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_Healtii of London * during the Week . —The return for the week ending last Saturday shows that 1 , 196 deaths were mistered in the metropolitan ilistricts ; in the first " three weeks of December they were 1 , 001 , 1 , 090 , and 1 , 16 G . This increase is considerable , and must be attributable in part to the character of ihe weather , which has keen unfavourable to the puWc health ; but , as in < -he previous week , it is also due to some coroners' returns , which were not completed , as regards _-egistration , when the _, inquests were held , but have been accumulating till the end of the quarter . In the ten corresponding weeks of the _ve-ir ' 1 S _10 ' . ' , the returns varied from 910 deaths m 1 <* 45 a' a period of rather _higher than the average 148 when scarlatina and
_f-mi-ciaturc , to 1 , 403 in S , _tvpluis were rife , and cholera had begun , these epidemics have succeeded to ihe influenza of the lormer Years . Amongst children , however , _hooping cough , _jianhtci , awl small-pox appear oa the increase . The deaths from the first of _usese complaints were 01 , fr . _in _dianlifci ( principally _amongst infants ) 31 ; while 25 children and 5 adults died of small-pox . Thi < disease still presses _severely in Lisson Grove , -There it was again fa '«* * n £ Cvtn casts l ' _etwem tne *><> t _' i and 2 _TitlM-f December . _Onlyoneof-. hesufierers , six girls aud a _b-v , bad apparently been vaccinated . IViUi reference to a death from small-pox , without vaceimtion , whicli owurr . il to a buy in High-street , S . adwell , Mr . Rossobscrv * sthat " four other chillaint in
dren -He suffering from the same comp the family ; the father refuses to give his _cUldten the protection of tlie cow-pox , and such is the _result ; but Ihe mischief does not end here , for the deadly unison is _dUsc-rahiated through the nei _^ bbourlo jd . " Another death from sma' 1-pox without vaccination , isrec -rded by the same _registrar in a house at Elm-row , Shadwell , and here also " four other children are suffering u ; : d « r smal ' -pox . the father entertaining objections to vaccination . " The registrar of Haggtrstone West men * ions a family at llaxton _. in which the wife , son , daughter , and seivantditd of scarlet fev « r , all within a short period . A child in Chapel-street , Woolwich , died , according to the medical certificate , of '' miasmatic poisoning . " Tlie _cUssof" _discuses of tbe _respiratory organs , " __ _cmjirites lavyngitis , bronchitis , pleurisy , pneumonia , asthma , and other diseases of the lanes , exclusive of phthisis , and numbers in this return 2 G 4 deaths , which is moie than the _averaae .
From bronchitis there were 120 , from _pnsuniouia 90 ; the farmer show g an increase on tbe previous week , the hitter a decreasv * . Three deaths are ascribed to privation of food cr clothing , 11 amongst children to -want of breast miik , 2 to neglect , and 2 to in'empe-Tancc Tie death of a girl , aged 7 years , is reported by the medical attendant as _caused by " bydroperic _« rdiam- _frfcli * produced by a boy wearing a niasfe . " The births of 65 S boys aid 712 girls—in all 1 , 370 _diihln-n—were registered in the _veek . The average ot five corresponding weeks in 1845 9 , was 1 , 12 $ . At tbe Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of the barometer was about 30 iH . on every dav , except Wednesday . On Monday it rose to SO 064 hi ., and the mean of the week was 30-192 in . The mean temperature ofthe week was 35 * 3 , which is nearly the average of the same week in seven years . On the _' nret three nays of the week , tbe mean temperature was below the average ; during the remainder it was above it . The wind was principally
in the south-west . Death from Starvation . —On Saturday evening Sir . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquiry of several iocrs' duration at the Three Johns , White Lionstreet , Pentonvillc , touching the death of John Berkuell , aged sixty , who was starved to death . The paroclral authorities and r . large number of rate-payers attended the ii . quiry . The jury were horrified at ibe awful spectacle which the body presentcJ . The body lay in a room at 43 , White Lionstreet , shrivelled * and cramped up , on a heap of sacks . The shirt which deceased had on was purchase ! by a neighbour who sold a sheet to enable her to do * so . —Sarah Debank slated that dc ' _-eascd had heen out of work and setting but one meal of
tea or weak gruel a week for some time . He had been sleeping about in carts and cellars until permitted to occupy the empty room in which he died . When in work his wages had been _sispence a day . He had been ill for some time . —Mr . Mann , the parish surgeon , said that he saw deceased on Christmas Day , on a parish order . He found hiui in a naked room , in an exhausted state , requiring not food but medicine He wrote a _certificate of the poor man ' s situation , and endorsed it" Urgent . "Mr . Crowder _, overseer , said he was in the workbouse when the order came , but it was written so illegibly that he could not read it . —The Coroner said that the _surgeon could have ordered nourishment _, at once had he so chosen . —Mr . Crowder said
he sent deceased a shilling and a loaf . —The Coroner summed up , and the jury , after half : > n hour ' s deliberation , returned the following verdict : — " John _I-cckuell died from exhaustion caused by the want of tbe common r . ecessarics of life . And the jury beg to tell Mr . Mann that be is much to blame for not having acted with promptness and precision , and for not having seen performed what should have been done for deceased . And they hope that in all future similar cases he will act with more promptness , and immediately order admission to the house . The jury further expect that Mr . Maun will act upon these suggestions . " After the inquest , the learned and worthy " coroner endorsed the summonses of the several poor witnesses who gave
evidence with a certificate of their being froper objects for parochial re . 'ief , which benevolent act was highly lauded by all present . Loss of Life _bt Fike . —On Saturday last Mr . II . M . Wakley held an inquest at the Duke of York , York-place , St . John ' s Wood , on William Ball , aged four years , the son of Mr . Ball , architect and land surveyor , 12 , Elm Tree-road . Deceased was left for a short time by himself in the parlour , when he began _playing with the fire , and he was quickly enveloped in " flames . The nurse , attracted by bis screams , soon _extinguished the flames , but tbe little sufferer sustained such injuries tbat he only survived one day . Verdict , " Accidental Death . " Death of a Spendthrift . —On _Siturrfay fast Mr . H . M . Wakley concluded , at the Old King's Arms , Short's-gardens , St . Giles ' s , an adjourned inquest on Samuel Townsend _, aged fifty , son ofthe late 3 Ir . Townsend , well known at Tatfersall's and on
the turf , aud celebrated as a horsedealer . —James Drain , deceased's companion , stated tbat deceased was so destitute that he slept in cellars , doorways , or anywhere he could . On the night of his death he slept with witness on a bench of a taproom in an unoccupied beershop in Wyld-street , and before going to sleep complained of his condition , aud declared that he would destroy himself . Missing him in the middle of the night , witness went in search of deceased , whom be found lying dead in the dustbole , his face buried in tbe dust . —It was further stated that in early life deceased drew a cheque for £ 8 , 000 on his father ' s bankers , which he soon spent iu folly and dissipation in Paris , after which his family discarded him . —Mr . Bennett , surgeon to St . Giles ' s Workhouse , deposed that he performed a post mortem examination , and that deceased died of aneurism of the heart . —Verdict , " _"Satural death . "
