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o ' clock , they had no sooaer reaehed top n raUfa than they beard tha load sounds of an approacidng whirlwind , and , being aware of its ceiseaTencesiu their expos . * position , threw themselves Span the recks . Mr B ^ , sen ., bels S nnaWe to retain ^ hold , v « a , c « rteity the force of the wind some thlrtj or fottr yards from the summit ofthe neks ; and , oa a search being m . se for his body it was feundoa lhe followlns morning at a distance of about SOCI yards , in S mestpttiatb condition , Ms limbs , and the various bones cf his body being crushed to pieces . The deceased , whowasab-mtfiftyyearsof » g * . was most upright end industries msa , and has bit a widow and three
children . Bcklast «« Hewcasik . — Fsur men , masked and braised broke Into tha houte of Mr Jefan VfUliam - twltt . atEbchesier , on Friday morning meek , about 'cur o ' clock . Xwo of them stood over tb » inmates with ob ' elt cock « d , whilst the other two ransacked tha house , whence th-y took a bank receipt , some money from the servant girl , a gun , a sward , and some finger rings and nrocches . . , . VfaawicKtHiaB— Tessiblb Accmrsrr . —A very deplorable « erf « knt , by which six persons lost their lives , OMurr ^ d at an early hour on Friday week , at the Baatfflo Caifery , theproperty of Mejsrs Brldgweod and Co ., situated abaut threemlles from Haaley . It appearsthat
about six o ' clock five taea and one boy went to their emp'oyment , and were in the act of being Uwered down tbesh » ftofthepit . wheB thelinkcftkachaln to which the corfe was attached mapped asunder , and the whole of tbe unfortunate cre & tews were precipitated to the bottom , a distance of S 60 feet . They were all most horribly msagted , scarcely a tons remaining bat what was broken to pieces , and every pertoa was killed oa theepo \ Their nsmes ate—Thomas Battany . a single man ; Joseph Jones , aesrried msn , with one child ; Wailam Cotton , a married man , with four children ; CharlesH « lestone , a married man , with one child ; Willism Withcote , a married man , with three children ;
and Jasper D * rrlcete , a lad . HistrsHiBe . —SnrctDfiOFAlwT . —On Friday week an Inquest was hsld upon the body of Mrs Twynam , the wife of Dr Twynam , of Knowle-hill , near Bfohopstoke . Tie ontortunste lady who had been for some timejin a Btate of mental deprettioa , destroyed herself bydiscbarging the cantents of a gun throsgb . her head . The poker was cloie to the rig ht hand . The gun was lying between her knees , with tke sleek on tha ground , and lhe barrels pointed towards ths head . It appeared the d'eeased discharged the gua by touching the trigger with the poker . Is mu-t hare caused instant death . —Kr Wilson , surgeon , said Mrs Twynsm , was afflicted with a disease of the btaln , which subjected her to aberration of the mind . She was incoherent in her manner , scmetlmes more , eoaietimes Ibei . She had sot entire control over her » elf . The jury returned a verdict of Temporary insanity . *
Chateau—Oa Saturday eveningla « t about slxo'clock Sergeant James Dsane , 69 th Royal R fl * i , put a period to his life by shooting himself with his rifle . He was ia charge cf a detachment ga * rd , doing duty in the military prison . F » rt Clarence , and he committed tbe act in his own room , which is in the rear of the guard room , fey placing his rlfl ? , which was loaded with ball , under his chin . Tie discharge snatttred his head to atoms ; several of his teeth were picked up la tke roem . The cause for committing this rath act appears to to have arisen fttra his being In arrears ef some publle money due to some of tha men of his depot , and which he bad mentioned previously te one of his comradf 8 , adding that be
had been threatened with being reported tehls commandlag effiser . Mr James tswis , the Bochester coroner , held an itqaeit on the body , at a late hour tha same night , when the jury returned a verdict 'Tbat the deceased shot himself daring a fit of temporary fasanity . ' LtxciSEiiE . —Aa inquest was held on Tuesday week last , before R . Palmer , 3-: q ., at Shevington , on the bodyol Hfiiham Bentbam , aged fix years . It appeared frera tbe evidence that the boy en taking some dinner to a coalpit in Standlsh , was attempting to pntthedmcer in an tmpty basket which was being lowered Into the pit . On reaching his hand towards the baiket he lest bis balance , end was precipitated to the bottom . When taken np ke wts qa'te deed . Verdict , ' Accidental Death . '
Dcbhix —An accident of a very curios * and serious nature occurred at Trimdon colliery on Tuesday night week . A pitman , named Francis Discing , was nuking Shots ( powder toiled in paper for blasting coal ) In bis own house , about six o ' clock ia the evening , when his nephew , a bay , came la with some mi ' . k , part of which he spilled . Dinning took up a bag containing six pounds of powder , and struck the boy with it ; the bag burst , and the powder fired , and blew the window oat , partly unrooftd tbe home , and seriousl y Isjurea Ers persons who were in it at tbe time , one of whom , a child two years old , named Moody , is since dead . Dinning ' s nephew had an eye b ' own ont , and is I ? a ve-y precarious state , Repxietz cf Thohp » s . —A letter wes on Thursday week received in Greenock from the Sheriff Depute , in which he lafarmt the Town Ciuncil tbat Thomson ' s life would be spared , and requests that tbis fact may be meds known to tbe magistrates .
Kekt . —Sisgulix , Death . —On the 2 Zad inst . an inquest was held at HibUdon Park , near Tunbridge , the country seat of John Deacon , E-q „ the banker , before J , Dadlow , E q ., coroner , teccbiag the death of Robert Pope , a groom , who had been many years in the service of the above-named gentleman . It appeared from the evidence of the fellow servants of the deceased , that not leaking his usual appesrauce in the hall on the evening of the 20 m of D-cember , a search was made in the stall- , and after some time he was found quite dead in one ot tha hoy-racks , with his head downwards . From the fact ol the hat of the deceased having teen found in the nuBger , it was supposed that havlrg dropped It in ths rack , he , in attempting to regain It , fell in , and was unable to extricate himself ; the rack being upwards of fear feet deep . A verdict of' Accidents ! Dja : h' was returned .
CaEEHisE . —Home * . —Oa SansTay week , a female named B .-Uget St & ntoa brought a child to the pvlice station , in aftccksndo , and stated that her husband had so ill-need it that she did not expect it would live many hours . The child was examined , bat nothing was fouad to be the matter with it , and the vomu departed . A few hoars after this the female again called with the child , which was dead , and fearfully injured , saying , 'I f aid you it could not live . ' The police were then despatched for tha husband , whom they apprehended during the day . The parties living ( a the seme touts as the prisoner swore that the man and his wits had had a slight quarrel during the moi & ing ; that tbe latter said ths men hid as mush right to take care of tke child at s ' ne
had ; ar . d whtu he went out she cried sf' . er him , and s & id that as he woald not take any trouble with the child , she woald do something to it which would hinder him from going to woik . She then told the lodgers that her husband had almoxt kiUed the child , but upon their going to loeh at it they found it quite well , and uninjured . She tb « c toek the child out , and whilst ptocceaing along the road it is snppoesd that she msrdercd it , for there were nameroaj wounds on the he & d and cheek , and two ofthe teeth had been forcibly removed . An inquest was held oa Friday , and the jury returned a verdict of Wilful Harder ' agsintt Bridget Stsntcn , who was forthwith committed to take her trial at the ensuing sesixes , and lie fdther w , s liberated .
