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_DaMBi 0 r . Acctn « . rAt Hrar . . _Thrwday , D « _Tthia _t-omls-, about _aqoarur to alx o ' clock ¦ _«»** Ofmen , women , an * _chiidr-n ,. who _« " _•»**<*^ . «' _HSstonT-tonMllIf , and _warded h , _*«* - _*«»« - £ 2 of tt ? droves , got fate a _bsat a . _usoal at the ferry _% ____ ? _ork . rfnwt end in the _Grovei to be taken across Sthe . _laument of _thef-xrym . _a , ( Jh . _rleaIrrt .-d , there Z = ~ _awards of twtntj . nve persons to . the boat besides iim ,, jf—oo * _sUt _* n * ti man , women , and children , the latter from _twelve t _» fourteen _yeara of b 8 . A * tha boat Wai r * ry foil , and the _tiderranlcg strong at ths timo , the boatman derived them all to be as quiet as possible , or _ianter mig ht be the _conseqa'nc * . There w «» a _vestel mooted near the spot , which turned the currant of the river , and jnst as they pushed off , and when th * y had _sot a few yards _acroii the river , the current which
waa _!< nce-led by the veiiel , caught the stern of ihe boat in -which tbey were * _sat-d . Tha boat immediately { leaved _siids , aod a simultaneous _moremeat was immediately made to the other end , and all crowded together in ona corner . The boat _immtdiatsly _capsized , and every aoui was precipitated into tke atream . The -bricks and cries of the unfortunate people were _htatt-Tendlng , and brought _tereral persons who were near tha > pot ta their assistance ; but it being _q-iite dark at the time very little _bslp ceuld ht attended to them . _Bight of the individuals only were saved out of tbt tweaty . _tix who wire in tbe bost . The rest endeavoured to save themselves by dialing to the boat or anything tbat might ha within mc _* , but were almost immediately canted down tbe river by the tide , and were no more seen . The boatman managed to reaeh the shore with the greatest _difficulty , n - _ a _isTedbut he Is in a r-ry . Sang . rous _etata .
, _Isccxst on ia-: Bonus _Founn . —On Friday , Dee . 8 . at twelve o ' clock , Hr Thorney , Coroner , assembled a jary at the Bain Deer Tavern , in tbe GrovSB , to tequlre Into tbe _circanutances of the deaths ef the following individaals , whose bodies have been fonnd : —William Smith , 21 ; Mary Darr , 33 ; Catherine Dorr , SO ; Maria Pys . 1 *; and Frederick Atkinson , 12 . Tke Jnry having been swam proceeded to vtew the bodies , and , oa returnice witnesses were examined , wbo identified the bodies of tbe deceased . The first witness called waa John Tate * , _whossld--Ia _* n a cotton spinner , living in Cleveland Street , in the G . _-ores . I work at tbe K ' ngston Cotton _MUls , and gains to my work in the morning I have to crou the river Hall . I cron by a ferry . boat at _Wilkinton ' i ship yard , and pay _sixpence a week for
Meg ferried over . Testerday morning , abont eix o ' clock , or a little before , I got into the boat to cross the ferry . The six o ' clock bell was _tollteg at the time . After I had got into the boat a great many parties eime to cross over after me . I waa the third in the boat . The boat before we started waa quite faU , more it thsn the boat-Bran wanted . Tbo boatman frequently said that he _eon'd not carry any more , and desired no one else to got In . AU who were ta the boat worked at the Sing-ton Cotton Hi'It . I heard one or two peopb say , if tbey did net go by that boat they would lota a' quuter * by being too late . The boatman got the boat trT as sooa as he oonld . There were twenty-six or twenty . seven persons In , ae near a * I ean tell . There was no rope used In felting the boat across on thli occasion . The water was
_naning d _« wn very rapidly . I did net tea a sloop next the quay . The persons ia the boat were very _qi-mlsome when they got into the boat , and the boatman _frequently told them to be quiet . I don't think he is at all to blame . He pushed her off , and whtn the boat got Into tbe middle of the stream ahe' heeled * over iu _conse-( fussce of the poshing'and _qBarrelling of the persons wbo were in . If they bad been qalet it weald not hare happened . There were several people left on the shore who oould not get into the boat . It was very dark at the time . I do not think any dangtr arose from tfae want of lights , for we have crossed tha ferry when it has been dark r thaa yesterday morning ' . I have also Rose ever with more people in the boat than we had yesterday . I am rare , if the people bad behaved themselves and kept
qiiet , it woald not have happened . Sarah Wood had hold of my leg , bat I was obliged to push htr eff tr she wonld have drowned me also . It is a very good boat ; I am sure it originated entirely in their larking aboat . We had co _occsf ion for s rope yesterday morning to get the boat over . —CharUs Ireland , the ferrymen , was the next witness , vrbo said— -I live ln Church Street , Wfaeolmlee . Testerday , when about nineteen persona had got into the " _sost , I requested that no mon shoald come , as we were full enongb . A great number , however , persisted in getting in , and there were abont twenty-four or twenty fire _pentni altogether . We pushed off abont the length ef a vessel , whe—~ hey mil h ?( fsn ta jump aboat and cro- * d on ene slue . ' I told them many times to ba quiet , bat tbey
woald not , and when we got into tha middle of the stream the boat csps ' _ttd . I have fnqnently carried over more -than I had yesterday daring the same state of the tide . The factory people are generally very unrnly and mischieTous . There would not have beea the least danger if tbey had been qniet . Some were left behind , "and many got in hy main force , for I could not keep them off . The factory bell began to ring as we pushed off . Some of the people were rather later tban usual . It was not tor dark to get over , and if they had been quiet we shonld have got over safely , Wa some _, times experience inconvenience at sight from the _want of light . I did not need a rope at that state of the tide , as It was nat low enough . The wan * : ofa rope had nothing whatever to do witb the accident . —The _Curoner ¦ aid—As far as I see there is no b ' amc attached to you .
—Charles Wild then said—I got into ihe boat a little before six o'clock , and thera were about fifteen er twenty _, persona in then . The boat was then aground in _eonseqaenceof the number cf people who were in her , and the boatman begged of them not to get is . They , how . ever , would go , and about twenty-five or twenty-sir . of them got into tha boat . They were very unruly , and when we got into the middle of the _rirer _, some cried out tbe hoatwaa filling . Tbey all then crowded on one side , and ths boat capsized immediately . I am of opinion that the accident would not have occured if they hed beta qniet . They were _pniMng and larking about until fee boat went over . The boatman sere rai times begged of them to be quiet . —Here the Corcner considered other evidence unneceissry , and a verdict of 'Actidtntally drowned' was returned .
A BiC » c kqojst wss held before tbe game jary as the preceding one , at Hr Page ' s , Tictoria Gardens , Sutton Sank , on the bodies of Haneah Barks , 13 ; EHs » Ana WiUdnion , 13 , and Anne Moore , IB ; the remaiaiag three wbo have been picked up . The jury having viewt d the bodies of thedeceased , witnesses as to identity were _examinsd , after whioh the same evidence as in the previous case was heard , aud the jury returned the same verdict . —Tht following are the names of those who were on board at the time of the tccarrence so far as we have ascertained : Charles Ireland , the ferryman . William Smith , 21 years of age , residing in Hood Street , who has left a widow , to whom he haa only been married six weeks ; Elizabeth Jackson , 24 years of age ; Catherine
Durr , 20 ; Maria Clark , 16 ; Hary Dorr , 22 ; Maria Darr , 18 ; Bridget Dorr , IS ; Emma P / aca , 15 ; Sarah Wood , 22 -, Hannah Burke , 16 ; Harta _Pye , H ; _Btfaabeth WU . liamson , 15 ; Jane Hoore , 23 , married ; Ann _Hosre 13 , married ; Frederick Atkinson , 12 ; _Iiaac Mason , 17 ; Janes Hi wo , 20 ; James Elliott dart , 48 ; _Jaaei Black , 18 ; David Pye , 47 ; Joseph Place , 17 ; William Place 19 ; Michael Kane , 19 ; Garrett Sheely , 17 ; John Tatet , 37 ; Cbarlea Wild , 26 ; John Fallon , 20 ; J » hn Woodhead , 19 : Thomas Harrop _, 20 . It is thought there have beea three Other persons lost who were pa-sin ? OTer . Tha follow tag arethe names of thoiewhowbodies hare not y * t been found : —Elizabeth _Jacsstra , Maria Clark , Hsxia Darr , Emma Place , Sarah Wood , Jaae Hoore .