Suicide of a Prisoner in the House of Detention . —On Saturday last Mr . Wakley held an inquest at the House of Detention , Cierkenwcll , to inquire into the circumstances attending tbe death of Christian Schmidt , aged fifty , a German merchant , who committed self-destruction by hanging himself in his cell in the above prison . The deceased was charged at the Marlborough-street Police-court , on the previous day , with obtaining valuable property from Mr . A . Marks , silversmith and jeweller , of Fargate _, Sheffield , to the amount of £ 200 , by means of forged Austrian Coupons . He was remanded for a week to the House of Detention ,
at which place be terminated his existence . —I . lugenteen , a sub-warder , said that on Christmas morning he opened tlie cell door , and found tbe deceased hanging behind the door . He was suspended from the gas pipe by bis scarf and some tape belonging to his drawers . His neck was close to the pipe , and his feet were about three inches from the ground . The deceased was quite cold , bet his arms were warm . There was a chair close to him , from which he had thrown himself . The jury , who thought tbat some of the officials bad been to blame , returned the following verdict : — " That tho deceased destroyed himself , but in what state of ¦ mind there was no evidence . "
Suicide in the Mixlbask Prison . —On Monday an inquest was taken by Mr . Bedford , in the Millbank Prison , on the " body of John Jones , aged twenty-two , who destroyed himself under very singular circumstances . —From the testimony of Capt . Gambler , R . X ., the deputy-governor of the prison , and the wardens , it appeared that the deceased was a watchmaker by trade , and was received there on the 5 th of July , having been sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to seven vears' transportation after a previous conviction . On the 18 th of October he was observed by Capt . Gambler to be in a desponding state , and at his recommendation he was taken into the infirmary . Here his conduct was at times very strange * he was exceedingly dirty in his habits , as some of the prisoners thought with a "view to obtain his liberty , and be would occasionally
refuse his loou , so that it had to be given by the warder . On the 24 th ult . one of tho prisoners had his pardon sent , and before he went out a convict shaved him and put the razor in a desk . The deceased alluded to the other having got his liberty , and appeared to regret it was not his fate . He suddenly went to the water-closet , and it seemed he had taken the razor with him , for a minute or two after he was found with his throat dreadfully cut , from ' which he died on the 27 th . When asked why he had committed tbe rash act , he wrote on a slate , " Can't eat , that is what I have done'it for . " Capt . Gambier stated that it was contrary to the express rules of the prison for one prisoner to shave another , and a report of this case would be made to the in * spector of prisons . —Tbe jury then returned a verdict of " Temporary "isanity . "——A second inquest was held on tbe bod _^ of Reuben _Nottingham , aged
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seventeen , a prisoner sentenced to seven years ' transportation , and the jury returned a verdict of " Natural death . " Death of a Child from Dover ' s Powder . — On Saturday last Mr . Bedford held &< a iwquest si the George Tavern , Brewer-street , Golden-square , on the body of Laura Abraham" -, aged one week , who was poisoned through the mistake of the nurse , who administered a powder intended for the motlier , to the infant . The jury returned a verdict , "That the child died from the effects of an opiate , administered in mistake . "
Deaiii from Burning . —An inquest was held on Saturday last , betore Mr . J . Payne , deputy coroner , at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on view of the body of Harriet Smith , a poor woman , aged seventy-two , who received such frichtful injuries from her dress catching fire , as to cause ber death in a few hours afterwards . Philip Jenkins , a compositor , was nassin » through Luke-street , Paul-street , Finsbury , on the 24 th ult ., when he was startled by _observing a strom ; glare of light in a room _occupied by the _deceased , at _Xo . 11 , in the said street . He looked _through the window and saw that the table cloth ou
the table , ami something under the _window , were on fire . He immediately knock * d at tbe door to alarm the inmates , and upon gaining an entrance , succeeded in extinguishing the table cloth which was on fire . Upon looking at the corner where the fire was raging , he was horrified to find a woman , burnt in a most shocking manner about the upper part of her person . She w _. 's put in a cab and driven to the above hospital _, where she died within three hours of her admission . Evidence was given to show that the deceased was subject to fits . The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . "
TnE Recent Collision on the Eastern Counties Railway . —James Holfield , the driver of the Enfield express train on the ni _^ ht of the 23 rd ult ., when the accident occurred on the above line , was on Monday re-examined at Stratford , on a charge of negligent driving . Several porters , guards , drivers , station masters , signal men , and others were examined , and at the conclusion of the evidence defendant ' s solicitor called upon the magistrates to dismiss the charge on the ground that the accident h < id resulted from tbe want of proper arrangements on tbe line , and not by the fault of the accused . —The magistrates then retired , and after being absent about a quarter of an hour , they returned . —Mr . Colton ( the ch . irman ) said they had been anxious to elicit the
whole facts of that very important case to the public , and he would give the company credit for their desire to assist in the fullestinvestigation and so arrive at a just and satisfactory conclusion . _Although they did not entirely exonerate tbe defendant from some blame , yet they could not overlook the fact that express trains had been permitted _^ to pass statiuns at a rapid rate without any notice being taken of them . And again the hencb could not close their eyes to the irregular and rapid manner some of the trains were despatched , and at a time when punctuality ought to have been more observed than o'herwise . It also appeared that there had been a laxity in carrying out the rules , and , indeed , it was stated that some of them could not be
performed . He would not impute negligence to the comoany , hat it was _evideutj _Ctcm what _badoccvKte-, that there were other parties to blame as well as the defendant ; and taking into consideration that an express train was following bim , the signals given at the junction , and the fact that trains had been permitted to pass over ihe junction at a quicker rate than was sanctioned by tbe rules , they thought that the defendant might have done what he did for the best . He was not sorry for the time the investigation had occupied , and he trusted tbat the facts elicited would lead to some important advantages . He had the honour of knowing several of the
directors , end he felt sure that they would be as anxious a" themselves to adopt every possible precaution . They would not consider the question of despatching slow trains after express trains , but how far they were justified in sendinc express ones immediately after slow ones , and how far their efficient arrangements would permit such a traffic , ne again repeated that the bench did not exculpate the defendant from some blame , but seeing that others were not free from neglect , they felt , bound to dismiss tbe complaint , and the defendant was therefore discharged . ( Some applause followed the announcement , but it was immediately suppressed . ) The proceedings did not terminate till late .
