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EiEcrinH * r Lmaroot . —The extreme penalty of the law wa * inflicted on Ssturday list npon James Kelly , convicted at tbe as » ize « a * Lirerpaol for tbo murder of E : 2 « Falfener , at Hea'on Norrls . There was an immtnte ncmb nf persons present on ibe occ ? sl > n . Theorize ! jal w « b onl y n bis tvren 7 . ft . urth yrar . His v ciitn , is will be rei » nnbtre 3 , was a young nonan with whom be talaniminapy ' . Har friends , from some caa «» , w * re oppo . ol to ib < - cooneX'on 1 nd compelled ber to diicent nue l \ He w » s so cxaiptraud tbat be scug ^ t an int . Ttitw , and deliberately cut her throat with a knife . Tfce criminal tjei * -mp ' . cf ed a * a mill winder , the dt c ated as a parcel pitcer . From the moment of the murder n » ssems to ! ave « e * c smitten with the < 5 eep- » - rezioree- , a feding whion continued up to tbe sa ^ raetit of bit execution .
ExiCOTlox at Ton —Oa Saturday last t--o lad Halkiu was banged , at Turk , for iha murder of Esib-r Jnman at L ? e < 5 e . Toe influs of strangers froaj llea ^ tt , LseU , and other parts of the Weit R'dinz , *•« ?*» greet , and these consisted for tho most part of p ^ rsass who bad been evldtnelv walking during tho nUh ' , »»^ who tntsred th * city at an *> ar ! s hour , 6 » iniing unmis . tabaWe eigne of the tff ct which tbe tiveritj of tbe weather had had upon tbcio . h : ag before tie prescribed time groups ofpersons were to b » isen wending their way to the piece of eiecu ion . »*¦ £ by tirelvs m ' c ' oe ' it there
eerid not b * less than 11000 people ssii mbled a ; the spot . At th * t hour < be youthful criminal ( lis age was onl y aevntoco ) , accompanied by the R-. v . J . H . Setten , was tfoi ^ it on to the platform over ths drop , and be tiers ko = l down and pray « d with great fervour , wtrch he tviDC-d te the end of tbe awfni tcne . Tbe rev . g-H » le . man hiving performed hi- , last tad offices , be shock tbe lad by ( be bsi d , and ia a few moments tbe culprit ' s short but atiforiuna-. e career was doted . After banging thf-HJaal time the tody w * b removed , and will be Interred Witfim the pr « cinc " B r . f th * caol .
DtiTH ra m Excecsive DatKiiso . —A circumstance eccarnd at tbe Mast-rough station on Tneeday week , Which has resulted in the death of < -ne man , and s second lies la a v rv diugerout state . A cask of gin taring been sent by railway was about to be put into a waggon , when it un .-xp ctedly rolled from the truck ar . d one end of the cdfk was aretes Joseph Autlia and a man of the name of Loagden , two plate-layers , instantly fell to work , not to save but to drink ths gin , find th < y were joined by another nun named Scott . Austin drank so freely that he diid the same night , and Lo & gden was with great difficulty saved from the same fate . On tba following day an inquest was held on tbe body of Au . iin , when the jury returned a verdict of' Died from apep ' exy , produced by drinking ardent spirit * . ' Scott was tate n before the magistrate * at Ratherbnm and finad £ & for neglect of duty , and Lnngden remains almoit without hope of surviving the t Sects of his debauch ; but ihouid be r . cover , he will most likely be prosecuted and fined for neglect of duty .
TJokallt . tbo receiver of stolen goads , who wei appro headed at Manchester a few d » js since , charged with bavin ; ia his pomsslon a set nf stolen oil paintings worth £ 105 ^ £ > t which hO- 'ordlng to b a ewn account bebad givrn onlj £ 2 15 s ., has been tried at the Hanchesttr borough sessions , fouad guilty , and senteeced to seven years ' transportation . The proceeds of no less than eighteen robberies were found in Us possession . A Gjod Sigh . —The wails are placarded iaMsncbester { or power-loom weavers . Subset . —Attempted Hcbotb a » D Hiohwat Itca-SEKT . —Iff IiDveland was at the Na « v Inn , W « rplegdon , on Tuesday week , where he remained until about halfpast seven o ' clock , in company with a person named Charles Htpbura , whom he knew perfectly we 1 by sight , and aa a visitor of ibe inn . After tbe prosecutor bad left the inn , aad was proceeding along tha road to his own house , he was pursued and overtaken by Hepburn ,
-who , without saying a word to him , gave bits a blow « t # : e beck of the bead , which knocked him down , Hthen knelt on bis breast , and after trying to strangle tun , struck him seven or eight times over the head . He cried out' murder , ' and by the light of tbe moon be distinctly saw tbat the party was Hepbsrn . H- calbd him by name , and begied of him to spare bis life , and he might have all he bed . Tbe villain then rifled his pocfecta of aU they contained ( Si . 61 . only ) , aad gave him three more bUwa on the haad , taylna : at tbe time , There yon — , yon won't tell any tales now . ' Mr Lovelaad pretending to be dead , tba fellow made off , mnd rerurelng again to the Hew Inn , celled for some more drink . Mr Lovelaad , as well as be waa able , -cr * wled bora * » sd nve Information to tae police , sxxd H . pbarn was apprehended , and ob the following Thursday was examined before tbe magistrates , and folly committed to take his trial for attempting to murder , aad for havlog robbed Mr Lovelmd .
J & XTZS 6 XVS KOBBESt or Bl ££ S OF £ XCUItGB noit THE RJTfltSHIM Railway Statisx . — On Tuesday evening week , s wooden box containing a large number of bills of exchange , to the amount of between twelve and thirteen hundred pounds , was stolen from tbe Midland Railway Station , at Bo ' -berbam . Tbe property belonged to the SbcSeld Biakiug Company . It ia customary for certain account b > ks to be transmitted by railway in en oatKB box from tfce branch office of tbe Sheffield Banking Cumpany , at Botberham , to the principal e « tabllshmrnt ia G < orge Street , Sheffi .-ld . On Tuesday ¦ week , in opposltioa to the practice , thirty-seven bills of exchange for various sums were deposited in tbe bos stlecg with the books , and having been properly fastened . It was carried in the evening by a junior clerk to the railway station , to be forwarded as usual by train to
Sh ffeld . The olerk , it would seem , was ignorant of the fact that the hex contained anght of greater value thsnthe bosks ; for , on entering tbe station , and finding that the manager , Mr Bishop , was abeent , he placed the | > 3 X on tbe counter in the corner of the room where tickets are issued , and left it there , relying on Mr B < sbop finding tbe box there on his return , aud forward ng it si a < u 3 l . It did not se turn out , however , Tne circanntscce ef tbe non-arrival of the box at tbe Sheffield office waa not of s nature to excite apprehension , and probably it was never tbonght of again till the following Ttnrtday morning , whentldlags were conveyed to tbe manager r . f tbe Rotherhata branch tbat tbe ldcnt ' cil
box had shortly before been found in the river , by soaae men who bad occasion to drag the stream some distance belo * the Kotberbam station . It was tied np with a cord , tbe same as when despatched from the bask . On being opened , the feooka were found in tbeir place , but the bills had all been abiiracte 3 . On inquiries being Bade at the Rotherham station , it transpired that tbe box bad not been seen there at all on tbe Tuesday . I ' was clear , therefore , tbat it had been stolen and carried away in the Interval between the clerk leaving It at the station and tbe ra urn thither ef the station manager . Tbe bank is in possession cf every particular respecting tbe bills .
