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      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . Febrtjary 24 , 1840 ^ ¦ ———~~™—™* " * " ***" ^ ^ " ^ ^^ ' ~ I 11 T' ij I Tohn 48 . South had been onffaffod from thi + im tv .

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      Bisins a 5 td Deaths rs LoxiHHf . —Bv the returns of the registrar-general , for tho week ! ending Fob . 17 , it appears that the numbers were : births , 1 , 497 ; deaths , 1 , 225 . The present return is of an unfavorable character . It shows that 1 , 225 deaths were registered in the week , while the average is 1 , 169 . The increase is still the effect of epidemics , to which 333 deaths are ascribed , or 112 more than have occurred on the average at this season . Amongst these scarlatina and hooping cough ( which have doubled the weekly mortality from these causes of previous years ) , diarrhoea and cholera are observed to predominate . The mortality from cholera and typhus was last week the same , namely 49 deaths—the latter disease having declined to near the average . A considerable dc cl-case continues to

      be observed of deaths from consumption ; they were 124 , or 24 less than the average . Inflammation of the lungs is also less than the " average , while bron-• cbitis is considerably above it , though the two diseases usually rise and fall together . From bronchitis the deaths were 103 , the average being 73 ; from pneumonia there were 9-3 , though 103 is the average . Some of the above facts have probably an intimate connexion with the unusual state of the atmosphere . The reading of the barometer was -everv dav above -30 in . Of mean daily readings , the highest ( which was on Sunday ) was 30 C 95 ; the mean of the week was 30 492 . At 9 h . p . m . on Sunday , the reading was 30 715 , which continued till Monday at 2 h . a . m . The hig hest temperature ¦ was 51 8 , bn Thursday ; the mean cf the week was 40 7 .

      The ulte Robber * at St . Paxcbas Wohkhocse . —At the parish vestry , held on Wednesday week , the chairman , Francis Healey , Esq ., related all the circumstances which had come to the knowledge of the Board of Directors , founded upon the evidence thev had obtained , and the rigid investigation they had , with the aid of Mr . Inspector M'Culloch and Mr . Lockcrby , of the detective force , pursued in the matter . ' This statement , like thc evidence alreadv given , tends to show that the thief not only

      well understood the premises , but also all the business transactions ofthe hoard . In addition to the £ 20 in gold abstracted , there had also heen taken three deposit receipts of the London and Wcstmin-Stsr " ank for the sum of £ 1 , 000 each . The chairman Stated , that the board had felt it their duty to suspend tbe vestry clerk for One week , and had given him six weeks to make up all his accounts . The directors have offered a reward of £ 50 for such information as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of the offender or offenders .

      Lvqcests . —The Fire is White-Street , Southttakk . —On Monday before Mr . Payne , at the Constitution , "White-street , Southwark , respecting the fire which occurred upon the premises of Mr . Gregory , in the same street . After several witnesses had been examined , the jury returned the following verdict : — " That there was not sufBcient evidence to prove how the fire originated . " Death from Fire . —On Monday , before Mr . . Baker , at the London Hospital , on the body of Sophia Petet , who was burned to death under the

      following circumstances : —The deceased was the widow of a labourer , and the mother of three children , and she obtained a livelihood by washing . On Tuesday week last the deceased was standing near thc fire , when her clothes ignited , and she ¦ was immediately enveloped in flames . " Several persons went to her assistance , but before the fire WAS extinguished her body was burnt hi a most dreadful manner . She was removed to the hospital , where she died on the following Friday . Verdict— "Accidental death . "

      Death from Starvation . —On Monday before Mr . -Carter , at the Weymouth Arms , Newington , on the body of Mary Ann Ward , aged five weeks . —Mary Ward statedthat the deceased was her daughter . Witness her husband , and deceased , occupied a . small room . Her husband was a travelling tinker . Witness very seldom had any money from him , for he was a man of drunken habits , and frequently illused her . The only means she had of getting a little food was by shirt making , for which she was paid three-halfpence each ; and all witness could earn , by working from eight in the morning until after midnight , was 43 d . Witness , since her confinement , had suffered great privation , and being unable to afford the deceased any nourishment from the breast it was brought up by

      hand . Witness , when first confined , received Is . GtL and a loaf from the parish , but , after that , the hoard of guardians refused assistance . The deceased was therefore placed under the care ofa female named Sarah Bellamy , who lived with them . Witness became very ill from want of food . On Saturday , the 10 th inst ., the deceased was entirely without food , hut on the two subsequent days she received a little , but at last became very weak , and on the next day expired . —Mr . W . Fairbrother , surgeon , stated that the body of the child was very much emaciated , which he attributed to a want of nutritious food . There was tubercular disease , which was very common with children brought up 1 jhand . —Verdict , " Death from tubercular disease arising from the want of proper nourishment . "

      Tuesday . —Death from Chloroform . —Before Mr . Bedford , at the Westminster Arms , Marketstreet , Westminster , on Samuel Bennett , a labourer , aged 30 , whose death was caused by chloroform while he was under a surgical operation . —Julia Dennett , widow of the'deceased , said that about six weeks ago her husband was employed at the Earl of Ellesmere ' s , Bridgcwatcr House , St . James ' s , when he received an injury ofthe right great toe , which confined him to his home . He was attended by Mr . IVith , one ofthe surgeons at the Westminster Dispensary , and on Friday night last , four small bones

      were removed from the toe . The following day some medical gentlemen came from the dispensary for thc purpose of removing thc toe . Previous to the operation they stated " that they would apply chloroform if her husband wished to avoid pain . They tried some chloroform , but which had no effect . One of the medical gentlemen then asked the deceased whether he would have the toe taken off without chloroform . When he observes ! that he was suffering great pain , and that he would submit to the ' opcration without chloroform . Some more chloroform was obtained . Witness was

      not in the room when the second application of the choloroform took place , In about two hours * time she was told that her husband was dead . One of the surgeons said it was a had job , hut that they had done then- best . —Mr . T . Cowing , landlord of the house where the deceased lived , stated that the deceased made no objection to the use of chloroform , and that by the direction of one ofthe surgeons he ( witness ) went to Mr . Hooper , chemist , Pall-mall East , and purchased an ounce of chloroform . It was applied with a handkerchief to the deceased ' s nostrils . The deceased got very restless , and required four persons to hold him . After the " strangling '' had ceased and the amputation was performed , deceased went off apparently

      senseless . The medical gentlemen immediately tried to restore decease to consciousness . They opened the window , inflated his lungs , threw cold water on Ms face , and poured some lirandy into his mouth , but be never recovered . — Coroner : Are you sure that the deceased was aware that they were going to apply chloroform ?—Witness : I am * quite sure 7 and that he made no objection . —By the Coroner : The operation was performed in about a minute and a quarter , when the deceased ceased to breathe . —The widow of the deceased stated that while the last witness was gone for some chloroform , her hnsbandexpressedhisobjeetiontohavc it applied . —Mr . W . Brown , assistant to Mr . Nunn , surgeon to the Dispensary , had no doubt that death arose from

      thc serion of choloform on ihe nervous system . Dr Aiiedge , Mr . Nunn , and Mr . Frith were present at the 2 *> st mortem examination . —Dr . Arlcdae stated that he observed the walls ofthe heart deficient in their muscular fibres . That would weaken the action of the heart , which , inconsequence , would be more likely to be influenced by the inhalation of choloform . The heart was not in that state that its condition could be observed during life . He was of opinion that every care had been used . Much larger doses of choloform had heen given to patients without injury . —Verdict , " That the deceased died from the effects of chloroform , properlv administered . "

