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Health of Loxdon during the Week . —Summer approaches , and brings with it the usual improvements ia the public health . The deaths registered in last week , which were 9 S 6 , are more than the average estimated for increase of population ; but show a decrease of about 70 on the month of April , which was unusually cold for the season . It continues to he observed , that hooping-cough and bronchitis are the most actire agents in maintaining the Kite of mortality at the present mark—tho former increns ' . ng though the latter declines . From hooping-cough the mortality—namely 71 de aths—Is double the average ; while the 57 deaths from bronchitis are 20 above the average . The deaths from pneumonia are 77 , or 1 G more than the average ; those from consumption 13 !> , or rathor less than the
average . There were 12 from scrofula , or 7 more than the average ; and amongst those enumerated under this head were four deaths of males , chiefly boys under 15 , ascribed t o lumbar or psoas abscess . The mortality from scarlatina and measles continues slir fitlrnbore the Average : that from smallpox and tvphus is still under it . Twenty-two persons died of diarrhoea and dysentery , but not more than in the same week of the last two years ; thirteen of these were children under two years . A girl , t * o boys , and a man died of cholera , the last m the Dreadnought Hospital . A female of 3 i years died in St . Clement Danes , and the cause of death is reported by the medical man to have been " exhaustion-from grief , " after an illness of five months . Fire . —On Sunday morning , between four and five
o ' clock , a fire broke out In the premises belonging to George Gossott Hill , Esq .. So . 24 . Portlandplace . The flames commenced in the stabling and coach-house at the rear of the private mansion , and although an alarm was given , and assistance promptly arrived , the whole of the upper part of the building became enveloped In flames . The coachman ( who lived there with his family ) , succeeded in rescuing his wife and children , when he returned to the stables for the purpose of saving , if possible , his Master ' s horses and carriages . He contrived to ftring two horses out uninjured ,- but whilst in the act of leading-the third out , the heat became so great as both to overpower man and horse , and they
fell in the midst of the flames . The kicking and plunging of the animal caused some of the bystanders to enter , when they found the hone wrapped in flames , and the coachman lying at its sides . Apolice-cjnstahlo who was on duty there , succeeded in pulling the unfortunate man out , but not until he was seriously burned , and he was afterwards removed to the hospital . The firemen were unable to get the mastery over the flames until the stabling , coachhouse , three valuable carriages , and a horse worth 100 guineas , were destroyed . Xos . 5 , 6 , and 7 , "Weymouth-streei , occupied severally by Mr . K . H . Jones and Mrs . - Jephson , also received some damage . The whole of the sufferers were insured .
IXQ . UESIS . SraciDE . —On Saturday evening last , Mr . Higgs ( coroner for the duchy of Lancaster ) held an inquest at the Spotted Dog , Strand , on the body of Henry Ford , a compositor , who committed self-destruction "by precip itating himself . over Waterloo-bridge on ihe previous morning . W . R . Cooke , a fellow--workman of the deceased , stated that he had known Ford , whom he bek ' eved to be thirty-five years of age , for the last seven or eight years . " Met him at the Bell public-house , Wellington-street , at five o ' clock on Friday rooming , witness having gone there for refreshment , before going home , naving neen at work all night . The deceased appeared to him to have been drinking , but seemed perfectly sensible of what he was about . He appeared very depressed hi spirits , and had been noticed to have been so for the last five or six weeks . Deceased had not been at work on Thursday night . Witness left the Bell in an hour and a half with a friend , and
the deceased followed , and , after putting down a penny to the gate-teepcr at Waterloo-bridge , he ¦ went on a little in advance . Having reached the second or third recess of the bridge he mounted the seat , and ( as witness thought ) must have thrown himself over the balustrade ; he had been suffering mentally for some time , on account of the embarxassed state of his affairs . Richard Tidsdall , a waterman , deposed that he did not see the man throw himself off the bridge , but noticed him when his Tiody was halfway down . His head struck the stone abutment , and he rolled into the river . His head at the left side was smashed in , and he must have died instantly . Bowed the body on shore , and took it to the Strand engine house . After some consultation , the jury returned a verdict to the effect "That the deceased died from a fracture of the skull , caused by his falling over Waterloo-bridge ; tat whether he Jell from accident , or by his own act , there was not sufficient evidence to show . "
Suicide . —Before Mr . W . Baker , at the Bed Lion , Church-street , Stoke Sewington , on Monday last , on the body of Ann Pallet , aged 29 years , who drowned herself in the Xew River . It appeared that the deceased had been married four years to Mr . J . Pallet , who is connected with the formation of the new branch of railway at Hornsey . The deceased was unfortunately addicted to drinking . On Monday , the 30 th ult ., she left home and said , " she was going to a watchmaker ' s in Camden Town , " for the purpose of having her watch repaired , " She placed the watch in her pocket , and also 30 s . In money . She stopped out all night and squandered all her money away in drink , and in the morning she found herself pennyless . She pledged lier watch for a sovereign , and she was afterwards
seen intoxicated in the streets of Holloway . On the following Thursday , Mi-. Pallet received a letter from his wife , inclosing the duplicate for the watch . The letter ran as follows : — " I have sent you this to let you know where it is , and you will see no more of me . So God bless you—good bye : and ¦ when you hear of me , it will be in the seas . " Nothing more was heard of her until about four o ' clock < m" Saturday morning last , when her basket was found upon the ground , close to the strcet- < loor of her husband ' s residence . In the basket were her bonnet , shawl , collar , and an empty purse . A search was made for her , and about an hour afterwards her body was found floatingin the Xcw River , near the reservoir . —Verdict , " Found drowned . " Fatai . Accident ox the River . —Before Mi" . Bedford , on Tuesday , at the Feathers , Dean-street , Westminster , on the body of W . Sanderson , aged twenty-two years , a messenger to Messrs . W . H .
