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_Bi *> h . s _axo Deaths Registered is Lokdon _di-rixg _tite ivekk _vjcpwc Saturdat lasi . —The number of _deatas _irsni ah causes in the metropolis during the _rcet end- ** _^ turday List , according to the return of tie _Kep-ir-ir-General , amounted to 1 _. 05 S , being _&> _awrc tiie weekly av erage of spring ; there i _* _° _liow-ovc-r , a- -. nail decrease on the two previous _-wec-Ks . J lie _? xccssof average arises from bronchitis and _hocpi-ig-eoug h . The excess from bronchitis may be _at _^ _ibuted to lowness of temperature . The meau ol the week \ vas 45 o . 9 . Onl y one fatal case of « _toiera _v-as r egistered in the week ; it occurred in Wbitet _f-npel _, and was that of a girl aged ten years . The number of birtlis during the week was 1 , 528 . The xate _JJxtbaobmxabt Escape fbosi
_Newgate . — Ou Saturday last , at the meeting of the committee of aldermen in the inner room of the new council _chamber , forthe transaction ofthe business connected -. v-th the several prisons , gaols , and the police , Mr . Cope , the governor of 2 ? ewgate , laid before the committee a lengthened report in connexion with the recent escape ofthe convict Strudwick . Strudwick , who is in his 25 th year , is known to the _traul authorities and the police as the first burglar « f the day . What were obstacles to others , to him _jKvscmv-d not the slightest difficulties . His daring- and siill were commensurate to his success , for he was in the habit of tossing , and playing at skittles , and losing , in the course of an afternoon , from .- £ 50 to . £ 100 , the whole of which was obtained
by robbery , \\ hen apprehended , which was for burglary at Pimlico , a person ofthe name of Jackson _** v . T :. = _t- -i _5-:.- _* _i with him , and , when arraigned , the latter pleaded •' guilty " declaring that Strudwick was Uiiiocenr . This declaration , which had an ulterior _olsject in view , was disregarded , and Strudwick was tried , found guilty , and sentenced to be _transju-rtcii for ten years . _Nothing further _trans--pireii relative to him until Monday afternoon , when le was _dh- ? cted , with another convict , to whitewash one of the _wn-ds , and , in the opinion of the authorities , there is no doubt the latter assisted Strudwick io reach tbe skylight , and thus gain the roof . Aceor _. li _*! g to the regulations of Xewgate , the convicts « rc « -ir their own clothes , and , on the afternoon
in question , a pair of canvas trousers aud a smockfrock _, _bftvin-r thc word " _Xewgate" on them , were given iiiui it- wear while he was engaged in white-• washing . These he disencumbered himself of on _thcrt-oi " 'i ' _fii-y of thc houses ; and at the time he reachi-i _xho roof of the house of Sir . William _Alac-( ionnald , _ilw landlord of No . 7 , he had only his "waisu- « Mt _o- j , and his shirt sleeves tucked up . It jnay be observed that the back part of Air . _AfcicdonalJ ' _s Louse is a story lower than the front , and the fvnm-r being leads , a door opens to the landing , and _whk-li was kept open . On the afternoon in question , Air . Macdonald ( who wa 3 standing in the bar w aiti * - _^ for a Mr . Sewcll , his surgeon , who came and _drcs-e-1 his right shoulder , which he had
dislocated -swot three weeks since in a steeple chase ) , _nearly s _anall terrier bark , went to tlie stairs , and met ; he convict on the stairs , bleeding from two wounds , one in the thick part ofthe arm , the other above _ii-c wrist , the shirt sleeve still up . On leaving the b . ou _> : 5 it appeared he ran down Warwick-lane into A- & i > ji-corncr , and through Stationers ' -hallcourt , wiifie all trace of thecoiivict was lost , within five minutes after hc had passed tlireugh Mr . _Alacdonahi ' s house . Air . Sewell came , when he was told , _t : wt if he had arrived earlier , he would have lad r . new patient , on which Mr . Sewcll said , " Surely there has not been an escape from Newgate . " Air . Alacdonald replied that was impossible . In half an hour afterwards two of the turnkeys , who
liad gone through one ofthe adjoining houses , came down stairs , they having traced the track ofthe escaped convict , when th ? whole matter was explained . Since thcii the course of the convict has been traced and it appears that he threaded the narrow parapet at the back ofthe prison , but * as a chasm of several feet presented itself between that portion of the gaol aud the house he partly altered his course , and came round to the front , atthe corner of _Xewgate street , where , between the house in which the two lead turnkeys live and the prison , an inclined wall , the upper part hanging over , and still further protected by a _chevctux de frieze , presents itself ; by an
e-rtraordiiiary muscular exertion , the convict caught holdof _eoine of the spikes , and actually balanced liuiselfon them , and swung over , and it was here he received the injuries . Hc then placed one ofhis feet iu tin-gutter , and fell about twelve feet . Had le missed his footin" ho would have been precipitated , cither into the yard ofthe gaol or into the street . Although in danger of certain death , he made the attempt , and succeeded . Not the sli ghtest _informat'on has been obtained as to his hiding-place The court , after being informed of all the facts of an _csKijic unparalleled in the history of the gaol , acquitted the turnkeys of all blame .
_Spohtixo Lotteries , & c . —At a special meeting Of _maj-istrates , held on Saturday last , in the Boardroom . if thc Ilolborn Union Workhouse , Mr . Wliisien ( the chairman ) , said that too much publicity Could not be given to the unanimous determination Of the licensing magistrates of the county of Middlesex , wliich was , that in future , wherever it was proved by the police , or other disinterested testimony , that a publican had exhibited betting-lists on lis p remises , or permitted gambling of any description , his licence would most assuredly be taken away from hun ; and some of his brother magistrates went so far as to say that they would not even sanction the transfer ofa licence to either an outgoing or in-coming tenant proved to liave been
guilty of such an offence . Attempted _Mucder . asp Suicide at LiMEnocsE . — On Tuesday morning some excitement was created in _Luiir-honse , in _conscouence of a desperate attempt . laving been mace by a man named Daniel George Holm to murder a young woman of tho name of Martha Brider , by cutting her throat with a razor , and likewise to destroy his own life by similar means . It appears that Holm and Brider had Been living together as man and wife for nine years . In consequence of his intemperate and violent habits , she left him just before last Christmas , aud went to reside with her mother . Holm visited her , and bwsg in distress , she supplied Mm with food , and _evc-n procured him shelter . lie pressed her to
live with him again , but she refused unless he raarlicdher , and he accordingly had the banns published , and their wedding was io have taken place last Sunday . As late .-is last Priday , however , he was taken into custody for threatening- to cut thc young woman s throat . But on his expressing contrition , he was liberated . Thu lod to her refusal to mavry lim . Within the last few days he had suspected that she had formed an attachment to another man , and hc was heard to threaten both him and her serious mischief . About half-past seven o ' clock on Tuesday morning he went to the woman ' s abode and asked for some coffee . After he had been in the place about three-quarters of a hour , and while
the unfortunate woman had her back to him , he suddenly caught her by the hair , and , with a razor " Which he purposely brought with him , he inflicted a gash in her throat . The poor creature managed to get away from him , and he then drew the razor twice acro 3 shis own throat ; infllctingyery serious wounds . Seeing the nnfortunato female escaping into the Street , hc endeavoured to follow her ; but his foot catching the door step he fell to the ground in a state of exhaustion . Medical attendance was procured , and both parties were removed to the Londou Hospital . Hopes are entertained for the recovery of the woman , but fatal consequences are expected in the case of the man . Death of a _Coxvjct from Refusal to take Food .
