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IXQUESM . , S 0 SPICIO . V . —Before Mr Mills , at the Angel Inn , Dilate , on Emily Richards , ased eignteen , barmaid at the Angel Ian . The deceased , who lived seven months in the inn , became latterly very mUCn depressed in spirit ? , in consequence of her imagining tbat she was suspected ofhavisg stolen a gold breast pin that was missed . On Friday evening she went to Ilarapstead to purchase two phials of the essential oil of aim mds , returning at four o ' clock , when she retired toherned- ' -oom , emptied the phials'into a
tumbler , and qnaffid off the deadly poison . She then placed the phials in the drawer of her looking-gla'S , and the tumbler upon the basin-stand ; after which she etret -hed herself upon her bed , where she was found dead two hour * afterward * . In her work-box she left a letter directed to her mother , stating that she was heartbroken , in consequence of having been stisnected of the theft , and that she resolved to destroy herself . Deceased ' s mistress gave her a most excellent character , and wept bitterly during her evidence . Verdict— 'Deceased destroyed herself ; but there was no e ? idenceof her state of mind at
the time / Infamous Cruelty to a Coxvicr . —Before Mr Bedford , in Millbank Prison , touching the death of Tatrick M'Ginty , aged twenty-six , a convict who had been removed from Glasgow gaol , being at the time in tbe last stage of disease under which he rapidlv sank and died . —Capt . Williams , oneof the inspectors of prisons , was present by direction of the Secretary of State , to watch the proceedings , and was attended by a shorthand writer to take notes of the evidence . —Capt . John Richard Groves , the governor of the prison , deposed th at the deceased was received into the prison on the 21 st of January Ja ^ t from Glasgow gaol , having been convicted at Glasgow on the 2 S : h of the previous September , of
assault and robbery , and sentenced ( o sevenyears transpartation . There were several other prisoners brought with the deceased , the whole being under the charge of one of the Sheriff of Edinburgh ' s officers , and his assistants . The medicnl certificate ¦ which accompanied the prisoners , and which was signed , David Gibson , M . D ., set forth that they were all free from mental or bodily diseases , and tkat their healths would not be endangered by their removal to Millbank prison . Two hours afterwards , howevtr , his attention was particularly attracted to the deceased , in consequence of a certificate from Dr ISaly . medical superintendent of the prison , stating that the deceased was in the last degree of debility , suffering from severe internal sorofulons disease , and
¦ witness thereupon ordered deceased ' s immediate removal to the Infirmary : On asking him what medical comforts and diet he had had in Scotland , be said , principally gruel ; no wine , ale , or beer , bnt once a little gin was given to him . Deceased rapidly sank ai ; d died on Thursday last—Anthony M'Gin ' y , a prisoner , but no relationto deceased , who was chained to him durin ? the journey from Scotland , said , when leaving Scotland , the deceased seemed very bad and weak , and said he thought he should die . Thefood given to prisoners in Glasgow gaol was broth and bread , and porridge , composed of Indian rorn and oatmeal . They never tasted animal food . They came to England by railroad and steamboat , by which latter deceased was . so ill as to be obliged " to keep his hed , witness being chained to him all the time . Deceased was so weak that he cou'd scarcely oscasionaily eet up , hut he said he should he afra'd of complaining at Millbank prison ,
for fear of being sent back . Deceased was very poorly clad , and complained bitterly of the cold . There was no medical man on board , and the sen in charge of them gave deceased some tea , and beef , and mutton , but he could eat but little . They were examined by the doctor three or four days before leaving GIa » cow gaol , but not on the day they left . —Captain Williams here said that the whole circumstances of the case , as far as had then transpired , had been laid before the Secretary of State , by whom he had been authorised to say that if the coroner and jnry required any evidence from Scotland , every facility would be afforded them for obtainin g such , by corresponding with the Lnrd-Advocate . —The coroner said the importance of the inquiry rendered it imperatively necessary witnesses from Scotland should be present , and on that subject neshou'd communicate with the Home-office . —The investigation was then adjourned for a fortnight .
Child Murder . —Before Mr W . Carter , in the committee-room of Lambeth workhouse , relative to thedsathofa male child , unknown , which died in that institution . Policeman Jordan said that < m Monday morning last , whilst on duty in the Harleyfordroad , fvinnington-eval , his attention was directed to a large market basket lying on the step of a house in Meadow-place . Witness Opened Ike garden gate and to-kup the basket , which he examined . On the lid being raised he found that it contained a male infant , dressed in a gown and night cap . The child was very thin and dreadfully cold , from the damp and exposure . Witness had been past the house atnut an hour previously , but did not see [ inythine lving there , nor did he observe any cerson near .
There were no msrks of violence on the b ? dy , and the clothing when searched did not contain any smks or initials . Witness took the child out , and having wrapped it well round to keep it warm he cow-wed the deceased to the workhouse , and gave him into the care of one of the nurses . Nothing bad transpired to throw any light on the mysterious ease . —Hannah Secular , nurse , stated that she received the deceased child on themornin ? in question . It was very cold and breathed with difficulty . She placed deceased before the fire and rubbed its body ¦ with warm flannels . The house surgeon waa sent for , and npon his arrival the child was ordered new aiik and other nourishing food , bat tbe deceased
was so much exhausted from cold , hunger , and exposure that it never became able to take any food . The body was shockingly emaciated , but clean and free from injury . —Mr Duke , surgeon , said that the ekeea ? ed was abant six weeks old . He saw the child soon after its admission . It was very attenuated aud weak of body , evidently resulting from the want if food and long exposure to the weather . Witness had no hope of saving the child , which had clearly died of starvation and complete exhaustion consequent upon the deficiency of nourishment and the exposed manner in which the child had been inhumanly left . —The jury returned a verdict of ' Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . *
Suicide of the Mothfb op Seves Ghildres . — Bestitctios . —Before Mr G . I . Mill , the deputy coroner , at the Elephant and Castle , King ' s road , Camtfen Town , on the body of Eleanor Dove , aged forty four . It appeared from the evidence that the husband of the deceased is a plasterer , residing at 34 , Cambridge-street , Agar Town , and all the witnesses concurred in representing him as a most sober , industrious , and well-conducted man . For some months past , however , he had been unable'to obtain employment , and his wife and family of seven children had consequently been reduced to extreme distress . The deceased had applied to St Fancras Workhouse , and obtained some bread as relief , but was told not to come again antes * she sent her
hus-B & nd . She haa complained ef her head for some time past , and on Sunday morning , on her husband being awoke ^ by her eldest daughter , he missed deceased from his side . The bare footsteps of a woman were subsequently traced to the banks of the Regent ' s Canal , which abuts on the garden of the deceased ' s house , and the body , was ultimately discovered , attired in its night clothes , in the water . Mr Pitt , the agent of the board of guardians of St Paneras , explained that in the statement made , that deceased was to send her husband , there wasnointentian , whatever , to stop relief , which would have been given had a second application been made . The
only object was inquiry . The case was one of those where real distress existed , and where the really distressed were the last to came forward and claim thit relief which impostors carried away instead . The father applied on Monday , and had been temporarily relieved with bread and money , anil a ticket given him to go before the ooard on Friday , which would decide on the amount of out-door relief to be given . The case , from inquiry , was a most deserving one . The coroner ' s jury deeply commiserated the condition of the unfortunate father and his distressed and bareaved family , and ultimately returned a verdict 'That the deceased drowned herself , in an unsound state of mind .
