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Hbalth cp LosnoK DUKisa the 'Wbek . —The deaths registered in London in the week ending last Saturday were 893 . In the corresponding weeks of ten years ( 1840-9 ) the average was 970 , which , if a certain proportion be added for supposed increase of population , becomes 1 , 058 ; the present rate of mortality , therefore , continues comparatively low , and the decrease of last week amounts to 165 deaths . The class of zymotic or epidemic diseases exhibits in this return 195 fatal cases . This is a lower number than , in any corresponding week since that of 1846 ,-when there were 179 ; in those of the three following years the deaths from epidemic diseases were respectivel y 318430 and 60 S . Last week
, , small pox -was fatal in 10 cases ; measles in only <; hooping cough in 27 ; scarlatina in 31 . A-. ^ H from the last-mentioned cause occurred in Millstreet , St . James , Bermondsay ; and Mr . Martin , the registrar , observes that out of 10 deaths which he registered during the week , 6 , arising from various diseases , occurred within a few yards of the tidal ditch , Jacob ' s Island , " yet the intolerable nuisance remains unabated . " . The mortality from diarrhoea and dysentery continues to decline ; the deaths which in a week of August rose to loo have now fallen to 47 . It is worthy of note that 16 deaths occurred in the workhouse , Whitechapel ( north subdistrict ) all with one exception between the 27 th September and 4 th October ; and of these , 7 were 2 feverand the
caused by d ' " arrkcea , by , remaining 4 by various causes . Seven deaths from cholera ( five of which were among children ) were registered last week , a number which is rather more than has been usual lately . ; . Besides the ordinary causes of mortality , a few cases of a special character , extracted from the returns of the week , deserve to be mentioned . Two men and a woman died frozi intemperance , besides a case of suicide during insanity , which was the result of the same habit . Another case of suicide is reported , in which a boy whose age was only 12 years , hanged himself when insane , and was suspended about ten minutes . Death did not ensue till 3 days afterwards . A boy of 8 months died from anaemia ( 5 weeks ) , following haemorrhage from lancing the gums . Vaccination was fatal to a child by producing erysipelas . Two
persons died of tic douloureux . The births of 6 S 0 hoys and 722 girls , in all 1 , 402 children , were registered in the week . The mean height of the barometer in the week at the Royal Observatory , Green 7 -wieb , was 29 . 537 in . ' The mean temperature was 52 deg ., rather lower than the average of the same week in seven years . In the previous week it was 57 de » . Finn i . v Lambbth-walk . —On Tuesday morning , between two and three o ' clock , a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . T . W . Smith , Lion Brewery , Ho . 13 , Lambeth-walk , Yauxball . The fire was discovered by the policeman on duty , who perceived smoke issuing-from between the shutters ; he immediately gave an alarm , and in a few minutes the lower part of the house was in flames , and the in-, mates escaped with great difficulty over , the roof The fire was not subdued until the cellar and lower
fart of the premises were completely destroyed , and great damage was done to the brewery . The buildin ? was insured in the London and County Fireoffices . Fibs at Cambebwell . —On Wednesday evening . about-half past seven o ' clock , a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Crawconr , a surgeon dentist , carrying on business in Addingtori-place , Camberwell-road . At the time of the outbreak the only parties in the building were Mr . Crawcoiir and Ills cook . The female had her attention suddenly drawn to a strong smell of fire , and having informed her master , they proceeded towards the lower portion of the house , to ascertain the . cause . Bavin ?
descended a few stairs they found the smoke rolling 'spwards in such tremendous clouds , as- to prevent their descent . They , therefore , retraced their steps as fast as possible towards the upper floor , and got upon the roof . They had not proceeded far , when ; owing to i-xeitement , . Mi \ Craweour was seized with a fit , and he fell senseless into the gutter of the roof . Assistance having arrived , the two sufferers were pulled out into one of the adjoining houses . An alarm was promptly given , and several engines having arrived , the fire was extinguished , but not until the whole of Mr . Crawconrs property was destroyed , and some damage done to the premises on either side , by fire and water .
Seduction and Suicide . —On Saturday last Mr . H . M . "Wakley held an inquest at the : Blue Post- , Newman-street , Marylebone , on Anne Francis , aged twenty-three , a servant to Mr . Lendskay , No . 11 , Newman-street It appeared that deceased formed an affection for a young man named Kelly , whose mother resided in the same house with deceased , where she had been a servant five years , and was highly respected . On the previous Wednesday she received a letter from Kelly , in which he stated that he intended sailing by the Ocean Queen to flew York , in consequence of her having said she was
pregnant by him . The following morning she . was found by a fellow-servant in the kitchen , hanging by a rope from a clothes peg , and dead . Verdict"Insanity . " A Fatal Sailing-boat Accident happened on Saturday last on the river . The Messrs . John and "William Montford , of Islay House ,- Brompton , and Mr . W . Farley , of Faversham-terEace , Brompton , were beating up Woolwich' Reach in their yacht , the Fairy Queen , when a sudden sqnall of wind npset the hoat . Mr . W . Montford and Mr . Farley saved themselves by clambering up the keel , but Mr . John Montford was drowned .
Somnambulism Extraordinary . —Shortly after two o ' clock on Sunday morning the pedestrians of the New-road and the neighbourhood of West-street . were thrown into a state of great excitement and surprise by the extraordinary freaks of a female somnambulist , who was parading , dancing , and acting in the middle of the road , with nothing on but her chemise . Miss Mary Ann- Evans , a young girl , residing at 40 , West-street , had from her infancy heen troubled with somnambulism but her walks were generally confined to her sleeping apartment , though at times she would make the- circuit of the house in which she might be staying . It appears that on Saturday evening-she was accompanied by & gentleman of the name of Davonporfc , to Sadler ' s
Wells Theatre , who , after seeing her safely home , hade her adieu . A female friend , who was sleeping In the same apartment , affirms that she was undressed and in bed about ten minutes , and then she rose and went down stairs . The young lady not being acquainted with the fact that her friend was a somnambulist , took no notice of her quitting the room , but some thirty minntes passing away and Miss Evans sot returning , she was induced to go down stairs also , when to her astonishment she discovered the street-door wide open . Search . was made for the missing young lady , and in about a quarter of an
hour afterwards she was brought back in the care of one of the constables of . the 6 division , who had kindly divested himself of his great coat to cover the somnambulist with . From his statement it appears that along distance down the New-road he saw something white Sitting about the road , and hastening to tee what it was , discovered Miss Evans acting before an astonished audience of some fifty persons in the most tragic manner , and at intervals exclaiming , '" My ewn Davonport—he or his life I will have , " and it was with the greatestdifficultythatshewasawakened , and the moment she became conscious she burst into a St of crying , which lasted several hours .
Fatal Accident at Woolwich . —About half-past twelve o ' clock on Wednesday last , a boat belonging to the Dolphin revenue cutter , containing five men , one a Custom-house officer , and four rowers , when leaving a brig they had hoarded opposite Woolwich dockyard , cast off at the moment the Sylph Woolwich Company ' s Steam Packet was approaching , tad before the boat could get ont of the way , and the steamer eased , it ' was cut in two , and the whole of the men went nnder the wheel of the steamer ; Four of the men were saved , with the assistance of the-boat belonging to . her ^ Majesty ' s dockyard lighter , the Ann , and taken on hoard the Lightning steam vessel . One of the men , named Manning , was drowned , and another severely hurt . The 'drowned man hasleft a wife and three children to lament' his loss , and the body has not yet been found .
