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SEAwn or _Loxnou _nunixs the Week . —By the _registrar-ceuunirs report fer the week ending Ap ril l _£ we find that thc deaths registered in the week were 1 , 006 , which shows an excess of 103 on thc spring average . Among the causes to which the increase is due , hooping cough , whieh was fatal in 69 cases , while the average is only 30—bronchitis and pneumonia , which severally count TO , while the respective averages aro 37 and 61 , arc found to predominate . TJader the clas 3 of diseases which affect the respiratory organs , exclusive of phthisis , 193 deaths are enumerated , making 67 more than the average . _? wo persons died of influenza m the week ? 9 in the last 4 weeks . Cholera was fatal to onlv twe persons . The whole number of lives which it has destroyed during »¦ c _^ _piiratively mi d visitation of thirty weeks , is 1 , 002 The mortality from scarlatina still helps to swell the return to an undue extent , for it continues to maintain a posi-With reference to
tion * little above the average . a fatal case of this disease , which occurred in Chester-street , _Iambeth , thc registrar , Mr . Wheatlcy , states that it is the second which has occurred ia the same house ; and that the medical attendant believed that they had their origin in an open sewer , whichruns at the back of the premises , _andemits a very offensive smell . A boy a year old , died in the week of _*« _cynauche _parotida-a maligna , " The case is reckoned for convenience among those from scarlatina , that tbe list ofthe causes of death might not be too much extended by introducing into it diseases which are rarely fatal . The mean daily height of the barometer was greatest en Thursday , when it was 29 * 621 ; the mean of the week was 29 * 383 . The temperature of the air feU gradually from the beginning of the week till Friday , when it began to rise . Tho highest daily mean was 47 * 1 on Sunday ; the mean of tbe week was 4 l _* S . The births during the week numbered 1 , 346 .
INQUESTS . Fatal Collision axd Inquest . —An inquest was held on Saturday List at St . George ' s Hospital , Hyde-park-corner , before Mr . Bedford and a coroner ' s jury , on the body of John Abbott , aged _twenty-thrcej who was thrown from his master's cart , oa Wednesday evening , by a sudden collision with a brougham and an omnibus , in Knightsbridge , and was so injured _tfiat he died in the hospital within an hour after the occurrence . After hearing the evidence of M . J . Higgins , Esq ., the owner ofthe brougham , of his groom , and ofa boy who was with deceased in the cart , the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " There was no one present connected with the omnibus , and no information could be obtained as to which omnibus it was .
Suicide oj ? a Tradesman . —Before Mr . __ Payne , at the Glaziers' Arms , Water-Jane , Blackfriars , on the bod y of WiUiam Daniels , a bootmaker . —Caroline Daniels , daughter ofthe deceased , said that on Saturday morning last her mother awoke her and asked her to go to her father ' s bedroom . On going there she found deceased in bed in an insensible state , and in a cold perspiration . She immediately made bim some tea , a little of which he drank , but he never became conscious . Mustard and water was given to him , but without success , and after some hours had elapsed , a surgeon was sent for , but the deceased expired in her brother ' s arms . Of late he had had several losses , which , together with the tact of some of his children not treating bim so kindly
as he expected , had prayed heavily on his mind . A paper on which was written the foUowing , was proved to he in the handwriting of thc deceased : — My dear wife , do not let my body be opened , for it is yours , dead or alive , whilst above ground . Good bye ; God bless and prosper every one of you is my fervant prayer . —William Daniels . " A bottle labelled 'Laudanum- —poison , " was found on his workbench . Mr . Johnstone , of Apothecaries' Hall , said that he sold the deceased an ounce of laudanum on Friday ni g ht . He said it was for a person who was in thc habit of takingit , and he inquired what was the proper dose . Witness told him that five drops was the namher to begin with , Yerdict , " Temporary insanity . "
Suicide of A Female through Destitution . — Before Mr . Carter , at the Star and Garter Tavern , _Ifeckingar-road , Bermondsey on the body of Rebecca Archer , aged twenty-eight . Thc deceased , during the last four years , had been left , with a child , without any means of supporting herself , except by pledging her clothes , and disposing of her household furniture . Having at last sold off nearly everything she possessed , she succeeded in earning a scanty subsistence for herself and offspring , by
making caps for the army ; but during thc past five months , she had been unable to obtain any work , and she became reduced to the greatest privations . A brother-in-law took her and the child into his own house , but the poor creature bad frequently stated that she could not bear to live -upon her friends . The last day or two _she'had been exceedingly depressed , and had spent several hours a day weeping bitterly . On Friday her brother-in-law sent for the deceased to come down to dinner , when the door of her room was found fastened on the inside . The
door being forced open , the deceased was found suspended by apiece of lay cord which was found fastened to the cupboard . * Verdict , " That the deceased destroyed herself whilst in an unsound state of mind brought on by destitution . " A CmxD Boused to Death . —Trre Evidence of Children sot upox OATn . —Before Mr . Mills , on Monday , at the Royal Free Hospital , Gray ' s Innroad , on the body of a child , named James Sullivan , aged four years , who was burned to death . A little girl , named Ellen Sullivan , the sister of the deceased , was the only witness who could give an account of the manner in which the accident happened . The constable put the book into her band preparatory to administering the oath , when the coroner ,
remarking her youth , asked her if she could read and write , to which she replied in the negative . The Coroner said be had observed in the report of the trial in Drouet ' s case that the judge had condemned the conduct ofthe coronerfor receiving the evidence of children not upon oath . He had always understood that coroners might adopt the practice of receiving the simple statement of children who could not read , and who knew not a single letter in the Testament , no was surprised the Judge should say that children , ignorant of the sanctity of an oath , should be sworn , and he should not swear the girl then in court . —The girl then made a statement to
the effect that , being on Wednesday last left at home to mind thc deceased , she let him wet his frock , and went out and locked him in the room while she was drying his clothes at the fire . She went to order some coals , and when she returned , ¦ w hich was in about five minutes , found him enveloped in flames . He was taken to the hospital and died almost immediately , every part of his body being burnt except his feet , which were covered with woollen socks . —The Coroner said here was another death from burning which might have been prevented by the simple precaution ofa fireguard . Verdict , "Accidental Death . "
_Attemfi at SwciDE _nv a Female . —On Tuesday the following frightful attempt at suicide was made by Jane Castles , aged 31 , residing at Somcrs-town terrace , Saint Pancras . The -unfortunate female followed the occupation of an cmbroidercss , and although since the age of eighteen she had at times evinced symptoms ofa disordered intellect , it was never deemed necessary to keep a watch over her movements . About one o ' clock on Tuesday morning the policeman on duty was attracted to thc house by observing something on the top ofthe area
railings , where ho discovered the deceased impaled on the spikes , several of which had entered her right side . She was immediately conveyed to the University CoBege Hospital . Many of her ribs were found to be broken , and she bad received such severe injuries such as to render her recovery almost impossible . Tbe window of her room was found wide open and she was partly undressed , from -which it was inferred that she was preparing for bed when she made thc attempt on her life . Up to Tuesday night she remained in a state of insensibility .