Awfui CiTisnoFBE , —On Thursday afternoon week news was broaght to Faverihata that fire children had bees burnt te death la a hawker ' s csrt at a place called Pm ^ ford , about a mile and a half from Fav ^ rsbam . The news proved to be toe true , for on proceeding to the spat a sight the most harrowing met the view . The charred bodies ef the children wert ; lying in a heap with the remains of tbe cart . It appeared that tbe parents of the children left them In the cart in tha early part of tke day whiltt they areoeeded to follow tbelr vocation in
the csnntry as hawkers of small wares tar sale , end tt is tupvoted that one of the children mutt have lighted a Jacifer and ignited some of tbe bedding In tbe cart , which was one of tha usual description occupledby gipsies , and of small dimensions , aad that the children most have been soon suffocated , as the cart was closed up in conseqa-nceof the inclemency of the weather . Some men working ia a barn close by immediately rendered all the aasutaaee in their power . They had , however , a dimcult tack in preventlag the flames of the burning cart from extending to tke barn .
losKiHres . —Coamsioa or Hnanra . —Thos . Halkln , tke youth who was tried on Wednesday week , and found guilty of the murder of Esther Inmsn , at Leeds , has since confessed his guilt . On his trial he strongly protested his innocecce , and said that he nerer Intended doing her any harm . He alto appeared to be bnt little eff--c ; ed by the fearful petition he was in . However , siace then , he hss considerably softfned , and shown signs of contrition ; sad on Thursday week he made a confession of his guilt to \ theR . v . T . Batten , the prison cusplsin , to the effect that he was tke cause of the death cf bis lover , aad that bo had contemplated the murder for some time previously .
Fccxet ricEtso Exrz & oinisiar . — There were en Friday week placed at the bar « f tbe Manchetter borough court , a Uttie girl , named Vary A . Kurpby ( who Stated tbat she was nine years of age , but who seemed to be about eleven ) , and three young women , decest ! / dressed , calling themselves Elis . Dwyer , Jane Broun , end Ci . th . Browa . Kr Besvick charged the girl with poaket-picklng , aad tke other prisoners with receivisg the property , knowing it to be stolen . The facts of the case wtre these j—On the previous Wednesday , a young lady ^ named Keener , came into town for the purpose of shopplnsv Oa hee way , alia was closel y f « Uowed Into a jeweller ' s thon by Hurpny , but was sot aware of the fsitHrsUexdelson , the shopkeeper , however raw the girl ester , and , from ths unconcerned bearing and the neatness of the dree * , thought that she was an attendant oa the lady . Hist Etcher speat about twenty minutes in selecting several artialu for purchase and during the whole ef the time the little girl stood very fdowtnser , Wkes abast t ? pay for tbe articles , sa *
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mlKed htr pockst-book , whieh ooatamed a £ 5 note Htr pons , however , was still in her pocket . Thinking that tke might have lest ths book in the shop , she began to J »» k about far It ; Mrs Veadelsoa asilsted , aad so also did tha little girl . Ths starch was nnsuocsttful ; aad Mist Escher came to the conclusion that she might have dropped it at tha couatlng-hoaie of Mr Belhouse , er left it at horns . Thither she proceeded , but the missing pocket-book coals not be found . Immediately after the had left ths shop , the little girl went ont , tstally unsuspected by any ont ; fer Mrs Hendslson re . gardid her as the attendant on the youog lady , and the latter leaked upon her as belonging to the shsp . In a short tivse afterwards , Mrs Utndslton missed from her pocket her own purse , which contained twenty-two
sovereigns and a half-sovereign , two of the sovereigns having oee " n cut at the bank . Sh « sl « e mined one er two keys . Btlng convinced that she had the purse In her pocket a short time before Htis E « chir entered , sht began to snipeet that both she and tha yoaaglady had been rosbed by the little girl ; and when Mds Etcher returned , there ensued inquiries and explanations which strengthened ths suspicion . Information was given to the polics ; and on the following day the girl was apprehended in a shop In Old Market Pises , in the act of picking a lady ' s pocket . Policeman Garland , who was in plain clethes , saw the little creature esgtged in what appears to hart beta her calling , and took her into custody . She dropped a purse on the
ground . Several questloas were put to her , in reply to whici she stated that she only entered the town on Wednesday ; that she came from Deny , in Ireland , and that the had no friends here . After telling a aambtr of falsehoods , she co & feued tbat she had been lodging at an eat ng . house , near to the Old Church , kept by a p & rson named Smith , and she gavt up the key of her box , In which , she said , some money woald be found . Mr Betwick , accompanied by GarZsnd , went to the eating-house epeken of , and found that the three other prisoners , who said th « y were sitters , occupied a room there . Oa Jane Brown he foand Mrs Mendelson ' t keys and purse . He then searched the room . Between the bed aad mattress he found a qasmity of new clothing , aad a lady ' s rosewood work-box was concealed under a wash-stand . The
key which had bten given up by H « ry Aan Murphy unlocked this box . In one ef its compartments , Mr Beswlck discovered the pscktt-book and £ 5 note belonging to Mist Etcher , and , in another compartment , a paper bag , apparestly containing nothing bat sag-ar , bat having £ 44 in gold , wrapped up ia paper , secreted in the midst of it . Amongst the gold there were two cut sovereigns belonging to Mrs Mendelion , A yontb , aamsd Turner , wfeoio father Ireeps a atoll in Smitbfield market , deposed that on Tuesday last he met the whole of the prisoners in ths Llangollen vaults , Dunsgate . They told him they were strangers , and asked him to show them the town . He did so , and in the evening they went to the
theatre . The young ladles not only paid all the expenses , but they presented Turner with a very handsome parse for his kind attention te thtm . Ann Dsffey , servant at the Llangollen tavern , corroborated a part of Turner s evidence , and produced a very elegant parse , which one of the females bad given ti her . In all , five purses were traced to the prisoners . Mr Beswtsk expressed bis belief tbat tbe whole of the prisoners had been in the haUt of taming out to p ' ck ladies' pockets , and applied to have them remanded for a few days , Mr Maude said the case was very clear against Mary Ann Murphy and Jane Brown ; the depositions against them might be taken , and tbe others wero remanded .
KiKHSwiHitE . —Attehf ? ar BpsGtsBT . —Early oa Thursday night week , Mr Gardner , of Nether Common , detected a thief in his bonis , under very singular circumstances . The culprit in question fs a young woman named Mary Simpson . She had been formerly In Mr G . ' s service for some time , and was of course thoroughl y acquainted with every part of Ms residence . According to the account of the girl herself , she had contrived to enter the house about dutk on Wednesday even ' ng . She then went into an uaoccapled bed-room un the graaad floor , with the view of concealing neirelf till ths family were at rsst , when ebe expected being able to carry off whatever she had a fancy for und ' storbed . This arrangement was hewtrtr , frustrated . —It appears that of late Mr Gardner has had tbe lower windows of his home well secured by secret fastenings , which cannot be opened by a stranger , and as a farther caution , tbe family hare been in the habit of locklag all tbe room
doors on the ground flit before bed time . By tbis means the intended thief was made a prisoner In tha room she had taken shelter in ; and although she made many efforts dating ths night to get out by both the door and windsw , she was frustrated , and had to remain In dcrance till msralng . On tbe household btlng astir and the door of the roem unlocked , the still persevered in her obj < ct , and took refuge in a cellar till the afternoon , whea the family were at dinner aad the servants engaged In attending it . She then commenced , and made the wardrobe of her late mistress the first object of her search . Here she had laid oat a quantity of hdles ' apparel . Mrs Gardner had occasion to visit tha bedroj-cu while these operations were in progress . Sbe instantly discovered something wrong , and with tb * assistance of the gardener a search was instituted , and the depredator was found hiding in one of tbe attics , without cap or shoes , m she had come out of the cellar . She was subsequently conveyed to prison .