      Early Closin g Movement ec the Citt . —On Saturday last , the majority of the most influential manufacturers in the City of London closed their several places of business at one o ' clock in the day , in pursuance of a resolution passed at a numerous meeting of merchants and others oa the 31 st of January last . The lame warehouses in Fridavstreet , Watling-street , " Cheapside , Aldcrmanburv , and other places in the city , were entirely shut up , as on Sundays . One important effect of this new system will ho that the carrying trade , which , in consequence of the Lite closing ofthe manufacturers , has hitherto been conducted after eleven o ' clock on Saturday nights , and during a portion cf Sunday , will now be completed at an early hour on Saturday afternoon .

      COMMITTAI , OF A POLICE CONSTABLE FOR FeIOXT . ^ -Nicholas Halliday , 109 , K , was finally examined at the Thames Police Office ; , on Mondav , * charged with stealing a £ 3 Bank of England note , number 00 , 609 . The note was posted in" a letter at the Stratford office on the 9 th ult ., but never reached its destination . It was traced by Peake , an officer attached to tne post-office , to the jossession of the prisoner . Who had given it to his landlady in payment of a w « Plden ? e > facing tl » progress of the note , but not showing bow it was abstracted from the pOSt ; Ofhce , was given , and the prisoner , who said he picked up the note in Hi gh-street , S tratford , was committed for tiial , with leave to put in two sureties of £ A 0 each .

      Impkovemexis rx the Citt . —On Monday , workmen commenced removing the buildings standin g between Budge-row and the old Chureh " -vard of St ! Zachary , for the purpose of forming the new line of streat from Walbrook to St . Paul' ? . The whole of the houses between Tnrnwheel-lane and Dow « ate bare been c jnipletcly razed . °

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      TO-VBRIDOE AV £ I XS . —FOBOBD BaXK »* J £ Sjj by the South Eastern Railway on £ TyjSi and inundated this town with forged Bank et ± m J ™ SISS ^ & T afterwards went round the town , and succeeded , chiefly with the butchers , in passing eight ± . 10 ana £ 5 notes . He did not return to his lodgings , which aroused suspicion . Inquiries were uistituted the following monung , when it was found that all the notes were forgeries , and that he had left the preceding evening . The £ 10 notes are dated London , 4 th ° of October , 1818 , So . V K 64 , 504 ; the £ 5 . Newcastle-upon-Tyne , 28 th of August , 1817 . The

      individual who passed them is a man about fortyfive , fair , dressed in black , and apparently afflicted with asthma , A person of this description passed forged notes ofthe same date , to a large amount , at Guildford , on Thursday week last . Peterborough . —The Murder of Majok Mahon . On Wednesday week List , the Peterborough constable , Taylor , succeeded in apprehending Thomas Brennan , described as of Carroward , in the county of Roscommon , labourer , at thc house of Mr . Spencer , called Woodcraft Castle , near Peterborough , he being charged with thc murder of Major Malum , in Ireland , on the 2 nd November , 1847 . Brennan is supposed to be the man who fired the fatal shot . A true bill Laving been found against him by the < rrand jury at the last Roscommon

      assizes , a bench warrant was issued for his . apprehension , and p laced in the hands of Taylor , who had received mformation he was somewhere in this neighbourhood . Taylor had been engaged for the last three weeks in devising means for apprehending thc prisoner , who had nearly escaped ; for , on searching the prisoner , a letter from his brother was found upon him , stating that his passage was paid to America by his sister , and that the vessel would sail in a few days for Liverpool . Taylor ultimately succeeded in finding him , in company with five other Irishmen , at Mr . Spencer ' s . He immediately went with two assistants well armed , and , after a struggle succeeded in capturing him . He then lodged liim safely in gaol at Peterborough , where he will remain until orders are received from L-elnnd

      £ 800 reward has been offered by the family of the major , and £ 203 by government , for the apprehension of Brennan and his accomplices . Duuham . —The Game Law Tragedy kear Ram Castle . —A short time since a murder was perpetrated on the game preserves of his Grace the Duke of Cleveland , adjacent to his princely scat , Baby Castle . One of his watchers , George May , after being missing more than three days , was discovered in a remote plantation a corpse , having been shot through the head . Last week three poachers , known by the names of John Nesham , Nicholas peverley , ' and George Smith , were apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in the assassination . Nothing being adduced against Smith , he was discharged . The other two were removed to separate Erisons , Bishop Auckland and Staindrop , for connenient . On Tuesday week a communication was

      made by Peverley , which led to the mimed late apprehension of another man , of the name of Christopher Simpson , also a poacher , living about two mdos from Bishop Auckland . Peverley complained of the injustice done him by his being imprisoned for an offence committed by another man . When questioned more particularly on the subject , he ( Peverley ) said Simpson , with the other prisoner , Neskam , and himself , were on the estate on the Sunday morning , the 21 st ult . They were shooting at a hare , when the deceased , May , made his appearance . Nesham turned away to make off , but he and Simpson remained , and the latter declared his intention to shoot May . He begged of liim not to do so . Simpson replied with an oath , " That he would fire at the , " and levelling his gun , took

      a deliberate aim at the unfortunate man and shot him dead , the poor fellow falling on his face . Xesham did not see the shot fired . He afterwards spoke to Simpson in thc plantation , and he advised their leaving by different roads , which they did . The prisoners underwent another examination at Bishop Auckland . Peverley persisted in the truth of his former statement , which was partly confirmed by the other prisoner , Nesham , who admitted he was in the plantation with them , and that he saw the deceased , as described by Peverly , but ran off , and saw nothing of him afterwards . After a great mass of evidence was adduced of a circumstantial and confirmatory character , the magistrates remanded the prisoners , but at the same time intimated their intention of ultimately sending the case for trial at the assizes .

