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The Births and Deaths registered lv London dnring the week ending Saturday last , February 10 , ¦ were : Births , 1 , 673 ; Heaths , 1 , 196 ; the average for the week being 1 , 169 , The 1 , 190 deaths registered in the week show an excess on the winter average of 27 ; and as compared with the return ofthe previous week , they give an increase of 59 . This result , to some extent unfavourable , is the effect of increased fatality of inflammation of the lungs and bronchitis , especially the latter , which , in proportion to the population at each age , carries off a greater number of the old , while the former is fatal , almost exclusively , to the young . The deaths from inflammation of " the lungs were 103 , or just the average : in the nrenous week they were 91 : those
from bronchitis were " l > 3 , or 15 more than the average ; in the former week they were 78 , which IS the average number . The readings of both the barometer and thermometer were uuusually mgn . Small pox , measles , scarlatina , Looping cough , aU snow a decrease as compared with the former return ; but fatal cases of cholera were 55 , from which it appears that this epidemic is on the increase in London . It is worthy of observation , that diarrhoea and dvsentcry number 37 , which is considerably more than occurred in any ofthe first six weeks of five previous years ; while the mortality from diarr-Ltea , dysentcfv , and cholera together , is equal to sue times the weekly average . _ Mysterious Bobbert at St . Paxcras
Workhouse . —A mysterious robbery of £ 155 in silver and j £ 29 ~ m gold , was effected from the " strong room ofthe newly-erected St . Pancras vestry-rooms , adjoining the workhouse , in the King ' s-road , Camden Town . It appears , that Mr . M'Gahey , the clerk to the hoard , accompanied hy his son , a young man about twenty years of age , who acts as a clerk in his office , proceeded on Thursday afternoon week to the Bloomsbury branch of the London and Westminster Bank , and brought away the sum of £ 155 in silver , in tliree bags , and £ 50 in notes . Mr . M'Gahey bad previously placed the £ 20 in gold in the cash box , and on their arrival at the vestry rooms ( keeping the notes in his pocket ) he went away , leaving his son in the office to count the silver ,
in which he was assisted by another clerk , Mr . Plews . Mr . M'Gahey , jun ., states , that when he had counted the money , he went into his father ' s private room , and took from the drawer of the inkstand on the table the key of the " strong room ;" this being the place where it was usually kept , a fact known , it is stated , by all the officers of the establishment . Having got the key , he went and deposited the money in the cupboard in the strong room , locked the door , and put the key back in the Jilace in the inkstand drawer in his father ' s room . t must be here remarked that it was the custom of Mr . M'Gahey , jun ., to request Mr . Plews to assist him in placing ihe money away in the " strong room , " but on this occasion he did not do so . The
first discovery of the robbery on Friday , morning week was occasioned by the demand of the board for money to pay the poor , and the absence ofthe key of the " strong room" from the drawer ofthe inkstand . The "strong room" door was found locked , and a duplicate key having been obtained , it ¦ was opened , and it was then discovered that the cupboard referred to had been broken open ,. as also the cash-box therein , and the silver ' and gold to the amount stated stolen . Information was instantly forwarded to the police-station of the S division , in Phoenix-street , Somers Town ; and on the arrival of two detective officers , an investigation took place , and the following suspicious facts presented themselves . In the " strong room" there were no traces
of any implements , nor had there been any violence used to ihe lock ofthe iron door . -The door ofthe vestry clerk's office was found unlocked , and also that of theprivate room . The keys of the ' . ' strong room , " that of a door leading from the workhouse g arden , besides other keys had also been abstracted , but were afterwards found in the lavatory ranged in a row , together with several house-breaking implements . On the window-sill were discovered four finger-marks of each hand , but , on minute inspection , the officers are convinced that these had been made from the inside , but were intended to lead to a belief that the robber had made his exit by getting out and dropping from the window , a circumstance rendered impossible with the £ 155 in silver
en his person . Mr . M'Gahey , jun ., states , that when ha deposited the money in the " strong room , " he immediately went , after locking the door , and placed the key where he found it , and then left the premises , the time being , to the best of his belief , about a quarter-past six o ' clock . There is some doubt about which of the beadles locked up the place , but the List person in the vestry clerk ' s office was Mr . Jaques , the chief clerk , and he , it appears , recollecting , after he had got out into the road , that he had not locked the office door , told Iamb , the porter at the gate of the workhouse , to go up and do so , but which Lamb omitted through forgetfulness , not thinking , as he states , at the moment , that it was of particular importance , as he
lad known the vestry , clerk ' s office door lef t unlocked many times previously . The last officer biown to havebcenon the premises was Mr . Clarke , one of the visiting agents of the poor , and he is stated to have left by tne lower lodge gate , leading to his office on the basement . In consequence of £ his robbery , the board of directors had no money to pay the poor , who had assembled in hundreds , and they ha 1 to remain till the necessary amount ¦ was procured from the banker ' s hy Mr . T . H . Smith , a member of the board , from his own account . A special meeting of the hoard of directors took place on Saturday afternoon , when an investigation was entered into with closed doors , but , from what has transpired , suspicion points to some
ofthe officers ofthe establishment , although everything was done to make it appear to have been the act of a stranger and regular housebreaker . In order to strenrthen this view of the case , four or five skeleton Keys were thrown into the garden fronting the house , So . 15 , Cook ' s-row , Old St . Pancras-road , about three doors from the front of the vestry rooms , and where they were picked up on Saturday morning , and handed over to Lockerby , the detective constable , by Mrs . Tiffin , the niece bf one ofthe beadles , who keeps the house , and who found them there . These keys , on being tried by the officer , were found to open almost every door in the place . The delinquent has not been discovered . Inquest . —On Saturdav afternoon Mr . Baker , the
coroner for the eastern division of the county of Middlesex , held an inquest at the Ten Bells Tavern , Bed Lion-street , Spitalfields , on the bodies of Henry Sutton , " Caroline ( his wife ) , Henry Sutton ( their child ) Caroline Sawyer , and Grace Newland , who were burnt to death in the fire which occurred on Thursday night week in Lamb-street , Spitalfields . Some time previous to the assembling of the jury a" crowd of persons had congregated round the tavern , all eagerly discussing that which seemed generally ^ admitted—viz ., that had a determined effort been made to save the unfortunate creatures they plight have been saved . The appearance ofthe premises probably gave rise to this supposition , the floors being uninjured , the building not a lofty one , and the windows being only separated from * those ofthe adjoining Louses by a few feet of brickwork ,
so that every facility was afforded for the extension of a rope across the front of the burning house , so as to afford a means of escape for the inmates . The jury having been sworn proceeded to view the bodies , which had been placed in the vaults of the church . The spectacle was most revolting , the bodies being in some parts reduced to a mere cinder , and all the hands clasped as if in agony . The unfortunate woman Grace Newland was enceinte at the time of her death . The Coroner , without returning to the room where the jury had assembled , informed them that he would not venture to enter into an inquiry of such importance at that late hour , and it would probably be of some advantage that the inquiry should be deferred until Monday . The usual form of binding the jury in their own recognisances was then gone through * in the vault , and the mquiry ¦ was adjourned .