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Laicbbtabls Railway Accident . —On the 4 th inst . a very lamentable accident happened , on the Bory S . Edmund's branch line of the Eastern Union Bailway , by which two officers of the company lost their lives . The unfortunate event occurred between Thurston and Elmswell . In consequence o / some defect to the engine attached to the train which should have left at ten minutes past eight in the morning , Mr . Gideon Hatchwell , the respected station-master of this place , despatched a messenger to Hanghly for another engine , and in the mean time directed the train to be drawn forward by horses : Mr . Hatchwell rode on the' top . of one of the carriages , and on the train reaching ' Thurston ; Mr . James Walton , the master of that station , climbed opon the carriage where Mr . Hatchwell was , and took his seat beside him . Soon after
leaving : Tbnrston the engine from Hahghley came up , and was accordingly booked on to the train , and it then renewed its journey as usual . ' Here it seems lhat both the unfortunate men shifted their , positions , so as to be seated higher on the luggage . It should be mentioned that Baldry , a porter in the service of the company , joined them when the train halted at Thurston , and on seeing them change their seat ? , he cautioned them as to the danger they were placing themselves in . Unhappily , however , ' they pa | d ho attention to the warning , and' as the train swept nnder the nsrf' bridge , the fourth from the Thursto & drtarion ; at the rate of fourteen miles an hour , thefr heads came in contact with the arch of the bridge , ' -and both were killed instantaneously , Mr ; Hatchwell alone being thrown ' -off the'carrisg & Baldry , the porter , ; immediately called to the driver of the engine ; and tbeftain was stopped sBqrafkly
as possible . They were both about fhirty-three vears of . age .,. At .-half-pas t two . o ' clock m ; the alter-: noon Mr . Partridge ;; the deputy coroner . for ,, tlie district , opened- ah' inquiry , at the ^ Fox and Bounds Inn . near the station .-The jury-having-viewcd tho mutilated remains , William Beldry ^ the ^ orter , was called andekamined : I left Bury station this morning with the 8 . 10 a . m . train . and rode on the roof ot one of the carriages . Mr . . Hatchwell was on the roof of another carriage , sitting on part of the luggage , but not on the top of it . The top of the carriage is not the place to ride ;; their directions Were to ride in the break or in one of the carriages . At Thurston Mr . Wahon got upon . the roof with Mr . TJatchwell , and I also joined them on the ' same carriage . Mr . Hatchwell and Mr . Walton got highei
upon the luggage than where the former had been previously sitting , I cautioned both of them as to the danger they were in . They were sitting with their face ' to the engine . As the train was passing under the fourth bridge from the' Thurston station , their heads caught against the arch . Mr . Hatchwell was knocked off , and Mr . Walton fell on the luggage . He breathed once or twice , and expired . I stopped the train , and went back and picked up the body of Mr . natchwell . —By the Juror : Two boxes of luggage were added at Thurston station , and it was upon these the deceased men . were
sitting . There was sufficient room for the . luggage to pass under the bridge . —Samuel Sadler , a labourer oh the line , deposed to seeing the train passing under the bridge , and seeing the bridge strike the heads of the deceased . He picked up the body of Mr . Hatchwell . —Mr . Bruff , the engineer of the line } informed the jury that neither of the deceased had any business on the roof , of the carriage . It was a breach of discipline , and both of the unfortunate men had subjected themselves to dismissal for leaving the stations without order . After a short consul : ation the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
SniciDB at Gbavhsbnd . —An inquest was held on the 4 thinst , at Gravesend on the body of Mr . John Ren . Gatley , formerly a surgeon , but lately a spur manufacturer at 161 , Piccadilly . The deceased was : found dead in bed , having bled to death from a wound inflicted by himself in theright groin . The jury returned for their verdict that "The deceased had put an end to his existence , being at the time of unsound mind . " Escape , of . Two Convicts from the Leeds Borough Gaol . —On Saturday last it was discovered that two government convicts had escaped from the Leeds Borough Gaol . One is Richard Harrison , a man who -was . convicted of fejony at the Yorkshire assizes last year , and sentenced , to seven
years' transportation ; and the other is Robert Shentou , aged 27 , who was convicted of felony at the Stafford sessions / and sentenced to ten years ' transportation . The former is 33 years of age , " five feet sis inches high , with red hair and fresh com plexion : „• the latter is 27 years of age , five feet nine inches hig h , with hair inclined to be ; sandy , and is a native of Cheadle , near Manchester . The escape in both instances was effected by pulling out the windows of their cells , and cutting away the stonework into which the iron bars outside were secured . Both cells are in the upper story of the building , from which the prisoners lowered themselves down
by means . of ropes . n The stone was cut away by a sort of needle used in mat-making , which is as thick as a small chisel , with a sharp point at the end ; and the ropes used were a part of what they were employed in working up into . matting .. A very active search has been made by ' the governor and his assistants all round the country , and a reward of £ 20 has been offered for the recapture of the runaways , but up to Monday afternoon nothing had been heard of them . Both these convicts escaped in' their prison dress—a kind of . grey friezed cloth ; so that unless they can contrive to change it they will easil y be recognised . . '
A Fbuaik Swindler , —Abont a fortnight ago ; a short-set pock marked female , pretty respectably attired , and ,: according as she alleged , of Welsh extraction , called at the goods' department in Charlesstreet , t ^ inquire after a quantity of missing luggage , which she pretended had been sent , and not reached heri from London . She gave her name as Ellen Green , and-said she was nurse in the family of Charles Heaton . Esq ., Golden-hill p ] aee , Blackheath . road , London , son of Colonel Charles Heaton , of ' the 45 th Regiment of Foot , who was serving on the coast of Africa . The purpose for which she had come to Preston was to see her sister , a Mrs . Jones , but this Mrs ; Jones having : left the towni she had found Mrs . Jones of the Terriperarice Hotel , Lune- ' street , who
had accommodated 1 her with apartments , together with bed and board , on exceedingly reasonable terms . Day after day did Ellen . Green , bringing with her each time . Mrs . Jones , of the Temperance Hotel , apply at the goods' office for her missing luggage , giving in a list of the following articles , addressed to Ellen Green , te be left at the Prestion station till called for : —Three sailors' chests five feet long s and two feet six inches by two inches , painted , rope handles , six sacks tied on the top of two , and three sacks on the top of the other ; two clothes ' trunks , covered with black leather and brass tacks ; one basket ( reticule , ) with black oilcase over , large size ; one carpet bag , red and blue , locked with small padlock ; one brass bird-cage , with marble bottom , containing a golden parrot and a white cockatoo . In
one of the chest * were several gold watches and a number of deeds . The corresponding clerk at the office ( Mr . Mewis ) wrote to the various stations on the line , respecting the property . Nothing , however , was heard 6 f it . She then wished him to proceed with her to London in search of them , offered to pay his expenses if he would do so , and a reward of £ 25 if the luggage were ; found . It was therefore agreed that they should start b y the express train on Saturday last , and Mr . Mewis called at the Temperance Hotel on that day for his compagnon de voyage , but the bird had flown , and forgotten to pay her bill ! It is evident that the whole affair was a trick on the woman Green ' s part to throw dust in the eyes of Mrs . Jones , and live at a cheap rate at the . Temperance Hotel .
Skeletons found in a Lead Mine . —Some miners were- engaged last week in erupting out- an ancient mine shaft near the Noon Nick mine , in the parish of BonsaU , when , at a considerable depth , they came . upon a number of human bones , partially intermingled with the old mine rubbish . As they , proceeded with their work , many more hones were discovered , amounting in the aggregate to as many as would , if re-articulated , form' three human skeletons , the skulls of each being in a tolerable state of preservation , and many of the teethparticularly so ; The conjecture is that the bones are all that remain of three unfortunate' miners , who . were killed by the " running in" of the shaft . .-A Scene at the Consecration , of a Church .
