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than by their judgment . Amid the _^ * •* J * Bpectable _pereoM _* ho thronsed the _Court-house there were no doubt many , who could not _beif _^ experiencing _isma regret at the _vof _^ _^^ SUchiindoub _* _-dm-mtal « q _*^^ while , in addition to his _pobtical admirers , _™™ those whom local ties or the _infloenco of funis _testability and poathmia _theadjoining _counj had _fedaoedtosee how he bore himself in thedock of Clonmel O ) urt , hou « e . af the Irish revolution had rocceeded' Mr Meagher woald have been ita ¥ _erg" The ' _indgffl took their seats at the usual hour . Mr WhTteiidef _Q-C .. Mr Butt , Q . C ., Sir Colman O'Loghlen , and Mr F . Maher , were retained for the
prisoner . On the name of the first juror being called—Mr Meagher , addressing tte benoh _nftb pe _" * com _pQBuxB of maimer , ¦ aid—My _lordi , previous w thejury beiog sworn , I _begleavs to say a few words . I desire to protest againBt the constitution of the panel from which the jury by whom I am to be tried u to be selected . Personally . I care not whether 1 am to be tried by a jury of Protestants era jury of Roman Catholics . Though I am myself a Roman Catholic I feel that my case , my honcur , my liberty , my life , are as safe ia the hands of a jary exclusively composed of Protestants as one exclusively composed of Roman Catholics . Were I to consalt my own feelings only , IshoHld not make these observations , bnt my lordsas a matter of principle—a principle
, vitally affecting the pure , the legitimate , tbe safe administration of justice in this kingdom—npon high pnblio grounds , perhaps the highest that can exist , I reel myself called upon to protest , and I do so seriously and solemnly , against a system by whioh , in a Soman Catholic county of a Roman Catholio oountry , only eighteen Roman Catholics are returned upon a panel of near 300 jurors , fit consequence of tbe demurrer in the oas 9 of William Smith O'Brien , I _conceh-a it would , be a wanton waste of the pnblio time ware 1 to imtrnot my eonniel to challenge the array ; bnt as I feel that this may ba the last time I may be permitted to raise my voice , I cannot let this opportunity pass without protesting in the strongest manner against a system which virtually repeals the
l _^ hts conferred by law upon the members of the religious creed to whioh I am proud to belong . In doing so , however , I assure your lordships , the gentlemen who will be Bwom to try me , and all who know me and bave given credence to the sincerity of the sentiments I have expressed in pnblio . that in making these remarks , I have not been influenced , in tha slightest degree , by a spirit of sectarianism . At the conclusion of the above statement , the prisoner was loudly applauded by the persons assembled in the galleries and body of the court . The names of the jury were then read over , and twenty being challenged absolutely on behalf of the prisoner , and many others for causes shown , a great deal of time was consumed . The following were eventually sworn : —Jamei Wellington , of Castle Wellington ; Augustus Hartford , Wellington Lodge ; Samuel Ryan , Anna Villa ; Thomas Lyndsly ,
Tind-* riUe ; Benjamin Bawkah & w , Falleen ; " Nicholas B . Green , Knocknaipie ; Riohard Kennedy , _KnockbaUymaher : Thomas Heirden , Summer Hill ; Riohard Maron , Clonkenny ; Edward Chadwioke , Ballinard ; Benjamin Hawkahaw , Knockans ; Richard _Hamsraly , Banshee House . One of these gentlemen , Mr Greene , is a Roman Catholio . The Clerk of the Crown then arraigned the prisoner in tha usual form . The indictment charged him with levying war _against the Queen at the pound of Ballingarry , at Muilinahoae _, at Kilienaale , and atFarrinrory . Mr Lynch read an abstract of tbe indictment . The first fire counts charged Mr Meagher with the crime of high treason , in levying wa ? against tbe Queen . The sixth contained seven overt aots , and charged him with compassing and imagining the death of the Queen , by the acta stated in the former
_connti . The Attorney General then opened the case of the Crown against the prisoner . He stated that Dobbin is again to be pnt upon the table , and intimated that if any attempt waa made to impugn bis credit ; he -would be prepared to uphold it by additional
witness- * . Ths examination of Mr Hodges , and of a gentleman who proved the handwriting of the prisoner in some document * that were given in evidenoe , closed the proceedings of tbe day . 1 ha _WKtopened on Taradaj . at ten o ' clook . T . S . Dobbin , the informer , was the first witness examined . He deposed to having seen Mr Meagher at a meeting of the Curran Club at Dablin , in Jane . Mr Meagher was not a member of the _Cnrran Clnb , but was a registered member of the Grattan Club ; he _attended a meeting on the 22 nd of June , for the presentation of colours to the olub . It was a _tricoloured fig . Mr Meagher spoke of them standing to their colours to establish the independence of their
oountry . Attended a meeting on the 21 st . Mr Meagher was present Mr Dillon was moved to the chair . No business waa done until Mr Meagher eame . He was in the room when Mr Dillon was moved to the chair . It was stated in the room that the meeting was for the election of an executive council . ' Mr Dillon announced it from the chair . It was said that a council of twenty-one members was too numerous , aa their transactions wonld _oroont through so many hands , and tbat tbere would be more secresy in a smaller number . Mr Dillon mentioned certain names out of a letter brought to him by Mr Lalor from Mr Doff / , who was in prison ; they were the names of persona whom Mr Daffy wished to be on tbe executive council ; the names of
tbree clergymen were read ont—those of Mr Hughes , Mr _CMslIey , and Mr Kenyon ; the name of Mr Lalor was also mentioned ; some of the members said , that asit was to be a war eounoil it was not fit tbat priests shonld be on it . The persons announced to be elected were Mr Dillon , Mr Meagher , Mr O'Gorman , jun ., Mr M'Ghee , and Mr Devin Reilly : Hr Lalor and Mr _M'Dermott wanted those present i ? give a pledge that they wonld expedite the insurrection by the 8 th of August ; Mr Meagher objeoted to give any pledge of tbat sort , tbat he wonld have Hon the 8 th , but he said he would do nil in his power to expedite it even before the 8 th . Mr Lalor stated that the council of five were to sit next day to arrange to have four club meetings in Dablin on the
next Snnday , the 23 rd ; they were to have no speeches ; bat the names ot the club men were te ba called ont ; they were not to tell the _tlubs anything about where thsy were to meet until about two hours be & re the * meeting , as it was considered they should be sufficiently well organised to turn out at two hours' notice . The object cf tbis meeting was to ascertain the numerical strength of tha clubs ; they were not to ba armed _, the witness was subjected to alengthened _s & l searching cross examination by Mr Whiteside in the course of which the learned counsel fully exposed the character of Dobbin and tracked him through a great variety of situations , in all of which he figured the reverse of honourable , when the informer was
dismissed . A police officer was examined , who proved the finding ofthe letter to Mr Smith by Mr Meagher , aasjb read in court on ths previous day . In Mr Smith ' s honse were also found many otber letters in MrMeagher ' Bhandwriting . Voting and other papers taken from Mr Lalor were then put in evidence and identified . —Constable _Donlevie deposed that he was stationed at Enniscorthy in July last , and that on tha morning of Sunday , the 23 rd , he saw Mr Smith O'Brien , Mr Meagher , and Mr Dillon , come into the town on a car ; they addressed the people in the market-place . Mr Meagher said he always was and ever would remain the unrelenting enemy of tho British government ; that he had the honour a short time ago to address 50 , < HK ) Tipperary menthat they were prepared to do their duty . —Mr Dillon
said that the Wexford men were brave and determined—that they all hai a gun iu a corner , and kept their powder dry , and were always sure to hit their mark . Mr Butt , examined these amateur _polios reporters _most . amusingly , and effectively demonstrated the fact , thatthey wera mere concoctions , by showing that though they pretended to have an accurate and exact recollection of words spoken many months ago , they conld not recollect the exact words of the first , second , third , or fourth questions he had put to them . The fact , that the story had been learned parrot-like was still further demonstrated by the impossibility of getting them to state _thesoeeches in the first person—it was all 'he said . ' One of the objects of the cress-examination was to show that it was impossible to connect Mr O'Briea ' s and Mr Meagher ' s purpose together ; of wi
A gr _^ at number tnesses remain to bs exam ined on the part ofthe crown .
