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Health o ? Loxdox _bcring tup _\\ w ~ ti , « r _« L i _« g laSt _. Satur 3 ay _™ s 90 S : thcweeklv _^! _£ of fi _™ autumns is 1 , 1 < B ; the present return , therefore , snows a decrease of 200 deaths on tne estimated mortality of the season . _TLennmners in the last weeks , during wbich the mortality las continued to fall below the average , have been successively 1 , 075 , 1 , 023 , and 902 . In last week only 2 o deaths from cholera were registered ; the Dumber returned in the first three weeks of October "were respectively 28 S , 110 , and 41 . Of the 23 deaths in the week , 1 occurred in the sub-district of Long-acre , 2 in the district of _Pnncras , 1 in Isling
ton , 1 in the workhouse at Lower Iloineiton , 1 ( after puerperal _peritonis ) in Cock-court , Biskops-£ ate , 3 in the district of Sborediicb , 3 in Bethnal Green , 2 iii TYh * teehapel ,-iiii St . Georgc-iii-thc-East , 1 in Stepney , 2 iu Poplar , and 1 each in the following districts : —Bermondsey , Si . G _' cor < r < 5 ( _Southward } , Lambeth , and _Camlierwell . The deaths from diarrhoea and dysentery in the last week were 51 ; the average is 27 ; their continuous decline is shown by the numbers returned in the first three weeks of October , which wero 146 , 105 , and 63 . _Typhas was fatal in 52 cases ; the weekly average is 08 . From small-pox there were 7 deaths ( about a third of the average ); whilst those from measles , scarlatina , and l'OOwns -cons b . were _rcsnectivclv 2 ft .
33 , and 1 < 5 , the three epidemics exhibiting at present only a half of tho usual mortality . The mortality from phthisis is also much less than the usual amount . Besides a case of cholera , alreadv referred to , the deaths of 13 women , after childbirth , were registered iu the week . The _reading of the barometer was SO in . on Wednesday ; themean reading oi the week was 29-87 . The mean temperature has been throughout the week higher than the average ofthe same week of 7 years ; on the List five davs it was from 9 to 12 degrees higher than the average of corresponding days . The mean of the week was oo degrees . Suicide of ax AxERicAy _Mebcuast . —An inquest was held on Saturday by Mr . "Wakley , at the Ashby < Vt _!<\ Upper Ashby-streetClerkenwelion view
, , cf •"• • " body of "ilr . James Miller , aged 47 . The deci ¦ ¦<] . who was possessed of considerable property , had offices in the City , but resided at 5 , _JVorfuamp ton-square . —Miss Bolten , a young lady residing in the same house , deposed that about twenty minutes past one o ' clock on Thursday afternoon the deceased rung his bedroom bell , and requested to see witness . Upon her entering the room he asked her to assist " him in opening a hottle , which he held in his hand , containing prussic acid . lie then poured out half a wine g lass ofthe deadly mixture and drank it off , exclaiming , a few moments previously , " The instant I take this I shall be a dead man . " Witness
endeavoured to prevent lum , but despite her entreaties he swallowed the poison and expired in a few minutes . It appeared from the joint evidence of Dr . Key , ofHoxton , who bad formerly attended deceased , Mr . Burroughs , and George Harris , clerk in deceased ' s office , that he had suffered from gout and erysipilas , though when in good health he was a most cheerful and jocular person . JJe had comparatively recovered from gout , and his commission of suicide is attributable to a horror he had of a relapse of that malady . The jury returned the following verdict : —" That the deceased destroyed "himself by taking prussic acid whilst in an unsound State of mind . "
Suicide _risoM Grief . —An inquest was held on Saturday before Mr . H . M . YFakley , at the Old Red Lion , St . John-street-road , Clerkenweli , on Eliza beth Mary Porter , late a respectable shopkeeper , in Goswell-road , aged 54 . —Henry Forter , deceased ' s son , stated that three years ago his mother had lost a favourite son , and that his death so deeply affected her that she hecame partially deranged , and it was apprehended she would injure herself . On Monday hearing the servant scream , he rushed into his mother ' s bedroom , and found her weltering in her Wood from a wound in her throat , partly inflicted by his deceased brother ' s razor , and partly by a table knife that lay at her side . She lingered until ihe following Thursday , when death terminated her sufferings . —Mr . Phillips , surgeon , attended the
deceased , who died of _suffocation , produced by the wound in her throat- Before death she signified her deep regret for the act . Verdict— " Insanity . " The Smithfieij _) Xei 3 axce . —A Royal Commission is about to be issued to inquire and report as to the most eligible site or sites for a cattle-market , to be held outside ofthe Metropolis . A MmiABT Defaulter . —An eminent banking and army agency firm in the neighbourhood of Tra ~ _falgar-sqnarc obtained a warrant for the apprehension of tbe paymaster of one of Her Majesty ' s infantry regiments , who , it is alleged , has absconded with large sums of money entrusted to his charge . The gallant delinquent is represented as a member © f . tiie Army and _Savy Club , and the proprietor of a handsome rural seat near one of our most
flourishing seaport towns . —it eddy _CnromcU . AlIEUPIED ROBBEHY AM ) _CaTIUKE OF IHE BUEglas . —On Sunday evening last a daring attempt was made to rob the house cfWm . Cory , Esq ., 11 , Commerchd-road , Lambeth . Part of the family had gone to church , leaving only Mr . and Miss Cory in the dining room , and tbe footman below stairs . The front door was heard gently to open , and some person entered the house . Mr . Coryrose from his spat and rushed to the hall , where he encountered a fellow who was already half-way across the passage . In an instant ths villain was pinioned by Mr . Cory , who is seventy years of age , as in the grasp of a " vice , _frightened and overcome , he
stammered out , "Does Mr . Williams lire here V Getting between the burglar and the door the old gentleman called lustily for thc police , who soon made their appearance , and upon searching the intruder discovered upon him no less than " nine skeleton keys , one of which exactly fitted the door . Hie was immediately conveyed to the station-house . The late Attempted Parricide at Chiswick . —• Although Mr . Monkhouse , sen ., still continues progressing favourably towards convalesence , it is not considered that he will have attained sufficient strength to be able to attend at the court to give "bis evidence in thc case for at least three weeks . The accused wiU therefore continue to he weeklj remanded until that time .