An IaiiHHiK ' s Inez —At the Tiverton police court , on Monday week , Francis CauGeld was brought before F . Hole , E < q „ and W . Hole , Etq > , charged with having proceeded beyond his destination on the line on Sunday last . He had taken a ticket from Bridgwater to Wellington , and bad proceeded to Hele station , where , on giving np his ticket to the pelicemtn , the fraud was discovered . He was committed for a fortnight in default of payment of a fine of 10 s ., including costs , On being asked where he ctme from , he replied , 'Plsze your Rtvennce , I came from Bristol in search of work , an' this is the first job I ' ve got into . '
Fatal Accidebt —A female passenger , whose name we have been enable to ascertain , was killed at tho Teigamouth station of tbe Soath Devon Kail nay , on Friday week last . She had left the carriage to speak to a friend on the plttform , whea tke train began to movt off . As ¦ he bad no intention of being left behind , the ran to get to her teat , bnt slipping her foot , fell betweea tbe edge cf the platform and the carriages ; she was so injured by the pasting train as to be killed on the spot . Ttii is a terrible caution to passengers quitting their seats . Fi . Ti . 1 . Accidwt . —On Thursday week , Mr Robert Leslie , slater , Murraygate , met with his death In a lamentabla manner . Being employed In repairing ths roof of a warehouse at ths Surer House Wyns , and not
having gone heme daring the evening , his relttires became alarmed , and one of them set off in quest of him about tbe place where be had been working , While searching about tbe premises , he was perctlved by one of the watchmen , who , upon being made acquainted with hlsobjtc ' , assisted him la the pursuit of tt , when they found the unfortunate man lying on tho floor dead . It appears the way deceased came by his death was , tbat ha bad been engaged alone In repairing the roof of the above-mentioned warehouse during the day . whtu a portion of it had fallen In with bio , napercelved by any one . The height frea which he had fallen was about thirty feet , Mr Leslie was 77 years of age , and has been apwards of forty years in business as a slater In tbis place . — Dundee Advertiser .
SoFrolK .-Fs . TiL CotCH AccmiHT . —On Friday week ths Norwich Union coach , on Us route to the Eislern Union station , was overturned in Nortbgatestreet , Ipswich , and a lady was killed oa ths spot , some of the other passengers being more or ltss Injured . Upon Woodbridge Hill , the two horees In harness , ob . taming the masury , preceedid etatorient rate down tbe road , and , In turning the sharp ooraer of Colemanstreet , the coach fell ov ; r , with a loud crash , scatter . ing the passengers and Inggage upon tht pavement of the White Horse Hotel , Several ptrssnt , attracted b y the cries of the passengers , ran to render assistance . A lady in front , named Fsrker , discovered nndsr tht leggage , was taken np insensible ' , and conveyed Into the
commercial room . - Mr Bailee- , sorgeon , was fmmodi . ably In attendance , bat tke lady breathed her last in t > e contte of a few minute ? . The next passenger Injatedlsayonng man nsmed Barker . When conveyed to the White Horse , he w <* bleeding , ani , under the direction ef Mr Bolitn , was put to bed . Besldst being much bruised about the body , it is feared that ho has sustained csccuttion of the brain . Roper , the coach , man , and another passenger , were alio bruited , tht former especiall y , being so much cnt abtut tbe htad and face that he was obliged to proceed home and go to bed . Two other passengers were slightly iojored , bnt were able to proceed by tbe train to London . —An inquest was held on tbe remains of Mrs Parker , on Saturday , when a verdict of * Accideatal death ' was returned
HEUacHoti Attn Fatal Accidest at BoaanAH . Oa Saturday afternoon , about four o ' clock , whilst seine labourers were engaged in digging a common sewer , In the above parish , the earth caved in npon them , and tne tf thtm , a young man , was taken from ander the soil a corpte . Four others wero seriously Injured ; one fracturing bis arm , another bis thigh , a third his collarbone , and the fourth being severely bruited . Exrnosiow or Fibb-Dahp . —On Tuesday morning week , betweea seven and eight o ' clock , an explosion of fire damp took place in a coal pit ia Mr Baldwin ' s new field , sear Birmingham , aad which is worked by John Jones and Martin Walton , butty miners . On
assistance being obtained , it was found that the only persons injured by the explosion were two brothers , aamed James andJehnUnett , and George Dougherty , the Utter being buraed so severely that but slight hopes are entertained of bis recovery , as it Is suppoied tbat he Inhaled the b ' . tze . The two Unettt tre not seriously injured . Another man named William Corbett , was slightly hart by one of the horses treading npon bis chest through being frigbtensd by the explosion . Dr Edward Best Is the surgeon attending thtm . John Unett states that the pit was tried with the safety lamp in the usual way , by the 'doggy , ' before the men wentdomj , andit was sappssed the pit was safe . There were about thirty hands iu the pit at the time ofthe accident ,
PttMODTH — OAPTOaE 0 V AW iHTEnsIKO BhIOSAHT . —Oa the 7 th ef November a young man named Shatte , clerk and traveller to Mr Staffers , of Hamburgh , suddenly absconded from his employ , went to London , and tsenesto ^ Plymouth , where be was to embark an board the Coroaaudel , C « pt » la-Horman , wblck left London on tbe 6 Ji ef December , boand far Australia . She arrived here oa the Hth , and the fugitive having sent bit luggage from his lodgings to the waterside on the morning of that day , proceeded himself on foot . Ha wat , however , carefsUy watched , and his movements communicated to bis employer , who btd followedhtm from the csatinent and was then concealed en board the schooner Ellaa
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Fox . discharging a cargo at the BwWasn . Whtu Shnttt arrived on the wharf , Mr Stofferi , having a large handkerchief tisd round Ws face , aud wearing green istctaclei , ao « aglss « d hat , so as to dlegutst bis parton stepped ashore unexpectedly , and placed the culprit In tie hands of a therttfa officer . Mr Staffers carries on an extensive dotting establishment , doing a large business in tht north of Germany , and Shatte is charged with embmllng more than £ 1 . 000 . Fail op aw AsaoLiTB . —Daring » storm ef rain , hall , thunder , and lightning , which occurred about ten days ago , a servaatglrl , in the w tsbbousenf Mr Atkins , Fltherton . Salisbury , was soared by a loud crash as of a
heavy body having fallen and brok « on tbe pavemsnt [ n the yard adjolalng . Owlcg to tbe darkness of the night the could not ascertain by what the crash had been pro . dneed ; but , early on tho following morning she found , scattered about ths yard , fragments as If of an iron stone , tbe external surfaces rounded and polished , and the internal radiating from many centres . Some of the rounded prominences ol ths stone have a blistered appearance , not nsllke some specimens of chalcedony . None of these fragments ( of which Mr Atklni picked up about one gonad twelve ounces ) had the slightest influence on a magnetic needle , Numerous other frag * meats , reduced to powder , were not collected , but nnfortunately swept away .
• Chststmas WAire . '—Oa Saturday evening a parly cf gentlemen having bargained with . the railway to find them wings wherewith to fly to the merry hemes of Christmas , were snugly ensconced together In a osrrlage at Brentwood , bnt af : er indalglog for a time In tbe warm flow oftbe conversation ofthe season , they found tbat instead of speeding along gaily by tho mall train , the happy roofs they sought were as distant as ever , and they were left alone in the cold hoar frost . The train by mistake had left carriage and company bodily behind ; it wat not till reaching Ingatestona that the loss was discovered , and tbe engine tripped back for ' tho waits , ' the musio of whose voices would toonhavabesn missed In many a merry celebration of Cbiistmnt Eve .