_Htjikm , m * b _CsXHirm or the _Mdsdmib _. — Some persons were drinking on Tauday night week at Baa . _mintoa , when a qaarrel arose , and soma tiae afterwards cm of the party , named J . Watt * , was found dead and corered with blood in the tavern yard . Another of tht drinkers , named Hobbs , was takes into _custo " y , and a verdict of wilful murder has sines been retnrnsd by a jury . Hobbs i « now lu gaol awaiting trial on the eapltal osarge . F « _a ir Wxim HiH _^ _-BassrrroBD , Friday , Dec . 8 , —Last night a fire broke oat at this fine old mansion , attnate within a mile of thli town , and the seat of Mr
C . T . Tower , wbicb for _loms rime threatened the whole with destruction , The flames were at first discovered bursting out in some premises at the back of the mansion , which form part of courtyard , and comprise the extensive stabling , coaeh-he-Mes , and other buildings . By the assistance of the East India _Company's troops , at _Warlejr _, the destruction was stayed , and thongh tbe damage done Is very considerable , the hease Itself u little injured , and thus the fine paintings and other _ralsable objects of eerfu which it contains are untouched . The fira ia understood to have originated from a defect in the chimney .
8 r An ass Bake— This lank ( af which Hr Story was tbe sols proprietor ) stopped payment on Thursday The erent is ascribed to the resent h-avy _andunforeistn calls upon itsiaionreu , arising oat of Ur Story's indlipoiitles , and an erroneous Impression that , there being no second name In the bank , the creditors weald , inthe event of Mr Story ' s death . be compelled to wait twelve months for the payment ef their claims . The if . sot has beea purposely kept u low as posilble , and is sat more than £ 700 . The whole liabilities of the hank do not , as we under * toad , amount to £ 10 , 000 , aud every _cma will ia the end be paid in fall . —Hertford Mercury .
_BiiLWii Accido _*** . —Another accident occurred en Wednesday night week on the Caledonian RiUway . The Crawford Bridge was to far repaired as te admit of trains passing over it , but only one line of rails was restored to working order , consequently up and down trains had to pass over the same line . In order to prevent the possibility of aocldear , Hr _Aidlsoa _statisned a pointsman at this end of tht _singls line , and gave orders that an ; trains comlag np were to whittle as they approached the other end of the tingle Una , whereupon the points _, man was te proceed to the train and accompany it over . Former orders were given tbat no engine wss to _proossd
along the single line withont the pointsman , and tbat his _abseccsirYm * either end wonld Indicate that he was employed in bringing a train over the line . The train from _E'iaburgh and Glasgow , which is due in Carlisle at half . past seven , arrived at the other end ofthe single line , andthe engine driver , aoeordiog _toiastrnolions , whistles for the poIat . man , who accordingly proceeded ta the spat , and waa bringing on the train . Meanwhile , Mr Wiliet arrived * with a _BaUaffcenglne at this _a'de ofthe single line , ' & d not-teeing _tnir pointsmen at his post , be _enquired if the train in _qaeiiion had pasted . He was informed that ithad , end _b'lng anil * _trii ta join tho work-
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[ Bten at Ltmlagtoa Bridge , about two _huadrsd ia nam-* _* - * r , hepfooesde 4 along tht single line , ruder _thttaprttslon that tha road was clear . He had not got tar whtn , to hit great consternation , ht ptroeivtd tha train rapidly approaching-, and seeing that a ooUlsIon waa in . _eiitable , he Immsdietely reversed the engine ; and with the driver and stokir leaped tr ? to save their lives ; in doing so they wera more or lets injared , though , we ar ¦ glad to say , not to a very great extent , Tht driver of the engine attached to ths train , on seeing tha ballast . _eBgineppprosching _, adopted a similar coarse , reversing tit englnt , but unfortunately neglecting to that off the _cteun at tha same time , and he with his fireman and the pointsman likewise leaped off to save themielvas from certain de-traction ; The two engines met with a
tnmsndons orash . The ballast-engine was dashes to pieoes , whilst tbe other being attached to a heavy train of earrlsges , withstood the ahock , and the moment after , having _beenrevstssd and left with the steam In full play , was seen rushing baok the wad _ithadjusttraversad at tht alarming rate ef fifty _milaa an hour , pushing along tbe carriage * containing tbe _fcBMengers , After proceed . Ing a few miles bsck at this _wpld pace , the train cams up to that part ofthe line where the points were accidentally ie placed as to carry it iato a siding , where Its further progress was arrested by Its coming in contact with soma carriages which were standing there . Thlt was a most providential oironmstanoe ; for , bad not these
points been left as they were by some neglect , the train , withont a glide , would hare rushed on towards the wreck of Lamlngton Bridge , and not only wonld tbe lives of many of the workmen hare been sacrificed , bat the train audits living contents would all have bees en . gulfed In the torrent beneath , for the gap which had been formed by the swelling of the waters waa at the time unrepaired . The parties who jumped off the engines suffered severely from the shock and contusions they received , whilst , strange to ssy , the passengers in tha train sustained no farther injury than a _icvere shaking and a dreadful fright would oooasion . The train was afterwards brought on te _CtxlUlo , where it arrived about ten o ' clock , baring been delayed two hours and a half .
A GAMUUiK GOHHITTtP V 0 S KIIrLlHO A FoiCQBB —On Thursday week , at Durham , Hr J . H . Favell , the eoroner concluded an inquest respecting the death of a poacher named John CouIbob , who wat shot by tbe head keeper of G . 8 alvin , Esq ., of Crozdale Park . From the evidence taken it appeared that , on the 95 th ult ., tbe attention of Hr Boyd , the chief keeper at Hr Sal . Tin ' - , was aroused between one and two o ' clock in the morning , by hearing the report of guns filing in tbe direction of his master ' s preserves . Ht immediately got np , and having called the gardener , they went in search of the parties who wera firing , eaoh taking a gun with bim . When they had got into a wood tn High C-oxdsle , they csmeln front of a parry of poachers , who cried ont to them to _atand basic , or they wonld fire npon tiara . _Tbskeeperantw'rsdihatbswonldnotsUndbaek ,
when one of the poachers discharged his gun , and the contents _woanded Boyd in the hands , thighs , and chest . He Immediately fell to the ground , bnt raiting himself partially up , he firtd upon the poachers , who , with the exception of deceased , made off . He , however , was found at a subsequent honr , in the wood , fifteen yards from tbe place where the affray took plice , in a very exhausted ttate , from the blood wbioh bad flowtd from several gun-shot woonds . He was taken to the Infirmary , where he died the following day . The wounded keeper was alto obliged to be removed to his home , wbere he still remains in a very prtoarions condition . The surgeon proved that the deceased died from the wounds which had been inflicted by the keeper , and the jury , after a lengthened consultation , returned a verdict of 'Mantling * * . ter " against Henry Boyd , and tbe coroner made out a warrant for his committal .