      Gloucestershire . —Bank-note Forgeries . —Thc prisoners Stevenson and Emma Jackson , who had been remanded upon charges of being concerned in the Bank of England note" forgeries at Bristol , underwent final examination before the magistrates of that city , on Friday and Saturday last . In addition to the testimony previously adduced , evidence was called to show that Stevenson and Westwpod had been seen constantly in company of each other , not only at the Birmingham Arms ' Tavern , where they slept , but at different parts of the city . A witness also deposed to their having been together at a public house where Stevenson was very lavish of his cash , spending sovereigns freely and treating the persons present t

      Stevenson for trial , and determined upon sending Jackson to Walsall , where charge of uttering a " forgcd note can be substantiated against her . Forgery . —At thc policc r ofHce , Norwich , on Friday week , W . K . Warren , described as a farmer , was charged with having forged and counterfeited the acceptance of Edward Wigg to a bill of exchange , with the intention of defrauding Messrs . Cozens and Son , corn merchants . —Mr . Cozens deposed that the prisoner had dealt with him since June last , and on the 24 th of November he was indebted to him and his son to a considerable amount . Thc prisoner then paid him on account a bill , dated at two months , for £ 25 , drawn by him on Edward Wigg ,

      merchant , of Norwich , and having the name " Edward Wigg , " to . an acceptance thereof , payable to Messrs . Harveys and Hudson . He ( the prosecutor ) produced that bill , He endorsed it and paid it away , but it was returned dishonoured . —Mr . E . Wigg said that he had kept the King ' s Head Inn , in St . Giles ' -street , for the last ten or twelve months , and he contracted for the mail carts . He had purchased corn from the prisoner , which had been delivered to him from the Messrs . Cozen and Hon , 1 'he signature " Edward Wigg" to the acceptance was not his handwriting . He never drew a bill of that sort for the prisoner , as he always paid him in cash . — The prisoner declined to gay anything in reply to the charge , and was committed for trial .

      Norfolk . —The Assassinations at Staxfield Hall . —The late housekeeper of the accused murderer Rush , who is known as the widow James , but whose real name is Emily Sandford , a single woman , was on Thursday night week confined of a female child in Wymondham Bridewell , where she has been kept since the committal of Rush , to ensure her attendance at the trial . In the event of her recovery Bush's trial will in all probability take place at the latter end of next month at the ensuing assizes . Rush occasions considerable uneasiness amongst the authorities at Norwich Castle by his restless conduct and the singular requests ho is constantly making . He has instructed a solicitor to retain " a leading counsel ofthe Norfolk circuit to

      assist him in points of law that may arise in the course of his trial , but it is understood that he has been unable to obtain one on the conditions imposed , Bush intending to conduct his own case throughout the trial , which , on account of the number oi witnesses , is likely to extend over two or three days . The prosecution will he conducted by Mr . Serjeant Byles and Mr . Prcndergast . Mrs . Jenny has not yet recovered from her wounds . It has been found that portions of the elbow bone were shot away . SCRBET . CUAROE AGAINST A SOLICITOR AT Epsom . —Saturday last was appointed for the reexamination atEpsom of Mr . Robert Henry Bartlett , on a charge of having criminally assaulted Maria O'Grady , a young woman , aged fifteen and a half

      years , who formerly filled the situation of a companion to the wife of the accused . The first witness was Mary Ann Norris , a servant , who resided at Mr . Bartlctt ' s at the time referred to by Miss O'Grady . She remembered , on the Thursday night that lady inquired of her what had become of the key of her room-door . She could not find it . Saw Miss O'Grady next morning as soon as she was dressed , and she said nothing particular to her that day . By permission of Mr . Bartlett , another young woman , named Emily Hewett , a servant out of place , had slept with witness on the previous night . —Cross-examined by -Mr . Borthwick : " When I made Mr . Bartlett ' s bed , on the Friday morning , I observed that the under-sheet had been partly washed . I washed it a < rain because it had been

      imperfectly done . I do not think Miss O'Grady s bed was slept in at all that night . "—By Mr . Owen : " I was asked by Mi * . Bartlett to wash the sheet I have spoken of . I heard no noise whatever during Thursday nitrht . I did not advise Maria 0 ' Grady to tell her mother of any circumstance . She never named anything to me . The reason frr my leaving Mrs . Bartlctt ' s service was ' , that it was her wish that I should do so . She gave me a month's notice some time before she left for Fareham . When doing so , she told me it was Mr . Bartlctt's wish to

      have two new servaiits in the house together . I have never seen Mr . Bartlett since I left his service until now . —Emily Clara Howott , who slept with the last witness , dep osed to hearing her speak of Miss O'Grady having missed the kev of her door . About two in the morning , her bedfellow awoke her , and said she had heard a noise , and on looking over the banisters , saw Mr . Bartlett in his nightshirt , . with a glass of spirits and water , in his hand crosssmg the passage below . In the morning , mi : Bartlett called for four or five pigs of hot water , iind when Miss 0 'Grady came down , she ex-

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      pressed some wonder what he could want so much water for . Norris replied , '' You must know best , " and Miss O'Grady made no reply . She went up with Norris to make the beds . She could not tell if two persons had slept in her master's bed , as it was a mattress ; but the sheet was dimp where it had been washed . Mr . Borthwick admitted Miss O'Grady ' s statement had been shaken by the two witnesses ; but prayed time to obtain further evidence , Mr . Owen begged to lay before thc bench a letter which Mr . Bartlett had received from the Mayor of Liverpool , in reference to the prosecutrix . The foUowing is a copy of thc letter : — " Liverpool , February 15 , 184 D . —Sir : My attention having been called to a paragraph in tho London Time *

      of Monday , relating to yourself and Miss O'Grady , I deem it my duty to address you on the subject . You are a perfect stranger to me , and I can know nothing of what may have taken place between you and Miss O'Grady , and I deem it a duty incumbent on mc to inform you , th . 1 t all which Miss 0 'Grady is said to have stated as having taken place between the Mayor of Liverpool and herself is entirely untrue . There are other important points connected with Miss O'Grady's visit to Liverpool , which , if you think it worth while to inquire into to promote the ends of justice , I will afford every facility and information respecting her during her stay here . — I have the honour to be , & c , J . Bramley Moohk , Mayor . "—After a short consultation , the bench

      decided on remanding thc accused . Epsom , Wednesday . — Mr . R . II . Bartlett was brought up for re-examination before the bench this morning . The inquiry lasted nearly eight hours . The prosecutrix stated , that she was taEen partly by force into the bedroom of the accused , and partly induced to go there by promises that ho would not repeat thc offence , and that while he had anything she should not want . The two women examined on Saturday were re-examined , and both of them contradicted thc evidence given on that day in one point—viz ., Emily Hewitt ' s having slept at Mr . Bartlctt ' s on the night thc offence was alleged to have been committed . The evidence was also contradictory in two or three minor points . The

      evidence for the defence was then gone into . Mr . Bartlett said , Maria O'Grady was staying at the union . Her mother stated to mc that she was in great distress , and on my mentioning that fact to my wife , she proposed that the prosecutrix should come to our house and stay for a short time . The girl then came to my house to reside , and stayed with us about three or four days , during which time I obtained the situation for her at Mr . Qadcs ' . She then went to Mr . Oadcs' from my house , and after being there a short time Mi -. Oades came to me on a Sunday morning , and said that , from her general conduct , he wished to get rid of her . I consulted my wife , and she desired that the girl might return again to our house , until we could