—On Saturdaylast the new district church of St . Peter ' s at Plymouth was consecrated by the Bishop of Exeter . Some days before the , consecration the incumbent , the Revl G . R . Prynne , issued notices stating that admission would be by ticket : Upon this application was made by Mr ' . Isaac Latimer ; the editor of thePlymouthJournal , for aticket , which Mr ; Prynne , who ' had : recently prosecuted Mr . Latimer for a libel , at Exeter , rand been defeated , refused , alleging that he felt a , solemn duty to protect the worshippers and communicants of St . Peter ' s Church from the idle and profane gaze of a mere spectator . The ticket was consequentl y withheld , and Mr » Latimer wrote to the Bishop of Exeter , who , however , has taken no notice of bis letter j
although his attention was ' called to the fact that he had before deprecated'this- system of packing a church by admitting by -ticket .-: Such being the state of things , - Mr . Latimer determined : on trying his right to , admission ; and , accordingly , about twenty , minutes to eleven , he went to the church door , where he was stopped by three , policemen and a clergyman , and refused admission on the ground that he bad ho ticket . ' Mr . Latimer loudl y protested against the course tbathad been adopted ot packing tne church ; and claimed his right to admission into the church without a ticket . ' -The noise that this scene occasioned brought : the curate ; the Rev . - - G . Helling , to the door , and he again said , that there should be no admission without a ticket . Mr .
Latimer said he would insist upon ' . his . right to enter the church without . a ticket , upon which Mr , Hetling re- ; plied , that if he created a disturbance he would give him in charge . My . Latimer defied him to give'hhh in charge , asserting that at a time of public worship he had as much right to be in the church as he ( the curate ) bad , and that right ' he would maintain at all cost . He also defied'the police to take ' him into custody , and called upon Mr ... Gibbons , the superintendent , to show by . what authority he presumed , to act or . to attempt to ' , prevent , a parishioner and a peaceable citizen from entering a church at the time of public worship / Mr . Gibbons said that he was authorised by the mayor of the town to act under the instructions of Mr ; Prynne . Mr . Latimer said that the mayor had no right to delegate his magisterial authority to any clergyman , and that ' he should , in spite of that delegation , insist upon his
right to enter , and defied , the police to interfere . Their duty , was only to-prevent ; a breach , of the peace and not to carry out illegal and . unconstitutional orders given to them by men bf straw .. Mr . Hetling said that Mr . Latimer should hot enter till the bell rungi and then ordered the hell to be rung , and told Mr . Latimer he mightpassiri . The door was then-thrown open , and-Mr : Latimer entered , and immediately walked through the aisle acid took llis place close to the chancel . ^ The scene was one of great excitement . , At the time all the pews were fiMed , and the whole of the people had risen inconsequence of the altercation that was going on at the doors . It is a strange fact that all the other representatives of the local press not opposed to Tractarjanism were admitted . : Shortly afterwards the Bishop of Exeter made his appearance , and the work of consecration went on with great pomp .
Compucation op Accidents' and Offekces — Last Saturday , ' as Mr . J : J . Kemp , « of Kemp-streeti ' Bnghton ,. wa 8 driving to Xewesiin a db g-cart-witha lady , thehorsetook fnght shortly after passmffthe Ashcomb toll-gate , and dashed off at full speed ¦ : It
had not gone far , however , before Mr . 'Kemp- ' was thrown- out . ^ and as : he hadiheld : ihe reins all : com ? mahddfthe animal . was , now . . lost . The lady , terrified at li ' er position , ; chdeavoured to ; get . put . of ; the vehicle behind , but in dpjng . so she fell ' ; ' her foot and ancle were serioilsly sprained , arid the small bone , of her leg was ' als'O fractured ., , Passers by , sooti' assembled , and Mr . Kemp leaving , the lady in / their charge set off for Lewes ' after the horse , which ^ ' never checking its furious " speed / entered St . Ann ' s " , and proceeding down the High-street , came safely into .. the . centre of the town ^ nearly ] opposite Messrs . Lowdeil and Grantham ' s . At this place stood se . veral ' vehicles ' , ' which the animal attempted to avoid , but atlength it came into violent . ' . collision , with the naiishani '
carrier ' s cart knocking the horse completely over , " arid breaking the shafts of the dog-cart . ; Leaving these behind ; and now freed from all incumbrance ; it galloped down Market-street until it was stopped near the King ' s Arms Inn . ' The carrier ' s 'horse , was slightly injured , but the cart was sion put to rights , and he broken dog-cart conveyed tb Mr . Lenny ' s ; the coach builder . The accident had , of course attracted crowds to the spot , and as they were entirely ignorant of the origin of the accident ! great curiosity prevailed oh the subject , but at length Mr . Kemp . ' appeared on the scene , haviha ridden , in as fast as he could . He immediately ' ordered a fly toebnvey'the lady home , but in dismounting he was pitched from the horse and received a severe contiisionon the leg . To return to the lady , whom we left on the Brh-hton road , shs ' was not more fortunate than the gentleman in escaping without further misadventure . Unable to proceed farther than the bank on the roadside , a young woman , said to have the appearance of a
gipsy , had first come to her assistance . Shortly afterwards two youne men from Lewes came ' up , and they forming what children' usually term a sedan chair , carried her to the house usually known as the Hopein-the-Valley . Here every attention was paid to ber , and the lady haying partially recovered ; missed her brooch , and almost immediately discovered that jier purse was gone . It was then remembered that'the young woman who had first assisted the lady hail long ago left the spot , and , suspecting her of stealing the articles , one of the young msn started in pursuit . He speedily overtook her arid recovered the brooch , which she had really taken advantage of the lady ' s situation to abstract , but stoiilly denied having the purse . It was thought prudent to examine the spot where the lady had been seated prior ' to her removal to the HbpeJn-the-Valleyj' and there ^ lay the lady ' s purse . Very shortly after which- the lady was , removed to Brighton , in a fly , arid so . ended this complication of " accidents and offences . " ¦¦•'
. A -. Captain ' s "Wife and Ship ' s Cp . ew seized hr Arabs , —A'painful interest was-felt-ih Blyth last week , on receipt of the intelligence of the loss of the : Tyne brig-Mary Florence ; Captain Christopher Short , on the coast ot 'Africa , and the subsequent seizureand detention of the captain ' s- wife and six . of the crew , by the Arabs . . Captain Short and ' his wife are natives of Blyth , and much respected ; ' Mrs . Shorti ' whphas for several years accompanied ; her husband on'his voyages to different parts of tlie world , is a daughter of the late Captain William Smith , of Blyth . 'the most intelligent and adventurous
seaman Blyth has produced . ' H is name was brought very prominently before the public about thirty years since , while , captain of the \ V"illiam , of Blyth , as being thediscoverer of the New South Shetland Islands ; a notice of which' appears- in the Penny Ci / clopcBdiaj vol . 16 ; article " New South Shetland . ' . ' ' The mate of the Mary Florence , who is also one of the ' captives , is married to a daughter of the' late Mr . Wm . Haridyside of Blyth . We hope that every effort will be made by the-Bombay government to rescue : the unfortunate captives from the savages , and re- ; store them- to their afflicted friends . — Newcastle Guardian . .-. ••• ¦
Death op Miss Biffin . —On the 2 nd inst .- , Miss Sarah Biffin , the celebrated miniature painter ; who was born without hands or arms , died at her lodirings in Duke-streetj Liverpool * at the age of sixtysix . ; . The deceased . was born a : t East Q . uantoxhead , near Bridgewateri'Somersetshire ; in . the year 1764 ; She manifested in early life the talent for drawing and : painting which she afterwards cultivated 'to so extraordinary an extent ; and she was initiated in the first rudiments ' of-the arfby a Mr . Dukes , to whom she bound herself , by a written agreement , to give the whole of her ; time and exertions , and for that purpose to remain for a term ot years in his house . Some time after'this engagement had been contracted ; the late Earl of Morton became acquainted
