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IftRtiS FimandRoebeh tis Hodotsditch . —OaTuesdav eveiiice , about four o ' clock , a fire broke ont on * he premises of Me * sre Abrabanu and Das-eier , Birmin-jham and Sheffield dealers , So . , Houndsditch . It was caused through the cock of the main gas pipelining out whilst one of ire werkmea was taming it on , the patty having a light in his hand at the time . In an instant he was surrounded with flarj-s , and it was with great difficulty that he escape : ! naming . The firemen succeeded ia confining the flimes tothatponion of the premises in which tht j originated . As soon as tke flames were extinguished , it was sscertained that some one , who had enured the house under the-pretence of lending assis'ance , had stolen a box from behind the counter conthiningtiinkets and other property to the value Of £ i 00 .
Desibuctivk Fise rs Sono . —A fire , attended with considerable damage , broke out at five o ' clock on Tuesday evening , upon the extensive premises situate at 17 , Phmnix-street , Crowa-street , Soho . The flames were first noticed in the first flaer , in which a number of new cart ? , caravans , and chaises were deposited - The stock was of such an inflammable character , that before assistance could he obtained the fbunts were pouring forth from the window so fiercel y , as to threaten with destruction the entire building . Engines of th ? London Brigade , with the West of England engine , qaickly attended , and the firemen by great perseverance succeeded in confining the flanif a almost exclusively to the premises occupied by MrKingwell . Mr Klagwell was insured in the West of England Fire-tffice .
ISQTIST . DlFPICOWT 0 ? ObTAISINQ AH OllOSft FOB THE Pabdh Sdhgkon—Before Mr W . Carter , at the Hero of Waterloo Inn , Lambeth , on Tuesday , respecting the death of Maria Dawsett , aged 43 . —The coroner Bai-i . that on Saturday last fee received a letter from MrRyman , a tradesman in the Waierlou-road , in which he reflected on the conduct ofthe medical men of the parish , and that tbe case ought either to be Inquired into by the coroner or the churchwardens ; he , the coroner , had submitted the letter to the caurchwardens , and the present proceedings were the result . —J . Brown , a labourer , said tbat deceased bid lived with bim as bis wife for nine months . She died at three o ' clock last Wednesday morning . She had been ill from the Wednesday precenW . He
"went to Mr Dawson , at obo o ' clock , on Tuesday ¦ week , lo see if he would come and see the deceased , ¦ as there had been a parish order left for his attendance in the momin ? , but he was not at borne . At : £ ve o ' cl-ck Mr Dawson called and saw deceased , -when he told ber that be conld do her ne good . He sent a powder ,. which was administered Sarah Phillips , the landlady of the house deceased lodjed in , said that on Wednesdayweek deceased complained ef being sick . She went to bed . where she remained till the died , retching almost incessantly . Witness gave her some of the medicine which she bad herself taken for the MaecE * . About eleven o ' clock on Sunday rooming , sbe being a great deal worse , witness spoke to Mr Brown about a doctor , but he bad not a fehilline to procure one . Witness said she
believed the parish doctor would always come st once without an order . She sent to the " parish snrgeon , but he refused to come without an order . The deceased at that time was in dreadful agony , and complained ofthe doctor not coming , and expressed her belief that if he was there lis c-ula give hersomething to relieve the pain . On Monday morning applicatien was made for an order , bnt as it was past the tour for granting one , a message was sent to Mr Dawson to see the deceased . He still refused to go without an order . Oa Tuesday morning an order was procured which was left at fen o ' clock in the momiaa with Mr Dawson . He however did not come till fire o ' clrek that afternoon . When Mr Dawson came , ha Bah ? he considered ita case of great neglect . Witness said f ha thought it great neglect on his part . He
asktd wny she did not get an order . He was not to be made to do anything without an order . He pionomiKil deceased b > be in great danger , and said he had no doubt it might have been prevented if she had had prrper attendance in time . He told witness to let hia know if deceased was alive in the morning at 9 o clock , and he wocld give her some medicine . She , however , died at three o ' clock that morning—Jane Stim ^ on , a ledger in the same house , said that on Snnd-. y she went to the doctor between one aad two . She ssked him if he would & . me ? He replied , * Uo , not fir any one without an order . ' He told her to po the following morning and get an order , and then Le wouki attend . She went to the workhouse the next tternina at a qnarter past ten o ' clock , but wag refused one , it being past the hour . The policeman at the
door recommended her to go and represent the urgency of the case to Mr Dawson , and he had no doubt he would attend . Witness iold Mr Dawson the directions she had received at the workhouse , when he told her to bring a bottle and he would give her son : e medicine . She went at six o ' clock for the medicine , bnt Mr Dawson was out , and his wife said he would not be at home for three or four hours . No medicine was left onr . —William Dawson admitted having refused to attend without an oider . On the Monday Bwrniog a young woman came with a peremptory message from the workhouse that he was to attend . He r etnsed to go . and told her if she would pet a bottle be would give her same medicine , and if she got worse he weald go . He saw deceased when he went to see his other patients . She was sufferin "
ftoHi influenza and abdominal disease . That was the eante of death . He was unable te go earlier than he did on account of the number of patients he had . "When he was applied to at ten o ' clock on Tcesdsy night , he did not go to see the deceased because he & ne » it was useless , as she was dying . Tie witnesses had greatly exaggerated the case , and having called witnesses to prove that he was generally attentive to his p . t : ients , he said that he always went without orders if the cases were very urgent . —The Coroner summed np , and left the case in the hands of the jury , who returned the following verdict *— ' Natural death rrom influenza and abdominal disease . The jury regret that MrDawsen did not see the deceased on Monday , understanding that application had been made to the poor-house for an order for his attendance , although too late to be obtained /
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DTJP 3 AU . Geeat Damage to thb Smrprxa in Sunderland was done by a flood on Sunday night . A correspondent in that town says : —On Friday night it commenced raining very heavily , atd continued to do so all day on Saturday , to a late hour in the night Tbe river Wear was , in consequence , much swollen , but about three o clock on Sunday Horning , soon after the ebb of tie tide , the fresh water from the higher parts of tie river in WeardaJe cams down in such torrents , and flooded the harbour to such art extent , that great numbers of ships and other craft below the bridge were torn from their moorings , cast adrif ' , and hurled before the fury of the waters m all directions ; the crash was dreadful , and as the
waters were rushing irresistibly te the month of the river , the ships were driven against each other , and caused the most serious damage . Stems , boss , bowsprits , masts , bulwarks , were crushed , and it is said more than twenty ve & e ' . s are complete wrecks , and that about thirty more are greatly damaged . Four vessels are sunk near the pier , and one was driven to ssa and went on shore near the nerth pier , the crew of which were taken out by means ofthe rocket apparatus . The life-beat wis also launched , to bs ready in case of emergency . This state of danige and direful alarm continued till daylight , when most of the remaining ships were secured , and the flood somewhat abated . It is said one man was hilled and several others dreadfull y injured .
