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THE REPEAL VAGARIES . " A StW TACE OX AX OLD FBIEND . " ' - - In the . weekly Freeman's Journal we find the foliowing account of the recent " melting up" of the -old "heavy metal" of the Corn Exchange , and the ¦ shape in which it re-appears as a bran spanking new " •« "isting : "— " THE' 82 CLUB . " " . At a numerous meeting of gentlemen , held at 17 , Up . per Buckingham-street , Dublin , on the 2 nd of January , ISMS . * WaSam Smith ffBrim , Esq- X . P ., in the chair , it was moved by Henry Grattan , Esq ., M . P . ; seconded by Wm . 3 ryan , Esq .: That we whose names are hereunto -subscribed , do hereby constitute ourselves a club , to be calledi" The 182 Club . " That the object of the club is to rfecHitate the llepeal of the Union—to secure the establishment of tlic Legislative Independence of Ireland ; and as a means for die attainment of these ends , to encourage Irish manufactures , art and literature , and to diffuse ^ through soavty a national feeling .
f OXDAHESTAI , aCLES . Moved by Charles G . Dufiy , Esq . ; seconded by John Ilord Fitzgerald , Esq .: That the club shaU dine together on the aJim-. ij-sary ofthe Declaration of Legislative independence ia j , $ ¦> , and of such other great events in Irish hist « : y as shall be hereafter determined .- —Moved by John day . Esq . ; seconded by Thomas JlacNevin , Esq .: That ti-. c Charter Toast of the club he " The Legislative Independence of Ireland . "—Moved by Francis Comyn , Esq ., Ex-J . P . ; seconded by Richard O'Gorman , jun ., Esq .: That the club shall give an annual bilL—Moved by E . Mullen , Esq . ; seconded by Robert Ferguson , Esq .: That the dub uniform be a green body coat with velvet collar , white tJartXixangs , and gilt buttons , inscribed " 1 T 82 " in a wreath of Shamrocks , white tabinet vest , green pantaloons
tauformvnth coat ui winter , and tcirie duct in summer , patent leather boots , white kid gloves , and black satin cravat , subject to changes by the Conunitteee , ail of Ibish sukufactcbe . —Moved by Richard O'Gorman , Esq . ; seconded by John . DUlon , Esq ,: That aU the members shall be obliged to wear the club uniform at meetings whenever required to do so by the Committee . —Moved by James O'Hea , Esq . ; seconded by TVilliamMackey . Esq ..: That the Akkual Subscription be Owe Gcihea , payable in advance . —Moved by Thomas Davis , Esq . ; seconded by J . M , Loughnan , Esq / , That future members be elected at a General Meeting of the club , by ballo ^ on a notice signed by a proposer and seconder ; that this notice be sent to the secretaries three weeks at least before the day of ballot , and that the secretaries send the mines ofthe candidates to the members a
fortnight before the ballot . —Moved by WilsonGray , Esq , j seconded by Thomas Galwny , Esq .: That the business of the club be managed by the President , Vice-President , Secretaries , Treasurers , and a Committee of twenty-one , with power to increase their numbers during the present year to thirty-one ; the office-bearers being es-officio members of the Committee . —Moved by Edward Clements , Esq . ; seconded by Joseph Henry Dunne , jun ., Esq .: That the quorum of Committee be seven , and that the meetings of Committee be summoned by at least two of the secretaries , or die requisition of seven members of Committee . —Moved by Henry Grattan , Esq ., M . P . ; seconded by Francis Cornyn , Esq ., ex-J . P .: That in the ballot one black bean in seven shall exclude , and that at least twentyone members must vote to render such ballot valid . — The following Gentlemen were elected Officers and Committee for the year 1845 : —President , Daniel O'Connell , Esq ., M-P . —Vice Presidents , the Bight Hon . Lord French , "William Smith O'Brien , Esq ., M . P ., Henry Grattan , ' Esq .,
M . P ., EdmondB . Kodhe , E « q . M . P ., Cornelius M'loughlin , Esq ., T . C . —Committee , Hon . GeorgeHely Hutchinson , James KeUy , Esq ., M . P ., Bichard Albert Fitzgerald , Esq ., Sir Benjamin Morris , Mayor of Waterfowl , Maurice O'Connell , Esq ., M . P ., John Mitchell Esq ., Richard Dowden , Esq ., Mayor of Cork , Thomas Davis , Esq ., Harrister-mt-Law , Caleb Powell , Esq ., M . P ., Charles Gavin Dufijr , Esq ., T . C , William John Geary , Esq ., Mayor Of limerick , John Dillon , Esq ., Barrister-afcXaw , Nicholas Maher , Esq . , M . P ., Robert Cane , Esq ., Mayor of Kilkenny , Bobert Mullen , Esq ., Barrister-at-Law , Francis Comyn , Esq ., Kichard 6 'Gormon , Esq ., Sir Cohnan O'Loghlen , Bart , Vim . Campbell , Esq ., Mayor of Drogheda , John O'Connell . Esq ., M . P ., Charles Bianconi , Esq ., Mayor of Clonmel ;—Secretaries , John Gray , Esq ., T . C ., 17 , Upper Buckingham-street , Thomas MacXevin , Esq ., Barristerat-Law , 2 S , Summer-Hill , Matthew Moriarty , Esq ., Barrister-at-Law , 35 , Butland-street : —Treasurers , John Ferguson , Esq ., Solicitor , 98 , Lower Gardiner-street William Bryan , Esq ., Baheny-Lodge , Itaheny .