with , arid so much interested in Miss Baffin , ' that he caused her to'be further instructed by Mr ; : Craigi a gentleman of great eihiriorice iri his profession as a miniature painter . : Underhis skilful tuition , she attained toairalmost miraculous degree of perfection ! somuch so , irideedj that in the year 1821 the ^ Society ' of Arts and Commerce-Prorhoted , " for one of her pictures , ' presented her with a prize medal , through their president ; his Royal Highness the late Duke of Sussex . The Earl of Morton also made liberal offersj but unaviiilingiy , to Mr . Dukes , to induce him to relinquish his claims upon Miss Biffin ; and . although she was assured by ' , professional gentlemen that the agreement'was not legally binding ; she refused to avail herself bf the
circumstance , and she remained with Mr . 'Dukes for nearly sixteen years . During the whole of this time she resided with Mrl and Mrs .-Dukes , as one of their family ,, and was treated by them with uniform kindness , but it will scarcely be believed , although such is ; undoubtedly tho fact , that in compensation for this ' exclusive ' sacrifice qi the best part of her life , Miss Biffin , at iiotime , received frpih Mr . Dukes ; in rriore money than £ 5 per annum ; Miss Biffin was patronised by their late Majesties George the Third , -George the Fourth , William the Fourth ; by the Queen Dowager , by her present Majesty , by Prince Albert , and by a host ot the nobility , and other distinguished persons . ' For many years she
supported herself by miniature painting ; but after the death of . her noble benafactor and ever kind friend ; the Earl of Morton , there was no one , like him , ready to assist her in obtaining orders forpioturers , or indisposing of such ' as she was enabled to coinplete when not otherwise employed ; and as age grew uponher she became . much re duced in circumstances . A few years ago she canie to Liverpool , where she made an ineffectual iittehipt to support herself by her own exertions . Our benevolent townsman , Mr ;; Richard Rathbone , took a great interest in her welfare , and it waspvineicipally by his exertions that a short time ago a small annuity was purchased for her by subscript tion " . '
. CnAROE of Attempted Poisoning by a Soldier . — At the Town-hall , Dorchester , "last week , William DoWling , a private ofithe , 8 th Hussars , ! was . charged with an attempt to poison Corporal Michael Riley , of the same regiment . . The following are the details of the case , as deposed to by Riley . I am a corporal in the 8 th Hussars ; It is my practice to put awaiy the over-night a basin of tea for the next morning , which I kept ina black bottle , on a shelf over my bedj but the tea was not in ; the bottle at the ' time this drug was put into it . : On the night ot the 21 th I came in out of the town at nine o clock , when I told a private of ; the name " of Lennpn to . put my tea ; in the bottle . I cannot swear which of the men it . was who-toldime my ^ tea was in the cup :
board . ; , The prisoner was in bed at this time . The two private soldiers , . Walker . ; and . Lennoni-assisted to put : the'tea into the bottle , the one holding the bottle ,-the . other pouring it in . I went on undressing ! myself , and presently asked Lennori whether he had put the tea into the bottle ; and upon his saying he had , I told him I wanted some then . ; Upon this he poured a part-out , some of which I drank , and the remainder of that which was poured out Lennon drank . After we had drunk this portion of the tea I put the bottle on the shelf . In the morning , about five o clock , when I-awokej I felt a violent pain ; in my stomach ami head . > I had slept sound all night , and was hot sick-when I awoke . Lennon , who had drunk what I left in the basin , complained of the
same sensation . as I felt . 1 don't > recollect ; making any complaint ¦ then , ; , and -went to . the stables as usual ;; : When I came to my breakfast , about seven o ' clock , Lwas going to warm ' this tea for . my use , when private Divetb told me he had seen the prisoner put bomething in it , and told me not to drink-it . ¦; I then directly -locked the bottle up in my box , ' and between eight and nine o ' clock the same morning ! gave the bottle to Corporal Chadwicke , anld requested him to take > it to Mr . Panton , . surgeon ; -for the purpose , of having ; the contents examined ; the bottle was precisely in the same state when . I sentit to Mr . Panton as when I took it from the shelf at seven o ' clock in the morning . Fromthe hour offive until- seven- iq the morning during which time I was absent at stablesI do not
, know who might have entered' the room . Before I sent the bottle by Chadwicke to Mr . Panton I | charged the prisoner openly , in the room before the men , with having put something into tho bottle . -He denied-having done .-so , and threatened to report me for having made such a charge againsfcbim . I replied ^ - if there , was anything In the bottle it would turn the case quite a different way . When I came in from . exercise I was infcrmed that the-. bottle contained a quantity of stfearof lead . I said nothing more afterwards , - and Donling was-made a prisoner directly ; I have never hadbny altercation with the prisoner that I recollect ,- and never brought him to the notice of the Sergeant-major , or any other of his officers ; the prisoner is an older
soldier than I am myself considerably . - I have been five years in the regiment :, ; I believe the prisoner has always borne a good character . I wish to state that shortly after coming-in from exercise in the morning I made an examinati 6 n of-the cupboard in the sick ward , which isihear to my room and to ^ here the prisoner had access , the' prisoner , up to within two : or three days of this occurrence having been in ill-health . On looking into tho cupboard I found several bottles and things with the prisoner ' s name on ; thenK- As I was going away asic k corporal named Hanrahan ' ; -who lies . in . the room , told me to- try - . the upper shelf , : as -he had'seen bowline place things up there . On doing so , I found a paper , on : whioh was written . " Sugar , of lead — poison , " and the ' paper contained a quantity of that
substance , ar / 4 had Bowling ' s name upon it . Anoffi . cer 'riamedvSeTgean ^ MaiorMarriott w the room When . I took thepaper fromthe shelf ; and 1 handed it to , him .-TrJohn Chadwicke , also a corporal in the regiment , 'deposed as follows : Iam a cproor ral in the 8 th Hussars . ' Oni the . morning of tho ^ oth of September j I received a bottle containing , some liquid from Corporal-Riley , ; which he asked hiei . to take toiMri-Panton , for therpurpose of having its contents analysed ; as somebody ,, he said , had put something into it . , I saw Mr . Panton , arid delivered thebottleinto bis hands in the same state ' in which I received it from > Riley . I told him at' the . same tirae ' thatiCorporal Riley wanted the . contents . ana-, lysed .: ^ Mr , Panton said it would take some hours
to- analyse the . contents , and" then he took out the cork and tasted it . and hot immediately' ^ ' aid | that there was sugar . of lead in it ... He told ' me . t < idesire fiiley to report the matter to ; the commanclint'officer . Mr . Fahtoii gayb m . o . ha ( eXthe'bottle , ' „ wm ch I carried back to tlie barracks , . arid gayb ' to . the ' serf gearit-major ,, in whose possession " , it has , beeri ' evor since , — -On . the advice of rhis solicitor , the ; ' prisoner reserved his defehce , ; arid was remanded , j ., ' . ' , . ' b ' oii-iKRY ^^ AcMbKNTs . —^ A . ' fowr . ' days / . ago ' . the first ! instanceof arope breaking when , regiilarjy ' at . -work . with the Fourdrinier safety apparatii ^ attached to tlie cage occurred , at the Belmpn t ,. c' 61 liery ; : ' owing ; ' however , to the apparatus , any a ceidjent wWjprtunatei y . prevented . ^ . It would appear that the . ' tubs liot
. , having been properly secured in the cage ; . came in contact with one side of the framework ot " ; the ; shaft in their descent ; .,. The rope and orieguide ;; was ! tiius broltenat . a distance of h ' v . e , fathoms from , the bottom .. By this derangement of the one . side of the ' framework . in theshafc the apparatus , had only ' one guide to act ^ ^ upon , ^^ and itwas a source of ^ satisfaction to all parties that the apparatus held the cage'firmly in its position until a -fresh rope .. was attached to the cage , when it was immediately lowered into the p it without any . - ; injuryito- ; the " -cage " sor ? apparatu » , although called into operationjinder very unfavourable circumstances . - ^ Sunder lfihd Herald . ,. - ^ Murder ' at WATLiNGTON ^ Cohsiderable ' : excitemerit'has been' cause d iri the -usually quiet v ' illag ' e-