ACCID 5 KT 3 , OFFEKCTS , & C . Highway . Robbeey . on SoniHWARK-BRiDGE . —On Sunday morning , between twelve and one o ' clock , as Kr Joseph Archer , of No . 29 , Pleasant place , St George's , was passing over Southwark-bridge , when near the centre he was met by two men , one of whom , without uttering a word , knocked him down by a violent blow on the head , inflicted , it is supposed , with a . life preserver , rendering him insensible ; whilst in this state the ruffians rifted his person of two £ o . Bank of Eng land notes and four sovereigns ; on recovering he made his way to the toll-gate and gave the alarm , bat the fellows had escaped .
Dhath op a Youxs Lady op Fortune akd alleged Condemn « p i Will . —Before M * W . Cartel 1 , the coroner for East Surrey , touching the death of Miss Alice Henley , a young lady of considerable property , whose demise has given rise to various strange rumoars in the neighbourhood . Mr Carttar , tbe coroner for West Kent , attended to watch the proceedings as solicitor to the next of kin and friends of thedeceased lady . The iavestigatibn occupied upwards of four hours , but the brief facts are these : —About sixteen months ago the deceased lady , who was onwards of thirtv rears of age , and possessed considerable funded
and other property , went to board and lodge at the house of Mr Chandler , No . 5 , Wefeb's County-terrace , New Kent-road . The familyconsisted of Mr Chandler , his sou and daughter , and a part of the house was let out to lodgers . Three weeks preceding her death Miss Henley became indisposed , and Mr Waterworth . a medical practitioner , in the neighboarhood , and Mr Hughei ;& physician , were called in , and the former gentleman attended her up to the period of herdeath , which toDkpbwe last Friday week . Mr Waterworth gave a- certificate , attributing the death of the deceased to natural causes—pulmonary apoplexy , he
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thought . The friends of the deceased , however , not having been apprised of her illness until after her death , and being informed alto that the deceased had executed a will on tbe day before her dissolution , communicated with the coroner , and hence thepresent inquiry . Mrs Morton , a married lady , residing at thehouseef Mr Chandler , stated tbat on the Thursday preceding the death of the deceased , she saw her in her bedroom , when she appeared in a weak state . The next morning she again saw her , after she was in a state of utter prostration and insensibility . She died between eleven and twelve o ' clock on that day . Miss Eliziheth Chandler said she had known the deceased
for about six years , for the last sixteen months of which time she had lived in her father ' s house . On Thursday , the 3 rd inst ., the deceased , while in bed , said she was afraid it was all up with her , and requested to see and sign her will . Witness ' s brother , Samuel , who is twenty-eieht years of age , brought in the will , read it over to the deceased , and she signed it . Witness and Mary Radson , the servant , also signed it as witnesses . The will had been written by her brother , to wham she left all her property , and it was dated on thesame day—the 3 rd of February . The deceased when she signed the will was perfectly composed and sensible , but in the course of the fame evening she became somewhat uneasy in her mind , and said she wished to add a codicil to her will in her
( witness ' s ) favour . Did not know of her own knowledge that the deceased had signed a consent to sell ont . £ 50 . worth of stock , on the Sunday preceding her death , but understood she bad done so , and all that was found in her possession at the time o her death was Is . 6 § d . Did not say anything about the deceased signing a will , or other document , on the day of her death , and if any person had sworn that she said , if deceased did write , she must guide her hand , they swore to that which was false . Before it had been taken to the deceased , the will was placed in her drawer , and she had tha curiosity to read it . In it the deceased left the whole of her property to her brother Samuel . The coroner having summed up , the jury , in accordance with the testimony of Mr Waterworth , the medical attendant of the deceased , who had made a post mortem examination of the
body , returned a verdict of' Natural death . When the verdict was recorded , Mr Carttar said he felt bound to mention a fact which had come to his knowledge since the inquest had been called , that Mr S . Chandler , whom he believed to be a respectable young man , had been paying his addresses to the deceased , and that , had it not been for her state of health , in all probability they would have been married" He ( Mr Carttar ) feltsatisfied that Mr Chandler and bis family would nst regret , the present inquiry , for . had the deceased married , and the will * aid to be executed on the day before her death was to be set up , her friends would , undoubtedly , have felt it to be their duty to have the body exhumed , and an inquiry like the present instituted . Tbe Coroner and Jury said they were of opinion tbat the inquiry was a very proper one .
IIBBS . Narrow Escape . —On Monday morning , shortly after one o ' clock , a fire , which had it not been opportunely discovered by the policeman would , in all probability have been attended with a lamentable loss of life , broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr Nathan , a furniture dealer , carrying on business at 21 , Londen-road , Southwark , next door but one to the extensive floorcloth factory ot Messrs Southgate and Co . Before the constable had succeeded in alarming the inmates , the fire had gained head considerably , and upon their attempting to descend the staircase they were nearly prostrated by a powerful body of fire and smoke . The several parties instantly made for the first floor , from the windows of which they happily succeeded in effecting a safe retreat-Several engines quickly attended , and the fire was subdued before two o'clock , but not until a considerable amount of property had been destroyed , the loss of which will fall on the Phoenix Fire Office .
Firb in Si Luke ' s . —On Sunday night , about halfpast nine o ' clock , a viry alarming fire broke out upon the premises in the occupation of Mr Jackson , an oil , colour and Italian warehouse , carrying on business at No . 34 , Old-street , facing St Luke ' s church . The flames commenced in the front shop , bat from what agency could not be ascertained . The stock in trade being of such a combustible character , it was apprehended at one period that not only would the premises in which the flames were burning be wholly destroyed , but the demolition of those adjoining on either side appeared certain . Plenty of water being at hand the firemen set their engines to work , and after considerable trouble the flames were confined to that portion of the property in which they originated . The damage done is very extensive .
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KORintMBERLAlfD . Four Mes Drowned ik the Ttne . —Early on Thursday morning they and three others were crossing in a sculler boat frem North to South Shields , and when in the middle of the stream they discovered two steamers approaching rapidly in that direction . They shouted lustily , and were heard by the captain of the steamer which seemed most likely to do damage . lie altered the course of his vessel , but in ignorance of the precise position ot the parties whs had called , and as daylight had not broken , it unfortunately happened that both the s'eamer and the sculler boat were turned to the same point . The consequence was , tbat the steamer ran down tbe boat , and four ot the seven men perished before help eould be affcrded .
