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9 ¦_ The Northern Star. . _ . April 3, 1...
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Inquests. 1 F.Mi. Stkam-Boat Accidmst.—A...
INQUESTS . 1 F . mi . Stkam-Boat Accidmst . —An adjourned inqui quest ha ** been concluded by Mr W . Carter , at the _Ro Rose ind Ciown , Bermondsey , on Samuel Evans , a wa waterman . From the testimony of Superintendent Y . \ Evan . * , and other _witnesso * * , it appears that the rle ce ; cea « f A on the 2 nd of March had three sailors and a fei feiiiak " , with their ltigg . _iqe , consisting of two hamrn moe _l-s , a sea _ehest , Ac , as passengers in his wherry . H He vpi-v injudiciouslv had the fore starboard scull , ar a _** el a * boy the larboard aft . They were rowing at aeaii . st a strong flood tide , and when near the lower T Thame-- ** - unnel Pier , the Waterman steamer No . 1 , C Cap . W _.-eks _, came down to land her passengers there . he look
1 The - _-i amer ( -topped her engines as _sornas ' - v out saw Evans , and told hira to row ahead . Instead _0 of i hi * lie swerved bis boat ont , and a collision took p p lace _In-twrenthc stem ofthe stearoerand thestarb borrd hind quarter of tbe boat , and she went dawn , ti the sailor in the first instance having jumped up . 'J Tne d .-cea _** ed was in the water a Tery snort time , a and a" tlie others were instantly sot _« ut . The dee ceased w , nt home . : _< nd in a few days was taken ill . _1 lie di . d em tho 17 th nit . from brain fever , which , i in the opinion of the surgeon , was the result of the _s stock io the system from immersion . The captain 1 _hs-i a number of passengers to call as witnesses , but t the jun- were satisfied , and returned a verdict cf 4 " Accidental death . "
A 1 > ki-. skahd _* s end . —By adjournment , before Mr "I TV . Biker , at the Grave Maurice , Whitechapel . i nail , on Samuel Salter ( 31 , ) who died in the _Lon-< don Hospital , on Tuesday , of injuries received in an i affray with _Ck-iries _Frankish , who is in custody , and ] hn * -tK _* " ! i remanded , on a _charge of wilful murder . ' Th <* _ele . _'vased redded with Frenkish , at ti , _Londonl terrace , •" ommercial road , East . For some t ime past 1 he had Wn leading a dissipated life , and was roni _atantlr iu a state of intoxication . On Friday , 19 th , i Bit- he was very much intoxicated , and being unable ' to walk , was assisted home by Mrs Frankish . whom ' . ic _aVuied and struck . "When Frankish returned hnme . and accused him of _assaulting his wife , an _alteicatioa took \\ _iw , and they _fonsht _frr several _minutf * in the kitchen , in the dark ; and durinp the * struggle a table was broken . The deceased bled
prolasely from the tn _^ uth . and in the morning he was _Drcup . htto the London Ilotpital , where he expired . Mr Hay . house surgeon to the London Hospital , stated that when the deceased was brought into the _jho _* -pital . he appeared to be intoxicated . The upper BB < t of his body was much discoloured and bruised The . _ip _. -earance of the stomach indicated that deeea _* _= eel had been a great drunkard . The immediate cause * of death was an effusion of blood on the brain _, _cause-d by violence ; he bad no doubt from blows . A fill ' , micht cause an effusion of Wood on the brain . ! The coroner then summed up , and the jnry returned _anopt-n verdict—that the deceased" died from an effti _* * i < _in ot" hiood on thc brain from violence , bnt how it was caused there was no satisfactory evidence "bef' _- _'ii *! : said jnrora . " The inquiry lasted seven hour * .
i * r _t FccAnox bt Gas . —By Mr Bedford , at the _TJnieorn , Henrietta-street , _Cotent-garden , on Henry Warren , aired 26 . the unfortunate younfr man wbo Iras killed by falling down a well opposite _Coventeardeit Tiieatre . The deceased went dawn tho w . _ll fer the _t _< _urpose of cutting off a pipe . The well ha ** beet * , only opened but a short time previous to th ' deceased ' s e oing down , and on Uahts _beina put down after the deceased fell they were immed < - atel _> _^ KtiiMuishei by foul air . The well had been opened several times before , and the men _Ictd gout : do ****; on the instant _witbou ; _feelin * any effects . On t ' ie present occasion the generation of tin * foul air in the well was attributed to a large escape of gas from 'he main pipe . Mr Brook * proved tbe _<¦" .- _•« ¦ h to i * v e _te- ; _i < aused by imbibing impure and noxious air . Wrelict—*• Aco'dental death , " the jury , at the game : inn , - _^ pressing an opinion that in all rase- * of opmiiriL- wells proper caution should be used for the future in fe- _* tingtfceir safety .
_Sixnctu : A \ n Fatal _Acctdejct . —By Mr Wakley . M . P ., ai Middlesex Hospital , on _Brielgefc Com . or . ( 3 f >} . _tUe » iie of an ostler . The _nur-r * oF the ward atatfej that * -he was admitted on the frth , _suff "' ne from a deep wound atthe lower part oftheb _.-k , lehertce blood flowed go abundantly that it could not be _s-t « i } . r > ed . and even forced out the lint with which it was _plumed . She died on Monday . She told _"witttess that she fell on some _crockery in her room , which she broke , and a splinter entering her back .