_Accidikt with Fibe _Abh _* . —Oa Wednesday week , Hr _Robert Smitb , of Pontefract , was shooting at Dorrington , in company with T . Hall , Esq ., of _Purston , a magistrate of the Wait ftidtog-and a _aarvantof Mr Smith ' * , named William Bains . Hr Smith had marked the plaes where a pheasant had rested , and was approaching the < -pot with his gun at half-cock , when the hammer ef one of the barrels caught a bough—wss pulled back aad let fall npon the cap , discharging the barrel and lodging nearly the whole cf the contents ln the head of his unfortunate servant , and , of coarse killing him on the spot . "An inquest was held on the following day , whtn the Jary retnrned a verdict of ' Accidentally killed . '
Duma _Etjiolait mkak _Biiuihqhah . —Early on Wed . _ncsdsy morning week , the house of an old man named Sly , residing near Shirley Street , about seven miles from Birmingham , was burglariously entered and robbed nnder extraordinary circumstances . Hr Sly is a small tenantfarmer , occupying Winfield farm , his sole companion in the honse being a woman named Mary Shaw , nearly aa old as himself . Abont half-put two o ' clock Mr Sly was awoke from his sleep by a load noise , and immediately felt the hand of a man npon hi * tbroat . He scon ascertained that others , to the number of four or five , ' were in the reom . Ths men , who had entered by means ofa ladder tbroegh the bedroom window , were masked and _passessed of a dark lenthorn . On attempting to stir , the villains , presenting a pistol at Hr Sly ' * hsad , threatened to blow cat his brains if be made the slightest
alarm or resistance . They then , after binding him hand and foot with a cord , proceeded to rifle a box , from which they took 5 G 0 sovereigns , a quantity of _deeii and other _ps-per * . In the meantime the housekeeper , who slept in sn adjoining reom , became alarmed , end begged of tke tblbtes to spare the old gentleman's Ufa . In repl y they threatened to shoot her with a pistol , which _oce of tbem held to her breast . Her hands were likewise tied , and several other boxes were broken open Tht burglars subsequently left the house by the back door , wbich they locked after them . In the count of half an hour Mr Sly managed to loosen the knot of tbe repe with whfeh he was bonnd , and gave tke alarm to Mr Hltcham , a neighbour . Suspicion fell upon fire men who were seen abont the premises some days before , and from the description given of them they were apprehended by tbe Birmingham police .
_MosnsB , snd _ArPSEHEirsio ** or the Sorposm _Men-DBiss . —Pexshoxe , _WoBCisTiBsHits , Saturday , Dec . 9 . —The neighbourhood of this quiet town has been painfolly 61 cited by a barbarous murder , committed upon the person of a young orphan gir ] , named Hary Ann Std-ht , aged sixteen years , who lived with her aunt , a Mrs Bichards , in the retired village of Broughton , about three miles from this town . The mnrder was committed on Tuesday night , and discovered on Wednesday afternoon , whea the body of tbe _yourg woman was _discohered by a person ' _jicg In a ditch by the side of a ianc , and only a short distance from the turnpike-road An inquest _wsb commenced yesterday , before Mr _Bsst , the coanty coroner , and a respectable jary , and It staada adjourned In order to afford time for the
collection ef additional evidence . The following is a brief narrative of the circumottnees attending this traglo tffsir , ai gleaned from the evidence ef the witness- * examined on tbe _Inqnest yesterday . On Tnosday evenlog week last the deceased was sent by her aunt to the village shop to purchase eome tea and _sagar . Tht shop it about a mile distant from Mrs Richards ' s , and bob reached it about half-past four in the evening . Having made her little purchases , the deceased left the shop , and precesded ln the direction ef her aunt ' s cottage , bnt never reached her destination . Mrs Richards , becoming alarmed at hu _pr-slr-acted _absents , caused _InqoWe * tobe made , but no trace of the missing girl wss obtained beyond the village until Wednesday evening , whea she was found lying dead in a ditob , as already
stated . The ditch contained a quantity of water , and the deceased ' s clothes were saturated with moisture . Her basket , con ' . eioAag the purchases of tea and sugar , was lying near her , Oa examination of the oorpie , l : was ascertained that death had been ocoasioned by a blow upon the head , with some blant instrument , which had fractured the skull . Her bonnet was broken , and her clothes were disordered . Ona of her eyes was swollen , bat no marks of violence were observed on other parts of the body . Certain circumstances , wbioh came to light in tfae course of tfae search made by the polioe , led to a strong suspicion tbat a man named Bobert Pulley had been concerned in ths death of the deoeased . The man , who is aboat fifty years of age , formerly had a cottage in tbe parish , bnt of late has slept in outhoascs andbarni , and got a living by doing odd jobs ef work for the
neightouring farmer " . He had been heard to threaten the deceased in _conEeqr-enca of soma supposed _misunder . standing between them ; and on the Taesday evening ho was seen following the precis * direotion as that taken by tbe deceased after the had bought her stock ef groceries at the village . On the road he encountered a son of the landlord of the Piongh and Harrow Inn , Broughton , and inquired of him if he bad seen the de . _ceassa ( using a filthy term ) pass that way . The latter rtplltdln the _afirmattTe , on wbich Pulley rejoined , D—— het ? If I light on her to-night , I'll give htr a * snowier . ' Sha says I ' m jealous of her with a man at Broughton ; bat I ' ll give her a * toot'on the hea * d , and tben see what she'll think abont It . ' This man was traced by the police to the adjolaing parish ot _Forvin , where he wu found lying on some straw in a barn , where two men were at work threshing . While at their
work the men were discussing the circumstances attending the murder , aad must bave been overheard by Pulley from his hiding-place . When taken" iato custody by the police , the prisoner had on two clean shirts and two smock frocks , one of which had marks of blood upon it , He had not the same clothes oa whea apprehended as' were wj » by him on the _Wedn-sdajwhenbewae drinking at the Coach and Hones , PdMkore . The inquest on the body of Mary Ann Stalght , was resumed and closed on Taesday night at Broughton , before Charles Best , Esq ., coroner . Nnmeroas witnesses proved that ihe prisener was seen in the lane at Broughton , following tbe deceased on the night of the raardcr , a * nd that blood was found upon a portion of his clothes next day . He had also been heard to threaten the deceaied frequently .
Superintendent Harris , of the _WorceBteruilre police , appre . hended the prisoner in a barn under some straw , at Parvln , near Broughton . A constable who . accompanied _witness polled ont some straw , whore he was lying . Prisener wore two smock frooks . On tbe outer ene were stains ot blood on the wristband , and there were seme small _tpote of blood on other parts . The prisoner wore alio a waistcoat on which spots bf blood were very distinct . Witness told bim he was charged with the murder of Hary Ann Stalght , aad he replied that i He did not do it . ' On going along the road they met a person _kaown to the prisoner , ' _> w _* -e called oat to him , « Jack , I ' m going to be hanged . ' tbe prisoner when apprehended had on two clean shirts , T . Pantor , labourer identified the Btick found in the ditch , as haiing formerly belonged to bins ' . When he last saw It' It was lying in _s _gwdea where
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the prison er was at work . Witness tueditas a walls * The _prlteatr hen said thathe hsd thrown it Into _psar-trte . _TaVteeeohei worn by the prisoner bar not been foand , and it Is stated that the prisoaer hat made aa admission . to a stranger thathehad thre-m them Into the river Avon , but ibe evidence not being _satli fa ctory eo that point was not reoeived . The jary after a , short consultation returned a verdiot of ' Wilful Harder against Robert _Polley . ' DaBTtia Assault ahd _Roibbst . — Oa Friday week a most daring assaultand robbery was perpetrated ln open day , about oat o ' clock , aboat a mile from Glasgow on the pnblio road to _Kirkintilloch . It appears tbat the Barony Parochial Board bad a number of able-bodied _pjor employed at _out-door labour at Barnaul , en tht
abore road , and that day beiog pay-day , tht porter , Dagtld U'Gregor , was proceeding to tbat place , at tbe time stated , with the money , amounting to £ 1 * 10 s , in silver and copper , for the payment of the men ' s wages , When turning the corner of the road , btyond tho en . trance to the Sigh thill Cemetery , he wat met by two men- em of whom threw the contents of a tin jug—a quantity of soot and water — la his _ftos , and then ¦ rising him round the body , held bim till hit accomplice rifled his pockets , and took _potssssion of all the money he had , with whioh , after throwing him down , they both decamped . On tbe poor man gaining bis feet and his sanses , the villains were out of bis view . The _soppasltlon Is that they were two of the able-bodied poor , whi had the bestopportualty of _kaswlog U'Gtegor ,