      procure a situation for her . On the following day Tuesday my wife went to London , and in the middle of that day , between the hours of twelve and two , I first had connexion . with her . At that time there were two servants in the house . The door of my dining-room where this took place , was open—the door of the kitchen was open , and the servants were in that kitchen . During the whole time she spoke in a whisper that the servants might not hear . The accused then continued to assert that she came voluntary to his bedroom on the night of the alleged offence , and was a consenting party ; that she shortly afterwards went

      to Liverpool , having previously gone to consult Mr . Legge on ihe subject . On her return sllO stated that Mr . Leggc said he thought it was the best thing she could do . My wife and myself both offered to take her to her mother , but the said if wc sent her there she would run away from her . My wife also wrote to her mother a week , or nearly as long , before we sent her to Liverpool , stating that she was going there . On hearing from Maria 0 * Grady , whilst at Liverpool , that she could not find her relations there , I wrote to some gentlemen whom I knew , desiring them to see what she was about . A few davs after that I

      met Mr . Owen m London , and he informed me that Mrs . 0 'Grady had been to his office , and had expressed regret that we had sent her daughter to Liverpool . I then consented , by Mr . Owen ' s advice , to pay her expenses back to London , and I wrote to Messrs . llarnden and Co ., the gentlemen I have before alluded to , requesting them to pay her expenses back to London , and to ' send her to her mother . Soon after the return of thc prosecutrix from Liverpool I was informed by Mr . Owen that he had received an application from Mr . Holmes to know if he would accept service ofa writ against me for the seduction of Miss O'Grady . By Mr . Owen ' s advice I subsequently called on Mr . Holmes with Mr . Owen , and it was then suggested

      —I think I should previously say that , then , feeling that I had been guilty of a great indiscretion , and being anxious to keep thc knowlenge of the matter from my wife , I suggested , in thc presence of Mr . Owen and Mr . Holmes , that if any small pecuniary consideration would satisfy the parties , I would leave it to Mr . "JIolmes and Mi' . Owen to say what I ought to do , and at Mr . Holmes' suggestion I left the room , that Mr . Owen and Mr . Holmes might talk the matter over privately . This negotiation lasted for nearly a fortnight . In the mean time Mr . Holmes gave Mr . Owen notice that an application would be made here for a warrant against mo on a charge of rape . The negotiation went on until tlie 11 th of the same month , and in tho meantime Mr . Holmes , having , as he stated , consulted ih : Peter Borthwick , demanded of mo £ 700 to compromise

      this charge of rape . Mr . Owen attended twice for me before thc magistrates here to meet the charge , according to their notice , and mentioned the subject to the bench on both occasions . From the beginning to the end of this affair I have suffered under great hardship , and have been treated in a most cruel and overbearing manner . There are four or five gentlemen sitting at that table ( here Mr . Bartlett pointed to Mr . P . Borthwick , Mr . Holmes , and Mr . Bickley ) , who , with the two women , have been guilty of a conspiracy to extort from mc the sum of £ 700 , and I will indict every one of them at the next session ofthe Central Criminal Court . One of tlie gentlemen was convicted of a conspiracy oiily a few days ago . After the examination of Mrs . Gratton , the matron of the Epsom union-house , the bench decided on remanding the accused back to Horscmonsrer-lane Gaol .

      Serious Accident with the Electric Light . — A gentleman , near Waltham Abbey , experimenting with the electric li g ht , a few days ago , having an incised wound on his left-hand , touched the conductor , a copper wire , and shortly afterwards experienced an irritation , which immediately spread in inflammation to the arm . The arm became immensely swollen , and large tumours appeared all over the body and limbs . Eminent surgeons from London have been in attendance ; some of the tumours were opened , and every means resorted to for the purpose of checking the poison , but without avail . The unfortunate patient ' lies without the least hope of recovery .

      Wales . —Emigration to California . —Tue Latter-day Saixts . —On Tuesday last Swansea was quite enlivened in consequence of the arrival of several waggons loaded with luggage , attended by some scores of the " bold peasantry" of Carmarthenshire , and almost an equal number of tho inhabitants of Merthyr , and thc surrounding districts , together with their families . Tho formidable party were nearly all " Latter-day Saints , " and came to this town for the purpose of proceeding to Liverpool in the Troubadour steamer , where a ship is in readiness to transport them next week to the glittering regions of California . This goodly company is under the command of a popular " saint , known as Captain Dan Jones , a hardy traveller and

      a brother of thc well-known John Jones , Llangollen , the able disputant on the subject of" Baptism . " He arrived in the town on Tuesday evening , and seems to enjoy the respect and confidence of his faithful band . Amongst the group were many substantial farmers from the neighbourhoods of Brcchfa and Llanhydder , Carmarthenshire ; and although they were well to do , they disposed of their possessions , to get to California , their New Jerusalem as they deem it , where their fanaticism teaches them to believe they will escape from thc general destruction -and conflagration that is shortly to envelop this earth . It is thou- intention , wc arc informed , not to visit thc gold regions , but the agricultural districts , where they intend , they say , by helping one another , to reside in peace and harmony , and to exemplify the truth of " brotherly love , " not in name , but in practice .

      Amongst the number who camo hero were several aged men , varying from seventy to ninety years ot age , and " whose hoary locks" not only proclaim their "lengthened years , " but render it very improbable they will live to see America : yet so deluded arc the poor and simple Saints , that they believe that every-one amongst them , however infirm and old they may be , will as surely land in California safely , as they started from Wales . Their faith is most extraordinary . On Wednesday morning after being addressed by their loader , all repaired on board in admirable order , and with extraordinary' resignation . Their departure was witnessed by hundreds of spectators , and whilst the steamer gaily passed down tlie river , the Saints commenced singing a favourite hymn . Oiieiitcring the piers , however , they abruptly stopped singing , and lustily responded to the cheering with which they were greeted by the inhabitants .

      Lichfield , Monday . — South Staffordshire Election . —The election of a member to represent this division ofthe county of Stafford in Parliament , in the room of Lord Ingestrc , took place to-day . Lord Lcwishamwas the only candidate . A host of the noble lord ' s friends were present . Ho other candidate being proposed , Lord Lewisham was declared duly elected . Hampshire , — Timber Stealing in the New Forest . —On Saturday last , at the Queen ' s House , Lyndhurst , before Captain Compton ; Josiah and George Cull , father and son , remanded from the previous Wednesday , were charged with stealing a beech tree from the New Forest , thc property of

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      her Maiestv . The prisoners were both committed for trial . Mr . Pocock applied that thc prisoners might be admitted to bail . The evidence was very slight , and the prisoners were then admitted to bail themselves in £ 4 . 0 each , and two sureties m £ 20 C < Kent — Poisoning with Sweetmeats . —A case has just occurred at Tenterden where the life of a fine toy , four years of age , was sacrificed by partaking of part of one of the green ornaments used to decorate a Christmas cake . Violent sickness came on short ly after the ornament was eaten , and the lad , after lingering a few days , died from its effects . ... „„ :... „

