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IlEAnlEAi-rn of _Losdo- _ncaiNG mv Week . —The offi-11 repd report says : —A decrease has occurred in the _rrt-il . ir _' _-ilitv of the metropolitan districts durin * the _i-i-k _tk-k that ended last Saturday . ; the _; deaths , which 1 the the two preceding weeks were IU * -J and 1 V _67 , tviiigving now fallen to 3-50 . Taking corresponding _cek-T-ek-Tof the ten years ( lStl-50 ) . the lowest return _, s . s mas made in 1 S 1 G , when the deaths registered were llv 90 lv 90 S , in a week of unusually high temperature , ii met mean of which ro * c about ten degrees above the ccra . cra _ c ; and the highest _occurred in 1348 , namely 557 di 57 deriths _, when influenza _, had not disappeared , wen men other _epidemics abounded , and the mean tenirratu _* _ratnre was singularly low , having fallen nearly as :: ch : ch below the average as in 1846 it had been
mire bve it . The average iiumiier of deaths in tne ten _"rreSJTesptindinn _wgG ' _iS was 11 M , _coaripared war )* i lich lich ( witboutauy correction for supposed increase _ipopipopulatlon ) the account for the last week prennts aits a favourable result . But an inspection of the tblesbles of a _^ _jes and fatal diseases show that though _ierc ere is a marked diminution of mortality from vonc ' oncbitis _, which had previously thinned the ranks tin the aged , who are the greatest sufferers by it ; i id tW thoush the number who die from what is rather n <*_ e < faely described as " old a _ e . " has declined from 'Ar _/' in the preceding week to 35 in the last , and in iimeime complaints comtno-i to the young there is also det decrease ; yet pneumonia , wliich is principally .. tal tal to children , bas actually increased , and in the nideiidemic class small-pox and fever exhibit a
_consijjrabrablc advance . Zymotic or epidemic diseases in ne sue _aggregate have risen from _IQG in tbe previous veekeek to 211 in the last ; small-pox from 21 to 32 . _f tbf these 32 deaths , 9 occurred above 15 years of \ ge ; ge ; _an-J in only two cases , out of tho whole nuroier fer from small-pox , docs it appear probable that _iiccaccinstion had been properly performed . Eight of ne _« ie deaths from small-pox occurred between the : 3 th 3 th and 25 th January in the hospital for tbis _iiserisease , which was recently -removed to Holloway ; md nd with the exception ofa child aged 1 G months , ir ' - _' c ' -ich had been brought from Rosemary-lane , the _gesges ofthe patients ranged from 16 to 23 years . I [ Wwo were seamen _brought from the _Dreadnought _Ioslaspital shin ; three female servants from _Mortlakake and Marylebone ; a married woman from
31 _eJlerkenwell ; and a porter from St . Giles . All the -astases are described as " _coiiflm-nt , unprotected , " 'xexcept that ofa sailor , who is stated to have died " _ror ' rom " small-pox , confluent unmodified ( 9 days ) , lydyscntery ( several months ) , vaccinated when young , io io cicatrix . " The registrars a _ ain report _various " _anamilies , which have been fatally visited by this ikakease , and where vaccination is _neglected from " j' prejudice _eiitert-iined _airain _^ t it . " A house in St . GiGiles is mentioned , in which a child has died , and sixsix persons are now suffering from the same _comphpkiut ; an i the medical attendant adds , that the onoiily child that has escaped is one of two months , wlwhich had been vaccinated in the workhouse . In CoCosirell-conrt , ( St . George-the-Martyr , ) where a _chchild had died without vaccination , the mother and Fo-four children are now laiiourinjr under small pox . loin the returns ofthe week , a ehild of two years is _ststated in the medical certificate to have died of
" f exhaustion from _| iiy .-il " sni . " Two men died from _inintompei-anee . The births of _? C 4 boys and 759 gigirls . in ' ill 1 . 523 children , were registered in tho ( week . The average of six _corresponding weeks in _iaSi > 50 , is 1 _. 3 S 2 . At the Royal Observatory , GCreenwicb , the mean daily reading of thebarometer _wsras above 30 in . on Thursday and Friday ; the mmeao of the week was 29 - St 50 in . Tbe mean daily tete . _-uper . _iture was 45 . 8 _decrees on Tuesday , when' it wwfls highest ; and 31 . 1 degrees on Friday , when it wwas lowest . The mean of the week was 40 . 1 dcggrees , which is 2 . 3 degrees above the average ofthe ssame week in ' 19 years . The daily mean was from 44 to S degrees abore the avera _. e of the several ddays , on _Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday ; it then cdeelii . ed till it fell considerably be ow the average con Friday , when fog prevailed , and continued below 5 it ou Saturday . Tho wind w _ 3 , for the most part , iin the south-west .
Seizure of Three Itticrr Distilleries . — On i Saturday last tbe revenue officers effected the j seizure of three illicit stills . The first was at No . ' 34 , _Poale-strect , Hoxton , a private house , whose - well-whitened step and clean white blinds had pre-: served it long from all suspicions . - A still was seized : in the back kitchen capable of making an amount of i Epirit _, the duty on which would be £ 1 per diem . The next seizure was at 8 , George-street , Bethhal-. green . From this house one of the inmates endeavoured fo make his escape by tbe roof , ran along the tops of the _nekhbouriug houses , and accomplished a fearful double leap from the roof to a sued , and thence to the shed , where he was captured , _notwithstanding his anility . The third seizure was made at 10 , Carlisle-street , Bethnalgreen .
Tbe Tiim . of the _Sloanes . —It has been stated in several papers that the prosecution against Mr . and Mrs . Sloane was about to be removed , by certiorari , into the Queen s Bench for trial- We believe that this statement is quite erroneous . There would seem to be no valid reason for such a proceeding on tbe part of tbe accused . There is no doubt tbat per sons _accused in this sort may apply to the Court of Queen s Bench for a writ of certiorari , to remove the proceedings int-i that coart for trial—a motion which is seldom refused , and never denied when sufficient _grounds are produced for granting it The prosecutor has the same right of applying to the Suoerior
_Ciur t of Criminal Judicature , but must , like ths prisoner , show some just and reasonable grounds for removing the case from the ordinary tribunals . The crown , of course , can always choose its own tribunal and can try any case which the law officers originate , in any court within the jurisdiction ofthe sovereign . But in tbis case the prosecution is not at all at tlie instance r < f tbe crown , and , therefore , the parties are left to the ordinary tribunals , unless one or other of them _chotses to apply to the court above to have ' the case removed . The trial will , therefore , come on at tbe ordinary sittings of the Central Criminal Court , which commences its next session on . Monday next , tbe 3 rd of _Fcbrnarv , atthe Old Bailev . — -Observer ..
