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i i . lalth op Loxdos nriti . vo the Week — In the «• w ending last Saturday , 1 , 002 deaths wercreirisci tci m the metropolitan districts ; the weeklv iv- av- » ge of the season corrected for increase o " f » o po dation being 1 , 162 , the present decrease on the jst cst jated mortality amounts to ICO deaths . The mi ; . nu ; .-iers returned in the last four weeks have been jk . cot . ' .-entirely 892 , 931 , 1 , 053 , and 1 , 002 ; the increase ) t : Ot : v .. rtamy was preceded and accompanied by a v £ ' ease ° ten > P eratnre ( tbo mean having fallen JO 3 D jt 16 degrees in three weeks ) , and a rise of tei : tei - ..-ratare is now followed by a slight decrease in th » th » total number of deaths . Tlie deaths from
ph ph isis in the last four weeks were 104 , 134 , 133 , an an ! 108 . But under other diseases ofthcrespiratOJ tor organs the increase is generally maintained ; th- th-: ' -lcs - : ? from bronchitis were CO , 60 , S 6 , and 89 th < tht ; c fr « ra pneumonia ( iuflunination of the lungs ch ch fly in young persons ) -were S 2 , 94 , S 3 , 90 ; and fr < fro i asthma , 12 , 21 , 10 , 20 . In the znuotic or ep ep ciiuc class , scarlatina and tvphus have declined re re .- ; . octively from 32 and 51 fatal cases in the prev * vm -s week to 19 and 33 in tlie last , and arc both It be - w the average ; whilst measles , which numbered 2 S 29 i the former week , was fatal in 46 cases in the la la ? Last week the deaths from diarrhoea were
O ) on . y 14 ; only one death from cholera occurred in ti th . , a mc period . The deceased in this case was a c eh' d -. f four years , who had lived in Horace-street , I 3 £ - -rlv'bone . Mr . Burrows , the registrar of < k > sv wel-an-cH , sub-district , reports that within two •* "we-: ks he has registered the deaths of three pers soi > , at 9 , Charles-street , Xorthampton-sqiiare , i wb « re the family had recently lodged—first , a . young i woman of nineteen , who died ot eryeipilas ( 4 * days ' < du-uion ) aud oedema of the glottis ( 12 hours ); i ne .-t . week her parents , who were forty-eight and 1 fony-seven years of age respectively , and died wii < in 43 hours of each other , the father , also of < cd - ma of the glottis ( 48 hours ) , congestion ofthe lui 's { 21 hours ); and the mother , of congestion of thi brain , after 43 hoars' illness . The cause of
de : ¦' . ; y certified in each case by the medical attendai - Amongst other deaths registered last week w . i that of a child of three years , who died of infla ^ - « ation of the larynx , from inhaling the steam of ilisiir water . Vaccination was attended in two eas . * hy " fatal results . An old man died from eapor : re to cold in a field . Three deaths are ascribed to ftemperance . In the 1 , 002 deaths , the cause of dci .: h was certified by tho written statements of mc ; cal attendants in SSS cases ; in 12 cases , there wa ^ . )•> medical attendant ; iu 15 cases , the patients ma-- ' -ive had medical aid , but the diseases of which tfcv' -fed aro not certified ; of the remaining 87 « a *" . 84 were the suhjacts of inquests , and retm « c"lby coroners . A table is appended to the preset : return , which shows tho annual mortality of
London at various ages , as compared with that of the South-Eastern Division of England , and also a part of Northumberland . Taking boys under five years , it appears that while 29 out of 1 , 000 die in t ? . --ee Jforthumbrian districts , 53 die in the South-east Division of England , and 93 in London ,-and that this rate of 93 which prevails in London in ordinary times was raised by a few weeks' prevalence of influenza in 1 S 47-S , to 106 , and by cholera in 1349 to 107 . Influenza was almost as fata ! to children as the more terrible epidemic by which it was followed ; and to aged men and women who had turned seventy-five " years , the mortality of chclera was even less . The ' annual mortality of men between forty-five and fifty-five years , which is in parts of Northumberland " 12 out of every 1 , 000
living , and in the South-Eastern division 15 , is in London 27 in average years ; and here it was raised from 27 to 23 by influenza , and to 35 by cholera The daily mean height ofthe barometer at Greenwich Observatory was above 30 in . on Monday the mean height ofthe week was 29-852 . The daily mean temperature , which was 3 " on Sunday , fell to 32 on Thursday , and rose on the next two " days to 49 and 53 ° . The mean temperature of the week was 40 ° , about the average ofthe same week of st-ven years ; on Thursday the daily mean was 8 " below the average , and on the following days successively 9 ° and 13 " above it . Shocking Accident . — On Saturday last an
in-£ ne > t was holdeu at the Half . Moon Tavern , in the io ~ er-road , Islington , to inquire touching lhe death of Sarah G-dding ; aged sixty-three The facts of the melancholy case are ihesei — On lhe previous WeJaes . iay afternoon , Mr . Pearce , on" of i he medical men connected with the above parish , was vis-itLig . in his professional capacity , the husband of the deceased : while the deceased was conducting that gentleman up stairs to i be apartment of her affile e .-I husband , she sl < p : ed through the staircase , whici ' had become rotten in consf quence of improper drainage , aud fractured her leg in two places . Eve vat tent-on requisite was immediately paid to the poor suflVrcr . but death speedily ensued . — A verdict of "Accidental death" was recorde-i .
ACCIDEST AT THE MaKYLEBOXE ThEATRK . — Last week the season closed at this theatre , and on Wednesday Mr . Wat's , the manager , invited his « orj « dramalique te a hall aud suuper at the theatre The stage was most tastefully fitted up for thf occasion , and a large and happy party met with the exhilarating expectation of spending a d < lightful evening . All went well until three o'clock , when suddenly appalling-shrieks , and the err of "Jire" resounded through the theatre . The next mom- nt a fema ^ was seen rushing franticly about , enveloped in flames . The scene that ensued was an awful contrast to the gaiety of the previous scene . Miss Susan Roberts , a member of the corps de ballet , wfritst walking near the footlights , suddenly turned to speak to some one passiig her ; iu the act , a portion » f her dress swung round , and , spreading over some of the lamps , it instantly caught fire . Every assistance was immediately rendered , but so fie'ce and rapid
was the appalling element in its progress , that before if could be subdued the poor girl was so severely burnt , that her life is despaired of . Mr- Watts ordered no expense to he spared in procuring surgical aid , and a subscription has been set on fo :-t . Smugohxg . — -Her Majesty ' s revenue cut'er Vigilant , Captain Richard Gowlhind , captured on the night of the 14 th inst , in Sea Reach in the Thames , aspxitsail barge , about sixty tons nvwlen , having on board a crew of five persons , and a contraband cargo , consisting of 2 S 0 bales of tobacco , about SOlbs . each , concealed under straw stacked on h > r deck . The barge was proceeding up the river in tbe usual manner as a coaster with straw for the Loudon market ; and had the smugglers been successful in escaping the protective force , between six and seven tons ot tobacco would have been run . We believe this to be tbe largest seizure of tobacco that ha * been made in the Thames f .-r the past ihirty years .