SxaiKE roa Waqei . — The table-blade grinders have Issued a circular , In which they state that their average earnings , according to their late list of prices , were 35 » . per week , and deducting from tbat Si per week for expenses , it leftSSj . ; but the preseet price for tke «* me amount of work Is 17 s . 61 , and deducting the same amount for expenses , leaves 8 s , 61 . per week to support themselves aad families ; and In some cases the price is less than that , consequently they were reduced to a state inferior to that of the continental workmen , and little bttter than pauperism . The quantity of the superior work , they state , woald be from five to six dessn per day , and ths price cf it by the lata list woald be U . 2 d . per dozen , tho common work from ten to twelve dozen per day , and the price 7 d . per dozen , and making
allowances for stone-hanging and varloas other stoppages , would reduce it to the above average . They therefore ask for an advance of wages from 8 » 64 . to abont 19 s ., which Is twenty per oont , below tbe list price . The juttlee of this demanl is , we believe , admitted by most of the manufacturers , who acknowledge that their working for such extremely lew prices Is no real benefit to them , while it is a groat injury to the totrn at large ; but they say that the demand must be general before they can grant it . ACCIDEKT AT WoETCKT CotK Mitt , KEi * SHEFfOtD . —Asx > ut four o ' clock in the afternoon of Tuesday week last Gsorge Helliwell , a man about 57 years of age , In the employ of Mr Jamet Sortees , Jan ., ef the above mill , was In lhe act of shooting a sack of com Into the bin in
the dressing-room , when , it would appear , his feet slipped and he fell forward , hit bead going between tbe cog-wheel and the upright post at the end ef tbe Mbtha wheel being In motion at the time , Mr John Sdrtees , sen ., who was in the room below , heard him fall , ran up , followed by another Individual , and immediately stopped tbe wheel . Tbe poor fellow , when extricated , presented a shocking appearance , both sides of his head being much mutilated , and one ear oat eff . Next day , having slightly rallied , it was attempted to remove him to his home at Wharccllfie Side , but he diedoa the way . ABBtOATH . —AFPAEBEHSION OF A I / ADI Ihpostob . — On Wednesday week , a female , respectably dressed in weeds , and glorying la the name of Mrs Webster , or Dickson , or Henderson , alias Matatkl , was apprehended
in 'he Western Bank Office here , on a charge of falsehood , fraud , and wilful imposition . It would appear that she had applied for charity at the house of the Rev , Mr Hsndersen , representing herself to be tbe widow of a mtn of the name of Htnderson , who had been employed as a cletk In the honse of Barclay , Sktrving , and Company , Glasgow , aad tbat , in consequence of bis death , she nat left in a state ofthe greatest destitution ; tbat , being on her way to Aberdeen , where she had friends who were to assist her , she had been compelled to apply for temporary relief to carry ber forward . At the British Linen Compaay ' t office she assumed the name of Dickie i , telling a similar story ; and , in various
olher iBSiincea , when on her visits , took the names of ihe Individuals tet whom she applies . Some suspicion having arisen ' she was taken inte custody . Tbis wo * man Is thought to be the celebrated Madame Mataokl , who forme'ly pessed herself off as the widow of a Polish refugee , and , In that character , contrived to collect pretty largely from the pockets of many of the nobility and others In varleus parts of the country . As Madame Mataaki , she was tried for this crime , before tho sheriff aud a jury , in Duudee , In Ootobsr , 1812 , and was , along with h » r husband , John NatU , ( sow undergoing a sen . tenet of transportation for a similar crime ) , imprisoned In the prison ef Dundee ,
TbEATMKHT OF DEBTOBS COMMITTED BT THE COUNXT Codbt . —At tht Court of Chelmsford , on Wednesday , Ur Gordon observed to Mr lSTeale , tho governor of the gaol , who was present , that a person who had been committed by bim from Rocbford Hnndred had boasted that ho waiallowed to smoke In the gaol , that he was very comfortable there , and did not oare for the commit , ment .-Mr sTesle said it must have been an empty boast ; the persons committed by this court were not allowed the privileges of the common debtors—they were treated as misdemeanants , and there was a separate place for them . —Mr Gordon said he was aware
of that , but he thought it ought to be publicly known — Subsequently Mr Neale produced tbe printed rules w > th respect to this class of debtors , by whioh It appeared they had oatmeal gruel , and bread for breakfast and sapper , a pint of soup and bread for dinner three days In the week , and three ounces of meat , \ half a pound of potatoes , and eight ounces of bread an the other four dayt ; and it It added' They shall not procure or receive any tobacco , wine , beer , or fermented liquor , except by order of the surgeon , on the ground of health . They shall be permitted to see their relations and friends only once in the course of eacb week . '
NoarHAwronsHiBB . —Tenant Riant . —Tbe Peterborough Farmers' Club , at their last meeting , discussed tke question , * What measures ctuld be adopted to cheapen the cost of the production of food ! ' A lengthy debate ensued , In the course tf which the question of tenant right was allayed to ; as incidental to the matter before the meeting . The fallowing resolution was then agreed to : — ' That it is desirable for the tenantry ef this country to have their capital so secured as to enable them with confidence to spend their money freely la the soli , which would cause a great demand for labour , and produce an increase of food at a less price . '
On Christmas morning , the sons of Mr Turner and Mr LywoeJ , farmers of Fishorton Anger , Wilts , were in a field , adjoining Mr Turner ' t farm , amusing themselves by shooting small Mrdi . The son of Mr Tamer had a gnn , and , not seiing Mr Ly Wood ' s son close by , he fired , and killed a bird . Part of the contents ot tbe gnn , however , lodged in Mr lywsod ' s sin ' s face ,. and completely saturated him with blood . He was immediately conveyed tothe Salisbury Icfirmary , and it is hoped that he will survive . I / wood is sixtern years old . Fatal Accioeut at tub Comds-btiset SomEi ,
LivEtrooL—On Tuesday tbe body of Mr Joseph Green , an txclst- < nicer , was found In tho refute-pit of Messrs Crofts' toapery , in Coaut-street . The deceased was a young man , 28 years of age , unmarried , end bad been residing at No . 1 , Driver-street , iff Brewnlow-atreet ; He wat being initiated for the duties of the excite , and In the exercise of his calling had been placed on duty at ths soaperyon Saturday evening , and since tbat time had been missing . The pit , or well , Into which he fell , is on the level with tbe yard , and was usually krpt covered over . The deoeased was aware of tho well
being there , and It Is supposed that the steam arising from tha hot fluid mast have confused his sight , and eo occasioned the accident . Lakoasbibb . —A Tebibabis Cbbibtvas PiBTr . —On Christmas Dsya number of aged men , residents ef tbe village of Walmiley , near Bury , attembled to dine togather at the hoase of Mr P . adclifie , the New Inn , Walmsley , tht united ages of whom , 82 In number , amounted to 2230 years , making the average sge of each guest 69 $ years I Tbe feast , a substantial one of roast beef and plum padding , was provided according to the will of the late Wm . Grant , E < q , who at his decease bequeathed funds for the purpose . On the morning of tht same day , upwards of S 00 cf the Sunday-school children belonging te the new church at Walmsley were regaled with baas aad coffee , tut of a faad left by the ' tame benevolent gentleman .
