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IKQTJE & IS . . Detbehked S l ? Db T _. _iccnos . —Before _MrMill- _* , deputy-coroner , in tne Middlesex __ Hospital , on Henrv _Lamount , aged forty-fire , a faithful servant . _whc bad lived as porter _twenty-thno years with Mr _Solomons , glass-dealer , Poland-street . The de-CQ _* tsed had the misfortune to be married to a woman who rather in dulged ia drink , and who died on Thursday . After her death deceased went to a drawer in his room where hs expected to find ; £ 14 and his watch ; both were gone . Ha then rushed frantically from his lodgings , in Broad-street , to Mr Solomons , exclaiming ' I am a ruined man ! I will
never recover it ; I will be compelled to apply to the parish to bury my wife . ' Mr Solomons in vain endeavoured to _soot' . e the poor fellow . After ? ome time he leH his master ' s house , nnd bavins : _houaht _half-apirtofvitroldrankit off in the street . Ho was remo ved inthe greatest agony to the hospital , where death quickly terminated his sufferings . —Mr Solo mors j who was affected to tears while he gave evidf nee , deposed that deceased could not be surpassed for honesty , sobriety , industry , and attention to his employer ' s interest . He ( Mr Solomons ) was certain that he never conld get such another servant . Verdict , ' Insanity . '
Thb _Lats Fatal Accident at the Eustoj ' - _-sqtjahe _TuEjnxrjs of the _Nokth-We-jtekn' Rail _, way . —Before the same gentleman , at . the University College Hospital , on the body of John Shea , _aped forty-seven , lal > ourer , whose death was caused by the fall of a wall in front of a waiting mora , in process of erection , at the above-named terminus . —Charlotte Glass , nurse to the hospital , proved the death on _Fridiy morning last , and _snid that when he was admitted , he could talk inte'li _^ ibly , and blamed no on ? fer _? rhat had happened . —Mr Park , _house-snrseon _, laid the immediate cause of death was injury to the lung * which were penetrated by the ribs driven in _upont'iem—J . Hickmar > , E . Scanhn ( one of the men injured ) , and James Stevenson , foreman of the bricklayers , all in the employ of Messrs Cubitt . engaged by "Mr _Hardwick , the _architect to the Railway Company , to construct the building , were examined at great length . None of them could account for the fall of the wall and the pillars on which it stood , and
they said tbat the very best materials were Hsrd , and the best werkmen employed . They attributed b ' am ? to no one , and said they shou'd pot be afraid to work again at a building reconstructed as before . —Thomas Butierick , general foreman of the works , said his instructions were to use the best materials , and the very best workmen , snd he had _doco so . He _examined the works seven times a day , and had neverapprehended any danger . He did not know the _eaur-e of the accident , nor did Mr Cnbitt . who bad examined the ruins with him . — Mr _Christopher-Bavin , clerk of the works to Mr nardwick the com- j pany ' s architect , > aid that Mr Ilardwick ' s directions had been carried out by Mr Cubitt , and that the former had never made the slightest complaint of the way the works were being carried on . He had not the slightest knowledge ot how the fall took place , and should have no fear of recommencing the work as before . Verdict , ' Thatdeceased died of injuries caused by the fall of the wall , but what caused that fall there was no evidenee _te-show . '
Aged Female Burst to Dkath . —In St Bartholomew ' s Hospital , oa the body of Martha Watts , a _& ed sixty-five , of 48 , Whitehorea-yard , _Aldersgategtreet ; an imbecile , who accidently set fire to her clothes , and was barnt to a cinder . Verdict— ' Accidental death . * Death : j ? 2 Ck Sri . aw . HOs . —At the _Green Man , Cambridge-road , on the body of Robert Page , _aged fifty-five , an eccentric , who died of starvation . Verdict— 'Natural destb , accelerated by want , caused by bis own neglect in not applying for relief . '
FIRES . _Dasger of _LtjCitss Matches . —A number of children , who had been left in a room at No . 29 , Marlborough-street , St James ' s , commenced playing with some lucifer matches , which becoming i <* ciiH . the flames : speedily communicated vrU ' _- > thebed asd : ur : i _* tnre . The or ; _seq : 'eiK' _: ~ as that ths _t _^' _idi-es b : ¦ - case s ; _jrrci-r _. « . ; c : 5 with S . j rne 3 . _Thc-ir cries _hruiig '? . as- - lstaf . ee . ar > _0 they - : v : e happij ; fecurcd . Tbe _engirt 3 from K _- : i :-sUt . _> T , . ¦ _-.. ' _V : _dert-:--y " : _ire , quick ';*"' i _tf . _itfeci . and the _are-. _i ; n _^ st , th .- fir ** " _,-nntij coj « aer & s ' e ! B | i : r 7 '
A M : 5 Gl ' : KVO .-: ' __ _^ _, d at _N-. \ ( , _Frjcee _1- -. .. _^ _co-a-rec _, Load-on-road . It _tt" ' .. can spark flying out of tis ' .-re , Xtikh - ... quantity cf _--cirir . _^ spparel : _^ a h [ _. T . _t . Tha _ru-e vrs * speedily _exiisguifhed . Boxd T _.-iiBsns . —At No . U . Fciter-l _& ae . Ths seat of tbe farnace attached to Fatter-lane Chapel was ' . he _v- anss of I ' m 5 re .--Another fire broke out 3 t _IsV : ' jr . _T . Si' _Mr . ry Axe . The cause was similar to tae last ; the heat of the furnace connected with the adjoining baths fiied _theoond timbers in aback eonnting-honse .
_lucEKniAHisM . —A fire , supposed to be the work of an incendiary , broke out upon the premises occupied by Mr P . Mills , a cabinet-maker . Ne . 41 , Tofctenham-ecurt-road- When discovered , the contonts of thejworkahops on tha ground floor and the workshop en the story above were en fire . Fire escapes and numerous engines of tke London Brigade attended , but the flames were not extinguished until considerable damage was done . Bcrkisg op a Waddiks _FiCMnr . —A fire broke out on the premises of Mr Springer , wadding manufacturer , 13 . Spieer . street , Spita ! 5 elds , which was not extinguished before the stove-room w _* 3 burned out , the _dryins-room gutted , tbe roof burned off , and considerable damage done to the adjoining storerooms and warehouse . Unfortunately , Mr Springer was not insured .