Smith , newsagents , Strand . It appeared that on Sunday morning last the deceased and his brother hire ! a wherry at Mr . Scarlc ' s , boat-builder , near Westminster Bridge . Each took an oar , and they xowed up the river . The tide was running up very strong , and the wind was blowing hard . They approached a number of barges moored together near the Millbank Prison , and they expected that the boat would come into collision with the barges and be upset . In order to prevent , it , they instantly dropped the oars into the boat and leaped out . The deceased caught the gunwale of a barge , and his Brother succeeded in seizing the ropes which kept the barges together . They screamed out for assistance , and before any could reach them the deceased sank into the river from exhaustion . Itwas proved that the boat never struck the barges , and if the young men had remained in the boat ' the unfortunate accident would not have happened . Verdict , " Accidental Death . "
Fatal Affhat os the Eastern Counties Railway . —Before ~ Mr . Baker , at the London Hospital , xm the body of James Carter aged 35 years , who was alleged to have died from injuries he received in an affray with a man named David Archer , who stands charged at Worship-street police-court with laving caused the death of the deceased . George Gowcr , a porter at the Shoreditch station of the Eastern Counties Railway , stated that the deceased and Archer were plate layers on the same line , and on Thursday week last , a quarrel took place between them . At length the deceased threw down his shovel and made an attempt to strike Archer with
Jus . fists , but failed to do so . Archer returned the Wow , and struck the deceased on the breast , and he stumbled backwards , andfell heavily upon the rails . A surgeon was sent for , and the deceased was subsequently removed to this hospital . —Mr . Edwards , house surgeon , said the deceased had received a fracture of the base of the skull , about three inches in length , from the effects of which he did on Monday last . Several witnesses were examined , but they were unable to state that the deceased fell from the force of-the blow . —The Coroner said it would be advisable to give Archer the benefit of the doubt . —Verdict , "Accidentaldeath . "
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What abe _ thb Rights of a Ciijzes?—Our rights in ' society ^ are numerous ; the rirfit of enjoying life and property ; the ri ght of exerting our physical and mental powers in an innocent manner , hut , the great right of all , and without which there is , in fact ; no right , is , the ri ht of taking a part in the making of the laws by vihich we are governed . This right is founded in that law of nature spoken ofahove ; it springs-out of the very principle of civil society ; for what compact , what agreement , ¦ what' common assent , can possibly he imagined by which / men would give up all the rights o ? nature , all the free , enjoyment , of their bodies and their
minds , in order to subject themselves to roles ' and laws , in- the making of which thoy should have nothing tpsay ; and whiehehould be enforced upoir S ^^ t tteir assent . The great risfit , there ^ ofl ^ n ^^ % * * ¥ * ¦ of W « the right whiS ™?*? ^ t 1 * ^ of 'the laws , to ^ M ^^^ m ^ ^ p & paiti ^^ : To sjo * how worth y they thgirpowcrs display - - " -To show how worthy , they ; their trust betray * w ^? l . children ' s . pocket & iecretslie ' - in female bosoms ; they must burn-or . fly "
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Frightful Suicide on me Midland Railwat On the 3 rd instant , the engineer of the train from Derbv , which arrives in Nottingham about ten c ^ cloik , shortly after it passed the Xonton ^ te . , 0 bserved a man steading by the side of the hue , on a crossing between the Won-gatcand the ¦ * £ *« £ nailwav Almost immediately after first oiscover , wShesawhimthrow his hat up into theair , and t IL cast himself across the line , and the train Passed over his body . The tram ^ was stopped as soon as possible , and on returning to the spot they found him lying on the line with the upper part of
his head completely severed from tne mwer . xmy placed him on the train , and removed him to the Nottingham station . From the name in the hat it appeared that the deceased ' s name was George Burrows , an exciseman , of Ruddington . The only roa . son assignable for this shocking event , by which a wife and six children have been left in an almost destitute condition , is that he was about to be removed to Nottingham from Ruddington , which would be an inferior situation . TheMghdekof a Husbandaims Wife at Bath —Exhkmatios op another Body . —As the nature
of this horrible affair becomes more fully developed , thepainful interest felt by the public increases . It will be recollected that a young man , aged twentyeight years , named Henry Marchant , resided with his wife , a woman of about his own age , and one child , three years old , in the Lower Bristol-road ; that on a Saturday evening he camo home as usual in perfect health , and after having partaken of some tea g iven him by his wife , he was seized with suddehlllness consisting of vomiting , acute pain in the stomach ; < fcc ., of which , on the following Sunday morning , he died , without any suspicions having been awakened in tho mind of the modioal man who attended him that he had been poisoned . On the succeeding Friday he was buried in the usual course , and all would probably have passed over , but from the facts of his widow having removed on
the morning after the funeral to Lark-hall , the other end of Bath , where on" the Monday morning she was married by licence to ah old man named "William Harris , aged seventy-two years , but who was supposed to be possessed of some property . This awakened suspicions , and upon two married females who resided in the same house with the deceased in the Lower Bristol-road going to Lark-hall to ascertain the truth of the marriage , they there saw the aged husband and also a female named Shaylor , who had assisted on tho day after the funeral in removing the widow ' s goods , and also discovered that the husband of this Shaylor had been one of the bearers of the body at the funeral , and had been the other person removing ' tho goods . It was also found that the cakes for the new
wedding had been made before the poor man was buried , and that the licence had been applied for before he was dead . Under these circumstances an application was made to tho magistrates and the coroner and the body exhumed ; a post mortem examination was made , and the viscera having been delivered to Mr . Herapath , the analytical chemist , that gentleman discovered 3 J grains of white arsenic in the contents of the stomach , and that there was arsenic in the solid portions of the stomach , in tho liver , and in the intestines , leaving no doubt of the man ' s having been poisoned . Under these circumstances the newly-married widow , her husband , and the two Shaylors , man and wife , were apprehended , and evidence was given at the inquest , which has been adjourned from day to day , of Mrs .