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Right Rev . Dr Browne , Bishop of Elphin ; Right Rev . Dr Dwry , Right _Rtv . Dr Keatingo , Right Rev . Dr _M'Bonneli , Right Rev . Dr Feeney , Right Rev . Dr M Gettigan , Right Rev . Dr Cantwell . Right Rev . Dr Blake , Right Rev . Dr Healy , the Provost of Trinity College . Lord Oranmore , Dr M'Donnell , S . F . T . C . D ., the Venerable Dean Meyler , the Very Rev . Dr O'Connell St Miohael and St John * *; the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor . Sir Riohard Baker , Sir _Gesrge Morris , Charles David Latouohe , Pierce Mahony , James Fegan _, M . P ., Major General _Vandelenr , J . D . Fitzgerald , Q . O ., Major Talbot , John
Reynolds , M . P . Alderman Kinnahan , Sir Haroourt Lees , Charles Fitsimon , Rev J . _M'Sorley , J . P ., the Rev . Thomas Kelly , of Kellyville , Queen ' s County ; Sir Drury Jones Dirkenun , Professor Harrison . John L . Arabin . the O'Gorman Mahon , M . P ., Thomas Lleyd _, D . L „ Beeohmont ' _Franeis Coppinger , J . P ., Matthew _Derinsv _, D . L . and _-T . P ., James Perry , J . P ., George F . Shaw , F . T . G . D ., James Byrne , F . T CD ., Nicholas Maher , M . P ., Charles P . MDonald , M . R . I . A ., John Maher , D . L ., and a host of other names , numbering amongst them the most influential of our resident gentry and most respeoted
citizens . THK APPROAOHIK _« OOUUI 3 ST . 0 V IR _DUBUS . Itis decided that Mr Gavin Daffy shall be tried by the county , and not the city jurors , each of whom is summoned to appear ob Saturday next , on fine of £ 200 , as already stated . Bills for high treason against Defy will be sent before the grand jury on that day . The letter found in O'Brien ' s portmantfau , and proved on his trial to be in the handwriting of Duffy , will be used as a leading piece of evidence ; Some words originally written in that letter , bnt obliterated , and others substituted by the writer previous to sealing , have been sufficiently restored to enable every one to know what they are , and it is alleged that tfcey must have a material effect upon the case .
On Saturday , Mr E . Trounton and Mr Martin J . _Bnrie , who wera oonfinedin Newgate nnder the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Aot , were sent to Clonmel by railway . Tbe parties wera summoned on behalf of Mr Thomas F . Meagher , to be examined as witnesses on hia trial . DABBO ATTEMPT BT _COST / _IOIS TO E 8 CAK TROM _CARBICKFEESUB GAOL—DEATH O ? ONE O * THS CONVICTS . The Belfast News _LmsRsays : — ' An -Alarming rumour was prevalent in Belfast on Thursday , to the eff aot that the Stato prisoners confined in Belfast Bridewell had effected their escape , andthat one had beea killed ; bat on inquiry we learned that the report was altogether unfounded so far as regards the Bridewell , but tbat an unfortunate occurrence hsd
taken plaoe in Carrickfergus gaol , attended with the death of one of the convicts nnder sentence of transportation , who was shot in tbe attempt to escape from the prison by one ofthe gaol guards . On receipt of tbis intelligence , we despatched our reporter to Carrickfergus , and from him we have received the following particulars : —* I waited on Mr Krskinr , the respeoted governor of Carrickfergus gaol , to ascertain tho facta of the report whioh waa eo generally cirealated through town to-day , and vu politely conducted through the scene of tbe morning ' s fatal occurrence , and learned from bim every particular which can interest the public . The occurrence took plaoe betwe-n six and seven o ' clock : this ( Thursday ) morning , at tbe time tbe prisoners were being removed from their cells to the wards occupied by them
during tbe day . In the corridor of the prison immediately adjoining the governor ' s honse , there are two wings containing ten cells eaoh , in whioh fortyeight convicts under sentence of transportation were confined ; audit is now understood that a wall-concocted conspiracy had long existed among them to make a' bold stroke * for their liberty on the first opportunity . This astounding information was com . raunicated to ths prison officers in oharge , by a convict named Orr , formerly night watchman in Bel fast , and who is now nnder sentence of transportation for stealing a watch , and bad the effect of causing doable diligence on their part to prevent the conspiracy being carried out . This morning the attempt waa made in tha following manner : —Mr Johnston had just opened the cells in one of the wings already
spoken of , when the convict Orr having observed one of the prisoners , named Boydi slip ont of the cell under some pretence , gave the alarm , bnt the iron door was immediately shut and fastened on the outside , thus closing up Mr Johnston with 28 convicts . At the samo moment a similar occurrence had taken place in the left wing , of cells under the oharge of another turnkey named Logan . He had opened the last cell , and was about to give the word to march ont , when he observed the door shut , and two convicts , named Edwards and Hunter , fled- With the greatest coolness and self-possession he unbuttoned his coat , and producing his pistols ordered the men to return to their cells , threatening to fire npon them instantly in case they refused . The convicts were overawed , and at once obeyed his orders . Mr John
stent ' s determination produced a similar effeot apon the felons in the cell in which'be was confined . The alarm was instantly given , the prison bell rung , and the other officers of tbe gaol , hastening to the corridor , fonnd the four leading doors closed and bolted , One of the escaping convicts ( Boyd ) had formerly been confined in the prison , and wasintimately acquainted with the leading passages and apartments , so that tha _knowledge he possessed in this respest gave him a facility of escape . He had been in ihe oapaoity of cook for a considerable time , and the first important passage dosed up by him after quitting the cell , was that leading to tho kitchen . He then closed the three ward doors , and made towards the hospital yard , where he was joined by Edwards and Hunter , the twoother convicts . They thea plaoed a form against
tke wall , by whioh they mounted to the roof of the porch , and next climbed by a window to the top of the wall . Edwards gained the top of the wall first , followed by Hunter ; but Boyd , who had been most active in the attempt , in following them fell to the ground , and then hurried back to the prison , where he was secured . Hunter and Edwards , having reahed the roof of the new wing of the gaol , ran along the spouting on the hospital side , a distance of twenty yards , carrying with them a bnoket and their sheets , cut up in strips , to assist in the descent from the wall . The guard on that side of the prison observed and immediately challenged them ; but Edwards cried ont ke would murder bim if ho attempted to fire . Thompson , the guard , presented his gun , whiob burnt priming , and the two desperadoes , encouraged by this circumstance , hastily descended the wall ( a height of twenty-two feet ) , and ran towards the sentry-box , Edwards crying to his companion , ' ——your soni , come on . ' Thompson , with great presence
of mind , ran towards the other corner of the prison , and baring primed his gun afresh , was joined by Mr Johnson , armed with a blunderbuss , and then hastened back to meet ths convicts , who were by _tbii time armed with stones , and determined to risk their lives in the attempt to escape . Thompson immediately fired , and the unfortunate Edwards fell , two stones dropping from his hands at the same moment ; whereupon Hunter fell upon his knees and begged for mercy . He was secured and conducted back to his cell . Edwards lingered for fifteen minuteB , bis last breath | calling npon God for mercy . Immediately after the fatal occurrence , Dra Magowan and Forsy the were in attendance , but pronounced the wound to be mortal . In the course of the day T . K . Jackson , Esq ., coroner for the oounty , he ? d an inquest , when , after viewing the plan of the prison and the body of the unfortunate man , a verdict in accordance with the faots was returned , adding , in reference to the cause of death , 'justifiable homieide in the execution of doty . '