LANCASHIRE . The Boiler Explosion ax Manchester . —Robert Benson , aged 19 , who was hurt by tbe boiler explosion at the spindle manufactory of Mr Riley , died the same evening . This makes nine lives which have been sacrificed by this accident . Mr Chapman , the borough coroner , commenced an inquiry into the circumstances on Saturday evening , but , after calling witnesses to identify the bodies , adjourned the case , to give time for scientific evidence as to the cause of the explosion to be obtained .
cheshire . Daring Highway Robbbhy and Outrage . — Last week about half-past five o ' clock on the afternoon of Friday , as a cheese-factor , whose name we have net heard , was walking from Adlington , to Macclesfield , he was stopped , only a few yards from the railway bridge , at Adlington , by two men , resembling hawkers , each of whom presented a large hone pistol at his breast , and demanded his money . He resisted ; they snatched at his watch guard , which broke , so that they did not get his watch ; and while they were thus engaged another man came up and exclaimed , ' Are you going to murder that man , then ? ' This alarmed the robbers and they ran off . The cheese-factor immediately went to the public-house at the corner of the bridge , and
gave the alarm ; and the landlord instantly mounted his horse , and rode after the fellews , giving the hue and cry as he rode along , till they joined in the chase . He rode np to the fellows , but they presented their pistols at him , and said if he did not let them alone they would settle him . On this he desisted , having no aid near ; but on passing a place where two brothers , quarrymen , named Wyatt , were at work , they joined in the chase , and after a run of about three miles from the place where the fellows attacked the cheese-factor , they were overtaken by the Wyatta , at a place called Bann Fold , in Pot Shrigley . _ Urged by others , « he Wyatts attempted to close with ' the ruffians , in doing which each of the highwaymen fired at and shot his captor . The elder brother , Thomas Wyatt , who is about forty-five , wag wounded in the arm . The younger brother ,
William , aged forty , received a more severe and dangerous wound , the ball entering the body just above the stomach and penetrated to the upper aad outer part of the right thigh , whore it vras found lodged about halt an inch under the skin . The prisoners gave their names Bates and Walmsley ; one of them is an Irishman ; both are strange in the neighbourhood , and though not shabbily dressed , were tadlooking men , yet not such as might be expected to ' take to the road , " fur one is a very little man , and neither of them is strong or stoutly made . There were taken from them a brace of new horse pistols , of the largest bore , evidently . hut just discharged . At first , the men were conveyed in custody to Adlington Hall ; but tbe younger Wyatt being considered in imminent danger , the prisoners were reconducted to Bann Fold , and Wyait ' s deposition was taken in their presence .
YORKSHIRE . Frightful Acctdekt and loss or Life . —For a length of time past the road across the Wicket , near the Midland Station , has . been partly occupied by a quantity of scaffolding connected with the works " of the Sheffield , Manchester , and Lincolnshire railway . Last week , forty or fifty yards of the scaffolding on the right hand side of the road going down the Wicket , fell with a tremendous crash , burying beneath iu five men who were working at the foundation below . A partial clearance was immediately effected , when it was found that one of the poor men , named Reuben Knowles , was literally smashed to pieces . He was quite d ^ ad , and his mangled body was conveyed to the Station Inn , close by . The remaining four men were conveyed to the infirmary as speedily as possible , all of them being very much mutilated .
One ot tbem is so much inj ured , that there is no hope whatever of his recovery . On making inquiry on the spot , we were unable to learn any immediate cause which led to the awful calamity . Since writing the above another of the sufferers has expired , and the remaining three are lying in a very precarious state . Thb darisg Burglary near Singlet . —Inquest ON THE PRO ? ECOTOR , AKD VkrDICI OP WlUUL MlJR . der against three Prisoners . —William Wood , farmer , whose house was robbed at Faweather , on the night of the 17 th of December last , and himself setrrely beaten by the robbers , died on the 2 d inst . at Hawksworth , a village about two miles distant from Faweather , whither he was conveyed a few weeks ago , for better accommodation . Aninquestwas held on Friday week last , in the Wesleyan schoolroom at Hawksworth , before George Dyson , Esq .
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and a respectable jury . In a former paper we gave full particulars of the circumstances attending the robbery , as they were detailed boforc the magistrates , Oa that occasion ( in which it was proved that the robbery was attended with savage brutality towards thedeceased ) , three men were committed for trial for burglary . Death ensuing , as we have said , on the 2 d inst ., gave a new character to the crime , and the coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against the three men in custody , namely , George Calvert , Thomas Hodgson and James Mellor , all of Baildon .
shropshire . Plating the Oppressors' Game . —Riots hetween Navvies and Colliers . —Last week considerable excitement was created in Shrewsbury by intelligence that a aeries of riots had taken place the day previous at Shiffnal , Oaken Gates , and Wellington , between the colliers and the navvies working in these localities . It appears that the disturbances arose from a jealousy entertained by the Englishnavvies against Irishmen employed on tbe Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway ; the former persuaded a number of colliers to jein them , and on Wednesday they walked in a body , to the number of forty or fifty , into Oaken Gates , armed with sticks and bludgeons , in search of the Irishmen . Taey thence proceeded to Shiffnal ,
stating that they were going to fetch the men employed on Mr Iloof ' s contract of the railway to enable them to drive away the Irishmen working on Mr Murray ' acontract of the same line , near Wellington . Information having been given to the nearest magistrate , he immediately went to Shiffnal , and reasoned with the men , which prevented any outrage being committed in tbe town . About twelve o ' clock the mob , then about 200 in number , all armed with bludgeons , marched to the Oaken Gates , where a regular affray was expected totakeplace , but the Irishmen , numbering about 500 , being too many for their opponents , frightened them away . Mr Corbett went
on to Wellington , and consulted with the magistrates , and a strong force of constabulary was imme diately on the spot to prevent any disturbance taking place . On Thursday morning a body of the county police was despatched from Shrewsbury to Wellington to aid in quelling any disturbance that might arise . Captain Mayne had previously gone over to the same place to take charge of the police . In the course of the" day a company of infantry arrived at Wellington from Wolverhampton , where they will be for the present stationed . In the evening the police conveyed two prisoners into Shrewsbury , committed by the Wellington magistrates .
WARWICKSHIRE . Birmingham . —A woman was murdered on Monday night . The name of the deceased is Mary Ann Wallace , and the particulars connected with her and her death" are as follows : —She was the wife of an itinerant quack doctor , and had lodgings at a public house in Lower YVindsor-street . On Monday he went out with the purpose ^ as he alleged ) of going into the * country for a fow days ; thedeceased shortly afterwards went into the town , and to various publichouses accompanied by another woman i at the Barley Mow , Stafford-street , they met with a couple of excavators , with whom both the women conversed ,
and ultimately deceased became intoxicated . A short time after this she w » s seen talking to a man ( not answering the description of either of the excavators ) at the corner of Woodstock-street . Words were heard as if the two were disputing , and then the woman fell down , exclaiming at the time , 'I ' m murdered ! ' The man went away , and deceased was taken up and conveyed to a public-bouse , where she died shortly afterwards . There was a great effusion of blood from a small punctured wound upon her face , at the side of the nose : this is presumed to have been the cause of death . She w as forty-five years of age .