_Soicide of a Female . —On _Saturday last , Mr . U . M . Wakley , the deputy corenfr , held an inquest at the Eull Inn , Whetstone , on view of the body of Wary M « ss , aged thirty-four , a married daughter of 2 Wr . Moulton _, the landlord of that house . The jun proceeded to view the body of the deceased , which presented a sickening spectacle , the head being nearly severed from the _"houlders ; and afterwards the evidence was proceeded with . It appeared that in consequence of some misunderstanding with her husband , the deceased had left him , and taken ' up her residence with her father at the above tat era . She had be «* n very low spirited and desponding of late , but made no complaint . On- the previous Tuesday
"while sitting at dinner , she suddenly rose from the table and left the room . .. _Sometimehsd elapsed , and the deceased not returning , search was made for her is her bedroom , but she was not there ; and _wassubseqnently found on the : floor--of her father ' s room , lying in a pool of blood , which had flowed from a / _wo-md in ber throat , of such magnitude as only to leave her held hanging at the back ofthe neck , and an open razor , taken from her father ' s case , _was lyim * by her Bide clotted with blood . A surgeon was immediately called in , who pronounced life to be quite extinct , and expressed an opinion that death must have been almost instantaneous . Verdict : — ¦ j * _Tt-m- _'Orary insanity . "
. A Forsaken Wife axd Mothrk . —On Saturday last Mr . < H . Si . Wakley held an inquest on the body of Mary Ann Matthews , of Ho . 10 , Taylor ' s-row _^ Clerkenweil , aged sixty-one . Deceased " was found by a policeman , who broke into her room by orders _^ dead , and stretched out on tbe sacking of a bedstead , the bed from which had been sold by one cf the wit ; nesies . The poor woman had married a second time , about four months previously -. her husband had deserted her and her sons refused to render her any _assistance , and thus she died of starvation . A witness heard her a few days ago pray ' that the Almighty wonld in his mercy take her from her state of desolation . A verdict was returned in accordance with "the evidence .
- - Fatai , Accident atthk _GHlKKssE-ananoic . — On Saturday last an inquiry was taken before Mr . Lang-am , the deputy coroner , at St . George's Hospital , on-the body of Thomas Took , seed twentythree , who was killed under the following circumstances : —The deceased , with other men , were engaged at the works ofthe New Chinese Exhibition , at Kniglitsbridge , and on tbe ' previnus Saturday afternoon commenced taking down the scaffolding , when _, as is supposed , one of the putlogs not being properly released from the wall , and the scaffolding-resting upon it , it acted as a lever on _thebrickwork , and tore down a mass of the wall some eighteen feet in length ,
by two feet high , which , falling upon the scaffolding , _' _a-weight of three or four tons , tbe whole was forced down , with the men oh it , from a height of thirty-_ _S ** _^ _*** - nem were ta _* len t 0 tne hospital , bnt Tock died on the 23 rd nit . from the in _' riries , and it was found , on a poittiortm . examination , tbat his right arm was broken , eight ribs fractured , one of which penetrated wto the _inngs , and other infernal _lnjonw sustained . The * _* m _ _ , te cause cf death was snffiKataop , caused by the escape of air from the lungs . It did not seem that any one was to blame , _3 . i !» _- _'S Fre _ lraed a verdict _«* _^ Accidental -death . - The other men are oui _"' of darger ; ¦ : Sootes Death of
- Mr . Seegeaxt _Se-Jgwio- — _OnTeesdav ' Mr _^ _akley _. M . P held « S _ S _' rt the Gray s Inn vyorkouse , on the body of the late Air . Ser _* ut Sedgwick , many years Chairman cf the _Bosrd of Samps . On Sunday deceased dined vri'h LordXhief Baron Pd'locfc , and at nine o ' clock left for his residence in Church-street . Kensington . He had dined very moderately and taken no wine , was _checrf-il , and apparently in his ordinary health ! At _ quarter past nine he was found by a man named Pooneri lying on his back close to the kerb stone , In _QneeaVsf-ua-e . Deceased breathed _twiceafterhis discovery , 'bat never moved . 31 r . Robert Richmond , who was called to attend deceased , ' found bim quite deatV- _'Ia his opinion disease cf the bean , a _ d not apoplexy , poison , or violence , was the cause cf death .
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The coroner having summed up the case with care , the jury returned a verdict of " ., Natural . death . " Suicide cf a Prisose ' r in " Horsemosoer-une Gaol—On Monday afternoon' Mr' W' ' 'C arter held an inquest in the magistrates ' committee room of the above gaolj touching * the _* death of George Foster , who committed suicide by hanging himself in one of the cells in which he was ' cohfined under remand from the Southwark Police Court . The circumstances under which this remand- took place were stated in our Third Edition of Saturday last ; when it wa . s stated that prisoner waB charged with neglect and cruelty to his child . —The-jury returned the following verdict : *( That the deceased did destroy himself , by hanging himself ; - but that the jury consider they have not sufficient evidence as to his state of mind . " . ¦ ¦ ¦ < _, v .: .
_Fisb at inn New Houses of _PARtmiENT . r- 'A fire , which threatened the existence of this palatial edifice , broke out on Monday aiternoon , at half-past two o clock , in a story of the Clock Tower , on the side facing Westminster-bridge . Owing to the hitherto unexplained presence of a quantity of timber materials in this tower , the flames rose ' with a vigour rarely observed in the conflagrations of buildings where stone bears so large a proportion to wood ! as in the Sew House ? . From a quarter to three until half-past , the tower was _ranre or less concealed in a cloud of dense smoke . By ten minutes past three o ' clock the engine of the establishment , 'directed by Mr . Wing , chief fireman ofthe house ,, with others of the London Brigade , were brought tb act on the bnrning materials , and in about hall an hour the flames were extinguished . In the interval _bstween the outburst and suppression of tbe fire , Westminster
bridge was crowded with spectators , * and every point commanding a view of the structure was occupied . — _FuaTUEn I ' articulaks : The suspicions suggesting an incendiary origin to the fire appear to bave no _foundation in fact . The investigations of the firemen and others connected with the'building , leave no doubt of its purely accidental _character . It is _underst-od tbit the plumbers ' made use of a stove / for melting their lead , the pipe of Which passed throu « h the clock tower , and it is probable that the _ignit-d soot of this flue ~ as the immediate cause of ignition in tiie combustible materials of the apaftmfnt . The fire does not appear in any way to'liave injured—although it has somewhat disfigured—the exterior of the lower portion of the clock- tower . The only damage visible is a slight blackening bf a few of the stones , which the men are rubbing away . Immediately close to where the tire occurred are several stacks of planks , and if the fit _& Kad been ofthe
formidable character reported in some newspapers , they must have been consumed , and the fire , perhaps , communicated to several' wooden 'sheds adjoining . The damage done is thus officially reported by Mr ' Braidwood : — ' * A quantity of timber _iti the ground floor of the Clock Tower , and 'the _scaffolding over , burned . The briek and stone , work round the windows damaged by heat . " Another Fire i . v the Girt . —On Monday morning the city of London was visited by one of the most devastating conflagrations that has happened since that which laid in ruins so many th < iu--and pounds' worth of properly in Mark-lane a few months ago . The scene of this terrible disaster was a large _ranj-e of premises belonging to _' Ml'Ssrs . J . R .