inflicted the wound The Souse surgeon deposed that the wound , which was very deep , was one and a h-iif iii ' h in length , and appeared to bave been inflict _*! by a sharp stick . Every eff . irt was ineffectual y made to stop tbe Wood , which rushed out is _s'lNhe _* - . At length an attempt w . _*; s made , try cut ting into the wound , to discover the wounded vessel , but _ine-2 ' _eetiially . In consequence of the flow of blood she . * ultimately died . It was ascertained that the inter a ' puder had been half cut through . Verdict , •* A . Wdenfal death . "
& _EATU IV _WKStiaKSTER _BrTORWRLI . ? BflU Kir ix _« i _* n Neglect . —By Mr Bedford , at the _WextininsUr Bridewell , on Martha _Doran , a sick prisoner . Th * deceased was admitted into the _prisam ¦ on the loth of March , frora Marlbor » _nsh- « _'reM _PoHi-f * Court . On the 17 th she was attended by M _> _- iLsvieo , the _surgeon , for general debilftv . but in cwileqnencc of some offensive odou * ' emitted from her pei _* s _*» n _sAv wa _* not placed in the infi mary , bnt in a cell beneath it , and on tbe 25 th she appeared so ¦ well tbat Mr Lavies allowed her to go up to the Middlesex Sessions and take her trial . She was _-eonvietc-J . and being an old offender was sentenced to nine months' _imprisonmes _** with hard _labour _, inine weeks to be solitary . On ber return to the
_prison she was kept all night in the reception room an < 5 _ih _? next day was removed to a cell beneath th * * * infirm-ire , where she could receive better "ttention than in < , nc of the ordinary wards . She apoeari'd _» ery ill , and . although known to be so , was not s » en from six o ' clock in the evening until seven _o'cl ck tbe nrxt rjornim _** , wben she was found _sittinu up in bed dca *! . Mr _Levies said the can **© of deatb was rupture of thc heart , and _eten if sh * had been Tisited durin : ; t ' ne night nothing could have save i ber . He ha < l rdert-1 , however , for the future , that all prisoners _Ui- oti ihe sick list should be visited in 'heir cells up 'i ten o ' clock at night . If he had _thought th e lecvaied to have been in any _danger he sbould 'h * ve kft _speKrial directions with re : ard to her . Verdict . ' N _itund death from disease of the lic * rt . "
Fatal _Acciobkx « _Bisksidb . —By Mr J . Payne _, at Gay ' a _He _^ pitil , on Jobn Biggs , a lighterman-Tb < vJ _* . _*> jeased lived at Pike-gardens , Binkside , and { he t- * '; d :: nre proved that about a fortnight since he was standing at Bankside , and attempted to sit down on the chain near the shore , which suddenly gave way . = 417 * 1 he was precipitated backward * , and thpreb . v _su-i- _ined a _broken leg , and other injuries , which caused Iiis death at the above _institutii > n on Sunday last _Vi-rdict , "Accidentaldeath . " TnE . ¦ * TPr _<>**' : D Murder in Sr . Lokr * _* _* . —On _Wedne-d . iy eveuiur' , Mr Baker _re-umfd , atthe Green Gat- t-. vr ; n ,, City-road , an adjourned inquiry reftj _** ** _tiii £ the death of Elizabeth Richardson , ( 20 , ) _whi- _* _u' ' . hi-h ¦ * a ** found in a _cers-ponl . belonging t _< i a
_water-c _' i « - * ct in Broad-yard , Golden lane , St . Luke ' s _, on iii . * * _tni-iiifng of Thursday last l'he _purticuJar * of tin * ce * - ; hive * already appeared in this paper ; furthtv ' . -. iji * . _! ,: _« having been adduced , the coroner _idd : * - ; . - . _* ji :. ' .: jury , and said that in the absenee of fa rt ,:. * -- - t ; . iJ ( _Q _t-e there could be no difficulty in _ootrii . _g io _..., _^ elusi on as to what verdict they should return ; hu would advise them to return an open one , which wouM in the event of anything fresh transp _iring , -c ; =. _* . i ; tm case in a position that further inquhki cov _. ld be instituted before _ihsmagistratf-s . The _j'tv _luviii _*; consulted , they _returned a verdict ** thn tie < kv . _* _. u _* ed was found di-ad in a cesspool _, trit ' . _' _-j : t .-. r . _flici nt marks of _Tiolent-c to account for deaii :, L _* -j : ho : she came therein there was not _sufficient _tviii-iico tu prove . "
_Mvci _^ i . iJts _Soicide . —An iuqu _« _.- _* t w . is held on Wc < iiicM ? ay , before Mr VT . Carter , tha coroner , at the Or ' iay Tavern , St Mary , Rotr . _»> rhitIie . _respecting tlie _ele _\ aUi of Richard Constantim _* . _ajed 53 years , frfa _=- * v . ' ! v : _t'jutiel
Us _df- _ath , _unlsi _* . it was that he had : < fvit > Uaieu _liiuiaelf _frotri _L'T _. e of tho bridges , whilst ' alioarir . _*; under § ome _aberration , which wag _brought i- » i by the illness Of Ms * , wife , which preyed on his mi . ' . d The deceased OB _several _<>«» sions had been heard t't ** ay , tht * if his wife .-died iie could _notsarrivehermany-lays . _Wi-ibni 6 _ardei _; er _ttnted that oa Monday evening hat the "body of ' - ' ie _decc-i-cd was found floating in th _<^ r _' ver _, « _fji ) . ¦ and fiuck stairs , Rotherhitiii-. It was in a drfc . " '* ui stato o ; decomposition , and had bean m the iraltr st ; _Ir-ast sis weeks . ' Thero were no marks ol ¦ _yioiciite on _Iiii veraon , and his p < ck _** ts were _lilled-• with - ; na ! l _stooes , which the deca-ed bad placed ther' to se"nrf * bis object mere , ff-.-tua _' . l _* . Infurttat _ioo of the finding of the body w _» forwarded by the |* Jk » 2 u the usual manner , an _^ in a few hours the ftiends were _m-eile acquainted _wi-b the fact , rhe _eonincr _fiaviitg taken other _eTu'em- _** . remarked on _tternvstoriou-. _n-iture of the case ; after whieh _^ the jury r-. turncel a verdict of " Temp-entry insanity .
_Sucma of a _Hetisbo _Tradesiu _** - — An in _<* | est was held r , n Wednesday , by Mr I ' edfoni , at the White Ilart , Little Windmill-street , Haymarket , on Mr J . Stewart , a retired master _boitmnker . The _deceasfcel resided at 30 , Little Wi » dmilUtreet , and Sot tbo last three weeks , the decea , « l bad been in a low arid desponding atate of _taind , arising from his baying investeda large sum of moaev in some _houfes , which he feared would turn out a _fciilure . lie was art seen alive at eleven o ' clook o n Tuesday forenoon ,
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and at four o ' clock in the afternoon of the same day was discovered suspended in his bedroom by means of a leathern strap , fastened round his neck , and attached to a hook in a closet door , only four feet from thc ground , lie was cut down immediately , and Mr llardinge , surgeon , was promptly in attendance , who pronounced him to have been dead some hours . The deceased had some time before made an attempt on his life , arising from a similar causa . Veidict , Temporary insanity . "
ACCIDENTS ASD 0 *?* rK _* SC _** 8 . _Mi-iAKc-notr Fall prow a tt _' _iieDOW . —On Monday atternoon an accident of a moat melancholy nature occurred to a painter named Uingham , residing at i , M _Dougall-terrace , Chelsea . The unfortunate man was engaged at ( the house 36 , Edward-street , llainpstead-road , _paintirg the first floor _wint _' _o-v , when he by some means fell therefrom , and wa * conveyed to the University College Hospital , where il was ascertained that he had sustained a compound fracture ofthe left thigh , a dislocation ofthe collarbone , besides a fracture of the right clavicle , and some severe contusions of the head , with other iignries , so as to preclude the slightest hope of re _ciirery .
Skrious Accidesd at the New Cros 8 Railwav Statics— -On Monday an accident attended with very serious consequences , occurred on the line of the Croydon Railway , to William Jenner , residing at 3 , Martha-place , Deptford . The unfortunate man was a stoker inthe service of the company , and was engaged on one of the locomotive engines . He has latterly been employed in working an _engine between the Surrey Canal and the New Crossstation at Deptford , which conveyed large quantities of co ?! , & c , from the barges for the use ofthe
various engines on the line , and , whilst they were going up an inclined plane , he got down from his berth to arrange some deficiency in the couplingirons , when his right arm was drawn in between the machinery , and before he could be extricated , hia arm was most seriously injured . He was taken to a surgeon ' s and subsequently put in one ofthe carriages for London Bridge , from which place he was taken to the accident ward of Guy ' s _Hospital , where it was ascertained that he had fractured the limb in two places . lie is not however in immediate dancer .