—An Inquest was held on Tuesday before Air , Bedford , in Aiillbauk Prison , on the body of John Lauder , aged 21 , a convict . Prom the evidence of Mr . _Toster , deputy governor , and several officers of the prison , it appeared that the deceased was received therein on the ltith of August last , from Bodmin gaol , Cornwall , under sentence often years' transportation for felony . He had been three times _previously convicted and punished , and sineo bis confinement ia thc prison hc had been twelve times reported for misbehaviour , and had been more or less punished . On the 21 st ult . he was confined by desire of the governor in one of the dark cells , and was ordered to live upon bread and water for two davs .
On that day he complained ofa violent pain in his Dowels , and being seen by the resident surgeon , was removed to the infirmary . Every kindness and attention was there shown him , butheperseveringly refused to tike either medicine or food , and he died On Saturday last . —Air . J . T . Bcndle , the resident Surgeon of the prison , stated that he visited the de-Ceased in thc dark cell on the 29 th ult ., to see if the punishment awarded him would affect his state of Health , and he then said he was quite well . On an examination of the body , witness had found the cause of death to be dysentery , which might or mi < "ht not have yielded to Ids treatment . —Verdict , "Died _from dysentery . "
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casion to attend the latter , was suspicious of something wrong , and had the patient ' s diet consequently altered , when he soon . beg an to recover . This made the circumstances attending the previous deaths look so suspicious that tbV coroner issued a warrant for thc exhumation of the bodies of Kiclnird , Georjre , and James Geering , which had been mterrefhi Guestling churchyard The coffins containing the bodies were dug tip and removed into the _churcS to await the disposal of the coroner . The jurv having been sworn , proceeded to the churchy ard . The three graves from which the bodies had been taken were on the east side of the church , and were verv watery . The coffin containing the body of Richard Geering was first brought out of the church and _nlaced on a tombstone . The . lid was
then unscrewed , and on its removal the body was found to be in an advanced state of decomposition , except in the region of the abdomen . The features of the deceased were too much impaired to be recognised , but tho identity ofthe coffin was vouched for by the maker , who was also the sexton at the time of interment . Mr . Ticehurst , Mr . W . Duke , and Air . F . Duke , then proceeded to make apost mortem examination ofthe body . The effluvium was dreadful , and the body swimming in the water . To remove the latter holes were bored in the coffin . The whole of the deceased ' s intestines were removed and placed in jars . The coffins containing the bodies of the two sons were then brought out and opened . The face of George was but little disficured , while that of James was far gone . In each
case the inscription on the coffin lid was discernible . The intestines of the two sons were also removed and taken into the possession of Air . Ticehurst . In all the bodies it was found that the stomach -was in an unusually good state of preservation . From the stomach of George Geering a small piece of white , gritty matter , resembling arsenic , was-produced , and gritty matter was also observable in the case of the father . On the whole , the appearances presented by the different bodies seemed to be strongly indicative of death by poison . The examination being so far concluded , the jury assembled in the church , where they were addressed by the coroner , who stated that Mr . Ticehurst was of opinon that the analysis of the contents of the bodies could not be completed for a few days . The inquest was then adjourned . The woman , Alary Ann Geering , is in
custody . . Burglary at _HiLtsnES . —On Saturday last Wm . Green , John Shcppard and William Sheppard ( father and son ) , and William Warner , were brought before the magistrates ( the Rev , J . C . Gray , am * J . T . Senior , Esq . ) , charged with breaking into the farm-house of Air . limes , standing in a lonely situation , about two o ' clock on Friday morning . It appeared from the evidence of Air . nines , a respectable elderly farmer and grazier of Hillsden _, that he and his wife were awoke in the night by hearing a talking in the room above them , where were sleeping two servants , a man and a boy . Airs . Hines called out "Richard , " thinking that it was the man stirring . There was , however , no answer ; Immediately after this a noise was heard at the bedroom door , which was fastened . Afr . Hines got out of bed and demanded " Who was there ? " No answer was
returned , and soon after the door was burst violently open , and two men entered . One was armed with a gun and the other with a brace of pistols , and two other men came in afterwards . It seems they had already been up-stairs , and had frightened the servants , and the man with the pistols stood at the bedroom door , pointing them up the stairs further to intimidate them . The robbers brought lights into the room , when one of them said to Air . and Airs . Hines that they wanted victuals and money , and they would have them or their lives . They took a purse out of Mi * . Hines _' s breeches pocket , containing only Is . Cd . They then made Mrs . Hines get out of bed , and then they searched the bed . After this two remained with Mr . Hines whilst the other two obliged his wife to go down stairs with
them in her night clothes , to show them where she had a little money , which she gave them . They next searched for and found a dozen or two of silver spoons , a silver cream-jug , and some other small articles of plate . They then took a bottle of rum , a bottle of wine , some cold meat , & c , and having collected together their booty made off . As early as possible , however , when Air . Hines and his family had recovered from their panic , information was conveyed to thc local constables , who by instantly going in pursuit came upon the robbers at Stokenchurch-hill , where , they were found comfortably taking their case on a bank by the road-side . After Air . Hines had given his evidence , and Mrs . Hines had been called forward as a witness , the prisoner William Green said , "He should not like the lady
to he put out of her way at all ; there was enough evidence of what had been done . " The goods were , of course , recovered and identified . The gun , with a kind of old-fashioned duelling pistol ( neither of them loaded ) , and a small pistol , which was loaded , were taken from the prisoners , and were produced . These men evidently form a portion of a regularly organised- band of professional burglar ' s ] , ' , _rwhose head-quarters are . in London . They were committed for trial at the , assizes , none of them denying the facts proved against them . Charge of Manslaughter agaixst Two Brothers . —On Friday , the 27 th ult ., an inquest was held at Atanchesterv on the body of a man named George Bninnon , a weaver , who had died on the Wednesday previously , from the effects of wounds received
about three months ago in a quarrel at the Spread Eagle public-house , in Rochdale-road , Manchester . Two men , Owen Devine and Peter Devine , had been apprehended for the offence , and were present at the inquest . Brannon had b een very much injured , especially on the right side ; and the medical men who attended Mm were of opinion that his death had been occasioned by the kicks * and blows of the two Devines . Several witnesses were examined , who deposed to the savage treatment to which the deceased had been subject ; and the surgeon stated that two of his ribs were found to have been broken . A verdict of "Manslaughter" was returned against the two prisoners , and they were committed to the assizes .