Death of Mr . _Osbaldision . —The death of Mr D . W . Osbaldiston , the well-known theatrical manager , and till lately lessee of the Victoria theatre , took place somewhat unexpectedly on Sunday afternoon about one o ' clock . Deceased , who was fifty-six years of age , had been ailing for three or four weeks , but hopes were entertained of his recovery until late on Saturday evening , when Mr . Roberts , his medical attendant , intimated to his family that the symptoms had assumed a fatal character . Mr . Osbaldiston has been manager of the Covent Garden , Sadler ' s Wells , Surrey , and City of London Theatres , and , as lessee of the Victoria , reproduced for the holidays the Christmas piece which had succeeded at the first mentioned theatre just fourteen years before . Miss Vincent , Mr . G . _Osbaldiston , and Mr . Scar brow , all of the Victoria Theatre , were with him in his last moments .
The Marble Arch . —On Saturday last a number of workmen commenced pulling down the railings and the lodge at Cumberland Gate , the entrance to Hyde Park from the top of Oxford-street . At the same time they began building a smith ' s forge and workshop , together with sheds for the accommodation of bricklayers and masons . On inquiry it was _stued to be the intention to erect the marble arch which had been taken from the front of Buckingham Palace upon this site . —Observer . Fire at St . John ' s Wood . —On Saturday afternoon last , shortly before five o ' clock , the neighbourhood of St . John's Wood was painfully excited owing to a very alarming fire breaking out in the private residence belonging to S . B . Hodg _'^ inson ,
Esq ., No . 5 , Hamilton-terrace . The _disaster was occasioned by a brick having been left out of a flue ofthe adjoining house , which allowed the fire to rush into the second floor of Mr . Hodgkinson's residence . Owing to the firm hold the fire had obtained before it was discovered , but few minutes elapsed before tbe flames shot in a huge body through the roof , and for some time the surrounding houses were greatly jeopardised . An abundant supply of water having been obtained , the firemen by creat perseverance succeeded in extinguishing the flames , but not until tbe upper part of the building was burned out , and tbe lower part , with its costly furniture , extensively damaged by fire and water and hasty removal . The property was insured in the Royal Farmers ' Fire-office .
Accidest at the Crystal Palace . — On Saturday morning last an accident occurred at the building in Hyde Park . A man , named Smith , was at work at oue of the gutters , when he fell to the ground , between fifty and sixty feet below . He was picked up in a senseless state , and conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital , where it was discovered that both his legs were fractured , and his head having come in contact with a projection of the ironwork , one of his eyeballs was dreadfully injured ; bat notwithstanding these and other injuries , great hopes are entertained of his recovery .
Robbery . —On Saturday night last some expert thieves effected an entrance , it is supposed by means of skeleton keys , into the premises , 28 , Cravenstreet , Strand , and carried off a large iron chest , containing £ 05 in gold , £ 31 10 s . in silver , and several Bank of England notes . Thy must have had some difficulty in removing the chest , as it weighed several hundred weight . Aitemptkd Murder of a Policeman in Holborn . —On Tuesday morning , shortly after one o ' clock , an attempt to murder a policeman was made by a man in High Holborn , nearly opposite Warwickcourt . It appears that Police-constable A 332 ( of the reserve force ) , was on duty near the spot indicated , when he observed a man coming towards bim
apparently intoxicated . The next moment the fellow reeled up against the officer , who cautioned him to be careful , and admonished him that he did not believe he was so drunk as he appeard to be . The man instantly turned round and threatened the constable if be interfered with him he would do for him . On the officer advancing towards bim he became more violent , and exclaimed , " I have a stiletto here which you know nothing about—your life is in my bands , and if you touch me I will have it ; " at the same time brandishing his hands , and striking at tbe policeman . The conduct of the fellow was observed by two or three persons , and one of them , remarking that he had some bright weapon in his hand , warned the constable to be careful , and ran off to obtain
additional assistance . Before he had gone many yards he met Police-constable 22 F , who , on learning the circumstance , hastened to thf assistance of his comrade , who was Btill parrying with his assailant . Reiving ou their joint power tbey closed upon tbe fellow , and , during a violent struggle which ensued , the villain stabbed Police-constable 22 F , in thegroin . The poor fellow cried out that be was stabbed , and the other constable , being assisted by two or three bystanders , succeeded in securing the prisoner , who waa immediately taken to Bow-street police station . On being _charged before Inspector Dodd , the prisoner first gave his name as Charles Dunn , and afterwards stated it to be Charles Smith . He refused to give any other account of himself , and behaved with great violence while the witnesses were giving their
testimony _. The-names of the witnesses are George Crow , a sailor boy , of No . i , George-yard , Whitecbapel ; and Mr . Alfred Brimble , of King-street , Holborn . The latter picked up and produced an open clasp knife , about five inches in length , which fell from tbe prisoner during his scuffle with the officers . The wounded policeman was conveyed in a cab to King ' s College Hospital , where , on a surgical examination , it was ascertained that he had received a wound in the groin , about an inch and a half long and two inches deep , from which the blood flowed profusely . Ihe house surgeon stated that , had the knife entered an inch lower , it would have severed the femoral artery , and instant death must have ensued . On Tuesday , at the _Bow-street Police Court , Charles Durdea , a respectably dressed young man , aged
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twenty-six , who gave the name of Dunn when at the station , and who said he was the landlord of the Somerset House beershop , No . 101 , John-street , Tottenham-court Road , was charged with feloniously stabbing Calip Davis , Police-constable No , 22 , F division , with a clasp knife , while in the execution of his duty . The evidence of the police , and other witnesses , " corroborated the above statement , and the prisoner was remanded until Saturday ( this day ) . The prisoner said he was so drunk that he could not tell what he did . It was stated that the policeman was so ill , tbat he would be unable to attend for some time-.
Madness and Bankruptcy . —On Saturday last Mr . Hamber , the messenger to the Court of Bankruptcy , reported to the Court that a bankrupt , named Ephraim Godbolt , had died raving mad that mornimr . Ephraim and George Godbolt were builders and carpenters , at 14 and 15 , _Ci'llcge-walk , Chelsea , and on Thursday last were made bankrupts , for a debt due to Mr . Joseph Lambert , merchant , of Pimlico-wharf . Notices of adjudication were served upon the bankrupts on Friday evening . The bankrupt . Ephraim Godbolt , had previously laboured under ill health ; and the fact of having been made a bankrupt produced such a shock upon the nervous system , that he expired in a state of raving madness on Saturday morning . The first meeting appointed to be held , under the bankruptcy , for the choice of assignee and pr . iof of debts , is the llth instant .
