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TAB NORTHERN STAR June 12, 1847.
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Tab Northern Star June 12, 1847.
TAB NORTHERN STAR June 12 , 1847 .
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_CDsajDsaib op a Bow-bibbkt Officer . —Before Mr _rrterrter , at the George , Kingston-hill , upon the body 1 Fra Franch Uawe , formerly a well-known B . _* _a- -5 t « et _iiiverjver . who has been residing _- at Kingston upon a _pcnian g » a granted bim for his services for a ereat many _aars _ars nnd who cut his throat on the 24 th of May . hhe dhe _dece- _* _sed lived with his sister , Aaron Howell _, md ond ore of his _grandchildren , in a _cottace at Coorabe _Varr / arren , near Kingston . On the day named ke _ sent ss grs _grand-daughter out , and in her absence inflicted _sssvsivere wound on his throat _, and also cut the joint
' hi * - ' hi * left arm . Owing to some injuries deceased aad rad received in his head in the performance of his _autyjity , he was nt times verv violent , and Dr Cox never _jwsiwsidered bim to be perfectly sine . 'Hie medical _BEnifemleman further stated that although the injury _nflioflictedby tbe deceased u non himself might have _sasttastened his death , he did not consider it was the cctn « tnalcau . _* _-eof his death . —The jury returned a _veriictict that tbe deceased died a natural death , which nan tan accelerated by the infliction of a severe wound ii ' DonjHin _hi 3 neck himself while in a state of temporary
ens-insanity . _Fj Fsxa _RAitaa-AT _Accipest © jf THK _SOOTH'FbsFk-ksjv Railwat . — Before Mr Payne , at St [ rborbomas ' a Hospital , on view of the body of Andrew 3 Jro 3 _rooks , a _= ed thirty - five , a porter in the lerverviceoftbeSouth-Western Railway company . It ( ippippearcd tbat on Friday , June 4 _» h , about noon , I lecaeceased . _whoros engaged at the Farnbsrough staiionion , upon seein <* the passenger down train _approachingjtg . ga _* e the usual signal by ring-in ? the bell , * as the 3 rairain stopped there . It was his duty immediately fei
_; ro _«* o on to the platform , but instead of doing so he _iK-aliraik-rd along the down line near the platform . lie _wasvas knocked down by the buffer ofthe engine , the _oaeaiear wheels of which passed over his left hand , ( _irhirhish was dreadfully mangled , the arm being also t brcbroken . De had also a scalp wound . Deceased was _iinsinstantbr forwarded to London by the first up-train . > . wand conveyed to the above institution , where he died i in in a few hours after his admission . Deceased had i be & een a fortnight in the company ' s service . Verdict '" _i * Accidental death . " '
_Va _iucghrr . — Before Mr Baker , at Schoollbnbon _ s-lane , _Ratcliff , on the bod y of Ann Ford , aged ¦ 4646 yeani . who died on Sunday morning last from the i _eSeffects of injuries received from a man named Henry , J J nes Harrison . Allan Cleland , anrceon , sa'd ho fofonndthe d eceased suffering under inflammation of thibe peritoneum . H <* attended for a week , and she inimprored under his treatment . At tbe end of that thttme she complained that the pain hnd returned over tbthe whole region ofthe abdomen . She got gradually j wiweaker until .-he expired . On a post mortem exami-1
_uaiation , he ascertained tbat the primary cause of { . death _aiwefrotn a rupture of the sail bladder , attrtribnted , from the fact of there being a _disease , to vfWoIence _, and ( he _effasim , tint being the natural _effefect of the _infl-imroation . He had no doubt that dedeath was caused by violence . Harrison came homo _drdrunk on tbe night of tbe 15 th of May , and beat and kkieked her . A quantity of evidence having been {• given , the coroner then summed up , and the jury re fttnrned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against _Henrj J Jones Harrison .
FIRES . _Desihcctiox or Pbbpbbtt axp Supposed Less or ILtfe . —A roost destructive fire , and which , it is suppposed , has been attended witb the loss of life , broke oout in the residence of a person of the name of iAdnm ? , residing at 61 , Theebald ' _s-road . Red _Lionssquare . Before the fire was extinguished , the inte-Trior of the house was reduced to a complete rnin . vwhile . from the rumours , it wonld appear that some tone of the inmates had fallen a prey to the devouring teleraent . The fire was first discovered by policei sergeant Fiycr , 16 E division , who with some of the _< constables were passing tbe honse , and whose _attention was attracted by & strong glare of light in the i shop . This induced them to listen at tbe door , when _.
3 hearing the snapping of wood , instantly they alarmed ithe inmates , and in a few minutes several persons , ! male and female , appeared at the windows in a state of nudity . As soon as they were acquainted with their perilous situation , a rush was made to the door , which in the mean time had been forced open by the police . Tbe fir * , which originated in the shop ( a chandler ' s shop ) from _beinir fed brine fire , lu an instant barst forth with redoubled fury , and but for the coolness of the police several must have perished . Without suffering the inmates to rash npon each other they _causht hold of those in front and dragged them out into the street . In the meanwhile the fire proceeded te run through the house with astounding rapidity , and hjthe time tia engine from the JIolhorn _sta'ion arrived , which , was within ten minutes from the discovery , the flames were to be seen rushing out of every window , and through the roof . In
20 minutes after the first discovery the Chandosstreet , Well-street . Farrin _** dcn-street , Watlingstreet , Coanty , afld We-t of England engines were on the spot ; and , although a plentiful supply of ¦ wafer was obtained , the united efforts of the firemen eould onlj prevent ihe flames from extending to the adjoining houses . How . or by what means , the fire originated , no information could be obtained ; while by-omeofthe neighbours it was stated that a child hadfalfea a victim to the devouring element ; and it was _ato stated tbat neither Mr nor Mrs Adams , the proprietors of the honse , bad been seen . To add to the confusion which invariably attends a fire , the whole ofthe carriage-way was broken op , and thus rendered it difficult for ihe engines to get near the place . A large body of tie police , of the Dand E divisions _, were on the spot , and rendered material aid to the fire brigade and inhabitants .