Straxce Loss of a Vessel . — About half-past eleven o ' clock on the night ofthe 21 st ult . ( says the Hull Packet ) , the sloop George and Alary , George Johnson master and part owner , was lost in a most extraordinary manner . The vessel was , at thc time of the occurrence , between Scarborough and Robin Hood ' s Bay , about twelve miles from the land , it being very thick , with no wind , and small drizzling rain . About the time we have mentioned , according to thc statement of the master , a fireball , or something similar to liehtning , descended ou the vessel , entered the cabin , and set fire to it instantly . So rapidly did the destructive element progress , that in about half an hour the whole stern of the vessel
was in flames . Every endeavour was made to extinguish the fire , but to no avail ; and seeing that all chance of saving the sloop was gone , the crew endeavoured to save their clothes , but in this , likewise , they were unsuccessful . The master , besides his clothes , had £ 12 or £ 14 in money , which he lost . They then all took to the boat , and abandoned thc vessel , and in three quarters of an hour after leaving her sho went down . No . lightning or anything of the kind was seen previous to the unfortunate accident , but afterwards two or three flashes wore seen . The crew landed , as may be supposed , in a very destitute condition .
_PonTSMouin . — Mokday . —Another frightful accident occurred at this port to-day . As a party of men in the employ of Air . Bushby , the contractor for the erection of the joint terminus of the London and Brighton and London and South-Western Railways at Landport , were engaged in pulling down a house standing on the site of the intended structure , they excavated too much of the foundation ofa wall of the tenement before they tried to * take It down ; cdnscqncfltly _, although warned o the impropriety of their proceedings by their fellow-workmen , one of whom told them not to peck any more as he went down the ladder , they went on with the work , when on touching the wall to throw it outwards it took ah opposite impetus , and fell inwards , burying four men in the ruins of the lower part _ of the house . ' Then" names-are , Connor , a labourer- ; Simms , a bricklayer ; White , a stonemason ; and liar wood , a labourer . The accident took place-at
about a quarter " to seven o ' clock this morning . The poor creatures were dugout of the ruins in about a quarter of an hour , and speedily conveyed to the Portsmouth , Portsea , and Gosport Hospital , where their respective cases met with the promptest attention ; the two first-named , however , sustained such frig htful injuries in such a multiplicity of ways that life was despaired of from the first . The wall was on the second floor ofthe building . Harwood ' s hip was dislocated . : . _- . . . Lancashire . — Three Yooxo Men Drowsed in the River Irweu .. — On Monday , evening , three young men named George , Booth , John-Tinling , and Edward Jones , left AL-mchester , in a light boat ,, or skiff , to proceed -from-Manchester by the river Irwell to a fete , at , the Pomona . Gardens , about two miles distant , but on arriving at a : bend of the river called Throstle _"ATest . the boat was upset . / All three of the unfortunate youths sunk before any aid could bo renderedfrom . the . _shore ,: and perished .. ; ! :
Murder of a _Schoomjoy . — An" extraordinary circumstance has transpired at Ashton-uuder-Lyne . Three boys , whilst going to school along the canal side , it appears , quarrelled , and one of them threw the cap of another into the ; canal . The third b ' oy laid hold of the- one who'had thrown the" cap into the . canal , and-pushed-him in-after it . -The two children on terra firma -then left their companion to perish , quite unconcernedly _^ and went to -school . The finding of-the dead body _of the boy _whorwas drowned is said tohave- led to the eliciting of , this statementlrom _thesumvora . ' -c- - : _a - . _* . ; . ' :-: ¦' - ¦
: ¦ _LiKcoLNs * iraB ' . '— A- murder ,: accompanied' by robbery , was perpetrated _^ onthe 26 th ult . ; in the _vieinify-ofSBrocklesby ; _: ; The- _; -victim is a married woman , t named ¦ Catherine Farrow _^ ¦ and the ¦ _sup > posed murderer an agricultural labourer , named Charles OVertoV _^ _hb"ts-in custody ; : An inquest was held on the body on-Monday and adjourned . _; : _^ ;>; I- A Busd _MAfr-ocM 1 id skis istExKcunoij : ~ A-Car-
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diff paper states that among the hundreds' who / went from Merthyr to Brecon to' soo' the recent execution , a blind man , from Penyrheolgerri g , was worthy of notice . This man has been blind since he was five years old , nevertheless ho went to " seethe hanging , " as he himself phrased it . He started early , aud was there in good time , and anxiously took his p lace where a good view of the execution could be commanded . He seemed to hear every movement , and eagerly caught every remark . When all eyes were turned to gaze on the culprit , when at last he made his appearance , the blind man saw him too in his mind ' s eye , and was as hig hly excited by the spectacle as any of his neighbours . Free Pardon . —At the late Kingston assizes a man named John Roberts was convicted of a criminal assault , and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation . The prosecutrix , who upon the trial
represented herself as a married woman , gave her evidence in such a manner upon that occasion as to induce a very general belief that she was not telling the truth as to the actual character of the transaction ; but the jury returned a verdict of guilty . Very sooh ' after the matter had been thus disposed of it was ascertained that the prosecutrix had made a great many false statements , and that , instead of being a respectable married woman , she was a person of a very different description ; and there was every reason to believe that the whole charge had been trumped up against the prisoner . The whole of the facts having boon submitted to-the Home Secretary , the result has been that Air . Keene , the governor of Horsemonger-lane Gaol , received a free pardon for . the prisoner on Saturday , and he was immediately discharged from custody . — Globe . : --- ¦ : ¦ _•' . _* '
Colliery Explosion . —On Monday an accident took place at the Agecroft New Coal Alines , about four miles from Manchester , resulting trom an explosion of carburetted hydrogen gas , which had accumulated in the mines . The mines are the property of Messrs . Knowles , of Pendlebury , and are situated between the highway and railway , leading from Manchester to Bolton . The approach to the mines- —two in number—is by a shaft upwards of 900 feet , deep , and from 90 to 100 men and boys- had descended at s ' _-x o ' clock in the morning , aiid were nearly equally distributed in the two mines , when about eight o ' clock a loud explosion was heard in what is . called the four-feet mine , and from colliers who soon came rushing to the foot of the shaft , anxious to escape
from further danger , it was discovered that a quantity of carburetted hydrogen gas had been ignited in one ofthe distant workings , thrbui-h a ; boy carrying a lighted candle to it . The great body of the colliers were drawn Irom themine . withont suffering from the explosion , 'but a youth named Jacob - Barker , aiid his brother Israel , were both severely burnt , and the former survived ouly a very short time . Richard Price , the boy through whose imprudence the gas was ignited , and who worked with the Barkers , was knocked down by the explosion , is badly hurt and much scorch id about the face and hands . John Barker , the father ofthe boys of that name , wis employed at the back of the workings where the boys were " , and he and some _comnanions had to make
their way to rescue the boys , and carry them to the foot of the shaft , through deme fumes of burnt sulphur , which almost suffocated them , but with the exception ofexhaustiou from inhaling the sulphur and from the shaking caused by tbe explosion they have received no injury . It appears to be the practice in these mines to descend with Davy , lamps , but these , after the freedom from foul'airin the workings has been tested by them , are exchanged for candles , and the colliers work the _remainder of the day with the flame of their candles quite exposed , and run-all hazards . In . the manv colliery explosions in Lancashire and elsewhere this seems to be the invariable practice . Davy ' s lamps are used in all mines , but they are used so sparingly as to _be of little
protection . The light they throw upon the working is so inferior to that afforded by the candle that colliers will not be troubled with thera , unless some stringent rule on tho part of their employers is put in operation to compel . their constant use . The evidence of the father of the deceased boy in this case proves . this ; for he says , that when in these mines the sulphur is found to have accumulated , the hands generaUy . leave work altogether , and when they have tried the workings in the morning , they used naked candles for the rest ofthe day . He says the foul air had accumulated on this occasion in " an out place , " or a working which bad been exhausted and was disused . . Similar evidence has been given in other cases where _explosions have occurred .