HKCASniHE . Coxlisiox 05 thb Mehsky . —Cn Sunday morning the Flambeau steamer left her moorings on the Albert Pier for tbe purpose of proceeding to sea : theWinral , Woodside Ferry beat , was at the same tame coming from Woodside , and when little more than half-way across the river , the two vessels came in . collision . The Flambeau was strnck , * or struck herself , on ber larboard bow , and was so ' much injured that she rapidly filled , and shortly afterwards sank . Tie Thomas Stanley steamer , which was lying near , drew her moorings to avoid being drifted against , and before the vessel went down took the otew on board . The Wirral , which strange to say , had not sustained tbe slightest iniurv . attached a
rope and towed the disabled vessel , in hopes to reach tho pier , but did not succeed in conveying ker far before she totally disappeared . At the time of the occurrence the tide was running in , and the broad daylight was unclouded by fog . Wo ( lioerpool Alfeibn ) hive heard the most conflicting statements as to the cause of the collision . Tho crew of tha Wirral affirm that at the time their engine was stopped , and the helm put hard a port . As , however , it is a law of mechanics that , other things equal , the body which has most . velocity is the one most likely to escape BBScathed , it is difficult to reconcih with theirstatement the little injury which the Wirral has sustained . Thecrew oftheFlambiau , of course , maintain that the other party were entirely to blame .
Mtj « KBrs fob iBELAsn . —A policeman at Manchester has been dismissed from the force , very pro perly , for buying fire-arms from the pawnbrokers for the purpose of sending them to Ireland . IhuTH FBOJt LEAttSG Mi POKES IS THE FlBB . — An inquest was held last week on the body of £ . Terras , a child about five years old , whose father is Jiving in 'Ciorlton-upon-Medlock . On tie Thursday moraine previous tbe servant girl had put the poker I elweea ' . he bars of tho grate , in order to make the fire burn ; after it became red hot it fell out at the feet ofthe deceased , the bottom of whose night-gown it immediately set on fira . _ The servant was nnable on the instant to exting ish the flames , having a younger child on her knees , bnt the mother hearing £ iescreanu ofthe children ran down stairs , and -wrapping the cradle blanket round the deceased ,
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succeeded in extinguishing the flames ia about four minutes firm tbe fallisg of the poker ; but not before tke deceased was so severely burnt that she died on tho Saturday . Yerdict , ' « Accidental death . ' Livkrp * pl . — Highway Robbsrt . — On Meaday night , between tbe fours of six and seven o ' clock , one of the most daring highway robberies occurred in the suburbs of this town which has taken place fur many a cay . Shortly before that hour Mr John Houghton , a retired gentlemen , residing at a place called Mill-lane , West Dorly , accompanied by three of his listers , and a sisterof town councillor Toulmin , left his residence in a private cab for the purpose of attending a concert at the Collegiate Institution . The cab , which was hired from Mr Jackson , of
London-road , had not proceeded more than half a mile on the road , when the horses were stopped by a gang of six men , who , with threats and violence , demanded the driver to ' stop coach . ' This he peremptorily refused , when one of the party drew forth an old sword , and swore that , ii he did not obey , he should at onee cut him down from the box . Some ef the pariy then seized the horse by the head , when two of them opened the carriage door and presented a pistol at Mr Houghton ' s bead , and demanded his purse . It may be easily imagined that the ladies were greatly alarmed , and tbat between the dread of violence on the one hand , and the fear of the ladies on the other Mr Houghton ' s situation was anything but enviable . He called for the driver , but he was too well guarded to be able to render the least assistance . Ia this dilemma he took out hia purse and offered them some silver ( six shillings , we believe ) ,
which they took and then demanded his watch aud all the money in his purse . Matters were in this state between the parties , when fortunately tbe'West Dirly emnibus drove up within hearing . No sooner did the robbers know that assistance was likely to reach the spot before they had completed their work , than all of them scampered off across the fields , aud left the affrighted and bewildered Mr Houghton and his friends to resume their journey if they pleased . However , when the omnibus came up , the ladies and Mr Houghton got into it , and returned home in it . The police have since been engaged investigating the affair , but it is not likely that they will be able to nppreiend any of tie parties , as cone of them hare been identified , nor was such particular notice taken of their drerscs , as wonld had to their discov <* y . One thing , however , is certain , that they are of that class of people termed ' navvies , ' great ' numbers o f whom are at present ont of employment . "
Morons at Oasiktoww , kxar Hbtwood—A shocking murder was committed on Saturday evening , open a labouring man , named James Duckworth , of this place , originating , it is believed , from revengefal feelings . It was committed upon the carriage-drive leading from a newly-erected hall , belonging to Mr Richard Kay , cotton manufacturer , near Castletown . Duckworth was in the habit of sleeping at the hall . On Saturday evening , a few minutes after eight o clock , as John Kay , a groom , who lives close to the entrance gates , was coming down from the hall to go home for tbe night , and was about 160 yards from the gate ( < he distinctly heard four blows struck in the direction leading to them . Imagining that a cow had gotnpon the lawn ,
and that some person was beating down the turf , with the view of obliterating the traces of its hoofs , he determined to take tbe trespasser , if he eould catch him , np to the house , and ran towards the sputfrom . wheace the sounds proceeded for that purpose . It had been raining a great deal during ; tbe day and evening , and though not a fine night , the mocn shone a little , and he bad not got far before he perceived something lying en the ground in the middle of the carriage-way . He hastened to it , and the moment that he reached it heard the gate close with a'ban ? , ' but neither heard nor saw anyone . Hs found Duckworth lying on the ground , with kis face downwards and in a pool of blood . He lifted up bis head , but it fell again to the ground , as if
lifeless . Hersn home , told his father and mother , who were there , and also a next door neighbour , named John Leach , what he had seen , and then hastened to the hall to tell Mr Kay . Meantime a wheelbarrow was procured , and the man taken to the Dog and Partridge public-house . This public house is very little more than a hundred yards from where the body was found ; in fact , there intervenes , between it and the gates , a row of fonr houses and a large barn . A new-landlord , named Thomas Fenton , had entered upon it that day , and this event caused it to he very full of company in tbe evening ; so many as forty , we are told , being there at one time . Amongst the company was Duckworth , a man named Teller , a spademan , who was discharged / rem the hall
four or five weeks since , another , Benjamin Garnett , who worked there twelve months since , asd a third named George Wolatenbolme , who was at work there till Monday , when he was apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in the murder . From what we have been at present able to learn , it appiars that they had been there a considerable time , ever since dnsk , when Duckworth said he must go home . Wolstenholme induced him to stay a while longer , and , it is said , went out himself . Duckworth , at length went out , and was immediately followed by Tetler ( it is not positively ascertained whether Gannett went ont at the same time or not , ) who returned in a very short space of time ; and on his return made use of a very remarkable expression to a