_Tuesday . — -Mysterious Death e ? a _Lodoingdocss . —Before Mr . Payne , at the Goldsmith's Amis , Southwark Bridge-road , on the body of Susannah Gibbs , aged twenty-seven . — John Evans , 11 , Mint-street , said he was a lodging-house keeper , and that the deceased had lodged with a man of ihe name of David in his ( witness ' s ) house during the last three weeks . About half-past two on the morning of Sunday week , deceased came home slightly inebriated , and with frightful wounds about her head , and her hands with covered with blood . She -went up stairs , and soon afterwards the man began to abuse her , and prevented her from going to bed . A lodger in the house stated that deceased called out for assistance to be
protected agamsi the ill-usage of David . On the following day she went to the hospital to have the wounds on her bead dressed . Several other witnesses spoke to the cruelty of David towards deceased " . —Mr ; W . Bendle , the parish surgeon , deposed that he attended deceased on Friday last . Found her quite insensible and suffering from severe . wounds about the bead , one at the baek part an incb _^ nd a half in length . The external part of the scalp was separated from the bone towards the front . - A post mortem examination proved death to have , been . caused by the pressure on tbe brain , which was _evidently the result of the injuries described . —Another witness stated that the deceased
said she had been kicked in the Waterloo-road by a S 2 sn _,-bui she _eculd not say who he was . —Further evidence was giren , which inculpated a man named Pricewitb whom _deceased had formerl y cohabited . The inquiry was adjourned until Tuesday next . Fataii _Rati-wat Accident . —Before Mr . Baker , at the London Hospital , on the body of James Johnson _, aged 13 . —It appeared that the-deceased was employed to attend to the brake of some ballast waggons on the West India Dock and Birmingham Junction Railway , at Homerton , and on the afternoon of the I 2 th inst ., the deceased was walking by the side of several waggons conveying earth wldcb were passing the spot where the arches recently fell , when the foremost waggon
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came in contact with two trucks fating * the line , and forced them _^ _"J _" _*/^ _gjebjn-Deceased ran forward and su _•^ _J _^ _gSS hold Ofthe handle _^ the bi _^ oii _tto tet to a « _J over both ' his legs , crushing them in _»» hockmg mannc _? . He waVimmediately "ft * **** London Hospital , when it was considered necessary to amputate the left leg immediately , _tnioroformwas used , but he sank under the operation and died on thc 14 th inst . —Verdict , Accidental death . " _ _ . . „
Death or a Female from Fire . — Before Mr . Baker , at the Alfred ' s Head , Alfred-street , Stepney , on body of Jane Procter , aged 70 years . It appeared that the deceased attained her livelihood by picking up bones in the street . She had , for some years past , been subject to fits . On Monday afternoon the landlady of the house had her attention attracted by an unusual smell in the house , but did not take any particular notice of it . In the evening , however , the door of the deceased's apartment was opened , and the room was found full of smoke and flame . The deceased was found in a kneeling position , with her head and arms on the top of the fire . She was quite dead , and her body almost reduced to a cinder . It is supposed that the deceased was attacked with a fit while sitting in a chair , and then fell forward into the fire . Verdict , "Accidental death . " Death from Starvation * . —Before Mr . Baker ,
at the Pitt ' s Head , Broad-street , Ratcliff , on the body of Mary Walker , aged 67 . The deceased appeared to have suffered some severe privations . The room in which she had lived was completely destitute of all furniture . She had scarcely any clothes to cover her , and seldom or ever had a fire to warm her . She had lived six years in this room , and was sometimes several days without thc common necessaries of life . She was the widow of a pilot , and most steadfastly refused to have any assistance from the parish . Her only means of support was by begging in the streets , but for some time past she had been unable to leave her room . On Sunday afternoon she was found dead , lying across the hearth . Mr . Cleland , surgeon , said the deceased had died from want . He bad been the parish surgeon for six years , and never witnessed such a dreadful scene of distress . Verdict , " Died from starvation . "
Suicide from Excessive Drinking . —Before Mr . Baker , atthe Green Gate , City-road , on the body of Mary Doe , aged 33 years , who committed suicide by drowning herself in a water tank . It appeared that the husband of the deceased died suddenly about six months ago , and . his death preyed" heavily upon tbe mind ofthe deceased , and during the last few weeks she had been constantly in a state of intoxication . On Sunday morning last , she was seen walking up King ' s-court , Bernell-row , where she resided , and she then appeared tipsy . Some time afterwards her bonnet was 6 een lying at the side of a water tank , which is-fixed in the court for the use of the inhabitants . The lid was removed , and the deceased was found immersed in the water , in a kneeling position , and quite dead . The deceased had several times threatened to destroy herself . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "
Wednesday . —Sudden Death of a Ladt of Fortune . —Mr . H . M . Wakley , son of T . Wakley , Esq ., held his first inquest since his temporary appointment as deputy coroner , at the Gower Arms , Gowerstreet , Bedford-square , on the body of Mrs . Ann Cooke , a lady of fortune , whose death occurred as follows : —It appeared that the deceased lady , who had attained the advanced age of eighty-four , but was in possession of all her faculties , occupied apartments at No . 84 , Gower-street , keeping only one female servant . On Friday night week her servant left her in her bedroom preparing for bod , but on entering the room at the usual hour in the morning she discovered her lying in her night dress on the floor , quite dead , the bed not having been lain in . There were no indications ofa struggle having taken place , and a physician in the neighbourhood giving it as his opinion that death was the result of natural causes , a verdict was returned of " Died by the Visitation of God . "
A Woman Killed by her Husband . —Before Mr . Bedford , atthe Crown and Thistle , Great Peterstreet , Westminster , on the body of Ann Wardly , _whocametoanuntimelyend on Saturday evening last . The eldest daughter of the deceased , who was called to identify the body , stated that her mother was in the habit of getting intoxicated , and that she used to abuse her husband without his taking any notice of her . He was a very good husband and kind father . —Mr . G . B . Payne , surgeon , stated the circumstance ofhis being sent for , and the external appearance of the body . He then described the result of _hisjMMttnorftm examination . The immediate cause of death was pulmonary apoplexy , which might be caused by very great excitement or
external violence . — The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against John Wardly , who at present stands remanded upon the charge at tho Westminster Police Court . Deatu from Want . —A Wife . —Before Mr . Carttar ( for the third time ) , at the Castle Inn , Powisstreet , Woolwich , on thc body of Mr . John Jackson , aged 45 , formerly a tradesman residing in Rich _rd-. street , Woolwich , who died from want of food and exposure . The evidence occupied the attention of the Court during three days , and showed that the deceased had carried on business as a tallow-chandler in Woolwich for many years , and had been married to his present wife for eighteen years . Thoy lived together very unhappily , thc deceased being a timid nervous man , and his wife a person of a very
opposite disposition . Some six months since they parted , and the deceased having been induced to turn over his property and business to his wife's father , went to reside in a small shop at Plumstead . This business , however , did not succeed , and thc deceased , after breaking up his shop , appears to have been reduced to very great distress . He was afraid to return to his wife , and for several days and nights previous to his death he spent his time in the lowest lodging-houses , paying threepence a night for his lodging and having no money to pay for food . A female named Murray represented to his wife the deplorable state of the poor man , ami the probability of his dying unless some speedy relief came to him . The reply of the wife was : " It was