THE _POISONINGS AT BATH . Bath , April 30 . — The greatest excitement has pervaded , this city during the whole of the day , and although it was known that the inquest would not commence till six o ' clock in the evening , as early as three o clock the market-place was crowded with people anxious . to got a glimpse of the accused as they-were taken from the stationhouse to the Guildhall . A man named Shalor ( a collier ) and his wife ,. residing at No .. 10 , Broqklcaze-buildings , _lai'khall ,- have been arrested . The wife of Shalor accompanied the wife of the deceased , man Alarchant to Air . Bright ! s shop , near the Oldbridge , where she purchased some arsenic a . short time previous to her husband being fatally attacked .
Airs . Harris , or as she was then Mrs . Alarcliant , first of all went , to All * . Bright ' s shop for the arsenic by herself ; he refused to supply her with it ; she subsequently returned with the female prisoner Shalor , and unfortunately succeeded in getting . it . Airs . Harris and Airs . Shalor have been very intimate for a long time . It is said that a quantity Of arsenic has been found , in the house , of the man Harris , wliich has been placed in the custody of the chief officer of the police . Air . Harris , solicitor to the parties in custody , has applied to the mayor to be allowed to have an interview with them . Air , Sutcliffe , however , refused the application . . The bodies of the . deceased wives will not be exhumed till after the termination of the present inquiry .
INQUEST . The adjourned inquiry into . this ; ease was resumed on Alonday ni ht before , the coroner , Air . A . H . English , in the . Sessions-court at the Guildhall . The excitement continued to be most intense , and it required the united exertions ofa strong body of police to keep the crowd from forcibly _makitg their way mto the Guildhall long before the liour appointed for holding the inquest . The four prisoners were brought up in the custody of the police and accommodated with chairs . The woman Harris looked much dejected and held down her head , but Harris throughout appeared to pay great attention to the proceedings . The . other prisoners seemed to be wholly unconcerned . A
large number , of magistrates . were present during the inquiry , and the spacious room was densely thronged in every part of it . The first witness called was William , Herapath , who , having been sworn , . deposed—On . the 2 oth of the month Mr . ; Lloyd brought me three vessels which he told me . contained the remains of a human body . He opened thein in my presence . I was requested to examine whether there was anything poisonous in either of those materials , and in doing so I found white arsenic in the contenis of the stomach , in the solid matter ofthe stomach , in the contents of the intestines , and in tho liver . I separated from the contents of the stomach 3 J grains of white arsenious acid . This I produce ( handing it to the coroner . ) It had never been in solution . I also
produce seme ofthe same sublimed and purified , so as to show it in its natural state . I should mention that . the first lot is discoloured , owing to tea having been administered sifter it . I also , produce metallic arsenic , produced from it . Also three tests wliich prove ,. it to be metallic arsenic . These are Scheele ' s . green , arsenite of silver , and sulphuret of .. arsenic , commonly called orpiment . These five rc-agents leave ; the matter unmistakable . I found the arsenious . acid contained in the stomach was not pure ; there was . a portion of freestone-dust mixed with it , either by design or accident . I ' found the . remains of food in the stomach , the only distinguishable ones were . portiohs ofthe husks , as . I have no doubt , of barley , probably
pearl barley , the outer husks having disappeared . I do not believe they were those ofthe oat , as there are no hairs ofthe oat . discoverable by the ; best microscope . There was also some portions of tea leaves . I should have said all the starchy parts of the grain had been removedby decomposition , which is generally the case , the starch soon disappears . Air . Lloyd also brought me some pills—four pills ; these were composed of calomel and vegetable matter which I believe it to bo colocynth .: . it being vegetable matter , there is no positive test for it ! The state of the stomach and intestines were inflamed , and in patches large and red , having all the appearance of the action of an irritant poison . Taking all the circumstances . together I have no
doubt that thc body was aestroyeu by poisohjand tbiit'the poisonwaswhitearsenic . - ] , . . . _„ : < _¦ . -The Coroner hero read over the evidence of Air . Lloyd , surgeon . He requested the prisoners , to pay attention to it , as it affected some or akV . of them , and they might not have the opportunity-again of hearing it , and they might thinkdt necessary : to ask some questions on it . > v ; t ; _:-. ;;; ,, / : ¦' _. Afr ; Herapath continued , after hearing'that evidence 1 have . to say there is only one point in which I differ . from Air .-Lloyd . ! . ' The ; poison had not been in the stomach five days ' , and probably not more than 24- hours . I therefore think-if the first illness
was occasioned by poison : it must have been administered twice .- I think the diarrhoea must have'existed from the state of the intestines and contents , as I have never seen such appearances ' ¦ except where diarrhoea has preceded , _' Li all other respects the symptons are such as generall y follow _theacV ministration of arsMiicV -I allude of . course , to the sickness ; tothe cramps or 8 _pasm 8 , ' : and to the acutepain in the stomach ; which goto confirm thefact of death from" arsenic . _« TKese symptoms would _be'OXhibitcd from ten minutes to _^ six hours .: After ;< the arsenic : _had--been takenv six 'hoursvis : tho : longest time Irecollect . _^ _Someifewipersonsihaveibeen sick immediately -after - swallqwing * it ..: SeveralL _. _ilrugs have been shown . to me ' smce : _Ihavetbeen ' _iin = Bath .
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One packet shown me by the superintendent of police _? _OAKS ' sun _«^ _ l found this pactcet containing arsenic m a tm case in the house of the prisoner Daniel Shalor and his wife .. I also found in the house of Harris and his wife a small jar containing dust , which I likewise showed to Air . Herapath . - ; ; , n Air . _HEiiAPATH . -Of the first packet I . found the contents to . be arsenious acid , and I havo examined the pot containing dust . I have very little doubt it is freestone dust , but without an accurate analvsis I cannot say . Air . Oakley also produced to Wc a pot _containingpearl barley I was _alsoshown teapot by him ; there was nothing in it but a few __
a tea leaves and some drops of : water . I have not tested it ; it would be too delicate an operation to try here without the proper tools . —A Juror : Uo you consider the constant vomiting observed by the medical attendant ,: durihg the five days he attended the deceased , would havebeen caused by the gradual administration of arsenic ?—Certainly it might . —A Juror : Will you state the quantity of arsenicyou extracted;?—The actual quantity I extracted from the contents of this stomach was 3 i grains ; the quantity contained in the liver and intestines would have been much greater .., I should state that , had there been onl y a minuto quantity , such as the hundredth partof a grain ; I should have extracted the wholebut as I found this quantity , in tho stomach ,
, it was unnecessary . I have no doubt tho death of ithismanwas occasioned , by . arsenic . ( Sensation . ) —The Coroner : Are you able to state . Air . Herapath , in what this arsenic was administered ?—I should say not in . tea ., The weight of the arsenic would have _eavriedjt down . ; It is difficult to administer poison in tp . a , or in a liquid fluid ; it is generally given in a starchy fluid .: Here are the remains of corn , of barley , and I think it highly probable it was administered in that pearl barley . — The Coroner . : Would the symptoms first spoken of have been occasioned by its having been administered in the tea of which mention has been made 1 There might have been some given in the tea , as this would have oecasioned thoretchinir which has been
spoken of , and also the pain in the stomach . The coroner here handed to the , jury the copy of the registration of the death , of Henry Alarchant , where it was certified that he died of acute disease in'the stomach . : ... , _;' .. , 1 Air . Lloyd , surgeon , sworn , said the first application to me to attend' the , deceased : was on the 2 nd ult . An order from tho . parish .. was left at my house . I ; got this order . in tho morning between ten and eleven . ; In pursuanco of that order I went to where it was addressed , , 13 , Lower Bristol-road . The name _; on the order was Marchant .. 'I . could find no one there ofthat name . I again went , some hours afterwards , to inquire again , and no one could tell me where any person ofthat name lived . Afterwards Airs . Alarchant , now Charlotte Harris , came
herself about fi ve or six o clock m the e veniDg . I told her I had been in . search of her house . She came to fetch me , and wondored I : had __ not been . She wished mc to . go directly .- She said ' she ; had told Air . Douglas' / Angelrplaco , " and not" Lower Bristol-road . " I did : not Igo-with her . I followed soon after , and found the houso by her direction . I wont up into a room in tho front story on tho first floor , and found the deceased in bed . His wife was in the room , I believe no one else . ; I went up to the man ; lie complained of pain in his stomach . Both ho and his Wifo , I think , told me he had been very sick . She stated that he had been exceedingl y sick , and had had great pain , in the bowels ; but that they had not been opened , they were confined .