BousSeld and Co ., _wholesaleclothiers and exporters , situated , 120 and 127 , Uonndsditch . . The building in which the fire commenced was of the most substantial construction , and nearly 200 / feet long , the lower floor being used as the manu ' actured goods depot , while that immediately above contained the made-up goods , which were ready for the home trade or _exportation . Tne floor above thiswas ' the _depositpry for the piece goods , and the one over that was occupied as the cutting-roBm . , Some slight conception of the extent of each _flobr " may : be farmed -shen it is stated tbat all the rooms stretched the whole length of the building , aud were only separated by _imai' _n-e iron doors . Two' persons only were on the premises when the fire broke oiit , and tbey having
been aroused managed to effect a safe retreat . The brigade engines from Jeffrey-square station quickly attended , when tbe firemen found the principal portion of the lower floor in a blaze—the _s-trength of the doors preventing them from reaching the precise spot in which the flaaM were raging . Owing to this fdrmidable impediment the fire very speedily rushed through the flooring and communicated . ' with the story above , which contained some' thousand pieces of goods ready made np and of great Value . To chl off the fire from the next floor was" then attempted , bat unfortunately with no success , _although a plentiful supply of water was obtained from the mains of the New River . The Jews' Infant School and Devonshire-square Sunday School , one at the end , . of the and
blazing pile the other immediately opposite , were in such proximity that their _destrijetionappeared inevitable . _The-firemen , howeyeri by inundating them with water succeeded "in preventing'these , premises from becoming ignited , and by six o ' clock in the evening the fire was nearly extinguished , _tbeprincfc pal damage being confined , to . Messrs ., Bousfield ' s premises . The large building ' behind the front premises , consisting of cutting roorbB , piece rooms , made upgoeds rooms , _andgeneralstockrooms , was , however , nearly burnt out . In bne * _, compartment alone there were several thousand pieces of : c ! o ' t _ worth a large sum , and in another was a ' greaV assortment of articles for the springseason , the whole of which have either been destroyed or seriously injured by the .
Fortunately the front house has ' escaped ; the total loss will amount to many . thou _s and pounds . The firm-was insured for the building in the ' Sun Fire Office , and the stock in trade _> hd fixtures were insured in the Phoenix , Imperial , and -Union Fire Offices . Respecting the origin of the misfortune nothing that can be depended upon could be learnt . _Uoffmeyeri one of the London brigade , belonging to tbe Waterloo-road station , _receive'd such serious injuries , while assisting at the conflagration , .. as in all i _probibilitywill cost him his'life . _: He was standing on the sill of one of the windows , directing the water from this branch of an _engine into the first floor , when the rooms bbove fell in , and the timber flooring _projecting through the opening knocked the unfortunate
man from his standing place , so that ; he ; fell in a horizontal position upon the t » p of some iron spikes round an area window . The iron railings were forced into his side , and be remained impaled until another fireman rushed forward and ' lifted him . off . It was deemed advisable to remove him Viihout delav to the London Hospital . Upon his arrival at that establishment it was fonnd that two of the spikes had perforated the left bladebone , one of his ribs was fractured , and it was feared that the bone . had entered his lungs . This fire was attended with a much greater destructi- n ' of property than was at first expected . Notwithstanding . the exertions of the
_firenieni the flames were not wholly extinguished oDtil late on Tuesday afternoon . ' be salvage that will be recovered , it is expected , will be considerable , and _^ no doubt , will realize a large sum ; the firm , however , will be serious losers by the disaster , as the sums ininred on the property are nothing neat ; its value . Although a diligent inquiry has been made , nothing likely to throw the least light en . the origin of the fife can be gleaned ! The unfortunate fireman who fell from one of the win-tows npon , the iron spikes of some railings still remains in a very dangerous condition . ' The ' lungs have received , some injury , and in the event of inflammation supervening his recovery will be hopeless .
Fire at ihe New Cross _RaH-way Station . —On Taesday night a fire broke out at the- carriage depot connected with the New Cross Station of tbe London , Croydon , and Brighton _Railway . This building , which was formed almost exclusively of timber , was within a short distance of the booking offices ; and was some hundred feet Jong ; and of sufficient width td allow of three lines of rails . The latter were covered with carriages , consisting of second ' and third class and a few of . the first class . The fire commenced at a few minutes after ten o'clock , and when discovered was running up the timber walls . An instant alarm was given , and assistance having arrived , the most _strenuou _* - exertions were made to . cut ' eff the spread of the flames , and remove tbe various carriages . Un * :
fortunately , tlie flames travelled with the rapidity of lightning , and very speedily nearly 150 feet in length of the shedding presented one immense sheet of flame . ' A great many carriages of ' all classes were pulled ont of the blazing premises , some in a general state of ignition , but a vast number , probably as many as twenty or thirty , ' took fire almost simultaneously , and the only charice there appeared of s &\ ing the remainder of this valuable property was _,, by pulling down the building at the poind ] sot yet reached by the fire .- The engines rendered all the aid tbat was possible ; bnt at half-past one" o ' clock on . Wednesday morning the fire was far from being entirely extinguished , although all danger of any further extension W 8 S over . The damage dope ' must be very
considerable . One thing is certain , that notwithstanding the great loss of property , tbe business of the line will not be in the least retarded . ' The origin of the disaster was' not stated _.-V-FuRTHEB _PariiccxAas . —The fire was extinguished by three o'clock . During Wednesday an investigation took place into the origin and . extent of the occurrence with the following result . The shed in whicli so much property was consumed was 300 feet long , and thirty feet wide , and with the exception of its supports , was * entirely formed of thin wood . Adjoining this range stood another shed in which wood , for lighting tbe various fires of- the station was stored . Ia this latter structure the fire is believed to have taken
place . ' Mr . Braid wood ' s report gives the amount of damage thus : The long carriage shed , ' two-thirds destroyed ; thirty-three carriages consumed ; three engines greatly damaged ; several other carriages injured , and about thirty fet of ' engine shed" destroyed . The property was insured in the Monarch Fire-office , and the damage is stated by the secretary of the company to be within £ 5 , 00 $ , The Deportation * of Pauper _Chihiren to Bermuda . —In reference to the recent deportation of pauper children to Bermuda , by the diwetors and 1 _p-jnhans ofthe poor of the parish of St . Pancras , a letter from the poor law board has been addressed to . _TK-l _?— ' ft , iin - tbat the board have _instructed their inspector , Mr . HaU , to institute an
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inquiry into all the circumstances connected' with _thw case , and to report thereon .-- " - — -- - ' ' Resignation of Mr . AumnMAs Gibbs . —On Tuesday niorhihg Michael Gibbs , Esq ., _resigned his alderroanic gown for tbe ward of Walbrook , wbich honourable ' position he has held ' since the year 1838 . It is reported ; that this determination 'has beenrctdlvcd j _tipon principally inconsequence of the losses sustained by the litigation in which he was so long engaged with the parish authorities of St . Stephen , Walbrook , as well as by the failure of an eminent builder ' and" contractor . Three gentlemen are already virtue field' as candidates for . the vacant office , namely , Mr . Rothschild ( brother of Baron Rothschild ) , ' Mr . Travers . and Mr . David Wire .