man named John Stott , who is also employed by Mr Kay as foreman of the spademen , namely , ' I'll gan yon summat , he'il not goo up yon to neet . ' Almost immediately afterwards the intelligence was brought of the finding of tbe body , which was brought into the house ; all the company , except Tetler , Garnett , and Wolstenholme , were anxious lo see tbe body , and saw it , and tbe two latter eventually ' swore' that they wopld see it , and did accordingly , but Tetler did not see it , though he betrayed very great anxiety about the man , and frequently asked how he was going on . Mr PickLrd , surgeon , was sent for and attended Duckworth , who was quite insensible , and never rallied , even so much as to open his eyes , but died about eight o ' clock on
Sunday morning . A police-officer was sent for , and on examining the spot where the body was found , several foot-marks were fonnd , as were also two pieces of oak about four inches thick , which had formed a cart-leg used for propping up the shaft . It had originally been more than four feet long ; the shorter piece , about seven inches in length , was found just opposite where the body was found , stickier'in a perpendicular position in the soft soil to the left of the body , as if being broken by a violent blow , it had risen te a considerable height , snd fallen in the position in which it was fonnd . The other and longer piece was also found nearly close to it , but it had evidently been flung carelessly up tie brow cf the lawn , which ontside forms a kind of
sloping terrace , and had rolled down again . This ctrt-Ieg , it is positively ascertained , had been taken from a cart which stood in the yardef the publichouse , snd which having been . the property of Mr James Brswiek , the cut-going landlord , had been valued to the present one . We should have stated that when Duckworth was found bis hands were in bis trowsers pockets , so tbat there is no doubt that he was felled to the groand by a sudden violent blow , and that it was followed up by others , which occasioned the noise heard by Kay , the groom , who , it appears , was on the spot , but just too late to save the poor fellow ' s life . The murderer or murderers must have been close at Duckworth ' s heels after he had entered tbe gates , and were enabled to approach bim without noise by means of the grass border on
the sides of the road , escaping back again under cover of the raiped lawn , for had they run down the carriage way Kay must have heard them , and if they had gone down the opposite side of the lawn he must hare seen them . In the meantime , and before tbe police officer earae , Tetler and Garnett bad left the public-house and gone to tbe Farewell Inn , at Castleten Moor , where they were found about ten minutes past twelve , by Sergeant Priddea and another officer , who , after examining their shoes , and seeing that the nails and make of Tetter ' s corresponded exactly with those near tie body , took them both to the police-station at Heywood , and , in consequence of further information , the same officer apprehended Woistenbolme at the place where the murder was committed .
WARWICKSHIRE , Patsfui , Death . —On Saturday se ' nsi'ht , tbe servants of Mrs N . Wright , of Combs-fields , were much alarmed in consequence of an intolerable smell , whioh , upon examination , they fonnd proceeded from the parlour , where , to their great consternation , tbey found Mrs Wright lying before the fire , literally roasting , but not dead . They immediately removed the unfortunate lady to the sofa , and procured the assistance of a surgeon . But death was inevitable , her hands , arms , breast , and face being severely barnt , and the latter -also greatly disfigured ; tie nose and hair were burnt off , and the tho
ears reduced to a cinder , requiring greatest care to prevent them falling off . In answer to inquiries as to how the sad affair took place , she replied sho had not the least idea . She did not appear to feel so much pain as might have been expected ; in short , she appears to have lost tho sense of teeling in the arms , chest , and face , but she was fully sensible ^ dissolution , which occurred in twenty-four hours after . It appears , in the former part of the evening , she had been paying the labourers in her service , and afterwards retired to the parlour to read the newspaper , where it is conjectured she was taken in a fit , and fell from her seat . An inquest has been since held . Verdict . — 'Accidental death . '
& TATP 0 BOSHIEE . Atibwed Mubdbb . —Avery painful feeling has prevailed at Wolverhampton during the present week , arising out of the following circumstances : — A person named John Griffith was brought before the bench of magistrates , and charged with having attempted to murder Mr Cooper , tbe surgeon to the union workhouse , by stabbing him in the abdomen . From Mr Coo per s statement it appeared , that on Saturday last he went into one of the wards ofthe union , when the prisoner flew at him , and plunged a knife at his abdomen , saying , at the sametime « . Yon are the person I want to see . ' The point of the knife came ia contact with the buckle of a be » t , or he must have been instantaneously killed . Afttr some trouble the knife was taken from the prisoner ,
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and he was locked up . In answer to the charge , he ststed that Mr Cooper bad refused te let bim go into the able-bodied side of the house , and he was determined to fiai'h him yet . One of tl-ie paupers said tbat he had frequently . heard the prisoner say he would murder Mr Cooper tne day or other . The prisoner was fully committed to take his trial .
ssvoisniRB . Aunuise Floois at Exem ' r , asd Fbahfoi Destbuctios op PndrERTT , — Exsrau , Sunday . — * ' Durin * the whole of yesterday , "and in the course of this ( Monday ) morning , very considerable alarm has been occasioned throughout this city and its immediate neighbourhood in consequence of the rapid rising ef the River Exet « a mo < t unusual height , and involvingthe less of a very considerable , amount sf valuable property . The circumstance which basalready praved so disastrous is mainly attributable to tbe heavy rains with which the western division of the ceunty has been visited , and which have , perhaps , been mora than usually prevalent in the vicinity of the city . The commencement of the
rising of the waters to an extent whioh occasioned any alarm was visible on Friday morning , and so rapid was its progress tbat it was found utterly impossible to save the whole ofthe property which became thus suddenly Jeopardised : Yesterday , ( Sunday , ) the waters rose still higher , and comjHely overflowed that part ef the district which is contiguous to the stations ofthe South Devon and the Bristol and Exeter Railways . Above the railway bridge , near the station , it overran the banks , and flooding the Exwith fields , rushed with fearful violence through the ordinarily dry arches ofthe South Devon line . All the lower parts of the city , including the timberyards of Mr Follett and Mr Nicholas Tuckett , were underwater , as was the case with niany of the
dwellings of the poorer inhabitants , considerable number of the less wealthy portions of tho citizens beinz resident in those districts in consequence of tbe facilities which are afforded for the transaction of their business , and tbe economy of the situation . In St Thomas ' s , whioh is situate on theopposite side bf theExe . most of thestreets aiid roads were rendered impassable , tho water in the lower part ofOkebampton-street , being six arid seven feet in depth . Frnm this dangeroai dilemma the workpeople arid children fiom the factories at Exwith had to be conveyed home in carts and boat ? , and tbe whole of the traffic has been necessarily suspended . But , perhaps , the
most remarkable scene exhibited was to be witnessed on the marshes between the city and Powderbay . These marshes , which are very extensive , were completely flooded ; indeed , to such an extent was this tho case , that the water rose to mere than a foot in depth over the line of the South Devon Railway daring the greater part of yesterday , ( Sunday . ) Notwithstanding these difficulties , which at first sight appeared to be insurmountable , the trains , both locomotive and atmospheric , contrived to push through them , although , of course , with some loss of time . The fires barely escaped extinction , and the pipes received almost as much water as air .