Tubes _Pehsoss _Iwched . —The greatest consternation prevailed in the vicinity of the Surrey Theatre , Blackfriara-read , in _conseqaepce of an alarming and destructive fire on the premises known as the " Surrey Coal Hole , " for roanv years tbe favourite resort of the members of the theatrical profession on tbat side of the water . At the time abive mentioned 3 fr J . W . Tabernacle , the landlord , witb his family , who were in bed , were alarmed by a suffocating smoke entering their bed-rooms , and such a fearful hold had the flames got of tbe upper part ofthe building by tbat time , that tbey were compelled to make a precipitate retreat by the windows . Mr Tabernacle leaped out atthe side window , near the stage-door of the theatre , whereby he _receivt-da
fracture of the arm and several contusions . Mrs Tabernacle was caught in a sheet by the nei ghbours , bnt was not so much injured as her husband , a ] thou » h most dreadfully Bbaken . 'Ihe female ( servant followed afterwards , and by the fall broke her back-They-were severally taken into the Surrey Coffeehouse , where they promptly received medical assistance . In the meantime the police and others were Bent to the various engine-station ? , and in a few minutes the one from Waterloo-road , and that from _flie _Southwark-bridge-road , attended , followed by the West of England . The whole of the firemen set to work in a most courageous manner , under the jndicions management of Mr Henderson , the foreman of the district , and with aa _abundantsupply of -water , succeeded in confining the flames to the ' house
of Mr ra ' trnacle , bnt not before the latter was totally destroyed , and the contents of the building wholly consumed . During the raging of tbe fire a great number of the actors and various officials _connected with the theatre were to be seen mostactively engaged for tbe best . The roof of the Surrey Theatre is much damaged , but the interior has sustained little or no injury . The Equestrian Tavern , on the other side of the theatre , is much injured by water , & c , bnt all parties we fortunately insured ; Mr Tabernacle in the Licensed _Victuallere ' - office , Mr Harris in the _WestmiBsterandSun-.-ffiecs . Mrs Davidge is likewise insured . The origin of the fire is at present unknown , bnt it is generally supposed to have broken ont in one of the upper rooms . _HISCIIXASEOCS .
AtTBimr io Cmse thb Pubiic Wales is _Holzaxd Pabk .- For some days past much interest has been created throughout the parish of Kensington , byan application made by Loral Holland to the parochial authorities to divert tbe ancient footpath which passes between the lawn and the front of Holland House , and from thence into the high road , on tbe west side of Holland Park . His Lordship proposes to substitute instead a new footpath forty feet wide , eighteen feet of which is to be well gravelled , commencing from the high read ( Great Western ) opposite Earie-street , leading to Earie _' _s Court , on the east _sidc _ of the grand entrance to Holland Honse , and passing under the shade of the avenue of noble trees skirting the carriage drive , and to terminate and form a continuation ofthe public footpath from Hotting Hill , which now divides his Lordship ' s property from the Dowager Countess of Bedford . A
number ofthe inhabitants view the application as an attempt to deprive the public of the enjoyment of one of the beautiful walks round the metropolis , and compelling them instead , in wet weather , to walk under the dripping of the trees in order that Lord Holland may enjoy more privacy ; while his Lordship contends that the alteration will be a public benefit , inasmuch as the proposed near footpath will © pen a direct communication between WtUesden , Kensal Green , _Kensal _2 few Town , and Netting Dill , with the town of Kensington , and Earle ' s Court , Brompton , Chelsea , Fulham . « fcc ., and in order to consider those paints , and also the necessity for his Lordship , should the parish consent to the deviation , to improve the state of tbe upper portion of the footpath by _redoing the height ofthe wooden palings , now fmm six to eight feet high , in order to give a flew of the grounds , a committee has been appointed to confer with Lord Holland ' s surveyor , < fce .
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Many of the cotton mills df Rouen havo ceased working , and it is expected that no fewer than £ 0 , 000 workmen in that city and its neighbourhood are unemployed atthe present time . It is said that the time fixed for the launch of ihe Great Britain is ths 30 th instant or the 1 st of Jnly , . ¦" - ¦ /_• ¦ - The American _PeateSocietyhasoffcrcda _premium tf 300 dollars for the bui « aj oh the Mexican
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¦ WOK OS THIS MOTOR * _HsaMAJESTi _* sT » " _™ E , —The Queen and _Frinci Albert honoured the performanci s wiih their presence oa Saturday evening . TUo _Rojal P S Wtre ac _" coropauied bj tio _Duchesi of Kent , Prince Oscar o Swea _«» , and Prince oi Lean fngen . _Rewabus _roa _McaiT . — The Grand Duke Conctan tine bas visited tbe Mirn
and a gold medal wai struck in bis presence , having on its obverse an ad _mirab ' e likeness of the Em peror Nicholas , and on th reverse tbe date of his Im perial Highness _' s visit . Tut Followisq are bu a few of the doings of thi week : —The Duke of De vonihire ' s / _ct * to the Gram Duke Coastautaae at Chig wick . This fete avas ho noured by the presence o the Grand Duke , the Here
ditary Grand Duke ani Grand Duchess of Saxi Weimar , accompanied _bhis Serene _Highnes * Princi Edward , ber Royal High nest the Duchess of Glou cester _, the Duke and Duch ess of Cambridge , the Here _diaarj Prince of Lncca Prince _Oeorge of Oambridgi the Prince and 1 ' rinceg : _Lxhtenstein , and a swam of the aristocracy . Thi arrival of each ofthe _abovi distinguished personage
was greeted by the perform anee of appropriate airs b , the band of the Royal _Uor-Cuards ( Blue } , which wa stationed on the lawn . A I four o ' clock a superb de I jeuntr was served to tin guests , the whole suite o : rooms on the ground flooi ofthe villa being arranged in the most beautiful style for the accommodation oi _l-ie company . The _displaj of plate was magnificent ; and the very choice flowers
and exotics witb wbich the tables were decorated formed a coup d ' a ' d of the most exquisite character . The apartment filled up expressly in honour of the Emperor of Russia , on the occasion of bis visit three years since , presented pre . _cisely its original appear ance on that day . The Russian standard floated from its summit , and all the gorgeous _paraphernalia
belonging to it was restored for the occasion . Iu this room lunch was served to a select circle , who were in . vited to join the Grand Duke ' s table . GS 4 U » DlHHE * AT _GLOOCEtTtt House . —Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester had a dinner party on Friday , at Glencaster House . _Theeteteof tbe aristocracy were presen t at the sumptuous entertainment .
_GkakoFetzat Hoion . K 2 _SIE House . — The Mar . quit aud March : oae « s of Londonderry gave _ainsjaificent entertainment at Holdernesse House in "ho . noar of his Imperial High . ness ihe Grand Duke Con . stantine of _Ruuia , Tbe entertainment ires prefaced by a banquet , which was graced by the preseace of ail _thedistinguishedforeign princes at present iu town , as well at by tbe leading
members of the aristocracy . The banquet was succeeded by an assembly at which not less than a thousand memben of the fashionable world congregated . The table presented a superb display ofplateand articles of virto , _conspicuous among which were tht superb Sevres vases presented to the Metquia of Londonderry by the Emperor of Austria . The preparations for the fete were on the same scale of
profuse liberality invariably marking the hospitalities dispensed at Holdernesse Hous _* . Where _accessories could add to the beautiful interior they irere to ba found ia prodigal abundance . The vestibule aad grand staircase were lined with the choicest flowering shrubs and exotics , add not a decorative ornament which tbe most refined taste could suggest was wanting iu any part of the
mansion . The entertainment partaking of a military character , tbe fine band ofthe noble marquis's regiment ( Second Life-Guards ) , attendtd . THS DUKE AXD DUCHESS or _Beactokt . —The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort gave a grand dinner parry at Beaufort House _ last night to the Prince and Princess _Lichtenstein .