Attempt at Si-icide at Loxdo . v-bbidge . — On Honday morning , between seven and ek-ht o ' clock , an elderly person named Thomas Ilaylock , a livery stable keeper , of Red Lion-street , Wbifc chapel , attempted to commit suicide , by throwing hinveif into the Thames , from one of the recesses of London Bridge . The tide at tbe time was running down very strong , and as he passed under the arch , one of the meu who were navigating a barge threw out a marling-spike , and succeeded in draggin-j him on board . He was subsequently conveyed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where he remains iu a precari ons condition .
Suicide—On Saturday mornin ? last a remarkable case of suicide occurred at the loom works of Messrs . Bamberger and Rogers , gold lace manufacturers , at lun .-street , Coreiit-garden . The particulars are as follows : —The weavers of the gold lace have keys to enter the loom room in order t <» commence their work early in the morning , and amongst those engaged was a man named William Austin , of Cumberland-street , who left the establishment at the usual hour of ceash-g work on Friday evening ; instead of going home he remained out till twelve or one o ' cbick on Saturday morning .
and then returned to the manufactory . He subsequently * ent infr » the loom room and fastalfd a piece of string to the rails at one ofthe Iomns , aud to keep the knot from slipping lie fixed a piece of iron to the frame , and then placing it round his neck su-pended himself by it . He was not discovered until life was quite extinct —An inquest was lield on the body on Monday , at the Unicorn public-hou = e , Covent-gardcn , by Mr . Bedford , when the above facts Wtre spoken to by the witnesses , and it also appeared that deceased had been addicted to drinking to great excess lately . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "
The Lath Extensive Fibb at KewiSgtos Cacsewat . — Oa Monday evening Mr . W . Pavne brought to a conclusion lhe adjourned inquiry respecting the circumstances attending tbe five which destroyed the premises of Mr . Hooper , a linen and lace warehou-eman carrying on business at No . 19 , Alfred-place , in the same parish , and tbe jury returned tbe following special verdict , " That there was no evidence as to tbe origin of the fire , but the jury think the circumstances attending it are suspicious . " The iatb ExTniomnsAnT Affair at Kexsau Green- Ccmetery . —On Saturday last a communication was made to Mr . M . U . Wakley , respecting the late exhumation of the body of a gentleman , named James Hendry , husband of the Countess de Tourville , of Xo . 13 , Cambridge Terrace ,
llydepark-sqnare , in Kerisall-green Cemetery , on the 4 th rust ., for the purpose of ascertaining whether lie intended to bold a coroner ' s inquest on the remains of thatgentleman , which were exhumed in order to make a search for ia will , jivhich was . supposed to havo been placed in the coffin previous to iuwrment . The scrutiny was made , but the will was not d scovered , and the d * puty « corouer determined on ordering a post-mortem examination , and analysis of the siomaclij which was ; entrasted to Dr . . Garrod one of the ^ physieians of Uiiiversitv College Hospital . . Dr , Garrod sent . in his report , in which he stated , ( hat in his opinion the deceased had died from natural causes . Mr . Wakley , on the receipt ofthe report , communicated with the friends ofthe deceased , and decided that an inquest was unnecessary . Tue coffin , containing the remains Of the de-
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| ceased gentleman , which h * d been kept above ground , iu case a jury should hive to view the body , was on Saturday again lowered into the grave . Dockyard Redcctioss . — Twentv-five of tho workmen in the steam-engine factorv of Woolwich Dockyard having received notice that their services wouid not be required after last Saturday , and it being understood that a similar number of men would be discharged every week until tho total reduction exceeded 300 . meetings of the workmen and also ofthe inhabitants of Woolwich , have been he a , and it has been determined to memorialize tbe Admiralty , representing the great dearth of emp . oyment in the engine trade at presentand the
, prospect of many families becoming destitute if the reduction should be made now , and at this inclement season of the year , and accordingly soliciting some delay . Mr . Ballard , an operative , who was in tne chair at the meeting ofthe workmen , put the ™ }?* as question of humanity . The Rev Dr Carlisle took the chair at the meeting of the inhabitants and a deputation was appointed to wait upon the Lords of the Admiralt v . A number of tbe operatives attended this latter meeting , and empoucrcd the deputation to state that tho workmen were willing to work at reduced wages , or a less number of days in the week , rather than their fellow workmen should be thrown out of employment as proposed . '
False Weights axd Measures . —At a special meeting of magistrates on Saturday , afe the Holland Arms , Kensington , of which Iiobert Tubbs , Esq ., was chairman , the following tradesmen were introduced to Mr . Reeve , the inspector of weights and measures . —Mr . Benjamin Franks , a butcher , in June-street , Chelsea , was complained of for having his beam and scales inaccurate to the extent of half an ounce , for which offence he was fined 10 s . and costs . —Jeremiah Underwood , butcher , of No . I , Ellis-street , Chelsea , was ordered to pay a like penalty for a deficient balance of ten drachms . — John Lecte , a cheesemonger , of 143 , Slean-street , Chelsea , was summoned for two false balances , one to the extent of six drachms , and the other of three drachms . Mr . Griffiths , the assistant
inspector , informed the bench that this was a second offence . The worthy chairman remarked that it was an aggravated case , and sentenced the defendant to pay 20 s ., with costs , or go to the Douse of Correction for fourteen days . Defendant said he would readily pay ; the penalty and respectfully decline the alternative ; at the same time assuring tho bench that be had erred unintentionally , and would rather give than receive . —Alfred Tubb , cheesemonger , of No . 1 , Lombard-terrace , Chelsea , was adjudged to a similar punishment for two unjust balances . —James Morgan , of No . 1 , Drake-street , Chelsea , cheesemonger , was fined los . for a bad weighing-machine . —Joseph Bowell , 4 , Marlboroughroad , Chelsea , chandler , was ordered to pay 10 s ., for having soap concealed under his scale , whereby
a deficiency was caused of two drachms . —Henry Crosby , of 4 , Leader-street , cookshop-keeper , was summoned for a light weight . The defendant was not to blame , having been deceived by a "friend , " who had let him the shop . He was fined Is ., and a scuffle ensued amongst the magistrates as to who should pay it . 3 fr . Frere , the esteemed magistrate , however , showed first with the coin , and the defendant , with tears in his eyes , left the court . — Maria Lloyd , 29 , College-street , Chelsea , was fined £ 1 lis . 6 d ., for five light weights . — W . Willicomb , a chandler , at 31 , First-street , Chelsea , was ordered to pay 10 s ., with costs , for an illegal balance . — Henry Buckwell , dairyman , 1 , Holt-terrace , Chelsea , was summoned for a deficient machine , and called on to pay 10 s ., and Gs . Cd . costs . —William
Thompson , chandler , 85 , New-road , was sentenced to pay 10 s ., for a false balance . —George Davis , chandler , 28 , New-road , was ordered to pay 15 s . for three light weights . —TVilliam Ashfield , II , Ellisstreet , was fined 15 s ., for three light weights . — Henry Barber , greengrocer , 25 , Queen ' s-road West , Cuelsea , whs adjudged to pay 10 s ., for two light weights ; and Thomas Wallis , 55 , Queen ' s-road West , was called on to pay 5 s . for three deficient weights . Fire at the Loxdox Docks . —On Tuesday evening , between six and seven o ' clock , it was observed that one of the large ships , lying in the eastern basin of the London . Bocks had taken fire . The vessel , an
empty one , named the Maclouden , had been taken out of dry dock , about three days sinee , and no one w . -is on board when the disaster occurred , but from the fact of other vessels being at her head and stern , it was exceedingly fortunate that the discovery was made - early . The policeman , in passing over the bridge , in Gravel-lane , perceived flames issuing from the vessel . The firemen belonging to the docks immediately brought the floating 3 nd other engines alongside of the vessel , when they found tho caboose on deck in a mass of flame . By means of buckets of water tho firemen got the flames subducdy but not until the caboose was destroyed and some other damage done . The origin ofthe fire is unknown .