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Thb Latk Fatal Exriosiost op Fibe-dahp . —We mentioned last week a calamity of a most serious nature , Involving the loss of no less than seven lives , which occurred on Monday morning se ' nnight . The following are further particulars respecting the fatal explosion of fire damp , which occwred in a cnal-pit belonging to Messrs J . and C . Bailey , at tho Nanty . glo works . There were between forty and fifty men at work in the pit at the time the explosion t » ok place . The subjoined names are those of the unfortunate sufferers - . —John Parkes , sen ., who has left a widow and three children ; John Parkes and David
Parkes . sons of John Parkes , sen ., both single men ; William James , who has left a widow and twochil dren ; Lewis Morgan , who has left a widow and two children ; John Morgan , who has left a widow and two children ; and Thomas Jones , a single man . There are six men also who were more or less burnt . An inquest was held on the followi > g day before Thomas Hughes , E « q ., coroner , on view of the bodies ofthe unfortunate men , but which was adjourned until Wednesday , the 15 th inst ., to procure the attendance of those men who were burnt ( and who it was hoped would be so far recovered as to be able to attend on that day ) to give evidence , in Pruer ,
if possible , to ascertain how the gas ignited . From the evidence of tho > e examined on Tuesday last it appears that the explosion occurred in the ' stall' or ' heading , ' where the parties were at work , and thus in one instant , swept off a father and two sons . It appears that Mr Wightman , an agent lately come iito the employ ofthe Messrs Bailey , had been into the pit on the previous Friday , fnd had then cautioned the men with resprctto the gas . We think it fortunate that tbe accident occured on the Monday after the pay , when many of the men were absent ; otherwise the sacriSoe of life must have been much greater .
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special commission—thb young irblandkbs . Dublin , Dec . 20 . Old Christmas once more comes round , and light hearts throb joyfully , and bright eyes beam merrily , te welcome the advent ef this happy day . In every Christian land , in every civilised country of the glebe , this holy festival comes fraught with hope , and gladness , and thanksgiving . The courtly hall of prince and baron eleams still more brightly in the Christmas yule-log , whilst the peasant ' s hut , however poor its occupants , or however rude and unpromising its exterior , is not shut opt from the comforts and pleasures and sinless enjoyments of this glorious season . And in no country of Europe were the usages and fcs ivi . ties of Christmas more joyously observed than in
Ireland—to none did tbe approach of Christmas bring morefun . and frolic , and happiness , and solace , than to the Irish farmers and poor Irish peasant . How . ever straitened he might be all the year previouslyhowever difficult he might have found it to repel the ' wolf from his cabin-door , and 'keep body and soul together , ' ho never failed in securing a portion of the comforts peculiar to Christmas , and in his own simple enjoyments was as happy as the proudest ' rack-renter' in the land . 1 recelleet well the time when the Irish 'scullogue , ' or peasant farmer , was never without his ' pig or bacon'in the chimney at Christmas , besides making sure of having a turkey ' crammed , ' era pair of geese ' fattened' for the
Christmas dinner . The poorest peasant , the wandering beggar , was not destitute in those days ; for whilst the Irish farmer bad anything for himself , he never denied a share to his poorer neighbours , nor sent the panper away ' empty-handed' frem his door . Christmas in those days , might be said , truly , to ' bring good cheer ; ' tho people , to be sure , were poor , and harassed , and oppressed , but they still had tomething left . The blights of heaven had not fallen on the green vallies of llibernia . Nature showered her treasures with a plenteous hand , the farmer di 4 not sow in vain , abundant crops rewarded his toil ; the robber landlord could not clutch up all ; the poor man had a little left , and even with tbat little , ha was content , if not entirely happy .
Bnt now ! in 18171 what a change has come upon Ireland I What a 'Christmas' awaits the unhappy Irish people ! The head swims , the heart sickens , the spirit waxes furious , whilst the fingers wield the pen to write about poor Ireland . Christmas ! The Chris tmasef 181 C found us poor , and cheerless , and miserable enough , but tbe pre .-ont year sees our evils aggravated a hundred-fold . Last Christmas , grim Death was reaping a prolific harvest , and though ' the white enow lav' on plain and mountain , the churchyards were red with tke newly-dug graves of starved Irishmen . But even amid those horrors , Irishman did not despair . They fondly hoped that the evils of the day were but ef a temporary character : that the storm would soon blow ever ; that
matters had arrived at a criHS , and in verification of the national proverb , ' When times were at tbo worst , they were sure to mend . ' They vainly imagined that their 'leaders , ' { proh putfort ) would awaken from their , disgraceful torpor ; and , mindful o the errors , thedelinquencies . andthe crimes into which they had fallen , make one manly and successful effort for their fallen country . People would not believe that they were deserted and deceived by those m whem , for many a weary year , they had eonfid . td . They eould not imagine that the golden idol oi their fondestdevotion was but a thing of clay , and that the . lltterine nrize . for which they so long wept , and
prayed , and toiled , and struggled- yee , and otten Lght and bled-was , like the phantom waters oi Eastern deserts , no sooner apparently withm their reach , than some fatal obstacle intervened , leaving them like unto him who vainly sought to possess the fairy' bird in the story , ' baffled , weaned , and broken * hearted . Though piniagin the depths of misery , they looked forward hopefully , and though ' hungry ruin' sat brooding over the length and breadth of the land , they ' rus ted that the next return of Christmas would see old Ireland 'herself again , ' and the surviving remnant of her population , if not improved , at least , not more miserable than they had been for many a year before .
But , alas ! that human hopes are so delusive , and ten thousand times , alas ! that poor Paddy ' s hopes , and prayers , and aspirations , have but formed component parts of one . vast , ' monster' delusion . Christmas comes again , and'finds us not only the most wretched , but what is infinitely worse , the most insulted , and betrayed , and deceived , and degraded people under the broad skies . Look at us ! Oh ! would that I had been born in some nameless nook of the Polar regions , or nursed at the breast of an unannointrd ravage ofthe South Sea islands , rather than been anIrisb ^ erf , ! trodden dtwn and insulted by open foes ; and what is far and away more heartbreak * ing , betrayed , and Wd . ' and ' delivered up . 'firpalu-y pelf , by those mean , cringing , crawling creatures ' , who professed to bo our friends , but who , in reality , are worse enemies to Ireland and her penp ' o thaiany who have polluted our soil from the days ol Strongbsw to the nresent honr . Look atjuji , I tay , again , Behold what we are-and , ' jJihat ' m mi ght
be . See wsat the Christmas of 1847— * nation of despise ^ miserable . -sMrying beggars ! : And look at onr 'leaders * in the House of Commons ! . 'But ^ no ; do not look at the polluted traitors . Do notilook at them : They are hot worthy of even the most . contemptuous glance that a betrayed nation could . hestow .- They : have renounced , abandoned ] deceived ns . Th ' ev sold us ! -and , with us , tbeir own honour , honesty , " and ^ reputation . But -. they will have their •• rewand . Place and patronage wiU be their meed . Their native land may anil continue a paltry province , and their fellow-countrymen may starve until pestilence will sweep away what famine cannot overtake * Still our perjured betrayers will liek the hand that smites ns , and , like the B , omnn of-old , feel no qualms about how they obtain their filthy bribe , so loneas they can revel over the ruins of their fallen land . Must not the Christmas of 1817 be to Irishmen , a season ot mirth , and happiness , and congratulation !