On this irisAmode of achieving " national independence" by means of an " annual dinner "! an " annual ball" ! " a green body coat with velvet collar , white skirt lining , gilt buttons , white tabinet VG 5 t , pantaloons , patent leather boots , white kid gloves ! and black satin cravat" ! the Dublin World justly remarks : — " vfeshould rejoice did some one of the initiated inform us whereabouts is to be found that " old curiosity shop , " that-theatrical repository of tarnished properties , out of which every now and then some "imp of malice" selects some battered and nondescript absurdity , and throws it in the way of our patriots , as an engine of incalculable power for the regeneration of our conntiy . Some months ago , this laughing spirit cast in the way of—it must have
been some denizen of Mary ' s Lane—a sign , of portentous power—a button ! who struck all of a heap with' the serene and melancholy splendour with which it shone out upon some ancient garment , like a solitary and impressive memorial of former gentility , pronounced at once that such a button so placed was the only fitting emblem of Ireland ' s memories and hopes , and was , in fact , the thing of all others , with which to work out her nationality . TVe have tried the button , since then , folly and carefully , according to the prescription . It has been worn on the right breast and on the left , with rosettes of " national green , " and without them . It has even been exhibited , as the medical people say , in the strongest form , Chinese fashion , on the hat ; nay , the gentle sex themselves , puzzled though they
were , Eke onr gracious Queen , when first she assumed the . regal garter , " where on earth to place it , '' found means , nevertheless , to bring the glimmer of the button to bear on the Saxons , in addition to the lightings of their own fer more effective artiUery . Yet what has been the result on the nationality of Ireland ? none that we have been able to detect yet ; in fact , no effect of any sort worth recording has followed , except , indeed , an unexpected one which we charge the chemists to inquire into , seeing that it raises a suspicion that there must exist some hidden sympath y between buttons and the "laughing gas , " for we never failed to observe that abroad grin overspread the countenance of every man on whom their influence was tested . This last effect was grievously disheartening , showing , as it did , no
indications of those recollections which were expected by the inventors . Perhaps the materials of which the buttons were composed destroyed the influence which the form was , in itself , well calculated to exert . The brass peeped out in time from beneath the gilding , like ugly motives now and then intruding themselves amidst the disinterested self-devotion of a patriot , and then , of course , they became shabby and suspicious . But now , ' whatever the cause may have been , that panacea has been laid aside ; and always excepting that " star of the brave , " that " radiant and adored deceit , " as Byron called the Legion of Honour , which still clings to the breast of Dr . Gray , not one Repeal button now twinkles on the cause of nationality . In fact , the truth is not to be disguised , that the public faith in buttons has declined , and the
-whole experiment has been a failure . For our own part , we had no belief in such trumperies—we may bepermitted to call them so now—from the beginning . We ventured to insinuate that there were other modes in which the claims of Ireland could be far more manfully asserted . We suggested that advantage should be taken ofthe prestige with which the monster assemblages of last year had invested her demands ; and that her advocates should be directed to bring them before the legislature at a period when time had not diminished the influence which these meetings most have exerted , and when her representatives might have cited-them as proofs that they had come there , prompted by the wishes of her people . Bnt our admonitions were disregarded , and we fear that never since the agitation commenced did apathy
and disappointment so completely beset our people . It is , therefore , with extreme regret that we perceive that another piece of ancient trumpery is about to be burnished up in . order to furnish-a pretext for another precisely similar experiment . Vie allude to a new club , which is to be formed under the name of the " eighty-two club /* concerning -which we are told by the Freeman"That the object of the Club is to Facilitate the Repeal ¦ f of the Union—to secure the Establishment ofthe Legis - " lative ; -independence of Ireland—and , as a means for - ' the attainment of these ends , to encourage Irish Manu-. " factures , Art , and literature , and to diffuse through " society a national feeling . " And all this it is to accom . plish—how do our readers conceive ? By assuming a "title hallowed b y / the most glorious associations ; " by
^ adopting as their charter toast , " The legislative independence of Ireland f and "as their costume , the national . green ; and by " promulgating as their profession of faith , " the declaration which we have above extracted . With great respect to the eighty-two Club , we must - . say ,- that there is no one association connected with vihat period which ought to convey one proud orpleasnr-» Ue sensation to the minds ofthe great mass of the Irish people . Thehistory of that ' ^ g lorious revolution '' is shortly told . - Is was the result of a combination of a few aristocratic femiKes belonging to the smallest section of the people , who . endeavoured to perpetuate to themselves a power -which was fast escapingfiim their grasp , and which 4 hey had « ver employed -to persecute and oppress the . vast majority—a combination of men , who , through the mouth ofthe " revered Chariemorit" himself , spurned the claims of the Roman Catholics with contempt : and who , having
made a revolution for their own benefit , laughed at the people who had sustained them in it These are the associations connected with " * S 2 " in the minds ofthe Soman Catholics of this country . This is an age of advancement ; and we think that those who take onthemselves the guidance of the people should look forward to a ¦ state of jthiags very different indeed from the recollection of bigotry , semi-barbarism and oppression , which are suggested by that epoch . We foresee very clearly the history ' wliich will yet be riven of this new bauble which has been adopted . The * fjf Club will wear the national green , and proclaim their faith , and drink their toast , untilevery man jinthe ' land shall have grown weary of their childishness , : and sbaH ' become mdifferent to their proceedings ; and j the Irish people win either abandon in despair the contest ' wMch mey have so longmnintainedwim'sncdi unparalleled dtrotion , orthey will scatter these follies to the winds , and choose other men to conduct it .
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l ^ ectiiio- this : .-same " mode . ' . of- " regenerating ? " j ^ Slreland /^^^^ apt lines : — . 0 . ' justice to Erin is quickly advancing , The heart of Tom Steele is as light as a feather ;' ' Repeal must be gained by the "feeds and the dancing—*' The " black satin cravat , " the boots—" patent leather . " Hurrah for the Club ! let the shout be uproarious ! Success must be sure when such leaders unite ; What force can resist men whose dress is so glorious , Whose breeches are green and whose waistcoats are white ? Repeal now is certain 1 ' twere treason to doubt it ; The ' 82 Club in resources so rich is : Its members have gone quite the right way about it , The Union is dished by the Emerald breeches !
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THE CONDITION OP ENGLAND QUESTION . TO THE ED 1 T 0 B . OP THE NOBTHEBN STAB . Sib , Itis now nearly twelve months since I addressed a letter to my fellow-workmen and the country at large , through the medium of your valuable journal , on the faUacy of an extension of Free Trade ; showing that such extension did not bring comfort to the homes of the artizan , mechanic , and labourer . As the meeting of Parliament is approaching , we shall no doubt have the mover and seconder ofthe address in reply to tho Royal speech , again lauding the prosperity of the country , and quoting the exports and imports as proof of such prosperity . Sir , I have been a close observer of passing events , at least in the unfortunate trade to which I belong ( namely , fustian-cutting ) , audi find since I last addressed you on
this subject , that the Fustian Cutters , with all the brisk trade we have had , are now in a worse condition ( if worse can be ) , than we were twelve months since . I still maintain , that it is becanse Capital is protected , and Labour , the poor man's only p roperty , is still left unprotected . I am not aware that the population of any other country ever presented such a subject for serious inquiry and reflection as that of England at the present moment . Ignorance and poverty , intelligence and comfort , have in all ages been so intimately connected as cause and effect , that I can scarcely bring myself to believe in the existence of the one , without thinking of the other as its natural consequence ; yet , in despite of such association , we find that the reverse is precisely the case with the Working
Classes of this country . They arc not only the most industrious and hard-working people on earth , but they are also the most intelligent and best informed , and what is most extraordinary , and apparently unaccountable , they are the most wretched and povertyr struck of human beings . Though they are well" informed , not only on almost all subjects immediately connected with their peculiar situation in life—though by their industry , aided by the inventions of genius , they produce more than any other people in the world , and ought in consequence also to enjoy more , yet the pages of almost every journal in the kingdom teem with accounts of deaths from starvation ; yes , even in the very journals which are chanting the revival and extension of trade .
This is a most anomalous situation for any people to be placed in , when it is viewed in conjunction with that , of the higher classes in the country—the money and landed aristocracy . They still sleep on beds of down ; they still live on the fat of the land ; they still reside in mansions , which rival in splendour and comfort the palaces of continental sovereigns ; they still sport their carriages , — while tho poor man has to toil sixteen or eighteen hours —and yet live in misery . . Nor is this all ; some of the mirest portion of God ' s creation—yes , sir , young women that cannot get a sufficiency by their employment are ekeing out a miserable and deplorable existence by prostitution . Is this not a state of things calling for Parliamentary inquiry ?
Such is the situation of a large portion of our manufacturing population . And it is one which demands the most serious inquiry and deliberation from every wellwisher of his country . The few possess everythingwealth , comfort , and legislative authority ; while the many can lay claim to nothing but unmatched physical power , and an extent of intelligence and information , which puts to the blush the attainments of most of their " superiors . " Both these they do possess—and possess in such abundance , that unless some decided improvement takes place in their ¦ condition —( of which God knows I see but little prospect)—a tremendous conflict must one day or other ensue between them and those whose proceedings have reduced them to such pitiable distress .