Fiee at the Model Baths axd _Washhocses . — On Monday evening at a few minutes past six o ' clock a fire involving a serious destruction of property broke out in the extensive range of premises erected by the committee for promoting the establishment of baths and washhouses for the _labouring classes , situate in _Goulston-square , Whitechapel . The flames commenced in one of the drying bouses , a temporary building erected by the committee vrith timber , for the purpose of testing its efficacy previous io building a more substantial compartment . Contiguous to this erection was the washing department containing eighty-four wash tabs , and on one side _stosd ( he mangling houses , and on the other the ironing corneal tment . The whole extended in one direction
about one hundred feet , and in the other seventy-five feet . At tiie time stated above , some of the managing men of the establishment were greatly alarmed by perceiving a dense mass of smoke ponring through the different passages leading to the various compartments in tiie extensive range of premises . "Upon gaining the drying house the who ' e of the horses _nsrd for drying the clothes were , together with the linen hanging thereon , found to be enveloped in flames . Over this building were several large tanks , containing in the whole upwards of 3 , 000 gallons of water , and in order to guard against tbe ravages of fire the committee had proper engine hose attached to these tanks , so that in the event of an outbreak a ready supply of wafer might he brought to hear upon
the flames . The first thing attempted by the parties belonging to the premises was to fly to thc hose connected with the tanks aud scatter the water over the flames . Unfortunately , although the roof was formed of iron the ceiling _wiisctsnstructed of timber , and the flames travelled along the top of tbe building almost with the rapidity of lightning , and so intense Was the heat from the flames that the glass windows in the ceiling quickly became broken , when the fire _^ rushed through the openings in immense bodies , rising so high as to threaten with destruction the whole ofthe surrounding houses . A number of engines were speedily in attendance , and the hose of several were conveyed through the front baths , and were brought to bear upon the great seat of fire , whilst a number of firemen were at the same time sent up the scaling ladders to mount that portion of the roof not on fire , but in spite of every exertion it was not until past
nine o'clock that the flames could be conquered . The damage done by this disastrous event is very considerable . The drying house is entirely consumed , and all it contained . The mangling and ironing compartments are also destroyed , but fortunately nearly the whole of the tubs in the washhouses have escaped with trifling injury . The engineer ' s department has escaped uninjured . The boiler rooms have like-vise escaped any injury except from water . The steam-engine and the machinery have also received no damage except by water . The greater portion of the private baths have liken ise received no injury of any importance , bat , notwithstanding the damage is considerable , and , what is worse , the poor people for _vhosc _accommodation the baths were specially erected , will be put to gr ? at _inconvenience , they having given over the renting of the premises they formerly occupied for that purpose .
_Acciftwrej _toriss _tite Royal "Visit to the Coal Exchasce . — On Tuesday , several severe . _*>? - cidi'iit _* occurred n » ar London-bridge and Soufhwark- _' iridge , at th . ? time the roval procession was _passsiiig down the river to tbe _jJeir Coal _Exchan" " . _Abewt a quarter to one o ' clock , a l & we _numWof persons had collected ori Southwark-brid _» e , ard there was scarcely any room for any vehicles to pass . After the procession had passe * ! , a ni <* h was made , by several hundreds of persons , to leave the bridge on the Middlesex side . On reaching f he _toll-*&* . both gates were thrown open , for trfe purpose of affording abetter egress horn the bridge A horse and cart , which was being driven at a -dow
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pace , in front of the crowd , was suddenly stopped , while passing between the gate , m consequence of the rush being so great from behind , and by persons attempting to pass on both sides of the cart , which was completely fixed , and could not move one way or the other . Several persons were also jammed against the bars , and were unable to extricate themselves . A respectably dressed person , named James Hollis , who had by some means got bis right leg between the spokes of the wheel , and being unable to extricate it , was forced to the ground . His cries for assistance were heard by some persons in front of the crowd , and after considerable difficulty ho was dragged into thc road and placed in the toll-house , where it was found
that he was unable to walk . A stretcher was obtained , and the unfortunate young man was conveyed to Bartholomew ' s Hospital . He was found to have received a compound fracture of tho right leg . A lady , named Peavce , residing in Stamfordterrace , Borough , was also knocked down by the crowd while attempting to leave the bridge , and before she could be raised was trampled upon , and received several severe injuries about the body . Numerous other persons received injuries , more or le _? : ' , during the struggle to leave the bridge ; and after the crowd had somewhat spread aibout , ladies were seen minus their shawls , and their bonnets and dresses being much disfigured . About the same time a man , named William Butler , living in lledcross-street , Borough , met with a severe accident , from which he is now lying dangerously ill at Guy ' s Hospital . Shortly after the disembarkation of tbe royal visitors , Butler , who had been
_standing upon the pavement on London-bridge , close to Fenning ' _s Wharf , and not being aware of his proximity to the kerb stone , was suddenly pushed by thc crowd , who were about leaving the bridge , ' with considerable force into the road . He fell , and an immense body of persons passed over hira ; some were thrown down , and shared the same fate , but were not so severely injured as Butler . After several hundred individuals had passed , a circle was made by main force , and the unfortunate man was dragged to the steps of the bridge . He was perfectly insensible , and was bleeding profusely from the nose . He was at onco removed to Guy ' s Hospital , where he was quickly _attended to by the house gurgeon . He was stripped and his body was found to be covered with bruises and contusions . His left leg was also _fi-actured . Several minor accidents occurred on tbe same bridge , but were of no public importance .
Sbmjex _DEAin of Mb . T . Mobtos . - On Tuesday morning Mr . Thomas Morton , of No . 7 , _Wbhurnplaee , Russell-square , who was one of the surgeons of University College Hospital , and who , during the illness ofthe late Mr . Liston , discharged the duties of that distinguished professor in the college , arose at his usual hour , apparently in the enjoyment of excellent health . About nine o ' clock ( just before breakfast time ) he returned to his bedroom , and shortly after eleven o ' clock , his servants being unable to conceive why he had not returned to his breakfast , proceeded to his room , where they found him lying dead on his bed .
Alabmixg Fibe rx Holborx . —On Tuesday night a _fira occurred upon the premises in the occupancy of Mr . Alfred Hill , a dentist , carrying on business at _3 fo . 19 , King-street , Holborn . The flames commenced in the workshop , at the rear of the private residence , from , it was stated , the upsetting of a naptha lamp . The persons in the building , a gentleman and a lad , in their anxiety to get the fire subdued , were severely burned , more especially the youth who was removed to the hospital . Several engines were soon at the spot , and the flames were extinguished , but not until the premises in which the outbreak commenced were entirely destroyed . Mr . Hill was not insured . '
_Awhval is Loxdox of _Huxgarias Refugees . — On Monday morning , at nine o'clock , the steamer John Bull , arrived from Hamburg , bringing with her the following distinguished Hungarians : — General Klapka and servant , M . Fornet , Berauyi , Kamvossy , Tjhaze , Bandezza , and Ahednyansky .
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A Lady ' s Pocket Picked of £ 400 . —The wife of Mr . Hill , architect , put into her purse Bank of England notes to the amount of £ 400 for the purpose of taking them to her husband ' s office in order that they might be ultimately placed to his credit at the bank . On her way to jNew-street , however , accompanied by her little boy , she had occasion to go through tbe Market-hail , audshortly after quitting
the vicinity of the Bull-ring , she found that her purse with its £ 400 had vanished . Nothing had occurred to make Mrs . Hill suspect she had been robbed , but there can be no boubt that one of those little rogues who swarm in our streets found himself the unexpected possessor of a fortun ? , who , a moment before , had not a farthing in the world . Information was at once given to Superintendent Stephens , and the detective force were soon on the alert , but nothing has been heard of the money . A reward of £ 20 has been offered for the recovery ofthe notes , the nnmbers of almost all of which are known .