A Widow bobbed bt heb Bsotheb is law . —A man Earned Gregton , apprehended At Burnley , on a charge of stealing 230 sovereigns bequeathed by s deceased brother to bis wid * w , was brought before tbe Manchester magistrates on Saturday last , and committed for trial at the next sessions . Chaige of UuiDExnro a Win , —Dsvid Wiiemsn , a coachman , iu ths service of Dr Charles Bell , of Mossley Street , Miuohetter , accused of murdering his wife , the particulars of which have a ' ready appeared , was dis . charged on Wednesday week last from custody , tbe coroner ' s jnry having acqnltted him of the tnpposei crime .
Tbe Mcinn or Josathar Vat . —Many of onr leaders must recollect the murder of Mr Joaatbsn May . sear Jloreton , aboat fifteen years aincs , and for the commission of which crime Buckingham Joe totTered the extreme penalty of the law . Another man , named Tarpln , was convicted a * an accomplice , but in consequence of certain repreientations made after tbe trial , his sentence was commuted to transportation for life , BackiDgbam Joe , before be wa * banged , declared tbat he had an accomplice , but that it was not Turpio ; and although every peri nation was nied , nothing conld induce him to coafeii who was tba partner of kls guilt . "We have heard that a man named Avery , who was s celebrated wrestler in this county ^ and wbo was transported in 1835 , far robbing Russell and Co . '* wiggon , has since died , but npon bis death-bed confeeced tbat he had assisted in the murder . — Wtolmer ' s Exeter Gazette .
Death bt Buairrsr *> . _ On Sunday afternoon a widow , samtd Trances Exley , 83 years old , who retided alone ia a cellar in Iieeda , was fraud burnt to death ia her domicile soon after four o ' clock . She had been seen tUvve by some of the neighbours after dinner , but no one lis ; rd any alarm , and no trace could be found as to kow the burning has been caused . Tbe coronet ' s jury accordingly ratorned a verdict of * Burned to deat > , bnt by what means no evidence appears to the jurors . T * iDt ik Kiuf akkccx . —At if the invariable cat * at ibis isuoq of tha year , matters have been rather at a stand for the past few days ; prospects , however , are of a most cheering character . It is anticipated that an extensive and decided improvement wiilspeedilv taka place In the prietfields ; simultmsonBly with which a change for the better will be experienced by vreavers , who , although executing the customary amount of woik for Glasgow and Paisley homses , are not so busily employed "by tbe local nanafactnrers , A conatderable amount of ba-intis it being done la cor carpet factories , —iyr . dd « rli « r .
DKAtroL Occpisixce . —A fearful accident took piece on Sunday , Iu Chingford Marshes , by which ome person lost bis life . It appear * that three brothers , the coas of a respectable drysalter residing in HoitOQ , hao left town by the irst train for tbe purpose of shooting small birds , and about twelve o clock , having to cross a ditch two oi the pary got over safely , htvicg handed their guns to each other to prevent accidents . Tbe third however did not do so , and imprueently held bis gun la such a manner tbat the muzzle pointed directly to Mi heart . OaaakingiheBpriBflt worid appear that the cock caught la a twig or breach , and diioaarged tbe wutcnts through tb . heart , tbe whole charge passing thronga with an orifioa not larger than a sbiUlng Mr Biddle . ofEdiaontOB . was immediatel y Mnt for " but bsfore be arrived life waa qoita extinct , ' The Bibxxbhbad Docxs . —The conUreef for theia works ia now aomplete , and before tbe end c / tbe month , if the weather permit , they will ba la fBU operation .
PATAr . Occcexmcx nr PsrsHWAm BAT .-An anpalling accident occamd in ? reshw « ter Bay on the 29 ta « Itimo , whereby three rmfal hand , and w fcart . were « iddtnly harried Into ,, en % , J ™ " ™* effects ot one of those unaceotmtable rising , of the sea n'MMfnudi , or roller ., whieh , breaking upon our Iroa-boand wait witb twa iiwlld vfolenw , la ^ ., » u
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who are cpoa them In laevitabte dtatruttion , although at the 6 Bme time the water in the i & og , fend at a very short distance , is comparatively cslm and smooth . The bodies , which were so-n after recovered and identified before the coroner and jwy , upoa an irqneit held on the lit instant , at the Albtqn Hotel , P « ah # ater Gate , lay in the stables of tbe hotel . Their faces wore dread , fully dUfigured , and tbe : r whole appearance folly bore at the idea of the wltces . of their " « gS «"» « " * *"•* were kU ' ed rather thaa drowned by tbe avalanche of waUrs wbicb fell upon them . The jury were ¦« orn by William Norri « , E-q .. coroner , and proceeded to view tbe bodiee ; and o n thii--return tbe following evidence waa given : —Bmannel Motfe : I live at Cowef I am a seaman , but net a f Hot , On the 29 th ultimo we had b-en at sea , and aVut ten miles S . W . of the Needles we aawthe Eiphrotjd barque , bound for Cslcutta , 'We took her pilot out of her at bit r . quest , to land him at
Freshwater . He was a North Sea and Channel Island pilot , and staled bis name to hs Ja § ph Johastonp . We took hia out and brought him into Freshwater Bsyln our vessel , and th-n we put him in our email boat , a fourteen feet boat to put him on shore . Captain Jacobs and Willicm Burton got ioto tbe boat with him . Barton is a fir « t . cla « g pilot , and Jacobs was tke master of tbe vessel , tbe H . ro . I watched them as long as I could cee them , and then lost sight of tbem . I could see the coast , and people running about in confusion , but tbe s a raaso high that I could not see tbem land , and I was afraid something had happened . I was the only person lift on board , and I conld not get in further , owing to the ground swell . I bave identified the bodies . Burton bas a wife and six children . Jacobs has a wife and seven children , and Jobnstene is a married man , hut I do not know how many children he has . —William Lanzmead examined : I am chief boatman of the Coast
Guard station at Freshwater , I was on the shore on the 29 th ultimo at Freshwater , between two and three o ' clock , p . k Close by there I saw a small boat leave tt . e pilot vtasvl Ko . 4 , and approach th « th « re . When I saw them near the ! skere , I waved to tbem to come nearer tbe watch-house , and land at anether piece , where boats generally attempt to come . They appeared to take no notice , bnt palled further to the westward . In fact , two of the men were stsnding np and palling ; I ran abreast of them . At this time tha water was very imootb , and they lay upon their oars , as If considering . 1 hallooed and told them te come ia at fest as they cou'd , ~ as there was no time to go round then , Tbey lay aboat half a minute ok the bar , as if appointing where to land , and there was quite sufficient time to have
accomplished it if tbey had come right on ; bnt by and by one of those tremendous swells rote up in tbe distance , and I said to tbe hoy , ' They must be drowaei ? . ' Tbey evidently saw their danger , and pulled the boat round with ber bead to sea , ia a proper manner to meet it ; rut ou , on it came—a roller as high as this hotel broke < md fell right down on tbe top of them . I saw their hats fly off in the wind , and the boat turned over like a cockle shell . I ran to the hotel for assistance , and sent the hoy for the Coast Guard men . Ws hunched a boat by tbe help of tbe women directly , but we could cot even succeed in keeping ker in the water . Tbe sea raged to tbat degree tbat we had a job to keep bo ' . d of the boat , and we should most certainly have been ¦ trnwned if we had got eff w ' . thin five minutes after tbe
last man sank . I saw all three of them in the water , and I bave no drnbt but tbey were killed by the mass of waters that fell upon tbem . Tbe bar where the men were Is about two hundred yards from the shore . The tea raged a long while afterwards . We launched ear boat again after tbis to go oat , but coald not succeed . We tried to go to Motb in the vessel . We picked up Johnstone about five o ' clock , and found a number of certificates in bis pocket , informing us who he was , and tbat he belonged to Deal . He bad also a packet of ship letters , which I potted . He had eleven sovereigas in bis pocket , and two shillings in silver , and a silver rim ; oa bis person . He appears to be about fifty years of are . The evidence being so thoroughly conclusive , the jury had no difficulty in returning a unanimous verdict of * Accidental Daath . '
The Mdbdeb in Wales . —There ia every reason to believe tbat the perpetrator ef a molt atrocious murder in Wales is now in oar county gaol upon a charge ef larceny , committed at Siowmarket . The particulars are as follows : —On the morning of the 17 th of November , Thomas Edwards , farm servant to Mr Powell , nf Cwmgtjdy , near Brecknock , was murdered , by having his braiaa beatenoat with an axe , by bis fellow-servant , Thomas Williams , who immediately absconded , since wbxch tizno tbe I . ord Xdexxtenant . and tbe magistrates , bave ated ever ; means la their power to apprehend the delinquent . Ia addition to this the Secretary of State has sent a sergeant of the detective police to the place of tbe murder las » weik , with fall instructions to apprehend the accused . Whilst he waa saaking inquiries on tke spot a letter was received from Mr Johnson , the gover . nor of our coanty gaol , stating tbat he bad a person in custody answering the description cf Thomas Williams , wbo had been committed by tbe magistrates is
Stewmarket , by the name of James Griffiths , together with another persor named George Uiddleton , charged with havlog stolen a plum cake from the shop of Robert Tricher , of Stowmarket , They were tramping tbe country together . 0- > the receipt of this letter , Mr J . Wiener , of the London detective police , and Mr Powell , thefaraur with whom tho unfortunate viotim and the p > ri « n charged with the murder lived as servants , immediately started for Ipswich , and arrived oa Saturday latt . at noon . Mr Powell was immediately introduced to the prisoner . an < 3 at once , without the slightest heiltattoa recojtniaed the prisoner as his former servant . Mr Powell was so much Effected at the circumstance , tbat be was somt- seconds before he conld give ntterenco to his conviction . The prisoner changed colour , bung down his head and was perfectly silent . Many peraeas have been teken on suspicion fur tbis murder , and one ununite man . from bis remarkable resemblance to tha accused , bas been apprehended five times . He at last applied to 'he magiatrates , and obtained protection .