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      Attempted Mcrder and Robrery .-OiiWednesday night week , about twelve o clock , an attempt was made to assassinate a young . man a cabinet maker , residing in Glasgow , named Robert Gaidnoi , near Barshaw , on the Glasgow and Paisley road . Ho was returning from Paisley , and when about half a mile bevond Barshaw was surprised by a man jumping over ' the hedge and rushing at him . Ho nastily called out " Who is there V but the villain immediately closed with him , and stabbed him with a knife . He prevented him from repeating the thrust by seizing his wrist , and a deadly struggle ensued , in which Gardner received two or three

      wounds in the neck and head , but ultimately succeeded in wrenching thc knife from the hand of his assailant , and plunging it into his abdomen . Hearin g a whistle , and conjecturing that some of the villain ' s accomplices must be at hand , Gardner made off as fast as he could , and returned to Paisley , where he proceeded immediately to the police office , and gave information of the assault . Officers were / immediately despatched to the spot where tho attack occurred , and found the ground saturated with blood , but found no appearance of the defeated assassin ; and it is supposed that his accomplices must have carried him off . Nothing farther has at present been discovered , but no efforts are being spared to discover the authors of this daring assault . Discovery of Hidden Treasure near Brechin . — A few davs ago , one ofthe farm servants on the Mains , whilst engaged at work on the hill of Edzcll ,

      turned up ajar of coarse earthenware , which , on examination , ' was found to be filled with coins , amounting in number to seven hundred . They are all composed of copper , with the exception of nearly a dozen , which are of silver , and about the size of a modern sixpence—the coppers are placks or bodies . The thistle is distinctly impressed on each , and the dates range from 1540 to 1572 . Prom the vicinity ofthe Castle of Edzcll ( a stronghold ofthe Lindesays ) , to thc situation of the pose , and the latest date borne by the coins , it seems not improbable that they had been secreted by some ofthe members or retainers of the family , immediately after tho engagements known as the " Bouvdsof Brechin , " fought between the Regent ' s party , headed by Gordon of Auchindown and the families of Ogilvy , Gray , Lyon , and Lindesay , in bohalf of the unfortunate Mary , in which affray the latter were routed .

      SIXTY-FIYE LIVES LOST IS A THEATRE AT GLASGOW . Glasgow , Sunday . —Wc lament to announce one of the most appalling events which ever took place in the West of Scotland , and which occurred in thc Theatre Royal , Dunlop-street , last night . About eight o ' clock , while the company was concluding tho first act ofthe drama ofthe Surrender of Calais , the alarm of fire was given from the upper gallery ; and it turned out in reality that a lighted paper ( believed to have been thrown down by a person after igniting his pipe ) had come in contact with an escape of gas , and produced a small flame ; but so insignificant that it was extinguished by a person in the vicinity . At first there was a slight commotion visible throughout tho house , and those in the boxes , pit , and lower gallery kept their seats . Many in the gallery did not know , apparently , whether to treat the alarm of the fire as a real or false one .

      Several jiersons from the stage and other parts of the house camo forward and shouted , at the top of their voices , — " Keep your seats , —there is no danger ; " and a round or two of cheering was given . But in the midst of this a frantic panic arose , and there was a general and wild rush from the upper gallery towards the stair which lead to tlie street , where unfortunately they were brought to a halt by some of them stumbling at the first landing above the flight of stairs from tlie street door . They crushed upon each other so rapidly that they soon formed a compact mass , and all ch . ince of escape was gone . Those behind , unaware of the nature of this obstruction , and hearing the shrieks from below , pressed on more furiously than ever , only of course to augment the catastrophe . Independently of the pressure the staircase soon became a second Black Hole of Calcutta ,. from the 'intensity of the heat and the want of fresh air . The weaker wore

      trampled down by others , who were only to bo trampled down in turn by the fresh and furious in the rear . The noise of the stifled cries and groans , and of tho struggle for bare life which came from this horrid staircase ; was most agonising ; and even those who could not reach it , but were compelled to remain in thc spacious gallery , whereby their lives were saved , set up dreadful yells . This shocking scene lasted for several minutes , and many gentlemen in other parts of the house made generous and noble efforts to reach the spot ; but they were unsuccessful , for the lower staircase was jam ' bed by the dead and the dying , and the entrance to the upper gallery was crowded by the frantic crowd . The fire brigade was early on the spot , but , being

      informed that the accident had been slight , and the flames extinguished , they quietly returned with their butts and engines , quite unaware that such an awful tragedy was acting near them . They were soon recalled , however , and some time again elapsed , in the confusion , before it could bo decided where an entrance was to be effected . A kind of wooden partition , which separated a part of the lower gallery from the stair above it , was hewn down by hatchets , and a frightful scene presented itself . A mass of bodies were found closely packed together , with the damp sweat of death on many a face . With difficulty some of these bodies were dragged through thc hole , and carried along the lower sallery to the

      apartments behind thc scenes , with which there is a communication . At the same time workmen- procured ladders , and mounted to the window with which the stair is lighted from the lane ; but , unfortunately , this was protected or shut in by strong iron stanclieons , and those had to bo torn away by crowbars , which smashed away the solid stonework in which the stancheons rested . When once opened tho air was admitted , but the _ aperture was too small to allow of any of the bodies being removed by it . A third mode of relief was by driving down a kind of bulkhead , which joins the main stairs , leading respectively to the street from the upper and lower galleries . For some time those taken out exhibited only a few bruises , and wore laid down , and some of them walked out ; but it soon became evident that much more serious sufferins ; had occurred ,

      for the staircase had been utterly choked up , and many bodies were taken out quite dead ; and before the place was cleared , the Gnrrick Hotel opposite , and eevry available room in the large theatre , were covered with the dead or the dying . Many of the sufferers had been severely bruised ; but , from the appearance of the bodies , ' it was apparent that death , in almost every case , had boon caused by suffocation . Accommodation for thc dead having boon procured at the Clyde-street Hospital , tlie task of removing them soon commenced . There being upwards of sixty dead , this work was accomplished , first by means of omnibuses , and afterwards by hearses , the extent of the calamity not permitting tlie bodies to be covered or coffined . Tlie dead almost all belong to tlie working classes , and , from appearances , few of them had received any external injuries . In the struggle many of them had lost ' then- shoes and stockings , and all of them their caps .