Marchant having been often seen in the company of Harris before her husband's death , andthat upon the evening that he was taken ill they were seen together . The police also , upon searching the houses of the prisoners , found in Shaylor ' s house , two doors from that in which Harris resided , a packet containing 83 } grains of arsenic , and various other things . It being also shown that Harris had buiied three wives previously , the last of whoni'died as lately as February in the present year , the coroner and authorities came to tho determination to exhumo her body , which was accordingly done in the presence of Mr . Herapath , chemist , Mr . Harris , surgeon , and a large number of the highest medical and other authorities of Bath . An inquest upon the body was convened ] from which we learn the following facts . The deceased woman ' s maiden name was Louisa
Perry , arid she was married to the prisoner Hams at the end of July , 1848 . She , after a few months , died , and was buried on the 1 st of February , in the present year , - in the' burying-ground attached to Walcofc Chapel , Bath . Prior to her death she had been for some time in ill-health , and had been a patient at the Bath United Hospital , where she was attended by Mr . Harris . For about a fortnight before her death , however , she had been . very much better , and had gone about in a state of convalescence . Mr . Harris at this time left Bath for a few days , and on his return was much surprised to find that his former patient was dead ; he could not help making a remark upon its suddenness , although he had no suspicions at the time of her having come by her death unfairly . Since the inquiry into the
death of Henry Marchan ^ had been commented , it was , however , ascertained that this Mrs . Harris , prior to her death , had been seized with retchings , acute pain of the stomach , diarrhoea , & c , all of which are symptoms consequent upon tho administration of irritant poison , and that upon her death Mr . Harris , instead oi being affected by her loss , had said , 'Nevermind , I will have another within a month , " and that he even refused to , and did not , attend her funeral Under these circumstances it was determined to exhume the body . This determination was communicated to the prisoner , Mr . Harris , and also to the prisoner , Mrs . Shaylor , who thereupon exclaimed , " I hope they will not ! I hope they will not , for if they do I shall die !" Unon the body being exhumed a vost mortem
examination was made by Mr . Harris , and the viscera were in a good state of preservation , one of the characteristics of the presence of mineral poisons , such as arsenic or mercury ; the contents were then delivered to Mr . Herapath . for analytical examination , and the inquest was adjourned . Mysterious Poisoxixe of Children . —At Witchfort , in the Isle of Ely , several persons , more especially children , have recently died very suddenly after only a few hours' illness , under circumstances giving rise to a strong suspicion of poisoning . At the present time Mr . W . Marshall , tho coroner , is engaged in an inquiry which commenced on tho 17 th ult ., and which extends to . two cases only , namely John and Susan Bailey , aged respectivel y about two and four years . They are the children of John Bailey , an agricultural labourer , residing in Witchford . It appears that the children were left in the charge of their . mother on Saturday , the 14 th ult .,
when at noon the same day they were seized with violent vomitings and purgings , shortly after partaking of their dinners , which consisted of meat , pudding , and bread and butter . These symptoms increased in severity , and in the space of six or eight hours both died . ' Previous to death they both complained of great thirst and excessive pain in the abdomen , the usual characteristics of poisoning . Mr . Muriel , the surgeon , had since made a post mortem examination of both bodies , and Sir . Pearson had made an analysis of the contents of both stomachs , the result of which had most satisfactorily proved that both had died from the effects of arsenic . The coroner , after several adjournments , remarked that although the cause of death , had been satisfactorily established , the labours of the jury could not terminate at the present point , as they had to ascertain , if possible , in what manner and by whom the poison was administered . The inquiry was , therefore , adjourned . -
Murders axd Suicide . —The Welchnan says , — On the 2 d inst . a rumour gained credence that in the neighbourhood of Uanbyther a man had murdered his wife and child , and then committed suicide ; and upon making _ investigation into the circumstances , it was unfortunately ascertained that the report was but too true . The name of the perpetrator of these inhuman deeds is Thomas Davies , a small fanner , residing at Cefnrhyddlan-issa in the parish of Llanwenog , Cardiganshire , and it appears that early on the 1 st inst ., while in bod with his wife and child ( the latter only nine months old ) , he attacked them with a razor , and having first nearly severed the infant ' s head from its body , he attempted the destruction of his wife . He first cut her across the wrist , severing the arteries completely , and
next gashed her throat and face in the most frightful manner .. Not content with this ; he cut her across the abdomen , ri pping it completely open , and causing tho intestines to protrude . Leaving the house he rushed into the Tivy , for the purpose , it is imagined , of drowning himself , but finding the water too shallow for his purpose , ho returned to the house and attempted to cut his own throat . Failing , however , to sever the jugular vein , he ripped open his own abdomen with the razor , which caused a similar protrusion to that which his unfortunate wife experienced . "' Police-sergeant Lloyd , stationed at Lianybythor , hearing of the occurrence , immediately repaired to the spot , and found the little girl m bed , with its throat frightfully lacerated , quite dead and cold . ' ' The wife , Mary Davies , had escaped from the house , and having proceeded about a field ' s breadth oh the south side , fell down .
When found she was ' still alive , outlying exhausted . She could ' speak faintly , and , in reply to questions , answered'that her husband had eommitteQ the but * rage with-a razor . - She ' was immediately conveyed to the house wrapped in a blanket , and oh a further search being made on" the north side of the residence , at the bbttomof a field , the husbahdwas found lying on his . left sido , in his shirt sleeves , navinff his throat lacerated , and his abdomen cut open from side fo ' sido about " ah-inch below the navel , with his intestines protrudmgT ' Ho was still IT TV ? i S ouId s l * e : ik more / distinctly thah " cduld his [ . ill-fated -partner ; V-He ' - ' acknowIe-dged ^ to the ¦? wLW ^ W at - he "had'kilied thl child , and I ^^ - ^ WM * WfeK throat with his ' S » 'g ? ra ^^ d ; iying - in a broolc abjV ffl" ^?^ whercJfch e inafl ^ as discovered . Mr . Thomas , surgeon * of Dohan , > as spoedily seht'for
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who dressed tho various wounds , but at once pronounced each case to bo mortal . His prediction was verified by the death of Thomas Davies , »* eleven o ' clock that night ; the wife lived till th » following morning . Attempted Murder . —At Banbury , on Monday , a desperate attempt was made by a man , named James Layton , to murder his wife by shooting her , and afterwards cutting her throat . The parties are both natives of Banbury , though for some time past resident at Leamington , where the husband was a builder , and had accumulated some property , bein ^ the owner of nine or ten houses in that place . They have a family of six or seven children } and a son of the wife , born previous to her marriage with Layton , resided with them . There appear to have been some disputes recently about his property , and Layton accused his wife , her son , and one of her defraud
brothers , atNeithrop , with conspiring to him of it . On Monday ho set off with his wife to walk to Banbury . They were seen together upon the road six or seven miles from that town . One man who saw them thought they were " sweethearting , " as Laytonhad his arm over his wife ' s shoulder . When they reached the spot above referred to , Layton put a pistol close to his wife ' s forehead , ' the poor woman says he put it quite under her bonnet , and fired it . An oblong pice of lead with which it was loaded struck her on the forehead , and the powder burnt her face ; he then took out a large table knife , with which he cut her throat , and also wounded her hands . She screamed , and several persons being within hearing they ran to her assistance , and several of them went in pursuit of Layton , who ran into the fields . He was captured and taken to Great Bourton , to which place also his wife "was conveyed , On Tuesday . one of the county magistrates took tbe deposition of tho injured woman , and the accused was remanded .