Autographs , Letters , axd MSS . —Last week , the well-fcnown Winston collection of dramatic-MSS . was brought to the hammer by Mr . Puttickfand Simpson , of Piccadilly . The sale excited much interest in the dramatic world , and there was considerable anxiety to examine , and in some cases to re-purchase , letters long since forgotten by the writers , whose altered circumstances and position at the present day contrasted in many cases very remarkably with those under which those letters were penned . Rarely has there been amassed such an amount of material for petty scandal as in the memoranda and letters composing this collection , and which we are gratified to know in many cases returned to the possession of the individuals to whom they related , doubtless for immediate destruction .
Tbe collection , on the whole , brought good prices . We may mention some letters of Edmund Kean , Jot 451 , wh ' ich sold for £ S 15 s . ; lot 477 , Vice-Chamberlain Coke ' s papers relative to tbe King ' s Theatre , ITOG-ISj-which sold for £ 1210 s . ; lot 672 , the original MSS . of the Rejected Addresses , proposed to be spoken at fhe opening of Drury-lane Theatre in 1812 , £ 0 ; a collection of engraved dramatic portraits closed the sale , and appeared to produce high prices . On Monday the same auctioneers sold Mr . Mitchell's small hut interesting collection of autograph letters . From the catalogue we extract the following as amongst the most interesting lots , with the prices at which they sold—lot 14 , letter of Lord Brougham on parliamentary reform , sold for £ 1 ; lot 21 , letter of Cinq-Mars , sold for £ 15 s . ; lot 53 , a short note of Haydn , sold for £ 19 s . ; lot 75 , a letter of MQSCS
Mendelssohn , sold for £ 1 10 s . ; lot 89 , a letter of Smollett , the historian , sold for £ 3 17 s . Cd . ; lot 103 , a letter of Voltaire , sold for £ 116 s . Suveral letters of Lady Hamilton , and a curious document , being a bill for her funeral expenses , amounting to £ 2 S 10 s ., sold together for £ S 4 s . ; lot 140 , a letter of Mrs . Jordan , sold for £ 1 13 s . The sale concluded with fifty letters tf David Garrick , which were sold singly , and for the most part were bought by Mr . Colburn , the publisher . In one of these lctterji , written on tho night of his first appearance in London , he says , " my mind has always been inclined to the stage last night 1 played Richard III . to the surprise of every body , and as I shall make very near £ 300 per annum of it , and as it is really what I dote upon . I am resolved to pursue it . " This interesting series of letters sold at high prices , amounting in the whole to about £ 110 .
Aromtiox of Oaths is Elections or Common-Couxciuiex . —In the ensuing elections of Common Councilman for tbe City of London , a declaration is to be made by voters in lieu of the oath heretofore taken , and in case any person shall refuse or neglect to make the same , the poll or vote of such person shall be null and void , and as such be rejected or disallowed . The Dismissed Postman - . — It was stated some time since that a letter-carrier had been dismissed from the General Post-offiee for distributing bills against Sunday labour to the public . We have been desired to say that his offence was , delivering the bills to his colleagues only . —Daily News .
Melancholy Ssuicidk . —On the 14 th inst , Mr . Jas . Andrews , a gentleman who has for a great many years filled the office of clerk to the Croydon board of guardians , and also assistant clerk to tho bench of magistrates in that town , committed suicide under very melancholy circumstances . Tho unfortunate gentleman had for some time been observed to be in a very desponding ' state . At ten o ' clock in the morning there was to have been a special meeting of the board of guardians , but when the members of the board were assembled , they were surprised that Mr . Andrews did not make his appearance , and a messenger was despatched , when it was ascertained that he hsd gone away from home at nine o ' clock that morning , as it was supposed , for the purpose of going to his
professional duly . Nothing was heard of the deceased , from this tune until half-past ten o ' clock , when a kbouriiig man , named James Shirley , who was on his way across the fields , from a place called Violtelane to Wodden , found the unfortunate gentleman lying under the hedge . He was surrounded by a pool of blood , and in his right hand was a small common fimt-lock pistol , with which the act of suicide had been committed . The unfortunate gentleman was conveyed to the Infirmary ofthe union workhouse , Dupper ' s Hill , where in about three quarters of an hour tho unfortunate gentleman expired . An inquest was held on Saturday last at thi limrain ? llorse public-house , in the Old Town , before
Mr . W . Carter , the coroner for this district , when the above facts were put in evidence . A written paper , of which ( be following is a copy , and which was found upon the person of the deceased when he was first discovered , was likewise produced . It was in the handwriting of the deceased , and was to the following purport ; " With a conviction that on the approaching inquiry I shall bo dismissed for neglect of duty ; in failing to report thcappoimment of the officers several years ago , and with a memory impaired , reason often totterintr under a hand paralysed by great age and exertion during the last forty years , I have no prospect before me but a home in a workhouse or a lunatic asylum , ou Gvd , this is hwribte . Often havo I
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praved fervently that the desire to hurry myself prematurely to the grave might bo averted . To church again this evening , and again supplicate . " This paper was dated Sunday last . Several witnesses were examined , whose testimony went to show that the deceased bad exhibited great despondency for some time past , and they expressed an opinion that he was of unsound mind when he committed the act , and the jury , after a very careful inquiry , returned a verdict to that effect . The unfortunate gcwUeman was fifty-eight years of age : he was a widower , and has left a son and daughter , the latter of whom , it is said , was about shortly to havo been married . SUICIPK FROM ACCUMULATED MISFORTUNES . — . An inquest was held before Mr . II . AL Wakley , on Tuesday , at the Horse and Groom , John-street , Kdirvrare-road . on Amelia Coxoil , aged thirty-nine ,
the wife of a coaehmaker . The husband , who during his evidence could scarcely make himself audible , through grief , stated that the dcceised ' s parents died of cholera , which greatly affected her . Subsequently the JandloVd put in a distress for rent , for which witness m-ought an action , and got trifling damages . To enable him to bring the action , he disposed of his furniture . These accumulated troubles preyed upon deceased's spirits , and she became quite melancholy . After a short absence from home on Friday , she returned and called to witness , exclaiming , ' * Fred ., I am dying—dou't leave me ! " Witness asked what she mcint ; and she pulled from her pocket a bottle , and said , "I have drunk the contents . " Surgical aid was immediately called in , but she died four hours afterwards . Mr . Jepps , surgeon , said deceased must have taken six drachms of laudanum , which produced death . Verdict , "Insanity . "