It would be the height of folly to believe for a moment , that a great body of men who are thoroughly aware of their rights , should be content to sit down day after day to a scanty meal of "hog ' s fare ; " while those who have no care but amusements , and no toil but that of " killing the dull hour of idleness , " are enjoying the sweets of the land ; and a stiU greater absurdity to imagine , intelligent as the people of this country are , that if the fatal hour ever arrived in which ' the two classes should be arrayed against each other , they would not ultimately prevail . Sod forbid that such a conflict should ever take place ; but looking at the present condition of the Working Classes , I put it to any reasonable man , whether it is not such as to afford strong grounds for alarm ? whether it can long remain as it now is ! and whether it would not be wise in those who possess the supreme power to prevent , by timely concession , the possibUity of such an occurrence !
Were the Working Classes of this country " a swinish multitude , " , alike ignorant of their rights and of then " pbwerto enforce them , there would be little danger in taxing , oppressing , over-working , and starving them to any extent which might appear desirable to those in power ; any resistance which they might make" would be speedily overcome , and terminate in their subjection to a more galling yoke and more oppressive burthens ; but , instead of this being the case , they have within them all the elements of power—undisputed physical force—and intelligence unparalleled in any age or country . . What , then , is the course which would be most prudent for an enlightened Government to pursue I Besistance ? Noit would only be the signal of anarchy and defeat , of horrors and abominations ; but that concession of equal
rights which justice demands , and that relief from . oppressive taxes and over-working , which have reduced the people of this country to such a state of degradation and misery . The Minister who has suificient boldness to do this , may " guide the storm" which impends ,. and direct "the whirlwinds" of popular . feeling . And never was it in the power of any Government to commence the great work of concession under more favourable circumstances than now exist . Let the Premier , then , pursue this plain and simple course , and he will have arranged under his banner the strength , talent , and industrious classes of the country . Concession , instead of weakening , will strengthen—and the loss of the affection ofthe privileged fewwill be amply compensated for by the favour , support , and approbation of | he many .
I shall conclude this letter by calling on my fellow workmen , and the ' . operatives of the United Kingdom , to step boldly forward In demanding that Labour shall bo protected , and in calling their attention to the correspondence betwixt Mr . Drury of Sheffield , and T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., in your paper of the 4 fh inst . That the Trades in every town , village , and hamlet may be prepared to join in unity in the forthcoming struggle , is 'tho sincere wish of yours , in the cause of justice against injustice , .. Lymm , Cheshire , Jan . 20 th , 1845 . W . D .
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Daring Burglary . —Cokflict with , and Capiubi op the Burglars . —On the night of Thursday a daring burglary was committed at Gerrard ' s-eross , Bucking hamshire , on the' premises of Mr . Thomas Yeowcll , the French Horn-inn . The . above premises have on two previous occasions been burglariously entered , the last time not three months since , by ( it is believed ) the same gang , of desperadoes who have had their rendezvous ; in the neighbourhood of "Oxbridge . On the last occasion the thieves effected an entry through the brick wall in front ofthe house , which is fourteen inches thick , and making an aperture eight inches in diameter , through which one of them entered and admitted his companions at the frontdoor . They then broke open the bar , wine cellar , < fcfc , and having
collected , whatever ; they could lay hands on , they sat down in the bar and drank wine and spirits and smoked cigars until they must have been tar advanced in . intoxication , when they quitted the premises ( it is supposed , about four o ' clock ) , carrying off with them two flitches of bacon , two cheeses , a timepiece , two pounds of cigars , three coats , three pairs of gaiters , a flannel waistcoat , and a variety of other articles , besides a bottle of brandy and a bottle of peppermint . The burglary was first discovered about five o ' clock on Friday morning , when information was immediately despatched to Mr . John Larkin , the superintendent ofthe Iver andBurnham police , who , taking with him George King , one of his officers , _ J ± . _ 1 J * TT 1 -J __ * . . } nt > ln ¦ w > nri * ri / t nnniAromnA *\ + SiaiTeu lor uuwuicu uoobwuw i
_ uxuriuge , auu un : « Serjeant Roadnight , T 11 , to whom the persons of the gang , whom it was anticipated would make for : Uxbridge , were known . The officers accordingly stationed themselves in the nei g hbourhood of Long Bridge , on Uxbridge Moor , which divides Middlesex from Buckinghamshire , and about nine o ' clock they observed three of the gang , naked Robert Ball , Sairiuel Townsend , and Robert Shoppee , coming over the bridge in a state of intoxication . On their coming np to where the officers were secreted , the latter rushed out , each seizing his man , when a most fearful conflict took place between them . The thieves
fought furiously , and , notwithstanding the police in return used their truncheons , the result was lor some time dubious ; but at that juncture Mr . Cane , a surgeon at Uxbridge , drove up in his gig , and having under the cushion a life-preserver he armed himscli with it , and the tide was turned in favour of the officers . The prisonerswere then secured andtaken to the station-house at Uxbridge , when , on searching them , there was found on Shoppee a pair of scissors , wliich had been stolen from the French Horn , and on Townsend an ornament which had been on the top of the timepiece stolen . Most of the property has been recovered . The gang are committed to Beaconsfield gaol .
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Z ApyKKHiitsioN ov-i ^ kslbyas PKriiCHER . ^ A : very singular ' circumstance occurred at'Wodtton-under- ^ Edge on Sunday , last . On returnirijg from " evening service Miss Hunt , the ; sister of Mr . Hunt ; the bookseller , discovered that the house had been broken ; into . during' the absence of the family , and that a cheque for money , a watch , and a number of other articles had been carried away \ ' She instantly sent for a person named James Hall , who was in her : brother ' s employment , and who had that afternoon been officiating as usual as a Wesleyari . local preacher , ; and on communicatirig to him , what had occurred , he ; went for a policeman , arid onreturnirig withhmi the prenaises were gone over with the view of ascertaimng . the manner in Which the house had . been entered . < Whilst they were so employed Mr . Hunt himself arrived . " and . < $ n beirietold what ' 'haft occurred . his
hi ^^ iriq . uiry was as to whether a savage little dog ; which he had left in the house had been killed in tho ; fray ; and on learning that it was' safe and well , he instantly concluded that the robbery had been accomplished by a person who was well' known to the dog . This aroused the suspicions ^ the policeman , and hecontrived to accompariy Hall to his . lodgings , and from one thing tonnother he felt hiniself justified m taking him into custody . On being searched the watch was found upon the person of the prisoner , as well as the cheque , and a handkerchief which helongedjto Mr . Hunt ; and the probability is , that he had the articles in his pockets at the time he was assisting the policeman . to inspect the premises . He has since made a confession , and all the stolen property has been recovered , some part of it having been found concealed in a hovel about half a mile distant from Woottonunder-Edge . The prisoner has been fully committed for trial .