Suicide teok Love amcDbdhkhmebs . —On Tuesday night an Inquest was held at tbe house of Mr John Bell , ia Strangewtys , before Mr Chapman , coroner , on view of the body of a yonng man named James Wilson , who committed suicide scent two o ' clock on Sunday mornlog , Tha deceaed , whowas about 21 years of age . has foraomt time been paying his addresses to a girl named Elisabeth Williams , who resides with her father In Gtythorn . On Saturday evening they visited several vaults in company , and both gat nearly Intoxicated , and on pasting along Stiangaways at two o ' clock on Sunday morning , they had words and began to quarrel , Deceased then left the girl , telling her ha would drown
himself , a threat to which the paid little attention , as he bad once or twice before tried similar threats which ho invariably thought the better of . She accordingly taw no mora of him , and went home . On Christmts Day , bit brother called npon her to inquire if sbe had seen deceased , when she told him of their quarrel , and what had passed between them . As tbe deceased did not make his . appearance at borne ; search was made for him on Tuesday , and the Rlvtr Irtvell , nesr Stran g * way ' s-brldge , was dragged by his Meads , when abont neon bis body wat found in the river quite cold and lifelets . The jury returned a verdlot of « Found Drowned . '
Cbaboe of MAniLAnoHrta aoaihw a Wwa -On Tassday week , at the Cambrian Tavern , Menal Biidgt , n ££ ! We | f «« r /<« Anglesey , and a jury from & , nel * hbnwhoc 4 , an inquest was bcUratiew ot tbe bod !
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of Owtn Parry , agsd abtut S 5 , pUtt of tht Cambria tttamer , Hunter , matter . It apptartd from tht tvlitnot of the only witness present , that deotased and his wife quarrelled in their hsuse tn the night of Bangor Ferry fair ( Hth ultimo ) , and tha woman , iuthe heat of pttsion , struck bim a blow on the bead witba jug . The verdict of the jury wat Manslaughter against the wife , for whose apprehension the cortaer Issued a warrant , Tke unhappy woman has been admitted to bail until ntxt aatlng aBtlzea for the connty of Anglesey . MntOEK Avn Suicide at Nobthahpto * . —A man named Clayson , a depraved character , some time ago cohabited with a girl named Mary Bjdferd . More recently she left Clayton and went to Jive with anether man . This rendered Clayton jealous , and It It said he
has been heard to say if the did not return to him he would < do for her' tbe first time they met . It appears that on Taiaaay night Clayton met Bedford with a female friend , and stopped to speak to her , Bedford ' s friend going on a few yards , aad it is supposed he requested her to return and live with him again , and on her refusing lo do so he took out a shoemaker ' s knife and stabbed her twice In the neck , and once under her left breast , leaving the knife in' the last wound , and Im . mediately made off . Bedford ' s friend turned round on hearing her call out ' murder , ' and saw her stagger and fall , and she died in a minute or two afterwards . The whole of Abington . street , where this occurred , was
at once a scone ef great confusion , but Clayton had disappeared , and could nowhere bt found . On Wednesday morning , about twelve o ' clock , on dragging the river , his body waa discovered near Mr Adkln ' s mill , the body apparently having been In the water many hours , and there Is little doubt that the murderer repaired directly to the river after he had killed his victim , and threw himself into the stream . Oa Wednesday morning tke town was one scene of commotion , thousands ef tbe inhabitants flacking to Ablsgton Street to see tke spot where the murder was committed , tbe bleed of the unfortunate , woman being seen fresh on tbe iron railing nesr where the fell . An Inquest was to be held on both bodies in the evening at the Town Hall .
Mahcbesteb , —DucoYiBt or an Ihhshse Hoard or BtoIeh Goons .-On Friday last three yonng men , all well kaown to the police of this city , were apprehended at Bolton with a quantity of prints and otllcess in their possession , and being suspected at Manchester thieves , they were braght over here In charge of a Bolton polios officer . From snme knowledge which he possessed of thtm , Inspector Maybnry of the detective police , wat Induced to visit a cellar in Deansgate , kept by a otothes dealer named Donnelly , at whose pisco be believed they were in tbe habit of visiting , when , on searching the place , he eacaeeded in discovering an Immense hoard of stolen property . He found in different parts of the cellar tbe proiaoe of no lest than seven different robberies , all committed within the last few weeks ,
comprising oil paintings , richly framed ; prints , calicoes , { notions , great coats , female apparel , & o , concerning which Information had been lodged from tfme to time at tho police offloo . Amongst the parties who have since identified a portion of the property as baring been stolen from them are Mr T . B . Sharp , of Oretnheys ; Messrs Mayer and Co ., of Bond Street ; Messrs Railtoo aad Sons , of Blaekfrisrs ; Mr John Andrew , of Islington Street , Salford ; Mr Thomas Howarth , butcher , oi Smitbfield Market , and several ethers . The oil paint , logs , which ere valued at about £ 100 , have not yet been owned , bat we understand they were told only very recently by Mr WmsUuIey , auctioneer , at a tale of Mr Agar ' * , ia King Street . Osrlng to tbe absence of Mr W ! nitanley , from town , howtver , tbe purchasers cannot at present be found .
Fatal Railway Accident . —Oa Monday , an inquest was held at the Horse Shoe Inn , Filklngton , on the body of James Hilton , aged 23 , a plate-layer on tbe East Lan . caahlre Railway , who came to a premature death under the following ciroimstances . On tbe morning of the [ . receding Saturday , he was employed on tho line at Radell & e , with his father . It was very windy at ths time , and his father , who was going to another part , cautioned htm to get far enough out ofthe way when a train approached . In a short time a train , proceeding from Bury to Manchester , oamo up , and tbe engine driver observe ! Hilton step backwards upon the adjoining line to avoid it ; but immediately another train arrived from Manchester , of the approach of which the deceased did not appesrtobeaware , and he was knocked down by the engine , and one of his legs run over , —George Sudds , the
driver of tbe rngtne which oauted the accident , stated at the inquest that be was staking the signal of his approach to the stolon , and did not see tbe deceased on lhe line ; but John Whittle , the stoker , said he just got a glance of'be deceased at the moment he was being knocked down , and s & id to the driver , < Oh dear , we have killed a man , ' The train being stopped , they went back , and found Hilton in a state of Insensibility , lying betweea the rails of tbe train tbat had pissed over him . He was convoyed to the Horse Shoo Inn , but he expired in a short time . The deceased bad acted in violation of the rales of the cempany , which require all the servants to stand clear of both Uses when a train approaches . —The jury being satisfied from the evidence adduced tbat the death wat accidental , returned a verdict to that effect .
BnasHSo op a Hot Wateb Firs at St Ann ' s Chusch , Makchesteb . —Shortly after the commencement of Divine service on Sunday morning last , the congregation assembled in St Ann ' s Church wore thrown into a state of conslderabia excitement and confusion in consequence of the bursting of eno of the hot-water pipes by which the edifice is heated ; The hissing noise produced by the fracture of the pips , and the consequent discharge therefrom of hot water , led to considerable alarm , especially amongst tbe female portion of tbe congregation . The Rev . H , W . M'Grath , seeing what was the matter , with great presence of mind , stood npon one of tbe benches aud implored tbe congregation to keep their seats , all danger being at an end . The timely admonition , which was participated la by other
gentlemen belonging to the congregation , was followed by the most beneficial results , for all attempts at rushing out of the building were forthwith put a Stop to . Mr Henry Heuldtworth aud other gentlemen assured the congregation that no danger wat to be apprehended , and confidence tn the safety of tht church wat speedily restored . Several of the ladies almost fainted from fear , but very few had to leave the church until tbe conclusion of the service . Only about ten minutes elapsed between the bursting of the pipe and the resumption of Divine won ship , The hot water emitted from the fractured p ' po scalded one of the Sunday johool boys slightly . No one else was Injured , except from fright . The cause of the bursting of the pipe was the over pressure on the pipes through tbe carelessness of the stoker wao bad tbe charge of the heating apparatus .