Firs is St Saviooe ' _s Chokc _*! . —Bursisg op Dead Bodies . —On Tuesday morning , about a quarter beferenine o'clock , the utmost exeitement was created in the immediate vicinity of London-bridge , by the circulation of a report that St Saviour ' s church was on fire . The report was strengthened by smoke issuing _through , the windows of the church and 'Ladye chapel . ' Mr Superintendent Evans and Inspector Cowlen ef ihe M division , with a poweiful body of police , immediately hastened to the spot , and at once cleared a space for the firemen and engines . In a very brief period the engines of the London Brigade , to the number of seven or eight , and that of the West of England Company , arrived . The doors having been forced , the firemen were unable for some time to find out the exact seat oi the
fire , on _account of the dense _suffocating smoke . The patent smoke-proof jacket having been placed upon one of the firemen ,-an engine was employed to pump fresh air into the dress , and by that means the spot where the flames were raging was found out . Whilst the person was examining the floor of the church , he perceived a body of smoke pouring forth from tbe entrance to the vaults used for burying the dead . Forthwith orders were given te have the vault opened , and the hose of the engines carried to the spot . The moment the door of the vault wa 3 takes up , the _efiluvium that arose nearly knocked the men down . Nothing daunted , they kept to their post , _smd wita the aid ofthe fire-proof dress , the firemen were enabled to descend into tbe vault , and aftercongiderable trouble the flames were extinguished
• when a scene presented itself of a most horrible nature : a number of coffins in the vault were found to be so extensively bnrned , that the bodies had fallen out , and were exposed to view ; some had their heads burned off , others had their entrails _completely destroyed , whilst others were so charred , that it would be impossible to identify them . The parochial authorities were instantlyEent for , end orders were at once given to have the remains placed in naw coffins . Respecting the origin of the disaster , nothing is precisely known , but from the fact of a body having been interred in tbe same vault the previous after " noon , it is generally believed that a spark from a lighted candle during the funeral might have fallen amongst the coffins , and henoe the calamity . The damage done by fire and smoke is very extensive .
_KKCELLA 5 E 0 D _3 . Lite _Sihikgb as Rohikce . —One of those extra _, ordinary events which now and then occur , as if to exemplify the adage of truth being Btranger _thanjfiction , has this week taken place at Gravesend , the facts , as communicated to us by a private correspondent , being as follows : —On Monday , an old * man-ofwar ' s _rnaD , ' the boatswain of a yacht belonging to a gentleman who was about to sail for the Mediterranean _, having obtained a brief leave of absence went apto London , inoneof the steamers which ply to and fro , for the purpose of _traagacting some private business . In the boat he met with a young man , a ser-Tant to one of the officers at Tilbury-Fort , whom he had never seen before , but he did not then take much notice of his fellow-passenger . Upon returning the
next day , however , he found tke same man on board , and 'Jack'having scraped acquaintance , they entered into conversation . The officer ' s servant soon became exceedingly oommunieative , observing amongst other matters , that he was to : start ; for China in ten days , arid , tbat he had been to town to sea ahwyer respecting soma _prop-sty to -shich he lettered he *? as heir ; but npon referring ; _ta the wi 1 it had i ) een _discovered that he was only to _inherits lie property in the evep . t _ of an uncle , sunnosed to 3 ? _'tosr _-i som ' " _feari _naoe , ' - _^ _oi , vr—ing r -ware n iaim . Tr name ra u d . _Gi : ? _ificl , nga iiaqed 'he > f- it eh- -r _# l , Zhy , eattnt ; , I h- e _isard ii _; kr _. ; _r tha- name ell ; ' ilutur _r-xpla . _-.-iotis .-. okpi ? e ,. wh-nitt : _nedo . t _thst he bo ; _r-. _wain _--as _' the very _n-isslnf- _ncle . . MidWi '' _i-iw . v _.. ¦ .
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YORKSHIRE . York . _—Tna Execution' op Rhid , the _MinpiEtfi Murdkrbr . —Patrick Reid , the man wha was convicted of having murdered Mr 8 nd Mra Wraith , and thoir servant , Caroline Ellis , at _MirfielJ , was executed en Saturday morning last at York . The facts of this atrocious murder have already been minutel y laid before the public , and it is , therefore , unneces . sary to repeat them . Since his condemnation Reid has _beon frequently visited by his friend ? . Ho leaves a falher , a mother , a brother , and a wife and infant child ; for the latter _ka has expressed much concern . Id is satisfactory to know that he had complied with the exhortation of tbe learned jut _' _se
who tried him , in laying aside a'l hope 3 of a continuance in thi 3 world , and in endeavouring to make his peace with and obtain that pardon from the Almighty which the law of tbis land could not grant under the fearfully deliberate circumstance of his _enpe . Being a Raman Catholic , he has been regularly attended since his coaviction by the ministers of his church . The interest which the execution of this man has caused throughout the _neighbourhood waa very excessive , and many thousand persona arrived in the city to witness the execution . It is supposed that no les 3 than thirty or forty thousand individuals were present on the oecasion . When the clock was at the point of twelve the prisoner was brought upon the scaffald , attended by the _Rer . J . Render , and followed by the Under-sheriffthe
Go-, vernor of the Castle ( John 'Noble , Esq ) _, and the other officials . Halberdiers were placed to guard the scaffold , as were alse the officers of the sheriff . The prisoner walked with the utrarst firmness and composure on the scaffold ; and having knelt down , he engaged in prayer with the minister of religion by whom he was attended . . At the conclusion of the service , he rose without assistance , and crossed himself upon the breast . He then turned round , and said to those immediately around him , ' Well , gentlemen , I wish to say that I alone am the guilty person ; tbat M'Cabe is entirely innocest , and that no human being in the world had anvthinsr to do
with it but myself . ' He then resiened " himself into the hands of the county executioner , Nathaniel Howard , who adjusted ihe fatal noose , and the cap being drawn upon his eyes , after a momentary interval , the fatal bolt was drawn , and Patrick Reid was launched into eternity . The culprit , who wa 3 a light made map , appeared to suffer H ? uch for a few seconds , when the death struggles ceased , and he became a motionless corpse . The body remained suspended for an hour , when itwas cut down and placed in a shell , to be interred in the _precinta of -he prison . Tim immense crowd behaved with great decorumpassive speotators of the awful scene .
KORFOLK . Norwich . —The notorious George Thuriell has been convicted of felony .
8 _URHET . _Tns Chafge op Neglect _against the Medical Offices op the Ckotdom U . mos . —On Tuesday Mr Carter , coroner for Surrey , and the jury empanelled on tbe 3 rd inst ., to inquire into the death ot Eliza _, beth Hopkins , who died a few hours after confinement on the 29 th ult . , as it is alleged through the neglect of the medical officer of the unioD , Mr Berncastle , re-assembled for the third time , at the Gun Tavern , Croydon . The proceedings were adjourned from Friday last , owiug to Mr Neville , tho medical gentleman appointed to make _ihvpost mortem examination , having omitted to open tUe head of the
deceased , contenting himself with having found , as he said , sufficient to account for death in the abdomen . After a lengthened investigation into all the circumstances of the case , and medical evider . ee to prove to the satisfaction of the jury that the deceased d . _-.-y from exhaustion , _arising from _protracted !"' verdict was rciorr _. cd to tbat- sffecr - - ¦'¦* ; : " v '; •" ¦ ¦; - ' -. _Bcriicsstic _bss _si'wa _tno .. < _:- _' _& a ' _- , _efo ' : _' _^^ _H _; _. rardi _tl _' ia _uoceise . l _i- _>& _y-n _U-v wn _< J _*^ - _^ jW r " and that we the i' * . _.:- / consider hun a verv unfit j _^ p .. ' to act * _3 a _ - _>; _- ra * cflj , _-i * niciiwi _officer . '
. - - _DKVWjjniKR . . , _liicawAt Rcr .: ! SRt . —On _Saturd . _- . _y last the pr _.- _'lci receive I information thai on Wvi Thursday prev _/ _msi , _zboui six o ' clock i . i the _ereuinj . _. Tliiist ?• man nn /; : od _3-aseph , Ring , a _iravelUrs _^ tradesman , _*« s passing _tbrcr . _itrh > _-, _ijaely part of . Rxminiter-iaue , to Kenford , near Exeter , ho " _^ 15 attacked by two men , who first demanded his money or his life . The poor fellow h : _i ? JHg refused , they threw him upon the ground and treated him with brutal violence . One of the men gave him a kick in the side which broke hia ribs , and so severely injured him in other parts of the body , that he brought up a considerable quantity ef blood . Whilst in an insensible state , they robbed him of three £ o notes , and £ 4 in gold and silver . The unfortunate man , who is upwards of sixty years of age , remains in a very precarious state .