The Bodtof a Gentleman Found is thk Regent ' s Ca . val —A gentleman , fair complextoned _, baring brown whiskers and light eyebrows , and wearing a black dress-coat and pantaloons , a shawl-pattern rest , and a black silk-figured vest underneath , and _Wellington boots , has been taken out of the Regent ' s Canal , and is now awaiting identification in the vaults of Islington church . Robberirs — On . Monday the police received _infor-¦ nation » f the following robberies : —On the 25 th instant was stolen from a bedroom , at No . 19 , Paddington-street , Edgware-road , a mahogany desk , _containim ; a cheque for £ 26 Us . 3 d . on Sir Claude s ' entt ' s bank , a £ 10 Bank of England note , five sovereigns and £ 15 in silver , besides papeis and
memorandums ot value . On the same day , from the oantry of No 19 . Westbourne-terrace , 3 silver table--poons , 2 silver dessert ditto , 3 silver table forks , a nlated knife rest , crest a griffin rampant holding a e . rown in paw . Also stolen from the pantry of the honse of Lad v _Synot , of _Clapbam-common , 10 silver teaspoons , 7 dessert ditto , and a gravy spoon , crest a swan and arrow . On thi ; 24 ih , from the Old Barge uuhlichouse , Woolwich , 21 teaspoons , 6 table ditto , 2 e < -arv ditto , 2 « alts . * i pah- of sugar tongs , 2 fish slices , & 'l mark * d " H , " and 7 s . 61 . in silver . Fire—Fat l Accidext to oke op the Brigade . —On Wfdncday night , a fire broke out in Denmark street . Soho , which originated in a chimney , and was
making _areat nrogress to the roof , when the Crownstreet Brigade * engine , with MrGirrard , the enin _.-er . the deceased ( Benjamin Cummings ) , and other firemen attended , and the deceased , while pmceedint ! up thc ladder , from some unknown cause at present , fell off the top of the house into the street . No time was lost in procuring medical assistance , but so dreadful were the injuries , that the fionr fellow lingered but a short time before he died . The . cccased , vho has long belonged to the London Fire Establishment , bas left a wife and five children to lament his loss . He was highly respected by the ofS' -er- _* , and ali belonging to the Establishment , as a very sober -steady min .
_Nt-MEHors Feabfox Accidents—On Tuesday afternron , between i _» ne and four o ' clock , the following fearful accidents , some of which arc expected to prove fatal , occurred : —The first happened to a man nanird W . Hughes , a mechanic , who was proceeding aloiii ? tbe Strand towards _Charing-cross , when , in crossing theroa . he slipped and fell , thus sustaining a _broken leg , a fracture ofthe right arm , and other injuries . He wm removed to the Gearing-cross hn _<*>* ital and placed under the care of the house surgeon ; but remains in a _dangerous condition . —About three o ' clock a second accident occurred at Messrs . S : aya and C « i . * s , Meritans Wharf , Mill-street , Dock mad , to John Chandler , a carman , who at tbat period war ascending a van filled with peas , when the
horses suddenly darted off and the unfortunate man was thrown , one . of the loaded sacks coming upon him . He was picked up insensible and conveyed to St Thomas ' s Hospital , when it was ascertained that he had received a severe injury to the head , with a fracture of the chest bone , and otber contusions . — Another accident happened te a respectable looking person , whose name did not transpire . He was endeavouring to ' cross the road at the eastern end of Lombard-street , when one ef Hansom ' s patent cubs came up at a moderate pace , but before he could get out of the way was knocked down ; and , upon bcin < : taken into a neighbouring surgeon ' s , it _wa- > found that he had broken Iiis right arm , besides receiving snme severe contusions about the face .
_Alarmtno Fire is the _Cdbtain Road . —On Wednesday afternoon , an alarming fire broke out in the upper part of the premises belonging to Mr W . _Wal-I . 1 _CI- . willow bleacher , 7 . Chapel-street , Curtain-road . It was caused by the boiling over of a pot of sulphur , which set the contents of the drying room in a blase . Several _ensines of the brigade attended , aa well as one of thi * pavib . ii . The firemen made an attempt to enter the n « , but owing to the suffocating nature ofthe _burning sulphur they were unable , and it was found necessary to set an engine to work . That having beeu done , the flames were confined to tbe premises in which they commenced , but they were not extinguished until the whole of the stock therein was consumed . Fortunately , tbe sufferer was insured .
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New Raoobd School , Cubk-Mabkbt—On Monday a ra _<* t ! ed school was opened in Yeates _' _-court , Clement ' K-lane . The vicinity ofthe school is a most wretched and crowded locality . The school is on a novel p lan : parents may send their children from six in the morning until ten in the evening , where they will , free of any charge , be taught to read and write , and be trained to habits of industry and cleanliness . _IlUM 3 F . P . FOllD _SrSPRNBlOK-BRIDOB _SlKilt-BOAI PlKR . —All that part ofHungerford Suspension-bridge , _situate b"tween the market termination and the north turret is _divided by iron railing , the west side of the bridge , on and after Easter Monday being to be thrown open to thc public landing or embarking in steam boats , free of charge . The directors of the Bridge Company bave ordered a _toli-hou'e to be placed at the north turret , for the convenience of persons _wishinir to nass over to Lambeth
Illicit Distiluti <; h . —From information received Messrs " L _* : wins and Humphreys , excise officers , on Tuesday proceeded to premises belonging to William Skinner , ( who has been already fined £ 100 , ) at 2 , Sidney-street , _Mile-etad-road . Upon obtaining admission , they _proceeded to the room in - which they seized an illicit still oa the 25 th of last month , where they found a large still , set in brick-work , fully charged , witb fire under it , and at _wark . Skinner and his daughter were attending the working , and were immediately arrested by Ihe officers . Ih
the still-room was a large quantity ot molasses , molasses _wa- _* h , tubs , Sec , ( fee ., and the usual apparatus of a distillery . It was evident that not the slightest suspicion existed in the mind ofthe owner that he should receive a second visit from the same officers so soon after bis former detection , as the stock of raw matemk were laid in for carrying on an _extensive trade . Having secured their prisoners , the officers obtained a van , and the whole of the seizure was conveyed to the Excise warehouse , in Broad-street .
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time ! A few _alreadyare earnest in a good spirit . For myself , much as I pitied the poor , abandoned , _hopeles 3 wret-bes tl-at swarm in tbe roads and streets of _Eni-land , I pity far more the English noble with this difficult problem before him , and such need ofa speedy solution . Sad is bis life ifa conscientious man ; sadder still , if not . Poverty in England haa terrors of which I never dreamed at home . I felt that it would be terrible to be poor there , but far more so to be the possessor of that fur which so many thousands are perishing . And the middle class , too , cannot here enjoy that fcrenity which the sanes have _descriord as naturally their peculiar blessing . Too close , too dark throng the evils they cannot obviate , the sorrows tbey cannot relieve . To a man of good heart , each day must bring purgatory , which he kuows not how to bear—yet to hich he fears to become insensible--Correspondent nf the New York Tr ibune .
London * Miskrt . —Though I wish to return to London in " the eeason" when that city ia an adequate _representative of the state of things in England , 1 am glad I did not atfir * t see all that pomp and parade of wealth and luxury in contrast witb thb _mi-sery , squalid , agonizing , ruffianly , wbich stares one in tbe face in every street - of London and hoots at the gates of her palaces more ominous a note than ever was tbat of owl or raven in the portentous times when empires and races have crumbled and fallen from inward decay . It ia impossible , however , to take a near view of the _trea- 'urca created by English genius , accumulated by English industry , without a prayer , daily in-re fervent , that the needful changes in the condition uf this people may be effected by peaceful revolution which shall destroy nothing except the shocking inhumanity of _exciuaiveness , which now prevents their being used lor the benefit of all . Miy their present _possessors look to it in
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LANCASniBE . Manchestkb . —Cutting and _WouNDiNo .--On Monday a serious charge engaged the attention of the _majjistrates . A young man named Irish , had gone to a public-house in Liverpool-road , on Saturday night , where he met with a companion of about his own ago , Thomas Willett , with whom he bad some drink . Willett's sister came in , and Willett subsequently accused Irish of having insulted her , and a fight took place between them in the street . Irish was no match for his opponent , but after they had been ' separated , he declared that if he could not " mill" Willett , he would cut hia head off . Ili - a-wears to bave laid wait for Willett at a later hour of the night , and to have attacked him with a knife , as ho left the public-house . Before they could be separated he inflicted several severe cuts on his victim , one of which extended from the right eye down to the cliiiW * The prisoner was committed for trial .