Bony op a Lam found is a Pond . —On Sunday morning the body of an elegantly dressed female , apparently about fif ty years of age , was found lying in a pond in Beading ' s brickfield , at Peckham . The deceased , who had apparently been dead some hours , had on a black silk dress and mantilla . There ¦ were some gold rings on her fingers , but no money ¦ was found upon her ; her linen is marked N . The body , which Dears no marks of violence , was removed to Camberwell workhouse to await an inquest . IKO . UEST . —Massiatjghter . — On Saturday Mr . Baker held an inquest , at the Black Horse , Kingsland-road , to inquire relative to the death of E . Bumbold , aged twenty-nine , a brickmaker , who was killed in a pugilistic encounter which took place last Monday week in the tap-room of the Anchor public house , Haggerstone . Three men , named John Hunter , Wm . Parrot , and John Hunt , have been under examination at Worship-street
pohce-court , charged with having caused the death ofthe deceased . * Thirteen witnesses were examined . The coroner summed up , when , as the jury could not " agree in their verdict , and as he ( the coroner ) bad to attend another inquiry , he caused them to be locked up , telling them that he would return in a short time , and swearing the summoning officer not to allow them " any refreshment . On the return of the coroner he "discovered that they were comfortably ; enjoying themselves with glasses of rum and gin and water , cigars , dre . The coroner stated to the summoning officer that he had acted in violation ofhis duty . The coroner , therefore , fined him " ~ i t JJ ^ returned a verdict of manslaughter Sf Z ' a vt ? ' ** P" ™? . ? nd W . Parrott , for aiding and abetting . The Foo-. i-On Monday morning , during the intense fog which enveloped the metropolis / the train wftichleaves theEnston station ' at five minnfespast nine o clock had just passed the bridge over the canal at the Camden station ( the pilot engine having been turned into a siding the moment before ) , when a cry was suddenly raised of " a man down , ' * and it was discovered a policeman , named Fitzpatrick , had
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for some cause as vet unexplained , proceeded to CTOS 8 the line between the two eng ines , and was struck down by the engine attached to the tram . On reaching the unfortunate object of thejitam ae was found frightfully mutilated , with a deerwound on the head , apparently large enough to admit Ug whole hand , aiS the ri g ht ftot ^^ ^^ a was removed to the u 4 / nS ? terminSed slight movement ; ofon < ]^^^ S ^ X his sufferings . »» 1 ~™» » JS ? ' ^^ great alarm ffl c 3 ^ S £ ^« The ^ merald GraSnd steamer , started with a large number of Sons * a quarter before eight o clock At eight oVlockaboat fromthe Star company leaves , and it half-past eight o clock the Brunswick , belonging f « the London and Blackwall BaUway starts . The
latter boat was on its way up , when the people on board discovered , about midway between irith and Woolwich , that the Emerald was aground , and the passengers appeared to he calling for aid . The Brunswick proceeded on her course , and arrived about two hours after her usual time at the pier . The Emerald reached London-bridge-wnarf . about three hours after her regular time , and it appeared that upon her making , as is customary , for the Essex shore , the captain , who was deceived as to his distance by the fog , ran upon the shore , where he remained until the tide returned . Mb . Drouet and the Pauper Children . —On Monday evening a fully-attended meeting ofthe inhabitants of Westminster took place at the
Tem-5 erance-hall , Broadway , for the purpose of " consiering the lamentable destruction of life at the Eaupcr child-farm at Tooting—one hundred and fty poor children having lost their lives in twelve days—to consider the reprehensible conduct of the different boards of guardians , and the Poor Law board , and if the present New Poor Law is suitable to a Christian country . " Sir Charles Aldis tookthechair . Thefollowing resolution was passed : — " That from the painful disclosures connected with the awful destruction of life at the child-farming establishment at Tooting , from the jury on the inquest relating to the deaths ofthe innocents in question having returned a verdict of manslaughter against Mr . Drouet , and from the circumstances
that the system under which the children s lives were destroyed , has from time to time met with the approval ofthe guardians ofthe poor , and existed under the cognizance and sanction of the Poor Law Commissioners , this meeting considers the inhuman treatment inflicted upon theso children to be inseparable from . the spirit and essence of the new Poor Law , and that this law being repugnant to every feeling of humanity , and a monstrous and enduring violation of tho decrees of our holy religion , ought to be utterly and immediately abolished . " The second resolution , pledging the meeting to adopt petitions to both Houses of Parliament , urging the speedy abolition ofthe new Poor Law—was also carried unanimously . The third resolution
gave the hearty thanks of the meeting to Mr . Charles Lushington , the member for Westminster , for the very great promptitude with which he presented to , and the ability with which he supported in the House of Commons , ' a- petition which had been adopted at a meeting called upon the same subject at tho Western Literary and Scientific Institution , in Leicester-square . It was carried unanimously . A vote of thanks wasgiven to the chairman , and the meeting adjourned . Accnffisi with aFire Escate . —On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , at Guy ' s Hospital on the body of A . Sampson , aged 11 . —J .
Clarkson , an attendant in the sick ward of Newington workkouse , said that the deceased and his younger brother were brought from Drouet ' s asylum at Tooting , and rapidly recovered . On Saturday last the master of the workhouse ordered witness and some other of the able-bodied paupers to exercise themselves with the fire escape , which was kept in the yard . The deceased boy was letdown from a window twice , after which witness descended with him in his arms . They again went up to the window to descend once more , and the deceased jumped out of the window on to his shoulder , and fell on the flag stones below . —Yerdict , "Accidental death . "
Bemoval of Sick Prisoners . —Before Mr . Bedford , on Tuesday , at the Millbank Prison , on the body of J . Neale , aged 21 , and A . Cooke , aged 19 , both of whom were removed from the Beformatory Prison , Portland , while in a weak state of health , and died in consequence . Both the deceased prisoners , it appears , were under a sentence of transportation for seven years , and on the 19 th Dec . last were , with several other prisoners removed from the Wakefield gaol to the Portland prison . Both the deceased appeared then very ill and feeble , and seemed to suffer from the journey , but they made no complaint . On arriving at Portsmouth , where they had to embark on board a steamer for Portland , Mr . Hopper , who had charge of them , observed them to be ill , and , having reported them to the medical officer of the hulks , they had medicine . They , with others , were then chained in gangs of twelve , put on board the vessel , and convoyed to Portland . Mr .