An Old Trick . ^ —On Saturday afternoon a man of short stature , in a brown coat , called on a very poor woman , residing iri Swan-court , and asked her if she took in washing ; on her replying that she did , ho said he had half-a-dozen shirts which hewarited her to wash , and that lie supposed they Svonld come to balf-a-crown , but if not , that he would pay her that sum , and , putting a 5 s . piece into her hand , told her he would send them—that there were two of his own and four of Ms master's . The poor woman tlien gave him the change—a half-crown piece . ; On finding his scheme to answer thus far so well , the fellow . then asked her if she had not four of them already ? "On receiving an answerinthe negative , he falsely told
her that he had come froiri Oui-sitor-street ; to which the woman replied that she had had , nothing from any one of that address . The fellow responded , ' " Then there has been a mistake made , and they have been left with the wrong laundress .: 'Imust ; give you back again ' your half-crown ; " he then returned her a piece , which , very soon after his departure , the poor toiling washerwoman discovered was a counterfeit , and that a cruel trick had' been played upon her . The poor woman , with hopes almost forlorn , repaired to Cursitor-street in search ofthe fellow , where she related her story ; but where no one at all answering the description ofthe swindler is known , nor whence any clothes had been sent to ; the woman .
Fibes—On Tuesday night , between ten and eleven o'clock , a fire broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr . Farraday , a japanner , No . ' 33 , Brick-lane , Spitalfields . It originated in the workshops at the rear ofthe dwelling , a building composed ' chiefly of timber . The building was . nearly destroyed . Between twelve and one a second fire was discovered upon the premises of / Mr . Davis , a saddler , of 100 , High-street , Borough , by . a gentleman iri passing . An alarm was raised , arid Serjeant Cowlie , ofthe M division . of police , hastened to the spot , but the smoke was so dense the inmates were unable to descend the the stairs . The serjeant having obtained a ladder the inhabitants were enabled to escape through'one of the upper windows . One engine was found sufficient to subdue the flames . .- ¦ . ; ..
Alarming Fire . —On Tuesday morning , about halfpast five , a fire , at first of an alarming character , was discovered by one of the constables of tho E division of police , raging in the workshops at the back of Mr . Myers'musical instrument warehouse , 63 , Charlottestreet , Fitzroy-square . The constables ' alarmed the inmates , and as soon as they opened the passage doors the flames from the worhsnops rushed by the back windows into the first floor . The injury done is confined to the destruction ofthe workshops and their contents , and very great damage done to the furnitnre on the first floor .
A Fatal Duel . —A duel took place at Mentz on the 3 rd inst ., between M . Rupfcrberg , aged 21 , a clerk in tho commercial house at Manheini , but a native of Mentz , and a M . de Lavalette , a Prussian Dragoon officer , of a noble family , aged 24 , which terminated fatally for the latter ! The uuarrel arose frorii M . Lavalette laughing at M . iJupferberg slipping as he was squiring a young lady from the play , and it was decided with pistols . They fought at fifteen paces . M . de Lavalette fired the first , and wounded M .-Rupferberg in - the belly , who , infalling , fired , and struck M . de Lavalette on the artery of the neck . ( iThey were both taken irito the' town , M . Rupferberg grievously wounded , -and M . de Lavalette dead .
Two CnuncHEs Destroyed bt Fire . —Edinburgh , Sunday Evbnino . —An event , of : a inost ' , disastrous and truly , impressive character has occurred here this morning . .. The cathedral or . collegiate church of the Greyfriars , ; in connexion with the Scottish Established Church , a pile of great extent ; and peculiarly venerable . from its antiquity and . historical associations , has been almost totally j destroyed , by fire . It must be understood , that , as in many instances is the case in Scotland , the edifice comprised two churches . under , one roof , the > one , being separated from the other by _ a substantial wall ; of masonry . The eastern half , in which the Rev . Dr . Robert Lee officiated , was called the ; Old Greyfriars : the western , of wliich the Rev . Mr . Robertson was minister , the
New Greyfriars . The building , now in ruins , is finely situated to the south-west of the city , overlooked by the Castle , on its lofty rock , within ; less than half a mile , and the churchyard . adjoined the grounds of Heriot's Hospital . The eastern portion , in which the fire originated , is the more , ancient , bearing the date of 1613 ; the western half was erected a century later ; but the site of the former had been occupied by a monastic establishment for some centuries previous to the date mentioned . ¦ -, The fire was caused by the overheating of the flue of a stove in the southeastern portion of the building . All the seating , furniture , and books have been destroyed , including some highly-prized relics—a table once the" property of the Reformer , John Kriox , and one or two bibles of early , and rare editions . -.
Fire at Paisley . —A very distressing fire in a weaver's shop in Great Hamilton-street , Paisley , took place on Friday night . One of the weavers had just commenced a web of Mr . Morgan ' s , a two-vards wide shawl , with a double-nicked harness ; which was entirely new , and all the other utensils , of the best description s and in good condition .. ¦'¦ , While dressing his web , hisharness heirigheld . . forwardby-jtlierods , he turned to speak to a brother weaver who stood by the loorii-side , when the great ' weight- of the leads having shifted the rods ... arid brought the harness above the gas , the instant the' harness ,
web , heddles , box , carriage , & c ., ' were'in a . blaze . The firo had reached the joists of the . loft when the shopmates , to save the other looms as well as the tenement , knocked off the racks and brought the burning articles to the treddle-hole . ' Water was iristantlv dashed upon it , and . the . fire got under , . but'tho web and all the weaving materials are kmg a sad wreck . So intense was the heat that ; the leads were' melted into one piece . . Thus the weaver , after ariiorith ' s mounting and a great outlay , has in four or five minutes been deprived of his only means of supporting his family . —Renfrewshire Advertiser . V
Coroner ' s Inquest . —On Monday , Mr . W . Carter held an inquest at the Duke's , Head , Fore-street , Lambeth , on the body of Charles . Iriger , aged . 64 , a harness-maker , of 28 , Lower Fore-street , " , ' Lambeth , whose death occurred under the following distressing ; circumstances : —Thomas Masser . ai . police constable of the L division , said , that on Friday raorninglast , about two o ' clock , he was on duty near the deceased's house , wheii , he , h $ ard . a , great ; disturbance . VPpon going to the street door he could distinctly . hearsome Sers pns quarrelling within . . He kriocked , arid the oor was opened to him , when he , saw deceased , and a man named Thomas Couch , in the passage . . The wife of deceased was also preserit . ' Upon witness entering , the deceased Wished witness to take the
man into custody for being in his ' house .-He . also ; said that he had been along swith nis , wife sinccthe ; Thm-sdayjnorning , chinking . The deceased appeared ? somewhat excited iri consequence of the , base con-j duct of . nis wife . He attempted to get herjup stairs , but she resisted , and said she . ^ wouldj . go ^ wnerever ; . Couch went . Witness ' having been obstructed in the execution of his duty by Couch , 'he . threatened W take him into custody , when the wife replied , "If you do , you shall take hie also . " Upon deceased ' hearing that , he told witness , that he , was . quite ' broken-hearted at his wife ' s conduct . ^ Shortl y afterwards he staggered a little , arid then fell , backwards upon witness ' s knee , a corpse ., Medical aid was / sent for , and Mr . Waggstaff promptly : attended , ' arid : proj nounced life extinct . . Upori the wife-being informed ofthcfact , shcreplied , '' TharilcGod ;; fpr 1 t !' . ' The deceased was perfectly sober at the thno , but his wife
and the man Couch were both intoxicated . Ann Emily Inger , a daughter of the deceased , said , that her mother had six children , all of ; whom ^ ived with her . On Thursday morning , at about- eleven ' o ' clock , her mother went but , and she-had beeii drinking with Couch up to two o ' clock ' oh'Friday morning , when she returned home with him . At that time the deceased' was' ir i bed , and upon witf riess informing ¦ him who had accompanied her mother home , hebecame greatly excited , got up , dressed himself , and called for' thepolice to remove ' Couch ' . Nothing was done to cause her father ' s death / more than the misconduct of her mother m bringing the man Couch homO ; Her mother had been to various public-horises , drinking with * him , the ' previous dayi and witness liad- 'tried to persuade ' . Ker togo'hbmo ' but she would not : MivW . . 0 : T . Waggsfaffy surgeon ^ said he was called to attend deceased oil Friday morning . On arriving he found hini in the front
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room quite dead ; His' countenance was pallid and his lips livid . There was no doubt but that death arose from an affection of the heart , accelerated by considerable excitement of mind . Other evidence having been called , the jury returned the following verdict : —That the deceased died a natural death , ; accelerated by the base conduct of his wife . The widow was then called'in , and severely lectured by the coroner , who told her that she was morally re- * sponsible for her husband ' s death . The ^ urv and also himself were perfectly satisfied that his death was hastened by her unnatural conduct towards him ; and he ( the coroner ) was of . opinion that she waa not any longer worthy of being called by the name of woman : All means of support for herself and six children were lost through ner own misconduct ; and now she and her children would have to go into the workhouse , to be supported by the hard work of other and more deserving persons .