      In the course of Sunday , all tho bodies at the hospital—viz ., sixty-one in number , wore recognised . There are in all sixty-five persons deao , three of whom either expired on the way , or immediately after being taken to the infirmary on Saturday evening . A " female who was injured and conveyed to the town ' s hospital on Saturday night , died on Sunday , making the total as above . They were all recognised by their friends . List of Persons Killed and Injured . — . Catherine Haniiigan , aged 1 G , Clyde-street , Catherine Buike , 20 , Castle-street , Blind Asylum . John Emerson , 15 , George-street , Mile-end . Peter Ferguson , 13 , Muse-lane . John Ilannan , 20 , Broadstreet , Mile-end . Matthew Maitland , 10 ; 1 ,

      Oxfordlane . John Forbes , 16 , St . Enoch ' s Wind . John M'Aulley , 12 ; 27 , Clyde-street , Port Dundas . David Cameron , 18 ; 31 , Bell-street , Calton . Charles Templeton , Wallace-street , Tradeston . Arthur Mullin , Warwick-street . Edward O'Neil , 14 , Bridgo « ato ' Malcolm Russell , 12 ; 1 , Oxford-lane , RobertTforrest , 21 , Garscubc-lane . John Anderson , 15 ; 70 , Cowcaddcn-strcct . John Brodie , 10 ; 133 , Hew Vonncl . John Bruce , 17 ; 73 , Nelson-street . Patrick Mullen , 10 ; 34 Dale-street , Tradeston . A female child , 4 . Thomas Bradv , 16 , Cowcaddens ' Alexander Kirkwood , ' 17 , Scotland-street . John M'Aulley , 17 , Bishop-street , Port Dundas . Lindsay Tonnach , 17 , Jforth Portland-street . James

      Jainicson , 13 ; 10 , St . Enoch-square . Robert Galloway , 15 ; 15 , Nicholson-street . William Lee 14 ; 31 , Nelson-street . James Steven , II ; 07 , Stewartstreet , Cowcaddens . James M'Lachlan , 15 lo Catherine-street , Anderston . Elizabeth il'Fhc ' vson , lb , Parhamontary-road . Andrew Fleming 17 , 40 StrlWi ^ pnjlf ^ lO . ' 100 , Stoberossw ' R ° ' fcCl f ^ lC ; 7 i Clyde-street , An-Sfrn T « Ch w ' . 3 d > Scotland-street . Robert Rough IS , FinillOSton-Square . Alexander M'Adum , 15 ; 70 StocluvelUtreet . John Caulder , 1-, d Saracen-lane . Charles Milarkcv , 12 , Now Veiuiol . Andrew Donachy , 42 , East Clyde-street Alexander M'Q . uigan , 12 Vv , ' Gallowgate 0 hn Cunnu . gham ,: i 7 , Clyde-strQct , Robert May , 15 ;

      c .: j „«^_ ct ^ nnt . Lindsav . 1 C : 15 Sidney-street . John Lindsay , 1 C ; 48 , South Co burg-street , Laurieston . William Dawson , 32 , Prince s s-street . Angus M'Lean , 10 ; 10 , Nicholsonstreet . Henry M'Ewan , 14 ; 48 , Portland-street . James Kean , 16 ; 119 , -Main-street . William Paterson . 17 i 01 , Dale-street , Tradeston Archibald Doyle , 47 ; 05 , Main-street , Gorbals . David M'Analtv , 22 , Sweet's-court , Great Hamiltonstreet . ' Duncan Clarke , 18 ; 148 , High-street . James Stewart , 12 , Stewart-street , Cowcaddens . John Watson , 14 , Crown-point , Mile-end . Frederick Fraser , 12 ; 21 , St . Enoch Wynd . James M'Cowan , 16 ; 48 , Portugal-street . Mary Donacjiic , 17 , East Clyde-street . Thomas Lindsay , 18 ; 25 , Main-street , Anderston . James Wilson , 15 ; 30 ,

      Rose-street , Gorbals . — Mitchell , King-street , Glasgow . James M'Donald , 17 ; 72 , Bridgegate . — [ All claimed . ] Died in or on the way to the Royal Infirmary . - —Robert M'Ewan ,. Alexander Morrison , Name unknown ; a young man . —[ All claimed . ] Persons taken to the Infirmary alive : —Hugh M'Cready , William Kemp ; Alexander Strutt , Jaines Gilchrist , James Getting , John M'Lachlan , William Tait , James Hammond , Robert Montgomery , — Livingston , — M' Galium . Of these eleven persons , eight were found te be little injured , and loft , leaving three in the Infirmary . —James Smart , Superintendent of Police . Monday . —Sheriff Alison commenced an investigation this morning ; the theatre has been inspected ,

      the staircases measured , and several witnesses examined . In Scotland these inquiries are made in private ; but public Opinion will demand that in this case the result shall be given to tlie world . Many of the sufferers were buried to-day . The funerals were on a humble scale , and almost all of them were conducted at theexpense of thc relations . One poor woman named Clark had three sons among the dead , aged respectively 16 , 17 , and 18 . It has been announced that the theatre will open in a few days with two benefits for the relations of the sufferers . The following is the manager ' s statement : — " The theatre was lighted at the usual time by the servants of tho house , without tho slightest indication to anything being wrong until the end of the first act of the play , when it was observed that a man in the second gallery had lighted a paper for the purpose of smoking his p ipe—notwithstanding

      the stringent prohibition against such practices in the daily bills—and which paper he threw at his feet , near to a portion of the lining of the gallery , where a small gas pipe communicates with the globe liffht . The alarm of ' Fire' caused a rush to the staircase , although only a few minutes had elapsed before one of the carpenters of the theatre came from a private door and instantly extinguished it . Mr . Alexander went on the stage and begged ofthe audience to retain their seats , as there did not exist the slightest danger . No one , either in boxes , pit , or lower gallery , was in any way injured . Doors were thrown open at each end of both sallcries , communicating with private stone stairs , by which the audience could have made their escape , even had there been cause for the great alarm . So much had tranquillity been restored , that preparation was made for proceeding with the performance , while Mr . Alexander went himself to the front to

      ascertain if all was safe , without the least suspicion of tho melancholy scene on the staircase . He made his way in by . the gallery door leading from the lane , and found the people , although within afew steps from the street , so crushed together that , notwithstanding every effort , he could not make his way until he rushed to the private door , followed by Messrs . Younjje , Langley , < fcc , and stage carpenters of the establishment , by whose joint efforts upwards of fifty individuals , in the utmost state of exhaustion , wore rescued from their fearful situation . Notice of fire having reached thc police-office , the fire-men were speedily on the spot , broke in the windows , and entered over the heads of the sufferers , who became frantic , dashed forward , and trampled one on

      another , and those on the lower part of the stair . It is supposed that 300 people were on the stairs at the time . Thc gas-pipes through the house are of the best description , those in tlie audicrtce part of the house being ofthe strongest malleable iron , furnished by Mr . Andrew Iiddell , and the whole constantly under the surveillance of an experienced gasfitter . It is only two weeks since the p ipes leading to thc globes we re examined by a workman in the employment ofthe old gas compaii ]' , and who is regularly retained for that purpose . Tho sufferers were with all possible speed removed to tho dressing-rooms , green-room , « fcc , ofthe theatre , and to the houses opposite to the theatre , where : every effort , dictated by surgical skill , was made to relieve the distress . "