The Irish Coercion Bill is now all but the law of the land . What a " pretty New-Years eift for poof ; ' ill-fated Paddy . ' But an additional bucket of water can add little to the agonies of a 'drowning rat ; ' and a Coercion Law , however oppre sivp , will have but small influence on the desti * nies of Ireland . This law will prevent the Irish peasant from going about his business at certain hours , and under certain circumstances ; but why should a faraishing , half dead fellow , go out at all in the presence of well-fed soldiers and policemen ? True , in all decency , ho had hotter remain in his cold cabin , and s tarve tUl , he gasps hwlast y in silence and in peace ! His gun and his pistol ffill be fordi-d from him , too ; but of what value can such articles be to a man whose last pig and cow , and
sheaf of corn-nay , Ins blanket and his pot have been already swept away by'the andlord and poor rate collector ! But , tid lochWI .. TiieiMunster peasant will ' not stay within so easily as they imasine . He wilt venture abroad-and at ' anseasoa . able hours . ' too . were it only' to divart the hunger off himself ; ' and , faith ! he won't go out without'a companion' in his fist , in the shape of a carbine and a blunderbuss . And mark ine well—though every red coat find peeler in the pa ^ of government were pat' -olling Tipperary this verV night , and tbough every soldier and policeman had as many eyes as Argus » , and as many arms as Brisreus , they will not be able to keep the peasantry quiet , nor save the 'rack-renter . * and land jobber , and ' extermiaator ' from the punishment due to their crimes .
But a truce ! talking in this strain reminds me of sometbinR rather comical . It appears that some of the abettors of . Irish Curfew Law , are already chuckling over the vast improvements it has even how effected in the' manners' of those unrnly gentlemen , Terry Alt and Captain Roek . According to those enthusiastic wiseacres , the very mention of Coercion has frishtened Tipperary into comparative tranquillity , and the ' veni ; vidi , viei , ' ofthe -Ronisin conqueror was but a flVa-bite compared with the peace-compelling prophecies of the Whig Coercion Bill . Even some of our calculating neighbours north of the Tweed , have been ' feeding themselves with these fancies , and the following morieau , extracted from the Glasgow Examinrb of the 4 th instant , cannot but be amusing to any one knowing the condition , and feelings , snd temperament of Imhmen at the present hour .
'The penalties ' , we should say , are lenient enoush . What care these assassins for imprisonment ? The bill ought to allow transportation for life ( 'Och , Sawney , jewel , be aisy ! ' ) in desperate ( 'Ooh . ' ' J cases . It is not a little remarkable that the measures have already ( ' already !') taken partial ( ' very partial , indeed , ' ) effect . Crime is on the decrease sinre the measures ( ' Faith , Sawney , honoy , we have taken your measure already . Keep your four ugly bones ent of Tipperary , and Lord love you !') were proposed . These murderers a ' ra cowards at heart , (' slanderers are even more base than murderers , Sandy , ' ) and few or none of them will have tho courage to give us the gratification (' gratification ! you leech . Gratification to know that a fellow-creature
earned the gallows , and , got it . Devil send you such gratification by a blindroan ! ' ) of a conviction . * Well , now , is it not ' merry to hear , 'as Sir Walter Scott would say—such poltroons as this Glasgow ' gawk' twaddling about matters of which they know no more than does tbo man in the meon . How ravished he is at the thought that the ver ^ foreshadowing of coercion has already wrousht miracles in Monster , and subdued the spirit of insubordination amongst the' tall mountaineers' of Tipperary . Bu , now , Mr Examiner , listen foi a moment whilst I rehearse for your instruction a few ' fa-ite' which will , I deem , convince you that the southern vmnntry are not foeasily'cowed' as you seem to think ,
and that they are no more alarfced at vice-regal ' proclamations 'th-m they would he at hearing the ballad ofthe 'Shan vhan vocht' channtedthrough the streets of Nenagh , ar Ennis , or Killaloe . God knows , nobody in Ireland , or even in moral and enlightened Scotland , can abhor outrage or murder more than I do . God knows the facts I am now about to cite are , to me , a source of the deepest regret , yet in order to show that coercion has not checked , and will not prevent crime ia this country , I will place on record the followin g calendar of Irish outrages and crimes , all of which occurred within the last ton days , and , consequently , within the period which elapsed since the Glasgow Examiner ' s peace-prejervation ' measures' were proposed : —
No . 1 . —On the night of Thursday , the 10 th instant , Thomas Murphy , a wealthy farmer , residing near Hospital , in the county Limerick , was shot dead in his par * loor , by an armed psrty , who entered the house about seven o ' clock , They carried away £ 30 in cash . Murphy was one of the finest men in the country , and one of seven liothers nicknamed the' gorsoens , ' on account of their gigantic stature . No . 2 . —On the night of Tuesday , the 14 th Instant , a man , named St John , was barbarously murdered In his own house at Lismarrock , In the county of Tipperary . The cause of this was some dispute , with a younger brother about the occupation of a farm . No S . —On Sunday , 12 th Instant , MrFeltham Watson , a g-sntleman residing sear Nenagh , was fired at in his own avenue , on his return from prayers . The shot earrlod away part of the cloth and buttons of his outside coat . He was an ' cxtt-iminator , ' or about to become
one . No , 4 . —On the night of Wednesday , the 15 th instant , Samuel Wilkinson was shot dead at his kitchen fire in his h luse at Ballinalee , in the county Longford . No . 5 . —On the same night , Daniel Sherin , ofNewtownforbes , in the same county , was fired at In hia own house . He received a desperate wound , hut hopes of hia recovery are entertained . No . 6 On the mewing of the 12 th , three Rockite notices were found 'served' at tbe hall door of Bishop ' s *
Court , the seat of the Earl of Clonmel , —one for the Earl , ano . htr for the Countess , and a third for the steward . The Leinstsb Express , which details the above outrage , states that in the district of country in which it more immediately circulates , the gentry are all flying away , afraid of being assassinated in tbe open day . No . 7 , —On the same day au armed party attacked the house of Mr Peacocke , cf Doone , near Limerick . Thuir oljcct was to carry off arms , in which , however , they wero unsuccessful ; some ofthe party havo been arrested .