Thb ArmiAv Exbasst . —His Excellency the Aus . trian Ambassador and the Couatess _DietrichsUin gave a grand banquet last Tuesday _eveaing at Chaidos House , which was honoured with the presence of their Royal Highnesses tbeDuke and Duchess of Cambridge , and a distinguished circle of tbe nobility .
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STARVATIOK III Ibelakd . ) _ -So great has been the number of deaths in this city ( Cork ) since the _com-, meiiccmi-nt of last autumn , - that the cemetery belonging 8 to the Very Rev . Theobald f Maahew has rec < ived the bo-- diet of over 10 . 009 penons , exclusive of those buried - from the workhouse within - that time . _Thecameteryi * , now io completely filled
s that the Uev . Mr _Matht-av bas been compelled , in or-- der to prevent the spread of - contagion anil disease in a tho vicinity , to give - notice to the Health Committee that ha cannot alt low any more burials to s _talse place there , and be . has himself declared that i he will station « _to or three - m _» n at the end of the lane - leading to the cemetery to f see that this' shall' not ba i . _traufgresssd . He avill also
1 bs compelled to have the i whole surface of the burial f ground covered witb _severaa layers of slaked lime and . fresh earth , in order to . guard against danger tothe . neighbourhood from tho - effluvia arising from the , almost putrined ground . b It avill now be necessary fer s the relief committee to prol vide at least two additional b burial-places for the city . —• a Cork Examiner . a MANsioR-Hocst . —Case
- of _Disibess . —T . Cnnningy ham _. a person avho appeared e to be aboHt fifty years of _s age , was brought before the t Lord Mayor upon the . charge of having broken _s 5 pane of glass io a house in f the Poultry . The prisoner's ;• three children were brought I into the justice-room at the ! same aims . f A policeman stated that * he observed the prisoner , ; avho was standing with tbe children near the window
i of Mr _Paterson'u house , dash his foot _through tha glass deliberately , and heard him say when be was asked why be committed such aa outrage , that bis object was to save his children from starvation . The Lord Mayor . —Pri-¦ toner , who and what are i yon ! The prisoner—I am here i without the means of « up-• porting my children . 1 _,
have tried every other way I could think of , but failed , and what to do I did not know . The Lord Major—What position in life do you bold ! The prisoner—I am tho son of a post-commander of the royal navy . Tho Lord Mayor—How long have you been here ! The prisoner—These 7 years . I have three children to support .
The Lord Major — And neither means nor friends ! The prisoner—None at all . _Ihave mitten to the Queen , but ineffectually . The Lord Major—I bave no alternative but to send you to prison if jou do not pay for the glass , and to send your children to the union . The prisoner—I am not in possession of a farthing . My children will not starve in the union .
The prisoner was then committed , and the chil . dren were sent to the union . Tsish _Lakoloboisu , — The Rev . Richard Boyle Townsend , Vicar of Abbystrewry , and whoso exertions on behalf of the Starring ptoplo of Skabbareen have been so creditable , gives the following shocking description of the manner in which the right * of property are vindicated in Ireland . Referring to
Skibbereen , and the fever in that locality , ho says : — " A widotv and cither tavo or three children , at a farm called Higbfield , were in fever in the cabin they had always _oocupied . The _person acting for tbe landlord —middleman or not I am _sare I do not know—but whichever it be , this poor creature , so circumstanced , had her hovel pulled down about her ears to eject her . I believe to drive aavay
disease from the farm ! The jury or juries broke _everything she was possessed ot even to the only basin she had to hold her drink I Driven hence , she thrust herself and her sick ones either into some empty hovel , or into the offices at band of tha _National School , which my informant knew not , for she avas in such misery at her own
son having taken the fever in making a shelter for the poor creature when ejected from this her place of refuge , that she did not well know which it was , but this poor fellaw procured a few sticks , and made acorcriug for the sufferers at the side of a fence on tbe road side , where he found them , and where the poor woman was found dead the next day . "
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BiRKBsnEAD . —The discovery of a most atrocious murder has thrown this place into the greatest excitement . An inquest has been held at the Hock Hotel , on the body of the unfortunate being who perished , and the following facts were disclosed . His name was Ja * ne 3 Frimingham , a quiet young man , aged nineteen ; and it appears on the night of the 24 th ult . he had been participating in the annual festival of some club . Be did not return home , and nothing was beard of bim until Monday morning , when his body was found in the Morpeth Pock , bearing such appearances as to show that he had evidently been murdered . A black silk handkerchief was stuffed in his mouth , the Mt side of his face was lacerated , and the left hand trousers pocket was
turned inside out . The police being apprised of tbe discovery , they were instructed to apprehend a stonemason of the name of Edward Silk , on suspicion of _baing concerned in the death of the unfortunate young man _. he having given very contradictory accounts as to where he left him on tbe preceding evening- It also appears that this party , when he reached his lodging in the night in question , was seen to have blood on his bands and pocket-bandkerchief . Silk was then intoxicated , and on being asked where he had left the deceased , ho replied that he had been drinking with him , and that he left him
at the corner of Bridge-street . He added tbat the deceased had severely cut himself under the eye by falling , and that he ( Silk ) had wiped the blood off his face with Ms pocket-handkerchief . —file Vangban , a surgeon , who examined the body , said that the handkerchief was firmly wedged down the deceased's throat to theextentof ten and a half inches-Suffocation was the cause of death , produced by the handkerchief being stuffed in the throat . Deceased could nol hare placed the handkerchief in the throat himself . —The coroner here intimated that he would adjourn the injury , so as to enable the police to collect more witnesses respecting the murder .
A Deiatji . tj . ko . _Mxoistbat-s . —The town of Ipswich has been thrown into a state of excitement by the sudden departure of a professional man for the _continent , leaving liabilities to the amount of £ 25 , 000 unsettled . These embarrassments are reported to have been caused by railway speculations . A banking firm in the town is said to be a creditor tothe extent of £ 10 , 000 , and a _sharebroker ia London , well known in Ipswich , creditor for a similar sum . The alleged defaulter , who was a magistrate ofthe borough , beyond a very _ lucrative practice , and pos _» seised property , it is said , to the amount of £ -10 , 000 A newspaper , which is published ia New York , is said to be wholly edited by boys .