too goodnews to ho true—there was no home for him there ; she could not think of rendering him any assistance whatever ; the union was open to him , and she would do nothhig for him . " On Monday morning , the 2 nd instant , the deceased , who had passed the previous night in a miserable low lodging house , was in sueh an exhausted state that he was carried by two men to his own house . On bringing him into the shop , his wife tola the men to take him to the relieving officer - that there were none of his goods there ; and that if they did not take him away , she would call a policeman . The men , however , laid him down in the shop , and went away , nere he remained for some minutes , his wife taking no more notice of him than
if he had been a stranger . It was proved that the deceased was then sinking from the effects of disease and exhaustion . The deceased lingered on till Wednesday morning . During the whole of this timo the wife refused to go near him , and when she sent half-a-crown for a flannel shirt , declared that she never parted with half-a-crown so reluctantly in lier life . The post mortem examination made by Mr , Turner , surgeon , showed that the deceased was labouring under extensive organic disease . The opinion of the medical officer was , that the cause of death was the result of long-eontinucd disease , accelerated by exhaustion and the want of care and nourishment . The coroner said , that any question of legal responsibility on the part ofthe wife was
removed by the fact that the _judges had held in the case of Mr . Drouet , that it was necessary to prove that death would not have occurred even if the constitution of the party was not debilitated * . The jury accordingly returned a verdict , " That the deceased died from the results of long continued disease , aud from the effects of want and exposure . " Forded Bank , of England _Xotes . —On Monday forged Bank of England notes which had been taken in business were exhibited in the shop windows of Mr . Heath , Poultry ; at a tailor ' s in King William-street , London Bridge ; and two other shops in the _Commereial-road . So many of these forgeries have lately been passed that the middle class and petty tradesmen absolutely refuse to take notes at all .
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Buckinghamshire . —An Attempt to Murder a Sweetheart . —On Saturday afternoon last James Harding was examined before the Aylesbury magistrates on a charge of cutting the throat of Elizabeth Alison . The young woman , who had sufficiently recovered to give evidence , stated that she became acquainted with the prisoner at the house of her brother at Dinton , and they agreed to marry . She , however , afterwards retracted , and he declared that " he did not mind being hung before he would leave her . " On Thursday night he called at the house but was not admitted . The g irl hi her _evidence then went on to say : —I went out afterwards and met him . I saw him sitting on a stile close by tbe door ofthe house . I had no fear of him then . He catched hold of me and said he would cut my throat , and he laid hold of my head . He spoke to me when I passed the stile . I got over the stile . He followed me . My mother was behind me . 'He walked with me over two closes . My mother was present . He did not say a word to nie when going along . He said , - ' I suppose you are going to leave me . ; I said I was . I did not speak to him again until we got to some houses , when I said I would never be in his company any more . He immediately took a knife out of his pocket . He took me by the head . He put his arm round my neck , holding my head back by the forehead . ( Witness showed how she was seized by putting her arm round another female in court . ) I struggled , fell down , and some .
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how escaped from him , Richard Newns seized him and took the knife away from him . He threatened nothing more afterwards . I broke off the marriage because I heard he walked with another girL ;_ fi- e prisoner , in his defence , confessed tho deed , and said he was sorry for having done it , He was committed for trial . Derbyshire . _—Murdur of a Man by his Son , — A murder has been discovered to have been committed upon a poor old pensioner , named Job Doxcy . The crime was committed as far back as December last , and the body ofthe unfortunate man was found on New Year ' s Eve , in a brook close by the Victoria Bridge , Glossop . The circumstances connected with the case were at the time considered to be very mysterious , but no evidence could be . __ . . .
procured to implicate any party , though rumour was busy , and pointed to members ofthe deceased ' s own family , who were known frequently to quarrel with and ill use the old man . On Good Friday , however , a man named John Clough disclosed that ho saw the man murdered and thrown over the Victoria Bridge . Information having reached Mr . Clayton , the chief constable , he last week apprehended Thomas Doxcy , the deceased ' s son , and W . Dawson , his son-in-law . They were , on Wednesday week last taken before the magistrates , when John Clough , on being sworn , stated that on the 30 th of last December , about ten o ' clock at night , he saw the prisoner , Thomas Doxey , along with another man , whom he believed to be William Dawson , on
the Victoria Bridge . Thc deceased was at that time walking in front of witness . The prisoner , Doxey , caught hold ofhis father , and said , "You old rogue , I'll strike you . " He then gave him a blow on his head , and knocked him down , when the other man kicked him over the head . His son then cried out , " We will finish him now . " After which he kicked his father twice on the breast . Witness and his wife went up and inquired what they were doing , when they cried Out , " If they did not go back they would serve them the same . " They then went away , and as they were going they saw the prisoner , Doxey , and the other man , throw tho deceased over the bridge . Witness had known the prisoner Doxey about two years , and was quite
certain that he was one of the men he saw murdering the deceased , but he did not now believe Dawson was the other one . That party was somewhat stouter . The reason he did not mention thc matter till Good Friday was , because he thought tho murderers would do him some harm . The prisoner Doxey had cautioned him not to say anything about it , and told him if he did he should lose his life . The prisoner Doxey was fully committed for wilful murder ; but Dawson was discharged , his family proving that ho was at home when the murder was committed . Tub Convict Sarah Thomas . —This wretched g irl has at last confessed to the Rev . Dr . Swete , chaplain to the gaol , that she was thc sole perpetrator of the murder of her mistress . . The culprit s conduct has been most extraordinary during the past week ; nut
on some nignts sne win sit up , wnen sne geis to bed she sleeps soundly . She takes her meals regularly , eating very heartily , and walks with a firm step in the yard for airing . She is rather sullen , but displays nothing indicative of contrition . Two turnkeys constantly watch her , but she takes little or no notice of them . She still retains that ruddiness of complexion which was so conspicuous when present at the . coroncr ' s inquest . The Post Office Robberies at Exeter . —Harrap , who was convicted atthe late assizes for Exeter of having purloined valuables passing through the Exeter Post Office , has made a confession , exonerating the young man ( Hyett ) who was dismissed from the Post Office some time since on suspicion of
having abstracted aletter containing sixty £ 5 notes . It appears , from Harrap ' _s statement , that hc himself abstracted the letter , cashed twelve of the notes , and burnt the remaining forty-eight . The suspicion attached to Hyett unfortunately resulted in the suicide of his father , and caused deep grief in a respectable family . The Murderer Burton . — A respite during her Majesty ' spleasure has been received by the governor Of Huntingdon gaol for Charles Burton , upon whom sentence of death was passed at the summer assizes for the murder of his wife at Stilton , but who was at the last assizes tried for the murder of his child also , and acquitted on the ground of insanity .