No * 8 . —On Tuesday , theHth , a soldier on sentry nt O'Brien ' s Bridge , In tlie county Clare , was fired at in the aentry box . The object was to get po » sei » l > n of hU musket . A few days previously , a soldier was disarmed at Broadwaod , but by the exertions ofthe parish priest , tbe gun was subsequently restored . No . 9 . —Oa Wednesday , tbe 15 th , Michael M'DonouRb efShrue , near Oughterard , in tbe county Ralway , was flred at en his return home from tbe latter place . Tie charge was of swan-drops , some of which lodged in the body ofthe ' mark , ' but were extracted by Dr Davis of Oaebttrard . The man is recovering . - houses of Miss
No . 10 —On Saturday , llth iiist ., the M'Bnery , Mr Brittain , and Mt Murphy , near Limerick , were visited byran armed party , whe fired shots and noticed' them to dismiss strangers from their employment , or prepare themselves to abide the eonstquonces f non-compliance- . But , tw tho lawyers say , ' here I close . 1 will cite no more of those soul-sickening herroi-s , though many others have occurred within the time to which I haw referred . I think I havo summoned evidence enough , to show the Glasgow Examiner and others of his genus , that coercion is no cure for Irish insubordination , and that the Irish peasant , solfar from shrinking at the terrors of military law , laughs it to derision . Crime will increase , and murders will redden the land , and Ireland will continue , to rankle in the side of England until justice occupies the seat of oppression , and mercy and fair play be extended to the suffering and exasperated Irish people . ; '
Dublin still continues without any 'stir * of considerabie importance . Tho special commission for the trial of prisoners in Limerick , Clare , Tipperary , and Roscommon has been appointed . The presiding judges will be the Lord Chief Justice , and the Chief lustice of the Common Pleas . Sir Michael Barrington , Crown Solicitor , of tho Munster Circuit , and Mr Kemmis , Crown Solicitor ofthe Leinster Circuit , left Dublin on Saturday , the 18 th , to attend for the pros . " * outions . The changes necessary hy the death of Judge Burton havo been already effected . Mr Moore , attorney General , is to bo Judge of Queen ' s Bench , w * c «
Burton deceased . Mr Monahan , the Solicitor General , is to be Attorney ( jeneral ; Mr Hatchell succeeds Mr Monahan , and Mr Baldwin , Q . C ., is to replace Mr Hatchell as Castle Adviser . The' Young Irealnders' held one of their periodical meetings here on last Wednesday niijht . It was rather more fully attended than usual . ' Young Meagher' occupied the chair , but like lady-singers , begged to be allowed to remain silent , as' he had a very bad cold . ' In the course ofthe procBedincs , a ' cuter for Feargus O'Connor , ' was tolled for , which met a very enthusiastic response . The meeting at Conciliation Hail on the previous Mendav , was most wretched .
Roscommon.—Twelve Prisoners Lave Been Co...
Roscommon . —Twelve prisoners lave been committed to our gaol for the murder of the late Rev . J . Lloyd . One of these , whose name ia Donohoo , living within three miles " of this townis said , to haye
Roscommon.—Twelve Prisoners Lave Been Co...
fired the fatal shot ; a second held the wins whilst the murder was being committed ; tbe o . W « r ten are the deceased ' s own tenants / who planned the jmurder , and who live on his property , ef which he had enljA life interest . Dunehce is a notorious c ' larae ^ er . Three persons have been committed to our gaol for entering tbe house of Mr ; Hogg , of Gillstown ^ with intent to rob and probably murder him . Donkoau . —Several gentlemen throughout the county hare received notices threatening them with being shot , if theydonot comply with certain terms laid' down by the writers . Many of the gentlemen thus threatened feci so annoyed , after having spent
more than their rental in relieving the psor , that they purpose leaving tho country for some time , and subpending all improvements on their estates . In Sligo . and Leitrim four-fifths of the landed proprietors of ' tbaie counties purpose leaving home to reside in Dublin or England , during the winter . Many have already gone off . These gentlemen were served with notices of their intended murder , signed' Mary Anno Green . ' Sir Robert Booth Gore ' s . steward was fired at on Monday evening last while standing in the do mesne near his cottage ; fortunately the shot did not take effect . The country is in the greatest alarmfarmers sit up all night , and business is in a great measure suspended .
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A VOICE'FROM TIPPERARY . -T ; ireund ' s ' xkader—THB COERCION Blit—MISERT AND DESPAIR ' OF IHB FEASASTuT . —EX 1 ERMWATI 0 K OS THH lESASTUT . County Tipperary , 14 th December . Iu a former letterto jou I observed that Irelasd was ever unfortunate . Patriots she had , but tbey wero few . It was for beinst sincere , uncompromising and true , that these , few though they were , had been persecuted and exiled . They went forth , like the 'Roman of old , ' wcoping o ' er . their country , regretting her infatuation , and having ; fully in view the miserable end to whioh she was hastening . Ireland herself has been ^ much to blame . She took men at their word . s and only found out , when too Me , who bad been her frieids . In the' hey day' bf her enthusiasm she voted triumphs to her soi cfcwitJ defenders , and offered'libations of gold at the shrine of theiravarice . " ¦
Not long since she lauded to the skies the men who came forward with handfuls of professions , but little real sincerity ; she accepted their vows of eternal devotion to her interests , and commissioned them to be and act as her representatives in tho senate house of England , Well , of cour » e , they went . The leader of the Irish people and ' Henry Grattan taking upon themselves to di-ect the movements of the psendo Irish party . John O'Connell vowed—and of course , registered the vow in heaven—that he would die on the floor of tho Iloufe of Commons before he would permit the people to be coerced . Pity he did not die somewhere before going to St Stephen ' s to disgrace his father ' s name . And he kept tho vow he swore by expressing his agreeable surprise tbat the
'Prevention of Crime Bill , ' was ; somild , 'Oh ! ' as an eld woman said the other day , ' Och , then , mon ! die yee ' s ever hear the likes . Well , that beats Bannagher . ' Well , all we say here is that Johnny will be our leader no longer . Paddy shan ' t purchase an estate for him as he did for Grattan ' s father . But , after all , is not it too bad that the man Ireland trusted , —the man she loved for his father ' s sake , — the man she wonld honour for his father ' s services , — could thus be found to play the part of renegade ? I a > k him , is he not convinced that ho did what his father would sooner die than do ? He did . If all the remedial measured that England could give vtere offered along with a Coercion Bill , the late O'Connell would refuse to give the latter his support . A ; * Grattan , too . Oh ! the descendant of the man who said , that he would never cease , so long as a link of the chain of British tyranny was clankinc on Irish
rags—the descendant of such a man to be found supporting an English Coercion Bill- for Ireland . If the spirit of his father were to return and hear the son record a vote for the degradation of his country , I ' m sure it would turn in disgust , and deny tiat hi ) , Henry Grattan , was it * < . ff-pring . Alas ! for Ireland , the acts of such men are blank spots in her history . It is bad enough to be persecuted and hunted like a wolf , but it ia crushing , it is worse than agonising , to be betrayed and deserted by those we trusted . The base servility , the slavish acquiescence of thos ? men , are far too disgusting to be dwelt upon . Tbey sickon one s soul , and almost cause him to hate his species . Little wonder that the English minister should say of them what Augustus Cm ? ar said of his servile , crouching senators , —' Iifandum et servile peats !'—& a , after all , the slave is despised even by those he servep .