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Perthshire . _Peuth . _—Milttaet _Disidebancbs . —Between eight and nine o ' clock on Monday evening , the _rligh-atreet of Perth was thrown into a state of considerable tumult , in consequence of the successful attempt by a party of soldiers to rescue a comrade from the hands of the police . The soldier in custody had , in a state of intoxication , fallen against and broken some panes in the window of a shoemaker . Two policeman were sent for , who were conveying him to tho office when they were met by the picquet , who demanded in the most summary mannerthat he should be delivered over to them . This being refused , bayonets were instantly drawn , and the police , seeing the futility of resisting men who had arms in their hands , and seemed resolved to employ them , surrendered their prisoner . —The soldieis , after taking their comrade to tha barrack ? , returned aad paraded through the streets in a menacing manner , but no further breach of the peace occurred .
KIXCAHDlXSHlnB . Stoxebavbh . —Another ' navvie' riot has occurred at Stonehaven , where in addition to much destruction of property , one if not two lives were sacrificed . Part of the ringleaders had been lodged in gaol , from whence it was feared they might be released , and under this apprehension a military detachment had been ordered from Aberdeen ( distant about sixteen miles ) , but up to the latest accounts the soldiers had not arrived . The Weather , —In the north there has been the extremes of weather , commencing with a snow storm on Wednesday and Thursday last . In the low country the average depth which fell was only about a foot ; but along the ranges of the Gram plans , Sidlaws , and Ochils , the depth was much
greater , to an extent that interrupted travelling _, in tbe Ochil district there has not beeen such a fall of snow for several winters , which drifted in many places to the depth of six feet . In the course of Thursday the weather cleared , and sharp frost set in , which increased in intensity throughout the night , to a degree unprecedented save in the course of a long continued frost . Saturday was foggy , with 8 temperature of _twe-aty-eightdegrees , which enabled the skaters and curlers to eijoy a day ' s amusement , but tbe weather changed next day to sled and snow showers . In the Highlands the weather that day was exceedingly stormy , with heavy drifting snow showers . The Inverness mail took thirteen hours to make the journey from Dalwhinnie to Perth ;
having frequently to cut a passage through deep snow _drifo , a ! on » the road from the county March to Blair . On Monday morning a rapid thaw set in with a balmy south-west wind , and a temperature of forty-five degrees higher than on Friday morning . So thorough waa the fresh , that by evening hardly a vestige of the snow was on the ground , and the rapid rise of the Tay indicated an equal change of weather in the Highlaads . On Monday night the sky suddenly cleared , and there was a , beautiful display of rose-coloured aurora _borealis , similar to the phenomenon in November . The whole heavens were illuminated , and for an hour before and after midnight the light was equal to that of tbe full moon . In the morning the air resumed its moist character , which it still maintains .
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prosecutor ' s hospitality by walking away with his book . The next day the proseoutor went after the pr'iioner t _* a _plaaa calird _Rhvplasfacn , and asked fain _i ; if ho _imd _tak-in awey . _hie dictionary by _miatake , Th _j _prisoier denied it In the most solemn nv . umeri « silJn _«» Gcd *• • _witccs _ifchr . i h '< - _kr-w _iVo'Lin _: ' ' al nil » t tthc -ok ' -lues - ] .. . ! ie ; r _» _lafor _d-b _; i th prose : tort thin _aogin - _hpd jepti book In _ishai oritl nw ; < i-ghe -t ' t ; tj prisi or offer _ d to -me :. . dcor _: ont - tdau _; . ter _, ; .,. d ' _aeco ingly ; illed _r the j _osec-j r ' _s ov . the fo . _iwing « _* l : . tnv _--.-hir- . !¦ * ' ! _r . r " , Lr ' _* - -- _ _,
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suaded him to tear off the title-page , containing the prosecutor ' s name , and to hido the book in a kola in tbe ground ; but that whilst _digging the hole , ¦ God' _suggested to him to keep the book and return it . When the prisoner was taken into custody lie wa 3 at the house of a blacksmith , where he was _ongaaed to preach that evening . Several witnesses to character were called , all of whom acknowledged tliemseivefl to bo 'Latter-day Saints . '—The learned Chairman summed up very favourably forthe prisoner ; but the jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and the prisoner , was sentenced to two months' imprisonment _without hnrd labour .
CAIiMARTHESSHIRB . Trance mistakes for Death . —A very strange occurrence happened last _week in the neighbourhood of Llangeitho . A poor woman , whooccupiedapart _ofa pmali cottage , in one ond of which , separated only by a partition , _Vived other _people , was taken ill , and after a short time died . The corpse having been laid out in the usual manner , the neighbours left the house , and locked the door . They were , however , _soan aroused by a very strange noise in the deceased's apartment , similar to hard couching , which frightened them not a little , but no further notice wa 3 taken of it . On entering the apartment the next morning , they found the corpse turned on one side _, the eyes wide open , tho bands loose that tied the hands together , and the sheet that covered the body thrown off . It is presumed that the deceased must have been in a trance when laid out , and afterwards in the agonies of death had struggled violently .