A "Woman Shot at Ore , is Sussex . —An inquest was held on the 24 th ult ., by N . P . Kell , Esq ., coroner for the rape of Hastings , at the King ' s Head Inn , on the body of Ann Elizabeth Harman _, who was killed by her lodger , by the accidental discharge of a guu , he not knowing at the time that the gun svas loaded . George Harman , the husband of the deceased loaded the gun to shoot at a starling , hut did not fire it off , and he then desired his wife to tell his lodger George Stone that the gun was loaded ; this it appears she had neglected to do , for Stouc , after having had his tea , took up the gun , when it came in contact with the nob of a chair , was instantly discharged , and the poor woman fell to the ground a corpse . —The jury returned a verdict that deceased
was " Accidentally killed . " Collision and Loss of Life . —On Sunday a fatal collision happened about nine miles north-east of Beachy Head . The unfortunate occurrence took place between the barque Mary , a large American vessel , and ths brig Greyhound from Stockton to Exeter , heavily hvden . It appears they slighted each other about three o ' clock , the weather somewhat hazy , when short !? after , by some mismanagement , they came in contact with fearful force , the American barque cutting the brig down to the water ' s edge , and sweeping away both masts . She sank almost immediately , only a portion of the crew having time to escape on hoavd of the barque , the remainder were either killed below , or were carried down by the sinking vessel and perished .
Riots at _Wheatley , _Oxox . —Tins parish for some time past has literally been in the hands oft set of drunken aud disorderly individuals , whose conduct has been such as to compel tbe clergyman and his wife to leave the place and to live in an hotel in Oxford . Dr . Harrington , one of the bench of magistrates , said , that this desperate and disreputable state of things at Wheatley is owing to the constables not doing tlieir duty , one of whom is a maltster , and supplies thc houses which the delinquents frequent with beer . Mr . Marsham and Major WeyJand suggested that Mr . Garrett , the curate of Wheatley , should make a deposition , showing the neeessity for a special _cDnstable _, and tbat document the magistrates would transmit to the Secretary of State , and if he sanctioned it , all the difficulties of the case would he surmounted .
Sudden Death . —The Rev . Dr . Byrth rector of Wallasey , died suddenly in his library on Sunday last , after concluding the afternoon service . Fatal Colhsios in * c » k Victoria Tuksel os the _London and _North-Westeen Railway . — An inquest was held before Mr . Stathara , the deputy coroner on the body of a man named Wiiliam Joues , who died on Thursday week from the effects ofthe injuries he received through having been in a train of w » ggons on Tuesday evening , coming down the Victoria tunnel , which came into collision with another coods train , standing at the mouth of the tunnel . " Verdict "Accidentaldeath . "
The Embezzlement bt tite Secretary of tiie Leeds Infirmary . —Mr . "William Beckwith , late secretary to the Leeds Infirmary , was on Saturday last p laced upon his trial at the Leeds Borough Sessions , before Thomas Flower Ellis , Esq ., the recorder . The prisoner was charged with embezzling certain sums of money ( in all upwards of £ 1 , 000 ) belonging to thc infirmary . This institution is governed by trustees—all benefactors of 20 guineas and upwards and annual subscribers of two guineas and upwards being the trustees . The prisoner was appointed secretary as far back as Feb ., 1837 , and had continued in that office without interruption down to the month of August in the present year . One of his duties was to collect
annual subscriptions and to pay them over to the treasurer , Henry Hall , Esq . Prior to thc month of August last the large amount of subscriptions entered hy the prisoner as in arrear attracted the attention of those interested in thc welfare of the charity , and after tho sitting of the weeklv board on the 17 th of August he admitted to Mr . Tennant , the chairman , that he was a defaulter to a large amount . On thc same occasion he produced to Mr . Tennant a book in which he was accustomed to enter subscriptions received by bim , and in a separate part of which was entered a list of subscriptions received by him , but which he represented to the treasurer as still in arrear . This list consisted of three pages
of entries , and included the names of Mr . J . _Mawson for £ 2 2 s ., paid to him onthc 23 d Feb ., 1 S 4 S ; Mr . J . _IF-irdtvicfc , for £ 2 2 b ., paid to him on the lb'th March , 1843 ; and Mr . Henry Ludolph , for £ 2 2 u ., n !? o paid to the prisoner on the 14 th of August , 1 * 15 ; and for _embezzling these sums tho prisoner was now indicted . Mr . _Blanshard and Mr . Hardy prosecuted , And Mr . Ovcrcnd and Mr . Boothby dofended the prisoner . Tho appropriation of the money was proved in evidence , and it was even admitted in the defence that owing to thc looso way in which the accounts were kept , errors to the extent of his defalcations during so long a period as he had been secretary to the institution , might havo occurred through inadvertency ; but it was never-
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_theless contended that the prisoner ' s conduct _throughout the proceeding showed that his deficiencies did not arise from dishonesty of intention . Tho trial occupied several hours . The prisoner was found guilty , and sentenced by the Recorder to be transported for seven years . The prisoner was deeply aifectcd on hearing his sentence . C 0 UB . T-MAB . TIAI , AT NOTTINGHAM . —Oil Saturday last a court-martial was held at the barracks , near Nottingham , before Colonel Arthur , of the 3 rd Dragoon Guards , over Thomas Ball , John Elles , and _tfeowe Holmes , three of the privates concerned in tbe late insubordination . After a protracted investigation , the three men were pronounced guilty ; but sentence was deferred until the whole of thc
delinquents have been examined . The mutiny , it is stated , is scarcely yet at an end . On the previous night , one of the offenders succeeded in escaping from the guard-room . He was iustautly pursued ; but , owing to the darkness of tho night , he continued to elude the vigilance of the parties sent to apprehend him . and has not yet been recaptured . On Monday morning the district courts-martial were resumed , and continued sitting through the day , with tlie exception of about an hour in the forenoon , wbich interval was caused by the sudden appearance of Earl Cathcart . Tbe noble earl said he had come expressly at ths command of the Duke of Wellington , for the purpose , of reading to thc whole regiment a communication by the Commander-in-Chief on the
subject of the recent disturbances . Every man within the barricks , including prisoners and officers ' servants , was instantly summoned for foot parade . They were passed through their ordinary evolutions , under the inspection of Earl Cathcart , who is colonel of the regiment ; after which thc noble earl delivered a very energetic and feeling address . He said , he had had the honour to receive an autograph letter from his Grace the Duke of Wellington , which he would read . The letter was addressed to all in the regimeDt . in it the noble duke referred to the cause of the recent insubordination — confinement of thc whole regiment to barracks for nearly a week on account of a few individuals having neglected their duty—which he described as an arbitrary