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MR DUFPI S TRIAI ,. a The coarse adopted ob Friday in the Commission Court ba « mads tt serious change in the case of Mr Duffy , whioh has been fought with so much energy all through . The judges having given judgment against the plea in abatement , the counsel for the prisoner put in a general demurrer to the
indictment . The Attorney . General at onca joined issue , and the argument was fixed for Saturday . As the demurrer is general , and alleges the insufficiency of theindiotment , thejudgmentuponit may be final , without the intervention of a jury at all . In that case tbe argument npon the demurrer would be , in fact , the trial of the whole case , and the result would be final , so far as the court hero is concerned . In the possible event of a decision against the prisoner on the demurrer , he would of course ba entitled to a writ of error .
RBSCIHDIRa OP THR OBDER AGAINST THB PUHWCATI 0 N or ins PROCEEDINGSAt the sitting ef the court on Saturday morning Mr Justice Perrin said , that from the course tbe case had taken , the court did not think it necessary to continue the order against publishing , and , therefore , for the present the order was rescinded .
DEMURRER . TO THS INDICTMENT . Sir Colman O ' Loghlenthen proceeded to open the argument on the demurrer put in to the indictment on the part of the prisoner . The first ground of demurrer was « duplicity' in several articles , each . of which ho contended was a distinct felony , being contained in one count , when each should have had a separate count to itself . This objection only applied to the first four counts . The second objection , which equally applied to all the counts in the indictment , was uncertainty , ' the particular portions of the articles on which the Crown relied as expressive of the felonious compsssing not being set out with sufficient precision , At the conclusion of his argument , the learned gentleman submitted , that on all grounds stated judgment should bo given for the prisoner .
Mr Baldwin , Q ,. C , iollowtd on tbe part of the erown , but being unwell the further arguments on the matter were postponed till Thursday , to which day the court adjourned . A EOUBTn Bill . ' OF 1 KDICIMKNT AGAIKBX MR DOFJfV , The FbkbmAh ' s Journal says : — ' a strange insigbt into the complicated and ever . sbifting proceedings of the Crown against Mr D uff / opened acoi . dentally to the public on Saturday . It was like an incident in a Christmas pantomime . While Sir Colman O'Loghlen was arguing tfce demurrer on S !? T !»^ Ksk ffi-SttSif-wftS the kind , for there was ' the count ? of the cfta " plainly on the face of it : and thlT £ «««; , } » - « r ' i «»& SSS
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. BTOHK ! I » BR OF 1 AND 8 . Even in the most fertile districts of the south tf » "" rendered by wholSTaJd in Ses && fS { TJSTV ^ whilst the poKfl u robed , for en organised system of agraWw crime
arising ont of competition for land aa tbe means of existence . The Cmnm 8 & Chbomom •»/• ;— 'Wo * n informed tbat oyer one thousand acres of land in the neighbourhood of Cabir have fallen into the hands of the Earl of Glengall ( head landlord ) during tbe last few weeks , either by process of law or voluntary eviction . ' The Irish members , it is said , are to have a meet , ing in Dublin soon , to prepare a programme of measures to be submitted to the Legislature at the ensuing meeting of Parliament . The landlords also ought to hold a meeting to insist on certain amendments in tbe Poor Law , and to devise means of procuring for the people reproductive employment , ia order that their own properties may be saved from ruin .
DISTRESS IN THE WEST . The accounts from the western and southern die . triota are heart-rending . The mortality in the counties of Mayo , Gatway , Cork , Kerry , Clare , and Limerick , from hunger and destitution , is frightful . The poor laws are utterly inadequate to meet the distress which has been occasioned by the total disappearance of the potatoes as food for the people . An inquest was held on Tuesday , at Claremorris , county of Mayo , on the remains of a woman named Bridget King . The jury found a verdict that death had been caused by starvation and cold . It appeared that the husband was an * able-bodied labourer , ' who had been without employment for more-than two months , and no relief was given from the union *
' Archbishop M'Ham . —The last number of the Tuau Herald is very much occupied with an account of the rejoicings of the people consequent npon the return of their famous ArohbisWm to tbat locality . Great honours hare been conferred upon him , and a dinner is still spoken of as liko ! y to come off to signalise this happy event still more . Daring Murder in Donbqai ,. —Litierrbmn ? , Dso . 23 . —I hasten to communicate to you the lamentable intelligence of tbe murder of Samuel Davis , Esq , surgeon , who was shot dead at his own door in this town about the hour of twelve o ' clock on Friday night last . His house is in the public street , and the spot where the deed of blood was committed is more expoied , and under view from a greater number of
points , than any other in the entire town . A great variety of conjectures are afloat as to the occasion of a diabolical outrage so unusual in this hitherto peaceful and tranquil locality . The murdered gentleman was a friend to the poor , and very lit Dral in bis politics —in short , he was extremely popular . He was , indeed , a great favourite with all who knew him . He had a small estate in the mountain districts of Glenswilly , worth about £ 200 per annum . From this property he evicted two families about a fortnight ago , and had made arrangements to proceed at tha approaching quarter sessions on more ejectment processes . The victim of the assassin was a Protestant , tall in person , of accomplished manners , very
successful in his profession , about forty-six years of a ? e , and married , bnt without children . On the morning after the murder , an inquest was held , bnt nothing likely to lead to the detection of the murderer was elicited . He was shot through the breast , the bullet passed through his body , and carried part of the chain of his wateb , which he wore round his neck , with it , and through a board behind him , and finally lodged in the wall . The bullet was produced , and bad the part of the gold chain battered into it . There were a , lso six slugs extracted from the body , Death was instantaneous , and the verdict was in accordance with the facts , the assessing not having been identified . — Dublin Freeman ' s Journal .
Suspected FfUTBieiDB . —A person named John Wilson , woodranger to tbe Earl of Enniskillen , disappeared last week in a mysterious manner . The body of tbe unfortunate man was found on Tuesday last , under such circumstances as leave no doubt that he was fouity murdered ; and , if we are to credit the facts that have been sworn to , murdered by his own brother . The body was found in the Sillies river , at the foot of Glencunny Wood , about two miles from his late residence , with a large stone upon his breast , his vest and coat buttoned over it , and tied with ropes made of straw or osier withes . An inquest was held , and the facts of the ease , so far as they have transpired , are as follows : —The discharged servant Ksrr , who . it would appear , was
an accomplice in the transaction , and approver , being the principal witness : It appears that after the unfortunate man went to bed . all the parties having partaken pretty freely of whiskey , the brother and Kerr went out , but returned in a short time , and tapping at the window , told the deoeased to rise , for there were persons in the wood cutting timber . The deoeased thereupon arose , and accompanied them into the wood , but they bad not gone far until the brother fired two shots at the deceased , havin g both a Wn and a pfctol , ostensibly for the purpose of attacking the persons who they alleged were cutting the timber . Both shots failed , however , to deprive the
deceased of life . He attempted to run away , and the inhuman brother then proceeded to beat out his brains with the butt-end of the gun . When the murder was completed the body was taken to the river and thrown in , where it was found . So far is the evidence of Kerr , who is evidently cautious of saying anything that will inculpate himself . It does not appear , as yet , tbat Cathoart , the other servant , had anything to say to the transaction . It is believed that some circumstances relatire to the pro . perty of deoeased , which he was said to be about disposing of , but whioh his brother would hare inherited at his decease , led to the fonl and unnatural act , which for atrocity has not been equalled in this part of the country for many years .