Attempt to throw a Passknoer Thais down a _Pukcipicb . — At the Cardiff sessions on Friday , William Scott , ayoungmau attired in the gat b of a la . bourer , waa indicted for wilfully and maliciously attempting to overthrow a passenger train on the 'faff Vale Railway , by removing several rails , and thereby placing the _livea of upwards of fifty persons in considerable peril . The trial lasted more than nine bouts , the proceedings created the greatest interest . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that on the evening of the 8 th of last month , a passenger ' train , comprising eight carriages with upwards of fifty passengera , left _Cardiff for Mertbyr on the Taff Vale Railway . It proceeded at its usual rate with every apparent security until it had arrived at a particular
part of the line , eighteen miles from Cardiff and six from Merthyr , when the engine , tender , and three of tho carriages went off the line . At thia p _^ int tbe line is formed on table land on the scarf ot a mountain called Rubuchan . The mountain is on one side , and a precipice of 100 feet overhanging the Taff river on the other . The evening was dark and stormy . The river was much swollen , and in the event of a passenger train going over the declivity into the stream the result must have been frightful . Fortunately for those in the train , the engine went off on the side of the mountain . As may be slipposed , the most painful alarm was manifested by the passengers , and on the guards making an examination as to the cause of the accident , they discovered
that two of the rails had been forcibly taken up ; one waa thrown across the centre of . the line , and the other was subsequently found to have been thrown down the embankment . The spot was described to be most secluded , the nearest habitation being some miles distant . There are a serieB of _severe . _curves , under twelve chains radius ; and by a providential interference the delinquent , ignorant of the laws of metion . bad aa appeared from the evidence , removed the railsat a point , which , although he intended to have been the means of hurling the train down the precipice , had 3 tendency to force it on the rever ? e side . Had they been displaced only a few yards
the charge oi nay "• : ¦ it would 5 " - "' __ 4 I > " ~ ¦" ' ¦• ' ¦ : . _' ' _' .- ¦ v ? .. ' ¦ _• : _' .. ; - ¦ - ' ' 0 ' _,. ¦ ' ' _; ' _.. r ' li . uii . i'iiy Gomnany . _ A _^ .. .. _.. ' . -. lormi'd an _acqnai . ' . _ia'ico _^ _{ _. " . g that ' i : pi "; _- ; si : e ' rimed _Wzi W *> ii ¦ _antj .. Lie - - - _-i _vtppiantfdbvaw > : b . ci ; _-s . riy , Tb . _« m : u L _« _' . vu , ; . _¥$ _okoA' of Use train , vhicii bad given rise- to _cuasffkttble _ill-uvjlua on his _pwi't- He had _b-n-n . beard to _hi / cl out _icverai _tiueats , one of which <• • ;¦ . •• - taut he would kill ah rival . The muds oi remeving the _rAila baing explained , ii was shown that hehadbeen inquiring for such tools as wou'd be required in
effecting their removal . In the course of the evening , juBt before the occurrence , he was seen in the vicinity of the spot , four and a half milesfrom his house , and failed in giving a satisfactory explanation of his being there . A _peouliary constructed knife was found in his possession , which waa shown to have been used in cutting seme pieces of wood which were left on the spot , and which had been employed in removing the rails . The chairman having summed up the evidence , the jury consulted for a _quarter of an hour , and returned a verdict of Guilty . —The chairman then proceeded to pronounce judgment _.
and lamented that the legislature had made no proper provision to meet such cases , the maximum punishment , according to the General Railway acts , _bging two years' imprisonment , with hard labour . Fortunately , however , lor the protection of the public , the l 66 ' . h section of the company's act provl . ded _. ' that if any person should wilfully and maliciously injure , break , throw down , or destroy any portion of the works , he should be subject and liable as in cases of larceny . The court , therefore , felt bound to apply that power There could be no doubt as to the murderous intention of the prisoner , and tho sentence was , that he be transported for the term of seven years .
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( From ow ' _tmt Correspondent . ) THE EAHL 0 ? SHREWSBURY ASD TUE CATHOLIC CLERGY —BXPLOBIO'S ASD D 1 V 1 SI 0 X IS TUE 'NATION' C . U 1 PTHB ' FRENCH I . NYASIOS '—TBE SP 2 CIAL C 0 UM _133 I 0 _S . Dublin , Jan . 10 th , 1849 . Mr O'Connor's letters to ' The Old Guards' and to ' The members of the Land Company , ' in last Saturday ' s NomnEnN _Stah . give fresh evidence of that enterprising gentleman ' s activity and patriotism , aad .. . demonstrate the success of his gigantic exertions for the benefit of the labouring classes of that community , amongst which ( fortunately for them and unfortunately for us ) , he chose his ' place for rest , ' when driven by calumny and ungenerous vitu _. peration from the land of hia nativity . I am happy to
find by the glowing address of tho ' Grattan Club' to Mr O'Connor , that Irishmen are beginning to open their eye 3 to the truth , and that they can appreciate sterling worth , and recognise , with gratitude , the exertions of their illustrious countryman in behalf of Ireland ; lam certain the day is not far distant , when every section of Irhh patriots will co-operate with Mr O'Connor , and spurning the' Old' system of cajolery and humbug ' agitation , ' . and the ' New ' thrashery about ' swords' and * _sun-bursts' and' pliy * _sical' buaaboo , jo ' m fervently with their English fellow-subjects , in a steady and practical and busincss-like struggle , to _obtain the privileges and benefits which are the indefensible riv ; ht ot _evai-y born inhabitant oftho British Empire . Indeed , the people , as far as I can learn , are already well aware that
from the past or present policy of their ' leaders' and would bo leaders , there is nothing to expect but chagrin and disappointment ; they are sick of broken pledges' and ' hopes deferred , ' and if duly * instructed in the way they should go , ' would be very happy to follow in the footsteps of that brave fellow , who never deceived those who trusted in bis honour and judgment , and who , already , has effected more substantial good for the poorer classes of Englishmen , than aDy other man with whoso history we arc acquainted . But , however willing the Irish people are to beset right with their English brethren , they are not just now in a position to " be so . They want encouragement , they want example , and above all , they want INSTRUCTION . It is for Mr O'Connor and his co-labourers in the cause of Social Reform
and Progression , to undertake tho task of arousing the torpid Irish peasant , and of pointing out to him tho mode which he should adopt , and the path by which he should travel , if he would better , his condition , and see his bleeding country _» great , glorious , and free . ' Let nobody presume to siy that the Iri _^ h peasantry are a besotted , or a slothful , or an _ungrateful people . They have been duped and misled , truly , but that is their great misfortune—not , by aBy means , their fault . Many think they hate their fellow subjects of England on account of their nation and religion . This is a monstrous fabrication , too .. They do not hate the working classes of England . They do not despise a
man for his religious opinions . But they hate those who grind , and rob , and persecute the poor , both in England and Ireland , They abhor the tyrant and the oppressor—no matter what mav be his creed , or in what country he may ba born . They would , 1 am convinced , join heart and hand with the working classes of _Englishmen for any useful und beneficial reform . Let the leaders of the great English ' movcment , _'[ then , _hestir themselves , and _seo what is best to be _doua for their _sniw-ring Irish . brethren . \ I think the _iirjt 8 Mp ( towikJsthit great ( _object would bi Jto enlighten tiie Irish _^ _'iolic _, and show them ! what _ntiiqlit bo _dilna by patipnt _. _juteadyj ; _ih < l _aqtivf * <* . xerti ° n in _( . _!•*; ¦ ight " ' _« .
Th ? aopl . _lerei : _frac _-witl . idier ions he _prejsu . ptuoi effi _-o tery ' " 'Eon Sim abur _. in darin : to cat _-hiso i _lc ' . Ri _^ t Rjt . Dr M . laic , ' : nd the In . ill _Cat- olic _l'L eraVe :: / . No- d 6 ' l _= ame Irish . -I . t' . < ... _t-, " ,,,. 1- " - V ... _» -J -. _>> - _¦ , \ . ! - ¦ . -.. _ ..