• Murderous Attempt . —Pwllheli was thrown into a state of much consternation and excitement , on Tuesday morning last , by the intelligence that a foul and deadly attempt had been made on the previous night , about eleven o ' clock ; on the person of Mr . Evan Williams , of Gelliwig , Leyn , while returning home in company with Mi's . Williams from this town . Having proceeded nearly as far as the Penrhos Church , on the new road , they found that they were followed by some person ; who , when he had approached them within a few yards , fired a gun , the ball from which entered Mr . Williams ' s back , and passed out through the lower part of the abdomen . The unfortunate man immediately fell to the ground ,
telling Mrs . Williams that he was a dying man , whilst she , almost frantic with horror , cried out "Murder , " and ran to the nearest farmhouse , and called Gegin Bach , informing the inmates of the catastrophe . The villain , in the meantime , had made his escape . The wounded sufferer was taken to the farmhouse , and medical aid obtained as quickly as possible . . Mr . Williams remains in a very weak state , but we are happy to state that favourable hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery . The cause of the villanous attack is wrapped in misteiy , and the . assassin has hitherto eluded every attempt at his apprehension . —Carnarvon Herald .
SunnEN Death . —On Tuesday night an inquest was held at the Friend in Hand Tavern , Elizabeth-street , Brompton , before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., on viewof the body of Colonel Charles Robert Kennett , aged 01 , who was found dead in his bed on Sunday morning . Mr . William Morrah , surgeon , of Sloane-street , deposed that he was intimately acquainted with the late gallant colonel , who had served under the Duke of Wellington in the poninsular campaigns . Witness had attended him professionally since the 10 th of last December ; liis complaint was disease of the heart . On Sundav mornins last , during divine
service , witness was called from church to attend at the residence of the deceased . Witness went immediately , and found the gallant officer in bed , quite dead : he must have been dead some hours . —By the Coroner : I am of opinion that the death of the deceased occurred from natural causes . When I first entered the deceased ' s room there was a phial and tumbler on liis dressing-table , the latter of which had contained the medicine I had prescribed for him . I have no reason to imagine that he died otherwise than by natural causes . —The evidence ofthe housekeeper having been heard , tho jury returned a verdict of—Died by the visitation of God .
Strange and Horrible . —Two brothers , residing in the commune of Prarizac , lately sold a pair of . fat bullocks to a butcher of Angouleme . It was agreed that they should , on an appointed day , proceed to the slaughter-house of Angouleme and receive the money . The money was duly paid , and the brothers set out to return home . When not far from their own house , a man , with a large hood over his face , suddenly , appeared on the road before them , and talcing aim with a fowling-piece at the foremost brother , shot him dead . He then fired at the second , and broke his arm , and otherwise wounded him . The latter had strength enough to tear open his brother ' s coat and take out the purse containing the money which they had received for their cattle ; with it he succeeded in reaching his house . The authorities are investigating the matter , but nothing has yet been discovered . —Galignani .
Death by Fire . —On Monday night , Mrs . Johnson , aged 76 ; wife of a retired calico printer residing at Wandsworth , was burnt to death by the accidental ignition of her clothes . - She was found dead in the passage of her house ; her clothes were almost wholly consumed , and all her hair was burnt off . Attempt to Murder a Priest in Corsica . —The Court of Assizes of Corsica was occupied on Dec . 9 with the trial of a young riian , named J . B . Michelangeli , aged twenty-two , for twice discharging , , on June 7 , a fowling-piece at a priest , named Albertini , with an intent , to lull him . . It appeared that Albertini , who was the cure of the commune of Lecci , frequently in his seimons . alluded , to bis parishioners '; conduct , and mentioned their names . The prisoner
was more * than once reprimanded in this way for living with a young girl , who was on the point ' of becoming a mother . On AlTSaints ' -day thecureV seeing both parties' in" church , made so strong an attack on theni that the girl' . was obliged to leave the place ill , ; arid the lover soon followed her . A few days after ; she was delivered of a child , which died almost immediately ^ and the mother survived it but a short time . . In the'verses which , according to the Corsican custom , were sung over the corpse , the priest was declared to be the cause of her death . The next Sunday the priest declared from the pulpit that the girl ' s death was a ' jrist judgment for her immoral conduct . - According to : the evidence of Albertini , nothing occurred until the day of the attempt on his
life , when ; about six in the morning , he perceived , as ho was cleaning a horse , the prisoner coming towards him . The prisoner spoke to a woman , named Laure Ferioli , who lived in the priest's house as housekeeper , and reproached her with'being on improper terms with InV master . The latter , when approaching the parties , in order to interfere , ' was , he declared , airiied at by the prisoner , and fired at , but missed . He then returned to the house , and got a gun , with wliich he pursued the prisoner , ' whoj turning round about , fired at him , but without effect . Such was the ariest ' s statement and that of Lauve
Ferioli ; but Pierre Ferioli , the brother-in-law ofthe latter , who was at work in a field close at hand , declared that the priest had fired tho first , and that the prisoner had only fired onee on returning it . Matnieu Marchi , another witness , who was at work at a greater distance , stated that , on hearing the : first shot , he had looked towards the priest ' s house , and perceived the smoke to come from the place where he was standing , Under this contradictory evidence the jury took some time to consider their verdict . At last they declared the prisoner to be Guilty . The court , however j sentenced him to only two years' imprisonment .
., Ireland . —Another Murder in . TirPERART . —On Saturday niorning a man of advanced age , named SamuelSniith , was murdered at Barrisnafarny , near Moneygall . ' His head was shockingly fractured , and death niust have been instantaneous . Malicious ¦ BuBMNCf .- ^ -On the night of the 6 th instant ,- an -uninhabited ; dwelling-house '¦¦ and outoffices , in which'were two cows , on the tdwnland of Oldcastle ; hear Coaehford , the property of Mary Hill , widow , were maliciously set on fire and totally consumed . , The land had been in possession of the
brother of the widow ' s late husband , but having allowed it to get into arrear of rent , he was ejected . It is supposed that the eviction in this case was the cause of the premises being fired : Akothbr : —On the night of . Wednesday , the 8 th irist ., a range of cow-houses , on the lands of Ruskeen , near Charleville , the property of Mr . Patrick Carroll , of Killacalla , were maliciously fired and totally consuriicd . A number of fowls , goats , and other domestic animals , the property of the herdsman , were also destroyed by the flames . No cause is assigned for this malicious outrage . —Corjb Constitution .