LINCOLNSHIRE . A Licebsed Poacher —The Stamford Mercury states : — ' The Marquis of Exeter has been sendine large quantities of game by the North Western Railway to the London markets for sale . On the 1 st instant , he sent to the Sibaon railway station , in a cart , as many hares and pheasants as took two horses to draw them , and the carriage of them by the railway to London was charged £ 310 s . ; there were to pay , besides , the faro and expenses of the game , keeper who accompanied them ; and such was the bad return of the sale , that when tbe man got back the noble marquis was actually 20 s . out of pocket by tke dealing , the London market being exceedingly overstocked .
SUFFOLK . Ipswich . —Recruits for the Abmt . —On Tuesday last several fine young men , recruits of the 95 th Regiment of Foot , left this town m route to join the depot in Ireland . Amorg ( he rest were two countrymen , who came a short distance to hear the lecture lately delivered at the Town Hall , in this borough , by Mr Plummer , on ' f be Folly of the Sword . ' The account given by the lectur * r of the enormous sums received by the Duke of Wellington contrasted so strongly with the miserable pittance of lOd . a day which they were receiving as agricultural labourers , that they instantly became desirous of trying their fortunes in the tented _ field , and observing Sergeant Rontree , who is recruiting for the above corps , in the rosm , offered themselves as candidates for a red coat and were accepted .
ESSEX . Committal of a Clergtmak for Assault . —At the Dunraow Petty Session on Monday , the Rev . T . Jee , who has been vicar of Thaxted for upwards of forty years , and was for many years an active magistrate of this country , acting in the Dunmow Hun . dred , was charged with assaulting Marian , wife of the Rev . T . Harvey , curate of the same place , and who has been for some time past so conspicuously be fore the public , in consequence of his misunderstanding with the Bishop of London . —Mrs Harvey deposed that the Bishop of Rochester had ( with the consent of Mr Jeejgiven her husband a license of the possession and nse of the vicarage house , the furniture , & c ., during his residence at Thaxted as curate ,
which license she now produced , at the same time Mr Jee was to retain the sole use of what rooms he pleased . Mrs II . further stated tbat she was superintending her own domestic arrangements as to the list of crockery on Thursday , the 3 rd instant , when Mr Jee oamo into the drawing-room , and told her with great violence that she must not assign any . thing as her property in the house . Mrs II . replied that they had possession from the bishop , when he , ( Mr Jee , ) said thathe had power to turn them out . lie then left , and in about three minutes returned with greater violence , and said , ' I come to give you notice , madam , that you must vacate the drawingroom . ' Witness wished to know where she might be . He said , ' Where you please . ' He then lifted up his
hand and bent his fist in her face in a menacing manner . —Mrs Harvey tried to pacify him . Witness expected he would strike her , and she was in continual fear from the violence with which he behaved after the superintendent had delivered the auratuOHaea . ' . and also on the Sunday evening . On the latter occasion , witness was in company with Colonel Durford , Mr Harvey , and Mr Barnes , about eight o ' clock , when the defendant came in very rudely ; four different times , and tried to excite them to quarrel . On the fourth time he went op to witness , and in a very abusive manner laughed in her face , and said , ' I shall have the honour , madam , of meeting you in court to-morrow , when I shall indict you and Mr Harvey for perjury . ' On tho previous evening , as
soon as he had received the summons , he came abruptly into the room and threw down a note , which she now produced , and which was to the effect that he should indict them both for perjury . — Colonel Durford stated that be resided at Thaxted with Mr and Mrs Harvey ; he then corroborated a great part of Mrs Harvey ' s evidence . lie had no hesitation in saying that no one was safe in the house with Mr Jee . —The bench fined Mr Jee < £ 5 and the expenses , and bound him over to keep the peace for six months , himself in £ 100 . and . two sureties at £ 50 each . Mrs Harvey said they expected on their return to find the house locked and barricaded . The justice told her that Mr Harvey had full power to force his way into his own house . Mr Jee , not appearing before the
bench , as soon as the justice had determined npon the conviction and the penalties , the superintendent received a bench warrant for the apprehension of the rev . gentleman , which ^ Superintendent Rogerson executed the same evening , and left an officer in charge of his person till the next morning . He was brought by the officer to Dunmow , en Tuesday , and at ten o ' clock , Mr Jee appeared at the police-station , and paid the fine of £ 5 . It was then supposed as the rev . gentleman , who is seventy-one years of age , was accompanied by several of his principal parishioners , that sureties of the peace was about to be entered
into , but this was not done , and the magistrate ( tho Rev . H . L . ^ Majendie ) was moat reluctantly com-Jelled to sign the warrant of commitment , and Mr ee , entering a post-chaise from the office door of his solicitor , proceeded at once to Springfield gaol , where the rev . gentleman still remains . The whole affair has caused much excitement in the towns of Thaxted and Dunm & w , and the neighbourhood , and in his own parish a hand-bill has been circulated requesting the inhabitants to meet at the Guildhall , to take the case of the Yicar , into consideration , and to 'express their sympathy and feelings upon the subject . '
HERTS . Ikcknoiart Fire . —A fire broke out in a wheat stack , belonging to Mr J . Walbey , of Smyth End Farm , | Barkway , which very soon communicated with several stacks of corn and hay . Tho Barkway engine was very early on the spet , and rendered great assistance in saving the farm premises and house , which were at one period in great danger of being entirely destroyed . There is scarcely room for doubt that the fire was the act of an incendiary . Four large wheat stacks , two large hay stacks , aad three pieces of hay , a barn containing seme beans and some oats , & c , and a large cart shed , were burnt . The loss is estimated at £ 700 . The whole of the property , it is believed , is insured in the Phoenix Fire-office .
BTJRREV . Woking . —The Latb Accioent on the Soutit-Webtern Railway—Tho inquiry into the death of David Markland , the engine-driver , late in the service of the London and South Western Railway
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Company , who met his death on the evening of the Uthult by the accident on the railway within a short distance of this place , was resumed and coneMed OH Tuesday at the Railway Tavern , near the s " tion Mr 0 . J . Woods , the coroner , arrived shortly hofore two o ' clock , and the proceedings were opened at that hour . Mr Dalrymple . the company's solicitor t Mr Goooh , the locomotive superintendent Mr Ste-vin , the manager of the traffic ; Mr Godson , the superintendent of the line ; and several other officials were again in attendance . The coroner then summed up the evidence at considerable leneth The court was then cleared , and the jury remained in deliberation for about half an hour , at the expiration of which time strangers were re-admirtnri when tho foreman announced that njmselt
and brother jurors had nnammgwrtj agreed to a verdict of « Manslaughter against William Jones and Lewis Fleming . ' The foreman asked if any means of communication between the guards and the engine-driver had been adopted . Mr Stovm said they were at present trying two plans , viz ., bells and electricity- They hoped ere long to establish a perfect communication , but of all subjects this was the most difficult in railway economy . One thing he hoped tbe public might congratulate themselves upon , and that was , that tho present was theonly fatal accident which bad occurred on this line of railway during the last six years . The jury remarked that there certainly was a remarkable freedom from accident on the South-Westem Railway . The several witnesses having been bound over , the proceedings here terminated .