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ship of Shrewsbury may have had his own paltry , selfish motives in attacking Dr _M'Hale _, He may wish to ' curry favour' ( as we say in Ireland ) with tho British government ; but I aS 9 Hrehim that however he may succeed in that quarter , his impudence will not add to the lustre of his anoient coronet ; and that 80 long as the name of 'Talbot , ' shall hold its place on the long roll of English aristocrat ? , so long will it continue a by-word for treachery , nnd falsehood , ond absurdity , with every class of Irish Roman Ca * _tholics _; All Dublin is _ringing with tho ' explosion' which has taken r > lape lately " m the councils' of the Nation _noa-snatioi _* . T have not time now to enter into details ,
bub will content myself with a brief statement of the leading facts connected with this curious event . It appears that one of the _principal editors of that paper —Mr John Metcbell , a native , I believe , _ol Ulster . and _» . Preshyleriatt—has for a considerable time back exhibited unequivocal symptoms of dissatisfaction at the political _shiifflirgs of the proprietor of the Natios —Mr Gavan Duffy—and several times avowed his disapproval of the milk-and-water mode in whi < h that journal has been of late conducted . This ltd to ' _explanations , ' and ' remonstrance * ' on the side of Mr Duffy ; who , duly _considering that however ' fit nnd proper' it might be to 'talk' about Greek , nnd Belgian , and American revolutions , it was extremely dangerous to encore for one in Ireland at present , kept the ' _Wft / p hand' over Mr Mitchell , and managed to steer his journal clear of the shoals and quicksands so _trenoherously bordering about her Majesty ' s Court of
Queen's Bench . Mr Mitchell , on the other hand , having no personal interest in the Natios , any further than as deputy editor ; and not having the fear of the galfows or the Attorney General before his eyes , did insist and swear , that Mr Duffy ' s llneof conduct was but a second edition of the Conciliation-hall humbug , ' and that it was all' blarney' to be raking up the ashes of William Tell or Robert Emraett , without trying to emulate their heroism , and act by the example which these glorious ' rebels ' left to the ' earnest men' of all nations , and of all time . He accordingly sought to induce Mr _Duffc to
allow hia paper to bo made the vehicle through whieh he ( Mr M . ) might speak his mind before tha world , and call upon Irishmen to give up all notion of redress unless by * physical force' alone . He wished to drill them , through the leaders ol the Nation , in the u .-e of the pike and pitchfork ; and he would fain instruct there in the most improved tactics of wholesale slaughter and guerilla warfare ' . In faot , Mr Mitchell does not deny that he wished to arouse Ireland t *> a speedy and bloody _insurrecti » n , and that he considered his time and his talents mif- _'pp lied in writing a si _> ale _Darasraph directed to any other purpose . Mr
Duffy , however , was too ' earnest' about the Nation and ' num & er one . ' He would not let Mitchell hudge , and the latter seeing _noprosnect of bringing Duffy into his views , resigned all connexion wi th the Nation ; and , it is said , intends to establish a paper of his own just now , throug h which he will not' fear _tospeak of ' 03 , ' or call upon the Celt to sally out , pike in hand , and butcher the Saxoa to his heart ' s content ! The last number of the Nation contains letters from both eentlemen relative to the fracas—and a more extraor dinary pair of documents it has not been my luck to see for many a day . I will probably return more fully to this sub ject in my next communication . ' in
We aro much amused , here , also at thepanic wliich you , beyond the 'herring-brook , ' Ikd your _, selves about that horrible French invasion whieh h to ' come off _'—wtei f nobody 'knu ' vi , I bat that it is coming : everY _" . «' . v , > :, ;_ iX ' _^^ y _pMrM _. : _' _?!'> n ] o : ' t _^ _- > •*' ¦ -. ¦ _* ' . _' ' .. . " ' _•^•*« _fl '/ ou ' '" Men may _di'iu . 4 i _.-: i ' _:-:. _{ _\ . / oi , So deep mny imrir «> _ttriou tit' i * _' ' . »; . ;; _., .. Tub _MiLmut ' _-i ' £ ale , v . _37 ' m' ' ,
At v . ll event '' , we , over in tbis 'nart ot * the British d _'/ m ' _/ _iions , fee ) 1 'ttle anxiety about the matter . Were -. tc treated as subjects of England should be treated , it ia little she need dread the idea ef invasion by France or any other nation of the globe . The brave fellows who now lie rotting in tlieir graves from famine and pestilence would — had Britain never another man at her command—be sufficient to drive the squadrons of France into the ocean . Secure in Irish loyalty and Irish valour , she mieht shake her trident with rampant exultation , and laugh to scorn the war-steamers of De _Joinville , and crush , lifco cobwebs , the entire of tbe ironclad chivalry of Gaul . But , to confess the truth , I think there is nothing to apprehend on the score of French invasion . As poor Thomas Hood says : France may
be—¦ ' apowder magazine , A sort of foreign infernal machine , A barrel of brimstone , of odour ambrosian , Apparently brewed for a triple X '—plosion . ' She may be all this , and may very much wish to p lant her hoof on tho neck of England , but I have a kind of presentiment that , juat now , to ' cry havoc ' is the least of her notion , and that , at least , until that old'dust' Lsuis-Philippe shall' slip his hold , ' there is no danger of France letting slip the dogs ef war' upon _England . The * special commission' goes bravely on in Limerick . Conviction follows conviction , as wave follows wave on tho Shannon , and the Orange landlords and Orange presa of Ireland are shouting for joy over
tho victims of the ' outraged laws of the country . Several capital convictions have been effected , and more than one unfortunate wretch will ' swing , ' to gratify the bloody hankerings of the tyrannical exterminators of _Munster . At the same time , though there have been but few murders perpetrated latterly , the numberof minor erimea have not been lessened , and whilst the judges are sitting in Limerick , the whole county , as if setting government at defiance , is one scene of outrage , insubordination , and excitement . Attacks on the person , burglaries , and rob . bery of _arrae , are the order of the day , and like the fairy stable of romance , no sooner will tli _9 gaol of Limerick be emptied of its present tenants , than its evils will again bo occupied by those who care little about the terrors of coercion or vice-regal
proclamations . There is no local news of importance stirring in Dublin this week . Times are getting worse every day , and the unemployed artisans and labourers are suffering all the evils of poverty at this dreary and inclement season . There is little doing in any branch of business ; the pawnbroker , the _auctioneer , and the bailiff alone ply a lucrative vooation in Dublin . Sir Nicholas _Fitz-imonhas been appointed Inspector-General of Priaons in Ireland , vice Captain Cottingham , deceased ; George Wyse _, Esq ., brother to the well-known Mr 1 nomas Wyse , succeeds Sir Nicholas as one of our _divisional pnliee magistrates , and _takss his seat at tho Head Office , Exchange-court . Both these gentlemen are , Roman Catholics , and their appointment gives general satisfaction—at least , to the ' Old Ireland' party .
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TIIE SPECIAL COMMISSION . On Wednesday week tho court was occupied , at Limerick , the greater part of the day , with the trial of a man named William Ryan , alias Puck , one of the most _notorious and ill-looking ruffians that ever disgraced this or any other country , lie stood charged with the murder of a man named John Kelly , in the month of September _lasr _. under circumstances of peculiar atrocity . The prisoner is about 25 years of age , of middle stature and spare make , but has the reputation of great strength aud activity . His head is remarkably small , his hair _blaek and short , tho eyes very dark , and though the expression is intelligent , the overhanging brow and extremely thick lips render the countenance as repulsive as mig ' . it be expected in such a desperate character .