Death from Alleged r right . —On Wednesday a long inquiry was taken by Mr . Bedford , the coroner , at the Anchor and Star Tavern , Warwickstreet , Regent-street , as to the death of Mrs . Ann Wheeler , aged thirty-four , which was alleged to have been caused under very extraordinary and cruel circumstances . It appeared the deceased resided with her husband , who is in the employ of Messrs . D . and J . Nicoll , of Regent-street , in Leicester-street , Regent-street . The day before Christmas-day a hamper was sent to him , which he supposed to be from tbe country , and his wife , who was enceinte , opened it . At the top was straw , then shavings , two bricks , and at the bottom , a large dead black cat . She was much alarmed at
the time , and called some one in to witness it . In the evening he mentioned the circumstance to a friend of his , when the deceased fainted , became very ill , and was put to bed . Delirium came on , and she was seen by Dr . Wegg , of _Maddox-street , but it was found almost impossible to keep her in led , from the strange nature of ber madness , and she died on Saturday night . A post mortem examination ofthe body was made , and all the viscera of the stomach and chest were healthy , but on opening the head , matter was found to be formed on the arachnoid membrane of the brain , which clearly accounted for death . Dr . Wegg was of opinion that the time from the opening the basket
to the period of her death , about seventy-six hours , was sufficient for the formation of the matter , but it was very difficult to say . Some evidence was gone into as to the sender of the hamper , but nothing positive was elicited . The coroner said he was not sure , if the party sending the hamper had really believed at the time that , the fright at opening it would have produced death , lie would not have been guilty of murder . There was no positive evidence what had produced the inflammation of the brain , and he must leave the case to the jury . An open verdict was returned , that the deceased died of inflammation of the arachnoid membrane of the brain .
Loss of Life by FntE . —On Wednesday an inquest was held by Mr . Bedford , at St . George ' s Hospital , on the body of Anna Maria Taylor , aged six years , who resided with her mother , in the Kew-road ; and on Christmas Day , at a party , one of the children threw a lighted piece of paper on the deceased ' s frock , which , being of muslin , soon ignited , and in a few seconds all her clothes were furnt from her . She was dreadfully injured about the face , neck , breast , and arms ; and , being taken to the above hospital , died there the next day .
Suicide in St . Bartholomew ' s Hoshtal . —On Tuesday , Mr . W . Payne held an inquest in St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of David Spikesly , aged thirty-six , who committed suicide in that institution , under tho following circumstances : —The deceased was admitted in October last , suffering from paralysis of tho spine . He went on well , but was very low-spirited . On Monday morning , about half-past three o'clock , the night nurso heard a strange noise proceeding from deceased ' s bed , and , on going to learn the cause ,
she found that he had cut his throat in a frightful manner , with a pocket knife . The sister of the ward tried to stop the hemorrhage , when deceased attempted to get his hands up to pull open the wound . He lived only ten minutes after committing the act . Tho wife of the deceased , who resides at Hatfield , came up by railway on Tuesday to take her husband home , thinking he was cured , when , on her arrival at the hospital , she was made acquainted with his death . The jury , after consulting together , returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "
Death of Mr . W . Sf . guin .-Wc regret to announce the death of this eminent singer , which took place on Sunday last , after a short illness . Mr . Seguin ' s professional attainments are well known to the musical world . Possessed of a fine base voice , he was a sound musician , of pure and cultivated taste , and especially distinguished as a performer of sacred music . His untimely death at tho age of only six-and-thirty , will be much felt , as the loss of an accomplished artist , and a worthy and amiable man . Cardinal Wiseman has received autograph letters of congratulation from their Majesties the Queens of Spain and Portugal , completing the number of the Catholic Sovereigns of Europe who have addressed his Eminence on occasion of his appointment . _t _^ _A _^ _V _^^ _wrV' - *—*» " _- _* _*^ _h *» - —' * - _*•• - .- _*•** - —
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Forged Bank Notes . —A forgery has been committed on the £ 5 notes of the _Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company . A number of these notes have been passed at Derby ( where two persons are in custody on the charge ) , at Newark , and other places . The forgery is lithographed , and is exceedingly well done ; but the paper is very inferior . None have yet been met with purporting to be issued from any of the branch banks ; but they all bear the s i gnature of " T . H . Smith" and " H . W . Wilcockson . " Persons accustomed to the genuine note will easily detect the forgery .
_Darino Burglaries . —Two men were apprehended on the 27 th ult on suspicion of having committed , in tbe early part of the week , two burglaries on the borders of Essex and Herts , which , though not serious as regards the property carried off , were of a most daring character . The first was in the house of a person named Law , at Furneaux Pelham . Law is in the employ of a lady near by , and in consequence of the alarm of robbers which prevailed was staying at her house to help and protect it if attacked . At midnight his wife was called up and summoned to open the door for
the gang , and on her refusal the window was smashed in and two men entered , who forced her to her bed , and nearly smothered her beneath the clothes and pillows , which they heaped on her to prevent her giving an alarm . They then ransacked the house , carrying off a quantity of food and apparel , and some money . On the night following they attacked the house of the farm bailiff on the estate of Mr . R . Dawson , at Allbury , openly smashing ia the front door and ransacking the rooms . On their leaving the bailiff endeavoured to give an alarm from the window , when two guns were discharged at him .
The REWORr of St . Mary ' s , Southampton . — This valuable living , recently vacated by the resignation ofthe Earl of Guilford , has been presented by the Bishop of the diocese to the Venerable Archdeacon Wigram ( not Wragham , as stated by a contemporary last week ) , who will shortly enter on his duties . Arrangements are in progress for dividing the immense parish into four or five districts . Papal Aggression . County Meeting at Hun-« XGioN .-On Saturday last , in pursuance of a
requisition to the high sheriff signed by 150 of the principal laity and gentry of the county , a crowded meeting was held m the Sessions Court at the Town Hall , to consider an address to be presented to her Majesty on the late proceedings of the Bishop of Rome . J . Lawrence , Esq ., under-sheriff , presided . The Earl of Sandwich , Earl Fitzwilliam , tbe Rev . W . M'Ghee , the Rev . Mr . Baines , Mr . Brighty ( a Dissenter ) , took part in the proceedings , which resulted in the adoption of an anti-Papal address to the Queen .
Alleged _Makslauohter at Bristol , —A man named Thomas King , an in-patient of the Royal Infirmary , died on Friday week under circumstances , which have induced suspicions that his death was the result of injuries inflicted on him by some lumpers on the quay . The deceased , who was a quay porter , had been , it is stated , so generally patronised in his business as to excite the jealousy of some ofthe men working in the same vocation _, in the early part of last month ho got into an altercation with some of these fellows , who attacked
him , and much ill-used him , inflicting some injuries of the head . The poor man went on till the 17 th ult ., without applying for medical relief . Upon that day , however , he felt himself so unwell that he went into the infirmary , where he was carefully treated by tbe faculty , but died of delirium , which it was thought probable was induced by the injuries . The deceased stated to his fathor-in-law tbat he should die , and that his death would have been caused by the maltreatment he had received on the occasion in question .