Hopper , in his evidence , stated that from the beach the prisoners had to walk a mile , still chained together , along a vory bad stony road , and up hill all the way . The road was so bad , that it took them at least an hour to walk that mile . After their arrival they were found unfit for work ,, and on the 23 d of Jan . were sent away again in charge of the same person who brought them there , and on reaching Millbaak Prison were immediately p laced in the infirmary . —Dr . Baly , tho . physician . oi . the prison , said the deceased were not in a fit state to be removed , and that removal had hastened their deaths . —The jury returned a verdict" That J . Neahvdied from scrofulous peritonitis , and A . Cooke of pulmonary consumption ; and that their deaths were accelerated by removal whilst in a weak stateof health . " —The Coroner said the removal of persons in such a condition appeared to be very cruel , and he hoped it would not be repeated .
The Poll at the Chelsea Vestry . —The pollon the question of the conduct ofthe guardians , "in allowing the children to remain so long at Tooting after the dreadful mortality had commenced / ' commenced on Friday , Feb . 9 , after the termination of the discussion in the vestry , and the numbers polled were , thirty-four for the * amendment ( which confirmed the opinion expressed by the jury ) , and twenty-ei g ht against it , or for acquitting tho guardians of all blame . After the close of the poll , in consequence ofthe manner in which the votes were taken , Mr . Markham . the foreman , had a conference with some of the jury , and it was determined that they should not interfere further in the polling , and a communication was made to their friends to that
effect . This arrangement was- implicitly relied on . The polling was resumed on Saturday last , at nine o ' clock , with some spirit on the part ofthe friends of the guardians , but very few persons offered in the early part of the morning—the voters on the other side having gone to their respective avocations in consequenceof the aboveintimation . About 11 o ' clock several of the ratepayers called on Mr . Markham , and requested him to alter his determination , and not let the guardians have it all their own way , to which he acceded , and came to the vestry-room , where he and Mr . Byder entered into a compact , in the presence of Mr . Loveland , the vestry-clerk , that neither the hoard of guardians nor the members ef the jury should themselves vote on the question .
Subsequent to that Mr . Hamilton and Mr . Osborne , two of the jurors ^ who were not aw are of tho compact , tendered their votes , but on being informed of it by Mr . Loveland , they declined to vote . The polling became much brisker during the afternoon , and there was every prospect of the amendment , being carried by a considerable majority , when , a few minutes before four o ' clock , the chairman ofthe board of guardians , with nearly all the guardians , entered the vestry , and , regardless of the compact the chairman had made , tendered fifty-eight votes , being a plurality of votes under Sturges Bourne ' s Act , although the question on which the poll was demanded wasnotoneaffectingtherates . —Mr . Markham , in indi gnant terms , upbraided the guardians with having broken their faith with tho juryand
, declared that he should no longer have any confidence , or respect for them as a body , and they were loudly hissed by the jury and their friends . —The Chairman said the final state of the poll , at its close at four o ' clock , was as follows : —For the amendment , 194 ; against it , 211 . —The Jury said , that although , they had been beaten by the breach of faith on the part ofthe guardians , they had a majority of fifty in the number of the ratepayers who had polled . —The Chairman then , by the advice of the vestry-clerk , put the original motion , when not a single hand was held up in its favour , not even on » ofthe guardians doing so , but 115 hands were held up against , and it was declared to be lost . Three cheers were then given for the jury , three groans for the guardians , and . the vestry broke up .
Discontinuance of Interments at St . Bride ' s Burial Ground . —On Wednesday , in consequence of a representation made by Mr . Simon , the City of London medical office , to the effect that the land used by the churchwardens of St . Bride ' s as burialground for the poor , was a nuisance prejudicial to the neighbourhood , an order was issued by Mr . Daw , the chief clerk ofthe commissioners , directing the churchwardens to abate such nuisance , " and to discontinue interments in such burial-ground from this time forth .
1 Reported Death of Mr . Drouet . —On Wednes day at a meeting of the St . Pancras vestry , Mr , Clarke said that he had been informed that Mi * . Eaton , the master of the St . Pancras workhouse , had received a letterfrom Tooting stating that Mr . Drouet had died lastni ght , and'that before he died he had declared himself to be " a murdered man . " Mr . Healey , the chairman , said he had no doubt , from what he had heard from Mr . Howell , a vestryman , that such an event had taken place . He had understood that Mr . Drouet had . for some years been subject to an affection of the heart ; and the excitement produced by the late lamentable occurrences in the establishment , and the severe verdicts of the coroners' juries , had so increased the disease as to render the uafortunate man ' s life in
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imminent danger . He had been ' told hy his friend Mr . Howell that the master of the workhouse had received a communication announcing Mr . Drouet ' s fcath , and he had no doubt it was true . Mr . Eaton , the master of the workhouse , was called before the vestry , and stated that he had not received the communication officially from Tooting , but from a friend of Mr . Drouet's , on whom the greatest reliance could be placed , who declared that Mr . Drouet had died on the previous night . .
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Yorkshire . —The Miufield Murders . —Mr . Superintendent Chalk is communicating with the police-office at Dewsbury respecting some of the property taken from Mr . Wraith ' s house on the occasion . This correspondence has arisen in consequence of a statement of certain alleged facts in reference to a concealment of the property , and affects materially the mother of the assassin , Patrick Reid . Nqrvqwi , —The Stanfield Hall Assassinations —It is asserted the police have discovered the important fact that Bush purchased a five-barrelled pistol in Shoreditch , a short time before tho Stanfield Hall murders . The shopman has , it is said , identified Bush .
The late Confession of Murder at Portsmouth ;—Horrible as were the details we published in the last number of this journal we learn that instead of two murders , there have been four , and the events , instead of having taken place ten , occurred twenty years ago . The clerk of the person named inthe confession disposed ofthe body of the first child by throwing' it down a privy in Gosport ( where its remains were since found ) . The deceased after that became enceinte with twins , which were destroyed by abortion ; and she subsequently was delivered of a male child in the open air at night , which was" destroyed bythe father and taken away by Mm in his silk pocket-handkerchief . The witnesses to these details , are persons moving in an industrious and respectable sphere , whose
testimony is above taint . Inspector Martin , of the Hants county constabulary , on Wednesday received instructions from the high constable to proceed in search of . evidence with the utmost diligence , with the view of bringing the guilty party to justice . Lincolnshire . —Murder at Nocton Heath . —Mr . J . Hitchins , the coroner , has been engaged in the investigation of the circumstances connected with the death of Mary Ann Melton , a young woman , aged 19 years , a servant in the employment of Mr . Hills , a farmer at Nocton Heath . From the evidence it appeared that the deceased was on Monday fortnight taken very ill , and Mr . Snow , a surgeon , was sent for . Miss Hills told Mr . Snow that the deceased had confessed to her that she had , taken
some white powder in a little milk , and that she did so by the direction of John Clark , the shepherd , by whom she was pregnant , in order to produce a miscarriage . That John Clark had advised her to do it , and he mixed the powder in the milk and made her take it . —Mr . Snow corroborated the statement from a confession made to him by the woman , and said that when he made a port mortem examination of the body , he found sufficient arsenic to kill any person . —Mr . Hills , the deceased ' s employer , said Clark , on the day after deceased was taken ill , asked him for some money , and he gave him £ 10 ; he had not seen him since . —The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder " against John Clark , andthe coroner issued a warrant for his apprehension .