HAMPSHIRE . Thb Infamous Gamk-laws . — Within the last week conviction after conviction has taken place in the counties of Hants and Wilts under the game-laws . In almost every instance gentlemen who advocate these laws were sitting on the bench to convict the half . starved poachers brought before them . Those very gentlemen must be aware that the men standing at the bar are frequently without bread at home for their wives and children , with the knowledge also that the farmers are now only giving from 6 s . to 8 s . per week to those whom they think proper to employ . Many single men apply in vain for work Some of those receiving but 8 s . per week have a wife and from six to eight children to support , pay rent ,
find firing and clothes , besides food . That miserable pittance if divided equally , would furnish less than one pound of bread per diem to each , no meat , no beer , no tea , no sugar , and their nakedness scarcely covered , allowing nothing for firing , bed , or covering . Tho following are a few of the convictions which took place last week : —At Oldham petty sessions , held on Tuesday , the 8 th inst ., J . Stent was fined , for poaching , 20 s ., or fourteen days' imprisonment ; U . Richardson , also fined 20 s ., or the same term of imprisonment . At Salisbury petty sessions on Tuesday , I . Yates , fined 20 s ., or one month's imprisonment , for poaching on the preserves of tbe Earl of Pembroke ; J . and G . Every ( brothers ) , fined 40 a . each and costs , or two months' imprisonment , for poaching on tho preserves of the same nobleman ; J-
Tubb , fined 20 s . and costs , or one month's imprisonment , for poaching on the preserves of Charles B . Wall , Esq ., M . P ., of Norman Court . J . Mills fined 20 s . and costs , or twenty-one days' imprisonment , for poaching on tae preserves of Sir E , Antrobus , ef AmeJJbury . At Romsey petty ' sessipns on Thursday , the 10 th instant , T . Guiles , tor killing game at Sherfield without a certificate , fined £ 5 . or three months ' imprisonment . Committed to Dorchester Gaol : — T . Arnold , for poaching at Motcombe , for two months' ; T . Ricketts , for poaching- at East Stoke , also for two months ; both last week . Thus ten men were sent to prison within six days in this district alone . The expenses of their subsistence while in pri ? on , and the wives and children in different unions , to be defrayed from the poor rates , to uphold these obnoxious laws .
SOMERSETSHIRE Confession of Murobr . —The Bath Herald contains a strange story of a murder , committed twentythree years ago , having been recently confessed by a man when he believed himself on the eve of death . Our contemporary quotes a paragraph from an old number , dated May 27 th , 1825 , describing the finding of a body , tied op in a sack , in the Avon , the circumstances coinciding exactly with those attending the murder said to have been confessed a few dajs since . The names of the parties are not mentioned .
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ABBIIDEBNSJIME . Aberdeen . —Fatal Effect of Chlobofobm . —A melancholy and fatal occurrence happened to Arthur Walker , a young man , an apprentice to Messrs Sout ; r and Shepherd , druggists , Broad-strect , in consequence of the incautious use of chloroform . It appears that , for some considerable time past , he had been in the practice of inhaling this vapour to enjoy the pleasurable sensations which it is known to excite ; and on Tuesday , when weighing an ounce of chloroform to order , he applied his pocket-handkerchief to his mouth , and soon after appeared to be rather excited . There was only a lad in the warehouse at the time , but having observed Walker in a
similar state before , and also that he had got violent when any attempt was made to take the phial frora him , he did sot disturb him , and felt pleased when he laid his head down on his arms en the counter . In this state he was found by the other clerk , who had been out for some time , and who being also afraid to waken him up , called his father ; but no sooner did his father raise the lad ' s head , than he fell back apparently in a lifeless stale . Dr Jamieson and Nicol , with other medical gentlemen , were sent for ; when artificial respiration , venesection , and other means were employed , but life was extinct . This melancholy and distressing accident will surely act as a warning to parties not to use chloroform
without the advise and under the eye of a physician , or other experienced party . It should also act as a caution to chemists , not to dispose of this article to any parties without a written order under the hand of a . person of known skill and experience . At the post mortem examination , we understand , that tbe lungs and brain were found much loaded with darkened blood , which had the odour of chloroform . There was also , it is but proper to state , such disease about the heart and lungs as rendered the individual an unfavourable subject for the employment of such agents as ether or cbloreform ; and which , although insufficient to have caused death , must , no doubt , have expedited that melancholy result .
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MR O ' CONNOR AND ' FRASEr ' s MAOAZIKE '—THE ' UNITED IRISHMAN * —THE DUBLIN CORPORATION—THB LATE FATHBR MAQOIRE—TUB RKCKNT EXKC 0 TIONS—IBB CATHOLICCL 8 RGY— ' OODSAVS TSBqUBBNl '
( From our ourn Correspondent . ) Dublin , Fi b . 14 th . We have been perusing the' notice' ef Feargus O'Connor , in the last number of Fbaseb ' s Magazine , with a good deal of interest , mingled , of coarse , with the disapproval of the sneering tone in which English writers , and writers for English publications , are too apt to speak gf Irishmen , and of Irish matters in general . That Mr O'Connor is one of the most remarkable men of' the timet , ' nobody can deny . That * he has immense energy and determination of purpose , ' even tha antl-Irleh writer in Fa « beb mu » t admit , but then ho consoles himself by tbe reflection that the great Irishman Macks the higher qualities of the mind , and is only a mob orator . ' Onlj a mob orator ! Well ,, after this , who can
refuse an ovation to that * rare fellow , " who ' dees' the 'Contemporary Orators' in Fbaseb's Maoazihe f Only a mob orator , inayh ! Well , now , Mr Saxon , or Mr Saxon ' s lackey , which ever you be , who penned those lines , if Mr O'Connor was not ' a mob orator' what would hebel If the late O'Connell was not a ' mob orator , ' would bis name be now emblazoned on history ' s page , or would he have shaken—as be certainly has shaken—the emplro of British bigotry and Saxon intolerance to its very centre , and frittered to atoms the bar . riers which for centuries excluded hie co-religionist ! from place , and distinction , and religious equality ! If Feargus O'Connor was not a ' mob orator , ' and one of the most effective ' orators' of the day , too , who would care a pin what he was , even though buekots-full
of * the old Milesian blood' was careering through his massive veins 1 If Mr O'Connor was not a ' mob orator , 'if he was not with tho ' mob , ' and for the " , ' he certainly might , many a day ngo . have ensconced himself in a snag Saxon ' berth , ' where , like several of his recreant , rascally countrymen , who for the lucre of British gold , have ' shamed their sires , ' he might look out carelessly on the storm , and eiulttngly soliloquise himself , saying , 'Blow high , blow low , my bread is baked : I have made my hay whilst tho suashone—and to the devil with honour , virtue , patriotism—everything but the glittering gold of tho Sassanagh , ' But Mr O'Connor did not sell himself . He did not ' iearn to bs * tray . ' He found that ia the cause of the ' people '—or ( if the writer in Fbabje wills it )—the' mob '—he alone could legitimately exercise his « immense energies , ' and