SUPPOSED ATTEMPT 10 ESCAPE FROM _BBWdATB . On Monday between one and two o ' clook , the governor of Newgate having received information that Charles G . Daffy _contemplated an escape from gaol , he ( the governor ) atones prooeeded , accompanied by the deputy-governor ( Mr Bourne ) , Mr Bell , constable 42 D , and some other officials who were in attendance , to the apartment oocupied by the prisoner , and commenced an active search . In a leather trank belonging to the prisoner , they discovered a rope ladder about forty feet long , and a coil of single rope about the same length , and it was said that by meanB of these the prisoner intended to
make his escape . The sentinel who was en duty over tha prisoner ' s apartment alleges tbat he had been offered a bride if be favoured the attempt . The officials belonging to the establishment , on what they deemed an important discovery , at onco removedthe prisoner to a more secure part of the gaol , _whereuouble guards were placed upon hurt , and the most rigorous watoh kept upon hiB movements . Tbe room occupied by Mr Duffy looked into Green-street , and the window opens into the street for the purpose of ventilation . This room had been previously allocated for the use of debtors . There was nothing of the kind found in the apartments of the other
prisoners
FATS OF THE BIATB PRISONERS . On Monday afternoon , tho Lord-Lieutenant _receded the deputation appointed at the meeting of thecitizsns of Dablin to present a memorial to his Excellency , praying for a commutation of the sen . tenoe passed upon Mr Smith O'Brien . The Lord Mayor headed the deputation , whioh was composed of several most respectable _citasas . The Mowing iB the address : — ' TO HIS BXCSLLRKCT EARL CLARENDON , _LORD-LIKDTENANT GENERAL , ASS QBNHRAL O 0 VKRN 0 R OF IRELAND .
' May it please your Excellency , —Wc , the undersigned , consisting principally of the inhabitants of Dablin and its _vioinity , address yonr excellency as the representative , in Ireland / of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen . We fully concur in the recommendation of the jury by whom William Smith O'Brien bas been found guilty , and we humbly and earnestly entreat the exercise of her Majesty's gracious prerogative of mercy in his favour . * William Sharman Crawford . Chairman . ' The Lord-Lieutenant received the deputation with the greatest courtesy , and said , in order that there should be no mistake as to the nature of the answer he was about to give , he wonld read it . ' Hia Excellency then read the following answer : — As it appeared to be the wish ef Mr Sharman Crawford and the gentlemen who accompanied him
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here last week , and subsequently of the Lord Mayor , that I should reosive from the hands of a deputation this memorial , whioh bas been numerously ' sighed by the inhabitants of Dablin , I have not hesitated to eomply with that wish ; but , while the Commission is still sitting at Clonmel , and occupied with the trial of persons charged with the same offence as Mr O'Brien , and having referenoe also to the netioe of a writof error that has been given , I need hardly inform—and I feel certain you will not expeot—that I should now give any definite answer to the memorial , beyond an assurance that full weight will be given to the recomraendationofthehig hlyrespeotablejury who tried
From tho tone of this reply to _^ deputation yesterday , it ii now generally believed thatthe . extreme sentence of thelaw will not _baWned into effectupon Mr Smith O'Brien , or , as a oowequenco , any of tne patties oonviotod of ffigh Treason at the Clonmel Speoial Commission . The Fbmhan ' s Journal , mentions that the clergyman officiating at one of the Cathplie chapels _reoaested the prayers of the congregation for the safe deliverance of Mr O'Brien and the other gentlemen npon whom the speoial commission has been doing its work . Some of the congregation thought from the reverend gentleman ' s words , that the report relative to the issuiBg of a warrant fer the exeoution of Mr O'Brien was well fonnded ; the consequence of this was , that a loud and general expression of grief and horror burst forth—numbers of females wailing and shedding tears at the sad scene piotured to their imaginations .
CURIOUS REVELATIONS . The following are extraots from a letter written by Mr Doheny , at present a denizen of the Frenoh Re * pnblio . to Mr M . _Lenihan , proprietor of tbe _Tots-BttvVlHOICiTOB : — * My dear Lenihan , —Permit me to thank you very kindly for _resoning my name and character from calumny . But while I am unaffectedly grateful to you , I feel so sensitive on one part of the subject with which my aame has been conneoted , that I bag to be allowed to stato distinctly how tbe matter stood . 1 When first I saw it stated that it was I who urged on Mr O'Brien , I was most deBirous to correct this mistake ; bnt he was thsn a prisoner , and I . knew not what effeot the statement might have on bis fate . Besides , the _ohaaces were that I should share that fate , and then I could atthe last moments set the matter right ¦
. , .. , Both reasonB now cease to exist , and , therefore , once for all , I beg to state openly what part I took in the late proceedings . It is trne that I was remaining out of the way , as you state , when my comrades threw themselves on the oountry . It is true that I was not only ignorant of their purpose , ' but actually ignorant of the cause—namely , the suspension of ths Habeis Corpus Act , The first thing I heard of their movement was a message from home , which I received at midnig ht , stating that some of the Confederates had arrived there in search of Mr O'Brien , who had left for tbe country . I immediately made off to Carriok , hoping I would meet him there . He was about the same time coming in another direotion . to Cashel . I learned at Carriok what oconrred there the
night before , and for the first time became , alarmed for the cause ef my country . I soon received a message from Carriok , on which I resolved to aot . . j . Before night , however , I beoame fully aware of the formidable agency which we had to contend against , and road off for Cashel ; bnt learning at Fethard where Mr O'Brien was , I turned off to Ballingarry . . I then left Ballingarry . . . On my return , I found the people greatly dispirited and divided . It was plain the _influenoa brought to bear on them had to a great extent prevailed . . . Many ridiculous and false stories bare been ] told of onr differences and our proposals to deal summarily with Mr O'Brien . We differ , it is true , but those who differed most widely from Mr O'Brien accorded to
him theiradmiration for tbo chivalry of his nature , and the thorough nobility of the principles which guided him . . . I remained , however , for five or six days on Slievenamon Mountain , determined at all events not to be arrested alive . . . My adventures even then , though personally interesting , shall not here be alluded to . JameB Stevens , who was eaid to be dead and buried , shared my risks , and now , thank _Gsd , shares with me tha hospitality of the Frenoh Re . PHblic . He and another , who yet oan speak , if need , will attest for me tbat I only abandoned tbe o _inse of my country when that cause became utterly hopeless . What oowards said abont my treaohery to screen themselves gives me little trouble . They originated with a newspaper that exists by public nollution . and onthataocount adequately represents
British feeling inlreland . 'May I take tbis opportunity of offering pnblio thanks to those generous , devoted , and honest men who assisted me ? Any day for six weeks I could have been sold dearly by hundreds of men on the very brink of starvation . May God bless and save them . . . I shall reserve to myself the task of vindicating openly the oondnot of my _osmrad e * when the fate of those new on trial shill be deoided . As for the oharge of . defrauding the corporation , any one that will take the trouble of looking at their acconnts will find that I was never since my first connexion with them without being seriously in advance of them—to at one time of a sum _exceeding £ 600 . _« I remain , & o ., Michael _Dohenv _, ' Maurice Lenihan , Esq ., TippBBART Vindicator . ' UB SMITH 0 _BRIEJJ S CASE .