Puseyism in Leeds . —The Bishop of Ripon is taking very decided measures for checking the prevalent Puseyism in his district . Some dayB ago the incumbent of Shadwell was ordered to desist from certain Papal practices within bis church , and during the past week the still more notorious St . Saviour ' s Church , Leeds , has been specially under
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his lordship ' s consideration , and has led to severo measures against the priests . The bishop has ordered the Rev . Mr . Rooke to desist from taking any part in the performance of divine worship in any episcopal church within the diocese ; and has threatened the Rev . Mr . Beckett ( another of the curates ) with the samo sentence within fourteen days unless he can satisfactorily justify his conduct . The Rev . Mr . Minster , tho vicar , has likewise received notice that further steps will he taken , in reference to his church .
Another Plate Robbery at Nottingham . — -On Monday last the neighbourhood of Goosegate , Nottingham , was excited in consequence of the shop of Mr . John Lamb , pawnbroker and general salesman , having been entered during tbe night and tho following valuable property stolen : —Between forty and fifty gold and silver watches , some pieces of plate , a number of watch chains , brooches , and jewellery of every description ; in fact , they cleared the place of almost everything valuable . This is the most extraordinary robbery that has taken place here lately . The thieves effected an entrance throuah tbo roof of the house , and as Mr . Lamb docs not sleep on the premises , they had full play at everything . There waa a large bull-dog in ono of the rooms , which they cut and maimed in the most brutal manner , therehy silencing the animal and disabling him from biting them . The neighbours are quite alarmed , as there have been four robberies of this class within the last month .
The York and . North Midland Railway Accident . — The inquest over the bodies of tho three men killed by the collision at tho Old Mil ford Junction a week ago wa 3 held at South Milford before M . Pearson , Esq ., of Selby , coroner , and a respectable jury , on the 27 th ult . The jury could not a <* ree , and after tome deliberation wero dismissed , on their own recognisances of £ 40 each , until Monday . On that day they re-assembled at the White Swan Inn , at noon , when they returned a verdict of manslaughter against the guard of the luggage
train , part of which it will be remembered broke away on a strong incline , and came into collision with a _jiassenscr train , j _' usfc emerging from a siding at the Old Milford Junction , the result _boing that the driver an I stoker of tlie passenger train engine and a pointsman were killed upon the spot . The neglect of the guard was in nofc having brought his break-van with him , when the engine came back to fotch the second portion of the luggage train , whicli had been divided ;• and he also rode upon the engine , where he had no right to be . Suicide in tub Manchester _BonocGn Gaol . —
An inquost was hold in the Manchester New Prison on Monday before Mr . Herford _, coroner , upon the body of a man who was supposed to bave committed suicide under the influence of the solitary system of confinement there practised . The name of the deceased was Obadiah Tunicliffe _, aged twentyone years , and he had been committed to prison in default of bail which he had been required to find on the 18 th of December for assaulting his wife . On the 27 th of December he was left in his cell , in solitary confinement , at ten o ' clock in the morning by the warder , and in consequenco of the sub-warder of the corridor in which his cell was situated
being absent at the sessions court , there was no officer in attendance for upwards of two hours and a half in that corridor . On tho return of the warder , he was passing by the door of the prisoner ' s cell , when he found the bandplate of the door turned up , and thinking there was something remarkable in tho circumstances he unlocked the door . He then found the unfortunate man suspended by the neck from a gas-pipe at a point where it is about three feet six _inches , from the floor , quite dead . The deceased had thrown himself into a partly recumbent position to effect his destruction , The jury made some inquiries to ascertain how far the system of punishment adopted in the jraol might account for the rash act , and with
that view , Mr . Walker Gotland , the official medical man , and the Rev . P . J . O'Leary , the gaol chaplain , wero examined . —Mr . Golland said the deceased had been subject to epileptic fits , and had been attacked with one on the Monday before his death . He wasof opiniori that there was nothing in the system of discipline adopted in the gaol ( tbo silent system ) , to lead to attempts at self-destruction , unless after a year and a half or two years' confinement , when , if it was found that despondency or disease ensued , it was a rule to relax the system . — The Rev . P . J . O'Leary said ho had sometimes noticed despondency from compunctious _visitings of conscience , which were more likely to operate in solitary confinement , and in such eases had reported it to the officers , that they might remove the means of self-destruction . An officer in tbe gaol named Andrews said he saw the prisoner that morning at twenty minutes past nine . The prisoner
had rung his bell , and he ( Andrews ) had answered it . His object was to ask for work , and witness told him he would send an officer to supply it . The governor of tho gaol was questioned by the coroner and jury as to how long tho prisoner was out of his cell each day for recreation , and he replied that each prisoner was out of his cell three-quarters of an hour at chapel , and one hour for exercise , in the twenty . four hours of each day ; but be was not allowed to communicate with other prisoners during those periods . He had since ascertained that tho prisoner had not the use of a bible or other book in his cell . The jury , after being left alone to consult upon their verdict , handed a written paper to the coroner , in the following words : — " Self-destruction . As to the state of the prisoner ' s mind , there was no evidence to show ; and the jury wish to express an opinion that solitary confinement seems unjust when a man is waiting bail for a common assault . "
Attack toon the Hon . and Rev . G . Spencer . —On tbe 27 th ult ., whilst the Hon . and Rev . Mr . Spencer ( Father ' Ignatius ) was passing from St . Patrick ' s Chapel , _Park-road , when opposite Albertstreet , Liverpool , he was assaulted by two men , one of whom cast his his arms around his neck , whilst the other tripped him up . One of the party subsequently _att empted to kick the rev . gentleman _whiKfc he lay on the ground , but was prevented by a female , who struck him a severe blow with a basket across the head . A few blowes passed between the attacking party and some _by-sttnders , but the arrival of the police put an end to this disgraceful scene . A constable accompanied Mr . Spencer from the spot to protect him from further violence .