Serious Occurrence At Cambridge . —On Saturday last some paviours were at work near Trinity " College , Cambridge , when some students gave them bottle after bottle of wine to drink , until one of the men becameso drunk that he died . Murder in North Lincolnshire . —We last week reported the fact that another case of murder had occurred in Lincolnshire . The victim was Catherine Farrow , aged fifty-two , tho wife of John Far * row , who lives at the village of Brocklesby , in a cottage near the road leading to Habro ' rail way station , and about three-quarters of a mile from Brocklesby Hall , the seat of the Earl of Yarborougb , on whose estate the husband- works as a labourer . The noor woman left her home oh tho forenoon of the 26 th
ult ., about 20 minutes past 10 , to go to Keelby with butter , and to procure shop goods . She had in her pocket two sovereigns , two shillings , a sixpence , and a penny . Her way was across the fields , and she had passed over six closes when she was assailed by her murderer . About half-past twelve a man found her lying on her back dead , near to a gate leading into a field occupied by Mr . Holgate , in the extra parochial place of Nun Cottam , about three-quarter of a mile from her own house , and in the direct path to Keelby . An alarm having been given to a man who was hedging on the other side of the field , Mr . Jeffrey , surgeon , of Keelby , was sent for , and he pronounced her dead : without much examinationho stated that he considered death was caused
, by the breaking of a blood-vessel , and so the affair rested until Friday , the 27 th , when a coroner ' s jury was summoned for an inquest , but upon Mr . Jeffrey ' s making a more particular examination , he discovered wounds upon the head which proved that she had not died from natural causes . Mr . Marris , the coroner , having been apprised of the circumstances , a post mortem examination was ordered to be made , which was done accordingly on Sunday morning , and they found three large wounds on the head , apparently inflicted by a heavy blunt instrument ; there were extensive fractures of the skull . On examining her pocket , it was found to have been emptied of its contents , and one of the strings attaching it to her person was broken as if by
violence in getting out the money . Strong suspicion attached to a' man named Charles Overton , aged about 27 ( who was imprisoned not along ago for poaching , and who , five years ago , was convicted of breaking into a house at Habro ' , and imprisoned for some months ) , and he was accordingly apprehended and detained in custody by Mr . R . Potten , superintendent constable of Brigg . The principal cause of suspicion arose from his changing two sovereigns at two different places in Ulceby ( about three miles distant ) on the day of the murder , from his not having previously had any money , and his stating to his mother the morning after the murder ( when he gave her some ) that he had been at work four days , and had drawn part of his . wages , although he had
not been at work , and , consequently , had not drawn any money ; the way in which he accounted for the possession of the money which he changed , and the employment of his time , was also very unsatisfactory . The place where the murder was committed is very public . It is the footpath from Brocklesby to Keelby , and from Keelby-road to Roxby , lhningham being immediately past it : it is also very near to a much-frequented path from Keelby to Habro ' station . There were almost all around the p lace several men engaged in felling trees , repairing fences , & c . There are also two cottages within a Su arter of a mile of the spot . There can be no oubt the first blow prevented any calling out . Mr . Hudson's Brotuer-is-Law Drowned at
York . —On Wednesday information was received that during the previous night the body of Mr , Nicholson had been found in the river Ouse . Deceased was a director and auditor of the York and North Midland Railway ; he was also brother-in-law to Mr . Ilud-on , As may be well imagined , he took a deep interest in everything connected with the York Railways , and it is said had a very large investment in them . He was in the garden- ; of the Yorkshire Museum during the evening previous to his death , and about half-past ten o ' clock his body was discovered in the waters of the Ouse , near to the esplanade , and not far from his own residence at Clifton . When the body was brought to the shore signs of life were apparent , but he died before
radical assistance ceuld be procured . His remains were conveyed to his own house . Mr . Nicholson was formerly the co-partner of Mr . Hudson , as drapers in York . He was a bachelor , and was an admirer mid patvon of tbe fine arts . His collection of paintinas was valuable , and included many of Etty ' s best productions . Suicide of an Undergraduate at Cambridge . —Inqxjkst . —On "Wednesday morning , a jury was cmpanneled in the Combination-room of Clare Hall College , Cambridge , to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Edward Hayman , a sizer of that College . —Elizabeth Barton , bedmaker to the deceased , deposed to finding him , at half-past four on Tuesday afternoon , lying upon the floor , bleeding from a wnund in his throat . He was a very steady ,
exemplary young man . —Mr . Hough , surgeon , stated that the deceased was in his bedroom , quitedead , when he was called in . On a high reading-desk in the sitting-room a sheet of writing paper , with blood on ii , wasfbund . bearing the words hastily scrawled ; " Good by , father . Thank you , dear Henry , for—" There was a pool of blood near this desk , and a pen stained with blood upon the table . A large pool of blood was observed near where the body was found , as well as on the dressing table , drawers , and looking glass in the bedroom . The deceased had manifestly made a first attempt at the high desk , then wrote the paper , and , going to the bedi oom , acconiplished his purpose before the looking-glass . The incision was , probably , made from left to right , anda
portion of it was jagged on the left side , when , in all probability , the first attempt was made . —John Marshall Hayman , undergraduate of St . John ' s College , stated that he was brother of the deceased . He produced some correspondence between deceased and another brother in London , which went to favour the idea that the unfortunate young man had gone wrong in his mind on religious topics . ' Witness then said : I saw the deceased on the Thursday or Friday before he passed his " Little go . " He came to my rooms on the Sunday evening before the examination , his object being to satisfy me that it was ; impossible for him to pass , and that he ought to have a medical certificate to excuse him . It is clear he was then labouring under a delusion , because he went in , and ,
as I am informed , passed a most satisfactory examination , being well prepared in all the subjects . My brother ' s spirits had been very low during the last fortnight , and I frequently noticed an appearance about his eyes as though he had been crying . — Thomas Mayer Nixsonsaid—I was a friend of the deceased . In the middle of last week he sent his bedmaker to say he wanted to see me . I went to his rooms . He was undressed in his bedroom . ' He said he _ was very unhappy , that he bad committed a great crime , and wanted some one to comfort him . He then said he had been guilty of gluttony the day before , and that he had smoked a cigar overnight in his rooms , for the first timein his We . I tried to laugh the matter off , and . deceased said he wanted tobe
consfortedand not laughed at . ; . 1 could notpersuade him ; that he had not committed a serious offence , and by his desire we went into , the sitting-room , "and there read the church prayers together , and some : passages of Scripture . H . e seemed better . . There was' more evidence , but the jury here expressed themelves satisfied , and' the coroner , said : he ' thought there could only be one opinion on the matter . The jury then returncd ~ unanimous verdict of " Temporary in-* j i ^' ' ?? ^ remains - of- . the- deceased were con-Wed . to his brother for interment . The late Mr . ** aymanwas a young man of great promise . He entered Clare HaU in 1847 as Grecian from Christ ^ Hospital . He . was the son of a clergyman in Somersetshire , and was about twenty-one years of age , ¦