act , and contrary to all military law . His Grace said is was wrong in every respect , and well calculated to provoke breaches of military discipline , for the _lieutenant-nolonel of a regiment to act as _lieutenant-colonel Arthur had done . That there might be no mistake in future on this subject , the noble Commander-in-Chief quoted the regulations of the service relative thereto . But still a deviation from the proper course on the part of the commanding officer did not justify the men in adopting the line of conduct thty had done . They should have taken a different course to remedy their grievances ; but hayinr suffered themselves to be betrayed into acts of insubordination , they had become , unfortunately , amenable to military law , and must be tried and
punished for their offences . After having read this letter and delivered his address , Colonel Lord Cathcart dismissed the regiment . Moffat , the man who escaped from the guard-house on Saturday morning , a few hours previous to his expected trial , has not yet been heard of . The officers in command of the guard at the time of the prisoner ' s escape have been placed under arrest . This troublesome affair is now taking another turn . About nine o'clock on Saturday night Private Broker , who was not implicated in any way in the charge of insubordination , went up to policeman Gascoigne whilst on duty at the top of Clumber-street . After looking at the policeman ' s number , he exclaimed , " Oh , you are one of the that assisted in taking ouv men up a few d » ys
ago ; " and having uubuttoned his jacket began to strike right and left at the policeman . Tho latter defended _^ himself with a stick as well as he could , and , having charged same bystanders to assist , ultimately succeeded in conveying the soldier to the police office , but not until he had received a black eye and bad his legs sadly cut by the prisoner , who kicked backwards at him with his spurs . It will be recollected that policeman Gascoigne was the man who turned his light on the three fugitive soldiers concealed in the passage , when they were pursued by a picket on the night the first outbreak occurred . At the police-office on Monday morning it was stated in evidence that the prisoner had repeatedly threatened the police force with vengeance of the
whole regiment , and even on that morning he had said to two ofthe inspectors that the 3 rd Dragoon Guards had determined , before they left Nottingham , to give every policeman they could meet a thrashing . He was ordered to pay a fine of £ 2 or to suffer a month's hard labour at the treadmill . He was , ho * _, ever , saved from the latter well-deserved punishment by a sergeant-major of the regiment coming forward and paying the fine . The prisonor was then marched off to the barracks . The citizens anticipate with pleasure the time when thc barracks lease will have expired , as itis said to be the intention of the Duke of Newcastle ( the owner ofthe property ) not to renew it ; and it that case the headquarters will be removed to Sheffield .
A Family , neabxt Poisoxed . —On Sunday afternoon the village of Witneshara , near Ipswich , was thrown into a state of great excitement by the discovery tbat the household of Mr . Amos , a respectable farmer residing in that parish , were suffering acutely from the effects of poison , which threatened to be attended with fatal consequences .. The facts are alleged to be that soon after dinner , the whole of the family , including thc domestics , numbering altogether seven or eight persons , were seized with nausea and vomiting . It . was at first ascribed to the indigestible nature of the meat—a joint of veal—hut upon the inquiry being pursued a little further , Mr . Amo 3 found out , to his extreme horror , that they had partaken of poison , tho joint having been " basted" with arsenic instead of
flour . The dripping-pan , it seems , when not in use , is placed underneath a cupboard , in which had been deposited some packets of arsenic intended for wheat steeping . One of the packets had burst , and its deadly contents slipping through a crevice in the cupboard , had alighted upon the dripping-pan , giving to it the appearance of having been well floured . When the pan , which had been dusted the day before , was put down to the fire , the supposed flour , whieh a careful and clean cook would have removed , was allowed to remain as a matter of economy , no suspicion being excited as to how it came there . Upon the truth becoming apparent medical aid was promptly procured , and tho symptoms , whieh at first were very alarming , gradually yielded to the vigorous treatment adopted , and all the sufferers were soon out of danger .
Lewes . —The _Mvnnun of Mr . Griffiths . — On Sunday night , about half-past ten o ' clock , Superintendent Harper ( E . S . C . ) , proceeded to the beerhouse called the Globe , better known to many as the Traveller ' s Rest , and there apprehended a person , who was in the house as a casual lodger , on suspicion of being concerned in thc murder of the late Mr . Griffiths , of Brighton . The man ' s name is Banks , and he is believed to be from Framfield . The prisoner was taken by Mr . Harper to Brighton on Tuesday . The apprehension has been made , wo understand , in consequence of some revelations made by an individual now undergoing his sentence for poaching . Commemoration of inE Birth-day . of Alfred
the Great at Birmingham . — The members and friends of the Birmingham Association for the Dissemination of Political Knowledge , commemorated the thousandth anniversary ofthe birth-day of King Alfred the Great by a soiree on Monday evening . This association originated some months since with a number of young men—clerks , artisans , and others—who assemble weekly for the purpose of mutual instruction . On the occasion of this celebration they were joined by a number of ladies and other visitors , and the hall _being handsomely decorated , an evening , pleasantly diversified hy music and the delivery of suitable addresses , was agreeably passed . Amongst the sentiments spoken to were tho following : — " Alfred's memory : "
" The progress of civil and religious liberty throughout the world ; " " The English peoplemay they form that wise , free , and noble nation , for the creation of which Alfred lived and laboured ;" "Believing that it is good for a people to hold in veneration tbe memory of its truly great men , we hope that gatherings like the present will become more frequent . " Various speeches were delivered , eulogistic of the memory and virtues of Alfred ; amongst the speakers were Mr . Toulmiu Smith , of Sergeant ' -inn , Mr . Langford , and Mr . Gill . The two former spoke of the advantages of local selfgovernment—a privilege wbich it seemed always to nave been the especial care of Alfred to restore and provide for tbe English people ; Mr . Gill , in the course of a lengthened address , made some useful
and amusing remarks . As a proof that true genius and greatness of soul were always honoured , he cited this meeting to commemorate the birthday of Alfred—the greatest Englishman — since whose death " an era of ten centuries had elapsed ; " but vihose sublime deeds still inspired a feeling of gratitude in every heart . They had met there ( he said ) to proclaim the " eternity of the benefits" resulting from Alfred's deeds—to commemorate a mighty soul of the past , yet present to us ; and ho expressed a hope that the heroism , the courage , and thc glory which shed itself around Alfred's name , would be an incentive to his descendants in this day to fo'low SO illustrious an example . This little festival passed off in a very rational manner , and a dance concluded the proceedings of the evening .