Shooting at a Serjeant ;—On Tuesday evening week a corporal of the 44 th Regiment , quartered in George ' s-square Barracks , Devonport , withhismusket deliberately shot at a sei jeant whilst the latter was in the barracks in conversation with another corporal . The ball passed through the Serjeant ' s coat and waistcoat , grazing his breast , struck against the wall and rebounded into the barrack-square , and is now in possession of the authorities . The corporal was immediately arrested , but gave no explanation of what induced him to commit such a rash act , nor did he express any regret , for -having done it . It appeared that . he . had been absent without leave , and on examining his kit his , great coat was missing . This the serjeant in ' the course of his duty reported ; and it is supposed Jhat revenge prompted him to make the attempt bn-the Serjeant's life . A general courtmartial will shortly be assembled to try the prisoner .
Collision with an- Omnibus at Westminster Bridoe . —On Wednesday afternoon , as an omnibus was coming down the Surrey side of Westminster Bridge a person was observed driving at a furious rate , and evidently intending to make a passage between the omnibus and foot p ath—an intention which immediately became obvious to a young lady who was with the person in question could not be effected without great danger , and she exclaimed" Stop ! for God ' s sake , stop ! " but without inducing him to pay any attention ; and in another moment he had forced his way ; and the-wheel of the phaeton eoin «
over a ; stone , he ' was precipitated on the ground . Most providentially a man ' who was passing seized hold ot tho veins and stopped the horse , while the young lady threw herself into the carriage ' road and draggedtheunfortunate sufferer from-the ground By . thLstimeacrowd ' ofpei'soris had assembled and the gentleman was'lifted into the phaeton , thoutrh suffering so severely from his fall as to require assistance in pursuing . hisjourney . Tho conductor ofthe omnibus "( to ; whom-no'blariie whatever can be attached ) was most active iri rendering ' assistanee' It is . to . be hoped that the narrow escape of this geiitle" man from ' a ° drcadful 'death' will be a warriin * to others against driving with such reckless disre g ard of their own safety or that of others . °
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^ 'DasiBirciivB ' . 'FireiT MANc ^ 8 TER . -f 0 u Tuesday eveniig ' a . fires was discovered , in ; the warehouse of Messw . - Smith arid Irigle , ' paper' manufacturers , Piccadilly , which spread with a rap idity very similar to that ohhe conflagration which destroyed the warehouse at the corner of New Browri-strcct ; about two years ago , and soon ravaged through every floor of the warehouse , and left merely the shell standing . The alarm was given about twenty-five minutes past nine o ' clock , the police constables in the neighbourhood of the warehouse springing their rattles ; but , from what we could gather , no one seems to have perceived the fire till it was UitAting forth from the windows . Intimation was given atthe police-yard , about half-past nine o ' clock ; and , in ten minutes
afterwards , the"Niagara engine was on the spot , followed by others in rapid succession . The warehouse of Messrs . Smith arid Ingle is a long building four stories in'height , with the end ( four windows in breadth ) fronting Piccadilly , and one side ( ten windows in length ) , forming one side ofthe Mosley Armsyard , which is a narrow yard , open through from Piccadilly to Back Piccadilly ; the other side of this yard being formed by the Mosley Arms Hotel . We believe the upperpart of Messrs . Smith and Ingle ' s warehouse was occupied by Messrs . Taylor , Humphreys , Hurst , and Co ., flannel and drugget manufacturers . Adjoining the warehouse , in front , to the west , isthe White Bear Inn ; and the aspect of the conflagration , at ten o ' clock , was truly alarming . The whole of
the warehouse of Messrs . Smith and Ingle appeared to be in . flames , wliich rushed from the side windows , spread across the yard , and soon communicated to the wood-woi-k of the Mosley Arms Hotel , the cornice and window-frames of which house were repeatedly on fire . Fortunately the latter were immediately forced outwards by men stationed in the different chambers ; and the interior was thus preserved , though not without the greatest exertions ofthe firemen . Meanwhile the White Bear Inn was in the most imminent danger , and many by-standers declared that nothing could save it . Under this impression , the furniture , bedding , & e ., were buried out of the chamber windows ; and much mischief was done by the hasty way in which the property was thrown about in removal . Behind the White Bear is a crooked yard , wliich also leads through into Back Piccadilly . In one tenement in this yard was a poor
woman confined to her bed by sickness ; she was hurriedly removed-in her ni g ht-dress , and conveyed away , seated on a pile of bedding , & c ., in a large porter ' s cart , filled with goods removed from the premises . Both the Mosley Arms and the White Bear were repeatedly on fire , both on the roof , the cornices , and the window-frames ; and as often the firemen succeeded iri extinguishing the flames , not , however , before they had penetrated into the bar of the White Bear , and quite destroyed one side of that room . The engines worked very effectively ; there appeared to be a good supply of water , and before the firemen had been an hour on the spot the flames were completely subdued , though of course not extinguished . The amount of loss it is of courso idle to speculate upon at present . The entire stock in the warehouses on the west side ofthe Mosley Arms-yard is utterly destroyed . We have not heard even a speculation as to the cause of the fire .
Horrible' Murder . —Amsterdam , Jan . 20 . — -A young woman was found murdered the other day in a ditch in the Nistlerodc district , near Bois-le-Duc . It appears that she had in her possession the suii of ninety florins , the produce of the sale of a cow be- , longing to her father , and that she was proceeding home with the money . . Two police-officers first discovered the body of the unfortunate victim , and near it a large knife , with which the deed had been committed . ' They returned in a short time to an ad j acent inn , in wliich they hadseen the j'oun ' g woriian , and produced the knife , which the landlady immediately recognised as her own . Iu ' a few minutes her husband came in , and on being shown the knife stoutly denied that it belonged to him . This raised suspicion ; the officers examined his dress , and found the entire sum which the poor girl had received .