Incendiarism at Todmoudkn . —Durins- the nights of Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday , oflast week , the plantations of J . Taylor , Esq .. Todmorden Hall , were set on fire , notwithstanding the example set forth by the magistrates in the committal of those previously taken . The police had been on the watch every night during the week until a late hour . The fire on eaeh of the above _niqhts commenced immediately after the constables had left the _prenrises . On Friday , a police-sergeant determined on a stratagem , with a view to entrap the
rascal , if possible , which was put in opera-ion tbe same evening , and the constable succeeded by this manoeuvre in catching the young fox in the very act . His name is James Lord ( I 7 l , tt tailor ' s apprentice-Immediately after being collared he wag ' searched , and a box of lucifer matches was found in bis pocke t , with which he _acknowledged to having set fire to the wood , and that he had watched the police go off the ground , and bad fired the plantation every night , — adding , that he did net care if he was transported . He was committed for trial .
Representation or Warrington . —A meeting of the liberal electors took place on Monday , for the purpose of selecting a suitable candidate to represent the borough in parliament . It was resolved thnt William Allcard , Esq ., should be requested to offer himself , and a committee was appointed to acquaint him with the wishes of the electors . The meeting then adjourned to a future day , that a reply might be received .
DUKHAtf . Darino Outrage—An attempt was made to break out ofthe gaol at Durham late on the night of Sunday last . It appears thnt a person named Isaac Dawson , who is undergoing two months' imprisonment , ranghisbell . and when Robinson , the turnkey , answered the call , Dawson told him that his bedstead was broken , and upon Robinson stooping to look at it , he immediately received a most severe blow from theprisoner , who was in possession of the leg of one of the stools used in the prison . Robinson instantly
ran out of the cell , bnt not until he had received another blow , and getting the gate at the end of the passage locked , gave the alarm , and with _assignee secured the prisoner , who . upon his examination the following morning , stated that he and some others , who were under the _gentence of transportation ( who left for their destination by the mail train on Monday night , ) bad agreed to disable the turnkey who should attend tbe call , cct possession of the keys , and let themselves out , but at this they were fortunately frustrated .
NORFOLK . Stamford . —A ccidkht at Wombwell's Menaorrik . —A few days since directly the "intrepid female , " or "lion queen , " made her appearance in the den , the lion sprang at her , and bit her face , but not severely . She screamed loudly , and the scene which ensued is difficult to describe . Tbe arena was _nearlt full of respectable persons of both sexes . The keepers did _sB they possibly could to beat off the infuriated beast but were some time in accomplishing
their object . The lion , the keeper , and the woman , were all down and struggling together on the bottom of the den , and again the animal seized the woman and bit her at the lower part of her back . To make the occurrence appear more dreadful , the whole of the beasts and birds assisted in the uproar . Ultimately the keeper rescued the daring _"oman , and the assistance ot a surgeon wai immediately called in . She was induced in the evening again to enter the den . Nothing , however , occurred this time to injore her .
Murders bt Poison . —On Satorday evening last . Mrs Pearson , the wife ofa farmer of that name , at Tibbenham , invited a Mrs Everett , the wife ol another farmer , in the same village , to take tea with her . She accepted the invitation , and these women and other persons of the family sat down and took tea together . Soon after each of the women , and several others of the party were taker , ill . asd we reeret to say Mrs Pearson and Mrs Everett are dead , and others ( whose names we are not able to ttWe _, nor can we say how many in number , ) are lying in a very precarious _^ state , and some of those also may be dead by this time . At present we have no knowledge whatever of the means by whieh the poison ( which , we understand is arsenic ) _conld g . t into the tea , or by whom it was administered . A coroner ' s inquest has been since held , but no _surpieion has as yet been thrown on any parties . The ether parties , who were so ill , are getting better .
BERKSHIRE . _Subde-s Death during . Divine Sbrvicb . — Considerable alarm was created at the church of St John . Windsor , during divine service on Sunday morning , in consequence oi a lad named Henry Doe , the son of Mr . Doe , in the department of the Master of the Horse , at Windsor Castle , being seised with deatb just after the commencement of tbe sermon whioh was preached by the Rev . Mr _Gatild . The unfortunate lad , who was not more tban fourteen years of age , fell from his seat , in the gallery , upon thc floor . He was immediately conveyed to his father ' s residence in the Royal Mews , and attended by a medical man . Human aid , however , was of no avail , and alter remaining in a state of total unconsciousness for not more than four hours , he breathed his last . An attack of apoplexy was supposed to have been the cause of death .
KENT . Caution to Young Females . — The Maidstone Gazette says : —We have this week to record a case of heartless depravity upon the part of a female seldom heard of , and which bas been happily frustrated by discretion and prudence . A young woman , attending the markets In Paris , from some cause not explained , became in great distress , and unable to purchase goods to sell , as heretofore She applied to a female friend for advice under her distressing circumstances . Her friend advised her to go to London , and she would assist her with some money and a letter of recommendation to a lady , who would take her as a general servant . The young woman , overjoyed at her good fortune , immediately set out lor
Boulogne ; on her way thither she was taken ill , and obliged to remain until she got bettor . Having paid her fare in the first instanso to Boulogne , her illness exhausting the remainder , when she arrived there she was unable to pay the extra fare demanded , and was obliged to leave her box of clothes . She then came to Folkestone , where her tale and her interesting and simple appearance gained her friends ; a subscription wa g raised to redeem her box , and assist her to London . On Friday evening she made her appearance again at the Pavilion Hotel , to the surprise of thoie who had befriended her , and explained the treatment -she had received in London . It appeared she was directed to . go to a house in GerrardstreetSoho , and inquire for the lady . She was
in-, formed she had removed a few streets off , whither she repaired , and upon presenting her letter of recommendation , she was shown into a stylish apartments where there were several gentlemen and finely-dressed females . The lady ( who spoke French ) inquired i she knew what she had come for ? her reply waa . f » be her servant , nurse hor children , < _" jo . She was informed _ehe could do much better for her than that , and she could earn plenty of money , and be dressed like the ladies she had seen , if she would follow her advice . The truth and the object of the wretch at once flashed across her mind , and she peremptorily refused to be made her victim . The woman , finding
her persuasions useless , immediately commenced abusinc her in the most shameful and heartless manner . The poor girl left the bouse sobbing bitterly , and by some means found her way back to the railway station , and arrived at Folkestone , where a subscription was again raised to carry her back to France , and she left here on Saturday evening bv steamer , lull of gratitude . There is no doubt but thatthe ruin of this poor creature would havebeen accomplished , had not the fact ofthe kindness she received in England on landing impressed her mind that her sad tale would be believed , and she would be again assisted to her native country .