Exeter . —Plunder of the Mail Bags . — The two prisoners , Poole and Nightingale , underwent another examination on Friday week at the gaol , at which most important disclosures wefe ' made respecting the plundering ofthe mail . Mr . J . M . Cox , an attorney , residing in Exeter , on the evening ofthe 1 st of Jan ., came from Dawlish to Exeter by the mail train , and on its arrival at Starcross two men came in , one of them wearing a Jim Crow hat , moustachios , and dark cloak . On the train arriving at Exeter , when Mr . Cox was leaving the carriage , one of the men went out before him , so that Mr . Cox did not sec his face : the other man however , who wore the Jim Crow hat , & c , was lying hack in his seat , and Mr . Cox identifies him as the . prisoner Poole . Elizabeth Towell lately
servant to the prisoner Poole , had seen the prisoner Nightingale , two or three times at her master ' s house . ( It will be remembered that they denied all knowledge of each other . ) The last time she saw him there was on the Sunday night before Poole was apprehended . ' He rang at the door and she answered the bell . He inquired for her master . He said his name was Mr . Smith . She told Poole of it , who went : to the door . She saw them talking together . -. On the morning after Poole was apprehended , she went to the Guildhall to see if she could identify the man ( Nightingale ) who was with him . Poole asked her what she was wanted for . She . told . him , and he replied , J'You don't know anything : " She afterwards said that she could not identify . Nightingale , as she only saw him
by candlelight . After this evidence had been taken the prisoners were removed to their former place of confinement in the gaol . Serious Charge of Bafe against a Solicitor . —Epsom , Saturday . — The complainant ' s name is Maria O' Grady . She is the' daughter of Lieutenant O * Grady , who was shot in a duel about twelve years since , by Captain Smith , brother of the Princess of Capua . After Lieutenant O'Grady ' s decease , his widow married Mi " . Waghorn , a brick and tile manufacturer , of Ewell , in Surrey . This alliance proved very unhappy , and about two years since a separation took p lace between the parties . Mrs . Waghorn , some time afterwards , being , greatly reduced , applied to the guardians ofthe Epsom Union for relief , and her case exciting' some interest , Mr .
Oades , of Banstead , charitably received the complainant ( her daughter ) into his family , as a nursery governess . Miss O'Grad y remained in Mr . Oades ' s family only a very short period , and when that gentleman desired to remove her , he applied to Mr . Thomas Henry Bartlett , a solicitor practising at Epsom , . who had been employed-professionally by Mrs . Waghorn in some proceedings she had taken against her husband , to know where her mother resided , in order that Miss 0 'Grady might be sent to her . Mr . Bartlett , a married man without any family , did not furnish Mr . Oades with the desired information , but at once undertook to receive the young lady in his own house . Here Miss 0 'Grady appears to have remained for some time , in the capacity of companion to Mrs . Bartlett . In
November last , during the absence of Mrs . Bartlett from home , the offence preferred is alleged to have taken place . Miss 0 ' Grady states , in her deposition taken before Baron de Tessier , Mr . Northey , and Mr . Gosse , magistrates acting for the district , that on the night of the 6 th of November , whi ^ sleeping alone , she was alarmed b y discovering Mr : ; Bartlett in bed with her , and that in spite of her expostulations and entreaties he succeeded in effecting her ruin . She adds , that next morning she complained of Mr . Bartlett's conduct to a servant , the onl female in the house . Within one week of this date , Miss 0 'Grady was sent to Liverpool by Mi * . Bartlett , and in consequence of the parties to whom she was sent not being discovered , she communicated with her mother , and her return to town was the result .
The conduct of Mr . Bartlett then became the subject of inquiry , and on Monday last a formal complaint having been made to the magistrates , a warrant was issued for his apprehension . The warrant was placed in the hands of Mr . Inspector Kennedy , the chief officer of the district , who apprehended Mr . Bartlett at the railway station , on his return from town the same evening . Mr . Bartlett remained in custody on Monday night ; and on the following day appeared before the magis ? trates , when , after hearing the evidence of the complainant , the bench decided on holding the defendant to bail , himself in £ 300 , and two sureties in £ 150 each . We may here state , that the female servant to whom Miss 0 'Grady first complained , was not present at this examination , and it appears that
she was sent away from Mr . Bartlett's service simultaneously with Miss O'Grady's departure for Liver pool . The efforts of the officers to discover her destination have , as yet , been wholly unsuccessful . On Monday Mr . Owens and Capt . Besant , the sureties for his appearance , informed the bench that he had that morning been arrested under a civil process , and that the officer had insisted upon conveying him to London by the eleven o ' clock train . The arrest was at the suit of Mr . Scott upon a note fi ! S ? 5 ***"• Bartlett f ° r £ 90 , in part payment of £ 600 for the purchase ofhis business at Epsom . The magistrates having ordered the depositions at the former examination to be read , consulted together for a short timeafter which the chairman
, said the course on which they had determined was , * ., " F - , the recognisances , and thus render the bad liable ; but they would be withheld from the clerk ofthe peace until after an opportunity had been given to procure the attendance of the accused . The proceedings were then adjourned for a week , and a ^ detamer was directed to be lodged against Mr . Bartlett , at Horseinonger-lane Gaol and an application made to the governor for his production before the magistrates . South Devon Election . —The nomination of a candidate in the room of Lord Courtenay took place on Tuesday morning in the Castle-yard , at Exeter , when Sir Balph Lopes was elected without opposition . r
Arrest of an Irish Murderer in Liverpool . — On Monday morning a man named Cearns Bosweli was arrested in Great Howard-street , in this town , charged with the murder of the Bev . Mr . Lloyd , at Boscotmnon , about a year ago . The rev . gentleman , it may be remembered , was shot as he was returning home from church in his carriage . It appears that the prisoner made a con c ession to a fellow lodger , which led to his apprehension . He now domes the fact , but says he might make a still more absurd statement were he drunk . He will of course be" removed to Ireland to stand his trial for the offence . The Cwmcoodv Murder . — Thomas Williams accused of this assassination , and who was dial
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covered In ' Ipswich gaol , where , he had been confined for robbery , has been examined at Brecon , on the capital charge , and committed for trial . Wiltshire . —Discovery of the Coombe . burglar —It may be remembered that the rectory at Coombe , near Salisbury , was burglariously entered January 19 last , and a large quantity of plate , also money , writing desks , work boxes , and their contents , were stolen . The accused burglar is a master sween of Wilton , named Stratton , wbo on WednesdTv iLt w ent to Salisbury to have an interview with Son named Phillips , for the purpose of disposing J about 140 ounces of plate . Most unfortunately for the sweep , hut fortunately for justice , he introduced himself and business to a retired silversmith " * ci ; ,, ! .,,,.., nlsn namfid Phillios . who pretended to ... . . . .