In this case it is determined by the friends ofthe prisoner to bring a writ of error , if they receive , as is necessary , the permission of the Attorney-General . An application has been made in tbe usual form for such permission , bnt the Attorney-General declines to disclose his intentions until he returns to Dablin . In other wordB , it would appear that the first law offioer refuses to exercise his official privilege of granting or refusing the certificate until he has an opportunity of discussing the matter with the heads ofthe government .
' RCMOURKD _ESCAPS OF MR O ' MAHONY . It is said that O'Mahony , the rebel leader , escaped from Boumahon , connty of Waterford , on Wednesday , and that he effeoted his escape by means of ono ofthe vessels employed in taking away the produce of the copper mines in the neighbourhood . The deputation from Limerick waited upon the Lord Lieutenant , to solicit meroy for MrO'Brien . HiB lord * hip gave a similar reply to that given to the Dablin Deputation , KM BTATS 1 BIAU—T . F . AIEAOHEB—0 . 0 . _DUFFTIHB CATHOLIC BISHOPS—STATU OF THE COUNTRY . ( i"h »» our own Correspondent . ) Dublin , Ooteber 18 th ,
Though the business in Clonmel goes on slowly , the government triumphs in every case , and those who hoped for miracles from technicalities and frivolities are mnch disappointed . As I said in my last communication , the Whigs would have a viotory , and , with the appliances at their command , no man with an ounce of braiDS beneath his perioranium conld doubt the result of the State prosecutions . M'Manus and O'Donohoe have been convioted , and as tbeir offence was similar to that of Smith O'Brien ' s , their '' sentence and punishment wi ! be also similar . Tbey will be condemned to the gall lows ; but whether any of them will be finally executed ia still a secret . _Yesteiday , the most gifted man of the whole ' rebel'host—and , probably , the most gifted man ( of his years ) in the British dominion *—was put upon his trial . Thomas Francis Meaghor stands this moment before the
Cold-hearted Sax , n , ' pleading : for his life , whilst it is possible the angel of death is recording his doom in the bloody annals of Fate ' . No man who ever came before the Clonmel judgment Beat has exoited such sympathy as T . F . Meagher . His youth ( he is but twenty-four ) , his frank demeanour—his good-humoured appearance , his manly bearing—his enthusiasm—his _bawitohing eloquence , and , above all , his devotion to the oreod of hiB Celtic _^ ancestors , endear bim to tbe millions ,
and make him the objeot . of national interest and commiseration . Had Meagher baen spared he would write his name in the proudest niche of liberty ' s temple ; if he bs lost , he is a loss which not only hiB own party , but the land which gave him birth , will mourn in tears of blood . The government will move heaven and earth to Becure his conviction . At any cost—at any riB _' _t—thty will sacrifice Meagher ! Such a man cannot be permitted to tiead the shamrock * Meagher must go , and I fear there iB no reasonable hope of his escape .
There is one Roman Catholic on his jury—probably that man is not a Whig tool , and if he has a drop of Inih blood ia his veins peor Meagher will not be victimised without , at least , another struggle . £ ? £ _?? _vtv _T' _^ H _* _w « rtMM » . but I eZ _^ t ) _^ _% _^ wJ . _* O 8 th 0 l , f _7 « _0-ooii 8 idered a _MuTfaaVn m let Wm be 0 D In Dublin the people are more exoited and more vengeful spoken tban I have seen them for manva ? e _£ -t No _rnln 'JftfrJ * _* * _™> teres * . No man of wenty . four years of age was ever _MeaXr ! betowd ' , n Iro , and aa Ta _^ _Fr «« i _« _m _^ 'A _^ _^*^^ _* - _» at , from Miohael Doheny . He win Paris , and has written a long letter to the editor of the Tr _^ JSr VSo ? caiob . m He throws a good deal of _Jieht on hi 8 own
proceedings in connexion with the late unfortunate outbreak , and flatly contradiots tho ill-natured reports , which sometime ago were prevalent reBpeoting him . He says he never was aware of any wish or project- _^ oa the part ofthe rebel leaders , to _asmsinate Smith O'Brien , as has _bsen reported He promises to write again , and reveal much that is curionsandjmportant _, when the State Trials are concluded . The people hew arei making _aotiverexertions lo have Smith O'Brien ' s _. ife spared . Even the Orangemen have held their meetings , and Biened netition *
and addressed his excellency , Lord Clateadon in hw behalf . TheTowa Council , and the Professors , Fellows and Students of Trinity College also , have been at work with the same object , bur , as yet , the Lord Lieutenant has given no _aaswer _oaloulatsd to allay
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the worst apprehensions . Still the probability istbat the convicts will not be hanged , _airCharlesGavan Duffy , His reported , has been trying to ' cut' his acquaintance at Newgate , aad bad laid a splendid plan for his escape , and that of Mr Dalton and Mr _: Williams , At one o ' clock yesterday , the Governor of Newgate , aoting on the information he had received , went with a posse of offioials to the apartment . oooupied by Mr Duffy , and on searching , discovered a leathern valise in whioh was stowed a ladder of ropes , forty feet in length , and most securely constructed , together with a coil of single rope of the same length , withthe _' aidof wh : ch , it is said , the prisoners _desigoed to escape ! The Bentinel on duty states that he was offered a large bribe if he would consent only to keep his tongue easyduring the
_prsoMs—whether he wonld accept or not cannot now be determined , as bis fidelity was oot brought eo far as tbe sticking point I The prisoners , were at once removed to more secure quarters , a , double guard placed over them , and every other , precaution put ia requisition for their safe keeping . The Roman _CatbolioBishopsheld their annual synod in this oity last week . They are in favour of' Mercy ' towards Smith O'Brien and his fellow convicts , but they utterly revolt againBt the notion of taking a pension or salary , from government . The Catholic clergy aro no fools in their way—they might like a good salary well enough , but they know very well that it onoe they beoame-servants ef the British Crown , their _ipftoenoe , moral , religious , and political , will be
lost for ever'with'the Catholic people of Ireland . I believe if the clergy took the regiumdonum , Catholicity would not subsist five years in Ireland . The people would not become Protestants , but they would merge imperceptibly into Daiem , Atheism—into any thing rather thsn retain their oonnexion with the Saxon salaried priests . The accounts from the rural districts are of the most heart-rending oomplexion . The amount of destitution prevailing even now is _shooking—what mutt it be in two months hence , when tke last of the potatoes is gone ? Tho poor rates will not preserve the lives of half the population ; the rest must die of hunger and its oonoomitant horrors , The prospects of the oountry this day exceed all comprehension .
In the meantime the rage for emigration strengthens . Every body who oan go is quitting for America ; even the gentry and some ofthe professional classes are going . To-morrow ornext day _. theruraldistricts of Ireland ( between famine , landlord extermination , and voluntary emigration , ) will be 33 desolate as the Highland regions of Scotland .
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On Friday There Waa An Adjourned Meeting...