the time he wonld be on tbe road , and tbe pr . _' z » of wbich he wai likely to be possessed , Ai soon as Intelllgeno . of the daring occurrence _reached the central offioe , criminal _omcors'Tlngues and Mitohell , were despatched tt the scene of the outrage with the view of prosecuting snoh inquiries as might he deemed neoessary . for . the apprehension of tbe robbers , The ground bavin * b _? en carefully gone over , a bag containing between £ 11 and £ 13 of silver was found beBlde a hedge on the roadside , whiob mutt hare been thrown away by the robbers in their flight . A heavy and formidable-looking weapon , familiarly known a * a ' _akoU-otacker , ' was also fonnd net far from the plaoe wh « re the robbory wu committed . Throuth the exertions _oltheofnoers already named , one
of the robbers , a labourer , named Smitb , was apprehended la the coarse of Saturday afternoon , and bis been tally Identified , both by the plundered par'y , and by a female , wbo , from a short distance , witnessed the assault . Smith is one of the unemployed iaboursrs in the pay of the barony parochial board ; and bis abart tn tbe transaction was first _saspeoted from tho dreamstknet thathe did not answer tb hia name at roll call , abont the time the robbery was oommltted . This far . n ' sbed a cine to galde the movements of the polioe ; and wben he presented himself at work , as usual , on Saturday afternoon , he was immediately apprehended . There are other two parties implicated , who are still at large ; bat there Is _trery probability tbat they will oot long
remain so . REmcioai _Convicis . —Fifty of the worst characters from among tha convicts on board tbe York hoik , were on Saturday . removed , under a strong mllltarj guard , to the railway station at _Gotport , and thenoe to tbe Millbank _pilson . with a view to a systematlo application of solitary confinement and compulsory labour . Tbeir ribaldry and noise on going through the street , on their way te the train , were most offensive . _ATBQCIOIM AMD IHHOUAM MoBSSB AT _BaiDGHOaTU . — On _Monday , Mr Batte , eoroner , held an inquest in the _Townhall , touching the death of Ann Newton , aged 72 years . From the esidence which was adduced before the coroner , and from other facts which hare transpired , there is reason to believe tbat a most inhuman murder
hat beea perpetrated . Tbe person in custody on suspicion is the daughter of the deceased . Her name ls Catherine Mercy Newton ; she It aboat 40 years of tge , and bas never hssn married , though the hat a daughter tged 16 jeara . Tbe father of this ehild was the pritonet ' s cousin , and shortly after the birth of she cbild sbot himself , Tht deceased was about 72 jears of age , and had been a widow for upwards of SO years . She was in the receipt , under the will of her father , Thomas Edwards , ef the interest ef the sum of £ 500 , and was also entitled to the htlf of a sum of £ 150 , npon the death of her brother , which happened a few months ago , and whioh sam it is believed bad aot been paid . The prisoner became entitled en the death of her mother , to £ 200 of
the £ 500 , and to the interest ot the remaining £ 800 fer life , and as she is her mother's only child wbo survived their infancy , the ls a ' so entitled to wbat other property her mother was possessed of . For some years past she has been retidlog ( in the situation of housekeeper ) with a Mr Richard Dy re , near tbe bridge over the Severn , at Bridgnorth . Mr Dyre , abont two years ago , was at . tacked with apoplexy , and bas since then bten . paralysed and unable to walk or talk . Previously to that time Mr Dyre and tbe prisoner were tbe only inhabitants of tbe boase , but since that event there has beon another girl , of _thenameofCotfisld , living with tbem . Thedeceased , for the last two or tbree years , bad been living some _, times in small houses alone , and occasionally In lodgings , and is said to have been a weak-minded woman . She
was in the habit of visiting her daughter occasionally at Hr Dytt ' a , sometimes with his knowledge , bnt generally without , and now and then was permitted to stay all night , when the was in the habit of sleeping in the kit . ohen , upon a sofa , without undressing herself . On Monday last , when her death happened , the deceased was at Ur D-re's , as wiU be seen by the evidence , The coroner having briefly opened the proceedings , tbe following evidence was adduced . Hary C 9 rfield deposed tbat she was a servant in the employ of Mr Dyre , of Brldgenortb , she saw the deceased at half-past nine on the evening of Monday last , at whieh time she ( witness ) went to bed , deceased lying on the sofa ln the kitchen ; she was not asleep , the prisoner , her daughter , wat in the kitchen with her . At abont two o ' olock Mr Djre rang for
witness , and npon rising from the sofa where the had been to sleep , she was almost suffocated with smoke , she immediately ran down stairs ; the door at the bottom of the stairs wu shut , which was a very unusual thing . As soon as she opened the door she saw the covir ol the sofa on fire . The end of the sofa was abont three quarters of . a yard frem tbe fire , and it was burning at the end farthest from the fire , Tbere was very little fire la the grate . Did not see any one in the kitchen when she went down . There was no candle burning , or muoh light on the fire , Witness gave an alarm tbat the house was on fire , and went to call Mr Doughty , who came directly . When she returned she missed the deceased , and upon going to search for her , she was fonnd in the hack yard , with her head lying In
the brewhouse . She wat quite dead . Shortly after witness went np stairs the previous evening to bed , she heard the dtceased cry eat , ' don't 1 ' aad Immediately afterwards , the door at the bottom of tbe stairs was closed . Deceased came to the house at eight o ' elock . Sbe went Into the kitchen where sbe saw ber daughter . Deceased _gare her daughter a card with the Lord ' s Prayer npon it , bat the prisoner threw it upon the fire , saying , ' that won ' t fill your belly ! ' Before supper the prisoner tent , witness for a quart of rum , which was partially drank before they went to bed . Deceased and the prisoner lived npon very bad terms , deceased freqnenlly complained of her daughter ' s treatm nt . The prisoner frequently told witness _tbat sbe knew she shoald _behusg for hsr mother . Had seen tbe prisoaer
beat her mother with a whip , On ono occasion she fetched the doctor , deceased bad been so seriously beaten . —By a juror : Deceased had about 7 s , Od , pe _? week to live upon . A day or two before the occurrence witness fetched , according to the prisoner ' s directions , half a pint of lamp oU . It was aot used . Saw the ' . bottle In ] the { pantry on the day of the fire ; , hut on the following morning she saw the empty bottle in the grate . There were marks of ell oa the pillow-case wblob lay apon tht sofa . The pillow and sheets foand In the yard were in the honse when witness want to b . d . —W . Dooghty said ha was a nephew of Mt Dyre , He resided aboat 150 yards from , his house . Had known the _deo-ated for several years . Often been obliged to go to his unole ' s to prevent tbe prisoner from Ill-treating her
mother . Tho deoeased told bim tbat the prisoner bad attempted to strangle her , and witness saw red marks ronBd ber neok . At about two o'clook on Tuesday morning the witness Corfitld called bim np , _sajing the houte was on fire , and bit unole wonld be burned to death . Upon going to the house he found all the deor * closed and fastened , Witness tried to force open one of the doors , when the prisoner opened the back door . She did not speak ; bat on witness sajing something abont her having the bouse on fire , and having her mother , she said , ' What's my mother to me . ' Ths girl Coifield then took a _oaadlt and went to the back do r , and after a few seconds ahe came baok _loreamiag ' Sbe ' _s dead 1 _ibe ' s bara * to death . ' _WItao-a then went oat , and foand deoeased laying ln the yard , When tbe
prisoner knew tbat her mother' was dead , she appeared quite _anoonceraed . She nsvsr said a word about her m therantilthe body was discovered . —Additional circumstances connected with this oase have oome out before tht _coreotr _, which tend to confirm the guilt ofthe prisoner . Richard Evan , a police officer , on going to tht bouse , found CTorjthlng iu _coafuiion , the prisonei _'^ bed bad not been slept ln during the nlgbt , and tbere were remains of burnt rags , and marks of blood , and so also was the prisoner's night dress . Theprisoner was tipsy ., Mr Newell , the surgeon ( Mayor of Brldgnorth ) , had known the deoeased _foor ' or five years . Pome time back he was called In to attend her , whea he found her so dreadfully beaten that large pieces of flesh ' were out out of her arms , and on expostulating with the prisoner she repllsd , ahe was sorry she bad not finished her . He had with Mr Colley made a second post mortem examination of the body , and was of opinion thatthe oause of death was congestion of the long * and brain arisinfrom suffocation