Tub inhabitants of Sunderland , at a meeting last Monday , determined to _memovalise Lord Palmerston to use his influence with the French Government to effect an equalisation ofthe duties on coals imported into France , wiiich impose a proportion of five times the amount on British coals , being seaborne , to what is imposed on Belgian coals , being inland borne . Attempted Murder of a Wife by her Husband and Suicide of the Husband . —Very early on Monday morning , about three o'clock , the inhabitants of Upper ¦ North-street , Brighton , and its neighbourhood , were alarmed by piercing cries of " Murder" aud " Police , " and in a short time the police discovered at the spot whonce the cries
proceeded the dead but still bleeding body of a man , stretched on his back in the middle of the road . One of the neighbours , Wootton by name , was tbe first on the spot , and at his request , Mr . Richardson , surgeon , promptly made his appearancp . His aid , however , was unavailing . The man bad suffered from a fatal wound which severed the windpipe and principal arteries , and death roust have been instantaneous , or nearly so . The deceased was named William Henry Marshall . He was a butler but of place . His last engagement was in the family of Captain Preston , a magistrate , where it appears he was not comfortable , and his wife states that he had several times stated his apprehension that he should in consequence take his own life . This service he
had left about eighteen months , and over since he bad been in a low way . Within the last few days he had obtained temporary employment in tho family of Mr . Lawrence . Here he had conducted himself remarkably well ; be appeared elated at the circumstance of his having at length obtained employment , but Mr . Lawrence believes that he neither slept nor drank during the time ho was in the house . He was as usual on Sunday night ; and at eleven o ' clock turned off tbe gas from the main . At three o ' clock in the morning of Monday the ' wife of the deceased was awoke by a knocking at the door , and having descended the stairs and ascertained that her husband was at the door , she admitted him into tho house . On opening the door she observed that her husband was almost in a state of nudity . He was even without his trowsers . " What did ho return home for in that state ?• ' she inquired . IIo replied , " To kill vou _.- "
and suiting tho action to tho word , he seized her by tho shoulders , and then grasped her throat . Nearly naked as she was , she rushed into the street followed by her husband , who caught her in the middle of the road . They there struggled together till she fell , and he upon her . She raised the cry of " Police , " and a lodger that of ' _« Murder and thioves , " and the wife then effected her escape . As ' she ran off she saw a razor in his hand and he having raised himself , again fell . She then returned to him , and found the blood _gushin- * from a large gash in his throat , and a razor lying beside him . By this time . assistance came to the spot and the surgeon was sent for , and soon arrived a « stated above ; but death speedily followed the infliction of the wound . An inqueBt was held in the evening at the Windmill Tavern , before S . H . Gell Esq ., coroner for East Sussex , when the above facts having been elicited in evidence the jury returned a verdict of Temporary derangement
Poisoning at Southampton . —On the 27 th ult a lad named William Wren was charged with _attempting to murder the family of Mr . _Clarraee " a gentleman residing at Millbrook , by mixing poison in some milk which he was intrusted to take round It appeared that the milk was observed to be of a " bluer oast than usual , which induced Mrs . _Clarrage to Bend it back by Wren , and she told him to inquire whether skim milk bad not been sent instead of new Be _ivtnaad won _afterirards _, and said ihe milk Ms
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quite fresh . Something was found floating on the surface , and , the lad appearing confused , he was eiveu into custody . On the way he dropped a piece of paper , on which was written the word " roison . " The poison , it was subsequently found , bad been mixed in the milk ; and , from the fact of its being required to make a pudding , the whole family had evidently had a narrow escape . The prisoner was remanded . „ „ , The Condemned Convicts at iork . —The Governor of York Castle has received a reprieve from the Secretary of State for the two culprits , Goddard and Whitaker , who were left for execution by Mr . Justice Patteson _, at the last assizes , for an abominable offence at Lockwood , near Huddersfield . Falmouth—On Friday last the Mayor and R . It .
. Broad , Esq _, J . P ., sat at the Guildhall , to hear the complaint of Mr . James Rodger , master o the ship Sobaon , against sixteen cf the crew of his vessel . The master said that the seamen had been shipped on December 7 , at Liverpool , to proceed in Ins vessel thence to Bombay , and back to England , the voyage not to exceed two years . From stress of weather , and having had the misfortune to suffer damage , she put into this port . On the 25 th , and on the day following , the men refused in a body to do duty , and although it was not intended on the Christmas day to keep the men at work , yet they refused even to pump the ship out , and he was asked by some of them for their discharge . These men had received advance notes at Liverpool , of which , although ! one
was dnted payable ten days after sailing , and the other was payable sixty days after their departure , the sailors had had the advantage of both notes , by allowing a discount on the latter notes . To corroborate the master ' s complaint , David Low , the chief officer , was examined , when , after the kindest expostulation from the bench to the men to induce them to return to their dutv _, the following were committed to the borounh gaol for thirty days : —Charles Moffatt , Alexander M'Farlane , James Sidmore _, John Sprincham , and James Kelly . Tho following-for twenty days : —George Coles , John Bursey , Hanse Rowett , Martino Brown , Henry Hanna . The following for fifteen days : —Charles M'Cave , Henry Manning , Peter Craft , Charles Appleby , and Arthur
Harvey . Affray wira Poachers at Eastwell . —On the morning of Christmas-day , at about half-past two o'clock , as William Peach , head gamekeeper to Lord Winchilsea , with his son , Thomas Peach , accompanied by a young man named Scott , who was on a visit to Peach , wero on tho lookout in his lordship ' s preserves , Eastwell Park , they heard the firing of guns . They went in the direction whore tho shots wore firing , and soon came up with a body of men , about nine in number , armed with guns . Young Peach seized one of them , who had a gun in his hand , upon which a scuffle ensued , the poachers endeavouring to rescue their comrade , whose name is George Ranes . The old man Peach , who is sixty years of ageendeavoured to keep the gang back ,
, by intimidation , but to no purpose , and upon calling upon them to stand back several times , to which they paid no heed , Peach , who carried a bayonet on tho end of a stick , stabbed two ofthe poachers , and threatened to shoot at the gang if they did not desist . This had the desired effect , and they decamped , leaving Ranes in custody . Superintendent Gifford soon received information of the affair , and in the course of tho day apprehended a man named Darren , at Wye , who was wounded in the hand , and who had in his possession a leaded gun . He also searched tho house of a man named Edward Ranes , of Withersden , brother to George , and there found a smock frock , jacket , and trowscrs smeared with blood , and fifteen wires used in snaring haves ,
also a powder flask containing powder . Ranes and Darrell were examined on Thursday , at Mr . Purley ' s office , before W . Burra , Esq . and the Rev . N . Toke , and sentenced to three months' bard labour , and at the expiration of that time to find securities to be of good behaviour for the following six months . From directions which the superintendent gave to the constables of Wye , tbey succeeded in apprehending the whole of tho remainder of the gang , who were examined before Dr . Carter _and-W . Barra , Esq . ; four of them were discharged on recognisances , and two of them , named Barham and Ranes , were remanded for further evidence . Ranes has a bayonet wound in his thigh . Some of the gang are noted poachers , and great credit is due to Superintendent Gifford , for the exertions whioh he has
used in causing their apprehension , and for the assistance rendered by him to the constables . Prize Fighting in Surrey . —At the meeting of the Surrey magistrates on Tuesday , a lengthened discussion took place with reference to the conduct of the South Western Railway Company , in giving a special train for the use of tbe combatants and their friends on the occasion of the recent fight between the Tipton Slasher and Paddock . One of the magistrates , Mr . Scott , who is also a director of the company , on the part of tbat body stated that they had no knowledge ofthe purpose for which the train was used on the occasion referred to , and gave an assurance that no facility for a similar " demonstration" should be hereafter afforded by the railway authorities . On the faith of this assurance
the indictment for a misdemeanour has been withdrawn . New System of Robbery . —On Monday evening last , about five or six minutes before seven o ' clock , as Mr , Barlow , who resides at Patricroft , was proceeding to the Victoria Railway-station , Manchester , in order to go by the seven o ' clock train , while proceeding along Todd-strect , on the opposite side of the street , and nearly opposite the Cathedral School , he perceived some one rapidly approaching him from behind , and immediately a right arm was flung round his neck , and tightly compressed by the thici's other hand grasping the right wrist . This is described as being most powerful in producing instantaneously the first symptoms of
strangulation , stopping the breath , and inducing speechlessness and almost utter prostration of strength . Persevered in for a little time death would , doubtless ensue . In the present case , no sooner had this human bow-string been applied than two accomplices appeared in front of Mr . Barlow , one of whom snatched his watch from his vest pocket , and jerked the guard chain , a silver one , of more than ordinary strength , with such force as to break it , and possessed himself of the watch . The other took a sovereign from some cash in Mr . Barlow ' s pocket ; but , fortunately , at this moment , before the robbery had been completed by rifling other
pockets , Mr . M'Clure , who was about to proceed by the same railway train , came up , and the thieves hurled Mr . Barlow down , his head and face striking the wall with great force , and ran off in different directions . As Mr . M'Clure saw them throw Mr . Barlow down , he pursued and overtook one of them , but was unable to detain him , and all three escaped . Mr . Barlow has since been very ill from the effects of the outrage ; he has not yet recovered his voice ; his throat is much swollen and his head hurt , and he has suffered repeatedly from attacks of spasms , caused by the strangulation to which he was only for a few seconds subjected .