arrange for the purchase of it , and a time was fixed whenlic should bring the plate . The b « tf" ™> punctual to his time , and brought with him all the stolen plate , tho property of the Bev . Mr . Briscoe the consequence was , that Mr . Phillips gave Stratton into custody . Information was then sent to Mr . Superintendent Hall , of Wilton , and a minute and lengthy search ofthe sweep ' s establishment was forthwith made , and after some hours , the work boxes and contents and all the other stolen property were discovered fastened up to the roof ot the sweep ' s house . He was examined at Salisbury on Thursday week , and fully committed for trial . One George Andrews was apprehended as an accomplice , but the evidence not implicating him he was discharged .
_ , Gloucestershire . —The Bank of England Forgeries . — On Monday the remanded prisoners , Wm . Stevenson and Emma Jackson , were subjected to a further examination before the Bristol magistrates , upon a charge of being concerned hi forging and uttering a number of Bank of England notes . An assistant to Mr . Bretel , grocer , of Walsall , attended and identified the female prisoner as having on the 20 th of January changed a forged £ 5 note at his employer's shop . J It being stated that other important evidence could be' adduced against the parties if further time were allowed , they were again remanded .
A Series of Charges of Swindling formed the subject of an investigation on Saturday , at the police court , Bristol . The accused gave his name Henry Phillips , but the police have ascertained his real name to be Bynam , he having , it is said , been convicted in that name some two years ago . There were a number of charges against him . Tho accused , who usually habited himself as a seaman , sometimes appeared to belong to the merchant and at others to the naval service , and would by means of inquiries and stratagems ascertain some particulars of families having connexions at sea , or abroad on foreign stations , and then waiting on those families and representing himself to be the sailing masterchief mateor steward of some Vessel just
, , come home , he would state that he knew the con nexion of the family , who had sent home some presents by him , but that the vessel in which he had arrived having been obliged by stress of weather to put into Sheerness , the parcels could not be released without a written authority to receive them , and a sum of money to pay the requisite charges upon them . He would then state that he was going back to Sheerness , and would , if entrusted with the requisite [ authority apd cash , clear out the presents and send them on as per direction . There was something so apparently sincere in the manners of the fellow , and ne . generally appeared so conversant with the parties from whom he represented the parcels to have come , that he was generally believed ,
and in numerous instances the money was entrusted to him . Of course the parcels never arrived , and upon inquiries being instituted concerning them , the whole matter was discovered to be a fraud . The magistrates remanded him . The Murder at Bridgnorth , Shropshire . — Since the last inquiry , which was adjourned to the 28 th of this month , Mary Corfield , tho fellow-servant of the . prisoner , Catherine Newton , has made a statement to the magistrates ofthe borough , which , if true , fully establishes the guilt of the prisoner . — Mary Corfield says that on the night in question she left the deceased with her daughter in the kitchen ; and that shortly after she wont up Stairs sho heard deceased cry out , "Oh don't ! " She frequently
heard the prisoner say she would kill her mother . On one occasion she found tho prisoner kneeling on her mother ' s chest , and pressing a handkerchief into her mouth . The witness went on to say that the prisoner once told her that her mother was keeping her out of her property , and if she did not soon die she would kill her , as she had lived quite long enough . I have been seat by the prisoner to the doctor s for poison , but I did not know for what purpose . I fetched a quantity of oil on the day the deceased came to the house by the prisoner ' s direction ; the oil was afterwards found to have been poured on the clothes of the deceased . On the same day I saw a quantity of dripping in a basin , in the cupboard , and on tho following morning , when
the deceased was found burned , I noticed that the dripping had been taken out of the basin , and I have no doubt it had been used for the same purpose as the oil . As soon as I discovered the fire I van down stairs . I missed the deceased , and went to look for her . . 1 found her lying in the yard , and I ran back and said , "Oh , dear , yonder she is ; she ' s dead . " The prisoner , at that time , was sitting upon the sofa in her ni g ht-gown , but she did not take the sli ghtest notice . I saw a pillow and some sheets in the yard , which were in the room when I went to bed . The bottle which had contained the oil I fetched I found on the fireplace the next morning ; the sofa was covered with marks of oil . Coining . —On Saturday night two men were taken
into custody , at Birmingham , in the act of coining half-crowns by the electro-plate system . On the premises a complete electro battery was discovered in full work , with a number of half-crowns on the wires undergoing the silvering process . On Monday , at the . public office at - 'Birmingham , Bichard Clifford and .. George Cotterill , together with the wife ofthe latter , were brought up for examination . From the evidence of the police-inspector , it appeared that he and the superintendent went on Saturday to a house situated in Farm-street , Hockley ; that he sent a boy with a note to the house of Cotterill , and that as soon as the door was opened he and the other officer rushed in and seized the two male prisoners ; while doing this , Cotterill dropped from his ri g ht hand four half-crowns , Clifford having the moment previously thrown some others out of the door of the house into the yard . These were immediately picked up by the boy ; a search
ofthe premises was made , and a spoon with melted metal in it was found on the fire \ a quantity of other metal also melted was discovered near to a pantry . Adjoining was an apparatus for electroplating , and upon the copper-wire in the acid for containing the silver lay four half-crowns . Two bottles were found filled with acid , and' upon the floor ofthe house was discovered- the remains of a plaster mould which tho woman broke at the time the policemen rushed in . On a part of this there was the impression of the back part of a head . Upon Cotterill ' s person five half-crowns were found , four of them being counterfeit , and , from the marks upon the other , it was evident that it had been used for the purpose of making the plaster mould . Other implements necessary for coining were found on the premises , and the case , as presented , was tolerably clear against the prisoners , who were then remanded .