Fatal Accid * st . —On Friday week Mr E . C . Qaicke , 3 nlor Second F-llow of New College , Oxford , died at bis chamber * . Mr Quick- met with an accident on St Thomas ' s Day , on the Sonera Tows load . Whilst driving in bis ueual steady manner , he saw a horse ia a dog c « t coming at fall speed , aad that tbe driver had no control over tbe aaimel . He turned hie carriage quite on the outside of the road to allow tbe coming vehicle to pass , eat by foxe means a collision took place , and Mr Qaicke and bis servant , as well as the two persons la the nog cart were thrown oat . Mr Qaicke was found to be severely injured about the bead . He waa removed to his chambers , and , under medical care , progressed so favourably , that a week ago ba was allowed to take aa airing in a fly , and consequently tbe moit sanguine hopes of his complete recovery were looked for , nntil a few days ago , when a change took place which terminated fatally . Mr Qaicke was in his fifty-eighth year , and had been a Fellow of New College Between thirty and forty years .
Pcbuc Health cf Glasgow : — Cobiocs Pact . —At the annual meetlag of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary on Monday last . Professor Thomson , in reply to a question from the Djaa of Guild , stated tbat if they were to com . pare the number of deaths in the city and neighbourhood daring the past week with the corresponding wet k of last year , tbey would find that they were doable last year to what they wers last w ? 'k . A Sigh 0 ? th » Timss— A r ? cent Nswcaslle newspaper coatstos advertisements of t-rty . fire farms to be let , containing upwards of 11 , 000 acres , to be entered oa at Lidy Day next .
Emigration . — -The number of persons who have emigrated from tbis pert caring , tbe year 1818 , ia as follow . ; —To Unit cSrates , 127 , 501 ; North American Colonies , 2 , 066 ; West Indies . 199 ; Austrciia , 268 ; Hong Kong , 14 ; Falkland Islands , 12 . To-al , 132 . 1 J 1 . Last year the numb > r who emigrated to Canada was 80 , 000 , this year only 2 . 000 . Tbe Canadian * , in their wisdom , imposed a dnty , and though small , we see its extraordi . nary effect , —Liccpool iferewy . The Tan Hours Act . —On Tuesday at the Manchester Borocga Court , before Messrs Maude , Walker , and Sbarpe , tbe Messrs W . P . Clarke and Co . were ism . moaed for u . violation o £ the Ten Hours Act , by allowing a number of females over tbe age of eighteen years to work in their mill more than tea hours per day . There were four iaformatioas exhibited against tbe Messrs
Ctarke . Tbe first was for having allowed Sarah and Mary Wells to work more than ten hours on ths 22 d of December la « t . Hr Cubbet , who appeared to proieente , brhfly stated tbe facts of the case . On the 22 d of De . cember the two Wells ' s commenced working at half-past five o clock in tbe morning , and contlaued to work until half . past eight o ' clock in the evening , without any intermission , except an hour and forty minutes allowed for mea . s . They were therefore worked for npwards of thirteen houra and twenty mlnates . John PercWal , who stated tbat be worked in the mill of the Messrs Clarke , proved tbe charge , aad bis testimony was corroborated by other witnesses . Three otber cases of a similar nature were proved against the Mtatri Clarke , and a ptnalty of 50 s . in each case was inflicted , with costs , The penalties and costs will amount to £ 25 .
Ths Ta ? house Hvidex . —There Is every probability of the perpetrators of this horrid murder being brought to justice . Two men are in custody , I at tbe principal , hsvlng enlisted In tbe 86 th Regimtnt , has t » be brought from Ireland , whither ant facer bas been sent for him ; it is ssid that he had concerted the plan of entrance for weeks before , and only waited to induce some one to join him is tbe crnel attack npon Mrs Holman , All inquiries as yet are conducted very gt cretly . Since the above was writtca , we have been enabled to learn that a maa now in cd a tody has confessed to havirg been present at tbe murder , which was actually cemmitted by the man who has enlisted . Tbe oue who conferses says tbat he held
tbe light whilst the other searched the drawers , and that in one tbey found a croaked sixpence , which they did sot take for fear of its being marked ; they also t ' suad a savings bank book , and en his companion looking at it he said , * D—n the eld — , we are come too late , she bas paid in all her money . ' Now ii happens tbat when Mr B , Foifbrd searched tbe bouse after tbo murder , be fcobi ia a drawer a crooked sixpence , which he mea . tioaed at the inquest ; bat he did not meation that be also saw there the saviegs b » nk book , which clearly shows that tha man confessing ha * such a knowledge of facts SB it would be impossible to ascertain , except through personal participation in the crime . —D « onthire Chronicle .
Glasgow . —Fatal Accidikt — A few d * vs ago while f t nameer of juveniles were amusing themselves on the Clyde , whioh had been partially frcsen over fer iomo fays , in the vicinity of the Humane Society's House , 1 p . r tionof the ice suddenly gave way oa which four
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girls and a boy were standing , and all of tbem were precipitated into the water . An alarm having Unsttntly been given by parties Wbo witnessed tbe ecoorreace , two of the boys were rescued almost immediately , and the other two ia a few minutes afterwards , When got out animation seemed completely suspended , and it was not until active means bad been adopted at the Humane Soclety ' s House , to which they were at once conveyed , tbat tbe boys first referred to gave any eigne of life . Tbe measures used , however , proved eminently successful , and in a short time they were quite restored . In tbe ease of the girl , death was tho result of the unfortunate accident . After the icegave way she disappeared beneath the surface , and upwards of an boor and a half elapsed before her body was recovered , The nrae of the surTartr is Margaret Arthur .