      Thc following narrative is from a gentleman who was present , and exerted himself to rescue tho sufferers : — " As I was present during the whole of the awful panic which terminated so fatally at the Theatre-Royal , Dunlop-strcet , on Saturday evening , a short narrative of what came under my own observation may bo interesting . The piece was thc Surrender of Calais . The precise time I did not think of noticing , but thc first act had just closed . Almost at that " instant when the ' curtain had descended a" horrid outcry was raised in the upper g allery . As that part of the audience in this theatre is not usuall y remarkable for its quietness and order , I imagined that there was no cause , more than ordinary , for the disturbance . Soon , however , the fearful words , " Fire ! fire ! " were heard above the other noises . I then loaned forward from

      the box where I was sitting , but could not discover any appearance which could lead mo to believe that any portion of the woodwork of the gallery had become Ignited . Still the cry of " fire ! " grew louder and more in earnest ; and distinct cries for " water ! " were fiercely intermingled . There was now no possibility of mistaking , as the audience began to push away from the spot where the woodwork of the upper gallery had taken fire . During this Mv . Alexander came on the stage for an instant , seemingly to discover the cause ofthe alarm . He spoke some words , which were very indistinctly heard in any part of the theatre , aud from the noise " , I should say not at all in thc gallery . What he said was to the effect that there were men sent up to

      extinguish the firo . Just at this moment a young man , dressed in a blue jacket and fustian trousers , put one of his feet over the front of the gallery , using his heel as a hammer to force out the panncl , crying at the same time , "It is tho gas ! it is the gas ! " Then a very little smoke appeared over the front of the gallery , not more than if a person had boon smoking a pipe—then a slightly luminous glare , and then a few sparks . One or two persons , in their shirt sleeves , like carpenters , now appeared , and the boarding was wrenched from the inside of the breastwork of the gallery , and the fire was extinguished . While all this was taking place several people had found a way out of the gallery , and were seated in the upper boxes . All

      seemed restored to order . As it appeared from the boxes , the people had returned to a state of joy and happiness , and hundreds of voices cried out ' " " All ' s right . " Tho young man I have already mentioned lifting a pieeo of tlie wood over his head , gave the time for a hearty and joyous three cheers . The orchestra had commenced to play , and every thin «¦ looked like a continuance of the performance . Every face was beaming with smiles , when all at once I hoard a gentleman in the next box crv out , as if in mortal anguish , " There arc people ' being murdered on thc stairs . " I rushed out , and by a private staircase which leads to the office where the people pay for admission to the galleries I came in si ght of a scene of agony such as words are

      powerloss to describe . Though the simile may seem harsh , the people , young and old , were Iving wedged upon each other like herrings in a barrel . Upwards and downwards on the staircase was one continuous mass of human bodies dying and dead . Directions were instantly given to send for as manv snrgeons as could bo found * and cabs to remove the sufferers . At this time there was no want of air ; eveiy aperture that could admit fresh air had been thrown open , and all the nearest windows had been broken open . Fifteen minutes had not elapsed from the first outcry of " Fire . " At this time a number of firemen were in the theatre , but they seemed for a moment to be panic-struck . Those who know the theatre are , of course , aware that there is at this

      part of the staircase a low barrier about three feet in height . The firemen were requested to remove this obstruction and assist some of the people from the fatal crash , as there is a passage here out by the box lobbies . ' Immediatley throe were removed , one of whom moaned out , "Lot me die where I am . " He was laid down on the floor , as were tho two others removed at the same time . Only a moment was left to look at or assist them , and they were past tlie reach of all human aid . Seem 0-that it was in vain to think of removing more of the sufferers by . this way , as when one was taken ? . way the superincumbent persons only fell with increased weight on those beneath them , I left this place to find some people to go with mc to

      the private staircase which leads from the pit lobby up past the end of tlie stage , and on the stage end of the upper gallery I found Mr . M'Kay of the police , who gave me four of his men . Thev at oneo followed me to the top of the main stair ofthe gallery where the awful catastrophe was inst takin " place . Here I found Mr . and Mrs . Alexander together with Mr . F . Youngeand Mr . Langlev , members of the Dunlop-stroet company , and two other persons who had the appearance- of tradesmen , actively engaged in lifting those who could not help themselves . And , I may add , that those who escaped death were mainly saved by tho norsoni I ha vejust named ; Those who wore taken thus from the top of the mass were carefully removed to the various dressing-rooms , whore a vounsr medical

      gentleman whose name I do not know , administpicd all that he could to tho sufferers as Ion ? as lite remained . But the most of them who had received injuries died almost on the instant that they were lifted from the awful press of crushed human beings . By this time the stairs had been cleared ol the wounded , dead , and dvinsr . " Every place where bodies could be placed was immediately thrown open . Among these I may mention two houses immediately opposite to the ' theatre , when Dr . Lindsay , of StQckweli-sU'cet , with , bis assistant

      » » ni *» .. o had been engaged from the time that the first n son had been taken out of the staircase t •[ ' , only add , in conclusion , that every possible o » i . from the upper-gallery had been thrown onei ° | Mr . Alexander and his company , and had t y who were in the gallery taken advantage of ft * different exits , of which there are three , tl ? e "alii . could have been emptied without accident in ' thr minutes . Ce

      Sreiano.

      Sreiano .

      Dublin - , Saturday.—Trial Of Mr. Duffy ...

      Dublin - , Saturday . —Trial of Mr . Duffy . —ti proceedings of this day were commenced uv aU Attorney-General , who resumed the argument on the admissibility of the suppressed number of tlie Nation as evidence . Ultimately the judges reserved their decision on the point for the close of the case for the Crown , when the various documents are to be read and handed in as evidence . The cxamina .

      tion of witnesses for the Crown was then continued On the adjournment of thc Court this evening the jury were taken to the Shelburne Hotel , where thov ' will remain until tho business opens on Monday morning . One of the jury ( Mr . North ) is reported ill . Monday . —The case for thc Crown closed shortly after post hour on Saturday evening , but it bom ' then too late to enter upon the defence , at the yq . quest of Mr . Butt tho Court adjourned to this morning , when the learned gentleman will address the jurv on the part of the prisoner .

      Tlie following appears in Saunders' Xews Letter of Monday morning : — " Wc arc informed that Mi » North , one of the jury , is confined to his bed since Saturday evening . Sir Henry Marsh , Bart ., is in attendance on liim . The remainder of the jury were driven out to take the air in carriages yesterday , accompanied by police-constables . " Tuesday . —Notwithstanding the indisposition of one of the jurors ( Mr . North ) the trial was proceeded with at the opening of the Court this morning , when Mr . Butt proceeded to address the jury on the part of the prisoner . The speech of thc learned counsel , which occupied nearly seven hours in its delivery , was not wanting either in ability , eloquence ]! or zeal . At the end of one passage he was loudlv applauded , and amongst others by one of the

      jurors in the box ( Mr . Burke ) , who was called to order by Mr . Justice Ball . Mr . Butt's concluding allusion to the Marquis of Lansdowne's testimony that Mr . Duffy did not write the articles , caused much sensation . At six o ' clock tho court adjourned . Wednesday . —Tho defence closed yesterday evening . The Solicitor-General is to reply , on the part ofthe Crown , at the sitting of the Court this forenoon ; then Judge Ball is to charge the jury ; but it seems to be the general opinion that there will be no verdict . However , it is likely that all doubt upon this point will be set at rest before the adjournment of the court this evening . Mr . Meagher was brought into court and avowed himself the author of one of tho letters mentioned in the indictment . He was vehemently cheered by the audience in the gallery .