Sussex . —The Murder near Brighton . —A description has been issued of such of the property stolen from tho deceased as it is thought might assist in detecting the murderers . Among the vest was a cheque on and " crossed to " the London and County Bank , Chichester , drawn by John Bower and payable to Henry Bowley ; a £ 5 note of the Brighton Union Bank , torn in two and pasted together , No . D 4 , 712 , dated June 24 , 1848 ; and aflat gold Geneva watch , with gold dial , figures painted black , seconds hand , with engine-turned back , and Sart of a cable gold chain attached . A subscription as been promptly entered into by the inhabitants of Brighton , in order that no measures , necessary for the apprehension of the murderers , might , from
the want of pecuniary means , be left unproseeuted . Adjourned Inquest . —On Monday , Mr . Gell , the coroner , resumed the inquest on the body of Mr . George Stonhouse Griffith . Mr . Martin , clerk to deceased , said tho pistols found were borrowed by him for Mr . Griffith . They were not loaded when handed to deceased . It will be remembered that some bullets were found in the pockets of the murdered man . —Police Inspector Flanagan produced the bullet extracted from Mr . Griffith ' s heart . ' It was of a different size to the others , and appeared much corroded , as though it had been lying in the earth before being recently used . —Maria Ansell , wife'of the landlord of the Horse and Groom Inn , Horsham : I have known Mr . Griffith four years .
Last Tuesday he came to the house ; I shook hands with him , and said , "It is very late , which way are you going home . " Ho said , " By way of West Grinstead . " I said , " Dear me ! are you ? It will bo dark before you get there ; and there have been so many robberies of late in West Grinstead and Shipley that people burn lights all night . " He replied , " That ho had been out all hours of the night , and he had never hurt any one , nor had any one hurt him . " He then took out of his pocket a red hag containing pistols . I had never seen a pistol before ; I asked him if it was a pistol , and he said , "Yes . " He then took something out of his pocket and unscrewed the pistol . He also took out
the flask produced , and put a round ball in and screwed it up again . He then put some powder into a place that he opened near the trigger part . He then put the pistol into the red bag , and as ho was pulling the string it broke . He then placed the loaded pistol in the right hand great coat pocket ; after which , he took another bag containing a pistol . Mr . Howell , a shoemaker , who was there at the tune , asked him if that was loaded « He replied , "No ; I'll warrant the other will ho enough for one man . I shall not give up my money easily ?" He placed the loaded pistol in his pocket again . The other he did not take out of the bag . Did not pay him any money . He was very cheerful , and said lie iad to coma to Grmstc ^ , and thwght wC
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should be offended if he did not call . —Sarah Ann Smokey , schoolmistress , at Newtunher , stated that onithe evening of Tuesday last , about twenty minutes past nine o ' clock she heard a report of a gun or pistol , which appeared to come in the direction of Mr . Mannington s premises , which were in a line with the west road . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some persons unknown . There is as yet no clue to the murderers . ' Government has offered a reward of £ 100 , which , with the £ 200 offered by the Brighton police committee , makes £ 300 altogether . Caledonian Bailwat . „ . ij v « . ~ uv „ . u < i if he did not call . —Sarah Ann
Dreadful Accident on the . —On Saturday night last , the mail train left Carlisle for the North at 9 . 16 p . m . It consisted of an engine and tender , a first-class carriage , a secondclass carriage , a mixed carriage of first and secondclass for Perth , three horse-boxes , containing nine horses for Perth , a first-class and a second-class carriage for Edinburgh , and a horse-box for Beattoek . It proceeded without interruption until it passed the Bockliffe station , about four miles north of Carlisle , when suddenly the engine and tender were dissevered from the train , the Tatter getting off tho rails . Tho flrst'clasa carriage for Glasgow also got off the rails . The second-class carnage for Glasgow , the travelling post-office , three
norseboxes , the mixed carriage for Perth , and the Edinburgh first-class carriage , were all precipitated down the embankment , fifteen feet in height . The second-class carriage . was turned on its side ; the post-oflfico van ran right through it , turning it upside down , and shivering it to atoms . The night being moonlight , the guard , the engine-driver , the stoker , and those who made a safe exit from the carriages , immediately sat to work to explore the extent of the disaster . A messenger was despatched on foot to Carlisle , and on his arrival Mr . Spiers , the superintendent of the station , set out to the spot with a special engine and a relay of workmen . In a few hours four men were taken from under the
second-class carriage , quite dead , and a fifth seriously in ' ured . They were all placed in a luggagetrain , which passed from the north soon'afterwards , and , with those of the passengers who consented to return , taken to Carlisle , The injured man had had his foot cut completely off . When he was taken to the infirmary , it was found necessary to amputate his leg . He died in the course of the night . Mr . Nixon , yeoman , of Bae Burn Hill , was pitched out ot the carriage in which he was sitting , and rolled down the embankment into a ditch , where he was discovered by the merest accident , just before the luggage-train left the scene of the catastrophe for Carlisle . Mr . Mackintosh , tanner , of Glasgow , and his son , were a good , deal bruised , and were taken to the house of their friend , Mr . T . Clarke , currier , of the Crescent , Carlisle . Mr . Drummond , one of the Commissioners of the Glasgow
police , was one of the passengers , but he escaped without injury . Mr . Wopdrow , commercial traveller , Manchester , a simple fracture of the right leg and contusions on the body . Mr . John Hamilton , commercial traveller for Messrs . Stewart and M'Donald , fracture of the fore arm and severe injury of the hip joint , besides less serious bruises . Other passengers sustained bruises to more or less extent . The persons killed are all evidently , from their style of dress , labouring men . The secondclass carriage ? which is thouwit to be the cause of the accident , is supposed to have been of improper guage . It belongs to the London and North Western Company . The officials connected with the Caledonian have been most attentive to the passengers who were extracted from the carriages and brought to Carlisle . _ Three of the horses were saved : several were killed .
Highway Bobberies . —On the evening of Saturday last , when returning home from Buckingham market , Mr . Lines , farmer , of Waterstratford , was pulled from his horse hy three men , who heat him with bludgeons , and robbed him of a cheque for £ 50 on the London and County Branch Bank at Buckingham , about £ 7 in gold and silver , and his watch . After pulling him from his hovse , the thieves forced mud into his mouth . He for a time struggled and twice knocked one of the fellows down , but was eventually overpowered arid robbed . Mr . Tredwell , miller and farmer of Westhury , when returning from the above market on the same evening , was , when near the turn to Shalstone , attacked by two men . He resisted , and with his stick struck one a violent blow on tho face . He escaped with the loss ofhis hat and stick only , and they were subsequently found on the road .
Burglary and Murderous Attack . —On Wednesday night week a lone cottage at Bethersden , occupied by a man named Laws , who is eighty years of age , and lives by himself , was broken into and ransacked . The old man was struck in a most brutal manner by an iron instrument two or three times on the head while in bed . Weltering in his blood , he crawled , after the thieves had left the house , across to a neighbour ' s , living at a little distance . Two young men , named Millen and . Sheepwash , were apprehended the following , morning on suspicion oi having committed the offence , and were remanded by the Bev . N . Toko . It is believed the evidence will be quite conclusive against them ; the eldest is- not eighteen years of age . The old man was alive on Friday night , but it is feared he cannot recover .