Tku Exrtosiox of Fireworks in Bermondset . — The adjourned inquest upon the bodies of the four persons who lost their lives in consequence of an explosion of fireworks in a dwelling-house occupied by a poison named Barlin , was hold on Tuesday afternoon at the King John ' s Head , Abbey-street , Bct-mondsey , before Air . Carter . The inquest was adjourned from tho Oth of November last , in order to enable the persons injured by the explosion to recover , and be present to g ive evidence . —Charles Barlin , son of William Barlin , was called and examined . He appeared to have suffered great injuries on the head and hands . ' He said : I am nineteen years of age next January . My father ' s name is William Barlin ; I lived with him on the 12 th of October last , at 4 , Brook-street , Bormondsey
Newroad , and on the evening of that day I was engaged roiling cases for a description of fireworks called blue lights , which are sold to children at id . and id . each . There were other persons in the room , and to tho best of my recollection they were all rolling ofcses . I don ' t think my father was there . The explosion took place at half-past eleven , as near as I can say , and there were then in the room my father and mother , my brother William , and George Barlow . Ibeiieve there was a quantity of fire-works being made up in parcels of a gross each . All I can remember is that my mother asked me to give her a chair in order to sit down to supper . Wc had then cleared away everything . I don't know whether anything was knocked down , but a cracker went off . I hare no distinct recollection whether , in the act of
giving the chair , something fell ; but a cracker fired off , and a number of others followed . I made my escape , in the first instance , without injury ; but I returned to the house to fetch out my brother . I believe that the fire was occasioned by striking the lamp as I lifted up the chair . —The boy Larsor , who was examined on the last occasion , said , in addition to his former evidence , that he was upstairs at the time of the accident , but from the position of the table when he left the room , he thought the handing of a chair across the table might knock the lamp and ignite some sulphur ami lampblack which was on the tabic—Mrs . Barlin , who had also just left the hospital , laid she asked her son for a chair , and as he was handing it over something fell , and immediately afterwards a cracker went off , and
others followed . Her husband had followed the business of making fireworks for many years , but he had been out of employment for a considerable time , and , being in great distress , they had to work early and late . They had a manufactory in the Westminster-road , but a simple thing like bluelights and crackers they made at homo . When the accident happened they were capping the fireworks , i . e ., putting on the touchpaper with a little damp powder . —The Coroner said it now became the duty of the jury to consider whether any one was liable for the consequences-of the explosion . Tlie Recorder of London had alreadyjield that a person was decidedly answerable for the death of a party , occasioned by an explosion of fireworks illegally manufactured .
It was entirely , however , a matter for their decision , Should they think any onus attached to the father they would return their verdict against him , but if they were of opinion that the occurrence was purely of an accidental nature he would not be liable for tho consequences of it . —The jury deliberated -for some time with closed doors , and on the public being admitted , the Coroner directed that Mr . Barlin , tho father , should be brought in , and on his entering the room said that the jury had found a verdict of " Accidental death , " but had thought it right to append the following to it : — " We , the jury , cannot separate without expressing our regret thatsufficient steps are not taken by the police authorities to prevent the manufacturing and selling of fireworks , whereby lives and property are greatly endangered . "
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Darixo Robbery . —On the 13 th inst , between three and four o'clock , the dwelling-house of Mrs . Anna Palmer , in Whitccross-street , Hull , was feloniously entered by some daring depredators . Mrs Palmer is an aged and ve > y infirm lady , and is aunt to the present Mayor of Hull . Her establishment consists of two female servants , and a youn ^ woman named Sarah Glover , who , for some time past , has acted as a sort of companion to the old lady , and has been in the habit of sleeping with her . She wa ^ awakened by the strong glare of a candle Hashing across her face , and , upon looking up , was terrified at seeing a man standing over her . with what she
imagined at the time to be a large knife or part of a scythe , but which ultimately proved to be a plough coulter . She begged for mercy . He said he did not intend her any harm , but that he must have money . She told him she did not beliovc there was any in the house , excepting « hat her mistress might have in her purse . She then awoke the eld lady , who , after some hesitation , offered tbe man half-acrown to go away ; but he swore that he had four mates below , and must have the pnrse and its contents . The purse was handed over to him ; it only contained some fifteen or eighteen shillings . He then commenced breaking open the drawers , forced open a jewel case , and took from it five or six gold rings , several gold brooches , and a valuable necklace . He had previously been in the room where
the servant girls slept without alarming them , but considering , probably , that they did not possess lither money or valuables , he left without molesting them , although , there were , in fact S ' . veral sovereigns belonging to them in a drawer . Having obtained all that he thought he was likely to get , he decamped , but not without first helping himself to the contents of the larder , together with some gin . brandy , and sherry , which he abstracted from the parlour cupboard . He and his companion ( for there c * n be no doubt he had one , if not more ) then left the house , taking with them the street-door key . It is somewhat singular that tbo man who was in Mrs . Palmer ' s bedroom should have overlooked a gold watch which was hanging at her bedhead , three valuable gold rings which she had taken from her fingers three or four hours before , the plate chest , and several other articles of value . The
entfaace'intb' the house was effected by the thieves removing a grating and shutter which led to . the cellar , and then forcing open with the ploughcoulter the various doors . Sarah Glover describes the man who entered her mistress ' s bedroom as of the middle size , and stout , with florid complexion , and long light hair , dressed like a tramp , with smock frock and cap , and without the least , attempt at disguise . When she thought the house was clear of such unwelcome guests , she gave an alarm from the window , and in a short time the superintendent of police cam ? with three of the most active constables belonging to the town , all of whom commenced an immediate pursuit after the thieves , but hitherto their efforts have not been attended with success . The Yarborough association for the prosecution of felons have offered a reward of ten guineas for the apprehension and conviction ofthe offenders .