to whofWatlington , since Saturday ; last , in > consequehce . of' an- aged : woman naipedcArm . Iiamb . ourn hiving- been brutally ; murdered by her husband , John Lanibourn . An , inquiry was held ' : b ' efore'Mr . John Henry ' Cooke , one of the coroners for Oxfordshire , at the Hare and Hounds Inn , ; Watlington ! - ' oilthe bbdy of . the unfortunate Womahifwhen'it . appeared'from the statement of the neighbqurs . who live in the adjoining cottages at Watlington , that Lambpurn and his , wife had ; long lived unhappily" ; arid ^ vi p lent ' alterbatjb . ns werfe often heard to take place - . be ' tween tbein ; that the wife was ' seen in perfect health oh Saturday : last ; in the afternoon ; and at eleven o ' clock that night was foiind-Iyirig . dead in the garden qearher . cot . tage door . . One of the witnesses examined , '
namedMosesRobinson ; a labo . urerj deposed as follo ' wsYr- " . Last Safu ' r day ! night T ! was at my , ' brbth ' er W , iiliam ' s ; " John LamWoiirh cameihto ' my 'brother ahd said , ' Wiilybu come down alorig ' with ' - ' mej for-1 think . Nancy lies dead in the-garden ?' , - , ! went down w ^ th . Lambourn to his house ... She . was . 'lying on i her . back , with herl head about sixihche ^ froni th ewali ; and . her arihs ' b '' y her sidei . As sooti as ' we had g ' ot ' a light I '; took 'her up ; but she was as cold as- a cldd , and-her clothes were quite ' , dam p . ( Her-bonnet add . cap . ' were'satu ^ rated with - bloodjr , and . underneath , her ; headi iwas : fa quantity of congealed blopd ., Her cheeks wpxe bjoody and her . fingers drawn : up , ' ] . I carfied her npsfairV , and r ' eraairied with' her until' Mri TJixori , the surgeon , came ; ' "Lamboiirri never exbressed- ' any' regret br '
sorrow , all he said was ; ¦ ' - Ithink the pOor ' old creature ' s dead , for I touched her . -and she wasascold as clay . ''' i —Evidence ; , was / given hy-Mr-. pjxonj surgeon ,.. of Watlington , as to the injuries' discovered , about , the body of . the deceased , and also _ b y ' four 'labourers , ^ as to theviole ' nt threats used atyarious times ; hy . tiam-: bourn against ' . ' . his ' . wifei-r-The ' ; coroner ; sfiorilysumr rned up , andiiihe jury ; after a short , . consnltatibn , , ' rer turned a verdict of , VlW . ilfuimurder against John Lambourn , her h ' usDana . " .. The ; coroner * then mads out his ^ warrant ' "for the committal , ^^ of theprisohev to the county gaol ; where he will await hia trial : on the capital charge , at the ensuing Leiit : Assizes . ' , Sbici ' DK and ' Mubder . t-A most melancholy event has iust Happeried in Leigh . " The ; following ' are
hrief pai'tieulars . On , Tuesday , moaning , a . young female ; nanied Elizabeth . . Eaton , committed , tlie double crime of murlde r and suicide by leaping . irito thei-Leigh' arid Wigah Canal with her child .. The spot she sete ' cted '' fpr ; he . r ' fpurpo'de ' is ; , cVso , to thV Leig h'BriSge ; crossing the canal , near ' the centred ; the town , and ( it is a matter of surprise How , ' she should have accomplished the ; deed , withoht ' . 'detecr tion , as it is supposed tha ^ she must have jumped into theater about fiv ^ lo ' oIockV ^ an hour ' ™ ^ many operativesi are beginning te ; procee'd' , to their employment . . A ybuth in the employment bf Messrs . Farnworth , nanied Peter Speakmari , was passing the spot at twenty minutes . to six , ' , and ; » aw something dark floating on the water , ' ., which he mistook for the bb ' dyof a man . He . went and awakened Mr . Biggins , at the . Bridge water Canal office , who : got up and fetched a shaft , arid , with the . assistance of
Richard Wilkinson , pulled the body of the unfortunate woman oh the banks of the canal ..- Immediate information was given to the . police , arid ' they removed the body to : the house of MK Thomas Greeriough , Boat House , where it was shortly , afterwards ideutified by the woman with' whom the deceased ' lodged at Thorpe ' s Houses , hear the , Wesleyan chapel , and the body was : conveyed to her lodgings . It was then discovered that , the child was missing , and a search was commenced . forth © body in the canal , where ; it was found in the . course bf half an hour by " a ' ., man named James Duke . The woman was only partially dressed , and the child was in its night clothes , ¦ The child was an illegitimate one , and was about three or four months old ., Its niaih . tenance had much embarrassed ' the mother ; although she had recently affiliated , the child , upon its putative father . The w ' otnan was a silk weaver in the employment of Messrs . Walker .
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Fire-Dam p Exflosios ahd Loss of Life at Coed Peeth Coal Pits . —OnSaturday last the men < engaged at these pits went down to their , work as usual , and becoming : conscious - of tho presence of fire-damp , they immediately endeavoured to : effect their escape ; before this could be accomplished an explosion took place . -Three-men were killed , ! and two others are an a * hopeless state . . None-of the sufferers were burnt ; as is usually the case in these accidents , but were evidently suffocated . The coroner , !* . H : ^ Thelwell , > Esq ., and a respectable jury , held an inquest oh Monday last , -and after a lengthened inquiry into' the melancholy affair , : returned a verdict of" Accidental death . " They also
recorded the fact , that no blame could be attached to the proprietor / Mr . Burton , or to the manager of the pit ; it being found , on examination ^ ventilated in the usual way . 'During the examination : of one of the witnesses , it transpired that the pit- in question was much more subject ' to sulphur than any other pit inthat part . ' The coroner drew the atten--tion of all present to the importance of using the safety lamp . The men , in repl y , said that it gave , so imperfecta light that they could : not get hear as much coal with the safety lamp , as they could ; with a candle ; The cordner contended that was a trifling consideration , compared with the misery entailed by jthose dreadful accidents ; not to mention the great increase in the poor rates , in the parishes where such accidents occur . -
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Thb AiRbniB ; Colliery , ^ Expiosion .- | -Trial of the Lbbsees for CuLPABLB HoMiciDB . —This trial took place ba the 2 nd arid 3 rd inst , before the Lord Justice Clerk , at the Glasgow Court of . Justiciary . James Sneddon ,., or . Sneddon ,, coal master , ' near Airdriie , and John SneddopVPT Snedderi ; son of the aforesaid , , was placed , at the . bar , charged with the crime of culpable homicide , ; as also culpable ' , neglect of duty , by persons carrying on orsuperirit ' ending the works of a ' , coal ; pit ; . whereby ; any of , the leges are deprived of life , insofar as they , being lessees ! of the coal pit known as No . 2 . Pit , Cominqii
head , near Airdrie , arid ,, having had the superintendence ofi the said pit from January to the end of July , and , iri particular , for the ' . peribd betwixt 12 th and 23 rd of Juiy ,. an < l it being their , di ^ iiy . to secure safe and proper ventilation , eei as . to ] prevent the undue accumulation of . gas ' , for vfhich purpose they ought to have kept closed by ah air-tight brattice , ' or seen that there was ' . ' s ' o kept , acomrnunicatiorib y the down-cast vent or compartment ' of the'Kiitqngue coal seam , to a wrought out / waste lying aboye it ; as also to have caused to be maintained and preserved due air-courses , down . the said vent , to the whole , of the , ^ workings , " in ' ; ari airtig ht manner , and in particular so , to , keep the throughers , or open spaces betweeu two , pillars of coal ,, adjoining two , levels , , br . passages ; leading ii \ opposite , directions along , the : lo ^ ' er dip ; of the ' said seam : as also . to erect and keep : traB-doors ' . bn all
roads or openings connected with the said leadings in a secure manner ; . as . also . tO . proyide at the bottom of the up cast yeht of the .. shaft a proper arid sufficient furnace or cube , and to keep a sufficient fire burning-m . V . the . said , furnace while , ' th < i workings are going ^ on ; and it beirig also their o ! uty to preventthe miners going-down when . the mine had been unwrought , or without having ( With ithe ' m safety lamps—they culpably , neglected , to take ' the above necessary precautions , in consequence of which , on the 23 rd , of . Jul ylast , an explosion o f . fire-damp took place , and eighteen , miners lost thoir lives . At the . conclusion , of , thoidbfeiice the judge summed , up ; , and the jury , . after rather more than half an . hbijr ' s . deliberatibn ,. returhed ^ . yerdict of Not Guilty against the father , ' sarid a similar . ^ erdiot against the son , buionlyby a . majonty . of ohe ' . ' The prispiier 8 .. were discharged amidst , ' sbme , ' aigns of apprbbatioh froni tlie ^ ^ persons ! , aisemhled'in the court . - . .- ' " .- '" .. '' ..