Election fob South Nottinghamshire . — On Tuesday a special county court was held in front of the _Townhali , Newark , for the purpose of electing a representative for the southern division of Nottinghamshire , made vacant by the resignation of Colonel Rolleston . Tho attendance of people in front of the hustings was limited , and the whole affair was exceedingly tame . The only cheers given to the speakers were by their personal friends upon the p latform . — R . Holden , Esq ., of Locko Park , briefly proposed , and H . Sherbrook , Esq ., of Oxton , as briefly seconded , Robert Bromley , Esq . of Stoke , as a fit and proper person to sit in parliament for that division . There was no other gentleman proposed , and consequently Mr . Bromley was
declared duly elected . In returning thanks to the electors , Mr . Bromley expressed the pride ho felt in the exalted position to which they had been pleased , without any effort on his part , to exalt him . Upon reflecting , however , on the magnitude of the trust they had conferred upon him , he felt overwhelmed , by a sense of his own want of ability to perform that trust . He could onl y say that he would exert his abilities to tbe utmost , and endeavour to make up for his want of those abilities which he might not possess by attention and zeal . Many questions of vital importance were pressing themselves upon the public notice . There was no question that much distress existed in the agricultural districts , owing to free trade measures
removing all protection from agricultural produce . The question was how should that distress be remedied . The most natural idea which would present itself to the farmer was , " Let us return to that duty to enable agriculturists to hold up their heads . " ( Cries of * ' Try it on . " ) This he looked upon as a just proposition , and he could not but think that before many years were over , they should again recur to protection . ( A voice , " Don't you wish you may get it ? " Laughter . ) There was another question now occupying the public attention : the reduction of taxation . There were many people who threw the odium of keeping up those taxes upon the opulent classes . Nobody would be more anxious than himself to reduce the taxes but they were aware that more than one-half of the revenue was swallowed up by the national
debt —( a voice , " Ay , that s another nice treat oh , those dear aristocracy 1 " )—and , therefore , very little remained to contend with . Having again thanked the electors for the honour they had conferred upon him , he proposed three cheers for her Majesty the Queen . Three very faint cheers having been given for protection , a voice in the crowd called for *• Three cheers for Richard Cobden and free trade . " The proceedings then terminated . A Mother and Child have perished in the Thames at Reading . The woman was the wife ofa labourer at Lower Caversham . She had boon to Reading to buy groceries ; her basket was found on a slight wooden bridge which spans a cascade ofthe stream ; it is supposed that the child—a girl , six years old—by some means fell into the water , and then thc mother was drowned in attempting to rescue her .
RonBERY of the South-Devon Railway Company . —Plymouth , April 14 th —A sub-inspector of police , in the service of the South-Devon Railway Company , was this morning brought up before the sitting magistrates , and committed to take his trial at the next borough sessions , on a charge of robbing the company of £ 117 lis . 4 id ., on the 11 th instant . It appears that on the 11 th of April , Sergeant Coram , of the South-Devon Railway Police , was about going to tho office of the company for the above sum of money , to pay the men employed on the line , which duty he usually performed , when he met the prisoner , John Winsly , who told Coram that he would have to go to Callington to look after some lost luggage , and that he / WinsM would
pay the men if Coram would get the money . Coram be " _** lA n «™« _"or officer obeyed , got the money , and set off for Callington , leaving the whole ofthe cash in the possession of Winsly , The prisoner was next seen at Exeter , where , on tho arrival of the mailtrain , which conveyed him , a telegraphic message had been received requesting his detention A policeman accordingly went in search of him , and the prisoner was found stepping into a second-class carriage that was liist starting for London , he having been booked for the journey . He had a box and carpet bag , whieh contained several articles of wearing apparel , and also tho whole ofthe monev given him by Coram , exclusive of a further sum o _' f £ 33 10 s . He was brought back , and committed to prison to take his trial at the next quarter sessions for this borough .
Gold-seekers , —A barque called the A ] ax sailed from Liverpool on , Sunday for San _Francisco , California , with sixty-six passengers and a good general cargo . a _** ot"er Fatal Affray with Poachers . — Ihe Wigan Times says : On Wednesday morning , the . 11 th inst ., as Peter and James Nelson , brothers , gamekeepers in the service of the Earl of Crawford and Barcarres , were . going their usual rounds about tV j t _lf ' tne : f P i ce'Te 4 a dog running in a wood , ? , Long « _"rst- and Peter Nelson immediately levelled his gun and shot it . The keepers tben went on a short distance , when they perceived four or five men i » the _woodadvancing towards them , Peter Nelson advised them to leave the place , for he said they knew they were doing wrong , when some of them observed to . Peter , "Now , d-I , we'll pay thee off . ' He began to retreat from the
poachers , but they made their way up to him , and one of them struck him on the bead with a cudgel . They w re all armed with these weapons ofa very formidable sort . A struggle then evsued , and one of them attempted to take Peter Nelson ' s gUn from him at the same time that the others were beating him . During the struggle the gun went off and on , _<* of the poachers fell . The gun was double-barrelled but one barrel had been discharged in destroying
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the do g . Tl _fc 0 , _ker 8 then left off beating him . James N _^ _ison , 0 n _thefirat attack , _seemgfom the number 0 f his opponents that he and Ins brother were likely to be overpowered , immediately ran off to procure assistance . At this time Peter Nelson became insensible from the blow he had received . On recovering shortly afterwards , he found the womuh'd man lying beside him . He got up and with difficulty proceeded to tbe nearest house , and knocked up the inmates . On returning along with his brother and other assistance they found the man removed , and , of course , supposed that he had been carried away by his companions . The gun which had been broken during the encounter was found on the snot , as also a _baar containing five live rabbits , . , m . — . . ... _. _.
several nets , and two ferrets . A person named George Walls , who is employed at what is called the seven feet pit , having been informed of what had taken place , proceeded to join the keeper ' s party , and while on his way io a lane , about eight yards from where the conflict had taken place , he found a man , nimed John Owen , lying near to a gate . The man was conveyed to a cabin in the Haigh Foundry Company ' s stable yard , and a person was despatched to Wigan for medical assistance . Notwithstanding that everything was done likely to save his life , he expired about six o ' clock . Previous to that ,
however , he had said he did not know the man who was with him , and he was not poaching , but going to Blackrod . Hill inquired whose dog it was that had been shot , but he said it was not his , and he did not know : he had sold his dog . Owen is a married man , has a wife and two children , and resided in Wigan . Peter Nelson is still under much suffering , having been severely beaten in the scuffle . It was while the poachers were attempting to take his gun from him the piece exploded , and the charge entered the leg of the deceased man Owen . It penetrated his leg , and a profuse flow of blood ensued , which brought on fatal exhaustion .