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Employment for the Barra Highlanders . —The poor Barra Highlanders , to whom the Edinburgh night asylum has afforded shelter and support for the last ten days , have been offered employment by Mr . William Dunn , contractor , East-Calder , who has undertaken the management of extensive drainage and trenching operations on waste land , on the estate of a nobleman in the north . From what we have learned of the contract there is reason to expect that the employment will continue for a very considerable time . —Scotsman . The Bishopric . of Morat and Ross . —We understand that the Right Rev . D . Low , L . L . D ., Bisbop of Moray and Ross , has intimated his resignation of that office—his advanced years and increased infirmities having rendered him unable for the due discharge of his duties . —Elgin Courant . Right of way at Hawick , —Great excitement has prevailed at Hawick regarding _proceedings
con-The Late Dr . _E'Fadyen , of Jamaica . —We observe that this gentleman is among those who have alien victims to the appalling ravages which cholera hasbeen making in Jamaica . Dr . M'Fadyen was a native of Glasgow , and son ofthe late Mr . J . M iadyen , w ell knwn as the oldest music-seller in Scotland . The doctor went to Jamaica in 1824 . Having been highly respected by all classes , his death would have been deeply regretted under any circumstances ; but falling , as he has done , under the heavy professional labours imposed on him by the prevalent epidemic , his removal has affected all with ateehngof peculiar sorrow . Dr . M'Fadyen was a member of the Linntean Society of London , and had attained much distinction as a botanist . He was author ofthe well-known "Flora" of Jamaica , a new edition of which he was preparing for press when be was suddenly cut off . —Daily Mail .
nccted with tho shutting up " of a path by William Laidlaw and Sons , which has been opened from time immemorial . Earl y on Saturday morning last , when the workpeople were passing by the usual way , tbey found that the road was boarded up , and that no path was _jirovided for them . On ascertaining these proceedings , a band of workpeople armed themselves with sledge hammers and picks , and demolished the burrier . In consequence of these proceedings , fresh litigations are commenced .
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_Tm-iATE Mr . Raphael , M . P .-Tho Dublin Evening Mail contains tbe following - " The late member for 8 t . Albans died without signing the _Sc _^ A , K femng th 6 new el _»> n _»* -e 8 at Kingston and St . Albans as well as Prior-park , near Bath , to the Cardinal . The delay is said to have been caused by the Cardinal ' s objecting to Mr . Raphael naming the clergyman , and the result is that he has _^ about £ 70 , 000 worth of property . Mr . Haphael s sister died on Sunday , so that bis nephew comes in for all . The personal property has been swfa a * £ 250 , 000 and the landed property is _osti _> _unteisi a forger figure ,
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Prospects of Improvement . — Tho ChTistm season has afforded a pretty accurate mode of _tcft ing the condition of the people , and of _coning ji _, the purchases of necessaries and luxuries with _thni _*' ofthe preceding four yoars of unexampled st . f _|' . ; i n „ and depression . Doubtless a groat deal of dj _^ ' _,.,,, still prevails , which is fully shared with the _humbu classes by the encumbered landed proprietors and many of their creditors ; but it now appears to " u admitted upon all hands , that the condition of thn bulk of the town population is gradually and stcadi
improving . The Cork iteporter lias an excoedi _-i gratifying statement ofthe symptoms of rcvivmi _, prosperity exhibited at the Christmas mark ,., ? Tho accounts from Belfast are still more satistac * tory , showing increasing prosperity in this titte corn " _mei-cial and manufacturing town , which had su % »! i comparatively little distress in the _worst period of the famine . The Banner of Ulster states that " J extensive are the building _simulations in ! le ! f as ? and its vicinity for tho next year , that much add ; tional ground suitable for brick-making has already been broken . In one new lino of street alone , _builiijZ contracts to the amount of between _£ 20 , uni ) anj | £ 30 , 000 ( including that for the new Corn ExchaiK , l \ will be commenced early in spring . " a ' The Queen ' s Colleges . —Comparativel y lit *' ,, attention has latterly been given to the progress of the Queen ' s Colleges , in consequence of the excite ment produced by the agitation now in pro _g ress in
England , and which , it hadncen supposed , would prove detrimental to those institutions . _Xo such effect , however , is yet apparent ; on the contrary the colleges are steadily proceeding , with an incrcaci o ( Roman Catholic students , even at Galway , wh _WQ the system of mixed education has received thn most decided opposition . Representation of the City of Limerick _^ There is a chance that Mr . John O'Connell will not retire from Limerick after all . Tho Zi »( fr _- / Reporter has the following announcement : — " _^ this moment an active and energetic movement _j 3 on foot to enable Mr . O'Connell to go to _Pai- _'i _^ ment and fight the good fight for the civil and rc , li » ious liberties of his fellow-religionists menaced
by an apostate and unprincipled Minister . That his pecuniary means are contracted is well _knowrt to all men . Many causes bave conspired for s 0 mj years to interfere with the proverbial _gencrosiiy of our countrymen , and their ardent attach _, ment to the memory of tho great O'Connell ; but we are certain tbat in Limerick the ever true and faithful citizens who stood by his father in the worst of times will remove every obstacle that may lie j a the way of Mr . John O'Connell ' s taking his ' seat in Westminster on the opening of Parliament ; and in the language of Mr . Lisle Phillips , showinn _tj the world that tbo spirit of Ireland is not asleep when tho religious immunities which O ' Conn ell wrested from the reluctant grasp of a _hostilo
Cabinet are in pern . Rebuction of Rents . —The provincial journals announce further reductions of rent , which are described as quite satisfactory to the tenantry . Th " immense emigration which , oven in mid-winter , 13 continued in seme districts , has had a decided influencc in _bringing about a better under .-tandin <» between the owners and occupiers of the soil . Tho landlords , in fact , find it necessary , by reasona Wo and prudent concessions , to encourage their tenants to remain in the country , and at the same time to deprive the Tenant League of their strongest ar _? _Ktucnts for agitation . Those reductions extesuf _' o most parts of the country , to the Korth as wel l as to the South .