The Pitmen of several collieries in the counties of Durham and Northumberland are at present on strike , and some disturbances ofthe public peace have occurred . Ou the night of the 18 th ult , two police-men apprehended Franci 3 Smith , a , delegate from leadgatc Colliery , as he was returning home by coach from attending a delegate meeting . They p laced him in a gig , and were proceeding to Shortlybridgc , when they were met by a large body of p itmen belonging to thc neighbourhood , who had heard that tlieir delegate had been captured . They demanded his instant liberation , and proceeded to wreak summary vengeance on one of the policemen , V Jo was employed by the owners of the colliery . His name is John Council , He received
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severe injuries , and is now lying m a very _piccSssUte . The other , Seargeant Baxter , was a cSS policeman . He met with no personal violance , but was compelled to give up his prisoner . _WarilSs wereWcd for _theapprehension of various perens implicated , and upwards of twenty _^ have L _™ taken into custody . — Sunderland Herald . b _1 ? oBDEBOFA ° piTMA 1 v --On _Bomtoy night the ofeb ult , a brutal and murderous assault was com-Sed upon the person of George Htoter , » _Pjman belonging toCowpen Colliery , near Bly h , and which , wi ! are " sorry to say , resulted m his death tho following morning . Deceased tad been at his brother ' s house , at Cowpen-lane , on the above night , and was returning homo to _Cowpensquare , between the _ltfurs of nine and ten o clock with stickrushed
when two men , each armed a , upon him near to the Cowpen Korth Pit , and beat him in a most savage and brutal manner ; his cries brought one ofthe waggonmen , named _iurnbull , from the North Farm to his assistance , when the assassins ran off , the darkness of the night favouring their escape . Hunter was immediately conveyed home , medical aid was procured , and every attention paid him , hut without avail ; he sunk rapidly under the injuries he had received , and died the following morning , between nine and ten o ' clook . The unanimous opinion in the neighbourhood is , that the horrid _dfted has been perpertrated by some of the pitmen , to whom deceased had become obnoxious by his refusing to conform to tlieir moDosal of restrictinjGf themselves to a certain
amount of work per day . Wo hope that every effort will be made , and no expense spared , by the owners of the colliery to find out the guilty parties , and bring them to justice . Hunter , who was a quiet , and steady man , and much respected , has loft a widow and three young children to deplore his untimely end . It is said that , previous to his death , he said he knew the guilty parties , out declined to give thou names . An inquest was held on the body at the Ridley Arms Inn , Blyth , on Tuesday week , before S . Heed , Esq ,,, coroner , and a respectable jury , but in order to give time for having a _jwMnorfdm examination , the inquest was adjourned until the 31 st ult . Two brothers , named Gleghom , belonging to Cowpen square , have been apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in the murder , and after being examined , _wei'Oremanded to Morpeth gaol . — Newcastle Guardian .
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Attempt to Murder a Child at _Merthyr .--Great excitement has prevailed throughout this district since the 18 th ult ., in consequence of the fol > lowing diabolical attempt to murder a child having been made by a single woman , named Ann Williams , the mother ofthe infant . It appears on the Ifth ' ult ., Daniel Davies , one of the gamekeepers to Win . Crawshay , Esq ., whilst going his rounds at a place called Gornos , on his master ' s estate , had his attention attracted by a noise which he at first imagined proceeded from a hare in a trap , but on _paying more attention , he found it to he the voice of a child . He
looked round , and , after some search , he discovered a portion of a child ' s dress protruding from a rabbithole , which was covered up with mould and leaves . On removing the rubbish , he found , placed in the hole , headforemost , a fine infant child , about six weeks old . It was crying strongly , and its limbs were black with cold . He immediately took the poor child out , and handed it over to Mrs . Havvard , the wile of the head-keeper , whe took it home , gave it a __ warm bath , and , by other kind treatment , saved its life . Information having been given to the police , they ascertained that a young female had left Dowlais on the Tuesday mornin _? , having a child with her . The child found having been shown to her late landlady , she identified it as being the one the female left with . Search having been made in all directions for at
uus puny , sue was _lengtn . _apprenenuett oy ponceconstable Rees , at Glyn Cwyr , near Bridgend . Upon the constable informing her of the nature of th * charge _against her she _pretsnaed to know nothing about the affair , but on her way back to Merthyr she admitted that she placed the child in the rabbit warren , and said her reason for so doing was , that she had no means to _support it . The prisoner was taken before H . A . Brue , Esq ., at the police-court , when her landlady identified the child as belonging to the prisoner , and the said her name was Ann Williams , and that she had lodged with her fur some time past . It further appeared , from what the prisoner stated , ( hat the child must have been left exposed in the hole the whole of one night , and the greater portion of two days . The prisoner was fully committed to take her trial at the next assizes for attempting to murder her child .
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Execution at Jedburgu . —On the 25 th ult John Wilson , one of tho two railway labourers convicted at the recent Justiciary Court at Jedburgh for the murder of William Lauder at last St . Boswell ' s _l'aiy , underwent the utmost penalty of the law in front of tho county gaol ; the other man Brady , who was also found guilty of the same crime , obtained a respite for three weeks , but respecting the course that the law will ultimately pursue reg arding him nothing is definitively known , though it is generally believed that his sentence Will be commuted to transportation for life . At an early hour the town presented an unusual and bustling
appearance . Notwithstanding tho heavy rain large numbers of country people flocked into the town , and congregated m the neighbourhood of the Council-house , where a burgher guard , numbering upwards of 200 , armed with batons only , were drawn up . About % , they proceeded in regular marching order , nuder their 2 _'espective officers , up Castle-street , and defiled in front of the gaol , and on both sides of the inclosed ground witivmth © outer gate they took up I heir station . About half an hour after a detachment of upwards of sixty soldiers of the 21 st regiment of infantry marched up to the prison , and lined the space immediately around the scaffold . Exactly at S a . m . Wilson ascended the steps loading to thc scaffold , accompanied by a Roman catholic
priest and the magistrates , with a firm step , but a paleface . He joined in the reading ofthe Lord ' s Prayer , the Creed , and a portion of the 15 th chapter of 1 st Corinthians . He appeared extremely fervent in his devotions . Just as he was about to ascend the drop he was asked if he had any declaration to make , on which he spoke nearly as follows;— " I am going to be launched into eternity to face my God , and I am not going with a lie in my mouth . I neither lifted stick nor stone on the fair day . I am about to suffer ior another man . " He then pardoned the judge , jury , and witnesses who had condemned lum ; lie also freely forgave all his enemies . The executioner , Murdoch , of Glasgow , a feeble man , and said to be upwards of SO years old , the same functionary who officiated at the previous execution in Jedburgh 18 years ago , then adjusted the rope around his neck , after which he handed the naDkin
to Wilson to give tho signal whea he wished the fatal bolt to be drawn . This was done almost immediately after it had been handed to him , and in an instant he was suspended in mid air . Death must have been _almoBt instantaneous , considering the depth he fell , and as he scarcely gave a struggle . He was about 20 years of age , and was a native of the county of Down , in Ireland . The crowd which had assembled to witness the execution was not numerous ; we are of opinion that it did not exceed 2 , 000 , amongst which number were a few females , a great number of whom left the ground when Wilson ascended the scaffold . Allappeared to bemore or less affected by the scene ; a few ofthe burgher guards fainted , and many shed tears . The dead body , was cut down about nine o ' clock , and interred within the precints of the prison . It is now eighteen years since any one has been executed at Jedburgh .