CHATHAM . A Soldier Found _searlt Dead . *—On Wednesday morning a soldier was discovered lying in the trencb at the east end ofthe fortifications surrounding the garrison at Chatham lines by some workmen going to work , and they gave information of the circumstance to some 8 oldieia on duty at the guard-room Assistance was promptly rendered , and with thc aid ofa ladder , the soldier was got up , and he appeared to be lifeless ; he was , therefore , witbout loss of time conveyed to tbe military hospital , where his person was examined . One knee was found broken , and
also a leg , besides being otherwise seriously injured about the body . This soldier was attached to the Invalid Depot , and had been at Brompton the night before , drinking with some of his comrades , and on returning to his quarters at the Casmate Barracks he must have mistaken the path leading thereto , and accidentally walked into thc trench , a depth of thirty to forty feet , and there remained in the . greatest suffering until the morning , when he w » u found as described . The name of tho soldier is Goorge Foley , of the 6-Oth regiment , and has recentl y returned from India to be pensioned off , after a servitude of somv years .
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SUSSEX , Cbvui _CiiABTiBBAtssT _.- —A schoolmaster , named Wharton , residing at Adelaide-crescent , Brighton , was tried before tho magistrates for treating a boy in a cruel manner- ; ' The decision of tho magistrate will fully explain the nature of tho case : —M » jor Willard said they had gone quite sufficiently into tHis easo fo be sattsfie'd ,-without the examination of any other party , that the offence was clearly proved . The . bench was also of opinion that the child had been chastised without any necessity . There was no call nt all for tlio severe ' punishment that the defendant gave him . Supposing tho hoy hod been forgetful , and that the dofendant being out of temper , had a weapon in his hand , he might have struck him with it ; but that was not all , for he asked a boy to
fetch a stick or a cane to boat the lad with , and with that weapon he laid about the child till he broke it ; and he was not satisfied with that but he asked a boy for his whip , and when the boy refused to go for it , he went up stairs for it himself . One might have imagined that in that interval he might have soft _, ened down in his temper ; but they found that witi _* , that weapon he punished the boy most scverely _. much more than the occasion called for , and much m ore than a schoolmaster bad a right to do . Under th ese circumstances they felt it necessary , for the protection of children who were under a master that could not command his temper , to impose the full amount of the fine that the law required . He was fined £ 5 .
DEVOXSUinE . Extraordinary Case . —'' _Spriso- _hbeled Jack . " Teignmouth was greatly excited on Monday , in consequence of a '' spring-heeled jack" investigation before the magistrates . A delinquent ef this genus occupied himself during the winter in frightening and nnnoying defenceless women , some of whom were rather roughly handled . The police having been on the alert for some time , suspicion fell on a Captain Finch , of Shaldon-a man of alleged ill health , and apparently sixty years of age , about the last person that could have been suspected . He was summoned before the magistrates . Mr Tucker , in opening tho case for the complainant , said it was not only difficult but most painful to him ; his client belonged to the humblest rank , and the defendant , Finch , had been considered highly respectable . Should he not
succeed in _cstaWishin- ** tliechargc . the effect of the girl ' s evidence might prejudico her through life ; should ho succeed , the moral character of one who had hitherto moved as a gentleman would be blasted _, lie had two charges of assault to prefer . His client , the servant of Miss Morgan , a lady living in Macfarlen ' _s-row , _Bitton-road , had been twice apsnultcd in January , between nine and ten at night , by a man disguised in a skin coat , having tho appearance of a bullock ' s hide , skull cap , horns , and mask , and the alarm had produced serious fits . Evidence having been given in support of the charges , the bench expressed pain at finding an old soldier guilty of suoh an assault , but there was no material refutation to complainant ' s evidence . He was fined seventeen shillings for each assault . Defendant thanked the bench for their impartiality . The case lasted several hours .
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TBE B 10 T 3 . In tho North the authorities are busy in _tho apprehension of parties involved in the late food riots , and the fruit of their efforts will duly appear at the approaching Inverness-circuit . The military still continue at Wick and Thurso , but without requiring to be called out . The young man who was apprehended nn suspicion of being concerned inthe Aohow murder has been liberated , and as yet no clue to the real murderer has been di-covered .
EDINBURGH . Defaming a Ladt . —Last week , in Edinburgh , a case was tried before the Lord Justice Clerk and a jury , in which Miss Sarah Marie M'Neill , Charlottes quare , Edinburgh , was pursuer , and the Rev , Gilbert Rorison . Episcopal clergyman , Peterhead , <* _-as defender . The issue was , whether , in a number nf letters written to a third party in Leith , concerning the pursuer , sho was falsely and _calumniously represented to be a person of immodest ov unchaste character and conduct , and guilty of falsehood or deceit , to * he loss , injury , and damage of the _pursuer ? Damages laid at £ 2 , 000 . After hearing evi . dence , the jurv returned a verdict for the pursuer , damages , £ 500 . Tlio trial excited considerable interest . The majority of the crowded court-room were ladies .
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_THIl DISTRESS—IRISH LANDLORDS . The Dublin Evening P ost contains the following from a ? ligo correspondent : — " In your paper ofthe 23 rd inst ., you expressed a desire to know how much Mr _Ormsby Gore , M . P . for Shropshire , and father to the M . P . for county Sligo , has contributed to the relief of the poor on his estates in the upper half-barony of Leyny . To satisfy your curiosity . I bee to inform you . that having an estate
worth £ 8 000 per annum in thu district , he gave £ 10 last July , and nothing to the funds of the Relief Committee since that time ; and that since Christmas tho committee have expended about 4300 in relieving destitution on his estates . It is proper , however , to add , that I bave ascertained that tbe honourable member gave £ 15 last Christmas , through other channels , for the relief of tbe poor on estates yielding the above-named £ 8 . 000 per annum . Na seed of any description having been provided , the lands , for the most , are lying waste , and will , probably , so continue . "
the nmnssM . of labourers trom the public
works . "At Newmarket * on-Fergus , while Captain Fishbourne strove to explain his instructions frora government , which ho said he _t-hnuld strictly act upon , the other gentlemen of the committee endeavoured to quiet the people , and remove their ill-feeling against him , but to no piirpnpc , the people saying be was tbe cause of having them _disemployed . At last tho _pentlomen rose , and it was said loudly outside that Captain Fishbourne had £ 500 & year for starving the people . ' No sooner had this got afloat among tbem , tban thev shouted ' pull him ont , knock him down , trample Wm , kill him , ' and many like _expresaions . The people leaped at him , some saying' blond is better than starvation , ' and as the gentlemen were
coming through the crowd , he was struck violently , but his foes being so _numerous , could not by the press do what they intended , but pulled off the hair of his head in _handfulls—some dragged him _thi-s way , and some that , striking at him with sticks and stones , and cutting him severely , while Sir Lucius O'Brien , Mr Studdert . Head-constable Armstrong , and others , rushed about him to save him . The crowd drove them on a heap of broken stones near the river , the mob striving to push him off the stones into the river , and in the effort made to keep out the head constable was precipitated into tbe river on his back , and much injured . Sir Lucius and Mr Vv " . Armstrong were put into it also on their knees , bnt the shout
was given , — ' Respect Sir Lucius and Mr Robert ; boys , don't crush or hurt Sir Lucius , ' and those ia the river resisting , Mr _Fishbnurno fortunately escaped being drowned or trampled to death . Mr Studdert , by courage unprecedented , was determined to save the stranger or share his fate , and succeeding in the former , hurried _towatd- * the police barracks , while the persons thus saving him received ninny of the blows intended for him . On arriving at the polico barrack he got a jaunting car and drove away , escorted by Mr William _Armstrong . Thewlvde town was one _scene of uproar and alarm . Fires were lit on tin ; hills around _Ncwnwket on Tuesday _nifiht , as Miami ' s , it is said , for a vast assemblage of people to meet near Drtimliue .
