosperous parts of _^ Ireland , the Aewry Examiner thus describes the state of the constituency : —' 'The present , state of the registry forthis county must be anything but satisfactory to the friends ., of , liberal'opinions . At the present Quarter Sessions only one _liberaliwas _registered ' for the county , _*; _whije ; three conservatives had their names placed _pn-the roll of _^ parliamentary ; _votersl - . bristhis a solitary instance of theanathvof the liberal narty-of late ; they fcave
allowed tho political opponents to obtain -so-great an-a-c ' eh'dariby ;" as regards' Mmberi i ;' that in ih . 6 event of an immediate-election a liberal candidate would have little or no chance of success ; -, •¦ Repkal _AssocuriOiv : — _Afcithe gathering'of his lieges- on Monday , ' _, Mr . _John- _^ O'Connell ' : took ? the opportunity to reiterate hw determination to retire fromi Eiielishparliameritary life ; at 'thesariietime he would not have , them , despair ; . there' was still hQpefor ; the _cbiiritry . ' And _' as _sobri ' as the native l-egi 8 lature re-assembled ? _V / _C ° _Uege- _ _Teeri , Mr . O'Connell might , perhaps , ; take his seat , iri / thafc august , ' body . as _onc-of . the . twelve , metropolitan members . The rent for the week was £ 14 4 s . od .
Resionatiok _~ "of - " -Mr . —Jt" O'Connell . — The Limerick ¦ Chronicle , says : — ¦ _» _^ Mr . ; John O' Connell , M . P ., in a letter to Joseph Murphy , Esq ., secretary of the : committee- which assembled last week , has intimated ' . that he will not vacate his seat in parliament until-the liberal parly-iri the city ; have selected a candidate of their own ; choice to subceed him . " - ' . . ; " ; _-- ; . ' .... ' ,:, hh _.-. r . ; ..... . . ? . _-
. The Opening Of .Parliament. ' (From^^ ...
. THE OPENING OF . PARLIAMENT . ' ( From _^^ Tuesday ' s Gazette . ) ' ; / PROCLAMATioN . 4-Yic . pria Ri—Whereas ' our ? i ? ar-Iiainent ' stands prbrogued to ; Wednesday , ? the ? _Jsixi teenth day 'bf this _. jnstant . _^ January , . we , . with the advice of our Privy Council ' ,, dp hereby publish and declare , that the said Parliament shall be further prorogued , on the _-aidsixteerith ' of January instant , to Thursday _^ , the thirty-first ? ' day of January } instant ; ' arid we have given order tbour Chancellor of that part of oiir United ? Kingdom called Great Britain , to prepare & Commission for proroguing . the same accordingly : and we d o _?^ hereby further ,, _ffith thb advice aforesaid , declare " , bur ? _royaLwill and
pleasure , that the said _Parliainentyshall , on the said Thursday , the thirty-first day . of JariUary iristiint , assemble and be holden for the despatch of divers urgent / and important affairs : . " and the lords spiritual and temporal , and- the 'kni ghts , ?? cHizeris , iand burgesses / and _thecomihi-siorieris for shires and burghs ofthe House of "Commons , aro hereby , ' required and commanded , to give their . attendance accordingly at Westminster , on the said Thursday , the thirty-first day of January ? instant . —Given at our court at Windsor , this eighth day of January _, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty , and in the thirteenth ' year of our reign . — God salve thb Queen . ' ? . ? : -
Disasters At Sea.—The Journals Of The Ch...
Disasters at Sea . —The journals of the Channel ports contain accounts of further disasters at sea during the-recent ' storm _s , The English sloop Mercy , from Yarmouth to London , was picked up at seaon the ni g ht' of the 3 lst ult . by ; a pilot boat belonging to Dunkirki and towed into that port ; she had lost heiv sails , chains , and ; aiichor . An Enclish sloop , the Vivid , from Newhaven to-Dunkirk , struck on- the- coast , near , Marydick _. _t blit itwas supposed would _be-got off / : Tho Lydia , from Seaham , entered Dunkirk with the ; loss of chains and anchors . The brig Jane , of North Shields , bound to Constantinople with coala ; i went down near Zudycoote , but the crew consisting of twelve men , succeeded in -escaping in-the boats / The Dutch vessel Vrow Maartte , lost her mast , arid had
to be towed into Dunkirk . A vessel , supposed to be English , freighted with slates , struck on the coast at Veulettes , near F - _oamp , and . would , it was supposed , be lost ; the ; crew ; however , were saved . The Benjamin , of Morlaix , from Bordeaux to Brest , went down at some leagues from Benodet , on tho coast of _Finisterre ; the crew succeeded ' in reaching land . The Mario , of St .-Vaast , ' was driven ashore near Cherbourg , but was towed off : by a steamer sent out . ; for that purpose . ; On the coast , near Havre , pieces of : _wreck-have been picked up , * and the rigging of a three-masted vessel has been found near Locquireo . The sea _i continued'violently'agitated ; for upwards iof twenty-four'hours after the gale of wind-hadgnmed its greatest _height ; ' _< ' Lola . Monies .. _andiier _^ _Husbanp . _—ExTiucr 'of a letter FROM Cadiz , Dec . 27 . —Lola MontesandMr . Heald _bave-bcemhere for thelast ten days . Theyqame _-from Barcelona . She -is much altered and aged , not so _gobdlobkiri ir as -when- here in 1842 .