' . TnE Wikdow Duties . —Ageneral meeting of the inhabitants' . of Hammersmith and , the neighbour ' liooX took place on Wednesday evening at the Albion _Ilall , Hammersmith , to petition Parliament against the window duties . Mr . W . Simpson , sur-« eon . presided . The meeting was addressed by Mr . Serlc , " Mr . Houghton , Sir : Charles _Napier , Mr . Brown , Mr . Kennedy , and . others ; and it was resolved to petition Parliament . for an unconditional repeal ofthe duties . _Pmtxirs's Patent Fire Ansihilator . —On Tuesday Mr . Phillips gave one ofa series of public demonstrations " of the power of bis fire annihilator to extinguish fires in ships . . The first exhibition took place at two o ' clock , the second at four , and
both were well attended . The Wear , of 150 tons , was the _. _vesBel experimented upon . Besides the crowds of spectators collected upon the Blackwall Railway pier , a great number nf persons assembled on board to witness the working and effects of Mr . Phillips ' s apparatus . This maybe considered no small proof of confidence in his invention , when it is remembered that the orders by which , visitors were admitted stated that the " main-hold of the vessel was . filled with sugar hogsheads , tar and turpentine barrels , saltpetre bags , and other highly combustible matter . " Mr . Phillips , as usual , commenced with a prefatory explanation of his discovery , and of its peculiar properties and use ; He upheld tbe superiority of the humid vapour
emitted with force from his annihilator , capable of easy direction to the burning material , penetrating the interstices of tho cargo , _; and particularly efficient in extinguishing flame over water , which ; as a compact body , had notthe same power , of combining and grappling with'flame , but oniy aoted upon the fuel , as it were , of tbe fire , leaving the flame , to propagate , itself in all directipns ,. and . seize whatever combustibles might come within its reach , lie then proceeded practicall y to prove that in case of a ship in flames , where it would be impossible to apply . water to the part of the hold in . which the fire might be , be could by the emission with
prodigious force of the humid vapour , which he recommends effectually save the vessel and crew . The apparatus , to judge from its operations on this occasion , is at once simple and efficaciou . The machinewere placed in the hands of common sailors , who having placed them as near as possible to the hold , whence flames were shooting upwards , struck the pin ( by which the charge was . ignited , and discharged the vapour , by which , according-to promise , speedily _exiinguisiied the fire . Presence of mind is all that would seem to be required to work an engine , which properly applied , must always be successful .
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Sincular Cause of Death at Weston- super-Mare , — -Mr , Robert Hill , chief police officer of the little town of Weston-super Mare , Somersetshire , has just met his death under circumstances of a very peculiar character _^ Some two or three years ago the town was frequently disturbed , by a number of night brawlers , and -Hill , under the direction of ( he commis-ioners , exerted himself to put m end to . the * disturbances . On one occasion he was endeavouring to prevent a breach of the peace , when a man ' named Cann made a very "ferocious attack npon him with ' a knife , inflicting a deep wound in the officer ' s left side . At first it was apprehended that the wound would prove mortal , but it at length
yteldedto medical treatment , and as far as external appearances , 'could show was healed / Canhwas apprehended _^ examined before the magistrates , and by them committed . for trial upon the charge of Cutting and maiming , with intent to kill andmurder , For this felony he was tried at the ensuing county assizes , found guilty , and _sentenced to . seven years transportation . Hill . continued to fulfil his police duties , and _althou-. h he frrquehtly complained of weakness and pain in his side , he did not lay up until seven or eight days since , when he was seized with- constipation of the bowels . Medical aid was called in , but the disorder did not yield on this occasion to ¦ the treatment employed ; _^ and , after five _orsixdays of acute suffering , the unfortunate
man-expired . Mr . Rawlins , the surgeon who attended him in his illness , made a post mortem examination of the body , when it was foundtbat the wound inflicted by Cann bad penetrated completely through the diaphragm ,- and the larger portion of the great omentum had passed _throu- ; h it , and . adhered to the costal pleura . As much as eight feet of tbe smaller intestines had passed into the left cavity ofthe chest , as well as the arch of the colon and the omentum , and then pressing upon the heart , had prevented the action of that or . sari . An inquest will doubtless be held on the body , and it is thought that a curious legal question may arise as to whether Cann , be having been already convicted' of the minnr offencej and punished for it , can now be charged criminally with the greater crime . The Soap Trape . —On Saturday last a meeting
of tbe snap trade of Liverpool was held to 'consider the propriety of nominating a deputation to London on the question of the soap duty .. It is in contemplation to hoRa meeting in Liverpool to consider the desirability of renewing the agitation for the repeal of tbe tea duties . " The late Dbspebate Encocsteb with _Poacuehs at _Safpron WA _ nEN . —On the 24 th hit . Isaac Barker , a . determined '• looking character , was charged before It . Birch Wolfe , Esq ., at Newport , with maliciously and wilfully shooting at and wounding Robert Peetham ; one of Lord Braybrooke ' s gamekeepers , on tbe night of the 24 tb of December last ; in a preserve near Walden , called Pounce Wood . The prisoner , who declined making any statement , was fully committed to the assizes for shooting with intent to murder .
The Black Fever seau Oxford . —The village of Baldon , four or five miles from Oxford , which principally belongs to Queen ' s College , is now infected with a most malignant typhus fever , running into the old black fever , of a character such as destroyed the crew Of the- unfortunate Eclair .. The cottages are miserable in the extreme , arid greatly overcrowded , and the people are absolutely afraid to go to help the poor sufferers . Kothing has yet been done by the college for their assistance . - Fatal Poachino Affray . —On ' the 24 th ult , three men named Darley , Cbew , and Rennison , Were observed to be poaching on an estate at Gahton Wold , near Scarborough . The gamekeeper ) having procured the assistance of six other men , went in pursuit , and came up with the poachers upon . land
in the Lordship of " Foxholes' Chew , who held a gun in his hand , presented it at the keeper , desiring him to stand off , or he would fire . The ' other , however , pot daunted seized hold of the weapon , and endeavoured to wrest it from the poacher—an attempt in which he was seconded by his assistants . Darleythen came forward with a large and sharp knife , and while he caught hold of'tbe muzzle of the gun with his left handj attempted to cut the men ' s hands , so as to force them to relinquish their grasp . He was , however , pinioned from behind by another of the keeper ' s assistants , and just at this moment the gun went off , lodging its contents in the lower part of _Darley ' sbody The unhappy man instantly fell back mortaljy . wounded , exclaiming with an oath , " Thou hast done for me now !" He expired in a few moments afterwards .. " . .
_lFohoed Notes . —We were lately ' shown a , £ 5 note purporting to be issued by tbo'lfottinghani and ' Nottinghamshire Banking Company , which was the other day paid to a gentleman in Leeds , and which has since been discovered to be a forgery . We also under ! ' aud _; that other forgeries on the same banking company have been recently detected , ' and it is therefore desirable that parties to whom such note 3 may in future be offered should take means to satisfy themselves that they are geuuine—Leeds Mercwy . Treasure Tbove . —Sussex . —On Saturday last , while three labourers were endeavouring to dig up a post—being part of an old capstan—on the
beach at Seaford , one of the men fortunately threw up some gold and silver coins , amounting to twenty-five sovereigns , two guineas , a half-crown , shilling , and sixpence , which they shared equally among themselves—being thus well remunerated for their trouble . How the money became deposited at such a singular place has caused various conjectures _^ The sovereigns bear date of the reign Of George IV ., 1823 , and the year 1825 . The spot was soon vkited by a great _gumber of less fortunate diggers and adventurers , some with shovels , one or two more , sovereigns _heing afterwards discovered . ¦ .