However , amid this wreck © f treachery and cursed deceit , it is somewhat consoling to turn another glance at the parliamentary proceedings , and feast oneself with the noblo stand made by Feargus O'Connor and a few others for Ireland- Oh ! If proof were wanting as te the genuine love for liberty that warms that noble fellow ' s bosom , it is given abundantly in his asts sinoe he took his seat in parl ' ament . The friend of the slave , whether he live in Ireland or America , —the friend of liberty through the universe , —he knows but one object , that is , to give freedom to all . For that he battles in a foreign
laud ; for tbat he sacrifices his brilliant prospects ; for that he braved the terrors ef the dungeon ; for that he was calumniated ; for that he was hunted from his country ; and for tbat his name will be revered by all posterity—and though I hate adulatior , though I scorn to give or receive it , I am compelled to state my true convictions as to his character . Let him know it , and if it afford him gratification so much the better ; hia name is now in every man ' s mouth ; his patriotism is admired by his hereditary opposers , and his countrymen here are beginning to look up to him as their future guide .
Every word he uttered on the Coercion Bill finds an e cho in every Irishman ' s bosom ; he stated facts , and predicted consequences , which will attend the introclnctisn cf the Coercion Bill , so sure as to morrow ' s sun shall rise . I know the L ish peasant ' s feelings . I know his present unheard-of misery . I know of his burned hovtse , his starving children , his naked wife—and I know he will despise the English government ' s power to coerce him , I know they have as much chance of forcing from him his arms , as tbey wsuW of trying to stop the tide with a fork . His arms he will keep , his arms he will use in spite of all the Coercion Bills that conld be framed . Hear him speak of the Coer . cion Bill . ' Musha bad luck to them—they let us lay
out our meney for arms a couple a months ago , and now they want ns to lose money aad all . Arrah , then , by my sou ' , they may go to the devil and shake themselves , for the never a one of our arms they'll get . ' This is their answer to you when you speak of Coercion Bills to them . But , good Heavens , was there ever such eruelty ? The government seeking to coerce a people who arc starving—or what i ^ worse , dragging out a wretched existence on a species of food only fit for brutes—seeking to preserve life by raw turnips and herbs . In fact , the blond runs cold , the heart shivers to think ofthe unheard of misery of , thepeeple . Itis truly alarminp , and tho prospects
of the future are still more gloomy . 1 hey are causing every m an who , stall , can make us a fevr pounds , to emigrate to America . Whole neighbourhoods are eoine ; and entire towslands preparing to go . Little , England thinks what sbe is doing . She ^ is exiling her best and bravest subjects . She is sending them out of the land Nature and Nature's God destined for their habitation . She is parting with them , not iii friendship , but in enmity . They go , and carry with them a pent up rescrvoirof hatred , and who knows but they , or their descendants , may yet show how terrible a calamity England laid up for herself , when she exiled them . _ . .
I have not heart or coursge to write , God knows . The wretched misery , the half-famished skeletons , that everywhere meet the gaze , render a man sick . No t . ne can bear it . It is too much for even hardened nature . I would wish to give some idea of it , but my pen is paralysed , language becomes barren before the wretched destitution everywhere around us . Men who once were in prosperity and happiness ; men who had fine farms and comfortable homesteads , are now to be seen wandering about homeless , elothless , and hungry—asking a morsel to eat from those who knew them in happier days , and often shared iu their hospitality . No longer does the blue smoke curl from the cottage chimney . No longer is heard the joyous laugh , no more are to bo seen tho familiar faces who were known in early childhood . Allia
changed . Nature herself seems to weep o ' er our desolation , and bends in mourning dirges o ' er our devoted land . Oh ! how changed since ISIS . No one can imagine it . I fear the people no longer look up to any one as a friend . I fear the ; are beyond influence , I fear their feelings are becoming edged by keen despair , and that they are brooding something dark and terribla- The ' Coercion Bill' has topped their misery . The ' Preservation of Life Bill , ' has been the death warrant of their forbearance . A few m o nths , ay , a fow weeks , more , and they will defv tho government to the teeth . The soldiery may come among them—bah ! Seek the outlawed peasant in his mountain retreat , and when you catch him , give him a rebel ' s death . Send the police out-pshaw . An armed band of peasants will give tbem another Carrick shock in one of the natural ravines of their native edens . Outlaw tho Irish nowand they will
, pull England down with themselves—they will involve' her in their own destruction . To be sure , they who rule England may laugh at -the Irish , and tell them the musket and cannon are their only relict . Well , they laughed once before at the _ Americans but we saw how the laugh ended . So it might be in Ireland . It is natural for a man to love his country . Itisjustas natural for him to right hor wrongs . We , who are now young men , got tlie taste of freedom . We heard of slavery from onr fathers . We are daily receiving lessons , and , I trust , are profiting by them in the science of freedom . We are taught to believe that it is incompatible with onv dignity , as men , to submit to serfdom . We are catching up a notion of aelf-rrliance—and , if needs be , I think we are determined to be able to make it something more than a mere speculative theory , ' O'Connell is goiae-toinlluQnco is no more . The
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peoplereeognise ne influence . They are bwinniM to think for . themselves , and will not , require niucS provocation to turn rebels . And . after ali , perhacs it would , be as well they did . One ' s country deserves his exertions . " . * What 1 though it be enslaved , it may be reeteomed ; though it be in chains , it may be no . , fettered , Ireland is not Poland . Nature ' s arohiteo < tureintheone , iscrapg . v , entrenched , and guarded by isaccessibio passes—in the other ; it stands in an open plain . But , perhaps , lam writing traason . I { I be , itis the treason which is spoken here , The
wild storm , careean ? -in its whirlwind chariot , is not more threatening than the aspect of things just now . Itij begun to be credited ^ that ns it was by the sword we wore conquered , so it is by the same guerdon wa are to be righted . Even so . Let England / violate the constitution . Let her outlaw the people , " let her trample on them , more and mote , and then hurrah J fur old IrtUnd , and the green hilJs of our country . If the sword be once drawn , I feat it will not be ? sheathed until the last man in Ireland is slain , vt U i ! i , i ii it red ( lened » and its wielder intoaieated , with the blood of hio oppressor . l
It would appear onr notable constables » e already anticipating the fun they will have by and by in bayoi noting us . asthcysay in Ireland . One of those worthies , named Oonnegan of ' Carrickbev , ' in the coanty of Waterfora , teok it into his head , last week , that ho might with all due right immolate a young man , named Wall , to his drunken notions of peace-making ; he stabbed him , and then , asa matter of . 'ourse , itir aicteda fri ghtful gash en another young marywhosa name is Sheehan . This werlhy preserver of thb publw peace had the consolation , when he eot soberyof finding himself in Carrick Bridewell . Yet our paternal -government is determined to give such ruffians as he , power to enter our homes and violate the sane * tuaryof eur affections , on some flimsy pretence of
base intention . But where is the man who would permit such unrefined barbarians , such licentious brutes , sweltering in the thoughts of hideous profli . gacy , to enter the 'thalamus ' of his chaste wife , or amiable sister , to pollute with their unhallowed tread , or stain with their satanical jeer , the pure repose of unsullied innocence . Who would permit it ? No man , but a crouching beast more degraded than the grovelling worm that man looks on without a thought . No ; the man who respects the one , and loves the other , would stand between both , and the insult sought to be put upon them , and would only permit it to be inflicted , when the ruffian band , passed o ' er his mutilated corpse , when he would be spared
the pain of witnessing his sweet home ' s disgrace , his hearth ' s pollution . Crime is decreasing here now , and evictions daily going on as usual—tweaty-eicht persons were . turned out last week , to starve en the road side , at Money * gall . There unfortunates are now destitute , and , of course , can't starve . They must find shelter some * where for their craving necpssities . Thus are Irisir man protected by thoir landlords . Mr Bayly is now out of danger , and his recovery certain , the ligature having come off the wound without causing it to bleed . I trust he will soon appear again among the people , as . he certainly was a right good friend to them .