COKDITIOH or THE COUMTBT . The otld and harsh weather bat set in , and we are now entering upon the most trying period ef the winter . Unless In well-clrcum » tanoed counties , ohUfly In Ulster , the numbers of the destitute poor are increasing to an alarming extent . There it , in many dlttrlcts , a total stoppage of employment fer day labourers ; and as the labouring classes are entirely without resources , they are necessarily driven to the workhouse , or tha outdoor relief , as their only hope of succour . This , let It be remembered , Is tho first winter since the failure of the potato In 1815 , tbat this country has beea left to struggle upon Us own resources . In the intermediate years a vast amoant had been exp ndtd in the shape of graets , loans , and voluntary charity from
the Bvttlsh Association , the relief oomtalttea of the Society of Prleadu , the Irish Central Belief Committee , and other charitable societies . But now , after wasting famine , and the exhaustion of all those public and pri . vat ? contributions , tho poor . law atone is substituted , and It Is no wonder , surely , that the burden should prove so overwhelming , especially in those western end southern districts , whore land , to a considerable extent , Is abandoned , whilst poor-rate Is rapidly augmenting . Lonk at the Limerick union , which is far from being the worst circumstanced In the south . At the meeting of the guardians yesterday , at which the Earl of Clare presldsel , it was ascertained that there were 1 . 516 paupers receir .
lag out-door relief , at a cost of eigkt-penct each par week , while tbe paupers In tbe workhouses of the union amounted to 5 . 200 , being a total of 9 , 711 , or about eight per cent , upon tho entire population of tht nnlon . It Is stated that an order has been received by the treasurer of tbe county of Wmerlck to Issue Warrants for levying £ 11 , 000 , the first instalment under the Labour Kate Act , Meantime , many tenants are surrendering their land , or receiving gratuities from the landlords . This occurred , a few days since , on an estate near Croom , county of Limerick , But more generally tenants are robbing the landlords . Here Is an instance of this daring roguery , as given by the Lihbbick CaaenicLE : —
'RcKAWAt Tbrssts . — This is now become an habitual practice . Friday night two tenants of Mrs Hurly , Tralse ( William O'DonntU and Jeremiah Rtodin ) , in comfortable circumstances , owing a year ' s rent on the 39 th of September last , £ 150 , residing on some of tho best land in Kerry , took off their stock conslating of twenty . four cows , tbroo horses , corn , hay , tatty-four firkins of butter , In short everything , and now refuse to give ap the land anless they get money . ' Whilst thle revolution In onr agrarian system proceeds , the poor law guardians are striving hard to check or prevent the evil of out-door relief , and some of the gentry are fairing eat their msmslons as auxiliary workhouses . The Rathkealo guardians , for iaitanoe , have taken Bjlljolough House , the late residence of John Copley . Etq ;; and the Tipperary guardians , it is said , are In treaty with Mr Munsergu . for hit mansion at Gwnaue .
It is now well known that several landed proprietor in Tipparary are endeavonring to sell out , but the greas difficulty h to Snd purchasers . t The master of the Fermoy Workhouse announced that the average cost of the Inmate * for the past week wasetevenp-aoe . Tho treasurer has in hand £ 10 , 107 . Amidst all the misery prevailing in so many districts In tbe south , exports are steadily laoreaslng of various sgrlcultural products . Tbe Coax Oossiirtmo * says : — ' The largest qusntlHes of fowls em eaported at this season have been shipped on board the vessels of the Cork Steam-ship Cempsny , to meet the Christmas marktt * In London , Liverpool , B . lstol , and Manchester . *
Mr James Colthnrst , In a letter to the CoSK CoHtTi iotiom , gives the following account of a remote district in the parish of Kllmore , lu that county . One would thiak ho was reading about an exploring txpeaitlon In Australia , Instead of a place within a few hours' journey of London : — The locality to which I particularly refer it called Canlwee , and runt in a . slanting direction , eastward tnwardt Dunmaaus Bay . I had heard a good deal oi the distress which prevailed in this quarter , but confess I thought the statement unconsciously coloured . To « att « f y myself of tbe truth , I rode a elrtuit of about fifteen miles , aooompanUiby Dr M'Cotmlolt , the dlspens" »& physician at Rook Island . The country throngh whioh wo pasted remain * nearly In a state of nature , Its agricultural resources b & lng almost wholly undaveloped . We entered several cabins , or rather hovels of mud . and certainl y the wretchedness whUb . met the eye surpassed all which the imagination could conceive .
I shall attempt to give a faint Idea of some of these scenes from which , at from a specimen , tbe general character ofthe wit maybe fairly judged . | We came to the hut of a person named
—QuantltlM « f dung surrounded tbe door ; tnrnlp . top * and nusoltthtlla , tht rtfust of tha common dltt nstd Ifc these parts , were scattered Ik every direction . A top of bay tad a slats stopped the hole originally Intended for a window . Thire wat not a tpark of fire , A broken stool , an old irsn pot , and tome dity straw lay on the floor . Add to this , that the woman who owned tbe house was afflicted with a dreadful disease , the remit , the doctor assured me , of protracted want , and yon may form a conception of the sufferings which these people endure with such miraculous patience . '
CHOLIBA IK BKLVAST . The Nosthssh Wma . ef Saturday , contains the following : — We regret to have to report a case of this vie- , lent distemper , as having appeared in a new locality here . Hitherto , the disease was confined te the work , house , whtre twelve or thirteen cases have occurred tinoe the 4 th instant ; but , yesterday morning , or rather Thursday night , a mtn named Henry Kennedy , aged S 2 , a nailer by trade , aud residing at No . 18 , Mlllfield , was seized with diarrheas , vomiting , and cramps—tbe earl y stage of this complaint . Unfortunately , medical aid was not sought for until ten o ' clock in the forenoon , when the man wat found In tha state of collapse , having beea ill fer about ten hours , Dr Wheeler , in whose district the ease occurred , was most assiduous in his attention to tbe sufferer a 11 day , and ( with the corroborative advice of other medical practitioners ) , used the various appliances that experience points out as most use " fa ! In the complaint ; but he di < d about tea o'clock last night . *
BITDBM OF lBItH POtlTICAI BIFC 0 MI , The LiHEBiCE Chbohicxi aayi : — ' Mr Daniel Doyls > solicitor , at piesent in Constantinople , and who left this city in August , dreading arrest in consequence of his cocoexioB with some ofthe political offenders , is about returning to Ma native country , Ms friends having received Intimation that he will not be amenable to the Habeas Corpus Act , Mr John O'DoanelL of this city , for whoie ajpreheaslou a warrant wat out , It also expected home by his friends . ' THE PCOB LAW AMD THE Li . KM . OBDS .
The modification of the poor law now engrosses the attention of all classes , especially of the gentry . The ultra section , who had been clamouring for' the repeal ' of the law , finding ae sympathy in the country , have abindonsd the attempt to get up an agitation for so hopeless an obj . ct . The general meeting of poor law guardians—those dismissed as well at those in offlci—U to take plate this day , in Dublin , It has been convened by the guardians of the Sells union , who first declared for a ' total change ; ' but they have since modifies their proposal to such alteration * ia the system as would ! limit the ana of taxation , equalise the burden more generally , and prevent the ruinous consequences of the present mode of rating .