Inxendiarisu in Berkshire . — On Saturday evening last , a Are broke out at Lollingdon farm , in the parish of Gliol-cy , near Iteadiiw , in the occupation of Mr . George Hewett ; and an extensive barn was totally destroyed , together with a large quantity of thrashed corn . Fortunately , owing to the assistance rendered by tbe neighbours and the speedy arrival of an engine from Aston , the other farms , and a number of ricks nearly contiguous to the spot , wer . c saved . Mr . Hewett , it is believed , is insured . The fire was clearly the act of an ., incendiary . — Another fire in the above neighbourhood also br . ike nut about half-past six o'clock in the morning at Diayton , on a farm belonging to Mr . William Betteridge . The barn in which the fire was
discovered was entirely destroyed , together with its contents , which consisted of about seventeen quarters of barley in sacks , twenty ditto thrashed and ready for winnowing , and also four ricks standing close to each other near the spot . There is no doubt that the fire was caused by some incendiary . Mr . Mterideisfullv insure & r-A . third lire , involving the destruction of farm property to a considerable extent , occurred about eight o ' clock in the evening at Inholmes farm , situated a few miles from Hungerford , in the occupation of Mr . Spackman . The whole Of the farm buildings , including three extensive barns , with their contents of corn andagriculturalimplements , two large wheat vieks , n barleyrick , together with a colt , aud a fat pig intended ibra
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prize exhibition , were totally destroyed . The whole of the property is insured . This fire also originated , it is believed , in tlie act of an incendiary . Serious Chauge against' an Officer of Marines . —On the 13 th inst ., Charles Pyne , second lieutenant of the Royal marines , stationed at Stonehouse , was brought before the magistrates at Stonehouse , and committed for trial at tbe next assizes for the couniy of Devon , under the following circumstances . About two months since a child of fourteen years of age , named lMlcn Barrett , the in rt
daughter of a poor woman residing Devonpowas invited by a female to come to the Marine Barracks on the following morning . The chi . 'd followed her directions , and , on arriving at the barraahs , she was met by the female , who took her to the room of the prisoner . Here the three had breakfast together ; and immediately afterwards prisoner locked the door , and criminally assaulted tho girl . On the application of Air . J . E . Elworthy , the solicitor for the prisoner , the magistrate agreed to accept bail for the appearance of the prisoner , himself in £ 200 , and two sureties in £ 100 . .
Diabolical Crueltt . —A viable hunter , the property of J . S . D . Selby , of Cheswick , was found , one nis ; ht hist week , tohave beeen cruelly wounded , one of its eyes having been actually scooped out . An a'arm was raised during the night by the servant lad , who slept in a room above ihc stable , who stated that he had heard a noise bekiw , and on going down had encountered some thieves , with whom he had a struggle , in the course of which his hands sustained sdmo injury . The animal ot the time was found to be missing , and the harness was observed to be much entangled . It has since been discovered , however , that the servant himself was the author of this cruel outrage , and that the pretended alarm which he raised ; and the injuries which he received , were intended cuily as a ruse . He has , it appears , acknowleged his guilt . — Newcastle Journal .
Lights in the Liverpool Docks . —On Monday a very numerous meeting of captains and others connected with shipping , was held in the cotton sales room , Liverpool , to adopt a memorial to the dock committee , to allow lights and fires to be used on board vessels while in the docks . Several parties addressed the meetinz , and resolutions were unanimously adopted , that the committee should be petitioned . Large Firk at Bklpbr . —On Sunday night the town of Belper , in Derbyshire , was lhe scene of a most terrific conflagration , which terminated in the t- 'tal demolition of the hosiery establishment of Messrs . Ward , & Co . It appears that some of the
hands were at work until eleven o'clock on Saturday night . At that hour the premises were closed , and , as it is believed , left' in complete security . On Sunday morning two men were employed in the store-room doing some repairs . About eight o ' clock on Sunday evening the watchnMUtt on duty perceived a strong smell of fire , and immediately gave tlteaU ' iu . At that time the people were leaving the different places of worship , and numbers were soon congregated about the premises . Mr . Taylor , one of the managers , and the other heads of departments were speedily on the spot , and it was lound that the lower windows tf one warehouse were so hot as to render tbe touch unbearable . The
fireengines were soon got into play , ' but without immediate effect . About nine o ' clock the flames burst forth in terrifie fury , and extended with such rapidity that the whole building was in a general blaze . A very small quantity of goods were removed * , and the remainder , comprising an extensive stock of silk , cotton , and other goods , were totally consumed . At five o ' clock on Monday evening last the engines wore still playing upou the smouldering ruins , and it was evident that part of the walls must fall . The stock and buildings were insured in the Norwich and other unions to the extent of « £ !? S , 500 . The damage hy ibis lamentable catastrophe has been variou-lv
estimated at from £ 100 , 000 to £ 150 , 000 . Upwards of 1 , 500 hands are deprived of employment . The firm i < one of the largest in tbe world , and was formerly known as Ward , Brittle , and Waid . Every department of the hosiery trade was carried on here . There are also several other establishments connected with the same firm in various parts of the country . The warehouses now appear a mere shell . The most praiseworthy conduct was evinced by the crowd in assisting the firemen to stay the conflagration . We have not heard to what amount Messrs . Ward are insured . The cause of the fire has not been ascertained .