Bur _' glary . —On Tuesday last information was received at the metropolitan police-office , Whitehall , that the premises of Mr . J . Stokes , situated in the Old Fen , _TJggniere-drove , in tbe parish of Romsey , Hants , had been feloniously broken open by four men armed with guns and horse-pi > tols . One of the men is described as being five feet eight , or nine inches , high , twenty-eight or twenty-nine years of age , dressed in lignt coat and trousers , drab " wideawake " hat , a red handkerchief tied over his face , and . asingle-b . irrelled . gunin his band . Two of them were short men , . dressed in dark clothes and caps , and had masks over , their fnces . They stood over Mr . and Mrs . Stokes at their bedside , with two horse pistols pointed at their heads , and threatened to shoot them if they made any alarm , whilst tho fourth , a man about five feet seven inches high , twenty-two yearsor twenty-three years
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of age , broke open the drawer _^ and _,. bpxes . w " tji a plank-hook" taken _ftTmYlodge heaftuo . tables , which the burglars left , behind them ; : They then tobk , bosse ' ssion of- tho following property , wbich tbey carried' away : _—^ . ' _Ss _^ in gold and silver , an old shilling with a cross on it , a fourpenny-piece , a threepenny-piece , a _' small snuffbox with the name of _M Strong "in silver letters- on ' it , a wedding ring broken _; across , & _c .,.. Tho : burglars are supposed to be tho same persons who broke . into Lu cy ! Watt ' s house ,, at .. Orton , in Hants , a few weeks since . ' ,: ' , ' . ' .. " v , _; ¦ DiABonoAili MiscniEFl —¦ Staffordshire . —Some
miscreants on the ntghtof the 24 th ult . put stones between the points on Earl . Granville ' s line of vailway betwixt the ironworks and tbe canal , which had the effect of throwing three , out of the . nine empty ' waggons , which . weve being brought down by two men shortly before daylight , off the rails . The _menj . who were slightly injured , had ' the charge ' of the breakp , ; and had the narrowest escape of losing their live ,. -... ¦ : _' ¦ A Steam-boat proprietor upon the Mersey -has been ' convicted in the mitigated penalty of £ 10 for having , as owner , allowed one of his vessels to proceed to seawitbout having transmitted to . ' the Board of Trade the declarations of the sufficiency of the . condition of the hull and . machinery , and received a certificate . thereof . ¦ The , prosecution was instituted by tbe Customs .,
The GrkatGle * - _** Poisoxino Case . —Leicestershire—The adjourned inquest in this case was brought to a conclusion l . _vt week . Ifc clearly appeared that arsenic . had been administered , but in mistake . The unfortunate mother , who was too ill fo give evidence at the first inquiry , had no knowledge of any arsenic being in the house , none ever having been bought ' , by her' husband , and she herself not having seen anyfor years . The jury , after several witnesses bad been examined at great length , returned a verdict , ¦ That deceased had died of arsenic , administered in mistake for magnesia . " ; ' ' "" . " .. : Singdlar Monomania at Birmingham . —A
_shocking death'occurred a few days ago to a little girl , _whoseparentsresidein Short-acre . ¦ For _someconsiderable tinio the child ,, whose name was Sarah Aldridge , and whose age is twelve years , has been subject to ' fits , and , about a fortnight ago she was discovered hanging by- the neck from the chamber window . v She was' rescued from her fearful situation , and every ' care taken . to prevent a repetition of the act ,, which was . for a few days successful . Ultimately ,. _^ appears , that the poor child , who was still bent ' ori destroying itself , obtained a quantity of chips , and placed them in her pinafore , and set _fii' 6 to them . She was perceived by some neighbours who succeeded in smothering the flames which enveloped her , ; but she was so dreadfully burned that death ultimately put an end to her sufferings .
"'Colliery-Ex _' rtosioN ' ;—Ah accident . occurred a few days ago at the North _Kelloe Colliery , which bas resulted in the death of one ofthe overmen named James Hope . It appeared from evidenco given at . the . inquest , which took place on . Tuesday , that the decensetl ' s duty was to inspect the workings ofthe pit before the . men went to work , * and an tbe morning , of the 6 th inst ., he accordingly went to makethe usual' inspection . Contrary , however , not only . to the general regulations of tho pit , but also to , _theexpress . orders of the overman , he very imprudently used a naked candle instead of a proper lamp , and as ho was leaving one of the boards an explosion ' of s _; as occurred , by which he was _severely burnt all over his body . He was taken homo where he died o _ n , Friday night . The lamp wliich he ought to have . used was hanging in the pit , _at-a place , where he had . tho opportunity of getting it had he chosen , to be at the trouble . The jury re- ' turned a verdict in accordance with the facts .
Effects of Ixtemperanoe at Hum ,. —On Sunday , ' the master ofa Scotch schooner , laden with brandy ,-from Charente , bound to Leith , was brought _ashore in his boat in' a deplorable state . The men who accompanied him stated that their master had been drinking , excessively > of brandy . during their passage bome , and that about eight o ' clock on that morning he had , whilst in " a state of extreme intoxication , taken a razor and cut from his breast down to the extremity ofthe abdomen , No hopes of his recovery are entertained by his professional attendants .
Fatal . Colliery Accident . —A colliery accident , attended by _fetal consequences , occurred last week atthe Bwlch Consols Mine , near Aberystwith . Two of the workmen , Morgan Hughes' and David Williams , were at work in one of the levels ,, when the bottom . suddenly gave way , and . the unfortunate men were precipitated to a depth down „; skaft of fifteen fathoms , a-large quantity of . the earthwork of tbe sides of the level falling in upon . them . An alarm was given , and the unhappy fellows were got out , but ! they were both- dead .- ¦
. Catching a Bi _* _rglar . « --A gentleman who resides at Stratford , Essex , left bome to spend the evening wish a party of friends a few days since , and returning about midnight went into his greenhouse without ' letting his family know of . his arrival . A female domestic hearing a noise at tbe back part of tbe house told her _mistress , who immediately Went to the window , and sprang the rattle , which soon brought , several . neighbours and the police tb tbe . spot ; . the former stood at tbe front entrance , and . tho latter went to . the back of the premises and
discovered some one moving , and they then soon captured the supposed thief , whom they handled not very' tenderly . "I am Mr . —¦— - . "exclaimed the master of : the premises , but the police not knowing him doubted his veracity , and it was not before his wife and female domestjc arrived that the police discovered their mistake . " It seems that the gentleman alluded to , ' finding it was a frosty night , went into his greenhouse for the purpose of li _. hting the fires , and on bis exit from that place with a box _' of lucifers in his hand , he was taken into custody ! for entering his own premises . '
A , Man Burst to Death at Halifax . —One of the . most , horrifying catastrophes that'has occurred in this neighbourhood for a long time took place on the morning of Sunday last . ' An old' pensioner named Joseph Healy , residing at Castle Hill Side , near'AlniOndbury Poorhouse , ' in a low , miserable hovel , without anybody to take care of him , went to Almondbury on Saturday night , where he remained till early the next morning . ; He returned to his home in a state of in ' toxicationi and , there being very little fire in' the grate , be sat down in a chair in front of the fireplace , resting hia elbow on one of his knees , and . his . head upon his hand , stretching his other leg straight out close to the fire-grate , in wbich position be fell' asleep .
Sometime' during thenighf his clothes , got on . fire , but how it is impossible to conjecture * but , they being woollen , [ would not blaze , but gradually smouldered away . Not making his appearance in the morning the door was broken open , and thepoov fellow was found quite dead and stiff , with a portion of hitclothes still burning , ' the flesh being completely burned off the legs , so as to exhibit the bare bones , An inquest was held on the body on Monday last before George' Dyson , Esq ., and a respectable jury , on view of the body , at the Woolpack Inn , when , after a patient investigation , the jury returned a verdict of " Death from . suffocation and burning . '' A Railway Train Attacked by a _Buiaock . —
The mail train a few nights ago narrowly escaped being thrown off the rails , between Headcorh and _Pluckley _; by a bullock which had strayed from a drove while crossing the rail . The drover , had succeeded in turning . the beast towards the gate , when the mail train was seen ' approaching , on which the beast mado directly towards' the red lights on the engine with its tail in' the air . It ran full tilt against the engine and was dashed to pieces , parts of the body having been picked up a distance of sixty yards from the place wnerethe collision occurred . The shock was felt by the engine-driver , and the train was stopped , but proceeded on ascertaining the nature of the occurrence . —Maidstone Journal .