In tbe county of Wexford tha resident gentry are making a struggle to overcome tht difficulties of their position , by uniting , in various districts , to extenet employment by voluntary assessments upon tbe pro * prleters and occupiers , in order to lessen the burden of poor-rate . They are also exerting themselves to promote the system of agricultural Improvement and Instructionintroduced by Lord Clarendon . But whilst engaging la those effort ? , the Wexford gentry call loudly for emend * meats in thepeor-law . ISISH POOB SAW—PSBIiUHKHTABT IKQUIBT , On ^ Thursday last tbe usual annual dinner of tbe Queen ' s County tenantry of the Mai quis of L ^ nsdownc ,
took pltoe at the C < mrt House , at Maryborough , Mr J . R . Price , tho agent of the neble marquis , who presided , In referring to the operation of the poor-law , made tha following announcement ;— ' I have heard , from the highest authority , that uptn the first day of the session Ministers are determined to appoint a committee ; and a committee appointed ^ the House , and tbat by a member , is quite different , That of tbe House would te a mixed committee of English and Irish represents * lives , while the member could fix npon his own cho ' re * I believo ( Mr Prise added ) tbe measures will be not nlgt for the revision of tbe poor-law , but alio for tbe benttdt of the ocoup ) ing tenant . '
On the same subject , tbe Dcbuh Evbhikq Post says : — 'A London correapondeat informs ns that early in the next Htslon , probably on the first day , Ministers will give notice for the appointment of a committee to consider tho whole question of thelrith poor . law . ' The committee of Irish poor-law guardians appointed ] at the meeting on Tuesday have forwarded to the different boards throughout the country propositions fo » the modification of the poor-law , in accordance with the views set toria In thtir petition , bnt more minutely statid . They recommend a . diminished area ot taxation ; tbat the workhouse staff ' and tht medical charities should be supported by a national rate ; and that the general expense of relief should be met by local rater . TBE IBISH LAKDLOSD STSTIH .
A very remarkable statement tpptart ia the Evening Post , on tho relations between landlords and tenants in Ireland , and the evil tffeotsof the system on the whole framework of society . It is contended that ne change 1 & the law can be eltbw beneficial to the general Interests of tbe country , or practical in la operation , which will not have a tendency ' to get rid of the great first causes of Irish poverty and wretchedness , namely , tbe beggared and cruel nominal proprietors of Irish estates . ' Exceptions are made In regard te good landlords ; but it is hsld that the interests of this cltis . es well as the improvement of the condition of the occupiers , require a complete reftrnation in the system of landlordism in Ireland , A contrast is drawn between England ani Ireland , to show tbat both have the same laws of tenure , but a totally different mode of dealing betweea
the landlord and tenant In tbe letting of farms , the pre « paratton of farm buildings , the allowance for valuable improvements , and , in fine , In the entire arrangements between the owner and occupier ; tbe object being ia England to encourage thrift and industry in the tenant , whilst , in Ireland , the role has been to deprive him of all motive to exertion for independence . The object of this system , it is contended , hss been to reduce tbe sccuplers to exist npon' roots and water ; ' and neither free trade in corn , nor the poor-law , can be truly as * signed as a cause for tfcemlaeries which the potato disease brd aggravated , but did not produce . We extract some passages , in reference to the agitation for a total change in the poor-laws , as many weeks cannot elapse before tbis subject will be discussed in all its bearings in Parliament : —
Let us come into the present century , and Institute a search Into 'facts' and ' authorities , ' and tee if we can find out any period at which a favourable change took place in the eonduol of Irish landlords , but particularly those ot Minister . From 1800 to 1848 we have had innumerable committees and commissioners cf all classes , inquiring into the ' causes of Irish poverty and crimes , ' We have a host of writers , foreign , English , and Irish , pursuing the tame subject , and what are tho 1 causes' to which they all attribute poverty and crime ia Ireland f Are thoy to tbe lazy , slothful disposition and habits of the Celts ? or , are tbey to ' surplus population V or , ' minute subdivision of land V ' or to the in « jufficlency of the landlords' powers f Not by any mescs , bat to' exorbitant rents , ' and the' oppressive nature of the landlord ' s treatment of bis ' tenantry , ' It would pro «
tract tbis letter to too great a length to add even a por » tion of tho tworn and written testlmoniet of various per- > sons who have beea examined oefort committees of both ; houses of parliament , or who hart written upon the sub * ¦ ject , but it must be known that In all the Inquiries in * > ttitutsd bj government or private individuals , the one i great fact , tto monster evil of Ireland—bad landlordism > —is condemned as the gre »» source ef Ireland ' s poverty f tad crimes . Nimmo , Qiiffltb , Judge Day , Dr Doyle , and 1 hudreds of others , have sweru to tha guilty nature of i Irish landlordism , wbilt Wak . field , Kohl , Da Beaumont , ' , Lewis , W ' gglns , Saeler , Blum , in fact , every one t ? ho 0 has investigated the subject , concur ia their condemns- - ilon of It , and have vindlotttd tht libelled and 4 ioaU * eating slaves' of' Itaaster cruelty * and ' Cmmugnt beg g gary , * from ths ohargt ct * being naturally prone te bo e 'lasy' or indolent . *
When , therefore , the representatives of bad and erne . 3 . landlordism lay thtir prayers btfart the Legislature font a" chaagt * la the poor law tbat will' save the laboarerore from being demoralised ; and all clatsea ( that Is thim-a ., selves ) from being ruined , ' those tntmbas of ths Impcic rial Parliament who are really desirous of laying thoao foundation for tbe present salvation and future pros >) s > perlty of this country , will do well always to keep in mludtnd that nnlest tho alterations in tho poor law are of such ei a nature at to fix tht penalties of bad and cruel londlord « cd < ism on the real delinquents , regardless cf what the con < on « sequences may ba to them , and unless all the old ansln < 2 stupid prejudices which have blinded , up to thlstime-Jiev
our leglilatora , and rendered them either Incapable of peroer < : ceiving or uawllllng to remedy tbe seal causes of thcthci ' difficulties ^ whieh the government of Ireland alwayiayn presetted , are got rid of , the good and vlrtaous ( anoWi they art many ) amongst tbe Irish haded proptletsrysry along with thosu dependent on them , will fall victims to tt : the effect of exterminating pauper tyrants , and the wholnolc : country , with all its people , Interests , die ., ba ssorifioefioei ! fur the unwise purpose of preserving in positions tbejbeji have , by all the laws of f qutty , justice and humanityiity forfeited , the worst enemies to the rlia and progress oia o national prosperity tbat over cursed or disgraced id ll country , '
A Mandfacrorv Op Gtjaro.—We Are Favoarei...
A MANDFAcroRV op GtjARo . —We are favoareiredl with the following amusing deaoription extraotetoteti frem the letter of an English gentlemen who has res ret oontly visited an extensive hacienda , in the deparbart ! ment of Huasoo , Chili : — ' On approaching tht toll lower part of tbe estate , near the sea , I was struolruoll by the appearance of a long grove of full-g / owtown willows , completely bare of leaves , and as white ate at snow , every ferk . in their branches containing fig fi cormorant ' s nest . I counted sixty-seven nests tts m one tree . It is a complete guano manufactory ary ai home ; and it is the guano from such an immensieoo number of birds that destroys the life of the tteemm and kills all vegetation for some roods on each aioesidei We walked along the row of nest trees , on whicVhicl ] were enswrnetd many thousands of huge black cot con movants , not moving an inch for us , but keeping nag m a continued loud harsh gront , so that , shutting J qn jqss eyee , you would fancy yourself in an enormous pig pift gery . The ground all aleng is strewed with b » h n « bones , some surprisingl y large ; and on . tb eUst tret tree of the plantation were seated a congregation , of gra ^ grafl fultares , sedately waiting the departure of the cote co > moranta , to finish the refuse of the fish and otbc otbet offal which should be left . It was raally an extnextrii ordinary scene , and I could haye watched it > it i « hoars , '—Liverpool yews .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 30, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30121848/page/6/
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