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; Balli ? usloeFair . —The-great annual fair . of . Bah linasloe cWroenced on the 4 th inst . ' with the sale of sheep . . The . number , on the green . was . from 10 , 000 toi 12 , 000 . 'less ' , than , the average ; 'of previous years , which ; is . accounted . ' , ' for ; by !' the great quantity of land converted from tillage' ' to grazing . throughout theiWest ; and ' the necessity / of stocking those lands with . store , sheep . The , number ' of sheep , ini ' . 'the country is fully as large as ever ; but , they arefsoattered oyer a greater area , and the graziers , at a Idis--tance from ; Ballinasloe ; buy and sefiin 'the fairs adjacent to ( heir . own lands ; ,, 'ttv a ! y . eat / ov ; twoi ' pwirig to . the extent of breeding , the supply ' will be vastly augmented . At the fair there was a great ' number
of buyers ; and . prices gerierally ' were very higbj particularl y for store wethers " and ewes : ' One . letter , from an extensive Meath grazier ; who went . to Baliinasloe to purchase stbrolsheep for fattening on his rich pastures , says , ' -f'the . lowrpriced wethers and ewes were from five to eig ht shilling ' s oyer last year ; the fat sheep much about thesamepnee ; in consequence , I had to limit my purchases ; In fact , the price ' s ' were fully equal to the average of highpriced years under Protection . " ' ., ' . , ' ,.,,. , -Some of the southern fairs ' show ' equally . high prices ' ai Ballinasloe , with a great / demand for cattle as . ; well as ' sheep . At the fair of Cullohill , county of . Kilkenny , horned cattle brought full prices . ' The Kilkenny Moderator ' remarks : — " There were , very finetlots of sheep , ' out ewes being in great demand , were ' so dear that Mr . Flood and other gentlemen
expressed a determination to ' send'to Falkirk , in Scptlahd ; , for . them . '" 'The great'demand for breeding ewes , at ail the fairs , is cause ' d by the anxiety to devote unoccupied lands to grazing . (' ; ' " . ; . ' Symptoms ' , of . Improvement . —Several . ; J . etters , from" various parts of the country , refer to the decided ' improvement in general business . - ; As a sigh of reviving trade , tlie Cork _ Examiner says : — " The Nimrod ' fiteamer'laticled this day on our quay , from Liverpool , oyer 300 . bales of manufactured' goods , the : greater " part of which were for One leading wholesale house ' in-this , city . " Whilst- ' cargoes - of foreign corn ; are arriving ; the export of our own cereal produce continues . ' Oh Monday'last 'four vessels left' Cork : for'England , laden-with horoefrpwh oats . The Albatr ' oss steamer left Dublin'for piverpo ' ol' one day -last week , with the enormous number ; of £ 50 head of cattle ; in addition toa ' generalcargo . ' / ''' ¦ ' " ' \ ; "';¦ ' < -
' . aCultivation ' of Flax .- ^ -Archdeacon Keating , of Ljmerick ; in a letter to the Eoy ' al Agricultural Society / says : —'' It is the intention of several influential persons ' - ' in this , district of ; the ' country ; to form an association , ' to be called ; 'The Southwestern Society for Encouraging the Cultivation of Flax , and' Promoting Agricultural , Improvement . '" '' . Reductions of Rent . —The Marquis of Ormonde ' has ; issued a circular to his tenantry in Kilkenny arid . Tipperary , proposing a reduction in th * rents for tho present year , ' varying froni tw ' enty * five'to ten per cent ., ' according to circumstances ; and declarmg ^ hisdetermination'toienter uponare valuation bf his estates . ' Lord Ormonde ' s rent s are
already more moderate thanth'bse of most othejvproprietors . , i ; '' : ' '' ¦ - '¦ - " . ¦¦¦ ¦ < ¦ ^ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ : ¦¦ j : ' "' A . ' 'Good ' ' Landlord . —John Campbell 'Dicker ; Esq ., ' the present' -proprietor' of the ' : Glen ' eask" es- ' tates ; : in the ' county of Sligo , ' is at - present on a visit to 'h ' is property . " Gleneask , lately held'by- the Irish'WasteL and'ImproVem ' eht Society , isjriow in the hands of this gentIem an , ' \ who has arrived from London for ' : the ' purpose ' ¦ of personalty' examining into the condition of the tenantry . ' He has minutely and carefully , considered each ? individual case ' , ' and hasreduced therents , one-half fromthe 21 st ' of September last . " Besides making other , liberal aliowances ^ rie hair ^ uced . the last halfjear ' s rent in all cases where he ' thought' 4 he rents too high . The Irish Waste ' LandImprovement Society had those lands " let ' at very reasonabie'fatesJ and this further
reduction ought to'be very encouraging to the-tenantry ,, ' as Swell ' as affording a '' good example ' to Others . ' Mr ; Dicker has : also ' effected ah ' arrangement with ' the Roman Catholic curate , of Kilmactigue , ' whereby divine , service will be regularly performed . in the chapel alre ' atiy built ' on' ! the property . geeirig ' : ' tne destitu ' te ' stato" of many ' Ofithe 'poor pedple , ' be has given tho ' means ' ' of'' purchasing clothing for themselves and their families . ' Since tho month'of ' May he has provided bn the property employment for all the tenantry . wHd'eh ' ose to " avail themselves of it ; or " who cbuld spare the time from their . ' p . wn hoiaing 8 . ' ; , We also understand '' that he is abpiit ' opening ' ' extensive ' work s on the estate' ;' which will be the means ' of ' giving general employment to tlie people , and , of circulating ' among them the cash of ; which ' they' stand , so much in need ' . —Tyraivly Herald . '' . ' - ' ' .