Supposed Murder . —Some extraordinary evidence came before the Borcugh Court . Manchester , on Monday , in relation to a supposed murder on the 2 ' _ird of last month . It appears that on the 23 rd ult . Mr . Joshua Boyle , a pork butcher at Stretford , came to Manchester to purchase some pigs . He had in his pocket when he left home £ 20 in money and a watch . He bought and paid for some pigs , accounting for all the money except rather over £ 3 , and was seen drinking with some bad company , including women of the town , at a public-house in Hardmanstreet , Manchester , on the evening of that day , but he was never heard of from that time till , on the 11 th instant , his body was discovered in the river Irwell , near lhe Old Quay , Manchester . It was then
found that he had no money upon him , * his watch was gone , and his pockets were empty . His nose was bruised , and both eyes were blackened . An inquest was held on the body on the 11 thinst ., when , no satisfactory evidence as to the manner of his death being obtained , an open verdict of " Found drowned" was returned . Mr . Beswick , of the Manchester detective police , having directed his attention to the facts , he has since apprehended a dyer , named Thomas Edge , on suspicion of the murder ; and at the Borough Court , on Monday , the following extraordinary facts were deposed to : Richard Hodges , an _oattler , in the employ of Mr . _Massey , who runs the _omnibusses between Stretford and Manchester , having been sworn , said he knew the prisoner . He
also knew the deceased , Mr . Royle , very well . He saw the deceased on the 23 rd ult . in the evening , in the Golden Eagle public-house , Ilardmau street , Manchester , and the prisoner and one or two other men were with bim . They went from there to the Three Sugar Loaves Inn , Water-street , which is nearer to the river . He was with them there , and had something to drink with them . He afterwards accompanied the deceased and his companions down Atherton-street . The prisoner had hold of deceased on one side , and another man on the other side ; they said they would take him home . Witness told the prisoner not to hurt Royle , and the prisoner gave witness a blow over the eye . They went through Atherton-street and Junction-street to the river side ,
and there the prisoner pushed Royle into the water . —Mrt Maude : And did you not attempt to get him out again . '—Witness ; Yes , but we could not find him . —Mr . Maude ; And did you tell anyone else of this affair ? ?— Witness : Yes , we told the private watchman of the Old Quay Company , and he came and looked for the body , but could not find it- — Mr . Beswick : And what did the private watchman say ?—Witness * . He said it was a bad job . —Mr Maude : And when did yuu first tell any one of these things ?—Wi . ness : This morning . —Mr . Maude : Not tell any one of it till this morning ? Why it ' s three weeks since . —Mr . Beswick : You said a person named Blaize was with you at the time : bare you seen him since ?—Witne _s . * Yes , once . — Mr . Beswick : And have you not talked the matter over with him since ?—Witness ; No . —Mr . Maude : What , have you seen him since , and never reverted
once toa circHmstanceso extraordinary?—Witness ; No . —Mr . Beswick then called the deceased ' s stepson , to prove that Royle had money and a watch on his person when he left home , and other witnesses to show that nothing wa 9 found in his pockets when taken from the river . He then asked the magistrates for a remand , to make inquiries from the private watchman , and for other investigations—Mr . Maude : Till when ?—Mr . Beswick : I hope you won ' t think till Thursday too long . ' -Mr . Maude . Certainly not ; and I think you should have this witness ( Hodge ) detained . Tho evidence he gives is very extraordinary . —Mr . Beswick : Would you bind him over ?—Mr . Maude ( to Hodge ) : You mu-t find two sureties of £ 20 each ; your conduct in the affair , on your own showing , is such as warrants me in detaining you . _Ti » e parties were then both removed in custody .
THE CONDEMNED CONVICT RUSH . The condemned convict Rush was visited on Monday by the whole of his family of nine children . They arrived at the Castle between two and three o ' clock , and were accompanied by Mr . James Rush , of Wymondham , brother to the convict , and Mr . Somes , brother of the late Mrs . Rush . On reaching the Castle they were received by Mr . Pinson , the governor , who cmducted them to the cell in which the convict lies . When Mr . Pinson announced to the convict that his family had arrived , Rush for a moment or two buried his face in his hands , and seemed to be deeply affected . Having regained somewhat of bis usual composure , he said , " Let them be admitted ; " and the next minute the whole of the nine children were in the presence of their unhappy parent . The scene is described by those who , witnessed it as being most painful , both parent and children giving way to the wildest paroxysms of
grief . They spoke little upon family affairs . The convict with great earnestness called upon God to witness his innocence ofthe foul crimes imputed to him , and with many prayers recommended his children , especially the younger ones , to the protecting care of the Almighty . The interview lasted upwards of two hours , and as it was understood that this was to be the parting visit , its close was most painful . Parent and children embraced each other , and gave vent to the loudest lamentations : even tlie gaolers and others , who are accustomed to such scenes , were greatly affected . At length the children of the unhappy man left him , and after indulging for some moments in grief , he fell upon his knees and was engaged for a long time in earnest prayer . A large number of persons congregated on the outside of ihe Castle walls to witness tho departure of the convict's family .