Suicide at Pltkodih . —Ou the afternoon of Saturday a gentleman engaged a waterman and a lad at Plymouth to row him to the breakwater ; they accordingly landed him en tbe west end ; be then stated it to be bis Intention to walk to tbe eastern end , and directed them to take the boat there to meet him , but shortly afterwards he was observed te take eff his hat aad ceat , place them oa tbe breakwater , and In sight ef half a doaen persons at last plunged into the sea , the suit running very bigb at the time , and was never seen afterwards . The waterman remained there for a long time , and then took possession of his great coat and hat , and , accompanied by two of tbe barbour master's men , returned to Plymouth , and proceeded to the police office , and gave information of what bad occurred , deposttiog the articles at the station . He appeared to be a perfect stranger , was about S 5 years of age , and walked rather crippling , as if ffflicted with the gout . The great coat was made of brown clotb , and it had in one of its pockets part of a bottle of whiskey .
Beath « vFiohtiiio . — On Saturday an inquest was held before the borough coroier , at Liverpool , on view of tbe body of Robert Owens , who diid on tbe previous day , as was alleged , from injuries rceeived in a fight with a young man named Heatley Campbell . Campbell bad been taken into custody , and was present at the inquest . On the previous Saturday night , tbe parties , along with otbers , were together at a publio house ia Poffnall Square ; a quarrel took place , and the deceased challenged the prisoner to settle the dispute by a stand , up fight , to come off on the following Sunday morning . On Sunday morning the prisoner repeatedly expressed his unwillingness to go to the ground appointed for the fight ; but tbe deceased persisted in doing so . Six rounds were fought , tbe result of which was that the deceased was severely bruised . He was removed to tbe Northern Hospital , and died on the day before stated , of inflammation of the brain . The jury returned a verdiet of 'Manslaughter , '
Scehb at thb PaisToK Sebhons —At the Preston Sessions en Wednesday , an unusual sceae occurred . A woman , named Mary Richardson , was charged with stealing , at Chorley , a half-crown ftom a labouring mem named Notrle . The prisoner was undefended , The facts of the case were briefly these : —The prosecutor was drinking at a public-bouse called the Fox and Goosp , ia Chorley . Whilst there the prisoner and two other women came In , and he treated them to some drink . After a time he went ont to the stone In front of the boose , being somewhat' fresh , ' Before going oat be had half-acrown in bis left-hand pocket—of tbis be was sertain , haviig looked at it . Whilst at the stone he felt a hand pat lato the pocket where the half crown was , and on putting his own band in immediately after he
mlesed the half-crown . The prisoner was the osl ; person near him at tke time , and ebb was on bis left side . He took the woman into the publlo-hcuse , and charged ber with stealing the money , but she denied the theft . However , he gave her into custody . A quarter of en hour afterwards the half crown was found iu a passage at the end of the house , aboat two yards from tbe stone where tbe prosecutor was stasdiog . The prosecutor was unable to say with certainty whether he had been down tbe passage . Ho thought he had not . — The jury returned a verdict of ' Not guilty , ' whereupon tbe following scene occurred . —Tbe Chairman ( T . B . Addieon , E « q . ) , to the jury : Why , tbis woman has been convicted [ before , and imprisoned in Lancaster for two years . A set of stupid fellows like you cannot see tbe evidence , ( Sensation in court , ) You ( epoaklng te tbe prisoner ia an ironical tone ) have had a wise jar ; . When you are tried again yon may hope to have such another .
You set of stupids—bow can yon think of giving such a verdict when you are upon ' your oaths ! ( Increased sensation . ) Is there one man amongst yon tbat ia not as sure tbat she stole that half-crown as you are the ! you are sitting in tbat box f—A Juror : I beg your pardon ; we consider tbat the man cannot swear to her hand in his pocket . Why , he says be turned rouad . —The Chairman : Well , doa ' t arguo ; you are aot fit . ( Greet sensation . ) Too ( tbe jury ) cannot pretend to have any doubt about the matter ; it was year duty to have giveu a verdiet according to your oath , ( Expressions of disapprobation-. ) Tbe Yicar : I beg to say tbat these observations don ' t proceed from the whole bench . ( Cries of ' Hear , hear , ' and applause in the court . )—The Chairman ( greatly agitated ) : Silence ! wbo is that tbat dares -Tho Yicar ( a magistrate ) : I consider we have as much right as jou . ( Applause . ) The court then proceeded to the next case with tbe same jury
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TBE TBI . L or UB , CBABLBS 9 , SVltX , The eoure pronounced judgment en the demurrer to the indictment against Mr Duffy . Of tho six counts in the bill four are declared unobjectionable , and portions of two more are deemed valid , while the balance of these two are , to use the words of the learned judges , ' repugnant and insensible . ' Tbo DcaiilN Wabdek supplies ( he following sum mary of the complicated and bewildering law proceedings ia this protracted case : —
' The indiotment contained six counts ; in two of these the offence was charged to have been cemmitted solely by the publication ef certain articles in the Nation ; in tho other four it was charged to consist of aa engagement in a treasonable movement with Mr Smith O'Brien , and the publieation of the articles with the express object of exciting the people to join in tbe rebellion carrying on by Mr Smith O'Brien at tbe time of their publication , and for the purpose of promoting a previously arranged concert . ' The latter charges are obvioasly nraoh the most serious—and not only so , but they admit of evldeace varying entirely tbe character of the articles —and en tbe faith of the admissibility of such evidence an enormous number of witnesses have been kept in town for the last mouth at no inconsiderable expense to the public , to establish the facts of tbe Balllngary attempt ut rebellion , with the object of fastening iMr Daffy participation lu lis gallt .
* The judgment of the Court substantially is , tbat the two counts which rely solely on the publication are good , bat tbat the four whioh attempt ta implicate Mr Duffy in the movements of Mr O'Brien are bad , and this owing to the grossest blunder in the drawing of tbe indictment . Tbe consequence will be , that la the event of a trial taking place the evidence of the Crown most be confined entirely to the mere publication , and cannot be extended to any of tbe matters connected with tbe treasonable movements by which they would have endeavoured to fasten a guilty character on these articles .
' The question , however , remains—whether the Court are to pass sentence on Afr Daffy on the two counts ruled to be good , or whether he Is now to be tried on these ! The Attorney General has asked for final judgment , aad called on the Court to pass sentence on Mr Daffy , as if he had been convicted , This tbe Court has refused to do , but , appearing to be utterly perplexed aa to the couse they should take , tbey suggested three courses , any one of which would remove from themselves the onus of deciding on tbe point , Tbe prisoner ' s counsel remained most perversely and obstinately silent
—the Court looked to the Attorney General— -the Attorney General to the prisoner ' s counsel—and after some time lost in tbis dumb show , and a very anxious consultation between the Crown officials , tbe Attorney General begged for time to determine on the course they would pursue . The Court named Monday ; bnt on Monday the Attorney General conld not be readyan antttr ( we opine tbe reasen to or ) could not be had fro ** England lefore ( feat day — but any day alter Monday he would bo ready . Ultimately the case was adjourned to Thursday , at eleven . 1
We understand that the prisoner s counsel regard tke result as a most Important advantage to him . They have certainly succeeded ia convicting tha law office ™ of the Crown of the most shameful blundering in the most essential parts ef their indictment —those , in fact , upoa whioh they mainly relied to itrisin a con . viotion . ' The Heal Revolv / hom " , — The socio revolution amongst'the gentry continues to make way . A great Munster landlord is staggering under debts contracted forty yean ago for a large country mansion , « church pro 5 otto publico , and a demesne wall several miles long .