On Friday there waa an adjourned _meeting ofthe committee appointed to prepare and forward an address to tha Lord Lieutenant , in oonourrence with the racommendation of the jury by whom Mr William Smith O ' Brien was foand gnilty , that her Majesty's gracious prerogative of mercy should be extended to him . The meeting waa advertised for the hour of twelve o'clock ; bnt long bafore tbat honr , and from an early peried in the day , Ridley's Hotel ( the place of meeting ) waa thronged with numerous groups of _cit'ijns of all creeds , the resident gentry , and influential merchants of the city , besides large numbers of the e ' ergy . Catholic and Protestant ,
including several ofthe dignitaries of both churches , who came for the exprea purpose of _farwarding the objects ef the committee and affixing their _signatarea to ths address , drafts of whioh had been drawn np , and lay prepared for signing at the place of meeting . Uninterrupted ]; , during tbe day , crowds of citizens continued to poor in ior the purpose of signing the address , copies of whioh wera placed in several convenient parts of the nwoisea to ensure greater facility and convenience tor signatures ; while the tub committee which , had been appointed continued to bo occupied in receiving names affixed to copies ofthe address , thousands of which had been circulated in all directions since the day previous . Amongst the _^ most distinguished signature * we notjori f _^ t _^ X iM Moitfier . _4 _$ F * isJo _*» Murray ;
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Storm Of Rain.— On Saturday Morning Last...
Storm of Rain . — On Saturday morning last , the town and neighbourhood of Huddersfield were visited with the most tremendous storm of rain ever remembered . Up to about four o ' clock , the elements appeand very threatening , about whioh hour ths rain bnrst over the town like a cataract , and the streets were in a few minutes deluged , with water , whioh continued to fall [ unremittingly till-near half-past five , Suoh was the enormous weight of water that fell , that the rivers were swollen to a great height in leas than an hour , and the whole ef the mills upon the banks were thrown into ' baok water , and the hands obliged to leave work . At Messrs Starkey _' _s faotory , the water rose se high as to be up to the firehole , and the fire was every moment in _danser of
being pnt out . In the town , houses , cellars , Ho ., were completely flooded , and the furniture floated about in all directions . In one miserable cellar , Miohael Hanley , the occupier , who was in bed at the time , was attacked by two large water-rate , and it was with great difficulty he defended himself from tbeir violenoe . •„ , Dabing _Robbbbt . —A very __ singular and daring robbery was effected on the night of Saturday last , at the house of Mr Joseph Harvey , innkeeper , of Oakamoor , near Cheadle . A . number of ' navvies ' employed on the Churnet Valley branoh ofthe North Staffordshire Railway , assembled at Mr Harvey's house on the night mentioned , and having drunk rather freely , they commenced a disturbance , and were obliged to be displaced by the polioe . During these proceedings , it is supposed that one of the party
gained ' admission ' ' unperoeived _: into a bed-room , where inside a ohsat was deposited £ 100 in crown pieoes in a bag . The box was broken open , and the thief , in jumping through the window , let the bag drop , when a number of the silver coins rolled out , The inmates , hearing the noise , ran out to discover the cause , and found upon thb ground £ 2110 s . in crown pieoes . Information waB immediately given to the police , and bills offering a reward circulated ; and on Monday night two men were apprehended by Mr Field and Mr Brinsley , constables of Ashbourne , at the Tiger Ion , ia that town , and abont £ 70 m crorra pieces , and other coin , was found in a bag upon their persons . The two men , who gave their names as James Clayton and William Letts , were committed on Tuesday to take their trial at the ensuing sessions at Stafford .
_^ _Mtsiebio & b Houjb Robbbbt in thb Dai Timb . — On Saturday forenoon , a daring robbery was committed in Radnor Cottage , Radnor-street , Hulme , occupied by an elderly gentleman , named Sheldon , and attended by suoh circumstances as to point out one of the guilty parties , though as yet the legal proof of guilt is incomplete . Mr and Mra Sheldon went out on Saturday morning between nine and ten o ' clock , in a little pony gig , leaving their only Bervant , an Irish girl , in the house , aad returned home somewhere about half-past twelve . The door was opened by the servant , who was crying , and had a large bruise on her forehead . She was asked what was the matter , and replied that two men bad been inthe house during their absence , and having
fastened her in the cellar they went up stairs and robbed the house . Mrs Sheldon at once proceeded to her own bed-room , up stairs , and found that a chest of drawers , consisting of two sets , bad all been forced open , and a cash box ot the visual kind , furnished with a Chubb ' s pitent lock , removed . The drawers were all safe locked when she left tha house , and had undoubtedly been forced open , as the marks of the instrument were on them , and the objeot ef the thief had only been to secure the cash box , far everything in tho drawers were as straight as it was three hours before , but whoever took the box out bad pressed on the contents of the drawers , to find the situation of the box . Nothing but it was gone , though others of the drawers contained a gold watch , some plate , and
articles of considerable peouniary value . The box itself was found in the room , the front of the lid wrenched from the lock , and all the contents , somewhere between £ 20 and £ 30 in oash gone . No other parts of the house were disturbed in the least . The girl ' s tale to Mr Sheldon was , that while she was removing some things from the front door to the back two men entered . She demanded what Lhey wanted there , and told them her master was from home . One of them said , ' Yes , we knew that , ' and the other at the same time knooked her down , inflioting the mark on the forehead . They then took her and put her into the cellar , fastening the doer , and threatening what they would do if she made any disturbanceand there she remained for half
, an hour after they went away , which was about eleven o ' clock . Mr Sheldon sent for the polioe , and the officer who attended no sooner saw the rooms than he remarked * the thief was in the house , ' si plain was it that the party had possessed great knowledge of the articles it contained . He inquired if there were any tools in the house , and Mr Sheldon replying in the affirma tive , went into the cellar where the girl said she was confined , to fetch soma there deposited . He noticed that they had been meddled with , but taking up a ohissel that lay at the top , ho went up stairs and found that it not only corresponded in size , with the marks on the drawers , but also that there wa 3 a whitewash mark on the drawers , _answering to a similar spot on the rounded end of
the tool . " This was proof enough that that was the instrument making the marks . Mr Sheldon then went down stairs , and said to the servant , ' This is the _chisel with which those drawers were forced open , ' to which she instantly replied , ' I am sure it iB ml , ' but began directly to draw baok ber unguarded expression . When the robbery was first discovered Mr Sheldon stated his loss to be between £ 30 and £ 40 , labouring under the impression that ho had on that morning placed a small bag containing ton acd a half sovereigns in the cash box . Suoh however was not tbe case , as it fortunately turned out , for he had put the bag into one of his coat pockets , whioh
he left hanging in the lobby . Strange to say the servant never gave the slightest alarm until the return of her master and mistress , although had she done eo she must have been heard , either by th © parties next dcor , or by neighbours living opposite in the same street . Although the house has been _rigorous'y searched no money has been found , and the opinion ia that if the girl be the thief she must have had an accomplice to whom she gave the money . On Monday Bhe was brought up at the borough court , when the above faots were partially given in evidence ; but as nothing existed to _/ _sonneot her with the robbery beyond bare suspicion , sbe was remanded _.