She said he had suffered from thirst , and that he had been sick the whole of that day . —By tho Coroner : Did you ascertain when that sickness commenced ?—I cannot speak positively that either of them told me when it commenced , or that I inquired of , them . I felt his pulse and found it rathor depressed . I put my hand on-liis abdomen and did hot find it particularl y sensible to pain , I asked if ho had taken anything that disagreed with him ? . I think his wife said , "No . " . 1 left orders that he should diet off gruel and tea ; and his wife was to fetch the medicine . _^ from , my dispensary . She fetched it soon after I got home . I saw him again the following day ; he was in bed and his wife was
present . -I inquired about his symptoms , and ; was told that the sickness , still continued , and that the bowels had not been opened . I did not ask if tho medicine had been taken ; I concluded it had from its having been fetched . -I also saw tho vomit'he had discharged ; it was a brumous bloody sort of fluid . Tlie deceased did not express himself surprised at the attack . I saw him : the next : _dayy ; I never saw any one with him but his wife , there was still _censtipation of the bowels . *; Ho said he had suffered much : from vomiting . I don't think the deceased ever told me he was suffering from constipation . On Wednesday : evening his wife fetched me saying he was worse , and sho _¦¦ 'ished me to come . I went soon afterwards and found him as
usual in bed . He . appeared much the same , and was perfectly collected . ' I ordered him some pills of calomel and colocynth .. ' I saw . him again on Thursday , and was told his bowels had been relieved , but as far as I could learn there had been no diarrhoea . . I don ' t think his wife asked me if he would recover . I saw him for the last time on Friday , and the next day . when I heard ofhis death I thought it was sudden . I was told of it b y Airs . Beavis ; an inmate of his house , who came to me for
the purpose of having his death registered . —A Juror : Do you mean to say , Air . Lloyd , that you attended him for five days and never asked if ho had taken your medicine ? No ; I concluded that hc h . id taken it by his sending down . —The Coroner :- I believe , Air . Lloyd , your evidence is somewhat contradicted by Air . Herapath , and it may be by some of tho witnesses ; to come ; I therefore wish to know if you can recollect whether you ever heard from the lips ofthe deceased himself that ho was suffering from constipation ofthe bowels ? I do not recollect . —
Air . Barrett , surgeon , confirmed the evidence he gave at the previous examination . He added that his opinion as to the cause of death then given was founded on the report handed to him by Air . Lloyd of the symptoms during life , and certain appearances presented by the deceased after death . There was no doubt a large quantity of feculent matter in the intestines , which appeared to confirm that he had suffered from constipation . He thought it right to say that Air . Herapath had not had the whole of the intestines ; he onl y had the smaller ones , and the greater portion of the feculent matter was found in the larger intestines .- —Tho Coroner : Was there more feculent matter than would have accrued iri twenty-four hours ?—Certainly ;
especially if the man had been fed on tea and gruel . — In answer to the coroner , the witness further said , perhaps they could ¦ not get this larger' intestine , for the rats might have eaten it ; they had got at . the body . —A Juror : There must have been great neglect somewhere then . I should like to know if the body was put into a coffin after the post mortem examination . —The Coroner said ¦ this was not material . '—' - By the Coroner : There was nothing in the post mortem examination whichwas at variance with the deceased having , had diarrhoea . He mi ght have had it a few days previously . —A Juror : What would have prevented all this would have been if-we had . been allowed to choose our own medical attendant ; it would have been a great satisfaction
to the public as well as ourselves , ' if this had been done ; and I hope if it is a privilege that in future it will not be denied to thojury . — -The Coroner : I havo . not the power to allow it to : you . —The Juror : In your opening-to us you stated that you had . —The Coroner : I told you Icpuld allow you one for yourselves , if you were hot- satisfied . — The Juror : We were not satisfied . —The Coroner : You had Air . . Herapath . —The Juror : YesV to make the analysis ; but we wanted to havo Mr . Gore to make tha ' > ipost mortem- examination ; and we should not have had Mr . Herapath for the analysis , ' and
should have been overruled , if we had hot stuck hard and- fast for it . ¦ ( Loud cries of "Hearj hear , " and applause , which was checked by the Court . )—The Coroner : I am quite ready to admit that in this instance you . exercised moro discernment than'I did ; ' ¦ 'I- must say that I did not see all the serious consequences of the case . — -The Juror : Then for the future 'I hope you ' will not endeavour' to . overrule * the jury . —The Coroner : I complied with the unanimous wish of the jury , I must say against niy'own feelings ; and that' ib ' _rII a man could do . —The matter then dropped . The Coroner then adjourned the inquiry . '
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and in no case above 8 s . 6 d ; a fortnight .-The young women on strike expressed their determination , not to return to their work upon the old terms and it was unanimously agreed " that the meeting has neither the desire nor ( he power to compel the workers of Air . David Smith or Messrs . . Alacleroy , Hamilton , and Co . to return to . their work , such a proceeding being contrary to the sp irit of the age , and diametrically opposed to tho often-repeated declarations of . _freo-traders in this city . " The meeting then adjourned . - ; AlELANcnoi / Y _Occurrence at Leith . — -An occurrence of . a very melancholy character , wliich has casta gloom over , tho whole locality , and created great anxiety in several family circles / took place at „ „ ,. _ . _* . _ ., _-,.- _.. .. _« _.-. „ . „„„„„
Leith on Thursday , the 20 th ult . About eleven o ' clock the' sea had receded so far as to leave the ledge of rocks running parallel with South Leith _Sands , i commonly known as"tho Black Rocks , " quite dry and untouched by the water ; and a considerable number of individuals , both old and young ; had assembled , picking muscles ; off the rocks , oh which they are found in great abundance . Thursday being the fast-day both in Edinburgh and Leith , a crowd larger than usual had collected , among which there were several children of both sexes , some of them not ' more than six years old , and ' afew lads from thirteen to fifteen years of age . By noon the ' tide had begun to flow , and had reached so hear the rocks that the older and more