These have remained unsettled to tbie day . Tbe difficulties of a liberal peer in tha ssuth of Ireland , hitherto supposed to be very wealthy , are now freely spoken of . But it is not alone the landlords who are breaking down . The failure of a very prudent and most respectable merchant in a southern city within the last few days has caused much surprise , as be was a member of OHO Of the first commercial families in Ireland . He was connected with the Irish home trade , which has suffered dreadfully of late . The head of one of our first firms recently stated that there was now as much dne to him from one county in Ireland , as was formerl y owed to him from one Of the four provinces under the old system of trade
. Ahothk 'Bid' roa thb . Lbabeibhi * . — Mr Henry Grattan , as' Senior Representative'has addressed a card to the Irith members , recommending a meeting of their body previous to the assembling of Parliament , and with great modesty offering his own services * to contribute to the public good by assisting at it . ' RsraxsEHHTioN of Domeoal . —Since the death of Colonel Conolly , which took place at Castletown , near Celbrldge , last week , there has been a rumour that Mr Hamilton , of St Ernania ( who has so mueh dlstlpgnlehed himself by bis efforts to promote employment on bis astate inDouegal ) , would be called upon to start It bas , _ £ . i J , T ^ ^ homM Cw » % » late high Bheriff . Intends to offer himself .
Woaamo of the Isish ma Law . —The machinery at ths poor law is sadly out of joint . Ko mechanic or engineer can work it smoothly , and all engaged in it or at all affected by it are culling out ptfeouely for repairi-
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recoostroctlon-deitruotion . Any change mast be for the better . If something be not speedily done , every board of guardians in Ireland will forget the business of lt » union , in the iacreasing din kept up at the meetings about the hardships aud iuconeletenciee of th e most obnoxious law . Already a widespread organisat on against the payment of rates exists la the midland districts ; it is not looking beyond tbe natural oonne o event , to say tbat uuiveraal opposition appears la the dlstaaee . At a meeting in Longford last week , the members for the coanty attended , and resolution , were pawed te » the effect that all deecriptlons of property should be rated for he relief of the poor . If each meeting , take place in other part * of Ireland , the Chancellor of the Exchequer will appeal to them as ' evidence of the necessity for an , .. .,
10 OnTof ' be questions « U * on lb . tata * . * P « lla meat will be sooaest and most vigorously pressed upon the attention « f the legislature , will be *•¦ " »" *¦» tionforpeor-la * rating . The ^^ " ^ ' ° Z plicated subject will beta devise a good law of settlement , suitable to the exceptional . tate of this couutry . Whother government wilt legislate airecily on this . abject appears to be etill nocer « ain , as it is said there is muca discordance of opinion on the point between certain members of the admiolstratlou aad a leading controller of the whole poor-law system . The practical member , amongst the Irish representatives are turning their attentien to it , but as yet there is great crudeness in their views . , Counti Cube —The coma contractor of tke Eunistjrmou Workhouse has supplied over two huudred aud « eveuty comas within the last two months . The number ia the bouse is not over one thousand , to that more than oao-fourtb of tbo inmates died away in that short
spece ! „ _ EHieaAiros . — Saiib or Govebnjkht Siocs . —For rom ? weeks past , the sums of mouey drawn out of the Bank of Ireland , by farmers emigrating to America , have been very considerable in amount . However strange it may appear , there have also been sales of government stock by those farmers , In small amounts , bat in the aggregate to a large sum . In the cash offices of the Bank of Irolaud , any day , yen can see those fricajooated emigrant * drawing oat tbeir savings , preparatory to a winter voyage across tbe Atlantic , JcvrmiB Padkbs . — The enormous number of juvenile paupers now maintained in tho workhouses It becoming a great evil . By some persons ft is proposed tbat government should establish depots in the chief seaport ., and export wholesale to the colonies cargoes of pauper Irish boys and girls . iKcexniABisK in Ulstbb . — There have been farther fires . The NoMHeaw Whig has the following : —
• AnOTHBalB-cEHMaBT Fiat — Oa Thursday evening , about fife o ' clock , a hay-stack , the property of Mrs Blair , of Wheatfield , was set on fire . Immediately on the alarm being given the BaliyslUaa Church bell waeruag , and a number of tbe p ? o » Ie in the district assembled , who succeeded in putting oat the fire . There were , we understand , several . tack , of wheat and eats contiguous lo tbe fired haystRck , whioh fortunately escaped . We are glad to learn , that the farmers of both Djwn and Anstrim are now well armed , and are determined , should any incendiary come In their way , to give blm something that be will not readily digest . latel
• Ahotheb DABiHa : ATTEMrr at Bobkiko . — We y had occasion to direct the attention of our readers to an attempt which wa . made to fire the flax mill and corn kiln of Alexander Portev , of Btllyhnocken , parish of Saia ' . fieW . On Wednesday night another attempt was made to blow up aad burn tbe corn mill of the same In « dividual , with gunpowder . A social evening party were met , about one hundred and fifty yard , from tbe mill , and on hearing an explosion during the night , they ran to the spot , and found that the explosion had broken a window , forced from the roof a f : w elates , and bad da > mailed tbe fane . The police were patrolling in the district during the night , but did not , so far a . we bave learned , see anyibieg of tbe incendiaries . '
The TjIHebick CnnosicLB of Saturday says : — Menday morning next , fifty young women whose ages vary from fourteen to eighteen years respectively , inmates of the Limerick workhouse , will proceed to Dublin by railway , in care of the master , Mr R . Soott , who will deliver them over lo the charge of Lieut . Henry , R . E ., emigration agent . They go on direct to Plymouth , and em . bark there in an emigrant ship for Australia , chartered by the Colonial Office . The orderly and respectable ap . P' arance of these young adventurers , mostly orphans , is highly gratifying , and their ou'fit by the guardians comprises evtxythin £ essential tor tbeir oomforc . *
XECLAHATIOIT OF WAITS LANDS , At the meeting of the Cork Scientific Society , last week , Mr C . Coltburst , of Clonraoyle , J P ., attended to give any explanation that m ' ght be deemed desirable to tbe society In respect to tbe plan he bad adopted in reclaiming tbe landa of Milleena , —The secretary baring read tbe essay of Mr R . T , Hill , on ' tbe reclamation of waste lands in Ireland , Mr Coltburst ' . aid thatnotbiag would have induced him to have come from his home but the necessity he saw of inducing the employment of the people remuneratively to employers . He had been successful In his endeavours to , reclaim waits land . Having succeeded , and having data to go on , he was now ready to give every explanation in bis power . Any person could do what he had done if be availed himself
of common industry , a little intelligence , and , of con » ae , the Kqutalte capital . If ho endeavoured to show what be had done , and what tbe result , it would be a mere re . capitulation of the eesay just read , the great work haying been aoeompli . bed by the profits erlslns from twenty acres whioh he had previously reclaimed . These twemy acres were valued under the Tithe Composition Aot at 3 s , lid ., when in tbe possession of a farmer named John flaly , wbo was ejected for non-payment of rent . Tbat was in 1835 ; and in 1846 It had made for him £ 2 , 261 13 « . 2 d . He trailed it would not be snppssed that he was egotistical , or that he desired to blow his own trumpet ; hi . only anxiety be ' rg to impress on the publio salad that industry , skill , and capital , would overcome any obstacle * if followed ap with energy and
spirit . He bad been working In a wilderness from 1830 to 1848 , and tbe result had been a profit of £ 10 000 i he expected by 1851 to make £ 5 , 000 more , Tbis bad been done in tbe middle of the Milleens , where there was neither house nor herbage . Now , this showed tbat muoh could be done in Ireland if the people would only attempt it , and he hoped the day was not far distant when all classes and all creeds would cordially co-operate for tbe benefit of the country , for there wa . no mincing tbe matter , this country was at present in a precarious position , though its fertility was beyond the knowledge of man . He had waited upon tbe Lord Lieutenant , and had detailed te him tbe nature of his works , nna he received bis Excel , lenoy ' s cordial approbation for tbe ingenious mode he had adopted of reclaiming bog land , which was certainly
very novel , and originated with himself . The plan waa the flooding-on the essence of soils , which was extracted by the water from tbe alluvial deposits of tbe conntry over the land he sought to manure . N \ iw he estimated tbat the water be flooded on tbe laud was worth £ 1 an acre , which oa the 250 acres ' reclaimed , was equal to £ 250 a year . Therefore , if the water « hicb flowed over thel 000 acres he held at Ballyvouraey could be made worth £ 1 . 000 a year , see tbe value ef the water which idly flowed through the lands of Ireland . There was no doubt but water was the best agent for the Improvement of bog . If tbey thoroughly drained a bog , the summer sun would dry it np aud destroy its properties for vegetation , wbil » if bog was allowed to be saturated in wet weather , it would not give vegetable food . To meet tbeso defects he employed
water-gates , which enabled him to raise or lower the level of tbe water in his sluices at pleasure , —Mr Corbott desired to know bow the farm was situate in respect to limestone I—Mr Coltburst replied that it was ten ratios remoted fiom it . He considered limestone absolutely necessary for the finishing eff of bog land , which con . tatned many Impurities that lime removed . He had lately brought under the notice of the publio the 10 . 000 acres of bog from Kilcrea to Icchegeela , through wbicb limestone was abundant , and wbicb possessed ten times tbe advantages jtbat his property did . —Mr F . M . Jennings said tbat a few months » icce he was in tbe neighbourhood of Mr Outburst ' s property , and he could bear testimony to all tbat was said in reference to tbe improvement . He was particularly struck with the fcr .