Essex . —Affray with Poachers . —At the Chelmsford sessions on Friday week , H . Brazier and W . Mason were re-examined on a charge of entering the pheasant preserves of Mr . Lovihond , of Sandon , in the night time and armed , for the purpose of destroying game , and , in company with John Brazier , who has absconded , and a fourth person unknown , heat and wounded one of the keepers . — Bichard Biley said : On ^ the morning of Sunday , the 4 th of February , about two o'clock , I was at the corner of Thorn-wood , at Sandon , watching pheasants for Mr . . Lovibond , whose gamekeeper am , when I saw four men come from Baddow way in company , and go into the wood together . I know Mason , but not the others . MihilL the other keeper , and my brother Thomas , were at another
part ofthe wood , and I went to get their assistance . About ten minutes elapsed before I heard a gun go off . I went up to them , my brother following me ; I first saw the two Braziers standing together , and ^ John Brazier , I believe it was , was loading the gun again . Directly they saw me they ran away . I ran after . them , and caught Henry Brazier , and directly I did so , John came hack again , and struck my brother with the butt-end of the gun , holding the barrel in his hand , and knocked him down ; the blow broke the stock completely in two ; he was going to hit my brother again with the barrel ofthe gun , but I knocked him down with a stick ; he lost the barrel in his fall , and then they continued fighting with their fists as long as they
could . I then knocked Henry Brazier down . I did not see Mason and the fourth man at this tune . I had seen them just before , about four rods off , but but when we went after the others they went away and got out of the wood . I took Henry Brazier into custody , but John Brazier , whom I hadknocked down a second time , escaped from my brother , who was rather stupified with the blows ; we then picked up at the spot the broken gun produced . Henry Brazier was given over to the police . —The prisoners said nothing in reply to the charge . —The Chairman said the offence was . of so serious a nature that even the court of quarter sessions could not dispose of it , the law requiring that the case should be sent to the assizes , and the prisoners were
committed to the assizes accordingly . Hampshire , —Recommencement of Timber-Stealing in the New Forest . —Some time ago , a number of persons were committed for wholesale robberies of timber in the New Forest : some of them were the official guardians of that domain , and the others were highly respectable timber merchants . on its borders . At the quarter sessions a verdict of acquittal was entered , and the accused returned to their homes , tho officials being reinstated in their situations . To the astonishment of every one , tho robberies commenced again , and a man moving in a respectable sphere , and his son , have been apprehended on the charge of stealing sixfathoms of timber . Lancashire . —Extraordinary Becovery of £ 310 .
—Last week , a man named Mark Hough , warehouseman to Mj \ Walwork , cotton spinner , Chorley ( who has been in . his employment many years , and in whose honesty the utmost reliance was placed ) , was sent , by his master to the bank of Bolton , for £ 510 , to pay the wage ' s of his workpeople . He received at the hank £ 200 in silver , which was sealed up in a'Ictter-bag , and 300 sovereigns and twenty half-sovereigns , which were in a leather hag of smaller dimensions , so that the man eould put it in his pocket . Ho arrived at the railway station about eleven o ' clock , and asked if he mi ght be allowed to leave the letter-bag with the silver , as he wanted to follow two men who had robbed him . In about two hours from this time Hough went back to
the bank , and stated that ho haabeen knocked down near tho railway station , hy two navigators , and robbed of the £ 310 in gold . He had then a black eye , and had been bleeding at the nose . He also stated that he followed the men as far as Halshaw-moor , but could not find them . Information was then given to the police , and Hough was taken to Manchester , hut all search after the navigators was found in vain . He was brought back to Bolton the same night , and it having been ascertained that no alarm was g iven'hy him at the time he stated that he was robbed , he was ' locked up at the police-office on suspicion of having stolen the Ai
Hiviwj . upossmuiiy appearing oi obtaining the money , stratagem was employed , and Sergeant Beech , a police officer , was thrust into the same cell with the prisoner . Beech stated to Hou ^ hTthathe ( Beech ) was . apprehended for emhczriuS ' Sey rhii & y ^ ™ r i plans of esca P > told Hough that the key was m the door ofthe cell , and tempted Hough to escape with him . This was done ' anE Xw ™/ ?« % «> H °° d Inn , and eventuwhorffi . ]!* , th v ? ?? of the robbery , and also AnhvSW ^ ^ en the money . Beech then Slf l um 8 elf apoUce-officer-the prisoner was Sfcftofe ^^ ma £ istot ^ o *^
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Dublin . —Trial of Mr . Duffy . —On Saturd the Attorney-General objected to the plea hi abar ment put in hy Mr . Duffy , on the ground of dunlf city , it being , in fact , twc ;' pleas in one , andthe nri soner was bound to elect ob ^ which he would e . xcli sively rely . Mr . Butt , on the part of Mr . Duff amended the plea as required , and the argumenr was fixed for Monday . - c On Monday the Court having overruled the pl ea Mr Duffy was called on to plead to the indictment ' He pleaded " Notguilty" to certain counts and handed in a demurrer to the others . The ' arm , ments were not likely to terminate before a lata period in the evening . w Tuesday was wholly spent in argument on the fresh demurrer to the indictment put in by tho pti .
soner . The argument on the demurrer was brought to a close on Tuesday , and the court will pronounce judgment on Wednesday . The sheriff has issued fresh notices to the jurors . Mr . Duffy ' s counsel have determined to challenge the array . In the Freeman ' s Journal there Is an appeal from the operative shipwrights of Dublin , calling on the merchants and their employers to give all the Dublin work to them alone , and to increase their wages . Charge of Shooting at Mr . M'FADDEs .-i oa Saturday Michael J . Fox was finally examined , at Henry-street Police-office , on a charge of havine fired a p istol at Mr . M'Fadden , of Stephcn ' s-green , The prisoner was commited to stand his trial at the
present commission . American Ship on Fire in Belfast Lough . —Tho American ship Bertrand , having put into Belfast Lough owing to stress of weather , was discovered to be on fire early on the morning of Thursday week last . She hailed the pilot's cutter and requested assistance , which was . promptly rendered by Irwin and the other men with him . The crew ofthe Ber . trand were about slipping their chain , and making for the shore , when tne pilots went on board ; but by their timely aicFthis course was abandoned , and they took her about a quarter of a mile on the Belfast side of Carrick-fergus , from which place she was afterwards towed into deep water by the tugsteamer Superb . The captain and crew of the ship John Moore , of Liverpool , lying at anchor three or four cable-lengths off , acted in a most praiseworthy manner bv their assistance on hoard , esneciallv in
taking off the passengers , sixteen in number , all of whom have since been landed in Belfast , and in removing the cabin property , & c . The hatches wero all battened down , and every aperture closed so as to prevent the action of the air below . She continued burning till Friday . It was supposed that the fire originated in the between-decks under thepoop . It is intended to scuttle her . The Bertrand was hound from Liverpool to Boston with a general cargo , the greater part of which must be severely damaged . Discharge of Soldiers . —It is supposed that 309 soldiers will be discharged from the regiments now in Cork garrison , in compliance with the order issued by the Horse Guards . The soldiers to be discharged are the worst characters in the respective regiments .