g , and that tbe boras took place after death . ' Mr Colley and Mr _ThursfUd , surgeons , who assisted at the examination of the body , were of tbe lame opinion . William . Cafleld had gone to the house of Mr Dyres and had seen the body of the _deceaaed _. Tfae priioner ealled Mm to her ; she palled him by the frock , and , taking _bimraund the neck , said , "Is she dead ? On his replying yes , ahe klBaed him , and said lam as happy as if I was in heaven . ' She was not sobsr . Edward Edwards , brother to the deoeased said she was aeventy-two years old . She was entitled , under her father ' s will , to the interest of £ 500 , of wbioh at her decease , £ 200 were to be paid over to the prisoner who was also to enjoy tbe _lntirast on the _remaining £ 300 for Hfo . The prisoner had on one oooasion said to him , « The old bitch had kapt her out of the money till her hair was grey , and she should like to see her cat into four quarters . ' It having baen intimated to tho coroner that , some very important evidence woald ha brought forward atthe next inquiry , tho court was fld . _jAurnsd . Oa Tuesday evening , tae _iaquif y In tai ! MW
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was _rttomsd at she Tows Hall . The following wit . ntssta wm txamlntd : —Mary Corleld , remembered , about _strtn or eight _montht ago , string tht prisoaer take tho _deceased ' t handkerchief off bar neck or head , pat her in a large ohair , and kneel open her . She then put the silk handkerchief into tho deosased _' s _moutb , and woald no doubt have suffocated herlfwitaest had not threatened to raise au alarm , On Sunday last , noticed some footprints on the floor of the kitchen , There are four marks and three prints of naked feet . They are In the direotion leading from the sofa to the brew-hTnse . The marks are made with ell or grease . Wnen the floor is wet , the marks ai « net vlilble . The floor was very wet wben tho i kitchen was examined . Thty were first observed by Mrs Doughty—William
Doughty examined tbe prints on the floor of the kltohen , Tbey were prints of naked _fVetmsde wlthoU . —HrOoley aaid a question was pnt to the prisoner after the body was found . One of tbe parties present asked tbe prisoner how it oeourred , that the deoeased was burned , and she answered , ' I was In bed , and oame downstairs and foand the kltohen la _flunai . '—E » ah » , the polioemen , said , when he examined the prisoner ' s bed on the morning of tbe fire , nobody bad been In the bed , bat it ap . peared as if some ene had been lying on the outside . When he was going to take htr to tke gaol , she said , ' Passion , passion , I am very passionate , Bnd as soon as my passion is ovir , I forgive directly . '— Mr Coley , sur . geon , on being _reoaUed , ta l * he was now rather inclined to _bvlicvt that tho barn might have occurred dating
life , —By Mr Bazlewood : The tongue and lips , and so far as _witness conld see into the moutb , were burnt , _Csald see about tbree quarters of an . inch inside tbe moutb . That appearance was more likely to exist If deceased bad been burnt dur ! n < life tban after death . Be thought so , because the aot of respiration would Induoe the fire to scorch the hulde of the mouth In the manner he raw , and he thought the flimes would not so burn ihe mouth of a dead person . Ha thought the com * tuition of ihe things he saw burnt woald tend to pro . * _*» . oe sleep , —B » examined by the coroner : Did not examine the month with the view of ascertaining whether tbe deoeased had Inspired the flames . In eases of suffocation the tongue frequently swells and protrudes , He _aiBlatea Mr Thurifijld and Mr Newell in making the
further poii mortem examination . The parts examined were the chest and head . The longs presented a vary gorged appearance . The heart was healthy . He was of opinion that death was produoed by congestion of the lungs aod ofthe brain , and ef _oanrso not by burning . He did not think it possible for any _person in tbe air to volantarlly snflooate themselves . He thought tho de . ceased died from suffocation . —W . Thurtfield , . Esq ., recalled : Had observed the _appaaraaoes about tbe month of the deceased , The ttxtare of tbt lips was destroyed and consumed , and tbo _toneuo burned , but he did not believe tbnt suoh burning was produced by ' the inspiration of tbo flame , — -In _oonseqaenoa of tbt sadden illness ofoneof the _jarymen tht coroner was compelled again to acionrn tha court _.
_Exsrsa— A _Sffittntfa _Dsncrsn . —On Monday , a man called on a tradesman In thlt city , who ls a general dealer and offered to supply him with a quantity of tobacco , of which ht produced a sample . After some conversation , the shopkeeper agreed to take 301 b . at Is . 91 . ptr lb . In the evening the man called with a parcel , stating that hehad brought the tobacco ; he was desired to show that It was exaot to tbe sample , on whtoh , readily _acqiietolng , he cut open the Up of the bag and displayed a small pottlon of tobadto , adding
that he hoped his friend wonld be satisfied with tha quality , The tradesman told bim he bad beard of eo much roguery going on that he shoHld like to prove other parts of the bag , which bo held firmly ia his grasp . Upon this tbt fellow instantly bolted . As might have been expeoted , tbe bag , on examination , was found filled with _sawdust , exoeptlng at the top , where there were a few ounces of tobacco . The man was dressed in a pilot oloth coat and trewsers , had earrings in his ears , and rings en his fingers , and repre ecnted that he was captain of tht Maria from Jersey .
Attempt-. !) Kobbsbt ard Moideb . —An attempt at robbery and murder occurred , on tbe morning of Sunday last , at _Brlckendonbury Hall , near Hertford , tbe residence of Mr _Ruisell Ellis , the East India director . Mr Ellis and a party of friends were out shooting on Saturday over tbe Brlokendon Manor , and had a very _gaooeasful day ' s sport , Tbe larder at tbe hall was in con . seqaenco well stocked with game . Some thieves , who , it seems , were aware ot tbis , andhad some knowledge of the premises , formed the project of oarrying off the whole of the game , and for that purpose visited the _premlaes about two o ' clock on the morniBg ofSuuday , Tbey got lute an inner yard , and broke open the door _ei the larder , A large _deg was a \ liberty ln the yaTd , bnt tbe thieves managed to keep bim silent , A small
dog , however , that was kept in the harms * house , maintained saoh an incessant barking that a groom . who slept In tho same building got out bf bed , opened ths door cautiously , and peeped out , in order to ascertain whether anything was wrong . He perceived tbat the gates were open , and that a man stood near them , evidently watching ,- Another man was proceeding towards him from the inner yard , laden wltb tbe contents ef the larder , Almost at the same Instant the groom heard the report of a gun close te him , snd felt the _fhsh upon his head acd faoe . Ho drew back mechanically , when a man whom he conld scarcely pero * ive through the smoke , said , ' . Ton bave disturbed us before , and we meant to give it you thit time , ' or words to tbat eff sot , and then disappeared after his companions , wbo bad fled on hearing the report . The groom suffered no injury , bat the ballet was embedded 21 inches deep In the door post , and from the height of tbe perforation It it certaia that _to < - ballet must hare passed quite dose to
hie head . Two men and two boys have been taken into custody on susptolon of being ooncerned in the affair . Tbe prisoners all reBlds In a low looality at Halford , Oneof the mon , named Clarke , was fonnd in bis bsd on Sunday morning by ths police . He owned at once that he had been out all Bight , but said be had beon poaching , with bis neighbour , Edward Willis . A gun wbich hsd been recently discharged , and a soore of game nets , were foand ia his bouse , The police next visited tbe abode of Willis , and he too acknowledged thst he had been out all night . The shoes ef tho two nun are said to correspond with the footmarks left by the would . bs assassins , _Hotjm ot Liam ia _Eoittsmatt—Oa Friday a meeting was held in Brighton Strut Chapel for tbe pnrpose of taking measures to forward tbe movement origl . nated . by the _London journeymen baker * toaboliib nlgbt werk and shorted the hoars of labour . The Lord Provost occupied tha chair . The meeting was addressed by several ministers and others , and resolutions were adopted ln accordance with the object of the meeting .
_LisKiixD , —A letter has _reachi-d town , announcing that Mr K ; kewleh bas withdrawn from contesting this borough , so that Mr Crowder ' _s return is now secure . The Speaker of thi Hou-e of Caramons gives notice In Taesday night ' s _Ojzitte tbat ihe new writ tar ths borough of Liekeard will bo Issued at the end of fourteen days after the 9 th inst . Con _Bobbibies at Wiqih . _—JAn Bleasdale , who stands charged with a most extensive robbery of coal at Wigan , and whe absconded about twelve months ago ,
has been apprehended by one of the London detectives , and was taken to Wigan on Sonde / lAM , The prisoner , It will be remembered , was a coal proprietor , and Is charged with having obtalntd _. through dishonest working oi bis pit , many thousand tona from under the parish ohurch and eburohyard , and one or two of tbe principal streets , Henry _Bleasdalt ( bis nephew ) , manager of the works , and Enoch Orimshaw , nndeilooker at the Col . Horv , wero In cnatody for trial at the last Liverpool March Asilz * s , but were discharged , there being no evi . deno * showing tbeir complicity .