_Ill-tiubd Levitt Punishei ) . —On Thursday week laBt , a couple presented themselves in front of the communion rails , in our cathedral , for the purposo ot being 'joined together in holy wedlock . ' But while the officiating clergyman waB proceeding with the ceremony in the usual course , his attention was arrested by 4 most unbecoming show of levity on the part ofthe bridegroom ; and this continuing , the clergyman dosed his book and lectured the man rather severely on the impropriety of his behaviour . The bride , who seemed muoh shocked at the
thoughtless conduct of the man to whom she was being united for life , at length interrupted the clergyman to ask if it was absolutely neoessary that the ceremony , after having gone bo far , should proceed to completion . The clergyman replied , ' Certainly not ; unless you desire it . ' The lady , on learning that option still remained to her , thought better of the matter , and absolutely refused to proceed any further with the oeremony , aud quitted the building with her friends , leaving the disappointed ' groom , ' no lenger laughing , but looking very disconsolate at this unexpected result of levity , as ill timed as it was ill-placed . —Manchester Guardian ,
Storm Of Rain.— On Saturday Morning Last...
The Edinburgh Chabtist _Tbials . —These trials have been appointed to take place before the High Court of Justioiary next month . . Amzata 7 _iotij * or Wmaosar . —At tbe patty _se- * lon » , _Hejwood , oh Wednesday week , _Joaeph _Bu _** k « r , of Wool _, ferd , n « ar Bury , was charged by the polioe officers with _crea-. _log an obstruction in tbe streets of Heywood , by haranguing a crowd ot pseple , on Sunday afternoon , the 17 . h nit . He had baen committed for trial on a charge of seditious speaking on the llth of last month , bnt was now out on ball . " Bowker tben addressed tbe bench la a Bpeeoh of fire and twenty minntes' duration , alleging tbat be was preaching the _goe-pel , and that Ur Bright , M . P ., bad addressed audiences from tbe same place . He oalled two ' or tbree witneaiei , who considered tha crowd in question did not amount to an obitraotion . Defendant was fined 20 s . and costs .
_BuceiAtr ahd A . _TTZMETSD If < 7 _Bt > sB , —An attempt at murder _utid plunder by a gang of burglars toefc placo at Melioume Hall , tbe- teat of Charles R . BoblnBon , Esq ,, on the night of Wednesday week last . On the previous day Mr Robinson and his family left home to attend the Union Hast Clab Ball , and were absent the whole ef that night . Thi * circumstance attraoted the attention of the aotort in tbe loene about to be detailed , and gave them the opportunity of plundering tbe hall . Tbe serraati retired to reit at an early hour . About three o ' olock la the morula- ; tbe butler wag aroused , and on epenlug his bedroom door he saw several men aicondlng the staircase , eaob holding alighted candle ! Tbeir faces wero blaokened , and they wore s _ooktngs over their boots to _prerent their making any _noiee , Oa seeing the men the butler
lmm ' ediately : nred o pistol at them , whioh appeared , however , not ' to nave touched them . The burglars being ; taken by surprise , fled down stairs ond hastened oat of the hall . The butler followed , and succeeded in laying hold of one of _the-fellows and attempted to _seoure him , when one of hia companions turned back and a conflict ensued , _fhe _^ _lllaln . u » ed a knife in a most determined manner , and made an attempt to cut the butler ' s throat , which however failed . The knife inflicted a long gash across bis chest , He continued bis grasp of the luffian , eipectlng the assistance of his fellow servants . He was finally everpowered by thewretohes cutting bis bandsand arms , and they all got clear off , Tbey had gained an entrance to ths hall by the cellar ha'I . The butler is recovering from his Injuries .
Accident oh * the Livebpooc and Boar Railway , — Oa Saturday night last William Bradley , abont 15 years ef age , who had been entrusted at Maghull to point the rails on this n-arly completed line , fell asleep , as is supposed , on the turning table , and a locomotive whb a train of mad waggons passed soon after , almost severing * his legs from hit body . He was broagbt to the Northern Hospital tbout half-past eleven on the same night , bat had been bo seriously Injured that he died abont tbree o ' clock on Monday _mornisg _. The partn's of the deoeased live in Raymond street .
Accioihi and Lo 9 B cr Life . — On Sunday afternoon last , about four o ' olook , a distressing accident occurred on the river at Windsor , _adjacent to tha Castle , causing the death of one individual , and the imminent danger of a seoond , . A men , named Saanders , employed in the Castle as a painter , and residing in _Clewer-Iane , had , with his son-in-law , engeged a boat for an excursion , and despite the warning of the boatman , _inoautiously ventured in that part of the river below tbe bridge wbere tbo current rnns strong , and , to the unskilful , is air / ays attended wltb danger , In this instance , the parties , on approaohing the spot , lost all control over their direction , and , impelled by the impetuosity of the stream , _trere bnrrled with fatal and irresistible speed towards the weir here crossing tbe river . Tbeir sereams end distracted cries for assistance , on peroeivlng their
inevitable danger ,, were most piercing and incessant , sadly and gratingly contrasting with the joyous operatio air at tho instant performing at the Castle Terrace by theoavalryband , . Sympathisingcrowds were soon attraoted on the bridge , along the banks , and upoa tbe Castle walls and some boats , punts , & o ., were hastily put off , but all tbeir praiseworthy tfforts wore _. iaeffso . tual , and the _wretohei men , la tbe sight and Amidst tho mattered prayers of hundred-, were buried over tbe obstruction—one of them , as the boat disappeared from under them , hastily _clutohed a part of the frame-work , and retained bis hold until rescued from tha shore . The father , uttering one imploring , but unavailing oty , of 'William , ' was carried away by the stream , and for tome distance was oonva ' . _slvely splashing , till at length be wholly disappeared , leaving a lamented widow and family . At a late hour in tbe evening tbo body bad
not been recovered . TONniiDQl . —A molt deter-ala & _i _tt-A & lda hat . bees oommltted here by a servant of Miss Rilfs , named Skinner . Itappears Miss Rilfs sent her on two or three errands , and as she passed the Town Hall she stopped a few minutes to hear Mr and Mrs _Hutohlng's conocrt , nnd then ' proceeded to Swan-lane with some linen for the mangle , wben she stated she would return again in a short time ; but not doing so : thei linen was taken up to Miss Haifa ' , wbo , It seems , was surprised that her ser . vant had _| not relumed , and immediately sent for her father , and every inquiry was directly made , but no tidings could be beard of her , except tbat she was seen proooeding along the Hadloir road , Tbs next day tha river was dragged , and every inquiry possible made ; she was aho advertised , but no tidings whatever wore heard of her till Friday the 13 tb , abont seven o ' olock in tbe morn .
in ; , when one of Mr Charlton ' s men , being at work in the water-mill , observed a bonaet . in the water _bslow _. The plaoe was immediately dragged , when tbe _dco-Bsed was found . It appears she must bave deliberately walked Into tbo water and laid herself down , from the nature of the place where it is supposed sbe walked in . Her friends are unable to assign any cause fer such an tot , ss she frequently remarked , thongh sbe had a great deal of work to de , tbat ber mistress was very Mad , and she appeared ia her usual health and spirits when she was last seen . It is rather singular that two or three related to tbe same family have committed similar acts , and os that very day two years a cousin of the deoeased destroyed herself ia a similar manner . On the 14 th inst . an inquest was held on the body before J . N , Dadlow , Esq , coroner , and a respectable jury , wben the above was tbe prlnolpal evidence given , and a verdict of 'Foand Drowned * was returned .