. Supposed Receivers to tnv . Uckfield BunoLAns . —James Edwards and his wife who' were remanded on Saturday last , charged with having in their possession a large quantity of linendrapery supposed to be _' the produce of several robberies , in which Brook ' s and others of tlie Uckfield gang wore concerned , ; 'were brought up' at the Town-hall , ' and again rerhanded till Saturday , ( this day _') , _inconsequence of a telegraphic , message' stating that if a remand were granted , parties would be forthcoming to identify a portion of the property . ' ' _¦ Another Death on a Railway . —An inquest was held on Monday last ,, before T . . C . " Maynard ,. Esq ., at Trindori _. onviewofthe . body . of Robert Heightley . . The deceased . was , a plate-layer , employed ; on the Hartlepool Railway , and on Saturday morning
last-was at work with another mau on thatrailwny , near to Trimdon Foundry . They were standing on the line looking at a coal train which was proceeding towards Hartlepool , and , did not observe a goods train , which was coming in the opposite direction , until it was ' too late to . get out of _. the way . The result _w-is'that the engine of the . goods train struck the deceased , and knocked him with violence against hia fellow workman , who was thrown by the concussion " off the ' line , " Heightley , however , fell on the line , and was run over , ;; -His left leg was completely severed , and bis arm wa 3 dreadfully crushed . He died shortly , afterwards . The driver in charge of the engine , as soori as he saw deceased hi danger , did all in ' 'his power , by . sounding tlie whistleahd reversing the / engine , to warn him , but without effect . Verdict , '" Accidental death" "
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' ' Clever Trick . —On tho 2 __ th ult ., a young woman , attired in' the dress' and having the appeav _* ance of a domestic servant , entered the' shop of a respectable jeweller in town , in a very , bustling and excited manner , and . tendered a . demand for a gold watch , belonging to a lady whom she named , wh ' cti _na-j , ' _--he said ; been given in to have a slight repair performed , on the promise that it-would bV executed ere that time . The youth who was " serving at the . counter in the absence of the- owner of the shop , - knew nothing of such a watch ,, or the commission connected with it ., . Whilst he was endeavouring to explain this , and extract some information his discourse
_reffftrdin-r' tho _eireumstflneo , was abruptly broken in upon by the eager messenger , who , darting upon awatch which' lay on a side table , exclaimed that it was the article she sought , she saw it was finished , it was wanted by her mistress immediatelv to wear at a wedding , and she wou'd , therefore , ' tako it with her . . Confused and _unauspicibus , the lad allowed her to make off as she proposed' On the return of his employer , he discovered that he had been deluded—that a pure fabrication had been played off upon him with a singular degree . of adroitness and audacity . Nothing has yet beon heard farther , either ofthe watch or the person who acquired possession ' of it so readily . . ' ' ;
The Tay , the Tweed , : the Teviot , and several other Scotch rivers , were greatly flooded during the greater part . of last week , owing to the melting o f the snow in the Highlands and strong westerly gales . No particular damage , however , resulted . . Falkirk Burghs . —The prospects' of Mr . Loch , the liberal candidate , continue to improve . Sir Charles Napier , whose name was mentioned , is . convinced of the better claims and chances , of Mr . _Locb , and will ' not offer . —Scotsman . ¦ Geological Discoyekies at _Jedboroh . —Some curious geological discoveries have lately been made in _Fernihirst quarry , in this neighbourhood .
Tbey consist of very strongly marked and large impressions of scales of the holoptyehius , a fish described in Miller ' s " . Visit to the ' Old Red Sandstono . " These remains are found in abundance from tho foot of Windbrugh Hill down the valley ofthe Rule , but they had never before been-detected in situ in Jed water . Within these few days , another discovery has been made in the fame place , of some fossil remains , but / although apparently . pretty well defined , it , has puzzled all our geologists here to identify it . As a fossiiiferous part ofthe rock ( which _is ' the old red sandstone ) has now been como upon , richer discoveries . are yet expected . —Kelso Chronicle .
Death of Lord _Dalmeny . —Lord Dalmeny , eldest son ofthe _B-u * l of Roscberry , ' died on the 23 rd ult ., at ' Daimeny-psirk , Linlithgowshire . His lordship was born in 1809 . and in 1843 married the Lady _Wilhelmina Stanhope , only daughter of the fourth Earl Stanhope and sistor of Lord Mahon . The sister of the late lord , the Lady Anne Primrose , married Ml * . Henry Tufnelt about three years ago . A Scotch Ciergtma ** . convict-d op ' _Poacui _* _-6 . — Last week : tho Rev . A . _M'Ewan ; pastor ofthe _Levern Chapel , at Barrhead ,, was convicted of poaching on Sunday , the oth ult . The gamekeepers of tlieEarldf Glasgow had long been suspicious of a breach of the law being carried on near the premises ' of the Rev . Mr . M'Ewan ; they , therefore ,
had set a' strict watch on the church grounds at Levern , and on the Sunday morning in question , having found a snare regularly ; set , they put it in disorder after , the rev . gentleman had commenced his public devotions . They again saw it regularly put to rights by him , and having a second time put it in disorder in the course of the day , they finally pounced on . the rev . poacher , when it was supposed he was putting it in proper , trim for , the evening . Before tho close of the , legal proceedings in court , Mr . Henderson , the public prosecutor , humanely suggested' that under all the circumstances , aiid
from the severe rebuke which had been read from the bench to _. tho rev . culprit by _: Provost Philips , that the _penaltyshould be _. mitigated from the suni of £ 20 tOi £ i 0 . The Provost , however , wasinexorable for inflicting the highest fine which the law would admit of . Had the ' defender been an ignorant , uneducated person , a clodpolofrom the neighbourhood ( said the Provost ) who did hot know the law , the fine might bave been mitigated ; but as no such excuse could bo made in this case ,. be . was resolved to exact the highest penalty . _^ -Renfrewshire Reformer , ¦ , _:. l / / 4
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Meeting of the Tenant ' League . —The public meeting of the Tenant-League _, was held , on the night of the 23 rd ult . in the Music-hall ; Mr . p Lalor , of Tinnakil , in ' the chair . There was a tolerably numerous attendance , including some Roman Catholic and Presbyterian clergymen . Reports on "finance , " " organisation , " and " _abill to belaid before Parliament , " and ono or two other subjects , _wl'ich had received the sanction of the council , were handed in , and adopted without . reading . The meeting was addressed by the Rev , Archdeacon Fitzgerald { of Limerick , ) Rev . T . _M'Cullagh ( Presbyterian clergyman , ) Rev . Mr . Cahill { of Mullihahone , ) Rev . Mr . _M'Creedy , Rev . Dr . . Kearney , P . P ., Rev . Mr . _Kinnaird ( Presbyterian clergyman , ) Rev . Archdeacon O'Shee , and Rev . Mr . Rentoul ( Presbyterian clergy man . )