Tbi ELor-KEMT Hon Chobikt —On Monday afternoon week some hundreds of persons were seen wen fling their way towards Burgh Ball , to witness the liberation of Miss E , Doris , a report having been circulated that the husband , Etils _Norrii , was going to _feteh her out , her guardians Laving agreed to allow him to take ber under bis protection . Tho report , however , was withont any foundation , and tbe multitude were disappointed in their expectations , as Mr Seed , the owner of the asylum wbere sbe is , positively asserts tbat he will not resign her without the approbation of her guardians ,
Tbs Whoibsam _Swiholibb—Thefaml _' yof swindler-, Maria , Ann , and _Josvph _Whlteuouse , alias Green , whose capture we noted recently , were again brought np to the Manchester B > _rouiih Court , en Monday last . —Mr Reay _, of tfae Liverpool Guardian Ssclety , stated that a number of ether oases of swindling by the prisoners had been discovered , hot ihey wore similar to tbose already investigated , and hl'hortothey had not been able to find the _husband of Mrs _Whl'ebouio . H ¦ had , therefore , no additional evidence lo produce on that part of the oharge , —Mrs Boston repeated the evidenoe sbe had previously given , respeoiing the towel mined from her house , and Identified by her little girl ; but it was not thought to be sufficiently conclusive to warrant the prisoners' committal on tbat alone . Mr R » y then preferred a charge against Maria _Whltehoate ( the mother ) and Ann ( the daughter ) for pissing base coin at Liverpool . —Mrs Bit - chell . of Waterloo , Liverpool , was _oslled , and stated tbat
the younger prisoner bought a pound of _sugsr in her shop , on the erenisg of Friday , the 28 ih of January last , for which she paid a counterfeit 5 s . pleoe , the _basoness of the coin being discovered immediately after she loft the shop . —Mrs Rummer stated that she lived about a mile from the last witness , and she was paid a base 5-. piece at' nine o ' clock the same Bight , for some coffee ; she believed It was paid her by the elder prisoner , bat she was not positive . A baker residing noar the eame neighbourhood was also paid a bast 6 s , piece for some bread . He bellbved it waa tbe younger prisoner from whom he reoeived it , bnt he would not undertake to speak positively . Mr Maude said , ho should discharge the prisoners as far na his jurisdiction wbb conoerned , aad leave Mr Reay to ao ' . as he thought proper with ' reBpeot to the matter , Mr Reny then had the younger prisoner taken into custody , the mother and son being liberated ,
Isle or Man . _—Couibioh at Sea . —On Friday , De * oember 8 th , tho galliot , Jano ot Whitehaven , Jenkinson , ' master , put into Ramsey harbour , ' disabled , with yards carried away , and about three feet of water in the hold , an * , taking in rapidly . About three o ' cloch _, A . M ., when about fifteen miles of _Maoghold Road , she came in _ccncusbIob with another galliot , ae bo ' . h vessels were on op . _posite tacks , tha wind blowing S . S . E _., and thus beoauie disabled , and _rcoelvod some Injury on the larboard bow a little below water mark , wlfti the ohain _bolis ofthe _mlzenmastof tbo other vessel ; She then tacked to fol . low tbo ' vessel , bnt she had gone'too great a distance at the time , so ahe _mBaefoyRims-y . " the * IK * _wtSo _? tbat the galliot , wao tbe Bitrow of _WMtobgyen , Moffat
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master ; both vessels lets tbat pert ai tea r , K ., en Tbursday , and were coal _ladsu for _Klngstowa . It tenet known what hu become of the Barrow ; tbt Jtat taw a vassal towards tbe east , bnt coold aot discern ber _correctly , and a smack bavlag arrived at Ramsey report that the taw a _aohoontr , with a mast oarritd away , making for Whitehaven . _Essix , _ D ' ssa 8 e _AiioaosT _Hoaiit , —Tht distast amongst _horset bas again made its _appsarance ln some parts of Essex . Mr Wright , malster , of Fyfleld , hat lost ono valuable horse , and ' has sevsral others _affaotcd _.
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Jobt Packing—The demonstration against the practice of jury paoking is _bsing worked with nnosssing energy . The memorial bas received the signatures , np to this day , of thirty peers , mambais of parliament , deputy lieutenants , acd msglstrates ; ot _sevsn Roman Catholic prelates ; of twenty-six dignitaries of that churoh of tho professors of foar Roman _Cutbe-llo co ! - leges , and of the _msjority of tb * corporations of Dub . Un , Water ord , Wettord , Drogheds , and G'lway , besides large numbers of other signatures from tboso places . The _Wabobb mantlens a mora lawless premonition against 'jury picking '—Mr Kemmis , the orown solioitor , was favoured a day or two since with the deposit at bis hall door ot a human skull .
EsciPE or Ub _O'JKiHonr . —It is announced that Mr John _O'lfahoay , of whose _eiplolts , In connexion with the late attempt at disturbance near _Curragbmore and its neighbourhood , ss much has been beard , has es . oaped to Franco , whence he has written to hit friend ! _hera . The only party ia tho position ofa loader in those troubles now at large and In the country , Is Mr Hatnstt , tbe _altered projeotor of tbe steppage of tbe mail at _AbbsyfeBle . Mr _Penaington , the ship agent , who had given Mr M'Manus a passage und-r suspicious ciroum . stanoes and the only political prisoner remaining in Cork gaol , bas been admitted to ball by tb * looal magistrates , by whom he had bsen in tbe first lnttsnoo committed .
Corvs _Sxbbet _SiViKoV Bink . —Mr Pratt ' s Inquiry has terminated for the present withont any satisfactory result , as far as tha _unfortanate depositors are conosrned . Tbis has been caused by the _refasal of the trustees and msnagors to produce tho books of tbe bank for ths _intpsotlon of Mr Pratt and tha g « ntl » men who are acting on behalf of the depositors , Tbe faots , as far as thsy bave _yst been ascertained , present this strange and astounding aspsct : —In May last , whtn the bank stopped payment , upwards of £ 48 , 000 were due to depositors , to meet whioh it is stated thai only £ 83 were forthcoming . Tha qiestlons naturally _arisr what bas been doae with tbe money thai intrusted to tbe _msBSgeri of the institution ! What has keen tha came of a den . clsncy so _enormoas and so startling t How It
restitution ta ba made to the humble and industrious classes of onr fellow oltizens , whose hard earnings hare thai mysteriously disappeared 1 No adequate eiplanatlon —> or , Indeed , any explanation at all—has y « t bsea offered by the traste is . Oa tho contrary , they bave refused all _explanation—refused to open their books ; and as a cover for this refusal , have challenged the jurisdiction of Mr Pratt . - The _oonsequenoe was , tbat after hearing evidence whioh established the olatsas of certain depositors to tho amount of £ 2 , 000 , Mr Pratt bas been obliged to adjourn _thelnvestlgMlon , until tbe Court of Qtean ' _s Bench shall have determined the question tf jurisdiction , and compelled the production of tbe books , without which tbe transactions of the bank oannot be thoroughly sifted , or the troth _asoertained _.
_AiiiBxtNo State or _Skibbebebh Poob Hoosb , —The total number now in tbe Sfcibbereen Poor House and l _> s auxiliary bouses Is about 4 , 230 , Of this mm ber the three auxiliary houses inthe town and at _Daelie accommodate _absut 950 , The remaining 3 , 280 are dieted In tbe poor bouse , and about fifty are sent to a store to sleep . Thus thera are permanently lodged Jn the unlan poor house about 2 , 780 . The house was intended wben first built to accommodate 800 . Sinoe then three addltionsl timber houses have been built on the premises , one of whioh is inhabited by Invalids , and Into these three snd the main bouse tbere an now crammed by day 3 . 280 , and by night 2 , 783 . Every available apartment ls made use ef as a bed room , In tbe girl ' s schoolroom , which measures about 27 by 42 feet , about 500 girls spend the
day , breakfast , dine , and about half of ths number sleep there , Even the bath reom , which measures about nine by sixteen feet , is made use of as a day room , dining room and bed room , and in this small apartment I found this evening 170 persons , men and women , confined ; _tbere wis scarcely room for them to stand , Abont seme 50 ? er 600 persons bave bten in tbe house for tbe last fortnight _wltbontgetting tbehonse dress , and in the filthy rags whioh tbey brought in with them , Tbe air in the apartments ia whioh these ara kept Is intolerable . Others who have been in the house for some time , and have got the dress , have not changed a shirt for the last month , and others have to go Bhlnlets whilst their shirts are being washed , Disease has already oommenoed to in . orease Jn tbe house ; and in the infirmary the number in each bed varies from two to six . —Cork Examiner .