" Ihk South Shields Pilots . — On Widay , the 14 th inst . a public meeting , convened in compliance with a requisition , was held in tbe Guildhall , Newcastle , to promote a public subscription for the relief of the widows and orphans of the pilots who perished on the 4 th instant . —The Mayor , Joseph Cruwhal ) , Esq ., took the chair . —There was a numerous attendance , comprising the most influential inhabitantsof the town . —Resolutions were passed , and an expression of sorrow and sympathy was followed up by the appointment of a committee f o raise a subscription , at the head of which are the Mayor and the Muster of the Trinity House . —Mr . John Rayne , who supported one of the resolutions , made a powerful appeal in behalf of the widows and orphans , and spoke in warm terms of commendation of the spirit manifested at the meeting in South Shields , where , he said , £ 500 had already been subscribed . A suggesiion was thrown out that the resolutions of
the Newcastle meeting should be sent to the London Coal Exchange ; but an application in that quarter , it was justly observed , would come with wm * propriety ( if it had not already emanated ) from the South Shields committee . On Sunday collections were made in Ilanover-square chapel , Newcastle , for the relief of the widows , orphans , and other dependent relatives of the brave pilots who perished < mu he unfortunate occasion above mentioned . Several other congregational collections have been made : and others are to follow , in various towns , forthwith . —Gateshead Observer . —The Queen has forwarded one hundred guineas towards this fund , 'lhe corporation of Newcastle have sent a donation of 100 guineas , and the Master and Brethren ofthe Trinity House have also contributed 100 guinea * to the same deserving object—Mr Robert Anderson has stated that the life-boat had gone off from South Shields , since 1841 , to ninety-six vessels , and brought on s h > re 466 shipwrecked mariners . ¦
Forgery and Speedy Apprension-. —On the evening of the 14 th inst , information was lodged with the police authorities , that a forged order for £ 100 had been that day presented at the Union Bank of Edinburgh for payment . By the instructions of Mr . Moxey , John Y'illigan , and Alexander M'Pherson , ciimiii » l officers , proceeded to the house of the party whose name bad been forged , and who is a legal practitioner in tlie New Town , and , after some inuuiry , took into custody the female servant , whom they suspected of the forgery . In the course of the evening they also apprehended the party who uttered the document , and another person who , it is believed received the forged document from the servant girl . When on her way to the police office the female
prisoner attempted to destroy two other orders upon the same bank , ono or both of which are alleged to be forgeries . The accused parties were brought before the police judge on Saturday last , on n l etition at the instance of Mr . Moxey . and were remitted for examination to the sheriff . Milligan and M'Pherson having learned that valuable articles of dress had disappeared somo weeks a
— Calendonian Mercury . A Cbntenarias at Osjiorne . —A correspondent at Cowcs writes thus on the 18 thinst .: — "It having reached the car of royalty that an aged woman , named Read , residing in Cowes , would complete her hundredth year on the 21 st instant , and that she had lost none of her faculties , her Majesty caused a carriage to be sent to convey the old lad y to Osborne , whither she went , wondering hut rejoicinw . After an interview with tho Queen , Prince Albeit , the Duchess of Kent , and the royal children , she was sent home , loaded with gifts , and with a wellgrounded persuasion that her few remaining days will bo cheered with plenty . — Daily News . Lancashire . —BrjRtfLARt at Bwkeustaffe . —On
tho night of tho 14 th inst ., between eight and nine o ' clock , five or more men , amed vrith pistols , entered the house of Mr . Stockley , wheelwright and farmer , near this town , and demanded money . At the time of their entry four men were in the house , and one of them endeavoured to make a show of resistance . For this purpose he endeavoured to take a gun from the chimney-piece , when one of the villains seized the gun and broke it over his head . It appears that whilst the thieves were engaged in ransacking the house for money , three other men in the service of Miv Stockley came in , and an attack was made on the burglars . Tour shots were fired , two of which took clfcct on the wall without
injuring any person . The burglars made a strict search for money , but were only able to find 4 s . Qd ,, with which they decamped . They also toak ' two double barrelled guns , one of them marked with the name of" Barnes , " and the other with " Green . " The pistols which the fellows discharged , were , ds appeared from subsequent examination , loaded with slugs . Kent . —Damxo Rorrkrv . —A daring robbery was committed in tlie village of Aylesford on Sunday night , or rather early on Monday morning , in the honso of Mr . B . O . Golding , surgeon . The night
was extremely stormy . Abput three o ' clock Mv . Golding was awoke by some noise below , and was preparing to examine the cause , but hearing nothing more he attributed tho noise to tho violence ofthe wind . On his servant going down in the morning , however , he found that an entrance had beci eft'ooted at tho back ofthe house , and that the lower rooms hail been completely ransacked . The thieves appear to have laid their plans very cunningly , looking the door at tlie bottom of tho staircase , thus securing themselves from attack , and . unlocking the
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yard door , orcr which they had climbed to get in , so as to make good their retreat . A candle had been lit and they had evidently been carousing making tree with the spirits and wine , carrying off with them half a dozen of the latter . A fierce dog chained up close to the door had been drugged by the rascals to render him harmless . They broke open two inner doors , several cupboards , a work box , desk , and cash box , the latter fortunately
containing only papers , and carried off two great coats , a shooting jacket , two valuable cases of surgical instruments , some table cloths , two or three stiver articles ( tho plate basket having prudently been put out of the way ) and some steel knives and forks . The property stolen is worth altogether about £ 25 . Suspicion attaches to certain parties , for whom a sharp look out will be kept , and a reward of do k offered for the conviction of the thieves .
Portlasd Breakwater . — We learn from the Western Flying Post that the works at Portland were last week proceeding with considerable activity . The storms of last week , however , wpre not to be restrained hy tho trifling resistance offered by the works but just commenced , the whole of which were swept clean away , and on Tuesday a systematic commencement of the national breakwater works , with permanent materials , by the convicts , took place . The whole of tho convicts were mustered to see its commencement , Captain Whitty , the governor of the prisoner , and Mr . Coode . the eng ineer of the breakwater works , accompanied the first waggon to the water ' s edge . 800 convicts will
be immediately employed thereon , and kept constantly at work , so that the laying ofthe last stone , as well as the first , may now be anticipated . Fleetwood a Port , —By a Treasury minutfl recently issued , Fleetwood will become , after the 6 th of January , next an independent port . Ifcbolongsat present to the port of Preston . State of tiik Hull Docks . —Tbe late easterly winds liave brought up large quantities of shipping , including some from India , bound to the continent , but unable to reach their ports on account of ice . Tho same winds having operated against the departure of vessels , our docks are now-inconveniently crowded , and the blue flag , signifying that the docks are full , has been flying some days .
Charge of Manslaughter against a Dispensary Midwife . —Hannah Cushforth , one of Hie Midwives of the Sheffield public dispensary , who was committed to York for . manslaughter , in causing the death of the infant of Harriet Mappin , through improper treatment during the confinement of its mother , was last week discharged from custody after an incarceration of five months , there being no evidence that the infant was born alive . The Britannia-Bridge , —The operation of raising the second monster tube , of 1 , 800 tons , to its intended elevation of 100 feet above sea-mark , was commenced b y the engineers on Tuesday , fourteen days only having elapsed since the day on which it
was successfully floated . The action of tho hydraulic presses was found to be most perfect and precise , and tho stupendous mass was worked steadily six feet upwards . SmvwRECK . —Falmouth , Dec . 15 . —On Friday , at noon , an account was received here of another shipwreck having occurred in this neighbourhood . Tho brig Venus , of and from Guernsey , of 123 tons , John Blactor , master , in ballast , bound to Newport , to load for Ilavannah , on the 14 th inst ., at two a . m ., got on tho Manacle Rocks . Immediately danger was apprehended , the master , whoso " watch " was below , was called up , when he ordered the helm to be put hard up , and the brig wore round .
Ho then took the wheel , when she struck forwards and then aft . Through the concussion the master was thrown over the ship ' s side , and only escaped destruction by catching hold of the gunwale , out his leg was badly hurt . After striking tho second time , way being kept on the vessel , and both pumps going , eighteen inches of water in her indicated that she was settling down . The boat was got ready , and at four a . m ., the master and crew got into it ; ten minutes had scarcely expired before she foundered . She had very recently had a considerable sum expended on a total refit . The pilot cutter Nicholas Jenking met with the unfortunate people at sea at day-break , not knowing whereabouts to steer for or make a land fall , and brought them in here .