_BALL 1 SA .. The worktng classes of i * ocietyin this part of the country are ev _^ ry day falling victims to fever and dysentery in prodigious numbers . The workhouse too is the scene of tho roost awful mortality . It is reported that 220 persons are now ill within its walls _. For the last few weeks the deaths which occurred there averaged between 40 and 50 a week .
_NKNAOH . Thb Popular Armament . —The followin / _j- placard has been extensively circulated through the above town during the assizes , and persisted in with impunity , in thc presence of that judge who denounced it as an impudent and audacious document . A bellman waa sent about tho streets , and the * recommendations' given to tbe description of a Jong-barrelled gun , which he carried on his shoulder as a specimen of those offered for sale , was , that it would " shoot a parson , a bailiff , or a proctor at 150 yardstake down & pay clerk at any distance . " and " was a receipt in full for the November rent ! " The following is a copy of tho placard—it is headed with a Queen ' s arms : — " Wue & eas , Many _erll-dlsposed persons avail them _, stive's oftho present scarcity ot food as a _pretext to com . mit nets of vlolenco _agiilnst property , and otherwise dis .
turning the peace of the country , His Excellency the Lord Ll * utcnantis pleased to grant all lier _Mnjesty's peaceablo arnt loyal subjects , without distinction , tlie-power to have and to keep every description ot _fire'orrws fov the _protcc . tion of t'ie public peace , and likewise their own homes and property , without any restriction , except an invoice or certificate oftho person from whom the arms arc pur . clias d . Thomas M'Orude is privileged by his _E'Celle'iiey , and fully empowered by the honourible _BnUrd of Excise , to offer for sale by auction i _» the peaceable inhabitant ? of this town , at the house No . 80 , Castle-street , five hundred double and single barrel k u"s of various sorts , one tbou * sand pair of pistols , warranted all double tower proof , five hundred _thuusand _bes-t percussion caps , nnd a large quan . tit ) of powder flasks , shot bags , and belts , wash rods , _turu-screws , nipple wrenches , & c , "Sale _* _- ° _''omnienoe on Saturday , and followiug days , ' Thomas _M'Gbaw ; , " Lictnseel A . _ucUim 4 _* _sbt ,
" 4 , CASTLE St ., DUBLIN . "N . B . —The auctioneer ' s invoice is all tbe license re quiied by purchasers for keeping arms . " CniHK 18 TIPPVBART _, The _a-ssizes for the North Riding haya terminated
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• " ¦ d , although there was no capital conviction , no less than 52 persons wore sentenced to transportation for various periods , while at the January quarter sessions ne rin . P r , s 0 l _* ers received similar sentences . Ihus ( says the Tipperary Vindicator ) , in the course ofa few months , upwards ot 00 individuals have been doomed to expatriation from onediviion of this great county . Crime is , indeed , truly deplorable , and we sincerely hope that the examples that have been made will have the good effect of checking its perpetration for the future . "
BELFAST . March of the PKsmKNCE . -Fevtr continues to advance in Belfast , trom the 1 st ti tbe 25 th ult . inclusive , one district medical assistant sent 81 cases ' of fever into the hospital . Dysentery is increasing in all the districts , and the medical gentlemen consider it to be contagious . CAnHICK-O . VSHANNOX . In the poor house here en Monday last , 20 died , and 15 the following day , and there are upwards of 300 cases of fever and dysentery in the _hotme . The pestilence is so virulent , that the guardians have to hold their meetings in the Court-house .
athlone . Contagious disease is fearfully progressing in this locality . For some time past the poor hive suffered severely from fever of the most viiulent nature ; hundreds have already fallen victims to its influence , which is extending its ravages to the middle and upper classes , and from which the troops in garrison aro not exempt . The cause of this epidemic must be attributed in a great measure to _< 1 ig crowded state of the burial grounds , in which the dead are so promiscuously thrown , with scarcely a covering of earth—in fact , so near the surface that the famished dogs are literally dragging the bodies hardly decomposed from their resting plaee , and this cemetery is situated in the centre of a densely populated town , over which , from the causes mentioned , an effluvium _floats sufficient to create a pestilence , and spread contagion throughout the country .
BANDON . At a recent meeting of the guardians they closed the house against further _ac _' _missions , in consequence of the increase of illness among the inmates . The doctors state as follow : *—Number in hospital during the week ending 20 th March . Fever Females , _108—Males , 39 Diarrhoea Females , 71 ~ _Males , 28 Old and infirm ward Males , 22—Fcmales , 28 Total sick in male , female , and old and infirm
wards , S 35 ; besides 100 ease ;* reported by the master and matron among the inmates afflicted with diarrhoea that would require hospital relief , making in nil 435 sick out of 1 , 096 in the house . The state of tho town is daily becoming more alarming trom tho influx ofthe destitute from the country districts , numbers of whom take up their abode in miserable huts in the suburbs . Private subscriptions are becoming inadequate to meet the mass of misery and disease which exists . Deaths from want of sufficient food are numerous . Epidemic disease ts on the increase .
DUBLIN , An Electiok Hint . —The result of the division on the _ex-ofikio clause of the Irish Poor-law Amendment Bill has been received with great _dissatisfac tion in Ireland , and will probably lead to the expulsion from Parliament of several ofthe pteudo Irish patriots . It appears that of the entire body of Irish Members only fourteen voted against the Ministerial preposition for placing tho control and actual administration of the law in the hands of the Irish landlords , while nearly half that number voted with Ministers . The remainder of the '' patriotic band " were absent ; in other words , thoy were either traitors _orcowards _. and , as such , ample justice will be dealt out to them hereafter , should they be presumptuous enough to face the constituents they have so shamefully betrayed . _Misooversmext and its Effects . — The return
tide of immigration is beginning to set in , and wil ) be in full force , as soon as the Poor Law Bill , sanctioning the principle of out-door relief , becomes the law of the land . The poor Irish , who have wandered j n shoals to England , will tben , as a matter of course , be re-shipped by the authorities in England to Dublin , Drogheda , & c . As tbe new measure gives no right of removal or settlement , these poor people , to the number of 40 , 000 or 50 , 000 , will naturally locate themselves wherever landed , and the obligation of their maintenance devotve on those already sinking under the weight of daily accumulating burdens The steamers from Liverpool have already brought over about 600 destitute-looking creatures , who have arrived in sufficient time tobe placed on ihe parish lists now preparing under the directions ofthe newlyformed committees for carrying out the provisions of the Temporary Relief Act .