Kerry Gaol continues to be crowded to excessfull to overflowing—there being about 600 prisoners within its walls . Fatal Affray with the Bevenue Police . —Monaghan , Feb . 10 . —This morning , at an early hour , a serious riot , attended with fatal results , took place in a still-house , in the neighbourhood of Bosslea , within about seven miles of this town . Ifc appears that there was a wake in Bosslea on Thursday night , and that on Friday morning , before daylight , a number ofthe young men present adjourne ' d to a house in the neighbourhood , where an illicit still was in full work ; and while enjoying themselves , the house was surrounded by a party of
revenue police , who called on the persons inside to surrender . A battle ensued , and the police , one of whom was dangerously wounded with a stone , wero obliged to . fire on the rioters . The consequence was , that one man , named Quigley , was shot dead , and another , whose name we have not learned , was dangerously wounded . A large number of prisoners were captured and conveyed to Clones by the reve » nue and the Clones constabulary , who were quickly at the scene of riot . We have heard that many serious injuries , boside the gun-shot wounds , were inflicted on both sides . The unfortunate tyuigley was a very quiet respectable man , and brother-inlaw to the Rev . Mr . Caulfield , the respected parish priest of Bosslea .
Cholera in Belfast . —On Tuesday week there were—new cases , 15 ; died , 3 ; discharged cured , 6 , Wednesday : New cases , 13 ; died , 6 ; discharged cured , none . Thursday : New cases , 20 ; died , 8 ; discharged cured , 4 . Total since last report , 4 S ; died , 17 ; discharged cured , 10 . Total cases in Belfast union , 839 ; died , 118 ; discharged cured , 140 ; remaining under treatment , 81 . The disease has made its appearance in the workhouse supplementary ward in Francis-street . It has also visited
Coates ' s-row , Conway-strcet , Brown-street , Peter'shill , Donaldson ' s-entry , Kent-street , Pipe-lane , Beatty ' s-entry , M'Cluskey ' s-court , and Lennan ' scourt , off Smithfield . In the latter locality , which is one of the most filthy and crowded in the town , the disease has manifested a peculiarly malignant character . Although there are only about eight houses in the court , yet , within the last four days , it has furnished twelve very bad cases , and seven deaths . The pestilence has also broken out at Ligoniel , where four cases have already occurred .
Increase of Destitution . —The Limerick and Clare Examiner gives details from the vai ious union ? , of privation and suffering , extending to all classesdeaths from starvation—emigration or clearance of the peasantry—plunder of provisions in all quarters —shutting of Boman Catholic chapels , and the destitute condition of Boman Catholic clergymen . The Limerick Chronicle states that the demoralisation now so common in the mass of the people from want of the ordinary necessaries of life , and the sad change in their social condition , has led to a general attack upon
private property , and more recently acts of sacrilege in houses of divine worship—a crime very rare heretofore in Ireland . Within the last week or ten days , churches and chapels in this and the adjoining counties have been invaded by the hand of the spoiler , desecrating the communion table and the altar , and both have been plundered ofthe cloth and plate set apart for religious uses . Meantime the gaols in those districts are so overcrowded , that fears are entertained as to the spread of contagion , and it has become quite impossible to carry out the prison regulations .
Irish Distress . —The Freeman ' s Journal contains a " Pastoral Address , " signed by Dr . M'Hale and his Suffragans , six in number , on the subject 6 f the alarming distress prevailing in their respective parishes . The Pastoral says : — " Were some stranger accustomed to witness the tender care with which the poor of God are treated in every civilised and Christian country , now to come among us and contemplate the . heartrending scenes of misery and desolation which everywhere meet the eye , he would imagine that those helpless , beings were shut outofthepaloof humanity and mercy . Cottages levelled under tho pretended sanction of the law , and their inmates driven indefiancc ofthe divine law , to perish in the ditches , as they are daily seen to do ,
numbers of them flocking to the poorhouses , in the hopoof promised relief , and again repulsed , under the plea of inadequate accommodation to receive , or means to support them ; the poorhouses themselves converted in several instances , through the bigotry of perverse officials , into occasions of sin , by the snares that are laid for the inmates to inveigle their faith or corrupt their virtue—thousands resigned to to die in silence and in patience , rather than encounter - temptations so terrible . Such are the scenes that now present themselves throughout our provinces , such are the fruits of tho inhumanity by which the poor have been so long treated , abandoned to the exclusive use of a precarious and failing esculent , and obliged to export to the amount uf
some millions of pounds sterling annually . the more substantial food raised with their own industry , and which would save them from perishing ; whilst the remedy applied by the legislature is always expensive , often inhuman , ana generally inadequate for procuring relief ; and , what is more deplorable , this remedy so fraught with evil and dangers to tho morals ofthe rising generation , that it is almost hy all classes of society dreaded as a curse rather than regarded as a blessing . Alas ! what a dreary and sickening prospect lies before us until the coming autumn—our people perishing—inhuman public snheswho are in the service of corruption , justifying nay goading the Government to the neglect ofthe ailnutted obligation of saving the lives of its subject * ,
oy aauy parading the savage and unfeeling maxims of State policy or economy—the means of individuals disposed to be charitable gone from the severe pressure of the distress ; and the chantf of the nations exhausted , or their feelings necessarily become less sensitive by those frequent iiiw long-continued appeals to their sympathy in behalf of a starving nation , a portion ofthe wealthiest empire in the world , and which has no other claim oa their bounty , save that derived from this anomalous magnitude of their sufferings . Still they wU not , it is hoped , desist from the work of mercy i n this last and most perilous stage of our distress , «< j l thousais
abandon in this crisis the hundreds of ^ ' whom their magnificent charities hitherto saved . Tns Ballinoarry Insurrection . — Martin PJ " herty , who has been an outlaw since Au gust l « sf » being one of Smith O'Brien ' s principal men »* Boulagh Common , and formerly tutor , was tak <* at BaUing ' arry oh the night of the 8 th inst ., a' * sent to Cloninel gaol . Incendiarism in Ulster . —On Monday the J »» named Simpson , who was arrested on the m f ^ " ° ofthe recent fires , in the neighbourhood ot v , murry , was brought before the magistrates for n examination . Tho prisoner was . fully . coi nnWV for trial ' at the assizes .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 17, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17021849/page/6/
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