TEE vmsomm m sussex . . The adjourned raquest . Tyas turned oh Saturday last ..-: . ' . ¦" . ; " .. . .. ;; :: ; : ? . ; It has . alrpd yheeh . briefl y anhouncod that the mysterious . illness of . Benjanun Cteering gave rise to thobelief that the . deceased husband , of the accused Mrs .-Ceering , andtwo sons ; whose ' symptoms of illness were all alike ; had met with their . deaths unfairly .. Richard Geering , aged fifty-six ; the father , died on thel 3 th of September , 1818 ; Cfedwe one of theson ^ a ^ ed . ,. ?! ,.. !?!! the 27 th of J ^ fjaibcr ,
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h tho same year ' ; and another son , James , aged 26 , on the 6 th of last March . The coroner directed the exhumation of the bodies , which had been interred in Guestling Churchyard , and the contents of the stomachs were forwarded to Mr . Taylor , the professor of chemistry , at Guy ' s Hosp ital . The analysis is not complete in all the cases as yet , arsenic , however , in quantities has been found in two instances , and there is little doubt as to similar painful discoveries 6 Thompson , a superintendent of the East Sussex constabulary , said : I apprehended the prisoner on tho 26 th ult ., at her house m Guestling . It is situated on Cluestlmg-green , and the end of . a row of five cottages under one roof . On the lowest floor there is a bedroom and little wash-house . I found
on the top of a nest of old shelves , in the corner ot a room , the paper produced . It is labelled " poison , " and contains red powder—red precipitate , I believe . I told the prisoner what she was charged with . She said she had not had arsenic m her house for many months . . . Henry Pitman , a druggist , residing at Creek , in Hastings , was called . On Monday , the 2 nd of April , the prisoner came to my shop witha six-ounce bottle , and asked for some medicine for her son . It was sweet nitre and oapivi . She had had similar before . She did not pay for it . On the 24 th June , 1848 , I moved to my present abode . I recollect her coming to my former shop frequently . In the courseof last autumn I remember her buying some arsenic at my house . She had a penny worth at a time , and I
used to g ive her one drachm , or sixty grams . I recollect that on one occasion she had two-pennyworth of arsenic , in separate parcels . She desired to bo served with it in two parcels . She said one was for herself and the other for another party . I do nok remember whether she said it was for him or her . I labelled the two parcels as if they were for different persons . She said it was to destroy rats . I think I sold her some arsenic at the latter end of tho year ; ¦ In the month of February I was out Of arsenic for a short time—about a week . > On the 12 th I received a fresh supply . While I was out of arsenic the prisoner came and asked for some . In the course of the following week after I had received the supply she called at my shop and had a pennyworth . Another occasion after she had two pennyworth . :
Benjamin Geering , the son of the accused , said : I am nineteen years of age , and am a son of the prisoner ., I reside at Guestling , and for the last twelve months I resided with my mother . My father , Richard Geering , died on the 13 th of September , 1848 . That was at his own house . He was ill from Friday nig ht till the following Wednesday . My father was sick when he was taken ill . I did not see him from the Sunday until the Wednesday upon which he died . I did not think he was so ill . - I do not know whether he was in great pain . Mr . Pocock , tho surgeon , of Winchelsea , attended him . Mr . Pocock only saw him once . I saw my father after he was dead ; there was not much alteration in his face . I micht have seen him oriee
or twice after he was dead ; his face was not black . The lid of the coffin was screwed down on the Fri * day . George Geering , my brother , died on the 27 th o December , 1848 . He was twenty-one years of age . He was ill four days . He was very sick when first seized . —Chairman : Did anything particular occur to him after ho was seized?—Witness ( reluctantly 1 : He kept craving for water , he did not appear to be in very great pain . He drank water . My brother , James Geering , died on the 6 th of last March . Ho was ill there weeks and five days . He was sick . —Clerk : Who laid the bodies out ?—Witness : My mother laid my brother but not my father ;
Judith , a nurso , did that . On Good Friday- last I was taken sick ; it was rather late in the day . I had previously been in good health . I dined at homo on that day . The family consisted of my mother , William , Edwin , and my brother William ' s three little children . We had what we usually had for breakfast—bread and cheese , and bread and butter , and tea or coffee . Did not always have sugar . I don ' t know who made the tea . My mother mostly poured the tea out when at the breakfast table . She generally made the bread , it was made up in large loaves . She sometimes made pies . I had no pie on Good Friday . At breakfast I ate and drank as others . I drank out of a
tea-cup . - I had a cup to myself . I do not recollect exactly What wo had for dinner , but we had pudding . My mother helped me to some . In the afternoon I went to Eaton ' s , on the opposite aide of the way , and had three or four glasses of ale . I went home , and between eight and nine o clock that night I was taken ill . I retched and felt a sensation in my throat ' . My mother knew I was sick . She did not do anything for me . I thought the beer made me sick . On the Sunday morning I got up and followed the bullocks . I returned to breakfast a little after eight . I felt sick after breakfast . My mother was there . We had tea . I was not there
when it was made . I generally had sugar and milk in my tea . My mother had breakfast that morning . The cups were kept in the cupboard place . I was very sick after breakfast . My throat was sore , it was heated , and my belly was sore . I was sick several times . My mother did not do anything for me , for I could not take anything , i was sick in the handbason . I noticed what I threw up was of a greenish colour . I had no medical advice on Sunday . The neighbours sent Mr . Pocock in on the Monday . My mother told me I had better have advice . On tho Monday morning I had some water , but not much . 2 could not hare kept it down it 1 had . What I threw up had been thrown away when Mr . Pocock came . He gave me some pills : he said
he did not know what to do with me . He wished me to have Mr . Ticehurst in . I believe my mother went to him on the 11 th . She said she had seen him . Mr . Ticehurst came on the 13 th and saw me . I told him my symptoms , in the presence of my mother , and on the Sunday I had a bottle of modicine and sonic powders from Mr . Pocock . I took them , and the sickness stopped . Saw Mr . Ticehurst on the Friday following . On Saturday , the 21 st of April , I was again taken ill , sick , with heat and pain in my stomach . My mother had her breakfast with ine . She baked that morning . We had breakfast together , as usual . My mother helped me to what I drank . We had our toa-cups as usual . I was taken Bick after dinner . I
had a piece of new bread to dinner , with some butter and cheese . I had coffee to drink . I drank it from a cup . What I threw up was of a greenish colour . I had the same burning sensation . That sickness continued till the Tuesday . Mr . Pocock and Mr , Ticehurst oame on the Wednesday . —Clerk : I believe you belong to a benefit club ?—Witness : Yes , I do—Clerk : Your father belonged to the club ?—Witness : He did . —Clerk ' : And your brothers , George and James ?—Witness " : Yes . —• Clerk : Now , don't you know that upon the respective deaths of your father and brothers your mother had a certain sum of money ? Witness : I don't exactly know , but there aro more than 100 members in the club . —Clerk : Then she would have
£ 5 on each death . —Witness : Yes , sir , if each mem . ber pays his shilling . —Clerk : The society allows to sick members 10 s . a week for the first three months , and 6 s . for tho nine months ?—Witness : Yes , sir . —Clerk : When you were ill who got your money ?—Witness : I had it , and I gave ft ' to my mother . —Mr . F . Ticehurst , surgeon of Hastings , went into a lengthened statement as to the appearance of the lad Benjamin Geering , and the treatment pursued towards him . A portion of what ho had discharged immediately after his last attack of sickness had been forwarded to Professor Taylor , of Guy ' s Hospital for analysation , the result of which was that the presence of a sufficient quantity of arsenic to cause death was discovered .
^* The "Beauties Of Yorkshire."—A New Tr...