The court was crowded to the utmost possible extent , the culprit being known through the whole of the country as one of the worst desperadoes it ever produced . Tho Attorney-General stated the facts of the case . The prisoner and his father held laud at _Knoiksantry , on the confines of this county , partly in Limerick and partly in Tippi'rary , in partnership with a person named Michael Koily , as tenants to a Mr Biggs . About twelve months since Mr Biggs thought it right to dispossess the Ryans , and wished Kelly , who was oif industrious man , and punctual in the payment of hia rent , to take tbe entire farm , as the Ryans , who held only some three or four acre ' ,
were not so punctual in their rent . Accordingly Mr Biggs _dispossessed the Ryans , and immediately a hostile feeling sprang up between them and K « lly . A complete separation , a ' coo ! , ' took place batween them , and they passed without speaking to each other . On the 17 _'h of _Septembsr last Michael Kelly was shot at and wounded , but not killed . A few days after wards , the 22 _iid , Joha Kelly , the man who wns murdered , and brother to Michael ( Coly , _thecotanjant iit ' _ijho llyins _. iaji _sitting at _jniihtfyll ) in _Ijis o [ _-. \ $ ho ' ho . Tju _.-re wis ; f _goojl fire jmj the _i'dtchen , andtheppiatctHif thel _hinwe pni thai _occashiri wete J * -bu _Ilellv _, Lit : vulc _. _' h _^ nepW _, _^ _- ... " nbi > * i '
_oiit . i or . con ; . _i- _axi ! _w _. 'hi ; ieqe , aJ- _, ' * ' - _vrvai h - , pk' -unlet _vliqlii : lieil Abe thai ; i h ' ou b i > r ' o th niurci - the j vsmr m ' d a ) ther _ian , , > , i . _mger , vere s ,-. _'ugoii ¦ ' ip th dirceon . of Ivelly ' _iii . _:,: _33 by ; . _woiiiivi who anew tv- _prisoner w ; i ; . I '" * - .
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IW day , the police beimr _W _& _t Z J _^ _Vrone business , and suspecting that something w . wgg in the house ofa person named xH _™\™ _JJ"f ™ to search it , and having occasion t _»}™* f t j ™*? of tho bed thoy found there a quantity ol tow ,, ana concealed beacatb itwas the prisoner . ¦ _Ne _™ J ? that time armed with a blunderbuss , _aafl threateneu io shootany of the police who approached J _» m . ax did not , however , carry his threat into ex _^ utiqn , and was immediately secured . There was one circumstance worth mentioning in relation to this murder . Only one shot was fired . The murdered man died instantly , and on examination of his body it was found to have been perforated hy eleven bulleta _. onfior two of which afterwards hit the nephew , and woandeS him . The blunderbuss which the prisoner had at the time of _hisapprehensif-n was loaded with precisely , the same number of bullets and of the same descnption , and in bis pocket were found eleven more , _ptooably intended for a second charge .
Michasl _Kellt was examined , and proved the disposition of the land , and having been fired at . The woman who saw the prisoner , and a child who wa 3 with her at the time proved ths idontity of the prisoner , but a great sensation was produced upon the examination of the nephew , who when asked whether Ryan Puck was in court , instead of _recognising the prisoner in the dock , immediately with a Singular readiness pointed to a man near to the jury h"X . The questi on was repeated , and tha witness then said the _prisoner was Ryan Puck , but afterwards hesi fated _betwt en the two . The Chief Justice said , he could not understand what such hesitation meant . In answer , however , to one of the jurors , it was stated by the witness that the man he had first pointed out was a brother of the prisoner . Tbeboy ' s manner excited a slight laugh in the court , and the _isonerwith tbe greatest coolness , joined in it .
p , Mr Heard , _ailbTnspector of poliee , said , that from the I 7 th of September , _wfien Michael Kelly was fired at , he and his men had been in search of the prisoner , who was charged with that offence , but did notroeefc with him until the 22 nd . Towards dusk on that day , having occasion to eo to the hou e ¦>! _Frewin . he remained on _horseback at * he door whilst four ot hia men went in to search . Presi _n'ly he heard a cry of ' Puck ! ' and jumping from his horse ran into the house . He then saw the muzzle ofa blunderbuse over a bed in the room ho first entered . It was pointed at Phillipsth ©
_head-conBta-, ble , bnt Ihe prisoner o « lied out 'Mr Phillips , I will not injure you . ' Phillips said , ' Give me the _blundrrbuss . ' ' No , ' said the prisoner , ' I'll have a shot . ' Mr Heard directly exclaimed , 'At him , _boyn , ' and jumped on the bed , grasped tbe muzzle of _theblunderbuBS which was then close to his breast , and presenting a pistol at the prisoner , swore he would blow hia brains out unless he surrendered . The prisoner three tims called out Will I fire V Fortunately for Heard he did not do so . The _head-constablo seized the blunderbuss , pushed it up , and the prisoner was secured .
On the _witnosaturning round to identify the prisoner , the latter laughingly said , ' How do you do , Mr Heard ?' MrO'IlKA having _addres 5 ed the jury in defence , and the Chief _Ju & _tieo having atimmed up , The jurr , afterr > _( ew minutes' consultation , and _without retiring from the box . } . -ave in tbeir verdict of _i-uilry . Tha prisoner _liearci itproaOuttced _«;''> - out tha slightest evhWi emotion . On tiu _> follow ins morning , tho n w'ier ' _« " _- ¦ ' ¦ i _>; _ace-i j > ';; . _flw . _^ k to receive p '; nt >? _'ice . . " : ;' ¦ ' _.-. ' _:- " ¦ , ' . " ' : ' _- •' . •'" - . Vv _~;« r _-r' _-y ' ' i % _. n iVte to _^ n .
_t " ' _•' _. '"¦ , ¦' -. ' ; ' " .. _- . ¦ ' _.- ' " '¦ ' ' _., ' _'»'' ' " ' ¦ •' - - " , > " /•; -: ' '• "¦ ' _t :, _W ' ¦ - " » - "n . " * Wif / o „ ¦ \ _\ _/^/^• _V- _^ - _'il _. v ' on oh ' . ' ' - ' • _.- •¦ _.- ¦ ght 1 _^ . ° * ' I ¦ _2 'iir . _y . i luornir . _s ho had re- ' -. ! Uis s _» : if-f .. _# _aejtsion _^ atidsfoud -a t _!' _-3 froiu : _; . _cfce'lock ' _ssb-MO as on In . * trial . ... j It is _ramrnvrod here , and with every-ap _^ a-auc _* o ? 1 irutb , that he baa been the principal actor in no less than nine murders in this and the neighbouring counties within the present year .