tlliey of the Milleens improvement , which exceeded all description—the plan of improvement being very novel , in proof of which be perceived the Society of Civil Engineers bad passed a vote of thanks to Hr Colthnret , It waa well known that bog stuff was good manure , and the plan of Mr Coltburst brought sell gravel and sand to the bog by mean , of flooding . He never saw la any country greener land than a portion of the bog where lime was strewn . He tried the depth of the tog stuff , and bored to twelve { est without coming at the subsoil . By systematic flooding Mr Cotthurat had not only drawn eff the bad matter bat had infused all that was useful ; and if the sy . tem was carried out ezten . sively , the conntry would be peculiarly benefitted . Is some places bog was reclaimed by drawing sand and
gravel by horsen , but thia wa . too expensive , and , not being periodically kept up , the bog fell back to its original waste . This was sow effected by flooding , which was produced without either cost or trouble . Mr Coltbnrgt said that many persons , at vast expense , brought to bog land matter that was Injurious ; but by his plan all that was injurious was separated by the operation of the water much better than by any other proocs . human ingenuity could devise , and spread over tbe land tke very essence of the soil . Tbe ground jot all that waa good , and tbe canal kept all that was bad , and which was caried eff by the floods . Every flood brought down top dressing for bis land , and the friction of the water prevented the growih of moss , —Alderman Dowden d » . sired ta know if one stream course was . ' sufficlent to drain a bog t—Mr Coltburst said be had one main drain and numerous small open drains . When Irrigation was tbe
object , covered drains were not only useless but positively Injurious . —Mr Abel beard farmers say that continuous irrigation produced few crops and wasted the soil . —Mr Coltburst did not see how this could be . He looked upon irrigation as tbe first of « 21 improvements , for tbis reason , that there was not a pint of water which did not contain certain portions of manure . He admitted that if water were applied to land in a slobbering way It would do more la jury than good , bnt If brought on on « Slope Of one foot ii fifty , it had sufficient friction to remove all that was injurious to the laud , with sufficient steadiness to deposit all that was held in solution that was useful to the land . His father was the gentleman who first introduced irrigation into Muskerry . A portion of his lawn wai irrigated in 1809 , aad in the course of every succeeding year he pledged his honour that it yielded te the average three tons of hay par acre for tha fofty . « igb i ^ an Ntf got nothjaj but ktfgatios . Hi
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would mention a curious hot :-he had 1 b hia ( JemejnB a spring of the purest water , which flowed over a portion of he land , and the irrigation of tht . water gave much better result , than tbat of tbe river water .-Mr Jennines said there was no doubt that tho purest spring water contained very fertilising matter . Whwttey con . sldered the way in which spring water waa formed they must be aware of it . carrying away the . mpuri . le . of * h e land . Water contained vast quantltie . of inorgenlo matter for the sustenance and developement of P " « He had aeeu Instances of very rich spring watsi ; which had come cither from good ground or from * ° oks " >* Hate of decompo . ltion , which supplied what the ground required for fertility . When a bog wa . iu a dry state 1 * was utterly impossible for vegetation to go on , neither .., ^^ . . ^ d in his «¦«
-oanld it when in a wet . tate and , therefore , removing moisture la one seatou and . applying it In another enabled plants to draw their constituent , from water and air . They could by constant cropping make alluvial soil , barren , but Mr Coltburst by bis plan supplied the land with fresh alluvial soil every year , and prevented exhaustion , Llebig , is one of kl . works pointed oat how a very few feet of decomposed rock ipread upon ground praduced inorganic food for plants , and that bog produced carbsnaceous requisites , all of which were brought into use by flooding the land . These who understood the subject regretted the quantity of alluvial matter removed by floods , aad taken down the river , to tbe injury of the harbour , which , if collected and spread oa landwould give aa immense amount of the richest . oil
, for the growth of the food of animals . —Mr Bergin said tbat the plan now under consideration waa a mere adoption of the ancient system—tho Inundations of the Nile . He wished to know if Mr Colthurst had ever tried kelp ' as a maaure for bog mould !—Mr Cohhurat had never used anything except lime , water , and ashes . —Mr Bargin fouud kelp oa broken grass ground give enormous crops , which showed that vegetable matter acted on by kelp produced enormously . He used kelp on a piece of ground at the rate of half a ton to the acre , He wished to know the expesse per acre of keepiog tbe sluices and watercourse * in working order , for if tbe cost were large it would be an obstacle to tko use of the
plan by the farmers ia general . —Mr Colthurst . aid that no rush of water affected the peat banks , and therefore the only cost wa . in respect to tbo slaioe gates , whieh were perishable . The most expensive part of these waa the metait This , with proper care , would last fer half a ciotury , while the wood wonld last at least twenty years . But be looked on these expenses as a mere bagatelle , the profits were so enormous , for be bad proved that land whioh was worth £ 4 an acre would not bs worth £ 1 by any other process of reclamation . His great stophatoh cost £ 10 , aad the other two £ 6 each , making £ 29 . He could say , after thirty years' experience , any reasonable expense gone to for irrigation would be more than repaid .
Stati or Maio . —Pontic Woa » .. —Ia a late number of this journal ( says the Tt » awlt HiaAiD ) we stated tbat Mr Brett , the county surveyor , had assigned the sum of £ 23 , 000 as belag necessary to resume the public works in the barony of Tyrawiy ; and from his being called upon to fix tbe sum which might be deemed re . qulsite , we drew the conclusion tbat it was tbe inten . tioa of government to have the works brought into operation without delay . We do not , however , hear anything of the matter at present , and we therefore fear the poor idle labourers will bave to wait far em . ployment much longer than they expected .
Mdbdeb and Robbibt . —The LuiEBict and Class Examinee oonta ' sv the following;— . Oh the night of Monday , ; tbe lit Inst ., four armed men came to the bouse of a poor farmer named Killeen , at Clahaneraore West , They knocked at the deor , and , on bis opening it , they presented their guns at blm , aad demaaded the price of a horse he sold a few days previoiely . He dented having tbe money , and three of the party then catered the house , and commanded Killeen and his wife to go to bed and cover their faces , They tfcon searched for the money , and found £ 3 10 a . in the bed . A brotherin-law of Kdleen , named Anthony Murphy , was in tbo neuae , and ihey made Litn lie on his face over some pots .
toes . When they found the money they came to Morpby , and struck bim with tbeir gun ., and asked him for money , He . aid the few shilling , be bad fell from him . They then asked Killeen who the stranger was , and on hit telling them that he was his . btother . in-Iaw , one of the ruffians put his gun to Murphy ' s left side , and drove the bullet through the unfortunate man ' s body . An inquest was held on Wednesday by Mr O'Donuell , coroner , accompanied by Hr Little , R M :, when a verdict of mrilfni marker was returned against tome person or persons unknown . It la generally thought that a dispute about land , and no robbery was the cause of this deliberate and atroclou . murder . '
Tax Rami Association , —The snake in the prase has again reared its but half-crushed head . The ' Commlttee' have just issued their annual address , setting forth an abstract of the sums of money swindled and ex . pended since the last hopeful balance sheet wa . issued . Tho receipts , including £ 4717 s . 8 d ., the proceeds of the sale of the library , amount to £ 1 , 145 10 s 103 ., end the expenditure to £ 1 . 120 23 s , 7 d ,, leaving a balance towards liabilities of £ 24 7 ., 3 d , Tke debts , it appears , are' practically' wiped away , and there is now ne doubt that a daring attempt will be made by the 'happy family ' to revive tbe agitation as soon as Lord Clarendon i . deprived of the means now at his disposal for tbe sum . mary suppression of all seditious assemblies .