A cheque for £ 40 has just been given by Rush to Mr . Pinson , governor of the Castle , under very curious circumstances . It will be recollected that , in the course of the trial , Mr . John Cann , solicitor , and clerk to the magistrates at Wymondham , produced certain papers and books which he found at Potash Farm , on going there after the apprehension of Rush . Amongst thf se was a pocket-book , which contained certain entries relative to Rush ' s business , and also a few memoranda , & c , on slips of paper . There was also a cheque in it , drawn in favour of Rush , for £ 40 , Immediately on the pocketbook being produced in court Rush asked permission to inspect it , and as the judge assented , it was immediately handed to him . After detaining it for some
few moments , ho requested that he might be allowed to have it in his possession until the following morning . The counsel for the prosecution objected to this , whereupon Rush handed back th * book to Mr . Cann . No examination of th jbook was made when it came from the hands of the prisoner ; but on the following day Mr . John Cann discovered that __ the cheque had been abstracted . His suspicions immediately fell upon the prisoner Rush ; indeed Mr . Cann felt _convinced that nobody else could have taken it , the book , with others , having been placed in a strong chest , locked up , while it remained at Mr . Cann ' s house . Nothing was done in the matter until after the close of the trial , when Mr . Pinson , tbe governor of the castle ,
was requested to sound the convict on the subject . When Mr . Pinson first put the question to him , Rush said , " No doubt that fellow Cann has got it ; why don't you ask him ? > He knows all about it . " Day after day passed . Similar questions were put to the convict on the subject , only , however , to elicit the same reply , that "Cann knew all about it , and that if they wanted any information about it they had better ask him . It ' s of no use asking me anything-, " said Rush , "I tell you 1 have not got it , and don't know anything about it : No doubt that fellow Cann has taken it . '' On Friday last . Mr . Durrant . a hiehlv
respectable solicitor of Norwich , visited the castle , and in the presence ofthe governor saw Rush on the subject of the missing cheque- Rush fenced for a long time , and at length said , "Well , suppose I do know anything of it , whit then ? " It was urged upon him that as he had improperly obtained possession of it , he ought to give it up . He said , " No ; I don t want to trouVe myself about it . You had better ask John Cann . " Mr . Durrant pressed him very closely , and at length Rush said , 'Well , suppose it should be found , what will become of it ?" Mr . Pinson , the governor , replied that , under lhe circumstances , he had no doubt the crown would _tVder it to be handed over to thc convict ' s family _.
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Rush , after ffiusing a f _* w moments , said , _'_ ' Well , Mr , Pinson , if you really think it will be given to my children , perhaps I might be able to tell you something about it . You will find it in the lining or my hat . " The hat was immediately produced and the cheque was found carefully placed under the lining in the crown . During the few moments Rush had possession ofthe book he managed to abstract the document unseen by any one , although every eye was turned upon him . On being convicted , he was very particular about his hat , and manifested considerable anxiety about it before he left the dock . In many respects Rush is an altered man . He engages frequently in prayer , and is very _attentive to the Rev . W . W . Andrews , Vicar of Ketteringham , who visits him at hi 3 own request , in conjunction with the Rev . P . Brown , the chaplain of th _« Castle . He offers up a short prayer before each meal , and engages in a similar act of devotion at the close of his repast . In i .. i _ — J J _nXlT / _, 11
Tbe family ofthe convict has been ejected from Felmingham farms , under the notice of ejectment some time since served . They still remain at Potash , but only upon sufferance . There is some talk of pulling down Potash Farm house , and building another house upon its site , to be called , of course , by a different name . Mrs . Jermy and Eliza Chestney ( both of whom are still at Stanfield Hall ) are going on favourably—indeed , the latter is almost well . A Norwich correspondent supplies a _probable reason why Rush , after he had _i-hot Mr . Jermy sen ., went round . by the servants' door , and risked detection by passing along their passages . He says , " It is explained by the fact that in a box in a closet at the end ofthe passage , leading to the staircase haU ,
Mr . Jermy kept his papers and the mortgage deeds relating to Potash Farm , and that Rush ' s intention was , doubtless , to secure those deeds a' all hazards , for , according to the forged documents cancelling the mortgage , nil the deeds and papers of a prior date relating to Potash Farm were to be burned . Young Mr . Jermy just reached the door opening into the recess when Rush reached it , and therefore Rush iired at him . After shooting young Mr . Jermy he very likely went into the dining room to shoot any person there , and thus to prevent the possibility of his being interrupted while he was employed in securing the deeds . The two females ran to the same recess , and further prevented , his purpose being _carried out ; and when he came . out of the diningroom he fired at them , doubtless with the view of escaping detection . "
A correspondent of the Bury Post says : ' As everything appertaining to the Stanfield Hall tragedy appears still to be full of interest to the public , percaps the foUowing particular * of the unfortunate , but not to be despised Miss Sandford , will be acceptable to your readers , and may also act as a salutary caution to those who may . have any young friend seeking her livelihood as a governess—a class greatly to be pitied . They also tend to show the extent — the intricate ramifications , ofthe assassin ' s complicated scheme ef villany . Rush , as before stated , put an advertisement in the Times for a governess for his children . Mrs . Sandford , the mother of ten children , seeing this , took her eldest daughter to the reference in the advertisement , a very respectable house in a
good street in town , where they found Mr . Rush , occupying the first floor . The landlady had been induced to represent she knew Mr . Rush , and spoke of him as a worthy kind of man ; and after various inquiries and witnessing her handwriting , the daughter was engaged to go down to Norfolk to educate Rush ' s children . Some months after having been there she was rather surprised at receiving no replies from her mother , and the latter was equally so at receiving no replies from her daughter ; during this state of things Rush when in town called upon Mrs . Sandford , who very naturally expressed surprise at not having heard from her daughter , whereupon Rush said he believed the lact was she was become engaged to a Mr . James , a commercial traveller , but for some reasons she thought it would be a match her mother would not altogether approve , and therefore preferred not writing at all to her . The fact , no doubt , was , Rush himself had intercepted
these letters both ways , and thus caused an estrange _, ment between her and her friends , to facilitate his own purposes and her ruin . She now felt her dependence upon Rush , and in the simplicity and confidence of her nature , and her ignorance of the world and its snares , soon became first his victim and then his instrument . He subsequently compelled her to write to her friends in such a we , y as to repel any attempt on their part to interfere in her welfare . So late as ten days before the murder Rush again called upon Mrs . Sandford , and told her her daughter was married , and had been in France for six months , with her husband , Mr . James , The inference of all this is evident . It would have accounted for her disappearance , had such taken place , of which there is little doubt in the minds of these intimately acquainted with the minutiae of attendant circumstances . "
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Death of Sib Axdrkw Aonew . —Sir Andrew Agnew , of Lochnaw , Bart ., died at his bouse , Rutland-square , on Thursday week . Sir Andrew was born in 1793 . His mother was the sixth child of Lord Kinsale , the premier baron of Ireland , the title having been created in 1181 . Sir Andrew succeeded his father in 1809 , and is now succeeded by his son , Captain Agnew , who , in 1847 , married thc daughter ot the Earl of Gainsborough . Murder . —A man has been taken into custody at
Auchterless , on a charge of violation and murder , The victim is an old woman named Smith , who was at the time of the crime tho only inhabitant of a small cottage ; and the charge against the prisoner , James Robb , labourer , aged 22 , is that hc entered her cottage , on the night of Monday , the 9 th inst ., by the chimney , and so horribly abused her as to cause her death . The prisoner admits having been in the cottage ) and having entered it in the manner described . He had left a peculiar-looking walking stick behind him , which has been identified . He has been confined in Aberdeen gaol .