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DESTRUCTIVE AND EXTENSIVE FIRES . Blackwall . — On Saturday last , Blackwall was visited by the outbreak ofan extensive fire , at the large manufacturing premises of Messrs . Samuda , Brothers , the engineers and atmospheric patentees , Bituated in Crakerd-place , between Bo _* v Creek and the East India Docks . The fire was first discovered by a private watchman , a few moments after six o ' clock , when a portion of the centre floor of a newly creced building , three stories high , was in flames . A vigorous effort was instantly made by the workmen , who had just assembled , to stop the _fUmea , but without effect , and very little of the goods therein could te rescued from their _ravageB . An engine from the neighbouring glass-works was the first that arrived and got to work , but tbe flames quickly penetrated to the top story , filled with patterns oi a
most costly character , and difficult to be replaced . At the same time the fire descended into the lower floor , used as the riveting department , and in a very brief period the whole of the immense building was wrapped in flame's . The dock engines were quickly put into a working condition , but from there beinj . ' no water-mains laid down in the district , their services were of little avail , the tide being down in the river . Subsequently Superintendent Braidwood with several engines arrived , and a powerful muster of firemen reached the spot , but they wero of little use , so great was the want of water , that until the tide rose they could not be got into operation . At length the roof fell in with a fearful crash , carrying along with it all that remained of the floors , after which the front wall bulged considerably , and it was found necessary to set men to work to prop it up and prevent it
toppling over into the street . Although every person exerted himself to the utmost , the fire was not wholly extinguished until late in the day . The origin of the calamity cannot be accounted for . Two men were at work in the lower floor , as late as ten o ' clock on Friday night , and when tbey left they state that the building appeared perfectly free from fire . The exact amount of damage is unknown , but it will no doubt reach several thousand pounds . The second floor , termed the store , contained prepared leather valued at £ 4 , 000 . The brass castings in the riveting department were valued at nearly £ 1 , 000 , independently of tbe loss of iron blocks , tubes , and the valuable patterns . Insurances will partially cover the loss . The remainder of the manufactory , iucluding thc steam-works and turning compartments were uninjured .
_NoTiiNoiiAM . —A few days since a fire broke out in a house occupied by an old nun oi the namo of Miller , re-dding in Fox-lane , Nottingham , which in a very short time left nothing but the outside walla standing . Miller is of penurious habits , but though possessed of several houses in different parts of the town , as well aa the one be ocuttpwd , be _wornA not use a morsel of coal , and for the last three years has list purchased an ounce of fuel , but has collected , where he could , wo <> d and shavini ;'! to burn . While making a tire on Friday afternoon , about five o ' clock , a spark flew upon some shavings , and as the houre and bed-chamber had large quantities of these combustibles in them , the flames soon raged with great fury . The old man did not give any alarm , fancying he could extinguish the devouring element himself ,
but as the fire soon made its way to the roof the neighbours perceived it , and an alarm was raised Every effort was used , and the engines dent for , but in a short time every vestige of furniture , die ., was _destroyed . The roof fell in , and the house was comp letely gutted , Tho damage cannot be very well ascertained , as Miller is apparently half stupid , and will not answer questions ; but his deeds , papers , and considerable sums of money hid in the house must all have been sacrificed . A month before the last assizes Miller was robbed on the highway of £ 7 , but declined to appear before the Grand Jury to prosecute . Baron _Parl-o ordered his recognizances to bo estreated , so that he is now in a double difficulty , having £ 50 to pay to the Queen and his house burnt to the ground .
_Mtstbrious Fire . —The village of Hanley Castlo , between _Upton-on-Severn and Malvern , in Worcestershire , was thrown into a complete state of consternation at an early hour on Saturday last , by nn alarm of fire . It soon transpired that the farmbuildings on the premises of Mr _Tomlinson , near to the Roman Catholic chapel , were on fire , and the Upton engines were immediately sent for , but before their arrival , the destruction of the building in which the fire originated was complete . The barn and out-house , however , were burnt down , and six cows and other farming stock were burnt in the ruins . Tho origin of the fire is quite a m _. v & t'jvy . but
rumours i > f incendiarism are abroad . Infernal Maoiiins . —A diabolical attempt' has lately been made to fire tho larga stack-yard oi" Mr Alki , of the _Bordagea , St . Saviour ' s , who has been reeen i Iy released from prison for contempt of court . On _removing a stack a few days ago on hia premises , a bundle of cartridges of powder , bound together with slow-match , and covered with loose hay , was found uselerneath . The amadoux , or match , had evidently beeR lighted , but appears hickly to have been extinguished from being too tightly bound to the packet attached to it otherwise , no doubt , one ul the largest stackyards , in Guernsey would havo been reduced to ashes , _—Gueniset / Sun .
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I THE FAST AND TIIE FAMINE . RY WILLMt HOWITT , l /' ! f . rr « f PreSentatthat , eMon gom 6 that told blra ofthe Galileans , whose blood Pilate had _miDKi ed with their sacrifice .. And Jeau . answering said untn them , 8 uppose ye that these Galileans _wereiinners above all the Galileans because they suffered such things ? t tell _ysu , Nay : but except ye repent , ye shall all llke w i , p erish . Or tbo «« eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell , and slew tbem ; think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem t I tell you Nay : but exoept yo repent , ye shall ali likewise perish ' -Luke - _clii . 1 .
When this paper issues from the press , the fast pro * claimed by Government for the avertance of the famine will be solemnizing ; and the remarkable words written above nail be In the act of utterance from ten thousand pulpits throughout tbis country . What a sceno will this present to the eye of a just and discerning Heaven ! A prayer against famine—a famine which the service for _theocoasion tells us haa been inflicted by God , sent up _. by order of Government , from one end to the other of a country so fertile , so wealthy , so full of food , as never country was since the foundation ofthe world . There is famine—fierce , unprecedented , terrible famine—in Ire . land ; the people _perlsb , and are taken by a leg and an arm , and are flung Into the earth , not dug _dee . p enough to
cover them . There it famine in the Highlands of Scotland ; there is famine in Manchester and the Manufacturing districts ; aud does it come from God t Let tbe granaries of the united empire _anewtr that ! Lit the corn which Is hoarded up—ay , even In Ireland , in tha very midst of these human horrors — answer it 1 Let our bonded-warehouses , loadtd with corn till tbe floors are obliged to be propped , waiting for a yet higher price , _answer that ! and let the Government , which hesitated to tear away the last rag of the infamous Corn-law * , and let corn come in free , _amiverit ; and finally , let the speculators In corn , and the _hangera-oa for high prices , while their brethren in thousands , with their fainting wives and famishing children , are perishing before tbeir « yes , go and put up atthe footstool of God that fearful mockery ofa prayer .
_Nttverwas there such an awful instance of the daring ofa national hypocrisy exhibited before Heaven and the nations . Thero is no fact better known than that thera is in this country at this moment food—abundant food of all kinds—for all its inhabitants * , and tha certain assurance of the arrival of more now the winter la America and on tbe European continent has broken up : —and we dare to tell the God and Father of us all , whose eyes are continually going to and fro in tha earth , and wbo looks into our naked hearts , that he is the Author of that famine wbich ia chasing our brethren like smoke before the wind ! Instead of going to churches and chapels to mock God , and to insult our _starring felloir .
oreatures , we should have gone to our ware * bouses , and unlocked them to the public gate , and have let the eye of tbe hungry feed Itself on the enorn . _ous stores there laid up . Vf e should have shown our corn , our butter , oar ch « ese , our rice , our coffee , our teas , our American flour . We sbould have pointed to our markets crowded with fatted cattle and sheep , and to the cattle on a thousand hills , and have said , " We have sinned , O God ! in the sight of men and of thee , in that ne have withheld tby bounty from the suffering and the dying , from tbd father and the child , from tha mother and her suckling , ; but we stand rebuked , and cannot dare to heap on tby holy name the reproach of our own hardened selfishness !"