_MisiKo ik thb Nobth . — -The _BsmsT Wbio _con'atns the following interesting report with regard to tbe commencement of mining operations on an _exleo-lre scale by an English company in tbe oounty of Antrim ; the event iB one of considerable _Importaaoe , at least In the north of Ireland : — ' For upwards of _twelve months past certain English capitalists have been engaged in making preliminary explorations of tbe extensive mineral basin on the north-east coast of Antrim , whioh has a sea boundary from Torhead to tbe _ Bay of Ballycastle , and runs several miles inland . The ' whole of this basin , _oamprlslnft rasny thousand acres ' , is held nnder _Isbbb from the Earl of Antrim . Aotlve investigations have discovered , in the Ballycastle section of tbe property ,
beds or veins of iron stone , some of whioh are two feet nine Inohes thick , of a quality equal , if not superior , we learn , to the celebrated blaok band of the west of Scotland . The seams of coal vary from two feet els inches lo els feet in thickness , and embraoealmost every variety , from the ; rieh and bituminous produee ef the north of England , to tbe _anthraolte er blind ooaloi Wales . The ooMtry whioh has jast been opened lies contiguous to Murloogh Bay , a fine natural harbour , extending from Torhead , on the south , to a point near Fairhead en the north . The bay has seven fathoms' depth of water bo . yonda ledge of rook jutting from its _cmtre , and at which , la the olden tluus , coal and agricultural produce _wers exported for the consumption of the coast . The colliery works are situated near the base of oae of the
spurs of the range of lefty basaltic hills , the loftiness asd grandeur of whioh axe exceeded only by the wonders of the _Ganoewsy . Three seams of coal have been opened by means of adits or levels , which are drlren into the side of the bill , aBd the produce Is conveyed by means of railways to a drop or jetty , wbioh will bs used for temporary shipment until the construction of a pier _upnn a large scale ( for wbioh , we understand , the working plans aro being prepared ) at the point in tbe bay already indioatf d . Tuesday last being appointed for the opening of
this colliery , seversl gemlemsn visited the works and expressed muoh satisfaction with the quality of the coil asd the facility of working il , ond with ths _asMegsusnis made for Its shipment , The _iahobitants of Ballycastle , naturally muoh interested in the erection of the works , ant in the intended benefit to the Immediate district _, testified their respect for the English company by ilia _mlnatlng their picturesque little town , by tbe bis zing of tar barrets , the parading of bands of _musio through the streets , and other modes of rejoicing . There was alio a tolerably good display of fireworks _.
' _YolOHTlar Evictions . —Lord _GHengell ' s tenantry ate quitting his lordship ' s property . _Bsarcely a nigM elapses but seme tenant , dreading eviotlon and feeling the pressure of the rent and poor-rates , makes his escape te some seaport , carrying with him all he can collect . Lord . _GlengaUis said to regret tbe departure of his tenantry , and to be Inclined to make abatements if tbey wonld remain . His lordship ' s generosity , bowete-, o . mos ' too late . ' He will shortly , it is said , have 00 aores to himself , to till , to crop , and psy tbe poor . atesi A' _Cauit ior or _Tiouncb in Limorlok has ended in a murder . A faw days since , a man named Ntoholson , was returning from the lafirmary of Limerick , whither he had beea to fetch home bis brother , who had been n patient there , when he was attaoked by a party with whom he had had some quarrel , and such Injuries were _iofiloted on him as to oause bis death .
_Thbbs Mm _AccosiD ov _Moboib , committed eight months sinoe , hare been arrested in tha Dobarrow mountains . The unhappy ' viotim ln this affair waa a man named Devitt , He was returning from prayers on a Sunday , and being overtaken by rain , he dirsoted bis steps to a neighbouring house for shelter . This house was It appears , at the moment in the hands of a party wbioh had attaoked it , . _Tbelrjentlnels warntd him not to approach , bnt Devitt , not heeding the warning , went on , and waa shot dead as he entered the houso ..: Ah Am _cttKo Ikcicbmt Is related by at Donegal paper . A few nights since a young boy and hts sister returning from Pettlgo , homeward , had to cross a mountain . The
night was dark and stormy , aad . they lost then * way * Next morning both were found dead from the exposure _. The boy and girl lay side by side—the iatttr with bar arm round her brother ' s neck , and her . fl _» n » tl j » Mooa » removed from _hrr own person was wrapped round hia feet . Thus did the creature , perhaps , saorlloe htr own life la a vain iffort to sustain that of her _brother Taiai or Ma Dcm — . The commission was opened or Wednesday , before Justice Peirln . The grand jury having been sworn , Justice Perrin prooeeded to deliver his _ohargo to tbem . There was nothing In his _obssrva . tions to oall for particular remark » eo much the _le- » iB . deed , is this neoessary , as his lordship , la ( _Hr-cUae ' his observations te the _usbo of Mr- Duffy , qao »« a a nss iS ' _ahed . € kMW ° ! M' JttBUM Bl «« ab « a ., ttlreVd
_. Mr _SjalthO Brien , _andths other partiea convioted at Clonmel , remain at Riobmond Bridewell . Th r 11 S 2 _TL" _*""" " _** _* 3 oa _« " -3 the _Qu . n _' . thK _^ _'Si _*** * _sT _* * _™* _*' ° < .- decision of mS __ _S _ tbT ° _Vh ° 0 P 0 WD ' MtM *» _«™«* will Wi _. hho d the requisite _sanolion for the prosecution of au appeal to the House of lords . u _?« " * ' _* _on rW h < U _" " A moM ° > entof an Im portant _ohawcw , having _reierenos to the muohoanvasssd poor law . , Uabout to take place ., It has been for some _tlmeln _confcmplatlon , and has at _leogth b-ea _dsoided on , that _^ pre ientatlves from ths _sevaral _boarda of guardians _t-roughout the country will assemble In Dublin in about a fortnight from this time , to discuss aaoug _themselvsB
Jobt Packing—The Demonstration Against T...
tht objections to the working of tha poor law , which se many localities now sesm so keenly to fssl ; Whatever they shall adopt at their judgment , It It intended , _ah & 'l belaid before ths executive for lis _iaformatitn preparatory to that amendment of the law which ie not only ad * _vlsabla but inevitable , and wltb which parliament at its opening will bt oalled upon to deal . This moveaunt it of so i _raotloal a nature that tbere oan ba little doubt the authorities will _reoelva lit recommendations with great attention . Meanwhile , it is consoling to find that , wherever the owners tnd _ocoopltrs of land are doing tbeir duty in affording employment , the poor _Uw Is regarded as a valuable _au-iliar / .
_iKraoviMiRT or _Ibhabd . — A warrant bas been _received from the Treasury by tbo Board of Works , direct * Ing that instoad of repaying Into the Exchequer the instalments of tbe Famine Loan now in the hands of the beard , and whioh exoeed the sum of £ 3 _'JO , 000 , that this money may bere-isiued upon proper security to tbe land owners ia the _several eonntles whlob hava paid it , for the purposes of drainage and other means of improving tbe land . No applications frem _psrioas resident in counties in arrear to be oomplted with _.
The Late Appalling Loss Of Life On Board...