Her temper is not at all improved / and her delight seems to be to keep Heald in the greatest terror and dread of her . Heald riiadehis . escape , with his English servant from the hotel _. _Ismenez ( where they were staying on Cbristmas / mprning , ) and _islsupposed to have gone to Gibralter . ' . Lola was furious . She went in a French stearner ! that evening with her two friends , foreigners _. wbb . are .-n . her . party , to Algesiras , and sent Ismenez ? arid another man b y land ; so that if Heald , does ; riot , succeed in rgetting on . board the Paoha , she ; hopes to catch _£ im . It lis reported on good authority _to-day ; that Heald has embarked this morning on "board the Pacha _^ _j and he will now . be . enabled to reacli England in safety , and no doubt feel grateful to / his aunt for all she has done for him . The Observer states that-Mr . Heald has arrived in London , ? and , put : up at an hotel in Cork-street . Burlington-gardens . / .. Literature ; Asp . CHBBSE .---The-5 lorentines have _bettev than the _iinhabitants ; of the other Tuscan _provinces ,. widely spread their , idiom , by means of
commerce . . . .., And to this s purpose ; I remember to havo read ( but , from ; . the , treachery of my memory , for the ? moment I _, know not _^ where ) that , for , thes propagation of , Florentine writings , the cheese merchants of Lucardo ; kept in _. . tljehi pay many writers to : copy the - . best authors of-the / _best age , and with these enveloped . their buttery , bantlings , in order that in the ports . of the east and the north , whenever such merchandise was marketable , the milk of the _^ Flo ' reritihb cows and / that ofthe Florentine muses might gain credit together . And this is so true , that at Oxford ; in the celebrated Bodleian Library , is'still preserved a Dante , correctly copied from the first . MS . - text , which had been used carefully '' to ' _envelbrie _a'consitrnment of
cheese at the _timeSvhen- the ' Berdi ' wer- _mei-chants in" England , Ifc ; was' known ' as 'tbo : '" Lucardifln Dante . " , The keeper ' s of the , " _^ reat library _^ kept always beside ittwo _mpuse-trapsj'on account of tho persecution of this-cheesy codex ; b y the mice , so that at length it was called'iri'EriglishV the "Book ofthe _Mousetraps . ' —Notes And Queries ; ' Physic A - vebsus Mobal .- — Whether the physica _^ _wnnts should be -. _mnddled _^ through the' _morixl ;' or ; the moral thrOugh the _physical ,-has been a _questiorlwliich haSoccupied the'attention of philosophers and pliilantliropiats for . centuries . Without , attempting ,. to , . decide . > the , question , there can be no . doubt ' _tliat \ vben' tlie . physical _condition is impaired it demands , " the "first _attsntlori : . For iristhrice ; » person whilst suffering frdman acufe _' attack of goiit ' would be unable to appreciate the _subhmest lessons ' of philosophy ,
even though enunciated , by . tne , dnme . _l'lato . 'HoTninuch more welcome . to the . sufterer . would ; be a box of Blair ' s Gout aridltheiimatic PUls / so efficacious in eradicating this distressing malady . ? . * : ' - ' . ; '*? . ; - . " . _- ' " " ¦ - _, . ¦ ' . - -A SrEBD _ AND _ _l ! F _ CTD _ _L-cbK- ., q . - _^ _SEm-Lv' '" _- _?^ _-- . Ankle _sr Hollowat _' s OiNTHEST . _' -i-Extract ' of a . 'letti _ J frcm Mr . ; H . . Watkinson _;< of . the' Sp _ ldinffii ' < FM- Press _•> dated Feb ! 19 th , . 1848 , to _iProfeggor , 'Hdlloway _^ _k , _" ] _. , outh in our employment , _knocked hiti ankle . -O severely ; that tie most ; dangerou 3 _sraptoms ., were . b ' 0-riit ' on ; therebj ret . dering him : totafl y _. unable ' to walk w _^ _t'tetoWhis _' _-dutiefl , _' Manypreparanon _8-wore ;' ap ' plied i ! l but * all tinb ' effett ; at last he had . recourse to your _. _riV-ltfableointm-n . _iAvhen _ty the use _. of a _smglo _/ potihis ' 'ainklei . was : perfectly cured , and . ? . _^ y . _!^? . _^ _- ? v ? A _;** . qt . _Te . in > _TralkingranaiworWn _^ _- as lie was before the disaster . ( . _ignsdJS ' _. _rH . imKlNBW
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 12, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12011850/page/6/
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