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_U OBIHUMBKnUSD , Fatal _Accim-NT . _-Anaccident , unfortunately , at-? _JjJji „;? b low of life to one individual and serious K toffiSS occurred at _Messra Hawthorn ; ,, faetorv _Newcastle . X man named James Hammond a Blinder was engaged previous to the accident with otter men in grinding a frame-plate on a grindstone , which was placed in an out-bouse , and had only been nut up that morning- The _arindstonc was driven by an en gine in connection with other machinery , and in order'o increase its speed during the operation , Hammond had put on more steam . After the work wai completed the engine was allowed to go on , thus
giving increased centrifugal force to the grindstone . Tbe men had retired , except Hammond and other two ; be took an adze and was in the act of sharpening it , when the stone flew to pieces with tremendous force , and Hammond , together with the seat he sat upon , was thrown upwards against a crossbeam , and his head avas literally broken to pieces ; he fell down dead . Another piece of the _ stone carried away the roof of the building ; and portions ofthe wood and stone , wbich were driven in all directions , seriously injured » man named Joseph Hedley , breaking his aim and lacerating his leg , and inflicting several _brumes on the third man . The out-houso was nearly destroyed by this accident , giving evidence of the immense force with avhich the stone broke .
_lAxcAsmmj . _DnBADpni , _Expiosion . —Eight Mks _Kislkd . —An explosion of fire-damp has taken place at Gerard's _Bridge Colliery . St Helen ' s , belonging to Messrs Speakman , Caldwell and Co . There wasat the time abmit fifty men employed under tbe ground , and thirteen ponies . Most of them were got out in a few hours , very little injured ; but eight of the number were found dead .. The inquest was h eld at St TIel ' n _' s , _before John Hayes , Esq , Coroner for tho district . The first witness called was Thomas Winn , who said he was _employed as a collier in tho Cowleyhill Mine , when the accident happened . All the persons who were killed worked in the same mine , but in a hieher level to the one in which he was
employed . About five o ' clock in the morning ho west down into the mine , but having a long way to go from the bottom of the shaft it would be six o ' clock before he got to work . It was between seven and eight o ' clock when the explosion took place , there being ; upwards of fifty persons in different parts of the mine at the time . Witness worked in the place where the fire occurred , accompanied by a man named Marsh , who worked a little _higher _upithan himself . Marsh , who was hacking with his pick against the side of the mine , said to witness tbat be thought be was going through , or there was a " bit of a slip , or a shoot . " _Witness said to bim , if that was the case he must put his candle out . They then put both their candles out , and witness said , "Let ' s be going . " Marsh , at the same time , observed , " Ay . Lord , it
bas fired ! " They immediately made their escape _, and sat down in the next opening . They both began to be alarmed , lest they should be suffocated , and witness exclaimed , " Ob , dear me , wo are all done . " He then put his hand to the nviuth of the upper level , and the strong foul air forced it back again . They then bnth got into the bottom , level , and ran down the main road towards the pit mouth , a distance of 400 or 500 yards from where they had been working . Witness kept shouting to the men to put their lights out . He never saw a breath of foul air in the mine before , and could Hot account for it in the present instance . Witness did not ask Marsh to pick through , but said that if he did he must put his light out . After some further evidence , tho Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death , caused by _;* ases arising from the combustion of coal , which was set on fire durifl g an ext-lonion . "
CnKSBIRE Chester Statio . v . —The contract for the erection of the railway station at Chester was let on Monday week to Mr Brassey . The total cost will bo about £ tt 0 , 000 . YORKSHIRE . Thb Mjbfield Murders . —After a protracted examination the following result has transpired . The prisoners iiave been remanded , but in so doing , Mr Ingham said : —Patrick Reid and Michael M'Cabo , youare remanded till this day fortnight ; but I may as well intimate to you that you mar consider yourselves committed to take your trials on this charge . The remand is only to give time for the connecting links of the _evidenoe to be supplied . Itis well to inform you of this , that you may he prepared to act accordingly . The prisoners were removed in custody , _M'Cabe seeminely not much disconcerted—Reid mnchmoreso . Indeed , it was evident that the _teatimonr now adduced had produced : a deep im .
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HBRTFORn « niBE ' FATAt Accidbxi o . v thb _Easthrs _Cousnss Railway . —At the Hertford station ofthe above railway , an engine-driver named Edward Williamson , while _engaged in shunting some carriages upon the rail , endeavoured to pass between two of the carriages . Unfortunately in the attempt he was struck by one of the buffers in the abdomen , and forced against the preceding carriage . The poor fellow was taken up insensible , and every assistance rendered him , but he expired , after lingering three hours in great agony .
S 0 _MBRSET 3 BI _5 S . _Weus ancient city has now resumed its usual tranquillity ; everything is quiet ; and were it not for tbe appearance of here and there a trooper peeping out at tho inns , our recent disturbances weuld be almost forgotten . The worst of it is , we are obliged to live on hot bread . Tho bakers have nowresumeii their labours , but owing to the partial stoppage for a day or two , there is not a stale loaf to be got , and many a poor fellow , we regret to say , has since tbe riot gone to bed _supperkss with money in his pocket , owing to the scarcity of * bread . There is , however , " agond time coming , " and we have not the least doubt that , in the course of a few days , everything will be all right again .
CORNWAIX . Redruth . —The miners of this district , following the example of those in the cast and west of the county , came into this town in numbers , with their wives , exceeding 7 , 000 . The inhabitants became alarmed , the market was suspended , and the shops and public houses were closed , aud business was entirely at _astand-sti'l . Mr StephenDavey , Mr Magor , and other magistrates and influential gentlemen of the neighbourhood , assembled . These gentlemen addressed the men on the folly and impropriety of breaking the peace , at the same time assuring thorn that immediate measures should be adopted for their relief . The men , however , were deaf to the entreaties of _thoBO who addressed them , and proceeded to commit many aets of violence , by seizing moat ,
vegetables , « feo . The disturbance became nt length so great that the special constables were unable to act against the crowd , and the magistrates called on the military , a detachment of the oth Fusiliers and Captain _M'Dongall's company of veterans , which had arrived from Falmouth in tbe morningthe riot act was read , and the mast energetic measures adopted to preserve tho peace . Fortunately no lives were sacrificed , but several of - the magistrates and constables were very reughly - treated , and received some severe bruises , many o ! the mob being armed with bludgeons . Helston . —In consequence of the disturbed state ofthe town durin g the last two market days , a company of the 5 th Fusiliers , consisting of sixty-four men , have landed at _Ilellord , from Plymouth , and are hourly expected to march into this town , where
they are expected to remain for some time , With all the distress and excitement _^ scarcely a rioter belongs to this part , but to mines several miles distant . This town was visited again last week by a great number of miners , and many of the latter entered the corn market in a violent manner , nnd insisted on the farmers selling wheat at 30 s . and barley at 16 s . per bushel , and would not suffer the corn to be removed unless the farmers complied with the proposals , which in many instances they did-Poor , —A large body of miners called on Mr Blarney , a flour factor , and insisted on his Belling flour at 603 . per sack , with which he refused to comply ; they then broke open his stores , and carried away a great quantity of the staff of life .
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Meninvb-Tidvit.—Sbrious Accident Prom Th...