observant thought it prudent to . leave before the waters surrounded them . From this time the numbers on the rocks gradually diminished , hut it appears that a considerable number still remained , ¦ having become so deeply absorbed in the search that they did not Observe the progress of the sea landward . Being stream-tide , the . waters flowed with great rapidity , so rapidly indeed , that at one o ' clock , when the children oh the rocks were observed , the distance between them and the shore was little less than a mile . No sooner was their dangerous situation noticed from the shore , than every measure whichicould be thought of was adopted for their rescue . They were in imminent danger of being sweptoff the rocks , for . thewaters had now covered
almost the highest point , and no time was therefore lost in rowing off boats to the spot , with the view of saving them . In a few minutes three boats were on'their way to wards , the rocks ; but before they . reached the spot three of the little sufferers had been carried off . by . the , tide , while two others still maintained their footing , although they were immersed in water nearly to the heck . - These two were the first rescued , though one of them , named Andrew Dalgleish , at first refused to be taken on board before his brother , who , he said , had gone down"he ' ar him , was picked up . This poor little fellow , however , was never afterwards seen . The other three who were struggling in the water , were taken up by the other boats , one
of them being almost in a , lifeless condition . ; They were immediately conveyed ashore , and taken to the Dispensary , where they , were attended by Dr . Frame and Dr . Henderson . ¦ The other two children who were rescued were also brought to land , and specdilyso far recovered as to be able to walk home . The bodies of five pf the sufferers were found the next morning , after the tide had receded , near the spot where it is supposed they had . been swept from the rocks ; and another boy , whose body has not yet been found , is known , from the testimony of his brother , to have-perished also . As six other children are still missing , there is . but too much reason to fear that they have _peiislied ... The bodies found the day before were taken to South Leith
churchyard , where , they lie till claimed by their parents . The ledge of rocks on which ' the children were collected , extends to _upwards ofa mile in length , and over this space they were scattered , so that it must have been with extreme uncertainty that they could observe how many were in the same dangerous predicament with themselves , especially in the circumstances in which they were placed . But two of the children who were saved allege that there were not fewer than nine or ten along with them , and one of them states that a brother who was with him at the time had gone amissing . Great praise is due , not only-to the medical gentlemen , but also to the various individuals , who so readily
and courageously exerted themselves on the occasion ' , and especially to those who rendered such valuable service in manning the boats for tho rescue of the poor children from , a watery grave , which , but for their services must inevitably have received them . In the evening the waters in the vicinity of the distressing occurrence wore searched with dredging nets , but it was not till the next' morning that any bodies were found . The melancholy event , as may be . supposed , has excited a great sensation , hot only in Leith but in Edinburgh , and has caused an' anxiety the more distressing that the extent of tho calamity ; is as yot unknown . —Edinburgh Witness . ¦ _- .. ' ¦ - .
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_SCTPOSED _POISOXIXG ; SEAR HASTIXGS . — On the S " th ult ., a jury was summoned before Air . X . P . _IclL coroner _forthe ~ rape ' of Hastings , ' at the White Eart Inn , Guestling , near Hastings , to inquire into the circumstances _attondingthe deaths of three persons suspected to have been poisoned . •'• _Thecircumgances of the case are as foUows : —On the 13 th of September- last , a Labouring man , named Richard _tjreermg , aged oG _, living with his ' wife , Alary Ann the
Geering , on Green , at _Guestling _.-after Bngering Some little while , died ,-hut no particular suspicion . ' was entertained at the time , although the . body _. was « baerved to be in a very bad state after-decease On the 2 _Jth of December following , a son named ; Ceorge , aged 21 , living at home , also died ; and on . the 6 th ult ., a second son , . living-at-home , named James ; aged 26 ,. _1-kewisedied . _"Allthreeauffered-& om _Toantings , and were attended "during their illness by Afr . J . I . Pocock . latterly , a third 8 on > of _3 & _out-20 years of age , hamed Benjamin , has been in t > state of ill he . dth ,,. acc-ompauie _^ d ; with unnatural hunger and vbmitings . ::. Afc . Ticehurst , iavingoc-
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Strike op Power-Loom Workers . —A large body ofthe power-loorii workers of Glasgow are now on Btrike . The operatives have made a demand for an _; advance of wages ,, which the employers resist , on ' the ground that' the unsatisfactory-state of ¦ tradej will . not justify them , in acceding ' . to the demand .: Oh _^ Ionday week a'numerous-meeting Of delegates , ! principally women ,, was held in the Lyceum"Rooms ' , Glasgowj for the purpose of receiving reports ' _-as to , the number of mills' which hadbeen closed ; arid also a report from a' committee -previously appointed _^ to ! endeavour to obtain a conference _with'tne erii ploy- ! _ers . '¦' : ¦ The _^^ report of _^ the- comiriittee was to tin _)^ _^ _-effect ! that they had obtained sin interview with four of the
employers , who had stated that commercial _dopres-j ! sion prevented them from acceding to the _deinands'j of their workers- They'declined ' again to treat with the coriimittee ' unle ss they were _authorised-to-initi- ; ! mate that the weavers were ready toretum to their Svork _; The reports of the delegates-showed that sixteen ofthe millowners had agreed tothe terms of the workers—namely , 'a _^ halfpenny a piece upon ; lig ht ; goods ' i and- 'twopence : on the heavier ; that fourteen , had positively declared their _^ determination to resist ' the ' demand ; -- and'that ten or twelve _bthersi would grant what was- ' asked ,-provided the others agreed to do so . In reference to a statement which had _/ apTCared in * the -newspapers , thatthe parties wh 6 ; had ' _left-workv . were ' earnmg ten -. shillings per _weekii it _^ _was-mtated _^ that _iinVmany cases they .. were _unable to njako _' _iubrs Xhm _fty _^ shillings a : _« _Brtmglj _^
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Dublin , _SATonpAY . —The ' Chisis . —The accounts from the southern and western provinces continue to be ofa most deplorable character . In truth , matters are getting from bad to woi _* 3 e . The task of reading the provincial organs , Repeal and- Tory , has really become painful . They are all in the ono story , and set to the same dolorous tune—bankruptcy in the upper and middle classes ; the sons of the gentry squabbling for . situations which the butlers of their progenitors would scarcely deem worthy of acceptance ; Protestant clergymen reduced to the most pitiable state of destitution , the landlords being no longer capable of paying the tithe rentcharge ; Roman Catholic priests shorn of their 'dues . " and flying to the relief lists , their flocks