The Nenagh Guardians have refused to act , and sent up tbeir resignatios to the Commissioners , on the ground that they could not relieve the people , and that their lives were in danger . In order that the Commissioners should receive their resignation , Mr Going moved tbat they should adjourn to the 1 st of September , 1848 , which motion was lost by a majority of two . One of the guardians , Mr Walker , stated that he received notice from a sure source , that in case relief was any longer denied , he might make
his grave . A deputation attended with a memoria l , on tho part of the labourers of Nenagh , requesting means to live some way or the other . Let Lord John and his clique ask themselves— ' Is not the poor law working admirably here . ' Let him and his friends congratulate themselves on the way the tide of pauperism is swelling under his whe system of legislation . Bah ! 'twere folly to expect honesty from a Bedford . If a Whig were paid for it , he would convict Almighty God of not being the author of tha Lord ' s prayer .
Another fact of a somewhat redeeming trait in the characters of bailiffs is , that they are turning out illegal rubbers . Two of that class were arre .-ted last week at Ballingarry for stealing cows . | They were leg . il thieves before , but now thiy are determined to act decently . At Lorah last week , a case was tried before the magistrates , E . F . G . Ryan , Ejq . , R . M ., and John Lalor , Esq ., for illegal distraint and riot . In the latter case , a constable M'lvenzie swore he came to prosecute on speculation ; but yet informations were received against tke parties , though it was apparent
to any ono that the men were perfectly justified in resisting the bailiffs , who acted illegally , and atainst whom informations were lodged for so doing . There ' s magisterial cleverness for you—two decisions , one proving tho other a nullity—a farce on the law . Bah J Lord John , you would want to write to Lord Clarendon a billet de sante for the future guidance of the R . M . ' s through the country . The weather for the last week has been dreadful . Every part of the low grounds has been flooded with tne excessive rain that has been falling since Sunday last . The storm was also very severe ; two boats were swamped by it The O'Connell monument col lection amounts to £ 3 T . in Thurles , and in
Clonnie-£ 150 . Mr Kemmis has been in Clonmel for tho last week investigating the late murder cases , and it is expected that a Special Commission will be held in that town immediately . Z . T . 0 .
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IRELAND .-THE EDINBURGH CHARTISTS . An important public meeting was recently holden in Adam-sauare Hall , for the purpose of petitioning parliament to adopt the policy towards Ireland embodied in Mr O'Connor ' s late motion . The report of the meeting is now out of date , but we give the resolutions as evidence of tho brotherly feeling of the Edinburgh Chartists towards the people of Ireland . 1 . That this meeting deeply laments the amount of Bev . Vd and unparalleled distreas that exists iu tho sistfr kingdom , Ireland , and further deplore that ber Majesty ' s government has not , ns yor , introduced any measures breathing a just , benevoltnt , or a generous spirit ,
2 . Tbat tins meeting cannot allow tbe present opportunity to pass without declaring It as their opinion that her Mnjestj's government has deliberately betrayed the confidence the country reposed in them , in introducing at tha present juncture , a coercion bill as a remedy fur Ireland ' s grievance , seeing that scarcely two years have elapsed since thej gave It as their opinion that coercive measures for Iruland bad completely filled to restore tbat unhappy country to a state of peace and prosperity . 3 . It is the opinion of this meeting that , from the iniquitous and brutal treatment Ireland has ever experienced at the hands cf successive governments since the
period of the Union , it is the snered doty of the people of Ireland to demand and struggle for a IUpcnl of the Union and thus effectually rid their country of an alirn hierarchy ,, and a British , grasping , and unprincipled executirc ; but , vhile recotnicendlnij their Irish brethren to moko strenuous efforts to attain this desirable end , they would , at the same time , in a spirit of fraternal love , exhort them to aid their English and Scottish brethren In securing the enactment of the People's Charter as the law of the United Kingdomtkus taking an efficient and secure step to annihilate the bane and curse of every country—class legislation .
Mr Archibald Walker presided ; and the speeches , which wero delivered by Mr John Grant , Mr M'Crie of Leith , Mr Gumming , Mr Ekings , Mr Alexander Grant , Mr J . Cockburn , and Dr Alexander Hunter , were exceedingly talented and eloquent . The meet , ing altogether reflected greatcrediton the Edinburgh Chartists .
Horbihw Narrative—We Extract The Followi...
Horbihw Narrative—We extract the following from the Uaupax Morning Post of the 1 st inst . ;—• The schooner Caroline , from Savannah for Bath , encountered heavy galea after the 26 th of October , had all her provisions washed over , and , on the 10 th ult ., tbe crew had beer , six days without food or water . In this situation they cast lots as to who should die to save the lives ofthe others , and the lot fell on a largo Irishman , named Charles Brown , who was the only man with a knife on board , and threatened to plunge it into any one who wonld attemot
to carry out the fatal chance . Hereupon a lad of nineteen , belonging to Wales , offered to die first , as ho was the youngest , and Brown was about to stick him with his knife , when the captain struck Brown with an adze , and killed him . They drew off his Wood and drank it , cutting his body in stripes to eat . On the morning of the 13 ' . h three vessels hove in Mght , and the three survivors were rescued , their lives , beyond doubt , having been saved by drinking the horrid liquid . Two of the survivors arrived in Philadelphia , the other one was in a vessel bound for the West Indies . '
A Chartist Pio . — -Mr Clewlow , butcher , of Weststreet , Somers Town , on Tuesday last slaughtered and exposed to the view of many admirers , a very fine fat pig , which had been fed by Mr John Hornby , one of tho allottees at O'Connorville . This splendid animal , although not bred or fed by a certain pauper prince ( whose fat productions have , of late , been paraded before tbe public , ) is in many respects equal to those exhibited at the Smithfied cattle show ( wa state ( this from personal inspection ) and we trust that our friends on the people ' s estates will strive to outvie and emulate caoh other in this kind of agricultural produce .
Glasgow . —HoxesTT E & codragbd . —a nice Utile girl last week found a pocket book in ' the High-stveeb which was well filled with something or other . On vanning . after the person ( we cannot call him a gentleman )' that she thought had dropped it , the following conversation took place : — ' Sir , hero is your book , I think it was you who dropped it V VO ye ? , niy dear , it is very valuable , and 1 would not havolost it for tbe world—you are really a good girl , andy if I had had any money I would have given you—or , penny . ' As Jonathan would say , the fellow the ' a sloped-nad . was speedily out of sight . What a dj ' ty i hog he was *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 25, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25121847/page/6/
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