The _RonnEUT of Five Hundred Pounds . —Our readers will probably recollect that three months ago we gave a detail ofthe thelt or robbery of the sum of £ 500 , which was effected in a very dexterous manner from the counter of tho Union Bank , Glasgow , on a Saturday , when the bank was more than usually thronged . The sum carried off consisted of five notes , each for £ 100 . Not until last week could the slightest clue be found to any part of the money , when , strange to say , one of the lost or stolen notes
for £ 100 was found to have been lodged in the savings' bank at Greenock , by a spirit-dealer of that town , who was not previously known amongst his fellow-townsmen as having at any time of his life been blessed with bank notes for a large amount . His name is Dugald Walker , and there can be no mistake as to the identity ofthe note , from the peculiarity of a piece of silk being pasted on the back of it for its better preservation . He was on Friday week apprehended in his place of business , and is now in the hands ofthe Glasgow police .
ArPALLixo Family Bereavements . —Rarely , if ever before , has it been our sad duty to record such devastation as disease has recently committed in one family—that of Mr . James Henderson , mason , residing at a cot-house on the farm of East-hill , Lochrutton . He had been for some time afflicted with a liver complaint , and about a fortnight ago he was _seized by diarrho , and soon after lus wife , and all his children , six in number , were attacked by the same malady . The husband rapidly sunk under the disease , and died upon Saturday , the 24 th ult . A daughter , ono year old , died next day ; and on the following day . a son . aered eleven vears .
was also laid lifeless by the fell disease . The bodies of father , son , and daughter , were , on Tuesday , the 27 th ulfc ., conveyed In a hearse to Dunscore old churchyard , and there buried in one grave . Death still continued his efforts , and , on Thursday last , two more victims fell—another daughter aged three years , and another son aged nine years . They were buried beside the others on Saturday . Five persons out of the family have thus been cut off in six days . Mrs . Henderson is , too , labouring under diarrhoea , but still more under intense sorrow , and continues in a precarious state ; and the two remaining children are not considered out of danger . —Dumfries Standard .
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DuB ' Saturday . —Discharge of the Jury . — Mb . Duffy _Admixti *» to Bail . —The protracted struggle between the Crown and Mr . Gavan Duffy has , for the present , terminated in a drawn battle _, rhe jury are discharged without a verdict , and Mr . Dully has boon admitted to hail , to appear at the next commission , himself in £ 1 , 000 , and two sureties in £ 500 each . One of the jurors became so dangerously ill , that his immediate liberation was considered necessary . The result ofthe case , and the announcement of Mr . Duffy ' s admission to bail was received with loud and enthusiastic cheers bv lb ? L _^ i _^ bie _ _dlnthe-eourtM-dthe nei ghbourhood I 1 _UUKUK
_--. jjMHTiitWH . -The Rev . Jas . _Meajrher parish priest of Upper Church , in a letter to tho Tipperary _Vtndicator , says- " I not long since it tended the death-bed of a poor widow \ hl t ¦ _£ four orphans , had lived for £ ee weS 'A « _£ of an old horse , preserved for tW ii ° _\ th _(^ fl . esh from getting putria by salt . " that leD _*? th of time _PnOOIJESS OF _Iksoltekct Bf TnVTivn mi . ports of the proceedings _K $ v _rwT— VC " _fcarrell , now _% n circuit in L , LSS m , MM 10 ? very curious picture of' tZ 1 , h ' . P ? e , lt a _amongst almostTufiJ ST 1 / 1 _"„ 1 olve , the county casos _werSS ' _i Q orl •? « - ay two parish _nrWc + _tT , cd uPon- TheJ' included ChuSi _vKSm ° cr 6 ymen ofthe Established _Wlit < Z _« f T lCal , T ° _- ctors ' the non - John B-
Unch tho kI ™*~ _K is only now that John waf _cntencfe i " _^^ who several _montus « go _tos sentenced to be transported for fourteen vears for the _pwwttaBd _« oa & _TWe _» _i-S ? ffl
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is transferred to Spike Island , preparatory to his shipment to tlie penal colonies . Tun OnotunA . — There havo been twenty-four deaths from cholera in the workhouse of _Ai'magh since Monday . From Kilkenny tho report giveg twenty-five new cases of cholera since Wednesday . Thc Tipperary Vindicator of this day says !— " The disease has by no means abated in _Nenagh—in the workhouse alone , from Sunday morning till twelve o ' clock yesterday , the deaths amounted to seventynine . The Cork Examiner of yesterday statos , that " within the last twenty-four hours , six persons have died in the workhouseof cholera . " The cholera is declining in Limerick . The Banner of UUttr states , that since the 7 th inst ., the cares in Belfast and vilis + K > _niafi » _ifv >/) * , _« _Cnilr / i Tclon / _1 _m-Annrntorv to his
cinity have averaged ten daily . Mo . vdvy— Mr . DcFFr . —After this second failure of the trial by jury experiment , it is questionable whether it would be discreet to hazard a third attempt at what seems to be a forlorn hope , another defeat serving no better end than to lower still further in public estimation the " great palladium ef human liberty as it may be justly called in England , and with equal justice nicknamed in Ireland . Meantime the whole country is heartily sick of those proceedings ; and wide-spread indeed will be the rejoicing if this , thc latest , is also doomed to be the last '' State trial" during the present generation . Tranquillity—superinduced more by the powerful agency of hunger and pestilence than by the potency of bayonets and prosecutions—has been perfectly
restored ; and it is now high time for statesmen to grapple with the evils of Ireland , and to show that there is a will as well as a way to govern that country . With respect to Mr . Duffy's jury it is stated , and I believe with truth , that seven stood out for an unqualified acquittal , this majority being composed of tlie four Roman Catholics—Messrs . Farrell , Fallon , Egan and Kelly , and three Protestants , namely , Mr . Saunders , the foreman , Mr , Myers , and Mr . Morrisson . —Times . The surpassing exertions made by Mr . Butt and Sir Colman O'Loghlen for their clients are the theme of general praise . Sir Colman O'Loghlen ' s ingenuity is very remarkable . It is to his exertions that tbe case of Mr . Duffy was so long put off till
the public mind calmed down , and all resentment disappeared . —Daily News . Tue State Prisoners . —The Freeman is now suggesting the expediency of a movement on behalf of Messrs . Smith O'Brien , Meagher , O'Doherty , _Mitchel , Martin , and the other persons convicted during the State Trials , with a view to the " immediate release" of those whose only error was loving their country " not wisely , but too well . " That journal says : —¦ " The fact of Mr , Duff y's having been admitted to bail we construe into an implied assurance that all further proceedings against that gentleman will be stayed . But now that his trial is over , we trust that the public mind will be directed towards the cases ofthe other high-minded and disinterested