_MEninvB-TiDvit . _—Sbrious Accident prom the _Explosios of Gun _Gottok . —Several parties from London and elsewhere , believing gun cotton eould be made applicable in rock Wasting , had applied to some ofthe iron masters near this place for permission to lest its powers . Accordingly , the trial took place at the lime quarries at _Morlaw Castle . Severalscientific gentlemen connected with the works were invited to be present , amongst whom were W . Needbam Esq . ; Messrs Martins , mineral agents ; Mr Rhys W . Rhys , of Aberdare ; and Messrs Wheeler and Ringer , the gentlemen for whom tho trial was to take place . For tho purpose a hole of about _niuo feet in depth had been bored , and everything being ready a chargo of cotton was inserted therein . From some cause or other not explained the chargo could not be sont far _enrugh , _when an iron rod was employed , the end of
which was as a precaution covered with cotton . Mr Rnys , of Aberdare , took hold o f tha rod to ram it down , Mr Wheeler standing near him , and a workman on the other side , when an explosion _caused either by compression or a spark from the iron rod tookplaco , wounding Mr Rhys in the face so very seriously , that it is greatly feared lib will loso his sifbt . _, 'A _ r Wheeler was also cut on the face , in _tlirea or four places , and the workman seriously hurt . We think where the powers of this combustible ave so little known , and where even the most scientific oliomists arc as yet unacquainted with its probablo strength , persons cannot be too guarded in its application , The recipes for its composifion being now _wellknoatn through the various scientific journals , doubtless many a busy-body will be experimenting with it , forgetting that Schonbeinand other ohemistB have said _thntinrefspoct of readinoBs for explosion , gunpowder is nothing to be compared with it .
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Anutom. Alarming Railway Riot.—Serious D...
anutom . Alarming Railway Riot . —Serious disturbances have taken place , during the last few days amongst the labourers on the Edinburgh and Notlicrn Railway . On Saturday last , being the pay-day on the Gallatown section , some squabbling ensued between the Ilighlandmen and Irishmen , aad two or three broken heads were the consequence . The police , however , by apprehending somo half-dozen of the ringleaders , succeeded in restoring quietness for the night . The prisoners were lodged in the look-up house at Pathhead , and on Tuesday morning last were brought into Cupar , where two of them were _sontenced to 40 days ' , and _twe to 60 days ' , imprisonment each . The case of the others being of a more serious nature is under _inveetigaUon . On Sun .
day morning , it was evident , from the numbers hanging about the streets , that there was considerable risk of a collision between the Highlanders and the Irishmen . The Irishmen turned out to the number of between GO and 70 ; and having sent off a despatch to the Links of Kirkaldy for a reinforcement from their countrymen there , about three o clock a body of no feaver than 500 marched in regular procession , with railing _^ obs , rails , shovels , wA _pota _, _thtoush Kirkaldy , till they joined their comrades , when tbe crowd , of one sort or other , might amount to mora than 1 , 000 . Against these , about 200 Highlanders , come of whom were armed with knives and di .-ka , marched up , but , finding their inferiority of _numbe-s , retreated , and hence no collision took place . For a time the town was completely in the possession ol these armed men .
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Vaminb And Pevab._ The Provincial Papers...
VAMINB AND _PEVaB . _ The provincial papers received this morning , eontain very unfavourable accounts in reference to the public health . In the North and West fever is still on the increase , particularly in the overcrowded workhouses , many of which contain a third more inmates than they were originally intended to accommodate . Cork . —Last week two poor _wjmas were murdered near Mr O'Callaghan ' s . Dunmanus , West Skull , it is supposed for the sake of a few pounds of meal which they were taking home to their families , and their bodies thrown into a lake . There were on Thursday , 2 nd of June , when the last official accounts were made up , 928 cases of fever in the hospitals and other temporary places of accommodation for patients in thecity and suburbs . In addition to this fearful amount of disease , hundreds had been refused admission for want of
room . Amack on a Vessel . —The Wellington , bound for _Westpoi't from America , was plundered of a large quantity of her cargo ( Indian corn meal ) , off tbe entrance of Blacksod Bay . on the 2 d inst . Tho Fearless steamer and the Emerald cutter were both under weigh not far from the plundered vessel at the time Antrim . — The poverty and disease that stalk through the streets of this town have _scarcely ever been equalled during the memory of the oldest inhabitant . In every street , on the footpaths and doorsteps , are to be seen groups of miserable-looking creatures sitting or lying , and apparently suffering from the attacks of hunger and sickness . They stretch themselves in the sun , nnd for hours sleep in tbat exposed condition , and by this means their physical disorders become more confirmed and increased .
Louth . —At a meeting of the poor law guardians of Drogheda , held on Thursday last , the state of the house was reported to be ¦ . —Admitted during the week , 82 ; remaining from last week , 055 ; _discharged , 21 ; died , 15 ; remaining , 698 . In hospital during the week , 87 ; discharged , 19 ; died , 14 ; remaining , 54 . In temporary fever hospital , 2 ? ; discharged , 8 ; died . 1 ; remaining , 18 . In children ' s infirmaries , 7 G ; vaccinated , 0 ; in _innatio wards , 1 . Number of paupers admitted that day , 122 .
_Sugo . —The present state of this town w truly awful ; fever is spreading with tbe rapidity of wildfire , and , as the hot weather has now set in , there is no rational hope of the disease being checked . The Rev . Mr _Thackerberry _, Methodist preacher , died of typhus fever on Thursday morning , and Mr Patrick Dunnigan , a respectable merchant also fell a victim to the same malignant disease during the week . Every street is full of infection , and a man would have a * better chance of escaping with h _' _lB life in a battle than in Sligo at present . Every night from ten to fifteen persons far gone in fever are left by their friends outside the fever hospital , and they are forced to remain in the open air for want of accommodation ! Upon Thursday night last , at the hour of twelve o ' clook , we counted sixty human creatures lying upon the flags in the streets ; we are quite cor . _, vinced that one-third of that number was infected with lever . All of them were sickly and
faminestricken , Six people died on Thursday of typhus fever in a single street in the town . Bblfast . —This town with a population one-third less than that of Cork , it is stated that there are 1 , 000 persons lying ill offerer . The judges have decided upon postponing the circuits until October , in conscquenee ofthe spread of fever . Ennisrjli , eh . —The state of destitution to which this parish is reduced is dreadful . The poorhouse , built to contain 1100 persons , at present accomodates 1 , 326 . In the convalescent ward there are 41 patients—the dimensions of this temporary building aro 18 feet by 21 , and of one storey high . In another thatched house , also but one story high and 39 feet
by 03 , there are 55 human victims lying in fever . In an old _buillding measuring 51 feet by 21 , two stories high , there are 139 patients ; its lofts are notoeiled , nnd consequently afford free access to the smoke of fives underneath .. In a tent formed of blankets there are thirteen patients . We see by the following census , how rapidly famine and disease have done and are doing their work of death . In the month of December , 1845 , there was but one death . ' in January , 1846 , four deaths ; in February , 2 ; in March , 3 ; in April , 2 _; in May , 4 ; in June , 4 ; in _Julv , 3 ; in August , 6 ; in September , 2 ; in October , 11 ; in November , 16 ; in December , 34 deaths . In January , 1847 , there were 71 deaths - , February , 103 ; March , lii ; April , 04 ; May , 173 ; making a total for tho year 1847 , 585 deaths ; or averaging 117 _er-ch month .