^* THE "BEAUTIES OF YORKSHIRE . "—A NEW TRICK . A man lias been apprehended in Manchester , who has been preying upon the nobility and . gentry of the country for the last five or six years , and duping them of their guineas under a pretence that they have some time ago put down' their names on his subscri ption list for a new work which he had published , under the title of tho " Beauties of Yorkshire . " Tho " Beauties of Yorkshire" is stated to be quite an imaginary publication , no such work havmgeverissuedfrom thepress . Tho impostor seems to have trusted to the oblivion which great men have , or arc supposed to have , of such events in their lifetime as having written their names upon sub . scriptlon lists for now books . and the event certainly
appears to have frequently justified his knowledge of human nature in that respect . But the cleverest part of the trick is tho mariner in which he Ms enabled himself-to furnish proof , or at least what might appear prima facie evidence , to the various noblemen whom he has applied to of their having subscribed t » his work . He writes to Lord D—— . , for instance , and reminds his lordshi p that the guineafor which he was pleased to enter , his name on the subscription list for tlie ;• ' Beauties of Yorkshire , " six years ago , has not yot been paid , and says ho shall bo glad if his lordship will remit the amount , The answer received says ; —" Lord
D——^ - docs not recollect ever having put his name to the subscriptionbpok named b y Mr . Hartley , hut if Mr . Hartley can furnish Lord D—— - with his autograph from the said ' subscription book , as a proof of his signature , the amount shall bo remitted . " The pretended publisher very adroitly cuts cut the name «« D ^— - " from his lordship ' s note , sticks it in a letter addressed to his lordship and grumbling that he has been obliged to deface and gender incomplete his . subscription book by cutting the autograph out , hopes his .. lordship will not doubt his own handwriting , but pay the money without further trouble . ' : The prisoner ' s name . is 'John nartlev . ' and oh Sa-™ he was brought before the magistrates at Manchester for examination : '"' , - ¦ ' - : ' ' "
, . f" :: ;^™ ' * . chief ^ superintendent of tho dofceb-. tirepolice at Manchester , said the prisoner hadheeri . appi-ehended on the jr ' evious'day . af ' a lodgihg-hou ' sc in £ ack , Piccadilly . The" prisoner ,, had ueen : ih the hahit of- ^ ntog letters to ' nobiwicn stating that lie
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was the publisher of a book called the " Beauties of Yorkshire , " that a copy . of tluv book had been supplied to them , and that he wished for . payment . In consequence of these letters the Commissioners of Police in London , and also the London Mendicity Society , had communicated with Captain Willis , the chief constablo at Manchester , and no ( Mr . Heswick ) having discovered the prisoner s lodgings , had taken Inspector M'Mullin with him to the lodgings and had thero apprehended the prisoner and seized his papers and letters . These were found in a box , the key of which was in the prisoner s possession when he was taken . Mr . Beswick here produced upwards of a hundred letters from various noblemen and gentlemen , ...... _ -..- ' - '«*_ ' t _ t _ .. il . J it . ti T » .-.. i ! . ;
some o which showed the success with which the !> ris 0 ner had met ; others were copies of his own etters of application . By one of these copies of his own letters , dated in 1845 , it appears that he first entitled his work " The Curiosities of Yorkshire , " and charged 10 s . fid . per copy . By one of these copies of a later date , it would seem that the " Beauties of Yorkshire" have paid so well that he has brought out a second part . Letters were produced which had been found in the prisoner ' s possession from Mr . T . M . Gibson , M . P . for Manchester , Mr . E . S . Caylcy , M . P . , - Lord Fitzhardinge , the Right Hon . H . Goulburn ; Lord Dartmouth , Sir Robert H . Inglis , M . P . for Oxford : the Duke of Leeds , Earl of Thanet ,
Mar-Juis of Thomond , Earl Grey , viscount Melbourne , lOrds Somers , Courtenay , Dacre , Chichester , Clare , Mahon , Delamere , Denbigh , De llos , Calthorpe , and Stair , Sir Charles Wood , Dr . Bowring , and Sir William Somerville , die ., ' & c . Mr . Beswick also produced a _ great number of papers in the prisoner ' s handwriting , on which were memoranda of the parties written to , with the final result of the application , whether successful or hopeless . The following will g ive an idea : — " Viscount Falkland , paid ; Earl of Wihchilsea , paid ; Earl Dalhousie , bad ; Lord Kenyon , n . p . ; Marquis of Winchester , bad ; Lord Vane , paid ; Lord Lansdowne , bad ; Earl of Harrowby , paid j Earl of Albemarlebad : Earl of Edinton . naid : Earl of
, Yarborough , paid ; Duke of Devonshire , paid ; Thomas Milner Gibson , paid ; Duke of Norfolk , paid ; Earl of Mayo , paid ; Earl of Wcmyss , paid ; Earl of Tranmere , paid . " Besides these were found paragraphs and advertisements from newspapers , including notiees to creditors of deceased persons to send in their accounts ; notices of assignments of property ; notices of sales of property of deceased persons ; and paragraphs noticing the illness or demise Of noblemen , Mr , Beswick said he should on another day be able to show that the prisoner had scarcely omitted to reply , for some time past , to every , advertisement addressed to creditors of deceased persons in Manchester , sending in a claim for debt . The prisoner came from Malham , near Skipton , in Yorkshire , and probably , were his house searched there , other letters and papers would befound showing his impostures . He applied Mi luiuituueuunui auaneis cuuiu
nave me pnsuuei . be obtained from parties in London to whom he ( Mr . Beswick ) had written to prove the frauds , The prisoner was remanded . Wednesday . —John Hartley was brought for further examination before the magistrates at Manchester . —Mr . Beswick , the chief superintendent of the detective police , handed to the bench some letters which he had received frOM London . —Ml" . Maude : Do you know anything of him ? Mr . Beswick : I learn that his name is Hartley , or Hurtley ; that he lives at Malham , in Yorkshire , where he has a small estate of his own , which brings him in about £ 40 a year . You will perceive . by the letters I have handed up to the bench that the parties written to in London , decline to come down all the way here to ptosecute . —Mr . Maude : Well , he must le discharged . —The . prisoner was immediately set at liberty .
Penartce In A Parish Church. Cambridge, ...
PENArTCE IN A PARISH CHURCH . Cambridge , May 6 . —The parish of Fen Ditton , about two miles from this place , has been the scene of most extraordinary and disgraceful doings this morning . In conformity with a sentence lately passed m the Arches Court by Sir Herbert Jenner Fust , a man named Edward Smith , a gardener and the village fiddler , was to stand and do penance in the parish church for the offence below recited . The suit was a cause of defamation promoted by Mrs . Martha James , the wife of the Rev . William Brown James , rector of Fen Ditton , against Edward Smith , of the same parish , for that he , in the months of April and May , 1848 , in a reproachful and
insidious manner charged Mrs . James with the crime of adultery . Tho writ was brought into the drchca Court by request from the Vicar-general of the Bishop of Ely ; and no appearance heing given for the defendant , the proceedings were conducted in pecnam . It was proved that Smith had , at a public house in the village of Ditton , when " half drunk and half foolish , " used the defamatory words imputed , and the averments in the libel having been proved , judgment was prayed and granted , to the effect that the usual penance should be performed in the parish church of Pen Ditton , on Sunday , May 6 ; Smith was also condemned in costs , which amount to £ 42 17 s . Gd .