employ those rare talents with which Nature had endowed him . Drlveafrom that place which should be tbe proper sphere of his exertions , he flung himself at the head of the injured people of England ; he became ' a mob orator , ' a mob leadir , ' au ' English demagogue ' and ultimately tho most successful champion of popular rights and social reform , which England ever saw . These are big words , but ' the proof is there" Mr O ' Connor is a mob orator . ' Ho need not blush at the name , and ' the fact of an Irishman being the trusted leader of the Eo (? lUh Chartists , ' proves that our gallant countryman is right when he laughs at the machinations of his adversaries , and strengthens himself by the reflection that , 'When his enemies have done their utmost against him , they must stop , and then all will start on equal terms , '
From the writer in Fbaseh , it would appear that Saxon as wall as Celt , has an « v « to marn & U , and can duly Appreciate the prcstiya associated with ' a fine physical model . ' Well , it is true for you—you , who supply us with such pleasant sketches of ' Contompomrj Orators '— It if , indeed , true , that the ' masses '—Irish maisea at all evonts— ' alwaje worohlp s fine physical
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model . ' An Irish peasant , even when choosing a wife , will tell you that'he would like to have something worth looking at ! ' And in the pulpit , or on tbe rostrum , at the hustings , or oa tbo battle field—( if it come to that ) Paddy alwaye , and ever would , prefer an ' ablebodied' teacher or leader , to ' an atomy ov a Shinnaion , uaable to take his own part , not to spake ov anybody olnh ' sl' The fact of Foargua O'Connor having ' height , bulk , and muscle enough for a model of '« Fhajnician Hercules , ' would , no doubt , work magic in hit favour with an Irish ' mob ; ' attd we hope the day ii not far distant when he will meet a hundred thousand of his warm-hearted countrymen 1 b peaceful congress , and
give them an opportunity of hearing his ' mob oratory , ' andoeeing , with their own eyes , ' their ' large , massive , broad-shouldered' countryman , viho has eff . cted bo much good for the labouring clasasB of Sason-Iaud , whilst those , on whom we relied , deserted , ' seuld , ' and betrayed their trust . If the time has not already come when tbe Irish people will demand SUCH a leader , the day is not far distant when they must , for , indeed , we aro sick and dligusted with both ' Old' and' Toune Ireland . ' Some man like Mr O ' 0 » nnor must succeed the ' miserable shadows' of Conciliation Hall—as for the leaders ef 'Young Ireland , I may say , with truth , their occupation is already gone . '
Tbe writer ef ' Contemporary Orators' alludes to Mr O'Connor ' s * attempt to purchase the Gobi Soctbebh Ripobteb . ' I am not certain that Mr O'Connor made any proposals for the purchase of that paper , but even if he Aid and that he failed in securing its proprietorship , I cannot see how it could affact bis Interests in Ireland . Certainly my opinion is , if Mr O'Connor would set about working the salvation of Ireland ia good earnest , he could no t adopt a more effective line than by resorting to tho press , but then ha should not confine himself to a class or a provincial journal . He should apeak through some organ , not limited to sect or party , or club , or cotetle or 'Old Ireland , ' or 'Young Ireland , ' or Whig , or Tory or Liberal . I further think , that if Mr O'Connor would establish a newspaper in VMinJor toe Irish people he would meet due encouragement , and be conferring a most important benefit on the country . Thtr ,- is not
a good newspaper published in Ireland . Every party and faction has its organ , but there is not any paper pnblished . ' which gives « good value for its price , ' © r is calculated to amuse , or instruct , or elevate the public mind . P eople , here complain that the press is not supported . In most cases ' thls complaint is just , but , then , the blame lies with the pte & i—not with the public . Men do not like to pay their money when they do not get duo value , and when Irish journals' go down , ' it is becaus * they aro not worthy of being encouraged . If Mr O'Connor would establish a good journal In Dublin , devoted to the interesta , literary , social , and political , of tho Irish people , he would be signally succeaiful . But a 'pro . vlncial' paper for Feargus O'Connor—it never would do ; and if that gentleman had any design in getting the Southern REronxER into his hands , I , for one , am glad that he did | not succeed . Mr O'Connor ' s namo would not sound well in connexion wift a paltry country
paper . Speaking of the press reminds me of Mr Mitchel ' g new Journal . The United Irishman , made its first appearance , here , on last Saturday . It Is , certainly , in its own way , a credit to the Irish newspaper press , and argues much for the spirit and enterprise , as well as for the splendid talents and reckless daring of its gifted pro . priefors . It f » not so large as the Nation , but being printed in a smaller type and more compact manner , contains as much matter . It is something like the Spbc TATOBor ExAHitfSEin appearance , and is 'got up'in the most beautiful style . If Mr Mitchel be' in earnest , ' he already deserves the victor ' s wreath , for ' he speaks ef Irish wronga and Irish sufferings and ot Irish hopes , too , iu such a manner as nobody ever ventured to epealt before . From an early hour on Saturday morning the o & eo of the Vmrsv Ieishkan , in Trinity-street , was
literally blockaded with people of every class and parly , waiting the appearance of the new jauraal . Every copy was sold off in an hoar , and though ( as I hear ) tbe impression was a very large one , there was not a single United Irishman to be had for love or money at twelve o'clock . It being announced tbat a ' second edition , would appear in the evening , crowds lingered around the office all day ; and , at eleven o ' clock at night , wV . en thepaper was again ready for publication , Trinity-street was neatly impassible , and the police had much to do to keep a way opsn for carriages . The new edition was snatched up in a short time , and on this morning ( Monday ) there is not a single copy to be purchased in Dubl ' n . If the circulation of the" Wotted Isishhak goes on as U hat begun , it will make & fortune for its owners , though , it never should be the means of making a Theraopylm of ' ould Ireland . '
On last Tutsday at a meeting of . our corporation in the Assembly House , Wiiliam-street , Mr Qustavus Hamilton , a rank Tory and anti-O'Connelite , proposed a resolution : —* That an address should be prepared by the Dublin Corporation , and presented to her Majesty the Queen , praying that her Majesty might please to assemble the Imperial Parliament oace every third year in Dublin , and to have a palace erected with suitable apartments for her Majesty ' s Lords and Commons , which they woold have . a right to
occupy during the sittings of tbe said triennial parliament , ' This motion was reiisted by Mr Loughnan , who proposed by way of ' amendment , ' tbat 'her Majesty do repeal the Union . ' Mr Loughnan ' s amendment being put , ' was lost , 'and Mr Hamil . ton ' s motion carried by a large majority of the member present—Catholic and Protestant , Orangeman and Repealer , all voting for Mr Hamilton ' s' novelty . ' More Irish yarn this ! Yet it is pleasing to see that all classes begin to discover that something mutt be done for Ire « land .