Enormous ; Fall of Eabxh in a Mine . —On Tuesday an inquest was held at thoCoseiey Tavern , at Coseley , on the body of , Benjamin Smith , a miner , whose death , with that of two other men , was caused by an enormous fall of earth in a mine in which they were working . The accompanying statement , given before the coroner by one of the . survivors , will be perused with deep interest : —Joseph Parkes said—I live at Coseley , in this parish , and am a miner . On Friday last I was at work with deceased , Benjamin Smith ( who was about thirty-two years old , and a miner , living at Coseley ) , in a coal-pit at the Fox Yards , in the parish of Tipton , in this county ; and while wc were at work there , about half-past nine o ' clock that morning , a quantity of clod and earth
fell in , to tlic amount of more than a thousand tons , arid almost every man in the pit was stopped up . Some few of the men were a distance off , and got clear away ; but the deceased , myself , and four others , were stopped up in one of the hollows . Great exertions were made to get us out ; there was plenty of help , and nearly all . the miners from the adjoining collieries came to give their assistance . Several tons of stuff were soon removed , and in about an hour oueof . the six mien was got but very badly hurt , but he is still alive . Another' was got out soon after without much injury . ' As-fast as the miners got the stuff away more fell in , but in the course of the day all the remaining men , except myself , were got out , but I was not got out till about ten
o ' clock that night . I was not at all hurt , but was very weak through the damp and confinement ; and being without food . I had not had anything to eat from the previous night , so that I was more than 24 hours without tasting it . I was quite sensible all the time , and conversed with all the men . I talked with Smith as long as he lived , which was about an hour and a half . I could hear the miners working to get us out . I believe , everything was done that could be done . I was afraid to stir , although I saw my suffering companions close to me nearly buried in the earth . It was light a part of the time from a candle , but after it went out we wore in darkness all the . time . Some of the men had their arms wedged down , and asked me to remove the clods from their mouths to . allow them to breathe , and I did so several
times , althoiigh . it endangered my own life , as the stuff continued falling . The butty was one of those stopped up , and he died . While he was confined his arms were crushed against his body , and his head was , kept bent down . He could scarcely breathe , and when I removed the clod from his mouth he breathed so hard that the candle went out , and we gave ourselves up for lost . I have been a miner from my childhood ,- and have worked at the . pit in question about six weeks , and speaking from my experience I . think the occurrence was accidental , and could not be prevented . I did not think there
was any . danger , or I would not have worked at the p it , There is plenty of timber , and every precaution is taken to , ensure the safety of the men . After the deceased was got but , his . body was , I believe , taken to his house . . It is now lying there . The two others who were killed were removed to Dudley . I think the accident took place through there being p . hollow above the one where ,. we worked , and the stuff between the two dropping down . I do not think any one is to be blamed with reference to it . Other corroborative evidence was given , and the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death . —Wolverhampton Chronicle .
¦ Supposed Child Murder in York . —For some time past . considerable . ; excitement has prevailed amongst the principal , portion , of . the inhabitante of Walmgate and its neighbourhood , owing to a report having gained extensive circulation that a new born female child , which had been interred in St . Dennis Church-yard , had come by its death by violence . The deceased was the illegitimate child of Jane Lam . bert , who resides in Mill-yard , Lawrence-street , and who is employed at Swale ' s factory . The circumstances having become known to John Wood , Esq ., the coroner , he at once gave directions for the exhumation of the body , and a jury were' summoned . The inquest was held on Thursdav , and again , by adjournment , on Friday and Monday evenings , at the house of Mrs . Herbert , the Lord Nelson-inn , Walmgate , and terminated by a . verdict of manslaughter against the mother , Jane Lambert , who was forthwith committed tor trial at the ensuing assises .
= Extensive Embezzlement . —Manchester , Jan . 21 . —Yesterday morning a young man , named Evan Princo , whose connections are highly respectable , was brought up to the Borough Court , before Daniel Maude , Esq ., the stipendiary magistrate , charged with having embezzled the sum of £ 3500 from his employer , Mr . Daniel Percival ,-woollen-draper , of lving-street , in this town . No suspicion had attached to the prisoner until lately , and then it originated not with his employer , but in another quarter ; and Mr . Bcswick , the chief superintendent ofpolice , made a _ communication to Mr . Percival before Christmas . No steps were taken to apprehend the prisoner until Friday" last , when Mr . Beswick sent Mrs . Ohell , the wife ofthe . keeper of the Town Hallwith £ 212 s 6 d
, . in marked money , to Mr . Percival ' s shop , with instructions to purchase some cloth from the prisoner . TS : P ^ r dl £ as . she was directed , and took the cloth to Mr . Beswick , who thensentMrs . Chell ' s daughter with marked gold and silver , to the amount of three guineas , to purchase a further quantity ofcloth . 'She bought six vards of cloth , and gave the prisoner the money . She ' had just left the shop when Mr . Beswick entered ; and the prisoner knowing him , said , " Can Iscrve you with anything ?" Mr . Beswick told him that he wished to speak to him lnpnvate , and wont with him into the counting-house where Mr . Percival was waiting . Mr . Beswick then
toid mm tnat no was suspected ot robbing his employer and he must be searched . In his pockets were found £ 1 in gold and £ 1 in silver ; Two of the sovereigns ; were identified by Mr : Beswick as part ofthe money which he-had given to Mrs . Chell and her daughter : The prisoner was then taken into custody , and Mr . Beswick proceeded to his lodgings , and in his bed-room found gold and sdver to the amount of £ 150 . ¦ This discovery was mentioned to the prisone ri who admitted that he had robbed his employer to a serious amount allegingthat hei was ill , and asitwas not likely that he would ; be ablelong to-follow his business , lie had resolved to make a provision for himself . Mr Beswick then told him that he had reason to suppose
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that ¦ he had a considerable sum of money atT ^ and in 'Wales . .. The . prisoner admitted tCe ^ % said ' that his bankmg-book was at his fatC ,. 5 > > M at ' Mold , and that it would bo found \ nl \ K under his sister ' s bed . Mr . Beswick w >* % by Mr . Percival , at once proceeded to MoM mpai ^ prised'the prisoner ' s father , who is a dr ^ a , 1 ( l % there , ofthe objeet of their visit . The old Si *» . declared his entire ignorance of anything u £ S bed-room of the . daughter was searched bnt ^ box could bo found . 'In' the cellar , h owever ^ ings bank book was found , from which it a a Sj * that the prisoner had £ 143 I 3 a . l ^\ in tn ^ saving-bank .. Upon making further in ' quirv - f ^ found that the prisoner's hakbnvHnA ,, ' > ai
his sister to the house ofa gentleman named Ivf ' ' ^ in Mold , and was in the possession of that irenf i « ^ servant .. . Mr . Beswick and- Mr . Perdvnl i ?^ went to Mr . Hancock ' s , and having obtained n " ^ sion ofthe hat-box opened it , and found in ite ? in gold , wrapped up in various papers- banP books containing a statement of deposits bv aprisoner at the North and South Wales Bank \ i \? the Royal Bank of Liverpool , Messrs . Devon ; Wardle ' s , and Messrs . Granville ' s , at Clioste , ? ' mortgage deed and a promissory note for £ 70 % ' prisoner , who declined saying anything in his defcn was fully committed to the assizes for trial , n ® - pears that Mr . Percival was not in the lial , ;^ talcing stock , and had little suspicion of what » . going on . . ' »
Triangular Duxl in Reality . — The folIowiVis j extract from a private letter , dated Nice , imi . s ^ " There has been rather a damp thrown over 30010 ? at large here recently . At a club supper , after ! ball , a dispute arose between a Russian , a Fi < mt ; man , and an Italian . The Russian challenged ft Frenchman , and the Italian the Russian . The latt er two immediately went out ; their feelings toward each other almost amounted to madness , as tW fixed to have but one pistol loaded , and the muzzlcsj each other's breasts ; but the second ( forthey \ % only one , as the others would not , they said , wait \ witness a murder ) loaded the pistol so that it wouii
not go off . Ihey then returned to town to the Italian ' s rooms for other pistols ^ While there 13 walked the governor with the police , arrested both and put them in confinement , as also the Frenehniaj This happened two days before Christmas-day , aii they are not yet liberated . It must , it is feared , eo ] in bloodshed , as theFrenchman struck the Russian ; and although ¦ everything ' has been done bv thi English residents to bring about a reconciliation " , itjj impossible . As for the first affair , that may be sail to be finished , as the Italian is in the service , and will be sent on duty to a fort , where he will be kepf . as a prisoner . This affair has caused quite a com motion here , all three being well known .