      Sales of Irish Estates . —The extensive estates ofthe Earl of Courtown , in the county of Kilkenny , containing upwards of nine thousand acres , are advertised to be sold , " in such lots as purchasers may desire . " Four lots ofthe Chandos estate , in the county of Westmeath , comprising more than four thousand acres , are also offered for sale . A sale of one hundred and seventy-five acres or an estate in a midland' county is also announced , with an intimation that " the proprietor is by no means influenced with immoderate expectations , but is ready to go with the temporary depression of the times . "

      Landlords and Tenants . —The Tipperary Vindicator states that Lord Portarlington has arranged with the trustees of his estates to give ninety-nine years' leases to enterprising tenants , as a means of encouraging employment , and the investment of capital on the improvement of the land . In various quarters—even in some parts of Hlster— -landlords are reducing their rents , in consequence of the pressure of distress , and the low price of agricultural produce . Mr . Eugene O'Reilly , the young gentleman who figured rather prominently in the councils of the late Irish Confederation , has entered the service of His Majesty the King of Sardinia as a lieutenant of Lancers , with pay at the rate of ISO fr . a month . The Papal Fund . —Thc poverty-stricken people ofthe diocese of Meath have , through Bishop Cantwell ' s exertions , subscribed £ 1 , 000 in aid of the Irish fund for the support of Ms Holiness Tope Tins the Ninth .

      Repayment of Treasury Advances . —In reply to a memorial from the county of Galway , on the subject of the repayment of loans obtained under the Labour-Rato Act , the Lords of tho Treasury have made a concession , by giving the fullest latitude to thc law as it at present stands . Land Improvement and Employment . —In some districts of the county of Carlow the landed proprietors arc working with energy to extend employment , and thus lighten poor rates . The Burriii drainage works are to be renewed with great activity . The Earl of Besborough , Captain Bunbury , M . P ., Messrs . Clayton , Brown , llochfort , and other

      proprietors , have considerable numbers employed , and many able-bodied labourers are thus taken off tho relief lists . Several of tho farmers , also , are giving increased employment . Bankrupt Unions . — The vice-guardians of the Galway union have , it is stated , intimated to the government that their resources arc entirely exhausted , and that if some funds are not supplied , they must shut the doors ofthe workhouse . There arc 1 , 500 paupers in thc house , and 800 receiving out-door relief . Other unions in the south and weit arc making most pressing demands for relief . Foreign Imports . —Vessels are still constants

      arriving with foreign grain at the various outpoi'K Fifteen vessels reached Limerick on Friday week with breadstuff's , making the number during the hut week twenty-three . Brutal Murder . —The Limerick Examiner says : — " Our Bruff correspondent informs us that on Punday night last a poor man named Hanly , who ivc-nt to steal turnips , was brutally murdered at Kilfrush , by two watchmen , who were in charge of thc property . Conciliation Hall . —T . M . Ray , in a letter io the Freeman ' s Journal , contradicts the reported sale of Conciliation Hall , but adds , that it " must soon pass away from thc people , unless funds be contributed to defray the rent and taxes . "

      High Treason 1 rials at Clonmel . —It has been arranged that the Attorney-General is to conduct the trials for high treason at the Clonmel assize ? , which arc to commence on the 10 th of March , hefore Judges Pen-in and Jackson . Twenty persons are to be tried for high treason . Amongst them are Mr . M . Leync , who had been arrested neat Thurles , in company with Messrs . Meagher ami O'Donohoo . Thirty other persons are ainonablo for this assize , charged with being implicated in th « second outbreak at Glenhower and tho police-barrack at the Slate-quarry .

      A Lunatic Murderer . —There are twenty-tonv murderers for trial at the March assizes . at present in Clonmel Gaol , and amongst them is one fellow who , it is believed , has had a hand in many i'J the murders which have from time to time disgraced the county of Tipperary . His name is Qiiinl . i « i nicknamed " The Cud , " * and stands charged wiii tho murder of throe bailiffs at Bansha . liud -p with the murder of Hennessy , at Dundrum , a fr « days after . The evidence in * both cases is snidw be conclusive ; but latterly he has put on the manner and language of a lunatic . The authorities have communicated with tho regiment to which ho to- '' longed , and have received information that he wa = discharged the service some time since for

      insanity-Opposition to tjie Xamoxai Hath in Aid . —IJ 11 ' feeling : of hostility to tho proposed rate in aid ^ thc relief of tho bankrupt western and southern unions is extending in Ulster . Mr . George Macartney , an extensive northern proprietor , has addressed a letter " to the ratepayers and landed i'K priotors of Ulster , " urging them to meet forthwith in their respective unions and counties , "tores ' by every legitimate means , tho imposition of so ur .-just a system of taxation . " There can be no don " that tlie appeal of Mr . Macartney will be promi't ' ' }' responded to . _ Manslaughter at a Marriage . —At a coroner s inquest , held on Tuesday week , at Whitcliouse , he tore J . K . Jackson , Esq ., coroner , and a jury , t ! - following painful occurrence was detailed : — - mx '

      ding between Cunningham Greg Hobinson ami M ' garet Lewis , took place on Monday week . Between six and seven o ' clock in the cvciuV a mimhei-1 ' 1 boys and girls assembled ' ( as had been the eiijto "' on similar occasions ) about the door whew t " ; newly-married couple and friends met to p . ' ? 5 tllL evening , and commenced checrinsr , throwing stone-. and kicking at the door . The bridegroom and . "' J two brothers feeling irritated at the conduct n tho party outside , sallied forth on several o ^ sums , and dispersed the crowd . Two shots n »} "? been fired outside thc door , and some ofthe wimw ' broken , Cunningham Greg Robinson took a bayo" ' from a chest in the house , and nt . tnmnted to get i "

      at thc front door , but was prevented by the p : " J inside , whereupon he rushed out of the ba <* w- ^ and , after being absent a few minutes , return ''» the front door , in company with his two to" 01 1 J with blood on his forehead , and tho bayonet sta deeply with blood , and stated , "ho had .-something to somebody that would keep huu > hia work for some days . " A few minutes <¦ ^ wards , William Lindsav came into tlie J ' " ^' ^ said that a . man had been found mur dered ; ; - ' ^ examination thc dead body of George ClI 1 """ r ltk was found with a wound on his person , P CIl 0 t l- „ cJ through the hip into the abdomen , which oce- * ,., almost instantaneous death . The jury i ° " Qrx verdict of manslaughter against Cuntiing ""'" ., ; , ; : Robinson , and'against Alexander Robin- *"" . | y ing and abetting therein . Thc coroner inraici ^ committed them to Carrickfergus . gao l , W ^ . i their trial at the ensuing assizer ^ ^ i ( —

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 24, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24021849/page/6/