He stood indicted , under the commission to be held in Clare , for the murder of Mr Watson and another person , and it is said , that had he been acquitted here , he would have pleaded guilty to the former charge . He had made up hia mind to die , but his regret is said to be that the survivin g _Kellya should have the satisfaction of having been the cause of his conviction . On being asked whether he had anything to say why sentence of death and execution should not be _parsed spon him , be said he had always got his living honestly , whilst those who had been his prosecutors wore stealing sheep and geese ; that he had nsver eaten stolen bread ; that he had never handled a gun in hi 3 life ; that he had never been arrested before , and _wasnaw prosecuted for nothing at all . If he was to die , the only request he had to make was , that he might be buried with his parents . The learned judges then put on their black caps , and
The Chief Babox ( who was much affected ) addressed the prisoner as follows : —If anything could increase the horror of the dreadful scene which , as far as you are tow regarded , is coming towards a close , it is the hearing of those words which you have just suffered to fall from your lips , after an investigation as full , as patient , and as complete , as was ever presented to tbe consideration of a court of justice . You have , upon evidence of the clearest cha _« raoter , by a jury _impressed with conviction , unclouded by doubt , been found guilty of the dreadful crime with which you have been charged . That you are guilty of the crime , not & human being who heard the trial can entertain a particle of doubt—one moment of hesitation as to the propriety and truth oftho verdict : and now , when yon stand cenvicted
of that _crime-r-that crime which , _frf-m the period when the son of our first parents had put upon him the mark of a brother ' s blood , to the hour that I am now addressing-you , the human heart has recoiled from with horror , it is lamentable to think that , after a night ' s reflection , you should openly in thia cmrt of justice deny your guilt . Proved it has been , bevoml the possibility of doubt ; and what is the crime ? Dtoadful it is in the _abstract , but it has been in your case surrounded by circumstances such as have seldom been presented to the horror and execrations of mankind . A man in your own class of life—a farmer , resting from tho labours of the day , sits in his cottage , surrounded by his family upon his hearth . Some of them are seated near him . His nephew , a boy , at one side , his niece , a girl of early
ago , at the other . His children in the room ; his wife , their _mother , _occupied in a little office of motherly attention , washing the feet of one of those infants preparatory to putting them to bed : Whilst the man was sitting in his chair in that sceneof pease , you entered his dwelling , with a blu . - . _derb'iis _charged _wit _' i eleven ball ? . You approached him , placed the piece within afew incr . _exf his back , and , in the presence of hia wife and family , you shot him dead . You see before yoh the _biy—the child , I may sayand ho saw you and identified you . That boy was in the direction in which ynu were _firinu , and you incurred the risk ofa double murder , and nearly perpetrated two , for some of the bal ' s that perforated the body of your victim . reached that bay ami wounded him . It is impossible to conceive an assemblage of
circumstances unking in themselves so much the character of that _horr- > r which _belonus to the crime of murder , as those which were in fact proved in the detaiU of the tragedy exhibited in yesterday ' s trial . The learned judge , after adverting to other circumstances connected with tho case , said : Nothing can better indicate the true , character of the outrages that are now disgracing this country—nothing can better show they are not solely—perhaps I may say , in the result , not chiefly—against those who possess that rank and wealth which did not _belong to John Kellyasanindiv dua _\ ofthat class of which he was a member ; and it _the * o crimes do proceed and are _notclo'kedby tie vigorous , protnpf , and effecive administration of tha law , I think there is something in what has ocmrred , in the exhibition which h 3 s
been made in the course of your trial , to show that so farmer of the country—the class to which your victim belonged—can say his dwelling , his hearth , his family , his property , or his life is not liable to the risk of _outiagei _a-Vuh as that of which you have been found guilty . The duty now devolves upon me to pronounce upon you the awful sentence oftho law . Yon sent _Ktlly without delay or _warnisg to his last account . The law will be more merciful to you . He has been summoned bv your act to the presence "f k : s Maker without preparation . You shall have ample time to prepare for submitting your immortal soul to the investi gation of vour effended God .
Entertain _notfor oue moment the least hope that your sentence will be averted or _mitiuatcd . As surely as the sun shall rise upon the day I am about to name , so surely will you upon that day die . Rrflect up » n it , I conjure you . Turn to your God . Reflect upon your crimes . Take advantage oi the time that will bs allowed you—it will be short , but long enough for } ou to _repent—[ Tfca prisoner ... I hope your Lordship wilj give me a _lony _; dayX -to a * . ' * that J . vitdocj _- . v _^ ieh you _caring got tin _ear'K but v / hidi J / ou . hats only to ; _ink frorii Heaven , and yeu wil 1 itbtaifi it . IE & cone ! " { _ledh y prov _. o _' _. _ji _cir . _fj _fc . _k-uoe _ofue _^ h ' ou y _* . « _- ' t 5 sh of 1 ' ' _iruar- .
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The general circumstances of the case _were _st _^ on Ryan ' s trial , and the principal evidence by w _\ _i \ 2 the charge waa supported waa that of _head-c onatab ' _B Phillips and inspector Heard , by whom ho was can tured . Tbo former said that wien he foun-J R p * ( I _' uck ) was in the house , _andojncealed upon the bed ho directly jumped on to it . At that moment Ey art >' blunderbuss was at hia forehead—his own _swofrt pointed to Ryan ' s belly . Ryan sworn he would h _' o » out his brains if he stirred , bnt he exclaimed , « Ye n and I for once , Bill , my boy . ' Upon which RVaa heiring his voice , said , ' Is it you , Mr Philli ps , _» ¦ ,, ! are after me ; I'll not injure you , bnt I'll i , aye shot . ' Mr Heard then came in , and Ryan wa 3 w , cured . _
The _prisrTser W 3 S ably defended by Mr O'ilen _, but the jury , _afsera very luminous _sureming up by tha Chief Justice , without any hesitation , returned a verdict of Guilty , and tbe prisoner was immediately sen tonced by the _Cwirt to transportation for _life . _Abductm ? . _—F ' _tcjill-ioohing young ruffians _. nam ? , _) Michael Lorney . Jeremiah Gavin , Michael _Madigag _DinielLorney , Patriek _Gleeson , all of whom ap ' _pcired to be about twenty year * of age _were-tbea placed at the bar , _charged with having appear ? d i a _arm _3 on the 14 th of November last , but the _nff-ajg for which tbey were actually in custody was that 0 5 that sight they attacked the hou _< _-e of a _resectable farmer , named _Molony , and by force carried b ' a daughter away . There was a separate indictment ; for the abduction , but the former charge was ihe onl j one now proceeded with .
The circumstances of this atrocious case , instances of which are happily now rare in Ireland , appeared very fully from the evidence of the daughter , Ca : h . _erine Molony , who was carried away . The witness , a pretty -looking giri , about nineteen years of age , and whose appearance and manner ir . « dicated that the position of her family waa very _respectable , stated , that on tbe night of * Sunday , the 141 b . of November last , about ten o ' cloek , after she had retired to bed , Bhe heard some _Btepa at the door , A window was broken , and she then got up , _acd throwing some . clothes over her shoulders , came out of her room to the top of the stairs . She there saw two or three men coming up stairs , and immediately ran into another room and _eot into her sister ' s bed .