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IIi'Soamas Rfeuckes . —The Minbnrgl Evening Courant says that the subscription in Edinburgh in behalf of tho party of the Hungarian refugees ( thirty-seven in number , ) who have lately been resident in Leith , was closed on Friday week , and the result , though not equal to the sanguine expee . tations of some of its promoters , will , wo believe , with tho sums raised in Leith and Glasgow , and the funds otherwise obtained , provide a free passage for the party to New York , and leave a surplus in their hands of about £ 150 . The Hungarians left Leith on Saturday morning last , en route to Glasgow by the Caledonian Railway , the Directors of that line having , In the most liberal manner .
agreed to convey them to that city free of charge Tho Momvtstuart Elphinstone , with a number of the Hungarian refugees on board , left Glasgow harbour on Monday afternoon , at one o ' clock . There was a largo concourse of spectators present who warmly expressed their sympathy with the exiles as the ve . ' sel ^ o fc under weigh . Thf . Dolw ' s Brae Affair . —A meeting , convened by placard , was to have been held on the Hth mst . in the Lyceum Rooms , Nelson-street , Glasgow , for the purpose of denouncing the massacre at Dolly's Brae , and calling upon tho government to take measures for bringing the guilty parties to punishment ; but one ofthe superintendents of police being apprehensive that the holding ofthe meeting mighMead to a disturbance , interfered to prevent it , and the committee abandoned their design ,
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Protectionist Meeting in Cork . —The first of the series of protection meetings was held at Cork on Friday , the Ea .-l of Bandon presiding . It wasan exclusively landlord meeting . Lord Bernard , Mr . Charles Beamish , Mr . Cole , and Colonel Chatterton , the new-elected peotectionist member , being the principal speakers . Ail advocated tte necessity of re-establishing protective duties on foreign produce , and joined in attributing all the calamities of the country to the disastrous introduction of the free trade policy . There is , indeed , one great evil which admit
they must havo had some other cause , and that it is the potato blight ; but this misfortune has become a matter of onl y secondary consideration with the Irish protectionists . Resolutions setting forth the evils of free tratie were adopted , and it was agreid , a county association should be formed . Tenant Farmers Asti-Rknt Movement — The Kilkenny Journal of this day contains an ample repoit of a meeting of tenant farmers , backed by the presence of several Roman Catholic priests held at Windgap , in that county on Sunday last , and at which speeches were delivered indicative of averv marked determination to carry out the views of the speakers , and to extend the organisation bv everv wiiiii
means . tneir power . Should the oriels , as is probable withdraw their patronage from , the two rival agitations m the metropolis , and throw all their influence into this peasant movement , it needs no gift of foresight to predict the consequences . Amon « the resolutions agreed to at the meetine refuiwd iri ° the most remarkable arc as follow : _ " ' " That the high rental of this country , founded upon war prices , and hitherto maintained by protective duties and unnatural competition for land , arising from the extinction of all other means of subsistence , is now , with protection abolished and the capital ot the farmer exhausted by a series of adverse seasons , excessive and intolerable ; and , if upheld must speedily eventuate in the ruin of uronrin ^ , „ , i
occupier , by the discouragement of employment and the consequent unpomishment of the soil , the entire ot which will be absorbed in the maintenance of the 3 » P °° ' ltav 5 nS n 0 lhiug t 0 k * tord or " 'IWore , that a valuation of the land , suited to the altered circumstances ofthe country , i . measure equally beneficial to landlord and farmer ; andSrt we regard the blind , reckless competition for land htttarto prorata * in this countrv , as disastrous to he mterests o all classes , and affording £ lTlt text tor upholding ruinously exorbitant rents . " P inatitisof vital importance to the over-taved rate-payers , landlords , and tenants , to coWato forthwith , m providing reproductive employment for he labouring classes j and thus relieve thenwSeaS the growing weight of taxation , which h ™™ i ^ -
, rn istone round their necks , paralysing tha snirit « f fiKssdiriS ^^ pju sstaS ^" cupiers of the soil should not be eSd fmm f , ° * holdings , save only for non-payment ofnT ; ^ equitable rent ; and in the evontnf « , l a fair and tucy should be ' auttorffiSefe interest to the highest bidder Lclri ^ fi PanCy aml of all just arrears out of the ^ HX * payment proprietors . " purchase money to the prmiofe thJSSj ^ flaxTltu ^ to in the county of Cork , last week £ heW Mallow > <> f influence were m ^ ntandTtJV ^ § ent ) eraen om . thp nWn „> „ f ? i .. > anct * weal SOC elv t „ „ '
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e xtensive employment that the po » r will be able to ° btain a livelihood , and not be forced to seek a refuge in the poor house to keep them fronrstarvation . " That , though the cultivation of flax is certain of being productive of much good , the manufacture of it in a country where it is grown would be far greater , as it would give the farmer a certain market at home for the article , and induce him to sow a much larger quantity , besides the vast employment it would give to our idle poor ; we therefore earnestly entreat Mr . Dargan , who is so well acquainted with the north , to set the bright example of using his influence to establish the first mill or manufactoiy in this part of Irer land , feeling convinced that , if he will be kind enough to make the exertion , that success must follow , thereby raising a monument to himself of more real value than the wealth of the Treasury could accomplish" _
. , ,,,, The Report of me Grasd Lodge . —The Fermanagh Reporter-Orange authority , for it has made no formal recantation of a change in principleslectures its quondam friends in very pretty set terms , and gives them to understand that their ' grand report , so far front bettering their position , leaves them but small grounds for their claim to unconditional and exrfusive loyalty . "What , ' asks the Orange censor , " has become ofthe pure uriminj ; ied loyalty to which we thought the Orangemacis oath bound him , when the body show so little respect to her Majesty ' s representative , the Vice-King of Ireland ? And , what of Lord Roden ' s civility to a Government bv which he is paid a pension , and his
relatives provided for ? Lord Roden is a good man , and an honourable gentleman , but wo Urnk that most people in the receipt of a pension , and having their relatives in government situations , would not raise a row about a barren honour . It is a good doctrine to be governed by him who governs the purse —be obedient or quit " the service . Expediency required that the Orangemen should be encouraged against the Confederates last year ; and the same expediency rendered it necessary to discountenance armed processions this vcar . The government acted on the same principle in both cases , and the Orangemen who availed themselves of it then ought not to have objected now . Of this the Orangemen are now