Preparations for tub Session . —A circular ha 9 been issued to . the members of the House of Lords , informing them that " it having appeared on close examination that a majority , though small , of the peers Had promised their support to Lord Redesdale ; Lord Wharncliffo has intimated bis wish to be put in nomination for the office of chairman of committees .. The Proclaiming of Letterkennt . —The _London dcrry Standard says : —•• The high constables of the Baronies of Raphoe and Kiimacreri' an have served notices on tho churchwardens of tbe parish of Conwall , calling upon them , in obedience to the mandate of the executive , to call' a vestry , for the purpose of _applptting on the several townlands in the
proclaimed districts , their proportion of the cess to be levied for the pay of the additional constabulary recently sent there . Of twenty-one townlands , in the barony . of Raphoe , the sum : raised is £ 254 , 6 s . 9 d .. ; . and , in , the barony of Kilmacronan ; off the electoral division of Seacor ,, and so much of the electoral divisions of Meenparrygaghand Kiilymasnus as are situated within the said barony , £ 114 3 s . lid . In addition to this , on the townland of . Lettorkenny alone , thero ia to be raised the sum of £ 15 S Is . 3 d . . ; _; " Accident to Mb . Twiss . —The Cork Constitution states that tho ball struck the rib , notthe shoulder and- traversing the back , lodged in the muscles , whence it-wa 3 extracted by Dr . Crump , and now
no apprehonsion is entertained . State of the Country . —In various parts of Waterford , Cork , Tipperary , King ' s County , and Kilkenny , the kitchens and larders of gentlemen ' s houses have been entered by burglars , and rifled of their contents , almost every night since Christmas .. —Several armed _., _attaeks on dwellings have been made within the . last few days in . the counties of Tipperary , Kilkenny , and the King ' s Countv . The following are ftom the local journals : —On tho night of the 22 nd ult . four men , one of whom was armed with a gun , attacked the dwelling of Michael Kinnelly , of Lisduff . Tho fellows threw stones at tho door , and broke tho windows of the house . On going away , they fired shots , but did no other harm . —On the night of the , 16 th ult . three armed men attempted to gain admittance into the house of a
farmer named Dwyer , residing at _Brittns-wood , by stating they were police . Having failed in getting into the house , they broke in a window and fired a shot through it . They cautioned Dwyer to give up land he had taken , or if he did not , and that if they visited him again , he would never forget the day . — On Sunday night , a party _consieting of five men , two of whom were armed with pistols , attacked a house belonging to a man of the name of Cleary , residing in Ballincor , from whom thoy took a detonating fowling piece . The police went in pursuit of them to the village of Brusna , where they arrested three men named John M'Louhlin , Patrick Kennedy and Patrick Lawler , of Drummakeenan _, one of whom had a quantity of powder arid slugs in his possession . They were committed for further examination at the ensuing petty Sessions of _Shinrone ; ¦
Agriculture and Flax Culture . —The gentry aro stiil working zealously to promote improved farming , especially in the cultivation of Flax . At a numerous meeting , held on Saturday last'in ' the Limerick Institution , on the motion of Lord' Olarina , seconded by Mr . Robert Maxwell , it was determined to establish an agricultural society for tbe county of Limerick , including districts- in Clare and Tipperary _embraced _withttl the _Poov-law Union _oFiLimeriek . The Uandon Flax' Committee . twain met on Friday , under the presidency of the Hon H . B . . Bernard , when it waB resolved to aDulv to ' the Duke of vonshire and
De other proprietors for their co-operation in encouraging the growth of flax amongst their tenantry . It was stated that the Earl of Bandon would' grow 200 acres , nnd that there was _^ a certainty of 500 acres of flax being planted m the district of Bandon this season . Ehowdhm- EsTATES . -Of the fifteen new peti _* two * -. Med in the Encumbered Court last week , eight were from inheritors for the sale of their own _estates . 1 he total number of petitions since the commencement is 1 , 519 . Absolute orders for sales have been granted in the cases of Lord Biayney ami Sir R , A . O'Donnell . '
Illness of Lord Newry . —Very unfavourable ' accounts have been received of the state of lie & _lUv of Lord Sewry , son of the Eari of Kiimorey , who recently announced his intention of resigning the . representation of the borough of JSewry . It is stated that there is little hope of his recovery ; Abolition of the Viciirt ' ovALTr—An aggregate meeting convened by tlie Lord Mayor , and ' presided OYer by his lordship , was held on Monday in the
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Round-room of the -Rotunda , for the _rmT _^ " Petitioning _against . the contemplated _ttSo ° f the Irish Viceroyalty , and of placing _T ' > of their protest , against . the system oi _ccX _?? _« _H adopted towards Ireland , and which h \ , _* _«" i been so destructive of her best _intcreitt _»••»* meeting was numerously atid most _resneefli ,, % tended , . including a considerable _number / - _« principal _merchantsj , traders , and _Bhot > W tl _>* well as professional men and other classes f ' * ter was read ¦ - from' the Marquis of Con ' vn i , let * a-Jologizing for bis absence , and _exprcsainr . i - » - " " , currence with the object of the meeting a ¦ c ° " i * letter was read from the Marquis of _Lon _^ lf ' _" * Lord _Massareene and Ferrard also flpolo _. _iz i - _* _* _- not attending in consequence of being eonfi _/ ° " bed for some days by a severe cold Tho \? _¦* of . Westmeath , the Earl of . May o , th « * _*>* . _Howtb , Lord Talbot de Malahide , Mr i * « f Hamilton , M . P . ; Mr . -Napier , M . P . . __}! ' , y , ' 4 . laghMPMrWhiteside C J 0
, .. ; . , Q .. Mr . " ** Crawford , M . P . ; Mr . n . Grattan , M . P . _i-ln S . O'Brien , M . P . ; Colonel Dunne , Mp _^ f-s Grogan , M . P . Mr . Reynolds , M . P . * \ _j r ' T r * Crosthwaite , Mr . George Grierson , and otW ° * tlemcn addressed tbe meeting in propositi !? "' conding the resolutions , amongst which WM ° rse * following : — "That the viceregal office hr _^ tire of all local considerations , may be mad " _^ nently conducive to the welfare of Ireland _?• * the abolition of the _. viceregal office wo uld ' * opinion of this _. meeting , be injurious , un mst ' a " _^ the highest degree impolitic . That thoB-Z _"* centralization is fraught with tho worst evf 0 " _^ social order and constitutional freedom ; that v " incompatible with a sound administrative 8 vst and tends to the diminution of wealth , _intellioa ' enterprise , and the ; public spirit intlie c 01 , n , ' and that this meeting do hereby record their sole protest against ifc . " An address to the Queen petitions to both Houses of Parliament _wem 7 *
_aoopteo , ana a committee appointed "for the n pose of organising and adopting means to _corntol tionally and lawfully resist any legislative or oth attempt of the centralizing policy to abolish il ' Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland , or transfer to _"& ns )\ t tribunals the jurisdiction of our courts of law _' anli equity . " ' ' * _Readjustment of Rents — The Evening Poafonnother list of reductions of rent in the district « t Fin . gal , county of _Dublin , upon the estates of Lot ! Talbot do Malahide , . Sir Eyre Coote , Mr . 1 Ior . » Rochfort ; and other proprietors . In some cases re ductions were made to wealthy-graziers , _who-- etRnh had been punctually paid . The effect of these ar . rangements will be to secure substantial tenants on the properties .