• The subject has been the matter of talk in the country round since the passing of the sentence , and between the hours of nine and eleven o ' clock ( the time fixed for the commencement of the service ) , the thoroughfares lending to Ditton from Cambridge and other adjacent places were crowded with passengers , and there were not less than three thousand persons in the village before the bells had done chiming . The majority of these were of course members of tho lower orders , though some anxiety was evinced amongst the most respectable lamilios in the neighbourhood to hare pews " secured , " wherefrom they might have a glimpse of the novel proceeding . The churchyard was crowded , and as soon as tho doors were open a rush took place into
the edifice that would have disgraced the upper gallery of a theatre in . London on a boxing ni g ht , and every available spot was occupied in less than five minutes . The screen was covered by men ( bargees ) sitting astride ; the capitals of the pillars had each their human occupant , and Ditton Church , which is computed to be capable of seating 1 , 000 persons , was crowded to suffocation , the majority of tho audience standing upon the seats and eagerl y fighting for the spot which would command the best view of the place where it was supposed Smith would stand . The Rev . A . H . Smill , of Emmanuel College , Cambridge , who had undertaken to do duty for the rector on tho occasion , entered the church exactly at eleven o ' clock , followed by Mr . James
and his wife , the promoter of the suit . Mr . and Mrs . James took up their position in the rector ' s pew , and the servico commenced . All eyee were strained to get a glimpse of Mrs . James , and the officiating minister had ; no sooner commenced than he was saluted with a shout of " Speak up , old boy , " and a chorus of laughter and similar interruptions were continued throughout The hymns were omitted by the special request of the rector , made to Mr . Small at an interval in the service . Mr . Small having concluded the prayers , entered the pulpit , and taking his text from the seventh chanter of Matthew , verse 1 , " Judge not , lest ye be judged , ' proceeded to the delivery of an impressive discourse , interrupted by the breaking of windows
by the mob outside , cat-calls , whistles , laughter , and other unseemly noises , which increased as he proceeded , until his voice was finally drowned , partly by the noise inside , and partly by that outside , consequent upon a dogfight , which had been got up in the church yard . The interest excited bv this gave way , in its turn , to that excited by a cry , "Smith is coming , " several times reiterated ; and the struggle that ensued for places commanding a view of the aisle up which he was to proceed to his appointed position opposite the reading-desk baffles all- description , At last his veritable appearance was announced by a shout from the parties outside that almost shook the edifice , and a complete stop was put to the sermon . It was clear that at this time . there were
several parties smoking in the body , of the church , as the smoke was seen rising towards tho roof , and a smell of tobacco was evident to all . The shout outside subsided as Smith entered the church , but was taken up by its occupants with , three hearty cheers , clapping of hands , whoops , and other discordant sounds . , On his reaching the reading-desk the press was so great that he had . to be lifted into tho pew of one of the churchwardens on men ' s arms and when there ho was . mounted on a hassock placed on a seat immediatel y facing the pew of the itor . Mr . James . Nothing hut this would satisfy the audience , and qniet was in some degree restored by Smith waving over his head the paper from S > was to read ^ is recantation ; suppli ed to Si * ^ Ir- : C 2 ° P , er T * tto «« J- - - ' « f Cambridge , the legal advisor of kr . James ; Mr . Small essayed a continuance of his discourse reneatedlv . h ., k «» - » .
£ SX-fM ^& W ° - ^ Smith ' one . choor more for Smith , " the said cheer being most heartily £ ^ £ rt- S SS 4 -- ^ ' often « lll > S " tilorice for the Skc ^ SK f : ' ****> m--ot the churchwardens , and asked him what was tobe done , eayine " You Si » ^" - P «?? ner , = Md will do as you think proper . ' While this " observation was maki ' nVr' „ broom which hid been found in one coSS ^' t ^ church , new across it , and fell wi £ S f he thi g time were-stanXS nl 0 f S ^ ' Wl reading ^ t ^ - S ^ S ^^? ^ - . ? ^ from tho nuloit foi ^ ws book ,.. and descended of the iSS nlfi ^! ^ ^ h total ^ nfolition . ' time sSo ^ nSil ^ f ° ° d wl ch <& ^ SdlS
Penartce In A Parish Church. Cambridge, ...
Mr . Small had no sooner left the pulpit than it was occupied by spectators , who maintained tliei ^ position there to the end of tho proceedings . Atlast a hassock struck Mr . Small , and at the s-uno moment Smith concluded reading his recantation and moved out of thb pew to leave the church , q » his setting his feet on the stones of the aisle ho v as taken up by the mob amid shouts of " Bravo Smith—well done , Smith , " arid the most heartycheers , and carried - out on men ' s shoulders . () i his way to the Plough ' , to which he repaired , he was called upon for a speech , and in repl y said to the immense crowd which was besetting him , « j am sorry I cannot ask the whole of you to dinner but I am a poor man . " On his way throu gh tho ^ >( m Cmnll 1 » n / l tia annnAit Iftff . + Tift rrnlnit- it
village the inhabitants rushed out to shake hands with him , and on his entering tho Plough the house became immediately filled with his admirers , who consumed the remainder of the afternoon in smokin g and drinking on the green . Smith , however , with good taate , retired to his domicile , saying that ho was desirous there should he no disturbance . jfr > and Mrs . James , on the other hand , were hooted on their exit from the church , and were followed to the rectory house by a mob , some of the members of it breaking the windows with stones . . ... Smith mado a speech at the Plough , to the effect that he had formerl y been under-gardener at the rectory , and that during the tho time he was there the body of . a child iiad been found buried in the
garden , and the head , which had been severed therefrom , in another part . Mrs . James had , he said , accused him of bringing this body from the churchyard for scandalous purposes , and tho consequence was that he had been out of work ever since . The observation he had made with regard to Mrs . James , was , he said , made in a tap-room when he was half drunk and the other half foolish , and was conveyed by a meddling constable to one of the churchwardens , who refused to entertain tho complaint , and that then the constable sent a note to Mr . James . _ He said that if the rector had " put him" in a minor court , he could have fought him . Hothoughty howevoi ' , the rector was sick of meddling with the fiddler .
Throughout tho day a collection was going on through the village by men carrying boxes , Mayday fashion , the supplication being , "Please- . to remember Smith , " and the proceeds being in « tended to be appropriated towards the payment of Smith ' s costs . It is doubtful if the house of God was ever tho theatre for the enactment of a similar scene , and the whole affair has only tended to increase the original scandal . This morning Mrs , James was waited upon b y the churchwardens and other gentlemen of influence in the village , who implored her ( seeing the storm that was brewing ) to absolve Smith . It is stated that Mr . James would have acceded ,-but tho lad y was not agreeable . Mrs . James was formerl y housekeeper to the reverend the rector , and thoy were privatel y married about two years ago .