An Ibi . h Califobnia . —Railway , being somewhat out at the elbows , and iron consequently at a discount , tbe pensive Irish publio is about to be tickled with another high-sounding speculation , which seems to be admirably adapted to divert men ' s minds from the pursuit of such common-place objects as improvement , in tbe art of husbandry , & c . The golden project is thus alluded to by the Railwat Gazette : — ' We perceive that an as . soclation baa been formed to Work the gold mines of Wicklow and Wexford , as tbe discoveries In California bare turned attention towards gold seeking . It is an .
nonnced tbat ' more than twenty trials , during three months'labour , have proved that the auriferous deposit in Ireland occupies an area of upwards of one hundred square mlks in tbe counties of Wicklow and Wexford . Tho gold is found in quartz and black iren sand , as on the western coast of America ; and it ia said that by an improved method of working sixteen mea and women can wash one hundred tons of sand a day , at an ontlay of 12 .. ' The managing director of the association is Mr Wa . It . CoIIett , who bas taken a very active part la the extension of the railway system in Ireland . '
DnttKAtiwiY Uhtow , Cork . —The reporter of tho CoiK EXAUiNia writes as follows touching the state of this portion of the west riding : — ' The general coadl . tion of the Dunmaaway union contrasts very strongly Indeed with that of the adjoining unions of Bantry and Skibbereen . This you will Instantly perceive by reading the state of the house of the former union , and the very healtby state of its finances , The inmates of the Dun . manway workhouse number 1 , 004 . Of these there are of the able-bodied men but the very small figure ol 79 ; of able-bodied women , 28 G ; and of children , 594 . It will appear very lingular , perhaps , that the proportion of able-bodied men in this and the Bantry union is so small , when contrasted with the same class of women in each union ; bat the cause ia very palpable . Hundreds
of able-bodied mea la those dlstticts have fled the poverty aad wretchedness which surrounded them on every side , and have left their wives and children dependent on the poor law—many , probably , have gone with the intention of sending for their wives or children , when , ia a foreign ceuntry , they win their independence , which was denied tbem at home : but there la scarcely a doubt that the majority of those families will bu left a permanent bur . den on the union . ' Out-door relief i . administered In tho Dunmanway union to between 3 , 000 and 4 , 000 per . sons , which will make the total number of persons re . Ileved from 4 , 000 to 5 , 009 . Now , when you remember that In Skibbereen , there are 12 , 000 paupers , and in Bantry , 9 , 000 , you must admit that Dunmanway is comparatively prosperous . And yet it is very difficult to account for this prosperity , Tbe union is , I believe , larger—at the leaet , it ia aa large as Bantry , and its popu
latloa , if not more , must be quite as great . The valuatleu of the union is £ 43 . 827 12 s . C 3 . soma £ 5 000 or £ 6 , 000 more than that of Bantry , The rate struck on thla for the past twelve months amounted but to 3 » , in the peund , whilst those of Bantry and Skibbereen , you remember , amounted to between 6 s , and 7 s . j whilst the Bantry union is nock . aad-eara In debt , and whilst the msjerity of ratepayers of Bklbbereen are on the verge of rain , the Dunmanway guardians bave to their credit in baokasum of JE 3 . . This , to be sure , ought , and would , redound very much to their credit , did tbey give anything like rational diet to the unfortunate paupers under their care ; but as long as the present system is continued such fact most have a contrary effect . The farming chuses , like those ef Bantty , aro la very many instances leaving their holdings , and emigrating to some more fortunate country , '
Tnr BarBENCHMXHT Cok & tission , —The Etekino Heuald says ;—* It is now , we believe , pretty conn , dently anticipated that the system of economy in the revision of the government office . , decided npon by the Treasury , will not , so far as this country fa oonceraed , tffect the Chief Secretary's department , and that of the Paymaster of civil Services , alone . The office of tho Poor Law Commissioners and that of the Board of Work , will , it i . said , have to undergo the infUctUu of the pruning knife , to the extent—particularly as regards tbe latter establishment—of a curtailment of tke somewhat exorbitant aalartea paid te > sundry swaggering slnecurlsU , ' °
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Ths Pbibbib versus tub Paoi , MABUN 8 .--Tb . e working classes not unnaturally believe , that the political causes whioh baat ruinously upon their interests , owe their vitality and activity to tho fact that the House of Commons is go constituted aa to represent the interests of property rather than of mm . As subject to the law , and large contributor , to the revenues of the jrovernment , they cSI nth ; toa vow into Baking of lair , andI tea Ton * stitutional expresaion of judgment , m to th « modV « f raising and distributing those revenue ? Th ^ fed themselves at once degraded and despoitod [ SUS iS ^ SH ft f oI poUtical Power , To tS elMta firtv . ff . to etatesrae a and fav-faVnoJ ;>» , ; ii „» C
hoSaSafn « V " " ^ ° f their hi h M «» rity . »«* . how ? tftrST ° , . ' ordered as a body , hava &! S . a ? T lrtTO ' « nfr «» rily . In some instance * . tStS * - ? xcluded * emberu for professing « ZSS * i ?" afl , p - l 6 s-in " ome "inistera have denounced those p nMipuM M positively » inful ~» nd in general , the religion oi Christ has teen practically Bit WTM MCvfifcttsatOflr of famiTMneonformitt .
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. _ .... „ { THE WRECK OF HBft MAJESTY'SSLOP ? THE WRECK OP HER MAJESTY'S SLOOP MUTINE , The following particulars " ^ the wreck of the Matine have been communicated by a young officers that ' ill-fated sloop to his parent * :- % ' Malaooaco , Venice , Dee . 23 . t y [ r DaAR — , —I must now relate what I know will at least interest you-vis ., the wreck and total loss of the poor little Mutme . Yes ; she nowli « about four miles from this pace , a hopeless wreck * little more than one-half of her symmetrical frama holding together . By the blessing of God , wa were all saved except five . But now for tbe full particulars .
Triestein Dense Fndaf._....„ { The Wreck...
* We sailed from Trieste , in s dense fog , on Fndaf the 16 tb . Calms and baffling winds so detained nfl that we did not anchor at Venice until Tuesdaj nieht . The captain , with the surgeon and purser , had left the ship two nights previously , when aboufc twenty miles off ( frith despatches ) , and the fog coatinuini they were prevented from returning to the Sfbu ? on Wednesday , the 90 ck , j * cleared , when immediately a gale of wind succeeded . Tao captain tried to come off in his own boat , bat waa nearly swamped three times . He then offered £ 6 ( 1 for any boat that would convey him on board htf ship , but all in vain ; no one was hardy enouga to accept it . The steamers , too , tried to get out , bad _ . . . . , r .