being either inmates ofthe _poorhouse or tho grave , ov wanderers to other lands , in the hope of gaining that subsistence which is denied them at home . As for the peasantry , it is needless to recapitulate their sufferings for the last three years ; they are patent to the _^ world . And when to all this is added the early prospect of another deficient harvest—for in the west there are already unfavourable symptoms—the picture of Ireland in 1849 is complete . — rimes . '' ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ A correspondent of -the Evening Mail communicates the following , as illustrative ofthe progress of desolation : — " In the once thriving town of Newcastle , in the county of Limerick , during the quarter sessions just ended , there were over 1 , 200 prisoners to be tried , and it occupied the court but three days to try them all . And wh y ? Simply because they all pleaded guilty , in the hope of being
detained in prison ; and two who were discharged | were the next day accused of riot , committed in an attempt to break into gaol . On his former visits the assistant-barrister had comfortable lodgings in the town ; on the present occasion the . oner of a guinea a-night could not procure him a bed , even in a cabin . All , all had fled from a rate exceeding 20 s . in the pound . " * ¦ •• _« - ' ¦¦¦ •• ¦• - ! A Waterford paper thus describes the state . of the town of Carnck-on-Suir •— "'Such is the fri ghtful depression of trade and business in _Cai'rick-on-Suir that between seventy and ei ghty shops have closed in one street only ; they appear at mid _^ day as if the occupants were in bed—a complete wilderness of shutters ! "
' The Cork Examiner , contains , the proceedings of an inquest , held under peculiarly melancholy , circumstances , upon the body of a man who died from maltreatment Jn the ?¦"; Black Hole" of- . Youghal workhouse . The facts of the case are set forth as follows : — " On Friday , the 20 th of April , a weak , tottering , man—or the skeleton of what once might be called a man—staggered into the workhouse of Youghal . Ho was lean and hungry , with the voracity of a wolf . On Friday and Saturday he was supported bythe bountiful , charity of the Poor Law , and , on Sunday morning , instigated by hunger , this wretched being attempted—what ? To commit what : terrible crime ? . Alurder ? :. No , —to steal a morsel of-bread ! . .--This was the sole crime of which
the ; pauper Patrick _Conolly was guilty . Reader , understand this . well ;; _Conolly-. _ivas caught in the act of abstracting an additional . morsel of , bread from a basket , ' nothing more . .: Well ,- for this crime the Draconian punishment was death ! , Itis as true as .. it ; is : hornble ; . His punishment was , deathdeath . , by cold , -, 8 tarvation , jand ; mental torture—a death of lingering : agony . It . is / a . . . . positive / fact , listen : —ho . 1 was taken by one official into , the , presence of another , and then handed over to the custody ; of a third , who ; placed him _. in -what , i without the least stretch of fancy , is rightly called . the Blackhole ; ia den . without : air _orfl ' ight ,. and measuring eight feet by . _six hi Into this hole the starving man was , thrust , his 'miserable meal having been torn
fromhishungryeyes . and . _wolfish . appetite ! . : When : the hour came for the paupers to thank God for porridge , Conolly . ' s prison door ; was : 'thrown ; open , and ' he _v * a 9 led forth to—pray ! . . Maddened with _, huhgerj and nervous . 'h ' orror- _^ -for his . celliadjbined the dead- ' _houses and he had been locked ; up , for , a while in _thei cham ber ' of death ,. whero ; two . . coffins / . _lay- _^ this : yic-j timbf workhouse discipline was . bidden kneel down before ' the altar , and ; ofter , up ; hi . 3 _' . thankS ; and ajdoratiorLto - . the Fatheri of : Lovo ; and Mercy ! \ ] j When he j staggered-up .: from his trem . blingGknees , _; ho _. jvas . ledi hack , again to _histoid , dark , ainess < cel . l _. , to , _tenant it with his raging hunger and unutterable sufferings . ' The day rolled- ; on—the _daji , dedicated by the . Chris- j .: ' - ¦• - - ' aii
" uworm _tOitnoughts . of peace , and lovo , and ; _hoUV ness ; . and . at . two _^ clock death _^ more mercifulS _man-laidats _xohthand on _. the heart-of . ' the vicS pauper .:: Before he ' fellto . _theearthhe _^ Sure ™ ' m broken accents , the touch ing . femonstTanceS _wS _tffinr _' we _^ _nf ' feU _'S P _^/ 6 _? struck _gainst th ? _hartwK \ aS _fffegjfiS _washed fl ° h e ft * _ft _*; A _« X 3 S 7 oh _\ floor . ' * - _" ¥ _^^ _ame was lifted from " the _huilied _x _^ _. _A C , ills _i 6 Stir _^ themselves ; nurses ISSfiS : _S _^ t ' - tlte doctor was sent-for _H-hut S _^^ v _^ _y ° _*^ _dbeen-struokftoohomft 4 ' _^ _w-a 11 _^^' fw . _afewvhours _injroeeohless fwf ??" -- p « WHy _^ fliS pauper _. _vyieldedlupfthe _ghoat ¦ ' _-tomquwtww hvl 4 onrta ' _e-bo < Jy ,: and . thb
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follo _wing was the verdict of the jury : — ¦ iy e _nmi that on Sunday , the 22 nd of April , Patrick Conolly a pauper ifi Youghal workhouse , was confined in a p lace called the Black-hole , ; being at tho same time deprived ofhis rations , and while so confined , being seized with sickness , shortly after died ; and the jury find that said Patrick Conolly came by his death in consequence of being so confined in said Black-hole , and being deprived of his rations ; and the jury wish to put on record their marked condemnation of the Black-hole of the Youghal workhouse . ' The skeleton frame of Conolly the pauper , was submitted to the exploring knife of the surgeon ) who declares on bath ; that ' not a particle of fat could be found beneath the skin or in the abdomen of the miserable man !'" - - ¦ - f t . li ,. _winsr was the verdict of the jury : — ¦ W o fin _. i
The Mayo Telegraph of Wednesday has the following account of the awful condition of that unfortunate county : — " On yesterday the Rev . Mr . Curley _, It . CO ., called at our office with . i sample of the meal delivered to the out-door paupers at Ball yheane , a portion of which he also left with Captain Farren , poor law inspector , and-which he procured at thc relief _depOt of the electoral division , on Monday last . To describe its pernicious properties , or the unwholesome odour arising from it , is beyond our power . On'Monday the rev . gentleman , between the hours of eleven o clock ( noon _^ , and seven o clock ( afternoon ) , administered tho rights ofthe Roman Catholic Church to no less than fifteen human beings—all of whom declared 'they were getting the
: out-door relief , and that the meal was killing them . ' Two anointed on that day ( father and son ) died on yesterday . Two of the Roman Catholic curates of the Deanery of Ballinrobe , hardworking and selfdeny ing Christian clergymen , —the Rev ,-Mr . - Gill , R _. C . C , Kiimain , and the Bey . Air . Robinson , R . C . C ., of Joyce Country—have fallen victims to their unceasing attendance on ; the sick and the dying in those places . ' They were both buried on yesterday , " . The same paper contains the following ;— "We have just learned that keepers have been placed on the Castlebar Union Workhouse , at the suit of George Clendinning , Esq ., late treasurer to tho union , whose claim on that establishment is said to amount to the large sum of £ 600 .