Berwick . —Embezzlement by a Post _Orrics Clerk . —For a considerable period numerous complaints have almost constantly been making to the post-office authorities by parties residing in this and other towns of the loss of letters containing money ; and , from the local arrangements of the post-office , sufpicion was almost invariably cast upon the Berwick post-office . These losses have latterly attained such an height that it was necessary to endeavour at least to discover the delinquent , and accordingly a trap was laid , into which it was thought probable the guilty party would fall . Letters from Northumberland to Edinburgh and the north arc sorted in the post-office in this town , and here only are the bags for these places made up . This bein » the arrangement , two letters wero despatched from Alnwick by c-ae of the inspectors of the London rosi
-omce , _auuressea , one to a party in Edinburgh and the other to Cupar , the one containing a sovereign and nine postage stamps , all marked , the other containing a new florin piece , also marked . When lie mail arrived m Edinburgh the letters were not ound m the bag , showing at once that they must have been abstracted at the Berwick post-office . A te egraphic notice was immediately _conveyed to Alnwick to this effect , and the official who posted thc letters m question came to this town for the purpose of making the necessary investigation . On his arrival here , a warrant was obtained from G . bilcbnst _, Esq ., one of the magi strates , to search the persons and houses of th « port-office clerks , and , accompanied by Mr . Proudfoot , the police pfheer , he proceede d immediately to put the warrant into execution . On searching Richard Short , the second clerk , the sovereign , the florin niece , and the
stamps were found on his person . OF course a warwant was _iumiediately made , out for his committal to pp . n . On Thursday week the prisoner underwent a private examination before th * mayor and the otuer magistrates present , aud was committed for trial at the next Northumberland assizes , On application to admit the prisoner to bail , the magistrates required to sureties of £ 200 each , but it was stated to be impossible for a person in his situation in life ££ Sy y baU ' He thwef 0 re rema 5 DS
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The Dolly ' s Brae Massacre . _—^ is expected that a conditional order will be obtained , at the opening of tho term , for a mandamus to compel the _Castiewellan magistrates to take informations against their brother Orangemon for tho Magheramayo massacre . Such a step as this follows , in fact , as a necessary result , on Mr . Berwick ' s report . Government have also resolved on adopting *? o _° " i _^ measures to guard against disturbances iu the Aorta on the approaching < 5 th of November . A couple of regiments have already been despatched thither , and instea d of her Majesty ' s troops being marshalled with the Orangemen to shoot down the " Papists" and her Majesty's justices of tho peace
, giving the word of command for that purpose , the prepared party demonstration will be absolutely prohibited . Letter from Lord Boden to the Orangemen : — " Tollymore Park , 20 th Oct ., 1849 . " Brave Orangemen , my beloved Countrymen , — You cannot doubt tho singleness of my object , or the sincerity of my motives , in addressing you . __ " I havo heard a report , with sorrow , that it is the intention of some of your lodges to march in procession , with colours , on the < 5 th of _November next . If this be true , I would entreat you to desist . The circumstances in which you are placed are most difficult .
" I know your affection for me—I know what you feel on the dismissal from the magistracy of three individuals of your loyal association . I am certain your principles will induce you to maintain your character as peaceable and loyal men . I must add , also , my personal and earnest request , that you will make no display whatever on Monday next , but that you will remain quietly at your homesteads , occupied in those several duties to which the season of the year calls for your earnest attention . " I will urge you to remember how many are watching for any opportunity of speaking evil of you . I would remind you of my earnest advice given to you on the 12 th of July . I am confident you will not disappoint my fondest hopes , hut show
to all around that you seek not to give offence to any one ; and I am convinced that I shall have another proof , added to the many I have had , for twenty years , of your willingness to pursue acourse which must be acknowledged by all . unprejudiced men as worthy ofthe great name you bear , and of the glorious cause of truth and justice with which you are identified . " I shall say no more , but to assure you that I am your obliged and affectionate friend , _Roden . ' To the Orangemen ofthe county of Down . " Ma . John O'Connell and the Young Ibelandebs . —The following letter has been addressed by Mr . John O'Conneil to tho secretaries ofthe rival association , called the " National Conference : "" TO _JOnS LLOYD FITZOERALD , ESQ .. M . R . LEYNE , ESQ .,
AND A . R . STRITCU , ESQ . " Gentlemen , —Without the least intention of any disrespect to you , I must remark , in answer to your circular ( dated the 26 th inst ., but which has onl y reached me to day ) , that tho Conference of which you speak having been convoked by private circular in the Nation office , should rather be called the ' Nation' Conference than the ' National . ' I have only further to say , that I am already doing my utmost io promote tho peaceful , entirely legal , and constitutional combination of all Irishmen ; not only for our inalienable birth-right of legislative independence , but also for the purpose of endeavouring to arouse our , rulers to a sense of their duties to our suffering people , and of _taking all such measures as may best serve and help the latter , and forward the interests ofthe country . And of course I shall persevere in . so acting . —I have the honour to be , gentlemen , your obedient servant , " John O'Conxkll .