Fatal Railwat Accident . —Blibwomh _, Oct . 16 . — An inquest was held this morning at the Railway Hotel , BlUworth , before Mr Hicks , one of the coroners for the oounty of Northampton , on view of tbe body of Richard James . Mr Bedford attended to watch the proceedings on the part of tbe company . The deceased was a porter in the employ of tbe company , and at tbe time the accident happens ! , he , with tbree other porters , named Mellisb , Goodman , and Leper bad been turning a carriagetruck on to a siding , after whioh deceased proceeded to cross the line , on the London side , at the time tbe five p . m . train was coming ia . The driver and fireman were keeping a good look out , but the policeman ' s hut
and the signal-post intervening , tbey could not see the deceased In time to avoid coming in contact with him , and tha conicqnence wai tbat tbe off buffer struck the deoeased on the hip , and drove him about sixteen yards , throwing him across the rails , when one of the waggons caught bis foot , and dragged deceased under tbe other waggons , separating hit right foot , and severing bis head from his bedy , besides otherwise mangling him in a frightful manner . The deceased was about twenty . slx years of ego , and he had been at tbe station only about five weeks . His mother and sisters and a brother were standing on the platform ot the time , having come to visit the unfortunate man , and thus witnessed the _aocldeut . Tbe obstruction caused bo fewer than nloe
waggons and the tender to be thrown eff the line , blocking it up to such an extent that It wat not cleared till after tea o ' olock , whilst deceased was so dreadfully mangled that hia remains were not cleared from the waggons and toad for nearly an hour and a quarter . This is tbe first fatal accident that has occurred at this atltion . a _' . nco the opening ot tha line , and the Jury were of opinion that this might have beea _ovoldtd had signals beea given by tbedrivor . Mr Bedford stated that such was the regulation of the company , the engine drivers being instructed to sound the whistle a quarter of a
mile _befvre entering a station , but , unfortunately , It was a common praotice amongst many cf the porters , &;> ,, to disregard this , and thai tne majority of tbe accidents thAt occu-. red were caused , not by the engine _, _drivers neglecting their duties , but by the carelessness or _mklosenoas of tho strvants employed on the Hues . Tne jury , after a lengthened consultatkn , returned a verdiot that deceased came to his death by acoident ; bnt * at tho same time , they thought that moro oautlon ought to bo usi : d by tbe _drivers' Jn opproscbing to or passing by a station , particularly one of such aa extent as that at Blisworth .
Mubder at Sieood . —On Monday night an adjourned inquvst was held at the Angel Inn , Strood , beiore J . _Lswis , E ; q ., coroner for Rochester , on tbe bady of a young woman about twenty-five years of age , named Mary Abbot , who was found lying in a ditch in the Fair-field , near tho station of the _Oravesend and Rochester Railway , at an early hour on Sunday , tbe 8 th inst . Several witnesses were examined , and from the evidence oi _Superintendont Tuff , it appeared tbat tbe d « oeaied had baen living la service at Mra Turner ' * , No . 10 , Gtovostreet _, Graveiend _, from whom she parted on _Tuesdiy , tbe 3 rd instant , taking £ 1 lis . for wages . She then , it appeared , stayed a few days with a family wltb whom _ebe was acquainted , named Wagborn _, residing in that tewn . On the following Saturday she left to go to
Maidstone , at whioh plaoe her friends reside . She was traced to Rochester , having alighted from the omnibus at the Silver Oar , acd complaining of feeling unwell went to bed for a short time , _Souib time after she left that inn , leaving her Ingg-ge in the care of tbe landlord , and nothing more was seen or heard of her until tbe next morning , when , between eight and nine o ' olook , she was found by Thomas M'Gill _, a fisherman , living in Strcod , lying in a ditob , running alongside the _Palr-field , She was lying on her back , an old piece of carpet , with which it is presumed sbe was _suffooated _, entirely covering tn r face . Her balr was lying loosely over ber shoulders , ber 1 J- n i- _ _, . ... hand clenched
s firmly , and In one of tbem soma shreds , supposed in her struggles te have been torn froai the carpet , end her bonnet waB found at some _distanoo from her . Tbe spot was soon visited by many persons , amongst them the Rjoorder of Rochester , and the body being oonveyed to the North _Aylesford Union Workhouse , underwent & postmortem examination by Mr Wiblln , the surgeon , No marks of violence were fonnd upon the deceased , and from tbe evidence of tho medical man there can _exlit but little doubt that the deceased was suffooated , _Nstbing was found upoa deceased , and the wages she had reseived remain unaccounted for . The Inquiry wat again adjourned ,
Storm Of Rain.— On Saturday Morning Last...
Chaboi or _Bdiolaii ahd _AiTiHrrsn Abbqh . _—^ the . County Magietrates ' - office , _Rsohester , on Monday Henry Marshall , Thomas E-rl , Thomas Walter , Thomas Anderson , Spencer Bowes , and William Pope , the whole of them river pilots belonging to Graveiend , were brought before the Rev . G , Davies , Captain Baker , and J , Smith , Esquires , in custody of _Everist and Edwards constables oharged with burglary and attempted arson ' The prisoners , it was proved , were ia company together at tbe Nag ' s Headpu 8 _lio-house , at Stoke , on Wednesday evening , tbe 1 Kb instant , having arrived with their boat in _Yantlett-creeb , in tbe course of tbe day . Having re . galed themselves , they sallied out about midnight , at whlob time it was moonlight , and proceeded to the cot . _tage of a p » or woman , named Eastman who , with a
little girl , were the only Inmates , her husband , for w ant of employ , being with three of their children , in ths Hoo _Cafon workhouse , The inmates were awoke by the _breakiag of tbe front window , and on getting ont of bed , saw seven men outside tbe oattage , one of whom ; was trying to draw a sheet wbioh had been lying on the'tabla through tbe window . Foiled in tbis attempt , another of the party tried to force his way through the window , in which be partly succeeded , bnt befog beaten off by the woman , they all left . About et quarter of an hour afterwards , the cottagers were again alarmed by the whole of the windows being demolished , and one of the men again attempted to force an entry through tho cham . ber window . MrB Eastman , muoh alarmed , begged of them to leave the cottage , but not doing so , sbe armed
herself with an iron bar , and struck the one ot the window a heavy blow on the head , which caused him to fall to tbe ground . She heard his companions aay that she had killed him , to which the replied , " tis a d—d good job if I have . ' On looking through the window , she saw the blood _runniBg down bis face , and tbe others seemed to be dosing a wound in bis bead . Some of them then stooping down , took eut a box of laclfer _metohes , and threatened to burn tbe cottage , at the same time igniting the whole of tho matches , they olimbed en the door , and plaoed tbem against the tbatob . wbich , fortunately , was damp , and did not catch fire , Baring the time they frequeatly threatened to take
their lives , saying tbey would choke them . After she had raised a cry of murder , and called loudly for assist _, ance , the whole of tbo party ran away towards Tantlett . ereek , carrying with tbem an apron and a _bandkerohief _, and , taking to their boat , made their esoape . Edwards having been In thtir company for two hours , whilst at the Nag ' e Head , was enabled to Identify tbe party , and from farther information obtained at the Coast Guard Station in ths Creek , succeeded in tracing the prisoners ta Gravesend _, where four of them were appreheaded on Saturday , _Bowen and Pope having surrendered on the morning of examination , at the oflce . The wounded man Is still at large . The prisoners were remanded for the _atteadanoe of other witnesses .