The Rmsur Murder , committed Eight Ye . mu ago . —Examination of the Accused . —Chariot Lamb , a prisoner in the House of Correction , Cold , bath-fields , underwent an examination on Tue $ . day , before Mr . Mills , an Uxbridge magistrate , jj the board-room of tho prison , on a charge t having murdered John Brill , a youth of 10 , who was murdered in a wood at Ruislip in Fobruav ; . 1837 . 'George Sibley , also a prisoner in the House of Correction , was the first witness called . He stated —I came lately 'from Harefield . I am now in tliij House , of Correction . I know Charles Lamb , j have known ; Kim rather hotter than twelvemonths , I have been intimate with him . Wc used to go out poaching , and were at hide and seek together . A bout a fortnight before Lamb was sent to prison I was coming from Rickmansworth to Harefield with him and when we were in a lane at the bottom ofa field we began to talk about getting into trouble ami gettinj out again . I said , "It is easy enouffh to set into
trouble , but not very easy to get out again . " ] , am ' c said to mo , " You have been in prison , haven't yon I have heard it is very bad . " lsaid , " Of course it is ; " and he then said , " I would sooner be taken for murder than' go to prison for this . " I said " Murder ! Charley ? " and he replied " Yes . I wu in Churchill's wood getting a bundle of wood when John Brill' came up to me , and I took and struck him and knocked him down . A few moments aft « that I took and picked up his cap , and hung it upor a bough , and put his bill-hook and cap beside lnnij to look as if he had fallen put of a tree . " Lamb thee ' said to me , " Nobody else knows of it but you , and if you tell , I will kill you . " He said that wliei Brill came up to him , as he was walking alons the
wood , he said , " Well , master Lamb , is it you !" Upon which he took and struck " and knocked liim down . I had heard of the rimrder some yean ago ; and that a man named Lavender had bceii had up for it . I have always been on good terms with the prisoner Lamb . The reason of my making tlm statement ' was that I had such queer dreams . I thought something would happen if I did not tell . 1 have ^ voluntarily made this statement , without promise or favour from any one . I first made it to Mr . Hoare , the chief warden ofthe House of Correction , having first told the . yardsman that I wished tt do it . I was 25 years of age last August . I am now looking Lamb in the face , and I state that he told me what I'have now said , and it is the truth , ani nothing but the truth . —Mr . Woodbridgc ; the cleft . Now , ¦ Lamb , have you any question to ask tin witness?—Lamb : No , sir , I can't ask him anything
I never told it to him . If God Almighty refuses t < $ receive me into heaven I never did it . You musttel a very wicked man to say I told you so ; you must be | worse than the man who did the murder , whoevet ^ that was . . Thank the Almighty I have not to answer f . for that , let me go where I will or suffer wiiat I will | for it . You are doing this just on purpose to get I yourself out of , prison . —Other witnesses were ex- 3 amined but all they could depose to was the factiii the youth being missing , and afterwards found , havinj I been evidently , murdered . In conclusion the prisoner | was asked what he had to say . —Prisoner : All I ^ have got to say , gentlemen , is , that I never named it | to him if I was to die " momently . " —Mr . Mills then ?] told the prisoner that it would be liis duty to send | him for trial at the next session of the * Centra ! | Criminal Court . ;*
Sudden Death . — On Monday night Mr . PayiK I held an inquest at the Red Lion , Poppin ' s-courtj Fleet-street , on the body of Robert George BanlicMJ aged 28 . Deceased was a compositor , and lived at ^ No . 6 , St . Andrew's-hill , Doctors' -commons . Oif ! Sunday afternoon he hired a cab in Giltspur-streetJ and had got as far as New Bridge-street , on his wa . il home , when he called out to the driver that he thoup ht | he should die . He was assisted out , and , on a policeman coming up , he was again placed in tho cab , anij taken to Black . Horse-court station-house . Froffll there he was conveyed to the house of Mr . Ilutcliin-j son , surgeon , Farringdon-street , who found life «• : tinct , and who was of opinion that the deceased hail died from a disease of the heart . Verdict—Naturals Death . 1
Wigav . —Supposed Child Murder On Saturday last ; as a 'man was engaged in emptying a privy ^ longing to a lot of cottages in St . 'Paul ' s-strcct , ; Hindley , near Wigan , he found' the body of a ram child , wliich from appearances had been born thra or four days . The infant was immediately placed it the custody of the county police , who were induced to apprehend a young woman who was believed to hart been lately delivered of a child ; and she was accordingly-brought up at the inquest , which was summoned for Monday morning , before Mr . Hejs county coroner . After evidence had been tendcre : as to the finding of the body , a surgeon was Kamined , who gave his opinion without hesitation that the child had been horn alive . Thovoung woman in custody tendered the most satisfactory pro * of her innocence ; and , in the ' absence of othe : evidence , the juiy returned a verdict of-W Murder against some person or persons unknown .
# . A Secret Drawer.—We Have Received Th...
# A Secret Drawer . —We have received the following from our Crewe correspondent : — " Last Monda . ' the ifurniture ,, dsc , which belonged to Mr . Gallopwho was poisoned by his . daughter at Crewe , indisposed of equally to his two sisters , a brother , aw a nephew , they , having administered to them as ^ heirs , and . the crowri having no claim to tho p » perty , in ^ cOnscquence , of its never having been ij possession , of the unfortunate girl who was laid : executed ^ A Mr . Vickers , tailor , wished to purch ^ a chest . of . drawers ,, but . beinar anxious to . have thcC
a bargain ; he refused to give the sum asked for them It was nearly decided , that he should have them only some eighteen-pence preventing the coroplcti * of the bargain , when the . stepdaughter of the deceit said there was a secret drawer , wliich mbdit confab something of value . This drawer was -forced opt " and was found to contain 10 t sovereigns . This f l * itogether with & 1 o in a building fund , is all the moil * that , has yet been discovered belonging to the df ceased , although a short time before his death he « ' * understood to have said that he was worth £ H > - ' Liverpool Albion .
The Biieb ^ Bit . —A curious instance of a sharp * overreaching himself occurred on Monday last , * Chester .: A Scotchman was in possession of a Bi » of a rather seedy appearance , and but for a titlc-pjr bearing-date somewhere towards the middle ol jlast century , . the book might have been printed the sixteenth century . In order the bettor to < £ hance the value of his book he carefullv took out- ' ' title-page , and substitued in its place " , as well as ^ possibly could , a title-page which , he found a * some , lumber , and which had belonged to a } 11 bearing date iri Elizabeth ' s reign , and oth er * ' ! - * valuable- edition . The next tiling was how to 1 *
detected . Towards dusk he hied his way to £ Swarbrick ' s shop , Bridge-strect-iow , -wliei * ' curious in Bibles frequently resort , andpnf " ^ necessity of selling his book ( as he wished tow % the . next train- to "Liverpool ) ' so strongly , that bookseller , hardly looking beyond the tifle-pa ^ Vjji mediately ' closed with the Scotchman , ' and ga ^ his price , naniely . £ U 5 s . Luckily , however , Wy bookseller , as soon as his eyes were open to t » c ¦ , ' j after the seller had' taken his departure , he / ^ carefully pinned amongst the leaves two £ l , n \ Scotch bank , " which Mr . Swarbrick wilTdetaiiii" ' the £ 1 15 s . be returned , or compens ation g » " Liverpool Albion .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 25, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25011845/page/6/
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