" Corn Exchange Rooms , Oct . 27 , 1 S _49 . " Agricultural Movement . —The landed proprietors of the county of Limerick have commenced a movement , preparatory to operations in the approaching session of Parliament , with a view to measures for the relief of the agricultural classes in this country . As yet there appears to be no very defined object in this movement , some being for changes in the poor law , others for a general revision of local taxation ; but generally the demand is for a revival of protection to the extent of a moderate fixed duty on foreign corn , such as had been
proposed by the Whig government m 1841 , and contemptuously rejected by the Protectionists . A preparatory meeting of the gentry was held on Saturday last , m the county court-house of Limerick , Lord Monteagle presiding . The Earl of Clare , Mr . Monsell , M . P ., Sir David Roche , and other proprietors were in attendance . The meeting was private , but it appears from the local papers that " poor rate was the monster grievance of discusion , " and arrangements were made " to collect facts from every district in thc county , in connexion with taxation and valuation of property . "
Workhouse Riot , —Turn-out of the Paupers . —The Corh Constitution has the following account of a formidable Smeute ofthe paupers of Fermoy Union against the discbarge of the master of the workhouse : — "A serious riot occurred in the Fermoy Workhouse on Wednesday , which had its origin in the mas _t er , Mr . John Curtin , having been discharged by the guardians . The paupers rose en masse as he was leaving tiie house , forcibly dragging him back , and declaring they would have no other master . As it was __ likely that disastrous consequences would ensue , it was deemed expedient to _obtain the aid of the constabulary . Sub-Inspector Somerville and a large party of police were in immediate attendance , and Captain Lucas , J . P ., instantly followed , expecting that his presence would restore tranquillity . Captain
Lucas proceeded to escort Curtin from the building , and while doing so he was violently assaulted by the paupers . The police , too , who were with that gentleman did not escape , for three of them were rather severely injured from blows of stones and otber missiles . Having escorted Curtin out of the _rorkhouse , the next object of Captain Lucas was tfe restore order , and to effect this it was necessary for the constabulary to arrest thirteen women and seven boys who were the most active of the rioters ; but it was not un'il the arrival of a company of soldiers to aid the constabulary that the riot was perfectly subdued . To prevent a similar occurrence , a company of the 59 th regiment , with two or three police , had to remain in the workhouse for the day and during the following night . "
Agrarian Murders in CtAHE . —The Limerick Chronicle contains the following : — "Horrid Murder near _O'Briex ' s-biiidge . —On _Wednesdav evening last , whilst John Kelly , a young man , was at supper in a cottage on tho lands of Ross , near _O'Brien _' s-hridge , ashotwas fired through the window at the unsuspecting victim , which entered his neck and head , _snd he died in less than an hour of the fatal wounds , three bullets having pierced hira , one entered the eye socket , aud sprinkling his brother , who sat at the same table , with the blood of his nearest relative . It is believed that the object of the masked assassin was poor Kelly ' s elder brother , who has been caretaking for Ralph Evans , Esq ., of Carker , county Cork , and thus a young man , hlinnocent
thorougy of offence , has been sacrificed to' the wild justice of revenge . ' Mr . Evans recently seized and sold the crops of James Molony . a farmer on thehmdsof Ross , for rent due to Mrs . Westropp . Molony ' s son , and a man named Skehan , are taken up by the police , on suspicion , of being concerned in the murder . At an _lDQuest held upon the body by Mr . Molony , coroner , a verdict of ' wilful murder was returned against some person or persons unknown . '" Another Revolting Murder in CLARE . —Ono of those barbarous acts of premeditated murder , which has hitherto so often disgraced our country , was perpetrated on the night of Tuesday last . The victim ofthe assassin on this occasion was au old man , sixty-six years of age ; his name was Tom i _™' or Pl ' etldergast , of Boloughra , in the parish of Clondigad , and one of the few independent _iarmers
in the parish . He was returning on the above night from Latiesborough , the seat of W . Coppinger , Esq ., where itis supposed he was stipulating for a farm , from which a family named Coughlan had been lately evicted ; he was met by some persons unknown , and so inhumanl y assaulted that ho only survived until Thursday morning From the time of the outrage until his death he was unable to articulate a word . As yet there ' s no clue to the cowardly murderers , nor indeed is it likely that there will , as the next in kin to the deceased spurn tho thought of prosecuting any neighbour for tho loss of so old a man ! Daniel O Grady , J . P ., and the Chief of Police at Kildysart visited Pindar before death , but he was speechless and insensible . His sons and family affected to know nothing of the murderous assailants , and indeed it was manifest that they cared as little .
Continued Excitement amongst the Roman Catholics in Nenagh . —Tho Tipperary Vindicator ot Saturday contains the following . — " The excited state of Catholic feeling in Nenagh still remains unaltered , either in intensity or determination . On Wednesday , at an early hour , the pealing ofthe cnapel bell collected a large crowd of the parishioners around the chapel , among whom were several masons and a number of labourers , the former provided with trowels , and the latter with shovels , _Ac . _Jwtl'K _•?* the _l oor ?> of the _chapol were about to be built up , as the Rev . Mr . Power had been sent away , and as it was necessary to show the Bishop thatthe people are determinod to hnvA
justice done , and let who would have the parish _, thatthe Rev . Mr . Kenny should not have it ? This intelligence was received with loud cheers , horses and cars wero put in immediate requisition , and large barrels of water were conveyed , with which the people on the spot mixed up the heaps of lime and sand which had been lying in the chapel-yard for the last few weeks . A large quantity of stones had been also procured some weeks since , and were lying outside the walls ready for use . The masons then proceeded to build walls against the doors of the chapel ; against the two large doors of the principal entrances into the aisle , walls ot fourtoon inches thick of strong rubble masonry were erected-
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galleries , the _mmtytoPaMth _^^ sido tho org an loft _™ L ii i > c _"" _ter"nj ? nt « strong Ct l _^ _^ . j " 1 _/ osed » P 1 * 7 «« the timber of ) i ; i J h ° "ason . " _^ sc n _^ inst reaches a foot Tnvl ? ?• _*? ° c ,, a P _* _A and way . The wo _" k ? ru thelln , to 1 stone of c » c « door . the sons of rtanoctabS _^? ° - > t ! _- _* comn , Itte <* > and masons at their work r , _rV shl 0 n , ? ' s servei 1 the the yard during the d ' av t _1 c ° l _tmwd to " * w » _g the appearance ofthe w _^ lki if efl 2 Produced by which a living tide of _fiji _? t _^* _ims _™« pass in and out to and fvom doSon W 0 W WOnt to choly , and in the extreme _« _££ " ' _» _# T _" - of Prayer shut up-tho lion _£ _ofrl f" , l ] ° <> his worshippers * ! _to _^^* _Z * _V _fr * sorrow at the _circumstanced Iw fob _11 ' _° P choly an occurrence as tie & & % _W * ways of the temple . Durimr thcd . v , . door _' Saturday , the _grUat _anfiy _^ _iLiS ? _, _* every person to contribute _fntJ *~ i ? 5 ted h 7 Rev . Mr . Power . _Poraons of & monial to tho followed the _secretaS'Vd tr _asKt _, _° laS 3 CS deputed to receive eoatribn _^ ff _* ? _*?*> _sireeisaim
, onereu itieir m tes to swll \ l , fund . Many persons have _ciiterS [ 1 _^ CUeraI ments with tho owners of cars ; SnT _^™* ' their families to countrv effift t 0 _, , vey during the wet months of winter 1 _<\! ( S _^ da _* s to be appointed to proceed whh tho ? oar tl 0 n _- ? which they will present with a purse in gold to tt Rov . Nicholas Power , with a suitable address ' ¦ Condition of _TiFPEiuRi . -Famine and " eiter _mmationare still thinning the number ofthe on _^ _hardysons of this soil . Greenane _Ilouseis no lon _^ the residence of a Mansergh ; its splendind drawinV rooms and extended corridors are now in the occu _pancy ofthe outcasts for whom the poor law _makas a provision . The baronial walls of I /< skeii H _™*
mouldering to decay , scarcely afford a shelter to the owneragain _.-ttne storms of adversity , Clline House Bansha , no longer recognises the claims of a M _' _Carthy : it has passed from change to change untill its doors at last have opened to receive the paupers of the union , as an auxiliary workhouse Castle Lloyds has lost all itsancestral dignities , and has been turned to a similar purpose . Moore ' s Forth the residence of the late Crosby Moore , it is _thought will , ere long , become a workhouse . Goldermiie the residence of Henry White , no longer receives the elite of the country ; itis now in the possession of the Tipperary vice-guardians ' , and the refunium ot the
pecatorum extermination of Golden . Tlie extensive stores of the late Maurice O'Brien , in the main-street , in the vicinity ofthe aristocracy , ' are also occupied by the wretched and the outcasts ; and Nelson-street presents the appeavance of one monster poorhouse . The _Bradsliaws and the Baker * have sought the situation of poor-rate collectors and obtained it . So progresses the ruin of the gentry . Extermination , too , is progressing at a fearful rate . The landlords are employed at Marble Hill indemolishingthe homes of the peasantry , while hundreds come into the town from the rural districts to claim protection from Mr . Richards , the humane vice guardian of the union .