The Cab * , or Dbownino orr _Spithbad _, —The jury empanelled to inquire into the oauso of the death of the persons whose bodies were seen floating on the waters at Spithead , on Monday , the 9 th instant , by Prince Albert when the royal steam yaoht Fairy was bearing the court from Osborae to GoBport , sat again on Tuesday at the _IbIb of Wight Hoy Tavern , at Point , _Porttmauth , when the testimony of tbe chief witness , in the oaie , Samuel Lock , the waterman of the boat which oapslz-d , was taken . By hiB evidenoe it appeared that wben about half a mile from her H * _jssty ' s frigate Grampus , to which ship he was conveying the deceased persons , be' tacked ' in a lull of the gale which was prevailing , for the par . p _^ se of going about' and reaching towards ths shi p . At that moment , when he held the tackle of the jib-sheet
In his hand , and bis partner ( tbe deceased , _Laisbiey , ) was shifting the main-sheet over to the opposite side of the boat , two of the women ( whose bodies have not been found , ) suddenly rose , as be theugbt , to wrap their clothing more olosely round them , when a tremendous sea at the same instsnt struck the boat and turned ' her on her side , throwing overboard the _anfortunateInmates , Tbe _maiasheet was' belayed' ( made fast to the tackles ) wbea she went over , but bad the women sat still In the boat no accident conld _po'sibly have happened , as tbt boat aeuld not hare been better ballasted . He stuck by the boat hlmtelf , aad what became of the others after they were immersed he knew nothing , nor did be bos anything more ef tbem . He oried loudly for help wben none was near ; but heard tbe guns of the fleet at Spit .
hood firing tbe royal _salate on the passing of her Majesty In ber ateam-yaoht Fairy , and saw the smoke of the steamer "* , funnel aa ehe approached , when he renewed his iboutf for help , as be thought she ( the royal yacht ) would Inevitably run over him , and he held up his hands ' . o _attract th *> lv _eAUntlofi . It was then he first saw tho Custom-house cotter coming towards the same spot ; he oalled to those oa board , when the officer saw bim msnned the boat astern , got into it , and wltb his two men made towards him , when he was almost gone with cold and the fear of death before his eyes . He was pat oa board her Majesty ' s steamer Tire Queen , being the nearest-vessel te bim , where he was put down in tbe . stoke-hole , before the fires , with the doors of the fire _, places open , wbicb , although it nearly roasted bim , res .
tered circulation , and made bim feel better . He wss afterwards bled by the doctor , and conveyed home , where be bad been very ill , but was now muoh better , although not sufficiently so to ply his calling . The Coroner , in addressing the jary , dwelt apon the kindness displayed by the host and hostess of the tavern in wbich tbe inquest was held towards the sufferers , after they had been refused succour at the Quebec Hotel . The latter _clroumatance was warmly animadverted upon ; but as no censure could be legally admitted into the verdict , tho finding was merely ' Accidental death , ' The jury , however , before _separating , expressed by a resolution , which met the approbation of the majority , their opinion of tbe conauot ef the Inmates of the Q _tebec Hotel in strong terms .
Another Chabtist _Abbbst . —Early oa Tuesday morning Sub . Iaspector Duckworth apprehended , under a bench warrant , Samuel Ksara or Reams , one of the Chartists included in the late Manchester indictment , at his houso In Ancoats-street , Koarn baibecn ont of the way for some months , and only recently returned to his dwelling , He Is thirty years of age , and is a hand-loom weaver . He was brought up at tbe Borough Court , and required to find two sureties ia £ 50 each , and to enter into bis own _recegoizances in £ 100 , for bis appearance atthe next Liverpool commission . While being removed , Kearn complained of the amount of ball required , alleging that he was only earning 10 s , a week when he was apprehended .
Shot im a Qoabsel , —Oa Monday night a surgeon named Addison waa in company with Mr Thomas Hart _, noil , a painter , drinking at a public-house in South * ampton . Tbey left about two o ' clock on _Tuesday morning , quarrelling with each . other . When they arrived at the Houndwell , a large open space in the oentre of the tews , Addison took a pistol from his pocket , aod shot Hartnoll In the groin . The report of tbe pistol was beard by some policemen , who immediately rushed to the spot , Addison was immediately apprehended . Hartnoll , after walking a few paces fell , and wbb conveyed to tbe infirmary , where be now lies dangerously iil , and is not expected to recover . The ball has not yet been extracted . A magistrate has attended at the in . firmary to take his deposition .
Two Accidents ok _boabd the _Gbaupus off Ports _, mouth , occurred on _Wedaesday , by which one man lost hi * life , and another was very seriously injured . An iron _woter . tank fell upon the former , omening hiB bead so suddenly that death was instantaneous . The ether man , who was In a sling , fell from the mast and was much Injured . _Coiiuav Accident . —On Saturday last an inquest was held nt Thornham , in ihe parish of Middleton , on the body of John Fitton , aged nineteen . James Lomax . collier
, stated that deceased was his waggoner , and on the 6 th inst . they were at work in the engine pit , at Spath Bettonu CoUi . ry , near Rochdale , belonging to Mr _Tbos , Knowles . Flttan went op the air road for two picks ; he had a lamp with bim , but it was witbout a top . An explosion of firedamp took plaoe ; deceased was severely burnt aad otherwiso injured , and died on Thursday night . According to the rules of tho colliery , pereons using a lamp without a top are liable to a fine ot 2 s , 6 d „ and the young man had baen previously warned of It . —Verdict , ' Accidental Death . '
An _Iuquebt was held at Oxford on Wednesday morni Ing , on the body of W . Qtalngir , a servant in Exeter College , and who wob found drowned in the Caerwell . Several of _diceasol's _ftllow-servants deposed to having observed a Btran ' _gcness in bis manner of late ; and to one of them be _ooid that he was sure he should never bo ablo to got through his work this time , Deoeased was m ch' respected bj tbo authority and _mombere of the oollogo , where he had baen a Bervant for more than twenty . seven years , Yerdlet , ' Found drowaed , ' Shocking Fatality m Ancoats , —On Tuesday after _, noon letwoou ono and two o ' clock , a most calamitous ncotdent _ocouired at tho timber-yard of Mr RobertBlackburn , architect and builder , in Meadow-street , Great Ancoats , by which tiro labouring men , named William
_Townaead and _Joseph _Donltls , met with Budden and untimely deaths . The deceased men , both of whom _wtre in the service tf Mr Charles Clogg , tlmbtr merchant , of _Water-atrest , wtre mgaged about half past one o ' olock , discharging a boat load of tlmbor from the Rochdale cunal into Mr Blackburn ' s yard , assisting with others to work the crane used in hoisting the timber from the boat into tho yard . Near the erase stood a Btack of timber , piled leg upon log to the height of between seventeen and eighteen feet , and owing to the _incantious removal of two large logs which In part supported tbe _ttack , a pile of some forty or fifty heavy logs suddenly fell down , crushing ihe two unfortunate men against the 'jib' ef the crane , and causing the death of both . Daniels was pinned against tho crane b y a _larjje log , wbich fell on the back of his neck , crushing htm so fearfully as so
cause the blood to gush out of bis nose , month , and cars , and , though released from his dreadful situation In about a couple of minutes , life was quite extinct . _Townoend was found to be alive when _xesoned , though apparently quite insensible , and he was conveyed forthwith to tho Ancoats Dispensary , whore he died immediately after his admission . His ribs wero broken , and he was otherwise internally injured . At the inquest held on Wedaesday evening , beforo Mr Chapman at the Ostrich , In Wharf . _striot _, _Csnal-street , a verdiot was re * turned of _« Accidental D * _oth' in both cases . Townsend , who was thlrty . four years of age , resided in Garden . street , Salford , and has left a widow Joseph Daniels , who was aged fifty . three , resided ia Welllngton . pUce _, Liverpool , ond be has left a widow and seven chlldrcP i most of whom are of age ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 21, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21101848/page/6/
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