•*—could not . ,.. i , ii i . . _« Meantime , finding it was likely to blow bard , we weighed , and leaving our anchorage off Lido , the north entrance to the Lagoon of Venice , ran down to that of Malamooo . some miles to the southward , try * ing to get a pilot to take as inside the Lagoon , where we should have been all safe ; but it came on to blow so hard that no pilot could reach us ; and , the wind shifting a point or two , wo were now on a dead lee shore , with a tremendous sea , and no ohanee of being able to beat off , even if we made sail . By eleven o'clock that night , two out of our four cables ] parted , and as we were striking topmasts soon after , the third cable , a fourteen-inch hempen one , snapped in twain . We were at the mercy of the remaining anchor , with 150 fathoms of chain oa it ; and that fast cumins homa , there was nothing for it but to out away the masts . The foremast went first , but that failing to stop the drifting , the mainmast went
too , and the little Murine lay a hulk upoa thfl troubled waters . I was —of that middle watch , ( though , of course , all hands were on deck ) , and I shall never forget tbe scene—a frightful sea and surf —the sea surging and drifting fast , and a rocky coast astern of ns . We now with some difficulty hoya overboard our two obell-gang , weighing aboat four tons , with a strong hawser bent on each , and , greatly to our satisfaction , we then , assisted by the stream * anchor , with 100 fathoms cable , held on for some time . We remained in this awful position until four o ' clock on Thursday morning , when we began firing minute guns of distress , and as soon as day broke we hoisted the ensign jaek downwards on the ftuwp of the mainmast . But , alas ! it was a forlorn hope ; lor soon after this she began again to drift , the sea making clean breaches over us , and the cold io interne that the icicles from tho sea water bung on all the bows , netting , and even on ouff clothes .
'At half-past four , sick , worn out with hard work and overcome with cold and wet , I went down and turned into the first lieutenant's bed , taking off my wet clothe ., and rolling myself up in his blankets , I slept for about an hour , when the first lieutenant sent down to say I had better come on deck . I immediately got up , but as I could not get into my wet clothes , I slipped on a flannel , a shirt , a pair of drawers , and a lame cloak , with an old pair of stock " ings and shoes . When I arrived on deck , I feund the ship had drifted much closer in . and the first lieutenant observed it would be a miracle if any were saved . At length , when about a mile from the shore , she struck ( about 12 30 p . m . ) , and we with all possible despatch hove overboard the remaining ten guns ,
with the shot , water , dso ., and about three o ' clock , finding all our efforts of no avail , and , as we all thought , certain death awaiting us—weary , frceto , exhausted , we made one more , one last dying attempt to save ourselves ; so , sending all hands to the fore * castle to the wind , we slipped our cables , and contriving by this means to get her head before the gale , we ran rapidly in for the shore . ' Being very light front tba loss of gum . & o , the , iea and wind ran us to rapidly over tha rockatlufe the ship struck with frightful violence ; but at lash she was carried so close in that we were enabled to get a line on shore , and by means of it a hawser ; not until , however , poor Whiting , one of onr mates , lost his life in attempting to land in the jolly boat ;
which was pitched over the side ; fortunately , the rest of the boat's crew were sated , but the boat having been capsized they rrere frightfully knocked about . I now went down , having previously thrown off my cloak , and haying strongly tied a handkerchief round my neck , fastened in one corner of it all tbe stock of money I could at the moment reach , and by means of this hawser , a bowline knot round it , and line from the shore , I assisted in landing the men , until finding that at last I could not stand on my feet from the intense cold , I was myself put into the knot , and was hauled along tho hawser . By mere instinct , I must have held on , for I only remember being dragged through the water head foremost , being terribly knocked about npon the rocks ; , nearly drowned , and being then seized by half-adozsnmen , whoconveyed me to the nearest
housethat of a cobbler—and put me to bed , one of them ( as recommended by the Royal Humane Society ) turning in with me . After some time I returned to consciousness , when , my attendants having dosed me with sundry tumblers of hot grog , and warmed my feet , whioh were very oainftil , and my fingers , which are still frostbitten , I began to feel something like myself . I must say I never experienced such kindness as from these people : the whole family vied with each other as to who could do most—tucking me in , making me broth , bringing wine , gror , & o . Of the rest of my poor shipmates , the assistanfc-surgeon and one of the mates ( Charlton ) were frozen to death , as was also the marine . The carpentei' got out of the bowline knot , and was drowned , but the rest all got safely ashore , more or less injured by bruises .
• Next day ( Friday ) we were almost all removed on board her Majesty ' s steam-vessel Ardent , lyine under the Lagoon , and I am bow writing this in bed with frostbitten fingers , and my toes so badly bitten , that the doctor fears I shall lose one of my Dig toes , and perhaps one or two others . I think , however , i shall get over it , but I fear I ahall not be aoie to leave my bed for some time . ; There is no chance of saving anything from the brig . We have lost all in her ; tho only things I have in the world are one shirt , one flannel , and one pair of drawers . ' God bless you all , is the earnest prayer of ' Yours , & c ., « . «_« . »
Rbprietbof Radcupfb —In The Last Nnrnber...
Rbprietbof Radcupfb —In the last nnrnber ef this journal we announced tha reprieve of Radcliffa frem his unjust sentence . Since then the Maw Chester Examwkr says , that « Joseph Constantino ( who was sentenced to transportation for life * ha « made a confession , which throws coneiderable iieht upon the melancholy aff « r . According to his state ! ment . Radcliffe was not present when Bright was attacked . Constantino considers that the fatal deed was perpetrated by a publican or beer-house keeper who had a grudge against Bright , in conseoaeno « „ f
7 Z « T > A l f h ? *\ a *™« him at a preceding period , and who toek that opportunity of revenging himself . On Tuesday » deputatioS fLm Artfor , waited upon Baron Al / eraon ? andTlso m Mr Waddington , at the Home Secretary ' s office On calling at that office on the following day thadennri tion were informed by Mr WaddinS tha ? " & George Grey had thought fit to recommend the prisoner to the merciful consideration of her Majesty and . that his life would be spared . m »^ 7 » Coram Ban Nona-Tradesmen cannot be to * much on . thew guard » n taking the notes of provincial banks , of the character of which they areignorS . List week a tradesman m Bristol was victimised by arespeotable-looking person , who described bJfD « eif to be a captain of the port of Gloucester . He mad * a small purchase , and entered into conversation on free port mstten vita much me tod £ bearing , n trmateiy fenderine a £ 10 E MT
woceeter 0 , d Bank , dated Nov ,. 1842 , against wh ^ ft he received £ 9 lfc . in cash . The dloSK ? Old Bank stopped payment some 30 years since , and unon subsequent examination , the date 1842 iiSidSB a forgery . Strange enough , this Twt- note Jf >« ^^ « ir « bwJSaWd , JlKtt ^& to send down a Superintending Inspector to ^ S pss ^^ is ^^^ ^ p ^ lx ^^^
Upon the proposition of M . Victer Hugo , and as a E /* h A , to memory of M . de ' cKteai X ? S- ' i * i £ oademie Frano » iw . a * 'ts last sittiiic decided that it wonld not hold on ece and the s * a & nay the elections of new members to replace M Vihateaubriand and M . Vatout , and appointed Thursday the 11 th for the one , and Thursday 18 th for the Other .-Porw Paper . < - « " «• t aa How ths Svccsasona or the Aro-iiss Aa « Lodgjd . —Great things were expected in the wav rf reform , and retrenchment from the Eccl esiastical Commissionersi : how these expectations have been fulfilled , Jet the following amounts , of which , th « commission abb authorised the expenditure on eDf £ copal residences show- .-Palace at Ripon , £ 1 s 8 ki .
to ^ iXt h - ^ i" Buh 9 p of G ^* - ter , £ 11 , 000 ; alteration of house for him , £ n so * KSnT ° n i ? * rH n 8 e for Bish ° P « f Wnco a £ 39 , 406 ; alteration of house for him , £ 133 a Purcbass of estate and house for the BisnoV rff ft * " ** l * MW . Alteration of wift of
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 13, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13011849/page/6/
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