Mayo . —In somo of the remote parts of Mayo , particularly in the barony of _Erris _. _discase is committing serious havoc . On Monday , in the townland _, o Inver , in the barony referred to , there were no less than _thirty-two human beings dead-dead of famine —dead of pestilence , produced and propagated by want . _Mosaohan . —On Friday an unfortunate breathed his _la-st in tho Diamond of this town ; he was being conveyed to the poorhouse , and _. had he survived a few minutes longer , ho would have helped to increase the bills of mortality of that cstablismcnt . Cadaverous , emaciated . hideous in filth and _raga , this human being , though an object of pity , was still a greater object of disgust .
BTATB OF THE C 0 USIRT . In almost every barony armed men are to be secnf day and night , traversing the country with impunity , withour fear of detection or recognition by those whose dwellings are beset and plundered of coived by parties to whom thoy apply for information , On Monday men vuththeiv faces _blackeneal appeared property , while tbe police are in most instances Join arms at Brureo , and searched the country from four until six o ' clock in the morning . Tho police were despatched in pursuit , but wero unable to come up with them . In the neighbourhood of Clarina plunder took place to a fearful extent , _starvatien forcing men to thi ? mean 3 of mutilating life . GALavAt . —There are at present CS cases of fever , and 101 cases of alyscntry , in tho Galway workbouse .
_KiLKKxj-y . —During the lost week , from Sunday , the 23 rd ultimo , lo Monday , the 31 st , 159 _pationts in fever , were admitted into the workhouse . Of these , 35 found an asylum thero during Sunday and Monday last . Limerick . —In consequence of the great spread of fever in Limerick ( there being 350 patients in John ' s Hospital , ) the relief committee of the union havo , under tlie fever act , appointed three doctors at 5 s . a day each , to attend at Barrington _' s hospital , a portion of which building , including tho late Montede-Pieto , is now being fitted up for the feception of fever cases , Corofin . —Thomas Blood , Esq ., of Roston , hat died of typhus fever , caught _wliilo in attendance at the relief depot of his district . Mauow . —Mr Richard Barnctt Barry , chairman of the town commissioners of Mallow , died on Saturday night , of typhus fever , in the 32 nd year of his
age
EMIGRATION PROM THK _l'ORT OP COftK TO THE 31 ST MAY , 22 Ships ha _ye left Cork for Canada with 6 . 731 souls . 17 St John ' s . N . B . 1 , 758 ... 2 Halifax , N . S . 337 ... 32 United States 3 , 323 ... Making a total of 12 , 149 souls . The greater part have been agricultural labourers and small farmers . Thus is . the strength being drained out of the country .
Frauds on _Rbi-ibf Fukds . —A circular has been issued from the relief-cilice to the several inspecting olficers which indicates the csistenco of _shamoful frauds . The relief commissioners state that various abuses exist , " some involving a moat unjustifiable expenditure ofthe relief fund , amounting to fraud ;" and others to " an abstraction of the food provided as the resource of families that are entirely _ilcstifutc . " The inspectors are recommended to endeavour to fix the culpability on individuals , that they may be punished or _expossd _. to preveut an opinion gaining ground that such practices acquire an impunity from being common in tho country ,
Frightful Collision On The London And No...
FRIGHTFUL COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . SEVEN LIVES LOST AND SEVERAL PASSENGERS
_INJDBED . ¦ _ . , . _„ _WoLvuiiTON _, Sunday . L _*« tnight ( Saturday ! _oneof the most alarming and fatal occurrences which has ever occurred oh any railway took place within a short distance of the Wolverton station ofthe London and North-Western Railway . The down mail-train for Liverpool consisting of nineteen _carriages , of various descriptions , started at its _appointed time , a quarter before nine o ' clock last evening ( Saturday ) , from the Eostonsquare terminus , and avas due at Wolverton at fifteen minutes before eleven . The train was heard approaching the Wolverton station at its proper time , and was properly signaled by police constable _Fossey , who was stationed at the bridge between six nnd _i-evnn hundred yards on the London side of the station . The signal indicating that all was right for the train to enter the station was hoisted at the
bitter place , but to the astonishment of the officers at the station , the train turned off into a siding , instead of coming onward down the main line , and in an instant after a fearful crash was beard . On the superintendent of the Wolverton station reaching the ¦ pot , a shocking scene presented itself . The mail train had entered the siding commencing near the bridge , usually appropriated to coal and merchandise waggon ? , and had come into _collision with five or six waggons , laden with coal , Btanding tbereon . The fifth and sixth carriages of the mail train were literally smashed to pieces and strewed about the line , together with the pasengers they had contained , whilst the engine -ind tender , and all the carriages in front of them , which consisted ofthe Liverpool and Manchester parcel vans and two second class carriages _, were , with the exception that the engine had its _biffers and plank somewhat broken , comparatively uninjured .
The consternation occasioned by the collision was frightful in the extreme , Borne of the passengers were observed rushing from the broken carriages with blond streaming from their faces , while the groans of those unfortunate individuals who were unable , from tho si-vere injuries they had sustained , to extricate themselves from the fragments by which they were surrounded , were truly appalling . As soon as the consternation created by the first shock had somewhat subsided , all the energies ofthe company ' s officers and the more fortunate ofthe passengers were directed to the assistance ofthe sufferers , and body after budy apparently in a lifeless condition was removed from tha line to one ofthe anterooms ofthe Wolverton station , where they were at once seen by
Mr Rogers , surgeon of Wolverton , in the employ of the company , and by two other medical gentlemen , who happened to be in the train at the time of the oollision . We regret to state that no less a number than seven persons who were in the sixth second class carriage were found either in a dead or dying condition , _scarcely half an hour having elapsed from the time of the occurrence before they had all ceased to exist . The most singular circumstance , however , connected with the deaths of these unfortunate persons is the appearance of . their bodies fo unusual in _casesof railway collision . With thcexeeption of a tew slight scratches and bruises , none of tbe bodies ( which are those of seven male persons of various
ages ) exhibit crushing of bones and other marks of violence . Scarcely any blood is to be seen about them , and they are all believed to have died from the same cause , namely , concussion of tbe brain , resulting from the suddenness and violence of the shock . Amongst the passengers injure' ! is a gentleman named Turner ,, residing in Staffordshire , who received several severe cuts about the head and face , but who was yesterday reported to be going on favourably . Another gentleman bad one or two of his ribs fractured , and six or seven others are stated to be ro _<> re or less injured , but were enabled to proceed to their destinations as soon as the train was got ready to forward them , after having received proper medical attention .