Great _Falling-off in tiie Value of Land . — On the 18 th ult , at Athenry _. Mr Thomas Connell , auctioneer , put up for sale by auction several lots of land , the property of Lord Oronmore , in that neighbourhood , but now under the courts . We would here observe those lands were _hsld by the late tenants at from 20 s . to Ms . per acre , for the greater part of which a single bid could not be got . Tlie following is the order in which they were put up ; 81 acres , knocked down for £ . 3 per annum ; 10 acres , no bidders ; 10 acres , knocked down £ 4 per annum ; 9 acres , do . do . do . £ 3 3 s . do . * , 10 acres , no bidders ; 5 acres , no bidders ; 10 J acres , knoeked down for £ 2 per annum ; 20 acre , no bidders ; 20 acres , no bidders ; 74 acres , knocked down for £ 8 per annum ; 51 acres , no bidders ; 35 acres , do . do . ; 34 } acres , do . do .
The Youso Ireland Movement—The secretaries of the "National Conference" have published a long list of adhesions to the proposed movement , to bo commenced by an aggregate meeting , including a large number of the Roman Catholic clergy , aldermen , town councillors , and others classes who used to take part in thc Repeal Association when under tho leadership of the late Mr . O' Connell . In fact , the great bulk of the middle class , who had been Repealers , have declared for tho _"Xatioual Conference , " instead of " Conciliation Hall . " The following letter from Lord Cloncurry has been received by the secretaries : —
" Gentlemen , —I am really inclined to hope that much good may come from the National Conference , and I feel that something is much needed to relieve our people , but I am so circumstanced at present , that I could not attend any meeting , and , consequently , will not request any one else to do so . — Your faithful servant , Cloncurbt . " To the Secretaries of the National Conference . " Repeal Association .-Tho weekly meeting of this association was held on Monday , in Conciliation Hall . The audience was meagre in the extreme , and the proceedings , which were wholly destitute of interest , were calculated only to excite emm » . The number on the platform was even smaller than at the previous nioetin _? . Rent , £ 29 8 s . Id .
The _Landlords and the Farmers . —The Dundalk Democrat has opened a fierce battery against what it terms a system of puffery pursued by the Irish press , of all parties , with respect to certain landlords who have made reductions of rent to their tenants . Here is a sample : — " Really thc newspapers of Ireland have much to answer for . They havo in one way deceived and cheated the rack-renting landlords in the country respecting public opinion , and by their slavish puffing have made the same landlords believe that for reducing poor half-fed tenants' rents ono or two shillings in the pound they can purchase universal applause . It is full time to put an end to this
delusion . We have got enough of it , and we believe it will be for the good of the landlords themselves to put a stop to this sort of ' blarney '—a commodity which wo are ashamed to own is relied upon in Ireland as capable of working miracles . The landlords must be told ' the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth ; ' and , if that frightens them , we promise them that thoy must know no peace till they act justly . The first of November is approaching , when the unfortunate tenant-farmers are expected to pay their rents . Nowwe appeal to
, all readers of Irish newspapers , if what we state relative to the public press and the landlords be not the fact . The landlord mav be robbing and _starv"nglus tenants , he may be charging them £ 2 , £ 210 s „ or £ 3 an acre for land for which the tenant may not be able to pay 20 s . per acre ; but the editor of those landlord-puffing papers never inquire about all this , but give the 'blarney' to the rackrenter , while , perhaps , thc poor tenants are going headlong to ruin through the means of high rents and taxation . "
The Democrat then instances the case of one landlord in thc county of Louth , part of whose estate " -is let at the high figure of 55 s . per acre ; but that at the time the tenant _engaged to pay this rent , and even subsequently , wheat sold at 60 s . the barrel , whereas last week in the town of Dundalk good realised but 18 s . Thus the price of corn has been reduced more than 200 per cent ., and , _consequently it is argued , rent should he reduced in proportion . " Wc have got rents , " adds the Democrat , " as they were when we had protection from competition , but our price aro those produced hy free trade . " State of Roscommon . —The _A / _scoinnwn Messenger gives an account of the increasing embarrassments
m that county ; the flight of defaulting poor rate collectors , the occasional plunder of crops , and the great difficulty in enforcing rents aud local taxes . It is asserted that , in ono electoral division of the Ustlerea Union , " there is not a single rate-payer entitled , by having paid the required rate , to vote at an ekction of guardians . " The same iournal complains that there have been only a few and trivial reductions of rent in Roscommon , whilst so many landlords , m far better circumstanced counties , and especially in Ulster , have conceded _COQsiderable reductions in their rentals
The Ciiprs ur Kerr * . —According to thc Train f ermry , there aro abundant crops in this county :-• The quantity of potatoes lost by the rot will hardly exceed one-eighth ofthe produce ; and there is no appearance of that unaccountable decay of apparently good potatoes which went on so rapid at this period of 1 S 46 . " It is added , that " the grain crops m Kerry show a much higher acreable value than they did last year , even at tho very low opening price of this year ; " and that «« we have got an auxiliary mainstay against starvation in the turnip crop ofthis year , which is as good as can be desired . "
The Case of Mr . Reynolds , M . P . —Tho Burgess Revision Court of Dublin has been occupied with an argument on an objection to the qualification of Mr . Reynolds as a burgess , which , if decided ultimately against him , although on technical grounds , would have disqualified him from filling the office of Lord Mayor for the ensuing year , to which he has been elected by the corporation . The assessors in givingthciv decision took opposite views ; but tho Lord Mayor ( Alderman Sir Timothy O'Brien , l _\ D _§ _a \ ° _£ 1 S Ca , . tlng vote iu _™** o _*•*» c aim of Mr . Reynolds . The party who raised the objection threaten to appeal to the Court of Queeu ' s Bemsh .
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Latino of me First Stone or the New _Bil-LrsGSGATB Market . —The first stone of the new Billingsgate market was laid in the presence of a great multitude , by Mr . Pead , the chairman ofthe Markets Committee , and a very popular member of the court of Common Council , with the usual cere ' monies ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 3, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03111849/page/6/
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