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Appeeue\Si0jf 0.V A Clfargk Of Murder.-I...
APPEEUE \ SI 0 Jf 0 . V A ClfARGK OF MURDER .-Ia October last , the body of a woman , named Euphemia Bourhill , was found in the Union Canal , near Falkirk . The body bore the most unequivocal evidence that death had been caused by violence . There were several deep gashes about tho head , and one or two severe wounds in other parts of tha body . From some hints dropped by a lad who is employed in connexion with some of the boats on the Union Canal , the police have apprehended three men on suspicion of being concerned in the murder . Their names are James Turnhull , Mungo Dutf , and James Gray . They are all boatmen or carters connected with the canal .
Great Fire is Glasgow . —On Sunday last , a fire broke out in the sugar refining premises of Messrs Wainwright and Co ., Washington-street , Glasgow . Tho fire , soon destroyed the premises of Messrs . Wainwright , afterwards communicated with various buildings adjacent , which were all destroyed . Tho names then seized the Andcrston Chapel-of-easo in Clyde-street , which was burned to the ground . They afterwards communicated with the largo soap and candle works of Messrs . C . Boyd and Son , then crossed tho street , and attacked the boiler manufactory of Mr . Ban-, the ifood- , vardof 3 fr . Marshall , and the stable-yard of Mr . Hutchison . These premises were all completely destroyed . The value of the property destroyed cannot be estimated at much under £ 50 , 000 , but the whole was insured .
Birth Extraordinary . —On Friday , the 4 th inst ., a lady who had taken her seat in the train which left Edinburgh for Glasgow at four o ' clock p . m ., was delivered of a child in the carriage . Her husband , a corn merchant in Leith , was present at the time ,
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State Of The South Asd West. (From The T...
STATE OF THE SOUTH ASD WEST . ( From the Times . ) Dublin , Saturday . —This post brings tho usual mass of intelligence with respect to the rapid progress of Irish destitution . There is no variation in the details , which are of a piece with the gloomy accounts that day after day ring upon the public car , until hope at length begins to vanish as tho "difficulty " seems to be hourly becoming more insurmountable . The Peel project and Sir John Roimlly ' s bill are , no doubt , steps m the right direction ; but time presses , and before the latter shall become law it is greatly to be feared that the words "too late " will have to be written on the records of imperial
legislation . A gentleman connected officially with the Poor Law department states it as his positive belief , that the deaths from privation within the last month , outnumber those of the whole winter of the year 1846-7 , and that a more fatal season has yet to come , inasmuch as he apprehends that what , in April and May is no worse than a scarcity will amount before Midsummer to a positive famine . Fortunately , however , these dismal anticipations may not be realised ,-as a glorious run of fine weather has given new life to those who almost hope against hope , and should the country bo blessed with evoii an average harvest , the temporary relief thug
afforded would give statesmen an opportunity to mature their plans undisturbed by the voice of lamentation on the one hand , and , on the other , freed from those incessant demands on the national resources which , while exhausting the patience and energy of one country , are wholl y insufficient to satisfy tho wants of tho other . In the meantime , while famine and disease aro doing fatal execution in the ranks of the population , evictions are adding their contingent to the overcrowded poorhouscs ; that is , for such of them as aro capable of affording accommodation to the hordes of miserable beings who otherwise must perish on the roadside or in the ditches .
A special reporter , from the Corib Examiner , is now traversing tho county of Kerry , and tho accounts lie furnishes to that journal of villages depopulated and cabins levelled , arc really appalling . Subjoined is an extract from a communication dated Traleo , Monday evening : — " The farms of Knuckavuhig , Biendhufte , and Ballinavuhig , with others , are a portion of the property of Trinity College They were held up to a very recent period by Mr . Staughton . That gentleman ' s term having expired , and he not wishing to pay the renewal fine , the lands were advertised for sale ; and after some competition , were knocked down to Mr . Pope and Mr . Kice , of the locality . Mr . Pope held a large farm in the townlacd of Knuckavubig , from Mr . Stauehton , on
which resided a number of small holders and their labourers , previous to his becoming actual lessee , ia conjunction with Mr . Rice , ofthis college property . ' I , in the first place , then visited Mr . Pope and Miv Rico , both of whom I saw : and they spoke as it ' they were completel y irresponsible for the ejectments which had taken place on the propevtv which was then theirs—how far thev may prove correct 1 will endeavour to show .- ' Having left Messrs . Pope and Rice , I proceeded towards Knuckalvuhig , where I Was unable , to perceive aught but a ^ number—a large number indeed—of unroofed cottages . I , ill vain , inquired for . those who once inhabited them , and ni this dilemma proceeded a . little further on , when , to my surprise , I perceived a couple of sheds
erected on the open highway , their existence being principally indicated by the smoke that-issued from their many apertures . I wp-pvoashed them , and shall not soon forget the appalling picture of ; destitution and misery which hero ' presented itself . About lour feet apart , on the public road , ' , were erected two shedsj about 'five feet long »*»' three feet high . They were constructed of p ^ f ' of old timber , which were covered with largo soas of grass . I called , to the inmates , one of «' l 0 in ! after a great deal of hesitation , and not till I k * tt ; assured him that I was no legal officer or landlord s . deputy , came tovth / His name was John Wf' - Ho : waa living : in ; that . shed ,. which was built "J ; himself about three ' . weeks ¦ ago : there were Po ¦ other families besides his own living in ^' , , i were Patrick" Halloi-an and Mary Leahy , HaUolf ;
um uiMfl-m tamil yV Mary Leahy had four in M ] " " and he himself had five . - The shed was built of P ^ of the rafters of what was once his owii' hoa »;" had lived at Knockavuhi gu for the last twenty ) ' »" where he held a cabin and four acres of land bHJ » rate of £ 4 a year " ; he was tenant to Mr . P ° P , ' S held under Mr . Staughton ; 'he got notice ot ffijl ; ment fromMr . Mum , tho solicitor of Trinity ^ lege , on the title , not for non-payment of * % ea was ejected and his house levelled tw or . three . weeks ago ; he built a-little shed on the ' of his"house / where he slept for tlux corfo m-n ' ^ i ,,, but that was thrown down , by Mr . Bice s n " :, , B turned himself and his family adrift oh tho wo !¦ - a cold ' rainy ni ght .. He owed one year ' s ren t ; ' _ jg time of his ejectment , and always paid i * S " la 4 lli < 5 now in recei pt of If stone of meal per . wcet- w supporfof five in family . '' . ' , u- tho & : Dozens of similar cases are mentioned 0 )' , & porter , who-also furnishes returns of the to » ' p ( 0 . - and number : of families ^ evicted on thoMffV ^ perty ; from" which it-appears , that WltlH" k
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