The New Parliamentary _CoNSTiTOEN-crEs . —Tho revising barristers are . rapidly drawing _theirh , bourn to a close . ' . The revision has concluded in * _Sligo , borough and county . The Sligo Champh n claims a decided majority for the Liberal party in both , even in the , county , where conservative * hive been heretofore returned . In other districts there is a difference of op inion , as to _tl ) 0 Working ( , the new franchise , but ; i contested election will bo the only true test . i Aoiucultubal _Proobess and Flax CuLnmro _'' , —An intelligent county of Down farmer , Mr . Jobn O'Hagan , who has made a visit to the south , h-, addressed a letter to the Dublin Evening Post , ( L
scribing the results of his inquiries and observations on the state and prospects of agriculture . His remarks are confined chiefly to the _extensivo estates of the Earl of Bessborough , in the county of Kilkenny , well known as one of the best managed properties iu the southern or midland counties , the rural population of whioh bo found in a better state than the seveve pressure of the last four years would have , warranted him in ; expecting . Mr . O'llagan gives an account of the system of husbandry practised on this estate , and of the great efforts mai . e by the noble owner to _enabln his tenantry to main " tain their position . Lord Bessborough has his re . ward in the punctual payment of his rents , whilst
tlie tenantry have no temptation to lose their time iii agitation about tenant-right , and they are secure from the infliction of heavy poor-rate . Tenant _, right , in the legitimate sense , exists on this estate , On the subject of the flax movement in the COUntie _* of Kilkenny and Waterford , Mr . O'Hagan _snys :-" A small breadth of flax was grown iu this district last year , which gave a fair return ' , ' 1 am informed that tho Marquis of Waterford purposes erecting a similar establishment' oh an extensive scale , and that his lordship intends having 1 , 000 acres of flax grown on his Curraghmore estate this year . There was a great deficiency in the wheat crop of this county last _yeari the average produce being about five barrels to the Irish acre . Many farmers
intend giving up the growth of wheat , and cultivating flax , oats , and barley instead . " Aileged Libel on the Roman Catholic Bishop of Elpiiin . —the Sligo Champion contains the following — " The Right Rev . Dr . Browne has given instructions to Mr . . ' Michael Gcfchin , solicitor , to institute proceedings against the proprietor of tho Sligo C / _iromclenewspaper ,. for a letter published ia the last number of that journal , reflecting on his lordship ' s conduct and character . The libel imputes to the bishop interested and unworthy motives in the selection and promotion of his clergy , and also that he received large sums of money from Mr . Towneley , which he applied to ' selfish purposes . "' .
Aggregate Meeting of Protesta-sts . —Tho meeting , announced for some weeks past , to address the Queen and petition the Legislature against tho Papal aggression , took place on Tuesday last in tho large room of the Rotunda . E _' even o ' clock was the time fixed for the commencement of the proceedings ; and soon after tbat hour there was a very respectable , although not a numerous , attendance . As the day advanced , however , the audience increased considerably . A strongly worded address wa 3 adopted . _Another meeting was held in the evening , tho Earl of Mayo in the chair , when resolutions similar to the above were adopted .
The Meeting of m Roman Catholic Members in Dublin . —It appears by a letter from Mr . John O'Connell , M . P ., in Tuesday morning ' s Freeman , that tbe contemplated meeting of Irish Roman Catholic members of Parliament in Dublin , previous to the openingof the session , will not be held . Mr . O'Connell states that " several M . P . ' s have sent in messages to the effect' that they find themselves unable to attend as they bad proposed , but that of course they will be at tbeir posts in Parliament . "
The honourable gentleman thus concludes _i— "it is now too late to mako another appointment , and wo must only hopo that the Irish Catholic M . P . ' s will meet this day week in London , in the interval between the delivery of the Queen ' s _spp . ech at two p . m ., and tbe assembling of the Commons to debate their answer at half-past three p . m . If nobody else do it , I will then be prepared to suggest an amendment to the . address , in case ofthe latter ' s containing any allusion to penal laws . —I am , dear sir , your , obedient servant , " Jons O'Connell . "
"A Slick Niggrr."— " Jack," Said A Gentl...
"A Slick Niggrr . "— " Jack , " said a gentleraani to an old negro , who was rather lazily engaged in i clearing the snow from his premises , Jack , my old boy , you don ' t get along with this job very fast . "" Why , master , * - * replied Jack , scratching hiswool _. _t " pretty considerable for an old man ; I guess , and Ii conceit myself , that I can clear more snow away in dese here shore days , than the _spryest nigga in _thisii city could do in the longest summer day as eTerr _was . Crochet for . Ladies . —Take a small thread ol fact . Spin it out as long as you can , and wind il about as rapidly as possible over the real of fancy i tangle it up with the aid of a variety of meshes ; pulp it about the ears of as many of your female friendm as will stand to have the operation performed , ana the result will be a splendid piece of crochet work ) which will be Of tho . utmost service as a pattern—bbe universally avoided . —Punch .
Fires . —Mr . Braidwood reports that the fires in London during the past year have been 868—an ha crease of thirty beyond those of the preceding year Tbe . buildings totally destroyed or considerabh damaged were 247—nine less tban the year beforee those slightly dama . ed were 621—thirty-nine mon than the year before . The clumuies on fire wen seventy-nine , "rails for assistance" 1 , 038 , tl " false alarms" niuety . one . The * * fatal fires" wen seventeen , and tbe number of lives lost _eighteen Nearly a hundred houses were seriously damaged b _. d exploding fireworks .
'A leiter from Rome , of the 11 th ult ., in th I _4-- < 7 s '> ttro Gazette , gives a singular instance of _ttf I strictness ofthe Roman censorship . In an opera en Verdi ' s , a lover , on hearing his mistress sing bebireb the scenes , is made to exclaim , ' ¦ Oh , che voce angan lica ! " ( Oh , what an angelic voice . ) But titcensors , considering that a pretty girl ought not nol W compared to an angel , have _iuseited " _ameni-oni _- _( harm' _-nious ) for " angelica , " a modification _whiwli was received with hisses by the public , who kneku whflt the original words were .
Sin Oracle . —To the end of the world , in eve e line of life , there will be some men who will get o ; el and others who will go back . Some arc _activtc clever , and lueky ; others are lazy , dull , and unfcui lunate . Consequently , in every ' pursuit which ii < cultivated for profit ' s sake , there will be gre _g variety at all times between the several degrees * _ei success attained . —A " Times " leader . " A New York paper states that Jenny Lind bid £ 150 , 000 in the British funds , and pays lo tlo British Government annually £ 4 , 000 income tne Sho has given away about £ 4 S , 000 in charity . T . whole , amount of her European wealth is _cstimatia at one million of dollars .
¦ _Wo * _s _&_ to \ j _ , _» T ' _s-o-e . —Attbe Queen ' s _PvuitwH office , in _New-strect-square , London , is a mi'Mmi aged woman with a wonderful head . Sho recolleco the year and the chapter of every Act of Par P ment upon any subject . Though she is only ml ; forewoman of tbe _bookfoldcvs many shvewd attd : neys are very much indebted to hev for informatri * _as to the last acts bearing upon any _queit ' on . _m .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01021851/page/6/
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