As soon as possible after the sufferers had been attended to , and the broken carriages removed from the main line , an investigation was made into the circumstances which had led to so frightful and fatal a calamity , and from what has transpired it is much to be feared that it has rather resulted from design than accident . At the Wolverton station the peints are always kept straight with the main line , and they require to be altered to allow a train to enter the siding . It appears that the constable , Fossey , after having given the signal for the arrival of the mail train , ran from the bridge where he was stationed to the points of the siding , about forty or fifty yards , and held them back , so that the mail train passed on to the siding instead of passing onward down the main line . This was not discovered by the engine-driver until he had passed the points a considerable distance , when , seeing the danger , he
instantly applied the breaks , turned off his steam , and reversed his engine , and then both he and the fireman jumped off on to the embankment , and thus , in all probability , saved their lives . Tho train was at this moment going , it is stated , at a rate not exceeding ten miles an hour . On the constable Fossey being interrogated as to the causes which had led him , after signalising the arrival of the mail train , to run down the line for the purpose of turning it on to the siding , the only explanation which he afforded was , that he afterwards thought it was not the mail train , but a luggage train , and he did so for the purpose of securing its safety . This statement , however , being very much doubted , the man having been employed by the company at his present duty six months , the superintendent of the Wolverton station felt it his duty immediately ta give him into custody .
Immediately after the mail trsin , which avas detained nearly two hours , had been despatched on its journey , a special engine was started off to London witb the melancholy news to the directors and other officials connected with the railway ; and Captain _Iluish ( the general manager of the line ) , Mr _Bruyeres ( the superintendent ) , and Mr Creed ( the secretary ) , and some of the directors , arrived at Wolverton this morning by the mail train , for the purpose of pursuing an investigation axd ascertaining who were tho sufferers . This was found extremely difficult , but from cards and other evidence discovered on the persons of the deceased parties , their names are supposed to be as follows : —J . B . Rattczay . belonging to an iron foundry at Dundee ; Miller , secretary of a London Ragged School ; James Clifton , supposed to be from Coventry ; T . Makinson , a collegian of Cambridge ; T . Shenattand Cooper , not known where belonging to ; the seventh is the
body of a respectably attired young man , but who had nothing upon him to lead to identity . All tbe deceased persons are attired in the most respectable manner . The inquest was opened on Monday at 12 o ' clock , by the coroner , in due form , at the Reading Rooms , Wolverton . The coroner addressed tho jury on the responsibilities which attached to the inquiry on whioh they were about to enter , and the jury then proceeded to view the bodies , the scene of the accident , and the broken carriage . On their return , the _caronersuggcsted . that the inquest should beadjourned to a future day , to give time for the collection of evidence , and to enable the Burgeons to examine the bodies . After a desultory conversation , it was finally decided tbatthe inquest should be adjourned . The following official report ol tbe occurrence has been furnished by Captain iluish , the general _in-mager of the line - . —
" official report . "It appears that the 8 . 45 p . m . down mail train , on Saturday , the 5 th of June , le f t London at its usual time , and passed safely till within sight of the Wolverton station . At tho bridge , avhich is distant from the entranco to the station about 600 yards , a siding commences into which coal and merchandise trains are passed . The train arrived precisely at its proper time ; the steam was shut off before reaching the bridge , and tho guards were at their post . The policemau at the _brialge gave the usual signal of the arrival of the mail , and the _signal was acknowledged and repeated from the station , At this time the points were right , and everything in proper order for the entrance ofthe train into the station .
" From some cause yet te be explained , the signal man appears to have gone to the points , a distance of forty or fifty paces , and to have turned the train into the siding . On finding himself off the mail line , and going into a siding usually full of goods , the engine man reversed his engine and _avorkealthe wheels backwards . The break of tho tender , which lock all the six wheels , was applied , and the _guards used their breaks . Tbe train , which was composed of nineteen carriagos of various kinds , after running a considerable distance into the siding , struck a waggon of coal , which with four or five others were standing there . The engineman and fireman were unhurt , and the buffer plank of tbe engine only was damaged . The leading carriage was the Liverpool parcel van , and the second the Manchester parcel
van ; both arc uninjured . Tho next was a secondclass carriage , also uninjured , nnd the passengers _llll * hurt . Following this _ayas a second-class carriage J tbe fifth from , the engine was a _sccond-ciaSS alBO _, This carriago appears to have been lightly loaded , and from the momentum of the train and reaction of the buffers of the _leadins _carriages , it waa lifted up on its end . The next carriage was a secondclass also , being the aixth from tlie engine , and on this the lamentable effeots of the concussion was felt in thedcath of aoven male person ? . The carriage was found undor the one which avas lifted up , and the injuries appear to have resulted eutitely from the iron work of the under framing . The carriage itself is broken to pieces , mid _altuoujU the leading canives show marks of the collision , with the exception V * parcel vans , the whole mischief appears to have failon on the fourth and fifth carriages . "
" It would bo improper to anticipate the evidence before it is ollioia _' . ly given ; but from all wc can learn the accident arises entirel y and solely horn the pointman turning Ihe train off the main line . It is not an act of omission of duty , because the points are always right for tho main line , and require holding back to enable a train to enter the siding . Tbe . man _jg in custody .
Small Farms And Spade Husbandry (From Pa...
SMALL FARMS AND SPADE HUSBANDRY ( From Part XVII . of the People ' s Journal . ) Saxmundham _, April 18 , 1847 .-Sir , _~ T feel great pleasure in forwarding you the _promiaei- ' itement from Mr John Sillett of _Kelaall , showing the method he pursues in cultivating his two acres of land . It _» necessary , for the guidance of thoBe who adopt hia method , to state that he keeps his cows ( which arc very , productive ) housed till the year , and bedded oa sand , with a drain to carry the moisture away into a tank which is outside the cow-house . The moisture from the hogs is also conveyed by a drain into the sarao reservoir . The liquid thus obtained is used for manure , which he has found of infinite service ia producing unprecedented crops . I might further state that the land is manured every crop , and dug with a three pronged fork 13 inches in length .