THE LATE APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE ON BOARD A STEAMER . Tha following statement haa baen officially dado by Captain Johnstone , the master of the Londonderry : — 4 By this publio instrument of protest , be it made known and manifest , tba ' . on the ih d _* y of December , 1848 , beforeme , William Scott , notary publio _. by lawful authority , duly admitted and sworn , practising and residing in the City of Londonderry , personally appeared Alexander Johnstone , master or commander of the _steam-ves-el Londonderry , of Londonderry , of the burthen of 277 tons , who did declare , and aver for truth , that on Friday , the bt day of December , 1848 , the said vessel , then lying at Sligo , and being in stout ahd Btaunch order , repair , aud condition , her _engines in particularly good order , tbe vessel
well found , provided , and equipped , and in every respect sea-worthy for the prosecution of their intended ; voyage te Liverpool . At eight a . m ., having taken on board a part of their oargo , consisting of sundry goods and merchandise , under deck , and a number ofco _(* a , bullocks , and sheep , on deck ; at half-past eight a . m ., they , with a pilot on board , proceeded from the quay ot Sligo te OyBter Island , wbere they were to come to , to take on board the passengers and _luggago , _together with a far _ther portion of cargo , and aboat twenty-six pigs that awaited tbem there . At a quarter-past nine they arrived at Oyster Island , and the passenger * commenced coming on board , and continued so doing until _abjut noon , when the vessel waa again ready for sea ; but , in oonseqaenoa of tho
tide ebbing , and the wind changing , to W . S . W ., witb . squalls , the pilot found it impossible to cant tbe snip ' s bead to seaward withont placing her in imminent danger . Thev were , therefore , under the necessity of continuing at Oyster Island until abont half-past four , when the canted with tbe tide , and tbe pilot got the sbip under weigh , and took * her outside the Metal Man when he left her . At the time the ship got under weii < b , there was according to the pilot ' s mark , about fifteen feet water on tha bar , before which the vessel oould not bave crossed it with safety- About twenty minutes past five crossed the bar and prooeeded to aea , the wind then blowing west » stiff braze . Continued their voyage withont any material occurrence until eight o ' clock ; the sea
at this time rough , and the vessel pitching ; tbe spray waB breaking over tbe deck ; tbe man who kept the watch forward eame to Appearer and informed him the oompanion-lid of the _s-eerage had worked eff with the pitching of the vessel , and oould not ba found . Appeartr told the second mate to take tha tarpauling off the _luggsge and cover it over the companion to prevent the water from going below , which was accordingly done , from whioh time until ten o'olock the wind increased , blowing from W . to W N . W ., and the tea rose , causing the ship to pitch and roll greatly . _Aopcarer obliged to keep constantly neat the wheel , directing the management of the sbip , except when he had to go to the cabin to consult the chart , and seo the ship ' s way . At this
time the mate came _teAppaarer , and informed him that the weather had carried the tarpauling again off the companion , and that he had taken the carpenter ; with a light , forward to secure it . In proceeding , they found the Blide or top , and replaced it on the companion , and nailed the tarpauling over it , eo that the slide could sot again be washed off . leaving the door-way quite open , the door having bean carried away . At midnight it blew a hurricane—the sea increasing and breaking over the deck . Found the cattle had broken adrift with the heavy motion of the ship , and were rolling _ibout ; a number of the Bheep were dead , and cows in a dying state . At this time , supposed the ship to ba between _Teelioz Head and Ar . ranmore , with a good _omai * , the gale every moment
_increasing , Appearer never being able to leave the man at the wheel , the vessel pitohing violently , and sea breaking over her fore and aft . At two o ' clook it blew a perfeot hurricane , the ship pitching and rolling tremendously , with an awful sea breaking over the deck , and filli ? . _** it with water , carrying away the starboard after gangway . At _^ _SV _^ _Ast two tho vessel appeared in great danger . (\ c < the chief mate to consult what was beat to be o _?" j for the preservation of ths vessel , oarge , and the _litea of all on board ,. en whioh it was judged advisable to relieve the vessel aa much as possible by throwing overboard a quantity ot the musaels in bags off the deck , whioh was accordingly done ; and if that was not found -uffioient , to throw the cattle overboard ,
and clear the deck—the ship then being in very great danger of foundering—tbe gale still continuing with inoreased vio _' ence , heavy squalls of snow and hail , and the vessel labouring , heavily . At half-past four , with tbe greatest diffioulty and danger , they got the ship before the wind , which eased her a little—supposing at that time Tory Island to bear about east fifty miles . About five o ' clock , the mate came to Appearer , and _informed him that to his knowledge there were four or five people dead in the steerage , and to take charge of the deck ontil he , ( the mate ) would go forwaro * to see what more had happened , and to assist the _passtngera , Appearer then took charge of the steering of the ship on hearing this report frem the mate , and gave him orders that all
hands , even to the man on the look-out , should immediately go forward and assist the passengers , bringing all tbat could come , and were alive , aft to the cabin , and every other part of the ship they could be distributed into , to relieve and save them , which was instantly done , and every succour possible rendered for their comfort . Many of the passengers nere carried aft by tbe crew , the wind etill from YV . N . W . to N . W , and blowing a terriEo gale . Carried on their course till nine o ' clock on the morning of Saturday , when AppeaTer discovered the Island ef _Arranmore on tbe lee-bow , about eight miles distant—hauled tbe ship to the wind , fearing ahe would not weather Att & omote , from the violence of the storm . Whea Appearer found , about ten o ' clock , that
the vessel was dear of Arranmore , he then bore away , before . the wind , for Tory ; still violent squalls , and the ara tremendous , requiring often Appearer and two or three men at the wbeel . At half-past 11 made Tory Iilacd a-head , passed through the Sound , and at two p . m ., shaped his course for Intrahull , intending to run for Lough Foyle , being the first harbour of safety they could make under ihe olrcumstanoes . Passed through the Sound of _Istrabull _, about seven p . m ., with a tremendous sea , and ship Bteering very wild . About twenty minutes past nine p . m ., got a nilot on board , who took obarge of and brought the ship to anchor in Molville Bay , about ten p . m ., where he obliged the _shij ) tb remain till daylight on tbe morning of
Sunday , wben they got under weuh and came to at the steam boat quay at Londonderry . Appearer immediately sent for the police and to the agent of the steamer , to acquaint ihe authorities . Soon after tho police came on board , when Appearer informed them of the unfortunate chcuuatancei that bad taken place , on which the officer and police took oharge of the pasieBgers and the dead bodies . And this Appearer , _Alexander Johnstone , . ' meat solemnly declares , that in and during the aforesaid voyage , ha used his utmost and beat endeavours for tho preservation of his said vessel , and the lives ot _thepatien * gers and orew , by his constant and unremitting at ** tentionto the management and steerage ofthe ahip , whioh , in suoh an unprecedented hurricane , required
his _greatest energy and exertion to accomplish , for , if neglected for the shortest period , or mismanaged by the least inattention , sho must have inevitably foundered . A ppearer also solemnly declares that , , from the morning be left Sligo till ha arrived in i Londonderry , he ne'er once had his olothes or boots i off , nor did he ever lie down or Bleep . And further * declares , that nil undivided oare and attention waa . devoted solely to the management of the ship and I saving of all on board , and that the loss of life whieh _i _oceanaj on board during the voyage , to the best of f _Appe-arerc knowledge and belief , arose from the a _aumber of passengers that entered and remained in a _r 8 , ee ' 8 e > from the tempestuous state of thewea- ,-tner , and frea heavy sea sickness , _experienced by the e passengers , and bad air arising from the number con- _igrewted together in so small a place , and being g unable to leave the steerage from their _sxtreme debi- iity , and the tempestuous state of the weather . Aad _A
thia Appearer baving . _deaired an aet of nie , the said id notaryj to serve , and avail himself withal , when and id where , occasion may require : wherefore I , the Baid id notary , do Hereby protest against the winds , weather , tr , _andBtetnjM-w , whioh the said vessel met with and od encftuniewd on her late voyage from Sligo to Liver * ar * pool , in and b ; te a n of whioh there was to great a I a loss of life , and against all other matters and things igs against whioh . it may be necessary to protest , for all all losses , costs , damages , and _oxpenses already suffered red or sustained , or that may hereafter ba suffered or or sustained by reason ofthe premises aforesaid . Given -en under my hand and teal of offioe this 7 th of Decern * jm * ber , 1848 . Which I attest , ( Signed ) _AimtiDBB _Johnsionb . ( Seal ) ( Signed ) William Scott . Not . Pub . ib . . Ban was offered to the magistrates on _theGmGin instant , on behalf of the captain and two mates , but , but _, under the peoulia ? _oitcumstaaceB of thi case , was da _* i dadined .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16121848/page/6/
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