What ! are the Irish more wicked than ths rest of us f Are the Highlanders more wicked than we English , who are rolling in dowu , and wallowing lu every luxury ! Ara the famishing people of Manchester and of Paisley more crimmai than the Government who hare brought about by their neglect and their selfish measures fer years on years this dioudfu ! state of things' —more criminal than the speculators and extortionate landlords , thu _regraters and the wealthy iiidiffe-rents 1 No ! And if tbat be true , then it cannot be that these dreadful inflictions are th * inflictions of God . A just God will send bis punishments on the guilty , and not on the innocent . If , as thi * form of prayer says , we are guilty , and that God has sent this chastisement _iorus , why a » it not fallen onus ? ffby has it fallen on the Irish and the Highlanders , and not
on the English and the Lowlanders ! Why on the go . _veim-el , and not the governors ! Why on the poor , and not on the rich ! No ! were it an infliction from God , bs assured it would have alighted elsewhere . It would have fallen on the proud and lofty dwellings—on the palace and the ball—and not on the cotUge and the cabin . It would have fallen on the _inis-governoM _, and not tbe misgoverned—on the exacting landlords and not on tbe exhausted tenants—on tbe haughty , aud not on tba humble—on those whose eyes stand out with fatness , and not on those who are dried by famine into mere human locusts , which the first strong wind will sweep into the sea of Deatb . No ; it is not a rotten potato tbat can ruin and _dtsolate a country—it is rotttn government _. What besides the potato has _fuilsd u » , aud that but par , tiall . _y _f Never were tbere finer crops than last autumn wared on the plains of tbe united kingdom ! Let us
hasten to put away this mockery of Heaven—this _nbam fast on the best fish , and the richest pastry , on the finest desserts , and the moat delicious coffee , and on tbe strongest wines ; and let us remember that tbe poor of Ireland , of Scotland , and of England , have been fasting while we havebeen _featting too long ; and if we will not do just penance for our wickedness , let us fist that they may feast . Where is the man amongst us that will fast s a poor Irishman did tbe otber day ! Ue had been for weeks and months without work , and without half enough food , when n gentleman of our acquaintance set bim to a job ; and , to enable him to begin it , placed before him cold beef , and bread , and beer . But it was a Friday , tbe poor man was a Catholic , and in the midst of his ravenous hunger he turned away his _aje _* from the beef , und took only a piece of dry bread , and went to his labour !
Are these the men who have siuned , and for whom this affliction is sent ! And yet it is on these tbat It has fallen . No I it is a famine Of ages and misrule * , a famine of heartless landlords , "ho hare let four millions of _Irich acres lie waste , while tbeir poor brethren bad not food or work , and bave charged them for what little plots tbey did allow them from £ 1 to £ 10 per acre I Let us then pray in earnest , and let this be our prayer ; let it be hunekt , and hearty , and national ; let it be sent up fromptdace , and hall , and gay tenacc , from shop , and cottage , and from under the hedges of a blessed spring : " O Lord God ! the great and common father of us all , inspire us at least with a sincere desire to be what we have so long prolessed to be in vain—Christians . Look down into our hearts with tby bright and immortal countenance , and light up all the thou * irud retrc & ts oC our old and inveterate hypocrijy , and put it aad us to utttr shame . Stake us confess in dust and ashes that
wo have never really believed in thy Son , whom thou did send down to teach us to love our neighbour as ourselves . To du justice , to love mercy , and to walk humbly before thee . Make us ashamed , O Lord , of our selfish maxims and practices of government ; make us ashamed nf those great wan in which we have slain the poor , and enriched th * rich ; in which we hava heaped dangerous honours ou those great warriors whom one uf our poets his so justly styled , ' butchers in great business , ' thereby dreadfully increasing the cannibal thirst of blood , Make us ashamed of thu debts that we have heaped thereby on the suffering poor , and ou the wings of commerce ; and which bow down our very women and children In misery and endless labour ; which dry up the hope of life in millions , and snatch the torch of knowledge out of their bitt r paths . Make us ashamed , 0 God ot * Truth , of the laws which w « have passed to fetter trade , and make dear the necessaries of life ; and
instead of rending our clothes ns recommended in this form of prayer , inspire us with a sincere determination to send them to the * Irish , who have none to renel , wo nor even to cover tbem . Make us ashamed . O Father of all life , that wu bave so misgoverned Ireland ; tbat we have derate l _. er such hard _mefiaurt *; that wo hare , from age to age , refused to listen to her cries of distress , and to thc cries of all the goo I men who have , from ago to age and year to year , pleaded with us ou her bebalf _. Make us heartily ashamed of our criminal neglect ; and that we bave let tby heritage lie like a desert , wben thousands of happy families might bavelived and praised tbee tor thy bounties upon it . Make us blush and burn in shame before thee , that we have at length out-He _V oded Herod , _cut-Pharaoed _Fnaraoh , and created a _latnitie of lock * and _wavehousts , ot Corn Laws and other restrictions , of speculatorsaud _regratert , and have dared to heap tbe reproach of it upon Tbee . "
Such is the prayer which as a nation we must send up , and that in aU sad sincerity , before we n . ay bope to be beard ; and before we shall have a response either from Heaven , or thei hearts of a great and wronged people ,. ,. We must resolve , if we will put an end to the _recurrence i ofthe famine , wbich is now stalking not alone through I Ireland , but through tbe manufacturing districts of f England , to look Truth and God iu the face—confess tha * errors of our policy , rend away the last rags of restrictive e laws , aud set our many millions of poor brethren in n
Great Britain and lu Ireland , to work on the neglected d soil , to feed our _rrtisuus , and thereby to set to work all 11 our factories to clothe tbem . If we did this , tbere need d not bean idle hand , or an unfed mouth , or an unclothed id back , or an uninstructed mind in tbis great empire . On in this subject I have much to say , but at this moment I say ty only let us resolve to bo honest , and to let an hontst at people bave fret * scope for its energies , and we shall have re laid the foundation . of tbat new era , oi great and general al diffusions of labour and of employment , wbich must , ere ! t « long , come . ,
Arson .--J. J. Uuwi, Fouud Euilty Of Ara...
Arson .--J . J . Uuwi , fouud _euilty of _araan at the lie recent Liverpool assizes , has been sentenced to fif-fifteen years' transportation . An Untoward 1 ) iibam . —A respectable auctioneereer _* of _Chesterfield was so troubled a short time backick ; with a dream , asledhiaito inflict upon himself a fa . serious injury while under its influence . He dreamtimt ; that ho was much troubled with a nutshell that hadaadl become junimed between his teeth , and no _sirong waHwaB _* that impression that ho tugged violently at the _supsup .. uosed shell to relieve himself Irom it ; awakeningiing ! with his tiTui'ts , he found to his great _consteinaiioaioiin that ho had pulled out s sound _doublo tooth , _wltichiicM had been the night Wove a _nrra-set ami _BervicettoliaoVi grinder , but which ho then held between hit * lingenge ;* _, and thumb . Lord C * J . F . Russell has beeen oleote / i , withouhoui opposition ,. M . P . for Bedfordshire , ir \ tlio room Qiao _, the late lamented Mr Astell ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03041847/page/6/
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