1 Dkclinb of Business in the Law Courts . —The Court of Queen ' s Bench did not sit yesterday for more than half an hour , in consequence of the want of business . There is a general paralysis in all departments of the legal profession—in the Common Law as well as in the Equity Courts .. Tho Exchequer Court is the only one at all well employed . There is a marked diminution in all the others . The Queen ' s Bench has little to , do ; and the Jud ges of tlie Common Fleas are nearly altogether unoccupied . In Chancery there is- much less pressure of causes ; and sales of lands under decrees are now rarely attempted . . i
; The Cholera is Dublin . —The epidemic has at length broken out in this city . The Mercantile Advertiser of yesterday says : — " There have been , during tho last three or four weeks , isolated cases of cholera iri Dublin , but it was not until yesterday that the epidemic could be said to have decidedly appeared in the metropolis . The localities in which it has broken out are chiefly in tho vicinity of Smithfield and Bow-liine , amongst a very destitute class of persons ; but the cases up to this day , at two o clock , were comparatively few . " There were
about thirteen cases amongst the poor from Thursday . evening until Friday morning ; but a respectable residout in Dame-street died of cholera early yesterday morning ,- after a few hours' illness . At a special meeting ofthe guardians of the North-Dublin Union , yesterday , medical officers were appointed , and it was arranged that a building called the Sheriff ' s Prison should be opened for tho reception of cholera patients . In the country districts geneniHy ' cholera is declining , and in Ennis and one or two other places , the cholera hospitals have been closed . ' i _"
. AloNDAv . —The State Prisoners . —The Writs of Error .---We haveJust heard that the 10 th of Jlay is fixed for openiri" the argument in the House of Lords in support 01 the writ of error sued out on behalf of Air . William Smith O'Brien . His counsel on the occasion will be Sir Fitzroy Kelly , Q . C ., and Air . Napier , Q . C . - Sir Colman O'Loghlen will probably be selected to argue the case on the part of Air . AI'AIanus . No writ of error has been issued in the case of Air . Aleagher or of Air . _O'Donohoo . The impression generally prevailed that thc gentlemen who appealed to the House of Lords would be brought to London to bo present at the argument , but that supposition was erroneous . They will remain in Richmond Bridewell pending the disposal of their cases . —Evcninq Freeman .
Evictions . —The Limerick ' Examiner states that eight houses were levelled on Tuesday at _Castleconnel , and fifty persons turned out to swell the crowd of paupers clamouring for relief . Statu of the-West . —A correspondent ofthe Tipperary Free Press writes : — " Gal way , Tuesday Evening , 7 o clock . —I have this moment returned from Connemara , where I liave been _ staying during the past three , weeks , aiid I hasten to lay before your readers a few facts concerning the awful state of that part of our suffering country . It would sicken the hearts of the stoutest to behold the ' sights that I have seen during my sojourn there—the bodies of liumanheingshaTf-buried alongthe road-sides , in the fields , and in the bogs ; the peasants unable
to walk from the effects of sheer starvation ; and a total disappearance of cultivation . You will scarcel y believe it when I tell you that the labourers are willing to hire with persons who would undertake to feed them , sometimes ; demanding 10 s , or 12 s . a year into the bargain , but in _numbei-s of cases they have offered their services for their food and 9 s . or 10 s . a year . You may easily imagine what kind and what quantity they would get in these awful times . As to think of levying taxes for the relief of the astounding calamities of the . people of that part of the county , it is the most absurd idea , for there are no persons there to pay _thhrn ! Alen who , but a few short years ago , were the comfortable owners of half a dozen cows , thirty or forty and of mountain
sheep , a good strip ground to main _, tain them—mon who lived decently , and carried on a continual exchange of one article of food for another , living after their own rude fashion , are now the poorest of God ' s suffering creatures , stalking through the country , hungry , naked , and homeless and wishing for death , as a happy termination of their sufferings . Even the hereditary ' owners of the soil have been stripped of their inheritance solely on account of the enormous taxes which , of course could not be collected ; years of famine have produced in Connemara the most remarkable changes The inhabitants were always hard y and ready to earn their bread by honest means ' ; now they are not hardy , but weak , infirm , disheartened and
dispersed , and instead of being the dwellers i ' n a comparatively-happy soil , they ; are the most afflicted people on the face of the earth . Hourly are thev perishing On the land io which they so firmly adhered ; and nidging by the numbers whom I have seen at the : chapels at _Clifden and Ballinakiln , I should say that there is not more than one-fourth of the people aliye in these , parishes . '' Imagine to _yourself a large country chapel , filled almost to suffocation , with the adjoining yards and ditches covered with people . This is what you mi g ht ; see three or four years ago at a ; country mass . Now a' room twelve or fourteen feet _^ square would ' contain tho congregation at Ballinakiln ' . - After my' return to Galwaylhad _^ occasionto ' go'to Oranmore , a small vill distant four miles
age , and oh my way I met six " ™ f _™* ' - e road ' -f stopped at Oranmore , and ongettingjipnext mornin g I saw a considerable number of persons ,, from a part 0 f the country not so bad off as Connemara , and whom the taxation had not yet destroyed takmg their . departure for Galway there to take shipping for _America I Thus you see our people are . broken down at _^ home _, from XT _*?? _/ _^ sufficient to remove So S ? _mJ 3 _rf-Vfie . ' . suc _^™* _sory-. hasten to get a glimpse of that promised land ; where to be fndustnous is a blessing , and where ; the , people are now finding a-new homo . _" - ' : _ui le -. T ' ; ¦ : " ... ; . . _^ The UmeriekNx aminer . has the following , illustra _^ tion of the warfare between poverty and _property in * _vSr v _M _^ _£ <> it , : county of _( _klwayl - « ' 0 n Wednesday last , a herdsman of'X Martyri _^?_^ _^^ bw _/^^ W she was after
? _h- _- _™ t - ibrou _S ht _> _before ; Mr . _^ _AIartyn , and that gentlemanrwas fully _satisfied- as he got : i > ack his property . However , the steward _arid _& vdsman lockedupthe woman in the stable until the Adrahan police would come and take-her . The police did come ; they opened the _stabje-door , and - found the woman . dead , and the body hanging from a chain . " !* v The . Cholera is spreading-through the western districts , and it appears , unfortunately , that little or nothing has been done in . the way of precautionary arrangements . . In the large and populous town J & _£ _IfWr _ftfi ' ca ltal- "V fact , of , Conriaught-a difficulty has ar isen as to carrying out the Nuisances -Kemoyal _^ Act , because , the . houses , are : not ' num .-, _herodle : Tlus _facUi-anspired at the meeting ofthe town commissioners on Thursda ' v week , when the following communication was read from thc Lord'Lieutenarits— _~ > ; ; - _> >; _ht _* •; t > ' -
; if Gentlemen ,-rl : ami directed by the Lord-Lieutenantto transmit to you a copy ofa report from Colonel . Sir . _Alichael-Creagb , ' relative to the provisions of the act Hand 12 Vict . _^ cap' 123 and the directions arid regulations' issued to you bythe Central Board _of-Health , which , it would appear , have not been . carried . ih to :: effeot . rrl am , - gentlemen , _jW r obedient servant , T .. N ; RE _MNOTONT-Dublin Castle , Apnl 25 . " ,.. ; ,,.. ; ' _^ - ' - ; - ¦ . 'I—' 1 _&™ _^ _honour to report , for the information of the- Right Honourable the Commander of the iorceB , that ' nbrio ' _ofithe troops in this garrison have been . _attackedowithioholera since yesterday . _Thereihamvbeea _i eighty _^ _ases , of cholera in tpe _hospital pi this town since yesterday , out of which thirty-three' nave died-- ' several - dead bodies -have _^ ... oeni _lying . _abdutVthe - rbads near .. this town . _. The _townis icro . wded _. with . _beggars , andthe _authoril . ties : 8 ppea « . ; _^ be _douag _AOtljing for the relief _# _{!«
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 5, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05051849/page/6/
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