Mr Sillett has divided his land into four portions , three ef 60 rods , and one of 120 , which is grass , re . serving 20 rods for beds for raising plants for _tran-B planting , and has given a statement ofthe produce of each , which are as follows : — No . 1 . Was planted in October with spring _cabbage in rows two feet apart , and one foot three inches from _, each other ; between each row of cabbages he dibbled a double row of wheat . In February he planted between each cabbage early potatoes . Tho cabbar *_ _j came off about the middle of May , and the potatoes in June , He then prepared the land for swede turnips ; wbich he had raised upon beds ; he trans _, planted the turnips the latter end of June the satna distance from each other as the cabbages stood , which
gave them a sufficient quantity of air t 9 grow until the wheat came off , which was tho beginning of August . The turnips had then all the air that was necessary to bring them to maturity , and ; n the October following they were as large as the turnips grown in tbe ordinary way . The following is the produce : ~ 19 bushels wheat , 7 , 900 cabbages , 7 , 900 turnips , 90 bushels potatoes . No . 2 . Wasappropriated to the growth of beet . I » April the seed was dibbled in ridges two feet apart , and a foot from each other ; by this method the beet became very fine , and were admired by all who saw them for their size and quality ,- the quantity thut
grown amounted to 720 bushels , which was followed by a crop of spring tares , which are now growing for food tor the cows . No . 2 . Was ' planted with drumhead cabbages io rows three feet apart , and two feet from each other , and between each rowof cabbages was dibbled a double row of beans and peas . The cabbages amounted to 3 , 000 , and _weighed on an average 18 lbs . The beans and peas produced 12 bushels : No . 4 . Grass manured with liquid manure ; 40 rods were cut green for cattle , and the residue produced 2 tons of hay , which is at the rate of 4 tons per acre . If we take the produce at a low calculation , supposing all to bave been sold ( whieh was not the case ) , it would have realised the following sums : —
No . l . " £ a . a 19 bushels of wheat at 9 s per bushel ... 8 11 0 7 , 000 cabbnges at 0 _ d each ... ... 16 9 2 7 , 900 turnips , allowing SO to the bushel , which would make 158 bushels , at 6 d perbnsbel 319 0 SObusbels of potatoes , _atisperbasbel ... 18 0 * No . 2 . 720 bushels of beet , at 6 ( 1 per bushel ... 18 0 0 No . 3 . { , 000 cabbnges , at Id each 12 10 0 12 bushels of beans and peas , at 4 s per bushel - . ... 2 8 0 No . * . 3 tone of hay ( allowing the grass cut to produce the same on average as that cut for hay ) , at £ 5 per ton ... ... 15 0 0
£ 95 17 5 I am supposing everything to have been sold , excepting _thespring tares , but as they are not produced within the year I have omitted to give an item of their value . In this calculation I have not set the produce at its real value , as it is not . my wish to overrate the _advantages to be derived by the spade over the _ploaagh . The statements here given are simply facts as to the produce , and their value if sold atthe price stated ; and as I have shown in my former letter the profit realised by Mr Sillett from two cowb , I shall leave others to make their calculations as to the probable
advantages to be derived by the system of cow keeping over the one I have stated ; suffice it to say that the statements here given can be borne o _» t by Mr Sillett , wbo states that before be commenced he did not _eTen know the various seeds , and now that he has made himself acquainted with the system , and has thus far been successful , he feels fully confident he shall be able to make his land produce by spade cultivation double what it bas done . This , therefore , is further evidence , tending materially to prove that the land is capable of maintaining in comfort all those that are willing to bestow that labour and attention that is required for the proper development of the capabilities of the soil . Yours truly , Thos . Nbwmax .
Vabej Ve Itljc Dutttrhiialiuukw Tttuliik...
VABEj VE _ItljC _DUtttrHiiALIUUKW _tttUliiKa . GREAT PUBLIO MEETING . A public meeting of the citizens of Glasgow was held on Friday evening , 4 th June , in Nelson-street Chapel , to consider the case ofthe above unfortunate men , whom our readers will now recollect were lately sentenced to transportation and imprisonment in terms of their indictments . Mr James _Clarkson * was unanimously called to the chair , and commenced the proceedings by requesting the secretary , Mr John Wilson , to read sueh part of the correspondence ns ho thought most important , and necessary to give the meeting an idea of the committee ' s _proceedings . Mr Wilson had written to Rear-Admiral Duff , and Mr Waters , the Free Church minister ; and after three weeks had elapsed
without receiving . in answer from either , a communication was sent to the Northern Star , which the editor kindly inserted , and it had the desired effect of putting the committee in communication with the parties really interested , and disposed to assist them in the- case . In reference to Mr Waters , he mentioned that that gentleman had actually written an answer to their letter , but it was forwarded to the care of Dr Buchanan , of Glisgow , and the latter suffered it to lie by him without _communicating with the committee , or taking any other steps in the matter . Mr John Wilson also read several letters from the parents of the fishermen themselvesand also
docu-, ments proving that at the time the riot took place there was not a pound of meal on sale in the village of Burghead . and that the constables were _chfefly to blame , inasmuch an they commenced the attack by striking and severely injuring a defenceless woman . These facts avere certified by an immense number of testimonials from neutral parties , particularly in reference to there being no meal to be had for money in the place at the time . Mr James Aimxh said he did not intend to detain the meeting by making a long speech ; in fact , the resolution he was about to propose did not need such au auxiliary . It was as follows : —
That the great aim and object of criminal jurisprudence in every enlightened nation ought to bo tbe protection of life , liberty , and property , as also the reformation of _offomJevs , by instructing them in tho true principles ot human dignity , and not , as is too often the case in our country , to terrify them into obedienco by the infliction of corporeal punisbmeut . Mr Adams illustrated the above resolution by a few able remarks . The resolution was seconded by Mr Andrew _IIarlkv .. and unanimously adopted , W . S . Buowx moved the second resolution , as follows : —
That thU meeting is of opinion , that the sentence passed on Sutherland , Main , Young , Davidson , and Volconer , even _graniing them guilty , is by far too severe , and not founded , on those sound principles of criminal jurisprudence winch ouglit to characterise the administration of civil law in the nineteenth century _. He said before alluding to tho resolution he should like to unburden his mind a little in reference to the apathy displayed by certain parties in the case ofthe unfortunate men under consideration . The documents Mr Wilson had read to them showed that three of the prisoners avcro members of the " Free " Church , and it appeared a very strange thing to him that none of the ministers of that church were present to taken part in the proceedings . They had heard , too , that a letter had been sent to Dr
Buchanan , dated 7 ih of April , and which had only reached the committee two or three days ago . He should make nn comment on these strange facts , only he hoped the prisoners and their parents would have their eyes opened as to who were- their real friends . In reference to the resolution he thought there could not be two opinions about the extreme severity of the sentence . It must have struck every one present that laws made tu protect property aceumnlaud , but bore no proportion ill _sevei'Hy W _tllOSB for the protection of liberty or even life . We must have this proportion reversed , before wc can expect things to move smoothly on . The present system is somewhat like trying to run a carriage built for the broad on tho narrow guage . One set or other of the wheels must always be c-ffthe rails , and the _passongers get at lea < t dreadfull y joltei . _' , if worse does not happen to thera .
Mr Goodwin seconded the resolution , aud it was agreed to by acclamation . Mr Don ami _l- _' Kucuios _proposed tha third resolution : — That this meeting word tlieir belief that the true way to previ nt thu _recurrence of such misdemeanors as those for which these _uiifortunarc men are _sullering is the restoration of _lliii _focIiiI and political rights of the _people , ns founded on the immutable laavs of nature _. After n feav remarks this resolution w < _is seconded by a gentleman in I Its body of the meeting , and unanimously adopted . Mr Wilson then read a Memorial to Her Majesty , praying for a . tree pardon , or at least a _mitigation of sentence , whieh after a few verbal alterations waa adopted , and ordered to lie signed by the chairman , in the name of the meeting , and transmitted .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_12061847/page/6/
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