Re pbod . vctive LABOUBi—Tho ' Rev . Cornelius Corkrari , P . P „ of Tracton . ( Cork ) , had' an interview on . Friday last ,: at tho Castle , with . Sir Thomas Redihgton , on . the subject of reproductive labour , or the obtainment of someequivalent for poor rates in his parishes . ' He , proposed to ; cut away the bar at the mouth of RingabeHa Creek , in the barony , of Kenelea ,. and tHus give ; the sea sand aiid oar weed an inland deWmiDatipn ; to deepen'the bed . of the riyer , arid create a navigation of seven . miles , intersecting five parishes . ; , The rev .. gentleman demonstrated the vast'im ' pprtanceof this project , not only in ah agricultural , ' , . but commercial , -view ( this county abounding . with slate quarries of a superior kind ) . He offered ! tocollect himself the poor rates lately-assessed , on the . five . pavishes which would be most benefited by the ; work ( and which mbriej ' , he
knew , would be , promptly and gladly paid ); also to collect . contributions from , the landed proprietors ( which he also knew ' would not be refused ); also to keep away from- 'thepobrrhoiise every ' pauper belonging to these parishes , until ., the work , was finished , if the goyernmerit gave ' hinitany ] reasonable , assistance from any fund within its control . " ' ; The Under-Secretary , without ; any lack of courtesy , entered into the yiews-of . the i'ev . gentleman , commended their . soundness ,, and , applauded their enlightenment ; but " regretted there were ho . means for . reproductive labour outside , the Drainage Act ; and no relief for an able-bodied ' pauper ' outside the . workhouse ,, , under the control of government . " The application , ofthe ' rev ; gentleman on behalf of the most smittehi / district in the south ; of Ireland to the ; Board , ' of Works had a similar result . -- Cork
paper .... .,,,. ¦ .., .,. .- ; . ¦ ,. „ .- ,... - . . ;„ . .,. . 'Agrarian ; Murder , in . the ' County of Down . — The'Belfasi ^ e ' ujs . ^ Mer . cbntaihs , the following ;—V , it is witji iie moat , painful , emotions . that ' v ^ e , announce the perpetration of . a murder ,, in the most peaceable ' . and . ' prosperous district ; of the north of Ireland , as cold-blooded as any that ever stained the anriak . of the south , and-that the odious crjrne had its , probable , origin , in ,, agrarian discontent . Shortly after dusk on Wednesdayejrening , i weaver , named MfCormick ,, ; who resided at Cbrmoss , on the Hillsborough-road , within a short distance of Bally- ' nahinch , and . about twOiihiles beyond the Carryduff iMeeting-hpuse , ^ hile sitting at his . loom , was-sbbt at by a miscreant who had introduced the : muzzle
of his gun , through , an aperture made in . the window panel The ^ bullet ' . ^ ritered the heart of the poor victim ,, and . after passing through his body lodged mthe framework of the loom . It ' is unnecessary to say that he expired instantaneousl y . 'M'Cormick has left behind him a widow ' and five children to deplore his untimely fate :. We regret to slate that the perpetrator' is at present , unknown ; biit ' we trust that , by the vigilance , of thepolicej he will soon be brpu'ghi . to justice ; The only cause that Can he assignedtor the murder is . ' that M'Cormick had taken a small farm , and was care-taker for another from which the previous tenants had been evicted '
He had reijeived . several threatening letters , during the last two" months , calling upon him to give up posaeMion ^ ortake"the ' corisequences . An inquest was h 6 ld on the 4 th inst ., attheicene ofj-tlie ' mur-¦ ^¦ Sf ^?^ ^ to implicate a mart named Mllyeen , for , whose ; apprehension a warrant fe ^ T 189 ^ e ^ ' z * aPP ^ ea from the : > evidence that Mlllyeen , some time previousl y , ! had : evirced symptoms , ©/^ g ^ ^ ^ ; . and ; , that hehortfa'iS ge toWards him on that account . ' Ope of the witnesses Si , ^ ,. Mr Blakely , stated . that he looked upon iShnf * \ ft— haV . 1 I ! g ^ P laced in ' a . lunatic asylum .. The mquest wasadjourhed ' uhtil MohdaJ
AN . EXCeedinoly acrimonious controversy on the subject of mixed education and ' the new ^ SKs is being carried pn , by various clericalI writer & ll ^ mns cf the Evening Post A ¦ & : $£% & £ K-rSf' -n n er ' ? u ? rl m ean a"ao ^ oh the ^& S ^ ifv ^^^ -- ot ^ . ' Cullen in tne Koman ' Cathol ic ¦ primacy , for havine coufi-^ ed ^ Belfast J & ^ ffh & oSS with Us rhuf ^ - WP P r fe . P - rs and , in the Post ot hisw ? n ng tlie n iP of tne deceased arch' ¦ SS-SS ' ^ ? £ * P ^ 8805 , of theology in Maynooth , comes Ml with ; four closely-printed colums in derence of his uncle ' s character , and makes a furious onslaught on Father Maher . -
, Bank Defalcation . —Informations have been sworn arainst Mr . C . Clarke , lato cashier in the branch ^> ank , , of . New . Ross ,, charging him with having embezzledSjWS 4 s . llid . from , the money entrusteds , tp . his care . The case . was investigated $ T n . ¥ onday ,, last before a bench pf njagistratesiat fl 0 ss , and . Mr ., ' Clarke was admitted to bail himself , in , £ 5 Q 0 , and / two sureties in £ 250 each to standhis trial at the next , assises . . ,. ' o Archbishop ., SiATTERY .-4-The ' ' . .. Most Rev Dr Slattery ,. . Roman .. Catholic Archbishop of Cashftl ' hasi addressed a letter ; to the Freema / s Journal t which he says : _« It appears that my humble namn s hasbeen Ragged , b 6 fo e the public durfee th ! course of this week in f the . paEes ^ <* sorno ^ - contemporavies ^ rJwhat ^ pSe lSy ^ t ; 0 conceiye „ unless At were ffdraw ^ moSto a nowf paper , CQntrovmy ou a vitailv ' lrnL ^ 'if ' - ^ St , upojiwLh , the : hy e S ; church hasalre » 3 v . O TonoSed if ; S 2 ^ >
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selves grievously disappointed . ' 'Let : others act as ! they , may , in , t . his . re : spect , „ fdr .. my ' parti rwiH hot compromise the dignity of the high station which I -so unworthilyocoupy ; - . = I maybe taunted , ' ;! may he sneered ' at , and insulted , : butjno . attack : ! that ! can be made , upon . me shall , ey ' er . , lnduce , ^ e ^ f-p * . forget , for a moment the respect I owe to my ' b ' wn character a * a prelate and as ' p gentleman . '• -. . In a note ap ^ pende'd to the letter ' -Dr ; Slattery says :-i- " rwasnot asizar of ; Trinity . , College , ' -rI - was not . !! fed and educated ( there . gratuitously '—I was . not ; * taught astronomy , by Dr . Magee / ,, nor ' Greek by . Dr . ^ raves , ' n 6 r « histpry by Dr . ^ Miller . '" ;; ! '' CoNvicTiok op Crop liimRS . ' ^ A {;; We ' Marlovr se ssiohs on' the 4 th ' inst . ' before "Mr . Walter ¦
Berwick , the Assistant ¦ Barrister ; . ' three men and two w 6 rhen , all . of .. one family , named jEoare ,, were indicted for . ariotjOn ^ the 2 nd of ^ Septemher ^ ast ^ The facts of , the . casA ' aVstatod , by the Crown solicitor , were ^ briefly these '' : —' , ' Mr" Creagh'was ' appointed receiver by' the '' Court of Chancery ' over certain , lands in'the . Riding , called Clashabee . v / One . of the trayersors at tbobar ; the widow , Ellen Hoar ,: was tenant to a portion of these . lands ^ and paid rent to Mr . Creagh , since his a pp o ' in tment , her husband having been previously tenarit'to these' Jands up' to his death . Mr . Creagh interfered With' the Master in the cause ' MfLeod against O ' Callaghan , ' in which he was atfnppoirited . receiver , and ^ obtained forher a remission of . the arrears , then . ijuej and a reduction
of 25 per cent , p ritheexis'tiiig rent ! It was necessary to draw ' the ' att ' e'ritioii of the jury to '' Soirie changes which had talten place in' the '' law Of landlord and tenant within a short ' time past . ; He presumed that previously ; t , o , the charge ,: to which : he ; alluded they were aw are , that : landlords , wero empowered to distrain gfdwing ; crops ' ; , but ,, since the enactment of . the late ' statute'they were'deprived of- that power , and ; he regretted to ^ say the ' good intention of the Legislature had not" been met'in a . corresponding spirit by the tenant , . In j the , . present instance : the individuals charffed ' " . chose for ' their purpose ' the Sabbiith—a ' 'day of all others " which ou ghffo be
held sacredfahd on which it would not be lawful to makef any distraint for 7 rent—to ' assemble ' a . ' large body of / ' personSiConsistingat least Of ninety-rour , andf cut ., dO jWn . ^ herrfCrpp . v Of oats before , di ,.. was thoroughly ri pe hayihg . it removed as fastis it was cut to' an-adj 6 ininj ; , farm , he ' Id under a different landlord . Mr ^ Creagh ' s bailiff ' having-seen'this , fem ' onst ' ratedr with ' the ' m . i watched the corn , and proceeded : tjhe . ; next . i day to . r . distrain , on . which occasion the riot occurred which would be now detailed to them in evidence . " After a long charge fromthe Assistant Barrister ; the jurylreturned a verdict of "Guilty ' a '§ airist " dll the ' prisonei ' s . '
English Settlers in ' the ' ; West . - ^ It . 'is stated that several private tenders ' have been i forwarded to the Encumbered Estates Commissioners by English : cap italists , for some ; of . the ) lots ; of the Martin estatei . in ConnemaraV ,,, During the . past month . that estate was visited . by ' ' ' some English agriculturists . At the fair bf Ballinasloe ' , now in p ' rogr ess ^ there werem any moreEnglish arid Scotch visitors than heretofore , ? some . actuated by mere- curiosity ; ' but there . are others : who had gone ,, down ; to / the ; west with . tlie view of , ' judging , for themselves " as to : the expediency of-a permanent location as owners or renters of itract ' s ' of'lancl . -The sales'in the Ericuriibered Court re-commence on'Thursday ' j ^ the 16 th in ' sfc . ; and it appears to be the general opinion that in future sales there : will be much rmore of English competition than heretofore .