TnE Late Insurrection . * . , *** Movkmbst . —It appears , by an official correspondence in the Gaheai / Vindicator , that the Lord Lieutenant has relieved that district from a prohibitive proclamation , issued in 1 S 48 , under the Crime and Outrage Act , which rendered it penal for any person to cany arms without being duly licensed . Encumbereb Estates . —The commissioners aro proceeding with the new avrrangement of felling small lots of land and house property in the localities where they are situated . Sales of this kind have taken place in Limerick and Monaghan , and higher prices hare been obtained than had been offered in Dublin . _Tns New Rate in Aid . —The circular of tho Poor-law Commissioners for another rate in aid of
twopence in the pound on the valuations , to raise £ 90 , 302 , for the relief of the " distressed unions ;" has been received by all the boards of guardian ; _. The only union that has yet objected is that of Builinasloe and the South Dublin ' ; and the ground set forth in the resolution ot the guardians of tbo former union is the illegality of the proceedings , "inasmuch as the act is only entitled 'An act to make provision , until the 31 st December , 1 S 50 , for a general rate , in aid of certain distressed unions , and electoral divisions in Ireland ;'" from which it is inferred that the time for legally levying such a rate has lapsed .
Declaration against _Xew PesalLaws . — -The Freeman ' s Journal states that a circular has been addressed to members of the House of Commons connected with Ireland , by Messrs . _M'Cullagb , Devereux _, and O'Flaherty , suggesting the propriety of adopting the following declaration : — " Wo , the undersigned , deem it our duty at tbo present juncture to declare our unalterable attachment to tho principles of civil and religious liberty , and our determination to oppose , by every constitutional moans , any measure tending to interfere by legislative enactment with the discipline or doctrine of any portion of the Queen's subjects . " The Freeman adds— "We understand tbat a great number of signatures have been already affixed to this timely and important manifesto . "
AGRAniAN Crime in Ulster . —For some weeks past a spirit of insubordination has been apparent in some districts of tho counties of Armagh and Donegal , and it is stated that the Ribbon system prevails to a considerable extent amongst the peasantry . On tho application of the local magistrates , the government have proclaimed several electoral divisions of Donegal under the Crime and Outrage Act , and an increased police force has been placed in those districts . In one of the most remote parts of that county , the wild and mountainous region of Groscdore , where Lord George Hill has effected really wonderful improvements , at an expenditure of about £ 25 , 000 , symptoms of agrarian disturbance have recently been manifested , and
there has been some opposition to the payment of rents . During last week a constabulary force havo proceeded to that quarter . In the county oi Armagh the spirit of insubordination appears to be extending . On Friday week a numerous mcetinf _* of magistrates of tbat county took place at tho Court-house of Bally hot , to consider the stated tbe baronies of Upper Orion and Upper Fcws , and the expediency of recommending the Lord-Lieutenant to increa _' se the constabulary in these districts which , it is stated , "have become a hotbed of _llihbonism . " It was resolved that a recommendation should be forwarded to his Excellency , through the
lieutenant of the county , to have two new police stations erected , and the constabulary stations generally strengthened . In addressing the quarter sessions grand jury atBallyhoton the same day , the chairman of Armagh , Mr . Tickell , referred to the numerous cases of Whitcboy or tumultuary character , "nc had ( lis said ) looked through the informations in one of those cases , and he found that bodies of peoplo went through the district , called at people ' s houses , and desired them not to pay any rent ; he found that in that district threatening ' notices had been served ; and a most atrocious murder had been committed within the last twelvemonths . "
A gentleman in London , who , as the Evening Mail _: says , " possesses good means of information , " writing in that . journal , mentions the manifesto of the Irish members , to which we have already alluded . He says : — ' _« Lord Castlereagh , and some others of keel Toryish tendencies , ate said to havo signed it . " He adds : — "Lord Stanley takes his stand on the income tax renewal next session , which he intends to oppose ; and as the government contemplates its extension to Ireland , which tho Irish members will of course vote against , it , is throught that that may be tbe field on whicb Whig * gery may fall . "
Abolition of the Vice Royalty . —A correspondence , upon the abolition of the Viee-Royaltv , between Mr . G . A . Hamilton , M . P ., and Colonel Dunne , M . P ., has been published . After the opinions expressed by both , in their places in Parliament last session , upon the proposal , it can hardly be expected that their letters will exhibit much _Novelty . The Colonel announces his readiness to afford his humble co-operation in any way with a view of resisting the measure , if introduced next session ; and Mr . Hamilton hopes that as its unpopularity is no longer doubtful the Government will abandon it .
The Repeal Association . —The usual weekly meeting of the Association was held in Conciliation Hall on Tuesday , Mr . G . Spelman in the chair . Mr . John O'Connell said he would bo happy if liberal Protestants joined in the movement which was proposed to be made _ugainst the contemplated revival of penal laws , and expressed a bope that the Roman Catholic members would be united in the ensuing session of Parliament , and that they would not be divided as to their interpretation of the Catholic oath . He maintained that that oath did not bind Catholic members to abstain from dealing with tlie revenues of the Protestant chuach . He also
remarked that the subject of Catholic education was one with respect to which the Roman Catholic members ought to be agreed before they went over to Parliament . At the meeting of those members , to take place in January next , he ( Mr . O'Conn ell ) would himself propose that point , and the one as to the Catholic oath should be taken into consideration . With regard to the penal laws , if t bo same meeting of members should come to no conclusion on the subject , he would himself , on tho opening of Parliament , move an amendment to the address to her Majesty , if the speech from the throne contained a single indication of the contcm-
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