Some of the men followed ber , and one of them put his arm round her and asked her her name . There was a light in another room , by which she was able to recognise one or two of the prisoners . Three or four of them then pulled her out of bed—one of teem taking her by the hair of the head . She caught hold of the bed , and was dragged with it to the door . She then let go ; and , on the stairs , seized and held four of the balusters , until they gave way . They then forced her down stairs to tbe door , where a man , not in custody , was standing with an umbrella open and a gun in his hand . Two of them then put their hands under her arms and took her away . Sbe had nothing on her but a frock , thrown loosely over her
shoulders , no shoes or _stockings . They dr _.- _'gs-ed her along a field to a bog . and then she recognised and called somo of them by their names . ( The witness here pointed out some of the prisoners , who politely bowed their heads in acknowledgement of the _distinction . ) They were all armed . She was _crying violently , but they carried her to the house of a man named Farrell , to get her 'a drink' of water . She had known tbe prisoners before , as they ail lived in the neighbourhood of her father ' s , and worked for him . Ths ? _v fi _i-rwards took her to the house of - < Mr _Cres :, 'h , _afan . _- . t ? . who wa ? represented to ba ' . _"ifhiHfc to marry hor . _anJ on ho ; im * . bring '' im to take he .- home be i ' Ic ! 50 . Sh « was _oui-until ii • _v _^ _rv _^ i . i ' _-l-. ' _-f « . . \ f > si _« _- '' .. ir .. _- ' . r :: _- . " : * - Th * _v . _v'itrv \ 1
• _? inu- -iisturbed , ' tier _father ' s fiouiie hsd bet , ' - -, ' . t > 'i before . f ¦ '¦' _^• br other 0 ? tbe U -. t witness 3 flid , that hear . _ , . ' _« believing th 3 party bad com 0 to muni - , to , iniHi . ;/ _Jijiialy wont into _^ n .-ii p ' r part of ' :: house as Sho o ' n ' 7 place _wluri- they ebu'd make ac thing likaai _eiW'dve _resistance . The father said h _' n _hsu _.- " ; had _beeututj-.-ked fov times before . Or . iht first ( he party demand ! arms , but without succss-. ; on tho ? ei _.- ' nd their _dmand waa the same ; on the _thiii ! . t . hey insisted 1 ' powfher money '; and on the fourth , they to his boy . The manner in which the witness described the attacks caused a good deal of laughter in court . All the prisoners ( with the exception of Michael Looney , recommended to mercy and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment ) were sentenced to be transpoi ted for fourteen years .
Lofney was recommended to mercy for having shown some kindness to the girl , when tbe others were brutally dragging her through the country . Murder . —Andrew Dee was placed in the dork to be tried for killing Edmund Murphy , aad ths Court was ' occupipd during the early part of the day ia hearing the sickening details of this moat cold _, blooded murder . The prisoner is about 19 years of age , but looks considerably younger . He is of small stature , with fine features and an intelligent and pleasing counte _* nance . lie stood in front of the dock , and through " out the trial evinced not the slightest emotion . He was defended by Mr O'Hea .
From tho statement of the _Arroimv-GB . VERALwho opened the case , it appeared that the prisoner ' a / ather held some land in the county under the Court of Chancery , but in the latter part of Way , or early ia June last , he was put ouc of possession for nonpay « raent of rent . A . man named Nornan became tho tenant of the land , and immediately there sprang np , as usual in such cases , a feeling of extreme hostility on the part of the D _^ es towards Nornan and his family . On the 9 th of June , within _tes days from tha time of _Nornan _' _a becoming tenant of the land , he and the man who w * s murdered were walking together towards Galbally , and when within a mile of that town , in the open day , it being then three o ' clock in the afternoon , they were wavlaid by the prisoner and hia brother , Patrick Dee . Until Nornan and Murphy approached they had concealed
themselves in a ditch . On Nornan and Murphy coming within six yards of them they stood up from their _hiilins place and presented a pistol at each . The pistol of Patrick Dec , which was aimed at _Norrian _. _hung fire ; he snapped it again , and again it _missed , but the pistol of the prisoner was sure and _fatal-in it 3 aim . A ball from it struck Murphy in the head ; he fell and was dead in a few moments . The two brothers instantly fl * d . Patrick was captured in a few days , and was tried at the last assizes ard found guilty ; but as it was proved that he bad not fired thepistolby which Murphy was killed , his sentence _wascommuted from death to transportation for . life . The prisoner was pursued , but it was not until the month of November the police could meet _trith him . In that month he was arrested at Liverpool under an assumed name , on board a vessel bound for America .
A little boy , who was examined , saw the prisoner running from the scene of the murder . lie was told by the prisoner ' s friends directly after it occurred , that he would be examined on the inquest , hut that he was not to say one word about what he had seen . Mr 0 ' Hea . made a moat able address on the prisoner ' s behalf , hut The Ghikf Baro . v having summed up , Thejury without the least hesitation returned a verdict of Guilty . The prisoner heard the fearful announcement without moving a _niusclo or the slightest change of countenance . He was ordered to be brought up oa Saturday to receive sentence , upon which occasion the calmness and apparent unconcern so remarkably hibited the
ex during trial and after conviction characterised the demeanour of the unfortunate man throughout the still more trying and awful solemnity of passing sentence . The face was much Hushed , but otherwise _nei'her in feature nor voice was there the slightest trace of excitement obiervable . The clerk of the arraigns read the record of conviction , and then put the usual question if the prisoner had anything to say why sentence of death and execution should not be passed on him according to law . —The prisoner , after a considerable delay , and a repetition of the q » . _e-tion , replied , ' I ask mercy of yonr _lordships all , for my father and mother ' s sake . ' The judges _tben put on their black caps , and tha Lord Ciiisf Baho . v passed sentence of death , and to _jij _hangpd on Monday , 7 th February .
Oa Monday between twenty and thirt y persons who had been convicted but not sentenced , were lihced in the dock , and tho Lord Chiet Justice having addressed them at great length , proceeded to pass sentences varying from imprisonment and hard lnbour for _nino months to fourteen years transportation . The court then _prccieded with the trial ofa man named John Renihan , for the murder of a respectable small farmer , named John M'Euiry , on tho 3 rd October last , at _Adamstown . In the middle of tho _Sunthiy _niaht in question , when the murdered man and the _different members of his family wero in bed , and some of them asleep , the party commenced firing into the house , M'Eniry had arms in hi * house < _-otleavoiu-nd tari !' _j ! 8 t »' it ? ju t _* . -k ; ard : _< ed ' _i-.-hs-t . ' ¦ : % _fri-m lli _^ _vhilof , bb , tecij < j ( lie 1 . ivil > ei _? r ite * , ) i . l . side , ind thjit _thev-jwarenLmfcl , f «> r"j' ; l ' ,: _T _;^ _- _'r . aiH _hkvir ., * : _ji ' ' _- ' ? . _'' la h _v- _- . '• _f i _-1 ' _!" _- _' _' . ajr _* " Wt _...-. U ' ¦ iw _> _eV . arid ¦ '' _l , n 'act , ' ' ' ae inii . _sc _^ ' " " _¦&¦ ' _••!* ¦ _-ueburVlvi Tli- _..-irlv _rtt i _4 _c-jl " :- <* " _* " j _ei-. i i .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 15, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15011848/page/6/
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