men who had tbe misfortune to be tried at more excited periods , when passion and prejudice warped the judgment , and when verdicts were more likely to be the heated pronouncement of political p artizans than the calm decision ofthe ' country . ' Dr . _rREciATiox of Landeo Property . —The correspondent of the Morning Chronicle says : — " Such is the exceeding depreciation in the value of land at present , I understand , that on the estate of Mr . Kirwan , of Dalgan , in the county of Mayo , land which produced a rent of £ 2 12 s . 6 d . the Irish acre some time since , being out of lease , the tenant would offer no more than £ 1 per acre , and even this only on condition of the landlord paying all taxes chargeable on the farm . The land is of excellent
quality—about thc best in any part of Mayo—and so great a falling off in its letting value is a striking exemplification of the ruinous change which four years have produced upon the rentals of the gentry . The Cholera in the _Sooin ano West . —Modified as the epidemic has been in its present visitation , its extension to the distressed districts of the south has been marked by serious mortality amongst the broken-down peasantry , and many even ofthe middle class have fallen victims . The village of Rathkeale , in the county of Limerick , appears to have suffered more severely than any other part of Ireland , Rathkeale is a miserable accumulation of pauperism , containing a great number of thatched mud cabins in the suburbs , in which evicted cottier tenants have
congregated . The present condition of this impoverished " town , " as it is designated , is thus described in a Conservative journal , the Limerick Chronicle : — " Thursday evening , the Rev . James O'Shea went through the town of Rathkeale , and prevailed upon all the shopkeepers to open their concerns next day , so dismal was the appearance of the town for the " last week , under the fatal devastation of cholera , that confidence was nearl y at an end . This town has been in an alarming state , for hundreds had been hurried to eternity . Those persons in comfortable circumstances have suffered to an extent unprecedented since the first appearance of cholera in 1832 . There were 150 in hospital , and the external cases were more than double that
number . There was scarcely a second house in Rathkeale without a patient . The Rev . Richard _Xunan and the Rev . J . O'Shea arc indefatigable , day and night , in administering religious consolation to the sick and dying visited with this awful malady . It is the opinion of tho faculty and clergymen that the disease has since assumed a milder type . " Irish Representative Peerage . —Lord Dunsany is a candidate for the representative peerage , vacant by the dealh of the Earl of Gosfovd . Tuesday . —The Crisis . —From the _sowinir time , now nearly past , until the harvest , will be a " period ofthe deepest anxiety in all parts of Ireland , and _,, in the west and south , of suffering as severe as has been known during the protracted and desolating
famine . One great step , at all events , has been accomplished on the road to recovery . Taking one district with another , the land is much better and more judiciously cropped than in the two preceding years * , and although many acres arc neglected , in some places , and , in some others , much more land planted with potatoes than prudence would warrant , still , all things considered , there is reason to rejoice at tho extent ofthe preparations for the next harvest . Upon the produce of that harvest , however , all the hopes of the country are centred . An abundant return would go far towards restoring our exhausted resources , and _commencing a new er . % in
Ireland . _ The peasantry have made their last effort in cropping the land , and in the distressed districts have suffered great privations . There is now little or no employment to alleviate their misery , or to lessen the overwhelming burden of pauperism . The southern towns are crowded with destitute poor . All parties here seem to think the downfall of the Whigs at hand , and there is great apathy about their fate even amongst their professed friends . The feeling even at thc Whig bar is , that " Ministers had better go out and try for a public character . "Daily News .
Wednesday . —State op the Covktry . —As the season advances all the sources of misery and denioralisation arc increasing . The clearance system is extending to districts and estates heretofore unaffected by this mode of disencumbering the land of its half-famished occupants . In two south-western counties , Clare and Kerry , evictions bv wholesale are now in progress , to a much greater e _' xtent than at any former period during the famine . Front one district m Kerry on a property under thc Court of Chancery , one thousand human _bcincs were turned out last week . From another , belonging to Irmity College , a vast number of occupants have been evicted . In all probability , those miserable people paid little or nothinsr in the shanr * or _vmit
since the potato failure ; but the expulsion of such numbers , augmenting the already fearful amount of pauperism , is not thc less to be regretted as an aggravation of our social evils , and a new cause of embarrassment to the gentry and ratepayers , still struggling to maintain their position in the eouiif' 7 _' —In Clare , a portion of the parties evicted had _( _" _*«« substantial farmers , and the local Conservative paper , tho Clare Journal , states that some of the dwellings levelled by the bailiffs appeared to be comfortable farm-houses . The tenantry attempted resistance ; but the aid of a party of constabulary was obtained , and thc ringleader was arrested . — _iMormno- Chronicle .
The WEATiiEK .-Suddonly , after a winter ot i' _» usual mildness , and a remarkably fine opening oj the spring _y we have experienced all the harshness ol winter . For a day or two the temperature was vervcold , and Tuesday , after a frost the preceding night , we had a heavy fall of snow . This sinMeii severity ofthe weather will greatlv aggravate _» ' _» the sufferings and privations of the destitute poor , who are endeavouring to keep body and sou ., together on thc scanty allowance of out-door rem without anything in the shape of provision _M clothing , lodging , or fuel .
Poon Reum . —Lord Stuam ; bs Dbcib .-X _* _' ' Clonmel Chronicle contains thc following in rofevoiice to the condition of the Dungarvan Union :- " _, Stuart deDecies , the chairman of this uDion , _w * _^ signed his office in consequence of the majority » the board having voted against out-door rcliel . } _w Poor law Commissioners have directed _theguftr" _™ ' to re-consider their conduct , and informed theni m wise that they agree with Lord Stuart de Vet *? and the minority on the subject of out-door _reav' - Some of the guardians recently waite d on _w | . Stuart do Decies , urging him to resume asa " ; Office * . but this bis lordshin _dnelined to do . l "
Fever Hospital at Abbeyside is much crowded . * more patients can be admitted to the Fever no _pital till the sheds aro finished , which are now i > t «| erected . Many persons arc emigrating fro " ' ., union , nearl y all of the better class of emigi" 111 * _' -. The Cholera . —The epidemic still lmgei _* various quarters . The Banner of _UMtr notices ,, alarming spread of cholera m _Ballyrocns-Armagh the malady is also spreading . ( . _^ Mr . Duffy . —The Freeman's Journal says— _^ or Duffy has not been abroad since his release , am _^ a part ofthe time has been confined to his r 00 Jl [ leA unable to receive the numerous friends wm' _^ _ji upon him ; but yesterdav he was almost qui '" . lie is on a visit for the present with lu _^ _bi-o-- _*' - law , Dr . Callan , 25 , Lower Bagot-stveet . .
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