It now appears , beyond a question , that the late Rev . Thomas Uaguire , tbe renewed Catholic Controversialist , met his death from thebands efsomecovertacsaFSin . and that bis famous career was terminated by the ' poisoned cup . ' Circumstances having transpired which excited a suspicion in the mind of hia friends , that with regard to his lamented death , all was not' as it ought to be , ' the body of the rev . gentleman was raised some few days ago , and the stomach sent for analyiation to Dr Brady , a celebrated chemist and professor of medical jurisprudence , residing in Gardiner . street , in this city .
The result of that gentleman ' s investigation was , that m last Thursday he came before the magistrates at tha head Police-office , Exchange Court , and lodged information to the effect that the atsmach of deceased contained large quantities of arsenic , and that his death ensued from the destructive operations of poison on his vitals . Several persons , it is said , will be implicated in this mysterious affair . Already , three persons have been arrested and transmitted to Leltrim goal to await the ensuing assises . Much rumour exists concrrning the melancholy transaction , but as yet nothing satisfactory has appeared to unravel the mystery .
I was in the countrylast week , and was speaking to a gentleman who travelled ' all the way' to Limerick on Monday , the 7 c ? i inst ., to witness the execution of Ryan ( 'Puck , ') and the youthful murderer , Andrew Dea . He concurs with the local payers , the Liuebicc Chboniclb and Limerick Reporter , in describing the scene as one of the mott melancholy and degrading , which could be conceived . Long before half-past two o ' clock , the hour appointed for the consummation of the tragedy , immense crowds of people , young and old , the rich and the poor , married aad single , male and female , had assembled to ' see the sight , ' and up to the very moment of execution , and even for a considerable period after the wretched men had ceased to exist , large numbers on foot , on horseback , and in various descriptions of vehicles ,
continued to swell the vast assemblage . Every window and wall , even the roofs of the houses in sight ef the scaffold , were crammed with eager spectators . In Ireland , unfortunately , such scenes are not unusual , but on this occasion public curiosity seemed worked up to the highest pitch of excitement . Ryan ' Fuck' had acquired such celebrity—report had made him such a mo * iater—and . the taUa circulated . « f his ' dark doings' vrere so numerous and so ' blood-bolterei' —that were ho tho veritable' Bluebeard , ' of nureery legend , people could not be more anxious to get a look at him , or witness his exit to another world . Andrew Dea , too , attracted much notice . His extreme youth ( he was but seventeen years of age ) , his mild demeanour , and handsome countenance , elicited much pity
for his wretched doom ; and if Ryan ' Puck' was an object of execration , poor Dea was one of deep commiseration and sympathy . Both culprits , from tbe day of their condemnation , behaved themselves in a truly penitent manner , and seemed well-disposed to make every atonement in their power for their misdeeds . They even seemed impatient for the hour which was to witness their immolation , and were several times heard to say that 'They rejoiced to suffer for their sins , ' They were attended to the fatal drop by six Catholic priests in stele and autan , who continued to exhort and support the fortitude of their poor penitents until the last
moment . Previous to their execution , both the culprits signed nltten declarations of their guilt , and the justice of their sentence , but neither addressed the crowds assenajbled before the gallows . Dea died without the semblance of pain or struggle , and ia a minute or two was dead . Not so with the unhappy Ryaa , He was a powerful , athletic man , and continued to struggle with death for nearly ten or twelve minutes , daring which time tho priests continued praying over his writhing form . It was a terrific scene indeed , —that unhappy man ' s death was sufficient to appal tho stoutest and chill the blood of the most hardened mania that vast assemblage .
It is strange , that , even from Dublin , London , and Liverpool several respsctable persons came to witness this exeeution . It Is reported In this city that a certain young lady of Dublin , from reading the « Life and Ad . ventures' of Ryan ' Puck'in the newspapers had formed a sort of romautlo attachment for that celebrated outlaw , and came up iwog to Limerick to see his death . I da . not vouch for the truth of this report , however , but tt is aald to be a faot . It la also said that the eelebratcd Madame Tuasaud commissioned an agent to purchase the clothes of' Puck' frora the hangman , with a view to their preservation in her ' Cabinet of Curiosities . ' It Is reported , ; too , that different persons In England are in treaty for the purchase of the blunderbuss with which he effected the murder for which he died ; and a cast of hia head having been taken immediately after execution , it is expected that it will prova a profitable speculation to certain parties concerned . I do not vouch for any of these statements however .
There was a numerous and respectable meeting of the Roman Catholics of this city held in the Muaio Hall , on Friday last , to denounce the base and cowardl y attacks made on the Irish Catholic bishops and priggta by tbe
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Condon newspaper press , and by certain parties in both houses of Parliament . It is said that every city , town and parish in Ireland will hold similar meetings , aad the Roman Catholics seam determined that those who siaq , der and vituperate their clergy , shall not do so with im ^ puolty . To-morrow , the 15 th , a meeting of tho friend ^ and admirera of Most Rev . Dr M'Hale and Ri ght Rev Dr Maginn , will hold a meeting in Marlborough-street * to denounce tbe assailants of those emiaent eedosfogtfci ' and make arrangements for getting np some substantial testimonial of tbe high esteem in which they are held by their Catholic countrymen , and of the deep sense of gratitude they feel to them , for their splendid and Irian , phant defence of Irish faith andmorali . .. ..
Amongst the literary eoteries cf this city , it is aaid that the eminent Queen ' s counsel , Mr Whltesides , has in the press a highly interesting work , on ' Italy and the Italians '—compiled by the learned gentleman during several months' sojourn in the ' Sunny South ' from Which Ke has but very lately returned . The election for the representation of oar University takfls place some day this week—Ibtlieve on Friday , s 8 . veral candidates had entered the field , but all have retired in favour of Mr Napier , Q . C ., who willj have a ' walk over . ' On Friday last , John Renehan was executed in Lime , rlc-kfor the murder of M'Inernpy . Unlike the executlOH of Andrew Dea and Ryan ' Puck , ' his death attracted scarcely any notice , and there were not a hundred per . sons at his execution . It is remarkable that Mr William Smith , the sub-sheriff , who attended at hi * execution died on the morning following . He had been complainiag ' on the day previous .