., . Horrible ,, Cruelty . and ; Neglect . —A- , correspohderit , 6 f . the ' Clare ; Journal , writing ,, from ' . Mill-. town Malba ' y dri . the . i ' th ' ihst ., says th ' at on ' the' preceding Monday lOO'b'by ' s ; - whose ages averaged only nine years , were sent from the auxiliary / workhduse there to be , inspected at the ' parent house , in Ennis , and , . being , . allowed ,, to return , the same even ing without having received any food , during the day , the greater' riumber : of them unable to wajlk , lay about the road durihg ' the night , which happened to be a most inclement one , and one of them ' was found , dead in the . morning . , with his . head quite battered from falling against the . walls . _ ,.-The , verdict of the coroner s jury very properly attributed theideath tothe neglect of the . poor - law officers and ' the . guardians of the Ballyniiughen union . :
State of the Coontry . —THo following is from the 'Tuam Herald : — " By a kind of apath y not very intelligible , the ^ agitation seeriis to be . taken ; . up rather slowly in his-locality . ,- And surelyjf there is one other spot en the faoe of the habitable globe in which protection for tenant property and tenant right is more required , we should be glad to hear of it . On every side ' of this town , and- all ' over the province , the eye of the traveller rests upon the bleak walls : of roofles cottages , whose' former occupants have long sincei , ; become the victims of eviction and death ,,,, We could ; point out . whrile villages thus cleared away . In fact , it is useless to deny , nor does any body attempt to deny , the horrid barbarities which are being daily practised upon the
( tenant classes . And this system of cruelty is going on with ^ undiminished vi gour . Even a few days ago we were informed of a large village of . upwards of forty families ' being dispossessed of their holdings iri this nei ghbourhood , 'the particulars '' of whiqh we will not detail until We can satisf y ourselves by minute and accurate inquiry . In " one-word , the eviction of whole towhlands is now becoming matter of such ordinary occurrence as to create : no particular sensation ; or brag , ; any particular amount of populai ; jodium upon the . actors in these tragic doings .: The legislature , with its usual inertness , isslowj and even unwillling to provide' a remedy
tor these evils . Hence it becomes a duty upon the friends of the people to combine together , and with energy and vigour to . agitate the ; country from every side ,: in . order . to put a stop tothose cruelties . The address of the Ulster Tenant Right Provincial Committee intended to have been , presented to his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant during his late tour to the north , has along with the Earl of Clarendon ' s reply , made its appearance in . the Belfast Banner of Tuesday . . t The address , -which occupies a column of space ,, is . drawri upon up with considerable skill , arfd is remarkable " for its moderate tone . ' - '
,, The Tenant Leaoue ;— Mr : Nicholas Mayer , one of the . members forTipperary , and -a large landed proprietor in that count y , and the Hon . Cecil ^ Lawless ; member for Cloriniel , and son . of Lord Cloncurry , have given in their , unconditional , allegiance to the principles of the Tenant League ; Both gentlemen have promised to-attend the forthcoming i monster meeting to he held in Tipperary on the 14 th instant . Mr . Scully , the other ' member for the county , has also " pronounced" in favour ' of the League .
; Mr. Smith O'Brien In Exile. The Follow...
; MR . SMITH O'BRIEN IN EXILE . The following letter . appeared in the Times of Tuesday , together -with , one from , Mr . B . Ha ^ es , stating that ithad heen received from ¦ the ; Colonial -Authorities open , according to the usuaLregulatipns in such cases : — - ' Darlington Probation Station , Maria Island , ^ Van Diemen ' s Land , Feb . 28 , 1850 . My Dear Potter , —I would have ; written , to yon sooner if I had anything- agreeable to communicate , but I have been unwilling , to grieve vou , by telling you that your worst anticipations , with respect to the sort of treatment which I mi ght , possibly experience ; in this colony , have been realised / During ' a period of about
two months i suffered as- much as the' inhu-Biamty of the Governor , Sir ^ William ^ DenisonVaided a ^ e om tr [ pGeneralTDr . Hampton , could inflict . - Myvhealthat length'began to give way so rapidly under the solitary confinement to which , dur-W . thisi period , I was . cpnsigried . ' that the doctor of sthe station becam & seripusly ' alarmed , and his representations produced such a ' relaxation of . the : restric--tions underwhichI , was , : placed ; ashas had . the effect of restoring ; my strength . * I shalPabstain-from . distressingiyou ; with a detailed narrative , of ; my . experience of the magnanimity bf-, BritishJunctiona ' ries ;; as illustrated by my treatment , in . this ' islaridl . V fls ' shall rather'iriipVessjpuiwith a ' persuasion- ~ happ ilyUvellfoiindedT-thatl bear with wonderfuhcheerfulneas ' . m the privations to which Iyam < subject .: -Every other source of suffering appears -tame tp ' , heUo
.-insigoificant , compared withthatW separation-from my family , that I reconcile- myselfAto-the ^ ninor- vesations incidental to , my position , ; as to matters- of comparative indifference . Yeff , though I could terminate the pains of this separation , by allowing Mrs . O'Brien to come to Van Diemen ' s Land , I feel more strongly than ever that it woifld be ' . the-greatest injustice to my children . to bnng . thorn to a country ,, the ; present condition of which I willnoVtrust myself to describe . I , therefore , can s eeno definirtve . ' termination of the calamities of my lot except th ' aliVhibh ' yoi' andbther friends took so much pains tb avert-the'Miverftnce that will . be effected by . death ; and , I confess , that 1 deliberately think that my-death . would be more advantageous to my ^ hildren than that thev should follow me to this colony . " " -
I am afraid that some of my / fellow-exiles ^ though enjoying the " comparative liberty " which a ticket of leave confers , find their lot little , more enviable than mine , and the more I reflect upon the circumstances of their position , the : rrioredo I rejoice that I have kept myself unfettered , by any engagement , even though my resolution in this regard very nearly cost . $ my Ufe ; Considered as a prison , Maria Island is as little objectionable as any other spot . that , could be . chosen ' . . The scenery'is very picturesque , arid the apcal officers have been as kind as they could venture
tO ; be , under the inhuman regulations laid down tor their guidance by the Comptroller-General . ; I ani » therefore ,. rather sorry , to learn that this ; station ww soon be broken up ., Upon . tjie abandonment of this station , 1 shall probably be removed to Port Arthur , a charige which will . l ^ fear , ' b ' o productive of neither lienefit nor satisfaction to me . * Tell -my Limewk friends that my " recollection ! of their ^ kindness is as viyidja ft if .-. I . , were , . still , tbeiri ; representative , ; ! ano believe me vour very obliged and attached friend ,,. , . WlLLiAkg . O'BRIBN .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 12, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12101850/page/6/
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