aware , that neither the government nor lhe landlords cue an old wife's curse about them , except when expediency requires , and that they may keep their lovalty to warm their hearts . " " Portarlington EsTATKS .-The Mercantile Advertiser gives the following particulars relative to fhe largest property that has yet been brought under the Incumbered Estates Commission : — "The annual rental of the Portarlington estates in Ireland is £ 32 , 0 i 0 , consisting chiefly of well-circumstanced head-rents ; and so valuable is the property , that tho amount received within one year , 1847 , after the terrible failure of the potato , was nearly £ 29 , 000 . The incumbrances upon the estates amount on the
aggregate to £ 617 , 000 , besidesabout £ 3 , 000 ayear charged as irredeemable life annuities . Some years before the death of the late earl , the sum of £ 344 , 000 had been raised by ' contributions , ' which , with a previous mortgage of long standing , £ 56 , 000 , which now stands as the prior' incumbrance , amounted to £ 400 , 000 . There were subsequent mortgages to the amount of £ 130 , 000 , judgment debts , £ 60 , 000 , and . * ome charges under the will ofthe late earl , making in tho entire £ 617 . 000—the amount of the incumbrances at tbe period of his decease . The present
Earl of Portarlington , with a view of liquidating the incumbrances arising from the ' contributions , ' under which trustees had been appointed , raised a large sum from the Law Lite Insurance Company , who in this way have become creditors , and thct company has , besides , a secondary security for those advances on the English estates of the present Earl , There has been a protracted suit in the English Court of Chaccny , between Colonel Damev and the Earl of Portarlington , under which a receiver lias been appointed ; and the case has also been in the Irish Court of Chancery ; hut if an absolute order should
be pronounced by the commissioners , it would practically operate as an estoppel to the suits in Chancery . " A Gow Example . —The Northern Standard gives the folliwing account of the way in which the Maxwell property , in the county of Armagh , is managed : — " That portion of this extensive property situated in the county of Armagh , under the superintendence and management of George Henry , Esq , of Tassagh , is at present undergoing most important permanent improvements . The representatives of Dr . Maxwell are , through Mr . Henry , allowing the tenants sixpence per perch for sinking the drains and filling them in again , and also giving them any quantity of lime they require at half-price . The whole range of that extensive property , even in those dwk December days , presents the appearance of the industry and diligence of a hee-hive .
The Registebies . —In the year IS 35 there were 2 , 300 voters in the Queen ' s County ; at present there are 247 . Nor do we believe the Queen ' s County to be a solitary instance of such a decrease in the number of electors . There has also been a ereat falling offinlvildare , and we daily see complaints in our contemporaries ofthe prevalence of such self-disfranchisement . —Leinster Express . The Lixkn Trade . —Last week the home demand for yarns was not brisk . At present prices there is still left a fair profit for the manufacturers . Linens have been bought a shade lower , especially the liner sorts , for which the demand is limited . The demand is now for heavy linens ' suitabie for the home market . The export of yarns is improving . During last week it amounted to 84 bales ; linen , 363 boxes , 19 bales , 2 trusses ; muslin , 9 boxes ; thread , 6 boxes . —Belfast News .
Provision Prospects . —The police have been for some time engaged in making out returns of the quantity of land under corn crop the past season ; also the amount of stock . They find the stock of cattle much diminished , even since last year . — Limerick Express , Awful Loss op Life in tub Kilrush Union . —On Wednesday evening last , a large numb r of persons , most of whom were paupers who had been seeking out door relief , were drowned while crossing the
ferry on their return to Moyarta . Captain Kennedy , accompanied by Doctor O'Donnell , proceeded immediately to the scene of the tragedy , bringing with them such restoratives as are generally used in recovering the drowned ; but none ofthe bodies were washed on shore that night . Those gentlemen remained out all night , and the scene next morning ( Thursday ) was most distressing . No less than thirty-three dead bodies were washed ashore at the northern side of the ferry . They were removed to an adjacent field , and the coroner arrivinoattev
soon irom Kilhec , an inquest was held on their wretched remains . It appeared upon the inquiry that no less than forty-three or forty-five persons ( for they could not tell the exact number ) were allowed to crowd into a crazy and rotten boat , which had beed plying on tins ferry for the last forty years . The boat moved on as far as the middle of the ferry , 2 ? ?) , o e \' , u - r her stern ' and fiH « l t e '«* once , the wmd blowing strong from the south-east utffi f , ? e i * f " pset instaf , ti i' . "l « er miserable 3 ?« f T mmerSed in the merciless waters , winle four who were eventually saved ) clung to her until a boat came to their assistance . The verdicfj hi US' V ^ 7 aS ™ alin 8 UCn <^<* but imputing gross nealect . and attnehincr ^ c . i
„„ ™ Jil p nm ° f tve boat f , * Premitting such a number of persons into so frail a craft . With the exception of four , the victims were paupers who had frequently come into the town in vain to seek out . door relief , and were returning that sad evening t ^ . wfhed hovels in the parishes 0 fMoya g ra ? SKfiM ^ T ^^& FftSSsKaSS
extending into the spot cal ed the ' TW WmT the road to Kilkee « n . wu » I « rrYard'by western partsioi & JiSJ ^ Pf ^ try from the memorial thetrShSS « v I made it ?' om timei » - unfortnnate e eaSs forcT ( f &* * * * Stated the as it grew dark , and 2 atf « 7 , lnt 0 the boat they were rCcklesof their 5 ™ * a ? P ear tt 8 5 f wwUdthmn a u ^^ gtft " '' Hea ^ which they probablv wn , i , i e ? th tIla « starvation , few days mo & ifi ? c ? m U i > P eri * ed in a Kilrush , seaking relief an , iT » n ma , tlraes to groups around fhfworkS , ! re CTO T in squalid The doomed beings we e S fnM ye oi ^™ nity .
i KiirurmusO a ll ^ t f ^^& £ e sad intrini , together ^ . itl , tw y reean 8 uurin & Catholic clergy T ^ J ^^ fi ° the Roman « " « . those of many 521 fr ^ J 8 erable live 3 ' Parish priest Rov . T KriiV S " sdencD of the beset by » aoh foriom and ditirT ^*' every da - rrt a ^^™ Shou ? S- ^ ii ^^^ K sw ^^ ASfflSiSf n ^ «^ iTr ^ T . ^ »« tt' « hody ofthe building w afnlmn 1 ( ; lllation ' » . The ftenj Kttou * few SrSS ^ ally des erted , and
7 fie platform . Hr fl « tf m the 6 alIeries ° r 2 > air . Mr . John O'CoiJS ? % »? 1 . T . C . wasin n egotiations for a " 2 . 1 ' i efoi ™ g to the tecent f Wfied . that the eoS £ f ^ alei , a ' " Mhefelt wthfuuy diMh ^ eTH * , * association had fc ^ couT £ l St toni . e Pe ° Pleoflre-J <« e negotiations . M ^ e iife * tefeteace t 0 ^^^ ¦ sa ^ & sg j
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 22, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22121849/page/6/
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