On Saturday , the 12 th instant , a fine younjr Railor , named Sylvester Clinch , wa » fined 2 g . 6 d ., at College - street Police-office , having on the previous evening at the Theatre Royal 'hissed ' and ' greaned , ' and incited others to do so , when the orchestra wag playing ' God save the Queen . ' Here is more ' coercion'for you . Of late , it has become usual to ' hUb' and ' groan ' wheiu ever tbe national anthem is played at any Assembly in Dublin , and I am certain tbe ' example' made of poor Clinch , will tend very little to Instil feelings of attachment to her Majesty la the hearts of her Irish subject
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8 TATK OP THB COUNTRY . The Coercion Act appears but still more to embitter the people , and to be wholly inefficient for carrying out tbe object intended , as witness the following : — Coohtt of Ttsohe . —Malicious Bubnmg . —Oa the morning of Tuesday last , a barn and byre , in which there were four shocks of flax and one stack of corn , four cows and two calves , the property of Mr Victor Gordon , at Edymore , near Strabane , were set on fire . The cows were- burned to death , and tbe corn and flax totally consumed . It is supposed to have been the act of some incendiary , as the proprietor , previous to going to bed at twelve o ' clock , found all safe . Nkwaoii . —The house of Patrick Reddon , a poor cottier near Lorrha , was plundered on the night of the Gth instant . His son resisted them when they were proceeding to rifle the meal cheat , but received a blow of a spade , with which one of the party was armed , on the head .
CountyDown—On Monday evening last this county was tbe scene of one of those outrages which were rarely to be recorded as happening in the north . At about six o ' clock in tha evening a shot , whether from a pistol or a musket is unknown , was fired into the parlour of Mr Turner Brown , of Warrin ? town , that gentleman sitting in the room at tbe time . It would seem as if the arras had been loaded with slugs , as three panes of the window were shattered , but fortunately Mr Brown escaped suffering any personal in * jury . Kilkenny .- —Threatening NoTiCES . —On Sunday
last , during the period of divine service , notices were posted on the church and chapel at UooIculJen , warn ing a man named Brennan , who holds some land ia that locality , to be prepared for death . About two years since a brother of Brennan ' s was murdered at hia own door , about nine o ' clock in the forenoon , in the presence of his workmen , who allowed the murderers to walk off deliberately after committing the act . The brother succeeded to these lands , and has now been threatened with death . The people were also warned , on peril of their lives , not to take down the notice .
Limerick . —Another Execution . —Last week John Renehan was executed on the gallows at the county gaol . The unhappy man made no declaration of his guilt or innocence ; but from tbe day of his committal to prison , after his conviction , he gave himself to prayer , and went to meet his end with perfect resignation . On the 22 nd inst ., James Skeahan and James Q , uane aro to undergo the extreme penalty of the law fer the murder of Ralph Hill . The Limerick REPORTERsays— ' Such is the craving
of the English appetite for everything connected with great crimes and remarkable criminals , that the clothes of Ryan Puck have been , or are about being , purchased from the hangman , for the celebrated Madame Tussaud , to whom , we understand , is also to be forwarded a cast of his head and blunderbuss , ' a order that his image may be taken in wax , and that , dressed in the clothes he wore , and bearing in its hands theformidable weapon with which he murdered , it may appear so like life that Cockney grandams will scream at the sight of' the monster . '
Death by Poison of thh Rkv . Thos . Magcirb . —It appears certain the death of the Rev . Thomas Maguire , so well known as a controversialist , had been caused by poison . Dr Brady , of Gardiner-street , to whom the stomach of the late Rev . Thomas Maguire had been forwarded for the purpose of being analysed , and reporting thereon , haa lodged an information at the head office of police , to the effect that in the stomach of the reverend gentleman he has found large quantities of arsenic . We have learned that three persons are in custody charged with this crime . ' Mr Daniel O'Co . nkell , —The Limerick Examines , a repeal paper , says , We are glad to hear that Mr D O ' Connell , jun ., is about to receive an appointment . The Consulship of Boulogne is the one named to us ; the salary attached to which is said to be about . £ 800 . a year . ' Mr D . O'Connell recently resigned the representation of Waterford .
Surrenbbr of Bad Fire-arms—The Limerick Chronicle says , * On Thursday 100 stand of arms ( some of very bad description ) , which were surrendered to the authorities , and taken up by the constabulary in Capperniore district , were brought into this city by the police , and deposited in the store of the Ordnance barrack .
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Barnsley Irish Democratic IConfederation . —A numerous and respectable meeting of this body was held in Mr George Utley ' s large room , on Sunday evening last . Mr William Jessop , a noble minded English Chartist , and member of the above society , waa called to the chair . Several articles were read from the Northern Star , and United Irishman ; the Nation newspaper lay on the table , ' all alone in its glory , ' no one feeling disposed to touch it . At length Mr Seagrave read an extract from an artielo that appeared in a copy of the 5 th ult ., on which he commented , showing that the editor was opposed to democracy , and in favour of an union with the people ' s enemies—the plundering aristocracy of Ireland ; hetherefore proposed tbat the society , being democratic , discontinue supporting that paper any longer , which was seconded by Mr M'Cov , and carried unanimously . Mr O'Leary delivered a lengthy address , in which he exposed the truculenoy of the Irish leaders , and the baseness of the prostitute
press of his unfortunate country , who taught the people a slavish doctrine instead of inculcating the holy and useful lessen of men standing forward in the dignity of manhood , and demanding their just rights . He concluded by moving a vote of thanks to Mr Mitchel , of the United Irishman , which was seconded by Mr Coyle ,. ' and ably supported by Mr Flanigan , and carried . The meeting was subsequently addressed by Messrs Keith , Branigan , and others . The announcement ot our London friends , the Democratic Confederates , to bring out a weekly publication , was duly appreciated . Several new members were enrolled , and after the usual vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting separated .
. West London Akti-Enxm > scrs Association . —At tho last meeting of the committee of this Association , at Clark ' s Room , Feb . 14 th . William Ewart , Esq ., M . P ., was elected an honorary member , for his gift of books and money to the library . The committee stated tbat they had engaged ^ for the purposes of tbe Association , one of the large Assemblyrooms of Mr bendall , in Cireus-street , New-road , where they should meet every Tuesday evening , and where they purposed having debates and lectures ia furtherance of the objects of the Association , neat Tuesday being their opening night .
Accidents on the North Western Railwat . — On Wednesday two accidents , both of which , though not attended with any fatal consequences , were of a serious nature , and caused much alarm to tho passengers who were travelling in the trains , occurred on the above lino . The first happened to the train which left London at six a . m . from Euston-square , between Rugby and Birmingham , at Hampton . Some passengers discovered that the carriage in which they were was on fire . An alarm was instantly raised , but before the train eould b » atopped the firfi had got a farm hold of the carriage , which was completely filled with smoke . Upon the train being brought to a stand , it was found that , swing to the axle-boxes not having been properly examined < and greased , the friction from the wheels had set fire to
ihe carriage . The fire ' . was extinguished without doing much damage . The second accident occurred to the express train from Manchester which left that town at five o ' clock p . m ., when upon arriving near Ru ij by , alter leaving the Trent Valley line , a singular jumping motion was felt by the engineer ; he immediately stopped the engine , when upon examining the train , it was found that a carriage had got off the line , much to the terror of the passengers , who had been thrown from one side of the carriage lo the other . The carriage was found to be so much injured tbat it was necessary to take it from the train , which afterwards proceeded on its journey to London . A Preston paper mentions tbat , oa Friday , a kingfisher was found dead in Cadiley Brook , where it had been choked in attempting to awallow a roach , which was found in its mouth .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19021848/page/6/
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